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this is the craziest house i have ever seen
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"let's play house today. wallpaper kiss lampshade." &
"sunday morning parade. sleeping through church and state."
18x24" 4 color screenprints
available at FOE Gallery in Northampton MA on May 9th as part of my opening.
My spread for Nobrow 9! The theme was "It's Oh So Quiet"
I'm so excited to be in this issue, there's a ton of great artists that I love in there (and a fair amount of MICA alums!) and I'm delighted to be a part of the lineup. It comes out in April, but is available for preorder now!
Heads up—I'll also have this image available as a free postcard at MoCCA if you stop by my table (F17) this weekend!
Anna Pugh, A good book
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Digital drawing inspired by Google Street Views
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Francis Criss' "Third Avenue El," 1933.
(via Bold shapes and colors of a 1930s El station | Ephemeral New York)
This is the Neverwas Haul. A three story Victorian steampunk house on wheels.
Above me on the landing stood a strange girl, about my age, with short black hair. She was smiling down at me, not a warm smile, not a friendly smile, but the coldest, most frightening smile I had ever seen.
—Goosebumps #1 Welcome to Dead House, R. L. Stine
This is my piece for the MONSTER EDITION book! The book itself has just gone up for pre-order for a limited time—check out the store and the masterpost of artists. I was introduced to the work of a ton of talented artists through this book. I'm so glad to be a part of it! Welcome to Dead House is one of my favorite books from the series. So classically ridiculous and creepy.


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General Mills: Kroger has a fantastic promotion that gives you a coupon for $5 off your next shopping order when you buy five participating General Mills items. Many items are on sale and have coupons, so if you remember to use that $5 coupon on a future order, you'll be able to get several free items and even make a "profit" in the form of store credit on some items. Remember, you won't get the $5 off your current order, and you must buy five items for the machine to print your future order coupon. These are all excellent items to donate to charity, so you can stock up for upcoming food drives. For example, Betty Crocker boxed potatoes are on sale for $1 per box. If you use the coupon for 50 cents off two from the Oct. 7 General Mills circular or the Sept. 9 SmartSource circular, you'll pay 50 cents per box at the register after Kroger doubles your coupon. You'll get $1 per item when you buy five total items as a future store coupon, so you'll get the potatoes free and make a 50-cent profit per box.
Rite Aid deals
Gain: Rite Aid has Gain liquid or powder laundry detergent (up to 30 loads) or Gain fabric softener (up to 60 loads) on sale for $5 each. You will get a $7 +UP Reward when you spend $20 on participating P&G items, including these Gain items. Buy four Gain items and use two of the $2-off-two coupons from the Sept. 16 RedPlum circular. You will pay $16 at the register and get the $7 reward, so your net cost will be $9 for four items, or $2.25 each.
Blistex: Rite Aid has Blistex Moisture Melt Lip Balm on sale for $2.50 each. You will get a $2.50 +UP Reward, so your net cost will be zero.
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Thursday November 1, 2012
Metro Public Works is once again partnering with Metro Parks to provide citizens with a free leaf drop-off service. This year residents will have three locations available to dispose of leaves.
The leaf drop-off service will run from Tuesday, November 6th – Saturday, December 8th, CLOSED SUNDAY AND MONDAY. The service will also not be available on Thanksgiving (November 22nd) and the day after Thanksgiving (November 23rd).
2012 Leaf drop-off Locations and Hours of Operation:
(Please note hours vary by site)
10500 Lower River Road (corner of Bethany Lane)Tuesday-Saturday, 9am-3pm
East District Public Works Yard595 Hubbards LaneTuesday-Saturday, 9am-3pm
Waste Reduction Center636 Meriwether AvenueTuesday-Friday, 9am-5pmSaturday, 9am-3pm
**Please note information regarding this service was prematurely and inaccurately published in several sources. The Southwest Government Center is NOT a drop-off location.**Only loose leaves will be accepted. All containers and bags must be emptied and the bags disposed of off-site.
The leaf drop-off service is provided through Metro Public Works and Assets and Metro Parks. The leaves are turned into compost and used for mulching projects throughout Louisville.


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Jul 08, 2011
New texturing tutorial added. Learning graphics programming in the era of shaders can seem daunting. This website's tutorials provide a firm foundation for understanding how to use modern shader-based hardware for graphics development. No prior graphics programming experience is expected. OpenGL v3.3 is used to demonstrate rendering techniques.
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1 Billion Rising -
March for Justice!
Rain or Shine!
A Peaceful Walk
For An End To The Violence
Friday, February 14
Meet: City Hall, 11 English Street, 4:00pm
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After declaring a $2.65 quarterly dividend, as well as implementing a $10 billion stock repurchase program, Apple plans to spend approximately $45 billion of the $100 billion that they have socked away in cash reserves over the next 3 years. However, analysts predict that Apple could potentially generate roughly $35 billion in cash by the end of the next fiscal year.


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DUBLIN, July 7, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/8n645c/multifactor) has announced the addition of the "Multi-Factor Authentication Market by Model/Type, Application, & Geography - Global Trend & Forecast to 2014 - 2020" report to their offering.
Multi-factor authentication (MFA) implies user and employee authentication by verifying, two or more authentication techniques (Hardware token, One Time Password, Password/PIN, and Biometric traits) provided by them. The use of more than one authentication factor significantly increases the security, thus reducing the chances of fake identity, fraud, and so on. This report covers various MFA technology model such as two-factor, three-factor, four-factor and five-factor authentication. Two factor authentications is the most commonly used model.
This report segregates the overall MFA technology market into various application areas such as government, travel and immigration, defense, banking and finance, healthcare, consumer electronics and commercial security. Increasing number of fraud, identity theft, security threats, unauthorized infiltration across the borders, illegal transaction at the ATMs, and so on, give a rise to the MFA technology market.
One of the major drivers for this market is the use of multi modal authentication in banking and finance application. Some of the key companies in the MFA market are Gemalto N.V. (Netherlands), RSA (U.S.), 3M (U.S.), Cross Match Technologies (U.S.), Safran SA (France), Fujitsu Ltd (Japan), and NEC Corporation (Japan).
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Filming begins! Cities of Light Week 1: an insider's view3 August, 2012
Welcome to the set of Cities of Light! I have a few moments while they shoot an interview scene with Swami Kriyananda and Juliet the journalist that Elisabeth Rohm plays, and will try to give a bit of a glimpse of what has been transpiring this past week.
First of all, the presence of God is very strongly felt. You might imagine that a crew of 40 might be an incredible invasion into a meditative community like ours, but the team has been so compatible that I personally look forward to being with them every day. Many of them have some connection to spirituality, or are simply excellent, dharmic individuals who have been hand picked for this project.
Elisabeth Rohm came into the movie just days after she had prayed for a deepening of her spiritual life, and she and her daughter, Easton, are enjoying themselves here. She has been a joy to work with, and we are in each scene at Ananda together. I've been around many celebrities both onstage and off, and have seen what some can be like behind closed doors. Elisabeth is naturally gracious both on and off the set, and has been tremendously patient with us, inexperienced as we are.
What is this movie about? Primarily, the answers that Ananda has to offer to the world, and how small communities can be a viable solution to many of today's ills in society. Of course, spirituality is a broad theme as well - how can it not? And finally - beauty. I can't post any footage yet, but I must tell you that the way in which they are capturing the vibration of Ananda is simply stunning. We get to see some of the shots on a monitor (the hard drives are 90 terabytes!), and the way the cinematographers and directors capture the interplay of light and color is utterly captivating. Furthermore, the crane shots give you the sense that you are flying through the astral gardens and settings here at Ananda. I can't wait for you to see for yourself.
