#hoping to write some in time for xmas... just currently gaming as much as I can because it's fun

[leadersguilt]

obsessed how it's mainly in moments of severe stress that jean smiles.

[jrpneblog]

Better week on the road for North End

Four points from two away games is a decent return in anybody`s book and as they say at Golf it is not how, it is how many. North End grabbed a point at Norwich last Saturday afternoon in a game that will not be remembered in the annuls of history. They followed up with a good win at Huddersfield on Tuesday evening when we got our shooting boots back and scored three decent goals in what was a much better display than of late. The attacking intent was there for all to see in West Yorkshire and I am sure it gladdened the hearts of the 1,176 who made the trip over on a miserable Tuesday evening. What we need to do now is consolidate and build on the four points to get some of the positivity back in the club and in the manager, much of which has been lost in recent weeks. The game against Watford at the weekend will not be easy but with players hopefully returning we can win this last home game before Xmas and ease back into the play off spots.

Ryan Lowe said before the game at Norwich that keeping the back door shut was the first priority and we certainly set up to do that with little attacking intent in the first half of the game. It was a poor spectacle to watch in all honesty with the home side having some decent players but seriously lacking in confidence as I suppose North End were. To be fair we defended quite solidly and charged a couple of efforts down from the home side when they threatened the North End goal. We could have actually won the game in the last twenty with Whiteman hitting the bar and Whatmough having a goal bound shot blocked but 0-0 just about summed up the afternoon and it was certainly a better point for North End that it was for Daniel Farke`s side.

On Tuesday evening in West Yorkshire we finally burst out of our defensive coat and took the game to Huddersfield right from the first whistle. A shot and a shout for a penalty came in the first couple of minutes before Browne gave us the lead inside four minutes. North End looked much better playing this 3-5-2 and dominated for much of the half. Keane made it two before half time and we were well on our way. Unfortunately we sat back back after the break and the home side took advantage pulling one back through Ward but when Whiteman scored a third for North End midway through the second half it was game set and match. North End saw out the rest of the game quite comfortably and could have won four or five if the truth be known. However it was a god win and a generally good performance from the boys to set us up for the game against Watford at Deepdale on Saturday.

Watford come to Deepdale having been beaten at home on Tuesday evening by high flying Ipswich Town 1-2 after taking the lead in the game. The Hornets recent record is won two, drawn one and lost two of their previous five Championship games. They have played nine games on the road, winning two, drawing three and losing four, scoring just seven goals and conceding thirteen. Although their away record is nothing to write home about this is definitely a team that should not be underestimated and some think they are currently punching below their weight being mid table in the Championship four points behind North End. Hopefully we will have Osmajic back and Emil Riis is not too far away either. This will give the manager the choice he needs up front so lets hope that one or both are involved on Saturday when I expect the team to give the fans a pre Xmas boost in the last home game before the big day.

And finally this week:- I had to look twice when I saw footage of a top Turkish referee being assaulted by a senior official of one of the participating teams in a Turkish Super League match. The right hook sent the ref to the floor and then he was kicked while he was on the floor. It was an utterly appalling incident and I sincerely hope it is a life ban and serious assault charges for the two men involved. I know football is passionate but that is way over the top and I hope these two thugs get what they deserve.

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MATCH PREDICTION -

Watford (H) League - Home Win

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JR`s HIGH FIVES

QPR to beat Plymouth Argyle 1/1

A £5 Stake returns £10.00 on bet365

SEASONS STATS

Returns £86.00 Stake £95.00

Percentage profit+/-loss - 9.49%

Predictions 19 won 8 lost 11

[actualbird]

Hope you're doing well! ♥️

So I have a confession to make: I haven't played ToT for a whole week now. I'm kinda scared to go back in because of the new event, (the Christmas one) because I'm afraid I won't finish it in time but at the same time I don't want to miss out on it so I have just been sitting in this limbo.

I think I maybe burned out because I finished everything? So the only thing I looked forward to were the events (some of the events were brilliant, some not so much) and in my opinion, they aren't spaced apart enough for me to enjoy them. I play this game for the story so when there isn't much of it, it's hard to just even log in daily - keeping in mind I haven't missed a single day since I got the game.

I really hope we get new main and character stories soon because I can't see myself being interested enough?

I'm genuinely lost because I absolutely love this game!

I don't know, these are just my ramblings.

I'm 👌 this close to sending you angst about Luke dumping Marius and Aaron accidentally telling the NXX team about Luke's condition 😅

P.S. The recent Artem fic - first of all, how dare you make me tear up again? Secondly, I can imagine Artem grading himself after the appointments, like: Oh, the therapists didn't like what I said, I get an F!

LIKE NO! YOU CAN'T WIN OR LOSE THERAPY, YOU DUM DUM!

I just want to hug him! ♥️

Okay, that was a lot! Please take care! 🌺

hullo, hibiscus!!! i hope ur doing well too :DDD

ooooohhh i can relate to this sentiment!! i havent stopped playing but i deffo feel a big mood at "events coming in too fast to enjoy them" like yep yep. im STILL processing luke bday and now theres xmas partyland!! before that, i was STILL processing symphony of the night and then RRG part 1 happened gbsdjkgsd

tho if it's any consolation, the current event Xmas Partyland doesnt have any event plot like Symphony of the Night or RRG. it's just a boardgame thing, like Summer Breeze!!!

also not sure if i u kno but it seems tot wants the global server to catch up to the cn server (i talk about it here and here) so that global wont stay 1 year behind cn server forever. this has pros (more stuff at a faster pace) but also cons (MORE STUFF AT A FASTER PACE, IT'S HARD TO KEEP UP, also it's fuckin up some of the relationship development espeeeeecially mc and marius hoo boy)

based on the cn server, we should be getting the Personal Story 3 AND Main Story 6 installments in February of next year, 2022 (the pvs for them for the cn server was released at that time, 2021), but again, with how tot wants global to catch up, who knows if we're gonna get it earlier.

i'd REALLY LOVE IT EARLIER. i want the main and personal stuff earlier and the events a liiiiittle bit more spaced out bc tbh, i can only write so much so fast to respond to it all HAHA (im enjoying myself, yes, but im close to collapsing at the end of every day so UH)

anyway, if ur excited for more story already, i guess one solution is to watch/read translation of cn server content!!! ofc only if u want, i used to be somebody who didnt want Any Future Spoilers At All, but then luke pearce happened and now im in shambles, i know what happens in future personal story, im in pain SO MUCH PAIN BUT ALSO it rlly bolstered my excitement a bunch, if that makes sense?

sdkjfsbkjBJKSD LMAO AT THE ANGST, HIBISCUS. as always, im very open to receiving angst hcs OwO.....just be prepared for me to find some kinda way to give it a hopeful happy ending HAHA, i have trouble accepting bad endings, when it comes to love....

thank you for reading "designed to send mixed signals, one image made up of different pixels" :DDDD!! sorry for the tears tho skjfbkjBK AND UR RIGHT. YEAH. THATS AN ARTEM THING TO DO (and also something i did back when i was having therapy, OOPSIE DOODLE)

artem: can i see the grading rubrics for this?

dr reyes: artem, this is therapy. there are no grading rubrics.

artem: oh. oh no. what do i do now, then?

dr reyes: love yourself, ideally, but we'll get there.

take care as well, hibiscus!!!!!

[gerec]

fanfic writers tag game!

Tagged by the lovely @luninosity; thank you this was lots of fun! And my turn to tag @lyricfulloflight, @lachatblanche, @kianspo, @fullmetalcarer, @elenothar, @ikeracity!!!

Which of your fics…

* Did you think would get a bigger reaction/audience than it got:

I thought Obsession would find a bigger audience than it did, because it’s basically a fic about stranger Erik sexing up married Charles while his husband Logan watches. I guess the idea of Charles/Logan as the married couple might have diluted the appeal to some Cherik fans, which is too bad because the Cherik sex in it is some of the best pwp I���ve ever written lol.

Also, I thought for sure more people would like When Erik Met Charles than they did, because it’s a Cherik cracky romcom with the ‘friends to lovers’ trope (it’s a When Harry Met Sally au). :D :D :D

* Got a better reaction than you expected:

Do Not Answer Because The Sex Was Terrible - I banged this little gem out in one sitting and I honestly never expected people to like it as much as they did lol.

* Is your funniest:

Charles Xavier's Baby for sure! I loved writing ‘who’s the daddy’ with Charles as the hapless, if very annoyed father-to-be with a previously unknown mutation (getting knocked up!!!) and trying to deal with his ex (Erik) and current bf (Logan) constantly fighting over him and the baby lol.

* Is your darkest/angstiest:

From Here, To Here is definitely the angstiest angst that I ever angsted lol, and one of the rare times I wrote Major Character Death. I’m really proud of how hard it hits you in the feels though so I def. recommend ha!

I’m not sure I write really ‘dark’ fics (except dirtybad pornz!), though I guess the ending to my fantasy au The Painter (Masterpiece Remix) can be interpreted as being pretty chilling with what happens to Renaissance Painter!Charles...

* Is your absolute favourite:

We'll Always Have Paris - My Casablanca au, with Logan, Charles and Erik in the Rick, Ilsa and Victor Laszlo roles. I LOVE it; it came out exactly the way I had hoped it would and it has some of the most (tragically) romantic scenes I’ve ever written.

* Is your least favourite:

XXX-Men: Days of Future Ass - It’s dumb crack (vs funny crack) and there’s not much else I can say about it lol.

* Was the easiest to write:

The idea and the execution for my mob au The Hellfire Club came together so quickly and easily - I don’t think I’ve ever had a smoother writing process than for this story :D

* Was the hardest to write:

Gods or Mortals, my fantasy au continues to kick the crap out of me, which is absolutely crushing because this is the fic I most want people to read/remember me by.

* Have you re-read the most:

A tie between Charles Xavier's Baby and We'll Always Have Paris, and Sinful Days and Nights for PWP.

* Would you recommend to someone reading your work for the first time:

Setting A Different Course (DOFP ‘plane sex’ fic) and third time's the charm (XMA ficlet collection) for canon fic. We'll Always Have Paris, Lost and then Found (amnesia fic/modern au) and It's Been A Long Time (my ‘Call Me By Your Name’ au).

* Are you most proud of:

Gods or Mortals! I have put so much of my heart and soul into this story, and it has the most extensive world building I’ve ever managed. I’m really, REALLY hoping to get back into this soon.

* Has your favourite line/exchange/paragraph (share it):

This is from an alternate Cuba au where Erik hits Raven with the bullet instead of Charles. 

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“Charles,” he says, and Charles’ head whips around at the sound of his voice, his eyes boring deep rents into Erik’s soul. In all the time and all the ways they’ve known each other, Charles has never looked like this, red hot fury blazing like a firestorm under his skin.

“You,” he snarls, and Erik has to take a step back at the icy venom in his voice. “You did this.”

“I’m sorry,” is all that he can think to say. He stands on the edge of a growing chasm; helpless as Charles’ love and trust in Erik shatters. “I didn’t mean…I’m sorry.”

Charles shakes his head. “You’re sorry? You’re sorry? You killed my sister, Erik! Murderer!”

He’ll never forget the look on Charles’ face, just before they all disappear, as Azazel gathers the others around the telepath one by one. It’s not Charles’ disgust, or his rage that will stay with Erik and dog his every thought; not his pain or searing grief that will haunt his dreams.

“I should have never pulled you out of the water,” Charles says, his voice shaking and barely audible as he chokes on his tears. He stands, still cradling Raven in his arms, and stares at Erik as Azazel moves to grip him by the waist.

“I wish I’d never met you.”

It’s the look of regret, Erik thinks as they all disappear from the beach in a puff of sulfur. He stands amongst the wreckage now, the sun shining bright and beautiful on a cloudless day.

Alone, as he’s always been.

Alone, as it was always meant to be.

[sad-boy-mono]

Character and Relationship Backstory and an update from me

Hey y'all! I have an update on where I've been at the end of this post for those of y'all who have been following Highschool Casualties and are wondering where I went, but if you've just stumbled across this I don't want to throw a long and random explination at ya!

Haven’t read the main story yet?

Heres the Tumblr Masterpost and the Ao3 link!

The characters

Damien Haas

16, sophomore in high school. Hardcore musical theater kid from grades 4-8. Loves to sing and shit. Got quite a few bigger roles early on. Things got busy freshman year, so he had to put things on hold.

(Favorite musical is probably falsettos or something idk I'm not a theater kid.)

(That's a lie, I'm just a bad theater kid XP)

Fucking loves superhero movies and shit because haha irony.

Favorite class is Drama, least favorite is math. Because math is hard and temporary but Shakespeare is forever.

Has an irrational fear of doctors, dentists, and needles due to some surgical mishaps that occurred when he was young. Also has a fear of the ocean.

Deals with anxiety and frequent panic attacks.

Shayne Topp

15, sophomore in high school. Really fucking loves football, but not on the team. He wanted to be, but he use to be friends with some of the people on the football team. And they... weren't the best to say the least. They were bad influences and caused Shayne to do bad things. He's no longer friends with them, but still goes to the games with Courtney and Damien to cheer on Courtny's brothers who are on the team.

Favorite class is probably woodworking, least favorite is math. Because math is hard and temporary but birdhouses are forever.

(Though he's actually really good at math, like he has the capability to take honors and do well. It just isn't fun.)

Doesn't know how to ride a bike and can't swim. Deep water freaks him out.

Has a huge fear of hurting other (because haha irony) and always puts his friends before himself.

Courtney Miller

14, freshman in high school. Loves writing and art. Has a lot of sketchbooks, but most of them are half filled. At this point she just collects cool sketchbooks.

Also love film/acting/drama but has a lot of anxiety around performing, so she ends up being on her school's tech crew. She's really good at editing, and has a passion for behind the scenes work around productions.

Favorite musical is Heathers.

Favorite class is her painting and art history class, least favorite is math. Because math is hard and temporary but art is forever.

Struggls a lot with school. Doesn't have many friends outside of Shayne and Damien, even when it comes to her tech crew. Generally on bad terms with "friends" (bullies) from middle school.

Doesn't enjoy the other people in her class. A few of them are former (or current) bullies from middle school.

Relationships

Damien and Shayne

Met in the first grade, became friends in a very first-grader-like manner.

Shayne: Hey I like your pokemon shirt

Damien: Oh thanks, you wanna play with trucks?

Shayne: Yeah sure.

They’ve been best friends ever since.

They had a bit of a falling out from mid 7th through 8th grade because of the guys Shayne hung out with. They were your average middle school douchbags but a lil worse.

Things got sorted the summer following 8th grade.

When they started high school, Shayne’s older brother would pick Damien up and give him a ride to school every morning; even though Damien was in walking distance.

But a month-ish before their freshman year, Shayne’s family ended up moving closer to Damien’s, because a tree fell through Shayne’s house during a terrible storm that hit their town. Even though it hypothetically could've been fixed, the house was old so they took it as a sign to just move.

Shayne is the only person who knows about Damien's anxiety outside of his family, and is who Damien goes to when he's having heighted anxiety or a panic attack.

They also bond over their fear of water strangly often.

Shayne and Courtney

Courtney’s family moved across the street from Shayne’s family when Courtney was in the 7th grade and Shayne was in the 8th. And after the initial family intoductions when the Millers first moved in, Shayne never talked to Courtney. Until about a month later, when he was home alone and Courtney knocked at his door.

After Shayne asked 'what's up?' Courtney asked if they could be friends.

“Do you know how to play smash?” Shayne asked.

Courtney sighed and let out a defeated ‘no’ and began walking away from the door.

“Ok, I’m gonna teach you how to play.”

They would hang out quite a bit until Shayne moved, but they still talked a lot.

Shayne later found out that Courtney would go door to door asking for friends. Shayne was the first and only person who had actually said yes.

Most people mistake them for siblings and when they find out they aren’t related, they assume they’re dating.

Shayne treats Courtney like a little sister and is very protective of her.

Shayne was fucking LIVID when he found out Courtney was being bullied. As much as he wanted to fight them, Courtney talked him down from doing so.

He still did the whole 'don't fuck with Courtney or I will fucking kill you' big brother thing. It did the trick for a while. When you're a very athletic 15 year old, it's easy to intimidate people that are younger than you.

Courtney hasn't told him about... the current bullies though.

Courtney and Damien

Met through Shayne. He made a group chat with the 3 of them that Shayne named “Operation Friendship”. Since Shayne and Damien weren't on speaking terms when Shayne and Courtney became friends they never had a chance to meet.

But they didn’t meet in person until Courtney’s first day of high school, where the 3 of them had their first class together, conveniently...

Anytime they play video games, a conversation along this happens.

"Courtney where did you learn to play this game?"

"...Shayne"

"Explains why you suck"

"HEY!"

(Shayne) "HEY!"

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Hey! Thank you so much for reading! It's been awhile hasn't it. Yeah, I'm sorry. My life has been all over the place for the past few months and I've been struggling to find the motivation to write. I don't want to specifics because it's not only very personal, but a long story.

But to summerize why I sorta dissapeared, I had a lot of personal issues going on with both school and home and as my mental health was on this steady, but consistent, decline, it was at its very lowest in December. My home issues had reached their peak, and with the end of the quarter coming up after Xmas break and my weeks worth of late work coming back to bite me, I was too stressed to work on anything I found enjoyable without losing motivation immidiently.

