#fear of cars and stories bout missing people just being grabbed and taken away

[tankgotstuckinthecircusgate]

«i had a dream about my funeral tonight» carlo after moretti's murder, who sometimes wonders if the same fate will befall him

«I sullied my youth with the most vulgar of dreams: In black cars that look like big turtles Shouting out over other people's thoughts in their skulls I'll have a dream about my funeral The bitter rubber of drunken saliva stretches and stretches, a stubborn thread And it ends, thinning When it ends, I'll be gone too Find me, find me, find me under the fence Eyes, eyes, eyelids, lips Black flame» ^ won't link the song but here's the other one that may fit the mood i guess. anyway it's a good song

«Dad, the kids are out in the yard They're burying a bird Not a pigeon or a tit Dad, give me two rubles I'll throw it in the pit Dad, we're family Don't be dramatic

Dad, my collarbone's been hurting all morning Somewhere in the middle of the yard There's a bird buried Dad, give me some milk I'll pour it in the pit»

[ecotone99]

[MF] Symptoms of Anger

Logline: A disease pandemic strikes in which anger is a prominent symptom, how does life change when anger must be resisted at all costs?

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"Breaking news, scientists have discovered a new virus called Choler. It causes extreme bouts of anger; a person can be calm for one second and totally out of control the next. Choler is very infectious, even being in the presence of someone angry may lead you to be angry as well. Please shelter in place until this pandemic has passed, if friends or loved ones begin to experience bouts of anger, please consult a physician, and they'll be locked in quarantine, be safe everyone. I'm Loretta Sanchez, BNN News."

Maureen and Larry Stapleton just finished having a heated argument about Maureen going 3,000 miles over on her car's oil change, when the news bulletin broke. Larry has been known to fly off the handle sometimes in his past. Maureen takes excellent care of him; she doesn't want him to be in quarantine. It's rumored that quarantine is a death sentence, even if you don't have a disease, proximity infects you anyway.

"Maureen, could you pass the newspaper," Larry asks.

"Yes, would you like a particular section?" Maureen says as she holds up the paper.

"No, I would like the whole newspaper," Larry says, becoming agitated with every move Maureen makes. She hands him the newspaper, takes a deep breath, gathers her keys and coat. Without arguments, they have very little to talk about,

"I'm heading to the supermarket. Would you like anything while I'm there?" Maureen asks.

"Sure, I could go for a nice ham sandwich or something," Larry says.

As Maureen enters the store, she notices that everyone is friendly to one another, adorned with face masks and gloves, everyone is overly nice. At the deli, Maureen and another woman, go to grab the same ticket, the woman steps back, offering Maureen the ticket first. As they're waiting for their number to be called, Maureen wonders over to produce. She grabs the last peach off of the display. A man approaches who missed the last peach by a second,

"I was going for that last peach; you saw me coming, you know you did," the man says, challenging Maureen.

"I swear, I didn't see you, I apologize, here, take the peach," Maureen offers.

"Yeah, like I want a peach that had your infected hands on it. I can't believe they're out of peaches; this is the worst supermarket I've ever been to, I'm never going to come back in here again, where's the manager?" the man screams. Customers start to run for the door out of fear of the virus. The man is eventually wrestled to the ground by two men in hazmat suits. It was a scary moment.

When Maureen arrived home, she placed Larry's sandwich on the table in front of him,

"You got roast beef," Larry mentioned.

"Isn't that what you wanted?" Maureen asked.

"Oh, I thought I said ham, it's alright," Larry says as he gently starts to eat the roast beef sandwich.

Month one of the shelter in place, Maureen did everything in her power to appease Larry, the last thing she wanted was to have Larry get in "a mood" and wind up in quarantine or worse. Larry made sure to take full advantage, from Larry's perspective, Maureen was a people pleaser, she liked cleaning and babying him.

Maureen was helping out at a charity benefit for those who suffer from Choler. Her friend, Patty, roped her into helping, however, Maureen ended up doing most of the work. The day of the event came, and their registration tent and advertisements were vandalized the night before.