Swami Kriyananda is featured in two lengthy interviews in the film, and is doing fabulously - he's a natural! Although now he says he doesn't want to be a movie star after 3 days of different camera angles of the same scene, each including multiple takes, sometimes due to technical problems or wanting to get just the right sweep of the camera.
Swamiji's answers to her questions are of course spontaneous, deeply insightful, funny, and resonate with truth. In each take he gives a slightly different emphasis, and never repeats himself the same way. Ever new, ever expanding joy.
The work and coordination that goes into each scene is quite formidable! Each scene is often made up of at least 4 different camera shots: the "master shot", a wide angle that gives the viewer a sense of where the characters are; a "two shot", with two (or more) people in the frame, reverses or "point of views" of the same (from behind the characters) and closeup shots of each character. Each of these shots require moving massive cameras, lights, tripods, baffles, reflectors, and shades. As an "actor", there is a lot of sitting around while all this happens, and one scene can take hours to shoot, but sometimes they can be waiting for us as we finish makeup and wardrobe.
So far in the filming process we've introduced Swami Kriyananda, Lalita, Narayani, Ananta, Alex and Devadasi Forrester, and myself as Juliet's host. They all have done a fabulous job, especially since we are creating this film from an improvisational approach. None of us are speaking scripted lines, but trying to speak naturally and from the heart, using our own words. Not an easy process for me! I enjoy writing because it gives me a chance to think about what I want to say, try different approaches, and edit to my heart's content. Nevertheless, they seem to be happy with what we're doing, although I'm hoping they'll still reshoot the first scene, due to my being in shock from the whole process.
The whole community is impacted by the film, as you can imagine, for we are trying to keep within a low budget by asking for volunteer assistance. The community has been so supportive throughout this past week, and we have many community members initiated into the film business as extras, drivers, assistants, and coordinators. The set has a high vibration, and they all seem very glad to be assisting.
Today It does feel odd to be sitting about, "all dressed up and nowhere to go", but at least I can be of service by writing about the whirlwind in which I find myself.
David Eby
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Dear David,
Thank you for documenting your experience with the making of this film. It adds makes me feel like I'm right there with you!
Thank you, David! It is truly a joy to hear about the film – every little detail is interesting and is an appetizer for the main course which I will devour as soon as it comes out! Keep up the great work! Love and blessings form Ananda Assisi, Dhuti. PS: I miss singing with you all but will be back in 2 weeks.
Hi David,
thank you for sharing the experience with us here and on the A place called Ananda blog. It's really wonderful to read about the new experience in which the whole community is participating. I really hope that the movie will be a great success and will help many seekers.
Blessings from Slovenia,
Thanks so much for writing, David – these detials are quite fascinating, and we are all so inspired to hear the stories behind the filming of "Cities of Light!"
Larry Rider
I went there to visit my aunt for a few days. While we were there my family and I experienced this community and can't say enough good things about it and expecially the people. We were honored to meet swami and get a blessing for my grandson. Thank you for the most memorable time in my life!!!


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The cost of the U.S. presence in Afghanistan and Iraq now tops $1 trillion, and the nation's debt tops thirteen trillion: New pressures to rein in the Pentagon's budget and implications for national security.
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well at least it is original. But I would add more dept
this is my idea for a manga it is called: legacy
there is a man that lives in russia with his bud niko, niko's girl scar and a criminal named joe. this man's name is joe. one day in war joe became a russian hero for saving all the russian! so he came back to niko's house but there were two people he diddent know, one was a nerd named sol, the other was a..... well this is based off a role play at school and at that point we diddent know what helois was. so joe invited them to a vetrans dance and asked helios to go with him, they danced at the banqet and then joe kissed helios, joe ran away and helios touched HER lips and SHE. then they went home in a lime but the driver was high, joe took the weel and got helios and him to saftey.
that is chapter one, would you read my manga?
well at least it is original. But I would add more dept
Gintama Is Back
Please visit my new anime and manga blog( I want to make it GOOD)
Some parts were confusing but yes I would possibly read a few more chapters and then decide wether or note to continue reading from there. I most likely would if the story made any exciting turns or if any interesting main events took place otherwise I would not continue past maybe the third or fourth chapter. Sounds decent. Good luck.
I'm confused: What in the hell is this about?
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We gotta make our choices...because in the end we are who we choose to be.
Because choice is the only real freedom any of us have.


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Time: June 15, 2013 from 1pm to 5pm
Location: TBAISD facilities (indoors and outdoors) at the base of the Village of Grand Traverse Commons' hiking trails
Street: 1101 Red Drive
City/Town: Traverse City
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A new family-oriented event debuts this Father's Day weekend – the TC Family Fun Day. The new event is open to all area families and is FREE of charge – and fitting with the Father's Day theme, the TC Family Fun Day benefits The Father Fred Foundation.
The inaugural TC Family Fun Day will be held on Saturday, June 15 from 1-5pm at the TBAISD facilities (indoors and outdoors) at the base of the Village of Grand Traverse Commons' hiking trails. Activities include: a family hike, lots of family games and crafts, a bounce house, face painting, a family photo booth, food, local mascots, prizes, a DJ playing family friendly music, and more. The event will be held rain or shine.
Thanks to the many sponsors, TC Family Fun Day is FREE for families to attend, enabling one and all to enjoy a fun and memorable afternoon together.
Funds raised from sponsorship of the event will help support the efforts of The Father Fred Foundation.


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A fish and a turtle were out at sea
the fish darted by and said 'look at me'
I can swim fast and scoot,
can even swim faster than you, too boot.
The turtle plodded along
and said to the fish...'this is where I belong'
I may be slow and not very fast
but I can get where I want to go, and won't finish last.
The fish ran along, swift as could be
and taunted the turtle to get out of his sea.
The turtle said the sea belongs to us all
it was meant to be free.
The fish swam by and said watch,
I can catch that fish...its smaller than me.
But the turtle warned there are troubles sometimes in the sea.
The fish only laughed and grabbed the small fish
when suddenly a line went tight and a hook was set....
and he couldn't get free.


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Alcohol consumption by the mother is a leading cause of preventable birth defects in the fetus. Everything a mother drinks also goes to the fetus. Alcohol is broken down more slowly in the immature body of the fetus than in an adult's body. This can cause the alcohol levels to remain high and stay in the baby's body longer. In addition, the risk of miscarriage and stillbirth increases with alcohol consumption.
Even light or moderate drinking can affect the developing fetus. Because no amount of alcohol is safe, pregnant women should avoid alcohol during pregnancy. An infant born to a mother who drinks alcohol during pregnancy can have problems included in a group of disorders called fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs). FASDs include the following:
Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS). These are the most severe effects that can occur when a woman drinks during pregnancy,and include fetal death. Infants born with FAS have abnormal facial features and growth and central nervous system (CNS) problems, including intellectual disability.
Alcohol-related neurodevelopmental disorder (ARND). Children with ARND may not have full FAS but have learning and behavioral problems due to prenatal exposure to alcohol. These problems may include mathematical difficulties, impaired memory or attention, impulse control and/or judgment problems, and poor school performance.
