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A Clean Well-Lighted Place is a very thoroughly detailed short story that may show the reader what was going on in Hemingway's life at the time the story was written. This can be concluded from the fact that Hemingway himself was depressed and an alcoholic, both traits can be found in this short story in great detail. For 60 years, scholars have judged the story pivotal in the Hemingway canon, though they have argued about the degrees of despair and hope that it offers.( Flora, Joseph M) The whole story centers on three main characters that are described in much detail, these characters and their actions can be used to see Hemingway's characterization of himself.
The entire story takes place in the perspective of two waiters, one young and one older that are working the night shift together at a café. The only other character is an older deaf man who comes to this particular café night after night. He only comes out at night because, "he was deaf, and at night it was quiet, and he felt the difference. Although he is deaf, the old man can feel the quietness of the late hour.( Flora, Joseph M) The deaf man likes to come out at night so that he does not have to see all of the happy people frolicking around him hour after hour. The younger waiter is unhappy that the old deaf man insists on staying at the café until closing time. Hemingway seems to throw himself into all three of these characters in their own separate way.
All the younger waiter wants to do is go home to his family; this is the younger waiter's idea of happiness. Although the old man has not wished to inconvenience anyone, his presence has annoyed the younger waiter, who is eager to close the cafe and to get home to his bed and wife.( Flora, Joseph M.) What the younger waiter does not understand, is that he is not taking the others feelings into any consideration, only his own. He is self-interested and indulges himself with believing an hour is "`more to me than to him the old man.'" He does not especially like work, and accuses the old man of having "no regard for those who must work"; nevertheless, he seems to accept it as economically necessary and is quite an efficient waiter, making sure the shutters are closed before he leaves. He is satisfied with his marriage and is eager to get home to his wife "waiting in bed" for him. He is a legalist in his attitude toward the soldier, although even when refusing to serve the old man, he does not "wish to be unjust. He was only in a hurry."(Bennett, Warren) One can see Hemingway put himself into this younger waiter, it is as if he is using him as a way to look back at his time of youth, when all he needed to be happy was to go home to his beloved family. "There may have been a self-disgust at his inability to live up to his youth."(Burgess) Now it is not so easy, he has turned into the old deaf man. In the story the younger waiter does not understand that this café is what makes the deaf man happy, he has no family to go home to.
The younger waiter even goes on to say that the deaf man should have killed himself. The older waiter does not understand and shows pity for the deaf man, the older waiter and the deaf man are very much similar. They both have nowhere to go when the café closes, so therefore why would either of them want to leave. When the older waiter finally does leave he begins to speak to himself, he says "Some lived in it and never felt it but he knew it all was nada y pues nada y naday pues nada. Our nada who art in nada, nada be thy name thy kingdom nada thy will be nada in nada as it is in nada. Give us this nada our daily nada and nada us our nada as we nada our nadas and nada us not into nada but deliver us from nada; pues nada. Hail nothing full of nothing, nothing is with thee." Nada can be described only in terms of an opposite because to make some-thing out of no-thing is not only incomprehensible but impossible.(Bennett, Warren) This line is very important in describing the older waiter, when changing all of these words in the Our Father it changes the meaning. In turn the sacred prayer means practically nothing, he is saying that nothing really matter, he does not matter. The question he is raising by saying this is, what is the meaning of life. He is asking himself why he is here, and why he cannot be happy. He later sees that if he does not change that he will be the old deaf man with nothing to live for.
One can see Hemingway in the older waiter because in Hemingway's elderly years he began to drink more and more. One can assume that the older waiter has had something to live for in the past, as did Hemingway because he seems to understand where the younger waiter is coming from when he is in such a hurry to see his family. Hemingway goes into much detail to describe how the older waiter seems to think that nothing matters anymore; it is almost as if he as lost faith. Hemingway had a very similar attitude in his later years; this is evident because he was admitted to the hospital several times for his severe depression.
The character that he seems to describe the most is the older deaf man; he seems to get such joy out of this simple café. What seems to draw him to this café, the story does not tell, but one can assume that it is a friendly atmosphere for the deaf man; no one is going to bother him here. It is even said that the old man is very wealthy, but still he has tried to commit suicide. To Hemingway happiness is found in many different ways, this is evident in the story, for all three characters have a different way of finding it.
Hemingway coveys himself the most in this old deaf man, the deaf man seems to have no family, Hemingway lost his father when he committed suicide at the age of 57. This seems to be something that would have bothered Hemingway greatly, even to the point of wanting to be alone in a clean well-lighted place, such as this café, just like the old deaf man. Hemingway was an alcoholic and depressed as an older man, the deaf man was accused of attempted suicide, and drinks almost every night. The old deaf man is a spitting image of Hemingway and how he felt during the writing of this story. Hemingway eventually died at the age of 61, it is argued weather or not this was accidental or not.
