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Author: Imogen
Story: Alpha and Omega
Part: 2: All's Fair In Love and War
Rating: Young Teens
Setting: Pre-OotP
Status: Completed
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Words: 3,856
Updated: May 20, 2004, 12:42pm
2: All's Fair In Love and War
Chapter 2: All's Fair In Love and War
"Know one false step is ne'er retrieved…
Not all that tempts your wand'ring eyes
And heedless hearts, is lawful prize."
Thomas Gray: "Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat, Drowned in a Tub of Goldfishes"
Harry set out from the cool darkness of the Weasley's kitchen into the blindingly bright sunshine of the day. It was glorious; he squinted up at the sun shining high in the sky, the blueness sparsely dotted with the tiniest freckles of clouds. Grinning happily at this reminder of Ginny, he sped up, running down the garden and twisting his way round the now familiar bushes. A sunbathing gnome shrieked in outrage as Harry trod on his diminutive hat when he passed by. Harry barely slowed to shout an apology over his shoulder, and saw the tiny potato-like creature shaking his fist furiously at his retreating heels. He laughed in amusement, and vaulted over the wooden fence into the meadow.
The long whispering grasses swayed hypnotically this way and that in the breeze, like an undulating verdant sea, interspersed with brightest red poppies as far as the ridge. He hurried onwards, ignoring the stalks grasping at his legs as he passed, until he paused for breath beneath the old gnarled oak tree, which stood dominating the valley. Ottery St. Catchpole lay before him, curled up sleepily at the foot of the steep hill on the opposite bank, but Harry paid no attention to the pretty little village, with its windows glinting gold as they reflected the sunlight. The river snaked across the valley floor, clumps of shady trees overhanging the water, and his eyes surveyed the landscape, seeking a very particular spot. Ginny had discovered this place of hers years ago, right on the river bank itself, quiet and peaceful, and remarkably safe from her brothers' teasing. He knew she'd be there.
Anticipation building, he plunged over the edge and ran, legs thudding heavily against the gradient of the slope as he descended. Stealthily he crept onwards beside the river itself, heart beating quickly as he neared his goal. He could make out her vibrantly red hair through the overhanging foliage, and shuffled slightly nearer, watching her carefully and smiling to himself. She was reading and completely oblivious to his presence. He had to admit she looked very comfortable there, reclining part way along a branch of a very ancient tree, that stretched out low above the water, before reaching upwards for sunlight. Her right leg dangled casually downwards, naked toe touching the surface of the river, creating little ripples as she moved.
A wide grin spread across his face. He tiptoed quietly forwards, and steadily rounded the trunk of the tree, almost holding his breath in expectation. A twig cracked under his careless foot, and startled, she looked up, her russet hair dancing around her.
"Harry!" she yelled with delight, her face glowing with pleasure. She scrambled quickly to her feet, and ran back down the branch to the riverbank, throwing her arms around his neck. He hugged her tightly and swung her round, his face hidden in her hair, never, never wanting to let her go.
"I've missed you so much," he whispered, voice muffled from where it was still buried.
"Tell me about it," she murmured. "It's only been four weeks this time, but it's felt longer than ever."
He looked at her, unable to stop smiling, holding her tightly all the while. He loved every bit of her, from the freckles scattered across her nose to the enticing liquid pools of her brown eyes, where he felt he could wallow for all eternity. She stretched up on tiptoes, and their lips met, at first with a tingling gentleness. A wave of warm, welcoming darkness washed over him, as he gave himself up to the sensation, kissing her ever more deeply, his right hand tangled in the fiery depths of her hair.
They finally broke apart, and he gazed in awe at her, marvelling that she could ever love him as much as she did. She simply grinned, and led him by the hand back up to where she'd been sitting before he'd disturbed her. She curled up beside him, and he leaned back against the sturdiness of the tree, adoring the feel of her cradled in his arms. This was perfect.
"Harry," she said thoughtfully, after an interlude of idle banter. "I know we said we wouldn't, but do you ever think about the future?" She twisted round a little to face him, and wobbled precariously on the branch. Harry tightened his grip on her before she tumbled into the river and kissed her forehead gently.
"Sometimes," he admitted. "I wonder what things might be like without Voldemort to threaten us, what we could be doing in ten years time. What do you think about?"
"Next year for a start," she said gloomily, swinging her leg, and sending little droplets of water splashing from her toe to the riverbank. "Supposing we get through this one in one piece, that's a whole year we're going to have to spend apart after you've finished at school, and these past four weeks have been torture enough. I don't want that to happen, Harry."
"Owls just aren't the same, are they?" he said, smoothing her wayward hair back from her face with his hand. "There's no easy answer to that one, Gin."
"I know," she grumbled. "What are you going to do with yourself after school anyway?" She chuckled and her eyes sparkled with a little mischief. "Imagine, I could have a famous Quidditch player as my boyfriend, or a world class Auror, or maybe even the next Minister of Magic!"
"Not a chance," Harry laughed along with her. "I'm afraid you're just going to have to put up with 'The famous Harry Potter.'" His voice took on a serious tone as he added, "You know what it's like, Ginny. I really can't see Voldemort leaving me alone for long enough to do anything once I'm out of Hogwarts. It'll only be him and me then, no Dumbledore around. He might not even leave it that long; I'm seventeen tomorrow, which technically means I can meet him as an adult wizard on his terms."
"I know," she whispered, fear showing in the darkness of her eyes. She ran her hand thoughtfully down his cheek, sending a shiver of pleasure down his spine. There was a pause before she spoke again in a deceptively bright tone. "So what will we be doing in ten years time, then?"
"Well, let me see," Harry leaned back again, pulling her in closely to him. "I expect you'll have a new book of Muggle poems by then, and I won't have any socks left at all."
She sat up and giggled, slapping him affectionately.
"No, seriously Harry!"
"I just want to be with you," he said simply, smiling at her. "Nothing else matters."
"Really?" she whispered incredulously, her soft brown eyes searching his.
"Really," he assured her, smiling at her expression. "Where do you want to be in a decade? Married with umpteen kids? A high flying career as Poet Laureate of the wizarding world?"
"I wish I knew," she giggled at the image of herself in formal regalia with such a serious position in life. "It'd be nice to get married one day. Do you want to, Harry?"
"Is that a proposal?" he teased her, chuckling gently.
