#minaro

[france-cinema]

Un Témoin dans la ville, Edouard Minaro, Lino Ventura, 1959.

Synopsis : Madame Ancelin a été tuée par son amant, un certain Verdier. Plutôt que de dénoncer le meurtrier, monsieur Ancelin préfère le supprimer à son tour. Il maquille son crime de façon à faire croire à un suicide, mais en sortant de chez sa victime, il rencontre un imprévu : un chauffeur de taxi que Verdier venait d'appeler. Ce témoin gênant est loin de se douter qu'un meurtre vient d'être commis. Il s'éloigne, persuadé de s'être trompé d'adresse. Ancelin, méfiant, entreprend de le retrouver pour s'assurer définitivement de son silence.

[bdpst24]

Európa legjobbjai között a Minaro Hotel Tokaj MGallery

Európa legjobbjai között a Minaro Hotel Tokaj MGallery

Hármas elismerés: szálloda, gasztronómia és wellness terén  Figyelemre méltó elismerések sorát zsebelte be idén a Minaro Hotel Tokaj MGallery. A szálloda és étterme, a Tortuga három-három díjban részesült a World Luxury Awards gálán. A hotel SPA részlegének névadója, a L’Occitane pedig a World Spa Awards-on immár második alkalommal nyerte el a világ legjobb SPA brandje címet, erősítve a Minaro…

[ichatake]

do yandere kakashi and Obito reacing to reader replacing Rin when she dies. lets say obito gets saved by minato so he knows why exactly kakashi got Rin killed. So when reader joins the team theyre really mean to her and everything becus they cant believe she tried to replace rin. They become yandere after she heals them (she can have medical ninjutsu?) so they really start to like her

Yandere Kakashi and Yandere Obito with the same S/O

Request open! (Request Rules)

A/N: thank you for requesting!! I hope you enjoy!

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No one can be prepared to lose a close friend, and neither Kaashi or Obito were ready to lose Rin. It had been a dark day for them, Obito had been crushed by a boulder, which Minaro thankfully got there in time to help him. Then Rin sacrificed herself to save them and herself from the wrath of the three tailed beast.

Since Obito was present for most of the situation, he understood that Kakashi never meant to hurt Rin. Their friendship grew stronger as they both grieved the loss of their teammate. Of course, they were shocked when Minato mentioned they’d be joined by a new member. They couldn’t believe it! The audacity of replacing Rin in such a short amount of time was unbelievable.

Your presence was, of course, unwelcomed. You were a replacement, nothing else. You could never replace Rin, so they didn’t bother with you. There was no point. It wasn’t your fault you’d been placed with them, but they couldn’t help but hold it against you.

Kakashi was monotone when it came to you. You could never tell what he was thinking, and that bothered you a lot. When you tried speaking to him, he’d only listen, but never answer. That was the part that scared you the most. He was simply uninterested in being with you. You could waste your time asking him something, but that didn’t mean he’d actually answer you. You’d simply be harshly ignored by him.

Obito was a whole different case. Kakashi, although straight out ignoring you, never blatantly showed you just how much he disliked you, but Obito? This boy was the definition of obvious. He was the most affected by Rin’s passing, in his mind. She was his everything. How could he replace her?

When I say he was mean, I mean it. He yelled at you, scolded you, berated you, and simply treated you outright badly. He was condescending when you failed and you couldn’t get him to like you no matter how hard you tried. He hated you. You believe that wholeheartedly.

Now, you understood everyone grieves differently, but this was too much. You felt unwanted and unwelcomed. Minato had reassured you several times that everything would be fine, and to just give them some time, but you felt horrible! The only person that treated you nicely was your sensei… it was you against them.

When you trained, you were surprised to see how well they worked together. The loss of Rin has managed to mend their friendship, even if she had died at Kakashi's hands. Obito understood that the reason Rin died was not because Kakashi wanted to kill her, but because she’d rather die than live as a weapon for the rest of her life. Obito forgave Kakashi, and they promised each other they would never hold anything against each other, for Rin. They moved at an amazing rhythm; in perfect sync. They knew where to be and what to do without uttering a single word.

