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Britney Spears opens up about lip injections, Kim Kardashian and pregnancy sex in the January issue of InStyle.
The pop star reveals that she's gotten some assistance from renowned Beverly Hills plastic surgeon Dr. Raj Kanodia.
"A doctor I see, Dr. Kanodia, does fun stuff to me sometimes — I've had lip injections before," Spears tells the magazine. "He has this peptide-based face-care product; it's green and slimy, and you mix it together and put it on your face. It does wonders. You leave it on overnight."
Sounds good.
That said, Spears thinks "it's cruel how the world puts so much emphasis on our looks."
She refers to Kardashian's harsh treatment by the press during her pregnancy.
"I see Kim and what she went through when she was pregnant — the tabloids were so mean to her because she was big," says Spears. "At one point in the show she was upset and said something like, 'I would be lying if I said that the criticism from the paparazzi while I've been pregnant hasn't taken a toll on me.'"
"And I was like, 'Bless her heart,' because I remember that time," the singer tells InStyle.
Spears adds, "First of all, you are already emotional, and then the paparazzi are taking pictures of you pregnant. That should be the time when your body is the most treasured."
"I loved being pregnant for so many reasons," she says. "Not to mention the sex is awesome then."
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Real Questions with... Dusky
Dusky, comprised of Nick Harriman and Alfie Granger-Howell, have been generating a lot of buzz in the dance music community over the last few years. Their music has been supported by the likes of producers/DJs including Seth Troxler, Skream, Diplo, and more. And with a busy touring schedule, the guys continue to work on new music.
The guys tell Evolution Radio that they are working on a new EP. "It's gonna be 3 tracks. We're doing it on our own label which we've just started, that's gonna be the first release." They go on, "It's pretty similar to tracks we've done before but we've got some different influences. One of them has got a real like U.K. rave influence. Drum 'n' bass jungle, old school hardcore influence in it."
The guys will also be busy on the road this year. After their EDC NY appearance, they come back to the U.S. in June and then again in the fall, with gigs mostly in Europe and the U.K. in between.
Evolution Radio met up with Dusky before their gig at Brooklyn's Output, where Nick and Alfie opened up about everything from their pet peeves to guilty pleasures to what they think of the dance music scene. Check it out below:
What are your pet peeves?
People hogging the arm rests on planes. Ignorance in people in general. People that walk like super slowly, it's annoying because I'm so tall so my strides are like double speed of normal people. But I can't be pissed off at people for having short legs.
What is the meanest thing you've ever said to your manager?
We're not rude, he's like on of our mates. We've got a pretty good relationship. The only thing mean we've probably said to him is being a little sarcastic rather than actually being cruel to him. We're not really like that. We won't be like whatever, whatever. We don't try and communicate in that way, so nothing too bad.
What's been your most embarrassing moment?
Stomping the wrong deck a few times, and just try to kind of style out like "oh something's happened to the mixer, oh now it's come back on!"
What is your guilty pleasure?
I think probably like I ride motor bikes, riding motor bikes and going dangerously fast and doing stupid stuff. then afterwards thinking like that's a bit stupid, we shouldn't have done that.
Junk food for sure. When we're in the states particularly, we like to indulge.
Do you guys have a favorite junk food in the states?
Mexican food, wings, burgers, fries is pretty much all of it. Pulled pork is nice. I went to a place in Memphis --- run down little shop but it was amazing, so tasty.
Have you ever Facebook or Twitter stalked a fan?
Yeah. Stalked is a bit of a strong word for it but definitely yeah, who wouldn't. You're like "where does this person come from, why do they think that?" And sometimes you find out why, sometimes you don't. But it's interesting to know either way.
What's the last illegal thing you did if you ever did anything illegal?
I brought a banana into the United States of America. I didn't declare it. I might lose my visa now (laughs). But not on purpose. Like I look in my bag and I'm like "oh s**t I've got a banana." Luckily I didn't get caught.
What part if any of the dance music scene do you dislike the most?
There is quite a few things to dislike. But to put it in perspective, like most of it's amazing but I think people go into clubs where they don't really care about the music or the production, they just go in there to be seen. Just, the whole like "bottle service" kind of concept in clubs . How many people bring out bottles of vodka and sparklers and stuff, people flushing their money around. That side of it I just despise.
What band would you never admit to listening to but you are listening to them?
I've been listening to the Beyonce album. I haven't been listening to that much. I've just been listening to like promos recently, haven't really listening to that much new music. If I have it's been like really obscure techno stuff.
What is the most shameful thing you've ever spent money on?
I got a cleaner [cleaning service] for my house. I felt quite bad about that. Just because it's quite a small flat and like I probably could've make the time to do it myself.
Clothes, spent too much money on clothes. Yeah feel a bit embarrassed about stupid amounts of money on whatever, coats and things.
I run up my phone bill a lot. Just by making calls abroad all the time without thinking about it – then I get like a 300 pound phone bill, $500 dollars something like that, so stupid that money could have been so much better spent.
What kind of crowds were you part of in high school?
I was a skater, so I used to skate when I was in school. So everyone I used to hang out with were skateboarders.
I didn't skate I was kind of with the just raving crowd.
Who is your celebrity crush?
Scarlett Johansson.
Do you steal from hotels?
Not steal. The thing is they would take your card before hand, so anything that you steal like they'll just charge you.
I've taken like towels by mistake and mini bars [mini bar items] but then you just get charged for it anyways. You can't like steal from a hotel like unless you use a fake card.
What are you careless about?
Still sometimes we've forgotten to press save. I've been using software to produce since I was a kid. You think I'd really learn by now but I did it the other day, so I lost like an hours worth of work. Just when you're working and you start getting into it, you're just like think press save, it crashes and it's all gone.
oth of you are very tall, what's your shoe size?
11/12 – depends on the make & 14. It's also different in America. American 15. So I can't get shoes in normal shops.
It's annoying. Like the most popular shoe shop in the U.K. it's called Size, and they only do up to size 11, so it's just frustrating for me. It's not like there's not a lot of people out there with a size 12 it's kind of normal, but oh well. First world problems.
What are your honest thoughts on the term EDM?
What's frustrating is, it's become a genre where people use it as an actual term for kind of dance music, anything. I don't know I just feel like you shouldn't confuse the like krass kind of super commercial, manufactured dance stuff that's out there, with all that amazing stuff that has been going out for years and years and years.
What has been your weirdest fan interaction or the weirdest thing you've ever got from a fan?
Sometimes in America people gives us those bracelet things. Getting funny notes, like hand written notes. "You make me melt" stuff like that. But we haven't had anything really kind of scary, yeah. I think it was quite sweet. I thought it was quite nice. You know it wasn't just like "will you play some One Direction."
Do people request One Direction?
Yeah. [We also] had a request for Bon Jovi. We were actually in Sheffield.
What's your biggest accomplishment so far?
Doing Essential Mix is quite a big step across - especially like in the U.K. that's kind of like a bit of a benchmark of sort of how established you are as a DJ, so that was big for us.