Things didn't start getting better for me until some time early in semester 2 of my year. My school was transitioning back into fully in person with covid rates at their lowest in my area and things were finally feeling consistant again, but I was still getting my bearings. School still felt draining, though much less than before, and I didn't have much energy to work on things I was passionate about. I don't think I even made a new document for chapter 6 until mid-ish March.

I'm very nervious about coming back to this story after so long for many reason. First being, although I am feeling better mentally, things feel very off with writing this story. Don't get me wrong, I have a lot of passion to write this story and want to see it to completion, I've just had a fluxuating interest in smosh aswell. I enjoy the channel, just not as much as I use to. And my hyperfixation on Smosh was a big drive for me writing the story. Second being that I have so much writers block around the sixth chapter of this story, and I'm worried that as soon as I try to work on it, that block will make me lose my motivation again and I'll put it off for another 6 months.

This "chapter" (idk what else I'd call this) has probably been fully finished in my drafts for about a month now, and I've been putting off posting it because of those listed anxieties, but I really want to continue writing this story so I hope you enjoyed!

Also sorry if this explination was all over the place, I just got my first covid vaccine today and am feeling kinda bleh.

[oghoneytryst]

winter flakes.

UPDATED

request: harry is upset when he takes his love to meet his family, but they end up not liking her

or

where the holiday season brings upon a terrible first impression

a/n: yo pls read this is I M P O R T A N T lol ok so I'm trash. I wanted to write so many xmas one shots since I had time but now I just ... don’t. I wanted to finish this one before Christmas Eve bUT that didn’t happen so here’s an essential *part one*. I won’t make another post for part two, I'll just update it on here since I wanted it to be a one-shot and nothing more. 

I just wanted to post this in case I actually don’t finish the rest tmrrw (today) but hopefully I get myself in check.

The second part has been added to this post, thus making this one-shot finished. Happy reading!

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She hides in plain sight, where fragments of white winter flakes sink from the clouds.

The sky is in full gloom, a gray nature that flawlessly exhibits her most inner emotions. A frown etches her face as powdery snow decorates the roofless patio, the couch cushions as stiff as ice. Behind her numb face is the infinite chatter of her teeth; her fists in the pockets of her creamy coat begin to lose feeling.

Somehow, it is warmer out here than it is inside.

She yawns silently, blinks away the icicles of fallen tears from her sad and wandering eyes. She knows she will fall ill soon, but perhaps it is in everyone’s best interest. She – sick in bed as the holidays go on without her. An absence in the family pictures is favorable over having to eventually cut her out with precision and an open-mind.

A reasonable part of her wishes she had declined Harry’s invitation to visit his family this holiday season. She would have had to spend Christmas and New Year’s alone, but she imagines it is better to be in her lonesome than in the company of people who dislike her.

It no longer matters. By some chance, it is better this way. At least now she can prepare for the meek outcome of her relationship’s future – or rather, a lack thereof. 

Through the harsh yet whispering winds, she fails to hear the patio door slide open. With her back to her visitor, she stares out at the hibernating greenery, entirely entranced by the Earth’s chaotic intricacy.

“Baby,” Harry’s voice calls out. “What’re ya doing out here?”

She manages to shrug despite the startle that Harry gives her. “Needed some air.” Tiny inhalations temporarily sniffle the coldness away. She tugs her arms together in an empty self-embrace, hoping that it will still the shivers of her body.

Harry appears behind her, peeling the blanket he had stolen from inside so that it may envelope her entire frame with its great quilted pattern. She senses this added warmth and looks up to her right, gracious of Harry and his proud smile that peers down at her. 

“Better?” he asks, long legs moving him around from behind the patio couch.

It is better, very much so. Yet, when he flumps down on the cushion next to her, she responds with a frown. “Now you’re going to be cold,” she reprimands. He wears nothing more than a puffy sweater, trousers, gingerbread socks, and slippers.

Harry leans forward, slim fingers switching the controls of the sleek fire pit table in front of them. “Why didn’t you turn this on then?” he asks, chuckling when she tries to pull him into the warmth of the blanket for two.

He allows her to wrap him up, two lovers cocooned with legs in a knot and hearts beating as one. His left arm slides around her, lazily squeezing her into his chest. She encloses his waist in a hug, slips a hand underneath his sweater and over his hip. She rubs tenderly with frozen fingers that make his skin tingle, not a single complaint hanging off of his tongue.

“Didn’t want to mess with it,” she answers, snuggling the tip of her nose deeper into his sweater. “Knowing me, I’d figure out a way to break it.”

“So, you’d rather freeze to death?”

“Better than having your mother angry at me.”

“She’d never.” His chin meets with his chest, lump limps against her head. It isn’t so much a kiss, rather a little something that lets her know he’s there. “You should be inside, having a little girls’ talk or wha’ever. Mum’s made some hot chocolate, said she’ll start on the cookies soon.”

“It’s okay. I’m fine out here.”

It is important to note that only a handful of months into their relationship and already does Harry adore her so much. A handful of months in and he has already studied and learned the shifting features of her strongest emotions.

Ecstatic is when her eyes crinkle. They practically disappear behind her happy cheeks, front teeth blossoming with power.

Angry is when she appears neutral. If not for the haunting flare of her nostrils, he would end up playing a dangerous game between his oblivion and her temper. 

Hungry – yes, to her it is an emotion. Apart from her rumbling tummy, she has this certain pout that his lips find irresistible.

Whether her demeanors are bold and obvious or faint and unnoticeable, he is aware of them all. Whether he can see her face or not, he knows. It is in the way she speaks, the way she holds onto him as though he is only possible thing that can calm her mind.

He asks then, “Are you going to tell me what’s wrong?” because she is sad, in the simplest of terms. He doesn’t quite know why – figuring it out on his own requires a little more patience and expertise. For the moment being, he only focuses on her sullen blue mood.

“What do you mean?”

Harry expects her dumbfounded response, along with the slight stiffening of her body. “You trust me, yeah?” he tries instead, eyes to the crackling wisp of the fire.

She raises her head to him, an instant, “Yeah,” as her answer. She doesn’t doubt the confidence she has in him.

Harry pouts with a now delicate grip on her chin. “Then be truthful with me, please?” He loves this position they’re in, where two bodies connect in such an innocent way, an invisible link between their loving eyes. “I don’t want you alone in whatever’s bothering you. You and me, that’s us, alright? No exceptions.”

Her lover seals this promise with a spongy kiss. She admires the way he breathes her in and out, specifically because she likes that certain smell of his. Their mouths melt as one; his tastes of that delicious chocolate liquid that lingers on his lips.

When he pulls away – and god, she doesn’t ever want him to – his green eyes glaze with the upmost sincerity that has her sighing in his arms. From this he knows that he has won, but her prefers to consider it as earning her vulnerability.

He is patient with her, but even then, she is wary. No exceptions, he had said. None, unless it concerns the people most important in his life.

“I kind of ... I didn’t want to start anything,” she begins, evidently avoiding those piercing eyes of his. “Still don’t. Even mentioning it might ... I don’t know, ruin something? And that’s not what I want, because you’re so content right now and I want you to stay that way. I don’t want to be a trouble.”

“Are you trying to say that you’re some kind of burden?” Harry quizzes, suspicious of her spiel’s direction. “Cos’, honest, whatever concerns you is my problem too. If you’re not happy with something, neither am I.”

“That’s the reason, baby!” She sits up straighter, and he tries his hardest not to melt around his girlfriend. For her to call him such an endearment is something he truly loves. It is thick like honey, dripping down the chambers of his heart. “I don’t want you to be upset. If I don’t tell you, at least for the time being, then it won’t affect you. At a time like this, I think that’s pretty important.”

“No!” he argues, eyebrows knitted like the sweater he wears. “No, that’s ... what’s important is that you’re honest with me. ‘Bout anything, at any time. Still don’t even know why you’re upset. You just gotta tell me, I’ll help you. If I didn’t care about you all the time, then I’d hope you’d break up with me for being a dickhead.”

“It won’t be on my part,” she says under her breath, never intending for him to hear. To her dismay, the winter winds are not nearly loud enough to mask her voice.

“S’cuse me?” Harry raises, no longer slouch against the couch. “What do you mean by that? Are you saying that I’m just going to date and dump ya?”

“No.” She shakes her head, repetitively, as if to further deny his assumption. “You know I don’t think of you that way.”

“Alright, then what is it?”

“It’s ... it’s complicated. More than you think, or maybe not ... can we just talk about it later?”

Harry states her name in such a way that is frightening, serious, even emotionless. This is a first in their relationship – the first time he’s ever been so strict with her. 

“If you don’t tell me, I’m going to call my mum and sister out here to drag it out of you.”

His darling’s face expresses shock up to her eyebrows and down to her chin. She shakes her head again, this time more frantic and desperate. “No,” she pleas, gripping onto his cold hands. “Please don’t. Harry, I swear I will never forgive you.”

A spontaneous spill of words conceives her threat. Her bottom lip quivers, her rapid tongue suddenly dry as she waits for Harry to settle back against the couch.

Harry, however, is frozen. He doesn’t know if he is hurt; if he is, he doesn’t know what for. It is just something about this warning of hers that makes him feel weird.

“Forgive me?” he questions, his voice now smaller than hers. “Forgive me for what? Have I done something? Am I the reason you’re upset?”

The look on his face is heartbreaking. She frowns at him again, gently smoothening her fingers over his hands to explain to him, silently, that no, he is not the reason. While in their future – if there even is one – they will have many arguments where he is the one at fault, or she is the one to blame, he currently does nothing to make her feel this way.

For this reason alone, she knows she has to tell him. He is here for her in this blistering cold. He had promised he would be. In such an unfamiliar place as his mother’s home, he is her common, her serenity. This is something that she has to trust in.

“It’s not you,” she confesses, nervous as her eyes begin to dart from side to side. “It’s because ... your family. They hate me.”

Silence. Her heart beat ironically aches in her chest. She tries to find a reaction in his body language; a head tilt in her peripheral, a twitch in his fingers. Instead, there is nothing, which only makes her want to scream.

“Hate you?” Harry blinks, cautious about whether or not she kids with him.

“Hate, dislike ... does it really matter?”

“...No. You’re right, no, it doesn’t matter.” Harry is unyielding, which makes his girlfriend raise her head with surprise. He leans forward, green eyes burning into hers. “Cos’ they don’t feel either way about you. Why would you even say something so ridiculous?”

She cranes her neck up a little, eyebrows soaring in defense. “Have you even been paying attention the entire time since we’ve gotten here?”

“Of course, I have. Haven’t seen anything less than a smile directed toward you.”

“It’s not that hard to fake a smile out of kindness.”

“This is my family we’re talking about. The people who raised me.”

“You don’t think I know that?”

“Alright, so trust me then. They’d never hate the person I’m dating, ‘specially not after just a few hours of knowing them.”

“Seems like there’s a first for everything.”

“Or you’re just being extremely paranoid.”

At this, it is her turn to feel hurt. The word stings a little, especially since she knows she’s right. It is an intuitive gut-feeling; a negative energy surrounds her all afternoon. Harry somehow foreshadows his fate. She is upset, but now it is all because of him.

In an impulsive tantrum, she throws his hands down to his lap. Her body turns away, arms crossing over her chest like a grumpy child. “I knew I shouldn’t have told you,” she grumbles, ignoring the burn she begins to feel in her nose.

Harry knows his family. He knows these accusations of hers are nearly impossible. Though, he also knows that his love had been nervous to come here – and this gesture of hers! It is so harsh and abrupt; it is very unlike her. Harry hates that he only notices her distress over his unintentional name-calling after the damage had already been done. He had promised to be tender, but now his guilt overpowers every fiber in his foolish being.

“Hey ... none o’ that,” he mumbles, reaching out to sling an arm around her shoulder, a gentle hand on her knee. He is afraid that she will push him away, a dent in their relationship that is entirely his fault. To his relief, she actually allows him to pull her in, even turns toward him a little. “M’sorry,” he coos. “So sorry, baby. I didn’t mean that.” 

Harry presses his freezing dry lips to her temple, further murmuring his apologies. She is stubborn with where she is now, but rightfully so. Still, it is nice to have him so close.

“You can tell me anything,” he assures her. “You’re not being paranoid, I’m just ... being a dickhead.” Harry laughs, cursing the universe for this clever turn of events. “I’ll listen, alright? Please, talk to me.”

“You don’t believe me.” She rolls her eyes, hating how instantly she complies to his touch.

“Okay...” His face scrunches as he tries to work his way around this one. “But you’ve got to understand why I’m a little hesitant about it. Look, doesn’t matter. How ‘bout you explain to me why you think that way, hmm?”

His love begins to ease up a little in his arms. She reluctantly turns her head to him; an angry frown still taints her pretty face. In contrast, he smiles warmly, never once loosening his grip.

“...Gemma answered the door,” she explains, making Harry contently sigh.

“Uh huh,” he presses on. He prepares his ears to catch onto any faint detail that he can use to dissect her version of their visit.

“And she was really happy at first because, you know, you.”

“Right.”

“But she kind of like ... interrupted us? Because she opened the door without us even knocking. So, you were whispering in my ear about ... things and because of that, her sudden presence took me by surprise.”

Harry smirks. He had been whispering to her, alright. Whispering about things that his sister definitely doesn’t want to hear.

“So, when she came to hug me, I was still in that sort of shock, y’know? So, I was really stiff and I didn’t even hug her back. It was terrible! When she pulled away, she had this awkward look on her face.”

“I don’t think that means anything. She was probably just taken aback, same as you. Doesn’t mean that it was bad or that she hates you.” 

His girlfriend scoffs. This is how he knows she has much more to say.

“That was nothing compared to your mother. I didn’t even hug her, Harry! She came in for one, or maybe just a kiss on the cheek, and I was so nervous that I just ... turned away! Do you realize how bad that is? Everyone in the kitchen just looked at me like ... like I was some kind of spoiled brat.” 

“But you said it yourself,” Harry rebuttals. “You were nervous. I’m sure my mother understood that. She knows I wouldn’t date someone so self-absorbed.”

“Oh really? Is that why I keep seeing them whispering to each other? Even worse, when they instantly stop once they see that I’m in the room?”

“Alright!” Harry stands up from the patio couch. “I’m going to settle this, and when I’m right, I want a cuddle.”

Her eyes bulge out of her head when she sees her boyfriend rise. She leaps to his side, holding onto his hand as though she is clinging onto the last bit of life.

“What are you doing?” she cries. “Please, don’t say anything. Don’t you dare say anything, are you crazy?”

“How do you expect this to be resolved if I don’t bring it up to them?”

“I am begging you not to. Please ... don’t.”

Harry pauses, staring into her anxious eyes and then to the skin-tight grip she has on him.

He sighs. “Okay. I won’t mention anything, but I am going to figure this out. Whether that means bringing you into the conversation or not.”

“That’s ... fine,” she settles, though she is a little wary of how he will manage to fix any of this. “Can I just ... hold your hand for a little longer?” 

Her beloved smirks, taking his rightful place next to her on the couch. He lets her wrap his larger hands in hers, a tick that he now learns is what she does when she’s nervous. She’d done it when they had first arrived, and she does it now.

“You’re gonna have to let go some time,” he points out, though smitten with the peace she finds in him.

“I know, just ... a little longer, okay?” 

