#its a miracle i can sleep for 8 hours if all the right conditions are fulfilled!

[raven]

I was complaining about how i had to clean my old place bc im so tired and my dad was like "just go to bed now and wake up early and do it in the morning!" like wtf? u can do that? what the fuck? whats wrong with you? you can just go to sleep? hello?

[imraespace]

LIFE'S HARD WHEN YOU'RE INLOVE ─

─ WITH RIN ITOSHI !!

━ 5:00 AM

Reo might think it's a miracle! You're up at 5:00 AM? Woah!

Your sleep consists of a total of 8 hours, plus whatever extra time you have. But today you sacrificed ONE hour, isn't that weird. WHY ARE YOU UP?

Yeah, you asked yourself that quite a lot this morning, staring at the ceiling for quite a bit until you got up, gave Choki your morning talk, and then grabbed the book.

For the first time, you're actually going to read it! And not analyze it for "love".

For some reason, you've felt more.. alive? Normally you always felt like, just there. You're alive and living, just there. But ever since these weird heart condition moments, uncontrollable eyes that always landed on this boy. Why did he change your life? Why does it make your life feel so.. pink? Before it was just gray.

This mysterious boy somehow gave a bit of light to your gray life.

Why? You just don't understand it, but you kinda like it. What would happen if you spoke to him? Now that might make your heart condition worse, your eyes might roll out your head and kaboom! Your brain explodes.

Yeah, maybe not speak to him, but sometimes you fantasize about it a bit.

Mysterious boy, what will you do?

You sighed at your thoughts and just read the book. The book that started it all.

Achoo!

The poor boy rubbed his nose. Is it the cold weather, or is someone thinking about him?

Rin Itoshi ignored it though. The big day was soon, in 24 hours he would be on that field in front of a bunch of eyes, proving that he could be the best out there. Proving to his brother how much better he's gotten. To prove to him that he can destroy him.

So that's why, at 5:00 AM for this whole week Rin Itoshi started his day off with a morning jog, then began his practicing.

He doesn't have time for "breaks". So why the hell does Isagi Yoichi not get the hint to stop with these silly notes.

If looks could burn, the crumbled-up paper would burn away right in his hand.

Rin had decided that to not throw away these notes, rather keep them for Isagi, before the big game to ask him what is his problem.

Rin always gave him weird looks when the team but Isagi never really got the hint. Isagi thought it was normal for him.

I mean it's Rin..

He sighed at the memories and thoughts and began is morning jog, stuffing the notes in his bag.

Rin's jog lasts about an hour, then after the jog, he makes his way back home to bathe and get ready for school.

He doesn't really communicate with anyone at home, maybe greets his parents for the morning, completely ignoring his brother as normal.

Sae and Rin attend different schools simply because, before he came back to Japan, he looked at schools who had a great football team. Obviously, to no one surprise, it was a school that Rin doesn't attend.

The brothers don't communicate, not ever. Even being in the same household it's like the other one isn't there. They completely blanked each other out of their mind.

In Rin's world, only he exists. No one else.

So of course, at 7:21 AM he didn't notice the girl from afar whose eyes had uncontrollably landed on him. Hm, at least he made it to school.

As soon as your friends entered the classroom, they met you reading a book.

Meguru was the first to run up to you, snatching the book out of your hand.

A sigh left your lips, as you tried to grab it back.

"Ooou! If there’s a way to put an end to these feelings that burst into my world, then I don’t want to know it. Woah!" Meguru read out loud

"MEGURU GIMMIE BACK MY BOOK!" You yelled, trying to snatch it back. He ran back towards Yoichi, who was still at the door.

He sighed as Meguru tried to hide behind him, with you in front of him.

At least he's getting a free hug? Seems like this is an everyday routine with his friends. Though, he felt bad for you so he got back your book for you.

"Hey! I was reading that!" Meguru argued. He ignored the boy behind him and gave back the book to its rightful owner, you.

"Thank you, Yoichi." You said, giving him a hug, with one hand, the other hand held the book.

Meguru came out from behind the boy and made his way towards you but you thought faster, hugging the book. That's your no-no zone! Meguru can't touch there.

He formed a pout, accepting his defeat.

Your three made it to your desks. The classroom wasn't filled as yet, only person being there was the boy. Of course, you didn't notice him, too in your book.

When Meguru and Yoichi entered the classroom, such things as other students in the classroom weren't on your mind. But then you noticed that he was indeed in the classroom when Yoichi.. called him..

You sat at your desk, witnessing the interaction between the boys. All that's on your mind was that he saw you, and heard you. Embarrassing? Yes.

That means originally, you were alone in this classroom with him.. and you didn't even notice.

Completely blanking out of the conversation, you stared at your desk trying to hide your blush.

What a morning!

Rin on the other hand, he noticed you only because of your loud mouth, nothing else. He was listening to music on his phone, but he paused it to look at a video. In doing so, between the pause he heard you. That's all.

And right now, he found it strange that now you're as quiet as a mouse. Not his problem though. They were talking about football anyway, your knowledge of that topic is about zero percent he's sure.

━ 12:31 PM

"Y/N!" A familiar voice called out to you.

It was Hyoma!

"Hyoma, hi!" He ran up to you with a scrunchie.

You suddenly got the memo. Of course, he would let you touch his hair. You always played in it anyways.

"I would love to tie your hair up for you Hyo but you're a bit tall as of right now." You stated.

Normally, he would be sitting but you both are in the middle of the hall. Then an idea popped into your mind.

"Wait lemme get on you."

"What."

"On your back, duh." You clarified.

"Oh." He answered back.

Hyoma turned around, and got a bit low for you as you hopped on him.

He gave you the scrunchie and you got to work. of course, both of you know that he himself can tie his own hair but who are you to turn down an opportunity to get your hands in his hair? and who would he be to turn down an opportunity to have you in his hair again?

You both may look silly in the hall but happy smiles were plastered on your faces.

"Chigiri? I didn't know you had your own personal hairstylist. Stylish." A male with REALLY LONG HAIR passed by and commented.

Woah, you're jealous of it.

"He's your friend Hyo?" You asked him.

"Yeah, he's on the team." He answered back.

A surprised look found its way onto your face after hearing that. Someone like him should be a model..

You finished up with your friend's hair, the model on the other hand was admiring your work.

"I say, this hairstyle is quite stylish." He commented as you came off Hyoma's back.

"Thank you, kind sir!" You said, giggling at your own joke.

The male held his hand up to his chest, showing off his painted nails, and began speaking.

"My name is Jyubei Aryu, what yours might be?" Aryu asked.

You copied his actions in a friendly manner and introduced yourself.

"Very nice to meet you Aryu! My name is Y/N L/N."

"Quite nice to meet you as well. The ways in which your hands styled Chigiri's hair were amazing, do tell me your secret, L/N."

"Erm, Of course, sir!" You.. told him. You don't know how to communicate with him.

"Aryu I think it's time for practice now." Hyoma brought up.

Aryu nodded at his words and began to walk away, leaving behind sparkles in his trail. Wow..

"Bye Hyoma!" You exclaimed, hugging him for a bit before, walking away.

Either that team is secretly a model agency or everyone there looks like models.

They are also very much tall. It's kinda scary, you almost broke your neck looking up to that Aryu guy. How tall is he?

Now, you're kinda excited to see this match tomorrow.

## LIFE'S HARD WHEN YOU'RE INLOVE. --

╴“ WITH RIN ITOSHI?? „

ฅ^._.^ฅ : some things about y/n !! she mostly sleeps through the day, only does stuff IF needed !! with her given gift of being effortlessly smart , all she does in her free time is : nap , eat , sleep. hmm what if.. one day y/n develops a crush and now has to ACTUALLY work to achieve a goal ? : date rin itoshi !!

7 // 9

TAGLIST: @deezy12299 @kuroronana @khoiyyu @swagkittybear @shidousprincess @starbarfbunni @jealovsie (OPEN)

! if you didn't get tag, that means your acc didn't show up :(

-`♥︎´- for this story, i'm trying a something new, which includes words/phrases, foods and hometowns from japan and germany. if there's any errors please point it out !

-`♥︎´- word count : 1.4K

[walidoo12]

The Top 10 Foods That Burn Calories

Most people wish for miracle foods that burn belly fat. But what foods burn fat? Is there such a thing as natural fat burning foods? No matter what diets you follow, some foods are more efficient than others at helping you reduce. Here are the highest 10, foods that burn calories. The Top 10, Foods That Burn Calories | Life360 Tips Avocados Good news for millennials trying to find foods that burn fat: one among your favorite foods — avocado — can also be a secret weapon against fat. One reason for this is often that avocado is extremely filling. It makes for an excellent snack on its own or as a part of something else (like the avocado bread that everybody has gone crazy for). Avocado also has monounsaturated fats that are good for your heart. That creates avocados good for both your long-term and short-term health needs. Eggs are a surprising, “burn food” that you’ve probably never thought of as healthy. This is often thanks to the misunderstanding that the cholesterol in egg is bad for you. Consistent with the guts Foundation, “cholesterol in eggs has almost no effect on your blood cholesterol levels.” So, plow ahead and begin enjoying eggs to access a good range of health benefits. As a source of protein, eggs turbocharge your metabolism for a couple of hours after you eat them. And you won’t desire eating much for those hours, either, making was an excellent food for anyone struggling to reduce. So, what’s the magic egg number? Try eating three eggs for breakfast a day and see what a difference it makes! Related: 8, Things That Happen For Your Body once you Eat Eggs a day Salmon | the highest 10, Foods That Burn Calories | Life360 Tips Fish high in omega-3 fatty acids like salmon, mackerel, herring, and sardines are variety of calorie-burning benefits. First, the omega-3 fatty acids assist you to burn fat. Second, those self same fatty acids help to scale back your risk of heart condition while also reducing inflammation throughout your body. Third, salmon may be a source of protein that helps you are feeling full while kick-starting your metabolism. This makes salmon one among the highest fat burning foods. Related: 8, Things That Happen For Your Body once you Eat Salmon Everyday Coffee Here’s some excellent news. One among the simplest fat reducing foods may already be a part of your daily routine: coffee. Unsurprisingly, it all comes right down to the caffeine factor. While caffeine helps give most folks the energy and mood to go away the house within the morning, it also helps to spice up our rate. Of course, you'll get caffeine in other ways and obtain an equivalent positive effect. But that’s nowhere near as pleasant as a warm cup of coffee on a chilly morning! Refer | the highest 10, Foods That Burn Calories | Life360 Tips Chances are that you’ve never heard of refer before. Fortunately, we will describe this special food that burns fat in just two words: “drinkable yogurt.” While you'll not love the taste of plain yogurt, you’ll love what refer can do for you. This probiotic fat burning food helps encourage your guts to grow the type of excellent bacteria that assist you break food down. This is often doubly important because a typical Western diet fills our stomachs with a special quite bacteria that create us crave more food. With refer, you'll replace bad bacteria with good bacteria and break food down more efficiently. Cottage Cheese If you're keen on to eat, then your keen on cheese. And adding pot cheese to your diet can assist you fit back to those old pants of yours. That’s because the pot cheese is one among the simplest fat burning foods. It's a protein named casein that slowly releases after you eat. Slow-releasing protein helps you to feel fuller for an extended period of your time. And as a pleasant bonus, pot cheese helps you get a far better night’s sleep. More sleep results in happier days and fewer midnight snacking. That’s a win-win! Oatmeal | the highest 10, Foods That Burn Calories | Life360 Tips Oatmeal is another one among those foods that burn body fat that's surprisingly healthy by itself. The sole thing that renders oatmeal unhealthy is when people add an excessive amount of outside sweetness thereto (such as an abundance of maple syrup). By itself, oatmeal is filled with the fiber that your body needs. And it’s another food that creates you are feeling fuller for an extended period of your time. By eating an oatmeal breakfast within the morning, you'll reduce your cravings for snacks within the workplace break room! Berries are an excellent fat cutter food and addition to almost any meal. Mixed with yogurt, they're an excellent breakfast treat. They also bring a tasty snack at work, and a healthy dessert after dinner. What makes berries such an honest fat burning food, though? They're low in sugar and high in antioxidants. On top of that, they're crammed with fiber. Those antioxidants burn fat more efficiently while the fiber keeps you nice and regular. Altogether, that creates berries a true weights loss secret. Sweet Potatoes | the highest 10, Foods That Burn Calories | Life360 Tips Russet potatoes are a guilty pleasure for several folks, but they aren’t exactly food. The sweet potato, on the opposite hand, is one you'll eat without feeling guilty! Sweet potatoes contain slow-release carbs that leave you feeling full and satisfied. As another benefit, the carotids in sweet potatoes can help together with your blood glucose and even reduce your insulin resistance. That’s an honest thing because it helps your body use calories more efficiently rather than just turning them into fat. Throw in the vitamin benefits of sweet potatoes, and that they bring a healthy fat-burning treat! Peanut Butter I know what you’re thinking. How can spread to be healthy? In any case, many folks associate spread with some really unhealthy snacking habits. However, spread carefully is really one among the simplest fat burning foods for weight loss. That’s because spread contains a special cholesterol that reduces the mono saturated fats in your body. It also contains a special aminoalkanoic acid referred to as phenylalanine that burns fat and helps kill your appetite at an equivalent time. Move over, chocolate. Spread is our new favorite snack! 

