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TO MCR18 Reviews
This is a messege to MCR. To anybody else who doesn't know what happened...2Moving
Im In Love With A Stripper
Billy goes out after his girl breakz it off, while wandering around he findz a young girl who lives in a pimp house, is a stripper and who cutz, can he help her?
Brotherly Love [11]5 Reviews
Tis not slash. Hope you like. review if you hate or love or any of the many shades in betwteen. By the way, i've been told to class it as Candyfloss. Onehsot0Unrated
Missing You1 Reviews
A short stry about Gerard and Lyn-Z. It's Gerard's birthday and he's not having as mush fun as he should be.0Unrated
Grindation Of The Hips8 Reviews
Gerard tries to get Mikey to admit something. [[Waycest]]2Hot
Hot Fun23 Reviews
Some nice hot fun with Gerard Way. In second person. Enjoy! ****Edits from last time but it's the same story***5Hot
I Miss You9 Reviews
[Adult language warning.] Gerard and Frank miss each other and never moved on. [Frerard, and ignore the title, because it's quite a happy story.]3Moving
I'd swim the ocean for you2 Reviews
Gerard used to have a huge drinking problem and hit his boyfriend Frank, when he was drunk. His brother Mikey found out and took him home to him. Appereantly they fell in love. At a family meeting ...1Exciting
Are you thinking of me? Like im thinking of you... [Frikey One Shot]4 Reviews
Mikey and Frank have been best friends for years, and though Mikey does not know it, Frank has been in love with him for alot of that time. When Mikey turns up on his doorstep one night will Frank'...2Moving
I Can't Lose You6 Reviews
Mikey's been struggling with serious depression, but he's been keeping that to himself. Gerard walks in on something he was never meant to see... (Set during the making of Black Parade)5Moving
Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)3 Reviews
Stupid Ferard one shot0Unrated
One-shot. Frerard. This is gonna sound awful, but its a satanic Gerard and a Catholic Frankie, smutty yet strangely romantic fic XD. Full warning inside.
With Smiles On Our Faces
Frikey. Frank hears an intresting moan from Mikey's bedroom one night and decides to "investigate".
Is It Better Off This Way?2 Reviews
One shot Gerard finds Frankie sleeping with a woman, and wonders if he's better off without him.2Ambiance
Torn3 Reviews
Frikey "Too late, I'm already Torn"3Moving
Love, Disgustingly5 Reviews
Mikey Way has a secret. He has a secret that is confusing, disgusting, frightening and illegal. [Waycest]1Moving
Bob was gone1 Reviews
Bikey. Bob confesses something, then disappears. What will Mikey do?0Unrated
Blind Date (FRERARD) One-shot6 Reviews
Mikey sets Gerard up on a blind date. Will it go to plan or will it end in tears?0Unrated
Please2 Reviews
Because sometimes love is strong enough to save lives. [Waycest]4Moving
Welcome to the Killjoys1 Reviews
a story on how Party Poison and Kobra Kid joined the Killjoys.2Original
You Taste Much Better0 Reviews
A Frikey less seen. A picture's worth a thousand words.0Unrated
BaNaNaNa (Bananananananananana)59 Reviews
Well. I was eating an apple and had this idea for a song. XD It's a parody for NA NA NA... About fruit .__. XD This is a creation of boredness... xP5Funny
L C and P0 Reviews
Ray and Mikey have a dirty little secret.0Unrated
Gerard's Pet .::WAYCEST::.
Gerard has Mikey in the basement. WARNING: It's kinda...hahaha you should find out for yourself.
Blood2 Reviews
two part Frerard. after an argument Gerard gets out of control0Unrated
Not the desperate type
Bily Martin, is an openly bisexual guy. Paul, however, finds it difficult to step out of his locked closet. He acts strange around a few guys, but Billy in particular. read n review please.
Closer than Brothers [Waycest]2 Reviews
My new, short chaptered story. Waycest. Random, and cute, no particular point to it. No Sex!!0Unrated
Ferard3 Reviews
Ferard sexx0Unrated
I'll just get up and go0 Reviews
A killjoy fanfic, I don't own any members of mcr and the characters I use are completely fictional. Sorry It's a bit short. it was the opening chapter and didn't know what to write, if you've go...0Unrated
Various Smut One-Shots. Help me out here....15 Reviews
Give me your info, and I'll write a sex scene with you and your chosen band member.1Ambiance
Catch Me While You Can2 Reviews
My first fanfic, so be kind please. Frikey, confusion and TBP.0Unrated
Love and Text Books2 Reviews
Gerard's a teacher. Frank's a student. Things get very... interesting. I suck at summeries but please read, my first story on Ficwad. R&R so I know how to improve it please?1Ambiance
Business Affair4 Reviews
Frank and Gerard met two years ago when Frank first got hired. Now after they both got promoted and Gerard is now Frank's boss can their relationship last?3Exciting
The Bestfriend's Boyfriend2 Reviews
"B, this is Gerard. Gerard this is my best friend B .. Well Rebecca but we call her B" she was so smiley, so happy. I couldn't bring myself to say "Yes I know, I sit staring at him in art�...0Unrated
Living Like Jack and Sally (Redone)0 Reviews
A little diffrent from the original. A Billy fic.0Unrated
Dirty Little Secret3 Reviews
A Mikey and Ray love story. RIKEY!!!! Please tell me how I did and if I should continue0Unrated
What Happens In The Mafia. . .0 Reviews
I suck at summaries but here goes. Frank and Mikey are in rivaling mafia families, so naturally they hate each other. But one night, after Mikey saves Frank's life, romance ensues. [Frikey]0Unrated
Another Broken Day2 Reviews
Billy is in love with Benji, benji has a girlfriend. whats happens one night when benji goes into billy room drunk? benji/billy if you don't like then don't read0Unrated
All I Want To Do...0 Reviews
~Waycest~ Kids can be so cruel...0Unrated
Pen Pals3 Reviews
Roxy is excited when she joins a new chatroom and makes a great new friend... But who is he?0Unrated
Art Class With A Vampire. [Gerard Way 01.]2 Reviews
Gerard is a vampire and an art teacher. It's het and a romance. I leave it at that.1Exciting
All The Ghosts That Are Ever Gonna Haunt Me14 Reviews
When a friend of Frank, Gerard, and Mikey's walks into school with a semi-automatic rifle and starts shooting, killing some, wounding many, their worlds seem to crumble at their feet.0Unrated
A beautiful thing0 Reviews
parents are out and the party is on, mikey and gerard are getting ready to go out but everything doesnt quite go to plan.....accidents happen but you dont always have to regret them.-1TrainWreck
I fought them all off just to hold you2 Reviews
Gerard comes out to his dad and recieves a beating. Hurt, Gerard goes to Frank's house My first story! Tell me what you think. Final chapter posted! Rate and review!1Exciting
Our Family of Killjoys5 Reviews
When 18 year old Simone meets other Killjoys, she finds her journey to destroy S.C.A.R.E.C.R.O.W. a lot harder when she encounters love for the leader "Party Poison"( Gerard Way).0Unrated
Disasters2 Reviews
Frank had always known he was gay, but does that mean everyone else has to know as well? How long can he keep his sexuality a secret until word gets out? (Frerard)1Ambiance
IT'S ALL BOUT LUCK3 Reviews
GERARD DECIEDS TO GO FOR A WALK AND DRAGS MIKEY WITH HIM- SOUNDS LIKE ITS ALL BAD LUCK FOR MIKEY BUT HIS LUCK's ALL ABOUT TO CHANGE! (WAYCEST)-1TrainWreck
Frank's just the 'weird' kid at school. So what happens when he falls in love with a jock. Frerard.
Now calling Dr. Way1 Reviews
(Frikey) Mikey is a doctor at the mental hospital in order to watch out for his brother, a patient there. Frank is a new patient that Mikey is having a hard time separating himself from. But What h...0Unrated
Neither Billy or Paul know how it happened, but it did...
