#it&039;s just me myself and i

[dbunicorn]

Humans are biased. There is no.doubt about that. I'm including myself in this category. But in making policy, in a democratic republic with a diverse group of people you have to acknowledge it. I have a particular soft spot for marginalized women, children, elderly for a historic slew of reasons. I try aggressively not to weapinise it. So watching fragile egos with majorities do it is quite a trigger for me. It's not a luxury society allowed to me or the past generations of my family. Nor could I stomach myself if I did.

Any first year science student will completely understand the above pics. A real journalist should have similar values. Journalism isn't entertainment. An op ed piece is a separate genre entirely. There is a time and place for it all.

You MUST entertain ALL possibilities. Rule them out probabilistically and systematically. Some theories will persist because they cannot be ruled out and that is just fine. Conformity is NOT the point. The weaponizing of science from people with NO science background is destructive.

DO your job. If I wanted to read the entertainment section I would

[bigtinytoys]

Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: World&;s Coolest Rick and Morty Talking Keychain Super Impulse w/ six.

[authorjoannereedblog]

Essential Life Lessons. Me, Myself and I.

Essential Life Lessons. Me, Myself and I.

There are many essential life lessons that we know but forgot. Practicing stillness is one of them. You may be one of those people who are feeling a bit overwhelmed by all the well-intended advice that is flowing freely on all social media platforms. There is an abundance of therapists, dieticians, life coaches, gurus, motivators who will happily share with you their best advice, and a list of 15…

[anemelee]

BEST AUTHORS TO TRANSITION FROM YA TO ADULT NOVELS

BEST AUTHORS TO TRANSITION FROM YA TO ADULT NOVELS

I remember reading yet another YA novel and I stopped reading for a year. Why? I got burned out and bored! I was in my mid-twenties and I didn’t feel like reading about high schoolers all the time anymore. I wanted to read about people like me; people in the same boat as me, having the same struggles, or in the same stage of life. So I went on the hunt for books with relatable characters. These…

[kurowvie]

notes:

⋆ the angst part is like... real angsty (esp number 52, it got my eye twitching)

⋆ the angst part has some sensitive topics like being blamed for someone's death and mental illnesses

⋆ it was really hard for me to think of fluff prompts so i got almost all prompts after number 15 from here.

⋆ I don't write smuts (U), yandere(U), mafia(C), agere(C) or poly(C)

U = uncomfortable writing

C = i just can't write these, the final product is usually shit HELP

A N G S T

001. ❝Stay away from me.❞

002. ❝I can't believe you've done this!❞

003. ❝Can I ask you one thing? Could you... Could you please leave me alone right now?❞

004. ❝You're a psycho!❞

005. ❝Revenge is not the answer to everything!❞

006. ❝Do you like hurting people?❞

007. ❝Why are you acting like this?❞

008. ❝Maybe if you weren't being a b*tch.❞

009. ❝You're so annoying.❞

010. ❝F*ck off!❞

011. ❝How can you be so happy?❞

012. ❝You should be sad.❞

013. ❝You broke me first.❞

014. ❝Why are you always so negative?❞

015. ❝I can't handle your *mental illness* anymore. Forgive me.❞

016. ❝You're sick!❞

017. ❝You wouldn't be here if it weren't for me.❞

018. ❝I saved you!❞

019. ❝I was eighteen! I was jobless, I had no family, I couldn't get into a good university! Then came your stupid little heart break, I had to leave everything and come to your house in the middle of the night! I missed my admission test because you wanted me to be there for you! That night I went home and had nothing to eat! Not even a single slice of bread while you had the latest phone, the most comfortable bed, all the food you ever wanted, rich parents who got you into your favourite university but when you cried I came! Why? Because I was your best friend. ❞

020. ❝When your b*tchy girlfriend said shit about me, I said nothing because i knew you would believe her, like you always did. Like you are doing right now. And... God must hate me because I have no single proof that she did that.❞

021. ❝Tsk tsk tsk.❞

022. ❝This is why no one loves you.❞

023. ❝This is why your parents are dead.❞

024. ❝You killed your parents.❞

025. ❝If I had a child like you, I would k/ll myself too.❞

026. ❝You deserve nothing.❞

027. ❝You belong to the streets.❞

028. ❝You could never fit in.❞

029. ❝You're so embarrassing.❞

030. ❝I'm ashamed to be seen in public with you.❞

031. ❝You dress like trash.❞

032. ❝You can never get things done.❞

033. ❝I don't know why I told you to do that when I knew you would mess it up, like you always do.❞

034. ❝Stop thinking about yourself for a moment.❞

035. ❝You're so selfish.❞

036. ❝No this isn't self-love. You're so obsessed with yourself, gosh.❞

037. ❝Do you realize that other people also have feelings.❞

038. ❝Don't you think I loved you too much to be used and discarded?❞

039. ❝Why don't you believe me?❞

040. ❝You out of everyone!?❞

041. ❝I regret loving you.❞

042. ❝All I ever wanted was to be enough for you!❞

043. ❝I was insecure!❞

044. ❝Maybe in another life.❞

045. ❝I can't stay here anymore.❞

046. ❝Gosh, I hate you so much.❞

047. ❝You left me there crying!❞

048. ❝I was just trying to get close to you-❞ ❝You were embarrassing me!❞

049. ❝I... I don't know what to do now.❞

050. ❝Please love me back.❞

051. ❝F*CK THE PATRIARCHY!❞

052. ❝Aw, did i hurt your wittle feelings?❞

F L U F F

001. ❝Let me get that for you.❞

002. ❝Here, hold my hands.❞

003. ❝Would a kiss make you feel better?❞

004. ❝Your hands are so small.❞

005. ❝We fit into each other's arms perfectly! We're meant to be!❞

006. ❝If I could do anything to ease your pain, I would.❞

007. ❝You're so strong and I am so proud of you.❞

008. ❝I told you that you could do it!❞

009. ❝I will be here beside you.❞

010. ❝You are the best thing that happened to me.❞

011. ❝You're the most beautiful person i've ever seen.❞

012. ❝You look cute but you'd look cuter in my clothes.❞

013. ❝Your smile is so pretty.❞

014. ❝You're so good at what you do.❞

015. ❝I wish I could be as talented as you!❞

016. ❝Come cuddle.❞

017. ❝Damn, you look so good.❞

018. ❝You're so good at this!❞

019. ❝And I thought I was the best at this.❞

020. ❝I like the way your hand fits in mine.❞

021. ❝You can't leave without letting me hug you first.❞

022. ❝Your lips are really warm.❞

023. ❝You look so comfy, and cuddle-able.❞

024. ❝Why are you staring at me like that!❞ ❝Oh, don’t mind me. Just enjoying the view.❞

025. ❝Would you mind if I kissed you?❞

026. ❝I remember when you first held my hand. I was blushing for days!❞

027. ❝God, you’re perfect.❞

028. ❝You’re hair is really soft after you wash it.❞

028. ❝I don't mean this in a creepy way but you're so cute when you're half asleep.❞

029. ❝You are my new pillow.❞

030. ❝I think I love you.❞

031. ❝Don’t be silly. You didn't upset me.❞

032. ❝Your bed head is really cute.❞

033. ❝I love your hugs.❞

034. ❝Shush and go back to bed.❞

035. ❝But I want to hear you sing.❞

036. ❝I like it when you pat my head.❞

037. ❝Let me do it for you.❞

038. ❝I think that's enough for today. Go sleep.❞

039. ❝I feel this urge to protect you whenever I'm around you and I know you're tough and badass but... still. So, please let me be there for you and protect you.❞

040. ❝Here, I saved some for you. Try it?❞

041. ❝You. Me. Movie marathon. Get all the snacks you can carry.❞

042. ❝This would look so cute on you!❞

043. ❝Fight me. Pillow fight. And by fight I mean cuddle.❞

044. ❝C'mon, with anyone else this would be too weird.❞

045. ❝That sounds like a bad idea. I’m in.❞

046. ❝I want to kiss you and hold your hand any time I want.❞

047. ❝I am who I am because of you.❞

048. ❝Your eyes are amazing… do you know that?❞

049. ❝Wow - you look… amazing.❞

050. ❝We just met, this is crazy, I’m referencing a song… but call me maybe?❞

[longdariavampysilver]

What do You try to say me? It's from too time that i feel you close to me, do you feel the same?

