#verbanning

[kronieken]

Iemand aan de kaak stellen

De kasselrij van Ieper heeft zijn eigen rechtspraak. Ik heb er ooit een uitgebreid hoofdstuk aan gewijd. Wanneer een man of een vrouw al voor de derde keer van overspel beticht wordt, wordt de veroordeelde verbannen op galg en put. Het is eigenlijk een heel simpele straf: ze moeten maken dat ze uit de streek verdwijnen en als ze alsnog opduiken en betrapt worden in het Ieperse, dan weten ze welke…

[marmormagia]

Wie werden Verblender aus Travertin so richtig rustikal?

[honeycombsims]

Verbane Family Home

A large family home with 3 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms! The unfurnished version is completely CC Free!

40 x30 lot

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download (patreon, completely free)

[webandofsisters]

The one in Vampire Diaries is actualy Hoary Vervain, different flower.

Does anyone know the name of these flowers? I found them today, abandoned next to the garden! I'm guessing someone grows them to sell, and these didn't manage to get sold, so the person just leaves them next to the garden each year, for gardeners to take home. I only took one of each, there was several more of them!

They're all the same kind, they all have the same leaves, only different color of flower. The two-colored flowers look so fun!

[deityexperiences]

Dream bag

So this is not a deity work post but I've been meaning to get into dream magic and I figured I'd share this little thing I made. Basically I did a little satchel meant to go under my pillow and help with dream magic Here's what to do if you want to make one too, please note that the associations here are mine, go with your intuition and substitute if anything here doesn't fit your craft. What you'll need: - A satchel, small bag or piece of cloth you can tie closed, any size and colour will do, I used a blue one - Herbs. I used Poppy and Lavender for dreams and sleep, Mint for clarity and Verbane for protection and communication with both my subconcious and whatever entities I choose to pursue any dream work with- - Sigils and phrases for your purpouses, I did them for remembering dreams and lucid dreaming. Make a bunch on paper, roll them up, pop them in there - Crystals if that's your thing, I put in some amethyst Pop all of that stuff in your bag (or alternative thing to hold it), charge it with your intention and energy, or with intention and moonlight, speak your intention, put it under your pillow and enjoy :] Hope this is helpful <3

[ash-and-books]

Rating: 5/5

Book Blurb:

A brutal, bloody war against the ruthless Wraith King has cost the light fae more than innocent lives. Una Hartstone, Princess of Issos, learns the price the Wraith King demands to end the war once and for all. Her. In exchange for the safety of her people, she agrees to give her life—and her body—to her greatest enemy.

Gollaya Verbane is determined to fulfill his destiny and his god’s prophecy. When his seer points to the Princess of Issos as the key to the rise of the dark fae, he demands her submission. But when she finally yields, he realizes Una is much more to him than a priceless weapon.

A mystery that has haunted Una for years awakens when she is abducted and dragged back to Näkt Mir. The palace hides many dark secrets…and at least one traitor. A traitor determined to take King Goll’s throne—and all he possesses. What he doesn’t know is that Una’s magick is more powerful than he can imagine, and that Goll will burn the whole world to save her.

Review:

The Dark Fae and the Light Fae, two sworn enemies and heirs to royalty having crossed paths years ago find themselves once again meeting but this time the prince of the Wraith fae has taken the princess of the moon fae as his new bride... in exchange he'll let her people and kingdom be.... can love truly happen between two enemies with a bloody history? The war between the ruthless Wraith King and the light fae has been brutal and ongoing and when Una Hartstone, princess of Issos is taken by the current king the last person she expects to save her is the long thought to be dead prince of the Wraith fae, Gollaya Verbane.... but is he really saving her? Gollaya and Una met years ago when she was previously captured and tortured by his father the wraith king and he broke out of prison and saved her... and now as she is once again taken by his father he has saved her and killed his father taking the throne for himself. Yet Goll wants something more, he wants Una as his own bride and has been obsessed with her since he saved her. There has been a prophecy about a fae that would be the one to stop the war and save the people and Goll just knows its Una and that she is made for him. He gives her a choice: in exchange for her hand in marriage and a heir, he will let her people be safe and keep her people safe. Una will do anything for her kingdom and says yes... yet the more time Una and Goll spend together the more she is beginning to realize that everything she thought she knew about the dark fae is wrong and that something about Goll calls to her. Despite a rocky start they have a strong connection... but a traitor awaits in their ranks and someone is looking to take the throne for himself and to take Una away from Goll... and Goll is willing to burn the whole world down for her. Can they stop the traitor before its too late? I loved this book, as a long time fan of Juliette Cross I was so excited for this new fantasy series from her. This was such a fantastic read, it really captures you and it's got a great Beauty and the Beast vibe to it. The romance was really well done and the couple was just so much fun to read. I absolutely cannot wait for the second book to come out and to see what couple/story she crafts next! If you love fantasy romances with great enemies to lovers story lines, absolutely add this one to your TBR!

Release Date: September 24,2024

Publication/Blog: Ash and Books (ash-and-books.tumblr.com)

*Thanks Netgalley and Juliette Cross Books for sending me an arc in exchange for an honest review*

[whumpwillow]

What if there were a poison that was harmless to humans but makes their blood toxic to vampires? Its a creative way to starve a vampire - all these people walking around and not a drop to drink. I think Vampire Diaries did something like that with verbane (probably spelled wrong) and it burned like hell when vampires tried to drink anything with it.

Verbena! Yes i did a whole post series on this concept because why limit it to the vampire diaries, it’s such a nice and versatile whump concept! I’ll link the posts later if I think of it

[crazyk-imagine]

Chapter IX: Playing Pretend could be your End 

Characters: Sulane “Sullie” Celeste, Jasner "Jas" Verbane, James Diamond, Kendall Knight, Carlos Garcia, Hortense "Logan" Mitchell, Katie Knight, Mama Knight, Kelly Wainwright, Gustavo Rocque, Merceds, Griffin, Lo-Lo the chimp

Warnings: Cringe, classic btr things, Kelly being unhelpful, Gustavo being Gustavo, Sulane being an icon, Sulane saving the day, more Kelly and Sulane mom and daughter content, Sulane close to fighting Mercedes

Word Count: 5,402

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Sulane lays in bed, staring at the ceiling, not in the mood to get up. Someone knocks on the door; she groans. “I don’t want to talk, Janser!” She throws the blanket over her head and closes her eyes.

“It’s not him… It’s someone better.”

The teen throws the sheets off her head and glances over her shoulder. “Kelly?”

The woman smiles before she has to keep her balance as her daughter latches onto her. “Hey,” she rubs her hand against the back of her head. “What happened?”

“Nothing,” she mumbles.

“Sulane,” Kelly lightly pushes her off her. “Clearly something happened, what is it?”

“I,” she rolls her eyes, wiping away her tears. “It’s nothing. I’m not even sure why I’m crying.”

