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|Martian Manhunter
The Martian Manhunter by artist Alex Ross.
|Publication information
|DC Comics
|First appearance
|Detective Comics (vol. 1) #225 (Nov. 1955)
|Created by
|Joseph Samachson
Joe Certa
|In-story information
|Alter ego
|J'onn J'onzz\John Jones
|Green Martian
|Place of origin
|Team affiliations
|Justice League
|Notable aliases
|John Jones
|This article's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed. (January 2013)
|Martian Manhunter
The Martian Manhunter by artist Alex Ross.
|Publication information
|DC Comics
|First appearance
|Detective Comics (vol. 1) #225 (Nov. 1955)
|Created by
|Joseph Samachson
Joe Certa
|In-story information
|Alter ego
|J'onn J'onzz\John Jones
|Green Martian
|Place of origin
|Team affiliations
|Justice League
|Notable aliases
|John Jones
The Martian Manhunter (J'onn J'onzz) is a fictional character, a superhero that appears in comic books published by DC Comics. Created by writer Joseph Samachson and artist Joe Certa, the character first appeared in Detective Comics #225 "The Manhunter From Mars" in August–September 1953.[1] Like his ally and friend, Superman, the character is known for being one of the core members of the Justice League of America (JLA).
J'onn J'onzz has featured in other DC Comics-endorsed products, such as video games, television series, animated films, or merchandise like action figures and trading cards.
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The Martian Manhunter (J'onn J'onzz) debuted in the back-up story "The Strange Experiment of Dr. Erdel" in Detective Comics #225 (Nov. 1955), written by Joseph Samachson and illustrated by Joe Certa. The character is a green-skinned extraterrestrial humanoid from the planet Mars, who is pulled to earth by an experimental teleportation beam (originally presented as an attempted communication device) constructed by Dr. Saul Erdel. The Martian tells Erdel where he is from, and is told that to send him back will require the Computer Brain's thinking plot to be changed. The shock of the encounter kills Dr. Erdel and leaves J'onn with no method of returning home. The character decides to fight crime while waiting for Martian technology to advance to a stage that will enable his rescue. To that end, he adopts the identity of John Jones, a detective in the fictional Middletown, U.S.A.[2] He is thought to have been inspired by a story in Batman #78 where a Martian lawman comes to Earth and teams up with Batman and Robin to capture the Stranger, a Martian criminal called Quork who has stolen a spaceship and come to Earth.
During this period, the character and his back story differ in some minor and some significant ways from modern treatments. Firstly, as with his counterpart, the Silver Age Superman, J'onzz's power range is poorly defined, and his powers expand over time as the plot demands. The addition of precognitive abilities (Detective Comics #226) is quickly followed by telepathy and flight,[3][4] "Atomic vision", super-hearing,[5] and many other powers. In addition, his customary weakness to fire is only manifested when he is in his native Martian form.
A more significant difference is that at this time, there is no suggestion that Mars is a dead planet or that the character is the last of his kind. Many of the tales of the time feature either Martian technology or the appearance of other Martian characters. Detective Comics #236 (October 1956), for example, features the character making contact with the planet Mars and his parents.
J'onzz eventually reveals his existence to the world, after which he operates openly as a superhero and becomes a charter member of the Justice League (JLA). During the character's initial few years as a member of the Justice League, he is often used as a substitute for Superman in stories (just as Green Arrow was, for Batman) as DC Comics were worried about using their flagship characters too often in Justice League stories, fearing overexposure.[6] The Martian and the archer inaugurated the team-up format of The Brave and the Bold.[7] J'onzz appears there one other time, working with fellow JLA-er the Flash.[8] In some stories he is shown travelling through space at near-light speed[9] or to other planets.[10]
The detective John Jones is ostensibly killed in action by the Idol Head of Diabolu, an artifact which generates supernatural monsters. J'onn abandons the civilian identity as he decides fighting this new menace will take a great deal of his time.[11] At this point his feature moves to House of Mystery, where J'onn spends the next few years in battle against the Idol Head.[12] Shortly after its defeat he takes the persona of Marco Xavier in order to infiltrate the international crime cartel known as VULTURE, which he defeats in the final installment of his original series.[13]
As Superman and Batman were allowed by DC to become fully active members of the Justice League, J'onzz's appearances there dwindled. He last participated in a mission in his original tenure in #61 (March 1968), shortly before his solo series was discontinued (HoM #173, May–June 1968). In #71, his people finally came to Earth for him, and he left with them to found and become leader of New Mars. However, over the next fifteen years J'onn appeared sporadically in various DC titles.
In 1972, Superman was teleported to New Mars.[14] J'onzz briefly returned to Earth by spaceship in 1975.[15] J'onn made another trip to Earth shortly thereafter,[16] leading to Superman and Batman fighting alongside him on New Mars.[17] Three years later, he was discovered playing cosmic-level chess with Despero, using JLA-ers as the pieces.[18] The Martian again encountered Superman in outer space.[19] He permanently resurfaced in the DC Universe in 1984.[20] Shortly thereafter, the League had several members resign (among many other changes), leaving an opening for the Manhunter to take.[21] In staying on Earth, he decided to revive his John Jones identity, this time as a private detective, but had to explain his twenty-year "disappearance".[22] This contradicts J'onzz's final story in the back of Detective Comics, wherein everyone was led to believe that Jones was killed.[11]
In early 1987 DC revamped its struggling Justice League of America series by re-launching the title as Justice League International. This new series, written by Keith Giffen and J.M. DeMatteis with art by Kevin Maguire (and later Adam Hughes), added quirky humor to the team's stories. J'onn is present from the first issue and within the stories is used as a straight man for other characters in comical situations. The series also added a number of elements to his back story that have remained to the present (such as J'onn's obsession with Oreo cookies, partially due to Captain Marvel's influence).
The 1988 four issue miniseries Martian Manhunter by J.M. DeMatteis and Mark Badger further redefined the character and changed a number of important aspects of both his character and his origin story. It is revealed that Dr. Erdel did not die and that the character's humanoid appearance was due to physiological trauma and attempts to block out the death of his race, his familiar appearance a "compromise" between his true form and a human appearance based upon Erdel's mental concept of what a Martian should look like. Later series use retroactive continuity (retcon) to establish that his real form is private and that, even on Mars, his "public" appearance was the familiar version. The native name for Mars is said to be "Ma'aleca'andra" in his native tongue (a nod to "Malacandra", the name used by the inhabitants of Mars in C. S. Lewis' novel Out of the Silent Planet, though neither J'onzz nor the planet itself resemble Lewis's conception). The series also adds to canon the idea that J'onzz was not only displaced in space but in time and the Martian race, including J'onzz's wife and daughter, has been dead for thousands of years.
