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novantinuum · 4 years ago

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Tides of Renewal (SU one-shot)

Fandom: Steven Universe

Rating: T (Mild TW for vague allusions to past suicidal thoughts.)

Words: 2500~

Summary: Now twenty years old and living on the other side of the country, Steven spends his morning relaxing on the beach, musing about his past, and having a chat with his dad.

Hi folks! This is actually my two-months-late “Happy Birthday, Steven” fic, ahah- amusingly, posted two months late to the day. I’m quite happy with how this short turned out.

If you read this and enjoy, I’d greatly appreciate your support through reblogs here, or kudos/comments on AO3 as well. AO3 link will be provided in the reblogs. Thank you! <3

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Tides of Renewal

Steven rises alongside the sun, but not by choice.

As he abruptly stirs, jerking onto his side under his tangled blanket, he soon realizes that he has little lingering memory of the nightmare that shook him from his slumber. Nevertheless, his heart pounds so hard it feels like it’s hanging in his throat. There’s feelings, faint impressions— someone’s blood (his, or hers?), Connie’s screams, a bubble of terror boiling from within— but that’s all he’s left with. The young man clutches at his sheets, struggling to catch his breath as is the norm most mornings. Dim light sneaks in between the edges of the curtains, offering a rough estimate of the time.

Once it’s clear his chances of sleeping in have become null and void, he entices himself out of bed with the promise of buying himself a muffin at the local coffee shop later today, a birthday treat. His routine is sluggish, but precise. He uses the bathroom, throws on his swim trunks and a thin cotton shirt, downs the pills he forgot to take last night with a quick swig of water, carefully runs his fingers through his long curls to work out the tangles, and slips his feet into the flip flops he always leaves lying right at the foot of his bed.

The young adult only takes his guitar, phone, and keys with him as he walks the mile distance from his humble studio apartment to the public beach. Around him, the world is at peace. The only sound intermingling with the gentle ebb and flow of the Pacific at this hour of the morning is the chattering of puffins that nest on the large rock outcroppings in the tide pools nearby. The edge of his lip quirks up when he finally crosses that sacred boundary— the sidewalk meeting the shore— and removes his sandals, reveling in the satisfying, grainy texture of sand squishing between his toes. Hah... the beach. Funny, that. All his traveling these past years, from mountains, to prairies, to sprawling suburbs to wooded forest towns, and it only succeeded in deepening his childhood love for the familiarity of saltwater air and tourist-filled boardwalks. Still, the secluded, rustic charm of Haystack Cove is a far cry from the Beach City he grew up in. Different people, different sights, different types of seafood sold at the markets. This place feels like a home all his own, appropriately distant from the Gem influenced settlement he’d left behind.

He crosses the fine grained sands towards his favorite sitting spot, a hefty stone jutting out from the ground, its surface buffed to a glossy finish over the years by the high tides. The water’s still distant this early in the morning, glimmers of sunlight sparkling off of the foam and spray. Yawning, he plops himself down on the stone and lifts his guitar into his lap. He strums a few random chords as a warm-up before settling into an experimental melodic sequence.

As he plays, the early morning breeze teases at the ends of his shoulder-length hair, untied and let free in all its curly splendor. It’s still quite chilly, but with the sun peaking over the horizon behind him and not a cloud in sight, the air’s bound to heat up in no time. Steven inhales deeply, soaking in the salt and light and pushing away the shadows lurking at the periphery of his mind, that twitching, exhausting anxiety that never quite seems to leave him alone these days. Unfortunately, functional does not mean carefree. While far fewer in number then when he was a teen, he still runs into plenty of moments where he’s struck blind by particularly painful reminders of his past, his gem snapping into overdrive in an instant. He’s a bit better at coping in these moments now, and walking himself down from panic attacks, but deep-rooted traumas don’t simply melt away. With that in mind, at this point he suspects he’ll likely have to deal with a mixture of therapy and meds for the rest of his life. That’s fine, though. If that’s what it takes to be at peace. He’s thankfully reached a point in his recovery where he’s more than willing to work for it.

Startling him out of his roaming thoughts, his phone chimes to life, touting the same cheery ring tone he had as a kid. He gently sets his guitar down in the sand and fishes his cell phone out of his pocket, a silent bet as to who’s calling rising within his mind. Sure enough, his dad’s contact photo proudly greets him. Hah— he called it. Steven stifles a giggle as he hits accept and lifts the phone to his ear.

“Hey, Dad!”

“Hey, Schtu-ball!” his father chimes from the other side of the country, three hours ahead. He hears a faint shuffle over the line, and then the beginnings of guitar accompaniment as the man begins to sing:

“Happy birthday to you~!”

Dad ends the line with a resounding vibrato, and a few extra jazzy chords for good measure.

“Heh heh, thanks,” he says, bashfully blushing at the attention, and gazing across the loose sands as if ensuring the secret of his birth hasn’t swelled into a nauseatingly public affair like half of his birthdays had since the start of Era 3. “Gotta say, the impromptu guitar solo pushed that to a whole new level. You just get up?”

“Yep! Bright and early. Garnet said you’d probably be awake by now, so I figured I’d call and give ya’ a good greeting to start the day. Lemme guess, you’re down there at the beach already? I think I heard waves.”

Steven’s glance lifts to admire the slowly rising tides, and the promise of each tomorrow that lies beyond. “Hah, you know me,” he says softly, taking a deep lungful of that precious salt-touched air he’s always adored. “I live for the water. Might force myself to go for a swim later before all of you come. Not sure yet,” he says, shrugging as he turns and squints in the wake of the steadily rising sun. “But my therapist said I should probably keep as active as po—“

“It’s your birthday. You do whatever makes you happy, bud,” his dad promptly reminds him, slight concern sticking to his voice. And yes, it’s practically a father’s job to worry, but his chest tightens with lingering guilt for pressing that upon him anyways. Ugh, this is because he said ‘force myself,’ isn’t it?

“Doing my best to,” he lamely offers, hoping it’ll at least end that segment of conversation. He twirls a stray strand of hair around his finger as he scours his memory for something new to offer. Thankfully, his mind quickly lands on the exciting email he received last night. He grins, knowing for sure his dad’ll love this. “Oh, uh- topic change, but I got that last job I applied for, by the way.”

“Oh? The taffy shop one?”

“Yeah! I start on Tuesday.”

“Wow, that’s- that’s awesome! They responded fast, then.”

“Yup,” Steven nods, popping the ‘p.’ “Honestly, it’s nothing much, just stocking and working the register, but it’ll give me some cash to work with.”

Some cash to finally pay for his own food instead of continuously bumming money off his dad. There’s no way he can handle full month’s rent on his own with this minimum wage job, (who on Earth could in this economy), but it might be enough to cover the smaller things. Groceries, electricity, internet. That sorta stuff. Fidgeting on the edge of the stone outcropping, his bare toes dig narrow lines in the sand. He hasn’t really had this discussion with Dad yet, but the mere concept of being wholly reliant on other people steers his mind uncomfortably close to the I’m a Burden Zone. He’d far prefer to feel like he has a stake in the game.

“I know you said you don’t mind supporting me,” he continues in a hesitant tone, twirling his finger through one of his curls, “but I still feel kinda bad—“

“Don’t. I’d rather you not have to stress yourself to the bone about money like I did when I was your age.”

The line shakes for a second. He’s pretty sure he hears the faint clink of a bowl meeting the counter from his dad’s side.

“Dad...?”

“Sorry, bud. Just putting ya’ on speaker. Figured I’d make myself some instant oatmeal,” he says, his voice sounding a bit further away from the microphone. “Goodness, though. Twenty years. That still boggles the mind.”

He gives a soft laugh. “You’re telling me. Could’ve sworn I was twelve just yesterday. And to be honest, it’s... it’s kinda weird sometimes, you know?”

“What is?”

“Being another year older. ‘Cause... well, uh...”

