#2 tries within 5 mins I love real sport

[6ebe]

I forgot how much of a beautiful game rugby is 😌

[apompkwrites]

I have never forgotten about that one anon with the 👌❤️💃 yuu!reader cause like it lives In my head rent free. So I'd like to expand on the idea but kinda like focused on the past of the two siblings.

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The anon mentioned how yuu likely arrived in the twisted wonderland as means to escape the real world and in the process lost memory of their past. yuu!reader arrived because of their desire to find their sibling.

So what about their original world caused yuu to migrate to twst? It had be something big. It would have to be something so suffocating, something that ate away at you, something you couldn't escape from, something that could never be the same.

What if instead of the siblings of two (yuu and yuu!Reader) , they were once a set of three. The youngest, the middle(reader), and the oldest(yuu).

I bet you they were close siblings. There only being like a 2 to 3 year gap between the middle and oldest and 1 year gap between the youngest and middle child.

They probably did everything together and like all siblings fought each other. The youngest didn't break the TV, it was yuu.

???yuu!reader would never bite yuu's arm. It was the youngest.

But when yuu!reader would start to get picked on by older kids, the youngest and yuu would always be there to save the day.

But as high-school came, they all began to do their own thing. Yuu going on to score at the top in academics, yuu!reader doing maybe some sports but mostly focusing on photography and art, and the youngest would find that they excel in sports, reached top 3 in academics, but the thing they loved the most was dancing. Life was fine for all three, they loved and cared for each other and able to follow their passions to their hearts content.

But life isn't ever so perfect, not for anyone. You can be kindest and most helpful person to someone and they'll still find a reason to hate you.

The siblings would usually all walk home but the days the youngest had to stay after school, yuu or yuu!reader would wait for them to walk home together.

The three had club activities after school and agreed to wait for each other but yuu had to stay longer to manage a festival the school would host and yuu!reader had to stay over because they were finishing a stone sculpture in time for the art show. The youngest had their club meeting canceled last minute due to the club advisor having an emergency and they weren't about to wait at least 3 hours and 30 min at the school for just one of their siblings to be done, so they left and made sure to text their siblings.

Within the first 5 min, they would receive a call from a friend and they would answer.

Within the next 4 min, someone stopped them in their tracks causing them to hang-up the phone. A lovely surprise.

Within the next 3 min, they would have passed out due to lack of breath.

Within the next 2 min, they would have received 59 stab wounds to the chest, an ear gone and their eyes missing.

Within 10 min a call would be made to police about a murder and within half an hour a call would be made to the child's parents.

By the time the other two came home, the youngest's body had disappeared from the crime scene. The killer gone as well.

They were presumed dead before they disappeared due to the amount of blood found on the crime scene but since there was no body to bury the siblings held hope.

Months would go by and they never got used to it. Yuu!reader was able to stay strong and go to school after just less than a week but yuu could barely get it in them to even get out of bed. Yuu!reader developed a case of insomnia with 2 to 4 hours of sleep average every single day since the disappearance of their sibling. Their parents were no help either since they had to move on fast to support their children. Their parents tried getting them to move on and accept their sibling as dead.

Within the fourth month, yuu disappeared. A run away kid unable to bear the lost of their sibling or even a suicide.

Even through the lost of both of yuu!reader's siblings, they stayed strong for the sake of yuu and the youngest.

So as lack of sleep got them added with their parents trying to help them move on with law enforcements lack of care, paranoia grew in them.

They police could've been on the whole thing, their parents never cared. No one cares for the disappearance of their siblings.

Yuu!reader swore on their life that they would bring their siblings back.

Down below is my depiction of what I think the siblings look like. Purple is youngest, blue is yuu!reader, and the light pinkish yellow is yuu. The far bottom right was the moment the youngest realized something was off about the person they were with and the minute before they perished.

Also! Can you give info on what Fahad, your oc, would wear. Like their fashion taste and all?

waaaa yuu!reader lore :OO

just them being so close only to be torn apart because someone took the youngest away :(( and then the oldest disappears, leaving our beloved yuu!(name) all alone.

imagine that just days before yuu is taken away, yuu!(name) is whisked away to RSA, now having to deal with the trauma of losing both their siblings along with the fact that they're thrown into a magic school despite having no magic whatsoever.

hhh i love your art of them <333 precious little yuu siblings :D

okay okay for fahad... uhhh so just a bit of backstory, he and his family work with the asims, mainly in the treasury. so, like jamil, he's used to working under kalim and his family.

