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Shedding Silver Tears
Silvia saw a bronze dragon flying around her. Smiling to herself she launched herself off the ground to join Breeze in his aerial dance. Opening her maw, she roars her delight at the sky. Blitz joins them. He sparkled in the sunlight, glittering like sapphires.
Flying in the air, she spirals down, landing in a great lake, barely making any splash as she enters the water. Breeze and Blitz come in to join her. She smiles, revealing her sparkling sharp teeth. Breeze and Blitz surround her, coming just close enough to have her heart jumping in her chest.
She submerges her head, and glides beneath the surface, twisting and turning in the water. It is now dark outside with a full moon out to shine through the water, throwing everything in a silver-white light.
They too, come near her in the water. Silvia bat a single silver eye toward her two lovers, whom she could never make up her mind on which one she loved. Breeze swam close, brushing his body against her in a sensual motion that appealed greatly to her, making her shiver with exaltation.
Gently, and in response to his touch, she bumped her muzzle against his, encouraging him to come closer to her in the brightly shining water beneath the surface of the lake. Above, Blitz slide into the water headfirst from a high flight, his landing in the water clearly audible in the silent, unmoving water, in which held the three dragons.
Both the Blitz and Breeze came and swam toward Silvia in a watery blue and bronze blur that latched onto Silvia, encasing her in her lovers embrace. Her reality starting to fade, she wanted the touch of her two lovers to last forever, but she needed to breathe.
Gently pulling the three of them upward, still having a hold on both of them, her head broke the surface, spraying silver dots across the black surface of the lake, only lit by the full moon.
"Come, stay with me my silver lover, stay in this embrace. I want you to surrender yourself to me!" Breeze's and Blitz voice sounded in her head.
The voices were strange. They weren't quite the way they should have been. But the sound was so perfect. How could she say no to them? But, it wasn't right to have two dragons as your own. You could only pick one. Silvia panicked; she wasn't even old enough yet to choose a mate. Her mind wandered, straying to the morning to come. The morning . . .
"No!" I lifted my head off the ground to look around. I wasn't happy with gritty and wide eyes; I looked like a zombie, which is saying something, considering I'm silver and glittery.
Gently, I put my head back down. Waking myself up in the middle of good dreams was a specialty of mine. I didn't like it. This one was probably the best of any of them so far. . .
Sighing, I closed my eyes, willing myself back into sleep. I was trying to sleep at the mouth of a high-up cave. The scenery before me was beautiful, but I didn't care. I wanted to go back into my dream. I tried, but it was all for naught, because just then, my friend, Arriane, came flying in. She was silver as well, but I didn't think she was quite as pretty as I was.
"Come on Silvia! Wake up! Today we need to find out if we have our powers!" I heard her silk- like voice resound in my head, stirring me in what I would want to be a peaceful dream.
"Fine. What day is today?"
"Fire-Song Day!"
"But we're metallic. We don't apply to that. We are applied to Ice-Fire Day, which isn't for another six months." I was a little irritated that she woke me up, and I kept my eyes closed until I heard the flapping of wings. What now?
"Silvia, Arriane, gets your lazy tails out here! It's Fire-Song Day! Silvia, come on!" It was Cordelia. She was a customary. A red dragon. Today was her day; I had to get up . . . but . . .
"Silvia! Get up! Cordelia, if you don't hurry, you're going to be late!"
"Ok, but what if I don't want to go because it's not my day?" I asked testily.
Esmeralda didn't answer. I opened my eyes, regarding Esmeralda carefully. Today was her day, too. Azura was hovering in the air next to her. They were the grass and sky, those two. Still, they got along, better than anyone would think. They practically shared body parts, they were so close. I swore they could read my mind sometimes, as well.
"You will go because Blitz and Breeze are going to be there," Azura and Esmeralda said together.
They struck a nerve. Why I ever told them that I was in love with those two, I will never know. Of course I liked those two. Since they said that, I just had to get up.
"Alright, fine. I will come to the Fire-Song Celebration. Only because you guys are annoying."
"No it's not!" Chided Cordelia. "You're only coming because Azura and Esmeralda told you that Breeze and Blitz are coming."
"Well, if you four are done teasing me, shouldn't we be getting to the Fire-Song Celebration?"
Arriane, Cordelia, Azura, and Esmeralda all looked at me with a blank expression. Arriane nodded her head, and flapped her way to the ceremonial ground. I lifted my body off the ground and shot up out of the cave with a swish of my wings. The customaries were already at the ceremonial ground, and I was one of the last metallic's to make it to the great stone. There was complete silence all around, for all of the dragons were speaking to each other quietly in our minds. Nobody was telepathically talking to me.