He nods, raising their clump for hands to press a kiss on her knuckles. “Tha’s fine with me.”

~~~

In the face of her reluctant separation of hand-holding, Harry is content when he persuades his girlfriend back into the warm confinements of his mother’s house. 

The two of them walk past the sliding patio door, shuffling away the snow in a living room exuding lively chatter. There are family friends in the mix, extrovertly stunning individuals who sit on cozy cushions with fishbowls of wine in their grips. They’re kind people, a hilarious lot, although she fears their previous talk in these walls.

For a short moment, the queasy uproar in her chest subdues. Anne and Gemma are missing from the bunch. The most vital of Harry’s blood and bones whom she cannot blame for any of this. In actuality, it is she who is the root of the problem. Her mannerisms, her presentation – she has failed herself. She has failed Harry. 

“Alright.” Harry folds the quilted blanket upon locking the sliding glass door. “I think they’re in the kitchen. Would you like to come with?”

She takes a studious gander at the living room. The other guests had only spared the couple a glance upon hearing them walk in. Besides that, they had returned to their chirpy conversations with ease. Their laughs bounce off the walls; the couples discreet chat goes unnoticed.

“N-No.” She shakes her head. Here, in a room full of persons, she is practically invisible. She is safe.

Harry nods, hanging the blanket over the back of the couch. “Okay.” He slips his hand right underneath the side of her jaw, puckering his lips on her forehead. “I’ll be right back then.”

She is frantic again when he says this, pulls him back by the arm as he begins to walk away. “Don’t say anything,” she warns him once more, this time with much more intensity. It is clearly moot to him how ashamed she will feel if he so much as even mentions her sad emotions. 

“I won’t!” he whisper-yells, mimicking her look of absurdity with nothing but loving intentions. “Why don’t you sit down, eh?” He flicks his head to the opposite end of the couch where an entire cushion is available to her. “Next to Michal. Y’think you’ll be okay with that?”

She grimaces, side-eyeing the man’s harmless appearance. “Gemma’s boyfriend ... he probably hates me by default.”

Harry snickers, unable to resist another kiss on her sweet face. “Adorable.”

He backs away from her reach in dance: bends his arms and sways his hips. The glare she sends contrasts his cheeky wink, and he is off to the kitchen.

It is true that he doesn’t want to lie to his darling. It is obvious how in distress she is over this, but he believes that it is nothing more than a mild illusion, a product of her nerves. Surely his mother and sister will find it endearing that she worries so much over their approval. He can fix all of this in a matter of minutes.

“...not know what he’s thinking.”

Harry’s stroll comes to a halt in the hallway, the light of the kitchen cutting diagonally across the floor. He hides in the shadows, up against a wall where his mother and sister cannot see him. Eavesdropping is a dirty thing, but something about his mother’s voice is strange.

Curiosity killed the cat.

“He’s blind to it,” Gemma adds in, a hint of secrecy in her tone. “But that’s him. He grows obsessed, then he gets ... I don’t know, bored?”

Harry narrows his eyes. Are they speaking of him?

“A simple and kind person,” Anne tuts. He can hear her place batter on the cookie sheet. “That’s all I want for him. Why is it so hard?”

“Why don’t you tell him then?” Gemma asks, then pauses. He can imagine her sipping on her wine, licking the elegant flavor off her lips. “Maybe he’ll be open to the idea of you setting him up. He trusts your word more than anyone else.”

“I do have a couple of people in mind that I’d like him to meet, but it’s as you said. He’s obsessed. He won’t listen now. We’ll just have to ... wait it out, see how long it goes for.”

Wait it out? He’s utterly lost, but at the same time, he fears what he already knows.

“Do you think...” Gemma begins, “Okay, this might be a tad harsh, but do you imagine she’s here because her own family didn’t want to spend the holidays with her?”

The question is a bullet to his heart. He blinks rapidly with a face that twists; disbelief washes over all of his senses. Had he heard it wrong? His lovely sister would never be so cruel. Is this all a misunderstanding solely on his part?

His mother. Oh, his dear mother. Her response is the icing on the cake.

“Poor girl. I can’t even begin to think what family must have raised her.” 

He won’t lie – it hurts. Their gossip hadn’t meant to belittle him or his decision making. In a strange type of way, he understands where they’re coming from. They love him. They want what’s best for him.

Nonetheless, understanding doesn’t make him any less upset. It doesn’t make him any less confused, overwhelmed, absolutely livid. This side of his family is a disappointing shock and it makes him a little sick.

Of anything else, he feels for his lovey. While this mess concerns him, it is not about him. In the end, she had been right, and he had been selfish. He had dismissed her, had disregarded her intuition and her discomfort, all because he had much more faith in his family than in her.

His mother and sister’s conversation becomes a jumble, not as if it matters much anyway. He had heard what he had heard, and they had moved onto a new, safer topic as unbothered as one would be flipping through the channels on the telly.

He takes a minute to calm himself, inhaling and exhaling before pushing himself off the wall. A few nervous clicks of his knuckles and he stumbles into the light with more to prove than before. His heavy footsteps garner their attention mid-conversation. 

They greet him with twin smiles, but he responds in a boiling, amusing stare. Leaning against the counter opposite to the island, he crosses his arms and nibbles inside his cheek.

“Everything alright?” Gemma asks, noticing his stare-down with the tile floors. He is in thought, a distracting amount of it, and it is concerning to his sister – his sister that knows him so well.

Harry opens his mouth, lips silently stuttering over infinite responses. How could he go about this in a way that is civil amid his lingering vexation?

“Mother o’ mine,” he comically says, full out ignoring his sister’s question.

The pair of ladies look at him with curiosity, but it is not in an eager or silly way. It is tense. Stiff. Suspicious. 

“Darling?” She smiles, setting the batter aside. Her chin tilts up, her soft features almost overpowering his will. How could he possibly be mad at the woman who’d given him everything? 

He wants to give her a chance. He wants to believe that he’d been right. Very casually does he mention the chat he’d had with his girlfriend, her name that twitches the gleam in their faces. Though it is only a slight falter, a millisecond of a reaction, he had seen it.

“It’s funny.” He laughs, raising his head in the gravity of his words. “She’d said something to me that I found quite ... mmm, ridiculous, I’d say. Unbelievable, even. I couldn’t quite believe it myself, but for her sake, I listened. That’s what a person in a relationship does, after all. So, she’d said to me that she was, ehm, she was feeling a bit down.” 

Anne frowns. “Oh no, darling. What about?”

“What about? Well, she’d said ... hmm, how did it go? In her words, as best as I can remember it anyway, she’d said, your family hates me. Yeah, tha’s what I heard.”

At this sated accusation, the faces of the two women grow paler. Gemma freezes, while Anne swallows in discomfort. Her eyes search for a way out of this maze, but her beautiful son does not allow it. 

“Doesn’t that sound ridiculous, mum?”

“It does,” Gemma answers. She easily catches onto how they have to team up against Harry’s spontaneous quips.

He smiles again. “Right. After all, she’d been devastated to find out that she couldn’t travel to spend the holidays with her family. The snow just wouldn’t allow it. Cancelled her flight and everything.” He steps up, leans forwards now with his palm gripping the edge of the island. “And you had been so kind as to welcome her into your home. So, really, how could you possibly hate her?”

His gaze is unbearable. His mother feels as if she had committed a crime.

“Of course,” Anne chuckles, “that’s – it is ridiculous. I don’t ... hate her.”

“And you, Gem,” he switches his interrogation. “Of all the ... questionable people I’ve been obsessed with, it doesn’t seem sensible that the one simple and kind person I’ve finally ended up with, turns out to be someone you hate, right?”

Gemma raises a brow as the intensity of his stare increases. Their eyes – her dark ones, his light ones – from the same genes collide in a battle. Together, in a team setting, they are competitive, supportive, and practically unstoppable. Apart, in a duel against each other, it is an all-out war.

She never gives in, no matter how grueling. She is as stubborn as he is, but this time, she knows. She knows that the longer she plays this game of his, the winner he will become.

“Oh, stop it!” She folds the towel and turns away from his mocking smirk. “I’m not doing this!”

“Gemma!”

“What? I’m not going to sit here and lie to him.”

“Oh really?” Harry asks, hands on his hips. “Just like you two have done all evening?”

“We haven’t lied!” she defends in a high-pitch.

“You said you didn’t hate her!”

“We don’t!” Gemma sips her wine, commenting very quietly that: “We just don’t like her.”

“Gemma!” Anne repeats. It astounds her that her daughter would be so blunt, but she can’t bring herself to disagree.

Harry shakes his head in shame. Not of his own, nor for bringing his love to this place, but for the distaste of his own blood. “Unbelievable,” he mutters. “It is actually unbelievable. And after all of the boyfriends of yours I defended.”

“Oh, don’t be such a knob.” His sister glares. Her wine glass is lonely on the island counter. “Anyone in my past hadn’t nearly been as impolite as her.” 

“Impolite? Wh—” Harry turns his head from side-to-side. He wonders if anyone else can hear the absurdities. “When has she ever been impolite?”

“Darling,” Anne speaks up. She’d been quiet, nervous about where this sensitive topic would end up going. It had not finished well. “Why don’t we just leave this as it is?”

“No! No, I will not—”

“Harry, please, it’s just not worth it.”

“Not worth it?” He questions, a pattern of the sorts ensuing. Every ridiculous thing they say, he has to repeat. They have to hear it again, from his opposing tongue, and maybe then they will come to terms with how unreasonable they’re being.

“Can you honestly tell us that she’ll be here in a year’s time?” Gemma says, a bit sincerer than she’s been.

“I ... how am I supposed to know that?”

The two women give each other a look. It only boils his blood more.

“Don’t do that!”

“It’s a simple question, Harry.”

“It’s not so simple to answer given that you two don’t even like her! I mean, what – what could you possibly not like about her? What has she done?”

“She’s just ... rude,” his sister answers, his mother nodding in agreement. “Reserved, but in a bad way.”

“She’s nervous!” he retorts, hands twitched out in frustration. “And rightfully so, given how you two are behaving. You’d think, that with all I have to go through in the media, you’d know better than to judge someone off of one unjust impression.” 

“It’s has more to do than that,” Anne says, her tone so sweet that it makes his tummy ache. “It’s just a feeling.”

“A feeling? A hunch then?” He waits for her to nod, and then he nods, and suddenly no one is quite certain where this will go next. “Right. I’ve got one of those myself. I have a feeling, a very strong one at that, that I do want her to be here in a year’s time. But do I see her here, in another 365 days? No.” 

The women are silent, this unexpected sincerity captivates them. Still, there is something circulating the air. It is thick and unsettling, the loud chatter from the living room beginning to echo into their private area.

“She won’t be, because who in their right mind would willing endure this kind of treatment? Oh, the family doesn’t like her. Big shame. There’ll always be another one ready to take her in with open arms. She’ll realize that eventually, and she’ll go. None of this is worth it, as you’ve said, ‘specially not for me.”

The ticking of the wall clock has never sounded so ardent and bold. The more it ticks, the more of Harry’s vulnerability unravels from his monologue – his deepest fear. Tick, tick, tick. Seconds pass, but they are as torturous as lightyears. The trio grows weaker, the team of two at a loss for words. This steady beat in time makes no progress at all.

Harry sighs, a long one that devours them all. He steps around the island, throws an arm around his mother’s shoulders, the opposite hand on the crown of his sister’s head.

“I love you,” he says to Anne, then looks to Gemma. “Both of you. And I respect that this is your house. It’s your decision, I can’t change that. But I can’t stay here and pretend that it’s not a problem. It’s not fair to her.”

He finishes his sentence by giving them both a respective kiss on the head. They don’t respond, emotionless even, and he walks back into the hallway where the light does not blanket his creamy skin.

The guests are even chattier when he walks into the living room. He can easily spot his love on the couch, just as he had suggested. She scoots up against the end, the nearest person not even an arm’s length into her personal bubble of space. A majestic black dog is in front of her legs, head resting on her lap as she gives gentle rubs to his ears.

Harry smiles sadly. He had wanted to fix this for her. He had wanted to enjoy these days with her, to begin a tradition that everyone would be more than in favor of. He feels now as if he has done her wrong. Maybe there was more that he could have done, but she deserves better either way.

He walks over, opting to crouch down to her eye level next to the arm of the couch. She senses Harry, relieved to see his face of tranquility. She offers him a smile, but it shapes oddly at his less than neutral expression.

“M’sorry I didn’t believe you,” he says, with the softest eyes that had ever existed. He hopes that she can trust in his sincerity, that he truly is sorry for all that has happened. He doesn’t want her to hurt; he doesn’t want her to go through this mess when it clearly isn’t her fault. He adores her; hopefully that is enough for her.

She quizzes over his out-of-context statement, but when it does eventually hit her, it drowns her in deepest ocean. Her mouth gapes, wrinkles on her forehead, and the smallest, most innocent shake of her head.

“I told you not to say anything,” she remarks in the most precious voice. That is when his heart finally breaks. 

“I know, baby.” His own voice is a little croaky. He pouts, and it isn’t exaggerated or playful. It is a genuine representation of his dismay. “M’ so sorry. You can have all the cuddles you want.”

A makeshift laugh exhales through her nostrils, but she sucks a meager amount back in when her vision glasses up. She won’t cry – although it is a very strong possibility despite her rapid blinks – but her entire mind, body, and soul reacts to this quite negatively.

Over all, this sucks. This holiday sucks and while Harry’s cuddles are therapeutic, she wants to revert to the darkness of the universe where the stars had first gathered her.

“C’mon.” Harry pulls her head down, sponging his lips right over the crease on her brow. It softens and smoothens, but she is still uncertain on the edge. “Let’s go.”

“What?” she questions, allowing him to clasp their hands tight. He pulls her up from the couch, murmuring his condolences to the large dog who sighs and trots away. “Wait, what are you – go where?”

She splits herself in two opposing halves: one follows Harry, but the other resists with heels dug in the floor. He directs her to the Christmas tree, where his path ceases in determination.

“Home,” he answers, freeing his hand to sift through the boxes of gifts. “We’re taking the presents with us.”

“What?” she whisper-yells, same as he had done to her, only hers is much more severe. “Are you out of your mind? W-we can’t just leave! Our bags!”

“Still in the car ... didn’t take them out.”

He can sense her glare burning on the back of his head. “I told you to take them out.”

“It was snowing hard, I was cold ... but now look ... didn’t even need to go through all the hassle.”

She grimaces at the pile that begins to appear at his side. Decorative paper seals all of the presents, wrapped by the two of them weeks prior. She feels useless in this situation, but he resembles something of a champion, a hard-headed competitor sprinting to his goal.

“Harry...” she whines, sneaking glances back at the oblivious guests. She hopes that they remain blind to the commotion he causes. “Please think this through.” 

“I did,” he insists. “We’re not staying.”

“We can’t just leave.”

“You’re not comfortable here. We can spend the holidays by ourselves. Tha’s all we need anyway, right?” 

Her mouth opens to protest his name again, but another voice calls out to him instead.

It causes him to tense up, a first in his life. He rises from his bent position and turns to find his mother and sister now present, with a certain concern scribbling their faces. He notices the obvious distance between them and his girlfriend, and it only increases as she takes discreet steps back in oblivious fear. 

“Harry,” Anne tries again, smiling to his love the way a mother would smile to a stranger when her child misbehaves in public. “Please, don’t be ridiculous. You don’t have to leave.”

“We’re not staying,” he announces, a repeat in only a mere minute. 

“Harry...” his girlfriend mumbles, to which sets an alarm off inside of him. In a second, he has her by the arm, pulling her behind him in protection.

“Harry, let’s talk about this,” Gemma offers, her once confident tone now lacking clarity. “For everyone’s sake, please.” 

“M’sorry, but there’s been enough talking for now. I’ve heard everything I needed to. We’d like to spend the rest of the holidays in peace.” 

She tugs on his arm now. “Harry...”

“By the way, mother...” Harry points up, reaching for the smallest box on his pile. He hands it to his bewildered mother, who takes it hesitantly. “You can keep that. It’s from her. She spent weeks worrying about what to get you, said she had to get you a gift on her own rather than just writing her name on mine. Said it was really important to her.”

Anne frowns, fingers still as ice on the square box. “Sweetheart...”

“It’s a lovely pair of earrings,” he reveals with a shrug. “Wouldn’t let me pay for it either. Cost her a few paychecks.”

“Listen to us, we’re really sorry—”

“No, m’sorry, but I really don’t want to hear it.”

“It’s our tradition to spend the holidays together!”

“Harry...”

“I thought it was our tradition to be kind to people.”

“Harry...”

“Stop it, we haven’t done anything!”

“That is just laughable, Gem—”

“Baby...” she states, her voice still soft but more stern than previous.

The instant clench of his heart causes his lips to seal; his ears open up to the sound that he had been accidentally ignoring in the midst of his defense. He looks to his love, who has found enough courage to step beside him than hide in the privacy of his tall frame.

“Give me the keys to the car.”

Harry twists his face. “What?”

“Give me the keys,” she repeats, eyebrow shooting up for emphasis.

“What for?”

She looks to the floor, her hand still firm in his. She feels their eyes on her, but she can’t seem to figure out if it is in envy or curiosity.

“You obviously don’t want me to stay here,” she confesses, “So I’ll just go back home and you can spend this time with your family.”

The silence that follows her quiet explanation is almost like a near-death experience. She doesn’t know what will happen, but in a millisecond, it feels as if the end awaits her.

Harry chuckles. “No. Absolutely not.”

“I’ll be fine—”

“You are not spending the holidays by yourself!”

“You are not leaving,” she persists, and there he sees it: the flare of her nostrils. “This is your family, Harry.”

“And you’re my girlfriend,” he retaliates, the word ever-so loving on his tongue.

She smiles, but it is sorrow in every way. “Doesn’t nearly compare.”

“That’s not—”

“Look, we can talk about it ... we’ll talk about it next year,” she tries as a joke, but it sounds disgustingly distant. “Just give me the keys—”

“No, no,” interrupts her command, not from Harry, but from the woman who loves him more than she’s ever loved anything, alongside his sister. 

The couple turn to Anne, who shakes her head at the both of them.

“No one is leaving.” Anne looks at her, whose blood freezes in circulation. “Darling ... I’m sorry about all of this. I didn’t mean for us to so clearly start on the wrong foot. It’s just...” she pauses, then reaches up to touch the side of her son’s tense face. “He’s my baby. I ... admittedly, might strive too hard over what’s best for him.” 

“He’s very special to us,” Gemma adds, with a warm smile to her brother’s companion. “No matter how annoying he may be.”

“Hey...” Harry glares, but it’s with pure intentions alongside his growing grin.