I'd have you forever0 Reviews
Gerard and Frank are together.. Just like any other couple, They have their fair share of fights.... But they work well in a team.0Unrated
i need you right now
So I wanted him, I wanted Gerard Way to fuck me. please tell me what you think!
When can you call a place home?1 Reviews
Basically, a story about The Fabulous Killjoys. Enjoy!1Exciting
Wait For A Hospital Stay1 Reviews
Gerard Way has been a doctor for five years and is known as one of the best doctors in New Jersey. He makes sure he never gets too close to his patients in case something terrible happens. He also...0Unrated
Bullet Proof Heart (Love)
Frank and Mikey are in High School. Frank didn't lknow he was gay until mikey came around. This is major Empreg and Frikey. If you are like me and some times just read the sex chapters I will let y...
Haru and the Kobra Kid2 Reviews
Haru is Korse's best Exterminator and she enjoys finishing off the Killjoys...(summary continues inside)0Unrated
Save It For The Bedroom.
Gerard Way.28.Art teacher at Belleville High. Loves working with art. Develops feelings for one of his students. Charlie Cox.13.Student at Belleville High. Loves Art for only 1 reason. Her teac...
You're Never Gonna Fit in Much Kid2 Reviews
Gemma is new at school and things are going really great but what happens when she starts to fall for her art teacher.1Exciting
The Sweet Escape.1 Reviews
Ciara Fuller and Mikey Way are both from the same class, but Ciara never got the chance to actually talk to Mikey. Many other kids think Ciara and Mikey are a perfect match, according to their pers...1Exciting
What's Wrong is Right, and What's Right is this Love3 Reviews
Waycest. My first try. Should be good though.0Unrated
If you look in the mirror and don't like what you see1 Reviews
Frerard. -"Do you think it's wrong? I dont care about the age difference, and i dont care about the fact that he's a guy. Why should we have to hide it?"0Unrated
FrankEnstien5 Reviews
FRERARD Frank is in love with a boy...the only problem? Frank is a monster....1Original
::We Can Take It To The Highway::Mikey Way::0 Reviews
Hey guys. I was on another site and i found this mad ass story and i HAD to post it. Mikey Way, SO CUTE!!!! please read. the creator : frankie.iero.is.my.hero i adore this chick.1Ambiance
I'm doing smut one shots.
Hate That I Love You3 Reviews
Hilary Mathers, is the daughter of famous rapper Eminem. She is currently going to school in Los Angeles and is attending school with her ex boyfriend, Billy Martin. Hilary and Billy have a two yea...0Unrated
teacher from hell0 Reviews
Frank is a teenager who has been struggling rescently with family problems etc. He starts at a new school to find the gourgous teacher is as mean as hell. Please r&r COMPLETED!!! 20/11/20100Unrated
Love's Unexpected5 Reviews
Jetta's going through high-school as a popular, but what happens when a bad incident lands her with one of the people she's tormented? R and R please! NEW CHAPTER!0Unrated
Secrets of the heart
Mikey hates the way Frank flaunts himself with his brother on stage. When there's a storm though, it is revealed to Mikey that Gee isn't the Way brother Frank is after. Frikey.
Happiness or Misery?9 Reviews
Frank and Gerard hate each other,until they have to share a room together on a school trip, Where Gerard finds out some useful information about Frank, in an unusual way. Frerard NEW CHAP plz R&R xx3Exciting
Diamonds & Poison2 Reviews
Diamond Sky's been with the killjoys in Zone 7 for too long. She decides to leave them and heads to Zone 6 to find Dr Death and the 'Fabulous Killjoys.1Original
For the Last Night I Lie, Could I Lie with You?1 Reviews
Paige is getting ready to finish up her senior year and ready to start summer with her friends. But What happens when Paige and Gerard reveal their true feelings? (I suck at summaries, also this i...-1MarySue
I Love You, But You Don't Love Me Back0 Reviews
Taylor & Gerard have been best-friends since forever. But what happens when she realizes she has feelings for him? Too bad, he's in a relationship with a total bitch.0Unrated
You're My Princess0 Reviews
Gerard is in an abusive relationship where he thinks he's not good enough for anyone and no one truly loves him. But there is someone who loves him. Ferard.0Unrated
If I crash on the couch, can I sleep in my clothes?1 Reviews
Frerard in highschool. Gerard is the new kid and Frank is made to show him around. What will happen? PG-13 for now0Unrated
Another Chance3 Reviews
A girl takes a job being a nanny for a Rock Stars daughter. She didn't expect to love the little girl this much, and trying not to love the little girls father was harder than she thought it would be.3Original
killjoys! Make Some Noise3 Reviews
My First FanFic for MCR. Another highschool one0Unrated
"You'll never fit in much, kid."7 Reviews
FRERARD. Gerard is a social outcast and hates it. Frank is in with the popular guys and hates it. When they get paired for a school project, things start to change..in lots of ways IMPORTANT A/N!5Exciting
The Art Of Love4 Reviews
Rhianne Aarons, a extraordinary girl from London, moves to NY and Starts Art College, ending up having a rather eventful time.0Unrated
Forever and Ever5 Reviews
A "not so" chance meeting will change Gerard's life forever.4Cliche
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Child!AmericaXChild!Reader- Arms Of An Angel
It was my first day at a new school. My big brother, Arthur, was leading me down the 5th grader hall to my class room. I was looking around excitedly. When we got to my class room, I looked around at everyone, noticing they were staring at me. I guess they knew I was the new kid here. I noticed a little girl sitting in the back by herself. She had (h/l) (h/c) hair and (e/c) eyes. She looked lonely, so I walked over and sat beside her. She didn't even glance at me.
"Hi, my name is Alfred. What's your name?" I asked, but she didn't reply. Soon, class started, so I couldn't ask her again. I sat beside her at lunch and followed her around at recess. She kept giving me curious looks.
"W-Why are you following me?" she asked in a whisper. I smiled at her, happy she actually talked to me.
"Well, I want to be your friend! I'm kind of new and everything," I said and she gave me a soft smile.
"Well, okay. My name is ____."
"It suits you," I said. We began to play together. At one point, I grabbed
AmericaXNeko!Japan- Hard To Get Chapter 12
A week passed and Kiku got better. But that did not keep Alfred from thinking and worrying over him on Sunday while he was at work. He was happy when his shift finally ended.
"Bye Arthur!" Alfred called as he left. He bought some food before finally arriving at home. When he walked in, he was greeted by Kiku, who was waiting on the couch.
"Welcome home Alfred," Kiku said as he got up.
"How are you feeling?" Alfred asked as he walked to the table and Kiku followed him.
"I'm feeling better," he replied.
"That's good," Alfred said, smiling. He continued to put food up. Suddenly, Kiku licked his cheek.
"A-Ah!?" Alfred blinked and looked at Kiku, who was blushing furiously. America smiled at him. "You surprised me."
"Oh, sorry."
"That's alright," he said as he finished the food up. Kiku smiled at him and Alfred rubbed his head. Kiku began to feel light-headed.
"What do you want to eat?"
"I'm not really hungry... I feel light headed..."
"Light headed?" Alfred asked, receiving a nod from Kiku
F.A.C.E Family- Fall Festivity
It was a chilly Fall afternoon. Francis was raking up some leaves, while Matthew and Arthur sat on the porch together. Alfred ran off the porch and jumped into the leaves.
"Hey, stop it Alfred, I'm trying to clean!"
"But it's fun to play in the leaves!" Alfred giggled as Francis sighed.
"Do something Arthur," Francis said as he looked over at Arthur. Arthur sighed and looked over at Alfred.
"Alfred, get out of the leaves. Come sit with me and Matthew."
"I don't want to!"
