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Being a coach is hard Winning isn't everything It all stats during practice Arrive early to prep for the team The ones who want it show up on time want it The best players show up late Running bases conditioning for the game Batting cages to help with the swing Playing catch helping the team work as a unit Till the day of the big game Slide to the base with technique practiced Cutoff play to make an out Team functions without doubt Play hard play right win or loss giving it your all Coach does right by the team no need to fight Lets win and take the season play and do What the team does best play softball
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Feb 20, 2013
Feb 20, 2013 at 12:22 AM UTC
Softball
Even if I get hate messages saying imma dumb geek, My favorite thing to do in Rainbow 6 is spawn peek. I choose not to reinforce any freakin' walls, Cause I'm the best on my team and pre-fire the halls. They call me sweaty boi cause all I play is Ela, But hey man I got news for ya--you're a noob lil' fella. If ya boi be attackin', ya know I be using ash, No one can hit me when I use that 3 speed dash. I breach the wall and throw some stuns, I run on in and fire my guns. At the end of every round I end up with an ace, My stats have basically broke the R6 database. So yeah you can just call me wuhbzz, or just god for short, Cause I'm the best you'll ever see, T don't need any retorts B)
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Feb 20, 2018
Feb 20, 2018 at 8:42 AM UTC
Rainbow Six: Siege
Well let’s peek into the kitchen of Lucy and Ethel to see the baking of this 7 Layer Cake On cue in take Ricky is having a party in his home regarding his 10th Anniversary in managing the Night Club called “A little bit of Cuba” He wanted something fancy Did he say fancy? There’s no telling what Lucy has baked into that cake Lucy and Ethel are busy baking away But somehow that cake is going to cause people to make a quick getaway Now remember, this is not the Pillsbury bake off, but should say “Revenge with back off” At this point, you are allowed to cough The cake is in the pan and ready for the oven As the cake is baking, Lucy and Ethel are entertaining the guest This is not at any one’s request While Lucy talks about Hollywood and show business, do you smell something burning? Luc y shouts, “My cake!” But was it too late? Lucy and Ethel rushed to the oven The cake was half burned and didn’t rise Why am I not surprised? Meanwhile, what is Lucy and Ethel going too serve for dessert? Lucy says, “I have a plan” Let’s open a can of fruit cocktail and add it inside the burned cake But Ethel stats with, “How will the guest respond?” Lucy proclaims, “Who cares, they can’t know the cake was burned Well the dessert will be served Think on eat at your own risk being observed As Lucy and Ethel serve the cake, suddenly one of the guest get sick from eating the cake Lucy of course starts to cry Yet the baking that cake was a good try Eat at your own risk said I.
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Jun 4, 2015
Jun 4, 2015 at 6:32 PM UTC
EAT AT YOUR OWN RISK
Well let’s peek into the kitchen of Lucy and Ethel to see the baking of this 7 Layer Cake On cue in take Ricky is having a party in his home regarding his 10th Anniversary in managing the Night Club called “A little bit of Cuba” He wanted something fancy Did he say fancy? There’s no telling what Lucy has baked into that cake Lucy and Ethel are busy baking away But somehow that cake is going to cause people to make a quick getaway Now remember, this is not the Pillsbury bake off, but should say “Revenge with back off” At this point, you are allowed to cough The cake is in the pan and ready for the oven As the cake is baking, Lucy and Ethel are entertaining the guest This is not at any one’s request While Lucy talks about Hollywood and show business, do you smell something burning? Luc y shouts, “My cake!” But was it too late? Lucy and Ethel rushed to the oven The cake was half burned and didn’t rise Why am I not surprised? Meanwhile, what is Lucy and Ethel going too serve for dessert? Lucy says, “I have a plan” Let’s open a can of fruit cocktail and add it inside the burned cake But Ethel stats with, “How will the guest respond?” Lucy proclaims, “Who cares, they can’t know the cake was burned Well the dessert will be served Think on eat at your own risk being observed As Lucy and Ethel serve the cake, suddenly one of the guest get sick from eating the cake Lucy of course starts to cry Yet the baking that cake was a good try Eat at your own risk said I.
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The imaginers of now were children once, each day they each imagined tomorrow. Their daddies had just won the war happy days were really here again, this time. --- Now, we see what we see, it's not what we saw. And this is better than I imagined. My first oral book report was on 1984, in 1962. Percentages and stats, the odds, out of 8 billion… I carry my weight, saltwise, I'm light, too. Immaterial in fact. I watched the internet take form before my very eyes, magi technic never seen since Darius the Mede. Good job, geeks. Reared on radio waves your grandfathers never heard, your signal receptors from mito-mom, oh, what a plan. The promised ones. Many sons. hmmm 60 cycle white noise in the field, the field of fields, Future Farmers of America and stuff Powers we imagined, a color TV we could watch in the backseat for days on Route 66, a restaurant just for kids Toys 'r' Us oh, wow, those came and went and our Grand kids are imagining tomorrow, doin' fine with less of what we thought was cool, taking for granted all I accepted as granted, in the "It is Finished" Golden Parachute Package deal, Grace and Peace that multiplies.