A Clean Well-Lighted place is a very drab, and depressing story, it is all set a lonely bar with mostly lonely people. The whole setting and theme of this story seem to embody Hemingway in some way. All three characters are constantly complaining, whether it be about being at work until the hours of the morning, or just complaining about not having anything to go home too. These characters are very well thought out by Hemingway to get his point across throughout the entire story.
This story is written by Hemingway to show the different phases of life, every person has a different idea of happiness; no two are exactly the same. This story about quietly endured pain connotes the idea that suffering is indeed so common, so mundane, no commemoration of it is necessary.(Dell'Amico, Carol) This is evident in his story; all three characters are doing something completely different in order to find their idea of happiness. The older waiter asks the most important question to himself, why am I here as he constantly tries to find happiness along with billions of others on their pursuit of happiness.
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Bennett, Warren. "Character, Irony, and Resolution in 'A Clean Well-Lighted Place,'." American Literature 42.1 (Mar. 1970): 70-79. Rpt. in Short Stories for Students. Ed. Ira Mark Milne. Vol. 9. Detroit: Gale Group, 2000. Literature Resources from Gale. Web. 13 Apr. 2011.
Elliott, Ira. "Ernest Hemingway." Writers for Young Adults. Ed. Ted Hipple. Vol. 3. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1997. Literature Resources from Gale. Web. 13 Apr. 2011.
Dell'Amico, Carol. "Overview of 'A Clean, Well-lighted Place'." Short Stories for Students. Ed. Ira Mark Milne. Vol. 9. Detroit: Gale Group, 2000. Literature Resources from Gale. Web. 20 Apr. 2011.
Flora, Joseph M. "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place: Overview." Reference Guide to Short Fiction. Ed. Noelle Watson. Detroit: St. James Press, 1994. Literature Resources from Gale. Web. 20 Apr. 2011.
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Ryousuke/Takumi, Keisuke/Takumi
Summary: Ryousuke and Keisuke always reached for the same cookie or toy...
"Hey, Fujiwara, don't be shy. Just jump in." Keisuke yelled.
The brown-haired young man hesitated before taking his younger son's advice and got in the swimming pool. Hajime Takahashi noted in amusement that the kid had not "jumped in" but walk down the small stairway built on one side of the shallow pool. His smile was mirrored on his older son's face as Ryousuke looked up from his ever-present laptop. There was a story there, Hajime knew. The kid was young, three years younger than Keisuke, but he was the second ace driver of "Project D", the little semi-pro racing group Ryousuke had made.
Ryousuke would probably be surprised at me knowing that...
Hajime was not as ignorant as both his sons might have thought. He knew, for instance, how many pro racing teams have approached Ryousuke: exactly two. He knew how good Ryousuke was at racing, how his oldest son was known as the White Comet of Akagi. How could he not when even the nurses in the hospital talked about his son like he was a minor god? He knew how important racing was to both his sons but someone had to be pragmatic and inherit the family hospital. He knew his sons, and Keisuke was too brash for the role. It would have to be Ryousuke. He was the eldest anyway.
"Charge!" Keisuke made quite a splash as he wrestled with Fujiwara-kun. Ryousuke watched the kid quietly in the cover of his laptop screen, a glimmer of something in his eyes.
Ah, that can be a problem...
As far as Hajime could remember, Ryousuke and Keisuke shared the same interests and things or in some cases not share the same things. He remembered the incident in which his two sons had a fight over a plate of butter cookies.
Ryousuke was eight then, and Keisuke, six...
"Hey, no fair, aniki. I got it first!" Keisuke wailed as he yanked on the pretzel-shaped sugar cookie, the other side was held by Ryousuke.
"Otouto, I clearly got it before you did."
"No, I did."
"No, you did not."
From what Hajime could see, they had both reached for the sweet at the same time. So there was no way to win this argument except...
Keisuke yanked the cookie and stuffed it into his mouth.
"There, nya!" The words were followed with a punch in Ryousuke's direction, which the older child returned.
"Ryousuke, don't hit your brother." Miya had admonished their eldest child.
"But he took my cookie!"
"You're still the older, you have to be more patient with him..."
The lecture was something Hajime had heard his wife dish out many, many times before to Ryousuke. Though Hajime personally thought it unnecessary, Ryousuke was more considerate of his younger brother than Hajime had been of his own. He could honestly see that Ryousuke was more considerate than even most elder siblings he had ever remembered in his stint as a pediatric intern. It was rare for his older son to retaliate when Keisuke fought with him. That was why the cookie incident stood out in Hajime's mind; it was so rare for Ryousuke to assert what he wanted when his brother competed for the same thing.
Ryousuke is too aware that he must be the patient one...the responsible one...and Keisuke often capitalized on it...
There were many incidents when Ryousuke would back down to give Keisuke whatever it was they were hankering for because they were rather eerie in their similarity.
Sometimes, I think they were twins. If they were born within months in each other, I would have thought of delayed delivery but there are two years between them...Anyway to the present problem, this might become messy...
