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What is your name ?
My name is Henning Ludvigsen
What is your alias and why you choose it ?
I'm using my normal name, Henning, for everything. I used to have a handle many years ago when I worked on the Amiga playform; Bridgeclaw.
Tell us a bit about yourself Henning?
I'm a Norwegian guy in the beginning of my thirties, and I've been living in Athens, Greece, for the past 6 years working as the Art Director in a computer game company. We're currently developing the MMORPG named Darkfall, which will release in the beginning of 2009.
However, I have always been drawing for as long as I can remember, and I started creating my first digital illustrations on the Commodore-64 computer over 20 years ago. Still, with VERY limited resolution sizes and only 16 colours to pick from, there's not really much you can do with it, he-he. When the Amiga platform hit the market, us digital artists suddenly had more options with thousands of colours available and better drawing programs. Still, it was more related to pixel-art than actual painting, but a great base of education as I really feel that I've been working with digital art since the beginning of it and that having that technical experience can help me out. I have traditional art education, so everything related to digital art is completely self taught. I working almost 10 years in the advertisement agency industry before I got burned out and jumped ship to get into computer game development, which I'm currently doing. I'm living and working with my girlfriend and fellow artist, Natascha Roeoesli.
As a child, what were your greatest memories related to Art ?
Tough one to answer, but I remember looking at pencil drawings and oil paintings made by my father and my grandfather. I think this caught my attention automatically as I was into drawing form my early years.
Do you get loads of support from family/friends ?
Yes, I think I get just as much support as I need. No one is questioning my work or anything I'm doing, but then on the other hand, I'm basically the only one amongst my friends who is into art. My family totally supports my decision of leaving Norway and move across Europe to work from Greece. A tough choice which includes a lot of sacrifice and time away from everyone, but when we meet once or twice per years, it's always very nice.
Have you done any previous studies before getting yourself into Digital Art ?
I do have 2 years of basic, traditional art education, and that's about it. I feel that I have a very deep experience when it comes to digital art, since I've been working on the very f(continuation stopped)
How long does it take you to get into the feel of creating something new and stunning ?
I'm usually a fast working, and when I've decided to give my full attention to a project, I'm getting into the feel of things very quickly. This, however, is linked to how stressed I am at the moment of creation. If I'm having other things to think about, it will influence my concentration,
How did you first discover DeviantART ?
I honestly don't remember. I think I found it by pure luck back in July 2004.
You are really well known over DA, is it the same case in real life too ?
I don't know how well known I am, but people seem to enjoy stealing my art far too often, which is a sign that I might be onto something, at least.
Do you plan your images before doing them, or make them up on the spot ?
I'm very inpatient, and I can never get myself to sit down and create a lot of sketches and plan things ahead much. If I'm feeling like painting something, I'll simply just jump straight into it and the see how I manage to get out it again.
What does your work represent to you?
I don't have much story or thought behind my work. Often I simply paint a subject because I might think it's cool, or even bizarre. I hope that my work can represent some interesting stories, though. Not that I have thought behind any of my paintings, but I still think that you can let your imagination run wild and come up with anything when browsing my gallery.
What does the word Fantasy represent to you ?
It's basically my life. I'm working here in Greece on a Massively Multiplayer Online Role-playing Game, which is set in a Fantasy setting, I love pen and paper role-playing, fantasy movies, and fantasy art. It's a setting that I simply have a great love for, and obviously I'm also devoting a major part of my life to it.
Who will be your favourite artist at this moment ?
I've always have a thing of good old Boris Vallejo, but my favourite digital artist would have to be Michael Komarck if I had to pick only one from the sea of amazing artists out there.
We also see your girlfriend Tascha, is also a lot into Digital Art, do you inspire from each other or try to oppose to see who comes top ?
Yes, Tascha is an amazing artist, and we don't have a competitive relationship at all when it comes to art. We help each other out all the time.
How did you meet her ? First strike love ?
No big secret; we met at DeviantART, which I think is pretty cool. She is from Switzerland, and I'm a Norwegian living in Athens, what other place to meet others with similar interest? Hehe.
How do you respond to change in trends in this "digital" world ?
I like changes in the digital art scene. That's what the digital era is all about; new ideas, new technology, and new styles. We're all pioneers in the digital art world. People have painted for hundreds of years, but we've only had access to digital painting and drawing tools for a few years. I'm looking forward to see what the future brings.
So where is your working place, in an office at home ? Once you're finished with your pieces where would you post them ?
I'm working full-time (well, more than full-time) at our company's office where I have a little office, and both Natascha and I have one desk each in the living-room of our apartment where all the personal and extra projects and paintings are being done.
Could you tell us about Pixelbrush, how you came up with it ? Difficulties, hopes with it ?
Pixelbrush was the name of an art book that Natascha and I was working on a while back. The book was as good as done when we decided to buy the domain name and set up for forums so that we could answer some questions that both of us kept getting asked repeatedly. What we didn't expect was that suddenly lots of artists would sign up and actually use the forums, ask for events and competitions, etc.
I want Pixelbrush to be a non-elitist place where anyone can post art and learn from each other. We have monthly and weekly themed events where the atmosphere is very relaxed, fun, and helpful. I hope that Pixelbrush will keep on going and being a small and cozy little place where people enjoy hanging around. Nothing more.
What software do you use and what is your favourite tool ?
I've been using Photoshop since the first version of it, so I'm pretty much married to that pieces of software, which I love. I've tried other painting packages, but I simply can't get around using a different kind of user interface.
Is there any tips for other Digital Painter or Illustrator you would like to share ?
My best advice ever is to believe in yourself, and don't be afraid to jump into new and unknown tasks with both legs. You will most likely surprise yourself how well you will end up if you keep on putting some pressure to your own expectations about yourself. Simply put; keep pushing your limits and never say no. Always deliver more than what the client is asking for.
Do you work with commission, if so is it enough to make a living out of ? Or do you have another job which you work full-time ?
I used to accept commissions, but I have stopped accepting commissions from private people, I'm at the moment mostly sticking with a couple of companies, clients that I've had for a few years. I'm doing extra work because I want the experience and for the love of the work.
We can see that you work for Game company, so what's the process, how does it work ?
Yes, I'm the Art Director of Aventurine S.A. I've been involved with the game (Darkfall) for about 9 years now (6 years full time), and we have announced the release to be in the end of January 2009. It's very strange finally seeing this project finally up and running and close to release.
Do you usually have a message to send through your work ?
I'm very rarely using messages or stories in my work. I'm painting because I love painting, and I'm not really much of a storyteller.
What would be your casual routine like ?
I love watching films and TV-series on DVD.
What are your other hobbies, when you're not drawing or sketching ?
Well, since I'm on the other side of Europe from friends and family, Natascha and I usually spend out spare time shopping, or simply watching films and TV-series on DVD.
What do you think is your strongest subject when coming to Digital Painting ?
I have a lot to learn about most things, but I do believe that I have an eye for light and shadows. I've always had the interest for it, at least.
What is your ultimate goal in Digital Art ?
My goal, and hope is that I will be able to enjoy painting for a long time and at the same time manage to make a decent living out of it.
We also see that you are exploring the 3D, an art that you want to carry on ?