We were all placed by color, and I searched for Breeze among the bronze to my left. The most abundant color was the bronzes. The least abundant being me, the silvers, besides the one and only White Rainbow.
The White Rainbow is a dragon among us who loses his/her color after the first 20 years of life, or our Fire-Song or Ice-Fire Day, then his/her eyes will take on every color of the dragon kin there is (that's not very many), and he/she is then our ruler. The White Rainbow lives for only 100 years, and then they die. For almost all of the dragons, they live up to 500, if they die of natural causes and don't do something stupid.
"Hey, Breeze. How are you doing?"
"Fine. Bored, though."
"Do you see Blitz anywhere? Hear from him?"
"No, but I hope he gets his power."
"Well, he's got a 50-50 chance of getting one right? Who cares if he's normal?"
"50% of dragon kin." His voice was cold and emotionless, which scared me. I liked him, but I don't know what I'd do if I'd have to outcast him if he didn't get a power. Actually, I thought he would have the potential to fit into dragon society.
"Thank you all for attending the 20 years celebration of Fire-Song Day of Customary Intelligence!" I looked up at this century's White Rainbow. Her voice was beautiful, and every head turned to look up at her. The sun of her back gave her a yellow-golden glow amongst the white of her skin.
"It is time yet again for the Customaries coming of age at 20 years! Will the selected please come forth?"
There were about twenty-or-so dragons that put themselves forward. Among them, I saw my friends, and Blitz, as well as many others that I knew by name. It was a great rainbow of lights and darks. The sun glinted off them like gems under a bright light.
All of them stood before the great stone. It was the place of all power. This is where all of each generation of dragon kin were either gifted with a power or rejected of one, and put into another place of dragon society. I watched as the ceremony was about to begin. It would end well, or it would end up in near-discrimination.
I kept my eyes on Blitz the entire time the ceremony went on. I was anxious to have him be part of the higher part of society. In the back of my mind, I knew that he would be, but I just couldn't help myself for worrying.
"Silvia, calm down. You know that he'll make it. How could he not?" Breeze's voice soothed my worries better than anything. But he didn't sound very happy about that piece of information.
"You know how I feel about you. I dream of you every night."
"Actually, I didn't know that. . . . And you do?"
"Yes, I've just been afraid to tell you . . ."
"Blitz, Customary of Sapphire!" The White Rainbow's voice called him up to her. Breeze and I stopped talking and snapped our heads up to look. I watched him fly to the top of the stone, about five feet above his head. Slowly, but proudly he padded up to her. The White Rainbow was atleast twice his size, and just as, if not, more muscled than Blitz.
"Blitz, Customary of Saphire. I am ready to receive or accept rejection of my gift." He dipped his head then closed his eyes. The White Rainbow dipped her snout to the small indentation between his eyes, in the middle of his snout. There was a bright flash of light, and no one moved. That flash only happens with a certain gift . . .
"Blitz, born of the Saphire, you have acquired the gift of lightning! You able to control it easily with your will!"
Immediately, there was the sound of dragons pounding their feet on the ground, and the crackling of fire in the air above us as the elders blew fire above our heads. I smiled softly. I was proud, but at the same time disappointed. I didn't know why I felt
so disappointed and depressed.
"Of course he should get the lightning . . ." Breeze's deep voiced whispered to me in the back of my mind, half listening.
"What's wrong with the gift he got? He deserved it. The White Rainbow does not bestow his or her gifts wrongly. What? Do you think that you will not deserve such a gift? Do you think you are worthless?
"Well, to me, you're not. I think you will have a gift of greater importance! You have done nothing, but great things in the time that you have been alive. Why should you doubt?"
Soon the ceremony ended, and we were bade to leave, to allow the new gifted train with their respective trainers for their gift. There always seemed to be another dragon with knowledge of the gift you received. This meant that no matter what, someone would always be there to help you figure out what you and your gift really meant.
"Silvia! Silvia! Silvia! Silvia, wake up!"
It was Arriane again. I opened one silver eye to look up at hers. I didn't really want to get up, but at the same time, I really wanted to. That was a delema I had to face whether I wanted to or not. Closing my eye, I sucked in a deep breath, and blew flame out my nostrils toward Arriane. I heard her indifferent growl as she launched herself away from the molten-colored flame.
"Don't worry. I'm getting up. I know what day it is, and I'm excited for it. But you just make me want to want it to go by faster than I want it to."
"What? That made no sense!" Arriane's voice was now sounding like a squawk rather than a silky voice that she normally had.
