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"Everything I Own"
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First of all, I want to say how thrilled I am that 'N Sync's fight with that evil man Lou Pearlman. I hope the jerk falls flat on his face now that he has lost yet another huge musical act! Lance, JC, Joey, Chris, and Justin, I always knew that you would win! Your real fans always believed in you and will now look forward to "No Strings Attached" in February or March. I hope nobody buys the CD that Pearlman will be issuing in January.
Next of all, I hope everyone had a most excellent Holiday season and that the new Millennium brings you all that you wish and desire.
DISCLAIMER: Same as usual. If you want to see it, just look at a prior chapter.
AUTHOR THANKS: I just wanted to thank everyone who has written to me with such wonderful words. Your e-mails definitely keep me going! As usual, and always, thanks SO much to David for having the best fanfic archive on the net!
In the last chapter of "Everything I Own":
Mark went outside quickly and saw Lance walking in a zombie-like state. Once he saw him, he realized that he was an idiot for even thinking of breaking up with him. "Why was I so stupid for even thinking that? I love that man with all of my heart!"
He saw Lance walking towards the street. He got worried. "Lance?" There was no response. He grew increasingly worried and began to yell. "LANCE?? LANCE!!!"
Lance did not listen to him and walked right into the middle of traffic. Mark started to freak out. "SCOOPY!!" Mark ran after Lance. JC, Joey, Chris, and Justin saw Mark running into traffic. "NO!!!" JC yelled as a car hit someone.
Now, without further ado, the next chapter in the continuing saga of "Everything I Own":
JC, Joey, Chris, and Justin had just gotten outside of the hotel when they saw Mark running into the street after Lance.
"NO!" JC screamed as he saw a car hit Mark. "MARK!"
Lance had been in a zombie-like state when he heard JC shouting Mark's name. He looked back and saw that Mark was not there. He wondered why JC yelled Mark's name when he looked ahead and saw Mark on the pavement. The car that had hit him had thrown him for about 50 feet. Unfortunately, the car was long gone.
Also unfortunately, there was a driver on the road who had just left a bar. It was his last day of work before he had a couple of days off. It was a very hard workweek for him. He had to endure non-stop telephone calls from irate customers who were rude. His supervisor also berated him. He didn't know why his supervisor didn't like him.
He was now heading home after getting a little too drunk to try to get him to forget his hell-filled week. He didn't know the hell would get a lot worse.
Lance saw that Mark had been hit by a car and had been thrown down the road. He was screaming Mark's name repeatedly and crying hysterically. He didn't even think about himself. He was about to run over to Mark when the drunk driver, who also was speeding, slammed directly into Lance, throwing him also. Joey heard the screech of the second car and was frightened to see Lance just 10 feet behind Mark.
"SCOOP!" Joey and Justin ran over to Lance's side, trying to keep him on the ground and not crawling over to Mark.
They were having a very hard time keeping Lance still. "You have to stay there, Lance." Joey said, hoping he didn't break down, as he wanted to. "You're hurt. You won't do Mark any good if you... if you..." Joey's reserves broke down and he started to cry.
As Lance slipped into unconsciousness, he whispered, "Mark..."
Lance and Mark were rushed to the hospital with JC and Justin with Mark and Chris and Joey with Lance. As the ambulances sped away, both Justin and Joey were freaking out. Chris held Joey tightly, showing him that he loved his friend and that Mark and Lance would be all right.
As JC hugged Justin, he was thinking about the last 24 hours. He was amazed at how close they all got to Mark in such a short time. During all of the meets and greets they had with fans, they met many of their fans and they always loved showing their appreciation to them. Most of the time, their interaction with them was very brief. On occasion, however, they were able to spend time with some of their fans, often when someone overcomes great problems and still kept their optimism.
JC was trying to figure out why Mark was so different. "How did we get so close with Mark so fast? Lance is even in love with him! He's a much stronger person than the rest of us." He looked at Justin. "I wish I were that strong."
Justin noticed JC looking at him. "Josh, why are you looking at me so strangely?"
JC tried to avoid the question, but he couldn't. He was able to avoid telling Justin all of the truth, however. "I'm just thinking about Lance and Mark. I hope they're gonna be OK."
"They'll be fine, Josh. God will take care of them." Justin thought for a minute then added, "Isn't it strange that Mark has made such a huge impact on us already?"
"I know. I was just thinking about that. It's weird. What I find the most shocking is that Lance fell in love with him at first sight."
Just wasn't totally convinced what Lance felt was really love. "Do you think that he really loves him? Couldn't it just be a crush?"
JC replied without pause, "Yes. He's in love with Mark. I saw him when he was looking at the monitor at Rosie's show before we went out and I saw him when we came into the fight between him and Diane. He loves him. I feel that with my heart."
JC and Justin were quiet the rest of the way to the hospital. The ambulances got to the hospital very fast. Lance and Mark were taken out of the vehicles and rushed into emergency rooms that were next to each other and prepped for surgery.
The remaining four members of 'N Sync waited for hours for word on the condition of their two friends. Eventually, a doctor came up to the four men.
"Are you friends of Mr. Bass and Mr. Johnson?" The doctor asked.
JC replied, "Yes. I'm Joshua Chasez and they are Justin Timberlake, Joseph Fatone, and Christopher Kirkpatrick." He pointed to the other three men. "How are they?"
"Right now, they are still working on James. Mark is doing a lot better. He's in a private room, resting."
Chris asked the doctor if they could see Mark. The doctor said that they could, but only one at a time. Chris went in first. He gasped when he saw Mark.
"If you think I look bad now, Chris, you should see me in the morning." Mark joked.
Chris was happy that Mark was joking around. "You're doing OK?"
Mark replied, "Well, not exactly OK. I have a broken leg, broken hand, many bruises and one hell of a headache. However, it could have been a lot worse. I'm hoping to get out of here within a few days."
Chris was relieved. "I'm sorry you had to go through it, but I'm glad you will be all right."
"I don't care how I'm doing. What matters is Lance. How is he?"
"We don't know. The doctors are still working on him."
Joey opened the door and whispered to Chris, "Chris, we need you out here."
Mark asked, "What's wrong, Joey?"
Joey didn't want Mark to worry about what was happening outside his room. "Just get your rest, Mark. You need to get well."
Mark didn't like being left out of the loop. "Joey, please tell me. I'm doing OK. You know if you don't tell me, I will get out of this bed and find out."
"It's OK, Joe. You can tell him." Chris said. "What's wrong?"
Joey sighed. "Did any of us tell the doctors to not contact Diane?"
Chris hit his forehead. "Fuck!"
