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Hat Trick Ch. 01bydellagordo©
An Oedipus County Tale
This is a work of fantasy. Any resemblance to persons living or dead is purely coincidental, and the actions contained herein should not be duplicated. It's all pretend, folks.
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There I was at my first college party, and me only a senior in high school. I'd taken the weekend to go visit my sister Ashley at State, with the added purpose of getting a feel for the campus in case I wanted to apply there myself. At least, that was the reason I'd given my mother to take off for the weekend. Ash knew better, which was why I was drinking shitty beer and ogling the long-legged, big-titted, and incredibly hot college chicks dancing around the basement of the frat to which Ash had dragged me. Well, "dragged" is a strong word. I'd gone more than willingly.
This being a Friday night (and me being only eighteen) Ashley decided not to go into town, but took me to fraternity row instead. Loud music blared from a half-dozen houses along the street, and students congregated on lawns, porches, and street corners, enjoying the surprisingly mild October evening. Ash knew some guys at Beta, so we went there first. The dudes at the door waved her in with a knowing smile that caused a surge of protectiveness in me, but they started to give me shit when I tried to enter. "He's my little brother," Ash told the mook, and he grudgingly relented. I decided to ignore that unwelcome vibe and try to enjoy myself.
It wasn't that hard. The beer was cheap and lukewarm, but there was plenty of it, and the darkened basement had been converted into a dance floor. As I said, there were quite a few hotties bouncing around out there, and I noticed a few of them checking me out. Ash stayed with me long enough to get me a beer, then pealed off to find her friends. That was fine with me. Hard to score with chicks when your sister is hanging off your arm, even if, and I say this with all possible objectivity, the sister in question is the most beautiful woman in the room.
Ash is a tall girl, only a little shorter than me, with a peaches and cream complexion and a wild shock of vibrant red hair that she enhances with a little bit of dye, enough to give her crimson highlights. Her eyes are a soft hazel, warm and intelligent, her mouth wide and lips full. Her nose is a little thick, with a smattering of freckles across the bridge, and when she was in junior high she used to beg Mom to get her a nose job. I'm glad she didn't; that slight imperfection makes the rest of her beautiful face look all the more stunning. Not that most guys notice her face first. Ashley has the kind of body women want to have and men lust after, a luscious and curvy hourglass form that she usually squeezes into tight jeans and provocative halter tops. Not only does Ash know she's a looker, she knows how to use it.
The evening in question, she'd glammed it up something fierce, slipping into a powder blue dress that was cut low at the top and high on the thigh, showing off her considerable charms. Blue eyeshadow accented her eyes, and she'd put three different sets of silver, dangly earrings into her lobes, with a silver pendant around her neck and hanging down into her considerable cleavage. Since I was crashing in her single for the weekend, I was forced to wait in the lounge while she dressed for the evening, and I had to admit, if only to myself, that it had been well worth the wait. My sister was a total fox. And if I wished every once in a while that she wasn't my sister, well, you could hardly blame a guy, could you?
At any rate, the music was too loud for conversation and Ash wasn't dressed like that for my benefit, so she left me on the dance floor before too long. I saluted her with my can of Beast Ice and started to pick my own way through the throng, heading for a tight bodied little blonde who kept giving me surreptitious glances. I sidled up and did my thing. She asked me how much I could bench, I mentioned playing football, she was dutifully impressed, and then I let it slip that I was still in high school and it was over before I even knew what happened. Hoping no one could see me bright red cheeks, I headed for the bar and got myself another beer. I tried again with a cute looking brunette, but her boyfriend stepped between us and that was pretty much that. Feeling like a self-conscious and outnumbered, I eased my way back across the dance floor and headed upstairs, looking for Ashley.
I couldn't find her. It looked like she had disappeared. Which was unlike her. I mean, yeah, she was definitely looking to hook up, but she wouldn't have just abandoned me to do so. At least, I hoped. We were typical for siblings separated by only a few years, but the fights of our youth had cooled since she went off to college and I grew up a little myself. The question was, had she ditched me, or did she have too much faith in my own skills of seduction?
I was beginning to get annoyed at her by the time I'd reached the house's second floor and still seen no sign of her. Then I passed a slightly ajar door, and I thought I heard Ashley's voice. "Let... GO!"
I froze, cocking my head and giving the door a hard look. When the echo of the slap hit my ears, followed by a yelp and a body crashing to the floor, my blood turned to ice. I reached out with a shaking hand and pushed the door open all the way. Inside was a typical frat guy's pad, decorated with a glowing Red Dog sign and posters of scantily clad women. Ashley was splayed across the floor next to the bed, the front of her dress torn and a dark haired guy in a polo shirt standing over her. There was another guy with a crewcut standing a few feet away, grinning and drinking a beer. He saw me out of the corner of his eye and turned in my direction, the grin replaced with a cruel grimace. "Beat it, perv."
Wrong thing to say.
I don't really remember the next few minutes. All I recall is a red haze in my eyes and a roaring in my ears, and then Ashley and I back on the street, leaving the frat with all due haste. At the security office the next morning, Ash described what had happened, and given the skinned flesh on my knuckles I guess it was an accurate description. Apparently I burst into the room, grabbed the crewcut guy by the throat and threw him into the dresser. The dark haired stood there in shock, and took my fist in the side of his head with a dazed look on his face. That first punch wasn't the last one, and apparently it took crewcut guy and Ashley to pull me off the dark-haired dude. Crewcut guy, who turned out to be named Todd, seemed to have realized he and his buddy Brandon had wildly miscalculated, and let us leave the frat house unmolested.
Ash and I were both shaking as we walked down fraternity row. I had wrapped my flannel around her shoulders to hide her torn dress, and pulled her close. She slipped an arm around my waist and clutched tightly, lips trembling and a flood of tears threatening to loose. We walked stiffly, wordlessly, clumsily, back to her dorm, both of us in shock, feeling ill and uncertain.
Once the door was shut behind us, Ashley collapsed on her bed and finally let the tears come. She buried her head in her arms and shook with huge wracking sobs. I stood there silent and awkward for a long moment, and then finally knelt down beside her and put my arms around her shoulders. For some reason that made her cry even harder. I didn't know what to do. I could feel sympathetic tears of my own pooling in my eyes, about to spill. At last she subsided.
She pulled away, rolling onto her side and looked at me through reddened eyes, a lock of red hair falling across her face. She rubbed the back of her against her nose. "They were going to..."
"But they didn't," I said, a little harshly.