[hongugu]

Best Kpop Songs of 2020

My rules for this were very loose like these are supposed to be title tracks but I’m pretty sure there are like, digital singles on this list, or just songs that had a music video...? Some of them don’t even have a video but they were promoted still IIIiiI don’t fucking know whatever. I also wasn’t sure if I should count songs like Dynamite, Ice Cream, or 100 Ways? Because they’re in all English but they’re from kpop artists??? But then I did anyway so whatever it’s not that deep.

>> Listen to it on Spotify << 

(the spotify list is backwards) (or i guess this list is backwards) (so like this one ends with the best song) (the spotify playlist starts with the best song) (because logic)

250 Kang Daniel: 2U 249 Sechskies: All For You 248 VAV: Made For Two 247 Demian: Karma 246 E’Last: Tears of Chaos 245 woo!ah!: Bad Girl 244 Momoland: Starry Night 243 EXO-SC: 1 Billion Views 242 Baekhyun: Candy 241 VOISPER: Keep GOing 240 PinkFantasy: Shadow Play 239 D1CE: Draw You 238 BoA: Better 237 Zico: Summer Hate 236 Miso: Blessed 235 MCND: Top Gang 234 TST: Count Down 233 IZ: The Day 232 Onewe: Q 231 DIA: Hug U 230 UNVS: Sand Castle 229 NCT U: Work It 228 Taeyeon: Happy 227 WJSN: Butterfly 226 Saturday: DBDBDIB 225 Dongkiz: Lupin 224 3YE: Yessir 223 Kang Daniel: Who U Are 222 DKB: Still 221 Dawn: Dawndididawn 220 Natty: Teddy Bear 219 Moonbin & Sanha: Bad Idea 218 Weeekly: Zig Zag 217 Rocket Punch: Juicy 216 Super Junior: 2YA2YAO! 215 Blackswan: Tonight 214 Cravity: Break All the Rules 213 Hyolyn: Say My Name 212 Bling Bling: G.G.B 211 SF9: Good Guy 210 DKB: Sorry Mama 209 DKB: Work Hard 208 BerryGood: Accio 207 Kai: Mmmh 206 Wonho: Open Mind 205 Mamamoo: Wanna Be Myself 204 Huh Chanmi: Lights 203 Ryu Sujeong: Tiger Eyes 202 WJSN Chocome: Hmph! 201 Botopass: Flamingo

200 Lunarsolar: Oh Ya Ya Ya 199 Jamie: Apollo 11 198 Nature: Bing Bing 197 DreamNote: Wish 196 Elris: Jackpot 195 Cherry Bullet: Aloha Oe 194 P1Harmony: Siren 193 Momoland: Ready or Not 192 NCT U: 90′s Love 191 Golden Child: Pump It Up 190 Zico: Any Song 189 Victon: Mayday 188 Jeong Sewoon: Say Yes 187 Cravity: Flame 186 MCND: nanana 185 Lee Daehwi: Rose, Scent, Kiss 184 Taeyeon: #GirlsSpkOut 183 Refund Sisters: Don’t Touch Me 182 CNBlue: Then, Now and Forever 181 Super Junior: The Melody 180 1TEAM: Ullaeli Kkollaeli 179 K/DA: More 178 TOO: Count 1, 2 177 Gfriend: Mago 176 AleXa: Villain

175 fromis_9: Feel Good (Secret Code) 174 Drippin: Nostalgia 173 1THE9: Bad Guy 172 KNK: Ride 171 Rocket Punch: Bouncy 170 ANS: Say My Name 169 Nature: Girls 168 MCND: Spring 167 Momoland: Thumbs Up 166 Dongkiz: All I Need Is You 165 Hyolyn: 9Lives 164 TOO: Magnolia 163 J.Y.Park & Sunmi: When We Disco 162 Xum: Ddalala 161 Youngha: Dark Cloud 160 Ong Seongwu: Gravity  159 Verivery: Thunder 158 Oneus: Bbusyeo 157 HA:TFELT: La Luna 156 Ong Seongwu: We Belong 155 Gfriend: Crossroads 154 Park Jihoon: Wing 153 WEi: Twilight 152 YooA: Bon Voyage 151 SuperM: Tiger Inside

150 April: Now or Never 149 Ha Sungwoon: Forbidden Island 148 Lovelyz: Obliviate 147 Secret Number: Who Dis? 146 ENOi: Cheeky 145 AleXa: Do or Die 144 HYO: Dessert 143 Victon: Howling 142 æspa: Black Mamba 141 Soyou: Gotta Go 140 MCND: Ice Age 139 Kim Kyunghoon, Kim Heechul, BIBI: Hanryang 138 Moonbyul: Eclipse 137 Secret Number: Got That Boom 136 WayV: Bad Alive (the Korean one thank u) 135 GOT7: Not By the Moon 134 NCT127: Punch 133 XRO: Welcome to My Jungle 132 Donkiz: Beautiful 131 Kim Wooseok: Red Moon 130 Han Seungwoo: Sacrifice 129 Blackpink: Ice Cream 128 Gfriend: Apple 127 UP10TION: Light 126 Blackpink: Lovesick Girls 125 GOT7: Breath 124 Verivery: G.B.T.B. 123 CL: +HWA+ 122 Irene & Seulgi: Monster 121 K/DA: The Baddest 120 Cherry Bullet: Hands Up 119 Lucy: Jogging 118 Twice: More & More 117 AleXa: Revolution 116 LeeHi: Holo 115 Day6 (Even of Day): Where the Sea Sleeps 114 B1A4: Like a Movie 113 Park Jihoon: Gotcha 112 Ghost9: W.ALL 111 Enhypen: Given-Taken 110 BAE173: Crush On U 109 SuperM: One (Monster & Infinity) 108 Max Changmin: Chocolate 107 Pentagon: Dr. Bebe 106 NCT Dream: Ridin’ 105 Verivery: Lay Back 104 Mino: Run Away 103 Ghost9: Think of Dawn 102 SuperM: 100 101 Weeekly: Tag Me (@Me)

