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The sun was out again, albeit subdued by golden mists. I yearned to find a brightened spot in the greener grass on the other side, and lay there, watching the rust-coloured leaves spiral aimlessly about me. Oddly enough, while others might have been reminded of the persistence with which the insensitively serene winter was approaching, I could only find the season passionately endearing. It had that saturated beauty of life just before death, that urgent kind of vivacity. Autumn had to be the most pensive, self-aware of seasons. And to me, it even seemed to ring as the least insincere. Paradoxically so.
It was also the most apt season for long, solitary walks - something which I could only wistfully sigh about, since I was, of course, down with flu. Mummy had called the previous night and had immediately heard through my cheery assurances that I was well. It had felt dismal enough to be missing home, without the additional worry that my parents were now powerlessly worrying about me, so many miles away.
But it meant, naturally, that my two aunties in the country (the naturally decreed and the popularly elected) had been promptly notified of my ailment, and they had dropped in with food and customary health-themed adages to fret over me, in a way that, to my feverish mind then, felt almost similar to the way mummy would have, had I been back home then.
Theirs was not the only unexpected visit I was to receive. Late in the evening, I heard another knock on the door, this one soft, almost tentative. I groggily unravelled myself from the covers, to find Kabir standing in the chilly corridor. His smile had an odd tinge of sadness to it. Or maybe not. Kabir was one of those people who defied decidedness.
"What are you doing here?" I asked, letting him in. It was only then that I was able to appreciate fully the changes that the other day's rain dance had brought with it - other than the runny nose, that is. Those raindrops I had embraced had somehow washed away all the resentment that I was not aware I still held. Now, I was merely curious.
"Irene said that you were not well," he replied simply. The statement was clearly intended to be self-explanatory.
It felt slightly odd, still, to hear him say Irene's name. But I said nothing of that, and nothing of the fact that Irene herself had not come to visit. Kabir and I had been an odd match from the start. He was one who gave very little of himself away, and I just did not think it proper to probe further into what other people had so firmly chosen not to share, being averse myself to the idea of being scrutinised.
"Oh, it's a minor flu. I'm sure I'll be fine in no time."
"Yes, and then you'd be able to go dance in the rain again," he rebuked gently, pulling out a box of chocolates from his bag, and placing it discreetly, wordlessly on the bed.
I could just smile, silenced by the confusion I felt, of not knowing what I felt. But then again, even if I could know, what would I have said? When I knew words to be inherently inadequate, limited to logic and reason as they were, as vehicles to convey feelings that so stubbornly transcended rationality...
Perhaps he too felt strangled by the same helplessness. I wished I could decipher through his eyes, that which perhaps lay beyond the few words we exchanged, but those dark distant irises of his remained as inscrutable as ever. I only saw the concern he felt at my being ill then, but no explanation as to why that same concern had been so glaringly absent previously.
"Where are you lost?" he asked.
"Nowhere. Um, thanks for the chocolate. Ferraro Rocher is my favourite, you know?"
"I know," he replied.
And in that split second, I knew I had sensed something almost like pain emanating from him. It seemed to throb in the air still, long after he had smiled it away. He remembered. He had never forgotten. Maybe he even understood how I felt, had felt, far better than Irene could.
After he had left, it dawned upon me that he, and maybe several other people too, were not necessarily multi-faced as I had dismissively assumed, perhaps only to protect myself. Maybe it was merely a case of being multi-faceted - of which, surely, most human beings, if not all, were guilty.
And somehow, just then, I found that there seemed to be no reason anymore to find reasons behind what had already transpired. Somehow, it seemed more compelling to give a chance to that which I understood of him, the inherent goodness that had drawn me to him in the first place, and to recognise that the hurt he had once caused had resulted from a temporary, involuntary lapse of judgment, that he now regretted. This realisation, it seemed to me, I owed to what I had lost and found during my crazy rain dance. And perhaps a special mention was due to Ferraro Rocher too.
Gradually, we became friends him again, although, admittedly, not exactly in the same way we were during the times I felt I had now outgrown. I still liked him, but consciously attempted to root my feelings firmly to the plane of reality we lived in, the matter-of-fact one where reasons overpowered emotions, where there were no princes and princesses, just normal, mostly fallible people. It was hopelessly boring, unmagical, but at least I no longer stood to have my heart broken.
When he needed a place to stay for a week while he waited for his hostel to open, just before the beginning of our second academic year, I allowed him to stay in the extra room of the flat that I was then renting. It had been a week of utmost pandemonium, which we had spent playing pranks on each other and fighting over ice-cream, the television remote, the bathroom, and pretty much anything that could be legitimately fought about - much to my flatmate's despair. The memory of those days still makes me smile, because it was perhaps the first time when he had, uninhibitedly, allowed me more than just a fleeting look of who he truly was. A monkey, that is.
Then, when a semester later, he invited me to go to the Indian Students Society prom with him, after initially turning him down for some unfathomable reason, I agreed to be his date. Of course, his invitation had had to be only a few hours before the prom started, so those few hours had been spent in madly scrambling about for tickets. Once we had those tickets, miraculously, we only had half an hour to find something to wear and get dressed.
I asked him, as we were waiting for the bus to leave, softly, so our friends would not hear, why he had only invited me at the very last minute.
"I'd been wanting to for some time, but I was scared you'd say no."
"And I actually did say no, hey?" I laughed.
"Yes," he chuckled, "But you see, the advantage of asking you when I did, was that you ended up feeling sorry for me because I wouldn't be able to find anybody else at the last minute. And you said yes."
"Smart boy! But if you'd asked me earlier, and I'd said no, you would have still been able to ask somebody else out. Ever thought of that?"
"If you had said no, I wouldn't have gone." That flicker of mirth had left his eyes.
"But you have other friends you could have asked, that would have been dateless then. Irene -"
"I really wanted to go with you."
I had found it hard that day not to feel like a princess, not to dream of new beginnings, this time, I liked to believe, in a somewhat less naive manner. But just a few months later, when I went back to university for my third year, he had already left for London, where his family had settled, and where he would now continue his studies. And he was never to come back again.
It had pained me, because his departure had come at a time when he had begun to open up, to subconsciously question the so-called need to hide behind hollow, unfelt platitudes. And I waited, unsure of what it was that I was waiting for.
It is only now that I understand, that I know.
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President Clinton began a campaign today to win Congressional renewal of normal trading status for China, in an annual exercise that threatens to be more contentious than ever this year.
In an announcement before a group of business executives, Mr. Clinton said that trade ties are ''the best way to bring China into the family of nations and to secure our interests and our ideals.''
Mr. Clinton is facing growing anti-China sentiment on both the right and the left in Congress, with an unlikely combination of opponents lining up against renewing China's trade privileges. The coalition ranges from labor, which is concerned about economics and human rights issues, to the Christian right, which is opposing China on human rights grounds as well.
Once Mr. Clinton formally sends his decision to grant China what is known as ''most-favored-nation status,'' the House and Senate have 90 days in which they can try to overturn his recommendation.
Originally the White House had hoped that this year relations with China could be put on a firmer footing. Mr. Clinton is expected to hold a summit meeting with President Jiang Zemin of China later this year, and the Administration is negotiating with China over entry into the World Trade Organization.Continue reading the main story
Admitting that it would not have the votes, the White House quietly shelved any hope that it might be able to win permanent, instead of annual, approval of normal trade ties for China this year.
The only debate inside the Administration, officials said, was over how much the President should personally put himself on the line to support China in the face of the campaign finance controversy.