Their teamwork was off the charts, and you were slightly jealous. Why? Oh you know, it’s not like they thought you were a burden or anything. Yeah, every time the three of you had to work together, it would always end up in an argument.

“Jeez, are you slow?! Can’t you see I’m supposed to come from the right?!”

“Get out of the way! You’re messing things up!”

If Rin were here, we wouldn’t have to be dealing with all your mess!”

These were just some of the few things Obito would throw at you whenever you messed up their momentum. You were never good enough for them. You were too slow yet too quick. Too dumb, yet too smart. If you had to jump and you’d jump, they’d somehow find a way to let you know that you jumped the ‘wrong way’. You could never be good enough. You could never win.

You tried, you really did, but nothing worked. You’d be blamed for everything, and they’d say you were ‘dragging them down.’ Of course, they would complain to Minato, mostly Obito, but Kakashi would nod his head in agreement from time to time. Minato would scold them or brush them off. “She’s your teammate, like it or not. You better start treating her as one or else you two will be the ones getting in trouble,” this made them resent you even more.

You got used to everything. It had been a few months since you first got there, so you knew how to handle them. You trained so much and watched them train that when you were in the field once again, you didn’t fall behind. You were predicting their moves to be able to move in sync with them. You had studied them—your obsession of being at the same level finally paying off.

You didn’t understand why, but you expected some sort of praise. For once, you hadn’t been insulted or made fun off. You did everything right; you had caught up to them. So, as the three of you huffed and tried to gain your breath, Minato congratulated you. You couldn’t help the big smile that played on your lips, excited that you had finally gotten some praise. However, the boys never muttered a word. For you, it was a win! They weren’t insulting you or angry at you!

Once Minato saw your progress, he decided it was time for the three of you to go out on a mission alone. You, of course, were nervous. You weren’t sure of how things would play out. Would you mess up again? Would you be left behind? Would the mission even be completed? You didn’t know, but you calmed yourself down and convinced yourself that everything would be fine.

Thankfully, you had completed the mission. You only had to go back to the village. Miraculously enough, the three of you hadn’t gotten into an argument, you had yet to mess up, and things were going just great.

However, all three of you found yourselves in trouble. Rogue ninjas were happy to see three hidden leaf kids, and they were planning on sending a message. They had recognized Kakashi as the strongest one, so they wasted no time in getting him first.

Although wearing a mask, the sudden mist that clouded him had knocked him unconscious. No, it wasn’t mist, it was some sort of pollen one of the ninjas had thrown at Kakashi.

Obito had no idea what to do, but you weren’t going to leave Kakashi. There was a big chance that you would get hit by the pollen as well, but your limbs moved on their own. Soon, you were running full speed towards Kakashi’s unconscious body, lifting his weight over your shoulder. You weren’t going to leave him behind, never. No matter how badly he treated you, you would never leave teammates behind.

As you lifted Kakashi, you hadn’t noticed the kunais coming at you at full speed. They would’ve hit you in the head if it weren’t for Obito. He took the hit for you, and it stabbed him in the shoulder. “Let’s go!” He yells, helping you carry Kakashi as you escape.

Once you were far away and clear of any danger, you set Kakashi down on the ground. You check his pulse and sigh, relieved that he was still alive. “He’s still breathing, he’s just unconscious,” you smile, looking at Obito.

Your eyes widen as you see two kunais on his shoulders, “crap! You’re hurt, Obito!” You stand up and walk towards him, “sit down, I’ll help you,” you pull him down, much to his distaste.

“I’m telling you, I’m fine!” He tries to convince you, but you shush him.

“Don’t be an idiot! You’re not fine. I’ll pull them out—it’ll hurt for a little while, but I promise I’ll make you feel better,” you say, pulling out the knives and apologizing as he hissed in pain.

While helping him, you were gentle. He had never expected this from you. He had been nothing but horrible to you, and yet you treated him as if he were fragile.

You place your hands over his wound and close your eyes, focusing your chakra and beginning to heal the open wounds. It felt… familiar to Obito. He felt taken care of—cared for. It reminded him of… Rin. He gulps and looks at you, your eyes gentle and caring.