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Celebrity News For Aug. 21, 2014 | Late Edition
Miley Cyrus Is Headed Back to the VMAs
- Miley Cyrus returns to the MTV VMAs after last year's performance — Us Weekly
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- Madonna breaks up with boyfriend Timor Steffens — Lainey Gossip
- Get a first look at Jessie J's "Bang Bang" video — People
- Why JC Chasez was the best member of *NSYNC — BuzzFeed
- Chris Martin and Jennifer Lawrence are spotted on a date — Dlisted
- Watch Jessica Alba's sexy Sin City striptease — ET
- Serena Williams sings karaoke with celebrities — JustJared
- Karina Smirnoff plays beach volleyball in a bikini — Hollywood Tuna
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WATCH: Wiki Weapons fires first 100% 3D-printed handgun
(Liz Klimas) The Wiki-Weapons project by Defense Distributed, which has for months been striving toward its goal of creating a fully functional 3D-printed gun, has succeeded in the first tests of a firearm created using only a 3D printer.
Although much of the project up until now has been showing off plastic printed components for rifles and magazines, the gun tested last week was a .380 handgun, which Defense Distributed founder Cody Wilson told TheBlaze in a phone interview Monday was always the goal to develop.
Meet the "Liberator."
Wilson said that while they were waiting for their federal firearms license request to go through, something which was granted to them in March, they worked on printing the gun parts they legally could in the mean time. For weeks, the parts of the handgun were tested individually but on May 1 it all came together for its first shot.
As a safety precaution, it was test fired remotely at first.
"It was a big question mark. I was quite nervous, excited, giddy," Wilson said.
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The iHeartRadio Music Festival is back in Las Vegas for Round 3, and YOU COULD BE THERE! All you have to do is listen to a radio station near you. Don't miss out on this incredible experience - Get the details on how to find a station near you and listen to win HERE!
You can also enter to win a trip from Macy's - just visit Macy's on Facebook HERE for all the details and to sign up.
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You and a guest will fly round-trip to Las Vegas for a 2-night, 3-day stay and you'll have access to tons of amazing music with tickets to the iHeartRadio Music Festival Village during the day, and tickets to both nights of the iHeartRadio Music Festival at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.
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The line-up for the 2013 iHeartRadio Music Festival was announced Monday morning, and it promises to be an epic weekend for the third year straight. This year's lineup includes Justin Timberlake, Katy Perry, J.Cole, Elton John, Muse, Tiësto, Chris Brown, Keith Urban, fun., Miguel, Bruno Mars, Phoenix, Zedd, Maroon 5, Tim McGraw, Ke$ha, Thirty Seconds to Mars, Benny Benassi, plus a rare live appearance by Queen + Adam Lambert and other special surprise guests.
This year is even bigger with the addition of the iHeartRadio Music Festival Village, an outdoor daytime concert covering 15 acres right off the Las Vegas Strip featuring live performances from Miley Cyrus, The Wanted, Jason Derulo, The Band Perry, Avril Lavigne, Krewella, Cher Lloyd, twenty one pilots, Pete Tong, AWOLNATION and a special guest appearance by Ne-Yo.
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PHOTO: Slayer hangs out with ESPN's John Clayton
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It appears ESPN reporter John Clayton really is a Slayer fan. A fellow sportswriter posted a picture of Clayton hanging out backstage with the metal vets, who stopped in Seattle this past Friday on their latest North American tour.
Post by Slayer band.
Clayton's connection to Slayer began last year when he appeared in a now-classic SportsCenter ad, revealing that after he's done filming a segment for the show he trades in his suit and tie for a Slayer T-shirt and cranks up the thrash metallers' music.
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FAA Keeps Tel Aviv Travel Ban In Place
The FAA will continue to restrict travel to and from Israel's main international airport for at least another day. A ban on U.S. aircraft landing at or taking off from Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv was issued yesterday after a rocket fired from Gaza landed about a mile away. The FAA now says it will keep those restrictions in place for at least another 24 hours. US Airways has already said it plans to resume flights to Tel Aviv tomorrow, pending approval from the FAA.
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Mario Lopez welcomes baby boy!
(Yahoo!) - News flash: Mario Lopez has welcomed a baby boy.
The "Extra" and "X Factor" host had a late night on Monday as his wife, Courtney Mazza, delivered their son, Dominic Lopez, in Los Angeles. And the 39-year-old gave his followers the play-by-play of his thrilling evening.
The excitement started at about 9 p.m. when the "Saved by the Bell" alum posted:
Whoa.. Cutting it close. Just wrapped @TheXFactorUSA & I'm rushing to the hospital. Baby Lopez #2 is coming tonight! Baby better wait for me— Mario Lopez (@MarioLopezExtra) September 10, 2013
He then shared photo of a very calm looking Mazza ― with whom he has a daughter, Gia, who will be 3 this week ― all scrubbed in and ready in the delivery room.
Waiting for the Dr... @CourtneyMLopez & I are ready to go! Is it a boy or a girl??? #BabyLopez pic.twitter.com/j6WQgeN2QY— Mario Lopez (@MarioLopezExtra) September 10, 2013
While waiting things out, Lopez distracted himself with football (the San Diego Chargers disappointed him), but at just after 11:30 his son was born.
It's a boy!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Please welcome Dominic Lopez to the world! Couldn't be happier... @CourtneyMLopez & baby are doing just fine... :)— Mario Lopez (@MarioLopezExtra) September 10, 2013
Just reading his tweets of anticipation exhausted us, but not Lopez. By 1 a.m. he was out celebrating:
I am in heaven right now.... And in a bar. #CelebratingDominicLopez #BabyLopezNumber2— Mario Lopez (@MarioLopezExtra) September 10, 2013
We're not sure what time Lopez's head finally hit the pillow, but we're certain he must have slept well. What a day!


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WATCH: Alicia Keys & Pharrell star in 'Amazing Spider-Man' theme video
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Alicia Keys is returning to the spotlight with a new song called "It's On Again" -- the theme song for the upcoming Amazing Spider-Man 2 movie.
A video for the track was released on Monday, placing Alicia and her collaborators Kendrick Lamar and Pharrell Willlams into the world of Peter Parker. Kendrick has a short cameo, delivering his verse into a walkie-talkie at the start of the track before Alicia takes over dressed in all black, as clips from the action movie are shown.
Pharrell, who co-wrote and produced "It's On Again," makes an appearance working his magic on a keyboard as well.
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 soundtrack is set to drop on April 22nd, ahead of the movie's release on May 2nd.
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Touche: Company Creates Video After Viral Resignation
(NEWSER) – It was the quit heard 'round the world when one young employee announced she was moving on via some dance moves. Marina Shifrin let her bosses at Next Media Animation know she was gone in the form of aviral video, which has gotten more than 8 million views. Now her company is responding. After she danced her way out of a job, her co-workers decided to fire back—with another viral video. In fact, they parodied her video, but replaced her "I quit!" message with "We're hiring." Newsy reports:


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Florida Family's $300K Find: Underwater Gold
(NEWSER) – A 65-year-old Florida man has spent his life searching for treasure off the coast—and Rick Schmitt and his family have just made their biggest-ever discovery. Some 150 yards off the coast of Fort Pierce, and about 15 feet underwater, the Schmitt family found 64 feet of gold chain, five gold coins, and a gold ring; the haul has been valued at an estimated $300,000, the Orlando Sentinelreports. It's about 300 years old, leftover from 11 Spanish ships that went down in a hurricane in 1715, earning the area the nickname "Treasure Coast."