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Oct 27, 2018
Oct 27, 2018 at 4:32 AM UTC
The imaginers of now
It had to be a yes It coulda been a sure There ain't no way to know why don't you go and ask the ***** I'll blame it on the Drinks no matter what you thinks **** it up to having fun outside of roller rinks. Blame it on my Dad add up all he had Never had the time talk but yo he wasn't Bad. But Don't blame it on the ra rah rah raw ape Culture! Blame it on the hips the rubbing and the dips **** a rubber neways it woulda ****** ripped I asked that ***** twice don't I sound nice Check my stats wow Now you know she wanna slice Hey Hey it wasn't me, It's spaghetti strapped tees skirt above the knees my eyes are steady sayin please I can't control my blink they way you dress in pink I'm the best to women no matter what they ****** think But Don't blame it on the Rap ra ra raw ape Culture! I saw you from a far you walked up to the bar It must have been a sign from god so now your in my car Of course you are a tease there's no way that I could leave A damsel in distress in need of what I gotta see No one believes that I could ever be apart of something had to make me act that way (YOU) ain't me It Won't happen again boo believe me cause I need too hold on to my status as the baddest of the good dudes So I'll Blame it on the Dress Girl I won't confess Blame it on my Name that got you feeling all that shame or you can Blame it on the Ra Rah rah Raw ape Culture. Blame it on the Ra rah Rah raw ape **** Culture. Blame it on the Drinks forgetting what you think Blame it on the Money cause we all could use some Honey, Blame it on the Ra Rah rah Raw Ape **** Culture Blame it on the ra Rah ha ha ha Raw ape Culture! Soon You'll be a wake have time to contemplate No matter what you do they'll favor me before you Say whats on your mind Sell your rhyme to Time Manufacture a movement hashtag a catchy tag line I objectify ya body cause I'm picking up the tab calling you a goddess but I'll never call a cab   Tell'n me ya problems my shoulder is your tissue would it make it better If I just got with you the scratches on ya body are old bf issues Even Judge and Jury will straight up diss you So you can Blame it on my Dad The one I never had Blame on the rain *** you faking just for fame You can Blame it on the Ra ra rah Raw ape **** Culture Blame it on the Ra ha ha ha ha **** Culture. I'm saying what you want You didn't look that drunk I make you feel good bout your body Call me Trump My hands are all up on you but you didn't run so I got you and I'll blame it on the Stress the money and success I'll blame it on the way you looked standing by my desk So Blame it on the Ra Rah Rah Raw ape **** Culture Blame it on the Ra ha Rah Ha ha Haha **** Culture....
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Nov 5, 2016
Nov 5, 2016 at 11:57 AM UTC
Raw Ape Culture
It had to be a yes It coulda been a sure There ain't no way to know why don't you go and ask the ***** I'll blame it on the Drinks no matter what you thinks **** it up to having fun outside of roller rinks. Blame it on my Dad add up all he had Never had the time talk but yo he wasn't Bad. But Don't blame it on the ra rah rah raw ape Culture! Blame it on the hips the rubbing and the dips **** a rubber neways it woulda ****** ripped I asked that ***** twice don't I sound nice Check my stats wow Now you know she wanna slice Hey Hey it wasn't me, It's spaghetti strapped tees skirt above the knees my eyes are steady sayin please I can't control my blink they way you dress in pink I'm the best to women no matter what they ****** think But Don't blame it on the Rap ra ra raw ape Culture! I saw you from a far you walked up to the bar It must have been a sign from god so now your in my car Of course you are a tease there's no way that I could leave A damsel in distress in need of what I gotta see No one believes that I could ever be apart of something had to make me act that way (YOU) ain't me It Won't happen again boo believe me cause I need too hold on to my status as the baddest of the good dudes So I'll Blame it on the Dress Girl I won't confess Blame it on my Name that got you feeling all that shame or you can Blame it on the Ra Rah rah Raw ape Culture. Blame it on the Ra rah Rah raw ape **** Culture. Blame it on the Drinks forgetting what you think Blame it on the Money cause we all could use some Honey, Blame it on the Ra Rah rah Raw Ape **** Culture Blame it on the ra Rah ha ha ha Raw ape Culture! Soon You'll be a wake have time to contemplate No matter what you do they'll favor me before you Say whats on your mind Sell your rhyme to Time Manufacture a movement hashtag a catchy tag line I objectify ya body cause I'm picking up the tab calling you a goddess but I'll never call a cab   Tell'n me ya problems my shoulder is your tissue would it make it better If I just got with you the scratches on ya body are old bf issues Even Judge and Jury will straight up diss you So you can Blame it on my Dad The one I never had Blame on the rain *** you faking just for fame You can Blame it on the Ra ra rah Raw ape **** Culture Blame it on the Ra ha ha ha ha **** Culture. I'm saying what you want You didn't look that drunk I make you feel good bout your body Call me Trump My hands are all up on you but you didn't run so I got you and I'll blame it on the Stress the money and success I'll blame it on the way you looked standing by my desk So Blame it on the Ra Rah Rah Raw ape **** Culture Blame it on the Ra ha Rah Ha ha Haha **** Culture....