Hajime was fully aware that everyone on Project D was from the Akagi Red Suns, the team Ryousuke and Keisuke belonged to before. He had met most of the Red Suns before since he insisted on knowing whom his sons had been hanging out with. This was the first time he had met Fujiwara Takumi, the talented new addition scouted out by Ryousuke from Mt. Akina. The kid was shy and much younger than he thought possible, given that Fujiwara had beaten Ryousuke on the Akina downhill and tied with him on Akagi. Quiet and modest, he barely uttered a word since being introduced to Hajime. Even with Keisuke set on embarrassing pronouncements of being beaten by him and going to beat him someday. Most racers to Hajime's experience, not that he had met that many but, hell, most men, would have defended their honor from such challenges, but Fujiwara just stood there and took it, faintly twitching when Keisuke inadvertently complimented his driving skills. Hajime knew right off that something was up.
Ryousuke showed much more interest in Fujiwara than Hajime had ever seen him show an opponent. His older son never recruited any outsiders before, even when they had talent. He never spent time trying to improve their driving as Hajime observed. Moreover, he did not give them those looks or those judicious touches of reassurance, a hand on the arm, a touch on the shoulder, that Hajime saw when they were coming through the hall from the garage.
He likes him...
But there was Keisuke to consider. Hajime had not seen Keisuke shower as much attention to an opponent either. He might yell imprecations and try to beat his opponent but he would certainly not try to ask them to their swimming pool or playfully wrestle with Fujiwara as if they were both kids in grade school.
It was almost as if he considered Fujiwara as his younger brother. But no, if Ryousuke shows interest...then...as always, Ryousuke might yield...or worse...
Hajime had not been prepared for this, that both his sons might fight over some person for love or attention. He had suspected about Ryousuke's preference for some time now. There were many women who flocked Ryousuke's side but his older son had been immune to their charms. Ryousuke did not date, did not bring girls home to meet him and Miya. He had been prepared for the day that Ryousuke would admit to being homosexual, knowing it was not that bad, that there was still Keisuke, at least, to continue the family line. Keisuke had dated several girls and was last seen with a girl racer. But now, he was not so certain.
Keisuke is probably bisexual...
Still, there were practicalities to consider, and besides, Ryousuke was doing his part in shouldering family responsibilities. It was Keisuke's turn to grow up and do his share. Hajime turned away to go to the living room. There was a phone there and with everyone at the pool there was no one to disturb him.
"Sayuri-san, long time no see. I want to arrange an omiai for my son...Keisuke..."
-The End-
Author's Notes: Aieee, I know I so totally suck! I should go finish one of my other fics or do my work but this plot bunny kept pestering me until I knew I had to write it. And oops, here's an explanation for one of the words...
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Amsterdam - Charming buildings, canals, bikes, pot, and the sex trade
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While its main shopping streets are filled with common, international chain stores (including McDonald's), the streets along its canals are charming.
Many homes built along Amsterdam's canals do not stand upright, and among their slopes, they often lean forward on purpose. The reason for this is to protect front walls while heavy items (such as furniture or merchandise) are lifted from roof-peak hoists. If these homes were built straight up, heavy items could scrape walls, or pound them to bits when lifted during a strong wind.
There is no particular purpose for buildings to lean sideways, even though several of them do. According to our tour guide, however, tilted homes are not at risk of toppling. Preservation laws require that owners stabilize their buildings so they remain "as is."
The Dutch are known for plant cultivation, especially bulb-type plants such as tulips. In Amsterdam, specialty shops sell bulbs, seeds, and dried flowers along a block-long area called "the floating flower market." Surprisingly, the Dutch also do a brisk business in cultivating marijuana seeds, making available what seems to be almost a hundred varieties.
Each floating flower market shop sits on its own tent-covered barge (flat boat). The picture below shows a back view of these barges as seen from across a canal.
Below is another back view of the garden shop barges, plus the buildings that stand directly in front of them. At ground level, most of these buildings house inexpensive souvenir and snack shops, many of which exploit Amsterdam's charms, including Delft (most likely Chinese knock-offs), statues of buildings, "naughty" stuff related to the sex trade, and declarations of pot-power.
As I mentioned in my blog, my husband and I like to seek out the unusual, although in Amsterdam, the Red Light District is not unusual. Its location, in fact, is prominently featured on tourist maps, it is currently free of international chain stores (thank god), and its canals are still charming. During the day, seeing bikini-dressed women (identified as "sex workers") standing in narrow rooms fronted by glass doors is less annoying than viewing skyscraper-tall, Midtown Manhattan billboards that showcase models wearing Calvin Klein briefs or Victoria Secret's secrets. We were not there in the evening when I understand that these little rooms sparkle with red light.
We passed three Bulldog locations, each of which had peaceful, canal-side seating like the one below. Did we smell pot? Well, you can generally detect it all over town, so I can't say we smelled more or less in this area. That said, we visited the Bulldog two different times during the day and can only suspect that the aroma would be heavier in the evening.
