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This office is terrible. They have rescheduled my appointments multiple times for days I couldn't do and then I got stuck rescheduling it for an even further out date. They've rescheduled procedures that I already had to wait a month to get. They didn't send my refills for my birth control multiple times. Dr Heller even answered the phone while talking with me and told the person she was with a patient and to wait a second, and then quickly rushed me out with the person still on the phone. I don't know how this place can even have patients with the way they run their office. Extremely unprofessional. Don't go here.
Awful. Uncaring, rushed , wait forever to be seen. Can go on and on
I love dr heller but I do think the office people could be a little more organized.
I was being seen by this office for about 10 months. While I was being seen I had the Mirena IUD taken out and removed and then became pregnant. I had several bad experiences during this time and thought it might just had been me until talking with other patients or seeing that new patients had the same bad things or worse happen to them. The first thing was that they charged me for services that my insurance didnt cover with out even telling me or explaining to me that I would be charged. The second thing is that you are never seen by the actual doctor herself and the receptionists hand out the doctor notes which this leaves it open for possible errors. Since I had a receptionist give me a note and she forgot to fill in all the correct blank areas it left me with no choice to but to fill in the return date which later resulted in me losing my job because the receptionists then lied and told my work that the doctor is the one to excuse you. Don't go here by any means what so ever!
Staff is not courteous, dr. is always late, unhelpful staff and dr....I had a stillborn which might have been due to anemia. Staff and doctor never contacted me that I was anemic for months. Lost my baby because of incompetent dr. and staff. Please, if you are pregnant..please go elsewhere!!!!!!!!
Very curt staff not friendly at all worst experience of my life!!!!!
I have been going to Dr. Heller for 15 years, and most of her office staff has been there that entire time. That says a lot about what kind of person she is to work with. I have been seen by Dr. Heller as well as her nurses, and everyone was not only thorough, but took time to answer my questions. I suffered a miscarriage, that I wanted to handle at home (not in the hospital for a D&C) - she called me over the two days it took to finally happen. When it was time, I called her at 11pm - she stayed on the phone for 45 minutes talking me through the final phase of the most emotionally wrenching time in my life. I went into her office at 8 am the next day and she already had a pile of books, articles and websites for me to use for dealing with my grief. My annual physical with her isn't limited to my pap, she makes sure my WHOLE body is where it should be, including monitoring and removing moles. I love this woman and would go to my grave using only her and her staff. AWESOME!
Not very impressed by her or nurse practitioner that does the gynecological exam. I should have read these reviews before making an appointment..
Extremely rude and uncaring. Condescending to questions and over an hour late for appointment. Staff was not helpful.
Was with her about 13 years ago. She is very new age and organic if that is what you are looking for. Staff was so bad, I ended up transferring to another doctor. Staff mischarged me at the time, I complained and Dr. wouldn't do anything about it. I should have taken my complaint to the insurance co.
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Does one risk losing muscle/health if one eats 1000 calories a day from just an adequate amount of protein, lots of fat and zero carbs? For weight loss, that is. No exercising involved.
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A thousand calories is pretty low. I'm cutting too and right now, my idea is to cut out the BASs and just go with mostly meat and eggs for my meals for a while. I love my BASs but they're on hold for a while until I save off the last few pounds that I need to get shaved.
I would still like to see Tarlach's meal plan. I think he has the whole carnivore plan down pat.
I wouldn't recommend cutting out exersizing either unless you're just too exhausted to do it. Even modest fat reserves are enough to walk for several hundred miles if need be. So, I see no reason to shut down while I'm cutting.
Oh and it seems to mess with peoples heads that I have s single digit bf and 30 inch waist and I'm still trying to lose fat. I get "you're not trying to lose any more are you?" a lot. Yes, I don't care how much I weigh or what size my waist is. I'm not shifting into maintenance mode until my abs are out and showing in all their glory. If that means I need to get down to five to six percent body fat then so be it. Daemonized is on a mission.
Extreme starvation diets will result in compromised health and lost muscle mass for most humans. Starvation studies, research on the eating disordered, and the experiences of the CRON people seem to bear this out.
You'll be better off than a low-fat vegan or anorexic, because you're getting protein, fat, and decent nutrition comparatively - but I think it's a terrible idea.
I can't claim any expert knowledge, but I think I would find it easier to IF every other day than cut calories. I would get less hungry that way.
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I have lost about 50lbs so far and my calorie intake is approx 1800 per day. 1000 seems extremely low and would certainly mess with your metabolism over a period of time. You will also likely lose the weight too quickly. I wouldnt worry so much about the calories and stick to the proper protein and fat amounts. The calories will work themselves out naturally if you stick to the PB part and stay around 50g carbs. You will certainly lose weight.
I seriously doubt that eating 1000 calories a day will get you closer to your goal.
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I lost 30lbs on 2200 calories a day, without excessive exercise and I didn't start IF'ng till I had lost most of that weight. Maybe you don't need to go that low.
I alternate during the week between the warrior and fast five diet plans. I use my second meals on fast five days to help up my protein intake so I don't end up losing muscle along with the fat. In my world breakfast and lunch don't really exist during the week anymore.
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I thought this type of diet prevented muscle loss by making the body burn fat for fuel..
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The words printed in bold at the top of the page made him go cold. It felt as though his heart stopped, and through the sudden roaring in his ears, Giles was only just aware of Buffy, Willow, and Tara speaking to him.
"I'd never normally ask, I know how important the Magic Box is to you, but this is the first one here in Sunnydale, and I think it could be great to have everyone gathered together…"
"And don't worry, we'd be sure to have everyone off the streets before dark, and of course I'd be there to keep an eye out for any kind of badness…"
"M-Mister Giles, it would really…"
Now the ringing wasn't only in his ears. With one word, the shop had fallen that silent. When Giles forced himself to look up, he saw that even Anya was staring stunned at him.
His jaw set. Giles crumpled the flyer into a ball and let it fall to the floor. How they could look at him like that, suchthoughtless children, but…no. That wasn't fair of him.
It wasn't as though they'd ever known.
But that didn't make the forcible dredging up of his past, or the feeling that he'd been so utterly betrayed, if only through thoughtlessness, hurt any less.
"Get out," he said. His voice sounded strange in his ears. As though to reassure himself that he'd really said those words, Giles repeated them. "The three of you, get out. Anya and I need to open."
Buffy recovered herself first, Anya just after. Willow and Tara...Giles looked away from them, turned away, and walked towards the basement without looking back.
The business day proceeded from there. Or at least, Giles presumed it did. He didn't really remember much of it later, and was incredibly grateful despite himself for the fact that Anya took out her frustration over the morning by milking anyone foolish enough to walk through the door for all they had. Giles explained what needed explaining and rung up what needed ringing up because Anya was too busy with someone else. None of the others came in. Giles was grateful for that, too. He honestly didn't know how he'd react to them right now, and uncertainty like that always scared him just a little.