“We’re not ones to assume so quickly,” Anne continues, “but I just couldn’t help myself this time. That was wrong of me, and I hope you can understand how sorry I am. If you’re still willing, I still need to go finish up the cookies. I’d love to get to know you better, putting all of this behind us, of course.”

She is speechless, to say the least. She hadn’t known how much she had wanted this approval until her offer opens up a gate of relief in her chest. “Y-Yes,” she agrees, a bit of a falter in her voice. She embarrassingly clears her throat. “Yes. That would ... be great. I um ... accept ... uh, your apology?”

She looks up to Harry, begging with her eyes to help her.

He smiles at her, kissing the top of her head with the upmost glee he’s ever had. “She’s shy.”

[pearlcrysta]

owo i was wondering if you were still updating is all (no shade :c ), i am a returning bns player and i just met yuchun and i'm feeling some type of way. are you still into bns? i hope that didn't come off rude, i really just want to gush over him with someone tbh lmao and i dont wanna annoy you, thank you!

It’s all good, no worries, feel free to ask without fear xd 

So, i’m hoping next year I can restart focusing on it, but currently I barely do much writing since I get tired easily from my job and evenings are lazy hours away from any computers. 

Since it’s xmas time and I finally can breathe, I will probably focus on my other story first and hopefully finish what I want to tweak on it, then jump back to the BnS. Although the game has butchered my f2p soul and i don’t have it installed anymore, the lore was always something that interested me.

And, yeah, Yu Chun is basically the best part of the game at one point lol. That sassiness of his is just... X’D 

[zandyin]

Title: Home for the Holidays Game: Devil Summoner Raidou Kuzunoha vs King Abbadon, Strange Journey Rating: G, bugs and alcohol are mentioned in this Characters: Junya (SJ MC), Jimenez (SJ), Raidou Kuzunoha XIV, Dahn Tsukigata Other Things: A late xmas related drabble about Junya geting gifts from his parents. It’s very sappy. Takes place in that weird AU where Raidou and Dahn are SJ MC’s parents. Word Count: ~900

Junya curiously poked at a plastic ornament hanging off the tiny tree Jimenez had placed on the kitchen bar. Their small, sparsely furnished apartment didn't have many suitable surfaces to display their Christmas tree, unless a sofa and coffee table that had seen better days counted. Junya absently recalled Jimenez saying they'd buy more furniture, including another bed so they'd each have their own, by the end of the year. Come to think of if, Jimenez had said that last year, too...

"Hee-ho Delivery!"

Jimenez, currently browsing the internet from the comforts of the sofa, looked up at the door then to Junya. "You expecting a package?"

Junya shook his head, already on his way to answer the door. When he opened it, he knew to look down.

"Macca, please!" Jack Frost thrust his hand out with no reserve. "No macca, no package-ho!" He tilted his head to gesture to the nondescript package underneath his arm.

After staring into the voids that made up Jack Frost's face, Junya closed the door.

"Hey-ho! This is a special delivery from Summoner Kuzunoha Raidou and Mr. Tsukigata Dahn!"

Junya opened the door again, this time with a half-eaten container of various holiday themed cookies in his hands. He shoved the container in Jack Frost's free hand and swiftly took the package in exchange. The door closed again before the delivery demon could let out another hee-ho.

"What was that about? I heard your parents' names," Jimenez said.

"Tipping the delivery man. That's what Americans do, right?" Junya shrugged. He could hear the soft crunch of cookies being eaten from behind the door.

"Haha, well, depends but cookies aren't a tip, man." Jimenez's tone clearly indicated he couldn't care less. He got up to sit at the kitchen bar, where Junya had moved to place the decent size package.

"It's from my parents."

"Yeah, I understood that much," Jimenez grinned. "Open it. Maybe they sent something fun."

"That's what I'm afraid of..." despite his uncertainty, he was already carefully cutting the tape.

The cardboard folded back to reveal a much nicer box inside. The deep red wood top contained a burn in of the Tsukigata family crest and summoner crest. A neatly folded letter sat atop it, addressed to Junya in masterful calligraphy - Raidou's work, no doubt.

An impressed whistle came from Jimenez. "Your dads didn't hold back on the packaging."

Junya raised his brows, still suspect of the ornate box before him. He unfolded the letter and looked over it quietly.

The text was separated into two distinct parts. The first was Raidou's writing, just as impressive as his calligraphy.

Dearest son,

Have you been doing well? In my aging bones I have felt nostalgia for the time when you were no taller than my knees, enraptured with the wild that surrounds Tsukigata village. Once you moved from Japan, I found this thought more often crossing my mind. To help you celebrate your new home, I've sent a reminder of your childhood in the hopes you may cherish your roots.

By the way, are you celebrating the holidays with anyone special? Merry Christmas!

Please give my regards to Jimenez,

Father

Junya ignored the doodle of a mistletoe above Jimenez name.

Dahn's text, quick paced and rugged, followed right after.

Son,

I speak for both your father and I when I say we are proud of the man you grew up to be. You have Tsukigata blood coursing through your veins, after all! Even though you are an independent Tsukigata man, don't forget to visit your folks once in a while. We miss you. Your father doesn't miss your collection, but he said he is willing to make an exception if you move back in.

Enjoy the bottle of whisky. It was one of the few bottles we recovered during the rebuilding of the mansion.  We wanted to drink this with you when you reached adulthood, but you inherited my desire for freedom before that time would come.

Take care of yourself,

Papa

After some silence, Jimenez nudged Junya's arm. "Well? Some of us can't read Japanese."

"..."

Junya did not seem to hear Jimenez’s question. He began to open the wooden box. The first thing he saw was the familiar window cut of a Tsukigata clan bug cage. The cage was pristine, freshly made and placed carefully in laid black silk, to the left of the box. He lifted it from its silk cradle to admire the craftsmanship. It was Dahn's work, his skills untarnished by his age. He turned it upside down to look at the bottom. It had been marked with the summoner crest.

The right side of the box was a double wall glass container with sections showcasing a few specially packed bug eggs. Raidou had hand printed the nicknames the Junya of decades ago had given each bug and affixed it to the glass, but Junya's keen eye didn't need any assistance in identifying the bugs he favored during childhood.

Lastly, there was a bottle of whisky tucked in the center with two sparkling clear glasses packaged neatly below it.

"Booze, a fancy bug cage, and some bugs, huh. You did mention collecting bugs as a kid," Jimenez mused. He glanced at the letter that now lay next to the box but did not inquire further.

"Yeah. I did." A rare, soften look appeared on Junya's face as he gently began taking out the contents of the package and placing it on the counter top.

"You okay?" Jimenez smiled knowingly, shifting his weight onto his arm propped on the bar counter.

Junya let out a barely audible wistful sigh. "Yeah. I am."

[lovenikkimadegeeky]

Semi-Hiatus

Just a quick note to let y’all know that I’m going on semi-hiatus.

What does semi-hiatus mean? It means that I won’t be posting anything that I doesn’t think directly helps you and, when I do, I won’t be doing my usual write ups. What I will do is link to a relevant post, probably on either reddit or tumblr, that has all the info I would normally put in a post. 

What do you mean by “directly helps me”? Event information and maybe time limited quests, for example, are posts that are, imo, directly helpful. They’ll have information about diamond costs and/or allow you to get a head start on things. Detailed suit pics? Not so much and so, unfortunately, despite the fact that I love making them, they’re going to be put on the back burner. (I’ll try to remember to go back and do them later, but no promises.)

How long will the semi-hiatus last? At least a week and a half. Maybe more. I’ll keep you guys updated as to where I’m at.

Why are you going on semi-hiatus? As I mentioned previously, I’m moving and very specifically I’m moving next week (holy fuck, next week D:). As we celebrate Xmas, this means that we are trying to do a move while celebrating Xmas with a toddler. We’re also having some issues with our current landlord that may continue to be a problem even after we’ve moved. Needless to say, this is all exhausting and I have basically zero free time and even less energy.

Is this one of those things where the hiatus becomes permanent? I promise I’m not going to disappear. I love this game and I love this community and I love helping people out and I love doing research for this stuff and I love writing these posts up. Running this blog makes me so happy and I have so much fun doing it. It’s just that at the moment there’s just not enough time in my day to do everything I need to do plus this blog. But I promise, I’m coming back.

Thank you for understanding. I hope that all your next pavilion pulls are the exact item that you’ve desperately wanted for months now!

[bonnergrady7-blog]

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[the-bangtan-boys]

🌠🎄🎅 : ho ho ho it's xmas time! 💖 . ﾟ✧

♡ part 2  ♡

'♡ my dears!! the time has come! it's christmas!! ❄🌟 first of all a very merry xmas & a beautiful 2021 to you all! even tho we live in such a difficult time currently i still hope you will celebrate well with your loved ones and get much happiness and love! you all deserve it so so much! 🥺✨ now i will write some words to each of the cuties who participated in this little project, thanks for joining again my dears! 🥰🌟💕

💌 @sunfloralskies : my dear! first of all thanks for joining this project ahh i got so happy! 💓 sadly i don't know you that well but i hope we can change that hihi! i hope you are doing super well and have a wonderful xmas time with your family and loved ones! thanks for being so kind and joining and for just being a great person! 🥰💕🌟

this is for you:

(café day with soobin ☕ ... i saw soobin on your blog and thought you maybe like this 🙈)

💌 @springkitten​: my sweet katrina!! ohhh how i remember meeting you so randomly here! that was such a sweet memory i love remembering! you are just such a wonderful, sweet and kind person and i'm so SUPER HAPPY to know you and to call you my friend! 💞 all your sweet messages/ comments/ tags and just support from you makes me smile the brightest so often! you have no idea how grateful i am! you, your blog, your photography and your poems are such a blessing for all of us! you are super talented and amazing! i hope work is going well and that you have many things to be happy about currently, as you deserve! 💖🥺 thanks for always fangirling about bangtan, stray kids and well everything with me!! hope we can keep doing that even more in the following year!! a very merry xmas filled with happiness, joy and health for you and your family!! thanks for being such a close friend! here is to another great year with you! love you so sooo much! 💕🌟💓

this is for you:

(going for a walk with lexie 🌳🍃 ... because i know how you love taking walks and pics hihi! you would take the sweetest photos and also have some time for poetry as well? 🥰🤭)

💌 @vminsos: my dear janaína! first of all, i'm so so happy you joined this and you have no idea how happy i am about every time you tag me in a tag game or whenever i receive a cute message from you! biggest thank you 💕🥰 you are always so super sweet and kind and i'm so happy i found you and your beautiful blog on this page! i would love to get to know you more and to share my love for bangtan and also for vmin with you even more!! maybe we can get to know each other even more in the following year! would love to! 🥺 i hope you are doing super well and that you have a wonderful, peaceful, amazing xmas with you and your family and that you are very happy!! here is to another yeat with you! all the best! love youuu! 💕💓🌟

this is for you:

(stargazing with vmin 🌌 ... because one of the 6273883 of my fave moments of them stargazing in bon voyage.. always makes me cry but well... wouldn't that be so magical? 🥰)

💌 @kooseokss: my dear betty! you are such a precious and wonderful person and i'm still so happy i found you and your blog on here! you spread so much positive thoughts and happiness such as hobi does! also i recently found your amazing insta, which i also super love! you are so talented and kind!! 🥰💞 thanks for always tagging me in all the tag games and for sending such cute messages all the time! i would love to know you more and maybe we can change that in the following year 🙈 would love to!! i hope life treats you very well and that you are doing well! a very merry, peaceful, healthy xmas to you and your family and just all the best!! so happy to know you!!! to another nice year with you!! love you so much! 💕🌟💖

this is for you:

(café day with hobi ☕💓 ... i looked at your insta page and thought this would maybe fit for your vibe hihi, i bet you would have the sweetest conversations and drink lots of cool drinks! 🥰)

💌 @alovelyalien: my dear aliza! first of all thanks for joining this project! you don't know how happy i always am to see your blog and the beautiful you on my dash! i'm so happy i found such a wonderful blog and person on here! i'm so happy whenever i can make you happy when i tag you in some jimin content and that i can fangirl with you about jiminie 🥰💖 i would love to get to know you better, maybe we can do that in the next year! would love to know you more!! i hope uni is going well and that you smile a lot these days! 💕 to another great year with you! a very merry xmas to you and your family with happiness, health, joy and peace! love youuu! 💕🌟💓

this is for you:

(road trip with jiminie 🏕 ... how wonderful would it be to just have a cute little trip with this sweetie? you would have such a great time! 🥰)

[justalittlemango]

Entry #16 - 21/01/2020

Well, it’s safe to say returning back to Cheltenham and the whole dorm life has been fairly bittersweet! I guess I adapted very well when I was back home (and I mean, who wouldn’t when you are blessed enough to not worry about money for that period, and great parents who are willing to help you out as much as possible!) It was quite sad on the final day of coming back here with my dad dropping me off, but at the same time it feels quite nice. Nice to have my privacy back, my own bathroom schedule and be able to use my gaming PC again!

It’s currently 6am as I write this, sadly my sleep got interrupted by a phone notification, turns out a friend was spamming me on Steam so now I am awake. The power of the internet right there folks, being able to wake someone up from thousands of miles away. However, I am not too fussed. My semester starts again today, and my lecture is at 11:15 so it’s not all too bad.

Initially I was kind of freaking out, predominantly due to the fact that my first lecture this week involves group-based work... and I guess I’m not really satisfied with the input that I had put in before Xmas for the group, but oh well. I am hopefully willing to change that with this next lecture coming up.

I want to try and get some organisation into the group. Sort out roles for each group member so we know what we’re doing and contribute more ideas together. I think before Xmas I was just so drained, tired and stressed with all the other assignments that my mind just went completely blank. However, it’s a new year now, new semester and that means I gotta be back on my A game.

So I’m feeling relatively optimistic about that, albeit nervous.. but hey, I’m still here and I’ve managed to get through all this shit before in my life, there’s hardly anything stopping me, other than how negatively my mind perceives me. In all fairness, my mood has been quite good ever since Christmas and my last post. I’m hoping it stays that way! I’m satisfied with the long break I had, and now it’s time to work hard again. This project should be fun anyways.

I don’t imagine this project/assignment will be too time-consuming regardless.. we’ve got 4 months to do it and we’ve got a very very basic concept that runs... I guess we just need to keep adding stuff to it over the next 4 months and see how far we get into it. Least that gives me hopes about time-keeping for the other assignments I’m starting this semester which I’m sure will be just as stressy as the ones I’ve just done :^)

Talking of assignments, my creative skills assignment got graded, the one which heavily involves Photoshop, Illustrator and all that graphic design stuff. I got 68, which was 2 marks off the top criteria.. So I’m happy with that! Considering a pass grade is 40, an extra 28 marks on top of that I’m chuffed with. So that’s kept me very positive recently that my work isn’t utter crap!

I am sorta worried for my other two assignments that are yet to be graded. One assignment which is the creating a game in Unity that I had to request an extension for, I feel like I’m going to get a low grade or not pass at all... trying to write the code myself was so difficult so uh, some sort of it was uh, “referenced” from online, i guess. My 3D modelling assignment I’m also sorta worrying about as I rushed it towards Christmas as I requested an extension for that too. Oh well, I’m going to try not to let it play on my mind...

On a more positive note, I decided to get this student housing thing sorted once and for all. I can’t afford to go back into student halls, and I’ma be real with you, but the flatmates you get can be obnoxious as fuck. Not saying that my current flatmates are like that, but uh, we just live and let live and we don’t really speak to each other. But they like to hog the kitchen a lot, and that annoys me. So I don’t really want to put up with that again next year. 

I organised a Discord group thingy between my bf and a friend from the course, so we could get a 3 bed house that’s close to the campus. Thing is, this student house is ideal for me because the rent is so cheap compared to student halls. So if I can get this student house, I’d be able to keep and spend so much more than I get right now. Lets put it this way, in student halls at the moment, I only get £300 to spend across the 3 months. If I was in a student house, on average I’d have just over £1k to save/spend over the 3 months. Yum fucking yum!!! So I really hope to fuc that we can get a place sorted!

I ain’t really got no fear of anything going wrong tbh... we still got quite a bit of time, and there’s still some good choices going around in the area near the university- which is convenient as currently where we stay it is an hour walk to campus, and yeah.... not worth it. I might also mention it to a few friends on the course if they want to also come live with us, but it looks like everyone is sorted... so I think it’s best that we just find a place, inquire, see if we’re happy and then slap the deposit on it.

Conveniently, my dad just got his redundancy money from work and has offered to pay my deposit for me which is a MAJOR help, otherwise I simply would not be able to afford it and live at the same time. So I feel very blessed knowing this. Of course, once we get to the house I am not going to blast any of the money, in fact I might just spend it how I do now, very minimally. Reason being? Overdraft. I gotta get out my overdraft. My bank has started to change the limit of how much is fee-free, and at the moment I can take out up to £2000 and it’s fee-free, but at the end of this year it’s going down to £1500, then the year after it’s £1000, year after is £500 and then so on.

So realistically, it is absolutely in my best interests to go for a student house. I need that money. I have also been looking at costs about doing an internship in Canada, and yes, it is fairly expensive once you count the application fees, flight fees and the fact that the Canadian government want you to prove that you have 2400CAD in your bank to prove that you can sustain yourself in Canada.

I have been looking at the invitation pools for UK residents to take the working holiday visa scheme in Canada, and right now it seems 3k people have signed up, and there’s 6k slots... so... that’s filled some hope in me! I just really hope I get a place!! It is absolutely my dream to work in Canada for the year. I just gotta be on top of my game on December 2020... as I believe that’s when the pools next open. I just hope they don’t mind being there for only a year when the visa grants you two years! But uh, they don’t need to know that hehe... or maybe they do. lol idk.