Mark got scared for Lance. "Is she here?"
"Not yet, but she is coming." Joey replied.
JC ran into the room. "She's here and she is swearing up a storm."
"Can you guys help me up, please?" Mark requested.
"Mark, you need your rest." JC replied.
Mark was very angry to hear that again. "I don't fucking care about that! She is bound to kill him! I would give my life to protect him!"
Chris and JC were about to help Mark get up when a man in a very expensive suit entered the room. He went directly to Mark's bed.
"I take it you are Mark Christopher Johnson?" he asked.
"Yes I am. Who are you?" Mark responded.
"I am a lawyer for Diane Bass. I have something for you." He hands Mark an envelope then promptly leaves.
JC was nervous. "I don't like how this looks. I don't like it at all. Mark, is that what I think it is?"
Mark looked at what was in the envelope and let out a heart-breaking "NOOOOO!!!"
JC was very angry with Diane. "I fucking can't believe she did that!"
Chris was confused. "What did she do?"
JC replied, "She's giving him a choice. He could either leave him alone forever or she will press charges."
Chris was completely furious. "SHE WHAT?"
Diane stormed into the room. "It's his fault my son is in a coma! If he dies, then I will have you charged with murder!"
"It's not his fault, you fucking bitch! It's yours! Mark ran after him to save his life!" Chris screamed.
"It's your word against mine! I saw Mark shoving James into traffic!"
JC angrily said, "We will fight you every step of the way on this! If you actually loved him like you have said you do, then you wouldn't be doing any of this! You would be happy that Lance has fallen in love with such a wonderful man!"
Diane was quickly tiring of fighting over this. "I will see you in court then!" Diane stormed out of the room.
Chris tried to calm Mark down, but was failing. Mark began to cry harder than he had ever cried before. "I cannot believe this is happening! It was a dream come true! I meet you guys, get to sing with you, and then fall in love with Lance! I'm supposed to be so happy that I could burst! I'm not! Why is this happening? Did I make God angry or something?"
Chris was sympathetic to Mark. "Mark, I hope this helps you, but God has a plan for you two and part of it is to be lovers. He's testing your love for each other. You will be together. I will make sure of it. So will Josh, Joey, and Justin."
"Thank you, guys. I can't tell you how much I appreciate what you're doing for James." Mark said, still crying.
Chris hugged Mark tightly. "We're doing this for both of you."
Mark was surprised they liked him that much. "Really?"
JC then hugged Mark. "Mark, of course we are. You are our friend and we help our friends any way we can."
Chris added, "You have already been such a great friend to all of us. What you've done for Lance in a very short time is beautiful. After his last breakup, he didn't want to fall in love again with anyone. You got him to love again."
"He's really happy now. He's back to the Lance we know and love. For that alone, we owe you so much." JC said.
"You helped me realize I had feelings for Joey. You've gotten me to figure out a lot of things." Chris said.
Joey and Justin entered Mark's room and saw that Mark's face was red because of all the crying he had done.
"She's been in here?" Joey asked. JC and Chris nodded their heads. "Mark, we are going to fight this."
"Thank you, everyone. You guys are the best friends I have ever had." He paused, afraid to say what he felt he had to. "I'm really going to miss you guys."
"WHAT?" Justin yelled in shock. "You're not giving up, are you?"
"I'll never give up. I have to get back home once I am released. I have to get back to work. I can't afford to stay here. God, I don't want to leave! I love you guys so much!"
"We love you too, Mark!" Chris said.
JC then told Mark about how he and Justin were talking earlier about how close they got to him so quickly.
Justin said, "If it's money you're worried about, you can live with me. We have a lot of room there. JC and Chris already live there too and Lance and Joey are there often enough."
"Thanks, but I can't do that." Mark replied.
Everyone tried all they could do to get Mark to change his mind about leaving. They were unsuccessful, however. Mark couldn't accept what he felt was charity from his friends. He was worried that he would be hated because he was leaving. "Please don't hate me because I am leaving."
"We could never hate you, Mark!" Joey said, with tears in his eyes. "For some reason, this reminds me of the scene in Wizard of Oz where Dorothy goes back home and she has to say goodbye to her friends in Oz."
Mark laughed. "If I am Dorothy, I guess that makes you all Friends of Dorothy!"
Mark, Joey, and JC laughed hard. When he saw Justin's confusion, he explained what the term meant. Justin and Chris joined in the laughing.
"Are you sure you have to leave?" Joey asked.
"Yes, Joey. I have to. Lance and I will be apart for awhile, but we will be together again. I know it. God didn't bring him into my life and me into his for just one day then tear us apart forever. I hope that when I get back home, I can stay in touch with you guys." Mark said sadly.
All four guys said that they would stay in touch with Mark. That made Mark very happy. He had never made friends too well through his life and to have made such great friends so quickly was incredible for him.
JC inquired, "Didn't I tell you that you're stuck with us forever?"
Mark started to reply. "Yes, but..."
JC interrupted Mark. "But nothing. It's still true now. I don't necessarily agree with your leaving right now, but it still is true now. We will be your family now."
Mark asked the guys to explain to Lance why he had to leave for a while. They agreed, but Chris came up with an idea. "I have an idea. What if Scoop gets a new e-mail address that only we know about? He can stay in touch with Mark that way."
Mark was now thrilled and more optimistic. "I could kiss you, Chris! That's a great idea!"
Justin started to ask Mark, "But..."
Mark interrupted by saying, "J, it really is all about money. I wish I could stay, but I can't. I will be back. I wish I could prove to you that I would never hurt him."
Justin responded with a smile and said, "Mark, I know that."
Mark was relieved when the doctor came in. He didn't feel like explaining himself and his reasons for leaving yet again. He knew that if he did have to explain again, he would have an even bigger breakdown that he knew he would have when he got home.
The doctor asked Mark how he was feeling. When Mark said he was doing good, the doctor checked him out for awhile and said that he could be released within the hour.
Mark's heart dropped when he heard that. "Can I travel? I need to go back home and back to work."
The doctor told him he had to avoid hard exercise until his leg healed. He hated not being able to exercise for any length of time. He made a mental note to go to his gym back home and see if he could get out of his membership until he was healthy again. "Then again," he thought to himself, "I could work on my upper body. I feel so fat!" Despite all of the work he has done working out, he still felt ugly. "Tomorrow is Monday. I'll go home tomorrow, back to work on Tuesday and try to work out that night. I really wish I could take Casey's class." Casey was aerobic instructor at his gym and Mark's favorite instructor. It was a very hard class, but still was a fun class. He only wished that Casey would like him as a friend. He was friends with some of the people who took his class, but to Mark it seemed like he hated him. For the most part, Mark really didn't care what people thought about him or even if he was liked. Casey was one of the rare exceptions to that.
