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Change. Change is good. Kha'Zix sat there hidden in the branch of a tree. There it was. A fierce predator of the area, and he was soon to be the prey. Oh how he loved it. To watch as the strong become weak, and hear their screams. It made him feel strong. It reminded him who is the greatest hunter and killer of them all. He watched as the four legged beast was moving around, seemingly unaware of the Voidreaver's presence. He locked his gaze on the beast, looking for weak spots. Once he found his spot he let out a loud roar, making the beast look up to the trees, but alas, it was too late and Kha'Zix has already sunk his claws into the beast's neck. The beast let a roar of pain, followed by a gurgle as it began to choke on its blood. It only took a few seconds for the beast to drown in its blood, and lay there lifeless on the ground. He looked down and smiled at his afternoon meal, as he cut it open. He leaned in and began to devour on the entrails of his prey. He cracked a bit of smile as he pulled away from the beast. This one was strong. The predator's strength began to surge through him. Look out! Your Kha'Zix is evolving!
((Yes I had to do that))
The covers on his back began to lift open, and in a flash, wings sprouted from his back with green gunk. His twitched his wings a bit, to try and get used to the feel of controlling them. Then the power extended to his claws, as the bone began to stretch out and increase in size, letting out a grunt in pain. That was when he felt the power course through the spikes on his shoulders. The bone in his shoulders began to separate, to make way for larger spikes. Needless to say it hurt, as he let out a scream in pain, as the spikes shot out from his shoulders. He was slouched over a bit, on knee, breathing heavily. Change was good, but it does not mean that change hurts. Blood still dripping from his teeth, he laid there on knee, as he looked at his prey, who laid there cut open and a bloody mess. His scythes began to glow purple, as little sparks touched the ground. Kha'Zix stood up as he looked at his claws and spikes. Such power… But it wasn't enough. He needed more. He was still hungry. Suddenly a roar came from the bushes, and in a blur of grey, blue, and orange, came a cat like beast. His blade and claws were extending forward, and his teeth showing, as he tackled Kha'Zix to the ground. This beast was no other than Rengar, the Pridestalker. Rengar swiped at his face with the two blades on his left arm, connecting with the top of Kha'Zix's head. Kha'Zix yelled out in fury, and with a powerful swipe, struck Rengar in his left eye. Rengar yelled in pain as he held his eye, and Kha'Zix kicked him off of him. Kha'Zix hopped up onto his feet and looked at Rengar, giving off a roar. Rengar merely laughed, as he stroked his tied up beard. "You call that a yell bug? This is a yell of true predator!" He said as he let out a bellowing roar, that even made birds in the distance fly out of their trees. Kha'Zix looked at him as he gave a small smile. "You think you are the predator? Ha! You are merely the prey!" He said. "What is your name cat?" He asked Rengar. Rengar looked at him, as he got into a fighting stance. "My name is Rengar! And your head shall adorn my wall!" He said as he threw a bola at his leg. Kha'Zix merely swatted the bola away and laughed. "That is the best you have Rengar!?" He yelled, but Rengar already leaped into the air, ready to stab him with his blade. Kha'Zix stepped back as he slashed with both claws. Rengar managed to block one, but the other went across his left arm. He let out a grunt of pain as he glared at Kha'Zix. Kha'Zix merely smiled at him as he licked the blood off his claw. "Hmmmm… Your blood… I can taste your strength and power. Oh how good of a meal you will be." He said as he leaped into the air, tackling him. Rengar was knocked back by the tackle, as he let the momentum carry him and Kha'Zix, and then halted himself so that he was on top of Kha'Zix. He clawed and he swiped as Kha'Zix did his best to block and fight back. Though he managed to push him off, not without suffering cuts and wounds. The two breathed heavily, as Kha'Zix merely smiled, still in a fighting stance. "Although I am more powerful than you, you actually make me put in the effort. It's a shame I won't be able to experience this every day." He said. Rengar stood there, getting back into a stance as well. "Indeed. After wall, I find it hard for a bug like you to fight, when your head will be mounted above my the door to my den!" He said as he began charging. Kha'Zix saw him coming as he merely cloaked and stepped out of the way. Rengar swiped at the air as he looked around for a brief moment. Where did he go? He was here a second ago…. And that was when Kha'Zix moved to his back, and sank his claws into him. Rengar arched back as he let out a roar of pain. He turned around as he swiped at his back to get Kha'Zix. Though Kha'Zix merely laughed as he moved out of the way and cloaked again. Rengar kept his body turning, his fur covered in blood, along with his dreads, as he yelled into the air. "Is this how you wish to fight!? Fine then!" He said as he too, became invisible. Rengar found Kha'Zix. He was not hiding in the bush, or in the tree, but was merely standing in front of him. It was a challenge to Rengar, and he accepted it. Rengar leaped at Kha'Zix as he sunk his blade into his shoulder. Kha'Zix yelled in pain as he glared at him, launching a vorpal spike at him. Rengar took the full force of the spikes as he was knocked away from Kha'Zix, who healed himself from the explosion.
The two fought on for the rest of day. Hiding, and waiting, then pouncing from their hiding spots to fight each other, and then going back into hiding, repeating what they did before. Though after one small fight he had with him, Rengar ran off and Kha'Zix went into hiding, preparing himself for the next round….. But it never came. He smiled. He made him run, and that alone made him feel strong. Though… He wasn't dead. He hadn't seen the color of his own blood for a long, long, LONG time. He would find Rengar once again, and kill him, and savor the taste of his flesh, but for now, he must rest and heal. So with that fight done, he head off into the jungle to ready himself for future confrontations.
Ram stood at the door that held Kha'Zix. A summoner stood by the door with Ram and turned to him. "Now, be very careful. It appears Katie sort of disappeared from her guarding duty, but she'll most likely be back shortly. So until then try and keep your distance from the cage." He said. Ram looked at the summoner. "Caged? Did he do something?" He asked with a raised brow. "Yes, he was caught trying to eat a summoner, so he locked him up as punishment." He said. "Whenever you're ready Ram." The summoner said, and with a nod, Ram opened the door and went inside.