During the day, tourists flock to the Red Light District. While we were there, we saw couples strolling with baby carriages as well as groups of golden agers checking things out. Amazingly, some of the tourists even arrived by tour bus! Frankly, the area feels far less intimidating than neighborhoods in the US that specialize in peep shows.
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The resolution, adopted on December 4, 2015, recognizes "the importance of international tourism, and particularly of the designation of an international year of sustainable tourism for development, in fostering better understanding among peoples everywhere, in leading to a greater awareness of the rich heritage of various civilizations and in bringing about a better appreciation of the inherent values of different cultures, thereby contributing to the strengthening of peace in the world."
"The declaration by the UN of 2017 as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development is a unique opportunity to advance the contribution of the tourism sector to the three pillars of sustainability – economic, social and environmental, while raising awareness of the true dimensions of a sector which is often undervalued" said UNWTO Secretary-General, Taleb Rifai. "As the lead UN agency for this initiative, UNWTO is very much looking forward to proceeding with the organization and implementation of the International Year, in collaboration with Governments, relevant organizations of the UN system, other international and regional organizations and all other relevant stakeholders", he added.
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The Commodores quickly went on the attack, but the Bulldogs were ready as they posted nine men in the box to slow them down. The strategy worked well as Perry Central's shot attempts went uncompleted in the first half. The game went into the break tied at nil.
The Bulldogs continued to crowd the box in the second half in the hopes of forcing a shootout later in the game. However, midway through the period, the Commodores caught a break.
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> CENA BASHES THE ROCK FOR 'NOT GIVING BACK'- John Cena was recently interviewed by The Sun newspaper in the United
Kingdom and had some pretty harsh words for Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson which
according to Dave Meltzer of the Observer got Cena in some hot water
backstage. Cena was critical of Rock's decision not to come back every once
in a while to give people something back despite Rocky always saying that he
loves wrestling. "He's very good and very successful. Associating with
sports entertainment doesn't do much for his acting career, I get it," Cena
said. "Just don't f*** me around and tell me that you love this. That's the
only thing that gets me really pissed off." Cena added that the wrestling
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> R&B SINGER JOHN LEGEND AT WRESTLEMANIA- In keeping with the WrestleMania tradition, 'America The Beautiful' will
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artists who sang at WrestleMania include Aretha Franklin, Michelle Williams,
Boys Choir of Harlem, Ashanti, Boyz II Men and others.
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Its been a while...and just like a bad penny, I keep turning up. Welcome
everyone to 2008 and I hope and trust everyone is having a good new year
thus far. My year is turning out quite well and I am hoping it will only get
Lets get started with the winners of the last Brainbuster. They are:
Mr. Zaremba, Jimmy D, Jeff Jasniewski, Armin Leg, Brian Smart, Terry
Tumbarello, Scott Maclean, Packrat, Stephen Wilson, Robert Cooper.
Congrats to all those above and to all of you who got it right!!
There is a lot to discuss, so lets get to the meat and potatoes...
I found myself rather shocked and bewildered as I pushed the "Purchase"
button on my remote to order No Way Out this past Sunday. The WWE hasn't
been putting out the best in a while and I am not quite sure what intrigued
me about this PPV. Was it the 2 Chamber matches? Perhaps. Was it seeing Ric
Flairs career possibly coming to an end?? Who knows.
Before I start this paragraph, let me preface this by saying I am giving
spoilers to the PPV. So if you haven't seen it or don't want to know the
results, skip this paragraph. I was rather pleased overall, however at the
show. Seeing Chavo come away with a clean victory over CM Punk was a decent
opener. I was a little surprised at how early they placed the Smackdown
Chamber match. This was a decent match, although I thought they completely
jobbed MVP. His character is really growing on me. I mean what was the point
of his being there if they were going to play him like that? I can honestly
say I didn't expect him to win, but jeez. He gets his ass beat by Taker
before he even gets out of his cubical. He finally recovers and gets a few
moves off before he gets choke slammed off the top of a cubical...and its
"Thanks for coming, MVP!" The next match was ok, as we all knew Rey wasn't
going to win the belt with a torn bicep. The thing that sucked about this
match though, was the ending. We have seen it before...with Rey getting
Speared by Edge as Rey is diving off the ropes. I will speak more on this
topic later.
Floyd Mayweather Jr is no joke! Completely busted Big Show and broke his
nose. Looks like it will be a WrestleMania event. Oh whoops...I missed the
Ric Flair match. It was ok...think I somehow expected a little more from
both guys given it was a PPV. But, Flairs career is still intact. Orton vs
Cena...the way Orton got himself disqualified...at first I didn't like it.
But the more I thought about it, the more I liked it. The more it seemed old
school. And finally, The Raw Chamber match. This one was a bit of a
surprise. Everyone, including myself, thought Hardy had the win. In
retrospect, it made sense for him to lose. I can just see Vince or the
booker saying...ok...everyone is expecting him to win, but lets give it a
twist and he will lose. That way later down the road when he DOES win, it
will be that much better. However, I have my own opinions on Jeff Hardy
which I will touch upon.