But yes, a student house is needed in order for all this to be accomplished. I know for a fact I would be more comfortable staying with my bf and a coursemate rather than more random people that I have to awkwardly say hi to when I want to grab my noodles from the kitchen. But yes, I’m estimating that over the second year, I’ll have about £800 or so to spend. That’s amazing. And I want to invest £500 into my overdraft so I can go down to the fee-free amount (£1500), and then do the same for the next instalment so I can go down to £1000, and then save whatever is left from the final instalment to try and sustain myself for if & when I go to Canada. They ask for 2400CAD in your bank, and that’s £1400... I guess as long as I have that in my bank they’ll accept me, and then once I get in I can focus on paying that overdraft off.

I’ve heard internships in Canada pay minimum wage, so if I have extra money in the month that I don’t necessarily need, I’ll send it to my UK bank account and help me get out of that overdraft, as when/if i’m in Canada, the fee-free amount will reduce to £500 or so, therefore I need to get that paid off. I don’t think it should be too difficult, but I’m super relying on these things working out, and lets be real, there’s a very high chance of all this not working out. Though, I won’t allow myself to. I will find a student house. I will save the money I get when I’m at said student house. I will pay my overdraft bit by bit. I will try to save up 2400CAD so I can get accepted into Canada, but the most important part: I will try my best to entice Canadian game studios to accept me.. 

That last part, that’s going to be tricky I think... I hope I am good enough that they will accept me as their intern. I don’t know really. I still don’t know where I wanna go , but anywhere in Canada I’m happy with: particularly if it’s Toronto or Montreal. Hell, I have still been learning French for just in case I do get a place in Montreal. They speak French there? well heck, so will I with all this time I got to do it. Plus, I’ve been wanting to learn French for a while, but just needed a sort of kick up the butt to say “ok, here’s why you should ACTUALLY do it!” and yea :3

That being said , I would also be happy if I got accepted at a studio in Vancouver.. a bit far and very much behind time-wise from the UK, but hey it’s only for the year, I may as well live it up aye? Of course, I am still banking on myself to get accepted into the pools and be invited by the Canadian gov, then consult jobs/studios all over Canada with my work and stuff, then save up the money to get into Canada, all simultaneously while trying to find a roommate in whichever city I get to (however, this seems like a rather simple one as I’ve already seen many apps that can help find roommates and offers seem to come & go A LOT.)

A roommate would definitely be ideal for me, as it would help split the rent. If I’m going to stay in a city like Vancouver or Toronto, it isn’t really possible for me to sustain myself on minimum wage in these cities. So a roommate is ideal. Besides, I need friends when I get there anyway! lol

I wonder if I’ll look back at this post in a few years and think... “Wow Kurt, you thought it was that easy?” - part of me thinks this goal is far-fetched, another part of me sees it as perfectly accomplishable with the correct amount of time, planning and finances. So really... I don’t know. I would say at the moment, probability is low in the likeliness of me getting in, because my work is still a bit.. questionable, as I am still a fresher after all. So I gotta rely on producing really good work that catches the eyes of employers, host a website with my portfolio on it and send it to just as many Canadian studios as I can and then hope for the best. I just really want this goal, it’s an even more motivating goal than thinking of graduation, honestly! 

Welp. I posted a lot on this one, but everything I said here is 100% the things that run through my mind a lot of the nights. I am going to stay optimistic, I’m going to work to the best of my ability and make my creations look appealing, I am going to get that student house so I can be happy financially and secure myself & my goals. Til next time

~mangie

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—–Original Message—– From: Jerry Cook [mailto:xxxxxx@xxxxxx.com] Sent: 15 January 2009 09:32 To: Andy Anderson Subject: Hello

Howdy Andy…

I have been using the New Four Magic Moves off and on for the past 6 months with varied results, but that is my own fault as I also find myself slipping back into other ways of approaching the golf swing which has led to body and mind confusion.

When I consistently stick to the First Magic Move, my bad swings at least result in straight shots and that is not too bad as this is far better results than lots of the other approaches to swings that create pulls, pushes slices and hooks as well as lots of topped and fat shots.

I have been playing golf again after a 30+ year absence from the wonderful but often frustrating game. When I played before I was in my 20’s and 30’s and my golf swing was my own as I had neither taken lessons nor done much reading about the science and art of a gold swing. Gee, I wish I had known of the New Four Magic Moves back then.

In summary, after playing around with at least 6 other approaches to the golf swing, I am now more convinced than ever that the New Four Magic Moves is about the only way to have a consistent golf game. I will now go to the practice tee and work on these moves hoping they will become so automatic that I can then only have to concentrate on set up and alignment on the course which should allow for more wonderful times and less frustration while playing.

At 63 years of age, my intention is to shoot my age on or before reaching the age of 66. When using basically the New Four Magic Moves, I have shot a low of 69 which is not too bad for someone who has only been playing for 9 months, eh.. I firmly believe that the New Four Magic Moves will help me shoot some great rounds in the future.

Be well Andy and thanks for all the added information that you share with us duffers through your website and emails.

Jerry Cook Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina

“They Could Not Believe My New Found Length And Accuracy”

—–Original Message—– From: Bobby Asbill [mailto: xXXXx@xXXXx.com] Sent: 18 October 2008 03:54 To: Andy Anderson Subject: Thanks

Hi Andy,

My Name is Bobby Asbill and I live in Nashville , TN.I have always been a decent golfer shooting 82 – 86 for the last 3 years.

I joined your site and program one night on a whim and here I am writing to tell you how much I have improved and thank you for helping me enjoy golf more.

I play once a week and my last four rounds are 76-78-74-78 …My friends are in total shock and want to know what is going on. My drives are now 310 to 320 and I now hit my LW 120 instead of 75 yards.The game is more fun now and I feel and my friends say it all the time now that I am on the verge of shooting great scores.I played with 3 guys at the club the other day I didn ‘t know and now I ‘m playing in a tournament with them.

They could not believe my new found length and accuracy.It feels good and just wanted to share . Thank you for helping me and changing my game …

Bobby Asbill

“I Wish Golf Had Been Taught To Me In This Simple Manner Several Years Ago. It Would Have Taken Out A Great Deal Of Frustration!”

—–Original Message—– From: David Walker [mailto:xxxxxxx@xxxxxx.com] Sent: 9 April 2007 18:01 To: Andy Anderson Subject: Testimonial

Dear Andy,

I must admit that I was a bit skeptical of the 4 magic moves. I teach Biology in the US and always need proof or evidence. I downloaded the free first four chapters and tried things out for myself. I had the opportunity to try things out this weekend and my results are amazing. I was hitting my 7 iron 200 yds without effort and my driver close to 300 yds. Most impressive was the direction of the ball, it is travelling STRAIGHT. I wish golf had been taught to me in this simple manner several years ago. It would have taken out a great deal of frustration.

Thank you,

David Walker

Tonganoxie, Kansas, USA

Want to slash strokes from your game almost overnight?…

“23 Handicapper Drops 5 Strokes To An 18 In Just A Couple Of Weeks!”

—–Original Message—– From: Al Lott [mailto:alottxxxx@xxxglobal.net] Sent: 21 December 2006 16:04 To: Andy Anderson Subject: Re: 121-4 & CD

Andy,

Thanks for the CD’s format. Love the audio, listen to it over and over again and every time another bell rings. It has allowed me to go through The New Four Magic Moves a second and third time now and with every review, out comes (what I will call) a new pointer.

Wish I had gotten this info 20 years ago. I can’t believe how easy your instructions are to follow.

Bottom line is you have now got me from a 23 handicapper to an 18 in a couple of weeks. So much so, that my playing partners want to know how much my lessons are costing me.

This brings me to a question, Do you offer gift certificates? Although it’s a little late for Xmas gifts

Thank You

Al

Tom Reynolds, California

“It Is Quite Amazing The Progress I Have Made Using Your Instruction!”

—–Original Message—– From: William Hodge [mailto:whodgexxxx@aol.com] Sent: 17 December 2006 18:06 To: Andy Anderson Subject: Re: William – new audio golf book!

Hi Andy,

Just received your new version, it looks great. I have been practicing, and it is quite amazing the progress I have made using your instruction, it really helped when I got rid of all the rubbish I had in my head about the golf swing.

Your instructions are very clear and precise.

Thank you for now.

Respectfully yours

William Hodge

From Andy Anderson St Andrews, Scotland

Listen To My Personal Message Click On Play Button Twice Now!

hrow your fancy titanium driver and souped-up balls in the lake — the legendary pro’s like Ben Hogan and Bobby Jones knew how to launch precision drives the length of 3 football fields using hickory shafts and imperfect balls!

Modern “experts” and greedy manufacturers have screwed-up everyone’s swing so bad you just think you need better clubs and “one more lesson” to finally get the power and accuracy you want… when the TRUTH is, the secret for even uncoordinated, out-of-shape, and “par challenged” guys to hit monster tee shots with the force and accuracy of a howitzer canon… has been under your nose all the time!

My name is Andy Anderson … and if you love golf as much as I do, then this message is going to change your life forever. Let me tell you about the amazing truth of four simple techniques — hidden from amateurs for decades — that can have you suddenly tapping directly into the hidden power inside your golf swing. And start launching your own breathtaking drives of deep distance and stunning accuracy off every tee box.

You can now master the secrets to instantly curing slices and adding distance literally over overnight!… and all for less than you’d pay to play a single round at your local municipal course!

Learn how one simple “magic move” (which you can easily feed into your current swing in just 7 minutes, even if you stink at the game right now) instantly uncorks so much hidden raw power, balance and accuracy… That you can go out tomorrow and launch a pin-point 230-yard tee shot with a 3-wood…From your knees!

Okay, you don’t have to hit tee shots from your knees. But you could. (Think of the bets you could win!)

This is good.

I am so proud of myself, my wife can’t stand to be around me today. I feel like I’ve just discovered the cure for the common cold… or, even better, I feel like I just hit the lottery.

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Discover how 1,000s of golfers worldwide have used these 4 simple moves as their “secret training tool”. Sit down, lock the door, and take the phone off the hook.

The result of making the right 4 moves in your swing will take your breath away. If you’re shooting in the 80s, expect to drop 4 to 6 shots on your next round. If you’re shooting above 100, plan on dropping almost a stroke a hole. All it will take is one bucket of practice balls to get where you want to be. It’s really that simple.

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At last, you can discover how to drastically improve your golf swing, unlock your hidden potential, save your money on expensive lessons and stop wasting your time on the driving range.

If you’re searching for a simple, fast way to slash up to 12 strokes from your game, add 35 yards to your drives, eliminate hooks and slices and improve your putting and short game this is the most important letter you’ll ever read…

Here’s why …

Until very recently I was your basic “hacker”. I had a love/hate relationship with golf — some days I’d be driving like a pro, maybe even flirting occasionally with par… while the next afternoon my game would absolutely go all to hell. I swear I’ve stood at the edge of the lake, holding my bag overhead, one emotional hair-trigger away from tossing the whole mess and never stepping up to another ball the rest of my life.

Doesn’t it drive you nuts? I had no consistency to my game at all, even after 29 years of playing regularly. No way to tell what each round would bring. And it wasn’t for lack of trying, either — I’d easily dropped more cash than I dare think about having “pro’s” tell me what a horrible slice I had, and if only I would start twisting my body like this on the upswing…

Let’s face it, mastering the finer techniques of golf is tough!

There’s no doubt, it’s probably the most difficult lesson for any golfer to learn. Frankly, the perfect golf swing is the only subject you can’t fake…

Of course, some people will tell you they can do just fine without properly understanding the golf swing. WRONG! Just take a look at their own golf results. Their scores speak for themselves!

I can HONESTLY say that almost everyone I see on the golf course and range is “dead wrong” when it comes to practicing their golf swing.

In fact, this may completely shock you, but I guarantee you the way you’re practicing right now is definitely…

“Cheating You Out Of 90% Of The Success You Should Be Getting!”

Not only that, you may be wasting hours of your time and energy each week at the driving range because of improper swing techniques robbing you of the improvements you could be making.

… Just by making a few small changes to your swing, you will radically transform the way you play golf.

It’s true. I have recevied over 865 testimonials in 3 years from golfers like you who have gone on to cut their handicap.

And you can too, using these four little-known swing techniques you can also take your current game and “twist” it to reach your full playing potential.

So if you’re frustrated with wasting your time on the range, not satisfied with the scores you’re making, keep

because here’s a few of the powerful techniques I would like to show you.

How To Stay Out Of Your Own Way, So You Can Allow Your Swing To Follow The Scientific Principles Of “Conservation of Angular Momentum” – preventing any disasterous “power leaks”. (page 90)

Discover The Four Simple Moves Only 1% Of Golfers Are Aware Of For Less Than The Price Of A PGA Pro Lesson! – Immediately gain confidence from knowing the many years of frustration are over (page 43)

Amaze Your Buddies By Adding An Extra 35 Yards To Your Drive – and more importantly WITHOUT spending loads on the latest “hyped up” driver from your pro shop! (page 88)

How To Unload on the Ball like an Atomic Explosion When You Drive – and with the pinpoint finesse of an artist when you need accuracy on chips and pitches. (page 61)

Learn How To Hit The Perfect Inside-Out Swing Naturally – As If You Were Born With It – You’ll never look back once you see your ball still rising whilst your opponent’s is dropping! (page 102)

Pinpoint With Absolute Certainty The Faults Cripling Your Golf Game – Without Wasting Your Time On The Practice Range – Say goodbye to the dreaded slice and hook forever!

Learn What Timeless Well-Meant Advice Has Cruelly Wrecked Your Swing Since The Day You First Picked Up A Club – The time has come to expose the poor tuition too many golfers like yourself have paid good money for! (page 14)

Develop The Ability To Spot Mistakes In Your Swing Before You Reach The First Tee – Having this skill will save you more than 5 strokes per round. (page 7)

Discover The ONE Golf Technique That Over The Generations Has Caused A Staggering Amount Of Carnage For Millions of Golfers and how to completely ignore it! (page 21)

Learn How To Swing The Club On The Correct Path Each And Every Time Some people still think that the club head follows only a single path going up and coming down! (page 13)

Discover How To Think Your Way Around A Golf Course – No more “Dumb” Shot Choices. Guaranteed. Period. (page 136)

Become The Most Feared Golf Opponent At Your Club As You Uncover The Secrets Of Timing And Rhythm…(page 125)

Discover An Instant Improvement in The Accuracy Of Your Shots ONCE you realise that one of the most plausible principles golf teachers have ever come up with is infact one of the most dangerous and misleading. (page 13)

And Best of All.. See Your Handicap Go Into FreeFall With No Means Of Stopping It! – Whilst your friends are left in bewilderment at your weekly successes on the golf course…

Finally Play Golf Without Fear Or Apprehension – Once YOU Discover The Four Vital Moves To Your Golf Swing – This easy to follow “step by step system” will allow you to finally ignore the impossible and ill-founded advice that has been given in one form or another for about as long as there has been any literature on golf. (page 15)

And that’s just a sample of the proven and tested techniques you are about to learn.

By the way, these insider secrets I’m about to reveal to you aren’t something you’ll discover casually while reading a golf magazine. And I know damn well your local golf pro won’t tell you!

They’re closely-guarded secrets so golf professionals can make even more money by selling you more and more lessons!

Skeptical? – Trust me I completely understand.

Franky, I don’t blame you – in your shoes I would be too. I’ve been playing golf for over 29 years now and I’ve seen a every piece of hyped up and exaggerated claim you’ve also probably seen. Trust me, there’s tens of thousands of professionals out there, telling golfers how to swing incorrectly.

That’s why you need absolute and detailed proof that these four simple moves are 100% trustworthy and reliable. So let me share with you the extraordinary results some of my clients have witnessed by transforming their golf swings.

Ordinary people, like you and me, with incredible results…

“Four Strokes Off My Handicap In Two Months”

“Thank you Andy. After a few short hours reading your book and listening to the audio files I knew the exact changes I had to make to my swing. In the last two months I have knocked four strokes off my handicap. I can’t believe how easy the game of golf has become. As long as I don’t forget the four magic moves I know my game will continue to improve. I have recommended your course to all my friends at the club.”

D Wilson, Melbourne, Australia

“It Changed My Life, It’s Absolutely Amazing. Friends Can’t Believe How Well My Game Has Improved!”

Dave Larsen, Wisconsin

“Once I Had Mastered Move #1 I Immediately Started To See Drastic Changes In My Score!”

“I have played golf for over 25 years , and in that time I have I have read nearly every golf instruction book you have ever heard of. I can confidently say that without fear of a lie that your book is the best coaching manual I have read. Your writing is effective and easy to understand. Over the last four months I have seen my handicap drop by 8 strokes, down to 9.8!“

H Todd, Atlanta GA

“This Is An Amazing Book!”

“I thoroughly enjoyed listening to the Four Magic Moves on the way to work. It was both entertaining and informative. Over a few short days I was able to understand the 4 key moves I needed to make to my swing. This is the first time I have been able to visual the perfect swing and not surprising I am starting to see my handicap drop. Only last Sunday I had 40 points in a club stableford competiton. Thanks Andy for providing this valuable resource!”

E Allen, San Antonio Tx

So if you’re fed up of hearing the same old marketing hype over and over again that’s siphoning cash from your pocket and wasting your precious time, keep reading…

I’ll prove to you why you can trust me to show you how to achieve astonishing results in your golf game.

“Why Should You Listen To Me? What Is So Special About Me?”

My name is Andy Anderson.

I’m a company director living in Fife, Scotland – just 15 minutes from the Home of Golf at St Andrews. Previous to setting up my own company in 2002 I worked exclusively in the golf industry for nine years. During this time I worked for Tiger Wood’s management company IMG in London and the European Tour based at Wentworth in Surrey, England.

Online, I’ve had the pleasure of helping just over 13,270 people worldwide realise their dreams of significantly cutting their handicap.

I created this web site to ensure you don’t waste all your years on the range like I once did. One thing is for sure, I don’t want to see another golfer fall for all the so called expert advice out there. You need to know the truth about what it really takes to propel your game further than ever before.