100 Natty: Nineteen 099 Somi: What You Waiting For 098 Jessi: Nunu Nana 097 CLC: Helicopter 096 TxT: Blue Hour 095 (G)I-DLE: Dumdi Dumdi 094 Oh My Girl: Nonstop 093 Solar: Spit It Out 092 Monsta X: Love Killa 091 HA:TFELT: Life Sucks 090 AKMU: Happening 089 Lee Suhyun: Alien 088 Kard: Red Moon 087 Treasure: Mmm 086 Golden Child: Without You 085 AB6IX: The Answer 084 Hwasa: Maria 083 Sunmi: pporappippam 081 Jamie: Numbers 080 Yook Sungjae: Come With the Wind 079 Jackson Wang: 100 Ways 078 The Boyz: The Stealer 077 Dreamcatcher: Boca 076 The Boyz: Reveal

075 Treasure: Boy 074 (G)I-DLE: Oh My God 073 BTS: Dynamite 072 Woodz: Bump Bump 071 Itzy: Not Shy 070 Twice: I Can’t Stop Me 069 Chungha: Stay Tonight 068 Astro: Knock 067 Onewe: End of Spring 066 Iz*One: Panorama 065 NCT U: Make A Wish (Birthday Song) 064 Everglow: Dun Dun 063 Kard: Gunshot 062 AB6IX: Salute 061 GWSN: Bazooka! 060 Winner: Hold 059 Nu’est: I’m In Trouble 058 NCT 127: Kick It 057 Zico: Refresh 056 SF9: Summer Breeze 055 E’Last: Swear 054 Kim Namjoo: Bird 053 CIX: Jungle 052 IU: eight 051 Mamamoo: Dingga

050 Stella Jang: Villain 049 Heize: Midnight 048 Monsta X: Fantasia 047 BTS: ON (feat. Sia)--I’m just kidding lmao but could u imagine 046 Itzy: Wannabe 045 cignature: Nun Nu Nan Na 044 Taemin: Criminal 043 Agust D: Daechwita 042 Blackpink: How You Like That 041 Dreamcatcher: Scream 040 Woodz: Love Me Harder 039 ONF: Sukhumvit Swimming 038 Oneus: To Be Or Not To Be 037 Loona: So What 036 April: LaLaLiLaLa 035 Everglow: La Di Da 034 Pentagon: Daisy 033 Stray Kids: Back Door 032 Treasure: I Love You 031 cignature: Assa 030 Eric Nam: Paradise 029 Mamamoo: Aya 028 Weki Meki: Cool 027 cignature: Arisong 026 BTS: Life Goes On

025 Eric Nam: How You Been 024 Oneus: A Song Written Easily 023 A.C.E: Goblin (Favorite Boys) 022 Loona: Why Not? 021 Golden Child: One (Lucid Dream) 020 StayC: So Bad 019 Taemin: Idea (理想) 018 Iz*One: Fiesta 017 Weki Meki: Oopsy 016 Bvndit: Jungle 015 Ateez: Inception 014 Seventeen: Left & Run 013 Apink: Dumhdurum 012 Weki Meki: Dazzle Dazzle 011 Loona: Voice

010 Iz*One: Secret Story of the Swan 009 Ateez: Thanxx 008 TxT: Can’t You See Me? 007 Seventeen: Home;Run 006 Chungha: Play 005 N.Flying: Oh really. 004 Ateez: Answer 003 Day6: Zombie 002 BTS: Black Swan 001 Stray Kids: God’s Menu

Remember when I used to link all of these to their youtube videos? Hahhha yeah, that’s not happening this year :”D

[beliefbled-a-blog]

Funny Stuff said on a Discord chat the Sentence Meme.

taken from a discord chat that my friends and I are in together and say a lot of weird shit in .

001.     no fucc no succ no luck. 002.     i hope i die. 003.     i’m gay. 004.     ahoy bitch 005.     larry the cutecumber wink 006.     God is Bigger than The Boogie Man 007.     eat my sparkly family friendly dick you cockdouche mothershitter 008.     what the fuck did I just type 009.     stab me mom 010.     why are you knifing me mom 011.     death awaits me at the gates of hell (jumping onto my pony) Later nyall 012.     i'm scared of talking food 013.     fam if u wanna be included in the weeding dong pull this shit 014.     let weeding dong die 015.     nintendo can suck my donkey kongs 016.     hey let's read veggietales porn 017.     i lay awake at night thinking about hajime 018.     i was threatened? 019.     I want to die 020.     guess i'm a real dick sucker now 021.     i’m doing god's work 022.     god is so toxic 023.     choke on a walnut 024.     CHOKE ON A NUT 025.     gimm like `0 moints to make coffee 026.     i thought discord borked 027.     GOD LEFT ME UNFINISHED 028.     THE BEE MOVIE IS MY FAVORITE MOVIE 029.     im dlirting. disgusted flirtying 030.     do you have time to talk about our lord and savior ____ 031.     i'm literally disowning all of you 032.     buzz buzz 033.     i want death 034.     hajime is G A Y ; you can quote me on that 035.     (with love) Die 036.     bork bork 037.     they should spend a night in the wendigo cave 038.     good christian boy 039.     i will personally dropkick you into a pond of geese 040.     I AM THE EGG MAN HEAR ME CRACK 041.     (stabs self, yolk goes spilling everywhere) oh no! my yolk! 042.     AH NO !!! WATERSPORTS 043.     SHIT FUCKING GODDAMN asshole 044.     i hope u fuc king fuck urself u motherfucker cocktwat aSS FU CKER SHIT SICLE TWAT BAG 045.     the fuck the fucking FUCK 046.     i should've shoved spongebob up his ass 047.     I'M GONNA MCFREAKIN(TM) SHOVE A COCKSICLE IN THE CANNON BALL GERONIMO BEARFUCKER SCHMUCKS!!!!!!! 048.     GOD IS DEAD 049.     when life gives you lemons take those lemons and shove them so far up the earth's ass everything fucking explodes and we all die so we're finally released frOM OUR MEANINGLESS FUCKING EXISTENCE LMAO LIFE CAN KISS MY ASS I NEVER WANTED THESE LEMONS HONESTLY JUST FUCKING S U C K I T 050.     I JSS UT C HCOKED ON A AUFCKCIGN ME ABT BALL VOER THESE 051.     everypony run 052.     FUCK YOU ME QUOTE 053.     wanna meet up in some catacombs? it’ll be sexy i promise 054.     every time i breathe i get receiptsd 055.     his ahoge is a shooty 056.     hajime. cant. shooty. his. gay. 057.     ko will take hajimes ahoge and shoot himself 058.     im washing my eyes with acid as i type 059.     ____ I'M GONNA BORK YOU NOW 060.     fUCK OFF YOU EDGY PRICK I WAS JOKIGN 061.     um, i have a winter feel, check your seasons. 062.     i will murder all of you 063.     it's a fuckin fanfiction 064.     gay voice: i'm in 065.     physically my body is here but mentally I’m in the astral plane beating myself up in the target parking lot 066.     jesus don't you know your fucking veggietales lore

[regularbeans]

Best Singles of 2017

Yess, let’s do this then, here are the best singles of the year! As always, I’m bending the rules, I’m relying on wikipedia and spotify and I can’t pay attention so if any of these shouldn’t be on this list then I don’t care so... you can find this list in a Spotify playlist here (in random order), complete with The Grocery by Manchester Orchestra which would be the 151st but it’s nOT AN EVEN NUMBER

Edit: I have no regrets about the first half of this list whatsoever.