"Do you believe what they did to our sign," Patty said.

"It'll be alright, most of the advertisements barely have any writing on them," Patty says, trying to look on the bright side, avoiding negativity at all costs.

"Hooligans, don't they know it's for a good cause, I lost a brother and a cousin to this disease, I can't believe this," the woman says as she tries to engage Maureen, but it's just not working. Maureen pulls away from Patty, cautiously giving her a wide berth.

"What are you doing? I don't have the disease," Patty says as Maureen starts to run away. "Go ahead, keep running, everyone is so obsessed about not getting angry, that no one gets mad about things they should get mad about!" the woman says as Maureen is out of sight.

A month and a half in and bills are due; Larry pays the bills for the household. He notices that this month, their credit card statement is five hundred dollars more than usual. He calls Maureen,

"Hey hun, what's going on with the credit card, how come it's two and half times what it normally is?" Larry asks. Maureen comes in from the kitchen,

"That's from Janice's baby shower, Jamie and I were supposed to share the expense, but then she lost her job," Maureen said.

"There you go again, getting taken advantage of by your sister, how many times have I said it over the years, she's a deadbeat," Larry says.

"Calm down, are you feeling okay?" Maureen asks.

"I feel fine; I just don't like to see you taken advantage of, that's all," Larry reassures.

"You know my sister, we're never going to see that money," Maureen says without a doubt.

"You need to take a stand with her, tell her how you feel, once and for all," Larry says.

"I think everyone should bottle things up these days; showing emotions can only lead to one thing, a one-way ticket to quarantine," Maureen insists.

"I'm going for a walk," Larry says as he takes a deep breath.

Larry's on the verge of a breakdown, keeping his anger under control is a full-time job for Maureen, he's like a volcano ready to erupt. Maureen starts to suspect he might even have the virus. These thoughts keep her up at night.

Going into the second month of the pandemic, at work, things aren't much better for Maureen, after social distancing began, Larry's been home, away from work. Maureen works double hours, working extra hard to make sure all work is finished on time; she doesn't want to give her boss any reason.

Unfortunately, they are also looking to cut the workforce. Behind her back, a co-worker named Jennifer took credit for a stellar presentation that Maureen put together, Maureen's name never came up in conversation. When push came to shove, Maureen was let go, and they promoted Jennifer instead. It didn't take that much detective work to find out what happened. The virus was at peek numbers at that time; she knew that if she got angry, everyone would think she had the disease. She stayed calm at work, but when she told Larry she lost her job, he did not have such a tempered reaction.

"After all the work you put in, they did what?!" Larry shouted.

"Calm down, I didn't tell you all this so that you could make a big deal out of it, let me handle this in my way," Maureen said trying to occupy her thoughts and actions with cooking, cleaning and sudoku puzzles.

"Nothing is stopping me from going down there and giving them a piece of my mind; maybe I happen to fall and scratch your bosses' car on the way out," Larry says as you take deep breaths to calm down.

Next week, the pandemic is approaching its third month. The mayor wanted to hold a meeting with the town residents to nip any bad habits once and for all. At the meeting, they revealed that much of the anger was happening at night. In order to curb unnecessary rage after dusk, the city is enforcing a curfew on everyone. The curfew made a lot of people in the town hall a little nervous, no one more than Larry. He didn't waste any time getting to his feet,

"It is unacceptable for you to have this much control over our lives," Larry said in an elevated tone.

"Mr. Stapleton, there will be time for public comment at the end of this meeting, until then I ask that you be quiet," the mayor said.

"No, I will not be quiet, I think this is an outrage," Larry said. Before Larry could get going, the mayor waves to police officers in hazmat suits,

"Take him into quarantine," the mayor said. Maureen stepped up,

"No, you can't; he's not sick if you put him with the other's, he's going to die for sure!" Maureen pleads.