Steven grits his teeth, searching for the most delicate manner in which he can discuss these emotions. The feelings of his past are a really hard topic to dwell on sometimes, even in therapy, and even though he and his dad have long since had scattered discussions about what a poor mental state he was in then, he doesn’t wanna upset him too much.

“There were definitely days I assumed I wouldn’t have a future, or didn’t want one to begin with,” he continues, throat thick. “Back during all the conflict, before Homeworld reformed. And even after that, when I was... you know. And things are better, now, they’re definitely a lot better. But the idea of a ‘future’... even if I’ve got a job, a home, a girlfriend... it’s still weird to think about, I guess.“

There’s a brief silence on the line as this vulnerable admission sinks in.

“Yeah,” Dad replies eventually, clear sorrow in his voice despite how careful he thought he was in phrasing these matters. “I hear ya’.”

With a quick nervous laugh, he scratches at the nape of his neck, fingertips brushing against the thin, wispy strands of hair growing back there. “Geeze, sorry for bringing the mood down so quick. Didn’t even know I had all that on my mind until it spilled right out.”

“No, no! No need for apologies, I’m always here to listen. And in any case, I’m glad you’re in a better place now.”

Steven nods his head to himself in full agreement (momentarily forgetting that his dad isn’t actually here in the flesh to see this response). Sixteen and seventeen really, really weren’t good years for him. And even though he’s put lot of work into himself since then, he can’t help but constantly fear the possibility of relapse. His therapist told him a few sessions ago when he expressed this worry that... relapses into old thinking patterns can be common for people living with C-PSTD, and that it’s important for him to be cognizant of any unusual changes in his patterns and routines so he can quickly intervene with his box of healthy coping tactics, but... geeze. The dark, traumatic destinations his wandering thoughts end up stagnating in when the concept of relapse brushes his mind aren’t fun to acknowledge. It makes him yearn with deafening hunger for a simple switch he could flip, some magic cure-all for his brain that would stop him from having to deal with any of this awful shit in the first place— but of course, cruel universe this can be at times, those don’t exist.

“Speaking of that,” Dad speaks up again after clearing his throat, “how are those new meds treating you? You said last call your doctor was gonna change them, yes?”

“Nah, not change. There’s no need to change types,” he shrugs. “It’s just a dosage shift. And it’s fine, I think. I’ve been on ‘em for a few days, and there’s no problems so far. Brain's been treating me a little better.”

Nightmares aren’t quite as bad.

His energy isn’t totally zapped by noon.

The whirling, panicked trajectory of his thought patterns is a little easier to wrest control of.

All in all, nothing’s perfect, but he certainly feels a good deal more stable than before. Now, if only he can remember to consistently take his meds before he goes to bed like he’s supposed to instead of totally forgetting like he did last night and having to scarf it down when he sees that forsaken capsule in his pill box the next morning. Tsk, tsk.

“That’s real good to hear,” his dad responds to his news.

He flexes his knuckles against his lap, gaze reflexively drifting back towards the welcomed distraction of the tides. “Yeah.”

“Anyways, I, uh...”

“So, party logistics,” he cuts in with an overly cheery tone, changing the topic from his boring mental health crap entirely. “We should probably hash this out now. I know Connie’s planning on dropping around about noon. What’s your guys’ plan? She can probably send Lion to you after she gets here, if you want.”

“Yeah, that’d be best. Pearl said there weren’t any convenient warps nearby. Well, there’s one- but apparently it empties out into an active lava tube. And that’s not exactly Dad-friendly.”

“Aww, you mean you’re not filled with the intense desire to dip your hand into molten lava and shlorp it up like it’s soup?” Steven retorts, only barely holding back his laughter as he thinks of this absurd text thread he had going with Connie a few weeks back, wherein she sent him a video of some volcanic flows and told him, verbatim, that 'despite all logic and reason sometimes I can’t help but look at super viscous lava and think... forbidden s o u p, mmmm.’

“Not particularly, no,” his dad says, sounding thoroughly confused. “I’m- why are you laughing? Is this some sort of weird internet thing I’m not familiar with again?”

He wipes tears from his eyes as he tries to catch his breath. “You, ah- you kinda had to be there, sorry. Anyways, yeah. I’ll have Connie send Lion. I’ll text you right before, how’s that?”

“Sounds great! Can’t wait to see ya’, bud. I’m gonna let you go, now, okay? I can talk your ears off later. Go enjoy your morning. Love you.”

“Love you too, Dad,” he says, grinning. “Bye.”

“Buh-bye.”

Once his dad hangs up he sets his phone beside him on the rock and takes a deep, steady breath, trying to capture the full nuance of each diverse scent in the air. He may just be imagining it, but he swears he’s able to pick out the faint scent of taffy intermingling with the ocean saltiness and the hint of cedar from the nearby state forest. In the end though, whether it’s real or not it’s a welcomed reminder of all the possibility the future holds for him.

He’s twenty now. It’s a brand new decade of life. He’s got a new job lined up, a stable and loving relationship, a supportive family, and plenty of courage in facing the shadows of his past. Sure, so maybe he’ll never know with certainty what will happen— maybe he’ll relapse a little, maybe he’ll still have some bad days sprinkled amongst the good ones— but as he watches the tides flow in to greet him, he smiles... and resolves to just take this year as a renewal of his vow to care for himself as best he can.

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travelingtheusa · 4 years ago

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ARKANSAS

2021 Apr 24 (Sat) – Did some errands today. Got fuel, picked up groceries, and bought pet food.

Vanleigh had a catered breakfast this morning. Following that, they had a Q&A with Leigh Tiffin. We left early because we had an appointment with techs to make some repairs on our RV. Our appointment time of 9:30 a.m. came and went without anyone showing up. At 10:30, Paul went over to find out what was happening only to be informed that they were waiting until after the Q&A. That infuriated me! I wanted to be there for the Q&A but had to leave for the appointment that never happened. The techs showed up at 12:30 and worked on our Magic Fan for about an hour. They even wound up reprogramming the Spyder Control Panel. But, they were not able to make the repair. They are going to send us a new fan.

After our catered dinner tonight, they played Survey Says, a take-off on Family Feud. It was cute but a little irritating. We left after the first group challenge.

2021 Apr 23 (Fri) – Paul brought the truck to the garage at 7 AM this morning. He had to take a taxi back to the campground. The mechanic called later and said the truck started several times with no problem. He sees no sign of starter problems. Paul instructed him to change the starter any way. With his years of working with heavy equipment, he’s got an ear for trouble with engines.

The weather is forecast to be crappy for most of the rally. Thunderstorms are due in today and tomorrow. Sunday is supposed to clear up but that’s when the rally ends.

The seminars started at 8 AM. There was one scheduled for each of the first 3 hours, then lunch, then 3 seminars in the afternoon, then dinner and more singing.

2021 Apr 22 (Thu) – The Vanleigh Owner’s Rally started today. We went over at 1 PM to sign in and get our goodie bag. Some goodie bag. The rally schedule, two pieces of advertising from vendors at the rally, a bag, a lanyard and ID card. Activities will be taking place in an large open-air pavilion.

At 5 PM, we went over for dinner. A caterer was set up in a tent where came in and they served us as we moved along the line. There was BBQ pulled pork and pulled chicken, cole slaw, beans, corn salad, potato salad, and a scrumptious brownie. After dinner, there was entertainment by Nick Dover and an employee of Vanleigh who played guitar and sang. It was fun but the temperature really dropped. It was cold.

While getting propane, Paul had trouble restarting the truck. He thinks it’s the starter going bad. We called the local Ford dealership but as usual, the earliest appointment is not for at least a week. So Paul called a local garage and arranged to bring the truck in tomorrow.

