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secretradiobrooklyn · 4 years ago

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The Singing Senator Edition | 5.22.21

Secret Radio | 5.22.21 | Hear it here.

1. Dara Puspita - “Bertamasja”

Dara Puspita was an Indonesian band, active right from the start of rock n roll — like, they jumped into it in 1964. I love how it sounds like gnarly garage rock until the lead guitar tone pulls out and reveals a super VU sound. With a surf structure! It’s just about a perfect nugget of song.

2. Yol Aularong - “Sou Slarp Kroam Kombut Srey (Rather Die Under a Woman’s Sword)”

Yol Aularong has the wildest voice, and total commitment to rock’s magic transformative power, even in a context where he was risking his life. He does things that would make Screamin’ Jay lean back and appreciate. The arrangements and his delivery just o’erbrim with life and character.

3. The Psychedelic Aliens - “We’re Laughing”

This band is like Atomic Forest in that they’re just the answer to any collector’s wildest dreams of rarity: they’re a Ghanaian band who released exactly 8 songs and were big in the Accra scene. The groove of this song, especially in headphones, is just mesmerizing, and his delivery gets gradually more and more abstract. It sounds like Marijata and what I wish WITCH sounded more like. Undeniable.

- Glenn Miller Orchestra - “Sunrise Serenade”

4. Prewar Yardsale - “Turn On (Live Peel Session)”

We got into Prewar Yardsale through Jeffrey. Because we got into this band that he introduced us to, he said he had some rarities and other tracks. That he sent our way, and this is from that.

5. Chai - “In Pink (feat. MNDSGN)”

I think first it was the New York Times, then the Guardian, then the New Yorker all writing about this band essentially in the same week — and we definitely had no idea what they sound like. This song had just debuted on YouTube 18 hours earlier. I think, especially now through repeated listens, it’s a rad track. I love the way MNDSGN winds his vocals into the song, then has his passage, then smoothly winds his way out again. It’s like meeting a really interesting person at an already cool party.

6. Waipod Phetsuphan - “Ding Ding Dong”

Siamese music — Thai music. The guitar part is so primal and the drums so bright in the fills and meanwhile it sounds like he’s casting a spell. And what a refrain.

7. Jacques Dutronc - “J’ai me un tigre dans ma guitare”

One of the greats — I have loved every song of his I’ve ever heard. This song really makes me appreciate his band, especially his drummer.

8. Orchestra Baobab - “Kelen Ati Leen”

When we started WBFFing, it was partly because we were being blown away by the indisputable proof of James Brown’s influence on, and interaction with, the entire world. I don’t think I realized JB was a lot bigger than the Beatles in huge swaths of the world. This track is fundamentally expressing a JB groove and doing their own entire thing at the same time. The lead vocals’ flavor is just off the charts and the band is SO tight.

9. Pierre Vassilou - “Qui c’est celui-là?”

What IS this song? It’s in French but it sounds like Brazil — I guess really it sounds like Os Mutantes.

10. Betti-Betti w T.P. Orchestre Poly Rythmo - “Mahana”

The abundance of T.P. Orchestre keeps on giving. This beautiful, beautiful song is from an album they did with Cameroonian star Betti-Betti, who basically expressed the pain of her country so precisely that the whole nation mourned her passing when she died young. This melody is just stunning, and the harmony

- Stunt Double - “Be My Baby”

Ace track from some of our favorite people in all of LA.

11. Bug Chaser - “Crowley’s Kids”

I don’t know if Bug Chaser is active at the moment, but some of our favorite STL shows have been watching and/or playing with Bug Chaser. We did the City Museum rooftop twice — and we split favorite VU songs at the Lou Reed Farewell show. Two drumsets, way too much information per track, and an epic live show with a lead character who knows how to lose himself in a song.

12. Eko Roosevelt - “Attends Moi”

We learned about Eko Roosevelt by glimpsing him in a movie about Betti-Betti. He’s a handsome bearded gentleman behind a piano. The first songs by him that got us were super heavy disco, but this one has its own special power. Lately Paige has been singing and playing it on guitar — I’m kind of hoping that we hear her version of “Attends Moi” in another broadcast.

13. Manzanita y Su Conjunto - “Shambar”

One of the sweetest musical gifts in our life has been the discovery of Analog Africa’s ever-growing musical jackpot. They sent their list a note recently about an upcoming record focused on Manzanita y Su Conjunto and their path through cumbia music, and there are two tracks available now counting this one. We’ll be getting this record, this shit is amazing.

Paige: “I gotta get in touch with Mrs. Link.”

14. Lizzy Mercier Descloux - “Fire”

This song is from her 1979 debut, “Press Color,” and man, what an undeniable new character on the scene! She was based in Paris, hooked up with Michel Esteban, and together they not only established a store of crucial Parisian punkness but also published a fucking MAGAZINE called “Rock News”!! While making music like this! Eventually they moved to New York in 1977 (natch) and as far as I know just continued to be the coolest humans on Earth. I can’t wait to share some of her other tracks with you — besides the brilliant first album, there’s a whole record called “Zulu Rock”!

15. Os Mutantes - “A Minha Menina”

And as always I think: What did the Beatles think of this music?! They must have known about it, they must have. To me it really brings a whole additional level that the Beatles wanted to get to but literally didn’t know how — and Os Mutantes did.

16. Suburban Lawns - “Janitor”

Sometimes I wonder why something that sounds so objectionable can be the most vital music in the world. Like, nothing about the lyrics or the way this song is sung should be appealing — and instead, this song is brilliantly undeniable. It’s even better when you see them performing it. If you don’t know what they look like, I guarantee you she will be a surprising character.

My favorite words on it ever are something someone wrote as a comment under the video of their TV performance of this song: “Spent 15 years as a janitor. Can confirm every word.”

17. Sinn Sisamouth and Ros Serey Sothea - “Mou Pei Na”

These two are just amazing characters in the pre-Khmer Rouge Cambodian music world. Ros Serey Sothea’s voice is totally unique, and Sisamouth has a sincere urgency that gives the whole song a surprising narrative shape.

18. Ranil - “Ángel Terrenal”

Analog Africa again — the cure for what ails you. They are truly combing the world for music that amazes. They played the length of the Amazon river and did their best to stay out of big cities after a bad experience with a record label. So they released these psychedelic jungle masterpieces on little slabs of vinyl that they sold up and down the river. Can you freaking believe that?

- Salah Ragab - I believe you are responsible for telling us about Salah Ragab, Josh Weinstein. So good.

Also, as promised, further information about glue traps and why they’re so harsh (and how to pull off a successful rescue!) can be found here.

19. Dagi D - “Beka”

I feel like I knew my musical life had changed when I started thinking of every visit to an Ethiopian restaurant as a valuable moment to learn as much about the music as possible — especially Meskerem in St. Louis, it must be said. It turns out modern Ethiopian pop music is super addictive and can easily get stuck in your head for days.

20. Raxstar - “Jaaneman”

We’re still pretty new to Kensington, our neighborhood in Brooklyn. We knew that a Muslim holiday called Eid al-Fitr was happening, and when it was happening, but we were still surprised by what a joyous holiday it was in our neighborhood. Everyone of all ages was out in their fines, which involved a whole lot of sequins and shining metallic threads. The men wore a lot of caftans and those excellent long shirts and/or jackets, most with beautiful patterns. We went for a long walk and just enjoyed seeing a holiday at full pitch — excited kids and tutting grandmas, people carrying big flower arrangements (in the shape of a crescent and star!), heavy-looking tins of food headed toward a feast, even fireworks overhead. We crossed paths with a group of dudes all dressed up in various states of celebration, from a sharp Western-style two-piece suit to an even sharper South Asian suit with a Nehru collar and snug caftan. It looked like they had just finished the parental part of the night and were deciding where and who to meet up with — exactly like, say, Thanksgiving night in your hometown. It felt like, from Coney Island to McDonald, Church to Cortelyou, it was New Year’s Eve for everyone but us.

After our walk we returned to our apartment and set up a little folding table out back to enjoy a glass of wine in the warm air. Our neighbors across the fence were still in the midst of family time, with tons of kids running around, including a teensy little girl on a tiny little pink scooter and a gaggle of beautifully awkward teens in the posture and attitude that says “stand by your cousins and let me take your picture.” As the evening wore on and the parents drifted back inside, the young adult contingent got a speaker going, and soon we were catching tracks we’d never heard before. The one that made us first pay attention was “Jaaneman,” with the vocalist’s super-charismatic delivery and priceless accent. We found ourselves Shazaming song after song, and thus started learning about Desi hip hop, a whole world of East Asian immigrant tracks that offer a lens into life in the US and UK that I haven’t really seen since watching “My Beautiful Laundrette” many years ago. Fascinating!

“Jaaneman” literally means “soul of me,” but translates to “my love” or “my darling.” Check out Raxstar — I’d love to see him play SNL and get an impression of what he’s like live. Just last month he released “Forever Jaaneman,” which updates his original smash hit and is also a very strong track.

21. Nate Smith - “Spress Theyself”

One of the last shows we got to see in St. Louis was Nate Smith at Jazz at the Bistro, and holy smokes, what a pleasure to see him do his thing up close. I love this solo album because it sounds like a practice sesh that died and went to heaven. It doesn’t have a song’s logic, but it does follow the feel of a great intuitive exploration of a beat, wandering through subdivisions and feel variations with complete ease.

22. Jefferson Airplane - “White Rabbit”

This is Paige’s call. I think it’s cool because I can hear the direct connection between this and Erkin Koray’s Anatolian psych rock style, which I previously had no idea about. This listen through, we’ve both been appreciating how overwhelming massive Grace Slick’s voice is.

23. Marie France - “Dereglée”

Another cut off the fantastic Born Bad Records comp “Paink,” and more proof that punk was happening in other languages at the same time. (Though I think they called themselves “méchant”… or denied being méchant, depending) The album art reveals that Marie France happened to look uncannily like a punk Marilyn Monroe, which only makes both MM and MF cooler.

24. Operation Ivy - “One of These Days”

I was never for one second a punk in high school, but I knew that the Op Ivy t-shirt was the essence of functional punk.

- Shin Joong Hyun - “Moon Watching”

25. Shin Joong Hyun - “Spring Rain”

This guy has an otherworldly sense of melody and performance that indie rock only starting catching up with decades later. This is the guy sometimes referred to as the “Korean godfather of rock.” He was active from the early ‘60s til 1975, when he was arrested, tortured and banned in South Korea. Eventually, the leader who had hammered down on him died, and he was able to begin piecing his life back together. These iconic, evocative, cinematic recordings would sound great in any decade.

Spoiler: it wasn’t! We walked across the bridge and it was a thoroughly magical New York evening.

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ask-puppojiminnie · 7 years ago

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Numbers 200 to 1? \^-^/

200: My crush’s name is:Nyx ♥♥♥

199: I was born in:1998

198: I am really:Tired.......

197: My cellphone company is:MTS

196: My eye color is:Brown

195: My shoe size is:6.5/7

194: My ring size is:6

193: My height is:5 feet

192: I am allergic to:Nickel and perfume

191: My 1st car was:2002 Buick LeSaber��

190: My 1st job was:Postal Clerk

189: Last book you read:Across the Universe by @jiminthefairyprince and @possesen

188: My bed is:Double bed....?

187: My pet:Puppo is Frejya, Kitties Bygul and Trjegul, geckos Leo and Princess Bubblegum

186: My best friend:Jenna, Nathan and Sydney ♥

185: My favorite shampoo is:Herbal Essences Body Envy

184: Xbox or ps3:PlayStation

183: Piggy banks are:a thing....

182: In my pockets:Nothing

181: On my calendar:Jin and Taehyungs birthdays

180: Marriage is:A big goal for me ♥♥♥

179: Spongebob can:Be my bestie

178: My mom:Tracy

177: The last three songs I bought were?You in Me - KardHush - Miss aThe Cure - Lady gaga

176: Last YouTube video watched:Dragons in Places Part 1 - game grumps

175: How many cousins do you have?15

174: Do you have any siblings?A brother

173: Are your parents divorced?Nope

172: Are you taller than your mom?By, like.... a quarter inch

171: Do you play an instrument?Not anymore.

170: What did you do yesterday?Skyped with @nyx-vesperia ♥♥♥ drew a new comic page and wrote a bit of story

[ I Believe In ]169: Love at first sight:Yes

168: Luck:Yes

167: Fate:Yes

166: Yourself:Fuck no

165: Aliens:Yes

164: Heaven:No

163: Hell:No

162: God:No

161: Horoscopes:No

160: Soul mates:Yes

159: Ghosts:Yes

158: Gay Marriage:Yes

157: War:Sometimes

156: Orbs:What.....?

155: Magic:Fuck yes!

[ This or That ]154: Hugs or Kisses:Hugs

153: Drunk or High:Gross. neither

152: Phone or Online:Online

151: Red heads or Black haired:Black haired

150: Blondes or Brunettes:Brunettes

149: Hot or cold:Cold

148: Summer or winter:Winter

147: Autumn or Spring:Autumn

146: Chocolate or vanilla:Vanilla

145: Night or Day:Night

144: Oranges or Apples:Oranges

143: Curly or Straight hair:Depends

142: McDonalds or Burger King:McDicks

141: White Chocolate or Milk Chocolate:Milk Chocolate

140: Mac or PC:PC

139: Flip flops or high heals:High heels

138: Ugly and rich OR sweet and poor:Sweet and Poor

137: Coke or Pepsi:Coke

136: Hillary or Obama:Obama

135: Buried or cremated:Buried

134: Singing or Dancing:Singing

133: Coach or Chanel:Chanel

132: Kat McPhee or Taylor Hicks:Who?

131: Small town or Big city:Small town

130: Wal-Mart or Target:Target but we don’t have it anymore

129: Ben Stiller or Adam Sandler:Neither?

128: Manicure or Pedicure:Manicure

127: East Coast or West Coast:East Coast

126: Your Birthday or Christmas:Birthday

125: Chocolate or Flowers:Chocolate

124: Disney or Six Flags:Disney

123: Yankees or Red Sox:Neither

[ Here’s What I Think About ]122: War:Don’t like it

121: George Bush:I don’t know enough to have an opinion

120: Gay Marriage:Make that shit legal everywhere. I want to be able to travel around the world with my wife

119: The presidential election:Ugh.... no comment

118: Abortion:Pro-choice

117: MySpace:Never used it

116: Reality TV:Gross

115: Parents:I love them, but they can be bad sometimes....

114: Back stabbers:Fuck backstabbers

113: Ebay:Don’t use it

112: Facebook:Don’t have it

111: Work:Tiring

110: My Neighbors:I’ve never met them

109: Gas Prices:Pretty fucking bad

108: Designer Clothes:Sometimes amazing. Sometimes, very questionable

107: College:Scary

106: Sports:What is sport?

105: My family:My immediate family is nice.

104: The future:Don’t wanna think about it

[ Last time I ]103: Hugged someone:Sometime in september. My co-worker found out her cat had been run over by a truck

102: Last time you ate:4 hours ago

101: Saw someone I haven’t seen in awhile:I saw my girlfriend after a year in the summer.

100: Cried in front of someone:April when my friend told me about her family emotionally and mentally abusing her.

99: Went to a movie theater:July to see Baby Driver

98: Took a vacation:July

97: Swam in a pool:Two years ago?

96: Changed a diaper:Never have

95: Got my nails done:May

94: Went to a wedding:Three years ago

93: Broke a bone:Never have

92: Got a peircing:July

91: Broke the law:Never have

90: Texted:Two minutes ago

[ MISC ]89: Who makes you laugh the most:@nyx-vesperia

88: Something I will really miss when I leave home is:My animals

87: The last movie I saw:Wolf Children

86: The thing that I’m looking forward to the most:My girlfriend coming out here ♥♥♥

85: The thing im not looking forward to:Working in the Post Office during Christmas

84: People call me:Katy

83: The most difficult thing to do is:speak my mind

82: I have gotten a speeding ticket:Nope

81: My zodiac sign is:Libra

80: The first person i talked to today was:Nyx

79: First time you had a crush:6th grade

78: The one person who i can’t hide things from:Nyx

77: Last time someone said something you were thinking:Last night

76: Right now I am talking to:Syndey and Nyx

75: What are you going to do when you grow up:Hell if I know.