At least Anya didn't ask. Giles wasn't at all certain how he would have explained. After all, of all people, his sort was probably further outside of Anya's area of expertise…except as the occasional victim.
Fortunately, Anya said nothing about the events of the morning, instead shooting the occasional dirty look at the shop window that expressed all of her feelings on flyers for offensive town events. After she'd shunted the last customer out the door with a bag in their hand, Anya went immediately to count out the day's proceeds and left Giles to himself. No words were said. A glance at Anya was enough to confirm that she was about as much in the mood to talk as he was, so Giles left her to it and retreated to the training room.
He and Buffy would normally have gone through a training session this morning, had things not gotten so horribly strange. When circumstances prevented, sometimes she'd come in for a session in the evenings, instead.
But the point was that there was nothing to put away, and he wasn't entirely sure if he should pull anything out, either. But, all the same, Giles busied himself just generally tidying up. Keeping his hands busy had always been a good way to free up his mind for other things.
And keeping his hands busy made it a bit easier to ignore that they were shaking, with all the unpleasant recollections that seemed to have gathered like dust in the corners. England was an ocean away, now, and his adolescent years were decades in the past. But some things just…stuck with you. The words and the shouting and the fists flying, the sound of shattering glass and bodies colliding and running, running, running.
Sometimes, vampires were a picnic. At least a vampire's motivations were easy enough to understand.
"M-Mister Giles?"
He didn't look up. He didn't have to. He recognized the voice, through the fog of memory, and he couldn't even say that he was terribly surprised. He and her had never been terribly close, but the matter of…people like them was important to her, important enough to even shake her out of her shyness.
"Hello, Tara," he said, setting down the knife he'd been cleaning. "Something you need?"
"…yeah." He heard her take a few steps into the room, and heard her close the door behind her. "Kind of. I guess I just…w-wanted to ask you. About today."
"What did you want to ask?"
He could see that Tara was feeling uncomfortable, standing in the doorway like that. So Giles moved aside to make a bit of extra room for her on the couch. With a clear effort of will, Tara eventually moved forward and took the offered seat. She didn't look up at him, though, just stayed staring at her hands like she always did. Rupert Giles and Tara Maclay had never really moved in the same circles.
"…w-why?" She finally spoke, her voice trembling with anxiety, but also with conviction. "I, I mean…I thought you were an ally. The way you treat Willow and me, I mean, I never thought you had a problem with us…"
"I don't." It stung a bit that she even thought he did. But Giles kept his tone of voice level, with an effort, and decided to try from a different angle. "Sorry…'ally'? I, um, I think we're working from two separate definitions, Tara."
She gave an embarrassed little half-shrug. "It's just…w-what we call, um, people like you. Straight people that are, um, sympathetic. To…to people like us. Like allies."
Silence fell for several long seconds, during which point Tara twisted her fingers in her lap and Giles just stared at the wall, feeling as though all the air had been sucked from his lungs. God, he could just kick himself. He'd just assumed, he'd never thought he had to say…
"…I'm afraid there's an assumption you're making, Tara, that isn't entirely accurate."
"An…" Tara looked up at him, this time, her brow furrowing in puzzlement. Giles looked back at her, and something in his eyes must have given him away, because comprehension dawned. "Oh." One hand went to her mouth, and Tara looked mildly horrified. Giles knew her well enough to know, however, that she was horrified at her own thoughtlessness, not at the fact that she was talking to a bisexual man. With others, they might have been – everyone always needed someone to look down on, after all. But not Tara.
"I, I-I'm so sorry. I-I didn't mean…I mean, I didn't know."
"Of course you didn't. I never said." Thinking back, he realized that they'd all probably forgotten he was capable of romantic feelings at all. It had been such a long time since Jenny had been in his life. Such a long time, and his throat still closed tight at the thought of her. "Besides, I'm, um, rather busy, what with the Hellmouth and the shop. Don't really have time for, um, f-for that sort of thing." He took off his glasses to clean them, almost unaware he was doing it until the world suddenly slid out of focus. But he could feel Tara's sympathetic gaze, and he didn't want sympathy, if only because it was a reminder of how, in a lot of ways, his life was actually a bit empty.
"Then…M-Mister Giles, I, I think I'm even more confused. I mean, I-I don't want to tell you how to feel but…w-why wouldn't you let Willow put up the flyer? I mean, more awareness, about us, it could really help. Even just…bringing us all t-together for a day would be nice."
"Yes, well, I confess – I'm a bit perplexed, myself." Here, he was on safer ground, safe enough that Giles could slide his glasses back onto his face and return Tara's gaze. "I don't understand why you or, um, or Willow, would ever support an event that made use of that…" That word, he tried to say it, but some old scars faded hard, and he finished lamely with: "That…sort of language."
"Language?" Tara seemed genuinely confused. "I didn't know there was anything...offensive in it. I mean, I didn't read it all the way, but, um, Willow did, and she wouldn't ever have put it up, if there was anything like that…"
"But there was, Tara." He sounded more frustrated than he had intended. Giles rested his head in one hand and took a breath and counted to five. Blessedly, when he spoke again, the momentary slip had passed. "There was. 'Queer'. Right there at the top."
Even now, thirty years later, he hated even having to say that word.
"Queer? But…M-Mister Giles, that, th-that isn't a bad word. It's, um, it's just a generic term, to refer to gay men, a-and lesbians, and bisexuals, and transgender people, all together, and…"
Then she saw the look on his face, and faltered in her explanation, looking uncertain again. "…isn't it?"
"No. It isn't."
He'd hoped never to have to talk about this again. Even if it meant living his entire life without letting himself show any sign of romantic affection for anyone, it would be fine, if he could just live his life and get on with his duties without ever enduring again what he had back then. He was bigger than he had been, stronger, so much stronger, but fear was an irrational beast that moved into the mind and made its nest and never, ever left.
But he couldn't be afraid, anymore. He had a Slayer to look after, and he had people to protect, and dammit, he had a world to save. This shouldn't scare him this much anymore.
Sometimes, talking helped. So, there and then, Giles did. At least it was Tara. Of all the people that had gathered around Buffy over the years, Tara was the best at just sitting and listening, and it was a very long time since anyone had just sat and listened to Giles when the fate of the world wasn't at stake.
