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vinodpriya · 5 years ago

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Chapter 1: About Social Science

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Ah! Social science! The subject I hated the most. I don’t know why, but I felt I was born to hate the subject. It was my destiny to hate it. Or something like that. But the teachers, oh Holmes, they were always so good that I always felt that, at least, I should study it for them. I believe that I always got the best of teachers available for Social Science. There are many interesting incidents related to the subject, especially during the 10th standard, when I was studying it for the last time.

To begin with, the most “ancient” incident which I can remember is during 7th standard. Well, we did not have only 1 S.Sc teachers that year. At first, the honour of teaching S.Sc to 7th D went to Dr. NSA (neither National Security Advisor nor National Security Agency). She had a PhD in Geography. I mean, how can a person be so tolerant, so as to complete a PhD in Geography. Come on, it’s not a joke, doing PhD and stuff like that.Well, after our Principal changed (Yes, our Principal also changed that same year. We’ll talk about her in later posts), she went through the qualifications of all the teachers. After going through the qualifications of Dr NSA, and she thought, “thodi padhi likhi hai, chalo isko 11th aur 12th class padhane ko de do.” (She is a little bit educated, let her teach 11th and 12th standard).

Yes, thodi (a little). These were the exact words used by Dr. NSA when I asked her about this thing three years later, in 10th standard, when she had come to our class for an arrangement period.

Well, returning back to 7th class. After our summer vacations, our time-table was changed, as were many of our teachers.

Our new social science teacher was Ms R. Whatever she taught for the next two months is a mystery. Yes, it remained a mystery until I studied the chapters myself. Well, the thing was that she was pregnant, and was to deliver her baby in September, and hence she had to complete our syllabus in the next two months only. Now she didn’t teach us the chapters from the book, but made us write ‘Questions & Answers’ in our notebooks (after all, these Q-As were going to come in the exam), and explained the chapters in a comprehensive manner.

Here I would like to mention a small anecdote of class seventh Summative Assessment 1. Just before the social science exam, I fell ill. I literally cried a lot the night before the exam. It’s was not that I had not studied at all, but I had not been able to complete my syllabus, especially geography. Also, I couldn’t read my SSc book, which is a crucial thing to do before an SSc exam. The next day, in the examination hall, when we all were studying, I told some of my friends about my “grievances”. They comforted me about the exam and I told them, quite honestly, that I was not expecting to score above 80 out of 90 marks.

The exam paper came. Questions were quite ridiculous. Yes, they are always ridiculous for someone who does not know the answers. I specially remember one particular question. Perhaps the circumstances presented by the question will not be amiss here.

Q. What do you think about Delhi as the capital of India?

Thinking: Here is a gentle question of an irritating type. Clearly, a tough question then. It has just come from the tropics, for it is written in dark ink, and that is not the natural tint of its text, for majority of the paper is white. He has undergone hardship and sickness, as his haggard kind of questioning says clearly. His right hand has been injured. He holds it in a stiff and unnatural manner: bent like (?). Where in the tropics could a Social Science question written in English have seen much hardship and got its arm wounded? Clearly in India. The whole train of thought did not occupy a second. I then remarked I did not know the answer to the question.

(for those who haven’t read Sherlock Holmes, it is an excerpt from “A Study in Scarlet”).

I then proceeded to answer as follows:

Ans.

The genuine part:

Delhi is the capital of India. It was named capital of India 1911 by King George of England.

It’s area is about 4000 km2.

(I knew this because I had sometime checked it. Actually there was an article in the newspaper about good sci-fi movies and one movie involved a spaceship which had a diameter of 500 Km. I wanted to check whether this ship was bigger than Delhi or not)

Now the funny part:

It is a union territory.

But since it has a large population, it should now be made a state.

It has many tourist spots.

These are the points I could make out from my memory. Now, when I went to my bus, I took out ‘The Book of SSc’ and checked in the chapter ‘The State Government’ for the answer. It was there, a full-fledged, five marker answer; legitimate, elaborate, and complete. I repented about not reading the book, but alas, nothing could be done to stop the nature, or rather the answer sheet, from taking it course. I decided to let it go.

When the answer sheets were being distributed for reviewing by the students, I got really disheartened about how much I would have scored. Surprisingly I had scored 86 out of 90 marks. I couldn’t believe my eyes. When I set out to see how the hell that happened, for the first time in my life, I came across the true face of examination-checking in India. You can yourself calculate. I had a completely wrong answer to the above question, so I lost five marks, plus numerous small mistakes. Overall the totalling came out to be around 82 marks or so. I told our teacher about it. She took the paper and kept in the bundle, and said she would look to it. But I never got to know what happened to that. Oh! I forgot to introduce the new S.S. teacher that had come by then. She was Ms P. She was a 2008 pass-out from our school only, and had come to teach us now.

Ms R was a brilliant teacher. By brilliant, I mean literally a brilliant teacher. She had a unique way of teaching. Also, since she was not much older than us, she gave mouth thrashing answer to the misbehaviour of the mischievous children of our class. No, she did not use abusive language, but her subtle words were embarrassing enough.

Our eighth standard teacher was equally brilliant, Ms JS (not NodeJs or AngularJs). But she was quite serious, rather too serious, specially for a funny class like ours.

Ah! Finally the good tales begin. So here it goes. I was promoted to 9th-A, a Sanskrit section. Our S.Sc teacher was Mrs. LL. The funny thing was that she was actually known by this name, LL. At first some of my seniors told me that she is really a good teacher. But believe me, she wasn’t. She specialized in History, and consequently did not know how to teach other subjects. Trust me, she was really awful at Geography. She never completed her sentences, sought to teach only through presentations on smart board, made us write questions, but never clearly told us what the answers were. Here is a sample:

Well, you know, a piece from Indo-Australian plate came and stuck with our land, you know. (Making a collision kind of gesture through her hands). And then, you know….