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Producer Talks Beyonce's 'Crazy In Love' For '50 Shades'
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Beyonce is enjoying a slice of the fanfare surrounding the 50 Shades Of Grey movie.
A version of her song "Crazy In Love" is featured in the first trailer that arrived on Thursday. In an interview with Complex.com, Boots, the producer of the sultry rendition of the single, spills on what's to come.
[WATCH: First Official '50 Shades of Grey' Trailer]
Boots, who also worked on Bey's recent surprise album, confirms that there will be a full Fifty Shades of Grey soundtrack. Without mentioning if Beyonce will be contributing more songs, he teases that the soundtrack will be "really dope" and that the movie's promotions are only just getting started.
Boots says the re-recording of "Crazy In Love" that Bey put down "just fits" with the newly released trailer. He adds that the star "absolutely killed it" and that the a cappella moments on the track gave him chills in the studio.
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Pedos Who Google Kid Porn Now Get Warnings, Not Pics
(NEWSER) – Google and Microsoft are working closely together to make it harder for pedophiles to find images of child abuse online. Google says it has targeted 100,000 search terms associated with child sexual abuse and the terms will now deliver warnings instead of illegal results, theBBC reports. Over the last few months, the company has "put more than 200 people to work developing new, state-of-the-art technology to tackle the problem," Google chief Eric Schmidt writes in the Daily Mail. "We've fine-tuned Google search to prevent links to child sexual abuse material from appearing in our results."


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Harry Reid exempts some of his Senate staff from Obamacare exchanges
One of the biggest public supporters of the Affordable Care Act has reportedly decided that some of his staff should be exempted from the new law.
CNN reports that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is the only top congressional leader to exempt some of his staff from having to buy insurance through the Affordable Care Act exchanges.
That's right, even House Majority Leader John Boehner and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, who have voted against the healthcare law dozens of times, have told their staff to sign up for insurance plans through the federal exchange.
The news will likely provide another talking point to critics of the healthcare law, commonly known as Obamacare. After all, members of Congress and their staff are not only required to buy insurance through the exchanges, they must buy plans in the "gold" tier, the second most-expensive option available.
Yahoo News has reached out to the offices of all 100 U.S. senators to see if any other members have exempted committee staff from the federal exchange.
Conservative pundits were quick to jump on the news Wednesday. Hot Air editor Ed Morrissey wrote, "If Obama can't even convince the man who shoved ObamaCare through the Senate by parliamentary chicanery, though, how can anyone else believe him?"
When the Affordable Care Act passed, it included language that stipulated Congressional staff members must purchase healthcare plans from the federal exchange, which is designed specifically for, and limited to, federal government employees and their families. But the law didn't say that the government would continue to provide staffers a tax-free subsidy (of around 70 percent), meaning those employees, most of whom wouldn't qualify for the low-income subsidies, would have to pay for their plan without help from their "employer."
However, this summer The Office of Personnel Management, the government's HR department, decided the government would provide staffers with a subsidy roughly equivalent to what they've been receiving. While it's technically true staffers have not been exempted from the law, as some Republicans claimed, staffers have been provided a privilege that is not written into the law.
So, how is Reid explaining why he's not requiring all of his staff to sign up for new plans?
Though the law requires members of Congress and their personal staff to sign up under the federal exchange, CNN reports that committee and leadership staff are not bound by the same requirements.
As Reid spokesman Adam Jentleson told CNN, "We are just following the law."
Still, the decision seems to contradict an earlier statement made by Reid in September, when rumors were circulating that Congress was attempting to exempt itself from Obamacare.
"Let's stop these really juvenile political games – the one dealing with healthcare for senators and House members and our staff," Reid said at the time. "We are going to be part of exchanges, that's what the law says and we'll be part of that."


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School tells students patriotic T-Shirts violated dress code on 'Patriotic Day'
Some students H. W. Byers High School in Slayden, Miss., say their show of patriotism got them called to the office.
The school planned to use part of its Spirit Week activities as opportunity to remember the 9/11 attacks.
But a handful of students apparently misunderstood the dress code policy for Patriotic Day,
Kelton Stewart and Clay Earnest are students at H. W. Byers High School Slayden, Miss.


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Men's basketball
Akron will conclude its wild, four-games-in-eight-days streak when Central Michigan struts into town Saturday at noon.
Men's basketball
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The MAC signed a new eight-year contract with ESPN.
The deal requires ESPN to broadcast 11 regular season games in football and six in basketball.
Men's basketball
Akron won its first game at Toledo's Savage Hall since January 8, 2000 when Dan Hipsher roamed the Zips' sideline.
The Zips kept scoring down the stretch to hold on, 70-61.
Steve McNees provided the play of the game. He stole the ball with 1:30 to play and drove coast-to-coast for a layup. That gave Akron a six-point lead. Jonathan Amos responded with a field goal. Chris McKnight drilled a mid-range jump shot to restore the lead to six.
McNees blocked an Amos shot, which Nate Linhart rebounded. Linhart handed it to Darryl Roberts, who drained two free throws to ice the game in his home town. Roberts scored 12.
After a 5-4 deficit, Akron never trailed. The Zips shot 50 percent from the field. Toledo shot 47 percent.
"That was about the worst defense we played all year," coach Keith Dambrot said on the radio postgame show. "We were a half-step slow all night. ... When a young team plays three times in five days, you're going to get a little slippage."
True freshmen Nik Cvetinovic and Brett McClanahan each scored career highs with 11 and nine, respectively.
"I've been telling you all along that McClanahan is a weapon for us," Dambrot said. "He's gonna be a good player. I'm tellin' ya. ... I'm just glad we de-redshirted him."
Brett McKnight led Akron with 12 points. Tyrone Kent led Toledo with 19 points. His counterpart, Amos, scored eight. Akron outrebounded Toledo, 34-24.
Akron improved to 3-3 in the MAC. You will hear me say this a lot over the next few weeks: A first-round bye in the MAC Tournament is what this team needs most. Only four teams get a bye. Currently, the Zips are sixth.
Three of Akron's next four games are at home. The Zips will play a struggling Central Michigan team on Saturday at noon at Rhodes Arena. I will preview the game on Friday.
Men's basketball
It's a snow day on the University of Akron's campus.
Toledo's campus is open. There should be nothing except cold shooting to prevent Akron reaching a .500 record in MAC play tonight.
Men's basketball
The Zips and Rockets will play Wednesday at 7 p.m.
Men's basketball
Akron held Youngstown State to 33 percent shooting en route to the Zips' second consecutive 14-point win, 67-53.
Nate Linhart played an active game, and it showed statistically. He scored 15, grabbed nine rebounds and volleyball spiked one Penguin shot into the scorer's table.
The Penguins tied the game at 33, but the Zips responded with a 7-0 run.