There he was, simply standing there looking at Ram as he entered the room. "Greetings Kha'Zix." Ram said as he reached into his bag for a pen and notebook. "I'm just here to ask some very simple questions." He said as he flipped through the notebook for a fresh piece of paper. Kha'Zix sighed. "Well… It's not like I have anything else better to do in this cell…" He said as he let out a frustrated grumble.
"Let us begin then. You are from the void correct? How do you feel about the void beast Cho'Gath?" Ram asked.
Kha'Zix merely let out a small chuckle. "Yes… The 'Terror' of the void."
Kha'Zix made air quotes with his claws.
"He devours and grows stronger like I, but he does not savor. He merely eats his food whole and just walks off to the next thing. Though I oppose of the devouring of Runeterra…"
"And why would that be? You two both like to eat your prey do you now?" Ram asked.
"Yes, but like I said, he does not savor. There are many creatures on Runeterra. Big, small, strong, weak, skinny, fat. It'd be a shame for all of it to go away with one fell swoop."
Kha'Zix casually laid down, curling up a bit.
"Right… Speaking of devouring how do you feel about Kog'Maw." Ram asked.
"Ah yes… The young one… Kog'Maw interests me. He reminds me of when I was younger. Running around, wishing to eat everything, though I have changed now, seeking food that is much stronger."
Kha'Zix paused for a moment..
"The young one shows potential. If he ate right, he could become strong like I. Though I think the first problem he will have to overcome would be trying to hold his food down. He can't become stronger if he keeps hurling his food at everyone, even if it helps him fight."
Ram nodded, jotting down everything he was saying. "So… About Rengar…"
Kha'Zix turned his head to look at him. He stood up, as he glared at him. "What about him?"
"Your opinion on him?" He said, pencil already on the paper, ready to write.
Kha'Zix merely glared at him.
"He's a worthy foe. He can hold his own in fights, and I love the challenge. Though Rengar cannot live forever. I will find him off the Fields…. And I WILL kill him. I will make sure that one day, I'll be able to feast on his flesh, and grab hold of his strength. It is then that I will become the strongest."
Kha'Zix laid back down, curling up again.
"One last thing…"
"What." Kha'Zix said rather harshly.
"Kassadin. Opinion?"
"The Void Walker is interesting… To say the least. I admire him to an extent. I admire him because he let himself become one with the void. He had changed, and because of this, became stronger. However, he wishes to protect this world from the terrors of the void. One specific terror being myself. He even prevented me from devouring a summoner, which is why I'm in this infernal cage. So, is that all you have to ask?"
Kha'Zix's stomach began to growl very loudly.
"Yes, that's it. Is everything all right?"
"Everything is fine… Just Katie refusing to stay down is all…" Kha'Zix gave a smile.
Summoner: Max Belson
Date: Cortbero 8, E2Y12
Subject: Kha'Zix, The Voidreaver
Entry 1:
It took some persuasion, but we managed to get some volunteers to help record what Kha'Zix does during the day. We managed to create an area, a little bit more than a mile in diameter, so that he may roam and do whatever he pleases. He have hextech recorders in multiple places to help keep track of what he does.
Entry 2:
It's about 11:10 AM, and we had let Kha'Zix from his time in the cage to let him stretch out a bit in the area we have fit for him… Though there is a slight concern. He found him in one of the cameras. He just sits in the tree tops, as if waiting… For something… Though for what he do not know. We've tried putting out some raw meat for him to eat during noon time, and even rang a bell to let him know, but all he did was turn his head to the direction of the sound, and then turning his head back to where it was facing. We'll keep track of what he does.
Entry 3:
It's 2:00 PM. We've noticed that he was moved from his spot and was now out of view of the camera, perhaps he had eaten the food we gave him? We've sent in summoner Kameron to investigate. Kameron went to the area of the food, to show us through the camera. The food had seemed to be untouched. Though when Kameron came into the view of the camera, Kha'Zix tackled the summoner! Kameron was able to put a fight, but was struck down by Kha'Zix. Unfortunately, it will be a small price we will have to pay in order to gain knowledge of what Kha'Zix does, for it may help us in the future if he breaks loose.
Entry 4:
It is now 2:05 PM andKha'Zix has finished eating Kameron with amazing speed. He left no scraps behind, and only left a perfectly clean skeleton of Kameron's body. However, we later found out that Kha'Zix began to evolve, and his claws increased in size, and shape. He seemed to be testing out the sharpness on some trees, as we saw him slicing branches that were at least 10 inches thick. We'll continue observing what he does.
Entry 5:
It's 5:00 PM. Around 2:30 PM he stopped cutting the nearby branches and merely sat down in a tree to rest. He woke up though and looked around. He walked around the area and looked was looking around, and found one of the cameras. He seemed to leap and latch himself onto the wall, as he brought his face right up to the camera. How horrifying he looks up close… Though he yelled out in fury, and struck at the camera. We lost feed to that one, but we soon found out that he went from camera to camera, and destroyed them. As he went to the last one, he yelled into the camera saying "If you truly wish to see me, come in and find me!" We've sent in one of our stronger summoners, Daniel, to solve the problem.
Entry 6:
It's 6:30 PM. We have yet to hear from Daniel, and we fear we have lost him. We decided to all go in as a group and go search for him. After a few minutes we found, him, holding another skeleton in his mouth. This time he had grown wings as he looked down at us. "Why do you watch me?" He asked use as he let the skeleton drop from his mouth. "We merely wish to observe you. That is all we want." I said. Kha'Zix merely sat there in the tree and laughed at us. "Fine then, you will need a summoner will you not?" He said as he looked at the group. He looked at summoner Tim. He pointed at him. "Him. He will watch what I do if you want to watch me so badly. I will accept no other summoner." He said. Though why he chose summoner Tim is beyond me. The young man is skinny and weak looking. He could hold fight back when it came to using magic, but physically he can barely fight back. Though we have no other choice I suppose. So for now, Summoner Tim will follow and record what Kha'Zix does.
{{ Oh I did write it in word, I placed the two lines in center using Riot's own formatting system and it was visible *I believe* back when it was uploaded. Methinks some server crashed and broke ma post or something. I could change it back, but I might just leave it in for the sake of integrity. }}
The Void is strong. The Void is real. The Void is home. The Void is timeless. We are to test. We are to survive. Our Strength is real and our home is timeless. Kill. Consume. Adapt.