He couldn’t help how he felt. His heart started beating quickly as he felt you so close. He had never noticed how cute you were—no, he never noticed how nice you were. How kind and beautiful. You reminded him so much of Rin. Could you have been sent by Rin? Were you an angel he had been neglecting this whole time?

“Obito?” You look at him worriedly, “are you okay? You look a little—“

“I’m okay. Thanks to you,” he smiles, rubbing his neck, “I uh… Just, thank you,”

You were taken aback by this, but quickly give him a gentle smile, “you’re welcome. It was the least I could do after you saved my life. You were basically my hero back there,”

His stomach fluttered at your words, “your hero..?” He chuckles, “no, you’re the hero… if it weren’t for you, Kakashi would’ve been attacked… you’re the real hero,”

You enjoyed his praises. After being treated so poorly by him, it was nice to finally see him smile and compliment you. When you finish healing him, you walk towards Kakashi, placing a hand on his forehead. You wanted to make sure he wasn’t getting a fever because of the polen, “We should get going, I want to make sure Kakashi gets treated quickly. Who knows what was in that polen. It must’ve been really thick if it penetrated his mask,” you frown, pushing his hair out of his face.

Obito agrees, taking kakashi over the shoulder and waiting for you, “Hey uh… (Y/N),” he says, locking eyes with you before looking away, “I’m… sorry, for the way I’ve treated you… I real—,”

“It’s okay, Obito. As long as you don’t keep doing it, I forgive you,” you’d didn’t have hatred in your heart, and you knew how to forgive… Oh gosh, you were so much like her. Obito nods, shamefully smiling, “I promise you, I’ll never be dumb again. Well, dumb enough to treat you like I did…,”

Once you got to the village, you took Kakashi to the infirmary. You waited outside for any news with Obito, and you were relieved when the nurses told you he’d be okay. You didn’t get the chance to see him in the hospital, since you already had to go home. You needed rest, and with a little convincing from Obito, he walked you home.

After that day, Obito was so much nicer. He was a completely different person around you. He treated you so nicely, and never insulted you in any way. He complimented you in everything you did and he even offered to train with you more often.

Even kakashi seemed different. He’d actually speak to you, and nicely. He’d look for conversations and would often stay close to you. Their attitudes had taken a complete 180! You were… happy. You were glad that you finally got along. You were working together, and you were never failing. They made sure to make you feel like a part of their team!

Yeah, you were so distracted by how nice they were treating you, that you didn’t notice how they’d keep an eye on you at all times. How they would often want to take you home. How they would hurt themselves just to get you to take care of them. No, you were too busy basking on their kindness.

Whoops, Kakashi suddenly left his water bottle! Wait, maybe you could share yours with him. You know what they say, drinking from the same water bottle was like an indirect kiss.

Oh no! Obito left his food? Huh, I guess there was no harm in sharing your lunch with him. You’d eat from the same chopsticks, and it thrilled him.

For some reason, you had become their favorite obsession. You were their favorite pastime, favorite topic, favorite person. You clouded their minds at all times, and they didn’t know why. Your kindness got to them, and filled their hearts with some wicked obsession.

Yeah… you were stuck with them for who knows how long. If only you knew that they’d become unbearable as they grow older… and their obsession would become even stronger.

I mean, they were going to become men soon, with new desires and fantasies that only you could fulfill, but for now, you simply thought this was an innocent friendship.

[ileniagennari]

Hey bestie! First time asker first time fan!

SO!

I have a mythical monster and creature question about Italy. See, I like making monsters and characters based on different Monsters and Mythology. (Ex: Wereanimals, Fairies, the Unicorn, Bigfoot/Sasquatch, Witches, Etc....) and sometimes, I will get inspired by characters/media that will make me design said creature (Susie from Summer Camp Island and James from Derry Girls for my Witches. Mean Girls for my Unicorn.) OTHER characters like that....

well THIS time. Because Tiktok has been showing me pics of Titanic and movie-related Titanic stuff. Then I got fixated on Danny Nuccis character of Fabrizio from the Movie. POINT is. I wanna make a character is more of a base italian character and go more in depth of italian culture and childhood (as I do for all of my characters). DO you have any refs or monsters/Mythology from Italy that is kinda like monsters and were-animals or creatures? And not like- ghosts from other real people or demons from hell and the underworld. Please and thanks!