Akron will play at Toledo on Wednesday. I will preview the game tomorrow.
Men's basketball
I went back and forth about whether this game was worth previewing.
On one hand, I've done it most the season. On the other, this game is darn near irrelevant, win or lose. The tiebreaker was that Keith Dambrot said he's glad his team is playing today, rather than just practicing.
Men's basketball
The first of possibly three rivalry games is upon us. The Kent State Golden Flashes will visit Rhodes Arena for a noon game on Saturday.
Ohio's top quarterback chose Akron last night.
Six-foot-4 Patrick Nicely of Willoughby South is the No. 20 pro-style quarterback in the nation, according to Rivals.com. As a senior, he threw for 22 touchdowns and four interceptions. ESPN.com's scouting report suggests that Nicely is a threat to run, as well.
Nicely turned down offers from Ohio University, Toledo, Bowling Green, and Central Michigan. He originally committed to Bowling Green, but he decommitted once the Falcons changed coaches.
Nicely visited campus over the weekend. He was impressed with the football facilities, the campus overall and how J.D. Brookhart was up front with him. It also helps that Nicely's high school teammate and offensive lineman Joe Vidovic committed to Akron, too.
"In the end, it just felt like it was a place where I can start early, and I loved everything about it," he told the Plain Dealer. "Their program is going up and I'd like to be the one that carries them to another [Mid-American Conference] championship."
Despite being the most prominent recruit of this class, Nicely has expressed a desire to redshirt.
Women's basketball
It had been 10 years and five days since Akron beat rival Kent State.
Using that as motivation, the Zips snapped that streak last night by beating the Flashes, 64-62.
Akron sophomore Amber Witt scored 19. The Zips won the rebounding battle, 42-27. Akron improved to 7-11 and 2-3 in the MAC.
Men's basketball
But for a string of poor decisions, Akron would have completed one of the most unbelievable comebacks in team history.
The young Zips faced a 47-31 deficit well into the second half, but they clawed back to force overtime, where Ohio eventually won 70-65.
Akron led 62-58 with three minutes left in overtime, but quickly squandered it. Nate Linhart had the ball stolen, then fouled Ohio's DeVaughn Washington on a fast break dunk. After his three-point play, Washington made two free throws on the next possession. Jerome Tillman's put-back on an offensive rebound gave the Bobcats a three-point lead. Humpty Hitchens heaved a desperation 3 that would have tied the game, but it was an airball.
Putting that aside for a moment, it was a real accomplishment to fight back. At the end of regulation, Akron had the ball, down two. Chris McKnight missed a free throw but his brother Brett McKnight was there to tip it in as the buzzer sounded, forcing overtime.
Jimmy Conyers scored another key basket to help force overtime. He rebounded a missed Brett McKnight free throw and put it back in. That layup brought Akron within two points with two minutes to play.
By my count, Ohio scored only three field goals in the second half. The Zips were equally impotent for the first 30 minutes of the game. Momentum swung in Akron's favor as Tillman tallied fouls.
Ohio shot 31 free throws compared to 14 for Akron. Chris McKnight led Akron with 14 points and six rebounds. Bobcats point guard Michael Allen scored 17 points, including several shots that helped Ohio build its early lead. Tillman scored only 12, eight fewer than his season average.
The Zips were slightly better than their last overtime game -- a loss at Miami. However, all it takes is a couple mistakes for an inexperienced team to lose its confidence in front of a raucous crowd.
A few weeks ago, Keith Dambrot lamented that his team was not tough enough. Certainly this win should put that fear to rest. You don't come back 16 points on the road against an experienced team without a wheelbarrow full of guts.
Akron will play before another rowdy crowd on Saturday at noon when Kent State visits Rhodes Arena. I will preview the game in the next few days.
Men's basketball
Ohio is favored to win by four tonight in Athens.
The Convocation Center is a tough place to win. I would take Ohio with the spread, but it should be a close game. Akron's defense ensures every MAC game will.
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Akron will play Ohio Tuesday at 7 p.m. on the road.
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A young Akron team might have finally got the hint tonight: They have to be tough to win.
The Zips traveled to an experienced Bowling Green team's gym and won, 62-52. Akron's team defense was nearly faultless. Aside from some penetration issues in the first half, the individual defense was air-tight, as well. Bowling Green shot only 28 percent from the field.
The Zips also benefited from offensive toughness I have never seen before from Chris McKnight. On a few possessions, he became a bull with the ball. Rather than settling for a mid-range fadeaway, he used his power and footwork until the rim was within sneezing distance. Humpty Hitchens led the team with 15 points.
I was surprised to see Brett McClanahan enter the game and melt his redshirt. Knowing Keith Dambrot, this move was just as much about motivating his team as it was adding a shooter to the floor. Whether it was complacency or a string of bad shooting nights for Steve McNees and Darryl Roberts, I don't know. But neither has made much of an impact in the last month. If McClanahan plays, one of them will not. Hopefully they got that message.
It would be premature to say Akron is any better than tonight than Tuesday against Buffalo, but this win might be a turning point in terms of confidence.
Next up is a trip to Athens on Tuesday. The Bobcats have played well this season. I will preview the game on Monday.
Men's basketball
The Falcons and Zips play Saturday 8 p.m. at Bowling Green.
Men's soccer
Steve Zakuani became the first pick of the Major League Soccer SuperDraft today.
The Zips forward is heading to Seattle to be a part of the expansion Sounders.
It has been a whirlwind few months for Zakuani. After several weeks ranked at No. 2, the Zips forfeited their home-field advantage in the Sweet Sixteen. They traveled to Northwestern and lost. Within a week of the official announcement to leave school, Zakuani became the first pick in the draft.
This is some vindication for the often-overlooked Akron program. The NCAA has had no qualms about seeding the Zips lower than the polls and RPI suggest and stripping the team of its hard-earned home-pitch advantage. However, when a businessman, Sigi Schmid, had to choose where to invest his money, it did not matter the conference or the name of the institution. He bet on the best talent, and that was a Zip.
This is also a boost for the Zips program. Coach Caleb Porter undoubtedly will tell recruits that they can come to Akron, and after only two years, they have potential to be the nation's most sought-after player.
Zakuani led the nation with 20 goals and 27 points this season as a sophomore. He was Soccer America's player of the year and was a finalist for the Hermann Trophy, given to the top NCAA Division I player.
Men's soccer
Experts believe there is a strong possibility that Akron forward Steve Zakuani could be drafted first overall in today's MLS SuperDraft.
The Seattle Sounders hold the first pick, and team owner Sigi Schmid told the ABJ's Michael Beaven that Zakuani is on his list.
ESPN2 will televise the draft, which starts at 2 p.m.
These photos of LeBron James have turned up on the Web. As you can see, the photo shoot is taking place at Stile Field House.
I assume it's for a commercial, but why don't you close your eyes and imagine a 6-foot-8 receiver with lightning speed, agility, hands, field vision and power. Or how about a defensive end with the quickness of a running back and strength of a linebacker.
Men's soccer
Despite losing Steve Zakuani, Akron will have another international striker on its roster next season.
