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thedeaditeslayer · 5 years ago

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Exclusive interview: Bruce Campbell is having a renaissance.

Here’s a highly recommended interview which discusses what Bruce Campbell has in store for fans in the future.

Bruce Campbell is experiencing a creative renaissance, of sorts. In a recent chat with the actor, he discussed a return to his horror roots, cutting a comedy album with Ted Raimi and so much more.

Bruce Campbell hasn’t been idle during his time in self-isolation. The actor has been experiencing a creative renaissance of sorts. So, we figured now would be a perfect time to reach out and get some of our burning questions answered.

With so much uncertainty in the entertainment industry at present, rumors are running rampant. We gave Campbell a chance to clear the air so to speak and address some of the myriad of questions that fans have regarding Mortal Kombat 11, the latest Evil Dead incarnation, Ripley’s and whether or not he will work with Sam Raimi in front of the camera again.

The actor also surprised us with some monumental news. He will be returning to his horror roots with the sequel to My Name Is Bruce as well as several other projects that he has on his docket including a comedy album with one of his closest friends.

Get comfy, grab your favorite beverage and let’s catch up with Bruce Campbell.

Mortal Kombat 11, Ripley’s and the State of the Industry

1428 Elm: Thanks for speaking with us, Bruce. It’s always a pleasure. We have so many things to discuss. Recently, a site came out and said that you were definitely going to be Ash in Mortal Kombat 11. It seemed like a done deal the way it was reported. Can you comment on that?

Bruce Campbell: I probably shouldn’t emphasize yes or no because I don’t know. I have not been told. If it is not through my agent or proper channels than it usually means its wishful thinking.

1428 Elm: Apparently, an email from Warner Brothers Interactive was sent to a well-known entertainment site and Ash as well as Army of Darkness was mentioned in it with the trademark from MGM.

BC: The reason why it may not happen, just so you and the readers can know this, a lot of time for legal purposes, that character cannot appear in other things because of the license. If you can’t make a deal, that character is not going to show up. So, we may have been talked to about it.

But I do know with MGM that handles the Army of Darkness licensing that they’re hasn’t been a discussion with them about it. They’re pretty touchy. We have to be careful of ownership.

I honestly don’t know. I think I would have heard something. It’s not like my agent books me without consulting with me.

Even if Mortal Kombat came to me and said they want to put me in it, you still have to make a deal. If my agent says, “Bruce Campbell wants a hundred billion dollars,” and then they say no, the deal is dead.

The answer is we don’t know. No point in beating around about that.

1428 Elm: You might not be able to discuss this but what’s going on with Ripley’s Believe It or Not!? Will there be a Season 2?

BC: We’re one and done. It’s not your father’s Travel Channel anymore. If I wanted to host a ghost hunting show, I’d be on the air right now.

Ripley’s was made for the older school Travel Channel like Drive-Ins and Dive Bars where you go to wacky places around the country. There is a big push for paranormal, mystery and science-fiction, Discovery type stuff. I think we just “out aged” ourselves.

1428 Elm: It would have been nice if the Science Channel would have picked it up.

BC: It’s all good. I remain philosophical about all shows that come and go. There are so many factors involved. You change executives and things change, companies get bought and sold and things change, ratings aren’t what you expected…

After this virus, we’re going to see what shape the motion picture industry is in. It’s going to be a wounded beast. Projects are going to go away.

You’re going to have fewer tentpole movies too. I am hopeful we’ll have a return to low budget filmmaking.

That’s what I hope comes out of it. Each studio will start a low budget division and spend the money wisely.

Number One on the Charts with a Bullet

BC (Cont.): In the meantime, what is nice, I’m finishing up a couple of projects. I’m hoping by the end of the year to put a book of essays out and a comedy album with Ted Raimi.

1428 Elm: A comedy album?

BC: Yeah, we finished it. I’m in post-production on it. I’m putting all the sound effects in now.

1428 Elm: That sounds great!

BC: Who knows? We’ve never done one before so we’re going to find out.

1428 Elm: So, you guys are harkening back to the 1960’s when comedians like Bob Newhart had hit albums?

BC: It’s our version of that. I used to listen to the top comedy albums during the 60’s and 70’s. I wouldn’t dare compare myself to any of the masters like Mel Brooks and the 2,000-Year-Old Man with Carl Reiner. We gave it a shot. I love audio and I like radio plays.

Bruce Campbell vs the Classic Monsters

1428 Elm: So, tell us what is going on with your political satire, House Divided. Are you still working on pitching that once everything gets back to business as usual?

BC: It will be on the sales block. It’s a harder sell. There’s no blood. It’s not a horror movie, it’s a political satire. Associating Bruce Campbell with political satire isn’t the first thing investors whip out their checkbooks for.

To combat that, I just finished writing a sequel to My Name Is Bruce. The idea is we want to take Bruce and have him go through each of the classic film monsters. The sequel is Bruce vs Frankenstein.

We’re done. I finished my draft and sent it to Mike Richardson, my partner at Dark Horse Comics. We’re actively looking for money on that one. It is the Expendables of Horror. I fully intend to load the cast with so many familiar horror faces. It should be a lot of fun.

It would be a cavalcade of genre stars, old, young, on TV now. We really want to cover the bases. A lot of people will be getting killed. Guest star kills. Basically, Bruce bumbles his way into being a hero.

1428 Elm: Will you have to go through Universal to get permission to use the classic monsters?

BC: Some stuff is public domain. I’m not a lawyer but we would figure out a way to do this.

I think the bolts on Frankenstein’s neck are trademarked, as well as certain looks. But you can make a Frankenstein. That story is under public domain.

It’s also a parody of a Frankenstein movie and that gives a lot of leeway legally as well. I don’t think you can say, “Wolfman,” but I think you can say Bruce vs the Werewolf. This is my version of the Bob Hope road movies.

Ted has two parts; I have two parts for Robert Englund and I have a couple of parts for Kane Hodder. If they’re a name, I am going to put them in it.

After we come out of the zombie apocalypse that we’re in and everyone gets back to work, that is what I will be actively pitching. There’s plenty going on. So, I have been self-isolating in a constructive way.

It’s an Evil Dead World

1428 Elm: We’re curious about the 1970’s period piece that you were working on when we talked to you last year. What happened with that?

BC: It’s currently on my action board. I will eventually get to it. I am going to finish my book of essays first and then I am going to get to that one.

The story is set in 1979. The idea behind it is what would have happened if us raising money for Evil Dead went horribly, horribly wrong. It becomes a horror movie in and of itself.

1428 Elm: How did this idea come to fruition?

BC: I was going through projects in my computer. People who have a lot of downtime do spring cleaning. Clean out your woodshed, toolshed when you have extra time. In this case, I went to the head of my projects folder.

This one popped up and it was just an outline that I had written 15 years ago. I thought, wait a minute, this is pretty well thought out.

In the 70’s, filmmaking was real, you didn’t have a lot of options. You had to get cameras from a certain place, you had to have insurance. There were a lot of steps that you had to take that made the process really difficult.

I remember making calls for money from payphones in blizzards and s*** like that. You had to leave messages, you’re getting busy signals, you’re not texting anyone. There are no computers, there’s no email, its old school. You sent things in the mail.

Today, filmmaking is not difficult. I can go to a store and buy a 4K camera. I can make a movie with $5,000 worth of equipment. Probably less.

1428 Elm: Well, you can do it on your phone too. Sam Raimi is on Quibi now with 50 States of Fright, which is entertainment tailored to your device. If his series continues once everything settles, do you think there’s a chance you might appear on the show?

BC: Never say never, that’s all verbally at this point. They have to succeed; they have to survive. Any new format, any new platform, I’m game and if Sam’s involved all the more reason.

1428 Elm: Have you ever thought of doing anything like Quibi?

BC: Not yet. I’m used to writing 90-page screenplays with a three-act format. I can adapt anything too.

I was thinking the other day, I have a few screenplays that might be tough sells but maybe I might convert them to a fricking novel and put them out as books. There’s lots to do. I’ve got plenty going on.

1428 Elm: Has the current situation affected the new Evil Dead? We remember that you talked about possibly going into production at the end of this year. Is that pushed back like everything else?

BC: No, not really. It was so early in the stages that we can keep going. I just read the first official draft today. So, then we’ll give notes and additional writing will take place.

Then you have to budget the thing so you know how much money you need to raise and then you have to get the money. Nothing will stop any of that.

You can make calls for money, you can send the script to people, you can do budgets. The only thing that will be affected will be the actual start date. Which we didn’t know anyway. We may end up not being delayed at all.

Many thanks to Bruce Campbell for chatting with us.

#Bruce Campbell #Ted Raimi

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cinemaocd · 5 years ago

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so, you know things about regency era fashion? i'm dying to know how the latest Emma did in general, i love historical fashion but I'm not super into regency and as a result i know next to nothing. so like, were things accurate sort of?

Great question! I am not an expert, but I do know things. I’ve attended numerous Jane Austen events (national JASNA conventions) where I immersed myself in Regency fashion, attended lectures and read books about it.

I would give the new adaptation an 8 out of 10 for accuracy, with the caveat that the bar is now very, very high for historical costuming in film. In the 70s and 80s it was enough to get the silhouette correct. In the 90s and oughts, the materials needed to look more authentic. Now, those things need to be correct but also methods of tailoring, finishing, details, and hair/accessories, all are steeped in the period. And the average viewer knows more too while the cameras are vastly better, so even with TV you have high def. Things that were acceptable 20-30 years ago, just don’t cut it today.

I think the materials used all looked period correct for the most part (with a few exceptions), the details were period correct (with a few exceptions) and the costumes were appropriate for the characters, for the most part (again a few exceptions.) which is how I came up with the rating.

Most of the materials used looked to be natural fibers/dyes and historically accurate patterns and methods. One of my favorite outfits was Mr. Woodhouse’s suit that looked like it was made out of a woven linen drapery material with a bold floral pattern. I loved this because in the period of Napoleonic wars accessibility to silk brocades was often limited because of blockade. Because of that British fabrics would have been the only thing affordable/available and were also considered patriotic. I loved this suit because while the pattern looked like something that would be on a silk brocade, the fabric wasn’t silk. Also I just love the idea of this middle aged, very dressy fashionable man. It so fun to see and often men who are dressy in period dramas are villains or fops. Mr. Woodhouse while a satirical character, is neither. He would have been a young man in the 18th century when wearing lots of ornate clothes was the way to seem powerful, because wealth and power were equated. Simplicity for masculinity was just coming into style at this period and one expects an older man to not really care or not quite get it. Also Bill Nighy just looks so adorable and dapper in his fussy clothes. Mr. Knightley also wears homespun, but his suit is the simpler, more familiar Regency style. A perfect detail for a patriotic man like Mr. Knightely and one whose spare money is tied up in his estate.

A bad example of fabric not being quite the thing was all the very elaborate laces that were worn at the neck on the ladies. Not only would lace be very expensive and beyond the means of people like Miss Bates, lace was considered rather unpatriotic at times as it often came from France. So while the aesthetic of these elaborate, fussy collars was really cool, it just didn’t fit with the period or the characters, I think. As the Regency wore on women’s dresses did get more elaborately ornate in decoration, but if you are assuming this took place the year the book was written 1815, England was still very much in the throws of the romantic sensibility that came from France at the turn of the century.

The style of this adaptation was very over the top. It reminded me of a Wes Anderson film in its emphasis on the aesthetics and production design. Given this, I think it should get a certain amount of leeway in the way of period accuracy. For example, Mrs. Elton’s bizarre sculptural hairdos were part of the characterization, never mind that I don’t think they were something you would have seen in a country village in England in 1815. The tiny spiral curls that Emma wore were historically on point, while Mr. Woodhouse’s modern blow dried coiffure was badly done. The men’s trouser’s were a mixed bag as well. Knightley and Frank Churchill’s were actually tailored to fit, but Robert Martin was wearing what look like the knit stretchy pants they wore in the 1970s adaptations.

Clothing was an important cue to status and wealth, and there were so many subtle shadings like Harriet’s beautiful kaleidoscope knitted spencer which aped Emma’s exquisitely tailored pink spencer from all the trailers and posters. Harriet’s little jacket created the silhouette while also providing some warmth and color but clearly was far more humble. Just absolutely *chef’s kiss* Also can I say one of the most glorious moments for the costume nerd in me, was the scene where Emma was being fitted for a new pillesse and the tailoring was evident? I’ve seen clothing hand-tailored like this in professional theater workshops and the level of detail and hand work being done now is incredible. That just made me so unreasonably happy.