Alcohol-related birth defects (ARBD). Birth defects related to prenatal alcohol exposure can include abnormalities in the heart, kidneys, bones, and/or hearing
According to the CDC, the following characteristics or behaviors may occur in children with FASDs:
Small for gestational age at birth or small stature compared with their peers
Facial abnormalities such as small eyes and thin mouth
Poor physical coordination
Hyperactive behaviors
Learning disabilities
Developmental disabilities (for example, speech and language delays)
Cognitive delays or low IQ
Problems with daily living
Poor reasoning and judgment skills
Sleep and sucking problems in infancy
Long-term problems in children with FASDs may include psychiatric problems, criminal behavior, unemployment, and incomplete education.
There is no cure for FASDs, but children who are diagnosed early and receive appropriate physical and educational interventions, especially those in a stable and nurturing home, are more likely to have better outcomes than those who are not.


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Planning is bringing the future into the present so that you can do something about it now.
At all times it is better to have a method.
Setting a goal is not the main thing. It is deciding how you will go about achieving it and staying with that plan.


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Tajine de Poulet aux Olives et Pruneaux
As you may remember my brother served in the Légion étrangère where he befriended the personal chef of the Général de Brigade, Ahmed. Guess who just moved to Jersey City to try his hand at becoming the next Broadway sensation? While I cannot forgive Ahmed for his pedestrian taste in music I do respect his skills in the kitchen. After a few glasses of mint tea and a tedious discussion regarding the artistry of Nathan Lane (kill me now) I demanded his recipe for Tajine de Poulet aux Olives et Pruneaux, a wonderful French-Moroccan dish of braised chicken with olives and prunes. I got the recipe, all right: in the form of a song and dance number performed in the test kitchen. For you, my readers, I suffer! But it was worth it: the recipe is pretty damned good.
You don't have to have a tajine (also spelled tagine) to cook one. Say what? The word tagine refers to A) the two-part conical cooking vessel found in Morocco and Tunisia and B) the dish cooked inside of one. I swear by my Emile Henry stewpot which, because it is made from glazed Burgundy clay, cooks tagines – in addition to braised meats – perfectly. Any heavy, lidded cooking vessel (e.g., Dutch oven) will work.
Overwhelmed by the abundance of spices at your local souk? You should be - Moroccans are veritable spice masters. However, there is one signature spice that you should become familiar with: ras al hanout (راس الحانوت). Like India's garam masala or France's herbs de Provence, ras al hanout is actually a blend of spices. Each spice vendor has a proprietary blend of around 30 different spices; the word ras al hanout actually means "best of the shop". The foundation of ras al hanout typically consists of cinnamon, cumin, turmeric, ginger, black pepper, paprika, anise, sesame, coriander and saffron. You don't have to travel to Marrakesh to get authentic Moroccan spices. I buy my ras al hanout at Kalustyan's (123 Lexington Avenue, NYC), retailers like Williams-Sonoma and Dean & DeLuca carry it, and of course, it is easily found online. Pick some up. It is versatile, unique and delicious.
First we'll brown the chick and vegetables on the stove top. Then we'll deglaze the Dutch oven with sherry and finish the dish by cooking it low and slow in the oven.
• 1 whole roasting chicken
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 4 shallots, chopped
• 1 large celery stalk, chopped
• 6 medium garlic cloves, smashed
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 bay leaf
• 6 large sprigs of thyme
• 2 tablespoons ras al hanout
• 1/2 teaspoon hot paprika
• 1/3 cup Manzanilla sherry (as dry as you can find)
• 1 cup prunes, pitted and halved
• 1 cup Beldi olives*, pitted
• Half a preserved lemon (optional)
Prep Work
Preheat the oven to 300°. Remove the neck and giblets from the chicken before rinsing it and patting it dry. Run the preserved lemon quarters (if it was prepared in quarters) under water, removing the flesh. Cut the softened peel into strips. Note: I realize preserved lemons aren't easy to find. Feel free to use a fresh quartered lemon (peel and flesh).
Brown the Chicken
Heat the olive oil and butter in a Dutch oven set over medium-high flame. When the butter is melted and begins to brown a bit add the chicken, breast side down. When the breast has mostly browned carefully turn the chicken over and add the shallots, celery, garlic and salt around the chicken – it may be a bit tight but that's fine. When the chicken's back has browned remove the chicken from the Dutch oven. Add the bay leaf, thyme, ras al hanout and paprika to the Dutch oven and cook until the spices are rather dry, just a few minutes. Turn the heat up to high and deglaze the Dutch oven with the sherry. Return the chicken to the Dutch oven and add the prunes, olives and preserved lemon strips.
Bake the Bird
Place the lid on your Dutch oven and place it into the oven for about 90 minutes. Half way through the cooking check on the chicken and redistribute the prunes and olives. Remove the Dutch oven from the oven when the thickest part of the breast registers 160° and the thickest part of the thigh registers 175°. Let the Dutch oven stand, covered for at least 10 minutes (but better yet, 20) before carving. Serve chicken pieces with cooking juices and the cooked prunes and olives. Accompany with couscous, rice or a good baguette.
*Beldi olives are wrinkly black salt and oil-cured Moroccan olives. They have a wonderful chewiness and clean olive perfume. Find them if you can!


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Women's studies has for many decades centered itself around the study of popular culture and this trend continues as it was announced last week that there will be a class called "Politicizing Beyonce" offered by the Women's Studies Departement at Rutgers.
Most people groan in dismay when I rigorously analyze pop culture through a gender studies lens (especially at dinner parties, my apparent super power)–but I think that shit is hot. I have two degrees in women's studies and for both my MA and BA work, I was deeply fascinated by what popular culture tells us about the representation of women, race, class and sexuality. And the conclusions from feminists weren't as negative, critical and narrow-minded as one might assume.
It was the women's studies academics of the 80′s that tagged Madonna with the language of empowerment (even if that empowerment was within a system of power–as any materialist feminist would tell you) and it was gender studies that helped place women from Aretha to Gaga within the lexicon of feminism, finding moments of feminist resistance in their work.
As a strong proponent of women's studies education, I think it is a no brainer to have a class about Beyonce. She is both an amazing icon of strength and independence and leaves us plenty to critique with regard to normative visual representations of women's bodies. I have been critical of casting Beyonce as a feminist in the past. But I have wondered this many times–is Beyonce the Madonna of this generation? And if that is so, does Beyonce show us that we have made progress in women's studies curriculum and thereby feminism to more effectively recognize the complexity of women of colors lives?


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World Anti-Doping Agency finds NBA anti-drug program lacking
Montreal, QC, Canada (4E Sports) – The World Anti-Doping Agency has weighed and found the NBA's anti-doping program wanting as the league continues to defy recommendations to test players for human growth hormones.
"They've got gaps in their program, between what they do and what we suggest would be better," said WADA director general David Howman.
"They know what we would suggest," added Howman. "And I would just hope that they would be discussing all of those things rather than just putting them on the side table."
The NBA has declined comment on WADA's statement.
WADA designs testing protocols employed by hundreds of leagues and national federations globally, including the Olympics and international cycling but not the NBA.
In the past, NBA officials emphasized that performance-enhancing drugs are unlikely to be effective in basketball.
"They do not feel they have such an issue as the other major leagues and therefore haven't addressed it in quite the same way," Howman said. "I just think you've got to be very careful when you start saying performance-enhancing drugs are not beneficial in any sport, because you're going to be proven wrong. And you'll be proven wrong when you're not expecting it."
Presently, HGH is banned in the NBA but the league is not following WADA'S recommendation to test players' blood for it. The NBA and its Players' Association have formed a committee to explore HGH testing, but no progress has been reported.
The test is being deployed by many sporting organizations, including the Olympics and, in limited ways, Major League Baseball. The NFL is interested in conducting the test but faces hurdles from the union.