"Put her in there, too," said the mayor.

"Me? I've had enough of all this! How dare you, we're under enough stress having to worry about our day-to-day frustrations, the virus, if we'll be able to pay our bills next month and now, we can't even go outside at night, Maureen says. Residents in the town hall are nodding in agreement with Maureen. It has been so long since they've seen anger, they forgot how cathartic it is.

"Mrs. Stapleton, you are out of order," the mayor says as he bangs his gavel on the table. Maureen makes her way to the front, takes the gavel from his hand, and throws it across the auditorium. She then proceeds to choke the mayor.

"You son of a bitch!" shouts Maureen, releasing three months of pent-up rage. The police are entirely ignoring Larry, and they are all starting to rip Maureen off the mayor; it takes four people to stop Maureen. When she is under control, an official from the medical board enters the auditorium.

"They've discovered a cure for Choler! Quarantine is over." says the medical officer. They released Maureen with that, and the mayor doesn't press charges.

Anger is one of those emotions that is a double-edged sword; it pushes people to right wrongs, prevents injustice, and share opinions, but it can also cause a fury that can land you in jail. Pain and fear are underlying where there is anger. To internalize that long-term pain and anxiety can only show itself in another way or at another time. Perhaps it's the virus? Maybe they're just people hitting their breakpoint? It's hard to say, sometimes you look at one person, and they seem like a raving madman, but you don't know their back story, maybe they just got to a point where they couldn't take it anymore.

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My Wedding Ring Has More Lives Than a Cat!

     I finally found a pretty setting with two oval diamonds on each side. They were twice as big as my first ring! When the jeweler started setting in diamonds my friend kept saying, "A little bigger one please." I finally said, "Okay, that's big enough for me and I'm sure it's going to cost a fortune." Frank just grunted. Two weeks later I had my new wedding ring.

     I proudly wore my new diamond for about 8 months when one night as I was getting ready for bed I took it off and had it in my hand. Just as I went to flush the toilet I dropped my ring. I started screaming as it was being flushed away. By the time Frank got into the bathroom I was screaming and sobbing. At first he was relieved to find out that I wasn't mortally wounded. He then said there wasn't much he could do about it so we should just go to bed.

     I got up early and asked the kids not to use any water in the house just in case we could find my ring somewhere. Of course Frank said if I was just going to flush my ring down the toilet that we might just as well use the water as it was gone anyway. After an hour of crying he finally gave in and took the toilet off to look in the drain. No ring anywhere. More sobbing. "It's in the septic tank now," was all he would say. I headed downstairs as I knew the drain pipe was in the cellar and maybe we could take it apart. He followed mumbling a few choice words.

     When we finally got the main drain taken apart I shined a flashlight into the drain and sure enough, I could see a shiny diamond a few feet down. Using a wire coat hanger we fished it out. Oh, the luck.

     Years went by and I gained a few pounds. Well, more than a few and my ring didn't fit comfortably on my ring finger anymore. So, I started wearing it on my little finger but it was a little loose. One day at work a co-worker came up the stairs and was holding my ring. She had found it at the bottom of the stairs! It had slipped off of my finger and I didn't even know it! Again, luck.

     The next year I was the director of the local rodeo queen pageant and had to be out at the rodeo grounds every night for the War Bonnet Round Up. Thousands of people attend this rodeo each year. One night my ring was feeling loose on my little finger so I slipped it off and into my pocket. When I got home at midnight my ring was missing. I was sick but didn't dare tell Frank.

     The next day, my daughter and I went back to the rodeo grounds before the rodeo and walked around trying to find the ring. I was pretty sure it probably fell out of my jeans pocket when I got my car keys out but couldn't find it in that area. We then walked through all of the places I had been the following night. No one had turned a ring into lost and found either. I searched throughout the evening and again, went home sick.

     The next night was the last night of the rodeo. I again parked in the same area and went searching and looking. I'm sure people thought I was looking for my marbles the way I was acting! That night as hundreds of vehicles were leaving I had a rodeo wrap-up meeting and was late in getting away. 