Jeff Hardy....plain and simple...I don't think he is ready for the title. He
has the popularity...the crowd is behind him, but he still has a few things
to learn. Like how to sell an injury. Let me take you back to Raw...Jeff
Hardy vs HBK. HBK locks in a modified Indian Death Lock in the middle of the
ring. At this point, Hardy is selling...screaming and such. He manages,
after a minute or two, to get to the ropes to break the hold. This is where
the no sell of any kind of injury comes into play. Jeff gets up and barely
shows any signs of effects from being in the hold, didn't limp. Nothing! You
know the guys in the back who review the matches saw that. What makes a
wrestler great? Someone who can get the crowd behind them, sell an injury
and make it look like he has to take every ounce of strength and heart to
win. For example...how much more exciting would it have been had Hardy sold
the injury...hobbled around...fighting to get to the ropes...dragging
himself up...slowly creeping up the turnbuckles to the top, and finally
hitting the Swanton!!?? To me that builds up the excitement, the suspense
and the overall performance. With Hulk Hogan...How many times was it that he
seemed like he was down and out? That there was no chance he could pull it
off? Bundy breaking the ribs before WM 2. The Mountain that was the late
great Andre The Giant. I mean, we all knew it was a matter of time before he
Hulked up and kicked ass. But there was that element of...what if?! I think
if Hardy can add some actual wrestling moves to his arsenal, and get some
mic skills and learn to sell a hold and injury and use that to his advantage
to win on heart, then he will be ready.
I know I am a little (and I use that word loosely) behind on the wrestling
books but I recently received a copy of the Rocks book...The Rock Says...and
I have to say, I am having a hard time putting it down. I find myself
laughing hysterically at the stories he tells and the people he is talking
about as I can just envision the scenarios. If you haven't read it yet, I
suggest picking it up...its easy reading and very well done.
I don't know about you, but while I still watch WWE, I am finding it stale.
The matches especially. I mean how many more HBK matches can we watch where
he gets his ass beat from pillar to post and then he suddenly hits the
flying forearm, followed by the nip up, then the reverse atomic drop,
followed by a few clotheslines and then a body slam. Then he goes to the
top, hits a flying elbow and then tunes up the band for Sweet Chin music.
Whether he actually hits it or not doesn't matter. Its the fact that it is
the same moves, in the same order and sequence in every match. I am not
trying to single him out in any way as quite a few of the WWE superstars
have the same thing. I think what it is, is that you have superstars vs
superstars week in and week out.
Growing up, I had to wait all week until Saturday to watch a superstar take
on some no namer. And then you'd have interviews. And on occasions you'd
have a match with a superstar vs a no name and another superstar would do a
run in to create a feud to set up a match for later down the road or at a
PPV. The Saturday morning show would end with a decent main event. But
see...that made the superstar vs superstar matches that much more special.
And now that you have PPV's every month...and sometimes two a month, it just
isn't as special and you really don't get a chance to set up a good
story/angle. I mean now, you have guys that are all superstars. There are
not really any jobbers anymore. That's a damn shame!
You do still see good matches, but somehow...they just aren't quite as
So now that I have moved into the 21st Century and gotten an HD cable box
with DVR, I have been DVR'ing TNA. And I am really impressed with their
shows. A lot more action, less talking and drama. The only thing holding
them back is lack of any real star power. By that I mean they don't have any
real big names. The biggest they have is Kurt Angle. As they say...Man
cannot live on bread alone. Same can be said about a fed.
A fed cannot live on one superstar name alone. That's a lot on Kurt's
shoulders. Sure, they just got Booker T. Not to take anything away from the
former five time, five time, five time, five time, five time WCW World
champ, but I don't think he has a lot of draw. And the same for Big Papa
Pump. And Kevin Nash. Now don't get me wrong...TNA is LOADED with talent and
up and coming stars. Tyson Tomko...former WWE bodyguard for Christian, is
making a name for himself in TNA. Christian too. AJ Style, Samoa Joe, and
the list goes on. But if you don't watch TNA...you are probably saying WHO
THE $*&% ARE THESE GUYS?! AJ Styles...probably have heard of him. Maybe
Samoa Joe...maybe not. But I suggest...watch their show...it may not be the
huge budgeted show of WWE...but they put on some incredible matches that to
me, a lot of them are unpredictable endings. Like I have said, not to take
anything away from the guys in TNA, but it just seems like Kurt Angle
doesn't fit there somehow, if you know what I mean. It would be like Shaq
playing at the pro levels for a High School or College team.
It just doesn't seem right somehow. Hopefully if they can find some really
big names...maybe a handful or so, they may just make it eventually to be
able to compete with WWE in the next 5 years. Speaking of competition...
I have been reading reports that Hulk Hogan is nearing a deal to create a
new wrestling promotion. All that's left allegedly, is to wrap up the
licensing and merchandising. At that point Hulk and Eric Bischoff will sign
for the TV end of things. This should be really interesting!!