As of now, Howman said no major North American leagues have adopted WADA's full code of recommendations but reported progress in football and baseball, but not in basketball
"I had meetings last week with both the MLB and the NFL," Howman told ESPN.com. "Although through their collectively bargained agreements, they have not embraced the World Anti-Doping Code, they've certainly come much closer."
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The disturbing footage will do further damage to the credibility of the US missions in the Middle East. Earlier this month, video that appeared to show US soldiers in Iraq beating a sheep to death with a baseball bat emerged. Repeated incidents of gratuitous violence have raised questions about the capability of US soldiers to be at the forefront of sensitive relationships with local populations. Uploaded for the record. Ron Paul Website: www.ronpaul.com Ron Pauls Youtube Channel: www.youtube.com Ron Paul Facebook: www.facebook.com Senator Rand Paul: www.youtube.com ADG Facebook: www.facebook.com Follow ADG on Twitter: twitter.com
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Scottyp February 27, 2012 9:23:01 PM CET
if that was an accident, a dog sniffing round an ied and it goes off? then why was the guy filming it?? There was nothing else going on in the area! remember that sheep they wayed in with bats, and ive seen a vid of a us soldier shooting a dog for barking at um!! nasty fuckers!!!!
Ivan2275 January 17, 2012 12:41:16 AM CET
thats how they take out ieds dumass
Theyear2010 January 6, 2012 11:34:37 PM CET
is the dog is an alien or something, why post here ??
Mandown January 6, 2012 10:29:30 PM CET
the rest of the world needs protecting from them you backward fucktard
Knetterfreak January 6, 2012 10:13:26 PM CET
So thats what the do if the cant kill innocent children and laugh about it fucking yanks hope karma will find u soon and laugh just as hard inbred fucking hillbilly's
Aaaaaa January 6, 2012 8:03:20 PM CET
The soilders did not blow this dog up,it was sniffing around an IED,how fucking stupid are u people.There is no proof that the US did this.You'll be happy when these soilders are protecting u from the rest of the world
Tooting January 6, 2012 11:05:48 AM CET
Gues they dont call them Infantry for nothing...their just fuckin INFANTS!!!
Evangellion1 January 6, 2012 10:34:31 AM CET
Fucking seppo pieces of shit.Nothing but gun toting fucking psychopaths who are just as psycho with explosives.Lets stick some TNT under the fuckers and stand back and laugh.I would be pissing myself laughing watching their body parts go off in all directions.Bunch of gutless pricks.
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Frank Iero and Mikey Way lead normal lives. Until a psychopath intertwines their fates forever.
I threw my dress pants to the other side of my bed. No tie. I threw my shirt with my pants. No tie. I moved my blanket away. No tie. I opened my dresser, and pushed my clothes around. No tie. Then I looked around on top of the dresser. Still no tie.
"Jamia!" I called through our house looking for my tie.
"Hm, sweetie?" She responded.
"Have you seen my…" I started before she walked in the door.
"Tie?" She said with a smile, holding my tie.
"You know me better than anyone else, Jam." I said with a grin stretched across my face. I kissed her cheek gently and took my tie from her hand.
"Get dressed quick, Frank. We're going to be late for church." She said and rubbed my bare back in a 'I love you but I will not touch you in a friendly manner on a Sunday…' kind of way. And I guess that was fine.
We are Catholic, but not die hard Catholic. She drug me to church mainly because her parents went to the same church we did, and since Jamia and I weren't married yet, we wanted to -for lack of a better word- impress them. The Nestor family was great to me, and was great about me and Jamia, but I wanted to go the extra mile and make them love me. I stopped cussing, I haven't got anymore tattoos (I only have the Jack O Lantern I got on my 18th birthday. That stuff doesn't go away), I started dressing nicely, I got rid of my lip ring, and I stopped looking at men in a sexual way. People say you just can't stop being bisexual, or gay. But if you just repress it, it's pretty easy. Every now and again, I'll still some guy is hot, but then I realize that's wrong and I'm so lucky to have Jamia. She's so amazing, and beautiful. I could stare into her amazing eyes for the rest of my life and die happy.
"Can't I just like… Be sick from church today? And you're nursing me back to health?" I asked in a groan.
"That was last weekend, Frank." She giggled.
"So? Now I have a stomach bug, not the flu!" I protested.
"They'll know you're lying. Then people will look at us funny next weekend." She said, and took the liberty of starting to put my clothes on.
"How about we stop going?" I suggested as she started buttoning up my shirt.
"There's going to be nothing to watch on television, you're not going to be able to fall back to sleep because you're strung out of coffee, and…" She paused and played with my collar. "You're so cute, I just wanna show you off."
"Flattering will not stop me from objecting." I said and narrowed my eyes at her with a smile.
"Objecting? You're just complaining." She said and handed me my pants, tie and belt. "Get dressed, please."
I simply groaned in response and took my clothes. She left the room and walked down the steps before I started putting on my dress pants, and buckling my belt. I didn't want to go to church. I wanted to lay around all day, and cuddle with Jamia like last weekend. I wanted to not have plans and be carefree for once. Let whatever happens in the next twenty four hours just happen. Good, or bad. It would be more exciting than church.
I slipped on my shoes, sighed, and walked down the steps and met Jamia by the front door.
-Time Lapse-
I walked in our door thanking god church was over. Ironic. Jamia's arm was locked around mine, and she looked up at me.
"We need milk…" She said.
"Da-" No cussing. "Darn. I could've got it on the way home. Shi-" What's gotten into you? "oot. I'll run out and go get some, okay?"
"See you later, honey." She said and kissed my cheek.
I waved and walked out the door, and headed to the tiny mini-mart that was a few blocks away. I decided to take the long way, and turned to the right into a long, dark alley. It didn't scare me. Not a lot actually scared me. Besides, I've walked down this way a million times.
I heard something loud crash behind me, and I turned around. It was nothing. I shook my head. I'm not scared. Stuff doesn't scare me. And besides, there's nothing to be scared of.
tap. tap. tap.
Footsteps. I turned around, and there was no one there. I'm only getting worked up because it's rainy. I'm just hearing things. There is no one there, and there is nothing to be scared of. Besides, nothing scares me. I don't get scared. I stare fear in the eyes, slip it off, then have sex with it's mom.
tap. tap. tap. tap. tap. tap. tap.
I turned around again, and tried to slow my breathing. I'm not scared. I told myself. I'm just walking to fast. I was practically running, right? Well, not exactly… But I'm not in very good shape to begin with, so that would explain the heavy breathing… And I'm just turning around to make sure no one fell and got hurt.
tap… tap…
"Freaking crap." I mumbled as I turned around again. "What is going o-"
It all went black. Everything was gone. I felt light headed, and everything was foggy. I couldn't think. I couldn't see. I had no idea what just happened.
-Time Lapse-
I woke up slowly, then I felt a sharp pain in my leg.
"Mm-Ah… Ahhh!" I cried, and tried to pull myself up.
I couldn't see a thing, and I heard the clanking of something that sounded like shackles. I suddenly felt cold, rough metal around my right ankle. I grabbed it, and tried to pull it off. What else was I supposed to do? At least I tried to do something. I groaned aloud, and shakily went to try and find out what had happened to my leg. I touched it and felt blood, and I kept it there and I felt the urge to scream again.
"Wh-who are you?" I heard someone say, in a quavering voice.
"Where am I?" I asked them.
"I-I don't know… I just… I just woke up, and I don't where we am, or how we got here." They said. It was a he. I could tell it was a he.