The President won an important ally of sorts today in Representative Newt Gingrich, the Speaker of the House. Although Mr. Gingrich assailed Mr. Clinton as being ''virtually absent without leadership on issues of religious tolerance, human rights, and democratic freedoms,'' he said he would support normal trade relations with China.
Other irritants in this year's debate are China's transfer of missiles to Iran and its huge trade surplus with the United States. Congress is also swayed this year by increasing concerns over Hong Kong. The assumption in Washington is that the handover of the British colony to China will go smoothly. If it doesn't, as one senior Administration official conceded this afternoon, ''this whole effort sinks in the Pacific.''
The White House today sought to address concerns about Hong Kong's transition by noting that Hong Kong's governor, Chris Patton, and Hong Kong's most prominent advocates of democracy , like Martin Lee, the leader of Hong Kong's Democratic Party, support extension of China's trade status.
''Even those people in Hong Kong that have been most passionately identified with the cause of freedom and human rights and have been most in conflict with the Chinese have argued that we have to maintain an open trading relationship with them so we can continue to work with them,'' Mr. Clinton said.
Other Administration officials argued that Hong Kong is the gateway of trade between the United States and China and that to cut off China's trade status at this moment would deal a blow to Hong Kong precisely at this crucial moment of transition.
While last year's announcement about China's trade status was made in a major speech on Asia policy, this year the President made the announcement at the business leaders' event, which was held in the Old Executive Office Building.
Mr. Clinton said that stopping normal trade relations would ''cut off our contact with the Chinese people and undermine our influence with the Chinese Government.''
Mr. Clinton originally came into office accusing President Bush of ''coddling dictators,'' but in the spring of 1994, under pressure from American business groups, Mr. Clinton backed down from his early attempt to link China's most-favored-nation status to significant progress in human rights. Since then Mr. Clinton has called for renewal of China's trade status annually.
Mr. Clinton has argued that economic engagement is the best way to get China to improve its treatment of dissidents. But his national security adviser, Samuel R. Berger, had to concede at a White House briefing today that ''we cannot say that human rights conditions in China are better today than they were a year ago.''
But Mr. Berger argued that commercial cooperation and openness to the world would eventually change the Beijing Government's behavior.
Yet the Administration's admissions that little has changed in human rights encouraged those who argue that Mr. Clinton's attempt to use commerce in the service of human rights has failed.
''They have to change the subject from human rights because they have nothing to point to,'' said Gary L. Bauer, the president of the Family Research Council, which is pressing its traditional Republican allies to abandon the party's longstanding support for renewing China's ordinary trading rights.
''It's a corrosive debate,'' Mr. Berger said in an interview in his office this afternoon. ''Everyone in Congress knows that cutting off trade relations is far too blunt an instrument. Instead of debating how to influence China, how to shape the direction, we wind up debating a piece of the relationship. It doesn't work.''
Mr. Clinton said today that ''the United States has a huge stake in the continued emergence of China in a way that is open economically and stable politically. Of course we hope that it will come to respect human rights more and the rule of law more.''
But Human Rights Watch/Asia immediately issued a statement asking how the Administration planned to exert influence on China on human rights, noting that the Administration's efforts to condemn China's human-rights practices in Geneva last month had failed. ''What other measures is the Administration willing to use?'' asked Mike Jendrzejcyk, the group's Washington director. ''Or has it abandoned human rights altogether?''
Despite the growing anti-China sentiment in Congress, Administration officials and opponents of most-favored-nation trade status say that Mr. Clinton would ultimately have the votes to prevail on the issue.
The United States has economic incentives to continue the trade relationship. United States officials say that 170,000 American jobs are dependent on exports to China and that ending normal trade status would cost consumers $600 million annually in higher prices on certain consumer goods.
In fact, at this point the United States and China are so economically intertwined that even many members of the growing anti-China lobby in Congress concede that denying trade privileges to China would be tantamount to breaking off political relations with the world's most populous nation.
As the debate plays out over the next months, the only question, officials say, is whether the President will be forced into a bruising veto fight to preserve most-favored-nation status. That would occur if the House and Senate pass a joint resolution turning down normal trade status. Both chambers would then have to muster two-thirds votes to override the President's veto.
The last time there was such a confrontation over China was in 1992, a Presidential camapign year, when Congress tried to stop most-favored nation status but failed to override Mr. Bush's veto.Continue reading the main story


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This morning one of the clients we have worked with for several years came in with his wife. It was a surprise that she joined the weekly session. They had just returned from a vacation in Mexico. And neither of them had had any fun on the trip.
When he left for Mexico, he was very mildly hypomanic and, I suspect, stayed that way during the vacation.
His wife has a slight tendency towards depression and anxiety. They both did their very best to be polite and understanding with each other, but the experience was a pretty good example of why it is that significant others are often the ones who are the most upset about hypomania.
In my office, Bob was was noticeably more assertive than he usually is and more talkative as well. However, he remained his usual charming and thoughtful self. He did mention that he had decided to reduce one of his medications on a trial basis a few days ago without talking to me, which is unusual for him. He also noted that on one occasion, he took the very sedating night time dose of medication in the morning by accident with the result that his wife had to handle most of the details of flying from one location to another.
Essentially, the issue was that Bob was being assertive in a way that works fine in a business environment, but was very different from the way he usually is in his relationship with his wife. She was reacting to it with anxiety about the possibility that this might represent the new normal for him (which, by the way, was something that he said he would like to have happen, for he was enjoying this assertiveness).
What I took from it was the observation this change in his behavior was that he was willing to take risks that he would ordinarily never take and which had potentially, a negative effect. For instance, reducing his medications when he was hypomanic and his wife was already upset with him was a very unusual decision for him and seemed at odds with what he has y told me in the past. He has consistently reported that his marriage is the most important thing in the world to him.
Meanwhile, his wife was worrying that this was the beginning of a trend (which I can understand, but was also pretty unlikely since he has, unfortunately, had episodes of hypomania and depression and in-between, normal periods, since I have known him and thus it would be very unlikely that he would stay in this hypomanic state indefinitely).
I did find myself sitting there and thinking about the dilemma of being married when one's mood changes one's personality so dramatically from time to time, both from the standpoint of the person affected as well as from the standpoint of the partner.
Fortunately, they have been working with a couples therapist, and I think this will be another opportunity for them to eventually figure out new creative ways of living and adjusting to changes in their marriage.


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London, United Kingdom (PressExposure) March 20, 2013 -- EncSec, the London-based independent management provider of cyber security and IT support services, has announced the launch of a complete and personalised protection service for the VIP digital user.
By their nature, celebrities, public servants, prominent business people and others in the public eye will always attract the attention of the new breed of internet and digital criminals that have emerged over recent years.
While EncSec acknowledge that it is important everyone should take steps to protect themselves online, it is the higher-profile people who tend to be targeted for their business and personal details.
"It's not always just carelessness on the part of the user that causes a compromise or loss of information from a digital device" says Graeme Batsman, security director of EncSec. "Often, it can be a flaw or vulnerability in the actual device, network or internet connection system. And the cyber-hackers will lose no time in trying to exploit these vulnerabilities.
"And a data theft of this nature, whether personal or financial, from someone with a higher public profile, can be very damaging, not to mention the extra unwanted publicity that might accompany it."
As part of their high-security digital services, EncSec offer high-end PC, network and tablet security together with reinforced and encrypted email offering 100% protection from malware - those rogue programmes that cyber criminals install on users computers to steal data.
However, where EncSec is unique as a provider of digital protection, is in its child protection and mobile security offering.