The 1990s saw the character continue to serve in many different versions of the Justice League of America. In addition to serving in the League under his own identity, he also joins (under duress) disguised as "Bloodwynd".[23] Soon after, it is revealed that J'onn had accidentally bonded with Bloodwynd prior to his joining the League: J'onn assumed the physical form and manner of Bloodwynd, while Bloodwynd himself was transported to the inside of his "Blood Gem." They were separated[24] and both continued their associations with the League.
The 1992 miniseries American Secrets is set in the character's past, exploring a previously unrevealed adventure against the backdrop of a changing America during the 1950s. Written by Gerard Jones and with art by Eduardo Barreto, the series finds the Manhunter drawn into a murder mystery that rapidly escalates into paranoia and alien invasion.
In 1997, J'onn became a founding member of Grant Morrison and Howard Porter's spectacularly popular new JLA where the team fought a group of White Martians, the Hyperclan.
Martian Manhunter began as an ongoing series in 1998, written by John Ostrander and illustrated by Tom Mandrake (with fill-in art provided by Bryan Hitch among others). The series lasted 36 issues before being canceled due to low sales. Ostrander established that Martian Manhunter is the most recognized hero in the Southern Hemisphere, and that he maintains a number of different secret identities, many of them outside the United States. However, following two incidents later in the series in which John Jones separates from Martian Manhunter[volume & issue needed], he decides to focus on his original human identity and retire the others.
The series establishes that J'onn has a disturbed brother, Ma'alefa'ak, who uses his shape shifting abilities to pose as J'onn, capturing and torturing Jemm, Son of Saturn, and terraforming part of Earth to resemble Mars (areoforming). This is all part of a grand plan designed to convince the rest of the Justice League that J'onn has turned into a sociopath. However, J'onn is able to clear his name and defeat Ma'alefa'ak despite having most of his body destroyed in an exploding spaceship (he is later[volume & issue needed] able to regenerate his body from his severed hand).
The series also further established the history of both the Manhunter and the Saturnian race. The first issue revealed that there was a "real" human John Jones, a police detective who is murdered by corrupt colleagues, and that J'onn subsequently assumed his identity to complete an important court case.
In issues of JLA written by Joe Kelly,[25] J'onn attempts to conquer his fear of fire and makes a deal with a flame-wielding villainess named Scorch, who wants J'onzz' telepathic help in dealing with her own mental issues. The story served to redefine his traditional aversion to fire—he is now invulnerable to flames unless they are "flames of passion" or of some other "psychic significance." This change is forgotten about in later series and adventures[citation needed].
During the lead-up to the Infinite Crisis miniseries, the character is feared to have been killed in an attack on the Justice League's HQ.[26] He is later revealed to be alive and a captive of Alexander Luthor, Jr.[27] After Infinite Crisis, most of DC's series jumped ahead one year, having the weekly series 52 fill in the missing time. In 52 #24, it is revealed that the character has been working behind the scenes in an unsuccessful attempt to destroy Checkmate for its role in the death of Ted Kord.
Several weeks before World War III the Martian Manhunter disguises himself as a young girl and tries to defeat Black Adam telepathically in Bialya. He is defeated by being exposed to Adam's darkest memories and flees Earth. The miniseries WW III is told from his perspective. Using these events as a catalyst, DC Comics redesigned the appearance of the character, changing his costume and giving him an appearance that more closely resembles that of his Martian form. Those changes were further explored during a Martian Manhunter limited series that spun out of the DCU: Brave New World one-shot. Written by A.J. Lieberman with art from Al Barrionuevo and Bit, the series portrayed a Manhunter more mistrustful of humanity and their actions towards each other. The miniseries focuses on J'onn's search for other survivors of Mars.
Following this miniseries, J'onn was intended to be in Outsiders[citation needed]. He appeared in the third issue of the Outsiders: Five of a Kind series with Thunder, and joined the team afterwards. Due to the change of writers, he was quickly written out within the last two issues[citation needed]. He was next seen working undercover during the events of the limited series Salvation Run.[28] At the end of the series, J'onn is left captured and alone on an alien planet.
In Final Crisis #1 (2008), written by Grant Morrison the character is killed, with the death being further developed in the one-shot, Final Crisis: Requiem. The character next appears in the Blackest Night storyline as a Black Lantern[29][30] At the end of the miniseries, the character is resurrected.[31] Following this, the character is featured in the weekly Brightest Day series. During the series, J'onn encounters another surviving green Martian: D'kay D'razz, a scarred and warped psychopath who wants J'onn to be her mate.[32]
In Brightest Day he is a very prominent character, finding a water source on Mars and meeting and talking with the daughter of Dr. Erdel, Melissa. J'onn is depicted tucking her into bed in a retirement home, in the form of her father.[33] He later appears at Erdel's old lab. However, plant life starts to die every time he gets near. Later still, J'onn goes to see M'gann M'orzz in Australia during her mediation search, but finds her beaten and tied up.[34] While tending to her, he is contacted by the Entity, who instructs him to burn down the newly formed forest.[35] When J'onn asks M'gann who did this to her, M'gann says she was attacked by a female green Martian. After this, J'onn senses something in Star City.[36] J'onn arrives in Star City's new forest and attempts to complete his task; however, he is stopped from doing that by the Entity. The Entity reveals to him that the newly formed forest J'onn is to burn down is on Mars. After J'onn lashes out Star City's forest, he returns home.[37] During this same time period, J'onn is found by Green Arrow, who attacks J'onn after mistaking him for some sort of monster. After being knocked unconscious and dragged out of the forest by Green Arrow, J'onn explains that the forest somehow tampered with his Martian shape-shifting abilities and temporarily drove him mad.[38] When J'onn arrives home, he sees his planet covered in a newly formed forest on Mars.[39]
When J'onn enters his home, he is confronted by a female green Martian named D'kay D'razz, the green Martian who attacked M'gann. D'kay explains her origins and wants to be J'onn's mate. J'onn refuses and learns that she is a psychopath when D'kay angrily lashes out to attack and enters his mind. J'onn tries to resist influence from D'kay's mind, but her control over his mind tempts him with visions of a fantasy world where all the Martians and J'onn's family are resurrected by the Entity.[32] While re-united with his lost family, J'onn discovers that they are false and realizes that they are a ruse and the death corpse is carved of Martian symbols of love and hate from D'kay's influence. J'onn arrives vengeful and wrings D'kay's neck in disgust.[40] J'onn defeats D'kay by forcing her into the sun, saved from the same fate by the White Lantern Entity, who informs him that his mission has been accomplished, and returns his life to him. The Entity then tells J'onn to choose between Mars and Earth. J'onn chooses Earth and returns to his adopted home world only to be absorbed into the Earth by the Entity as "part of the plan."[41]
When the "Dark Avatar" makes his presence known, J'onn is revealed to be one of the Elementals. Martian Manhunter is transformed by the Entity to become the element of Earth in order to protect the Star City forest from the "Dark Avatar", which appears to be the Black Lantern version of the Swamp Thing.[42] The Elementals are then fused with the body of Alec Holland in order for Holland to be transformed by the Entity into the new Swamp Thing and battle against the Dark Avatar. After the Dark Avatar is defeated, Swamp Thing restores J'onn to normal. Afterward, J'onn helps Melissa (daughter of Dr. Erdel) remove the piece from her head after she loses her mind.[43]
In 2011, DC relaunched its continuity following its Flashpoint company-wide crossover as part of its "The New 52" publishing event, which saw the cancellation and relaunch of all DC titles. In the new continuity, J'onn appears is reintroduced as a member of the covert Stormwatch organization, which had previously appeared exclusively in comics set in DC's Wildstorm Comics imprint.[44] J'onn is initially stated as being an ex-Justice League member in Stormwatch #1,[45] before the phrase "with the Justice League" is retconned as shorthand for being a public superhero, with J'onn saying he never tried to join the League due to his commitments to Stormwatch. This same position is stated by J'onn again in Legion Lost #6.[46] However, later Justice League comics show that J'onn was indeed a member of the league for a time.[47][48] Later, DC chose to move Martian Manhunter to its Justice League of America title, a spin-off from Justice League. In Stormwatch #12, J'onn quits the team and uses his telepathy to erase his existence from the minds of his Stormwatch teammates.[49] The version of Stormwatch of which J'onn was a member was later retconned from DC continuity altogether in Stormwatch #19, which introduced a wholly new cast after a time travel incident, leaving J'onn's history with the group uncertain.