     The search and rescue teams were hanging around waiting for everyone to leave. I asked if any of them had had a ring turned in A few of them asked where I thought I had lost it and said they would be glad to help me look. The grabbed their flashlights and fanned out in the grassy area where I had parked. Again, a shiny diamond was spotted! I was giving hugs to everyone while shedding a few tears.

     About a year later I couldn't find my ring once more. I searched everywhere I might I have left it. Weeks went by and one day as I was looking through my large briefcase bag I found it in the bottom. It must have slipped off while I rummaging around. I was so happy to find it once more. I called my daughter, as she was the only one I had confessed my fears too, and she told me to get it re-sized. I didn't.

         A few months later I couldn't find my ring. Not again! I looked through the ring section of my jewelry stand, where I always put it at night, and it wasn't there. A new search. This time I first checked all of my bags and purses thinking it might have slipped off once again. Nothing. Again, I had a really sick feeling thinking this had to be the last time I could lose it. Several months went by and still no ring. I even contemplated calling my insurance. And then one day I was looking for a pair of earrings I hadn't worn in a while in my huge jewelry stand and there was my ring! It was with several pairs of gold earrings and I just hadn't seen it. This time I put it in a proper place vowing to get it re-sized so I could wear it again.

     Then a miracle happened. I lost about 35 pounds and my ring was able to slip onto my ring finger once more. I could wear it safely. Knock on wood.

History of the Diamond Engagement Ring

Why Diamonds Became the Standard

     I often wonder how traditions start, their origin, meaning and why they last for as long as some do. The diamond has been one of the most valuable stones throughout history and has had symbolic meaning for quite awhile. The first thing that may come to your mind is engagement, in recent history the diamond has been used as a symbol of love, devotion, passion, commitment and wealth. 

     The use of diamonds in engagement rings is a rather new concept. Historically the first recorded diamond engagement ring was given in 1477 worn by Archduke Maximillian of Hamburg and Mary of Burgandy growing the popularity of the stone in engagement rings. Many doubt that they started the trend, but it could be noted that they started the trend among the royal and wealthy at that time. This trend would actually not catch on for hundreds of years.

     I did a little investigation to find out more about this coveted stone. The beauty, strength, and durability of the diamond have given it a lasting effect in many cultures. Before the diamond was placed on engagement rings it was simply a band braided out of copper to be placed on the fourth finger of the left hand. This tradition was started in the Greek culture, they believed that a vein (vena amorous) runs directly to that finger from the heart. Later on during the middle ages men traditionally wore a betrothal ring suspended from the band in their hats ready to give to their chosen bride. These betrothal rings were usually inscribed with poems or messages until the Victorian era.

     During the Renaissance the popular ring was called a "gimmel" (twin rings) which consisted of two or three interlocking rings. Each ring went to the bride, the groom and occasionally the third for the witness. Later on, a diamond cluster ring was popular during the time of Luis XVI (1754-1793) and remained popular for 150 years after.

     The heart stone was popular during the 17th and 18th centuries and often accompanied rubies or other gem stones. The rubies signified love and the diamond signified eternity.

     In 1888 The De Beers Consolidated Mines, Ltd. was founded and during this time the demand for the diamond would rise and fall several times until 1939. At this time the first advertisement for the diamond engagement ring was published which shaped the public opinion on diamond engagement rings. Around the 19th century the Tiffany or solitaire ring was introduced and a while later the princess ring was introduced. 

     The princess ring consisted of three to five diamonds across the top and was popular in the during the 20th century. In 1953 Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell stared in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes performing the famous "Diamonds are a girl's best friend", which sparked the popularity of diamonds for years afterwards. Even today there is a high demand for platinum diamond engagement rings as the ultimate sign of love and engagement; with 78% of all engagement rings sold every year are diamonds engagement rings.

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Wedding Rings and Engagement Rings Stories

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