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I'm a Kool g rockin' coogis poppin' coochies Haters get murked like Colhese my rap lease Debutin' numero uno the heavy weight sumo   Born on Jupiter raised on Earth my heart's colder than Pluto Mic judo flows stickin' of ya corticals Check me in the articles I be the broken particle Of the universal ya need rehearsal **** goin' commerical I lay raps like a hearse flow for rappers funeral I a criminal none keep gats by the abdominal rhymin' phenomenal the mighty Apollo Blazin' my cocoa flippin' crime like Bardellino One luv to my nino got it locked like a Vegas casino We checkin' ya dough at the front door so stop ya show Fronting and stunting once my nines get the hunting Bullets spikin' like kickers punting raw taunting Game hungriest similiar to the lochness Mon-star far from subpar rhymes ride bizzare A pharcyde takin' ya into a spiritual homicide converged to the angelic hide Still a crime shame all of 'em say the same Thing flexin' diamonds on they pinky rings yet another sad soul that sings sub siblings To the underworld debators contract initiator so you can create a Pace between the stage and the audience face **** that rather keep a gat tucked in the front or the back With wisdom to rack Imagine that fools breakin' for stats? see where my heart at? Diggin' reachin' into the minds of the youth with the brutal truths Chippin' my tooth From killin' booths once I plot ya will ya loose bringin' the ghetto blues and cruising ***** Still a sober jealous God am I call me Jehovah Tactics of a Cobra one strike it's over Venomous ridiculous hataz so conspicuous Hatin' us only to anger my artillery surplus and who bust? More rounds than Matt Dillion coatin' ya brains With my lyrical penicillin stealin' Back the spotlight Catch the bright sunshine that stares into my mind A Pharoah prophecy laid in the back of me Head til I touch my final resting bed I'll embed The realist **** ya ever heard shooting a bird To all my enemies I blast at 'em with as the bullets herd
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Aug 29, 2018
Aug 29, 2018 at 12:40 PM UTC
Crime Shame Fools Act the Same
I'm a Kool g rockin' coogis poppin' coochies Haters get murked like Colhese my rap lease Debutin' numero uno the heavy weight sumo   Born on Jupiter raised on Earth my heart's colder than Pluto Mic judo flows stickin' of ya corticals Check me in the articles I be the broken particle Of the universal ya need rehearsal **** goin' commerical I lay raps like a hearse flow for rappers funeral I a criminal none keep gats by the abdominal rhymin' phenomenal the mighty Apollo Blazin' my cocoa flippin' crime like Bardellino One luv to my nino got it locked like a Vegas casino We checkin' ya dough at the front door so stop ya show Fronting and stunting once my nines get the hunting Bullets spikin' like kickers punting raw taunting Game hungriest similiar to the lochness Mon-star far from subpar rhymes ride bizzare A pharcyde takin' ya into a spiritual homicide converged to the angelic hide Still a crime shame all of 'em say the same Thing flexin' diamonds on they pinky rings yet another sad soul that sings sub siblings To the underworld debators contract initiator so you can create a Pace between the stage and the audience face **** that rather keep a gat tucked in the front or the back With wisdom to rack Imagine that fools breakin' for stats? see where my heart at? Diggin' reachin' into the minds of the youth with the brutal truths Chippin' my tooth From killin' booths once I plot ya will ya loose bringin' the ghetto blues and cruising ***** Still a sober jealous God am I call me Jehovah Tactics of a Cobra one strike it's over Venomous ridiculous hataz so conspicuous Hatin' us only to anger my artillery surplus and who bust? More rounds than Matt Dillion coatin' ya brains With my lyrical penicillin stealin' Back the spotlight Catch the bright sunshine that stares into my mind A Pharoah prophecy laid in the back of me Head til I touch my final resting bed I'll embed The realist **** ya ever heard shooting a bird To all my enemies I blast at 'em with as the bullets herd
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the girlie man of Australian politics had the term coined just for him the tough man Arnie Schwarzenegger from California was thinking of him Bill Shorten is a ***** when it comes to fiscal matters that's why his statements on the budget are all in tatters soft approaches toward spending will never do the nation's finances are in need of a tightening ***** the treasury office stats don't mislead of go awry a salient tale they tell about a well running dry there are no Jesus Christ figures in Canberra to divide the loaves and fishes a certain amount is in the nation's war chest which must fulfill the people's many wishes the Shorten alternative economic policy has great sieve holes in it the nation's well being under it would be rendered unfit at the end of the day the taxpayer always pays so the ledger should be in balance without any stalling delays fiscal responsibility is good for a nation's health marshmallow centered Shorten has no interest in stock piling our wealth
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Oct 17, 2014
Oct 17, 2014 at 10:20 PM UTC
Marshmallow Centered Shorten
*we are witness to atrocities committed by regime over its peoples over time* 1. we are witness.. shattering glass of reality arranged into chosen shard-feeds like omni-gov surveillance into meticulous mind-grafts spluttering eternal-stats for public mind control spewing mini-truths of perpetual war raids disillusionment of history forever rewritten control supply-and-demand create dark-cloaked dilemma and monitor shortage and famine make-believe elements so well played to auto-frenzied latch thinking is degraded and actions.. well, less said 2. diligent and loyal yet harbour secret-hatred feed visions stilted by politrix deception and manipulation propaganda is the oleaginous-game by wand-over-mind totalitarian is the kingpin-holder of cards and yet, who is really being played! eternal marionettes on a conveyor-belt can't even play with yourself alone your **** your **** your every move.. watched - surveyed - and studied by that ubiquitous-bulge eye you cannot escape right opposite your low hard-bed you're broken into popping-parts that YOU won't recognise! thoughtcrime-police is gonna accost ya get up, comrade.. get UUUUUUUUP! 3. we are witness life-tube covered in darkened vapour-swirls we are witness children conditioned to watch their parents.. too closely we are witness truth so smothered, now re-fed by repeat-metaphor we are witness dictata.. dictata.. we are witness austere existence in a tacky one-room flat we are witness subsist on black-wheat and imitation-repast we are witness regurgitate the party-dialect on and on and on (after a while, we end up half-believing.. ) *only the clock which strikes thirteen can smell the charred-reality as leftover-truth is shoved into incendiary obsolescence* tick-a-damn-tock and that would be.. one S T - 26 sept
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Sep 26, 2013
Sep 26, 2013 at 11:53 AM UTC
we are witness..