"It's not just a…a harmless word, Tara. It's, i-it's something people shout when they toss bottles at you or, or chase you down the street. 'Queer bashing' is a Saturday night hobby. It's, it's a word that ruins people. It can even get them killed. So, s-so to see it just…tossed about, like that, like it doesn't mean all those things…" His hands were shaking. Giles clenched them tight until he felt his nails digging into his palms. Tara noticed – she noticed a lot, really, even if they didn't notice that she did. After a momentary war with herself, she reached out and rested one of her hands over his.
"…I th-thought you all would be, um, w-walking into a…a potential danger." A trap. It felt silly, now, saying it in the safety of the training room, but before, seeing all those bright colors and exclamation marks and then that word…it had really seemed like bait for a trap, for some sort of mass slaughter so they could just get all the beatings out of the way and have the rest of the month off.
Tara gave him a minute to recover, sensing his distress and his bad memories. Her voice, when she spoke again, was the gentle, soothing tone he'd often used himself, on those victims of a disaster that they still had to question. He almost laughed to hear it. Was that really what he sounded like to her? Or was this just how Tara was with people? If it was, he'd never noticed it. Today was probably the most they'd talked, just them, since…he couldn't remember.
"Words change. The, the meanings…th-they can change. M-Maybe it meant that before, but…but it doesn't now. It, it really doesn't." She offers him a smile, sweet and hopeful. "But, hey, th-that's good, right? I mean, we took something bad, and…and we made it something good. Reappropriation."
He'd never heard that word used for something positive before. It was always down in the history books to mark some series of heinous crimes against another culture. Giles still wasn't entirely certain that such wasn't the case here…but he could also see where, just maybe, it might not be. 'Queer' hadn't been a part of their culture at first, it had belonged to the culture of those who hated them, chased them down in the streets, made sport out of kicking them until they coughed up blood. After all that had been stolen from them…stealing a word from them in turn had to be something, right?
"Perhaps," is what he admitted out loud. "And, and if it is, then that is a noble endeavor. But…Tara, you, y-you have to understand. Changing the meaning of something in future, it, it doesn't change the meaning it had to, t-to those who've already suffered." To people like him, and Ethan, and Deidre and Randall. To people who'd already grown up and grown old in a world where this word meant something awful and had already left its scars on them. "I, I know we should change, I know we're…part of the past, now. A worse past. But anyone hoping to, to make a certain sort of future…well, um, y-you have to remember the past."
"…you're right."
There were tears gathering in Tara's eyes, and as Giles looked back at her, the girl's grip on his hand tightened. It was a gesture of understanding, maybe even of solidarity. He could tell – when she wanted to be, when she wasn't afraid, Tara wore her heart on her sleeve.
"You're right," she repeated. "I…I think we were just concentrating so much on, on hoping for the future that…w-we forgot. Or…w-we didn't want to think about it. Because a lot of it's been bad. I knew that. I guess I just…never lived it."
"And you have no idea how glad I am of that, Tara." His was a life that no one else should ever have had to endure, for more reasons than one. "I…I suppose things have gotten better, in recent years. I just, um, w-wouldn't have known. I-I've been…well, busy."
"I know. Because…because you've been busy for us, Mister Giles. I know I, I haven't been with you guys f-for that long, but…I've seen that. I have." Her voice lowered to almost a whisper, as though she were embarrassed to admit what she did next: "I just…wish you didn't have to."
Sometimes, Giles wished that, too. Sometimes, he wished it so much it hurt. Sometimes, he just wanted someone. Someone to be for him what Jenny had been. It didn't matter what gender they were. It never had, to him.
…but, failing that, he wanted someone to listen.
And it seemed that he'd found that, and it felt as though the weight of the world had been lifted from his shoulders.
He saw Tara out, a while later. Tara, apparently satisfied and seeing something changed for the better in his eyes, went willingly, bidding him goodnight and looking him straight in the eyes as she did so – a gesture of familiarity and comfort that was generally reserved only for Willow and Dawn.
And perhaps it was that, the realization that they'd known one another for two years and she'd never looked him directly in the eye until tonight, that drove Giles to reach into the wastebin behind the counter, and pull out a crumpled yellow flyer. For once, just this once, he was glad that Anya generally viewed tidying up as beneath her.
Giles stayed in the shop for a while more, after that. He sat at the table where, so many times before, they'd all gathered together with books and drinks containing enough caffeine to stun an elephant for a long night of research and saving the world. The table was empty, tonight. The world was in that rarest of states, the state of peace.
Giles wished he could feel the same. Instead, he sat, and he read the flyer over and over and over again, staring at it until long after all the words but one had lost all meaning to him.
Life was hard, during that time, for a bisexual man. All right, it was even harder for a gay man, because at least a bisexual had the option of settling down with a decent enough girl, without spending every waking moment trying to blot out of the wrongness.
Lesbians had it easier. No one was prepared to admit they really existed at all, and it wasn't as though their way of getting off or having sex really counted. Pleasuring oneself with a vibrator was just a way of ensuring that you didn't succumb to inconvenient hysteria, after all.
But what a bisexual man gained in his capacity for "stealth", he lost in hostility from the gay community, who resented him for that capacity and were on high alert for the day he'd decide to just settle down with some respectably plain lady for a nice, normal family. Even if the one who'd really stolen your heart and drove you crazy in all the best ways was a man, your nights together would be spent trying to find places to shag where you couldn't get arrested for it and fighting over the day it would inevitably end, even if you never, never wanted it to end.
He and Ethan had fought that fight, more times than Giles could remember, now. Shoving and shouting, "Why don't you just go and find a nice harlot to fuck?", "Because I want you, for the thousandth bloody time!"
Really, they'd gotten caught more often for the fights that followed their sex than for getting overheard in the middle of the act itself. Buggery had still been a crime, in those days – oh, fine, you could do it in a private place, never mind that there were precious few private places in London even if you were fortunate enough to have their own place. You could do it if no one heard you, and if you were both over twenty one. Ethan had been eighteen when Giles had been twenty one, and the sort of boy that looked sixteen.
Yes, they'd spent a fair few nights in lockup together. The watch had made sure everyone knew it, too, so that Giles would pick up a few more bumps and bruises. Someone had always been by the next morning, or maybe the morning after that, to pay his bail and let him out. Sometimes they paid for Ethan. Sometimes they didn't. His father never did. The fights that followed nights like that were rough and angry and hateful and venomous, and yet they'd always left him wanting Ethan even more, so that he'd come slinking back later with some cheap whiskey and a new magic trick to try to get their minds off it, give them something else to cooperate on.
Magic was, in many ways, so much better than sex. Even if it was a roll of the dice whether the whiskey would calm Ethan out or only get him started again – "Run off with Deidre, then, and leave me alone!" Never mind the fact that Deidre had been a lesbian and wouldn't have touched either of them with a ten foot pole. Phillip and Randall had both been together, as well. Somehow, some way, they'd managed to make it work without trying to rip one another's throats out on what felt like a nightly basis.