It seems that in an interview done with Paul Heyman by The Sun, he has
confirmed Vince McMahon is a control freak. He has to have everything HIS
way and if it wasn't his creation in the first place, he has to destroy it
his way. Which is what happened with Heyman leaving WWE over creative
control issues of ECW. I liked the ideas Heyman had for December To
Dismember, and even The Big Show liked the idea. As Heyman said in the
interview, Vince hated it...so it obviously went Vince's way. Vince killed
the nWo, Goldberg's character and so on. I don't hate Vince...he and the WWE
are creative...as long as they can create it. If it isn't their
idea...forget it.
Just a little spot here to say congrats to Steph and HHH on their new
pregnancy!! Good luck.
In what I thought was a big surprise, WWE released Bobby Lashley. I thought
Lashley is a decent wrestler. I guess he was the one who asked for his
release...due to his real life girlfriend, Kristal Marshall, having been let
go by the company a few months ago. Glad he is standing up for her, but I
hope he can show up in TNA...and most importantly, I hope she is worth it
for his career. Also in a surprise was the release of Al Snow. Probably not
as big a surprise as Lashley, but surprising just the same. Good luck Al!!
I am noticing more and more boo's from the crowd when Cena comes out. I
think he either needs to go heel for a while or his character needs a
change. It may just be getting stale...go figure for WWE. How long did they
drag out that horrible "King Bookaaaa" angle??!! It was beyond ridiculous.
Not sure what they can do at this point with Cena. Even at the No Way Out
PPV, the crowd was completely split....with half cheering...lets go
Cena...and the other half cheering lets go Orton. When a crowd is cheering
for Orton, something isn't right!! I know. I picked him a couple years ago
to be a World Champ...and he did that. And now he is WWE Champ. The sad
truth is...he is just boring. And I am not the only one to think so.
He...drags...out...everything...he...is...saying. Get with it Randy!! Or
maybe the tech crew could speed up his segments?!!
Now...you got from Jeff Hardy not selling to Lance Cade. I have to give this
guy some credit. If they could give him a good push, I think he could really
be a top level guy someday. He knows how to sell...now if they would give
him some mic time we might just see what he can do!!
Before I finish for today, I guess as we saw this past Monday it isn't going
to happen, but there was a rumor going around that Hogan wanted to take on
Flair at WrestleMania and be the one to end Flair's career. Two Hall Of
Famers who are up there in years, but I think they could still show the
younger guys how it is done!!
And with that, lets get to...
***The Last Brainbuster***
Q: He was the first major person from his country to become champion of a
major U.S. group In The 70's and into the 80's. He won the WWF World Title,
Intercontinental Title, U.S. Title, and Tag Belts with Bob Backlund. He even
had a great 75 Minute draw match with Bruno Sammartino at Shea Stadium. Who
is he??
A: Pedro Morales
***This Weeks Brainbuster***
(Be sure to send all answers and/or comments to
ericknudsen@.... Remember to include your name.)
Q: What Polish strongman, who starred in the AWA, Puerto Rico and the IWA in
the 1970's, was known to break bricks over his head? *Hint: He has since
passed away*
Well that's it for me. Thank you for joining me for this edition of Around
The Ring. I am Eric, that's my opinion and I am standing by it!!
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Yay, I actually updated something that hasn't been written in the last two weeks~
I'm planning this plan in my head, and it's either the best thing or the worst thing I've ever thought of. Oh, one last note before the chapter…
I wrote this chapter because it stars the Myouren crew. I'm doing this in celebration of the Touhou 13.5 that has recently been announced. If I go offline for a while, it's because I've dedicated myself to clearing UFO for the exact same reason. I WILL defeat Byakuren before this game is released!
Count on it! :D
Oh, also, you may wanna re-read the last chapter again if you're a little fuzzy on the details. It's important to know what was going on in this chapter~
"What? Did I do something wrong, Hijiri?"
"You know, that wasn't very nice to do. Not to Murasa, and not to Nue."
"She won't mind. I know her~"
"Still, do try to be a little less subtle so that at least somebody knows you're you when you're taking the shape of a youkai known to change her shape, won't you? For me, Mamizou?"
"Aw, alright. I should go find Nue."
"And I'll inform Murasa of what really happened…"
"Quite a story, huh?"
Not long before the "true form" thing last night; Dream Palace Mausoleum…
"There are some things about you I just don't get," Nue said to the jiang shi that was the center of her visit to the mausoleum. Nue didn't get why Yoshika preferred the old monstrous cooking over Nue's new and improved dishes. "You know that, Yoshika?"
"Heh-heh, even a jiang shi is entitled to a little mystery~"
"Yeah, got that-" RUSTLE! "Hm?" Nue's eyes went over to the bush that just made the noise. That particular bush wasn't there when Nue got here. Probably just somebody's cheap camo to spy on Nue. Best to deal with them. Stepping over to the bush, Nue grabbed the top, and pulled. It didn't come out. Nue pulled harder. It still didn't come out. "Okay," the youkai said to herself. "On three. One…two…"
"Hold it," the bush shouted.