Ashley nodded and swallowed. Then her eyes widened. "Matt, your hand," she said, grabbing for my fingers and pulling my hand towards her. I saw the blood on my knuckles and blanched. Ashley was no less alarmed, but with a problem to solve, her own trauma was forgotten. "We need to get that cleaned." She stood and dragged me over to the sink in her room. With a flick of her wrist she had the water running and she dunked my hands beneath the flood. She went digging in her toiletry supplies and came up with a bottle of hydrogen peroxide and some cotton balls, and proceeded to dab at my knuckles. I hissed as the chemical bubbled on my wounds, and Ashley jabbed me playfully in the gut. "Baby," she said.
I chuckled. She looked up at me and smiled. She produced a towel and started to dry my hands, but I pulled it away from her and took care of the chore myself. Ashley watched me with an odd look in her eyes. "What?" I asked.
In response she stepped into me and wrapped her arms around me, laying her head across my shoulder. I was suddenly aware of the lushness of her body, the clean strawberry scent of her hair, the sweetness of her perfume. "Thank you, Matt," she said softly. "My big little brother."
I returned the hug, deeply ashamed of the lascivious thoughts in my head.
She released me first, wiping her eyes again. "Man, I think the adrenaline is wearing off. I'm exhausted."
"Me too," I said, growing aware of a deep weariness of my own.
"You don't mind if we turn in? I know you wanted to go to some parties, but..."
"It's cool."
Ashley smiled. She ducked her head, suddenly shy. "This may sound weird, but... do you mind if we shared the bed?" I blinked. Ash looked up. "That is, I'd feel, I don't know, safer, with a warm body beside me." She forced a laugh. "Unless you had your heart set on the floor."
"No," I said, "it's okay."
"Thanks." The word was so soft, I thought for a moment I had imagined it. Ash kicked off her heels. She scrubbed the makeup off her face, took of her jewelry, and turned out the lights. For a moment, I actually thought she would lose the dress as well, but mentally slapped myself when she slid under the covers fully clothed. I felt a stab of guilt and almost didn't go through with it, but I'd always been a bit protective of Ashley, and the evening's events had only strengthened that feeling. I pulled off my sneakers and socks and climbed in behind her, still in jeans and t-shirt. She took my arm and wrapped it around her stomach, inches from her breasts, and laid her head back against my throat. Once again her perfume enveloped me. I busied my mind with a list of Coach Zimmerman's plays and tried to get comfortable.
It was surprisingly easy. Sleep came quickly.
I woke up only once in the middle of the night, a warm and pleasant weight filling my left hand. With a surge of alarm I realized I was cupping one of Ashley's breasts. I sucked in a sharp breath, but she was blissfully slumbering away. Carefully I began to ease my hand free. The temptation to do something horrible was very strong, but so was the guilt welling up in my chest. This was so wrong. I tried not to think about how soft and warm, pliant and resilient, Ashley's flesh had felt.
"Jesus Christ," I muttered to myself. I splayed my hand across the bed and tried to forget how she had felt in my palm. Sleep took longer this time, but eventually I faded again.
My embarrassment didn't end there, of course. When a shaft of morning light fell across my face, awakening me, I realized that Ashley's plump and springy ass was pressed tightly against my crotch. Sometime during the night, the hem of her dress had risen, bunching up around her waist so that her panty clad globes rubbed up against the front of my jeans. Where, nature haven taken it's course, my dick had swollen to mammoth proportions. Instinctively and stupidly, I jerked away. The bed shook beneath me and I toppled to the floor with a crash, taking enough of the covers with me to reveal that Ashley wasn't wearing panties, but a powder blue thong. I stifled a groan as she rolled over and regarded me.
Her hazel eyes didn't look terribly sleepy, despite the tousled hair and slow grin spreading across her lips. My flannel short had slipped off one shoulder, revealing her torn dress and the bra clad breast beneath. The scene was so damn sexy it hurt. "You okay, tiger?"
"I... uh... fell."
Her eyes dropped to the lump in my jeans which, despite the situation, didn't appear to be shrinking. "Don't be embarrassed, Matt."
"How long have you been awake?" I asked slowly. I still hadn't moved from my position on the floor.
She arched an eyebrow. "Longer than you. But I didn't want to freak you out by flailing wildly or doing something equally stupid."
"Thanks," I grumbled sarcastically.
Ashley laughed. She sat up straighter and stretched her arms out, yawning. The movement thrust her large breasts further into prominence, pressing them together and deepening the enticing line of her cleavage. I tried to ignore it.
"And thank you," she said. "Again. I was expecting some serious nightmares last night, but you kept them at bay." Her full lips quirked into a smile. "I hope that's worth a little embarrassment?"
I pretended to think about it. She threw the pillow at me. "Some hero!" she laughed.
I picked myself up and threw the pillow back at her. My erection had not flagged, and I moved a little awkwardly, but I think I covered it mostly. "Hero?" I echoed.
"Yeah. Don't think I'm going to forget it, either. I'll pay you back somehow, Matt."
I fought the blush that rose to my cheeks. "Jesus, Ash, it's not like I could have done anything differently. You're my sister."
"Familial obligation aside, Matt, you were something else." She sighed. "Could you do me one more favor?"
"Sure. What is it?"
"I need to go down to the security office and report last night. We do, actually. Those guys might want to press charges against you. You broke Brandon's nose."
I did? I didn't remember that, but I wasn't going to tell Ashley that. "Let 'em try," I said. "But yeah, I'll go with you."
She shooed me out and I went down to the men's bathroom to take a long and lukewarm shower. The lack of decently warm water at least managed to cool my inappropriate ardor. I ended up waiting in the lounge for Ashley again, but not nearly as long, and when she emerged she was dressed more practically. Blue jeans, white blouse, hair pulled into a severe ponytail. Having slept in her contacts, she'd traded them out for her glasses to give her eyes a rest.
Ashley had regained much of her humor during the night, and after a little while, I felt mine creeping back. In the daylight, the night's events didn't seem quite so unsettling. Until I thought of Ash lying on the floor with her dress torn. Then the anger would surge back and I'd grit my teeth and Ashley would have to jab me playfully in the stomach to get me to smile again.
The security office was a nightmare. Once we'd explained ourselves and told our story to three different security personnel, they called in the real police and we had to go over it again. Brandon and Todd and a few of the other Beta brothers ended up at the emergency room the night previous, but apparently they didn't name me or Ash, so there weren't any charges against me. Ash was reluctant to press charges of her own, despite my urging. It was late afternoon by the time we got out of there, after a long day of talking and talking and nothing much of anything decided. But at the end of it all, I was able to leave the place under my own power, and not in handcuffs. When the real cops had shown up, I realized my own arrest was a real possibility, despite the fact that Brandon and Todd got less than they deserved.
Once we were outside, Ash put her hand to her forehead and sighed theatrically. "That could have gone better. But at least it's dealt with."
"Not really," I disagreed. "Those two assholes are still free to try their little trick on some other poor girl."