Alas, we never knew. Now after completing three chapters in Geography and one in Economics, many children thought that they had had enough of her. They started a campaign. They wrote a letter addressing our in-charge to change our S.S. teacher because the current one was not good. Believe me, out of 48 students in the class, 33 signed. Of course, I didn’t, because I didn’t like to take part in such anti-teacher proceedings, because you never know what turn it might take on in future. The letter was sent twice. When Mrs LL came to know about this, she used to sarcastically remark on children yawning or talking in her class that

“Class mein sunna nahin hai, aur phir jab samajh nahin aata to pohunch jaate teacher change karvaane.”

(Don’t listen in the class, and when you don’t understand, you just go on trying to change the teacher.)

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Well, our SSc teacher changed after summer vacations. It was Ms SL (not S.L. Loney, you dumb math enthusiasts).

She was a great teacher. Believe me. (Of course, you don’t have any other choice).

There is a particularly interesting incident related to Ms SL, which shows….. , well, nothing. As it happened, she was the mother of VM. I had known him for some time. But the major angle in this story is that he was a friend of some other students in our class.(No, he wasn’t my friend. I don’t make such friends). Going on, there was this chapter on ‘Peasants and Farmers’ in History. The marking for question and answers was going to start from the next day. But this VM told HT and PG that his mother was going to Goa the next day. As was expected from a friend, they believed him, and they did not bring their History books with them.

IN THE CLASS

Culprits: Ma’am, VM told us that you had gone to Goa. So we didn’t bring our books.

Executioner: Just think, if I had gone to Goa, wouldn’t I have taken VM with me?

I suppose silence will be good enough for the rest of the scene. Nothing happened. They were allowed to sit in the class, and as I had to go out of the class for some reason, I gave them my book.

Overall class 9th was the best class with reference to the horrid subject of Social Science.

And at last, here comes the best class of all.

Behold...

The Class 10th .

Now this year our teacher was the veteran teacher, the most senior one in the school at that time, Mrs SS1. She was quite good towards me in the starting of the year. But then I started taking some days off the school. I used to ask a lot of questions in her class. So did others. When the first Unit Test (UT) was held, she gave quite a scolding to our class, and told the class (and I felt she was staring towards me) not to disturb her while she was teaching and ask the doubts later in the corridor. She felt her syllabus got behind the schedule because of this (which of course was not true). She said all this because we had performed poorly in the UT.

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Now there are numerous small insignificant incidents involving me and her, but let us just shift towards the best ones for the sake of your interest in keeping reading this chapter.

She had grown quite hostile towards me (I mean she used to be quite irritated by me). We used to have 2 UTs in each ‘Term’ (we used to have 2 ‘Terms’ in a year) out of which the better one would be considered for the final result. As a consequence, I had studied only for the first UT in the second term and had scored quite well in that exam. This exam used to be of 30 marks. During the second UT I did not study at all. Probably I just gave a small reading to the chapter. It was “Nationalist Movement in Indo-China”. It is one of the worst chapters in 10th class History textbook (THE WORST ONE was “Print Culture and the Modern World”).

I scored 23 out 30. I was actually quite shocked to see that I had score this much. But SS1 ma’am was not happy at all. I got quite a something we Indian students call as lecture. Then of course there was TM. He was just like me. He left no chance of pulling the leg of other students. At that time he was acting as what we call as “ghee in havan”.

He says, “Ma’am, he did not study because he had scored very well in the previous one and he knows only the better one will considered.” I looked at him like this.

And there you go. A little more lines of taunt, and finally I was released.

Now we also had a revision test. It went terribly bad. Again I had not studied for it as it was not going to be considered for the final result. The day I gave this test, RB1 (another student in my class) had some work with SS1 ma’am. It was probably mid-day. M1 sir (a fine-arts teacher) was present in the class. He asked me to take him to ma’am. I was walking casually. I tried not to look at RB1 as I disliked him very much. I went straight into the staff room. SS1 ma’am was sitting there checking papers! Well I did not quite observe it at first. But there was the bundle on her table on one side and there was a paper turned upside down in front of her with her signatures in the end. It meant that that paper had been checked quite recently. I raised my neck to see whose paper was it. Holy Holmes! It was my paper. How could I have such an ill-luck.

Well, SS1 ma’am started talking to RB1, and I said to myself, “bhag le beta yahan se” (run off from this place, you scum).

I crept out quite stealthily, but alas, as I was just going to open the door, I heard a sound saying “_____” in a stretched manner. I turned. No doubt I was being called for my execution. And then I was given quite a lecture again on me not studying Social Science. But there was Ms MM1 sitting there alongside SS1 ma’am. She asked me what was I planning to take in 11th, and when I told I was going to take science, she patted me and said to SS1 ma’am while laughing “chhod de na yaar ise” (leave him dear). Well I promised her that I will study for the finals sincerely.

(Note: Ms MM1 taught chemistry to 11th and 12th class, and I didn’t know back then she would be my Chemistry teacher in 12th class. It’s not good to talk of her here, she deserves one whole chapter herself.)

Our school used to organise a “havan” for 10th leaving students before the finals. After the havan, our teachers used to shower us with flower petals as a form of blessing. When SS1 ma’am came, she threw the flowers forcefully at me while yelling “sabse ganda paper kiya hai tune _______” (you have performed the worst in the paper). Of course that wasn’t true. I was bad, but I was not that bad. Everyone started laughing, but, BG ma’am (our class teacher back then) heard that. And the glare she gave me! I would never forget those eyes. Well I assured her that I would perform well in the finals.

There were some more incidents which took prior to the above mentioned one, though they were less humorous. Once SS1 ma’am was teaching the chapter “Print Culture And Media”. There was a section about scribes who used to copy the books in “beautiful handwriting”. Well, I asked ma’am from where the scribes got their copies from. And there you go. Again I was terribly mocked by her. Whenever I was absent (yes, never when I was present in the class), she used to say in the class “Chalo achcha hua aaj _____ nahin aaya. Itne faaltu saval poochhta hai ki ma’am suraj east se kyun nikalta hai, ya fir hum breakfast subah hi kyun karte hain”, (it’s good that _____ is not present today. He asks such stupid questions like why does the sun rise from the east, or why do we have breakfast in the morning only), though I certainly never asked such questions.

