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Many people will have heard something about Sufism (or Tasawwuf as it is also known) either presented as a spiritual path leading to piety or in a bad way that involves innovations in Islaam. So what is the truth? What is Sufism?.
The Origin of the Word and its Definition
Sufism comes from the word soof meaning wool, many sufis like to affiliate themselves with wool since they see it as a sign of simpleness, but the wearing of wool has no special merit in Islaam, In fact it was disliked by the Prophet as Aa'ishah (radi-Allaahu 'anhaa) narrates in a hadeeth collected by Abu Dawood and Ahmad.
"I made a black cloth for the Prophet (sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam) and he put it on, but when he sweated in it he noticed the odour of the wool and threw it away." The Narrator of this hadeeth said, "I think he (sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam) said, 'He liked good smell.'"
So when the very origin of the word Sufism has no foundation in Islaam, how about the rest of it?
Some Sufis of the past stated that the Sufism had around 2000 different definitions. These definitions describe Sufism as being linked to concepts and practices that range from poverty, seclusion, deception, depriving the soul, singing, dancing, ecstasy, all the way to the major concept of Sufism - Wahdatul Wujood i.e. that everything that exists is Allaah (subhaanahu wa ta'aala)
When Did it All Start?
Some scholars trace Sufism to the early stages of the 2nd century after Hijrah (migration of the Prophet sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam from Makkah to Madinah). Early deviation occurred in exaggerations in worship and extremism in avoidance of the worldly life.
Beliefs and Practices of the Sufis?
All the beliefs and practices of the Sufis are really too numerous to outline in this article but what follows is a brief outlay of some of their fundamental beliefs.
1. Wahdatul Wujood - This is the evil belief that all that exists is Allaah (subhaanahu wa ta'aala), it makes no distinction between the creator and the creation. For this reason one of the first Sufi 'shaykhs' (Masters/teachers) by the name of Mansoor al-Hallaj said about Allaah:
"I am He Whom I love," he exclaimed, "He Whom I love is I; we are two souls co-inhabiting one body. If you see me you see Him and if you see Him you see me."
Praise be to Allaah (subhaanahu wa ta'aala) who is high above what these Sufis attribute to him. Another Sufi pioneer who is greatly revered by many Sufis today and called Ash-Shaykul Akbar (the greatest Scholar) was a Sufi by the name of Muhiyddin Ibn Arabi (born 560 after Hijrah). He also promoted the belief that all existence was Allaah. This led him to utter words of shirk such as "Subhaanee (glory be to me)." A particularly evil statement that he made was in connection with his master Abu Said al-Kharraz:
"In relation to existence, He (Allaah) is the very essence of existing things. Thus in a certain sense, relative beings are elevated in themselves, since in truth they are none other than He who bears the name Abu Said al-Kharraz."
So here he depicted his own master, as a divine reality. Today many Sufis defend Ibn Arabi in their books, web sites and with their tongues. It is very hard to believe they do not know his statements since his works are well known. The only other possible conclusion for them defending him is that they agree with the shirk he uttered!
In relation to existence, we know that Allaah (subhaanahu wa ta'aala) is free from what these Sufis attribute to him and that he (subhaanahu wa ta'aala) is above the creation as Allaah (subhaanahu wa ta'aala) says:
"And He is al Qaahir, above His worshippers." [6:18]
2. Kashf - Literally means 'unveiling.' It is the ultimate end which the Sufi looks forward to. The Sufi tolerates seclusion and succumbs to the will of his shaykh precisely to become one of the people of kashf, who are privileged with Divine manifestation. The Sufi masters claim that through this state of kashf they perceive and witness all of the realities of existence as well of those of the al-Ghayb (the Unseen).
In Sufi terminology kashf means to expose the heart to metaphysical illumination or 'revelation' unattainable by reason. There is supposed to be yet a higher stage beyond kashf which is called al-tajalli, or Divine manifestation: the appearance of Allaah to man.
It is obvious however that any claim that Allaah (subhaanahu wa ta'alaa) appears to man, is a flagrant lie. The Prophet and Messenger of Allaah, Moossa (alayhis-salaam) whom Allaah (subhaanahu wa ta'aala) had favoured with the privilege of speaking to him directly, was denied his request to see Him (subhaanahu wa ta'aala).
3. Khalwah - The literal meaning of khalwah is seclusion or retreat, but it has a different connotation in Sufi terminology: It is the act of total self-abondonment in desire for the Divine Presence. In complete seclusion, the Sufi continuously repeats the name of God as a highest form of dhikr (remembrance). The Sufis will seclude themselves for nights on end or even just switch off the lights and make dhikr often moving their heads and bodies.
The Prophet (sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam) did not neglect to mention and make clear to his followers any ways or means that lead to success in the Hereafter, nor did he neglect to warn them against any ways or means that lead to misery in the Hereafter. And since the practice of khalwah is not included in the ways and means of success, it must be included in the ways and means of misery. The Prophet (sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam) said in a hadeeth collected by Saheeh Muslim:
"Whoever does a deed that is not from me will have it rejected."
4. Dreams - The Sufis emphasise dreams, fabricated stories and fabricated hadeeth as well as something known as shataahaat - intense and wild emotion in the state of excitement and agitation arising from what they call sudden divine touches - as sources of guidance. During shataahaat, the Sufi utters unlawful, innovated and mystic words, hallucinates and in many cases utters plain kufr (disbelief).
5. Al Fanaa (annihilation) is a key element in the Sufi thought. Once the Sufi becomes constant in dhikr - remembrance of Allaah (subhaanahu wa ta'aala), they claim that he acquires sufficient tranquility of heart to experience a delusion that helps him pass through the various stages described below.
First he is bewildered, then intoxicated with love of the Remembered One, and finally he passes through the stage of fanaa', or annihilation, in which he becomes fully absorbed to the point of becoming unaware of himself or the objects around him. Every existing thing seems to vanish, and he feels free of every barrier that could stand in the way of his viewing the Remembered One and nothing else.
To give a better idea of the Sufi concept of Allaah (subhaanahu wa ta'aala), Qunawi, one of Ibn Arabi's disciples, writes:
"It is inconceivable that one thing should love another thing in the respect that thing differs from it. It can only love that thing as a result of the property of some meaning shared between the two of them, in respect of which an affinity is established between them which will lead to the domination of the property of that which brings about unification over the properties which brings about differentiation...But the end of love is unity. In the last analysis, Allaah and the perfect man are one, for Being is one."
This is clear disbelief since Allaah (subhaanahu wa ta'aala) says:
"There is none like unto Him; He is the All-Hearer, the All-Knower." [42:11]
Like most Sufi tenets, fanaa is mentioned neither in the Qur'aan nor in the Sunnah. It is rather a Sufi gimmick and a satanic deception.