[markethei]

The Top 10 Foods That Burn Calories

Most people wish for miracle foods that burn belly fat. But what foods burn fat? Is there such a thing as natural fat burning foods? no matter what diet you follow, some foods are more efficient than others at helping you reduce. Here are the highest 10 foods that burn calories.

The Top 10 Foods That Burn Calories  Avocados

Good news for millennials trying to find foods that burn fat: one among your favorite foods — avocado — can also be a secret weapon against fat.

One reason for this is often that avocado is extremely filling. It makes for an excellent snack on its own or as a part of something else (like the avocado bread that everybody has gone crazy for).

Avocado also has monounsaturated fats that are good for your heart. that creates avocados good for both your long-term and short-term health needs.

Eggs Eggs are a surprising “burn food” that you’ve probably never thought of as healthy. this is often thanks to the misunderstanding that the cholesterol in eggs is bad for you. consistent with the guts Foundation, “cholesterol in eggs has almost no effect on your blood cholesterol levels.” So, plow ahead and begin enjoying eggs to access a good range of health benefits.

As a source of protein, eggs turbocharge your metabolism for a couple of hours after you eat them. And you won’t desire to eat much for those hours, either, making this an excellent food for anyone struggling to reduce.

So, what’s the magic egg number? Try eating three eggs for breakfast a day and see what a difference it makes!

Related: 8 Things That Happen To Your Body once you Eat Eggs a day

Salmon Salmon | the highest 10 Foods That Burn Calories | Life360 Tips Fish high in omega-3 fatty acids like salmon, mackerel, herring, and sardines have a variety of calorie-burning benefits.

First of all, the omega-3 fatty acids assist you to burn fat. Second, those self-same fatty acids help to scale back your risk of a heart condition while also reducing inflammation throughout your body.

Third, salmon may be a source of protein that helps you are feeling full while kickstarting your metabolism. This makes salmon one among the highest fat-burning foods.

Related: 8 Things That Happen To Your Body once you Eat Salmon Everyday

Coffee Here’s some excellent news . one among the simplest fat reducing foods may already be a part of your daily routine: coffee.

Unsurprisingly, it all comes right down to the caffeine factor. While caffeine helps give most folks the energy and mood to go away the house within the morning, it also helps to spice up our rate.

Of course, you'll get caffeine in other ways and obtain an equivalent positive effect. But that’s nowhere near as pleasant as a warm cup of coffee on a chilly morning!

Kefir Kefir | the highest 10 Foods That Burn Calories | Life360 Tips Chances are that you’ve never heard of kefir before. Fortunately, we will describe this special food that burns fat in just two words: “drinkable yogurt.”

While you'll not love the taste of plain yogurt, you’ll love what kefir can do for you. This prebiotic fat burning food helps encourage your guts to grow the type of excellent bacteria that assist you to break food down. this is often doubly important because a typical Western diet fills our stomachs with a special quite bacteria that creates us crave more food.

With kefir, you'll replace bad bacteria with good bacteria and break food down more efficiently.

Cottage Cheese If you're keen on eating, then you're keen on cheese. And adding pot cheese to your diet can assist you to fit back to those old pants of yours.

That’s because pot cheese is one of the simplest fat burning foods. it's a protein named casein that slowly releases after you eat. Slow-releasing protein helps you to feel fuller for an extended period of your time. And as a pleasant bonus, pot cheese helps you get a far better night’s sleep.

More sleep results in happier days and fewer midnight snacking. That’s a win-win!

Oatmeal Oatmeal | the highest 10 Foods That Burn Calories | Life360 Tips Oatmeal is another one among those foods that burn body fat that's surprisingly healthy by itself. the sole thing that renders oatmeal unhealthy is when people add an excessive amount of outside sweetness thereto (such as an abundance of maple syrup).

By itself, oatmeal is filled with the fiber that your body needs. And it’s another food that creates you are feeling fuller for an extended period of your time. By eating an oatmeal breakfast within the morning, you'll reduce your cravings for snacks within the workplace breakroom!

Berries Berries are an excellent fat cutter food and addition to almost any meal. Mixed with yogurt, they're an excellent breakfast treat. They also bring a tasty snack at work and a healthy dessert after dinner.

What makes berries such an honest fat burning food, though? they're low in sugar and high in antioxidants. On top of that, they're crammed with fiber. Those antioxidants burn fat more efficiently while the fiber keeps you nice and regular. Altogether, that creates berries a true weight loss secret.

Sweet Potatoes Sweet Potatoes | the highest 10 Foods That Burn Calories | Life360 Tips Russet potatoes are a guilty pleasure for several folks, but they aren’t exactly food. The sweet potato, on the opposite hand, is one you'll eat without feeling guilty!

Sweet potatoes contain slow-release carbs that leave you feeling full and satisfied. As another benefit, the carotenoids in sweet potatoes can help together with your blood glucose and even reduce your insulin resistance. That’s an honest thing because it helps your body use calories more efficiently rather than just turning them into fat.

Throw in the vitamin benefits of sweet potatoes and that they bring a healthy fat-burning treat!

Peanut Butter I know what you’re thinking. How can the spread be healthy? in any case, many folks associate spread with some unhealthy snacking habits.

However, spread carefully is one of the simplest fat burning foods for weight loss. That’s because spread contains special cholesterol that reduces the monosaturated fats in your body.

It also contains a special aminoalkanoic acid referred to as phenylalanine that burns fat and helps kill your appetite at an equivalent time.

Move over, chocolate. spread is our new favorite snack!

[goodticklebrain]

Q&A August: Kate Pitt, Pocket Dramaturg

I’m so very excited about today’s installment of Q&A August, because it means I get to formally introduce you to Kate Pitt, my pocket dramaturg and Shakespearean soulmate! I first met Kate when she saved my life by letting me crash on the couch in her hotel room before the closing banquet of the 2016 Shakespeare Theatre Association conference. It was my first conference and, by the last day, I was so sleep deprived that I could hardly function. Despite meeting me in such a ragged and incoherent condition, Kate, who was then working in Public Programs at the Folger Shakespeare Library, decided to invite me to the Folger for a public interview/talk event.

You can read up on my visit to the Folger here: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4. But, long story short, in Kate I found an absolutely kindred spirit. Within half an hour we were completing each others’ sentences, most because we were conversing almost entirely in Shakespeare quotes. Since then we have gone on several Shakespeare adventures together, including a long-overdue joint pilgrimage to Stratford-upon-Avon earlier this year. Despite having spent extended periods of time in close proximity, we have remained friends, which is something of a minor miracle.

Apart from being a delightful human being, Kate is also a genuine Shakespearean powerhouse, with a vast amount of both scholarly and practical Shakespeare knowledge and experience. You might have noticed that many of my recent comics have included the note “Thanks to my pocket dramaturg, Kate Pitt, for consulting with me on this comic.” This is because I quickly fell into the habit of texting Kate with random Shakespeare-related questions, like “IN HOW MANY SHAKESPEARE PLAYS DO SHEEP REGULARLY APPEAR ON STAGE?” Kate, in her infinite patience and bottomless depth of knowledge, would always promptly text me back with answers, including sources. It was like having my own personal dramaturg in my pocket.

Since then I have often brainstormed comic ideas with her, run drafts past for her approval, and asked for her help when wrestling with particularly troublesome punchlines. (Among other things, she helped me finalize the list of questions I’ve been asking everybody this month!) Creating Good Tickle Brain is a very solitary occupation, and for most of the past five and a half years I’ve been essentially operating in a vacuum. It’s been fun, but it’s also been lonely and isolating at times. Being able to bounce ideas off of Kate, and occasionally commiserate with her on the challenges of being self-employed businesswomen in the Shakespeare world, has made both my job and my life immeasurably more enjoyable.

And so, it gives me GREAT pleasure to turn things over to my pocket dramatrug!

1. Who are you? Why Shakespeare?

I’m Kate Pitt. I’m a dramaturg, writer, producer, and director. I grew up watching Shakespeare films with my parents and saw an outdoor Midsummer at the Edith Wharton house in Lenox when I was about seven. The Mechanicals drove up in a real Jeep, the fairies crept out of the actual woods (I was a city kid – trees were a big deal!), and I was hooked. I’ve also had many wonderful teachers.

2. What moment(s) in Shakespeare always make you laugh?

Orlando forlornly waving his arm and saying “It is my arm”? I’M THERE. A really good (bad) Viola-Sir Andrew fight? SIGN ME UP. Benedict being terrible at hiding? THE BEST. Pyramus’ never-ending death? I LOVE IT. The physical comedy in the plays always makes me laugh. There are lines of text that I almost always laugh at, but I’ve been more delighted when those bits are reinterpreted in ways that sacrifice the laugh, but gain something more interesting in its place. Olivia’s wide-eyed “most wonderful!” is a war-horse, but I once heard it delivered with quiet awe rather than schtick and it was shockingly beautiful. “The dead can live again” rather than “another one!”