Most people don't know this, but I'm actually working with 3D a lot more than 2D. It's just that since our first game project isn't out yet, I can't show much of my 3D work. I will definitely be doing 3D in the future, probably as much as I'm currently doing, which is most of the time during my working hours.
Where does your Inspiration source come from ?
I find inspiration through music, films, weird dreams, and strange ideas suddenly popping into my head from nowhere.
What would your top 5 tips be for anyone that is starting to Paint or Illustrate ?
1) Be patient, not even the great masters out there create masterpieces every time.
2) Don't cheat; and be honest about your methods.
3) Don't be afraid to take on projects that pushes your own limitations.
4) Always deliver more than you're supposed to.
5) Most important; paint EVERY DAY, even if it's just a 5 minute doodle.
What do you think of today's Digital Arts levels and amount of work ?
There are tons and tons of amazing digital artists out there, and I'm always having a hard time browsing art community galleries, like for example DeviantART. It's just so much to pick from with very high level of quality.
What type of music do you listen to ?
Music is a big part of my life, and I'm listening to music almost all the time. I'm into alternative rock, indie, hard-rock, and heavy.
What is your setup like ?
I have a really old computer at home, and I will probably get a nice one once I move back to Norway. The one I have can run Photoshop nicely, which is all I need.
What is your opinion about people thinking a tablet will make their work better?
Well, they are probably right that it will make their work better, but I don't get why people think that getting a tablet will automatically turn your art into a masterpiece. You will still have to paint it, and that require real old school skills.
If there was another software you would like to master, which one would it be ?
I would have loved to get in to Painter, just because of the brushes, but I can't get used to the interface after working with Photoshop since the beginning of time.
You have achieved a staggering number of 5 Daily Deviation over DA, how do you feel ?
It's always great fun getting a DA, and I'm always proud when it happens. Still, I sometimes find it strange which of my pieces gets chosen because it's never the ones I would hope, or even think would get that kind of attention, haha.
Your popularity over DA is ever so increasing, I mean how do you feel, going back to your first day here on DA, how do you feel achieving such impressive stats ?
I'm not really that into stats, but I really appreciate all the comments and gallery visits I'm getting. DA is a great place, and even though it's a bit hard to be seen here in the beginning because of the vast amount of accounts it feel even better when you do get some attention.
Wow, now that I see it, youve been on many of Ballistic Publishing (Exposé) how do you feel achieving this ? You have also seem to have won many awards, got anything to add ?
Yes, I've been in a few Ballistic books, I honestly don't know the number, but a few. I love art books, and I'm always proud to be a part of one along with other artists whom I adore.
Did you had to go through some very challenging task in your Digital career ?
I'm going through challenging tasks every single day, and it's a great feeling when you've managed to work out the challenge.
What are your future plans ? Where would you see yourself in about 10 years time ?
I hope that my life will be a bit calmer and that I won't have to work myself silly to do what I want to do. More freedom and more time for vacation, hopefully, hehe.
If you could, you would ...
Take Natascha on a brilliant holiday to some jungle/beach paradise.
What is your favourite piece, that you ever created ? And why you chose this piece ?
I'm rarely satisfied with my work, but if I had to pick one, it would be a painting I've done for the Call of Cthulhu board game, which I can't show yet, hehe. From my available gallery, I'm guessing that Wall would be the one I would pick from the lot. I like the simplicity in this piece, and I love working on skin and muscle definitions.
Would you like to go through whatever you did during the process of making this piece ?
I have way of working, which I'm almost sticking to with all of my pieces. I start out with a line art sketch, I block this sketch in and start adding values in grey-scale only. This because I prefer working with shape before doing anything with colour. Once the shape is up, I add colour, and then fiddle around and go over the piece in several passes.
What are your favourite pieces on DA, could you share them ?
It's impossible to pick just a few, so I will invite you to check out my favorites instead, hehe.
If you had to sum up all your work into one sentence, what would it be ?
Weird fantasy with a dash of semi realism !?
And to finish it off, What would you like to say to your fans out there ? And what did you think of this Interview ?
Thanks for reading the interview everyone, keep on painting and don't hold back; challenge yourself and only paint for yourself. I appreciate the interview and I had fun answering all the questions, thanks for having me Sangiev
And that is it for today, hope you enjoyed and had a great time, loads to learn from, even how to pick a girl friend on the net Now lets not carry on, visit his stunning gallery and and then him he deserve our
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To mark the anniversary of Pope Francis' first year as pontiff, the Vatican released a new series of coins and stamps that carry the face of "the People's Pope." (March 13)
Rome - March 12, 2014
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3. Tight new Vatican euro coins with face of Pope
4. Wide coins held up in presentation case
5. Wide Saint Peter's Square
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8. Tight rosary boxes with Pope Francis picture
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10. Tight Pope Francis pictures held by street vendor
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The Vatican has released a new series of coins and stamps to mark the first anniversary of Pope Francis' pontificate.
The set of eight coins, ranging from the one cent to the two euro coin, will cost 35 euros, or 49 US dollars.
The stamps, ranging from 70 cents to 2.5 euro, will be released on March 21.
With the pope's popularity soaring, it is expected there will be a huge demand for the anniversary stamps and minted coins, which all carry the face of Francis.

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NOTE: This is the first blog post ever made here, and it is meant to summarize the views and purpose this blog will have. If you have never been here before then reading this is an excellent start, but note that specifics of how I would label my views has evolved a bit. See "Why I Call Myself Voluntaryist"
Procrastination is a lapse in time where separation of inspiration and initiative persists. Hopefully my lapse of this sort is over now, and if all goes well it should stay that way for some time to come.
For the past several days I have pondered what keystrokes would best mark the first signs of life on this lonely sector of the world wide web. Actually, several months might be a more accurate way of putting it. But recently with the introduction of some new aesthetics to this site – as well as being content with what I already had – the gates have opened at last.
In case you are unaware, I have begun this blog with political intentions in mind. My views are not about what politician would do best in office or for what level, which legislation needs to be passed or why, what government ought to do or how; rather they are a wholesale rejection of the system altogether. Anyone can profess to be an advocate for freedom – only those who do so with the goal that I (and many others) have in mind can affirm this for every issue government has attempted to address.
While there are many who think laws against choices and behaviors that harm no one but those that initiate them should be taken off the books, I do not think that goes far enough.
While there are many who hold that people have a right to decide how the fruits of their own labor are put to use, and that confiscation of wealth should be strictly limited, this by itself is still a starting point as I am concerned.
While there are some who feel government should be substantially smaller than it is today – to the point where it is limited to protecting use from waste, fraud, and abuse both domestically and internationally – I take that platform a step further.
I am one of few who hold that government – a regional sovereign of legitimized coercion – is unnecessary for allowing us to live our lives as productively as possible. Your standard Libertarian wants government to be limited, I want it to be removed from the picture altogether.
This is not a conclusion that I accepted suddenly out of nowhere; for me it was a process that began years ago. Nor is this something that I, or anyone else can persuade you to adopt in this post alone, there are much better attempts by like-minded individuals at doing that already. Being the first post of what I hope will one day number in the thousands – this is only meant to state the intentions of this blog.