*we are witness to atrocities committed by regime over its peoples over time* 1. we are witness.. shattering glass of reality arranged into chosen shard-feeds like omni-gov surveillance into meticulous mind-grafts spluttering eternal-stats for public mind control spewing mini-truths of perpetual war raids disillusionment of history forever rewritten control supply-and-demand create dark-cloaked dilemma and monitor shortage and famine make-believe elements so well played to auto-frenzied latch thinking is degraded and actions.. well, less said 2. diligent and loyal yet harbour secret-hatred feed visions stilted by politrix deception and manipulation propaganda is the oleaginous-game by wand-over-mind totalitarian is the kingpin-holder of cards and yet, who is really being played! eternal marionettes on a conveyor-belt can't even play with yourself alone your **** your **** your every move.. watched - surveyed - and studied by that ubiquitous-bulge eye you cannot escape right opposite your low hard-bed you're broken into popping-parts that YOU won't recognise! thoughtcrime-police is gonna accost ya get up, comrade.. get UUUUUUUUP! 3. we are witness life-tube covered in darkened vapour-swirls we are witness children conditioned to watch their parents.. too closely we are witness truth so smothered, now re-fed by repeat-metaphor we are witness dictata.. dictata.. we are witness austere existence in a tacky one-room flat we are witness subsist on black-wheat and imitation-repast we are witness regurgitate the party-dialect on and on and on (after a while, we end up half-believing.. ) *only the clock which strikes thirteen can smell the charred-reality as leftover-truth is shoved into incendiary obsolescence* tick-a-damn-tock and that would be.. one S T - 26 sept
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Never judge a book by its cover - they say. Never believe a man's word over his actions - they say. Never trust without reason - they say. Why not? - I say. Humanity (as a virtue) is being crippled by humans as they stride past the crippled man, hunched-back and desperate to extend, to stand up, to reach out for that can of coffee at the grocery store. As they violate, debilitate and penetrate our minds by starving us of education and taunt us with grant money. As they reduce our complexity and significance and capabilities to stats charts numbers lines dots . As they stand, staring up eleven floors at a flailing, failing student ready to jump. As they stereotype us into boxes that we use to hold our belongings - our interior design. As they spend more money in one day than they pay the gardener over a week. As they scoff down ketchuped french fries after saying they were starving whilst they edge forward at the robot to ignore hungry begging children. As they complain about being alone when the others around them are also human. That's just it. The 'they' that we always speak of, 'They' are us. Unsheltered, not oblivious - we see the misery, suffering, pathetic pain - but we are ignorant of the barefoot woman with a load on her head and a life on her back, asking for a lift. Some of us see the strain but convince ourselves that our efforts would be insignificant, assure ourselves that it is hopeless, we are helpless. Science and religion seem like parallel lines but they converge on the point that Mankind is a superior species. 'Made in his image.' 'Increased cranial capacity, developed the ability to reason.' Yet we use that magnificence to justify our INcapability? Advanced beings in an age of connectivity and so disconnected from the essence of our own kind. We decide to be alone. There are rainbows of 'umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu' but Ubuntu becomes 'don't want to' and apathy is what makes us insignificant - indifferent and inhumane. To those who can read this, we are hypocrites - together - which means that we are never alone and thus we are made able. We are not helpless, we just Help Less. I refuse to hope less in humanity and allow us to be coaxed into an inferiority-complex when we can have progress and success but Only after we have oneness.
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Mar 27, 2016
Mar 27, 2016 at 11:00 AM UTC
Hypocrites
Never judge a book by its cover - they say. Never believe a man's word over his actions - they say. Never trust without reason - they say. Why not? - I say. Humanity (as a virtue) is being crippled by humans as they stride past the crippled man, hunched-back and desperate to extend, to stand up, to reach out for that can of coffee at the grocery store. As they violate, debilitate and penetrate our minds by starving us of education and taunt us with grant money. As they reduce our complexity and significance and capabilities to stats charts numbers lines dots . As they stand, staring up eleven floors at a flailing, failing student ready to jump. As they stereotype us into boxes that we use to hold our belongings - our interior design. As they spend more money in one day than they pay the gardener over a week. As they scoff down ketchuped french fries after saying they were starving whilst they edge forward at the robot to ignore hungry begging children. As they complain about being alone when the others around them are also human. That's just it. The 'they' that we always speak of, 'They' are us. Unsheltered, not oblivious - we see the misery, suffering, pathetic pain - but we are ignorant of the barefoot woman with a load on her head and a life on her back, asking for a lift. Some of us see the strain but convince ourselves that our efforts would be insignificant, assure ourselves that it is hopeless, we are helpless. Science and religion seem like parallel lines but they converge on the point that Mankind is a superior species. 'Made in his image.' 'Increased cranial capacity, developed the ability to reason.' Yet we use that magnificence to justify our INcapability? Advanced beings in an age of connectivity and so disconnected from the essence of our own kind. We decide to be alone. There are rainbows of 'umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu' but Ubuntu becomes 'don't want to' and apathy is what makes us insignificant - indifferent and inhumane. To those who can read this, we are hypocrites - together - which means that we are never alone and thus we are made able. We are not helpless, we just Help Less. I refuse to hope less in humanity and allow us to be coaxed into an inferiority-complex when we can have progress and success but Only after we have oneness.
