#i havent had the energy to draw in a few days but that might change today after i sleep idk

[cherub014]

i have been awake since 1:30 am. merry christmas

[penguin--person]

hey. hey you. I’m way too nervous to leave an actual comment on it but the rain world fic you posted recently. Fucking slaps. It’s so good. Idk how to put it into words but it’s like you make the characters so clear and and…idk but I think your fic is so cool and good. AND I DONT EVEN RAIN WORLD IS SUPPOSED TO BE. I came in through PAFL but I’ve been curious about rw for a while now, and this has made me want to check it out even more. Also, take your time on the swap au!! Stay healthy(physically AND mentally. They both matter) and don’t burn yourself out! Always remember that you are priority #1, and that your needs should always come first. Alright that’s it bye :D

AWAWA!!!! wawawwaaa!!!! explodes and diessssss ..n"!!! thanke you!!! thank you:3!!!!! your kind words are always so!!! nice and cool!!! and a pleasure to receive!!! <3333 rain world my good friend rain world... its a game for sure!!! ive been engaging less w the fandom lately, but, i still rlly like the game:3 ive been into it for. checks steam achivements. like two years now (i got into pafl not long after i think) !! rain world has these thangs tho - slugcats! :) the link leads to my rw pafl au... i have. SO Many pafl aus. you dont even Know. i havent even posted half of them. you dont know about my wandersong pafl au. you dont know about my buddy sim pafl crossover. you dont know about my pathologic pafl au (yet) (>:3). and thats because i never draw anything for them ❤️might write smth tho... ..

mm . youre rlly cool. thank you again!!! for your support!!! as a thank you, heres what ive got so far for the next chapter of swap! its not much, and mostly just first draft, but! just for you ❤️the '*' signal words/sentences im gonna italise

It’s another day. Just like always.

Half-asleep, Yura glances at the door, halfway through his breakfast. His mother’s standing there. She’s already fully dressed, while her son is still in last night’s clothes. He hasn’t had much energy as of late. It’s not like he ever has any energy, even more as of late, with the trip to the zone coming up... Not to mention everything that’s happened with Dmitry.

Yura grunts at the thought of that… *monster. 

Why didn’t he stick around? Maybe he’d have been able to convince Sergei to let him stay, or at the very least, not report him. Maybe he could have helped Dima escape. Maybe he could have seen the police coming and warned him. Maybe if he had used his brain, he’d have told Sanya to let Dima stay at his place and avoided all of this. But, no amount of *maybes is going to change the fact that he’s gone. Dead, maybe, for all they know.

The door clicks shut. He’s alone now. Anya is either at school (Is there school today? What day is it?) or, more likely, at Olya’s right now. She probably won’t be back for some time. Yura will be all by himself until then, getting swallowed up by unnecessary feelings.

… Whatever. He only knew him for a week. He shouldn’t care. His eyes shouldn’t sting at the memory of the guy. It doesn’t matter that Yura wasted so much time and money helping him out. Feeding him, giving him a place to stay, hanging out with him even though he was *such a pain in the ass.. But none of that matters now. Never will matter, because he’s gone.  The only thing that matters is that he- *it, Yura corrects himself - killed a few people in Sergei’s flat.

… Well, not really people. Not ones that matter, anyway. Three or so cops. Blew up their heads, Sanya said, that it looked like that’s what happened. Yura got the feeling she didn’t tell him more than she had to during their phone call. It was clear that she wasn’t pleased with how things turned out. Maybe she was hoping Sergei could help Dima. Let him live with them.  Find some place for him to stay, at least.

Yura can’t find the strength to not blame her for this. The rational side of him argued that she was the *least to blame, actually, she didn’t know this would happen. Most likely, she didn’t even know that Dima’s a mutant. Still. Though the final nail in his (hopefully only metaphorical) coffin was decided by Sergei, *she took Dima to him. She should have known.. but, how could she have? There was no way for her to know.

A frustrated groan escapes the teen. There’s really no need to be thinking that much about him. About *it.

He groans again, frustrated by his inability to call Dmitry what he is. It’s not like he didn’t know the truth all along, either. Again, he internally reprimands himself for getting attached. Sanya isn’t to blame here- no, she’s not the one responsible for all of this. Maybe for getting him reported so quickly, but that was always going to happen, one way or another. Better soon than later, the teen thinks. Before he let that not entirely uncomfortable feeling grow more than it already has.

Before he can ponder this any further, his phone buzzes. With one hand, he rubs his eyes, with the other he picks up his phone.

*We need to talk, a message from none other than Mr Kazarin himself. The tone of the message makes him sound like he wants to break up, Yura thinks to himself. Funny. Maybe it is one. Yura runs a hand through his hair, staring at the message. His stalker times are over before they even started, his only hope at making it in this godforsaken world, all because of that.. *thing. Nothing he can say could fix this.  

Luckily, before he can ruin Sergei’s view of him any further, another message. An invitation, if one can call it that, to meet up at an unimportant location. It’s not like he has much choice in this - so, he sends back an *ok, gets dressed in his unitidy clothes and heads out.

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something something sergei angst

“You know what this is about.” Sergei proclaims. Yura doesn’t need to reply for him to know he’s right, but he still does, accompanied by a dry chuckle. “‘Course I do. It’s about Dimochka.”

“*Don’t call it that.”

The air is thick with tension. Despite this, Yura nonchalantly holds a cigarette out to him. Like nothing’s happened- like this is just a regular training session. With a sigh, he takes the cigarette, and with one quick motion, he takes out his lighter. Yura is fiddling with his own. 

[liathgray]

Hello cece!!! I'm not writing anon or anything (though I wish them well!!! We havent heard from them in a while, but I wish them the best if they see this <3<3) but I do have a writing question!! So I'm outlining a multi chapter fic, and I know what major plot points need to happen to get me to where I need to be, but I dont know what to do for smaller scenes. Like smaller interactions that ultimately lead to the plot points happening but dont necessarily seem like they do. Like smaller bonding scenes/flashbacks/ scenes with individual characters that carry the story forward. I just cant figure out how to come up with the overall scene. I know each scene must exist to have a purpose, especially since my story is like a murder mystery/romance/introspection fic, but the scenes just wont come to me ya know???? Do you have any tips for coming up with them? I'm capra I think? It was chapter 4? That was chock full of a bunch of different scenes that ultimately built up Edward's character for his arc, and all those scenes existed for us to gain knowledge ya know??? Surely you didnt have ideas for all those scenes when you were first planning, so how did you come up with all of them? This got so long, I'm sorry if this is hard to read. I hope you have a lovely day <3<3<3<3

Hello sorry this took me a while to get around to! I honestly had to step back and figure out how I did work out those scenes for a few days. This might be a little scatterbrained, but I tried to keep it somewhat cohesive.

1) Knowing the tone

Tone is important to most stories as a whole, but I mean for the individual scenes like you mentioned, it good to know the energy you want for each one and to have a bit of diversity. Is it going to be tragic or dark? Pleasant? Funny? Heartwarming?

What I sort of do is give all the small scenes their individual tone and then “lens” it. Like, apply an overall filter so it all works together better. Usually this comes through in the writing style itself and the inner voice of the character, but if the “lens” is going to be, say, tragic, then the lighter scenes might warrant an air of fleeting or reminder that its temporary.

2) List out the things you need

Say that you need to establish a bunch of things and are using smaller scene to do it. Make a list! Write out the motifs and themes you’re touching upon and give each one it’s own moment or multiple moments.

I also find it helpful to leave notes for yourself on where change happens in each of these so it feels like real progress rather than stagnation. It can be learning something new, challenge to status quo, bonding, etc. All of it helps!

3) Time skips are sexy

I’ve said it before but really! if something isn’t working, or doesn’t feel needed, you can skip it! A lot can be conveyed through a few well worded lines of exposition, plus the pacing stays sharp. 

4) My brain is weird

I won’t claim that I had all the ideas when I planned it, but I had many of them. Y'all know that I plan out my fics viciously so those individual scenes, or at least a lot of the main concepts were in my outline because it was all referenced earlier on and foreshadowed.

5) Those individual scenes

The best advice I can give for coming up with the actual scenarios and what is happening in the smaller scenes is to draw from life, especially mundane things!! Like the simple act of doing laundry or washing dishes while characters talk can add a lot. 

If they’re familiar with each other, they could be working in tandem or if they’re uncomfortable its reflected in the body language. Walking to a bus stop, making food, climbing a tree; its all fair game to throw into scenes.

It’s also good to apply person experiences sometimes. Like in Giants, the whole chapter of Ed and Roy basically just wandering through a forest was directly pulled from when I myself went into a ravine with a friend, walking along the bottom of the ridge for hours and just talking, tripping over shit, taking breaks, etc. 

6) Combine things!

That list I mentioned? You can put multiple motifs and themes into one scene. Mix and mash which characters are interacting, how they react to one another and build up their dynamic. If you’ve got, say, a macguffin or important object you want to set up, slip it in casually.

GAH I hope this was somewhat helpful. Sometimes these ideas do just pop into my head and I simply go with it, so I apologize if this isn't very good as advice. Nonetheless I wish you luck in your writing!! 

[blooming-a3]

hi happy holidays, here’s a soft hisohoma drabble i finally finished and semi haply with

i havent written for a3 before so bear with me, this is a learning process

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Hisoka rolled over in bed, the consistent sound of a pen scratching on paper drew him out of his slumber. You’d think after living in the same room as Homare he’d be used to it, but sometimes it just goes on for way too long. Earlier, he had fallen asleep to the same exact sounds, so what time was it now? He fished his phone out of his jacket to check. 2:45AM.

Hisoka rose up just enough to peek over the railing of his bed. Sure enough, he spotted the Homare enveloped in his work at the desk. Papers were scattered all around him, all with pen scratches filling the page. This was the same state Hisoka had left him in hours before, and there was still no sign of him stopping any time soon. Unless Hisoka has any say in it.

After watching him fill an entire paper and start a new one, Hisoka spoke up.

“Alice...” He started out quiet, but when he recieved no response, he spoke louder, “Alice.” The writing continued.

Hisoka sat up from his bed, grabbed a pillow and threw it towards the poet. It hit him in the back, startling him quite a bit and caused him to fall from whatever world trapped him in writing mode

His eyes ripped from the paper and he swirled in his seat to look for the culprit.

Hisoka just climbed over the railing of his bed and softly landed on the ground

“Hisoka-kun?” His eyes struggled against the dark, the strain created a sharp pain in his head. “Is it morning already? Ah, I didn’t realize I was writing for that long!” He rubbed his eyes with a sigh as he turned back towards his desk

Behind him, Hisoka grumbled “You’re being loud.” as he approached his roommate. While that was true, Homare was, and always is, being loud, he was also worried about the man’s wellbeing. He clearly went over his body’s limit.

“Oh... I’m sorry, did I wake you?” Homare turned back to Hisoka, who was now standing behind him.

Hisoka just sighed, swaying lightly. It’ll be impossible to stop any time soon. He might as well just stay in Azuma’s room for the rest of the night.... Except.....