“So, you’re telling me this has nothing to do with what Jasner told me.”

She groans. “I’m going to kill him.”

“No, you’re not.” She grabs her arm before Sulane could walk out of the room.

“I don’t want to talk about my not important teen “drama”. I want to hear about your trip with Gustavo.” The teen sits down on her bed and pats the empty spot beside her.

“I want to hear about what happened.”

“You’re not going to let this go, are you?”

“No. You haven’t cried this hard since your mom and you found out your dad-”

“I don’t want to talk about that.”

“You have to talk about something at some point.”

“I have.”

“No.”

“No, I- I have. I mean- I do. If I show you this, will you promise not to tell anyone?”

“Of course.”

The blonde raises a brow. “Really?”

“I take offense to that look because I know what you’re referring to but if it’s this important to you, you know I wouldn’t do anything to jeopardize the relationship we have.”

“Fine.” She walks towards her dresser and reaches behind it, pulling out the box.

“What’s in it?”

She sets the box down in Kelly’s lap. “Open it.”

She carefully lifts the lid open and finds a stack of envelopes. “Are these-”

“She hid every letter sent and the ones I wrote.”

“Where were they?”

“With me because she likes to torture me.”

“Have you been writing them back?”

She shrugs. “Maybe.”

“Are you going to give them back to the guys?”

“I don’t want to think that far ahead.”

“These ones are addressed to your mom.” Kelly sets the letter back inside and closes the box. “How long have you been writing to her?”

“I- it didn’t really start until recently. I just, I wrote the one a few months after… everything but since I started this, I needed to write to her to. It’s weird, I’m actually starting to feel a little better.”

Kelly’s lips tug upwards. “That’s called healing.”

“I don’t buy it.”

The woman sighs. “Do you think you’d be able to come into the studio today?”

“Do I have to?”

“What’s that look for?”

“I think I have feelings for James but then he basically shot me down and I’ve felt... sad since.”

“Oh.” She takes a minute to process this new information. “Do you also like Jasner?”

“He’s really nice.”

“That doesn’t answer my question.”

“I like both of them,” she flops backwards and groans.

“You really do have a lot of teen drama in your life now.”

She smacks mom’s arm. “Kelly!”

“I’m sorry. I’m just- I’m shocked this is not what I was expecting when I came back.”

“How do you think I feel?”

“All I can say is, it’s your life and whatever choices you make,” she reaches over to hold Sulane’s hand. “I’ll be here right beside you.”

“Thank you,” the teen whispers.

S01 EP09

“I can't believe we've been here for three months,” Kendall starts.

“Three glorious, fun-filled months,” Carlos adds.

“Three glorious, fun-filled, sun-filled months,” James chimes in.

“Let's all look up and think about them now,” Logan says.

All four stare up and think about a few of their minor adventures.

“Good times,” they say.

“And that was just today,” Carlos happily says.

“Hey, guys. I just stopped by to drop off your tickets,” Kelly informs them, doing her best to keep her composure and not expose anyone.

“Oh, hockey tickets?” Logan asks.  

“Concert tickets, hm?” James adds, thinking about who he’d take, wanting to talk to her and make up for the things he said last night.

“Plane tickets. You guys do know that if your demos don't get picked by the record company tomorrow, you're going back to Minnesota.”

“WHAT?”

- Ah, ah, ah-ah, oh -

The boys run down to the studio so they can beg Gustavo to do something… more so after chasing him to his office.

“Griffin loves all the bands with demos, and there are six of them, but only one gets picked. And the one that everybody is talking about is Vampirah,” Gustavo tells them.

“Ah! Vampire dudes with guitars,” the brainiac whines. “We're toast.”

“Hey, hey, hey, we are not toast. What's the one thing we've learned since we've been in L.A.?”

James points to his shirt. “That black is the new black.”

“If you drink cold milk on a hot day, you die,” Logan adds.

“That every time you leave your house, your toys come alive,” Carlos says with fear evident in his voice.

“That you don't wait for your dreams to happen. You make them happen,” Kendall informs them.

“Now, how does the winning demo get picked?”

“That is a highly classified corporate secret that no one will tell me, and it's killing me!” The producer whines.

“Guys, we want this as badly as you do, but all we know is that the winning band is picked by a top-secret adviser very close to Griffin,” Kelly tells them.

Laughter comes from behind the boys. “Yeah, eww, I just entered this totally ugly office. Hold on, I'm mini barfing.” Mercedes coughs. “I'm here to pick up a CD from Big TimeWhatever.”

“I'm sorry, who are you?” Gustavo shouts at her.

She sets her phone down to answer him. “Mercedes Griffin, as in your boss' daughter.” She lifts the phone again. “I'll call you back, Jess. Livin' large here is about to start groveling.”

“Hey, ha-ha, I am so, so sorry,” Gustavo loses all his cool. “Um, here Hey, um, here is the demo. Um, can I- can I get you a latte or a yacht?”

She stops, staring at the band. “Is this the band? You guys are hot.”

“Oh, and you're the secret someone who's close to Griffin who decides the winning demos,” the helmet lover states.

She has no idea what he’s talking about but she’s not about to disagree because… that sounds like a good idea. She silently hopes that someone doesn’t come around and expose her. “That's right, I make the decisions, and I just decided that,” she points between all four of them and chooses Kendall. “You're my new boyfriend. Let's go.”

“What?” Kendall stares at her confused before she yanks him by the collar of his shirt. “I don't even- I don't even know her. I don't even know her.” He grips the sides of the doorway but that does him no good. “Help, help, help, help.”

“This is not right. How could she pick Kendall over me? I don't want to go back home,” James complains.

“Call her. Call her now,” the producer tells Kelly.

“Already on it.”

-

“Hurry up, new boyfriend. I heard the Palmwoods' pool scene is fabtastic.”

Kendall walks in behind her, carrying everything Mercedes could have ever wanted to bring with her as he breathes heavily. “Do we really need all this stuff just for you to sit by the pool… Pumpkin?”

“Froopy can only sit on imported dog bedding, and I always bring my own lounge, so I never have to touch other people's butt sweat. No more questions.”

The leader wants to complain but knows he can’t win. He takes two steps before he loses his balance and falls. “Ugh, ugh Ohh-ohh-ohhh.”

The three walk out from behind the big plants in the lobby.

“Hey, big guy, you're doing a great job,” Logan says, trying to boost his buddy’s confidence.

“She's horrible.”

The guys are not helping him in the slightest and then Gustavo and Kelly join in on the fun.

They put a hat on his head saying, “pick Big Time Rush” while adding a boombox playing one of their songs.

They watch as he struggles to walk out to the pool area.

“This is relaxing. Now fan me and make dolphin noises so I feel like I'm in Cabo,” Mercedes orders him.

-

Sulane stares at herself in the mirror. “You got this. It’s easy. You won’t talk to any of them.” She sighs, “this is going to be harder than I thought.”