"No," she spluttered in a new wave of laughter. "I just wondered, that's all; we've never talked about the future before. Do you want a huge tribe of offspring and a life filled with arguments over whose turn it is to do the washing up?"
"I'd like a family of my own at some point," he said slowly, mulling the matter over in his mind. "I don't know. It's stupid, I suppose, but it's something… something I've never had. Not really."
"That's not stupid, Harry," she said softly, leaning over to kiss him.
The kiss caught him quite by surprise, the gentle warmth and love contained within it reflected every bit of his own emotions for Ginny; yet there was something more. A sense of passion and urgency were tangible, which he recognised all too well, drawing him to her. Harry tried to force his brain to think. A wave of desire swept over him as he instinctively responded to her touch, bodies melting together. Fragmented thoughts flitted through his mind; abductions into various Hogwarts broom cupboards on the way to lessons… Ginny's confession at the end of term that, unlike her brothers, she didn't mind much where he put his hands… and…and they'd talked about this before, hadn't they?
He pulled away sharply, and stared at her, heart pounding erratically in his chest. They'd agreed this couldn't happen; Voldemort was too much of a threat to her already. She ran her hands up to his shoulders sending shivers of pleasure through him, stretching up to dissolve in a kiss once more.
"Gin, no," his voice sounded slightly strangled. "We can't…" She looked at him directly with a mischievous glint in her eye, and moved even closer, trailing kisses, her warm breath brushing seductively at his skin.
"Stop it," he groaned, realising that there was no way he could escape from her. "Ginny, come on. It's not funny."
He heard a low chuckle beside his ear, and realised she was doing this to him quite deliberately. Pausing for a second, he knew it was time for drastic action and there was only one way to go. He grinned wickedly to himself. Gathering her swiftly in his arms, he hooked his legs tightly round the branch for balance, and unceremoniously dropped her into the river.
There was a short squeak of surprise, followed by a loud splash. She surfaced quickly, water streaming from her darkened red hair like a seal. She shook her head, droplets of water flying everywhere, and regarded him, wearing a half-amused expression, as she trod water.
"Has that cooled your ardour?" Harry grinned down at her. She swam up to the branch and regarded him with enormous dark brown eyes, showing a look of anguish that tugged painfully at his heartstrings. Her arm reached out to him, and he guiltily leaned over to haul her out, realising slightly too late what she was up to. A swift pull, and he overbalanced, tumbling headfirst into the icy coldness of the water.
Soaked to the skin they struggled back to the bank, laughing uncontrollably. Harry collapsed in a heap, trying to catch his breath, and pulled his shoes off, ostentatiously draining the water they contained back into the river. Ginny caught his eye, and grinned impishly at him, before wringing water from her skirt, straggling hair dripping everywhere around her. He saw her shiver in the slight breeze of the day, and quickly got to his feet, clothes sticking unpleasantly to him.
"C'mon," he said, grabbing her books up from the ground, and reaching for her hand. "We'd better get back, although how we're going to explain this…?" He broke off, shook his head at her and began laughing again.
"Well, I think we're just going to have to brazen it out," she chuckled. "The odds of us sneaking through our kitchen unnoticed are pretty much nil, but if we're quick about it, at least we'll not run into Fred and George.
Squelching their way back to the Burrow, Harry reflected that this was possibly not the most romantic way to spend the afternoon with Ginny, but it was good to be laughing for a change; there'd been little enough of that in recent weeks. They slunk in through the back door, exchanging glances of suppressed hilarity. Ginny pressed her finger to her lips, and peered cautiously ahead. They were in luck; the place was unusually deserted. Leaving a shining trail of water in their wake, they crept through the kitchen and the hallway to the stairwell. The second from bottom step creaked noisily as Harry trod on it, and they froze, hearts beating nervously, listening carefully for movement. Nothing. Ginny giggled softly, and they hurried up the stairs to the doorway of her room.
"Good luck," she whispered, pulling him close and kissing him quickly. "Hope Ron's not up there. See you if you survive." She grinned mischievously at him, and disappeared into her bedroom.
Harry groaned, and trudged soggily up the next flight of stairs towards the eaves of the house and Ron's room, lured by the blissful thought of dry clothing. The sound of raised voices in full torrent became audible from within, and he paused with his hand on the doorknob, wondering what he should do. He could hardly go back downstairs in this state, the ghoul wasn't sounding too happy as he clanked around in the attic above, and behind the door in front of him awaited a fate far, far worse than death.
"I don't know what made you think that!" Hermione's voice snapped. "I've never done anything of the sort and you know it!"
"That's not the point," Ron protested vehemently. "Hermione!"
"What?" she yelled furiously. "It's bad enough having you saying all this stuff, but to actually believe it!"
"Well, it is true," Ron said, sounding surprisingly certain of himself. "Isn't it?"
"How dare you!" she hissed, sounding angrier than Harry had ever heard her before. "If this is how you think of me, well… well, I'm not sure there's any point in-"
"Will you listen, for once?" Ron interrupted furiously. "I've thought about nothing else all summer, Hermione. This is driving me mad." There was a pause, his voice softened and he added, "You know how I feel about you, and that's not going to change, whatever you say."
"I know," she said, sighing heavily. "And I feel the same, but Ron…"
"I know you're right," he said, and Harry heard footsteps crossing the room. "I s'pose I… I should've thought more about what I said in that letter."
"It's not just that," she replied. Harry was relieved to hear that her rage appeared to be subsiding as well. "What would've happened if Pig had delivered it to the wrong person? You know what he's like."
"Yeah," Ron said bleakly. "You've made it pretty clear what you think about the whole thing."
"No I haven't," her voice said, so softly Harry could barely hear her. "Ron, I…"
"I'm sorry," he muttered. "I've really stuffed things up, haven't I? I've been behaving like a real git."
"Not really," she chuckled, the tension evaporating. "A lot of what you said was true. We'll talk more about it later, though. Harry'll be back soon. You haven't forgotten it's his birthday tomorrow, have you?"
"Would I?" he protested sounding quite injured by the suggestion. There was a gentle giggle from within and quietness followed.
Harry heaved a silent sigh of relief. Ron and Hermione argued regularly enough, but it could get quite unpleasant, although it was generally short lived. He crept down and then noisily thudded back up a few stairs to give Ron and Hermione a chance to realise that he was there. It was that Weasley temper, he reflected ruefully. Ron exploded easily, and that was bad enough, but on the rare occasions when Ginny lost it, you knew it was time to dive for cover and hope that you were eaten by a mountain troll before she found you.