Another glorious detail was all Mrs. Godard’s school girls with their matching red capes. I know a lot of people associate these with the Hand Maid’s Tale, but they were very much the style in England at the time. So much so that when the French attempted to invade the sailors thought the landing place was garrisoned because they saw squads of red coats running around. In reality what they’d seen through their spy glasses was groups of school girls in matching red capes! This also explained why the director had them move in lock step like a unit around the village.

As I mentioned earlier, the lace on Mrs. Bates was all wrong. I know they just wanted something that looked unattractive and spinsterish, but such huge pieces of lace would not be affordable for someone who lived in rented rooms with her mother and took charity from the whole village. And the lace chokers that Emma and Mrs. Elton wore, just seemed bizarre to me, almost like little Elizabethan ruffs, something out of another period altogether.

There were some great accessories though, like the crazy over the top hats in church, Emma’s beautifully fitted shoes and gloves and all the coral earrings and beads. Coral was a big fashion trend and I liked that even Harriet had a humble set of very small beads while Emma had big pieces of coral dangling from her ears. And the topaz cross necklace that Emma wears is very similar to one given to Jane Austen by her sailor brother Charles when he took a privateer. It’s worth noting that Fanny receives a similar cross from her sailor brother in Mansfield Park. Replica crosses exactly like the one in the film are sold at every Jane Austen market and gathering.

OK I guess I had a lot of feelings and opinions about Emma 2020. Overall it’s a wonderful film. It’s an excellent, if not perfect adaptation that is just spot on in its tone and humor. I like seeing a Jane Austen adaptation where the emphasis is on the humor and the social satire. All this and it was still romantic and even a little sexy. What fun!

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janiedean · 5 years ago

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I have to tell you something but PLEASE, please, don't be mad. I love Brienne, and I loved her with Jamie, and I'm mad and sad that they didn't get to have their happy ending...but I don't think his ending was shit. Or OOC. First at all, book!Jamie is not TV!Jamie: his relationship with Cersei is different, not as sick or manipulative. He loves his siter and is loved by her in a more "helthier" way: in the show she told Tywing the truth about them, and it's huge considering the love for power1/?

He watched her lose their 3 children, he learned about her walk of shame to get back to Tommen, he witnessed Robert’s humiliations. I think he would have stayed with Brienne if she knew his sister was safe, but he couldn’t be happy if his siter died and he did nothing to save her. He needed to be that person, otherwise all his growth would be lost, and he would have dragged Brienne in his spiral, and he didn’t want to make her miserable. To me he is still an honorable man, bc when there was a chance to do something, he did it: he killed the king to save KL, he fought the dead army, but over and over he said that the Lannister army didn’t stand a chance against the dragons or the Dathraki, he was not a fool. His speech was not about NOT CARING, it was about knowing there was nothing he could have done. He did good, he was good, and till his last moment he tried to be honorable, he tried to be the person Brienne inspired him. P.s.: Still heartbroken that he died, but I think there is some poetic justice with Cercei crashed by the symbol of the power she tried lo long to hold.

anon, I appreciate that you’re being nice and I appreciate that you’re trying to find some sense in this entire thing, but… okay, I’ll go over it and please don’t take me as *me* being mad or whatever but I don’t think a few things were clear here so I’ll try to do it now:

jc in the show is not healthier. it might be different, but it’s not and the fact that it might have been less obvious doesn’t mean that they didn’t drag that toxic mess out for four seasons when it had no reasons to exist. now: I was down with looking at it until s4 because that was book canon and I can deal with book canon. I had to look at three more fucking seasons of that toxic abusive mess happening and I don’t know if it’s obvious or not, but if I have one thing, like one in the universe that I can’t deal with, that I hate and that makes me feel sick more than anything else it’s emotional/psychological manipulation. and show!jc has that in spades and I can’t. like, as it is right now I’m pretty damn sure I’d take reading explicit thramsay fic that ends horribly with annexed detailed fanart than even rewatching five seconds of a scene where those two are in the same frame and is2g if they had kissed at the end of 8x05 I’d have thrown up. please for the love of everything if you think it’s better than book canon your prerogative, but don’t come at me informing me of that because I can’t. especially not right now;

I honestly can’t give much of a damn about the stuff c. suffered when 80% of that is her damn fault and I’m especially talking about tommen who only did that because she gave zero shits about his opinion in anything but we’re supposed to think she’s a good mother or that she cares which makes me especially sick because people have decided that for her out of nowhere when we all know how much leeway they give catelyn for that and I’m honestly done with it, and maybe it’s not inconsistent that he’d care, but it’s inconsistent how they wrote it;

because I mean if they showed some half-regret over leaving brienne or she was mentioned or if the entire thing was addressed instead of spending four episodes building it up and then did in four minutes what it took six feet under an entire season to do with nate and brenda back in the day is bad writing, has no consistency, it also murdered tyrion as a character because I can’t believe that in the span of two episodes he goes from I’m happy that you’re happy to WELL I DON’T HATE MY SISTER SO MUCH JUST GO TO PENTOS when ah, wait, c. sent bronn to kill both of them?

also ‘who ever cared abotu the innocents’ or whatever the fuck that line was??? wow, that’s all this asshole has ever cared about in canon to the point of losing his reputation for it not counting c. or tyrion at least in the very beginning of the series when everyone thinks he’s an ass, and I have to buy that this episode was halfway decent writing?

also: even if I was okay with jaime’s ending - which I could have been if at least it amounted to something because that entire episode was a plot hole after plot hole (where’s widow’s wail? he waves WITH THE FAKE HAND??? WTF??, did he ring the bells so he actually helped destroy the city without knowing dany would lose her shit through jon connington’s ghost possessing her? if bran didn’t rat him out bc he had A ROLE TO PLAY what was the damned role since he hasn’t done anything until now that warranted it??? just the first four) and he didn’t even… help cersei or take her out like he literally was there to just give her some basic human comfort and rocks fall everyone dies, what’s the sense of it?? -, anon, this entire narrative leaves brienne horribly;

because sorry but in the best of chances she’s not pregnant and someone lies to her and tells her jaime went there to stop cersei and tried to be honorable (which given what they made him say about not caring for the innocents makes it bad writing but nvm) and she can think okay, I waited years for the right guy to trust/open myself to and then he left me like that but at least he did it for a good reason now will I ever trust anyone again, maybe, and I assure you that getting over such a thing is not too easy, but that would be the best option. mid-bad option: she still thinks he did it for the right reasons but she’s pregnant so hey, she has an illegitimate child from a man who left her like that to go into a senseless death making her believe she was wrong about him and breaking her heart and she has to play single mother in tarth without him or maybe she can hedge knight along with the kid or leave him with pod or smth but that doesn’t look good on jaime either. or worse, she’s pregnant and she finds out he went just to die with cersei and didn’t even mention her or anything to tyrion along the way so she did all of the above…. for a guy who at the end of it as the narration puts it just went back to die with c. and a kid he didn’t even know might be real or not when she could have given him what he always craved/wanted/needed and left her like that? like, anon, even if it was a good ending for jaime, there is no bloody way that brienne gets out of this mess of a season with a dignified ending unless they somehow manage to pull a miracle out of their arses and sorry but their writing has been so bad that I honestly doubt it, not even david milch showing up like the calvarly could salvage this crap of a finale, and for all characters tbqh, not just them;

on top of that, sorry but it passes the message that brienne, only rep. in this show for nonstandard attractive people who spends years thinking she’ll never find love and suddenly thinks she can be happy with the guy who also fulfilled her greatest dream and opens herself up to him putting her vulnerability on the line (and while I don’t really think the whole virginity thing is that much of an issue since she actually did manage to give it to the guy she wanted it does mean something in this context)…………. shouldn’t have done it because wow, left like that without a second thought and without being addressed in the next episode at all by at least tyrion who has spent the previous four episodes either admiring her or trying to get her and jaime together never mind jaime? wow, I mean, I surely signed up to see the character I always saw myself in getting this shit treatment by people who obviously didn’t understand either her or jaime at the bottom of it for as much as I still think 8x04 did it right until the end?

anon, I appreciate your optimism about that narrative, but this episode was so badly written that it managed to about destroy the narratives of characters that weren’t even in it (sansa and brienne, and let’s not even discuss sansa because lmao), to have every single person but davos and possibly jon but meh behave ooc given what half of their lines said if not their actions because even if we take jaime’s actions as your reading (legit) what they made him say was still atrocious and ooc and same for tyrion, let’s not even touch dany or sandor/arya or really anyone that wasn’t davos. I cannot, in all good conscience, find anything good about this mess because it was badly written. period. even if we decide that the plot and motivations were fine and we try to make them make sense the way you did, the execution was shit, the dialogue was shit, it looked like they weren’t even trying, it did a disservice to every single character that was in it except davos who was there for five seconds to smuggle stuff and I honestly, honestly, cannot even find the force of will to try to make sense of it.

this entire season has been a gigantic plot hole, it wasn’t coherent within its own narration see ep. 2 clashing with ep. 8, 90% of what happened post 8x02 was for shock value without giving a single fuck about making it look in character and making the characters behave nonsensically - and I don’t mean just jaime, I mean all of them to serve the undoubtedly wtf shocking ending they have in plan for us which if I guessed already I’ll hate with the force of a thousand suns, and I’m honestly done with trying to make sense of this thing because nothing makes sense anymore. I appreciate that y’all are trying but I give up. I can’t make sense of a narrative that goes like ‘we’re doing this because it’s cool and if it doesn’t add up with everything we did before who gives a fuck’, and I honestly can do without trying to find a silver lining in a show that has totally twisted the message of the books and turned into an angst fest for which everyone has to be miserable at all costs or it’s not good tv, and that’s the last I’m going to say about this specific matter because:

a) I’m tired, b) I want to finish my spitefics and ignore this mess ever happened and concentrate on doing something that makes me happy, c) if I just keep on thinking about how bad this was IN GENERAL I wish jaime was my #1 problem I just feel worse and I don’t need it, d) the fact that they did brienne this dirty and she wasn’t even in this episode is really leaving the worst sour taste in my mouth and it’s already bad enough that I have to hope her ending is only 80% crap and not 100% crap, I honestly can’t with discourse that tries to find any basic sense in how this episode was conceived and executed beyond my problems with jc, jaime’s writing and the fact that they managed to get wrong one of his three most basic character traits that has nothing to do with brienne or jb for that matter.

thanks for being polite and nice about this and I swear I’m not mad but I honestly can’t with this episode and I would appreciate if from this point on anyone could refrain from trying to make jc sound better than it is where I can see it/where I can’t blacklist it because it’s really not a good idea right now. thanks again and have a possibly nicer than than mine. ;)

#Anonymous #ask post #only slightly less toxic than chernobyl's ruins #anti-cersei lannister #anti-cersei #anti-lannincest #anti-jaime x cersei #got negativity #game of thrones spoilers for ts #jaime x brienne for ts #otp: i dreamed of you #guys i get it but no #and now i'm going to do some work see y'all later

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botanyshitposts · 6 years ago

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I wanna get into botany but textbooks and shit are hard to reead fuck I just see walls of words how do I read that shit

ok this actually isn’t the first ask ive gotten about this recently!! textbooks are a severely underrated class of book, but also take a lot of practice and finesse to read at first.

something that i’ve discovered about textbooks- and this is one of those things that i wish someone had told me and i ended up finding out on my own- is that there are two types of textbooks: 1. the books that you have to buy for class to teach you the basics, or 2. compilations of current stuff on a specific topic

a thing ive noticed about being an undergrad/learning the basics is that ur essentially catching up with the rest of the world, and that’s how all the textbooks u gotta spend like $314231 on at the beginning of the year on are written. so the type one books are structured on teaching you things, which means that each chapter is structured in a cumulative lesson that you have to read all the way through, sometimes slugging through pages upon pages of just…..shit, because you need to know whats on page 9 to be able to understand whats on page 32. these books suck ass. theyre essential and very painful but once you get through them you can get to the cool type of textbook, type 2.

type 2 textbooks are a weird thing academia does where they get a shitton of scientists together and have everybody write down the new shit they learned, and then they put it in a big overview book. these are kinda few and far between, but are super cool because due to it being just a giant compilation of individual results put together into one giant stack, if you arent interested in what ur reading you can literally just skip it and go to the next cool passage. nobody gives a shit and nothings building on anything else so if you dont understand one, you might understand another better, and u can skip around in the chapters as you please, which makes it SO much easier to read. the best example of this i own is Carnivorous Plants: Physiology, Ecology, and Evolution, which is the newest non-school textbook i own (published last february) and by far one of my faves even though i just got it (side note- some people have told me that they think its super interesting but are hesitant at the price tag and i would like to clarify that i saw this, it cost me Quite A Few Hours At Work, and because im going into the field, dont own any plants at all right now aside from one (1) fern, and had my birthday very recently i am giving myself CONSIDERABLE leeway on my book budget lmao).