6. The Student and his 'Shaykh' - There exists a strange and twisted relationship between the 'shaykh' (murshid) and his student (mureed). The student has to obey the 'shaykh' at all times and can't have any objection to the 'shaykhs' statements, he must not speak in front of the 'shaykh' nor pray in front of him without the 'shaykhs' permission.
The student is not allowed to attain his 'spiritual development' from any other source, and he must keep in constant contact with the 'shaykh' who will inform him of his 'spiritual progress'.
Another thing which the student must do is give a bay'ah (pledge of allegiance) to his Shaykh so that he will then become a person of the tareeqah (path). There are several Sufi tareeqahs that the Sufi can give bay'ah to such as Naqshbandi, Chistee, Qaadiri and Shaadili named after the founder (often so-called) of the Tareeqah. Once the Sufi student makes his pledge to his 'shaykh', by placing his hand in the hand of his 'shaykh', he joins the tareeqah of the 'shaykh'. He then becomes part of a Sufi chain which many claim goes all the way back to the Prophet (sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam)
Bay'ah linguistically means making an agreement. Islaamically it signifies making pledge to the Khalifah, or the Muslim ruler to promise or swear allegiance to him, not to revolt against him, but to obey him in whatever is not disobedience to Allaah (subhaanahu wa ta'aala). In doing so, it was usual for the person making this covenant to place his hand in the hand of the Khalifah, or the ruler of the Muslims, in confirmation of the covenant. But the Sufis took this correct bay'ah a step further and started giving bay'ah to their shaykh's, who were not caliphs or rulers. All of the examples of Muslims giving rulers' bay'ah pertain only to that bay'ah, which is an exclusive belonging to the Khalifah or the ruler of the Muslims. Not one of the Ulema of the past made any reference to another form of bay'ah, like that of the Sufis.
The Statements of the Scholars on Sufism
Imaam Ash-Shaaf'iee said concerning Sufism:
"If a person exercised Sufism at the beginning of the day, he does not come to Dhuhr except an idiot." [Tablees Iblees]
"Nobody accompanied the Sufis forty days and had his brain return (ever)." [Tablees Iblees]
Shaykh Abu Bakr Al Jazaa'iree stated:
"Sufism is a shameful deception which begins with Dhikr and ends with Kufr. Its outward manifestation appears to be piety, but its inward reality forsakes the Commandments of Allaah." [Illat-Tasawwuf Yaa Ibadallah]
A Misconception Cleared
Some people might argue that what has been mentioned is only the beliefs and practices of the extreme Sufis and not what is held by the majority of the Sufis. The Sufis of today have certain books and scholars of the past that they love and refer to. The books of the Sufis constantly refer Sufi Masters like Ibn Arabi who they call the 'greatest Shaykh.'
They also have in their books and on their web-sites, articles which have words of disbelief in them. So if someone says "I am a Sufi", practices Sufism and refers to the books of the Sufis and the scholars of Sufism, then unless they dissociate themselves from the evil beliefs of Sufism then we take it that they too accept and hold those beliefs.
What we have presented here is not to 'have a go' or to try and cause division as some people put it, but for the sole purpose of warning the Muslims against this evil. Today many Muslims who claim to have the correct aqeedah are found co-operating with the sufis for the sake of 'unity' not speaking against them, despite knowing their evil beliefs.
These Muslims who claim to be following the way of the salaf us Saalih (righteous predecessors) are found to be 'best friends' with people who hold beliefs that Allaah is everywhere, perform weird Sufi chants and do much more innovations. Yet when it comes to co-operating with the people of sunnah who try to expose all falsehood they turn way from them and accuse them of splitting the Ummah.
The strange thing with such people is that they will hate Muslims who follow the way of the Companions in not revolting against the Muslim ruler yet when it comes to the grave worshippers and the followers of Ibn Arabi you will find them arm in arm with them attacking the people of truth. What a sorry state they are in!
We ask Allaah (subhaanahu wa ta'aala) to guide us all to the truth and to expose the people of falsehood wherever they are.
Article source: Islam Awareness http://www.islamawareness.net/Deviant/Sufi/truth.html
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Tue Sep 21, 2010 9:04 pm
Basic Information
Name: Remiji Daisuke
Age: 17, actual age 326
Gender: Male
Division: 11th Division
Seat: Captain
Looks: Remiji Daisuke looks very young for his age, his flamboyant personality fits his style, as it goes for shinigami. He is 5'10" and skinny. At only 170 lbs he is fairly heavy for his speed, but his body is rocked and almost unblemished except for the few scars that run along his chest around his pec muscles and lower abdomen, though those scars are rarely seen since Daisuke's shirt is rarely torn unless he takes the shirt off willingly. His face is young and handsome and his eyes are an odd shade of light green, very uncommon to see in most people. His most stunning feature is his bright red hair, yet its the feature he grew up to hate the most. Daisuke likes to travel to the real world a lot, and he enjoys the clothes from the human world a lot, and many times you'll see him traveling around the seireitei in human clothes. He is frowned upon a lot by his peers since his clothes don't match combat regulations, but he finds that they're more comfortable than the black shihakusho that are standard for any shinigami. He usually finds time to switch into his shihakusho before going to the real world for any battle with a hollow though, so the authorities usually let him go with his clothes. Is missing his left arm.
Personality: Daisuke is a flamboyant character, he loves to have fun and is generally the guy you go to for a good time. He enjoys making others laugh and is generally the only one who isn't serious about most of his business. He doesn't love to fight as much as the other shinigami in the 11th division, but his goal is still set on becoming captain. Daisuke is known as somewhat of a playboy, he loves to flirt and is generally seen around a woman. His womanizing ways has seen him get into a lot of fights with boyfriends and generally Daisuke will avoid the fight for as long as possible by joking with a person. He is very helpful when it comes to problems as well, he has talked people out of hairy situations before and is almost a pyschologist when it comes to reading the human mind. He can generally come up with a solution to a problem, or use his ability to play mind games if he pleases, but he tends to try to keep his mind games out of play unless it comes battle, or sometimes even personal gain. When it comes to training, Daisuke is serious about his business, he will train for hours on end until complete exhaustion, running sprints, doing push-ups, and training his sword abilities. His kido isn't his strongest asset, but many people have been surprised when he uses any ability because they are honed far beyond what his personality would tell. Daisuke loves to play mind games with most enemies, and when in a fight, he will usually talk more than he will fight, and his calm but cocky composure while fighting usually gives him the advantage in a fight between a weak-minded opponent and himself.
Strength: 15
Speed: 40 => 50 (shikai) => 60 (bankai)
Accuracy: 20
Stamina: 15
Zanpaktou Information
Zanpaktou Name: Retsu Hayaku
Zanpaktou Looks: The blade of the Zanpaktou is blue, and unnatural color for a sword. Its unknown what metal is used in the blade, but the kanji on the blade are very obvious to see, they're black with a red outline. They read "Blood is merely a sacrifice for the honor of the holder of this sword, and only an honorable person may shed blood for justice." The hilt of the sword is black as well as the guard which is shaped out like a star with spikes protruding from each arm to close the hilt and protect Daisuke's hand. The hilt also has a function to catch the tip of some zanpaktou and pull the opponents sword from their hand.