he wouldn't really wear anything too flashy? the only real flashy things he has are the earrings he wears occasionally which looks like the golden scarab cut in half. and then there are the more formal clothes you can find in the fireworks of the lands of hot sand event? kinda like jamil's outfit since they're not necessarily of "high status" compared to the asims.

casual clothes would definitely have more flowy clothes? since, yknow, the heat. gold accents would probably be the most on their outfits other than the black and dark red? the main thing i'd say is that they're pretty happy with not being as high status as the asims and they kinda embrace it? they're fine with just really plain clothes :))

sorry its not really that helpful? ill be honest, i didn't really know how to describe a fashion taste for him just because he's pretty professional? like he takes his role really seriously to a point where the only reason he cares about clothes is to make sure it doesn't disappoint his family name,,,

[iamkellyadams]

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Your Muse’s Backstory Ashliel‘a Vallenya

OOC answers will be Italic Ic answers will be in normal text 1. Where were they born? What is the story behind their birth, if any? Mun: The alpine forests east of Coerthas. His mother Ashliel fled the Raven clan after becoming pregnant. She feared the wrath of the clan and her mother who is still the matron. She secretly was in love with the Clan’s Seer who happened to be a Seeker. Such things were frowned on, especially seeing her birthright was to be the clan’s priestess. Ash : Mismatched eyes look to the interviewer.  “In the northern woods, it was just me and my mother for the first bit of my childhood.”

2. Has their living situation changed from when they were born?

Min: Yes, though after the age of 8, his living situation changed dramatically after his mother died. Becoming a Imperial Conscript, meant his tribal ways had to be purged from him. He also received a formal education.

Ash: White ears fell to the side as his eyes looked to the floor. “Yes.. Living in the Empire, even as a conscript, is a huge change. Before that I was happily living as a savage in the filth of the forest. I didn’t know any better. Now things are at least better then they were in the Empire. Living near family, having friends, and having choices.” There was a pause as he changed how he was sitting in the plush chair, leaning forward some. “The little ones like what I’m allowed to ware, personal freedoms are a big thing, once you realize what it’s like not having them.”

3. What occupations did their parents have when they were born? Did this job influence your muse in any form?

Min: His mother was a huntress, seeing she ran away before getting the blessing from the Raven Totem. That ever burning need to hunt and find stronger prey is what eventually lead to her long painful agonizing death. Ash was there for her as much as the seven year old could be, but he had no real medical knowledge to really help. Tribal remedies could only go so far. Even before he witnessing her death, Ash made some choices. One was to become a pescatarian, the second was to never follow in her footsteps Ash: “My mother was a savage tribal Huntress, it in the end that is why she died. I’m well beyond that, and I’ve no interest in harming animals for food or sport.” There was a clear tone of disdain in his voice, though Ash’s eyes still kept to the floor.

4. Did they have any childhood enemies? Any friends? Enemies that became friends? Mun: When he lived with his mother, it was only them and the woods. After he was found and conscripted, he was isolated and re-educated. Not wanting his savage ways to infect anyone else. When he was in his late teen years, his purpose was exposed to him. That purpose made him very unpopular with in the castrums his handler brought him to.

Ash: “No. it was just me and my mother.” Pausing Ash took a moment to consider as his gaze went to the interviewer once again. “After that, it was just me and my tech. No, I haven’t really made many friends, or rivals.”

5. What sort of religion was practiced in their home? Did religion play a role in their upbringing?

Mun: His mother was in line to become the next clan priestess. The belief in the gods and Menphina especially, as the Moon Mother of all Keeper Miqo'te. It did, but not in a good way. The Empire sees Gods as something the Savages cling to and use to make Eikons. The re-education Ash went through was mentally traumatic, and one of the things that turned good memories he had of his mother into painful lies.   Ash: “Most Eorzans believe in the gods, my mother was no different.” Shaking his head with a small smirk, like Ash was talking about how the Easter bunny is just a made up to sell chocolate. “I no longer believe in them.”

6. How many siblings did they have? What was their relationship like? Were they an only child who wished for siblings?

Mun: None, it was hard to write such a backstory for one Muse. I was not about to put a second through this tragic backstory.

Ash: “I was an only child. I personally never really thought about siblings, I suppose I didn’t have any other children around to even know it was a thing.” Ash shrugged, “By the time my mother died, we never really had the talk about chocobo’s and the bees.” 7. What is their fondest memory? Their worst?

Mun: His childhood has some wonderful memories, not all of them were corrupted or destroyed by the Empire. The best memory he has, not including recent events, is trying to teach his mother how to fish. 

As for worse, Ash was forced to do things for the Empire that he will never speak about. He has witnessed things that no one should ever see. 

