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The Renaissance party left an acrid hangover, the sins of centuries catching
up with a Church that had exhausted its credit - financially and spiritually.
Faith gave way to cynicism; reformers found new ways of following Christ,
while philosophers questioned the foundations of belief
'The true light, which enlightens everyone' - John 1:9
Leo left a legacy of unrivalled splendour, and Western art is forever in his debt. But his spiritual contribution is harder to detect. And, while he doesn't seem to have been personally immoral on the scale of so many of his predecessors (vague rumours of the odd gay relationship aside), his outrageous spending brought the Church to near-ruin - complete and utter ruin, some would say. Some did, indeed, most notably Martin Luther, the German priest whose indignation was to bring about a Reformation.
Martin Luther burns the bull with which Pope Leo X had attempted to refute his charges. The Reformation released a surge of theological passion and intellectual energy - but also a wave of violent intolerance.
The Pawnshop Pope
It has to be admitted that, in his desperation to fund his spending, Leo was resourceful, and he didn't stand pompously upon the dignity of the Church. After all, what previous Pope had tried to replenish his dwindling coffers by calling in the pawnbrokers to carry off artworks and furnishings from the great churches and papal palaces? Where Christ had angrily driven the moneylenders from the Temple, his successor, it seemed, was eagerly inviting them in. But this financial catastrophe was nothing to the moral and spiritual bankruptcy that was now to beset the Church.
Julius II's plan for a new St Peter's, calling as it did on vast reserves of funding, had sent the Church's campaign for donations into overdrive. A rebuilt basilica had first been mooted by Pope Nicholas V in the fifteenth century, but Julius II redrafted his proposals on a far bigger scale. A cynic might suggest that he conceived of the vast new basilica as a fitting house for the imposing tomb he'd commissioned for himself, rather than for the bones of St Peter or as a Spiritual headquarters for his Church. Leo X took up Julius' project with his customary enthusiasm and, as
Desiderius Erasmus the Dutch
humanist, wrote of the disgraceful
'degeneracy' of priests who
were actually 'filthy ignorant
impudent vagabonds'
his vision expanded, so did the expense. The Pope's solution, elegant in its simplicity, was calamitous in its implications. Not content with pawning material luxuries, he started pawning his powers of pardoning, selling indulgences in frank and unquestioning exchange for cash. The system, as we've seen had always been open to abuse: now the Pope had opened up a market in divine forgiveness.
A Crisis of Confidence
Conscientious Catholics couldn't help but be aware of the flaws of the Church and its hierarchy. For the most part, though, they managed to forgive them. Even if the institution was human, the faith was divine, they'd reasoned: the office was greater than the man and the Church much bigger than its clergy.
Desiderius Erasmus, the Dutch humanist, spoke for many when he wrote of the 'universally acknowledged' corruption of the Holy See, and the disgraceful 'degeneracy' of priests who, while claiming to be like the Apostles, were actually 'filthy, ignorant, impudent vagabonds'. They pretended to poverty but in reality wormed their way into men's homes and polluted them with evil: 'Wasps that they are, no one dares exclude them for fear of their stings.' Even so, Erasmus remained loyal to the Church. Others, though, their confidence crumbling, began to wonder whether Catholicism could still be justified, even in theological terms. The sale of indulgences may have been the last
Pope Julius II climbs up to inspect Michelangelo's ongoing work on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. The relationship between the painter and his patron were notoriously fraught, but the result was one of the most spectacular artistic achievements of all time.
spiritual straw for theologian Martin Luther, but his disillusion had gone a great deal further by the time he made his stand of 1517. It is impossible to know in hindsight how far ethical disgust prompted spiritual questioning, but it certainly created a context in which the unthinkable could be thought. John Calvin's theological break with Rome ended up extending far beyond the corruption issue, but his rebellion was clearly given impetus by his moral outrage. For him, the trade in relics didn't just seem distasteful, it discredited Catholicism. If all the relics in the world were brought together, he suggested, 'it would be made manifest that every Apostle has more than four bodies, and every Saint two or three.' In other words, the sins of the Church weren't just tarnishing its reputation, they were undermining the very basis of belief.
What became known as 'Protestantism' grew out of intellectual questioning, not just moral disdain. The Renaissance had brought a ferment of ideas, and printing technology had distributed the benefits far and wide. A growing middle class felt more self-confident and secure in every area of life, especially in the prosperous cities of northern Europe. Why not question religion too? Rather than tamely submit to being spoon-fed spiritual doctrine by their clergy, they expected to judge things for themselves. Whether consciously or subconsciously, Martin Luther had understood the new importance of the individual conscience in a way the Catholic hierarchy had yet to. In 1522, he published his German translation of the New Testament so that his parishioners could read the Gospels for themselves. William Tyndale's English Bible came out in 1525 to bitter condemnation from the Church. As Henry VIII's Lord Chancellor, St Thomas More was to have the works of both men burned. Tyndale himself was to suffer the same fate when he was caught by the Catholic authorities in Antwerp, Belgium, and condemned as a heretic: he went to the stake in 1536.
Henry VIII's great seal authenticates the grant (to the ironically-named Sir Thomas Pope) of the lands and properties of the abbeys at Winchombe, Battle and Bruerne. The English king saw the monasteries as an asset to be stripped systematically, to enrich himself and reward his faithful supporters.
About-turn in England
To this day, British coins carry the name of the reigning monarch, then the letters 'F.D.', which stands for Fidei Defensor - 'Defender of the Faith'. Leo X awarded this honorific to England's Henry VIII in recognition of his services to Catholicism. In 1521 the King (a considerable scholar) had published his own pamphlet, A Defence of the Seven Sacraments (1521), painstakingly dismantling many of Luther's objections to Church teaching. But when his Queen, Catherine of Aragon, proved unable to bear him a male heir, Henry found himself in conflict with the Holy See. When Pope Clement VII refused him the annulment of their marriage that would allow him to wed Anne Boleyn, Henry was enraged. From now on, he insisted, the monarch would be the head of England's Church.
Henry's theological thinking hadn't changed. His 'Church of England' was still Catholic in everything but its fealty to Rome. Protestant reform was actively discouraged - at least at first. Henry's main priorities were the centralization of his rule and the satisfaction of his ongoing need for funds. The 'Dissolution of the Monasteries', which got under way in 1536, was a means of furthering both these aims at once. The break-up of the monastic system allowed the King to confiscate lands and treasures, while at the same time destroying the power of the Catholic Church in the country at large. Everything from gold vessels and embroidered vestments to lead roof lining and wood were carted off from the monasteries, while local profiteers followed, raiding the ruins for building-stone.
