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jerics · 2 years ago

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jeric, 2k, find it on ao3

"I don't get him," Eric says, and it's probably the truest thing he's said about Jack so far. Because if Jack likes blue, and Jack likes the Godfather Part 2, and Jack knows all the words to the songs on the CDs Eric puts in the player he brought from the bedroom he used to share with his little brother, then why is Jack so much better at this? He'll go out and get an apartment and just ask for roommates, he'll get into this college and not question how he did it, he'll show up with his positive attitude and give-em-hell smile and he'll win them all over, just like that. Eric's always been that guy. The win-em-over guy. And now there's Jack. And Jack is winning everybody over (Shawn hated him, right? Eric didn't imagine that? but still, Shawn Hunter moved into an apartment with a guy he barely knew and Eric), and hell, Cory likes him, even Mom and Dad like him.

Eric doesn't get it. Jack's just some guy, right? He's Shawn's older brother, but at the centerpoint of it, he's just some guy. And yet, Eric has never felt better than he has since he and Jack stepped into the same room. He just likes having the guy around! Every single friend Eric had ever had had been work, had been someone he had to maintain the relationship with and never wanted to come home with him. He never wanted what his little brother had when they were kids. He always thought that Cory and Shawn were a little weird, even if he always liked the kid. He still likes Shawn. They live together! But he's never felt about Shawn was he's starting to feel right now.

When Cor was really little, he once said he'd like to climb inside of Shawn's chest and go home with him, so that they could keep each other company. Eric has never wanted what he had. But he's starting to get the idea of what he meant, and jeez, that's a scary feeling. He doesn't know how Cory and Shawn did it when they were just kids. All this emotion and such a tiny little guy to process that scary desire of wanting someone to stay close to you. He can't imagine.

He starts keeping Jack in his back pocket, and he stops telling himself that its weird. That this isn't what guys do, going everywhere together and never finding one without the other. What the fuck does it matter what guys do? He's just one person, in an apartment, trying to make it one day at a time. Hopefully without pants if he can help it. And with Jack. Because he thinks the guy is neat. So what?

He gets Jack to come clubbing with him, takes him dancing, teaches him how to wear a dress properly, gets him into exercising with him. And Jack is amenable to all of it- he doesn't care that Eric is sometimes intense, or that sometimes he's so diluted it's like you could wash him away with water, and he doesn't even care that Eric lied about smoking. He thought they were talking about cigarettes! It wouldn't have been a lie if they were talking about cigarettes. Jack, New York City boy, has never smoked before, and he leans back when Eric offers him a joint, smiling and exposing his throat, and Eric has to stop himself from asking him if he knows what shotgunning is. Jack probably doesn't know, or at least doesn't know how. That doesn't mean that Eric needs to teach him.

He teaches himself witchcraft on one of the long tables at the library, bowed over a couple books (most heavily ruminating on Witchcraft for Dumb-Dumbs, but that is neither here nor there), and it's the hardest he's worked on anything in his entire life, maybe. A librarian watches him over her glasses, probably noticing that he has no idea what he's doing and just leaving him to it anyway; he doesn't blame her. It's the middle of the night. He just has a really bad feeling about this, you know? Somewhere in his gut behind all the jealousy and just hating Millie for being herself and rubbing her witchy little hands all over his Jackie, he really does have a bad feeling about this.

He thinks he puts on really well that seeing Jack and Shawn tied up doesn't scare him at all. Because holy fuck, it does. If the sacrifice hadn't worked as planned, but he hadn't interrupted, what would they have done? What would Millie have done? He's proud of himself for remembering to take her keys. Fuck only knows what she would have done if she kept them.

"Eric, wait. Even after all the rotten things I said to you, you’re still gonna invite me to come along?" Jack asks, and he looks at Eric like how Eric's been thinking about him the entire time. Like Eric hung the moon in the sky. Like he's worth a damn. Eric smiles.

"Of course, man, you’re my friend."

He says that and he means it. Jackie is his friend. Eric just also wants to put him in his pocket and keep him safe and teach him about Philly conduct because holy shit, he acts like a New York boy sometimes, and New York might be bigger, but Eric grew up nice, and he still knows how to beat somebody's breaks off if they don't have friends. But anyway. Jack's his friend. It's simpler, easier and safer to pretend that's all it is.

There's something about cooking Thanksgiving dinner with a guy that makes you feel like more than friends. Eric knew it was a bad idea as soon as he suggested it, as soon as it flew out of his mouth, really, but Jack couldn't be left alone for Thanksgiving, and having it at their apartment keeps Mom away from the baby picture albums. Even if they just stay friends, Jack is still gonna eventually see the baby picture books, but this way, he can deny the inevitable for as long as possible. The Matthews brood is kinda weird. He knows that. He knows that Jack already knows that he is weird too. But Jackie gets overwhelmed easy. He doesn't want his Mom doing her Welcome to the Neighborhood routine and freaking him out, is that so wrong?

But God, the alternative. Watching Jackie try to figure out pumpkin pie and trying to melt a turkey out of a block of ice. He cracks jokes and Jack gets snappy and Shawn hasn't really been hanging around during the day so much lately (probably actually going to class, hope against hope), so it's just them in their empty apartment. They're a disaster together. Eric's never been happier.

It's around three weeks before Christmas when he wakes up with Jackie in his bed, laying on his stomach with his face pushed into the pillow. They hadn't gone to bed together, hadn't even said goodnight before going to bed last night- Jack had been up late in the library again, and the library isn't really Eric's scene. He studies better when he can spread out all over the floor, which he mostly does in his bedroom, not even in the living room. It's hard to study in front of people! None of that is the point. He wakes up and Jack Hunter is in his bed like it's a normal place for him to be, like that's exactly where he belongs. Eric can't help but stare.

Jack always looks softer when he's asleep. Awake, he's an angel, so it's like looking at an angel or something. He's just relentlessly pretty. He's good to look at. He's opening his eyes.

"Hey," Eric says before Jack can freak out, his voice soft. Jack pushes his face back into his pillow with a groan.

"My bed was cold when I got in last night," he explains, voice muffled.

"Yeah, Jackie, that's what happens to it when you're not in it," Eric cajoles, his tone half sooth and half agitator. Jack picks his head up just to glare at him, even if it's pretty obviously halfhearted.

"It was cold, so like some heat seeking person that cuddles, I came into your room. What are you doing to me, Eric Matthews?" Jack asks. He looks fond. Eric chooses to believe his expression over the pang in his chest of too much, of too far. He always gets to be too much, gets to going too far.

"Stay?" he asks anyway, fingers around Jack's wrist. He can't help that hungry thing within himself, that thing that wants to have and wants to hold, that thing that wants to be in love far more than he's ever known how to be. Jack looks at him sideways from where he had pushed himself up onto his hands and knees and gives Eric a shrug, climbing back into the bed and collapsing onto Eric with a fit of laughter. He's heavy where he lands, but it's heavy in a good way. He's warm and he presses into all the places where Eric feels most empty, his stock sturdy and his clothes soft. Eric wraps his arms around Jack's shoulders.

"You're so weird," Jack says, but he's grinning so wide it's fit to split his face wide open, and he's got his knees on either side of Eric's hips, and he isn't acting like he thinks Eric is weird at all. Eric's heart could burst looking up at him. He reaches up to cup Jack's face.

"You're weird too," he whispers, and then he leans in. He lets Jack come the last couple of centimeters, leaves the space and then gets swooped up into a kiss, and besides the ritual sacrifice, he can see why Millie liked him so much. Of course he can see why Millie liked Jack so much, though. He likes Jack too. He wants to kiss him and hold him and keep him close. They've been kissing for longer than Eric intended when Jack presses down into him and Eric can't stop the way his hips cant up; he's not even twenty, what can he say about his hair trigger? Jack grins down at him like he's any different.