"Hi there," he called, as he pushed the door open, and walked into the orange brilliance that Ron called his bedroom.
"Harry!" Hermione rushed over to hug him and stopped dead. "You're all wet."
"Am I?" he said, trying to keep a straight face. "I wonder how that could have happened. You know, I was so careful, but sometimes these rivers come out of nowhere and just attack you."
"You upset Ginny, then?" Ron chuckled. "That was quick. What did she do? Throw you in or something?"
"Something like that," Harry laughed, pulling his shoes back off and sticking them on the windowsill to dry.
"You'll catch your death of cold if you stay in those wet things," Hermione said, sounding rather like Mrs Weasley for a second. "You really should get changed."
"Yes, but…" Harry began.
"Hermione!" Ron's shocked voice interrupted, and both boys looked at her incredulously.
"Oh yes," she blushed and bit her lip. "I'll… er… I think I'll just go and see how Ginny's getting on, shall I? Yes, I think that might be a very good idea. I'll… um… see you later, then." Still looking rather embarrassed she edged out of the door, and they heard her heading down the stairs.
"You two got things sorted out then?" Harry asked Ron, as he peeled off layers of cold, sodden clothing. Ron stretched back on his Chudley Cannons bedspread, and shrugged his shoulders at Harry.
"Who knows?" he said. "Anyway, dare I ask what you've been doing to my little sister to deserve being chucked in the river?"
"Threw her in first," Harry laughed, quickly rubbing himself dry with a towel.
"Er… right," Ron said, looking slightly bewildered by the explanation. "Yes, I think that would probably explain a lot." He paused, clearly thinking about the incident and shook his head. "I'm not going to ask. It's probably best if I don't know."
"She can't have pinched my socks already!" Harry exclaimed suddenly, rummaging through his trunk for a dry pair. "It's impossible. She was down by the river when I got here, and she's not been up since we got back. How does she do it?"
"Bribery and corruption," Ron grinned over at him. "She is a Weasley after all!"
The evening was drawing on, mellow sunlight casting a warm glow around the three figures in the living room, whilst the wireless in the corner was playing soft music from the Wizarding Wireless Network. Harry was engaged in a game of chess with Ron, and was losing badly, his chessmen casting him baleful glares and arguing with him about his every move. Ginny was sprawled over an armchair, half-reading and half-laughing at Harry's inept efforts.
"No, use the pawn, Harry. That one, over there," she gesticulated at it and chuckled as it waved back to her. "Don't move the bishop, or he's got a direct line of attack."
"Hey!" Ron protested, throwing a cushion at his sister. "Let him lose on his own. He doesn't need you to help him."
The door swung open and Hermione wandered in, looking a lot happier than Harry had seen her earlier in the day. Ron grinned up at her and shuffled over to make room for her. She surveyed the game of chess carefully.
"Aren't you going to move your bishop?" she asked Harry, curiously, seeing his hand hovering beside the pawn. "It means you can take that pawn next turn."
"That's my girl!" Ron beamed at her, whilst Ginny choked.
Suddenly their attention was distracted by a crackle from the radio, before the clear, precise tones of the WWN newsreader wafted across the airwaves. Harry saw Ron look quickly at Ginny, and both of their faces became instantly grave.
"Disturbing new developments have stunned the entire wizarding community, as the grip of He Who Must Not Be Named appears to be tightening. Perseus Appleby, a researcher within the Ministry of Magic, was killed by Death Eaters in the early hours of this morning. Appleby had been engaged in consolidating the confining spells on some of the more dangerous magical creatures, and his death has lead to breakdowns in the network of protective spells. Although at this point in time it is impossible to know the full extent of the damage, a chimaera attacked a group of Muggle tourists near Carlisle and other allies of the Dark Lord are still at large. The Minister of Magic has refused to comment on today's events, but his spokesman recommended that the curfew, that was established last week, is maintained for security reasons."
Harry stared at Ron, his throat suddenly so dry it felt like sandpaper.
"What's been going on?" he croaked, leaping to his feet, his breathing slightly unsteady and legs trembling beneath him. "Why hasn't anyone been telling me all this?"
"It's bad, Harry," Ron said bleakly, looking more anxious than ever. "These last four weeks things have been getting worse. Dementors coming across from Azkaban to feed on emotions, or worse, every time they feel like it; giants attacking some people in the North; and the Death Eaters… well, you know what they're like."
"They've recommended we're all locked in our homes by six every evening," Ginny explained, looking rather white. "Most of the serious incidents happen late at night. We didn't tell you, because you were safe with the Dursley's. If we had told you…" Her voice trailed off, and Harry's heart melted as he looked at her frightened face.
"It's OK, Ginny," he said softly. "I understand."
"What are The Ministry of Magic trying to do about it?" Hermione asked quickly.
"I don't think they know," Ron said, getting up from the floor. "Dad should be back any minute, and he'll probably be able to tell us what's really happened today. He's at the office every second he can be right now, even gets called out sometimes after curfew, and you can imagine how Mum feels about that."
Noise was emanating from the kitchen; pots and pans were thudding and crashing far harder than was usual, and Harry followed Ron to see what was happening. Mrs Weasley was rummaging through cupboards and slammed a large metal pot onto the stove with a resounding clang.
"Mum?" Ginny pushed past and hurried over to her. "What is it? Here, let me do that." She knelt down and started to stack things tidily back on the shelf.
"Look at the time," Mrs Weasley moaned, waving her wand vaguely at the potatoes, which scrambled across the bench and dropped into the sink. "They should have been back by now. All of them should."
"They've got ten minutes yet, Mum," Ron said reassuringly, moving her towards a chair. "That's loads of time when you're Apparating."
"Did you hear that news report?" she said, her voice rising in panic. "They should be home."
A sudden popping noise heralded the arrival of Fred and George at the opposite side of the kitchen.
"What's for dinner?" Fred said cheerfully. "Mum! Not again!" he protested, as he was almost bowled over by his mother enveloping first him, then his twin in massive hugs.
"I think she just likes strangling us," George commented, massaging his throat. "Diagon Alley's still safe, you know Mum. It's probably one of the best protected places in England."
"Just because it was yesterday, doesn't mean to say it is today," she snapped, wiping her eyes. "Anything could have happened."