As time went on, though, the Church of England started heading off in a more continental-style, Protestant direction. Henry's chief minister Thomas Cromwell and Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer both had sympathies with some of Luther's reforming views. There was also a growing sense that 'Anglicanism' had to be marked out more theologically
Henry confides in his trusted chancellor. Till his eventual disgrace and death in 1530, Thomas Wolsey would have given a Renaissance Pope a run for his money with the wealth and splendour of his lifestyle, and the immensity of his power.
from what it was replacing: successive official prayer books pushed more Protestant doctrinal lines. Even now, though, the King set strict limits on religious faith: Henry VIII may have had some 60 Catholic martyrs executed, but more than 20 men and women were burned for preaching Protestant beliefs.
Henry had to have his kingdom run just-so. His consuming pathology was no more religious fanaticism than it was sex addiction. It was his ruthless, obsessively centralizing and controlling zeal.
Dictatorial though he may have been by nature, Henry's instinct was always to delegate. He ruled through a succession of ministers and Lord Chancellors - all named Thomas. The first one, Wolsey, was a cardinal of the Catholic Church, but was much more worldly in his focus as Lord Chancellor. His taxation reforms enriched the Crown even as his reforms to the justice system bolstered royal authority at the expense of local lords. Wolsey's wealth and power became so great he was almost able to set himself up as a second King - a risky strategy when No.1 was so possessive of his prestige. The Cardinal's great palace at Hampton Court was confiscated by the King after Wolsey's inevitable fall from grace. (He faced treason charges when he sickened and died in 1530.) Wolsey's successor Thomas More has since been canonised by the Catholic Church to which he did indeed stay loyal and for which, in 1535, he died a martyr's death. But he wasn't to be mourned by England's Protestants, of whom he'd proven a cruel persecutor. Several 'heretics' were burned at the stake during his reign. Thomas Cromwell was as cruel in his conviction as his predecessor had been, but the victims now were Catholics - holdouts against Henry's Reformation. For what it's worth, the new minister seems to have been sincere. In the end his Protestant reforming zeal so far outstripped the King's that he was taken prisoner and beheaded in the Tower in 1540.
PAINTING: Antoine Caron's interest in classical antiquity comes out unexpectedly in his 1591 treatment of the arrest of Sir Thomas More. King Henry VIII appears (in the archway at left, on horseback) in more contemporary garb, but he was actually as tyrannical as any Roman emperor.
Turn and Turn About
Henry's young son, Edward VI, succeeded his father when he died in 1547. Mature for his years, he seems to have thought deeply about his faith and brought real Protestant conviction to his reign. But it was over in the blink of an eye. Always sickly, Edward died in 1553. It
Under Mary I, the English Reformation was thrown violently into reverse. Six Protestant martyrs were burned together in Canterbury in 1555. Such public shows may have served as a warning, but - whichever side conducted them - they also inspired with courage those quietly keeping up their faiths.
was all-change with the accession of Mary I. Henry's daughter didn't share his religious views. Hardly surprising, given that the Church of England had been brought into being specifically so her father could set aside her mother, Catherine of Aragon, who in her eyes had remained the rightful Queen of a Catholic England. 'Bloody Mary' was resolved to restore the One True Faith.
In furtherance of that cause an estimated 280 martyrs were burned at the stake - hundreds more were imprisoned and tortured by her agents.
A woman writhes, hung in chains from a crane in a crowded street during an eruption of violence against France's seventeenth-century Protestants, or Huguenots. Such outrages were quietly condoned by a Crown and Catholic Church which had no wish to see the order of centuries overturned.
And all for nothing. Mary died in 1558, only for her half-sister Elizabeth I to take the throne. Now the Catholics were the martyrs once again. Elizabeth passed Tenal Laws' preventing Catholics from holding public office or owning property. 'Recusants' - those who refused to swear their allegiance to Anglicanism - were hunted down. Catholic priests slipped into England secretly to help keep the creed alive in remote areas like Lancashire and Norfolk. Guerrilla-missionaries, they worked heroically underground. The country houses of Catholic families were equipped with special secret chapels and hiding-holes for priests, cunningly concealed in roof-spaces, under floors or behind false walls.
Sectarian Struggles
The Reformation polarized things. In those countries that continued to be Catholic, the Church became even more powerful than before. Catholic monarchs could see how easily the spiritual self-reliance the Protestants preached might be carried over into the sphere of worldly politics. In the Spanish Netherlands there could be no doubt: religious Reformation had brought calls for wider reforms and the Dutch had mobilized for independence. While the Inquisition redoubled its efforts here and in Spain, the French Crown cracked down hard on the Huguenots. Urged on by his queen - Mary, Queen of Scots - Francis II devoted his brief reign (1559-60) to the persecution of the Huguenots. The decades that followed brought what have come to be known as the 'French Wars of Religion' as rival Catholic and Protestant factions fought it out. Or,
The country houses of Catholic families were equipped with special hiding-holes for priests cunningly concealed in roof-spaces, under floors or behind false walls.
rather, it might be said, the great aristocratic houses of Guise and Bourbon vied for supremacy - for the contest was clearly as much a dynastic as it was a religious one. There's no doubt, though, that - as was to happen in many other conflicts in the centuries that followed - familial and ideological tensions took on a religious aspect.
So it was to prove in the home of the Reformation. Germany was then a patchwork of smaller states, principalities and duchies divided along religious lines. Conflict had been averted earlier with the agreement at the Peace of Augsburg (1555) of the principle cuius regio, cuius religio ('whose region, whose religion'). In other words, if a ruler was Catholic, then that was the
The marriage of Henri III of Navarre to Charles IX's sister, Marguerite ofValois, in 1572 was meant to bring the two religious camps together: Henri was a Huguenot, Marguerite a Catholic. Unfortunately, many Catholics (not excluding the bride herself, it was rumoured) were bitterly opposed to the match. The Duke of Guise, the self-appointed leader of France's Catholic conservatives, was positively enraged. It didn't help that the Huguenot Admiral de Coligny was among the wedding guests: he was
widely believed to have ordered the assassination of Guise's father years before. The attempt by one of Guise's men to get revenge by shooting Coligny ended in failure, but set the sectarian temperature in Paris soaring. Pre-empting any Huguenot reprisals, the Duke of Guise and his men followed up the first attack: bursting into Coligny's house, they quickly killed him. In the three days that followed, Catholic mobs ran amok in a spree of slaughter that eventually left over 30,000 dead.
religion in his state; if he was Protestant, then so were his countrymen and -women. In 1618, however, that fragile peace broke down, and the first battles of the Thirty Years War were fought.