"You like me," Jack says, confident and a little breathy, and Eric wants to fucking bite him. So he does. He leans up and he nips under Jack's jaw, just because he can.

"You like me too," he whines, pulling Jack even further down on top of him so that he can hide his face in the other boy's shoulder. He's not even super confident about it, but he's assuring himself that Jack wouldn't have kissed him if he didn't want more. There's some alignment happening all the way down their bodies but no urgency, no reason to make something from the first time they've kissed in the way that Eric would be desperate to with someone less important. Jack lays on top of Eric like some kind of weighted blanket, tucked against him so sweetly it's hard to focus on anything else.

"I like you too," Jackie whispers his confirmation, just casual like he isn't making Eric's heart beat out of his chest. He wraps his arms around Jack again and puts the fingers of one hand in the other boy's hair, scritching through the back of it like he's always wanted to do. Jack melts against him. If he had known Jack would do that, he would have done this months ago.

"Are we going back to sleep, buddy?" Eric continues coming his fingers through Jack's hair, making the other boy sigh.

"If you keep touching me like that, definitely," he says. Eric grins.

"I'll touch you however you want, baby," he says, wiggling his eyebrows even if Jackie can't see it.

"Eric," Jack says simply, his voice not particularly harsh, but firm, like he always is when he's reigning Eric in. Eric wants to curl up in the sound of that voice.

"Night, Jackie."

#jeric #jack hunter #eric matthews #boy meets world #jackeric #mine #rated mature just so y'all know

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jericgutierrez · 3 years ago

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Hello World!

Hello all! My name is Jeric Gutierrez and I am broke. I am also a college student. I am also also have a part time job, so life is kind of hectic right now. Between balancing essays and greeting customers, I often find it hard to find time to budget for personal care activities such as laundry, cleaning, and of course cooking. However, with this food blog, I can show you that not only can you find the time to cook and cook on a budget, but you can also cook more than just your simple pancakes and bacon.

Recently, I had just moved out of my parents’ home, so adjusting to the adult life is daunting, and while I did cook meals every now and then when I was living with my parents, it feels like a completely different beast having to rely on yourself for sustenance. The beauty of this food blog is not only to discover cheap, quick, and tasty meals but also to act as my first foray into adulting. Throughout this food blog, you will see the beginnings of me growing up, and there may be some missteps along the road. Whether that be burned recipes or missed steps in said recipes, we will all learn together.

I am also interested in diving into the backgrounds of these dishes. Being Filipino, I am really interested in Filipino dishes, and I take this blog as an opportunity to not only cook Filipino dishes but to also learn some history behind my culture. And of course, these recipes will not be exclusive to Filipino dishes, so this will not only be an excursion into my culture but into a wide array of various cultures.

I hope you enjoy my food blog. This should be a fun and educational experience for both of us!

*Edit

It comes to mind that I should leave some general tips in this introduction, so...

General tips!

You are going to see a lot of recipes that I serve over rice. One thing I always recommend if you are going to be cooking rice even once a month is to invest in a rice cooker! Get outta here with that stovetop rice stuff! It’s so easy with a rice cooker. Just pour rice into your rice pot, wash your rice, fill the pot with water on a 1:1 rice to water ratio (i.e. 1 cup of water = 1 cup of rice), and place in the rice cooker to cook. Easy! And for those who think it would be too expensive for you since you don’t eat rice that often, I bought my rice cooker from Target for $20. Even if you only eat rice once a month, it is WORTH IT!

Speaking about rice: WASH YOUR RICE! It removes the starch from the rice. It’s the same reason you wash potatoes before making french fries. It just tastes better!

Costco Tips!

I have actually worked membership at Costco, and throughout this blog I will constantly recommend buying from Costco, so here’s a breakdown of the different memberships Costco offers and which one would be right for you

Gold Star Membership

Costco’s Basic membership

$60/year

Enough to get you in and out of the store

Executive Membership

$120/year

Receive 2% rebate check at the end of your term. The check is based on how much you spend in store and online. This 2% reward also includes vacations booked through Costco Travel!

Various discounts on services offered through Costco

So I get constantly get asked which is the better membership to get, and I always answer it depends. For starters, the baseline spending you want to be doing as an Executive member is about $250/month or $3000/year. That would be enough for a $60 check, essentially breaking even with the gold star. If you’re spending more than that, UPGRADE TO THE EXECUTIVE as you will be getting a cheaper membership in the long run. Also, this next policy varies from store to store, so it would be wise to ask the membership clerk whether or not they will honor it. At both my previous and current stores, we have a policy set in place where if your rebate check is less than what you paid for in upgrade fees, Costco will reimburse you on the money you lost. So say you pay the extra $60 to upgrade from a gold star account but you only received a $50 check. Take that check to the membership desk and they will reimburse you $10. From there you are more than free to downgrade for your next term. If your warehouse does honor this policy, I always recommend first time members sign up for Executive since it’s impossible to lose money on this venture. If your check is less than $60, we reimburse you. If it’s more, then you pay less for your membership.

Oftentimes members want to try out the Gold Star membership first to see how their spending habits track before upgrading, and I always recommend against this. You don’t know how many times I’ve checked an account only to see that if they had been Executive members in the first place, they would have already had a check worth $90. So to reiterate, if your warehouse has the reimbursement policy mentioned above, START OUT AT EXECUTIVE! You won’t lose out on potential rewards that way and we’ll reimburse you if your check does not cover the upgrade fee.

In my experience, families of 4 or more typically benefit from the Executive membership. Also consider any large purchases you are planning on making in the near future. If you are buying a TV, for instance, it’s always worth considering upgrading before said purchase.

Some other things to note about the memberships, you aren’t locked in to one membership once you sign up. You are always free to upgrade or downgrade anywhere within your term. Also the Costco Anywhere Visa Card is a great additional card to sign up for if you are good with credit cards. You get 4% on gas at any gas stations that accept Visa Credit Cards, an extra 2% on Costco purchases, 3% on travel booked through Costco Travel and on restaurants, and 1% on everything else. For the gas alone, I recommend this to most people because that gets me at least $3 a month just from using the card. That may not sound like a lot until you realize that that's over half of a Goldstar membership at the end of the year. All from paying for gas. Plus you get an extended warranty (an extra 2 years on top of whatever warranty is offered) on your Costco purchases. There also aren't any annual fees with this card.

So to recap, if you spend over $250 a month, invest in the Executive. If you are good with credit cards, get the visa card. Ask if your warehouse honors that reimbursement policy. If they do, get the Executive. Your wallet will thank you.

#food #broke college kid #food blog

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birlcholtz · 5 years ago

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do you remember that week n a half when everyone cared about bittyjohnson? can we bring that back?

bitty/johnson.... the forbidden jeric ship

lol yes i do remember that it was a weird fucking time let's bring it back!!!! side note this turned into... well i'll just let you read it. can one really write about johnson without it turning into an ethical debate and a philosophical crisis rolled into one weird metaphysical narrative? i finished this after midnight which also explains the whole ethical philosophical crisis thing

johnson, as someone who is fully aware of This Whole Fictional Narrative thing before it even starts, is also an expert on eric bittle. he knows all of bitty's strengths and his cute idiosyncratic flaws and his deeper issues that are the result of childhood trauma

you can't know that much about someone without loving them at least a little. and johnson, for all his fictionality, is a person, imbued with the same liveliness and sense of self as all of the other characters in the comic, and he meets bitty and thinks oh, shit.

does john johnson know i'm writing this right now

and bitty's like wow. another intimidatingly attractive teammate. his name is john johnson. weird but okay. and he's a goalie which means he's weird too. cool i can handle this

for a while johnson wrestles with the ethics of being in love with bitty??? like bitty hasn't made the choice to share any of this information with him and he KNOWS they're fictional characters and as a result autonomy is more of a high ideal than something that's actually put into practice but isn't it best to at least give bitty a semblance of choice?

