#thoughts w acie

[lonewriterblues]

Huh???? I'm new to Tumblr I didn't know they assigned crushes uh ok who is it

FHHWHDHH

How do you feel about being my crush @artisticspacestudios

[sparksnevadas]

hi dearest sparks, i just wanted to come tell you that despite what you think you are a REMARKABLE angst writer. I think, maybe, the reason you don't think thats the case is because the vault is made up of people who's angst is big and showy - Midnight, Equinox, Rift au, and Mochi's aus all have this I feel - and you put your angst into the minutae. Into the every day. Something hurts your characters every day and build and builds until one day they snap and break and GOD just. I'm thinking about how you call GIHASM lighthearted and yet ive been on the verge of tears with it so many times. Grumbo finally talking, Grian realizing more and more that the HA isnt good, his desperation to get Mumbo back, Scar's quieter desperation to get Cub back and how those two things parallel each other. Everything you have planned w ethubs....just....you're SUCH a good Angst writer my dude and I just. Wanted to make SURE you knew. <3 okay lov u bye

Hi belle 🥺

This has been sitting in my inbox for a bit and I keep rereading because its really sweet.

I guess you kinda hit the nail on the head: im not as beautifully poetic at describing emotions or angst in my writing as all the talented writers in the vault. My background is in writing scripts for class so im more dialogue focused than thoughts focused in my writing.

Even if I try, i wont come up with beautiful analogies like mochi and void do, or come up with fun character complex backgrounds that are teasingly being pried apart in your and acis writing. This isnt me putting myself down (/gen) its just what ive noticed!

This isnt a bad thing though, i do feel like my dialogue is fun and nice about my writing. i like my dialogue, im proud of it, so thats also why i tend to focus on “gihasm had no angst, that was my embarrassing attempt, go look at bdubs being silly instead!” :)

But this message was really sweet and ive had to sit a few days to even start formulating a response to it… i love u anyways dont kill me in mc over the next chapter haha bye

[sunskate]

ACI ice dance- first warmup group plus W/T

did i already say i love Dozzi/Papetti's Nessun Dorma program lol when you're a newer team, judges don't give you the benefit of the doubt if you make mistakes, and D/P had issues with twizzles and levels on steps at this event - but give me an expressive team any day. some skaters have a sensibility or taste informing their choices so that they know how to calibrate things - like LaLa - another team doing the ChaCha Slide could have been epically tacky. or Hannah and Ye- some of the gestures she's making at the end of Umbrellas could be overwrought and ott, just *too much* -- but she’s judging it so that it goes to the line but not over it, and it works. anyway, Leia and Pietro have a certain elegance - their tango last year was like this too, where it feels organic and musical

Robinson/Portz- their serpentine lift in the FD is a highlight for me - it's beautiful how they change position as he changes curves (don't get me started on how another team in this competition with a serpentine lift is on a flat for the 2nd curve lift but scored higher with it😑 Olivia and Tim are the 3rd team with one, and theirs is very cool, and i love how it ends right on the music). Alyssa and Jacob have nice soft knee action. i know he said he likes the fun RD most, but the softness and emotion of this program works really well - i like them a lot too

Harris/Chan's FD felt confusing in person - i can see more clearly what they're going for on the video - the music feels kind of episodic, and there's an ebb and flow like ocean waves in it that they're not quite capturing yet. if you're going to do something atmospheric you have to cast a spell with it, and they have some awkward moments to iron out before they can hold the audience with this-- i think this is a difficult program to pull off because it needs to flow like water

Wolfkostin/Tsarevskiy-- Charlie White did this really annoying thing where he'd clap very loudly when his team finished some of the elements - many coaches clap for their teams, but usually you feel they're clapping like they're applauding. but Charlie was very insistent and loud, like A) trying to get the audience to start clapping for them - it mostly didn't work💀 you have to give people credit - crowds won't be swayed if they're not feeling it, B) showing the judges he thought it was good or trying to influence them into thinking that, or C) signaling to the team that he approved. like stop interjecting yourself and let their skating speak for itself lol

(but after he did that for his team, both MF and Romain loud clapped for the IAM teams who came after - they hadn't done it for anyone before that. i just got a really competitive vibe from Charlie with this)

W/T had a skate they can be happy with here - they had a twizzle issue, but so did so many other teams- this was a deeper field than at Lake Placid where they won. W/T were in the club comp and Pate/Bye were in the International, so they didn't go head to head at Lake Placid

[lonewriterblues]

Wait but isn't period blood different from the blood in your veins

Or am I stupid

i think someone being on their period is like dessert for a vampire. i’m always saying this. i’ve always said it. you’ll have to kill me to silence me. Even then my words will live on. because they are true. and dope. and beautiful

[pat-cringles]

welcome ~~

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[littlebabycrybtch]

literally to thsi day every time an aspec tries to voice a personal injustice no matter how many times the same stories are repeated for all these years yall try so hard to Disprove it and i honestly dont understand like,,,, im sorry but what gave you the idea that u rly are that slick and ppl arent able to like, tell the obvious that you cringe culture worshiping fake activists are never gonna put in the effort of even Pretending to care abt or sympathize w/ ace specific struggles you hear abt even if you Absolutely thought they were truly happening ,,,,,,,,, ? liek sldk;sd just. idk why all the effort man i mean were we supposed to be getting some impression that yall would ever actually be willing to turn around and ~change your mind~ and ~accept u were wrong~ or smth if you came to believe us,,, like sjdjks oh if we just keep coming up with enough proof theyll apowogize and start stanning acies or smth lmaOG u cannot be that lacking in self awareness... u ppl dont fucking care abt the ‘’’truth’’’ abt our treatment and you wouldnt spring into action if you got it ur dogs with bones who made up their minds in like 2012 with 1% knowledge 99% ignorant bias bc it was easier than unworking personal ignorant hateful cringe feels which are what Actually guide all your morals smh the only reason u bother to become a mother fucking detective when we say someone acted prejudiced or violent towards us is bc u want to manipulate and try to get out of any personal social obligation of recognizing us and ur all still tryna replace ur conscience with twitter clout. “i dont believe u” oh ya like itd make such a big difference lol give me a break man

[lonewriterblues]

I hate how everyone assumes Starlo and Chujin hated each other can we PLEASE pretend they were friends and got along and did silly shenanigans together please

[mittens-220]

Regarding Suzuno’s confession in Volume 19 and Maou’s reaction

This contains Volume 19 spoilers, so please do not read if you don’t want any spoilers. Basically this is about Suzuno’s confession and her feelings towards Maou, and how Chiho and Maou reacted to it.

Contains actual translated text from Volume 19. Only relevant excerpts will be posted.

When Suzuno spoke until 『this feeling』, she made a strange action.

“After the Archbishops complete the Holy Conquest, they will definitely obtain various riches from this world. However, they are unable to obtain any rewards from God. This is to be expected. Because we will defeat God. The 『God』 in the Bible does not exist in Ente Isla at all. However, even if they are unable to obtain anything in return from God, they might not feel any hatred, and only accept reality seriously. Then they will depend on the dream they had before to continue to implement the true principals of the belief……”

“Suzuno, san?”

Suzuno kept her right hand positioned over her own chest.

Her face was blushing.

That face was clearly older than Chiho but gave the impression that the child-like air had not fully dissipated, brimmed with a happiness which was slight and subtle, but was clearly present.

Chiho had an impression of that expression on Suzuno’s face.

No, that expression had not belonged to Suzuno.

Chiho remembered that she had shown a similar expression before.

“Then I realised. I…… definitely love Maou Sadao…… I love Demon King Satan.”

“……”

Even if she heard this sentence clearly, Chiho’s heart still unbelievably stable.