I am a market anarchist – an advocate of what is better known as Anarcho-Capitalism. I hold that all functions of government should be replaced with market solutions to all the necessary evils it commits. Operationally a government generally** differs from a market institution in three ways:
It excludes other persons or institutions from providing certain services within a given territory.
Within that territory it is permitted to express a wide variety of privileges ordinary citizens are prohibited from doing – taxation (wealth confiscation) being one of them.
No one is permitted to opt out from this scheme unless they want to change locations altogether – nor is explicit consent given to be part of it.
As I will defend in the years to come, I doubt there is a single case in which a good or service is better handled by a group that has extended privileges over everyone else without undesirable consequences – nor do see any reason why such a group would want to. To say an institution with such traits is what sustains civilization itself is to reject the very standards we use to evaluate every other group entity that has ever existed.
To me government is the exception to every rule we apply to every other institution. If I told you we should give a corporation a monopoly within a given region, as well as the power to take and do what it wants to the populace that surrounds it, you most likely would object to such circumstances. Highlight the fact that this is precisely the means by which governments operate, and the antagonism we would otherwise have at those circumstances tends to disappear.
Basic Rationale for my Views and This Blog (I know what you're thinking)
Most who stumble upon this blog will likely dismiss the views I express here on the grounds of popular opinion alone. The desirability of government is no lesser or greater based upon how many people approve of it or not. If it was then we should refrain from objecting to the actions of every democratically elected dictator that ever lived for the same reasons.
While I think it would fill in the room for improvement over our current political/economic system, by no means do I believe in utopia. Let me state this in simple terms:
It's not that I think wars or shootouts between people would be non-existent, I just don't see why anyone would spend millions of their own money on cruise missiles and other armaments to make enemies while also risking other assets of their own.
It's not that I think private judicial systems would never take bribes, I just can't see any reason why the coercively-financed system we have today has more of a reason not to take them – especially when your stuck with the judge you get depending on where you live.
It's not that I think we have no say whatsoever in how the government we live under treats it's own citizens, rather I see no need for imposing the policies of a politician on others because you outnumber them every 2-4 years.
It's not that I think businesses strive to be perfectly ethical all the time, I simply see no way a food or drug company could raise revenue by killing their own customers instead of getting repeat business from serving them well.
It's not that I think we shouldn't care about those less fortunate than us, I just think there are far more effective ways to do so than forcing other people to pay for it.
It's not that I think people shouldn't be allowed to own property (trust me, I'm all for it), I just don't see how we can promote innovation by giving someone an absolute monopoly on an idea – especially when it limits how others can use property they already own.
It's not that I think there would be no free riders under any circumstances that would arise under market anarchy, I just doubt that government can handle this issue without creating an even bigger problem: When taxing the hell out of people, how do we decide that enough is enough?
It's not that I think Somalia is a total paradise, I just do not see how the region was any better overall when it was under a government.
For the time being, I intend for this blog to serve as a foxhole for market anarchist thought, a place where every post has some food for thought that will help others change the way they see even the most basic of political policies. While intended mainly as an extension to a book I have in the works, I think this blog will have a life of it's own.
I will update this blog with enough posts to just barely last a couple years – the reason being that this is not the only ideological venture I am trying to surmount. In the meantime I have some other writing to do…
-RJ Miller
Privatize + Legalize + Decentralize
**I say "generally" because I am speaking in reference to most governments in existence today. At a bare minimum, a government is an institution that can initiate force within a given territory without the surrounding populace objecting to the practice altogether. In practice, this minimalist definition means anyone living in it's territory is forced to financially contribute a portion of wealth while excluding the choice of using that same wealth for a different "provider" or something else altogether. See "Defining Government"


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AUGUSTA — The kids don't seem to be afraid of the Masters.
Led by Patrick Cantlay and Hideki Matsuyama, who each shot 1 under 71s in Thursday's first round, four of the five college-aged amateurs have a shot at not only making the cut, but of giving ESPN and CBS even bigger ratings by competing for the green jacket. They trail leader Lee Westwood by four shots and don't seem to be intimidated by the course's history, length or degree of difficulty.
Asked if he thinks he can stay on the leaderboard all four rounds, Cantlay didn't hesitate to answer.
"I think so," said Cantlay, a UCLA student who can draw from the experience of being the low amateur at last year's U.S. Open.
Joining them are Corbin Mills and Kelly Kraft, who each shot 2 over. Kraft, who qualified by defeating Cantlay for the 2011 U.S. Amateur Championship, tied Westwood for the best four-hole stretches of anyone on Thursday. He ran off four consecutive birdies on Nos. 12-15. Though Kraft
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Artist's Books: a Selection from Special Collections and Archives, DePaul Univerity Library
Artist's books are, quite simply, books made or conceived by
artists. They can be made by hand or commercially printed, bound in a
traditional codex form or constructed more like a sculptural object. Self-published
or produced by small presses, the books can be printed in a limited edition or
exist as unique objects. Techniques involved in making them are varied, drawing
on multiple modes of art-making including letterpress, printmaking,
photography, and computer-generated imagery. The almost limitless possibilities
have drawn artists to the genre for decades.
The artist's books collection in Special Collections and
Archives at DePaul University Library began in the late 1990s with the
acquisition of a number of artist-made books published in Cuba by Ediciones Vigí. Building
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often selecting books that complement the subject areas in which the library
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The books in this exhibit are divided into four sections:
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with the notion of a book's structure. Many of these books require interaction
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after Shinji's fall, the survivors try to regroup and morn their loss.
Funeral For A Friend
"Asuka?" a voice called from the now open hatch of the Entry Plug of Unit 02, "Asuka, are you alright?" Asuka's empty blue eyes glanced up to see Ritsuko glancing worriedly at her.
"Yeah, I'm fine," Asuka said blandly, getting climbing toward the older doctor, wiping the 'LCL fluid' from her eyes. "Why wouldn't I be fine?"
"They ... they took everything, Asuka," Ritsuko stated as she aided the girl out of the plug, "both ... both bodies."
"How do you know he's dead?" Asuka said, turning a hateful glance at the woman making her step back from its power, "He might just be hurt, we should be going on a rescue mission ASAP!"
"We were monitoring his readings, Asuka," Ritsuko stated sadly, "His life readings stopped as the plug was destroyed. He ... Shinji didn't survive. I'm sorry ..."
"DON'T SAY THAT!" She screamed, tears forming at the corners of her eyes, "Don't say you're sorry! Never say that ..." she then turned and ran out of the cage area leaving Ritsuko watching her go sadly.
Asuka changed and left the base as quickly as she could, but she didn't go straight home, preferring to wonder the streets in an attempt to get the words Shinji had said to her out of her head. "Baka ... If ... if he would have been stronger he wouldn't have been ... been k- ... k- ... what is my problem?" she asked out loud ignoring the people who were starting to stare at her as she walked.
"I don't need him," She stated weakly, "I don't need anybody!"
Hours passed before Asuka finally made it back to the apartment she shared with Misato and ... with just Misato now. 'What's wrong with me, I haven't felt this way since ... since ...' she thought, before shaking her and looking to the front door.
The German girl placed her key in the lock and silently walked into the room, not all that surprised to hear murmuring and sobbing but nothing could prepare her for what she was about to walk into.
"MISATO!!" she called as her guardian took a step off the kitchen table with a rope tied around her neck.