Mark was brought out of his daze when he heard someone shouting his name. "What?"
Chris asked, "Are you OK, Mark? You were out of it for about five minutes."
"I'm OK." Mark explained. "I was just thinking about an instructor at my gym. It's gonna kill me to not be able to take his class for a couple of months. Am I all set to go, doc?"
The doctor confirmed that he would be in an hour. "When you get home, have your doctor contact us and we'll transfer your records to them."
Mark told the doctor that he would, and the doctor left. The room grew silent for a few minutes then Mark came to a revelation. "OK, when I come back here, where do I live? Plus, I will have to look for a job."
JC replied, "When you're ready to come back, call me and we'll make the arrangements. How long will you need to get the money?"
"Fuck the money." Mark told his friends. He saw the looks of confusion on their faces. "I need to give notice at my job then I will be back. I will fight for my James."
JC was overjoyed that Mark changed his mind. "What got you to change your mind? I'm not complaining, just curious."
"I was scared. I don't like being broke. I have spent a lot of time surviving from paycheck to paycheck. If I quit my job, I wouldn't have a paycheck. Also, I am a proud person and I didn't want to borrow money from my friends. What if I couldn't pay it back?"
Joey asked, "Why does it have to be a loan? Can it be a gift?"
"No, Joey. It will seem like welfare or something. I never have accepted anything like that. No welfare, unemployment, or anything like that. I may be poor, but if I take anything from you guys, I would pay you back as soon as I could."
Joey accepted that answer, but didn't like it. He liked doing things for his friends, and sometimes that meant giving financial support to someone. "But if it takes awhile for you to pay us back, don't worry about it. What is money for if we can't help someone we care about." He paused for a minute. "I will really miss you when you're gone." He hugged Mark tight, maybe a little too tight.
"Are you trying to kill me, Joe? Hugs are great, but remember I still am hurt."
Joey blushed and felt bad that he had hurt Mark. "I'm sorry!"
"It's OK. I will be back, though. It won't be that long. I'll even get a cell phone so you all can call me anytime, day or night. You're been great friends to me already and I want to be the best friend I can be. Chris, you had better damn well call me the day after your first date with Joey and give me details." He thought about that for a minute then added, "Well, not explicit details." Everyone laughed.
"I will. I promise you." Chris said.
"When do you think you will leave?" JC asked.
Mark responded, "Tomorrow morning probably. I'll call right now and find out when I can get a flight."
JC asked if he could make the flight arrangements. Mark didn't know why he wanted to, but agreed to it. JC went outside of Mark's room to make the calls.
"I thought you had a flight because of the contest?" Chris asked.
"I do, but I need to give my job two weeks notice that I am leaving. If I were to stay now, I wouldn't be here when we fight Diane."
JC came back in the room. "It's all set."
"Thanks, Josh."
"I hope you will let us see you off. We can give you a lift."
Mark thought about what he would be feeling at the airport and didn't like what he was thinking. "OK. Just be prepared for me to freak out and just basically lose it."
"We'll be there for you, Mark." Chris said.
Joey added, "We'll always be there for you."
The next day, Mark boarded the plane back to his home of Portland, Oregon. He debated all night about whether he would ask the guys to see him off. He finally decided that he wanted them to, so they were there.
It was a very emotional scene. Mark was crying heavily. However, when he first saw JC, Chris, Joey, and Justin as they walked up to him, he cracked up. It was the first time he saw them in their disguises. They all wore basketball caps and sunglasses. Justin even wore black. Nobody would ever suspect that he wouldn't be wearing blue, his favorite color, even though he didn't wear blue as often as most of their fans thought."
They all hugged, and Mark once again promised that he would be back in two weeks and he went to board the plane. His heart was broken, more broken that it ever had been in his life. Several hours later, the plane landed in Portland and he got off of the plane. As he was going to get his baggage, he saw someone with a large sign that had his name on it. He thought nothing more of it and got his luggage. Walking towards the exit, he saw the sign again and went over to that person. "Excuse me? Are you looking for me? I'm Mark Johnson."
The person lowered the sign and Mark saw it was Joel. "Joel! What are you doing here? I thought you were still in L.A."
"You never saw me on the plane?" Joel asked. Mark shook his head. Joel explained how he was scheduled to leave later in the week, but JC called him and asked him if he could take an earlier flight because he knew Mark would need a friend. JC didn't say why Mark would need a friend, just that he would need one.
"So, what happened? How did you hurt your leg?"
"Can we go somewhere private?" Mark asked.
"Sure. Does this have something to do with you know who?"
"Yes. A lot has happened. First, I have to apologize to you for forgetting about you."
Joel was confused. "Forgot me? You never forgot me. I had to leave. You were in with Justin and I didn't want to interrupt that. I had another audition to go to."
As they were walking towards Joel's car, they talked about Joel's auditions. Unfortunately, everything that could have gone wrong did go wrong. Joel was glad that he did have a lot of productions back home that he was going to do, but he wondered when he would get his "big break". "Maybe something will happen when I take my one man show across the country next year."
"You're gonna be a huge star, Joel. I know it. I keep saying it, but it has to be said. You are the best actor I have ever seen. You always blow me away by your talent. There is no other actor that I can guarantee will give such an outstanding performance every single time."
Joel appreciated those comments a lot and hugged Mark, partially to thank him and partially to show that he was there for him.
On the way to Joel's house, they kept talking about everything. Well, everything except for what was wrong with Mark. Mark couldn't face it right now. He wanted to forget things for awhile.
When they got to Joel's house, Mark told him how he couldn't stay very long because he had to get to work early the next morning, even though they weren't expect him back for a few days. Joel told him that he could spend the night there and he could borrow some clothes from him.
Joel tried to get Mark to talk about what was wrong, but Mark stayed silent. "Please talk to me. Tell me what's wrong so I can help you!" Joel asked, getting more worried by the second.
Mark finally began to talk. "Let me first say that the last few days have been the weirdest in my life. A lot of stuff has happened that has changed my life completely and forever. You know about my being on camera on Rosie's show, meeting and singing with 'N Sync, and falling in love with James."
Joel nodded his head and added, "Plus, having Lance fall in love with you, too."
Mark sighed heavily then continued. "I wasn't sure that I was good for him. The two of us have cried a lot the last couple of days. I told them all about John and naturally they were pissed off. Josh even wanted to kill him. James wished John was dead also. Then the call came from Scott, saying he was indeed dead. James felt guilty for some strange reason and ran off. While looking for him was when I thought that maybe I should just leave. I went into the hospital chapel and asked God for His help."