on a similar note: books like this are more expensive because the newer a text is, the more expensive it is because of the demand for new shit. a book 5 years out of date will cost about $20, and a book 10 years out of date will cost $8, and antique books usually cost around $2 lmao. on the flip side, the type 1 botany textbook required for my formal class this semester was bought used for me by my mom for by birthday a few years ago in high school, and cost about $90; books being used by any university for a class immediately jump in price, and books with new editions just released will cost SIGNIFICANTLY less than their counterparts. your best bet in some of these cases is a university library, but i digress lol

as for botany textbooks for class and how to read them- again, start at the beginning of the chapter and slug through, because you gotta build up a knowledge base. if you’re taking a formal class, then lecture will most likely cover what chapters are assigned, so usually with my undergrad ones i listen intently and take notes in class, then supplement with my textbook by reading the parts that i’m confused on. when i need to read a type 1 textbook, i implement the method i used in high school to pass my AP courses: right when class gets out and i’m still in the ‘We Are Focusing Right Now Yes’ mindset, i sit myself down and dont get up until the chapter is read. this is sometimes more effective than other times. In terms of understanding the material, i find it helps if you look for how the concept you’re learning about is applied irl in studies and stuff, because if gives u a handle on it and brings to light what you do and don’t understand. on a more basic study habit level, if you’re like me and have ADHD but aren’t medicated, if i know i have to Focus ™ i take a caffeine pill or drink coffee in the morning and then try not to eat a ton of sugar until after i’m done studying, because it makes me feel frazzled. really, a lot of ‘learning the basics’ textbook reading is sitting down and slogging through it.

in type 2 books, i usually flag the pages that i find interesting with little sticky note flags, because it gives my brain a background task of ‘hhhhh find place to put colorful item yes’.

if you’re experiencing executive dysfunction with the intimidation of reading Big Important Thing: this sounds stupid, but think of it as a long online article. like when you open ur book for ur chapter be like ‘yeah just gonna read this wikipedia page now’. like i’ve learned that when applying an online layout, my brain is like ‘ah yes short and good and will remain focused now’, but when working in a book format- even in an online textbook- my brain immediately goes offline because ‘No!!! Big Stressful Chunk Of Text Gives Me Anxiety. Do Not Like’. i do this while encouraging myself to read regular books, too (*opens horror novel* ‘wow this is a pretty long creepypasta huh’).

#this is so long im sorryyyyyyy #h its like 2am lol #botany education #long post #asks #plont asks #Anonymous

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amarilyss · 3 years ago

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(rebloging because it was too long)

Hey Op ! Sadly I can't help you because I'm in a very similar situation with my parents, but one thing I can tell you is that you need to lie through your teeth. I know you might not like to lie and feel bad about it, so if you want to justify it to yourself, just think that this is a way to make them pay in advance for the therapy you will need.

I don't know your specific situation, so some of it might not be feasible. Here's a list of what you can try.

Make sure they don't have access to your bank account. Depending of how old you are, you can pretend that a financial advisor (not sure of their name in english, but basically the person at the bank who is in charge of your account) pushed for you to create your own bank account if you don't already have one. The idea is to make sure your parents don't know how much money you make – or worse, take your money behind your back if they have access to it.

If not possible, try to get paid in cash, but it can be difficult (but can be done if you're young, I think).

If you trust your employer, tell them about your situation (maybe not the abusive part because people tend to jump on the ''a parent would never do that to their kid'', but just that one of your parent is bad with money and you need to make sure they can't access it).

The reason why you need to try and do that, is that you need to try and lie about how much you are making – not necessarly by much, but enough to get some leeway. For example if you get 100$, say you are paid 90$ : that way, you are automatically saving 10$ just by them not knowing you have it.

Hide the cash somewhere. A lot of people would tell you to give it to a friend, but personnally I would avoid doing that unless you really trust them – high school friends don't last long once you go to university, and it's hard to get close to a university friend.

Personnally, I would hide it not in a box, but somewhere they wouldn't check. If you're in uni', and take written notes, put your notes in a binder, in one of thoses plastic pockets where you put at least two pages, and leave some money here between the two papers. If you don't have written notes, look if you can print some of them to make a binder. Unless they're interested in the subject, your parents have no reason to look there. Same with books you migh own that they won't read, put the money between the pages, but not enough it would be noticable. If you're in highschool, you migh be able to do that with the potection of your notebooks.

Another way to hide cash is to hide it under a drawer : take a drawer, open it, and paste an enveloppe of the same color under the bottom of the dawer, in which you put cash. Make sure the drawer in close enough to the ground that no one will see what's under it.

Make a decoy : put most of your cash in an obvious save box, so that they have no reason to look else where.

If you can't lie about how much you're making (or if you want to save more), you might want to lie about how much you spend, even if it's not by much. For example, you needed to buy something for school : the cheapest item was 1$25, the most expensive one was 2$75, you buy the cheapest, pretend you bought the more expensive, and save 1$50. It's not much, but it's better than nothing.

You can also do that for bigger items. Need a new phone ? Buy a less expensive one (150$), lie about it's model (250$), and save the money your parents think you have spend (100$). Or buy a more expensive one, put at a pawn shop, pretend it was new, and save the difference.

Another thing might be your phone bill, if you're not on the same plan as your parents, pretend you pay more than what you actually pay (this only works if they don't have access to your bank account, and if your bills are not still in a paper format – in other words, it only works if your parents have no way of knowing how much you pay). You might not want to do it right away, as they may be suspicious. Here are a few lie you can use.

You actually had a discount on your bill until november, because it was on offer done on a certain amount of time, and now it's back to it's full price. Can work if you don't have the same plan as your parent. Pro : it happens. I used to pay 3euros every month until last may, because it was an offer made when I started my phone plan. Then it went back to 8euros everymonth. Not a big margin, but still one. Con : easily busted if said plan doesn't exist, or if your parent were on the same offer.

Another way to do it is to pretend that your phone plan is not enough anymore for your needs, and that you need to upgrade. Then you pretend like you took a plan that's more expensive that what you actually have.

If you do groceries, and they don't check the receit, pretend it was slightly more expensive. Again, not by much or they might get suspicious, just a way to save a few bucks.

→ Basically, anything that make them think you have less money available for them to take. If they think you get paid 90$, that your phone plan is 10$, that you have paid for you meal at school 30$, then they can only try to get 50$ out of you – and if you actually get paid 100$, pay 5$ for your phone, and paid 25$ for your meals, there are 20$ they can't ask for that you can hide and save. It's not much, but in the long term, it can make a difference.

If you can't hide how much you make, or how much you spend... see if you can pretend to quit your job. This is not likely to work but depending on the situation, it migh be possible. The big problem is the risk of your parents going to your workplace when you are working and seeing you there, or someone telling them.

If you work during the day, at times when you could have had a class, pretend that your schedule at school/uni was changed, and that you've been forced to quit your job. Your parents will believe you don't earn any money and that you're at school. Risk : you parents calling your school for one reason or another, or having acces to your schedule ; your manager calling your parents for any reasons. Your parents going to where you ''used to'' work and seeing you work there (or anyone that could tell them, really).

If you work during the evening, pretend that the workoad got to much and you didn't want to fall behind. Then you say that you are catching up in the library during the time you're actually at work. Try to get a friend to vouch for you.

Basically, pretend that you could'nt handle work and school, and gave the priority to your education. If you get caugh, tell them somehting like ''I wanted to gift you somehting expensive but I didn't want you to be able to expect it, so I figure I wouldn't tell you I was still working(/went back to work) so that it would stay a surprise.

If possible, depending on what your job is, pretend that you are doing an unpaid internship, so it will justify you being at work but not having any money to give them.

There are no other examples that comes to my mind right know. My last word of advice would be to not let them know you are unhappy with the situation. Basically, protest once and, if they continue, don't say a thing because if you do, and suddently have less money you can give them, they will get suspicious and will watch you closely. This also means to not systematically lie about how much you spend. You need to look as if you don't mind, and as if you felt really bad that you couldn't give more. Really, don't draw attention, to your money.

Tl;dr: make them believe you have less money than what you actually have, by pretending you earn less money, or by saying you spended more, and saving the difference. Don't give them reason to look closely at your finances.

I hate to have to make a post like this, but I’m stuck in an abusive household trying to save to get out, and I’ve finally started making money but now my mother is taking it (I gave her £75 for rent last week after I got paid and I paid for our shopping, and now she’s asking for even more even though don’t get paid until the 25th of the month) and it’s just… so stressful

But if anyone has enough that they can help me out, I’m linking my PayPal here and my CashApp here and I’d really appreciate it

#abusive parents #tips #can't believe I actually aswered #but it was important #finally beat my anxiety

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FUROLOGY 101 Written by 1GoldenBear:

PART 1

CONCEPT:

A Reader of mine asked What is a chest Hair Orgasm? ( FUROLOGY 101)

Ok- I've heard of this in this way: There IS a way to have Chest a Chest Hair Orgasm. How? You'll need to "sensitize" a mans Body Hair by combining masturbating and a variety of sensation techniques with his body hair, Which will train his sensation of mental awareness, touch, oral nibbling etc. .. First lets comment on "Mental Awareness".

Most Hairy guys (like myself) Are aware that we are Hairy (Duh.) What I'm talking about is the connection between us masturbating while someone is stimulating our body hair with techniques such as those listed here. "IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO KNOW THAT YOU'RE HAIRY, BUT TO KNOW EVERY HAIR". Is a whole new level personal appreciation of a mans masculinity and virility from both the perspective of "The Man" (Top) and the usually smooth skinned partner. So- a LONG two hour workover using such techniques as extreme (and I mean extreme) light touching/stroking of chest Hair, Forearm fur, is a start, followed by Oral nibbling of same - include fur on back of hands and knuckles. (A huge turn on for me) also nibbling hairy thighs is a smart area to work on.

As your Hairy Man masturbates and holding off orgasm as long as possible. This “holding off is called “Edging” HE MUST ALWAYS HAVE HIS HAND ON HIS DICK AT ALL TIMES FOR THIS TO WORK.SLOWLY MASTURBATING and NOT Cumming. Until way later. MEN EDGING OUR PENISES TOGETHER UNTIL WE LOSE CONTROL OF OUR PHALLUS AND EJACULATE OUR SPERM IS SACRED MASCULINE WORSHIP AND BEAUTIFUL MALE PLAY. ONLY MEN WILL EVER TRULY UNDERSTAND EACH OTHERS BODIES, PENISES, AND NEED TO EJAC OUR SPERMLOADS. IT IS SOMETHING WE SHOULD BE PROUD OF AND ENJOY TOGETHER.

Another technique that is a personal favorite of mine is what I call "Standing ovation" where the lips of the mouth are used to lightly pull my chest or body hair away from the skin, sort of standing straight up as if static electricity was running through it. WOOF!

In NLP (Nero Linguistic Programing) there is such a thing as a "Sexual Anchor" which is so similar to what I'm introducing. After a long bout of this body Hair sensitization AND while in a state something called "Edging" ( a technique of holding back orgasm for long periods of time), You'll soon want to have your Fur played with all the time. Your orgasms will be stronger and longer than ever before. Remember this is about "connecting" a Hairy Guy through his awareness at a whole new level. I find many Hairy guys are not aware of the virility power of the Hair /Orgasm connection.

And of course there is "AUDITORY" Anchor, for the" Advanced Player" wherein you'll use words to increase his sexual dominance. Don't be afraid to say how exciting it is to see his (Pick one) Furry Arms, long or curly hairs, and be sure to tell him what gets YOU FU K'in Hot! I know it turns me on to no freggin end if one of my partners "Admires" my Blonde Fur covered muscles.

PS: I'm going to start a face book page with more info on this subject. Also I'll explain how to go from very smooth to extra Hairy - using four growth Hair products that were NOT designed for use on chest, legs, forearms and Adams apple throat areas. I know what and how to do this and what precautions to take. I now have lots Blond body & Chest Hair creeping up over the top of my t-shirt. Search for 1GoldenBear, on Daddy Search.com responses welcome .

PART 2

One Of My Readers Reminded Me Of A Technique, I had forgotten. A good one too, for beginners that allows you to introduce the FUROLOGY 101 techniques to a Hairy Dad or Bear that takes no talk of explaining on the part of the Son/boy / bottom.

Here it is: Just touch your Mans body Fur with the LIGHTEST touch of lightness without touching his skin. Just rub his fur, ever so lightly all over. make sure he keeps his hand on his cock- NOT yours because it is a powerful link to letting you do much more with the cock connection because in intensifies his pleasure.