Agreed? After all isn’t it right you focus all your efforts on chopping strokes off your handicap, rather than being left in the dark about how to change your swing?

That way, you don’t continue to waste hours on the range for little or even worse no result.

In short I’ve discovered what it really takes to transform anyone’s golf swing – by this, I mean real people like you and me. They have names and faces. They all have success stories to tell, it is thrilling to see …

What’s more, I’m a normal person and certainly not the perfect height for golf at six foot five. Like you… I haven’t got the athletic build of Tiger Woods or the dedication to put in many hours of practice like Vijay Singh!

And that’s not all, I wasn’t lucky enough to be born with natural sporting ability. I never won any junior golf events throughout my teens and I was convinced I would never be able to improve. In conclusion – I’m your average guy.

Here’s My Story …

Just a few short years ago I moved to the Home of Golf, that’s me above on the Swilken Bridge on The Old Course at St Andrews.

Probably just like yourself – I was continually looking for a way in which I could change my game forever. I guess I was like a sheep following the rest of the flock. I can’t tell you the number of times I burnt a hole in my pocket convinced I had found the next “all singing – all dancing” golf improvement course. I bought all the magazines and DVDs, and everytime I would fall for the latest golf trainer product – you should see my garage!

Ultimately it was complete frustration, I was going around in circles. Each time I would spend money I hadn’t got, then waste countless hours on the range and see no improvement at all. In fact sometimes my scores would get even worst!

However many golf lessons I had, however many golf DVDs I watched, however many golf magazines I read, however many times I practiced – I never seemed to get better.

The result? Huge disappointment.

I kept asking myself …

“Why Can’t I Excel At This Game I’m So Passionate About?”

Then just when I was ready to throw my clubs in the sea and say goodbye to the game forever, I had a light bulb moment. It occurred to me I had to change my thinking – in essence get smart. And as a result I learned the most important lesson in my life, quite simply it was this …

If you keep doing the same things, you’ll keep getting the same results. If you want a different result then do something differently.

It struck me that I could achieve anything I wanted by learning how to do it and that included becoming a much better golfer.

“How I Discovered The Secret That Cut My Handicap And Over 944 Other Golfers!.”

So, off I went in search of information and advice to help me significantly improve my golf swing.

I was on a mission to discover why some people found it incredibly easy to lower their handicaps whilst the vast majority struggled.

I searched online, offline, in ALL of the local book stores and was about to give up and think of ways to sell my clubs on eBay when by chance I stepped inside a second hand book store in St Andrews – right next to the Old Course – 15 minutes from where I live.

And that’s when it happend……

After another hour or so of what I assumed to be a fruitless search something caught my eye …… and within minutes I was completely engrossed in an incredible book that I knew instantly was the answer I was looking for!

I’d stumbled across a book that showed a unique and simple way to play golf.

At a time when I was so confused about the golf swing ….

“… I Had Finally Found The Answer !”

In a nutshell …

There’s an ugly little myth shared by most amateur golfers that is causing you to absorb up to a dozen unnecessary strokes, each and every round.

Here is how this ugly little myth works,

1. You watch a favorite professional golfer perform his “patented” swing, paying close attention to every detail.

2. You then duplicate every detail into your own swing, from memory, hoping to acheive the same result the pro does.

3. You then have one of the worst rounds of your life.

Hey, I’ve been a sucker for trying to “steal” pro’s secrets all my life. I’ll watch a tournament on television, paying close attention to Tiger or Phil or Ernie, catch a little something they do in their swing, and then go out and try to copy it. And I’ll bet YOU’VE done the same thing… because, simply, EVERY golfer does it at some time or another.

The problem is, you can’t “figure out” what the pro is actually doing just from watching, because so much of the swing is “inside“. You may think you see Tiger uncock his wrist on the downswing… heck, CBS or Sky Sports may do a slow-motion repeat for you, pointing the uncocking out… but unless you understand WHY he’s uncocking at that particular moment in the swing, you’ll NEVER figure out how to incorporate such an action into your own swing.

That’s because Tiger has made a CHOICE. All the great golfers have. More specifically, there are exactly FOUR points in your swing where you also must make a critical CHOICE… and everything that happens in your swing will be affected by these four choices.

It’s like deciding which roads to take on your commute to work tomorrow. It may seem like a simple choice at first, but everything that happens to you after that choice — queues, long delays, speed cameras, road works— will be directly related!

The reason professional golfers are making fabulous incomes playing golf and you’re still trying to drop your handicap to single digits is because the pros have made good choices at each of these four vital points in their swing… and you still don’t know there are choices to be made.

… the bad swing is caused by a failure in execution at four critical points. Furthermore, golfers make the same mistakes at the same points, and this is true whether you test this principle with two golfers or two thousand.

Their mistakes can be broken down into the same basic wrong movements, occurring at the same critical places in the swing. This is one of the few definite, invariable patterns to be found in the bad golf swing.

These are called the Four Fatal Flaws.

Most poor or mediocre players manage to incorporate all four into one swing. Others have fewer, and score better. I learned that these Four Fatal Flaws had to be replaced with the right actions, namely the Four Magic Moves!

“H A L L E L U J A H – I Suddenly Realised …!”

… With the four right moves instead of the four wrong ones my swing would be better, my mistakes fewer, and my scores lower.

And this is exactly what happened ..

” … My Handicap Plummeted In Less Than Four Months!”

And it just gets better and better! My “slice” completely disappeared… and I became absolutely fearless on the links, going after every shot as if I had magical powers.

But it’s not magic at all! You see, what I learned from this book had almost nothing to do with me… and everything to do with the amazing new swing developed by one of America’s best-known teaching professionals Joe Dante (former president of the New Jersey Professional Golfers’ Association) over 40 years ago. Known as the professional who spill the beans on the secrets other pros don’t want amateurs to ever find out about (subscribe to my newsletter to find out the 25 golf fallacies golf pros tried to keep hidden for so long). Joe played with — and beat— many of the best golfers in the game, and spent a lifetime learning the science behind the pro game. When he decided to reveal his advanced secrets, smart golfers paid real close attention.

” … I Devoured Every Single Page … … As Fast As I Could … … I Felt Like I had Been Hit By A Lightning Bolt! …”

My golf improved so much that friends started to ask me how I had managed to completely transform my swing!

In fact , I knew sooner or later I would have to start lending my book out!

This is one thing I didn’t want to do – I knew they wouldn’t return it!

Golfers I hardly knew at my club came up to me and demanded to know how I had reduced my handicap so dramatically – seemingly overnight …

Friends would buy me a beer so as I would spend some time helping them with their swings.

So, it got me thinking…

“Why Not Make The Secrets Available To EVERYONE?”

As the saying goes…

“Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.”

That saying kind of stuck with me, because I felt the book would save me time and allow me to focus on my own game.

So, I took the plunge!

“… And Rewrote The New Four Magic Moves To Winning Golf …”

I decided to create a unique new improved version that shows the individual golfer— from beginner to pro — how to improve their golf swing themselves …

… Regardless if they have been playing the game 3 months or 30 years!

“… Not Only That … I Had The Whole Book Narrated .. So You Could Listen To Over 5 Hours Of Amazing Golf Instruction At Your Leisure …”

I created a simple (yet comprehensive) step-by-step “system” that would allow ANY golfer of ANY standard and playing at ANY level to learn how to use just four simple moves to cut at least seven strokes off their handicap.

I promise you, you’ll notice dramatic transformations in your golf swing almost immediately! Better than if you followed any other training program that so called “Golf Pros” would tell you to do.

“What Can You Expect From “The New Four Magic Moves To Winning Golf” Course? Just this: …”

Tap into the “Bull Whip Crack” of your right arm … which provides the most power humanly possible… replicating the classic “hitters” like Arnold Palmer and the late Moe Norman (This is the magic move you must make – you finally become a hitter, where your muscles play a huge role and you let the club do all the work. This will work wonders for you, and you’ll never go back to being “slapper”, forever trying to force grace from your swing… and forever having unpredictable results!)

Learn to use the natural torque in your pivot to blow right through the ball with accelerating power, just like Tiger Woods and Sergio Garcia! … Yes, you really can (Most amateurs adopt the “Easy-Chair Slouch” at the top of their bad backswings and guess what they’ll never hit a good one from here!. It’s unconscious, because most amateurs simply never realized the importantance of this move!

YES, you really can unlock your “hidden” power to accumulate in consistent shots over and over again! …Learn how to hit the perfect inside-out swing naturally – as if you were born with it – You’ll never look back once you see your ball still rising whilst your opponent’s is dropping!

” … And You’ll Also Learn …”

All The Secrets of a legendary golf teacher revealed in a clear and concise form.

How To Play From Uneven Lies? Learn the correct technique from uphill, downhill, sidehill, from a divot and in heavy rough. (page 122)

How To Avoid The Embarrassment Of Topping Your Opening Drive? I show you the one step easy solution. (page 27)

Why You Shank The Ball and how to eliminate it for ever. (page 60)

How To Get Out Of The Rough I teach you the best way to hit the middle of the fairway like clockwork! (page 120)

How To Stop Mistiming Your Long Irons? Learn the powerful techniques to ensure smooth crisp well timed golf shots today. (page 125)

How To Hit The Ball Further Learn the powerful techniques to hit it 20 – 35 yards further!

The Bulletproof Method To Improve Your Accuracy Overnight.

Armed with this exciting, newfound knowledge, you will be able to play golf more confidently…

… Just imagine the feeling of knocking shots off your handicap in double quick time

That’s the fun and awesome excitment you will feel … you will experience first hand how good it feels to play well below your handicap!

“There Is Absolutely NO Reason Why You Can’t Do What My Other Clients Have Done”

They are just ordinary people like YOU. They were fed up with their own golf problems, but rather than just complain about it, they took action. They came to a realization that if they didn’t take charge of their golf game, they’d live their entire life fed up about failing every time they stepped onto the course.

You too can begin to hit fairways and greens with lazer targeted accuracy everytime, anywhere…without the inconvenience of spending loads of hard earned cash on golf instruction and lessons in the process!

… But only if you reserve your copy now.

“… All The Secrets In A New Improved Version Of This World Renowned Golfing Classic!”

This newly released course called “The New Four Magic Moves To Winning Golf” by Andy Anderson and Joe Dante is the quickest and easiest way to learn golf. Inside this magnificent course you’ll get pages and pages of well-written practical golf instruction and hours and hours of comprehensive golf tuition. Absolutely everything any golfer would need to explode their game!

The course is divided up into 11 comprehensive sections that you can read and listen to:

Opening – 0:23 mins

Introduction – 6:56 mins

1. What You Can Do – 8:43 mins

2. Sweeping Out the Rubbish – 45:13 mins

3. Getting Set: The Grip and the Stance – 31:31 mins

4. The Backswing – 18:38 mins

5. At the Top – 14:48 mins

6. Starting Down – 35:40 mins

7. Through the Ball – 32:26 mins

8. The Short Game – 46:27 mins

9. In and Out of Trouble – 12:59 mins

10. The Early Break and the Late Hit—Secrets of Timing and Rhythm – 25:41 mins

11. Thinking Your Way Around – 33:55 mins

(illustration only – this is a downloadable product)

By reading and listening to each chapter you will be given a picture and an understanding of the swing, particularly of the puzzling action of the club head, that will be entirely new to you.

After dealing with the full swing I go into a detailed description of the short game, including putting, the trouble shots, and, finally, the mental or thinking side of golf.

With this you will have acquired the knowledge and the weapons for a golf game far better than any you have known. It will then be up to you to use them.

Whether you used to play, but got so fed up you cancelled your membership…

Whether you play when you can, but always regret it afterwards!

Whether you play three times a week…

Whether you play two or three times a month…

Whether you’re a brand new beginner or a seasoned low handicaper…

… This proven “step by step” easy to follow system provides you with the knowledge, skills and tools you need to rapidly improve your golf swing.

Once you discover this revolutionary winning formula — You’ll learn how to change your swing more than you ever dreamed imaginable — for many years to come you will find this unbeatable “golf swing blueprint” an indispensable golf tool.

Plus, the entire course was created so that an average, ordinary golfer of any standard could learn to apply these techniques to their game.

With The Four Magic Moves you’ll also discover the only 4 magic pointers you definitely need to know to succeed at golf…

It’s truly a fantastic resource that will transform the often confusing subject of the Golf Swing into something that’s comprehensive to understand and apply.

“. . . NO fluff . . . NO filler. . . NO fat . . . ”

.. and long winded golf history lessons!

In other words, this incomparable golfing roadmap to success doesn’t go into the history of golf or recap the life of Tiger Woods or any other great player. You won’t learn about the best golf courses to play, or where to buy the cheapest clubs, The New Four Magic Moves is about the most important aspect of golf there is – your swing”

(Heck, you can learn all of that on the Internet for free, anyway!)

Instead, with The New Four Magic Moves you get what I’m sure you would agree matters most!

And that’s a solid, straightforward, step-by-step insight on how you can improve your golf swing!

This is indeed a user-friendly course. In one phrase, it’s “The golf swing made simple!”

“The Ultimate Golfing Masterpiece!”

“This is the miracle book golf tuition course I have been searching for all my golfing life. You can take all the countless golf books, courses, magazines, video and DVDs I have bought over the years – and bin them – they just don’t come close to the impact the four magic moves has made on my game. Each move is comprehensively covered, yet simple to understand – there really are only four actions you need to know.

D T Grant, Dundee, Scotland

I Was Able To Reach Par 5s In Two, Something I Hadn’t Done In Years!”

John, Chicago

“Here’s What the Complete Course Contains… ”

The video, ebook and audio course consists of a 11 chapters, 56 pictures and over 5 hours of audio. Here’s what this jam-packed golf instruction course includes …

Chapter 1. – What You Can Do. Why don’t more people play better golf than they do? The blunt truth is that they don’t because the golf swing is heavily overlaid with a sludge of fallacy, misunderstanding, faulty theory, myth, and just plain ignorance. So thick is this coating that it is a wonder anyone ever gets through it and down to the hard, clean mechanics of the sound swing. It is this sludge, most of which has been covering the swing for so long that it now acts as an insulation, that I will cut away in this course. Once the myths and fallacies are exploded and the true machinery of the swing is laid bare for all to see and understand, golf becomes a much less difficult game.

Chapter 2. – Sweeping Out the Rubbish. Discover the two dozen fallacies of golf that are most prevalent and have caused and still cause the most damage. Particularly those which must be exploded thoroughly if you are to assimilate the new thoughts, principles, and actions given to you in this course. Watch carefully. The fuse is lit!

Chapter 3. – Getting Set: The Grip and the Stance. There can be no doubt that the first mistakes a golfer can make are to hold the club with a defective grip and to stand up to the ball the wrong way. Either puts a heavy impost on a player before he makes a move to swing the club. Together they make a good shot almost impossible.

Chapter 4. – The Backswing. Now you are ready to start the swing, to uncover the first fatal flaws that appear, with the horrible shots they produce, and to learn the first of the magic moves that will cut strokes from your score. This really is where the magic begins! It is the key move and the foundation of the swing

Chapter 5. – At The Top. The position at the top of the backswing is important. If it is reached correctly it means you are halfway through the swing correctly. It means that now, at least, you are in a position to make a good downswing and hit a good shot. With most of pupils I can tell pretty well, as can any pro, whether a shot will be good or bad just from their position at the top.

Chapter 6. – Starting Down. We can have a perfect grip, start back from the ball properly, reach the top in faultless position – and then ruin it all by the next move we make. Not only can the swing be ruined by this move, it is ruined about 95 per cent of the time. In this chapter you will learn how and why the fatal flaws develop on the first move down from the top and exactly what they are. You are also reminded again of the terrible shots they cause. The reminder may be painful but the gain in knowledge will be great. With it you will be able to replace the wrong moves and faulty positions with the right ones. When you do, you will cut strokes – many of them – from your score.

Chapter 7 – Through The Ball. For the poor or average player the same magic moves apply, but he must first learn to get himself into the position the good player is in as he reaches the hitting area. There are just no two ways about it. The final stage of the full swing is completed and all its mysteries are explained

Chapter 8 – The Short Game. As we see it, the short game falls, into four categories: the short pitch from thirty yards down, the green-side trap shot, the chip from the fringe, and the putt. The technique for this short pitch is the same, fundamentally, as for the full shot, except that it is in a modified form.

Chapter 9 – In And Out Of Trouble. On a golf course, as a rule, trouble comes at us swiftly and unexpectedly. There are times when we do not quite expect to carry a brook or a cross trap, or when we know we can easily miss a green with a wood or a long iron. Then we are not surprised when we find ourselves in difficulties. But much more often we stand on a tee, with a wide fairway beckoning, swing – and find ourselves in the woods or heavy rough – isn’t it time for a change!

Chapter 10 – The Early Break and the Late Hit—Secrets of Timing and Rhythm. The answer to the effort-distance puzzle is timing, but just what is timing? For one thing, it is a word that has been used more loosely, perhaps, than any other in golf literature. We have been blandly told that we should work to improve our timing, that our timing is off, that without good timing we cannot hope to play well. But what exactly is it? Today you will learn the secrets of timing and rhythm. We expose the truth at long last. Decide for yourself whether you want to be left in the dark any longer!

Chapter 11 – Thinking Your Way Around. So far, everything in this book and audio course has dealt with the physical actions of golf, the positions and movements of your hands, your feet, your body, your arms, and of the club itself. There is another side of golf, though, that is all too frequently overlooked in our sometimes frantic efforts to master the swing. This is the mental or thinking side of the game. Happily, this is not nearly so difficult to master as the rest, as you will find in this chapter