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Cocoa. My mom's whole world. Her pride and joy. She's in real trouble folks. Last night she consumed over an ounce of dark chocolate. She also got into chicken bones. She needs divine intervention. We can't afford to take her to the veterinarian again. All prayers and good thoughts are appreciated. I am weeping. She's an important member of our family. She may only be a dog. The she is as important to God has anyone else. And my mother would be devastated by her loss. I may not be able to read this morning. I'm going to be in My Sanctuary on the front porch praying. I'm not going to church because my job now is to watch after the dog. She is a beautiful little animal. A deer head chihuahua. The original breed of that dog. She was the companion animal to the Toltec. Very rare because she is also a brindle brown. I saved her from an abusive puppy mill ******* and raised her all on my own. I love her. I have no children. She's my baby. Please help. Thank you. PLEASE REPOST THIS SO OTHERS SEE IT! I don't care about stats. But Cocoa needs all the good thoughts and prayers she can get! ♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡ Catherine :')
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Mar 13, 2016
Mar 13, 2016 at 12:20 PM UTC
Little brown dog
It was 29° (f) degrees this morning with a waning gibbous (¾) moon. Still, as we started our run, it was dark enough that the world was rendered in black and white. Lisa was a sepia print of herself while Charles was a large, quiet shadow, a dark visual noise pattern. We usually jog from our dorm, down to and along New Haven Harbor and back. Lisa and I love the ocean. The wind was in our faces this morning and there were no sparkling moon refractions in our direction, which made the water musou and colorless. I’ve gotten my outfit down to a science, leggings under shorts, four long sleeve, dry-wicking spandex tops (layering is important), a power-wool-earflap-beanie, thermal neck gaiter and quantum, icebreaker gloves (with touch-screen compatibility) - you gotta dress warmly but be able to shed layers as needed. I listen to audiobooks while we run. Right now I’m on book 5 of the ‘The Expanse’ series. I don’t have time to read anything fun these days, so I listen to science-fiction/fantasy while I workout. I love the new AirPod Pro feature that automatically turns the sound down if anyone talks. I wear a fitbit charge around my right ankle and my Apple watch as well - they both track my run - the fitbit is more accurate but my watch sends my workout stats to my siblings - we’re uhh, sort of competitive. At first, as we came up on the harbor, it was impossible to see the intersection of the two dark oceans - the great terrestrial and the greater galactic - but as we turned for home, there was an atmospheric scatter of blue at the edge of the horizon, heralding the sunrise on our retreating backs. musou = one of the darkest shades of black
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Nov 2, 2023
Nov 2, 2023 at 7:41 PM UTC
along the harbor
It was 29° (f) degrees this morning with a waning gibbous (¾) moon. Still, as we started our run, it was dark enough that the world was rendered in black and white. Lisa was a sepia print of herself while Charles was a large, quiet shadow, a dark visual noise pattern. We usually jog from our dorm, down to and along New Haven Harbor and back. Lisa and I love the ocean. The wind was in our faces this morning and there were no sparkling moon refractions in our direction, which made the water musou and colorless. I’ve gotten my outfit down to a science, leggings under shorts, four long sleeve, dry-wicking spandex tops (layering is important), a power-wool-earflap-beanie, thermal neck gaiter and quantum, icebreaker gloves (with touch-screen compatibility) - you gotta dress warmly but be able to shed layers as needed. I listen to audiobooks while we run. Right now I’m on book 5 of the ‘The Expanse’ series. I don’t have time to read anything fun these days, so I listen to science-fiction/fantasy while I workout. I love the new AirPod Pro feature that automatically turns the sound down if anyone talks. I wear a fitbit charge around my right ankle and my Apple watch as well - they both track my run - the fitbit is more accurate but my watch sends my workout stats to my siblings - we’re uhh, sort of competitive. At first, as we came up on the harbor, it was impossible to see the intersection of the two dark oceans - the great terrestrial and the greater galactic - but as we turned for home, there was an atmospheric scatter of blue at the edge of the horizon, heralding the sunrise on our retreating backs. musou = one of the darkest shades of black
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it’s just a word that’s what i tell myself so the breath doesn’t leave my body when i see it or hear it but for some reason those 8 letters shake me to my core they make me lose all thought all reason all sense of normal and i don’t know why because it’s me i don’t know why those eight letters have that much power over me maybe it’s because i’ve read it a million times in my textbooks seeing the stats and pictures with the stick thin girls looking in the mirror maybe it’s because i can’t admit to myself i actually am those statistics i cant process that i’m the word because it’s only in textbooks it’s only in the movies that’s not who i am that will never be me maybe it’s because i don’t see myself as it i don’t see myself as the girl in the textbook or as a percentage in a chart i don’t see myself as a definition or something people study something that people can’t understand or maybe it’s because i hate the word because it only reminds me of complete and utter pain that used to be my life maybe it remind me of everything i lost or that were robbed from me i should say my happiness, my passion, my life my entire life was taken by those eight letters so maybe that’s why i cant bear to even look at them maybe it’s because that means i am it maybe if i see the word too many times or say it enough it will become me it will be who i am now and what am i then i’m not alive that’s for sure what am i if that’s all i am if that’s who i’ve become now what do i have if my whole existence is based upon those 8 letters i wish i could tell you i really do because i want to to know too i want to know why i flinch at the sight of the word why i cant stand to hear it let alone have it leave my mouth i want to sit here and tell you that i’m better and those 8 letters are behind me but to be honest i don’t think they ever will be maybe that’s it maybe that’s what i’m afraid of never being able to forget it or past it just stuck with it being haunted by it every second because i see it everywhere it follows me and teases me everywhere i go so maybe if i don’t say it it will leave me alone forever or maybe just maybe the word makes it all a little too real maybe when i say it i feel the pain and hurt that i used to i see the joy i was robbed of for so long i see who i was before i see it all so clearly when i see that word and maybe that is just too real to handle
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Dec 25, 2020
Dec 25, 2020 at 6:05 PM UTC
anorexia.