A real meat-grinder of a conflict at the heart of Europe, the Thirty Years War was fought by brutally unaccountable mercenary armies who, having no local loyalties, showed no mercy. When the Protestant city of Magdeburg was taken in 1632, for example, the population was put to the sword, some 25,000 people - mostly civilians - slaughtered. More than a fifth of Germany's population was killed - either massacred by enemy armies or caught up in the famines and epidemics that followed the military campaign. The question of 'Who started it?' is moot, the direct responsibility of the Catholic and Protestant churches
Was Descartes put to death by a priestly assassin? That suggestion has been made by one biographer, Theodor Ebert. The philosopher died in Stockholm in 1650, where he was tutor to Queen Christina; the cause of death was believed to be pneumonia. But Ebert disputes this. Sweden's Queen is known to have had a restlessly inquiring mind and to have had reservations about her country's Lutheranism: she seems to have been drawn at one time or another towards both Catholicism and freethinking. By 1649, though, she was taking active steps towards conversion to Catholicism. Concern grew that Descartes' influence might be a brake. Hence the alleged intervention of the French missionary Jacques Viogue who, says Ebert, gave the sage a communion wafer poisoned with arsenic.
in what was essentially a war between rulers debatable. Yet the episode's claim to a place in Catholicism's 'dark history' is not only indisputable but twofold: Catholics played parts as both the villains and the victims here.
Enlightened Values
Europe's religious wars had of course been deeply destructive, ugly and unedifying, but they'd at least acknowledged the centrality of faith. A disgrace to Christian ideals they may have been, but they had been fought on the assumption
that their causes were worth dying for - even if they'd involved an immense amount of killing too. The Catholic view of Protestantism as diabolical heresy at least paid it the compliment of not dismissing it as a mere irrelevance. Likewise, Protestant hatred of the Church of Rome as the Painted Whore of Babylon might
One of the great thinkers of the Enlightenment, the French philosopher Rene Descartes (1596-1650) is seen as having introduced philosophical reason to the realm of scientific enquiry and completely re-ordered our sense of what and who we are.
be seen as preferable to a jaded dismissal as worn-out superstition, neither here nor there.
Unimaginable at the seventeenth century's start, such judgements would still have seemed recklessly outrageous at its end. But the times were definitely changing, even so. Two great thinkers had set in train a revolution in thought: Rene Descartes with his formula Cogito, ergo sum (I think, therefore I am') in 1637, and the Englishman Isaac Newton with his Philosophiae Materialis Principia Mathematica ('Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy', 1687).
Descartes transformed the very terms of enquiry by making the human individual the first arbiter of experience, ('I think, therefore I am': I am my own existential guarantee.) Newton took things further: for the first time, it was possible to imagine a universe in which God's role had been drastically downscaled. This still left the problem of the 'first cause' (how could all this exist if someone hadn't made it?), but there was no necessity (perhaps no place) for a deity who, in St Matthew's formulation, 'knows every time a sparrow falls'.
Sir Isaac Newton's conception of the cosmos owed much more to scientific reason than it did to God. Whilst it didn't dispense with the idea of a creator altogether, it left 'him' badly marginalized. Newton himself believed in God - but not the divinity of Christ.
The Fighting Philosophes
It took time for these developments to filter through into the everyday thought of even the highly educated, but by the eighteenth century attitudes were changing fast. In France particularly, where the Church had associated itself closely with a corrupt and ineffectual monarchy, Catholicism was increasingly being regarded with disdain. Sophisticates were starting to embrace a new and satisfyingly scientific-sounding creed called 'deism': this accepted a creator as first cause, but went no further. God, having made the cosmos, it was suggested, had then pretty much left it to its own devices. The deity didn't concern himself with the lives of mortal men and women: 'Do you think,' asks a character in Voltaire's satirical novel Candide (1759) 'that when the Sultan sends a ship to Egypt he worries about whether the rats in the hold are comfortable?'
Nor, by the same token, did the supreme being care whether he was worshipped, prayed to or honoured with any of the other mumbo-jumbo offered by the Church. Which meant, in turn, that those things offered to the Church were done so under false pretences: religion was a racket, preying on the fears of the poor and superstitious. 'Theological religion', wrote Voltaire in his Philosophical Dictionary (1764), 'is source of all imaginable follies and disturbances; it is the parent
Sophisticates were starting to
embrace a new creed called
'deism': this accepted a creator as
first cause but went no further.
of fanaticism and civil discord. It is the enemy of mankind.' 'I have only ever uttered one prayer to God,' he said to a friend in 1767, 'and that was a very short one: "O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous." And he granted this.'
Voltaire, or to give him his real name, Francois-Marie Arouet (1694-1778), was one of a new breed of French writer-thinkers, the philosophes. Others included the scholar-journalist Denis Diderot (1713-84). The great project of his life was a vast (and, it was hoped, ultimately universal) Encyclopedia that would bring together all human knowledge, ascertained and organized by scientific and philosophical principles. As challenging in his own way was Diderot's friend, the Swiss-born thinker Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-78), with his insistence on the corrupting influence of social institutions: 'Man was born free,' he said, 'but is everywhere in chains.'
For this young generation, the Catholic Church was the enemy of truth; the spiritual arm of a reactionary order that mired the French people in benighted ignorance, abject poverty and blind superstition. It was up to modernity to clear away the obstacles to progress, to sweep away the old institutions: Ecrasez Vinfame -'obliterate the infamy', said Voltaire.
With his scorching wit and his writerly esprit, Francois-Marie Arouet (or 'Voltaire') helped set the tone for a modernity in which brilliant sceptics would dance effortlessly around ponderous prelates, showing up the folly and corruption of the Church.
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Goals for this week:
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2. Eat more f/v.
3. Stay within my points allowance and continue to journal each day.
4. Drink 8 - 10 cups of water each day.
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Especially for you I've taken some more photos of my Wide Face Trendon Sasha who I believe is from 1972. She has been restrung. She started life in the UK, then went to live in America for a while, and I bought her from Ted, and she flew back here to England.
Like Kendal's gorgeous girl, she has the young innocent look about her face I think.