“… But That’s Not All! Here’s What You’ll See Inside Your Course… ”

The New Four Magic Moves To Winning Golf course is a PDF file (“Portable Document Format”, MP3 files and which can be loaded on both PC’s or Mac’s) Specifically, you get…

A 155 page step-by-step Adobe® PDF file explaining the exact four magic moves you need to make in very simple language – and now with color pictures!

Over 5 hours of stimulating audio that offers an amazing insight into how YOU can easily change your golf swing. Download MP3 for listening to on your PC or iPod M4B files for you to listen in the gym, in your living room or out in your garden. In fact, wherever you take your iPod.

You’ll never lose your place

Your iPod lets you easily navigate through each chapter, and when you sync back and forth between your computer and iPod, each chapter will keep track of where you last left off listening — just like a virtual bookmark

56 detailed ilustrations and photographs that offer a visual demonstration of how to improve your golf, step by step.

Enjoy the luxury of listening to the Four Magic Moves when you are on the go or relaxing at home.

Easily refer to particular points in the book on the golf course with your smart phone!

But let’s be more specific. The book and audio course contains….

What You Can Do

Sweeping Out the Rubbish

“Relax” – “Use a light grip” – “Be loose” – “Take the club back inside” – “The club follows the same path coming down that it takes going up” – “Pause at the top” – “Turn the hips to the left” – “Keep the head still” – “Start down with a pull of the left arm” – “Have the face open at the top” – “Don’t let the body or hands get ahead of the club” – “Be comfortable” – “Break the wrists late” – “Swing the club head” – “Hit against a firm left side” – “Snap your wrists into the shot” – “Hit hard with the right hand” – “Don’t drop the right shoulder” – “Hit down on the ball” – “Use your natural swing” – “Follow through” – “Don’t quit on the shot” – “Pronate your wrists” – “Pivot the body” – “Positions at address and impact must be the same”

Getting Set: The Grip and the Stance

Common Faults – Placing the Hands – Hold It Tight – How We Stand – Beware the “Open” Body – How Far from the Ball? – Where We Put the Ball

The Backswing

The 1st Magic Move – The Thumb Press – Into the Swing – What It Does

At the Top

The Fatal Flaw – The 2nd Magic Move – A Straight Left Wrist – The Shoulder Tap

Starting Down

The Fatal Flaws – The 3rd Magic Move – How It Feels – The Check Points -Eternal Preoccupation with the Club Head – The Insidious Hand Lag – Hold the Wrist Position

Through the Ball

The 4th Magic Move – COAM – What It Is and What It Does How the Hands Help – The Final Proof – The Strap Treatment

The Short Game

The Short Pitch – The Chip – Putting – The Greenside Trap

In and Out of Trouble

Woods and Rough – Fairway Traps – Obstructions – Lies of All Kinds

The Early Break and the Late Hit Secrets of Timing and Rhythm

Timing – Rhythm and Tempo – How the Early Break Helps – All Quiet at the Top

Thinking Your Way Around

The Weapons We Use – Which Clubs to Carry – Strategy on the Tee – Handling the Wind – Have an Eye for Position – When the Track Is Wet – The Payoff Area -List Your Faults

As you can see, the complete The Four Magic Moves To Winning Golf course is chock-a-block with possibly everything you need to improve your game… And a whole lot more!

Discover the secrets to increasing your power and precision by studying the unparalleled ” The New Four Magic Moves To Winning Golf”. The course consists of a 11 compelling chapters, 5+ hours of audio and 56 remarkable pictures. Here’s what this must-have book and audio course includes…

How The Left Hand Should Look On The Club. You can’t afford to get this wrong! (page 24)

Looking At The Inside Of The Left Hand. See how the club should lie in relation to your palm. Discover what must always be between the club and the root of the little finger. (page 25)

View How The Right Hand Goes On The Club. Learn exactly where the club lies and where the forefinger has to be! (page 26)

Learn How The Right Hand Fits Against The Left One. I reveal the correct position for the right palm and the base of the left thumb. (page 27)

The Magic Of The Completed Grip – It Can Make Or Break Your Swing. It’s crucial you get to see this view before hitting another golf ball!! (page 27)

The View Of The Completed Grip With The Club Held Up. What you need to know about the right hand’s little finger. (page 28)

Attention: The Three Perfect Golf Stances. Explore the three possible stances and how they can make a remarkable difference to your game. (page 30)

The Secret Illustration That Will Keep Your Swing Compact Forever. A guaranteed and unrivaled way of improving your swing. (page 32)

How To Address The Ball With The Correct Position Using The “Trouser Fly Technique”! We expose the wrong and right positions of this amazing secret. (page 33)

Discover How To Check Your Distance From The Ball. This easy to use method works for everyone! (page 35)

Where To Place The Ball. The four basic positions: for the driver, for the fairway woods, for the long irons, for the medium and short irons. (page 37)

There Is ONLY One Way The Right Hand Should Move From The Wrist. Take the time to study this well – it is crucially important to your success. (page 40)

Learn How The Backward Break Is Made. These breakthrough TWO illustrations pinpoint the exact hand and wrist positions – not to be missed. (page 41)

How The Backward Break Looks From The Side. Pay particular Attention to the bend in the left wrist and the position of the club face. (page 42)

The Wrong Break. Note the difference in the left-hand position and observe also the differences in the club-face positions. Never do it like this. (page 43)

What You Should See When You Make The Backward Break Perfectly. The position of the knuckles can not be over emphasised. (page 44)

“Amazing – I’m Gaining A Club Extra Distance Since Using Just One Of The 4 Magic Moves!”

“The course has helped improve my ball striking. The one that probably helped most is the first magic move whilst starting the back swing, I have gained enough distance, for example, to where I currently hit an 8 iron where I was hitting a 7 iron (150 yards). I’m 62 years old and will be 63 in December, and I think hitting an 8 iron 150 yards is pretty darn good for this old geezer. Thanks Andy.”

C Walker, Chicago, IL

“I Reduced My Handicap From 9 Down to 6!”

Clive Haddow, Gold Coast, Australia

The Backward Break Off The Forward Press. A key move you will very quickly learn to make with your eyes closed! (page 45)

The Completed Break And How To Easily And Quickly Learn It. Note how to turn the left shoulder and not duck it! (page 46)

A Common Fault In Executing The Break And How You Can Eradicate It Forever. The left shoulder has ducked, the player substituting the duck for the correct turning actio.n (page 46)

The Wrong Break Altogether And The Secrets To Correct It. Discover all the check points to ensure this never happens to you. (page 47)

What You Must See When You Turn And Look At Your Hands After The Backward Break Is Completed. Simple when you know! (page 48)

What You Will See When You Have Made The Wrong Break. There is no way you will be in the right position at the top now! (page 49)

The Open-Face Take-Away That Leads To So Much Trouble And How You Can Quickly Correct It. These two illustrations highlight this fatal flaw and how to get rid of it! (page 52)

How The Bad Backswing Leads To The “Easy-Chair Slouch” And How To Easily Fix It. You’ll never hit a good one from here! (page 53)

How To Have The Correct Backswing And Play Superb Golf. Understanding that the backward wrist break and the relationship to the the club face is key. (page 54)

Learn How To Keep Everything Tight And Have The Perfect Position To Move Right Down And Hit The Ball Perfectly. These 5 checkpoints will ensure success for the rest of your golfing life! (page 56)

Focus On These Key Check Point Positions For The Top Of Your Swing. When you how many knuckes you should see the game becomes easy. (page 57)

How To Use The Shoulder Tap Test To Establish The Correct Swing Plane. This powerful two second method ensures you aren’t too upright or too flat. (page 58)

The Fatal Flaws Of The Down Swing With The Quick Tips To Replace Them With The Magic Moves. The result is a weak slap of the ball. (page 61)

The Magic Moves That Will Accelerate Your Golf Game Overnight. Three remarkable illustrations that will change your game foreveR.r (page 62)

The Imaginary T-Square – We Show How This Will Benefit Your Golf ? Don’t forget to study these 4 illustrations. (page 64 & 65)

“The Best Thing That Has Ever Happened To My Game!”

“Being busy with work and family, I only get to play a few times a year. My game has been steadily getting more and more erratic. Using the Four Magic Moves described in your excellent book has enabled me to improve my game, even though I’ve virtually no practice time! It’s amazing, well done and thank you.”

T Jenkins, Oxford UK

“”Definitely The Best Golf Investment I Have Made In My Entire Life, Costing Less Than The Price Of One Golf Club!”

Greg, Darwin, Australia

The Eternal Triangle And What It Means For You!- Now There’s A Better Way To Play Golf? Use this technique to knock 5 shots off your next round. (page 66)

This Key Sequence Shows The Relationship Of The Left Hip And Left Side. Are YOUR hips ever in this position when you hit the ball?(page 67 & 68)

How To Easily Check Your Hand-Wrist Position. You can’t afford to miss this position.(page 71)

The Disc Technique That Cuts Through All The Noise Concerning The Golf Swing Plane. In one fell swoop YOU can fully understand the golf swing like never before! (page 73)

The Three Ring Image – Guaranteed To Work Wonders On Your Golf Swing! This strategy really slices through all the rubbish you see written about the golf swing! (page 77)

The Fatal Flaw At The Ball And How To Quickly Correct It. A good shot is impossible if you don’t take on this advice. (page 79)

The Magic Move Through The Ball – Miss This And There Is No Way You Can Consistently Hit Perfect Shots. For the poor or average player the same magic moves apply, but he must first learn to get himself into the position the good player is in as he reaches the hitting area. (page 80)

I Reveal The Puzzling “Hitting Position”. Here the player is coming down behind the ball perfectly. His hands have almost reached the ball, but his club head has a full quarter-circle to travel. HOW does it ever catch up? (page 81)

The Correct Hitting Position That Has Puzzled Golfers For So Long! How does the club head catch up with the hands? The answer is COAM (page 83)

The Wrong Hitting position – And How Wrong YOU Can Get It! Compare the positions point for point. (page 84)

The Crucial Golf Swing At Impact Photograph! Notice how the hips have gone through and turned, and how much weight has been transferred to the left leg. (page 85)

The Swing Plane Of An Inside-Out Swing! The path of the club is traced by electric light on the toe of the club head. (page 86)

Swing Plane Of An Outside-In Swing And How to Automatically Self-Correct It! Learn the secrets of successfully positioning your body weight for the perfect swing. (page 86)

I Expose The Conservation Of Angular Momentum With A Driver and Iron! (page 87-89)

The Cracking Of A Bull Whip – What Has This Got To Do With Golf? All will be explained! (page 91)

The Fact Is YOU Must Understand How COAM Works? (page 92-93)

“Truly A Revelation – I Have NEVER Hit The Ball Straighter Or Longer – Thanks Andy!”

“Andy, I can honestly say that your golf book has been extremely helpful. After years of being plagued by a slice, your tips regarding grip have been a revelation. As a priority, I have been working hard on grip changes and it has been great to see the difference it has already made.

The relief of cracking the ball and seeing it flying straighter and further is great !!! It has given me so much more confidence. I have lots more work to do on other areas that you have advised on and it will take time but please be assured it is very much appreciated and does make a lot of difference. Your advice gives me things to work on during practice and while playing, making the experience very rewarding. Many thanks. Regards Colin”

C Craig, Montrose, Scotland

“Haven’t Looked Back Since Discovering The New 4 Proven Secrets To A Great Golf Swing”

Giulio Petrella, Australia

The Secondary System For Rotating The Hands – The Ultimate Secret For Generating More Clubhead Speed Without Even Trying! (page 96)

At The Finish Of The Swing Your Hands Should Still Be As Tight As In This Picture. (page 98)

The Strap Treatment. The UNBEAtable learning aid for confirmed outside-inners and hitters-from-the-top. (page 99)

The Wrong And Right Ways To Hit The Short Pitch. Discover key lessons on pitching with confidence. (page 102 -103)

A Breakthrough Method For Improving Your Chip Shot Technique. (page 105)

Understanding The Definite Formula To Successful Putting. (page 112 – 114)

The Sure-Fire Way To Get Up And Down From Every Bunker. (page 117 – 118)

Learn How The Early Break Helps Perfect Your Swing. (page 130)

The Final Position Of The Wrists At The Top Of The Swing Showing Radial Deviation. (page 131)

The “Quiet Club” At The Top Of The Swing. What this means and how it can strip shots off your handicap. (page 134)

Key Strategies on the Tee. (page 140)

Mastering The Par 5s. Learn the correct route for the second and third shots. (page 143)

Taking Divots. The Key differences between playing in dry and wet weather (page 144)

Unmissable Putting Lessons That You Can’t Afford To Miss. (page 146)

And Another Unsolicited Email Received About “The New Four Magic Moves To Winning Golf”:

“My confidence is sky high and only last week I broke 80 for the first time in my life! It’s all thanks to “The New Four Magic Moves To Winning Golf”. I no longer have to waste my money on any more golf instruction. I shudder to think what would have happened if I hadn’t discovered this gem. Thanks Andy!”

A J Jennings, Plymouth

“I’m More Confident On The Golf Course & I’m Hitting Straighter And Longer Balls!”

Mike Morris, South of England

Imagine fine-tuning your current swing and sharpening your golf skills to a much higher level. Get the “edge” and break 90, 80 or 70 today!

What would straighter shots and great putts mean to your game? How much better could your current swing be if you knew how to make the four magic moves?

Don’t take my word for it. Try it! Find out for yourself. Add a copy of “The New Four Magic Moves” to the cart immediately and put what you uncover to the test.

You can start practicing down the range, on the course or even in your own garden and home. But whatever you do, I’m confident it will blow your socks off and you will be more than thrilled with your copy of “The New Four Magic Moves To Winning Golf”.

The only way to tell is if you try it for yourself and see it first hand.

“But How Much Are YOU Willing to Pay to Potentially Turn Into A Low Single Figure Handicap Player?”

Some people buy countless manuals, videos and DVDs that literally cost thousands of dollars, pounds and euros! Other people hire the services of a professional that cost almost the same in the end.

(Remember, a golf professional can charge at least $45 a hour for their services!)

What price tag would YOU put on something with the opportunity to show you the steps to start playing like a professional golfer?

“Okay – So What’s The Cost For This Incredible Resource?”

Frankly, I thought long and hard about delivering this exclusive information only as part of a high-priced seminar where I charge at least $399.59 per person. But instead of going to all the trouble of arranging for a teaching room and golf range and taking time out of my schedule – I settled on an online video, digital ebook and audio course format as a perfect and convenient way to deliver this information (for you and me).

What does this mean for you?

Well I have no inventory and no fulfillment costs. I don’t have to set up a call centre to take telephone orders, so I can pass my cost savings along to YOU!

Don’t worry about downloading, everything is a snap and it works for both PC and MAC users plus you still get all the bonuses listed below.

So remember …

… If you’re truly serious about the possibility of learning how to develop the ability to hit amazing consistent golf shots, your entire investment is…

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At $39.95, I’m sure you’ll agree this is an incredible bargain.

But since we just launched this course, you can get it right now at $37.05 off

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I truly value you as a long term client and I know you’ll be thrilled with the value in this $249.85 package that you’ll come back to me and buy from me time and time again, year after year.

I’d hate you to miss out …

Think about it for a moment. If you consider the fact that you would spend more than this amount on one golf lesson, then this tiny investment of only $39.95 is more than fair.

I have been told that this price is way too cheap!

In fact, I might be raising the price very soon. (I’m thinking of testing price points as high as $77 once my introductory launch is over.) So I urge you to get your hands on this course before it’s late… I’d hate to see you miss out!

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” … Here’s The Deal I’ve Cooked Up For You …”

I want to treat you like I wish I would be treated when I try something new. That’s why, I’m going to give you the chance to “rip me off”, if you so choose, without a hint of bad feeling.

It works like this. I’m charging $39.95 for this course… and because I have to process the money through an accounting system, you need to pay when you order. BUT… we’re just sort of “holding” your money in escrow, so to speak. Because, once you receive your course, you have the next two months to use it… master the secrets… and try them out in your game to your heart’s content.

Only then — when the two months are up, and you are either absolutely convinced (and happy) or absolutely disappointed – am I asking you to decide if what you learned is worth your $39.95 or not. If what you saw revealed in the course didn’t allow you to go out to the range for an hour, and then start smacking drives 35 yards further, with all the consistency and accuracy and power I’ve promised you here…then simply tell me, and I’ll rush your money back to you. No hassles, no nonsense at all, no questions to answer. Just boom — you tell me, and I send your money back to you.

Thus, if you choose, you will have seen and heard the four magic moves…for FREE. In fact… since we aren’t going to ask you any questions … if you choose , you can tell me you want a refund even if you ARE hitting further, more accurately, and with more power. It’s up to you. I’ll go broke, of course and friends say I’m being too generous, and that I will get ripped off. But I choose to believe that if I honestly deliver on MY promises (and I do), guys like you will happily pay the $39.95… and even be eager to see what else we have to share later on.

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Here is an example of what I mean:

Rule 13-4: If a player has hit the ball from within a bunker but his ball remains in the bunker, he is allowed to rake the sand; however, he should not touch the sand with his club. Should a ball be hit out-of-bounds from within a bunker, the ball must be dropped nearest the point of the last shot within the bunker. Here again, the sand can be raked before the drop, but the club should not touch the sand.

Benefit: Although the club cannot touch the sand, the raking of sand before the drop is taken can eliminate obstruction and provide an easier sand shot.

Each rule is discussed in a way that will provide an understanding of the rule and how that understanding can be used to your advantage. On the course, the level of a golfer’s confidence directly impacts his or her performance. If there were nothing else to be gained, the confidence that comes from knowing the rules would be an immediate benefit. As you will see, however, there is much to be gained.

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[lovelouisemoriarty]

Love Unedited

Dear World, I am writing to you from Australia. We are so blessed here. Gorgeous landscape, unique animals, wise indigenous heritage, courageous survivor spirt in all. The indigenous survivors of the terrible onslaught of a very different culture, those who come from another land in chains, those who chose this land as home as a better place for their families, as utopian dreamers. Although a magnificent beauty in some place this land can be very harsh and one must be resilient in many ways. So for that I am grateful that we are all survivors here and able to find even better ways to live together with shared respect for this great continent.