“Alice, it’s late. If you lose too much sleep, you wont be able to supply my marshmallows.”

Homare chuckled, shaking his head lightly as he turned back towards his work. “Your selfish demands are as predictable as always, Hisoka-kun. Worry not, dear! Supplying and watching over you comes as naturally as breathing for me! Now go sleep, let me finish this and I’ll be in bed in no time!” Despite his burning eyes, he started to write again.

Hisoka let out yet another sigh as Homare hunched back over his papers. For someone obviously exhausted, he sure does have a lot of drive and energy. If he keeps this up, he’ll end up like Tsuzuru after a script grind. So there was no way Hisoka was going to let that happen. It’s almost as impossible to draw Homare away from his work than it is to keep Hisoka awake, but possible if you have the right techniques.

“How annoying...” Hisoka grumbled as he made his moves. He grabbed the back of Homare’s chair and pulled it away from the desk. As he turned to complain, Hisoka took it as an opening and slipped into the poet’s lap, wrapping his arms around him and laid his head comfortably on his shoulder. All of this happened in less than a few seconds. So Homare could just forget about working now, he could hardly even move.

“You’re truely troublesome, Hisoka-kun. What will I ever do with you?” He placed a hand on the back of Hisoka’s head and ran his fingers through to fluff of his hair.

“You slept in your day clothes again, huh? This is why everything you own is wrinkled. I keep telling you this, won’t you ever learn?”

This playful scolding didn’t last long as the lack of sleep quickly caught up to Homare. His eyes flickered to the clock. 3AM.

He laid his head on Hisoka’s as he spoke, “I suppose my work can wait. Iwouldn’t want to fall asleep while speaking to my publisher tomorrow, would I?” He yawned, cradling Hisoka close to him. “And I have to stay up for my job of keeping track of you, of course.” He closed his eyes and place a kiss on Hisoka’s hair, “Have to make sure you’re not falling asleep on the side of the road again.” He smiled, closing his eyes

“Your warmth, it brings me.... wonders of inspiration...”

Hisoka quickly lifted his head, “I don’t want to hear it...” He moved away to stand up, taking Homare’s hand to assure he follows. “Let’s go to bed now, Alice.”

Homare let out a small laugh, lightly rubbing his head. “Your tactics never fail, Hisoka-kun.” He sighed in defeat, as he was pulled along to the bed.

As they lay next to each other, Hisoka curled up against Homare’s chest, his head resting under his partner’s chin. Homare rested a hand in Hisoka’s white hair, and started to sleepily build a new poem: “Warm... in sync... snow white flowers... cherished in the sun. Forevermore...”

“That’s different from your other ones.”

“Is it? I didn’t notice. Perhaps my muse changed! Ah! Maybe I can make make it part of a complete series!” Homare, although sleep deprived, still had the same dopey grin on his face. “A brilliant idea! I’ll speak to my publisher about it tomorrow! So many good things are coming my way!” How could he have so much energy?

Hisoka just sighed once again, “How annoying... Maybe I should sleep with Azuma-san tomorrow night....” He moved to roll over, but Homare’s hold stopped him. He ran his finger through his hair and placed a soft kiss on his forehead.

“Goonight, Hisoka-kun.

[sinnerpenart]

i havent slept for like 18 hours pls enjoy " As he struggled to catch his breath, the short lagomorph glanced around at the green plains and hills stretching on for miles everywhere he'd look, his dark cinnamon fur bristling in the evening wind that had began to pick up shortly before the sun had set. It was a beautiful place. Fields of emerald grass surrounded him, basking in the dim orange-purple glow that only lasts a few short moments in the lights of dusk. From where he stood, upon one of the high mountains which surrounded the valley, he could see the city perfectly- Coiling around the side of a tall siera like a snake; The shortstack buildings with their connected roofs that made up the lower levels, and the spiraling spires of the palace, all made of the same soft, white stone. One by one, he'd watch as the golden lights of the capital came on, like drifting fireflies in the sundown. Oh, it was a sight to behold. But this wasn't why he was here. “

“ He'd heard the call of the lantern, felt its pull. It led him here. Something would happen here. The notion pulled him back from his peaceful daydreaming, snapping into him a twinge of dread. No, this wasn't just sightseeing.

He sat down on the soft grass with a sigh, setting the round, glassy lantern down on his lap as he did so. The flame burning within was so bright now that it nearly blinded him to stare directly at it... Well, at least he'd be free from its grasp for just a little while, now that he'd finally reached it. He'd be safe here, spectating from afar as always. He closed his eyes for an instant, ignoring his instincts- he felt like he more than deserved a moment of quiet respite, after how much he'd walked for the past few weeks- Oh, it wasn't like he hated wandering. In fact, he always loves discovering these strange, faraway places. If only it let him rest sometimes, though...

The woeful snap of a broken twig behind his back pulled him out of his contemplations, his legs kicking the air on reflex as he'd twirl around. Behind him was a young elf, it seems- A child, their cherry red eyes fixated on the shortstack rabbit, both unmoving in their surprise as they watched eachother. It took a few seconds for the cinnamon-colored watcher to notice the elf's pupils- Milky white, like two shining pearls dropped in a pool of bright, fresh blood. A seer, perhaps. He tilted his head, quickly glancing up and down the stranger; They were barely a few heads taller than himself, dressed in light white robes and wearing a tight drape of light silk around their head, covering their hair and neck, patches of peach color popping out against their dark skin.

The child was the first one to speak.

"Ah... Er, hello? I don't think I've ever seen you around here. Are you... A traveller?"

Slightly taken aback, he quickly looked around, before giving a weary nod.

"Oh! I mean, I usually come here alone, but I guess it might be nice to have company... If you don't mind?"

The lagomorph seemed to reflect on his options for a short moment, before nodding again, this time accompanied with a scoff as he re-adjusted the thick, wooly red scarf around his neck. After all, there was still time, he felt, and it wasn't every day he encountered someone who could see him. The child walked over, sitting down by the rabbit, until they noticed him giving them an odd look, as if questioning their reason to be here.

"...I like to hike up the mountain sometimes. It's tiring, but I think the view's nice."

Then, looking down at the young watcher once more, "You don't talk much, do you? I mean, that's fine. I like the silence."

Saying this, they looked up to the sky, and so did he. Small, twinkling stars were beginning to appear to the night sky. Small balls of gases and fire, far off into the infinite space... He wondered if anyone else shared this knowledge with him, right in this moment. Maybe the people would have to find it out themselves. His heart was beginning to beat faster in his chest, the flame of the lantern burning into his entrails like a blasted poison. He glanced over to the child. Did they know? Maybe if he just stayed here, whatever fate had in store wouldn't reach them. He hoped so. Looking back on this moment, he would have prayed so, even, had he not known that none of the gods would come to aid.

"You know," The child started, "If you're a traveler, you must've seen a lot of things, right?" They asked. He looked away with a smile, scoffing, then nodded as he remembered memories of the countries he'd visited, the different cultures, the stunning landscapes... He sighed mournfully as his head began to feel dizzy with anxiety, longing for those warm, colorfully delightful days. He lays down on the ground, staring at the night sky now. The elf stifles a small laugh upon seeing their newfound silent friend's reaction, tilting their head to watch the stars once more, constellations now clearly visible in the dark purple-ink space.

"... I wish I could see a lot, too..." The child sighs, "The valley's nice, but I'd like to see the world, someday." They announce, now bearing a proud smile. He perks his ears, raising one of his eyebrows as the elf continues speaking, "I'd see the jungle and the deserts and the sea. I'd grow wings like a bird, or I'd make my own, and I'd fly to the North and see the frozen realms!" They laugh, looking back to him with a large smile. "Wouldn't that be nice?" He does give his best attempt at a smile, but the anxious tension on his face shows, and the child's own gleeful expression falls a bit as they look down to the grassy hills underneath them.

"I know, it's silly." They scoff, and he shakes his head. The child perks up, their head turning to him. "...Really? I mean, I know I can't grow wings. I just think... Well, I think fantasies would be nice to have." They scoff, and he gives the elf an understanding smile, albeit burdened by the churning felt in his stomach. The lantern's glow is too warm. It feels scalding on his skin, yet it's only hot enough to draw his attention back to it as he listens.

"My caretaker doesn't think for nonsense like that." They say with a sigh, and the cinnamon rabbit frowns. "... I remember something she told me, I think..." His nose twitches with anticipation, looking up to the elf.

"...In the world of the unjust, ignorance is bliss." The child rolls their eyes as they quote the phrase, and the lagomorph frowns.

"I don't believe it either. She always talks as if the entire world is out to get everyone... I wouldn't want to live like that. Besides, saying that it's bad wouldn't change a thing... If the world really is unjust, then it should be up to us to make it just." Then, they glance down to the city, and let out a gasp.

"Oh, I should go. They're probably going to start the festival soon..." They say, stepping up and dusting their robes. Suddenly, the sickly heat that had been crawling around in the back of his skull bashes against his senses, the lagomorph only barely repressing his nausea as the glow of the lantern nestled between his arms pulsates along with his heartbeat.

"Well, I guess that's a goodbye, then! I hope I'll see you sometimes!" The small elf says with a bright smile, bowing forward respectfully to his brief, silent friend. The young watcher's chest tightens up, the sparkle of dread he'd been feeling ignited into a fire that devours his insides, burning red hot and sending shivers down his back. Maybe if he could just say something. Anything. Anything to make this child stay, just a little longer... It closes in, the moment seizing his heart like a serpent, sinking its fangs into his muscles. He opens his mouth, as if to say something, but his throat is dry and parched. He tries to think of something, but nothing comes out.

Painfully, painstakingly long seconds pass by as he raises his arm and waves a silent goodbye to his friend, losing the fight against his instincts. He would watch. No, he had to watch. It wasn't his place. Maybe it was.

But before long, the moment was gone. The young elf turned around, and left down the trail snaking around the mountainside. The lantern's pulse drove his senses, the watcher turned his head and started forward, into the delicate white spires of the city, the beautiful golden lights, the soft tall emerald grass down below. His head throbbed.

And as the last glimmers of color left the sky, when darkness struck and the night was left with its inky blanket to envelop the earth, ancient seeds sown and words spoken by those of old took roots. Just like that, the earth cracked and burst like a balloon made of dry paper. The spires splintered, the households were engulfed by the earth. The seed of darkness had sprouted, taking the form of a gigantic pillar of melting energies that grew and ate and grew. And it grew and reached until every light in the valley had died out.

And he was sat on the mountain, his eyes glassy and senses numb as every detail was carved into his memory, as he drew the information he needed. As he recorded. The growing sprout of horrors wouldn't notice him there. And years later, the most powerful forces of the world would gather, to seal this seed and its land away, leaving nothing behind but ashes and dead winds.

And he was safe there, where the lantern had guided him to.

And he heard it, under all the noise. 'In the world of the unjust, ignorance is bliss.'

And he watched. "

[artzom-b]

THE RAMBLING HOUR: Tumblr

remember this?? for all my first followers??? got in a lot of trouble for doing some of these because it was like

and it usually got me less followers in the end =w= but since tumblr is buring to the ground might as well take the time out of my night to complain about it.

