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Teaching university religion courses. Coaching little-league baseball and Pop Warner football teams. Becoming fluent in a second language.
Sound like your typical college student? Not exactly, but then again, Wharton sophomore Scott Williams is anything but "typical." Over the last two years, these feats were mere routine for the Quakers defensive back who hails from Granite Bay, Calif. Scott, affectionately known as "Scotty," spent the 19th and 20th years of his life living and serving abroad as a Mormon missionary.
"Why?" you might ask. Well, you won't be the only one wondering. This same question frequented Scotty in his first semester at Penn, during the months leading up to his January 2002 departure. Why would someone fork over the heavy sum of cash a mission requires in order to disrupt their academic, athletic, familial and social lives, to spend two full years in bitter, frigid Canadian winters, with personal growth as the largest reward? Coaches at Stanford, Cal, and other Ivy League teams had a very hard time understanding it themselves. Many schools even withdrew their offers when they caught wind of William' missionary plans.
So why, with so little in his favor and so much at stake, did Scotty continue to pursue his plans for two-year service? He answers simply, "I just thought it would be a really cool experience, a chance to give back for all the things I feel I've received, almost unnecessarily. The church affords you that opportunity, why not take advantage of it." Serving the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS, or more commonly, Mormon) as a missionary was something Williams had always wanted to do. He had "dreamed about it since he was little."
This was a dream that came true for Williams. After nine weeks at the Missionary Training Center (MTC) in Provo, Utah, which consisted of intensive French language study and the "finishing" of Williams into a diplomatic, dignified official representative of the Church, he departed for "the Canada-Montreal Mission" in March 2002.
"I don't think that anything can really prepare you. Obviously, going to church growing up helps you understand the Church's teachings, but as far as the daily life of a missionary, I had no clue." Scotty was the first person in his family to be afforded the opportunity to serve a mission and thus had nothing to base his expectations on. His father, Doug, traveled the country speaking at youth seminars while playing football at Brigham Young University, getting his own version of a mission, but it just was not the same. "Given the opportunity, he'd love to go back and have the full missionary experience."
So, what is the "full missionary experience?" A typical day in the life of Elder Williams was either spent teaching or looking for pupils, "to share the message we bring, of Jesus Christ and his teachings, just like any missionary around the world." There were several ways to go about this: door to door inquiries, talking to people on the street, and setting up booths or kiosks were some of the options. But, the choice ultimately lay with Williams and his companion of the moment. Scotty favored the classroom environment; "We tried to get universities to allow us to teach a free religion course. Letting people sign up this way was good because the students were already coming with an interest."
Williams also completed about 10 hours of community service each week. Not only did he offer his personal help to those he met in door-to-door encounters, but he also worked in a food bank, taught free English courses, and coached children's baseball and football teams, the latter of which was one of his favorite experiences. "It was really fun, really interesting. In Canada, everyone plays hockey, but I don't know anything about it. The parents up there don't know football either, so I had an opportunity to work with the parents and children in the community, to teach them about football, and to get to know them on a personal level."
LDS missionaries are not allowed to call home except on two holidays - Mother's Day and Christmas. All other communication for the full two-year period is limited to email and postal correspondence. This, the occasional grumpiness of the villagers that resulted from the harsh arctic climate, and the constant 6+ feet of snow that covered the town, combined to make for periodic hard times. "But with that said, I thought it was a really extraordinary, rewarding experience. You have tough days, but great ones. You wonder about your time, monetary, and financial sacrifices, just to help other people, to serve them, and it's not always reciprocated. That can be pretty tough. But then, every once in a while, you have those little experiences. You see someone's life change for
the better, and it makes it all worth it."
So now with this two-year "disruption" under his belt, how did Scotty fare in terms of his "personal growth" reward? "I learned a lot about myself," he said. Williams has always been a driven, focused person, but these qualities were reinforced while he was abroad. "I came to fully realize what my personal strengths and weaknesses are, and I am now able to capitalize on these advantages and work to improve the areas in which I am lacking."
He also reports that he has come to truly appreciate his own culture. Williams points out how easy it is to take for granted something as seemingly simple as having access to transportation until it is your own multilayer-socked and booted feet carrying you across the frost-bitten town. But he especially thinks people often don't appreciate big things like sports. "People in sports often don't realize how much it means to them, how much fun it is playing sports, especially collegiate sports, until they can't do it anymore. That last game comes, and you realize, 'I am never going to strap on the pads again, go into the game again, at that level, at that intensity.' Taking two years off was a wake-up call. College sports are a blast. Enjoy it while you can, go all out, don't take it for granted, don't take any plays off, whether it be in practice, in the game, anything."
And this is just what #26, is doing. After a spring and summer to get back in shape (he returned in time for the Spring '04 semester), Scotty is pumped and primed to play. "Coach Bagnoli and the coaching staff were extremely supportive throughout the whole [mission] process. Coach even sent periodic emails. It makes me want to work that much harder and perform that much better for a coach that will do that for you."
Performed he has. In his first game back with the Red and Blue, Williams led the Quakers' defense in tackles, recording a career-best nine stops in the San Diego season-opener. This recent success, taken in the context of his letter-winning freshman year's nine game appearances, 11 tackles and one sack, seems to be signaling that Scotty is a man to watch ... a man with a mission.
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So Jim Beam has a new sort of bourbon available: it's Devil's Cut, and I'm tempted not to tell you this because if you already know about angel's shares and whatnot, you'll have it explained to you anyway by alcohol store employees who assume you're clueless. At least that's what I ran into. During the process of aging a bit of alcohol, some of it evaporates. This is that angel's share. What Jim Beam has done is get at the bits left inside the barrels used for aging. Hence, the...well, you know.
Now, I could go into details about the process that they use for extracting the alcoholy bits from the wood, but frankly I've read it over twice and my eyes sort of cross and I feel an overwhelming desire to sleep. It's much cooler to just say "they extract the bourbon from the wood" and leave it at that. (If you want the smaller version, the official site has some info on it.)
Anyway, because it is such a cool and novel sounding idea, I--sucker for marketing ploys that I am--was dying to find it. Now, Jim Beam--here's a note for you, because I know you read the site--when somebody emails you asking for availability information, you know, email them back. Because chances are they want to give you money. Just saying.
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Nothing But the Truth (and a Few White Lies)
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As I was reading Nothing but the Truth(and a few white lies) by Justina Chen Headley, Patty Ho the main character and she has a belly-button grandma. If you can relate to this book by having a strict mother or a goody two- shoes brother, you might like this book.
Patty Ho is half taiwanese and half white girl who is disobedient, ungrateful daughter. her brother Abe comes off bad and then being "the golden child." There's belly-button grandma too. She predicts what Patty's future is going to look like or how it's going to go. Patty have hard times being half taiwanese and half white. She also get picked on because of her last name being "Ho". Patty's mom is very strict and always give Patty lectures. On the night of Spring Fling Patty was with an old lady thumb in her belly button(belly-button grandma). Janie, Patty's best friend tells her mom Sharon and Patty what happens at the Spring Fling. It left Patty in surprise and disgust after Janie was doing talking. Patty is being forced to go to math camp at Stanford University Math Camp(SUMaC).
