#baby face but 4000+ yo

[where-are-the-pixels]

Baby face 4 life

[bboyplankton]

2021 Playlist

1.Adele – My Little Love

2.Alina Baraz – I Could Imagine

3.Allyn – Upside Down

4.Anthony Hamilton – I Thought We Were In Love

5.Arlo Parks – Too Good

6.Aviino – Bloom

7.Baby Keem feat. Travis Scott – Durag Activity

8.Bathe – Pull Up

9.Belly feat. Moneybagg Yo – Zero Love

10.Big Sean & Hit-boy – The One

11.Blackbear feat. Tate McRae – U love U

12.Blu – Blu(e)r Than Blu(e)

13.Blu – Blu(e) World

14.Boldy James & The Alchemist – Flight Risk

15.Brandy Haze – Unfortunate

16.Brandy Haze – Waiting

17.Bren Jones – IDGAF

18.Bren Jones – Mrs. Jones

19.Bunji Garlin, Stadic, & Johnny Blaze – Trini Lingo

20.Casey Veggies feat. D Smoke – Goal Digger

21.Celeste – Love Is Back

22.Celeste – Tonight Tonight

23.Charlotte Day Wilson feat. Syd – Take Care of You

24.Citizens Worship – Heaven Comes Down

25.Cleo Sol – Spirit

26.Conor Albert & Mac Ayers – Moonlight

27.Conway the Machine feat. Ludacris & JID – Scatter Brain

28.Curren$y feat. Fendi P – Bad Decisions

29.Curtisay – Uptown Madness

30.Czarface & MF Doom – This is Canon Now

31.Dave East & Millyz – Pablo & Blanco

32.Dayglow – Close to You

33.Dayglow – Moving Out

34.Destin Conrad – In the Air

35.Dexta Daps feat. Drumma Boy – WiFi

36.Dixson – Heaven With You

37.DMX feat. Snoop Dogg – Take Control

38.Dom Kennedy – Star Baby

39.Don Toliver – Swangin’ On Westheimer

40.Donnell Jones – Karma (Payback)

41.Drake feat. Project Pat & 21 Savage – Knife Talk

42.D Smoke – Mind My Business

43.D Smoke – Shame On You

44.D Smoke – Stay True

45.Duckwrth – No Chill

46.Duckwrth – Slow Motion

47.Duke Deuce feat. A$AP Ferg – Fell Up In the Club

48.Duke Deuce – Move

49.DVSN & Ty Dolla $ign feat. Mac Miller – I Believed It

50.Elhae – Face

51.Elhae – I Can See

52.Emanuel feat. Dylan Synclair – Hindsight

53.Eric Bellinger & Hitmaka – Passionate

54.Eric Bellinger – Lava Lamps

55.Flozigg – 4Life

56.Freddie McGregor – Jah Love

57.Gallant – Comeback

58.G Herbo – Loyalty

59.G Herbo & Hit Boy feat. Bump J – Revolutionary

60.Ginjah – Chillin

61.Gotham, Talib Kweli, & Diamond D feat. Busta Rhymes – The Quiet One

62.Guapdad 4000 & !llmind – Catching Bodies

63.H.E.R. – Cheat Code

64.H.E.R. – Hold On

65.Hiatus Kaiyote – Chivalry is Not Dead

66.Illiterate feat. Josh Wells – Leafy

67.India Shawn feat. 6lack – Not Too Deep

68.J. Cole – The Climb Back

69.J. Cole – Close

70.Jael feat. Latanya Alberto - Comfortable

71.Jael – Unworthy

72.Jagwa De Champ – Active

73.Jake & Papa feat. Nola J & Hi-Tone – Black & Brown

74.James Vickery – All That I Am

75.Jaz Elise feat. Mortimer – After 3

76.Jazmine Sullivan – Put It Down

77.Jesse Royal – Home

78.Jesse Royal – Natty Dread

79.JMSN – Secret Garden

80.Joell Ortiz – Sincerely Yours

81.John Mayer – New Light

82.JoJo – Anxiety (Burlinda’s Theme)

83.JoJo – B.I.D.

84.Jo Mersa Marley & Black Am I – No Way Out

85.Jorja Smith – Time

86.Jordan Hawkins – Heart Won’t Stop

87.Jordan Hawkins – What We Have

88.Joyce Wrice – Addicted

89.Joy Crookes – Feet Don’t Fail Me Now

90.Kara Marni – Close

91.K Camp – Mama

92.Kelly Rowland – Black Magic

93.Kenyon Dixon – Hard Way

94.Kenyon Dixon – Switch

95.Kenyon Dixon – Tithes

96.Key Glock – Juicemane

97.Khalid feat. Quin – Brand New

98.Kyle Dion – Cookie

99.Kyle Dion – I Could Be Your Girlfriend

100.Larry June – Escrows and Orange Juice

101.Larry June – Iced Coffee

102.Leon Bridges – Magnolias

103.Leon Bridges – Steam

104.Lil Nas X feat. Elton John – One of Me

105.Lil Wayne & Rich the Kid – Bleedin’

106.Lloyd Banks – Commitment

107.Lloyd Banks – Death by Design

108.Logic – God Might Judge

109.Loop Schrauber – Bud

110.Mac Ayers – Every Time

111.Mac Ayers – Nothing Else

112.Machael Montano feat. J-Stylz & Teddy Riley – I Do

113.Machael Montano feat. Afro B – Slow Wine

114.Madison Beer – Stay Numb And Carry On

115.Maeta – Habits

116.Majid Jordan – Sweet

117.Malia – Deep Blue

118.Marc E. Bassy – No Perfect Time

119.Mariah the Scientist – Brain

120.Maroon 5 feat. Blackbear – Echo

121.Megan Thee Stallion – Meg’s Piano

122.Michael Buckley – My Way

123.Mickey Factz feat. Blu, Nottz, Fashawn, Oswin Benjamin – One

124.Migos feat. Youngboy Never Broke Again – Need It

125.Migos – Menace

126.Miguel – Thinking Out Loud

127.Moneybagg Yo – If Pain Was A Person

128.Moneybagg Yo feat. Pharrell Williams – Certified Neptunes

129.Montell Fish – Can’t Get Enough

130.Moonga K. – honeybee

131.Nao – Little Giants

132.Nao feat. Lianne La Havas – Woman

133.Nas – Store Run

134.Nas – The Truth

135.Nbdy – Missing Sumthin’

136.Norelle – Back Into You (Triggers)

137.Otis Kane – Keeps Me Going

138.Otis Kane – Lost

139.Patrice Roberts feat. Ricardo Drue – Toxic Love

140.Payroll Giovanni feat. Mack Nickels & Cashout Calhoun – Closer 2 The Plug

141.Phabo – Local

142.Phabo – Polaris

143.PinkPanthress – Pain

144.Pink Sweat$ – Heaven

145.Pink Sweat$ – Pink Money

146.Popcaan – Good Only

147.Pop Smoke feat. The Neptunes, Pusha T, Beam, Travi – Top Shotta

148.Pressure feat. Adrian Donsome Hanson – Likes of Jah

149.Prince – When She Comes

150.Problem Child – Crocodile

151.Robin Thicke – Look Easy

152.Roe – Fun N Games

153.Romero Mosley feat. Lorine Chia – Stained

154.Rotimi – Decide

155.Rotimi feat. Busy Signal – Fiction

156.Russ feat. Big Sean, Wale, Joey Bada$$, & Hit-Boy – Note to Self

157.Russ feat. The Game – Nothin New

158.Sammy Johnson – It’s Alright

159.Sean Paul & Buju Banton – Crazy

160.Sevyn Streeter – Taboo

161.Shelley FKA DRAM – Beautiful

162.Shelley FKA Dram feat. Summer Walker – All Pride Aside

163.Silk Sonic – Put On A Smile

164.Sinead Harnett – Like This

165.Sinead Harnett – Stay

166.Sinead Harnett feat. Masego & VanJess– Stickin’

167.Skepta feat. Teezee & Kid Cudi – Peace of Mind

168.Sky – done

169.Skylar Stecker – FWY

170.Snoh Aalegra feat. Tyler, the Creator – In the Moment

171.Snoh Aalegra – In Your Eyes

172.Squid – Ah Killa

173.Stargate Backing Band & Prince Levy – Vows – Piano Version

174.Stokley feat. H.E.R. – Rush

175.Stokley – Voodoo

176.Summer Walker – Constant Bullshit

177.Summer Walker feat. Ari Lennox – Unloyal

178.Swappi – Properly

179.Syd – Fast Car

180.Teflon – Revolution

181.Teflon – Warriors

182.Tems feat. Brent Faiyaz – Found

183.Thuy – In My Head

184.Thuy – Universe

185.Tiara Imani – Sprouts

186.Tinashe feat. Wax Motif – Undo (Back to my Heart)

187.Tiwa Savage feat. Brandy – Somebody’s Son

188.Tone Stith – When I’m With You

189.Trevor Jackson – Bouts to Be

190.Tyler, the Creator – Lumberjack

191.Tyler, the Creator feat. Teezo Touchdown – Run It Up

192.UB40 feat. House of Shem – Good Vibes Tonight

193.Vandelux feat. Alex Maher – Matter of Time

194.Vedo – Kiss It Right

195.Vedo feat. Lloyd – Sex Room

196.Wale feat. Maxo Kream & Yella Beezy – Down South

197.Wale – Fire & Ice

198.Wedntcare, Jayymr, & Mukass – Sweat It Out

199.Westside Gunn feat. Benny the Butcher & Conway the Machine – Claires Back

200.Weezer – I Need Some of That

201.Young Dolph & Key Glock – Aspen

202.Young Thug – Faces

[surveyhoursss]

127.

Bold the ones that you know of!

2000

1.Who Let The Dogs Out? -Baha Men

2. All The Small Things -Blink 182

3. Amazed -Lonestar

4. Oops, I Did It Again -Britney Spears

5. Graduation -Vitamin C

6. Bye, Bye, Bye -N*Sync

7. Independent Woman -Destiny’s Child

8. Let’s Make Love – Tim McGraw and Faith Hill

9. Zombie Nation – Kernkraft 4000

10. I Turn To You – Christina Aguilera

11. I Knew I Loved You – Savage Garden

12. It’s My Life – Bon Jovi

13. Breathe – Faith Hill

14. Shake Your Bon-Bon – Ricky Martin

15. Blue (Da Ba Dee) – Eiffel 65

16. Goobye Earl – Dixie Chicks

17. Let’s Get Married – Jagged Edge

18. The Bad Touch – Bloodhound Gang

19. The Real Slim Shady – Eminem

20. Say My Name – Destiny’s Child

21. It’s Gonna Be Me – N*Sync

22. Party Up – DMX

23. Sexual (Li Da Di) – Amber

24. Country Grammar – Nelly

25. Aaron’s Party (Come Get It) – Aaron Carter

2001

1. Hanging By A Moment -Lifehouse

2. Allin’ -Alicia Keys

3. All For You -Janet

4. If You’re Gone -Matchbox Twenty

5. I’M Real -Jennifer Lopez ft. Ja Rule

6. Drops Of Jupiter (Tell Me) -Train

7. Let Me Blow Ya Mind -Eve ft. Gwen Stefani

8. Thank You -Dido

9. Hit ‘Em Up Style (Oops!) -Blu Cantrell

10. Independent Women Part I -Destiny’s Child

11. Again -Lenny Kravitz

12. It’S Been Awhile -Staind

13. Stutter -Joe ft. Mystikal

14. It Wasn’T Me’ -Shaggy ft. Ricardo “RikRok” Ducent

15. U Remind Me -Usher

16. Where The Party At -Jagged Edge With Nelly

17. Angel -Shaggy Featuring Rayvon

18. Ride Wit Me -Nelly Featuring City Spud

19. Peaches & Cream -112

20. Follow Me -Uncle Kracker

21. Drive -Incubus

22. What Would You Do? -Alicia Keys

23. Survivor -Destiny’s Child

24. Lady Marmalade -Christina Aguilera, Lil’ Kim, Mya & Pink

25. Ms. Jackson -OutKast

2002

1. A Moment Like This – Kelly Clarkson

2. Hot In Herre – Nelly

3. Complicated – Avril Lavigne

4. Girlfriend – N Sync & Nelly

5. Sk8er Boi – Avril Lavigne

6. Can’t Fight The Moonlight – LeAnn Rimes

7. Dirrty – Christina Aguilera

8. A Thousand Miles – Vanessa Carlton

9. Heaven – DJ Sammy

10. Gimme The Light – Sean Paul

11. The World’s Greatest – R Kelly

12. Jenny From The Block – Jennifer Lopez Featuring Jadakiss & Styles

13. Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American) – Toby Keith

14. Goodbye To You – Michelle Branch

15. Can’t Get You Out Of My Head – Kylie Minogue

16. The Game Of Love – Santana Featuring Michelle Branch

17. Young’n (Holla Back) – Fabolous

18. She Hates Me – Puddle Of Mudd

19. Starry Eyed Surprise – Oakenfold Featuring Shifty Shellshock

20. The Middle – Jimmy Eat World

21. Say I Yi Yi – Ying Yang Twins

22. Just A Friend 2002 – Mario

23. Hey Baby – No Doubt and Bounty Killer

24. Work It – Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliott

25. U Don’t Have To Call – Usher

2003

1. In Da Club -50 Cent

2. Crazy in Love -Beyonce w. Jay-Z

3. Get Busy -Sean Paul

4. When I’m Gone -Three Doors Down

5. Ignition -R Kelly

6. Baby Boy -Beyonce w. Sean Paul

7. This is the Night -Clay Aiken

8. Bring Me To Life -Evanescence

9. Right Thurr -Chingy

10. Unwell -Matchbox Twenty

11. Picture -Kid Rock w. Sheryl Crow

12. Drift Away -Uncle Kracker & Dobie Gray

13. Get Low -Lil’ John & The East Side Boyz

14. Beautiful -Christina Aguilera

15. I’m With You -Avril Lavigne

16. Miss You -Aalyiah

17. 21 Questions -50 Cent & Nate Dogg

18. Shake Ya Tailfeather Nelly -P. Diddy and Murphy Lee

19. All I Have -Jennifer Lopez & LL Cool J

20. I Know What You Want -Busta Rhymes & Mariah Carey

21. Magic Stick -Lil’ Kim w. 50 Cent

22. Bump Bump Bump -B2K and P. Diddy

23. Flying Without Wings -Ruben Studdard

24. Here Without You -3 Doors Down

25. Work It -Missy Elliot

2004 (my birth year !! )

