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Thursday, February 10, 2011
Shortloin - Dry Age. The Breakdown.
18 days on the hook. Perfectly aged.
The face-cut on a Dry Aged Shortloin is a tricky decision, if you cut too deep the loss is pricey - until you've mastered the task, taking baby steps is your best bet. Take small cuts until all of the outer crust has been removed.
The piece on your right is what I'll use for T-bones, I'll cut the primal at 6 1/4" from the face cut, yeilding 5 1 1/4" steaks.
The piece on your left is what I use for New York Strips.
Animals are split at the 4th and 5th rib for the Chuck primal and Rib primal and at the 12th and 13th for the Shortloin. This is the 13th rib. I like to take this off before I bone out the Tenderloin and chime the cut.
Removing the Tenderloin is pretty simple, stay as close to the bone as you can and peel away.
Beautifully marbled. Displaying primals is an art in and of itself.
Chine the spine at a slight angle, make sure you have a
grip on the meat before you do this. The saw blade will want to pull the meat down into it and your fingers can easily follow.
I call these buttons - an old manager of mine always talked about sewing these onto a shirt.
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Rarely bees sting if they are provoked. As a rule they sting only if they are driven away, or threatened. The stinger is a weapon that nature has given them, they use it for self defence.
The bee's stinger is really a fine sharp barbed tube, that a drop of poison can be injected. It is the Worker bees that sting.
We often hear a bee can sting once then it dies. What generally happens is that we knock the bee away, tearing the sting from its body. It injures the bee so badly it ends up dieing.
A bee can sting as often as we allow it, only if we don't pull the stinger away from the bees body.

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T-ara & Supernova - Time to Love (TTL) 2009
T-ara & Supernova - Time to Love 2 (TTL2) 2009 prefer this version~
Supernova - Time to Love [Japanese version] (TTL3) 2009
unfortunately, i think the Japanese company canceled on releasing the MV full version, so only teaser. And supposedly T-ara is in here as well, but something happens so all of T-ara's part are sung by Supernova. The teaser : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLwS_uD32nA
T-ara - Ma Boo (TTL4) 2010 looooooovveeeeee this =3


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This week, Microsoft's Phil Spencer complained openly that Sony will not allow Minecraft cross-platform play to include the PlayStation 4.
"The relationship with Nintendo on this front has been strong".
"We talk to Sony all the time". "But I think Sony's view is different".
However, while a lot of Xbox One's leading titles in the past have been exclusives strictly for a year or less - with Rise Of The Tomb Raider being the most prominent example - there are a few games that will never find themselves on the stacked plates of candies for PlayStation 4 owners.
You can head over here for more details. It was arguably the singular blockbuster announcements of this year's E3 conference.
Microsoft has been on expanding cross-platform play to both Sony and Nintendo, notably for Minecraft, but Spencer, in an interview with GameSpot, noted that only the latter has been keen to play nice with Redmond's Xbox.
Today, it appears that hope has died.
"I have a real struggle making comments about their motivation or timelines". These new Xbox One S bundles are great for those who want to get more when they buy the console.
The Xbox One S Starter Bundle includes a 500GB Xbox One S and three months of Xbox Game Pass service, which gives users access to over 100 titles for $10 per month. "I have a little dashboard I go to and I can see all the games [and] where they are in getting approvals in the pipeline". So I'm never going to call anything a lost cause but I think some of the fundamental reasons and certain scenarios, they're not really going away.
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Mineral specimens often surprise us with their range of forms and habits, but azurite from the Malbunka copper mine (also referred to in the past as Namatjira's copper prospect or the Areyonga copper deposit) pushes into a new zone of the unusual. The dominant shapes at the mine are discoidal plates of azurite, referred to as "suns," composed of numerous fine multilayered flat crystals of azurite arranged in radial and concentric growths that occupy planar features such as bedding planes and joints in white to red kaolinite. These unique azurite specimens are mined underground as a mineral specimen recovery venture from an adit in the hilly central Australian desert.
Dehne McLaughlin is a mineral collector and miner with a background in geology, biology, and anthropology, and he consults with Aboriginal groups in mining economics, indigenous resource negotiations, and mine environmental management. He owns the tenement over the Malbunka copper mine for the purpose of developing it as a mineral specimen source.
Ray Grant is a retired geology professor. His main interest is Arizona minerals and localities, and he has traveled extensively in Australia for the past ten years including a visit to the Malbunka mine.


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How Should We Define Expositional Preaching?
I am an expository preacher. This I say without shame or apology. When Paul charges Timothy in 2 Timothy 4:2 to "preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching" (2 Tim 4:2, ESV), I understand this serves as an exhortation for all preachers of the Gospel and specifically pastors of a local assembly of believers. Expositional preaching demands readiness regardless of the circumstances; it demands a pastor's love for his people both to build up and to reprimand for the Kingdom's sake. Most of all, expositional preaching demands great patience. God's work for God's people does not always happen with a quick solution. Given the high turnover rate of pastorates in our nation, local churches desperately need patient, diligent, loving pastors with the fortitude to examine, articulate, and apply the truths of Scripture to the church and culture.
In this paper, I will present my understanding of the nature and purpose of expositional preaching, along with my personal convictions on the subject as well as how I put these convictions into practice. I have benefited greatly from my time in the Doctor of Ministry program at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. The amount of great reading and the refining process of writing that came with this course of study has brought me joy in broadening my horizons concerning the area of expository preaching. With this growing understanding, I shall describe my present model and method of preaching — some of which are established while others are most certainly developing.
The Definition and Purpose of Expository Preaching
Fred Craddock, the leading advocate of the New Homiletic preaching philosophy, makes an insightful observation concerning the hard times upon which preaching has fallen: "That there is in our time a language crisis, a general experience of the loss of power of words, is all too evident. Needless to say, this means a crisis in preaching." [1] As a result, many differing opinions exist as to the purpose of preaching in general and expository preaching specifically. The definitions and purposes cultivated in this chaotic milieu cause many preachers and preaching professors to react against opposing preaching philosophies in various ways guided by their particular philosophy. Instead, preachers in both local church and academic settings would serve the Kingdom in a more God-honoring fashion by proactively searching the writings of the Scriptures.
So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord (Eph 2:19-21, ESV).
The purpose of preaching is to proclaim from the text of Scripture the meaning of the Scriptures through the ministry of the Holy Spirit who applies the Word to hearts and minds. The Apostle Paul in his epistle to the Romans declares how he was an apostle "set apart for the gospel of God" in his calling to serve Jesus Christ, "through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations" (Romans 1:1b, 5, ESV). Preaching proclaims the gospel of God and calls for a lifetime response to that proclamation. John Stott writes:
For the proper response to the gospel is faith, indeed faith alone. Yet a true and living faith in Jesus Christ both includes within itself an element of submission especially because its object is "Jesus Christ our Lord" … and leads inevitably into a lifetime of obedience. That is why the response Paul looked for was a total, unreserved commitment to Jesus Christ, which he called "the obedience of faith." [2]
In Nehemiah 8:8 we see an expositional model of preaching that shows the thrust of what preaching should be: "They read from the book, from the Law of God, clearly, and they gave the sense, so that the people understood the reading" (Nehemiah 8:8, ESV). In the Great Commission, Jesus gives the disciples his model for their ministry.