"It wasn't supposed to. Any way, I'm going to the lake before I go to the ceremony. I want to get all the brown off me."
"Alright, but I'm coming with you."
"Fine. But I'm getting the rest of them."
I ignored her and took off. I headed toward Star Lake, looking for the deep blue among the green. It was easy to find, I was so high up in the air, and I made my rapid descent by tucking in my wings. I unfurled them at the last second, and landed heavily on the gravel on the shore. I looked around, and saw a bronze smudge on the opposite shore. I gently slide my body into the water, barely making a ripple. I swam toward what I knew was Breeze.
Breeze was drinking water when I put my head above the water. He looked at me without being startled. All he did was stare at me. I couldn't quite place why he was so beside himself. It looked like he didn't even care what was going to happen today.
"Hi, Breeze."
"Hi, Silvia."
"Are you ready for today? For Ice-Fire Day?"
Breeze looked at me strangly. I couldn't figure out what he was thinking or feeling. He just looked out of it. He didn't have any emotion, or really any care for anything. I had to ask, "What's wrong?"
I heard him release a long breath. But he anwered me. "I'm nervous. You remember what I said at the Fire-Song Ceremony."
"Stop it. You know you will receive a gift worthy of you as well as the other way around."
Breeze looked at me with glittering eyes. I said nothing, but waited for him. After a bit, he slid into the water next to me. We played around in the water, making each other laugh until we had to go.
I padded up out of the water first, Breeze directly behind me. I launched my self into the sky, blue flame trailing out of my nostrils behind me. Breeze blew a ball of flame toward me, a spinning yellow, following my upward pattern. I dodged it at the last second, and swooped down to meet Breeze in the air.
"So, what do you think you'll get?" I asked. My voice could've been water, it was so perfect.
"I don't know. But what I want is a more powerful breath of fire. What about you?"
"I don't know either. But, I do know that the silvers are supposed to be . . . or . . . we are supposed to get the best of gifts. As far as I know, no silver has ever been rejected of a gift. I don't know. I feel like I'm going to get the very best gift of all, but doesn't everyone feel that way?"
"I feel like that, too. I just have my own personal doubts that contradict with what I really feel."
"Don't. We will be fine. Let's go. They await us."
We flew in silence the entire way to the Ceremony, but it wasn't an awkward silence. It was a very peaceful silence. I could feel our calm and tranquil pleasure through our soft telepathic link. I had a very peaceful smile on my face as we flew.
When we reached the ceremonial grounds, most of the dragons that were attending were there.
Well, atleast we're not the last ones here this time. I thought to myself. I wonder where-
"Silvia!" The sound of five voices rang in my head making me sway, even though all four limbs on the ground before they called my name.
"Do you really have to do that? All of you? You know I hate it when you do that. It makes me feel overwhelmed."
They all mumbled their apologies to me, but they all asked me questions about how I thought the ceremony would go, and I asked back. They all told me about their cool new powers, except Arriane, who would soon experience what all of our friends were talking about. While all of our friends were engaged in conversation, I heard the rumble of excited voices.
Everyone was expecting Arriane and I to have a great gift from the White Rainbow. I didn't know what I would get, but I hoped that it would be pretty good. Since Arriane and I were the only silvers in the dragon kin, that made us even more special because we were so rare this time.
I waited and watched the White Rainbow fly to the top of the stone to begin the ceremony. She called for attention and began her speech on the coming of age for the metalics and receiving of our great gifts. She expected great things from all of us.
The White Rainbow started calling up names for the dragons to receive their gift. Most got very simple gifts. There were only one or two of the golds were rejected. The bronze ones were after the gold, and Breeze was the first one called.
"Breeze, Metalic of Bronze!" Breeze went up to the stone and flew up to the top. He stopped in front of the White Rainbow and recieted the promise of the Ice-Fire Ceremony. The White Rainbow lowered her nose to the small space between his eyes. With that, Breeze glowed gold.
"Congratulations, Breeze, Metalic of Bronze. You have received the gift of fire! No longer will your breath of fire be that of anyone else. The element is yours to guide!"
Breeze looked as if he could die right there, he was so happy. He flew off the stone to join his color, but he was probably the most proud dragon here. I was really happy for him. Now I was excited about being called. I was the last person called. Arriane got the gift of ice. She could freeze things with her breath.
When I was called, I became nervous and calm at the same time. I walked up to the stone, and I looked around at each of my friends. I flew up to the top of the stone. My heart started pounding, but I was incredibly confident.
"Silvia, Metalic of Silver. I am ready to receive or accept rejection of my gift."