This is an EXCELLENT way to introduce the body Hair stimulation technique. After five minutes he'll probably let you use you ORAL skills so Get on his dick next and don't let him come do it till you "Sense" he is getting ready -- then stop and go back to more touching and some (Nibbling/Sucking)

Fur. I believe THIS silent foreplay is the best way to teach him what it is all about.

I'm so happy to share this insight to all of you. In the past few Blogs I've struggled with how to get a Hairy Guy to let you "Practice" on him. I suggested some ideas that were frankly awkward and unsuccessful, My apologies. Here is the best way to get what we crave. Happy foraging,Bon appetit.

By the way I hope you read the article on "Chest Hair Orgasm" Ya gotta get a smooth guy (or Hairy like me) that's into fur –It’s awesome to keep playing with you dick for 60-90 minutes while the guy licks you all over with the " Standing ovation" technique where they Nibble and lightly pull up each and every hair all over your body. Also the extra light touching when your beating off , but don't come during the exercise.

I did not mention a second part to the info about what YOU should be thinking while getting worked over. Maybe because of fear of being too egocentric. But it is important part to long term deeper pleasure & better fur growth. There are two Personal exercises:

A) When the guy is "Sensitizing" your fur Get into thinking how masculine you are, and how lucky this guy is servicing your FUR. Keep your mind on each part he is working on. This "Sensitizing" Physically, combined with your own mental AWARENESS, trains your body to respond the next time you have sex with someone and with more and more personal PLEASURE for you and gives off a Manly Vibe of man power over to your partner WOOF!

B) I do this in the morning as you wake up: get an erection while under the sheets. Go over the parts of your body that you want fur to grow by lightly stroking that part. ALL THE WHILE KEEPING YOUR HAND ON YOUR DICK. This half sleep mode is great for programming you mind to send messages to the root hair follicles. You might say as you touch or rub these areas: I direct my mind to grow/regrow the Fur on my ---name body part . . . . Each hair grows FASTER AND THICKER AND LONGER THAN EVER BEFORE. or make words to whatever you think is better.

These two exercises are call a sexual anchor. It only takes one session of Body Hair "Sensitizing" to make the anchor work.

ONE OF MY READERS ASKED: I’m dating an awesome hairy guy. But He dates other guys who I believe are more sexually crazy or better looking. What can I do to win him over?

Answer: Use the sexual anchor – Here is how it works in detail. As I said before, using the of Body Hair "Sensitizing" techniques gives guys a BIGGER and more INTENSE orgasm. When a man shoots a load the last thing he either hears from you or your last touch of his fur remains in him for months after. When He goes out an a sex date with somebody, if the guy doesn’t use the Body Hair "Sensitizing" techniques, His orgasm won’t be as intense as it was with you! He’ll soon have you back and you’ll be foraging on his Chest Hair quicker than you know.

Part 3

ONE OF MY READERS REPORTS: I tried some of the techniques you suggested on a hairy fella and he was very uncomfortable with my foraging around in his body hair. What was I doing wrong?

ANSWER: I have been where you are with this. Here is the thing some guys just can’t wait for you to suck them off. There are other guys that don’t UNDERSTAND what YOU are offering for them. They never thought of or heard of Body Hair “Sensitizing”. It IS an awkward moment when you have a dick in your hand or mouth, to get them interested then stop, to “Feed” on their fur. THEN do you Tell a guy what you are DOING? First make sure he KNOWS you’re a good cock sucker – Hell give you more leeway if you are.

Make sure you verbalize to him that you are incredibility in Bears and HAIRY guys drive you WILD. SAY IT TO HIM, in his ear if possible. Ask if it is OK for you to play and nibble his fur before he cums. Assure him that he WILL BLOW a BIGGER load that ever before. (He won’t know you know the secrets to FUROLOGY 101. Finish your job on him. SLOWLY as your JO him speak in his ear how hot he is, how much you LOVE fur, How he is really THE MAN. . . .etc. you may have done some of the verbal but JO him at the same time will get him hotter. Then try some oral stuff on the fir SLOWLY because if your too intense or fast it might feel too intense for him. They usually are all about getting their dick sucked i find Now you know an even deeper level of what to appreciate on the next Bear you meet.

Then if you want Seconds Try to get him aside and explain the “Body Hair sensitizing” That you want him to experience” a Layback” > Meaning he just lays back for 45 minutes while you do all the techniques of awakening his pleasure to his own body at a much higher and deeper level as in a CHEST HAIR ORGASM. NOTE: Just a heads up: Unfortunately there are some Hairy Guys out there that have bought into the trap of thinking their hairiness is not cool.they been told smooth is better than Hairy. Women & the Prono industry have pushed the smooth look to the limit.They want to show Men that look like 12 year old boys - and then There is the” thing” that you usually like what you don’t have.(So if your Hairy you go for smooth) Some guys are still “Shy” about their fur and what you are doing with it.

A READER ASKS : ”are there benefits for the subdominant guy who really loves hairy guys”

YOU do’in a hairy guy?: Yeah that's ANOTHER level. With your mental awareness of working over HIS Fur, while you imaging absorbing his masculinity - his fur growth. I know when I work over some Hairy dude, for about two days afterwards I am still thinking about his maleness. Some of that gets transferred by mental and physical awareness to stimulate my maleness.

You could even picture his hairiness mentally later during the week and JO saying MY Fur GROWS like His. . . . as you JO- - - My hair gets thicker (like His) , longer (like his) This is you BONDING a mental picture to YOUR hair follicles, like an affirmation .We know this works because a test was done years ago on pole vault jumpers. They were to picture Pole Vaulting off hours for a week. When they came back their scores and strength were much higher. Just mentally thinking about it affected their body. My fur has benefited from this by getting a bit thicker on my forearms and longer hairs on my Adams apple. If you think of something better that's good too.

Part 4

Using Body Hair “Sensitizing” Away From The Sex Bed.

One of the hottest turn-ons is getting your fur stroked away from the home/or bed. This can be exciting or daring as you like Ex: I had been dating an smooth 18 year old guy who loves hairy guys. At a restaurant I lifted my leg from the floor and put my heel in his crotch from under the table hidden by the table cloth. I said there’s MAN fur down there, . . . Boy go for it.” He put his hand up in my pants leg and played with my furry leg hairs lightly pulling the hairs and stroking his hand up and down my calf (Instant Boner) for the hour we were there. (I couldn’t wait to get home and give him all that he begged for!)

Another guy went to the movies with me, sitting with me; I lifted his hand and placed it on top of my forearm. He did not know what to do, so I moved his hand in rubbing motion up then down on the Golden Blond fur or my arm. He followed suit. I knew it gave him a boner because he kept adjusting his zipper. Then I trained him to lightly pull (A hairy guy’s favorite) those Golden Blond furry arm Hairs. I leaned over and whispered into his ear, Use your lips & Pull the fur like this” as I lightly pulled some of HIS hair that was over his ears. The act of pulling HIS hair teaches not only what you want but how lightly you want it.

I actually saw this happen a year before I tried it. I was at an outdoor concert, sitting on the lawn and a young straight couple was sitting three feet away from me. HE was a gorgeous Ginger in short sleeves, with hairy Copper Colored FUR on his arms shining like fire in the late afternoon sun– She was nothing to look at, as plain Jane as you could get. I remember thinking “How could she get someone like that!” well here’s part of why. He sat on the lawn and She got between his legs and sat down,so He could support her back and faced forward to watch the concert. He had his arms around her and she kept picking and playing with his copper colored arm hairs lightly stroking and pulling them up and then KISSING them. Right there in public! OK- Ill admit it. I WANTED to be HER! He’d get so excited, He’d every now and then, deeply and passionately kiss the back of her neck.

I could hardly stand it. I had a boner, HE MUST have had one too. This went on for over one glorious hour, I still beat off to it a lot .The whole thing of smooth vs Hairy is wonderfully powerful, If you acknowledge it.

And my last example, as if you were not convinced already. I had a Guy who likes my fur, He lived on the fourth floor with a slow elevator. The first time with him in the elevator I Grabbed him by the back of the neck and faced him toward me I pulled down the top of my t-shirt a few inches and I said look at that fuckin MAN hair, that Golden Fur Popp' in up over the top of my green t-shit. Goa head Boy,you know you want suck on it. Do it! We dated for six months and every time we got in that elevator all I had to say was “You want it? And he’d shuffle over shyly and suck that fur all the way up to the fourth floor

PS: I be raging hard by the time we got to the room. Please remember Most hairy guys do NOT know what the power of their own body hair. Once in a while a smooth guy or hairy will be so EXCITED with all that stimulation, The hairy guy might notice his effect on the smooth service guy. This i s a new technique “Body Hair Sensitization” Sure it’s been around since Adam & Eve but now, we will do it more consciously.

Part 5

Question:

A Reader asks: “As a young smoothie I think you’re on to something big with this fur stuff. The attraction has been around a long time (smooth attracts Hairy) But you (I believe) are taking it to a whole new level. I think it’s time to teach us smoothies out there how to take care of the real Men,& Bears.

ANSWER: All of you out there reading this should remember that Hairy Guys usually are NOT AWARE of the power of a man’s body hair Smoothies wanna play with it, nibble it,(a lot) and melt into the power of it. It Actually is a way for them to re-charge their sub dominate energy. As I have pointed out in my articles the attraction is STRONG to show off fur- to smooth guys who harbor unconsciously the closeness of a Hairy Dad- I believe this satisfies a real need in a boys psyche (age 18 & up) of what he deeply desires to become. Letting him worship at the altar of our manliness, Mentally admiring our virile masculine energy we broadcast. It actually lets him embrace a mental image to take home with him for JO sessions. This act (JO), penetrates his psyche and set up an energetic for his young boy(age 18&up) also think Mind/Mental)body to increase the "Male" image in him.

(In reference to your article FUROLOGY 101 Here on community Blogs and from you Profile (1GoldenBear)

PS: It is a fact that that a Dad can "Play" the subdominant role from time to time re- fill his own sense of manhood. Ya gotta fill up the gas tank every now and then.

I'll share this with you: I had a guy "Son" once and I got him hard and took his hand and bent fingers into a fist, than bent ONE FINGER out of the fist (Pointer finger) and then put my hand on his cock, and had him feel my Blond goatee ,All the while softly talking to him how he really wanted to kiss it then keeping my hand still on his cock, I let him feel my Hairy eye brows - Extremely lightly, with the one finger, telling him that if he wants Daddy to kiss him with the sexy Blond goatee he'd have to nibble my furry eye brows. I can tell you right now that if you haven't had this done to you, try it EXACTLY this way. WOW! Telling him what he could touch and not touch is very powerful.

Also I saw a video of a older Dad that kept rubbing his Hairy goatee horizontally and vertically CONSTANTLY over a young Son's Lips as he manually JO"d the boy. The Point is that His "Dad Presence" Masculinity - towered over the lad and he just "Melted" in the presence of his Virility.and shot a big load.