150 Lorde: Perfect Places 149 Handsome Ghost: Brand New Colony 148 Grace Mitchell: Kids (Ain’t All Right) 147 Janove: Våpen (feat. Ane Brun) 146 Foster the People: I Love My Friends 145 Kasabian: III Ray (The King) 144 Halsey: Bad At Love 143 Molnár Ferenc Caramel: Használd a Szívedet 142 Walk the Moon: Headphones 141 Susanne Sundfør: Mountaineers

140 Lorde: Green Light 139 Foster the People: Doing It For the Money 138 Nineclub: Had Enough 137 Cold War Kids: Restless 136 Hurts: Chaperone 135 Maxïmo Park: Get High (No, I Don’t) 134 Halsey: Now Or Never 133 Sam Smith: Too Good at Goodbyes 132 Foo Fighters: The Sky is a Neighborhood 131 Ed Sheeran: Shape of You 

130 Manchester Orchestra: The Sunshine 129 Nelly Furtado: Cold Hard Truth 128 Vian Izak: The Astronaut 127 Sloes: Where to Start 126 Eisley: Always Wrong 125 Thirty Seconds to Mars: Walk On Water 124 Ed Sheeran: Castle on the Hill 123 Misterwives: Drummer Boy 122 Manchester Orchestra: The Alien  121 Handsome Ghost: Honest Mistake

120 Walk the Moon: Surrender 119 Banners: Empires On Fire 118 Starsailor: All This Life 117 Banks: Crowded Places 116 Maxïmo Park: What Equals Love? 115 Airways: One Foot 114 alt-J: In Cold Blood 113 Vance Joy: Lay It All On Me 112 The Wombats: Lemon to a Knife Fight 111 Larkins: Sugar Sweet

110 Coldplay: A L I E N S 109 A R I Z O N A: Oceans Away (Mansionair Remix) 108 James Blunt: Love Me Better 107 Sia: Move Your Body 106 American Authors: I’m Born to Run 105 Imagine Dragons: Believer 104 Fall Out Boy: The Last of the Real Ones 103 Pápai Joci: Özönvíz 102 Fall Out Boy: Champion  101 Nathan Ball: Waste of Time

100 Susanne Sundfør: Undercover 099 Starsailor: Take a Little Time 098 Harry Styles: Sign of the Times 097 NONONO: Lost Song 096 Walk the Moon: Kamikaze 095 Selena Gomez: Bad Liar 094 Julian Lamadrid: How You Fall Doesn’t Matter 093 Chris Hatcher: Remind Me How It Feels to be Loved (feat. Howard) 092 Andrew McMahon In the Wilderness: So Close 091 All Time Low: Life of the Party 

090 Maxïmo Park: Risk to Exist 089 San Holo: Light 088 P!nk: What About Us 087 Walk Off the Earth: Taekwondoo 086 Rag‘n’Bone Man: Human 085 Among Savages: If You See Her 084 Wrabel: The Village 083 Linkin Park: Heavy (feat. Kiiara) 082 Window to the Abbey: Water Into Wine 081 Albin Lee Meldau: Bloodshot

080 Sam Smith: Pray 079 OneRepublic: Truth to Power 078 FOURS: Overthink 077 Misterwives: Oh Love 076 Banners: Someone to You 075 Paramore: Fake Happy 074 Manchester Orchestra: The Moth 073 FOURS: Tell Me In the Morning 072 Albin Lee Meldau: Persistence  071 Ed Sheeran: Galway Girl 

070 Starsailor: Listen to Your Heart 069 Amber Run: Fickle Game 068 Misterwives: Coloring Outside the Lines 067 Janove: Hengtmann 066 Jain: Dynabeat 065 Loïc Nottet: Doctor 064 American Authors: I Wanna Go Out 063 dodie: In the Middle 062 Matt Maeson: Tribulation 061 All Time Low: Dirty Laundry

060 Imagine Dragons: Whatever It Takes 059 Everything Everything: Desire 058 Kesha: Woman 057 Dua Lipa: New Rules 056 dodie: 6/10 055 Paramore: Hard Times 054 Scenic Route to Alaska: Slow Down 053 Harrison Storm: Change It All (Instrumental) 052 FOURS: Fade Into Love 051 You Me at Six: Take On the World

050 Blanco White: Colder Heavens 049 Window to the Abbey: The Promise 048 Paramore: Told You So 047 The Chainsmokers: Something Just Like This (feat. Coldplay) 046 Cold War Kids: Love Is Mystical 045 Imagine Dragons: Thunder 044 FOURS: Stella 043 Everything Everything: Can’t Do 042 You Me at Six: Heavy Soul 041 Nathan Ball: Cold Hands

040 The Rocket Summer: Gone Too Long 039 Nathan Ball: Drifting 038 The Beach: Bite My Tongue 037 Witterquick: Shattered Suns 036 Banks: Underdog 035 OUTLYA: Heaven 034 Kodaline: Brother 033 Kesha: Praying 032 Sigrid: Don’t Kill My Vibe 031 X Ambassadors: Ahead of Myself

030 Bastille: World Gone Mad  029 Banks: Trainwreck 028 Bishop Briggs: Dream 027 Enter Shikari: Rabble Rouser 026 Kensington: Bridges 025 Everything Everything: Night of the Long Knives 024 Linkin Park: Talking to Myself 023 Kesha: Learn to Let Go 022 Enter Shikari: The Sights 021 Fitz and the Tantrums: Fool

020 Bastille: Glory 019 Andrew McMahon In the Wilderness: Don’t Speak For Me (True) 018 Cold War Kids: So Tied Up 017 Misterwives: Machine 016 Enter Shikari: Live Outside 015 Linkin Park: One More Light 014 Dean Lewis: Waves (acoustic) 013 Walk the Moon: One Foot 012 Fall Out Boy: Young and Menace 011 OneRepublic: No Vacancy 

010 Kensington: Fiji 009 Fall Out Boy: Hold Me Tight or Don’t 008 Everything Everything: A Fever Dream 007 Amber Run: Perfect 006 Glass Animals: Agnes 005 X Ambassadors: Hoping 004 Cold War Kids: Can We Hang On? 003 Nothing But Thieves: Particles 002 Nothing But Thieves: Amsterdam 001 Nothing But Thieves: Sorry

...

[muzeez]

I found this new app last night, where you can do like a pod cast, talking n things. You can act like you're on the radio and you can even play music in between.

What I did last night is used it to chat a bit and showcase one of my completed songs "Don't wanna be around you" just to test it out. It's great. I started of talking and kind of introducing the song, then I play the whole song and was able to add a fun effect at the end, of massive applause, which I found hilarious. Then I talked a little more afterwards. When I played it back the sound quality is superb and it somehow sounds intimate, like you're listening to a late night radio show.

Alot of people on the playstore saying the same thing but some complaining that each recording has a limit of 15 minutes.

I can't understand why some of these people would want to be talking for more than 15 minutes. Unless it's a comedian onstage, I'm going to be bored after 5 minutes. I can't stand listening to people who love themselves far too much, Me Me, Me, Me, Me, me me me me me. My opinion, my opinion, my opinion, my opinion. And I don't put myself on people in that way.

Soooo, this podcast app "Spreaker" is perfect. Keep it short, especially when people don't know me.