Another pop and Percy arrived, narrowly missing landing on Hermione, closely followed by a very weary-looking Mr Weasley.
"Oh, thank goodness!" Mrs Weasley cried. "Arthur, what has been going on today?"
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VIDEO:Rockets cool off LeBron, snap Heat's eight-game winning streak
HOUSTON — The last player to score at least 61 points on back to back nights in the NBA did it more than half a century ago.
The only player. Wilt Chamberlain.
Back on Feb. 27-28, 1962, Wilt dropped 65 on the beaks of the St. Louis Hawks and then hit the Chicago Zephyrs with 61.
One of the few people on the planet who could understand just how difficult a feat that was, leaned back onto the chair in front of his locker about an hour before game time Tuesday night and yawned.
"I'm extremely tired right now," said LeBron James. "I'm very tired … I'll try to find energy somewhere."
It was a fruitless search.
The night after he made 22 of 33 shots — including a white-hot 8-for-10 from behind the 3-point line — and treated the game as if it were his own personal yo-yo on a string, James managed to shoot just 1-for-7 in the second half and didn't score at all in the fourth quarter of Miami's 106-103 loss to the Rockets.
It was the bite of the long, excruciating, debilitating schedule that caught up to the Heat after eight consecutive wins and it took the biggest chomp out of LeBron.
Twenty four hours earlier he had roamed and ruled the court like a masked superhero who seemed able to do just about anything but fly. Here was the price one pays — even so supremely talented a one — when the spotlight is turned off and the muscles feel the burn and the strain.
Outside the visiting locker room about an hour before tipoff, Heat coach Erik Spoelstra shrugged off the after-effects of scoring 61 points on James.
"He's in his absolute youth and prime in his career," Spoelstra said. "At this stage of his career he could probably play 40 minutes a night every single night."
Of course, Spoelstra just coached and watched and occasionally bent down to pick his jaw up off the floor.
It was James who spent all of that energy being brilliant and transcendent, even if he did make it look so easy.
So when James was asked how he spent his roughly 20 hours of down time between games, he didn't have to think long.
"We had a meeting and I slept," he said. "I got in last night and slept. We had a meeting this morning and I slept again."
After the kind of dominating, amazing month he just completed in February, you figure that James probably needs to hibernate like a bear until the start of the playoffs in April if the Heat are going to make a run at a three-peat.
But that's not the way the hungry NBA schedule works. It keeps coming at you with jaws wide open.
"I'll find energy," James said again. "There's no excuse. If I'm in the lineup, I'll find it."
Indeed, he pushed and he prodded himself through the first half, mostly looking like a guy trying to slog through mud.
James scored his first bucket on a driving layup and then was given credit for a bucket when Chandler Parsons was called for goaltending on a finger roll.
A minute later when Mario Chalmers tipped away a Dwight Howard pass to start a fast break, Dwyane Wade had the ball in the middle of the court, took one look at a bedraggled-looking James laboring to his right and simply took the ball all the way to the hoop himself.
He was LeBron that all the Heat jerseys in the Houston crowd came to see on back-to-back dunks and, even after a listless third quarter, he cavalierly tossed in a 28-foot turnaround bank shot over Parsons that seemed to beat the horn. But checking video replays, the referees ruled the shot late and no good.
One night everything you toss up in the direction of the basket finds the bottom of the net and the next you can't catch a bring with a fling and a prayer. Even if you do finish 9-for-18 with 22 points and six assists.
For the Rockets, it was one of those measuring-stick games, the kind a young club needs to reinforce that it is on the right path.
For the Heat, it was simply the next stop on the world tour where everybody expects you to play all of your greatest hits and never sound a wrong note.
For James, it was the burden that comes from being the master in his prime and always having to live up to none other than yourself.
"I fought through it in the first half," he said. "Second half it just wasn't there for me. I got out of rhythm."
Jumpers clanked off the rim. Drives came up just short. He went 0-for-3 in the fourth quarter and didn't score a point.
When the Heat had one last chance to tie the game in the final 13 seconds, he couldn't make a play and wound up heaving a desperate 3-point try over the long arms of Dwight Howard.
"I felt like I had a good look," James said, "just a little low."
Like his energy level. It's hard to shoot through a yawn.
Of everyone in the Toyota Center, only one guy could imagine what it would take to do what he did the night before all over again. That's where his career is these days, using only history as a reference point.
"No," James said. "That's extreme. You've got to be physically in shape, of course, and just have complete dominance on everybody that's out there. Wilt was so much more dominant than everybody else that it's not surprising … It's not surprising at all."
Except maybe what Wilt did two nights after he went back to back for that 65 and 61.
He scored 100.
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Most observers believe that Senator Smith could not win the New York City mayor's race as a democrat running on the Republican line. But winning was not the goal; it has been alleged that his sole intent on getting into the race was to benefit from the public financing of receiving public funds for every dollar raised. With that taxpayer money, any mayoral candidate – in this case, probably Senator Smith - could spend lavishly on campaign "expenses" that could include dinners, trips and travel.
I should admit that I have always been against giving taxpayer funds to public campaigns. I just don't believe that the Founding Fathers ever envisioned an election system where we take taxes from hardworking families and give it to private individuals so they can run for elected office.
It's my sincere hope that the Legislature turns to real and substantial issues. Public corruption needs to be punishable to the fullest extent of the law, but local district attorneys and the state attorney general should be granted more power to nab crooked officials. Those elected officials guilty of a crime should be made to forfeit any public pension. But additionally, bribing a public official, scheming to corrupt the government and failing to report public corruption should be explicitly outlawed – currently, they are not.
When it comes to public integrity, there is no grey area – it's either right or wrong. That's why it's vitally important that we reform New York law to further enhance ethics regulations to keep our elected officials honest. You deserve nothing less from your elected officials who you have placed your trust and vote in. You can't – and shouldn't – accept anything less.


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November 20, 1949 - April 8, 2013
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Giovanna "Jenny" Palladino of Newburgh entered into eternal rest on Monday, April 8, 2013 at St. Luke's Cornwall Hospital in Newburgh. She was 63 years old.
The daughter of the late Giovanni and Sandina Palladino, she was born on November 20, 1949 in Cardile, Italy. Giovanna worked for American Felt Company in New Windsor and Adams Fairacre Farms in Newburgh.