Furology 101 Part 7: Introduction & Warning Warning – Some of the ideas presented in this article might offend some people, some religions, some Moralists Etc. . . . please read no further. These ideas are expressions of a select section of love expression in which are endless desires, mental attitudes, and mutual sexual fantasies. Part 7 of Furology - it will cover the deeper phycho-sexual aspects of Hairy vs smooth. Dad/Boy and what each is getting and giving to each other. Also the application of mental awareness of penetration that happens when your Smoothie/Son/Boy takes an oral load from you and what it really means. And "Seeding" planting your load in a tight ass- discover what the what it means at the deeper level. Continue to watch my Community Blog on DaddyDater. This article is about Gay adults 18 years old & up that like to ROLE PLAY a Father /Son mutual sexual theme. The Dad/Son sexual Role Playing Dynamic may share some areas of physical, psychological & spiritual energetic's. None of the ideas, expressions, thoughts, examples, or fantasies is meant to suggest any behavior with under age people. I do not condone anything in this report that pertains to anyone under the age of 18 –This article is an exploration of the dynamic of the Father/Son*/Lad* relationship. Throughout the universe we can see many examples of opposite energetic's, for example: male/female, dark/light, dry/wet etc. In this study of the Homosexual attraction of Man/Son Sexual Role Play, will include Mature Man / Young Man - Dad/Son body types and the deeper psycho-sexual aspects of Hairy vs smooth. Dad/Boy Orgasms - the spiritual significance what each partner is getting and giving to each other. Within each Dad/Son relationship (Gay males) there are two poles of growth, usually unconscious. The “Mature role” and the lessor or “younger role” either of these two roles can be played by anyone regardless of their actual age. The perfect union of the two poles strives for unity, in and through each other’s body. They seek a way of attaining balance in each other. The reason these two poles of maturity and youth, is that they seek each other for balancing the Dad/Son*/Lad* relationship. The Son/lad senses a lack of the full measure of his mature adult manliness and unconsciously wants to embody his Manliness and seeks out Daddy closeness through sex to fill in his masculine energetic. The Dad desires the “Expression” and giving of his Virility and Masculinity, Seeks out a Son type*/Lad type* to be the open receptacle (think Son wanting Dad) and closeness it represents. The two poles strive for unity and balance and through sexual expression each get what the other needs and attain closeness and trust in each other. The /Son/lad can be attracted to Dad for the secondary male sexual characteristics, i.e Muscles, Hairiness, Maturity, Virility, Masculinity . The Dad Gets the trust, openness, youthful Admiration & closeness the Son/Lad offers. The healing a Son/Lad desires can often come from a home life that had a Nonexistent or distant Father and this missed closeness in a gay man can appear at any age. The Son/Lad somehow feels that his Manly Virility and need for manly affections is a possibility; he yearns for. He yearns to be connected to his wholeness to his man- self inside him. The Son/Lad is aware on an inner level that more Dad/Son contact sex builds power in him to be the virile man come of age which he himself always had but was latent in him. The Son/Lad sex act is a power tool and a means capable for increasing his own manliness. This imaginary bond with Dad’s sexual energy then holds a unconscious secret.The Dad Son/Lad Role Play has helped him to absorb virility and masculine attributes and return this energetic inside his body The Dads gift to his Son/lad replenishes & regenerates manpower to his higher nerve and brain centers to arouse those centers out of their previously latent condition. So, this article is intended as an approach to the secret of how a Dad can Heal his Son/Lad with the aid of the Father Son/Lad sexual bond. The Closeness they share adds up over time until the lad accepts his own Daddy image in himself (Usually with his later years). Without this understanding he will always be a Boy at heart. PART 8 Now that the basic “ROLE PLAY” has been examined let’s tred on the psychological religious carpet and go deeper and more controversial than you might expect. First let’s examine “Mental Thought Projection” which starts off as an “Awareness” of a specific sexual desire. Your thoughts can be projected inward into yourself or outwards to another person like a powerful radio wave. Here is a personal example: In January 2017 I decided I wanted to “Project” my thoughts about being good looking and powerfully masculine (I have average looks) that maybe people would notice it. Straight guys, Gay guys, even women! “An aura of manliness” OK-Laugh now, but read on to find out what happened. So the thought I committed to memory, was “I Project a powerful radiation of masculine sexuality / 300 feet in every direction / Consciously & Unconsciously / I know that this projection is working because even straight guys will look . (I knew if I could get THEM to look in my direction then SOMETHING must be happening.) "I project confidence with every step I take". So the next week I watched who was looking in my direction. Surprisingly there were a lot of straight guys that would stare and nod. and I would give a tight short upward nod to them. And some Women- I smiled back. I don’t think this is all my imagination. OK, so here’s the thing. After doing this thought projection constantly for about a week – I forgot about it –I was in a parking lot heading in to a private gay men’s club when a young good-looking guy coming out of the club, passes me by, and says out loud as he passes me “Woof Daddy!” I smiled as I passed. Then suddenly He turned around and said to my back “Ya want me to go back in?” Needless to say I was stunned. Why would he SAY THAT? Then I remembered my unconscious mental projection – After that incident When I found a guy looking my way I stared right through him and silently smirked “Got ya!” Ego? Confidence? Narcissistic? What did I care! My virility and masculine prerogative to embrace the real man power in me- that I doubted – was awakened. Next let’s look at a one on one projection from a Dad to the Son from a metaphoric comparison level well use two examples. And before I do, Yes, I know that sometimes a banana is just a banana. Now on a spiritual/religious mind set what symbolism can be seen in Swallowing a load of Semen –I know that it can be a religious experience for some people, right? (Smile) Also the application of mental awareness of penetration that happens when your Smoothie/Son/Boy takes an oral load from you and what it really means. 1.) You- on knees- Receiving the Holy Communion 2) The taking on the tongue the Full Chalice (Cock) of divine liquid life is not so far a stretch of the imagination. Side benefit: Servicing 3)"Seeding& Breeding" planting your load in a tight ass- discover what the what it means at the deeper level. 4.) “Mental Awareness” is a powerful tool that used to increase a variety of desires. Using your thoughts and projecting them. And Continue to watch my Community Blog on DaddyDater. This part 7&8 of Furology 101 in not meant to be an exhaustive study of Father / Son Role Play and it could be picked apart on a verity of levels. You are invited to email: [email protected] with your comments.

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FEEDBACK: Hey -Thanks for the admiration. You look like a young cop buddy of mine.(Years ago) I really like your short cropped hair cut. In summer months we would park our unit in back of some warehouse. I knew there was a street lamp that 'id park under so the light would shine through the front window. The light would come in and shine on my Golden Blond Cop arms. I knew this would turn on my buddy, cause I would catch him staring at the fur on my arms all the time. I acted like I didn't notice for months, but the look of Golden Fur muscles in a dark navy blue uniform is awesome virility, I’ve seen rare Blond Cops from time to time and I know the effect well. Ya gotta remember Hairy Blonds are hard to find. - That’s how I figured he might be gay.

One night I asked him if he liked being so smooth, and reached over next to his smooth arm to show and compare my fur with his "sketchy peach fuzz". Well, I can tell ya when my arm fur 'accidentally" rubbed against his forearm he reached over with his other hand and lightly ran his hand over my fur! In fascination, saying Wow! This surprised the shit out me . . .we'd start talk'in bout women an scratch'in our crotch. One time I took it out and we both beat off.

I’ll never forget that thrill of comparing my Blond fur and him say ‘in Wow! His dick was bigger than mine. I knew he wanted more but was too up tight. I’d still catch him ,from time to time, look'in at my fur collar that showed lots of Blond Hair poppin up over the top of my t-shirt and that's when I wondered whether all smooth guys secretly liked or wanted to be Hairy - opposites attract they say. BTW- You are in great shape. I could loose 20 pounds . i do not ass fuck on first dates or even the second unless the vibe is right. I like kiss’in holding, JO AND GETTING MY FUR PLAYED WITH. LOVE TO SEE HOW YOU PLEASE.

LikeRealHairyMen wrote on 01/24/2016 at 08:03 PM

Hey STUD -I've already read your blog as I was completely rock hard looking at your tuff of fur from the neck of your shirt and your hairy arms... the thought of you entering me Stallion style so I could feel your hairy chest on my bareback, your goatee on my neck as you moan with every flex of my anal muscles around your dick as I soft kiss and lick your hairy forearms...thanks for your email and your advice...would love to see more of your fur...sorry no mug shot downloaded but here are my locked pixs... i am and always have been such a fucking Daddy’s boy.

A Daddy is a state of mind and an attitude more than an age. And a mature man is not automatically a Daddy. Mature Men can be the best lovers: smart, wise, and secure. They know how to use a fag and have no qualms about asserting themselves.

Not all Daddies look like this but when they do i’m like a happy puppy wagging it’s tail. i could spend hours sucking and licking and massaging a Daddy like you. I’m an absolute whore for a hairy chest too … oh god, I’m getting wet just typing this. My mouth would stay clamped on those Blond pecs!

To all you muscle Daddies: Keep your Fur & God bless you! You give fags like me wet dreams and aspirations. You’re beautiful and magnificent. Men who embrace their age and maturity are worthy of respect and adoration.

Thanks you 1GoldenBear for you VERY HOT ideas.

Hi there, buddy. Wow, yes, read your article. VERY HOT, especially the hyper light touching of a man's fur on his chest, back, arms, etc. A man can never be too furry. Love fur all over, especially THICK fur all up and down his chest, back, arms, legs, everywhere. A 45 minute session of you licking all of my fur until it stands up while i slow jack is SUPER sexy, man. Would also get off on feeling your warm, thick, wet tongue sink deep into my furry mouth, with my hand lightly on the back of your neck. Furology would definitely have me blowing a MASSIVE cumload, man. That is some amazing full, thick man-fur you have sticking out of the top of your shirt, GoldenBear. Fuck, so hot.

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My next article will be on "Seeding" (Breeding) versus Communion (Drinking cum)

Hello- I have a blog located in my profile called FUFOLOGY 101 IT's about pleasing Hairy Dads and Guys at a whole NEW level. I'd like to "Demo" some of all of these ideas on you if you have any interest. These are exciting ideas to awaken a deeper level of pleasure that must be experienced live licking and very light stroking of a Man's body can & WILL turn your masculine Juices to blow a bugger load and feel it deeper than ever before. my profile explains it all some or most of it you may want done to you! or read it and "Teach" some other guy to do it for you it is powerful and I do both the Dad & Son parth very well (Smile)

EMAIL: Hello- I have an article on how to service Dads and Hairy guys in my profile. It’s called Furology 101.

I saw your fantastic cock and thought you might expand you knowledge of what makes smooth guys go crazy over Hairy guys like you. It’s getting quite a buzz. It's new knowledge take a look? let me know if you like it. These are not fake stories, just my own experiences with getting boys and smooth guys 18+ to service me or teaching Hairy guys to rediscover the mystic and power of their own body Hair and how to enjoy it at a whole new level. Blow bigger loads and deeper pleasure that just fucking.

1GoldenBear

woof! Thanks for the speedy reply. I think you really get what i"m presenting here.

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Could you tell me how you got him to let you "Play" With his fur? Introducing this style of sexuality is still incredibly new to 95% of Hairy Guys. They often seem a bit uncomfortable with the adoration of their body hair cause of the stupid idea that TV and Women their men to look like 12 year old boys with zero body hair.

I think a majority of Hairy guys really don't know the power of what they have. I will say that they have a LOW level of awareness that smooth guys go crazy of the fur but. . . . .

Please write me more of how you got your Man to let you "Forage" through his fur. I'm thinking that you just started non-verbally with a light touch right?

But I find that most guys want a lot of cock attention before we get to play with the Man power of a virile Man with Hairy muscles.

Thank you for reading my article, and please do write me back with you thoughts.

PS: part six of my article will be out in the next 30 days It will cover the spiritual and psychological aspects of the Man/Boy energy exchange. It will cover the spiritual power exchange of what and how the Man gives the the Son/Boy this "sacred communion" Allowing the Boy to swallow your Man load like Catholic church will be explored and the meaning of "Seeding/Breeding" and what it signifies to the Man & Son&Boy.

Here is where the Real understanding of power that exchanges between the sex act. It will seem "out there" to some ,buy when you embody the knowledge and project it into your sex partners, you'll have them remembering you as a legendary DAD and or a superlative Son/Boy!

1GoldenBear Remember, please write me with your thoughts & ideas I am so excited that you had a great experience with the power of fur!

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Did i tell you bout the "son" I trained & Role Played with last year?

He was about 55 years old but played the part wonderfully well. He’d come over around 9 pm and we'd watch some TV. He’d sit next to me, I told him I get really sexed up when a guy lightly pulls the Blond Thick Hairs (see my photo gallery") on the back of my hands Forearms.

He’d he do this for bout an hour as we watched TV. Every now and then, Id lift my Hairy Blond Paw to his lips so he could indulge the oral energetic - usually I did this part during commercials.

He’d get so animated licking he'd say "oh daddy I love your fur- you're everything I'm not.

The opposite of Hairy vs Smooth is so powerful. He just loved it. IMHO, This kind of “foreplay” running anywhere from 30 min. to an hour, makes a lot of pre-cum and increases the amount of your blown load.

So - if you can try out some of what I've shared with you ( IN MY PREVIOUS POSTS) please share back with me how it went? love to hear from you whenever you feel like it. I believe you can search in the Community blogs page

Part SIX of: FUROLOGY 101 will be published soon. It will cover the psychological/Spiritual aspects of the Dad/Son relationship. Included will be what a boy/son is unconsciously looking for in a Man and what powerful gift the Dad has for the boy in the form of Holy Communion. (Think Catholic Church Symbology) Understanding this last and final aspect will give a higher power to Dad & Son. It’s a higher form of mental power and understanding of what really happens in a role playing situation.