1. Yeah! -Usher

2. Burn -Usher

3. This Love -Maroon 5

4. The Way You Move -Outkast

5. If I Ain’t Got You -Alecia Keys

6. Hey Ya! -Outkast

7. I Don’t Wanna Know -Mario Winans

8. The Reason -Hoobastank

9. Confessions Part II -Usher

10. My Immortal -Evanescence

11. Naughty Girl -Beyonce

12. Let’s Get It Started -Black Eyed Peas

13. My Boo -Usher and Alecia Keys

14. She Will Be Loved -Maroon 5

15. The First Cut Is the Deepest -Sheryl Crow

16. Toxic -Britney Spears

17. Someday -Nickelback

18. I Believe -Fantasia

19. Breakaway -Kelly Clarkson

20. Slow Jamz -Twista

21. Dirt Off Your Shoulder -Jay-Z

22. Freak-A-Leek -Petey Pablo

23. The Way -Clay Aiken

24. Numb -Linkin’ Park

25. Dip It Low -Christina Milian

2005

1. We Belong Together -Mariah Carey

2. Let Me Love You -Mario

3. Since U Been Gone -Kelly Clarkson

4. Hollaback Girl -Gwen Stefani

5. Boulevard of Broken Dreams -Greenday

6. Don’t Cha -The Pussycat Dolls and Busta Rhymes

7. Candy Shop -50 Cent

8. 1, 2, Step -Ciara and Missy Elliot

9. Gold Digger -Kanye West

10. Don’t Phunk With My Heart -The Black Eyed Peas

11. Drop It Like It’s Hot -Snoop Dogg

12. Shake It Off -Mariah Carey

13. Disco Inferno -50 Cent

14. Behind These Hazel Eyes -Kelly Clarkson

15. Beverly Hills -Weezer

16. Just a Lil Bit -50 Cent

17. Lose Control -Missy Elliot

18. How We Do -The Game & 50 Cent

19. You & Me -Lifehouse

20. Soldier -Destiny’s Child

21. Rich Girl -Gwen Stefani

22. Mr. Brightside -The Killers

23. Oh -Ciara and Ludacris

24. Pon De Replay -Rihanna

25. Hate It Or Love It -The Game and 50 Cent

2006

1. Sexyback – Justin Timberlake

2. Hips Don’t Lie – Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean

3. Promiscuous – Nelly Furtado featuring Timbaland

4. Everytime We Touch – Cascada

5. Temperature – Sean Paul

6. S.O.S. – Rihanna

7. Beep – Pussy Cat Dolls

8. Waiting On The World To Change – John Mayer

9. Pump It – Black Eyed Peas

10. You’re Beautiful – James Blunt

11. Maneater – Nelly Furtado

12. Single – Natasha Bedingfield

13. What Hurts the Most – Rascall Flatts

14. Lean Wit It, Rock Wit It – Dem Franchise Boys

15. Walk Away – Kelly Clarkson

16. It’s Goin’ Down – Young Joc

17. Dance, Dance -Fall Out Boy

18. Smack That – Akon & Eminem

19. I Write Songs, Not Tragedies – Panic! At the Disco

20. We’re All In This Together – High School Musical Cast

21. Ms. New Booty – Bubba Sparx

22. How To Save A Life – The Fray

23. Rompe – Daddy Yankee

24. Check On It – Beyonce Featuring Slim Thugg

25. Chasing Cars – Snow Patrol

2007

1. The Sweet Escape -Gwen Stefani & Akon

2. Girlfriend -Avril Lavigne

3. Irreplaceable -Beyonce

4. Before He Cheats -Carrie Underwood

5. Crank Dat -Soulja Boy

6. Rehab -Amy Winehouse

7. Umbrella -Rhianna

8. Hey There Delilah -Plain White T’s

9. Glamorous -Fergie

10. I Wanna Luv U -Akon

11. Bubbly -Colbie Caillat

12. Walk It Out -Unk

13. Don’t Matter -Akon

14. Fergalicious -Fergie

15. Lip Gloss -Lil Mama

16. Candyman -Christina Aguilera

17. Break It Off -Rhianna

18. S.O.S. -Jonas Brothers

19. Stronger -Kanye West

20. Thks Fr Th Mmrs -Fall Out Boy

21. Pop, Lock and Drop It -Huey

22. Shut Up and Drive -Rhianna

23. Because of You -Ne-Yo

24. Home -Daughtry

25. Tattoo -Jordan Sparks

2008

1. So What – Pink

2. Just Dance – Lady Gaga

3. Leavin’ – Jesse McCartney

4. I’m Yours – Jason Mraz

5. Gives You Hell – All-American Rejects

6. Damaged – Danity Kane

7. Shake It – Metro Station

8. Love Story – Taylor Swift

9. When I Grow Up – Pussycat Dolls

10. I Kissed A Girl – Katy Perry

11. Don’t Stop The Music – Rihanna

12. Burnin’ Up – Jonas Brothers

13. Low – Flo Rida featuring T-Pain

14. Calabria – Enur featuring Natasja

15. Love Like This – Natasha Bedingfield and Sean Kingston

16. 7 Things – Miley Cyrus

17. Lollipop – Lil Wayne

18. Pocketful of Sunshine – Natasha Bedingfield

19. Circus – Britney Spears

20. Summertime – New Kids On The Block

21. Our Song- Taylor Swift

22. All Summer Long – Kid Rock

23. Closer – Ne-Yo

24. Viva La Vida – Coldplay

25. See You Again – Miley Cyrus

2009

1. Boom Boom Pow – Black Eyed Peas

2. I Gotta Feeling – Black Eyed Peas

3. I Know You Want Me (Calle Oche) – Pitbull

4. You Belong With Me – Taylor Swift

5. Lovegame – Lady Gaga

6. Don’t Trust Me – 3OH3!

7. Please Don’t Leave Me – Pink

8. Right Round – Flo-Rida

9. Poker Face – Lady Gaga

10. Goodbye – Kristinia Debarge

11. Say Hey – Evan Taubenfeld Michael Franti & Spearhead

12. New Divide – Linkin Park

13. The Climb – Miley Cyrus

14. Best I Ever had – Drake

15. Good Girls Go Bad – Cobra Starship Featuring Leighton Meester

16. Lucky – Jason Mraz and Colbie Caillet

17. Waking Up In Vegas – Katy Perry

18. Paranoid – Jonas Brothers

19. Wanted – Jessie James

20. Fire Burning – Sean Kingston

21. Not Meant To Be – Theory of a Deadman

22. Love, Sex and Magic – Ciara & Justin Timberlake

23. Use Somebody – Kings of Leon

24. Day N Nite – Kid Cuti

25. Hoedown Throwdown – Miley Cyrus (they let us learn the dance at res)

[cyn-00]

Moreid one shot, 9 - "stay"

Season 9, episodes 23/24 "Angels" and "Demons" (the ones where Reid gets shot in the neck *cries*, while the team are chasing a guy - a preacher, to be precise - who was framed by the unsub. In the episode they will eventually find the real unsub)

Long ass one. Idk what nerve drives me to call these fics "shots" when most of em are +4000 words. Note: Reid always has long hair in my fics, regardless of the season I took inspiration from

As per usual: edited this months after I first wrote it. My fics are perennial works in progress

Read it on AO3

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"Blake!! " Morgan screamed with all his voice, running toward her and Reid as fast as he could - considering he got shot - pressing a hand on his wounded bicep.

One of his ears was beeping because of the gun shots - 3 out of 4 bullets hit his vest - and he was feeling light-headed from the fall. Not to mention the pain his arm was causing him. But in that moment, it was like his body had forgotten about the soreness and discomfort because his mind was only focused on Reid- no, Spencer. His Spencer.

"Blake-" he called her again, now that he'd got just a few feet from them.

He quickly fell down to his knees and put his hand on Spencer's neck, replacing Alex's. She moved aside without protesting, still sitting on the ground.

"I- I'm- I'm so sorry." she hiccuped on the verge of crying, shaking her head to dizziness while she looked down at her bloody hand; not sure if she was apologizing to Spencer or to Derek.

Morgan didn't answer, but not because he thought it was her fault: how could he? They all would take a bullet - and had taken bullets - to save each other. There was simply no time for apologies in that moment.

"We need an ambulance!" she repeated to her radio transceiver, even though at least 10 minutes had passed since she had first called for help.

"Alright- kid, you gotta stay with me now" Derek ordered, breathing heavily.

Despite the other's pleads, Spencer had almost completely lost consciousness; his mouth hung open, his eyes suddenly rolled back.

"No, nonono no" Derek panted loudly. "Baby please don't-"

His pupils desperately roamed his peripherals, searching for something with which he could pat Spencer's wound to minimize the blood loss, since clearly his hand wasn't enough.

"W-what do you need?" Alex asked, seeing Derek looking around aimlessly; but he seemed too spaced out to answer. "Talk to me Morgan, how can I help?!"

"I-I need something to pat the wound, I don't know some kind of cloth-" he said, panic possessing him.

The only thing Alex could think of, without having to go too far and waste anymore time, was Spencer's tie. She messily reached over, managing to snatch it from underneath his vest - though not without struggling - and untying it. She then slid it out of the collar of Spencer's button-up and folded it, having the hardest time accomplishing even such simple tasks with how bad her hands were shaking. She handed it to Morgan who, without complaining or questioning, placed it on the wound and started pressing again.

Spencer was slowly slipping on the ground from his half-sitting position, with his back leaning on one of the SUVs. Derek wrapped his free, not injured arm around him from under his armpit as securely as he could, and tried to lift him up a little, to help him breathe. He did his best, straining against his own pain and the pressure he had to keep applying on the other man's wound.

Luckily, that was enough to bring him back. Spencer swallowed intensely and gasped, before starting to mumble incomprehensibly. Derek kept both his hands firmly wrapped around his neck, to try and keep his head from hanging on either side.

"Ok this is good, keep your eyes on m- hey, eyes on me" he kept saying, trying to keep him awake; once, twice, dozens of times again and again and again like a mantra; only rearranging the words slightly each time; calling his name - Spencer, kid, baby, stay with me, don't, please, I need you here, come on-

Wait. Stop. Spencer looked like he was trying to say something.

"What? What is it, kid? Talk to me, say whatever- just whatever stay awake for me please" Derek begged him, his voice starting to get too shaky to handle. The ambulance hadn't arrived yet but, even though he had lost a lot of blood, Reid managed to stay somewhat conscious, which must have been a good sign: Morgan thought, trying not to let his mind go to dark places.

"I-" Spencer started to say something, then coughed.

He coughed blood. Everything Derek had been thinking to try and keep his hopes high went to nothing.

Derek started to feel sick. Sick like all the organs in his body were stuck in a million tight knots; and his lungs seemed slowly filling up with cement; and his eyes felt as if an uncountable number of needles were piercing through them; and his limbs were being crushed into ash by a hammer. 

"Oh God..." Alex whispered; her brain was like electrocuted and rendered unable to come up with anything more to keep Reid awake than she'd already come up with earlier, while Morgan was still chasing the preacher before coming to help.

Spencer reached for Derek's arm with his weak hand.

"I- I love you-" he finally managed to murmur with a hint of a lopsided smile, as if relief had washed over him the second he'd let out those words. His eyes were open in mere slits, looking at somewhere around Derek's face with an odd glimmer that the other man couldn't quite place because he'd never seen before.

"No, don't- don't say that, c'mon yo-" Derek barely said, choking halfway. "-you can say that to me later, Spencer..." his words faded away, as he shook his head in denial and the first of many tears to come fell down his cheek. He shut his eyes close in the attempt to avoid that, pressing his forehead against Spencer's while trying not to lose the grip on his neck.

"Please stay awake, please, please, please..." he begged through gritted teeth, once his sobs had somehow managed to slightly quiet down.

-

Suddenly, from far away, the sirens of an ambulance could be perceived amongst a million other noises, seeped out by the two agent's ears because they weren't the ones that mattered in that moment.

Alex quickly hopped on her feet and jogged toward the side of the street, waving and screaming like a maniac at the ambulance to make it quicker for the medics to find them.

"You hear that?? The ambulance is here kid, you gotta resist just a little more alright? Can you- can you do that for me??" Derek straightened up a little and said, well aware that he wasn't quite talking to Spencer anymore.

The other man mumbled something, not as a sign that he understood what was going on, rather that he was hearing Derek telling him things, saying words, making sounds.

He saw the figures of two medics along with Alex walking fast toward them, carrying a gurney. One of them got down and took Derek's place in soccurring Spencer; the former couldn't find a valid reason to protest when he was frantically shoved away off of him.

"Agent, are you injured?" the other one asked, gathering that the blood splattered on his bicep was most likely his own and not the other man's.

"I-I'm fine, the bullet didn't even hit me it just scratched me- I'm not the one who needs help, please! And- wait he- he doesn't take narcotics, please that's REALLY important-" Morgan yelped in response, still in shock, finding difficult to even put his words together clearly.

She only seemingly ignored his continuous whining - albeit rightful - but in actuality took in all that information, quickly examining his injury.

"I see what you mean, you got lucky. Still, it could get infected, so you're coming with us right now." she concluded in a rush, immediately turning around to help her colleague lay Spencer on the gurney.

While hurrying toward the ambulance, Derek saw Alex getting back to Hotch and Rossi. Aaron turned around, his eyes met Derek's.

He nodded at him from afar, a look on his face that said: "do what you have to do."

-

- later at the hospital

-

Derek had been sitting on that uncomfortable chair for at least 2 hours, in the waiting room of the hospital.

-

As soon as they'd got off the ambulance, they had rushed Spencer to surgery: during the drive he'd lost consciousness completely and started mumbling things that made no sense, nearing aphasia. From the second they'd taken him to the OR, Morgan hadn't been able to say anything, shell-shocked and numbed down by his brain as a defense mechanism.

Earlier, while the nurse was bandaging his arm in the Emergency Room and kept asking if he felt any pain, if he had fallen and hit his head when he'd got shot, if he was feeling dizzy; he just nodded or responded "I don't know". She'd even asked him what had happened to "his friend" at a certain point, to try and catch his attention: was she even aware that she was talking to a profiler? He couldn't even remember if he'd effectively shown her his badge.

-

It was probably more than 2 hours, he thought when he saw Hotch coming in.

Morgan looked up at him, finally shifting his eyes away from the floor. He didn't say anything, barely able to stare at him with a confused expression.

"I can't stay long." Hotch stated.

Silence.

"...what do you mean?" that was probably the first actual, sensible phrase Derek had pronounced since he'd got into that damned hospital.

Aaron sighed. "The others wanted to come, but I can't let them get distracted from the case, so I came here to check on you in person. It's the only way I got them to agree to stay at the station and keep working."

Derek finally understood what he meant; the cogs in his brain processing the situation with a concerning delay. He arched his eyebrows and rubbed his face with his palm, as if something Hotch said had awakened him all of a sudden.

"I thought you were here because the case was over" Derek snorted, shaking his head in a silent self-scolding.

"I- I don't know how I could think that..." he added, hunching on himself with his elbows dug in his sore knees.

"How long have you been waiting here?" Aaron asked after a few seconds, shooting him a concerned and squinting glance.

Derek briefly checked his wristwatch. "Since midnight, I think."

It was almost 3 am.

Hotch knew he couldn't ask him to swap and go get some air while he stayed there; he would've never accepted and it was only understandable. Plus, it wouldn't do any of them any good: he would be stuck in the hospital while the team needed him on the case. But he couldn't just leave him like that, what kind of teammate would he be?

"Alright." he sighed deeply. "I'm gonna wait here with you." he asserted, sitting down next to him and picking out the phone from his pocket, to inform the others by text.

Morgan scowled, as his head shot up. "No Hotch c'mon, it's already bad that I'm not working, you- you gotta get back, I'm gonna call you whenever I know something anyway-"

"I'm gonna stay until he's out of surgery and I know you both are ok." Hotch cut him off, without an inch of reconsideration in his voice. "Cause you're clearly not thinking straight right now." he concluded, searching deep in the other man's eyes for some sort of outraged reaction to his accusation, even being well aware that Derek had to be told by someone. And Hotch always seemed to be the one designated for that role.

Morgan faced down to stare at the blue linoleum floor again. After some seconds, he nodded silently, gulping to try and make that lump in his throat go away.

He realized that type of reaction wasn't normal for him. It almost never, ever happened to him to corner himself within his own head and turn to silent mode, in these kind of situations. He was usually the type to remain lucid - of course heating up and pacing around restlessly and punching things and cursing through clenched jaws; nonetheless lucid : interacting with the things and places and people surrounding him, letting himself feel whatever he had to feel and letting other people see it. Acting like he was acting in that moment, that just wasn't him. That could be JJ at times or...or Spencer. His Spencer.

-

After another 20 minutes of waiting in complete silence - which were nothing, compared to the 3 hours Derek had already waited - the doctor entered the crowded room. And Derek didn't even notice.

He was still sitting, eyeing blankly at the portion of floor in between his combat boots. He couldn't hear anything but his paranoid thoughts, not even the general noise and buzz of people's voices - let alone the doctor's footsteps.

Hotch instinctively stood up from the chair.

"Morgan-" he said, tapping on his shoulder.

Derek looked up at him distractedly, raising his brows. Aaron pointed at the doctor approaching them, right behind him.

He immediately got up as well and turned around; once again taking a second too many to process what was happening. He started to feel all the pressure again, heart pounding in his chest to deafness, palms oozing sweat, the knot in his larynx forming once again - for the fourth time at least that night, if one had to keep count.

"How is he?" he asked impatiently, taking for granted that he was even...alive.

"He got very lucky. The bullet didn't hit one of the major arteries just by half an inch or so." the doctor answered, calmly and reassuringly. "The excellent job you did at minimizing the blood loss on the scene was surely a determining factor." he spoke directly to Derek now, smiling widely.

Relief washed over the two agents, whose shoulders slumped and lungs released audible sighs.

"Can we see him right away?" Derek questioned further, hopeful.

"Yes, absolutely, but you have to consider that he's lost a lot of blood and stayed unconscious for quite a while. So it might take him some time to wake up from the anesthesia. Plus, he has to rest well, of course."

"Thank you." was all Derek managed to say, with watery eyes and trembling voice barely coming out of his mouth - but he really did mean it.

Aaron shook the doctor's hand, equally thankful, and quickly picked his phone out of his pocket.

"I'm calling the others right now. You go." Hotch ordered with his usual firmness and loyalty, which he maintained even in such tense situations; giving him a complicit look.

Derek simply nodded in response, infinitely grateful.

-

He opened the door of Spencer's room quietly, having acknowledged that he was still sleeping.

It was early morning; a faint, cold-hued light filtered through the blinds of the window. Derek couldn't see much, if not the outlines of some pieces of furniture and - most importantly - Spencer's shape lying on the bed. And that was more than enough for the moment being.

A gasp hitched halfway to his lungs, and his heart started beating with such intensity it could crack his sternum open, and his eyes prickled with tears of joy.

Morgan quietly grabbed the chair in the corner of the room and placed it beside the bed. He wanted to hug him so bad, but couldn't bring himself to wake him up; so he just sat there for a while, looking at him, at how the dim light enveloped his peacefully sleeping features and created weird shadows on his wrinkled hospital gown - for a second, he couldn't refrain from realizing that he looked beautiful even in that sloppy piece of clothing, with his tangled mop of hair sprawled all over the pillow.

Morgan reached out for the man's hand to lightly stroke his knuckles with the pads of his fingers. As soon as he did that, a single tear managed to part from the puddle heaped up before his pupils and trail down his cheek, falling down to sink into the cotton fabric of the blanket; not sure if that was due to the relief of being able to sense the warmth of Spencer's hand, or just because he was exhausted; or both.

Derek figured he wasn't gonna wake up any sooner if he stared at him for hours: he gave in to the impulse of resting his temple on his folded arms, over the bed, careful not to touch Spencer.

And he fell asleep.

-

- 4 hours later (7 am ca.)

-

Spencer opened his eyes. He felt wobbly, like he was caged in a glass bubble, and his neck hurt like hell, for lack of a term powerful enough.

He looked around and saw Derek, sitting beside the mattress with his head resting on the bed, sleeping. A disarmed smile played at the corners of his lips: of course he knew he would find him there, but quite frankly he didn't expect him to fall asleep like that.