[pjstafford]

Last Saturday night I was at a David Duchovny concert in Vancouver.  The concert venue was at the Imperial - a great venue- but in a neighborhood that the Urban Dictionary says is the worst neighborhood in all of Canada and some homeless advocacy groups argue  is the poorest neighborhood in all of North America.  Many of us at the concert had traveled to Vancouver from across the globe and there was some fear and trepidation which I over heard from other concert goers about this neighborhood. I had worked as a homeless advocate and have been on the board of a homeless shelter in the 90′s in Albuquerque.  I want to share my viewpoints of my experience in the worst neighborhood in Canada from an X-File frame of view because what brought me to Vancouver on October 14 was, of course, to see David Duchovny in Vancouver where the X-files was and is being filmed during a week-end which included 1013 Friday.  How does homelessness and the X-file find a theme together?  That is outlined in the link to the video above.  

I guess one way to set the mood is to say that my friend and I were only spending a week-end in Vancouver, but many other David Duchovny fans had been in Vancouver a week and had been to many famous filming sites.  My friend and I were staying at a Ramada fairly near the venue.  We drove through the area at first looking for parking before deciding that the valet parking at the Ramada was the best choice.  As we drove by I said- looking at the homeless and the city streets and remembering the video above- “oh, my God, this is the neighborhood they shot “Home Again” in.”  I realize, of course, the complete insensitivity to the plight of homelessness to see it in such focused X-file terms, but it was my frame of mind at the time.  My friend and I did in fact look for the filming sites of “Home Again” as we walked around the neighborhood, but because it is from the last season which we have not yet seen hundreds of times (only dozens) we were unable to locate exact locations.  We did watch the episode again back in Seattle the night before I flew home.  

On Saturday morning we decided to walk to the Ovaltine Restaurant (the filming location of a scene in Jose Chung) and to go by the venue.  We found ourselves walking down what I now realize is the area considered the worst two blocks in at least Canada and possibly North America.  The poverty was clear- people living in tents on the street a few blocks away from some fine, upscale and beautiful neighborhoods.  We then went to the Ovaltine Restaurant, the venue, back to the hotel for an hour of two, back to the venue to stand in line (starting at noon), walked back through the neighborhood to gastown for a bite to eat and back to the venue to stand in line again, before taking a cab back to the hotel after the concert.  

I want to state fairly clearly that there was not one time I felt scared or fearful (although I would not walk back to the hotel in the evening because I am not foolish) and the only time I was asked for money was after leaving the venue after the concert.  As we walked down the blocks at 9 a.m on a Saturday morning, we were greeted with “Good morning Ladies” and comments that our coffee cups were pink.  When our way was blocked and I said “excuse me” people moved out of the way politely.  There was nothing unpleasant about that walk except for being confronted with the fact that poverty exists and people (human beings) live in horrific conditions day in and day out.  

As we stood in line for 6 hours to see a concert, there was an need on an occasion to use a restroom.  The coffee shop sometimes let you and sometimes said that it was just for customers so my friend and I started using the community center on the corner which was truly more of a homeless center.  Again, I was greeted, offered water and shown the restroom.  My friend found blood in one of the restrooms so we climbed the stairs to use one on the other floor.  There were food being served, there were disposable containers for needles, there were signs telling people where to go if they were overdosing.  People were being afforded respect and dignity.  I was impressed.  

Here are some statistics from “Addressing Homelessness in Metro Vancouver” a white paper published in February 2017.  

An estimated 80% of homeless people suffer a chronic health issue (45% suffer two or more health conditions concurrently)15 b. 44% of sheltered and 55% of unsheltered homeless have an addiction (2014)16 c. 33% of sheltered and 36% of unsheltered homeless suffer mental illness (2014)10 d. 30% of sheltered and 27% of unsheltered homeless have a physical disability (2014)1

As we stood in line several neighborhood people talked to us.  We actually had sandwiches we did not want to eat, but couldn’t find any person that wanted the sandwiches.  Again most neighborhood people were polite, courteous and curious about why so many of us were waiting in line in front of a concert venue 6 hours before the doors opened.  I laughed on and off for hours at a woman who said “what are you protesting?”  I told my friend that we were the laziest protesters ever - no signs, no marching, no chanting- worst protest ever.  At one point a women who appeared to be suffering from withdrawal of some time fell.  Other people in line offered her assistance but she could not focus on them enough to accept their help.  She was in her own world.  After a few minutes when I witnessed her getting her shaking under control and her checking her legs to see if she was hurt, i went up to her.  From her perspective I was a big brown blob walking up to her and I startled her.  I told her that when she was ready I was willing to help and she desperately reached for my hands.  I helped her up and she grasped a tree until she was ready to stand and walk on her own.  I offered her food.  She did not want it.  She never asked for money.  Never threatened me.  

The next morning I woke up thinking of that episode “Home again” and the point of the episode.  I wondered how many of us X-Files fans might have thought back to that episode that night having experienced these and other moments.  The point - people are not trash.  They are not disposable.  They are not to be discarded.  I can walk away from that neighborhood and I can avoid the similar downtown areas in Albuquerque, but the people and the problem still exist.  From my experience in Albuquerque I know the underlying issues of homelessness - mental health issues, substance abuse, traumatic brain injuries, lack of literacy, lack of job skills, disenfranchisement from society, family and friends having giving up on them.  I know that veterans make up a large percentage of our homeless population in America, I know that senior citizen homeless numbers rose drastically in 2008 and subsequent years when retirement savings were loss and, like Vancouver, native people are a higher percentage in the homeless population than in the general population.  We can look to our educational systems, our prisons systems, our health care services (especially for the mentally ill), our foster care systems and juvenile care systems and to our economy.  The reality is a whole lot of us who go through our lives as hard working, normal citizens are closer to homelessness than we would like to admit.  In the past year I had to borrow money from friends and move into a friends home because of unemployment and I actually consider myself a fairly successful human.  We are all just humans doing the best we can in our life with what we have.  Nothing could remind us more of that than having spent so much time in that area around people who despite their issues were polite and courteous to us. 

I know our fan groups are a socially conscious and caring group of people who donate to all kinds of causes - let David Duchovny issue a post asking people to donate to charities on his birthday and beautiful things happen.  The proceeds from this concert went to hurricane victim.  This is a fan group which organizes volunteer and donation events for charities in honor of Gillian Anderson’s and Scully’s birthday.  The holiday season is ahead of us .  I am especially asking something of every one who attended that concert and interacted that night with a person who lives on the street in the worst neighborhood of North America.  If you fall into this category, than this holiday season in honor of “Home Again” and the X-files they do something in your communities to alleviate the effects of homelessness, reduce the possibility of someone becoming homeless or end some of the underlying causes of homelessness - take blankets or socks to a shelter, donate to a literacy program, call your legislators and demand better services for addiction treatment.   Buy subways cards and pass them out whenever you see someone with a sign saying hungry.  

At the very least, the next time you are in a situation where you are going to interact with homeless individuals (perhaps because of a David Duchovny concert), please treat people with respect and kindness.  People are not trash.  They are not disposable.  I was reminded of this last Saturday.  

[reportfruit8-blog]

A look back at Ryan Arcidiacono&#039;s 2018-19 season

Ryan Arcidiacono before Bulls games in the United Center would stretch out and try to take it all in, and it had to be difficult and yet amazing to imagine at times for the long shot with the improving shot.

"I'd lay on the floor with about a minute or two left before we had to stand for the National Anthem and think how fortunate I am to be here in this organization and the opportunity and to play in the NBA," Arcidiacono said in an interview last week. "I've lived a very fortunate life and I've worked hard to get to this place. Not many people get here, I know that, and I have to cherish every opportunity I have."

Arcidiacono's accomplishment perhaps is not on the level of Tiger Woods' Master's golf tournament comeback, but it is an unexpected surprise, nonetheless.