"It looks like fun," Matthew said softly. He looked up at Arthur curiously. "Can I join?"
Arthur smiled nervously. "Sure, go ahead."
Matthew got up and ran over to Alfred. Francis just sighed and walked over to Arthur. Arthur looked up at Francis.
"I guess it won't hurt to have them play for a bit," he said as he smiled. He sat beside Arthur and watched the boys play around.
"Don't tire yourselves out now. We still need to go trick or treating later!" Francis called out to the boys.
"Okay!" Alfred called back as he and
Dark!ItalyXReader- Pet
Don't fret precious I'm here, step away from the window
Go back to sleep
Lay your head down child
I won't let the boogeyman come
Italy watched as _____ stared out the window of the room. They were in an old abandoned warehouse. He got up and walked over. He grabbed her hand and she looked at him. Her (e/c) eyes were wide, innocent and unknowing. He led her away from the window.
"Italy?" she questioned quietly. He just sat on the bed and pulled her down with him.
"____, you need to get some rest," he said in his usual cheerful tone. She nodded and laid her head in his lap. He stroked her (h/c) hair.
Counting bodies like sheep
To the rhythm of the war drums
Pay no mind to the rabble
Pay no mind to the rabble
Another bomb sounded, making ____ cringe. He watched as her face twisted into one of pain. She looked up at him with a sorrowful expression. He didn't like that look on her face.
"Why are they attacking you, Italy? Attacking us?" she asked, sadness very evident in her voice. Italy ju
AmericaXCanada- Wish Chapter 1
America was sitting beside Canada at the world meeting, eating a hamburger. A fight had broken out between France and England so Germany started to yell. America kept eating. He noticed Canada was staring at him. America looked at him and smiled, making Canada jump a bit and he smiled back nervously. Canada looked around and America tilted his head.
"Something wrong Canada?"
"A-Ah no Amer-"
"Who are you talking to America?" China asked, unknowingly interrupting Canada. America looked at him.
"I'm talking to Canada," he said. China gave him a confused look.
"Who's Canada?"
"D-Don't worry about it America..." Canada said. America looked at him and frowned.
"Haha... I'm use to it..." Canada looked at the table sadly. America watched as he played with his hand. Then he smiled.
"Hey Canada, do you want to hang out with me after the meeting?" America asked, making Canada look up at him.
"A-Ah. Really? You would hang out wih a loser like me?"
"Of course! And your not a l
Dark!SwitzerlandXAustria- Cantarella
Vash really loved his young master, Roderich. Even now, as they sat in the living room, across from each other. Roderich was drinking tea like always. Vash had secret intentions, things he would never act upon. Roderich was a noble and he was but a lowly servant who had been serving Roderich's family since he was little. Roderich was a few years younger than him, and they had grown so close over these years.
Roderich was chatting idily, but Vash was barely paying attention. He was to busy staring at Roderich's beautiful purple eyes. he could get lost in them.
"Roderich? Come on hun, it's time to practice the piano," Vash was broken from his trance by Roderich's mother, Maria Theresa. Roderich nodded and got up. He walked over to his mother and Vash stood up.
Later, as he was walking around, he passed by the piano room. He heard the beautiful music Roderich was playing. He peeked in the room and saw Roderich was surrounded by his family. He looked very relaxed as he played, so peaceful.
AmericaXCanada- Wish Chapter 2
America was eating a hamburger while standing outside. He noticed the air was much colder this morning.
"I guess winter is coming soon..." he said. At that moment the wind blew, making him shiver. "Brr..."
He took a bite of his hamburger and went inside. He looked over at Tony, who was playing a video game.
"Hey Tony," America said as he sat beside the alien. He watched him play the game and sighed. Tony looked at him.
"Is something wrong?" he asked and America shook his head.
"Not really," America said. Tony put the controller down and looked at him.
"Want to talk about it?"
"No," America sighed. "I guess I'll call Canada."
He grabbed the phone and dialed Canada's number. He listened to it ring until Canada picked the phone up.
"Hello America..."
"Dude how did you know it was me?" America asked, quite surprised.
"I have caller ID. How are you...?"
"I'm good, how about you?"
"I'm doing good..."
"That's good," America laughed a little.
"It's a bit cold now," Canada said and America coul
AmericaXNeko!Japan- Hard To Get Chapter 11
Kiku's fever got worse, so Alfred requested a week off. Arthur just looked at him in disbelief.
"A week? You must be mad!" Arthur exclaimed as he looked at Alfred's completely serious face. Alfred just shook his head.
"I'm serious Arthur. Kiku is really sick so I need to be at home to take care of him," Alfred said and Arthur sighed in frustration.
"Fine. But you better be in next Sunday."
"I will!" Alfred called as he ran out of the building.
Kiku was sleeping on the couch when Alfred walked in. Alfred set the fever reducer on the coffee table and kneeled down. He felt Kiku's forehead and Kiku stirred, opening his eyes a little. He looked at Alfred and smiled weakly. Alfred smiled back.
"Hey Kiku, how are you feeling?"
"Awful. My body is burning up."
"Well I got some fever reducer. Let me go get you some water," Alfred said as he got up and headed into the kitchen. After getting the water, he walked back into the living room to see Kiku had sat up. He gave him the water and opened
AmericaXItaly- Sightseeing (Crack)
America was walking around with a hamburger. He was texting on his cell phone when a certain Italian ran over.
"America!" America looked up at Italy as he shouted his name.
"Dude! Italy long time no see," he said as he gave the Italian a big smile.
"I came to do some sigtseeing!"
"Then you came to the right place!"
"Okay," Italy said.
"I have a lot of sights that will blow your mind," America said as he took a bite of his hamburger.
"Then let's go," Italy said with a smile.
"Okay!" America said with a full mouth. He grabbed Italy's hand and ran. Italy, of course, was following.
"Lady Liberty is right there," he said as he stopped at a fence and pointed at her. Italy stared at her in amazement.
"Wow, she's huge!"
"Mm-hm! Sadly, we can't get close to her..."
"How come?" Italy asked as he looked at the usually cheerful American. America frowned.
"Stupid people were trying to draw on her... If they don't like America then they shouldn't come here..."
"But who can dislike
GermanyXNeko!Italy- A Chance For Neko Chapter 8 How long has it been? Is he ever coming for me? They keep hurting me, they keep testing drugs on me. I want out. Ludwig help me...
You have betrayed my trust...
I'm withdrawing myself from the world... To end my pain and suffering...
They have figured out where they kept Feliciano. Now they we're going to save him. Lovino wanted to do it as soon as they figured out where they were keeping his brother. But they needed a plan, which Lovino reluctantly agreed to.
They were standing outside the building. It was an old warehouse. Kiku looked at Lovino uncertainly.
"Will you be able to make it to Antonio without them catching you?"
"I'm sure I can. What's the problem? Aren't Gilbert and Francis hiding along the way in case I do get caught?"
"Yes," Kiku looked at Ludwig. "Are you ready?"
Lovino ran to the front of the warehouse. He let out a high pitch wail, hoping to catch their attention. A few moments later the men ran out, noticing the neko instantly.
"Look! He's here!
Taking Over Me Chapter 1Italy sat outside on the porch. He sighed sadly. He never liked to be alone for long. When he was alone for to long, he remembered. He remembered Holy Roman Empire. Those were the thought's plaguing him. He remembered dancing with him, teaching him how to paint...
And most of all, the day Holy Rome left him with the promise of coming back. How many years has it been? He should be back by now. He didn't want to think that Holy Rome had forgotten about him. Holy Rome wouldn't forget about him, right?
"Ciao Veneziano," he looked up at the sound of his brother's voice. He got up and smiled.
"Ciao fratello!" Italy said as he opened the front door. They walked in and Italy closed the door.
"The potato bastard not here?" Romano asked and Italy shook his head.