"Did you get it?"
Mark smiled and chuckled a little bit, remembering what happened next. "Yes. I heard a voice that told me to follow my heart and not my head. I thought it was God actually talking to me."
Joel cracked up also. "Who was it really?"
"I didn't know that God sounded like AJ McLean."
Joel's eyes bugged. "You met AJ McLean?"
Mark nodded his head. "Kevin was with him, too."
"Kevin Richardson? God, Mark! I just hate you now!"
Mark laughed. "I know. By the way, both of them are either gay or bi."
Joel was astounded. "WHAT?"
"Yep. Alexander and Kevin are definitely a couple. They didn't say they were, but I could see the love in their eyes. It was very beautiful. Everyone who thinks gays are bad should look at them."
Mark and Joel talked some more about Mark meeting AJ and Kevin. He said that they seemed like wonderful people, and not the egotistical jerks that he thought they would be like. "I really should be happy right now..." He started to cry again. "I just am totally destroyed! I am a shell of what I used to be."
Joel asked what had happened to change everything because when he had last seen him, he was indeed ecstatic and almost seemed to be floating.
When Mark thought about what Diane did to Lance and himself, his hurting turned to sheer anger. "James had an affair with Josh a couple of years ago, but it ended because Josh couldn't sneak around anymore. He was out to his family, but James wasn't. James still feels bad about that and didn't want us to break up for the same reason. He decided to come out to his mother."
Joel didn't like where this conversation was heading and felt he knew what happened next. "Did she not accept it?"
"Actually, she did take it well. She had a feeling that he was gay years ago. She was just waiting for him to tell her. She even thought he and Josh were still dating."
"So, she wants him to be with JC and not with you?" Joel asked.
"That's right." Mark said and got even angrier. "The fucking bitch made him make a choice. It was either me or his family. If he were to date me, then he was no longer her son."
Joel started to get really angry also. "WHAT? Why is she so against his being with you? Doesn't she want him to be happy?"
"It's his money. She thinks I am using him for his money and fame and then I would dump him."
"God! You would never do that!"
"The rest of the guys entered the room just as she was saying that. They really stuck up for me. But she wouldn't listen. She kicked him out of the family and he ran out. Before I left, I gave her a piece of my mind and told her that I would never let her see him again."
Mark explained how he left the hotel and saw Lance walking around outside then how Lance just walked into the street all of a sudden. He cried and shook as he detailed the accidents and how Diane forbid him to see Lance ever again or she would get him arrested.
"You are going to fight it, aren't you?" Joel asked.
Mark replied, "Yes. Tomorrow when I get into work, I will give two weeks notice and I will fly back to Los Angeles and will join JC, Joey, Chris, and Justin in the fight to clear my name. I just don't know if I have the fight in me."
Joel hugged Mark and comforted him as Mark thought about what he was about to face in the coming weeks.
OK, I have finally gotten past the first day. I know I am glad of that and you all probably are also. What will happen next with Lance and Mark? Will they be able to get back together or will Diane succeed in keeping them apart? As usual, please e-mail me with your comments and suggestions to email@example.com.


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After TvN decided to air an Emergency Couple special (Episodes 1-7), we'll only be getting one episode this week (~~>___<~~) However, it was a great one, so join Caroline, Martina, and Sage as they explore the corners of this lonely episode with the anticipation of next Friday's glorious action.
Caroline: UGH! TvN are playing with our emotions this week, with only one episode, and a mouth dropping preview, I'm just itching to know what will happen next. I previously mentioned that Episode 8 is expected to be SUPER (Because that's the Drama Rule of Thumb!) And just by watching episode 7's warm up for it, I'm going to die of curiosity before it airs on Friday for sure!
The episode starts off where it left us last week with Jin Hee jumping superman style "literally" off the stage to go after her trouble maker sister, only to land flat on her face. Inevitable surely, she gets surrounded with La Co-Workers who just happen to be there at the same time. Just as Chang starts to help Jin Hee off the ground, Chun Soo pulls her up, earning the Chang Min deadly (So cute) stare. Welcome to JellyVille! Population: OH CHANG MIN! (^_____^) LOL! Ji Hye and Chun Soo are apparently on a "Date" (OMG!) and so are Ah Reum and Young Kyu (Kinda, more like Young Kyu is on a date, and Ah Reum is just there being a pooper thinking about another guy.) Chang Min senses that he's now a third wheel to that one, and makes Jin Hee stay along with him, making Young Kyu even more suspicious of their relationship. It didn't help that Chang Min was fussing all over Jin Hee's "Wound" from the fall that actually makes it look like she got clawed by Godzilla, but sure!
Jin Hee goes home, Chang Min gets super drunk, Ah Reum tries to mark her territory. Omo Omo. I got all "SO CUTE" when Chang Min drunk dials Jin Hee to thank her for saving his mother, I mean seriously, isn't the rule that if someone drunk dials you then they love you cause why would they be thinking about you in their not even there state of mind?? Anyway. It was adorable.
Young Kyu goes around half of the episode trying to get Ah Reum's attention, making me feel bad for him. Especially after Min Ki reads his "love letter" and takes the initiative to "Tie the Ribbon of Acceptance" around the flower pot (Evil!). Tsk Tsk. Poor Young Kyu.
I think the episode progressed nicely. Jin Hee eavesdrops on Sung Sook and her sisters, finally figuring out that Ah Reum is the Minister's Daughter. She also manages to impress Ji Hye. Helps the patient from the previous episode "Emma," finds out Jin Ae has a Baby! (I think? Who's baby is that dude?) ADORABLE! When it get's the "What the Hell?!" look on it's face while Jin Hee is screaming her butt off for no real reason? I think I wouldn't mind having a baby like that (Way Off Topic)
Chang Min finally stands up for himself, learning to ask his uncle for help and bargaining like an adult. Chun Soo is still holy poop adorable! Honestly, this episode left me with second male lead syndrome. I want Jin Hee with Chun Soo. The End. He's not only the cutest guy ever (I think I'll have to look for all the other dramas he was in because I love him so much right now) but he's thoughtful, responsible, and overall an excellent, genuine doctor. It also seems like Jin Hee is starting to develop feelings for him, so we'll have to watch and see how that progresses. UGH! Can it be Friday already?! Till next week lovers! (^______^)
Sage: I think my favorite scene from this week's episode has to be in the very beginning when Chun Soo came and picked Jin Hee off of the ground before Chang Min could. The look of confusion/jealousy that ensued shortly after, got me all excited. And when he wrapped his burberry scarf around her wound, ah, it was so sweet! I don't think Chang Min got drunk just because Jin Hee was able to perform the tracheotomy when he wasn't. Though it must be a real blow to his ego, not being able to do it when somebody he considered clumsy and inadequate was able to do it just fine. I think he drunk dialed her because he cared and he missed her. (Just like on the episodes of My Love From Another Star when Cheon Song Yi called Do Min Joon after his attempts to get rid of her.) The fact that he didn't remember shows how reluctant he is to admit his feelings (even to himself) unless he is as drunk as a sailor. But he shouldn't have asked what he said, it just proves the old saying 'ask a stupid question, get a stupid answer'. In my personal opinion, Jin Hee is a better doctor than all of them put together (aside from Chun Soo and Ji Hye). She works harder, asks questions, and she's good under pressure. Everybody can see it and you can tell its annoying them to no end. Especially Ah Reum, when the patient that was short of breath came in, Jin Hee was the star of the show, she tried to get her two cents in but it was nothing compared to Jin Hee.