In Justice League of America, the Martian Manhunter is a member of the US government-sponsored Justice League, taking orders from Amanda Waller and Steve Trevor.[50] Like other members of the team, he has been selected as a counterpart for a member of the independent Justice League, should they ever go rogue; J'onn is Superman's counterpart.[51] He also appears in Justice League; when Despero assaults the Watchtower, he is mentioned by Firestorm as having been a member of the Justice League when it initially fought with Despero. When Despero incapacitates Firestorm, Element Woman, and the Atom, Martian Manhunter appears and defeats him with a telepathic assault. Working with his JLA colleagues in Justice League of America, he investigates the activities of the Secret Society of Super Villains, led by the Outsider. Later, the two leagues meet, along with the supernaturally powered Justice League Dark in the "Trinity War" crossover storyline because of a diplomatic crisis in Khandaq triggered by the young superhero Shazam. The three leagues are gathered together when the Outsider reveals himself to be an evil counterpart of Batman's butler Alfred Pennyworth, from Earth-Three, and witnesses the arrival of Earth-Three's evil Justice League's counterparts, the Crime Syndicate. The three leagues are roundly defeated, and the Martian Manhunter is trapped inside the Firestorm matrix along with his colleagues by Firestorm's evil counterpart Deathstorm.
The Martian Manhunter possesses a wide variety of superhuman powers—including advanced telepathy, shape, size, and phase-shifting, directed energy attacks, x-ray vision, invisibility, flight, density control, forcefield projection, and super-human speed, strength and endurance.
In the current DC continuity, many of his powers are similar to those of Superman, including superhuman strength close to that of Superman, flight, invulnerability, vortex breath, and "Martian Vision" (a term designating both the ability to see through solid objects and the ability to project beams of energy from his eyes). Superman once said of the Manhunter, "He is the most powerful being on the face of the Earth".[52]
The Martian Manhunter can project energy beams from his eyes referred to as "Martian Beams", the exact effects of which have varied in different decades from incendiary effects, to concussive impacts, and disintegration.
The Martian Manhunter possesses the power of shapeshifting, which he employs for various effects (adopting human or monstrous appearance, elongating his limbs, growing to immense size, altering the chemical composition of his body, etc.). His default form during JLA meetings and in public is a "human-friendly" version of his actual birth shape.
J'onn is capable of phase shifting, becoming intangible to pass harmlessly through solid objects. He can also use this ability to phase through people and machines in order to damage them or cause pain. He can also render himself invisible, and he originally acted as an invisible hero or unknown "angel", helping those in need without revealing himself. In the Silver Age story "The Unmasking of J'onn J'onzz" he lost the ability to use his other powers while invisible and was revealed to the world as a Martian superhero, although his civilian identity of John Jones remained a secret.[53]
He is a powerful telepath, capable of both perceiving the thoughts of others and of projecting his own thoughts. He often acts as a "switchboard" between the minds of his teammates in order to coordinate the Justice League's actions. The extent of his telepathic abilities is great; several times he has connected his mind to the entire population of Earth, such as in JLA Volume 1, Issue 85 (2003) in the Trial by Fire story arc. In this J'onn connects to the whole population of Earth in order to find a rogue telepath who has been brainwashing prominent criminals and political figures.
J'onn is capable of absorbing energy beams and waves. He also has telekinesis, allowing him to move objects with his mind, which he described as "molecular hypnosis" and "Martian mind-over-matter".[54] The inner valves and chambers inside the Martian Manhunter's air canals are very dense and greatly enhanced, allowing him to create strong hurricane force winds just by exhaling sending pressured air out.[55]
He has demonstrated regenerative abilities, once able to regenerate his entire body from only his severed head, but with great strain. (Due to the loss of mass, he found it necessary to incorporate new matter from sand.)[56] Early appearances of the character show him as able to breathe underwater; he displayed this power when he encountered Zauriel in the sea of San Francisco in JLA #6. The Manhunter has sometimes been said to possess nine senses, but these additional senses are poorly defined and generally ignored by most writers[citation needed].
Aside from his superhuman powers, the Manhunter is also a skilled and very capable detective. As Batman mentions in his file, "in many ways, Martian Manhunter is like an amalgam of Superman and the Dark Knight himself."[57][clarification needed]
One of the Martian Manhunter's signature traits is his vulnerability to fire. Although it has been an element of the character since his earliest appearances, writers have depicted it with inconsistency throughout the character's long career.
In his earliest appearances, the character was shown as having a weakness to fire while in his native Martian form.[58] Over time, this was developed into the character having pyrophobia, with fire being the Martian's "Achilles heel", equivalent to Superman's weakness to Kryptonite. Exposure to fire typically causes J'onn to lose his ability to maintain his physical form, "melting" into a pool of writhing green plasma. One portrayal explained that the flame weakness was tied into Martian telepathy, with fire causing so much chaos in Martian minds that they collapse[volume & issue needed]. Most recently it was revealed, during the Trial By Fire storyline,[59] that the Martian weakness to fire is a built-in psychosomatic effect, placed in the Martian race long ago by the Guardians of the Universe. The purpose of this was to prevent the Martians from reverting to a previous evolutionary state in which they were highly aggressive, on the verge of interstellar conquest, and required flames and the psychic suffering of others in order to reproduce. At the end of the arc, this weakness to mundane fire was removed, with J'onn explaining that now only fires of "psychic significance" could cause harm to him, such as flames of a magical or pyrokinetic nature.