I joined tumblr in 2014 with my first blog Kantome and i enjoyed almost everysecond of it...till i didnt.

it wasnt tumblr i wasnt enjoying, looking back on it i dont think i ever ran into as any weird people on that blog compared to this one! but then again i wasnt that out in the open in 2014 either. 

During those years i had already put my furry days behind me, i was no longer interested in begin a furry and since most people I knew that knew about them at the time looked down on them AND furry art i gave up on the entire fandom until around 2017 when I discovered my favorite artist till this day @yogurtart (go follow if you want! ps he blocks porn blogs) they sorta gave me a different look on furry art. I could go into deeper detail but we’ll go into furries and the pros and cons and how most of the stereotypes hurt a pretty good community on a later post. 

ANYWAYS once I discovered them i wanted to give furry art another shot and wanted to change my name anyways and in 2017 made Artzom-b in which i made a shit ton of furry characters that i honestly miss drawing I even adopted a character and due to most of that artist work begin trans made the character trans as well making him my first trans character! Which made me super nervous because i was afraid of offending someone but everyone loved him most were happy that he looked like an actual guy then just a guy with tits yah know?

Now why bring up my life story of tumblr? How am I effected? I dont draw nsfw on my main blog so what does it matter to me? 

Welp pals alot of my followers are nsfw blogs, which sounds bad but it actually isnt. A LONNNGGGGG time ago i made a post defending nsfw artist but to sum it up they are still artist and if thats what they like to draw let them, dont bash on them for it which is exactly what tumblr is doing. Once these rules are set in place my follower count will tank and it sucks because most of the nsfw blogs that I have talked to over the years were good people! I havent had any unpleasant encounter with an nsfw blog UNLESS it was a bot! Of course there were the pedophiles who i never got the pleasure of meeting and im glad tumblr is trying to take a step to fix it but...this aint it chief. 

I explained this in a previous post but tumblr is like that one guy everyone hates but we’ve all learned to accept them. OF COURSE they did wrong shit that is our job as their reluctant friends have to fix but we wont just abandon them because what are friends for? then one day tumblr just stabs you in the back basically telling us they dont need us anymore and they can fix themselves, so we watch from the side as they make bad decisions to attempt to better themselves alone and all we can do is walk away.

Tumblr doesnt realize the gravity of the situation for artist. Like the platform for tumblr is unique, if utilized properly its good for exposure for us artist but once tumblr is shut down alot of artist who set shop here will be looking at a crisis. I’ve seen several artist confused on where to go next (including myself) and others who dont know how to make ends meet with out an audience who can support them when they need it.Its sad really.

What makes matters worse is that a few lgbt blogs are begin targeted along with furries and a few innocent blogs that literally done nothing wrong! Their bot is already broken!  In the end of the day tumblr needs to step back and take back what it was a shitty website everyone shit on mostly because it was ironic and in reality just needed a little more control over the content but not just blocking content all together just because they cant find a way to properly fix it. 

Anyways I could go all night but the older I get the less energy I have to be the angry blogger guy so I’ll just call it there. 

Good luck to my fellow artist who are getting attacked worse the me.

and good luck to you tumblr hopefully you get the help you so desperately thrive to get. 

Reblog this or dont either way it goes it doesnt really matter who argues against me at this point. 

[speci-society]

Hey I had to reference my list of low energy/sick day activities today actually! Sometimes i just wake up with a headache that doesn't go away for a whole day regardless of hydration, nutrition or like. Asprin. And i just kinda have to rest the whole day until i can sleep it off. Which happened today and i highly suggest figuring out your own personal list of go-to things! Heres my own examples, which are pretty specific to me but hopefully i explained what would be specific to You well-

- off the bat, generally my list is just doing things i know very well- whether its rewatching movies that i know every scene from or replaying games i know like the back of my hand. If you're having trouble thinking of smth to do for a low energy/sick day, think of something youre familiar with enough to where its still enjoyable, but doesn't take as much physical or mental energy. Most of my other examples are specific to me but maybe itll get ya thinking

- i have some go-to shows and movies that i know by heart, but crucially, i know where to find them. The 2004 spongebob movie I have on dvd and i've been watching like, at least once a year basically since i was a toddler, and there's a full high quality upload of the 1996 hunchback of notre dame that i watch like a video essay when im bored. Both things i can access easily that i don't have to get like, devote all my mental energy into watching and listening bc i know what happens in them, but are still satisfying bc they're also just my 2 favorite movies of all time and just happen to usually hold up on Very frequent rewatch

- similarly, my go-to games are just games i know front to back, which looks different for everyone. I don't think most people would consider Terraria or The Binding of Isaac to be relaxing, but i know like, the routine of what to do in them so well bc i've played them so, so much. But again, theyre still enjoyable bc well. Terraria is a massive sandbox game where a lot of the fun comes from what you wanna make of it, and TBoI is a roguelike that is really quick to start up a run, everything's randomized but in a familiar way (ie if you play long enough, you know what items do what and what strategies to use), most of the gameplay is just Move and Shoot Tears at Monsters, and a run ends in usually under an hour (except ig if ur going for like. Ending of Repentance but i havent gotten there yet lmfao) bc either you win or you die and boom thats that short run

- this is again, not a super wide appeal strategy I Guess bc not everyone has dolls but lately i've found that if i need an off screen sick day thing to do is to just dress my dolls up. I've got a few rainbow high dolls and a couple monster high ooaks, and if you dont know much abt rh, most dolls come with a 2nd complete outfit, so if you have a few dolls you end up with twice as many clothes and if i need to be away from a screen, sometimes i just dress up and pose my gals w their excess of clothes

- heres an art one i do sometimes!! I draw pretty often, usually at least once a day just bc i have a lot of Thoughts amd drawing is my main way to get them out. So sometimes a day comes where im feeling sick and i want to draw but can't think of smth, i'll just find smth i drew anywhere from a few months ago to several years ago and redraw it with my current skills and style. Not only does it not take energy to try and come up with something for a subject or idea, but i also really like comparing the two and seeing how ive changed! Hell i made it a bit of a tradition to redraw one sketch i made in like january 2020 just bc i did it twice already, why not like 4 more times every few months when ive got nothing else to draw? Its not for everyone, ik a lot of ppl dont like looking through their old art but if you do heres smth ig

- also, journaling! Versatile, can be on screen (if you dont have the energy to write on paper it might be easier to type) or on paper (if you have the energy to write by hand and don't wanna be at a screen). Doesn’t have to be deep. Can be if you want, if yoh have the mental energy to reflect or go think abt some Deep Shit and thats what you wanna journal abt then go for it. You can also just journal your stream of consciousness which is what i tend to do. Again, its versatile bc 1. It helps my adhd brain remember things by writing them down, 2. It gets more Thoughts outta my Head, 3. Just writing down my stream of consciousness does not take a lot of effort from me personally and is fun for me, and as a bonus, 4. Sometimes its funny to read back over later

- also wanna mention that if youve got prior plans, if you don't think you can get through them you can let ppl know. My mom and i were gonna get some things together for my grandma today and spend the morning with her, but i let hwr know i might not be able to and it worked out that doing it tomorrow worked better anyway. And i had a dnd session in the afternoon that i still wanted to be present for and thought i could (it was also online so), but i told everyone and made the compromise that i could type out all my actions and whatever id say out loud, since i knew trying to speak it for 4 hours would make me way more sick. And the session was super great!

Find things that you enjoy that require as little mental and physical energy as possible, so that when you’re drained and need a day to recover, your “recovery” isn’t just sitting in bed on TikTok for eight hours.

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Entry 2, October 29, 2021

hello loves

so i had to stya home from school today because i didnt feel well. not really sick but i think my body was so stressed that it just forced me to take a break, which is fair.

it was also alex, my older siblings birthday, however, so i didnt really get that much relaxing done. not ad much as id like, anyway.

i chilled out and napped until like? maybe around 4 when we went to spirit halloween. it was loud and there was a lot of people there, but i got my final pieces for my costume.

im gonna be an angel, so i got these gold wings and a headband halo. i was thinking of doing a biblically accurate angel vibe but just havent had the energy to out the effort into that costume, considering id have to hand make quite a few parts. so, innocent, cottage core esque lesbian angel vibes?? also my mom said i looked like a victorian ghost when i tried on the outfit yesterday

anyways, then we went around to few other stores, includig ulta where i got some white waterliner and gold highlighter bc i tragically havent owned any highlighter in like a year. but i have some now and im going to make it everyones problem

anyways, eventually came home and finished a drawing of two new ocs, Fall and Auburn(im not concrete on these names yet. might change Fall to Autumn but idk)(also ill add the photo of the drawing to this post), then ate cake for alex' bday, and then just watched youtube until now.

i should probably shower, but i dont have the energy. ill ddo it tmr morning ig. i need to plug in my phone and also get a cup of water. once i finish this i will go do those things.

uhmm kinda just feeling exhausted and in pain lately. seasonal depression has spread its wings and landed on my shoulders and its weighing my whole body down. but hey, ill keep focusing on art and school and the beauty of fall and winter and then ill make it out the other side.

also i do feel a lot better now, had a nice n relaxing day.

cant think of much else to say, so heres that drawing:

the blending of the bi flag in the background isnt amazing but i tried n it still looks cute. anyway left is Fell and right is Auburn. Auburns hair is not actually auburn its pink but the camera didnt wanna pick it up? anyways.

nothin else to say, have a wonderful night, loves.

-sam

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If you watch me on twitter, you'll know that this is one of the two sona's i was killing myself over to draw. THIS SONA went through like 19 design phases. I am beyond happy to finally finish this damn ref only to remember I have 2 more characters to go. :')))))))

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Name: Rhea Len-Bati (Ree-ah Len-bah-tee)

Race: Mirialan

Born 47 BBY- 28 yrs old by Episode 3 Height: 5'6" (1.68m) (here's to hoping i grow 3 inches taller by the time im 28 lmao) Pronouns: She/ Her Specialty:   -Cloaking: with enough concentration, she can trick other's into not being able to see her physically and thus turning invisible. -Sense: She's incredible at sensing the emotions of others amongst hyper sensitivity to other things. Battle Style: Mostly defense. Longer lightsaber. Holds it forward. Large swings. Many maneuvers and spins. Stronger to Force than to combat. Personality: tame, level headed, responsible, respectful, obsessive, determined, weak to flattery (I havent watched the Clone Wars or Rebels yet, so some things might change whenever i get more info.) BG: Rhea was born on the planet of Mirial. Her mother passed away some time after her birth and her father, who couldn't raise her by himself, gave her away to an orphanage of sorts. Rhea was much too young to remember them but later accepted her life peacfully in her new home. She was 4 years old when she met a Togruta Jedi Master who was visiting Mirial for a short period of time on a job. Upon meeting the Jedi, who seemed to have spotted hidden talent in the child, Rhea's curiosity about the Force and how it worked made them grow close to the point that they were inseparable at the time. A few weeks in of the Jedi's visit, she had found herself being told by the Mirialan headmasters that she was to be transported with said Jedi to another planet to begin her training. That Jedi Master was Zinto Ailé.