I learned from this book that no matter how you feel about yourself just do you and not worry about everyone else. Also that just because you don't fit in doesn't mean that you don't have friends that won't help you if you get picked on, you can say something to them and find a way to solve it instead of not bringing it up to someone like an adult.
I liked the most from this book is how the mother is on Patty. After reading this it made me look at what my mom is doing for me. I think that people who may not understand why there parents are the way they is might like it because they can why the parents doing what they doing.
Potential readers might not like this book because of the stereotypes. The one thing that could have been different is how some of the characters came of on other characters.
Patty has an very interesting personality. Patty's mom want her to date a taiwanese guy and not date a white guy like her father." Belly-button grandmother says you need Tonic Soup" Patty's mom tells her but doesn't like the smell of the soup. Patty's mom tells he that she got to eat the soup but let her brother Abe go and he does not have to eat the soup.
This book connects to be because sometimes I have trouble trying to see where I could fit in at or a way to keep me from feeling left out.
The whole review is about a girl named Patty who is disobedient and ungrateful. Patty never felt like she belonged where she at because she is half taiwanese and half white. She in the end is nice and grateful to her mom and help her mom out with her life. I think kids that is over the age of 10, any kids that like bullying other kids, or kids who like being disobedient and ungrateful to their parents should read this book because they can see how the characters could relate to their life or someone else's. I rate this book a 4 because it was kinda interesting to me and I seen how a someone else live a life somewhat the same as mines.
Wow, this was a fast read. A good one, but I honestly wasn't expecting to be done that quickly. (And I'm normally a quick reader to begin with.)
I did have fun reading this, and it's a very light read compared to Girl Overboard. Patty's self-identity crisis is far different from Syrah's, and I like that this really touches more on cultural identity. Patty's not only described as being physically awkward, but also emotionally awkward. It makes her feel a little more grounded. I liked that she has trouble relating to her friends and the other kids at her school, and a large part of that is because she's half-Asian. I liked her budding friendships with Anne and Jasmine, especially since the focus is on more their support for each other. I also really liked how Patty began to open up to her mother, after finding out the truth about her father.
That said, a lot of the book feels underdeveloped. After the revelation about Patty's father, the rest of the plot clips by at an extremely fast pace. There's several other plot developments, but they're only touched on and never given full details. I wanted to know more about why Patty likes making up new words, I wanted more of her relationship with her Aunt Lu, I wanted to see her adjust more to math camp—there's a lot that really doesn't get developed. The book feels like it's the first half of another book, aside from the last chapter. It really could have been a lot longer, and it feels like there's a lot more to the story here.
It's not a bad book, as I did enjoy reading it. It just feels like that it's not as fleshed out.
Justina Headley Chen's Nothing but the Truth and a few white lies was interesting with how the author incorporated two types of races into a stereotypical asian life.
The book really illustrated a fairly typical asian life. In this case it was Taiwanese- based, and the main character, Patty Ho, battled between a very strict taiwanese mother and a missing "gweilo" white father. I liked how the author made the beginning fairly straightforward; Patty was made fun of at school for her unusual race or "colour", but towards the end her life didn't seem so bad and she became more positive with her mother as well.
It's a good book to read, but this is not every asians life.
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If Patricia "Patty" Yi-Phen Ho had just one wish, she knows exactly what it would be. To be white. Full-out, red-white-and-blue, all-American, totally Caucasian white. Not the half-and-half mixture that she is now, with an overbearing Taiwanese mother and a long-gone Caucasian father. Not an Amazon-tall mishmash of ancestries that leave her looking like an overgrown Asian teenager or a really tanned white one. Just plain old, blend-into-the-crowd white.
When her mom drags her to a fortune-teller who gets her information from your bellybutton rather than a crystal ball, Patty knows she's in trouble. The "you're going to have three children" prediction is a little ludicrous, given the fact she can't even get a boyfriend. But what really freaks her out--not to mention sends her mother into a fit of unintelligible Taiwanese--is the fact that, according to bellybutton lady, Patty is destined to end up with a white guy.
For Patty, that works just fine. For her mother, not so good. If her mom had her way, Patty would never get within twenty feet of a white guy, never mind date one. No, her mom wants what she didn't get herself--a marriage to a nice, respectable, rich Taiwanese doctor. Or, if there are no doctors available, a businessman would be acceptable. Never mind what Patty wants, which at this moment is knowing if the hottest guy at school, Mark Scranton, will ever notice her.
Stunned into yet more lectures about life as a poor Taiwanese girl, Patty's mother decides that this summer, instead of lounging around and possibly getting a part-time job, Patty will attend math camp at Stanford. Since her older brother, Abe, is busy "preparing" for his upcoming attendance at Harvard, he's no help to get her out of this bind. So Patty sets off to camp, resigned to hanging out with geeks.
Except math camp turns out to be not as bad as she'd thought. There's some really good-looking guys there, guys with brains. Like Stu, who blesses her with her first kiss. And might possibly end up breaking her heart. For Patty, this summer could end up teaching her a whole lot more than math. Things like what it's like to really be American, and learning to love who you are. Because there are guys out there who can love a hapa girl for who she is--if she'll just learn to love herself first.
NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH is a great read for anyone who has ever had trouble discovering their identity, or for someone looking to find out how it feels to be different. A real winner!
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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0316011312, Paperback)"Getting her fortune told by a Taiwanese 'belly-button grandmother' (who feels up her navel) instead of attending the spring dance is just one of the joys of being Patty Ho, a covertly snarky 'hapa' (half Asian, half white) struggling with her dual heritage. Patty's domineering mother is determined to make her a good Taiwanese girl. Gangly Patty, no 'China doll,' longs to be white like her long-gone father...readers will find a compelling narrative, and a spunky, sympathetic heroine. This book should enjoy wide appeal." -VOYA
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Fifteen-year-old Patty Ho, half Taiwanese and half white, feels she never fits in, but when her overly-strict mother ships her off to math camp at Stanford, instead of being miserable, Patty starts to become comfortable with her true self.
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So it is a new year, and all of my decorations are pretty much down, except for a few stragglers, and some boxes of bows and wrapping paper that need to go into storage, but I am feeling pretty lazy right now.
Each year when I take my Christmas decorations down I feel like my house goes from wow to super blah. This could be post Christmas blues, but I am fighting the urge to revamp a little. Except I have no money after Christmas. If you can afford decorate after Christmas, congratulations.
Still, I have been thinking about changing some of my cushions/curtains. These can be relatively cheap fixes. I have these valances that are a few years old now and while I still love the blue, I think they could use a little spiffing up. Or maybe I will just take them down.. Or spiff them up…. I also have the curtains that I completely shrunk that need serious help.