So, I've come to these conclusions toward the end of the episode, Han Ah Reum is shameless in her pursuance of Chang Min, Sung Sook is the only one who doesn't want Chang Min and Jin Hee to be together and she's bat poop crazy, Chang Min has a thing with spitting out his drinks but he's trying really hard the way he should be to get back in Jin Hee's good graces (by using his doctor's family background to make sure she kept her job and calling to apologize (even if he was drunk)), Jin Ae is going to be more trouble than I originally thought (though her baby is flipping adorable), and Chun Soo totally has a thing for Jin Hee and I think the feelings might be mutual (he looked so cute and vulnerable in the last scene). I am so looking forward to next week's episodes. It'll be hard to wait seeing how we only have one episode this week and the next episode preview looks so exciting. But I'm ready. Bring on the JEALOUSY!!
Martina: I really admire the fact that tVN delayed the next episode to ensure that it's the best it can be, especially because episode 8 looks like it will have a lot of central plot developments. At the same time, I'm kind of bouncing on the edge of my seat here because the episode preview looked really exciting!
Anyway. This week, it was pointed out to me that Jin Hee's patients, Emma and her husband, are supposed to be immigrants from another country, possibly the Philippines. This much was probably evident to all you native Korean speakers out there, but those of us not fluent in Korean might not have picked up on it because it was never stated explicitly. Emma and her husband speak with accented/broken Korean, work in a factory, and live in a more run-down area of the city, which shows why they are kind of pushed to the fringes of society and can't afford any extra healthcare services. Knowing this extra bit of information helps show Jin Hee's (and Chun Soo and Ji Hye's too) kindness and selflessness in reaching out to help these people.
This week, I'm even more intrigued about what Jin Ae's reappearance will do to our main characters, seeing as we've seen even more of the mess she's left behind. How could she just disappear, leaving behind her husband and infant baby? On top of stealing and pawning off her sister's wedding ring? Could it really all be for the sake of pursuing the spotlight as a singer?
This week it also became increasingly evident that Chang Min is slowly realizing his admiration for the woman Jin Hee has become, in addition to probably remembering what made him love her enough to defy his family in the first place six years ago. Hello, dat drunk dial do. They do say that the truth comes out when you're drunk.
But of course we have more and more obstacles popping up that make it harder for Chang Min and Jin Hee's joyous reunion. Ah Reum/Jessica is publicly declaring her interest in Chang Min, and his mother obviously will do everything in her power to support that pairing. Chun Soo is also warming to Jin Hee..and maybe Jin Hee to Chun Soo too? The other ladies of the drama club are falling under the sway of second-lead syndrome, but not I! I'll hold out for Chang Min and Jin Hee, but I can't wait to see what's in store next!
Excited about next week's episodes? What do you think is going to happen? Will Chang Min consider dating Ah Reum? Are the residents and interns finally going to find out about Jin Hee's and Chang Min's previous relationship? How do you think Chang Min is going to cover up attacking Chun soo? Will he remember what he said to Jin Hee when he drunk dialed her? Tell us what you think in the comment section below!
Want more Emergency Couple Drama Club? Check out our blogs, and get in touch through Twitter and Tumblr!
Martina:Blog /@m_artin_a
Catch up on our past Drama Club posts!
Episodes 1-2 [Part 1] [Part 2]
Episodes 3-4 [Part 1] [Part 2]
Episodes 5-6 [Part 1] [Part 2]
Episode 7 [Part 1] [Part 2]


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I can not take the credit for this beautiful card. It is pictured on page 119 of the New Fall/Winter Idea book, but I just had to recreate it for myself. It does such a splendid job of showcasing all the new embellishments like the Rosewood Mini Medley (my personal favorite) and the Ruby Medley.
I made a few changes. I stayed with the smoothie cardstock and I paired it with the Frosted paper, just like the talented art department at CTMH did. They used the lacey paper from the Frosted pack that has the chevron on the other side and I chose the one with the snowflakes. Mostly just to prove that the snowflakes could be used on a birthday card. I bet you didn't even notice. The muted colors are so beautiful for just about anything.
Smoothie Cardstock (X5763)
Joyful Birthday Stamp set (B1419)
Rosewood Mini Medley (Z1857)
Ruby Mini Medley (Z1861)
Floret Paper Shapes (Z1764)
Thanks for stopping by. Now hop over to the talented Krista Hershberger at Kristascraftycorner.blogspot.com to see what she has created.
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Shocking retirement, controversial finish makes UFC 210 memorable
BUFFALO – Some things are worth the wait.
It took 22 years for the UFC to return to the Queen City, but when it finally made its way back, boy did it deliver.
UFC 210 had a little bit of everything: A shock retirement, a baffling and controversial decision, knockouts, and plenty of thrills. Here's a look at just a few of the many things that went down Saturday night at the KeyBank Center.
Fan favourite Anthony Johnson shocked the MMA world when, after losing his light-heavyweight rematch to champion Daniel Cormier by rear-naked choke in the second round, he stood in the middle of the octagon and announced his retirement.
Unlike when Canadian great Patrick Cote did the same thing earlier in the evening after his bloody three-round unanimous-decision loss to fellow welterweight Thiago Alves, no one saw this coming.
"This was my last fight," an emotional Johnson told the announced crowd of 17,110.
Johnson said he had other career plans but was tight-lipped about them.
"I gave my commitment to another job, something I've been wanting to do for a while. It's not MMA-related or anything like that," Johnson said. "I'm tired of getting punched by guys and rolling around on the ground with guys and stuff like that."
