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Crossroads Presbyterian Church of Monroeville has sponsored Boy Scout Troop 184 for over 40 years. Troop 184 has approximately 40 registered scouts. The Troop meets each Thursday at 7 PM in Fellowship Hall at the church. This boy-led troop empowers boys to be leaders by allowing them to develop a troop program and then take responsibility for figuring out how to achieve their goals.
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2024.05.15 13:18 Yurii_S_Kh Greek monastery revived after nearly a century
| https://preview.redd.it/egizuvooqk0d1.png?width=700&format=png&auto=webp&s=eb8c2143e51596f68a19af6a85970fd8f79a3757 Nearly a century after it was closed, the monastic life has been revived in the Holy Archangels Asomaton Monastery on the island of Crete. On Sunday, May 12, in addition to the 17th anniversary of the consecration of the main monastery church, the official installation of a new sisterhood took place, reports Romfea. The Orthros and Divine Liturgy were celebrated by Metropolitan Prodromos of Rethymnon and Avlopotamos and the local hierarch Metropolitan Irenaios of Lampi, Syvritos, and Skafia, together with local clergy. The service was chanted by the monastery’s new sisterhood. Following the Liturgy, both spoke, expressing their great joy at the reopening of the monastery after nearly a century. Met. Prodromos wished for the sisters to enjoy spiritual progress under the protection of their patrons, the holy archangels. https://preview.redd.it/lgmcdfgrqk0d1.png?width=700&format=png&auto=webp&s=c58face23ed5580ab69aeecb24656ddf16e5b9e5 The monastic residential building as well as the sewing and iconography workshops were also blessed. The monastery dates back to the Middle Byzantine period, around the 10th century. It was completely destroyed and restored several times during both the Venetian and Turkish occupations. The monastery eventually gave its territory, at the request of the Greek state, for the opening of the Agricultural Schools of Asomaton. However, as the school developed, the monastery declined and was eventually forgotten among the people. Met. Irenaios of Lampi was enthroned in 1990 and publicly expressed his desire to do whatever possible to revive the monastery. Initially, diocesan priests would gather in the old monastery church to celebrate the Liturgy every year on Thomas Sunday. The bishop also involved a broad array of experts to begin the revival of the monastery. In 2007, the restored catholicon was consecrated and began to be used as a parish church. Over time, there were more and more calls to restore the church to its original function. In February 2023, the current sisterhood, consisting of five nuns, visited the monastery and expressed its interest in living and laboring there, though the issue of housing needed to be resolved. With contributions from parishioners and Church and public authorities, a residential building was quickly renovated. The restoration of the full monastic complex continues. submitted by Yurii_S_Kh to SophiaWisdomOfGod [link] [comments] |
2024.05.15 12:06 reracked377 Like... what if?
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What if the lipo-nanoparticles and the ACE2 gene-silencing CRISPR RNA-gene-drive 'inoculation' program are part of Club of Rome's Odum's "reduce America's population by 2/3rds hopefully voluntarily by 2030?" What if this was and will become Utopia? What if Deagel's 2025 population statistics that accounts for this 2/3rds population reduction, which was sponsored by Kissinger, the Rockefeller foundation and Edwin Deagle Jr., knows more about this?
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"The analysis of the SARS-CoV-2 structure in light of the functioning of the CRISPR-Cas9, Cas12a and CasX mechanism suggests that the virus is man-made through genetic modification. [...] Covid is not acting like other viruses and many various symptoms in human body have been observed. [...] The modifications in the backbone’s phosphate group induced by CRISPR engineering create a highly imbalanced state. The entropy and therefore the repulsion forces strongly dominate in this type of virus."
What if they gave you AIDS and sterilized you? What if the optimal CRISPR-Cas9 lock-on markers out of any nGG, ie markers for future gene editing, was part of the plan? And hopefully none of this is sexually transmissible. Sticking a peen in an Extinction Level Event... is it worth the risk? We should ask Ian this. He did look grayer after screwing Jessica.
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Utopia (UK):
- "SARS doesn't exist."
- "The planet can support only 1 billion."
- "We leave 5 to 8% unaffected."
- "Janus consists of protein and an amino-acid." (CRISPR)
I chose my own people."
Spikeopathy’: COVID-19 Spike Protein Is Pathogenic, from BOTH Virus and Vaccine mRNA
https://mdpi.com/2227-9059/11/8/2287
The modification of mRNA with N1-methylpseudouridine for increased stability leads to the production of spike proteins for months.'
Uncanny similarity of unique inserts in the 2019-nCoV spike protein to HIV-1 gp120 - withdrawn (January 2020)
https://biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.01.30.927871v1
Amino acid residues in all the 4 inserts have identity or similarity to those in the HIV-1 gp120 or HIV-1 Gag."
What's the common denominator? European DNA. The injection is ethnically adjusted to deplete ACE2-expression of European DNA but not those carry k26r polymorphism, ie. Ashkenazi J's and the Amish.
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Where is ACE2 located? Also in mitochondria, the cell's battery. Why cancer? CRISPR, mitochondria and p53 disruption, oxidative stress. Once modRNA gets into cells, they're released to hijack cell's machinery to produce full-spike proteins, endlessly. Spike proteins downregulate ACE2-protein expression of mitochondrias and silence p53 the guardian of genome. And the CRISPR Cas9/Cas12a awaits for gRNA to act.
An idea of giving cells the instructions to synthesize pathogenic spike-protein to develop immunity is imbecilic in the first place. But urging people to get one without a prescription promising getting back to normal (that's been destroyed for this purpose) - a crime.
But Rockefeller's (Rockefellos) Cub of Rome would never think of doing anything like this. The network in Utopia is fictional, right? Read Kissinger report, read the Jaffe memo!
Rockefeller's Population Council:
"fertility control agent' designed to lower fertility in the society by 5 to 75% less than a present birth rate; to be included in water supply in urban areas." (1969).
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You see, just like women refused to smoke in public until they saw it as a form of liberation. Covid is our liberation. If things go to plan. We won't know for many years.
The public would never support the most powerful men working to reduce the numbers of the "lower class" until we saw OURSELVES as a deadly virus to the planet. That's been the goal from the get-go.
In the population control document that Rockefellers sponsored it suggests multiple methods of involuntary sterilization such as adding “fertility control agents” to water supplies, temporary sterilization of all young women “via time-capsule contraceptives,” and compulsory sterilization of men with three or more children.
Those are just ideas they floated, it's not like they ever funded or implemented them. It's not like they made an anti-fertility vaccine! They did.
Its not like they ever went thru with an actual involuntary roll out of this tho, we woulda heard about it!
You might have seen this 2014 story "debunked." In 2014, Kenyan doctors found traces of HCG in Tetanus vaccines being distributed by WHO/funded by Gates. Why is this important?
HCG is the same pregnancy hormone that is used in conjunction with Tetanus in that SAME ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION FUNDED INDIAN INFERTILITY VACCINE. Doctors in the Philippines and Mexico also claimed to have found HCG in their WHO distributed Tetanus vaccines in the 90s (they did). The WHO didn't fund the development of that Indian vaccine (BECAUSE THE ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION DID)!
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It is important to note that this Anti-fertility vaccine has been in development since 1988 thru 2014 to this day.
It does appear as if the Rockefellers have implemented their "involuntary fertility control" and have used Tetanus vaccines as cover to test this pet project of theirs, but that's speculation.
The goal of the network also reminds me of "Children of Men," originally published in 1992 and set in England in 2021.
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"Armageddon Begins - Russian Detonates Nuclear Bomb, Kazakhstan Annihilated." The newspaper reads in opening of the film.
Children of Men' (2006) Plot - In the year 2027, after 18 years of total human infertility, war and global depression have pushed society to the point of collapse as humanity faces extinction.
Did you know that "Children of Men" was written by Phyllis Dorothy James, referencing Pat Frank's "Mr. Adam" and "Alas, Babylon" written back in 1950s?
Given the quality of sperm declining due to fluoride, chemical exposure and such, and mRNA-medicine affecting fertility of men and women, that's the exact match.
Joel E Cohen, the Rockefeller University Professor on Population heavily acknowledged the significant drop in fertility rate of white populations in US and EU, explaining driven immigration to sustain the level and boost 'economic prosperity.' As the saying goes, Just as the Egyptians made G‑d’s firstborn (the Israelities) suffer, G‑d punished - measure for measure - the Egyptians’ firstborn. All the firstborn would lose the life-energy that until then kept them alive." This is the 188th Mitzvah and accompanies the gene drive which is Janus to a T. Bye, bye!
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Angiotensin-converting enzymes (ACE) play a dominant role in fertility (2013):
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24152441/
To solve population bomb, just sterilize the entire world with:
- release bioengineered disease binding and exploiting ACE2
- silence gene expression through CRISPR-Cas9 mRNA
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CRISPCas9 gene drives in genetically variable and nonrandomly mating wild populations (2017)
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28560324/
A drive targeting Ace2 might therefore conceivably be used for direct population suppression.”
DARPA invests $100m in gene-drive technology - new gene-editing technology, which many people fear could lead to deliberate and unintended damage on a huge scale (2017):
https://eandt.theiet.org/content/articles/2017/12/darpa-invests-100-million-in-gene-drive-technology/…
Harvard, Wyss Institute - CRISPR-Cas9: Gene-drive:
https://wyss.harvard.edu/media-post/crispr-cas9-gene-drives/
Little is known about the role of p53 in the regulation of ACE2. An earlier study reported that p53 suppresses the replication of coronavirus through ACE2 degradation in humans.”
https://researchgate.net/publication/350180861_A_tissue-_and_gender-specific_regulation_of_the_SARS-CoV-2_receptor_ACE2_by_p53_in_pigs
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And to conclude, Epstein associate George Church, who said arranged marriages using gene sequencing as Haredim have been doing is ideal; Epstein associate Martin Nowak - Evolutionary dynamics of CRISPR-Cas9 gene drives (2016)...
https://biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/057281v1.full
...with Matthew Liao, want to design humans using gene editing.
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https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bioe.12519
The Rockefeller Foundation - Bionics, Transhumanism, and the End of Evolution (2019):
https://foresightfordevelopment.org/video-library/bionics-transhumanism-and-the-end-of-evolution
Here's the end; how fun it will be, how fun, indeed:
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In Grant's drawings it says they put the ghost cell in the buffalo and the man eats the buffalo and rots. People won't physically rot from consuming the food, they'll just be sterilized when they take the vaccine, or they will, because Prions.
Like I'm crazy so don't take too much of what is posted here that seriously, but do if your life depends on it.
Utopia experiments manuscript was the plot for 2025. I'm shaking in my socks.
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2024.05.15 11:09 Nowtechacademy Exploring Childcare Options in Pembroke Pines: Pros and Cons of Daycare Centers
In the whirlwind of parenting, one of the biggest decisions revolves around childcare. From nannies to daycare centers, each option presents its own set of advantages and challenges. Let's dive into the world of childcare options, dissecting the pros and cons of each:
Daycare Center
What is it? ~Daycare centers~, also known as nursery schools or childcare centers, are usually in commercial buildings and have several classrooms for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers. They're most often operated by private companies, churches, community centers, and schools.
Pros: - Affordable: Often more budget-friendly compared to private nanny care.
- Reliable: Operated by a staff of teachers, ensuring regular hours.
- Supervised Environment: Adheres to state-regulated teacher-to-student ratios.
- Socialization: Enables interaction with peers, fostering social skills.
- Trained Staff: Employees typically have qualifications in early childhood education.
- Licensed and Regulated: Provides peace of mind regarding safety and quality standards.
Cons: - Higher Child-to-Caregiver Ratio: Each caregiver may oversee multiple children.
- Limited Availability: Centers catering to infants may have lengthy waiting lists.
- Increased Illness Risk: Group settings can lead to more frequent sickness.
- Holiday Closures: Typically closed during major holidays.
- Rigid Schedule: Pickup and drop-off times may lack flexibility.
Home Daycare Center
What is it? In a home daycare center, a childcare provider (or providers) watches over a small group of children in their own home, condo, or apartment. Some states require home daycare centers to be licensed, while others don't.
Pros: - Homelike Atmosphere: Offers a nurturing environment akin to home.
- Smaller Groups: Often entails fewer children than larger daycare centers.
- Cost-Effective: Generally more affordable than other childcare options.
- Flexibility: May have more lenient pickup and drop-off times.
- Socialization Opportunities: Facilitates interaction with peers.
Cons: - Limited Backup: Lack of substitute caregivers if the provider falls ill.
- Illness Concerns: Similar to daycare centers, sickness can spread easily.
- Varied Qualifications: Some providers lack formal early childhood education.
- Less Stringent Regulations: May have fewer licensing requirements.
- Holiday Closures: Often closed for holidays and vacations.
Nanny
What is it? A nanny is a private childcare provider or caretaker that you hire to provide one-on-one care and supervision for your child, usually in your own home.
Pros: - Personalized Attention: Provides one-on-one care tailored to your child's needs.
- Convenience: Care takes place in the familiar setting of your home.
- Flexibility: Offers more adaptable hours compared to daycare centers.
- Continuity of Care: Child remains in a consistent environment, even when sick.
- Potential Cost Sharing: Allows for nanny sharing arrangements to reduce expenses.
Cons: - High Cost: Typically the most expensive childcare option.
- Lack of Oversight: Limited supervision in the home environment.
- Socialization Arrangements: Responsibility falls on parents or nanny to organize playdates.
- Administrative Burden: Involves paperwork, taxes, and legal obligations.
- Dependency: Relies on the availability and reliability of the nanny.
Au Pair
What is it? An au pair is a young person from another country who works with a United States-based agency to come to the U.S. and provide childcare for a limited period of time, usually a year. The au pair lives with their host family and is meant to have a cultural and educational experience in addition to providing up to 45 hours of childcare per week.
Pros: - Personalized Care: Offers individualized attention within the home setting.
- Flexibility: Provides adaptable hours, similar to nanny care.
- Cultural Exchange: Introduces cultural diversity and language immersion.
- Consistent Care: Child remains in a familiar environment, even during illness.
- Cost Efficiency: Expenses remain consistent regardless of the number of children.
Cons: - Limited Duration: Au pairs typically stay for one to two years, requiring regular replacements.
- Lack of Oversight: Similar to nanny care, supervision is minimal within the home.
- Socialization Arrangements: Responsibility falls on parents or the au pair to facilitate interactions.
- Housing and Living Expenses: Host families must provide accommodation and living stipends.
- Dependency: Relies on the availability and commitment of the au pair.
Relative Care
What is it? Some families have the option to ask a relative to provide childcare for their baby; most often it's a grandparent who lives in the same town or offers to relocate and move in with you.
Pros: - Personal Connection: Offers familial care with shared values and interests.
- Affordability: Often the most cost-effective option, if not free.
- Convenience: Accessibility and familiarity with the caregiver.
- Cultural Continuity: Promotes family traditions and values.
Cons: - Communication Challenges: Potential conflicts in childcare philosophies.
- Limited Socialization: Requires deliberate efforts to arrange interactions with peers.
- Lack of Regulation: Minimal oversight and formal qualifications.
- Capability Concerns: Older relatives may struggle with the demands of childcare.
Stay-at-Home Parent
What is it? Stay-at-home parents take extended or permanent time away from the workforce to care for their child(ren). Some parents may find this the most financially plausible option for their childcare situation, while for others, especially single parents, it's not possible.
Pros: - Parental Presence: Allows for direct involvement in a child's development.
- Quality Control: Ensures adherence to personal childcare philosophies.
- Work-Life Balance: Eliminates the stress of juggling work and childcare.
- Flexibility: Offers freedom in scheduling and activities.
Cons: - Isolation: Potential loneliness or lack of adult interaction.
- Physical and Emotional Toll: Can be physically and emotionally demanding.
- Limited Socialization: Requires deliberate efforts to facilitate peer interactions.
- Financial Implications: It may impact future career prospects and income.
As you navigate the maze of childcare options, weigh the pros and cons against your family's unique needs and circumstances. Whether opting for the structured environment of a daycare center or the personalized care of a nanny, prioritize what aligns best with your child's well-being and your family's dynamics.
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Conclusion
daycare centers in Pembroke Pines offer numerous benefits for families seeking quality childcare, including structured learning environments, socialization opportunities, and trained staff. While there are challenges such as cost and illness concerns, the
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2024.05.15 09:15 Draculaurafangirl My dad’s anniversary is coming up and I’m starting to hate my family
The flair is because I will be talking about my dead dad. I’m sorry if this doesn’t make much sense I just got out of an argument. And please no Reddit shorts bots! I don’t want this to get out of Reddit
My dad died last year and his anniversary is in a few days. My siblings and I have a rocky relationship with our mother and she low key has narcissistic tendencies. All three of us also have religious trauma so it was hard being in the church for the services. Now that the one year is coming up my mother is trying to organize a mass and a get together. The anniversary is on a weekday so I don’t know why I thought that she meant that we were going to organize it for the actual date. My sister and cousin and I decided to go to ren faire on this upcoming Sunday since it will be the last day. Our mom didn’t tell us when the get together was going to take place. Today she wanted to know what time for the mass would be the best for us. This is when I learned that Sunday was the mass and get together. I asked my sister what time and she said she wouldn’t be going. I understand. I fucking hate that church too. To clarify I don’t hate the religion or those who practice it I specifically have beef with that church. Anyway, I don’t want to go but I figured it wouldn’t be too bad and we could still go to the faire afterwards since it would be in the morning. This is the solution that I made. To attend an earlier mass so that we could still go to ren faire. When we tried talking about it my sister said no to the idea and called to see if we could get a refund for the ren faire tickets.This was so frustrating because it wouldn’t even accomplish anything it was such a dramatic reaction to this I’m honestly pissed off. Not even at her but this whole fucking family. I also hate church and don’t want to go but I want to accompany my mother. There was still a way for us to go to church and ren faire but no one listened to me. I’ve been trying to hold it together during the semester so I wouldnt fucking kill myself and now that today was the last day of finals I feel like there’s nothing holding my emotions back. I know that this sounds silly but this just feels like the final tap to break the crack. Between navigating my first year of college, trying to find space to grieve, having to deal with selfish family members like my aunt who said “my kids are so sad about your dad it’s like their dad died” when this aunt still has both of her parents mind you and her kids still have their dad. I just feel like I’m overwhelmed. I hate everyone. I hate everything. I’m so fucking exhausted. I’m sorry I’m rambling I’m just seriously so tapped out.