Have you been to Spoonflower? I am in love with this fabric/wallpaper site. The prices are not too bad and you can pretty much find ANYTHING. People upload their own designs and sell their fabrics. I have a soft spot for the little guy and their are some brilliant designers here, so I like to support them. I feel like I am getting awesome fabric and doing good in the world. I bought their fabric before for a pouf I made for Ollie's room. It is great quality and holding up well, considering Oliver is constantly rolling it around.
This season I love some of the strong colours and geometrics, but I like to use these trends with a light hand. Fashion can change so quickly, making keeping your home from feeling dated an expensive endeavour. So I'm thinking of sewing some cushions covers, possibly new valances (maybe) or a new slipcover for my ugly chair.
I browsed through Spoonflower's site last night and picked a few of my faves. I haven't quite narrowed it down yet, but I do have a thing for navy blue.
3. Navy Diamond
I would like all of these and am currently in deep thought about the possibilities. The octopuses? I love a touch of quirk in my house (not twerk).
Of course, not everyone wants to order fabric, dust off their sewing and give it a go. So I found some ready mades online:
1. Jacquard Weave Throw -H&M $34.95
2.Lappljung Ruta– IKEA $9.99
3. Do What You Love – H&M $12.95
4. Count to Tentacle Nautical Pillow – ModCloth $$17.99
5. Donkey Needlepoint Pillow – Tory Burch $175
I can't handle how much I love the Tory Burch cushion. If you know me, you know, this cushion would fit perfectly into my entire life, but the price…ouch. That may require some saving. Of course now that I made it public, Ryan is going to know how much it costs and give me the serious stink eye if he ever sees it on my sofa. I could just have it out while he is at work. The octopus…the pompom detail, very cute.
I LOVE Spoonflower. You know you can also design your own fabrics there? You can get them 'printed' relatively inexpensively. I haven't gotten up the courage (or found the time) to do so yet, but it's inspiring to think about it. I too took down my decorations yesterday and got it all put away. The walls seem empty now where the trees and quilts were hanging. Like you, though, I'm broke right now, and just changed jobs so I'm penny pinching because I will go a month without a paycheck! UGH! Fortunately, I have a fabric stash that will tide me over!
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I admit, there may be a liberty taken in the name of this recipe – but we'll get to that in a minute. First, let me just say "WHEW". Is it that time of year or what?! I honestly don't think I have cooked a meal in 10 days, maybe even all month. Truthfully, I cannot remember the last time I made dinner. Continue reading
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Peanut Butter Cake — complete with a surprise inside ((oh, and it's in a jar))
This cake recipe is another twist on my favorite White Almond Sheet Cake ((aka White Texas Sheet Cake)). I have made several versions of this recipe over the last few years, and truthfully each one is as good as the next. There is something about stove top cake batter and stove top buttercream. They just never will disappoint. Well, Continue reading
Blackberry Custard Cake – A New Sinkology Recipe!
Blackberries and copper are a beautiful combination – don't you agree?! Continue reading
Oven Roasted Chicken with Sun-dried Tomato Cream Sauce & Bacon
Over the last few years, I have become less and less interested in putting chicken on our dinner menu. There are a few reasons for this, but they all pretty much center around the word "I".
BBQ Chicken & Blue Cheese Sfincione
One of my menu favorites – Sfincione! Sfincione is Sicilian pizza and sounds a lot more complicated than it really is. It all starts with pizza dough. I prefer homemade pizza dough and have an awesome recipe HERE. I learned how to make pizza dough during my last trip to Napa and have been turning them out ever since. Not only did Chef T teach me how to make awesome pizza, he kindly gave me the Sfincione as a bonus recipe. Continue reading
Mezze Paccheri with Spring Peas & Candied Bacon in a Simple Parmesan Cream Sauce
This simple pasta dish has saved the day for many family meals. It seems like we most often enjoy this for Sunday dinner. Now that I have mentioned "Sunday dinner", I will go ahead and invite you to join our family debate. Continue reading
Dill Pickle Pasta Salad
The last time I made this recipe, I made it for David's grandpa – Ken. The truth of the matter is, he's my grandpa too. I just love him. He loves many things; outdoors, hard work, hunting, but his most treasured possession is family. He spent countless hours being present with his grandsons and their families. Continue reading
Oven Roasted Green Beans Tossed in Sweet & Spicy Mustard
Fresh green beans are probably my most favorite side ((except for mashed potatoes, fried okra, fried zucchini, sliced fresh tomatoes, Mexican creamed corn… hmm, no wonder I write a food blog. The struggle — it's real.)) Well, even though I do have a long list of "favorites" when it comes to sides, these green beans are no less awesome. Continue reading
Lemon Curry Brined Chicken
It's Spring and that means it's time to warm up that grill! Grilled chicken is a staple in our family from March through October, but it wasn't always my fave ((sorry chicken lovers)). It seemed like no matter what I did to the outside of that bird, the inside was dry, tough and flavorless.
Brownies on the Go :: in a jar, in a car, on a train, in the rain…
but I would not, could not from a box. And really – there is no need to eat "boxed-mix brownies" when homemade is so very easy and crazy delicious. So with this tasty truth, I am squeezing in a bonus recipe in my recent "Tasty Meals for Tired Travelers" series.
How about a glimpse at the 4 day old bunnies?!
Well, we are 4 days in and have made a few changes that have proven to work! First of all, I moved the nest into a larger box.
Mexi-Mac ((Part 3 of 3 "Tasty Meals for Tired Travelers"))
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Discovery BioMed seeking $5M for drug discovery efforts
Biotech firm Discovery BioMed is seeking $5 million from investors over the next few years as part of plans to refocus its work in drug discovery.
I met with the Birmingham-based company's CEO Eric Schwiebert, who told me that the funding will help his firm provide some return on an initial $1.9 million investment from the Birmingham Technology Fund. The $5 million, he said, will also allow Discovery BioMed to see some profitability, something the company has yet to do since its launch in 2008.
As Schwiebert told me in an interview for a story in the Birmingham Business Journal's Jan. 24 weekly edition, Discovery BioMed has realized success as a company, but "we have not realized the Holy Grail of profitability yet."
Locally and statewide, Discovery BioMed will seek the $5 million from individual investors, angel networks and crowd funding, among other sources, Schwiebert said. The company has also considered going after Alabama Innovation Fund money, but he said that stream is more geared toward academic entities.
Discovery BioMed will also shift its work toward drug discovery, one of the two types of activities the company does. The other activity is services, which the company does by building human cell models on which to test drugs.
Schwiebert said drug discovery work consists of studying and testing out certain drugs and even using them in pre-clinical trials. He said the company will continue to do the services portion, but will focus virtually all that work to address cystic fibrosis, kidney and metabolic diseases.
Schwiebert said venture capitalists told him in 2008 to shift the business more toward one type of activity. He said venture capitalists find it simpler to back firms with one activity. While he understood their point at the time, he said he continued with Discovery BioMed's plans to do services and drug discovery.
"We needed that model to exist," he said, adding that doing the two types of activities increased Discovery BioMed's potential revenue streams.
"I told them, 'Guys, I agree with you. At some point, we'll have to decide.'"