Graeme continues: "We all want to know our children are secure from predators and unsuitable content when they are online, and EncSec offers various monitoring, tracking and controls to help parents keep an eye on what their kids are doing.
"We also recognise that mobile phones are being targeted more than ever - and it's not just the high profile hacking of celebrity voice mails we've seen in recent times. Eavesdropping, recording of calls and text messages and even the installation of malware is becoming more prevalent.
"My fear here is that this type of data theft, particularly for the higher-profile person, can be used for all manner of illicit activity, including fraud or even kidnapping."
While EncSec can provide the best security solutions for VIP digital customers, the company urges all users to take care of their digital property.
Graeme concludes: "EncSec are committed, through the use of the latest technology, to helping its customers always stay one step ahead of the cyber criminals. However, there is an element of self-help users can undertake.
"If you leave your PC or mobile phone unattended without a password, not even our experts at EncSec can help you!
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ReviewI bought a Prius 4 yrs ago and I like the car. With the fact that Honda is discontinuing the car, and I didn't want Toyota to earn all my money so I decided to buy a new Insight. Surprisingly my decision is well made. Like I said Prius is a good car, I can get 60 MPG if I drive it really carefully (by pissing off many other drivers). But Insight makes you forget that you are driving a hybrid and still get you pretty decent mileage. Honda is definitely more fun to drive compared to Toyota; the handling is much better. Although its not as spacious as to Prius, its not bad at all. Bottom line, both cars are good, but Insight is a car with more fun.
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Fenerbahçe have arrived in Amsterdam ahead of the Europa League Group A clash against Ajax at the Amsterdam Arena.
The Yellow Canaries beat Ajax 1-0 at the Şükrü Saracoğlu stadium in their last meeting a fortnight ago and will be hoping for a similar result in order to keep pace with group leaders Molde.
Former Manchester United duo Robin van Persie and Luis Nani have both been included in the squad. Nani missed the last few games due to injury but has recovered and is expected to play.
On-loan Liverpool winger Lazar Markovic has been left out of the squad due to injury as has Caner Erkin and goalkeeper Fabiano Ribeiro.
Fenerbahçe squad:
Volkan Demirel, Ertuğrul Taşkıran, Erten Ersu, Simon Kjaer, Bruno Alves, Michal Kadlec, Gökhan Gönül, Şener Özbayraklı, Hasan Ali Kaldırım, Mehmet Topal, Josef De Souza, Raul Meireles, Ozan Tufan, Diego Ribas, Alper Potuk, Volkan Şen, Luis Nani, Fernandao, Robin van Persie.


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I've encountered people in my life who I've considered family back in the States, but they've always thrown it in my face how much I wasn't a part of their family at the first sign of an argument. This was different. These two people … these corpses lying six feet underground are my true family, but they're gone. Somehow this visit to the cemetery made my return to Argentina a little more difficult to handle, but what's worse, none of the living family I have seem to care.
Don't get me wrong. I'm not ignorant of the fact that everyone had their time to grieve when my uncle and grandmother passed away, but these graves were poorly attended to. It's obvious that no one has visited their graves in years. As my folks had put It, "Once they're dead there's nothing left. The dead don't grieve, or feel sadness, or happiness, nor do they suffer. Funerals and gravestones are for the living, who out of guilt, tend to the graves to make up for the lack of attention they gave to them in life."
I'm just a grieving grandson, and a nephew, who kept his promise to return to them, but I couldn't beat the predator that is time and death.


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For those of you in north Austin, Jaspers is now open in the Domain. Two folks I work with went there for lunch yesterday and both had the 'Kobe' Burger for $15.00 (not real Kobe beef, but they still charge $4.00 more than for their regular buger, which was $11.00) .
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There's a lot more Shakespeare in James Franco's remake of seminal TV movie Mother, May I Sleep With Danger? than you would expect. (That is to say there is a LOT, when you'd probably expect none.)
In typical Franco fashion, the actor-director-producer-poet-professor-artist-TBD turns his new Lifetime movie into a discussion about gender politics, vampires in literature as a queer metaphor, and throws Macbeth and lesbian vampires into the mix because why not?
And as incredulous you will be that all of that is unfolding on your TV screen, and trust us, you'll be scratching your head the entire damn time, you'll also be wondering why it's there at all. Here's why: there are two concepts at play here, and Franco should've chosen one.
He should've either remade the TV movie about a college student who discovers her abusive boyfriend is actually an obsessive murderer into a modern version of that same cautionary tale, or he should've made a B-movie about a group of lesbian vampires who prey on date rapists and abusive men that uses vampirism as a metaphor for a discussion about sexuality.
Because both of those things, separately, are enjoyable, heightened (or completely suspended) reality escapes with revenge stories at their core. In the Lifetime movie, the woman realizes she's being lied to and smacks that dangerous d-bag on the head with a canoe oar (an escape by canoe is something sadly missing from the remake). In the vampire movie, a group of heavily sexualized women turn society's expectations on their head and get even with the men who try to take advantage of them by literally tearing them apart with their teeth.
Putting them together? Too much in one place.
But please, do not let this scare you away from the insane piece of cinema that will play on Lifetime at 8 p.m. on Saturday, June 18. It is something that must be seen to be believed—and even then you might not believe what just happened.


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Discussion in 'EU Community' started by Runjedirun, Apr 1, 2014.
Here's my final set of questions for
11. What is your favorite time period in history and why?
12. Who is your favorite SW character and why?
13. What is your favorite non SW movie?
14.What is your favorite non SW book?
15. What are the top 3 historical sights you'd like to see in person?
That's all the questions I have once Sky Guy answers all others may chime in. There's already one question from someone else on the last page for you Sky Guy
Most likely the Byzantine Empire period. Eastern Rome was the last part of that Empire, and its decline is an interesting subject to read about.
As the username suggests, Luke. Probably has the most interesting story arc of any character in the movies/books.
Black Hawk Down. History major remember?
Lord of the Rings probably.
Hmmm...Constantinople's churches is one (as a Byzantine fanboy(tm) I can't call that city Istanbul )
London could be nice.
I think there's an old Civil War battlefield near where I live, though I can't remember the name right now for the life of me.
I think that sums things up.
Thanks so much Sky Guy! The floor is open for all to ask questions now
Sky Guy! I have heard rumors you are in the planning stages of a new RPG! Are they true? What can you tell us?
Sorry, couldn't resist
If you could interact with any group of aliens shown in the movies / shows / books, what group or organization (non-Jedi / Sith) would you choose?
RP has stalled rather badly to be honest. Then again, everything has
Hmm...probably the Rogues.
Good Morning! This week's interview features
Starting with a few basic questions:
1. What brought you to the EUC?
2. When did you become a Star Wars fan, how old were you, what hooked you?
3. What are you hoping to see most in Episode VII?
4. What is your favorite SW book?
5. What do you spend time doing when you aren't logged into TFN?
Okay. *Flexes interlaced fingers out to stretch them before the strain of replying*
Right for the juicy stuff, eh? Well I came to the EUC after rattling around the RP server here when I followed a couple of posters I looked up to here, never left since. I cannot remember if it was one of the inter-group rps that caught my eye and led me back here, or if it was merely a poster like Sinre that I followed. Huh, never thought I would forget and now the thing is blurred in memory just enough.
Cute story actually, my earliest memory is playing with Star Wars toys with my brother, you know the old ones with the lightsabers blade in their arms you pushed out? I was hooked. Been so ever since, even after my brother became sick of it and moved on (which was before news of Jar-Jar even was foreshadowed).