He reached out to him with a hand, a little shaky from the weakness, and gently caressed his cheek, not sure if he wanted him to wake up or not. After all, he had no idea how much - or how little - sleep he managed to get; still: he needed to hear his voice and see that smile of his as much as he needed oxygen in his lungs.

Derek startled awake with a gasp, straightening up in his seat and checking his watch. It took him a while to notice that Spencer's hand was what had woken him up.

Then he saw him.

"Spencer-" he whispered and instantly stood up from the chair to sit on the bed beside him, stroking his forehead with a thumb.

Spencer suddenly realized Derek's arm was bandaged.

"W-what happened to you?" were his first words, hoarse and cracky; as he tried to prop himself up a little to half-sit on the bed.

"Nothing baby, bullet scratched me. How are YOU feeling? D'you want water or something? Jell-o?" the other asked, knowing exactly Spencer had a thing for Jell-o, not hesitating to brush off his unmotivated concern.

"No I'm fine, just...you should get back to the case, actually." Spencer said half-heartedly as reality hit him all of a sudden, making his smile fade away. He wanted him to stay, but on the other hand he knew keeping him there was only gonna slow down the team. They needed him more than he did - or at least, that's what he was trying to convince both himself AND Derek of.

"Nope. Not happening." the other dismissed, with a tone that left little to no space for protesting. He took Spencer's hand, lacing their fingers together.

His boyfriend gazed at him with puppy eyes. He should have expected that.

Derek sighed, cocking his head. "A'ight, look. They've probably already solved it by now. Best believe Hotch would've called me if it was necessary that I'd be there." he explained, reasonably. The point he was making was enough to ease down some of the guilt weighing on Spencer's chest for wishing he would stay.

"Plus," Derek continued, reaching his hand out to comb his fingers through Spencer's entangled curls. "I wouldn't be able to concentrate much right now anyway, pretty boy." he smiled at him.

Spencer giggled; the weight of his guilt now completely lifted off of his heart by Derek's smile - the brightest he'd ever seen, even being well aware of how much that whole chaos from last night must have drained him out. Only his Derek could.

"Come here" he then whispered, opening his arms, ready to melt into his hug.

Derek didn't wait another second to lean closer and wrap his strong arms around his boyfriend's skinny, temporarily fragile body; tight but not too tight, afraid to hurt him. He'd wanted to take him in his arms since the moment he opened the door and saw him, alive, 4 hours before. He released a content sigh, burying his face into Spencer's warm neck, where his nose was being slightly tickled by that soft hair - as per usual.

Spencer gently kissed Derek's temple, ignoring the fact that in doing so he would've inevitably had to tilt his neck in a hurtful way. Indeed:

"Shit-" he whispered as he pressed a hand on his bandaged neck, scrunching his muzzle in a grimace of pain but somewhat amused at the same time: he wondered if it was gonna feel like someone was twisting his throat everytime he tilted his head as little as an inch.

Derek carefully let go of the hug and placed his palm over Spencer's; his eyes revealing guilt and regret for having complied his request to hug him.

"Fuck- sorry about that, kid..."

While the other man's gaze was concentrated on his bandaged wound, Spencer's pupils fluttered around his features, displayed a few inches from his face.

"It's nothing, just kiss me." he murmured like he was in a rush, like he hadn't even thought for a second before spitting it out like that. Which was something he usually did only when he said awkward stuff - only to receive the "Reid, wtf" signature look in response.

He placed a hand behind Derek's head and pulled him closer impulsively, risking their teeth to collide.

Derek was definitely not expecting the man's warm tongue to push into his mouth like that, forcing him to part his lips way more widely than if it were just going to be the quick peck he was initially expecting it to be.

He wanted to draw Spencer even closer, but figured placing his hand on his jaw or - even worse - on his nape, would make him flinch in pain again, so he opted to wrap him back in his arms; one draped over his shoulders and the other tight around his waist.

Spencer gradually slowed down and eventually stopped, struggling to breathe evenly. He opened his eyes to stare dreamily into Derek's; still tied in each other's arms to keep their noses 3 inches apart at most.

He smiled in a sweet, silly way and laid a couple of quick kisses on both corners of Derek's mouth, making him helplessly smile too.

"I love you." Spencer murmured against the other's grinning lips. He had enough time to place on them only a couple more quick pecks, before his boyfriend managed to untangle from his limbs and pull back a little, laughing at how fucking adorable he was.

As he chuckled and put a few more inches between their faces, the memory of Spencer saying "I love you" the night before flashed back into his mind for a second. The jarring difference in how that same phrase was pronounced in those two diametrally opposed contexts made Derek feel things, not quite sure what things. Spencer most definitely couldn't remember saying it - his near unconscious state from last night overpowering his eidetic memory - though Derek recalled mumbling something among the lines of "you can say that to me later"... Anyway, he pushed those inconclusive thoughts away before they could ruin such a precious moment.

"Alright, alright, I would've gone to get you that Jell-o even without all this, you know?" he said, betraying his feigned indignation when he couldn't resist placing one last kiss on Spencer's Cupid's bow. "Or is this your apology for scaring the shit out of me and making me cry like a baby? Cause either way, it's working. You really ARE a magician, huh" he winked jokingly.

Spencer giggled and rolled his eyes. "Come on, it's not about the Jell-o!"

Derek let go of him altogether and stood up from the bed, before mocking him yet once more.

"Yeah, whatever. Imma go get that Jell-o, you stay here." as if he could actually get up and walk around the hospital, duh...

Spencer dropped his arms on the bed, as a sign of complaint. "Seriously though, I don't want Jell-o right now I- I want you ! Even if you bring it to me it's gonna stay exactly wherever you put it!" he tried to convince him not to leave the room, blushing as a result of having let "I want you" slip out like that.

Even if what Spencer said and the tone with which he said it and the face with which he said it were persuasive to say the least; Derek already had his hand on the door handle by then. He opened it and turned around toward Spencer one last time before getting out.

"I need an excuse to get out of here or Imma eat you alive, so you better thank me." he concluded with a glare and a smirk, playfully pointing a threatening finger at his boyfriend before finally closing the door behind him.

-

Spencer sighed in resignation, slowly returning to lie down on the mattress with his head on the pillow.

He stared at the ceiling and covered his eyes with his hand, smiling from ear to ear.

[ieatsurveys]

Popular Songs of the Early 2000s [xspinningisfun – keep tag on <3]

Bold the ones that you know of!

2000 1.Who Let The Dogs Out? -Baha Men 2. All The Small Things -Blink 182 3. Amazed -Lonestar 4. Oops, I Did It Again -Britney Spears 5. Graduation -Vitamin C 6. Bye, Bye, Bye -N*Sync 7. Independent Woman -Destiny’s Child 8. Let’s Make Love – Tim McGraw and Faith Hill 9. Zombie Nation – Kernkraft 4000 10. I Turn To You – Christina Aguilera 11. I Knew I Loved You – Savage Garden 12. It’s My Life – Bon Jovi 13. Breathe – Faith Hill 14. Shake Your Bon-Bon – Ricky Martin 15. Blue (Da Ba Dee) – Eiffel 65 16. Goobye Earl – Dixie Chicks 17. Let’s Get Married – Jagged Edge 18. The Bad Touch – Bloodhound Gang 19. The Real Slim Shady – Eminem 20. Say My Name – Destiny’s Child 21. It’s Gonna Be Me – N*Sync 22. Party Up – DMX 23. Sexual (Li Da Di) – Amber 24. Country Grammar – Nelly 25. Aaron’s Party (Come Get It) – Aaron Carter

2001 1. Hanging By A Moment -Lifehouse 2. Allin’ -Alicia Keys 3. All For You -Janet 4. If You’re Gone -Matchbox Twenty 5. I’M Real -Jennifer Lopez ft. Ja Rule 6. Drops Of Jupiter (Tell Me) -Train 7. Let Me Blow Ya Mind  -Eve ft. Gwen Stefani 8. Thank You  -Dido 9. Hit ‘Em Up Style (Oops!)  -Blu Cantrell 10. Independent Women Part I -Destiny’s Child 11. Again  -Lenny Kravitz 12. It’S Been Awhile  -Staind 13. Stutter  -Joe ft. Mystikal 14. It Wasn’T Me’  -Shaggy ft. Ricardo “RikRok” Ducent 15. U Remind Me  -Usher 16. Where The Party At  -Jagged Edge With Nelly 17. Angel  -Shaggy Featuring Rayvon 18. Ride Wit Me  -Nelly Featuring City Spud 19. Peaches & Cream  -112 20. Follow Me  -Uncle Kracker 21. Drive  -Incubus 22. What Would You Do?  -Alicia Keys 23. Survivor  -Destiny’s Child 24. Lady Marmalade  -Christina Aguilera, Lil’ Kim, Mya & Pink 25. Ms. Jackson  -OutKast

2002 1. A Moment Like This – Kelly Clarkson 2. Hot In Herre – Nelly 3. Complicated – Avril Lavigne 4. Girlfriend – N Sync & Nelly 5. Sk8er Boi – Avril Lavigne 6. Can’t Fight The Moonlight – LeAnn Rimes 7. Dirrty – Christina Aguilera 8. A Thousand Miles – Vanessa Carlton 9. Heaven – DJ Sammy 10. Gimme The Light – Sean Paul 11. The World’s Greatest – R Kelly 12. Jenny From The Block – Jennifer Lopez Featuring Jadakiss & Styles 13. Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American) – Toby Keith 14. Goodbye To You – Michelle Branch 15. Can’t Get You Out Of My Head – Kylie Minogue 16. The Game Of Love – Santana Featuring Michelle Branch 17. Young’n (Holla Back) – Fabolous 18. She Hates Me – Puddle Of Mudd 19. Starry Eyed Surprise – Oakenfold Featuring Shifty Shellshock 20. The Middle – Jimmy Eat World 21. Say I Yi Yi – Ying Yang Twins 22. Just A Friend 2002 – Mario 23. Hey Baby – No Doubt and Bounty Killer 24. Work It – Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliott 25. U Don’t Have To Call – Usher

2003 1. In Da Club -50 Cent 2. Crazy in Love -Beyonce w. Jay-Z 3. Get Busy -Sean Paul 4. When I’m Gone -Three Doors Down 5. Ignition -R Kelly 6. Baby Boy -Beyonce w. Sean Paul 7. This is the Night -Clay Aiken 8. Bring Me To Life -Evanescence 9. Right Thurr -Chingy 10. Unwell -Matchbox Twenty 11. Picture -Kid Rock w. Sheryl Crow 12. Drift Away -Uncle Kracker & Dobie Gray 13. Get Low -Lil’ John & The East Side Boyz 14. Beautiful -Christina Aguilera 15. I’m With You -Avril Lavigne 16. Miss You -Aalyiah 17. 21 Questions -50 Cent & Nate Dogg 18. Shake Ya Tailfeather Nelly -P. Diddy and Murphy Lee 19. All I Have -Jennifer Lopez & LL Cool J 20. I Know What You Want -Busta Rhymes & Mariah Carey 21. Magic Stick -Lil’ Kim w. 50 Cent 22. Bump Bump Bump -B2K and P. Diddy 23. Flying Without Wings -Ruben Studdard 24. Here Without You -3 Doors Down 25. Work It -Missy Elliot

2004 1. Yeah! -Usher 2. Burn -Usher 3. This Love -Maroon 5 4. The Way You Move -Outkast 5. If I Ain’t Got You -Alecia Keys 6. Hey Ya! -Outkast 7. I Don’t Wanna Know -Mario Winans 8. The Reason -Hoobastank 9. Confessions Part II -Usher 10. My Immortal -Evanescence 11. Naughty Girl -Beyonce 12. Let’s Get It Started -Black Eyed Peas 13. My Boo -Usher and Alecia Keys 14. She Will Be Loved -Maroon 5 15. The First Cut Is the Deepest -Sheryl Crow 16. Toxic -Britney Spears 17. Someday -Nickelback 18. I Believe -Fantasia 19. Breakaway -Kelly Clarkson 20. Slow Jamz -Twista 21. Dirt Off Your Shoulder -Jay-Z 22. Freak-A-Leek -Petey Pablo 23. The Way -Clay Aiken 24. Numb -Linkin’ Park 25. Dip It Low -Christina Milian

2005 1. We Belong Together -Mariah Carey 2. Let Me Love You -Mario 3. Since U Been Gone -Kelly Clarkson 4. Hollaback Girl -Gwen Stefani 5. Boulevard of Broken Dreams -Greenday 6. Don’t Cha -The Pussycat Dolls and Busta Rhymes 7. Candy Shop -50 Cent 8. 1, 2, Step -Ciara and Missy Elliot 9. Gold Digger -Kanye West 10. Don’t Phunk With My Heart -The Black Eyed Peas 11. Drop It Like It’s Hot -Snoop Dogg 12. Shake It Off -Mariah Carey 13. Disco Inferno -50 Cent 14. Behind These Hazel Eyes -Kelly Clarkson 15. Beverly Hills -Weezer 16. Just a Lil Bit -50 Cent 17. Lose Control -Missy Elliot 18. How We Do -The Game & 50 Cent 19. You & Me -Lifehouse 20. Soldier -Destiny’s Child 21. Rich Girl -Gwen Stefani 22. Mr. Brightside -The Killers 23. Oh -Ciara and Ludacris 24. Pon De Replay -Rihanna 25. Hate It Or Love It -The Game and 50 Cent

2006 1. Sexyback – Justin Timberlake 2. Hips Don’t Lie – Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean 3. Promiscuous – Nelly Furtado featuring Timbaland 4. Everytime We Touch – Cascada 5. Temperature – Sean Paul 6. S.O.S. – Rihanna 7. Beep – Pussy Cat Dolls 8. Waiting On The World To Change – John Mayer 9. Pump It – Black Eyed Peas 10. You’re Beautiful – James Blunt 11. Maneater – Nelly Furtado 12. Single – Natasha Bedingfield 13. What Hurts the Most – Rascall Flatts 14. Lean Wit It, Rock Wit It – Dem Franchise Boys 15. Walk Away – Kelly Clarkson 16. It’s Goin’ Down – Young Joc 17. Dance, Dance -Fall Out Boy 18. Smack That – Akon & Eminem 19. I Write Songs, Not Tragedies – Panic! At the Disco 20. We’re All In This Together – High School Musical Cast 21. Ms. New Booty – Bubba Sparx 22. How To Save A Life – The Fray 23. Rompe – Daddy Yankee 24. Check On It – Beyonce Featuring Slim Thugg 25. Chasing Cars – Snow Patrol

2007 1. The Sweet Escape -Gwen Stefani & Akon 2. Girlfriend -Avril Lavigne 3. Irreplaceable -Beyonce 4. Before He Cheats -Carrie Underwood 5. Crank Dat -Soulja Boy 6. Rehab -Amy Winehouse 7. Umbrella -Rhianna 8. Hey There Delilah -Plain White T’s 9. Glamorous -Fergie 10. I Wanna Luv U -Akon 11. Bubbly -Colbie Caillat 12. Walk It Out -Unk 13. Don’t Matter -Akon 14. Fergalicious -Fergie 15. Lip Gloss -Lil Mama 16. Candyman -Christina Aguilera 17. Break It Off -Rhianna 18. S.O.S. -Jonas Brothers 19. Stronger -Kanye West 20. Thks Fr Th Mmrs -Fall Out Boy 21. Pop, Lock and Drop It -Huey 22. Shut Up and Drive -Rhianna 23. Because of You -Ne-Yo 24. Home -Daughtry 25. Tattoo -Jordan Sparks

2008 1. So What – Pink 2. Just Dance – Lady Gaga 3. Leavin’ – Jesse McCartney 4. I’m Yours – Jason Mraz 5. Gives You Hell – All-American Rejects 6. Damaged – Danity Kane 7. Shake It – Metro Station 8. Love Story – Taylor Swift 9. When I Grow Up – Pussycat Dolls 10. I Kissed A Girl – Katy Perry 11. Don’t Stop The Music – Rihanna 12. Burnin’ Up – Jonas Brothers 13. Low – Flo Rida featuring T-Pain 14. Calabria – Enur featuring Natasja 15. Love Like This – Natasha Bedingfield and Sean Kingston 16. 7 Things – Miley Cyrus 17. Lollipop – Lil Wayne 18. Pocketful of Sunshine – Natasha Bedingfield 19. Circus – Britney Spears 20. Summertime – New Kids On The Block 21. Our Song- Taylor Swift 22. All Summer Long – Kid Rock 23. Closer – Ne-Yo 24. Viva La Vida – Coldplay 25. See You Again – Miley Cyrus

2009 1. Boom Boom Pow – Black Eyed Peas 2. I Gotta Feeling – Black Eyed Peas 3. I Know You Want Me (Calle Oche) – Pitbull 4. You Belong With Me – Taylor Swift 5. Lovegame – Lady Gaga 6. Don’t Trust Me – 3OH3! 7. Please Don’t Leave Me – Pink 8. Right Round – Flo-Rida 9. Poker Face – Lady Gaga 10. Goodbye – Kristinia Debarge 11. Say Hey – Evan Taubenfeld Michael Franti & Spearhead 12. New Divide – Linkin Park 13. The Climb – Miley Cyrus 14. Best I Ever had – Drake 15. Good Girls Go Bad – Cobra Starship Featuring Leighton Meester 16. Lucky – Jason Mraz and Colbie Caillet 17. Waking Up In Vegas – Katy Perry 18. Paranoid – Jonas Brothers 19. Wanted – Jessie James 20. Fire Burning – Sean Kingston 21. Not Meant To Be – Theory of a Deadman 22. Love, Sex and Magic – Ciara & Justin Timberlake 23. Use Somebody – Kings of Leon 24. Day N Nite – Kid Cuti 25. Hoedown Throwdown – Miley Cyrus

[pendulumprince]

It’s episode 40. Everybody got their eulogies ready?