And Jesus came and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age" (Matt 28:18-20, ESV).
One aspect of Christ's Great Commission to his disciples (and us) is to teach them "to observe all that I have commanded you" (Matthew 28:19, ESV). The nature of expositional preaching helps facilitate the command of Jesus by going systematically through the Scriptures, verse-by-verse and paragraph-by-paragraph. To echo the Apostle Paul, expositional preaching is grounded in preaching through the "whole counsel of God" (Acts 20:27, ESV) — all of God's revealed Word!
With the Spirit sending the Spirit-inspired Word forth to accomplish his mission (Isaiah 55:10-11; 2 Timothy 3:16-17), not only is the preacher transformed but the content of his character matches the character of the Scriptures. Greg Heisler, preaching professor at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, NC, defines expository preaching in such a way that the Spirit not only illumines the Scriptures but the heart of the preacher as well.
Expository preaching is the Spirit-empowered proclamation of biblical truth derived from the illuminating guidance of the Holy Spirit by means of a verse-by-verse exposition of the Spirit-inspired text, with a view to applying the text by means of the convicting power of the Holy Spirit, first to the preacher's own heart, and then to the hearts of those who hear, culminating in an authentic and powerful witness to the living Word, Jesus Christ, and obedient Spirit-filled living. [3]
The thrust of this definition is quite comprehensive and the appropriate tonic needed in this crisis of preaching. Other philosophies emerge that move away from the foundation of Scripture to the foundation of the ever-changing culture. Among those philosophies are The New Homiletic and its offspring, the Emergent Church philosophy. Both of these philosophies react to deductive, propositional preaching not because of deductive preaching's unfaithfulness to the text but because of the supposed disinterest among the people in the pew. Why the disinterest? The New Homileticians would say that the culture has changed, so preaching must change to accommodate the culture.
Harry Emerson Fosdick in an essay in Harper's Magazine entitled "What's Wrong with Preaching?" shows his philosophy of preaching and how he is the forerunner of the New Homiletic and Emerging Church philosophies:
Could any procedure [such as expository preaching] be more surely predestined to dullness and futility? Who seriously supposes that, as a matter of fact, one in a hundred of the congregation cares, to start with, what Moses, Isaiah, Paul, or John meant in those special verses, or came to church deeply concerned about it? Nobody else who talks to the public so assumes that the vial interests of the people are located in the meaning of words spoken two thousand years ago. [4]
Fosdick commits two grievous errors. First, he builds up a false notion of expository preaching in general when he should have lamented bad expository preaching which preaches with little passion. Second, Fosdick gives too much ground to a fallen culture that has continually rejected authority on the grandest scale of all: humanity has rejected the lordship of Jesus Christ as fully revealed in the Scriptures. The Fall of Man found in Genesis 3 came about out of doubting the pure Word of God and a desire to embrace their own authority and "be like God" (Genesis 3:5, ESV). Preachers must keep in mind what John MacArthur noted in a sermon he preached at Southern Seminary (a sermon we viewed in class). He declared, "This would be the worst time ever in a ministry to do anything to accommodate the culture. To make a culture under the divine judgment feel comfortable would be the antithesis of what God called a minister of the Gospel to do." [5] I wholeheartedly agree with this assessment, and yet I fear that this is exact what the majority of our churches who have succumbed to the latest church growth fad and the latest preaching techniques believe should be done. Does this mean that preachers should not look to connect with their listeners? John R. W. Stott in his book, Between Two Worlds, says, "A true sermon bridges the gulf between the biblical and the modern worlds, and must be equally earthed in both." [6] The basis of any connection the preacher makes is to the text of Scripture, not the messenger himself. The messenger must hide himself in the text of Scripture.
The question that lingers in both liberal and conservative homiletical circles is, "To whom should the sermon be directed ultimately?" For the New Homiletic, the listener is the primary and the preacher keeps the listener in full view. This mindset is helpful, but only to a point. Donald Hamilton notes, "Preaching is irrelevant if there is no audience. The most carefully prepared and articulately delivered sermon is pointless if no one hears." [7] A pastor who loves his people cannot help but have his people in mind when he preaches. He loves them, lives among them, ministers in the midst of their culture. No one ministers in a vacuum and no one truly pastors and preaches in a vacuum.
Yet, he must be careful, because the listener is someone the preacher can see and one from whom he may receive immediate feedback. Thus, the temptation of the preacher would be to go for the current reaction using imaginative stories, illustrations, humor, etc., and be misled into the preacher thinking he is connecting. In truth, the preacher is connecting — but risking doing so with his own personality rather than with the Spirit-inspired Word of God.
Secondly in the New Homiletic, the preacher works diligently to keep the listener's attention. All communicators understand that in order for them to communicate something they need someone to whom they may communicate their message — but also hold their attention. Yet what methods do they use? By what means does the preacher hold their attention? Eugene Lowry in his book The Homiletical Plot, notes that a sermon is not about a lecture or presenting points, but "is an event-in-time, a narrative art form more akin to a play or novel in shape than to a book." [8] For Lowry and the New Homileticians, form and flow of a sermon are paramount.
While reading through Fred Craddock's book As One Without Authority, I thought, "Dr. York's book answers all the criticisms that Craddock's book levies against expository preaching." The premise of York's book deals with preaching expositionally in an engaging manner. He notes:
Expository preaching does indeed explain the text, but it also must answer the great epistemological question: so what? When a man of God stands in the pulpit and proclaims the Word with passion, conviction, and emotion, his audience will truly hear the content of the message. Only when they actually hear it can they act on it. Making that emotional connection with the message forces a decision: will I accept the truth of this text, or reject and refuse it? [9]
Before moving on to the models and methods used in preaching, the preacher should understand that Spirit-filled expository preaching is that which is prepared in all diligent prayer and worship, and preached with passion and fire. Expository preachers preach with a pastor's heart for his people, but always through the lens of Holy Writ. In our fallen desire to make the Bible relevant, preachers would do well to remember Psalm 119:89-90 in that the Lord is eternal and engaged in his plan and people. Thus his Word is entirely relevant:
Forever, O Lord, your word is firmly fixed in the heavens
Your faithfulness endures to all generations;
you have established the earth, and it stands fast (Psalm 119:89-90, ESV).
[1] Fred B. Craddock. As One Without Authority (St. Louis: Chalice Press, 2001), 7.