And what is the spiritual lesson in “Breeding” All the above is a primer to projection and penetration of mental masculine pleasure & power. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ OK - But it STILL WORKS with hairy guys. -If you want to get invited back again and again, by a Hairy guy I suggest that you learn/try these ideas. I find that most Hairy guys have NEVER heard of this style of sexual stimulation. They may feel uncomfortable with us "Foraging" in their Man Fur after two or three minutes so you'll need to tell them what and why you are "Playing around" With their Fur. It usually makes them unconsciously impatient and want to pull your head down on their cock. GUYS ARE VERY COCK CONSCIOUS AS YOU KNOW. So you might show them how good you are at working on Tube Stake. Don't let them cum, Stop, and pull their hand onto their own cock and start to lick and nip his CHEST fur by LIGHTLY PULLING IT WITH YOUR LIPS. It is a universal favorite right? If they take away their hand from their cock, try to guide them back to stroking themselves.Better yet, YOU get some lube and KEEP your hand on his cock. If He's impatient or want to suck you ,well of course, that's ok but at that point I'd TELL them VERBALLY that I am so incredibly turned on by your Fucking Hairy Muscles, (Pick one)Chest, Arms, Fur Collar (Like Mine) etc..and ask if you could have a couple of minutes to"Play with"HIS AWESOME VIRILITY. "WITH AN AWESOME COMPLEMENT LIKE THAT, A MAN JUST MIGHT LET THE THOUGHT OF HIS MALE PROWESS RISE UP TO DOMINATE THE EXCHANGE OF HIS MANLY MALENESS AND LET YOU FORAGE.Think nip and suck his fur. Not for too long at first, because the cock is still king, until they get a real good "Standing Ovation" Technique wherein you nip/suck all his body Fur till it all stands up like electricity is going through it (Described in my article) that will bond your oral licking/nipping and your extreme LIGHT touching/stroking of His body Hair. it just Takes one time to apply this Hairy "anchor" as they say in Nuro Linguistic Programing. When you Blow a load as this is being done to you, You'll want to have this done to you many more times. So- Yes it extends the time together- and it will allow him a greater appreciation (That He didn't know He had ) of a new level of HIS maleness that is a huge turn on that is just now beginning to be understood at a whole new level. I hope you can see the value that this stuff works weather you like Hairy guys and you're Hairy too or the Dad /smooth Son/Boy role play either is great fun.

A Reader missed a point in the Furology101 article.

1GoldenBear Responds:

Dear reader: You may have wondered what the value of why "Bottoms" need to know the Furology 101 techniques. Not all Dads or Hairy MEN even know that there is a whole new level to pleasuring Bears and Dads. Daddy teaching the Son to Service HIM in a deeper more pleasurable is just ONE way to inform the public. Sometimes the "Bottoms" have to teach the Dads! I had a Hairy guy tell me one time that he had a Bottom that licked him from head to toe and it was fantastic!

I did not mean to imply that YOU A self- confessed Bottom had to be 18- and Smooth. Just PLAYING the ROLE of the Son is a huge turn on for a lot of us Dads and Hairy guys and Remember two Hairy Dads playing together as always, is fun too Right?

The point I wanted to make with you- was if YOU like Hairy guys, YOU might consider using some of the techniques offered. NOTE: Most hairy guys don't even know the extreme light oral nibbling and touching/stroking increases the intensity of their orgasm.

Anyway, at least you know a whole new level of awareness of the power of man Fur.

Women get this kind of treatment all the time by straight guys when they fondle a Women's body parts and kiss their neck, arms, hands etc. . . Now we are understanding that Hairy guys have a "Hair Trigger" (excuse the pun) and that the FUNCTION of body Hair can be extraordinarily linked to deeply increased orgasms.

If you have not tried this out YOU do on a guy and see yourself. They will be cock oriented but trail them to let you "Play" with the Fur stuff. Be sure to verbalize how fucking hot their Chest, arms, hands make you so hot. It really gets them more comfortable with their own Fur as they think that they are PLEASING you to that level.

Hello friends,

A READER asks: "what can I do to increase my masculinity besides muscles and having a furry body"?

ANSWER:Glad you asked that. In fact, using your mind and mental projections can and do help. One thing I do is mediation- no, not THAT kind of mediation, Just because it involves it gets called FANTASY! well, that's not entirely true. I've borrowed liberally from a variety of ideas.

For instance quieting down using breathing- then making a mental picture of my self being in a special spot, like the sex club slammer, in Los Angeles. And telling myself that I can project a whole new energy- radiating from my masculine core- like BROADCASTING this masculine power 300 feet in every direction. Saying it radiates from me consciously and subconsciously everywhere I go- even straight Men notice me and will sneak a look at me, as I connect with their unconscious sexuality

The READER Asks: "How do I know this will work? Sounds a bit self centered?

ANSWER: When I was doing the above, for about a week I did notice that St right Men would take a quick look - and NO I not into Straight guys. Well maybe a little. The big shock to me was on the sixth day I was walking across the parking lot of the sex club, and a good looking Guy walked by me and said "Woof Daddy!" as he passed. I was stunned to say the least but did not turn around. I then herd him say to me "Want me to go back in?" I stalled for a moment thinking but continued inside. Thought I'd try this stuff again inside - You all figure it out the rest of the story.

These techniques are not new. They used to be called Sex Magic - invented long ago and STILL valid as you can see from my example.OH! I forgot one thing. Before you end the meditation you ask for a sign that you mind has listened to you- that you and it are on the same page- ask for this sign to come by way of a surprise- and believe that it has already happened. Bee thankful because because it denotes that you have received something and your BRAIN will get "Tricked" into thinking this had already happened- BECAUSE you- are already thankful.

1GB

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Hey Dennis- Wow! your thoughts are very well thought out. Thanks for taking time to write more than two sentences! the last 28 guys only gave feedback with 1 or two sentences, so it meant a lot to me with the way you took time and shared with me.

I'd like to address a few things you said in your email bout someone who is mainly a masturbator. Yes, you are correct but, I-if I'm playing the Dad role love the stuff about touch sensitizing. I can also switch to fuck them when I deem it appropriate. The touch/stroke Fur thing is so much SAFER-

I also like, If I'm playing the "Son" role to rub my hands up & down a Hairy guys legs! Usually while sucking I can tell you that when one of my Boys 18+ up suck me and plays with my fur on my legs, it gives me a RUSH of dominate Man power that put me over the top and I blow!

Super turn on for me too.

Your comment on "Edging" has merit. To make my stuff work on them ya got to "Teach them what the benefit is (shoot bigger intense loads) BUT they need to keep their hand on their cock at all times, while we nibble & lick our preferred Hairy place. A lot of guys ARE VERY COCK ORIENTED. So we need to please them at the start with that.

Just make sure they agree to NOT cum until you tell them it's ok.

So start with the BJ to get them excited then STOP.

Tell them what there is a new sex play thing that uses extreme light touching/licking you'd like to try it on them - - -

Don't do it for about that 3-4 minutes Stop.

ASK THEM HOW THEY LIKED IT. Usually the nipple area is a good place to start (Everybody likes that right? )

widen your nibbling to middle of the chest add in some VERBAL complements such as Wow, you have awesome chest Hair ,You're the MAN! I'm gonna get on your cock and make you have a huge orgasm.

This is the stuff that brings out their VIRILITY and MAN power. So if you add the verbal complements, ANY Man will let you nibble and lick a bit longer. PSYCHOLOGICALLY you're imprinting a mental awareness of their Manly Virility. It's so RARE that a Hot Man gets VERBAL complements like this. So much Sex is in silence, It' almost always a huge turn on for Guys to hear stuff like this. Most hairy guys a rather shy at first when you "Admire" their fur so intensely. I believe Hairy guys have bought into the TV and women's movement that constantly shows bare chested Men looking like 12 year old boys!

I know that when you read this (with a hard dick,I hope) It seems a lot to remember, But just remember four parts.

1) Suck real good- so they want more.

2) Tell them the new method.

3) Nibble around a bit3-4 minutes. and ask how they like it .

4) Add the VERBAL complements and nibble some more.

I wish I did not HAVE to orchestrate the session like this but, REMEMBER most guys are not ever aware of the Man power and masculine energy exchange they have and YOU get TEACH THEM to have BECOME AWARE OF IT. And enjoy it also.

This is training - no way round it - but if they like it you will not have to train them again. they'll lay back and let you "work over" them to your heart's content -Hoo-ray!

Did you get a chance to read the article I wrote located in my profile? Called FUROLOGY 101. In it I discuss NEW TECHINIQUES on how to service and please Hairy Dads & Bears at a whole new level.

Hey buddy- love to lick all over your Man Fur as you SLOWLY JO- lay back and let me show you a whole new level of pleasure. find out what Hairy Dads & hairy guys like you are missing out on- I wrote an article on this new stuff. located in my profile called FUROLOGY 101 check it out? It's what many Hairy studs would like if they knew about it. It increases their virility and masculinity showing off maleness at a whole new level.

Dear 1GoldenBear: fuckin man, U are the HOTTEST BEAR IN THE CAGE/DEN. DO YOU EVER PUT THAT FURRY FIST UP A BEAR HOLE? there ISN'T ANYTHING I WOULDN'T DO TO PLEASE YOU!!! A SUB HERE THAT LOVES A VERBAL FURRY BEAR.

LARRY

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Hello- Best of Holidays to you too.

Did you read my article located in my profile called FUROLOGY 101?

I invite you to share your thoughts about it. Just wondering if anything in it got you hard? or have you tried any part of the article,or fantasized about it?

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hey- I am so in love with your Body Hair - WUFF! I live close by in Orange and would love to lay you back as you slowly beat off and reawaken your Bear Fur to all new levels you may not even know exist. could you take a look at my profile? to see what I offer? It is a long profile, but all true experiences I have done to young guys. I switch to the "Son" role- when a handsome fuck like you has your kind of Fur. Two Fury Dads is a wonder to behold- cant wait to nibble for 45 min. as you lay back and slowly JO- No reciprocation is needed unless you get turned on- Hummmmmmmmmmm.

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Answering 5 Common Sleep Questions, Including Tips on How to Fall Asleep Quicker

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How’s everyone doing this week? Like millions of others, I’ve spent much of the last few weeks self-isolating at home with my family, due to the coronavirus outbreak.

If you’re doing the same, you’re probably feeling a bit restless, just like I am. But this downtime has also given me a great opportunity to reflect on some of the most frequently asked questions I receive on a day-to-day basis — and I wanted to share a few responses with you this week.

Whether it’s handling nightmares or how to approach your teenager about sleeping in, here are a few questions I hear on a routine basis. Alright, let’s jump right into it:

I have a hard time falling asleep at night. Do you have any tips for getting to sleep faster?

This might be the most frequently asked question about sleep that I get. And luckily, I have a few things you can try.

First off, always consider melatonin. Melatonin is the engine for sleep. I recommend taking 1 to 1.5 milligrams of melatonin about a half hour before bed, especially for anyone entering their 50s and 60s, when melatonin production begins to dip. Also make sure your sleep environment is dark; this may seem like a no-brainer, but light interferes with melatonin production. By keeping your room as dark as possible, coupled with a little bit of melatonin before bed, you’re already off to a good start.

Also, to get to a state of unconsciousness, your heart rate needs to be hovering near 60 beats per minute. But sometimes, after a long day, it can be hard to unwind, even when we’re trying to relax in bed. For this, I normally turn to the 4-7-8 breathing method. That’s breathing in for 4 seconds, holding it for 7 seconds, and breathing out for a count of 8 seconds. This gets all the carbon dioxide out of your lungs, gets all the fresh oxygen into your heart, and most importantly, helps lower your heart rate. This is a technique often used by snipers in the military, and I’ve found it’s also a great way to ease into sleep.

And to help you stay asleep during the night, you might want to have raw honey before going to sleep. I know you’re probably thinking “raw honey? How’s that going to help?” It turns out, raw honey is very difficult to metabolize, so it keeps your blood sugar stable and helps keep you asleep. This should help reduce any nighttime arousals where you end up sneaking off to the pantry for a midnight snack.

What’s the best way to handle nightmares?

Nightmares are rough. Everyone knows that feeling of waking up in the middle of the night anxious, short of breath, with your heart pumping and your mind racing. It’s not a pleasant feeling — and it can make falling back asleep a real chore.

Typically, when you wake up in the middle of the night, I recommend trying to go back to sleep as fast as possible, unless you’re waking up to go to the bathroom. Nightmares are the exception, however.

You can think of nightmares like chapters in a book; when you wake up from a nightmare, it’s just like folding the page and walking away for a few minutes. But when you try to go back to sleep immediately, your mind tends to go back to the “page” it was just on. That’s not ideal, and that’s why I say it’s best to get up for a little while and occupy your mind. Find something to distract you for a little bit, whether it’s reading a book or just breathing for a few minutes to “shake it off.” That way, when you do go back to sleep, your mind is starting off on a fresh “chapter.”