Ashley sighed. "I hope not. God, I hope not. But Jesus, Matt, you sent a guy to the emergency room. Right now they're being cool about the whole thing, but what happens if we do press charges? I'm not going to see my little brother in jail. And can you imagine what Mom would do if I let that happen?"
Mom. Right. What were we going to tell her?
Ashley rounded on me and pointed a finger in my face. As if sensing my thoughts, she said, "Keep your mouth shut. The less Mom knows, the better. The last thing we need to do is worry her about a little nothing."
"Nothing? Ashley, those bastards tried to --"
"Nothing, Matthew," Ash repeated, stressing the first word and staring me in the eyes. She was serious. And a little unnerving.
I relented."Okay, okay. Whatever."
She looked away for a moment. When she turned back, she wore a mostly sincere smile. "So, what do you want to do about dinner? Cafeteria food is definitely hazardous to your health. There is an Olive Garden in town, though." I shrugged. Ashley smiled more widely. "My treat?"
I relented again, unable to hide a smile of my own. "Okay."
Dinner was strained, at least at first. But once I had some hot food in me and Ash had a glass of wine, we both began to relax. Finally. Ash asked me how school was going, how the football season was shaping up, what else was going on. She asked if I was dating anyone at the moment, which was kind of odd. She'd never shown much interest in my love life before. I didn't have much to tell her at the time, either. I was between girlfriends that fall. What with school and football and trying to get into a decent college, I didn't have the time or energy to invest in a full time girlfriend. And I wasn't going to tell Ash about a quick snog or grope under a cheerleader's shirt at a kegger.
I was reluctant to change the subject to ask her how her school year was going, with last night's events fresh in my mind. But Ash never let something like that affect her. "So what do you think of the campus so far?" She paused, then added, "Ignoring, y'know."
"It's nice. I mean, it looks like a state school, like all the buildings were designed and built by the lowest bidder. But I can't really complain about the scenery." I coughed. "That is, all the trees turning colors and everything. And I know the business department is solid, even if the football team sucks."
"Yeah," Ash agreed. "but the basketball team kicks ass. They made it to the sweet sixteen last year. Who cares about football, anyway?"
"Oh, no you didn't," I said. I grabbed a breadstick and lobbed it at her. It bounced off her forehead and landed on the floor. Ash's mouth dropped open in mock horror. She scooped up some noodles and sent them sailing across the table at me. I retaliated with a meatball.
They threw us out of the Olive Garden, giggling and smeared with food. "That was fun," Ash said. She pulled a string of pasta off her shoulder and flung it to the ground. "If a bit disgusting. When was the last time we did something like that?"
"I think I was seven." I looked around. Besides the people still in the restaurant staring at us, people going inside or walking along the street were giving us the eye as well.
Ash put a hand against her forehead. "That's right. God, Mom was pissed."
"That's just because Dad gummed up the ceiling fan with the mashed potatoes."
Ash started laughing, gripping her sides and doubling over. "Oh my God, I'd forgotten about that." She was smearing red sauce across her white blouse as she laughed. "I'm ruining my clothes," she said, fighting to get control of herself.
"Should have thought of that before you questioned the validity of the greatest sport on Earth."
"My brother, the jock." Ash looked up at me with a weird look in her eye. "We should probably get home, get cleaned up. What do you want to do tonight?
"Up to you."
"Well. . . I know you had your heart set on partying. I'm not really in the mood for that sort of thing myself. How do you feel about a night in with your sister and a couple of movies?"


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The Great Butt DebateNote: If you could care less, there's a lighter non-butt related topic (it's boardgames instead) below! :D
So if you're living under a rock, last week a post over on the Blizz forums for Overwatch spawned a huge thing that folks have started referring to as #TracerGate or #ButtGate (and side note, can we just stop with the "gate" crap? It only made sense for Watergate).
The Internet blew up, as it is wont to do and folks started raging on either side of the spectrum about how "SJWs are taking butts away" and "GGs are opressing females yet again" and the rest of us were sitting there in the middle going, "EHHHH?!".
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From a marketing standpoint, she's the star of the show. She's a great hero. When we look at the way she's portrayed in promotional media, lore, and art in game we know a few things about her.I agree that the pose is boring. It's bland. It's taking a typical pose and sticking it on a character, and it feels out of character. The fact that it's "sexy" doesn't particularly bother me (which was a point of contention in the rest of the OP, by my reading?). I just felt "meh" about the pose. Plus the wedgie-factor looks super uncomfortable.
She's Fast.
She's Silly.
She's Kind.
She's a good Friend.
Her body seems to be comprised of about 95% spunk.
Then out of seemingly no where we have this pose.
What about this pose has anything to do with the character you're building in tracer? It's not fun, its not silly, it has nothing to do with being a fast elite killer. It just reduces tracer to another bland female sex symbol.
So Blizz removed the pose, and today they announced the new pose.
I don't know pin-up art from my elbow, but @christianmccrea deftly identified the source here pic.twitter.com/RovfwQliYO— BooDoo (@BooDooPerson) April 6, 2016
Regardless, I love pin-up art, and I can't argue with emulating the style. In fact, even though it's still just as "sexy" (maybe more so?) as the last pose, it's way more in character. It's spunky. It has attitude. It's fun. It's silly. I, personally, am a fan, and seeing the pose that has attitude compared to the last one makes me much more interested in playing and spending money on the game.
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Boss Monster is a card game designed for 2-4 players, but includes variant rules as well to implement to change up game-play regardless of how many people are playing. It's essentially a 2D scroller dungeon game out of cards. It's all pixel art, and it's adorkable. It goes by fast, too. Our first game took about a half hour, but our two consecutive games only took about ten to fifteen minutes, excluding some breaks to walk the dog.
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So if you enjoy tabletop games, or 2D scrollers, or just fun and wholesome games that you can play with a minimum number of people, check it out! And now I'm off to go play some more because the WildStar servers are down.


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I just saw a post in the Customer Service Forum where someone was essentially asking to be banned from the game because he couldn't trust himself to stop playing, and he needed to study for school.
If I'd been able to reply, I would have asked him; what are you really addicted to?
I ended up leaving my Naxx guild last night, because my old GM invited me to his new guild. That guild is just starting up, though; so we may not be doing Naxx for a while, again.
So instead of raiding, I went and ran a level 25 Hunter through Gnomeregan. After that, I went to HFP, and was about to do some instance farming when I was whispered by a level 63 Hunter who wanted to run Ramps for a particular drop. I ended up running both Ramparts and BF with him.
With both of these two individuals, I ended up having two of the most stimulating conversations I've had in this game for a long time. They also expressed a lot of gratitude for the run through, which was nice.
So what am I addicted to, in terms of this game? I'm addicted to experiences like that. I'm addicted to the fact that even though I'm still not really, this game is one of very few things which I've been able to feel as though I have a vague degree of competence with.