Zanpaktou Description: In Retsu Hayaku's shikai form, the blade changes from metal to an icy substance as strong as diamond. Retsu Hayaku's blade is cold as ice as well, and one touch from the blade will freeze a small part of the limb of the opponent for a short period of time making the limb nearly useless and heavier, hindering the opponent enough for Daisuke to try and take advantage of his speed.
Released Zanpaktou Description: When Retsu Hayaku's blade is released into its bankai form it shrinks into a smaller form of a blood red diamond blade. The kanji from the sword's blade travels up the hilt onto the forearms of the user and takes place on the arms of the user giving Daisuke the ability to call his sword back if he ever happens to be seperated from his blade. His ability to freeze a limb increases slightly allowing him to freeze entire limbs and giving Daisuke slightly faster speed, enough to take advantage of a lot of opponents.
Zanpaktou Release Phrase: "Blood, Honor, and Justice, Release: Retsu Hayaku"
Released Zanpaktou Looks: Description is in the Released Zanpaktou Description
Zanpaktou Spirit: Aisutenma: A small and speedy ice demon with an honorable intention. He is fondly called Aisu for a nickname. He is generally a quiet spirit and is mainly a guiding spirit for Daisuke. He doesn't talk much unless there is a difficult situation for Daisuke, so very little is known about him right now.
Zanpaktou Realm: The Realm of Aisutenma is a very peaceful pond, the tree's around the shore gives the Realm an even more mysterious feeling. You can almost always hear birds chirping, and the animals around the area are a fascinating sight, they're flourescent blue like spirits and look very similar to Aisutenma. The area seems almost like the real world, yet at the same time its like a haven to any person searching for spiritual guidance.
History and RP Sample
Life Before Death: Daisuke was always a loner child, spending his days sitting at the lunch table alone watching the other kids converse and talk to eachother. His days were spent alone and he was bullied constantly by his peers. It was always hard being the shy person, he never wanted to be a part of everyone else because everyone else never wanted to be a part of him. It was this way throughout elementary school on to high school. He could never understand it, even then, why should he? He was a mere child.
It wasn't until his 5th year into elementary school before he even realized that he had a power hidden inside him. He could see things others couldn't. A man walking down the street with a chain through his chest, a somber look in his eyes. A child playing with his blanket, jumps into the river and takes a swim and doesn't come out until an hour later. Daisuke would sit there for hours and just stare at the people as they walked by and live their life by theirself. People from the real world would merely walk by and point or stare. The looks... Daisuke would never look up, he would never pay attention to the stares, but he could feel them, burning into his forehead. He would never understand until years later what these people actually were. Spirits, left behind in the afterlife, too scared to pass on, or leaving something behind that they could not finish. He would never understand the evil that these spirits could hold, or the sadness that their past could bring. He only knew that they too were just like him, alone, unseen.
Daisuke had his family there with him, but what good was his family? Even they didn't understand their child, of course his older sister tried to take care of her younger brother. She was only a year older than him, and they were all they had. She was popular with everyone, and she was everything Daisuke wished he could be. Her name was Remiji Ikune, the complete opposite of her brother. Whenever Daisuke would be around his sister he could always feel the stares of her friends, he could hear the whispers that were always too loud. "Why does she even try with her brother, its completely pointless." Daisuke knew he wasn't the only one that heard it, whenever he'd look up his sister would just put her hand on his shoulder and smile and immediately it would calm him down. He never understood how she had that power, and he never understood the pain it would cause him to lose her one day.
Daisuke realized that day when he had just turned 17, it was his sister's graduation day. The one day he could see her truely happy and free. The chains of school would no longer bind her until she would go to college. He had listened to her and followed her all throughout school and he learned what it was like to be like her. On that graduation day, the only recognition he would ever see in his life would be amongst her friends, he could finally join them in celebrating her success, even though he knew that once the day was over, he would be back to being the loner once again. He took advantage of that one day, the one day he was finally popular. Or at least the few hours...
Daisuke was walking home with his sister, a large smile on both their faces. It was late at night by that time, some time around 9:30 at night. He knew it would be dangerous for her to just walk the streets home alone at this time. She had planned to stay at a friends house that night, but she realized how much the day had helped her brother. She had to stay with him, let him feel like he was popular for one day. It happened fast and everything ended abruptly. All he could feel was the temperature change from the hot night to cold. Ice freezing cold. His body went numb and all he could see was a white face, a monster was the only way he felt he could describe it. It was tall, about 9ft tall, and it was on all fours. The mask it wore had red feathers coming out the back and there was a large hole in his chest. The only thing he recognized was that it was the same spot where his spirit friends had their chains, the chains that bound them to earth. This one had broken free, but at what cost? Daisuke looked over and noticed his sister Ikune, she was stopped, frozen in her tracks. She had no idea what was happening, she only knew that there was something wrong, everything was cold, and the atmosphere felt lifeless and dead. She could tell that they were in trouble, but she couldn't see why. All she knew was that her brother was in just as much danger as she was, and she wanted to protect him at all costs. The penalty would be her life. In mere seconds the hollow was on top of Daisuke's sister, his jaws around her body and blood that was on the floor. Daisuke knew he had to run, he tried, as fast as he could to get away. He cursed himself for letting his sister get hurt, for letting her die. But it was too late, what could he do as he felt a large, lifeless hand grab around his body. He fainted immediately, his body was already spent before he reached the jaws of the hollow. He didn't even know that his sister would later be trapped to earth, forever wandering the land trying to find and save her brother, cursing herself for letting him get harmed. Isn't it the curse that she was the one to die first, that if it had been the other way around, she may have passed on into the spirit world knowing that her brother was already gone and that she couldn't prevent it anyways. But the question will always remain to her... "What if?"
Becoming a Shinigami: Daisuke woke up in field near a shed. It was dark at night, the woods surrounding him were almost haunting him, and the animals surrounded him. None of them were recognizable, there were animals that looked like they were out of a fairy tale. The deer seemed more noble than their counterpart back in the living world. Daisuke couldn't understand how he ended there, his memory was blank, all he knew was that he was here. He knew his name and that he was now different then what he was before. He just didn't know how. How surprising would it be that he was now not the lonely kid, that the one day he was popular in real life would forever change his personality in the afterlife. He was happy, even through the confusion. Something about him felt new to himself, but he didn't know how.