YAYY questions about italian characters! Ok let me think... YES. But you have more choices. As you can see, Italy quite differs from north to south and both north and south had different influences. Northern regions were influenced by celtic, etruscan, ligurian and venetian folklore being homeland to many celtic tribes before (north Italy was called Cisalpine Gaul by romans) and lombard people (Germanic people from Scandinavia) after. South is instead very influenced by etruscan, roman, arabian and greek folklore! Sardinia aside being so isolated they actually have a super colorful and ancient folkloristic world. It's very hard to walk around demons, ghosts and so on, since christianity really changed our folklore for good, but I found something underneath:

Lupi Mannari

-We have a lot of werewolf stories in Italy, we call them Lupi Mannari. Two recent cases even in the legend: Pasquale Rossi, so called Werewolf from Villa Borghese. Or Iolanda Pascucci, called Wolf of Posillipo. The woman got married and they put her in a sanatorium. She ran away, hiding in Napoli, scared she might have passed the curse to her children.

-Very specific Werewolf from Basilicata:

Lu Lupi Minaro

Cursed to be transformed under a full moon, for being born on Christmas Eve, while the bells of Christmas were tolling. You can be cured if a brave man stings you and takes some blood drips from you.

L'Uomo Cervo (Gl'Cerv)

-From the ancient Etruscan and Celtic Folklore we have a Deer Man, L'Uomo Cervo (Gl'Cerv), from Castelnuovo al Volturno (Molise). Every year in this place they have a festival called DeerMan Carnival: a monstrous hybrid Deer-Man roams the city, hunting down people. But (as a symbol of rebirth and seasons changing) he gets defeated and dies. He will reborn the next year, he is the Winter and the Death, getting defeated so the season can change again and the new year come.

The influences are from Cernunnos, a god from celtic folklore, symbol of wild animals, natural force but also death and afterworld. Defeating the death you leave again space for new life, in Spring. (Maybe he's not literally a were-being but I think you can tiptoe around the concept. He is one and almighty tho, so I don't think you have MANY of these. It's like a god, a spirit, so you will have just one Were-Deer per sacrifice.)

-From Sardinia:

The Coga (or Bruxa)

Unaware people, born as Coga can transform into one at night. Imagine a mix between a witch and a vampire. Long hair, a little tail, long nails and a hairy cross on the back.

Even if you are born a male or a female, when a Coga you become an old ugly woman, which can transform herself into a dog, cat, snake or an insect. Revenge and anger feeling could bring people to actually become a Coga even if not born one, the wannabe Coga have to perform a ritual:

Must go to a graveyard and take away from a fresh c*rpse some body fat; mix it with virgin blood and holy oil. Then cover some body parts and the metamorphosis begins

Su Boe Erchitu

Instead of transform yourself into a wolf, you get transformed into a monstrous minotaur-thing, with two metallic horns and two candles on the tips. The only way to break the curse is to estinguish the two candles.

From Sicily:

Donas de fuera

Mostly women but not exclusive. Very beautiful, dressed in white, red or black. The feet can be cat-like, horse-like or strangely round feet. Roaming in groups, the man of the group plays liute or guitar while the others dance. Donas can transform into cats or Aydonos, an offensive version of themself, being able to kill. You don't offend a Dona. Do not disturb them or trick them to gain something. They can also transform into incorporeal mass.

Heavily inspired by nimphs and leprecauns from ancient greek, clearly, but with a nordic celtic influence. Very nice mixing.

This is everything I found so far, but keep in mind that Streghe, Masche, Bruxe, Janare etc etc can ALL transform into animals: cats, dogs, crows, owls, snakes. It's very common for witches to transform into animals. Hope I helped!