Sometimes, Giles had considered asking them for advice. He never had. They'd been respectful of him, as their gang leader, and showed him due deference for the power he brought and the protection he gave them. They'd never hit him with the same barbs that Ethan had, that only Ethan really could. But he'd always been alert for the day when life would get just a bit too hard and they'd start taking out their frustration on him in the same way.
Giles had been a good leader. He didn't doubt that, even now. Right up until the day that he'd led them all that one step too far, taken them all in just that bit too deep, he'd been a good leader for the simple reason that he'd looked after his gang, and looked after them well. There were the drunks in the pub who'd come after one of them with planks and bats – of course there were, everyone who even looked gay got that sort of treatment. But they were never the same lot twice. Giles had seen to that, and it had been his first lesson that, sometimes, dark magic could have a good purpose.
He'd never had a good and healthy relationship with another man, not Ethan or any that had come after him. They'd catch him looking at a girl a little too long or he'd say the wrong thing and the truth would be out and then it would be all downhill from there.
There had been others, after Ethan, even after he'd entered the academy. There had even been a few girls. But there'd always been something missing, or something they wanted he couldn't give or he wanted that they couldn't give, and if he was lucky they'd end politely and if he was unlucky he'd have to construct a hasty protective charm that very night to ward off their angry hexes. Eventually, he'd given up. It wasn't as though he didn't have more important things to focus on.
Or so he'd kept telling himself.
Jenny had been a balm to his soul in so many ways. She'd looked right through him and seen the sort of man he was and she'd loved him for it. She'd teased him, yes, she'd yanked him around and made fun of him, but that had made it better, in a way. It had helped, oddly enough. It made the situation seem like something not so grim and damning, as something that you could laugh at.
But she'd also understood when the teasing had to stop, and the sensible talking and listening had to happen.
What Buffy and the others didn't know was that he'd avoided Jenny, for a while, after their first kiss. That much emotion, after so long ignoring the existence of it, had been a great deal to bear, and had dredged up a lot that he'd buried deep down in his heart. If Jenny hadn't come looking for him, after three days of radio silence, he probably wouldn't ever have found it in himself to look her in the eye again.
"Was it something I said?"
He flinched, but did not look up from the desk. All the same, he felt her presence just in front of him, and felt her gaze like a lens. And then, after a few seconds, he heard her sigh tiredly and walk towards him, until she was standing right beside his chair. Still, he couldn't bear to look up at her.
"Something I didn't say?"
It took almost everything he had, but Giles nodded very slightly. The words on the pages of his journal beneath his hand had blurred into illegibility.
"…something I didn't say because I was busy making out with you?"He could hear the faint smile in her voice, and so hated it when he had to nod again. And then, after a few seconds, sounding suddenly so much older: "Rupert, come on. Stand up. Look at me."
He didn't want to look up. He didn't deserve to look her in the eye or stand on the same level as her. But, at the same time, there was something about Jenny that he'd just never been able to deny, and it pained him more to hear her made so tired by him when he'd already put her through so much. So Giles did, pushing himself up out of his chair, although it took him a few seconds more before he could bring his gaze up from the carpet to meet her mesmerizing brown eyes.
"There," said Jenny softly, smiling gently. "Was that so hard?" Before he could answer, she pressed a finger to his lips. "Don't answer that."
It was the first time he'd smiled in three days. Jenny understood. Looking back, that had been one of the very best things about loving her and being loved by her.
"S-Sorry," is what he said out loud.
"I don't…well, no, actually, an apology is nice," said Jenny with a wry smile. "But that's not what I want the most. What I want most is for you to talk to em, Rupert. I know I haven't exactly set the greatest example there, but we're adults, and it is what we're supposed to do."
"It's…it's hard to explain, Jenny. T-To be honest, um…well, I, I've never had to, before." Or, more accurately, no one had ever asked.
"I didn't expect it to be easy. Just give it a try." Her hands, warm and soft, found his and gently took hold of them. His hands had been less scarred, then, and he'd been less afraid of anyone touching them. Her smile took on that truly gentle edge that was so rare to see but always made something warm and fluttery take roost in his chest when he did. "I think you'd be surprised at the kind of things I'd believe."
He wouldn't, actually. He knew that he wouldn't. He'd already blown well past anything she could possibly believe, first with the nightmare of Eyghon and then…well, and then with the events of three nights ago. He'd taken Jenny further than he had a right to already. What was a bit further?
So she made tea, and he talked. He didn't tell her everything, he could have told her everything if they'd had a week to talk. It was just something that came from living a long life. You tended to acquire a lot of life experience, both good and bad. Jenny listened, and nudged him gently along when he stumbled, and nodded when appropriate. It took far less time than he felt it did but, at the end, his mug of tea was half-drunk and cooling, and Jenny was sitting beside him with both her hands covering one of his, for the reassurance it gave.
He still remembered, to this day, what she'd told him at the finish:
"Rupert…this doesn't invalidate you. It doesn't change who you are, or prove them right. It doesn't change the fact that you've loved other men and women in the past, or make what you felt for them meaningless. You're not going to be turned miraculously straight just because we happen to be in love, and I'm not going to think any less of you because of it."
He remembered them that night alone in the shop with Tara's voice added to Jenny's.
It was a bright and sunny day in Sunnydale. The air was much too warm and still and heavy, forcing the gathered masses to clump themselves around the scattered coolers of water bottles suspended in half melted ice, the paper with their labels made damp and easy to tear with condensation.
But they were here, and that was what was important. They were here, and that was enough. Just being here, and seeing all the people who were like them or who sympathized with them, was a wonderful thing. All around the college green, people were chatting, laughing, talking, old friends and new friends just made that day. There was a stage set up at one end of the meadow, where a few students were hooking up speakers for what appeared to be a concert, scheduled for later.
People were passing out pamphlets. Giles had only slightly better feelings towards pamphlets than he had towards flyers. So it was fortunate that most of the young hopefuls passing out pamphlets and flyers and informational packets simply gave him odd looks and passed him by.
Or perhaps it wasn't.
Giles wasn't certain.
He knew that he was out of place. Just a quick scan of the green showed that he was the oldest person here by at least ten years. Probably no one was quite certain why he was here at all. Giles was keeping sufficiently the edge of things, at the very furthest back of the crowd, that there might still be some doubt.
Well, they weren't alone in that. Giles had his doubts just in being here, his old residual fears at…well, at outing himself. He'd spent a long while cultivating the illusion that he was typical, in that regard at least. It was taking more than he liked to shed it.
But he could be here to show support. For these children who might, in a different time, have suffered as he suffered, endured what he'd endured…he could be here. And he could watch, and see what the future might just possibly hold.