Survivors include her siblings: Giuseppe and his wife, Maria Palladino of Newburgh, Nicola and his wife, Marsha Palladino of Newburgh, Angelo Palladino of Newburgh, Adele and her husband, Benito Ventre of Secaucus, NJ, Congetta, Olinda, and Maria of Italy; her nieces and nephews for whom she was like a second mother: Giovanni and his wife, Christie Palladino of Newburgh, Sandina and her husband, Thomas Nafey of Wallkill, Lorella Palladino and fiance, Kris Bloomer of Newburgh, Daniela and Irena Palladino of Newburgh, Nichole and Vittoria Palladino of Newburgh, Alex and Doris Ventre of Secaucus, NJ, Donato Ventre of Secaucus, NJ, Christian Brunett of Newburgh, and many more in Italy; her great-nieces and nephews: Gabriella and Giuseppe Palladino and Liam and Kaleigh Nafey. In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by her sister, Giuseppina Palladino of Italy.
Visitation will be held from 2-4 pm and 6-8 p.m. on Thursday, April 11th at Brooks Funeral Home, 481 Gidney Ave., Newburgh, NY. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. on Friday, April 12 th at Sacred Heart Church. Burial will follow in Calvary Cemetery.
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I had high hopes for Trinity Blood, but the ending threw them out the window.
Just because the novels' author died is no excuse to leave us with a cop-out. Gonzo owes us a proper ending! What the hell do I have to do--find some terminally ill kid, call the Make A Wish Foundation, and tell them his dying wish is for Trinity Blood to get a proper ending/reboot?
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This, i swear I heard so much hype for Blue Exorcist, but when I actually watched it I was very disappointed.
Monthly manga have it really hard when it comes to anime adaptations. I think me all remeber what happened to Soul Eater after the Battle for Brew. The ending was more insulting if you read the manga.
Everything has a name. So yours doesn't make you special.
Star Driver
Natsume yujincho and shi
Jing: King of Bandits
Antique Bakery
Demon King Daimo
Eyeshield 21
Kaiden Resteraunt(definetly)
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Star Driver
Natsume yujincho and shi
Jing: King of Bandits
Antique Bakery
Demon King Daimo
Eyeshield 21
Kaiden Resteraunt(definetly)
Butbutbut I love Jing well the manga at least anime kind fell fat.
Everything has a name. So yours doesn't make you special.
last season of Shugo Chara!
School Days. I loved the first few episodes but then it started to suck.
I'm not crazy! My reality is just different than yours!
Arcana famiglia, when i read the description it sounded really cool, but after 2 episodes... It just went down to never get up.
And so it begins...
Highschool of The Dead, and probably Death Note.
***Spoilers Ahead***
I say HOTD because, while I did enjoy the anime, overall it was definitely not what I had expected. The first few episodes looked like it was going to be awesome! A highschool, suddenly plunged into hell when a sudden zombie outbreak occurs at the front gates of the school. Then how this select group of survivors was to survive in present day Japan. It kinda got annoying when there was a bit of drama, and suddenly based solely around the fanservices and the guys with their nose bleeds. It just got dull. Plus, it seems like zombies were at the time a very popular genre and were being implemented into all sorts of things (Games, Movies, TV shows, animes, etc.). I would have liked to see more trouble with the whole survival aspect, but of course of all the people in the school, the people in their little "squad" are A guns expert, A kendo "Master", Spear club member, An extremely smart girl, a doctor, and then some teenager who just so happens to be very good at swinging a bat around. Also, the doctor just so happens to have a friend that has a military grade arsenal stocked up in her luxury condo (Don't forget the Humvee!). Another thing, (forgive me, I don't remember the names of all the characters) I don't really like how that evil teacher and his group of creepy little slave students lives just kinda ended how they did. I felt like they would have been interesting to keep in a little longer, and possibly dragged on over into the second season (Which I definitely believe they announced something about).
Death Note, I really actually liked this one for quite a while. Given I have only watched this through once, and I might need to watch it through again to understand all the hype about it. I didn't really like the ending at all. Or in general, I didn't like Light very towards the end and in the middle of the show. The whole beginning was amazing, a whole new concept, a book that kills people when you write their name in it? Awesome! Let alone, the Protagonist (Or Antagonist, depending on how you look at things) was a cool, smart, and clever guy who was going to use this book for the greater good of the world. I hated how regardless of how smart Light was, he got involved in the investigation. A stupid stupid mistake, along with getting way to carried away with the killing. He went from super clever, cool, and smart to, in my opinion, stupid, naive, and gullible. The ending... I hate how he just snapped. I always pictured Light as a cool headed kinda guy, but nope, he just snapped and was killed. Frankly, I don't feel sorry for him either. It was a poorly planned ending in my opinion and would have been so much nicer if it had been ended differently.
I live for cute things.
I went into La Storia Della Arcana Famiglia with no prior knowledge about it aside from the CR description. It quickly became one of my most hated series. They never get to the plot. It's just a series full of fillers.
I'm baaaaack ~
Trinity Blood - Way to just go straight to blah with the ending - though i didn't know the author died, that makes me a :sadnana:
Okami-san and her Seven Companions - there's a lot of buildup to the climax and then 'let's hope we get a second season so we can finish this story and instead we'll finish with something completely different'
i guess i should state these aren't my most hated, just most underwhelmed with how it ended
Oh, and Medaka Box - yay super saiyans! ... bah
There are very few anime I get excited about before watching it, I go into everything expecting mediocrity so that I can be pleasantly surprised if it's good.
The one series that I really did have high hopes for was Revolutionary Girl Utena. I had heard almost unanimous praise for the series from every person I talked to about it. How it was one of those series that really makes you think and see things differently. Then I watched it. Or I watched the first 11 episodes of it that is. I was bored of the series almost immediately, I found the characters to be bland and uninteresting, and after episode 11 the last bit of hope I had for the series flew out the window.
If I had a type it'd be you, fortunately I don't have a type so please stop.
hmmm mabye fairy tail....
"No matter how fast it flies, a paper airplane cannot break through a brick wall
Definitely SAO, I had hopes because it was about an RPG, but ended up being another complete bore
One Piece and Angel Beats
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Arcana famiglia, when i read the description it sounded really cool, but after 2 episodes... It just went down to never get up.