Discovery BioMed, Schwiebert said, has broken even on a $1 million budget for the past four years. Seventy-five percent of the company's funding typically comes from the National Institutes of Health, which reduced its funding to Discovery BioMed from $873,256 in 2012 to $661,260 last year.
The remainder of Discovery BioMed's funding comes from contracts with other biotech and bio-pharmaceutical entities, Schwiebert said.


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This unique forum provides an opportunity for clinicians, educators, and other social service providers to be introduced and explore various themes that influence the mental health and well being of Filipino American clients. Participants will acquire an overview of the history of research and clinical practice issues, as well as updates on colonial mentality, body image, and transnational parenting. Experts will discuss the role of colonial mentality, a form of internalized oppression, and microaggressions (e.g., everyday insults, slights, put downs, demeaning messages, and indignities) in shaping personality and behavior among Filipino Americans. Participants will learn about different types of racial and sexual orientation microaggressions and attain skills to deal effectively with them.
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It was Saturday February 23rd, 1957, and it was raining. Bad news! All the white lines laid out with powdered gypsum (called "lime" by tradition) the Sunday before were being erased by mother nature. The next day the first cross country trial ever held in the Los Angeles area, or anywhere else in America to my knowledge, was to take place. That place was Lake Mathews between Corona and Riverside in the L.A. basin. This huge and hilly region was available for cross country races with no restriction or permission involved. Things were very different back then. Lime was an indispensable commodity for motorcycle events from trials and field meets to hare and hounds. Routes were marked by throwing fist sized bags of gypsum on the ground from the paperboy bags we wore. Observed sections were marked continuously, as we now do with ribbon, by pouring lime from a can. In the southland, we rarely worried about rain. On that day though, our course was getting its face washed.
Trials clubs did not exist in February of 1957. My club was the Foothill Hawks. The "Hawks" held frequent field meets, scrambles, and hare scrambles for our members and, for "open" competition, held one each trial, enduro, and hare and hound each year. I came up with this bright idea of holding a cross country trial for our annual trial that year. As I was the only active trials rider in the Hawks, I volunteered to do all the layout work with the other members only participating as "checkers" and for signup on the day of the event. They were also to go out the week before and familiarize themselves with their appointed section and location. Seemed a good plan.
This was an exciting format and I wanted it to be as special as possible. The publisher of Cycle Action magazine was an artist of note and a good friend. He volunteered to do the advertising poster. It featured photos from the Scottish with an artistic and inviting layout. A scenic course of 35 miles overlooking beautiful Lake Mathews, with observed sections 10 to 40 feet in width over natural terrain, was promised. These were mailed out to the shops and 50 some active clubs in Southern California. Visions of pulling 75 to 100 riders danced in my head. At the time, trials participation had dwindled from the 125 of 1949 to around 40. Would this concept be a boost?
The week before, the club members showed up as agreed. I had envisioned that, as we rode the loop, they would all take careful note of the location of their respective section. Their duties included setting the in and out gates along with the signs advertising the trophy donors. It was a day of fun; too much fun. They roared with great abandon over the grassy hills and valleys, chasing each other like a bunch of kids. The numerous hills and valleys that the course traversed could be confusing to the inattentive. The loop was nearly twenty miles but a week later would seem much longer. I had made an optimistic misjudgement.
As the rain fell on Saturday, I phoned the members and explained the "lime" problem and asked that they get there an hour earlier than previously arranged. Despite predictions of rain all weekend, dawn broke clear on Sunday. Annie and I loaded our truck with our supply of the important lime and another member was bringing the balance of the supply. At daybreak we minimally limed the road from Corona to the site to save our supply. On reaching the site, Annie loaded me up to the max with bagged lime in my paperboy bag and I headed out on my AJS 500cc desert racer to reestablish the loop marking. My load expired about two thirds the way around and I headed in for another load, fully expecting that the Hawks would be there and ready to help. A number of competitors were arriving, but no Hawks! Out I went again with considerable anxiety.
Completing the loop marking, my return to the site was greeted by a mob of competitors and arriving club members. I found the club member who had the additional supply of lime. His greeting for me was that he hoped I had done a better job of liming the course than I had on the road from Corona. I explained why it was sparse and asked if he had fixed the problem. He replied to the negative. Gnashing of teeth.
Sacks of gate flags, section signs, and scoring clip boards for each section had been prepared and Annie was getting these to the checkers. I solicited some help in reliming the section boundaries. Loaded with more lime, we headed out over the hills at top speed, shortcutting as needed, to each section.
Back at the start site, riders were pouring in. The posters had done their job too well. 182 riders would be signed up, breaking all records. The sign-up had not been organized for such a number. The advertised first-man-out time of 9:30 AM was becoming an impossibility. The start was delayed a half hour.
Re-liming the sections was hastily completed, but not before the 9:30 AM start time. I learned of the time delay upon my return to the start, and heard from Annie that virtually none of the checkers were at all sure of their section locations. The 10:00 AM start time would give me some time, but also put the last of the 182 riders on the course at nearly 1:00 PM at the one per minute rate. Completing the planned 2 loops was not looking good.
Had the checkers found their sections and correctly marked the in and out gates? Who knows. So out onto the course I went, very glad I had chosen my hare and hound bike as my work horse. Full-race speed to the first section, only to find it vacant. Cross country to the top of the nearest hill for a look around. Spotted a rider and took off in wild pursuit. Overtaking him and learning who it was, I lead him to his section, dragging him as fast as I could get him to ride. Then to the top of the nearest hill again for another look around. If I saw no one, then to the top of another hill at full-race speed. Eventually one by one, the lost souls were found and led to their sections. Due to the openness, many had tried to get to their sections crosscountry rather than following the course, adding to the confusion. All of the sections were covered with three of them being set up as the first of the competitors were arriving.
The event was cut to only one lap for fear of darkness ending the event. Few complained and all seemed to have a great time. I was immensely grateful for the reliability of my AJS. In those days I was a top-ten desert racer. I had used that speed on much of this day and, shockingly, used nearly a similar amount of gas and oil to the Big Bear hare and hound. Had I had any mechanical problem, this event would have self-destructed. I learned that one man does not make a team, and a team was needed on such a day.
So the first cross country trial was in the books; a report was in the May issue of "Motorcyclist" magazine. 1957 was seeing the end of many of the Southern California clubs putting on trials. Specialization was creeping in. I could see that if trials were to have a future, a trials-only club had to be developed. Later that year, Annie and I established the Southern California Trials Club and started putting on monthly events. We did the advertising and printed results sheets on our mimeograph machine. It would be almost ten years before actual trials bikes would fully replace the geared down scramblers in dominant use during the fifties. The SCTC, active as it was, did not attempt a cross country trial. For me, that experience would have to wait for the first Ute Cup in Colorado in 1970; an event put on by a small but dedicated "team."
Footnote: This experience was a lesson for me about being careful what I might depend on others for. If others do not hold a similar interest to mine about something, then extra caution should be exercised when depending on them. This proved true in my years in business. Although no hard feelings came out of this experience, you can recognize negative feelings were present. I have since recognized how destructive negative thoughts are and the importance of guarding against them.