I'm addicted to the fact that although a lot of the time I truly am an utter, abrasive jerk, with few friends offline, I can go into the game, get together with one or two other people, and in a no risk scenario, let them see my positive side.
I can be altruistic, I can be empathetic, and I can prove to someone that although maybe 95%+ (notice I didn't say 100%, so do not fear ;)) of the people that I've seen playing this game are sociopathic @#$^&*(s who don't care about anyone, that at times, at least, I'm not like that. That really feels good.
I know I've mentioned this before in Pike's case, and maybe I go on about it too much, but I do really love Pike, Rilgon, Lienna, and Kordwar, as well; the four of you have managed to continue to accept me when a number of other people haven't, and have been alienated by me. I also know that there are a lot of others who are still reading who I haven't (and in some cases, can't, because I don't know names ;)) mentioned; but you know who you are. :)
I hope Mama Druid is still here sometimes, as well. I also really appreciate Santyn having given me a second chance, also. To him, I say that the assessment of whether or not I am genuinely redeemable is something I must leave to others, but it is my hope that, as he apparently has already, he can find something of value here.
It might seem like I go on about that excessively, but there are few people in my life who do exert a genuinely positive influence; so when I come across some who do, I now consider it very important to make sure, that such people know that I appreciate them.


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pub date: September 20, 2011
publisher: HarperCollins
pages: 432
source: NetGalley
appeals: fantasy, romance, adventure, magic, religion,
content: violence and war
I loved this book. From the very first page, I was drawn into the story and didn't want to put the book down.
I loved Elisa. Even in the beginning, when she isn't a particularly appealing main character, I still really liked her because I understood her. I understood her fears and why she thought what she thought and did what she did. But as the book went on, I loved her because of her bravery and smarts. I loved how her world view changed. How she changed.
The romance was great. Sudtle and very real. And hopeful. There was also a lot of sadness which made me mad. I didn't want sadness. I was very impressed with the world Carson created. The religion and different perceptions of God from all the different characters was so interesting. I loved the geography of the land. It's varied landscapes and peoples. They felt very real and fully developed. The land was its own character.
My one issue is that I thought it ended too soon. The resolution was too quick. And I'm kind of sad it's a trilogy. I loved Elisa, but now I have to wait knowing there is more to her story. It would've been nice to know this was the end. The story was wrapped up neatly so I'm wondering where it's going to go in the next book.
I'm not a big fan of the cover, but I like it better than the previous cover. The previous cover had a skinny, light-skinned beauty on the front. That wasn't Elisa. So at least this one doesn't give the impression of what isn't.
you should definitely pick up this book!
Once a century, one person is chosen for greatness.
Elisa is the chosen one.
But she is also the younger of two princesses, the one who has never done anything remarkable. She can't see how she ever will.
Now, on her sixteenth birthday, she has become the secret wife of a handsome and worldly king—a king whose country is in turmoil. A king who needs the chosen one, not a failure of a princess.
And he's not the only one who seeks her. Savage enemies seething with dark magic are hunting her. A daring, determined revolutionary thinks she could be his people's savior. And he looks at her in a way that no man has ever looked at her before. Soon it is not just her life, but her very heart that is at stake.
Elisa could be everything to those who need her most. If the prophecy is fulfilled. If she finds the power deep within herself. If she doesn't die young.
Most of the chosen do.


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Hi! My name is Meghan. I live in Maryland. I don't have a blog and every time I try to start a video, I can't seem to be able to finish it. The story below will probably show why.
I've been struggling with how to tell my story for awhile now. I've even been crying since starting to write this. This song has come to mean so much to this past year that tears still form when I hear it. That and this story begins well over a year ago.
My mom was diagnosed with cancer in May of 2010. After a long surgery she was in remission. To celebrate, my aunt, mom, & I did our dream trip to the CMA Fest in Nashville. Right after Christmas, mom said something just didn't feel right. In early January, my mom was told that the cancer came back and was more aggressive. She underwent one treatment, was devastated losing her hair, but was determined to keep fighting. Then major complications arose after a fall and treatment just wasn't possible for several weeks giving the cancer time to grow quickly. Mom fought hard with my dad, brother & myself at her side everyday, but passed away just after Mother's Day.
I was devastated. My mom was more than a parent, she was a mentor, my best friend, & my biggest supporter in everything I've ever done. You're never truly prepared to deal with such a hard loss no matter how much you try and how long you know you have.
I had first listened to Little Miss on the drive from work to the hospital one day. I was feeling rather upset that day and didn't really have much of a reason. I had listened to the Incredible Machine many times before, but before Little Miss didn't have the same meaning. When it got to the line, "Little miss I'll get tough don't you worry about me anymore," it grabbed my attention because that's what mom had been saying since we found out about the cancer and something she was trying to say in not so many words before she passed. When it got to, "Sometimes you gotta lose 'till you win," the tears flowed and didn't stop. I just had to listen to it again and again. I must have listened to it a dozen times that day.
My mom, brother, & I were planning on seeing Sugarland in Columbia, MD in May. Mom really loved Sugarland and she said how much she wanted to meet Jennifer but we could never seem to win one of those infamous Meet & Greets. She passed about a week before the concert so it was the first thing we had really done since everything happened, My friend and my brother's friend came with us instead. My friend & I were in the Sugarpit and were having a great time and I heard the beginning of Little Miss. I froze and just watched Jennifer start to sing. By the time that she got "It'll be alright again" I was sobbing. Thank goodness I had my friend there and everyone in the pit started supporting me even though I didn't know any of them. It just hit me like a brick. Like it says, "sometimes you gotta lose till you win," but no matter what, "you are loved." I know my mom still loves me no matter where she is and when I need to remember, I just put on Little Miss to remind me that "it'll be alright again."
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This is coming along rather well.
The scores are now all totting up, and everything's working to a moderately decent standard.
The game/tool's not very good at noticing gaps in word placements, so you could put down "Happy Cat" and it wouldn't notice the space.
That needs fixed.
But if you're playing along with a real-world board game, as is the intention with this, you can probably work around that slight flaw!!
Scoring is working really well. Here you can see a game of Words With Friends that I'm mid-way through. I duplicated the layout in the scorepad, and sure enough, it's come out with the correct scores.
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Life Before Prince Charming And My Kate Middleton Skirt
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Cute outfit! I love that skirt!ReplyDelete
And I totally agree with you...it's really easy to waste time and energy dreaming of that "perfect guy"! The best advice I can give is to be patient, pray, and "wait on the Lord", and whatever (or whomever!) God sends your way will be quite amazing. :)
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I LOVE your skirt! It's adorable. You are very right--life begins long before a man enters it, and those who are waiting need to be living life and becoming mature adults. Because as far as I see it, you're not ready for a relationship until you are secure in who you are as a person and in Christ. I waited until I was nearly 20 to have any kind of relationship, and it has been such a blessing in the long run!