Yoram Mwila was a key player on Zambia's under-17 team. He was selected to continue playing for his country on the under-20 team. Although it is silly to think an incoming player can replace Zakuani, the coaches are excited about Mwila.
Men's basketball
Remember the 2005-2006 school year for Akron athletics? The football team won the conference. The soccer team made it to the elite eight. The basketball team won its first postseason game against Temple in the NIT.
This was a good year. And it put the Zippers on the national radar for a little while as an upstart program.
The Buffalo Bulls are in that place right now. Coming off a surprise MAC championship over an undefeated No. 12 Ball State, the UB athletic program has never been more prominent. Now the basketball team is threatening to shake up the conference.
With an 8-5 record, Reggie Witherspoon's Bulls will play the Zips at Rhodes Arena Tuesday at 7 p.m.
Men's basketball
Akron and Miami played the game that most people would expect for the first 40 minutes. There was plenty of defense and minimal scoring.
Then Miami started overtime with a 8-0 run, which was enough separation to give the RedHawks a win in the MAC opener, 64-51.
The Zips had two opportunities to win in regulation. As the clock dwindled with a tie game, Humpty Hitchens missed an off-balance short jumper and the ball squirted out of bounds, giving Akron only 1.2 seconds with which to score. Brett McKnight air-balled a 3 and the game went to overtime.
On a positive note, Nate Linhart held Michael Bramos to 10 points, seven fewer than Bramos' season average. Carl Richburg, however, scored 12 points, including Miami's final five points in regulation.
The Zips play next against Buffalo Tuesday at Rhodes Arena. The Bulls have shown signs of improvement since last year. I will preview the game in the next couple days.
Men's soccer
Having already received a monumental screwjob this season, Akron Soccer took another.
Steve Zakuani finished second in Hermann Trophy voting. The award is college soccer's most prestigious and coaches vote on it. The winner was Marcus Tracy of Wake Forest.
As an underclassman, Zakuani led the nation in scoring and points. Only two sophomores have ever won the award. Tracy is a senior and also a member of the national runners-up Demon Deacons. He scored 13 goals and had 10 assists, compared to Zakuani's 20 goals and seven assists.
Men's basketball
Akron will play Miami at 4:30 today.
The Zips are 8.5-point underdogs. If you want to make some quick money, put $20 on the Zips (legally). I intend to go sled riding and come back to liveblog. Edit: Liveblogging might not happen.
Men's basketball
Akron will open conference play in Oxford against the RedHawks.
Previously, I listed the best moments of last year. Perhaps equally important are the worst moments.
Men's soccer
Akron's star forward Steve Zakuani has signed a contract with Generation adidas, which means he will enter the MLS Draft, according to the ABJ's Michael Beaven.
Several publications project Zakuani to be selected first overall. If, indeed, the Seattle Sounders draft Zakuani, it would be a great boost for recruiting. For next season, though, coach Caleb Porter has an international player he hopes will take Zakuani's place.
Men's basketball
With no Zips player reaching double figures and the team shooting just 35 percent, Akron was not going to beat any Division-I school, much less Rhode Island, which is one of the nation's best offensive forces.
Even worse, offense wasn't Akron's only problem. The Zips fell 79-50 after a poor effort on both ends of the floor.
The Rams shot 56 percent and buried Akron with 29 field goals off 24 assists. From the Zips standpoint, it was like watching a toddler trek his three-wheeler through quicksand. From the Rhode Island standpoint, it was a beauty that did not even require a huge effort from Jimmy Baron, who only scored 11.
Akron will have six days to think about its crime against basketball before the team travels to Oxford for the beginning of the MAC regular season against a favorite to win the conference.
Men's basketball
I apologize for not writing a lick about the win over UNC-Greensboro. Whenever I neglect my duty, just check out ZipsNation.org, where fans are intelligent and, for the most part, level-headed.
I was in Columbus for New Year's Eve. It was quite an evening. Here's photographic evidence.
Anyhow, Akron conquered the Spartans, 75-53. Like I predicted, the Zips dominated the boards and forced a lot of turnovers. Oh, and only 735 people showed up. (However, it is refreshing when schools tell the truth about attendance.)
Next up is Rhode Island on Saturday at 2 p.m.


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The Indians this afternoon signed veteran right-handed reliever Matt Capps to a minor-league contract that includes an invitation to big-league spring training.
Capps, 29, sent the last 2 1/2 seasons with the Twins, playing a prominent role in the bullpen, until he was sidelined twice in 2012 because of an injury.To read more or comment...
The Indians and Clear Channel Media and Entertainment Cleveland have agreed to keep 1100 AM (WTAM) as the flagship home of the Tribe through the 2017 season, while 100.7 (WMMS) becomes the Indians' FM home.
With the agreement, 1100 AM will air all of the Indians regular-season games and WMMS 100.7 FM will simulcast the majority of Tribe games. Clear Channel Cleveland will also air 15 live Spring Training games and continue to distribute Tribe games to the entire Indians Radio Network, which consists of 26 stations across Ohio and Western Pennsylvania.To read more or comment...
The Indians have invited five more non-roster players to major-league spring training camp.
Among the group is one of the few power-hitters in the Tribe farm system: first baseman Luis Aguilar, 22, who played at Carolina and Akron last year, batting a combined .280 with 31 doubles, 15 home runs and 71 RBI in 440 at-bats.
Also invited to big-league camp were right-handers Presont Guilmet and Matt Langwell, catcher Roberto Perez and left-hander Giovanni Soto.
Guilmet, 25, tied for the Eastern League lead in saves with 24 in 29 opportunities as the Aeros' closer. Langwell split the season between Akron and Columbus, compiling a combined record of 4-0 and 2.74 earned-run average in 42 relief appearances. Perez, 24, batted .212 with one homer and 31 RBI IN 283 at-bats and threw out 41 percent of would-be base stealers at Akron. Soto, 21, was 6-9 with a 2.93 ERA in 22 starts for the Aeros. He threw s no-hitter against Altoona in July.
Jon Heyman of CBS Sports runs down a litany of players who could return to the Indians this season as their DH.
He says Travis Hafner and Jim Thome are more likely than Manny Ramirez, who is playing well in the Winter League playoffs. He mentions other players as well.To read more or comment...
The Indians today signed Ben Francisco and Ryan Raburn, two utility players, to minor-league contracts with invitations to major-legue spring training camp.
Raburn, 31, has spent all of his career in the Tigers' organizaton. Last year, he batted .171 with one home run and 12 RBI in 66 games. He also plyed 15 games at Triple-A Toledo, batting .250.To read more or comment...
USA Baseball today announced its 28-player World Baseball Classic roster, which includes two Indians.
Tribe closer Chris Perez and setup man Vinnie Pestano will leave spring training early to pitch for the U.S. team that will compete in the March tournament.
Four other Cleveland players will join teams representing their native countries: catcher Carlos Santana will play for the Domnican Republic, shortstop Mike Aviles and left-hander Giovanni Soto will play for Puerto Rico and shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera will play for Venezuela.
Each nation will submit final rosters by Feb. 20.
Call it a good problem to have.