As usual, the White Rainbow dipped her snout to touch the hollow between my eyes. My entire body hummed inside my head. I opened my eyes to look at her. I had a smile on my face. The White Rainbow said nothing. All around me was silence.
I started at her with questioning eyes. She shook her head gently, her eyes full of sadness. I heard her whispering voice inside my head said, "I'm sorry, Silvia . . ."
A single tear escaped my eyes, and I joined Arriane on the ground. The White Rainbow ended the ceremony, and I turned to fly off to my cave, overlooking the green valley, where I could watch the other dragons play in the river that stretched across. The White Rainbow started to come toward me, but I took off, not wanting to meet her eyes.
Still, she followed me. When I got to Star Lake, she stopped me mid-air. I tried to fly around her, but she blocked my path, so I landed. She landed next to me. I waited for her to say something.
Soon, she did. "Silvia," she began, "I know how you feel. So many of our kin expected something great from you. I know that-"
"No, I don't think you know that all will be fine. I have been rejected, and I can't change that. No one can!"
"Silvia, you weren't-"
I cut her voice out of my head, and I took off. I heard her voice become very angry, and I heard her shreak behind me, "Fine! You can figure it out then! On your own! Your own arrogance will be your downfall! You are the only one of your kind, and you won't even let me tell you how!"
I stopped and turned around, now listening. "What do you mean?"
She ignored me, a mask of anger on her face. I felt like I wanted to die. I just insulted one of the most powerful dragons of the century. Great that was smart.
I wondered what the White Rainbow had said. Had I actually gotten a gift? What was it? I was worried, but I had no mark proving that I had a gift given to me. It just didn't make any sense.
What have I done?
Silvia was flying around, looking for Breeze. It was a beautiful day in the green valley. Breeze wasn't in his cave, so she decided to go off in the direction of the lake, hoping that he might be there, instead.
Instead of finding Breeze, she saw Blitz. He was swimming in the crystalline water, just relaxing in this perfect day. Silvia came up to him, with a gentle smile on her face.
"Hello, Blitz." She said, her voice sultry with the pleasure of seeing one of them. She waited for a response. There was none.
Cocking her head, she slid into the water next to him. He swam away from her, acting like she carried some kind of disease that he would catch if he got too close or talked to her.
"What is wrong with you?" Finally, he looked at her. Just a blank stare. There was no emotion in his sparkled sapphire eyes.
"Why should I talk to you?" he asked. "Why? You have absolutely no power. You are a disgrace to your kin. You are silver. You should've gotten a great gift, but you couldn't even manage that. What do you think you are, talking to me, when you should be shunned from our race?"
Silvia was dismayed. She didn't know what to say. Blitz had never spoken to her like that. She wouldn't say something hurtful back. It would only make things worse. What could she do? She tried to reason with him, but that didn't work. He only continued to make her feel worse. Keeping herself calm, she left.
Flying high, she looked down on the lake one last time. Blitz looked up, and very quickly, was underneath the waters surface. About to turn, she saw something spread across the lake. She flew back down as fast as she could, fearing of what it could be.
The clear water of Star Lake now had a film of what looked like oil spread across it. As she inhaled through her nose, tears streaked across her face. The air smelled sour, like meat gone bad. The color of the water was the color of blood. Not animal blood, but from one of a dragon. Blitz's blood.
Her body screamed for her to go down and save him, but she knew he was dead. Slowly, she backed away from the water's edge, her tears leaving spots on the gravel like shining metal. Lifting her head to the sky, she howled her friend's death to the heavens. Her dragon's voice echoed across the land, signaling to every dragon for miles around, that this was not a natural death.
Gilda was the first to make it to her. Tears automatically fell to the ground at her feet. She took two steps toward Silvia, and stopped.
"This is your fault. It's your fault! It's your fault! It's your fault!" Gilda screamed at her in her mind. Silvia shrunk like a sheep inside. She felt so small at her friend's words. They stung and beat on her like nothing had before. She didn't know how it was her fault, but she still felt guilty none the less.
Gilda glared at her, and told the others that came what had happened. They all blamed Silvia, making her feel so much worse than before. Didn't they know that Silvia felt like she wanted to die as well because of their words? They didn't. They all only continued to beat her down with words, blaming her for something she had nothing to do with.
Trying to avoid their stares, she looked back at the blood-stained lake. A single scale floated atop the water. The tears flowed more heavily down her face. It was all she could do to take off and leave them, to wallow in her own despair.