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Lleyn Sheep Society - Sale at Exeter Mart – Thursday 24th August 2017
 Averages up at Opening Sale
The opening Society sale at Exeter saw a sound and solid trade with averages up on the year. There was a lively atmosphere around the mart with high clearance rates across the sections. A strong commercial influence saw both new and return buyers for larger quantities to fill trailers with females ready for breeding this autumn. Rams also saw a spritely trade with many buyers taking away more than one ram helped by the noticeably great quality put forward by the breeders.
The older ewe section set the trade with two pens realising £140/head. First RHS Turner, Honiton sold a pen of 3 four year olds to Harpers Holdings, Holsworthy. Then JM & GC Adams, Truro sold 2 two year olds to T Inch, Bude. JF Robinson & Sons, Church Stretton sold 4 two year olds for £138/head to Highgate Farm Partnership, Lostwithiel. There was 100% clearance in this section.
The shearling ewes seemed to start cautiously but after a few pens found their stride and settled into a solid and even trade. There were two pens that realised the £175/head mark. First RHS Turner sold 10 to Harpers Holding. Later in the sale GG & H Sevenoaks, Abergavenny sold 6 to Rob Irwin, Umberleigh. WJ & DJ Williams, Pwllheli sold a pen of 6 for £168/head to Highgate Farms. AG Selway sold 5 at the same price to I Sturla, Crediton. Mr Selway sold the champion pen of five for £165/head to J Gay, Bristol. Barring two pen all the shearlings sold with many pens £140 to £155/head.
There was a class for individual shearling ewe with the three prizes winners sold separately. The first prize ewe from AW Hughes, Garndolbenmaen sold for the top price of £260 to Highgate Farms. The second prize ewe from AW Davies, Pwllheli sold for £192 to JR Williams & Daughters, South Molton. The third prize ewe from P & S Eckett, Sturminster sold for £190 also to JR Williams & Daughters.
The buyers in the ewe lamb section were seen as more selective with demand for tupping lambs rather than running lambs. Colin Price, Brecon sold the top priced pen which was second in the pre sale show to SP Gubbin & Son, Launceston for £125/head. Next was the first prize pen from WJ & DJ Williams which sold for £123/head to BA Willis, Yelverton. DW & CF Morris realised £120/head for a pen of five to C Stewart, Carmarthen.
There was a busy ringside when the rams came forward. The pre show champion, Tacho Force from WJ & DJ Williams took top price of 1400gns when purchased by DC & C Evans, Ivybridge. This shearling ram is out of a Tacho ewe by a Wraycastle ram. Next was DW & CF Morris with Penywern Frankie. This shearling ram is sired by Penywern Anchorman, out of a Plasucha ewe.  He was bought by FW Brewer, Exeter for 1100gns. Three rams sold for a 1000gns. WJ & DJ Williams, Tacho Formidable, AG Selway with a Thornhill ram and MH Miller, Blandford with a Milton ram.
24 Aged Ewes to ÂŁ140 av. ÂŁ114.75 (+12)
403 Shearling Ewes to ÂŁ175 (ÂŁ260 individual) av. ÂŁ147.86 (+15)
185 Ewe Lambs to ÂŁ125 av. ÂŁ87.40 (-3)
51 Rams to 1400gns av. ÂŁ606 (+47)
Top Prices
Aged Ewes
RHS Turner ÂŁ140
JM & GC Adams ÂŁ140
JF Robinson & Sons ÂŁ138
RHS Turner ÂŁ135
JM & GC Adams ÂŁ128
Shearling Ewes (pens)
RHS Turner ÂŁ175
RHS Turner ÂŁ175
A Selway ÂŁ168
WJ & DJ Williams ÂŁ168
E & D Jones ÂŁ165
M Young ÂŁ165
AW Davies ÂŁ165
AW Davies ÂŁ162
M Young ÂŁ160
Manor Farms East Marden ÂŁ160 (x2)
P & S Eckett ÂŁ160
Shearling Ewes (individuals)
AW Hughes ÂŁ260
AW Davies ÂŁ192
P & S Eckett ÂŁ190
Ewe Lambs
C Price ÂŁ125
WJ & DJ Williams ÂŁ123
DW & CF Morris ÂŁ120
M & J Garcia ÂŁ118
Twose farms ÂŁ112
C Price ÂŁ111
C Price ÂŁ110
P & S Eckett ÂŁ100
J & R Twose ÂŁ100
AW Davies ÂŁ98
WJ & DJ Williams ÂŁ92
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During a roundtable interview, Bryan Cranston and executive producers/creators Matt Senreich and Zeb Wells talked about how they ended up working on this together, that you don't need to know a bunch of comic book and superhero references to enjoy SuperMansion, what the success of the first season allowed them to do with Season 2, how they can get away with a lot more in animation, how they settle disagreements when it comes to writing the show, and how long the whole stop-motion animation process takes. Cranston also talked about why he doesn't chase box office success, and whether he'd want Walter White to make an appearance on Better Call Saul.
Question: Bryan, what do you bring of yourself to this character?
BRYAN CRANSTON: I don't need boner pills! Let's get that out there. You know, it's similar to doing live-action, in the sense that when an actor takes on a character, it's a marriage of words and ideas to what the actor's sensibility is, and you find where that is. There are times when I'm directed to punch certain things, and I go, "Oh, yeah, I see! He's more upset at this point." And then, there are times when I bring in my own personality and they go, "Oh, that's good! Let's go on that track!" I'll do certain things or make certain sounds that the guys will respond to and go, "Oh, that's good!" Early on, as we were feeling through the character, I think it was Zeb that said, "I don't know, it just feels better when he's really angry. He's just really upset." And then, I have to figure out why. It's because he's losing his sense of relevance. He feels it slipping away, so he's desperately clutching onto these things. That made it easier for me. It doesn't matter if it's animated or live-action, you're still developing a character, you want to be consistent with that character and you're contributing to the storylines. It's as engaging as live-action development.
Did you have to learn a lot about superhero culture for this?
CRANSTON: I've never been a comic book guy, so I look at it just from the justification of the character's emotional sense. What does he want? What does he feel? Who does he want to be around? What is he losing? Who is he afraid of? That always mixes in fine. The more you humanize superhero characters, the more they're relatable. The more they have a vulnerable point, whether it's emotionally or their superpower, or whatever, we relate the superpower or the loss of a superpower to their emotions. It's just fun to walk through that.
ZEB WELLS: And it was important to us that you didn't have to know a bunch of comic book and superhero references to find the jokes funny. We wanted the characters to be funny in their interactions and have very human conflicts, and have that be the basis of the comedy.