Daisuke was further startled by a noise, he heard footsteps, they were fast and in unison. Almost as if they were in formation. He quickly sat up wondering if there was danger around him. He was unfamiliar with his surrounding, so hiding was almost out of the question, all he could do was sit and watch as a group of shinigami recruits running drills ran past him. Each of them were training together, trying to hone their skill so that they could one day protect the living world and earn their own honor. Daisuke watched in awe as they ran by, each of them were physically honed matching their abilities. There were some that were built, and very muscular, they looked like ox that were ready to attack in a second. Yet others were fast, their body was long and lanky, they looked graceful as they ran, yet Daisuke could tell that it was only a drill because they seemed so relaxed and their movements were so accute, their abilities honed and ready for use. They ran past without stopping, and Daisuke watched as they ran off into the distance until he couldn't see them any longer. He could hear more footsteps coming, this time slower than before. It was a farmer, the man seemed poor and ragged. He didn't seem to have much, but his face was kind as he approached Daisuke and held out a hand to pick him up.
"You're a new face here, I'm guessing this is your first time viewing the world around you. Its pretty peaceful here isn't it?"
Daisuke nodded, he was speechless, he didn't know where he was, but he knew it wasn't the first time he had seen a world like this. Everything seemed so natural to him, even though everything was foreign. The farmer seemed to understand the look on his face. He was old, he seemed poor, but it seemed as if he was poor by choice, attempting to live a simple life. The man didn't look like he was a stranger to the area, in fact, he looked like he knew everything like the back of his hand. He merely grabbed Daisuke's hand and immediately Daisuke followed him, quietly and unresponsive. The man didn't attempt to talk, he just wanted to let Daisuke soak in the fact that he was in some place new. He merely led him into a rundown house near the shed. Inside the house it was almost as if the man was trying to live a simple life. Inside was a fireplace in the middle of the room with a grill atop it, there were two chairs near the fire, and there was a bookshelf against the wall with a bed next to it. Atop one of the chairs was a book placed upside down along the arm of the chair, it was open to a page somewhere near the end of the book. The man seemed to be well-educated as well, surprising for a man who lived his life so simply. He pointed for Daisuke to sit in the empty chair across from the fire as he took his place in his own seat, he grabbed the book and opened it to the page he was reading before he went outside. His voice was quiet yet fierce, yet his gaze never left the book.
"Welcome to my humble abode." The man chuckled a bit as he released his bit of sarcasm, he seemed humble and used to his surroundings. "You're the first visitor I've had in a long time, I guess you should know now that you're in another realm. You probably don't understand but, this is the spirit realm, somewhere in your past life, you died and came here. At your age it would seem like you died young and far before your time."
Daisuke could speak much, everything was overwhelming to him, yet he had so many questions. His first question was one he could never ask, which was why a man who lived his life so simple understood so much about him, yet he could probably answer it just as quickly himself as he realized the man lived a simple life and has much time to ponder questions such as this. He finally found the nerve to speak after about two minutes of pondering his own mind for questions.
"How did you know I was out there? Or how did you know where I was from, I have no idea what I'm doing now as it is."
The man smiled, he hadn't even given his name, yet if he were to give his name to any other person in the spirit world, it would be recognized immediately with awe and honor. He was man that was respected everywhere for his ability as a leader and as a fighter. He was the previous captain of the 11th division. He felt something special about this kid, and something inside of him woke up, the fire to lead and the wish to help someone in need.
"How about we first start off with names. My name is Senrai Kenpachi. The name Kenpachi is given only the most honorable man that loves to fight. Everyone who has ever been the Captain of the 11th division has been given the name Kenpachi. But that might be hard for you to understand, I suppose I should begin by telling you of the soul society. Its made up of a group of warriors called shinigami. We protect the living world from hollows, deadly spirits that wish to destroy the living for their own personal gain, they kill for hunger and they kill for power, their reasons are never good, but our job is to keep the hollow in check. We're the force behind good and evil, and we're the ones that keep everything in check. That is our job that we've had for countless centuries. The soul society is made up of 13 divisions called the Gotei 13 court. Each division is led by the 13 most powerful shinigami, and the 11th division has been called the most powerful. Our division was made for combat, and we're always the first on the job for any mission. Being captain of that division usually means you're the strongest warrior in all the spirit world. But even as a spirit we all age and grow weary of fighting, and as you can see, I've decided to live the simple life and hone my mind rather than my body. This is how I knew who you were, everyone has a spirit pressure, and yours is far stronger than most, and I see potential in you."
Daisuke was recieving information very quickly, he wanted the time to slow down, he wanted time to comprehend what was being said. One second he is lieing in a field with no idea what is happening, and now he is in the house of a man who claims to have been one of the strongest fighters to ever live. Daisuke now had a goal, he wanted to be like this man, a man who was wise beyond his years and willing to fight for honor, not for power. Daisuke wanted to become a shinigami, and he knew this man was probably his only chance of ever achieving the ability. He wasn't sure why, but he was almost compelled to listen to the man.
"My name is Remiji Daisuke, I don't know who I am or where I'm from. I don't know you or your name, but I wish for you to help me understand my purpose here in the spirit realm. I wish to become a shinigami and help protect the living."
Kenpachi smiled and placed his book back down on the arm of the chair, closing it completely this time. He was ready for more than reading now, he was going to make a man out of Daisuke. He stood up and walked over to the bookshelf. Atop it was a blade, mounted atop a holder, it was sheathed. Kenpachi was tall in stature as it was, he reached up and picked up the blade and handed it to Daisuke. Daisuke handled the blade with reverance as he held it in both hands. Kenpachi slowly unsheathed the blade, revealing the blue, lustered blade to Daisuke. Daisuke marveled at the craftsmenship and slowly he read the kanji on the side of the blade. Kenpachi read the kanji without even looking at the blade, the words etched into his mind.
"'Blood is merely a sacrifice for the honor of the holder of this sword, and only an honorable person my shed blood for justice.' This blade is now yours, it was my own blade when I fought my battles, and now I'm handing it down to you so that you may fight your battles. You seem honorable, and even though blood shed is not always necessary, your justice seems pure enough to understand my teachings. Now we must soon begin, because your training in the academy will begin soon after I am finished with you."
Life as a Shinigami: "Captain Daisuke, Captain Daisuke, Get up!!!"
Daisuke opened his eyes and saw one of his understudies pushing for his attention. Daisuke understood the call seemed urgent, he could remember what he was supposed to do today but he knew he didn't want to get up. He laid in his bed, his covers up over his head trying to avoid conversation with his servant, who happened to be named Hanuke Jin. Jin was small and very young looked almost like a child, which wasn't far from the truth, he was in fact a mere boy. He died a very young age at around the age of eight, yet he was very mature for his age. He was a happy spirit, his hair color was blue and his eyes were red. It was a very odd combination and it always reminded Daisuke of himself, it was the reason he took the child in and treated him as if he was his own son, or at least a brother.
"Daisuke, get up you have a conference with the gotei 13. Its about a disturbance among Hueco Mundo and the Spirit world, its important. You remember last time? You were almost late and they scolded you harshly."