I woke up with tears streaking down my face. My tears were the color of shining metal on the ground and my feet. I looked out at the night sky, feeling the cool wind against my skin. I ruffled my scales, and padded out to the lip of the cave. I felt awful from what I saw from the dream. It was so real. It burned behind my eyes like a memory that you want to forget, but can't because it makes a point to stay etched in your head.
I jumped out of the cave, and flew to Star Lake. I needed to make sure that the dream was just a dream. I didn't really want to go to the lake, for fear of what I might find . . . or rather what I wouldn't. Still, I went.
When I landed on the gravel shore, I closed my eyes and sniffed the air. I didn't smell the sour scent of dragon blood. So, I opened my eyes. Blitz was staring right at me from the opposite shore. This time I stayed right where I was, not wanting my dream to come true.
Instead, he came to me. I relaxed a little, but I was still wary of what might happen. He gently nuzzled my leg, and I sat down next to him and leaned my body against him. He licked the side of my face, where my tears had been. I felt the tip of his nose, on the side of my head, about an inch before my eyes.
"When did you get that tattoo?"
"What tattoo?"
"The ones before your eyes, and in between them."
I looked at him with a puzzled look. "I don't have any tattoos. I don't have a gift . . . A tattoo . . . would mean . . . that I have a gift!"
I jumped away from Blitz, and looked down on the water's reflection. My face was so different. I was still silver, but I now had a light blue streak that gently curved just before my eyes. I straightened my face and looked at the water dead on. There was a diamond tattoo, that had an eight-pointed star behind it, the points of the star all accentuating my face in the most beautiful way. I turned around and looked at Blitz. Then, I swivled my head around to stare into the surface of the water, shocked at my tattoos.
"This is . . . amazing! But, I've never seen this design before. I don't know what it means. Do you?" Blitz shook his head slowly. "The White Rainbow knew I had a gift. I don't know what it is. I didn't listen when she offered to teach me, and I have disgraced her. She will never forgive me."
"She is going to die next year, maybe the next White Rainbow would teach you?"
"No, I do not think so. I think that he or she will somehow remember what I said to this century's White Rainbow, and refuse to teach me how I can control my power."
Blitz became confused. "So, what is your gift?"
I began to form my answer, but I stopped myself from answering. I didn't really know what my gift was. It could be my dreams, but my dreams aren't even real. Are they? "I don't really know what my gift is, only that I have one."
"You seem . . . detached. Are you all right?"
I thought of a lie to cover up what my dream was, but I couldn't. I had to tell him about my dream. It was the only way that I would feel better about watching him die in this very lake, only to have Gilda tell me that his death was all my fault.
Feeling absolutely depressed, I told him about my dream, opting to leave nothing out. I told him everything, and he listened, without interrupting me. He only spoke when I finished. "I would never be mad at you. I know you had some potential in you, and I'd never let you get hurt that way."
"Thank you."
I gently nosed his side and then I took off toward my cave. The sweet night air was cool against my skin as I soared above the valley. When I landed in the mouth of my cave, Breeze was there. For a moment, I thought I went the wrong way, and I turned around. It was the same view, so I did go the right way.
Cocking my head, I padded up to him silently. He was asleep on the floor somewhere near the back, where he wouldn't accidentily be spotted by a passing night flyer.
"Breeze," I whispered. "Breeze. Wake-"
"What?" he asked angrily. Slowly, he lifted his eyes to mine, and his face lost the anger. "Oh, it's you, sorry. I must have fallen asleep waiting for you. I wanted to tell you that I'm sorry that you didn't receive your gift. You were so confident, and then . . ."
"No! I actually got a gift! I was with Blitz, and-"
"Why Blitz?"
"I was going to the lake. He just happened to be there. But, he noticed that I have tattoos! I actually have a gift!"
Breeze looked at me skeptically. Narrowing his eyes, he asked, "What tattoos? You don't have any. And I'm not blind, because I can see you perfectly."
What? What he said didn't make sense to me. I knew I had tattoos. I saw them. I went behind him to the very back of the cave, where a small hole in the top of the mountain, where light shone in on a reflective surface for me to look into. Silently, I did.
What did I see? Nothing. There were no tattoos. There were no addition to my silver face, and I felt awful. I turned back to him, with my eyes downcast.
"You're right. But, I did have the tattoos!"
"Sure you did."
"Why don't you believe me? There are many strange things that happen on this planet, to the dragons! You know that! I have never lied! Why should I start now?"
"You've had a disappointing week. Maybe you're hallucinating."
"What about Blitz? What about Blitz? WHAT ABOUT BLITZ? He never had a problem with that, and he has never lied to me or to anyone else! Why would you make such an accusation?"