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2024.05.15 08:31 Prize-Dinner-7418 AITA for getting drunk and turning off my phone
TW: Alcoholism, drug addiction, violence, suicidal ideation, sex abuse
This is going to be a LLLLLOOONNNNGGGGG one. This story goes back quite a way, but yesterday was the tenth anniversary of the ending to this story and I'm feeling it, still got some guilt about everything that happened, wondering what I could have done differently and I just want to vent it out and hope to get some closure from it.
This story started in 2010.
Characters in this story (names are fake, duh!): - Me, Guy, 32M at the time, 45 now.
- My BFF Stephanie, 33F at the time.
- Stephen, 40M at the time, Stephanie's boyfriend.
- Maryse, 27F at the time.
Background and intro I had known Stephanie for many years and we had the kind of friendship that made her BFs and my GFs uncomfortable to put it lightly. We had never crossed that boundary and I wouldn't consider us in the friendzone, we were just friend, but the kind of friend where she would sit on my lap with her arms around my neck or her head on my shoulder.
At the start of 2010, Stephanie met her then boyfriend, Stephen. He tolerated me and my friendship with Stephanie because I also had a gf back then. She liked Stephanie, wasn't at all jealous of my friendship with her, so he didn't deem me too suspicious. Then my gf and I broke up for reasons unimportant and all hell broke loose for Stephen. He became convinced that I would try and steal Stephanie from him. He insisted that Stephanie introduce me to her female friends or female friends of his. Thus began what I called the year of the 50 blind dates. It was probably closer to 20, but still I like saying the year of 50 blind dates. Most of them were unremarkable and never went beyond the first date. There are some fun stories in there if anyone wants to hear them eventually!
In July of that year, I had to switch gears because I had to focus up and study for a professional exam for a certification important to my career. This exam required close to 600-800 hours of study over a 3-4 month period. So I hunkered down, told Stephanie to stop the blind dates for now because I had to focus on that. She respected my wishes and, other a text here or there, we went low contact for the last two months before the exam.
Except for one fateful night in September. Her birthday was in September and she always threw these big bashes at her house. She would throw a big pool party that started around noon and would go on to the wee hours of the morning. I knew she would harass me to go to her party, so I made some quick math and figured I would lose more energy and time trying to dodge her calls, texts and most likely visits at my place than by just going to the party itself. So when she called me to ask, I just said: "Okay I'll go to your damn party, now git." I texted her I would get there in the evening probably around 8. She texted back "Great, can't wait. Now study, bitch!"
So I ultimately get there around 8PM. Basically everybody is already drunk off their gourd. Stephanie sees me, squeals in excitement and runs to me in her bikini and just jumps in the air and slams into me, wraps her arms around my neck and her legs around my waist and gives me a big hug. I hug her back and just keep walking back to the pool where she had started, carrying her with me. I just duck my head around hers and say hi to Stephen, who just glares at me.
She drops back down and I give her her gift. We chat for a few seconds and says "There's beer in the fridge and food in the dining room." I told her I'd be right back.
I go inside and grab a beer from the fridge. I head to the dining room and the table is against the wall with a buffet of sandwiches, tomato pizza, salads, etc. I grab a plate and start putting food on it. I was focused on the task because I was starving. I barely noticed, sitting at the end of the table one of the most stunning woman I have ever seen. I just see her in my peripheral vision and I do a quick double take, quick glance at her and back to the food. I do that a second time. And finally a third time. At that point she is just straight up staring at me and I can't help but chuckle and whisper under my breath "Subtle Guy, sub-tle".
Thankfully she starts laughing too, saving me some embarassment. I look at her and greet her. She says "Hi, I'm Maryse and I'm guessing you're Guy?" I just nod and we start talking. At that point, I just thought I have no shot with her, she's so far out of my league that I'm just gonna talk to her until she sees one of the "models" hanging out by the pool and ditches me for him.
So I'm not feeling like I'm playing for anything, so I'm just myself and not nervous, just talking to her as I would any friend. We chat and she laughs at all my jokes, she gets all my cultural references. She never gets up or ditches me. The plate of food I had made and the beer I had gotten are sitting on the table next to me untouched, I was too busy with the convo to think about food or beer anymore.
After what felt like only 20-30 minutes, Stephanie comes in and tells me, fake grumpy: "So that's where you disappeared to. I invite my best friend to a party and he spends the whole night talking to someone else." I laugh and go: "What do you mean the whole night? I haven't been here that long." She says "Dude, it's 2AM. You've been here for 6 hours..." My jaw dropped and I just said: "Wow, time flies when you're having fun." Maryse chimes in, with a big smile: "It sure does!" That made me happy as you can imagine.
Now I was a little stuck because where Stephanie lived, there's no night service for the bus and the subway had been closed for an hour or so. I figured I would cab it. So I turn to Maryse and tell her: "It was absolutely lovely to meet you and I enjoyed our conversation very much." She says that she did too. I continued with "At the moment, my schedule is incredibly hectic. I'm basically working full-time, studying full-time and sleeping part-time. So I don't have a lot of free time, but if she was interested, whatever little free time I had, I would love to call her or text her to keep on getting to know her."
I see Stephanie in the backgroudnd, looking like a proud mama at how smooth that came out, knowing I was always anything but smooth with women, as proven by the string of blind dates! Maryse has a big smile and we exchange numbers. I go to Stephanie to wish her a happy birthday again. While I'm talking to her, my phone buzzes with a text from Maryse: "Just checking!"
I asked Stephanie "What's the best cab company to call in this area?" Maryse chimes in: "Where do you live?" I tell her where I lived and she goes "It's on the way to where I live, I can give you a ride if you want." Stephanie raised an eyebrow in surprise. I learned later, she did it because it absolutely was not on the way to her place, like, at all. I say that I would love that as it would give us a chance to keep talking.
We get in her car, driving to my place. We talk, she asks me what I'm studying as I hadn't mentioned it earlier. I tell her all about the boring maths I had to study. Much too quickly, we get to my place. She parks in front of my building and we keep talking. At some point, I tell her: "Normally, this is where I would try to "trick" you into coming up to my place..." She interrupts me: "You wouldn't need to trick me. I'm willing and able!"
I tell her that "As tempting as that sounds, I know who I am and I know that if you come up and things proceed to where they're going, I'm not going to be able to study for the rest of the month. I have a kind of obsessive mind and when I find someone or something I like, I can push everything else to the side in favor of that. So to make sure I can still focus on my studying, I have to go up by myself."
She looks at me, a little disappointed but then says, half-jokingly: "We don't have to go up, there's a backseat right there!" We laugh and I give her a kiss and wish her a good night. I managed to stay strong and go back to my condo. Damn it, why did I have to stay strong!!!
My exam was at the beginning of november. During the month of october, we texted a bunch of times and talked on the phone. We went for coffee a couple of times and dinner once. She respected my boundaries and never pushed for more, which I appreciated but also hated at the same time, if that makes sense. The exam came and it was a monster of a Friday. I slept for basically 18 hours after the exam as the adrenalin dropped and my system crashed.
I texted her when I woke up at around 1PM. She was working at the clothing store Stephanie owned. She said "I'm off at 5PM, wanna meet me." I said: "Duh! Why do you think I'm texting? ;)" So I met her at the store downtown. I asked if she wanted to grab a drink, go for dinner, or what. She proposed going to her place and getting some take out. Stephanie who was closing the store at that moment, came up to us and said: "Hey, so what are we doing?" I said: "WE, that is Maryse and I, are going to her place and getting some takeout. Bye!" I'm sure you'll understand when I tell you that no food was ever ordered that night!
Thus followed a whirlwind month of November where any free time we had was spent together, and I wasn't going to complain!
The troubles By the start of december, things were still going great with us. One saturday night, we were having dinner at a restaurant and I mention that this coming Friday is my office Christmas party, that it's employees only, so we wouln't see each other that night. She tells me: "Oh sure, that's fine! It'll give me a chance to go see some girlfriends I've been neglecting lately." I said "Great! BTW I also got us a reservation at [this great restaurant she had mentioned a few times] for next Saturday, so we could go there and I'll tell you all about my party and you can tell me all about her night with the girls!"
That was settled, I thought. I was wrong. On Thursday, we had spent the evening together at her place and I was about to leave to go back to my place. She tells me: "So are you coming to meet me at the store tomorrow or do I go to your place?" I reminded her: "Neither, tomorrow is my office Christmas party and we won't see each other tomorrow." She said: "Oh right, I forgot." I asked her if she had made plans with her friends like she had mentioned last saturday. She said that they were all busy tomorrow and weren't available.
She suggested "If your party is boring, maybe you could come meet me." I retorted that it wasn't going to be, knowing who was going to be there.
"Yeah but what if?"
"But it won't"
"But what IFFFFFF?" she kept insisting and I kept saying no. After what felt like 30 minutes of that (probably only 2-3 minutes in reality), I had enough and just said to end the argument: "Okay, if it's boring, I'll come. but it won't be." She said: "Cool" with a big smile on her face. I came to learn that that smile meant "Challenge accepted".
The following night, my colleague and I were pregaming in a conference room before leaving for the party proper and my phone buzzes. Maryse was wishing me a good party. I replied. She texted me again. I replied. She texted again, but I was in a conversation with a colleague so I didn't reply or even look at the phone. My phone buzzes again. Still talking, and didn't want to be rude to my colleague. Another buzz. I just kept talking. Phone buzzes differently, she was now calling because I hadn't answered her texts.
"Why aren't you replying to my texts?"
"Hey, sorry, was talking to my colleague Patrick."
"What? you don't want to talk to me?"
"I am talking to you now."
"Why didn't you reply to my texts?"
"Because it would have been rude to my colleague to pull my phone out while talking to him."
"But you're talking to me now."
"Because I thought something was wrong, maybe it was an emergency."
"I wanted to talk to you, that's all."
"Well, gotta go back to the party. Talk to you later."
She kept texting and if I didn't reply right away, she would call after two or three missed texts. After about 2 hours of this, I stopped answering the texts. When she called back, I asked her: "Aren't you supposed to be working?" which started another round of guilt-tripping of "why are you asking me this? you don't want to talk to me?" At that point I had had enough and wanted to enjoy my party. I remembered that the Blackberry (no shaming old tech!) I had had an annoying feature, but I was hoping to put it to good use at that moment.
Whenever the battery would get really low, like less than 1%, it would let out an ear-piercing BEEP for about 3 seconds, reminiding you to charge it and giving you a heart attack all at the same time. It would do that even when you were in silent mode. It had happened a few days earlier when I was with Maryse. I figured, if I press a button on the Blackberry, it would make a beep too that could be heard through the phone. So while I was talking to Maryse, I pressed my thumb on the space bar for a good 3 seconds and sputtered; "what... the .... what?" trying to put on a somewhat believable performance.
She asked what that noise was and I tell her that it was my blackberry letting me know I was low battery and it might shut off any second. I told her "Listen I'm gonna wish you a good night, I'm having a good time at my party so I'll see you tomorrow at 5PM to go spend our evening together. I hope you have a good....." and hung up mid-sentence. I promptly shut my phone off and went back to the party. I concede that I may be a bit of an AH for that move.
The party was great, I got drunk much quicker than I expected owing to the fact that I hadn't had a drink in over two months because Maryse didn't drink so I didn't either when we were together, and we were always together. At 1AM, I went home and passed out on my bed.
This is another place where I may have been an AH. I didn't turn my cell phone back on and I unplugged my home line too, because I wanted to sleep the deep sleep of the drunkard. I woke up at around 1:30 PM, not knowing it was already too late. In my mind, I was meeting Maryse at 5PM to go out on the town that night. Maryse had other ideas as you'll see.
So like I said, I woke up at 1:30PM and was sticky with alcohol sweat, so I went straight for the shower to get clean again. While in the shower, my stomach grumbled with hunger and I started daydreaming of bacon and eggs. That pushed me out of the shower right quick. I dried myself off quickly, tied the towel around my waist and went to the fridge. No bacon.... booo. Looked at the egg compartment... no eggs... booo again. Okay then, how about a cream cheese bagel. No cream cheese, damn it. Look in the pantry, no bagels.... god. I was starting to get angry. Okay, cereals then. I pick up the cereal box, that mofo was empty and I get mad: "who's the idiot who puts the empty box back in the pantry?" I remembered I live alone.
I close the fridge dejected and see the grocery list stuck on the fridge, taunting me with everything I wanted to eat for breakfast written on it. But I felt like if I went to the grocery store hungry as I Was, I'm just gonna pay 600$ and not get one single healthy thing to eat. I then remembered there's a restaurant next to the grocery store that serves breakfast until 3PM. I get excited! I get dressed quickly, grab my wallet and keys, put my boots on, my coat on, wrap my scarf, my tuque and my gloves and go to the restaurant. If you notice, I didn't mention my phone in there.
I get to the restaurant and confirm that they still have breakfast and get even more excited when she confirms it. I order the "heart attack", at least that's how I nicknamed it: 3 eggs, 3 servings of bacon, 2 sausages, and, I guess to give one peace of mind, fruit (or to be precise, one single solitary slice of orange). Now that the food is ordered and coming I figured I would check if I have any messages. I pat the pocket where my phone always is. No phone. uh-oh. I start clutching evert pocket, no luck.
I wonder if I should go back home after the meal before going to the grocery store and decide against it, it would be too long a detour. So I scarf my breakfast down, rush through the grocery store. I get home and set my bags down in front of the fridge. I go pick up my blackberry. I turn it back on. The little tape icon tells me there are messages on my voicemail, at that time there were no red dots with a number in it to tell you how many.
I connect to the voicemail while starting to put the groceries away. The little automated voice tells me "You have 25 new messages." I pull the phone away from my ear, look at it in disbelief as if saying: "are you f'ing kidding me?" So I press 1 to start playing the messages.
Remember: Maryse knew I was at a party with a dead phone, no chargers and I probably wouldn't get home until 1AM. From 6:30PM, when my phone died, to 11:34 PM, when she went to sleep she left me 9 messages. BTW I know she went to sleep at 11:34PM because she left me a message saying "it's 11:34PM and I'm going to bed. Thinking of you." The 9 messages were in the same vein. These are the salient details, but the messages were all much longer.
She woke up at 7:15 the following day, I'll let you guess how I know that tidbit of information! She left me 5 more messages like those from the day before: 7:15 woke up. 7:35 going to take a shower. 7:55 out of the shower. 8:25 getting ready to leave for work 8:50 walking out of the subway to go to the store.
She leaves me another message at 9 that was different. She sounded very excited as if she had had the best idea in the world: "Hey it's 9AM, I'm about to start my shift. I know we're only supposed to meet after my shift, but what if you came and met me for lunch so you could tell me all about your party." I just did my best Scooby-Doo "Ruh-Roh" and chuckled that I blew that, not thinking the calamity that was awaiting me.
Another couple of messages to talk logistics: "I could take my lunch at 12 or 12:30, let me know which you prefer." "I'm taking my lunch at 12:30"
A slightly worried message: "It's 11:15 and you stil have not said if you were coming or not, are you okay?"
The first bomb goes off and I knew I was in trouble then: "Where are you? We're supposed to meet for lunch and you still haven't given me any sign of life, you're not answering your home phone either, what happened?" Reminder: we were not supposed to meet for lunch, she suggested doing so a couple of hours earlier and I never agreed to anything. I guess she told her colleagues I would meet her for lunch and it was now fact and could perhaps make her look bad in front of her colleagues.
The second bomb drops: "It's almost noon now, WHERE ARE YOU? Stephanie says you're probably sleeping off your drunk, but I don't believe her. I'm sure you got yourself a slut and cheated on me. Didn't you? didn't you, you asshole." Stephanie knows me very well, but that wasn't enough for Maryse it seems.
Ensued four more messages from 12:30 to 1:15, where she starts sounding more and more drunk and accusatory, spewing more attacks like in the message above. At that point I already knew it was over, there was no coming back from that. I can understand having trust issues, but that was nuclear. I don't tolerate jealousy because of horrible experiences with a couple of jealous toxic exes.
A final message comes in, and it's a different voice, that of my best friend being more than a little angry: "Hey Guy, listen, Maryse tells me you had a Christmas party yesterday, so I'm guessing you're sleeping off your drunk, still. But call me when you get this. I put Maryse, who's f'ing drunk, in the backstore so she can dry off and "do inventory". She can't be on the sales floor obviously and I just don't feel safe sending her home in the state she's in. Call me to tell me how you want to handle this."
At that point I had finished putting away my groceries and had put my boots and my coat on and was making my way to the subway to go to the store. I call Stephanie and tell her I got the messages and I was coming. She was right, I was sleeping off my drunk and had just woke up (didn't feel the need to mention the breakfast and grocery store). I ask her if she knows what I'm gonna do when I get there. She says that she knows and understands. She knows my bad history.
When I get out of the subway, I call her again before getting to the store. I ask her how she wants me to do this. It's her store and I don't want to create drama in front of her customers. Does she want me to wait outside and she tells Maryse to meet me in the street or do I go in the store and she takes me to the backstore and I do it there? She says to come to the store.
I walk in the store and every saleswomen on the floor looks at me and gives me the biggest case of the stink-eye. They only have Maryse's side of the story, so they think I did all these horrible things. I see Stephanie in the middle of the store and I walk towards her. She shakes her head and points me towards the cash register. I look over there and see Julia, a salesperson that I've known for a couple of years and really like, who also happens to be the biggest gossip in the store. I understand what Stephanie is trying to do. She's gonna make me tell her my story in front of Julia so Julia can spread the "good news" to the other employees and rehabilitate my name possibly.
So I get to the register and say Hi to Julia. She barely acknoledges me. Steph joins me. She asks me:
"How are you?"
"I was better an hour ago, before I listened to those voicemails. I had gone to our office party last night, had a great night, got drunk off my ass, got home at around 2 and woke up around 2."
Julia asks "Maryse told us you were supposed to meet her for lunch."
"No we weren't. I have a reservation for tonight at XYZ restaurant. I was supposed to take the day to do errands, stuff around the condo and meet her here at closing time. She suggested that it could be fun if I came at lunchtime to meet her, but that was never the plan."
Julia asks again "But why didn't you answer your phone?"
"It ran out of battery last night during the party and when I got home, I was so drunk that I forgot to plug it back in. I only plugged it when I woke up at 2. That's when the messages came in."
Julia asks "She says she tried calling your home line and you didn't answer and your machine didn't kick in."