Other helpful options include the aforementioned 4-7-8 method, and counting backwards from 300 by 3. Trust me, it’s as boring as it sounds, that’s the point

— and effective.

Getting 8 straight hours of sleep Is hard for me to do. Is it okay to break my sleep into chunks?

The short answer is yes — but there are a few stipulations to keep in mind. The main thing to consider is that sleep comes in roughly 90 minute cycles. That’s why I tend to support push back against breaking up your sleep into two 4-hour blocks. Instead, shoot for getting 4.5 hours or 6 hours of sleep at once, and then find time during the day for a nap to top yourself off.

Needless to say, I love naps. You can read my blog post on the power of naps from earlier this year — including how 30 minute “power naps” can increase stamina and creativity — for more great info.

How important is my mattress when it comes to getting good sleep?

Your mattress plays a big role in whether you get a good night’s sleep, there’s no doubt about it.

I look at sleep as a performance activity. If you have the right equipment, you set yourself up for success. You wouldn’t run a marathon in sandals, right? The same goes for sleep — you want to have a mattress that will help you get the best sleep possible.

I’ve written about how to pick your mattress before, but the two key things to remember are comfort and support. You want to balance these factors. Finding a comfortable bed is important, of course, but finding one that supports you at the hips and also offers relief at pressure points like the knees and shoulders is critical as well.

I know mattresses can be a big investment, but make sure to keep your eyes on deals. Mattresses tend to go on sale about 4 times per year.

Another option: consider a mattress topper. Mattress toppers give you a new addition to your sleep foundation and quite often upgrade the quality of the mattress. Mattress toppers are also less expensive than a new mattress and can extend the life of your existing mattress by several years. Check out the 3” Sweet Dreams Topper from Luma Sleep. It’s an affordable and easy way to improve your mattress, and it’s Natural Latex and Serene foams offer the perfect combination of comfort and firmness you need. And, don’t overlook replacing your pillow with a newer, more supportive pillow, especially if you are a side sleeper.

My teenager loves to sleep in. Should I let them sleep — or force them to get out of bed?

With a teenage son at home, this is one I’m very familiar with. But I tend to surprise many parents when I tell them this: let your kids sleep in.

Now, I’m not talking about during the week. Obviously they need to get to school, early-morning swim practice, or a number of other things. But on the weekend, let them sleep. Trust me, it’s not a waste of time. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends teenagers get between 8 to 10 hour of sleep each night. Kids need sleep to grow and heal, and that’s exactly what they’re doing when they sleep in. Still, finding those 8-10 hours each night can be difficult during the week, so that’s why I’m a fan of sleeping in on the weekends.

There are still some ground rules, though. I tend to support picking one day as your sleep-in day on the weekend. I prefer Saturday, since it’s coming after your teen has just finished a week of school and activities. I also recommend avoiding back-to-back sleep-in days on Saturday and Sunday. The reason? If you sleep in on both days, your biological clock wants to wake up late on Monday, too. There’s still a little room for leeway; you can add an extra hour to when you’d normally wake up during the week on Sunday, but try keeping your sleep schedule as consistent as possible when it’s not your designated sleep-in day.

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That’s it for this week, but if your question didn’t get answered, don’t worry because I plan on doing this again soon. There are plenty of other FAQs for me to get to. In the meantime, my recent post on 5 surprising health problems tied to poor sleep might be another quick and useful article for you. Thanks for reading, stay safe during this hectic time, and we’ll dive into another interesting sleep topic next week.

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Re-reading DEMON IN MY VIEW reminds me of just how many similarities this book has to TWILIGHT (which may explain why I liked the latter for a short while). DEMON came first by several years, and I don’t think Smeyer read it, since she openly admitted to not reading anything to do with vampires prior to writing about them (the gall). But here they are:

Inexplicably world-weary teenage girl protagonist who has no friends, makes no friends, and isn’t... very nice

Gains the attention of an old vampire that she’s dreamt about (and written books about)

Every supernatural thing in a five mile radius goes out of its way to give a shit about this unfriendly girl and her existence

The main lead is a really blatant self-insert of the author--who was also a teenage girl when she wrote this--who also wrote about vampires--whose books are openly referenced in this book--whose writing life is pretty much the only thing the heroine has going for her

The main lead is hunted repeatedly by a vampire who is out for a mixture of revenge and sheer sadistic fun, and gets beaten the fuck up (like, really horribly beaten)

The main lead has no situational awareness whatsoever and constantly gets herself into trouble of varying degrees (despite being written as deeply mature)

Vampires can go out in the daytime (they don’t sparkle), and they have weird X-Men-esque powers

The healer character has a name beginning with Car (Caryn in this book, Carlisle in TWILIGHT)

The vampire follows the human girl in pure Edward Cullen stalker-y fashion--and they joke about it

Now I’m not against Mary Sues or self-inserts. I don’t think that makes a story immediately bad. I do think that if you’re going to do a self-insert, you should make the character dynamic, well-rounded, and engaging--and that includes giving them flaws. Jessica in DIMV is flawed--she’s unfriendly, openly hostile, dismissive of even her adopted mother--but it’s never addressed as something she needs to change, or something she’s even aware is a bad thing.

When Caryn reaches out to her repeatedly, she shuts the other girl down and tells her to fuck off--even after Caryn confesses, “Hey, I’m a witch and my clan is trying to keep you safe from all the vampires you pissed off--so with your permission, may I please help you?” Jessica treats everyone else as a nuisance, but doesn’t really learn that this is a bad thing. The text never challenges her shittiness. It doesn’t exactly reward her for it either, but she never learns to change.

Aubrey--the aforementioned hot vampire dude who is interested in her--reflects to himself that Jessica is strange and unusual. He even says she gives off “the air of a predator,” which takes him aback.

Now. When you read a vampire novel you gotta give a little bit of leeway for some of the verbiage--things like hunt, feed, predatory/prey, etc. These all enter the lexicon as meaning certain things despite their other implications. But reading this book again now, and seeing Jessica as the cold-hearted absolute shitkid that she is, and seeing her compared to a predator, just makes me think one thing: Jessica is a life-ruiner. She ruins lives. She has no regard for the welfare or emotions of other people, only her own. She plays a part in every problem that comes her way, and never owns up to being partly responsible. She drives people away and never stops to think, ‘Hey, this isn’t right.’ She’s a Janis Ian, and Janis was the real antagonist of Mean Girls.

I think I’m meant to see Jessica as this isolated, dark little grump because of her strange circumstances. Spoilers: Her mother was pregnant, got turned into a vampire, and after some weird magic made her mother human again, Jessica was born. She was basically ‘suspended’ in utero for a couple decades, feeding off of blood and other weird dark powers that her mom had (because vampires). And hey, listen: that’s really fucking cool. In fact, I dig that! But the story... never goes anywhere with them. In fact, the story stops just as it starts to get really interesting.

Jessica’s weird dreams about vampires and witches are all her sight-jacking her mother’s sire’s memories--which, again, is super cool. But it... never goes anywhere. How else does this affect her? Is she even the slightest bit aware that there’s something weird in her brain? Does she sometimes look in horror at her behavior and think, ‘This isn’t right, this isn’t me, but I don’t know how to stop?’ Does her proximity to vampire-ness just make her an interminable shithead with no regard for the emotions of others, and nothing else? Christ. How boring.

And to make it weirder, Aubrey likes her. Why the hell does he like her? He’s got no personality in this book. He’s just... there. A name on the page. A thing. That sometimes does things. But mostly does nothing. And then when he does do things, it’s too little too late and he just has to pick up the slack. So maybe he’s more like a real man than I thought.

DEMON IN MY VIEW can be read in 90 minutes (or less, if you read fast), and the story ends just as the actual story begins. There’s so many more questions the book leaves you with, and not the good “I have answers but I want to see where they go” questions. Just flat out, “What happens?”

What happens to Caryn now that she’s been tainted by dark powers? Is she outcast from her clan? Is her life in danger? What about her powers: are they stronger, weaker, changed?

What happens to Jessica now that she knows not only is her birth mother alive, but that she, Jessica, has part of the first vampire’s powers in her?

Does the first vampire even know that Jessica is alive? Does he know that Jessica’s mother is alive? Is he aware that he and Jessica have been sharing memories?

What does Jessica think about her new unlife--does she like it? Is she a little scared? Does she miss anything about how she was before?

What do Jessica and Aubrey think about each other now that they’re effectively stuck together (until this all blows over)? What do they learn about each other? How are they tested? How do they grow together?

These are all things the story could have gone on to address, because they’re all really interesting, and the set up to these questions are all there--but these characters never reappear again. Ever. Anywhere. And it’s infuriating.

Reading this again just reminded me of how I felt when I first read it as a teenager: The witches in these books are FAR more interesting, and I wish more was done with them. Alas.

#honestly if i had to choose between mormon vampire bs #and teenage self inserts #i'd go with the self insert every time #krist reads

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helloarmchairphilosopher · 8 years ago