She walks out the door because she knows if she doesn’t help them, they won’t stop blowing up her phone and things won’t end well… especially since she knows who really choses the demo winners.

She pulls out her phone when she hears a familiar ringtone. “Stop calling me, Kelly. I’m coming.”

“Hurry up. Logan is making dolphin noises while Kendall has to pretend, he’s in love with her. Oh no.”

“What now?”

“He hesitated in telling her he loves her. Now, she’s upset.”

She walks out to the pool area and finds Mercedes easily moving on as she hops into Carlos’ arms.

The two pass her.

She walks towards the others.

“Why didn’t you stop her?” Gustavo asks.

“Don’t give me that attitude.”

“I’m going to give you more than attitude,” he shouts.

“Yeah, no. I’m not helping you guys. Later.”

Kendall and Logan rush towards her, blocking her way out.

“Wait, wait. Let’s not say things we don’t really mean,” the brainiac says.

“Why do you need my help so bad?”

“You know why.”

“I think you guys are going to do fine without me.”

“You know we won’t be,” Kendall adds. “We don’t ask for your help-”

“One day a week you do… plus the other six.”

“If you would have let me finish, I was going to say a lot. We don’t ask for your help a lot.”

She rolls her eyes, “move. I’ll go and see what’s going on now. Maybe I can talk to her or something.”

They high five one another before moving out of her way.

“Don’t follow me.”

“You got it.”

“We’re following, right?” Gustavo asks.

“Yep,” Kendall adds.

They follow behind her, leaving some distance between them.

“Where’s Jasner?” Kelly asks.

The leader and brainiac glance at one another, silently asking if they’ve seen him.

“I don’t know,” the blond tells her.

“He and Sulane are kind of in a fight, so he’s giving her space and hanging out with Camille,” James chimes in.

The four (yes, even Gustavo, he’s invested) raise a brow at him.

“What? I talk to people.”

“We just didn’t think he was one of the people you talk to,” Logan says.

“Well, I do. Are we going to keep following or not?”

-

Sulane walks in to see Mercedes take a bite of a cookie and spit it back in Carlos’ face. “These are the worst cookies ever.”

“Ohh, well, I'm not my grandma. I'm a hockey player.”

“Well, maybe that's why these taste like hockey pucks.”

“I wonder if Vampirah makes great cookies,” she holds the demo up. “I guess I'll find out when I pick them and not big-time crud!” She starts throwing cookies at the poor boy.

“Ahh! Stop it. Please, stop. Ow! Ow! Stop!”

“Mercedes!”

The girl pauses, slowly looking over at Sulane. “When did you get here?”

“Why are you treating these guys like absolute-”

The door slams shut and Sulane notices Carlos is gone.

“Seriously, Mercedes. What happened? You never come to town unless your dad makes you.”

“No, I don’t,” she says defensively. “I need to find out why my new boyfriend is taking so long.”

“No,” Sulane grabs her arm, holding her in place. “You need to stop being so rude and stop lying. How do you think they’re going to feel when they find out you’ve been lying to them about being the one who chooses whether they have a career or not? I know I wouldn’t be happy.”

“Yeah, well. It’s a good thing they’re not you,” she says and yanks her arm out of her grasp.

“I’m not going to repeat myself.”

“Neither am I.” She bangs on the bathroom door. “Are you talking behind my back with shower people?”

“No, Apple blossom,” Carlos weakly replies.

She manages to push the boy away from the door so she can open it. ���You lied to me.”

The blonde furrows her brows and peaks in, finding everyone there. She shakes her head, pinching the bridge of her nose.

“We're finished. My new boyfriend is… Him.” She points to Logan which irks James.

“Him? Do you not see this, huh?”

“Let's go, new boyfriend. We're gonna dye your hair to match my bag.”

The brainiac whines and holds his head, “No.”

“So, you gonna do the right thing?” The producer asks the smart one.

“No,” Kendall steps up. “I am. Hold my loofah.” He stops in front of the teen. “I will need backup.”

“I am so fine with that because if you don’t do something, we’re all losing our jobs with how badly I want to-”

He grabs her clenched fists and lowers them. “No need to get physical but keep the energy up. We’re going to need it.”

“She used to be such a nice girl.”

“Really?”

“From the two times I talked to her, yeah.”

“Hey, you're my old boyfriend. Where's my new boyfriend?”

“He's dumping you.”

“What?” She puts her hand on her hip.

“What?” The bathroom people scream.

“What?” Gustavo adds.

Now’s her time to shine. “I got this, K-Doll.”

Everyone gives her a weird look.

“Now’s not the time to judge me. Okay, Mercedes, don’t play dumb. You know exactly why he’s breaking up with you.”

“Oh, really?”

“Would it kill you to quit this act. It’s not cute, not even a little bit. Carlos, not “new boyfriend” is breaking up with you because you're spoiled, pushy, mean-”

“And he and me and we would all rather go back to Minnesota than spend one more second pretending to be your boyfriend. And, man, it felt good to say that.”

“Well, let me tell you something. There is no way I'm picking your demos now. Big time rush is big-time done.”

Sulane rolls her eyes, “nope. Nope, I can’t do this anymore. I’m telling the-”

Mercedes grabs her and pulls her out of the room. “This is kidnapping.”

“I’m not kidnapping you.”

“Well, I didn’t consent to us having a girl’s day.”

“I don’t want them to see me as the bad guy.”

She sighs, knowing the moody teen is giving her side eye.

“Okay, I get it. I wasn’t the easiest person to deal with, but we can both admit that it would be better if they found out from me.”

The teen shrugs, “I guess.”

“Good, so now we’re going to drop off my dog and then we’ll go back so I can tell them.”

“I knew you were still that good person.”

“Shut up.”

“Never, because once again I was right.”

“What’s going on between you and the pretty one?”

“Who?”

“You know who. You used to carry around a picture with all of you in your bag.”

“There’s- nothing. Why are you even asking?”

“There’s some awkward tension surrounding the two of you but I don’t think anyone else has caught on yet.”

She doesn’t say anything after that.

-

The band screams when they see who enters their apartment.

“Look, I know we haven't all dated that long, but I just wanted to come back to say.” Mercedes sighs and smacks Sulane’s elbow away when she nudges Griffin’s daughter.

“I'm sorry.”

“Yeah, you should be sorry.” The pretty boy steps forward. “How could you pick them over me?”

“Because I never,” she glances to Sulane, who doesn’t meet James’ eye, “I never date anyone prettier than me.”

He turns around, facing the others, “I'm better now.”

“And the two were right. I'm a rich, spoiled bully who dresses hot and thinks your songs are great.”

“So, you're gonna pick Big Time Rush,” Carlos says.

Gustavo wakes up from his “I’m about to lose all my money” coma and shouts, “We're halfway there!”