Unbeknownst to Rhea, through Zinto's strong ability to sense complex energies and fluctuations in the Force, she had felt the threat of a waging war between Mirial and some other party. Zinto's fear of losing Rhea and her potential, struck the Master enough to have her ask permission to bring the soon-to-be student from her home world to Coruscant.

Zinto returned to the Capital and requested the Council for two things; having the young child study in the Temple, and to one day be the Master to fulfill Rhea's Jedi training into knighthood. They agreed for the first but insisted that for the second, Zinto would have to wait. At the time, the Master had been teaching her 13 year old Padawan, Lu, so she was left with no choice but to have Rhea study for many years on Coruscant until her current Padawan became a knight. Somewhere between those years, Rhea had heard that Mirial had gone to War, but with it, the news that Zinto had gone to fight alongside them.   At the age of 13, she became the Padawan of Master Ailé. There were many problems that surfaced from having Rhea's Master be non-Mirialan and go against the tradition. However, Zinto had spoken to Master Yoda and he saw that under her teachings, Rhea would become well learned. Through all their training and time spent together, Zinto fails to touch on the subject of 'the Mirialan War' and Rhea's knowledge of it all is still very vague.

Once she was 23, she became a full Jedi Knight. Many of her missions were partnered up with, who she considered practically her sibling, Lu. She only carried out so many objectives for the Jedi Council until 2 years later, the Clone Wars began where Rhea immediately joined military forces as a Jedi General. General Kenobi had offered to train her on his own missions until she was prepared to command the clones herself. She and Obi-Wan had known each other since she had first come to the Temple as a child. They spent time together as good friends until they would have to go their separate ways, him becoming a Master and training Anakin, and her becoming a Padawan. Rhea spent months grasping as much experience as she could before she was confident enough to be called General Rhea. Much of her time was spent on the battlefield more than anything. During those years, she failed to keep in contact with neither Lu or Zinto. She plans to see them, once the war is over and in hopes that they understand. Her clones change from time to time, but her main clone soldier and friend is Commander Kollin.

---------------- Some facts: -Rhea and Lu are both derivative of my last names. (Both a piece of my mom's last name, which I tend to use a lot, and the straight up pronunciation of real last name) -Rhea has almost no sense of personal space and sometimes touches peoples faces or hair out of the blue. She finds no awkwardness in touch. -She likes braiding people's hair as a sign of intamacy. (Platonic or romantic) The longer you keep the braid together, the better she believes the relationship is. -I'm making her a hugger because??? I love hugs so?? -She hates office politics. The war she understands, but she'd rather be shot in battle than listen to a debate in the Galactic Senate Chamber. (even if it does look cool) -She's more passive aggressive than direct. -Her biggest struggles is fear, anger, and control. ------------------- This sona is a parallel to another sona by the name of Varia (vaRHEA GET IT????) Zinto's originally from my Fantasy AU Kollin's originally from Mass Effect but he's still my baby SORRY THIS IS SO DANG LONG

I've had this sona and the supporting characters in my pocket for MONTHS now and its taken me forever because drawing fullbodies and writing coherent backgrounds are the bane of my existence. The good thing to come out of this tho is that I've drawn a shit ton of sketches and images about these characters that I get to bombard everyone once all the info's out yay! Spoiler alert i make Rhea and Obi Wan smooch. Im not sure how, but we'll get there. -Thanks for looking and reading!

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'I’m hungry to start the work': Bill Shorten's five-year journey has just weeks left to run

Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size Bill Shorten stands on a metal stairway in Australias biggest brewery and tries to convince the assembled workers that the coming election will not be an empty exercise. Whatever you do, you get a politician at the end of it, he concedes, drawing a few smiles from the crowd, but his speech is heavy with warnings about the importance of every ballot paper. How you vote has a direct effect on the laws and conditions you get at work, he says. There is a connection. If you think that everythings going up in Australia but the wages, your vote can change that. If you want to see energy bills get under control, your vote can change that. Shorten worries in private about the apathy among voters who have seen six prime ministers over a dozen years. Here, in front of about 100 workers at the Lion brewery in western Sydney, he is trying to give meaning to the election to be fought on May 11 or May 18. He seems to feel his greatest challenge is to persuade Australians that it matters.

Labor leader Bill Shorten has served two terms as Opposition Leader. Credit:Alex Ellinghausen Shorten projects his voice over the conveyor belts and palletisers. He tells the workers he wants Australia to be a manufacturing nation. He knows their salaries and conditions are good but he says they may have family members in retail and hospitality where the penalty rates have been cut. He talks about Medicare, hospitals, schools, restoring penalty rates and lifting the minimum wage. He promises to force companies to hire more apprentices. The applause is polite but not effusive. Everyone can see the television cameras. They know this is merely a warm-up for the election campaign. A few want to take a selfie with the candidate, but there is none of the manic energy of the 2007 campaign, when Kevin Rudd shocked his own side with his popularity. The wariness in the audience is given voice when Shorten takes questions. One worker asks about negative gearing and gets an assurance that Labors tax increase will allow anyone with an existing rental property to keep claiming a concession. When the public questions are over, someone asks Shorten whether she can trust Labor to stop asylum seekers coming by boat. He assures her she can, but she is not convinced. An older man asks him to do more to help grandparents who have to take custody of their grandchildren but do not get as much support as foster parents. Shorten asks for the mans details so his office can respond in more detail. Advertisement There is no doubt Shorten is match fit for the election. Five-and-a-half years after he became Opposition Leader, he is tantalisingly close to becoming prime minister. To stumble now would be to lose the unloseable election, a spectre so grim he will not rest until polling day. Im hungry to start the work, he tells The Sunday Age and The Sun-Herald. Shorten has a long list of what he wants to achieve in government to deliver real progress in peoples lives. Fifteen years of education. That means genuine, universal access to preschool, he says, reeling off the first item on the list as we travel from Sydneys west to Sydney Airport.

Bill Shorten poses for a selfie during a marginal seat visit in Melbourne.Credit:AAP Weve got to tackle the challenge of dementia and aged care, weve got to help people deal with it better. In the big health fights that people have in their life, weve got to make sure they dont feel financial burden on top of the health challenge. I really want any kid from any postcode in Australia to get all the options TAFE or university, whatever dream they want to pursue. I want merit and how hard you work to be the passport, not how rich your parents are. Theres more. Advertisement Weve really got to be one of the best countries in the world at so much, he says. Why shouldnt we be the best at healthcare and education, why shouldnt we be the best at climate change? We should be an energy superpower. We should have a more independent foreign policy. We should close the gap with the first Australians. Its all about opportunity and fairness. I want every Australian to have opportunity and every Australian to receive fairness. And theyll do the rest. Loading Stone by stone, Shorten and his team have added so many promises they now have a mountain to climb if they win power. They vow to restore penalty rates, change the law to raise the minimum wage, hold a plebiscite on a republic, raise $32.1 billion over a decade from changes to negative gearing and raise $56 billion from changes to tax refunds on dividend imputation. Not least, they promise to spend billions of dollars on energy projects while cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 45 per cent by 2030, in a Parliament that has swung wildly on climate change over two decades. Shorten will not admit he is promising too much. He plays down the risk of a traffic jam in Parliament for his crowded agenda. Well just keep advancing. You can get things done if you want to, he says. As proof, he nominates the National Disability Insurance Scheme, an idea he backed in his earliest days on the Rudd frontbench. Advertisement Rudd, of course, took power in 2007 with a wish-list so long he had to launch dozens of reviews rather than taking immediate action. Shorten insists he can avoid that. Youve got to go in with a clear agenda, Shorten says. And were outlining it. Love us or hate us or be somewhere in between, you cant say were not working out the issues now. We havent been an opposition whos coasted on the mistakes of the government. The government clings to the hope that voters do not like Shorten, given polling that shows more voters disapprove of his performance than approve of it. While voters do not crowd around him when he walks down the main street of Burwood in the electorate of Reid a short time after the brewery visit, there is no sign of hostility. Shorten approaches workers and shoppers outside the Westfield on Burwood Road, striking up conversations and introducing them to the Labor candidate, Sam Crosby. One of the pedestrians, Hana Shahim, asks for a photo with him. Ive always voted Labor, she says. Nobody offers a stronger endorsement.

Bill and Chloe Shorten.Credit:Paul Jeffers The campaign will change this dynamic. The media pack will be bigger, the pressure on Shorten will be higher and the risk of encountering an unhappy voter will be greater. One other difference will be the presence of Chloe Shorten. While Chloe has many other calls on her time, not least family in Melbourne, Labor is hoping to have her on the campaign as often as possible, in the belief that Australians warm to her and Shorten himself campaigns better with her. Advertisement Shortens friends believe he is a stronger campaigner than Prime Minister Scott Morrison and will emerge triumphant in a matter of weeks. With a solid Labor campaign, they say, he might achieve a swing of more than a dozen seats. Helped by a bad Coalition campaign, the swing might reach 20. There are no such boasts from Shorten himself. He is careful not to look like he is taking the result for granted, even though he thinks the Coalition has become a tribe of warring clans that are incapable of running a government. His team assumes the government will rely more heavily on scare campaigns and negative advertising when the election is underway in earnest. Shorten knows how a scare campaign works. He wounded Malcolm Turnbull at the last election with the false claim that the government was privatising Medicare and will revive the health funding message at the election to come. He insists, however, that he wants to give Australians something to vote for, not just vote against. He takes this message to the Holmesglen campus in Melbourne, where he tells students he would put more money into TAFE and increase the cost of visas for skilled foreign workers.