Once SS1 ma’am asked our class who would like to explain the chapter “Transportation” to the class. NB1 (one of my best and oldest friend) raised his hand. He came in front of the class and started explaining the chapter. I and my friends left no chance of pulling each other’s legs. I repeatedly asked NB1 questions which were quite irritating. Well, he answered them. Then ma’am stopped him and asked someone else to continue where NB1 had left. I went there. I started explaining the chapter now. Now, it was NB1’s chance. He stared putting questions to me. After answering some questions, I felt quite irritated (add to that not knowing the answers), I yelled at him to sit down, and asked him to come to me after the class to take his doubts, and told him harshly that I had to complete my syllabus. (The funny thing here is that SS1 ma’am used to say the same lines whenever she got irritated by the questions, but the difference is that she used to know the answers). Everyone enjoyed this thing, including SS1 ma’am. She said to me “very good beta. Jaa baith jaa” (very good child, now go and sit down).

I did not have Social Sciences as my subject in higher classes (thank God!). Although I used to meet all the teachers now and then. SS1 ma’am retired from her job after that academic year, though she kept visiting the school because of her Rotoract-club duties. Once our class was in the basement for our Computer Science practical, and there she was! I don’t know why, but nostalgia overpowers me whenever I see someone I haven’t seen in a long time. So there we (I and RM1) to go and greet her. Our CS teacher NA1 also came out of her lab and they hugged (apparently they were friends!). SS1 ma’am says to NA1, “Sabse achchhe bachche the meri class ke. Bade pyaare bachche hain!” (they were the best students of my class. They are just lovely kids). And I thought “Oh really???? Oh reallyyyyy??? Why didn’t you never said this in class?”

And as promised, here’s Today’s Music Momento (yeah! I am not calling it memento! not in this life...)

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ooxiebooxie · 7 years ago

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“ 'Twas a long time ago, longer now than it seems in a place perhaps you've seen in your dreams. For the story you're about to be told began with the holiday worlds of auld. Now you've probably wondered where [ nightmares ] come from. If you haven't I'd say it's time you begun. “

BASIC INFORMATION.

What is your character’s full name?

Tim Page

How is it pronounced?

TIM PAYJ

Is there a meaning behind it?

Tim is derived from the Greek Τιμοθεος ( Timotheos ) which translates into “ honouring God “. His parents chose the name for their son, naming him after his great grandfather who was known for his compassion heart. Page is also derived from a Greek word παιδιον ( paidion ) with the meaning “ little boy “. The name is an occupational name meaning " servant / page " — and thus we do not need to ask question why Oogie chose to change his name.

Does your character have any nicknames?

Oogie Boogie. Oogie. Mr Oogie Boogie Man. Meanest Guy.

When and where were they born?

Tim Page was born on the nineteenth of april in nineteen-seventytwo in the town of Carthay.

What’s their zodiac sign and what traits do they most relate to?

Aries rules the head and leads with the head, often literally walking head first, leaning forwards for speed and focus. Its representatives are naturally brave and rarely afraid of trial and risk. They possess youthful strength and energy, regardless of their age and quickly perform any given tasks. Aries is one of the most active zodiac signs. It is in their nature to take action, sometimes before they think about it well. Their challenges show when they get impatient, aggressive and vent anger pointing it to other people.

What’s their nationality?

American – but that depends entirely on which paper he chooses to show authority to identify himself. He has several. Sometimes you just need to be a different person, when your name and the stories strung to it travel faster than you.

What’s their occupation?

Being a winning gambler.

What gender do they identify themselves as?

Male.

PHYSICAL APPEARANCE.

What’s their eye color?

Dark brown, appearing to be black.

Do they wear glasses or contacts?

Neither.

Hair color?

Black, although depending on the light it can appear to have a hint of dark brown in them.

Have they ever dyed their hair or wanted to?

In the young age of seven Tim has been obsessed with the colour green and wanted to dye his hair a bright neon colour ( maybe add some purple streaks for additional fun ) but fortunately, it was one of the things his parents did not allow their son to do.

Height?

179cm ( back at it again, being European and this time lazy )

Body build?

Surprisingly slim considering his messed up lifestyle.

Do they have any birthmarks?

No.

Do they have any piercings or tattoos?

It is no secret Oogie is as much a gambler at heart as a person could be, and thus it should not come as a surprise that his obsession has gone under his skin too. He has a tattoo ( that keeps getting added onto ) which proudly display his undying love for games, gambling and most importantly, winning. His tattoos tell a story and if you understand the language, you might just learn what ( or who? ) he has won too.

If not, do they want to get some?

Now let me tell you something about Oogie Boogie: He’ll never stop playing, and as long as there’s the chance to win he will take it, and thus more tattoos are to come.

Do they have a healthy life style?

No. His life is about as healthy as his shack is clean — his nights are too long, gambling always combined with alcohol and cigars, his days survived on coffee and cigarettes, his kitchen is used but only to stock the take-out containers in and literally lives among bugs — but honestly what do you expect? Oogie doesn’t have the time to have a healthy life. He is a busy man.

How easy do they get sick?

Let’s just say Oogie is lucky that he spends most of his time at the casino, because if he was to spend it in his shack between all the filth and his beloved bug collection he sure would get sick a lot more often.

Any marks on their body ( injuries, … )?

If you mess with the wrong people, you are bound to have some nasty scars. Oogie has several faint ones scattered across his knuckles though they are barely visible. The worst ones are those who needed stitches — if he takes off his jacket you can still see the messily stitched ( because there were times he just hadn’t been able to go to the hospital, knowing they would ask tooo man question ) scars on his arms especially, but his back and chest too.

What’s their personal style/how do they like to dress?

Comfortable but fitting clothing. His trusted black leather jacket is something he basically does not leave the house without, and the rest of his clothing is too rather dark in colour ( the only bit of colour he owns is in form of plaids ). Important to notice is that every piece of clothing is ridiculously expensive — that white t-shirt you see him wearing? Yeah, that was about 400 bucks. Now, you might wonder why Oogie of all people would waste so much money on ordinary looking clothing, but what can I say other than that he just really hates loose threads.