so, he plays his part. he does not reveal any information that he should not know— well, that his character should not know— johnson knows all. he knows the conversations that happen behind the scenes too, the ones that get transcribed on twitter or referred to in ask a wellies. he thinks maybe he'll get a twitter someday, if that's something he can do in-universe. just to see what it's like for himself and not have this weird extrasensory knowledge of it.

but he can't stay away from bitty, especially not when bitty seems so determined to like him (johnson knows it's probably because he's not Aggressively Hetero like ransom and holster or rude like jack or in-your-face like shitty. it's a process of elimination. but still)

and he knows that they're in a story, and he knows that the story must have some sort of goal, and bitty swings by his room one sunny afternoon and complains about unsolicited early morning checking practice with jack and johnson thinks, oh. so that's how it's going to go.

he plays his part, commiserates, encourages bitty, all with a bad taste in his mouth

and johnson expects bitty to peel away, and spend more time with jack, and open up to the rest of the team. and he does open up to everyone, but he keeps coming back to johnson, and part of johnson wants to tell him no, i'm just a filler, the team needed a goalie, don't waste your time and part of him just wants to enjoy it while he can

johnson is on the swallow's 50 most beautiful again. four years running. his face isn't in the photo. he knows he has a face, because he sees it in the mirror whenever he goes to brush his teeth, but he can never remember what it looks like. apparently these cartoon cameras can't either. and that's johnson. destined to be there while you look and gone when you turn away.

and he knows bitty sees it because holster snags a copy somewhere and reads aloud the list at team breakfast. ransom sits on holster's right and bitty sits on holster's left, and johnson sits on bitty's left and wonders where he'll be a year from now

but he will remember how bitty takes the copy of the swallow holster hands him, opened to the page with johnson's photo, and lingers on it for just a moment before passing it on, and johnson will remember that for the rest of his existence, however long that might be. especially because jack is in there too. johnson knows jack is in there too. holster has already provided his thoughts on the rankings of johnson, jack, and ransom within the 50 most, loudly and at length. but bitty doesn't flip to it. he doesn't flip through at all. just lingers on that one page and then passes it along, almost as if he doesn't care about the others

bitty likes johnson. he's weird, but he's never overbearing, he asks bitty questions about his life and actually listens to the answers, really listens, and he is thoughtful. he's also beautiful but like half the team is that doesn't make johnson special

and bitty likes how when he talks to johnson he never feels like he's out of place. he never feels like he doesn't fit in. because johnson is weird as fuck but his unabashedly *being* weird as fuck gives bitty license to be who he is, even if that's not who the rest of the team are. johnson is a paragon of not being like the rest of the team and he gets away with it and bitty doesn't know if he wants him or wants to be him but then johnson smiles at him after his game winner at family weekend and says 'congrats', hair wet, eyes sincere, and bitty knows.

johnson doesn't know.

because here's the thing about johnson. he knows everything that has happened. he knows bitty is scared of checking because he knows the history. he knows bitty is gay from the moment he mutters 'men' to his camera in first semester. but he cannot predict the future. he's a character in the story as much as anyone else is and knowing that he's fictional doesn't tell him what's coming next. and he cannot read bitty's mind.

but the second bitty admits it to himself out loud, johnson knows, and even though he feels like this can't be the intended narrative he has the urge to just say 'fuck it' and do what he wants. seize his own free will. ignore what he thinks was supposed to happen.

and that's what he does.

bitty and johnson are an odd couple, to all observers. johnson is just so weird and bitty is just so sweet and nobody can fathom how or why they are together.

but they defend each other. johnson chirps the other team loud enough on the ice that they focus on the annoying goalie instead of the tiny, vulnerable-looking forward. bitty summons up his chilliest southern politeness for the people who talk with raised eyebrows about whether johnson is actually sane behind his back, and he never tells johnson about these people but johnson knows anyway because it happened, and he loves bitty more for it.

they love each other, too, gravitate towards each other whenever they can, and johnson's room in the haus turns into a haven. he helps bitty navigate haus parties and he knows the cup of beer in his hand is fictional but he can taste it anyway and he starts to wonder why it matters if it technically doesn't exist in the real world. does it matter if johnson is a fictional character? does it matter if bitty is a fictional character? they're real enough to each other and this is the only world they will ever know.

johnson is weird. he faces existential crises every day he wakes up from a dreamless sleep, and he can't always keep himself from breaking the fourth wall— although who he's talking to out there, he doesn't know.

but he feels like a real person. bitty had asked, early on, what he was majoring in, and johnson hadn't had an answer, but then he had blinked and said 'philosophy' and it was as if it had been the case all along. he knew what classes he had taken, which professors he had had, the grades he got, the papers he wrote, what he's writing his thesis on. it felt real. it *was* real, to him and to everyone who matters.

he can look at his face in the mirror and hold on to its memory for a little longer. he knows what his mouth looks like now, and he has a vague idea about his nose. he's hoping he'll learn more about himself. it's easier to remember when bitty's reflection is in the mirror next to his own.

johnson knows his favorite flavor of pie is peach now. not because of how it tastes but because he'd helped bitty make it once, smiling and laughing together in the kitchen, and the golden, rosy memory is an anchor for him to when he decided he was real enough to matter.

he graduates and gives his dibs to bitty because who else would he give them to? he was probably supposed to give them to bitty. he knows bitty is protagonist material. but johnson gives his dibs to bitty because bitty is the person he wants to give them to. he receives his diploma on graduation day and knows that leaving samwell does not confine him to an endless future of nothing. he is a character but that gives him power. every word he says becomes canonical. everything he does is something real.

and he paves his own way into the future, a thought and a word at a time— he's hiking the appalachians, but he miraculously has cell service the entire way because that's what he tells bitty when he asks, and he calls bitty with that cell service and thinks that maybe he could be happy. he gets a twitter. the appalachians have wifi too now, because johnson decreed it. he follows bitty and bitty follows him back.

on the day he finishes his hike and returns to visit samwell, he finds bitty in the kitchen, pulling a peach pie out of the oven just in time for johnson's arrival, because he knew johnson was coming, because they planned this together. and johnson glances at his reflection in the window and notices the color of his eyes, and when he turns to look at bitty, he doesn't forget them.

bitty/johnson.... the forbidden jeric ship

does john johnson know i'm writing this right now

and bitty's like wow. another intimidatingly attractive teammate. his name is john johnson. weird but okay. and he's a goalie which means he's weird too. cool i can handle this

he plays his part, commiserates, encourages bitty, all with a bad taste in his mouth

johnson doesn't know.

and that's what he does.

bitty and johnson are an odd couple, to all observers. johnson is just so weird and bitty is just so sweet and nobody can fathom how or why they are together.

#johnson the metaphysical goalie #omgcp #fun with rarepairs #a little bit meta #<- that's my bitty/johnson tag that i found in my tags spreadsheet

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ambitionsource · 4 years ago

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Are any of the other characters shipping jeric or....? Are Shawn and Cory seeing these developments?

cory and shawn aren’t seeing anything because they literally are so oblivious to 90% of what’s going on around them. especially when it comes to their older brothers. they don’t know a thing. as i said to es, they’re basically the hitchcock and scully of adams. should be fired, but we know they won’t be.

the ones who really know what’s up are riley and isa. they can both sense the vibes (especially on eric’s end) and get that their relationship is deeper than just a work partnership... even if it’s difficult to get eric to admit that out loud. we might be seeing them have such convos with him now and again in S3. they want to get more information out of jack too, but their only effective connection to him is lucas and there’s no way lucas would ever ask jack about that. the thing with lucas is like... he can barely read and understand his own romantic feelings, he is absolute crap at picking up anyone else’s. he never even thinks that eric and jack could have something more than a work relationship from the offset cause it just doesn’t make sense to him. or rather it just never even occurs to him. like yeah he subconsciously thinks of jack like a dad and eric kind of like a weird stepdad, but never does his brain put that together as like oh so there must be something between them too.