Daisuke remembered the conference now and he remembered that he was scolded harshly by the Captain-Commander. He hated conferences, they were the worst, and he immediately covered himself further with the covers trying to hold the covers over his because he knew what the next move would be. Without surprise he felt the covers yanked from the bed as Daisuke went flying across the room into the wall causing him to hit his head and land with a thump on the ground. Daisuke looked up at Jin who sat on the edge of the bed now with a devilish grin. For his age, Jin was unsuspectingly strong, and he was strong enough to toss Daisuke from the bed to the wall with ease. Daisuke stood up, his eyes drooped and you could tell he was out partying last night and was awake with a hangover.
"Damn you Jin, you have to do that everytime, and its so annoying! I should spank you, you do know that right?"
Jin merely smiled and watched as Daisuke picked up the covers and threw them over Jin and tucked the boy between the bed and the covers and started tickling the large mass underneath the bedsheets. Immediately the mass began to move and twitch trying to get away from Daisuke's fingers, and laughter was easily heard. Daisuke watched as his door came open and two shinigami were waiting there, they were supposed to be his wake up call. Immediately he saw the awkwardness of a man tickling a little boy in his bed, especially considering his wake up call was specifically chosen as two beautiful women. Immediately Daisuke smiled and blushed, he was standing in his room in his underwear, and he watched as the two ladies blushed and began to whisper to eachother. Daisuke immediately used the opportunity to sneak out of the room into his bathroom where he changed into his captain's shihakusho. From there he jumped out the bathroom window and out onto the roof of the 11th division quarters. He jumped from roof to roof taking his time getting to the meeting. He stopped on the ledge next to the window of the meeting room, peeking in before jumping in. He noticed the 12 people in the room and noticed the meeting had already began, he noticed he was late once again, and the glares on the faces of the 12 other captains gave away his guilt. All he could do was smile and wait for the meeting to begin and his life as a captain to continue, or so he hoped.
RP Sample: This is just the opening post to my old RP: Meeting of Lions
The year is 216 of the Third Age of men. The world is Terrorized by an evil man, Terabithea
Since the Second age, the precise date is lost, Angar's evil reign began. During the years, people
roared for a change. Several uproars occurred, but were easily turned away.
Somewhere at the end of the Second Age, Two brave warriors stood up against Terabithea
Angar. These two inspired the whole nation, causing one of the largest uproars ever. These two
people were able to evolve, and develop themselves into legendary warriors. The legendary
Paladin, Lorus, and his companion, the Dark Knight, Garin.
They managed to break into Angar's fortress, in vain. Despite the fact that they managed to
wound Angar severely, they were killed. It is said that their souls were brought into a deep sleep,
waiting in the legendary swords they wielded. Angar, fearing the power of the swords, had them
removed from his castle, hidden in the same location, yet protected by the strongest of magic,
magic that could only be broken by the "Lions."
After their death, those who once defied the ruler, succumbed back to their routine, grasping that
faint whisper of hope which these two gave, leaving the world in peril again.
Now, in Third Age of Men, Terabithea Angar rules much of the world, leading many of the
mythical creatures, including most of the dragon-kin race. All hope seems lost for the rebellion,
those creatures that are willing to follow them are doubtful and frightened. But during the New
Age, it seems time for a rebellion.
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Barot grabbed another book off the shelf, it was dusty and the title was worn, almost unreadable. He began to mumble under his breath as he tried to decipher the title, blowing away some of the dust on the cover, grumbling even more as some of the dust got on his face and armor. Finally the title was barely there, the silver lining of the words just visible, and the brown leather binding falling apart.
"Noble Families of the Second Age of Man."
Barot was beginning to talk out loud as his eyes gleamed, looking for knowledge as he opened the cover, looking at the worn out words on the pages, the penmanship wasn't the greatest making the words even harder to read. He began searching through the book, looking for a family crest that may match his own. He felt a cold draft as he looked around, muttering about how the castle was so horribly built. As he reached the last page, he sighed, he peaked his eye through the vacant hole that the book had filled up before, he began to look around trying to see if anyone was around as he lightly whistled, outside he could hear a flutter of very large wings and a couple of gasps from the bystanders below. Barot smiled as he placed the book back in the hole on the shelf, looking over at a window that was now the center of attention in the library. Barot began to dart towards the window, diving though it onto a large golden body beneath him.
"Do you always have to be so brash?"
Barot smiled as he looked at the golden eyes of the dragon, looking back along his long body. Barot rubbed his hands along the golden scales on the back of the dragon, still always amazed by the power and motion he felt as the beast flapped its wings. Barot's loud and cheerful voice carried even down to the courtyards below.
"Well, explain to me why the idiot architects decided to build a library in the tower of a castle?"
"So they could keep idiots like you away."
Barot laughed as he kicked the side of the dragon signaling for it to fly. The air outside was cold, as the dragon flew, Barot could feel the cold bite of the wind seeking through his armor and causing his hair to stand up. Barot began fidgeting with his armor, trying to tighten it to no avail. He could understand the difficulty of working atop a large flying dragon as he began to sigh.
"Hey Kif, any news on the family crest yet?"
Barot began to fidget with his sword even more as he began to wonder about who he was. He looked over the side of Kif'br, down at the courtyard where he could see all the bustling people of the Paladin fortress. His eyes drifted to and over the walls guarding the large bustling metropolis. Again, his mind began to wander, wondering what news there was of the Black Knights and Terabithea Angar. He was more curious about the most recent plans for the Rebellion, when he heard of them, he thought they were too farfetched to believe, but the idea of finding the "Swords of Legend" seem to be fiction. Barot unsheathed his sword, running the thumb of his right hand along the blade. Kif'br realizing that the sword was unsheathed looked back, his body fidgeting a bit.
"Do you have to have that thing out while you're on my back?"
"What's the problem? You and me have already began to work with spears and lances, I'm most skilled with swords, be prepared to learn to handle those as well."
Kif'br realized that his learning to ride with a sword user was more than just about his master being most skilled with them, he had overheard the rumors as well flying around about the "Swords of Legend." Kif'br looked down his eyes spotting a clearing in the woods where they used to always train, the dragon landing softly on a patch of clear dirt, allowing Barot to slip off and face the dragon.
"You going to stay and train?"
Kif'br shook his head began to flap his wings as Barot mumbled something about laziness, already beginning to hack his sword into a large tree, causing deep indents, where the sap oozed out slowly, where he knew it would crystalize the next day. His power with the sword was far weaker than most, and he knew it, he'd pull the sword out each time and swing again, all in hopes of strengthening his blows. After awhile, he felt his arms beginning to get sore as he sat back against the tree which now had a large gash going about half-way though the tree. Barot found it surprising that the tree was still standing and able to support his weight as he sat against it, nodding off a bit into his sleep.
Name: Bakudantama (Exploding FireBall)
Type: Hadou
Number: 52
Element: Fire
Incantation: Develop in flames, the birds remain as phoenix fire ungulfs the body, destruction leads to justice and sacrifice leads to death. Hadou number 52: Bakudantama
Description: A ball of fire develops in the hand of the user, as the user approaches the opponent he extends his hand and the ball explodes into the opponent cause massive burn damage and also self-inflicts burn damage to the user. Usually the damage offsets fairly equally causing enough damage to immobilize the opponent for capture.