74: I have/will get a job:Yes

73: Tomorrow:Sleep

72: Today:Worked

71: Next Summer:Don’t even know

70: Next Weekend:I think I work

69: I have these pets:Doggo, Kitties and Geckos

68: The worst sound in the world:Ever heard of Justin Beibers song Baby?

67: The person that makes me cry the most is:Probably my mum and dad

66: People that make you happy:@nyx-vesperia @hyperkittyjkat @hobiisthesunfiteme

65: Last time I cried:last week

64: My friends are:THE BEST

63: My computer is:Acer

62: My School:Don’t go to school

61: My Car:2002 buick lesaber

60: I lose all respect for people who:lie right to my fucking face

59: The movie I cried at was:The Iron Giant

58: Your hair color is:Silver

57: TV shows you watch:Outlander

56: Favorite web site:This hellsite

55: Your dream vacation:Nordics with @nyx-vesperia

54: The worst pain I was ever in was:My concussion

53: How do you like your steak cooked:I don’t like steak

52: My room is:Blue and Green

51: My favorite celebrity is:BTS

50: Where would you like to be:With @nyx-vesperia

49: Do you want children:Maybe one day

48: Ever been in love:I am right now

47: Who’s your best friend:Jenna, Nathan and Sydney

46: More guy friends or girl friends:Probably more guy friends

45: One thing that makes you feel great is:Talking to my girlfriend

44: One person that you wish you could see right now:@nyx-vesperia

43: Do you have a 5 year plan:Hell no

42: Have you made a list of things to do before you die:Nope

41: Have you pre-named your children:I don’t remember

40: Last person I got mad at:Someone at work who yelled at me for not having their parcel

39: I would like to move to:New Brunswick

38: I wish I was a professional:Hairdresser

[ My Favorites ]37: Candy:Coffee Crisp

36: Vehicle:Camero

35: President:Obama

34: State visited:I haven’t been to the states

33: Cellphone provider:MTS

32: Athlete:Don’t know any

31: Actor:Kim Taehyung

30: Actress:I don’t know any....?

29: Singer:Park Jimin

28: Band:BTS

27: Clothing store:Dynamite

26: Grocery store:SuperStore

25: TV show:Outlander

24: Movie:Iron Giant

23: Website:This hell site or Youtube

22: Animal:Raven

21: Theme park:I’ve never been to one

20: Holiday:Halloween

19: Sport to watch:Figure Skating

18: Sport to play:Soccer

17: Magazine:I don’t have one

16: Book:Does Songbird and the Sea by MissterMaia count?

15: Day of the week:Friday

14: Beach:Bay of Fundy

13: Concert attended:Great Big Sea

12: Thing to cook:Alfredo

11: Food:Spaghetti

10: Restaurant:Don’t have one

9: Radio station:kkul FM 06.13

8: Yankee candle scent:Don’t have one

7: Perfume:I’m allergic to perfume

6: Flower:Hydrangea

5: Color:Pink

4: Talk show host:Don’t have one

3: Comedian:Nope...

2: Dog breed:Pitbull

1: Did you answer all these truthfully? Yuppers

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wasalwaysagreatpickle · 4 years ago

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Friday 22 May 1829

7 20/60

11 55/60

Lay musing last night a little and more this morning what to do –

Weighing all things will send for M. Séné, and see if he will take 4000/. a year (he paying all taxes and letting us have the furniture that we have) for his apartment rue neuve Saint Augustin – sat in my little quondam bedroom till my own room was done – wrote a note to ‘The Right Reverand Bishop Luscombe’ (by the way he lives 23 Place Vendome) to say with my compliments I was sorry I did not distinctly remember whether it was today or tomorrow he was so good as promised to administer the sacrament to my aunt – then wrote a note to ‘Miss Hobart’ merely to say that as it was Friday I should send George though not expecting a letter ‘I will call myself, and leave my card for Lady Stuart De Rothesay tomorrow – as it will be late, you will, of course, be out – let me find a note to say that you really will go to Mortefontaine; for a pair of horses must be sent forwards on Sunday to meet us 1/2 way on Monday – I shall count upon finding you ready precisely at 8 – Pray let Norbury go – very truly yours AL- Friday morning’ –

Note back from bishop Luscombe with his compliments to say it was tomorrow he would come at 1 1/2 ‘perhaps a little later’ – Note from Miss Hobart to say there was no letter for me but she had sent me hers from Sibella from which it appeared she had ‘been alarmingly ill but by her speaking of joining you here I am in hopes she felt better when she wrote’

Miss Maclean’s letter half a sheet in an envelope directed ‘Miss Hobart the Lord Stuart de Rothesay’ – she seems to be at Mr Longs but desires her letters to be directed still to her lodging Duke Street

Her continual weakness and continual violent cough so reduced her she ‘could do nothing but lie on the sofa – daily thinking I really thought I was going’ – Mr Long in dismay – ‘he poked about to see if there was anything in the rooms, that could disagree with me, went to my bed, the window was wide open, stretched himself out – and came running back saying he had discovered it – and that one night longer I should not stop here – 3 servants necessaries just under my window, this being a corner house, he sent instantly for chorarate (should be chlorate) of lime and purified my room and as Mr and Mrs Crosbie come today to spend a fortnight with him he insists on my going for a few days at least till I find other lodgings I have been in a fever ever since I came here, no sleep at night, not being able to breathe, my mouth and throat parched, I thought from inward fever, but the commotion Mr Long kicked up last night made me breathe better – but he insists it will kill me to remain longer, and I think so myself’ will go for a few days to the Skinners at Richmond – trusts she may venture to Hampshire for a week – must shew herself again to her doctor ‘and then sail from the Thames to Boulogne, or what ever way I may fix on joining dear Miss Lister – but perhaps she will join me in England’ (this letter dated 19th May) ‘she does not seem to have fixed her plans, I almost wish she may come you are very naughty to scold at my poor doctor how could he or any human being prevent my having those sad complaints, or when reduced by them talking a most terrible cold which affected me from top to toe – It was the state of high inflammation I was in, in winter that made him object to my going there till it was extracted – and you say Lady S de Rothesay must leave it for the heat etc. etc. she means Paris, and mentions the Burys and others who could not bear the heat –

Poor soul! how difficult to know what to do - but this letter is a satisfaction to me – there is an assigned and probable cause for her being so much worse of late, and this is consolation – Backwards and forwards walk with Drake about horses to Mortefontaine on Monday – if horses go one day to meet us the next, Drake must get a permit from the poste royale, and pay what would be expected of post horses – this will not do – Drake to come and speak to me – Had just written all the above of today (had breakfast about 10 or soon after, in 1/2 hour) at 12 50/60 –

Miss Maclean concludes with ‘you must send my letter to that best of friends Miss L as I have not a comment to write by this days post’ at two and three quarters had written my letter to Miss Maclean -

Wrote a full 1/2 sheet and 1 page of envelope to Miss Maclean. Had just had a note from Vere with her letter from Miss Maclean which was a great comfort to me – an assigned and probable cause for her being so much worse of late and I was satisfied ‘Mr Long was right not to let you remain in a place so fatal to all hope of your recovery – I now begin to breathe again and to persuade myself that, with good management, you may still be spared to us – get out of London – as Vere well observed, you cannot be worse off here, than there – If Lady Stuart de Rothesay leaves Paris during the heat of summer, who does not leave London during the same? you would be quite as well here, or better, even in August, than in London – But have we not resources here, as well as [your] all other great towns? Can we not go into the country? and, if I am rather tethered for the moment, yet I think I could continue for you – But as to the heat of Paris, much depends on management’…. how does my aunt bear it so well? Miss Maclean would be better here than she expects – try Hampshire, and then, as I said in my last, Guernsey –

Hope we shall have got settled about another apartment in a few days – Perhaps it may suit her better to come per steam from London to Boulogne – can rest there as long as she likes ‘Oh! that you could have come with Lady Stuart whose rate of travelling I really almost think, from your letter this morning, you would be able to bear! Perhaps you would have no cough at all, as soon as you are this side of the water’ But to write and tell me what she thinks and wishes and I will do my utmost – Cannot think the Burys or anyone else can be better judges than Vere and myself – the English all ‘flock to the rue de Rivoli, the most baking street in Paris – I do remember how, even if more coolly lodged, they come to see sights, and go about all day as if there was neither sun to shine, nor earth to absorb his rays’ – she may go and sit in the Tuileries gardens – always delightful under the shade there – How do people go to Interlacken? ‘I should say, the heat of the Swiss valleys in summer is far more insupprtable than that of Paris – Vevay is a nice place – I wish you were with your friend there, till time to come here – But think, and write - … I was at the soirée last night, at the Embassy, and was really amused, and spent an hour there pleasantly enough – Vere was exceedingly kind and attentive; and you yourself would have been quite satisfied with her looks, and with all about her – she really seems to enjoy herself, and to have every reason to do so – I admire Lady Stuart de Rothesay very much – she does the honours of that magnificent hotel admirably – Just as I was coming away the Hagermans (arrived in Paris probably on Tuesday) were arriving – I should have known Madame de Hagerman] from her likeness to Mrs Foster – I saw Vere on Wednesday and expect to take her to Mortefontaine (Joseph Buonaparte’s place) on Monday – she is a very nice girl; and you have never praised her half enough – Never did 1/2 blood sisters resemble each other so little in externals – I could not help saying to myself; the Hobart and Coll were infinitely the better arrangement of the 2 – the travelling scheme is still on the tapis, but not for me to set off before next winter and to be absent for 2 or 3 years – I hope to see you well first – I have always had a presentment that Paris would do you good – But this is to try – Do what you think best – I have no wish but for the welfare and happiness, and, right or wrong as to the means of promoting them, I am, at all rates, my dearest Sibella, always and invariably affectionately and faithfully yours AL- Paris Friday 22 May 1829 –

I had almost written the whole of the above of today at 3 10/60 when the proprietaire of No. the apartment No. 357 rue Saint Honoré came for my answer – would gladly let me the premier because a deputé wished for the 2nde and would take the little apartment à côté, but would not let it him if I would take the 2nde – would let me have it for 4500 – said with much expression of regret how sorry I was, but could not give that price – would I make an offer – declined because I knew it could not be accepted – the premier too noisy – I expected a friend, and should want the additional little room – M. – sat about 10 minutes and went away – thus there is an end of No. 357 rue Saint Honoré for me – Too expensive – it would have been madness – thus I have been saved the trouble of writing –

Then wrote the following to Miss Hobart ‘Dear Miss Hobart. Here is Sibella’s letter back again with my best thanks – It does indeed seem that she has been alarmingly ill, and is yet far from recovered – I have written to say I wish she could have come with Lady Stuart, for both you and I think, she could not be worse off here than in London – I fear there is no chance of any change in Lady Stuart’s plans that can affect Sibella – I shall see you at 8 a.m. on Monday – truly yours AL-

Sent off this note under cover to ‘Miss Hobart with my letter to ‘Miss Maclean of Coll 17 Duke Street Portland place’ and with her letter to Miss Hobart back again at 5 1/4 – should have sent 1 1/2 hour before but McDonald and [Cameron] gone out –

Then found my cousin come

Settled my accounts – Note from Madame Galvani at 4 40/60 by Pauline ‘qui doit exercer son talent chez vous trois heures par jour au echange d’une somme de 15 francs par mois Nannette repond de va probité…. McDonald went out with [Cameron] to help her to choose a gown, and they are not yet returned at 5 25/60 – so this poor Pauline fille or femme de peine (drudge) that Madame Galvani has sent has been waiting these 3/4 hour, and now that George is gone had the kitchen to herself – bonne exercise de sa probité –

Dinner at 6 10/60 – came to my room at 8 – nap on my sofa – then wrote rough draft of index of 6, 7, and 8 May – coffee at 9 – Drake will change 75 francs for 2 pair of horses to Mortfontaine and back on Monday 1 pair to be sent forward on Sunday – came to my room at 10 – stood an hour or at least 50 minutes, reading the livre de postes, and calculating whether it would be better to have posthorses or not – no – 10 postes and 2 extra postes = 12 at 10/. (for we must have 4 horses and 2 postilions) = 120 francs – very fine day – very warm – Fahrenheit at 70˚ all the day, out of my window – Fahrenheit 60˚ now at 11 10/60 p.m. -

#anne lister #anne lister code breaker #vere hobart #1829

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wifeymomz · 5 years ago

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PREGGO JOURNEY

We were instructed to take a pregnancy test 2 weeks after our insemination. Wifey was working the midnight shift, so she was on her way home. I woke up and had to use the restroom already so I couldn’t wait. I took the pregnancy test with wifey on the speaker and after a minute it had the + sign which meant we were pregnant!!! i screamed and started crying (of course). We couldn’t believe it! Was the test correct? Were we really pregnant? It was a Friday, so I couldn’t go into the lab until Monday where they would draw blood and check my HCG levels to confirm that I was pregnant. I can’t remember, but I believe I had to do this blood draw twice to make sure that the HCG levels were increasing, which they were!!! Looking back I wish we had told our parents in a special way, but we just called them to let them know we were pregnant. Of course both sides were excited since this would be their first grandchild. On a side note, this was new for both sides of our families so had to educate everyone on the process of how we got pregnant.

FIRST TRIMESTER: morning sickness/nausea galore! I was at work and I was craving french fries. One of my coworkers surprised me with McDonalds french fries (my fave at the time). For lunch, I had chicken and broccoli that I had warmed up. The smell of the broccoli started to make me feel nauseous which it normally didn’t so I couldn’t eat it. I started eating the fries which were delicious. We had a OT followed by a rehab meeting that afternoon and I drove to our other center in East Oakland. When I got there, I felt so nauseous I ran to the bathroom and threw up. Every time, I sat down and thought I was okay I ended up running to the bathroom several times to throw up. Unfortunately, this was how I let our rehab team know the news. For weeks, I relied on saltine crackers, ginger tea and ginger chews. I had them next to the bed, in the car and at work. Every morning, I ate a few saltine crackers to decrease my chance of getting nauseous which helped 50% of the time. I had to call off of work more often that I wanted. We had our 12 week appointment where we would have an ultrasound of the baby. To be honest, I was beyond nervous for this appointment because I had a few friends that had this appointment where they couldn’t find the baby’s heartbeat. I always try to stay positive but also didn’t want to be disappointed if I had my hopes too high. Wifey and I went to this appointment and there was the baby! Our eyes watered as we looked at each other and the ultrasound. I had to take the glucose test (where you drink that sugary drink) to determine if I was diabetic since diabetes runs in my family. Luckily I got the results back and they were within normal limits. We shared the news with the rest of our families and friends during Thanksgiving. During this time, I mostly craved soups and spicy food plus it worked out since it was the fall/winter season.

SECOND TRIMESTER: nausea & horrible headaches continued until 20 weeks then all of a sudden it disappeared. I’ll never forget we had a thanksgiving potluck at work and all the smells made me nauseous. I tried to eat a little bit but I had such a horrible headache. I took tylenol and ended throwing it up. It was the end of the day and I still had to drive home in 45 minutes of traffic. I felt fine until I was 15 minutes from home and felt like throwing up. I found a plastic bag in my lunch bag and threw up while I was driving (should’ve pulled over). Then I realized the bag had a hole and stuffed the bag in a ziplock bag. What a mess. I almost made it home but had to throw up more and it ended up all over my lap (yuck). I tried calling wifey but she didn’t answer. I got into the house so pissed from embarrassment that I took ti out on her. She asked how i was doing and I screamed…DON’T LOOK AT ME. To this day, we both still laugh about it. I went straight to the shower and washed off. At our 20 week appointment, this is where we went in not only to find out the gender but where they look at the anatomy of the baby. Gosh this appointment was so uncomfortable because they had to poke and prod at different areas of my abdomen and try to make baby move to change positions. At one point, they asked me to use the restroom to see if that would help the baby move. Thank goodness it worked. She put the results in an envelope for us to give to my cousin, Lyss, for our gender reveal. Honestly, I would've waited until birth to find out baby’s gender but of course wifey wanted to know beforehand. The whole time everyone kept telling me I was having a boy, so I started to believe that. I asked wifey if she cared what we were having and she said no. We had picked out names beforehand for a boy and a girl. We waited until March to do our gender reveal just based on when my in-laws were back in town and the availability of the community room we wanted to reserve. Finally, March 7th came around and we found out we were having a girl. Bless my cousin, Lyss, who held onto this secret for so long!!!