“Yeah! Yeah, I don't choose the winning band.”

“What?” They shout.

“You're not the top-secret music adviser?” Kendall asks.

“See, my dad asked me to pick up the demos because it was on my way, but I let you believe I choose the winning band because you're cute, and,” she begins sobbing, “I love manipulating people.”

Sulane glances at her from the corner of her eye and takes a step to the left. Now she remembers why she and Mercedes aren’t as close. The girl is crazy.

“Oh, there, there, Mercedes,” the producer takes a step forward to console the girl. “The boys forgive you. Now… How do the demos get picked?”

“Well, first daddy looks at the demos to make sure that the covers are shiny. From there, the guy with white gloves takes them to an unmarked door at the end of a corridor. White gloves confirmed. Finally, he places them on the desk of daddy's top-secret music expert Lo-Lo, the million-dollar hit-predicting super chimp.”

No one was expecting that to be the answer.

“A monkey picks the demos?”

“No, a chimp, and if he claps, you're in, but if he makes a fart noise, you're out. And sometimes I think daddy loves Lo-Lo more than me.” She stands there sobbing again, this time Kendall takes a step forward to console her.

“There, there, Mercedes. It's okay. Don't cry.”

“Have you ever thought about going to therapy?” Sulane chimes in. “I think it might be beneficial for you.”

“That’s a good idea,” the leader adds. “Now, do you have a security card to your dad's building?”

“Oh, please. What are you guys gonna do? Chimpnap Lo-Lo and train him to love Big Time Rush?” Kelly asks.

The boys glance at one another, unsure if they should ask for some… assistance or not.

“No.” Logan and Carlos grab her before they to the nearest corner to convince her.

“If we don’t do this we’ll be out of here,” Kendall starts.

“Yeah, and I won’t get to be famous.”

Logan sighs, pinching the bridge of his nose.

“You’re not helping us right now,” Carlos tells him.

“What are we doing here then?”

The leader steps in front of the two, “ignore them because we really need, your help. There’s no one else who could get us into the building and get us past any kind of security guards like you can.”

“Yeah,” the brainiac chimes in. “We really don’t want to ask Mercedes for help.”

Sulane doesn’t respond for two minutes, scaring the guys to no end. She sighs, “Fine. God, you guys need to stop teaming up and doing this to me.”

Kendall and Logan fist bump.

“No,” she walks past the two, stepping in between them, breaking them apart.

-

Kelly raises a brow.

They stare at the chimp humping around on top of a table in the studio.

“I was kidding.”

“But the plan worked perfectly,” Logan tells her.

Everyone’s voices overlap with one another as Kelly glances at her daughter.

“I only got them in and out.” Sulane raises her arms. “I didn’t actually do any of the kidnapping.”

The leader lowers the binoculars (he’s way to happy to have) as he looks over at the teen. “Way to band together.”

She narrows her eyes at him. “I did not agree to those terms and conditions.”

The older woman grabs her and pulls her into the recording area.

“Why am I in here?”

“You done more than enough to help them. I think they can manage without you for five minutes.”

The teen raises a brow at her words.

“Okay, fine. I heard what I said out loud and now I’m realizing it. Two minutes and if something comes close to catching on fire, I’m sending you in.”

She gets a thumbs up in return. “Can we at least listen?”

Kelly doesn’t have time to respond before Gustavo pushes the mic button.

“Now, according to Pavlov, animals can be trained to associate positive feelings with certain stimuli,” Logan explains. “Such as sight, smells, and-”

“Big time rush demos.” Kendall gestures to their demo.

“Exactly. We're gonna train Lo-Lo to pick the Big Time Rush demos through the positive reinforcement of…” Carlos hands the brainiac a handful of- “Bananas.”

Gustavo snaps at Kelly and points to the door.

She nods and grabs the blonde to move her in front of the door. “You need to go in now.”

“I don’t smell smoke,” she tries to stop her feet from moving but is unsuccessful. “There’s no fire. You can’t make me.”

“Too late.”

The door clicks shut.

She stares at her mom with thinned lips and brows pinched together.

“Lo-Lo Tasty bananas.”

She leans back against the door, listening to the song playing. “Kelly, I’m scared.”

“You’re doing great. Stay close to the door in case anything happens.”

“This is not in those parenting 101 books.”

Big time rush Make it count, play it straight don't look back, don't hesitate-

“More bananas,” Logan tells them.

when you go big time More Big Time Rush. Any kind of guy you want, girl that's the kind I'll be-

“He's clapping. It's working,” Kelly says, shocked to see their plan actually working.

“Halfway there, and here we come,” Gustavo adds.

The boys hold a bundle of bananas in each of their arms.

“Where did they even get those?” Sulane asks herself.

“Even more bananas,” Logan shouts over the music.

“Even more Big Time Rush,” Kendall gestures to the producer.

Studded supermodel magazine You can do it.

“He's picked up the bananas. Is that a good sign?” Gustavo turns to Mercedes.

Lolo throws a banana, the boys barely moved away in time before they could be maimed by the fruit.

“Let me in, let me in,” the teen rattles the door handle, trying to get back in. “Kelly, please!”

Those safe in the booth scream.

The boys notice that the chimp is aiming at them once again and put their hands out in front of them. “No. No. No.”

They back closer and closer to the window before sliding down. “Ow! No! No! Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!”

Lolo jumps down from the chair and runs towards Sulane, who screams.

The chimp stops in front of her and stares at the teen for a few seconds before running out of the room.

“Well, he either really loved that song or really hated it,” Mercedes points out.

The producer screams.

-

The boys pull the banana peels off them, grimacing as they do so while Kelly eats a banana.

“I know this is a bad time, but I honestly think I just made friends with a chimp.”

Mercedes squints her eyes, not understanding why she’d bring it up.

“Don’t give me that look, you honestly expect me to believe the few seconds of eye contact we made didn’t make a bond?”

“Okay, it was pretty cool how she didn’t attack you,” Carlos adds.

“Thank you.” Sulane sticks her tongue out at the blonde.

The producer goes on about, talking senselessly about unimportant items. “You know, the scooter is the sensible solution for today's high gas prices, pollution, and offers seniors increased mobility, and Ahhhhh!”

She covers her ears and glares at the man, “I get we all have different ways of processing things but really?”

“You know, we are not giving up.” Kendall pushes himself off the couch. “We're almost halfway there, and another thing I've learned since coming to L.A. is that together, we can do anything.” He turns to Sulane.

She nods.

Griffin walks in. “Look who I found hitchhiking on the Hollywood freeway.”

The chimp lets go of the man, running towards the blonde.

She chuckles and holds onto her. “I told you guys.”

Kendall’s shoulders sag. “Yeah, we're done.”

“I am deeply disappointed in all of you, but I'm also curious. What happened? Help me out.”

Everyone glances at one another.

“I made a friend,” Sulane tells him.