During the Fernus storyline, Batman noted that Martian shapeshifting was an instantaneous reflex based around the psychic study of others, allowing J'onn to adapt rapidly to any opponents physiology or fighting style. This put the Manhunter at a slight disadvantage when faced with Plastic Man, who is immune to telepathy (being inorganic) and who has no set fighting style, but is instead described as "Inspiration given form" a completely spontaneous and unpredictable being.
The following are enemies of the Martian Manhunter:
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Within the publications of DC Comics, many alternate versions of the characters have appeared. Some of those have appeared in stories that set within the shared fictional DC Universe and others in self-contained stories.
Those alternative versions have appeared in a range of genres and time periods and many appear in Elseworlds stories featuring a Justice League, including JLA: The Nail, JLA: Act of God, Justice Riders, the fantasy-themed League of Justice, the World War II-set JSA: The Liberty Files, and John Arcudi's dark JLA: Destiny which features a world without Superman or Batman. Other notable stories provide a more pessimistic future for the character.
Kingdom Come features a J'onn mentally shattered from his attempts to understand humanity by attempting to open his mind to all human thoughts at once. He is now apparently stuck in his human form, demonstrating no flight or superhuman strength and possesses no apparent control over his phasing abilities; requiring Batman to hold up his coffee cup as his hands pass through it. He is however still shown to possess some limited control over his remaining telepathy and at Batman's request makes a mind scan of Captain Marvel, the effort of which is shown to very nearly overwhelm him. Despite showing a willingness to stay and continue aiding Batman in his cause, Batman tells him to go and rest, saying he has earned it more than any other of the original Justice League members. Given his lack of a physical body it is unlikely (though never stated or shown) that he participated in the Battle of the Gulag and thus presumably survived.
In the Grant Morrison penned series, DC One Million, a version of the character is shown merging with Mars and turning it into a home for humanity and other races.
On Earth-3, the many-membered Crime Society of America exists, with a monstrous version of J'onn J'onzz showcased.[60]
When it came to "The New 52" during the "Forever Evil" storyline, Pandora was transported to Earth 3 upon the Crime Syndicate arriving on Prime-Earth. She has an encounter with Earth 3's Martian Manhunter who is badly injured and begs to know whether the rest of the Crime Syndicate made it through the portal. The Crime Syndicate had left him behind so that his wounds wouldn't slow them down. They were seeking another world after their world was destroyed. They knew there was another universe waiting to be conquered. Horrified, Pandora demands to know how she can get back to prevent that conquest, but the Earth 3 Martian Manhunter dies in her arms.[61]
In the Antimatter Universe where that universe's version of the Crime Syndicate resided as seen in JLA: Earth-2, Martian Manhunter's antimatter reality counterpart is a White Martian and was Ultraman's chief rival until Ultraman killed him.[62]
Countdown to Adventure #1 depicts the Forerunner planet, in an alternate universe (Earth-48) where the races of the planets and dwarf planets in the universe conquer Earth; the leader of the Martian army and populace is General J'onzz.
Frank Miller's dystopian The Dark Knight Strikes Again has a powerless alcoholic J'onn, his powers lost due to nanites in his brain hindering his abilities, murdered by Joker/Dick Grayson using fire.
In the alternate timeline of the Flashpoint event, J'onn J'onzz was teleported to Earth and held captive in one of the Outsider's research facilities. After studying and torturing J'onn, the Outsider then sold him to the Russian government, after which J'onn attacked them and took over the country.[63] He disguises himself as Blackout for undercover work against the Outsider. After a confrontation with the Outsider, J'onn's cover was blown when the Outsider tells him that Blackout has no skill.[64] During the battle, Outsider used the recovered teleportation technology device to trap J'onn. The Outsider then threatened J'onn to tell him about any future assassins, when J'onn refuses, the Outsider closed the teleport cutting J'onn in half killing him.[63]
There have been few parodies of Martian Manhunter made in recent times, due to the concentration on more well-known heroes like Superman and Batman.
IGN ranked the Martian Manhunter as the 43rd greatest comic book hero of all time describing him as one of the most sound members of the DC universe, and being maybe one of the most criminally underrated characters in comics.[69]


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Sometimes at night when I'm trying to sleep I obsess about things and people I have lost. There was a time a few years ago - like 2007 or 08 that seemed like some nightmare of loss. During that time, I lost my family's home, tons of stuff from the house, my mother, quite a few friends that moved to the coasts, my love (temporarily), and due to being bat-shit crazy and broke - I lost a ton of stuff to the pawn shop. Now it seems like the pawn shop has become some kind of nightmare destination. No matter what I'm thinking about having lost before nodding off - my dreams take me to the pawn shop.
Last night I dreamed that a friend was taking me to pick up things I'd pawned. It was simutaneously 2007 and now - the way dreams give you that unsure time frame. We went in and I was stressed because I lost my pawn ticket but I had an old one, my i.d, and a tattered birth certificate. I asked for my items and was embarassed that I couldn't remember everything I'd pawned. I had about $200 dollars with me and had no idea what I would be able to retrieve. So I asked for the one thing I knew I had to get: my Trace Elliott guitar amp half-stack. The lady went to the back and was gone for what seemed like hours. When she came back - she informed me that the amp had been put up for sale and sold to a guy using it as speakers in his car. I began sobbing and screamed that I'd been scammed. Then I saw my coffee maker sitting in the back with some gross guy pouring a cup from it. Somehow, in dreamland, I had managed to pawn my Cuisinart Brewstation (retails at about $90 bux). The same lady tells me that it had also been siezed and that it would cost $350 dollars to get back. At that point I ran out of the pawn shop and into traffic. Before getting hit, I woke up.
Out of all the serious, heavy shit I went through and people I lost - my dream-mind always goes back to that amp. Why? I almost feel guilty for not dreaming more of my mom and my friends who are gone. But you can't really help what you dream about, I guess.
I need to write this out somewhere - and I like reading other people's list - so here it goes. In no particular order of importance.
1. Quit smoking by the end of the month. I couldn't stick with my July target date because I couldn't get out of work for the the first couple of days. I also want to line it up w/ my cycle so that my hormones are at a decent level.
2. Start building a mobile DJ desk. I have the saw - I just need the materials and the vision.
3. Draw every day. I haven't been drawing much. The studio has been an oven since June and I've been parked in the living room too much w/out a sketch pad watching Battlestar Galactica.
4. Start playing guitar again. Simple. I need to plan on it instead of just wandering into the music room and playing AC/DC riffs for 5 mins every 2 months.