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You really put together an adorable outfit. Love it from head to toe! I can't believe y'all thrifted that skirt for only $3.99! Amazing! I definitely don't have that much luck when I go thrift shopping! :P
Very, very true. As a married gal I can promise you single ladies that your own issues, character flaws, and areas in need of growth do NOT disappear when you say "I do". If anything, they become more obvious as you live in close-quarters with another flawed human being.ReplyDelete
So yes, look forward to being married! That's okay... but don't live your life on "pause" until you become a "Mrs.". Every day matters, single or not!
Good thoughts, Natasha.
Great post! Love that skirt, but your thoughts on waiting for your Prince Charming are really important here. We shouldn't be dreaming of the perfect guy because we know that God will find the best match for us. Now I know that I should be working on personal issues instead of dreaming of some you who I probably won't meet for a long time. Thanks!ReplyDelete
I really liked this post. Good job!ReplyDelete
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This week, Jews will eat apples and honey; throw bread crumbs into rivers and lakes; and, in some cases, leave their ovens on for three days straight.
This week, Jews will eat apples and honey; throw bread crumbs into rivers and lakes; and, in some cases, leave their ovens on for three days straight.
Tonight at sundown is the start of Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year. The year starting today is 5772 in the Jewish calendar.
It�s the start of the High Holy Days, which conclude with Yom Kippur, starting at sundown on Oct. 7. During these �days of awe,� Jews are to reflect on their past year and work on improving themselves for the future. They ask forgiveness for their sins from God and other people.
Central Ohio synagogues will be jam-packed, with everyone from the most-observant Jews to those who come only once a year turning up for the holidays.
Jews have no shortage of traditions for Rosh Hashana:
� They eat sweets such as apples with honey while avoiding sour food such as pickles. The food shows a desire for a sweet new year, said Rabbi Howard Zack of Congregation Torat Emet, an Orthodox synagogue in Bexley.
� Challah is baked in a round loaf rather than in the typical braided loaf. The circular shape represents the cycle of the new year and also the sovereignty of God because the round form hints at a crown, said Rabbi Rick Kellner, the new leader of Congregation Beth Tikvah, a Reform synagogue in Worthington.
� In a ritual called Tashlich, Jews drop bread crumbs into a body of water to symbolize the casting away of sins. The members of Beth Tikvah will meet at Antrim Park on the Northwest Side on Friday morning to throw crumbs into the lake.
Some of the crumbs will stay in their pockets to symbolize that �we still have to do the work we need to do to repent and to apologize to the people in our lives,� Kellner said.
� Long ago, many Jews could afford to buy new clothes only for the high holidays and Passover. On Rosh Hashana, Jewish men bought clothing and jewelry for their wives, Zack said. Today, it is still traditional for a family to buy new clothes for Rosh Hashana.
Janice Epstein is among the Orthodox Jews who will leave her oven and a stove burner on for three days, starting tonight. The three-day period includes the two days of Rosh Hashana and the daylong Sabbath, when �work� � cooking, carrying, lighting or turning off a flame � is prohibited.
On festival days such as Rosh Hashana, Jewish law allows for cooking, but only if it�s done over an existing heat source, Zack said.
In earlier times, that meant that families could cook over a fire but couldn�t put it out. Today, many new ovens come with �Sabbath mode� that prevents automatic shut-offs from kicking in.
�There�s a lot of little minutiae you have to think about,� said Epstein, whose husband is a rabbi at Torat Emet. She feels a bit nervous leaving the oven and a burner on, but �you just sort of get over it,� she said.
Another tradition? For the holiday meals she cooks, Epstein likes to use the placemats her now-adult children made for Rosh Hashana when they were young.


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To calm myself I take the stairs instead of the elevator. Forcing the excitement of the future down to tolerable levels. I tell myself that I must not let my feelings grow too strong, you know what happens then, don't you.
At the bottom and the top of each flight of stairs I pull myself together and steady the pounding of my heart. I have been waiting for this and now it's happening. Happening for real just as I have imagined it all those nights while reading your words of desire and passion.
I see myself walking towards the room. The soft carpeting muffles the sound of my footsteps and the only thing I can hear is the murmur that come from the other rooms the muffled sound of footsteps and blood racing through my ears.
Room 420. I knock softly on the door, but it sounds like thunder. All my senses are alive and tingling. As the door begins to open I notice that the room is dimly lit. There is a soft sensual aroma that tickles my nose and troubles my brain.
As I enter the place and my eyes become accustomed to the dimness of the light I begin to notice the care that has been taken to prepare for my arrival.
A table, set beautifully with delicacies. A shimmering wine bucket with not one, but two bottles of sumptuous libation waiting to be opened and tasted, savored delicately.
Slowly, ever so slowly the music that has been there all along, yet unnoticed by me seeps into my heart and forces me to finally look at you with my full attention. You have been even more meticulous with yourself than you have with the room.
Your hair, clothing, make up and perfume all put together in a special way that suggests casualness, but in fact you were very careful to only make it seem this way.
I can see that you have done this for me as well as yourself. I wonder if you heart is racing as fast as mine; and as I grasp you hand there is a bolt of electricity that runs through me. I can see that you feel it too for your eyes grow wide and you start to lose your balance.
Gracefully and quickly I catch you up in my arms and wait for your senses to return. Then as the music and candlelight conduct us I begin the dance.
Pressing you close to my chest so you can feel the heat of my body. Your senses come alive and you can sense so many things.
What is going on in your head? You feel the emotions building inside you, growing, becoming more intense and alive with each passing moment. This time, our time, is not part of anything else in the world. We have escaped into a new reality where we can do as we please and feel exactly the way you want to feel.
The wine is taking the desired effect and the music beckons our feelings to the surface. The tiniest of kisses during our dance is enough to turn the sparks nestling inside you into a flame.
You are feeling the heat and passion grow and you can feel that it is happening to me as well. We hide the true thoughts behind our eyes, but we cannot, do not, want to let go of each other.
This dance of ours seems to go on forever as if time were suspended and we were left alone. You allow all of your feelings to pour out of your heart while I hold you and there are several sharp explosions that wrack you body and make it impossible for you to stand any longer. Your knees are weakened by the rush of feelings and your legs feel as if they were going to collapse.
I bring you to the bed and lay you down among the downy pillows and silky soft sheets. I continue to hold you and you come to realize that this is the feeling you have been looking for.
At every moment of your life this is the one feeling that had escaped you.
You desire nothing more than to be swallowed up by these emotions. to be allowed to feel as powerfully and deeply as you know you can. You start to understand just how much passion you have inside you and you question as to why you haven't felt this before.
With so many good and happy things in my life, why hasn't the fire of passion burned as brightly and powerfully as it is burning now.