"Yeah, that one's my fault, I knew I wanted to sleep and telemarketers have a habit of calling me early saturday mornings so I didn't want to be awoken by a call for a rug cleaning service, so I unplugged it yesterday morning, knowing I would be drunk when I got home and forget and be angry if I was awakened by a telemarketer."
Julia gave me a hint of a smile, showing me she was starting to believe me. She asked me a few more questions and then she asked what I was gonna do. I told her that whatever I'll do, I would tell Maryse first.
I looked at Stephanie and said: "Can you open the back store so I can go see her?" So we went to the backstore. As we reached the door, it swung opened and out popped Maryse, looking absolutely terrifying, I actually jumped back when I saw her. Her usual perfect makeup was completely smeared, her mascara streaking down her cheeks from the crying. Her hair was disheveled. She was a mess. Apparently, she had had enough of waiting back there and was planning on leaving the store to go home and had put her coat and boots on.
When she saw me, she went into an unhinged rant about me being an asshole for cheating on her, me not being great in bed, me not treating her right, etc. I let her vent everything she had to say, I looked at Stephanie and apologized for creating such a scene in her store. I tell Maryse we should go outside and talk in private. She keeps on yelling, but when I grab her hand to lead her outside, she follows.
When we get outside, her anger had started to wane a little, or maybe just her energy. I was able to talk to her to explain everything, how I had gotten drunk, had overslept (alone) and woke up at 2PM. I reminded her that we were only supposed to meet at 5PM not for lunch. The anger was leaving her and a smile almost appeared on her face. Through all of this I was being very calm and patient with her, which she interpreted as me not being mad at her. I then said in a firmer tone: "However..." and let it hang for a second.
The beginning smile vanished. I continued: "When you accused me of cheating on you, that broke me. That triggered memories of toxic exes who would always accuse me of cheating, not trusting me when I would tell them where I was, snooping on me, stalking me. Because of those experiences, I have a zero tolerance policy for jealousy. I told her that if she was behaving like after only two months of dating, it didn't bode well for the future and I have to protect myself."
At that, the tears started again and she just turned and ran/waddled away. I told her to wait, but she didn't hear me. I turned towards the entrance of the store to see basically all the employees and customers milling around the door trying to catch the drama. I went back inside to talk to my best friend. The mood had definitely changed and no one was giving me the stink eye anymore, but I didn't really care. I was just sad that it had ended, but proud of myself for having stood up for myself.
So AITA for getting drunk and keeping my phone turned off? There is a lot more to this story and if you want to learn what happened afterwards, then read on. The immediate aftermath So I went back inside the store and talked to Stephanie. I told her that I had a reserrvation for XX restaurant and if she wanted to go with Stephen, she could take it, I wasn't in the mood for a dinner. She said "I already have plans for tonight, but thanks for offering." Julia said she would go with me if I wanted, but I just said that I wasn't in the mood to go out. I just wanted to crash and eat a pizza and get into a food coma.
Stephanie said she didn't feel comfortable leaving me by myself and I should join them at her house. They were having friends over to play board games and it could at least distract me a little. I said why not. So brimming with enthusiasm, I went to play bored games. I left early as I wasn't in the mood. I was feeling a little better, but still a bit down. I thanked Stephanie for the invite and left. I got home and just passed out on the bed.
I woke up at around 7AM the next morning and I saw along the corners of the window the tell-tale signs of a snow-drift and got excited as it was the first snow of the season. I pushed the curtains aside and looked on to see a beautiful white carpet outside. It was early enough that very few cars had marred the whiteness. I was admiring it when I noticed that, against the red bricks of the building across the street, there was a pink blotch. As I focused, the blotch became human shaped and I cleared my eyes enough to realize that it was Maryse and she was raising her cell phone to her ear.
On cue, my phone rings. I pick it up. Still sounding drunk, she asks me if we can speak. I ask her to give me five minutes to get dressed and I'll meet her down there. She asks why she can't come up. I say that I'm not sure I want her in my apartment. She says that it's cold out. I say: "Good, then this will be quick."
I get dressed and meet her outside. I'm still bleary-eyed from having woken up 5 minutes ago, but I try to get my wits together. I tell her that we're going to walk to the subway. It 's a 10-minute walk normally, but with her drunkenness, it might take 15-20 minutes. That's how long she has to tell me what she wants to tell me.
She wants to apologize for accusing me of cheating on her. She says she knows I'm a great guy and... I may be the A-hole at this point too, but I start to drift off in my little bubble and start daydreaming about, if I go back to bed, would there still be some residual heat or would it be cold? I could take a hot shower and warm the bed that way. I could still hear her in the background making excuses, saying how she had been cheated on, but I wasn't really listening.
During the daydreaming I notice it got quite quiet. I look on my left and she's not there, I turn around she's a good 5-6 steps behind me looking angry and she says: "you're not listening" I just say: "when you're right, you're right." I tell her that I understand she's been hurt too in the past, and I hope she can work to resolve her issues, but I was done and I'm going back to bed. I was a bit harsh there, but I was tired and still down.
I walk past her and get maybe 10 paces past her when I hear a scream coming from her. I turn around and I see her messing with something inside her coat. She pulls out a chef's knife with like an 8-inch blade. That wakes me the fuck up. Byebye bleary eyes, hello wakefulness. better than a cup of coffee or a red bull I tell you!
So she's got the knife, she's screaming something that I can't quite understand. She gets quiet and then she charges at me with the knife. If I'm being honest I could have stayed where I was and she probably would have missed me anyways, but someone charges at me with a knife, I'm gonna nope out of there. I take a massive side step and once she gets to where I was and realizes that I'm no longer there, she turns her head towards me and says heyyyyy.
At that point, I have a moment of clarity and see what's gonna happen. She's drunk running one way and looking another, I know she's gonna trip. As I predicted, she stumbled over her feet and starts falling to the ground. I start praying to god and anybody who would listen: "Please don't let her cut herself. I don't want to have to explain this to the doctors, EMTs and nurses. I don't want her drunk ass deciding to take revenge on me by saying I did it."
Thankfully, she winds up in a sitting position on the sidewalk holding the knife up and it was clean. Thank god for small miracles. She starts crying and, other moment of clarity, I know she's gonna turn the knife on herself now. I jump towards her and I realize I was right, the knife starts moving towards her left wrist. I tackle her, grab her right wrist and twist it so she drops the knife. I pick the knife back up and put it in my pocket. She looks at me crying and says: "Why did you stop me?"
I pick her up and take her back to my building. In my building there was a couch in the lobby, so I take her there and I sit her down and plop myself next to her. I look at her and wonder out loud: "What am I gonna do with you? What can I do?"
She goes: "Just let me go, I'll be good." I tell her that's not going to happen. I realize I have three options and I give her the three options.
"So here's the choice I give you.
1- I pull out my phone, call 911 and tell them about the attempted murder back there and they send the police to arrest you. I don't want to do that because that could derail your life and not get you the help you need. Besides, they might not do anything anyway as it's your word against mine.
2= I pull out my phone, call 911 and tell them about the attempted suicide back there and that you need to be placed on a 72 hour hold. I could do that, but at the same time, again it's my word against yours, so maybe they don't believe me.
3- I'm gonna hazard a guess here. From what I've seen, you have alcohol problems. So I'm gonna guess you were in AA, had been sober for a while, I want to say 6 months, maybe less, when we met."
She confirms my guess.
"alright so option 3, I'm guessing you had a sponsor in AA." she nods "we call them up and tell them about your relapse and what happened this morning. Can they come get you and take care of you?"
She takes her phone out and picks a contact and calls. She hands me the phone. Someone answers and I explain the situation. They said they were coming right away. I give them my address, they get here 15 minutes later. Maryse had fallen asleep in the meantime, so I wake her up gently and help her to the car. Off she went.
I went back to my apartment and just crashed back to sleep.
A month later Mid-january, my phone rings and I see Maryse's number on there. I send her to voice mail. Another call. Voicemail again. 5 minutes later, Private number calling. "Gee I wonder who that could be." Voicemail once more.
Afterwards, I didn't get any unidentified callers for a little over a week. One afternoon, I was at work and my phone rings and it's a number I do not recognize. I pick up.
"Hello."
"Hi, is this Guy?"
"Yes, to whom am I speaking?"
"This is Hannah, Maryse's sponsor. we spoke last month." I started fearing the worst.
"Yes, I remember. How can I help you?"
"Maryse tried to reach you last week and you rejected the calls. I think it could help Maryse if you listened to what she had to say. You're obviously not obligated to entertain her, but I think despite everything that happened, you still care about her or you would not have called me that morning."
"You are right, I do still care about Maryse. I'm just not sure how good it would be for her to meet me this soon after everything that happened. I understand wanting to work through the 9th step and making amends, but..." She interrupts me.
"So you know about the steps."
"Yes I have friends in the program. which is how I could guess that she was in the program too that morning."
"You know it's important."
"I know. I know. How about this: we meet in public at a cafe, you would have to be there. Not necessarily at the table with us, but nearby in case she needs help, in case meeting me causes her pain. Tell her I promise to be in a more receptive mood than I was that morning."
So we make an appointment for that saturday afternoon.
I get to the coffee shop. She's already there, and so is her sponsor. I realize happily that she's not wearing makeup. I say happily because that means she understands that this is not a date, but something serious. She's still stunningly beautiful, and I feel sad almost right away.
I grab a coffee and go join her at the table.
"Hey" I say,
"Hey. So this is gonna be uncomfortable, but thank you for agreeing to meet me and for coming, I appreciate it more than you know. I'm sure you heard I quit the store."
"I have, I'm sorry about that, I hope you didn't do it just because of me."
"No, I needed time to focus on myself for now."
She proceeds to tell me about how I wasn't far off with my guess. She had been sober 4 months when we met. Now she had 39 days. She tells me that in AA, if you are single, they recommend not dating anyone new for at least the first year of your sobriety as it can cause issues, similar to what happened with us. I was like her "drug" and as long as I was available, she could get her fix. But the moment I wasn't available all hell broke loose, and that is what led her back to drinking that day.
I told her I'm glad to see her back sober again this quickly and I hope she can get all the help she needs from it. I ask her if she wants to talk to me about her drinking.
She starts to share a story about how she started drinking at around 11 years old. When puberty hit her, she got into a deep depression because the sexual feelings she was starting to feel were triggering responses. As a child she had been abused by two of her uncles repeatedly and her parents never believed her. They accused her of trying to make herself interesting. That was until they caught one of those uncles red-handed.
They finally believed and took the necessary steps to protect their daughter. But they were poor and they couldn't afford therapy. So she never really got help for it. At 11, she started self medicating the depression with alcohol. When alcohol wasn't enough, she added drugs.
At that point, I was full on crying. She asked me if I wanted her to stop. I told her that she doesn't have to stop. That the tears are there because that was one more thing we had in common. I was also a survivor of sexual assault as a child. In my case, it wasn't a family member, it was only a stranger, so it only happened once. But I also self-medicated with alcohol at the onset of puberty, switching to drugs later on too. I was lucky to avoid the pitfalls of addiction, but I was still dealing with my demons, slowly making peace with them.
So there we were, sitting at a coffee shop, both crying and holding each other. I tell her that I think it's great she's getting help for her alcoholism and addicion, but was she doing anything to help with the underlying issue, the original trauma? She said no, she couldn't afford therapy. I tell her that I am a member of a survivors group and if she is interested, I could get her into a meeting and perhaps learn to heal that part of herself too.
She said that she could give it a try. I tell her I have to talk to the other members to know if I can bring someone new and I would let her know. If they said yes, we would go to her first meeting together, I would introduce her and then we would coordinate so that I never went to meetings where she was. I wanted to do that because I wanted her first few meetings to be about healing and I didn't want our own history to be intertwined or mixed in with that.
After that, we left both feeling content and, while not necesarily happy, at peace if you will. Later on, I contacted Stephanie who was one of the "pillars" of the support group (that's how we met) to ask her if it was okay for me to bring in a new member to the group. She said sure. She asked if it was anyone she knew. I told her she would have to meet her at the meeting if she decides to come.
We were having a meeting the following day. I called Maryse, told her the time and place, and she said she would be there. She came to the group meeting and was shocked to see Stephanie there but Stephanie kinda guessed that it was Maryse I was referring to.
I introduce her, we start sharing stories, talking about how we're feeling, etc. The meeting was good and Maryse liked the vibe. So for the first six months after that, I never saw Maryse and we planned which meeting we would be attending to ensure we didn't cross paths. She started feeling much better.
After maybe 2 and a half years, she finally felt ready and she started dating again. She met someone and she fell for him. They were together for about six months, she looked happy. Unfortunately after about six months, she caught him cheating on her. We tried supporting her, being good friends, cursing his name, doing all the things we could to make sure she didn't relapse. But on April 5th 2014, she ODed on heroin. She was hospitalized for 2 weeks after that.
Hannah took her in and she set up a room for Maryse. She was still in a fragile state, so a group of her friends and I started taking turns watching over Maryse, making sure there was always at least one person there with her to keep her company.
Despite our vigilance, on May 14th 2014, when Hannah was out running a quick errand, she was gone maybe 15 minutes tops, Maryse found a way to cut her wrists and she died. We found a note saying that "the OD was not an accident, and neither was that. Thanks for everything you did for me. I love you all, but I can't do this anymore."
It feels good to write that story (I'll just ignore the fat tears rolling down my face!). Thanks for reading this far and sorry for the long story, I just started writing and couldn't stop. I apologize if it was a bit of a bummer.
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►1◄ REFERRAL SERVICE
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20 $ per each
Info about rewards can be found here - https://robertsspaceindustries.com/referral-program
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►2◄ SPECIAL OFFERS
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╰( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡° )つ──☆
Upgrades
Item | Price, $ |
Banu Tholo code | 80 |
Banu Lockbox (Banu Cube) code | 100 |
Mole to Merchantman | 199 |
Starfarer Gemini to Merchantman | 189 |
C2 Hercules to Carrack | 139 |
Valkyrie to Carrack | 169 |
Constellation Aquila to Orion | 219 |
Starfarer Gemini to Hull D Upgrade | 109 |
Constellation Andromeda to Hull C Upgrade | 139 |
Anvil Terrapin to Hull C Upgrade | 179 |
F7C-R Hornet Tracker to Constellation Taurus | 39 |
Corsair to 400i Warbond Edition | 12 |
Hull E to Polaris | 50 |
Ship Upgrades - Drake Kraken Conversion Kit | 799 |
PAINTS - PERSEUS - THUNDERCLOUD PAINT | 31 |
Stuff
Item | Price, $ |
CitizenCon 2951 Digital Goodies | 9 |
Gemini LH86 Pistol - Voyager edition | 6 |
Kruger P-72 Emerald | 105 |
RSI VENTURE PATHFINDER ARM ARMOR | 10 |
RSI VENTURE VOYAGER ARM ARMOR | 10 |
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►4◄ GAME AND SHIP COMBO PACKAGES
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Game package can be upgrade as well on your demand, price negotiated
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►5◄ LTI STANDALONE SHIPS
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CCU-d ships are upgraded from another ship. Also I have ships from original sale - they may come with different bonuses but are more expensive.
You can click on the price of original sale item to see it's contents.