2021 Apr 21 (Wed) – It was 36 degrees this morning. Brrrrr! We had a minor disaster overnight. Paul heard the water leak alarm in the basement go off around 2:30 a.m. this morning. He got up and went outside to see what was going on. There was water dripping into the basement. It was coming from the bathroom area. He came back in to the RV to check it out. The floor had about a half-inch of water on it and the throw rugs were soaked. He lifted the toilet seat and saw that the toilet bowl was overflowing. It turned out that a piece of toilet paper had not fully flushed but got stuck in the valve closure. Because it wasn’t fully closed, the water kept running and filled the tank. After it filled with the water, it overflowed. Fortunately, we dumped the tanks this morning so they were not full of waste. It could have been so much worse. Paul emptied the tank and I scrubbed down the bathroom. We took the wet rugs from the bathroom and in the basement to the laundry room and washed and dried them.

We went to the Red Oak Fillin Station for lunch. It was a cute café with a woodland decoration (stuffed animals and grasses around the room) and full. There was only one table left when we walked in. The food was very good and the waitresses very attentive.

After lunch, we went to Garvin Woodland Gardens. It is a botanical gardens that covers about 100 acres of flowering shrubs, trees and plants. The Children’s Garden was delightful. There were lots of large rocks and water treatments among the trees that made it nice to walk among. There was an amazing chapel in the woods. The Anthony Chapel has clear glass walls that make it look like you are sitting outside among the trees. It was like the chapel we toured in Bella Vista. The same architect probably designed both of them. I took a fall walking along the “natural” path and banged up my knee.

After dinner, Linda (another Vilano owner) came by and invited us to join a group over by her trailer. We met Linda and several other folks who were around the campfire tonight at the Tampa RV Show in January last year. There were also some new Vilano owners at the campfire as well as an SOB couple (Some Other Brand).

2021 Apr 20 (Tue) – We packed up and left Little Rock AFB FamCamp at 9:30 a.m. It was an easy hour and a half drive to Catherine’s Landing in Hot Springs. The campground is a resort. All the sites are paved with barbecues, fire pits, and picnic tables. The pool is open, heated and very inviting. They have a disc golf course and lake activities with Kayak and canoe rentals. We are here for five nights for a Vanleigh Owner’s Rally. The rally doesn’t officially start until Thursday but we’ve been watching Vanleigh’s coming in all day. There will be about 100 rigs here, I think.

2021 Arp 19 (Mon) – It was cool when we got up this morning – in the low 40s. I can’t believe it’s still this cold. It’s just 2 weeks to Memorial Day and we’re putting the electric blanket on at night. And there’s a freeze warning in effect for tomorrow. What. Is. Going. On???

We did the laundry this morning. They have 2 washers and 2 dryers at $1 apiece. Unfortunately, one washer’s spin cycle did not work. So we had to rewash one load. The dryers worked fine.

After the laundry was put away, we went into town. We bought propane at Camping World. The cost was double the normal price. Why in the world would propane prices have gone up??

We ate at the Whole Hog Café. It was a barbecue place and the food was pretty good. On the way back to the campground, we stopped at a plane display on base. There were several aircraft on static display in a park. We walked around and read the plaques describing each aircraft, its origin, cost, and history. It was interesting.

2021 Apr 18 (Sun) – We watched church service live stream on FaceBook this morning. Then we ran errands – got fuel, picked up groceries at Kroger, bought some wine at the BX, and parts at Lowe’s. When Paul was repairing the seat on the toilet bowl, the washer fell into the hole. He had to pick up another nut and washer, which also fell into the bowl. After some cussin’ and fussin’, he wound up using the old hardware.

We searched for places to have lunch. We have to keep in mind that down in the bible belt, most stores and restaurants are closed and the one or two that are open are usually packed. After going through a number of options (all closed), we found an Italian restaurant with a 20 minute wait. The food was very good and we bought leftovers home.

For dinner, we enjoyed shish kabobs. However, they were overcooked. We’ll have to experiment for the right amount of time to barbecue them. Having never cooked them before, it’s a learning experience for us.

2021 Apr 17 (Sat) – We stayed in the campground all day. It was cold and overcast. Paul worked mostly on trying to get our route laid out from the rally next week to Washington, D.C. The internet is slow and it is frustrating. I made reservations for a flight back to New York on May 16. My sister, Susan, used her points to pay for my ticket. That was very nice.

2021 Apr 16 (Fri) – We stayed in most of the day. It was a cold, dreary, drizzly day. The fireplace was on all day. I don’t think it went over 60 degrees today. At 5 p.m. I took Paul to Barnhill’s Steak and Buffet. The place had a very extensive buffet selection. We were surprised since all this kind of thing was stopped with the pandemic. But this place had a robust buffet with all kinds of delicious foods.

2021 Apr 15 (Thu) – We went to Papito’s Mexican Grill for lunch. The place was very colorful with beautiful tile work all over the restaurant. The employees were Spanish and the food was good. It all felt very authentic.

After lunch, we drove to Camping World. Paul is still looking for parts to permanently install the cell phone booster antenna. They did not have what he wanted. He couldn’t find the parts online either. Looks like they just don’t make what he wants. He’ll have to jury-rig something.

Since we were out and about and the weather was pleasant, I suggested we take a ride over to the State Capitol. We had not seen it the last time we came through this area. We don’t know why. It might have been a weekend and the building was closed. It was open and we went in. There were four floors open to the public. The House of Representatives was in session and we sat in the gallery for a little while, watching the proceedings. One rep would get up, describe the bill he wanted to present, questions would be asked, then a vote was taken with the reps voting AYE, NAY, or VISITING (meaning they are present but not voting). Out of three proposals made, two passed and one did not. It was interesting. The building was nice, but not spectacular. The rotunda was four floors high with a large chandelier hanging from the ceiling. It can be lowered all the way to the first floor. That’s a looooonng cord! After exploring the building, we walked around the outside looking at the statues on the grounds. One exhibit represented the Little Rock 9 with statues of nine students. This is in honor of the black students who were bussed to the Little Rock High School at the height of the civil rights era.

2021 Apr 14 (Wed) – It rained most of the morning until about 11 a.m. At least it wasn’t thunderstorms. I called the office this afternoon and complained loud and long about the lack of electric. A staff person in the office overheard my call and came over to see what he could do. He couldn’t solve the problem so he returned to the office and related the issue. His boss suggested we plug into the 30-amp outlet rather than the 50-amp outlet. The staffer returned with the suggestion. We did it and voila! We have a 30-amp hookup. Not as good as a 50-amp hookup but better than limited electric.

We went out to the Fried Pie Shop for lunch. Paul read about it online. It’s like a pot pie you hold in your hand. I got a chicken vegetable pie and Paul ordered a beef vegetable pie. We got a blueberry pie for dessert. The wait was long. *sigh* When our order finally arrived, it was very hot; fresh out of the fryer. I burned my mouth and my tongue was numb for the rest of the day. The pies were OK; kind of bland. Oh, well. We tried something new.

After lunch, we went to Lowe’s so Paul could pick up a connector for the antenna to the cell booster. They didn’t have what we wanted. We then drove to True Value. They didn’t have the part either. Then we went to Camping World and they also did not have what we wanted. So Paul changed what he planned to do. When the weather clears up, he’ll install a permanent connection.

On the way back to the campground, we stopped at the base exchange looking for some wine and liquor. It turned out to have a limited selection and we couldn’t get everything we wanted.

2021 Apr 13 (Tue) – We packed up and left Memphis, TN at 9:30 a.m. After a stop at the dump station and a hearty good-bye to the awful smell hanging over the campground, we drove 3 hours to Little Rock AFB FamCamp. It is a small but pleasant campground. Most sites are paved except the few in the tree line, of which we have one. Our site is one grass. After set up, I noticed we didn’t have any electric. Paul checked the stanchion and found that one of the legs is not working.

We drove over to Outdoor Recreation to pay and point out the lack of electric at our campsite. The ditsy girl behind the counter said a work order had been put in and the problem would hopefully be fixed soon. No indication when that would happen. Paul rigged up an extension so we could have some electric in the trailer. The fridge and TV are working and I have a plug for the computer. We grilled steak on the barbecue since the toaster oven is not working (the toaster oven is the most used appliance in our rig). At least the stove is propane and I was able to make side dishes to the steak.