Ash: “After I sworn off meat from animals, I tried to show my Mother how to fish. I was never really taught how, but as a clever child, I fashioned some netting from plant fibers. I didn’t learn there was a tool for that till I was in Eorzea.” Ash’s gaze hardened, and featured darkened as he remembered some of his worst memories. “As for worst, how about I save you the nightmares and keep that to myself. No you don’t have to thank me.”

8. If they could name the worst moment of their life, what would it be? Did this change them as a person or change how they perceived the world, themselves, and others? Mun: Well I would say it would be The Allagan Experimental Weapons Project. Yes, this changed him, the events of it and his initial refusal to follow orders. He realized freedom was not something he would ever achieve. He accepted he was a slave, and a monster for his heinous acts. He will not talk about what he did openly, only to those who he believes needs to know.

Ash: “I was sixteen.” Ash’s white ears flicked back seeing the interviewer had to push the topic. “The Empire had plans for me, those plans, made up the worst moment in my life.” Pain showed in his eyes, and regret. “Yes, it changed me, made me a much colder person, numb to the consequences of my actions. Even though I didn’t have a choice, I feel it has somehow...” There was a pause as he looked down. “...corrupted me. I don’t talk about it unless I feel I have no other choice. I know people will start seeing that as who I am.”

9. If they were to make a timeline with their life events, which ones would they list? Which would they leave out?

Mun: His first and only hunt, his mother’s injury and eventual death, being found by the Empire, the aforementioned worst moment in his life, the day his Father died, the day he escaped the Empire during an attack on Castrum Abania, Aunt Talrhin summoning a void-sent in to his hideout, going to the Scarlet Bloom Inn, meeting his niece, and meeting Lucerna.

He would leave out much that has to do with the artificial Allagan echo, exactly what was done to him by the Empire, things he did for the Empire, the Re-education process, and his first murder.

Ash: “Timeline of events? You’re writing a book aren't you? My first hunt, My mother’s death, being conscripted, escaping the Empire, arriving at The Scarlet Bloom, and trying to understand what it feels like to be in love.” Shaking his head as Ash rubs one of his temples lightly. “I’d leave out a lot of things, as you’ve figured there are things I don’t really want to remember or talk about.”

10. What was the hardest lesson they had to learn as they got older?

Mun: I’d say the hardest lesson was accepting he was a slave.

Ash: “Accepting my purpose within the Empire.” Ash glanced back at the interviewer. “The Empire had a significant impact on my life.”

11. What occupation did your character want to have growing up? Is this the same as what they wish to be, or are in, now?

Mun: He had a lot of dream of what he wanted to be when he was still with his mother. Fisher, taking care of animals, just being a Keeper and exploring the world. No, he didn’t even know about any sort of Tech, or even his own affinity for magic. Now he wishes to learn all there is to know about Allagan tech, find a way to help people with it. Ash: “Growing up?” Pausing for a moment thinking back. “I just wanted to be a savage just like my mother was. Tech wasn’t even a word in my mother’s language. I truly feel I’m destined to work on Allagan tech, my innate abilities should not be wasted. I plan to use it in some way, hopefully to make someone's life better.”

12. Did they face any kind of bullying or abuse growing up?

Mun: Not till he arrived in the Empire. Now I know some Imperial writers out there may try to brush off the brutality of the Empire. In the game there is plenty of lore bits to paint me a pretty straight up picture of who the Empire is. The extend of the abuse, Ash had to endure in the Empire. Is with in my head the same lines as the Re-education I’ve seen in history books done to people in Germany. Even to some extent in Russia with in the last 50 years. Ash: “Yes...” Leaning to the side as his arm rested on the chair, it was clear that was all he was going to say.

13. Are there any moments of their past they keep secret?

Mun: Yes.

Ash: “Yes.”  Ash then just stared at the interviewer waiting for the next inquiry.

14. Did they live near extended family in the past? How did this shape their environment? Are any of their relatives near their age? What are their feelings towards extended family in general? Mun: No he only had his mother growing up. He has since met his Aunt Talrhin, and he was not impressed. She however has her own story on how she became such a twisted corrupted person. He has recently met his niece, Akyhi Tyme. His feeling on his extended family is tainted by the Empire, however he does want to know more about her. Ash: “I only recently learned that I had an extended family. I have no interest in meeting the Raven clan, my mother saw it fit to run away from them.” This question didn’t seem to bother him like the ones before, he looked much more relaxed. “Akyhi isn’t around my age, she is younger by a decade, and still has a lot of the clan’s savage ways.”