At one of my appointments, I had to do the blood glucose test again which i think is pretty standard. The results showed that my blood glucose was slightly elevated! Wahhhh! That meant I had to do the 3 hour glucose test at the lab. I had to fast beforehand then had my blood drawn and at the one-, two-, and three-hour marks after I drank that sugary drink. It was torture being pregnant and hungry! was already hungry to begin with because I had to fast then wait another 3 hours before I could eat while drinking those sugary drinks. I definitely didn’t feel good that’s for sure. After the test, I drove straight to Chipotle and got a burrito bowl and devoured it! The results came back and one of my values were elevated so they referred me to a dietician. We reviewed that I should eat more protein and less carbs because carbs equals sugar.

Side note: One of my close friends gave birth around this time and told me her birth story and let’s just say it got me thinking. Up until this point, I wasn’t sure what our birth plan would be but it made me think that I didn’t want the epidural and wanted to do unmedicated…

THIRD TRIMESTER

We went on our baby moon in Hawaii at 32 weeks. Flight was slightly tough since I couldn’t sit for long periods of time and needed to get up to either use the restroom or walk up and down the aisle. We definitely enjoyed ourselves by eating all the food and lounging at the beach (our favorite).This trimester, I was definitely bigger and more swollen especially in my hands and feet. I had to use a reacher to reach for clothes in the washing machine and wear compression stockings which were so hard to put on. I was still pretty active overall…walked everywhere, a little slower of course, and still did things around the house. Wifey would say, you’re so active, sometimes I forget you're pregnant haha. This trimester prepares you for a life of no sleep because I would try to find a comfortable position, then had to go to the bathroom multiple times then have a hard time falling asleep again. Plus this is when baby girl was the most active, kicking and rolling around in my tummy. To be honest, that’s the part I miss the most is feeling her movement inside me. Wifey loved it when she could feel baby girl kick and move; she’d always sing and play the ukulele for her and read to her.

Luckily Kaiser offered classes for free so of course I took all of them from breastfeeding to postpartum care to birth preparation (where they discussed the different options for pain management). At this point, I was set on an unmedicated birth. I didn’t want the epidural because I wanted to be able to move around when I needed to and I didn’t want the other pain medications because I didn’t want it to cross the placenta and affect the baby, but they did discuss nitrous oxide which was a gas that I might consider. They had us practice various positions and strategies to manage the contractions too. I remember they had us put a clothespin on the skin of our forearm and try to breath through the discomfort for one minute. At home, we practiced with an ice cube (a tip I got from someone on facebook). I would hold the ice cube in my hand for one minute while trying to breathe and wifey would try the different positions we learned in class. I also did a tour of the hospital twice (Kaiser Walnut Creek)…once with my MIL because they had the midwives present for Q&A since and she was available to come with me and another time with wifey when she had a day off. During this tour, they showed us “room 7” which was the only room with a tub. They had mentioned it is first come first serve and women with unmedicated birth plans take priority. Luckily at this hospital, the midwives are assigned unless the birthing person prefers not to have a midwife or they have complications that require an OB. Our ultimate goal: have a midwife and be in room 7

I took the month off before babygirl’s due date to be at home, rest (I was getting much more tired from the commute to and from work and hated being in the car that long), nest (get everything ready) and spend time with wifey since it would be our last month of just the two of us.

#lgbtfamily #donorconceived

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berserker-official · 7 years ago

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Then allow me to be the one who does it. -ahem- Answer all 200 questions, please.

YOU

200: My crush’s name is: I don’t have one right now?

199: I was born in: A hospital in Colorado

198: I am really: Really tired

197: My cellphone company is: Cricket

196: My eye color is: Blue

195: My shoe size is: I think 12?

194: My ring size is: I have no fucking idea

193: My height is: 6′2

192: I am allergic to: Nothing that I know of

191: My 1st car was: I share a Jeep with the family

190: My 1st job was: A pizza man at Little Caesars in Texas

189: Last book you read: All You Need is Kill by Hiroshi Sakurazaka

188: My bed is: Small.

187: My pet: She a good girl and like 6 different breeds

186: My best friend: I have too many

185: My favorite shampoo is: Whatever’s cheap

184: Xbox or ps3: Both but I’m a sony man at heart

183: Piggy banks are: Neat

182: In my pockets: I don’t have pockets right now

181: On my calendar: Nothing special today but I have the Danganronpa V3 release date on it in a couple of weeks

180: Marriage is: Neat

179: Spongebob can: go steppin on the beach

178: My mom: is neat but I’m mad at her right now

177: The last three songs I bought were?

Silence by Marshmello & Khalid, OTONA HIT PARADE and Emotional Literacy by Bradio

176: Last YouTube video watched: Oney Plays D. Premonition WITH FRIENDS - EP 6 - Minesweeper175: How many cousins do you have? I honestly don’t know. My parents don’t really keep in touch with immediate family. My mom is an only child and my dad doesn’t talk to her sister.174: Do you have any siblings? I have a little brother who’s a fucking loser going for an astrophysics degree.

173: Are your parents divorced? Nope

172: Are you taller than your mom? By two feet.

171: Do you play an instrument? I used to play percussion in middle school

170: What did you do yesterday? A bunch of stencil work[ I Believe In ] (I’ve already answered these but here u go)169: Love at first sight: Not really168: Luck: Heart of the Cards167: Fate: No166: Yourself: Nope165: Aliens: Yeah164: Heaven: Not really163: Hell: Not really162: God: Not really161: Horoscopes: No but I look at them randomly160: Soul mates: Yeah159: Ghosts: No but not yet158: Gay Marriage: HELL YEAH157: War: No it bad156: Orbs: I BELIEVE IN THE ORBS155: Magic: No but not yet[ This or That ] (I’ve answered some of these already but here u go)154: Hugs or Kisses: Hugs153: Drunk or High: Neither152: Phone or Online: Online151: Red heads or Black haired: Black hair but I don’t really care?150: Blondes or Brunettes: Blonde cuz I’m ready to have fun149: Hot or cold: Cold148: Summer or winter: Winter147: Autumn or Spring: Autumn146: Chocolate or vanilla: Chocolate145: Night or Day: Night144: Oranges or Apples: Apples143: Curly or Straight hair: Straight hair142: McDonalds or Burger King: Doesn’t matter141: White Chocolate or Milk Chocolate: Milk chocolate140: Mac or PC: PC139: Flip flops or high heals: I hate showing off my feet and I actually wore high heels once so HIGH HEELS138: Ugly and rich OR sweet and poor: I’m sweet and poor so that one137: Coke or Pepsi: Neither one I actually don’t like carbonated drinks136: Hillary or Obama: Thanks obama135: Burried or cremated: Cremated it’s better for the earth134: Singing or Dancing: Singing even I fuckin suck133: Coach or Chanel: I have no idea132: Kat McPhee or Taylor Hicks: Neither?131: Small town or Big city: Big City130: Wal-Mart or Target: Target129: Ben Stiller or Adam Sandler: Ben Stiller128: Manicure or Pedicure: Whichever is the hand one127: East Coast or West Coast: I’m in the middle so doesn’t matter126: Your Birthday or Christmas: Christmas cuz my birthday is in the summer so I’m dying of heat.125: Chocolate or Flowers: Chocolate124: Disney or Six Flags: Neither cuz going outside sucks123: Yankees or Red Sox: Cubs cuz they finally won the world series[ Here’s What I Think About ]122: War: It bad121: George Bush: He did Nine Eleven120: Gay Marriage: It’s great why the fuck do people think it’s bad119: The presidential election: In general I used to not care but NOW GO FUCKING VOTE118: Abortion: I think it’s important117: MySpace: I never had a myspace but bring back the grunge emo shit116: Reality TV: It’s obviously fake so115: Parents: Parents are good without them I would not be here (But if they’re abusive fuck them)114: Back stabbers: Drop them faster than you can say bye bitch113: Ebay: I’ve only used it once and it was good so I say sure112: Facebook: Needs to chill the fuck out111: Work: Work is good you get money and gain retail horror stories110: My Neighbors: One of them is a drunk so meh but The Best Neighbor is a guy that used to build his own motorcycles but has heart problems so he had to sell them but he’s a chill guy and I love him109: Gas Prices: TOO DAMN HIGH108: Designer Clothes: Too rich for my blood107: College: A good choice for your future but it’s not for everybody106: Sports: The only sport I care about is MLG Gaming105: My family: They cool but highly problematic104: The future: I’m at a big turning point right now so[ Last time I ]103: Hugged someone: Last Saturday?102: Last time you ate: A couple hours ago101: Saw someone I haven’t seen in awhile: Last week I think I hung out with a friend and we watched Willow100: Cried in front of someone: Months probably99: Went to a movie theater: I went to see Spider-Man Homecoming when it came out but next month I’m going to see Jigsaw with @warlord-official so that’s fun98: Took a vacation: I don’t know? When I got out of school for summer vacation?97: Swam in a pool: 2011?96: Changed a diaper: I actually never changed a diaper95: Got my nails done: Never94: Went to a wedding: Two years ago93: Broke a bone: Never92: Got a peircing: Sophmore year I got my lip pierced so...2008?91: Broke the law: I think I ran a red light once so a couple years ago?90: Texted: A day?[ MISC ]89: Who makes you laugh the most: Me cuz I do the dumbest shit88: Something I will really miss when I leave home is: My dog87: The last movie I saw: I was watching the Rugrats Movie on Netflix a little while ago86: The thing that I’m looking forward to the most: Danganronpa V3 and then Jigsaw in October and the Ixalan MTG set at the end of the month.85: The thing im not looking forward to: The next time I have to go to jury duty84: People call me: by my name83: The most difficult thing to do is: Be an adult82: I have gotten a speeding ticket: Never81: My zodiac sign is: Leo80: The first person i talked to today was: My dad79: First time you had a crush: Probably in elementary school? She was partially deaf and my teacher told me to help her out for the year and we got pretty close78: The one person who i can’t hide things from: My friends cuz I gotta let my baggage out77: Last time someone said something you were thinking: I don’t remember cuz all my friends think the same way76: Right now I am talking to: No one75: What are you going to do when you grow up: I wanna do photography maybe teaching74: I have/will get a job: When I graduate73: Tomorrow: I gotta get up early for school72: Today: I did a bunch of school readings71: Next Summer: I’m gonna die from heat again70: Next Weekend: Hopefully I can hang with friends69: I have these pets: A good dog68: The worst sound in the world: When a racist opens their mouth67: The person that makes me cry the most is: Roman from the FH team cuz he’s NOT FUCKING NERFING CENT66: People that make you happy: All my friends65: Last time I cried: Just now boi we goin in hard64: My friends are: Good boys and girls63: My computer is: I have an 5 year old ASUS laptop that I should try to upgrade cuz it runs Overwatch poorly62: My School: MSU Denver61: My Car: I share a Jeep with the family60: I lose all respect for people who: Treat my friends like they’re subhuman59: The movie I cried at was: Death Note cuz it was fucking awful58: Your hair color is: Dirty blonde57: TV shows you watch: The only stuff on now that I’m watching is Rick and Morty and AHS: Cult56: Favorite web site: Tumblr even though this hellsite is full of sin55: Your dream vacation: Japan?54: The worst pain I was ever in was: My wisdom teeth were pretty obnoxious53: How do you like your steak cooked: Rare52: My room is: Very messy and small51: My favorite celebrity is: Gal Gadot50: Where would you like to be: Anywhere not stressed out49: Do you want children: Only if I have an S/O that wants kids48: Ever been in love: Yeh47: Who’s your best friend: I have too many to count but @warlord-official is one of them46: More guy friends or girl friends: I think it’s a tie?45: One thing that makes you feel great is: when my friends are happy or I eat a good burger44: One person that you wish you could see right now: My friend that’s in Japan I miss her43: Do you have a 5 year plan: Nope42: Have you made a list of things to do before you die: Nope41: Have you pre-named your children: I did when I was dating someone and thought we were pretty serious but then I found out she was cheating on me so not anymore40: Last person I got mad at: My mom39: I would like to move to: Japan or somewhere that is cool all the time like Washington maybe38: I wish I was a professional: Photographer[ My Favorites ]37: Candy: Pay Day36: Vehicle: Reasonably priced car is one of the new Jeeps. Super expensive car would be an Aston Martin or Maserati35: President: Obama34: State visited: Georgia was nice33: Cellphone provider: Cricket cuz it’s the only one I’ve had32: Athlete: John Elway31: Actor: Chris Evans30: Actress: Gal Gadot29: Singer: Kesha28: Band: Bradio or Starset27: Clothing store: DXL cuz it’s the only store that sells clothes for Big Boys26: Grocery store: Safeway25: TV show: Hannibal or Future Diary. Rick and Morty is always good24: Movie: Saw, Pacific Rim, Back to the Future, or Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift23: Website: Tumle dot hell22: Animal: Dog?21: Theme park: NONE OF EM20: Holiday: Halloween19: Sport to watch: idk18: Sport to play: I used to do tennis so that one17: Magazine: Shonen Jump or Game Informer16: Book: The Disaster Artist15: Day of the week: Friday14: Beach: I’ve never been to a beach13: Concert attended: Either PVRIS or A Perfect Circle with @warlord-official12: Thing to cook: It’s like a mix of pizza and spaghetti11: Food: A nice burger10: Restaurant: I like Smashburger9: Radio station: I don’t remember the one that plays rock music here but that one8: Yankee candle scent: Something about rain?7: Perfume: There was a vanilla one that I thought smelled nice a long time ago6: Flower: idk?5: Color: a deep blue4: Talk show host: Ellen DeGeneres?3: Comedian: Bo Burnham2: Dog breed: Mutt1: Did you answer all these truthfully? I hope so

#long post #rexudagawa

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dave-meowstaine · 7 years ago

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All of them!!!! Muahahaha

Oh god hahahaha

200: My crush’s name is - Elizabeth Nicole Nieves

199: I was born in - London 1998

198: I am really - Happy! :D

197: My cellphone company is - Vodaphone

196: My eye color is - Blue (interchangeable)

195: My shoe size is - 6

194: My ring size is - No idea

193: My height is - 6ft exactly!

192: I am allergic to - Nothing that I know of

191: My 1st car was - Never had a car

190: My 1st job was - Working at my local food store

189: Last book you read - Genuinely can’t remember. I really need to read more

188: My bed is - Too small :(

187: My pet - 2 cats and a doggy

186: My best friend(s) - Are amazing!

185: My favorite shampoo is - Don’t have one

184: Xbox or ps3 - Definitely PS3

183: Piggy banks are - Cute but I never have spare change on me and if I do it just goes in my wallet

182: In my pockets - Nothing

181: On my calendar - Induction day on the 17th of August

180: Marriage is - Amaziiiing if it’s the right person

179: Spongebob can - make me laugh a lot I fucking love spongebob

178: My mom - Is an amazing, strong woman

177: The last three songs I bought were - Green Day’s American Idiot album because it wouldn’t important onto my iTunes from the CD I had so I just rebought the album on iTunes

176: Last YouTube video watched - A stupid Twitch highlights compilation

175: How many cousins do you have? - None. I have 2 step cousins but my uncle isn’t married to there mum, they’re just in a long term relationship so…

174: Do you have any siblings? - I have a sister who is 23

173: Are your parents divorced? - Nope

172: Are you taller than your mom? - Yeah by nearly a foot haha

171: Do you play an instrument? - I play guitar and bass, a little bit on the drums, and I used to play the trumpet

170: What did you do yesterday? - Talked to Lizzie all day (as usual)

[ I Believe In ]

169: Love at first sight - Kindaaa? I mean, I think you have to get to know someone properly in order to love them, but I think you can have a pretty good idea when you first meet

168: Luck - Not really.