5. Begin Halloween crafts. I want to set up at the fall YART. Plus I like skulls.
6. Work on new stuff for my October show at Savages. I want to have all different stuff that people aren't expecting. I won't upload any process pictures because I want it to be a surprise.
7. Go to the doctor. Too many little problems are adding up to a lot of pain, worry, and burying-my-head-in-the-sand.
8. Complete a demo DJ mix to hand out. This is a lot tougher than it seems and I'm a little overwhelmed. Making mixtapes is my favorite thing in the world - and mixing one that represents my style and my dj skills is a dooooozie.
9. Put together and send out various packages and letters to friends that live far away. THIS MEANS YOU.
10. Paint Jim's cardboard dulcimer thingy that he built.
11. Set up and paint my yellow suitcase to carry my dj gear.
12. Use projector for a painting.
13. Get a new mohawk.


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Definition of understudy in English:
understudySyllabification: un·der·stud·y
Pronunciation: /ˈəndərˌstədē /
noun (plural understudies)
(In the theater) a person who learns another's role in order to be able to act as a replacement at short notice.
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- We should've just gotten an understudy for her role!
- They don't have an understudy to take that role right now.
- I was his understudy for a few years and I tried to learn as much as I could from him.
stand-in, substitute, replacement, reserve, fill-in, locum, proxy, backup, relief, standby, stopgap
informal sub, pinch-hitter
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Learn (a role) or the role played by (an actor): he had to understudy Prospero
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- Amy played Christine in the Millennium tour of Phantom, when she was understudying the role.
- Brian said: 'It puts her in a good place for understudying the lead roles and if things work out well she could find herself going on for a principal before too long.'
- He will understudy his successor who has an important role behind the scenes on the tour.
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Samsung UN65F7100
The F7100 series from Samsung takes away some of the features of the F8000 listed above at a little better price. It does not have the camera built in, or the higher level of Micro Dimming available on the F8000. But it does have the same design elements (almost no bezel) and in a very attractive silver color is one of the best looking TVs on the market. Contrast and black levels are still exceptionally high. 3D performance is great as well as Gaming. The 4-legged stand from 2012 accompanies this TV. Light flow through the clear coat screen is a huge positive.
Quick Specs
- 65" Diagonal Viewing Area
- Technology: LED Edge Lit
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Built in Web Browser, Wifi, and touch pad remote
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Samsung's Smart TV Apps Selection
Almost Frameless Design
3D Picture Quality
3D Glasses light and comfortable
Side Angle Viewing contrast is OK but better than other LEDs
Voice Interaction Browsing
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2011 Executive Auto Guide Volume Two
(page 7 of 13)
Tony Nissan
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John Kakazu
Fleet Manager
Tony Nissan
A triple threat to its competitors
The Altima is Nissan's bread and butter. The vehicle's looks, versatility and equipment options have a mass appeal to consumers. Nissan's sports car fits into the family lifestyle, providing two- or four-door options. The starting price is just under $20,000. Who can beat that in today's economical woes? This vehicle also has a sexier grille, new alloy wheels and a sports-package option – a triple threat to its competitors.
The all-new 2012 Nissan NV lineup focuses on customer needs and put 75 years of commercial vehicle heritage and reputation in building a reliable and durable working van.
The NV1500 offers a standard roof and a 261 HP, 4.0L V6 engine. This versatile work van is perfect for getting in and out of tight locations like car garages and drive-thrus, while delivering maximum storage and top class cabin space for its size.
The NV2500 HD takes customization to the next level. The model gives you the option to choose from standard or high roof van designs, and V6 or V8 engines. With the NV2500 HD, the versatile center console and power mirrors come standard.
The "big boy" of the group is the NV3500 HD, which boasts a 5.6L V8 engine standard and offers both standard and high roof options. With a final gear ratio of 3.54:1, you know you have the power to push, pull or carry your payload to get the job done.
"The Altima is sporty and good on gas, but I was pleasantly surprised with the remote keyless entry and push start button – my keys never leave my pocket! The mid-level model I purchased has power windows and seats, and lots of room in the front and back. I drive on the H-2 and H-3 every day, and the Altima has plenty of power for both. The Altima is an excellent value.
This is the third car I've bought from Tony Nissan and with good reason. The sales team is friendly and professional. I've never felt pressured to make a decision. I always get a fair price and I'm in and out of the dealership quickly."
- Paul Arakawa
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Heart Foundation Travel Grants, University Of Western Australia (Uwa)
Listed 2 years ago
Attention: this position might have been expired or removed by the publisher!
- Title
- Heart Foundation Travel Grants
- Description
Travel Grants are an exciting opportunity for the Heart Foundation to support the development of early career cardiovascular researchers. Travel Grants are available to support Australian researchers travelling to present their cardiovascular research at an conference overseas. They are also available to Indigenous health researchers travelling to present their research in Australia. Applicants are only eligible to recieved two grants in their pre- and post-doctoral training.
- Payment type
- Travel Grant
- Value
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- Value unit
- Grant
- Basis of award
- Academic Achievement, Research Publications
- Eligibility
- Please note there are internal UWA Closing dates for these grants. Applications submitted after these dates to the Graduate Research and Scholarships Office will not be accepted.
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Transformers 2 will release later this summer and with it will come a tidal wave of promotional crap. Fortunately, the Ravage USB Flash drive looks to have nothing to do with what will be an epic failure of a film as it won't officially ship until September of this year. You can grab the transforming flash drive for $43, that is if it weren't already sold out.
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In the mansions of the earth, in the yellow springs, dead people arrive daily: well dressed, newly billionaires, their banknotes crisp but smelling burnt.
The Tan Sri wondered about this often, while he was still alive but getting older.
He thought to himself – "Hm," he thought. "Over there everybody is rich. How will I act on my advantage? Dead people think of the leisure life; they are served joss houses and credit cards. How is the joss money spent? Who owns the shops and the services, who makes the merchandise?"
And so the Tan Sri left instructions. He spoke to paper merchants, commissioning cranes made of sticks; there were cement mixers, diggers, excavators with glass-paper cabs; paper workers line by line like an army. There were deeds drawn up: land titles and bills of sale.
When he passed away his sons put these papers to the fire.
And when the Tan Sri awoke in his afterworld he was rich already – not only rich with cash; he owned vast swathes of property, across several levels in prime locations, with the proper documents as proof.
Within three months of the Tan Sri's arrival Capital UCB opened its first branch in the mansions of the earth. By the yellow springs groundwork for Cityville Phase Six was laid, a luxurious mixed development: condominiums, commercial arcades, nail bars and coffee shops.
The nurse pops her head out, calls his name. Inside the room is freezing. The doctor wears a blazer and a kopiah. "Hello," the doctor says. "So what's wrong with you?"
"I've got this thing," Shah says.