Bill Shorten, flanked by two Labor candidates, speaks to students and teachers at Holmesglen TAFE. Credit:Erik Anderson The message about foreign workers causes unease in the crowd, given some of the students are from overseas and pay fees for their training in the hope of becoming permanent residents one day, but Shorten makes no apology for putting a priority on locals. His pledge to increase the number of apprenticeships is central to his policy platform. As in Sydney one day earlier, Shorten uses his Melbourne visit to try to motivate his audience to vote for change. Again, apathy is the enemy. Whether he is talking about wages or healthcare, he ends his sentences with three words: Your vote matters. Advertisement The fact that Shorten visits Holmesglen with two Labor candidates, Jennifer Yang in the seat of Chisholm and Fiona McLeod in Higgins, is testament to his confidence. Winning Chisholm from the Liberals is a reasonable prospect but taking Higgins would be unthinkable at any other election. Shorten believes he has been tested by his time as Opposition Leader and can be a better prime minister because of it. The contrast with Morrison and Turnbull, both elevated to the leadership from within government rather than winning an election first, is central to the way he sees himself. It is also a big reason why he believes he is ready for the campaign and the work that would come after an election victory. Ive learnt a lot, he says. In opposition thereve been some terrible days and thereve been some good days. The governments run out of steam. Thats a charitable interpretation. I think the nations looking at us to see if were stable, theyre looking to us to give them three years of continuity in government, with no surprises. No surprises? It is an impossible promise, but Shorten is nothing if not confident. And he says he is more than ready. Ive been practising for this for five and a half years. David Crowe is Chief Political Correspondent of the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. Most Viewed in Politics Loading https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/i-m-hungry-to-start-the-work-bill-shorten-s-five-year-journey-has-just-weeks-left-to-run-20190329-p5192d.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed

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FA Cup third round: 10 ties to look out for this weekend

Ailing Bolton and Aston Villa ogle vulnerable at Eastleigh and Wycombe, Exeter v Liverpool retains its enticement amid TV meddling and Chelsea might just imagination their Cup chances

1) Eastleigh wave non-league flag against Bolton

Previously excellent known for subsisting leukaemia and subsequently being pecked to within an inch of their own lives by emus on Soccer AM while wearing a hair made from lettuce and cookies in the name of charity, Eastleighs young Welsh manager Chris Todd has every right to imagination his Hampshire slopes chances of advancing to the fourth round at the expense of Bolton Wanderers. The only non-league area left in the challenger, Eastleigh sit fourth in the Conference and have been bankrolled to the pitch of PS3m by their sugar daddy, Stewart Donald, in recent years. They figure the former QPR winger Lee Cook and the ex-Nottingham Forest defender Dan Harding among their ranks, two musicians who wont have come cheap. Of course Bolton Wanderers have abundance of Championship experience more, having played poorly enough in the schism this season to find themselves fastened to the bottom of the table as well as PS173m in debt, the subject of a winding-up order from HM Revenue and Customs, under a move embargo and resigned to the possibility of having to sell their best musicians during this January window. These are dark epoches at the Macron Stadium on and off the lurch, with makes good and staff members doubtful when or if they are able to next getting paid. With securing Championship survival almost certainly a priority for Neil Lennon and his musicians, Eastleigh love could be forgiven for being more expectant than hopeful of hitting them in the compact environs of the 5,192 -capacity Ten Acres and going into the move for round Four. Barry Glendenning

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2) Senseless timing impairs famous night for Exeter

It ought to beggar belief that the powers that be have done their utmost to make an ordeal out of “the worlds largest” petitioning tie in a glean short of traditional Cup romance. But here “weve been���, and if it seems self-defeating that supporters of a competition whose lustre remains difficult to maintain are being actively inconvenienced then it is worth reminding ourselves that we should not be remotely surprised by now. It would be fascinating to hear the logic of the BBCs decision to move this fixture to 7.55 pm on a Friday night 90 hours after the last train of the day departs Exeter St Davids station for the 250 -mile journey to Liverpool but that is the capability broadcasters have. It is gonna be a fine date when their requirements are drawn up with half a thinking for matchgoing love such as the 1,347 away partisans who will nonetheless attain the journey. Liverpool shall not be required to be require too much assistance in disposing of League Two resists but asking them to fulfil this tie-up three days after a Tuesday night League Cup semi-final at Stoke City was surely not necessary, either.

None of this scold should, of course, detract from a famous party for Exeter City and their excellent director, Paul Tisdale. Their league form four consecutive overcomes does not bode well for a amaze but they might just have caught Jurgen Klopp, who had to recall the almost-forgotten Tiago Ilori from his loan at Aston Villa the coming week to partly offset a lack of available centre-backs, and his team at a good time. St James Park will be rocking a sight that should make good video. It is just a shame that little else seem to be concern. Nick Ames

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3) Aston Villa should go for transgressed to avoid a shock

This tie yells sicken louder than most and perhaps Remi Garde would be well advised to make good usage of an early opportunity to experience belt-and-braces life in the Football League. Wycombe Wanderers, sixth in League Two, are still some style from filling Aston Villa on a level playing field but Gareth Ainsworth has assembled an impressive area that they are able to hope to bounce back from a home overcome to Morecambe last weekend. In Garry Thompson and Paul Hayes, Ainsworth could plain a strikeforce with a combined age of 67, but Wycombe aim for a high-energy style and Villa boosters may as well hope their team have entered into a same flavour of things. It has all been downhill since Theo Walcott opened the tallying for Arsenal in the 40 th instant of last seasons final; even if Wembley supports a few chastening recognitions, any pause from the weekly grind will seem like a comfort at the moment. History should encourage them to go for purposes: Villa obligated League Cup visits to Adams Park in 2003 and 2005, winning 5-0 and improbably 8-3. NA

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4) Resting players has burnt Allardyce in the past

The holders get their recent defence of the accolade underway and they do so in the knowledge that Sam Allardyce and Sunderland are not especially fixated on the booty. Allardyce has had a particularly chatty week but his decrees about the FA Cup dedicated pause for imagine. Of direction Im going to make changes, said Allardyce, pointing to the fact that Sunderland will play Swansea City on Wednesday as part of a full conference curriculum. If the Premier League decides to made a stupid fixture midweek when they dont bloody need to, then I havent got much choice.

The Premier League would argue that it does vicious is a requirement to, with Euro 2016 among the factors truncating the domestic calendar, but Allardyce is far from incorrect and this regrettable segment of planning provides a ready-made excuse for directors in need of Premier League points to give their big musicians a weekend off. It would be wise for Sunderland devotees to prepare apprehensions even lower than usual, then, although Allardyce might recall that it does not ever pay to rest actors in anticipation of future troubles. Two years ago, the then-West Ham manager reached nine changes fielding the youngsters Seb Lletget, Dan Potts, Danny Whitehead, George Moncur and Callum Driver for a third-round knot at Nottingham Forest, with a League Cup semi-final first leg against Manchester City merely three days away. If a 5-0 defeat at the City Ground was not entirely unexpected; the 6-0 thumping when senior participates recalled at the Etihad was emphatically not part of the masterplan. NA

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5) A jam-packed residence could swell Oxford Uniteds hopes

Things are seeming up for Oxford United, who have sold out their 12,000 -capacity Kassam Stadium for only the third time in its 15 -year biography with the prospect of murderous a Premier League nose. Michael Appletons team are third in League Two and on route both for advertising and the very highest position in 15 times. The midfielders Kemar Roofe and Liam Sercombe have scored 19 league purposes between them and both in particular the former West Brom youngster Roofe are attracting envious gazes from abroad. Oxford parcels a punch but they find themselves stingy, very: they have confessed merely eight durations in 12 residence plays and Swansea City might have wished for the purposes of an easier assignment before next Wednesdays face-off with fellow relegation contenders Sunderland. The proclamation that Alan Curtis will stay on as director until the end of the season has provided a timely shot of stability( irrespective of what it might advocate about the past months search for Garry Monks replacement) but it has not been able to has become a astound if subconscious were elsewhere. The Kassam roar tends to drift out of the three-sided stadium and across the car park behind its open terminate, but perhaps it will be more audible than ever on Sunday lunchtime. NA

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6) Cureton eyeing chance to put Everton to sword

Dagenham& Redbridge have led a captivated life in the previous two rounds of this years FA Cup. Despite trailing 2-0 after only seven times of their first round replay against Morecambe, they acquired it into the second round where they again needed a replay , not to mention extra-time, to get past lowly Whitehawk from English footballs sixth tier. The League Two golf-clubs reward for these exertions is a trip-up to Goodison Park, where they will face an Everton team that have played twice since the Daggers lodged it to Exeter on 2 January, although it remains to be seen how many first team regulars Roberto Martinez battlegrounds pondering his crew has Premier League visits to Manchester City and Chelsea in the week ahead.

One Dagenham& Redbridge player unlikely to be phased by the prospect of lining up at Goodison Park is Jamie Cureton, even if, like most of his team-mates, the 40 -year-old has never played there before. In his 22 nd season as health professionals footballer at his 14 th guild, the striker actually obliged his professional debut for Norwich City against Everton in 1994, but has stated that, despite all those miles on the clock, this is the biggest FA Cup competitor of their own lives. There arent many grounds I havent played at and before the reap I was looking at that and thinking what a great draw Everton would be, he said. Its another one to cross off the listing. One could be forgiven for presuming Dagenham& Redbridge would have a better fortune of overpowering their Premier League opposition if they were entertaining them at Victoria Road, but having failed to prevail a single league game there all season they may well favor their chances of notching up win on the road. BG

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Dagenham& Redbridge Ayo Obileyes( second privilege) celebrates scoring his backs third goal against Whitehawk. Image: Steve Paston/ PA

7) FA Cup can provide Chelsea with sole possibility of trophy

Imagine the fun that is likely to be had with this fixture a few short weeks ago. The Twitter memes, the archway observations studying whether Chelsea Chelsea, get onto? could pull off an almighty third-round upset. There is less to wisecrack about now: Chelsea have, at last, strung together a run of improved sort in the Premier League and their relentlessly efficient old-fashioned methods has the potential to be rendering under Guus Hiddink. With neither relegation nor a Champions League place seeming realistic, a concerted tilt at the FA Cup might regard particular appeal and it would certainly placed a few noses out of joint if, given their lucks thus far, Chelsea emerged from this season with one more award than many of their challengers. What hope, then, for Mark Robins Scunthorpe United, who inspect Stamford Bridge for the first time since a 3-1 third-round defeat in 2005? There is always Bradfords stupefying 4-2 succes last-place January, which in retrospect was a harbinger for the lack of care prevalent in the first half of Chelseas 2015 -1 6. Another reverse against League One rivals would appear unlikely, but Chelsea must still treat hurdles like this seriously if their convalescence is to gather tempo. NA

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There were issues on the training ground between Oscar and Diego Costa. Photo: Stefan Wermuth/ Reuters

8) Spurs v Leicester City a prequel to a Premier League showdown

It is a foible of the fixture register that this meeting will be repeated a merely three days later, when Leicester City return to White Hart Lane if they meet any degree in leaving at all for a Premier League accord. And not just any Premier League equal: few could have predicted that these two would both be strongly involved in the name hasten at the seasons midway degree, so it remains to be seen whether Sundays meeting determines a bout of darknes puppetry or a full-scale removal of the gauntlets. Mauricio Pochettino has balk wholesale a difference in bowl contenders so far this expression, citing a better understanding of his actors fitness than in his first season, and if the league claim searches up for grabs it is also exhibition to say that any Premier League slope that considers the FA Cup diligently stands a decent likelihood of being honored, too.

Leicester will certainly end to some degree from the formula that has served them so spectacularly in recent months Jamie Vardy will miss out through injury and Claudio Ranieri is very likely to remained others to minimise the the opportunities of their minor stutter becoming anything worse and maybe lead more peril of overstretching through duel on multiple figureheads. One sure thing is that neither director will be interested in prolonging the argument: expect this one to be settled entertainingly on the working day, with the victor having sharpened their stomach by learning off a believable adversary for the trophy. NA

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9) Big spending Derby County there to be shot at

Hartlepool United are currently in the end of a major stun last season when Blyth Spartans, of the Northern Premier League, beat them at Victoria Park in the second round. More of the same seemed on the cards when Salford City , non-league favorites du jour, travelled to the north-east in December but Ronnie Moores team narrowly persisted after a replay and can now are hoping to receiving antagonists whom there is rather less push to defeat.