Asuka wasted no time, running into the kitchen, grabbing a knife and, using the accuracy she learned from training to be an Eva pilot, threw the knife slicing the rope enough to give under Misato's weight. The twenty nine year old brunet dropped to the ground coughing. Before glancing up painfully at the shocked teenager, "WHY?!?WHY DIDN'T YOU LET ME DIE?!? LIKE YOU LET SHINJI?!?" she half screamed half slurred.
Asuka's eyes widened as if a realization hit her, "Oh ... Oh Asuka ... I d-didn't ... I didn't mean that ... I just ... I'm ..." Misato whimpered, coming a bit more to her senses.
"No ... don't say you're sorry ... please ..." Asuka sniffed standing over the trembling, drunk Major. "You're right ... I wasn't ... I wasn't good enough ... I wasn't good enough to save him ... I was weak ..."
The next thing Asuka knew a palm burned her cheek, "Don't ever let me hear you say that again!" Misato stated firmly, despite her red, puffy eyes, "You not saving him had nothing to do whether or not you were good and you're NOT weak ... you weren't the one about to ... you know just now, were you?" Misato looked down, her shoulders trembling, "Shinji-kun ... wouldn't want you to say that ... he always hated it when you talked about yourself like that ..."
"Past tense ..." Asuka muttered, as Misato jerked off the remains of her noose from her neck, and sat down at the table, grabbing an unopened can of beer.
Misato popped the can, and took a long swig, "If anyone failed him, it was me, Asuka," she stated seriously, staring at the can as fresh tears slid down her cheeks, "I ... I should of ejected his plug when it started getting too hot, but ... I just ... never expected ..."
This time it was Misato's turn to take a blow as she tumbled to the floor from the fierceness of the attack. "You ... you're a coward ... depending on the great Invincible Shinji to save the day, weren't you? WEREN'T YOU?? He was just a baka kid! I trained for six years before I came here, Misato! SIX YEARS, what training has he had? I don't care how good he was, and I know he was, you, and his bastard father sent him to his death! And then you tried to take the last of my family I have from me again tonight! I HATE YOU!" Asuka screamed, tears flowing freely before she dashed to the bedrooms past the stunned Misato.
Misato sat there on the floor, her beer can sit in her lap on its side, soaking her thighs with the alcoholic liquid. Misato gave it no mind. Everything the girl said was a fact, she let him die, she sent him to die, and then was going to take the cowards way out, would have if not for Asuka.
Misato shook her head, to clear the buzz from the punch and the alcohol. She then turned and started toward Asuka's bedroom, but not really surprisingly found it empty.
She turned across the hall to the door marked 'Shinji's Lovely Suite', and slowly opened it, a sad smile crossing her lips at the sight. Asuka's dress was dropped on the floor, and the redhead was curled in a ball on Shinji's bed with her back to the door, wrapped up in one of the boy's button down dress shirts, her shoulders trembling with her silent sobs.
Misato padded across the room and quietly crawled into the bed beside the girl. Misato gasped slightly when the young girl spun toward her and buried her face in the woman's chest sobbing loudly. Misato reached down and pulled the comforter over their shoulders and held the girl tightly, "It'll all work out, we'll make it through this," Misato murmured into the girl's hair, her own tears joining with Asuka's on Shinji's pillow, "He'd want us to stay strong."
"He'd want us to stay strong ..." Asuka repeated barely above a whisper, both girls holding each other tight, not expecting the intense loneliness to allow sleep any time soon.
Asuka stood in a black dress, standing beside Misato's seated form at the front of the NERV main plaza before a large picture of Shinji. Asuka's sad blue eyes turned to the photo. It was one of the rare shots of the Third Child with an actual, unforced smile on his face, when he was actually happy.
Asuka wanted to seethe and lash out at Gendo Ikari, he showed no remorse whatsoever about his son's death. Asuka had had the chance to really look at who Shinji was after the incident and discovered the only thing he ever wanted was his father to notice he existed. It looked like even his death could do that.
Asuka wanted to hate the man, but for some reason, couldn't muster the energy to force a growl.
The Second Child released a shuttered breath, before turning to the line of friends and acquaintances of the only remaining male Eva Pilot ... well not remaining anymore. She glanced at Hikari wheeling Touji in a wheelchair. Asuka willingly accepted a hug from her best friend, before turning to the heartbroken 'stooge'.
Touji's eyes widened when the German girl hugged him lightly, and whispered in his ear, "I miss him too, but ... don't think I'm going to be going easy on you because of either of these things."
Kensuke came next, smiling weakly at the girl. As with the other surviving stooge, there was an unspoken understanding. After today they will probably go back to yelling at one another, making fun, and even intense unadulterated violence, but today there were merely two lost children who had lost a best friend.
Kensuke glanced at Touji and Hikari. Hikari nodded and the two remaining stooges left the girls to talk at the back of the plaza.
"I was afraid this would happen," Touji stated, looking up at his friend, "Shinji was a good guy, and good guys finish last."
"I hear ya, bro," Kensuke said, nodding to the two girls standing beside the distraught Misato. "All kidding aside ... at least they didn't figure it out their feelings. Even Devil Girl doesn't deserve to hurt like that."
"Uh oh," Touji gulped, his eyes going wide, recognizing a face in the line.
"Uh oh?" Kensuke asked, glancing down at his friend, "What is it?"
"Oh shit ... oh holy shit ... not good ..." Touji almost panicked, kicking with his remaining leg pushing his chair backwards.
Kensuke followed Touji's terrified gaze, and his reaction wasn't that different, "oh dear ..."
Asuka stood at the front at Hikari's side, nodding at the NERV personal who were giving their last respect, but finally one came that cause the tension in the room to skyrocket.
Mana Hiroshima stood before the Second Child in her uniform. Since the Jet Alone Project had became public knowledge, the secret ways of the team has been relaxed, and they have become as known as the Evangelion Pilots. Blue locked with blue. Neither girl said a single word.
The tension was getting to the fever pitch when they finally broke the nightmarish silence.
The two girls spoke softly but sternly in unison, "He loved you."
"Me?" Asuka chuckled sadly after a moment of silence, "You were the one throwing yourself at him, and all that 'I'll wait for you!' shit. I was the one who was calling him an idiot and putting him through hell. Doesn't take a college graduate to figure who he probably went for."
"Has Shinji-kun ever made much sense at anything else?" Mana stated with a sniff. "I knew first time I met him he was the type that always looked past the thorns to the rose. No matter how many thorns he could find the good in everything. Even you."
Mana touched the photo, running her fingers over Shinji's jaw line, "If the Evangelions don't get the sons of bitches that did this to him," Mana stated in a uncharacteristic cold voice, "Jet Alone will. I doubt it will be pretty for them either way."
Mana turned back to Second Child, and gave a small smile when she saw the tears behind the girl's eyes. The Jet Alone pilot placed a hand on Asuka's shoulder, "I know you don't like me, but if you ever want to talk ... about him, here's my number." She said pushing a piece of paper in Asuka's hand, moving on before she could respond.
As the Jet Alone pilot left, most of the people around let out a sigh of relief.
Asuka looked at the wadded up paper, before stuffing it into her purse. 'That went better then I expected,' Asuka thought, before glancing at the entrance of the plaza, locking eyes with the person she wanted to see less then Mana.