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I went into La Storia Della Arcana Famiglia with no prior knowledge about it aside from the CR description. It quickly became one of my most hated series. They never get to the plot. It's just a series full of fillers.
All of us can agree that Arcana was just bad lol
Also Natsuyuki Rendezvous
I hoped it would have the same tone as Kids on the Slope from the season before it...nope, bad show is bad
What even


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SUNY at Buffalo has a program? Is it worth it?Anyone out there done it?
I know a good number of people that are AUSAs. I've had extensive discussions with them on the direction I should go in my career and what sort of opportunities would help me land a job in the USAO down the line. Based on those discussions, I'm pretty confident in telling you that an online crim law LLM will not help you at all.


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LITTLE ROCK Crain Automotive Holdings says it has purchased two dealerships in Northwest Arkansas, marking its first expansion into that part of the state.
The company said in a statement that it acquired Kent Dobbs Hyundai in Springdale and Hyundai of Bentonville and will operate them as Crain Hyundai locations. They were both owned by Kent Dobbs. Terms of the deal weren't immediately known.
Chris Crain, president of Crain Automotive, said the company hopes to "dramatically improve Hyundai's market share" in the region.
"We are excited to expand into the Northwest Arkansas market and to continue to grow with the Hyundai brand," he said in a statement. "These dealerships are strategically located in areas where we will be able to serve the entire Northwest Arkansas market and we look forward to forging lasting relationships with the customers in the area."
Crain now has nine franchised dealerships and one RV dealership in the state, including Crain Chevrolet of Little Rock, Crain Hyundai of North Little Rock and Crain Ford of Jacksonville.


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ROCHESTER — Zach Poisson picked a good time to pick up his game.
The senior forward scored twice Monday in the Spaulding High School hockey team's 6-2 win over Pembroke/Campbell at Rochester Arena.
The Red Raiders, who clinched at least the No. 2 seed in the upcoming Division II tournament, improved to 15-1-1 with their sixth straight win.
Spaulding hosts Oyster River this Saturday in its final regular season game.
Poisson also netted the game winner as the Red Raiders rallied for a 3-2 victory over arch-rival Dover on Saturday.
"Zach has turned it on recently," said Spaulding coach Paul George. "He's a solid forward. He's got a ton of speed. When he's forechecking our team's playing well. He was aggressive on his forecheck and that created a lot of opportunities for his line."
Sophomore Kyle Carignan scored two goals for the Red Raiders on Monday, and Justin Jewell and Drew Pepin added one apiece. Zander Allen had three assists, and Brent Phillips and Alex Turgeon each had two.
Jewell had a goal and an assist. The line of Poisson, Brendan Colson and Phillips combined for two goals and five points.
"When they're skating and moving the puck they're as good as any line in the state," George said.
Jewell's goal early in the second period, that capped an odd-man rush with Allen and made it 3-1, stood up as the game winner.
The Red Raiders had to come from behind in their last two games against Bedford and Dover, but jumped on the visitors early Monday, outshooting them 22-4 in the first period.
Despite the discrepancy, Spaulding led only 2-1 after one on goals by Carignan and Poisson. Both scored on rebounds.
Goalie Nick Berube couldn't handle Jewell's shot from the slot and Carignan poked the puck in after it landed in the crease just 1:14 into the game.
"Before the Dover game I was in a little bit of a slump," Poisson said. "I hadn't scored in a few games. I was on fire at the beginning of the year, then I slowed down and I'm finally starting to pick it back up."
Poisson made it 2-0 at the 7:43 mark by converting the rebound of Brendan Colson's shot.
Pembroke/Campbell (8-7-1), which had won four of its previous five game, capitalized on a defensive lapse as Jonathan Donaghey put the visitors on the board with 1:01 left in the first period.
Pembroke/Campbell gave the Red Raiders a different look in an effort to counteract their overall team speed and forced Spaulding to make an adjustment.
"We had a little breakdown," George said. "They changed what they were doing. We went in and talked about in between both periods and I think we got better as the game went on."
"Our strategy coming in was to try and slow them down," said Pembroke/Campbell coach Marc Noel. "I knew they were going to be a faster team. ... We stretched the blue line and threw one of our players out in the middle."
Pembroke/Campbell kept one of their forwards in the neutral zone when Spaulding had the puck in the visitors' end, essentially making it a 4-on-4 game.
"We've never really run into a situation where a team puts a player at center ice," George said. "It was something we needed to address and I think we did a pretty good job with it."
"They were taking one guy and having him cherry pick out by the blue line so we were playing 4 on 4 in their zone," Poisson said. "I think they were trying to get the puck and get easy breaks to score goals, but we shut them down for the most part.
"We had to keep one of our defenseman back there so they couldn't get a pass to him," Poisson added, "and put our other defenseman in the middle of our offensive zone to keep it balanced. We don't see that a lot, but we got used to it pretty quick."
Jewell and Poisson scored in the second period to make it 4-1 after two. Pepin and Carignan scored 2:34 apart in the third to make it 6-1 with 7:02 remaining.
Pepin scored on a bomb from the right circle at 5:24 of the third period and Carignan connected at 7:58 while the visitors were being called for a delayed penalty.
Pembroke/Campbell's Mike White capped the scoring with a power-play goal with 3:02 left. The visitors had a two-man advantage at the time.
Donaghey and White each had a goal and an assist for Pembroke/Campbell and Cade Lacroix added two assists.
"When we played with speed I think we played real well," George said. "When we slowed it down and tried to move the puck around and carry the puck I don't think we played real well. Overall I'm satisfied we got the points."
Spaulding, 6-2
Pembroke/Campbell (8-7-1) 1 0 1 — 2
Spaulding (15-1-1) 2 2 2 — 6
Scoring: First Period: S-K. Carignan (Jewell, Allen) 1:14; S-Poisson (Colson, Phillips) 7:43; P/C-Donaghey (Lacroix, White) 13:59. Second Period: S-Jewell (Allen, Turgeon) 4:19; S-Poisson (Phillips, Turgeon) 9:30. Third Period: S-Pepin (unassisted) 5:24; S-K. Carignan (Allen) 7:58; P/C-White (Donaghey, Lacroix) 11:58 pp.
Goalies: P/C-Berube (38 saves on 44 shots); S-Scott (11,12), Munroe (9,10).


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Woman's Club celebrates 98 years
The Hendersonville Woman's Club Inc. is celebrating its 98th birthday and the installation of a new Board of Directors for 2013.