Sources:

[energylessartist]

Merlot, minaro and basil

No therapy lol - but I'd happily go in the woods with ya! It's my natural habitat >:3

Also orchid and lilac

[hotelspromo]

MINARO HOTEL TOKAJ MGALLERY - Tokaj

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[tiggymalvern]

Burn Notice - season 5 rewatch musings

In the first episode, when Michael tells the CIA dude that he insists on taking ‘his team’ along, CIA dude immediately assumes he means Sam and Fiona, and Michael confirms that yes, that’s exactly who he means. Sorry, Jesse, you don’t make the cut. I noticed that on the first watch, but then when I did the season write-up, I couldn’t remember whether Jesse had already returned to Miami, or if he didn’t show up till the end of the ep. But he was there right after the opening credits; it’s just that nobody’s including him on the list of Michael’s permanent attachments yet. Poor Jesse forgave these people a massive betrayal, then walked away from his career and came back to the only place he had friends, and it’s still not enough to count. You have to put in the years with the Burn Notice team, no short cuts. Bloodlines still hits like a truck the second time around. Brilliant writing, brilliant acting from Jeffrey Donovan and Sharon Gless. All the family trauma laid out hard. I wish Pearce had played more of an active role in season five. I didn’t notice her much on the first watch of this season, being more focussed on the main characters and the plot, but I really liked her by the time she left in season six, so this time I was specifically paying her more attention. She does have some great moments in season five – sticking up for Sam when Minaro’s being a dick about him, giving Michael his chance to prove his innocence after she arrests him – but too much of the time, she’s only there for a scene or two advancing the plot. When she is given the chance to play her part and show her personality, she’s great. People like Pearce, who are dedicated and smart and want to do the right thing are so much of the reason Michael wants his job back, why he wants to do the work again. And then later he gets stuck with Tom Card instead... Fiona’s so quick to suggest that she should turn herself in when Anson starts blackmailing Michael. I’d forgotten how early she decided that was going to be the only way out. She really has come a million miles from the selfish, irresponsible nightmare she was at the start (and she basically says it in her letter). It’s interesting that Michael doesn’t know the details of Sam getting kicked out of the navy, about Beatriz. He knows the first part, about the pissed off Admiral, then the next thing he would have heard would be that Sam suddenly decided to take early retirement, and Michael wouldn’t have believed that for a second. So he would presumably have asked Sam, but Sam signed an NDA, and he takes those things seriously (along with the very serious threat of jail). I wonder if Michael was ever tempted to poke around and see if he could find out? Or if he just rolled his eyes and figured that whatever it was, it would have been one of those very Sam things? Probably the latter. I get the feeling that pre-Burn Michael was much better behaved from the CIA’s perspective than post-Burn Michael - which isn’t to say that he was a particularly great person, as we gather from Larry, just that he would have been more inclined to follow orders and not risk sticking his nose into classified things that aren’t his assigned mission. Several times over the years of Burn Notice, we’ve seen old friends of Sam emerge looking for help, and each time, Sam is all, ‘This person saved my life, I have to help them.’ And he tells Michael the same thing here: ‘Beatriz saved me twice, I’ll do anything to help her.’ Except this time, we know that story. We know Sam got out of those situations twice, then walked back in because he wouldn’t leave behind the twenty or so civilians he’d collected along the way, and that’s why he needed a Beatriz. Sam blew up his career and his life for people he met two days before, and the only part he tells other people is how Beatriz saved him. And Michael listens to that and then works with the person who’s blackmailing him, because Sam asks him to. Because Michael knows Sam, and can probably start filling in some of the gaps for himself. I’m a little sad that the thing about Sam being a suspected Russian agent disappeared after the end of that ep. It would have been funny if it had cropped up again; Sam would have been absolutely livid. And there might have been a time or two when it could be useful, when they actually are dealing with Russians…

[remelemmostmaraholdonlaksz]

Írtam a másik threadben, hogy a tokaji Minaro hotelben sincs egyáltalán!

Nincs térerő. Semennyi.

Ez itt amúgy Európa egyik leggazdagabb országa, első osztály a vonaton Frankfurt és Berlin között, ennél iparosodottabb és középosztályabb már nem is lehetne. Kibaszott kényelmes jólétben élünk, de térerő, az nincs.