[2] John Stott, Romans (Downer's Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1994), 52-53.
[3] Greg Heisler, Spirit-Led Preaching: The Holy Spirit's Role in Sermon Preparation and Delivery (Nashville: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 2007), 21.
[4] Harry Emerson Fosdick, "What's the Matter with Preaching?" in What's the Matter with Preaching Today? , ed. Mike Graves (Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2004), 9. Quoted in Richard L Holland, Progressional Dialogue & Preaching: Are They the Same? TMSJ 17/2 (Fall 2006), 209.
[5] John MacArthur, Jr., Abandoned By God. Downloaded 14 January 2008. Accessed at http://www.sbts.edu/MP3/fall2006/20061102macarthur.mp3: Internet.
[6] John R. W. Stott, Between Two Worlds (Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1982), 10.
[7] Donald L. Hamilton, "Preaching Inductively as One with Authority." Preaching 16, no. 2 (2000), 49.
[8] Eugene L. Lowry, The Homiletical Plot (Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2001), xx.
[9] Hershael W. York and Bert Decker. Preaching with Bold Assurance (Nashville: Broadman & Holman Publishing Group, 2003), 7.
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What troubles me most in reading books about preaching is the absence of examples of preaching done properly, that is, to put it briefly, explaining the text in the light of the context. Why is this? Good examples of preaching/teaching the truth of the scriptures would be far more effective in helping us to recognize our mistakes than dozens of abstract statements about the problem. Why don't our seminary professors show us, in written examples, cases of poor preaching/teaching then show, in writing, what should have been taught. It won't ever be enough to just recite supposedly good principles yet fail to give concrete examples of good and bad. This is urgently needed, IMO, because it seems that most preachers who do the poorest job think they are doing just fine. You can bet their congregations won't tell them. Besides,the parishoners 9n many churches haven't heard enough good sermons to make a judgment. They will have to be shown, not just exhorted in general terms, what a sermon faithful to the truth of the scriptures looks like. I'm not sure this is being done, even in seminary, judging by many sermons I read and hear, delivered by seminary grads.
Why is "expository preaching" antithetical to the New Homiletic? By expository preaching do you mean sermons must be deductive in form? Is this the way the prophets of the OT, the Jesus of the Gospels, or the apostles of Acts preached? Answer: no. Perhaps the form of preaching you prefer is more a product of conservative evangelicalism than anything. Eugene Lowry's Homiletical Plot, for example, does not attempt to sell out to culture as you say. No, Lowry's method, in my opinion, is much close to the sermons I read in Scripture than say John MacArthur's. He is attempting for his method to be engaging, transformational, and most of all, gospel-centered.


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Wednesday, December 23, 2009
The Yelling
By Ellen Stumbo
Every time I have been out with Nina I have been yelled out, mainly by older women. Why? Because you are not supposed to take children out when it is cold and snowy, it is unacceptable, irresponsible, and the child will get sick.
Also, she should be wearing tights, she is wearing tights, but I suppose they are american tights, and those won't do. She is wearing snow pants and a winter coat, but for some reason those won't do either. Oh, and she does not wear boots, granted, I don't know that she can wear boots because of her feet and legs, but they don't know that, and these old ladies don't approve. Oh, and she is older and I carry her on a sling, she should be walking!
So do they yell at me? Yes they do. They really do yell, with angry faces. I have no idea what they say but I am sure it something like, "You take that child inside right now! She should not be out her in the cold! She should be walking!" Or something like that.
I just avoid eye contact and keep walking, it doesn't bother me. Too bad we have American clothes, even though we live in a place where it is much colder than here, so I am pretty sure Nina's clothes are warm. Oh well, so is life.
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It was nothing like that in Estonia. We went out in the snow with Oskar and he was only wearing tennis shoes. I am so sorry people are being so tough. We saw tons of kids going everywhere BY THEMSELVES Literally 9 and 10 year old kids were on the city buses going places. It amazing how different things were in Estonia from Ukraine. I can't wait till you get home!ReplyDelete
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Going In For A Booger
The Starbucks Siren is singing out notes of happiness and every Venti Frapp is jizzing out even more whipped cream than usual now that their queen has returned the auto-tune throne. This is the corn syrup-glazed cover of Our Lady of Cheeto's new single "Hold It Against Me." Needs more Cheetos dust on the fingers, Horsey Sauce on the corner of the mouth and dried-up burger bits in the weave, but that's just me. The demo, which has already leaked all over the place, isn't exactly giving Chester a boner either, but I have confidence that the Glittery Gays of YouTube will spread their drops of magic all over it. I mean, one of Brit Brit's disciples has already started the party early by poppin' his wig off to one of her old songs. This should totally be the treatment for Brit Brit's new video:
Although, she'll have to find a new co-star since I'm sure that dog QUIT THIS BITCH by jumping on the back of a truck headed for the border.
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Los Angeles - Federal officials have arrested more than 1,300 criminal illegal immigrants in southern California over the past two weeks in the biggest operation of its kind in the US, the Los Angeles Times reported Wednesday.
Most of those arrested either have criminal records or have failed to abide by deportation orders. More than 600 of those arrested have already been deported.
An official announcement of the operation by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement is expected later Wednesday.
Officials stepped up their crackdown on criminal illegal immigrants following the September 11, 2001 terror attacks, and intensified their actions even further during failed efforts to pass an immigration reform bill.
Previously the biggest such operation entailed the arrest of 1,297 undocumented immigrants at meat processing plants in six states last December. The California operation netted 1,327 arrests.
'Where these laws may not have been enforced in the past, that has changed,' said Jim Hayes, Los Angeles field office director for ICE.
Immigrant rights groups protested the arrests, saying they broke up families and created an inaccurate impression of the immigrant community. Enforcement actions also cause fear in immigrant neighborhoods and families that may include US citizens.
'It directs public attention away from the real need to reform the immigration system overall,' Reshma Shamasunder, director of the California Immigrant Policy Center, told the paper. 'This is not going to solve our problems. This is just one narrow-minded, mean-spirited way of trying to fix the immigration problem.'
About 1,100 of the recent arrestees were from Mexico. An additional 170 were from Central America, and others were from countries including Vietnam, Indonesia and Ireland. They had committed crimes such as burglary, domestic violence, assault and transportation of drugs, agents said. Some of them were legal, permanent residents who were deportable because of the crimes they committed.
The operation relied on close cooperation between the ICE and local law enforcement agencies. In the past local authorities often refrained from checking the immigration status of suspects. But under a new programme the status of jailed inmates was ascertained and they were handed over to immigration agents after serving their sentences, rather than simply being released from jail.
Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca said his department had identified and interviewed 8,000 illegal immigrant inmates in the county jail system between January and September. In Orange County, officials found that about 10 per cent of the 46,000 inmates who have gone through the system since mid-January were illegal immigrants.