“Feeling crushed under the responsibilities of being an Archbishop and disillusioned at how the ritual was so half-heartedly carried out by other Archbishops, I returned back to Room 202 without notifying anyone. But there I ran into the frail-looking Demon King. I suddenly thought to myself: why am I only focused on continuing forward when I am suffering so much? Laughable, isn’t it? I was already crestfallen as is, realising how fickle the Church’s beliefs were, but there he was: tired to death from making Onigiri for Acies, wanting to sleep early due to work next day, and yet, still worrying whether Acies’ abnormality would affect Alas=Ramus. It seemed that his tired mind could offer no solutions, and he could only shake his head as he just sat there. Seeing that, I was convinced–I returned here because I wished for this 『everyday』 scenery.”

As Suzuno said all of this quickly, her face was filled with happiness.

“The Church is a home which guards faith with love as its foundation. To the current me, my Church, my home, is this apartment. What I love, includes the Demon King and everyone, and everything from my life here…… so…… from the bottom of my heart, I truly envy Chiho-dono.”

“Suzuno-san……”

A teardrop surfaced from Suzuno’s eyes even as she looked happy.

“I really envy Chiho-dono who can simply remain at the side of the person you love simply because you love him……”

“…… Can I, ask you a question?”

“…… Yes.”

Chiho, sounding slightly stiff, but did not harbour any jealously or malicious feelings towards Suzuno, or rather, she asked this in half-convinced tone.

“Did he show an expression as if he thought it was troublesome and after carelessly brushing it off, said he was going to work and ran away? Maou-san, that is.”

“……!”

As expected, Suzuno was so surprised that her eyes widened.

“…… How did you know? I…… already expressed my feelings to the Demon King.”

“Of course I know that. Because I am Suzuno-san’s friend.”

[Skipping some parts]

“I remembered. At that time, I saw Suzuno-san as an enemy. In order to prevent Maou-san from being stolen, I worked hard and learned various dishes from my mother…… but to me, Suzuno was just an unfamiliar adult at that time. It is only now that for the first time…… we have become love rivals.”

“Chiho-dono…… I hope that you won’t misunderstand, I am not thinking of tying the knot with the Demon King at all or grow old together with him. Other people might think of this as a destructive thought process…… I do not harbour any expectations of getting anything in return from the Demon King. But, because I love him, my only hope is that I can become one of the people who is important to the Demon King…… In fact, I plan to take this opportunity to move out from Room 202.”

[Skipping some parts, afterwards is Maou’s reaction to Suzuno’s confession]

“Damn it…… what exactly is wrong with Suzuno?”

Because Suzuno was clearly acting strange since morning, Maou felt that there was a need to properly listen to her.

Until the middle, she was still talking about how disappointed she was with the Archbishops and the Church and briefly reported on the current situation in Ente Isla.

But later on, her voice stammered more and more, and when Maou noticed……

“Ugh.”

He also felt that his behaviour later was really useless.

Humans, no, even the Demon King would be unable to make a calm judgement when they were truly faced with a completely unexpected situation.

The shining gaze, the cheeks with a hint of red and that sentence which came out from those well shaped lips caused Maou, who thought he was going to handle a malfunction, to feel as if his temples had been hit by a hunting rifle.

When he came to his senses, Maou was already on his bicycle and heading towards MgRonalds.

He did not even remember what he did before he left the house.

[Skipping some parts, this is Chiho’s conversation with Maou regarding her confession and Suzuno’s confession]

“Ah, that’s right, Maou-san.”

“Hm?”

Just as Maou finished washing his hands and shook off the water off his hands and took out a warmed up cup from the shelf.

“You need to answer Suzuno-san as soon as possible, alright?”

“…… Ugh! …… Wah! Ah……!!”

After the cup bounced in the air a few times on his hand, Maou barely caught the cup in a position close to the floor.

Then, he raised his head nervously and discovered that Chiho’s gaze that turned extremely cold.

“Y, you heard about everything?”

“I heard. About everything.”

“…… E, erhm.”

“Based on what I heard.”

Maou remained in his kneeling posture when he caught the cup and was unable to stand up.

“I feel like Suzuno-san has a chance as well.”

“Eh, ah, no, what do you mean by possibility.”

“Since you did not reply, it should be like that. I kept waiting because of this as well.”

“Ugh.”

“Whether it’s acceptance or rejection, it should both be doable. Since you did not do either one, this means that Maou-san is still hesitating, right?”

The temperature of the cup in his hand had already decreased to room temperature.

Maou had not even activated the cashier.

Chiho’s gaze caused Maou to freeze, and he was unable to move at all.

“I know it’s not the time to say this right now. Because whether it is this side or that side, there are many matters to handle and worry about. I know this very well. However,”

With a stern tone, Chiho said determinedly,

“You can’t continue running away and being vague forever.”

“W, what do you mean by escaping?”

“Is that so? It feels like things are going to continue dragging on in this vague manner.”

Chiho said harshly.

“In fact, things will only get busier after winning the Battle to Defeat God. At that time, there will be a need to handle many things which cannot be settled in one or two years. Even if we ignore this, based on Suzuno-san’s explanation, using the Holy Conquest as a trigger, the situation afterwards will become much harsher. Once things become like this, when will I be able to receive my reply?”

In the past, because Chiho had considered Maou’s situation, she decided not to push him into giving a reply, but the current situation had changed.

If things continued like this, there will definitely be no conclusion.

Maou would not accept Suzuno’s feelings, but he would not reject them as well, only continuing to run away.

In other words, this was simply because Maou,

“Maou-san is a coward.”

That was it.

Amongst everything Chiho had said to Maou before, this was definitely the harshest and most brunt sentence.

Then, this was also purely the truth.

If Maou could be like Ashiya or Urushihara and show a firm attitude to female humans, they could just find any reason to gently reject the other party.

After all, whether it was the world they live in, their mode of life or anything else, everything was different for both of sides.

He should not be so bad that he could not even do such a thing.

But Maou did not do this.

Whether it was to Chiho, or to Suzuno.

He was puzzled about the warm feelings others directed towards him, and because he did not know what to do, he looked away.

[lonewriterblues]

They should have... brain wrapped

It's like Spotify wrapped except it tells you which song got stuck in your head the most that year

[poppyknitt]

Bio-Bots- A JSE Egos Fanfic

Android!Chase AU

-Post explaining how the hell i came to make this beautiful, blessed, but also cursed au in the first place

-Canon developments in the story as of writing this

[April 11th, 2017, our time]

Schneep and Jackie knew Chase wasn’t going to make it. His head was shot clean through, and his brain was damaged badly. Even if it did heal, he’d be in so much tremendous pain that he’d probably be begging to be “put to sleep”, as they call it in the veterinarian world. They stared hopelessly at the heart monitor next to Chase’s bed, which had a relatively steady pace at the moment, but, on occasion, faltered.

“... What should be done, Jackie..? He only has a little bit of time left. You and I, we-.. we both know this.”

“... I say we work together on blueprints.”

“Blueprints? What-Whatever for?!”

“... An android, of sorts. One that works and looks totally human. It may take a few weeks, but we’ll make it happen.”

“And what would I do? You are the one with the technological know-how; I, on the other hand cannot configure even a Raspberry Pi for the life of me!”

“You’ll help me make him look human. You’ll help me pull this off. We can do this, Henrik. Nothing is holding us back. No one will have to know that he died.”

“... Alright, then. Just give me heads up, yes?”