No Jar-Jar. Actually my expectations are being kept low, just cause I figure I miss some heartache if I don't put too much on it. Before the LEGENDS announcement I was hoping for a true to major points of the EU, now I merely am hoping that the Solo kids and Luke marriage/family are kept at least somewhat intact.
That has changed a few times over the years. Used to be Starfighters of Adumaar, then Yoda: Dark Rendezvous, and so on and so forth. With some back and forth. It really depends on my mood. Right now, since now is all we got, no remorse and no regret I would have to say The Jedi Path Hey you didn't specify fiction so I figure this works Although I have seriously used it a lot with RPs and my role/member of the Jedi here in the EUC.
You mean I am not always logged in like Bardan! Shocking
I am just finishing my degree (which took a couple years longer than I thought it would when I first started, ignorance is bliss!), and now job hunting and prepping my job applications. And helping my Mom on the side as able. Since I cannot play any of my games on the computer I have taken to playing some simple ones and reading some books, something which will see a large up-tick as this is my last finals week.
A few more questions for
6. If Del Rey were to announce tomorrow that a new SW book was being released what would you want it to be about and who would the author be?
7. What is your degree in?
8. What is your dream job? Is that the job you are currently applying for? If not what type of job are you applying for?
9. What is your favorite non SW movie?
10. What is the best RP you have ever joined, what character were you and why was her or she special to you?
That all you got? No! Oh, alright then
They already have stated new releases Although if I got the one I wanted, either something about an X-wing or B-wing squadron by a good author still living *cough* wish Alston*cough*, or a good book reintroducing the chiss by Timothy Zhan! Or really any book by him to officially plug him back into the story writings of official SW stuff.
I am of the dreamers, shapers, singers, and makers. That is my lot
To be a seer, and soon I shall be by being a maker thereof.
When I was younger I would say Robin Hood: Men in Tights, today I would have to say the Princess Bride.
Once more with the hard questions with you. My, my. What a question as only the women I have RP'd as apply I have only played two women in my RPs and the most prominent would be Natasi Daala in a Sleepy game. As she lost her mind and began falling for Indiana Jones on a tangled belief of salvation of self from the horrors, well it was interesting and the first RP with a time limit and rapid posting on the boards.
But that is to the letter of your question, as to the spirit of it. Well, I have played in many, my favorites is a list not a thing I can sum up with one. I played in Sinre's games, a few, even was a Yuuzhan Vong and had a blast (mega spied on the Yuuzhan Vong thread whilst playing that one). I played in SotS trilogy of Fins and had fun and challenge as well, with BobaMatt I was a character I never even read about and somehow pulled it off in the EU AU game of if Luke had joined Vader. I played in the Jedi Outcasts and found my first long running place here until they ended with a long running Trianii character. I played many games and right now am playing in one as a Kubaz for the GoL Jedi that Bardan is leading and one with Bravo called Intervention as an Arkaanian&Chiss&Terellian Jango Jumper that top my list of active games at the moment. All have a place, and ordering best to last has never been a priority. All are grand things to be in, and fun has been had many a time.
I'll try not to make any typographical errors on this set of questions. No promises though! Here is my last set of questions for
11. What are the top three SW planets you would like to visit?
12. What are the top three places in RL you would like to travel to?
13. What planets would you like to see in the Sequal Trilogy, new and old?
14. Who is your favorite SW character and why?
15. If you could get back half the time you have spent on these boards what would you do with it?
Ah, once more for the Gipper then we have to go. So that's how it is.
Those that do not exist. Also known as LEGEN. . .wait for it. . . it is soo good. . .ya gotta see this. . .DARY! My favorite worlds to visit would be the Chiss homeworld located in the Chiss Ascendancy, known as Csilla. Ice worlds, you would think I have enough of that by living on Hoth, but you would be wrong There is something about a culture we know so little about, and the conflicting stories and the inner House struggles for superiority and civil strife that have constantly reorganized the government but not the space or governing of other subsidiary worlds. Not to mention, they were the birth race of Thrawn and to them he was good, but not a swoon worthy tactician, just good high level stock. I would like to work another degree there to be honest, learn from such tactical masters would be awesome!
I would like to visit Corelia, can I just do the whole system? If not I'll stick with main world were all three races and a slew of passers by can be seen. Ah, to see Treasure Row in it's hay-day! Not to mention it would be so easy to cheat and wind up on extra world trips by smuggling myself without too much difficulty no matter what the era
Another world to visit, cannot emphasize that one enough Well, it would be a bit of a toss up between Zenoma Sekot, and of course Tython. Of all the worlds those two would be hard to choose, see the Yuuzhan Vong and their biotech without being slaughtered out of hand and talking with a planet would be top notch. Then again the desert of silence and ancient ruins, ah. It is too hard to choose, which one can I smuggle myself to easiest from Corellia? I'll leave that one off the least and go to Corellian homeworld last
Ireland, Bahamas, and Middle East. Surprisingly so much easier than SW location choosing
Something New. . .well by definition I would not know it then. By the new Disney definition. . .New: Csilla, Bastion, Ord Mandrel, Dac, Korriban, Arkania, and more worlds were humans are minority or non-present. As for Old, I would enjoy Coruscant, Yavin, and Geonosis.
EU? Thrawn. Need I say more? If you know him I think that is rather self explanatory. He is a lawful good, puts him at odds with the Rebellion, but was for the changing of the system from within instead of the tear down that the Rebels were for. And in many ways I agree with him, in some not, and am in awe at his genius.
OT? Yoda and Obi-won. Yes, my favorites both started out their careers pretending to be something they were not by misdirection and showed outstanding wisdom and subtlety even if slightly misplaced. Also, how can you not like these two?
PT? *Rubs temples* Alright you do not want who I cannot stand. So there goes the obvious answers The favorite from these still is Obi-won and Yoda, but that is a rehash and I don't want that. So R2 and also Kit Fisto from his first battle field grin. The date I originally created the source and predecessor of this accounts name bore testament to that.Not to mention something about an alien that awesome looking, then the book that came out later just cemented it.
Sleep. Work a job for money. Finish reading the classics I have the shelf still waiting to be completed. Dickens, how could I have stopped at the Cricket on the Hearth? I am so ashamed. Although mostly play more games to my detriment since I use here as a relief from the stress of life
The floor is open now! Ask Mitthy some questions people
What is your favourite bug to consume!?!? Can you show us how you prepare it?
If you could rewrite some of the sw books, which series and why?
favorite non-SW alien?
btw good luck finishing your degree--no matter how long it takes it's quite an accomplishment imo
Favorite Sith?
Ants. Mundane I know, but get a slightly soggy stick and put it just right and they latch on and won't let go. Twist the bodies off and then bite the head off of the mandibles. Simply decadent and delightful, if a little wasteful if you don't eat the rest, but the heads alone taste by far best
Force Unleashed books and Clone Wars series of books snap to mind. Why? Because the one is like a Force Dream and should of been noted as such (blessing of the Legends indeed), and the other. Well they did such as bad job with Yoda that I could not finish the first one. The relationships were also skewered from the movies as well. *shudders*
Q. And in so saying all are included, as physical form is merely an illusion of choice
Thank you, took my final final, now the real fun stuff begins.
Revan's apprentice Malgus has to be my favorite sith. When it comes to being sith he really had the roles down for nearly a Rule of Two relationship going without any instruction to that end as he tried to take out his master by using their enemies to finish the job. This is all based off of pre book and pre game that changed why they became Sith though. Blackhole comes in a close second, serving destruction and being plain evil of a darkest order was his strength. Rare to see one give themselves so completely to the dark.