According to the report, officers arrested 530 immigrants in their homes and workplaces and took custody of nearly 800 others from jails in Los Angeles, Orange, Ventura, Riverside and San Bernardino counties.
Overall, there are an estimated 595,000 immigration fugitives in the United States, down 37,000 from a year ago, according to the ICE.


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Last night, while gathering information for a story on the typhoon, I joined two Facebook groups for people from Capiz Province, on the island of Panay, in the Philippines. What I thought would be a source of leads, turned out to be a fountain of anguish. For the entire time I was online, I saw hundreds of appeals for help come in.
Feeling helpless with all the information, I made a Google Map of all the locations where help is needed. As of November 14th in the morning, relief had not yet arrived. The entire region of the Visayan Islands was hit by Yolanda's wrath. The devastation is immense.
This is the map. Some of the locations on Google Maps grabbed whatever was nearby. Each point represents multiple requests. You get the picture. If relief workers could see the map, that would be great. Please forward it. Here is the map. If you can retweet the link, please use hashtags: #HelpCapiz , #ReliefPH and #YolandaPH
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Portland band The Dead Trees [not pictured, but their awesome album cover art is], recently came off tour with Albert Hammond Jr.'s band.
The Dead Trees - Shelter
After listening to this song, the pair strike me as a perfect fit for a tour. Their respective harder-edged takes on Americana would complement one another nicely. Those most have been some pretty darn cool shows.
Because haven't we all been to shows that the opener and the headliner aren't a good match at all? I mean, really. Unfortunate.
The Dead Trees are still on tour, just not with Albert. Their new album, King of Rosa, comes out on October 21.
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
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10 Ways To Train To Not To Suck At Life…
Old Post…
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- Not Having Goals…Both Short Term & Long Term…. A fitness regimen with no goals is like driving to a destination you have never been to before without a map or directions… Goals keep you on track… You seek out guidelines and information on how to achieve them… Make those goals!!!
- Avoiding Your Weaknesses… Why is it everyone and their mother shows up on the days we do some crazy workout, but when weightlifting days or running days come up, people suddenly don't feel so well??? Weaknesses stem from a series of issues… Suck at an Olympic lift??? It is probably tied into deficiencies in the strength and flexibility department… Can't get through that whole 5k run??? You need to eat better and build up your cardio/respiratory endurance… Attack your weaknesses and your strengths will improve…
- Poor Nutrition… Food completely controls how your body functions throughout the day… It is the gasoline for your engine… An engine needs gas to run, and it runs better with good gas than it does with crappy gas… Start simple… Make changes in the quality of what you eat then fine tune it from there…
- Alcohol Consumption… Alcohol is good for only one thing… Getting buzzed!!! Unfortunately, getting buzzed causes a bunch of bad things to happen, mostly lack of control… You don't sleep well (despite possibly even passing out). ..It dehydrates you… You tend to succumb to eating crap… You are damaging brain cells and your liver… But did I mention that alcohol is really good for getting buzzed???
- Lack Of Sleep… You can never get "too much" sleep… Our bodies are actually wired to go to sleep when it gets dark and wake up at the crack of dawn… Electricity has jacked up our internal clocks, so no matter who you are and how much you sleep, it is never enough… Sleep is a huge component in the body recovery system… Get more of it!!!
- Not Taking Proper Rest/Recovery Time… Rest is different from sleep… You need to let the body rest from your training regimen… Take a rest day every few days… Your body needs time to heal, along with your brain… You will come back rip roaring ready to go both physically and mentally… Recovery simply means listening to your body… Pain is different from the discomfort of training… Pain needs to be respected… Pain takes time to heal… Turn your ego off and let your body heal up proper… The dumbest thing I ever heard anyone say was, "It hurts to train, but I have to workout." (That was me by the way….)
- Poor Hydration… Water is often an overlooked ingredient in a good training regimen… Water makes up about 60% of the human body… Lean muscle tissue is about 99% water… Bone is made up of about 22% water and even your skin contains water… There is not one system in the entire body that does not depend on water… It is possible, but you will be hard pressed to drink too much water in a day… Drink up!!!
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- Lack Of A Proper Warm-Up/Cool Down… Sure, argue all you want that when the shit hits the fan in life, you don't get the chance to warm up… Very true, but a training session is not life… You are attempting to improve your athletic ability… You can't do jack if you get hurt… Warm up those muscles, joints and connective tissues by doing active stretching in full range of motion… Take the time to do some good static stretching when you are done working out… Flexibility will increase… Injuries will decrease… Your workout performance will improve dramatically…
- Not Listening To Your Coach… An experienced coach knows what he is talking about… For the most part, I know I can judge a person's athletic ability watching them perform a few simple tasks just within a warm-up… Why is it when I tell someone they should scale a movement or a rep count or the load, they don't want to listen to me?!?! The road to better athletic performance is a path easier traveled when you listen to an experienced coach. ..Trust me…
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Uuhh..it's already 12 noon. I just finished updating all my tickets, replied user's emails and updating necessary things that need to be updated. I'm free now..or, for now..bloghopped here and there whenever the title is interesting. Hehehe..Kapten Luffy's entry is as hot as usual. I think I want to share my 2 cents about guy n gal relationship.
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Most of us have been approached by somebody with an opposite gender. And each one of us have our own reactions. Some would simply turned it down, some would make friend with him/her and some would proceed to know him/her deeply and ended up in a relationship (couple). Believe it or not, these are some ways of 'Jodoh' approaching you.
When a girl is approached and the guy said, "I want to be your friend", first thing you need to bear in your mind is that it's always a first step to know you more and actually the end result is to make you his GF. Well, most of the case. Out of 100, maybe 1 would sincerely just want to be your friend. Or other worse possibility like the guy just being challenged to nail you or something like that. I mean, you could see it clearly. You are a totally stranger to this guy, and he just says he wanted to be your friend. It's always because he attracted to you. Unless, you are his classmate whom he never talked to. When he is just a mere stranger..It's always because he is atrracted to you.
During the phase where you have lunch together or hanging out..this is the phase where 2 strangers trying to know each other's character. From here, it would define the word 'friend' or 'couple' based on the evaluation of each of you. When I approached a girl..well, everyone has their own love story right? I always being frank. I told her something like this.
"you should know better if a guy like me trying to be friend with you when we are just strangers, it's always because I like to see if there's any chance we could be..you-know"
Yep, it's the word I always use. So if you never heard this from my mouth or my text message girl, you should know I'm no more than just a friend and the possibility of sex in my mind about you is nearly zero. It always emphasize by words like "it's Ok, we be friend first..we might have the same interest. From there if you think we are suit to be together then it's 'Jodoh' I supposed". Hehehe.