Jackie smiled sadly, “Will do, ‘doc’.”

~~~

[April 24th, 2017, our time]

Chase woke up groggily, his head spinning as his vision flooded with blindingly bright light, and he slowly pushed himself up into a sitting position. The heart monitor on his left beeped steadily, and his head was wrapped in bandages.

“Chase! You- You’re awake!” A voice, similar to his, cried out in joy, and next thing he knew, he was being glomped by a man in a black cape and strangely colored cat mask.

“Wh..Who..?” He slurred, taking a moment to figure out that this was Marvin, “Oh! ...M-Marv..?”

“Yep! That... That’s my name! Don’t.. wear it out!” Marvin said, putting on the best cheerful face he could, thought, Chase knew it wasn’t sincere, even as he laughed wryly in response. He could tell that the magician was distressed greatly by his attempt to kill himself.

~~

“Okay, so, he’s gotta be good at reading people, right? I mean, come on, even if we are just doing this to prevent further heartache, then why not take a few creative liberties that chance making social interaction and stuff like that easier?”

“Is up to you, Jackie. I for one did not know him very well beforehand, so you may wind up on your own for the programming part of this.”

“M’kay. Cool. I’m gonna do it.”

~~

[April 30th, 2017, our time]

“Stacy? Hi... It’s me, Chase... I was just calling to ask when you’re gonna let me see the kids next... I really miss them... S-Sorry for bothering you... I’ll... just go now..” He sighed, and hung up the phone.

“She still being petty?” Marvin asked, his face reading nothing but slightly amused sympathy.

“Yeah.”

“Damn. Well, cheer up, pal! She’ll have to listen to ya some day!”

“Maybe...”

~~~

“Greetings, Chase. I’m Jackieboyman! But, uh, I’d prefer being called Jackie.”

“... Uh... hey..? Good to meet you!” As the android spoke, his face lit up, as if he were just registering the name, and felt like he recognized it. Or something. Either way, it seemed like a good thing that he showed recognition, because it meant that at least one of the features he’d implemented into the android was working.

Jackie grabbed his clipboard, and checked off “Name recognition” from the list.

“What is that?” Chase asked, peering over his shoulder from behind. Jackie hadn’t even noticed him move! Weird. But cool!

“Um, it’s a list of functions you’re supposed to have. I have to make sure you function like a normal human if we’re gonna get the others to believe there’s nothing wrong.”

“Oh. Is silent footsteps one of them?”

“Not intentionally, no. I think it’s a byproduct of the materials we used.”

“Cool.”

“Hey, not to change the subject or anything, but how’re your tricks for the bro average channel going so far?”

“Pretty good! I can do a triple flip now! Wanna see?”

“Heck yeah, man! That sounds epic!”

Chase grinned cheerfully, and, going a fair bit back so he didn’t risk bumping into his older brother. He jumped up several feet, backflipped, landed on one hand, and did it twice more, landing on both hands the second, and on his knees the third. Jackie watched, eyes wide in awe, and applauded him excitedly when he finished.

“Wow! That was awesome!”

“Aw, shucks, Jackieboy! You’re too kind! Too kind!” Chase grinned, bowing humorously.

~~~

[Sometime in August, 2017, our time]

“Seán... Please... I-I don’t know if you can hear me, but... please... wake up.. We need you now, more than ever...” His voice broke as he pleaded for his old friend to wake up. Between the loss of Henrik, and Jack’s coma, he didn’t know if he was gonna be able to keep it all together.

~~~

Jackie watched Chase from a ways back, his heart breaking at the sight of his youngest brother melting down by the side of their creator’s bed in the hospital. He was about to go hug him and tell him it was gonna be okay, but Marvin ran in, pushed past him, and practically glomped poor Chase. The magician was clearly upset about the loss of Henrik and Jack, but he seemed to understand that the best they could do about it right now was help each other keep it together. Chase seemed shocked by the sudden hug, but he quickly returned it, appearing to be holding back tears.

~~~~

“Hey! Jackie! Look over there!” Chase exclaimed gleefully, hoping his brother was gullible enough to fall for it.

“What? What am I looking for?” Jackie asked in confusion as he looked where Chase had pointed. Chase grinned mischievously, and ran up to him while he was distracted, grabbing the hero’s goggles and yanking them down so they covered his eyes. Jackie yelped in surprise, and scrambled to adjust the goggles so he could see, as Chase made a break for it, darting away from him as fast as he could. Jackie yelled at him, and gave chase, catching up to him quickly, and tackled him to the pavement.

“Hey! No fair! Let me go!” Chase yelped, surprised by the strength of Jackie’s grip.

Jackie grinned, and stole his hat, letting go of him as he spoke, “Fine! But you’re still gonna pay for that”, and shot up, darting off in the direction of home. Chase laughed, and ran after him, yelling for him to give his hat back.

~~~~

[October 2018, our time]

Chase clutched onto his abdomen, coughing every now and then, as a strange, orange-ish liquid oozed around his arm. He didn’t understand why his blood looked so unnatural, but he didn’t think about that, as he let himself sink into a blind rage, and ran at the foreign glitch that was attacking Marvin.

“Chase, no!” Jackie screamed at him, desperately trying to drag himself after him, but the hero collapsed, his own wounds making him too weak to hold himself up anymore. Chase’s instincts screamed at him to go back for Jackie and flee this place, but he had to save his other brothers, too. Everything he knew about biology told him he shouldn’t even be able to run right now, but he didn’t care; Obviously, he could, which meant he was the only one able to do anything right now.

He tackled the glitch to the ground, and started throwing punches at his face, glad he was able to take him by surprise, since he probably wouldn’t have been able to pull that off if he hadn’t. The Anti screamed in anger, violently throwing him off, and stood up, as Chase caught himself. The vlogger stood as well, his eyes burning with hatred.

“Chase..! You..! You’re hurt! Wh-What-?!”

“He’s an android, Marvin.” Jackie wheezed.

“W-Wh-?! S-Since when?!”

“Since April...”

“W-Who else knew?!”

“... Henrik knew. He helped me create him...“

“Where- What happened to the Chase we knew?!”

“... He didn’t survive. The day Chase woke up was really just... the day after he had died..”

Chase listened silently, his heart heavy. He’d always had an underlying suspicion that he wasn’t as human as they’d said, but he didn’t realize he wasn’t human at all. He sighed, and opened his mouth, interrupting the conversation, “Marv, take Jem and the doc, and run. Don’t go home. Just... run. Make sure you never look back, and most importantly, don’t stop running until we meet again, okay?” The order came out dry and empty, his hate-filled gaze never leaving the glitch as he spoke.

“B-But what about you and Jackie?!” Marvin yelped, eyes wide, as tears began spilling from his eyes in small streams.

“... We’ll be fine. We’re gonna fight this guy off, and then we’ll run, too. I dunno how, or where, but we’re not stay here. Our world might as well be toast.”

“Chase..” Jameson’s speech slide appeared, and Chase gritted his teeth, squeezing his eyes shut as he, too, began to cry.

“Go, god damn it! Go before I do something really fucking stupid!” He sobbed, not paying any mind to the sadistic grin plastered on the glitch’s face, as his voice cracked and broke. At that, Marvin didn’t take another warning, and, as he helped Schneep up, he cast a spell. Soon enough, it was just him, Jackie, and the monster that had invaded their world.

Speaking of the damned, the glitch began laughing his mentally unstable laugh, and held up his knife, which was stained with orange, “Oh̶,̧ ḩo̧w҉ a͟do͝rable̢!́ You real̴l̷y ́t̀h̨ìnk͜ ͜they̶ ̴c͢a̕n ͠ęsc͟ap͜e̡ me f̨o̵r l҉o̡n̢g͢ ̨j̀ust ̶bec̸ausę ̷y͘o͞u ͢tol͟d́ ̸t͡he̵m to҉ r̷u͏n?! ̨Oh, ��d͢e͏a͏r͞ ̀r͡ób̶ot̛, ̕I ͞h҉àte to ̡say ̀ít,̢ b͘u͘t́ ̡as͜ ̢s͡o͜on͠ ̢as̵ I͏’m done ͟w̵i҉th̀ ́yo҉u? I’̀m̛ g̷o͏i͡n̴g straight for ͡t͏h̀em̸!̛”

“That’s why you’re not getting a chance to do that.” Chase said, smirking a little. The Anti paused, looking utterly dumbfounded by his statement. They stood there quietly for a moment, until Chase subtly signaled to Jackie, and the hero yelled at the glitch.