"Well… I'm Frank Iero." I said.
"I-I'm Mikey… M-Mikey Way…" He said, and I felt a hand touch the side of my face.
"AH!" I screamed and jumped away.
"Frank, calm down… I was going to get that blindfold off you…" He said, and I felt the same hand return to the side of my face, and suddenly, I could see. It was a dimly lit room. The walls were similar to that of a cave, and the floor was wet concrete. I was sitting in a puddle, and my white shirt had been stained with blood and dirt. It was torn up, and my pants were the same.
"So… Who took us here?" I asked.
"I… I dunno… I'm just relieved I'll have a friend when I die…" He said and looked away.
"I suppose that's one way to look at things…" I mumbled. "So… Where were you before here?"
"I was walking down an alley to my brother's place. I heard footsteps and I started to hyperventilate I turned around, and then… I don't remember anything." He said and looked up at me a little. "You?"
"The exact same thing, except I was going down to a mini-mart…" I said and sighed.
"I… I work at a mini-mart." He said.
"Corner of 10th and Johnson Wood?" I questioned.
"Yeah… That's where you were going?" He asked.
"Yeah!" I said. It was weird how I was still getting excited over the possibility knowing someone. "But um… How long have you been here?"
"A day. I must've been asleep when you came in." He said.
"Are you okay?" I asked.
"Mhm. I got water, food, and there's plumbing." He said.
"Hello boys." We heard in a corner. I jumped, but I tried to play it off as an accident. I scooted closer to Mikey.
"Who are you?" He asked, voice shaky and unsure again. I grabbed his hand for reassurance. I needed it, too.
"My name is Hubert. But that's all you boys need to know about me." He said, and stepped closer. The man was in a dark blue cloak, and all I saw were two pale unkempt hands. " I think you would be more interested in a way you two can get out of here with your lives."
"How?!" I asked, wanting to get home to Jamia as soon as possible.
"Yeah, tell us." Mikey said.
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Schumacher comes out of coma
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Michael Schumacher is no longer in a coma, it was revealed today.
The seven-times Formula One champion has left the hospital in Grenoble, France, where he had been receiving treatment after suffering a head injury in a skiing accident last year.
He has been transferred to a hospital in Switzerland.
The motor racing star was hurt in the incident in the French Alps in December, and was subsequently put into an artificially-induced coma a few days later.
But his management company said in a statement: "Michael has left the CHU Grenoble to continue his long phase of rehabilitation. He is not in a coma any more."
Schumacher's family expressed their gratitude to all those who have played a part in the process over the past five and a half months.
The statement added: "His family would like to explicitly thank all his treating doctors, nurses and therapists in Grenoble, as well as the first aiders at the place of the accident, who did an excellent job in those first months.
"The family also wishes to thank all the people who have sent Michael all the many good wishes. We are sure it helped him.
"For the future we ask for understanding his further rehabilitation will take place away from the public eye."
University Hospital of Lausanne (CHUV) in Switzerland confirmed that Schumacher had been transferred there.
Darcy Christen, a spokesman for the hospital, said: "I can confirm that he has been admitted this morning."
He said the hospital would not be disclosing any details about the star's condition or which part of the hospital he is being treated in.
"I can't say anything about his medical status. We have decided to ensure for him and his family privacy and medical confidentiality."
Schumacher's family home is reportedly between Lausanne and Geneva.
One expert said patients in the "rehabilitation" phase are often moved closer to home.
Helen Fernandes, consultant neurosurgeon at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge, said: "This is a period that can be quite lengthy where people are supported to recover as best as possible after their head injury through things like physiotherapy and speech and language therapy.
"That tends to be closer to their geographical home because the interaction with friends and relatives becomes very important. They form a large part of supporting the patient through their neurological recovery."
She said the disclosure that Schumacher is no longer in a coma suggests he has responded in some way to his surroundings.
"It would mean he is no longer unconscious and he is aware of his environment," she said. " Maybe he is talking or making some voluntary, purposeful movements,
"But it doesn't tell us much more in terms of what level that functioning would be."
She said it was impossible to draw any firm conclusions about the driver's recovery chances from the information that is currently available.
Generally patients with head injuries can be supported through a rehabilitation period for anything up to 12 or 18 months, she added.
It has been 170 days since Schumacher was injured following his fall off piste in the French Alpine resort of Meribel.
Schumacher initially required surgery to remove a haematoma from his brain, but despite its success, the 45-year-old was forced to remain in a coma under sedation.
Official reports after the initial frenzy surrounding Schumacher's status have been few and far between, prompting a number of scare stories regarding his future.
Before today the last update on Schumacher's condition had been in early April which stated he was showing of "moments of conciousness".
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By John Stickels
The men's and women's soccer teams are wrapping up their conference play by facing school rival Trinity this weekend in San Antonio. Both the men and women's teams are looking at placing somewhere in the top three going into the conference tournament.
Last Wednesday, the team tied with school rival Trinity in a double overtime game. With a 11-7-1 overall record and 5-4-1 conference record, the men's soccer team is guaranteed a ranking of three in the conference tournament.
Last weekend, the men played at the University of Dallas and at Colorado College.
"These games are going to act like rival games because they're both so important to us," senior captain Forrest Baker said.
The boys split the weekend, beating UD but falling to Colorado. Two weekends ago, the men won a rematch against conference opponent Austin College after losing to the Roos in the first half of conference play.
"They played offsides trap the first game, and we adjusted to that this game so we could beat them easier," Baker said.
Due to the reduced amount of schools in the conference, all six teams in the will enter the conference tournament this year.
"You don't have the pressure of fighting to get into the tournament, but the pressure of getting that seed that we want is there," senior forward Evan Perkins said.
Currently, the men's team is looking at an easy start to the conference tournament.
"The ideal situation would be to win out the season, which includes beating Trinity which can be done with some effort. Even if we just win this weekend, we still sit at number three which gives us an easy first game against Centenary," Baker said.
The women's team will finish out the season with a road game at rival Trinity University tonight. The Pirates are anticipated to place second or third in the conference with a current record of 4-2-1.
Despite dealing with the early losses and critical player injuries, the ladies have produced a winning conference record and are looking forward to competing at the conference tournament. The team is coming off of back-to-back ties in double overtime versus Huston-Tillotson last Tuesday and the University of Dallas last Friday.
"We've been working on being more aggressive. We have a very talented team and they're starting to learn just how hard they have to work in practice to be great," Head Coach Jene Baclawski said.
Baclawski cited sophomore midfielder Allie Dillon as an example of a hard working player.
"Allie didn't play much last year and she wasn't a starter this year, but she earned a starting spot and really helped to turn around our offense."
Dillon has had five assists over the team's 5 game win streak alone.
On October 16, the team held their fourth annual "pink-out" game to support breast cancer.
"The tradition started four years ago when one of our player's moms got diagnosed with breast cancer. This year we also partnered with the community and the Zeta Tau Alpha sorority," Baclawski said.
That night 10% of purchases by SU students at Shake's Ice Cream went to fight breast cancer.
Both teams hold a winning record in conference and are looking forward to doing well in their conference tournaments next weekend.


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I love the idea of Guild Halls. It would not be all that difficult to implement, aside from actual design. As for how to integrate it? Easy. The Ethereals have found numerous floating chucks of land masses throughout the Twisting Nether. These "prime" pieces of real estate (they're lifeless and barren- initially, at least) could be yours- for a price, of course. For a sum, any guild can have access to an Ethereal gateway, which would take them to said rock. As a bonus, they'll even start your guild off with a cozy grey shack to call home.