What is their favorite and least favorite feature about themselves?

His skills, and though this might not be a physical feature, it’s the one answer you will get from Oogie about his favourite thing about himself: He is proud to call himself a winner, one who does not need to rely on ‘ luck ‘ but can rely entirely on himself. His least favourite is a weakness and thus shall never be revealed — after all, a gambler never lets his pokerface slip.

PERSONALITY.

Positive traits?

Ambitious, Analytical, Attantive, Bold, Brilliant, Cautious, Confident, Determined, Devote, Efficient, Eloquent, Hard-Working, Intelligent, Inventive, Logical, Mature, Observant, Persistent, Proud, Punctual, Reliable, Strategic, Strong, Succesful, Tough

Negative traits?

Angr, Annoyed, Argumentative, Bad, Bossy, Cold-Hearted, Critical, Cruel, Cunning, Dangerous, Dark, Devious, Dishonest, Facetious, Greedy, Harssh, Hot-Tempered, Ignorant, Impatient, Lackadaisical, Lazy, Manipulative, Sadistic, Scheming, Self-Centered, Unforgiving, Violent

What do they consider to be the best and the worst part of their personality?

The best part is hands down his determination. For all the ‘ evil ‘ character traits Oogie’s determination is actually the most dangerous one, because the moment he sets his mind onto something, he doesn’t let go off it until it is his. He strongly believes there’s always a way — it has been proven to him nurmerous time by himself, and if that’s not trustworthy, what is? — to get what he want; you just have to set the stakes straight. His worst trait is the inconsideration, or rather, it has the worst impact on others ( which needless to say, makes Oogie fine with this trait too. Why would he care about others, right? ) but while he thinks everything through on a logical level, the lack of considering he does of the effect on others can get him into trouble.

Are they more extroverted or introverted?

Extroverted.

Any talents?

Winning, and if you say that it is no talent, ( Oogie would first of all like you to know you are wrong, but fine ) it’s knowing how not to take chances when gambling. He can read other people’s face, can figure out if they are bluffing, can make the maths in his head to know what his, his opponent’s and the cards still remaining in the deck say — and if he can’t, he always knows how to turn the game so he’s the one to win with a little cheat or two.

What are their fears?

Unravelling — not his clothes, of course, but the web of lies and cheats and crimes he’s built over the years of gambling with the worst of people. They are all secret, and though he is known to be a gambler across town and there are horror stories being shared at night in the darkest of alleys, they are all just that: stories. There’s no proof, his slate is still clean — unless, of course, the carefully crafted web starts to unravel and truth begins to spill.

Do they have any phobias?

No.

What is their soft spot?

Hidden behind a pokerface.

List 3 pet-peeves they can’t stand?

People believing in luck, talkativeness and optimism.

EDUCATION.

How far did they go in school? Are they still studying?

Tim successfully graduated from college with one hell of a good degree, always having given his best at any sort of school. He could’ve easily gone further and he’d already scored a solid and high-paying job, but unfortunately, he won a game in the casino then and everything changed.

Did they like school?

Tim was thrilled about school, glad to have the opportunity to learn new things ( admittedly, some of them were boring, but you have to do what you have to do, right? ) and even on the most annoying days, he had his group of long time friends to make any situation a billion times better.

What type of student are/were they?

In every school there are these type of students who somehow manage to get good grades no matter what, and Tim Page was one of them. One might call it luck ( even Tim did back then ), but the truth is that in his case anyway, Tim was just attentive. He listened in class, worked on the tasks which were given to him and though he did not sit down with a book and learn after school, he was focused enough inside of class to understand and remember what he’d been taught later during an exam.

What was their favorite subject?

Math. It was the one class which made the most sense to Tim, which made sense everywhere around the world too. For that reason alone it came easy to him, and thank god that it did, because card counting is a lot easier if you know what the fuck you’re doing.

And their least favorite?

English, because he always found writing interpretation was stupid, because how would anyone ever know what the author of some long-outdated literature piece tried to say when they were long dead? It’s not like lying on paper is hard. The only way Tim survived the endless hours he wasted on writing essays was by making his interpretations as ridiculous as one could get.

What were they/would they have been voted as “ most likely to… ” in the yearbook?

Most likely to suceed.

FAMILY.

Who are your character’s parents?

Belinda and Dunstan Page.

How would your character describe them?

Oogie Boogie would not waste a single breath on them, but they had always been kind and in the time Oogie was still their son, when he was still Tim Page they were the best parents he could’ve ever wished for, supportive and kind, loving him with all of their heart and without any conditions.

Do they have any siblings?

No.

Are they close with their family?

Tim has always been close to his family, his heart staying close at home wherever he went and if he ever left them for long he made sure give them a call and check up on them. However, time changes everything and when Tim changed into Oogie Boogie so did his relationship with his parents. He didn’t give a shit about them anymore, too distracted by the constant need to win, and when they moved away he barely noticed and did not hear of them again until he found the invitation to their funeral in his letter boy. Needless to say, he did not go.

ROMANCE & SEXUALITY.

What’s their romantic and sexual orientation?

Bisexual with a preference towards females, and he’s Oogie Boogie, he doesn’t have romantic emotions ( that we know of, anyway ).

Are they seeing anyone right now?

No.

Have they ever been in an relationship?

Yes, there have been several relationships in the course of his life, but none of them were particularly seriouss.

Have they ever been in love?

Yes. He was seventeen when he met her, and it took him not more than a few spoken words until he was head over heels in love with her. There just was something special about her, something that no one had ever had. After going on a couple of dates, their relationship began and their love has been growing ever since — until it ended, of course, like all of his connections did when Tim turned into Oogie.

How easy do they fall for someone?

It’s the toughest task in the world to get through to him and have him even notice you as a potential love interest, therefore not easy at all.

What do they look for in someone?

He doesn’t look for anyone. However, if he did he’d want someone who supports him, who joins his gambling and who he can rely on when they learn what exactly he has been gambling with.