MATT SENREICH: You have these insane superpowers, but that's irrelevant. It's about humanizing them and grounding them in a way that we can all relate to.
Matt and Zeb, what made you think of Bryan Cranston for this role?
SENREICH: We were afraid to ask him. We wrote the part, and in the script, it says, "A Bryan Cranston type." We had our buddy, Seth Green, play the part for the temp animatic, and we realized that voice wasn't good. He just turned to us and lectured us on how we're very chicken and we should just reach out to Bryan. To his credit, we sent him the role and within 24 or 48 hours, we got a call back. It was beyond flattering. He was like, "I don't want to just play this part. I want to make this show with you." It just took off from there.
Bryan, what made you want to be a part of this?
CRANSTON: For me, if it didn't have an interesting story to it, I wouldn't be sitting here. But the idea of a household full of superheroes who are perhaps past their prime and trying to hold on to what's left of their dignity and abilities appeals to me. And having sequences where the superheroes go shopping and do household chores was a really good idea.
What did the success of the first season give you permission to do with Season 2?
WELLS: It was seeing how well exploring the humanity of the characters ended up working. With the second season, we could push the drama a little bit and trust that the characters we'd created and that the actors helped us create would make those situations funny. So, if you look at Season 2 on paper, some of the episodes would sound more dramatic and that the stakes are a lot higher, but they're all just as funny because we still have this band of idiots. We were really able to take the brakes off and do high-stakes superhero adventures. It's really fun.
SENREICH: We saw how pairing certain characters together worked or didn't work, in certain ways, and what conflict built from their politics and their boyfriend-girlfriend relationships.
Does animation give you an advantage in discussing controversial topics that live-action does not?
SENREICH: Yeah, I think you can get away with a lot more animation than you can in live-action. I come from the comic book and action figure world, where violence is funny in animation. When you go back to Tom and Jerry, it plays a lot better. If you see those things in real life, you're going to be taken aback. It allows you to over-dramatize certain relationships to get to that point you want to make. It just allows for you to push the envelope a little bit more, but it's dangerous to go too far. It's about always knowing where that limit is. There are certain topics that are too far, so it's about where is it too far and how do you make it funny while at the same time not, and also teaching a lesson while going through a situation like that. It's a tightrope that you walk, and as long as you're aware of it, you're allowed to do a little more with it.
Is there something you feel didn't work in Season 1 that you're not doing again in Season 2?
SENREICH: We debate this, and we're still debating it because we don't agree, but there's a character that we ended up killing off, in the first season, and I think it's a mistake to kill off the character as early as we did, but [Zeb] thinks it ended up giving more character arc to some of the other characters. It does, but I just miss that character and I enjoyed that character. There's no right or wrong answer to that. You just keep moving forward and telling the stories you want to tell. Even thought that character may be dead, you can still find ways to get to the heart of that and bring it back in to the other characters there. It's comic books, so anything can happen. And who knows, maybe he will come back.
CRANSTON: It's the nature of storytelling. The two heads of this show don't always agree, so how do you reconcile that?
SENREICH: If we do bring him back – and I'm not saying we do or don't in the second season – it's about doing it in the right way. We can't just bring him back because I want it. We have to do it because it makes sense. You have to have the stakes be there.


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What to do with the pile of boxes after they've served their purpose: helped you move to a new apartment or protected that thing you've ordered online on its way to your home. Just throwing the boxes away would be a huge waste, since there are more useful, creative and green ways to get rid of them.
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Introduction: Replacing the Sway Bar Linkage on a Jeep Wrangler
This how-to is for replacing the sway-bar linkage on a 2003 Jeep Wrangler TJ. If you do alot of off-roading the ball-joint connectors on your sway-bar links will eventually wear out and break. While this would help your traction on uneven terrain, it is a disaster waiting to happen if you drive your Jeep on the highways. I drove mine with broken linkage for about 200 miles before replacing them and it wasn't a good idea. At speeds greater than 40 mph I could feel the sway in the front as I was making turns or correcting. If you have broken links fix them ASAP.
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Step 1: Tools and Materials
Problem: Broken Sway Bar Linkage
Repair Time: 1 hour
Cost: $20 - $35 for a pair of OEM or after market links - (You can spend much more on links that have a quick disconnect option.
Tools: Ratchet set, Torx sockets, wrenches, pitman arm puller and ball-joint splitter
Prep: My Jeep is a stock height, but I do have larger 31.5" tires. I had plenty of clearance to do this work without putting the Jeep up on a jack or stands. Turn the wheel as far as you can to the left to do the passengers side link and all the way to the right to do the drivers side link.
Step 2: Locating the Sway Bar Links
The sway bar runs the length of the front bumper and drops own and turns 90 degrees to point to the rear of the vehicle. At about 8-10" back from the front bumper the sway bar terminates and there is a hole from top to bottom, this hole will take the top bolt of the link.
Step 3: Removing the Broken Links
Since this is a pretty east fix, I would recommend replacing both links, even if only one is broken.
First thing to remove is the bottom Torx bolt holding the link to the vehicle suspension. If you have a broken link this will give you more room to work when you remove the top tapered bolt. In my experience, this top bolt is the hardest to remove and will take ages if you do not have the right tools.
Once the bottom bolt is removed, remove the top nut from the tapered bolt. Here's the hard part, the tapered bolt is wedged into the sway bar pretty tightly. It will take some convincing to back out of there, this is where the Pittman arm puller comes in. Situate the puller where the screw down part is pushing down on the bolt and the bottom prongs are resting on the sway bar hole sides. Once you get in there it's pretty obvious how this should work. Stick your ratchet in the puller and start tightening, it should pop the bolt out in 3 or 4 cranks.
Repeat these steps on the other side.
Step 4: Choosing the Correct Side for the Link
You'll notice there is a slight off-set in the shaft of the link, this off-set needs to turn in when looking at the vehicle from the front. So when you are looking at the passengers side link, it will go up, then off-set to the right and then continue up and attach to the sway-bar. Then the drivers side link, it will go up, then off-set to the left and then continue up and attach to the sway-bar.
Step 5: Bolting on New Link
Once the old and/or broken link is out go ahead and attach the top portion of the new link to the sway bar. I recommend attaching the top fist since it's easier to attach the bottom. This is where the ball-joint splitter comes in, you're going to need to wedge it in between the ball joint and the bottom of the sway bar. If you don't do this, the top nut will just turn the ball joint freely and you'll never get it tightened. Tap the splitter a bit with a hammer to get a snug fit, once the bolt's taper catches, you can remove the splitter and finish tightening.