(considering his own parents don’t even love each other, that’s not surprising. but anyway).

maya has no perception at all of their relationship and doesn’t care. zay and charlie don’t think about it because they don’t interact with them the same way rilucadora do. dylan one time in sophomore year was like “i think counselor e is into principal jack” and asher was like dylan that’s crazy, they don’t like each other and hate working together and also it would be so unprofessional, jack is a stickler that would never happen. and dylan is just like... guess we’ll see...

and i guess we will see won’t we!

-- Maggie & Es

#jack x eric #aaa friday #ambition quarantine 2020 #oh lucas... lucas lucas lucas #lorelaisrorys #answered

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multimetaverse · 5 years ago

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Have you watched No Good Nick on Netflix? A lot of people are comparing it to what Disney should have done with Tyrus. Would be curious to get your thoughts if know what I'm talking about.

I watched the first four eps of No Good Nick and just couldn’t keep going so after that I just watched all the eps with Eric in them and the S2 finale. It’s a very bizarre show and I’d like to know what the pitch was that got it picked up. The tonal mishmash between kid friendly sitcom and dark drama doesn’t work and I know it’s filmed in front of a studio audience but it really didn’t need a laugh track.

I was pleasantly surprised with Jeric and how much they were able to accomplish. No Good Nick and Andi Mack are two very different shows but the biggest difference between Jeric and Tyrus is that Netflix said ‘’sure go for it’’ while Disney said ‘’we may let them hold hands in the series finale,but nothing else and we won’t make a final decision until you write that script’’. Jeric has no buildup but lots of pay off and it’s all textual whereas Tyrus had a lot of subtextual buildup but only 40 seconds of textual payoff at the very end.

I don’t think comparisons of the show are fair since they’re so different. No Good Nick is not capable of pulling off the fairly well done story line we saw in S2 where Cyrus realized his feelings for Jonah, broke up with Iris, met TJ and fell for him, and realized his feelings for Jonah had faded away or the kind of in depth eps like 3x11 we saw. But Andi Mack wasn’t allowed to show Tyrus saying that they liked each other, or planning a date, or talking about coming out to their parents, or kissing, or Cyrus coming out to his parents. And except for Cyrus coming out to his parents, none of that would have happened in S4 either due to Disney’s restrictions. Another thing No Good Nick did well was keeping Jeric and Nick and Will (Nill? Wick?) pretty much equal. I don’t know if it was intentional but Eric and will were in all the same eps except the finale and both were developed largely the same which was refreshing coming off of 3 seasons of Andi Mack.

Would I have liked more set up for Jeric and for Eric to get some development beyond being a conspiracy theorist? Absolutely, but for me text trumps subtext and I would have gladly traded a lot of the subtextual Tyrus story line that was dragged out for two thirds of the series for the textual moments that Jeric did get. There was too much Tyrus set up to get such a small ending and I could have gone without all the look backs and pride posters and camo hoodies just for a scene of them saying aloud that they liked each other like we saw for Jeric.

There was a major misfire with the casting for Will though. The actor would have been 18 or 19 when filming for the show and the actress for Nick would have been 14 or 15. The age gap is unfortunate since he’s a legal adult but what’s worse is that he does not look like a 13 or 14 year old student at all. He’s way taller than the other kids and has such a deep voice. Girl Meets World had a similar problem with Rucas with Peyton Meyer looking so much older but Lucas was only meant to be a guest star at first whereas with Will he’s immediately written as Nick’s love interest.

I really liked the school poker night ep and I think Andi Mack could have pulled off a Disney approved version of that very well. I did like the focus No Good Nick put on the effects having an incarcerated parent has on kids and I think those scenes were very well done. Kalama did a great job with the Jeric story line, especially coming out to his mom and Molly. His confrontation with Nick after she gets him expelled was great. From what I saw it seemed like the show did a good job of eventually answering questions that had been raised earlier which I appreciate. I recognized the detective in the S2 finale as an actor from LOST which was I show I liked back in the day. I can’t say I’d recommend No Good Nick but I do wish it well and if it gets more seasons I hope it continues to push boundaries with Jeric and I’d watch those eps. I’m not sure how many kids are actually watching a ‘kids’ show like No Good Nick but there’s such a big gap in younger LGBTQ rep after Andi Mack ended and any show that can help fill that void deserves support.

#Andi Mack #No Good Nick #Tyrus #Jeric #Jeremy #Eric #Nick #Will #No Good Nick Asks #Asks #Answered

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garden-of-succulents · 7 years ago

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Fake RPF thoughts

(Thoughts kicked off by @emmagrant01‘s in-universe Jack/Tater fic)

So the last time we checked in on the in-universe RPF for Check Please, Potatomann shippers were warring with Jarse shippers and Jeric shippers are those weirdos in the corner nobody really believes.

Then Jack kisses Bitty on the ice. In a STUNNING UPSET, the Jeric shippers’ tin hats have been transformed into crowns of glory. What next?

Well. The Jeric narrative is, admittedly, a bit tinhatty.

What’s their canon?

Well. Eric’s first video about Jack probably mentions how Jack tried to lecture him about his diet. Next, Bitty talks about how hard hockey is, and "Jack chewed me out in front of everyone--again” and then spends time talking about how he only just learned about Bad Bob. Then he gets an assist in his first game and everyone hugs him and it’s wonderful; then he has to wake up at 4am for checking practice with Jack. A little before Christmas, he finally comes out to Shitty.

So a rough amalgamation of the five most popular Jeric fics is:

It was love at first sight. Jack looked at Eric, and Eric looked at Jack, and they just... knew. Jack’s instinctive urge to protect and nurture Eric was overwhelming from the very beginning. He was so delighted to see a hockey player who was so unashamedly gay. Lingering looks and fleeting touches quickly grew heated--but Jack knew, from the beginning, that they had to keep it a secret. Even from their teammates, even from Eric’s vlog.

So Eric has been covering for him ever since. He’s been lying for the sake of their love. Jack chewed him out in front of everyone to cover for the fact that he’d been chewing on Eric just before practice. When Eric says “Jack hates my guts”? He actually means, “Jack loves me, but I have to hide the truth.” When he says, “I should be happy about [being put on first line with Jack], but all i can think about is Jack’s stupid face glaring at me,” he means, “I love Jack so much, but it’s going to be so stressful to hide my affection for him.” They have only grown happier and more secure in their love over time.

In light of The Kiss, and the admittedly unsubtle nature of Bitty’s Y3 Tweets, this... starts to look less unplausible. (See also: how LGBT people hide in narratives/”queering the text”)

On the other hand.

You’ve now got a lot of really committed Potatomann shippers whose ships have just been totally Jossed. What happens now?! What are they supposed to do with their gifsets and headcanons and amazing chemistry?! WITH THAT HUG IN GAME FIVE?!?!?!?!?

Well. Threesomes solve everything. And someone comes to the rescue with an amazing invention.

For a while now, Jeric shippers have been puzzled and worried over the existence of, “Never fall for a straight boy.” Does this mean their timeline is all messed up, and it took Jack and Eric an actual year and a half to fall in love? (There are some fics along those lines--thoughtful, gritty, plotty things where they actually did hate each other at first and only slowly come to appreciate each other--but the idea doesn’t catch on.)

Well. Stay with me here.

What we see in the comic is: When Jack was out running with Georgia Martin in the fall of Eric’s sophomore year, she was trying to convince him to come and meet her team. This is as Jack and Eric are just planning out their final project. “Never fall for a straight boy” came at that project’s conclusion. Jack, we know, is a slow and methodical worker, so there are probably a few weeks between these two things.