"Button for your thoughts?"
He looked round, and there was Willow, beaming fit to burst. Giles wasn't at all surprised. He'd seen her flitting around like a brightly colored mother hen, with Tara her perpetual shadow. He just hadn't thought they'd noticed him. Or perhaps he'd just been hoping they wouldn't.
"S-Sorry?" he asked.
Willow held out her hand, palm open. On her hand was, indeed, a button. It was, of course, colored in rainbows, and printed in large black letters were the words "Out and Proud".
A look up at Willow revealed that her smile had faded somewhat, and now she looked a little anxious. Her arm trembled a bit, as if to take the button back.
"…i-if you want," she amended, clearly remembering the fight the day before, clearly having agonized over it as much as he had. "I-I mean…buttons. Kind of lame, really. I-I don't even know why I'm wearing one."
But she was, pinned to the front of her shirt. And, when Giles looked around again, now that he knew what to look for he saw that others were, as well.
Giles didn't fit in here. He knew that. Amidst the gaggle of hopeful college students eager to change the world, there was him, old and withdrawn and only just having come to accept that maybe the world could be changed. He didn't look like he was here for the same protest at all.
"Fine," he said, reaching out to take it. To his surprise, Willow tugged it out of his reach. But only to step forward and, with some ceremony, pin it to the lapel of his coat. And suddenly, just like that, Giles was a part of the crowd.
"Welcome to the party," Willow chirped. "Want a handy-dandy informational pamphlet? We've got lots."
He did have some handy-dandy informational pamphlets, so many that his pockets wound up near to overflowing. And he also provided some handy-dandy information, because no one had expected someone as old as him to attend the festivities, and many of the teenagers and young adults found themselves coming up with questions they hadn't even known they had before the day began.
Time had to move on, and things had to get better. But there was always a place for history, even and perhaps especially bad history. Better to just make that place yourself, make it an invited guest. Better that than having the shadow of a dark past lingering over your hopeful future.


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Chinese Influence On South-East Asian Cuisine
South East Asia measures nearly two million square miles across, holds a population of over 600 million people and includes 10 different countries. Yet if you look at the noodle soups of Vietnam or the fried rice found in Singapore, there's one thing that these cuisines all share – influences from Chinese culture, something that chefs at School of Wok make it their job to know a lot about.
This influence of Chinese culture in no way means that each country and region does not possess it's own unique traditions and flavours with their own cuisine, but it's undeniable that you can see elements of Chinese flavours and techniques wherever you look.ok.
Woks, which originated from the Canton region of China, are the most common and versatile of the cooking utensils used across SE Asia, in which foods can be stir-fried, steamed, deep-fried, braised or even smoked. In fact, the Chinese are said that have brought their stir-frying methods to the rest of the continent as merchants travelled across the region for thousands of years.
As for the food of SE Asia, rice and noodles, now fundamental ingredients across the region, were originally Chinese foods that later found their way into kitchens further south. These ingredients are now considered to be staples across the whole region, and take their place amongst national dishes of many SE Asian countries – such as Vietnam (Pho), Thailand (Pad Thai) and Malaysia (Nasi Lemak).
Furthermore, the cuisines of the South East would be completely different without soy sauce, which was invented in China sometime between the third and fifth centuries. The influence of Chinese culture on the rest of SE Asia can be plainly seen through the use of this indispensable condiment with the majority of meals using it in one way or another.
More recently as example of Chinese influence, dim sum, unarguably a Chinese invention, has spread across the continent with steamed buns and boiled dumplings being served across the region, updated with each country's individual twist.
Living in a multicultural city like London more and more the food industry has an obligation to represent cultures from a variety of different influences. School of Wok, a recreational cookery school in Covent Garden, has made it's mission to represent a variety of Asian cuisines and heritage. As well as a number of Chinese cookery courses and Dim Sum courses, School of Wok teaches a host of different cuisines from across South East Asia, highlighting each countries key ingredients and unique flavours. Whether it's Thai cooking classes, tips about Thai food or think Malaysian cooking lessons, School of Wok specialises in a variety of Asian cuisines, cooking techniques and cultures.
Schoolofwok, a leading cookery school in London, offers a variety of Chinese Cookery Courses. We also provide chef Courses and Thai Cooking Lessons. If you want to join cooking classes you can directly visit our site:
Slimming Tea- A Natural Weight Loss Supplement
Slimming Tea is better known as famous weight loss supplement. We all have heard about this from some resources, but most of us do not know the exact benefit of green tea. People consider it as a product which helps in weight loss but in actual this is not the case green tea is not responsible for weight loss. If we conclude it we can wrap up with the information that slimming tea is a kind of weight loss supplements under the umbrella term for teas with fat burning ingredients. There are many vivid types of slimming tea are available in the market, some of the very famous examples of tea are inclusively wu long, slimming tea, Chinese and herbal slimming tea.
Green tea is considered as most effective and natural form of tea and helps in losing weight. Green tea has an array of great health benefits along with reducing cholesterol level of the individual. This is a natural alternative to other slimming capsules and drugs, drugs tend to harm your body and have several side effects. There are few benefits of slimming tea which are listed below:
– Slimming tea helps in burning fat, the poly-phenols present in the tea helps in burning fat as it blocks the cholesterol absorption over the intestine and also promotes the excretion of the same.
– Regular intake of green tea helps in improving the body's metabolism rate minimum by 10%. But on the same time the excessive intake of it will result in diverse result.
– It is also researched that slimming tea comprises anti-oxidant in itself which in turn helps in boosting our immune system in addition to it prevents infection too.
– If we take slimming tea 2 to 3 times in a day then it is more than sufficient as it helps in digestion also if you have it after your meal and thus results in improved metabolic activity of the body.
Anti-oxidants present in green tea keeps individual look younger and improves the skin quality.
Now, we know that green tea helps in reducing weight also it ensures that you do not regain weight which you have loosed. As it natural supplement thus it edible by all including adults and teenagers. Even in markets, supermarkets small sachets of slimming tea are available which all need some boiling water to get ready. They are available in different flavors and with great aroma, one can choose according to his or her taste.
Wholesale Baking Supplies Get Great Deals Even If You're Not A Professional Chef
Whether you are a mother who likes to feed her family delicious cakes and other nice desserts, or if you are a professional chef who makes a living running a bakery, you have to be smart about purchasing ingredients. You want to get the best deal for your money on the quantities that you need without overspending. Here are some tips you need to get the best deals on wholesale baking supplies.