167: Fate - To an extent. I think somethings are just meant to be, but we make a lot of our own decisions

166: Yourself - Yes, definitely

165: Aliens - Yes. Our universe is waaaaay too big for us to be the only ones in it

164: Heaven - Nope

163: Hell - Nope

162: God - Nope

161: Horoscopes - Yep!

160: Soul mates - Already found mine

159: Ghosts - I’m not really sure. I would like to

158: Gay Marriage - Of course. Love is love, no matter what the gender

157: War - I believe that conflict is a natural part of the human race no matter how much we wished it wasn’t

156: Orbs - Just light exposure

155: Magic - Would be cool but no

[ This or That ]

154: Hugs or Kisses - Depends on the person. Definitely kisses with my baby girl, though

153: Drunk or High - Probably high because I throw up when I get drunk (I mean properly drunk)

152: Phone or Online - Online definitely

151: Red heads or Black haired - Black haired

150: Blondes or Brunettes - Brunettes

149: Hot or cold - Cold because you can snuggle up and get all cozy

148: Summer or winter - Winter

147: Autumn or Spring - Autumn

146: Chocolate or vanilla - Chocolate

145: Night or Day - Night

144: Oranges or Apples - Apples

143: Curly or Straight hair - Wavey

142: McDonalds or Burger King - McDonalds but I haven’t been since I became a vegetarian

141: White Chocolate or Milk Chocolate - Milk chocolate

140: Mac or PC - PC obviously

139: Flip flops or high heels - High heels

138: Ugly and rich OR sweet and poor - Sweet and poor obviously

137: Coke or Pepsi - Pepsi

136: Hillary or Obama - Obama

135: Burried or cremated - Cremated

134: Singing or Dancing - Both

133: Coach or Chanel - No idea

132: Kat McPhee or Taylor Hicks - Who?

131: Small town or Big city - Small town

130: Wal-Mart or Target - British

129: Ben Stiller or Adam Sandler - Ben Stiller

128: Manicure or Pedicure - No idea

127: East Coast or West Coast - No idea

126: Your Birthday or Christmas - I don’t like either…

125: Chocolate or Flowers - Chocolate but flowers are adorable af

124: Disney or Six Flags - Haven’t been to either so idk

123: Yankees or Red Sox - idk[ Here’s What I Think About ]

122: War - Didn’t I answer this earlier?

121: George Bush - Better to not get into politics

120: Gay Marriage - Love is love

119: The presidential election - No thank you

118: Abortion - I feel that if it is safe and appropriate that the father of the child should be involved, but at the end of the day it’s the woman’s body and therefore her choice.

117: MySpace - That was my shit back in the day

116: Reality TV - Don’t care

115: Parents - I love my parents. My parents have always been there for me and supported me and I am very grateful for that. I know how lucky I am in that regards

114: Back stabbers - Fuck off

113: Ebay - Good shit, cheap prices, probably get ripped off

112: Facebook - I mean, I use it to communicate with friends but that’s it

111: Work - I would rather not, but wouldn’t we all?

110: My Neighbors - The house is rented out but at the moment it’s a single mum and her two kids and she seems nices

109: Gas Prices - Too damn high

108: Designer Clothes - Ehhh

107: College - I’m currently in college

106: Sports - Effort

105: My family - I love my family

104: The future - EXCITING

[ Last time I ]

103: Hugged someone - I hugged my mum earlier today

102: Last time you ate - 4 hours ago

101: Saw someone I haven’t seen in awhile - I’m seeing my friends tomorrow

100: Cried in front of someone - Last night in front of Lizzie

99: Went to a movie theater - Over a year ago with my best friend, Ed

98: Took a vacation - Last month we went to the Isle of Wight

97: Swam in a pool - School Swimming, like, 4 years ago. I threw up everywhere lol

96: Changed a diaper - Never

95: Got my nails done - Years ago

94: Went to a wedding - Never been to one

93: Broke a bone - Never broken a bone

92: Got a piercing - 2 years ago

91: Broke the law - Don’t know

90: Texted - 12:15am

[ MISC ]

89: Who makes you laugh the most - Definitely Lizzie

88: Something I will really miss when I leave home is - My PC ngl

87: The last movie I saw - Inglorious Basterds

86: The thing that I’m looking forward to the most - Being with Lizzie

85: The thing im not looking forward to - No idea

84: People call me - Tyler

83: The most difficult thing to do is - Be so far away from my baby girl

82: I have gotten a speeding ticket - Nope

81: My zodiac sign is - Libra

80: The first person i talked to today was - Lizzie. We always fall asleep on the phone together so we wake up on the phone too

79: First time you had a crush - When I was, like, 8?

78: The one person who i can’t hide things from - Lizzie

77: Last time someone said something you were thinking - Lizzie and I always say things at exactly the same time soooo

76: Right now I am talking to - Lizzie

75: What are you going to do when you grow up - I wanna be an IT technician

74: I have/will get a job - I will get a job after I graduate college

73: Tomorrow - I’m gonna go meet up with friends

72: Today - I answered so many asks I have hand cramp :)

71: Next Summer - Don’t know yet

70: Next Weekend - Probably nothing

69: I have these pets - 2 cats and a dog

68: The worst sound in the world - My baby girl crying or the sound of her voice when I know something is wrong

67: The person that makes me cry the most is - Lizzie because of how fucking perfect she is

66: People that make you happy - Lizzie and my friends

65: Last time I cried - Last night

64: My friends are - There’s a lot of them haha

63: My computer is:

Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bitProcessor: Intel® Core™ i5-4670K CPU @ 3.40GHzMotherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87-HD3Sound: NVIDIA High Definition AudioGraphics Card: msi GeForce GTX 970 GAMING 4GBPSU: Cooler Master 600WCooling System: Cooler Master HYPER 212XMain Storage: 1TB HDDAdditional Storage: 500GB Samsung 850 EVO SSDRAM: 8GB Mouse: UtechSmart Venus 50Keyboard: Gigabyte Force K3Headset: Beexcellent Gaming Headset with MicMousepad: Diablo III Reaper of Souls Collector’s Edition Mousepad

62: My School - Is a college in Cirencester. It’s pretty chill, don’t have to be there a lot

61: My Car - Don’t have one

60: I lose all respect for people who - Are assholes or fuckboys (but I respect people who are assholes to fuckboys lol)

59: The movie I cried at was - No idea

58: Your hair color is - Dirty blonde

57: TV shows you watch - Just The Walking Dead

56: Favorite web site - Youtube

55: Your dream vacation - I don’t know. I want to travel the world with my baby girl

54: The worst pain I was ever in was - No idea

53: How do you like your steak cooked - Vegetarian

52: My room is - Messy as shit

51: My favorite celebrity is - Don’t have one

50: Where would you like to be - With Lizzie :((((((((((((

49: Do you want children - I do

48: Ever been in love - I am right now

47: Who’s your best friend - Lizzie and Ed

46: More guy friends or girl friends - Guy friends

45: One thing that makes you feel great is - Lizzie

44: One person that you wish you could see right now - Lizzie

43: Do you have a 5 year plan - No, but I have general ideas about what I want to happen

42: Have you made a list of things to do before you die - Nope

41: Have you pre-named your children - Kinda

40: Last person I got mad at - My mum

39: I would like to move to - Nowhere, to be honest

38: I wish I was a professional - Skateboarder would be awesome

[ My Favorites ]

37: Candy - I used to love Wine Gums and Haribo but I’m a vegetarian now so…

36: Vehicle - Don’t have one

35: President - Don’t have one

34: State visited - Never been to America :(

33: Cellphone provider - Don’t have one

32: Athlete - Don’t have one

31: Actor - Don’t have one

30: Actress - Don’t have one

29: Singer - Don’t have one

28: Band - Slipknot

27: Clothing store - Don’t have one

26: Grocery store - Don’t have one

25: TV show - Breaking Bad

24: Movie - John Carpenter’s The Thing

23: Website - Youtube

22: Animal - Chimps

21: Theme park - Don’t have one

20: Holiday - Scotland

19: Sport to watch - Don’t have one

18: Sport to play - I like Basketball

17: Magazine - I love tattoo mags

16: Book - I Am Legend by Richard Matheson

15: Day of the week - Saturday

14: Beach - St Helens on the Isle of Wight

13: Concert attended - Slayer with Anthrax supporting

12: Thing to cook - Don’t know

11: Food - PIZZA

10: Restaurant - Don’t have one

9: Radio station - Don’t have one

8: Yankee candle scent - Don’t have one

7: Perfume - Don’t have one

6: Flower - Don’t have one

5: Color - Red

4: Talk show host - Don’t have one

3: Comedian - Don’t have one

2: Dog breed - Don’t have one

1: Did you answer all these truthfully? - Of course. What’s the point of answering them if I wasn’t honest?

Sorry I answered so many of these with I don’t know, but I really don’t know haha. Thank you! :)

#asks #anon

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trecedelabuenasuerte · 8 years ago

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200 things about me

200: My crush’s name is: Ignacio 199: I was born in: Valparaíso, Chile 198: I am really: stupid 197: My cellphone company is: entel 196: My eye color is: green 195: My shoe size is: 36 194: My ring size is: ring size? 193: My height is: 1.60m ;;-;; 192: I am allergic to: cats, dust, and chocolate 191: My 1st car was: never had one 190: My 1st job was: maid 189: Last book you read: me after you 188: My bed is: big? 187: My pet: my cat, Mia (yes, a cat) 186: My best friend: I have 5. Serrano, Perro, Pablo Ceci, Sofi 185: My favorite shampoo is: any that smell like sweets 184: Xbox or ps3: ps3 i guess 183: Piggy banks are: good 182: In my pockets: im a girl. we dont have pockets >:( 181: On my calendar: wat 180: Marriage is: meh, innecessary 179: Spongebob can: die 178: My mom: is the best <3 and crazy 177: The last three songs I bought were?: I’ve never bought a song in my life 176: Last YouTube video watched: prob, playing with fire by blackpink 175: How many cousins do you have?: 7... i think 174: Do you have any siblings?: 2 little monsters that i adore <3 173: Are your parents divorced?: yes! 172: Are you taller than your mom?: no :( 171: Do you play an instrument? the guitar 170: What did you do yesterday?: cry [ I Believe In ] 169: Love at first sight: nop 168: Luck: nop 167: Fate: nop 166: Yourself: HA no 165: Aliens: yes 164: Heaven: kinda 163: Hell: we already live in hell 162: God: kinda 161: Horoscopes: nop 160: Soul mates: yes 159: Ghosts: kinda 158: Gay Marriage: yesss 157: War: yes 156: Orbs: idk 155: Magic: :( [ This or That ] 154: Hugs or Kisses: KISSES 153: Drunk or High: Drunk 152: Phone or Online: Online 151: Red heads or Black haired: Black haired 150: Blondes or Brunettes: Blondes 149: Hot or cold: cold 148: Summer or winter: winter 147: Autumn or Spring: Autumn 146: Chocolate or vanilla: VAINILLAAAAA 145: Night or Day: day 144: Oranges or Apples: orangesss 143: Curly or Straight hair: curly 142: McDonalds or Burger King: :( burger 141: White Chocolate or Milk Chocolate: Milk choc 140: Mac or PC: PC 139: Flip flops or high heals: both 138: Ugly and rich OR sweet and poor: Happy 137: Coke or Pepsi: coke 136: Hillary or Obama: my cat 135: Burried or cremated: cremated 134: Singing or Dancing: BOTH BOTH BOTH PLS 133: Coach or Chanel: idc 132: Kat McPhee or Taylor Hicks: idk who they are 131: Small town or Big city: small town 130: Wal-Mart or Target: idk never been at target so... 129: Ben Stiller or Adam Sandler: idc 128: Manicure or Pedicure: manicure 127: East Coast or West Coast: idk 126: Your Birthday or Christmas: christmas 125: Chocolate or Flowers: :( im allergic to both of them 124: Disney or Six Flags: Disney 123: Yankees or Red Sox: idc [ Here’s What I Think About ] 122: War: can’t avoid it, not good at all 121: George Bush: idc 120: Gay Marriage: should not be a privilege. everyone can marry whoever the fuck they want. let them gays be happy dude. let us be happy. 119: The presidential election: meh 118: Abortion: its a right 117: MySpace: never had one 116: Reality TV: TOTALLY INNECESSARY TO SOCIETY 115: Parents: the hardest work of them all 114: Back stabbers: fuck u 113: Ebay: idk 112: Facebook: omg, u motherfucker.... 111: Work: i hate beign adult 110: My Neighbors: i dont even know them 109: Gas Prices: y tho 108: Designer Clothes: y u so expensive 107: College: y tho 106: Sports: y tho 105: My family: a little broken, but still strong 104: The future: i wanna die c: [ Last time I ] 103: Hugged someone: i’m hugging my cat as i write this 102: Last time you ate: about 2 hours ago 101: Saw someone I haven’t seen in awhile: i don’t remember 100: Cried in front of someone: yesterday 99: Went to a movie theater: about 4-5 months ago 98: Took a vacation: YEARS 97: Swam in a pool: February 96: Changed a diaper: since 2006, when my sister was a baby 95: Got my nails done: prob a year ago 94: Went to a wedding: never been to 93: Broke a bone: since 2002 92: Got a peircing: never had one 91: Broke the law: well... idk 90: Texted: like 5 min ago [ MISC ] 89: Who makes you laugh the most: Pablo 88: Something I will really miss when I leave home is: I already left home :((( my sisters. everyday. 87: The last movie I saw: oh jesus... i don’t remember. I’m not good at that 86: The thing that I’m looking forward to the most: die 85: The thing im not looking forward to: die 84: People call me: ferbi 83: The most difficult thing to do is: wake up 82: I have gotten a speeding ticket: never 81: My zodiac sign is: aries 80: The first person i talked to today was: my boyfriend 79: First time you had a crush: when i was 7? 78: The one person who i can’t hide things from: my fucking boyfriend 77: Last time someone said something you were thinking: yesterday 76: Right now I am talking to: nobody 75: What are you going to do when you grow up: die 74: I have/will get a job: prob next year? 73: Tomorrow: ded 72: Today: ill sutyd right after i finish this 71: Next Summer: i’ll travel ffs. i hope so. 70: Next Weekend: I’ll study. 69: I have these pets: my fat and fluffy cat <3 68: The worst sound in the world: earthquakes 67: The person that makes me cry the most is: myself. 66: People that make you happy: my cat, my bf, my cat and my friends 65: Last time I cried: yesterday ffs 64: My friends are: dumb 63: My computer is: tiny 62: My School: fuck you >:( 61: My Car: don’t have one 60: I lose all respect for people who: use violence 59: The movie I cried at was: prayers for bobby 58: Your hair color is: brown 57: TV shows you watch: D: 56: Favorite web site: prob tumblr and insta 55: Your dream vacation: Germany 54: The worst pain I was ever in was: rn lol, i hate myself 53: How do you like your steak cooked: medium 52: My room is: mesy 51: My favorite celebrity is: TAYLOR FUCKING SWIFT <3 50: Where would you like to be: buried and dead 49: Do you want children: hell no, thank u 48: Ever been in love: rn i am. 47: Who’s your best friend: serrano 46: More guy friends or girl friends: equal 45: One thing that makes you feel great is: sleeping 44: One person that you wish you could see right now: my granpa 43: Do you have a 5 year plan: hell no 42: Have you made a list of things to do before you die: heLL NO 41: Have you pre-named your children: HELL NO 40: Last person I got mad at: my boyfriend >:l 39: I would like to move to: a less seismic country FFS 38: I wish I was a professional: hoe (jk, an engineer) [ My Favorites ] 37: Candy: every candy ever 36: Vehicle: don’t have one 35: President: my cat 34: State visited: (? 33: Cellphone provider: idc 32: Athlete: don’t have one 31: Actor: don’t have one 30: Actress: Jennifer Lawrence 29: Singer: TAYLOR SWIFT <3 <3 28: Band: rn, Twice 27: Clothing store: don’t have one 26: Grocery store: don’t have one 25: TV show: don’t have one 24: Movie: prayers for bobby 23: Website: any fanfiction website 22: Animal: my cat and PUGS 21: Theme park: don’t have one 20: Holiday: winter holidays 19: Sport to watch: don’t have one 18: Sport to play: sleeping 17: Magazine: don’t have one 16: Book: YOU CAN’T MAKE ME CHOOSE JUST ONE 15: Day of the week: Friday friday (8) 14: Beach: any beach, they all are beautiful 13: Concert attended: idk, every Taylor Swift Tour 12: Thing to cook: MOM’S SPAGHETTI 11: Food: MOM’S SPAGHETTI 10: Restaurant: every sushi restaurant 9: Radio station: don’t have one 8: Yankee candle scent: don’t have one 7: Perfume: sex and the city 6: Flower: gladiolus 5: Color: every pastel color 4: Talk show host: don’t have one 3: Comedian: don’t have one 2: Dog breed: PUG 1: Did you answer all these truthfully? yee

found this questions, and i wanted to answers them myself. I don’t have 200 friends who’d ask me these shits lol

#me #my self #about me

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dylanlarkiin · 8 years ago

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You should do questions 200-147, 80-25, 110-81, 24-2, 146-111, and 1

this took me a while to figure out that you meant all of them.....