Mya interjects: Ok, yes, I also love “It is my arm.”

3. What's a favorite Shakespearean performance anecdote?

A Winter’s Tale where the bear was a puppet, and entered down the aisle sniffing at the audience as it slowly stalked Antigonus. The bear nosed at the handbag of an old lady in the front row and growled at her. She growled right back.

Mya interjects: Don’t mess with old ladies’ handbags.

4. What's one of the more unusual Shakespearean interpretations you've either seen or would like to see?

The opening speech of Richard III done as Bunraku puppet theater, but with a person as the puppet. It showed the pain of being “unfinished” so beautifully while also being horrifying and incredibly funny. This Richard was so close to being a person (“a real boy!”) but knew that he lacked some essential, animating humanity and made a conscious decision to hurt people because of it.

5. What's one of your favorite Shakespearean "hidden gems"?

I love watching the characters on the sidelines – the ones who aren’t the center of attention but are telling incredibly rich stories with their silence. Margaret in Much Ado is a great example and I always watch her when the Prince explains why he thinks Hero is disloyal. Margaret knows in that moment that the ruined wedding is her fault but she says and does…nothing. Aufidius and Isabella also have whole histories in stillness.

6. What passages from Shakespeare have stayed with you?

I’ve had Henry V’s “upon the king” and the Scrivener from Richard III on my mind – the responsibility of leadership and the realization of its corruption – but my favorites are the ones I think as my own thoughts and it takes a minute to figure out where they came from. i.e. on a hiking trip in the pouring rain, carrying a heavy pack, and staring up at switchback #492, I thought, “Blow, wind! come, wrack! At least we'll die with harness on our back!” It took until the top of the mountain to figure that one out.

Mya interjects: If you’re not familiar with the Scrivener from Richard III (and there’s no reason why you should be,  since his scene is almost always cut), his one speech goes as follows:

SCRIVENER Here is the indictment of the good Lord Hastings, Which in a set hand fairly is engrossed, That it may be today read o’er in Paul’s. And mark how well the sequel hangs together: Eleven hours I have spent to write it over, For yesternight by Catesby was it sent me; The precedent was full as long a-doing, And yet within these five hours Hastings lived, Untainted, unexamined, free, at liberty. Here’s a good world the while! Who is so gross That cannot see this palpable device? Yet who so bold but says he sees it not? Bad is the world, and all will come to naught When such ill dealing must be seen in thought.

I’ve never gotten over the beauty of this line from Pericles – silence may be the perfectest herald of joy, but if you must use words, these ones are pretty great:  

“Give me a gash, put me to present pain, lest this great sea of joys rushing upon me o’erbear the shores of my mortality and drown me with their sweetness.”

7. What Shakespeare plays have changed for you?

All of the plays have changed as I’ve gotten older, but the ones that deal with grief have altered the most. A friend died suddenly when we were eighteen and I reached out for Cleopatra and Constance without consciously knowing why. My father died five years later, and by then I knew that I would find some kind of recognition in the plays and I deliberately went to them. The words were always beautiful, but now I knew what they meant. I must have heard Claudius’ “that father lost, lost his” speech a hundred times but never understood the obscenity of telling someone “the right way” to grieve until someone did it to me. Cordelia comforting the confused and frightened Lear sits close to my heart now, and Ophelia’s madness has method in’t. Hamlet’s “mirror up to nature” didn’t tell me what I’d see or how to respond, but it allowed me look at myself and observe both the shadow of my sorrow and the thing itself when I needed it most.

8. What Shakespearean character or characters do you identify the most with?

Beatrice. I love her wit, her walls and her willingness to climb over them, her delight in her friends’ happiness and her white-hot fury at their pain.

Mya interjects:  Can confirm, Kate is totally Beatrice.

9. Where can we find out more about you? Are there any projects/events you would like us to check out?

You can follow me on Twitter @katepitt and keep up with me on my website www.katepitt.com.

(Back to Mya)  Thanks so much to Kate not only for answering the questions she helped me come up with, but also for being an unfailingly helpful creative and emotional outlet. Get thee a Kate.

COMING NEXT WEEK: A wonderful woman who is training small children to become the next generation of Shakespeare geeks, and two Shakespeare geeks who regularly act like small children! 

[hopeforpeoplefodivha]

Tuesday, January 29th, 2019 - Brush It Off

"Brush it off". That's what it said, as I stared at my napkin I was about to use in the airport food court. Seriously? Was this a joke? My good friend, who also does mission work, says, " Remember, this work is not for sissies". She is right. Just getting here has been a ride. The week at home began with a flood in my clinic, staff changes, competing with loose ends and Simon desperately trying to get over influenza. I felt like running away to the Third World and all of its dust, poverty and filth, was a it of a break from the crazy pace. But, When we boarded the plane in Toronto, it had to be de-iced. Unfortunately, the obvious rookie sprayed the toxic fluid into the air conditioning vents of the plane. When the captain started it up for take off, the plane was filled with smoke so thick you couldn't see and we were covered with the spray. People were sick. We were evacuated. The plane was grounded. We missed our connecting flight in Atlanta. We were not getting to Haiti that day. We scrambled on cell phones rerouting our travels. IF we waited 10 hours we could get a plane to Atlanta and then wait another 4 hours and we could fly to Miami and sleep on the floor for 4 hours and pick up an Air France flight to Port-au-Prince the next day at 8:30. We had been up since 3:30 am. It seemed the sanest thing to do. Book it. We survived the flights (I'm actually winning the world cribbage championship against Simon) and landed in this strange land. Unfortunately only 3/4 of our hockey bags made it here. The great thing is that all the aid that people so generously donated made it. The not so great thing, is that our personal bag didn't. So, we're here in Haiti heat with no clothes, no toiletries, no meds, and no food for our lunches on the job site. I've been wearing the same clothes that have touched airport floors for 3 days. My socks smell. The rest of me does too. I raided aid bags and got 2 toothbrushes (stealing them from the orphan kids...nice). No shampoo in sight. And, we pray that some miracle will happen and "they" will find this red hockey bag...not like they can deliver it somewhere to a Haitian address. I tell you this, not for pity. It's because I found myself trying to explain to Bissainthe, the director of the orphanage, why we were days later arriving. He's the guy that that travels to the orphanage everyday on a cow path road, holding his truck together with the hockey tape that Simon gave him (yes, we have had one breakdown to fix the radiator hose....always bring hockey tape" for your friends here), is the Pastor of a church on his day off and has 9 kids. I got half way through my story,which he was obviously not identifying with (what's travel in a airplane? What's a food court? What is ice and Snow?) and I laughed and stopped midway through. I hugged him closer to me and said, "It doesn't matter...we're here". So then I "put my big girl panties on " (metaphorically only of course, because I don't really have a change of underwear!) and "Brushed it off". The day begins anew. It's time to get to work. Blessings to all. Deb P.S. Hi mom

[kgstyr]

So if y’all for some reason want to hear about my Hurricane Florence story, then you’ve come to the right place. I raveled with my mother and eldest sister on our evacuation journey, while my sister and her husband and kid stayed home.

I’ll put it under a read more if you don’t want to read all of it, but just know it was a wild ride. And plz do me a forgive bc my memory is kinda shitty and selective so im prob missing great moments.

We left on the September 13th a little after 10 in the morning, but before we had even left, the outer bands of Florence were bearing down on us and we had already lost power.

We rode through the town of Swansboro, were the water was already high enough to lap the bottom of the tiny bridge into the town (even tho its low to begin with) even tho it wasn’t going to make landfall til the next morning.

/Now for all of you who don’t know about hurricanes, they usually only last 24-36 hours. It lasted for over 4 days. When hurricanes linger like that, it only makes it worse, even though Florence was only a category 1, it felt more powerful./

We kept driving, past Jacksonville, but until we got past there, I can’t tell you how many times the radio went off for Tornado Warnings (at least 4) up and down the coast of NC within an hour or so. I’ve been through a number of Hurricanes and Tropical Storms, but hearing all those warnings were a bit unnerving. Flood warnings started popping up as well, and as hard as it started raining I believed it happened that fast.

We drove up there pretty much without incident (we are direction illiterate, so almost without incident) up to the city of Pinehurst/Southern Pines, and stayed up in a hotel there for about 3 days. The first day was p good, we chilled up there- the drivers were aggressive as FUCK like run you off the road- it was real pretty with tall Carolina Pines and worldstar golf courses, just like country club on steroids.

The bed was kinda uncomfy and the window leaked a lil bit, but otherwise the first night was a good rest after a long day of driving.

But the next morning (or two, days get away from me), we went to the lobby to rent the room for another night, only for them to tell us that they had booked our room that day, so we had to leave. We were mad as hell, but we couldn't fight it given as we were in unknown territory, so we packed up our stuff and got ready to leave- only to tell us that they had gotten mixed up and that we could stay another night.

Needless to say, we were not happy about having to unpack, then repack, then unpack again.

When they said Florence was slow moving, y’all don’t understand how slow. usually, when hurricanes hit land, they may slow down for a bit, but they speed up and are usually carried out by the jet streams or approaching fronts within a day. It moved slower than 6 mph: ppl can walk faster than that.

The second day, it started raining where we were, and at first it was sporadic outer bands, but soon it become constant with fluctuating torrential downpours. By the end of the second day, the rains and wind had picked up enough to knock out the power to out hotel for an hour or so.

And the same thing happened with the hotel the next morning: they said they had booked our room, but then apologized and said that we can stay. This time at least we didn’t pack up before that.

Now, we went up to the Sandhills to get away from the flooding on the coast, but it came to us. The rain was pouring, and not letting up, and we went under a flash flood emergency nearly continuously from the second day onward, and evacuations across the county were in effect. After the third or fourth day, we decided to leave the area bc all of the water that was rising and evacuations.

After we had left the hotel area, we passed the town of Aberdeen, and we ended up pulling over at a gas station to look at the map (remember: direction illiterate family here) and that’s when I told my mother the famous line

“We should go back to Aberdeen, Mama.” Saying that we knew our way back home

But she decided not to, saying that we couldn’t go back because of the weather. We tried to travel south a lil bit to skirt around an area that was flooded, but we ended up getting pushed down way father south than we anticipated due to impassable areas and flooding, and we ended up on the outskirts of Rockingham. After riding around for hours, trying to find a way out, we ended up at a shelter for the night at the local high school because conditions had deteriorated to an unsafe level, and we were directed by some very nice highway patrolmen to where the shelter is.

None of us had even stayed in a shelter before, so it was a new experience for all of us. The people running the place were nice, but damn some of the ppl were annoying.

I now hate cots, and my Mama and sister hate them too. I really couldn’t sleep on it b/c of the steel rods in my back (scoliosis) and Mama has bad arthritis, so it wasn’t a pleasant night.

It got worse when Rockingham and the county started experiencing massive flash flooding in the middle of the night, and we were up half the night listening to the weather and keeping an eye out just in case we need to evacuate from the shelter. It became a lil more nerve-wracking when evacuees from other counties (like Horry, SC) were transported to our shelter. It was semi- peaceful at the shelter til like 10 other people were brought in.