After the top nut is tightened, tighten the Torx bolt on the bottom of the link.
Repeat these steps on the other side.
Step 6: Wrap Up
After replacing my broken links I've noticed a considerable increase in handling, especially at speeds over 40 mph.
If you ever add a lift to you'r vehicle these links will need to be replaced with links with longer shafts.
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This is a common problem on the Jeep Wrangler. If you off road your Jeep you should consider upgrading to a quick disconnect style link kit like this one. http://www.cseoffroad.com/stqudifrswba.html
Disconnecting the front bar really helps off road ability and keep you from damaging the stock links
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Thanks to your post, my husband diagnoised the problem with his 01 Wrangler. Not safe driving 70 miles a day.
Here is O'Riley's part #
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dont use lithium grease on swaybar bushings, use graphite based grease.
AWESOME Instructable! I have a 2002 Wrangler with a full lift kit, and I've been thinking lately there is quite a bit more play in turns and correction on the highway. I bet this is part of it, and maybe some ball joint replacement is in my future as well. Thanks! - Pj
Might be time for a new steering damper, that could also cause your symptoms.
While the sway bar links are off is a good time to pull the sway bar bushings from behind the bumper and put some lithium grease in them. They will make an awful squeaking noise if they get too dried out, and it is just two extra bolts. And I'm sure you already know this, but it might be worth mentioning that it is easier to hold the torx head bolt on the link and turn the nut than vice-versa.
Awesome! I've been driving around with a broken linkage for a few weeks, it feels like I'm driving a boat! Now it's just a matter of finding time to replace it. THANKS!
NP - feel free to ask any questions if you need.


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You know what Moroccans eat a lot of? Bread. If you want to make your own Moroccan bread (khobz) at home, today is your lucky day! The fun thing about this bread is that it's pretty forgiving. You can use different kinds of flours, mixtures of flours, rising time and making it into different shapes. Traditionally it is made into a round and there is some technique to making it the authentic way.
So here we have a ball of dough. This is ½ whole wheat flour and ½ white flour. The exact measurements don't really matter. But if you're just starting try 2 cups of each, along with 1 tsp salt, 2 Tbsp yeast, 1/4 cup warm water and 1/2 tsp sugar. Whisk the yeast into the warm water with the sugar and let it sit for about 5 minutes. Add to the flour and begin to knead adding warm water little by little. You'll need to mix it for about 10 minutes – if you have a Kitchen Aid mixer it will make things much easier. Turn the dough out into a shallow wide bowl when it's mixed. I then pour olive oil in my hands and rub the dough with the oil.
While the dough is rising I prepare my work space. I use a large butcher block, round wood board to work my dough. My in-laws have a really large shallow bowl, that looks like the bottom of a tajine. By large I mean about 2 ½ feet across. They knead and shape the dough in this, however I have the luxury of a mixer so this is not necessarily. I also use fine semolina flour on the board to keep the dough from sticking. Lastly is a large flour sack towel. One of two of these are used to wrap up the bread once it is made into rounds.
The dough is then divided into balls. For smaller rounds make smaller balls. For larger rounds make bigger balls.
Preheat your oven to 425F and place the bread onto a baking sheet. Bake until brown on the outside and the dough makes a hollow sound when tapped. That's it!


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Student Funding
We're here to support you with all your student funding queries. Whether you're looking for tips on managing your money or want to find out about which bursaries are available to you, we can help you find the right answer.
Student Funding Update 4th February 2019
January is a busy time of year for all things finance related: this is an update for all students who are expecting payments from external funding arrangement or from City, University of London.
U.S Loans (inc. Sallie Mae)
Students in receipt of U.S Loans who are expecting their 2nd disbursement of funds will be notified of the arrival of their cheques as they come in. Students will need to bring their student registration card and sign to acknowledge collection of their cheques.
We had expected to be able to arrange electronic payment transfers but we were unable to complete the contract change with Western Union in time for the 2nd disbursement. We hope to have completed this by the time of the 3rd disbursement in April 2019.
If you have any urgent financial needs while you are waiting for your cheques, please call 020 7040 4113.
Canadian Loans
Students will be prompted by their regional authority to get City to complete a re-registration form. Please send this to firstname.lastname@example.com as soon as possible and we will complete and authorise for you so you can send back to your regional authority. This can also be done through your course officer.
City Education Grant
This is a non-repayable grant that is awarded to students who meet certain criteria that are described on City, University of London's Access Agreement and in the terms and conditions of the award.
The awards do not need to be applied for and are based on the information we have access to on household income of students OR their postcode, parental occupation, ethnicity. This is to encourage and support participation in higher education of groups of students who, based on our research, are under-represented at City.
Payments will be made via the Student Loan Company (SLC) using the same bank details that you have registered with them. If you need to make any changes to your bank account details please contact the SLC directly.
Payments have now been processed via the SLC and should reach students' bank accounts between 7th and 15th February 2019 for the first instalment and 1st April 2019 for the second instalment.
Some students may have been notified that they are eligible for the City Education Grant and another award (such as Lord Mayor's Scholarship) in these cases, students will be given the higher value award, i.e. the City Education Grant.
These awards are only for undergraduate students who have not had any previous experience of higher education and who have been notified. If you have not received an email, this means that you are not eligible for this award.
Some students may think that they are eligible and have not received an email. This will be because of a number of possible factors such as: your household income is over the threshold of £0 (and you are not in another priority group) or that your SFE application was not finalised by 31st October 2018 or that you have not agreed to share your financial details with City, University of London. Please check your SFE account for these details.
City Cares Grant
Students who are registered with the City Cares Team and have experienced care or are carers can expect a payment to reach their bank accounts by 14th February 2018.
City, University of London
Students who received awards in 2017/18 and 2016/17 will continue to receive the same award as in previous years as long as they have completed their re-application for SFE maintenance loans and agreed to share their financial information with City by 31st October 2018 and remained within the household income threshold for the relevant year as stated in the terms & conditions (£42,611 for 2016/17 entrants and £25,000 for 2017/18 entrants).
Payments are being processed via the SLC and should reach students' bank accounts between 8th and 22nd February 2019 for the first instalment and 1st April 2019 for the second instalment.
Scholarship Programme (CULSP)
Students who have not received an award and who are in financial difficulty may apply to the Hardship Fund
Please note:
- students who have been made scholarship or grant will need to re-apply for SLC funding to meet the deadline of 31st October 2019 and will be able to start this process a soon as SLC open applications for 2019/20. This is usually March/April, please check their website for information.