Ship manufacturer | Ship model | Insurance | Price (CCU-d), $ | Price (Original sale), $ |
Aopoa (Xi'an) | Khartu-Al | LTI | 179 | - |
- | Nox | LTI | - | 77 |
- | Nox Kue | LTI | - | 77 |
- | San'Tok.Yai | LTI | 231 | - |
Aegis Dynamics | Avenger Titan | LTI | 74 | 100 |
- | Avenger Titan Renegade | LTI | 95 | 111 |
- | Avenger Stalker | LTI | 84 | - |
- | Avenger Warlock | LTI | 100 | - |
- | Eclipse | LTI | 305 | 333 |
- | Gladius | LTI | 116 | - |
- | Gladius Valiant | LTI | 132 | 147 |
- | Hammerhead | LTI | 672 | 777 |
- | Hammerhead Best in Show Edition | LTI | 746 | - |
- | Nautilus | LTI | 672 | - |
- | Reclaimer | LTI | 336 | 550 |
- | Reclaimer Best in Show Edition | LTI | 429 | - |
- | Redeemer | LTI | 333 | - |
- | Retaliator Bomber | LTI | 284 | - |
- | Sabre | LTI | 184 | 221 |
- | Sabre Comet | LTI | 195 | - |
- | Vanguard Warden | LTI | 263 | 357 |
- | Vanguard Harbinger | LTI | 289 | - |
- | Vanguard Sentinel | LTI | 268 | - |
- | Vanguard Hoplite | LTI | 231 | 268 |
- | Vulcan | LTI | 216 | 242 |
ARGO Astronautics | MPUV Cargo | LTI | 74 | 84 |
- | MPUV Personnel | LTI | - | 89 |
| Raft | LTI | 142 | - |
- | SRV | LTI | 165 | - |
- | Mole | LTI | 321 | - |
- | Combo Pack | LTI | - | 111 |
Anvil Aerospace | Arrow | LTI | 95 | 137 |
- | C8X Pisces Expedition | LTI | 69 | 79 |
- | C8R Pisces | LTI | 84 | - |
- | Carrack | LTI | 420 | - |
- | Carrack W/C8X | LTI | 440 | - |
- | Carrack Expedition | LTI | 447 | - |
- | Carrack Expedition W/C8X | LTI | 468 | - |
- | Crucible | LTI | 369 | 431 |
- | F7C Hornet | LTI | 121 | - |
- | F7C Hornet Wildfire | LTI | 189 | 210 |
- | F7C-S Hornet Ghost | LTI | 140 | - |
- | F7C-R Hornet Tracker | LTI | 155 | - |
- | F7C-M Super Hornet | LTI | 199 | 252 |
- | F7C-M Hornet Heartseeker | LTI | 200 | - |
- | Gladiator | LTI | 177 | 221 |
- | Hawk | LTI | 116 | 132 |
- | Hurricane | LTI | 210 | 231 |
- | Terrapin | LTI | 231 | 263 |
- | Valkyrie | LTI | 357 | - |
- | Legionnaire | LTI | 132 | - |
Banu | Merchantman | LTI | 399 | - |
- | Defender | LTI | 226 | 237 |
Consolidated outland | Mustang Beta | LTI | 95 | - |
- | Mustang Gamma | LTI | 74 | - |
- | Mustang Delta | LTI | 84 | - |
- | Pioneer | LTI | - | 1499 |
Crusader Industries | Ares Inferno | LTI | 252 | - |
- | Ares Ion | LTI | 252 | - |
- | Genesis Starliner | LTI | 357 | 578 |
- | C2 Hercules | LTI | 368 | - |
- | M2 Hercules | LTI | 483 | - |
- | A2 Hercules | LTI | 735 | - |
| C1 Spirit | LTI | 137 | - |
| E1 Spirit | LTI | 163 | - |
| A1 Spirit | LTI | 210 | - |
- | Mercury Star Runner | LTI | 273 | - |
Drake Interplanetary | Dragonfly Yellowjacket | LTI | - | 84 |
- | Dragonfly Black | LTI | - | 84 |
- | Dragonfly Ride Together Two-Pack | LTI | - | 126 |
- | Buccaneer | LTI | 126 | 142 |
- | Caterpillar | LTI | 336 | - |
- | Caterpillar Best in Show Edition | LTI | 347 | - |
- | Corsair | LTI | 263 | - |
- | Cutlass Black | LTI | 126 | - |
- | Cutlass Black Best in Show Edition (2949) | LTI | 137 | - |
- | Cutlass Steel | LTI | 221 | - |
- | Cutlass Red | LTI | 142 | - |
- | Cutlass Blue | LTI | 168 | - |
- | Herald | LTI | 111 | - |
- | Vulture | LTI | 158 | - |
Esperia | Vanduul Blade | LTI | 284 | 326 |
- | Vanduul Glaive | LTI | 373 | - |
- | Prowler | LTI | 399 | 510 |
- | Talon | LTI | 132 | - |
- | Talon Shrike | LTI | 132 | - |
Gatac | Railen | LTI | 242 | - |
Greycat Industrial | ROC | LTI | 77 | - |
Kruger Intergalactic | P-72 Archimedes | LTI | - | 90 |
- | P-72 Archimedes Emerald | LTI | - | 105 |
Mirai | Fury | LTI | 69 | - |
- | Fury MX | LTI | 69 | - |
- | Fury LX | LTI | 69 | - |
MISC | Endeavor BASE | LTI | 378 | - |
- | Endeavor DISCOVERY-CLASS | LTI | - | 683 |
- | Endeavor Master Set 2018 | LTI | - | 1399 |
| Expanse | LTI | 168 | - |
- | Freelancer | LTI | 121 | - |
- | Freelancer DUR | LTI | 147 | - |
- | Freelancer MAX | LTI | 163 | - |
- | Freelancer MIS | LTI | 184 | - |
- | HULL A | LTI | 99 | - |
- | HULL B | LTI | 147 | - |
- | HULL C | LTI | 357 | - |
- | HULL D | LTI | 462 | - |
- | Odyssey | LTI | 578 | - |
- | Razor | LTI | 163 | 179 |
- | Razor LX | LTI | 168 | - |
- | Razor EX | LTI | 174 | - |
- | Prospector | LTI | 163 | 179 |
- | Reliant Kore (Mini Hauler) | LTI | 84 | 105 |
- | Reliant Tana (Skirmisher) | LTI | 95 | - |
- | Reliant Mako (News Van) | LTI | 121 | - |
- | Reliant Sen (Researcher) | LTI | 105 | - |
- | Starfarer | LTI | 315 | 399 |
- | Starfarer Gemini | LTI | 347 | 452 |
Origin Jumpworks | X1 Baseline | LTI | - | 69 |
- | X1 Velocity | LTI | - | 74 |
- | X1 Force | LTI | - | 79 |
- | M50 | LTI | 121 | - |
- | 85X | LTI | - | 79 |
- | 100I | LTI | 74 | 95 |
- | 125A | LTI | 79 | - |
- | 135C | LTI | 84 | - |
- | 300I | LTI | 77 | - |
- | 315P | LTI | 77 | - |
- | 325A | LTI | 93 | - |
- | 350R | LTI | 137 | - |
- | 400i | LTI | 265 | - |
- | 600i Touring | LTI | 399 | 525 |
- | 600i Exploration | LTI | 420 | 580 |
RSI | Aurora CL | LTI | 74 | - |
- | Apollo Triage | LTI | 268 | - |
- | Apollo Medivac | LTI | 294 | - |
- | Galaxy | LTI | 378 | - |
- | Mantis | LTI | 168 | - |
- | Perseus | LTI | 557 | - |
- | Polaris | LTI | 735 | 999 |
- | Constellation Taurus | LTI | 179 | - |
- | Constellation Andromeda | LTI | 252 | 315 |
- | Constellation Aquila | LTI | 321 | - |
| Zeus MK II MR | LTI | 205 | - |
| Zeus MK II ES | LTI | 163 | - |
| Zeus MK II CL | LTI | 163 | - |
- | Scorpius | LTI | 263 | - |
- | Scorpius Antares | LTI | 252 | - |
- | Orion | LTI | 489 | - |
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►6◄ NON-LTI SHIPS & PACKAGES, COMMON
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Ship/Package | Insurance | Price, $ | Comments |
Consolidated Outland Mustang Alpha Vindicator | 6MI | 66 | Limited Vindicator version |
Kruger P-72 Archimedes | 10YI | 55 | - |
Kruger P-72 Archimedes | 6YI | 45 | - |
Kruger P-52 Merlin | 6YI | 37 | - |
RSI Aurora ES | 10YI | 37 | - |
Argo MPUV 1C Cargo | 10YI | 53 | - |
MISC Endeavor OLYMPIC-CLASS | 4YI | 578 | Endeavor with modules |
RSI Constellation Phoenix | 10YI | 399 | - |
RSI Constellation Phoenix | 6YI | 389 | - |
Origin 890 Jump | 6MI | 1099 | - |
Origin 890 Jump | 6YI | 1249 | - |
Origin 890 Jump | 10YI | 1349 | - |
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►7◄ PLANETARY VEHICLES & COMBO PACKAGES
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Vehicle | Insurance | Price (CCU-d), $ | Price (Concept), $ | Comments |
Anvil Ballista | LTI | 153 | | - |
Hoverquad | LTI | | 74 | - |
Greycat PTV | 6YI | | 27 | - |
Greycat PTV | 10YI | | 37 | - |
Origin G12 | LTI | 84 | | - |
Origin G12R | LTI | | 84 | - |
Origin G12A | LTI | | 90 | - |
Tumbril Cyclone | LTI | | 74 | Base version |
Tumbril Cyclone-TR | LTI | | 79 | With ground turret |
Tumbril Cyclone-RC | LTI | | 79 | Speedster |
Tumbril Cyclone-AA | LTI | | 95 | Anti-air + countermeasures |
Tumbril Cyclone-RN | LTI | | 79 | Scout & Scan |
Tumbril Ranger RC | LTI | 105 | | Racer |
Tumbril Ranger CV | LTI | 111 | | Offroad |
Tumbril Ranger TR | LTI | 116 | | With Gun |
Tumbril Nova | LTI | 126 | 132 | Tank |
URSA Rover | 5YI | | 63 | - |
URSA Rover | 10YI | | 70 | |
Lynx | LTI | 79 | | |
URSA Rover Fortuna | LTI | 79 | | Limited green skin edition |
Below are listed combo packs with different combination of vehicles, or with space ships
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►8.1◄ MODULES, PODS, BATTLEFIELD UPGRADE KITS (BUKS), OTHER ITEMS
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Module | Insurance | Price, $ |
MISC Endeavor Modules (Pods) | - | - |
BIODOME POD | 10YI | 126 |
TELESCOPE ARRAY POD | 10YI | 153 |
SUPERCOLLIDER POD | 10YI | 155 |
SERVICE EQUIPMENT AND CREW POD | 10YI | 53 |
GENERAL RESEARCH POD | 10YI | 72 |
GENERAL SCIENCE POD | 10YI | 71 |
FUEL POD | 10YI | 60 |
MEDICAL BAY POD | 10YI | 105 |
LANDING BAY | 10YI | 105 |
RSI Galaxy Modules | | |
Galaxy - Med Bay Module | 10YI | 116 |
Galaxy - Refinery Module | 10YI | 126 |
Galaxy - Cargo Module | 10YI | 95 |
Aegis Vanguard battlefield upgrade kits | | |
Harbinger battlefield upgrade kit | LTI | 140 |
Sentinel battlefield upgrade kit | 6MI | 69 |
Other stuff | | |
Add-ons - Aegis Idris P after market kit | - | 294 |
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►8.2 ◄ FPS WEAPONS, ARMOR, CLOTHES AND OTHER GEAR
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Module | Insurance | Price, $ |
Overlord "Dust Storm" Armor Set | - | 11 |
Overlord "Riptide" Armor Set | - | 11 |
Overlord Helmets "Silent Strike" Pack | - | 8 |
Overlord Helmets "Forces of Nature" Pack | - | 8 |
Parasite Replica Helmet (Original) | - | 11 |
Parasite Replica Helmet (Dark Birth) | - | 11 |
Stegman's Cordimon "Voyager" Complete Outfit | - | 11 |
Stegman's IndVest “Pathfinder” Complete Outfit | - | 11 |
RSI MacFlex Rust Society full armor set (5 items) | - | 21 |
RSI Venture Rust Society full armor set (5 items) | - | 32 |
Mr. Refinement’s Cabinet of Rare & Exquisite Spirits | - | 11 |
Life in the 'Verse Shirts Pack #1 | - | 5 |
Life in the 'Verse Shirts Pack #2 | - | 5 |
"Caudillo" Helmets Pack #1 by CC's Conversions | - | 10 |
"Caudillo" Helmets Pack #2 by CC's Conversions | - | 10 |
"Caudillo" Helmets Pack #3 by CC's Conversions | - | 10 |
QuikFlarePro Pack | - | 5 |
QuikFlarePro Pack Deluxe | - | 6 |
Polar Vortex Collection | - | 7 |
Cold Front Collection | - | 7 |
UltiFlex FSK-8 "Mirage" Combat Knife | - | 5 |
UltiFlex FSK-8 "Ghost" Combat Knife | - | 5 |
Urban Collection by Element Authority | - | 11 |
Adventurer Collection by Element Authority | - | 11 |
Manaslu Rust Society Jacket | - | 8 |
RSI Horizon Rust Society Helmet | - | 8 |
RSI Beacon Rust Society Undersuit | - | 6 |
Paladin helmet | - | 10 |
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►9◄ CROSS-CHASSIS UPGRADES (CCUS), SHIPS
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IAE-insurance upgrades (adds IAE insurance (10 years) to your ship)
Upgrade | Price, $ |
Prospector to F7C-M Super Hornet | 50 |
Vanguard Warden to Caterpillar | 60 |
Sorted by: Manufacturer -> ship
Target ship manufacturer | Target ship | Upgrade from | Price, $ |
Aegis Dynamics | Avenger Titan Renegade | 325A | 18 |
- | Avenger Warlock | 325A | 29 |
- | Avenger Warlock | Arrow | 26 |
- | Eclipse | Constellation Andromeda | 78 |
- | Eclipse | Vanguard Sentinel | 37 |
- | Eclipse | Vanguard Warden | 53 |
- | Eclipse | Blade | 37 |
- | Gladius Valiant | Gladius | 32 |
- | Gladius Valiant | M50 | 23 |
- | Hammerhead | Constellation Aquila | 483 |
- | Hammerhead | 600i Touring | 357 |
- | Hammerhead | 600i Explorer | 315 |
- | Hammerhead | Merchantman | 131 |
- | Hammerhead | Hull D | 341 |
- | Hammerhead | Crucible | 446 |
- | Hammerhead | Carrack | 278 |
- | Hammerhead | Reclaimer | 383 |
- | Hammerhead | Prowler | 351 |
- | Hammerhead | Orion | 210 |
- | Hammerhead | Glaive | 446 |
- | Hammerhead | A2 Hercules | 52 |
- | Nautilus | Constellation Aquila | 467 |
- | Nautilus | Endeavor | 425 |
- | Nautilus | Crucible | 425 |
- | Nautilus | Genesis Starliner | 372 |
- | Nautilus | M2 Hercules | 246 |
- | Nautilus | Merchantman | 110 |
- | Nautilus | 600i Explorer | 294 |
- | Nautilus | 600i Touring | 336 |
- | Nautilus | Orion | 189 |
- | Nautilus | Prowler | 330 |
- | Nautilus | Carrack | 278 |
- | Nautilus | Reclaimer | 372 |
- | Nautilus | Hull D | 320 |
- | Nautilus | C2 Hercules | 372 |
- | Nautilus | Valkyrie | 399 |
- | Reclaimer | Constellation Aquila | 115 |
- | Reclaimer | Starfarer Gemini | 84 |
- | Reclaimer | Endeavor | 73 |
- | Reclaimer | Crucible | 73 |
- | Redeemer | Constellation Andromeda | 78 |
- | Redeemer | Vanguard Hoplite | 84 |
- | Redeemer | Mole | 26 |
- | Retaliator Bomber | Constellation Andromeda | 57 |
- | Retaliator Base | F7C-R Hornet Tracker | 25 |
- | Sabre | Prospector | 31 |
- | Sabre | Gladiator | 16 |
- | Sabre Comet | Sabre | 31 |
- | Sabre Comet | Freelancer MIS | 26 |
- | Sabre Comet | Khartu-Al | 31 |
- | Sabre Comet | F7C Hornet Wildfire | 23 |
- | Sabre Comet | Gladiator | 35 |
- | Sabre Comet | F7C-M Super Hornet | 20 |
- | Vanguard Harbinger | Constellation Andromeda | 68 |
- | Vanguard Harbinger | Retaliator Bomber | 31 |
- | Vanguard Harbinger | Vanguard Sentinel | 26 |
- | Vanguard Harbinger | Vanguard Hoplite | 73 |
- | Vanguard Harbinger | Vanguard Warden | 42 |
- | Vanguard Hoplite | Constellation Taurus | 59 |
- | Vanguard Hoplite | San'Tok.Yai | 28 |
- | Vanguard Hoplite | Defender | 28 |
- | Vanguard Hoplite | Corsair | -3 |
- | Vanguard Hoplite | F7C-M Super Hornet Heartseeker | 54 |
- | Vanguard Hoplite | Hurricane | 54 |
- | Vanguard Hoplite | Terrapin | 28 |
- | Vanguard Sentinel | Constellation Andromeda | 52 |
- | Vanguard Sentinel | Vanguard Warden | 31 |
- | Vanguard Warden | Constellation Andromeda | 31 |
- | Vanguard Warden | Vanguard Hoplite | 40 |
- | Vulcan | Constellation Taurus | 25 |
- | Vulcan | Prospector | 61 |
Anvil Aerospace | Carrack | Constellation Aquila | 273 |
- | Carrack | Mole | 320 |
- | Carrack | M2 Hercules | 99 |
- | Carrack | 600i Explorer | 147 |
- | Carrack | 600i Touring | 189 |
- | Carrack | Orion | 42 |
- | Carrack | Prowler | 183 |
- | Carrack | Reclaimer | 225 |
- | Carrack | Genesis Starliner | 225 |
- | Carrack | Valkyrie | 215 |
- | Carrack | C2 Hercules | 189 |
- | Carrack | Hull D | 178 |
- | Carrack | Merchantman | -31 |
- | Carrack | Endeavor | 283 |
- | Carrack | Crucible | 283 |
- | Carrack | Starfarer Gemini | 294 |
- | Carrack W/C8X | Carrack | 55 |
- | Carrack Expedition | Carrack | 60 |
- | Carrack Expedition | Carrack W/C8X | 40 |
- | Carrack Expedition W/C8X | Carrack | 80 |
- | Carrack Expedition W/C8X | Carrack W/C8X | 73 |
- | Carrack Expedition W/C8X | Carrack Expedition | 68 |
- | Crucible | Starfarer Gemini | 26 |
- | Crucible | Constellation Aquila | 99 |
- | F7C-M Super Hornet | Prospector | 37 |
- | F7C-M Super Hornet | Khartu-AL | 22 |
- | F7C-M Super Hornet | F7C Hornet Wildfire | 16 |
- | F7C-M Super Hornet | Gladiator | 27 |
- | F7C-M Super Hornet | Freelancer MIS | 16 |
- | F7C-M Super Hornet | Sabre | 22 |
- | F7C-M Super Hornet | Razor EX | 37 |
- | F7C-M Super Hornet Heartseeker | Constellation Taurus | 21 |
- | F7C-M Super Hornet Heartseeker | Freelancer MAX | 63 |
- | F7C-M Super Hornet Heartseeker | Prospector | 57 |
- | F7C-M Super Hornet Heartseeker | Razor EX | 57 |
- | F7C-M Super Hornet Heartseeker | Gladiator | 47 |
- | F7C-M Super Hornet Heartseeker | Khartu-AL | 42 |
- | F7C-M Super Hornet Heartseeker | Sabre | 42 |
- | F7C-M Super Hornet Heartseeker | Sabre Comet | 26 |
- | F7C-M Super Hornet Heartseeker | F7C Hornet Wildfire | 36 |
- | F7C-M Super Hornet Heartseeker | Freelancer MIS | 36 |