Asuka watched Gendo Ikari, adjust his glasses, and then instead of showing any remorse for his son's death, he let his lips curl into a smile. Asuka's eyes narrowed as she read the older man's lips.
'Finally ... the last reminder is finally gone,' she read him silently mouth, not realizing he was being watched, 'I can finally be at peace.'
"You ... killed him ..." Asuka muttered, her vision turning a shade of red.
She took a step forward, down the isle between the rows of chairs. 'You ... killed him. You sent him to his death ..." she said just slightly louder, starting to walk faster.
The Second Child broke in to a full run, shoving people out of the way, before jumping into the air, pouncing on the unsuspecting NERV Commander.
"YOU KILLED HIM, YOU BASTARD!!!" Asuka screamed at the top of her lungs, letting her frustration out with every punch she threw at the older man's defenseless face. "YOU HAD NO RIGHT TO EVEN CALL HIM SON! YOU HAD NO RIGHT TO EVEN BE IN THE SAME BLOODLINE AS HIM!!!" She yelled, punching him again and again, while security agents tried to pull the rampaging girl off the commander.
The girl finally stopped punching, to settle for strangling the man, jerking his neck, making his head bounce off the hard floor. "WHAT DID HE EVER DO TO YOU? ASK FOR YOUR LOVE? WAS THAT SUCH A CRIME, YOU COWARD?" She screamed, tears streaking her face, loving the sight of foam and hints of blood forming at the corners of the gagging Gendo's mouth.
"EVERYTHING HE EVER DID WAS FOR YOU, YOU IDIOT!" Asuka yelled one hand still pressed tightly across his throat, while her other was balled in a fist and punching him across the face as hard as she could, "YOU WASN'T EVEN WORTH THE EFFORT, BUT HE STILL DID EVERYTHING FOR A DAMN ASS LIKE YOU!"
Finally the redhead finally fell forward across the gasping Gendo's form. The man rolled the girl off him, and her weak dazed eyes glanced up at the one who hit her in the back of the head. "Figures ... the doll ... lets her master ...get away with ... murder ..." Asuka said before she passed out, looking up at Rei who was holding her hand still out where she chopped at the back of her head.
The smell of frying eggs filled Asuka's nostrils as she stretched in her bed. She slowly kicked her legs over the side of her bed and climbed out, lazily making her way to kitchen smiling when she saw the familiar sight of Shinji Ikari slaving over the oven.
"Morning, Baka," Asuka announced her presence in the kitchen, "I had the freakiest dream last night."
"Morning, Asuka-chan," Shinji smiled back at the girl who was taking a seat at the table, "Oh by the way, it wasn't a dream, I really am dead. I just wanted to come back to make you one last breakfast and tell you that I forgive you."
"W-What?" Asuka asked, feeling the blood drain from her, "I ... I don't ... I don't under-understand ..."
Shinji gave a small chuckle, before turning and walking toward the girl, cupping her cheek in his hand, "I forgive you, it wasn't your fault, nobody's perfect after all."
She blinked and looked up at Shinji again, only he had changed before her eyes, his face and body was now horribly mangled and grotesque. Asuka screamed and fell from her chair, crawling away from him on the floor. "It's not your fault you wasn't good enough to help me, to save me. So don't let it bother you."
"Asuka, what's the matter?" a voice called from the living room.
"Yes, darling, what troubles you?" another voice stated in the room.
Asuka glanced and screamed again seeing Misato and her mother, who was still holding the raggedy doll, hanging from the ceiling with nooses around their necks.
Shinji limped to stand beside them, "You just wasn't good enough, Asuka, you didn't let us down, just, your best wasn't good enough."
"You could always join us, Asuka-chan," Misato smiled down at the terrified girl.
"Yes, join us," Asuka's mother stated cheerfully, "Die with us."
"Die with us, Asuka, die with us," the three chanted to the horrified teenager.
Asuka sat up and saw Misato sitting beside her hospital bed. "You ok?" Misato asked worriedly.
"Yea ... just ... just a bad dream," Asuka choked, looking at her guardian, "How long was I out?" she asked, glancing down to see they were both in their black dresses.
"You've been out for a few hours," Misato said, "The funeral was over about ... an hour ago. You really didn't miss much. Commander Ikari got a bunch of people who didn't know Shinji from Adam to say some bullshit about him, and that was about it. Can't have much of a funeral without a body after all ..."
"I'm sor... I apologize for attacking the Commander. I hope I didn't get in trouble ..." Asuka said softly, "I just sort of ... snapped."
"He seems to understand, nothing will be said," Misato smiled sadly, "I promise, now lets go home, ok?"
"Hai," Asuka nodded slowly, before letting her guardian lead her from the NERV hospital bed.
"What ... are all of you guys doing here?" Asuka asked as she and Misato approached their apartment to find, Hikari, Touji, Kensuke, and Rei standing at the door.
"I believe this is what is popularly called a 'wake'," Rei stated emotionlessly, though her red eyes showed a hint of sadness.
"Yeah," Kensuke stated, forcing a smile, "Why go to bed tonight thinking about sad stuff, when we can stay up all night talkin' bout the good times?"
Misato opened the door and the group walked into the kitchen and gathered around the table. A moment later Misato walked up to the group with Pen-Pen, both carrying trays filled with beer cans. "Don't get used to this, this is a one night thing guys," Misato said as she and the penguin passed around the beer cans.
"All the liquid courage you guys need tonight, and tonight only," Misato smiled taking her seat, popping a can and chugging it. Once she sucked it dry she looked around at the unsure group, "Well, you're teenagers, you guys like experimenting, CHUG!"
All the teens just stared at the cans, but none even made a move to even open the cans.
Finally one grabbed a can, quickly popped the top, and chugged the whole thing down with one painful gulp. Rei staggered back a step, her eyes crossing slightly, "Very ... interesting flavor ..." she coughed, "Another please?"
Asuka looked around the group, with Hikari's help, Touji was the next to open his can, and took a much slower gulp, "I ... never expected the reasons for my first drink to be ... this."
"You said it, bro," Kensuke said, following his friend's example, taking a swig then gagging, "Lord God, this tastes like ... Piss!"
Finally Hikari and Asuka popped their cans, and Touji raised his can over the table, "To Shinji, may he finally find happiness, where ever the lug may be!"
Everyone but Asuka raised their cans to the center of the table, "To Shinji!" was the almost over all call, as the group pulled back their cans and took a long swig.
Asuka closed her eyes, pushing back her tears, "To Shinji," she said quietly before taking a drink herself.
Meanwhile, somewhere far, far away, a lone figure began to awaken. He flexed his arms and legs and discovered he was attached to a cold metal table. His weak, sore, blue eyes slowly opened to see a bright light shinning from above him. He squinted his eyes before weakly speaking in a hoarse voice, "Another ... unfamiliar ceiling ..."
To Be Continued ...
Next Chapter: Guardian Angel


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By Dolen Perkins-Valdez
(Amistad, Paperback, 9780061706561, 320pp.)