Jack spent enough time with the Falcs to get a sense of their “team feel” to factor it into his deliberations, and Parse said “good luck with the Falcs”, which means that Jack’s meeting with them was not a complete secret. It’s likely that Jack’s meeting with the Falcs wasn’t a complete secret--maybe he dropped by one of their practices and was photographed there, or something similar.

This event has been used by the sharper-eyed Potatomann shippers to estimate the moment Jack and Tater first met, even though they didn’t have, say, a nice video of their first meeting. Jack checked the team out, then signed with them a few months later. Tater felt that first frisson of attraction at that meeting, and then learned, to mixed apprehension and delight, that Jack would be signing with them after all. He then had months to stew between the signing and training camp, when he saw Jack again.

What if, a shipper asks. A shipper who ships Potatomann but has just gotten into Jeric post-Kiss, who wants to reconcile the two grieving halves of fandom and salvage their ship. What if Jack, in a committed relationship of over a year with Eric, met Tater and felt that same frisson. What if Eric was with him. What if Jack and Eric were both attracted to Tater, who did not seem to reciprocate the attention.

What if “never fall for a straight boy” was about Alexei Mashkov.

(The shipname is “Pietatomann” if you were wondering)

This opens SO MANY doors, you can’t believe it. A small coterie of friends on the same groupchat decide to all write fic along the same theme, and release them in a progression. Jack-and-Eric heatedly discussing their mutual attraction to Tater! Tater mourning the fact that the two hottest people he knows are already dating each other! THREESOMES! Angst over the Stanley Cup.

In this light, they revisit Tater’s visit to Samwell and go NUTS. Has Jack, having consummated his love with Alexei, brought him back to Samwell to include Eric in the triad? Is Eric jealous? Does Eric make them all breakfast in bed? How is he going to lie about having two boyfriends now, if one is already enough to fill his kitchen with roses?

(If Tater ever instagrams his convalescence, you know it’ll just convince people this triad is canon.)

What if, fandom asks, you can have your pie, and eat it too?

#fake rpf #stuff i wrote #omgcp #potatomann #jeric #pietatomann

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ravenoustaurus · 3 years ago

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November 22, 2021 || MON [4:10 am]

So. It's been what, a year since i posted a diary entry here? So much has changed. So much has happened. Lola stayed with us again this year, only for a while. Celebrated Caila's and Jeric's birthday last feb here in tagaytay at Caila's rest house with her family. I share the same birthday with her brother Charlie. Macky and Kim broke up, and he's with Caila now. Jeric is still confusing. My upper left canine finally broke sometime when lola was staying with us. Because of a stupid doughnut. Mia got a job at TaskUs. Gianno and i applied i think two months back and we got rejected. Tried job hunting right after but we didn't get any. Oh and damn, Mikko messaged me. Can you believe?? After all this time? He tried small talk and all that then said that he was in tagaytay and just thought of me. And that was it for me. That was how I knew that I was over him. Him messaging me like that while he's in a long term relationship says a whole lot about how he had been when we were together. So yeah, I started to slowly let go of the things that he gave me. The mic? I handed it over to Gianno and told him that he could do whatever he wanted with it. Sell it, dismantle it for the parts, I don't give a flying fuck. One thing I'm sure that I'll keep is the jacket. Everyone in the palengke knows me for it. But who knows, maybe I'll let that go, too. Also celebrated Macky's birthday last october somewhere near nuvali. It was fun. I did see some ghosts though. But that's normal to me now. Jeric's been opening up to me recently which i found weird, but definitely in a good way. I just think I never expected him to do such a thing. I sold a tattoo design to Janfrey. He's been very supportive of me. I think that he's in a relationship now, he seems really happy. Gel and I got closer this year. She created this group chat with Ryan, Conner, and Zeke. Been really fun. then after a while, she added Chuckie. I had a huge ass crush on conner for a while. Then I realized, maybe we're only meant to be friends. I still haven't started the journal business and I'm quite disappointed in myself. If I had established it just a few months ago at least, I'd be booked for Christmas. I've been really depressed. Been thinking ending my life a lot more these past few months. But i am striving to stay. I've kept a daily journal since september 10. Tito bong offered to sponsor me and Gianno to go move to Australia for work. It was a great idea for me. But everyone in the household eventually disagreed. But truthfully, I still want to go. Luke and I talked recently. He seems really happy too, I feel like he's gotten better from the last time we spoke. Ansel and I also got closer this year, but then we grew apart again. I feel like there must have been something that i said or did that turned her off. I feel like i should apologize. I miss playing Mobile Legends with her. Also found out that Auntie Viv spent all of the money they got from selling the house in project 8, as well as all of Lola's pension. Tito Jun's behind it all. He borrowed i think 500k from tito bong and he still has not paid it. Miguel moved out of the house. But tita still brings him some food to eat periodically. Mom got her teeth fixed recently, next is me and gourdo. Life's been really shitty and going a snail's pace for the past year. I'm hoping to change all of that. I don't want to be a deadbeat powerless piece of shit anymore. And, no. I'm not waiting to make it my new year's resolution. I'm gonna start now. I will start today. I will start today. No matter what it takes. I'll make myself motivated by force every day if i have to. I have everything I need at this point I cannot complain anymore. I have my own PC now. I have paint. I have canvas. I have coloring pencils. I have pens. I have paper. I have a working area. I have good earphones. Everything is in order. I just have to force myself to fucking move. That's it.

Dear future self,

If you don't get your shit together by this time next year i will beat your god damn ass to the ground. Make your past self proud.

"The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now."

-Chinese Proverb

You know what to do. You know where you want to go. You know how to get there. You just have to move.

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globaldominion · 5 years ago

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16 YEARS OF #BREAKTHROUGHS

Mar 12: Global Dominion Financing Inc. celebrated its 16th anniversary, with the theme #Breakthrough.

“Very much similar to people of the same age, our organization is going through transformations – big and small,” GDFI Assistant General Manager Jeric Cornejo said in an opening statement. “There’s peer pressure, curiosity about many things, desire to strengthen your strengths and be the best, and hope to contribute to the society,” he added.

For many years now, Global Dominion has been championing innovative loan services, creating tailor-fit cash loan products, and pioneering ground-breaking policies and methods which have paved the way for other financing institutions towards the global competitiveness development track. In totality, GDFI has taken form to be the driving force in the Philippine lending landscape for loan products like OFW Loan, Doctors Loan, Car & Truck Collateral Loan, Car & Truck Financing, Medical Equipment Financing, and Business Loan. Although, it hasn’t always been this way…

16 years ago, a single table co-existed alongside Asialink Finance Corporation, processing one loan application at a time (probably a day), with a promise of a distinct level of service to its customers and borrowers, thus the tag line #ServiceIsTheDifference. As the entire Asialink Group of Companies started growing, the table started gaining ground as a separate entity, living up to its promise, and incessantly grew to be known as what it is now ~ The Global Dominion Financing Inc. “It’s been a roller coaster ride, with every low making us stronger and every high making us look forward to what’s about to unfold for all of us employees, and for our customers,” Melinda Lopez (employee number 3 and now heading the Marketing Training Unit) stated in an interview. “I don’t think any of us thought the organization was going to grow to its size now,” she added.

Many GDFI employees have been with the company for more than 10 wonderful years, some even 15 – testimonies to the organization’s culture and environment – the core of its excellent performance.

Now with 64 branches, more than 420 full time employees, more than 2700 loan consultants, more than 24 direct partners / tie ups, and a continuously increasing annual growth, the team is ready to face new challenges and tackle new opportunities. “At sweet sixteen, we have a lot of suitors… and we’d certainly be picky, but we’re definitely open to more” Jeric jokingly added to close his program statement.