“I see that.”

“It's my fault, daddy. I lied to them, and I made them be my boyfriends, and then I ate terrible cookies, and then I cried, and then I helped them chimpnap Lo-Lo, and I love you,” Mercedes confesses.

“Is that true? Because she lies A lot,” Griffin asks.

The teen girl snorts, covering her face when realizes she made the noise too loud. “Not surprising.”

Mercedes gives her a look, placing one hand on her hips.

Everyone is quick to intervene before anything bad could happen.

Gustavo stands up. “It's all of our faults.”

The teen and chimp nod.

The leader pushes himself up. “We really want to stay here in L.A. and make an album.”

The corn dog stands up. “And a tour.”

Followed by the pretty boy. “- And be famous.”

Then the brainiac. “But we may have gone a little too far.”

“Sorry?” Kelly mumbles with a mouthful.

“Those are a lot of sentences containing words, containing letters, and I admire your passion and dedication, but it doesn't change the fact that Lo-Lo picks which demos win.” Griffin snaps his fingers so his assistant can grab Lo-Lo.

“What? No, we were bonding.”

“And we need him to make an important decision.”

Sulane groans, “fine.”

“So, what do you say, Lo-Lo? Do you like Big Time Rush?”

“Oooh, the fart noise. Sorry, boys, Vampirah wins.”

“What? Lo-Lo, come on.”

“Lo-Lo's wrong, daddy. The vampire fad has one, two years left, max. These guys' songs have infectious melodies, classic pop hooks, And Big Time Rush will crush the which is your core music-buying base.”

“Yeah, and,” Sulane adds. “If they ever decide to take a break, disband, and/ or reunite in let’s say in less than ten years. You know they’re going to be big. I mean, they’re going to have fans who have been listening for years coming out of the woodworks. Young girls who will be grown adults at the time, coming back for, yeah you guessed it. Big time rush. They’re your best investment.”

“Wow. Lo-Lo, I'm transferring you to missile defense. Mercedes, you're my new hit-predicting adviser, and this way, we'll get to spend more time together. Big time rush wins!”

Everyone starts screaming in celebration.

“Anything else for my princess?” He daughter glances over at the teen girl, glancing over at the brainiac.

She shakes her head. “Well, I never really got a chance to date Logan.”

“Logan, you're Mercedes' new boyfriend.” She pats his shoulder. “I wish you the best.”

“Ah-ah! No, please,” he pleads, hiding behind James and Sulane.

“Oh, Mercedes! Wait!” She briskly walks toward the father and daughter duo, “I have another guy you can go out with! If you don’t want Wally, that is. His name is a little odd, but you would get along. He knows the best cupcakes place! I mean, they’re gonna be better than the cookies you had earlier, you know.”

Carlos whines.

She waves her hand behind her, needing him to shut up.

Griffin smiles, “now get to work. We need some new songs for the Big Time Rush album.”

“I've already got one. Move out.”

The boys run behind the producer, “Whoo!”

When the chips are down, back against the wall

got no more to give, 'cause we gave it all

seems like going the distance is unrealistic, but we're too far from the start

so we take what comes and we keep on going leaning on each other's shoulders

then we turn around and see we've come so far somehow

The teens jaw drops. “Oh my god.”

Mercedes shakes the girls shoulders. “Oh my god.”

“What?”

“This is- Gustavo?”

“That’s right.”

“Oh my god.” She starts jumping in excitement.

Mercedes and Kelly jump with her, hugging her.

“Does anyone have a camera?”

“What?” Her mom asks.

“I can get some good shots for a future video, does anyone have a camera or not?” She runs into the studio.

Jasner pops out from the vents. “What’d I miss?”

“Jasner, I found you a girlfriend.”

“Really? Who?”

“The blonde who’s trying to eat your face.”

Logan glances at the other three.

Carlos gives him a thumbs up.

We're halfway there, we're looking good now, and nothing's gonna get in the way

we're halfway there and looking back now, I never thought that I'd ever say

we're halfway there

If we never flew we would never fall

if the world was ours, we would have it all

but the life we live isn't so simplistic, you just don't get what you want

So we take what comes and we keep on going leaning on each other's shoulders, then we turn around

and see we've come so far somehow

We're halfway there, we're looking good now, and nothing's gonna get in the way

we're halfway there and looking back now, I never thought that I'd ever say

We're halfway there

Logan and Kendall grab her and pull her into their video while James sets up the camera.

Oh, we're halfway there. Halfway there. We're halfway there. Oh, we're halfway there. Yeah, we're halfway there.

“Whoo!”

“I like it,” Griffin says.

“Of course, you do.” The teen tosses her hair over her shoulder, “I did it.”

“I don’t think so.”

“It was a team effort Gustavo, grow up.”

“Whoo!”

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Kelly interrupts Mama Knights and Katie’s conversation with Bitters.

“I need to renew the lease for 2-j.”

“We're gonna make a full album,” Carlos tells her.

“And probably a concert tour,” Logan adds.

“And be famous,” James says.

The Knight mother smiles and slams the plunger onto the desk. “I quit, and I gave boater Bob the rest of the day off.”

“What room?”

“3-b, and it's bad.”

“Well, I guess we're not going home.”

“Actually, mom, I think we are home,” Kendall says, placing a hand on Logan’s shoulder.

“Race you to the pool,” Katie interrupts the sentimental moment.

“Oh, yeah, right.” The boys ran out.

Carlos calls out for her. “C’mon, you’re gonna miss out on the fun.”

“I’ll be out there in a second.” She turns to the adults. “I miss Lo-Lo.”

“You barely knew her.”

“What we had was real,” she tells her mom.

“Lo-Lo?”

Kelly shakes her head to Mama Knight, “don’t ask.”

“Oh, Jasner’s having fun on his date.”

The two lean over her shoulders, reading his texts.

“He sent nine one one,” the other mom points out.

She shrugs, “he’s fine. I’ll tell him to get a cupcake.”

-

She walks out where the boys and Katie are hanging out and take the empty chair beside Logan. “How’s our guy?”

“I’m pretty sure he regrets coming into the room when he did.”

He nods. “Thank you.”

“For what?”

“For helping me out. I mean- I know I haven’t been nice-”

She raises a hand to stop him. “You haven’t been nice?”

“Poor phrase, hang on.” He thinks for a second before having an “ah-ha” moment. “We’ve butt heads more often than I’d care to admit and I’m sorry.”

“It’s okay.”

“No, just- let me do this please.”

“Okay.”

“But I am happy to say that life has been more fun with you in it.”

She smiles. “I’m happy to be hanging out with you guys again. But I am going to miss that little chimp.”

“You two really made a connection, didn’t you?”

She nods. “Yeah.” She stands up, setting her stuff down reaching into her bag to grab her wallet when she’s pulled backwards and shoved into the pool.

She comes up only to find a semi-upset Jasner. “Hey, J. How was your date?”