Kha'Zix mulled over this chant he was all to familiar with. Never in his conscious being has he slowed down enough to acknowledge what his real goal was. That was, of course the point of the exercise. As his body grew and evolved, his mind too would grow. At different points in his evolution, the same chant would have multiple meanings. Changing his goal from a weaker form, to that of more a suitable and challenging one. From surviving to conquering. From a goal to a life. Kha'Zix leaned forward resting his weight onto his claws, reminiscing over how he has changed.
Sentient is to be aware. To survive you must be aware. To be sentient you must survive.
It wasn't the blood that Kha'Zix hungered for. It was the need for strength that festered in his mind. At first glance Kha'Zix would appear to be lusting for the chance to remove flesh from bone for his own enjoyment. No, that wasn't him. Kha'Zix appreciated nature, but he wanted to rule it. He wanted to be the perfect creation.
To be perfect is to hold power. The hold power requires sacrifice. Never be the one to sacrifice.
Kha'Zix lowered the tension in his body, collapsing his wings and activating his camouflage as to not be disturbed. He stood in the middle of a large wooded area full of life. Life he once strived to best. The trees were at their fullest, offering shelter for smaller creatures. Creatures that slithered amongst their roots and smaller vegetation, to slightly larger furry ones that leapt from tree to tree. At a different time and place Kha'Zix would have given chase to these animals. Often he would endanger himself for the reward of change. However, today was a day of rest for Kha'Zix. It was today that for the first time he was no longer running off instinct, but a brain with moving parts. The gears were turning and he was able to speak, just like the voice he heard long ago.
Learn from their mistakes. Use their strengths. Grow to avoid their weakness.
As Kha'Zix was reflecting over these words, a large lumbering animal approached his hiding place. Kha'Zix was in no mood for the fight that would ensure if he were to expose himself. Today he simply wanted to figure out what to do next. Alas, the creature continued onward towards him on all fours. This creature sniffed the air in front of Kha'Zix before lifting two of side legs upwards and commence to urinate on where Kha'Zix was standing. Just a day ago the creature would have never gotten this close to Kha'Zix alive, however for the first time Kha'Zix understood the emotion that overwhelmed his Body. Rage. Kha'Zix gave away his presence and sank his claws deep into the side of the animal. The blades went straight threw bone, penetrating through to the other side. Kha'Zix's mind started running at higher speeds then imagined. He started isolating vital points on the creature's body. He came to a conclusion on how to best this beast. With a large sweeping motion he severed the head of the creature off the body and watched as it collapsed. Before he could catch himself Kha'Zix mumbled to the creature "Do not fear death. The best part of you will live on." Kha'Zix did the only thing he knew to do after a kill. He slashed at the body of the creature in a fury and consumed the carcass.
Kha'Zix stepped away from the body and to himself pronounced "I am unstoppable." Smiling at the remains of his light meal. That's when it hit Kha'Zix. In that single moment he realized what had happened. He had thought. He controlled his body. He was the ultimate predator. He had achieved his goal. To be more powerful through raw strength and to have the mechanics to hold a thought process. This, this was what he had hungered before. As Kha'Zix let out a howl of excitement, the air before him went black.
Soft. Sharp. A howling. Blood. Kha'Zix was down on the ground with a large lumbering beast on top of him, pinning his claws back. This beast held a sharp object in his mouth that Khaki's knew he was ready to plunge deep inside of him. Kha'Zix was pinned on his back helpless watching as the predator crushed his front limbs. Suddenly Kha'Zix remembered to think again. Where once he would lash out again and again at his foe, he calmed down his body ready for this new trick. Kha'Zix unfolded his wings with such force it propelled not only him off the ground but the attacker as well. The beast was not done. The beast lunged at Khaki's. The two engaged in a symphony of slashing and lashing, a dance of blood, and music of their howls.
The Void is... Survive... Must survive... Be... Sacrifice... Learn... Weakness...
The moon floated high in the sky as Kha'Zix ventured under the protection of a low tree. His wounds sealing as he collapsed to the ground. He had spilled blood today. It wasn't a familiar taste. Kha'Zix didn't like its taste. All too soon had he become the ultimate predator. All too soon had that title been ripped from him. Just a day ago Kha'Zix would already be on the hunt for this predator, but that's before he could make decisions. Before that he would have let hatred fill his body and track this beast down.However, tonight it was respect for such a beast that moved Kha'Zix. Before he realized where he had dragged himself, a man in a robe greeted the predator.
"Interview the new guy they said," Ram Steed murmured as he briskly walked to the entrance of the famed League of Legends, "It will be fun they said! He is the ultimate predator they said!" Steed walked right up the institution and shoved open the large doors that had greeted so many, "They ought to make me a champion. I've survived far worse then half these 'champions'." Being all to familiar with institute, Steed had no problem finding the summonses he was assigned to meet. "You there!" Steed shouted at the whole group, "Get over here now!"
Ram Steed used to be a very happy going, hard working and very pleasant man all around. Ever since "The Incident," that the league had let happen (as far as Steed is concerned) Steed only has the hard working part left. Which is good in this case because no one else is ready to handle the task at hand: An interview with Kha'Zix.
Steed was lead into a large empty a room-a room once used to haunt prospective champions into kneeling before themselves-and stood in the center. Steed tapped his foot impatiently waiting for the ritual. The room fell dark-as Steed expected- and suddenly a blast of air as Steed was "transported" miles away into the domain of Kha'Zix. Steed didn't want to waste time. The Predator didn't want to waste time either. The Predator had been promised a restricted pass to the rest of valoran if he accepted this interview. Without waiting for him to appear Steed pulled out his trust pad and writing utensil from almost thin air. The void beast was the first to speak.
"Where did those come from?" inquired the beast.
"Magic," Steed bitterly replied, "Let's begin." Steed waited for an okay.
"Go," replied Kha'Zix. Close enough. Here is a transcript of the conversation:
Steed: "So, the biggest thing people are wondering about is your relation to the other void champions."
Kha'Zix: "Cho'GATH and Kog'MAW you mean?"
S: "The very ones."
K: "I like them"
S: "Me too. That it?"
K: "No"
S: "Then by all means continue."