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godrive · 5 years ago

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GDFI’S GENERAL MANAGER LOOKING BACK AND MOVING FORWARD

Growing at an unstoppable rate year-on-year, Global Dominion Financing Inc. (GDFI) is certainly one of the best financing companies in the Philippines today and the following decades, considering its powerful workforce, committed top talents, flexible structure, innovative tools and processes, competitive products and services, data-centric operations, and last but not the least, positive culture. Its products have been evolving to be tailor-fit to Filipinos’ needs, including OFW Loan, Pinoy Abroad Loan, Seaman’s Loan, Doctors Loan, Car Loan (Sangla OR/CR), Car Financing, Truck Loan, Truck Financing, Medical Equipment Financing, and Business Loan.

As usual, people wonder who the man is on top of it all – actually, it’s a woman!

Driven by her utmost passion to make an impact, fate swayed Patricia Poco-Palacios (PPP) to Global Dominion Financing Inc., where she now leads as its General Manager (GM). “The financing space, as a service business, really gave me opportunities to apply my creativity, made me discover that there’s so much more for me to learn, and made me realize how much its products help people and communities,” Patricia said in an interview. The rock star GM is one of the firsts, if not the first, to initiate the use of cash cards for loans releasing, and delimit repayment options to just post-dated checks, in the face of the lending industry in the Philippines.

A marketing graduate from De La Salle University (DLSU), Patricia achieved one of her first successes being named as among the 2004 Agora Youth Awards’ Ten Outstanding Students by the Philippine Marketing Association (PMA). Patricia Poco-Palacios further sharpened her mind and skills with another academic tool, finishing Masters in Business Administration (MBA) in the Ateneo Graduate School of Business.

Culture And Commitment

Looking back, she never really imagined the company growing this big and herself enjoying developing more and more people for more than a decade. Trusting that nothing’s impossible and staying committed helped blossom the best in the people and in the organization. When she started taking over a leadership role, Patricia started transforming the company’s culture, to deliver results with a few questions in mind.

Can people really perform better with fear?

Are there processes or ways which are no longer applicable and could result to improvement if eliminated?

How are employees supported to achieve their goals? Are they being trained? Are they being coached to get from point A to point B?

What are the consequences of measuring new employees in the same manner done for the experienced ones? Is that even fair?

Are people aware of the good there is in them?

Transformed by a series of training and personal development programs herself, Patricia introduced learning concepts and actual training sessions to the team. “The main thesis of the coaching process is that people are good; it’s just a matter of helping them discover the good in them and be the good they are,” she uttered. Needless to say, through PPP, GDFI’s growth direction is being supported by developing people and keeping a collaborative environment.

And because the organization immensely invests in its people, letting go is definitely the toughest part of the job. But Patricia knows that letting go helps keep the organization far from mediocrity, keeps balance and fairness, and actually sends others to better places where they could potentially discover the best in them.

“My hope is, that everyone gives their best not just because the company invested in them through several training and development programs, but also for themselves, because they really want to be their best,” the General Manager added.

GDFI’s very own Assistant General Manager, Jeric Cornejo, and the General Manager of Global SME, formerly GDFI’s South GMA Area Manager, Jan Wesley Albajera, are just two of the living testimonies to the company’s development culture and commitment.

Fast Talk With PPP

To failures: “Oh my, we failed! Well, yes we really did. But what’s the lesson?”

To the ever-changing sky-high targets: “Wow, what am I going to learn this time in the process of getting there?”

To GDFI as an organization: “Global is a force for good, transforming our employees to the better versions of themselves, and helping more and more people with their financing needs.”

To the past: “I am kinder now to people and to myself (a bunch of laughs).”

To the competition: “That’s what we have been preparing for!”

The Leader She Is

Dubbed as the great development counselor and lead innovator by many, Patricia finds it hard to use just a few words to describe her own leadership style. But help isn’t scarce in Global Dominion, and so I got a few statements. Jennie Mamerto from Finance describes the General Manager as ‘straightforward’ and ‘objective’. “In a coaching session with her, which by the way you wouldn’t notice that it’s a coaching session, she will help you solve a problem yourself and discover that you actually have everything you need to resolve it,” Jennie added. Abbey Blanco, Head of Systems Admin department, said that Ma’am Pat will “help bring out the best in you, and to treat problems or failures as challenges which can be resolved.” Forbes Financial Consultancy Corporation (FFCC) President Chito Francisco R. Dizon (CFRD) had the following words to describe the GDFI leader “very innovative and responsive to market deviations” – the very characteristics required to lead a reputable financing institution to the right direction.

“Passionate and full of energy. Her optimism and positive outlook affect and inspire the troops,” Robert Jordan Jr. (RBJ), Asialink Group of Companies Chief Executive Officer (CEO) stated, describing Palacios.

Welcoming 2019 With A Bang!

Probably just as curious and excited as everyone else, PPP reiterated that aside from taking action to hit higher targets and continuously making significant headway in strengthening our commitment to our employees and consultants, GDFI will be more focused in building stronger long-term relationships with its clients, and understanding them more with the help of data and technology for the year to come and beyond.

Truly, nothing’s going to get in the way of GDFI to be the leading force in expanding financial inclusion globally, by helping individuals and businesses accelerate the achievement of their full potential through innovative loan products and services, such as Non-collateral Low Interest Multi-purpose Cash Loan for OFWs, Non-collateral Fast Personal Cash Loan for Doctors, Non-collateral Low Interest Multi-purpose Personal Loan for Seafarers, Car Collateral Loan (Sangla OR/CR), Second-hand Car and Truck Financing, Car Loan Takeout, Non-collateral Low Interest Multi-purpose Cash Loan for Pinoys Abroad, Truck Collateral Loan (Sangla Truck OR/CR), Tricycle Collateral Loan, Medical Equipment Financing, and Modified Business Loan.

“There is still a lot of things to accomplish and a lot more to improve on. As one of our key officers mentioned, we have barely scratched the surface of what GDFI is capable of. We are proud of our achievements, but we still have a long way to go to help make things better for the Filipinos here and everywhere across the globe!” Patricia Poco-Palacios pronounced closing her interview.

For inquiries about this article please shoot an email to [email protected]. To apply for a loan product now, just click here!