“Hey, doofus! You forgetting someone?!” Jackie taunted. The glitch growled in annoyance, and turned to him. Chase took the chance his brother had given him, and used his soundless footsteps to his advantage. He sprinted at the glitch, and withing moments, he was on top of him once more, punching the ever living hell out of him once more. It took until Jackie yelled for him to stop for him to realize he’d knocked the Anti unconscious.

He got off of the demon, and ran to Jackie, picking him up in an almost-bridal style fashion, despite his brother’s adamant protesting, “Shut up, dad. You’re too weak to walk.” He joked, knowing Jackie would be embarrassed by the spontaneous new nickname.

Without looking back even once, he used a little spell Marvin had taught him a while back, and opened a portal to another world.

———————————

Help i’ve been writing this story practically nonstop for like 8-9 hours and i’m already attached to Android!ChaseSo, yep! This is basically all of the super major parts in Android!Chase’s story that I’ve made yet! Also, random note, but uh, the Anti that came in at the end was indeed Monitor (the anti from one of my other aus, if this is the first fic of mine that you’ve read), and he most definitely destroyed the universe they came from. Whether Chase & Jackie ever reunited with Marvin, JJ and Henrik is currently unconfirmed, but don’t loose hope, because I’d absolutely love to be able to expand upon their stories later on! Though, I think my favorite part of this au is Jackie and Chase’s QPR father/son dynamic-

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[cranberrydust]

You Will Be Found

I knew I was different from everyone else, since the moment I was born.

            “Everyone has a soulmate, when you get a little bit older a mark will appear on your right wrist, this mark will symbolize your soulmate. Maybe some of you already have your marks and that is normal.” Mr. Wood told his class of 2nd graders.

“What is your soul-mark?” a girl in my class asked.

Mr. Wood pulled up his sleeve on his right arm and it showed a heart and overlapping it was a treble clef. This of course fit Mrs. Wood, as she was the school’s music teacher.

I never told anyone my secret, not even my parents. But it just better to rip the band-aid off faster now.  I thought.

I took a shaky breath and I raised my hand.

“Yes, Lauren, what do you need?”

 “I have, um; I have two soul-marks.”

The room went silent. I look down at my desk and I felt the tears prickling in the corner of my eyes, threating to spill. I knew the kids were staring and I knew what they were all thinking in that moment.

“Lauren, I have to call your parents.” Mr. Wood said in a hushed voice.

I was quickly ushered out of the room and into the office and into one of the chairs in the back, away from anyone else. 

I heard a little bit of the conversation with my parents and Mr. Wood. I heard my mom crying, my dad’s stern voice. I knew I was never going the their “perfect” daughter like I tried so hard to be. I used to make my parents so proud, I was an all A student, I had big dreams and hopes, I wanted so bad to be an artist, and now they come crashing down, all because of two ink stains on my wrists. I look down at them, just because of this, my whole life will be different, just because of those two marks my connection with my parents snapped. There was no way to stop the tears now, they came like waves crashing down.

I heard my parents and my teacher finish their conversation and I saw my parents. And oh, how disappointed they looked. My dad grabbed my hand and dragged me out of my school and didn’t even say a word. He dragged me away from my friends, my hopes, my dreams. The foundation I built for myself all come crumbling down in that one single moment.

 That is when everyone knew I was different, in that moment, I knew, I was different.

            Hello, my name is Lauren Lee May, the girl with two soulmates. I am currently 17-years old and I live in the state of Nevada. Though I was born in Mississippi, but since my parents found out I had two soulmates my dad made us move to save our “reputation”. I was 7 when we moved, it has been about 11 years since that one day at school when I told my class I had two soulmates. My parents soon separated when they found out. My mom came from a rich and high-class family and couldn’t stand the thought of having a daughter with two soulmates. So, now it’s just my dad and me.

When I started school, my dad told me I had the option of taking makeup and covering both of my marks and say I just don’t have mine yet or just cover up my left hand one, so everyone thinks I only have one soul-mark. I choose the second option.

So here I am starting my first year of college and everyone just thinks I’m a normal person.

I’m go to college to be an Graph Designer, like I wanted to do. I live in a small dorm with my two roommates, Rachel and Ellie, they are my only friends and they are the only ones who know about my “secret”. I don’t keep in contact with my parents anymore, I haven’t heard from them in months, they just cut off connection with me, and I don’t even hear from my little sister either. 

I wake up every morning at 6:10 and I get dressed, do my hair, and I always cover up my one soul-mark. As I am digging through my drawer for my foundation and look at the soul-mark that was there. There on my left wrist was a pair of white angle wings, and it looked like they were soaring free. I sighed, as I begin to swipe the foundation on covering up those beautiful wings.

I glance at my other wrist, there was a type of, I think, law book, and overlapping it was a quill that looked like it was dipped in ink.

That was the one everyone saw, all my friends figured that my soul-mate was some sort of author or a lawyer, something like that.

I still don’t know why I still cover up my soul-mark, I am on my own, I don’t live with my dad anymore. He can’t tell me what to do, he will just never know. But I still do it, and I don’t have an answer to why I still do it. I guess, I’m just so used to doing and making my dad happy, it stayed with me.

I walked out the door to go get coffee since my classes don’t start till 9, as I’m walking someone bumps into me on the sidewalk and I fall backwards almost hitting my head on the pavement. I look up to see who just rudely bumped into me, but I see a horrified girl looking down at me with her wide eyes and then she starts to speak. And she went entirely too fast for my brain to comprehend in that moment, I shake my head, to have full attention on what this girl was saying.  

“Oh, mon Dieu, je suis désolée de ne pas avoir regardé où j'allais! Laissez-moi vous aider!”

The girl spoke it rapid French as she extended her arm out for me to grab. I took enough French classes to know what she had said and grabbed her hand, so she could help me up.

But when the girl grabbed my hand I felt a spark like something connect to my soul. The girl looked at me with wide eyes and looked down at were my soul-mark(s) should be. It couldn’t be! She put her right arm right next to hers and we had the same mark! We both had the book and the quill.

“T-t-though Je have deux soul-marks” she whispered in a mix of French and English.”

She removes her hand, but in the process, she smears the foundation on my left hand, she looks up at with her wide hazel eyes.

“W-w-why try to hide your o-own soul-marks?” she asked in the best English she could.

I looked down, this was too much. I just met one of my soulmates! Tears welled in my eyes and I start to cry.

“ma chère, ne pleure pas! Je suis désolé si tu ne veux pas en parler.”

My soulmate states as she wraps her arms around me and hugs me closer. I hug her back and soon we step out of our hug to introduce our self.

“Lauren Lee May” I tell her as I give her the biggest smile I could.

My soulmate giggles, and I felt like I could say many funny things just to hear her giggle.

“Belda Sherleen Acy” She responds with grace and punctuated it with her own smile.

“I see you are not form here are you?” I ask as we finish our walk to the coffee shop.

“No, I am from Nice, France, moved here about four months ago to start college here, are you from here?”

“No, I’m not from here.” I admit.

“Where are you from then Lauren?” Belda asked curious.

“I’m from Mississippi, but parents made us move when...”

I was cut short when we got to the coffee shop and Belda held the door for me. I smiled at her and we made our way in the cozy little shop.