[uchihasn]

[cappurrccino]

sometimes your dnd party just needs a session where everyone gets to chill and half the party has a fun friend-making meal and the other half has a day of shopping and a trip to the dog park and it all ends with a bout of friendly mayhem sparring

[bdpst24]

A Minaro Hotel Tokaj MGallery is rózsaszínbe öltözött a mellrák elleni küzdelem jegyében

A Minaro Hotel Tokaj MGallery is rózsaszínbe öltözött a mellrák elleni küzdelem jegyében

Különböző figyelemfelhívó eszközökkel, a dolgozók és a vendégek bevonásával készült a Minaro Hotel Tokaj MGallery a „Rózsaszín októberre”. A hónap alkalmából rózsaszínbe öltözött szálloda szívügyének tekinti, hogy felhívja a figyelmet a mellrák megelőzésére, a szűrővizsgálatok fontosságára és a támogatásra. A Minaro Hotel Tokaj MGallery a „Rózsaszín október” keretében idén is aktívan hozzájárul a…

[ask-the-arisato-twins]

This is a DnD thing. Minaro is obviously some sort of Chaotic Stupid Bard/Rouge multiclass, Minako a full-tilt Bard, I wonder what the otheres are. I kinda think Aigis is some type of Paladin, honestly.

Minato: Makes sense.

Minako: Yeah, I’ll take that.

Aigis: It does make sense that I would be a paladin.

[tagitables]

As a poison

The roots of A. ferox supply the Nepalese poison called bikh, bish, or nabee. It contains large quantities of the alkaloid pseudaconitine, which is a deadly poison. The root of A. luridum, of the Himalaya, is said to be as poisonous as that of A. ferox or A. napellus.

Several species of Aconitum have been used as arrow poisons. The Minaro in Ladakh use A. napellus on their arrows to hunt ibex, while the Ainu in Japan used a species of Aconitum to hunt bear. The Chinese also used Aconitum poisons both for hunting and for warfare. Aconitum poisons were used by the Aleuts of Alaska's Aleutian Islands for hunting whales. Usually, one man in a kayak armed with a poison-tipped lance would hunt the whale, paralyzing it with the poison and causing it to drown. Aconitum tipped arrows are also described in the Rig Veda.

It has, albeit rarely, been hypothesized that Socrates was murdered via an extract from an Aconitum species, such as Aconitum napellus, rather than via hemlock, Conium maculatum. Aconitum was commonly used by the ancient Greeks as an arrow poison but can be used for other forms of poisoning. It has been hypothesized that Alexander the Great was murdered via aconite.

[sh0zuki]

Maid Minato maid Minato maid Minato maid Minato maid Minato maid Minaro maid Minato maid Minato maid Minato maid Minato mai-

[bouncyirwin]

I can’t believe this is the first time I’m seeing this im crying afsjdldlkd

the best frame in the whole naruto am i right

[tgr489]

The road trip

My planned road trip has been postponed and will more than likely happen when we go to burning man now. The prospect of riding across the country a little daunting on my Daytona, mainly because of the comfort issue. Harv and I did end up on the road as it were but only to Albany, or just outside of, to pick up a new car for him, a nice beemer Z4M coupe. We left early to miss traffic and were out of the city pretty swiftly settling into a nice leisurely drive. It wasn’t long before he started grilling me about my ex-boss and the escapades from the previous weekend we’d caught up. Talked it out with how things came to pass and the what happened. He admonished me not to get involved in that situation, but I told him it was cool and that nothing serious was gonna come of it and that it was just a casual thing. He did say that he thought she was cool but not really my type and that I should’ve stayed with Sky. That wasn’t feasible for many reasons and all he could do was moan at me when I mentioned she had a boyfriend already. Told me to stop being such a playa, which I don’t think I am, not to the level he imagines anyway. All I could say was that all’s fair in love and war and everyone is fair game as far as I was concerned, although I’m starting to move away from that ethos following my recent episode. The rest of the journey was relatively non conversational and apart from my affirmations of a good track playing and him asking me to skin up we kept it fairly brief. Car journeys always seem to do that.

We arrived at the guy’s place who was selling the car, a bit of a middle aged dude who didn’t somehow suit the ride he was parting with. Someone had probably told him as much, well a good friend would’ve I’m sure. At $15k it did seem a bit too cheap for what it was, but apparently the electrics were a little fried which is why. That could be expensive to sort out but Harv didn’t seem too put off by it, so after a bit of a test drive the cash was handed over. I chanced my arm and asked if I was driving back his car, to which he gave me a stern ‘Fuck off’. It was worth a shot. His car is an amazing Holden Minaro, which I don’t think anyone has driven except him. Pretty selfish really, if it was mine I’d share it out to him. Never mind, the Beemer was still an awesome ride and I had secretly been looking forward to driving it back, I wouldn’t have come if it had been a shitter. 

