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Really good sort of overarching plot summary edit though. 

Original vid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MWeKvR2Z-g 

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Duel Art: Kazuki Takahashi Yu-Gi-Oh! Illustrations

Seto, Yugi, Atem, Mokuba, Katsuya, Anzu & Hiroto

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Hey look, actual "unique" questions

1: Do you sleep with your closet doors open or closed?

A: closed, always! Can't let the monsters in!

2: Do you take the shampoos and conditioner bottles from hotel?

A: Yeah...and then don't use them...

3: Do you sleep with your sheets tucked in or out?

A: Out because I'm too lazy to tuck them in XD

4: Have you ever stolen a street sign before?

A: No. NOt even sure I'd know how short of digging it up

5: Do you like to use post-it notes?

A: I'd like to use post-it notes.

6: Do you cut out coupons but then never use them?

A: I don't even get that far.

7: Would you rather be attacked by a big bear or a swarm of a bees?

A: probably the bees. At least I'd have a fighting chance.

8: Do you have freckles?

A: I'm Irish, of course I do.

9: Do you always smile for pictures?

A: usually.

10: What is your biggest pet peeve?

A: people who point out other people's short-comings justifying their own short-comings.

11: Do you ever count your steps when you walk?

A: rarely

12: Have you ever peed in the woods?

A: probably at some point.

13: What about pooped in the woods?

A: No, but when I was a little kid I went with my dad to an outdoor recycling center and pooped there and then buried it.

14: Do you ever dance even if theres no music playing?

A: rarely. But with music? Always.

15: Do you chew your pens and pencils?

A: I used to.

16: How many people have you slept with this week?

A: Girl! One.

17: What size is your bed?

A: It's a pull-out couch, but I guess it's a full size?

18: What is your Song of the week?

A: When I Grow Up by the Pussycat Dolls. And also 'Buttons' by the Pussycat dolls. (I don't even usually like them; what is happening???)

19: Is it okay for guys to wear pink?

A: duh.

20: Do you still watch cartoons?

A: Girrllll! Of course. I mean...Yugioh?

21: Whats your least favorite movie?

A: Any of the Fast and the Furious movies

22: Where would you bury hidden treasure if you had some?

A: Behind my parents' garage.

23: If you're a girl, bra size? If you're a guy, pants size?

A: I haven't worn a bra in like, six years, but I'm going to say D? Maybe DD in some bras???

24: What do you dip a chicken nugget in?

A: ideally? Honey Mustard.

25: What is your favorite food?

A: My mom's enchilada :3

26: What movies could you watch over and over and still love?

A: Yugioh the Movie: Pyramid of Light. Next!

27: Last person you kissed/kissed you?

A: Kendrick

28: Were you ever a boy/girl scout?

A: No, but we had a girl scout class maybe once a week in elementary school.

29: Would you ever strip or pose nude in a magazine?

A: Probably not.

30: When was the last time you wrote a letter to someone on paper?

A: December 10, 2017

31: Can you change the oil on a car?

A: absolutely not

32: Ever gotten a speeding ticket?

A: on my bike in Germany once.

33: Ever ran out of gas?

A: nah, brah.

34: Favorite kind of sandwich?

A: BLT or grilled cheese.

35: Best thing to eat for breakfast?

A: bacon and hash browns!

36: What is your usual bedtime?

A: midnight

37: Are you lazy?

A: yeahhhh

38: When you were a kid, what did you dress up as for Halloween?

A: the best one was a shark costume my mom made me when I was around 8 or 9.

39: What is your Chinese astrological sign?

A: dog

40: Are you horny?

A: no, dude.

41: Do you have any magazine subscriptions?

A: Nope

42: Which are better legos or lincoln logs?

A: Legos, but I'm biased.

43: Are you stubborn?

A: Fuck yeah

44: Who is better...Leno or Letterman?

A: I honestly don't have an opinion

45: Ever watch soap operas?

A: depends. Does Vampire Diaries count?