Publication Date: February 2011
Other Editions of This Title: Hardcover, Hardcover
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Situated in Ohio, a free territory before the Civil War, Tawawa House is an idyllic retreat for Southern white men who vacation there every summer with their enslaved black mistresses. Its their open secret. Lizzie, Reenie, and Sweet are regulars at the resort, building strong friendships over the years. But when Mawu, as fearless as she is assured, comes along and starts talking of running away, things change. To run is to leave everything behind, and for some it also means escaping from the emotional and psychological bonds that bind them to their masters. When a fire on the resort sets off a string of tragedies, the women of Tawawa House soon learn that triumph and dehumanization are inseparable and that love exists even in the most inhuman, brutal of circumstances all while they bear witness to the end of an era.
An engaging, page-turning, and wholly original novel, Wench explores, with an unflinching eye, the moral complexities of slavery.
Dolen Perkins-Valdez's fiction and essays have appeared in The Kenyon Review, African American Review, North Carolina Literary Review, and the Richard Wright Newsletter. Born and raised in Memphis, a graduate of Harvard, and a former University of California President's Postdoctoral Fellow, Perkins-Valdez teaches creative writing at the University of Puget Sound. She splits her time between Washington, D.C. and Seattle, Washington. This is her first novel.
The relationship between slave masters and the slaves who were their lovers can be difficult to fathom. But author Dolen Perkins Valdez takes on the subject in her a new book, titled Wench. Guest host Lynn Neary talks with Valdez about the project and the prevalence of such taboo relationships during the slavery era. More at NPR.org
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- Lizzie is a house slave. How does this position differ from working in the fields? How does this status affect her day-to-day existence? What impact does it have for her children?
"[E]lectrifying. . . . [T]his remarkable novel skillfully dramatizes a dark chapter in American history. Writing with lyrical grace and a gift for plot development, Perkins-Valdez has produced an inspiring portrait of four brave women and the risks they take to change their lives."
"[A] fascinating and tragic story. . . . [A] compulsive read."
-NPR.org, Book Club Pick
"[A] memorable and engaging debut."
-Library Journal, Best Books of 2010
"Readers entranced by The Help will be equally riveted by Wench. A deeply moving, beautifully written novel told from the heart."
-USA Today
"A heartbreaker, full of understated tragedy and lyrical prose. . . . Perkins-Valdez has woven a devastatingly beautiful account of a cruel past."
"Perkins-Valdez manages to shed a poetic light on one of the ugliest chapters in American history."
"A fabulously creative and daring historical novel ."
-Dawn Turner Trice, Chicago Tribune
"Perkins-Valdez memorably portrays how the entwined destinies of chattel and master, increasingly related by blood, passion and hatred, prefigure the looming national conflict. This is an almost forgotten, but important, chapter in American history--recorded as fiction but nonetheless full of hard facts."
-Town & Country
"A mesmerizing read."
-Seattle Times
"Absolutely phenomenal. . . . Wench is an excellent novel that will appeal to many readers. Debut author Dolen Perkins-Valdez has crafted a historical narrative that shouldn't be missed."
-Sacramento Book Review
"A powerful story."
-Sequim Gazette
"Dolen Perkins-Valdez's debut novel, Wench, is outstanding: well crafted, imaginative, spellbinding, and above all satisfying."
-World Literature Today
"Impressive. . . . There are countless stories to be told and to be read regarding the lingering emotional impact of slavery; and here, Perkins-Valdez has imagined a memorable one, her characters are framed within a well-crafted and expressive narrative."
-The Network Journal
"In her debut, Perkins-Valdez eloquently plunges into a dark period of American history. . . . Heart-wrenching, intriguing, original and suspenseful, this novel showcases Perkins-Valdez's ability to bring the unfortunate past to life."
-Publishers Weekly
"A striking debut intimately limns a Southern slave's complicated relationship with her master. . . . Compelling and unsentimental."
-Kirkus Reviews
"[A] memorable first novel . . . Readers of historical fiction centering on Southern women's stories like Lalita Tademy's Cane River or Lee Smith's On Agate Hill will be moved by the skillful portrayal of Lizzie's precarious situation and the tragic stories of her fellow slaves."
-Library Journal (starred review)
"Drawing on research about the resort that eventually became the first black college, Wilberforce University, the novel explores the complexities of relationships in slavery and the abiding comfort of women's friendships."
"A finely wrought story that explores the emotional lives of four slave women caught in the web of the Peculiar Institution."
-Lalita Tademy, author of Cane River and Red River
"This elegantly-structured novel sheds much-needed light on the racial intricacies of America's past."
-Margaret Cezair-Thompson, author of The Pirate's Daughter (a #1 Indie Next Pick)
"Through unforgettable characters and luscious prose, Wench stares down the difficult truths while never losing its beautiful beating heart. With all the weight of a historical excavation and the urgency of a page-turner, Perkins-Valdez establishes herself as a powerful new voice in fiction. "
-Tayari Jones, author of Leaving Atlanta and The Untelling
"A shattering story told with dignity, compassion, and some wicked humor. A brave, honest, beautifully written book that will shock and move readers to much new awareness."
-Sigrid Nunez, author of The Last of Her Kind and A Feather on the Breath of God
"Perkins-Valdez crawls under your skin and probes most gracefully in clear, concise lyric prose, ultimately asking the question that only extraordinary fiction can ask--what would you have done? A superb and outstanding achievement."
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SPOKANE, WA - The Texas Rangers have assigned 30 players to the Spokane Indians to begin the 2010 season. Thirteen players from the 2010 draft highlight the Indians roster, including Washington's own, infielder Kevin Rodland.
Joining Rodland is Michigan State University Shortstop Jonathan Roof. Roof, who was drafted in the eighth round, started 157 games at shortstop for the Spartans in his three year career. Last season, was statistically his best, hitting for a .313 average, with 42 runs batted in.
University of Louisville first baseman Andrew Clark who was drafted in the 13th round will also report to Spokane. After being named to the 2009 All-NCAA Regional Team, Clark made 2010 another stellar year with the Cardinals, hitting .370 with 13 home runs and 61 runs batted in. Clark was also the 2009 BIG EAST Tournament MVP and earned the Jack Kaiser award as the most Outstanding player in the 2009 BIG EAST Tournament.
University of Toledo Infielder Jared Hoying , the tenth round selection by the Rangers, will bring his hard hitting left handed bat to Avista Stadium. Hoying hit 34 home runs and had 137 runs batted in for the Rockets in his three season career. Baseball America picked Hoying as the 7th best prospect in the Great Lake Summer Collegiate League in 2009.
Hard throwing right handed pitcher Zach Osborne from the University of Louisiana - Lafayette, was selected in the ninth round and will be toeing the rubber for the Indians in 2010. Osborne recorded nine wins with a 2.37 earned run average for the Ragin' Cajun in 2010. He ranked as the top pitcher in the Sun Belt conference in 2010.
Seventeen year old prospect Jurickson Profar is going to make his pro debut in Spokane as well. Profar, who is from Willemstad, Curacao, signed with the Rangers as a free agent in 2009. Originally looked at as a pitcher by many teams, the Rangers moved him over to shortstop and kept him in their instructional league last season. Profar was ranked the 15th best International prospect by Baseball America.