Do they believe in love at first sight? or fate?

Definitely not. Neither exists. You’ve got to take matters into your own hands.

What’s their views on romance? Do they go after it or avoid it?

Oogie doesn’t care. In fact, he’s convinced romance in that sense doesn’t even exist.

Did they have their first time already? How was it in their point of view?

Yes, and truth be told, it’s been so long Oogie hardly remembers it, but it was with the girl he was in love with... so probably awkward and sweet? who cares?

What is their view on sex?

It's the best part of any relationship he ever had and the only reason why he pities not having a significant other, because it means he can’t just come home to someone and share the joy and enthusiasm that comes with winning with someone... in his bed.

What are their turn ons and turn offs?

Power is the biggest turn on. One might say winners like the companies of winners, and it could not be truer for Oogie. There’s just something about a person being able to meet you on a similiar level that makes them attractive. On the other side, he hates stuidity and he finds it comes in the most various of traits, making most people nothing but exhausting to him.

Were they ever cheated on or have they cheated on someone?

He has never been cheated on, but he has definitely cheated. He is Oogie Boogie. The real question is who he hasn’t cheated on.

Do they want to get married in the future?

Hell to the no.

Have kids?

The greatest joy in the world is to have children, and let me tell you a little secret about Oogie: He absolutely does not agree. He has three little minions and they are already enough to handle, plus he can actually hate them and mistreat them without having to feel upset about ruining his own flesh and blood. The real joy in life is winning.

QUIRKS.

Are they right or left handed?

Right Handed.

What’s a word that’s always on their lips?

The name Lock, Shock or Barrel angrily being yelled.

Is there a saying they keep on repeating?

Not a phrase, but he does hum his ‘ Oogie Boogie Song ‘ all the time — that being said, make sure he never sings the lyrics around you for it’s never a good omen if he gets to the line ‘ this may be the last time you hear the oogie boogie song ‘.

Do they curse?

He definitely does. There are times which just need a little bit ( or a lot ) of cursing.

What’s their worst habit?

Spending his money. No matter how often you see him walk out of the casino with a thousand of dollars in his bags, you’ll never see him keep it for longer than a day. Either he pays his debts to the Fates, he spends it on his beloved bugs or he walks right back into the casino to wager it all again.

Do they drink or smoke? How frequently?

He drinks and he smokes cigarettes and cigars at least every week, if not every day.

Are they an early bird or a night owl?

Night owl, because the unfortunate thing about casinos is that they are rarely opened in the normal day to day hours. Oogie wastes his night completely in there, spends his early mornings in a coffee shop of his choice and sleeps the rest of the day away until he can finally go gambling again.

How tidy is their room?

His entire shack is a complete mess and though Oogie recnogises it as one, he does not give a care in the world about it. His belongings are piling all over the floor, his kitchen is filled with the containers of the many take-outs he’s ordered in and is that... a bone? Honestly, at this point you can find almost anything in there.

How long do they usually take getting ready in the morning?

Fifteen minutes tops. His mornings usually include him going into the shower, brushing his teeth and leaving the house a moment later. That being said, his mornings are rarely happening in the morning and more so in the late evenings.

FAVORITES.

What’s their favorite color?

Now, you might think his favourite colour is black because everything he owns and loves seems to be black, but while everything about Tim Page changed when he became Oogie Boogie one thing didn’t: His favourite colour is green, always has and always will be.

Favorite movie?

' Fight Club ‘ because it’s kind of a fucked up movie, isn’t it? and at the same time it is really interesting, allowing a look into the minds of others and how a group ( a colony, one might say ) can work together and create something purely brutal. Oogie always thought in a way they are gambling too.

Music Genre?

Rock’n’Roll.

Food?

Anything that comes per delivery.

Book?

' It ‘ by Stephen King.

Favorite non-alcoholic drink?

Ground black Coffee.

Ice Cream Flavor?

Dark Chocolate.

Indoors or outdoors?

Indoors.

#carthaytask #carthaytask001 #{ i’m a gambling boogie man although i don’t play fair; about }#( it almost lines up perfectly with the blog theme i cry )