*Malak, Malgus is a bit further along
An actual question though: Is there any Force tradition that isn't the big Three (Jedi, Grey, Sith) that you consider interesting?
Yes. Most of them. There are a couple sith traditions that are little more than cults that I don't like. But otherwise you can take a long flow walk through the Legends and you will find there are few traditions I have not heard of, nor many that I do not find interesting.
Against all logic, I hoped the answer was going to be I-5.
You know I was tempted to say a user, but between you, Sinre, and Tee. . .well how I am to choose between three vibrant and dynamic sith arch types?
New week, new interview! Everyone give a warm welcome to
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Here is your first set of questions:
1. What brought you to the EUC?
2. When did you become a Star Wars fan, how old were you, what hooked you?
3. What are you hoping to see most in Episode VII?
4. How did you chose your username?
5. What do you spend time doing when you aren't logged into TFN?
First, thanks for giving me the opportunity to be part of the interview. I love reading these things, and it's so interesting to see how Star Wars has affected people's lives.
I've actually been visiting the EUC since 2007, but I didn't really start getting involved until earlier this year. The main attraction for me is of course the Mandalorian fan club here, it's always great to chat with fellow Mando fans and fans of other areas in the Star Wars Universe.
I became a Star Wars fan when I was 5 years old, sitting in the theater at Town Center Mall in Boca Raton FL watching "Return of The Jedi". I guess what really hooked me was seeing Boba Fett plummet into the Sarlacc, and wanting to rescue him so badly.
At least 1 Mandalorian that doesn't look like Boba Fett. Other than that I just want a good story. I've always accepted the fact that everything released after the OT is for generations younger than myself...so it's never bothered me how those stories were presented as long as they were well written.
My screen name is actually my "title/epithet" as the founder of the Mandalorian Mercs Costume Club (MMCC). Of course my original screen name was "Novall Talon", which was my Mandalorian character in Star Wars Galaxies. Back in 2008 the members of MMCC saw fit to grace me with a title, and since then I've just ran with it.
By day I am a Network Security Admin, and also own a small but successful residential/small business IT consulting business. My wife and I live on a small farm here in North Carolina where we raise horses, chickens, and various other lifeforms. I also have an armory built on the farm where I craft sets of steel/aluminum Mandalorian armor as time and commissions allow, using traditional armor-smithing techniques. Recently I've gotten more involved with building realistic Star Wars props, with my current project being a life-sized working (built on a highly modified golf cart chassis) copy of the Lego "Mandalorian Speeder" toy. I also manage the global operations of the Mandalorian Mercs Costume Club, which takes up about as many hours as a real job. Last (but certainly not least) I am a regular contributor for the Official Star Wars Blog, writing about all things Mandalorian or MMCC related. People love to ask where I get all this time from, my reply to them is "Every moment awake is an opportunity to get something done".
Thanks so much for volunteering for the interview. I am enjoying learning more about our forum members
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8. What is your favorite SW book and why?
9. Who is your favorite SW character and why?
10. Were you a cafter before you started to craft Mandolorian Armor? Can you share some of your work? What is it like to wear the armor? (is it heavy, hard to walk, exciting, do you feel invincible?)
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Afternoon analysis 18.11.2014:
The euro rose as the German investor confidence unexpectedly improved. The pound was supported after the inflation growth outstripped forecasts. The zloty exploited an increased risk taking in the markets.
The ZEW index pointed at an economic improvement in Germany. In November the gauge of investor's confidence rose to 11.5 points from minus 3.6 point in the preceding month. It was a way above expected 0.9 points and it was the first gain in 11 months. The ZEW index measures the expectations for economic developments within six months.
Last Friday the GDP growth in Germany was also quite positive. It stood at 0.1 percent on a quarterly basis as expected. As a result, the German economy avoided a slide into recession as the GDP in the second quarter was negative.
Currently data concerning the situation in the euro zone are even more important due to the recent comments form the European Central Bank president Mario Draghi. Yesterday he said explicitly that the full quantitative easing that encompasses government bonds is possible. Draghi also reiterated his belief in the Governing Council as unanimous. His remarks reassured investors that the full QE will be in the game if the data disappoints.
Given dovish statements from Draghi, the euro rose just after he spoke. But later the shared currency moved higher. To move was briefly hold by the ZEW and the US PPI reports releases, but it continued later. Although the ECB is keen to use QE, currently there is no reason for doing that as the recent data was quite positive. The next important data concerning the common currency will be the PMI indices on Thursday.
The wholesale price growth in the United States was faster than anticipated. The PPI growth stood at 0.2 percent on a monthly basis, more than negative 0.1 percent anticipated. The release shortly pushed the dollar higher, as rising inflation increases pressure on the Federal Reserve to rise rates, but the impact of this report diminished very quickly. A more important data that concerns consumer price growth that is scheduled on Thursday. And an earlier significant release will be the FOMC minutes tomorrow, what may be quite hawkish and is likely it will strengthen the dollar.
One of the sources of market's optimism is news from Japan, where government is working on additional stimulus program and delayed a tax increase for 18 months as a result of relapsing into recession (a wider view in our morning commentary).
Inflation helped the pound
The inflation growth in the United Kingdom was a surprise. It stood at 1.3 percent from the previous year, more than 1.2 percent anticipated and up from a previous month reading of 1.2 percent. Inflation numbers were also incompatible with the predictions of the Bank of England that warned the inflation growth may drop below 1 percent within six months.
Lately the sterling was under pressure after some dovish remarks from the Bank of England and disappointing economic data. That shifted expectations for first interest rates from the middle of 2015 to the end of the next year. That puts the pound in difficult position against the dollar.
A positive impact of inflation data was an elusive one. Later the British currency dropped against the dollar and the euro. The Polish zloty exploited the drop of the pound very well – the GBP/PLN fell to 5.26 from as high as 5.40 in the previous week.
The zloty rose
As the Monetary Policy Council deferred an outlook for interest rates cut the zloty is more stable and holds a high potential to appreciation when the market environment is favorable. That was noticeable today.
The USD/PLN dropped near 3.36 and the EUR/PLN fell to 4.21. The CHF/PLN posted some looses but it hovered above 3.50.
The maintenance of this positive performance is rather unlikely as the FOMC minutes will probably support the dollar against the euro. Moreover, the euro zone data scheduled on Thursday may be below expectations. In addition, the Ukrainian crisis is still a potential risk factor despite the lack of new sanctions imposed on Russia as fighting intensified. Nevertheless, the zloty is likely to post some gains in a longer term.
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Naruto: Shippuden
Season 7
The Two Students
Shikaku and Inoichi are tracking down Pain and run into Naruto. Naruto requests that they let him talk with the real Pain alone.
Big Adventure! The Quest for the Fourth Hokage's Legacy, Part 1
Joined by Squad 10, Naruto and Sakura go on a quest to attain the ultimate secret technique!
Big Adventure! The Quest for the Fourth Hokage's Legacy, Part 2
Naruto and the others take on challenges in order to find the secret technique and break the previous record set by the Fourth Hokage.
Origin of Pain
Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan wander the battlefields in search of Jiraiya, hoping to learn ninjutsu from him.
The Tale of Naruto Uzumaki
Having heard Nagato's side of the story, Naruto gives his own answer. Naruto's words trigger Nagato to recall the promise he made long ago to Jiraiya.
Season 8
Rookie Teacher Iruka
The Leaf Village is left in ruins in the wake of Pain's assault on the village. While cleaning through the remains of Ninja Academy, Iruka finds a memento from Naruto's early years at the academy.