He hesitates. Finally he pulls off his sweater cap. The doctor cranes to look, and adjusts his spectacles: the patch of cloth on Shah's head has grown. It is now six centimetres across – six centimetres in three days. "Hm," the doctor says, poking and pressing.
Shah says: "Ow!"
"It's quite swollen around the edges," the doctor replies. "Infected already. I'll give you an antiseptic cream."
"Doctor, why – " Shah asks.
And the doctor says: "Don't worry about it. You are in your late twenties – twenty-nine? Ya, one third of guys your age get it, and for most people it comes sooner or later. It's harmless."
"I don't want it."
The doctor rolls his eyes. "Look," he says. "I know, it's making you feel insecure. But do you want surgery? Because you need surgery to get rid of it. My advice is: leave it. Sometimes it falls off on its own."
Shah has to stop himself from scratching. The doctor points at his own face, taps the kopiah on his head, and says: "Anyway, is it really so terrible a look?"
The door buckles and flies off its hinges. Birds burst out – swiftlets, lots and lots of them, clicking and swarming. They punch through the balustrade and begin circling the fig, burning circular, five-toed marks into bark as they weave around its branches.
The birds are doubling back. Duck!
Waiter In The Walls (Solitary, Large, Amorphous)
Weight of flying bodies (d8+3 damage), 20 HP, 0 armour
Reach, Forceful
Special Qualities: Swarm
Hail the Old-eater, the Pervert Of Purpose, eternal and ever-young! What is its bird-flesh, roiling and serpentine, but a merest shadow? The Waiter In The Walls is water damage, holes in the floor and roof; it is every urban rejuvenation plan, every workman's hammer taken to every condemned shop-house. How can you destroy a thing when the thing itself is destruction?
Instinct: To cause decline.
- Knock over and engulf
- Fill with existential dread
- Rust and wear down inanimate matter
In Father's manual-book, which used to belong to Grandfather, there is a drawing of the Lordly Dragon. It is a drawing of a long python snake, arranged into the outline of a person.
The faded, handwritten description says:
"The Lordly Dragon, great lord amongst sea serpents, was not as great as the King of Dragons but equally prideful. For this pride he was cast out of the sea, and imprisoned in a hill outside Sungai Ujong, and charged to ninety-nine years of meditation and asking God for forgiveness.
And after ninety-nine years the Lordly Dragon was free once more, and missing exercise of his body he burst forth from the earth, causing landslips, flooding and destruction of property.
Unwilling to share lordship, the Lordly Dragon did not return to his home in the sea, but made new dwellings in the wind, to assume government of serpents above. And thus the Lordly Dragon is now the wind, and the storm, for every exercise of his body is thunder and lightning, and every stirring causes heavy rain.
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Categories > Celebrities > My Chemical Romance > I've Lost My Fear Of Falling
Bright Lights That Won't Kill Me Now, Or Tell Me How2 Reviews
depression, concerts and smoking.
"I got you these…" Tania said, and she pulled out some slips of paper. I peered over her shoulder to see what they were and I couldn't believe my eyes. Two plane tickets and two MCR concert tickets. I felt a tear roll down my face, but I ignored it. Tania was crying as she handed them to Kirrah. I saw her face light up, and the tears that were welling up spilled over as she hugged her mum.
"When's the flight?" I asked.
"10:30," Tania smiled
"But it's 10:00 now!" I panicked.
"Well we better get going!" said Kirrah, jumping off her bed. We both followed Tania outside and got into the car. I couldn't wipe the grin off my face, and by the looks of it, neither could Kirrah.
We got to the airport at 10:20, and we had to get on straight away.
"Bye mum, thank you so much!" said Kirrah, her face buried into Tania's shoulder.
"Shh, it's okay…" Tania soothed, running her hand through Kirrah's hair.
"Ladies? It's time to board," said the flight attendant. We said out last goodbyes to Tania and got onto the plane.
Gerard's POV
12:00pm. The concert was at 7, and I haven't been more nervous in my life. We decided to have one more practice before-hand as we weren't doing very well.
"Mama, we all go to hell. Mama, we all go to hell. I'm writing this letter, and wishing you well. Mama we all go to hell. Oh well now, Ma-"
"I can't do this!" shouted Frank, and he stormed out of the room. I chased him out leaving the other three standing on the stage, dumbfounded. Sure, they missed Meg and Kirrah, but it was affecting me and Frank the most. I found him curled up on the couch, sobbing.
"Frankie…" I started
"I know, I'm pathetic. You don't need to say it." he replied
"No, Frank! No! You aren't!" I comforted him by sitting next to him and pulling him into a hug, which he happily received. "We'll get through this,"
"Please welcome to the stage… SHORT STACK!" Dylan yelled over the mic, and cheers erupted from the crowd. The nerves were getting to us. We all just sat there in silence, listening to Short Stack play. The guys from FOB and Panic! had tried to figure out what was up, but none of us answered. Three performances to go.
"How were they?" yelled Dylan, obviously enjoying himself.
"Now, please welcome our second guests this evening… FALL OUT BOY!"
More cheering. Two performances to go.
"Wasn't that amazing?!"
"Next up… PANIC! AT THE DISCO!"
More cheering. I was starting to sweat and we hadn't even started playing. I had no idea how I was going to make it through tonight. I ran my hand through my jet black hair, and sighed. One performance to go.
"Who loves Panic!?" yelled Dylan, and the crowd went wild. "I thought so! And now, the moment you've all been waiting for!"
The crowd started chanting by this point.
I felt like I was going to be sick.
"Here they are. MY. CHEMICAL. ROMANCE!"
We walked on the stage, fake smiled plastered on our faces. I prayed that we would get through tonight.
"Melbourne!" I yelled, smiling as the crowd went crazy. I looked down on everyone, and was about to start my next sentence when I saw Meg. Wait, Meg? She's in Brisbane…?
"You all good, Gee?" I heard Frank say into his microphone.
"Yeah, of course! Let's get started!" I paused as the crowd cheered. "This song is called Mama!"
I heard the familiar sounds of 'Mama' start playing and I looked over to Frank to see how he was holding up. He was just standing there, playing with no enthusiasm what-so-ever. I bit my lip, hopefully no one would notice.
Halfway through, and we were doing okay. We hadn't majorly stuffed up anywhere, but we were very out of it. I think the fans started to notice, but I had no idea how to get them into it, when we weren't. Then, I had a brainwave. I walked over to where Frank was playing. He looked up curiously, probably wondering why I went over to his side of the stage. I didn't hesitate in kissing him full on the lips, and I heard the crowd go mental. I smiled to myself as I pulled away and continued the song.