Purchasing Wholesale Baking Supplies Online
Buying from wholesale suppliers on the internet is actually quite convenient for both everyday cooks and even people that would prefer not to undergo the trouble of travelling to wholesale supply houses or purchasing products from a middleman. It's very important for you to scour their websites thoroughly before you spend a lot of money; it will save you a lot of time and trouble. Web sites will often have numerous products for you to choose from which means you should allot sufficient time to find the one best buys. In the event the wholesaler's website won't provide adequate specifics or perhaps doesn't display the actual goods for you to see, you'll have to give them a call to make sure they have the prices and quantities you will need.
Buying Wholesale Baking Goods from Supply Warehouses
Supply warehouses for wholesale buyers clubs such as Sam's or Costco are usually the perfect place to find wholesale baking supplies. These outlets are open to the public and also baking professionals. They keep a great many of these types of ingredients in stock in larger quantities. One of the nice parts about purchasing from a bigger facility is the flexibility to buy just what you need without having to buy additional items in kits that you may have no use for. In addition, you may also choose a specific product in bulk if you prefer. Items are normally arranged based on materials used, functionality or dimensions and stocked in a larger floor area in the store. If you ever have questions you can always find one of the many salespersons in the store help you get started.
Getting Baking Supplies from Business Suppliers
A number of suppliers by only from other businesses as a general policy. For that reason, they require you to have either a certificate from culinary school or some other proof that you are indeed a business. Remember to bring these things with you before you leave for the store. However, if this isn't possible for you, either check with bakery shops in your local area or just do a search on the Internet. Try to make a list of a few wholesale baking supplies companies so you can compare costs, managing of orders, delivery fees and other factors that are important to you.
Glass Beakers In The Kitchen Adding Science To The Art Of Cooking
How many times have you been in the kitchen and run out of measuring cups to store your precisely prepared ingredients? We have. Glassware made specifically for kitchen use can be prohibitively expensive and many home chefs will settle for boring bowls and cups. Ever consider labware for your kitchen? Watch a couple episodes of Alton Brown's hit Food Network show, "Good Eats," and the rest is history. The fact is lab equipment isn't entirely foreign to being used in the kitchen. Every wonder where the idea for the immersion blender came from?
Laboratory grade glassware makes the perfect supplement for your home cooking needs. Many of the properties that make laboratory lab equipment so great in the labware also valued in your kitchen. Characteristics such as a high melting point, resistance to strong acids, alkalis, and thermal shock make laboratory glass perfect for the kitchen.
Glass beakers can be used to mix and serve salad dressings and drinks. Ever had a test-tube shot? Make your guests the Guinea Pigs your next experiment. You may also put a cork in those test-tubes and use them to make a very cool spice rack. In fact, what couldn't you use labware for you in your kitchen?
Erlenmeyer flasks can be used for many of the same uses but on a larger scale. These flasks are perfect for the home-brewed beer enthusiasts. They may also be used for storing leftover soups, pastas, and sauces. Never guess what's in the leftover container again!
Speaking of sauces… want to try a new delicate sauce recipe, but don't have the time to continuously stir it? A magnetic stirring hot plate can solve that problem. Simply drop a teflon coated stir bar (won't add any unwanted flavors) into your sauce to be, and the magnetic hot plate will automatically stir it for you.
Beakers can easily replace measuring cups and drinking glasses. They also make a wonderful alternative serving dish for layered desserts.
One of the best features of using lab equipment in the kitchen is their ability to be used over and over and not retain any leftover flavors. Dishwasher safe and laboratory approved, labware makes a great alternative to traditional measuring, storing, stirring, and scooping containers.
Dare to be different and discover what scientists know you have been missing out on by using labware in your kitchen.
Culinary School Admission Requirements
Although the culinary school admission requirements will vary from one program to the next, there are a few things you can expect regardless of the type of institution you are applying to. But the type of school will definitely have a lot to do with the requirements that you are expected to fulfill. The culinary school requirements for a vocational school, for example, will differ greatly than those for a prestigious institution such as the Culinary Institute of America that has the most prestigious young chefs vying for admittance. But in either case, you will at least be required to fill out a detailed application.
When you apply for culinary school, you will be required to gather information on your own about the requirements. It is important to understand exactly what documents you need, how you are supposed to submit them, what information is required, and what format the admissions committee expects everything to be in. Applications often require written statements or essays detailing why you want to start a culinary career, for example. This is the most important of all school requirements, as it is the first impression they get of you, so you'll definitely want to take some time filling out the application.
The culinary school admission requirements for more competitive programs are likely to include a lengthy list of documents and information. They may also expect you to have experience including seminars, conferences and research about the culinary industry. Two- and four-year culinary programs will require a high school transcript, letters of reference from professors or employers and a detailed resume of your culinary experience. Some vocational programs may only ask for proof of a high school diploma or GED, while others may require work experience, and others might test your knowledge of weights and measurements or skills with important techniques.
The culinary school requirements that are expected of you will depend on the type of school you apply to, so if you want to take this route there is no time like the present to look into what the various programs require. Then you'll be ready to go when you decide to apply.
Purchasing Personalized Travel Passport Cases
Personalized travel passport cases give you a greater feeling of security as you handle your documents. They are easy to trace whenever needed which makes you navigation at ports of entry and exit easier. Lose it and you will face the trouble of delayed departures and denied entries.
They will give you a better chance at getting organized and making it easy to get any document you need at a particular time. It makes it easier to pass gates during travel and not cause other persons to complain on queues as you search everywhere. Everything needed it traced fast and the flow is smooth.
The availability of a number of slots gives you room to store and carry the other supporting documents like cards for medical cover and licenses for drivers. You will also find it a convenient slot to keep tickets and receipts as well as credit or debit cards that you might require while on the trip. There is enough room for cash or checks to make your purchases or transactions easy.
There are a number of colors to match your personality and serve to compliment your travel needs. This makes your traveling something unique and reduces your luggage in to one package. The colors are purely natural in their appearance and do not fade despite prolonged use.
Durability is guaranteed, if the material is carefully selected to give you an elegant and stylish feeling. Any leather is usually purchased from the best factories after careful and professional treatment. All the documents in the wallet do not fold and are not damaged when stored.
You may request the engraving of your initials or could have all the names plus a logo or favorite symbol. This makes it easy to identify it and more so in case you happen to misplace it while on travel. The names or initials could be indicating personal or corporate identity.
Customized cases come with additional features like pockets for calculators and pens. This gives you convenience during signing since you can trace either of them with ease without spending all the time in the search. It is up to you to pick the size that works for you and the shape or any other features you wish to incorporate.
Zippers clasp and Velcro fittings prevent your documents from falling off. All your documents regardless of their sizes are secured from the possibility of falling or getting spoilt in bad weather. Made for easy to clean and dry without compromising on the quality. Add a strap to secure it on the neck for easy access.