200: My crush’s name is: a secret 199: I was born in: 98198: I am really: relaxed rn197: My cellphone company is: AT&T196: My eye color is: brown195: My shoe size is: 7 1/2194: My ring size is: 5 or 6193: My height is: 5′4192: I am allergic to: honey!!!!191: My 1st car was: Jeep wrangler190: My 1st job was: lifeguarding 189: Last book you read: Mosquitoland by David Arnold187: My pet: 2 pups186: My best friend: Kerry185: My favorite shampoo is: i use whatever doesn't wash my hair dye out the fastest184: Xbox or ps3: I'm not a gamer really183: Piggy banks are: cute182: In my pockets: are my car keys181: On my calendar: i keep my exam dates and birthdays 180: Marriage is: for after i finish college179: Spongebob can: be cancelled178: My mom: is the best mom in the world177: The last three songs I bought were?: slow burn - state champs, how do you feel - the maine and believe by mumford & sons 176: Last YouTube video watched: “how to french braid hair”175: How many cousins do you have?: more than 12174: Do you have any siblings?: one younger sis173: Are your parents divorced?: no172: Are you taller than your mom?: nope171: Do you play an instrument?: no :(170: What did you do yesterday?: spent easter with my family

[ I Believe In ]169: Love at first sight: no 168: Luck: yes167: Fate: yes166: Yourself: yes165: Aliens: yes164: Heaven: yes163: Hell: yes162: God: yes161: Horoscopes: occasionally160: Soul mates: no159: Ghosts: yes158: Gay Marriage: yes157: War: history repeats itself156: Orbs: yes155: Magic: yes

[ This or That ]154: Hugs or Kisses: hugs153: Drunk or High: drunk152: Phone or Online: phone151: Red heads or Black haired: black hair150: Blondes or Brunettes: brunettes 149: Hot or cold: hot148: Summer or winter: summer147: Autumn or Spring: autumn 146: Chocolate or vanilla: strawberry145: Night or Day: day144: Oranges or Apples: oranges143: Curly or Straight hair: curly142: McDonalds or Burger King: chicken fries141: White Chocolate or Milk Chocolate: NO MILK EW140: Mac or PC: mac139: Flip flops or high heals: flip flops 138: Ugly and rich OR sweet and poor: sweet and poor, its about the character 137: Coke or Pepsi: pepsi136: Hillary or Obama: eh135: Burried or cremated: idk134: Singing or Dancing: singing 133: Coach or Chanel: neither thanks132: Kat McPhee or Taylor Hicks: nope131: Small town or Big city: big city130: Wal-Mart or Target: target129: Ben Stiller or Adam Sandler: no preference 128: Manicure or Pedicure: manicure 127: East Coast or West Coast: west even tho i live on the east coast126: Your Birthday or Christmas: christmas 125: Chocolate or Flowers: flowers124: Disney or Six Flags: six flags never been to disney 123: Yankees or Red Sox: none

[ Here’s What I Think About ]122: War: i do not prefer it, but i like to learn about it120: Gay Marriage: everyone should love whoever they choose119: The presidential election: shitshow118: Abortion: women should each have their own right to choose117: MySpace: lol!!!!!!116: Reality TV: entertaining 115: Parents: love them114: Back stabbers: assholes113: Ebay: ive found some decent stuff112: Facebook: never had one111: Work: gotta make money somehow 110: My Neighbors: they're nice people109: Gas Prices: THEYRE GOING UP TOO MUCH108: Designer Clothes: give or take107: College: hardest shit I've ever had to do106: Sports: hockey105: My family: most supportive104: The future: i live one day at a time

[ Last time I ]103: Hugged someone: yesterday 102: Last time you ate: two mins ago101: Saw someone I haven’t seen in awhile: yesterday 100: Cried in front of someone: few weeks ago99: Went to a movie theater: friday98: Took a vacation: march 16th 201797: Swam in a pool: march 16th 96: Changed a diaper: like years probably95: Got my nails done: last november94: Went to a wedding: last july93: Broke a bone: i have not broken any, knock on wood92: Got a piercing: april of 201591: Broke the law: don't know90: Texted: 20 mins ago

[ MISC ]89: Who makes you laugh the most: my sister88: Something I will really miss when I leave home is: my dogs 87: The last movie I saw: fate of the furious 86: The thing that I’m looking forward to the most: summer!!!!!!85: The thing im not looking forward to: college final exams84: People call me: outgoing83: The most difficult thing to do is: save money82: I have gotten a speeding ticket: no81: My zodiac sign is: cancer80: The first person i talked to today was: my dad79: First time you had a crush: elementary school78: The one person who i can’t hide things from: my best friend or sister77: Last time someone said something you were thinking: few hours ago76: Right now I am talking to: my grandma75: What are you going to do when you grow up: nursing 74: I have/will get a job: this summer73: Tomorrow: i have an anatomy quiz 72: Today: is warm out71: Next Summer: no idea69: I have these pets: two dogs68: The worst sound in the world: crying babies67: The person that makes me cry the most is: idk66: People that make you happy: my family and friends65: Last time I cried: couple weeks ago64: My friends are: awesome63: My computer is: at 14%62: My School: sucks61: My Car: is great60: I lose all respect for people who: drink and drive 59: The movie I cried at was: last one was this space movie58: Your hair color is: dark brown57: TV shows you watch: ghost adventures and whatever else is on 56: Favorite web site: forever 2155: Your dream vacation: somewhere beautiful and warm54: The worst pain I was ever in was: when i dislocated my knee53: How do you like your steak cooked: medium well52: My room is: messy51: My favorite celebrity is: uh idk50: Where would you like to be: in a happier less stressful place 49: Do you want children: far down the road48: Ever been in love: yes47: Who’s your best friend: kerry46: More guy friends or girl friends: girl45: One thing that makes you feel great is: showering44: One person that you wish you could see right now: my bff43: Do you have a 5 year plan: no42: Have you made a list of things to do before you die: nope41: Have you pre-named your children: no40: Last person I got mad at: myself39: I would like to move to: somewhere warm38: I wish I was a professional: investigator

[ My Favorites ]37: Candy: sour candy36: Vehicle: jeeps35: President: idk34: State visited: florida or cali33: Cellphone provider: what i have now31: Actor:30: Actress:29: Singer: halsey28: Band: state champs27: Clothing store: forever 2126: Grocery store: kroger25: TV show: vampire diaries24: Movie: hard choice22: Animal: giraffes 21: Theme park: universal 20: Holiday: christmas 19: Sport to watch: hockey 18: Sport to play: volleyball17: Magazine: star magazine16: Book: so many 15: Day of the week: friday14: Beach: up north beaches in michigan 13: Concert attended: jonas brothers reunion12: Thing to cook: pasta11: Food: mexican10: Restaurant: on the border9: Radio station: 98.7 amp radio8: Yankee candle scent: something soft and sweet7: Perfume: vanilla 6: Flower: lilies5: Color: purple4: Talk show host: ellen3: Comedian: idk2: Dog breed: mutts1: Did you answer all these truthfully? yes

(some of these were repeats so i deleted them, THANK YOUUUUUUU

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radiohorizon · 8 years ago

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38 years later

200 things you can put in my ask 200: My crush’s name is: Lacey😛😍 199: I was born in: 1999 198: I am really: short, tired, sarcastic, idk?? 197: My cellphone company is: verizon 196: My eye color is: blue/grey 195: My shoe size is: 3 in kids, 5 in womens 194: My ring size is: i have no idea, probably small but not too small cause i got far fingers 193: My height is: 5'1 192: I am allergic to: sulfa drugs and grass 191: My 1st car was: dont have one 190: My 1st job was: waitress at a local restaurant  189: Last book you read: King Lear in school but Clockwork Princess for fun 188: My bed is: my favorite and super comfy and my best friend literally comes over just to nap in it 187: My pet: 2 cats, 1 dog 186: My best friend: Andrew, Elizabeth, Abby, Katie, Kristy, Annabelle, Kyle, Hailey, Stevie, Bea 185: My favorite shampoo is: Suave Ocean 184: Xbox or ps3: xbox 183: Piggy banks are: idrc about them?? 182: In my pockets: dont have pockeys rn 181: On my calendar: nothings 180: Marriage is: in my future 179: Spongebob can: idrc cause idc 178: My mom: is my favorite person 177: The last three songs I bought were? Wasted youth by fletcher In too deep by the sweeplings Is there somewhere by halsey 176: Last YouTube video watched: “50 things about me” by Nina Jablonska 175: How many cousins do you have? A shit ton 174: Do you have any siblings? 1 sister and 1 brother that ive never met 173: Are your parents divorced? No and i never see them getting divorced. Theyre honestly the only reason i still believe in love 172: Are you taller than your mom? We’re the same height actually 171: Do you play an instrument? Nope 170: What did you do yesterday? Went to school, studied, talked to Lacey, went to sleep

[ I Believe In ] 169: Love at first sight: i dunno 168: Luck: yes 167: Fate: yes 166: Yourself: lmao no 165: Aliens: yes 164: Heaven: i think 163: Hell: yes 162: God: i believe in something 161: Horoscopes: im not sure 160: Soul mates: yes 159: Ghosts: yes 158: Gay Marriage: duh 157: War: i dont really know 156: Orbs: yes 155: Magic: yes

[ This or That ] 154: Hugs or Kisses: hugs 153: Drunk or High: high 152: Phone or Online: depends 151: Red heads or Black haired: dont care 150: Blondes or Brunettes: dont care 149: Hot or cold: cold 148: Summer or winter: summer 147: Autumn or Spring: autumn 146: Chocolate or vanilla: depends because i love chocolate but it gives me headaches 145: Night or Day: night 144: Oranges or Apples: oranges 143: Curly or Straight hair: honestly dont care 142: McDonalds or Burger King: burger king for burgers, mcdonalds for snack wrap 141: White Chocolate or Milk Chocolate: milk chocolate 140: Mac or PC: PC 139: Flip flops or high heals: depends 138: Ugly and rich OR sweet and poor: sweet and poor 137: Coke or Pepsi: coke 136: Hillary or Obama: OBAMA OBAMA OBAMA OBAMA OBAMA OBAMA  135: Burried or cremated: buried in the cemetery up the road from where i live 134: Singing or Dancing: dancing 133: Coach or Chanel: dont care 132: Kat McPhee or Taylor Hicks: who are they? 131: Small town or Big city: small town 130: Wal-Mart or Target: how bout kohls 129: Ben Stiller or Adam Sandler: adam Sandler 128: Manicure or Pedicure: manicure because im reallllly ticklish on my feet and i end up flinching the whole time 127: East Coast or West Coast: only ever been on the east coast so idrk 126: Your Birthday or Christmas: christmas 125: Chocolate or Flowers: chocolate 124: Disney or Six Flags: disney!!! 123: Yankees or Red Sox: how bout Orioles

[ Here’s What I Think About ] 122: War: i respect the people fighting for our country and for others, but i wish everyone could just stop killing eachother 121: George Bush: gross 120: Gay Marriage: Gaaaaayyyyyy 119: The presidential election: grosser 118: Abortion: no judgement on whether or not someone decides to get one. Personally i dont think i could, but will always vote pro choice 117: MySpace: never had one so idk 116: Reality TV: can be entertaining but usually really dumb 115: Parents: i love them more than anything 114: Back stabbers: fuck you 113: Ebay: sketchy 112: Facebook: people are annoying and i hate that i live in hick central 111: Work: dont have ajob but am trying to get one 110: My Neighbors: since 3 of my best friends are my neighbors, i guess theyre alright 109: Gas Prices: way too fucking high 108: Designer Clothes: dont care about them UNLESS its converse because thats my shit right there 107: College: start it in 5 months :( 106: Sports: love em but suck at em 105: My family: my rock and support, but they piss me off a lot 104: The future: scares the fuck out of me

[ Last time I ] 103: Hugged someone: a few ninutes ago 102: Last time you ate: few hours ago 101: Saw someone I haven’t seen in awhile: about 2-3 weeks ago at the gym 100: Cried in front of someone: a few weeks ago i cried in front of abby because i found out kelsey has a girlfriend 99: Went to a movie theater: two weekends ago and saw Get Out and holy shit its good 98: Took a vacation: 2-3 years ago 97: Swam in a pool: 2 years ago i think 96: Changed a diaper: never 95: Got my nails done: little over a month ago 94: Went to a wedding: last summer 93: Broke a bone: never 92: Got a peircing: last spring 91: Broke the law: never i think? 90: Texted: about 2 seconds ago i texted Lacey

[ MISC ] 89: Who makes you laugh the most: My lunch table 88: Something I will really miss when I leave home is: my cats and my moms hugs 87: The last movie I saw: i saw get out in theaters but watched thunderbirds for the millionth time in art so im a happy camper 86: The thing that I’m looking forward to the most: getting the fuck away from this place and these memories 85: The thing im not looking forward to: graduating, starting college, moving away, leaving my friends, leaving my animals, growing up, the list could go on forever 84: People call me: elizabeth, beth, bethany, lizzy, liz, bethyboo, bethers, bethy, 83: The most difficult thing to do is: move on and let go 82: I have gotten a speeding ticket: nope 81: My zodiac sign is: pisces 80: The first person i talked to today was: lacey or bea idrk 79: First time you had a crush: kindergarten 78: The one person who i can’t hide things from: no one, im pretty good with keeping a good face on 77: Last time someone said something you were thinking: i have no idea 76: Right now I am talking to: Lace💜👑 75: What are you going to do when you grow up: homicide detective or BAU 74: I have/will get a job: soon hopefully 73: Tomorrow: school, test, paint, facetime this beautiful girl, sleep 72: Today: school, test, painted, studied 71: Next Summer: senior weeek🤙🏻 and hopefully just simple hangouts with friends 70: Next Weekend: Stevenson university visit 69: I have these pets: 2 cats (sadie and ziva) and 1 dog (westen oliver) 68: The worst sound in the world: hearing people chew or breathe hard 67: The person that makes me cry the most is: my ex 66: People that make you happy: my friends and parents 65: Last time I cried: last night 64: My friends are: the only reason im alive 63: My computer is: a Windows something 62: My School: sucks 61: My Car: doesnt exist 60: I lose all respect for people who: judge others with no reason and refuse to be nice 59: The movie I cried at was: if I stay and hunger games trilogy 58: Your hair color is: dirty blonde/ light brown 57: TV shows you watch: criminal minds, shameless, the 100, friends, the fosters, lie to me, NCIS, scooby doo 56: Favorite web site: tumblr  55: Your dream vacation: a lake house 54: The worst pain I was ever in was: recovery after my heart surgery and when they had to take out my chest tubes 53: How do you like your steak cooked: medium 52: My room is: messy but my favorite place 51: My favorite celebrity is: jennifer lawrence or ryan Reynolds or josh hucherson or Noel Fisher 50: Where would you like to be: childhood 49: Do you want children: yes 48: Ever been in love: ye 47: Who’s your best friend: the twins, fergs, abby, rat pack, stevie, hailey, bea 46: More guy friends or girl friends: girl friends 45: One thing that makes you feel great is: gaining more flexibility 44: One person that you wish you could see right now: jarred 43: Do you have a 5 year plan: not really 42: Have you made a list of things to do before you die: sorta 41: Have you pre-named your children: yepp. Daesin, Fiona, tegan and ryan 40: Last person I got mad at: my dad 39: I would like to move to: maryland or deleware 38: I wish I was a professional: dancer

[ My Favorites ] 37: Candy: gummy bears and kit kats or smarties 36: Vehicle: jeep Cherokee  35: President: OBAMA 34: State visited: Florida 33: Cellphone provider: dunno 32: Athlete: Misty Copeland 31: Actor: Ryan Reynolds and Noel Fisher 30: Actress: Jennifer Lawrence 29: Singer: Amy Lee 28: Band: Evanescence 27: Clothing store: KOHLS 26: Grocery store: giant 25: TV show: shameless 24: Movie: thunderbirds or chitty chitty bang bang 23: Website: tumblr 22: Animal: monkey 21: Theme park: disney 20: Holiday: halloween 19: Sport to watch: allstar cheerleading or soccer 18: Sport to play: soccer 17: Magazine: dont have one but if i did i guess people? 16: Book: WAYYY too many 15: Day of the week: wednesday 14: Beach: bethany beach 13: Concert attended: evanescence even tho i couldnt see shit 12: Thing to cook: grilled cheese 11: Food: cheeseburger 10: Restaurant: green turtle 9: Radio station: 106.5 8: Yankee candle scent: i dunno 7: Perfume: hollister or ed hardy 6: Flower: rose 5: Color: purple 4: Talk show host: my girl ellen 3: Comedian: john Maloney, kevin heart, illiza shelshinger  2: Dog breed: golden retriever  1: Did you answer all these truthfully? Yeppers

#asks #asks answers #💜👑

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wishingfornever · 6 years ago

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10/19/17 – Extensive Contact: To Forgive, Never Forget

Current time is 11:55. I had several dreams last night that I’d like to share.