After the recap and opening

THE KIDS ARE ALREADY FREAKING OUT

ONE GIRL IS CRYING

“Don’t worry. Onizuka will win! He will!”

YOU SURE ABOUT THAT, LIL BUDDY

SHOICHI AND NAOKI ARE WORRIED, TOO

‘GO’ IS FUCKING SHOOK

AI WONDERS IF HE’S “LOST HIS HEART”

REV OFFERS HIM THE CHANCE TO GIVE IP

‘GO’ TELLS HIM TO GO FUCK HIMSELF AND THE HORSE HE RODE IN ON

“So you destroyed them all. But that erased all my doubts.”

THAT’S A WILD FACE YOU GOT THERE, ‘GO’

KEEP IT UP

HE PROMISES TO DEFEAT HIM

HE ACTIVATES ONE OF HIS MONSTER’S EFFECTS

SPECIAL SUMMONS A 0 DEF MONSTER

AND GREAT OGRE AT 2100 ATK

HE ENDS HIS TURN

“Even if your field is destroyed, you resurrect your monsters quickly to face me. I’ll honor your unbreakable spirit by completely crushing you.”

Aw, shucks. What an honor.

REV TAKES HIS TURN

PLAYS A QUICKSPELL

SUMMONS A 1800 ATKER

BY GREAT OGRES SPECIAL EFFECT, IT GOES DOWN TO 600

REV DRAWS AGAIN

PLAYS ANOTHER SPELL

SPECIAL SUMMONS TWO MONSTERS, BRINGS UP THE RDEF TO 1700 AND 2300

HE LINK SUMMONS!

BRINGS OUY A 1900 ATK MONSTER

SPECIAL SUMMONS A 1100 ATK MONSTER

BRINGS IT UP TO 1400 ATK

IT GOES DOWN TO 0 THANKS TO THAT GREAT OGRE EFFECT

REV’S MONSTER’S ALSO HAVE EFFECTS, THO

HE TAKES THAT MONSTER OFF THE FIELD

DESTROYS BOTH OF ‘GO’S MONSTERS IN ONE BLOW

MY BUFF SON. DOES NOT TAKE THIS WELL.

HIS FIELD IS WIDE OPEN

REV GOES IN FOR THAT DIRECT ATTACK

IT LANDS!

THE ORPHANS ARE FREAKING OUT

HE’S DOWN TO 1000 LP

REV BRINGS BACK TWO MONSTERS AT 2000 AND 1400 DEF

THEY GO UP TO 2300 AND 1700 AGAIN

REV ENDS HIS TURN!

AI TAKES BACK ALL THAT SHADE HE THREW AT ‘GO’

HE IS MOVED TO TEARS BY OUR BEAUTIFUL SON’S RESOLVE

PLAYMAKER FEELS THE SAME (?)

“Took you long enough. This isn’t enough to break a duelist like him.”

Ouch, my celebshipping heart

‘GO’ TAKES HIS TURN

PLAYS A SPELL

BRINGS BACK TWO OF HIS MONSTERS FROM THE GRAVE AT 0 DEF EACH

SETS UP THAT SWEET, SWEET LINK SUMMON

SUMMONS A 2000 ATK MONSTER

HE ADDS A CARD YO HIS HAND

BRINGS OUT A 1800 ATK MONSTER

AND ANOTHER AT 1700 ATK

SWITCHES REV’S MONSTERS TO THE ATK POSITION

AND ALL OF ‘GO’S MONSTERS GO UP BY 500 LP

HE ACTIVATES AN EQUIP SPELL

SUMMONS ANOTHER MONSTER AT 2000 ATK

PLAYMAKER CALCULATES THAT ‘GO’ CAN LOWER REV’S LP AT THIS POINT, BUT CAN’T TAKE HIM DOWN COMPLETELY

AND HIS MONSTERS’LL JUST RESURRECT

BUT ‘GO’S GOT A PLAN

HE SETS UP A LINK SUMMON

IT’S A LINK 4!

SUMMONS GIANT OGRE AT 3000 ATK

REV THINKS THAT’S INTERESTING AS FUCK

‘GO’ ADDS ANOTHER CARD TO HIS HAND

BRINGS GIANT OGRE UP TO 4000 ATK

AND FURTHER UP TO 5000 ATK

AI IS SO IMPRESSED HE BREAKS OUT A KNIFE

‘GO’ GOES IN FOR AN ATTACK

TAKES OUT REV’S MONSTER

HE’S DOWN TO 900 LP

GOOD SHIT, GOOD SHIT—

*deep breath* calm down PP, he’s going to lose*

THE ORPHANS ARE SO PROUD

REV GIVES  ‘GO’ HIS DUE

“You got me.”

“That’s payback for earlier >:)”

REV SPECIAL SUMMONS HIS 2400 ATK MONSTER

‘GO’ ENDS HIS TURN, GREAT OGRE GOES BACK DOWN TO 3000 ATK

“I always improve. That’s what makes me ‘Go Onizuka’!”

HOW CAN YOU NOT LOVE OUR BIG BUFF CHILD

*cries* REV TAKES HIS TURN

TRIBUTES HIS MONSTER TO SPECIAL SUMMONS HIS 1900 ATK MONSTER FROM THE GRAVE

HE SPECIAL SUMMONS ANOTHER AT 600 ATK

AND ANOTHER AT 1800 ATK

ONE OF HIS MONSTERS GOES UP TO 2100

TAKES OUT GIANT ORGE, SENDS IT TO THE GRAVE VIA SPECIAL EFFECT

DAMNIT

BUT NO, FUCK THAT

GIANT OGRE’S EFFECT NEGATES IT

“Too bad!”

“You’re so stubborn.”

YOU’RE ONE TO TALK, REV??

“Until now, I’ve battled in front of large crowds. To entertain the many children who root for me, I tried to make duels more exciting. But I realized I’m all alone. There are no fans rooting for me here. I realized… we always duel alone.

“We fight for ourselves, not for anyone else! That’s why I decided to fight for myself! To prove that I’m the strongest! For my thirst for victory that’s deep in my heart! So bring it on with all your strength!”

Wow, that’s… the exact opposite of what Blue Angel said in episode 32.

She said she fights for everyone, while ‘Go’ just said he’s fighting for himself.

Welp, he just sealed the deal.

“Fine. As you wish :)))))))”

PLAYMAKER FIGURES HE’S ABOUT TO SUMMON A LINK 4 MONSTER

HE IS

IT’S! BORRELSWORD AT 3000 ATK!!

AI IS WORRIED

SO AM I LIL BUDDY

“I can’t believe you forced me to play Borrelsword Dragon. But it’s the end of the line! I don’t agree with the lame idea of fighting for others. Or for myself. I just carry out my goal. That’s all!”

AKA, he’s fighting for his dad.

REV GOES IN FOR THE ATTACK

IT CONNECTS!

BUT BOTH MONSTERS STAND AT 3000 ATK…

FROG AND PIGEON GET KNOCKED AWAY

SHOICH, NAOKI, AND THE ORPHANS CAN NO LONGER SEE WHAT’S HAPPENING

*HUGE SIGH OF RELIEF*

F U C K I N G.  G O O D.

WELP. NEITHER OF THEIR MONSTERS ARE GOING DOWN

REV ACTIVATES HIS MONSTER’S SPECIAL EFFECT

BORRELSWORD GOES UP TO 4500 ATK

FUUUUUUUUCK

AND GIANT OGRE’S ATK GOES DOWN TO 1500

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

AND HIS OTHER MONSTER’S EFFECT COMES INTO PLAY

IT TAKES OUT GREAT OGRE

Wait. Wait.

‘GO’ IS STILL STANDING

SO IS GREAT OGRE

AND IT’S AT 2500 ATK!

REV IS SO ANNOYED

“I don’t feel like winning so inelegantly.” SINCE WHEN DO YOU CARE ABOUT BEING FANCY.

BUT NO

APPARENTLY, HE CAN ATTACK AGAIN

“This is the end >8)”

THE ATTACK CONNECTS

GIANT OGRE IS CUT IN HALF

AND ‘GO’—!

… back in the real world, a picture falls off it’s shelf

It’s one with ‘Go’ and his orphan babies!

The orphanage teacher picks it up…

One of the kids runs up to her

“Onizuka won, right?”

“Yes, of course!”

Go’s Manager adds in, “that’s right! Go Onizuka never loses!”

But tbh, he doesn’t look so sure…

Back in Link Vrains, Ai still thinks there’s hope??

But Playmaker tells him to look again

‘GO’S DOWN TO 0 LP

REVOLVER WINS!

AND ‘GO’ IS DISINTEGRATING INTO DATA

“Playmaker! This was the best I could do.”

“‘Go Onizuka’! Thanks to you, I was able to learn his strategies.”

“I leave the rest to you…”

Playmaker and ‘Go’ stare lovingly into each other’s eyes until he finally disappears

Rev jumps in:

“Playmaker. We’re the only two duelists left in this world. It’s finally time to bring this to an end.”

“Yeah.”

WELP. TIME TO TAKE THAT FUCKIN TOWER DOWN.

Preview time!

OR RATHER, SPEED DUEL TIME

“The enemy he’s chasing is right before his eyes. The defeated duelists has led Playmaker to this moment.

Ten long years after the incident, it’s time to bring his journey of revenge to an end.”

YEAH, ABOUT THAT.

Playmaker promises to defeat Rev “with [his] own hands.

And Ai is lookin A LITTLE NERVOUS THERE

AW DAMN

[the-acid-pear]

Y'all thought i could go a day without reading this manga? HAHA! no.

Chapter 111

Oh the chest bomb. Also wouldn't have been easier to go for the eyes and then the rest?

Doppo 🤝 Kosho, face blown off

Oh no i know where this is going

Chapter 112

I love when mfs in Baki just keep on talking while someone agonizes next to em

I love how genuinely confused Doyle is

Baki hair is so long lmao

Poor kid is right lmao

Brooo 🥺

Kozue Lowkey a freak for this ngl

Chapter 113

Baki small spoon confirmed, iconic

No Kozue you can't just do anything if he's asleep PLEASE

Yujiro is such a freak I'm obsessed with him lmao

LIKE FUCKING IMAGINE

Chapter 1114

This is so fucking funny

MY FUCKING GOD YUJIRO HE'S 17 PLEASE QJSGSJG1&+1628Ag2&HSGA@+252HWHS

This is just fucking hilarious

HE STRAIGHT UP TELEPORTED

Chapter 115

Okay he has a point plus that's literally true

THANKS RETSU I WAS WORRYING

Hehe look

Aaaahhh this is so lovely :]]

Retsu everyone is always getting new teeth don't act so surprised

Jack Hanma enjoyers must be thriving back then and now so good for them honestly

Chapter 116

Love how he went down to up

Kosho 🥺💔

They just bringing back all the lads

Fun fact when I'm very hungry i eat part of the bones too, though i don't like the texture

OH A WHOLE ASS YEAR HAPPENED BETWEEN THE TOURNAMENT AND NOW

Love how insane Jack is

KING MAN KING 🥺🥺🥺

Chapter 117

How fucking awkward can that be?

I love how characters in this manga laugh like XD

OH MY FUCKING GOD WHY DID NO ONE TELL ME RETSU WAS 176? HE'S EVEN SHORTER THAN DOPPO HOLY FUCK 😭😭

They nerfed Retsu's ass I'm crying and shaking rn

Mfs on a date

That poor bartender lmao

"How did he hit his left eye when he stood on his right side?" "4000 yr old Chinese technique"

Chapter 118

I love Retsu's lack of honor btw king snapped fr

UTSITSITDDIFYIYDLF

Are all fire extinguishers that tiny on Japan?

I LOVE the fact that he's always carrying all those weapons

He's just torturing the guy now

Chapter 119

RETSU WHAT THE FUCK, WHY THE FUCK DID HE HAVE SO MANY WEAPONS ON HIM? 😭

He's just flexing now!

I'm sorry, precisely what kind of hot are we talking about?

Retsu looking so upset

Okay that was dumb of Doyle

Chapter 120

King tried to make a checkmate irl

He fell so quick poor dude

Jack is like, so fucking nice lmao

Like the way he gently handled Retsu or how calmly he spoke to Doyle, obsessed (?

Jack looking so similar to Yujiro it's cute in a way

OHOHO and the scar from Yujiro's attack after the tournament that's so good 🥺

Chapter 121

Imagine seeing this guy fucking dead on the floor and bleeding and thinking yo let's rob him! Like, why?

THAT GUY LOOKS SM LIKE MOTOBE THO I MISS MY MAN...

I don't know why but I've been finding Retsu kinda cute lately like i spoke so much shit about him and i regret it king high-key cute....

Bruh i deadass forgot Doyle wasn't japanese skgsjsgwah

Lil brutal sir

I just went on a word hunt yet i can't remember but Doyle is the same kind of gay as Sam Gamgee

Chapter 122

Mf really just carrying him like a baby over here.... But iconic this scene made me lose it and it still makes me 🥺😍

RETSU YOU KINGGG, he's so respectful and powerful too 🥺🥺

Chinese jesus

Chapter 123

Yeah he was in very much need of blood

I love how this wasn't even necessary of Retsu, he really just did it because he's that nice of a guy

BRO IMMA CRY LOOK AT THAT SMILE OOOOUGH 🥺🥺💞😭

I miss Katsumi dimples sm smh

LWHWOSGKWGD SHOUTOUT TO THE GUY SAYING RETSU IS GONNA FUCK BEFORE BAKI 😭💀

Chapter 124

Pwease don't get mad at me sir 🥺 (he's right tho but Katsumi has reason to overreact lmao)

Look at that cocky mf i luv him

This was so brutal and smart

Y'all i know what comes after this

HEHEHEOGWHEJWHHSGS

DOPPO MY BELOVEDDD 🥺🥺🥺

I was trying to find my reaction to Doppo returning in blood's pms and instead found out i was a bit pissed of about Katsumi being so pale when his (before i knew they weren't biological) parents weren't (natsue is but Doppo has olive skin)

Okay i was just shocked which, fair

Chapter 125

They really massacred my man i low-key can't forgive Dorian for this BS, the scars are so hq in the manga too

BUT ITS OK ITS WHATEVER WON'T STOP LOVING HIM FOR THAT

"has some business with me" sounds like they wanna throw hands

This scene was so confusing yet funny, Doppo was such a bastard this whole saga

The crooked smile til got me biting my lip eh

The little <3, though he did almost kill his son so fair 😐

Also i love how much drip he got after the face bomb thing lol

LSVQLSCSJSG

Oh yeah i can't believe i ignored Doppo's fat ass uhh someone roll the gif of the guy eating a watermelon Like That

Okay I'm sorry for simping so much but he's just precious. Also i think it's the first time they called him old, tbf older sagas had way older character that his 56 yo ass

Also now that i think of it when tf did Doppo meet Oliva?

Had to read it twice but i understood what Doppo did, tell him to use karate bc he knew he wouldn't be as good

Chapter 126

Poor Katsumi man... Scars more realistic here tho

This was such fitting punishment

Chapter 127

...what?

Baki neck got so nerfed

I love how everyone is shitting on Baki, get his ass lads

Chapter 128

I feel so fucking bad for Katsumi

GIRL NO ONE FEEDS ME LIKE THAT

Rip

Chapter 129

I'm sure you were up for murder in the tournament Katsumi boy

Obsessed with how much the comments hate Doyle lmao let him be

Chapter 130

God i misread the title as poisonous bitch 😭

My grandma's hands look like that idk what you're talking about bro

TDITDITTJDH I FORGOT ABOUT THR WEED

Mitsunari rlly went 😨

MF KEPT THE ARM THE FREAK 😭

Change 131

I missed this gilf a lot lol

I would be up to murdering someone with such techniques

I saw a slug on my sink today btw

Such a cool thing tbh, yanagi might be the villain whose art i respected the most

OH THEY SKIPPED THE SEX THAT'S INTERESTING

Chapter 132

I bet Yanagi spent like a week camping waiting for Baki to be done boning JAHSJWWGWH

Oh, Baki thought the same lol

Mf going full Yujiro omfg

YANAGI POG YANAGI POG-

Baki is a feminist icon

HHHH

Chapter 133

It's funny bc this feels like common knowledge to me but in this year in this country it wasn't

Baki, this guy is like 60+, if you punch him so hard he WILL be in pain :/

Chapter 134

I'm an idiot i forgot to check which hand yanagi was using to make the fap joke 😔

Okay is the right mf must better not get lonely at night or he's, getting a free bottom surgery to say the least.

This reminds me of jack biting ppl, also of Hanayama's grip

Gushwyfdtf poor Yanagi 😔💔

Chapter 135

Hhhh it must hurt so bad there, that's such a sensible spot. My cat stabbed me there and i almost kick her 😔

And a submission hold, in case the rest wasn't enough

This is unironically peak Sikorsky, the beard, the messy hair, the insanity

Kings, he was this strong before too, he simply didn't give a fuck

MI VIDA MI AMORRR 🥺💞

Imagine being crushed by a what, 100 kg and 2 m guy?