“Terrible. So bad. We’re meeting up again tomorrow.”

“Run lines?”

“Yep.”

Carlos let’s out an excited shout before cannonballing into the pool.

The others join in on the fun.

The raspberry lover feels bad and offers his hand to pull her out only to be tricked and pulled in. “I deserve that.”

“Exactly.”

Previously: Chapter VIII // Continue: Chapter X

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La malĝusta uzo de -ante en Esperanto

Tiel ofte mi vidis homojn uzi la finaĵon -ante malĝuste. Kvankam unuavide povas ŝajni nur simple eraro, kiel la akuzativa, fakte temas pri io pli ol simple forgeso aŭ miskompreno de la reguloj - se estas provo de kompreno, kiel mi teorios.

Kion mi vere trovis interesa pri ĉi tiu eraro estas tio ke temas pri io al kio la solvo estas tre malsimila ol kion oni eble pensas, kaj, kion mi ekpensis baldaŭ poste, ke temas pri eraro influita de denaska lingvo.

Mi pensas ke homoj faras ĉi tiun eraron ĉar ilia denaska lingvo estas la angla aŭ latinida, aŭ eĉ alia lingvo kiun mi ne konas kiu havas la saman strukturon.

Mi uzos la anglan en la ekzemploj, ĉar ĝi estas pli konata, sed la ideo speguliĝas per aliaj lingvoj havantaj la saman strukturon. Ni parolos pri du specoj de verboj: participo kaj gerundio. Ni povas diri ke participo estas dua, neĉefa ago kiun oni faras, ĉar ni parolas pri prezenco, samtempe kun la unua. Ekzemploj:

Even going through difficult times, Adam remains strong. > Eĉ trapasante malfacilajn momentojn, Adamo restas forta. Reading a book, he waits for the bus. > Legante libron, li atendas la buson.

Gerundio estas kiam verbo substantiviĝas kaj estas uzata kiel tia por paroli pri certa ago. Ekzemploj kun malĝustaj tradukoj al Esperanto:

Understanding the difference between needs and wants. > Komprenante la diferencon inter necesoj kaj voloj. Explaining pointers until I go insane. > Klarigante adresmontrilojn ĝis mi freneziĝas.

Gerundio povas esti sola (malĝustaj tradukoj):

Loading > Ŝarĝante Updating > Ĝisdatiĝante

Kaj jen tial mi pensas ke estas la misuzo de -ante, ĉar en ambaŭ kazoj oni uzas saman verban finaĵon! -ing, en la angla, kvankam tamen en Esperanto estas unu malsama afero en ĉiu kazo.

Estas interese ke eĉ ĉe participaj frazoj, kiam estas pronomo, oni uzas -ante. Mi parolas specife pri memeoj, kie en la angla estas ekzemple:

Me learning Esperanto > Mi lernante Esperanton Me in bed waiting for the problems to go away > Mi en la lito atendante la problemojn foriri

La uzo de -ante ĉi tie estas tute malĝusta ĉar ĝi eĉ ne estas substantivo, tute ne estas gerundio, kiel en ĉi tiuj lastaj anglaj ekzemploj. Kaj jen kial mi diris ke eĉ ne estas miskompreno de la reguloj, ĉar ŝajnas manko de legado de ĝi. Mi ne faras juĝon, sed vere ŝajnas al mi ke oni nur ne legis pri la uzo de -ante antaŭ ol skribi tiajn frazojn, kaj tiel skribas pro ŝajnamikeco.

Kio estas la ĝusta uzo do?

Por traduki, aŭ simple uzi tiajn esprimojn, ni bezonas substantivon. Simple uzi -anto anstataŭ -ante ne funkcias: -anto signifas "tiu kiu [verbo]-as". Ni ne parolas pri iu, ni parolas pri ago. Gerundio estas simila al infinitivo, montras senfinecan agon, la ideon de ago, kaj jen ni havas Esperantan sufikson kiu ĝuste ĉi tion signifas: -ad. Do al la traduko de la supraj frazoj:

Loading > Ŝarĝado Updating > Ĝisdatiĝado

Understanding the difference between needs and wants. > Komprenado de la diferenco inter necesoj kaj bezonoj. Explaining pointers until I go insane. > Klarigado de adresmontriloj ĝis mi freneziĝas.

Estas tre interesa afero ĉi tie, kiun certe malmultaj scias pro la malofteco de la uzo: AD-vortoj estas agaj O-vortoj, kaj tiaj O-vortoj povas ricevi akuzativon! Do:

Understanding the difference between needs and wants. > Komprenado la diferencon inter necesoj kaj bezonoj. Explaining pointers until I go insane. > Klarigado adresmontrilojn ĝis mi freneziĝas.

Ĉu ne sonas vere strange? Sed ja sencas sendube. Eĉ PMEG mencias ĉi tion. Mi subtenas ĉi tiun uzadon. Parenteze, ne nur per AD-vortoj ĉi tio eblas; rememoru ke mi diris ke per agaj O-vortoj ĝenerale eblas: "Via riparo mian ilon estis esenca."

Estas, tamen, alternativo kiun ni povas uzi, kiu ankoraŭ ne spegulas perfekte la alilingvan ideon, sed estas la plej alproksimiĝo kiu eblas : kiam ni legas gerundion kaj, malgraŭ tio ke ĝi temas pri la ago mem, ni legas ĝin kvazaŭ verbon en unua persono, almenaŭ plejparte kiam la frazo havas unuapersonan pronomon aŭ subkomprenigas unuapersonecon:

Explaining pointers until I go insane. > Here/In this post/video I('m going to) explain pointers until I go insane.

Do jen ni povas uzi la saman unuapersona-logikon kaj uzi solan -anta, subkomprenigante ĝian ceteran strukturon:

(Mi estas) Klariganta adresmontrilojn ĝis mi freneziĝos.

Estas kompreneble trovi ĉi tiun frazkonstruon stranga, sed temas nur pri alkutimiĝo: post iom da tempo ni eĉ ne aktive pensos pri la ellasita "mi estas", nur vidante "-anta" kiel verban ideon same kiel ni vidas la anglan gerundion, simile al tio ke ni legas "bonan matenon", ne "mi deziras al vi bonan matenon". Ni, cetere, memoru ke ni vidu per la okuloj de la lingvo Esperanto, tio estas, vidu Esperanton kiel apartan lingvon, ne per la okuloj de nia denaska lingvo, kvazaŭ la mekanismo de la denaska devas ripetiĝi en Esperanto, dum fakte ĉiu lingvo havas sian apartan funkciadon, eĉ se koincidantan kelkfoje.

Oni povas diri ke ni povas pluraligi la esprimon:

Understanding the difference between needs and wants. > Komprenantaj la diferencon inter necesoj kaj voloj.