K: "If you noticed-"
S: "I didn't."
K: "You're very confident"
S: "You're not really here and I'm hungry"
K: "Do you really want to discuss eating?"
S: "No, now back to Gath and Maw."
K: "They aren't Gath and Maw, those are family names."
It should be noted at this point Steed's attitude changed a bit as he became interested.
S: "Now this is getting a bit juicier. Care to explain the meaning?"
K: "I'll keep it short, like you've been to me. Gath is a special type of 'family.' They specialize in settling new areas-"
S: "Well how about that."
K: "-and Maw is a new 'family' to the Void."
S: "Aren't you timeless?"
K: "Silence!"
S: "Okay Cho."
K: "The Maw's are a group of the Voidborn that specialize in destroying"
S: "I thought Koggles just wanted to eat."
K: "No. The Voidborn are raised very differently then that of the traditional thought. We have no definite beginning, nor end. We simply are, at the will of Daddy."
S: "I never imagined you would be one to use the word 'Daddy' so affectionately."
K: "Daddy raises us. He tells us who we are. He told 'Koggles' to eat, but he trained him to destroy. Though I'm not a fan of eating without purpose, I find time to muse myself with Kog'Maw."
S: "Well this has actually been quite informative! Let's carry on. I only have two more champions of the league to inquire about and I'm sure that will please the readers for months to come."
K: "Who is the next 'meal' so to speak?"
S: "Rengar."
K: "I have no comment."
S: "What if he were here? Wouldn't you lash out at the given chance?"
Kha'Zix showed a genuine change of emotion from calm to rage.
K: "Do not treat me like the best I once was. I understand the hunt. I appreciate the hunt. Most importantly I respect the one called Rengar. He is the only worthy of my attention. In fact I don't particularly like these 'readers.' Let me remind you I'm only doing this to please the 'Summonses' so they will remove my mobility limitations, so that I may hunt creatures they approve of."
Kha'Zix gestured to his wings that are locked shut with a seal of powerful summoning magic
S: "Fair enough. Just a quick question with an even quicker answer. Viktor"
K: "He believes in evolution."
S: "The glorious revolution."
K: "I hope he is ready for my glorious evolution."
S: "The glorious evolution..."
At this Kha'Zix stepped in front of Steed and and lowered his eyes to Steed's level.
K: "Change...is Good"
At this the connection was cut off and Steed found himself "jerked" miles back into the hollow room. Steed stowed away his pad and writing utensil and turned to leave. As Steed rounded the first corner he overhead one of the summonses who had held the meeting together whisper, "Is he smiling?" Steed came to his senses and felt that he was smiling. The journalist we had grown to love had changed once again, hopefully this time for the good.
To tell what an "average" day in the life of the self proclaimed "Voidreaver," or rather the "The Ultimate Predator," is similar to the task of tracking a grain of sand between the waves and the beach. A mere hours ago Kha'Zix had finished his end of the deal he had struck with the High Council. It is now my job to track the beast as he roams across Volarn. It is my job to restrict his moves if he decides to harm a citizen. It is approaching 8 AM. Kha'Zix should be awake now. I better start adjusting to his body.
The merging of summoned and champion is never an easy task. The minds meld together to a perfect sync. A problem summonses have been facing with Kha'Zix is that his mind is evolving constantly and are having trouble with his motor skills as such. Today, however as part of the deal, Kha'Zix is forbidden from interfering with the summonses control. Afterall, it is just an observation day.
8:30 AM: Kha'Zix has fully risen and is testing the out ridges of his domain. The area of his domain is normally limited by keeping his wings and legs chained down by powerful magic casted by the high council themselves. Today he woke up with utter motor control though.
9:00 AM: Kha'Zix has been adjusting to his new found freedom and use of his wings. He has been under strict security and under limited mobility for three weeks now, yet he maneuvers with the grace Miss Fortune uses to walk.
12:12 PM: I'm supposed to keep an hourly update on Kha'Zix, but to be honest he has been so boring I've been afraid the minute my mind changed directions that he would actually do something interesting.
1:15 PM: Kha'Zix made his first kill. A snake. It got to close from where he was standing and with one swift stab of his right claw and flick of his forearm, the snake had been devoured. I wonder if he would turn into a snake if he ate enough.
2:30 PM: Kha'Zix is still where he was at 1:15 PM. Nothing has happened since that time. Refer to timelog 1:15 PM for details.
4:57 PM: Kha'Zix. I wonder if that's how they say it in the Void. Maybe it's not Kha at all! Do they have their own language. I bet our ears can't hear it if there was one.
6:00 PM:As night fell Kha'Zix began to tense up his body. Almost at attention.
7:00 PM: I started noticing the environment. There residue of blood on nearby rocks and trees. Judging by the scattering of the foliage I'd say there was a battle here once. Thankfully I paid attention to that special on tracking.
8:00 PM: Kha'Zix has gone in stealth mode. Waiting.
9:00 PM: I just received word from higher up. Someone is to meet me and relieve me of my duty. Now I'm afraid I'll miss out on the action.
10:00 PM: Still reporting. No replacement.. A strange shadow has been rustling in the bushes for some time now. That can't be R---
The log ends there as the summoner was stripped from his connection. The sudden disconnection blasted him against the nearby wall rendering him unconscious. The summoners last thought was that of, "He can't do that..." Feet could be heard as he was lifted.
"Another anonymous summoner taking the hits for high councilor."
"I hope they learn what they want about Kha'Zix from this fight."
"I hope Rengar knows what he is doing."
"This could save lives with the knowledge of Kha'Zix we get."
" 'Record an average day of Kha'Zix' HA! I mean, he is from the Void. Define normal?"
Notes: I had A LOT of fun writing this. I hope you enjoy the read at the very least!
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I don't remember many quotable nuggets from my school Shakespeare days. Very few in fact.
"Let copulation thrive..." (King Lear); "Would not a rose by any other name smell as sweet..." (Romeo and Juliet); "Let me have about me men that are fat..." (Julius Caesar).
The copulation thing, though really rather tragic, made we girls giggle. Juliet's pining for forbidden love made us cry and we believed, much like Julius, the company of fat friends would make us look thin and gorgeous.