"No, he went somewhere with Prussia," Italy said as he sat on the couch. Romano sat beside him. They were silent for a few moments. Romano looked over at Italy, seeing the tears forming in Italy's eyes. He sighed.
"You're thinking of him
Crossdressing Imagine your Person A from your otp ending up cross dressed due to a bet they lost to Person B who, is awwwing at how adorable Person A looks, while Person A is flustered and embarrassed due to Person B's complements.
-Imagine Your OTP on Tumblr.
Lovino really hated today. Even as he walked out the bathroom and saw Antonio smiling at him, he really hated today. Could it get any worse than this?
"Aw Lovino! You look so cute!"
"Shut up," Lovino growled at Antonio, blushing from embarassment. He was wearing a frilly black maid outfit with little white bows all over it. He had lost a bet to Antonio, so now he had to wear this ridiculous outfit all day. It was humiliating!
"Lovino," Antonio hugged him tightly, "You're so cute! You should wear dress more often!"
"Fuck off!" Lovino said as he pushed Antonio away. He turned away, trying to hide his blush. He didn't like the attention, not one bit! Why should he?
"There's no need to be embarassed!" Antonio said as he hugged him aga
SpainXNeko!Romano- A Second Chance Chapter 10The next morning when Lovino went downstairs, he saw all three of them sprawled out on the floor. He narrowed his eyes and walked into the kitchen. He got a pot and a ladle and started to bang the ladle on the pot.
"Wake up bastardos!" He heard all three of them groan. He kept banging the ladle on the pot. "I mean it! Get up!"
"Fine fine, just stop with the banging," Gilbert groaned as he sat up. He held his head. "I have a headache..."
"Me too," Francis whined. Lovino glared at them.
"That's your faults for getting drunk last night!" he crossed his arms and his ears flattened against his head.
"Antonio, get up and cook I'm hungry," Lovino said as he walked over to where Antonio was still laying down. Antonio looked up at him and smiled while Lovino glared at him. He sighed.
"Lovino, why don't you cook? My head hurts," Antonio said. Lovino growled.
"I don't know how to cook, idiota!"
"What a shame," Antonio said as he reached up. He grabbed Lovino's wrist and pulled him down. He wrappe
Merry Christmas, Italia
A Hetalia Fanfiction
A Germany and Italy fanfiction
Merry Christmas, Italia
It was a cold, chilly day… the air was filled with a frosty mist, and all the windows were filled with Christmas products, lights, and decorations. All the humans and even the other nations were out celebrating with their colleagues and friends; Germany, on the other hand, was in his office, feverishly flipping through numerous files, feeling completely out of the Christmas spirit as he rifled through all of his papers.
The phone rang. He picked it up, expecting it to be a business call from his boss, as usual, as he was expecting a call about his economy and how the United Nations was to help Greece, who was deep in an economic hole that no one was sure he could get out of by himself. Personally, Germany wasn't too interested in helping Greece with his economic crisis, since he suspected deep inside that the man would never learn how to handle himself if
Holy RomeXChibitalia- Daisy Crowns
Italy sat alone, in a field of daisies. He was making daisy crowns. The wind blew, rustling the daisies and the hem of his green dress. He finished the crown and put it on his head. He began to work on another one.
"Italy?" he heard from behind him. Italy looked up at Holy Rome and smiled.
"Hey Holy Rome. Want to make daisy crowns with me?" he asked, picking another daisy and weaving it together with the other ones. Holy Rome sat beside him, but he didn't pick any daisies. Italy looked at him curiously.
"Why aren't you making a crown?"
"I... I don't know how."
"Then I'll show you!" Italy said, moving closer to him. He showed him what to do and gave it to him.
"Now finish it," Italy said, smiling at him. He watched as Holy Rome made it, his hands moving clumsily. Holy Rome finally finished and Italy clapped.
"Good job Holy Rome!"
Holy Rome blushed and Italy took it and put it on his head.
"Now we match!" Italy giggled and Holy rome turned a shade redder. He stood up and Italy got up als
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I'm a 39 year old female at 5'11, 206 pounds. My doctor has told me that I need to lose at least 30 pounds and so about a month ago, I started trying to change my eating habits and incorporate some exercise. I tried to lean toward whole wheat, lean proteins, such as chicken and fish, more vegetables, almonds and yogurt, etc. I haven't really been counting calories, just trying to make healthier choices, since I want to make a life change; but I haven't lost one pound, What should I do?
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Due to a new job, my family and I (wife, 2 kids, 2 cats) need to relocate from the DC area to Oregon in the near term future, ideally before the start of the Oregon school year (approximately September 1st). The wrinkle: how to deal with our currently-somewhat-underwater house in the Maryland suburbs of DC.
We had an initial meeting with a realtor earlier this week to go over what we need to do to prep the house, discussing timing of listing, and so forth. We're looking at somewhere between 3K and 8K worth of work to get the house into the condition where we could list and show it (which includes both some needed repairs as well some packing and purging that we're going to need to do anyway).
Based on what the realtor is advising we list the house for as well as our current "pay-off" numbers on our first and second mortgages, we're going to loose between 25K and 50K if we sell the house (that includes the difference with what we owe, the realtor commissions, and the money we need to spend on "prepping".) Now, we *are* going to make the move -- jobs have been accepted and it's the right long-term thing for our family to do -- I'd just like some input on other options we might have that can reduce or minimize the amount of money we're going to lose. Important to note is that our income will stay approximately the same after the move, and while we could handle paying our mortgage and rent in Oregon for a short period of time, we'd rather avoid that if at all possible.
The options on the table are:
1) Take the hit and sell the house -- in some ways this is the most appealing option, because it largely resolves things. We would need to get a loan to cover the difference between the sale price and the pay-off number, possibly with the assistance of family co-signers, and would be able to pay it back off with a few years due to the lower cost of living in Oregon relative to DC (we're going to go from ~$4K/month mortgage to ~$1K/month rent).
2) Rent the house out (through a management company) and sell it a few years down the road, once the market has improved further and we've further paid down the mortgage. The idea would be we keep paying the mortgage as we are now and use the income from the rental to cover our rent in Oregon. This seems like a potentially good way to go, but we have no idea how one goes about renting out their house, how to evaluate management companies, how long we might have to wait before getting tenants, and so on.
3) A strategic default: line up housing in Oregon, move, and just stop paying the mortgages. This is more of a "last resort" solution, and the short and long-term consequences of this approach aren't very clear. Can we notify the bank that we're giving back the house and just mail them the keys and have them handle selling the house? Do we try to get them to allow a short sale or do some sort of principal reduction? I know that Maryland is a recourse state and that makes this approach less tenable than if we were in a non-recourse state. Are there lawyers that specialize in this type of stuff that I should be talking to? (And how does one evaluate them? This isn't exactly a pool-side conversation with the neighbors...)
4) Some other option we're unaware of that you can suggest.
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TL;DR: Need to move cross-country within the next few months; have to figure out how to deal with house with underwater mortgage in the least financially painful way.
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Which Maryland suburb is it?
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The reason I ask is because there is a glut of new housing in some desirable suburbs and that may affect the market for your house. In my own study of housing in this area, it's one thing if it's Gaithersburg or Germantown and another if it's Bethesda.
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The rental market in DC is really, really tight right now. Depending on the suburb - and when you bought your house - I'd be willing to bet that you'd easily make your mortgage payment plus the management firm's fees on the rental market, maybe with a little left over to boot. And I'd also bet that that would be true for the foreseeable future.
Option B, definitely.
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Agreeing with discopolo that it would help to know the neighborhood. The rental market seems pretty strong right now - I would check to see what other properties in your area are renting for. You might even be able to cover the mortgage and turn a profit.
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It seems to me that a strategic default in a recourse state is very much the same as the first option you listed, except that a bank is unlikely to try very hard to get the best price for your house, and you'll have more hassle and a default on your credit history.