Ĉi tio tute sencas, kaj kreas nuancon de neformaleco al la etoso: uzi -antaj estas paralele al diri "Ni komprenu la diferencon...", kiu videble estas pli, mi ne scias, amikeme ol "Komprenado de la diferenco", kiu sonas pli serioze, eĉ teknike, eĉ se ne nepre estu ĉi tiel la parolmaniero en la cetera teksto.

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La malĝusta uzo de -ante ankaŭ okazas en parentezaj frazoj, kie okazas participa frazo (participle phrase). Ekzemple:

I believe we can say, considering the way he spoke, that he liked the book. > Mi kredas ke ni povas diri, konsider-? la maniero kiel li parolis, ke li ŝatis la libron. There's no doubt that, speaking of numbers, this is the best known character. > Ne estas duboj ke, parol-? la nombroj, ĉi tiu estas la plej konata rolulo.

Uzi -ante estas malĝuste, sed aŭ se la parolanto ne intencis paroli pri si mem en la parenteza frazo, aŭ se ne sencas ke la ĉeffraza subjekto estas tiu de la parenteza frazo.

Ekzemple: en la unua frazo, tute gramatike ĝustas la uzo de la participo -ante, sed, se ne estis la intenco de la parolanto ke ĝi mem estas la subjekto de la parenteza frazo, do ĝi skribis malĝuste, tial ke, kiel dirite, -ante estas nur por montri duan agon de la subjekto (ĉi tie, "mi"), sed la parolanto uzis -ante kiel agon de nedifinita persono, kiel pronomon "oni", do estas miskongruo inter sintakso kaj volita signifo de la parolanto.

En la dua frazo, ne sencas ke la ĉeffraza subjekto, "duboj", ankaŭ estas tiu de la parenteza, ĉar estas diri ke la duboj konsideras. Ankaŭ ĉi tie la verbo agas kiel "oni", sen difinita persono.

La ĝusta traduko de tiaj frazoj estas diversaj. Ni povas uzi "per" + la koncerna aga O-vorto:

Mi kredas ke ni povas diri, per konsidero de la maniero kiel li parolis, ke li ŝatis la libron. Ne estas duboj ke, per parolado de la nombroj, ĉi tiu estas la plej konata rolulo.

Oni povus uzi N-finaĵon anstataŭ "de". Kaj, jes, ankaŭ mi pensas ke ĉi tio estas minimume nenatura maniero paroli, kaj sonas tre formale. Sed tamen ni povas uzi E-vorton anstataŭe. La logiko estas preni la verban radikon kaj aldoni la finaĵon -e; ĉi tio verbecigas la E-vorton, tiel ke, do, la substantivo ligata al ĝi ricevas la akuzativon:

Mi kredas ke ni povas diri, konsidere la manieron kiel li parolis, ke li ŝatis la libron. Ne estas duboj ke, parole pri la nombroj, ĉi tiu estas la plej konata rolulo.

Se la verbo estas netransitiva, oni uzu ĝian prepozicion. Se la verbo estas kaj transitiva kaj netransitiva, la elekto inter uzi akuzativon aŭ prepozicion estas laŭvole; ekz ĉe "rilate". Mi supozas ke ni ĉiam ankaŭ povas uzi "de" por kunigi la E-vorton kaj substantivon.

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Nun pri la ĝusta uzo en la memeoj, estas pli da aferoj priparolindaj.

Me learning Esperanto Me in bed waiting for the problems to go away

Notu ke la pronomo estas ligita al la gerundio, sed kiel ĉi tio eblas, se gerundio estas, eĉ se verbeca, esence substantivo? Estas kiel diri "Mi lernado de Esperanto." Montriĝas ke la frazo estas gramatike malĝusta! Ne ke tio vere estas problemo, mi estas favora al nenorma gramatiko en neformalaj medioj. Cetere, ni eĉ povas diri ke la sama fenomeno okazas en Esperanto per -ante, eĉ se, bedaŭrinde, pro alilingva influo, ne okazaĵo per la lingvo mem. Mi nur ne konsentas kun la pluiro de ĉi tiu Esperanta escepto pro tio ke la ĝusta uzo (sube priparolata) estas tro simila por ne sekvi. La gramatike ĝusta maniero ĉi tion diri en la angla estas:

My learning Esperanto > Mia lernado de Esperanto/Esperanton My waiting in bed for the problems to go away > Mia atendado en la lito por ke la problemoj foriru

Kio sonas, kaj angle kaj Esperante, ja formale kaj poetike, kaj forigas la amuzan ridigan etoson de memeo.

Nun la ĝusta maniero traduki tiajn anglajn memeoj al Esperanto estas, kiel en la antaŭa kazo, estas simple uzi -anta:

Me learning Esperanto > Mi lernanta Esperanton Me in bed waiting for the problems to go away > Mi en la lito atendanta la problemojn foriri

Dum en la angla, almenaŭ ŝajnas, tia kunigo pronomo + participo ne estas gramatike ĝusta, nek natura, videblas, en Esperanto estas tute ebla.

Fakte -ante estas ĝusta... ŝajne

Mi redaktas ĉi tiun afiŝon nur por aldoni ĉi tiun informon.

Mi unue rememoris pri la sensubjektaj frazoj, kie estas "esti + E-vorto":

Estas bele Estas milde

Mi poste rememoris pri la uzo de pasiva participo en tia frazkronstruo:

Estas permesate Estas sciate

Tio estas, participo kiel perverba priskribo. De ĉi tie vi jam devas kompreni kien mi iras. Mi pensis: "Atendu, se eblas pasiva participo, ĉu ne eblas ankaŭ aktiva? Mi volas diri, oni povas ellasi "esti" en ĉiuj tiuj frazoj, kaj ellasi tiel ke la frazo diras la nuna stato de io. Ni diru ke mi ĵus plenumis taskon permesi la aldonon de libroj al enreta bretaro. Mi povas diri post finiĝo:

(Estas) Permisite

Same, mi povus uzi aktivajn participojn, por priskribi staton aŭ agon de io. Se paĝo ŝarĝas, se programaro ĝisdatiĝas, mi povas diri:

(Estas) ŝarĝante (Estas) ĝisdatiĝante

Sed notu ke mi ne donis certecon. Estas samtempe iom strange uzi aktivan participon tiel, ĉar tia perverba priskribo donas econ, ne agon. Mi volas diri, ĉu participo ne ŝajnas doni agon, kaj ne econ? La sola ekzemplo de PMEG kun participa perverba priskribo estas ĝuste per "pluvi", esence sensubjekta verbo... Ĉi tio komprenigas ke eĉ tia uzo de -ante estas malĝusta.

[gytsqf]

III. TRIVIA

Ghayatsqi sudah hidup di panti sejak usia 8 tahun.

Ghayatsqi jarang berada di panti. Terlebih apabila Matthew sedang ada agenda di luar, Ia akan setia menunggunya sampai larut.