it’s just a word that’s what i tell myself so the breath doesn’t leave my body when i see it or hear it but for some reason those 8 letters shake me to my core they make me lose all thought all reason all sense of normal and i don’t know why because it’s me i don’t know why those eight letters have that much power over me maybe it’s because i’ve read it a million times in my textbooks seeing the stats and pictures with the stick thin girls looking in the mirror maybe it’s because i can’t admit to myself i actually am those statistics i cant process that i’m the word because it’s only in textbooks it’s only in the movies that’s not who i am that will never be me maybe it’s because i don’t see myself as it i don’t see myself as the girl in the textbook or as a percentage in a chart i don’t see myself as a definition or something people study something that people can’t understand or maybe it’s because i hate the word because it only reminds me of complete and utter pain that used to be my life maybe it remind me of everything i lost or that were robbed from me i should say my happiness, my passion, my life my entire life was taken by those eight letters so maybe that’s why i cant bear to even look at them maybe it’s because that means i am it maybe if i see the word too many times or say it enough it will become me it will be who i am now and what am i then i’m not alive that’s for sure what am i if that’s all i am if that’s who i’ve become now what do i have if my whole existence is based upon those 8 letters i wish i could tell you i really do because i want to to know too i want to know why i flinch at the sight of the word why i cant stand to hear it let alone have it leave my mouth i want to sit here and tell you that i’m better and those 8 letters are behind me but to be honest i don’t think they ever will be maybe that’s it maybe that’s what i’m afraid of never being able to forget it or past it just stuck with it being haunted by it every second because i see it everywhere it follows me and teases me everywhere i go so maybe if i don’t say it it will leave me alone forever or maybe just maybe the word makes it all a little too real maybe when i say it i feel the pain and hurt that i used to i see the joy i was robbed of for so long i see who i was before i see it all so clearly when i see that word and maybe that is just too real to handle
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COME round me, little childer; There, don't fling stones at me Because I mutter as I go; But pity Moll Magee. My man was a poor fisher With shore lines in the say; My work was saltin' herrings The whole of the long day. And sometimes from the Saltin' shed I scarce could drag my feet, Under the blessed moonlight, Along thc pebbly street. I'd always been but weakly, And my baby was just born; A neighbour minded her by day, I minded her till morn. I lay upon my baby; Ye little childer dear, I looked on my cold baby When the morn grew frosty and clear. A weary woman sleeps so hard! My man grew red and pale, And gave me money, and bade me go To my own place, Kinsale. He drove me out and shut the door. And gave his curse to me; I went away in silence, No neighbour could I see. The windows and the doors were shut, One star shone faint and green, The little straws were turnin round Across the bare boreen. I went away in silence: Beyond old Martin's byre I saw a kindly neighbour Blowin' her mornin' fire. She drew from me my story -- My money's all used up, And still, with pityin', scornin' eye, She gives me bite and sup. She says my man will surely come And fetch me home agin; But always, as I'm movin' round, Without doors or within, Pilin' the wood or pilin' the turf, Or goin' to the well, I'm thinkin' of my baby And keenin' to mysel'. And Sometimes I am sure she knows When, openin' wide His door, God lights the stats, His candles, And looks upon the poor. So now, ye little childer, Ye won't fling stones at me; But gather with your shinin' looks And pity Moll Magee.