Iruka's Ordeal
Iruka finds it difficult to interact with Naruto. After being treated coldly by his teacher, Naruto snaps and declares he will no longer attend the academy.
Kakashi Hatake, The Jonin in Charge
An emergency council is held before the Feudal Lord of the Land of Fire. Danzo urges the council to select a new Hokage to replace Tsunade.
Inari's Courage Put to the Test
A happy reunion with the carpenter Tazuna and his grandson Inari reminds Naruto of an incident that took place after their first mission in the Land of Waves.


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Former Daily Mirror editor Piers Morgan has been questioned by police over claims of phone hacking, he confirmed today.
The 48-year-old, who now presents ITV's Life Stories chat show and works on America's CNN channel, was interviewed under caution at the end of last year by officers investigating claims of illegal interception of voicemails by Mirror Group journalists.
In a statement released through his spokeswoman, Morgan said: "In early November I was asked to attend an interview by officers from Operation Weeting when I was next in the UK.
"This was further to a full witness statement I had already freely provided. I attended that interview as requested on 6 December 2013."
A Scotland Yard spokeperson said: "A 48-year-old man who is a journalist was interviewed under caution on December 6 2013 by officers from Operation Golding in connection with suspected conspiracy to intercept telephone voicemails.
"He was interviewed by appointment at a south London police station. He was not arrested.
"Operation Golding is a strand of Operation Weeting and is specifically investigating allegations of phone interception at Mirror Group Newspapers."
Morgan edited the Mirror from 1995 to 2004.
Two former News of the World editors, Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson, are currently on trial in London accused of conspiracy to hack phones.
Morgan has written in his published diaries about a "little trick" for eavesdropping on voicemails that he heard of as early as 2001, and also wrote in a newspaper column in 2006 about listening to a personal voicemail former Beatle Paul McCartney had left for his ex-wife.
Giving evidence to a public inquiry in December 2011, Morgan refused to say who had played him the recorded message of the call, claiming he was protecting a source.
In Morgan's book 2005 book The Insider: The Private Diaries of a Scandalous Decade, which is still on sale, a diary entry from January 26, 2001, reads: "Apparently if you don't change the standard security code that every phone comes with, then anyone can call your number and, if you don't answer, tap in the standard four digit code to hear all your messages.
"I'll change mine just in case, but it makes me wonder how many public figures and celebrities are aware of this little trick."
Morgan has always denied any knowledge of phone hacking at either the News of the World or the Daily Mirror, both of which he has edited.


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Easy Ukulele Method Book 2
By Mary Lou Dempler
Ukulele (soprano) - Beginning
Composed by Mary Lou Dempler. Saddle-stitched, Methods. All Styles. Book. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc (MB.99559).
Item Number: MB.99559
ISBN 9780786659777. 8.5 x 11 inches.
The Easy Ukulele Method books give you music at your fingertips! Book II reviews many of the fundamentals presented in Book I. It tests your music reading skills with worksheets, expands your knowledge with additional chords, and gives you many more songs to play. Both notation and tablature are used, allowing you to strum along using the chord symbols or play the melody with the tablature.


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I don't know how to start this. I mean, how do you start a letter to someone who's not really going to read it? Giles has a friend, a shrink-friend, who suggested to him that we write letters to you, telling you how much we loved you. She, the shrink, thinks it might help us since no one seems to be doing better and it's been a few months already. So here I am, writing to you.
I miss you, Buffy. I miss you so much. You're my best friend. What am I supposed to do now? I'm so sorry that we couldn't save you. I can't believe what you did, but I understand why you did it. Dawn's okay. Not great, but okay. Giles is watching her. We're all helping out, too. Spike…he's not okay. He's hardly around, which before was probably a good thing, but now, I'm actually worried about him. Dawn says he comes to her window at night sometimes and they just sit. They don't talk, they just sit, sometimes out on the roof, watching the stars. He's watching her too.
I went to LA and told Angel, Cordelia and Wesley. Angel's taking it worse than any of us. He feels guilty because he wasn't there. I told him and he just sank to the floor. He didn't say anything, didn't talk. Just sat there. It was creepy.
I've been thinking about you a lot. You're pretty much the only thing I think of. I could have saved you, I know it. If we had just known more, if we had known how everything was going to happen…I could have used magic to get Dawn down in time. I'm sorry. I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I love you.
Remember when I decided to stay here in Sunnydale for college and you told me you loved me? That's been my memory for today. I pick one happy memory every day and try to concentrate on that. Yesterday I couldn't breathe…it hurt so much. So yesterday's memory was when you and Angel broke up and I held you in my lap while you cried. You said, "I feel like I can't breathe, Will." Not the happiest of memories, but you were alive then, so it's still better than now.
I want you to know that I'm so grateful for the time we had together. We're sisters. I always pictured us growing old together, getting together for card games and trading gardening tips. You changed my life.
I'm gonna go now. Tara and I are going to see Xander. Anya's okay, by the way. She broke some ribs, and don't think we didn't hear about that for weeks. I'll write soon, okay? I love you.
Willow told me how she's been writing letters like Dr. Nichols suggested. Thought I'd give it a try.
It's been 3 months, fourteen days since it happened. It feels like 3 centuries. I wonder where you are. I'm sure you're in heaven. That's where people like you go. Say "hi" to your mom for me. And if you see my grandpa, tell him leaving me his false teeth as a joke was not funny.
We're doing okay. Really. Fine…so I'm lying. Come back and haunt me, whatever. At least then I'd get to see you. Things are so not okay. The day it all happened (Just so you know, not a single one of us, even my Anya, if you can believe it, will come out and say what actually happened. It's just known as "that day," or "when it happened.") I asked Anya to marry me. She said yes, but didn't take the ring. She wanted me to give it to her after we saved the world. I've tried to give it to her, but it just doesn't seem right to us yet. Don't feel bad, though. It will happen, I hope.
The first time I saw you, do you know what I thought? "Woah. Look at her." You were beautiful, walking up the steps to Sunnydale High. I think I loved you at that moment. But I wasn't ever good enough for you…no one ever was. I'm not mad about it…I've just accepted it. I'm really glad you let me into your circle of friends. You changed my life.
Things aren't the same around here. Not just the everyone is still sad part, just in general. The Council sprung Faith out of prison. They aren't going to call another Slayer. I don't know how I feel about that. She's here, but she's just quietly doing her job, keeping her distance from us. I went to your grave the other day, I go pretty often, we all do, and she was there. I didn't talk to her, I just watched. She knelt in front of it and I'm sure she was talking to you. Then she kissed her fingers, leaned forward and touched the headstone. I don't want to talk to her, but it's a little comforting to know that there's still a Slayer in town, even if there's the very good chance she'll snap at any moment. I just wish it was you (that was here, not that's going to snap, although I'd take you any way I can get you now).
Angel's here, too, I think. Every once in a while I get the feeling that some one is helping us fight. Willow, me, Tara, Anya…we still try to patrol for you. We've always come away unhurt, but I'm pretty sure it's not 'cause we're so good. I've caught a glimpse of a guy in black, and that's usually our vamp's favorite color. And it's not Spike. No cigarette stench.
Well…I just want to tell you that I miss you. Really, truly, desperately. I'm trying to stay strong for the girls, but…it's hard. Now, come haunt me.