Frank's POV
'This is the shittiest show I've ever played,' I thought to myself, but I stayed put. I didn't have enough energy, which is very weird for me. I noticed Gerard walk onto my side of the stage. I looked at him curiously, wondering why he was over here. I expected him to just stop and lean over to the fans, but he kept walking until he was right next to me. He grabbed me, and pulled me into a kiss. Shocked, I tried to keep my attention on playing. Since when did we bring 'Frerard' back? He pulled away and winked at me, then continued the song.
We were sitting backstage, faces in our hands, listening to Dylan finish the show.
"I hope you guys enjoyed the show, there will be a meet-and-greet with all the bands in 10 minutes around the side of the venue," he said. I groaned, I just wanted to go home.
"This is so unlike us…" said Ray. He was right, we usually loved to meet fans as Dylan always forced us to leave early which means we can't ever meet them. But for some unknown reason, he felt the need to have one tonight. I could kill him.
"I could kill him right now," said Gerard
"I was thinking the same thing," I said, just as Dylan came into the room.
"Come on, meet-and-greet time,"
We all got up and followed him silently. We got to the side of the venue and were greeted by screams. I forced a smile and waved to everyone. The first group of girls came up to us, not even bothering with FOB, Stack or Panic!.
"OH MY GOD, YOU GUYS WERE AMAZING! CAN YOU SIGN THIS? CAN I GET A PHOTO! OH MY GOD!" squealed one girl. She started with Gerard, then moved onto Ray, Mikey and Bob. I was last.
"Hey, how are you?" I greeted her.
"I-I-I'm good," she said, tears streaming down her face.
"Thanks for coming out," I said while signing a copy of the black parade. I got a photo with her, and then she asked for a hug.
"Sure thing," I said, as I hugged her. I pulled away and suddenly something wet was dragging along my face.
"I LICKED FRANK IERO AGAIN!" she screamed, and ran off. I groaned, wiping my face with the sleeve of my jumper. I looked over to see Gee, Ray, Bob and Mikey pissing themselves.
"You guys suck," I mumbled, as we greeted the next lot of girls. I was staring at the ground while I waiting for them to reach me, and I suddenly got someone clinging onto me. Wow, they don't even ask anymore. The girl pulled away and I almost died.
"Kirrah?!" I said, making sure she was really there and I wasn't going insane. She nodded and I pulled her into another hug.
"Oh my god! I missed you so much, why are you here? What about your mum?!" I raved on, before Kirrah shushed me.
"I missed you too! Mum bought tickets so we could come…" she said, tears streaming down her face. I smiled and hugged her AGAIN. I couldn't help it.
"Do I get a hug?" asked someone else. I looked up to see Meg, and I hugged her too.
"This is amazing!" said Mikey, grinning like an idiot.
"Girls, you're taking too long," said Dylan, and he started escorting them away. Kirrah clinged onto me, and I held her close.
"They're with us." I said firmly, and Dylan looked confused.
"They weren't here this morning?"
"Complications," interrupted Bob, and Dylan shrugged.
"Whatever, but you'll still need to step aside. There are still fans waiting."
"Take them backstage," said Ray, and Dylan sighed.
"Fine," he said, taking them to the doors while we finished meeting fans in a much better mood.
After meeting with everyone, we were all hanging at out hotel. Kirrah and Meg had finally gotten over the fact that FOB, Stack and Panic! were all here, and we were all talking about smoking. I don't know why.
"I don't like smoking, it doesn't make you look attractive, it makes you look gross!" complained Bradie
"Awww," I complained.
"Except you?" laughed Bradie, not sure if he saved himself or not. We all laughed at him and he went a deep red.
"I don't like smoking 'cause it's dangerous, but I think some people can pull off the sexy look," said Kirrah, who was leaning on me.
"People like Frank?" asked Meg, laughing when Kirrah blushed. I smiled, pulling her close.
"All this cigarette talk has made me want one. Anyone coming?" asked Gee.
"Me!" I yelled, kissing Kirrah on the forehead and following him outside.
Kirrah's POV
"Me!" yelled Frank, kissing me on the forehead and following Gerard outside. I smiled, watching them go. Meg walked over and took Frank's spot. The only people in the room were Brendon, Shaun, Bradie and Meg. I don't know where everyone else went, probably bed since it was around one in the morning.
"I have a problem, guys," said Meg.
"What's that?" asked Brendon.
"Well, I like Gerard. A LOT. And I have no idea what to do?!" she said.
"He so obviously likes you! It's crazy how obvious it is. Haven't you noticed?" laughed Shaun, and Meg blushed.
"Really?" she asked looking at me, though I have no idea why. I just nodded, because it seemed like he did like her. She smiled.
"Should I tell him?"
"If you wanna," I said casually, and she bit her lip. Then the doors opened and Gerard and Frank came back inside.
"That was quick," said Brendon, and Gerard just smiled.
"Fuck! It's freezing out there!" complained Frank, coming to sit next to me, only to realise that Meg had taken his spot. "Hey!"
Meg just grinned as he crossed his arms and pouted.
"Awww, Frankie!" I giggled, and I patted my lap.
"I'll squish you! Why don't you sit on me?"
"You won't squish me! But okay," I agreed, and got up so he could sit down. I sat on his lap, and cuddled into him. "Frankie, you're freezing!"
He just grinned, and we talked until we all fell asleep.


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The long-in-coming "ring road" to connect retail stores on Pearl Road is open.
It's a short street, but it for shoppers at Walmart, Home Depot and Lowe's.
Motorists can now travel all the way from Sprague to Whitney without driving on Pearl Road.
The road has been delayed for years by lawsuits and appeals filed by Home Depot, which did not want to be connected to its main competitor, Lowe's.
"It will really make it easier for people driving in that area," Economic Development Director Brent Painter said.
The case stretches back several years, but came to an end in February when the Ohio Supreme Court denied a motion to reconsider the case, giving a green light to build an interior access road that would link the Pearl-Sprague stores -- which are now and -- with the stores just south, including Lowe's.
Construction started in March. Law Director Ken Kraus has said there was more than $90,000 in an escrow fund to pay for construction of the roadway.
Home Depot has with lawsuits and appeals.
The road was supposed to be built by Lowe's and former project developer David Lewanski, but construction was blocked by Home Depot's legal action.
The court eventually ruled in favor of Lowe's, Lewanski and the city. Home Depot appealed, and last year, the Eighth District Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 that Home Depot raised no valid objections to the lower court's decision, Kraus said.
Home Depot then went to the Ohio Supreme Court, but the court in late November declined jurisdiction in the case. Home Depot appealed that decision, but the high court refused again early this year.


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The source of my misery was a coworker. She was supposed to train me, mentor me in all things envelope manufacturing. Instead she neglected to train me and let me march off to production meetings ill prepared. My supervisor and the other suits giggled and shook their heads at my lack of production knowledge at those meetings, but I took notes and made sure not to make the same mistakes again. I laughed with them and faked a lot, just to get through the day. The customers liked me because I was honest and attended them well, inexperienced and all. They forgave me if I 'dropped the ball'. Mostly.