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The Ballad Of Moll Magee
COME round me, little childer; There, don't fling stones at me Because I mutter as I go; But pity Moll Magee. My man was a poor fisher With shore lines in the say; My work was saltin' herrings The whole of the long day. And sometimes from the Saltin' shed I scarce could drag my feet, Under the blessed moonlight, Along thc pebbly street. I'd always been but weakly, And my baby was just born; A neighbour minded her by day, I minded her till morn. I lay upon my baby; Ye little childer dear, I looked on my cold baby When the morn grew frosty and clear. A weary woman sleeps so hard! My man grew red and pale, And gave me money, and bade me go To my own place, Kinsale. He drove me out and shut the door. And gave his curse to me; I went away in silence, No neighbour could I see. The windows and the doors were shut, One star shone faint and green, The little straws were turnin round Across the bare boreen. I went away in silence: Beyond old Martin's byre I saw a kindly neighbour Blowin' her mornin' fire. She drew from me my story -- My money's all used up, And still, with pityin', scornin' eye, She gives me bite and sup. She says my man will surely come And fetch me home agin; But always, as I'm movin' round, Without doors or within, Pilin' the wood or pilin' the turf, Or goin' to the well, I'm thinkin' of my baby And keenin' to mysel'. And Sometimes I am sure she knows When, openin' wide His door, God lights the stats, His candles, And looks upon the poor. So now, ye little childer, Ye won't fling stones at me; But gather with your shinin' looks And pity Moll Magee.
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Because you are wonder-bread-woman-- bearer of two and a half children, five feet and four point six inches of dapper domestication. soaring, you are at the peak of the bell curve, and when you slip it's on spilled milk, never cried for. wistful, you stand on the edge of the bed and reach, manicure  outstretched towards plastic glow in the dark stars upwards of your eight-foot-walls, because after all, ceiling's the limit.
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Jul 10, 2013
Jul 10, 2013 at 12:54 AM UTC
Reach for the stats
I know you loved looking at the stars Sitting outside and admiring at what's ours Shooting stats and cigarettes I'm full of regrets I should have come to see you But I didn't have a clue I know you loved looking at the stars Sitting outside in the humid night Where everything still felt bright You seemed so happy I came to your side It's still so raw inside I look at the stars alone tonight And I know it will eventually be alright Because instead of looking at the stars, you're now a part of the constellations you used to describe to me   You're up there, finally free. Stargazing with you means that now looking at the night sky I don't have to say goodbye.
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Aug 16, 2017
Aug 16, 2017 at 7:18 PM UTC
Star gazing
BID a strong ghost stand at the head That my Michael may sleep sound, Nor cry, nor turn in the bed Till his morning meal come round; And may departing twilight keep All dread afar till morning's back. That his mother may not lack Her fill of sleep. Bid the ghost have sword in fist: Some there are, for I avow Such devilish things exist, Who have planned his ****** for they know Of some most haughty deed or thought That waits upon his future days, And would through hatred of the bays Bring that to nought. Though You can fashion everything From nothing every day, and teach The morning stats to sing, You have lacked articulate speech To tell Your simplest want, and known, Wailing upon a woman's knee, All of that worst ignominy Of flesh and bone; And when through all the town there ran The servants of Your enemy, A woman and a man, Unless the Holy Writings lie, Hurried through the smooth and rough And through the fertile and waste, protecting, till the danger past, With human love.
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A Prayer For My Son
Happiness & Misery I tend to compliment My confidence With complaints On how common place My plain Life is The great times In complexity Simply End Too quickly Being me Became a meme A trend A fad That lasts temporarily As I change The wardrobe Of my beliefs To best suit the situation For times of war Or times of peace Offering myself A sacrificial ME Should suffice For their superficial Needs Supplying their demand Of wants The difference they cannot see I No better than them No better Than what they seek Not realizing I In this life Is all I need To proceed To “ever after” Happily The other Side of my brain Supplies The pain And suffering Inside of me Ushering The alternative Reality To my native Faculty of thoughts Felicity fails And the facility Of fury Derails My train of thought This casualty Casually causes The worst case scenario The battle within Never ends Each state of mind Debates with Indubitable facts And stats To seal my fate The future lies In mystery Happiness Or misery? The answers hard to see I still don’t cant find the key To unlock the doors To happiness in misery…
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Oct 4, 2011
Oct 4, 2011 at 4:13 PM UTC
Happiness & Misery
This is nothing new. Kids are not the same, just as you and your neighbor or friend are not the same, so stop comparing us. I'll admit it, generations have changed dramatically. I can try to blame technology or media or whatever the case may be, but we are not as strong as you guys were. Our physique and mental capacity are nowhere near strong as yours were. Nowadays you can't simply chase your kid out and tell them to go defend themselves every time they get bullied. Bullying nowadays doesn't just end physically, it follows you on social media. We die in silence because we got nobody to talk to, because we are scared of being judged by our own parents. We not attention seekers, we just need you to get to know us. Know what we go through everyday, at home, school, work. Listen to us, dont judge. Give us motherly/fatherly love and advice. Maybe yes, depression is a White People illness, but have you seen the stats? It's killing us too. SAVE US! Sincerely # DyingInSilence
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Oct 17, 2017
Oct 17, 2017 at 3:25 AM UTC
Dear Black Parents
Martin Buber, I and thou, du, nicht Sie, see, I am, thou art and it is nothing other. Okeh, the sound, not the letter runes to fix my meaning to your way of taking grace as granted. Simple magi? I am acted on by your you, I see, how strange I seem, from you, looking out for one, I say, one, may say, what I am then not accountible for, or something like that, eh no-account, you know who you seemed to be in that one book, you passed through in a trance, thinking this feels real, as any reason given listen, we are not the first to make this connection, it only feels crazy at first, then it turns, eh turn turn turn a spiral ******** as from the too small to imagine past the last edge of ever and back to now, speed of thought imaginable due to vast increase in how far our tools can go to gather bits to blow up with AI assistant importance, gage, the twisted spot a galaxy, by god, there are billions of billions of things, and I have but one breath. What am I to be, wait and see, I think I am the string, soaked in hummingbird juice from the feeder, from when the oriole tipped the balance, and soaked me, the string, thinking this is as absurd as being a bug, and I have been led to imagine being tried, while being a bug, and some time, after all that I thought I ought to imagine Sisyphus happy, due to not knowing the whole truth of any given circumstance, here I and it is me and thee, the ready written and the reader wrote. I am with you always, even, smooth, no ripple, even to the final valley filling with peace I made with friends since who knows when, this is the time, we gather to measure worth of knowing who has lied, to whom, today, all things being open, to the art intuitive, thou seest all things, each thing accounted for in the grand motion going on, make it better, AM BIG I dare you, live on and learn off chance bets cheat the stats, if you knew what I know then, when it counts. You be the judge. What good can contain the likes of us?