15. Would they rather go back and relive their childhood? Why or why not?

Mun: Yes and no. While he does treasure many of the memories he had with his mother, he knows with the good memories comes the bad ones. Can he change things? Can he bring his knowledge of medicine and save her life? Ash: “No, it’s painful to think about my childhood, even the good times with my Mother. She suffered for three months...” He rolled his eyes and corrected himself. “...I mean Moons.” Feeling the need to explain he lowered his voice some in regret. “I don’t know if I’ll ever will get past the Imperial words for the passing of time.” With that out of the way he went back to the question at hand. “My memories and my feelings of my childhood, have been corrupted by my time with the Empire.”

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[talldarknsexy]

Tales from Tanzania

Leaving Malawi was probably the saddest I've been leaving a country with how good a time I had there, and the difficulties I'd been told about Tanzania. Within an hour of the border, the children changed their typical greetings to "goodbyes." I'd been warned about Tanzanians being pushy, greedy, and untrustworthy. At the border the guard saw my American passport and said that I must get $100 multiple entry visa. Any other traveler I'd met had paid 50, so I rolled my eyes and stomped my feet for a good 20 mins and pretended to call my embassy. It took a lot of convincing on their part before I discovered they were right. This recent increase probably due to another slip in diplomacy by our master negotiator. I apologized and went back to the atm. Entering Tanzania, I took a swan dive into Swahili culture, well... A bellyflop really. And the few words I knew in Kiswahili were not nearly enough to bridge the gap. Here, greetings with acquaintances can last minutes on end, often with hands clasped. As for greetings for passerbys like me, you've got your habaris, your shikamoos, your salamas... and your hujambos, jambos, and mambos. And each has its unique usage and response. Here, grown-ass farmers ask you for candy. Telling someone they are looking fat is a compliment. And judging by the amount of children running around in school uniforms, it's safe to say Tanzania is the land of eternal recess. And if the road was filled with them, I'd get my laughs by swerving towards them and yelling "Hakuna Breki!" (There's no brake!) My first night in Tanzania I camped at a campground with two Kenyans traveling around the world by motorcycle. They'll be the first Kenyans to visit every continent and the first black Africans to circumnavigate the globe by motorcycle. They also like to drink a bottle or two of Konyagi (gin?) every night. In my case... Three. In Tanzania there are effectively no grocery stores and so, I had a few days of riding before figuring out how to order food. I would roll up to a restaurant and in earnest ask "Chakula? Tafadhali?" (food? Please?) They'd roll their eyes and if they brought me something I would tell them "Asante, ninakupende" Thank you, I love you... They'd roll their eyes again. I took a day off in Mbeya and camped out back a Cafe. Malawi's mobile services had been shit and this was my first wifi in about 5 weeks. I called up my mum for the first time. Mum: "Josh! How are you?" Me: "It's real bad, I gotta get out of here! I need help." Mum: "what's wrong?!" Me: "I'm surrounded by black people... They're everywhere!" That night I was invited to an expat BBQ and upon leaving Mbeya, I had another few days of riding to Iriga. After being rudely turned down by a national park post to camp I tried my luck at a guesthouse- really the first in my trip. Evidentially it was $2.50 and I had a queen bed and my own (squat) toilet with (a bucket of) hot (river) water. Iringa was my next stop. My plan was to relax for an afternoon, maybe a rest day. The hostel was homey, social, had good wifi, $3 camping, and a full kitchen with refrigerator. I felt the hostel's knife and it was actually sharp- I lost myself! I decided this was home for the week and set out on an ambitious plan to do nothing during my time there but eat and maybe party. There were two America gals there, two Tanzanians, an Israeli, and a Swiss gal showed up the second day. We went through small talk introductions with the Swiss gal. And midway through, she abruptly interrupted to assert that she had a crazy story to report and couldn't wait. A lady on the bus she had just come in on had given birth mid-journey. The bus stopped, the men got out, and by the time she asked an English speaker what was going on, there was a newborn crying from the back of the bus and they took off again. From Iringa I had 2.5 days to Dodoma. The road had spectacular scenery and Masai tribesman sporting their traditional robes and sometimes spears. Both nights I spent bush camping. On the last day of riding my crankarm sheared off and I was left pedaling with one leg and walking the remaining 20k into town. Once in Dodoma I stayed with an American couple that has done a lot of bike-touring around the world. I left my bike and took a bus over to the capital city, Dar Es Salaam. I stayed at the YMCA there which offers affordable dorms. When looking for dinner, I caved and got Subway. It was neither cheap, nor special, but after 18 months being away from home, it felt nice to order confidentially, and sit in air conditioning and consume a homogenous, generic, uniform meal made to my liking. The next leg was a ferry over to Zanzibar. I then spent about two hours wandering the streets of Stonetown for an affordable place to stay. The cheapest I found was $15, but a really nice hotel matched the price, so I had pretty much a honeymoon room to myself... Swan towel and everything. Stonetown is a historic hodgepodge of foreign influence and the tight streets had the feel of Venice. It was interesting to see Africans, Arabs, Indians all intermingling and using the same language. From Stonetown I hopped on a shared Dalilala bus to Paje. Two Germans friends from the Iringa jumped on two and the second we pulled out, there was a huge crash as we were side-swiped by a truck. I doubt the dumbass driver bothered checking the mirror, but either way it was gone now... The caged truck had ripped off the whole front end corner of the Dalilala. I followed the two German fellas to the hostel they had booked and stayed, or rather, could afford, only one night. But it was splendid. I was my first time at the Indian Ocean and indeed features the cliche postcard white sand, palm trees, and bathtub-warm, crystal clear water. To save some shillings I had to take the night ferry back to Dar. Since it didn't leave until 9pm I scurried around Stone Town again and found a pharmacy that would sell me motion sickness pills to make sure I'd sleep through the very bumpy ride. Turns out I bought MORNING sickness pills instead. But as the guy insisted, (and was right with this drug) they are one in the same. Anyways, I popped my pregnancy pills and woke up docked in Dar. From Dodoma I had a 10 days ride to Rwanda as I'd just found out that Maya was flying in to join me in Kigali. I'd ridden with her and her friend through Bolivia and she'd since been toying with the idea of riding a bit of Africa. The ride was long and flat. I also had to stay in guesthouses every night in order to re-epoxy my pedal back on. This was fine with my budget, as they usually ran about $2. But, came complimentary with a bucket of river water for washing, septic aromatherapy, and cockroaches galore. And finally, after 10 days of riding through the arid Tanzanian flatlands, the lush green mountains of Rwanda came into view ahead.