- | F7C Hornet Wildfire | Prospector | 31 |
- | F7C Hornet Wildfire | Khartu-Al | 16 |
- | F7C Hornet Wildfire | Gladiator | 22 |
- | F7C Hornet Wildfire | Sabre | 16 |
- | Gladiator | Prospector | 21 |
- | Hawk | Gladius | 21 |
- | Hurricane | Constellation Taurus | 22 |
- | Hurricane | Prospector | 53 |
- | Hurricane | Gladiator | 43 |
- | Hurricane | F7C Hornet Wildfire | 32 |
- | Hurricane | F7C-M Super Hornet | 27 |
- | Hurricane | Freelancer MIS | 32 |
- | Hurricane | Sabre | 37 |
- | Hurricane | Sabre Comet | 22 |
- | Hurricane | Khartu-Al | 37 |
- | Terrapin | Prospector | 84 |
- | Terrapin | Constellation Taurus | 44 |
- | Terrapin | Freelancer MAX | 86 |
- | Terrapin | F7C-M Super Hornet | 57 |
- | Terrapin | Freelancer MIS | 63 |
- | Terrapin | Vulcan | 36 |
- | Terrapin | Gladiator | 73 |
- | Terrapin | Khartu-Al | 65 |
- | Terrapin | Sabre | 65 |
- | Valkyrie | Constellation Aquila | 84 |
- | Valkyrie | Endeavor | 42 |
- | Valkyrie | Starfarer Gemini | 52 |
- | Valkyrie | Crucible | 42 |
- | Valkyrie | Glaive | 42 |
Aopoa (Xi'an) | Khartu-Al | Prospector | 29 |
- | Khartu-Al | Freelancer MAX | 31 |
- | Nox | Aurora LN | 27 |
- | Nox | Dragonfly Black | 15 |
- | Nox | Dragonfly Yellowjacket | 15 |
- | Nox | MPUV Cargo | 27 |
- | Nox Kue | Aurora LN | 23 |
- | Nox Kue | Dragonfly Black | 15 |
- | Nox Kue | Dragonfly Yellowjacket | 15 |
- | Nox Kue | Mustang Beta | 15 |
- | Nox Kue | MPUV Personnel | 15 |
- | Nox Kue | X1 Baseline | 15 |
- | Nox Kue | MPUV Cargo | 22 |
- | San'Tok.Yai | Constellation Taurus | 46 |
- | San'Tok.Yai | Hurricane | 40 |
- | San'Tok.Yai | Vulcan | 35 |
ARGO Astronautics | MPUV Personnel | Aurora LN | 15 |
- | MPUV Cargo | Mustang Alpha | 15 |
- | SRV | F7C-R Hornet Tracker | 37 |
- | SRV | Razor | 32 |
Banu | Merchantman | Mole | 239 |
- | Merchantman | Starfarer Gemini | 220 |
- | Merchantman | Prowler | 231 |
- | Merchantman | 600i Touring | 236 |
- | Merchantman | 600i Explorer | 194 |
- | Merchantman | Genesis Starliner | 273 |
- | Defender | Constellation Taurus | 42 |
- | Defender | Retaliator Base | 84 |
- | Defender | Cutlass Blue | 57 |
- | Defender | Freelancer MIS | 65 |
- | Defender | Gladiator | 70 |
- | Defender | Khartu-Al | 65 |
- | Defender | Sabre | 65 |
- | Defender | F7C Hornet Wildfire | 59 |
- | Defender | F7C-M Super Hornet | 55 |
Consolidated outland | Mustang Delta | Mustang Gamma | 22 |
- | Mustang Delta | Avenger Stalker | 15 |
Crusader Industries | Genesis Starliner | Constellation Aquila | 120 |
- | Genesis Starliner | Endeavor | 73 |
- | Ares Inferno | Constellation Andromeda | 26 |
- | Ares Ion | Constellation Andromeda | 26 |
- | A2 Hercules | 600i Touring | 341 |
- | A2 Hercules | 600i Explorer | 299 |
- | A2 Hercules | Carrack | 273 |
- | A2 Hercules | Constellation Aquila | 472 |
- | A2 Hercules | Crucible | 430 |
- | A2 Hercules | Endeavor | 430 |
- | A2 Hercules | Hull D | 325 |
- | A2 Hercules | Merchantman | 115 |
- | A2 Hercules | Orion | 194 |
- | A2 Hercules | Prowler | 336 |
- | A2 Hercules | Reclaimer | 378 |
- | A2 Hercules | Starfarer Gemini | 451 |
- | C2 Hercules | Constellation Aquila | 115 |
- | C2 Hercules | Valkyrie | 47 |
- | C2 Hercules | Crucible | 73 |
- | C2 Hercules | Endeavor | 73 |
- | C2 Hercules | Glaive | 73 |
- | C2 Hercules | Starfarer Gemini | 84 |
- | M2 Hercules | Constellation Aquila | 241 |
- | M2 Hercules | 600i Touring | 110 |
- | M2 Hercules | 600i Explorer | 68 |
- | M2 Hercules | C2 Hercules | 147 |
- | M2 Hercules | Crucible | 199 |
- | M2 Hercules | Endeavor | 199 |
- | M2 Hercules | Genesis Starliner | 147 |
- | M2 Hercules | Hull D | 94 |
- | M2 Hercules | Prowler | 105 |
- | M2 Hercules | Reclaimer | 147 |
- | M2 Hercules | Starfarer Gemini | 210 |
- | Mercury Star Runner | Prospector | 120 |
- | Mercury Star Runner | San'tok.yai | 52 |
- | Mercury Star Runner | Defender | 52 |
- | Mercury Star Runner | F7C Hornet Wildfire | 99 |
- | Mercury Star Runner | F7C-M Super Hornet | 94 |
- | Mercury Star Runner | Freelancer MIS | 99 |
- | Mercury Star Runner | Hurricane | 78 |
- | Mercury Star Runner | Khartu-Al | 105 |
- | Mercury Star Runner | Razor EX | 120 |
- | Mercury Star Runner | Sabre Comet | 89 |
- | Mercury Star Runner | Sabre | 105 |
- | Mercury Star Runner | Terrapin | 52 |
- | Mercury Star Runner | Vulcan | 73 |
Drake Interplanetary | Buccaneer | Cutlass Black | 21 |
- | Caterpillar | Constellation Andromeda | 116 |
- | Caterpillar | Constellation Aquila | 36 |
- | Caterpillar | Retaliator Bomber | 78 |
- | Caterpillar | Redeemer | 26 |
- | Corsair | Prospector | 115 |
- | Corsair | Constellation Taurus | 78 |
- | Corsair | Freelancer MAX | 120 |
- | Corsair | Freelancer MIS | 94 |
- | Corsair | Sabre | 99 |
- | Corsair | Sabre Comet | 84 |
- | Corsair | Gladiator | 105 |
- | Corsair | F7C-M Super Hornet | 89 |
- | Corsair | F7C-M Super Hornet Heartseeker | 73 |
- | Corsair | F7C Hornet Wildfire | 94 |
- | Corsair | Vulcan | 68 |
- | Corsair | Hurricane | 73 |
- | Corsair | Razor EX | 115 |
- | Corsair | Khartu-Al | 99 |
- | Cutlass Black BIS | Gladius | 42 |
- | Cutlass Blue | F7C-R Hornet Tracker | 47 |
- | Cutlass Blue | Razor | 36 |
- | Cutlass Blue | Prospector | 31 |
- | Cutlass Steel | Constellation Taurus | 57 |
- | Cutlass Steel | Railen | 21 |
- | Cutlass Steel | San'tok.yai | 26 |
- | Cutlass Steel | Defender | 26 |
- | Cutlass Steel | Terrapin | 26 |
- | Cutlass Steel | Corsair | -5 |
- | Cutlass Steel | Vulcan | 47 |
- | Cutlass Steel | Hurricane | 52 |
- | Cutlass Steel | F7C-M Super Hornet Heartseeker | 52 |
- | Dragonfly Black | Aurora LN | 15 |
- | Dragonfly Black | MPUV Cargo | 15 |
- | Herald | 325A | 26 |
- | Herald | Avenger Titan Renegade | 21 |
- | Vulture | Freelancer DUR | 45 |
Esperia | Blade | Constellation Andromeda | 52 |
- | Glaive | Constellation Aquila | 99 |
- | Glaive | Starfarer Gemini | 63 |
- | Talon | Gladius | 36 |
- | Talon | Reliant Mako (News Van) | 31 |
- | Talon Shrike | Gladius | 36 |
- | Talon Shrike | Reliant Mako (News Van) | 31 |
- | Prowler | Constellation Aquila | 162 |
- | Prowler | Reclaimer | 68 |
- | Prowler | Genesis Starliner | 68 |
- | Prowler | Endeavor | 120 |
- | Prowler | Crucible | 120 |
- | Prowler | 600i Touring | 42 |
MISC | Freelancer MIS | Prospector | 32 |
- | Freelancer MIS | Freelancer MAX | 37 |
- | Freelancer MIS | Gladiator | 22 |
- | Freelancer MIS | Sabre | 16 |
- | Freelancer MIS | Razor EX | 32 |
- | Endeavor | Constellation Aquila | 84 |
- | Endeavor | Starfarer Gemini | 52 |
- | Hull A | 300I | 36 |
- | Hull A | Mustang Gamma | 36 |
- | Hull B | 325A | 94 |
- | Hull C | Constellation Andromeda | 136 |
- | Hull D | Constellation Aquila | 178 |
- | Hull D | Starfarer Gemini | 157 |
- | Razor | F7C-R Hornet Tracker | 15 |
- | Razor LX | F7C-R Hornet Tracker | 21 |
- | Razor LX | Razor | 15 |
- | Razor EX | Freelancer MAX | 15 |
- | Razor EX | SRV | 15 |
- | Razor EX | Retaliator Base | 15 |
- | Razor EX | Razor LX | 15 |
- | Reliant Tana (Skirmisher) | 325a | 15 |
- | Reliant Sen (Researcher) | Arrow | 21 |
- | Reliant Mako (News Van) | Gladius | 15 |
- | Starfarer | Constellation Andromeda | 76 |
- | Starfarer | Vanguard Warden | 55 |
- | Starfarer | Vanguard Harbinger | 24 |
- | Starfarer | Vanguard Sentinel | 39 |
- | Starfarer | Vanguard Hoplite | 81 |
- | Starfarer | Blade | 39 |
- | Starfarer | Retaliator Bomber | 39 |
- | Starfarer | Apollo Medivac | 39 |
- | Starfarer Gemini | Constellation Aquila | 63 |
- | Starfarer Gemini | Mole | 47 |
Origin Jumpworks | 350r | Freelancer | 28 |
- | 350r | F7C Hornet | 28 |
- | M50 | Gladius | 22 |
- | 85X | Aurora CL | 15 |
- | 100i | Dragonfly Black | 18 |
- | 100i | Dragonfly Yellowjacket | 18 |
- | 100i | MPUV Personnel | 22 |
- | 100i | Mustang Beta | 22 |
- | 100i | X1 Baseline | 22 |
- | 125a | 100i | 22 |
- | 125a | 85X | 19 |
- | 125a | Avenger Titan | 14 |
- | 125a | Ursa Rover | 19 |
- | 125a | X1 Force | 19 |
- | 135C | 100i | 27 |
- | 135C | 125a | 15 |
- | 135C | 300i | 19 |
- | 135C | Cyclone | 19 |
- | 135C | Mustang Gamma | 19 |
- | X1 Baseline | Mustang Alpha | 21 |
- | X1 Baseline | Aurora LN | 15 |
- | X1 Baseline | MPUV Cargo | 15 |
- | X1 Velocity | Mustang Beta | 15 |
- | X1 Velocity | MPUV Personnel | 15 |
- | X1 Velocity | X1 Baseline | 15 |
- | X1 Force | Aurora CL | 15 |
- | X1 Force | X1 Velocity | 15 |
- | X1 Force | Nox | 15 |
- | 600i Touring | Constellation Aquila | 152 |
- | 600i Touring | Constellation Phoenix | 110 |
- | 600i Touring | Reclaimer | 57 |
- | 600i Touring | Starfarer Gemini | 120 |
- | 600i Touring | Endeavor | 110 |
- | 600i Touring | Crucible | 110 |
- | 600i Touring | Eclipse | 162 |
- | 600i Touring | Genesis Starliner | 57 |
- | 600i Touring | C2 Hercules | 57 |
- | 600i Explorer | 600i Touring | 63 |
- | 600i Explorer | Constellation Aquila | 194 |
- | 600i Explorer | Prowler | 57 |
- | 600i Explorer | Genesis Starliner | 99 |
- | 600i Explorer | Starfarer Gemini | 162 |
- | 600i Explorer | Endeavor | 152 |
- | 600i Explorer | Reclaimer | 99 |
- | 600i Explorer | Crucible | 152 |
- | 600i Explorer | Hull D | 47 |
- | 600i Explorer | C2 Hercules | 99 |
RSI | Apollo Triage | Constellation Andromeda | 23 |
- | Apollo Triage | San'tok.yai | 44 |
- | Apollo Medivac | Constellation Andromeda | 49 |
- | Apollo Medivac | Vanguard Warden | 26 |
- | Apollo Medivac | Apollo Triage | 36 |
- | Apollo Medivac | Vanguard Hoplite | 52 |
- | Constellation Taurus | F7C-R Hornet Tracker | 47 |
- | Constellation Taurus | Razor | 42 |
- | Mantis | F7C-R Hornet Tracker | 21 |
- | Mantis | Vulture | 21 |
- | Mantis | Razor | 15 |
- | Mantis | Ballista | 21 |
- | Perseus | Mole | 409 |
- | Perseus | Carrack | 110 |
- | Perseus | Carrack W/C8X | 89 |
- | Perseus | Carrack Expedition | 84 |
- | Perseus | Carrack Expedition W/C8X | 63 |
- | Perseus | Merchantman | 57 |
- | Perseus | Orion | 136 |
- | Perseus | 600i Explorer | 241 |
- | Perseus | M2 Hercules | 194 |
- | Perseus | Hull D | 267 |
- | Polaris | Constellation Aquila | 535 |
- | Polaris | Perseus | 183 |
- | Polaris | M2 Hercules | 357 |
- | Polaris | Nautilus Solstice Edition | 149 |
- | Polaris | Hammerhead | 149 |
- | Polaris | Carrack | 367 |
- | Polaris | Crucible | 499 |
- | Polaris | Merchantman | 210 |
- | Polaris | Orion | 257 |
- | Orion | Constellation Aquila | 246 |
- | Orion | Starfarer | 246 |
- | Orion | 600i Touring | 194 |
- | Orion | Reclaimer | 215 |
- | Orion | Genesis Starliner | 215 |
- | Orion | Prowler | 173 |
- | Orion | M2 Hercules | 85 |
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Target ship manufacturer | Target ship | Upgrade from | Price, $ |
Aegis Dynamics | Eclipse | Redeemer | 64 |
- | Eclipse | Caterpillar | 17 |
- | Vanguard Harbinger | Constellation Aquila | 17 |
- | Vanguard Hoplite | Constellation Andromeda | 30 |
- | Reclaimer | Hull D | 94 |
- | Reclaimer | Merchantman | 78 |
- | Vulcan | Defender | 26 |
- | Vulcan | Terrapin | 15 |
- | Sabre | Constellation Taurus | 32 |
- | Sabre | Freelancer MIS | 16 |
- | Sabre Comet | Constellation Taurus | 52 |
- | Retaliator Bomber | Redeemer | 36 |
- | Vanguard Harbinger | Redeemer | 57 |
- | Vanguard Sentinel | Redeemer | 42 |
- | Vanguard Warden | Redeemer | 26 |
- | Vanguard Warden | Hull C | 26 |
Anvil Aerospace | F7C-M Super Hornet | Constellation Taurus | 47 |
- | F7C Hornet Wildfire | Constellation Taurus | 37 |
- | Gladiator | Constellation Taurus | 26 |
- | F7C-M Super Hornet Heartseeker | Defender | 21 |
- | Hurricane | Defender | 21 |
- | Gladiator | Constellation Taurus | 26 |
- | Gladiator | Cutlass Blue | 28 |
- | Valkyrie | Hull D | 42 |
- | Valkyrie | Merchantman | 47 |
- | Valkyrie | C2 Hercules | 31 |
Aopoa (Xi'an) | Khartu-Al | Constellation Taurus | 31 |
Consolidated outland | Mustang Delta | Hull A | 15 |
Crusader Industries | Genesis Starliner | Hull D | 73 |
- | Genesis Starliner | Merchantman | 73 |
- | C2 Hercules | Hull D | 31 |
- | C2 Hercules | Merchantman | 42 |
- | M2 Hercules | Orion | 52 |
Drake Interplanetary | Corsair | Defender | 42 |
Esperia | Prowler | Merchantman | 120 |
- | Prowler | Hull D | 105 |
MISC | Freelancer MIS | Constellation Taurus | 37 |
- | Freelancer MIS | Cutlass Blue | 37 |
- | Razor | Freelancer MAX | 15 |
- | Razor EX | Constellation Taurus | 15 |
- | Razor EX | Cutlass Blue | 15 |
- | Starfarer | Constellation Aquila | 37 |
- | Starfarer | Caterpillar | 18 |
Origin Jumpworks | 350r | Cutlass Red | 15 |
- | 600i Touring | Hull D | 110 |
- | 600i Touring | Prowler | 110 |
- | 600i Explorer | Merchantman | 152 |
- | 600i Explorer | Carrack | 99 |
RSI | Apollo Triage | Mercury Star Runner | 42 |
- | Orion | Carrack | 120 |
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2024.05.15 06:35 DanielVasquez2000 Here’s Today’s Box-Office Report from my Theater (Tuesday, May 14, 2024) (Regal Value Tuesdays)
(Downstairs Area)
- Auditorium 1 (44 Seats): Kung Fu Panda 4 (2D) & Abigail (2024)
- Auditorium 2 (44 Seats): Tarot
- Auditorium 3 (50 Seats): Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2D)
- Auditorium 4 (50 Seats): The Fall Guy (2024)
- Auditorium 5 (122 Seats): Disney’s Kingdom of The Planet of The Apes (NEW)
- Auditorium 6 (122 Seats): The Fall Guy (2024)
- Auditorium 7 (98 Seats): Disney’s Kingdom of The Planet of The Apes (NEW)
- Auditorium 8 (86 Seats): Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace - 25th Anniversary Re-Release
- Auditorium 9 (69 Seats): Disney’s Kingdom of The Planet of The Apes (NEW)
(Lobby Area)
- Auditorium 10 (46 Seats): Civil War (2024)
(Upstairs Area)
- Auditorium 12 (74 Seats): (Temporarily Closed)
- Auditorium 13 (78 Seats): Disney’s Kingdom of The Planet of The Apes (NEW)
- Auditorium 14 (58 Seats): Challengers
- Auditorium 15 (71 Seats): Disney’s Kingdom of The Planet of The Apes (NEW)
- Auditorium 16 (59 Seats): Not Another Church Movie (NEW)
Here’s how tickets each movie sold:
- Disney’s Kingdom of The Planet of The Apes (5 Screens/17 Showings): 211 Tickets
- The Fall Guy (2024) (2 Screens/7 Showings): 54 Tickets
- Challengers (1 Screen/4 Showings): 32 Tickets
- Tarot (1 Screen/5 Showings): 30 Tickets
- Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2D) (1 Screen/3 Showings): 18 Tickets
- Kung Fu Panda 4 (2D) (1 Screen/3 Showings): 17 Tickets
- Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace - 25th Anniversary Re-Release (1 Screen/4 Showings): 9 Tickets
- Civil War (2024) (1 Screen/5 Showings): 8 Tickets
- Not Another Church Movie (1 Screen/4 Showings): 4 Tickets
- Abigail (2024) (1 Screen/2 Showings): 3 Tickets
Which means 386 Tickets have been sold today.