Ok, so you don't need to freak out if I stared you indefferently when we met, or I use some words that looks like I was trying to hit on you..coz the real words are always the one above..=]. Happy Tuesday!!!
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Another great day!
Got the laundry done, put some holiday things away. Cooked the turkey carcass down, picked the bones, and made some awesome soup after a trip to the store for some greens.
Cleaned up the kitchen, read a little, and ready for work in the am.
Thank you for reading. Hugs.
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On the recent Colony Brazil trip the crew visited Jump Festival 2013 event, where they had this fun mini ramp/spine setup to ride. Devanir Teixeira took out his camera and captured some rad riding from Clint Millar on his camera for your viewing pleasure. The older Clint is getting the crazier his riding is.
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Shelter Rock Singers are Gold
Congratulations to the Shelter Rock Elementary School sixth-grade Chamber Choir for winning a Gold Award with Distinction at the recent New York State School Music Association's Major Organization Evaluation Festival. The group is seen here displaying their award as they are congratulated by choral teacher Sarah Duke and Principal Robert Geczik.
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Lauren Chen, Sophomore comes in 3rd in Nassau County Tournament…Head to State Tournament
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B.A.P - PowerTuesday, May 01, 2012
I also like how they boys are styled this time around. Though they looked really fierce in their "Warrior" promotions, it was pretty hard to separate them from each other due to all of them having the same hair colour. In "Power" each member has his own hairstyle and I'm diggin' them all (even Zelo's pink bubble gum hair). And the outfits are also fitting with the concept of the video. I'm glad that they are not dressed weirdly like boy groups often are in K-pop videos (pastel-coloured pants, furry hats, man aprons/skirts etc), but sport military themed costumes that are not too extreme or flamboyant.
Overall, I feel that B.A.P definitely stands out from the other boy groups for their strong dancing style and powerful songs. I especially like Bang Yong Guk and Zelo, who are great rappers and their attitude and confidence blows me away. Hopefully, the boys will continue to pursue their own unique style in the future because I'm really liking them.
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And promotinal posters of each of the members:
|Bang Yong Guk
|Jong Up
|Young Jae
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- AnonymousMay 20, 2012 at 3:03 AM
I LOVE B.A.P.'s hiphop infused with rock and a heavy dance beat. I have never really liked that genre, but am finding myself liking it more and more thanks to Epik High, Big Bang, and now B.A.P.ReplyDelete
This single is even more powerful than "Warrior" and makes me wonder just how they can keep topping each release. I am excitedly awaiting more from this group.
I am really happy that they have more individualistic looks so I actually know who is who now. ;) BYG and Zelo are really great and the vocals of the others really complimented this song much more than they did in "Warrior"...although they have that random R&B part that doesn't fit with the rock/hiphop fusion, but it's still a lot better than their first single.
And I am loving Himchan and Jongup ^_^
I keep wondering myself whether they can keep up with these super powerful singles. I do hope to see them continue pursuing this hip-hop-rock style of music, it fits them well and sets them a apart from the rest of the newer boy groups.ReplyDelete
The vocals aren't bad, but they do not always fit with their songs. Hopefully, they will improve in time, and they were already better in "Power" than in "Warrior".
Anyways, I'm still rooting for them.


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For the first time in central New Hampshire, Franklin Footlight Theatre presents Sister Act the Musical. Sister Act is the feel good musical comedy smash based on the hit 1992 film that has audiences jumping to their feet! Starring Tajoura Davis as Deloris Van Cartier (the role made famous by Whoopie Goldberg), and Franklin local Christie Martin as Mother Superior, their powerful voices soar through the historic Franklin Opera House as this musical comes for the first time ever to the Lakes Region!
Featuring original music by Tony and eight-time Oscar winner, Alan Menken (Newsies, Beauty and the Beast, Little Shop of Horrors), this uplifting musical was nominated for five Tony Awards, including Best Musical. A cast of over 60 New Hampshire talents share the stage featuring Rodney Martell, Jack Finley, Derek de Sousa and Garrett Cain as Curtis and his band of thugs. Other outstanding performers include Jennifer Schaffner as Sister Mary Patrick and Sydney Moquin as Sister Mary Robert and John Masse as Eddie, the Philadelphia police officer. Under the direction of Jule Finley, winner of Best NHCTA director and Musical Director Christine Chiasson, this show is sure to entertain all who attend. Couple that with amazing choreography from Jenness Nordstrom, Addison Granger and Cameron Moquin, all from Creative Steps dance studio, and this is a show you don't want to miss! Franklin City Councilor Vince Ribas performs as the Monsignor and the incredible group of "nuns" include Sue Bitetto, Saige Granger, Jenness Nordstrom, Kaylah Barton, Rebecca Turmel, Wendy de Sousa, Kim Daniel, Rhonda Perry, Erin Wilcox, Hayley de Sousa, Molly Brown, Clarissa Martin and Madi Smith. Rounding off the production team is Producer Leigh Webb, Scenic Design by Christopher Schroeder, Costumes by Annette Andreozzi, Prop Design by Sue Bitetto, Lighting by Dan Darling and Sound Engineer Adam Bates. Technical Director is Robbie LaFlamme and stage managers Mark Bitetto and Bonnie Gilbert.
This is the epitome of true, topnotch community theater based on pure community! Don't miss it! The show runs Friday and Saturday, July 28 and 29 at 7:30 PM, and Sunday, July 30 at 2 PM at the Franklin Opera House (Franklin City Hall) 316 Central St. Tickets $14 and $16 at franklinoperahouse.org or by calling 603-934-1901
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Latitude: 54.5098 / 54°30'35"N
Longitude: -1.3585 / 1°21'30"W
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OS Northings: 512914
OS Grid: NZ416129
Mapcode National: GBR LJY9.P3
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Entry Name: Church of St Mary Magdalene
Listing Date: 23 June 1966
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1054686
English Heritage Legacy ID: 59656
Location: Yarm, Stockton-on-Tees, TS15
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Steve and Amanda Hammell, Tambri Farms and Steve Lawrence among winners at Royal Winter Fair.
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Steve and Amanda Hammell from Dobbinton won the red ribbon in the 2012 cow with calf at foot division, and was later named Senior Champion.
Winning the Junior Division champion Bull, was DSMR Stock Farm at Wingham.
And Tambri Farms from Paisley won the Herdsman award, for the best display.
In the beef barns, O'Neill Cattle Company of Priceville finished 3rd.
"Packer Charolais" in the Yearling heifer section and "Where Eagles Soar Charolais" of Markdale finished 5th with their bull calf.
Coldstream Farm of Flesherton was 6th in the 2014 Heifer class in the shorthorn breed.
Dover Farm of Hanover won the top two placings in the wool section for naturally coloured wool.
In the food competitions -- Steve Lawrence of Kendal won the Reserve Champion award in the dark honey class.
Peter Bonch of Georgian Bay Honey in Owen Sound placed second in the Liquid Amber honey class.