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- Wanna get started with affiliate marketing for free? In this video I'm gonna share with you five actionable steps to get started with affiliate marketing for free today. No money down, no money up front, you got nothing to lose so keep watching, stay tuned. Hey, what is up guys? Odi productions here and I am back. It's been at least a week since I've made my last video. If you guys missed it, in my last video I taught the best ways to get started with affiliate marketing on any budget. So whether you have no money, whether you have $100 or up to $1,000 I teach the best ways to invest that money to get started off on the right foot with affiliate marketing and in this video today I'm actually expanding upon that first method which is how to get started for free, how to get started without any money down. You basically got nothing to lose, there's no risk. I'm gonna teach you the best way to get started today for free and I'm gonna give you guys five actionable steps on not only getting started by how you can successfully create an affiliated marketing business for basically no money down. Now, it's important for me to say that if you are getting into this you're gonna be at a disadvantage compared to people who are willing to invest some money up front. So it'd be naive of me to tell you if compared to investing 100 to 1,000, $500 you're gonna see the same amount of results or success quicker than people who just get started for free. So just wanna put that little disclaimer out there but still, you can still get started today. There's nothin' to lose so let's get right into it. So I'm gonna put the time stamp right here if you wanna skip right to the steps. Before that I did wanna just give some life updates real quick just to update you guys on where I've been and what I've been up to lately. Life's been pretty crazy. I think I said that in my last video too but my last video I introduced my new apartment here, as you guys can see. I got the little guy, Taco. If you guys haven't met him yet this is my pup, hi Taco. Say hi. He is adorable and he's so awesome. Taco, he's a French bulldog. He's about 11, maybe close to 12 weeks old now but he's just a little angel. Look at him, oops. (laughs) Anyways, so today I actually just got off a call with an NFL player, Stepfan Taylor who actually is the leading rusher, running back for Stanford in college football and he played for the Arizona Cardinals as well. So as you guys can see right here I got the clip kinda saved right here. Maybe I'll throw the clip in here right now where you guys can see a little bit, introduce him a little bit to the channel. Hey what's up guys? Right now I just finished a call with Stepfan Taylor who is right here. We've been talking on Skype. - What's up, what's up, what's up? - [Odilon] Yo, how's it goin? - Good man, it's been a good call. - [Odilon] I'm glad, I'm glad to hear it man. Did you get a lot of value from that? - I did, I did. I appreciate it man, you know. We got some things cookin'. - [Odilon] Yes, sir, yes sir. Yeah, me and Stepfan here, we got a couple, we're schemin' up low key. We got some business ideas that he presented to me. And this guy, I mean he's got a lot of great ideas but this one that he's gonna be goin' after is gonna be, I think is gonna be a huge hit. It's gonna be a success. But yeah, I'm glad to connect with you man. It's really dope to be able to connect with you. And how exactly did you find my channel and the course and everything? - I found it on YouTube. Literally, I don't know what I was watching but I saw on the screen, because I've been interested in marketing things like that. So I'm always doing some learning, so I clicked it and I was like huh, then I shot you a DM on Instagram saying I appreciate that transparent content and you know, I bought the course. - Yes sir. Man, that is awesome, that's crazy. It's crazy. You played for the Arizona Cardinals, he played for the Stanford Cardinals. I thought that was kinda funny, playing for the Cardinal. But yeah, this is insane, he's in the course, and we've been working together on this mentoring and he's interested in the affiliate marketing. And you know, so it's been pretty awesome. So, alright man, thanks, appreciate that. Just got off a call with Stepfan Taylor. We talked affiliate marketing because he is actually a student of mine in Affiliate Marketing Champ. So no joke, an NFL player is in my course. He DM'd me on Instagram. He's a paid student. He joined about a week ago and it's just so crazy. So I'm gonna put that clip right there so you guys can watch that. So aside from the interview with Stapfan Taylor I was in Scottsdale for about a week on Thanksgiving vacation with my girlfriend and her family (squeak toy being compressed) hey Taco, keep quiet. I was there for a week, it was beautiful. It was my first time in Scottsdale. I've been to Arizona before but only Phoenix and Scottsdale is just, it's amazing. There are so many nice sports cars. The weather was beautiful. It was just a great place to be. So I'll show some clips here from my trip that I recorded on my phone or something but it was a great time and shoutout to my girlfriend who also unpacked my entire place. In my last video there was a bunch of huge boxes right here. Everything's cleaned out now. I made it a little messy, that's my bad. I kind of made the place messy again but she unpacked my whole place so shoutout to her. But yeah, so basically, ya know, just got back from vacation. I've been connecting with a lot of people lately. It's been pretty crazy but it's time to get on to the meat and potatoes of this video and it's just to jump into the five steps for how to get started, I'm gonna use the whiteboard, with affiliate marketing for free. Let's get it. Alright guys, so we are gonna hop onto this whiteboard and I'm gonna start with step one for how to get started with affiliate marketing for free. So step one right here, as you guys can see is you need to choose your niche. Alright, so step one is choosing a niche. You have to come up with basically the topic or the market that you want to go after for your business. So choosing a niche is gonna be a tough decision for a lot of people who are just getting started and here's my advice for that. I get a lot of people who ask me, should I choose something that I'm passionate about or should I choose something that is more explicitly profitable? And my advice for you, if you're just getting started, especially if you're getting started for free, is to just go after a niche that you are passionate about, at least for your first business. Now I'm not saying that for every business that you create you should just straight up go for passion over let's say profit. But for your first one, specifically the first one I think it's okay to go for your passion. So for me, my first affiliate marketing business is RecordingNow.com, which I actually have right here on my headphones, you guys can see the logo Recording Now. And you guys can visit the website right now. It's a home recording website. So that's the niche that I chose was home recording for my first affiliate marketing business. And the thing is I didn't do any research when I went into home recording. The reason why I did it is because honestly I just love making music. I like producing music and I happen to already have this knowledge in that industry which gave me a competitive advantage. And so for you if you happen to know something or you're passionate about something, chances are you have competitive advantages such as more knowledge and expertise that you can utilize in your business that will allow you to create better content, it will allow you to basically serve your audience better if you are knowledgeable about a certain subject. So again, one thing I wanna say is you don't have to be an expert. A lot of people think that okay, but I'm not an expert. I like doing this but I'm not an expert, I'm not an authority. Well the thing is you don't have to be an expert, guys. You just have to know enough to teach someone else or to help someone else. So honestly, it's a limiting belief to think that you have to be the world's leading expert to teach someone something because it's not true. You can start today, you don't have to be an expert, but you know, keep learning, keep going, and eventually one day you will become an expert. So number one, choosing a niche. Go with something you're passionate about at first because one, it's something you have a competitive advantage in, and number two it's simply because you won't get burned out. Now the problem is if you go after something that you're not passionate about, so let's say you go after something like laser technology. Alright, I don't know anything about lasers. I don't really care for lasers but let's say it's extremely profitable to talk about lasers, okay? And if I go into this and I start