NOTE 1: We now only have 15 Screens but we haven’t change the upstairs auditorium numbers yet.
NOTE 2: Auditorium 12 is temporarily closed due to A/C.
Next time I'll be back at work to post another one will be Saturday around 10:40pm (MDT).
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2024.05.15 05:55 Markusictus How do I 32m fix the rift between my wife 31f and mother 63f?
The rift between them has caused a lot of tension in my family and now my mom wants to be in the life of her newborn grandson but refuses to address or try to mend things with my wife.
Little history: I probably introduced them too quickly. My grandmother was in town in south Florida about to move here from Illinois for a retirement community. My wife, girlfriend at the time, came with cookies or some form of baked goods like she usually does when visiting someone as a sign of affection and respect. Where it went wrong from here I have no idea. I suppose the initial crack was when wife scheduled a skitrip for her and I to have as a 1 year of dating anniversary present. We are not rich, this is a huge gift that made sense to her since I refused to let her pay rent. Our combines salaries are barely over 120k. So wife calls mom 6 months in advance because she is a planner for the sole purpose of asking my mom to watch one of our four dogs. Wife has already paid in full for the trip. Yet Mom decides it is a great idea to instead use the opportunity to hop on and take a family trip because it is the last time the family will have for a family vacation - I am the oldest of two boys and two stepsisters, my mom married the guy she left my father for who has twin girls of his own that were in the womb during the infidelity. Anyway mom completely takes over and decides to make our one year gift a family vacation, so she books tickets for a hotel nearby. Wife is bold but at the time not bold enough to stop my mom in her tracks for overstepping a boundary. At this time she still respected my mother and kind of let herself get steamrolled.
Probably skippable Family history: Now I have always had issues with my mother, resentment for leaving my father for my stepdad behind my own fathers back and constantly trying to keep brother and I from seeing “Disneyland dad who doesn’t do any of the work but gets all the fun.” my mother was very strict growing up, always bringing us to church and making my father feel guilty for not bringing brother and I on his weekend. So mom marries stepdad age 11, divorces him around 13 after asking me advice for her relationship and i encourage her to move out. Then remarries him and moves us back into his house age 15. Here I begin rebellion and normal teeenager stuff but stepdad won’t butt in because he isn’t my “biological father” so would have my mom intervene brother and i from behind the scenes. For example, I am young and messing around on the piano because music is important and I never had any formal training and mom comes in to tell me stepdad “wants to know when the concert is going to end because it is a little annoying.” Anyway, they have me prescribed adderall at 16 and in the parking lot holding my first prescription I am told that they would like me to move out and in with my father, who had chased us every time mom and stepdad moved several miles away (5 moves from age 5-15 all in one county). Anyway, brother and I are recovering alcoholics with (my) slipups triggered from interactions or visiting my mom, which mom claims is genetics from my father alone and has nothing to do with her. Maternal grandfather, mother, and I have some nasty temper problems which certainly are exacerbated by drinking (at least mine and moms).
Skitrip revelations: Wife and I are on the way to brothers graduation in Chicago, and wife has yet to reveal to me that my mother has taken over her massive investment of a couples ski vacation and it will now be a family vacation for mom, stepdad, brother, two stepsisters who are all getting out of gradschool. On the way to the airport I am told the news by future wife of my one year surprise. So I get upset and call my mom to call it off. She obliges my request and now holds resentment against me and now wife for “ruining her last family vacation.” Fine, whatever. Mother never says a word about it for months until we are out for a distant family members birthday dinner and at a table of about 8-10 people that are having a group conversation and gets real close to my wife’s ear and tells her privately along the lines of “you deprived our family of our last family vacation.” During this time my wife is frantically tapping my leg under the table because my mom can get a little aggressive. My mom saw this and later (privately to me) mocked her for doing it to my leg under the table.
Christmas blessings: Closer to Christmas maybe 2/3 weeks later we went to go see my mom and my mom had a couple drinks in her (not an alcoholic like brother and I just very sensitive to a couple glasses of wine and occasionally some hidden sips of wine or something) and invites my wife to Christmas church and out to dinner after because the family needs photos for a Christmas card and future wife “will be the photographer for it.” Now this can easily be a nothing comment but given the way my mom had been making future wife feel, it was taken as an insult. So wife declined church and showed up to family dinner just in time for photography session to be over.
The distance: Then mom moves to a fancy house up the coast and invites us up to visit. At first it is ok to bring the 4 dogs then the day before she says they will not have dogs at the house and we can easily find a sitter. 2 Dogs don’t get along, they need to be separated always as there has been two attacks on one from the other, so we can’t trust someone to come to the house and keep them separate and we won’t board 4 dogs it’s too expensive for us. Anyway we go back and forth being invited with the dogs then they retract the offer and say pick one dog to bring and leave the others and it’s just annoying, so we say forget it and don’t go. But my brother becomes engaged and decides to throw his engagement party at my mom’s new place near the beach. Great. First all the dogs are welcome, then day before they say it is too chaotic and she will pay for a small hotel room for one night for future wife and her dogs and my one (the attack dog) can stay in a crate at the house with me but I may not leave the dog to stay with her. And no reasonable cheap hotel in the area is going to accommodate 4 dogs. Anyway wife is stressed but feels obligated to come because I am the best man and I stay at the house while she checks her dogs into the hotel. Wife had made a cheesecake and brought it up in a separate car from me, 4 hour drive by the way, and night of.. my mom says no desserts for engagement party dinner, the dessert is themed or some crazy stuff. Wife shows up to dinner a little later and very flustered because of the situation plus I had relapsed on a bottle of whiskey a couple days prior to seeing my mom. Related, I don’t know. Anyway. Mom has had a couple drinks and future wife and I are talking about having children and religion comes up. Mom asks what we were thinking of doing about baptism or not and I jokingly said (guiltily to get on my moms nerves a bit) that he would have a bris and would love it if she would come to the bar mitzvah. now my wife’s mom was forced to convert from Catholicism to Judaism for her own mother in laws acceptance for a failed marriage so wife is not religious, but it hurt my wife and reasonably so when my mom replied “oh, son, I raised you better than that.” Still no acknowlegement of fault from that comment and mom thinks wife is “overly sensitive, dramatic, and childish” for wanting an apology for it.
Weddings: Future wife becomes current wife. We had gotten engaged on our next anniversary trip she planned for us. I proposed on our bike and barge through tulip season in holland with our feet in the water of the North Sea after a picnic in the dunes. her family business manufactures photo albums for professional photographers, so aside from our families all being divorced, estranged, difficult, and us trying to save money, we did not have a wedding, we just did the paperwork within a month of the proposal. I had already decided to have a baby with her before the trip so we were trying. 2 weeks before brothers wedding in Tennessee we become pregnant, so we break news immediately as to not steal limelight from brothers expensive wedding. Mom says she will cover cost of rental car so we can save money. Ok great. She books the tiny car and we pack it and head up the Smokey mountains to the cabins we are staying at. Two cabins for grooms family, one for his mother and one for his father, ten paces from each other: they havnt spoken but twice im since divorce in 1995 but through lawyers. Grandmother, mother, stepdad, 2 stepsisters and one boyfriend stayed in mom’s side. Wife and I stay at father’s side cabin with just his wife. His Wife’s 3 daughters and family’s stayed a town away down the mountain among extended family. Anyway, beautiful wedding takes place. My wife is sent into town to collect flowers and run errands for my mom which she happily obliged to since she is a solitary person and did not want wedding day drama. Day after, we are loading our rental sedan with our bags. Mom and grandma need a ride to the airport and our flight is before theirs so they will drop off the car for us 4 hours or so after we go to the airport 5 hours from current time. We’re loading the car. Stepcousin passed out in mother’s cabin night before and needed a ride. Disorganized brunch for 20 people is trying to be made. Father’s wife’s daughter books a reservation for 10 people which include her family, her sisters, me, my wife, dad, and their mom. My stepdad had left for home at this point as he had taken his own suv instead of flying with my mom and 90 year old grandma. So mom is trying to pack grandma in the car with bags and my wife and stepcousin. At this point mother asks stepmother if she and grandma are on reservation for the brunch. Stepmom says no they are not, she wasn’t sure of their plans. Mom says under her breath “fucking assholes, so typical,” and she goes into a bit of a rage to which my stepmom says here “it’s ok I will call and add you two it’s no big deal.” So we continue packing the car and realize we won’t all fit. So my wife tells my stepcousin to go ride with my father to the restaurant 10 minutes away we will meet you there. Mom says to wife, “no you go with the father.” Wife says “no I am going to ride with my husband” mom gets close to her face with her finger and says “this is my car, you can fucking Uber!” Wife is 6 weeks pregnant at this point and it all escalated from here. wife and mother start yelling at each other swearing at each other and we get into the car, mom behind wife who was in shotgun. 2 occasions on the trip I had to stop the car because mom had taken off her seatbelt to stand over the seat and scream in my wife’s face with so much vigor that spit came on to her face multiple times. I’m trying to tell them both to behave and mom sit down shut the f up. Mom is telling wife to get the f out of the car and find a ride, she has no right to speak because she’s “new here” (dating and living together for 3 years at this point). The following brunch she apologized in a crowd with a hushed voice at a table of 20 people trying to have a group conversation again privately to my wife “I’m sorry you get so upset” and my wife told her “that is not an apology.” The following several hours in the car with grandma and stepcousin and wife were some of the most uncomfortable moments of my life. At a gas station I pulled my mom aside and said I need ther to give a huge apology, that it was so nasty and inappropriate, my brother and I are used to abusive language and aggressive behavior but to my pregnant wife and any other human being it is disgusting and unacceptable. Sitting in the car was quiet for many hours until we got to the airport. No speaking about what happened just mom happy go lucky about Tennessee and Dollywood and wife and I in shock, cousin still half in the bag from a fun wedding, grandma 90 years old probably confused about what happened.
The family groupchat: Im waiting on an apology from my mother to my wife who is extremely hurt and expressed to my mom loads of time she needs to reach out and apologize. We’re not talking until she will do so. It is bugging me and keeping me up at night. My appendix flares up and I am admitted to the hospital with emergency appendectomy. Still pregnant Wife suggests I reach out to mom to let her know what’s going on. So I text mom I’m at the hospital and will have surgery. I send a pic or something that on my end says hasn’t gone through. Mom group texts our family group with stepdad, his daughters, brother and his wife, and grandma that I am in the hospital and attaches the pic I sent of me in there. Then she continues to rave about the success of her startup company and how they got FDA approved clinical trials finally completed or some pivotal moment that made the text about her. Wife and I are in a hospital so the picture comes up on moms end as unable to have been sent. Mom assumes that my wife has blocked her phone, so mom removes my wife from the chat. Wife is rushing home to take care of the dogs at this point and is not alerted on her phone, but on everyone else’s phone it clearly reads “(mom) has removed (wife) from the chat.” Immediately I text my mom and basically say how dare you do that to her she is the one who insisted I let you know out of respect and mom responds with blah blah she did this she did that I will not have it. So I go back to the family chat and remove mother. At this point I let everyone in the chat know what my mother has done and how she refuses to take responsibility for how she made my wife feel, address her feelings, apologize or do anything at all to reach out about the wedding incident or even inquire about the wellbeing of the pregnancy for her first grandchild. Stepdad finally steps in and tells me “enough.” Grandma says “shame on you.” I am dumbfounded. This is a hush hush family that hates to have anything out in the open and likes to maintain a picture perfect image. For examples; 1) I and wife were on the family Christmas card of a photo taken at the wedding that the whole world received except for wife and I. 2)brothers alcoholism was to remain hidden from the family as was his rehab treatment and how it affected his career. Now understand that they like to keep things quiet but that is not how I want to handle my problems, these things trigger alcohol use and violent outbursts on my part that I no longer wish to live through. Now appendectomy’s are pretty simple so I recovered quickly (it don’t rupture we just took it out). But during the time I was scheduled to be under anesthesia, stepdad reaches out to wife to have a chat and clear the air. Wife waits until I come to so i can be there and I hear the conversation. He claims to be here as a middleman like a business meeting to fix things once and for all. Wife and I are like wow great. He then proceeds to double down on my moms behalf that they will not be apologizing or meet any of her demands as she had already apologized as confirmed by 90yo grandma who was in the car and my mother herself. The term he used was stalemate to describe the situation. Wife and I are shocked but she has me keep quiet to show me what he will say. He proceeds to yell at her and they were screaming at each other, again steamrolling the conversation assuring us that he was down the middle yet maintains that mom has made a sufficient apology that needs to be accepted and wife needs to grow up and move on, then wishing her luck with the baby and a nice life. Next day I call stepdad to see how it went. He reassures me that he has done all he can and everything is back to normal. At this point I call him out and tell him I was conscious and explain to him what an apology is. But there is no dialogue with this guy like there is no dialogue with my mother. He proceeds to talk loudly over me like she does and basically call me a piece of shit for the amount he and mother have done for me. I speak to him first time like I never have before by calling him a hands off father and a pussy of a man who finally reaches out while he thinks I am under anesthesia to yell at my wife then pretend it’s cool, and I basically tell him he has never done a single thing for me to try and develop me into a man or nurture me as a child into an adult, but he thinks taking me on fishing trips and ski vacations are equivalent to love and nurturing growth and development just like my mom does. I reassure him that he has no right to talk about family being that he ruined his own as well as mine and couldn’t even tell my dad to his face that it was him who was sleeping with my mom behind his back when my dad came to him very upset as a friend when he got an anonymous phone tip at work one day. Then him and my mom laughed about it in court when my dad brought it up during the divorce. We ended with swearing and I felt very happy for finally giving my true feelings to him.
The birth: Months go by and nobody has said a thing. I can’t sleep at night seeing how much love I am getting from my father and his side for the baby, and my wife’s family, then thinking about how my own mother hasn’t reached out a single time. I’m dreaming about beating up my stepdad and it’s driving me mad. So weeks before the due date I reach out to my mom begging her to clear things up and apologize to my wife. Nothing. A week later i tell her how disappointed and abandoned I feel and want her in the family. Nothing. Baby comes a couple days early. Everyone is excited. Mom texts me begging for photos and to let everyone know. I tell her my brother and two stepsisters have received photos. I ask her to please reach out to wife she still needs to make amends for what’s happened between them and all she needs to do is reach out. Mom’s responses have been defensive, derisive, projecting, playing victim and referring to herself as a kicked puppy. Telling me my wife needs to apologize to her and making the conversation about mother son instead. She is beating around the bush. And she is sending me photos of my own baby that I did not send her. Her friends are congratulating me that I did not tell. Again she is pretending that everything is ok and it is not. She asked me to apologize to her husband for what I said on the phone that day. I said ok, watch this. So I sent the guy a message that was very apologetic and not passive aggressive or backhanded comments in any way. Still my mom won’t say anything.
Now: Baby is 6 days old. He is the best thing in my life and I wish my family were involved but it seems like I am living in a fantasy world where everyone can be happy together. I can be a jerk and have a terrible relationship with my mom, but I want more than anything to just feel loved enough where she can swallow her pride and make amends with my wife. Thats it. And she asked the other day to put a family group chat so everyone can be involved… for real? I know she is stressed with a high pressure job, but it seems heartless to me. She asks what big items she can get for the baby. Mom, baby is here we have everything for a couple months already. I said the biggest thing you can do is reach out and have a heart to heart with my wife so this rift can end and we can at least be cordial if you two can’t get along. I don’t think it will happen.
How do I mend this relationship between my wife and my mother?