I ordered a French Vanilla Iced Latte, while Belda ordered an Iced Frappe. We laughed and talked for a good hour before we swapped phone numbers and we headed back out the door.

I walk to my first class of the day. Art. I sit in my respected seat and my partner, Harper, looks at me with questionable eyes. I look at her and smile, I haven’t given anyone that big of a smile since I was little. Harper gives me her own small smile and I soon saw that smile fade and a dark cloud came over her face like a storm. I followed her eyes and I saw her staring at my soul-marks. I whipped my head to look at them.

“Oh crap” I thought. I forgot to cover-up my left mark when Belda wiped it off.

“You have two soul-marks” Harper explained in a soft nasty tone.

“HA! You have two soul-marks” she shouts, and everyone turns to look at us.

“What is the meaning of this?” the teacher asks, rising from her seat.

“Miss, Lauren has two soulmates, what a freak!” Harper exclaims. As she raises my hands and shows the whole class.

The whole class snickered and pointed, and I even caught my teacher snickering and failing to hide it up.

I was crushed, I yanked my hand away and, in the process, I tripped over a chair and landed on my back with a loud thud. This just made the class roar with laughter, like they just were told the most hilarious joke. I felt the tears brimming in my eyes as I ran out of the classroom.

I head straight for my dorm, Paige and Rachel were still in the dorm, for their classes don’t start till later in the day. Their heads snap up when they hear the front door open and see me totally crushed and deflated walk into the kitchen and start digging in the fridge for a snack.

Ellie and Rachel shared a look I never missed a class or came home early, let alone on the verge of breaking down. Out of the corner of my eye I saw them trying to approach me slowly like I was a caged animal ready to pounce any minute. Soon the thought came to me, were they sick of being my friends and that they were disgusted by me and didn’t want to be my friends anymore because of my past? They thoughts hit me like a bolder and I ran to my room and slammed the door before ether of them could say a word.

I pulled out my phone and saw two new text messages.

One from Belda and another, was from, unknown?

I first opened the text from Belda first.

Belda: Mon chou, I heard what has happened during your art class. Apparently gossip spreads like wild fire here. If I was you don’t check your social media for a while. I’m sorry for what has happened, and I wish I had power to stop it.

I smiled a little at the thought that Belda took the time out of her day to make sure I was okay and well. I was going to text her back when I remembered that I had a texted from an unknown number. I hesitantly opened the unknown number, who would it be? I opened the message and with careful eyes begin to read what was written to me.

Unknown: Hey my name is Finley, I’m in your art class…

When I read that part, I felt my stomach knot in fear. What was this a text just to taunt me forever, and how did this kid get my phone number in the first place? Were they following me? Or looked me up on google or something? Creepy.

I soon keep on reading more into the “message” and I felt a smile slowly creep across my face at what I read. She wanted to apologize for her friend’s behavior and wanted to meet up for coffee sometime during lunch and wanted me to bring Belda, so we could talk. I responded quickly to her proposal.

Lauren: we would love to join you for lunch, see you in 5!

I smiled for something good came from that whole mess. I shot off a text to Belda telling her what’s happening and to thank her for making sure I was okay. Of course, she responded, saying that of course she had to make sure that I was okay and well for I was her soulmate. 

Soon Belda and I are at a local Starbucks waiting anxiously for Finley to arrive. Belda notices me being all fiddly and calmly covers my hand with hers in an act to try to relax me.

“Mon chou you need to relax.” Belda scolds me gently, and I sigh as I sink deeper into the cushion on our table.

“I know Belda I’m just nervous on what they want to talk to both us about.” I replied anxiously.

“I know mon petit but it hopefully good, yes?”

I was going to respond but I heard the door chime ding and I turned and looked around Belda and stood a beautiful looking man in an oversized hoodie and wearing flawless makeup. I remembered him from my art class, this was Finley!

He soon noticed us sitting in our booth I saw the smile that crept on his face when he saw us. Finley walked over to us and I didn’t forget how he hesitated a little when he got in arm’s length of the table.

I soon felt a tingle like when I meet Belda and my eyes shoot up to her as her face said it all.

“A-a-are we- “

“Soulmates?” I finished  

I saw Finley shake his head as tears fell from his eyes. We’ve done it our trio is complete I have meet both of my soulmates. In what? Like two weeks. I stood up and threw myself at Finley. Belda soon joined us finishing the group hug and we were so wrapped up in out cuddle pile we didn’t even notice the other people around us and the glares and looks we got. We were a crying mess; all our makeup was already streaming down our face and I felted Belda pull us impossibly closer. I sniffled and tried to wipe the tears that were rolling down my face. We all got up and sat down at our booth, so we could have the long-waited talk. Finally, finally I can see both my soulmates and their faces, I have waited so long, tears rolled down my face again.

“sécher tes larmes mon chou” Belda whispered and wiped my tears away while she shed her own.

“I’m just so happy” I sobbed, and my shoulders heaved with the force of my crying.

We gave each other the biggest hug I have ever felt, not since my parents were proud that I got a A on a science test in 1st grade. Finally, I was complete, my family was very wrong. They tried to hide me from them but oh they were so wrong. I was smiling, finally a true smile, never have I smiled this big since I was little. For just this moment the world faded and all I could see was Belda and Finley, Belda and Finley, my perfect other halves.

[simsthatsparkle-blog]

moon schmasda :: a queen

i started playing with the schmasda fam when toddlers came out (so over a year ago wow) and watched moon be born, and slowly grow up to become the confident, bisexual woman that she is today. i’ve wanted to play w/ her for ages and i thought why not now!!

she lives with her half-sister deona + her cousin lacy in a scruffy flat in san myshuno. moon is an aspiring social media influencer, and mostly just wants to have a good time w/ her friends and family. she’s still discovering who she is, and who she wants to be, and that’s what this story will be about!!

so, expect some sporadic, pretty story based gameplay w/ her,, as i just love her sm and she was one of the first sims i fucking fell in love with so weeeeeee let’s a go

[danaej6-blog]

Chocolate and Vanilla

Chocolate & Vanilla 

  Though Paige was all in tears and I looked pretty sad, from what everyone else could see, I was actually filled with joy. Finally, that girl is gone! I thought. Little does she know that the whole year of “friendship” we had meant nothing to me. Faking it was all to easy and fun, but now I had the chance to find a friend that actually cared. Paige wanted to just laugh and be crazy, but Paige’s kind of crazy was annoying. That one year with her seemed like an eternity. She always called me Laidy, no matter how many times I told her to call me Adalaide. I tried to gather up some tears to make a very sad goodbye. I mean I guess I would miss her kind words, and thoughtfulness. If you couldn’t catch that I was being sarcastic. Anyways we hugged, and she got into the van for the airport. She waved her little heart out while I just gave a little smile. Aaaaah freedom feels nice. 

It was that time again. School was starting and I was ready for a new year, and all the drama that came with it. I woke up at 6:45 as usual and got dressed. “Let’s see black, grey, white, or blue…… definitely black, and what goes better with a black shirt than a black pair of pants, and big pair of black boots, and black leather jacket!” I thought to myself, “Ok maybe I’ll wear a grey shirt.” I got my messy hair tied up into a ponytail. Then I ate some eggs and toast really quick. Popped earphones into my ears, pressed play and I was on my way. I hopped into my car, then drove off. I started to come up upon the school bus stop where I used to have to go to before I got my car, A girl with curly light brown hair a few inches past her shoulder shoved her books into her bag. She had these black ballet flats on, skinny jeans, and a light turquoise shirt. She started running after the bus, but it zoomed off and didn’t stop. She slowed down to a walking pace. Though I was going to the same school, I wasn’t really the helping others type of person.  I kept driving, and wondered if I would end up actually seeing her at school or not. 