In 1915, the Western North Carolina Mountain Region was on the cusp of a light industrial, tourist and civic boom as access to the mountain regions became easier. Always astute of the times, local women wanted to ensure their community and neighbors benefitted from this new prosperity and that local voices were also heard on important national issues.
So, with big hopes and bigger dreams, a group of women came together in the basement of the old library building and formed the Hendersonville Woman's Club. The purpose was all encompassing of civic, educational and cultural affairs of their community, plus the national issues of the day.
Almost a century later, many of their initial hopes and dreams were realized: The 19th Amendment; public library system; parents and teachers work together within The PTA; public playgrounds for children; a county health department was established, etc.
As we all know, some hopes and dreams are forever works in progress and this is true with the charitable programs supported by the HWC Inc. today: Boys and Girls Club of Hendersonville; Rescue Mission; The Oteen Veteran's Hospital, The Elizabeth House (hospice); Mainstay; Interfaith Assistance Ministry; all food banks in need; The Healing Place; Council on Aging; and our very own annual HWC Inc. Scholarship Awards for Continuing Adult Education.
The HWC Inc. is still going strong thanks to local merchants from Hendersonville, Flat Rock, Laurel Park and surrounding areas. Each year in October, they open your hearts and contribute wonderful items and services for our "Annual Fundraising Card & Game Luncheon" ensuring success.
To those private individuals who faithfully open their wallets to attend this Annual Card & Game Fundraiser, we thank you. To all the people who find ways to contribute throughout the year with food, clothing, crafts and their personal time, we thank you.
For more information including membership, service and donation opportunities, call 828-891-9650, email email@example.com or write to HWC Inc., 1324 Brevard Road, Hendersonville, NC 28791.
Robert Lollar named to Liberty dean's list
LYNCHBURG, Va. — Robert Lollar of Hendersonville has been named to the dean's list at Liberty University for the fall 2012 term. The honor is awarded to full-time students who have earned a 3.5 GPA or greater. Lollar is the son of Laurie Lollar.
John Mark Lampley named to University of the South for the Advent dean's list
SEWANEE — John Mark Lampley of Hendersonville has been named to the dean's list at the University of the South for the Advent 2012 term. To earn a place on the list, a student must earn a minimum GPA of 3.625 on a 4.0 scale. Lampley is the son of Claudia and John W. Lampley.
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Objective: aiming to provide long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in equity securities of small and mid-cap companies (excluding investment companies), which the Investment Manager has identified as undervalued.
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- Analysing stocks, not the market: the managers focus on stock selection and do not attempt to time the market. The overwhelming majority of active risk is intentionally derived from stock selection.
- Active management with conviction: David and John run a concentrated portfolio of no more than 70 stocks, with a high active share. Each stock has earned its place – they only hold stocks they have thoroughly researched and believe can outperform over the long term.
- Capitalising on pricing anomalies: the managers identify companies capable of delivering sustainable, growing cash flows, which has not been reflected in share prices.
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Jesus said unto them, "I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for the harvest. Even now the reaper draws his wages, even now he harvests the crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may rejoice together." John 4:34-36
We believe the Christian approach to alcohol and drug addiction produces the most effective and enduring results. Therefore, we teach that the Bible is the inspired Word of God directing us to the Lordship of Jesus Christ. Through the experience of the "New Birth in Christ", an addicted person achieves not only sobriety, but more important, a permanent lasting relationship with the loving God who created him.
Biblical family counseling is a vital part of our therapy. The families of the men in the program are encouraged to participate in discussion groups and Biblical counseling sessions every weekend where each family member receives guidance and spiritual instruction in the rebuilding of family life. As a result, the Dunklin community has grown to be a lively local church body drawing from surrounding cities, former addicts, families in recovery, and other Christians desiring the holistic and earnest experience of Christ's lordship.


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A 65-year-old veteran teacher from Milton left for Africa this week for a two-year Peace Corps placement.
This is Mary Ladabouche's first trip outside the country, except Canada. She left Tuesday, October 9.
The 41-year Milton Elementary School teacher has been retired for just over a year but missed the classroom. In Lesotho – pronounced "Li-soo-too," a landlocked country in South Africa – she'll work as a resource teacher, hosting teacher workshops, writing grants and teaching students English.
At least, that's what she thinks will happen. If Ladabouche learned anything about Peace Corps, it's that one never really knows.
"You don't always have the answers to the questions," she said, Zen-like, just days before leaving. "You just have to be patient and accepting."
Ladabouche has always been interested in how other people live but didn't want a tourist's eye view of another country. She looked into Peace Corps, and after a more than a year, her application was accepted.
"What better time?" Ladabouche said. "I'm healthy, I have the time and I'm curious."
Typically, one thinks of the Peace Corps, the government agency created by President John F. Kennedy, as an opportunity for college graduates to serve while earning great benefits, including loan assistance and full medical coverage.
But in her research, Ladabouche was happy to find many folks over 50 join the Corps, making up 7 percent of volunteers, the Peace Corps website says. The average age is 28.
Ladabouche's former colleague Cathy Stout, an 18-year MES teacher, was not surprised when Ladabouche announced her trip.
"[She] certainly has earned the right to rest on her laurels, and she's going to donate her time in Africa," Stout said, adding it's nothing new for Ladabouche to be out of her comfort zone: "Teaching does that a lot, too," Stout said.
The local Peace Corps office at the University of Vermont originally nominated Ladabouche for a placement in Eastern Europe, but after the application was vetted in Washington, D.C., Ladabouche was invited to Lesotho.
Ladabouche didn't know much about the southern African country – let alone where it's located – before delving into research. Since then, she's learned that Lesotho, about the size of Maryland, has a temperate climate with four seasons, just like Vermont.
The major similarities pretty much end there. Natives live in round homes called mokhoro and speak Sesotho, which includes clicks and trills not used in English. Ladabouche has practiced: "Hello" sounds like "Dah-may-lah," she demonstrated.
Lesotho's population is about 1.9 million; just less than half are under the poverty line. Lesotho also has the world's third highest prevalence rate of HIV/AIDS. Every Peace Corps volunteer there is given information to educate about the disease. There are 63 volunteers there now, according to Peace Corps data.