I want this! I need this. I cannot live without these feelings. I will be an empty shell without the source of these emotions.
All these thoughts race through you mind in an instant, and you know you are lost. Your heart has finally won the battle and you give into all the fine and gentle passions. Just as you are feeling so full and happy and contentment is running up and down your spine and tickling you in every part of your being.
I stand and look at the door. for a moment there is the briefest moment of panic. a fear that is voiceless but still palpable. In a single moment you are afraid that the one and only thing that can provide you with the feelings you long for will walk out never to be felt again.
It can happen, losing something so precious and knowing it will never be there again. You must not allow that to happen. You realize that you will do anything. Let anything be done to you so long as the feelings never disappear.
You offer up all that you have to save the single source of precious beauty your soul has ever experienced. You reach out. Reach out and hold it close so it may never escape from your grasp….
Do not allow the love light to fade away and leave you in darkness and cold
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September 10, 2008
Things better left unsaid.
Labels: Love, Stories, Thinking out loud
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This is truly beautiful, you have enflamed my soul today.
- September 10, 2008
- Grant said...
The sort of thing I think is better left unsaid is like how I have a small penis (just call me Mr. Tic-Tac), probably because three decades of constant masturbation have worn it to a stump. People don't seem to consider that polite dinner conversation, which is why I'm not going to bring it up here.
- September 10, 2008
- puerileuwaite said...
I could picture Fabio riding a white horse down a beach as I read this piece. As a Pug who tries to suppress any and all gay tendencies, this was a most uncomfortable feeling. I need to quickly find a football game replay on TV, where hopefully no one gets patted on the behind.
- September 10, 2008
- Beth said...
Ah, but sometimes the love light fades despite all efforts.
Beautifully written.
- September 10, 2008
- NYD said...
JGrrl~ Glad it worked for you. The person I originally wrote it for didn't get it.
Mr.TicTac~ I truly appreciate the the way you grace this blog with your candor, honesty and sense of good taste.
Pug~ Oddly enough I was watching the Patriots and the K.C.Chiefs when I put this together.
Beth~ Verily the truth and very well put. That begs the question, as put forth by Tom Robbins.
How do you make love stay?
- September 10, 2008
- Mona said...
Very nice professor! :D
Now can we have the female perspective of the same thing please?
It would be interesting as to know what the female thinks the 'You' is thinking! :D
- September 10, 2008
- whimsical brainpan said...
Quite nice!
Sometimes love isn't enough though.
- September 10, 2008
- moi said...
Dude, I write social satire, not romance, so any response I give would be way too snarky. But you, YOU should write romance. Really. Good stuff. The world needs it.
- September 10, 2008
- ThursdayNext said...
The Prince is taking me to a country Inn tomorrow and oh MAN does this have me ready to go. ;) This was amazing and GOD you have a talent for writing, sir.
- September 11, 2008


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From A "Can't Focus Child" to an Olympic Athlete: Michael Phelps Profile
I came across a recent blog article written from Michael Phelps mother, Deborah Phelp's point of view. If you don't know who Michael Phelp's is, you should. He is currently in Beijing, representing U.S.A as a phenomenal swimmer. This 23 year-old athlete, is the world-record holder in the two events that include all four strokes: butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke and freestyle. He won 8 medals in the 2004 summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, 6 of which were gold. The number of medals he won tied him with Alexander Dyatin as the most medal winner in a single Olympics. And that record happened to have been held since the 1980.
What's amazing about Michael is that he was labeled a problem child of sorts in his youth. Often reprimanded by teachers for being disruptive, unable to focus, unable to concentrate, unable to stay quiet, he was put on Ritalin at a young age, a medicine he would have to take during lunch time. Two years later when Michael asked his Mom, who was also a teacher, to be taken off the medicine, she did the best thing a parent could do in her shoes. She listened to her instincts and her child.
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Center-right candidate Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa wins Portugal's presidential election, an outcome that should help maintain political balance after a dramatic swing to the left in October's parliamentary ballot. Diane Hodges reports.
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Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa won Sunday's election with 52-per-cent of the vote, easily defeating his nearest rival.
Portugal is likely to need a leader with broad support as a shaky government coalition works to find a balance between election pledges to end austerity and European Union requirements to cut the budget deficit.
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Countryside faces 'damaging uncertainty'
The National Trust has weighed into the campaign to keep subsidies for Britain's farmers at the current level.
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The consultancy Agra Europe has previously concluded: "What is certain is that no UK government would subsidise agriculture on the scale operated under the CAP."
Warwick Lightfoot from the right-leaning think tank Policy Exchange said the current system was so inefficient that environmental objectives might be able to be achieved for less than £3bn.
But a former senior farm specialist at Defra, Martin Nesbit, told BBC News that if the government was serious about wildlife targets, the full £3bn annually is probably needed.
Mrs Ghosh will tell the BBC Countryfile Live event at Blenheim Palace: "We are within touching distance of a vision for the future of farming that sees thriving businesses successfully meeting the needs of the nation into the 21st century and beyond.
"The longer we wait, the more we risk losing all the gains we have made over the last decade."
The Trust itself is a major beneficiary of grants for its wildlife-friendly farming.
The Country Land and Business Association (CLA) recently proposed a new system under which land-owners get paid for contracting to look after the countryside. The farmers' union NFU is also poised for change.
There are huge questions, though, about how subsidies should be shared and administered; and about what sort of countryside people want.
Re-wilding campaigners want much of the uplands to be left unsubsidised - to return to forests that will catch flood waters and nurture wildlife without public subsidy.
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Wow down to about a week left! Don't forget to bring a Frisbee for the golf, meet at the flag pole. last chance to get another ticket!


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California's 2010 almond acreage is estimated at 825,000 acres, up 2 percent from the 2009 acreage of 810,000, according to an annual growers' survey conducted by the National Agricultural Statistics Service's Field Office in Sacramento, Calif.
Of the total 2010 acreage, 740,000 acres were bearing and 85,000 acres were non-bearing.
Preliminary bearing acreage for 2011 is estimated at 750,000 acres, NASS reports.
Nonpareil continued to be the leading variety followed by Butte, Carmel, and Monterey. The Padre and Aldrich varieties showed significant acreage increases.
Kern, Fresno, Merced and Stanislaus are the leading counties. These four counties had 64 percent of the total bearing acreage, unchanged from the previous year.


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I started this blog three years (or so) ago…and I found myself looking back through old blogs and remembering how interesting life was and what a badass I really was.
The three things I talked about most when I started this blog were:
the Future
Shows were my passion and my life…and when I stopped working shows my life started to fall apart. Its as simple as that. Maybe I'm like a show shark…Sharks die if they stop moving…and I shrivel up into a husk of a person if I'm not working.