The first was a dream that Wendel, my childhood home in the middle of nowhere, was being renovated. As in I drove in and there was a Pizza Hut, a McDonald’s, and a Walgreens there as I drove back into it. I had to leave for something and there were more Pizza Huts and multiple McDonalds’. It was becoming a town with a lot of emphasis on these two businesses.

Second dream… it was about Esther. I had returned and she and I were talking again. She was very polite and very nice. Asked for forgiveness and I said, “It’s alright, you thought it was best. I’m just glad you’re back.” We were cleaning around the house and she said she’s single again. I took the hint and asked if I could be her boyfriend again and have the second chance I never really had. She agreed.

There was a lot we were doing and I proposed that we can get her a ticket to come back to Houston with me when we were done there. She couldn’t have been happier. I asked her if she’d want to read the journal. She said yes.

My thoughts at the time was, “Oh, boy! I can’t wait to tell my journal that she and I are getting back together!” which was later followed by, “Wait, am I still going to post it? I guess we’ll see when she’s done.”

Then I woke up. I was so upset when I woke up. I should have known it was a dream. She was too compliant. This is destroying me. :/

The original blog is still up. Did I ever explain what that was? I think I mentioned it, but never really got into it.

She started it when we started dating. She posted these little posts about our relationship. I had to guess the password. I believe I shared that password, actually. That said, they were very inspiring. It gave me hope. It was a very supportive platform. Posts when things were still somewhat good… they’re in white with blue text. She basically stopped posting when we were in California. The last post when we were in a relationship goes like this:

“6.2.2017

Its hard opening up about what’s going on inside of me. I usually wait until it passes & try to ignore it. Today was different. Part of healing is acknowledging what you feel & accepting it. Part of doing that is communicating to the people around you about whats happening.

Just saying, ur hella special. Ur welcome.”

The last post goes:

“9.3.2017

The end.”

That fucking hurts. It hurts so bad. I just wish we could see eye to eye again. If I had three wishes, I’d wish to be the person she deserved. I wished she was always happy. I’d wish for another chance. I don’t like it, but this is how things are. This is my biggest regret.

I really don’t feel like doing much of anything today. I think I’ll go back to my room. I’m sorry. But, looking at the bright side, at least you won’t have to hear me talk about my every moment of the day this time. I’m sure that’s a bonus to some.

I’m back. Only after an hour. I asked Daniel to talk to Esther. Hopefully let her in on the fact that Dennis lied to me, her, and everyone else.

Just spoke to Shane. He seemed to have denied lying. Told me much more about the subject. It’s possible that he was lying to me, but it’s even more possible that Dennis is the one who was lying. I’m not sure who to trust right now. I want to trust Shane, but I feel I’m confronted by my own bias. I need advice.

Who do I trust?

It doesn’t matter. I guess this is all the next step for the drama. Maybe she’ll be more suspicious of Dennis. Maybe she’ll begin asking herself the right questions. Thing is, if she doesn’t want to believe then she won’t. For her own securities. I guess that’s why I never figured he’d do this to me.

You know, I’ll be happy if Esther just talks to me again. Like we used to.

Daniel denied telling Dennis anymore than I asked him to. He’s a nice guy. I trust him. Whether he’s honest or not is irrelevant. Shane told me that I should watch what I say with Daniel. Because he told Dennis something I told Daniel which was something told me. Typical drama bullshit. I proposed the idea that Dennis went through Daniel’s phone when drinking. He uses it for music when they do drink. So, it’s open and easy to see.

Personally, I’m not sure I believe Dennis was going through his phone. But, again, I also do believe Daniel is telling me the truth. A third possibility is that Shane lied to me and was able to guess that I told Daniel. Sort of a cold prediction where I admit he was correct despite him not knowing anything.

It’d make sense. What he accused me of was far more than I actually told Daniel.

Anyways, looking back at when she blocked me. It was… unusual. Why did she block me at that time? I was about to message her. It’s possible that there is some supernatural bullshit going on and that supernatural bullshit caught on to me wanting to message her and pushed her to block me before I could.

Of course, blaming the unknown for a failed relationship is pretty outlandish. I mean… I saw something the night she finished picking up her things. She’s changed vastly. There could be something else going on but I’m not sure. Maybe she needs a priest.

I wouldn’t force her to see one. I’m not religious. Hell, I’m not even certain about what I saw. I was in a fragile state. The mind is poison… it’s possible it was all in my head. Or I could just be in denial. I’d have to experience it further. Maybe if I come back, I’ll take some time to meditate. Try to connect. Don’t remember the name of the suicide victim from before. I’ll have to look back in the conversation with Shane. He told me his name.

Or maybe I spoke to him via voice chat. Fuck.

Shane told me that they intend to get an apartment in Susanville. I guarantee they won’t be able to afford that. I hope they do. Their relationship won’t last and Dennis will have to move back in with his mom. Maybe Esther, too.

The thing with Dennis is that he gets very offended kind of easily. Like, after enough time, he’ll actually become aggravated with someone. Probably not his fault. He’s something of an introvert. Doesn’t like to be around anyone for too long. Esther will learn that.

Anyways, I just got a bunch of work with the bank done. I didn’t go to Starbucks, but maybe I should call them. This is all necessary to get my Kickstarter up and running. April 1st is when it’ll end, I’ve decided. Because I’m a fool. Appropriate, I felt. I’m calling Starbucks now.

They didn’t pick up. Might be a problem with my phone. But I was able to call Golden 1. They shouldn’t be busy, this is the slowest hour. Google confirmed that. I’ll call again tomorrow. I’ll try to wake up early and call between 10-12 and then again at about 3-4. After this week, I’ll look for a different place to apply. I’ll need to print out my resume.

If I get asked about the blanks in between, I’ll let them know that I wrote a book and now I just need an editor. Hopefully, that job will be able to afford me an editor as well as rent and food while I’m at my cousins. It’s stressful to try to deal with that as well as the drama between myself, Dennis, and Esther. I guess Shane, too. Daniel as well.

I guess I’ll get to editing my book today. Or as much as I can. Before the Kickstarter goes live, I want it prepared for an actual editor. I might change entire scenes is why. Character names will change. There would be a lot of differences. Today, I’ll be productive. I’ll end it with my sets and a shower. Get back into the swing of things.

Adela also told me I wasn’t learning Spanish. She’s right. I haven’t been able to find time for Spanish. I need to get Rosetta Stone working again. Thing is it glitched out and made me redo an entire chapter. Fucking. Bullshit. Was I doing badly? I don’t know when I’ll be able to just speak Spanish with my cousin, but I understand what she says to Max. Mostly through context and keywords.

Adela told me I looked skinnier. I told her I lost ten pounds since I got here and she said, “Oh, I can see. Did you lose it at your feet?” I watched as she tried to fight back a smile. I told her I’m telling my mom and she laughed.

Alright, so… Adela tried calling Starbucks and no one picked up. Weird. Fate of the universe working against me? Who knows.

For now, I spoke to her about Saturday. I’ll make her breakfast. She prefers her eggs scrambled. I’m switching out my seasoned salt for Himalayan pink salt, the shit Esther got. I have to twist it so it won’t add too much salt, not that the seasoned salt would be too overwhelming. I’ll chop up spinach and put it in the eggs with onions and carrots. No broccoli because Adela doesn’t like broccoli with eggs, which is unfortunate. That broccoli will last a while, so I’m not concerned. It’s a large bag and it’s frozen. Should have a decent shelf life.

Anyways, I’m going to get started on editing. I won’t start on Rosetta Stone until I get some chapters done. I’ll try to dedicate an hour a day to Rosetta Stone. Rosetta Stone claims that it’ll take 200+ hours to learn everything so should be about 7 months. Oof. That’s a lot but with Adela, I’ll probably learn it faster. I’ll finish at about May, probably. Hopefully, I won’t need to worry too much about Rosetta Stone resetting my lessons again. If so, I’ll just manually skip it.

Perhaps I should be more patient, but I have a lot coming at me at once. Kickstarter, my book, Spanish, a job, losing weight, and perhaps more goals I can’t think of or haven’t shared yet.

When I can afford it, I’m legally changing my last name. To Molinero. What’s on the book. It’s more to reconnect with the heritage I denied myself when I was younger. The best time to plant a tree is thirty years ago. The second best time is right now.

It’s 4:26. Time to work. Later.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2U0Ivkn2Ds

I’m… looking for a good ambient song. I went through my favorites. Found that. I feel… broken. I hate music right now. I’m sensitive and I can’t handle it. I’m easily swayed. I’m easily wrapped up. Pushed. And, apparently, easily forgotten.

But I don’t forget. I could never forget. I could only forgive.

I was looking for something without woods with a gentle melody. Something that I could fall asleep to. Help me think. Unfortunately, I found something with lyrics. Helping me think about my current misfortune.

Esther… if you’re reading this a year from now on Tumblr, just know that I’ve never stopped caring about you. I know, I should have moved on but I’m not that kind of person. Maybe if you’ve read all this. Maybe if you know that I’m such an idiot. Maybe then you’ll know what kind of person I am. There are no lies in any of this. Only the truth, no matter how painful it is.

I want to die. I would rather die. This is the worst breakup I’ve ever had.

I was rethinking the night you left. Or rather, I left you. I should have stayed. I should have ensured that you were brought back. I should have reasoned with you. You should have reasoned with me. Then again, I know now. I know that Dennis is a piece of shit. He is such a fucking monster and I never knew.

It’s… somewhat ironic. I tend to be able to know a person just by being in their presence. I can’t explain it but my gut tells me not to trust someone or that they’re a good person or whatever. Thing is, I knew Dennis far longer than I started being able to judge people. My niece used to ask for my opinion on her boyfriends. I gave it, then she told me, “But he’s so sweet.” I was a pushover then. I told her go for it. Needless to say, they didn’t last longer than a couple of weeks.

I guess I never learned to measure Dennis’s character. I was socially inept at that age. I just wanted people to like me. I saw him as, “New friend?!” and wagged my tail. He was such a dick to me. Tried doing everything he could to get me to stop bothering him. Claimed to have had a restraining order.

Eventually, I grew on him. Or, at least, so I thought.

What a fucking bastard.

Anyways, I found some flute music. Supposed be Chinese, not sure if it is or isn’t to be honest. Title is “Beautiful Chinese music Instrument Endlesslove 10 different songs” so maybe it is. Maybe it isn’t, who knows? Endlesslove, though… upsetting to see. It’s been a pain in my ass thus far. It’s not getting any better.

I had to get the notes from Esther. These notes… she printed out my story. Read it. Gave notes. She was going to be my editor. I lied to my parents about her being somewhat professional because I really didn’t want my dad on my fucking back. I’ve had a lot of problems with him. One of the reasons I came to Houston.

I asked her to not talk about my book that much. Keep it hidden from him. Bless her heart, she tried but he asks so many questions. He asks… inappropriate questions, too. My dad has become less socially aware as of late.

Regardless, I need her notes. She read my story when I guess it was in pre-alpha? Left a lot of notes. She also said she wanted to see more action. Kind of lead to the rewriting of a chapter.

I appreciate what she’s done. I tried to get Dennis to do it. Said he couldn’t get into it. I don’t think he even tried, to be honest. I tried getting Jer to, as well. He wouldn’t, of course. Later on, he did offer again but it was too late. I was going to have him edit after the edits with Esther. But, things happen slowly.

Christ, it’s hard to go through the pages. She got through 64… she did such a good job.

I asked Daniel to tell Esther that I wanted to thank her but couldn’t. I know she won’t reopen lines because of it, but she’ll know I’m genuinely grateful. She… has bad spelling though. Of course, I say that using spell check but… yeah.

She still did a good job.

She would ask when we would edit next but I was always too grumpy. I guess I was more of a slave to my emotions then, even now. So, we only got so far. Now, I only have these notes on 64 pages. They’re good notes… a lot of tips and advice. I guess I took her for granted. I let her into so much more of my life than I thought. Than she thought. I’ve never been like this after a breakup. I’d have moved on by now. But this is different. This is so different. I hate it. Esther made me feel something I’ve never felt before. True love? Maybe. Just not for her.

Ugh… I… I don’t hate Dennis. I don’t. He just aggravates me and everything I heard about him had a spin added to it. It’s just… Dammit.

I forgave him. For everything. We’re talking again. I added him on Facebook. We’re legitimately talking about the good ole times. And of course… Esther admitted that she hates me. You can see why. During the discussion, Dennis pointed out more of the things I did which were not cool. Before I continue, know that Esther had a troubled childhood. Her stepfather was the reason she moved in with me.

Anyways, Dennis pointed out three things about Esther. I knew she was cutting and did nothing about it. The thing is, I expressed concern but it wasn’t concerning enough for her. I didn’t want to be compared to Andrew, so I tried to be relaxed about it.

Here’s the thing. Each time she cut, I blamed myself. I felt HORRIBLE when she cut as if I failed her. And I did.

She was also afraid of me because of my anger. Which, is true. Like Andrew, her Step-Dad, I was a very angry person. I upset easily. Road rage, that sort of thing.

And I would also make her flinch because I thought it was funny. Yeah, I did. It’s fucked up but I did. I regret doing it.

I had a lot going on in my head. Not good things. However, to those who are still following this, you’d see why she was angry to begin with. Is that enough to hate me for? Maybe. All I could do is let her know I changed. The rest is out of my hands.

This is comforting, strangely enough. Didn’t get to work on my book but I got something else done. Shane is angry with me because I said he called Esther a whore, and he did. However, I can’t seem to find the message. Like it vanished or something.

Oh, shit. Shane deleted it. I just checked to see if it were possible. Totally deleted without a trace.