We are at a new phase in our relationship. Paul has begun to speak in low tones. I am often asking him to repeat what he said. He is also losing his hearing. Many of our conversations are filled with “I thought you said …” or “I heard you say …” I guess it’s kind of funny but it sure can be frustrating.

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megamikethomson · 5 years ago

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randomvariablefactor · 7 years ago

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Hey Q! It's 2017, not 1981!

Yeah, no shit! I hear it often. I realize that I'm 51 and not 15. My recent stay in the hospital taught me that for sure. I am not bulletproof. I am not invincible. That said, I am still The Q and that must count for something.

The 15 year old Q listened to Led Zeppelin and the first three Van Halen albums religiously. He still does at age 51. Van Halen and Van Halen II get regular rotation in Donna's Jeep. Most of my Zeppelin CDs are in my car. I have the Deluxe Editions at home in my personal library.

I often hear people ask the question of if you could talk to your teenage self, what would you say to him? There's a thousand things I would say to him. I'd probably slap him upside the head because the 15 year old me could be an ornery prick at times. I trusted nobody, was mad at the world, hated school, and hated where I lived. My original escape was through sports, though I was never any good at it. The escape route later came through music. My parents hated that idea.

A girl I dated in high school took me to a dance at St. Mary's in Lynn. There was a band onstage made up of kids from the school playing the classic rock covers of the day. My date totally lost my attention. Sorry Pam, and thank you. I was mesmerized by what I heard, not to mention what I saw in the crowd. There were girls dancing to the music. So what if a bunch of them dressed like their boyfriends in flannel shirts, Levi's, and work boots. Many of them sported the Farrah flip do from Logan's Run that I still like to this day. I started saving for an electric guitar the next day. 36 years later, I am still playing music. Why? Because I can? Sure! Because I want to? Yeah, that too. The correct answer is because I HAVE to. This thing is in my blood. Most guys take up music to meet girls. I was no exception. The only problem was my taste in music was undesirable to most of my local lady peers, meaning if I wanted to date, I had to listen to crappy music. I gave in and gave up often. My music always won.

But back to that mano a mano with Q51 vs Q15. In the back of my 15 year old head, I had a blind faith that things would get better, though I was also very cynical. I often associated myself with older people. I could not relate to my own age group that well, but give me some people 10 years older than me and it was a different ball game. I wanted to be like Larry on Three's Company at the Regal Beagle having drinks with an airline stewardess in a spaghetti strap or sleeveless summer dress with a flower in her hair. You know, like the girl on the cover of Bob Welch's French Kiss album. It wasn't happening.

Teen years are tough. Later I learned that we all had a hard time going through them. Let's face it, we are awkward and geeky. I was blessed with the Grand Slam Of Teenage Hell in junior high: skinny, glasses, braces, and freckles. Throw in a bad haircut and a Prince stache and you got it. People told me I'd get through it if I stuck to my guns. Would I have listened to the 51 year old me? Who knows? I'm betting no. Listening wasn't my forte unless it was, say, a Grand Funk or Alice Cooper 8 track.

Yeah, I had to learn a lot of things the hard way as a teen. My alcohol and drug problems in high school, college, and most of my 30 somethings. Even now, I found out I have Type 2 Diabetes and must watch my carbs. I wouldn't have listened then and I didn't until I got diagnosed. I honestly thought I was never going to make it to 25. I was surprised when I did. I was on a deathwish. Both of my parents had major health issues. We lived on red meat and starchy vegetables. Like The Mick once said: "If I knew I was going to live this long, I would have taken better care of myself."

I think the discussion of Q51 and Q15 would be mind blowing to the young buck. Telling him that he'd move out of Southie and go to Dorchester for 13 years. Unthinkable during the Bosco years. Southie and Dot guys broke each other's balls. It was a time honored tradition. That he'd forgive people that screwed him over? I'm Scotch-Irish. We invented the grudge. Even when it was sister Pat off her meds blabbing more info than they needed to know to my classmates. How about people who I thought were my allies that weren't, be it a classmate, bandmate, coworker, girlfriend, or someone that had the misfortune of hitting my radar on a bad day. Life is too short to be angry all the time. It may feel good when you are 15, but not at 51. At 15, a good bout of anger was like drinking 3 cans of Jolt. It makes you wired. At 51, it makes you tired. No more Jolt for this kid. When I went to the clinic to get checked out for what I thought was just a bronchial issue, my blood sugar was 723. I should have been in a coma or worse. Today it was 101, which is good.

Telling the kid he would meet a beautiful woman and be with her for 11 years and counting? He wouldn't believe it. Telling him he had everything he needed except for a little self discipline and self confidence? He would have said that I sounded like all the other people that talked to him over the years. That he'd keep a steady job and not miss a paycheck for 35 years and counting? You gotta be kidding me. That eventually he would find some like minded music people to play with? That some of those people that asked him to play music with them played on records he had as a teenager? That the suggestion his sister Patty once made that he should buy a Fender bass would open up a whole new world? That same sister that he shrugged off that day for being crazy had a good idea for that 15 year old kid. It would take him almost another 15 years to buy a bass, but when he did, the light at the end of the tunnel was no longer an oncoming train. Being sought out to resurrect Alice Cooper and BOC tribute bands and honor the memory of a dear budzo who would enlighten him beyond belief and mean the world to him? The kid would think I was off my rocker.

How about telling him that he would embrace other forms of music like jazz, soul, early R&B, funk, electronica, and even the dreaded disco!

Q15 was a dog lover. He'd be shocked to find out he became the owner of two ginger kitties. Would he be shocked to find out that he'd move to the North Shore? Telling him about the advancement of electronics and the role they would play in his life. DVDs of Classic TV shows, the Compact Disc, the Internet, the cell phone. The things you could tell him.

Yeah, I could tell him all that, but I think what I'd say would be simple. Be yourself, stick to your guns, don't be an asshole, treat people the way you would like to be treated, and hold on tight. It's a bumpy ride. The things you dream about wanting to do, if you work hard, they will happen. If they don't, you'll find other stuff to take your mind off of it. Oh yeah, and someday South Boston will get cable and there will be a station called Telemundo that you will love because all the women are hot. The only problem is that the show is in Spanish and you're in your fourth year of French. Go get yourself a Latina girl, maybe a New Yorker. Make sure she can speak Spanish so she can translate for you. You'll do fine kid.

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helovesyouthismuch · 7 years ago

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Long Update.

I apologize in advance for the dark turn this is about to take, but I needed an outlet because some of this stuff is the kind of stuff that’s keeping me awake at night. Please, please don’t feel obligated to read, because some of this may be graphic or difficult to read. Even shouting it into the void of the Internet is enough for me at this point.

My daddy died two weeks ago today, and everything came crashing in on me at the drop of a hat. Six years ago this month, he and Mom sat me down in the living room and told me in trembling voices that he had cancer, but that he was going to give it hell.

And he did.

Dad battled his illness with a stoicism and grace I still cannot fathom. He took the advice of his doctors very, very seriously, paced himself and never once complained, even when he was poked and prodded and his life as he knew it was dismantled and glued haphazardly back together again.

The last month of his life he spent at home with us, on a hospital bed in our living room. Fittingly enough, he came home to us from the hospital for the last time on Father’s Day, and arrived in style in the back of an ambulance. I hadn’t seen him in several days, and I was nervous for this new transition to begin. As they opened the ambulance doors, Dad saw me standing in the doorway and gave me a weak smile and a wave of his hand.

And I remember thinking to myself, “My God, this is it. He’s come home to die.”

Dad settled in as well as he could, with his pain finally under control. The cancer had spread to his bone, his liver, his bladder, and had grown in his abdomen into something the size of a grapefruit, so you can imagine the agony he would’ve experienced without a solid pain control solution. In fact, his pain was so great that in the hospital, Dilaudid, Fetanyl, and Morphine could not touch it, and Oxycodone was only a hit or miss.