I got in the car and fired it up and the first realisation was the stereo didn’t work. Oh well that’s the way it goes sometimes. I found a suitable playlist that would get me in the zone and casually pulled out of the driveway and pulled alongside Harv. ‘See you back at yours then?’ ‘Yeah. Don’t go too crazy, OK?’ Concern morphing across his face. ‘Of course. I bet you a Benjamin I beat you by an hour,’ were the last words spoken before I burned off down the street with the back end of the car snaking around. Fuck it was fun to drive and I had it sideways more than a few times on the semi quiet streets before the freeway. Was good to get that out of my system this side of the journey because it would never happen back in the city. I kept the speed to the limit for the first couple of Ks, getting used to the cruise of the car while I had a banger. That was when I realised another fault, the windows wouldn’t go back up. It wasn’t a problem to begin with but once I had the car upwards of 170kph the drumming of the wind resistance through the cockpit was painful on the eardrums and I had to have the volume of my pod up pretty high to drown it out. Either way the car was blinding fun to drive and was like a little go kart. I will get the chance to take it out again before it goes to the shop so will see about getting my GoPros on the front and on the dash to get some good footage. By the time I hit the outer city I figured I had maybe 40mins on Harv, my saving grace would be him getting caught in the slightly later traffic, because there was no way I’d make up the time with the distance I had left. I parked up at his, took a photo of the car with his building behind and sent to him, recording the time for us both. I sat in the car and had another banger then went for food.

He arrived back 4 fucking hours later! After the first hour I moved to the deli and ended up talking to 2 old geezers for about an hour, but after they went I was left looking at my phone for the remainder. No apology either when he arrived, just said he stopped for food then ran an errand. I was pissed but not convincingly. He let me into his place so I could get my bike and on the way out he paid me my winnings and thanked me for the help, giving me a bone crushing hug in the process. We agreed to catch up soon but neither of us gave dates so we’ll see.

I had the speed bug in me still and rode like a crazy man all the way home, weaving and dodging my way through the traffic and people. And right when I was turning from Mercer to Prince I got caught off guard by a familiar face in the street, so I turned to verify who I thought it was and ploughed into the side of a cab, fortunately not straight on so I was actually able to stay on the bike and ride alongside the driver’s window for a while. There was no way I was stopping because I didn’t want the woman who’d distracted me to see, and she would’ve done as she was heading in that direction, so I took off quickly and rode up Wooster the wrong way to prevent the cabbie from following, if he was. I decided to stay out and went and sat in the park. Over a banger I called Jase to see how he was doing, which was good. It’s funny how you don’t see someone for weeks and that’s all that people can boil it down to. All he told me about were his house renovations, which sounded interesting but I had no idea about half the shit he was spouting so just kept going uh huh, yep, cool. Maybe if I go to his sometime soon I’ll understand what he’s on about. Then my phone died so I went home. It was dark and I was tired. When I got in Lucy was the only one home. She confirmed to me I’d had a visitor and passed me the note she’d left. Elise was in town for the week and wanted to meet me tomorrow morning. I sent her a message saying ‘OK, where?’ Her reply of ‘the Bowery’ was fairly immediate. I softened and replied telling her I’d be there by 10. Luce asked me what was up with that so I told her all about what had been going on, my ultimatum and stuff. She asked if I was still interested in her but I didn’t know, some of me does but I can’t put the lies behind me, but I do want to. She said we should have some wine, so we did. She said if I truly loved her as much as I did I would find a way and make it work. Told her that’s what I’m trying to figure out. She said I should figure it out pretty damn quick because if she has decided to upsticks and move here and I wasn’t interested it was bang out of order, not only for her but the kid in tow. I knew she was right. I didn’t want to talk about it any more so we sat together on the couch and finished the vino watching Blades of Glory. Oh what to do…

Later Gator