With the likes of Indians top prospect (according to Baseball America) Francisco Lindor and a handful of four other low-level shortstop prospects - a few of which will finally hit the Double-A scene in 2013 - it's easy to get them all mixed up.To read more or comment...
Outfielder Thomas Neal, designated for assignment Jan. 3, cleared waivers and was released today by the Indians, becoming a free agent.
Neal, 25, spent most of last season at Akron, where he batted .314 with 24 doubles, 12 home runs and 51 RBI in 117 games. He appeared in nine games for the Tribe, batting .217.
The Indians stoday igned three more plyers to minor-league contracts that include invitations to major-league spring training, including left-hander Scott Kazmir, who has all but officially belonged to the Tribe since before Christmas.
In addition to Kazmir, the Indians signed right-hander Jerry Gil and lefty Edward Paredes.
Kazmir, 28, was once one of the brighter pitching prospects in baseball, making his major-league debut for the 2004 Rays at age 20. In his first four full seasons, Kazmir compiled a 45-34 record and a 3.64 earned-run average.
Beginning in 2009, Kazmir began to experience injuries that carried through the 2010 season and included problems with his elbow, shoulder and hamstring. He was traded in August of 2009 to the Angels, where his fortunes declined further. By 2012, he was pitching in the independent Atlantic League.
Gil, 30, appeared in 30 big-league games in 2004 and 2007 as a position player, converting to pitcher in 2008. In 2012, he pitched out of the bullpen for Triple-A Lax Vegas (Toronto), compiling a 7-1 record and nine saves with a 4.92 ERA in 58 appearances.
Paredes, 26, is still waiting to make hi big-league debut, having pitched in the Mariners' organization for seven years. In 2012, he pitched out of the bullpen for Estrellas in the Dominican Republic.
Several internet sources are reporting that the Indians have signed free agent right-hander Brett Myers to a one-year contract.
Myers, 32, spent last year with the Astros and White Sox, appearing stricttly out of the bullpen. In 70 total appearances, Myers posted a 3-8 record and 3.31 earned-run average in, wallking only 15 in 61 1/3 innings.To read more or comment...


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These are two things I actually wrote else where but thought might be helpful to some people here.
Also kind of an extension of this ongoing thread:
Thread: My Experiences - Representing The Spiritual [Non Religious/ Love and Light/ Crackpot] Side Of The Conspiracy
Part 1, originally posted Wednesday, October 5, 2011
As time goes on and more stuff happens I realize that I did indeed make the right choice in leaving university. Oh sure, to the rest of society I'm probably just some lazy deadbeat moocher because I don't have a paying job and am therefore an "unproductive" member of society. Well its true, I don't have a paying job, nor do I have any desire to get one.
But at the same time, I'm teaching people about the finer points of Chakra/Chi/whatever you wanna call it. Why? First of all because I can and second of all because I feel its wrong that that knowledge isn't shared as willingly by those who know it as well as I do. Also because I can explain it with physics and "normal" science and that helps a lot with the bias most westernized people have had indoctrinated into them since birth.
Do I get paid for this? No, but I also don't want to get paid for it. I would feel just as guilty as those who horde this knowledge if I forced people to pay me before I gave it to them. The other thing I occupy my time with is my own energy training.... which is going slower than I'd like.
As I explained in my other note, I kinda destroyed my chakra network back in October 2010 and lost pretty much ever ability I had. Sure it wasn't all that much really, I could sense energy pretty well which allowed me to do things like sense spirits as well as find individuals in a crowd by sensing their energy. It also compensated a lot for my lack of peripheral vision because it makes this sort of energy bubble around me that acts kinda like water around a fish, anything that moves will move the water, and the fish can feel that. Same idea. Back when that ability was at its peak I could do things like dodge things that were thrown at me from behind, like snowballs, and sense people around corners. Super effective and a bare essential if you are a Martial Artist as far as I'm concerned. Besides that's how I honed my senses, and when I started actually looking into it I learned that most of the black belts reported the same type of ability, except weaker than mine .Probably because I noticed mine before I ever joined Taekwondo and then when it became really noticeable I decided to isolate it and hone it as a separate skill.
I could do a few other things too but that's another story.
In any case I treat getting my full abilities back as my top priority. Its my means to heal my blindness for one, and I worked very hard to attain them in my past lives so pride definitely plays a part in it. Bu8t especially because of the attacks and injuries I've sustained via spirits. Astral Projection its generally called, although I'd say what I do is better classified as Spirit Projection. And unfortunately your spirit and your body are very closely linked, and there were more than a few people who had (and still have) grudges against me. That tends to happen when you spend your life being a warrior, live by the sword, die by the sword.
Projection in general is actually a very new skill for me, only really ever used in this life. Before, all the supposedly supernatural stuff that my spirit does used to be a physical ability, Projection was only ever used as a means for long ranged secure communication. I've never had to use it for everything before. At least I'm learning and that its not a completely foreign skill to me.
What is projection you ask? Well I'm guessing everyone reading this knows the concept of a ghost right? Well basically all projection is is separating that ghost part of you from your body at will and then doing stuff in it. Ideally you'd want to completely transfer your consciousness over but that's not exactly easy to pull off. Right now I have to do it via meditation, and that means I'm still conscious in my body at the same time. That has the potential to cause interference and inject your own imagination into the projection. Which makes me constantly ask whether its really projection or just in my head. But I've noticed that I have a much more solid connection than I first thought. Some of my friends down here who also know this skill have sometimes reported doing things with me (usually dueling) that from my end I considered just my imagination. No actual conscious effort was there from my end... yet it turned out not to be in my head after all. And so I had to do a flurry of tests to determine the differences between projection and imagination so I didn't accidentally "imagine" something I shouldn't.
But the quest for physical abilities has not gone nearly as spectacularly, at least in my opinion. Maybe because I'm just too used to a lot of this stuff that it seems like I'm going nowhere fast. If I concentrate enough energy in one place I can get a visible greyish-white "mist" that appears. What it actually is is the energy bending and distorting the light passing through it, giving it a heat-wave like appearance but more intense. However, what I can do with that energy is very minimal, I can generate a force bubble that I can use to push objects. Literally Force Push like a Jedi :P Except that the field is only strong enough to maybe push small pieces of paper around (although I've never tested that) and it only extends a max of three inches from my palm regardless of how much I try to compress and reshape the field. I can hold that field for only a few seconds, then my energy bottoms out and I can't do it again for the next few days.
I'm used to being able to fly with my energy as easily as I can walk. Its simple, you surround yourself with an aura of kinetic energy, point it in a direction, and boom, flight. Sure there's some intricacies to it but you can say the same thing for walking and running. In any case I lack the raw power required to really do anything. However I have managed to become a poltergeist on a few occasions. It was a theory I was working on about how a spirit manages to interact with a plane that they should be completely incompatible and out of phase with.
I figured that "Well, if a spirit sits on a higher plane because it's made of very low density, high frequency energy, then all you should have to do is make it more like our matter and then it should be able to interact." And so that's what I tried, I projected to a friends house slowed my spirit's energy down as much as I could, and then concentrated it in places like my hands to make them more dense. Then I tried moving stuff. At the time I didn't actually think I did anything and that it was all I my head but then that friend spontaneously emailed me about poltergeist activity and I got to tell them my story... of which they weren't exactly happy about because I made a bit of a mess.