That Johnson lost the fight isn't surprising, but his tactics inside the octagon were. One of the most feared strikers in all off MMA, Johnson spent much of the fight trying to beat Cormier at his own game — grappling. Once that happened, the result was predictable: a submission loss just like he experienced at UFC 187.
Even Johnson's corner seemed perplexed. At one point, long-time coach Henri Hooft yelled, "This is stupid."
During his post-fight press conference Johnson shot down rumours he would be trying out for the NFL's Rams, or that he was planning to work for the organization in any capacity.
"Why would I go to another sport that is the same thing as this and you take the same impact? That's absolutely insane," he said.
The 33-year-old Johnson retires with a 22–6 record.
Chris Weidman called for an immediate rematch after his fight, which had been going fairly well for the former middleweight champion, with Gegard Mousasi ended in bizarre and controversial fashion midway through the second round.
"I feel like I was on my way to winning that fight," Weidman told reporters. "I know Gegard has to be pissed, too. He doesn't want to win like that … I want a rematch right away."
The controversy occurred when Mousasi stunned Weidman with a pair of knees to the head in the second and the referee stopped the fight while declaring the second strike to be illegal as Weidman had both his hands on the canvas (rules say you can't kick or knee a grounded opponent in the head). But replays showed that when Mousasi threw a knee, he lifted Weidman's hand off the ground, making the shots legal. When Mousasi did it a second time, the ref stepped in and incorrectly called the shots illegal.
So the knees were actually legal and the fight should have continued. But a doctor deemed Weidman couldn't go on, even though Weidman said he never told the doctor that.
Mousasi said afterwards he felt as though Weidman was looking for a way out.
"I have a lot of respect for Weidman, I don't want to bad mouth him but if you want to play smart and take advantage of the rules, that's not my fault," Mousasi said. "I'm fighting and at the end of the day it was legal."
The TKO win was Mousasi's fifth consecutive victory.
Cormier predicted his victory over Johnson would go down just as it did. But even he was somewhat shocked by Johnson's tactics.
"I couldn't believe he was forcing the wrestling," Cormier said "If you've got a guy as big and explosive as Anthony and he's going to engage on your terms, you're going to concede one round and be like a boxer investing in body punches. Eventually I felt I was going to get him."
While he indeed wasn't knocked out, Cormier did take some heavy punches and a shin to the face that possibly broke his nose.
Cormier took the opportunity of his win to call out contender Jimi Manuwa, who was at the fight.
"He wears sweat suits. A guy that wears sweat suits is pretty cool. But Jimi Manuwa can't give me anything, man. Dude's done … I would demoralize him."
Cormier also ripped into former division kingpin Jon Jones, currently suspended for a drugs infraction, who called the champ's controversial weigh-in "one of the dirtiest things I've ever seen in sport."
"You put a bunch of kitchen appliances on a table," Cormier said, "then at the end of one side there's a pot, on the other side there's a kettle. Then that pot starts yelling, 'You're dirty' while he's sitting there with a steroid needle. That's my opinion on that. You sit over there pot with your Cialis or whatever that (expletive) is called. Get over there, sit over there pot … Cialis boy."
Fight of the Night honours went to Shane Burgos and fellow featherweight Charles Rosa. Rosa is a tough guy, but it turns out that Burgos is even tougher as he stormed back from a kick to the groin to win by third-round TKO. It was Rosa's third Fight of the Night honour, all coming in losses … Performances of the Night went to Gregor Gillespie, who needed just 21 seconds to knockout fellow lightweight Andrew Holbrook, and Charles Oliveira, who hopped on the back of a standing Will Brooks and choked him out just a minute and a half into the opening round of their lightweight bout.


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I found these large mounting bolts for the towers that support the power lines for the railroad. One might wonder why such large supports are required for a few cables (only kidding).
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Didn't get enough of the royal wedding last month? Then check out this first look at Hallmark Channel's cheeky prequel, William & Catherine: A Royal Romance, set to air August 27. Stars Jane Alexander (Queen Elizabeth), Alias' Victor Garber (Prince Charles) and Hawaii Five-0's Jean Smart (Camilla) phoned me from Bucharest, Romania, on their third day of shooting to discuss the film, which climaxes with the couple's engagement in Africa. (No wedding reenactment because, says Jane, "We'd need a budget of $40 million!")
Among the glimpses we'll get of the Windsors' private life: the queen and Kate playing Wii tennis, Charles and Camilla in smocks painting landscapes of Stonehenge, an African costume party and a royal blow-up between Charles and his sons after William and Harry come home drunk. If you're thinking this docudrama may spark controversy along the lines of the ill-received The Kennedys, Victor isn't worried. "I think this is a very fair representation of what could have happened in some form," he says, noting the movies The Queen and The King's Speech. "When a movie is successful, it's all wonderful. But when people are trying to have a project stopped, then there's all this unfair speculation."
Jean's just glad to get to show a more positive side of Camilla. "She's gotten such bad press, bless her heart, that I like the fact, in this, she's very likable and in a happy relationship." (Good thing, since the real Prince Charles is planning to pop in for a set visit.) Jean's also grateful to be back at work after her Governor Jameson was killed in Hawaii Five-0's season finale. (Plans are afoot to reincarnate her for flashbacks.) "It's always fun to get shot, but I told them I'm there anytime they need me," she says, offering this advice to the actor who will play Five-0's new governor: "Don't forget, you can see Alaska from your office."


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Sunday, January 11, 2009
Why am I not surprised...
As some of you might remember, I started to study CSS nearly a year ago. (The first post about it is Feb. 20. Wowzza!) I tried. I really did. But the penny didn't drop. I wrote some really easy stuff; just plain text, and it worked well. But when I tried to do more complex things, like manipulate floats, I just couldn't "get" it.
So after a couple of weeks of frustration, I wandered off, and did other things. Lots of other things.
But the site was still there, still needing badly to be made compliant, and so I decided at the beginning of this year that I was going to sit down again, and tackle CSS. I started to study it again last Wednesday.
And the penny dropped!
So now the pages really are getting made, the way they should be. :D If you'd like a Sneak Peek, go to the Print page on my site and scroll down the menu to "Songbirds" in the Oil Paintings section.
The Zoom thing, which you can see by mousing around on the picture, is a canned Javascript that I bought from Magic Toolbox, but all the rest of it I coded myself.
It took me a while to figure out how to center those buttons at the bottom without using a Table, let me tell you! But I did it, and then...
In order to show those really wonderful zooms, I had to have all the large images to use for the zoomed part, which had to include that watermark on them and the proper metadata in the File Info, for obvious reasons. So I had to make all of those.