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I'm rather of the opinion that you do a strategic default combined with a bankruptcy, since you're in a recourse state. The bankruptcy prevents you from having to deal with the recourse amount. (which walking away from the house would leave you liable for, if I'm not mistaken)
Also, there is no guarnatee that renting out your house will cover the mortgage. Can you afford to carry the house indefinitely while you wait for the market to recover. Also, being an absentee landlord, so far away from your house is not optimal.
If I were you, I'd probably just work with the bank to sell the house and take out an unsecured loan for whatever the difference is. It would suck paying all that money back, but it leaves your credit in tact.
I acutally fantasize about sticking my house up the bank's ass. But at the end of the day, I have to live somewhere, so I just keep paying.
It's worth it to get some good advice from a bankruptcy attorney, so you know exactly what to expect and how to deal with this.
The good news is, you don't have to spend any money to improve your house with bankruptcy, just put your shit in a moving van and get out of dodge.
Also, while going bankrupt, you can just sock away all that cash for starting out your new life in Oregon.
The good news with this option is that everyone and his brother is in a similar boat, and you'll be amazed at how quickly you can recover from a bankruptcy. Like a couple of years, not decades.
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Not knowing how much you would actually lose in a sale, or how much you could clear from the rental, you can still make some broad estimates of how long you could rent the house without losing more money than you would if you sold. In other words, if you cleared 3k on the rental, so you only had to pay 2k toward the mortgage each month (I have no real idea if this is a reasonable assumption), you would be paying 24k to keep the house off the market for a year. Do you think the house will appreciate (the market will improve) 24k in a year? Of course the time changes if the assumptions change, but you might consider thinking a bit about it this way.
Is a refi an option? Interests rates are really low, and if you can refinance your payments might come down...
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I don't have much to add other than I just went through something similar. We just relocated from Allentown, PA to Austin, TX and sold our house. I don't know much about rental markets in MD -- we certainly couldn't have covered our mortgage at all if we took that option.
Some questions -- what exactly is the work that would cost 3-8K? There were a lot of things that some realtors recommended to us, that we did not do and it did not impact selling our house. I estimate we spent about $500-$1000 prepping our house to sell.
Also, keep in mind holding costs, and if you choose to sell you may be paying both your mortgages and your rent -- could you afford to do this? We opted to price our house to sell, and ended up only paying both for 1 month (and we got 95% of our asking price). Although we lost everything we put into the house (in terms of down payment) we ended up a little better than breaking even on the sale, and then got a refund for our tax escrow.
If we were in a stronger rental market, where it would fairly easy to find a management company, and recoup all or most of mortgage payment we definitely would have taken that option over defaulting, especially if you and your family want to buy a house in the new location.
Good luck, and congrats on the move. Once you get through the housing part, it is a great relief.
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2) Rent the house out ... The idea would be we keep paying the mortgage as we are now and use the income from the rental to cover our rent in Oregon.
If the rental income on this property covers your mortgage payment AND your rental payment in Oregon, sounds like a good deal to me.
Now, in some places here in Oregon, the rental market is very tight: that means more expensive than usual because of people unable to buy homes or in a similar situation as you.
If you do rent it, have you looked at refinancing? Do you have a really good rate? If refinancing knocks down your mortgage payment such that you get more profit on renting... renting may be the thing to do.
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I just moved from Maryland 3 months ago and my house is\was underwater. I agonized for years over what to do and ended up just renting it out. I can't imagine defaulting on a home with a family. I'm fairly single with no debt or commitments and couldn't bring myself to do that.
I went with a local property management company to save myself any headaches of long distance landlording. You should be looking for one that takes no more then 10% a month in my opinion. I think mine is taking 8%?
It took them 1 month to get someone in the house but that's because I went to them a few days before the start of the next month which is a rough time trying to get someone to sign a lease.
Rent it going up and up so unless you REALLY want the extra security I would only do have the tenants sign a year lease. For instance, I could already rent my place out for $100 more a month.
Also, look into doing a streamlined refinance. Even if you had a really good mortgage rate rates are really low right now so it could save you even more money making it an even better idea to rent out.
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In early 2008 I moved from central Massachusetts (Worcester area) to the DC suburbs for a job. I attempted to rent my house out AND had it on the market. No one bit on the rental (and it was on the market for a year and a half before it sold). I was paying a mortgage on my empty house in MA and apartment rent in northern Virginia and that HURT my finances considerably -- particularly when my insurance company decided to cancel my homeowner's insurance because they "somehow discovered" my house was vacant -- you have no idea how difficult it is to get insurance on a vacant home, and once you find it, the premium rates are usurious (I paid 4x my homeowner's premium to keep that house insured because it was vacant -- and I was in a fairly desirable suburb).
Now, the DC area has weathered the housing crisis a bit better than most areas due to government employment. I had the disadvantage of my house being quite far from Boston so jobs weren't as plentiful. Depending on how close you are to DC you will likely be able to rent your house for a decent rate. (I was not underwater, though, so I could afford to take that risk; you may not be.)
My suggestion would be to put it up for sale and for rent at the same time, if possible. Chances are if you get a renter, your rental income will at least cover your mortgage/taxes/insurance payment.
Failing that, see if your bank will accept a short sale. That doesn't hurt your credit nearly as much as a foreclosure would, and presumably you are still current on your mortgage payments.
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It seems to me that there's little risk and little lost by first trying B, with A or C as your fallback. Even if your rental loses money, it would presumably be less than the monthly outflow to pay off 25-50k in just a few years. And then you retain an asset that presumably will recover its value, rather than locking in your losses. Even if you assume the market will not recover and you'll always end up owing that 25-50k, why not still rent it out, lose a few hundred every month, and save whatever else you would've made in loan payments under Option A to close that 25-50k gap, while the money is loaned to you at 5% (or whatever your mortgage interest rate is), rather than at whatever interest rate your unsecured line of credit would be. You may even end up being able to use the rental's passive losses to offset some of your income, but don't take my word for that -- ask an accountant to help you analyze the tax implications. Then, worst case scenario, if it doesn't rent out or B falls through for some reason, you could look into option A or C. Just retain the money you would otherwise put into repairs and upgrades now to use
any renters.
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on June 26, 2012
Depending on where in Maryland you are, your best option is probably to rent it out - it is an owner's market if you are renting. We were looking for a house to rent for a couple of months in the DC area and most of the time by the time we replied to an ad, the house was already gone. There are tons of crazy people like me that will spend more to rent a house than we would on a mortgage for the same house for a number of reasons - in my case it's that we're not ready to commit to living in DC for long enough to make buying a house worth it, but also people who need a house b/c they were recently divorced, people who are stationed in DC temporarily (military, diplomat, world bank/IMF, non-profit, IT, etc...), etc...
In terms of finding a property management company - search online, and look on Angie's List and any local real estate forum for recommendations. I read somewhere that there is a website specifically for renting to military families that people highly recommend - http://www.ahrn.com/ I think.
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Deed in Lieu or short sale offer and compromise. IRS forgiveness of debt exemption expires this year, and if you are underwater, just get out and move on with your real life. I'd also put a shade-tree half-retired real estate attorney on retainer in order to respond to all written correspondence plus make phone calls to keep me updated. If the stress or fear became too great, I would not rule out a Bankruptcy if I was under thirty and had toddler aged children. I am not an attorney, nor ever wanted to be.
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Do you have a roommate? A partner? A friend to whom you've loaned money? Buxfer is a fantastic web-based tool for anyone in a situation with shared expenses. The site's programmers write:
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Sounds interesting, but I'm a low-tech guy and generally use pencil and paper for such exercises.
In fact, I'm such a Luddite when it comes to new technology, I just learned the other day that a "plasma screen" is a kind of TV monitor.
I always thought it some type of blood test.
Stay Cheap!