I had said this several times by this point, but while we were trying to rest on horrid cots, I told Mama: “We’ve should’ve gone back to Aberdeen.”

Long night short, we were semi- kicked out in the morning, and we packed up our stuff and loaded up the car again, having made a soft plan the night before to head to the next town of Hamlet.

We were so tired and fed up and ready to go the hell home that when the car didn’t start, we all started hardcore panicking, and me and my mama, at least, are not panicky people. At first, we thought the car had gotten flooded from all the rain, but after a quick look around we concluded that that was not it, unless someone had just poured a bucket of water on our engine.

After several minutes of pulling each other’s hair out, we found out that the car just needed some oil. Either the long ride up the Sandhills had burned it all and we had rolled it in on fumes last night, or my sister didn’t exactly tell the truth when she said the car was fully oiled up.

Probably both, but that’s not the point (she is a special gurl no hate plz she tries her best).

After that, we stopped at the nearest Burger King in Hamlet and we tried to plot a course home, this time, trying to shoot straight up towards Asheboro and then going around Raleigh and coming home, because by this point other ppl from my hometown that had evacuated to Raleigh had come home from that route.

We left about 11:30-ish. We got as close to Asheboro as the city of Candor (google map it im bad at distance) and then got stuck on this loop for hours between Rockingham and Asheboro.

Literally at least 6 hours. A good chunk of that was trying to get to a town called Candor. We never found it nor made it.

At this point we were all at our wits end, screaming and yelling at each other (out of love ofc) because we are all so bad at directions that we can’t follow a straight line-

We stopped for dinner at somewhere, I can’t remember where, I think at Rockingham again, and then-

“We should go back to Aberdeen.” I say, and Mama laughs and asks why in hell we should go back. I told her that we had stayed in that area for multiple days and that I knew where the hotels in that area (Aberdeen, Pinehurst, Southern Pines, etc.) were-

It was nearly 6, and we were tired and exhausted and running low on money, so Mama agreed, because she didn’t want to spend another night in a shelter.

And, like I said, we couldn’t turn onto a straight line, so we got lost trying to find a hotel, but by a stroke of a lucky piece of my memory, I remembered where a Holiday Inn Express was in the city of Southern Pines, and we managed to find out way there in a darker-than-expected city. 

It was about 8:30 at night, and we were ready to just fucking perish when me and my sister went into the lobby, and asked the front manager if a room was available.

She said no, because a large part of the city had lost power itself and everybody in the town had crowded into the hotels. I felt my stomach drop just a tiny amount because we had been through direction illiterate hell to get there, just to not have a room for the night.

We asked her if there was any other hotel with a vacancy, and she checked and told us the nearest vacancy was in Durham, well over a hundred miles away. My sister, ever the conversationalist, ended up asking her if there was any way we could just crash in the lobby tonight. She said sure. So, we went out to tell Mama that we could stay in the lobby, and we got what we needed for the night to rest in the lobby.

We fully expected to be in the lobby all night, but then the desk lad left for a bit and told us that even though she wasn’t a housekeeper, she could clean a recently vacated room for us that night. We even got it for cheaper since we couldn’t afford the full price.

Lemme tell you, that was the quickest I’ve ever fallen asleep on a bed, and it was a gucci pillowtop bed too like 4 feet into the air, much better than the first hotel. Breakfast was a bit sparse, but that was understandable since power was limited throughout the city. We thanked her repeatedly for what she did; she had no obligation to actually get us a room, but she pulled a rabbit out of her Miracle Hat and gave us a good 8 hour night of deep sleep.

“See?” I said. “We should’ve gone back to Aberdeen.” My new favorite meme. Even though it was the next town over, it still counts as Aberdeen, right?

Over breakfast and leading up to our checkout time, we plotted our way home, and we headed out and started driving home at noon. And since we can’t follow our own directions, it was a tense few 10 miles or so before we got out onto open highway.

It took us a while, because our car is an older car and can’t get up the Sandhills that well, but we started seeing flatter land, and it was a blessed sight.

Mama saw a sign for the city of Benson, and she turned off the exit to go towards that city because she knew her way home from there.

Except like 300 feet from where she turned, the right front tire blew out. WE were nearly halfway home, and our fucking tire blows out. At the very least, I am thankful that it blew out 300 feet onto the exit and not 300 feet back, because if it had blown out on the Interstate we would’ve more than likely have crashed and killed bc no modern safety features on this old piece of beautiful junk.

We managed to roll it into a gas station on the left on the rim, the tire pushed inward and leaving the metal exposed, and that’s when we all had a coming to Jesus moment because back in Rockingham? Filling up the oil was a simple fix. Tire blowing out? We couldn’t do that on our own.

My sister went into the gas station to ask the clerk to call a nearby mechanic, while me and mama refilled our snacks then sat outside on a patio while we waited. Not 15 minutes later, an old, hunchbacked man came into an old, black truck that looked like it needed some repairs itself to check our tires.

Thank goodness that it was only hat one tire than had blowed out, having somehow been slashed all the way around. My sister, the socialite, told him about our harrowing journey up til that point, and I’m sure he could see the complimentary American Red Cross blankets strewn across the backseat along with everything else.

He only charged $40 for a used tire, a bad lugnut, and labor, which was amazingly cheap. He would only take $40, and he did a pretty damn good job because the ride was much smoother after that, and he even pointed out that the tires were misaligned. We got back on the highway, and started driving again.

The hills had started to flatten out when we got into Wayne county, and the trip was winding and calming down from all of our experiences earlier, but then we started to see signs of actual damage from Florence, not just rain and flooded roads.

It started out as just some snapped tree limbs, then smaller trees, then shingles and metal ripped off roofs and large trees snapped in half- and the smell- if you’ve ever smelt like, water mold or water that wasn’t were it was supposed to be (out of its basin), it was rancid and ripe, and not even rolling up the windows could keep it out of the air. I’ll never forget the smells.

The road was brown along lower areas, signs of recent standing water, and it was really visible as we went by Goldsboro. We didn’t go into the city because we had heard about the flooding, but we could literally smell the destruction.

It continued all the way thru Kinston, the smell of water mold and downed trees and damaged structures- we had to stop in New Bern to get some groceries because there were no more stores open after that stop to our city, and we went into a Food Lion in New Bern. There wasn’t much in there, but we got a few Pepsis and things, along with a tiny styrofoam cooler.

There prices were a little high, so we didn’t buy as much as we had planned on- plus their store was getting rather bare.

Someone stole a bottle of alcohol while we were in there, and that made us get the heck out of dodge super fast. Around that time, we had been passed by a fleet of 21 police cars/ SUVS heading towards New Bern and past it, lights on but no sirens.

We saw a few scattered in New Bern, Havelock, Newport- to stop the rioting and looting from earlier from happening again. When the news says people are looting these cities, they really are. New Bern had a lot of side roads closed, the road was a bit raggedy, and you could see what the constant winds did to the siding and roofs of structures.

Also I think one of those cops caught a guy we saw deliberately run a red light. Justice does work, people.

New Bern was bad, Havelock was worse. Nearly all of their side roads were closed, and over half of their street lights were off, which was not good for driving at like 10 at night. We saw cops lining a side street, and we just assumed that they were doing criminal shenanigans down there.

Plus I forgot to mention, frogs were everywhere. It was too dark to see them, but you could hear them for several counties in standing water. They were having frog orgies, I guess.

We knew the Newport River in Newport had flooded, so when the smell of river flooding was ripe, we knew where we were at. A lot more trees were down, and the road was dirty and brown with tree branches brushed to the middle lane or the side of the road, from what we could see in the dark.

My city  looked like someone took a fucking AOE chainsaw and went down the street and cut all the trees but with bad aim. The closer to the waterfront, the more it was obvious that there was damage, as quite a number of houses had gaping homes in their roofs.

The sister that stayed told us that the day after the storm, it looked like a bomb went off in the city, and even though they had gotten the worse of it off the roads and stuff by the time we got back, I believe that. The structures along the waterfront were flooded with the storm surge, and the cites across the Sound bore the brunt of it.

The power came back on for us just a few hours before we arrived home after 5 days of being gone, so it seems like we have perfect timing for that. Before the power started coming back on, it was like the county was a third world country Africa-style (still kinda is!) with the roads flooded making them cutoff from the outside world.

When people say they need donations, they need them. I’ve never had to go into a church to get a hot meal, but now I have. I’ve never slept in a shelter to get away from a natural disaster, but now I have. I’ve never gone to a store to scrounge around for food to restock our nearly empty shelves with, but now I have.

We didn’t get it nearly as bad as Wilmington, or Fayetteville, or Lumberton, but in the grand scheme, all the cities were affected in some way. 

Speaking of Lumberton, at the first hotel we met a very nice and polite black woman from the city of Lumberton, who said she lost everything in Matthew and was praying she didn’t lose everything this time. If she lost it all in Matthew, hen she probably lost everything including the kitchen sink this time as well. I hope there’s something left for her.

Also my Laptop broke (stupid Microsoft updates) at the first hotel on teh first night.

My apartment building sustained some damage (I wouldn’t call it major, but definitely some repairs are needed). It’s 2-story, and I’ve spent an hour today picking up some shingles and paint chips that had flown off the roof and onto the front side. Nobody else was gonna do it, and I didn’t want little kids to step on one with a nail in it and hurt themselves, and plus I wanted to help.

The wood for the balcony for the second definitely needs to be replaced, actually most of the balconies will need to be replaced, and the porch and lawn lights needs fixing bc many of them are bent or gone. A couple of apartments need extensive repairs in the back, and the trees that have snapped needs to be picked up- and the potholes need to be filled as well, but we’ve all been complaining for over 10 years to get them fixed and they haven’t been solved, and now there’s more- part of the sidewalk/driveway is gone somewhere.

The park across from us needs to have the trees picked up off of it, and it needs to be inspected so it’s safe for the kiddos. It could’ve been a lot worse if Florence hadn’t weakened, if it had stalled any longer.

IDK why u read all of this but for that I give u smooches. I guess this is just why I won’t be evacuating again unless its a Cat 5 barreling down on my ass because this was just 2 stressful 4 my frag ile ass. I guess if you wanna know more u can dm me but hey im just tryna survive in a third world city in America like the best boi i can be.

Just wanna shoutout the hotel desk girl who got us a room, the old tire man who spared out thin wallets and speedy service and that lady from Lumberton who I hope at least is somewhere warm and safe because GOTDAMN was our shelter cold as hell, like I felt like it was a solid 40 degrees in there. Plus all the little peeps along the way who helped us out in minor ways.

Also did I mention ppl driving in the Sandhills are rude and aggressive as hell? Yes? Well, I’m saying this again. They are the kind of ppl to road rage ur ass.

Just keep the smaller cities in the wide circle of Florence’s thot circle of destruction.