Breeze only shook his head and walked toward the opening to the cave. My heart started breaking inside my chest. As much as I wanted to, I wouldn't let the tears come. I wouldn't show him any weakness.
"Get out of here. Now. Breeze, why I ever thought I could trust you the way I did before, I do not know. You will not speak to me again. Do you understand?"
"Crystal." Breeze sneered. It was almost like he wanted that to happen. I saw his giant bronze wings lift him farther away from me as he flew. There was a patch of silence as I thought of what to do. My anger was beyond its normal level, and I felt exhausted.
I only felt relief when I drifted off into sleep . . .
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I often get questions in real life as well as on my Twitter and Snapchat from teenage girls and women. Some are questions they are too embarrassed to ask of their families or friends, or even to google for whatever reason.
My mother is quite a shy woman, and I had many questions as a teenager and also as a newlywed, but I didn't feel I could ask her anything without it being very awkward.
I'm going to run through a few of the questions I've been asked (not all 'embarrassing' as such) and also some questions I had, but had to find the answers to myself.
Disclaimer: I am not any kind of expert, this is just advice and things that helped me.
• Urinal tract infection/ difficulty or pain peeing after sex or masturbation: this is a common issue and some tips to prevent this:
- Wash your genitals and butt with water* before and after sex/ masturbation. Also, to pee as soon after as possibly after any vaginal penetration. This will hopefully flush out any bacteria.
- If you get an UTI: drink lots of water. Lots. Cranberry juice is also good. Or a urinary alkaliniser (ask your pharmacist). Also probably a good idea to see your doctor to double check you have a UTI and not something more serious. Your doctor might suggest a round of antibiotics to treat your UTI if particularly severe. Always check with your doctor. It's also important to note that not taking care of a UTI can possibly lead to a kidney infection, so it's important to treat as soon as possible and seek medical attention.
* Different opinions on using soap on the genitals, most experts recommend just warm water. Others say a mild intimate wash every now and then should be okay. Ask your doctor/ pharmacist if you have any questions.
• Tampons: do tampons take away 'virginity'?
- Leaving aside the concept of virginity for this article, no. Inserting a tampon during your period does not mean you've had sex. It's a tampon.
- There's quite a taboo around tampon use in many communities for cultural and also religious reasons. The main concern being that there should be nothing ever inserted into the vagina until it's a man's penis on the wedding night. A tampon's function is to collect menstrual blood. In my opinion, there is nothing sexy about it! Another concern is that the hymen might be broken during insertion and this might cause problems on the wedding night. Meaning a woman might be suspected of not being a "virgin". Big no-no in many communities – but usually only in regards to women of course.
- Something I have personally faced was stigma for using tampons before marriage. I was given looks as if I was some kind of 'tampon whore'. Because nothing should call your vagina home before your future husband even gets on the scene.
- Tampons aren't the only option either. Menstrual cups are another option and getting more popular. They're also better for the environment!
• Is the first year of marriage really the hardest? I don't know if it's the necessarily the hardest, but there are challenges, especially if you've just moved out of home.
- Marriage is about compromise. You have to pick your battles. You and your partner will definitely fight but learning to see where your partner is coming from and also accepting when you're wrong and even saying sorry are important.
- Don't keep a fight going just to try and 'win'. Try and nip any disagreements as soon as possible. Communication is key! If something is annoying you, tell them. If you're angry, tell them why. But tell them calmly, don't yell it at them.
- If you've never lived with someone other than your family before, you're in for a big change. You might discover that your partner is messy or disorganised, or they might discover that you are! Different habits can cause a lot of friction, so it's important to talk about it calmly, ie. don't scream "stop leaving your socks everywhere!" as soon as they get home from work (guilty!).
- DISCLAIMER: I'm extremely guilty of not following my own advice quite often. I know this. I try my best!
• Ideal wife? Gah! This annoys me.
When I first got married, I got all sorts of 'advice' from older women that I knew. When I say advice, I mean sexist drivel. I also got this advice from books written for Muslim women/ wives.
1. I was told to always have dinner ready when my husband came home.
2. To wear makeup everyday: look pretty so my husband wouldn't look elsewhere.
3. Always be dressed nicely: no pyjamas (haha, yeah right).
4. It was suggested I should have a shower & apply fresh makeup 1 hour before my husband was due home. Never smell like spices, onion or garlic. And spray lots of enticing perfume. But of course: only wear perfume in the home!
5. Make sure the house is always clean. This is for the comfort of your husband, don't let his eyes ever see a dirty dish or unmade bed!
6. Don't complain too much (LOL! Complain is my middle name). Especially because his worries are obviously so much more important than your own!