There are 50 prints in production, at any one time. Did you know that? So I had to manipulate 49 images, on Friday and Saturday. (I haven't done the Tarot Print yet, because I'm not sure which one I want to use.)
Those are all done now.
And now I have to update 50 web pages.
I thought that wouldn't be such a huge deal. I mean, I have the template done, and it works perfectly. So really, it's just a matter of flowing the old text and graphics into the new template, right? Should only take a couple of days, right?
Umm... wrong. I had no idea how badly out of date those pages were. There are broken links, text that has to be rewritten, things I never linked at all that I should have, and endless similar problems.
Not to mention all the local formatting that has to be changed, and italics, bold, and colored text that need to be replaced with the appropriate meaningful span tags. But I am getting there. It's just not all going to be done, including the work in Excel to get the shopping cart into shape, by this time tomorrow. Not a chance. Sorry.
At the moment, I have 12 done. Which, with the books, means I have 43 to go. And that's just doing the pages that you can buy things from, so I can get the cart up the way I want.
But the good news is that I have the template, and I know what I'm doing; so even though it's not going to be finished by this time tomorrow, it should be done by this time next week!
I'll keep you posted!
4 comments:
- Magic Toolbox said...
Hey Robin, thanks for using Magic Zoom :)
CSS is great, isn't it? It makes it so much easier to manage the design and layout of a website and there it also offers some useful tricks for speeding up websites (e.g. combining multiple images into one).
One trick for adding a watermark to 50 images (or any other repetitive task on a batch of images) is to record an "action" in Photoshop. Then you just play the action on each image and it implements all the things you want it to do.
Here is a video tutorial:
Magic Toolbox
- Robin Wood said...
Hi Jake!
Yep, I'm really liking CSS! Now if I could just manage to type without ever leaving a space where there shouldn't be one. :D
Thanks for the tip! I love PS Actions, and I use them all the time. I couldn't do that in this case, though, because I'm too compulsive - I mean careful - and didn't put the watermark in the same place on all the images. I moved it around so that it would obscure faces (or other important things) as little as possible.
I even went so far as to put masks on half of the watermarks, so they would be visible on the light areas, but not too obtrusive where the image was dark.
But yeah, I use batch actions a lot in my normal workflow! :D
- Magic Toolbox said...
That's admirable attention to detail :)
- Robin Wood said...
Thanks, Jake!
What a nice thing to say. :)
I'll tell people that, the next time someone complains that I'm compulsive!


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George Takei On Teaming Up With Archie's Kevin Keller
Comic and science fiction fans worldwide may know George Takei from his years play Sulu on "Star Trek" both in television and film, and more people today may know him for his hilarious internet presence where his signature "Oh myyyyy" phrase is mixed with humorous memes and gay rights advocacy via his Facebook page.
But last week, young readers of Archie Comics got to know the full story of Takei's life and work in the pages of "Kevin Keller" #6. The series that stars Archie's now well-known gay teen welcomed the actor to Riverdale in a story written and drawn by Dan Parent that sees the TV legend meeting up with Kevin after the teen writes a school report about his life.
CBR News spoke with Takei shortly after the book's release last week, and the actor explained his own history with Archie Comics, telling why this appearance is only the latest in a long line of efforts to advocate for the rights of Americans not well represented in the mainstream and how internet and pop culture are changing the face of gays in America for the better.
CBR News: George, your advocacy has been a big part of gay rights place in pop culture over the past few years, and the Kevin Keller character has been a big discussion point in comics since Archie introduced him in 2010. Had Kevin been on your radar before Archie started talking to you about this story?
George Takei: Frankly, no he was not. Although I grew up reading Archie comic books as a pre-teen and as a teenager. I really thought that Riverdale's community and Archie's circle of friends was something perfectly Americana. But I never imagined at that time that eventually I would be a part of that Americana. So here I am. It's certainly a very pleasant surprise. I was actually approached by Dan Parent, and that's how this came about. I must confess, I had not been reading Archie Comics in my recent years.
I saw something on TV the other night that made me think of you and this comic. Ian McKellen was on "The Colbert Report" talking about "The Hobbit," and when Stephen Colbert asked him, "You're a gay rights advocate, is that right?" McKellen just said, "Well, I'm a gay man…so of course I am."
Yes! [Laughs]
Your own advocacy has grown over recent years as you've spoken out more and more on gay rights, but do you feel similar to him? Is there a way in which being a celebrity who's out galvanized how you talk about these issues?
Well, it's a little bit more than that for me. You may now know all of this, but before I was a teenager reading Archie Comics, I was incarcerated in a U.S. internment camps -Â two of them. One was in the swamps of Arkansas, and the other was in Northern California, right near the Oregon border. At that time I was too young to really understand what was going on. I was just eight years old. But as a teenager, I started reading history books and civics books and hearing about the ideas of American democracy knowing that I grew up behind barbed wire fences. So I had many discussions with my father after dinner to reconcile what I knew by that time as a teenager of my childhood and of the ideals of American democracy are.
I distilled all that discussion down to something my father said. He said, "Both the strength and the weakness of American democracy is in the fact that it's a true people's democracy. It can be as great as a people can be, but it can be as fallible as people are." And he said it was important for us to be actively engaged in or democratic society. So he was the one that urged me to run for student body offices, and I was eventually elected student body president. And even before I could vote, he took me to the Adlai Stevenson For President headquarters, and he volunteered me.
So my activism came as a result of this irrational incarceration of American citizens who just happened to look like the people that bombed Pearl Harbor. So I was actively involved in the Civil Rights movement. I was actively involved in the redress campaign for Japanese Americans for that internment while at the same time being closeted. When I came out, I carried that same kind of active engagement with society out in order to make this a better society. So what Ian McKellen said, I share of course because I am a gay man. But also because I'm an American and a child of American citizens who happened to look like the enemy of the Second World War, I've been playing the part to make our society a better one. Being a gay American at the same time became part of my identity, who I am and let me to advocate for equality for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered Americans.
There are many different ways to advocate including making appearances and giving speeches, which you do, but it seems there's also an advocacy in terms of making entertainment -Â be it comics or TV or movies – as diverse as possible as well. Did you think of those things years ago when working on "Star Trek"?
Well, no. When I started out, my first acting gig was when I was 18, and I knew the opportunities would be extremely limited. Obviously, I'm visually Asian American and orally as well, so I couldn't do anything about that. But I knew I was gay also, and that was something I could hide. So I became a closeted actor for many years. When you go up for auditions for various roles, there are more rejections you get than hires. Usually, you hear, "Too tall. Too short. Too fat. Too skinny." You try to avoid any other reasons people would have for eliminating you. Since I started my career back in the late '50s, that would not have been a persuasive thing, to be gay. So at that time, advocacy for the LGBT people was something I was not engaged in and tried to hide it as much as possible. But once I was out, it became a part of my identity again.