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2024.05.15 05:26 Sweet-Count2557 92ny Summer Camps Camp Yomi 0
| 92ny Summer Camps Camp Yomi 0 Have you ever wondered what makes Camp Yomi stand out among the many summer camps in New York? Well, let me tell you, there's something truly special about the experience we offer.From the moment you step foot on our grounds, you'll be captivated by the wide range of activities and the sense of adventure that fills the air. But that's just the beginning.Stay tuned to discover the unparalleled safety measures we have in place, the idyllic location that sets us apart, and the glowing reviews from satisfied campers and parents alike.So, are you ready to embark on a journey that will leave you wanting more?Key TakeawaysCamp Yomi offers a diverse range of activities and programming, including swimming, arts and crafts, drama, and music, allowing campers to express themselves and discover their passions.The camp prioritizes safety, with fully vaccinated campers and staff, adherence to CDC guidelines, and transportation arrangements designed with safety in mind.Located in Rockland County, New York, Camp Yomi provides a refreshing summer camp experience in a serene environment, with easy access to nearby attractions such as hiking trails, parks, historical sites, and museums.Camp Yomi is part of the 92Y Camps network, which offers a safe and supportive environment for children to explore interests, build skills, and develop problem-solving and teamwork abilities through a wide variety of activities.Camp Yomi ActivitiesCamp Yomi offers campers a wide variety of activities to engage in throughout their summer camp experience. One of the highlights of the camp is the swim instruction provided to campers. With two swims per day, campers have the opportunity to improve their swimming skills and build confidence in the water. The instructional swim sessions are led by certified instructors who focus on teaching proper techniques and water safety.In addition to swim instruction, Camp Yomi also offers a diverse range of creative programming. Campers have the chance to explore their artistic side through activities such as arts and crafts, drama, and music. They can express themselves and unleash their creativity in a supportive and encouraging environment.The camp's emphasis on creative programming allows campers to try new activities and discover their passions. Whether it's painting, acting, or playing a musical instrument, campers are encouraged to take safe risks and learn through trial and error. This approach fosters a sense of freedom and exploration, allowing campers to fully immerse themselves in the activities and experience personal growth.Camp Yomi Safety MeasuresEnsuring the safety and well-being of all campers and staff is of paramount importance at Camp Yomi. We take several measures to create a secure environment for everyone involved.Firstly, all campers and staff must be fully vaccinated, following the camp Yomi vaccination requirements. This helps to minimize the risk of any potential health issues and ensures the safety of the entire camp community.In addition to vaccination requirements, Camp Yomi follows additional CDC guidelines to further enhance safety. These guidelines include practicing good hygiene, encouraging frequent handwashing, and promoting social distancing whenever possible. Our focus is on maintaining a warm and fun atmosphere while prioritizing the health and well-being of everyone.Transportation arrangements at Camp Yomi are also designed with safety in mind. Campers travel in air-conditioned Coach buses with a bathroom on board. This ensures a comfortable and secure journey to and from the camp. Our transportation system is well-maintained and regularly inspected to meet the highest safety standards.At Camp Yomi, we believe that safety is a collective responsibility. We have a dedicated team of trained professionals who oversee the implementation of safety measures and ensure that all campers and staff are protected throughout their time at camp.Camp Yomi LocationAfter prioritizing safety measures at Camp Yomi, it's important to now explore the camp's location in Rockland County. Located in beautiful Rockland County, Camp Yomi offers a break from the city environment, providing campers with a refreshing experience in the fresh air. Here are three reasons why the location of Camp Yomi is worth considering:Close proximity to New York City: Camp Yomi is conveniently located near New York City, allowing campers to enjoy the best of both worlds. They can escape the hustle and bustle of the city and immerse themselves in nature at the camp, while still being just a short distance away from the vibrant city life.Rockland County attractions: The camp's location in Rockland County offers campers the opportunity to explore and enjoy a variety of attractions. From hiking trails and parks to historical sites and museums, there's something for everyone. Campers can engage in outdoor activities, learn about the local history, and make memories that will last a lifetime.Transportation options: Camp Yomi understands the importance of convenient transportation for campers and their families. The camp provides transportation options, ensuring that campers can easily travel to and from the camp. Campers will travel in air-conditioned Coach buses with a bathroom on board, ensuring a comfortable and hassle-free journey.With its proximity to New York City, the variety of attractions in Rockland County, and convenient transportation options, Camp Yomi's location offers campers the freedom to explore, have fun, and create unforgettable summer memories.Camp Yomi ReviewsBased on the overall rating of 4.5 and positive feedback from Anna Fader, Camp Yomi has received high praise for its engaging activities and enjoyable outdoor experience. The camp Yomi staff is highly regarded for their dedication and expertise in creating a safe and fun environment for campers. The staff ensures that all campers and staff are fully vaccinated, and they follow additional CDC guidelines to maintain a secure environment. Camp Yomi takes safety seriously, providing campers with convenient transportation options in air-conditioned Coach buses equipped with a bathroom.Camp Yomi facilities are well-maintained and offer a range of amenities to enhance the camp experience. The location in beautiful Rockland County provides a break from the city environment and offers a refreshing experience in fresh air. Campers have access to a wide variety of activities, including two swims per day, sports programming, and an incredible array of creative activities. Camp Yomi encourages campers to take safe risks and learn through trial and error, fostering personal growth and development.Feedback from Anna Fader highlights her daughter's enjoyment of the camp and the opportunity to try out new activities. The camp's emphasis on maintaining a warm and fun atmosphere is appreciated by both campers and parents. Anna Fader encourages others to leave a review, emphasizing the positive experience her daughter had at Camp Yomi.92Y Camps InformationY Camps Information includes a variety of activities and day camp options for children in New York City. Here are three key things to know about Y Camps:Y Camps Benefits:Y Camps offer a safe and supportive environment for children to explore their interests and build lifelong skills.Campers get to participate in a wide variety of activities, including sports programming and an incredible array of creative activities.Y Camps encourage campers to take safe risks, learn through trial and error, and develop valuable problem-solving and teamwork skills.Y Camps Age Groups:Y Camps cater to children of different age groups, providing age-appropriate activities and experiences.The camps offer programs for children as young as preschool age, providing a fun and nurturing environment for their growth and development.Older children and teenagers can also benefit from Y Camps, as they offer programs designed to challenge and engage them, fostering personal growth and independence.Additional Information:Y Camps are part of the KidsUptown network in New York City, ensuring high-quality programming and a strong support system.Located in New York, NY, Y Camps offer convenient transportation options for campers and their families.More information about the camps and additional activities can be found on their website, and their contact number is 212-415-5573.With their diverse range of activities, age-appropriate programming, and numerous benefits, Y Camps provide an exciting and enriching summer camp experience for children in New York City.Contact and Location DetailsLocated in beautiful Rockland County, Camp Yomi offers a refreshing summer camp experience in a convenient location with transportation options available. Our camp is situated in a serene environment that provides a break from the city hustle and bustle, allowing campers to enjoy the fresh air and natural surroundings. With close proximity to New York City, Camp Yomi offers the best of both worlds - a peaceful retreat and easy access to nearby attractions.To provide you with a clear overview of our location and contact details, please refer to the table below:Contact DetailsNearby AttractionsPhone: 212-415-5573- Bear Mountain State ParkEmail: info@campyomi.org- Palisades Center MallWebsite: www.campyomi.org- Hudson River MuseumAddress: 92nd Street Y Camps, 1395 Brick Church Road, Rockland County, NY- Rockland Lake State ParkFor any inquiries or to schedule a visit, you can reach us at the provided phone number or email address. Our friendly staff will be more than happy to assist you.In addition to the enriching camp experience, Camp Yomi is surrounded by various nearby attractions that campers can explore during their time here. From the picturesque Bear Mountain State Park to the Palisades Center Mall for some retail therapy, there is something for everyone. The Hudson River Museum and Rockland Lake State Park are also popular destinations for campers to enjoy educational and outdoor activities.At Camp Yomi, we understand the importance of providing a convenient and accessible location for families. With transportation options available, we strive to make the camp experience as hassle-free as possible. Join us at Camp Yomi for an unforgettable summer filled with adventure, fun, and lifelong memories.Frequently Asked QuestionsWhat Is the Average Camper-To-Staff Ratio at Camp Yomi?The average camper-to-staff ratio at Camp Yomi is low, which has many benefits. With more staff members available, each camper receives more individual attention and supervision. This allows for a safer and more personalized experience.Campers can fully engage in activities and receive guidance when needed. The low ratio also promotes a sense of community and fosters strong relationships between campers and staff.Are There Any Additional Fees for the Sports Programming at Camp Yomi?There are no additional fees for the sports programming at Camp Yomi. Campers can enjoy a wide variety of activities, including sports, without any extra cost.Our camp emphasizes providing a fun and inclusive experience for all campers, and that includes offering a range of activities without any hidden fees.Can Parents Visit and Observe the Camp Activities at Camp Yomi?Yes, parents can visit and observe the camp activities at Camp Yomi. We believe that parent involvement is crucial in creating a positive camp experience for the campers.By observing the activities, parents can witness their child's growth, development, and enjoyment firsthand. It also allows parents to see the safe and secure environment we provide at Camp Yomi.We encourage parents to come and be a part of their child's camp journey.Is Transportation Provided to and From Camp Yomi?Transportation is provided to and from Camp Yomi. We've various transportation options available to ensure a smooth and convenient experience for campers. Our transportation logistics are well-organized, with campers traveling in air-conditioned Coach buses that have a bathroom on board.We prioritize the safety and comfort of our campers during transportation. Whether you're coming from New York City or the surrounding areas, we've convenient transportation options to make getting to camp a breeze.Are There Any Age Restrictions for Campers at Camp Yomi?There are no age restrictions for campers at Camp Yomi. All children are eligible to attend the camp and participate in the wide variety of activities offered.Camp Yomi provides a safe environment for campers to explore, learn, and have fun. With two swims per day, sports programming, and an incredible array of creative activities, campers of all ages can enjoy their time at Camp Yomi.ConclusionIn conclusion, Camp Yomi offers an exceptional summer experience for campers with a wide range of activities and a focus on safety. Located in beautiful Rockland County, it provides a serene natural setting while being conveniently close to New York City.With positive reviews from campers like Anna Fader, it's clear that Camp Yomi delivers a memorable and enjoyable summer camp experience.Join us at Camp Yomi and create lasting memories this summer! submitted by Sweet-Count2557 to worldkidstravel [link] [comments] |
2024.05.15 05:07 Top-Eye377 To anyone struggling with mental health pt.1
ok ok ok ik this is gonna be a basic white kid story but I hope it helps some of ya’ll
so me m15 turning 16 in one week struggles with very severe anxiety, my dad was imprisoned and on parole since I was 2, I’ve lived with a single mother all my life, and have multiple mental disorders. These include adhd severe anxiety mild depression PTSD and undiagnosed (getting evaluated soon) autism and bipolar. I am currently a tenth grader and have grown up in church all my life. I got saved when I was five and always believed in God but mever truly trusted in him. well over time bc of the PTSD of my dad and mom one aspect of it is bc of my parents divorce and my loneliness I’ve struggled very badly with severe crushes that I can’t control bc I feel desperate to be in a relationship and have somebody to love who I won’t be afraid to leave me and romance is very serious to me It’s not just for fun to me I date to one day marry if I can bc i dont plan on it anytime soon at all but ik very well that any girl i date could end up being my wife and if she does I want it to be a good healthy relationship bc it isn’t likely but idk the future so who am I to tell. anyways, I had a bery bad experience with a girl who led me on and I fell deep in live with her a year ago but eventually she broke my heart. we are still friends and we have both matured and learned from that and i like her again as of now and am still struggling with accepting being single but shes a much better person than she was and was still very young then (1 year younger yhan me whoch is a lotta maturity at my age depending on the person) but after realizing I was living a lie the whole time feeling ok bc of all that thinking id finally have a girl (I’d broke. up with a girl after only two weeks due to circumstances neither of us wanted but still that already left a scar) and so I broke down into tears but soon went on a NYC trip on a plane for the first time. but secondly me and my dad have a very spontaneous relationship to say the least. He loves me more than anything ik that but we are both very stubborn and very firm in our very different beliefs and opinions. I wont get into all of that bc im not getting political or say anything that might be taken the wrong way or offensive but we argue a lot and he is a very manipulative person like me neither of us realize it half the time but we are both working on it but with him being my dad he automatically has more authority to overpower me and make me feel trapped. Along with that my parents fight A LOT well did over me and visitation and stuff so much that since I was in kindergarten I felt like they were providing for me but I was THEIR parents wich put so much pressure on me. so with all that combined all my life suppressing not even feeling it eventually it built up and after an amazing LIFE CHANGING trip to nyc last year after all thats happened and my mental instability, came one last thing. Makeup work
I thought It’d be fine but I kept procrastinating and it always built up and built up and built up and I didnt do it and that was the last straw when I started getting minor panic attacks. At first it wasnt bad and this was near the beginning of trhe year but next year it got BAD.
I had panic attacks just getting in the car to go to school. I was just lonely stressed depressed and felt trapped and it felt terrifying.
eventually our school counselor and my regular counselor helped find a place called a PHP program. only problem with that program is that it felt very awkward to me.
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2024.05.15 04:37 St_Augustine_Discord Live Music and Events Wednesday May 15th
Live Music
- Jim Lamb, Mill Top Tavern, 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm
- Bret Blackshear, Pierre's Pub, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
- Smokin' Joe Schauer, Tradewinds Lounge, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
- Reggie Starrett, Mill Top Tavern, 4:30 pm – 8:30 pm
- Dewey Via, The Press, 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
- David Watt Besley, Hurricane Grill & Wings, 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
- Gary Douglas Campbell, O.C. White's Seafood, 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm
- Craig Smith, Old Coast Ales, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Chillula, Pierre's Pub, 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Wednesday Pier Farmers Market
- The Wednesday Pier Farmers Market at the St. Johns County Pier offers fresh fruit, vegetables, bread, and local arts and crafts every week**.** With a number of different vendors, visitors can find a variety of unique, quality goods. Each item is handcrafted by these dedicated artists, and the food is locally grown and handpicked.
- This beachside farmers market makes for a great outing on Wednesday morning. Visitors can browse the huge selection of locally produced goods and then afterward take a stroll along scenic St. Augustine Beach. Farmers Markets help the local economy by allowing local merchants to sustain their business and also offer fresh, local foods to the community.
- Admission: FREE
- When: 8:00 am - 12:00 pm every Wednesday
- Where: St. Johns County Pier Park is located at the St. Johns County Ocean Pier at 350 A1A Beach Blvd in St. Augustine Beach.
Chamber Music Series: 9B Woodwind Quartet
- The Chamber Music Series of the Romanza Festivale presents the 9B Woodwind Quartet on Wednesday, May 15, 2024, at noon.
- All four members have performed in several ensembles, many have taught music in the area, and all seek to preserve and promote woodwind chamber music. Founded by Jeff Ackerman, the 9B Woodwind Quartet offers music from multiple genres and across all eras, from early music to modern pop arrangements and stage numbers.
- Jeff Ackerman plays oboe for the quartet. He is the Fine Arts Department Chair and the band, guitar, and piano instructor for Westside High School in Jacksonville. Lee Sellers had a long career working with student bands in Texas and Florida, most recently in St. Johns County. Lee plays flute in the 9B Quartet and has performed as flutist and piccolist with several ensembles, including the Florida Flute Orchestra, the Trade Winds Quintet, Hollingsworth Winds, and the First Coast Flute Choir in Jacksonville. Multi-instrumentalist Robbie Zukauskas plays bassoon in the quartet and plays in several area ensembles and has performed with several military bands. Lynn Jason plays clarinet with the ensemble and has a music degree and a master's degree in library science. She also plays with several ensembles in Northeast Florida.
- Admission: Free.
- When: Wednesday, May 15, 2024, from noon to 1:00 p.m.
- Where: Memorial Presbyterian Church, 32 Sevilla Street, St. Augustine, Florida 32084
- This event is part of the Romanza Festivale of Music and the Arts, an annual festival of two weeks of historical, cultural, and creative events celebrating all things St. Augustine. From May 3 -19, the nation's oldest city will be jam-packed with music and dance concerts, living history events and historical tours, live theater, and art exhibits.
West King Wednesdays
- Every third Wednesday of the month, from February through December, small businesses in West Augustine showcase their community, products, and culture. Each West King Wednesday event can include up to six pop-up markets, operating from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m., along West King from US-1 to Rodriguez Street. The event also includes live music, local artists, and special eats.
- Participating businesses include Stay True Tattoo, Serenity Yoga, Muggsy's, Bog Brewery, Tacos My Blessing, Buena Onda Café, Local Refillery, Epik Beauty, Sailbird Distillery, Murf's Homestyle TOGO, Sweet City Cupcakes, Mystic Concoctions, Broudy's Liquor, Wet Tees T-shirt Printing, Solar Stik, Paper Root, Komorebi Bonsai Garden, Maracuya by Llama Restaurant, The West Egg, and A Coastal Home by Vintage Chic.
- Parking is available in a shared lot at Sweet City/Murf's as well as the public lot at Bog Brewery. There is also a grass lot across from Serenity Yoga.
- Admission: Free
- When: 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. on the third Wednesday of the month, from February through December.
- Where: West King District is located on West King Street between U.S. 1 and Rodriguez Street.
- The cover photo represents four of the participating local businesses: Bog Brewery, Tacos My Blessing, Sweet City Cupcakes, and Local Refillery.
Improv Night at Colonial Oak Music Park
- Trained comedy professionals dive headfirst into any challenge the audience throws at them in this unscripted, interactive comedy experience held each Wednesday at Colonial Oak Music Park in Historic Downtown.
- Suitable for the whole family, the show is always clean and never mean. Staged by First Coast Comedy, Improv Night features comedians trained by actor and comedian, Alex Grindeland, and veteran improv comedian, David Bogan.
- Admission: There is no set price, and ticket donations of $10.00 to $25.00 are appreciated. Tickets can be purchased in advance, or on the day of the show, for this general admission seating event.
- When: 7:30 to 9:00 p.m. Wednesdays through 2024
- Where: The Colonial Oak Music Park is located at 21 St. George St. in Historic Downtown.
Isabelle Scott, Harpist
- The Romanza Festivale presents harpist, Isabelle Scott, with a women's ensemble conducted by Ms. Kerry Fradley, at the Waterworks, on Wednesday, May 15, 2024, from 7:30 to 9:00 p.m.
- Isabelle Scott, from Northeast Florida, has performed as a harpist through high school and college. She recently earned her master's degree in harp performance from Florida State University. Ms. Scott has performed with the Jacksonville Symphony's Youth Orchestra, the Jacksonville University Orchestra, and as a substitute harpist with the Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra and Coastal Symphony of Georgia.
- The evening's program will feature several works for solo harp and Brahms's Four Part Songs, written for harp, two horns, and women's voices. For the Brahms piece, Ms Scott will be joined by the Women's Ensemble, conducted by Kerry Fradley.
- Admission: Free.
- When: Wednesday, May 15, at 7:30 p.m.
- Where: The St. Augustine Waterworks is located at 184 San Marco Avenue in uptown St. Augustine, Florida 32084.
- Getting There: While the address is 184 San Marco Avenue, the only driveway on San Marco is Exit Only. Access to the Waterworks is through the St. Augustine Main Library parking lot. (Use 1960 North Ponce de Leon in your GPS.)
- This event is part of the Romanza Festivale of Music and the Arts, an annual festival of two weeks of historical, cultural, and creative events celebrating all things St. Augustine. From May 3 -19, the nation's oldest city will be jam-packed with music and dance concerts, living history events and historical tours, live theater, and art exhibits.
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2024.05.15 04:37 St_Augustine_Discord Live Music and Events Wednesday May 15th
Live Music
- Jim Lamb, Mill Top Tavern, 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm
- Bret Blackshear, Pierre's Pub, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
- Smokin' Joe Schauer, Tradewinds Lounge, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
- Reggie Starrett, Mill Top Tavern, 4:30 pm – 8:30 pm
- Dewey Via, The Press, 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
- David Watt Besley, Hurricane Grill & Wings, 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
- Gary Douglas Campbell, O.C. White's Seafood, 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm
- Craig Smith, Old Coast Ales, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Chillula, Pierre's Pub, 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Wednesday Pier Farmers Market
- The Wednesday Pier Farmers Market at the St. Johns County Pier offers fresh fruit, vegetables, bread, and local arts and crafts every week**.** With a number of different vendors, visitors can find a variety of unique, quality goods. Each item is handcrafted by these dedicated artists, and the food is locally grown and handpicked.
- This beachside farmers market makes for a great outing on Wednesday morning. Visitors can browse the huge selection of locally produced goods and then afterward take a stroll along scenic St. Augustine Beach. Farmers Markets help the local economy by allowing local merchants to sustain their business and also offer fresh, local foods to the community.
- Admission: FREE
- When: 8:00 am - 12:00 pm every Wednesday
- Where: St. Johns County Pier Park is located at the St. Johns County Ocean Pier at 350 A1A Beach Blvd in St. Augustine Beach.
Chamber Music Series: 9B Woodwind Quartet
- The Chamber Music Series of the Romanza Festivale presents the 9B Woodwind Quartet on Wednesday, May 15, 2024, at noon.