He's right :/

Chapter 137

THAT FACE GOD SO GOOD

IHDOYDITSITSUSTITD RIP

Hanayama aaa 🥺🥺

He's just jealous /j

I like how a comment saying Hanayama is the best got 59 likes, we just silently agree

Chapter 138

I love how pathetic they are

Hanayama already beat Spec he don't care.

I just realized the amount of facial scars these mfs left on the main (and minor) cast

Yeah i feel bad for Yanagi too

Chapter 139

Doyle. Doyle. That's gay, Doyle. What you just said is not something a straight person would say, Doyle.

THAT HEAD PAT OUGH...

Katsumi somehow manages to be mad cute

🥺🥺

Yanagi just being HOMOPHOBIC

Chapter 140

You are a weirdo Yanagi you really are

AAAA 🥺

Chapter 141

GARLAND MY MAN I'VE MISSED YOU SO MUCH...

Sikorsky went mad far with that, giving Russia's biggest hero PTSD... Shows how much he HATES his homeland... (Idk why i like garland so much but but do lol)

HEHE YES YESSS I KNOW WHO I WILL BE SEEING SOON...

Oh, right, Doyle.

He's a white man and he has no relation to you, Yanagi, you are just butthurt you got no bf :/

Chapter 142

Rip your katana lmao

I love Sik using his abilities

Chapter 143

HOO

Hehe japanese rtgame

Chapter 144

I hate the way these got scanned

No no lady this is better than some girl

Poor guy tbh

Chapter 145

IGARIII <33

He actually is for like a few cm. I miss Toba btw. I really do.

Chapter 146

This was actually such a good idea of all of em tbh

Mf got naked fast lmao

Chapter 147

Hoho Jack i see you are shooting your shots again, isn't this the second time you do this? 😳

I hate Tumblr desktop a lot imma look if jack did it later

Keep trying Sik, keep trying

Hehe you could do that to me and i wouldn't mind king 🥴

Chapter 148

Jack is so nice and chill lol

What a tank

I don't think a real one could either king

He should bite more smh

Chapter 149

HEHE IT'S BEEN SO LONG...

MY DEAR DEAR BOY IS BACK!!!!

IYFUTSITSIDT HE'S JUST BABY FACED DONT BE RUDE

I love Gaia but yeah i understand the public's reaction lmao

Gaia is literally a boyboss

Gaia was my moral support bald man during the childhood saga where i didn't have Doppo, i will always love Gaia for that and for how cute he is <3

Chapter 150

I love how everyone is pissed off

Chapter 151

QUAK

Mr Russian

Mitsunari been getting so distressed this saga that can't be good for his 80 yo heart

Get his ass, Gaia. This is the least form of revenge i can get for what he did to my man Garland 😤

DAMN BAKI YOU HIT YANAGI SO HARD YOU LEFT HIS FACE SMOOTH

Chapter 152

BITCH THIS IS UNREADABLE

Mitsunari like >:]

YESSSSS MOTOBEEEE LET'S GOOOOOOOOOO 😭😭😭💞💞

Now that he has his sword he can make shit work 🥺

Chapter 153

Fuck? /j

Ay ay ayyy...

You know how I often complain about characters' new looks? Not the case with Motobe, my man looking as fine as ever <33

Hehe sterile

Chapter 154

Poor Sik

Gaia is a beast <333

It was nice seeing the ogs tbh

Chapter 155

YESSS THOSE BITCHES ARE BACK

IGDIGSITSITDFHS MOTOBE YOU KINGGGG

Poor Yanagi

I like how he left the sword there, how they BOTH did

YA NA GI MANCO LA PUTA QUE LO PARIO!!

Extreme violence was a very fitting title for that chapter

Chapter 156

Motobe surprised face, man, can't even complain about Yujiro's annoying ass showing up <3

HIS FUCKING SWORD DUDE!

Since when does Motobe hate Yujiro btw????? Like i get not liking him like no one does but :/ (?

Annoying Yujiro is the best Yujiro and nothing will change my mind.

Also can we appreciate how both Motobe AND Yujiro just, fightblocked (like cockblocked but for fights) Shibukawa????

Okay order of the chapters a mess but the fact that Yanagi actually warned Motobe is a lil nice

I ran out of space but it's ok I'm sleepy anyway lol

I just can't get enough it seems, time to start the next Baki the Grappler book!

It seems that this one will take on the saga i saw on the anime (at least by the end) so that's exciting

Chapter 1

First off quality is SHIT lmao

Yesss i remember this. I still think that shit about everyone trembling is a lil... Mmmm bullshit.

Baki be like <:] but in a smug way

Look at Tokugawa my man

OH RIGHT HE LEFT THE TOURNAMENT WITH A CAST

This feels so random

Oh right the synchronicity shit

Baki is so -_- in this manga

Look at the old timer go

YEAH FR TOKUGAWA JUST BROUGHT EXPLOSIVES TO A SCHOOL FULL OF CHILDREN TO MAKE A SHITTY ANALOGY SHSHWKWGGE FREAK OLD MAN

Chapter 2

Ahegao

Epic grandpa

HO NICE

Mf really swam thru the Pacific ocean

Chapter 3

Huh i thought he was Scottish

This random guy was pretty interesting looking, the one executing Doyle

Fucked up shit how they still do this stuff

King, i can somehow still remember his voice in particular fsr

Also since no one reads this i will say it: Doyle does NOT look white ahagdbafhsdbc

I like that he didn't bother killing the doctor

Is that Strydum? 🥺👉👈

Chapter 4

Shagddjd i was going to say that, this dude could have easily taken a different path from violence

GAARN? MY MAN? MY BELOVED GARLAND? IS HE ALIVE STILL?!

FFS NOT FOR LONG HHH LOOK HOW THEY MASSACRED MY BOY...

I mean it's fair, Sirkosky uses weapons, but man, Garland... :'/

This all hits so different once you know the characters :]]]

Chapter 5

That pic is still so brutal

What an absolute troll shsshwgxgd

Also fun fact when i watched the anime i didn't pay much attention at first so I assumed the Russian was Spec (i didn't even know Sirkosky's name)

I love how that was unnecessary shagdhsr

ADAGDFAGAFAD this guy was also great

Spec was fucking insane man aggsggahsfg

I love he's full of tattoos

The absolutely king

OH RIGHT Spec is sus *laugh track*

Chapter 6

Oh hell yeah, grandpa's ex

Baki tf you doing there in the cover you madlad

...bottom storage.

THEY ARE SO MEAN LEAVE HIS SHORT ASS ALONE SHSGJSGS

He's my size btw

Was there a motive for him to be naked or was he just a freak btw?

I love the shape of his eyes ngl

I love how scared the guards are while he just calmly rambles

I don't wanna call yanagi my grandpa because i think yanagi can get it and it would be like calling him daddy but the Gilf™ is Dorian man life is so hard when you are me

I love Yanagi's face lol he's handsome

Chapter 7

Poor Baki lmao he just got better from the maximum tournament and now this

Lmao Baki has a point

Unnecessary, Doyle

Chapter 8

I love how they were recruiting dangerous mfs to beat up this random guy bc his vibes are fucked up

This guy looked a lot like jack

You gotta be brave to shove a knife that sharp into your pants

I love how Baki literally did nothing to em

Baki's face just looks wrong this isn't my beloved child

Imagine you are about to fight this mf and he just shoves his hand inside his pants

Chapter 9

This dude really looks like, fully japanese jack hanma

JWGWKEGWKSGE I LOVE HIM

I love how Spec just showed up dressed up as a fucking monk or something

Chapter 10

You guys know, Dorian reminds me of my now dead great grandfather, with the moustache look even more.

Not impressed, 15 yo Hanayama did the same when throwing a tantrum

He's so insane i luv him

Okay but look at the cut of that outfit look at how well it hugs his chest and waist but flows bellow... Spec my dude you could have been a mad good model 😐 he's even giving me gender envy! 🥺

I love how Baki used both his hands for the handshake

Chapter 11

Ho, speak of the devil, i was just talking of this fucker with Blood

Mf got so old

I like how there was no motive for him to be naked he literally is just Like That

Also it's from here that he got that wasp waist lmao

Mf just flexing at this point lmao

GRANDPA!! <3

Yanagi got cake

That's so unnecessary rude, obsessed. Also, as if you weren't old Yanagi. I see why they broke up now ;/

Chapter 12

11 and 12 are the same fsr

Chapter 13

I honestly wonder where these prisoners got their clothes, like, aside from Doyle that one time everyone else is never shown shopping or even owning money

Also i love the fact that on a daily basis i dress the same as Spec, that definitely says something bout me jagsjsgwhwfwg 😭

To be honest, considering the size of Spec's body, they should definitely feed him more

He didn't wash his hands 😢

Dick and balls too strong ajgshsgsg

I love how fucking, polite he is.

Oh i see, i thought he might have stolen a wallet or something but nah

Btw i genuinely don't remember shit JAGSKSGWJGS even if it watched the anime i forgot most of this

Chapter 14

GOD the way the anime butchered Katsumi, he's so handsome in the manga in comparison 😐

Also i like how they aren't explaining this like, Katsumi was the one who lost, did he wait until Retsu was okay to fight again in HIS ("") dojo?!

RETSU STOP DOING THESE SORT OF TRICKS THAT'S PHYSICALLY IMPOSSIBLE AJDGSJSG

HE'S JUST BUILT DIFFERENT

Okay he actually explained, oddly nice of Retsu to accept tho

Hoho this scene hits different now that i know and like Katsumi

Also I'm not even gonna question where Doppo is, dude is never just around skdgksgd

Chapter 15

I love this genre of cover

WHITE BOY SJDGSJGSHS-

I love that retsu is just watching, he's still an asshole QJGSJSGWH

If i didn't know Katsumi I would say he died

I did actually think he had died when watching the anime

Retsu still has his thicc ass i see

Chapter 16

See all this makes sense now that i know retsu and the shit he has seen and been thru!

Angry lad, lucky his hair didn't burn

I DIDNT EVEN REALIZE HE EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE WITH HIS SCREAM

Chapter 17

Ahegao in the cover

I'm looking at the pages and I'm obsessed with Doppo being described as a "bold, badass karate master", it's so accurate <3

Also Igari being called eccentric, and the mention he defeated Mount Toba!! <3

Baki is slowly looking more like Baki

"my mother is dying"

Tasks keep failing successfully

Chapter 18

mAh boy...

That happens and it's the worst

Musashi you good boy 🥺

Chapter 19

Igari <33

That's insane

Chapter 20

I love that Igari looks legitimately worried and sad, not sweating tho

I love how he didn't have any serious damage until the punches like, okay.

Poor Igari tho

DID HE CHEW EM OFF OR SOMETHING? SHSHWGEGCH

Was anybody going to tell me is Sikorsky and not Sirkosky?

Also i love how legitimately scared Tokugawa is, probably more than when Yujiro picked him up

Chapter 21

The heights are so off in this saga

Oh my fucking god i didn't know Spec was 221

Either heights are all over the place or Yanagi is not 160

Either way HOW CAN YOU BE THAT SMALL? 🤣

GAFSFWEAD Tokugawa like "i own this place 😐"

Doyle is still the most decent one of the bunch

URSURSUTSUSTSRU

LOOK AT YANAGI DORIAN AND SIKORSKY ALREADY GETTING THEIR HANDS READY SBDGSHW

I googled how big Andreas from the tournament was and like, 2.40 😦

LET'S GOOOOO EVEN WITH A BEARD OMFG 😳😳😳

I see Hanayama descended into alcoholism after losing in the tournament. Also tf is with that bag? Was he hiking or something?

Jsgsjsgd Shibukawa is so excited too

I think this is chronically the first time Doppo appears with fully casual clothes, usually he either was in a suit or in his karate uniform

I'm straight up simping to the public now sgsjsgwhw

Chapter 22

LOOK AT THESE DUDES..... 💞

FUCK I WAS GONNA SAY THERE WERE MORE BAD THAN GOOD GUYS THEN LOOKED DOWN AND REALIZED THAT NO, SHIBUKAWA WAS JUST NEARLY OUT OF FRAME 😭

They all look so upset about that information

SIKORSKY NAME GOT SPELLED AS SILCOSKI...

Looking at them drives me insane i developed such a bond with all these fighters

I haven't seen Doppo this excited since last time his wife showed up

BAKI SWEARING?! 😰

How did Tokugawa grab Baki's shoulder?

ALSO WHY TF IS BAKI SO SURPRISED AS IF HE DIDNT GO AROUND BEATING UP PEOPLE WHEN HE WAS 13...

Don't worry Baki y'all will, Tokyo is not that big it seems

Shibukawa swearing 😨

"Imagine being mid but and Spec pulls up on you" "imagine having sex and she takes the mask and it's fucking Spec"

To be fair i would fuck a 2.21 muscular lady without going "hmmm this doesn't seem like a good idea..." in any moment

Chapter 23

I love how Dorian is just looking up

ACTUALLY ALL THEIR STANCES, Yanagi making dead eye contact with Gouki, Sikorsky with a firm pose just as Hanayama, Doyle with hiss chest up but eyes down giving a sense of pride, and, well, then there's Spec being Spec.

I like seeing Sikorsky having fun

I love Spec he played so smart SGSGSGS

😳 love wins!

Oh i had already forgotten about the dojo

Old man Dorian just has that effect on people

Threesome i see /j

He really was just fucking hiking i would love if they ever explained that ough 🥺

Did his facial hair just disappear?? STSGSFSD

BWHEKEGWJG THEY REALLY JUST FORGOT TO ADD IT FOR ONE PANEL IM OBSESSED

Such a good kick tho

The relationship these men can have is so oddly nice like not Doppo and Retsu specifically but all of the fighters in general. Like many of them barely know each other, but they all know their fighting styles and respect each other, plus have no reason to be in bad terms with one another and specially not now that they are all fighting for the same cause. It's just so nice to see em idk JAGSHS

Hey Igari.

Chapter 24

Thank God Doppo went <3 again it had been so long

Babe are you okay? You hadn't put a lil heart in your speech bubble for a while...

King really punched the fire

I will chose to believe that's true bc it's impressive 😍

You know it's funny like, Katsumi is mad good but he doesn't has as much experience as his dad and that leaves him in disvantage

Hehe i remember that guy

The manga is so much better than the anime ffs

I love that he didn't even realize

Chapter 25

Manga i don't think that's science

Also Baki just chilling with some doves lmao

I'm looking thru old messages see how my og reaction to this was

Huh i found nothing, that's odd. Well my reaction would have probably been like NOOOOO anyway so, y'all can imagine it

You left my dilf handless you fucking asshole good thing he has a wife

Imagine this dude cuts your hand and then just flexes his knowledge about science or whatever

HSSGGSFS THEY FIXED THE NO BEARD ERROR

Illiterate king <3

A guy did this to me once btw!!! Obviously in way smaller scale but he just touched something and the bleeding soon stopped!!!!

Honestly that's the most huge dick energy thing Doppo has ever done

Pfff I'm starting to remember why i liked Doppo so much 🥴

Bitches confused over him running away, tf was he supposed to do? He played it smart since there are no rules

Though yeah an eye and NOW a hand, insane

Chapter 26

Sjshhdhsn tanuki?

Oh, fox, he was calling him slick

Manga is pretty faster than the anime

Chapter 27

Where's your honor, Igari...

He is right sadly enough 😔

Oh i keep forgetting Igari's nature, he was probably trying to pull his silly little tricks again

This is just brutal honestly

Hehe this time i didn't get scared ☺️

I like that at least I'm not the only one who needs their mind off the gutter

Chapter 28

Love seeing em datin <3

He's so aggressive accidentally i love these dorks sm 😍🥺💞

SPEC FFS SJGDHWGW

Chapter 29

SPEC FOR FUCKS SAKE SJSVSJWGSH

Hanayama is such a real bro man

I LOVE THAT HE WAS JUST STALKING BAKI TOO BTW SJDGJDGDHSBDGDGS

To think i will still love hanayama but for entirely different reasons 😌

Chapter 30

Kaoru looks different but idk how

What the fuck is Spec even saying?

The fact that that makes no sense, i still love it a lot tho.

ALSO I ADORE HOW QUIET HANAYAMA IS WHEN FIGHTING

Okay Spec really has a point it really is beautiful

GOD I'M STARTING TO UNDERSTAND THESE CHARACTERS TOO MUCH I NEED HELP AJDGSJSGSHS 😭

But it's beautiful in the sense like, look how built he is! Look at all those scars!!! It IS beautiful it's a masterpiece!!!!!!!

"i choose to believe this is how hanayama always undresses" KSHSKDGSJ THE AMOUNT OF SUITS THIS MAN DESTROYS.. OBSESSED

Though yeah Hanayama in general is also beautiful isn't he?

Chapter 31

I would sob man look at him. Look at Shiba.

NO ONE RISKS HIS LIFE MORE THAN SHIBA YOU FUCKING ASSHOLE I STILL HOLD A LOT OF RESPECT FOR HIM!

A BENCH...

I really don't get why he's letting himself get hit, is he just flexing?

I cannot way to see him do his Technique ™

Chapter 32

Manga is so much superior to the anime, like, i haven't complained about Spec even once bc he isn't annoying anyone, in the anime he was so infuriating!!