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Writer's works in progress

I saw that someone else had written up their wip-s, so maybe writing up mine will make me GET ON WITH IT and help me write more on one (or more) of them. 1) 1938 Brooklyn Murder mystery: in which a Ripper (any killer with a knife is always dubbed a Ripper by the press, it's a thing) stalks the young men of the queer/gay community of Brooklyn. One by one young men die and the cops either can't or won't do anything about a few dead [slur]; the mob doesn't care either; war looms in Europe; the Mayor is trying to clean up the city before the World's Fair; the dynamics of the queer community itself is changing as men and women who previously might not have considered themselves part of it are thrown in with it, with new laws meant to manage a moral society; and two men, in exactly that predicament, are watching their friends dying at the hands of the Ripper and hoping they're not next, while dealing with feelings for each other. (The historian in me has run amok.) 2) The Sweater Curse: (Bagginshield) In which hobbits consider it bad luck to make crocheted or knitted garments for themselves (a sign that one has no kin) because sweaters are made and given between first and second degree blood relatives (parents and children, grandparents and grandchildren, aunts and uncles and nieces and nephews). Other kinds of garments are given freely. If a sweater is given to an unrelated person it is considered a proposal. In which dwarves make their own crocheted or knitted garments for themselves (a sign of their craft-skill and self-sufficiency). Other kinds of garments are bought and sold freely. If a sweater is offered as a gift to another person it is befuddling at best and an insult at worst. The Sweater Curse in our world says that if a person, usually a woman, starts to make a sweater for their significant other, usually a man, before they are married, the relationship will end. The fic I'd imagined had a happy ending - with Thorin thinking that Bilbo had been making the sweater for himself. "You loveable dunce, did you never notice I'd keep borrowing Kíli to size it correctly for you? I'd be swimming in it!" 3) transman Phil Coulson fic. I'm not trans, so I'd have to tread carefully here. My real aim is feminism and femininity. A male Coulson has leeway in a manner that a female Coulson would not. A male Coulson is not told that he is missing out on the essential manly quality of being a father and a husband; he is not automatically assumed, on walking into a room, to be the secretary or the assistant. Women always have to be twice as good to be perceived as half as competent, and then (often) they're told not to be a b*tch about it. But all this from the point of Clint Barton, who is kind of clueless, and who really loves Phil (I kind of love this ship and like the rest of the fandom I'm not really sure why), means that he just sees grade-A badass Phil Coulson. Full stop. No edits. No matter what is, or isn't, in his past, in his pants, in his medical file, or what his parents used to call him. 4) Werewolf romance novel Tall dark and handsome (TM) is the antagonist who is stalking and eating people. He's a creep who plays into rape culture and preys on young women who think that his bad boy vibe cover up anything other than a black heart. The protagonist is a smart and kick-ass young woman with a shiny degree and huge student loans working below her talents, as a barman, which is how she knows of the antagonist and his creepiness. She has a friend, her landlady's daughter, who is close to her age. (Yay for passing the Bechdel test? I'd better, after actually meeting Alison Bechdel.) The love interest is this sandy blonde dorky guy, a drifter who works construction and throws darts at the bar. When people start getting chewed up he's the prime suspect, and even our protagonist doesn't know what to think - but only until our antagonist tries to take a bite out of her, and he intervenes, as a werewolf. And from there it's your usual. I got sick of the werewolf books with creepy rape culture overtones and not passing the Bechdel test and thought, I could do better. 5) a Clint Barton/Darcy Lewis fanfic, in which she helps patch him up after Loki's mind control. In the comics, Clint had a pretty messed up childhood. Circus, dad who beat him, taught to shoot by a man who beat him and then used him first as a thief and then as a killer (or so I loosely understand; and I'd be using a variation on that in the fic, anyway). He would have had to have therapy for it at SHIELD just to be functional as an agent around people. But Loki's mind control messed with all that, breaking the locks and self-management he'd had for so long. He'd have major depressive episodes and PTSD following it. And Darcy, being a civilian, might not be the best person to bring him out, but she was there for Thor and the Destroyer. She saw some shit. And who knows what she had in her childhood. (I do, because I created it, but I'm the author and I can do what I like.) What was done by Loki cannot be undone, but what was done before Loki could, just maybe, be done over again, more painstakingly and with greater care, like walking around the glass shards of a broken vase. 6) a Fíli/fem!Bilbo fic: in which a pregnant Bilbo runs from the Mountain. (Thorin died of his wounds, but Fíli and Kíli survived.) Bilbo, in whatever feminized spelling of one's choosing, won't, can't, stay. The memories of battle, of being shaken like a rat over the gates of Erebor, are too fresh and too raw. The halls reek of dragon and she hears Smaug's eerie deep voice creeping in the shadows. No, she cannot stay. She must go somewhere green. A month, a year, five years, forever, she must go somewhere clean and cleansed. And Fíli, her One, can't go. She knows this. And she, even though she's his One, can't stay. Magic lover's nonsense and whatever, there's reality you have to deal with, and sometimes reality means PTSD and dragon stink. So they argue, the night after his coronation. She is due to leave the next day with Gandalf and it'll be the last time - it's emotionally fraught. He's mad and she's mad, because they both *want* it to be different. In my mind's eye I saw the argument, in the indirect result: his name was Frerin. And, of course, that can't be let alone, since as the eldest son of a king, half-hobbit or no, he is heir apparent to a throne, and a birthright. Tolkien wrote that dwarf populations at the end of the end of the Third Age and into the Fourth dwindled until the race itself failed - meaning that there were too few women having too few children. This is obvious enough from what we see in the appendices. A king having a son hidden from him and raised by a non-dwarf woman, even if she is his mother? A scandal, the fanon assumes, and I presume with it. 7) a Bucky Barnes in slightly more efficient and effective hiding fic. There's that photo going around of Sebastian Stan from the set of his latest movie and he has this big mustache, and jeez if Bucky looked like that, some people commented, and not all 90s Grunge, he might have escaped a lot better, since the photo Zemo circulated assumed that Bucky looked like a hobo. Personally I don't see Bucky growing that mustache (looking like Howard Stark, who he assassinated, would give him a heart attack). Nor do I see him as a teacher, of math or otherwise, as the original post suggested; he'd never pass the background check. But there's another picture of Sebastian Stan I saw that was also relatively recent (but before any of the photos from the set of I, Tonya) with a full beard, and if he'd grown that out, if Bucky had grown that out, maybe he might have looked like Norm Abram back when he was younger. So, maybe a carpenter. It's a sin to hide that beautiful jawline, but effective. Bucky would get away from HYDRA and SHIELD both, just by staying off the radar and not looking like what they expect. He could even use his real name - there are 4,207 other James Barnes-es in the US, what would make him special? There are only 27 Clint Bartons. One borrowed social security number, one rented house, anywhere would do but I was thinking Santa Fe (because I've been there and can describe it, it's cool enough in part of the year he can wear long sleeves outside and the rest of the year there's air conditioning and he can wear long sleeves inside to cover the arm, and because it's a tourist town, people with money to spend on his carpentry work). From my notes, in particular: He checks in at the spots the Smithsonian mentioned. Red Hook, Dumbo, Coney Island. Those spots in Brooklyn that are supposed to have had that towheaded little captain America to be and his sidekick to become running amok in the 1920s. Some pieces fit. Bits of bitty Steve fit in, here and here, slotting back into Bucky's memory. Steve is a huge, pun intended, part of who he once was. To have made Bucky forget Steve, no wonder he forgot himself - - or was it the other way around, that Bucky forgot himself because he forgot Steve? 8) nonfiction, Torah commentary, starting with Genesis (Bereshit). 9) nonfiction, the history (I've been working on for five years) of the Hasidic movement during the Holocaust. Various dynasties and their rebbes, and the rebbes' successors, and the survival of the Hasidim and the Hasidut - how it worked, where it happened, how it happened; but from there, which members of the rabbinical families did not survive? Why? What attempts were made to save them? When attempts were made, who was given first preference and what stated reason, if any, was given? These are questions that have not yet been answered. And I have limited access to Hasidim, by language and by culture. These are not questions anyone would ever give me a straight answer to, of course. I have strong suspicions. Nothing more. The demographics of death - these are records we do have - say a lot. And the final chapters of the book, or the last volume, or the next book, also needs to be written: the rise to power of the other Hasidic dynasties, the massive shift in power away from Poilisher-Yidish culture elsewhere due to the near destruction of that community. Lubavitch, Bobov, Satmar, Belz, and Ger - only the last is Poilisher-Yidish. Before the war the largest Hasidic dynasties were to be found in Poland: Ger, Aleksandr, and Radomsk. There's a lot here no one else has done. I suppose it falls to me. So, I have many things to work on. I have lots to choose from. If only my brain would ACTUALLY LET ME DO IT, DAMMIT.

#writing #look at your life #look at your choices #my life #good lord #my own authored posts #gads this was long

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renaroo · 8 years ago

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Wednesday Roundup

Wednesday’s come and gone, and I’ve (finally!) finished writing up my first Roundup of my new semester of vet school! Though I must warn that as the semester goes on, I’ll probably have more and more difficulty getting these out on/around Wednesdays since I’ve gotten my surgery schedule for the next five months and low and behold, I’ve been assigned Wednesday duties lol

But how did my first Wednesday of the semester go? Well, it was definitely DC strong!

DC’s Detective Comics (2016- ) #948, DC’s Gotham Academy: Second Semester (2016- ) #5, DC’s Superwoman (2016- ) #6, DC’s Wonder Woman (2016- ) #14

DC’s Detective Comics (2016- ) #948 James Tynion IV, Marguerite Bennett, Steve Epting

As incredibly disappointed as I am to have Cassandra’s story pushed back again in ‘Tec, I really must applaud the marketing choice to utilize a short storyline in ‘Tec as the starting point to amplify the upcoming Batwoman book -- a strategy used in 2000 with a few Gotham books including Batman: Gotham Knights to promote Cassandra’s original Batgirl (2000-2006) book in the months leading up to its own launch. And as a fan of Batwoman who has been very disappointed in her lack of solo titles in the last few years, especially as both a Jewish superhero and a LGBT superhero, I’m happy to see her getting the spotlight.

But goddamn, Tynion and the team better deliver on that upcoming Cass story. I have been waiting for a year now for Cass to get her dues.

Anyway for the issue itself, it’s.... I’m torn, because I adore the original origins for Batwoman as written by Greg Rucka so much -- I have them in hardback copy on my bookshelf as we speak. And her identity as a queer woman was such an instrumental part of that story, as well as her familial relationships. And seeing that get twisted and ... turned, I don’t know what else to call it -- a perversion of that original relationship with her and Jacob to further retcon him to the Worst Ever and having her whole origin be a manipulation just... sits bad with me.

But at least we’re getting back to establishing what from her previous solo is still considered continuity. So yay that.

The art’s... okay. I think it’s good but the coloring choices are dull and you know me and my pickiness with color. The only real criticism I have is that Kate’s cape seems to conveniently evaporate from the shoulders down whenever the art wants to emphasize her figures. Convenient. Especially since Bruce has no such problem.

DC’s Gotham Academy (2016- ) #5 Brenden Fletcher, Becky Cloonan, Karl Kerschl, Adam Archer, Sandra Hope, Msassyk, Serge Lapointe

It’s hard to really talk too much about an arc in the midst of its storyline, but I will say that I am very very glad that at the very least, it feels like Gotham Academy has rediscovered its focus and, in that way, is showing its potential and strengths again. The story and characters were so gripping in the initial incarnation of this series that it’s been difficult to deal with its more recent meandering.

Fortunately, the focus on the kids again proves to be as powerful as ever, and the difficulties that Olive is experiencing being pulled by her loyalties in different directions feels very natural -- her trust has repeatedly been shown as hard earned and, as such, is difficult for her to go against once gained.

I also think I may be in love with Pomeline’s mom. Me thinks someone on the staff has also been a fan of Daria in the past because there’s some real channeling of Helen Morgendorffer in this issue.

I also love how Gotham Academy is able to give us the “lay person’s” perspective on Bruce Wayne that I have always suspected existed -- this wavering between corporate shill and Magical Money Plot Fairy.

One thing that’s getting hard to ignore, though, is the quality of the art. It’s not terrible, but even the original volume had difficulties with digital translation -- something about the resolution of the lineart has always been off and it’s making the new penciller’s work suffer even more than the old volume experienced, unfortuantely.. Maybe the digital pen they’re using is too soft? Or too hard? It’s hard to tell off the cuff for me.

Basically every image looks like it was saved in an unfortunate .jpeg conversion.

DC’s Superwoman (2016- ) #6 Phil Jimenez, Matt Santorelli, Jack Herbert, Hi-Fi

While I’m still very much in the camp of enjoying Superwoman, I feel like the inevitable return of Lois Lane!Prime is being drug out far too long, and I’m beginning to worry my confidence that she’s actually returning might have been slightly misplaced now that I’m catching up in other Superbooks as well. Still, I want to give this story its conclusion before I draw any lines definitively in the sand.

The art is still wonderful and as a 90s/2000s Superfan, it’s hard for me not to get wrapped up in my elation at seeing so many familiar faces returning and being treated with prominence. But I am getting more concerned about the treatment of disabilities -- the DCU as a whole has sort of lost any acceptable leeway in delivering stories about people overcoming physical disabilities with the refusal to better address the Barbara Gordon situation, and making Lena Luthor’s turn to evil about her own overcoming of paraplegia leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

I’m also beginning to feel a little... uneasy with how Lana’s PTSD and anxiety disorder are being treated at the moment. I’m really hoping Jimenez will course correct by the end. I still really like this book and think it’s good, but these problems are keeping it from genuine greatness.

DC’s Wonder Woman (2016- ) #14 Greg Rucka, Nicola Scott, Romulo Fajardo Jr.

Without question, Wonder Woman: Year One is going to go down as one of the greatest Wonder Woman stories ever told, and while everyone possible has called that from the beginning, that this team and this story could not have been beat, the fact that they were able to take Pérez’s origins for Wondy, the original origins from Marston, and still created something so new and so refreshing is a testament to the kind of comic book storytelling I have sorely missed.

It was fantastic to see Ares back and familiar, but also to see that Wonder Woman’s patrons are going to play a more significant role than we once saw. I’ve enjoyed Rucka’s work with the gods in the past so it’ll be fascinating to see where he’s going with all of this now.

We’re also finally, finally getting to the connection of Year One and Rucka’s other Wonder story going on presently and it’s a relief to finally truly feel a direction on that front. I’m still wary of the B plot, but for the first time I’m actually somewhat looking forward to it in two weeks.

This week for me there’s really just no contest for what I think was my most enjoyable comic -- I adored every moment of Wonder Woman #14, and even with a competitive week, there’s just hard to imagine something topping this book when it’s at its best.

But of course that’s just my opinion! I’d love to hear from you all on what comics you’re reading, your thoughts, or your pick for favorite!

#Rena Roundups #Wednesday Spoilers #SPOILERS #Detective Comics (2016 )#Gotham Academy: Second Semester #Superwoman (2016 )#Wonder Woman (2016 )

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omg1goldenbear · 7 years ago

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FUROLOGY 101 For the Sons & lads that worship a Man’s Fur.

FUROLOGY 101 Written by 1GoldenBear:

PART 1

CONCEPT:

A Reader of mine asked What is a chest Hair Orgasm? ( FUROLOGY 101)

PART 2

These two exercises are call a sexual anchor. It only takes one session of Body Hair "Sensitizing" to make the anchor work.

ONE OF MY READERS ASKED: I’m dating an awesome hairy guy. But He dates other guys who I believe are more sexually crazy or better looking. What can I do to win him over?

Part 3

ONE OF MY READERS REPORTS: I tried some of the techniques you suggested on a hairy fella and he was very uncomfortable with my foraging around in his body hair. What was I doing wrong?

A READER ASKS : ”are there benefits for the subdominant guy who really loves hairy guys”

Part 4

Using Body Hair “Sensitizing” Away From The Sex Bed.

Part 5

Question:

(In reference to your article FUROLOGY 101 Here on community Blogs and from you Profile (1GoldenBear)

PS: It is a fact that that a Dad can "Play" the subdominant role from time to time re- fill his own sense of manhood. Ya gotta fill up the gas tank every now and then.

FEEDBACK:

Dear 1

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