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Hi all. I've got a site built from SS 2.4.5 here.
I'm looking into separating the CMS and Frontend to different servers and syncing assets uploaded via the CMS "Files and Images" section with the Frontend. But since the CMS server will never have resampled images, I must exclude _resampled directories from the sync process. Else all _resampled directories in the Frontend will be purged every time the sync runs (because the CMS folders are empty).
So what happens when a new image is uploaded is that the original image is synced to the frontend assets/ directory. And nothing is touched in the relevant _resampled directory. This is fine for new images. But causes problems for images that are removed and replaced with an image of the same name. Obviously the previous resampled image persists.
What I want to do is pretty simple and can be thought of in the context of any other Silverstripe site - When I call SetWidth(), which in turn calls getFormattedImage(), I would like the latter to check the maketime of both the original and cached images. If the original is newer than the cached copy, resample from scratch.
What I don't want to do is hack the core. Can anyone think of a good way to decorate Image to alter the behavior of getFormattedImage()?
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I do something similar, but with Image->cachedFilename(). Maybe you can implement your functionality there.
https://github.com/JayDevlin/silverstripe-module-rsimage (branch 2.4)
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22 August 2013 at 9:43am
Thanks mate. I've had a play around with your code.
Just so we are on the same page here, I am looking to change the default behavior of images uploaded via the "Files and Images" section of the CMS. I.E. I don't have the ability to add a new object type to a page or anything.
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22 August 2013 at 7:39pm Last edited: 22 August 2013 8:20pm
Sure. If a user uploads an image, the class name of the image will automatically be changed to RSImage -- so you can overload a method of the image class. I think that's what you want to do. You probably don't need the cacheFilename()/deleteFormatedRSImages() stuff.
In the master branch, there is also a check if the filename has changed. You'll need that too.
I've have to note, that this doesn't work with Uncle Cheese's KickAssets module and if you use Uploadify, you'll need the latest version from github.
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This is meant as a starting point on how to overload or extend/decorate the image class. You still have a lot of work to do.
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Categories > Celebrities > My Chemical Romance > Here's One From The Heart
And Guess What... I Love You9 Reviews
Everything, for that moment in time, was perfect.
Chapter 24; And Guess What... I Love You
As soon as we got back to my house, Frank ran right up the stairs, leaving the rucksack and acoustic guitar we'd collected from his house by the front door. I took two minutes explaining to Mum what had happened, then ran upstairs after Frank. I crashed into Mikey on the landing; he stood staring in bewilderment as I shoved my way past him and into my room.
Frank was curled up on my bed, knees drawn tightly to his chest, face buried in the pillow that he clenched with white-knuckled hands.
"Frank?" I asked quietly, sitting down next to him. There was no response. I reached out to squeeze his shoulder but as soon as my fingers brushed his shoulder he flinched and curled up tighter. I pulled away. "Frankie..."
"I don't... just... I just... look, why..."
"Just go away!" he shouted, voice muffled by the pillow. I stood up, hurt coursing instantly through my chest.
"I..." I couldn't say anything.
The half-sobs racked through the room, tiny whimpers shaking his entire figure. The sounds racking through his body were heart wrenching, my stomach flipping over and making me feel sick with hurt and worry for my angel. Each breath he took was halting and sounded like a struggle, like he was attempting to hold everything in.
"Frank?" I whispered tentatively, sitting down carefully on the edge of the mattress agin.
He turned over on his stomach and stopped trying to hold back the sobs and the tiny whimpers that shook his small figure turned into huge, bone-twisting convulsions, his entire body spasming with every soul-melting sob. He was crying out not from sadness but also pain, he wasn't just crying, he was letting out everything through not just tears but through sobs and cries and complete helplessness, crying that sounded like he was tearing his heart out. Like he was crying his heart out and bringing mine with it.
A mere moment later, I couldn't take it anymore. I knew he'd told me to leave him alone, but I sat right next to him and lay down too, wrapping my arms around his curled up figure. He whimpered again and pulled the pillow away from his face, using his arms to try push me away, but I didn't move. It took another moment of him struggling to get me away before he gave up and let me pull him close to my body. He buried his face right in my chest and grabbed fistfuls of my shirts, holding on so tightly I thought the fabric would tear.
It felt like a few hours before Frank's utterly heartbreaking sobs had subsided. The clenched fists balled up in the fabric of my shirt weren't so tight now, resting flat against the crinkled fabric instead of scrunching it up. The collar of my shirt was damp from his tears and my heart still wrenched every time he sniffed or coughed, hurt because he'd spent so long simply crying his heart out. He was lying silently, curled back up into a ball but not longer clenching onto the pillow, or my hand like it was his lifeblood.
"G-gerard?" he mumbled, looking up at me with wide, red-rimmed eyes that swam with tears, glowing green with sorrow.
"Yes, Frankiebear?" I whispered, stroking his soft black fringe between my forefinger and thumb, brushing it down across his soft, tear-stained cheek.
"D-do you r-really think th-that... that, uh, things w-will be o-okay?"
"Yes, I do," I said, though I wasn't really sure but I couldn't let him know. He continued to gaze up at me through spiky, dewy eyelashes, a tiny smile spreading heart-breakingly across his face, hopeful and sorrowful at the same time.
"I hope s-so."
"Of course it will, Frankie. I love you."
"I know," he said, dragging himself gently up so his face was level with mine. His deep green eyes gazed into mine, his cheeks streaked with salty tear trails, and he leaned in hesitantly and rested the tip of his nose on mine. "Love you too." And he kissed me, snaking his arms around my neck. I rolled more comfortably onto my side and rested my hand on the small curve of his curled-up waist, the other brought up to rest underneath his soft, ivory cheek.
We moved our lips slowly together, harmonizing with each other, careful and filled with hope and tenderness. Frank hiccuped again and I couldn't help but smile kissing him and I felt a smile spread across his face too. I almost laughed considering the entire situation and soon filled with a chuckling that was bizarre but lovely, almost casual and friendly.
"Everything okay now?" I whispered, still giggling when we pulled apart. He smiled, a tiny, sad, ghost of a smile that was barely visible on his lips.
"No," he said. "But it will be. I know it."
I was quite excited for the next morning, believe it or not. Because it was a very special day. I mean, it was Friday now, and also something else incredibly special. But it seemed when I woke up that morning, Frank had totally forgotten about it. I was quite surprised, really, seeing as I'd spent half of the night before calling around all my friends and trying to sort it all out. Frank had even seen and overheard some of what I'd said, and was sleeping on my bed beside me for everything else, but he seemed completely unaware of what day it was.
He didn't notice at breakfast either, sitting sleepily at the table with his hair ruffled and eyes dulled with tiredness. I kept glancing over tentatively at him as I packed my bag, wondering if he'd notice the extra weight it held. He didn't seem to notice how I was wearing my favourite ragged black jeans or extra eyeliner.
He didn't notice when Pete and Mikey shared that evil glance that I knew they would when we exited the house to make our way to school, our hands interwoven tightly. The conversation was light but he never once brought up the topic that I was sure he would, not today.
"What have we got today, Frank?" I asked deliberately, hoping that he would pick up. He just shrugged and reeled off his classes for the day; I shared an incredulous glance with Pete and we both shook our heads, but Frank didn't seem to notice.
In fact, he didn't even notice when I lead him away from the building and towards the back of the grounds when the bell rang. It was only when we started walking on the dewy October grass and our feet got damp that he snapped out of the trance and looked up at me.