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simplemorena · 6 years ago

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Hope In The Storm

Giving birth is not an easy thing. My Aunt once said, a woman's foot is in the pit when giving birth. This saying would cause any woman to feel fear. Allow me to share with you how God amazingly demonstrated His calming power during one of the most important event of my life. We haven’t thought of a name for our baby until I reached the 7th month of my pregnancy. As Jeric reads the bible, he thought of naming our baby “Emmanuel” derived from Matthew 1:23 stating “They shall call His name Emmanuel (which is translated, God with us)”. It was in September 26, 2009 when I gave birth to my one and only son. It was also during that time when bagyong ondoy made its landfall which caused flooding in wide areas of Northern Philippines and Metro Manila. Early morning on that day, Jeric already decided not to go to work because he has the feeling that anytime soon, I'm about to give birth. He went out for a moment to borrow his best friend’s car just to make sure everything is ready while I was left at home with my Mama Lorna. As I wait for the time when my precious offspring will come out, I turned on the television. To my surprise, Marcos Hiway was like a raging river. I got nervous as I saw people tightly holding on to trees as they try to fight mighty flood currents. I felt sorry hearing that some people were already swept away by the flood and died. Then I thought, what a blessing in disguise that I am giving birth today coz if it's not for my child's birth, Jeric might went out for work and might be one of those who were in the middle of the flood. Later in the afternoon, there was a power outage. As my labor pain increases and spots of blood were coming out of me, we have decided to go to a maternity clinic located in Antipolo. While in the car, I kept on whispering "God, please take care of my baby". While passing through Sumulong Hiway, it was another blessing in disguise that a motorcycle overtook our way for if it did not, we might have banged against the landslide in front which was unnoticeable due to dark surroundings. Because the road was not passable at all, we turned around, passed through the Blue Mountains Residential Estate out to Antipolo Police Sub-Station Check Point at Olalia Road and arrived to the clinic safely. We did not think that there was also a power outage in that part of town, but even so, we still went inside the clinic and Jeric immediately asked the personnel how much the cost of my delivery would be. While they were talking, a nurse came and assisted me to bed so she could do a dilation check. Afterwards, I went out of the room. Jeric came to me and whispered "Kulang ang pera natin". I could not focus much on monetary issues that time because of my labor pains but as I looked at my husband, I saw worry grew in his face. But God's grace was never out of the scene that day as the clinic's personnel said "Try nyo sa Antipolo District Hospital, mura lang maningil dun! Kaya pa yan!” And suddenly there was hope in my husband's face. We immediately went our way to the said hospital and as we travel, I have the same prayer in my head, "God, please take care of my baby!" It was about 7:00PM when we arrived safely. The nurse on duty asked information about me and my pregnancy. She asked for a copy of my ultrasound which I unfortunately left at home. I noticed that the nurse got a little bit annoyed, all I do was wonder why. But despite all the unfortunate events, the nurse took me in. I was admitted and when my time to deliver finally came, the nurse assisted me to the delivery room. Inside, my prayer was still the same, "God, please take care of my baby". There were only three people inside the delivery room. The midwife, the aide and me. I had a hard time pushing because I don't know how to. It was my first time, you know! (Haha). I came to a point where I said "Lord, parang di ko na po kaya, Masi-CS po ba 'ko? Wala po kaming pera". Then another person came in. She gently rubbed my belly and said "pagod ka na? relax ka lang, pag humilab, exhale with your nose not with your mouth". And so, I took a deep breath, with all the instructions in my head, the prayers in my heart and the remaining strength in my body, I pushed my baby out. It was exactly 9:35PM when suddenly a loud cry filled the room. For the first time, I saw and heard Emmanuel Jeriz Nava cried. It was the most unforgettable cry yet the most wonderful music to my ear. Right after I delivered, women also about give birth came in to the room one by one. Then I was transferred in the ward. There, Jeric told me a story, he said that the guard on duty told him how lucky I was that there was no one else about to give birth that time except me otherwise I will be rejected due to lack of hospital records. I know in my heart that that wasn’t luck. Truly, as the name "Emmanuel" states, God is with us for it was by God's grace alone that despite the extremely bad weather, I was calm the whole travel times. It was by God's grace alone that I was accepted in that hospital without any records. It was God’s perfect orchestration that made me and my son well and safe. Despite my numerous rejections of God’s calling, He still chose demonstrate His grace to me. This amazing experience has caused me to have the desire to teach my son the ways of the Lord so that when my time to depart comes, my son would be able to stand firm in his faith in God. Also, it has caused me to pray a new prayer: “God, if You are willing, please allow me to witness my son serve and love you with all his heart.” I am Rizza Nava. A continuous work in progress, guided and accepted by God through faith in Jesus Christ. To God be the glory!

#GodWithUs Testimony Hope GodIsInControl Storm Bagyongondoy GivingBirth

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alygelaeunice-blog · 7 years ago

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The killing of Charice Pempengco ...and the birthing of Jake Zyrus

So you think you have heard it all? No, you haven’t.

This much has been revealed:

Charice Pempengco is “dead;” long live Jake Zyrus!;

Jake has his boobs removed and he’s taking hormones preparatory to his transition to full-fledged manhood; and

Jake has broken up (dumped?) with Alyssa Quijano for a new non-showbiz girl.

On Oct. 6 at the Music Museum, the newest kid on the block will make his formal introduction at a concert aptly titled I Am Jake, produced by The Mad Union Entertainment Production and Echo Jham Productions. It will be Jake’s coming-out party, directed by Calvin Neria with Troy Laureta as musical director (he’s a Fil-Am keyboardist and record producer who has worked with international artists such as Ariana Grande, Deborah Cox, Iggy Azalea and David Foster who is like a second father to Jake).

“I’m excited about the concert because I will be able to finally express my real self,” Jake told Conversations. “I’m also excited about the kind of music that I will be performing. The concert is perfect for those who want to celebrate themselves.”

Added Calvin, “It might not be the birit singer that you will see on stage but you will be surprised what Jake will present.”

Aside from the tattoos (one in honor of his mom Raquel and another in memory of his dad) all over his arms, Jake bared more of his new persona in an exclusive Conversation.

Why didn’t you have the names of your lovers also immortalized on your arms? You have more than enough space.

(Laughs) “Parang Johnny Depp, hahahaha! May tattoo siyang ‘Wynona Forever’ when Wynona Ryder was his girlfriend and when they broke up, he had the ‘na’ erased and what remained was ‘Wyno Forever.’ Parang ganoon? Hahaha!!!”

If memory serves, I stood as one of theninongs/ninangs at the baptism of Charice Pempengco and her confirmation as a Roman Catholic. What happened to her?

“Nag-abroad na, hahahaha!!!”

Since you are not my inaanak, I am withholding my gift for you.

“Ganoon po?”

Very BB Gandanghari who said that she killed Rustom Padilla but she couldn’t be accused of murder. No body, no evidence, no crime. See?

“Ganoon po ba yon? Hahahaha!!!”

There are so many Jakes already — Jake Gyllenhaal, Jake Cuenca, Jake Vargas, Jake Ejercito and Citizen Jake (the titular character of Mike de Leon’s comeback movie starring Atom Araullo). Why not Jack?

“Kasi that’s how I feel, eh. Actually, I had many choices — Christian, Kyle. Hindi ko pinili na dapatsomething na close to Charice. I stood in front of the mirror and mentioned the names na napupusuan ko.When I mentioned Jake Zyrus, kinilig ako. Nice name, di ba? Jake Zyrus.”

So kamag-anak mo na si Miley?

“Pinsan, hahahaha!!!”

Isn’t your “pinsan” coming out yet (joke!)?

“Ikakasal na nga, eh…kay Liam (Hemsworth), di ba?”

Have you already told your Ninang Oprah (Winfrey)?

“Actually, kay Miss Oprah ako unang nag-come out as ‘trans’ in 2014 during my last guesting on her show. It was overwhelming! She called the staffers who used to work for her para daw it would feel like the first time, the same staffers whom I met when I first guested on the show. Miss Oprah had them fly to Chicago. Napaka-tahimik! It was a one-on-one interview. Then, Miss Oprah broke the silence, ‘I’m so proud of you! I’ve been following you!’ Updated talaga siya, silang lahat!”

Hindi ba siya na-shocked?

“Not at all. Feeling ko may alam na sila. Sir David (Foster) was also among the first to know. It didn’t come as a surprise to them.”

So are you going to change your name in your passport, passbook and other documents?

“I will still be using my passport with my full name in it, Charmaine Clarice Relucio Pempengco, unless magpa-sex reassignment ako. Wala pa naman ako dun.”

Are you really having a sex reassignment?

“As a transgender, it’s important for me to feel complete, to feel whole. Everything matters, not only the way we dress up; ang puso, isip at damdamin namin ay lalake kami. Iba-iba kami. A lesbian is different from a transgender. Ang lesbian, they know in their heart na babae pa rin sila. May lipstick lesbian, ‘yung hindi halata kasi babaeng-babae ang dating. May butch, yung nagdadamit babae, nagku-cross-dresssila. Transsexuals are those that have undergone sex reassignment.”

So are you serious about having sex reassignment?

“Not anytime soon. I’m in the transition process, kumbaga nagbibinata pa lang ako, hehehehe!!! I’m just enjoying everything, all the changes. That will happen but as I’ve said, not anytime soon. Kumukuha pa ako ng lakas ng loob.”

You’ve been taking hormones. Doesn’t it affect your voice?

“The hormones are being injected every three months. I had my second shot last week. No effect on my voice; only the range will change. If I hit high notes, high notes na ‘yon ng lalake, hindi sa babae.”