[micaramel]

Artists: Timothée Calame, Victoria Colmegna, Catharine Czudej, Oto Gillen, Sam Grossinger, Gypsy Sport, Paul Heyer, Megan Marrin, Mark McKnight, David Muenzer, Laura Owens, Bailey Scieszka, Heji Shin, Tom of Finland, Dena Yago, Dardan Zhegrova

Venue: Park View, Los Angeles

Exhibition Title: A Spaghetti Dress for World Peace

Date: September 2 – October 21, 2017

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Full gallery of images, press release, video and link available after the jump.

Video:

Dardan Zhegrova, audio documentation of Your enthusiasm to tell a story (Pink), 2017, Mixed media and sound

  Laura Owens, excerpt from untitled, 2016, video, 59 mins 36 secs

  Images:

  Images and video courtesy of Park View, Los Angeles

Press Release:

I have been spending a lot of time thinking about values, and how one’s reality more often than not falls short of ideals that one claims or tries to uphold. I think this has to do a lot with the election cycle of 2016. In the spring of that year I wrote an article about the fashion brand Gypsy Sport for Flash Art. I was drawn to the brand for its signature ways of up-cycling materials and designs, some kind of analog to the artworks I am drawn to the most, which come from a tradition of the altered readymade. In my research I came across the fashion designer Miguel Adrover, a Spanish working-class outsider from Mallorca who came to New York City in the late 90s, becoming one of the most influential and talked-about figures in the scene. To me it felt like a lot of the essence of Gypsy Sport’s ethos had originated from Miguel, who celebrated appropriation and retooling, asking questions about our relationships to consumption, waste, aspiration, beauty, etc. Both brands contained an equal mix of political and spiritual qualities that would be challenging to transmit authentically in a fashion context for most (and in an art context by analog), but both succeeded.

A lot has changed in a gap of 17 or so years. The moral stakes and valuations at play for Miguel and Gypsy Sport were and are happening in two very different market contexts––the early 2000s and its dizzying and shifting pre- and post-9/11 conditions for financing; and 2017, where an underground brand could be anointed by Vogue and sign a collaborative deal with Amazon.com in the same season. Doing more reading into Adrover, I started to understand how difficult it was for him personally to be a designer within his newly accelerated financial, political, and aesthetic moment. In March of 2001 Miguel exhibited a line inspired by Middle Eastern womenswear (hijabs, burkas, caftans, tunics) called “Meeteast.” He and his business partner had spent six months in Egypt researching and developing the collection, and it was met with high praise in New York City despite, and perhaps because of, its utter radicality (one retailer called it “Osama bin Laden as fashion icon”). This was to be his fall/winter 2001 line, and it was to be released in early September. 9/11 happened and it suffices to say most if not all of the orders were cancelled. The newly formed American fashion conglomerate financing him, Pegasus, folded shortly thereafter.