And I made little mention of the 'episodes' for the first few months. I call them episodes because I am sure she was a sociopath off her meds. They consisted of answering personal phone calls and carrying on inappropriate conversations with her many boyfriends for all to hear. Clipping her toenails in my presence and letting the yellow, diseased (I think she had an STD) clippings fall on my desk. Berating me while I was attending customers on the phone. Cursing at me. Answering my phone calls and commenting to my customers about my supposed lack of work ethic. Making disgusting comments about my personal life and religion. Barking orders at me for all in the office to hear. Criticizing my phone manner and threatening to go to the supervisor for neglecting her phone while she was away which was often. Taking unauthorized breaks and making me cover. And a slew of other hateful things to sabotage my stay there. You get the picture right? She existed only to punish me for her miserable existence and probable childhood traumas.
She thought she could get rid of me much sooner. I held on tight for 11 1/2 months. It was a stressful and trying 11 1/2 months. If stress takes years off your life, I certainly managed to shave off two to five in those months alone.
I didn't go silently. I yelled back. Proved my innocence daily. I stood up for myself and made it known to everyone who mattered that what she was doing was illegal. The downside is that in a private, family owned company, you don't have as much protection. At least not in the ones that operate like a sweatshop. You are at their mercy and for me they had none. I was patted on the head and was told to soldier on, so I did. I did it my way.
I covered my back to the point I was practically paranoid. I had to have everything in writing and well documented. I could not leave the walls of the city unprotected - my defense had to be impenetrable. Her advantage was her seniority, knowledge of the business and she was sleeping with a "higher up" but I was younger, smarter and stubborn as all heck. My offense was better thought out than hers and I took the legal route. I blindsided her a couple of times leaving her feeling less confident, less immortal. She took my inexperience and innocence for granted and I hit her, continually, where it most hurt. I made her look bad in front of the ones that so protected her. And I documented everything - even the meetings with my supervisor. I took this fight to heart. Maybe too much so.
By this time I was getting heart palpitations during work on a regular basis that would leave me out of breath and soon I found patches of hair missing. I ran out into the parking lot once when I felt I couldn't take it anymore and I screamed in absolute anger. I cried out of anger. Nobody saw me. And I cooled down and went back in to finish the assault. But inside I started to hate what she was making of me. I couldn't sleep peacefully and would have dreams of knocking her head into her desk repeatedly. These thoughts made me happy - that honestly worried me. I was never that person before. I knew how to take the high road but I felt that option had been taken away from me and I had to fight dirty. Although my home life was normal, healthy and my refuge, I began to suffer there too.
That is when I decided the fire pit needed an ice water bath. I had gathered all my evidence and I had witnesses. I walked into my supervisors office and dictated to him what my rights were, what the labor law said and how my rights and the law had been abused. And I told him my lawyers would contact the company. That sent his brain into a panic, I could see his pupils shaking. He called in the Sociopath and tried to hash it out between the two of us like preschoolers at the principals office. This was no kiddy spat and I was not going to let him off the hook. My eyes must have looked like they were sending out sparks.
None of this, however, was good for my health. So I decided against suing the pantalones off of them as long as I could leave peacefully and collect my unemployment. They had shady lawyers that would have dragged this out for years using every shady loophole to ruin me. They were very close though - I had my lawyer on hold awaiting my decision. I instead filed a complaint against them with the Labor Department for workplace harassment and gave the case worker copies of all my documentation. I gave them the Sociopaths name. I also listed all the violations from sexual harassment to smoking in the office which also affected me and others left behind. I wanted them to writhe in pain. Then I quit via resignation letter sent to the higher ups and not my direct supervisor and I took a 6 month paid vacation.
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I've just found an old piece of furniture on the web to use in my new living room and I was wondering if you could orientate me on how to improve its looks. I was considering changing its black wood legs to metal chrome ones. Do you think it's worth the effort?
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Absolutely. If you can find someone to make a base with very angular square legs, go for it. Otherwise I would just polish it real well and maybe hire a professional to lacquer it? The grain of the wood is AMAZING.
I am actually on the hunt myself for a similar piece (width only 27" tho) and am going to do just that, change to stainless steel legs from a workshop in Astoria.
I'd keep it as is - it's beautiful! Just a little polish, then I'd leave it alone. You can go more modern with any/everything else near and on it (lamp, rug, accessories) - it will blend in well.
(The only thing I'd change is the "it's" to "its" in the question title - but I'm a known pain in the ass with regard to apostrophes...)
helloat, at least you didn't say "apostrophewise"
I like the legs too.
I vote for "as is."
And that would have been "apostrophe-wise." :)
I'm with the clean and polish but don't change group. great grain on the facade.
I think the piece would look nicer on a rug (instead of fighting with the squares on the floor in the photo). I'm assuming the photo is from the listing, though.
I think it would be easier to repaint the legs instead of changing them - getting someone to custom-make new legs is going to be a chore. If you really want a metallic look to balance out the wood, what about applying silver leaf? It won't be a very industrial/70's look - more deco - but would be very pretty, and not hard at all to do by yourself.
Clean it with something gentle (like Murphy's Oil Soap) and then polish it with Butcher's Wax, which will really bring out the beauty of the grain.
Leave it alone. It is beautiful as it is. Work with the furnishings around it- if you want to change up the look of the space.
I love the black legs. They don't need to be changed.
Thank you all for your answers, very helpful indeed.- Yes, the pic is from the listing.- I think I'll keep it as it is. And also thank you for your understanding with the apostrophe situation.- Non-english speaker here ;)
I like it just as it is. I would just polish it up and not change a thing.
Leave as is, or with a little polish. This will look great against a yellow wall or rug.
Marcos, hello! And congrats on your great piece - and your wonderful English. It is a sick compulsion that forces me to point such minor, ridiculous things out... a compulsion that I try again and again to treat with copious amounts of wine, but obviously with no noticeable effect (yet). I promise to keep trying.
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omg, that'd be perfect for our place. i think it is wonderful!
wait, patrick -the rule is there are no other "-wises" other than otherwise and likewise.
I had a colleague once who misused "wise" all the time. Once, when describing how to pack for an outdoor event, she said: "poncho-wise, you should prepare for rain." It was hilarious.
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Dazzling, talented Roberto Alomar was arguably the premier second baseman of his era, earning a dozen consecutive All-Star selections. The switch-hitter menaced the opposition at bat and on the basepaths, batting .300 for his career and stealing at least 30 bases in eight seasons. Smart and acrobatic in the field, the second baseman's 10 Gold Glove Awards are the most ever at his position. Alomar exhibited his considerable skills with seven teams over a 17-year big league career, including the 1992 and 1993 Blue Jays, winners of back-to-back World Series.
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