Though a college star with the Villanova 2016 champions and Philadelphia native, the 6-3 Arcidiacono wasn't drafted by an NBA team and spent basically two years in the G-league before playing 81 games for the Bulls this season. That included back to back 22-point games early in the season and an average of 11.6 points on 39 percent three-point shooting in the last eight games with starter Kris Dunn out. Arcidiacono also finished third best in the NBA in assist/turnover ratio.

"People say stuff about you," the likable and always upbeat Arcidiacono said with a smile, "but I think given the opportunity they see I can play and that I have proved some doubters wrong and can play in this league and hopefully for a long time."

Arcidiacono doesn't know his NBA future yet since the Bulls can make him a qualifying offer to become a restricted free agent. But it seems certain after leading the team in the tough man categories the Bulls so much appreciate like games played and charges taken that Arcidiacono has earned himself a place in the NBA and also in the hearts of NBA fans.

"I've lived a very fortunate life and I've worked hard to get to this place. Not many people get here, I know that, and I have to cherish every opportunity I have." - Ryan Arcidiacono

It didn't seem that likely when Arcidiacono was passed over in the draft as a bit too slow and slender. He signed with the San Antonio Spurs for Summer League and played the season in the G-league in Austin. He had decided to play overseas after that, but there were issues with his contact and he ended up signing the Bulls' first two-way contract, spending most of the 2017-18 season in the G-league. He played briefly in 24 games for the Bulls, though primarily in Hoffman Estates where he could be found morning and night at workouts in the Sears Centre.

The work and commitment paid off as he started 32 games for the Bulls this season and worked his way up to third in assists and three-point shooting and leading in charges taken.

"I learned from a personal level I can play in this league and I can impact the games and I think I've taken pride in coming every day and working as hard as I can to be to be the best player I can be," Arcidiacono said. "I feel I was given a solid opportunity and took advantage of it. From a team standpoint, it's been tough because of all the injuries and the record, but we have a great group of young guys. I think it's been a positive year for me and a step in the right direction as a professional.

Ryan Arcidiacono shoots a big three against the San Antonio Spurs

"I'm more comfortable in games since the start of the season with the concepts we are trying to run and the coaching change, getting more and more comfortable with Jim (Boylen) at the helm and feel I played pretty solid the last couple of weeks of the season from a point guard perspective of being able to impact the game," Arcidiacono said. "That's what I try to do when I am out there."

Though Arcidiacono had those pair of 20-some scoring games early in the season amidst an avalanche of injuries that buried the season for the team, he takes pride primarily in the wins and whatever contribution he can make. That has included several instances of defending seven footers in the post and drawing changes by the veteran ruse of stepping back and drawing the offensive player into a traveling call. Arcidiacono is a 25-year-old with an old head.

"I've had games with two or three points where I was able to impact the game in a good way and did the little stuff to help us get a win. Not just the scoring," said Arcidiacono, "As I look back I try to write a little bit about each game, what I remember because there are so many games and what I learned and can learn going forward.

"The most encouraging and prideful I've been all year was that I even made the team," Arcidiacono admitted. "Before the season I didn't even know if I was going to make the team. But I worked my way into the lineup and impacted games and became someone who they can play in games and I can have a solid impact. I take great pride in that. I've been very fortunate with the situation and grateful for the opportunity that's been given to me. I found a home for this year and we'll see what happens.

"It's an accomplishment," Arcidiacono acknowledged, "but something I've been able to do my whole life is stay even keeled and level headed. I don't get too high on the highs and get too low on the lows. I think making the team was an expectation for me. I would have been disappointed if I were cut, but I'm also very grateful and do take great pride in being an NBA player and doing it my way. It hasn't been the easiest route there, but I am an NBA player and I feel as long as I continue to work hard it can happen and I can stick for a long time."

Arcidiacono headed back to Pennsylvania for a few days when the season ended, but he retains his apartment in Chicago and will be ready to get back to work.

"The most encouraging and prideful I've been all year was that I even made the team." - Ryan Arcidiacono

"You have to be very smart with summer workouts because basketball is such a grind and a long season, but I'll be in Chicago," Arcidiacono says. "I love Chicago in the summer time and then we'll figure things out.

"I think I had a solid year shooting the ball, up to 37, 38 percent (on threes)," he points out. "I started off great but need to be a little more consistent throughout the season. I went through a little slump, so I worked on a few moves here and there and being able to get to my spots, being a little more crafty around the rim. I feel I've taken steps in the right direction in finishing around the rim and looking at the basket and making plays for myself and not just my teammates. You have to keep working on little things. I was aggressive in practice and stuff, but my mindset is always to go out there and impact the game the best I can, stay aggressive and if I wanted to be on the floor I had to score a little myself.

"I really don't look ahead that much," Arcidiacono says. "I really try to focus on here and now because you never know where you are going to be next year, what is going to happen. You have to enjoy the process and the grind of getting better and seeing the improvements in the game. I know it might be a cliché of one day at a time, but I truly do take it one day at time and try to be the best player and person I can be."

Source: https://www.nba.com/bulls/features/look-back-ryan-arcidiaconos-2018-19-season

[longdariavampysilver]

What which i Really hope is that you may read everything i left you on twitter or you may take a look on this open diary.

[rnjmnster]

100 ways to say i love you

original list • tag

the masterlist of mini stories written by me, taken from the 100wtsily list. this is help me crank out something and also i'm using this as a means to distract myself as i struggle to write the rest of supernatural!bts. also the aus may be subject to change.

s t a t u s: on going~

001  »  ♡ hoseok • "pull over. let me drive for a while."

002  »  ♡ bff!namjoon • "it reminded me of you."

003  »  ♡ baseballer!jungkook • "no, no, it's my treat."

004  »  ♡ prince!namjoon • "come here. let me fix it."

005  »  ♡ yoongi • "i'll walk you home."

006  »  ♡ archangel!taehyung • "have a good day at work."

007  »  ♡ incubus!jungkook • "i dreamt about you last night."

008  »  ♡ retrouvailles!jimin • "take my seat."

009  »  ♡ seokjin • "i saved a piece for you."

010  »  ♡ cupid!hoseok • "i'm sorry for your loss."

011  »  ♡ fuckboi!taehyung • "you can have half."

012  »  ♡ badboy!jungkook • "take my jacket, it's cold outside."

013  »  ♡ namjoon • "sorry i'm late."

014  »  ♡ prince!jimin • "can i have this dance?"

015  »  ♡ seokjin • "i made your favourite."

016  »  ♡ yoongi • "it's okay. i couldn't sleep anyway."

017  »  ♡ prince!jungkook • "watch your step."

018  »  ♡ badboy!yoongi • "here, drink this. you'll feel better."

019  »  ♡ badboy!jimin • "can i hold your hand?"

020  »  ♡ badboy!taehyung • "you can borrow mine."

021  »  ♡ hoseok • "you might like this."

022  »  ♡ jungkook  • "it's not heavy. i'm stronger than i look."

023  »  ♡ prince!yoongi  • "i'll wait."

024  »  ♡ taehyung  • "just because."

025  »  ♡ werewolf!seokjin  • "look both ways."

026  »  ♡ badboy!namjoon  • "i'm sorry. i didn't mean to."

027  »  ♡ hoseok • "try some."

028  »  ♡ jimin • "drive safely."