This narrative––of the artist trying to convey some vision or idea to the world and at the same time undergoing some invasion or pollution from some real or imagined outside––started to appear in my friendships, in my love relationships, and in myself the longer I thought about it. The complete marriage between the celebrity and political news cycles during the 2016 election cycle brought this to a fever pitch, with people exhibiting manic-depressive symptoms all around me.

The show is about how people have particular values and morals, and ideal ways of being in the world, which all apply both to their working lives and personal lives. These values are almost always perverted by the “noise” of encounter––with media, conflicted relationships, class warfare, world events, the environment––sending them towards some other unanticipated reality (I want to emphasize that not one of these aspects should be over or under-emphasized, but that they are all at play and moving through us at all times). Sometimes people try to transmit these into their work––the values, the “noise,” and the interaction of the two. The artworks in the show are all dealing with this same phenomenon in themselves, but then on a second level are asking to be understood in aesthetic terms for contemplation. Under evaluation is the possibility of transmitting such a political experience through the process of becoming an artwork in a particular market context. The title of the show, “A Spaghetti Dress for World Peace,” is borrowed from an article in the New York Times about Adrover, and I think it perfectly encapsulates the significance, and perhaps senselessness (or ultimate desire and sense), of trying to enact this process, of taking a moral or political stance through an artwork that will always be a luxury good existing in the world, and dramatizing that course of action in various ways.

Miguel has been back in Mallorca for some time. I messaged him to see if he wanted to participate in this exhibition. His assistant, Costanza, wrote me back once telling me he was enthusiastic about it, and then I never heard from them again. (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17) ––Paul Soto, 2 September 2017

(1) Hirschberg, Lynn, “A Spaghetti Dress for World Peace,” The New York Times Magazine, 1 December 2002 (2) Thurman, Judith, “Combat Fatigue,” in Cleopatra’s Nose: 39 varieties of desire, Picador, 2007. (3) _____. “Miguel Adrover: Fall 2001 Ready-to-Wear,” Vogue.com, accessed 15 March 2016 (4) Trebay, Guy, “A Designer’s Incredible Rise and Inevitable Fall,” New York Times, 7 December 2004 (5) Schulman, Sarah, Conflict is Not Abuse: Overstating Harm, Community Responsibility, and the Duty of Repair, Arsenal Pulp Press, 2016. (6) Eribon, Didier, trans. by Michael Lucey, Returning to Reims, Semiotexte, 2013. (7) Indiana, Gary, Three-Month Fever: The Andrew Cunanan Story, Semiotexte, 1999. (8) Klossowski, Pierre, Living Currency, Bloomsbury Academic, 2017. (9) Moore, Jason W., Capitalism in the Web of Life: Ecology and the Accumulation of Capital, Verso, 2015. (10) Black, Claudia, “It Will Never Happen to Me!” – Children of Alcoholics: As Youngsters – Adolescents – Adults, Ballantine Books, 1987. (11) Wright, Robert, Why Buddhism is True, Simon & Schuster, 2017. (12) Goenka, S.N., Satipatthana Sutta Discourses, Vipassana Research Publications, 1998. (13) Girls Trip, directed by Malcolm D. Lee, written by Kenya Barris and Tracy Oliver, with performances by Regina Hall, Queen Latifah, Jada Pinkett Smith, and Tiffany Haddish, 21 July 2017. (14) Beatriz at Dinner, directed by Miguel Arteta, written by Mike White, with performances by Salma Hayek and John Lithgow, 9 June 2017. (15) Clean, directed and written by Oliver Assayas, with performances by Maggie Cheung and Nick Nolte, 1 September 2004. (16) Beach Rats, directed and written by Eliza Hittman, with performance by Harris Dickinson, 25 August 2017. (17) Conversation with David Muenzer 13 October 2016.

Link: “A Spaghetti Dress for World Peace” at Park View

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Driverless Vehicles Beginning First People Passenger Tests In Greater london.