"Gee, we gotta get to class," he mewled, furrowing his brow. I smirked and shook my head.
"Said who?"
"Are you forgetting something, Frank?" I asked. He looked puzzled.
"Oh for crying out loud..." I shook my head and stopped walking. Frank continued for another meter, before he too stopped and turned to look at me in confusion. He opened his mouth to speak and I took the opportunity to grab his hips roughly and crash my mouth into his. He groaned audibly and kissed me back, mouths open and sloppy against each other, grabbing my hair in his fists roughly. I was more than too aware of the people staring at the two of us but I didn't care, running my hands through the soft dulled red hair and along the skin of his pale neck.
"Gerard-" Frank mumbled, placing a hand on my chest and pushing me away roughly. "What's going on?"
"You seriously don't know?" I asked.
"No! Just tell me!" I giggled and kissed the pale skin of his neck, dragging my gaze up to meet his, resting my forehead against his.
"It's Halloween," I said, smiling. Frank's eyes widened.
"Happy Birthday, idiot," I said, kissing his forehead. Finally, a grin spread across his face, lighting up his saddened features in the way it had done those few days ago before the troubles with his parents arose. For the first time in a few days he looked happy.
"I... I completely forgot," he admitted, ducking his head down with the grin still apparent on his face.
"I figured you did, you didn't even ask why I was wearing corpse make-up today," I said. He looked up and bit his lip guiltily.
"Yeah, I guess I was..." he shrugged.
"I understand," I said, smiling and kissing him again. He sighed and brought his hands back around my neck.
"Get a room, faggots!" Someone shouted across the playground. In the kiss, Frank and I both just burst out laughing.
"Okay!" I shouted back at the group of kids who were just walking into school late. I grabbed Frank's hand, sent a giant grin towards the kids and began to skip off towards the end of the grounds.
"So, what are we going to do now that we're not in lesson for today?" he asked, trotting to keep up with me.
"I kinda... left my art homework till the last minute so I need to do that..." I admitted, smiling guiltily. Frank groaned and rolled his eyes.
"That's like, the third time this month!"
"Yeah... sorry..."
After two hours of sitting in the treehouse, I'd finally completed the drawing that I'd had to do for my art homework. I'd had to do a drawing, not just a plain sketch but to draw a real-life person or figure. So of course I drew Frank. I had completely forgotten that I'd had to do it, so the time was perfect in the treehouse to draw him sleeping beside me.
I put my A3 drawing pad back on the floor and looked at him. It was different watching him in the light rather than the dark of nighttime in the bedroom. The light filtering through the trees dappled across his face casting odd shadows on his jaw line, making him seem almost child-like. I giggled to myself, just out of the adorableness that was my boyfriend.
"Wake up, Frankie," I whispered, slumping further down on the floor to lie next to him. He whimpered slightly but adorably. I giggled and lay on my side and kissed his nose. He grumbled and lifted his hand up sleepily to bat me away. I sat up and leant against the tree, watching him wake up.
"Asshole for waking me up," he grumbled.
"Yeah, I'm not sorry," I said, smiling as he sat up. "It's break in like, two minutes anyway. No, ten," I said, checking the time on my phone. Frank sighed and shuffled up so he was crouching on his heels.
"Ugh. What did you have to do for Art, anyway?" he asked. Pushed my drawing pad towards him and opened it to the page of the drawing; his eyes widened in shock when he saw it. "Oh my God. Me?"
"Yeah, you." I wrapped my arm around his shoulder and he flopped down so we were sitting next to each other.
"It's... wow. It's amazing, Gee," he said quietly, stroking the graphite marks on the page. I smiled.
"Thank you, Frankie," I said, turning my head to gently peck him on the lips. I made as if to pull away but his hands suddenly grabbed at my shoulders and he continued to kiss me. I sighed in content and closed my eyes, snaking my arms around his shoulders. Frank shifted so he was kneeling beside me.
"How long did you say we had until break?" he mumbled into my mouth.
"Ten minutes." Frank pulled away and smirked at me.
"I can work with that," he said. I raised my eyebrows and Frank leant forward again, pressing his mouth gently against mine, moving his body around with his arms around my neck so he was straddling my waist.
"Hope our friends don't turn up any time soon," I said. Frank's smirk widened.
"Better hope we don't disturb them if they do turn up, then," he said, leaning forward and crashing his lips furiously to mine. I moaned quietly and grabbed a fistful of his black hair, biting down on his lower lip.
All thoughts of the imminent arrival of people wiped immediately from my mind. I tugged on his hair and pulled him closer to me, lips meshing quickly, frantically with other, a kiss like very few either. My breathing was getting heavier and I kissed him quicker, mouths open and moving sloppily against each other's.
I could feel every single heavy thud of his heart between our crushed chests, a heartbeat matching my own, could hear nothing but the sounds of his panting and my panting and I bit down on his lip again, making him groan. I pushed him onto his back and he fell backwards still holding onto my back and my hair, mouths still moving fiercely together. I rested my weight on my hands and elbows, splayed either side of his hips. He shuddered a breath onto my lips when I did so, and tightened his group around my neck so I wobbled and fell on top of him with an 'oof!'
"Ow!" he complained, wincing. I cringed and levered myself up again, hovering just over his body. He grabbed onto my shirt and squeezed his eyes closed, grinding his teeth.
"You okay?" I said, sliding my hand under his back he had crushed into the floor. He looked up at me and nodded.
"Hit my tailbone," he said. "That really hurts."
"Your fault for being rough," I murmured into his ear, pressing a quick kiss to the skin on his neck. He squeaked as I began to nibble on the skin on his neck, and squealed again as I began to suck gently up his neck, across his jawbone and chin, lingering over his mouth. "Everything okay there?" I asked breathily, deliberately lingering over his lips, not leaning down to kiss him again. He scowled at me. I smirked, knowing exactly that I was annoying him. Everything my brain was telling me to do was to forget it, go crazy and undo his jeans zipper with my teeth... I just hung in there, watching Frank and his facial expressions.
"Gerard..." he whined, tugging at my hair again.
"Frankie," I mimicked, grinning and leaning down to kiss his neck, one hand fiddling with his black tie.
"Can't you... ugh, why don't... so... eesmeef!" he squeaked, shivering when I threw away his tie and fiddled with his top button, kissing the crook of his down down to the collarbone.
"Oh fuck's sake..." he muttered, unwittingly tilting his head back as I nipped at the skin there.
"You're not making much sense there, Frankie," I whispered, hovering over the dark bruise on his neck. He just made a little growling sound in his throat, shoved me backwards and got to his knees.
"I love you," he said, which was completely what I wasn't expecting. His eyes shone and all the lustful anger seemed to have disappeared.
"I love you too," I said. Frank grinned and wrapped his hand around my neck. I sat on my heels in surprise as Frank leaned forward and smashed his mouth into mine. Shock turned quickly into lust as I pushed him back onto his back, tangling my fingers again into his hair.
Frank let out a half-groan, half-purr sound and wrapped a leg round my waist, clenching onto my shirt and hem of my jeans so that I thought he was about to tear both. My hands slid under his shirt and grappled with the hem. I didn't even try to thinking properly, snaking my tongue into his mouth, breathing heavily and wildly and running my hands over his smooth stomach.
"They'll be here any moment..." I mumbled into Frank's mouth, digging my nails into the bare skin of his sides. He just hooked his thumbs into my front belt loops, like he was trying to drag my jeans down; I batted his hand away weakly but he made a complaining noise in the back of his throat and pulled on my shirt instead.