Well, our body-image rule has just been rewritten – by Conservative health minister Anna Soubry, no less.
Fat friends can now not only make you look thinner and more beautiful than the rest – but richer too. How's that for a bogof offer?
Ms Soubury reckons you can tell a person's background by their size – not that she makes fatuous snap judgements (much).
"Obviously, not everybody who is overweight comes from deprived backgrounds but that's where the propensity lies," she says, with the authority of a woman who invests time, money and pride in her appearance.
Hers was a snooty, ill-considered statement that stirred inevitable controversy. Hurtful and demeaning, not to make too fine a point of her theory.
It's also worth mentioning that Eric Pickles – spectacularly portly Communities Secretary – has yet to make a comment on her superior position.
It said, in as many words, that it's now not only shameful to be fat but it's also shameful to be poor.
"When I go to my constituency, in fact when I walk around, you can almost now tell somebody's background by their weight," she said, giving the nose-turning impression of one who'd prefer the obese and less than perfectly trim to stay indoors until they've shed a stone or five.
But while loathing the way she delivered her inner prejudices, I have to say I don't entirely disagree with her correlation of weight problems and poverty.
To eat healthily – lean meats, fish, fresh vegetables, salads and fruits – costs a lot. Gym membership is likely to be low on the budgetary priority list of the poor, jobless and deprived. The low-incomed have more to worry about than nutritious recipes for their next brace of pheasant.
It's no secret that cheap food is unhealthy food. It is usually fast food, filled with fats and sugars for flavour, bulked out with hidden unmentionable ingredients for economy.
Food pricing, the kind of production methods that cram burgers with horse meat, slick marketing more concerned with profit than health and the struggling family's efforts to make ends meet are way outside of the control of the poor – especially now.
They are not though beyond intervening remedy by health ministers in a government hell-bent on the kind of austerity which – if Ms Soubry's philosophy is correct – is creating poorer and fatter people week by week.
So come on Anna, less of the sniffy carping at people fighting to put bad food on the table and a bit more attention to food standards regulation, eh?
As poor old Julius discovered to his cost, there's more to fear than "lean and hungry" Cassius types. Even fat, poor, angry folk have an unfortunate way of turning, when they've been badly done to for too long.
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By: Lee Passmore on October 8, 2013 - 7:59pm - Add new comment
Seems like it took forever, but now here it is upon us. The District 3-4A football season begins in less than 48 hours at Dick Bivins Stadium. And if you're supporting any of the metro schools, which make up most of the district, you probably have some skin in the game, figuratively if not literally.
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Maybe you've already noticed, but it's just hit me that as I type this, we'll be smack dab in the middle of the first full Friday night of the high school football season in two weeks. And if you want to get a head start, the wait is less than that, as on Thursday, Aug. 29, a doubleheader is scheduled for Dick Bivins Stadium featuring Panhandle vs. Bovina and closing with the traditional Amarillo ISD showdown of Tascosa vs. Palo Duro.
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Six days after driving the southwestern most circuit of the Dairy Queen Tour, I volunteered to do an eastern portion of the tour which included Groom, McLean, Shamrock and Wheeler on Monday morning to conclude my role in the football mug shot gathering process. It seemed like a really good idea since it gave me the chance to spend Sunday evening with my mother in Pampa, making it a shorter trip early the next morning.
But of course, these things rarely go all that smooth.
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I don't know if it's because of my advanced age or that I chose the hottest day of the week to go out and get mug shots, but Tuesday's leg of the Dairy Queen Tour seemed like the most grueling of my four years of doing it. It started when I left town around 8 a.m. and I didn't pull back into my own parking space until around 8:30 p.m., so it was a full day to say the least. What follows are some adventures which didn't appear in Wednesday's print edition, but are worth noting during my trip southwest on Texas Highway 60 and other points nearby.
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Sunday marks the fifth anniversary of the date when Josh Hamilton really arrived on the national baseball stage, and it's a moment which perfectly encapuslates the career of the talented yet enigmatic superstar.
On July 14, 2008, in the middle of the final season of the "old" Yankee Stadium, Hamilton participated in the All-Star Game Home Run Derby. More accurately, Hamilton destroyed it.
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Garry Templeton has spent the first four days of July in Amarillo, a place at once unusual, yet highly familiar to the former major league all-star shortstop.
Templeton is the manager for the Canadian American Association's Newark Bears, who are visiting Amarillo National Bank Sox Stadium for a four-game interleague series against the Amarillo Sox. As a member of the San Diego Padres, Templeton was last in the stadium over 30 years ago when the Padres visited town to play the Amarillo Gold Sox, San Diego's Class AA affiliate at the time, in an exhibition game.
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Two weeks ago, I compiled information on how the Amarillo metro-heavy District 3-4A did in all sports in the 2012-13 school year, awarding points in all sports from top to bottom in the district, with district titles being weighed heavily in the scoring. It probably shouldn't be any surprise that Amarillo High, dropping down from Class 5A, was the overall points winner, and you can view those results at the link below.
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Thursday has had everything in terms of drama and determining the future of some major participants. Somebody will make the sports history books as either fondly remembered or completely infamous.
Then there's Game 7 of the NBA Finals.
Depending on when you read this, either the San Antonio Spurs or the Miami Heat will be crowned the 2013 NBA champions, and Aaron Hernandez may or may not be arrested and charged with murder.
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It seems that Dave Campbell's Texas Football magazine comes out a little earlier every year, and the copy that arrived in the AGN Media sports office Tuesday was a pleasant surprise. Of course, it wasn't a surprise that Johnny (I'm outta College Station five seconds after the final whistle of the season) Manziel was on the cover, but there are always some unexpected twists to be found inside the publication from year to year.
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In Sunday's print and online editions of the Globe-News, you can see how each school in District 3-4A, five of whose six schools are in the Amarillo metro area, fared in athletic competition during the 2012-13 school year. We devised a point system to determine how each school did in each sport, and based on total points in each UIL sanctioned sport, were able to rank the six 3-4A schools in overall performance from the beginning to the end of the school year.
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The "Other Guys" actress looked beautiful in her retro-themed wardrobe, sporting a blue plaid dress and short curled coif as she smiled for the cameras.