That mother fucker…

Ah, well. I’m pretty stressed but the drama between us is officially over. I guess I could end the journal here, but who knows what’ll happen next. I hope I’ve been completely honest about everything so whoever reads this would be more aware of what happened and can make their own opinion from it.

There were a lot of players in this particular game. Daniel, of course, was relaying information to Dennis. He admitted it. Esther admitted it. Feeling betrayed by Daniel, but it’s nothing personal. Still, he lied to me. Dennis lied to me, too. But I feel he’s been more honest from our conversation. Doesn’t mean he won’t lie to me later, but he deserves the benefit of the doubt.

This is the time to move on. He’ll add me on Skype probably and after a while, we can finally begin rebuilding our old relationship. I can’t confirm that he’ll be completely honest with me at any point, but he swore he was trying to stop lying. I want to believe him.

I guess… I was very angry at him. I don’t hate Dennis… I don’t hate anyone. There are a few people who’ve earned my ire, but he… well, he and I can work past that. A lot is changing. Life is a river and you’re dragged by it. When you find yourself at foreign banks, then try to make due with what you have.

Still. I want Esther to talk to me again. She just… won’t talk to me. I know why she removed me. Coincidence. I was told to tell Randy to tell them that they’re crap. So he told them I told him that they’re crap. So, she removed me because she was angry with what I was doing.

She had a right to be. Perhaps she’ll get over it.

I really don’t feel like doing anything. I could edit, but I lost my drive. That was a lot of emotion. It was for the greater good, but it was a lot of emotion nonetheless. And I just discovered that it takes 3 days to verify my identity and bank account. Fuck.

Oh, well. Now that I’m talking to Dennis, Daniel doesn’t have to keep reporting on me. Dennis will want to know what it’s about. You know, the me telling Daniel not to trust him. Yeah, I’ll let him know. There is a lot I’ll have to explain, but there will be time for it.

I feel… bad. I hated Dennis so much, at least I thought I did. I mean… I don’t think he really apologized. But I forgave him nonetheless. I just wish he were a better friend from the beginning. Let me know things were getting bad between Esther and me… then again, Esther told him to be hush hush about it. Something else was that he spoke about me a lot to Esther. Like he’d point at places and say, “Oh, we did this thing over there.”

Yeah… he wasn’t the best of friends… but he appreciated my friendship more than I knew. That made him a better friend than I actually gave him credit for. With Esther, I saw all the good. With Dennis, I saw all the bad.

Ironic. With Esther, she saw all the bad. With Dennis, he saw all the good.

I’m going to watch some videos. Then I’ll go to bed. Tired. Emotionally drained. I feel comforted, don’t get me wrong… but I also strangely feel… defeated?

Good night.

#breakup #slice of life #frustration #depression #getting over it #moving on #journal #a year ago today

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ninabulseco · 6 years ago

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9th September - my 4th year as a Returned Missionary

I will always remember the day before and the day I went home. It was a nice P-day when after having lunch and just before my companion and I went to the computer shop, my mission mom called our phone, before I can answer it my heart has been beating so fast. She told me my eldest sister is asking for a phone call conversation with me since it is an emergency. I have a strong feeling that it is about my Father. She told me that it was about my dad being hospitalized and that he is in the ICU. She told me that my family is asking if I can go home earlier than my supposed to be 2 weeks released date from being a full-time missionary. She told me it was all in my hands to decide if I’ll go home earlier or not. I was able to talk to my sister and finally grasp what is really happening, my mind that time was a blur because of the news and all I can remember is that the Doctors said that my Father has like 24-48 hours to live. After the phone call I decided to go home earlier but never told anyone else. We went to the computer shop to do our weekly reporting and email with our love ones. I received an email from my uncle saying that If I decided to go home, He could bring me to the mission home for my Exit interview. I also received an email that my cousins will fetch me from my mission home and bring me to the hospital. I just told them, I will go home whatever happens. Honestly I can’t even remember how did I coordinated with them on my transfer arrangements, guess they figured out everything for me.

We went home and I started bursting out to tears and telling my companion and the other sisters that I want to go home and I can’t let the moment of seeing my father alive for the last time passed. I talked to my mission mom and told her my decision to go home. She told me that I can’t go home right then and there but I can go home tomorrow. I think I called my sister or my mom and told them that I will go home, I asked if I can talk to my Father. I told him to please wait for me, and I’ll go home soon. During the phone call I asked my Father if he wanted me to go home, I thought I heard a “YES” but later I found out that He is worried that I’ll go home earlier, so they told him that dates have been changed and that I am going home exactly on my “release” date. The sisters even helped me pack my things because I was too weak to move and I am crying all day. I was so tense and counting every remaining hour of my Father’s life. Finally I was all composed and we had this wonderful FHE/dinner appointment and went home. I remembered that night, I could not sleep and prayed my heart asking for comfort and peace for my family.

Morning came, my uncle fetched me from my apartment and brought me to the mission home. On the way there, we stopped over Mcdonald’s to have some breakfast. I remembered asking him if I will still see my Dad alive and if He’ll get better. I can sense that He is too is on the verge of crying but is trying to be strong for me and all He said is that my missionary experience prepared me to become strong and have deeper roots in the gospel. We came to the mission home and my mission parents welcomed us. Then I had my exit interview. My mission president told me that He had a feeling that my Dad will be better and He’ll be okay. After minutes my cousins came and I said my last farewell to my Uncle and my mission parents.

On the way to the hospital, I can sense that my cousins are very careful in telling me things and answering my questions. All through out the trip I was praying that there will be no traffic and that I can still see my father alive. I can see that they are in constant communication to my family asking if we are near the hospital already.

Finally we are at the hospital, my cousin told me to leave my stuff and all I have to do is go down from the car and my sister will meet me and bring me to my father. My other cousin accompanied me and we were somehow running and looking for my sister. When my eldest sister saw me, she hugged me and brought me to Dad. I saw my almost lifeless father and I cried so hard, I think I almost fainted, and I remembered someone almost carrying me from my side while whispering to me “ It’s going to be fine, you are strong”. I hushed a little, kissed my dad. My mom and brother initiated that we have our Family prayer the last time. It was a beautiful prayer of thanksgiving. After that prayer I saw that our family picture was beside him and tears roll down his face. I told him I love him so much and that I am home now. My mom brought me outside and comforted me, I told her and my sister I can’t live without my Dad. Then they told me that Dad is really had a hard time and that they already accepted the fact that Dad needs to rest in peace.

After that we were gathered into this room where I saw almost all my relatives. Then we went to a quiet room and discussed things as family as to what is the best thing to do. I offered a prayer asking for comfort and love then returned to our relatives. Night came and our relatives and love ones went home. I decided to stay with my mom and 2 sisters at the hospital, while my brother and other sister went home. Of course I couldn’t sleep so I turned to the scriptures, found myself reading Ether 12 about trial of faith. Then a nurse came called my mom, after some minutes another nurse called us sisters then we went to Dad’s room at ICU again. Mom told us that all we have are the last minutes of our Father’s life because his stats are failing already. We each took our time to hug him and kiss him. Mom tells Daddy that it is okay for him to go because we will take care of her. We messaged our sister and brother that Dad will pass away by any minute. We turned on a music “ Families can be Together Forever” for him and just talk about our Dad’s happy self that Dad won’t want his remaining minutes to hear and feel his family crying over him. Later a nurse knocked and told us, He passed away already. Then my sister and brother came. Then we told our relatives, love ones and friends that He passed away already.

Then the next days were all dedicated to him and was history.

My Dad is not perfect but he is a great man of faith, dedication and love. His life is a wonderful legacy. His memories will always be timeless and his examples are priceless. He fought a hard battle in this life but He never gave up on his love for us. He was given another chance to live and He used it well and vibrant.

I will always be grateful that I am his daughter.

Sometimes I think that the time I served in the mission field showing my Father in Heaven how much I love Him, reciprocated His love by lengthening my earthly father's life.

Maybe some will think that I should have waited for my remaining two weeks to go home.... I remembered my email to my mission president that I think God wants me to go home earlier than my supposed to be released date because those two weeks were full service dedicated to my family, and who would I better serve and show my love but with my Mom and siblings.

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samanthasroberts · 7 years ago

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21 People Share The Time ‘Truth Or Dare’ Got Completely Out Of Control

1.More Than You Bargained For

At a sleepover in junior high we dared our friend to strip down to his underwear…you know, homoerotic pubescent stuff. He comes out from the other room completely naked and gyrating, saying “You got more than you bargained for!”

2.What A Wild Ride

This girl asked her friend to dare someone to have unprotected sex with her. When he received the dare he literally just got up and walked out the house. Then the girl gets drunk, tries it on with a few guys there (to which they all rejected), confessed her love to another guy there, threatened to kill herself, then fell asleep.

3.And He Finished

When a guy I didn’t know was dared to jack off under a blanket and finish while everyone watched. Everyone watched…

4.An Truth Nobody Wanted To Know

At a party someone asked “Who gave you the best blowjob ever?” hoping to get a compliment. Instead, we found out that the man had received a BJ from every woman there and one of the men. That started a long chain of “Wait Bob had sex with Sally? When?” etc. Names changed, feelings were hurt.

5.The Making Of A Serial Killer

My friends little brother (9 or 10 years old) came in and dared one of the girls to slit her finger open, put a paperclip into her finger then stick that paperclip into an electrical outlet while it was still in her finger. After we told him no he offered a replacement dare, which was to go down the street and burn down the church.

6. Vick’s VapoRub

It was around 1998 or so. My buddy had gotten kicked out of his house, and had emotional issues stemming from living with narcissists, Tourettes Syndrome, and being an introvert. He was also having “girl trouble”, as he was the sort of guy who would fall HARD in love with any girl who gave him the time of day, let alone showed any interest in him.

Anywho, my family took him in and let him crash there for a few weeks while his folks came to their senses. He’s laying on the floor of my room, and I know he wants to talk about his issues. But he’s the sort of person that wants the cover of it “being a game” in case he says something that someone is put off by. So, in order to let him get something off his chest, I asked him “Truth or Dare?” and it starts probably 3 or so hours of him talking about his shit.

Now, I’ve gotta work in the morning, and by this time he’s just rehashing shit he’s already said. So in an effort to attempt to get some sleep, I tell him “either you pick Dare, or I roll over and ignore your ass”. Still to this day, I don’t know why he did it… But he picked Dare.

I had just gotten over being sick, with bad bronchitis. Sitting on my nightstand is a jar of Vicks Vap-o-Rub. Trying to think of something that would end this, without blatantly telling him “I dare you to STFU so I can sleep” I spy the bottle on my little nightstand and I backhand swat it to him.

“I dare you to rub this on your scrotum.”

He looks at it, unscrews the cap, and sniffs the bottle. Dunno if it was to verify it was genuine Vicks, or if he’d never used it before, but he did. Then he asked me how much to use.

“Two fingers in the jar, run them around the inside.”

He does so and comes up with an amount equivalent to a golf ball. I see his hand disappear down into the sleeping bag and see motions that are indicative of someone playing with their balls. He pulls his hand out, sniffs it again, and asks “What’s that supposed to dooooAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!”

His eyes go wide, he clutches his junk, and curls into the fetal position. I’m burying my face in my pillow because I’m laughing so hard I can’t breathe. I don’t want to wake up my parents across the hall, so I’m muffling as much laughter as I can while my friend lies in agony.

Finally I get enough air in my lungs to tell him to go wash it off. My friend proceeds to stand up in the sleeping bag and bunny-hop down the hall to the bathroom. I hear the sounds of the faucet being turned on full-blast followed by a very relieved “AHHHHHHH” come from the bathroom.

About five minutes go by and my buddy comes back into my room, sleeping bag over his shoulder and hand around his crotch. He’s taking baby-steps as he comes back to the spot on the floor he was at before, lays down, and mumbles softly “It didn’t help.”

Many, many years later I force him to revisit this particularly shameful incident when I make him a Vicks Cake for his 30th birthday.

We’re still friends. He’s like a brother to me.

7.Is There A Problem, Officer?

There was a time we were playing truth or dare in a hot tub. A girl friend of ours had dared me to get hard in front of everyone. So I get up out of the tub and start playing with myself. Then from around the corner of the house I get a flashlight in my face.

That was the time I masturbated in front of a police officer.

8.An Indecent Proposal

Friend got dared by his girlfriend to have sex with her in the other room and finish inside her (no birth control). He refused, they broke up, we found out it was a setup she had planned to get herself preggies and force him to marry her. Strange night.

9.Hold My Beer

“Bet you can’t jump that ditch.” Four hours later the guy had dislocated one of shoulders the doctor told us.

10. Jealous Times At University

In my first or second year of UNI my group of friends and I were having a get together after finals ended. Considering finals had just ended and it was only about 7 of us, consuming alcohol seemed like the go to activity.

So once the buzz started to hit us one of my friends tried to start a game of spin the bottle, but being a group of three couples and one single guy we decided to play truth or dare instead.

Like all truth or dare games it started out pretty innocently (Take more shots, who’s your celebrity crush, ect), but eventually things turned a bit weird. Our one single guy decided to dare one of the girls to lick whipped cream off of his schlong, and with a reluctant nod from her boyfriend she got to action. Or…at least tried to.

Once she took off the dude’s pants and saw his (well) hung appendage she yells “Damn I’ve never seen one this big!” And before she could even uncap the whipped cream her boyfriend was swinging full force at the guy. Me and my other friend had to get in between a half naked guy and a drunk ape, and by the time we split them up everyone was uncomfortable as hell. After we resolved it and me and my girlfriend started leaving I just remember her leaning up to my ear and telling me “She knew her boyfriend was self conscious about his dick.”

11. At McDonald’s, In Your Underwear

Probably 20years old at the time. Gf her sister and girl cousin from Germany were in the car. Cousin says let’s play and so we all said OK. All fun and games till we pull over into a McDonald’s parking lot and I get dared to walk in and order fries in my underwear. They drove off and I had to borrow the phone to call my gf to make them come back for me. Saw all the tits though, so it was worth it.

12. It Just Became A Giant Orgy

I found out my fiance’s bachelorette party was basically an orgy. I found out years later from someone who was in attendance. I think the fun began as a Truth or Dare game. A co-worker of my wife’s ate her out. Two men staying on the same hotel floor fucked my wife-to-be and her friend. I had no idea until after our divorce. It’s funny…my bachelor party was so tame. We grilled and walked downtown to a couple bars and were back by midnight. Who knew?

13.Why Not Both…Or All?

At my first job, back when I was a teenager, about 6 of us were playing this mid-shift. 3 girls, 3 guys. It was barely starting to get risqu and one of the guys is asked “have you ever masturbated to thoughts of a coworker?” And he says yes.

This is as juicy as it’s gotten, so we latch onto it. The next time around, he’s asked if he’s masturbated to anyone else playing. He says yes. Next round, he’s asked to name which of us he’s jerked it to. He looks at us one by one, then says “all of you.” The guys all got flustered as hell, they’d never even realized they were on the roster.

14. It Was All He Had

I think my most exciting game of truth or dare was cut down in its prime when a guy dared his girlfriend to flash everyone and then broke down crying because now everyone had seen her bikini zone and he no longer felt special.

15. The Wrong Hole

When I was 17, I was “studying” with a girl who started a game of truth or dare with me. I hadn’t kissed since 4th grade, and we were clearly into each other. The game started with me as the asker. She chose dare. Me being the naive, socially awkward individual that I am, dared her to touch the bottom of my family’s shared toilet (which was actually really clean). She resisted, but eventually did it. When my turn came around I chose dare, it was only fair to do so after what I just put her through. She dared me to finger her. At the moment I was ecstatic. As we made our way to the sauna adjoining the bathroom a rush of terror came over me. I had no idea how to do what I was about to do. I’d basically never kissed, and now I was about to finger this chick. Anyways, we get into the sauna and its pitch black. I feel around and find her pelvic region. As I work my way down I try to recollect the very few pornos I’d seen to that point. I start feeling around and wiggling my finger side to side. She jerked her whole body back and exclaimed, “too low!” I quickly realized that I had fingered the wrong hole. And slide it (the same finger) up to her vag. After about 10 seconds she said I was doing it too hard, and about 20 seconds later she stopped me completely. Needless to say, it was a short lived study session.