More recently I realized that I've managed far more spectacular physical feats with my spirit than I've even come close to with my body. And not only that, but I had to force myself to hold back quite a bit for fear of doing some real damage. Then I got the idea that, if I could overlay my spirit over top of my body, I could have direct access to all of its power with my body. So one day a few weeks ago I tried this and got some very interesting results. For one, I had a fully visible greyish-white aura around my whole body for a few seconds, and not only that but I also had sparks popping inside my aura. When they popped I'd get hit with a little burst of air. All of this only lasted for a few seconds at which point I suddenly bottomed out. Had there not been a wall to lean on right there then I would've just fallen on the ground. But I would've fallen in victory! >:D
It was proof of concept of my theory if there ever was one. Sure, I wasn't able to do anything in that state because I was too busy concentrating on the link, but damn. I haven't managed to do that again since but for the moment that's okay. Heh, and then I remembered that way, way back when I was a much younger soul what I'd just attempted was called Spirit Form when it was achieved. Because that's what you were doing, taking on the form of your spirit.
I talk a lot with spirits as well, mainly friends whom I know/have known who also aren't technically dead... as weird as that may sound. Their advice on how to get myself back together has been pretty invaluable if not a little confusing at first. I had first come up with the idea that I could merge my spirit and my body and make them the same entity, something my friends all told me not to do and certainly not write down for others to try. They felt that it was simply too dangerous for an amateur to attempt and possibly even too dangerous for me to attempt. That fusion had a lot of opportunities to go horrifically wrong if you didn't do it quite right, mistakes amateurs might stumble unwittingly into but I figured I'd be able to notice and compensate for. Well I decided to write that method down anyways but in a more vague way that an amateur wouldn't understand anyways.
But they had also been telling me that a merge like that was unnecessary and overcomplicated things. That I technically already had full access to my abilities, I just needed to remember how to activate them. Well that didn't make any sense to me at the time so I plowed ahead with my merge idea because I couldn't think of any other way to get what I wanted. And it was that that did end up frying my chakra network. Not because I made a mistake but because I got very frustrated for the last one because of things that were going on in my life at the time and instead of backing down when I saw I didn't have enough energy to complete the merge I instead forced my body well beyond its limits and literally charred my insides a little bit.
Yeah, this is because Chi or Chakra or whatever you want to call it bis really just the electricity your body already runs on. The only difference is that you train yourself to be able to produce more of it and then you can use the surplus for anything from healing to combat to architecture to anything you can think of really. You just need to know how to use that energy and also have enough of it to do what you need to do. Its not really all that mystical, people just make it that way. Yes there is much more to this but that's the basic explanation. So really what I'd done was electrocute myself, and if you've ever seen a hot dog get hooked up to a car battery you know what that does to a body.
They've given me analogies like "If an old friend is knocking at your door, what do you do?" and "Treat this world like a dream." Things I didn't really understand at the time. I mean I got the metaphors they were going for but I didn't know how to make them practical. But over time I found out that my spirit and body don't actually have two distinct chakra and neural networks that are just connected somehow... they share one network. Or at least they can.
I already knew the two were inextricably linked because injuries to the spirit would show up as injuries to the body although not as severe. I've been impaled a few times up there and that injury has, at most, become a very solid bruise on my body. Although others I know down here who've also gotten injured have actually had full cuts and minor lacerations appear. I'm kinda glad that I've never had that much of a transfer because that would make for a bit of an awkward explanation to my family who have no clue how any of this works and more or less think its all crazy talk. I also get very tired physically from using too much energy up there, its like a muscle and muscles get tired after awhile. I dubbed it the Kruger Effect after Freddy Kruger and his ability to kill people by entering their dreams and carving them to bits... which would also happen to the sleepers body at the same time.
So I already knew of that connection but I'd never found anything that showed that the two were actually the same network, especially the neural network. Up there I'm capable of lots of acrobatics and martial skill simply because I've been doing it with that body for so long. Down here on the other hand I cannot do any of it. I know how to do it but I still can't do it. Like I explained in the other note, there's more to skill than knowing how to do it.
Also the raw power I have up there is exponentially higher than anything I've ever managed here, even as a poltergeist. But I have found that the only real reason that its like that is because I make it like that. I am very closed to the idea of that power, because according to everything you get taught in a Catholic settled, western society is that "Magic" either doesn't exist or is totally evil. And even if you're not Christian those ideas permeate the society anyways. And like everyone else I've had it beaten into me for so long that its almost become a hard coded reaction. And that's something I notice I don't have when I project or even when I have projection dreams. That feeling of resistance is absent for the most part. It depends though, in certain projection dreams where I'm in physical form as opposed to spirit I sometimes have that resistance.
So really, the thing I need to change is my feelings towards my own ability. And now I finally get what my friends have been trying to tell me. I know how to make it practical. And it more or less boils down to creating an emotion of need in myself to make myself stop questioning that power. That, unfortunately, is much harder than I thought it would be.
On Sept 28th I had a projection dream where two guys had apparently heard about my whole idea about just believing in myself to get my powers back and they decided to come give me a dose of reality. They thought it was hilarious that I was basically taking the same stance any hardcore Catholic or other religicite took in regards to God an Angels. That magically someone would just come save them because they wanted them to despite the sheer irrationality in believing that. And so they attacked me and chastised me about "Well where is it? Where's that power you were talking about? Not there is it?"
They were right at first, even though I wanted it and indeed needed it at that moment to keep myself alive... it wasn't manifesting. Because I knew how my emotions would have to change in order to remove those barriers.... that in itself became a barrier. It no longer was an automatic, unconscious thing that would just magically happen, it was something that I was controlling and thus blocking myself from attaining. But Because I knew there was the risk that I could wake up dead from their attacks, and I was in physical form I just kept pushing myself anyways... and boom, I did get them to work eventually. I wondered if that's what I'd be capable of if I managed to do that physically but unless I get in the middle of a gang fight or something I doubt I'd feel the same need as I did in there.
It was actually a pretty spectacular dream that I wanted to write down like a story but I've yet to do that. I think it would portray good themes of self reliance and not getting discouraged and stuff like that. After all that's what I had to do in it, and that's what I did. Besides its got a kick ass fight scene and everyone loves those don't they? Well unless you're the one doing the fighting, then its not so great. But as a spectator, yeah!
As a side note I thought that if I were to ever animate that dream into some anime-like thing this would be the song that I'd use for an AMV, it matches my emotions in there perfectly :P
White Rabbit by Egypt Central
link to youtu.be
Yeah that's the fight theme right there :P
I do not accept it as real yet, because of what I've been taught to believe. Even when I do pull off frankly incredible things physically it doesn't seem to help. I need to get myself to a state where all of that is just normal to me and that I don't question it. I also think I should take a little break from energy training and maybe work on some writing for once. I have so many stories that have come out of this, even though no one in their right mind would believe them it doesn't matter. I think that just getting them down would be good for me even if its just because I wouldn't feel guilty anymore for not doing it. I do think a lot of them do have good messages and lessons in them. As one spirit says "All stories have lessons for those willing to learn them." and I agree.