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Oct 19, 2021
Oct 19, 2021 at 6:19 PM UTC
Kafka, Buber, Camus and me, thinking
Martin Buber, I and thou, du, nicht Sie, see, I am, thou art and it is nothing other. Okeh, the sound, not the letter runes to fix my meaning to your way of taking grace as granted. Simple magi? I am acted on by your you, I see, how strange I seem, from you, looking out for one, I say, one, may say, what I am then not accountible for, or something like that, eh no-account, you know who you seemed to be in that one book, you passed through in a trance, thinking this feels real, as any reason given listen, we are not the first to make this connection, it only feels crazy at first, then it turns, eh turn turn turn a spiral ******** as from the too small to imagine past the last edge of ever and back to now, speed of thought imaginable due to vast increase in how far our tools can go to gather bits to blow up with AI assistant importance, gage, the twisted spot a galaxy, by god, there are billions of billions of things, and I have but one breath. What am I to be, wait and see, I think I am the string, soaked in hummingbird juice from the feeder, from when the oriole tipped the balance, and soaked me, the string, thinking this is as absurd as being a bug, and I have been led to imagine being tried, while being a bug, and some time, after all that I thought I ought to imagine Sisyphus happy, due to not knowing the whole truth of any given circumstance, here I and it is me and thee, the ready written and the reader wrote. I am with you always, even, smooth, no ripple, even to the final valley filling with peace I made with friends since who knows when, this is the time, we gather to measure worth of knowing who has lied, to whom, today, all things being open, to the art intuitive, thou seest all things, each thing accounted for in the grand motion going on, make it better, AM BIG I dare you, live on and learn off chance bets cheat the stats, if you knew what I know then, when it counts. You be the judge. What good can contain the likes of us?
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It grips me everytime Everytime I see them play 22 of them, on the field Running, tripping, sweating They move, they pass, they jump They fall, they stand, they hook And suddenly it's clear to me Its not just bout scores and stats and stuff Its about a flawless play Its not a matter of two opponents Its played by several thousands Laughing, cheering, grieving, praying You won't see anywhere else Love so pure, colours so bright Its grips my everything Everytime I see them play My beautiful game
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Jun 29, 2014
Jun 29, 2014 at 2:01 PM UTC
My beautiful game
Ten fingers went to tend her garden of buttons: The right hand kisses cheeks with Mr. **** and then greets The Twins with a tender twist, as the **** on the door when He comes, and we lay atop each other to be a team—of beams of light strobing across some sheets of ice, maybe—with steadily raised stats
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Aug 1, 2015
Aug 1, 2015 at 10:12 AM UTC
Ten fingers
I know everything about tobacco. Cancer stats, asthma stats, usage rates among teens tweens and young adults. Give me five minutes and you can have a list of the taxes on tobacco arranged by state (alphabetical or by rank?) and a dozen studies that all say "smoke up, Johnny, it's good for you!" Data is my nicotine and I am hooked. We're surrounded by Smoke, Lies, and the Nanny State and no one gives a **** Follow the rules and hide your smoke, your ***** and keep away from the kids. Carcinogens in hot dogs are all well and good because there's "nutritional value" but you can't eat a cigarette. Eat your lies and **** your e-cigarette like a lollipop because that's the cool thing these days.
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Jan 28, 2014
Jan 28, 2014 at 10:46 PM UTC
Light Up the Numbers
The scariest thing is not being able to trust your own mind. It is my woeful enemy shooting me from behind. Filled with nerves and harsh thoughts i battle salty streaks and stomach knots. I have no appetite and get no sleep maybe its why i seem and feel so weak. And while i try to understand this corruption the anxiety and depression continue their introductions. So theres a reason my mind and heart weep over my broken thoughts that run so deep. My doctor tells me this is "common" that "others have it and are doing awesome". But even though i know the stats it doesn't make me feel any less like shattered glass. And at the end this monster will take over its slowly growing and getting closer and closer. So dear friend, watch out for your mind or you'll end up with a monster who is incredibly unkind.
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Nov 22, 2014
Nov 22, 2014 at 11:20 PM UTC
The Scariest Thing