Name: Oritori (The Caged Bird)
Type: Bakudo
Number: 82
Element: Light
Incantation: Freedom removed, wings clipped, never to be release, the caged bird never to fly again. Bakudo number 82: Oritori
Description: Light forms around the opponent in the shape of bars as a bird lifts the cage away from the battlefield to take it to the place of the users choice. Used to capture opponents and transfer them straight to the seireitei's prison for either interogation or execution. Only used for high-class criminals
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Subject: Re: Remiji Daisuke
Wed Sep 22, 2010 11:39 am
couldn't you have just used the template in the topic Character sheet, and make your Zanpakutō in a different subject.
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I'm sitting at work at 4pm, waiting to leave to go pick up my daughter. And with how busy I am (or should be), you would think I'd be scrambling to get stuff done. And I was, up until about 5 minutes ago. Now I'm waiting, feeling anxious to leave but unable to because I would feel the guilt if I left early.
Isn't it odd how even when we are waiting in silence we are still so restless?
Even when I don't have a million things to do, I try to find something to busy myself. Like here at work, I have 30 minutes before I usually leave, and I'm trying to find something to occupy myself for that time. But I can't get too invested because I'll have to leave it unfinished until tomorrow. Still, I can't just sit here and do nothing.
But perhaps that's what God has been trying to teach me these past many months (and I mean, many). Maybe I should be waiting in peace rather than restlessness. Instead of finding ways to be anxious, I should be at peace when everything is taken care of. I know that I've always struggled with that. I always have something to worry about, and when that something is fixed, I put another worry in its place. I worried about hosting a speaker a few weeks ago. Hosting him was actually really great, and I learned a lot. Now I'm worried about the fact that I'm behind in my PhD work. At home, I'm worried about my daughter not sleeping – is it because she's too cold? Worry after worry, I find myself drowning in this waiting for the worst thing to happen. God doesn't ask me to do that. He asks me to wait in peace, and trust in His plan for me. That doesn't mean I won't suffer, but I shouldn't suffer from my own anxiety.
Believe me, a lot of my issues stem from this anxiety. I've always been an anxious person, even before I had a baby. But everything is heightened now – like anxiety on steroids. And waiting is so much harder now.
Isn't it odd how that happens? I'm always unhappy with the waiting for the next stage. I was frustrated when I had to wait to get married. I was upset when we were waiting to start our family. I was uncomfortable waiting for Lily to be born. Now I'm frustrated with waiting on results, waiting even longer for my PhD. I wish I could go back and tell myself to be happy with the waiting. To be at peace with the waiting. Because things change, but not always in the way we expect. (I mean, I used to actually get a full night of sleep and be able to focus entirely on science without being sleep-deprived.) So maybe I should have focused more on gaining the grace I needed while I was waiting, instead of being angry that things weren't happening the way I wanted. I once heard a woman say that she wished she had spent her weekly time in adoration during her single years praying for grace in her future marriage rather than wishing she was already married. She has six children, so she needs a lot of grace. I should have listened to her.
The times of waiting are opportunities for growth. I may feel like it's stagnant, and the day to day is unfulfilling. But God is asking me to grow somehow. I don't really understand how, but that's what the quiet moments are for.
Right now, no one is screaming at me. No one is stressing me out with a deadline. And the lab is oddly quiet, a strange stillness in a world that is constantly moving. I'm coming to appreciate those moments of quiet, but I really need to focus on not worrying through them. Rather, I should focus on the beauty of the slowness at the end of the day, waiting for the blessing of seeing my baby girl in a bit.


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I haven't been doing much in the way of stitching lately. I've taken some time to work on my family tree and I've been having a great time with that despite being so incredibly stuck on my 3rd great grandmother!
I've also taken some time to do some reading. There's been a lot of books on my "want to read" list so every afternoon around 3:30, I make a cup of tea and read a few chapters.
I love history so my current read is "Killing Lincoln" by Bill O'Reilly. This also helps to put me in the 1800's "state of mind" which is where I'm focused right now on the family tree.
In thinking about when I get back to stitching, I thought I'd start working up a few seam treatment patterns. Most of you know that I mostly use Waste Canvas to embroider the seams on my crazy quilts and when I get a bee in my bonnet about some new ones, I chart them out on my computer.
For today, I have 3 flower borders that I thought I would share here in case I have any waste canvas girls out there!
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Wednesday, February 10, 2016
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- Renee said...
Reading with a cup of tea at a set time every day sounds delightful. Thank you for the seam treatment ideas. They are lovely!
Thanks so much for these designs, Pam. I'm still a klutz at waste canvas, but I do come back and try every once in a while! I love genealogy. It's the greatest mystery in the world, following from clue to clue to find people and put them in the right place. It's so exciting when I also find out something ABOUT them. I feel like I get to know them, and look forward to meeting them hereafter.
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Economic troubles are affecting people and businesses alike. We also hear that the troubles are causing state governments to cut back as well. This has included mandatory pay freezes, furlough days and the prospect of increased taxes. Soon, however, people can expect to start seeing yet another impact of the times. This one, however, is likely to impact even more people across the country and make people even angrier.
On Friday March 12, the USA Today reported that states across the country are going to hold on to tax refunds for months after tax returns are filed. (States May Hold Onto Tax Refunds For Months.) ABC Nightly News reported that
Alabama, Arkansas and North Carolina may delay refunds for months and expects to delay refunds by several weeks. The stories explain that the delayed refunds are the result of cash flow problems in these states. Unfortunately, however, there will be little for taxpayers to do other than to get angry and plan to avoid becoming victim to the same problem in the future. New York
The best way to be sure that you aren't affected by the government's inability to issue a tax refund in future years is to avoid being owed a refund in the first place. When you are owed a refund it means that you have essentially given the government an interest free loan equal to the amount of your refund. For the majority of taxpayers this is the result of an employer withholding too much income tax from the employee's paycheck during the year. This, however, is not the employer's fault. The employer is withholding the amount of tax that the employee told it to on the Form W-4 that the employee filled out. If an employee receives a refund year after year, he or she should consider filing a new W-4 to reduce the amount of income tax withheld from each paycheck. By doing so, that person puts more money into their pocket with every paycheck and avoids the risk of the government not being able to give the money back at tax time.
Certainly people look forward to receiving their expected tax refund every year. They even plan what the money will be used for well in advance of filing their tax return. However, these days, relying on the government's ability to give the money back in a timely fashion is increasingly risky. Perhaps, however, if we all could collect from the states the same kind of penalties that they impose on us if we fail to pay, the government would send our money back promptly.


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Consolidating tuition loans
18-Mar-2015 06:51
The "refinancing" aspect is something the government does not really offer.