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How long are the straps on your hammock? The method to tie off with attatched straps depends greatly on how much extra strap you have after wraping the trees. If I have enough strap left I like to use a ratcheting knot. Pull a bight through a loop in the strap a couple of feet from the trunk. Pass the tag end twice around the tree and pull through the bite. Pull the tag end until the desired sag is reached in your hammock and then tie off with a half hitch on a bight. When your ready to break camp just pull the tag end and the whole thing comes untied easily. NOTE... when pulling the bight through the loop always from the bight on the tag end side of the loop.
I hang my kids travle hammocks by passing the appropriate loop on the ENO strap through the loop on the hammock and then putting one of my titanium tent nails through the ENO strap loop. Super easy, fast and won't let you down in the middle of the night. A thumb sized green stick will do the trick too.
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> I have become a hammock hiker after reading about it from those who have been doing it for years and I must say that it is much better than trail shelters or tents. I recently purchased one for my son and he likes it better too. I have perfected hanging my sons hammock using ENO's tree straps with preconstructed loops and carabiners. I am still working on a perfect (and fast) set up for mine. My son's hammock ends with a loop on each end, mine ends with two straps on each end. Anyone that has my kind of hammock and has perfected a way to hang it ... please pass on the wisdom. Thanks, John
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I have one ASA with AntiX card and 2 Mbps SDSL Internet connection.
All day the 2 Mpbs (download) is in use (ASDM Monitor Outside Interface).
If i use the show conn all, i can view a lot (10) of this line
TCP out 220.127.116.11:80 in 184.108.40.206:3161 idle 0:00:44 bytes 148 flags UfrOX
The bytes is always 148. No progress.
But if i create an access-list to block this trafic, the bandwith goes imediatly down (after using clear xlate).
Does anyone know what is this IP address ?
I have view two different PC as source using the same destination address, and one time i have view the IP Antix as source using this destination
Thanks for your help


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Lord Cynic: "Okay, time to let them out of the box…"
Mini Jenna: "About time!"
Mini Garet: "I thought I was gonna die…"
Mini Sheba: "We're back, yay!"
Cynic: "Ugh, maybe I should've kept them in the box…" (Gets fried, frozen, thumped and shocked to unconsciousness)
Minis: "Hehehehe…"
Real Life Geek: "I don't own Golden Sun."
Cynic: "Again, who the hell are you?"
Real Life Geek: "The person who could make you watch Pikachu's Vacation over and over."
Cynic: "I'm good."
What should be different about Version 2?
Version 2 should be more canon than Version 1. You'll see what I mean.
Fluff will be toned down just a tad.
Copyrighted material will make sense this time. Hopefully.
No English Sailor Moon references for sure. (Although I maintain that it was appropriate in the old version. Golden Sun shouldn't even have anime, let alone the Japanese stuff.)
An attempt at balanced romance among the shippings in the story. But Mudshipping will be the priority.
Reasons for a Version 2
Version 1 was a rush job at best and left me with too little to work on in Mercury Matchmaker.
There was no way Sheba should've been the owner of a company at age 15, no matter how many people she bribes with her Mind Read. It just doesn't make sense.
English Sailor Moon.
The copyrighted material I borrowed for Version 1 didn't make sense either. (I like to say 'make sense' a lot, don't I...)
The whole "Shrine of Mia" "Shrine of Isaac" stuff in Version 1... gag...
And the 98 Degrees song at the end. For sure.
Lord Cynic: "Without further ado…"
Babysitter Mia
Chapter 1: The beginning to lots of weird stuff
Approximate time: 11:02am
One morning in the generally peaceful town of New Vale, a certain group of teenagers were on their way to wake up their friend.
"We're nearly there, guys," Garet whispered. Behind him, Jenna, Mia, Ivan and Sheba nodded soundlessly and followed him through Isaac's house. Dora was nowhere to be seen (rumour had it she was running a nursery nowadays). Therefore, as long as everyone was discreet, Garet's Operation Wake-Up Call could be pulled off without a hitch.
As the group ascended the stairs towards Isaac's room, Ivan woke up.
"Why are we doing this anyway?"
"Because," Garet muttered, "we can." What he tried not to think about (darn Jupiter brats and their mind-reading abilities) was the time Isaac had given him a rude awakening. It had involved a stone spire, a ceiling and a painful headache – not a pleasant experience. Now, he didn't need the others to help him (except maybe Mia if he stuffed up), the live audience was just good to have.
When the party reached Isaac's bedroom door, Garet shushed everyone with a finger to his lips before edging the door open. He smirked before forming a fireball in his hands. The plan was to burn Isaac's clothes off, exposing him to the world. That would teach him for ruining Garet's second favourite thing in the world (first being eating).
"Wait, what are you doing?" Mia whispered urgently. She was always the mother hen of the Golden Sun adventure, using her Mercury psynergy to heal most of the injuries. For reasons mostly unknown to her, however, every time Isaac had gotten hurt or was in danger, her heart had skipped a beat. The first occasion had been in Mogall Forest when Isaac had been knocked out temporarily by the Killer Ape that had surprised them. From then on, she'd always been by his side during almost everything. Some call it cute, others call it clingy. Cough…
"Don't worry, I've done this before," Garet answered in an attempt to comfort her. Of course, that wasn't very reassuring, and Jenna clocked him over the head for it. He squatted painfully, clutching his head in agony and Ivan and Sheba smothered their laughter at his misfortune. "What was that for?"
Jenna scowled. "Don't say that in front of Mia! You know how she gets when it's about Isaac!"
Mia's sixth sense told her Jenna was suggesting something she wouldn't like, and expressed as such in an innocent "What do you mean?" To her dismay, Jenna just shrugged and smiled while the others whistled idly. She let it go momentarily, choosing instead to open the door further and tiptoe into Isaac's room on her own.
The curtains were closed, so the late morning sun had no effect on the slumbering blonde. Mia stared at the content expression on his face, so uncommon during the Golden Sun journey. She was used to seeing him so sombre, so serious on their quest that she often wondered what he would look like if he smiled and laughed on a regular basis. Garet, being the comic relief, provoked a chuckle now and then, but it always seemed like Isaac's mind was preoccupied on his duties as the leader and the angers of the two-year long quest. To witness him as relaxed as he seemed to be at the moment was a treat to Mia.
"It's been two years since we first met, but this is the first time he's looked so young," she thought, he gaze unwavering. A rosy blush coated her cheeks and she reached out to stroke Isaac's spiky golden hair. She was so engrossed in her actions that she failed to see the wide-eyed spectators standing by the doorway, or the pair of strong blue eyes that were open.
When she was focussed enough to notice, she said so with a startled shriek and jumped back from the bed as if it shocked her with an electrical spark. Her blush occupied her entire face – as well as her ears and neck – as she watched Isaac sit up in bed. Oddly, he was clutching the house key around his neck close to his chest and his (in Mia's opinion) enticing blue eyes appeared to be glassy and unfocussed.