He was comfortable at home with us for almost exactly a month, and we had stupidly thought my courageous father was done surprising us. The fact is, most people with Stage 3 Colon Cancer, which is what he had, don’t even get six years with their families, so that in itself was a feat.

And in true Dad fashion, he floored us to the end with his bravery and grit. Every day for two weeks, his nurses would come to check his vitals and watch for signs of progression into the final stages of life.

And every day for two weeks, they told us to prepare ourselves, because surely, he wouldn’t live another night.

So we did. It was frightening and exhausting, and as Dad continued to fade even through the fight, Mom and I felt an odd sense of disappointment when we would awaken in the morning to find him still suffering.

The doctors were baffled, and his nurses, some of whom had spent many years working in hospice, told us that people weren’t supposed to do this. People weren’t supposed to live more than a handful of days in the active phase of dying, and when it was all said and done, Dad actively died for 13.

The only time he ever expressed a desire to die was when he was in agony from us trying to move him to change some soiled sheets on his bed. At that point, Dad had no strength left to roll onto his side, so we had to help him. And in helping him, we inadvertently hurt him.

He burst into tears and my mom held him as he wailed “Just let me die, just let me die” over and over until he eventually fell asleep. It was gut-wrenching, to say the very least, to see someone who had always had such a will to live beg for the end. My boyfriend and I sat with him for several hours after that, each holding a hand and praying he would stay asleep for a while.

That particular incident aside, Dad’s strength in his final 13 days suggests that after he begged us to let him die, he changed his mind. It was suddenly as if he was giving it one more go, or as we decided, trying to hold on until he felt we would truly be all right.

I left for several days for a volunteer opportunity with a favorite company in Lexington, Kentucky. When earlier that spring, I’d learned that I had been accepted, Dad’s eyes turned glassy and he burst into happy tears and held my hands and told me how proud he was of me. So no matter what, I was going to go for both our sakes.

The morning I left, I laid my head on Dad’s chest and felt his bones poke my cheeks, and I told him how much I loved him. I held his hand and took a long last look and told him he didn’t have to wait for me to come home, that he was free to go and that we would be okay. We had wondered if perhaps he was waiting for me to leave so that I wouldn’t have to see him after he’d passed, and truthfully, I’d hoped he might go once I was gone. We all thought that in some way, knowing I wouldn’t be there would release him.

But if you knew my Dad (or me) at all, you’d know our stubbornness. Dad always had a way that he liked to do things, and God help you if you tried to change his mind.

This was true of him even on his deathbed.

It was touch and go while I was away, and at one point, I said my goodbyes to him again over the phone the night before we drove back. I made a point to avoid saying “See you tomorrow” when I hung up, on the off chance he’d get it into his head that he had to continue suffering until I arrived home again.

And being the stubborn, brave man he was, Dad lived to see me come home. He was in a near-coma at that point, but he knew my voice when I came to talk to him and tell him all about the trip he was so excited for me to take.

He struggled to breathe for two days after that, and the night before he died, I noticed a definite shift in how difficult it was for him. I remember wondering if perhaps he wouldn’t be there when I got up in the morning, but we’d been wondering that for so long that it felt silly to even consider it.

Mom came upstairs at 7:30 the next morning to tell me that my daddy was gone.

True to form, Dad slipped away quietly without any sort of drama or fanfare. Mom stepped into the kitchen to grab a wet cloth for his head, came back into the room and he was gone.

I was worried that I wouldn’t be able to handle seeing him after he had passed away, but truthfully, it was the most peaceful he’d looked since he came home to us a month earlier. His suffering had ended at last, and ours had begun in the wake of losing him.

I’ve spent a lot of time reflecting on our last few months with Dad. They were some of the most difficult and heartbreaking memories I’ve made, but I don’t think I regret any of it. Mom and I were able to ease his suffering as best as we were able in his last few weeks, whether that meant spoon feeding him ice cream, crushing pain pills and syringing them into his stomach, or even just holding his hand.

Our house was never more full of love than it was during Dad’s final few weeks. We enjoyed laughter and old memories with countless family members and friends, and with Dad being in the hub of the household, he was there for all of it.

A pastor brought his guitar one night and sang a James Taylor song for Dad (his favorite musician). People sent flowers and cookies, and on the day Dad died, fried chicken and biscuits came to the door to feed us even when we didn’t feel like eating.

We made promises, shared memories, laughed and cried together, and it was all a unique kind of beautiful that I’ve never known. Certainly, it was the hardest thing we’ve endured to walk a loved one from this life into the next, but it was a privilege to be a part of, and a joy knowing that Dad remained very much himself even unto the end.

I know it’s taboo, but I’ve felt him here in the house in the last few weeks, and he’s made his presence known. The day he died, I was telling his nurse a story about one of the many funny sayings he was well known for, and the power surged, but only in the living room where we stood. One light and an electric fan stopped for a long moment, and then buzzed back to life again, leaving Natasha and I a bit spooked and amused all at once.

And the night before his funeral service, I’d heard music playing faintly for a long while but could not find the source for the life of me. I searched the lower level of the house until I found Dad’s portable CD player and headphones, which he’d used often during his final hospital stay. It had been left on the side of the staircase, scarcely touched since he’d come home.

And inside, playing through the headphones, was a James Taylor CD.

Dad’s probably over my shoulder reading this as I type, cracking jokes and teasing me and calling me “Nugget” like he always used to. We miss him terribly, and we feel lost now that we no longer have to care for him, but we rest easily knowing that if anyone has earned a peaceful rest, it was Dad.

I really hate when cancer patients die and people say that the person has “lost their battle”. Speaking from firsthand experience, when you watch a cancer patient as they are dying, they are NOT losing. They give everything they have until there is nothing left to give, and then they leave us for greater things than we could ever hope for or imagine.

Dad didn’t lose. His strength and courage will stick with me as long as I live. I remember him every day, and still find myself trying to call his cell phone before remembering the truth with a bitter ache in my chest and hanging up. But for now, it’s not a real goodbye. He’ll be around, and I’ll be listening for another James Taylor song to tell me he’s there.

Rest easy, Daddio. We’ll see you again.

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Backstreet Boys Are Actually Back.

Okay, so she's certainly not wed to the head of Sony Records any more as well as which cares that she had a mental failure (which wouldn't with the sort of stress she needs to deal with - I think I wish to possess a malfunction right now!) - She's considered a responsibility? Yet all those that were disturbed as they were actually not able to obtain this Christian music are in for a shock; lately a considerable amount of web sites exist which offer Christian popular music, in these sites you can effortlessly obtain any kind of plus all type of Christian music component that you want.

The track-listing is full of tunes customarily associated with bars and nightclubs, however offered a symphonic music spin. I had not been having that a year back, thus. I'm mosting likely to bring in the music that I would like to make now, that seems great to me. There is actually additionally the great new etyBLU Double Method Bluetooth headset that makes a fantastic apple iphone Bluetooth extra and also this resides in reality, noteworthy for that it gives impressive quality of noise and has an in-line mic along with iPhone call and songs control button. I am a Marine who operated (and still performs job) in the music biz as a producer for a long period of your time. If you'll be actually utilizing the World wide web and/or speaking on the phone a whole lot, your electric battery is going to lose extract a lot faster than if you were paying attention to songs or leaving your phone on standby. DSPManager is a little bit of a 'scam' in this assemble from Android songs players with a counterpoise. Indian popular music has provided necessary ideas for the guitar player and also he lived in India with his family members in between Nov 2006 as well as July 2007. Nonetheless since that time, along with the diminishing of funds for popular music education and learning in our social schools, our team right now have musicians phoning themselves songwriters along with little bit of understanding of music composition, track or concept structure or respect for designs that arrived previously (to our impairment).