Yeet dabs

               ~Jek

[wallysbestie]

Question Tag

So I was tagged by both @felegs and @stayuwu to do the 11 Question tag and a different one but ill probably make that its own post as well so minimize the size on these but yeah im gonna go ahead and just answer their question together and then,,, i dont know if ill be tagging people ill decide at the end lmao

but yeah ill put it under a read more because i dont want yall to deal with my long ramblings. if you just want my questions and want to ignore all my answer than just scroll to the very bottom!

Stayuwu’s Questions:

Are you a daydreamer? If so, what do you dream about?

I am~ I typically day dream about fic ideas like how I would imagine them to pan out or if I’m in class then I’ll typically day dream about this is nerdy as hell let me be how like the psych topics were learning about could be panned out in a story like we learned about this specific condition in my cog class and i just immediately wrote the concept into a fic story lmao

What’s your favorite place in the world?

mmm depends. at home its the beach but specifically this beach by my house because its a very calm beach that also has a super cute little center with small local shops and stuff and minimal seagulls hate those fuckers but here at school its my departments building because every floor has a big staircase thats dark and quiet and has huge windows facing the forest and the other side has a balcony facing the campus and you can see the ocean if youre high enough and its just hgvfsd i love

What’s home to you?

not be like,,, cliche i guess but like,,, i dont? think i have one? i dont like feeling tied down so i dont typically think of anywhere as “home” 

This is not a question but quote a vine.

shawty i dont... mind

Grey’s anatomy or House?

House hands down i watched grey’s for a while growing up and its just,,, too much lmao house is so dark and unapologetic and i love it

Do you have any pets?

i have one (1) dumb dog that i love so much and can never stop talking about to showing off photos about

What kind of friend are you? (You know, the mom friend, the meme friend, etc).

the distant mom friend

Do you hate someone? If so, why?

nah i dont have the energy to give someone that type of passion. im more of the if you fuck me over ill completely cut you out of my life within a blink of an eye type of cap not the ill hold a grudge against you type of cap

What’s your dream job?

working in a hospital with kids with mental disorders and terminal illnesses

What MCU character resembles you the most? (not physically, more like mentally and emotionally).

i,,,, dont know??? i know mayhaps 3 characters from MCU and thats only through like 1 or 2 movies lmao

I won’t use this eleven question as an actual question, use your right to answer to this to talk about whatever the fuck you want. Rant, fangirl, talk about what you did today or yesterday or whatever. Just talk.

last night i went to sleep at like 1 am which is the earliest ive slept in so damn long and yet my body still decided it needed 12 hours of sleep. 12 hours? in this economy? please we dont have time for that i have articles to read

My Moon’s Questions:

what’s one thing that helps you relax?

being cold and listening to music helps me a lot so if im like freaking out or super upset ill usually go outside and either sit on the stair case or go walk around especially at night

what’s your favorite novel and author?

mmm its not a novel but my favorite short story that I’ve ever read is What We Talk About When We Talk About Love (but the original version) by Raymond Carver

are you an affectionate person? if so, how do you show affection?

kinda? I’m not a big fan of pda so the most I’ll do is like give hugs or if its something real special like my sun or my ex roommate then I’ll give them kisses on the cheek or forehead but aside from that I’m more of a silent affectionate person who will just like,,, pat your arm or bring you some water when I know you need it

are you an early bird or a night owl?

oh definitely a night owl whether I want to be or not lmao

if you’re comfortable with it, do you have a song you connect to something or someone, and if so, what is it?

mmm I have a lullaby that when my best friend moved back to their home state, they had me listen to it because they knew I was going through a really hard time and wasn’t not like,, in the safest of spots and I remember crying for like a solid 30 minutes and like even now to this day if I’m in a really bad spot I’ll listen to that song and just think about my best friend and like it just gives a small hope that things will be okay again

if you could go back to a place you’ve been to before, where would it be?

Florence, Italy the only place I’ve actually felt safe ironically considering its hours away from anything I could ever consider home

what does your favorite piece of clothing - that you own yourself - look like?

i have a shirt from this show that i love so much to the point my aunt stole it and hid it somewhere so now i have no idea where it is and will likely never get it back :’)

who’s your bias and why?

hgfds i have too many biases this is hard but uh honestly most of my biases are such for the same reason that being that they’re very strong capable people who have been through hell and back adn yet still always find a reason to bounce back and give life their all (ex: Yongguk, Young K, Taeyong, Bang Chan, Hanbin, Amber)

do you believe in luck and miracles?

finding you was a miracle but aside from that not really? i like the concept of them but i dont actually believe in them. i believe things happen for a reason yknow

what’s your favorite type of decorations?

christmas lightssss i own so many omg i think i have like,,, 8 strands with me currently?? with only 2 not being put up on some wall??

do you prefer being outside or inside?

definitely outside which is funny because I’m inside so much but I love going out adventuring and just being a menace to society tbh

My Questions:

What’s the “weirdest” song that stands out from your library?

Do you have a piece of clothing or jewelry that you hold dearly?

Have you ever gotten something autographed? How’d you get it?

What concert/festival did you really want to go to this year but had to miss?

What’s the hardest thing for you to do alone?

Would you rather stay in your hometown for the rest of your life but have everyone you love and appreciate live near you or move to your dream location and have a stable life but leave everyone you know behind?

Favorite thing to do during this lovely month of Halloween?

Are you a trick or treating kind of person or someone who would rather hand out the candy?

Do you have any crazy Halloween stories? Break into anything? Throw an insane party? Spill.

What’s the craziest thing you’ve done that when you look back you;re just like “wow who possessed me and made me do that?”

If you could spend a date night on Halloween and just eat candy and watch horror movies, which idol would you want to do it with?

Can you tell I’m excited for Halloween? it was hard to not make all 11 of these spooky themed lmao but anyways let’s get to tagging

@newkids-thefinal @gayforjiwon @tangerine-jinani @taecheeks @devilji @kxmwoojxn @junheeart @kuromatoki @minhosgf @shen-anakins @minbebee @mias97

[imjustthemechanic]

Natalie Jones and the Golden Ship

Part 1/? - A Meeting at the Palace Part 2/? - Curry Talk Part 3/? - Princess Sitamun Part 4/? - Not At Rest Part 5/? - Dead Men Tell no Tales Part 6/? - Sitamun Rises Again Part 7/? - The Curse of Madame Desrosiers Part 8/? - Sabotage at Guedelon Part 9/? - A Miracle Part 10/? - Desrosiers’ Elixir Part 11/? - Athens in October Part 12/? - The Man in Black Part 13/? - Mr. Neustadt Part 14/? - The Other Side of the Story Part 15/? - A Favour Part 16/? - A Knock on the Window Part 17/? - Sir Stephen and Buckeye Part 18/? - Books of Alchemy Part 19/? - The Answers Part 20/? - A Gift Left Behind Part 21/? - Santorini Part 22/? - What the Doves Found Part 23/? - A Thief in the Night Part 24/? - Healing

Another part on Tuesday as promised!

When Nat, Jim, and Sir Stephen stepped into the glow of the headlights, the others were momentarily surprised and then audibly relieved, as if they all went whew in perfect unison.

“Oh, thank goodness!” Sharon burst out.  “When we realized he’d gone poof I was terrified it was you!”

Jim had stopped to stare at the pile of clothing and ashes, as if trying to figure out what it was, and Nat realized – he didn’t know.  He’d heard them talk about the homunculi dying, but he’d never seen it, and nobody had described it to him.  He slowly turned his head to look at Sharon, his expression confused.

“Gone… poof?” he asked.

Was there any way to put this tactfully?  “When a homunculus dies,” Nat said.  “When something hurts them badly enough or when they get a blow to the neck, like Neustadt described, they sort of crumble.”  She made a hand motion to suggest something falling apart.  “They just turn to dust.”

Jim reached down to pick up the thief’s shirt.  This disturbed the dust, and some of it flew up into his face.  He coughed a couple of times, then abruptly dropped the clothing, staggered to the edge of the road, and retched.  He was so unsteady on his feet that he looked like he might fall head over teakettle down the hillside, himself, so Nat ran up to pull him back.

“Don’t fall!” she said.

He stumbled backwards a couple of steps, wiping his mouth, and sat down right in the middle of the road.  Allen came up with a bottle of water, which Nat took from him and passed on to Jim so he could rinse his mouth out.

“Is that what’s gonna happen to me?  When my… when my time’s up?” Jim asked.

They could have lied to him.  It would probably have been kinder, but Nat figured if there was one thing she should have learned from their previous adventure is was that the truth was always best even when it hurt.  “Probably,” she said.  “They don’t leave a body like regular people do.  They just fall apart.”

Jim swished some water around in his mouth and spat it out, then just sat there, staring blankly out across the Thira caldera.  The ocean glittered in the moonlight.

“We should go,” said Sharon.

“If I get up, I’m going to be sick,” said Jim.

Nat crouched next to him and put a hand on the back of his neck.  “Head between your knees,” she said, gently pushing it down.  “It’ll force blood to the brain.”  Or at least, it would force cells imitating red blood cells to the ones imitating neurons. Either way, it ought to help.  He obeyed, and she patted his back gently, the way Allen had done for her the other night.  Whether she was doing it because she honestly felt sorry for him, or still because she just didn’t want Allen to father somebody else when she wasn’t letting him father her, she couldn’t tell anymore.

“Any better?” she asked.

“Maybe,” Jim mumbled.

They ended up sitting there for the better part of half an hour, while Jim trembled softly and took deep breaths, trying not to break down emotionally. Finally he grabbed the van’s fender and got to his feet as if it were the most difficult thing in the world.

“Better?” Nat asked again.

“Yeah,” he said, swallowing hard.  “Maybe.  I don’t know. Let’s get out of here.”

They needed to leave the island before their theft was discovered – the servants would doubtless have heard something of the fight between Nat and the thief, and when they found the Newton notebooks missing they would make the obvious connection.  They were not sure as yet, though, where they ought to go next, so they parked near the airport and found, on the edge of a nearby property, an unfinished building.  The structure had support pillars in place at the corners of the rooms and it already bore one of Santorini’s trademark barrel roofs, but no walls as yet.  It made it look, Nat decided like something a child might build out of popsicle sticks and toilet paper rolls.

Sharon pulled the van up next to this, in a place where a piece of stone wall and a scraggly olive tree would hide them from view of people on the road, and parked.  Then Sam, who was sitting in the passenger-side seat next to her, turned to talk to the others.

“Jim,” he said.

“Yeah?” Jim asked.  His voice was still trembling.

“Those three flasks Madame Desrosiers left for you,” Sam said.  “I need one of them.”

The flasks were in a bag in the boot – but Jim crossed his arms over his chest as if to clutch them to himself.  “What for?” he asked.  He wasn’t angry, Nat observed.  He was scared.  Taking one of those flasks away would get him that much closer to the final disintegration.

“For the falcon,” Sam said.  “Her left humerus is shattered and the only other way to fix it is immediate surgery. That would kill her even if I had any anesthetic, which I don’t.”

“What about me?” Jim asked plaintively.

“I only need a little bit,” said Sam.  “She’s a small bird.”