The manufacture of personalized travel passport cases has provided for effective folding that does not damage any documents yet allows carrying them on the shirt as wells as ladies handbags. High quality leather and suede and in other cases polyester and canvas make it an elegant choice. You are guaranteed comfort and an impressive feeling anytime you have one in your hands.
Four Simple Steps for Getting Cheap Divorce Fernandina Beach
Since Fernandina Beach is governed by the laws of Florida State if you wish to have divorce you have to approach the lawyer or court. Divorce is the term given to dissolution of marriage legally. If you are seeking cheap divorce Fernandina Beach then you can follow 4 simple steps mentioned below for getting the same.
First, you have to meet the residency requirements according to the Florida State law. In Florida, for getting divorce it is necessary for you or your spouse to live in any part of Florida for at least 6 months period. Otherwise the case will not be registered prima face. In case if you are not resident of Florida your partner must be living in the state for minimum 6 months continuously. In case neither of you are new to Florida then you cannot get divorce here and the only option left with you is to wait for some more months until you have valid proof that you are resident of the state. Alternatively you can approach any other state for getting divorce immediately.
Next you can file the dissolution papers in the county in which you are living or your spouse is put up. As per the Florida law you should have any valid ground to apply for divorce. Either one of you must be mentally challenged or you must prove that the marriage cannot be retrieved between you and your partner. If you strongly feel that the marriage does not hold good with you then you can approach for filing divorce papers. The dissolution papers should have to be served on the other spouse by means of lawyer or by any process serving agent. The court will give 20 days time for filing the answer once the spouse receives the dissolution paper from his partner.
If you dont have any children or neither of you have adopted any child then it becomes easy for you to get cheap divorce Fernandina Beach. Needless to mention the wife should not be pregnant while she moves the dissolution papers before the court. If both these conditions are met the process of divorce is much simple than you think in Florida. Both of you should arrive at decent compromise in the matter of division and distribution of assets and property. In case if one of you has disagreement then you have to wait for lengthy process of hearing and judgment. So, it is possible to get cheap divorce immediately if you dont have any children and both of you have totally agreed on settlement issues.
CitizenM Hotel NYC
The new citizenM hotel in the heart of New York City on West 50th Street, in the middle of the theatre district, just off the corner of Broadway, and only three blocks north of Times Square is as -busy' as its neighbourhood!
Rising from the ethos of this buzzing metropolis and featuring all its signature elements – from 14sq.m. mood-pad oriented guest rooms with lux washroom and interiors; floor-to-ceiling glass walls, plush interiors, loads of customized interactive spaces, aesthetically juxtaposed and emotionally connecting interior-exterior dynamics, et al – the hotel once again endorses its -luxury on a budget- motto.
Amazingly synchronised as a franchise, the hotel design rises up to the contextual architectural elements via its colours, art and eclecticism. Designed as a space that can cater to both locals and travellers, the hotel establishes an instant connect with its massive wall art -Come One, Come All' on the facade, created by artist Jen Lui – a piece of art that refers to the historical context of Times Square. Once inside another centrally positioned striking artwork in the heart of the living room by Julian Opie as well as a rooftop bar has walking people carved into the granite cladding of the elevator core and filled with gold leaf. The artwork also divides the space in two: the double height living room area and the lower adjacent area with canteenM under the mezzanine floor. Contextually tuned in to the spirit of Times Square, the 22-storey, slim black aluminium clad and stucco building tower is set back from the street by a small attractive plaza and a rooftop bar – both designed as recognisable glass volumes that are almost carved out of the mass to accentuate the distinctive social function they have within the hotel. Above, a series of identical bedroom windows, the width of a bed, show the rooms, individually illuminated depending on the mood of the guest. The double-height ground floor, rooftop bar and artwork are more expressive, bright and dynamic, emphasising the importance of citizenM's communal life and connection with art. Strategically placed designer furniture completes the plush ambience in these communal spaces.
In totality, the hotel continues to define the multi-functional qualities of modern mobile travellers by offering an environment that is suitable for work, play, socialising or relaxation.
All Inclusive Cancun Vacations
It's rainy, it's soggy and it's pouring wet and you can't wait to get away for your holidays. You eagerly leaf through the magazines sitting in the dentists place and dream of all the places you could be now. Then suddenly an advertisement for an all inclusive Cancun vacations bundle catches your eye and you know where you're going away to be leaving this summer.
You promptly take down all the details without tearing out the page because you just know the receptionist is going to look your way the minute you do. But even that's very well because know you have your holiday goal and you know that your all inclusive Cancun vacations package will give you on the dot what you need to get off from the stresses of routine life.
The problem you have now is the fact that you don't want to go solely and you're not too certain whether the girls from the place have already intermeshed their vacations. Since that's upmost in your mind it's the first thing you do when you get back from the dentist's office. Fortunately for you just about everyone's free and on this waterlogged day, raring to go on their all inclusive Cancun vacations package.
The thing is what can you expect to get from your all inclusive Cancun vacations bundle Do you get room and board, or room and something else, or something else totally You should ideally check this out before you pay up for your all inclusive Cancun vacations package. Ordinarily though with something like an all inclusive vacations bundle you would be looking at acquiring your room plus meals included.
You would also get a drive to and from the airport at your destination in Cancun, and you could also somewhat expect a few more little odds and ends added on depending on where you go to and what deals they're offering. If you don't get even the basic meals included in your all inclusive Cancun vacations bundle then you might want to look elsewhere for something that truly is all inclusive and not just a gimmick.
That said, after you've sorted the whole thing out the only thing left for you to do is to wait thirstily until the time for your holiday rolls over and you and your friends can go on your all inclusive Cancun vacations passing work and stress behind you. The best part of your all inclusive Cancun vacations is the miles and miles of fortunate beaches where you can enjoy in the sun and think about doing nothing more arduous then reach over to drink your gratuitous chilled succus just what you need.
Spring Roll- A Chinese Recipe That Captivates Filipino Taste
Spring roll (lumpia) recipe is a popular recipe in the Philippines, it can be cook from pork, chicken, vegetable, or fish. While spring roll was an original Chinese food recipe, it becomes a part on day to day food for every Filipino. I would like to share some variation of spring roll recipe that truly captivates Filipinos taste.
Vegetable Spring Roll: Vegetable spring is best for people that conscious with their diet, we usually use tofu as an alternate for pork recipes. There are two variation of Vegetable spring roll in the Philippines, 1st is lumpiang togue. The main ingredient for lumpiang togue is mongo sprout, the vegetable here can be also being fry and it is commonly called Lumpiang prito (fried vegetable roll). The sauce for vegetable roll is a sweet thickened sauce garnish with peanut and garlic while for lumpiang prito we usually use vinegar with flavoring as a dipping. The 2nd variation of vegetable roll in Philippines is Lumpiang ubod, with lumpiang ubod we usually use bamboo shoot as the main vegetable ingredient. It is popularized by one of well known fast food chain in our country.