See, you peterexcercisies.info 're asking about these oversights as well as dishonest strategies, and you hear as well as thereby even seem to agree with his unfavorable judgments, and also you are actually certainly articulating that this mistook he was actually managed this way ... so this proves to him effectively that you are actually NOT like that. Nonetheless, songs professionals as well as kid development analysts have actually proven this assumption inappropriate. Even more, Apple constructing a music ecosystem will aid improving commitment of its users. Since bros as well as sis possessed to find out the same guitar, having been a music teacher I have observed a lot of music courses go unbelievably wrong. Get out of bed to delicate soft songs (if this really isn't possible, either considering that you will not hear that, or even this will only deliver you back into a more relaxed rest, try an alarm clock along with a regular beeping sound, something certainly not to annoying, or set the alarm to your favorite broadcast terminal. There are actually actually thousands of Ukulele courses internet however my preferred that I know has helped many thousands and also is still accomplishing this now is actually a music software program Gotten in touch with Beatnik's Speak Ukulele Training program 2" which you could possess become aware of already. Most non-western music is actually accordinged to tune and rhythm, along with arrangement often little bit over a drone. Do not receive me inappropriate - I am certainly not visiting preach that S&P 500 is actually going to 1,000 tomorrow. There is no evidence that the power of popular music could treat illness like cancer cells but health and wellness professionals assume that it can easily reduce certain indicators.

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kelp-forest-dweller-blog · 7 years ago

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The hazards of Electronic digital Currency

As being a professional musician, I'm wrapped up in an continuous debate concerning technology. We all guitarists argument thousands of tiny issues inside online discussion boards, on Facebook or myspace and in particular person. What gift items provide the greatest for money? Are usually U. T. -made axes still more advanced than those manufactured in Mexico? Which usually "stomp-box" is likely to make me noise just like Jimi Hendrix? An individual name the matter, there'll end up being multiple thoughts, all placed passionately.

Yet there's one particular overarching break down between the "purists" and the relaxation. I preserve that it's considerably better have many guitars and also amplifiers to have different seems - a single rig regarding blues, one more for jazz music, one more intended for country, etc. The modernists say it is possible to just make use of any old any guitar and ampere along with a extravagant piece of electronic digital "modelling" products that will cause them to become sound like anything.

More than once We have done exhibits with these kinds of "modern" participants, only to enjoy in leisure as their nice digital toolkit broke down, departing them left behind. My out-dated Fender Telecaster and Lavish Reverb ampere then rob the demonstrate.

There's a outstanding lesson in that room... one that you need to take to coronary heart when it comes to your funds.

What If the strength Goes Off?

Today's world is a kaleidoscope of gadgets and devices that make achievable things we all only desired as youngsters. Thanks to the electronic planet, you can buy a residence from your cell phone, see the actual night heavens looks like online on the other side worldwide, or make money from nanosecond locations trading periods in the currency markets. All before getting out of bed.

Much like my "modern" guitar close friends, many people manage to take it with no consideration that the a digital systems that will underlie these kinds of miracles : the Internet, as an example - are usually eternal. Then when I notice someone help to make plans in which assume unintermitting[obs3]; unremitting, unrelenting connectivity, I do believe to me personally: "What in the event the power this set off? "

Which often brings myself to one of the very frightening concepts I've encounter in a although.

A You. S. technical giant will be reportedly working away at a software program based on the famous digital foreign money "Bitcoin. inches The idea is always to make it possible for significant currencies just like the dollar or perhaps euro to use like Bitcoins. Anyone can transact together with anyone else on earth directly, solving banks entirely. Just login, send your cash and most likely done.

This specific promises a global with no financial institutions, no costs and no headaches... but a lot of danger.

A digital Counterfeiting

Everyone understands that faking is a threat with document money. For this reason individual costs have a string of serial numbers on them. Nevertheless the same is applicable to digital stock markets. Unlike bodily money, the particular electronic data files that stand for digital money can be replicated exactly, without trace. Given that spending an electronic digital dollar won't delete typically the electronic info that symbolizes it, including the lack of banks and the accounting methods, some other approach is needed to stop that money from being utilized again from the same man or woman - unsuspecting "double-spending. very well

Bitcoin achieves this using a "block string. " Every few hours, a group of just about all recent Bitcoin transactions is established, called a obstruct. This wedge is then swiftly distributed throughout the Bitcoin method, where it truly is added to the continued chain of Bitcoin purchases (hence often the name). Doing this, if someone who have already expended a given Bitcoin (and hasn't received that back properly from a 3 rd party) attempts to spend the idea again, the machine will refuse it as "counterfeit. "

Bitcoin accomplishes this specific by using a allocated system of private "nodes" this keep track of the exact block sequence. But the same could be achieved by a core server. The particular tech business working on its digital currency exchange has as a result floated the concept of turning us dollars and other values into digital camera form rapid with the key server manipulated by banks.

What Could Go Wrong?

I actually don't need to let you know what happens under this technique if the strength goes out: Simply no moolah. Naturally , the same thing can easily and does take place now, with the much of each of our transacting produced by credit or maybe debit control cards. But at the very least we have a choice of keeping and also cash.

Am i not paranoid throughout thinking that, no matter what advantages of electric currencies instructions and breaking banks is absolutely tempting aid the real threat isn't electrical power outages, but alternatively giving a middle power to be able to turn all of our money don / doff? The dangers regarding digital forex aren't tiny. After all, suppose the opportunities to get monetary chaos: digital riches confiscation... programmed taxation... tennis courts issuing arrest warrants to grab your electronic digital money...

Not a chance. I'm any realist. I am aware that if organizations have the energy to do that, they may use it.

One more thing reason to be able to stock up on rare metal, my friends... the greatest store valuable. So far, no less than, nobody's develop a way to shut off its electric power.

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What Is 1More Triple Driver In-Ear and know more about his design and functions?

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What Is 1More Triple Driver In-Ear and know more about his design and functions?

1More Triple Driver In-Ear Headphones Review HIGHLIGHTS Each earbud features two balanced armature drivers and one dynamic motive force The sonic signature is balanced, with particular highs and managed bass The 1More Triple Driver In-Ear is priced at Rs. Eight,999

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1More has set up itself as a critical contender inside the audio space through the years. Its product portfolio isn’t very giant, but the few merchandise we’ve examined have turned out to be actually precise. Today, we’ll be trying out 1More’s enormously acclaimed Triple Driver In-Ear, that is currently certainly one of its maximum steeply-priced offerings in India. This pair of headphones boasts of getting three exceptional drivers inside every earbud for better constancy audio.

The rate tag of Rs. 8,999 puts it in the premium section as far as stressed out headphones move. It’s time to put the Triple Drive In-Ear to the test to look if the hype if actual.

1More Triple Driver In-Ear design and functions The headphones appearance remarkable and are snugly packed in an as an alternative massive container. The cable is adequately lengthy (1.25m), and consistent with 1More, is the product of an enamelled copper twine with Kevlar fibre for increased durability and power. The smooth rubber lining of the cord is uncovered from the Y-splitter to the earbuds, while the lower element has nylon braiding.

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The casings of the earbuds are fabricated from steel and sit at slight angles whilst you put on them so that they rest greater effectively in your ears. More than comfort although, 1More says this attitude become chosen to boom sound isolation and enhance exceptionally. Inside each casing, there are balanced armature drivers and one dynamic driver. The latter is stated to use aerospace-grade cloth in its production. Despite squeezing in three drivers, the Triple Driver In-Ear’s casings are enormously compact and relatively inconspicuous while you wear them. We didn’t find them too heavy either. There is an in-line far-flung manage, which homes the microphone for calls and 3 buttons for controlling track playback.

The 1More Triple Driver In-Ear boasts of an excellent frequency range of 20Hz to 40,000Hz, and an impedance rating of 32Ohms, which is decently low thinking about the range of drivers inside. 1More’s website claims that the Triple Driver In-Ear is the sector’s first pair of THX certified headphones. The headphones are available in black and titanium (which we’ve with us).