Another young prospect reporting to Spokane is 18 year old Nicholas McBride . The strong armed right hander from Lewisville, NC, was drafted in the 5th round by the Rangers in 2009 and spent last season in the instructional leagues after signing on August 12, 2009. McBride originally committed to East Carolina University after going 9-0 his senior year of high school. He was named to the 2009 North Carolina All-State team, and was his conference's player of the year.
Fans will also see a few familiar faces that made their debut's last season for the Indians. Infielders Clark Murphy and Daniel Lima return to Spokane as well as pitchers Sam Brown and Ben Henry.
Tim Hulett Sr. returns for his fourth season as the Manager of the Indians. In 2009, he led the team to a second place finish in the Northwest League Eastern Division. Former Indian and MLB All-Star Justin Thompson also returns this season as the pitching coach. Josue Perez also returns to Spokane for his second season as the Indians hitting coach. New to the staff this season is former major leaguer Brian Hayett , who will serve as hitting coach in Spokane, the same capacity he held in 2009 with the Hickory Crawdads.


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WALLA WALLA — Wa-Hi football players harvested a bushel of honors at Tuesday's 2009 Blue Devil Awards and Senior Appreciation Evening at the Marcus Whitman Hotel.
Wa-Hi coach Marc Yonts and his assistant coaches presented team awards and the 2009 All-Big Nine Conference Cascade Division awards.
Wa-Hi senior lineman Zach Sumerlin received the Cascade Division Offensive Lineman of the Year award for the second-consecutive year, along with co-winner Abel Soto of Eisenhower.
Wa-Hi senior Aaron Flippo received unanimous first-team selection at defensive back.
Wa-Hi senior Eric Eastman received unanimous first-team selection at defensive line.
Wa-Hi junior Matt Watson received unanimous first-team selection as a punter.
Wa-Hi's Cascade Division first-team selections include Colton Arias (senior, defensive back), Morgan Maddess (senior, linebacker), Gary Winston (senior, wide receiver) and Ryan James (senior, offensive line).
Wa-Hi's second-team selections include Colton Arias (senior, defensive back), Gary Winston (senior, defensive back), Ryan James (senior, linebacker), Colton Arias (senior, wide receiver), Zach Sumerlin (senior, defensive line), Eric Eastman (senior, offensive line), Austin Schilling (senior, running back) and Gary Winston (All-Purpose Player of the Year).
Wa-Hi's honorable-mention selections include Michael Weisner (senior, quarterback), Brandon Porter (senior, defensive line; running back), Moe Handcox (sophomore, defensive back; wide receiver) and Rob Ferenz (sophomore, offensive line).
Teams awards voted by Blue Devil players include:
Chuck Anderson Defensive MVP award to Morgan Maddess and Eric Eastman;
Victor Weitz Outstanding Lineman award to Zach Sumerlin;
Felix Fletcher Offensive MVP award to Austin Schilling;
Dave Meyer Most Inspirational award to Brandon Porter.
And the Blue Devil Honorary Captains award to Ryan James and Michael Weisner.
By vote of Blue Devils coaches, Ken Nicely received the Roy Thompson Award.
2009 Big Nine Conference
Cascade Division First-Team Selections
Defensive Backs: Aaron Flippo (senior, Wa-Hi), Tim White (junior, Kamiakin), James Akers (senior, Eisenhower), Kyle Hernandez (senior, Ike);
Linebackers: Morgan Maddess (senior, Wa-Hi), Seth Kline (senior, Ike), Matt Minnich (senior, Kamiakin), Nick Vincent (junior, Chiawana);
Tight End: Ryan Watson (senior, Ike);
Wide Receivers: Gary Winston (senior, Wa-Hi), Antonio Martinez (senior, Ike), Tim White (junior, Kamiakin), Asya Moriaka (senior, Ike);
Defensive Line: Eric Eastman (senior, Wa-Hi), Ryan Watson (senior, Ike), Dustin Martin (junior, Ike), Jon Allen (junior, Kamiakin);
Offensive Line: Zach Sumerlin (senior, Wa-Hi), Ryan James (senior, Wa-Hi), Abel Soto (junior, Ike), Matt Briceno (junior, Ike), Joey White (junior, Richland);
Quarterback: James Lopez (senior, Ike).
Running Back: Joe Fuerst (senior, Ike), Jake McKinney (junior, Richland);
Kicker: Andre Arcand (senior, Ike);
Punter: Matt Watson (junior, Wa-Hi);
Kick Return: Tim White (junior, Kamiakin);
All-Purpose Player of the Year: Tim White (junior, Kamiakin);
Most Valuable Player: Joe Fuerst (senior, Ike), Ryan Watson (senir, Ike);
Offensive Lineman of the Year: Zach Sumerlin (senior, Wa-Hi), Abel Soto (junior, Ike);
Offensive Player of the Year: Tim White (junior, Kamiakin);
Defensive Player of the Year: Seth Kline (senior, Ike);
Coach of the Year: Dan Eyman, Eisenhower.
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• You often hit the ball fat
• You think your head should be directly over the ball at address
The solution
Take a look at your grip. The first thing you should notice is that your right hand is lower than your left. So unless your right arm is five inches longer than your left (not likely), your right arm, shoulder and right side of your head should be lower than their counterparts. This means that you should be tilted at least a couple of inches to the right at both address and at impact. If you try to force your upper body to stay level at address, your club will end up bottoming out a couple of inches behind the ball, and that's when you hit it fat.
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My hair isn't a political playground: As a white person should you ask Black people about their hair?
Yesterday I was in my first class of the day minding my own business; being in the state I was in from the recent lost in my family, I definitely wasn't in the mood to be questioned by the sudden change of my hair.
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While I was doing my work my Professor (whom is a white) decided to come up towards me in front of everyone and ask " Is that a wig?"
I instantly held my breath and felt my muscles clench. I wanted to ball my fist and call her a clueless white woman (as usual) but knowing I needed this class to pass it. I just laid it all out and told her I had gotten a weave to protect my own hair and give it a break. I didn't go any further, she asked me
and I simply responded because I wanted too.
This isn't the first time white people have come up to me asking to touch and pet and asking me how do i comb my hair when it's nappy. How many times do i wash it? Saying it's exotic and different not as nappy.
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As a white person should you ask Black people about their hair?
No you shouldn't, do you know why? Black people don't ask you about your hair because your hair is normalized. Your hair is what Black people for years have been torturing ourselves over in order to be closer to whiteness. Through internalize racism Black people have been straightening and weaving their hair (not all but this is a big indication of why straight hair is preferred in our communties)
Our hair becomes! a political playground because having natural hair IS TURNED INTO a political statement. Majority of our identify has been tied into OUR hair not by us but by white society. The identity of what white society thinks Black identities should be and not by us! To us our hair is our hair and it comes in many different forms and ways that white hair cannot compete with.
So when my Professor asked me IN FRONT of every person in the classroom if my hair was a wig. There was no need.
She would have never asked a white woman if their hair was a wig, she would have never thought a white woman to wear their hair as a wig, or that Black people cannot have straight hair naturally.
This mentality, this act, it's embarssing, and it's disrespectful. After years and years and oppressive behaviour white people participate in surrounding our hair (calling it pubes and gross and unkempt and unprofessional) and created boundaries still in place today! to bluntly ask in front of a huge amount of people about Black hair. Is unnecessary.