I have to begin my letter with an apology. I failed you. I failed you in every way a Watcher can fail their Slayer…though you never really were my Slayer, were you? You were always the independent, always one step ahead. I'm truly sorry that I couldn't be that one step ahead for you when you needed me the most. I can not change this, though I wish with every moment that I could. You fought so bravely, gave of yourself so unselfishly. I could not have asked for anything more from you. And…I miss you terribly.
Dawn is in my care. For the moment I will be staying in Sunnydale, but I do not know how permanent these plans are. I suppose it depends on what your father wants to do. Dawn really should be with him…no, no she shouldn't. I can not say that because it doesn't ring true. Dawn should be with me, Willow, Tara, Xander and Anya. She should be with you. As with your mother's passing, your father is unavailable. We have not been able to contact him. I do not look forward to the day he calls and learns of…what happened.
The day you walked into the library in the high school changed my life. You changed my life. It's a shame I couldn't tell you this before. It's not that easy to tell you now. I saw before me a girl, dressed in the latest fashions, speaking perfect slang, and it abhorred me to no end; you probably know this already. But I grew to love this girl…a girl who grew into a woman before my eyes. I like to think that I had some influence on you, on the person you became. You certainly changed me. For a man who has no children, I certainly gained a rather large extended family. You, Xander, and Willow are my children. And now Dawn will be my child as well.
Faith is here. It's disturbing, but I try to see the positive in it. They have not asked me to be her Watcher. I would have refused had they, but the Council has been stayed surprisingly out-of-the-picture where you are concerned. They have only informed me of Faith's release from prison and that a new Watcher would be assigned to her. I have met the new Watcher, an American named Payton Fine. She seems quite competent and did not push me for details on Faith, which I was grateful for.
And Angel has been seen, though he does not try to contact any of us. I'm not sure why, but I suppose it's too painful. I know he has been helping on patrols, and that he has been watching over Faith. I believe he still feels responsible for her. I know he feels responsible for you. Every day there is a single white rose on your grave. I'm sure they are from him, though I have no proof.
It occurs to me that I wrote "your grave." It's the first time I've done that. Perhaps these letters will be therapeutic, as Dr. Nichols said they might.
I must go now. Dawn and the others will be arriving to report on patrol soon. I'm now their Watcher, I suppose. Let's hope I am able to do a better job with them.
This is draft number six. I can't seem to get it right, and I want it to be right. Willow and Xander and everyone are writing letters to you, so I figured I might try it too.
I miss you. I miss you yelling at me, I miss you telling me to go clean my room or to take off your clothes or to do the dishes. I miss you ordering me around like a kid. I miss you hugging me and checking on me at night when you thought I was asleep.
You're so stupid. Why did you do it? It was supposed to be me. I was supposed to be the one. Glory wanted me.
Giles is okay. He's been watching out for me. He stays at the house with me because we don't know what's going on with dad yet, but I think it's because he wouldn't know what to do with me at his place. And he says I have too many clothes to lug over.
We locked the door to your room. Nothing changes.
You won't like this, but Spike comes to visit me. He told me once that he vowed to protect me until the end of the world and that since that hadn't happened he couldn't very well stop. I think he might have been drinking, but it was still nice. I know you didn't like him much. He did get kinda creepy, but it's nice to know I have a guardian angel around.
Oh yeah, that reminds me. I saw Angel the other day. He's here, I think he's staying at the mansion. I walked by there one night with Spike and we saw a light on. Spike said it was probably just a reflection but I know it wasn't. But I didn't push. I don't have the energy anymore.
I'm so scared, Buffy. I don't know what to do. It's been three months and I still don't know what to do. I don't know who I'm supposed to belong to. Mom's gone, you're gone, we can't find dad. Who's next?
I wish I could talk to you. Just one more time. I wish I could have jumped in your place. I would have, you know. I wasn't scared.
Willow's here. She's calling me to come eat dinner, so I guess I'll go. But I want you to know that I love you. No one could ever have been a better sister to me. You changed my life. I love you.
Hi. How's it going? Xander wrote you a letter and I thought maybe this would help me not feel so bad inside anymore, so I'm going to try it too.
Things are bad since you've been gone. No one really talks anymore, not that we ever had anything that important to say anyway. Giles is still British. Willow's still gay. The world didn't end, by the way, did I mention that?
I don't know what's going on inside me. Sometimes I think about that night and I get all tight in my chest and I've looked…there's nothing wrong with me. I was scared, really scared. Dawn says you weren't. I got smashed with bricks though, and you jumped into a portal, so maybe that's why. Mine hurt more.
I'm sorry you're gone. It's different than it was with your mom. It hurts more. It hurts because it hurts so many people. Xander isn't my Xander anymore. He's mopey and distant and even though I don't think he means to be, I don't like this. It's going to happen to me someday and I can't stop it. I wish you could tell me what it's like, where you are now. Maybe then I wouldn't be so scared. And it will probably be okay if Xander can go with me.
I know that you and I weren't close, but I'm sorry you're gone. I'm still getting the hang of this whole mortal thing. Death is something that I've seen a lot of, I caused a lot of it, but I've never had someone close to me be the one to go. And now there's been two in just a few months.
I found a letter from Red by your grave. Seems like all your buddies are writing them, from what hers says. I know I wasn't in the inner circle, but I was there for some important stuff, and as much as I hate to admit it, I'm not dealing with this one too well.
I meant what I said that night, you treated me like a man even though I'm not one. I feel like even less of one now. And I'm mad at you. No one else will admit it, but I will. You're so sodding stupid! You're not supposed to be the one to go! I was prepared to die, to save you and the little bit, not the other way around. And now I'm even more useless than I was before.
And I'm ashamed that I'm mad at you. You did a good thing, a brave thing. You did what a Slayer's supposed to do. But you know what? Telling myself that doesn't make it any easier. I know that I'm going to get up tomorrow night and go out patrolling (Yeah, yeah, don't look all surprised. The psycho-slayer isn't exactly with-it just yet, but she's getting there.) and I'm not going to run into you. You're not going to get all huffy and tell me to get lost or you'll stake me. I won't bother you incessantly just to see you get your little pout on, 'cause you won't be there. The only thing I can do now is talk to a mound of dirt. Talking to your pretty face was lots more appealing.
The poof, sorry, Angel's here. He's bad off, babe. I was walking with Dawn one night, a few weeks back, and saw a light on in that decrepit old mansion of his. Dawn wanted to go see, but I hurried her home and went back myself. He's there all right, a little worn around the eyes, paler than any vamp should be, but he's there. He didn't even try to throw me out. We just sat there, staring at the fire he had going. No words. You know it's bad when there aren't any words left.
He's helping out Faith. She's a pistol, isn't she? Angel says she's different now, quieter. I wouldn't know, but what I've seen doesn't look toned down. She's a toughie, but she's good. Not as good as you, but she's trying. Got a lot of energy, I'll give her that much.
Giles cleared the way for me with her. At least now I don't have to worry about another Slayer on my tail. Though I have to admit, I'd give anything to have you harassing me again.
It doesn't matter that you wouldn't have ever loved me. It was enough for me just to love you. You may not care, you may not like it, but you have to know that I did. You changed my life. I was one of the baddest vamps in town, in the world, for a while. And then I met you and became a pile o' bunnies and chickies for Christ's sake. Here I go getting all pissed off again.
Better go. I'm sitting at your grave and the sun's due up any minute. And my dying won't be me in the same place I'm sure you're in. They don't make angels out of people like me. But I'm sure they cleared a spot for you…bronzed up a halo and all. Little wings.
Every time I walk by your grave there's another piece of paper. This time it'll be mine. I'm not so good at this letter-writing thing, so excuse the spelling and the grammar.