It's been almost three months since she welcomed her firstborn daughter Esmeralda and Eva Mendes was a proud mommy during her appearance on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" on Wednesday (December 3).
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Following its recent purchases of an ad management firm and a mobile ad network, AOL's agreement to acquire behavioral targeting firm Tacoda serves as another indication that the once-tired ISP is a relevant competitor in the online media and ad space. For Tacoda, AOL's giant ad network, Advertising.com, should expand reach for behavioral advertisers. AOL meanwhile gets one of the best known and most experienced behavioral targeting technology outfits and its rich warehouse of online user behavioral data.
"With the growth of [Web] usage and fragmentation of audiences in general...big advertisers, and frankly, publishers are valuing working with big scale partners," said Mike Kelly, President of AOL Media Networks. He stressed the AOL portal's status in the display ad arena, where Yahoo, and lately Google, typically are believed to dominate.
"What was critical was [AOL and Tacoda] had a shared vision of where the thing needed to go," said Tacoda CEO Curt Viebranz. "We had the assurance they'd do with us what they did with Ad.com, which was effectively leave it alone and let it grow." Viebranz, who took over the chief exec role at Tacoda last year, worked as a media executive for AOL parent Time Warner for 17 years.
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"We think scale matters and this allows us to get to scale a lot faster," said Viebranz of the pair-up. Behavioral targeting technologies serve ads to particular users within a relatively narrow time frame, such as over a few weeks or months when they've shown interest in buying a car by visiting auto sites. So, the larger the site network, the greater the chance of reaching a user within that tight time frame.
In 2005, Tacoda launched a behavioral network, recognizing advertisers want reach, and has since phased out its site-side offering to focus on the growing network. The network currently includes 4,000 sites reaching 120 million unique visitors monthly, up from about 49 million at launch, according to Tacoda.
AOL will operate Tacoda's Audience Network separately from its Advertising.com network, said Kelly. He would not offer details on plans for integrating Tacoda's behavioral technology with Advertising.com, which already offers behavioral targeting. "We will see [Tacoda] as a preferred partner for behavioral targeting...and it will help us make more money with AOL," said Kelly.
AOL also plans on enhancing its offerings through recent purchases of ad management company AdTech and mobile ad network Third Screen Media. Last year, AOL bought video ad platform Lightningcast to build out Advertising.com's video ad capabilities.
"AOL is really doing a masterful job of reinventing themselves....They're equipping themselves well," said Jarvis Coffin, CEO of Burst Media, which provides ad management services to Tacoda. Tacoda this month renewed its contract with Burst; those involved with the AOL deal don't believe the relationship will be affected by the AOL buy.
The recent surge in ad technology acquisitions has been spurred partially by ripeness of the market; however some believe data are at the heart of deals such as Google's DoubleClick buy, Microsoft's aQuantive buy, WPP's 24/7 Real Media buy and Yahoo's Right Media buy.
"It's a data-driven business," said Kelly. "The better data you have...the more value you'll bring to advertisers, and the higher revenue per page you're going to generate for publishers."
The Tacoda acquisition is subject to regulatory approval. Despite a heightened interest in online ad technology deals by The Federal Trade Commission and Congress due to privacy concerns, Tacoda's Viebranz expects the deal to pass inspection. "We have always taken a very principled and firm approach to privacy," he said.
Tacoda founder and Chairman Dave Morgan has been a regular on Capitol Hill as a representative of the Interactive Advertising Bureau touting the industry's dedication to protecting user privacy.
Operating as a wholly owned subsidiary of AOL, Tacoda's 100 staffers will remain at the company's own location, which is expected to move soon to a new spot in its current west side neighborhood of New York City.
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@Trudy: yes, I just had to add that cat (she wasn't there originally). I'm glad now that I did. So happy you like the pic, Trudy!
I love your work because it´s so beautiful and very emotional. But what I love the most is your ability to surprise with wonderful details in every single work, Judith! ♥
Thanks so very much for this lovely comment, Iris!!! The details are so important to my pictures, and I always work hard on them to get them just right :-) Thanks for appreciating them!
I will add... to the details, the unique style of course and the colours.... love the palette you use and how you combine them on your works.... wonderful!
Thank you, Anne! The colors are always a lot of work. Several layers of pastels and colored pencil to get the right tone and intensity. I'm very happy you like the them!
Hello, Sarah! Great to see you, and thanks for the nice comment! Actually, I thought the cat was just taking a break from ice skating... ;-)
So marvelous! I love your sense of whimsy and detail. Love the buttons on the cat! : ) Perfection as always!!!
Hello, hello, Meg!!!! Yes, I'm not quite sure where the buttons on the cat came from ;-) They just kind of appeared. Thanks for the lovely comment! Hope you are well.
Oh, and hello, Randi! Great to see you, too, and thanks for stopping by! Hope all is well with you, too!
So happy you like the cat, Marine. She didn't appear until the very end ;-) Really appreciate your wonderful comment!
Gorgeous, joyful work! I love the warm red tones and the rendering of the textiles in the clothing is just superb!
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Yes, the cat... she hopped into the picture at the very end! I'm really happy you like the picture, Mariette!
I used to love ice skating as a child. That's where the idea for this picture came from. I'm happy it reminds you of your own children. And thanks for the visit and all the lovely comments!
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Most dont think about the 9/11 tragedy until the anniversary of it I think all september long should be national remembrance month never forget the 2,993 people who passed if you would like to see it become a national remembrance month sign your name below i mean we remember individuals who made a differance why not the thousandes who did.
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Not many people are left in Kay Bachman's profession. The rural Detroit Lakes woman has been skinning beaver for more than 40 years.
Flood evacuees from the Fargo-Moorhead area can usually scrounge up a hotel room or a family member's house to crash at, but when a large group of more than 50 needs to stay together, a little luck might need to step in.
Brady Wold of Detroit Lakes did something in his first year of deer hunting some hunters never do in a career. The 12 year-old Detroit Lakes Middle Schooler bagged a trophy buck on the first day of the muzzleloader season. Wold shot the 10-pointer south of Twin Valley on a family friend's land. After having the rack measured -- a large 146 3/8 inches on the Boone & Crockett measuring system --it was suggested that he enter it in this year's Minnesota Deer Classic, held in St. Paul.