I love when they just steal their standing poses sjsgjssgsh

That distortion effect so good

Chapter 33

I still think it's weird they used humans and not machines, though it was effective

I love how Spec managed to punch that statue without calling the attention of much people that's impressive

And i love that he keeps saying man he sounds like me with bro

Hanayama my beloved

Chapter 34

Yeah I'm not reading all that 😐

Oh this explains the holes in his clothes

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55

| Bold the songs you know!

2000

1. Who Let The Dogs Out? -Baha Men

2. All The Small Things -Blink 182

4. Oops, I Did It Again -Britney Spears

5. Graduation -Vitamin C

6. Bye, Bye, Bye -N*Sync

7. Independent Woman -Destiny’s Child

8. Let’s Make Love - Tim McGraw and Faith Hill

9. Zombie Nation - Kernkraft 4000

10. I Turn To You - Christina Aguilera

11. I Knew I Loved You - Savage Garden

12. It’s My Life - Bon Jovi

13. Breathe - Faith Hill

14. Shake Your Bon-Bon - Ricky Martin

16. Goobye Earl - Dixie Chicks

17. Let’s Get Married - Jagged Edge

18. The Bad Touch - Bloodhound Gang

19. The Real Slim Shady - Eminem

20. Say My Name - Destiny’s Child

21. It’s Gonna Be Me - N*Sync

22. Party Up - DMX

23. Sexual (Li Da Di) - Amber

24. Country Grammar - Nelly

25. Aaron’s Party (Come Get It) - Aaron Carter

2001

1. Hanging By A Moment - Lifehouse

2. Fallin’ - Alicia Keys

3. All For You - Janet Jackson

4. If You’re Gone - Matchbox Twenty

5. I’M Real - Jennifer Lopez ft. Ja Rule

6. Drops Of Jupiter (Tell Me) - Train

7. Let Me Blow Ya Mind -Eve ft. Gwen Stefani

8. Thank You - Dido

9. Hit ‘Em Up Style (Oops!) - Blu Cantrell

10. Independent Women Part I - Destiny’s Child

11. Again - Lenny Kravitz

12. It’S Been Awhile - Staind

13. Stutter - Joe ft. Mystikal

14. It Wasn’T Me’ -Shaggy ft. Ricardo “RikRok” Ducent

15. U Remind Me - Usher

16. Where The Party At - Jagged Edge With Nelly

17. Angel - Shaggy Featuring Rayvon

18. Ride Wit Me - Nelly Featuring City Spud

19. Peaches & Cream - 112

20. Follow Me -Uncle Kracker

21. Drive - Incubus

22. What Would You Do? -Alicia Keys

23. Survivor -Destiny’s Child

24. Lady Marmalade -Christina Aguilera, Lil’ Kim, Mya & Pink

25. Ms. Jackson -OutKast

2002

1. A Moment Like This - Kelly Clarkson

2. Hot In Here - Nelly

3. Complicated - Avril Lavigne

4. Girlfriend - N Sync & Nelly

5. Sk8er Boi - Avril Lavigne

6. Can’t Fight The Moonlight - LeAnn Rimes

7. Dirty - Christina Aguilera

8. A Thousand Miles - Vanessa Carlton

9. Heaven - DJ Sammy

10. Gimme The Light - Sean Paul

11. The World’s Greatest - R Kelly

12. Jenny From The Block - Jennifer Lopez Featuring Jadakiss & Styles

13. Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American) - Toby Keith

14. Goodbye To You - Michelle Branch

15. Can’t Get You Out Of My Head - Kylie Minogue

16. The Game Of Love - Santana Featuring Michelle Branch

17. Young’n (Holla Back) - Fabolous

18. She Hates Me - Puddle Of Mudd

19. Starry Eyed Surprise - Oakenfold Featuring Shifty Shellshock

20. The Middle - Jimmy Eat World

21. Say I Yi Yi - Ying Yang Twins

22. Just A Friend 2002 - Mario

23. Hey Baby - No Doubt and Bounty Killer

24. Work It - Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliott

25. U Don’t Have To Call - Usher

2003

1. In Da Club - 50 Cent

2. Crazy in Love - Beyonce w. Jay-Z

3. Get Busy - Sean Paul

4. When I’m Gone -Three Doors Down

5. Ignition - R Kelly

6. Baby Boy - Beyonce w. Sean Paul

7. This is the Night - Clay Aiken

8. Bring Me To Life - Evanescence

9. Right Thurr - Chingy

10. Unwell - Matchbox Twenty

11. Picture - Kid Rock w. Sheryl Crow

12. Drift Away - Uncle Kracker & Dobie Gray

13. Get Low - Lil’ John & The East Side Boyz

14. Beautiful - Christina Aguilera

15. I’m With You - Avril Lavigne

16. Miss You - Aalyiah

17. 21 Questions - 50 Cent & Nate Dogg

18. Shake Ya Tailfeather - Nelly, P. Diddy and Murphy Lee

19. All I Have - Jennifer Lopez & LL Cool J

20. I Know What You Want - Busta Rhymes & Mariah Carey

21. Magic Stick - Lil’ Kim w. 50 Cent

22. Bump Bump Bump - B2K and P. Diddy

23. Flying Without Wings - Ruben Studdard

24. Here Without You - 3 Doors Down

25. Work It - Missy Elliott

2004

1. Yeah! - Usher

2. Burn - Usher

3. This Love -Maroon 5

4. The Way You Move - Outkast

5. If I Ain’t Got You -Alecia Keys

6. Hey Ya! - Outkast

7. I Don’t Wanna Know - Mario Winans

8. The Reason - Hoobastank

9. Confessions Part II - Usher

10. My Immortal - Evanescence

11. Naughty Girl - Beyonce

12. Let’s Get It Started - Black Eyed Peas

13. My Boo - Usher and Alecia Keys

14. She Will Be Loved - Maroon 5

15. The First Cut Is the Deepest - Sheryl Crow

16. Toxic - Britney Spears

17. Someday - Nickelback

18. I Believe - Fantasia

19. Breakaway - Kelly Clarkson

20. Slow Jamz - Twista

21. Dirt Off Your Shoulder - Jay-Z

22. Freak-A-Leek - Petey Pablo

23. The Way - Clay Aiken

24. Numb - Linkin Park

25. Dip It Low - Christina Milian

2005

1. Sexy Back - Justin Timberlake

2. Hips Don’t Lie - Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean

3. Promiscuous - Nelly Furtado featuring Timbaland

4. Everytime We Touch - Cascada

5. Temperature - Sean Paul

6. S.O.S. - Rihanna

7. Beep - Pussy Cat Dolls

8. Waiting On The World To Change - John Mayer

9. Pump It - Black Eyed Peas

10. You’re Beautiful - James Blunt

11. Maneater - Nelly Furtado

12. Single - Natasha Bedingfield

13. What Hurts the Most - Rascal Flatts

14. Lean Wit It, Rock Wit It - Dem Franchise Boys

15. Walk Away - Kelly Clarkson

16. It’s Goin’ Down - Young Joc

17. Dance, Dance -Fall Out Boy

18. Smack That - Akon & Eminem

19. I Write Sins, Not Tragedies - Panic! At the Disco

20. We’re All In This Together - High School Musical Cast

21. Ms. New Booty - Bubba Sparx

22. Rompe - Daddy Yankee

24. Check On It - Beyonce Featuring Slim Thugg

25. Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol

2007

1. The Sweet Escape - Gwen Stefani & Akon

2. Girlfriend - Avril Lavigne

3. Irreplaceable - Beyonce

4. Before He Cheats - Carrie Underwood

5. Crank Dat - Soulja Boy

6. Rehab - Amy Winehouse

7. Umbrella - Rihanna

8. Hey There Delilah - Plain White T’s

9. Glamorous - Fergie

10. I Wanna Luv U - Akon

11. Bubbly - Colbie Caillat

12. Walk It Out - Unk

13. Don’t Matter - Akon

14. Fergalicious - Fergie

15. Lip Gloss - Lil Mama

16. Candyman - Christina Aguilera

17. Break It Off - Rihanna

18. S.O.S. - Jonas Brothers

19. Stronger - Kanye West

20. Thanks For The Memories - Fall Out Boy

21. Pop, Lock and Drop It - Huey

22. Shut Up and Drive - Rihanna

23. Because of You - Ne-Yo

24. Home - Daughtry

25. Tattoo - Jordin Sparks

2008

1. So What - Pink

2. Just Dance - Lady Gaga

3. Leavin’ - Jesse McCartney

4. I’m Yours - Jason Mraz

5. Gives You Hell - All-American Rejects

6. Damaged - Danity Kane

7. Shake It - Metro Station

8. Love Story - Taylor Swift

9. When I Grow Up - Pussycat Dolls

10. I Kissed A Girl - Katy Perry

11. Don’t Stop The Music - Rihanna

12. Burnin’ Up - Jonas Brothers

13. Low - Flo Rida featuring T-Pain

14. Calabria - Enur featuring Natasja

15. Love Like This - Natasha Bedingfield and Sean Kingston

16. 7 Things - Miley Cyrus

17. Lollipop - Lil Wayne

18. Pocketful of Sunshine - Natasha Bedingfield

19. Circus - Britney Spears

20. Summertime - New Kids On The Block

21. Our Song - Taylor Swift

22. All Summer Long - Kid Rock

23. Closer - Ne-Yo

24. Viva La Vida - Coldplay

25. See You Again - Miley Cyrus

2009

1. Boom Boom Pow - Black Eyed Peas

2. I Gotta Feeling - Black Eyed Peas

3. I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho) - Pitbull

4. You Belong With Me - Taylor Swift

5. Lovegame - Lady Gaga

6. Don’t Trust Me - 3OH3!

7. Please Don’t Leave Me - Pink

8. Right Round - Flo Rida

9. Poker Face - Lady Gaga

10. Goodbye - Kristinia Debarge

11. Say Hey - Evan Taubenfeld Michael Franti & Spearhead

12. New Divide - Linkin Park

13. The Climb - Miley Cyrus

14. Best I Ever had - Drake

15. Good Girls Go Bad - Cobra Starship Featuring Leighton Meester

16. Lucky - Jason Mraz and Colbie Caillat

17. Waking Up In Vegas - Katy Perry

18. Paranoid - Jonas Brothers

19. Wanted - Jessie James

20. Fire Burning - Sean Kingston

21. Not Meant To Be - Theory of a Deadman

22. Love, Sex and Magic - Ciara & Justin Timberlake

23. Use Somebody - Kings of Leon

24. Day N Nite - Kid Cudi

25. Hoedown Throwdown - Miley Cyrus

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Music bold survey!

 Bold the songs you know! (also crossing out the one’s I don’t like and only Bolding one’s I like)

225 questions

2000

1. Who Let The Dogs Out? -Baha Men (liked it as a kid,hate it now.)

2. All The Small Things -Blink 182 (Have ALWAYS disliked them)

4. Oops, I Did It Again -Britney Spears

5. Graduation -Vitamin C (omg Sooo Overplayed. guess which song was playing at My Middle School Graduation....)

6. Bye, Bye, Bye -N*Sync

7. Independent Woman -Destiny’s Child

8. Let’s Make Love - Tim McGraw and Faith Hill

9. Zombie Nation - Kernkraft 4000

10. I Turn To You - Christina Aguilera

11. I Knew I Loved You - Savage Garden

12. It’s My Life - Bon Jovi

13. Breathe - Faith Hill (liked it as a Tween,not much anymore.)

14. Shake Your Bon-Bon - Ricky Martin (Gag.My Mom had such a Crush on him)

16. Goobye Earl - Dixie Chicks

17. Let’s Get Married - Jagged Edge

18. The Bad Touch - Bloodhound Gang

19. The Real Slim Shady - Eminem (was over it once I heard all his other,much better,songs)

20. Say My Name - Destiny’s Child (My Twin Nieces and I ARE DC. We used to hold Performances at our House. I had there Bio too and Pasted a bunch of there Pictures in the blank pages XD)

21. It’s Gonna Be Me - N*Sync

22. Party Up - DMX

23. Sexual (Li Da Di) - Amber

24. Country Grammar - Nelly

25. Aaron’s Party (Come Get It) - Aaron Carter (gag one my Nieces had a Huge Crush on him as a Kid...)

2001

1. Hanging By A Moment - Lifehouse

2. Fallin’ - Alicia Keys

3. All For You - Janet Jackson (She was My First Musical Girl Crush)

4. If You’re Gone - Matchbox Twenty

5. I’M Real - Jennifer Lopez ft. Ja Rule (I remember when My Niece and I would perform this,She was Ja Rule lol)

6. Drops Of Jupiter (Tell Me) - Train

7. Let Me Blow Ya Mind -Eve ft. Gwen Stefani

8. Thank You - Dido (liked it when it first came out. until it got overplayed.)

9. Hit ‘Em Up Style (Oops!) - Blu Cantrell

10. Independent Women Part I - Destiny’s Child

11. Again - Lenny Kravitz (Was never a Fan,unlike My Sister)

12. It’S Been Awhile - Staind

13. Stutter - Joe ft. Mystikal

14. It Wasn’T Me’ -Shaggy ft. Ricardo “RikRok” Ducent

15. U Remind Me - Usher

16. Where The Party At - Jagged Edge With Nelly

17. Angel - Shaggy Featuring Rayvon

18. Ride Wit Me - Nelly Featuring City Spud

19. Peaches & Cream - 112

20. Follow Me -Uncle Kracker

21. Drive - Incubus

22. What Would You Do? -Alicia Keys

23. Survivor -Destiny’s Child

24. Lady Marmalade -Christina Aguilera, Lil’ Kim, Mya & Pink

25. Ms. Jackson -OutKast

2002

1. A Moment Like This - Kelly Clarkson

2. Hot In Here - Nelly (Omg I remember Dancing to this at a School Dance...)

3. Complicated - Avril Lavigne

4. Girlfriend - N Sync & Nelly

5. Sk8er Boi - Avril Lavigne

6. Can’t Fight The Moonlight - LeAnn Rimes

7. Dirty - Christina Aguilera (I Memorized All her and Brit’s Dances)

8. A Thousand Miles - Vanessa Carlton

9. Heaven - DJ Sammy

10. Gimme The Light - Sean Paul

11. The World’s Greatest - R Kelly

12. Jenny From The Block - Jennifer Lopez Featuring Jadakiss & Styles

13. Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American) - Toby Keith

14. Goodbye To You - Michelle Branch

15. Can’t Get You Out Of My Head - Kylie Minogue

16. The Game Of Love - Santana Featuring Michelle Branch

17. Young’n (Holla Back) - Fabolous

18. She Hates Me - Puddle Of Mudd

19. Starry Eyed Surprise - Oakenfold Featuring Shifty Shellshock

20. The Middle - Jimmy Eat World

21. Say I Yi Yi - Ying Yang Twins

22. Just A Friend 2002 - Mario

23. Hey Baby - No Doubt and Bounty Killer

24. Work It - Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliott

25. U Don’t Have To Call - Usher

2003

1. In Da Club - 50 Cent

2. Crazy in Love - Beyonce w. Jay-Z (I do prefer the slower sexier ver now though)

3. Get Busy - Sean Paul (I just hate Sean Paul really)

4. When I’m Gone -Three Doors Down

5. Ignition - R Kelly (makes Me Think of MJ now since there’s a video of him Dancing in his car to this ♥)

6. Baby Boy - Beyonce w. Sean Paul (I remember being so proud of myself once I mastered her Flip/Roll from The MV)

7. This is the Night - Clay Aiken

8. Bring Me To Life - Evanescence

9. Right Thurr - Chingy

10. Unwell - Matchbox Twenty

11. Picture - Kid Rock w. Sheryl Crow

12. Drift Away - Uncle Kracker & Dobie Gray

13. Get Low - Lil’ John & The East Side Boyz

14. Beautiful - Christina Aguilera

15. I’m With You - Avril Lavigne

16. Miss You - Aalyiah

17. 21 Questions - 50 Cent & Nate Dogg (only like this song because of Nate Dogg)

18. Shake Ya Tailfeather - Nelly, P. Diddy and Murphy Lee

19. All I Have - Jennifer Lopez & LL Cool J

20. I Know What You Want - Busta Rhymes & Mariah Carey

21. Magic Stick - Lil’ Kim w. 50 Cent

22. Bump Bump Bump - B2K and P. Diddy

23. Flying Without Wings - Ruben Studdard

24. Here Without You - 3 Doors Down 

25. Work It - Missy Elliott

2004

1. Yeah! - Usher (My Friends and I Memorized this Dance...lol)

2. Burn - Usher

3. This Love -Maroon 5

4. The Way You Move - Outkast

5. If I Ain’t Got You -Alicia Keys

6. Hey Ya! - Outkast

7. I Don’t Wanna Know - Mario Winans

8. The Reason - Hoobastank  (makes me think of one of My Ex’s...)

9. Confessions Part II - Usher

10. My Immortal - Evanescence

11. Naughty Girl - Beyonce

12. Let’s Get It Started - Black Eyed Peas

13. My Boo - Usher and Alicia Keys

14. She Will Be Loved - Maroon 5

15. The First Cut Is the Deepest - Sheryl Crow

16. Toxic - Britney Spears

17. Someday - Nickelback

18. I Believe - Fantasia

19. Breakaway - Kelly Clarkson

20. Slow Jamz - Twista

21. Dirt Off Your Shoulder - Jay-Z

22. Freak-A-Leek - Petey Pablo

23. The Way - Clay Aiken

24. Numb - Linkin Park (LP makes me Depressed though)

25. Dip It Low - Christina Milian 

( I still have alot of these on My Pandora tbh)