At school we were all assigned classes, then sent off to our first class. The girl that was left by the bus driver ended up being in two of my classes, and apparently her name was Lacy. She is a new student, but seems pretty cool. At the math class our teacher told us that there would be a test and I we didn’t get past a certain grade we would go down a grade for math! I have never been to good at math, but I definitely do not want to go down a grade. School ended and I headed to my car, and to my luck the car wouldn’t start. Perfect! I called a mechanic, and I was just dreading what the cost might be. I leaned against my car waiting, by the time the mechanic got there everyone had already left school. It took a full two hours for whatever the problem was to fixed. It was starting to get dark so I got in my car and looked in the rear-view mirror, and to my surprise there was someone walking into the school wearing a black hoodie. I slowly got out of my car and shut the door silently, and walked toward where the mysterious person entered. Once I got to the hallway I was shocked to see Lacy doing something to the vending machine. Somehow, she was able to open the door to it and she grabbed a bunch of snacks and drinks and put it into a bag. I quickly hid behind the wall, and she started walking to the exit. She had almost made it out before I stepped out. 

“What are you doing here?” She didn’t even look back before she bolted out as fast as she could. I ran after her. My boots hit the ground with power when, I reached out and grabbed her arm, as  I did we both flailed to the ground. 

“GET AWAY FROM ME!” she screamed struggling, and trying to get out of reach. “I don’t need your help!” 

“Where do get the idea that I am trying to help you?!”,“I don’t help anyone but myself!” I didn’t really care what she was doing, but I mean it seemed dangerous, and dangerous means fun, to me. 

“Ok you’ve caught me, but this is the only way I can survive I don’t have parents that feed me and take care of me like everyone else.” She said solemnly. “l live off the vending machine and sleep wherever I can find a place, then I go to school and pretend I am like everyone else.” 

“Cool.” 

“NO! NOT COOL!” she screamed at me. “I am living on my own with no place to go, and barely any money!” 

“Sounds adventurous!” I said excitedly, it would be my dream to be out on my own, not knowing what might happen next. I don’t know why I never tried it before, just running away with no plan at all. 

“You really don’t get it, do you?” she replied. Maybe I didn’t get it, but her life seemed so much more interesting than mine.  

“You wanna do something fun?” I asked her. I don’t know what went through her head when she made a lot of facial expressions. 

‘I don’t think that is a good idea, don’t you have to go home anyways?” she said 

“Don’t worry about me.” I couldn’t care less if I got in trouble. I have spent too much time with such boring people. I wanna do something fun. 

“It depends on what your idea of fun is…” I could tell she was nervous to do anything crazy and life threatening, but I knew I might be able to convince her to do something anyway. 

“I promise you it’s gonna be fun. You’re not gonna die!” I said sarcastically. I waited for her response.  

“What do you have in mind?” she asked 

“Follow me!” I said as I started running towards the school. At first, I thought she wouldn’t come follow me, but then I heard her footsteps running behind me. Then when we made it to the main hallway of the school, I realized I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do, that was supposed to be fun. Then I remembered the test that we had to take for math. The teacher said that the test is taken every year so they know where the students should be placed based on their math skills. That would mean the test is already somewhere in the school. “Come this way there is a teacher room at the end of the hall.” I said as I made my way down the hall. 

“Why are we going to the teacher’s room?” she asked me. 

“You’ll see” I said opening the door to some sort of teachers lounge. I soon as I got in I noticed a large beige file cabinet in the corner by a printer.  I started looking through stuff hoping I might be able to find the math test. 

“So, what are we doing here?” she questioned me. 

“I am looking for something.” 

“What are you looking for, I thought this was supposed to be fun?” 

“You wanna pass the math test tomorrow? We can find the test and we will pass easy peasy!” I said kind of excited. 

“I don’t think that is a good idea. Cheating is not right we shouldn’t do this. How can you call this fun?” 

“It is fun! Come on what does it matter anyways, you can do anything you want you live on your own just take the risk, the worst thing that could happen is you fail the test” 

“Fine, but if things get to dangerous I am out!” 

“Whatever. Just help me look.” We started to search again looking in cabinets and folders. And soon enough found it. 

“I think I found it!” Lacy said from across the room. I read the test to see if it was the one. It seemed like the right one, so I told Lacy to meet me at the bus stop early the next morning so that we could plan things out. Then I remembered that I should probably get home. I looked at my hone and my mom called me 16 times! I called her back and told her about what happened to the car, and hoped she wouldn’t suspect anything else. She seemed to be ok, but she was mad I didn’t say anything earlier. When I got home. I quickly went to bed. The next day I picked lacy up from the bus stop early in the morning.  We wrote out all the test answers on paper then put it in our shoes for safe keeping. The test would be the next period, and I told lacy to meet me at my locker right before math class. “Hey Adalaide, I don’t think we should do this.” She said.  

“Seriously you are backing out? Now, right before math class! I thought you were in this with me!” I said upset. I thought I could trust her to stick with me. 

“I am sorry but I cheating is wrong and I don’t care if I don’t get in trouble. I don’t wanna do it.” 

“Come on, don’t be a wimp. I worked hard to get this all ready. Why are you so afraid? Stop being afraid and just do it.” 

“Why does it matter so much to you whether or not I do this?” she questioned me. 

“Look, you told me yesterday that you were ok with this. Did you lie to me?!” I said kinda angry. 

“No…. it’s just…I……” she obviously didn’t know what to say. I don’t like it when people ditch me like that. 

“You seriously don’t know how to have any fun.” I said very disappointed. 

“What if we get caught?” she said. Obviously, we would go to detention and I’d probably get grounded for forever, but I’ve gotten worse punishments, and I wasn’t going to tell her that. 

“We aren’t going to get caught. Trust me. I have done this plenty of times before.” I lied, but seemed to be convinced. 

“You have to promise, if they find out I don’t have a real home they will put me in a home. I don’t want that to happen.” 

“Deal.” I said. Then I heard the bell ring and realized we were late to class. We ran down the hall as fast as we could, and hoped we could sneak into class quietly.  

“Adalaide and Lacy, you are late to class. Don’t let this happen again girls.” Our math teacher, Mr. Stan said stiffly when we entered the room. 

“No problem Mr. Stan, it won’t happen again.” I replied politely, then I walked to my seat and sat down. He then began to explain all about how the math test would work, and bla bla bla. I handed Lacy a paper of how she should answer the test questions. This way we wouldn’t have the same answers and we wouldn’t have all of our answers correct. It would be way to obvious if every answer was correct, and both of our tests were alike. After all the test papers were passed out I stuck the piece of paper with answers on it in my sleeve. The test began and I tried to be sneaky when looking at my answer sheet. Our teacher walked around the room slowly, but after a couple rounds he sat down at his desk. I thought that I would be safe after that, so I took the piece of paper out of my sleeve so I could see the answers better. I peered over to see how lacy was doing. She had her sheet of paper on her desk too. I looked back down at my paper, and it wasn’t long before I saw a shadow over my desk. I heard Mr. Stan clear his throat. I saw him look from Lacy to me. 

“Adalaide and Lacy! I am shocked!  Go to the office this instant!  You know better that to cheat! I am VERY disappointed!” He then grabbed our papers. We both looked at each other, and everyone was looking at us. We left the room and went to the principles office. We got detention and I was grounded forever.  The worst part about it was that Lacy was being taken away to an orphanage! I didn’t think that this could end so badly. It’s all my fault. If I hadn’t pushed her into doing this she wouldn’t have been taken away. 