Guy and Josh Anderson of Kincardine were first in the display category.
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What do you do on a cold winter night? Build a fire for the dog to enjoy. And cook, of course. Rib-sticking stuff.
Pot roast (I like Kroger's English cut shoulder roasts, which hold a good shape for slicing and they're often on sale cheap) with carrots and new potatoes, which is bubbling on the stove. And a little something sweet, too, like this caramel cake, a recipe from a recent Gourmet. Simple and rich. That icing? Cream and brown sugar and a pinch of salt.
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Yesterday, I went into work, and got the worst news. One of my friends that had went to the same doctor as me, and battled infertility, lost one of her twins. The little girl passed early yesterday morning. They were born at 28 weeks, after the little girl's bag had ruptured at around 22 weeks. The doctors put **Teresa** on steroids and bed rest in the hospital until they delivered the twins. When they were born, the boy weighed 2.8 lbs and the girl was at 1 lb 5.8 oz.. soo tiny! Teresa had told me the little girl was not gaining weight good, and to keep praying for her. I just wish she could have hung in there. Last Friday, I got to talk to Teresa's brother in law that works with me, and he told me they had to up the oxygen on both babies- which is not uncommon for preemie's, especially when they were born that early. As of now, the little boy is doing great- he is just on nasal oxygen, and is now in a private room. I spoke to Teresa's brother earlier, and he had said Teresa had went home for only 2 hours, when the little girl had passed. Teresa's husband is really strong, and I am grateful she has him there for her.
I just cannot even begin to imagine how Teresa and her husband are handling this. I don't think I could. Teresa is staying in the hospital with the little boy, until he gets to go home sometime November- December. I have not got to talk to Teresa since the babies were born on the phone, but, we have been keeping in contact via text messages or email. I know she is probably no where near being able to talk to anyone outside of her family just yet. I wrote her, and let her know she can call me anytime, for whatever she needs, and her brother has been keeping me updated, and passing along messages I have for her.
You are never truly appreciative of what you really have until something like this happens to someone close to you. Teresa had a hard pregnancy, she is type 2 diabetic, she went through a lot more rounds of treatment than we had to, and had been soo up beat about it all. I had a by the book pregnancy. We found out we had been going to the same doctor, shortly after we reconnected, and were each other's cheerleaders from then on. When one of us needed to vent, the other was always right there. She was there when I finally got pregnant with Hayleigh, and I was there for her through her treatments leading to her getting pregnant with her triplets. We both lost a baby in utero at exactly 7 weeks, resulting in us having one baby, and Teresa having twins. She was there at my baby shower just beaming, and at the hospital, just 2 hours after Hayleigh was born, smiling from ear to ear. I really wish I could have been there more for her. She could not have visitors when she was admitted, and after the babies were born.
No words could ever make losing that baby girl less painful. I cannot imagine being in her shoes at all. I look at Hayleigh and bawl thinking about my friend mourning the loss of her baby girl. She will never get to see her smile, giggle and grow. It really breaks my heart when something soo tragic happens to good people in this world. Life is not fair, and never will be. I know my faith in God wavers quite a bit. When we struggled to get pregnant, and miscarried after our first round, my faith was all but gone. It has been gradually coming back, but, life events like this make it plummet back down. I just do not understand a lot of things in this world. I know that when I die someday, and if there is someone really there to ask questions about life to, they will be hearing from me.
Please just keep this family in your prayers. I know they really need them right now.
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The more adventurous chose to rent bikes or scooters while in Bermuda. It was a scary proposition considering people drive on the opposite side of the road. I had to concentrate when just crossing a road! We stuck to travel by ferry, bus and foot.
This was one of our first views of Bermuda.
On our first day in Bermuda, we took a bus to St. George and walked for 2 hours around the point of the island. It was a gorgeous day and we passed by many forts. We also saw everything from little geckos to hens with baby chicks.
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Monday, November 17, 2008
Non-Humanoid Monster Racial Rules (Sphinx part 1)
First, rules on how non-humanoid monsters work:
A Sphinx cannot use, wear, or activate magic items in the normal fashion. Instead, she must imprint the item. This takes 10 minutes, as if it were a ritual (but has no cost or chance of failing). Once the item is imprinted, the Sphinx can use the power of the item as if it were in the appropriate slot, and the item does not work for anyone else. At this point the location of the physical item no longer matters (the Sphinx can leave it at home in her treasure horde if she wants to). A Sphinx only has the normal number of slots; when an item is imprinted in a given slot, the Sphinx loses the imprint on the previous item in that slot.
Example: A Sphinx can imprint a magical amulet, and will gain the enhancement bonus and properties of the amulet, and can use the daily power of the amulet as with the normal rules. If the Sphinx imprints a different amulet, she gains the powers of the new amulet, she loses the powers of the old amulet, and the old amulet can now be used by someone else. The Sphinx can still imprint a head item, two rings, and any number of wondrous items and consumables (but see more below).
A Sphinx chooses what kind of armor her hide will act as; she must have the appropriate armor proficiency (in reality, the Sphinx just has different degrees of toughness and fighting mobility, but for game purposes this is equivalent to armor proficiency). The Sphinx is treated exactly as a humanoid wearing armor of this type, and she has one armor slot which can be imprinted. The choice of which armor type to emulate can be changed only between levels. The Sphinx can only imprint armor of the type she is currently emulating.
Example: A Sphinx Cleric can emulate chain armor, and then has a +6 AC bonus, a -1 speed penalty, a -1 penalty to physical skills. She cannot emulate scale armor unless she takes the feat Armor Proficiency (Scale).
The Sphinx must choose what is being held in her two "item wielding" slots; this choice can be changed after any short rest. A wielding slot can be used for a wielded implement or another item which requires a free hand to use; this allows the Sphinx to imprint an item of that type. A Sphinx with shield proficiency can use a wielding slot to gain the benefits and penalties of a shield of the appropriate type, and the Sphinx can then imprint a shield in that slot.
If a slot is not used for any other purpose, it can be used for melee combat. A Sphinx must use at least one slot for this purpose. A Sphinx cannot use normal weapons, but automatically has proficiency with its natural weaponry, Sphinx claws. A Sphinx claw is treated as a Warhammer in combat, and can be imprinted with any magic weapon whose enchantment is valid for a hammer, and can use feats and powers meant for hammers. If a Sphinx has two free wielding slots, it is treated as if it were wielding a Warhammer in each hand, and had the Ranger ability to wield both at the same time. Each claw could then be imprinted separately, and the Sphinx could choose to take the two weapon fighting proficiencies. Alternately, the Sphinx can use both wielding slots for a "Sphinx rake". This counts as a separate martial weapon which the Sphinx does not have automatic racial proficiency in. A Sphinx with the "rake" style can only imprint one weapon, but it counts as using a 2-handed weapon with d10 damage and a +3 proficiency bonus.