"Key that holds the power of the stars," he chanted in an unnaturally high voice, and creeping everyone out, "reveal your true form before me! Release!" (1)
The key hovered above his head ("So that's where the Hover Jade went," Sheba muttered) and Mia and the others watched as it twirled in midair for no reason at all. When it stopped and returned to its original resting place, Isaac was holding his Gaia Blade that just came out of nowhere. The bizarre thing was he was also dressed in a jester costume that not even Kibombo could conjure up.
Mia, as well as Jenna and strangely enough Sheba, took one look at Isaac and had to balance themselves on inanimate objects to keep from getting dizzy after seeing how… tight-fitting the clothes were. Garet took one look at Isaac before turning around and grasping his groin awkwardly. Ivan took one look and was painfully reminded of a traumatic bath experience with Master Hammet way back when (no paedophilia here, folks).
Everyone was so preoccupied with their own problems that they were startled by a sudden cackle. They snapped back to attention just in time to hear Isaac mutter in a disturbing, garbled voice "Such a pity… such a pity…" (2)
"Er, Isaac?" Garet spoke up hesitantly. "Are you all right, man?"
The only response he got was another "Such a pity" before the possessed blonde raised his sword into the air. Everyone watched with intrigue – until the Gaia Blade roared menacingly, sending everyone into a panic. They barely managed to dive out of the way as a massive Ragnarok that erupted from the glowing sword and gulped nervously.
"Isaac, what are you doing?" Ivan asked desperately before scrambling away from another attack.
"Has he ever been like this?" Sheba queried, not having known Isaac long enough to know his peculiarities. She screamed when a Grand Gaia flew at her, only to be saved by Flash, one of Garet's Djinni. (For the record, the mystic powers that be – fanfiction – decided that the room would receive no damage from the earth-shattering assault.) The flaming red Djinn's force field protected everyone from Isaac's spaz attack – everyone except Mia, who was trying to get close to the psychotic blond.
"Mia!" Sheba yelled, "Don't do it!"
"He's insane!" Garet agreed. "Insane in the membrane!"
"Insane in the brain!" came from Ivan.
"Insane in the membrane!"
"Plenty insane, got no brain!" (3)
"Shut up, you too!" Jenna screamed. They did.
Isaac, even in his possessed state, sweatdropped lightly, and Mia refused to back down. She stared him in the face, and he stared back with a deranged smirk and his Gaia Blade in his hands. Their staring contest lasted for about two minutes before Mia pulled her trump card – a photo from inside her robe. She held it without showing it to Isaac, whose smirk dropped instantly and was replaced by a dubious frown.
"What is that?" he asked, his voice almost returning to normal. His eyes widened and his mouth fell open in mortification when Mia flipped the photo over so he could see it. "Where did you get that?"
Mia smiled sweetly and, sensing the absence of Isaac's murderous intent, Flash retreated back to Garet's pocket. The other stood around, dumbstruck by the change in atmosphere and curious to know what Mia had that could horrify Isaac so much. They didn't know what to be more surprised about: that docile, amiable Mia would have blackmail, or that she would use it. In the end, it didn't really matter as long as they weren't going to die; otherwise, well, Jenna would definitely blame Garet.
Mia sensed that Isaac was reverting back to normal, and called to Ivan to use a Sleep spell. The Jupiter boy complied immediately, sending the spores Isaac's way. Isaac blinked furiously, before succumbing to its effects, dropping the Gaia Blade and falling onto his bed. He was out like a light, and Mia had to repress a blush at how cute he looked, sleeping like a baby. She stashed the incriminating photo into her robe as everyone retreated quickly, leaving Isaac to rest.
A few minutes later, everyone bar Isaac was seated in the kitchen. They were certain the sleeping spell would give them at least five minutes, and that he would be sane when he woke up. Nevertheless, everyone was a little jittery at they sat around the kitchen table. There was, however, one crucial issue to discuss.
"Okay, spill it, Mia. Where'd you get the blackmail?"
Well, sort of. Mia huddled on her seat, dwarfed by her interrogators. She never wanted to reveal the photo in the first place (no one would take her precious) but a last resort was a last resort. She subconsciously buried it deeper inside its hiding place and racked her brain for a way to distract her friends.
"Well… I… um…" Fat chance of that happening.
"C'mon, show us," Garet urged her. "Whatever it is saved our butts after all."
"I'd… I'd rather not," Mia refused meekly. "Shouldn't we talk about what happened with Isaac?"
"Mia's right," Ivan agreed. "Isaac wouldn't attack his friends like that."
"I've never seen him wear anything like that before," Jenna added before blushing and covering her mouth to hide her giggles. The others simultaneously stared at her. It was just as well, since Mia's scathing glare would've put the spotlight back on her.
"I tried reading his mind," Sheba said, directing everyone's attention to her. After a slightly exaggerated pause, she shook her head and said "Nothing, not a thing. It was as if his mind was completely blank or closed off."
"How is that possible?" Garet blurted incredulously. The voice inside is head and growled out, "I have to find out how he does it!"
"Even if he knew what he was doing, I doubt he'd tell anyone," Ivan said, before adding smugly, "So tough luck, mind fodder."
Garet blanched and after a few seconds asked in a low voice, "I said that out loud?"
A chorus of "Yes" hit him like an anvil and he hung his head pitifully. That was when a cheerful voice called out "I'm home for my morning break, darling!" from the front door. The group turned their heads in time to see Dora join them in the kitchen dressed in gardening clothes and covered slightly in dirt. Immediately they all stood up from their seats and bowed politely.
"Good morning, Ma'am!"
Dora looked surprised but smiled genially as she placed her gloves on the kitchen counter. She turned to face the young adults and wagged a finger at them half-chidingly. "Now, now, I've told you all before: call me Dora, "Ma'am" makes me sound so old."
"Yes, Dora," Garet, Jenna, Ivan and Sheba responded sheepishly. When they realised a voice was missing, they turned to Mia. Her eyes were wandering frantically as if trying to find something or someone. Her hands were folded on her lap as per usual, but a keen eye would detect an occasional finger twitch. Clearly, she was very concerned about looking for that something or someone.
"Mia?" Dora spoke up. She walked in front of the blue-eyed, blue-haired girl and placed a hand on her shoulder. She chuckled when Mia visibly jumped, her eyes widening and her cheeks reddening. "Are you all right, dear? You look distracted."
"Oh, I'm fine," Mia replied, still embarrassed about spacing out. "I'm sorry. It's just…"
"Isaac went nuts!" Garet declared with the grace of a Golem and the tact of a Pyroclasm. He got a whack on his head for his troubles.
"Real subtle!" Jenna hissed. She turned to Dora with an awkward and apologetic smile. "Sorry about that big doofus. Actually, he's right… sort of."
Dora became worried. "What happened to him?"
"We're not entirely sure, but I think he has sleeping problems," Ivan deduced. Everyone waited for him to explain. "Sheba said she couldn't read his mind, and no, I don't think I would've been able to either." Garet shut his mouth at that. "His eyes looked weird as well. They went from being their usual blue to being almost… grey."