Refinancing allows you to get a better interest rate on your loans than you did when you first borrowed.
First, what does consolidating student loans really mean?You'll also preserve the robust benefits of federal student loans, such as Income-Based Repayment, that private lenders don't offer.However, you'll need to carefully consider your personal situation in order to make this decision - since the interest rate you'll receive is a weighted average among all your existing loans, rounded to the nearest 1/8 of a 1%, you might actually raise the overall amount you pay in interest.Finally, if you have a solid job and a solid credit score, think about looking into a personal loan at a bank or credit union.
You might not be able to score a deal for the entire amount, but if you can get a fixed-rate personal loan to pay off some of the variable-rate student loan debt, that will offer you more stability.Now, let's get started on how to consolidate your student loans.


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Energy FC fell behind early and lost to the Swope Park Rangers 2-0 on the road in Kansas City. Lebo Moloto scored both goals for Swope Park.
The Greens fell behind in the first half after the referee determined that Cody Laurendi brought down Swope Park Rangers' Tyler Pansher in the box in the 18th minute. The contact looked minimal, but Lebo Moloto stepped up and dispatched the penalty down the middle as Laurendi dove to his right.
The Greens looked likely to level the score with Miguel Gonzalez coming close in the 41st minute. Jose Angulo played a through ball in behind the Swope Park defense into the path of Gonzalez, but his chipped effort drifted just past the far post.
Jose Angulo created several chances of his own from outside the box in the opening 45 minutes, but he was unable to really test Swope Park goalkeeper Adrian Zendejes from distance.
Swope Park doubled their lead early in the second half when Felipe Hernandez dribbled into the box to the end line and cut one back for a waiting Moloto. The striker was able to finish from six yards out and double his tally on the night.
Energy FC had few chances to get back into the game and never really came close to testing Adrian Zendejas in the latter stages of the match.
With the loss, OKC move to 9-10-6 on the season, while Swope Park now sit at 13-6-6. The loss, combined with a win by Phoenix Rising FC means Energy FC now sits in the #9 position in the Western Conference. The top eight teams make the postseason.
The next match for Energy FC is a 5 p.m. CDT kickoff on Sunday, Sept. 10, when OKC takes on Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2 at Taft Stadium.


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May 26, 2013, midnight
Parliamentary elections are being held this Sunday in Equatorial Guinea. The last elections were held in 2008, when the ruling Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea / Partido Democr�tico de Guinea Ecuatorial� and its allies 99 of the 100 seats in the House of People's Representatives. The opposition Convergence for Social Democracy / Convergencia Para la Democracia Social, led by Placido MICO Abogo, won the other seat. Constitutional amendments ratified in 2012 created a new, bicameral legislature, to be elected during the 2013 general election. The new Senate will consist of 70 seats, 55 of which are directly elected, and 15 of which will be appointed by the President.


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In Beaver Valley
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|In Beaver Valley
|Directed by
|James Algar
|Produced by
|Walt Disney
|Written by
|Lawrence Edward Watkin
Ted Sears
|Narrated by
|Winston Hibler
|Music by
|Paul Smith
|Alfred Milotte
|Edited by
|Norman R. Palmer
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In Beaver Valley is a 1950 American short documentary film directed by James Algar. The film was produced by Walt Disney as part of the True-Life Adventures series of nature documentaries.[1] It won an Oscar in 1951 for Best Short Subject (Two-Reel).[2][3] At the 1st Berlin International Film Festival it won the Golden Bear (Documentaries) award.[4]
- Winston Hibler as Narrator
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House prices jump in Preston West Primary School zone
Parents eager to send their kids to Preston West Primary are ready to splash cash in order to secure property in the school's zone.
According to new data from the Real Estate Institute of Victoria, there is a $100,000 median price difference between homes in as well as outside the Preston West Primary School zone.
Inside the Preston West Primary School zone, the median house price sits at $1 million, while it sits at $900,000 for those just outside the Preston West Primary School area.
Real Estate Institute of Victoria President Joseph Walton said that properties near some of the best primary schools of the city were becoming more sought after.
"While suburbs zoned for the state's top secondary schools have seen significant price growth for a number of years, now too are homes within the catchment area of quality public primary schools," Mr Walton said.
"Rather than paying private school fees, parents of school-aged children are looking to invest that money in the family home, buying into areas zoned for some of the city's best public primary and secondary schools."
He said that the majority of buyers were families with primary school-aged children as well as couples who planned to have children or were expecting their first child.


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One of the mysteries of the English language finally explained.
Definition of young England in English:
young England
1Young English people collectively.
2With capital initial. A group of young, chiefly aristocratic Tory politicians active especially in the 1840s, advocating the preservation of the established Church and social hierarchy, whilst promoting religious toleration and a philanthropic paternalism towards industrial workers by the landed aristocracy. Compare "Tory democracy". Now historical.
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in The New Monthly Magazine. From young + England.
young England/ˌjʌŋ ˈɪŋɡlənd/
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Andrew Frost is a Shareholder in the Business Practice Group in the Milwaukee Office. Andrew primarily focuses his practice on employee benefits, executive compensation and mergers and acquisitions.
As a member of the firm's Compensation and Benefits/ERISA Section, Andrew advises on health and welfare, corporate pension, 401(k), profit sharing, executive compensation, nonqualified deferred compensation, employee stock ownership plans, cafeteria plans and flexible benefit programs. He works with publicly-traded and private for-profit businesses, tax-exempt entities, and religiously-affiliated institutions. Andrew places a particular focus on executive compensation arrangements, including compliance with tax laws such as Internal Revenue Code Sections 409A and 280G.
Andrew is also a member of the firm's Mergers and Acquisitions Section. He has experience representing buyers, sellers and investors in transactions of various sizes (e.g., $50,000 to $70,000,000) and complexities. His experience includes transactions involving private equity, strategic purchasers and sellers and management buy-outs in a wide variety of transaction structures, including purchases and sales of stock, purchases and sales of assets, and transactions related to the transition of ownership to employee stock ownership plans.
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Quirky Art
I love discovering new art, especially the quirky kind. After taking a stroll around Stratford market the other day, pulled along by the crowds, I came across many stalls selling art prints. One contained prints by the artist Mark Kaiser.
Mark Kaiser was born in 1971 in Worcestershire to Polish parents and has been painting and drawing since the age of three. He studied Design and Illustration at Suffolk University and after his graduation he was contacted by EMI Records who were particularly interested in an illustration he'd created out of burnt Chinese newspapers and this was subsequently seen by the then up-and-coming band Radiohead who wanted to entitle their EP 'Chinese Burn'. The band loved it and exhibited the finished illustration in their house.
An EMI executive also said it was very unfortunate that Freddie Mercury of Queen had passed away a year earlier, as he would have really liked Mark's style and would have been enthused to use it on a new album cover!