16.She Went Above And Waaaay Beyond

We told her she had to kiss the dog, we didn’t think she was going to use tongue. After that we just didn’t want to play anymore.

17. A Disastrous Ending

This is a growing up pre-internet disclaimer. Seeing boobs was elusive if you had no access to a “porn stash”. I didn’t. So you’d see them in movies…and no pausing them mind you. No VCR. You’d see the boobs then poof their gone. So over my friends house when I was 13 his older stepsister and her friend were bored and actually talking to us. They were 15. It just started. I had never played before, but I knew the rules. We had a round of Truths. Then Dares. I dared my friends stepsister to flash her boobs. SHE DID!. Real boobs. It was magical. I got dared to strip naked. All the way naked. I did very reluctantly. I had a boner and out of nowhere the stepsister touches it and instant launch. It was awful. There were screams of “ewww” and gross. She shoved me and I fell backwards. It wasn’t a good ending to what could have been a spectacular evening.

18. Lucy And Kyle Break Up

A few years ago now my friends and I all decided to try and make jello shots for the first time. We added way too much vodka to them but we all felt obligated to finish them. We took the empty handle of Smirnoff and one of my friends decided to play truth or dare spin the bottle. With all of us pretty trashed already it seemed like a good idea.

For the first few rounds it was all fine, pretty normal stuff; take a shot, go outside and eat some snow (it was winter break). But then one friend, let’s call him Kevin, decided to dare one of the girls to take off her top. Now no one at the party was single, and everyone’s respective partner was in attendance, which will be important later.

The girl Kevin asked to take her top off decided to play along and that was fine. But her boyfriend, we’ll call him Kyle, seemed to get jealous because he then made it his mission to get Kevin’s girlfriend naked. Every time it was Kyle’s turn he would find a way to target Kevin’s girlfriend. The bottle pointed to me at one point and he dared me to take off Kevin’s girlfriend’s bra (of course I did it being a team player). It didn’t take long for Kevin to pick up on this so he started to target Kyle’s girlfriend for the same purpose.

I should also mention that truth became all but ruled out around this time because anyone who opted for it would be ridiculed for choosing the “pussy option”.

Eventually Kevin, Kyle, their girlfriends (call them Emily and Lucy respectively), and everyone else in the circle, 8 of us total, we’re down to nothing but underwear bottoms. Kevin gets a turn and dares Lucy to let him take off her panties. She blushes and and tries to say no but everyone begins to cheer for her to do it. Eventually she gets up, walks over to Kevin, and he just rips off her panties and immediately buries his face in her crotch and she starts to moan and stays on his face. The room goes silent, Emily gets up and storms out of the room.

Apparently Lucy and Kevin had been cheating with each other. Kyle had been suspicious but didn’t want to risk accusing Lucy without proof. Obviously this let the cat out of the bag and what followed were some very choice words and us never hanging out with Kevin or Lucy again.

19. Middle School Is So Awful

This was at a birthday party in middle school. A late-blooming boy chose “truth” and was asked if he had pubes. He was silent for what seemed like forever, then said “no” softly, causing the room to erupt with laughter. He began to cry and had to leave the room. He didn’t come out for HOURS. He had a girlfriend at the party so I’m sure it added to the embarrassment.

20. “It Was Terrifying”

We (3 guys and 3 girls) were all in the hottub at this chick’s house playing ‘Truth or Dare’, and I get dared to go mash my dick/balls up against her parents’ bedroom window. Granted, it’s like 1am, and the whole house is completely dark, so I thought it would be no big deal.

Get out of the hottub, run over to the window, drop my suit, and smash my junk up against the window for a few moments. Then, in the reflective light of the pool, I catch a glimpse of her parents sitting right inside the window, watching us from inside. They didn’t even blink, just just watched me. It was fucking terrifying. TERRIFYING. Like, I saw them for a split fucking second as the light passed over the glass, just inches away from my mashed up dick on the other side of the window. Something from a horror movie. I gasped and ran back to the hottub, got back in, and just sat there in complete silence.

A couple minutes later, her dad comes outside laughing, hands me a beer, and then reminisces with all of us for a minute about the crazy shit he did when he was a kid.

I’ve never felt a shock like I did when I saw their faces. It still haunts me sometimes, but it all turned out better than expected.

…I was 25.

21.The Lamest House Party Ever

I was at my first ever house party. I was pretty drunk, didn’t really know many people there and wanted to impress. So naturally, when we were playing truth or dare and someone dared me to strip to my boxers and run around the garden (fully expecting me not to do it and to instead take the forfeit of five tequila shots), I actually did it. Instead of cheers of “haha, he actually did it the madman” everyone just thought I was some sort of weird pervert and hardly anyone would talk to me for the rest of the party.

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21 People Share The Time ‘Truth Or Dare’ Got Completely Out Of Control

1.More Than You Bargained For

2.What A Wild Ride

3.And He Finished

When a guy I didn’t know was dared to jack off under a blanket and finish while everyone watched. Everyone watched…

4.An Truth Nobody Wanted To Know

5.The Making Of A Serial Killer

6. Vick’s VapoRub

“I dare you to rub this on your scrotum.”

He looks at it, unscrews the cap, and sniffs the bottle. Dunno if it was to verify it was genuine Vicks, or if he’d never used it before, but he did. Then he asked me how much to use.

“Two fingers in the jar, run them around the inside.”

Many, many years later I force him to revisit this particularly shameful incident when I make him a Vicks Cake for his 30th birthday.

We’re still friends. He’s like a brother to me.

7.Is There A Problem, Officer?

That was the time I masturbated in front of a police officer.

8.An Indecent Proposal

9.Hold My Beer

“Bet you can’t jump that ditch.” Four hours later the guy had dislocated one of shoulders the doctor told us.

10. Jealous Times At University

So once the buzz started to hit us one of my friends tried to start a game of spin the bottle, but being a group of three couples and one single guy we decided to play truth or dare instead.

11. At McDonald’s, In Your Underwear

12. It Just Became A Giant Orgy

13.Why Not Both…Or All?

14. It Was All He Had

15. The Wrong Hole

16.She Went Above And Waaaay Beyond

We told her she had to kiss the dog, we didn’t think she was going to use tongue. After that we just didn’t want to play anymore.

17. A Disastrous Ending

18. Lucy And Kyle Break Up

I should also mention that truth became all but ruled out around this time because anyone who opted for it would be ridiculed for choosing the “pussy option”.

19. Middle School Is So Awful

20. “It Was Terrifying”

A couple minutes later, her dad comes outside laughing, hands me a beer, and then reminisces with all of us for a minute about the crazy shit he did when he was a kid.

I’ve never felt a shock like I did when I saw their faces. It still haunts me sometimes, but it all turned out better than expected.

…I was 25.

21.The Lamest House Party Ever

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21 People Share The Time ‘Truth Or Dare’ Got Completely Out Of Control

1.More Than You Bargained For

2.What A Wild Ride

3.And He Finished

When a guy I didn’t know was dared to jack off under a blanket and finish while everyone watched. Everyone watched…

4.An Truth Nobody Wanted To Know

5.The Making Of A Serial Killer

6. Vick’s VapoRub

“I dare you to rub this on your scrotum.”

He looks at it, unscrews the cap, and sniffs the bottle. Dunno if it was to verify it was genuine Vicks, or if he’d never used it before, but he did. Then he asked me how much to use.

“Two fingers in the jar, run them around the inside.”

Many, many years later I force him to revisit this particularly shameful incident when I make him a Vicks Cake for his 30th birthday.

We’re still friends. He’s like a brother to me.

7.Is There A Problem, Officer?

That was the time I masturbated in front of a police officer.

8.An Indecent Proposal

9.Hold My Beer

“Bet you can’t jump that ditch.” Four hours later the guy had dislocated one of shoulders the doctor told us.

10. Jealous Times At University

So once the buzz started to hit us one of my friends tried to start a game of spin the bottle, but being a group of three couples and one single guy we decided to play truth or dare instead.

11. At McDonald’s, In Your Underwear

12. It Just Became A Giant Orgy

13.Why Not Both…Or All?

14. It Was All He Had

15. The Wrong Hole

16.She Went Above And Waaaay Beyond

We told her she had to kiss the dog, we didn’t think she was going to use tongue. After that we just didn’t want to play anymore.

17. A Disastrous Ending

18. Lucy And Kyle Break Up

I should also mention that truth became all but ruled out around this time because anyone who opted for it would be ridiculed for choosing the “pussy option”.

19. Middle School Is So Awful

20. “It Was Terrifying”

A couple minutes later, her dad comes outside laughing, hands me a beer, and then reminisces with all of us for a minute about the crazy shit he did when he was a kid.

I’ve never felt a shock like I did when I saw their faces. It still haunts me sometimes, but it all turned out better than expected.

…I was 25.

21.The Lamest House Party Ever

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Day 57

7/1/17

Well I spent a few days in Leon. overall, I think I can describe the city as having a large suburban feel. It was busy, but not too busy, kind of like suburbia. It also had just the basic necessities- a bank, a grocery store, a movie theater, some clothing shops, etc. I wouldn’t call it a big city, though. It was pretty, and in many parts had much prettier houses than Granada has. The cathedrals were breathtaking. The men were not nearly as forward as they are in Granada. However, it didn’t feel like home. Granada feels like home. It’s got that small town, conservative, charming feel. Leon is definitely more liberal. You can still see political murals on the wall (I think they still hate the States… whoops) and Sandinistas that fought in the last revolution are still running around telling their stories. Sandinista flags are flying high. The college kids are running wild at all hours of the night having parties. I did, however, really enjoy the fact that something was always going on. There was always someone to watch, a corn- on- the- cob stand to eat at, a trampoline to go jump on (okay, only if you’re under the age of 7), or the world’s nicest McDonald’s to go to. It was a good couple of days, but I’m glad to be back in my tranquilo little city.

So the overall reason I went to Leon was because I sponsor a child through Compassion International, and I had the amazing opportunity to meet her this weekend! Naturally, I jumped at the chance and started setting things up. It was truly such an amazing experience. The day started with meeting my interpreter (every Compassion visit gets an interpreter from the country’s headquarters to facilitate the visit). I’m glad I’ve had two months to brush up on my Spanish because getting to talk to and understand (as long as everyone speaks slowly) Alison and her community was so important to me. It made for a more natural meeting and I feel like she was able to let her guard down so quickly. We met at the place I was staying and then we set out for Alison’s barrio. When we got there, I was able to see Alison’s church, meet her pastor, meet her tutor, see the Compassion center that she goes to, and meet some of the other leaders who pour into her life. Finally, as I turned to go in to the Compassion office, I saw my little nugget start running towards me, arms as wide as they could stretch, with the biggest grin on her face. It was really special to me because I knew she was excited. She’s 13 and most 13 year- olds try to put on a “cool” act, but she didn’t care. She kept telling me “gracias” over and over, but really she was the one letting me come visit her so I was pretty thankful. Then I got to hug her mama and we were all able to take pictures under the balloon arch (yes, ballon arch!) and exchange gifts. Alison had known for an entire month about my visit, and ever since she found out, she worked really closely and really hard with her tutor to make the perfect gift. She constructed an adorable card stock paper box with fancy trim and a bow, and inside the box were bon bons (my favorite kind!) and fun stickers. After the exchange, we walked through her barrio to get to her house. I was excited to see that there were cobblestone streets in her barrio because I got her chalk and wanted her to be able to use it. When we got to her house, her two older cousins greeted us, along with her younger sister (12 years old). Ali gave me a tour of the house. She, her mom, and two sisters sleep in one room with two beds. Her grandfather sleeps in another room. Her cousins just wanted to meet me, but they live in a different house, so they were at Ali’s place waiting with her sister. Ali showed me that she’s been keeping all of the letters I send her and that she was so thankful I write her. I was also able to se that there were pictures on the wall from her kindergarten graduation, and pictures of her with her sisters when they were younger. I got to meet the family dog as well. Negrita. She’s black so that’s why her name is Negrita. After the tour of the house, we went on to the back “patio” (really just an area out back) and took family photos. The older sister wasn’t there because she was working, but that was okay. Once pics were done, we hailed a taxi and headed out for the lunch! I asked Ali if she knew of any yummy places, and we could go wherever since it was her day. Guess where she chose, y’all? McDonald’s! AND she was so excited when I said yes! Like literally jumping. She started talking so fast that at the point I had to stop conversing on my own and ask for the translators help. Basically Ali loves McDonald’s food, the toys, and her sister works there, and it’s in the city and she never gets to go to the city because she’s too little. So anyway, we started walking towards McDonald’s once the taxi let us out (we made sure to stop for pics, too) and I loved seeing this nug’s reaction to some good ole American fast food. They even let her pick out two toys so she could bring one home to her younger sister. When we were there, I got to meet her older sister. Apparently the job is a huge blessing because (1) money, but (2) most jobs in Nica make you work full time and McDonald’s really wants the kids to finish school, so they’re letting her go to school part- time to allow her to finish schooling. Also, they treat their employees very nice and even take them on staff retreats to resorts. It’s pretty fancy. Anyway, we ate lots of yummy McDonald’s and then got McFlurrys for dessert, then left for a taxi because it was time for the… water park! It’s not like an American water park, but it was still a lot of fun. It was kind of like a really big public pool area thing. Ali was pretty excited because she said she had been once with Compassion on a group event and loved it, and since she was getting to go with me it was even more special. We went to a nearby city called Telica and the water park had two really big pools, one kid pool, and two little kid pools. The two big pools had a waterfall and three water slides. All of us got in and started swimming around. I gave Ali a super short swim lesson because she said she kind of didn’t know how to swim. I quickly realized she totally did and told her that she was great, but we still stayed in shallow areas and areas near life guards. We took so many pics, even underwater pics (although I realized later that my life proof case wasn’t completely life proof… so now I have no phone) and I can’t wait to share them! I also brought my polaroid camera so Ali could have pics. Her mom borrowed her older sister’s phone for the day and took pics of us as well. Her mom was so excited the entire day, maybe even more than Ali! It was so precious. Once swimming was over, we went back to the city and said our goodbyes. I definitely want to come back next year and visit my precious girl again.

• A L I S O N •

• Casa •

• Basilica Catedral de la Asuncion •

• Lions in Leon •

• Happy McNugget •

• Entrance to the Water Park •

• Telica Water Park •

• Bravery •

• Silly faces •

• Fam •

This trip was amazing, and I learned more about Compassion and about Ali’s center than I knew before. For example, the money I pay each month helps fund doctor’s visits, dentist’s visits, and eye exams. My little Al pal needs glasses and she wouldn’t have been able to get them without me. Literally. She got them this year and I’ve been sponsoring her for about 8 months now, and that money helped pay for the glasses. Another fact about the center is that each child has a personalized binder with everything about them (down to a BMI chart to make sure they’re not malnourished!) and a few tutors must keep up with the binders. I was able to see report cards, letters that we’ve written each other, how long Ali has been with Compassion, and more. I truly appreciated how thorough Compassion is with everything. Her center has been established for six years, and that’s when she started. She said she had a sponsor, but then they stopped sponsoring her. That broke my heart because this girl is the sweetest little bubbliest thing ya ever did see, and I can’t imagine how devastated she was when she realized she lost her sponsor. I’m keeping her until she graduates from Compassion. What also broke my heart is that the center has 380 kids, and in the past six years they’ve had two other sponsors visit their children. One came to Leon, the other had their kid meet them in Managua. They said when I wanted to come meet Ali, they were overjoyed! So was I! Getting to see Alison face- to- face, her day- day life, meeting her leaders, etc. was so incredible. Overall, I truly believe that the work Compassion is doing is really good work and I feel so honored to be able to be a part of this project.

So my trip to Leon was successful because I finally met my wonderful nugget, Alison. Sorry for the long post, but I really felt like I had to type everything, and I still feel like I could have writhed so much more about it. Anyway, until next time!

Stay Salty & Shine Bright, Heather

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