"His voice was different, too," Sheba noted. "Sort of high-pitched and garbled and just weird."
"I'm still surprised Mia was able to stop him," Garet butted in, reviving the Mercury adept's most dreaded subject.
"Oh?" Dora smiled curiously. Mia blushed and looked away. "Well, as long as he's safe. So is he still in his room?"
"Yeah," Jenna replied. "I still have no idea where he got that jester outfit from…"
"Jester costume?" Dora was intrigued – her son almost always wore the same tunic day in and day out. He hated to be without it. "So how did he look?" No one noticed the gleam in her eyes or the mischievous tone of her voice.
"He looked hot," the three young women answered in identical dreamy voices. They blushed terribly and buried their faces in their hands in vain attempts to disguise their collective embarrassment. The boys lasted about three seconds before falling off their chairs and laughing themselves into stomach cramps.
They were promptly beaten into unconsciousness by a seething brunette and blonde.
"I'm so glad!" Dora said excitedly. The girls stared at her. "My son's such a heartthrob! I was worried because he's so shy and quiet. But now he has three girls after him…" She wiped a tear from her eye which the girls couldn't tell was real or not. "I'm so proud of him."
"It's not like that," Jenna, Mia and Sheba objected with renewed embarrassment.
"It's not?" Dora's brows furrowed slightly. She observed them closely. "He never tells me anything, you know. I think he's at a rebellion phase…" She leaned in deviously. "So who's his main squeeze?"
The girls glanced at each other, sending silent mental messages amongst one another. After a moment, Jenna said, "Mia."
"Jenna!" Mia cried. She looked at Dora desperately. "It's really not what it looks like! Please believe me!"
"Are you sure?" Dora asked with a hint of disappointment in her voice. "You're such a nice girl, after all. You two would make such a cute couple."
"I don't know about that," Mia mumbled, looking away. She ignored Jenna and Sheba, who were grinning smugly, in favour of staring at the stairs. "Isaac might still be asleep. Should someone go and check on him?"
"Make the guys do it," Jenna demanded automatically. The boys in question groaned as they regained consciousness, only to find the brunette in their faces. Garet blushed but it went unnoticed. "Guess what, boys? You're gonna go get Isaac for us!"
Garet and Ivan looked at each other, then at Jenna, and said "No way." Two Dragon Fumes and a Spark Plasma from Jenna and Sheba were all it took to send them on their merry way.
"Do you always do that?" Dora asked, frowning slightly. When Jenna and Sheba nodded simultaneously, she and Mia sighed, wistfully and exasperatedly respectively. "I remember how it was with Kyle. I can't use Psynergy like you can, mind you. Even so, one patented Dora Death Glare was all I needed to keep him in line." She winked at Mia who instinctively coloured at the suggestive gesture. "If you like, I could teach it to you. I'm sure that a Dora Death Glare from you would be very effective."
Mia blushed but seriously considered what it would be like to have Isaac doing whatever she wanted him to do. The naughty part of her mind filled her thoughts with images of Isaac pampering her and catering to her every need and desire.
"Isaac! Teach that traitor Alex a lesson!"
"Yes, Mistress Mia. I live to please and serve you."
She was flung from her fantasy of Isaac skewing Alex through the privates with a Ragnarok by Garet making a trumpet fanfare with his mouth. She turned in his direction just in time to see Isaac descend the last step of the stairs. He was wearing his trademark tunic and, if his drooping eyes were any indication, a veil of drowsiness over him. Mia wondered if Isaac was getting any normal sleep since the return to New Vale as Dora ran and engulfed him in a tight embrace despite his lethargic state.
"Good morning, darling!" the blonde woman greeted enthusiastically. When he began to wriggle and protest she simply tightened her grip. Everyone around them laughed at his discomfort. "I've been so worried about you! I heard you've been having trouble sleeping. Why didn't you say anything?"
Isaac finally slipped out of Dora's grasp and rubbed his eyes. "What do you mean? I don't remember anything until Garet woke me up by sitting on me." He, along with Jenna, Sheba and Mia glared at the tall redhead who laughed nervously and backed away. When the awkward silence ended, he turned to the others. "What's Mom talking about?"
To his surprise, everyone refused to meet his eyes. His own narrowed slightly as he repeated the question. Finally, Ivan said, "You kind of… tried to kill us."
"What?" Isaac was stupefied. "But I was asleep the whole time!"
"Um, not exactly," Jenna said. She went on to explain the events of the morning, with help from the others. At Mia's silent insistence, she left out the part about the photo but had to… embellish the truth. Something about falling of the bed. "So when Ivan put you to sleep, we came down here. And that's pretty much it."
Isaac was frozen on the spot and you could see the voices in his head talking back and forth:
"Oh dear," Dora said. She had been horrified by what had transpired in Isaac's room and her hand was on her chest, over her heart. "He's never been like that before, even after the Mt. Aleph incident 5 years ago."
"Yeah," Garet agreed. "I thought we were gonna die."
"If we did, I was going to blame you for it," Jenna deadpanned. Everyone else laughed at Garet's expense as he hung his head.
"What do we do, then?" Isaac asked. "I don't remember a thing, and if it happens again I could end up killing all of you."
"I have an idea!" Dora said suddenly. Everyone turned to her and sweatdropped at the twinkle in her eyes. "Mia! Congratulations on your new job as a babysitter!"
"Mom, what do you mean babysitter?" Isaac gasped, his face white.
"I'm… I'm Isaac's babysitter?" Mia stuttered, her face red.
"I love you, you love me," Barney sang, his face purple. God damnit, I hate him…
"Of course!" Dora said, beaming. "Oh, but that means you'll have to move out of the inn, won't you, Mia? Well, it's a small price to pay for free room and board, right?"
Just to clarify, the non-locals among the group were semi-permanently shacked up in the town inn. They paid for their rooms by doing daily Psynergy shows in the town square: Mia with her Froth Spiral and Ice Missile; Ivan with Typhoon and Shuriken; and Sheba with Angel Spear and Flash Bolt. People paid generally to watch their shows, so often they had more than they needed for rent, which left money free for whatever they wanted.
Back to the story.
"Wait, Mom!" Isaac interjected. He was getting more flustered by the second. The thought of Mia babysitting him… it took all his willpower just to push down the blush. "Where's she going to sleep? We don't have any extra bedrooms!"
"In your room, of course," came the response in a "Duh!" fashion.
"Looks like you're sleeping on the couch, buddy," Garet commented as he clapped Isaac on the shoulder. The blonde scowled half-heartedly at him.
"This sounds like a bad marriage," Ivan mumbled, frowning in thought. "Next thing you know she'll be giving him baths before he goes to bed every night."
Isaac and Mia blushed darkly and Jenna and Sheba giggled as Dora made a clicking sound with her tongue. "No, no, that won't do," she said, wagging her finger. "There will be no sex out of wedlock in this house, or getting naked in front of each other, period."