Google's self-driving cars and truck fleet is actually generally based in California, a component of the world where there's very little rainfall. For older autos, that's an excellent alternative to integrated dash systems that a lot more current cars offer. The firm also revealed that CarPlay will certainly soon sustain a broader stable of display measurements and also resolutions, in addition to applications cultivated by automobile makers on their own. Acquiring a door substitute for the part from the motor vehicle where it's gouged is just what is often demanded for heavily damaged vehicle steel surfaces. Similarly, if Hannah might possess checked out Clay-based weep in Tony's cars and truck or seen individuals that had actually received the tapes throw stones at Tyler's home window, possibly she would certainly possess hung on. I want every person in a posture like Alliy and also Hannah's could know the number of people's lives will certainly never coincide due to one significant selection. Volvo possesses cyclist detection as well as 'city cease' modern technology - ensuring you don't crash into the vehicle before you in web traffic - and also lane-correction technology is conventional on numerous VW as well as Mercedes styles. Psychologists possess even formulate a word for just how you are actually really feeling - paraskavedekatriaphobia, or even concern from Friday the 13th. With all guides being written about the vehicle business, the problem in the center east, and also the environment, The Numeration stays existing and also pertinent. After cracking late into the 2nd hairpin turn, I tried to recompense through turning whilst damaging, which sent the nostrils from the vehicle nearly dealing with back where I originated from. 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Nevertheless, this often not the case as chiropractic physicians are actually quite aware of. The most popular condition that originates from a vehicle mishap is actually whiplash. Include animations/image swaps for left and appropriate turns (move the physical body from the auto in the other direction, the tires remain) as well as brakes (move the physical body onward) as well as velocity (body system relocations backwards). This additionally cultivates automobiles in support of makers like BMW, Audi, Fiat, Peugeot, and also Aston Martin. This is actually specifically significant if you are lending your vehicle to somebody that has actually simply started to steer. Lou would exercise and also perform up until he got this best and, consequently, I feel if I exercise incredibly hard, I can additionally come to be efficient sporting activities. I failed to acquire a possibility to evaluate out the other UVO attributes, as the customer logins were actually certainly not supplied along with Kia's sample automobile for assessment, regrettably. By comparison, after storm Katrina, there were 325,000 known autos that were actually flooded, claims Frank Scafidi, social functions supervisor of the National Insurance coverage Crime Bureau. By matching the 360-degree graphic developed by the wide variety of sensors along with the map picture, the automobile creates a complete photo of its own position relative to the environments. All designs include a 5-inch touchscreen display screen, which grows to 6.5 ins on SE and also SE-L spec automobiles as well as managements every thing coming from the broadcast to phone connectivity. This is more challenging to have great debt right now and also if you are over 700, after that you are in great form. With the World wide web, getting many insurance quotes off several auto insurance provider will definitely be done within a couple of mins. In the US, the race pits standard automobile companies such as Ford and General Motors from technology-focused newcomers, including Uber and Google.com, via its Waymo spinoff business. Before we enter into how this is actually a lower tire in comparison to the T300, permit's take on the really good things. Now, you most likely think I am actually outrageous for fawning over a terminal wagon instead of the Regera or even Centenario, but the V90 is an automobile I may someday afford, and for me, I like to fantasize realistically. They don't sell that listed here, as well as they do not consider to. The UK has actually in the past been a vital market for vehicle producers so it's rare for us to be robbed from models sold in the rest from Europe, even with our contrarian right-hand-drive . 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Generator Unturned

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A 1-male functionality may come tons of “on each individual everyday base i find a thing that appearances important in order to operate on, aim for a little bit, accomplish it, and start working on here reason,” Considering that that period this has been downloaded 24 mil special occasions-it now has around as lots of proprietors as kitchen counter-reach worldwide offensive, rendering it, most helpful as they can know, the third-most-possessed ammo bot on vapor. “just because evening i proficient every pistol, provided bond details as well as the |The sport has persistently proficient the top of 10 % of steam’s most helpful people implemented codes, and far of which may be chalked nearly sexton’s training. “but there exists this bi regular interval [taken wherever i was comparable to ‘you figure out what? 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“Of course it was painful, and there were times when, emotionally, I just wanted to chuck it all. But pain seems to be a precondition for this kind of sport. If pain weren’t involved, who in the world would ever go to the trouble of taking part in sports like the triathlon or the marathon, which demand such an investment of time and energy? It’s precisely because of the pain, precisely because we want to overcome that pain, that we can get the feeling, through this process, of really being alive–or at least a partial sense of it. Your quality of experience is based not on standards such as time or ranking, but on finally awakening to an awareness of the fluidity within action itself.” Haruki Murakami, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

Leeyhan had a different vision of how he will cross the finish line: sprinting the last 100 meters and jumping the moment he steps on the finish line.

“Allan!!! I am so nervous!” Just like any busy individual, Leeyhan wanted everything in order. We tried following the program, attending every Bull Sessions, training different distances, racing up to the half marathon so he could guess-timate his time when marathon happens after a year.