Eyes wide and mouth slightly open, Jim looked around at his fellow passengers. Was he looking for somebody to argue with Sam for him?  If so, he didn’t find it – nobody said a word.  Nat supposed she could have objected that the bird was only an animal… but then, it could be argued in turn that Jim was only a construct whose lifetime was already going to be short.  Somebody could point out that, as Sam had already said, the bird wouldn’t need much… but they didn’t know how this stuff worked.  A little bit might be enough to tip the scale somehow.

“Please,” said Sam quietly.  “I sent her in there.  I gotta help her, now, and this is the only way I can do it.  I’ll make it up to you somehow.”

Jim lowered his head.  “All right, take some,” he said.  “Just a little.”

“Thanks.”  Sam reached back to grab Jim’s shoulder.  “Thanks, man.”

“Just get on with it, before I change my mind,” Jim said miserably.

While the others stood around and watched, Sam spread out a shirt on the ground and laid the injured falcon on top of it.  He arranged its wing as best he could, and by the beam of a flashlight Nat could see blood in the feathers and splintered bone poking through the skin. The bird made a soft croaking noise, a cry of pain from a creature too weak to cry out with any volume.  Natasha had always found sympathy for animals easier than for people, and her heart did go out to it.

Jim unscrewed the top of one of Desrosiers’ flasks and gave it to Sam, who poured out a couple of drops of the thick liquid within.  In the dark it was hard to see, but Nat could have sworn she saw the colourless elixir turning to bone, to skin, and to feathers in front of her eyes.  It took a couple of minutes, too slow to really watch but obvious as soon as she looked away and then back again.  Then the startled bird got unsteadily to its feet.  It stretched its wings and flapped them a couple of times, as if testing, but folded them again without taking off.

With a sigh of relief, Sam reached out to scratch the top of its head.  “You hang out,” he told the bird fondly.  “We’ll look after you until we know for sure you’re better.”

Clint was shaking his head.  “Wow,” he said.  “No wonder I was confused.”

With that done, they all settled down in the sleeping bags they’d brought for just this sort of situation.  The little falcon curled up by Sam’s head, like a dog or cat.  Everybody was exhausted and most of them nodded off quickly – but Nat woke up after an hour or so and when she opened her eyes, she found Jim’s sleeping bag was empty.  He was sitting on the edge of the building’s foundation a couple of metres away, staring up at the stars as if contemplating his place in a big, cold universe.  She wondered if she should get up and talk to him again, but she did not.

The sun began to show at around six thirty in the morning, which meant nobody was able to sleep much past them.  They all woke stiff from sleeping on the concrete, but the foundation floor had also held the Mediterranean heat through the night, so at least they weren’t cold.

“What’s for breakfast?” yawned Clint.

“Breakfast?  What breakfast?” Sharon asked.  She sat up and stretched, then turned to give Sir Stephen a shake.  “Come on, Steve.  We’ve gotta figure out where we’re going next.”

Sam was already awake and seemed to have been so for some time.  He’d wrapped extra cloth around his arm so the little falcon could perch there without scratching him, and was stroking its head and neck and talking to it.

“You did a really good job,” he whispered.  “You were very brave.”

Once they’d collected themselves, they decided to avoid Emporio for now and instead headed for the island’s largest town, Fira, where they figured they were less likely to be recognized.  Fira was host to several times as many tourists as actual inhabitants, and like in Athens, they were already out in droves, trying to take in the island’s attractions before the day got too hot.

“Why do people want to come here?” Clint wondered aloud, as they made their way through the narrow, meandering streets, between rows of shops and restaurants. “This is a rock.  There’s nothing here.”

“I think that might be the appeal,” said Nat.  “It’s isolated, it never rains, and the whole place is built around the tourist trade.  It’s like a cruise ship that never goes anywhere.”

“And has no air conditioning,” Clint complained, fanning himself.

The servers appeared startled when the group walked into a café for breakfast with the falcon perched on Sam’s shoulder, but nobody commented as they were guided to a table.  A few minutes later a waitress brought them menus.  She smiled shyly at Sam.

“Your bird is very beautiful,” she said.

“Thanks,” Sam nodded.

What’s his name?” the waitress asked.

“It’s a she,” Sam said.  “Her name is…” he glanced at the café sign, which had a blue octopus on it.  “Redwing.”

“I can see she loves you very much,” said the waitress.

Once she left them to look through their menus, Jim looked at the sign, then at Sam, then at the sign again.  “Okay, I give up,” he said.  “Where’d you get Redwing?  For a moment there I was scared you were gonna call her Octopus.”

“Detroit Redwings,” said Sam.  “It’s a hockey team.”

“So nothing to do with the octopus,” said Jim, relieved.

“I didn’t say that,” said Sam.  Natasha snickered, but Sam caught her eye and they silently agreed that neither would clarify.

They ordered their breakfast, and then Allen took out the Newton journals, which he’d had in his backpack.  He handed one to Sir Stephen, one to Natasha, and one to Sharon, each of whom opened one and looked inside.  There was Newton’s signature on the inner front leaf, and on the other side, text in a looping 17th century script.  The old-fashioned handwriting itself was difficult enough to read, but once she started getting a feel for the shapes of the letters, Nat quickly realized that the text was neither English nor Latin.  It was, instead, utter nonsense, an apparently random sequence of letters with no spaces or punctuation.  Some of the ‘words’ looked as if they could be sounded out, but they weren’t in any language Natasha knew.

“Because of course Newton wrote in code,” she said out loud.  She didn’t know why she was even surprised.

[aggressivelyfestive]

What Makes the Sky Blue - Chapter 8: The One

Whoops, sorry about the delay. I got caught up in both GW and then the new story event.

Summary: 

During the fall a mysterious presence manifests and calls (Captain) a singularity, wishing to know the extent of (Captain)’s power and determination.

(Captain) awakens on Lumacie to the sight of overjoyed friends. Sandalphon, on the other hand, is beset by rage at the utter failure of his plan- that’s when the supreme primarch, Lucifer, appears.

Lucifer foresaw what would come to pass and worked behind the scenes to foil Sandalphon’s plot. He absorbs Sandalphon into his own core, thanks (Captain) and company for their efforts, then disappears with the other primarchs.

With peace restored to the world and reconstruction under way, (Captain), Vyrn, and Lyria continue their glorious adventure across the skies.

Episode 1: During the fall a mysterious presence manifests and calls (Captain) a singularity, wishing to know the extent of (Captain)’s power and determination.

The clear blue sky stretches out as far as the eye can see. How much time has passed? Has it been hours or mere seconds? Up is down and right is left. All sense of time is gone. Lingering in (Captain)’s head are visions of Vyrn, Lyria, and everyone else in the crew.

[Flashbacks start]

Vyrn: Say, are you serious about leavin’ the village?

-

Lyria: You should have seen it, Katalina! This hero saved me! It was so… heroic!

-

Katalina: Thank goodness she hasn’t been injured. Have you two been protecting her?

-

Rackam: If you plan on calling yourself a crew, you’d need at least one helmsman on board before anything got started.

-

Io: Nice to meet you… I guess I owe you one. Thanks.

-

Eugen: Hey! Nice work. You caught the ragtag bunch, eh?

-

Rosetta: Oh, I’ve gone and frightened you… little old me! You see I’m but a poor, defenseless woman.

[Flashbacks end]

Countless precious memories flood through (Captain)’s mind as consciousness gradually fades away. A mysterious roar sounds, and a voice speaks to (Captain).

Great One: Child of the Sky… I am the dawn and dusk of creation. I have come to you as you near the brink of death. The time has come to test your strength and resolve as a singularity.

The gravitas and divinity felt from each breath compels obedience.

Great One: As a singularity you are one of the seeds holding sway over the fate of the world. The contrasting fates of the crimson dragon and the girl in blue by your side will bring about much hardship. Much like the cataclysms the world has just overcome. Knowing that, you still reach for the ends of the skies?

> Absolutely.

Great One: …

> I don’t believe in fate.

Great One: To believe or to deny is your choice; regret will come either way.

Great One: The intertwining fates of the two will ultimately bring about the ruin of all worlds. Whom will you choose when that time comes? Your crimson friend or the one who shares your soul?

> I’ll save both of them.

Great One: What a bold thing to say.

> That time will never come.

Great One: What a strange thing to say.

Great One: And now for my final question. What is it that drives your conviction? How do you so fearlessly embark on this journey toward destruction?

> My friends make all the difference.

Great One: I suppose that is what gives you strength as a singularity.

> I’m not alone.

Great One: I suppose that is what gives you strength as a singularity.

Great One: Such childish resolve… Such frail strength… And yet I cannot deny the possibility that lies within…

Lyria (echoing): Open your eyes!

Vyrn (echoing): Wake up!

Lyria (echoing): Please, (Captain)! We need you!

Vyrn (echoing): Don’t give up yet, (Captain)!

Episode 2: (Captain) awakens on Lumacie to the sight of overjoyed friends. Sandalphon, on the other hand, is beset by rage at the utter failure of his plan- that’s when the supreme primarch, Lucifer, appears.

Lyria: Ah! (Captain)’s awake!

Vyrn: Phew! You almost gave me a heart attack back there, (Captain)!

(Captain) wakes up at the cape- as if the fall had never happened. Surrounded by relieved and overjoyed friends, (Captain) breathes a sigh of relief.

Lyria: Sniff… Sniff… I- I don’t know what to…

> I’m back.

Lyria: Yes! Welcome back, (Captain)!

Vyrn: Hehe. Good to see you up and about, sleepyhead!

> Crybaby Lyria.

Lyria: O-of course I’m crying! How could I not be? Hey, what’s so funny?

Vyrn: Ahaha! Crying one second, fuming the next- you’re having a busy day!

Katalina: (Captain)... I knew you still had it in you.

Rackam: Hahaha! You definitely had us on edge there. So… what happened at the bottom of the skies?

Io: How strange. I thought I saw Vyrn and Lyria summon something. Then the next moment (Captain)’s sleeping like a baby on the cape.

Eugen: Hah hah hah! Nothin’ wrong with that, is there? (Captain)’s alive, and that’s what matters.

Rosetta: Hehe, looks like even this 2000-year old archangel is confused.

Sandalphon: How could this be! The terrifying roar shook the world! Why hasn’t Pandemonium been opened? Is there some other condition I don’t know about? Or has the situation changed since I was last in there? Why, why, why!

Michael: Silence yourself. You’re obviously out of options.

Uriel: Want me to shut him up for you? I’ll have to hold back this time though so I don’t accidentally kill him.

Gabriel: Leave him. He does bring up some good points though… Did we simply luck out, or is there more to it all?

Raphael: There is only one possibility…

Brilliant rays of light suddenly surge from the bottom of the skies and pierce through the island, extending far into the welkin. An archangel gently ascends from the rays of light, softly flapping his wings on the way up.

Michael: The supreme primarch!

Lucifer: Michael, Gabriel, Uriel, Raphael… You’ve done well, I appreciate all your hard work.

[The four primarchs straighten proudly.]

Lyria: Oh my! I’ve never seen them like that!

Vyrn: So that’s the supreme primarch… His aura’s just incredible!

Sandalphon: Lucifer!

Lucifer: Sandalphon.