I'm here, B. I'm alone, 'cept for Angel (don't worry…just friends), and we don't even talk that much. I'm keeping an eye on things. Town's safe, once a Slayer got back in the mix. Weird to be reactivated after all this time. Jail wasn't too much fun.
God, B, what were you thinking? No, don't answer that. I know what you were thinking. What you were always thinking--about anything else but yourself. That's how you were, even with me. And I can't help but think that it should be me looking down on things, or looking up probably, not you. If I could have just stayed on the straight and narrow…but, I guess that's ancient, huh?
I'm not gonna go into a big spiel on how much I loved you. Saying it once should be enough. I love you. I miss you, and I'm sorry. I wish things were different. You changed my life. I still think of you as my friend and I hope you're watching me. I think about that a lot and it makes me feel better, picturing you up there, harp and all, flying around in a toga or whatever angels wear. Kick a little heavenly butt up there, though okay? Gotta be a little rebel-rouser up there somewhere, else what fun would heaven be?
You're gone. I can't believe it and I can't say it yet, but it's true. And it's my fault. I left you when you needed me the most. I should have stayed after your mother's funeral, even when you told me to go, but as usual, we let what's right get in the way of want we wanted. And now it's too late and I'm left here with the knowledge that I might have been able to prevent this.
You're everything to me, even now. Not a day, not a minute, has gone by since graduation day that I haven't regretted leaving Sunnydale. It hurts. Doing the right thing hurts.
I've lived a long time. It kills me that you weren't allowed to live even a quarter of the time that I have. But then I think of what you accomplished in that short period and I'm so proud of you. I wish I had been there, that night. I wish I had been there for all the nights. My fondest memories, in over two-hundred and seventy years, are of our times together. You let me love you, you loved me in return. Loving you was the smartest thing I ever did, the most wonderful feeling a person could experience, second only to being loved by you. I can still feel how my heart lightened when you would smile at me. You had the ability to make all my pain disappear. I wish I could have done the same in return.
Your death is my biggest failure.
I hope you know that I never stopped loving you, that I always had hopes that someday it would work out for us.
Right now I'm working on just making it to tomorrow.
I miss you, more than I possibly thought I could. We've been apart for so long, as lovers and as friends, and this is still so different. I've felt remorse and guilt for all the horrible things I've done, and none of it even compares to the deep, sick feeling pitted in my stomach.
I've been keeping an eye on your friends. They don't talk to me, we haven't actually come face to face yet, but I think they know I'm here. Spike does.
Faith was released from prison and sent back to Sunnydale. They aren't going to call another Slayer. She's doing well. She's quiet now. The news hit her hard but she's holding it together.
I can't end this letter. When I do, you'll really be gone and that's impossible for me to grasp. You changed my life. Anything good that I have is a direct result of having known you. Anything wonderful I have is a result of being loved by you. You're still my girl, Buffy, now and always. I love you.


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As we all are settling into our tents and or shelter on this beautiful evening Fruit Smoothie and I are startled by a sound. And that sound just happens to be a bear calling in the distance. Oh yeah!!!! My food bag is hung. All should be safe. If I don't post again you'll know otherwise.
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Track Summary
Music Track Title: Little Footsteps (Instrumental Version)
Catalog ID: 412603 ISRC: US5UL1033699
Description: This medium-slow song is created on the synthesizer with the music simulating tiny, toptoeing feet as the children attempt to peek and find Santa. Pizzicato strings on the synthesizer create an image of sneaking, excitement and the exhilaration of leaving a note for Santa with Christmas requests!
Social Media Link: https://www.audiosparx.com/sa/archive/Christmas/Christmas-Vocals-for-Children/Little-Footsteps-Instrumental-Version/412603
Artist or Group: Fern
Keywords: Christmas Santa Peeking Sneaking Tiptoeing Children Exciting Exhilarating Anticipating Fun Footsteps Stockings Background Music Instrumental TV Radio Film
Music Genre > Sub-genre
Christmas Music
Christmas Vocals for Children
Extended Properties
Duration: 1:27 Tempo: Med Slow BPM: 99
Arrangement: Band / Ensemble
Instruments: Computer, Synthesizer, Triangle
Vocal Mix: Instrumental
Album: Kids! Christmas! Fern!
Use Restrictions: Use in pornographic, x-rated, sexually stimulating or similar productions prohibited
Use in products or productions advocating racial, sexual or similar discrimination or bias prohibited
Moods: Adventurous, Anticipating, Careful, Cautious, Delighted, Excited, Friendly, Fun, Happy, Hopeful, Inquisitive, Light, Loving, Mischievous, Playful, Quiet, Sneaky, Sweet, Thinking, Wholesome
Styles: Christmas, Entertainment, Family / After School, Family / Children, Family / Infant, Family / Toddler, Film Instrumental, Flash Animation, Radio Production, TV Instrumental
Extended Keywords: Every child loves the idea of watching for Santa! This medium-slow song, created on the synthesizer with the music simulating tiny, tiptoeing feet, takes your imagination to two children sneaking around, trying to discover good 'ole St. Nick passing out goodies under the tree. Pizzicato strings further create the sensation of peeking, full of ecitement and exhilaration. Works well for travel and holiday trips, music for children while playing, painting, television, radio or film instrumentals, background music for toy stores, toddlers, 2-yr-olds, 3-yr-olds, 4-yr-olds, Kindergarten, First grade, Second grade, and any locaation where children and families are together during the Holidays. Kids relate to it and it will bring back Christmas memories to parents and Grandparents


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According to coffee aficionados and experts, the burr grinder is the optimal method for grinding up coffee beans to create the best tasting cup of coffee. Blades on both the outer wheel and the center cone (as opposed to just one central blade in electric grinders) create uniform grinds, which result in a more consistent and balanced tasting brew. The hand-cranked coffee mill is designed by Japanese product designer Yamasaki Hiroshi and handcrafted under the expertise of Kalita, a family-owned coffee accessories company founded in 1958. The cherry birch base features a carved wood screw thread and the grinder is made with cast iron, creating a durable and beautiful piece that adds quality to your morning routine.
Place beans in iron vessel, set to desired grind aize (from coarse to fine) and use the hand-powered crank to grind. Unscrew the wood bottom to retrieve coffee grinds. Use with your favorite drip cone or French press. Clean with a soft cloth or brush in order to prevent buildup and old coffee oils from spoiling your next cup of coffee.
This thoughtfully considered coffee mill was designed by product designer Yamaski Hiroshi in collaboration with Kalita, a family-owned company and a trusted name in coffee since 1958. With the help of skilled woodworkers in Japan, the proportions of the coffee mill are meant to evoke the harmony and equilibrium as well as being highly functional and efficient.
Hand-cranked grinder for whole coffee beans with cast iron grinding burrs that can be adjusted to different grind sizes. Handcrafted cherry birch base with carved wood screw threading and receptacle for grounds. Made in Japan since 1958.
8 inches high x 4 inches diameter of grinder x 4 inches diameter of base (20 x 10 x 10 cm)
When full, grinder holds just under 1/2 cup of coffee beans.
Weighs 1.7 lbs
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Stacey and Mike had an awesome idea… a backwards wedding! On New Years eve, they held their reception first, and ended with their ceremony at midnight…very unique and really fun. Here are some of their wedding photos from around The Old Sugar Mill in Clarksburg, CA:
The Old Sugar Mill houses different brick factory rooms that used to process sugar. They are now the perfect backdrop for dramatic wedding photos! Stacey looked AMAZING and rocked it!