029  »  ♡ badboy!jungkook • "well, what do you want to do?"

030  »  ♡ vampire!namjoon • "one more chapter."

031  »  ♡ archangel!taehyung • "don't worry about me."

032  »  ♡ lucifer!yoongi • "it looks good on you."

033  »  ♡ incubus!jungkook • "close your eyes and hold out your hands."

034  »  ♡ jimin • "that's okay, i bought two."

035  »  ♡ prince!seokjin • "after you."

036  »  ♡ badboy!hoseok • "we'll figure it out."

037  »  ♡ badboy!namjoon • "can i kiss you?"

038  »  ♡ taehyung • "i like your laugh."

039  »  ♡ dad!jimin • "don't cry."

040  »  ♡ incubus!jungkook • "i made this for you."

041  »  ♡ yoongi • "go back to sleep."

042  »  ♡ prince!seokjin • "is this okay?"

043  »  ♡ badboy!taehyung • "i picked these for you."

044  »  ♡ yoongi • "i'll drive you to the hospital."

045  »  ♡ bff!namjoon • "what do you want to watch?"

046  »  ♡ jimin • "you can go first."

047  »  ♡ jungkook • "did you get my letter?"

048  »  ♡ namjoon • "i'll do it for you."

049  »  ♡ badboy!hoseok • "call me when you get home."

050  »  ♡ incubus!jungkook • "i think you're beautiful."

051  »  ♡ taehyung • "are you sure?"

052  »  ♡ lucifer!yoongi • "have fun."

053  »  ♡ badboy!jungkook • "sit down, i'll get it."

054  »  ♡ vampire!namjoon • "i made reservations."

055  »  ♡ prince!hoseok • "i don't mind."

056  »  ♡ werewolf!seokjin • "it brings out your eyes."

057  »  ♡ gumiho!jimin • "there is enough room for both of us."

058  »  ♡ gumiho!jimin • "you don't have to say anything."

059  »  ♡ prince!taehyung  • "wow."

060  »  ♡ archangel!taehyung • "happy birthday."

061  »  ♡ cupid!hoseok • "i'll pick you up after work."

062  »  ♡ prince!yoongi • "it can wait until tomorrow."

063  »  ♡ incubus!jungkook • "cross my heart and hope to die."

064  »  ♡ dad!jimin • "it's two sugars, right?"

065  »  ♡ seokjin • "i'll help you study."

066  »  ♡ vampire!namjoon • "stay over."

067  »  ♡ taehyung • "i did the dishes."

068  »  ♡ prince!namjoon • "you didn't have to ask."

069  »  ♡ badboy!seokjin • "i bought you a ticket."

070  »  ♡ yoongi • "you're warm."

071  »  ♡ taehyung • "no reason."

072  »  ♡ jimin • "i'll meet you halfway."

073  »  ♡ badboy!hoseok • "take mine."

074  »  ♡ jungkook • "we can share."

075  »  ♡ bff!namjoon • "i was just thinking about you."

076  »  ♡ jungkook • "i want you to have this."

077  »  ♡ dad!jimin • "call me if you need anything."

078  »  ♡ archangel!taehyung • "do you want to come too?"

079  »  ♡ cupid!hoseok • "i'll still be here when you're ready."

080  »  ♡ werewolf!seokjin • "is your seat belt on?"

081  »  ♡ namjoon • "sweet dreams."

082  »  ♡ archangel!taehyung • "i was in the neighbourhood."

083  »  ♡ incubus!jungkook • "stay there. i'm coming to get you."

084  »  ♡ yoongi • "the key is under the mat."

085  »  ♡ vampire!namjoon • "it doesn't bother me."

086  »  ♡ prince!yoongi • "you're important too."

087  »  ♡ taehyung • "i saved you a seat."

088  »  ♡ gumiho!jimin • "i'll see you later."

089  »  ♡ prince!seokjin • "i noticed."

090  »  ♡ seokjin • "you can tell me anything."

091  »  ♡ yoongi • "i hope you like it."

092  »  ♡ incubus!jungkook • "i want you to be happy."

093  »  ♡ cupid!hoseok • "i believe in you."

094  »  ♡ gumiho!jimin • "you can do it."

095  »  ♡ taehyung • "good luck."

096  »  ♡ vampire!namjoon • "i bought you an umbrella."

097  »  ♡ hoseok • "i'll pick you up at the airport."

098  »  ♡ prince!jungkook • "take a deep breath."

099  »  ♡ lucifer!yoongi • "be careful."

100  »  ♡ namjoon • "i love you."

ϟ

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[condormirror35-blog]

Luxembourg, Mexico, Windy City Bulls, Canada, Warriors - McKinnie&#039;s Unlikely Journey

Kids want to be like Mike or now Steph, but it’s really Alfonzo McKinnie who probably is their best role model.

“I talk to guys every day younger than me going through things in college and coming from this area and I tell them my story,” the West Sider was saying before the Bulls Monday game with the Golden State Warriors. “They’ve seen it, seen where I started to now. So keep pushing and try to do the right things and somebody will see you and give you a chance. And when you get that chance, you’ve got to take advantage and go from there.”

Yes, it can happen because it’s happening to Alfonzo McKinnie, and it’s as unlikely a sports story as anyone will find.

The kid who played at Curie and Marshall high schools and a bit for Eastern Illinois and Wisconsin-Green Bay, who paid his way to get a tryout for the G-league is now in the playing rotation of one of the great teams in NBA history and perhaps on his way to an NBA championship.

In Monday’s 149-124 Warriors domination of the Bulls that was highlighted by Klay Thompson’s record 14 three point field goals, McKinnie made four of six threes and scored a career high 19 points and a team high 10 rebounds off the bench for the Warriors.

That came just a few hours after the 6-8 energizer pogo stick added his greatest assist in arranging to purchase a house for his mother to finally lead the family out of the West Side North Lawndale neighborhood.

“It’s been a great day,” McKinnie said even before his brilliant game. “Getting the house; she’s ecstatic. It’s all she ever talked about is wanting a house. I’m happy I could do that for her, and then a chance to come here and watch the game.

“It’s been a hell of a journey,” McKinnie acknowledged. “A lot of ups and down from where I started to where I am now. But I am just grateful for the opportunities I was blessed with and I’m trying to make the most of it. It does feel surreal at times. There was a point in time when I didn’t expect anything like this to happen. I wanted it to happen, prayed for it to happen, but at the time it wasn’t looking promising. As the days went on those opportunities came about and I’m here now and just grateful.”

It began with the G-league and the Windy City Bulls, who open their 2018-19 season Friday in the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates. It was through that open tryout of some 200 hopefuls that McKinnie made the roster and a league where some of the great NBA stories begin.

“The G-league meant a lot. It gave me a chance to get in front of some important people and try to get to the next level, which was the NBA. People saw me in the G-league and gave me some chances and I took advantage.”

McKinnie on the importance of playing for the Windy City Bulls in the G-league

It would be difficult to write a movie script of McKinnie’s story and get anyone to believe it.

He came from the tough and dangerous West Side. Consider that when he came back from playing in Luxembourg (lowest level league even there) his family was worried for his safety. That’s right; his mother felt he’d be safer in Mexico.

“There’s a lot of stuff happening in Chicago and a lot of people get caught in the wrong places at the wrong times,” McKinnie explained in a previous interview. “When I told them I was going to go to Mexico, everyone was kind of relieved I wouldn’t have to be in the city for that long.”