46: Are you afraid of heights?

A: not especially

47: Do you sing in the car?

A: if I can get away with it.

48: Do you sing in the shower?

A: not anymore, but I used to.

49: Do you dance in the car?

A: probably a little.

50: Ever used a gun?

A: not a gun, gun. But I shot a sort of a gun in Germany.

51: Last time you got a portrait taken by a photographer?

A: Graduation day from UM probably. Oh wait, no, I lie! I got one done maybe a month ago for my new Russian work visa.

52: Do you think musicals are cheesy?

A: for sure. But I still like them.

53: Is Christmas stressful?

A: yeah

54: Ever eat a pierogi?

A: a what now?

55: Favorite type of fruit pie?

A: cherry, but that's weird for me. Mayyybe blueberry.

56: Occupations you wanted to be when you were a kid?

A: am ichthyologist, an archaeologist, and a newscaster

57: Do you believe in ghosts?

A: sort of.

58: Ever have a Deja-vu feeling?

A: definitely.

59: Take a vitamin daily?

A: nah...

60: Wear slippers?

A: I try.

61: Wear a bath robe?

A: no lol

62: What do you wear to bed?

A: a t-shirt and Kendrick's pajama pants.

63: First concert?

A: Jesse McCartney in 2009 or 2010

64: Wal-Mart, Target or Kmart?

A: Bitch, I'm from Michigan! Meijer.

65: Nike or Adidas?

A: Couldn't care less.

66: Cheetos Or Fritos?

A: If cheese Cheetos, Fritos. If Hot Cheetos, hot Cheetos.

67: Peanuts or Sunflower seeds?

A: Peanuts.

68: Ever hear of the group Tres Bien?

A: Nope.

69: Ever take dance lessons?

A: When I was about 3 or 4 I took ballet briefly.

70: Is there a profession you picture your future spouse doing?

A: Well, at this rate, probably an EFL teacher.

71: Can you curl your tongue?

A: yeah

72: Ever won a spelling bee?

A: Yasssss, in middle school.

73: Have you ever cried because you were so happy?

A: All the time.

74: Own any record albums?

A: Well, not personally.

75: Own a record player?

A: see 74

76: Regularly burn incense?

A: semi-regularly

77: Ever been in love?

A: Once or twice.

78: Who would you like to see in concert?

A: Sergey Lazarev would be good I'm sure. And Tokio Hotel circa 2008 or 2009

79: What was the last concert you saw?

A: Oomph! in Moscow

80: Hot tea or cold tea?

A: cold tea is from Satan.

81: Tea or coffee?

A: Tea. Exception: Chai Latte

82: Sugar or snickerdoodles?

A: Excuse me, what?

83: Can you swim well?

A: Well enough.

84: Can you hold your breath without holding your nose?

A: kind of

85: Are you patient?

A: Hard to say. Maybe?

86: DJ or band, at a wedding?

A: Depends on how good the DJ is

87: Ever won a contest?

A: The Optimist Speech Club contest!

88: Ever have plastic surgery?

A: No. But I'm not against it.

89: Which are better black or green olives?

A: Oh god, black. Green olives are disgusting.

90: Can you knit or crochet?

A: Nuuu

91: Best room for a fireplace?

A: I guess the living room is traditional, but the bedroom could be cool.

92: Do you want to get married?

A: Absolutely, with all the frills.

93: If married, how long have you been married?

94: Who was your HS crush?

A: Sam Johnson and Chris Fox (I'm dead)

95: Do you cry and throw a fit until you get your own way?

A: Er...no?

96: Do you have kids?

A: No!

97: Do you want kids?

A: NO!!!

98: Whats your favorite color?

A: I always say purple or black, but functionally, I guess it's always been blue.

99: Do you miss anyone right now?

A: Yes. And I shouldn't.