 I kept thinking about what happened with me and Lacy and I wanted to make it up to her, but I didn’t know how. Months later after the big cheating incident, and a lot of convincing, I got my parents to adopt Lacy! It was the perfect plan. Which means that we would be sisters I guess. I never had a sibling before and I was happy to know my adopted sister would be my best friend! We both learned our lessons and I drive her to school every day. Afterschool on Friday I wanted to do something special, so we went to Starbucks. We both got Frappuccino’s, I got chocolate and she got vanilla. The perfect pair.

The purpose of this piece was to write a story eligible for kids of ages 10 or 11 to read. The purpose was also to teach some sort of moral and have a lesson to be learned. I chose the story idea because it wasn’t the usual relatable story of a girl in school, the story was also on the point of view of the girl that was the “bad girl”, instead of the typical nice girl and all her problems. This is my best work because I planned out my characters before writing, and used that to think of a typical day for that person and I think it helped build their character. I put characters in situations which best show their character. My strength in this paper was my introduction. In my introduction I didn’t start by saying who the character is how old she is, I right away told a story about the character and what happened inn her past to show where she is now. My weakness was continuing the story’s plot while holding the character’s personality and keep the story interesting and exciting. I learned from this piece that you need to have a very clear and detailed plan of what you are going to write about and think of your characters and how they are going to act, respond to certain things, and their personality.  That’s when we jumped off the cliff and landed straight in the rushing waters of the waterfall things went blurry and suddenly my head lifted above the water. I looked round and above in the blue- sky eagles flew screeching out their songs.

[cynthiadshaw]

Perspective & Advice for Those Facing Insurmountable Odds

Throughout our journey with Voyage, the one thing we have learned over and over is that hidden within every challenge is a blessing or opportunity. It’s up to us to determine whether a challenge we face will be a step back or the catalyst for a step forward.

We had the honor of connecting with some of the city’s brightest female leaders and role models and we asked them our question of the month: What is the best advice you have for someone who feels like they are facing insurmountable odds.

Below, you’ll find their advice and links and other info so you can learn more about them, their work and how to connect with them. We’ll be interviewing many of these amazing women in the coming weeks, stay tuned.

Tameshia Rudd-Ridge | Digital Nomad and Founder + Lead Designer at Cool & Collected Africa

Tameshia Rudd-Ridge

Just Keep Swimming” as Dory from Finding Nemo says. By that I mean…breathe, be as gentle with yourself as you would be to a dear friend, acknowledge that the challenge is hard however figureoutable. After that, I’d encourage them to imagine what could happen if everything went right?

meshiacherie.com instagram.com/meshiacherie.com instagram.com/coolcollectedafrica coolandcollectedafrica.com

Brandy Lucas, Dallas Salon Owner & Hair Stylist

The best advice I can offer to someone who is facing a challenge they feel is insurmountable, is to take some time and think about all the things they’ve overcome in the past. Even your small wins are proof that you are far more capable, then you give yourself credit for. Tap into your faith & remind yourself that faith as small as a mustard seed can move mountains!

iambrandylucas.com @brandylucastxshorthair 

Rheannon Business Owner, Dallas Native

I handmake jewelry and started my store 6 months ago today on Etsy. I also have a huge passion for beauty, which I really dove into during a dark time of depression and it turned into a beautiful hobby that has opened several doors. I wasn’t happy with my job after 8 years, I made very good money but I was at such a low place I knew I had to change something, so I walked away, into the unknown but I’m better for it. I would tell anyone who is struggling to find something that makes you happy, that focuses your mind at the task at hand, rather that is a hobby or a potential career opportunity you make for yourself. When I started my Etsy I had no idea what I was doing but I taught myself and constantly look for ways to improve and for a 6 month old shop I’ve been pretty successful. If you are feeling defeated or that things are too hard that is life, nothing is easy. we all have our struggles, highs and lows and that we have to do our best to enjoy and take advantage of the highs so that we can navigate ourselves through the lows because they will happen. There is always light at the end of the tunnel and how quick you get there depends on how determined you are to succeed. What we put into the world is what we get out of it.

etsy.com/shop/SouthernRheas  @rheannonfae

Glam By Veronica – Makeup Artist

If ever in doubt, it is okay, we are human, keep pushing forward and don’t ever let anyone make you think any less. Stay positive, set goals and conquer the world!

@glam_by_veronica

Marlene Perez – Realtor & Luxury Apartment Locator

What can you do today to get closer? Do your best, try your best again the next day and the day after and keep doing so until you over come it.. continuously asking oneself how can I grow and learn from this and do differently next time.

@dallasluxuryrenting

Sallie Holder, Business Coach & Speaker

My best advice for someone who feels their challenge is insurmountable is to examine the facts vs. the feelings.  Ask yourself if you simply “feel” that way or if it is a “fact” that the challenge is insurmountable.  Can you say that it is 100% true that the challenge is insurmountable.  I can assure you that 99% of the time that is not true.  We simply feel that way & we tend to allow how we feel about the circumstances dictate our decisions.  We feel like the road ahead will be hard, filled with mountains, and very unclear.  However, the fact is that we only feel that way because the path ahead is new to us.  The fact is that it’s not insurmountable, and that the only thing we need to do is take the NEXT STEP in front of us. The path will appear as you keep taking those next steps. Trust the facts vs. your feelings!

sallieholder.com @sallieholdercoachandspeaker calendly.com/sallieholder/consult

Kara Adams – Love & Life Clarity Coach

Think back to another time you had an impossible goal— a really large challenge that someway, somehow you made it through. Thinking back to other tough times will encourage your spirit to know that you can press through and will be able to stand withstand the challenge you’re facing now.

thefabkara.com @thefabkara facebook.com/thefabkara twitter.com/thefabkara pinterest.com/thefabkara @singleminglemonday facebook.com/singleminglemonday

Eleasha Samuel- Fashion Blogger and Influencer

Remember to always have faith and speak positively even though the situation may look bleak.  Know that we all go through different phases in our life, and the rain days are just as much beneficial to us as the sunny days.

instagram.com/thehautechristian facebook.com/thehautechristian twitter.com/christian_haute thehautechristian.com

Bekka – Mom to an awesome little lady named Hazel, Traveling Make up artist in the DFW

Take it on by bit by, day by day. Once you break down a big problem into little ones things get a little less overwhelming, at least in my experience.

 beholdbeautyms.com

Simone – Traveling make-up artist out of Dallas, Texas

I never thought I’d see myself here doing what I love and creating happiness for other by the touch of a brush… Walk by faith not by sight.

Paige Walker-photographer and blogger Jeni Mourton-blogger

We all can feel that way from time to time! We have both openly shared our struggles with anxiety, motherhood and business. Our best advice is not to be afraid to reach out for help, whether that’s seeking counsel from friends or family, a trusted industry peer or even speaking to a counselor or doctor. Try and break down the challenge into much smaller manageable tasks or steps and know that this too shall pass!

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Cristyahna Selders- Aesthetician & Lash Tech

Don’t procrastinate or live in fear just take the situation head on a press to be great.

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Roxanne Carne – Personal Stylist & Shopper

The best advice I have for someone who’s facing a challenge that feels insurmountable is to talk to someone they trust and respect about the situation.  Never underestimate the value of someone else’s insights and experience to help you put things into perspective.  And know that nothing is ever really insurmountable – you just have to rationally figure out how to navigate through it!

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Alexis Cavo – Brand Ambassador/ Masters Student

I think that it’s important to realize and we aware that we are going to go through challenges throughout life, and some are going to be bigger than others. It’s something we have to learn how to accept. Life isn’t supposed to be a straight paved road w/ no obstacles. Every bump in the road is there to reach a lesson and to help us grow as humans. So when facing a challenge we feel is to big for us, think about the end results! Regardless of how it goes, it was placed in our life for a reason. So don’t give up!