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Coming to the packaging itself, it is pretty fancy and you get multiple top rate-looking accessories inside. On the flap of the field, we have a few sketches of the process that went into designing the headphones, together with a message from Luca Bignardi, a Grammy-award-winning sound engineer who supposedly helped song them. Flipping over the layer which has the headphones themselves, we’ve all the add-ons which might be boxed personally. The wearing case is a hard-shell box with a magnetic flap and a leather-based-like texture.

Next up, we have a twin-prong plane adapter for the use of your headphones with in-flight amusement systems. The equal box also has a steel blouse clip for the cable. There’s a separate box just for the guide and a mini 1More product catalogue. Finally, the tallest field inside the package homes the 8 greater pairs of ear tips that come similarly to the ones already on the earbuds. There are six sets of silicone tips in different sizes and three sets of froth recommendations. All the add-ons are exceedingly pleasant and feel top class.

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1More Triple Driver In-Ear Headphones overall performance We tested the 1More Triple Driver headphones on a number devices which include the LG V30+ (Review), Apple iPhone 6s Plus (Review), and a MacBook Air. We used an assortment of media starting from online streaming to excessive-resolution FLAC documents. We positioned the headphones through a quick burn-in period too using 1More’s very own Assistant app. Focus tracks for this review had been In The Closet via Michael Jackson, Coming Back To Life through Pink Floyd, and Reminder via The Weeknd.

In The Closet is pretty a complex track with lots taking place within the mid-variety, at the side of heavy bass notes. With the FLAC model of this song, the Triple Driver In-Ear managed to deliver very good separation among the couple of units and the sound consequences which might be sprinkled intermittently all through the song. Bass reaction changed into punchy and to the point. We had been without problems capable of hearing minute nuances, which might otherwise have been lost.

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In Coming Back To Life, the electrical guitar riff at the start sounded sharp and ambitious. Vocals have been over again crisp and have been positioned the front and centre among all of the gadgets. High frequencies have been handled with precision thanks to the balanced armature drivers doing a maximum of the heavy lifting, while the dynamic driver furnished a diffused quantity of bass at some point of the song.

We selected Reminder in particular for its heavy bass, which sounded punchy and tight. There became right manage here and we never discovered the bass overpowering the alternative notes or vocals at any point in the tune, in spite of the volume became all the way up.

Listening to the identical tracks in FLAC the usage of all our distinctive take a look at gadgets showed that the great of the source truly topics with the 1More Triple Driver In-Ear headphones. The quad DAC function of the LG V30+ didn’t appear to make a huge distinction to the audio high-quality, compared to being attentive to the equal songs on an extra budget-friendly cell phone including the Samsung Galaxy On7 Prime. We did notice a small distinction inside the mid-range, and the bass became a piece more controlled, for the most part, it becomes hard to distinguish them. Music streamed from the Internet sounded properly too, but you gained’t be doing the headphones justice except you’re streaming excessive-decision files.

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The silicone ear guidelines provide an awesome in shape but we determined the foam ones to be extra at ease, and they even provide better isolation against ambient noise. However, there may be audio leakage at excessive volumes, and so something you are paying attention to will be audible to those around you. On the consolation scale, we didn’t have any issues with fatigue even after listening to track for over an hour.

Voice calls have been treated well, and the buttons on the in-line far off have good tactile remarks. The headphones additionally do an excellent task with different styles of media which include movies, which sounded balanced and engaging in our revel in.

Verdict The Triple Driver In-Ear from 1More manages to live up to the hype surrounding it. This pair of headphones produces balanced and precise sound. It’s right with quite a whole lot any style of song thanks to the two balanced armature drivers tackling the excessive and mid-range frequencies, at the same time as the bass is left to the dynamic motive force. Its marketplace fee of Rs. 8,999 is a piece at the high side while compared to the typical rate in different countries, however, isn’t always too bad in phrases of value. This pair of headphones is easy to force with any respectable portable device thanks to the fairly low impedance score. Build first-class is also very good, and you get plenty of accessories in the field.

If you do spring for the 1More Triple Driver In-Ear, then relaxation confident, you won’t be disenchanted. Just ensure you have some excessive-decision audio resources to get the maximum out of it.

Price (MRP): Rs. 8,999

Pros

Balanced sonic signature Detailed highs and mids Well built Good package Cons

Audio leakage at excessive volumes Ratings (Out of five)

Design: 4.Five Performance: four.5 Value for Money: four Overall: 4.Five

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An Overview For Music Gear Repair.

It's a multicolored however hard-to-define condition and also absolutely nothing less would certainly match the intoxicated entertainment from Gogol Bordello. And now, with the help of this brand-new internet site, Popular music Expert Pro you can learn to participate in guitar, bass or drums on the internet perfectly, in the convenience from your own room and also for the cost of merely 2 flick tickets. I was surprised at how really good the popular music is. A band that I found out through the Archives is actually The Radiators. Commercials are actually a huge part of http://bestdiet-blog2016.info exactly what makes the Super Dish so productive and also assists catch readers of casual sports fans. Baroque music, including those created by Vivaldi, Pachelbel, and also Handel are actually specifically popular hypnosis music among hypnotherapists also today. Not only is going to the songs seem a lot better, however they'll match your ears a little bit of better as well as be actually extra comfortable. In this short article our company'll discuss many means you could tape to your Personal Computer along with some products that are going to aid you tape-record your music to the Personal Computer. Fortunate Me, HyperDub as well as Hotflush go to the reducing side, producing a great deal of the brand-new post-house, post-dubstep music. When you enable that on your gadget and pick the source on the scalp system, this flows the songs wirelessly off your phone using your cell plan's records system. Their ability to convert Super 8 to digital and deliver abundant quality whenever creates all of them true business innovators. An extra guideline gotten in touch with AutoPlay is readied to real by nonpayment, which indicates the music will begin playing quickly. I've not had lunch, I possess a rehearsal at 1pm so I cannot have dairy items just before vocal symphonic music. You own the posting legal rights to a great deal of music as well as certainly not all of this is rock-and-roll. A few of the a lot more well-known parts on this listing are appropriate for celebrations, background music, or even stylized popular music for an extra modern wedding ceremony. The songs as well as graphics are going to take you in to the fantasy world of Hyrule as you fight beasts as well as deal with challenges in black labyrinths on your journey to save the little princess. For the very first trial that I documented, I was extremely heavily influenced by Master Krule I was listening to that cd, 6 Feet Under The Moon, a great deal. Saraswati which is actually an electricity flow from Gayatri Super Power aids us achieve both component delights and also spiritual improvement. All types of music like rap, hip hop and jazz music can be made up coming from a beat manufacturer. The great aspect of the tremendously piling method as well as the 10 moment fitness instructor workout session is that you can choose for how long you wish to exercise for the day.

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5000 Question Survey Pt. 16

1501. What did you think of the movie Black Hawk Down? i haven’t watched it 1502. What movie has the most surprising ending ever? shutter island was pretty surprising but that’s the only thing i can think of right now 1503. What are you currently angry at? nothing 1504. Who is harder to please, you or your lover? it’s probably me 1505. What is the most dramatic thing you have ever done for attention? i don’t know