Jeff Yeager
Ultimate Cheapskate
As a drop-in, I've never looked at Buxfer (but will now), but I have used a similar service that's been good to me – Billmonk.com. I've lived in a five person row house for the past two and a half years, and it's worked great. Very simple to use and continues to improve.
It doesn't have a budget feature to my knowledge, which is intriguing. At any rate, I thought I'd give a competing service that's been good to me a mention as well. If I don't get the chance to check out Buxfer, maybe a comparison on here?
The mobile phone access is brilliant. Having it stored somewhere besides little scraps of paper is nice too.
Getting my finances off of post-it notes has helped me more than anything. Organization really should not be as difficult as it is…
At least at first glance, it looks like what Billmonk does, it does better than Buxfer, but Buxfer is overall more versatile.
Buxfer seems to combine Billmonk with Quicken, which is an interesting and likely very useful combination. It also enables one to get alerts on a cell phone when within a certain proximity to one's budget limit. This can be very useful when sharing bills depending on how you can include them in your budget.
However, the actual process of tracking spending is a little more crude, since it looks like you only have a group pool, rather than individual members exchanging money and splitting bills. Billmonk allows you to form groups between people for ease of data entry, but ultimately each person has a separate account with each person. These can then be shuffled around a group if one desires in order to minimize the payments. Billmonk also has an itemized bill option to break down restaurant tabs or grocery bills, and will divide tax/tip proportionally for you. I'm not sure Buxfer has an analogous feature.
I like the combination with Quicken features, but I just wish the rest of the service was a little more refined.
Of course, if anyone that's used Buxfer (and/or Billmonk) has any input that would edit mine, please feel free to correct me. I've never used Buxfer, just looked at the tour. Cheers!
My girlfriend and I have been using BillMonk for some time, it appears to be a more simple version of Buxfer, without the money management (just an app to track who owes whom money).
Followup to John's comment: I use Quicken to track Billmonk's activity, where the balance is reflected in an asset account, which makes it easy for me to reconcile (combined with Billmonk) that the $20 on my credit card for dinner, is really $10 that I spent on 'dining' and $10 that gets added to the balance of 'Girlfriend' asset account – allowing me to accurately budget. I wrote a post about it here.
Is this a sponsored post? I ask because I want to provide myself a frame of reference as to whether you are recommending the online product/site out of its own merits or whether it's due to advertising reasons. Both are perfectly fine…but the extra information would be handy.
I have been searching for something like this for a while. I use MS Money for in house, bottom line verification of spending, but I wanted an online version (I am away from home frequently). I have been using Geezeo for a little bit now, and although it is cool, it is sort of a financial / social thing. Although I like it, I like Buxfer much better. I personally won't be able to get anything out of the group function and, as such, the contact function, but still it is great. Although Geezeo is fun to pass ideas around on and such, and it is very powerful, the Buxfer is a better interface, easier to use, and appears to be a little more 'adult' (sorry Geezeo crew).
Billmonk is also very well made and works like a champ, but for my house (married, all expenses soiled into each other) it has very little use.
my 2 cents….
I have used Buxfer to sort out bills with my housemates for a while now. Generally, I find it to be great (especially seeing as it is free!). Two problems I have with it are:
1. It can run a bit slow sometimes
2. As they have added more and more features to it over the months, they have had to modify the interface to accommodate them. This has resulted in it becoming a little clunky to use sometimes.
For debt consolidation (as Buxfer refers to it), I would definitely recommend it.
For managing my personal finances though, I use another free on-line app called Expensr (https://www.expensr.com/). This app doesn't have the debt consolidation that Buxfer does, but it does allow you to categorise and monitor your spending in quite a detailed way. It also builds graphs based on these categories. I'm going to stop raving about it now otherwise you are all going to think that I'm getting paid to do (I promise I am not).
If anyone has any other free apps that are similar to this, please can you post them because I would really like to see whether they are better than eith Buxfer or Expensr.
Jeff Yeager, I don't read all the comments on this site, (Although I procrastinate enough to read a lot of them). And I've already seen that plasma screen joke. Oh well. I suppose you've got just as much right to make repetitive jokes as I have to criticize you for it (which is only as much as J.D. thinks we have). I should be nice, Jeff's generally are…
On topic, I looked through this site some, and it looks useful. I thought maybe it was just a mint with friends, but it doesn't actually interact with your bank for you, so that can be good. Although, the problem I've always had with quicken/MSmoney is that I'll put a transaction into my pda when I make it, then I sync up with my bank info, and it has a different name (because I don't refer to the local coffee shop as HIGHER GRNDS #1002 NON PIN) and it never syncs up. I'll try this when I get a few hours, it would be nice for me and my GF.
Hi all, I am one of the co-founders of Buxfer. J.D.: thanks for writing about us!
@John: with Buxfer, you can choose to maintain pairwise balances with people (even within groups), or you can perform automatic elimination of debt-cycles (A -> B -> C -> A). We call this "debt consolidation" and it can be turned on or off, on a per-group basis.
@Jeffeb3: we do interact with your bank — if you allow us to! We support automatic downloading from about 300 financial institutions. Also, we do detect the kind of duplicates you talk about (when you are importing your statement) — we use the amount and the date to figure out whether a transaction is a dupe or not.
@Mike: yes, we are constantly working on improving performance – the site is actually a lot faster than it was a month ago. Regarding interface clutter, we try so hard to avoid it, but I guess we haven't been too successful. Could you please let us know where we caused you a headache?
For the billmonk folks, you can actually download your billmonk transactions and import them directly (Import statements -> Shared CSV) within Buxfer — just to see if you like the system
Also, we got a shiny new iPhone interface (http://i.buxfer.com/) which some of you might find very convenient.
I'm using https://www.moneyflickr.com Simple, fast, knows everything!
I kinda liked it before you went "full time" on your blog. 3 posts in 1 day's a lot to keep up with. However, I commend you for keeping the quality of posts as high as you can. They're all very informative. Thanks!
Dr J
@Ashwin: Nice to know you are keeping tabs on who's saying what about your site
Regarding the 2 issues I had with your site, this is probably not the place to be speaking about it so I'll get hold of you via the "Make a suggestion" page on your site.
If you haven't heard from me in a few days, just give me a poke using the comments on this page (I'm monitoring new comments so will be notified by email).
I was glancing through the blurb that the site's developers wrote – as soon as I caught "Craig Street" I knew exactly where they were and most of the places they were talking. Thanks for that bit of home to someone who has since moved away from Craig Street.
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Slight tingling which I don't mind, makes me feel like the product is working. It really plumps after a minute of application, my lips get flushed pink, and is good out of the door for a casual day. May not purchase again due to small size for the price. Would love to try other brands.
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This is a product that you have to try to see if it works for you. I reccomend trying it on the store then buy it if it works. I love it! It tingles my lips but its not an "ow!" tingle its a good tingle! My bottom lip look so good as well as my top! It brings out the natural color in your lips but it doesn't look "fake" it is a natural plump. xox ~A
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For me, this worked.
It plumped in minutes. It did make my lips go quick red and was tingling for a small time but totally worth it. Hasn't dried my lips or damaged them. I recommend this.
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I thought this was a great idea, until I actually used it. It stings and burns like no other, necessitating wiping it off after just a few minutes. If you go *anywhere* outside your lipline, it leaves the kind of red ring that children drinking cherry juice will get. Then, over the next few days, I get painful raised bumps on my lips. This only happens with Lip Injection, and I would have to spend several days babying my lips with moisturizing creams and balms to get them back to normal. Awful stuff, no thanks.
I do not like these things. They burn, sting, for what? Nada. Lip venom, lip injection.. please stop already.
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This is awful. It causes lips to burn and sting, yet it does nothing to plump. This caused my lips to become very red, dry, and to peel.