With the return of five state qualifiers and a good contingent of wrestlers back from the Class 1A third-place team from last year, the Frazee Hornets once again are being tagged as one of the top teams in Minnesota. The Hornets will be able to flex plenty of muscle, made up of experience and lots of talent. "We return a good crew and some young kids from last year," said Frazee head coach John Barlund. "They are battle tested." The young wrestlers on the team came through at the perfect time last season when they beat Badger/Greenbush-Middle River in the section team tournament.
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A cooing, humming sound hangs over the Hamden Slough prairie like the blanket of fog nearly every April morning. A farmer's implement? A pump endlessly moving water? Try the Greater Prairie Chicken looking for a mate. According to former Hamden Slough National Wildlife Refuge manager Mike Murphy, the cooing sound is a low frequency call that could possibly be heard for miles by other prairie chickens. Nearly every spring morning at dawn, the chickens show up at their communal display site -- known as a lek -- in the hopes of finding a mate.


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Chinese Export Porcelain
May 1, 2010 | Chinese export porcelain is one of the oldest and mostvenerable areas of serious collecting. The term Chinese export refers to porcelain made and decorated in China betweenthe sixteenth and twentieth centuries specifically forthe Western market. The Chinese first exported porcelain tothe Middle East in the fourteenth century, but it was not untilPortugal established sea routes to China that this materialmade its way to Europe. Ironically, it traveled northwardfrom Portugal at the end of the sixteenth century thanksmainly to Dutch pirates, who raided the capacious, triplemastedPortuguese carracks and brought their swag back tothe Netherlands. With a nod to their plundered sources, theDutch called the wares kraak porselein and sold it to northernEuropean buyers, amongthem James I of England.The landscape and animaldesigns on the early seventeenth-century pieces reflectedChinese taste, but theChinese potters often copiedthe vessels' shapes fromEuropean silver and pewter models. In the meantime, Chinawas able to keep the actual production techniques a secret fromthe Europeans until the early eighteenth century.
Porcelain is essentially a refined form of earthenware, its"batter" a mixture of kaolin (called china clay) and petuntse(called china stone). Both are forms of decomposedgranite, hence porcelain's ringing hardness. When blendedinto a claylike mass, the kaolin makes the petuntse more pliableand easier to manipulate by hand or shape on a wheel,where it can be worked into very thin-bodied vessels. Porcelainis fired in a kiln at temperatures of 1,280 degrees Celsiusand higher, the ingredients fusing into a vitreous stateranging from pure white to light gray in color. Unlikeopaque unglazed earthenware, porcelain is translucent andnonporous.The Chinese made porcelain for their own use with a varietyof richly colored monochrome glazes, but they also paintedelaborate designs in colored enamels and gold, sometimesapplied before the final glaze (underglaze painting) and sometimesafter (overglaze painting). These designs required additionalfirings at different temperatures, so a finished objectcan represent as many as three separate visits to the kiln.
December 10, 2009 | Whether a landscape, still life, or figural composition, watercolors appeal to collectors because of their subtlety, translucence, and freshness and also because of their abundance. From the eighteenth century to the early twentieth century, watercolor painting was not only practiced by major artists, but also by legions of trained amateurs. And some of these amateur works can be remarkably fine. In the marketplace watercolors are usually grouped with drawings and other works on paper.
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Watercolors are pigments dissolved in water. The colors are either supplied as dry cakes or in tubes of pigment paste. Because watercolors run easily, especially when heavily diluted, watercolorists usually work on a drawing table or other nearly horizontal surface.
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August 26, 2009 | Raising a glass of wine in a toast is among the oldest of dining traditions, and antique wineglasses are among the most appealing objects upon which to build a glass collection. One of the first things you discover, when investigating this field, is that antique wineglasses were often much smaller than the oversized goblets we have become accustomed to. Paintings and illustrations of drinking scenes right through the mid-nineteenth century attest to this. For one thing, servants were supposed to keep a sharp eye out for the guest who needed a refill, a frequent occurrence during the course of an eighteenth-century meal. Furthermore, when toasting one another gentlemen were often expected to drain their glasses, which would have been a far greater challenge with today's capacious vessels. According to the venerable English glass historian Sydney Lewis, whose 1916 volume Old Glass and How to Collect It is still worth reading, at the beginning of the eighteenth century "the use of different glasses for different kinds of wine had not yet arisen....A bowl of water was placed on the table in which the drinkers rinsed their glasses when a new vintage made its appearance."
The beautiful early eighteenth-century German wineglass illustrated here is an elegant survivor of those convivial days. Standing a diminutive 5 ¾ inches high, its funnel-shaped bowl---characteristic of the time-is mold-blown with a series of graceful, slightly concave panels, and further enhanced with a delicate wheel-engraved pattern of arches, balls, and swags.
Eighteenth-century wineglasses normally represent the skill of three glassworkers working as a team, or "chair." First the "footmaker" placed a small lump (or "gather") of molten glass (called "metal" in glassmaking terminology) at the end of his blowpipe and blew a disk for the foot. Next, the "servitor" shaped the foot-in this case a folded foot, in which the rim was folded under to form a more durable edge. He then fashioned the stem from another molten lump of metal. Finally, the "gaffer," the most masterful of the three, fashioned the vessel itself and attached it to the stem. For this glass, the gaffer would have blown his lump of metal into a tapered mold to form the paneled bowl.
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Early photographs: Daguerreotypes
June 24, 2009 | The striking portrait on the right, offered by Dennis A. Waters Fine Daguerreotypes, of Exeter, New Hampshire, is of one R. F. Jameson, who was a month short of his twentieth birthday when he sat before an unknown daguerreotypist's camera in Montrose, Pennsylvania, in October 1846. We know nothing more about him, but his image certainly grabs you. First there are the captivating eyes (the liveliness of the eyes is characteristic of most daguerreotype portraits). Then there is the startling clarity of the determined face, which, framed by long hair, seems remarkably modern, not to mention lifelike, thanks also to the superb hand-tinting. Indeed, this exceptional clarity is part of the daguerreotype's hypnotic appeal. "As a professional photographer, I have to say that Daguerre's invention achieved a sharpness that has never been surpassed in photographic history," Waters says.