I met Leeyhan in graduate school and he got interested doing 10k and gave him tips back then–that was 2011.

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Fast forward, he got into CrossFit and CrossFit Striking, we signed up for Pulag, we enjoyed doing trail runs; Leeyhan was on a roll! The guy was obviously focused on that next target–finishing the marathon.

When I mentioned about The Bull Runner Dream Marathon, he said yes after he saw another friend of ours in Striking finished her marathon last year. Leeyhan was part of Gawi (UST Salinggawi Dance Troupe) in college and so he has the stamina and the endurance. He also did his sprint triathlon relay in Regent 5i50 but my friend is a go-getter! So he will finish the marathon and I dared him to finish it 5:30 hours. That was our target.

Send Off Party

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This is my first time to be a pacer in TBR SunLife Dream Marathon, after my first marathon in 2011, I was a Dream Chaser for 6 years bringing quite a number of Dreamers turned marathoners and it is a sight to see, chokes you and gives you that burst of emotion.

“ALLAN!!! This is so nerve-wracking! I know I am running a marathon in 2 weeks but this IS REAL!” He couldn’t believe it and our mileage was consistent from 28k to 34k on a weekly basis and whenever I try a different training, we would learn something new about his attitude on the conditions. So we really took notice of it.

Leeyhan watched motivational videos by the last week before the race to keep him on his feet at the same time add pressure to what is already there.

Race Day

I have heard Coach Jim say that famous line, “Later, you will be a marathoner!” so many times but it still gives me the goosebumps. While waiting for the gunstart, only seconds away, I felt the love and the positivity that surrounded these Dreamers.

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At the last minute, we changed strategy to try going steady 7-7:30 min/km for the half marathon and then we will do a 3:1 (3 minutes run: 1 minute walk) with 6:30 on the next half. We attended the last 2 Bull Sessions in Nuvali so he already knows the rolling hills and the flat ones.

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I know I always do a positive split on my first half so I always suffer the second half but I have managed it for years now and tried doing even splits. With Leeyhan I wanted to break a 2:30 half marathon so we would have enough time to recover (3:00) on the second half.

By kilometer 24, we are in high spirits–same percentile since gun start; same people for a good 100 meters. By kilometer 28, Leeyhan started to feel tight on his right calf; so we decided to do a power walk. It was a very friendly competition as Dreamers and Chasers and even the hydration stations, water and Gatorade, were cheering.

It was in kilometer 34 that both calves started to feel tight and we have to slow down the pace. But as pacer, you have to keep the momentum and the spirit high. This is when I saw Leeyhan’s motivation to brush off the pain. I asked him to try to sit down so he could relax both legs but he insisted on continuing sans the muscle relaxant sprayed at strategically placed before the Dream Chasers’ tents.

This is the human spirit fighting and this sets him apart from the friends I have paced since then in countless marathons–to continue while enduring the pain is something. It was only when he enunciate my name, that is when we really need to stop.

Come kilometer 38, only 4 kilometers away we are already 5:05. We are hopeful but his legs were both logs, but he kept on going. We took 200m run and 100m walk to still keep the momentum, Leeyhan is focused.

By kilometer 40, he cries in pain. He did not imagine this to happen, he wanted to cry when he will cross the finish line and not because of the pain. It is the longest 2 kilometers. Dream chasers and finishers and even spectators were cheering for him, I am overwhelmed with emotions and we just joked that we wanted to correct people that motivations are great but the pain is just crippling!

200 meters away from the finish line and we were ready for his vision, sprinting and jumping. No, we didn’t want to risk getting more injury–WE WANTED TO FINISH. So he pushed more, he endured the pain, he crosses the finish line.

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Leeyhan finished the race at 6:32:12 as per our Garmin. It’s done, he still aches but we finished, HE FINISHED!!!

So this is the feeling of a pacer, I got teary eyed to see Coach Lit cheering, Jaymie and Coach Francis asking Leeyhan is okay. LEEYHAN DIZON, YOU ARE NOW A MARATHONER!

Oh sweet success! Leeyhan, I am so proud of you! We are so proud of you.

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You know the great thing with doing a marathon, it builds character. It brings out the survivor in you, how you face and handle your adversities and how you overcome them. My friend Leeyhan displayed such courage, he remained calm even if the pain wanted him to shout. He remained composed, even his pain asked him to quit. He is a warrior. Congratulations Leeyhan. Welcome to the club!

  Photos during the race courtesy of our guardian angel. Good thing we have vivid photos.

Give It All Or Nothing At All (Leeyhan Dizon’s First Marathon) “Of course it was painful, and there were times when, emotionally, I just wanted to chuck it all.