- you and your parents (if applicable) will need to give permission to share your financial information with City
Virtual drop-in sessions
If you've got a question and need to get in touch with the team, simply fill in this form with a description of the query, and any relevant documentation, and we'll get back to you within five working days.
Frequently asked questions
We've put together a list of our most frequently asked questions to help you find the information you're looking for.
Funding FAQs
How do I book an appointment to see a member of the Student Funding Team?
If you would like to see a Student Funding Adviser in person, please email the funding team with the following information:
- Your name
- Student Registration Number ( you can find this on any City correspondence or on the side of your student ID card)
- A description of your issue or query. Please include as much information as you can in your email.
If we are unable to answer your query via email then we will ask you to come in for an appointment at a mutually beneficial time. This is usually confirmed via email.
What do I need to bring to an appointment?
If you have been asked to attend an appointment it is important that the Student Funding Adviser that you speak to has as much relevant information about your issue or query as possible. The Adviser will let you know which documents you need to bring – this may include bank statements, child care receipts or travel receipts.
If you don't bring the necessary documents that you have been asked to bring, you might have to come back another time. If you do not have everything that you have been asked to bring, please email the student funding team and a member of the team can advise you further on alternative documents or course of action. The important thing is to bring as much information as you can.
Student Loans and Fee Queries
I haven't received my student loan yet due to student finance saying they are awaiting confirmation of my registry – what should I do?
Firstly you will need to make sure that you have completed your registration (both online and in-person) to ensure that you are included in the current student records. The Registry Team at City will inform Student Finance England when a student is current in the system. Once this is done, Student Finance should release the funds. For any further queries on this, please contact the Registry team via email.
I am unable to complete my online registration - can you help?
Firstly you need to have paid the first instalment of your fees, which should allow you to proceed through online registration. If you are in receipt of a US loan then we will notify the Registration Finance team once your US Loan has been fully processed ahead of the disbursement. If you are still having trouble with registering online please contact the Registry Team, via email.
Can I can pay my fees in more than two instalments?
Please contact the Income Team who will be able to advise on whether this will be possible.
How can I get an invoice for my fees?
Please contact the Income Team for fee payment invoices.
Which loans are available to me?
All UK and EU students completing their first degree, including part-time students (from September 2012) can take out a tuition fee loan by applying to Student Finance England to cover the full cost of university tuition fees.
UK Home students can also apply for maintenance loans from the Student Loans Company to assist with living costs such as accommodation, food, books and travel. Loans are paid in three equal instalments at the start of each term. Up to 65% of the maintenance loan is non-means tested, the remaining 35% is means-tested. To make an application for Student Finance please visit the Student Finance website.
A new loan of up to £10, 609 is available from the Government for applicants to postgraduate master's degrees starting after 1st August 2018. The loan is a contribution towards the cost of postgraduate masters level study, and can be used towards tuition fees, maintenance costs or a combination of both. The loan is non-means tested and is paid directly to the student in three equal instalments. To apply for a postgraduate loan, please visit the master's loan web pages.
Professional and Career Development Loans are also available. These are bank loans to pay for courses and training that help with your career or help get you into work. You may be able to borrow between £300 and £10,000. These loans are usually offered at a reduced interest rate and the government pays interest while you're studying. However please note that this scheme is now closing and you must apply by 25th January 2019 in order to receive this type of loan.
Can I get a loan if I already have another degree?
Most students cannot take out a second student loan but the Government has made a special exception for healthcare students. If you're studying a healthcare course and your already have a degree you can take out a second loan on the same terms as other students.
The same basic repayment arrangement will apply even when you have two loans subject to 'Plan 2 repayment terms' (post-2012 loans) so you will not pay back more than 9% of your income over £25,000. The repayment amount is simply split proportionally according to the outstanding balance of each loan. Again, any remaining loan amount will be written off after 30 years.
If your first student loan was a 'Plan 1' loan (pre-2012) the amount you will repay to each plan will depend on your income and the terms and conditions of each loan. Detailed information can be found on the Student Loans Company website.
If you already have a degree you may be able to qualify as a healthcare professional through a fast-track postgraduate degree route.
Student Finance England have stated that I am not entitled to funding, how can I appeal/ complain?
An appeal is a formal request to Student Finance England asking them to review a decision about whether you can get financial help. You can find out more about their appeals process by reading their published guidance . Please visit the Student Loans Company website to apply for an appeal.
Bright knowledge from Brightside also provide guidance on the Student Finance appeals and complaints process, you can find out more by visiting the Brightside website.
US and Canadian loan queries
I would like to study at City. How I can apply for a US Direct Loan to cover my tuition fees and living costs?
- Firstly you will need to complete your Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).
- Complete the Entrance Counselling session, Master Promissory Notes for the subsidized/ unsubsidized and graduate/ Parent Plus loan, credit check here
- Download and complete the City Cost of Attendance Calculator spreadsheet. You can obtain a copy of this from the fees and funding section of the City website
- Complete the online City US Loan application form. Please visit the fees and funding section of the City website to make an application.
- To find out more about the US Loan application process and further FAQ's please visit the US Loan pages on the City website
I am a continuing US student and require funding for the next academic year, what should I do?
As a continuing student, you will need to make a new application for the new academic year. Please follow the process above in order to apply.
Are there any other funding options available to US loan students apart from the US Direct Loan?
You can see a list of alternative private funding options by clicking on the 'other funding' tab on the City US Loans webpage
I have an In-School Deferment request form that needs to be completed, who can complete this for me?
You can email a copy of the form to the Student Funding Team. Alternatively, you can bring in a copy of the form to the Student Centre during our opening times.
I am a Canadian student and I need my OSAP program information / confirmation of attendance form completed, who can complete this for me?
You can email a copy of the form to the Student Funding Team. Alternatively, you can bring in a copy of the form to the Student Centre during our opening times.
Are you able to fax the OSAP form back to the relevant authority?
Unfortunately we are unable to fax the form back. We are only able to send completed forms back via post (1st class standard), email scan or provide it back to you in person at the Student Centre during our opening hours.
I have a query that has not been answered, who can I contact?
Please email your query or request to the Student Funding Team
Funding Option Queries
Am I eligible for a scholarship or bursary?
Please visit our webpage on Scholarships and Bursaries to find out whether you would be eligible for financial aid – you can search according to your course and hardship status and it will generate specific results.