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April 29, 2009 | Executed in a variety of mediums—pen and ink, graphite, chalk, crayon, ink wash—many drawings are preliminary studies for finished paintings or other works, including sculpture, architecture, decorative objects, and stage design. As such, they often convey the excitement of a work in progress, and this is even more palpable when the finished work is known and extant. Moreover, unlike an artist's paintings, drawings are usually much more affordable, although big names still carry big price tags. It pays to scout the byways of the drawings market for more affordable treasures by lesser known artists.
That is exactly what one knowledgeable collector did. Julius Held (1905-2003), a revered art historian at Barnard College, was an authority on sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Dutch and Flemish art, and the author of important books on Rembrandt and Rubens. Collecting on a professor's salary made him resourceful; he had to judge drawings on their artistic merits, relying on his aesthetic instincts and his vast knowledge to acquire satisfying works.
Let us look at two fine drawings from the Held collection that sold at Christie's New York on January 27 and January 30, respectively. Both were priced with auction estimates well under $5,000 because their artists, though famous in their lifetimes, are not household names today: Latona Turning the Lycian Peasants into Frogs by the Bolognese painter Marcantonio Franceschini (Fig. 1), and a stage design reputedly for Vincenzo Bellini's opera La Straniera attributed to the nineteenth-century Italian stage designer Alessandro Sanquirico (Fig. 2).
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February 20, 2015Is it possible that 18 pence on 5.99 GBP is a reasonable royalty rate? A thought experiment.
middle grade – A genre of children's literature that is written for readers between the ages of eight and twelve. Middle grade novels generally focus on a main character's limited world, whereas a young adult novel tends to focus on how the main character fits into the world at large.
young adult (YA) – A genre of books that are written for teenagers. The age range is either 12 and up for the younger side of YA, or 14 and up for older YA. Young adult novels typically show the protagonist at a critical point between childhood and adulthood.
– From Pub Speak: A Writer's Dictionary of Publishing Terms
The easiest way to define the difference between middle grade and young adult fiction is by the age of the intended audience, or sometimes it's defined by the age of the main character. But there's much more that differentiates the two genres than just the character's age. Today, I thought I'd explore the role of the parents in a middle grade versus a young adult novel.
As you read between the genres, you might notice that the parents are likely to be more present in a middle grade novel than in a young adult. This isn't just because teenagers have started to acquire their driver's licenses or are otherwise achieving independence. It's also because of the difference in how a middle grade character and a YA character values their parent's opinion.
Between the ages of eight and twelve, your parent's opinion is still very important to you. You may not show it around your friends, but a parent saying, "I'm very disappointed in you" can cut deep. In a MG novel, the character is going to be torn about wanting to please their parents, and wanting to please their friends. They may still view their parents as role models, and their parents will have much more control over their physical ability to achieve their goal.
For example, if the plot centers on 11-year-old Stacy getting to the mall in order to stop a thief, and her mom says she won't drive her unless she picks up her room, then Stacy is probably going to have to pick up the room. But if Stacy was 17, she would just call a friend with a car and be on her way.
The parents in middle grade novels tend to be more fully formed characters because of their likely plot involvement. We would need to know about Stacy's mom in order to believe this plot twist. Can Stacy's mom easily be tricked or coerced into changing her mind? Would the room still be important if Stacy's mom knew that Stacy was trying to catch a thief? How does her mom feel about her amateur sleuthing?
In a YA, the protagonist is less likely to see their parent as a role model, and more likely to be trying to find ways to differentiate her or himself from the parents. The opinion of their friends suddenly holds more weight, and they're likely to spend less time at home. This is not to say that every YA character suddenly hates their parents, but they are going to start to see their parents as more human. Where a middle grade character may still believe their parents are perfect, or have a 'godly aura' about them, a YA character is more likely to see their parent's flaws. They might start to call them on any hypocrisies and openly question their parent's judgment. They may be more likely to defy their parent's wishes, and may feel a bit invincible given their increasing freedoms.
If you find that you're hearing comments from your critique group or others that a manuscript "feels young" or that the character doesn't act their age, take another look at the way they view themselves in relationship to their parents. This might set you on the right path in your revision!
Finally, the word parent here may be interchangeable for any adult character that acts as a guardian to the character – be it aunt, grandmother or adoptive neighbor.
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Good post, Tracy. It really made me stop and think about the YA I'm writing. I'm a little clearer on where I stand with my main character now. Keep the info coming. I appreciate it.
Nicely put, Tracy.
Excellent post! I have YA novel that involves parents, but yes, the main character sees them as having major flaws. The interesting thing is that part of the story is told from the mother's POV. I've been told that's a bad idea, but for the story I'm telling, it works. Guess we'll see.
Yay for your blog tour!
I just reviewed The Limit by Kristen Landon on my blog and the parents, and adults in general, have big roles in the story but I think the book itself straddles both MG and YA. The MC is 13 and he realized that his parents aren't infallible, a crucial time in any young adult's life, I think. He realizes his parents are human, they make mistakes, they aren't perfect. In this book, they actually cease being role models and he starts distancing himself from them.
In that same respect, the writing as a whole is childish. With this older leap going on, the adults in the story contract Idiot Adult Syndrome and start contriving to the plot. It actually degrades back into full-blown MG instead of something older. It kind of threw me.
I need to review my teenage fictional book – the parents have been used to create backstory and as instigators of the protagonists eating disorder.


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One of the best things about working at MuchMusic is that's there tends to be a lot of it. Music, that is. My colleagues are continuously throwing new music my way. Kyle recently raved about this new artist from Portland. "OHMIGAD, Aimee, have you heard of Port St. Willow?!?!!?" he asked. Dubious that I had not I checked them out and found out that Port St. Willow is Nick Principe, a kinda looking young man, whose angelic and haunting voice has pervaded my WESC headphones and is now my new obsession.
Port St. Willow's album Holiday could be likened as a slow and ambient journey through a forestry landscape (perhaps the through the Oregon portion of the Cascades?) and through my DREAMS. My dreams, people. The drum and guitar work on the album reminds me of Local Native's Gorilla Manor except the vocals have more of a Bon Iver sound. If you like Bon Iver, you're going to lovePort St. Willow.
Best Tracks: Tourist, Consumed
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