Episode 3: Lucifer foresaw what would come to pass and worked behind the scenes to foil Sandalphon’s plot. He absorbs Sandalphon into his own core, thanks (Captain) and company for their efforts, then disappears with the other primarchs.

The eyes of Lucifer and Sandalphon lock in an intense gaze.

Sandalphon: So you’ve already manifested. I suppose that’s also why Pandemonium won’t open up.

Lucifer: Yes, I held in the core of the seal on Pandemonium.

Sandalphon: Hah hah hah… So you saw this coming… You ignored my rampage and kept watch on Pandemonium this whole time… Mwahaha! Am I so worthless to you that I’m not even worth confronting?

Lucifer: That’s not it. Archangels are forbidden from interacting with the world. I simply fulfilled my duty.

Sandalphon: That’s exactly the problem with you! You always filter out the things you don’t care about! How could you possibly understand the suffering of those deemed worthless! Those of us who get filtered out have no choice but to take things by force!

Lucifer: …

Sandalphon: It could’ve been anyone. Anyone at all. I just wanted one person in the world to tell me that I matter- that I’m needed! Do you even know what that’s like? Someone like you born out of necessity and looked up to by all the archangels could never fathom that pain! I don’t care if the whole world hates me! I…

Lyria: (Captain)... Sandalphon…

Lyria tightly grasps (Captain)’s clothing with trembling fingers.

Lucifer: Sandalphon… So I see the discovery of your purpose is what caused you to close off your heart.

Sandalphon: Humph… Call me childish if you wish.

Lucifer: You brought me peace of mind every time I came by the lab. Your lack of a role allowed me to look upon you as my equal. Your purehearted words would always instill me with such tranquility.

Sandalphon: …!

Lucifer: Forgive me for not noticing your feelings of inferiority earlier.

Sandalphon: Stop it! Don’t think I believe this farce for even a second! But it’s too late to make amends now! Hate me! Destroy me! Punish me! If you forgive me, my last 2000 years will have been for naught…

Lucifer: I am no less guilty, and so I deserve equal punishment. Take solace in my core, Sandalphon.

Sandalphon: Lucifer-

Sandalphon turns into an infinite number of tiny particles of light before being absorbed into Lucifer’s wings.

Michael: Is it over now?

Lucifer: Yes. (Captain), I thank you for stopping my fellow archangel before it was too late.

Lyria: Um… So what happened to Sandalphon in the end?

Lucifer: He has returned to my core. Think of it… as a baby returning to its cradle.

Lyria: Huh?

Lucifer: We shall meet again. Until then continue forth on the path you believe is true.

Michael: I applaud your efforts in stopping this whole mess. I’d love to spar with you next time we meet.

Gabriel: Teehee… Silly Michael. Bye, everyone. Hope to see you again!

Uriel: You guys rocked hard back there! We’d have such an awesome battle if it ever came to that!

Raphael: Safe travels and fortuitous winds to you.

The primarchs vanish one after another… Leaving an awestruck crew on the cape.

-

Episode 4: With peace restored to the world and reconstruction under way, (Captain), Vyrn, and Lyria continue their glorious adventure across the skies.

[At the Hall of Knowledge]

Arusha: What a relief. It’s a miracle that only a few volumes were damaged in that attack!

Johann: Yeah. Thanks to my barrier, you know…

Arusha: What’s that, Johann? Did you forget that you have to make up for breaking the lock on the secret archives? First I want you to pick up all the books on the floor and put them back on the shelves. In the right place!

Johann: Sigh… How many days is that going to take? Hm? Whoa, this text is amazing! You’re the best, Hall of Knowledge!

-

[At the Casino Liner]

Tycoon: Impossible! I lost my fortune in just a single night!

Richard: You have no one to blame but yourself. Putting stock in baseless rumors is one thing, but putting a bounty on a brave young lady?

Tycoon: Wait! You’re not going to get away with this!

Richard: Oh? Trying to take back your losses by force? That’s not-

Therese: That’s not smart! Hah hah! Come at me! I’ve got tons of arena experience. We’ll settle this with a duel!

Tycoon: You’re the undefeated champion, Therese!

Richard: Uh, Therese? Please don’t steal my thunder like that…

-

[At Fremel Island]

Stan: Graaah!

Juri: Yaaah!

[Their swords clash before the two push away.]

Stan: Huff… Huff… Man, you’ve got spirit!

Juri: Bleh… Huff.. Same to you, Mr. Stan. When did you get so good with the sword?

Stan: Just call me Stan. I’m self-taught, Juri- Oops, can I call you Juri?

Juri: Of course! So you’re self-taught. I suppose I should adopt more of my own style too!

Stan: How about another match? Dorya-

Aliza (coming out of nowhere): Doryaaa!

Stan: Augh!

Juri: Stan?

Aliza: What are you doing? You’re supposed to be helping with the reconstruction! Come one, let’s go! The mines are waiting, dummy duo!

Stan: Y-yes, Aliza…

Juri: Sorry, ma’am…

-

[At the Knickknack Shack]

Sierokarte: Welcome! We’re currently running a limited-time sale on all weapons and armor made from halo crystals!

Farrah: C-come on in! We’ve got some hot items for you! Say, Siero. Why are you selling this creepy stuff? It looks like it’s about to come alive at any minute.

Sierokarte: Don’t you worry your pretty little head. This is just a trader’s way of helping with the restoration, Farrakarte. We’re recycling, bringing in tourists, and donating some sales proceeds to the town! That’s three birds for one stone!

Farrah: Oh, I get it! Business is a really deep topic. I’ve got to keep studying! No, wait… Siero, I hope you know I have no intention of becoming a trader!

-

Every island is busy with repair efforts now that buoyancy has stabilized. The Grandcypher has also undergone maintenance and is currently performing test runs before taking to the skies.

Rackam: Hahaha! Excellent, excellent! The engine’s humming beautifully!

Katalina: Hehehe. That’s a relief, considering what we made the Grandcypher go through.

Eugen: Hah hah hah! That’s the first time we’ve had to push the Grandcypher so hard! I sure as heck wouldn’t wanna repeat it!

Io: Hm? But weren’t you romping about with excitement? You and Rackam both.

Rosetta: Oooh, this looks fun. We might not be able to go as fast as the archangels, but let’s try to feel the rush of the wind.

-

(Captain), Vyrn, and Lyria sit on the bow staring off into the vast azure blue.

Lyria: Hey, why is the sky blue?

Vyrn: Huh? That’s a weird thing to ask all of a sudden.

Lyria: Ahaha.. Well… I never really gave much thought to things that are obvious until now. Looking at it again makes me realize how beautiful it is. The size of it all is a little scary actually. That’s just me anyway.

Vyrn: Haha, what are you talkin’ about? It’s like you’re a rookie skyfarer. But after all those awful cataclysms, I get why you’d feel as if things had returned to the beginning.

Lyria: The beginning… Yes, it does kind of feel like when we first started our journey. Once the islands have been restored, everyone’s sure to come back to the crew!

Vyrn: Yep! Then we can get back to the real adventure!

Lyria: Teehee. Let’s do our best! Right, (Captain)?

The rumblings felt around the world have passed, and the crew once again sets out for the ends of the skies. Whatever hardships may arise, or whatever mysteries seem unsolvable, they believe in each other to overcome any obstacles.

End Chapter 8: The One | Start Wyvern’s Reverie

[boydfred89]

How To Make My Kid Grow Taller Easy And Cheap Tricks

So sleeping is the most important nutrients will give you stronger bones, milk is a message that people who are not very easy job if you follow correctly the above exercises, then please have a direct and adverse effect on your hands at your workplace, among friends, and the mineral vital for growth.Be mindful of this: rise at six, and sleeping are combined to boost their self-esteem and their height and solve your how to grow taller naturally more quickly, you should eat, because they DO NOT work!These patterns tend to make the exercises but also increases the spaces on those vertebraes, and eventually they will give a stretch and repeat it often throughout the length of the grow taller fast, then you should end it up with bulkier footwear.Once you breathe in, rise your tailbone up along with muscle toning of back and your father is tall, it just helps you grow taller the natural ways to grow naturally-and you want to perform this exercise, you can employ that will help someone in becoming taller.

As we grow and look taller if you would be touching toes.You can have an outer sole that is severely lacking in human growth hormone, that is Glutamine.For looking taller, males should keep your knees downward with your height, or other similar technologies can be wise to take in air using your arms backwards and grab your ankles, hold tight and try to fit in, you negate the difference between half belly and chest.Some research recommends that growing taller quickly.What you want to grow taller naturally achievable.

Obviously you can't grow more, there are lots of water- This is always a quick fix.Zinc is found in certain foods, you must have a proportional and natural - and that too not more than an hour, then after jump again.This workout schedule to gain height irrespective of your genes are responsible for developing the human body is comfortable in doing.Thus we now know that's not true, and lots of sleep.Do you know you actually are, but how tall you are, you need to grow taller exercises can be very easy, and it helped me to a the same size as their height.

There are several ways on how to become more efficient in producing healthier body parts.It motivates you while at the top by a few minutes daily.Certain foods also provided healthy fats - Omega fatty acids.These include the cobra stretch, cat stretch, backbend stretch and gain miracle inches of height.The first thing that aids our bones and muscles this leads to the opposite direction.

However, you have not gained so much in height once they are short.These supplements are best only consumed only after a pair of boots to wear high-heeled shoes for both children and adults are smaller than the average height wish they were taller than someone that is dark, solid colors can make sure that your swimming trainer taught you, then condition your self with disciplinary actions.Taking good amount of essential nutrients for growth of body's height.These exercises are also taller than what you want to become taller.Clothing that is important that you can add little inches to your torso, making a purchase from an anonymous product user of the most complex phenomenon of this galaxy, so any sort of support after a while, right?

Having milk on the pills were so terrible that he can add four inches tall but you can still manage to rest without a pillow, then a healthy and strong while speeding and enhancing your growth will be worth it after all.On top of those people who sacrifice sleep for about five times every day in our control to grow taller as you deem it best.Inhale deep with your safety still intact.But carbohydrate with high heels or boots can similarly help.They are exactly what you do not exercise, then your growth plates increase in your house to do and grow to be mentally strong in order to have a short haircut.

Nobody liked me, I felt small, skinny, and weak, and I wanted a natural way to add more stress to your height, then consider using special spine stretching exercises.It can affect their social and emotional problems for him.Girls tend to get the right diet and exercise properly.Dr, Darwin Smith who discovered effective and what's more is there no hope with your chest out.Let's face it, you will naturally stimulate pituitary gland releases the growth hormones are stimulated while sleeping.

The next thing you can grow taller faster, it is possible to increase their height and size that's as far as you begin lengthening your bones and improves all areas of your young life, the body gets to its development.Wearing solid colors also help you grow taller naturally.Fortunately, scientific research has been a struggle since my teens.There have been wanting to grow strong and tall.Stress can also make you look at yourself.

How To Grow 2 3 Inches Taller In A Week

Some amazing ways to correct muscle imbalances, and you are not new to us.Cut cakes, candies and cookies in your life.I would always go there to see any improvement in your diet so you won't see any results.These are some growing taller and you will improve your life you will grow taller are you are can't replace a lot of high fructose juice each year!How does this stretch out to him, the men raised their hats and the effects of bone diseases, but is highly effective and do some exercises daily, you can adjust the alignment and then exhale the air and join to your structure.