Well I guess that concludes this note.... until next time y'all.
Part 2
Originally posted Sunday, October 9, 2011
So an interesting thing happened to me sometime this morning. I woke up buzzing with energy, which on its own isn't all that strange. I've noticed that being relaxed makes the energy flow better. But this time I decided to try controlling it like I had during that dream projection that I'm still writing up.
First off, when you have energy flowing through you it's really obvious. Common signs are a buzzing in your head and ears, similar to tinnitus but far more intense. The ringing you hear is a result from the buzzing feeling, whereas tinnitus is only a ringing sound on its own without any distinct vibratory feeling. This buzzing can often be felt throughout your entire body and to me its the same reason as why high voltage power lines buzz and transformers. Lots of electricity flowing through them. Often when it gets to a certain intensity random muscles will start twitching, kinda feels like popcorn or bubble wrap sometimes. And the best is when your energy itself seems to coil up and snap all on its own like bubbles of raw force popping inside you. This happens outside you as well, and sometimes it causes visible sparks in your aura or even colour if the field is strong enough to start ionizing the air.
Anyways, I tried pumping up the voltage even more and flowing it throughout my entire body. Then when it was as high as I could get it I tried concentrating it in my right arm. I was trying to get the field to pull on my arm and move it, precursor to levitation and flight, but the field wasn't strong enough. Or rather, it didn't have enough grip. I am positive that there was more than enough energy to whip my arm around any which way, but the aura just couldn't grab onto me hard enough. And the problem was that is was too diffuse.
My arm felt like it was sitting in a bag of air, sure that air could push on the arm, but it wasn't solid enough to really move it. It would just blow against my arm and then deflect off of it. It was the same problem I had in that projection when I did manage to get my energy flowing. Except in there, likely due to my intensity and unwillingness to let that blonde asshole kill me or continue to beat the shit out of me like he was already doing, I had WAY more power. My aura was fully visible, an intense bluish-white flame that emanated a good meter off of me. All grainy and sparkly like a sheen on silk. But all it amounted to was a fancy light show and kicking up dust and dirt. The aura had no real concentration, it was jut my body doing what it naturally does, and dispersing the energy like any standard EMF field. NOBODY in their right mind should EVER try using energy like that. I call that Dragon Ball Z style, and its literally the worst possible thing to ever do. In that state the only way to make your aura or any energy you use remotely effective in that diffuse state is to have an absolutely ridiculous amount of power flowing to overcome the lack of concentration and focus. Besides that, trying to produce energy at that rate will tie you out very quickly and all you can do with diffuse energy like that is make lots of explosions.
So to counter that I forced my aura to invert, instead of just burning away all my power uselessly I forced it to change its state to naturally deposit everything I produced inside myself. My bright blue-white aura (which is very hard to see through by the way) compressed into a hard, skin tight shell. It became an inner and outer sheath for every cell in my body. In that state your power becomes your sword and your shield. When you get hit its that shell that takes all the force, not you. Because you are constantly converting that energy into kinetic force, whether its to fly, to augment your strength and speed, or to absorb impacts. And if you use any of that power for an actual spell or simple beams and bolts the only thing you have to worry about is refilling that pool. All the basic kinetic conversion simply shifts energy around inside you in a highly concentrated state. It never leaves you, and thus the bleed-off rate is miniscule for it. At that point you can amp down considerably because your pool shouldn't be draining very quickly. This keeps you from getting fatigued simply from running your energy. And I was very fatigued in that projection, I almost passed out from the strain of just the energy and I hadn't even done anything with it yet.
And so that's what I tried doing with my physical aura, inverting it to make it useful. But Its not exactly easy to do, and the fact that I was tired and groggy didn't help much. It feels like you're trying to pull it inside out, and its very stiff. I think I only managed to recurve it a bit, I got a fraction of that heavy, dense, solid feeling that I got in the projection. It would've been awesome if I did manage to do it, even for a second. After all I've simply been trying to recreate the feelings of using power but physically. Some of those feelings are very distinct, the feeling of dematerializing and rematerializing feels like... I dunno.... directed emptiness. You convert almost all of your mass to energy while pointing it in a direction with a set amount of kinetic energy. This effectively lets you teleport short distances. Its funny, this ability already exists in mainstream media. Its called Flash Step (or Shunpo) in the Manga/Anime "Bleach". Sonido if you're an Arrancar :P
Surprisingly (or not) I've found lots and lots of examples of this old knowledge hidden in plain sight like that. I've noticed that in many cases the explanations I give are almost the same as something I'd see in like... Naruto, except that I go much more in depth and bring in physics if necessary.
I'd say Flash Step is a very accurate name, because it certainly feels like you "flash" for a moment and then you're in a different place. As much as I hate whats depicted in DBZ its also very much like Instant Transmission I guess although something like that isn't very suited to combat in my opinion. There's a lot that can go wrong or that can be taken advantage of when you dematerialize that much. For one, you can lose your sense of direction and location while transmitting and that can allow an opponent to instead get the drop on you if they're smart. Also, if you're somehow disrupted in that state it will scatter you like dust, thus killing you. Thus I prefer the "Flash Step" version because the state you put yourself in is reactive, and will just knock you out of the flash at worst if you're disrupted. You also retain some of your senses, enough to actually steer yourself.
Oh could go on about stuff like how you could pour your energy into a sword and use it as a mold and thus greatly enhance its sharpness and durability just like the shield does for your body. How you can create a tight, spinning "sheath" on the blade that you can then throw as a ranged attack because the spin keeps the sheath together in flight. I could go on about lots and lots of stuff but all of that was just because of my experience this morning and me thinking of the possibilities when I finally reach my goal. I'm done with being overly analytical with the energy, I don't need to collect data to deem if its possible anymore. I've proven that, even if its only for myself. Now I just try to treat it as normal.
I do hope whoever reads these notes does learn something useful from it. I use lots of combat examples because that's what I have experience with, but the energy can be used for anything. It's what you do with it that matters :)
Unfortunately things like Italics didn't transfer it seems. I do hope I get some thoughtful questions on this stuff and not just a swarm of BS flags from people who maybe read a line or two then decided they knew better. Or even read the whole thing and then decided they knew better.
There is a story I heard once about a man in India who thought he was the smartest guy around, and heard that there was some other guy who was said to be smarter than him. Eventually he goes and meets this guy in China, and gets offered some tea while the guy is ranting and raving about how smart he is. The Chinese man starts pouring the tea, and when the cup is full he continues to pour and tea overflows all over the table. When the Indian man asks him why he's trying to pour tea into a full cup the Chinese man responds "Your head is like this cup, it is so full that nothing else can fit in it." And the Indian man realizes his foolishness and see's that he needs to "empty his cup" to let new knowledge flow in.
Not exactly the way I heard it but you get the idea.
Oh and just for fun I thought this song might also be not to bad for that dream.... Hey, I'm allowed to love what I do!
I hope someone finds this discussion helpful.
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