2005

1. Sexy Back - Justin Timberlake

2. Hips Don’t Lie - Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean

3. Promiscuous - Nelly Furtado featuring Timbaland

4. Everytime We Touch - Cascada

5. Temperature - Sean Paul

6. S.O.S. - Rihanna

7. Beep - Pussy Cat Dolls

8. Waiting On The World To Change - John Mayer

9. Pump It - Black Eyed Peas

10. You’re Beautiful - James Blunt

11. Maneater - Nelly Furtado

12. Single - Natasha Bedingfield

13. What Hurts the Most - Rascal Flatts

14. Lean Wit It, Rock Wit It - Dem Franchise Boys

15. Walk Away - Kelly Clarkson

16. It’s Goin’ Down - Young Joc

17. Dance, Dance -Fall Out Boy

18. Smack That - Akon & Eminem

19. I Write Sins, Not Tragedies - Panic! At the Disco

20. We’re All In This Together - High School Musical Cast

21. Ms. New Booty - Bubba Sparx

22. Rompe - Daddy Yankee

24. Check On It - Beyonce Featuring Slim Thugg

25. Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol

2007

1. The Sweet Escape - Gwen Stefani & Akon

2. Girlfriend - Avril Lavigne

3. Irreplaceable - Beyonce

4. Before He Cheats - Carrie Underwood

5. Crank Dat - Soulja Boy

6. Rehab - Amy Winehouse

7. Umbrella - Rihanna

8. Hey There Delilah - Plain White T’s

9. Glamorous - Fergie

10. I Wanna Luv U - Akon

11. Bubbly - Colbie Caillat

12. Walk It Out - Unk

13. Don’t Matter - Akon

14. Fergalicious - Fergie

15. Lip Gloss - Lil Mama (I remember Hating her...)

16. Candyman - Christina Aguilera

17. Break It Off - Rihanna

18. S.O.S. - Jonas Brothers

19. Stronger - Kanye West (like the song not the artist)

20. Thanks For The Memories - Fall Out Boy

21. Pop, Lock and Drop It - Huey

22. Shut Up and Drive - Rihanna

23. Because of You - Ne-Yo

24. Home - Daughtry

25. Tattoo - Jordin Sparks

2008

1. So What - Pink

2. Just Dance - Lady Gaga

3. Leavin’ - Jesse McCartney (he reminded me too much of Aaron Carter)

4. I’m Yours - Jason Mraz

5. Gives You Hell - All-American Rejects

6. Damaged - Danity Kane

7. Shake It - Metro Station

8. Love Story - Taylor Swift ( I didn’t like Taylor back then)

9. When I Grow Up - Pussycat Dolls

10. I Kissed A Girl - Katy Perry

11. Don’t Stop The Music - Rihanna

12. Burnin’ Up - Jonas Brothers

13. Low - Flo Rida featuring T-Pain

14. Calabria - Enur featuring Natasja

15. Love Like This - Natasha Bedingfield and Sean Kingston

16. 7 Things - Miley Cyrus

17. Lollipop - Lil Wayne

18. Pocketful of Sunshine - Natasha Bedingfield

19. Circus - Britney Spears

20. Summertime - New Kids On The Block

21. Our Song - Taylor Swift

22. All Summer Long - Kid Rock

23. Closer - Ne-Yo

24. Viva La Vida - Coldplay

25. See You Again - Miley Cyrus

2009

1. Boom Boom Pow - Black Eyed Peas

2. I Gotta Feeling - Black Eyed Peas

3. I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho) - Pitbull

4. You Belong With Me - Taylor Swift

5. Lovegame - Lady Gaga

6. Don’t Trust Me - 3OH3!

7. Please Don’t Leave Me - Pink

8. Right Round - Flo Rida ( I HATE this version)

9. Poker Face - Lady Gaga

10. Goodbye - Kristinia Debarge

11. Say Hey - Evan Taubenfeld Michael Franti & Spearhead

12. New Divide - Linkin Park

13. The Climb - Miley Cyrus

14. Best I Ever had - Drake

15. Good Girls Go Bad - Cobra Starship Featuring Leighton Meester

16. Lucky - Jason Mraz and Colbie Caillat

17. Waking Up In Vegas - Katy Perry

18. Paranoid - Jonas Brothers

19. Wanted - Jessie James

20. Fire Burning - Sean Kingston

21. Not Meant To Be - Theory of a Deadman

22. Love, Sex and Magic - Ciara & Justin Timberlake

23. Use Somebody - Kings of Leon

24. Day N Nite - Kid Cudi

25. Hoedown Throwdown - Miley Cyrus

[mikey-way-is-my-hero]

Music bold survey! Bold the songs you know!

225 questions

2000

1. Who Let The Dogs Out? -Baha Men

2. All The Small Things -Blink 182

4. Oops, I Did It Again -Britney Spears

5. Graduation -Vitamin C

6. Bye, Bye, Bye -N*Sync

7. Independent Woman -Destiny’s Child

8. Let’s Make Love - Tim McGraw and Faith Hill

9. Zombie Nation - Kernkraft 4000

10. I Turn To You - Christina Aguilera

11. I Knew I Loved You - Savage Garden

12. It’s My Life - Bon Jovi

13. Breathe - Faith Hill

14. Shake Your Bon-Bon - Ricky Martin

16. Goobye Earl - Dixie Chicks

17. Let’s Get Married - Jagged Edge

18. The Bad Touch - Bloodhound Gang

19. The Real Slim Shady - Eminem

20. Say My Name - Destiny’s Child

21. It’s Gonna Be Me - N*Sync

22. Party Up - DMX

23. Sexual (Li Da Di) - Amber

24. Country Grammar - Nelly

25. Aaron’s Party (Come Get It) - Aaron Carter

2001

1. Hanging By A Moment - Lifehouse

2. Fallin’ - Alicia Keys

3. All For You - Janet Jackson

4. If You’re Gone - Matchbox Twenty

5. I’M Real - Jennifer Lopez ft. Ja Rule

6. Drops Of Jupiter (Tell Me) - Train

7. Let Me Blow Ya Mind -Eve ft. Gwen Stefani

8. Thank You - Dido

9. Hit ‘Em Up Style (Oops!) - Blu Cantrell

10. Independent Women Part I - Destiny’s Child

11. Again - Lenny Kravitz

12. It’S Been Awhile - Staind

13. Stutter - Joe ft. Mystikal

14. It Wasn’T Me’ -Shaggy ft. Ricardo “RikRok” Ducent

15. U Remind Me - Usher

16. Where The Party At - Jagged Edge With Nelly

17. Angel - Shaggy Featuring Rayvon

18. Ride Wit Me - Nelly Featuring City Spud

19. Peaches & Cream - 112

20. Follow Me -Uncle Kracker

21. Drive - Incubus

22. What Would You Do? -Alicia Keys

23. Survivor -Destiny’s Child

24. Lady Marmalade -Christina Aguilera, Lil’ Kim, Mya & Pink

25. Ms. Jackson -OutKast

2002

1. A Moment Like This - Kelly Clarkson

2. Hot In Here - Nelly

3. Complicated - Avril Lavigne

4. Girlfriend - N Sync & Nelly

5. Sk8er Boi - Avril Lavigne

6. Can’t Fight The Moonlight - LeAnn Rimes

7. Dirty - Christina Aguilera

8. A Thousand Miles - Vanessa Carlton

9. Heaven - DJ Sammy

10. Gimme The Light - Sean Paul

11. The World’s Greatest - R Kelly

12. Jenny From The Block - Jennifer Lopez Featuring Jadakiss & Styles

13. Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American) - Toby Keith

14. Goodbye To You - Michelle Branch

15. Can’t Get You Out Of My Head - Kylie Minogue

16. The Game Of Love - Santana Featuring Michelle Branch

17. Young’n (Holla Back) - Fabolous

18. She Hates Me - Puddle Of Mudd

19. Starry Eyed Surprise - Oakenfold Featuring Shifty Shellshock

20. The Middle - Jimmy Eat World

21. Say I Yi Yi - Ying Yang Twins

22. Just A Friend 2002 - Mario

23. Hey Baby - No Doubt and Bounty Killer

24. Work It - Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliott

25. U Don’t Have To Call - Usher

2003

1. In Da Club - 50 Cent

2. Crazy in Love - Beyonce w. Jay-Z

3. Get Busy - Sean Paul

4. When I’m Gone -Three Doors Down

5. Ignition - R Kelly

6. Baby Boy - Beyonce w. Sean Paul

7. This is the Night - Clay Aiken

8. Bring Me To Life - Evanescence

9. Right Thurr - Chingy

10. Unwell - Matchbox Twenty

11. Picture - Kid Rock w. Sheryl Crow

12. Drift Away - Uncle Kracker & Dobie Gray

13. Get Low - Lil’ John & The East Side Boyz

14. Beautiful - Christina Aguilera

15. I’m With You - Avril Lavigne

16. Miss You - Aalyiah

17. 21 Questions - 50 Cent & Nate Dogg

18. Shake Ya Tailfeather - Nelly, P. Diddy and Murphy Lee

19. All I Have - Jennifer Lopez & LL Cool J

20. I Know What You Want - Busta Rhymes & Mariah Carey

21. Magic Stick - Lil’ Kim w. 50 Cent

22. Bump Bump Bump - B2K and P. Diddy

23. Flying Without Wings - Ruben Studdard

24. Here Without You - 3 Doors Down

25. Work It - Missy Elliott

2004

1. Yeah! - Usher

2. Burn - Usher

3. This Love -Maroon 5

4. The Way You Move - Outkast

5. If I Ain’t Got You -Alecia Keys

6. Hey Ya! - Outkast

7. I Don’t Wanna Know - Mario Winans

8. The Reason - Hoobastank

9. Confessions Part II - Usher

10. My Immortal - Evanescence

11. Naughty Girl - Beyonce

12. Let’s Get It Started - Black Eyed Peas

13. My Boo - Usher and Alecia Keys

14. She Will Be Loved - Maroon 5

15. The First Cut Is the Deepest - Sheryl Crow

16. Toxic - Britney Spears

17. Someday - Nickelback

18. I Believe - Fantasia

19. Breakaway - Kelly Clarkson

20. Slow Jamz - Twista

21. Dirt Off Your Shoulder - Jay-Z

22. Freak-A-Leek - Petey Pablo

23. The Way - Clay Aiken

24. Numb - Linkin Park

25. Dip It Low - Christina Milian

2005

1. Sexy Back - Justin Timberlake

2. Hips Don’t Lie - Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean

3. Promiscuous - Nelly Furtado featuring Timbaland

4. Everytime We Touch - Cascada

5. Temperature - Sean Paul

6. S.O.S. - Rihanna

7. Beep - Pussy Cat Dolls

8. Waiting On The World To Change - John Mayer

9. Pump It - Black Eyed Peas

10. You’re Beautiful - James Blunt

11. Maneater - Nelly Furtado

12. Single - Natasha Bedingfield

13. What Hurts the Most - Rascal Flatts

14. Lean Wit It, Rock Wit It - Dem Franchise Boys

15. Walk Away - Kelly Clarkson

16. It’s Goin’ Down - Young Joc

17. Dance, Dance -Fall Out Boy

18. Smack That - Akon & Eminem

19. I Write Sins, Not Tragedies - Panic! At the Disco

20. We’re All In This Together - High School Musical Cast

21. Ms. New Booty - Bubba Sparx

22. Rompe - Daddy Yankee

24. Check On It - Beyonce Featuring Slim Thugg

25. Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol

2007

1. The Sweet Escape - Gwen Stefani & Akon

2. Girlfriend - Avril Lavigne

3. Irreplaceable - Beyonce

4. Before He Cheats - Carrie Underwood

5. Crank Dat - Soulja Boy

6. Rehab - Amy Winehouse

7. Umbrella - Rihanna

8. Hey There Delilah - Plain White T’s

9. Glamorous - Fergie

10. I Wanna Luv U - Akon

11. Bubbly - Colbie Caillat

12. Walk It Out - Unk

13. Don’t Matter - Akon

14. Fergalicious - Fergie

15. Lip Gloss - Lil Mama

16. Candyman - Christina Aguilera

17. Break It Off - Rihanna

18. S.O.S. - Jonas Brothers

19. Stronger - Kanye West

20. Thanks For The Memories - Fall Out Boy

21. Pop, Lock and Drop It - Huey

22. Shut Up and Drive - Rihanna

23. Because of You - Ne-Yo

24. Home - Daughtry

25. Tattoo - Jordin Sparks

2008

1. So What - Pink

2. Just Dance - Lady Gaga

3. Leavin’ - Jesse McCartney

4. I’m Yours - Jason Mraz

5. Gives You Hell - All-American Rejects

6. Damaged - Danity Kane

7. Shake It - Metro Station

8. Love Story - Taylor Swift

9. When I Grow Up - Pussycat Dolls

10. I Kissed A Girl - Katy Perry

11. Don’t Stop The Music - Rihanna

12. Burnin’ Up - Jonas Brothers

13. Low - Flo Rida featuring T-Pain

14. Calabria - Enur featuring Natasja

15. Love Like This - Natasha Bedingfield and Sean Kingston

16. 7 Things - Miley Cyrus

17. Lollipop - Lil Wayne

18. Pocketful of Sunshine - Natasha Bedingfield

19. Circus - Britney Spears

20. Summertime - New Kids On The Block

21. Our Song - Taylor Swift

22. All Summer Long - Kid Rock

23. Closer - Ne-Yo

24. Viva La Vida - Coldplay

25. See You Again - Miley Cyrus

2009

1. Boom Boom Pow - Black Eyed Peas

2. I Gotta Feeling - Black Eyed Peas

3. I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho) - Pitbull

4. You Belong With Me - Taylor Swift

5. Lovegame - Lady Gaga

6. Don’t Trust Me - 3OH3!

7. Please Don’t Leave Me - Pink

8. Right Round - Flo Rida

9. Poker Face - Lady Gaga

10. Goodbye - Kristinia Debarge

11. Say Hey - Evan Taubenfeld Michael Franti & Spearhead

12. New Divide - Linkin Park

13. The Climb - Miley Cyrus

14. Best I Ever had - Drake

15. Good Girls Go Bad - Cobra Starship Featuring Leighton Meester

16. Lucky - Jason Mraz and Colbie Caillat

17. Waking Up In Vegas - Katy Perry

18. Paranoid - Jonas Brothers

19. Wanted - Jessie James

20. Fire Burning - Sean Kingston

21. Not Meant To Be - Theory of a Deadman

22. Love, Sex and Magic - Ciara & Justin Timberlake

23. Use Somebody - Kings of Leon

24. Day N Nite - Kid Cudi

25. Hoedown Throwdown - Miley Cyrus

[mebetweenthelines]

Burman Wise Sermon + Manuscript

Good evening church! Let me ask you a question: Do you believe that when you have the Holy Spirit, whatever Christ did, you are able to do? John 3:2 says, “2 This man came to Jesus by night [by what? By night] and said to Him, “Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher come from God; for no one can do these signs that You do unless God is with him.”

Before we dive into the word of God, let’s bow our heads for a word of prayer.

About a week ago, I believe I faced an encounter with the Holy Spirit. You see, one of my friends told me about his financial crisis and I kid you not, it was laid on my heart to be willing to give $500. Now, I’m sure all of you know, $500 is not cheap. And so I asked him, “Yo, how much money you need?” The man looked me dead in the eye and said, “I need 1800. I need it in two hours.” HAAAA! I was like forget that Lord! $500 isn’t even a third of what he needs. So I told him I would pray for him and left to do my own thing. What does it mean to live in the Holy Spirit?

Turn your Bibles with me to Mark 8 starting at verse 1.

It reads: In those days, the multitude being very great and having nothing to eat, Jesus called His disciples to Him and said to them, “I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now continued with Me three days and have nothing to eat.”

Christ, being filled with up with the Holy Spirit, was able to recognize when those around Him were hungry and in need of food and had compassion. Do you and I have this? Am I able to look at Alberto and know that he is hungry? And even if I am able to tell, do I have compassion? Just like Christ, when you’re filled with the Holy Spirit, you see the need of others and have compassion.

3 “And if I send them away hungry to their own houses, they will faint on the way; for some of them have come from afar.”

Brothers and sisters, some of you have come a loooonng way to meet Jesus. Some of you have been attending night after night, church service after church service, and want to get some bread. You’re sitting in the pew wondering how it is that you can be in the sanctuary of God and still be hungry! But... do not be discouraged for Jesus has compassion. It His utmost desire that you will have enough strength on the way home. Wait on the Lord! Do not leave His presence until you receive what you need, lest you fall along the way.

In verse 4 the disciples ask the real question: “How can one satisfy these people with bread here in the wilderness?” “Are You kidding me Jesus? The odds are stacked against us. I don’t care about what you did in the past, but now! Now, this is just too impossible.” You know, when the disciples ask this, it’s as if they forgot that Jesus is Lord of lords. King of kings. That through the Holy Spirit, His desires are commands to the universe.

But then Jesus asks them: “How many loaves do you have?” And they said, “Seven.”