7. "If you say no to your husband, the angels will curse you." (Where to even begin with this?!)
All of this honestly reads like a 1950s housewife manual. How to be an ideal or perfect wife? By being yourself. Don't be forced, guilted or shamed into doing anything you don't want to do. Every relationship is different and you need to do what works best for you.
• Studying after marriage? Yes, it's hard. But it's very possible!
- I don't think I would have applied for university without my husband's encouragement. Yes, encouragement, not permission! If a potential husband even hesitates at the suggestion of you going to university or working: RUN!
- I didn't believe I was good enough to be accepted into university and didn't want to even apply. I finally applied and I'll be graduating (hopefully) in September with two degrees!
- I liked to study at university in the library after class, I felt more productive that way, and less distractions!
Helpful links:
- Urinal tract infections: https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/conditionsandtreatments/urinary-tract-infections-uti
- Diva cup: http://divacup.com/products/the-divacup/


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Women's Hoop Extinguish Flames, 85-82 in Overtime
Nov. 27, 2004
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - (Saturday, November 27, 2004) It wasn't easy but the Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team protected their home court and won their own tournament defeating the University of Illinois-Chicago Flames in overtime, 85-82 at the Show Me Center Saturday afternoon. The win extended their home winning streak to 11 games dating back to last season.
The game featured eight lead changes and 12 ties as the Flames (1-3) gave Southeast (3-1, 0-0 OVC) a taste of their own medicine forcing 27 turnovers, 17 of which were steals.
However Southeast did not buckle under the pressure and in a show of their versatility they used three-point shooting and timely free throw shooting to keep the game close and eventually winning.
It showed right at the tip-off as center Tatiana Conceicao (Sao Paulo, Brazil/Western Nebraska CC) showed that she just wasn't a banger under the boards and stepped back and hit a trey to give Southeast a quick 3-0 lead. The Flames quickly eliminated that deficit and pulled ahead by as much as 10 points, 23-13 on a Jacquay Holmes jumper.
The Flames held that lead until the 1:23 left in the first half when Simone Jackson (Kingston, Jamaica/Southeastern Illinois CC) made a lay-up to give Southeast a 38-36 lead.
The Flames regained the lead and held it till the half going into the lockeroom with a 42-40 lead, the first time this season Southeast has trailed at halftime.
Both teams shot 53-percent from the field in the first half. The Flames had most of their point in the paint outscoring Southeast 18-10 in points in the paint. The Flames also held the advantage in point off turnovers scoring 11 off 14 Southeast turnovers.
Southeast countered that with outside shooting, making 5-9 from three-pint range.
Conceicao led Southeast at half with 15 points. She was 4-6 from the field (2-3 from three-point range) and 5-6 from the charity stripe.
The second half seemed to belong to the Flames as they held the lead for most of the second half. They pulled ahead by seven on a Krystal Hugelier foul shots with 2:44 left in the game.
Natalie Purcell (Auckland, New Zealand/Hutchinson CC) made a three to cut it to four. Chandra Brown (Louisville, KY/Southeastern Illinois CC) made two free throws to make it a two-point game with 1:36 left.
Holmes made two free throws with :56 left to push the Flames lead back to four, 76-72. Another Brown free throw cut it to three and then Conceicao recorded one of her game-high six steals with 23 seconds left. After a Southeast timeout Conceicao made a short jumper to make it a one-point game, 76-75 with 15 seconds left.
A near steal by Brandi Russia (Cincinnati, OH/Northeastern Oklahoma A&M) was called a foul on her and sent Kelly True to the line. She made the first attempt making it 77-75, Flames. On the second attempt she missed and Russia grabbed the board and went coast-to-coast for a lay-up to tie the game at 77 apiece with seven seconds left.
Holmes missed a three-point attempt at the buzzer to send the game into overtime.
Russia scored nine points in the second half and Conceicao pitched in with seven second-half points.
With momentum on their side Southeast, Russia scored on another lay-up in the extra period and Southeast would not look back as they held on for the 85-82 win.
Conceicao finished with her first career double-double of the season, finishing with a game-high 26 points and 10 rebounds. She made the Flames for fouling her as she made 12 of her 15 attempts from the foul line.
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As the sun sets on Sunrise, I look over a wave of replacements
In February 2015, Microsoft acquired Sunrise. Sunrise was, and remains, my favourite calendar app for one simple reason:
It is, for me, the one that rules them all.
I was able to connect my iCloud account, two Google accounts, Wunderlist, Trello, LinkedIn, and even Facebook to my Sunrise calendar. My oldest child's soccer practices and games? On my calendar. Meetings at work? On my calendar. Trello cards due over the next week? On my calendar. Facebook friends' birthdays? On my calendar.