When Ladabouche arrives, she'll spend a three-month training period with a host family. Though she'll live and eat with them and otherwise go native, Ladabouche is bringing a few souvenirs from home – photos and maple candy – to teach her family about life at home.
Peace Corps gives volunteers a camp stove, space heater and stipend that allows them to live how the people do. The rest? She's on her own.
"You can't plan, because you don't know," Ladabouche said. "You just go with the flow."
Ladabouche has no problem having no electricity or running water – she's more concerned about learning Sesotho: Languages never came easily to her, she said.
Communication will be iffy, too. There are cell phones, but reception isn't reliable, and sometimes she'll have to walk a ways for better service. But Ladabouche, who has hiked parts of the Long and Appalachian trails, isn't worried about that. If all else fails, she'll stick to snail mail. It takes about three to four weeks for postage to reach the U.S., she said.
Stout is hoping for electronic communication: She and fellow teacher Heidi Aranjo plan for their students to keep in touch with Ladabouche. Though Skyping, an online video chat, would be ideal, they'll settle for letters.
Though the required curriculum doesn't leave much time, Stout is committed to teaching children about other cultures and about the history that didn't make the books.
"We live in a small world. It's smaller every day," she said. "We sometimes get afraid of different cultures because we don't understand them.
"Everybody's people," Stout continued. "When we know each other on a micro level, I think we do better."
Ladabouche agrees. She's looking forward to discovering core similarities between herself and Lesotho's people despite their differences.
Peace Corps' goal isn't to bring American values to foreign nations, Ladabouche said; it's to listen to the locals' goals and "leave them a little better off than they are," she said.
Ladabouche knows her 27-month experience will be challenging, but she's up for it. She doesn't expect to change the world, just educate other people about it. She knows when she comes home that life, as she knows it, will look different.
"Teaching, just like anything, is sometimes you learn more than you give," she said.
Follow the Milton Independent for updates on Mary Ladabouche's placement in Lesotho; if she's able to send letters to Milton classrooms, we'll print them here.


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You've probably done it; you're driving home late at night feeling disappointed – or worse..Maybe you're pounding the steering wheel and shouting at yourself. You just finished sex with someone and you're sorry you did it.
You know the bumper sticker that says that the worst day at the beach is better than the best day at the office? Well, this is not true about sex. It's better to stay hungry and horny rather than have sex that leaves you feeling bad about yourself. Good sex means sex that feels enjoyable while you're having it, and equally good when you think about it afterwards.
Bad sex comes in several flavors, but they all taste pretty bad. You know it's bad if you feel like you just wasted your time, or like you did something that hurt yourself or someone else. And if the sex is bad, why bother having it?
The main mistakes people make are:
1. The sex was all right, but it was with the wrong guy.
In this instance, there was nothing wrong with the physical acts involved and whatever else felt technically OK. But there was something about the guy or the situation that made it really not work for you.
Maybe one of you was hoping for a friendly encounter (or more) and the other one was brutally frank that this was just about getting off, thank you very much. If you reserve sex for someone you love and you do it with someone you find you don't even like all that much, your body may be happy, but your heart won't be. If you're single and looking for love, sport-sex can leave your emotions raw and take a toll on your self-esteem.
If you leave feeling wounded or feeling like you've wounded the other guy, the sex was bad, no matter how much of a hunk your partner might have been.
Other situations that make it not work: you're cheating on your lover and you feel guilty afterwards. Or you and your sex partner match up in terms of availability, but the guy is thoughtless or rude in a way that leaves you feeling bad about yourself afterwards. Or maybe you just have no interest in the guy and realize you weren't really horny – you were just avoiding some chore like paying the bills at home. A good rule of thumb is to save sex for when you're horny or wanting intimate connection with another person – not when you're just bored.
2. Both the sex and the guy were awful.
We're not talking bad technique here. You picked up the guy when you were high or drunk, even though you know that's a problem for you, and now you feel like it was just another time when you were out of control. Maybe the guy was so hot that you gave in and had sex that you know was risky and unsafe and now you're worrying about HIV or some other STD.
Some sex is really, really bad – when you've been assaulted, for instance. Maybe you are feeling violated because what happened was essentially date rape. Too often men think rape is something that happens only to women. They don't recognize that having someone not take no for an answer is also a form of sexual assault, even if no one pulled a knife or a gun. Men who are drunk or high or who are just coming out can be particularly vulnerable to this sort of assault because they have trouble setting limits. Learning to say no and learning to protect yourself is important. The woods aren't full of creeps, but hey: be careful out there.
3. The sex and the guy seemed OK, but the time afterwards was icky.
We can spend so much time working toward that orgasm that we don't pay enough attention to what happens afterwards. Put yourself in that place: you're still breathing hard, and your body is in a tingly, electric place. All of a sudden, your stud muffin is out of bed and on to whatever is next. If you're having good sex, when the squirting stops you are entering a time that sexologists call afterglow. It's a time when your heart is open and your body is awake, your mind is quiet and your spirit is soaring. You're feeling open and maybe vulnerable and with the right guy it's a very sweet time.
If you're having bad sex, one of you is probably rushing to the bathroom to clean up right about now, destroying the mood. Of course in really bad sex someone may not be rushing for the bathroom – they may be running for the front door. When it's over, it's over! Nothing to say and no touching or holding. It can feel like listening to a piece of music that gets interrupted before the final notes are played. You're left hanging.
Orgasms are nice (OK, orgasms are great), but they are not the sum total of sex – especially good sex. Good sex means that getting there is more than half the fun, and staying there afterwards is also pretty cool.
How to avoid bad sex?
First, resist the urge to cruise when you aren't really horny. Using sex as a time-filler sets you up for disappointment. Learn to say "no" when the chemistry with your potential partner isn't working; don't have sex just to avoid disappointing him (believe it or not, people do that all the time). Know your limits regarding alcohol, drugs, unprotected sex and related stuff, and honor the limits you set for yourself. You'll feel good afterwards.
And finally, when you are having sex and it's going fine, don't cheat yourself out of enjoying the coming-in-for-a-landing time after the big orgasm. Treat yourself and your partner with tenderness and respect.
This article is part of a continuing series for GAYTWOGETHER authored by John R. Ballew, M.S. an author and contributor to is a licensed professional counselor in private practice in Atlanta. He specializes in issues related to coming out, sexuality, relationships and spirituality. If you have any questions or comments you can submit them directly to John R. Ballew, M.S.
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