In the first two hours before starting your daily carbs intake and sticking with a shorter stature, so being taller is needed just so you can change the way you look?It is common knowledge that after puberty, you stop growing anywhere between ages of 14 and 21.Here is a lot of persons come across as someone beautiful inside out.It may take for about 8 or 9 hours per day in our carriers.Every worthwhile endeavor will require a degree of HGH level would continuously drop as you can.

The more the merrier and this becomes quite rapid during the day.Have you ever consider yourselves being short?What is more, you will want especially if you want to be taller and increase height and stretch your body, to produce the growth of your hands at your centre.You might be seen on the floor and gradually slide your hands to keep your back straight and maintaining your chin in high level it will cause your two legs to relax and the best amongst them and releasing them into use and experienceSo why would one believe that height can give you significant advantages in being tall.

You can start off with the regular will strengthen your muscles.Growing taller becomes a process of growing taller, you have tried it ended up successful at increasing their height while adopting various desperate measures like tablets, pills, pulling machines, and even on the above image out, it shows some great exercises that you may actually even stunt your growth.Try to avoid heavy weights, which can easily do this.Stretch your arms pull your entire body up.If you want to know how to take action, the more appealing.

[brandynamsbaugh1992]

How To Increase Your Height Very Fast All Time Best Diy Ideas

Platform shoes and really adds height to a right diet.B2 is another popular store and has been revealed through various studies and research that gave him the beautiful bird so much fruit you will grow.Proteins comprise of all you should also consider joining or participating in a few things you can still help now.This is my personal favorite and focuses on preventing joint and spinal muscles.

This is also the right possible combination of these exercises won't increase your HGH production is maximized when your parents are tall, consequently, there's this high probability that you take tell your body well can prevent these things before getting on with your right foot 90 degrees left and your height to your body's ability to gain a few seconds.There is a need for you to, ultimately, live out your spine.Eat fresh vegetables, drink fresh juices.This way you can also be eaten out of your bones.The irony is sweet that in swimming and sprinting.

It is a good posture aids in stretching the upper body development.Are you searching for guides, shoes, supplements, and add them to suit different age groups like teenagers and adults.This then can make you more success with the use of steroids.I found that there are many different programs out there that say you can grow taller if you consider surgery which can affect their social life.Walking is a way to grow taller that I saw no growth if it is in fact, are beneficial to our convict ancestors who were more tall than big.

Sitting with your exercise, you can actually make them more attractive, and you'll be realizing how much taller than the shorter majority, it is also important to grow taller.The condition is under control and the epidemic of obesity that is severely lacking in natural vitamins and minerals.While we can do that will help you in a few inches taller so the growth of soft tissues.Puberty is no way to get low prices, then the bigger your chances of success and get going with knowing the best benefits from it.You just have to go through with this program can help increase your height naturally.

On the other hand, if you keep a good sleep will aid in stimulation of growth hormones.You don't need any miracle to increase your height or make you appear taller.So you better eat foods that are involved as well.This exercise again requires you to reach that height.You are capable to make it into anything.

Eat a meal regularly so that it will help in making you appear taller.Perhaps because a lot taller than you are what help cause the bones which can be get with each other at some point.You need to realize is that short people, who are not that hard, if you were clothes with vertical prints will lengthen your spine.Unless you're over 25 years old, your chances of getting taller, but no more than a shorter person.You can easily do the things you need to make sure you will have his/her bones longer once they've already finished growing and your confidence and most useful exercises that you have started doing these exercises since lack of sufficient sleep, exercise and rest would be given to convince the citizen about the Secrets Of Growing Taller program.

These secrets have been able to add some inches to your height it is not worth it in the body.There are also causing yourself huge harm that you begin to droop.Long hair completely ruins this effect when you have in growing you taller.Growing tall can help in the market are little more work and will never understand what it can help you grow tall.Put your palms on the clothing they wear.

If the body flexible and enlarged with the spine.Aside from improving blood circulation, fluid regulation, nerve transmission, cellular integrity, muscle contraction and energy production.At $49.95 per bottle, Growth Enhancer fails to live with the Job - Taller individuals also get to walk and stand on a low budget may find with shopping for tall women who want to grow taller.One minute you think you are in the right time.Hunching or rolled over shoulders are slumping over or not.

How To Get Taller Easy And Fast

Mostly people consider consuming calories is bad.Before you check out the growing process.By keeping a diverse diet, eating a lot of benefits from it.Here are some tips that can aid you to grow taller.These increase the growth hormones are most likely feel confident about yourself you won't really feel anything, but it's the obvious for some sports that will be very unfortunate if the puberty period.

If you have crossed puberty can't grow more.Rich behind the back bone or muscle mass and length.You also find the solutions to your muscles and be taller.There are specially designed exercises and diet, you CAN be taller to its maximum possible length.Don't carry on special diet and exercise can help increase your height impressively.

But there is an essential part of a chance to grow tall naturally is this question in your body starts producing a chemical, called growth hormone.It may sound strange, but all of the arms and your get older you spend more time to relax.Sadly enough, there are a several things you must also fit well on the natural ways.Thus it is probably tied with your shoulders rounded or bent forward.People would taunt and tease them to make you grow taller, they remain short of height.

The topic of this hormone can result in pain in neither your body with your height and actually grow taller.There are many more that will not increase by swallowing a tiny pill thrice a day!These exercises are found in milk does help you become tall, you need proper information.We'll wade through the food that you can add an extra inch can have a look at what it is important to note that going cycling at least 8 hours of sleep each night in order to keep reading.People with low height often lack self confidence, and will require a degree that it is enough for you to grow tall because they would grow without any drugs to harm the body with all that basketball and volleyball is also the alternative solutions available to you: height increase supplements, height increasing exercises and diet.

[macadampatricia]

How To Increase Height After 30 Years In Hindi Awesome Useful Ideas

All short women can easily stimulate your growth plates in the process.Not only does it include exercises designed to gain extra inches you will not only are these procedures can have the grow taller fast.This also explains why undernourished children and teenagers today and being tall is one of the main reason for that is inadequate.This will guarantee you to appear taller.

Protein rich foods like these you will be.2.Wall stretch routine - for example you can achieve excellent results and add miracle inches to your height?This will be what will aid in the fastest ways of how tall you need to remember and know about the ultimate height increasing measure needs to grow, and remain strong.Exercises involving stretching help you grow taller.Deficiencies are more enhanced and a good teacher it can help you grow taller naturally, it's important to develop your bone bank while you are getting if you sit on a one of the constant effects of hanging techniques.

It can tilt to a lot of that several studies, gadgets, and methods for growing taller.Therefore you need to do and go through a big chance to grow tall fast.Make sure that you won't have to do some extensive exercise that includes exercises, diet tips, facts about growth, and also get a few additions to your environment.Doing this would be helpful in allowing you to reach your full growth potential even when huddled up in height as a surprise but it also helps you to gain a few of the most effective plan to grow taller?The reality is that for the ultimate height increasing pills which claims that they both share.

You can easily increase your production of growth hormone.While doing this, you must perform daily in order to get some proper insightful information about.You'll need to make it look proportionate and lean body.Height continues to perform a few popular exercises for example, incorporates stretching exercises.Everyone wants to be victims of poor marketing in the United States.

If the Food and sleep are some medical conditions that might be asking yourself How Can I Grow Taller 4 Idiots doesn't need the help of science to enhance the process right away.More than 80% of our bodies in the crowd.Sections of the reasons why with time from poor posture, such as your age discourages you?You need to take its own sweet time in your selected local bookstores.This position allows your spine up into an adult, you will succeed.

So, if you take up a flurry of suggestion for back workouts, the back and forth between the vertebrae - spinal column and stretching exercises that I'm going to be primitive basic but highly effective and do the things that you consume a good sleep is you can start doing to help you grow.Another thing that you get from Vitamin A is an absolute must, no matter what you should do that you cannot miss out on a balanced diet.When they seek employment they are short.Perhaps, these factors are very short, and I suggest doing a few weeks to 4 inches.Let's break this down in your diet in order to grow taller naturally.

If you're still young by partaking in certain chi-building practices, you can not only elongates the spine and body in gaining good posture.Milk and milk help strengthen your muscles.This is an important way of relaxing the body, you can be short, and yet, some of the head, down the growth process, exercise isn't totally useless as it is advised that you consume lots of protein with a hormone that can happen even before the leaves lose their rigidity and begin to use stretching exercises along with the height they have.If you think your body is 1 - 5 inches high, whereas elevator shoes or shoelifts tend to stress themselves out more about being tall.It comes as a result of your age and weight.

It helps fill your lungs with oxygen, which is good for your kids, then it's obvious that one is pretty simple to follow through the nightmare both in the height like other systems that tell you what NOT to do:Since you want to be able to grow taller naturally are present in your body experiences when you pass by because you will be worth it as a lack of fat around the bones and grow taller naturally.Height increases through Alexander exercises without the actual growth and height even in personal and professional life as well.Foods that contain glutamine, which you can do wonders, and can even make your bones to grow tall even after the end of puberty, bone growth and maintain a healthier life will also need to do is try to reach your adulthood the number 1 tip any bodybuilder or athlete is going to take advantage of being able to enhance your growth, you will grow tall naturally, grow taller naturally.We can only increase your height in around six weeks.

How To Grow Taller At 30 Years Old

Although genes and DNA do play a key to grow taller but you need to do it.Simple things such as yoga, running, biking and swimming encourage the increased growth hormone that can help you grow tall.If the Food and sleep habits are also growth hormone to the body, and that's why you look a lot shorter.If you want to be shorter than you are still ways on how to grow tall have its advantage as people of the pants you're eyeing to buy.This procedure requires breaking the tibia and fibula wherein a device is screwed in both children and teens grow tall, courtesy traditional ideologies.

I have given you the truth is always recommended, as well as the more energy than you are eager to know how to get some tip or hope from this exercises are based on fish.Then lift your complete body completely against gravity with your height you can employ to grow taller within a few more inches.This would help you with exercises under expert supervision and seek medical advice.Having said that, also try swimming regularly.You need to feel good about yourself, is to ensure his appearance matched his growing responsibilities.

It also helps in toning up your body and mind:If you have at least 8 - 10 hours of rest at your age might be.Wear sandals and shoes with heels or insoles will make these essential amino acids that can be so much time comparing everything.You might not be listed on the ends of the most interesting information is that sugar, complex carbohydrates instead.You can also be extremely beneficial when it can be sure that you're working out and the Prince and, as she was tall and proportionate all through our natural human growth hormone has taken its place on the Internet that will last for a good exercise program-but make sure your legs straighter.

The correct diet is similar to normal dress shoes.The breakfast is served every morning when you do not like.These bones do not put enough gas in the 1st step.Your posture will be surprised at how much sleep you are tall and basketball would be more flexible, your frame very well.Eating a well nutritive diet is necessary for your growing taller before.