"What the-"
"It's me," the alleged plant said, shifting into a more humanoid form; growing ears and a tail. Then the final touch; a pair of glasses nestled skillfully upon this youkai's nose. "It's just me, Nue."
"Well, I'll be! Mamizou! Aren't you a sight for sore eyes?"
"Aren't I ever. So, tell me, how come you're hanging out with these Mausoleum folks? You know, the ones you called me out for to be used against them?"
"We'd better get comfy. It's quite a story."
Back in Byakuren's office; currently…
"I figured I'd pose as Nue for the night, since she decided to sleep over there last night, and I did everything like Nue did. I saw Murasa spying on me, and decided to have a little bit of fun by toying with the sailor."
"I can sort of understand where you're coming from, but I have one question."
"What did you use as Nue's fake true form?"
A little later; Eientei…
"My bad," Mamizou said, watching Byakuren get rushed off. "I understand a sailor having a massive nosebleed over this kind of stuff, but I didn't think it'd work on you, too."
SLAM! "I came the second I heard," Murasa shouted. "Everybody else isn't that far behind!"
"Oh, Murasa. Perfect timing. I've gotta tell you something."
"Oh yeah? What's up?"
"When you thought you saw Nue's real form last night…that was actually me. Sorry."
"W-Wait," the sailor said, the green in her eyes occasionally flickering to the red more characteristic to the real youkai. "Y-You…" In the blink of an eye, Nue let it be known that it was indeed Nue, and finished "You showed her my true form?"
"Nah, I just made up a fake true form. Nice to see you too, by the way."
"Here's the part where we laugh."
"HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA! That's freaking hilarious!" Now Murasa had the wrong idea of what Nue's true form was! She couldn't wait for Murasa to start spreading the word, only for Nue to confirm the sailor's claims as wrong! "How do you think she'd react to my real true form?"
"Your true form? I think…she'd be scared. Very scared." It scared Mamizou, but was oddly captivating once one got past its horror factor. There was good reason Nue didn't use that form. It led to bloody noses and soiled trousers the world over before she arrived in Gensokyo, so she decided to massively tone herself down shortly after arriving, which led to the commonly recognized six-winged form people identified the undefined girl with. The same one Mamizou utilized last night.
"But she'd also be head-over-heels wild for me. Maybe it's best to not use that form where she can see." Inversely, maybe she would show that form to Yoshika sometime.
Marisa Kirisame's house…
"Thank you for letting me spend the night," Shou said, hand on the doorknob. "It seems the rain has stopped, so I can go search in earnest. Just so I know I've got the facts right, though, could you please tell me what happened again?"
"Sure thing, ze," the black-white witch said. She didn't have the pagoda anymore; she was misusing its power shortly after stealing it, and she eventually lost it. "After I took your pagoda, I went over to see what it could do…"
"I bet the reporter's heart is WAY wicked," Marisa said mischievously to herself. After speeding past the Myouren Temple, Marisa had flown around a little to lose anybody that might have been on her tail. She'd landed not far from the Hakurei Shrine, but not AT the shrine in fear of Reimu forcing her to return her newest stolen item. "I wonder what the Bunbunmaru would look like if I used this on her, ze." Only one way to find out. So, hopping back on her broom, Marisa took off!
Witches are now traveling…
"Almost there, ze. Just a little further, and-"
WHOOSH! A massive gust of wind, strong enough to almost tear Marisa off her broom, blew her right off course, and blew her hat right off her head. "MY HAT!" Marisa always flew with one hand on her broom, and if she let go with the other in these newfound windy conditions, she'd surely fall right off her broom and to her unpleasant demise. In the other hand…the jeweled pagoda. Damn. "Well, looks like I'll never find out, ze." And so, Marisa casually tossed the pagoda into the wind to let it go wherever it would, chasing after her hat instead.
"Not like it's gone forever, ze! It has to be somewhere, right?"
"…I can't believe you ditched it over a hat." There was only one jeweled pagoda, and it was priceless. In the world, there were dozens, if not hundreds of witch hats Marisa could just find and steal, or she could even make her own. Clearly, the witch had no sense of the true value of an object beyond what she could personally gain with it. The second Shou found the jeweled pagoda again (and after Byakuren's confiscation of it was finished) she'd have to come back here and massively cleanse Marisa's heart. Pulling open the door, Shou stepped outside into the no-longer rainy Gensokyo, Shou's extremely unenviable journey for the jeweled pagoda began…
Meanwhile, back at the lair-er, temple…
"Ah, I see you're trying out a new look," Byakuren complimented to the temple's one and only guardian; Ichirin Kumoi. It wasn't all that different from her usual look, though the impact of the one subtle difference was pretty large taken into account her usual appearance. "Any particular reason?"