Derby County are surely there to be shot at: the most recent signs of Nick Blackman and Abdoul Camara returned the Championship slopes spend on transmit fees alone this season up to around PS26m and they are leaving little to occasion in their quest of promotion to the Premier League. Their one-point advantage over third-placed Hull is not something Paul Clement and corporation will want to let slip after that various kinds of spend; Hartlepool, then, will be eager to capitalise if Derbys focus sways and in the 19 -year-old midfielder Brad Walker they have a knack who is surely not much longer for the lower reachings of League Two. The home unit will need a significant improvement on their recent formation, though. They have lost their last four league plays and the danger is that Derby bankrolled by Mel Morris, whose companionship, King, developed the Candy Crush video game will resemble minors in a sweet store. NA

Karanka and Clement, the former Madrid No2s, share No1 target

Scott Fenwick employs Hartlepool ahead in additional time against Salford, helping them on their channel to a third-round meeting with Derby. Photo: Alex Livesey/ Getty Images

10) Championship competitors will have concentrated elsewhere

The money they have invested already is a statement of intent; some of the summing-ups Championship squads are compensating are astronomical. So said Sean Dyche shortly before his Burnley team resumed life in the second rank following their relegation from the Premier League. He was speaking with particular reference to Middlesbrough and Derby County, which is now occupy first and second place in Championship, while his own Burnley team are reasonably positioned back in fifth, 10 points off the pace-setters. With so much money up for grabs just for being in the Premier League next season, its hard to thought anyone at Middlesbrough or Burnley holding even a single boo about the outcome of their competitor at the Riverside, as long as promotion is still a alternative. Any kind of FA Cup run for either team would be a distraction, but not by any means one that is welcome. BG

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9/23/17

Today was a very good day. We were able to rely on Nikkleback despite feeling bad about doubting them, and Natasha felt great about this new project. We’re able to far to overcome our executive dysfunction mostly because we’re more scared of being kicked out than anything else on the planet. Essentially, we’re almost done with the cleaning- we just need to vacuum the bedroom, then clean the carpets and arrange things, and that can be easily done in 4 hours of long work. But we won’t have to do just that- because Nikkleback is going to clean the bedroom while we’re at work, and we’re going to help as well tomorrow morning. We don’t know when the inspection will be this Monday, so we’re assuming its early in the morning so we don’t get caught off guard and not be finished. I’m in the living room now and it looks so great, it’s never been this nice. We’ll spend monday mostly just straightening the place up if they decide they’re going to do it later in the afternoon, so it’ll end up looking Extra Nice hopefully.

Today Nikkleback bought some Monster Energy drinks, specifically N-Joey’s favorite, and our Kaiba’s. We got to train someone at work and have our hard efforts recognized, plus it was pretty easy. The only really “bad” thing that happened was our panic and distrust of Nikkleback, which we see now was super unfounded and not fair to them, but I hope they understand. That and the fact we didn’t get the chicken selects on the truck yet so we’re going to have to go all the way to murdock circle to get them later :( I think we might do that after the inspection monday, as a sort of reward for doing such a great job.

I think the spare room is going to be the hardest out of all of them to make look presentable, but that’s just because we still havent unpacked. Speaking of, that really gives a solution to our biggest problem with laziness and executive disfunction combo- we don’t know what to do if it’s not based around doing something big, a big task like for example cleaning the appartment. We’re not good at deadlines, but we aren’t good at waiting for time to pass or just existing without something to actively do at all times and think about. Example: we were waiting before for Memes to come visit, and that was our “big thing” to think about. Plans changed, but that was the biggest thing we had to worry about. Now, until November we have almost nothing. So I think after inspection I’ll have us work on unpacking.

Yami feels safely nestled into his mental role as pharaoh lately,  he describes it as feeling very soft, mostly on the sides and hips. He wishes we had more of a place to take pride in, but after seeing the apartment clean I think that’s going to easily suffice.He wishes Akefia could talk to him openly about emotional issues, because he knows right now he’s all Akefia has. He’d really do anything for him, to the point where a lot of us think it might be creepy or unhealthy. But we let him be- as far as we can tell he’s not hurting Akefia, and Akefia’s made him happier than he’s ever been in his lives.

We haven’t heard much at all from Klowbi beyond a shocky feeling from our shit hell brain repeating racist phrases to upset us and make us feel vile, and what they said was good at least. We’re also convinced that there was a family of mind readers in work today, and they heard the whole exchange. I hope they weren’t upset.

Sam may have developed a special interest in Runescape, mostly focused on the classic/oldschool models, but he also might just be on that Lore Thing he has again. Either way though, he feels the most guilty about doubting Nikkleback.

We don’t really know what cleaning is like or how you know when you’re done? So we’re just going to do as much as we can until we cant figure out anything else to do and then we’ll? Figure something out I guess.

I personally have taken a liking to a lot of Watsky songs, especially “Talking To Yourself”, which. Is what the title of the blog is based on. I know there are a few lyrics from it in the banner... I know that I designed this project to be a lot like our old notebooks and sketchbooks. The trauma with the grandma that I hold is why we can’t finish or really fill out a sketchbook anymore, why it’s just empty pages and us giving up. We don’t really trust it much anymore. But I think, I hope, that most of that is resolved. I hope that I can prove myself more each day. I hope that I can be forgiven for what I’ve done. And I hope I can settle in better to my new identity. 

Ideally after the inspection as well we’ll do more drawing + writing like back in the old sketchbooks, but we just don’t have time right now. I’m rambling on right now and that’s taking more time than I really like since we need to sleep so we can get up early tomorrow to keep working.

The only bad thing is that we keep dissociating pretty hard when we think about the whole process of the inspection. We have no idea how it’s going to go and what it’s going to be like. We drift pretty hard into a really negative alternate reality that’s really hard to snap back into, and it keeps happening when we’re supposed to be cleaning. Ishizu is trying to get a hold on it but it’s difficult, all things considered. We’re worried about rent and the electric bill, but we think we should be fine, we still have money put away if we absolutely need to pull from it. It’s what it’s there for, actually. Like literally it’s there for financial emergency. Which, me voicing apparently helps a lot of people feel better. That’s good.

After the inspection I’m going to work on the theme too I think. The blog is the default right now which is okay but I want it to be nice. We always personalized our notebooks by drawing on them and carving into them and adding stickers. I want to do the digital equivalent of that.

All in all, the day has been good. I’m trying pretty hard to find negative things to think about. Aside from the facts mentioned above and the fact we keep accidentally reality hopping while driving, I think nothing has gone wrong.Tomorrow will be good too. And since we don’t have work tomorrow and we proved we can finish something, nothing can stop us from finishing the work tomorrow!! We’ve got this, and I’m proud of us.

Natasha felt really, really good when Barnes told her that he was proud of her. His opinion means a lot to her, and while we’re all insecure, she is the most I think right now, even if she doesn’t show it. Well, maybe aside from Sam-Host and Yami. Those are some insecure motherfuqers. That’s alright though, because the people they love care about them and can reassure them too. Things are going to be fine. They’re going to be great.

I’m making this note so I don’t forget, but we need to wash the windowsills and take the fly tape down from the walls tomorrow too, and writing things helps me remember. Also, the Memes became a biscuit, and also got Specialty Herb, which apparently goes good in peanut butter and bad in apples. I’m happy for them, they’ve been wanting to do that for a while. Here’s to hoping tomorrow is just as good. I’ll let Sam watch a few runescape videos, then we’ll go to bed. Tomorrow will be good. I just know it.

-Nix

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FA Cup third round: 10 ties to look out for this weekend

Ailing Bolton and Aston Villa ogle vulnerable at Eastleigh and Wycombe, Exeter v Liverpool retains its enticement amid TV meddling and Chelsea might just imagination their Cup chances

1) Eastleigh wave non-league flag against Bolton

Previously excellent known for subsisting leukaemia and subsequently being pecked to within an inch of their own lives by emus on Soccer AM while wearing a hair made from lettuce and cookies in the name of charity, Eastleighs young Welsh manager Chris Todd has every right to imagination his Hampshire slopes chances of advancing to the fourth round at the expense of Bolton Wanderers. The only non-league area left in the challenger, Eastleigh sit fourth in the Conference and have been bankrolled to the pitch of PS3m by their sugar daddy, Stewart Donald, in recent years. They figure the former QPR winger Lee Cook and the ex-Nottingham Forest defender Dan Harding among their ranks, two musicians who wont have come cheap. Of course Bolton Wanderers have abundance of Championship experience more, having played poorly enough in the schism this season to find themselves fastened to the bottom of the table as well as PS173m in debt, the subject of a winding-up order from HM Revenue and Customs, under a move embargo and resigned to the possibility of having to sell their best musicians during this January window. These are dark epoches at the Macron Stadium on and off the lurch, with makes good and staff members doubtful when or if they are able to next getting paid. With securing Championship survival almost certainly a priority for Neil Lennon and his musicians, Eastleigh love could be forgiven for being more expectant than hopeful of hitting them in the compact environs of the 5,192 -capacity Ten Acres and going into the move for round Four. Barry Glendenning

Sachin Nakrani: what on dirt has gone wrong at Bolton ? All the latest news from the Conference

Listen to the husk on the FA Cup

2) Senseless timing impairs famous night for Exeter

It ought to beggar belief that the powers that be have done their utmost to make an ordeal out of “the worlds largest” petitioning tie in a glean short of traditional Cup romance. But here “weve been”, and if it seems self-defeating that supporters of a competition whose lustre remains difficult to maintain are being actively inconvenienced then it is worth reminding ourselves that we should not be remotely surprised by now. It would be fascinating to hear the logic of the BBCs decision to move this fixture to 7.55 pm on a Friday night 90 hours after the last train of the day departs Exeter St Davids station for the 250 -mile journey to Liverpool but that is the capability broadcasters have. It is gonna be a fine date when their requirements are drawn up with half a thinking for matchgoing love such as the 1,347 away partisans who will nonetheless attain the journey. Liverpool shall not be required to be require too much assistance in disposing of League Two resists but asking them to fulfil this tie-up three days after a Tuesday night League Cup semi-final at Stoke City was surely not necessary, either.