Another variation of Lumpia is lumpiang shanghai, from the name itself it suggest that it originate from China. Lumpiang Shanghai is a popular recipe during special occasion, it is usually prepare during birthday childrens party and always served with spaghetti and fried chicken, it is so popular because it is so tasty that makes it so economical and it is easy to prepare too.
Lumpiang Isda (Fish roll recipe) is another variation of spring roll recipe, any kind of fish are fine to be use alternately but usually I prepare fish roll recipe using galunggong (mackerel) as the main meat ingredient. Why I chose galunggong, it is affordable, always available, and it is easy to prepare because it doesnt have a lots of fish bone. If you want to try this variance of lumpia recipe, heres how I cook it:
Lumpiang Galunggong Ingredient:
1 kg of mackerel (galunggong)
2-3 pcs of onion, chop finely
1 bundle Celery
2 beaten eggs
Lumpia wrapper
2-3 tbsp flour
Cooking oil
tbsp Salt
tbsp ground peppercorn
Procedure for Preparation and Cooking
Steam mackerel for 5-10 minute, flaked and remove fish bone. In a mixing bowl, mix the ingredient together thoroughly excluding cooking oil. Lay in lumpia wrapper in a platter and place a scoop of mixture at the middle, roll to wrap and fold both end to secure filling inside and deep fry wrapped fish. Fish lumpia is best served when it is hot with catsup along with hot steamy rice, enjoy.


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Hoover Container Solutions has acquired Container Company Ltd. (Container Company). This acquisition complements Hoover's recent acquisitions of Consult Supply AS and Dolphin Energy Equipment making Hoover one of the largest worldwide suppliers of CCUs.
"This acquisition enables us to better serve our global customers with expanded facilities, products and services. Hoover now has a meaningful footprint in substantially all major offshore energy hubs around the world including Houston, Texas; Scott, New Iberia and Port Fourchon, La.; Aberdeen, Scotland; Stavanger, Norway; Abu Dhabi, UAE; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Perth and Melbourne, Australia; and Macae, Brazil," said Donald Young, Hoover's chairman and chief executive officer.
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For fifty eight years the Sunshine Festival has been a proud community event, showcasing all the Midwest has to offer.
This year we will have a new vibrant hub at the new state of the art Multi User Facility, located on the pristine Geraldton Foreshore.
We promise to bring you a vibrant celebration with an abundance of free and ticketed events for all ages. Dont forget the Sunshine Festival Parade to take place on Sunday 2nd October 2016. Full of colour, music and dancing this is a must see event.
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Snowstruck: OK today is the day! Im gonna ask Foxy on a date! (scene cuts to pirate cove where snowstruck is running faster than foxy)
Snowstruck: Foxy?
Foxy: Yes Snowstruck?
Snowstruck: I-I wanted to ask you... Will you umm...Uh.. Go to.. Home...town... Buffet with me (snowstruck closes eyes and blushes)
Foxy: SURE!!!
Snowstruck: OK Its at umm... (looks at writing on arm) 8:00 pm!
Foxy: Its a date!
Snowstruck: Great (looks at clock) Gotta get ready! Its 7:00 PM dont wanna be late HEH HEH (Runs to winter palace to find Nightstruck[Nightmare Snowstruck], Phonestruck[phantom snowstruck], And Toystruck)
Snowstruck: Guys i need your help!
Toystruck: What do you need snowstruck?
Phonestruck: Meh whatcha want
Nightstruck: Im busy (toy struck takes off nightstruck's head phones and nightstruck growls)
Snowstruck: HEY HEY HEY GUYS JUST GET ALONG!
Nightstruck with headphones on neck: Fine!
Snowstruck: Heres what we do! Toystruck here is 20 dollars Please try and get me date clothes. Especially ones that willcover my legs and feet!
Toystruck: OK (runs to store)
Snowstruck: Phonestruck here is 5 dollars can you buy me a rose?
Phonestruck: I won't let you down Snowstruck (walks out because dosen't want to break down)
Snowstruck: And nightstruck you get a umm... Pirate fox plushie for me for the present!
Nightstruck: Why can't you do it!
(snowstruck slaps forehead)
Snowstruck: Because I need to keep a track of time!
Nightstruck: Uh fine Im only doing this so i will make a good impression to foxy
Snowstruck: I think you mean me cuz im the one going on a date!
(nightstruck runs to gift shop)
Snowstruck: OH NO WE ONLY GOT 30 MINUTES LEFT! I wonder how the others are doing
(scene cuts to hometown buffet)
Toystruck: I got the clothes!
Phonestruck: I got the rose and im not affected by the thorns!
Nightstruck: I got the stupid plushie!
Snowstruck: IM HERE IM HERE! Ok foxy isn't here yet. Im gonna put the clothes on put the rose in my hand and then.. Oh the gift is already wrapped! Lets go! (scene cuts to foxy wlking to home town buffet)
Snowstruck: Hello foxy!
Foxy: hello snowstruck!
Snowstruck: Men first (opens door for foxy and foxy walks in) (snowstruck winks at the others and the others [except nightstruck who is listening to music] wink back)
Snowstruck: So you ready to get food?
Foxy: YEAH PIZZA!!!!!!
Snowstruck: I SCREAM YOU SCREAM WE ALL SCREAM FOR ICE CREAM! (scene cuts at pizza counter where foxy takes every slice of pizza) Foxy: Just enough to fill my pirate belly! (scene cuts to dessert stand where snowstruck has swirl with cone on top) Snowstruck: I did a geat job! (scene cuts to foxy and snowstruck's tabel) Foxy: That was some good pizza!
Snowtruck: Yeah i did do a good job! Hey foxy i got this for you! (gives foxy gift and foxy opens it)
Foxy: OH HOW CUTE (squeezes it) IM GONNA SLEEP WITH THIS EVERYNIGHT!
Smowstruck: We should get going its 12:00 AM Time to hug the night guard!
Foxy: Yeah! (scene cuts to pirate cove where foxy's eye turn black with white glowing pupils)
Foxy: IM COMING FOR YOU MIKE!!!
(scene cuts to snowstruck's igloo where snowstruck is sleeping like a kitten) Snowstruck:ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ (scene cuts to snowstruck's dream) Foxy: Snowstruck will you marry me?
Snowstruck: YES YES I WILL! (scene cuts back to winter palace)
Snowstruck stretches arms: That was a good dream! Oh no ITS 6:00 AM! I SLEPT THE WHOLE NIGHT! Well it isn't that bad cuz yesterday i had a date!