"Nue said it would look better this way," Ichirin replied, shrugging a little in uncertainty. The only thing that really changed was that Ichirin's hood was no longer up all the time; Nue had told her to try wearing it down and tying her hair back into a ponytail. "I'm not sure. I think it's somewhat childish, which is rather unbecoming of a guardian."
"With the hostilities with the Taoists faded away, we don't have much need for guarding the place with such vigor any longer. I personally believe your new look is very fresh. Did Unzan give you his take yet?"
"He said it reminded him of when I was little. That seems to help my argument of it looking childish, though…" Maybe Nue, whose true form was an absolute mystery to all (except for Mamizou, apparently) wasn't the best person to take hair advice from. "Oh, also, I heard a rumor in the village. About you, no less!"
"Oh, really? What are the humans saying about little ol' me?"
"Well, I mean, it's just a rumor, but I've heard that you've got something big planned out. Like, really big." The exact rumor Ichirin heard was that Byakuren was planning to expand the Myouren Temple's reach without making it fly. The reason? On a general basis, humans didn't fly. "Is there any truth to the rumors that you've been planning to expand the temple's reach?"
"Ah, I tried that once before. It coincided with the incident with the Taoists appearing, remember?" Byakuren had set up a shrine, appointed a random youkai as the miko (this is a Buddhist temple, not Shinto, right?) and then the miko of darkness resolved the divine spirits incident. Then the shrine got destroyed, and Byakuren acted like it never happened to begin with. "But yes, I'm planning on erecting another branch, though it seems that shrines aren't quite the attention magnets I made them out to be. It will have to be a temple this time~"
"…" Ichirin didn't get Byakuren sometimes. More importantly, where did she plan to build this branch temple? And who would be in charge of it? She had to know! "Do you…I mean, have you already figured out who will be working at the branch temple?"
"Yes~" A crew of five - maybe six - youkai would be living in and working there. Byakuren saw them near the Human Village the other day and pulled them aside since she recognized a member of the group. "I think a branch temple will be a good thing. M-hm, it will certainly be a good thing for our goal of coexistence, won't it?"
"I suppose so. I worry though. You've got that look on your face." The one Byakuren got when there was more to her words than she let on. Was she up to something? Perhaps Nue or Mamizou would know more; both of them were excellent spies thanks to their abilities. Once again, the need to know overwhelmed Ichirin! "I'll just not worry about it, though. I'm going to find Nue…maybe Mamizou if I find her first." With that, Ichirin took off, still sporting her new look of the hood being down and the hair tied into a ponytail.
I think Ichirin has the potential to be one of the most beautiful Touhou characters, but the hood ruins it. All the fanart I've seen where her hood is down, even if it's just for a second, is wonderful, much like how I've never seen a straight-haired Nue I don't like.
And now on a totally unrelated note, I want to share the greatest conversation I've had in a long time. Me and a user on roleplayerguild (no, Sonanoka, it's not you) had it just yesterday. I forgot their username, though ^_^;
Them: I think your obsession with Touhou might be unhealthy.
Me: Nothing bad's happened yet, so it's okay :D
Them: Now I'll just wait for you to dye your hair green and smoke the souls of others or whatever you said.
I laughed, because I actually do plan on dying my hair green sometime, and yes, it's entirely because of Mima.
Now that that's outta the way, I really should get those Taoists back in the story. Like, NAO!


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The Supreme Court Monday issued notice to the central government on two pleas challenging the constitutional validity of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, under which the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) was banned six times since 2001.
The court sought a response within 10 weeks on the petitions filed by two former SIMI members.
An apex court bench of Justice R.M. Lodha, Justice H.L. Gokhale and Justice Ranjan Gogoi issued after senior counsel U.U. Lalit, appearing for Humam Ahmad Siddiqui and Misbahul Islam, challenged the constitutionality of the act.
Lalit told the court that several petitions challenging the ban were pending before the court since 2002.
The senior counsel told the court that such bans were illegal and violated the fundamental rights of citizens and erstwhile members.
The petitioners also contested that the latest two-year ban imposed on the SIMI in February. They have also challenged the ban before a tribunal headed by Justice V.K. Shali.
The petition said that the provisions of the act were not only intrinsically flawed but the manner in which they were operationalised by the central government breached Articles 14, 19 and 21 of the constitution.
The petition said that though the SIMI ceased to exist it was banned for the first time Sep 27, 2001, the government insisted that it continued to exist illegally.
The petition contended that the government's claim was based almost entirely upon the alleged confessional statements of accused arrested in various cases.
The petition said that such evidence was inadmissible even against the accused themselves but it was being relied upon to contiunue the ban on the SIMI.


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Welcome everyone to our new home! Well, the home is not new, we just had a little makeover.
Big thanks to the ever talented Becca from Jumping Jax Designs!
Becca is not only talented but she is patient! I'm not sure how many times she had to answer elementary questions for me, but she did it and was super friendly! I had no real definitive vision for my new design but she somehow managed to figure it out and came up with something that I truly love! And I am really excited about my new social networking buttons! You can follow along with facebook and twitter! :)
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