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Nefertiti Beal—Dallas Entrepreneur & Upcoming MUA

I would tell that individual first and foremost that nothing is insurmountable. If you keep limiting yourself & emitting vibes that say this challenge is insurmountable— then it most definitely will be! The more emphasis the universe will put on what you can not accomplish. You will be standing in your own way at that point. Change up your mindset. Change up your habits. If you have to go back to the drawing board a thousand times. Who cares?! Do it! The goal is to progress further than where you were before. The little successes add up to the biggest triumphs. So go hard or go home!

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Jennifer Hiller Professional Makeup Artist

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The best advice I would give to someone who is facing a challenge that is insurmountable, is to turn to their loved ones. When I’m struggling with anything, I turn to family, friends, and my spouse. Being a mom of two young children, running a business and doing all of my mom/wife duties, gets to be overwhelming at times. I’ve learned that no matter how well you plan, and how well you execute your plan, you will always have setbacks. I take these setbacks as learning lessons and always ask for help if I need it. Always remind yourself that nothing will last forever, no matter how bad things may seem! Be confident, Stay Positive, remember to laugh, give hugs and PRAY! This has always helped me get through my crazy days and keep life less stressful and fun!

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Jessica Acy – Content Creator & Stay-at-home Mom

My father always taught us to “be the river”. My interpretation of that continues to evolve but I do know a river doesn’t stop running because a stone, or even a mountain, gets in its way. It either finds a way around or creates an entirely new path by withering down the obstacle with its persistency. When a storm comes, it uses the downpour as fuel to push harder. Even a drought doesn’t last always – the river is patient and waits to be replenished by the source that feeds it. Stay the course, be the river.

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SCI18 Ice Dance Reflections

Skate Canada, why do you hold events at non-olympic sized rinks? That’s just asking for things to go wrong. Can’t wait for Montreal 2020, which is primarily to be held at this exact rink.

Hubbell/Donohue - I wish Madi still had her old rd dress even if I get that they obviously don’t want to risk fringe falling off and getting a deduction again. The  new ending pose works though. For the free I think they still haven’t really figured out how high the emotions should be in what places. Last week it was Zach who overplayed it in the ending, this week when he closed his eyes it was much better. Instead Madi was the one who overdid it in their entry to the slide (which isn’t even that nice to begin with tbh) and in the ending as well. The stationary lift also went a bit wonky, but it is still the most interesting lift they do since they took out the rotational lift they had at U.S Classic.

Sinitsina/Katsalapov - I will never trust these two to be consistent, but they did as well as they could here. Her rd dress is the wrong kind of Russian drama, with the shreds to create the impression of speed. That said their tango is really intricate and they skate very close to each other, which is such a relief compared to some others. The lift was also good. The rd is definitely their stronger program though. The free is kind of a mixed bag for me, but in a really weird way. It has good flow in it, so that I don’t really notice the individual elements, but because of that none of the elements really stand out for me in a good way either. That said, good on Vika for keeping up the interpretation so that I didn’t even notice the dress mishap until i saw a picture of it. Not even the tech was affected by it. Definitely Russian #2.

Gilles/Poirer - The fact that they were involved in so many near collisions in the warm-ups is very them (I kind of wondered whether the other teams were extra stubborn with not giving way to them, just knowing that they tend to take it for themselves). I really wish they would’ve had a clean rd, because that’s the one I’m not sold on yet. It feels like a slower kind of tango than some of the others, but I am not sure of how much of that is them being slower and how much is the camera work. I really dislike the second set of twizzles they do in the tango - it is just so awkward. On the other hand I like the lift they have in it. Also Paul, stop using facial hair to do the interpretation for you. The free is a really good program though. When i watched the practice footage i didn’t think they really sold it, but they brought it in competition. They have a cool entrance into the twizzles, and like I said before, I really like their position in the third set of twizzles. Another good thing is the choreographic slide. That said, where they can go wrong for me is by being too literal, and there are a couple of things in this program that point to that. The paint splatter on Paul’s shirt is one. The other is the ending lift. It is a cool lift, I’ll give them that, but I just keep thinking that it is a literal interpretation wherein she is the ”starry starry night” over ”vincent’s” head. They also seemed to be grasping for each other quite a lot for having skating together a long time? The way they fought in the free was great still.

Lauriault/ La Gac - I really like their rd. They have their own style, with all the between the legs movements etc. You could really see them having to think about it in the pattern though, which transferred into their levels as well. They had a nice chemistry throughout it regardless of the tech which was a plus. Same goes for the fd. The chemistry is still really sweet, the between the legs movements in the opening still cool. They have some complicated lifts, some of which look good and some that get a bit messy. For me the rd is the stronger program (W/L should’ve beaten them in the free tbh).

Smart/Diaz - I don’t really like their skating asjkljskl. That said, the tango had a real tango feel to it, and they committed to performing it. I can’t tell if the murder face from Adria was intentional, or just him concentrating? For the free I must’ve been in the minority, but i actually liked the ”Sunday morning” outfit she had at ACI. This dress was not it. I like their first lift, but I think they need to sell the program more. I can’t remember if it was at ACI or the Skate Canada practice but they (she) sold the stop in their choreographic character step sequence much better wherever that was. The slide was so slooow, and really covered no ice, which they should probably look at.

Wang/Liu - He is such a good performer. She is as well, but it is more unusual when the man matches the woman’s performance level. They do have expansive skating, which I think you need in order to contend (or need to get in order to be a contender). The height difference never bothers me, it just makes them unique. That said I prefer their free dance  over their rhythm dance. The rd is still good though, I just think it is not as a coherent of a program. It really comes alive in the Pirates of the Caribbean part. I almost wish all of it was to that music. They also seem to connect more to it. In regards to their free, I love all their lifts in it. But I really don’t like their choreographic slide. Still the stronger program which I think will grow even further.

Twydale/Buckland - I said most of what i thought about the tango and their fd last week. But the fact that they improved their score by quite a lot (by getting higher levels) in front of a much stricter tech panel bodes well for their continued improvement this season. Hey Nick, thanks for gracing the kiss and cry with your presence!

Soucisse/Firus - She really reminds me of Gabriella Papadakis and I can’t figure out why. Their fall in the rd was unfortunate, but they weren’t getting the higher levels even before that. M-F telling them the kiss and cry have mics was hilarious though. The hiphop tango itself was…look, I’ll take any kind of music variation I can get. They are really going for the same kind of vibe in both programs though, which I don’t think is the best idea. I’m kind of neutral on the fd, but what I do think they need to do is skate bigger. There were moves that could be expansive and open to the crowds, but weren’t.

Sales/Wamsteeker - Double buns in the rd was nice. I don’t usually like to compare the costumes to V/M but that was clearly Tessa’s MR lol. Why green though for a tango? Even if it was a great color for her. I liked the way the two different pieces of music was cut in the rhythm dance - it was kind of abrupt, but it worked and then it speed up in  the second part really nicely for a couple of moments. They were lucky that S/A had such a rough competition, otherwise they had been in last for sure. With a lot of teams doing an abrupt change of music before the choreographic character step sequence I thought theirs was a nice change of pace that fit in easily with the music.

Skoptcova/Aleshin - Eurosport cut out in the middle of their rd, so i didn’t see most of it live. It was seemed to be a very ambitious program, with the pattern at the end, and given that they lost training time due to injury in the summer they really weren’t up to par here. That said, I did like their interpretation of the tango. She does have the annoying kind of tango kicks though, and they in general need to extend/straighten their legs more. The free just wouldn’t go their way so I don’t really wanna say anything about it yet. They do have something though.

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ACIE AHHHHHH,,, I knew you from quotev and kept track on your account for ages and I was worried sick when you deleted all of your life updates! Glad to see you still alive and well around here.

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