I only needed one calendar to remind me of all the things I had coming up, no matter what aspect of my life it affected. It has been a revelation for me, and something I've wanted ever since I got my first smartphone. Alas, Microsoft recently announced they would sunset Sunrise, and the app and service would cease to function completely as of August 31.
And so, once again, I'm on the hunt for a calendar aggregator that can now replace Sunrise. I have a few requirements, of course:
- iOS and Android apps
- Free version (optional paid version is fine)
- Compatibility with most (if not all) of the services I use
- Nice, clean design that's easy to use
- Alerts/notifications
Ideally, my new calendar app will also feature the following:
- Compatibility with Google, Microsoft Office 365, Trello, Wunderlist, LinkedIn, and Facebook accounts
- Embedded maps for events with physical locations listed
- Desktop apps, especially Mac OS X
- Web version
In order to keep the size of this blog entry reasonable, I've already done a bunch of filtering to bring this down to the apps that meet my requirements. They are:
- UpTo
- Wave
- Any.do Cal
UpTo has a very nice looking design, and they do things a bit differently than other calendar apps I've used in the past. I will let the UpTo team explain it:
Your UpTo calendar has two layers. The front layer is your existing calendar. The back layer includes calendars you follow based on your location, likes and interests. Expand your calendar to reveal the back layer of events with just a pinch or tap.
That sounds neat. And since I have an Android phone, the option to place a widget on my home screen is handy. Mostly, I'm excited that it offers a few handy features that Sunrise and Google Now do, like following the calendars for my favourite sports teams, other public calendars available on the web, and it supports at least Google, Outlook (I'm hoping that means Office 365 and not Outlook.com), Facebook Events, and allegedly "any other calendar that syncs with your phone." That's vague, but leaves the possibilities endless.
While UpTo has not built a desktop version of their software, a Chrome plugin may suffice in the meantime.
One thing I'm concerned about is that the app's screenshots haven't been updated in well over a year. Consistency in design is great, because I don't want to have to re-learn the interface over and over again, but I really hope they've been improving and tweaking the service since the last Android app update in February 2015, and the iOS app was last updated January 2015. Another down side is that I can't figure out the business model, so the future doesn't look terribly bright.
I must say that Wave looks very promising. There are multiple calendar views, which means no matter how you want to view your day/week/month, you should have the ability to do that. It syncs with Google, Exchange, Outlook (online?), and Facebook calendar, lets you colour code events (very important for my life and workflow), add travel time (handy!), and a design that is reminiscent of something we just added to the calendar view on a mobile app we built for one of our clients.
I don't have an Apple Watch or Android Wear device at the moment, but Wave supports both platform. What it doesn't feature, unfortunately, is a desktop or web version of any kind. That's not a deal killer, but it is disappointing. On the other hand, the Android app was last updated August 2015, which is a full 6 months more recently than UpTo. The iOS app was most recently updated in March 2016.
Wave does feature in-app purchases for features, so at least there's a business model. The app itself is free, but it appears they may charge for access to some event calendars, like sports tournaments and such, based on the App Store's listings. It also features embedded maps which, paired with adding travel time, should make being late for any events a thing of the past.
Side note: There's also a Wave Scheduler app, which is supposed to collect other people's available times for meetings and book the meeting for the time slot everyone is available at. That's a nice companion app, and also free.
Any.do Cal
Any.do is a very popular to-do list app. I had no idea they also built a calendar app, so I was surprised to come across Any.do Cal in my search for a Sunrise replacement.
Cal has a beautiful design. It's elegant, features embedded maps as per my ideal wish list, and pulls in profile photos from Facebook for your friends' birthdays. Of course it has tight integration with Any.do, which I'm not using right now, but I'm willing to switch if I feel Cal is the best fit for me.
Cal also has an Android widget that looks very clean and informative. One thing I don't like is that the only view is a daily view — no weekly or monthly views. Sunrise's default view was daily, but it was easy to switch to others. On the plus side, Cal was most recently updated in Feburary 2016 for Android, but not since April 2015 for iOS. No desktop apps or web version to speak of, though I'm not that surprised considering this is likely an offshoot of Any.do's core business (the to-do list app).
It is a pretty sparse app, so there isn't much to write.
So, what am I to do? I think my first course of action is to try out Wave. It's been updated the most recently, seems to have a business model in mind, and matches with the way I like to work the most. If people want me to, I would be happy to let everyone know my experience in a month or two.
Happy calendaring!