None of this scold should, of course, detract from a famous party for Exeter City and their excellent director, Paul Tisdale. Their league form four consecutive overcomes does not bode well for a amaze but they might just have caught Jurgen Klopp, who had to recall the almost-forgotten Tiago Ilori from his loan at Aston Villa the coming week to partly offset a lack of available centre-backs, and his team at a good time. St James Park will be rocking a sight that should make good video. It is just a shame that little else seem to be concern. Nick Ames

Klopp to arena young, inexperienced Liverpool against Exeter Puzzle-loving Oakley establishes Exeter clues how to defeat Liverpool

Paul Tisdale: hats entertainment. Picture: ProSports/ REX/ Shutterstock

3) Aston Villa should go for transgressed to avoid a shock

This tie yells sicken louder than most and perhaps Remi Garde would be well advised to make good usage of an early opportunity to experience belt-and-braces life in the Football League. Wycombe Wanderers, sixth in League Two, are still some style from filling Aston Villa on a level playing field but Gareth Ainsworth has assembled an impressive area that they are able to hope to bounce back from a home overcome to Morecambe last weekend. In Garry Thompson and Paul Hayes, Ainsworth could plain a strikeforce with a combined age of 67, but Wycombe aim for a high-energy style and Villa boosters may as well hope their team have entered into a same flavour of things. It has all been downhill since Theo Walcott opened the tallying for Arsenal in the 40 th instant of last seasons final; even if Wembley supports a few chastening recognitions, any pause from the weekly grind will seem like a comfort at the moment. History should encourage them to go for purposes: Villa obligated League Cup visits to Adams Park in 2003 and 2005, winning 5-0 and improbably 8-3. NA

Cole completes free convey to Coventry City from Aston Villa Garde craves Arsenals Debuchy to join Aston Villa

4) Resting players has burnt Allardyce in the past

The holders get their recent defence of the accolade underway and they do so in the knowledge that Sam Allardyce and Sunderland are not especially fixated on the booty. Allardyce has had a particularly chatty week but his decrees about the FA Cup dedicated pause for imagine. Of direction Im going to make changes, said Allardyce, pointing to the fact that Sunderland will play Swansea City on Wednesday as part of a full conference curriculum. If the Premier League decides to made a stupid fixture midweek when they dont bloody need to, then I havent got much choice.

The Premier League would argue that it does vicious is a requirement to, with Euro 2016 among the factors truncating the domestic calendar, but Allardyce is far from incorrect and this regrettable segment of planning provides a ready-made excuse for directors in need of Premier League points to give their big musicians a weekend off. It would be wise for Sunderland devotees to prepare apprehensions even lower than usual, then, although Allardyce might recall that it does not ever pay to rest actors in anticipation of future troubles. Two years ago, the then-West Ham manager reached nine changes fielding the youngsters Seb Lletget, Dan Potts, Danny Whitehead, George Moncur and Callum Driver for a third-round knot at Nottingham Forest, with a League Cup semi-final first leg against Manchester City merely three days away. If a 5-0 defeat at the City Ground was not entirely unexpected; the 6-0 thumping when senior participates recalled at the Etihad was emphatically not part of the masterplan. NA

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5) A jam-packed residence could swell Oxford Uniteds hopes

Things are seeming up for Oxford United, who have sold out their 12,000 -capacity Kassam Stadium for only the third time in its 15 -year biography with the prospect of murderous a Premier League nose. Michael Appletons team are third in League Two and on route both for advertising and the very highest position in 15 times. The midfielders Kemar Roofe and Liam Sercombe have scored 19 league purposes between them and both in particular the former West Brom youngster Roofe are attracting envious gazes from abroad. Oxford parcels a punch but they find themselves stingy, very: they have confessed merely eight durations in 12 residence plays and Swansea City might have wished for the purposes of an easier assignment before next Wednesdays face-off with fellow relegation contenders Sunderland. The proclamation that Alan Curtis will stay on as director until the end of the season has provided a timely shot of stability( irrespective of what it might advocate about the past months search for Garry Monks replacement) but it has not been able to has become a astound if subconscious were elsewhere. The Kassam roar tends to drift out of the three-sided stadium and across the car park behind its open terminate, but perhaps it will be more audible than ever on Sunday lunchtime. NA

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6) Cureton eyeing chance to put Everton to sword

Dagenham& Redbridge have led a captivated life in the previous two rounds of this years FA Cup. Despite trailing 2-0 after only seven times of their first round replay against Morecambe, they acquired it into the second round where they again needed a replay , not to mention extra-time, to get past lowly Whitehawk from English footballs sixth tier. The League Two golf-clubs reward for these exertions is a trip-up to Goodison Park, where they will face an Everton team that have played twice since the Daggers lodged it to Exeter on 2 January, although it remains to be seen how many first team regulars Roberto Martinez battlegrounds pondering his crew has Premier League visits to Manchester City and Chelsea in the week ahead.

One Dagenham& Redbridge player unlikely to be phased by the prospect of lining up at Goodison Park is Jamie Cureton, even if, like most of his team-mates, the 40 -year-old has never played there before. In his 22 nd season as health professionals footballer at his 14 th guild, the striker actually obliged his professional debut for Norwich City against Everton in 1994, but has stated that, despite all those miles on the clock, this is the biggest FA Cup competitor of their own lives. There arent many grounds I havent played at and before the reap I was looking at that and thinking what a great draw Everton would be, he said. Its another one to cross off the listing. One could be forgiven for presuming Dagenham& Redbridge would have a better fortune of overpowering their Premier League opposition if they were entertaining them at Victoria Road, but having failed to prevail a single league game there all season they may well favor their chances of notching up win on the road. BG

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Dagenham& Redbridge Ayo Obileyes( second privilege) celebrates scoring his backs third goal against Whitehawk. Image: Steve Paston/ PA

7) FA Cup can provide Chelsea with sole possibility of trophy

Imagine the fun that is likely to be had with this fixture a few short weeks ago. The Twitter memes, the archway observations studying whether Chelsea Chelsea, get onto? could pull off an almighty third-round upset. There is less to wisecrack about now: Chelsea have, at last, strung together a run of improved sort in the Premier League and their relentlessly efficient old-fashioned methods has the potential to be rendering under Guus Hiddink. With neither relegation nor a Champions League place seeming realistic, a concerted tilt at the FA Cup might regard particular appeal and it would certainly placed a few noses out of joint if, given their lucks thus far, Chelsea emerged from this season with one more award than many of their challengers. What hope, then, for Mark Robins Scunthorpe United, who inspect Stamford Bridge for the first time since a 3-1 third-round defeat in 2005? There is always Bradfords stupefying 4-2 succes last-place January, which in retrospect was a harbinger for the lack of care prevalent in the first half of Chelseas 2015 -1 6. Another reverse against League One rivals would appear unlikely, but Chelsea must still treat hurdles like this seriously if their convalescence is to gather tempo. NA

Costa and Oscar separated after Chelsea instructing struggle Win( residence) tickets to Chelsea v West Bromwich Albion

There were issues on the training ground between Oscar and Diego Costa. Photo: Stefan Wermuth/ Reuters

8) Spurs v Leicester City a prequel to a Premier League showdown

It is a foible of the fixture register that this meeting will be repeated a merely three days later, when Leicester City return to White Hart Lane if they meet any degree in leaving at all for a Premier League accord. And not just any Premier League equal: few could have predicted that these two would both be strongly involved in the name hasten at the seasons midway degree, so it remains to be seen whether Sundays meeting determines a bout of darknes puppetry or a full-scale removal of the gauntlets. Mauricio Pochettino has balk wholesale a difference in bowl contenders so far this expression, citing a better understanding of his actors fitness than in his first season, and if the league claim searches up for grabs it is also exhibition to say that any Premier League slope that considers the FA Cup diligently stands a decent likelihood of being honored, too.

Leicester will certainly end to some degree from the formula that has served them so spectacularly in recent months Jamie Vardy will miss out through injury and Claudio Ranieri is very likely to remained others to minimise the the opportunities of their minor stutter becoming anything worse and maybe lead more peril of overstretching through duel on multiple figureheads. One sure thing is that neither director will be interested in prolonging the argument: expect this one to be settled entertainingly on the working day, with the victor having sharpened their stomach by learning off a believable adversary for the trophy. NA

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9) Big spending Derby County there to be shot at

Hartlepool United are currently in the end of a major stun last season when Blyth Spartans, of the Northern Premier League, beat them at Victoria Park in the second round. More of the same seemed on the cards when Salford City , non-league favorites du jour, travelled to the north-east in December but Ronnie Moores team narrowly persisted after a replay and can now are hoping to receiving antagonists whom there is rather less push to defeat.

Derby County are surely there to be shot at: the most recent signs of Nick Blackman and Abdoul Camara returned the Championship slopes spend on transmit fees alone this season up to around PS26m and they are leaving little to occasion in their quest of promotion to the Premier League. Their one-point advantage over third-placed Hull is not something Paul Clement and corporation will want to let slip after that various kinds of spend; Hartlepool, then, will be eager to capitalise if Derbys focus sways and in the 19 -year-old midfielder Brad Walker they have a knack who is surely not much longer for the lower reachings of League Two. The home unit will need a significant improvement on their recent formation, though. They have lost their last four league plays and the danger is that Derby bankrolled by Mel Morris, whose companionship, King, developed the Candy Crush video game will resemble minors in a sweet store. NA

Karanka and Clement, the former Madrid No2s, share No1 target

Scott Fenwick employs Hartlepool ahead in additional time against Salford, helping them on their channel to a third-round meeting with Derby. Photo: Alex Livesey/ Getty Images

10) Championship competitors will have concentrated elsewhere

The money they have invested already is a statement of intent; some of the summing-ups Championship squads are compensating are astronomical. So said Sean Dyche shortly before his Burnley team resumed life in the second rank following their relegation from the Premier League. He was speaking with particular reference to Middlesbrough and Derby County, which is now occupy first and second place in Championship, while his own Burnley team are reasonably positioned back in fifth, 10 points off the pace-setters. With so much money up for grabs just for being in the Premier League next season, its hard to thought anyone at Middlesbrough or Burnley holding even a single boo about the outcome of their competitor at the Riverside, as long as promotion is still a alternative. Any kind of FA Cup run for either team would be a distraction, but not by any means one that is welcome. BG

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FA Cup third round: 10 ties to look out for this weekend

Ailing Bolton and Aston Villa ogle vulnerable at Eastleigh and Wycombe, Exeter v Liverpool retains its enticement amid TV meddling and Chelsea might just imagination their Cup chances

1) Eastleigh wave non-league flag against Bolton

Previously excellent known for subsisting leukaemia and subsequently being pecked to within an inch of their own lives by emus on Soccer AM while wearing a hair made from lettuce and cookies in the name of charity, Eastleighs young Welsh manager Chris Todd has every right to imagination his Hampshire slopes chances of advancing to the fourth round at the expense of Bolton Wanderers. The only non-league area left in the challenger, Eastleigh sit fourth in the Conference and have been bankrolled to the pitch of PS3m by their sugar daddy, Stewart Donald, in recent years. They figure the former QPR winger Lee Cook and the ex-Nottingham Forest defender Dan Harding among their ranks, two musicians who wont have come cheap. Of course Bolton Wanderers have abundance of Championship experience more, having played poorly enough in the schism this season to find themselves fastened to the bottom of the table as well as PS173m in debt, the subject of a winding-up order from HM Revenue and Customs, under a move embargo and resigned to the possibility of having to sell their best musicians during this January window. These are dark epoches at the Macron Stadium on and off the lurch, with makes good and staff members doubtful when or if they are able to next getting paid. With securing Championship survival almost certainly a priority for Neil Lennon and his musicians, Eastleigh love could be forgiven for being more expectant than hopeful of hitting them in the compact environs of the 5,192 -capacity Ten Acres and going into the move for round Four. Barry Glendenning

Sachin Nakrani: what on dirt has gone wrong at Bolton ? All the latest news from the Conference

Listen to the husk on the FA Cup

2) Senseless timing impairs famous night for Exeter

It ought to beggar belief that the powers that be have done their utmost to make an ordeal out of “the worlds largest” petitioning tie in a glean short of traditional Cup romance. But here “weve been”, and if it seems self-defeating that supporters of a competition whose lustre remains difficult to maintain are being actively inconvenienced then it is worth reminding ourselves that we should not be remotely surprised by now. It would be fascinating to hear the logic of the BBCs decision to move this fixture to 7.55 pm on a Friday night 90 hours after the last train of the day departs Exeter St Davids station for the 250 -mile journey to Liverpool but that is the capability broadcasters have. It is gonna be a fine date when their requirements are drawn up with half a thinking for matchgoing love such as the 1,347 away partisans who will nonetheless attain the journey. Liverpool shall not be required to be require too much assistance in disposing of League Two resists but asking them to fulfil this tie-up three days after a Tuesday night League Cup semi-final at Stoke City was surely not necessary, either.