Please make sure you read the eligibility criteria of each funding source carefully in order to check if you can apply. All information about how to apply to these can be found on their individual webpages.
Am I able to be fully sponsored during my studies?
In terms of our scholarships at City, fee waivers are only applied to the second instalment of fees in the academic year, which mean that you will have to self-fund the first instalment in order to register.
Some employers and other organisations may sponsor you to take a course of further or higher education, either full- or part-time.
Prospects has some useful advice about employer sponsorship for postgraduates.
Alternatively, you may get sponsorship to take a full-time course, on condition that you work for the sponsoring organisation for a given period in return.
Are other funding alternatives are available?
You may be able to get funding from educational charities and trusts to study for a course of further or higher education in the UK, in addition to the usual sources of student income such as loans and grants from the government.
Online aggregators like Scholarship Search contain information on a variety of external schemes.
If you have specific circumstances or ethnic or religious background it is worth searching for scholarships, bursaries and grants that relate to those things. Some schemes are very specific. Also try subject specific searches.
Turn2Us Grants Search database contains information on over 3,000 charitable funds offering welfare and educational grants, as well as other support and services.
'The Alternative Guide to Postgraduate Funding' is another helpful resource for current and prospective postgraduate students (any subject, any nationality) who are looking to fund PhD, Masters, and PGCE study in the UK through grants from charities, trusts, and foundations. Please contact the funding team if you would like to be sent the full brochure.
My household income is low, am I eligible for the City Education Grant?
The City Education Grant is available to new Undergraduates domiciled in England who are due to start their undergraduate course in September.
In order to be eligible for this grant you will need to meet the following eligibility criteria:
- Be a new full-time undergraduate to Higher Education
- Be a Home/ UK full-time undergraduate
- You should ordinarily be a resident in England
- Your residual household income will be assessed by Student Finance England (SFE), to be eligible for the City Education Grant this must be £0. There are other priority student groups. These and information on the application process and payments can be found on the City Education Grant page.
For more information on payment and the application process, please visit the City Education Grant page
How do I apply for the Lord Mayor of London Scholarship for Academic Excellence?
If you are starting an undergraduate course at City in September 2018 a scholarship of £2,000 is available for your first year, subject to confirmation of your qualifications being eligible. To find out more about the eligibility criteria and application process and FAQ's please visit the Bursary pages.
I have been awarded The Lord Mayor of London Scholarship for Academic Excellence can I also apply for the City education Grant?
If you have been awarded the Lord Mayor of London Scholarship for Academic Excellence, The City Cares award or Article 26 scholarship you will not be eligible for the City Education Grant.
Am I eligible for the Hardship fund and how do I apply?
We have now created a comprehensive guide for students on applying to the Hardship fund, which details everything from eligibility criteria to what supporting documents you will need to submit with your application. We urge everyone to carefully read this guide before applying. If you would like to make an application please contact us.
I am a care leaver/ estranged from my family/ I have unpaid caring responsibilities, is there any support available to me?
The City Cares Bursary is for Home/UK undergraduate students who reside in the UK who have experience of being in local authority care, are irreconcilably estranged from their family or have unpaid caring responsibilities. If you meet the eligibility requirements, you will receive £3500 per progressive academic year for a maximum of three years. Find out more about support for care leavers.
I have a query that has not been answered, who can I contact?
Please email your query or request to the Student Funding Team. We aim to reply to emails within 2 working days.
Further information for Current Students
Find out more information on Fees and Finance for City students


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My Authentic Truth
Growing up I used to try on a bunch of different personas. I went through phases of wanting to be: skater girl, surfer girl-yup, surfer girl southern Michigan, emo chick, scene queen, punk-ish, goody-goody, hippie, preppy, etc. The list goes on and on. One day I'd be wearing pearls and reading vogue, the next day I'm painting my nails neon pink and asking to go to thrift stores. I had no freakin clue who I was. I felt like I had to choose one of these "characters" and stick with it.
There were things I was always interested in, but again felt like I needed to fit into a mold in order to belong and feel loved. I wanted to wear tye-dye and long flowy skirts- which I kind of started to do in middle school... but I would wear an American Eagle polo with the flowy skirt because I needed that logo to determine part of my worth. I was interested in angels, elements, tarot cards, etc. I was fascinated with mediums and intuitives. The idea of being a free spirit that traveled and created art filled my soul- but I ignored it. That didn't fit with my "go to school, go to college, get a job, get married, buy a home, have kids" plan and definitely didn't fit with my goody-goody, work hard to get the hell out of this town character I felt stuck in. My last couple years of high school I started to branch out. I started to explore this free spirit idea in my head, but it wasn't always in the healthiest of ways.
I got in some trouble. I learned some hard lessons. Those are for another post on another day. Let's fast forward a little bit to where I am now...
I have done two rounds of May Cause Miracles, read countless self-help/spirituality books, had energy healings done and got some coaching. By releasing blocks, doing the shadow-work, connecting to my spirit guides, praying to God, and asking my angels for guidance- I have gotten to a place of confidence and happiness. I feel connected to my truth and who I am. I have learned that truth is not stagnant- I am always evolving and growing, so my truth must too.
I have a daily meditation practice, a growing crystal collection, and 3 decks of angel cards. I use affirmations, prayer, and journaling as tools to keep me in alignment and cope with stressors. I wear what I want to- I do not feel the need to fit one particular style. I will wear my lularoe leggings with my flowy dress and crystal jewelry every damn day if I want to. I wear make-up and do my hair when I feel like it and I don't worry about what others think of me when I am not all done up. I love going to craft fairs, farmer's markets, book shops, and metaphysical stores. I enjoy watching reality television and eating chocolate- things I used to consider guilty pleasures and NO LONGER FEEL GUILTY ABOUT THEM. I love nature, especially any body of water. I love animals, but I don't really want to touch them (unless it is a cute puppy/dog). I am a feminist who strongly believes in equal rights for ALL on ALL levels & platforms. I have a Master's degree in therapy and I want to use that degree to help others, but on a spiritual level and through a soulful perspective.
I am passionate about serving and healing others. I know that my purpose is to love myself unconditionally and to teach others how to do the same. I understand that I have a chronic illness that causes me physical pain so that I can have a deep understanding of the mind-body connection and use that understanding to help others heal. I am creative, compassionate, empathetic, and intelligent. I am a strong, wise, spiritual badass with amazing healing capabilities. I am divinely guided on how to use my gifts & passions to support my purpose and serve others. I am unconditional love. I am my authentic truth.
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