So talagang happy ka na ngayon?

“Yes, I feel so free, so happy, so relaxed. Before, every time I performed as Charice, I was careful about my movement, parang lahat may wall…teka, ano ba itong ginagawa ko, baka may mapansin sila. May mga anxiety akong ganoon, may halong pagkukunwari; ingat na ingat ako.”

In short, you were not your real self.

“Even when I came out as a lesbian, I knew that I was not really a lesbian. At that time kasi, you are either tomboy or bakla. I was afraid that I might be bullied. Yon lang ang nire-recognize nila. They were not yet talking about transgender or the other types. Now, there’s LGBTQI.”

How old are you now?

“I’m 25 na.”

You mean to say that in the past 20-plus years you were pretending to be somebody you were not?

“I felt like I was in a movie.”

How old were you when you realized that you were, uhm, different?

“I was five years old, I was in Grade One. Never akong nagka-gusto sa lalake, I never had a crush on a guy…as in never! My crushes were girls. First crush ko nga si Donna Cruz. My brother and I used to play a game; siya ang artista at ako ang bodyguard at driver. He even gave me a name, Jeric Taperas. I didn’t know where he got that name. As early as that time, I knew deep in my heart that I was a boy.”

Oh so you started early, huh!

“Yes. What people knew was the Charice na girlie-girlie but what they didn’t know was that as soon as I got home, I would take off my girlie-girlie dress at pinapalitan ko ng damit panlalake.”

Have you had a girlfriend?

“When I was 13…kaklase ko, hehehe!!! Puppy love, ganoon!”

And when did you lose your innocence?

“Ano po ‘yon?”

Kelan ka na-devirginize?

“Ha?” (Long silence) “Next question, please. Hehehehe!!!”

Anybody in your family or those around you that must have influenced you?

“I’m not sure, pero ayoko naman sabihing wala.”

Your lola is so funny. Maski anong gawin mo daw, babae ka pa rin at magkakaroon ka pa rin ng regla.

“No more like that. When you’re having hormone injection, wala nang ganoon.”

How is your life now?

“Enjoying life as a man. Enjoying everything new, ‘yung mga hindi ko naranasan bilang lalake.”

And enjoying time with your new love. What happened ba between you and Alyssa? Did you really quarrel about money, mga ganoon?

“Nothing like that happened. We parted amicably.”

What about your differences with your family?

“Well, we are a typical family. Minsan may hindi pagkaka-intindihan, you know. Minsan OK, minsan hindi.”

You were not able to save daw because you are waldas (spendthrift)?

“Who said so? As if they know me well, as if they are sleeping with me. Yes, I am waldas because I buy things that I need for myself, my clothes, my music equipment, and other things I need for my career. It’s my money and I spend it the way I want to.”

How do you see yourself 10 years from now, padre de familia?

(Laughs) “Maybe. I will still be performing and having my own studio.”

At this point, something dropped, creating a loud bang. Charice, er, Jake, reacted by breaking into a little scream. I teased him, “Uy, babae ka pa rin ha!” He laughed and said, “Hindi, pare, ha! Hehehehe!!!”

http://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2017/07/30/1722810/killing-charice-pempengco-...and-birthing-jake-zyrus

What i just want to say in this article is that we should let him do his choices. The guy already spent 20 years of her life pretending to be a girl that she doesn’t really like. We are already on a fast phase and we should be more supportive and accepting when it comes to our brothers and sisters who are making a big changes in their lives. We should support them because those changes will make their life happier. Here in the Philippines, being in a LGBTQ community is a tough choice because they get bullied, they get discriminated, and most of the people that surrounds them doesn’t even support them. The last thing they need is getting insulted from us. And plus they’re human beings, like all of us they have feelings and they deserve to be treated with respect. they haven’t done anything to harm us and why can’t we just accept the fact they chose to be that way and we can’t do anything about it. Most LGBTQ members are successful because of the hard stuff they go through and maybe if we fully accept them the world would be a better place.

-Alysia Ichinose

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March 15, 2017, 136AM - dilan

(Me x Alana- burger priest) I wish I could have taken pictures so it would be easier to remember And I hope the memory never dies I remember… I was late to get to her house because I was busy talking to Damien for the first time in a long time about the snacks I won won the other day I remember having to run to her house because she said to meet there by 2:10 and when I got there I was wheezing and it was 2:13, and then we had to run to the bus near the lake because it was going to leave at 2:16, and we did miss it I remember I asked her if she wanted some gum but she already had some and said no thank you while we were walking towards the bus we eventually missed I remember giving her a tour of the lake where I killed the goose and she was laughing and we almost fell into the water because it was super slippery I remember sitting right behind the most furthest back doors in the bus, and Alana double tapped me (payed for my ticket) and I was extremely nervous because I thought she forgot to and I grabbed her arm in a panic but she remained so calm and flashed me the ticket I remember she handed me my ticket while we were walking to our seat and I was forgetting with it and rolling it up, she asked if she wanted me to hold it and I gave it to her and she held onto it I remember originally sitting in the set of seats beside her own but then moving right beside her while telling her I wasn’t going to let some weird person make gun motions at her I remember she wanted me to see a weirdo so I could get “the full brampton transit experience” (I laughed) I remembered us talking about Anikeith and malena’ relations (Anny wanted to be Malena’ traditional dance partner), and then I raised the question of what he does right before he goes to sleep (weird question, I don’t know why exactly I asked) I remember staring at her hands because she was staring at me and I couldn’t look her in the eyes, and then I would stare at her and she would look at her hands (maybe she just has nice hands) We then had to get off the bus and I remember it was in the same area I got off the bus with Daniel Jeric and it when we went to Friday night lights I remember Alana and I were waiting in the glass housing of the bus stop and she told me that the whole heating mechanic worked on the placebo effect, and I smiled and she left the small housing while I accused her of leaving because of the ‘ethnic’ individual in there as well, she smiled and told me the bus was on its way I remember sitting at the back of the bus next to Alana who had the window seat to the left and informing her that if the bus were to topple over she would be crushed by my body, or if it were to flip the other way, it would crush the black woman sitting across from us; Alana laughed and I smiled I remember moving one seat I front when the man who was originally there had left, I sat in the window seat and I then reminded Alana that if we were to now crash, I would be the one to meet his untimely demise, she said she was okay with that I remember we thumb wrestled and Alana was cheating because of every time I would get close to pinning her she would move her arm away making it impossible to win I remember in the first round of thumb wrestling she won because I was giving her free hits to lure her out of her defensive playing mechanics I remember holding her elbow so she couldn’t cheat and she stated that I had the advantage because I had much larger thumbs (she has really small hands, really small nice hands) I remember I won the second match as soon as she removed her glove, we began a third round but shortly ended it because Alana didn’t want to play anymore I remember passing square one and having Alana laugh at me because I thought we were near the bramalea city centre Alana pointed out her dads new office building and she said it looked nice on the inside but she didn’t think it was going to do very well I remember Alana called shoppers world brampton (or Canada’s) finest mall, and then I said we should go someday and she chuckled I remember finally reaching our destination and being confused because Alana was the one who knew where to go but she didn’t know where the burger shop was I remember in the bus telling Alana that she could kill me and I couldn’t do anything because I didn’t know the area and she said she was thinking the same thing but that I had all the more murderous qualities she didn’t poses (speed, strength…) I remember running to the water and Alana asked why I was running but i kept running She eventually caught up and I was throwing icicles into the water Then a huge wave crashed into the port and splashed us both and some of it went into my mouth I remember finally arriving at the burger place and getting a high priest while Alana got something else, both burgers were $9.99 but the top portion of the second nine was covered so it looked like the high priest was only $9.39 and me and Alana called fraud The servers at the burger place were super sassy and the cool sounded pretty thrilled (sarcasm) to make my burger

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