None of this scold should, of course, detract from a famous party for Exeter City and their excellent director, Paul Tisdale. Their league form four consecutive overcomes does not bode well for a amaze but they might just have caught Jurgen Klopp, who had to recall the almost-forgotten Tiago Ilori from his loan at Aston Villa the coming week to partly offset a lack of available centre-backs, and his team at a good time. St James Park will be rocking a sight that should make good video. It is just a shame that little else seem to be concern. Nick Ames

Klopp to arena young, inexperienced Liverpool against Exeter Puzzle-loving Oakley establishes Exeter clues how to defeat Liverpool

Paul Tisdale: hats entertainment. Picture: ProSports/ REX/ Shutterstock

3) Aston Villa should go for transgressed to avoid a shock

This tie yells sicken louder than most and perhaps Remi Garde would be well advised to make good usage of an early opportunity to experience belt-and-braces life in the Football League. Wycombe Wanderers, sixth in League Two, are still some style from filling Aston Villa on a level playing field but Gareth Ainsworth has assembled an impressive area that they are able to hope to bounce back from a home overcome to Morecambe last weekend. In Garry Thompson and Paul Hayes, Ainsworth could plain a strikeforce with a combined age of 67, but Wycombe aim for a high-energy style and Villa boosters may as well hope their team have entered into a same flavour of things. It has all been downhill since Theo Walcott opened the tallying for Arsenal in the 40 th instant of last seasons final; even if Wembley supports a few chastening recognitions, any pause from the weekly grind will seem like a comfort at the moment. History should encourage them to go for purposes: Villa obligated League Cup visits to Adams Park in 2003 and 2005, winning 5-0 and improbably 8-3. NA

Cole completes free convey to Coventry City from Aston Villa Garde craves Arsenals Debuchy to join Aston Villa

4) Resting players has burnt Allardyce in the past

The holders get their recent defence of the accolade underway and they do so in the knowledge that Sam Allardyce and Sunderland are not especially fixated on the booty. Allardyce has had a particularly chatty week but his decrees about the FA Cup dedicated pause for imagine. Of direction Im going to make changes, said Allardyce, pointing to the fact that Sunderland will play Swansea City on Wednesday as part of a full conference curriculum. If the Premier League decides to made a stupid fixture midweek when they dont bloody need to, then I havent got much choice.

The Premier League would argue that it does vicious is a requirement to, with Euro 2016 among the factors truncating the domestic calendar, but Allardyce is far from incorrect and this regrettable segment of planning provides a ready-made excuse for directors in need of Premier League points to give their big musicians a weekend off. It would be wise for Sunderland devotees to prepare apprehensions even lower than usual, then, although Allardyce might recall that it does not ever pay to rest actors in anticipation of future troubles. Two years ago, the then-West Ham manager reached nine changes fielding the youngsters Seb Lletget, Dan Potts, Danny Whitehead, George Moncur and Callum Driver for a third-round knot at Nottingham Forest, with a League Cup semi-final first leg against Manchester City merely three days away. If a 5-0 defeat at the City Ground was not entirely unexpected; the 6-0 thumping when senior participates recalled at the Etihad was emphatically not part of the masterplan. NA

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5) A jam-packed residence could swell Oxford Uniteds hopes

Things are seeming up for Oxford United, who have sold out their 12,000 -capacity Kassam Stadium for only the third time in its 15 -year biography with the prospect of murderous a Premier League nose. Michael Appletons team are third in League Two and on route both for advertising and the very highest position in 15 times. The midfielders Kemar Roofe and Liam Sercombe have scored 19 league purposes between them and both in particular the former West Brom youngster Roofe are attracting envious gazes from abroad. Oxford parcels a punch but they find themselves stingy, very: they have confessed merely eight durations in 12 residence plays and Swansea City might have wished for the purposes of an easier assignment before next Wednesdays face-off with fellow relegation contenders Sunderland. The proclamation that Alan Curtis will stay on as director until the end of the season has provided a timely shot of stability( irrespective of what it might advocate about the past months search for Garry Monks replacement) but it has not been able to has become a astound if subconscious were elsewhere. The Kassam roar tends to drift out of the three-sided stadium and across the car park behind its open terminate, but perhaps it will be more audible than ever on Sunday lunchtime. NA

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6) Cureton eyeing chance to put Everton to sword

Dagenham& Redbridge have led a captivated life in the previous two rounds of this years FA Cup. Despite trailing 2-0 after only seven times of their first round replay against Morecambe, they acquired it into the second round where they again needed a replay , not to mention extra-time, to get past lowly Whitehawk from English footballs sixth tier. The League Two golf-clubs reward for these exertions is a trip-up to Goodison Park, where they will face an Everton team that have played twice since the Daggers lodged it to Exeter on 2 January, although it remains to be seen how many first team regulars Roberto Martinez battlegrounds pondering his crew has Premier League visits to Manchester City and Chelsea in the week ahead.

One Dagenham& Redbridge player unlikely to be phased by the prospect of lining up at Goodison Park is Jamie Cureton, even if, like most of his team-mates, the 40 -year-old has never played there before. In his 22 nd season as health professionals footballer at his 14 th guild, the striker actually obliged his professional debut for Norwich City against Everton in 1994, but has stated that, despite all those miles on the clock, this is the biggest FA Cup competitor of their own lives. There arent many grounds I havent played at and before the reap I was looking at that and thinking what a great draw Everton would be, he said. Its another one to cross off the listing. One could be forgiven for presuming Dagenham& Redbridge would have a better fortune of overpowering their Premier League opposition if they were entertaining them at Victoria Road, but having failed to prevail a single league game there all season they may well favor their chances of notching up win on the road. BG

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7) FA Cup can provide Chelsea with sole possibility of trophy

Imagine the fun that is likely to be had with this fixture a few short weeks ago. The Twitter memes, the archway observations studying whether Chelsea Chelsea, get onto? could pull off an almighty third-round upset. There is less to wisecrack about now: Chelsea have, at last, strung together a run of improved sort in the Premier League and their relentlessly efficient old-fashioned methods has the potential to be rendering under Guus Hiddink. With neither relegation nor a Champions League place seeming realistic, a concerted tilt at the FA Cup might regard particular appeal and it would certainly placed a few noses out of joint if, given their lucks thus far, Chelsea emerged from this season with one more award than many of their challengers. What hope, then, for Mark Robins Scunthorpe United, who inspect Stamford Bridge for the first time since a 3-1 third-round defeat in 2005? There is always Bradfords stupefying 4-2 succes last-place January, which in retrospect was a harbinger for the lack of care prevalent in the first half of Chelseas 2015 -1 6. Another reverse against League One rivals would appear unlikely, but Chelsea must still treat hurdles like this seriously if their convalescence is to gather tempo. NA

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8) Spurs v Leicester City a prequel to a Premier League showdown

It is a foible of the fixture register that this meeting will be repeated a merely three days later, when Leicester City return to White Hart Lane if they meet any degree in leaving at all for a Premier League accord. And not just any Premier League equal: few could have predicted that these two would both be strongly involved in the name hasten at the seasons midway degree, so it remains to be seen whether Sundays meeting determines a bout of darknes puppetry or a full-scale removal of the gauntlets. Mauricio Pochettino has balk wholesale a difference in bowl contenders so far this expression, citing a better understanding of his actors fitness than in his first season, and if the league claim searches up for grabs it is also exhibition to say that any Premier League slope that considers the FA Cup diligently stands a decent likelihood of being honored, too.

Leicester will certainly end to some degree from the formula that has served them so spectacularly in recent months Jamie Vardy will miss out through injury and Claudio Ranieri is very likely to remained others to minimise the the opportunities of their minor stutter becoming anything worse and maybe lead more peril of overstretching through duel on multiple figureheads. One sure thing is that neither director will be interested in prolonging the argument: expect this one to be settled entertainingly on the working day, with the victor having sharpened their stomach by learning off a believable adversary for the trophy. NA

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9) Big spending Derby County there to be shot at

Hartlepool United are currently in the end of a major stun last season when Blyth Spartans, of the Northern Premier League, beat them at Victoria Park in the second round. More of the same seemed on the cards when Salford City , non-league favorites du jour, travelled to the north-east in December but Ronnie Moores team narrowly persisted after a replay and can now are hoping to receiving antagonists whom there is rather less push to defeat.

Derby County are surely there to be shot at: the most recent signs of Nick Blackman and Abdoul Camara returned the Championship slopes spend on transmit fees alone this season up to around PS26m and they are leaving little to occasion in their quest of promotion to the Premier League. Their one-point advantage over third-placed Hull is not something Paul Clement and corporation will want to let slip after that various kinds of spend; Hartlepool, then, will be eager to capitalise if Derbys focus sways and in the 19 -year-old midfielder Brad Walker they have a knack who is surely not much longer for the lower reachings of League Two. The home unit will need a significant improvement on their recent formation, though. They have lost their last four league plays and the danger is that Derby bankrolled by Mel Morris, whose companionship, King, developed the Candy Crush video game will resemble minors in a sweet store. NA

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Scott Fenwick employs Hartlepool ahead in additional time against Salford, helping them on their channel to a third-round meeting with Derby. Photo: Alex Livesey/ Getty Images

10) Championship competitors will have concentrated elsewhere

The money they have invested already is a statement of intent; some of the summing-ups Championship squads are compensating are astronomical. So said Sean Dyche shortly before his Burnley team resumed life in the second rank following their relegation from the Premier League. He was speaking with particular reference to Middlesbrough and Derby County, which is now occupy first and second place in Championship, while his own Burnley team are reasonably positioned back in fifth, 10 points off the pace-setters. With so much money up for grabs just for being in the Premier League next season, its hard to thought anyone at Middlesbrough or Burnley holding even a single boo about the outcome of their competitor at the Riverside, as long as promotion is still a alternative. Any kind of FA Cup run for either team would be a distraction, but not by any means one that is welcome. BG

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