Tidak terlalu suka makanan manis.

Tolak angin sahabatnya.

Selalu gunakan kata-kata kasar kecuali di hadapan Matthew.

Tidak peka. Tolol dalam perasaan, baik mengungkapkan maupun merasakan.

Tidak suka melihat Matthew diolok-olok.

Mudah marah, tersulut emosi, sekali lagi, Ghayatsqi tidak bisa membedakan hal serius dan bercanda.

Mahasiswa Pendidikan dan Bahasa, sama seperti Matthew.

Mengenai posesifnya: Ghayatsqi ‘kan berikan pelajaran kepada siapapun yang mengganggu hubungannya dengan Matthew. 1) Ia ‘kan tinggalkan bangkai serangga; 2) Bila masih mencari gara-gara, Ia ‘kan layangkan ancaman verban; 3) Baku hantam adalah jawabannya.

[ghinailmi]

Kontol Ganti Balutan

Ganti verban atau ganti balutan. Ini merupakan salah satu prosedure tindakan yang sering dilakukan saat perawatan. Tapi, kalau luka yang menginfeksi mungkin kita akan memikirkan dressing yang cocok untuk luka tersebut. Nah, aku kasih bocoran nih dressing yang sering digunakan kalau ada luka yang infeksi. Dalam konteks ini lebih ke luka operasi. Nah berikut bahan yang sering digunakan pada saat gv

1. Cutimed sorbact gel

Harga 1 sac ukuran 7,5x7,5 bisa 110-120rban. Ini digunakan pada luka-luka yang basah, ada sloughnya.

2. Madu Nusantara

Ini digunakan selain menyerap eksudat, juga untuk sebagai bantalan pada luka-luka yang membentuk terowongan atau lukanya dalam. Jadi kassanya dilapisi madu. Harganya sekitar 100rban.

3. Oxoferin

Harganya sekitar 80-100rban. Ini juga sama untuk membersihkan luka biar ga ada bakterinya.

Pada prinsipnya, kita harus membuat dasar luka itu kemerahan. Selain warna ini, tidak diterima. Permukaannya tidak boleh ada pertumbuhan bakteri or mikroorganisme di sana. Apabila terdapat bakteri or mikroorganisme di sana, maka penyembuhan luka akan sulit terjadi. Nah, disinilah peranan kita akan bisa membentuk penyembuhan luka yang ciamik tersebut. Karena kalau luka infeksi biasanya permukaan itu jelek, tidak ciamik atau tidak kemerahan. Mau ditempelin macam-macam dressing, kalau luka itu tidak kemerahan maka tidak akan terjadi penyembuhan luka primer. Caranya bermacam-macam, bisa dengan cara menggunting jaringan sekitar seperti slough, jaringan mati, atau dengan dressing atau debridement (opsi terakhir karena butuh biaya yang lumayan).

Intinya jangan stress dulu kalau ada luka. Tetap positive thinking. Kontrol faktor resiko 😊👍🏻

Jakarta, 28 Oktober 2024

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In-progress pic of the furnishing the Verbane House

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Waar die kastanjette knetter

My kop gaan gereeld en sonder reëlmaat na ontelbare plekke toe. Die afgelope tyd is daar al hoe meer tye wat ek myself moet aanpor om verbeeldingsvlugte nie summier stop te sit nie. Dit voel asof ek op ʼn stadium afgeleer het om myself ʼn wêreld te verbeel waar eenhorings (unicorns vir die van ons wat nie weet nie) net luiperde jag en vriende waaghalsige skaaktoernooie hou om te bepaal of ʼn vriendekring ʼn nuwe reël gaan aanvaar of nie. Is oordrewe betrokkenheid of misplaaste invloed by of in die “gewone” lewe deel van hierdie agteruitgang?

Ek kom so onlangs soos vandag agter hoe ongelooflik min ek die frase “ek voel” gebruik, aangesien “ek dink” so gereeld in my sinne voorkom. Dit behoort eintlik ʼn waarskuwingsteken vir myself en ander mense te wees. Die skreiende ironie is dat ek baie dinge baie gereeld oor baie verskillende dinge voel! Dit is seker nie onmoontlik dat dit ʼn gevolg is van die feit dat ek twaalf jaar se skoling en dertien jaar van universiteit agter die rug het nie. Veral in die geval van laasgenoemde moet ʼn mens in ag neem hoe gereeld jy kritiek moet verduur, verwerk, jou gevoelens moet verban na ongekende, stikdonker plekke en net bloot moet aangaan met die werk. Wat ʼn mens voel oor ʼn onderwerp, sperdatum of ander persoon se gedrag is nie juis so belangrik soos hoe dit gerasionaliseer behoort te word sodat jy net bly aangaan nie.

Die dag gaan kom wanneer jy ʼn droom droom waar jy moet gaan bergklim. Jy mag vra hoekom spesifiek bergklim? Wel, natuurlik om alleentyd met jou bergklimspanmaat te spandeer (dis mos nie asof daar ander maniere is nie). In die niedroomwêreld is stap of drankies geniet iets wat jy sou doen, maar bergklim vra mos vir moeilikheid. En raai wat? Ten spyte daarvan dat bergklim nie naastenby so rustig is soos wyn drink langs die swembad nie, het jy dit in die droom in jou kop gekry dat bergklim die enigste manier is waarop ander mense en dinge nie van julle alleentyd ʼn tragiese stortingsterrein van aandaglose interaksies gaan maak nie. Die klim begin alleen, julle verdwaal effens en vang op oor jare se verlore oomblikke. Wonder bo wonder ontdek julle dan ʼn groep mense wat in die moeilikheid geraak het en help sal julle moet help. Wat sou die sin van hierdie verhaal kon wees, hm? Al wat ek kan sê is dat ek ʼn sterk gevoel van magteloosheid en irritasie gevoel het toe ek wakker geruk is deur my foon se alarm.

Verder, op ʼn besonders relevante noot, het ek onlangs besef dat “v” nie ʼn geel letter is nie. Dit is binne-in my gedagtewêreld direk verwant aan hierdie waarheid: Mense word maklik geflous wanneer jy weet watter geluide om te maak. Hoe lank kry “v” dit al reg om as ʼn geel letter gesien te word? Heeltemal te lank as jy my vra. Geel letters sluit “y”, “m” en "a” in, maar “v” is nader aan swart en dit kan jy gerus bevestig met enige kleuroletteroloog.

My een-ding-red-dalk-‘n-duisend vir vandag is om jouself minder te keer wanneer jou verbeelding jou stuur na plekke wat jy mag dink onmoontlik is in die “regte” lewe.

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So I'm rewatching the vampire diaries and I'm on episode 21 of season 7 and Stefan just made Caroline pass out by using verbane and took her to Hong Kong. But like was she passed out the whole time on the plane? Did no one notice? Did he compel the whole airport not to care? What is going on?