creating content about lasers and I try some products that I know nothing about in the laser industry I'm gonna get burned out because frankly I don't care, it's not fun for me, ya know? You wanna do something that is gonna fulfill you and it's not just financially but fulfill you in a sense of having fun, in a sense of giving you a sense of enjoyment and accomplishment. So number one, go with something you're passionate about so you don't get burned out and something that you have advantages in already. So step number two. Your next step, this is how you get started for free, this is the key step right here guys. Writing it down, step number two. Boom, start a YouTube channel. Boom, that's the key right there. If you wanna get started for free you have to start a YouTube channel. There's no other way that's better than creating a YouTube channel for many reasons. So traditionally what you would do if you had let's say 70 to $100 to spend you actually only need about 70 bucks to create a website these days, which is actually what I taught in one of my last videos, which I'll link to right here. Where I taught a college student how to get started with affiliate marketing for $100. Usually you'd have a website. That's the best way to get started. But you could also just create a YouTube channel. So I usually recommend if you have the money to really create both the website and the YouTube channel and combine it, that's where the magic happens. However, if you have no money, you're dead broke, you can start a YouTube channel. It's free, it's completely free to get started. It doesn't cost you anything, creating videos, posting videos. It doesn't cost you anything to post a video. This video I'm posting right now it cost me $0. I'm gonna upload it today. It's probably gonna reach thousands of people and it didn't cost me a single cent, it didn't cost me a single penny. So that's the beauty of YouTube and you know, I know there's gonna be a lot of resistance right now. There's gonna be some of you who are saying I don't know how to create videos, I'm shy, I don't wanna get on camera. Listen to me, listen to me right now, level with me. This is the best way to get started and there are many things that you can work around when it comes to making videos. And if you have weaknesses, like let's say you don't like being on camera you don't have to be on camera, guys. If you watch my review videos from my headphones from RecordingNow.com and these videos have gotten hundreds of thousands of views, there are plenty of videos, actually in not a single video do I share my face. In fact, I just do a voiceover. I do voiceovers and I feature the headphones in my hands but I never share myself, I never show my face, nothing like that. So you could do that. Another way is you could hire someone, you could hire someone to either make these videos for you or take care of the video editing if you're not good at that. The only other option is to outsource. You need to outsource it to someone else. If you don't wanna make videos you have to get someone else to do it. Now, the thing is if you're broke, if you have no money to spend you can't pay anyone to do the videos so you have to make 'em yourself. And ya know, there's gonna be a lot of resistance here again but trust me, this is the best way and I'll explain why. Because when you create a YouTube video and you create a YouTube channel you can get traffic to your content for free, for free. YouTube, if you look on the right-hand side there's a bunch of videos there, right? Those are suggested videos. And it doesn't cost anything to have a suggested video. And if you create videos about certain topics, a certain subject and someone, let's say there's a viewer on YouTube, they're just browsing around and they're already watching stuff that's in your market or topic your video may pop up there and that's the beauty of it. You can get views for free on YouTube and it doesn't cost you anything to create this content. I mean, if you have an iPhone that right there is your video camera. You don't need to buy an expensive camera. All you need is a smartphone that can record video which is all the smartphones these days. And they make some pretty darn good video quality as well. So no excuses, start a YouTube channel. It's the best way. If you don't wanna do the YouTube channel you have to create a website. However, it costs some money to make a website. About 70 to $80 to get started with a website, that's probably the cheapest you can get started and honestly that's what I recommend. But you know, this video is about starting for free. So we're getting real scrappy, we're bootstrapping right now so we gotta do the YouTube channel. That's our only option. So number three, after you've chosen your niche, after you've started your YouTube channel, so number three and four these two steps are interchangeable but basically you have to join the affiliate programs. So the one that I always recommend for beginners is called Amazon Associates. If you haven't heard about it, it's Amazon's affiliate program. If you ever see, if you ever see links in YouTube videos for products you know if someone does a review video and then there's Amazon links in the description, chances are those are Amazon Associates links. Which is the largest affiliate program in the world where you can basically link to any product on Amazon and earn a commission if someone purchases anything within 24 hours. So pretty cool stuff. You have to join the affiliate program and that's why we have to create the YouTube channel because when you join the Amazon Associates affiliate program they ask you for a website. Now if you don't have a website you can actually substitute it with a YouTube channel. But what you wanna do is you wanna make sure that YouTube channel looks lived in. You wanna make that YouTube channel look like it actually has some decent content on there. You don't just wanna have an empty YouTube channel which is why steps three and four are kinda interchangeable because step number four is to create content, right there. So this would be videos. If you had a website, content would be blog articles or posts but for a YouTube channel the content that you create, they're videos. And so what you wanna do when you create this content is you wanna create content that gets people in that buying phase. So what does this mean? Basically when people, they wanna buy something. Let's say they wanna buy a new pair of headphones, right? What do they do? They go online and they do research. They read and they watch review videos, right? So they read, they watch reviews, they watch comparisons. You've seen these videos, you know? Stuff like top five headphones, bluetooth headphones of 2017 stuff like that, right? So this content is extremely powerful and effective for selling products because it directly speaks to people who are in that buying phase. Now there are some people, the phases of selling are like researching, there's buying, there's people who are ready to make a purchase, then there's people who are just discovering a topic. So you don't necessarily want to reach people who are looking up, what is bluetooth, right? You wanna be reaching people who are looking up what are the best bluetooth headphones for $200 in 2017? That's what you wanna be targeting rather than a very general topic, right? So basically you wanna create content that gets people in that buying phase because it's gonna be so much easier for you to sell if someone is already willing to buy, you just need to give them that gentle push to get them to make that purchase. So step number four, that's content. And in that content you put the Amazon Associates links. You put your affiliate links in the description of the content and it's very simple. And I have a tip for you guys to increase your clicks, increase your sales. If you do have these videos, you're creating this content you have the links in the description. Make sure in the video that you mention and you tell people directly to click the link in the description, why? Because for some reason people like being told what to do and you know, you may disagree with that. A lot of people, maybe you're a rebel. But psychologically human beings like being given directions it makes things easier. You know, you don't have to think as much. So for this kind of content, what you wanna do is you wanna tell people to click that link in the description but also provide an incentive. Now, the incentive that I usually go with is hey, if you'd like to save some money, if you want a discount then click the link in the description to get the lowest price available. And Amazon usually has the lowest prices anyways so by saying that and giving that incentive and initiative, telling them to take action, it's so much more effective than putting the link up there and then not speaking on it on your video, right? So that right there, golden nugget. Number