In 1995 Mark was commissioned along with his twin brother, Paul to produce a huge Renaissance-style painting on the altar wall of the Polish Church in Kidderminster. After many months of research, studying the work of the Great Masters in the National Gallery and talking to scenery painters in the West End, the painting was started. The whole experience gave them a taste of what life was like for Michelangelo working up on the scaffolding for hours on end. Two years later the project was complete and the painting featured on Central News and was visited by an Archbishop from the Vatican.
From an early age Mark was inspired by Eastern European and American folk art through Polish, Czech and Hungarian folk story-books containing imaginative illustrations. He was also infused by the creative, animated world of Dr Seuss. This can easily be seen through his work:
St. Paul's Cathedral, 2009, oil on canvas.
Among his artistic inspirations are Gustave Baumann, Kawase Hasui, Sir Stanley Spencer, Peter Doig, Gustav Klimt, Alfred Sisley, Charles Ginner, Claude Monet, Vincent Van Gogh and Paul Gauguin.
He says: "I paint from memories of places that I have been to, of people that I've met and atmospheres that have stuck in my mind. I'm interested in architecture and also the human need to call a place 'home'. I like to put in characters to make a painting more colourful. Commissioned paintings usually contain the particular collector(s) as characters within the paintings. Each painting carries it's own atmosphere through the colour, light, people, and background. There are calming moods, carnival atmospheres or simply subdued moods. I have this thing about perspective and sometimes we just don't get on. So I create what feels right, not always what the laws of perspective might say. I find watching holiday programmes expands my imagination and I paint places I'd like to visit one day."
Here is one of my favourite paintings from the print stall in Stratford:
Red Venice, 2005, oil on canvas.
As soon as I saw it I wanted it! The oil painting itself has been sold already, but I may purchase the print at some point.
I would also like to add that there was a steel drum band playing at the stalls too as I ate my bagel. This was entertaining enough, but then an old man strutted into the circle of people watching the performance, and started to do a sexy dance. Certainly made my day!


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Two weekends ago wrapped up this fall's ECCC MTB season. A short race report is in the wrap-up. Full results are on the calendar.
Alongside the now classic Catamount races, this weekend debuted yet another new venue to the conference. In fact, as far as we can tell, the races on Burke Mountain in the Kingdom Trails were the first races ever allowed in the trail system. Speaking to one of the KTA people afterward, they said they approved the event in order to get more exposure among our racers. I think that's awesome and hopefully it worked out. Certainly Sully and I talked up the Kingdom an awful lot. The weather wasn't really compelling to keep riding, it was kind of dreary and wet all day Sunday, but I think a number of people did partake of the opportunity to go ride the other trails.
Not too surprisingly, the weekend had a good bit more riders than the generally small season has had. At about 140 riders on Saturday despite the weather—periodic rain and even thunderstorms—attendance was really solid. Even better, about 110 made the long transfer from Burlington to East Burke, surprisingly good retention. I had been guessing more like ~80, so that was pretty exciting.
Even beyond that, I had a great weekend. Catamount is basically like a home race at this point. Even though we transferred over to Burke Saturday night, we still managed to drop by and see the Sullivans for a bit. Keeping up with an unplanned, implicit tradition, I also got a call Sunday from an old friend I'd been trying to get a hold of for a while. We only talk basically a couple times a year, and MTB Easterns Sunday has just happened to be one of those days the past couple years.
There was a lot of talk at the banquet about what to do for next year. Lots of people seem pretty intrigued by Eliminator format racing and some of the other potential changes and additions we've introduced. Other people are real hesitant to break from pattern. Either way, I don't think it'll really change much unless we manage to really change the promoters and teams. Short track isn't unpopular because it's intrinsically bad. It's unpopular in large part because most of the courses are pretty unpleasant. We're going to face the exact same problems with Eliminator unless promoters get more serious about making good courses, rather than just showing up at a mountain and being handed some fire road to race on.
Generally next year I think we need to get more serious about a bunch of things. License control has gotten a bit too lax, there were a number of riders needed things fixed for nationals. We'll probably also have a more formal promoter process with the race deposits and so on to prevent issues we had this year. What the scoring crew will look like I have no idea. Sam's talking about moving out west, which would be really unfortunate in many ways. I would miss him a lot, and it would be a big loss of knowledge and experience. Scoring went extremely well this year. For example, we were ready for and whipped through the Easterns awards ceremonies in no time. Hopefully Stu and/or Tim would still be available so we would not be training an entirely new set of people.
In any event, that's the end of yet another ECCC MTB season.


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Having recently written a post about my journey to come of my medication I felt that the best way for me to ensure I continue on a positive path is to document this journey and being me and the lover of writing that I am I felt it best to document it on my blog.
Having spent just about three weeks on the lower dose of 150 mg I have been feeling great. The first three-four days of the reduction had me feeling very tired and I was initially experiencing many headaches something which I expected in many ways as I would have reacted in a similar way when my meds were increased some time ago. Despite the rough start and feeling physically crap for the first couple of days it wasn't long before I was fighting fit and back to myself once I had adjusted to 150 mg.
So as a result of this positive reaction to the lower dose, my appetite improves and fining I had a lot more energy at times I decided that while everything is going great and with the support of my GP I would take the next step and reduce my meds even further to 100 mg. Having only recently started on this dose I have had pretty much the same response, having started on Wednesday I think I'm just about over the tiredness and headaches but again I'm expecting maybe one more day of it but after that I reckon I should be doing just fine. With another two weeks or just under two weeks to go on this dose I'm feeling pretty optimistic about coming off my meds and while I know that this time two weeks from now I may not be ready to go down another 50 mg I am hopeful and positive about this new journey which I have embarked on.
I have to say that I have been very surprised by my reaction overall with this medication reduction after all I have been taking them for about 3 years or more so it had become something which was part of my daily routine and was at times the only constant thing in my life. Since I have started my medication reduction I can't recall having any extremely bad days, something which has been really positive and uplifting, I haven't engaged in any acts of self-harm making sure that my time without self-harm is almost reaching 4 whole months and what's even better is the intrusive thoughts and obsessions regarding self-harm which I would often get are becoming less intrusive and less obsessive something which may or may not be related to my med reduction but is something which I am grateful for all the same.
I am still taking things day by day and it is something which I intend to do not only during my med reduction but for life because at the end of the day there is no point in assuming I'm not going to have bad days, that I'm going to have good days or that I am going to never self-harm again, it is something which I need to do to ensure I continue on my road to recovery so for now and the foreseeable future I am living my life one day at a time. I am aware that I may not be ready to reduce my medication further in the time frame which has been put into place but again it is not soothing I am focusing on or worry about because I am taking my life day by day but having a plan, having something written down that I can look at, having a log of my response to my med reduction to date makes me just that little bit more positive about coming off my meds, something which I have wanted to do for a while now but only now is actually possible.
This journey has shown me one thing; one thing that I always struggled to believe but is something that I now truly believe in and this is that ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE!


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