Running was my release and a way that I briefly captured a hot bod. If I found myself dealing with emotional issues or I just needed to get away I'd pound on the treadmill or go run outside. It wasn't perfect but it worked.
The Future was a murky murky mess like pond water. I had a path that people thought I should follow and I had a path that I knew in my heart I wanted to follow, I just never thought I'd be able to convince everyone I needed to follow it.
and now….
Shows: I relocated as you all well know, and I'm living in a better place with more opportunities – and I'm WORKING THIS WEEKEND!!! SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.
Nope, not excited at all.
Running: my friend Jenn and I are running a 5k at the end of April, so I figured it might be good to start training sometime…We ran last weekend and unfortunately it snowed 2 inches here in town so it doesn't look like we'll be running this weekend, but I'm happy to have realized I can still do it.
The Future: Looks pretty good these days.
and now an update on 201 books in 2011 – I'm on book #4 for this year.
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Wednesday, July 25, 2012
The 'A Year of Projects' project
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Ooh I've joined this too. I love the projects you've got on the go! The lacey tablecloth motifs are gorgeous!ReplyDelete
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Welcome to YOP. Awesome list! I always find your use of color very inspiring, so I'm looking forward to watching your projects unfold!ReplyDelete
130 out of 600 squares ... you are one crazy woman!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (in the nicest possibly way).ReplyDelete
Good luck with your Year of Projects, I think it's an excellent way to keep on track with things that you want to achieve.
I am totally exhausted just thinking about your list!! The tablecloth motifs are lovely. Did you make them up? xxxReplyDelete
All your projects are very inspiring! I will have to check out that group on Ravelry. Love that gorgeous pile of sock yarn.ReplyDelete
Wow, you're going to be busy but your list is lovely. I will look forward to seeing these great projects.ReplyDelete
I am inspired by your blog! and enjoyed by your work! pleace tell when you know what to do with the sockyarn ;0)ReplyDelete
Welcome to YoP!!! That's a great list and I love your sock yarn stash - there are a couple of amazing balls there *drool*ReplyDelete
Welcome to the group. You've got an impressive list going. Wow, sooooooooooo many squares. Love the knitted magic square? Never heard of a magic square, is it like a Mitered Square?ReplyDelete
Great list, and I love the sock yarn, its so bright and colourful.ReplyDelete
Wow! I came across your list today just as I was thinking about what I've made in my first year since learning to crochet and what to make next.... The projects you have going are beautiful and I hope you get to complete the list - it's seriously inspiring!ReplyDelete
Love the colours of the sock yarn you have too (also slightly jealous!) :)
I love your blog. I've been a fan of Lucy over at Attic24 and you both remind of each other so much. Where can I find the pattern for the Colourful Lacey Tablecloth flower? I love it and am too new to crochet to figure it out on my own :).ReplyDelete
Thanks so much, Jaymie
Thank you for taking the time to add your comment, I love to receive comments and read them all, even if I don't get around to responding to you, I am just not that organised!


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Canned hot peppers add flavor and variety to salads and other foods. They can be prepared at home, and have a long shelf life of about 12 months, requiring no refrigeration. However, care must be taken to add the contents in proper measure and must be packed with lots of "head space" to get the desirable taste and flavor.
Pick peppers that are fresh, tender and crispy. Limp and old peppers will not be able to soak the oils properly and will start smelling bad after they have been canned.
Cut the peppers to remove their seeds and the core. Small peppers could be left as whole while larger one's could be halved or quartered.
Blister the peppers to remove their skin. Blistering is the process of frying the cut peppers, skins down, in a medium hot frying pan. The skins turn brown and tender and are easy to peel.
Place the peppers in a pan and cover with a damp cloth. This process cools the peppers and also makes it easier to peel them.
Mix vinegar, water, salt, sugar and garlic in a saucepan and boil for about 10 minutes.
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A new furniture store which will replace an iconic Doncaster building will open its doors on Boxing Day.
Furniture Barn will be unveiled to the public for the first time on December 26.
The store has been built within the former Miller Bros showroom on Shaw Lane which had fallen into disrepair following the electrical chain's closure more than five years ago.
The family-owned business, which was formed in Market Harborough in 1964, specialises in selling high quality affordable furniture including beds, tables and bedroom furniture.
The store said it would kick off its opening with sale offers and has created more than 20 jobs.


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How Can You Prevent Summer Learning Loss? [AUDIO]
The lazy days of summer can take on a whole new meaning for students who can actually suffer learning loss when their minds aren't engaged in academic activities.
Research shows that children learn best when instruction is continuous.
The long summer break stops the rhythm of instruction which can result in forgetting material and may require extensive review when students return to school in September. But, summer doesn't have to set your children back.
"You often see parents exploring enrichment programs during the summer, which include math, science and technology camps and there are even a lot of do-it-yourself projects that you can find online," said Mike Yaple of the New Jersey School Boards Association. "Many districts do have summer reading requirements and these days, we're even seeing some schools asking students to complete summer math assignments."
"It doesn't take a lot. Even if you just make your children read for 15 minutes a day, it helps," said Yaple. "In September, a lot of effort is placed in the classroom on catching children up academically. These days, parents often want to give their children as much of an advantage as they can. So, you do see them really buying into the concept of summer reading and math. There's definitely been a shift in expectations over the years and you see a lot of parents wanting to keep their children involved so they have an academic edge so to speak."
"Many schools post ideas online on how to keep children involved over the summer so they don't fall behind. It's been tough for many schools over the past couple of years because budgets have been so tight. When cuts are necessary, usually summer enrichment programs are the first to go," said Yaple.


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Everything You Need To Know About Defaulting On Business Loans
Defaulting on business loans often have the same results including Merchant Cash Advances and Small Business Administration loans. The manner in which you communicate with your creditors determines the action that will be take against you. Below, our experts answer a few common questions that may come to mind when you have defaulted on business loans.
When Have You Officially Defaulted On Business Loans?
Creditors often have their own criteria that indicates when you are in default on a loan. While some take action after one missed payment, others will wait months. Creditors usually contact anyone who has defaulted on a loan, and as the clock ticks, the communication will become more intense.
As opposed to traditional type loans, if you are using an invoice factoring facility the default instances may be different. Invoice factoring facilities depend on your invoicing and defaults may occur by raising fake invoices, miss-directing payments or deliberately financing an invoice that you know won't get paid.
While some creditors will automatically place defaults on your credit file, others will move straight on to appointing third party collections or receivers to take control of your businesses cash flow and assets in order to immediately start realizing money to be repaid to the creditor.
Can A Creditor Take My Possessions As Repayment?
With respect to secured loans, you have to put up some sort of collateral to qualify for the loan. Thus if you default, you are likely to lose that collateral.