28. December 2017

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creative activities

all kinds of origami

friendship bracelets

learn to crochet

learn to knit

make a blanket nest

make a comfort box

make a grounding box

make a mixtape

make a nebula

make bath bombs

make candles

make glitter jars

make lipstick out of crayons

make old t-shirts into new totes

make printable posters

make your own font

microwave mug snacks

musical squares

nail art tutorials

quote graphics

virtual bubble wrap

weave silk patterns

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worst cooks in america is genuinely one of my favorite shows 

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The signs as Yu-Gi-Oh! characters

Aries

Pegasus J. Crawford

Taurus

Hiroto Honda

Gemini

Ryou Bakura

Cancer

Mokuba Kaiba

Leo

Yami Yugi

Virgo

Shizuka Kawai

Libra

Anzu Mazaki

Scorpio

Mai Kujaku

Sagittarius

Sugoroku Mutoo

Capricorn

Seto Kaiba

Aquarius

Katsuya Jounouchi

Pisces

Yugi Mutou

~Sky

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i’m not even slightly surprised

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Зовем се Серенити Поверс. =)

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Notice to be put up places

I'm a student with the International TEFL Academy and as part of my curriculum I have to complete volunteer teaching hours, so if you're interested in up to 20 hours of free english lessons (reading, writing, speaking) send me an email and we can work out a schedule!

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社長可愛い | 白夜 [pixiv] http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=50372481

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Toon Blue Eyes Reactions - Alister vs Kaiba 

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love you! <3 <3 :3

WHAT THE FUCK IS AN EMU

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<3 this

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Ich habe mich schon seit langem nicht mehr fuehlen koennen. Ich denke nichts, ich sehe nichts, ich hoere nichts, ich bin nichts. Aber ploetzlich konnte ich etwas fuehlen. Einen kalten Wind. Hoeren koennte ich auch. Ein Schrei. Ich drehte mich um und oeffnete die Augen. Da stand eines Maedchen,...

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Reading Response 11

     Very unusual in the ambiguity of its design, it is unclear whether Funny Boy by Shyam Seladurai ought to be considered a novel or rather a series of short, loosely connected stories. Considering that the events of each story/chapter occur in progressive, chronological order, I’d be inclined to say that the book is more of a novel than a collection of short stories except that often the events of one chapter aren’t referred to explicitly again. Yet, they are certainly all connected through the first person protagonist who matures as the book progresses. His gradual understanding of the world around him and the gravity of the situation his family is in is what connects each section.  

     After going back and looking at the chapter titles I can’t say that I see how they would provide a clue to or actively contribute to tying the stories together. If anything, I think the titles provided distance the stories from each other all the more. The first chapter is a play on an expression, ‘when pigs fly’, the second is a name, the third is an obvious allusion to a proverbial principle: ‘see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil’, the next two chapters, ‘Small Choices’, and ‘The Best School of All’ sound rather like they’d be the titles of two different books given the drastic difference in their structure, and the last chapter title again uses a completely different format: ‘Riot Journal: An Epilogue’ which, given the colon, implies that the entire work is called ‘Riot Journal’ and ‘An Epilogue’ is one piece of this journal, but while that would have connected the stories very clearly (making each chapter a chapter in the ‘riot journal’), because only the last chapter is so named, the all remain disconnected by format and content. 

     Conversely, I think that in some ways the gaps in time, though they’re long and few and far between and a very unusual stylistic choice for a novelist, do more in furthering and connecting the story to itself than the chapter titles. I never found the gaps jarring, and while they do serve to keep each section separate, because we are following the same narrator, these gaps to me represent all the time in which nothing relating to the central plot: the fate of Arjie’s family is occurring. In this way, the gaps help keep the pacing even with no long superfluous passages, and also keep the plot on track; never letting the storyline lose clarity or focus. Just as Arjie gradually becomes more aware as he gets older, so too do the things that happen to his family escalate as the book raises the stakes for both Arjie personally and his family as a whole. So while the gaps in time confuse in terms of defining the book as a novel given that they are, in surface content, fairly unrelated, I still found them exceedingly useful in allowing Selvadurai greater scope without adding unnecessary length.