One thing it is easy to learn here you need a community to survive. You cannot do it all alone. You cannot just fortify yourself and get out your shotguns when any one else comes near looking for resources because they may be the very person you need to survive the next day. This was always apparent to indigenous mobs. Their main technology was sharing. Even on a river where more than one tribe bordered the river, fish traps were allowed for everyone. You left enough fish even for your traditional enemies. You did not impose on their right to live how they wished to live. You did not break their laws or you knew there would be consequences.

Today is a funny day for Australians. We have been calling it Australia Day, the day when Cook put up the flag for Queen and country and began the battle for possession of what was widely believed as terra nulliuss. For a few decades the mainstream white culture has come together beyond their own differences and had a game of cricket with family and friends to celebrate their community on this day. It wasn't about the nation or a political ideology, it was about being with people you loved and shared with and cared for and celebrating the opportunities we have because we live in relative freedom because of the resources of this beautiful land.

For indigenous Australians it has been a different story. To try and celebrate all that is good and the diversity of our multiple thriving cultures on this day is an affront to our shared history of colonisation, dispossession and attempted genocide. Indigenous Australians and their friends and family cannot celebrate it in its current form, it would be an insult for all their ancestors who fought in the frontier wars that have never been acknowledged, for all the women and children in their families who have been controlled, incarcerated and slaughtered while going about their own lives in their own way. Their culture is a generous culture, they had minimum impact on the land and had complex laws to live in interconnected balance with the environment and other species.

Things have become very complicated now for all of us with so many agendas playing out. One thing I do know, No human wants to live their life as a victim. Whether white or black, rich or poor, at some point once the wolf is no longer knocking at your door and survival is no longer your main concern, your self worth is not blown around in the wind, you find away to love yourself warts and all: We all begin to stand in our power and demand equity and to be seen as a survivor. Not blaming others for our own unwillingness to live by values and have the courage to do what it takes to live the life we actually want. Not backing down from the confrontations that are needed to gain understanding and the changes that will bring fairness. We decide that we will clean up our own backyard, address the ways that aren't working for the greater good of the whole and we learn to be of powerful service to our community. It is also the time we realise that this global community is interdependent on each other and what is playing out at the macro, in our global and community politics, is also playing out in our families and most intimate connections.

We realise that we must act within our own sphere of influence. ‘Over time this sphere of influence grows and the culture at large is determined. What will you do today to stand strong and powerful with respect and dignity for the culture you believe in? Can you connect with another person and make the case for coming together with you sharing your resources, caring for each others needs and understanding and sharing your perspective? Can you do that with anyone who comes in your path. Better still can you just be with them with understanding, share your resources, care for them?

Can you be an inspiration to bring us all together in respect for the human rights of each individual and also each species and environment? Very soon, when we look back on our squabbles about who has what resources we will not even recognise the arguments. Because we will be living in a paradigm where all life has as much rights as we believe we have as individuals right now. We will live in a dreamtime where humanity and other species understand just how much we need the water flowing, the earth being replenished by growing things and we need each others respect for our lineage and journey's. Only then will we begin to honour and restore the diversity of life that is needed for a healthy place.

From "The Poet" Louise Moriarty going from the abundance of the city where all the resources have been taken to back to the drained and devastated drought stricken interior that has been boiling at over 42 to 47 degrees since before xmas. The kangaroos are dying and the fish boiling, people are distressed and scared and trying to hold onto hope. Have an interest in other peoples worlds sometimes your neighbours is very different to yours.

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[baconandvibrators]

(1/2)Hello again! Yes it's really nice to get away from work for a while. We are short staffed right now a I'm working more then I would like to be. Any time off is greatly appreciated! I usually work most holidays but xmas is the one that I always fly home for. It's nice to see family since I don't see them much. It can be stressful making sure my girlfriend and I spend enough time with each family but other then that it's nice. The cold doesn't bother me too much since I grew up in it. -S.S

(2/2) it would be nice to have a relaxing holiday week. Maybe someday I’ll get that. Haha your NYE sounds so nice. It’s so nice to get out and just dance the stresses of life away and just have fun. Good music and good people sound like...well, a good time! So I’ve got an idea for a modern au with some pining and some angst. Are there any other requests for it? I’m open to any suggestion so that it’s something you really enjoy! -SS

That’s nice that family is good and time off is definitely always appreciated. Honestly I’m super easy to please, I’ll read damn near anything Clexa that like makes sense, and I’ve definitely never had anybody write anything just for me, so I’m absolutely positive I’ll love whatever you come up with! I’m super excited, and currently pretty drunk, so I hope you’re enjoying your Christmas Eve and I’m gonna keep trying to learn to play video games! :)

[gsmatthews95]

Oz: a recap

The time has come. It has been ten months in waiting but it had to come. It is with a slight twinge of sadness but an overpowering sense of excitement and happiness that I am leaving Australia on my way to Singapore. Which  is actually pretty ideal because I have a nice long 9 hour layover. There are very few occasions I would describe a 9 hour layover as "ideal" but this is one of them. Such a cool city. So much to do and see. And, apparently, it isn't even too big. So I'm hoping I should be able to DO/COMPLETE Singapore in a nice six hour stint, tick it off my list, add another pin to the map and tell everyone about how I've now basically completed Asia. Sick eh?. A wee bit more background before I delve into the meat of this potentially juicy post which I think I will compare to a fat fillet steak by comparison to the rest of my posts that I would say are more like coles BBQ sausages, 24 for $8... good value but not much substance. A good reference I reckon. So I'm currently on my flight. It is maybe 9am Aussie time and I am awake, not that tired, with very little to do in this flight as I went for the lost budget option (still pretty expenny). You have to pay 11 bucks for films, Ye right. Go do one scoot airlines. Urgh, absolute scandal for a 7 hour flight. No worries however. Gives me ample time to write an absolute Goliath of a blog post. Okay seriously guys stop cheering. It's distracting me and my brain flow you have to pay for food and entertainment. Not good. However, the there are two upsides to this flight with nothing to do, firstly it allows me to blog blog blog and the other upside of this prehistoric flight comfort is that it gives me a chance to register to Stephen Hawkins "a  brief history of time", what a bangin audiobook. Well bloody confusing but I feel cleverer listening to it. Although in the last nine months I have forgotten the vast, vast majority of it. All the better it's like a new book. I'm now not that excited however about my connecting flight to Berlin. 14 hours. 13 hours of no films, just sleep, urgh lame. I may find some more wee audiobooks. I'll tell you what, I may get the game Of thrones ones. They'd be immense, especially as I'm now a proper game of thrones loser (read loser as legend/fanatic).

This is what I mean, I have so much time to ramble this piece is gonna drag. Oo I have an idea. As I didn't have this blog for the majority of the trip should I go back and wrote posts for them? Hmmmm, that does kinda defeat the point of the blog though. I don't think I'll do that. the other nagging question is whether I carry on the blog for the next 3 months as I galavant around Europe. I think I should. You're welcome guys. I love you all too. Also sick that I'm using my British passport to its full extent before we F off out of Europe as part of brexit. Wooo freedom of movement. Cosmopolitan ideals, something we should probs all strive for as much as possible. However, I do think we probs made the right decision leaving the EU as most people who have spoken to me about it will know. This post is not about my political views however. Otherwise it would not be called holidaying. Maybe something like #Jezza4PM would be a better name for it if I were to become a political blogger slash activist. But I digress.

So as many of you may have gauged from speaking to me, reading this blog or merely by observing my Facebook presence. I have had an immense time. Even though my article about the ups and downs of travelling may have seemed a bit depressing, I can safely say the last ten months, yes that ten months, a long time, have been smashing. I am currently conflicted, in poor stylistic technique I have embarked upon this post without a plan. And now I am at a crossroads. Do I continue chronologically or thematically? I think I will stay true to convincing writing styles and go thematically. Let's push the boat out he he. Ok ok ok so I'll start with my hostels. I believe I do want to talk about them a little bit first.  To start, I have been in lots. Off the top of my head in Sydney alone I was in 7 separate hostels. Many for a week as I was forced to move because of the price increase, my bed being sold, being chucked out etc. But 3 main ones. Firstly, hump. What to say about this place. A mad house, a good outside smoking area, a room that stays open all night and a lot of sound people who I've seen since leaving Sydney too. One jack gawthorpe, I've seen in four separate places (who's stalking who...). My month or so there was heavy. There was always something going on, I have very fond memories. Secondly, dury house. As described by James, my friend who I took there one night: "that was literally a crack den". Yes James, but it was our crack den. With the roof that never closed and the never ending session, there was always something going on, whether it be 11am on a Sunday morning or 4am on a Friday night. And again some belter people, who again I've seen down the east coast. Thirdly, finally, and ultimately we had the palms. What a place. What a time. November-December 2017. The palms glory days. Clean hostel, nice kitchen, comfy beds, sound people, like a giant sharehouse it had the intimate feel that you knew everyone but was big enough to still be lots of fun. The palms massive made my first xmas away from home so fun and so comforting. Never forget. Loved everyone there, except dan obvs, I hate dan. Everyone else though, I love you. And the hostel. I'll give a quick shout out to bev and micks in Melbourne. Small, intimate, cosy and friendly. Not that exciting or fun but enjoyable for my three weeks. Plus it was the cheapest place around. However, barossa backpackers. Dirty, smelly, small, tiny kitchen, leaky fridges, small room, had to pay for wifi and in the middle of nowhere. Pretty crap hostel tbh. But as I was there for some time, working with and living with everyone. I had an unreal time. Even working in a potato factory. So much fun cause you're constantly with you're mates and chilling, I won't forget those few months in barossa. The hostels down the east coast were nice. Big and nice but with my motivation waiting and the fact that I was staying at each place for a few days I didn't really form much of a bond with many of them. The hostel is key to your experience. Regardless how long you are in a place for but especially if it's for the long term. And overall I think I did well with a only a few mistakes.

Work. Ok so work never went quite as I'd hoped before I came out to Australia. Maybe I was naive, maybe I just wasn't made for call centres. My one regret actually was not going in to construction in Sydney, making lots of money, doing easy work and finishing at 3:30 each day. I then could have done it all over oz as I'd have had experience and wouldn't have had to do some of my crap jobs. We live and learn, one of my bigger regrets I'd say. No hassle though, all has worked out well and I haven't been too low on money. But yes call centres and cold calling, not the job for me. Neither as it turns out is face to face fundraising. What I have learnt though is that there is no worse job than those and I now have sympathy for those doing it, I have the knowledge that I will never work in a job like that again and it has now given me a great  appreciation of any job that isn't that. Which was one reason I think I enjoyed the potatoes so much. Mainly because it was so easy and so much less depressing than my other jobs. Everyone constantly complained, I just smiled and said it could be worse. People said the job would break me. It never did. Smashing job, smashing people, smashing time. The worst of all these jobs though was the charity fundraising, I knew it would be but I just wanted 2-3 weeks work and it paid well. I lasted 1 week. Never again. The best job. Easy. Grape picking and wine making. It was so sick. I got a lot of hours, lots of free wine and food and learnt to make wine in the sun. Dream job. I even have a wine named after me, I'm gonna get a case delivered home of the 2018 vintage GSM lol. But that's enough about work after all it is a work holiday visa.

This part will be harder to split up do I discuss  specific experiences? Or parts of the journey. Oo I have an idea. Animals. I have devoted a few pieces to various animals but I haven't spoken about all of them. There are two that I will leave out though as they deserve their own piece. Australia, famous for its diverse and unique wildlife and I think I've done well in seeing a lot of it. And I got selfies with lots of them. Firstly I have fed and patted wild kangaroos and wallabies. So cute, they love carrots btw, not apples so much. One of the wallabies even had a tiny Joey in its pouch. Too much for my heart. They're great I loved em both. Then came the quokka. As many of you may have seen by my  Valentine's Day post devoted to this one. They are like giant rodents. Although they're not giant, and they're actually cute. I dunno how to describe them actually just look at my photo, well adorable. I will now move on to the dangerous segment of the list of animals, cause, as we all know, that's what oz is most famous for. Firstly, the red back spider, v venomous. Hannah (friend not sister) almost died as she entered his layer/graveyard and only just escaped with her life. I have also seen three wild snakes, woohoo. That was a real target. The python in the kitchen and the two cuties slithering across the path in Lichfield national park and the twelve (4) apostles. Now. The personal favourite. The crocs. There have been lots of crocs, none completely in the wild without a tour guide sadly, but the jumping crocs were wild and were damn sick. I even have a croc tooth necklace (sorry axel, Brutus and dominator). The one animal conspicuous by its absence I haven't seen though, sadly, a shark. Waaaaa I should have gone shark cage diving, ah it was too expensive anyway. I think I'll carry on with my sea critters vibe now for a few more. Next was the manta. MANTA MANTA MANTA. I saw lots in Indonesia but another at whitsundays. So big, graceful and noble. I love them, as everyone does, they're god personified in an animal I reckon.  I would like to be a manta ray. Next up dolphins. Not many and both times I saw them from a cliff. Not overly exciting mainly because I have been spoilt in the past both in cornwall And in the SAN blas when they swam with our boat, so very nice. My final sea dweller. Whales. Lots of humpbacks as I said in my Fraser Island piece. They are awesome, so big and majestic and loving. I would also like to be a whale. Sue me. I saw lots of camels too, they're funny I like camels teehee and dingos, they're so cute, not scary. I would like to chat to a dingo and befriend him. I love dingos. I think however, my proudest find and subsequent selfie was with the koalas. We found 8 on magnetic island. One barely 8 foot away. Perfect for a selfie. And I snapped it yay. They're such chillers too, I love koalas. I love animals actually. I also miss Rolland, I love you too Rolland!!!

So as to stop myself writing another dissertation I may make this the final para. And I'm going to try and be concise. My favourite moments. I won't describe them much but merely mention them. There's a variety of reasons why a moment could have been so great. Maybe where I was, what I was doing, who I was with. Who knows? Maybe I just felt at peace and the world felt right for a moment. Deep. And I'm not talking about every moment I sat down with a full box of goon. Ok ok seriously. The hump boat party. Both 1 and 2. Unreal, a boat party in the Sydney harbour, beers, mates, opera house, swimming, tunes, I won't ever forget those two days. My first moment seeing the extent of the blue mountains at the end of the garden of the nbb Jill and Richard had so kindly rented for us. A little ten minute walk and you were on the edge of the crator with the blue trees stretching out, I reckon I spent a couple of hours just sat there over the three days, peaceful. Sash, pretty much every sash, but one in particular when I'm pretty sure everyone I knew in Sydney was there. It was sunny and we boogied. I was having so much fun several separate people came and asked me if I sold drugs cause I was so deliriously happy. Oo also the sash it rained that was unreal, dancing in the rain with the boys, never forget. Two more from Sydney. The beach party, amazing. One of the best, if not the best day of my life. Music and goon on the beach, swimming as the sun set over the harbour bridge, so wicked. And finally xmas day. Singing for the Aussie prime minister with a broken voice having lost it the night before was something I will NEVER ever forget especially as I have the video of it all ahahahaha. We move on to mine and Hannis road trip. My first thought. The pinnacles. The pinnacles were sick, so random just a load of pointy rocks in the ground. I doubt two people have ever been so excited in one place. So funny. Also actually hannah, all of our carpool karaokes. They made your company bearable. Completing the 8km hike in kalbari was also a good moment as it was 30+ degrees and we had about two litres of water between us, stupid English. But we did it, I'm proud. Finally hanni, 100% when we chilled with Roos in morriset park for hours after Jill and richard basically laughed us down for going, v funny. A good afternoon. Days of our lives festival. Awesome, what a send off from Sydney. Dury house you did yourselves and me proud, cheers for convincing me to go xoxoxo. The whole outback trip was awesome, if I picked a few moments though... I reckon the first proper big fire was a great moment, and sorting out the car light that we couldn't turn off meaning we didn't have to take the fuse out every time we stopped the car, sheer happiness. Also getting in to alice springs. This may seem weird but I cannot explain how touchy everyone was, we needed food, civilisation, electricity, a shower and some goon. We got all of the above and spirits were restored. Also the natural springs were amazing. So beautiful, completely free and refreshing. Darwin, croc diving, easy, it was unreal. Spotting the koalas on magnetic island obvs was memorable. I want to pick some moments from Fraser but it was all so fun. If I had to pick a few though, I'd say the horse racing on the second night united everyone, we were all so into it and the crumbed sausage obvs haha. I have missed things out but when I look back on oz these are the things I feel stand out as specific moments but like I've said before travelling isn't just about the moments (sorry Alina) but the whole experience, what you feel and who you meet.

What a holiday. I am content with my time in oz. if I came back I'd change things but I'm happy just the way they went. It's been sick. Stay posted I have one more oz piece before we move to EUROPE yahoooooooo. This piece has literally killed at least two hours of my flight maybe even three. I have been very engrossed aha. But back to mr hawking for me. G.