Obviously, creditors are in the business of recovering the loan as well as the interest. Sometimes small loans require collateral in order to qualify for the loan, and if the creditor is unable to recover the loan from you, they may sell the collateral.
In terms of an invoice factoring facility, the security is included in your invoicing, and if the default is serious, these creditors will appoint a third party receiver to collect the funds on their behalf. Business owners need to be aware of this, as this is a very powerful method of collecting. It may be helpful to communicate with the creditor if you believe that you may default on a loan, as creditors often prefer not to take this route if it can be avoided.
What About Unsecured Business Loans?
If you did not have to put up any security for the loan, then it is considered unsecured. In these instances, if you are in default, the creditor may begin adding fees and increasing the interest rate. If you are in default, the creditor usually turns it over to a third party collections agency. In the event that the agency is unsuccessful in recovering the loan repayment, they may take the matter to court and pursue avenues like garnishing wages or perusing personal guarantees of the Directors. This may often lead to your personal assets being at risk.
Are There Problems After Defaulting On Business Loans?
Your personal credit score may drop substantially after defaulting on a loan if a creditor elects to report it, which will make it difficult to secure a loan in the future. Irrespective of whether you have started a new company, if you are a Director of a company that has had a receiver or liquidator appointed this will stay on the record. It is likely, that if a creditor is willing to take the risk on someone who has previously been in default on a loan, the interest rate will be higher than it would be for someone with good credit.
How Can I avoid Defaulting On Business Loans?
If you believe that your business is going to default on a loan, it's best to immediately get in touch with the creditor before the situation gets worse. The creditor wants to get paid, even if repayment takes longer than the original term of the loan and may be willing to arrange a payment schedule that works for you both.
Another option may to seek the advice of a great business debt lawyer who may be able to assist you. If you have already missed payments, you may file a Chapter 11 bankruptcy. If you prefer to avoid filing bankruptcy, you can enter into debt settlement deals or debt negotiations.


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Become an Adult Helper
Within Scouts, we encourage all parents to get involved. There are a few different ways parents can help, and in most cases, even to attend Scouting events you need to have a Working with Vulnerable People (WWVP) card. This is the law and it's for the protection of your children.
Please find attached below the forms you need to complete to be involved as an Adult Helper.
The Application for Adult Membership (known as the Adult Helper form) will allow you to attend more than two meetings (including bush walks), help with car pooling, and stay overnight on camps. This can be downloaded below, and includes the PED form mentioned below.
The Working with Vulnerable People (WWVP) card can be obtained through Canberra Connect. It's free to apply and usually takes around 2-3 weeks to arrive in the mail. You can complete the application form online here:
Then you submit the form at a Canberra Connect storefront (where they will take a photo of you for your WWVP card). Please tell your leader when your WWVP card arrives.
The PED (Prohibited Employment Declaration) form which will allow the adult helper to accompany our youth on trips into NSW (which for us Canberrans is reasonably often).
Ways you can help
The most important aspect of parent involvement is the encouragement you give to your child. The boys and girls who get the most out of Scouting are those who put the most into it. All children have times when they need a gentle push, and certainly times when they need some help. This is where you come in.
If your child wants to do some test-passing or earn a badge, please go through the requirements and check that he or she has the knowledge needed and that all aspects of the test are covered. If your child hasn't done anything for a while, you may need to offer some extra encouragement to get started. The pride on their faces when they come to the front of the parade to receive their badges makes the effort well worthwhile.
Scouting is a voluntary organisation, and we do rely heavily on parent support.
The support given will depend on the individual circumstances of each family. Areas in which regular help is needed are:
"Scouts is NOT a baby sitting club, your participation is vital to its existence".
Vacant roles at Air Scouts
We have a number of vacant roles at Air Scouts and a summary of the roles can be downloaded below. Some of them are specific to a section (e.g. Cubs) but some roles support Air Scouts Canberra at a Group level. You can be involved as a Leader, Trainee, Helper, or Supporter.
Air Scouts Canberra is urgently recruiting for Leaders in the Cub and Joey sections. Please speak to the current section leader if you are able to get involved.


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When the Chickens Revolt!on September 30, 2011 at 11:44 AM
Here it is. I'm very excited to present to you all my new webcomic collaboration with Sam Kieth! Both Sam and myself have been talking about collaborating on a project for a couple of years now. We have traded a few paintings, and we've been working on those, (I've even finished one piece that I've incorporated to one of our future "Chickens" strips).
The comic was born out of a casual phone conversation one afternoon. We were probably both raging about how art is stupid and everybody sucks…typical artist talk, and for some reason, I don't remember why, I half-assed threw out the idea of a webcomic. You see, I've been wanting to do a comic with Sam for quite a while. I probably thought this would be a good way to get that started. I took the idea from an art teacher I had when I was a teenager, Bill Koeb. As a way of introducing everybody to each other, he started at one end of the room with a sheet of paper, asked the first person to draw one panel, then pass it to the next person, and they would draw their panel based on the one before, then he/she would pass it down, and so on.
So I put that on the table, thinking that since we're both always tied up with something, we can do a strip just like that. In Sam's free time, he freestyles a page, then I take what he does, then I would freestyle something that continues the story. I'm a fan of spontaneous storytelling. I used to love some of Moebius' straight pen to paper comics, so I thought why the hell not!
So here it is. We're rocking shit out. It might be total nonsense, it might not be. It's an experiment, and we don't owe you shit!


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Happy Sunday,
This blog post was inspired by my inner-child =). I use to get a quick fix of crafting on a regular basis with my 2nd cousin Danielle, but since moving I thought I would send some ideas out her way & your way!! Here are some fairly quick and easy Halloween kid crafts. #2 is one of my favorites, I use to wear this on a regular basis when I was in grade school =) =)
#2 Candy Wrapper Hair Bow by DoodleCraft
#4 Hanging Toilet Paper Roll Bats by All Free Kids Craft
#5 Q-Tip Skeleton by sheknows
#6 Paper Cup Spiders by Craftown.com
#7 Halloween Spook Banner by Organize & Decorate Everything
#8 Haunting Halloween Luminaries by All Free Kids Crafts
#9 Coffee Filter Bat by Fun-A-Day
# 10 Friendly Pumpkin Designs (construction paper, glue, rhinestones, washi tape, fabric, felt, sharpie, glitter, stickers, googly eyes, ribbon ) I feel a pumpkin decorating contest brewing =)
#11 Eyeball Bouquet by Crafts n Coffee
#12 Sweet Treat = Fall Pretzel Bites by Dishin & Dhishes
#13 Dia De Los Muertos Halloween Shirt by Martha Stewart
#14 Paper Plate Door Wreath by I heart arts n crafts
# 15 3-D Spider Web by Kiwi Crate
Happy Crafting!!
Kelley B.
ps. feel free to post a pic of your creepy creations =)