Don’t you just love it, when Jesus comes into your life and asks you these obvious questions? “Lord, I’ve been so busy this week! I don’t know how I’ll have time to study for that test! You say you can give me wisdom, but I don’t know about this time.” And God’s just like, “Brenda, how much time do you have?” OR “Lord, I bareeellyy have money in my bank. I need to pay for my tuition. You say You can provide, but I don’t know about this time.” And again, God’s just like, “Jacques, how much money do you have?”

And it’s funny, because we just sit there and say stuff like “Lord, I only have 30 minutes.” “I only have $50” “I only have 7 loaves.” But with God! Christ doesn’t ask us, because we don’t know, He asks us, because we need to recognize that we have a limit and He does not. Because when we’re filled with the Holy Spirit, we may have 30 minutes, $50, or 7 loaves, but we will never lack!

6 “So He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground. And He took the seven loaves and gave thanks” I got three lessons we can pull out of this

The disciples made Jesus their Lord and Master, meaning that whatever they had was His. Christ could have easily taken the 7 loaves and given it to a lucky family and then say, “Peace out! Good luck to the rest of you!” He could’ve fed the 4000 and tell the disciples, “We starving today boys!” But whatever Jesus would have done, because He was their Lord, they trusted in Him completely. Is Jesus Your Lord?

Christ, being filled with the Holy Spirit was able to give thanks. He gave thanks in the wilderness. He gave thanks when the situation around Him appeared to be impossible. He gave thanks, because He knew that when He would pray IN the Holy Spirit, whatever He had would multiply!

Like Christ, when we’re filled with the Holy Spirit, we will be so blessed, so abundantly overflowing in our walk with Him that we would be able to bless others even in the wilderness.

VERSE 8 “So they ate and were filled, and they took up seven large baskets of leftover fragments. 9 Now those who had eaten were about four thousand. And He sent them away, 10 immediately got into the boat with His disciples, and came to the region of Dalmanutha.”

Little is much with God.

We’ve covered this beautiful picture of what living in the Spirit is supposed to look like. But now what? How can we get that Holy Spirit too?

Turn your Bibles with me to John 3.

Starting at verse 1 it says: “There was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.” Pharisees. Pharisees were the religious leaders of this time. They always wanted to put Jesus to shame. They were great leaders! They were well-versed in doctrines, they followed the rules, attended the synagogues, but that was the extent of their Godly experience.

And in verse 2, This man came to Jesus by night and said to Him, “Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher come from God; for no one can do these signs that You do unless God is with him.”

When was the last time someone said this to you? “Chermilyn, we know that you are a daughter of God; for no one can do these signs that You do unless God is with you.” “Theology student, campus ministry team, praise team member, Burman student, professor we knowwww that you are from God, for no one can do these signs that You do unless God is with you.”

Brothers and sisters, like Christ, when you are filled with the Holy Spirit, it’ll be obvious that God is with You.

3 Jesus answered and said to him, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”

4 Nicodemus, like the disciples earlier, ask the real question: “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?”

5 Jesus answered, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water AND the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.7 Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’

What are the characteristics of a newborn baby? These guys are helpless! In fact, in order to live, they must rely on their parents. In order to eat, to have shelter, to have clothing, even in order to move around, let alone walk they rely on their parents.

And that’s exactly what Jesus did! Christ said that ALL the things He did was in absolute reliance upon the Father. How many things? All! And in Matthew 1, it is very specific that Jesus’ was conceived of the Holy Spirit.

Now you might be thinking: that’s unfair! Jesus was born of the Holy Spirit, but I wasn’t. And you’re right. It would’ve been unfair, but the thing is, we know from Galatians 4 that He was also born of a woman. He was just as human as you and I were. Being under the law, He fulfilled it that you and I can become heirs of God. You and I can be born again, be adopted into God’s family through Christ.

But let’s skip down to verse 18. Jesus says, “He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of he only begotten Son of God. And THIS is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. [HMM! Do you love the dark?] For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God.”

I honestly felt like Jesus was taking a jab at Nicodemus, because Nicodemus came to Him at night. Nicodemus is a Pharisee! You know how humbling that must’ve been for him? He’s supposed to know how to live an abundant and contagious life with God. In fact, that’s the role of a religious leader. But here is a man, who is probably afraid to come to Jesus in the light because he already knows what other religious leaders will think of Him. And what a contrast that is with Jesus! Jesus does everything as if it were in day time. Like Christ, when we are filled with the Holy Spirit, we will have integrity! It doesn’t matter how many or how little people are watching, we will do what pleases God.

But catch this: although Nicodemus came to Jesus at night, he came to the only light that matters; he came to Jesus. And when he came to Jesus, even if he came in the darkness, the light of Christ shone on him and pointed out what he needed to do. Guys, if it weren’t for Nicodemus, a man who came nonetheless, you and I would not be reading John 3.

You and I would not be reciting “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son.” Brothers and sisters, Nicodemus might have been ashamed of going to Jesus, but He still came. And after this encounter with Him, Nicodemus was not the same. Later on, we know that he stood up for Jesus! He became bold and confident, just as Jesus Himself was.

You know, when I look at myself and then look to Jesus, I’m just left in awe. Like how am I supposed to be filled like that? How am I supposed to be that compassionate? How am I supposed to be that tight with the Holy Spirit? And even when I know Christ has my back, it feels like I am a failure. In the Greek language, Nicodemus’ name means CONQUEROR.

Imagine every time Jesus called Nicodemus by name, it would be a reminder that he too was a conqueror. Brothers and sisters, each and every one of us are called by name and we are His. He who has begun a good work in you will be faithful to complete until the day of Jesus Christ. You might be confused about the Holy Spirit, you might have not have all the answers, you might be lacking in faith, but through Christ, You will be a conqueror!

This past weekend, I was on a retreat for Campus Ministries. And for one of the activities, we were asked to go on a nature walk. As we were heading back to the lodge, I remember all of us walking behind each other, following the footsteps of the person ahead. And it was Romando walking in front of me. And his strides were much larger than mine and every time my foot would fill his footstep, I would realize his steps were too big for me to fill. And I began thinking to myself, “Wow. God, this is what it means to follow You. I need to walk the path you walked, follow Your every footsteps. But what what if I can’t make it? What if I’m not good enough? Your shoes are just too big to fill.” And just as I was lost in my thoughts, we came to a set of icy stairs and boom! I slipped just as I took the first step. And suddenly, out of the kindness of his heart, Romando turned around, took me by the hand and helped me up the stairs. You know, it was such a compelling moment that made me realize that despite Christ’s high and holy standard of what it looks like to be filled with the Holy Spirit, He, will never leave you alone in that journey. In fact, He desires to be with You in this journey of life, which is why He longs to give each and every one of you the Holy Spirit.

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You... may be sitting down in this audience and identify as a Christian, in fact, even a spiritual leader; but you are like a Pharisee. You’ve been attending church, you got memory verses somewhere in the back of your head, you help out on campus, you keep the law; but you---you are empty. You might have even been baptized by water, but have not become like a newborn baby. It is time for this campus to be baptized by the Holy Spirit. If this is you, I’d like to invite you to join me upfront.

You are like the 4000, hungry, weak, and tired! You know you’re about to grow faint! But nevertheless come and stay in the presence of Jesus. Do not leave until He blesses you and fills you up till your cup overflows! Keep coming, keep coming!

This second appeal is for those of you who are like the disciples. You doubt time and time again. You have something that you need to surrender to Jesus. Whatever those 7 loaves may be, I plead with you to make Jesus your Lord and Master. Trust in Him wholly and have confidence that whatever He does, is best for you. If it is your desire to seriously make God number one, I invite you to stand.

My last appeal is for those of you who are like Nicodemus. Those of you who are perhaps afraid of what your friends will think of you once you become on fire for Him, once you truly become a Christian, that’s fine! Go to Jesus in private and I promise you that He will give you a word of encouragement like none other.

[johnnyvincent]

Millstone - cromulent

contains: yelling, fighting

crom·u·lent

kɹɑmjələnt

adjective

appearing legitimate but actually being spurious

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62 days before

October 31st, 2007

Wednesday

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Not a lot different happened between then and Halloween. I mean yeah, we still hung out and went to class and ate and slept and shit, but I guess it’s not really all that noteworthy. My time with Wade took a big blow, mainly ‘cause I didn’t see him without Lainey unless we were in our dorm at night and even then he sometimes snuck her in. Not even to get laid or anything, all they did was talk or play on the arcade machine. I was gettin’ real sick of Lainey.

It came as no surprise to me when on Halloween he gave me some half-assed excuse on why he couldn’t pregame with me and the guys and why it’d be a lot better if he just went to go pick up—you guessed it—Lainey. Tired of hearing anything even remotely related to her at that point, I just shrugged it off and let him run off with his dumb cheap cologne.

That’s pretty much how I ended up alone in the boy’s dorm on Halloween of 2007. I mean, not alone, just without my best bud. It was me and the guys, even Russell had come down for the occasion. I gotta say, I was shocked when they said he was graduatin’ last year, but he said Hopkins had a hand in it, or something. I don’t know. That’s a story for another time.

We had kicked out all the geeks and nerds and losers from the dorm, which was mainly just… well, nerds. That and a couple middle schoolers, and some freshmen. After that was done we just hung out in the common room, managed to hook up the T.V. to some horror movie I don’t remember the name of and snack on some chips and beam colas. I was wearin’ a Ghostface mask I’d found last summer when they cleaned out Griffith’s dorm. Yeah, after… yeah.

Anyway, there we sat, me and the guys. I was on the floor with Davis—somehow I always ended up next to him if Wade wasn’t there—while Ethan and Trent crowded on the couch with Russell. Troy’d gotten creeped out and gone off to play on the arcade machine, even though he said he wasn’t scared. Baby.

I woulda been havin’ a nice time if it weren’t for Trent screaming every time some sort of jump scare popped up. Watching movies with that kid was like puttin’ on the Saw movies for a group of toddlers. He screamed just like a little girl.

“Trent, I’m warning you, if you don’t shut your trap I’ll shove my fist down it,” I told him after his eightieth scream. He replied with a real neat flip of the bird. Nothin’ like a real, honest friendship.

A couple minutes later, right when I could just feel Trent about to screech again (I swear, my bones whispered to me, they were all ‘c’mon Tom, brace yourself, it’s gonna happen and it’s gonna be the worse one yet man, he’s gonna scream like a little girl and he might piss himself and it’ll run down his leg onto your good shirt man, brace yourself’) the light flips on and we’re all distracted by Wade’s voice booming from behind us. At least Trent didn’t get to scream.

“Yo, yo, yo, guys,” he says, all casual and of course he’s got his arm draped over Lainey’s shoulders. And then I realize he’s wearin’ mouse ears and so is she but she’s also got a red bow on her head paired with a red dress that’s got white polka dots on it and I realize they’re fucking Mickey and Minnie Mouse. I could feel myself getting lightheaded.

“Haha, nice costume, Wade,” Russell says from the couch, and it took a little bit not to roll my eyes at that. Yeah, I was doing my best to get rid of the ‘she-stole-my-best-friend’ jealousy, but I mean come on. Couples costumes? Where was the Wade I knew?

But Wade just grinned, and Lainey beamed, and reached for the hand that wasn’t set around her shoulders. “Thanks! We thought it’d be super cute,” she chirped in her sweet little girl voice. It was like when you get some dessert at a restaurant, and it’s super sweet? Like, so sweet it kinda makes your eyes hurt a little and if you keep eating it you’ll get a headache, and honestly it just kinda makes you a little bit sick. But you keep eating it ‘cause I mean, when the hell are you gonna get dessert this sweet at home? But then you don’t enjoy it and kinda have to swear off sweets for a bit ‘cause it made you sick. Yeah?

“You look like a wimp,” Troy mumbled loud enough for her and Wade to hear. Lainey kinda looked down at her shoes like she’d just gotten kicked, and it peeved Wade off plenty.

“Piss off, Miller,” he spat.

Troy looked like he wanted to answer Wade for that one, but just as he was about to Trent hopped over the backrest of the couch and wormed his way in between Wade and Lainey, throwin’ his arm around both of them and launching into some long fit about how he loved their costumes, mainly aimed at Lainey. I couldn’t tell if he was hitting on her or just trying to keep the peace.

Wade kinda broke away from it to get a soda, and I recognized the face he had. He was still pissed at Troy for insulting him; my best bet was that he felt like a wimp too, but on some stronger level he wanted to keep Lainey happy. Even if it did mean catering to her stupid girly choices and costumes. I remember calming down at that thought; wasn’t right to be pissed at him. He was just too in love with her, that was all.

I hopped up and made my way to him, grabbing a beam cola for myself. “Hey dude, you good?”

He gave me a tight smile. “I’m okay,” he answered. He was trying. He was trying to be in a better mood. Maybe it was for me or maybe it was for Lainey, but it meant a lot.

“You gonna be good headin’ out with your girl? You know how these things get on Halloween…” I pointed out to him, rubbin’ the back of my neck. This was dangerous territory now. Wade didn’t like having his decisions questioned, not even by me. Even the most nonchalant approach could set him off, and the last thing I wanted was him stompin’ off in the other direction.

But he just nodded, turned so he was watching Trent talk Lainey’s ear off. “Yeah. She says she’s cool with it. I mean, it’d be cool if we could just not get in any fights…” he said, trailing off. I think he caught wind of the look I was giving him, ‘cause Wade not gettin’ into fights was crazier than a hen with a full set of teeth. “At least until I drop her off back at her house when her curfew hits.”

Alright, that made sense. I nodded, and after a bit of prodding, we got Russell to start leading us all out.

We wouldn’t be going far, just around campus. That was where the fun was, anyway. I mean, there was more stuff going on around town; the greaseballs and dropouts and Griffith’s kids would be partying it up in Coventry, and the Preps probably had some sort of classy ‘get-together’ either in their frat house or in Old Bullworth Vale. But our real interest was on campus.

It was all to us, basically. Even if the Preps were on campus, they wouldn’t be leaving their frat house. The greasers and punks were out, that only left us, the jocks, the nerdlings, and the other losers. But the jocks always partied on the football field—one of ‘em had a birthday or something—and the rest of them were no threat to us. Hell, they were the entertainment.

Halloween’s usually a blur to me, and this time was no exception. I don’t even remember how, but I had an egg carton shoved into my hands within seconds of leaving the dorm, a carton that ended up smashed entirely upside Melvin O’Connor’s back. And as he ran off wailing about his costume, I reached out to high-five Wade only to realize he was five feet away from me.

He was walkin’ with Lainey, holding her hand and pointing at something in the opposite direction of us, but she was looking over his shoulder straight at me with wide eyes. Scared. Something told me Wade hadn’t prepared her for how our Halloweens usually went down.

Even though it pissed me off a little bit, I decided to cool it with the pranks and fighting, mainly for Wade’s sake. I’ll say it again, it ain’t right for your best friend to screw up the only decent relationship you’ve ever had in your life. I wasn’t gonna do that to Wade.

But it wasn’t enough. I could calm myself down, sure, but that still left five other guys to run around wild. Russell was handing out wedgies as if they were blessings and he was the Pope, and the rest of them were going wild with some firecrackers Davis had found while he himself messed around with the slingshot he’d found last spring after Hopkins took his.

We’d gotten around to the library and by that point, it looked like Wade was trying to calm down Lainey who looked like she’d seen a ghost. We kept on past a Volcano 4000 that nobody was standing around—everybody knew better than to get near those things—when suddenly Wade went down.

“You deserve it, bully!” A voice to the tune of Donald fuckin’ Anderson screamed out from behind us. He was holdin’ one of ‘em fancy potato guns the nerds had built. He’d hit Wade with a fucking potato.

To say it was a mistake would be a terrible understatement. He was alone, for starters, and he picked the one of us with the worst temper to hit.

Wade was making an effort not to fight or anything for Lainey, but I swear, when I saw his eyes as he stood from that potatoing, they were red. “I’LL BREAK EVERY BONE IN YOUR SCRAWNY LITTLE BODY, CHUMP!” he roared and launched himself at the nerd.

Anderson went down instantly, and Wade went with him. All I could see was a blur of fists pounding down on the kid, and then sneakers hitting pavement while the other guys ran up to help Wade beat up this 92-pound kid. I glanced at Lainey, but I figured I’d rather be the guy who helped out when his best friend got hit than the guy who hung back to shrug at his best friend’s girl.

“When I’m done with you, your jaw is gonna be wired shut! And you’ll be eating through a straw!” Wade screamed at the kid, all of us punching and kicking and snarling and glaring. There wasn’t a lot of room, and I touched the kid maybe twice. We backed up once he was done fightin’ back and just left him there, on the concrete, crying for his ma.

The guys head off, high fiving and laughing, but I hung back a little bit. Lainey wasn’t standing where she had been; she was trailing off in a speedwalk with Wade just barely managing to catch up to her. He grabbed her arm but she tore it from him and they broke out into a heated discussion I couldn’t hear.

My ma taught me to pick the times I wanna listen in and I knew this wasn’t one of ‘em. So I walked along with the guys, trying to keep my eyes off Wade and his girl.

It was a good plan for a couple paces, and then I felt a hand grab my arm and suddenly I was being pulled back into the shadows.

“Man, what the hell?” I asked Wade. But then I quit it, ‘cause he looked spooked. “Are you okay? What happened?”

He just shrugged, blue eyes wide and scared and running wild, reminding me of fish when you try and catch ‘em with a net from their bowl. “I think me and Lainey just broke up…” he whispered.

And so it begins.