1506. What do you have issues with? plenty of things lol. this world and all of the crazy shit going on in it 1507. There is a nuclear war and your fallout shelter has room and supplies enough for two. No one knows about the fallout shelter but you. Who do you choose to take in (Remember, the person you choose is the only person you will know in 5-15 years when you can come above ground again)? damn. it’d be so hard to pick. either jack or one of my parents. i’m assuming my sister and her wife would be good bc they live in an air force base 1508. Do you have any fillings? yeah 1509. What do you do when you are home alone that you cannot do when other people are at home? nothing really lol. i do the same shit when i’m alone and when people are here. masturbate, i guess??? 1510. Have you ever had a near death experience? not that i can remember 1511. Do you read on the toilet? sometimes 1512. Are you afraid of a global nuclear war? not particularly 1513. If there was a global nuclear war would you expect to be a survivor? probably not, tbh 1514. How often do people try to talk to you while you are in the bathroom? a lot, actually 1515. Have you ever swam in the ocean? yes 1516. Have you ever built a sandcastle? yep 1517. Do you feel comfortable in a bathing suit? i sure do 1518. What would be the best season of the year to get married? i think in autumn What would be the best day? maybe friday 1519. What are 2 things that the perfect ___ would do? Boy/girlfriend: be trustworthy and kind Parents: supportive and dependable Friend: funny and adventurous Teacher: intelligent and creative Doctor: personable and make me feel comfortable 1520. If someone you loved was seriously miserable for a long period of time what would you do to help cheer him or her up? i’d try to spend as much time as possible with them and try to make them feel better in any way that i could 1521. What was the best year of your life so far? either 2017 or 2016 1522. When people are born is it predetermined whether they will be a good or bad person? i don’t think so 1523. What is your least favorite bodily function? farting 1524. Does the weather affect your mood? yeah, it really does 1525. If you were underground for 5 years what would you miss the most? being outside 1526. What do you think of the movie Blast from the Past? never seen it 1527. If you were on death row (if you don’t feel evil enough to really ever get there, imagine that you have been wrongly accused and wrongly convicted) what would you want your last meal to be? hot wings, french fries, and some beer 1528. How would you want to die (electric chair, gas, lethal injection, hanging)? as quick as possible, or in my sleep 1529. Who would you want with you when you died? jack and maybe my parents 1530. What would your last words be? i don’t know 1531. What is your favorite summer song? all summer long 1532. Has anyone ever broken a promise to you? yeah 1533. Have you broken a promise to anyone else? i’m sure 1534. Do you eat red meat? sure do 1535. Have you ever broken someone’s heart? someone has said i have before 1536. What would you consider a blessed event? uhhh... i don’t know, in a literal sense, i guess a baptism? 1537. What would you consider a miracle? someone getting saved from dying 1538. Here’s a list of dead rock stars. How big of a loss to the music industry was each one? Dave Williams: Ian Curtis: Aaliah: Rozz Williams: Elvis: Tupac: Michael Hutchence: Sid Vicious: Jimi Hendrix: elvis, i guess??? 1539. What are the most cruel words someone could say to you? probably telling me to die or wishing death upon someone i love 1540. Would you rather catch your parents in bed or have them catch you? i’d rather catch them i guess 1541. If someone offered you $1,000 to cheat on your boy/girlfriend, would you do it? no. 1542. Would you rather date someone 3 years younger than you, or 15 years older? three years younger. 1543. Would you rather like your guy/girl more than s/he likes you, or have him or her like you more? i don’t think i’d be happy with either of those 1544. Which is better, the rush of kissing a new person for the first time, or the comfort of kissing the same person a hundred times? kissing the same person a hundred times, definitely 1544. If you could read your boy/girlfriends mind, but only by letting him or her read yours, would you do it? yeah, i guess 1545. Would you rather lose your bathing suit to a huge wave right in front of a cute lifeguard, or your whole family? my whole family, they know me so it’s not like it matters 1546. Is truth sometimes stranger than fiction? yeah 1547. Do you look back and laugh at things that hurt or were embarrassing at the time? depends on what it is 1548. Would you like to live in the Playboy Mansion? not really 1549. Have you ever looked in anyone’s wallet that wasn’t yours? not unless they told me to 1550. 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In November, 1965 and again in July, 1977, New York City suffered major electricity blackouts. Nine months after these events, there was a noticeable increase in the birth rate. Not surprising. Among other explanations, it seems that when people are cut off from communication from the outside world, they tend to return to nature, seeking intimacy as a way of communicating with each other.

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In Sex With Strangers, she strands two strangers in a rural Bed and Breakfast in Michigan that doubles as a writers’ retreat, temporarily cut off from the internet by a snowstorm. Olivia (Jenny Strassburg), a writer-turned-teacher approaching 40, is finishing the proofs of her second novel, which she is too insecure to show anyone due to the failure of her first effort. Ethan (Ben Williamson), an attractive young man of 28, arrives at the B & B, intending to finish his screenplay, an offshoot of his wildly successful internet blog that describes in detail his multiple sexual escapades over the course of a year. Ethan, who is used to receiving hundreds of texts each day, is devastated at discovering that his cell phone has no signal, but over the course of several days, he and Olivia discuss their careers and inevitably sleep together. In the second act the action takes place in Olivia’s Chicago apartment, where the relationship and online book publication plans develop.

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Mysteries, secrets and plot reversals propel us onward, but they can be plodding. In reading Sex With Strangers, we might look for clues, fill in the blanks and delight in finding out that we may have been wrong. But, despite excellent performances from both Strassburg and Williamson, in production the play displays certain weaknesses. For one thing, Williamson is so convincing in his unending seduction and praise of Olivia that it is hard to believe he is anything but sincere; the result is a reduction in what little tension there was to begin with. For another, while the written script simply proclaims “sex is imminent,” as scenes end, allowing us to move on to the next scene with no delay, director Stephen Nachamie has his actors engage in foreplay time and again, until the exercise becomes tiresome or worse, laughable. The audience can be heard murmuring “there they go again.” Finally, we become bored by the repetitiveness of the dialogue on such subjects as the perils and advantages of online publishing, the broken promises not to read each other’s work, and the suspicion that each is being used by the other. There has to be more significant material to fill two hours and fifteen minutes.

One problem is how little we learn about the two characters. The paucity of details about their writing (we never learn the titles, not to mention the subject matter, of Olivia’s novels), their backgrounds (what and who does Olivia teach?), or the world around them–this is clearly deliberate on Eason’s part, but to what purpose? Is it to underline how anonymity reigns supreme in our technological age? To demonstrate how easy it is to invent an identity and disseminate fake news? What is at stake here for each character and why should we care?

In contrast to the lack of specifics in the dialogue, the set is absolutely realistic, down to the last detail. Sebastian Panfili has done a magnificent job of creating both the B & B, with its deer’s head on the wall and falling snow visible outside the windows (thanks to Rob Denton’s projections) and Olivia’s apartment (with equally effective projections of neighboring apartment buildings and greenery outside). The set change during intermission is like a play in itself– perfectly choreographed, with assistants moving and replacing every piece of furniture in addition to rotating and reversing the walls. Even the coffee tables in front of the sofas provide surfaces for the actors to sit and lie down—leather in the first act and a fabric ottoman in the second.

Sound designer Scott Stauffer offers evocative music after every scene—sometimes with insistent percussion, at others adding guitars or trumpets or saxophones, depending on the mood. Not to mention the sound of Ethan’s car (and its headlights) and the texts that can be heard on his phone.

Vanessa Leuck’s costumes, especially effective for Strassburg, outline her development from an asexual frump wearing pajamas, glasses, and a bulky sweater to a stunning vision in yellow in the last scene.

Early in the play, Olivia expresses the fear of every artist who sends her work out into the world to be judged: “how do I make myself hard enough to withstand all the bad but stay soft enough to still be the writer I want to be? It seems impossible.” There is something so human in this simple question—something we all have to contend with as we try to make our way in life. If this play had explored the human condition, rather than merely its outward physicality, we might have left feeling more enlightened than when we arrived.

Sex With Strangers runs from September 22—October 15 at Capital Repertory Theatre. For tickets call 518-445-7469 or online at capitalrep.org.

Capital Repertory Theatre presents Sex With Strangers by Laura Eason. Cast: Jenny Strassburg (Olivia); Ben Williamson (Ethan). Direction: Stephen Nachamie; Set Design: Sebastian Panfili; Costume Design: Vanessa Leuck; Lighting/Projection Design: Rob Denton; Sound Design: Scott Stauffer; Production Stage Manager: Melissa Richter. Running Time: two hours 15 minutes, including intermission, at Capital Repertory Theatre, 111 N. Pearl St, Albany, NY 12207, from September 22, closing October 15.

REVIEW: “Sex With Strangers” at Capital Rep Sex, Books and the Internet by Barbara Waldinger In November, 1965 and again in July, 1977, New York City suffered major electricity blackouts.

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