McKinnie started at Curie and transferred to Marshall for the basketball program. But it took a while to even get on the team.

“It was the big time basketball school,” said McKinnie. “I’d watch them play and knew all the guys they had. People talked about them so much on the West Side of Chicago. They had the tradition of being rough, gritty defense. You watch Patrick Beverley and how hard he plays. We were pushed hard, practice was conditioning drills, a lot of defensive drills. As a player it helped me because when I got to college I was already a hard worker, not afraid of it.”

But McKinnie suffered a pair of meniscus tears in college and was off the NBA radar. He reluctantly found work in Luxembourg not quite knowing where it was, returned to play in Mexico and then for USA Basketball in their three on three program. It was hardly anyone’s route to the NBA.

But he persevered and worked, went to the Advocate Center for pickup games, signed up for the G-league tryout out of his own pocket. He initially came off the bench in the G-league, began starting and making an impact and made the All-Star team.

“I got it in my head then if I was good enough to be an All Star, maybe I could get to that next level,” said McKinnie.

It led to Summer League and workouts and signing with the Toronto Raptors. It was again mostly back in the G-league with Toronto last season, back to the budget hotels and small paycheck. But then catching the eyes of the Warriors with his hustle and role playing he perfected in the G-league.

“McKinnie's been great,” said Warriors coach Steve Kerr. “He's somebody we had our eye on from the first day of training camp because of his athleticism. He's really gotten a lot better since camp, shooting the ball, getting a feel for the offense, playing well with other guys. He seems to fit the modern NBA game of positionless basketball. He can be out on the floor and guard multiple spots and switch. The guys really like him, too. He's been through quite a bit trying to get to this point and I think our players have a lot of respect for his journey, but also the way he carries himself. He's a professional, hard working kid. He's seen the world and it shows.”

And it shows what a player can do in the G-league and where he can go if he has a belief, confidence, a work ethic and determination never to be stopped by the obstacles.

“Everybody loves the Warriors,” said McKinnie, 26. “I’m excited be a part of it. Just being myself and working hard every day, sticking to what I do and not trying to overdue it. When I get an opportunity produce. It’s a great organization and group of veteran guys, elite players. Being around them is exciting, to be in the gym every day and watch them and take things from them, to play under coach Kerr who was in Chicago and a part of all the championship banners. What a great learning experience.”

Just a great Chicago story. It happened to him. It can happen for you. No matter your profession.

Source: https://www.nba.com/bulls/features/luxembourg-mexico-windy-city-bulls-canada-warriors-mckinnies-unlikely-journey

[mrobson]

My top one hundred singles of 2018 was incredibly difficult to compile this year as I have loved so much music! But here’s what I managed to come up with

100. Marshmello & Anne-Marie - FRIENDS

099. Kylie - Dancing

098. The Chainsmokers ft. Kelsea Ballerini - This Feeling

097. MNEK ft. Hailee Steinfeld - Colour

096. Ellie Goulding x Diplo ft. Swae Lee - Close To Me

095. Clean Bandit ft. Marina & The Diamonds & Luis Fonsi - Baby

094. Zara Larsson - Ruin My Life

093. Cher Lloyd - None Of My Business

092. Black Saint ft. Kelli-Leigh - Don’t Wreck My Holiday

091. Chvrches - Miracle

090. David Guetta & Sia - Flames

089. Kate Nash - Hate You

088. Ciara - Dose

087. Taylor Swift - Delicate

086. Alec Benjamin - Death Of A Hero

085. Chvrches - Get Out

084. Gorgon City ft. Kamille & Ghosted - Go Deep

083. Louisa ft. 2 Chainz - YES

082. Nina Nesbitt - Somebody Special

081. Charlie Puth ft. Kehlani - Done For Me

080. Fickle Friends - Broken Sleep

079. Camila Cabello - Real Friends

078. Meghan Trainor - No Excuses

077. GLADES - Do Right

076. Imagine Dragons - Natural

075. Nina Nesbitt - Colder

074. Bastille - Quarter Past Midnight

073. Maroon 5 - Girls Like You

072. Rudimental ft. Tom Walker - Walk Alone

071. Zedd ft. Maren Morris & Grey - The Middle

070. Starley - Love Is Love

069. David Guetta, Martin Garrix & Brooks - Like I Do

068. ZAYN - Let Me

067. Why Don’t We - 8 Letters

066. Tom Grennan - Found What I’ve Been Looking For

065. One Bit x Louisa - Between You & Me

064. James TW - Say Love

063. Meghan Trainor - Let You Be Right

062. Clean Bandit ft. Demi Lovato - Solo

061. Four of Diamonds ft. Burna Boy - Name On It

060. Fickle Friends - Say No More

059. Friendly Fires - Love Like Waves

058. Jason Mraz - Have It All

057. M22 ft. Medina - First Time

056. Chvrches - Never Say Die

055. Julia Michaels ft. Trippie Redd - Jump

054. Roger Martin ft. Maurice - Found Love

053. Claire Richards - On My Own

052. Olly Murs ft. Snoop Dogg - Moves

051. Alec Benjamin - Boy In The Bubble

050. Justin Timberlake ft. Chris Stapleton - Say Something

049. Kylie - Stop Me From Falling

048. Calum Scott - What I Miss Most

047. The 1975 - Give Yourself A Try

046. John Mayer - New Light

045. Shawn Mendes - In My Blood

044. Bebe Rexha - I’m A Mess

043. Panic! at the Disco - Say Amen (Saturday Night)

042. Nina Nesbitt - Loyal To Me

041. MNEK - Correct

040. Troye Sivan - Bloom

039. Fickle Friends - Wake Me Up

038. Jason Mraz - Unlonely

037. Kate Nash - Drink About You

036. Ariana Grande - God Is A Woman

035. Alice Merton - No Roots

034. Marshmello ft. Bastille - Happier

033. MK, Jonas Blue & Becky Hill - Back & Forth

032. Elena Foureira - Fuego

031. Sigala, Ella Eyre & Meghan Trainor ft. French Montana - Just Got Paid

030. Lewis Capaldi - Grace

029. Martin Garrix ft. Khalid - Ocean

028. James Arthur - You Deserve Better

027. James Bay - Pink Lemonade

026. Saara Aalto - Monsters

025. Una Healy - Never See Me Cry

024. 5 Seconds of Summer - Youngblood

023. Florence & The Machine - Hunger

022. Niall Horan - On The Loose

021. Sigrid - Sucker Punch

020. Betty Who - Taste

019. Troye Sivan - My My My

018. Becky Hill - Sunrise In The East

017. Grace Carter - Why Her, Not Me

016. Liv Dawson - Talk

015. Chainsmokers ft. Emily Warren - Side Effects

014. Jax Jones ft. Years & Years - Play

013. Everything Everything - Breadwinner

012. Matt Terry - Try

011. Astrid S - Emotions

010. Charli XCX ft. Troye Sivan - 1999

009. Alec Benjamin - Let Me Down Slowly

008. Banx & Ranx & Ella Eyre ft. Yxng Bane - Answerphone

007. Shawn Mendes ft. Khalid - Youth

006. Years & Years - All For You

005. Blonde ft. Bryn Christopher - Me, Myself & I 

004. Alec Benjamin - If We Have Each Other

003. Panic! at the Disco - High Hopes

002. Kacey Musgraves - High Horse

001. Sigrid - High Five