"Why are we talking about… about…" Isaac bit his tongue (quite painfully) before blurting out, "that? It's not like we're even dating, anyway…"
Typically, only the females noticed the briefest disappointment flash across Mia's face. Isaac was still embarrassed about the whole situation – Garet wasn't helping with his badly-timed wisecracks and raised eyebrows and Ivan was planning something, he was sure of it. The erratic beating of his heart compounded his problems. He wasn't sure was what causing it, even as he glanced at Mia and felt a tug on his stomach and a twitch in his mind.
Wait that was Ivan trying to read his mind.
"Knock it off," he growled after thumping the Jupiter adept on the head. As the younger blonde fell to the floor in slightly exaggerated pain, Isaac sighed and looked around. He saw Garet trying to talk to Jenna, but she was blowing him off for some reason.
He probably torched her dress in public or something.
Sheba was tending to Ivan, or that's what it looked like. They were huddled together and talking in hushed voices. Isaac turned away from them quickly, not wanting to know what they were up to. The way they were smiling was disconcerting and he was pretty sure he heard "locked in a closet" at one point.
His eyes finally rested on Mia and his mother. He was surprised and a little freaked out when he saw them staring at him. His mother was discreetly mouthing, "Go on" behind Mia's back, and Isaac had to suppress another blush and the urge to raise an eyebrow. The aforementioned blue-haired young woman had her head ducked seemed to still be looking at him. For the life of Isaac, he didn't know why the coy expression on her face made her look gorgeous.
But then, he always thought she was. Didn't he?
"Isaac? What-What's wrong? Why… are y-you…"
Isaac snapped out of his thoughts to discover his hands on Mia's scarlet cheeks and their faces millimetres apart. He literally jumped back and turned away, his own cheeks a flaming crimson. He had no idea what he had been doing. All morning he'd been asleep – well, he thought he had been – and now with the whole babysitter thing and the gorgeous Mia thing… well, the last part would be his little secret.
Suddenly, he'd realised something that he was probably denying for a long time. It was as if the circumstances had been made to right a wrong before he was too late.
"Mia, I…" He paused for a moment before glancing pointedly at everyone else, his mother included. "Guys, some privacy?"
"Um, it's all right," Mia said before anyone could move (not like they were going to anyway). "What were you saying?"
"Mia…" Isaac shocked everyone by kneeling down in front of her and grasping her delicate hand in his rough ones. He raised his head and blue eyes met blue eyes as the others watched, enraptured by this unexpected turn of events. "Mia, would you be…"
"Yes, Isaac?"
"It would be my honour if you…"
"If I…?"
"If you would be my…" Everyone was anticipating Isaac's words, not believing what they were hearing. It was as if Isaac had been shot up the backside by some stupid bow-wielding angel guy called Cupid or whatever. Isaac himself was thinking, 'I can do this… I just have to say girlfriend… it's not that hard…' "Mia, will you be my babysitter?" 'Horse feathers.' (5)
The Richter scale was pretty high when a collection of bodies hit the floor after Isaac's proposal. Garet, Jenna, Ivan and Sheba sweatdropped exaggeratedly and Mia's head drooped. The latter recovered quickly, however, and faced Isaac with a warm smile.
"Yes, of course," she said and as Isaac stood up Dora came over and placed an item in her hand. She looked at it to find a key. "What's this for?"
Dora smiled. "It's an extra house key," she explained. "As soon as you move out of the inn, you can move in here." She suddenly clapped her hands and smiled excitedly. "Oh! This means I'll have to get a bigger bed to replace the one in your room, Isaac dear."
"Huh?" Isaac was baffled. "But… shouldn't my room have two single beds?"
"Oh no," Dora rebutted. "I think it would be a better idea for Mia to be as close to you as possible."
Isaac and Mia blushed at the implications and Isaac performed a fish impersonation with his mouth. "What? But… you just said no…"
"I trust you won't be having sex in my house until you're married," Dora said. Everyone except Isaac and Mia cracked up laughing as the pair blushed even harder.
"Mooooooom!" Isaac whined, provoking more laughter. He yawned deeply. "Ugh… I think I'm still tired. I'm going back to bed."
"I'll go with you," Mia offered instantly. She added with a wry smile, "I'm your babysitter after all."
"It's almost the afternoon," Ivan noted. "At this rate you'll be sleeping the whole day."
"I think he needs it," Mia said. She timidly but firmly took Isaac by the arm and led him upstairs. "Come on. I'll tuck you in… and maybe sing a lullaby."
A bewildered "What?" was heard from the second floor of the house followed by a door slamming. A pregnant pause reigned supreme for several minutes until Sheba interrupted it with a cough. She attracted everyone's attention and blushed under their gazes.
"Should we go?" she asked. "There's nothing else we can do here."
"That might be a good idea," Jenna agreed. Garet opened his mouth but she stared him down. "Got a problem with that?"
"No," the male Mars adept answered quickly. He'd just remembered his original reason for dragging everyone over in the first place. He still wanted revenge (petty little man) but knew better than to provoke Jenna. His goddess… "We'll see you later Dora."
"Okay dears," Dora replied with a smile as she prepared a pot of tea. She still had 20 minutes before her afternoon shift.
"You'll be here when Isaac wakes up, right?" Jenna asked the blonde woman.
"Probably not," was the cheerful response. She elaborated quickly, "Gotta go back to work soon, and later I'll have to buy a new bed for Isaac's room. Oh, I'm so happy!"
There was a light chuckle among the group, and the young adults said their goodbyes and left the house. "So, why did we come?" could be heard from Ivan as the door was closing, followed by a terse "Yeah, spill it!" from Jenna as it clicked shut. Eventually, the house was silent, minus the bubbling of the tea in the kettle.
Dora poured the tea into a mug a few minutes later. That was when the front door opened and Kyle walked in, a working helmet on his head and dirty overalls on his body. He spotted her immediately and walked over and kissed her on the cheek. She smiled, kissed him back and offered the cup of tea she had just poured. He accepted it gratefully and took a sip before speaking.
"So what have I missed? Has Isaac woken up yet?"
Dora's smile widened as she began to explain the events of the morning.
Who saw Kyle coming?
What's the mystery photo Mia carries around?
Why does she have it?
Will Garet ever get his revenge?
there a believable reason for Isaac's sleep schizophrenia this
Most of these questions will probably be answered when (if) Babysitter Mia continues!
(1) – I don't own Cardcaptor Sakura. That was taken off the second movie: The Sealed Card.
(2) – I don't own Dragon Quest 8. Come to think of it, Sakura wears something like that jester costume in the second manga. What a coincidence.
(3) – I don't own Insane in the Membrane. That's Cypress Hill's song, I think…
(4) - Yeah… sorry.
(5) – The whole non-swearing thing is influenced by Chrno Crusade's anime dub. I'm fairly sure they don't swear in that version. And I'm fairly sure there's no swearing in the Golden Sun games.


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Girls: If a guy took a long time to initiate the first kiss but was showing interest in every other way and the two of you were having a really good time whenever you are together, would you just initiate the first kiss yourself? What would you do?
- Yes I wouldVote A
- No I wouldn'tVote B
- No, I would wait for him to do itVote C


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