I've receieved several your hair looks better from people in the Black community ( internalized racism) and from POC whom are non-Black. I've also received a smirk from my higher up manager because of the change in my hair. These little acts are indication that wearing my hair in it's most natural state (white people wear their hair in natural state and no one EVER thinks about it being a political statement because once again your hair is normal and what every other POC so strive for it to be like)
I've been on interviews and around white people who have the nerve to say my hair is unprofessional. Because of the racialized system put into office jobs. Black hair is unruly and gross to the Professional world. When really this is an indication they want me to strip me of my Blackness and identify into whiteness. Because my Blackness is threatening to them. It SCARES them.
If you REALLY feel the need to ask and it's a burning desire PLEASE go read, do research, THERE ARE LITERALLY TONS OF BOOKS ON BLACK HAIR BY BLACK PEOPLE. Youtubes, blogs, websites dedicated to Black hair! BY BLACK PEOPLE Don't ask other POC that are Non-Black, Don't ask us directly because that is disresectful and exoticfying us, go do your research. We're not your educators. The oppressed do not educate oppressors.
I will say ONLY if only you know the person closely ask them in private.
It's a touchy subject because again our hair has been politicalized. This has to do with the break down of Black people, anthropology, and exotification of us while denying us our rights as humans.
It's dehumanizing.
The answer is no


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Karen Graci/ INSTRUCTOR
A proud native of Buffalo, NY, Karen performed for Chicago's The Second City for more than three years. While touring the US and abroad with The Second City National Touring Company, Karen was grateful to perform in The Second City's first-ever USO Tour, entertaining American troops in Kuwait, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. She was also a resident cast member in The Best of Second City at The Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas for over a year. Karen co-wrote and starred in the sold-out run of Camp Hot, a three-woman sketch show featured at the Upright Citizen's Brigade Theater and the Los Angeles Improv Comedy Festival. Her one-woman show, Her Potential, was a Del Close Award nominee for Best Scripted show at iO West. A veteran of ComedySportz Chicago and Baby Wants Candy (iO Chicago), Karen now performs regularly at iO West with the Main Stage team, King Ten.
An instructor at iO West, Karen has also taught at Second City Las Vegas and Second City Los Angeles. She has coached teams of all levels at iO West, Second City Chicago, iO Chicago and the Second City Las Vegas. Karen most recently coached iO West Main Stage team Local 132 and currently coaches Bandit. She was honored with iO West's Del Close Award for Teacher of the Year in both 2010 and 2011.
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Paul Vaillancourt is a writer, actor, director, producer and most of all improvisor who has been teaching and performing improv across the country for more than 25 years. He is a graduate of the Comedy Sportz Training Program in Virginia, the Second City Training Center in Chicago as well as the legendary Improv Olympic in Chicago where he had the rare opportunity to study under the legendary Del Close. After his group, Bitter Noah, was selected to perform their signature piece, the Improvised Movie, at the US Comedy Arts festival Paul moved to Los Angeles and founded the iO West where he has been teaching, directing and performing (both written and improvised shows) ever since. During his time in Hollywood Paul has become a sought after improv coach, producer and consultant working with many TV networks including Fox, MTV, VH1, Oxygen and Bravo to name a few.
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Born and raised in Texas, Josh moved to Chicago in the late '90′s where he trained at iO, The Annoyance Theater and The Second City. He toured with The Second City's BizCo touring company from '99 to '01, as well as touring with ComedySportz, also out of Chicago. In Los Angeles, Josh is proud to have been performing with King Ten at iO West for the last nine and a half years. You can also catch him at theater in The Armando Diaz Show. He's appeared in many national commercials, done a handful of television shows and been the host of many live events like the outdoor stage for HBO's Comedy Festival at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas. Josh is terrified of June Bugs and has no shame about it.
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Amanda is an actress, improviser and writer living in Los Angeles. She trained in Chicago and is a veteran of The Second City etc stage where she wrote and performed in five original revues, including Disposable Nation, Campaign Supernova and Studs Terkel's Not Working, for which she won a Jeff Award for Best Actress in a revue. She recently performed Twist Your Dickens! at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City in the role of Tiny Tim, et al. She can currently be seen in the hit show Undateable at The Second City Hollywood, and improvising with The Armando Show and the House Team HeyDay! at iO West and she is a rotating comic at Flappers Stand Up Comedy Club in Burbank.
She co-wrote 50 Shades! The Musical, an original musical parody based on the book 50 Shades of Grey, which had its debut at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in the summer of 2012 and is currently touring both nationally and internationally. It will begin its Los Angeles run at The Kirk Douglas Theatre in February 2014. In 2011 she co-wrote and performed the original musical Broads on Boards at the Annoyance Theater. In Chicago she regularly improvised with The Armando Diaz Experience & Virgin Daiquiri at iO and Baby Wants Candy at the Apollo Theater.
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KABUL (Reuters) - Fourteen suspected Taliban prisoners have been released in Afghanistan after their cases were reviewed as part of a peace deal that seeks to win over insurgent foot soldiers, an official said on Monday.
Twelve prisoners were freed from U.S. detention in Bagram while two would-be suicide bombers were released from Afghan custody, said deputy attorney general Fazl Ahmad Faqiryar.
The decision to review the cases came after a "jirga," or gathering, of Afghan tribal leaders and other notables earlier this month approved a plan by President Hamid Karzai to seek a peace deal with moderate elements of the Taliban, who have waged an insurgency since being overthrown in 2001.
Among other things, the plan called for the cases of all prisoners in Afghan jails, including Taliban suspects, to be re-examined, with allegations that many were imprisoned on false charges or by flimsy evidence.
"The releases are in pursuance of the implementation of the peace jirga's resolution," Faqiryar told Reuters. "Twelve were freed from Bagram and the other two from the interior ministry."
He said those released from Bagram had been captured separately across the country while the other two -- one a Pakistani and both aged under 18 -- were suicide bombers who surrendered before carrying out their mission.
The jirga also called for the removal of names of militant leaders from United Nations blacklists and peace talks with those who renounce violence.
There was no immediate comment from the Taliban about the prisoners' release but the militant group has repeatedly dismissed all peace overtures, saying it will continue to fight until all foreign forces have left.
Hundreds of suspected militant prisoners without access to lawyers or other rights, have been languishing in jails run by foreign and Afghan forces for years.
While Karzai's order to review prisoners' cases, based on the jirga's proposals, only referred to the roughly 15,000 detainees in Afghan jails, the U.S. military has said the review would also apply to U.S. military prisons.
Speaking to reporters in Kabul last week, the deputy commander for U.S. detention operations in Afghanistan, Brigadier General Mark Martins, said 25 prisoners at the U.S. Bagram prison would be released "soon" in coordination with Karzai's new committee set up to review detainees' cases.
Since January, 114 prisoners have been released from Bagram under a new system, detention review boards, set up by Washington last year allowing detainees' hearings to contest their detention and military "personal representatives" who are not lawyers.
However, in a marked shift in U.S. detention policy after years of international criticism, the U.S. military allowed the first Afghan detainees at Bagram to stand trial before an Afghan judge and with Afghan defense lawyers.
There are around 1,000 prisoners being held at foreign military detention centers in Afghanistan, more than 800 of those at Bagram, north of the capital.
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