I purchased this before purchasing the 'Extreme' version but I wish it had been the other way round as the Extreme is an improvement on every aspect of this product!
This does work, albeit only slightly and temporarily, it's just not as good as the effect Lip Injection Extreme gives. I also can't stand the thick, gloopy, sticky consistency of this one.
If you are considering this product, having tried both for some months, I would say go for the Extreme. It may be slightly more expensive but it is definitely worth it.
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tingling sensation was frankly uncomfortable, but it did make my lips look bigger. i like this product but i feel it only plumps lips temporarily
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painful but not to the extreme
made my lips full and nice but ehhh not my kind of thing
and too expensive
I've been using this on and off for over 5 years now and my opinion is the same, Great stuff! Let me start by saying that I don't have sensitive skin and my lips are average sized and nicely pigmented to begin with. When I use this, my lips tingle very much like my mouth does when chewing hot cinnamon gum. It doesn't burn or sting me, just tingles. After a minute or two my lips are definitely fuller and their color deepens to a darker rose color than usual. I have no complaints about this product except that I wish the effect lasted longer. I'm not one to constantly re-apply makeup all day, but I haven't heard of anything aside from actual injections (eek!) that last the whole day and night. I have, and will purchase again. Definitely not recommended for people with even the slightest case of sensitive skin, or who can't tolerate hot cinnamon or pepper.


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Looking Ahead, and Reflecting on Falling Short
Last year I set my mind to accomplish some majorly ambitious goals.
After 2012's challenging year — in which I ran my first half marathon, got engaged, and overcame depression — I set out to tackle 2013 with intensity and daring. I had plans to run my first marathon, clock 500 miles in a year, and expand my horizons through travel, books and movies.
However, I fell short of some of my milestones. I ran 480 miles out of a planned 500, watched 64 new movies out of 100, and came within shouting distance of my 5k goal (but again, didn't hit it).
But I'm not upset in the least.
In terms of fitness this year, I worked harder, ran further, biked faster and trained smarter than I ever had before. Without trying to brag, I'm happy that managed to complete fourteen official races, hit several PRs, overcame an injury that sidelined me for most of the summer, and eventually crossed the finish line of my first marathon.
As the year came to a close, I realized that I needed to make peace with myself and my limitations. And I need to restore some balance.
Running is a magnificent activity, but over-reaching and over-training takes the fun out of it. At the end of the year, I could have easily reached my mileage goal but also wanted to branch out; that meant swapping a long run for a spin class with friends, or taking time to enjoy yoga again.
I needed a reminder to be kind to my body and my self, and accept that it's ok to grow as quickly or gradually as I want.
So here's what I have planned for this upcoming year. Goals, not resolutions. Progress, not perfection.
2014 Goals:
- Clock more miles than I did last year. That means 480+ miles of running and 250+ of biking.
- Spend a full year adhering to Mark Bittman's "Vegan Before 6" philosophy.
- Officially PR my half marathon (reach goal: get in under 2 hours)
- Improve my design and marketing skills by practicing and taking an online course or two
- Giving another try to watching 100 new-to-me movies
- Give back to my community.
- Be more kind to myself. Stop being so critical or self-doubting.
- Be a good wife. Every day forever.
What are your goals? How are they coming along so far?
Where my millenials at?
I've been blogging with Navel Gazing on Tumblr for nearly two years now, but so many "fitness blogs" are written by people significantly younger than me. Many are still in college or even in high school.
I love seeing other perspectives and speaking candidly to young women about health — but I'm eager to discover blogs from those in their mid-twenties or later, and hear from people who can relate to my life more easily. Even better if you have a full-time job and juggle that with your fitness, running or training routines, and the rest of, you know, life stuff.
So…reblog, heart or leave a comment if that's you? Thanks.
Goal Check
Today is National Hug a Runner Day! Have you done your part yet?
(A picture from the Philadelphia Half Marathon this week last year)
Since it's nearing the end of my race season, and the end of the year, I thought now would be a perfect time to check in on some goals.
This is the list I set for myself in January:
- Run one marathon or two halfs. Done! See the Steamtown recap here.
- Clock 500 miles of running. That's roughly 9.6 miles per week. Last year I managed 324 running miles and 60 of cycling. Almost done. I have logged 398 miles of running so far! (Also, 200 miles of cycling)
- Beat 27 minutes in my 5k. So close! My best official 5k this year was 27:06.
- Have success at my new job. Ongoing! Loving my job, and growing professionally.
- Live healthfully in all aspects — physical, mental and emotional. Don't let negativity or self doubt drag me down. A constant struggle, but I do make an effort.
- Watch 100 movies I've never seen. Up to 51 movies, ranging from The Matrix to Blue Jasmine. Probably won't make the number goal, but I'm happy to have made the effort.
- Read more. Miserable failure. Since our book club dissolved, I've read even less than I did last year — only about 10 books in all.
- Personally save $10,000 this year, for our wedding or a house. HAHAHAHAHA ok
- Go to BlizzCon if we can get tickets. Check!
- Be more "present" in the moment. That means putting the iPhone away. Evolving, but I do make a conscious effort to keep my phone in my purse most times.
- Love. Be happy. Enjoy. Good goals for all the time.
There are six weeks until January. Six weeks to complete my goals.
Most importantly to me right now is hitting 500 miles. I have 100 miles to cover in 43 days, which means I need to hit about 16.5 miles per week, every single week from now until then.
Is today your rest day? ENJOY THAT ISH.
What the heck is foam rolling?
What are those things, lined up in a row at the gym like a line of weird black fence posts? Why are those people basically dry humping them? Why is that guy making such strange faces while he's rolling his calves over top of it?
Today we're talking about FOAM ROLLERS!
As any seasoned runner or personal trainer will likely tell you, foam rollers are an essential part of your exercise routine. But many people don't know about this very simple tool and how it can help.
So what is it? Foam rolling is way to stretch, improve soft tissue extensibility and improve recovery. Just like the way a deep tissue massage works into problem areas, foam rolling relieves serious tension in the muscle and connective tissue.
When your soft tissue — the stuff that supports and protects the important structures of the human body, including your muscles — becomes tight and restricted, this often results in pain, muscle tension, and diminished blood flow. You might know this feeling as "knots" in your back or trigger points that hurt in your legs or shoulders.
How do you fix that? You need a release! No dude, a myofascial release. More simply, you need to relax those contracted muscles — by applying specific pressure onto the parts that are tense. By doing this, you release the tension, improve circulation and resume the normal, healthy elasticity of your muscles so you can get back to work.
And back to being awesome.
Recap: March's Philadelphia Urban Scramble
Last week I had the chance to participate in a fun urban scavenger hunt hosted by Philadelphia Runner! I got four and a half miles out of it and a free beer, so I'd say it's a win-win situation.
My favorite running store hosts cool events all the time, including the Urban Scramble on the first Thursday of every month. Participants sign up (it's free, by the way!) and meet at the Center City store, where we're given a list of 10 locations throughout the city. We have 65 minutes from the starting time to run frantically around town picking up tickets from willing local vendors, then high-tail it back to the final location, Tir Na Nog at 16th an Arch.
The more raffle tickets you gather, the better chances you have to win prizes at the end, like gift cards to local vendors or a new pair of running shoes. The catch is that if you don't make it back to the bar within the time frame, you forfeit your chance to enter the raffle! So you'd better run quickly or pick your locations carefully.
I think the problem is perspective, when you map out locations based on city blocks, it always seems like it's so much further than it really is. Rittenhouse to Old City and back?! In reality, our entire trek was just over four miles. Apparently this was the hardest and longest course yet!
Looking at the list of vendors was actually a little daunting. They were spread out from Rittenhouse all the way to Old City, varying from Unite Fitness to Yogorino (frozen yogurt) to PhilaMassages (a favorite after the marathon). I had planned to plot out my course alone, but my friend Vinnie showed up unexpectedly so we decided to run together. It was an absolute blast and crazy amounts of fun.