"Do I care?" he said darkly, finally sitting back to throw his shirt off and I almost began drooling; I'd seen my beautiful boyfriend shirtless but damn, I went lightheaded every time I saw his perfect body. "Didn't think so." And our lips were crashing back together again like none other before, wild and frantic and full of lust and craziness, I couldn't think, I couldn't hear save the pounding of blood in my ears, couldn't feel except for the sparks of my chest against Franks and his cool hands slightly tentative sliding under the waistband of my jeans...
I gasped into his mouth when I felt his fingers on my hipbones, making quick work of my button and zipper and belt buckle. He pulled away and smirked devilishly, giggling almost childishly when I moaned embarrassingly loudly as the cold air hit my my skin underneath my loose boxers...
"We're coming up, guys!" We both jumped in shock at the loud voice. I immediately tried to sit up but to my immense (not) delight, I heard the snap of a camera.
"Valerie!" I shouted, not even having to look around. Only one person would actually do that, and sure enough, it was the pink-haired lunatic who held her phone towards us, a giant grin on her face.
"Well, that's one for Facebook!"
"Can you not see we're in the middle of something?" I said, propping my self up on my elbows and staring accusingly at her. Frank giggled darkly and hooked the hand that wasn't inside the denim of my jeans on my undone belt buckle.
"I can see that, but I decided to come up and check if the coast was clear. Mikey's feeling a bit squeamish about coming up," she said.
"Yeah well... no, it's not," I said. "The coast is very much anything but clear." Valerie nodded - she didn't really seem bothered by the fact that she'd just walked in on two of her friends molesting each other. Violently.
"I noticed that. Frank, get your hand out of Gerard's pants. Your shirt's over there and god knows what happened to your tie. There's foundation for those bruises-" she dumped her bag on the floor, "-in here."
"I'm allowed to have my hands down his pants," grumbled Frank. I laughed and kissed him lightly on the nose.
"Be that as it may, I don't think your little brother will appreciate walking into the beginning of a porno scene," said Valerie. "Gee, comb your hair, and put your jeans back on, they're round your knees. Nice boxers by the way, and dude seriously, have you stuck a banana down there?" I sat up and looked down at my boxers, which were blue and covered in pancakes (I don't know what I was thinking when I bought them). And she was also right, because it looked like I had inflated a banana to twice it's usual size and left it in my boxers. I snuck a glance at Frank's jeans and to my delight, they looked just as tight as mine and the prominent outline of his boner was casting a bulge in his crotchal area.
"Do you want me to tell the guys you need another twenty minutes?" asked Valerie, smirking. Frank looked at me with heavy-lidded eyes and shook his head slowly.
"No need."
"You're not gonna suck each other off here in front of me, are you?"
"No!" I shouted, feeling my cheeks flush.
"Oh. That's a pity."
"Job for another day, babe," said Frank, gently squeezing my erection through the fabric of my boxers. I stifled a gasp and bit down on my lip hard, batting his hand away. Valerie grinned, her eyes bright.
"I'm so there. I'll go tell the guys to come up in a minute, okay?" said Valerie, grinning. Frank and I nodded, and Valerie just skipped off.
"Need a hand with that?" asked Frank, kneeling and hooking his fingers back onto my belt. I smirked. Nothing wrong with your boyfriend wanting to lick all. But I frowned when all he did was zip up my jeans, not helping the fact that they were already too tight. He just smirked and did up the buckle swiftly with nimble fingers.
"Asshole," I muttered, briefly kissing him again.
"No, just think of Mikey's expression when he realizes we're only halfway done," he said, eyes filled with dark humour.
"Is it safe?" Speak of the devil. I turned and saw the side of Mikey's head, carefully not looking at us.
"Yeah, it's fine," said Frank, though it full well was not. Mikey glanced and visibly blanched at the sight; our hair rumpled, shirts undone (and in Frank's case, missing), swollen lips and too tight-jeans...
"Oh shit, I'm gonna be sick," he groaned, turning away and covering his eyes. I giggled and retrieved Frank's shirt, shrugged my jacket back on and told Mikey that it was okay to look around again. He looked and stared around, a squeamish look on his face.
"Oh god. I don't even want to know, I don't want to know... he said, walking gingerly over the floor like it would blow up and sitting down.
"It's okay. Nothing completely X-rated," I said, smirking at Frank.
"From what I saw, give them ten more minutes and it would have been," said Valerie, reappearing, looking fondly at the screen of her phone. "You know, that's a lovely picture. For a porno, maybe."
"Let's see?" asked Jenna. Valerie showed her. "Let me know next time? I wanna film."
"Oh please..." said Mikey, his face visibly green.
"Guys, leave it alone," I said, raising my eyebrow.
"And no, you can't watch. Put that phone away," said Frank, looking in a compact mirror. "Do you think I need to cover up here? I mean, on my collarbone, you can't exactly see under my shirt..."
"You're such a diva, Frank. Come here..." Jenna took the mirror off him and began to inspect his neck. "Jeez, Gerard, what have you done to his collarbone?"
"I... took off his shirt..."
"You guys, please, I don't want to hear this!" Mikey put his hands over his ears.
"Sorry dude. Jenna did ask," said Frank. Everyone laughed, save for Mikey, who's face was getting paler and greener by the second. I noticed at this point that Bob and Ray were absent; possibly hiding away to get Mikey's verdict on the situation.
"Well, we can sort things out later," I said, crawling over on my knees and doing up the last button on Frank's shirt for him.
"By 'sort things out', do you mean..."
"Guys!" Mikey shouted, standing up and running out of the tree hut. Again there was a small burst of laughter and I just giggled, shaking my head and staring into Frank's hazel green eyes.
"Happy Birthday, love," I said, leaning forward and kissing him gently and softly and he retaliated with a sigh and a gentle kiss back. Around me, I heard all four - or however many girls it was - 'awwwwwwww'ing. I chuckled.
"I sort things out in the weirdest way possible, don't I?" Frank asked, resting his hands on my chest. I grinned and nodded.
"Maybe we should let Valerie film next time and we send it to your Dad," I suggested. Frank chuckled as Valerie said 'yes please!' form behind us.
"I'm not too sure about that..."
"It'd be one way of sorting things out."
"I thought they were already?" he asked.
"Glad to hear it," I said, resting my forehead against his. "So there's no need to film the next time?"
"I don't know, but I do like the sound of a next time." I smiled and pressed my lips to his.
Neither of us went back to lessons that day. Instead, I went into my art lesson and left my sketchbook on the desk with a note apologizing to my absence, then Frank and I both jumped over the gates to leave school for the rest of the day.
We passed his Mum on the streets. That could have been very awkward, but his father was noticeably absent; Mrs Iero, or 'Please, Call Me Linda' had had a few words and apparently Mr Iero was sitting in the corner of shame. If they even had a corner of shame, but the way she worded it, it sounded like Italian Mama struck over once again.
Frank and I were both on the sofa watching Die Hard and fangirling over Bruce Willis after a cheerful telling off from Mum who was working at home that day. I was lying down and Frank was sitting with his legs tucked up beside me. I was playing with his hair and everything, for that moment in time, was perfect.
WHAT DID YOU THINK? Please guys, I have no idea how this Chapter went. Just Rate and Review my loves! Credits will be up between a few hours and tomorrow, and I love you all very much. I'm kinda sad that this is over but I do still need that sequel however, it probably won't be up for a few weeks at least because I now have My Dirty Little Secret to work on. If you haven't read and rated and reviewed it, please go do so now ^.^ http://www.ficwad.com/story/204190
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