Over the years, there have been many "Star Trek" comic books that have come out, so you must be used to people drawing a likeness of you. How did Dan Parent stack up in getting you right?
Dan did a fantastic job, and certainly it's a job that's the polar opposite of how Asians or Asian Americans were depicted in comics way back when – you know, buck teeth and thick, horn-rimmed glasses looking very unattractive and sometimes fearsome. Now here I am as me -Â not just as an Asian American but as George Takei! I'm looking very handsome for a person of my age with a lot more hair than I really have and a lot less waistline than I really have. [Laughs] So I think Dan's done a tremendous job -Â a very flattering likeness. I'm proud to look like my image in the comic.
And you were able to talk to Dan about the final copy in person at a signing last week at Midtown Comics. How'd that go?
It was tremendously successful, but I felt terribly because the line went on and on, and there were people lined up a block long and around the corner. I felt terribly because it was bone-chilling that night! I told them when they got their autograph that they could go home and get warm. [Laughs]
I had to bring up your Facebook page because it is a compendium of amazing and funny things. Part of the story in this issue is that the internet brings you and Kevin Keller together. Do you really have situations like this in real life where because of your internet presence, you cross paths in real life?
Absolutely. It's really a change where I can be walking down the street here in Manhattan or in Los Angeles in a pedestrian area like Melrose Avenue or downtown LA or Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica, and people will stop and go, "Wow! There's George Takei! Can I have a picture with you?" That's totally different than the climate I grew up in, and American society is changing in many, many ways. Sometimes subtly and sometimes dramatically. But I think it's because people are starting to see the presence of LGBT people in every area of our society. We've always existed, but people weren't aware of our existence. And when people strop me on the street today, it's not because I'm a gay Asian American. It's because I'm George Takei. And the more we have this kind of recognition and enjoyment -Â a recognition that we all contribute to the rich diversity of America -Â the closer we come to a healthier society. And that idea is very much depicted by the community of Riverdale.
Yeah. And I think that the Riverdale you read about as a child is at this point far different from the Riverdale kids today are reading about. This version does more it seems to helping them see a more diverse world in front of them.
I think they already do. It's no big thing to kids today. Of course Kevin Keller is gay. He's also a blonde, and he's got a nice personality. It's all a part of who Kevin is as opposed to when I was a teenager growing up where of course I looked who I look like, but they couldn't know the whole me. Today, it's not just in comic books but with television series regulars or movies or books that we read. It's all throughout our society. And it's that recognition of "He's a brunet" or "She's a blonde" or "He's a soldier." All of those people might be gay, but that's just a part of who they are organically just as much as if they're a policeman or a star professional football player. But he might just be gay as well. That's the norm or at least the ideal that's depicted by Kevin Keller. And we're getting closer to that ideal in American society.
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Died Oct. 1, 2009
FOUR OAKS -- Alice Holmes Britt, 90, died Thursday.
The funeral will be held Monday at 11 a.m. at Selah Christian Church, with the Rev. Patrick Muston officiating. Burial will be in Wayne Memorial Park.
She is survived by two daughters.
The family will receive friends Sunday from 7 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home.
West and Dunn Funeral Home of Newton Grove is handling the arrangements.
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The visual editor is a special tool for the editing of WordPress posts. As it is a WYSIWYG editor, you can preview your blog posts, modify the content structure, and add some images or multimedia during the content creation process. It includes some obscure but great WordPress features you may want.
As comparing with the text editor, the visual one is much more user-friendly for both newbies and experienced webmasters. With it, you do not need to add some coding stuff for content customization and click the Preview button to check how your posts displayed in the front-end. Instead, you can edit your posts and add some visual effects simply by clicking a few buttons. Also, the content that shows up on your editing screen will be displayed in the same way on your front-end.
Here, we'd like to come out a beginner's guide about this special WordPress editor.
Character Customization
In the text editor, you have to use some special tags to add the formats of bold, italic, strike-through and underline to your characters. With the visual editor, however, you can add these effects by clicking the corresponding buttons.
Besides, you can decide the font size by choosing from the drop-down list as the screenshot below. Note that the list includes various headings and some pre-defined styles built into your templates. Therefore, besides the default styles, you may be able to utilize some additional formatting to apply to your text.
As for the text color, you can make use of the "A" button by picking your target color. Note that WordPress only allows 39 options by default, but you can add some custom options as you want.
Paragraph Format
As for the format of paragraph, you can firstly decide the alignment, including left-aligned, right-aligned and center-located. Besides, you can align your paragraph to both left and right margins by adding additional spaces between your characters, achieving a full-display of your content.
Besides, if your posts have some sub-points or sub-paragraphs, you can also achieve the bulleted list and the numbered list with the following two buttons.
Lastly, you can also make use of two indent buttons to move your text left or right by one level, fully meeting your webpage design and layout.
Functional Buttons
WordPress visual editor has some functional buttons to achieve different goals. For instance, you can add some quotes with the block-quote button, add a horizontal line with the horizontal-line button, insert a read more tag with the read more button, add some special characters with the special-character button, clear all the formatting with the eraser button, remove or repeat the last actions with the undo or redo button.
Besides these, you can also find a button allowing you to paste words as text. Generally, when you copy and paste some words from somewhere else, you may find that they will change the format of your current text using their original styles. In this case, the utilization of this button is great as it automatically removes any special formatting and tags of your copied text. This is particularly useful when you copy words from Microsoft Word.
Insert Links
No matter you are going to insert an internal link or an external link, WordPress visual editor allows you to do this within second. Here, you only need to click the Insert Link button, enter the target URL and link title, and click the Add Link button. If you want to insert an internal link, you can click the "link to existing content" button and choose your preferred link within your website. Note that if you want this link to be opened in a new window or tab, you can check the box as the image showed as below.
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Special Note
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Besides, if you add some plugins to extend the functionality of the core WordPress installation, you may get additional buttons from the visual editor.


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Vanessa Hudgens & Austin Butler: Ikea Shoppers
Vanessa Hudgens and boyfriend Austin Butler head into Ikea Home Furnishings on Sunday (April 29) in Burbank, Calif.
The twosome wore matching New York Yankees ball caps as they browsed around the factory shop for a few new items for Vanessa's, 23, home.
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Earlier in the day, Vanessa and Austin were spotted at Ecclesia Church in Hollywood.
Vanessa and Austin were also seen lunching with Austin's mom at Artisan Cheese Gallery earlier in the week.
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