That time the Internet came to my aid.
Today I posted on Facebook complaining about a boot camp gym that used my before-and-after photo, and then repeatedly refused to remove it from their website's testimonial section or Facebook page. I was wondering aloud whether it was even worth it to contact them again. It may seem silly, but I was creeped out.
Without asking, 30+ wonderful friends jumped into action to contact the company on my behalf. Then their friends did. And people I'd never met. All commenting about how unfair it was to pretend I'd done all my hard work last year at this gym, in a state I've never even visited.
Now the photo is gone. I still don't have an apology or even an email response from the company in question,but I'll consider it a small score for Philly.
I'll write more about this another day, but I wanted to extend my sincere thanks to the people who showed me today just how much they care.


text: Reblogged from rairii 695 notes Posted 25, June, 2012 rairii: gringatalquina: atla-annotated: writingfail: atla-annotated: The Missing Plot: Amon's Platform Why do thousands of people join him, civilians take up arms for his cause, what is the fodder that incites this civil war? All we get in 12 episodes is that the non-benders feel oppressed, but we never get a concrete example, but for after the fact when Tarrlok starts rounding up Equalist supporters. The thing is that the oppression was shown but never pointed out. For example, pro-bending is a bender-only sport, working in the factory seems to require firebending, to be a cop you must be an earthbender, and there is no one to represent the non-benders in the council. The non-benders are underprivileged because they get less access to jobs and political positions, yet the show refused to point out any of these things because Korra was too stubborn to see things outside of her privileged position. It's even worse that Korra gets handed everything and doesn't once question why and how she is seen as special compared to everybody else, especially non-benders. So the Equalists saw all this just… nobody was there to point that out to Korra or the audience. In the end, everything fell flat. 1. Pro-bending is not oppression. I am 5'2, I am not oppressed by professional basketball players. 2. There are non-benders on the police-force e.g. the cop in the park that chases Korra and Gommu 3. There are non-benders on the council: Sokka 4. Factory workers: Are you saying that Sato, one of the major employers in the city, does not hire non-benders? Same goes for cabbage corp. 5. Even though these are examples, we have no proof that Amon uses any of this to gain followers, which is my point. I disagree. 1. Probending may not be a form of opression per say, but it does inform the public's collective imagining of bending; bending is glorified and celebrated, implying that those who can bend are worth more than those who can't. Also, pro-bending is a job that non-benders don't have access to; Mako and Bolin might still be on the street if it weren't for pro-bending. 2. There may be non-benders in lower ranks, but as far as we can tell the high-ranking officers (i.e. those who fight alongside Lin) are metalbenders. Non-benders have less access to better jobs. 3. There were non-benders on the Council. In Korra's time, Tarrlock makes it clear the all of the Council-members are benders, so non-benders have no political representation whatsoever. So, not only are they at a socioeconomic disadvantage, but there is no one in the government trying to help fix the societal oppresion of non-benders. 4. Non-benders do have access to jobs that aren't bender-specific, but so do benders. Therefore, non-benders are competing with benders for jobs in a society that seems to think that benders are inherently better. And benders have a huge advantage because their job market is much broader. 5. Then there are the Bending Triads. Non-benders are less able to defend themselves against these gangs. Furthermore, they act as a refuge for impoverished benders that is inaccessible to non-benders; again, Bolin and Mako might non have survived if they weren't benders. So yeah, there are some benders who are poor despite their privilege (Bolin, Mako, and the inhabitants of Gommu's tent city) and some non-benders are rich despite their societal disadvantage (Hiroshi Sato and Cabbage Man Jr). Still, their societal structure is clearly oppressive to non-benders. However, the only oppression Korra recognizes is Tarrlock's insane power-trip. Coming from an uber-priveleged, sheltered environment, she has no idea how complex the problem truly is. Therefore, she'll probably be shocked to discover that the Equalist movement didn't die with Amon, as will most benders. (Though I do hope that Book 2 will show that there were some benders who were Equalists as well.) Granted, none of this was explicitly stated, because the show was almost exclusively composed of action sequences, dramatic revelations, romantic subplots, and punch lines. Still, to me, the Equalist movement made a lot of sense, and I certainly hope it ultimately leads to tangible reform. ^ This. But they should have done a lot more to make this more obvious and for Korra to realize this and actually bring harmony and equality as the Avatar. Also, to your tags, I could analyze the heck out of all the implied systems set in place and draw parallels to currently existing institutions. Also, a whole paper on why Mako is being a jerk. The twisted part of all of this is that at the very end, non-benders as a group were just pawns used to further the ambitions of just another bender. They lose out the most from this Avatar vs. Amon fight. Now, when non-benders voice legitimate grievances about social institutions that reflect inequalities in society, they can be dismissed or even persecuted simply if benders conflate them with the discredited Equalist movement. We never saw Korra reflecting on why Amon was able to successfully use the inequities faced by non-benders as an effective strategy to build a base of followers, or to consider that there might be legitimate reasons why people would speak out about their experiences as non-benders. #korra #legend of korra #privilege #oppression #amon


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@ Verit - One would take a look at the fact that Warlocks are the least changed class since BC came out and surmise that Blizzard feels they are balanced enough to not need too many buffs or nerfs. As I went and looked at the patch notes from patch 1.12 to 2.3, I'm not seeing any major nerfs, nor major buffs, to the Warlock class.
I don't like to toss around the word "balance" alot when it comes to classes, but Warlocks have been and continue to be consistent heavy damage dealers, with good control and support features.
If I were to say there was one class in WoW that really doesn't need to be touched, it's Warlocks.
This comment is for PvE reasons alone, not PVP, but lets talk somewhat about balance.
Currently, the pre TK/SSC raid spec is affliction all the way. And this is also the defacto raid tree, as it holds several raid buff/creature nerf talents like malediction and Shadow Embrace. A well balanced raid should have 2 warlocks with a deep Affliction spec to be optimized for debuffing/buffing.
However, in SSC and TK, Blizzard sees the need for a warlock tank in two encounters, something that forces at least 1 warlock to spec into Soul Link, a worthless talent for raiding, expect for those 2 encounters.
As if this forced respec for a warlock was not bad, we have the problem of itemization after Karazhan.
Zul'Aman, Tempest Keep, SSC and Black Temple all focus on Crit and Hast along with Spelldamage. For a affliction lock (remember, the blizzard designed "raid tree") crit and hast does not buff damage at all. Shadowbolt is around 30% of the damage done by a affliction lock, so hast and crit is not a good investment to up damage.
So, if a warlock wants to spec for raiding after Karazhan, you need to spec deep Destro, but Destro is not raid friendly, as it has no Hit talents, and no raid buffing talents. However, it's the only tree you can go if you want to benefit from anything that drops.
So there is a need to look at warlocks and how they work in PvE, as it's currently not working as it should.
A lot of the nerfs that warlocks get aren't even mentioned in the patch notes. For instance the last 3-4 fear nerfs - I think only one has been mentioned.
The only buff I've gotten since I've played the game is they removed the damage cap on seed of corruption.
Not all of the specs are raid worthy either - which is a shame. Dots don't scale nearly as well with spell damage as other classes (shadow word pain for instance scales better than most warlock dots).


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September 11, 2014
First-year students gain early exposure to the surgical field by participating in operating room procedures.
End-of-life Care Preferences: A Promising Target for Reducing Racial Disparities in Terminal Cancer Care
September 10, 2014
Race and ethnicity dramatically influence patients' end-of-life preferences, which affect the likelihood they will complete a do-not-resuscitate order.
Advancing Treatments, Managing Obesity
September 9, 2014
Dr. Louis Aronne is investigating the metabolic underpinnings of obesity to prevent diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease and other related conditions.
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