five, step number five of our five steps to starting an affiliate marketing business for free. Step number five, this right here is going to be, I'm just gonna call it distribution but let me expand upon that. So distribution, there ya go, distribution. So actually in my call with Stepfan earlier today we discussed content and distribution. So there are two sides of the coin, one of them is you need to create content, content that sells. You need to make good videos that get people to buy, that get people excited to make a purchase that get people sold, basically. So you need to create really good videos. Now number two, the other side of the coin or the other side of the ball is distribution. You have to distribute this content because you could create the greatest sales video on the planet but if nobody watches it how many products are you gonna sell? Not a trick question, it's very simple. If your video gets seen by zero people chances are you're gonna make zero sales, right? So the question is pretty simple, it's pretty straightforward. How do you get traffic to your content? How do you get eyeballs in order to get those sales, right? So I get this question a lot, probably almost daily, and I get people asking me how do you get traffic to your content in order to get sales? And there's a lot of strategies here and I teach some specific strategies to my students; however, basically it's very simple guys. There's two ways to get traffic. One of them is organic, one of them is how to get traffic for free. And you know, there's a ton of different methods that you can get free traffic; however, it's not as effective as paid traffic to be honest with you and just to be straight up. Because when you have no following, a lot of people ask, how do I get no traffic with no following? The secret is paid traffic. You have to pay for it and you know, beggars can't be choosers. If you don't have a following, if you don't have any subscribers, you don't have any followers and you're creating content, no one's gonna watch it you know, unless you use free traffic methods or you pay for it. Now, I'm a big believer in you gotta pay to play. I'm a big believer in investing in your business so I think that you should use paid traffic to get results much quicker. However, this video is about starting for free. So let's double down on the free method which would be you need to just promote in as many free channels as possible. And this involves basically bootstrapping and getting scrappy with it. It means gorilla marketing tactics. So it means stuff like going on forums, right? And going on YouTube comments and not spamming. You need to avoid spam at all costs because there is a way to do free traffic; however, it's not in being spammy or basically throwing up your links everywhere. The way to do free traffic is as much as possible if you can provide value to people and if you can make it as organic as possible, so that means giving before taking, you gotta give to get, then do that as much as possible. So if you're on a forum for example answer questions, help people out, provide a perspective, say thank you, appreciate people and they are more likely to you know, scratch your back in return versus people who just ask, they just take, take, take. They're like hey, I need this, I need that, help me, help this, help that. People are not gonna wanna help you if you're not willing to give them something in return or in the first place. And one of the key laws or ya know techniques in influence and persuasion is reciprocation. That's giving someone something without necessarily asking for something in return right then and there but just giving. Because the more you give the more value you give the more you're gonna receive in the long run and that's the best way to go about things. Don't chase the quick buck because that's honestly gonna hurt you more than it's gonna help you. What you wanna do is you wanna give as much as possible in order to get. So that right there, that is my views on free traffic is you have to make it as organic as possible. That's the keyword, organic. Don't make it seem like a sale. If people know that they're being sold to they don't like it, right? So instead, why don't you actually try and provide some real value to people and help people out. That way everything comes so much easier. So distribution, again since the problem is we're kinda limited here since we are talking about free you're not gonna be as effective as someone who has the means to do paid traffic and invest in ads. And it doesn't even have to be that much. It can be $5 per day and that could literally land you dozens if not hundreds of views. Honest, think about that. If you do come up on some funds, you do want to invest in paid traffic, and I can't get into that in this video, it would literally take me hours to discuss my strategies for paid traffic. This video is just a quick primer on basically giving you guys a five-step strategy on how you can get started for free today. So anyways, that wraps up the strategy. I hope you guys enjoy that. I hope you guys got value from it. If you did please right now, thumbs up and comment below letting me know or else I'm not gonna know, I'm not gonna hear you, and the more likes and comments this video gets the more I'm gonna create content just like this and keep making those affiliate marketing videos. So if you guys did find value in that, you know, take two seconds to give it a thumbs up and to comment but that wraps up this video. One last thing that I wanna way is I wanna touch upon the course because so many of you are interested and you're messaging me every single day and commenting about the course. But basically things have been pretty crazy in a good way. We now have hundreds, hundreds of students and I mean the diversity of the students is insane. Like I said earlier, Stepfan Taylor. We got NFL player in the course. I have these YouTubers who have close to half a million subscribers who actually just joined the course as well and who I'm working with right now and mentoring. I got Iman Gadzhi who is a 17-year-old entrepreneur who specializes in personal branding and social media marketing who has made over $300,000 at 17 years old. He's in the course as well. So basically things have been pretty crazy. I've been making a lot of really cool connections and the best part has been the results that my students have been seeing. So I just wanna share this with you guys. One of my students, his name is John. And he posted this yesterday. He posted this picture. He has been in the course for I think just a couple weeks now and he just made and launched his website. And as you guys can see here in a one-week span November 21st to November 27th 2017, in a one-week span he sold over $600 worth of items on Amazon with a 20% conversion rate. So it's pretty nuts. These numbers to some people, they may not be that impressive, ya know, but to me this is amazing. This guy just got started and he had no experience, no background, and he just created his first affiliate marketing website and business and is getting sales. He sold over 20 items in a one-week span. And this is nuts to me because this is just the beginning for him. And I know that if he sticks to this and he keeps working I mean that's gonna be 10 times as much, 100 times as much one day. So it's really insane for me to see these students getting results in such a short period of time because for me it took me so long to get my first 20 sales and people are doing that in a week. And I have other students who actually have earned over $1,000 from the course alone in just about a week or two span. So again, I never preach get rich quick, and my course is not for the people who are looking to make a quick buck, it isn't for you. It's for people who are looking to make a long-term business and brand that's gonna last for months if not years to come. It's gonna make you money on vacation just like it did for me when I was in Scottsdale, Arizona last week. So if you guys are interested in the course, again I mentioned in my last video that the price is going up and I'm about to increase the price by Friday. So I said Friday in the last video, it's gonna be this Friday that I'm gonna be increasing the price of the course because I'm gonna be wrapping up the email marketing module which I'm expanding upon. But yeah, so basically it's been a great ride. So many connections, so many cool people have been in the course have been sharing their stories, have been sharing their results and success. So it's been so great and if you guys are interested shoot me a message or hop in there because I'd love to work with you, I'd love to see you in there. So, anyways, appreciate everything guys. I wish you a great rest of your day. I hope you guys stay productive and you stay positive. Alright, catch you guys in the next one, peace.

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