Example: A Sphinx wizard can choose "orb" in one wielding slot, and can then imprint a magic orb in that slot, and can use the orb implement mastery class feature. A Sphinx fighter can choose "melee" in one hand and "heavy shield" in the other, and can then imprint magic hammers in one slot and magic shields in the other. A Sphinx is somewhat limited, however, in that unlike a humanoid character she cannot choose "orb" in one slot and "shield" in the other, she must have at least one melee slot.
In addition, once per encounter, a Sphinx can use any imprinted magic item power which would normally require a free hand to use, such as a consumable or an extra wand. This power cannot be used if this Sphinx is using a slot to gain the benefits of a heavy shield, unless the Sphinx has the quick draw feat. Unlike a normal character, the Sphinx is otherwise rather limited in that it has no way to otherwise move magic items into or out of its virtual "hands", the only way to use a magic item power that requires a free hand is to choose it for a wielding slot or use this encounter power.
Example: The Sphinx can choose to use her imprinted Potion of Clarity. This costs a minor action, and consumes a healing surge as per the magic item description. The potion is now "used up" and this power is gone. The Sphinx won't be able to use any other imprinted consumables in that combat (unless, before the combat, she chose "melee" and "Elixir of Dragon Breath" as her two wielding slots).
Wondrous Items which are purely physical in nature, rather than granting powers to the user, do not use the imprinting rule. They can be mentally commanded if that is specified in the description, but they cannot be imprinted and cannot be used if they really require hands. So a silent crowbar won't be useful to a Sphinx and Pouches of Shared Acquisition are doubtful. However, a Golden Spade or a Skeleton Key can still be imprinted normally (the physical action is just a "special effect" of using the power).
Hmm, that took a while to write, I guess this is only part 1 of 2. And I would clearly need to write quite a bit more if I were writing this rule officially.
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Yeah, Chris-tell us about the game design philosophy behind your decisions! I mean I could go out and design a sphinx PC race and write an article. What makes it interesting is your insight on the design process.ReplyDelete
And why encumber your wife with so many special rules and twists and turns for a character? She probably is doing this is because she wants to spend some time with you. With all the special PC rules, it seems like you will be spending too much time on mechanics and not enough time exploring your wife's character and unique vision.
You are right, why just present the rule, when I can explain exactly why I designed it the way I did? I will write a blog entry on that.ReplyDelete
And my wife won't be reading the rules, she will just be playing the character. And hopefully I can make it clear how these rules make her character easier to play than a normal character, not harder.
"And my wife won't be reading the rules, she will just be playing the character. And hopefully I can make it clear how these rules make her character easier to play than a normal character, not harder."ReplyDelete
Thats great, looking forward to the article! I have similar instances come up from time to time so interested to see your insights.


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A Naruto Ficlet by TKCat
Summary: You just couldn't believe it. Last night you practically gave it to him for free, and this is how he repays you? "Sasuke, you're not wearing that t-shirt!" "Oh? You're that eager to undress me?"
Rating: T (M, just to remain on the safe side...)
Pairing: SasuNaru
Genre: Romance, General, (slight) Humour
Warnings: Shonen-Ai (BL), Yaoi (M/M), Fluff, mentioned sexual acts, harassment, written in second person POV
Beta'ed by: [Unbeta'ed]
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or anything related to the series
A/N: Well... basically, no inspiration is hitting me ATM when it comes to my ongoing fics, so I decided to do this little "Ficlet". I realized I've never written anything in second person before, so I wanted to try it out. In other words: this is complete randomness. Also, the lame t-shirt joke is mine (unless someone already came up with it, and knowing me someone probably has) so no stealing, ne?
-You are Sexy-
You just can't believe it.
You're standing in front of your boyfriend of two years, restraining yourself so that you won't grow claws and slice him up into very tiny pieces and feed him to your pet hamster (that you don't have, because said boyfriend never liked the small and cute ones). Yes, you'd even throw him in front of a steamroller and then have him eaten by cats if you had the chance. Throw him off of a bridge and into a pool of sharks, hang him up in a tree for the birdies to nibble on, poison him with whatever available poisonous tonic there is; anything that will kill him painfully goes. That's how angry you are at the moment.
Last night, you were really having a great time. You won against Kiba, one of your pesky friends, in a DDR game, got Sakura to pay for your milkshake and hooked Shikamaru up with a girl (getting him to come was a feat in itself). Additionally, you had your fair amount of sugar and went on a legendary rampage in the game hall, winning at some of the most challenging consoles with quite the audience in tow.
You were in your Ace, enjoying everything to the fullest, and when Sasuke requested your company in the bedroom that night, he didn't even need to seduce you for you to give in, even though you in all honesty weren't in the mood at the moment.
Last night, you practically gave it to him for free, and this is how he repays you?
You exhale in annoyance, dragging a hand through your blond mess of hair. "Tell me again... where the hell do you think you're going with that?"
"Sakura's birthday party?" he asks, looking honestly befuddled by your accusing question. You know, better though.
You look him over once, taking in his inky hair, dark grey eyes and perfectly pale complexion, and conclude that: yes your boyfriend is indeed hot. Sexy as hell, a real eye candy, lady magnet or whatever you'd like to call it. Point is he's hot. Everything about him screams perfect, from his body to his reputation and name (even though you personally believe a little work on his attitude would be in place).
But then you look at his clothing. The jeans are a perfect fit, showing off strong legs and a tight ass, and hang just perfectly on his hips. They're of a good brand, too. The jeans aren't the problem. The t-shirt is.
You narrow your eyes into a glare, trying to get your point over with the next demand that leaves your lips. "Sasuke, you're not wearing that t-shirt!"
A smug smirk plays on his lips as he throws one of his teasing comments that he always comes up with in these situations. "Oh? You're that eager to undress me?" He takes a step closer, and gently takes a hold of your hands, guiding them to the hem of the t-shirt. "Go right ahead then."
"No!" you hastily pull away, still glaring irritated at his smirking face. "We're not starting anything now, and by the looks of it, we won't start anything after the party either if you don't get that t-shirt changed!"
A victorious grin paints the face of your inner consciousness as his smug smirk slowly slips off his face, but on the outside you remain composed, arms crossed and eyes narrowed. "But, Naru-chan," he fake whines the horrendous nickname he picked up from your friends before you got together. "This article of clothing expresses the truth behind our relationship. It's simply a declaration of our love—"
"Of your undying sex-drive, you mean," you cut him off, not buying the crap for a second.
He smirks again, muttering "Yeah, that too," which you promptly ignore.
"Really, that's just as corny as having a picture of me imprinted on it, only way more vulgar," you point out. Sadly, he has a comeback to that, too.
"Not if you happened to be naked on that picture..."
"Oh my fucking... would you please stop that? I'm being serious here!"
At your desperate cry, his expression softens into a more understanding look. You suddenly remember why you actually still go out with this bastard. If he tries, he can have his good moments which make you love him even more... even though those mostly are followed by a round or two in the bedroom. "Okay, I'm sorry baby," he says, shrugging his shoulders. "I'll change; just...tell me what's wrong with it first."
You sigh, kind of relieved this time. You then look at the shirt again, eyes tracing the words imprinted on it. A pout finds its way to your face as you are reminded of why you don't want it on him. "It's just... I don't want you wearing something like that at Sakura's. I mean, everyone knows about us, and they'll know at once just what the thought behind it is... it's embarrassing, you know."
You scowl at him as he lets out a light chuckle. "Hey, tell me what's embarrassing about it."
A blush dusts your cheeks, and you look away a little before answering. "Describing me like that... it's just a little haughty. It's not me."
"Don't say that," Sasuke quickly protests, stepping up to you again. Lifting your chin, he makes sure that your eyes meet, and you can't help but get a little flustered over the proximity. He speaks again. "Look, you're beautiful, Naruto. Your hair is so attracting, I couldn't stop petting it if I wanted to. I can't count all the times I've drowned in your eyes – it's a miracle that I'm still alive. You have the most appetizing smell, and your taste is more addictive than any drug could ever be. In addition to all of this, you have the most charming smiles and the best personality a person could ever wish for. If you ask me, the words should be privileged for having the honour of describing you."
The truth in his eyes is enough to melt your heart many times over. This is why you still keep him around. He makes you feel loved – and he means it. Smiling wryly at him, you comment on his words. "You have been reading poetry again, huh?"
He smiles back. "Maybe..."
Laughing heartily, you throw your arms around his neck and leans up to place a small peck on his lips, which quickly evolves into a deeper kiss as he presses back. However, you let it remain a chaste kiss, and pull back to look him into the eyes. "That's really admirable and shit, but I still don't want you wearing that. Though if you do change it now... I'll do it with you tonight."
Sasuke smiles again, pressing his lips to your nose. "Thank you."
Letting out another laugh, you lean up to replace your nose with your lips. This time, the kiss develops into a much deeper one, ending in you up against the bedroom door with Sasuke ravishing your mouth with a skilful tongue. The proximity in itself is majorly arousing, but the fact that it's Sasuke makes the feeling completely mind-blowing. In the back of your mind, you know that you should be on your way to the party already.
Regretfully breaking the kiss, you take a breath about to tell him you have to get going when you see him diving in for another kiss. You break it quickly, only letting it last for a couple of seconds, but it ends in Sasuke pursuing your lips for more. Turning your head to the side, you prevent him from kissing you, but he takes it as an invitation to feast on you more than edible neck.
"Ngh... no, Sasu... I said after—"
"Sorry," he mutters against your skin, cutting off your protest. "I can't wait for that long... you're too cute, smiling with that face..."
"Huh? What a lame excuse! Get the heck off of me this insta—ah! Ouch, don't bite me!"
Moments later, your shirts are wrenched off, left on the floor as your boyfriend hastily carries you into the bedroom. You would not be able to make it to Sakura's party. On one of the shirts that lays forgotten on the floor (the one Sasuke had been wearing) words were proudly imprinted in bold white upon the black cotton. It said as follows:
"I'm fucking SEXY
And SEXY LIKES it"
A/N: Eh-he... It actually started with this story I read where the author made a small mistake (according to me) where a sentence said "(...) they were fuck sexy" or something along those lines. I sort of ended up thinking of "fuck" as the verb "fuck" and "sexy" as a noun, and thus had some fun with it. *laughs cheaply*
Now...I have to try getting some inspiration somewhere. I'm thinking of poor Acire-chan who won't have any work to do if I don't hurry up... *sigh* If anyone knows of some cure to heal a medium-sized writer's block, I'd love to have it! Oh, and anything random and possibly inspiring is appreciated! Like... a joke, maybe? xD
Thank you for reading! Have a pleasant day!


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The right answer is that America lost. Mitt Romney has no specifics he is willing to divulge; President Obama has a record of nearly four years as President that he has to defend ... but the point isn't that one of them could have won the debate.
I'll explain. It's a two-party system, American politics, that doesn't allow anyone else to get in on the action. We have an electoral college/representational system that doesn't allow votes (like mine) to be counted with all the other votes throughout the nation (I'm a registered independent in a red state that thinks Jesus has personally come off the cross and approved Mitt Romney and that Obama is a Kenyan Muslim with a "fake" birth certificate and he's out to destroy America).
Romney wants deregulation. I disagree vehemently. Investment banks, with their fraudulent "toxic" assets, subprime mortgage lending practices, and bullshit credit default swaps were exactly what put this nation on the razor's edge of another Great Depression ... and we could all be easily standing in line at soup kitchens and waiting in line for a cot in a rescue mission if it weren't for the fact that the government realized (very nearly too late) that it was going to have to engage in "socialistic" behavior and bail the financial industry out even before Obama took office.
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Undecided and uncertain voters know that the choice between a hawkish deregulator (Romney) and a pragmatic but hopelessly stubborn progressive is like the choice between taking that job as a minimum-wage janitor in an underfunded morgue that's plagued with endless sanitation violations and taking the other job in a fancy, well-decorated office that pays little more and where you'll be stuck under a ceiling vent that spews small asbestos dust-bunny balls down upon you while you're trying to print out another resume to get you the fuck out of this dead-end civil service nightmare. As they say, it's a huge shit sandwich and we're all going to have to take a big wet bite and swallow.
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Yep folks....i am moving and shaking...bobbing and weaving......at work.
Work has been nuts. There was a big corporate re-org. I am not sure what my new responsibilities are but my old boss seems to be very good and keeping me busy. One thing at a time.......just like running....1 foot in front of the other.....
My food has been OK the last 2 days. I weighed in and lost 6lbs. This is a good thing. This loss is just gaining ground i lost(cause i have gained about 15 over the summer).
My shoulder and knee tendinitis has been bothering me but i have been icing. I may go back to PT for both if it will help.
No formal tri training this week. Cross training mostly. I did a kick ass step class on Tuesday and a fun interval training class today. Man that stuff kicks my butt. I rate it on how much i sweat. Both days i sweat through my shirt and 3/4 of my shorts......love it....too much fun.....
I will try to make swimming tmro morning. It is hard because i get home very late some nights(midnight) so getting up at 5am is tough.
Words of wisdom for today:
Sometimes in life we need to have blinders. We need to focus only on the thing that is in front of us. Focus is key in this world. Get the 1st thing done and then move on the next thing.......sometimes its that simple.
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
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- Tea said...
YEA! Sounds like a good week and the weight loss certainly helped!
- August 16, 2007 at 3:16 PM
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