- All four members have performed in several ensembles, many have taught music in the area, and all seek to preserve and promote woodwind chamber music. Founded by Jeff Ackerman, the 9B Woodwind Quartet offers music from multiple genres and across all eras, from early music to modern pop arrangements and stage numbers.
- Jeff Ackerman plays oboe for the quartet. He is the Fine Arts Department Chair and the band, guitar, and piano instructor for Westside High School in Jacksonville. Lee Sellers had a long career working with student bands in Texas and Florida, most recently in St. Johns County. Lee plays flute in the 9B Quartet and has performed as flutist and piccolist with several ensembles, including the Florida Flute Orchestra, the Trade Winds Quintet, Hollingsworth Winds, and the First Coast Flute Choir in Jacksonville. Multi-instrumentalist Robbie Zukauskas plays bassoon in the quartet and plays in several area ensembles and has performed with several military bands. Lynn Jason plays clarinet with the ensemble and has a music degree and a master's degree in library science. She also plays with several ensembles in Northeast Florida.
- Admission: Free.
- When: Wednesday, May 15, 2024, from noon to 1:00 p.m.
- Where: Memorial Presbyterian Church, 32 Sevilla Street, St. Augustine, Florida 32084
- This event is part of the Romanza Festivale of Music and the Arts, an annual festival of two weeks of historical, cultural, and creative events celebrating all things St. Augustine. From May 3 -19, the nation's oldest city will be jam-packed with music and dance concerts, living history events and historical tours, live theater, and art exhibits.
West King Wednesdays
- Every third Wednesday of the month, from February through December, small businesses in West Augustine showcase their community, products, and culture. Each West King Wednesday event can include up to six pop-up markets, operating from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m., along West King from US-1 to Rodriguez Street. The event also includes live music, local artists, and special eats.
- Participating businesses include Stay True Tattoo, Serenity Yoga, Muggsy's, Bog Brewery, Tacos My Blessing, Buena Onda Café, Local Refillery, Epik Beauty, Sailbird Distillery, Murf's Homestyle TOGO, Sweet City Cupcakes, Mystic Concoctions, Broudy's Liquor, Wet Tees T-shirt Printing, Solar Stik, Paper Root, Komorebi Bonsai Garden, Maracuya by Llama Restaurant, The West Egg, and A Coastal Home by Vintage Chic.
- Parking is available in a shared lot at Sweet City/Murf's as well as the public lot at Bog Brewery. There is also a grass lot across from Serenity Yoga.
- Admission: Free
- When: 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. on the third Wednesday of the month, from February through December.
- Where: West King District is located on West King Street between U.S. 1 and Rodriguez Street.
- The cover photo represents four of the participating local businesses: Bog Brewery, Tacos My Blessing, Sweet City Cupcakes, and Local Refillery.
Improv Night at Colonial Oak Music Park
- Trained comedy professionals dive headfirst into any challenge the audience throws at them in this unscripted, interactive comedy experience held each Wednesday at Colonial Oak Music Park in Historic Downtown.
- Suitable for the whole family, the show is always clean and never mean. Staged by First Coast Comedy, Improv Night features comedians trained by actor and comedian, Alex Grindeland, and veteran improv comedian, David Bogan.
- Admission: There is no set price, and ticket donations of $10.00 to $25.00 are appreciated. Tickets can be purchased in advance, or on the day of the show, for this general admission seating event.
- When: 7:30 to 9:00 p.m. Wednesdays through 2024
- Where: The Colonial Oak Music Park is located at 21 St. George St. in Historic Downtown.
Isabelle Scott, Harpist
- The Romanza Festivale presents harpist, Isabelle Scott, with a women's ensemble conducted by Ms. Kerry Fradley, at the Waterworks, on Wednesday, May 15, 2024, from 7:30 to 9:00 p.m.
- Isabelle Scott, from Northeast Florida, has performed as a harpist through high school and college. She recently earned her master's degree in harp performance from Florida State University. Ms. Scott has performed with the Jacksonville Symphony's Youth Orchestra, the Jacksonville University Orchestra, and as a substitute harpist with the Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra and Coastal Symphony of Georgia.
- The evening's program will feature several works for solo harp and Brahms's Four Part Songs, written for harp, two horns, and women's voices. For the Brahms piece, Ms Scott will be joined by the Women's Ensemble, conducted by Kerry Fradley.
- Admission: Free.
- When: Wednesday, May 15, at 7:30 p.m.
- Where: The St. Augustine Waterworks is located at 184 San Marco Avenue in uptown St. Augustine, Florida 32084.
- Getting There: While the address is 184 San Marco Avenue, the only driveway on San Marco is Exit Only. Access to the Waterworks is through the St. Augustine Main Library parking lot. (Use 1960 North Ponce de Leon in your GPS.)
- This event is part of the Romanza Festivale of Music and the Arts, an annual festival of two weeks of historical, cultural, and creative events celebrating all things St. Augustine. From May 3 -19, the nation's oldest city will be jam-packed with music and dance concerts, living history events and historical tours, live theater, and art exhibits.
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2024.05.15 03:04 Annual-Demand-7434 Memorial unveiled for 10 people killed in Buffalo Tops two years ago
| BUFFALO, N.Y. — Hundreds gathered on Tuesday to pay tribute at a newly dedicated memorial for the victims of the devastating Buffalo Tops grocery store shooting, marking two years since the tragic day. At the heart of the ceremony, attended by residents and dignitaries alike, was the unveiling of the “5/14 Honor Space.” This poignant tribute features a sculpture titled “Unity,” surrounded by ten granite bollards, each engraved with the names of the people whose lives were senselessly cut short. Buffalo’s mayor led attendees in a solemn remembrance, reading out the names of the ten victims followed by a moment of silence held at 2:28 p.m., the exact time the shooting started two years ago. This memorial aims to be a haven for solace and reflection, helping the community to forge a path toward healing. On May 14, 2022, 18-year-old Payton Gendron targeted the predominantly Black neighborhood, killing 10 and wounding three others in a racially motivated attack. Eight supermarket customers, the store security guard, and a church deacon who drove shoppers to and from the store were killed. The victims ranged in age from 32 to 86. News10NBC’s Brett Davidsen spoke with people profoundly impacted by the tragedy. Mark Talley, son of victim Geraldine Talley, expressed his enduring grief: “I’m sad. Unfortunately, because one racist, domestic terrorist hated Black people, my mother is now a pillar instead of a living being.” Delores Jackson, who was shopping at the Tops store during the attack, shared her ongoing struggle with the traumatic memories. “I took the time to come today and I brought flowers to pass out to individuals that I would engage today, and I’m hoping that today will bring me a first step to beginning to heal,” she said. While physically unharmed, Jackson recounted the harrowing moment she hid in a freezer to escape the gunfire. Like many others, she continues to confront the mental and emotional toll of that day. As the community reflects on this solemn anniversary and assembles around the new memorial, it is a stark reminder of the journey of recovery that lies ahead for many. Memorial for Buffalo Tops mass shooting Gendron, whose hate was fueled by racist conspiracy theories he encountered online, was sentenced to life in prison without parole on state charges. He pleaded guilty in November of 2022 and was sentenced in February of 2023. Last January, federal prosecutors said they will seek the death penalty against Gendron. While New York State doesn’t have the death penalty, the Justice Department has the option of seeking it in a separate federal hate crimes case. A.I. assisted with the formatting of this story. Click here to see how WHEC News 10 uses A.I. submitted by Annual-Demand-7434 to Rochester [link] [comments] |
2024.05.15 01:18 chikfilella Old pastor wants to talk: "no thanks" or ghost?
Presbyterian (PCA), became a member when I was a young teenager. Been happily out of that sphere for years now. (It's because I realized I was gay.) Yet the church I went to still has my number, and the pastor texts me every few years. Reminds me I "am" a member, all that. This one was weird because it was not a "checking in" message. This one was "WE are concerned about you", "WE want to care for you as a member of [redacted]", "can we meet or talk?"
I've never replied. This time I'm tempted to be polite and say a simple "no thank you!", you know, feel like the bigger person. Or maybe that's the doormat programming. Either way, my immediate family still goes to that church. I'm afraid that saying anything could lead to them getting involved. That's a boundary they know not to cross, but.... But then, what if I don't say anything, and he takes it as a rejection and talks to my family, or shows up at my house....? I can understand the fear of "losing someone from the fold", since I was there myself as a kid. I have become the type of person that they would write a sermon about, and the kid I used to be would internalize that sermon and lose herself even more. I don't want to be the devil. That's the spiral in my head.
I feel my best when I'm not trying to empathize with people who believe things that harm me. So, I think I know the answer all along - block and move on. Just wanted to vent, and hear if anyone has advice or similar experiences. I wish there was a statute of limitations on memberships: lose my number, already!
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2024.05.15 01:17 Posit1veHour Exorcisms in Medjugorje
A few years ago I went to Medjugorje for the first time and absolutely loved it there! While I was there on pilgrimage I had the opportunity to climb Krizevac (Cross Mountain) as well as go to daily mass and adoration. On top of witnessing the Miracle of the Sun during mass one day, I also got to witness two exorcisms.
When I went, it was for either the 40th or 41st anniversary I forget which one, so there was a big procession one day of Our Lady of Medjugorje around the outdoor church. I distinctly remember one lady wearing a full cheetah print outfit and dark sunglasses falling to the ground and wailing as soon as the statue of Our Lady passed her. As the statue moved further down the line there was another person who wailed and fell to the ground but I wasn't able to get a good view of them.
Also! I forget which night it was, but one of the nights at adoration, there was an older man sitting a few rows behind my parents and I who just wouldn't stop coughing, at least that's what I thought it was. Later after adoration ended one of the priests who was on the pilgrimage with us asked us if we had heard the man making grunting sounds, and then he told us that those were the demons inside the man being forced to come out at the presence of Jesus.
And yeah that's pretty much it.
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2024.05.15 01:12 FadelessRipley Chelsea
So generic spoilers for 2024 and a Digital Spy interview with Clenshaw said Chelsea would have something coming up storyline wise this year. Anyone got any guesses? Personally I'm struggling to see how it would even fit in, now that we're going to start barrelling towards Christmas and the Anniversary with so much already going on.
Originally when Denise was losing it, I thought she'd be brought into the Six but that didn't pan out. I mean she still might be, but with so many already involved and likely to become involved (Eve), it's hardly a big storyline for her.
Some people theorised her getting attacked by Pastor Clayton, but now that Yolande has gone to the church authorities I'm not so sure. I think the family including Denise and Chelsea will find out as it progresses. Plus, Chelsea doesn't fit his MO of grooming older women.
I'm not really sure what else. One possible thought I had was that if Nish puts the Six in the firing line and either convinces or blackmails Ravi on side, she could be brought in to try and help. Cosy up to Ravioli again, get a confession for Ranveer or Nish being out to destroy Suki or something.
Other than that, I'm kinda stuck. Chelsea hasn't done anything really this year other than give Stacey an epic backhander that should go down in the throwing slaps hall of fame. I'm all for her getting a meaty storyline though, I love her. I loved old Chelsea but I think Zaarah is the definitive Chelsea for me. She's got good acting chops and deserves a chance to really dig in.
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2024.05.15 00:14 TearsOfLA 15 is a great ending point
I've been rewatching and achieving the series before the site goes down tomorrow, and I've for a long time been "13 is the best ending", but watching through 15, it is a really good ending point. It provides closure not only on chorus, but their actions with freelancer and the lives it ruined, it brought the consequences out of the canyon and showed how it impacted the galaxy at large.
It also showed an alternate path the story could have gone down. The Blues and Reds are what would have happened if the crew chose violence and vengeance, holding on to grudges, and taking the fight beyond freelancer. It puts into perspective that our crew may be stupid, but they are actually good people who made a positive impact on the world around them.
It also provided character closure without invalidating the end of 13. We don't see the fight, and we don't know how it went, all we get is Tucker saying "it was badass, then it was over, and he was gone." We get to see the process of grief that even though they won, they lost their friend, and while they are still sad, they can keep going. The finale with church is touching too; the sentiment behind "don't say goodbye" is nice, but there comes a time when something truly is gone, and it's ok to say goodbye. Epsilon learned it in the memory unit, caboose learned it here, and they don't disservice church's sacrifice by bringing him back.
We even get closure on some beloved side characters. Sister reunites with grif, the chorus group is doing well for themselves, doc airs his incredibly justified grievances, we learn the existence and fate of a number of freelancers, as well as more of their interpersonal dynamics that we missed in 9/10, and locus shows that he really is trying desperately to be better, even when it is hard. We got the Multiplayer character from bgc back, and they were just as funny as they were originally, with an awesome callback to "the beast". Vic is there too, and our favourite insane computer program has some of the beat joke lines since bgc. The only one that we really missed out on was Junior, which would have been great with the whole "Tucker has child support" joke.
It's not a perfect season by any means but what season doesnt have any flaws at all? The process server fell a little flat, it was a good joke, but the buildup was way too much for so little payoff. Carolina and Wash being way too trusting of the Blues and Reds is a little out of character, and the Blues and Reds even allowing Andrew's to be around was kinda dumb (but in character because they are still idiot sim trooper in the end). Donut getting zapped at the end as the setup for the next 2 seasons can be ignored as it isn't left as a cliffhanger to draw you into them, it's just a thing that happens.
The season overall left the story in a good place. There will always be a crowd, I used to be included, that says showing anything afterward devalues the meaning of 13, but living past trauma and sacrifice is why the sacrifice happened at all, and dealing with grief in the aftermath of tragedy is a part of life, and leads to great storytelling opportunities in media, and this was no different. I didn't finish 15 clamoring for more, I didn't feel dissatisfied with the characters or their arcs, I didn't feel like there was something missing. It wrapped it up neatly, and the only part that really gets left behind by finishing here is Washs trauma, which I liked in later seasons, but can be fanon "American Graffiti ending"-ed to flush it out.
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2024.05.15 00:11 ar_david_hh Second Iran bridge \\ Army command exercises \\ Pro-West parties unite \\ Pashinyan: I will have one EU with some fries and ketchup, please \\ Day 6 of Ninth Crusade: Archbishop vs. Deputy Rector \\ Bentley tax? \\ Yerevan's €25M project \\ Global warming & Sevan \\ Wage stats \\ Gago's Jesus
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. average monthly nominal salaries and YoY change in Q1 2024
Yerevan +8% to ֏324K/$836
Syunik +7% to ֏295K/$760
Shirak +7% to ֏142K/$366
Yerevan had the highest wages. Syunik had the highest wages among provinces, while Shirak had the lowest.
REPORT: While the average nominal monthly salary does not always show the level of economic prosperity in a region, its rise has made a tangible difference in Syunik.
SUREN PARSYAN (economist): Syunik has higher wages and strong employment. It is the most prosperous province with the lowest
unemployment poverty rate in Armenia: 24% in Armenia, 15% in Yerevan, and 2% in Syunik.
REPORT: Over the last 5 years, the average monthly nominal salaries have risen by 40% while the inflation was 21%.
source, Armenian army launches command staff exercises
They will exercise the practical implementation of deployment and combat plans, evaluate the commanders' skills, improve the synchronized work between various groups, develop the officers' moral characteristics and practical skills during preparation and combat operations, etc.
They will use automated control systems and modern technologies during the exercises.
source, Armenia and India will form a new working group for defense cooperation
Defense ministries of AM and IN held a meeting on Tuesday. They discussed the 2024-2025 cooperation plan and the creation of a new working group to coordinate the cooperation.
source, from PM Pashinyan's speech at Copenhagen Democracy Summit:
PASHINYAN: Democracy has indeed become a reality in Armenia. Before the 2018 Velvet Revolution, massive electoral frauds were the usual companion of elections in Armenia. There was no trust among the citizens that there was a real chance for them to elect the government.
Now the situation is totally different; citizens know that they are powerful enough to decide. The two general elections that were held in Armenia after the Velvet Revolution have been acknowledged as democratic, free, and competitive both by the Armenian society and the international community.
Armenia made huge progress in strengthening the democratic institutions, an achievement reflected in reputable democracy indexes:
(a) Now we are the 43rd in the Reporters Without Borders’ Freedom of Speech index, compared to 79th place in 2017.
(b) Categorized as having partially free internet in 2017 by Freedom House, now we enjoy the status of a country with free internet.
(c) In Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index, Armenia is now 62nd instead of 107th in 2017.
(d) In the Economist Intelligence Unit’s democracy index we are 84th compared to 111th in 2017.
In order to assess this progress, it's essential to note that alongside democratic reforms, Armenia has been contending with external security challenges: the 44-day war in Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan's invasion of Armenia in 2021 and 2022 and the occupation of over 200 km
2 amid inaction by [Russia's] CSTO, the forced displacement of over 100,000 Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh, have cast doubts among Armenian citizens weather democracy is the right choice. So, democracy needs to prove its efficiency while dealing with security, economic and humanitarian challenges.
We are pleased with the deployment of EU monitoring mission alongside the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, and we welcome EU’s decision to expand its capacity. On the other hand, we hope for the inclusion of Armenia into the European Peace Facility and in this regard, we rely on the support of all EU member states [Hungary].
A new set of commitments aimed at strengthening Armenia’s economic resilience, state institutions, and addressing the humanitarian needs of refugees has been taken on by the European Union and United States during the high-level meeting on April 5 in Brussels. The rapid and effective implementation of those commitments is of utmost importance.
Despite all the challenges, we believe that the real and most aspiring companion for democracy is lasting and sustainable peace. My government took the share of its responsibility for this. Recently we reached an agreement with Azerbaijan to launch the delimitation of our interstate borders on the basis of the Almaty Declaration of 1991. That means that during the delimitation we should simply reproduce the Soviet-era administrative borders. This is the implementation of the agreement reached in Prague in 2022. Now it is time to incorporate and reflect those agreements in the peace treaty and have it signed.
Another key point for our regional stability is the «Crossroads of Peace», project, initiated by my government. This project implies that Armenia and Azerbaijan restore and open transport and other communications in accordance with the sovereignty and jurisdiction of the countries through which they pass, and comply with the principles of equality and reciprocity. These elements of the concept were agreed upon during the July 2023 meeting with Ilham Aliyev and Charles Michel. //
... Politico reporter's Q&A with Pashinyan
REPORTER: [Ex-NATO leader] Anders Fogh Rasmussen called your neighbor an autocracy. You are in a very difficult geopolitical and geographical position. How do you solve the security problem in that environment?
PASHINYAN: I would not like to comment on the internal situation of our neighboring countries. Democracy fully corresponds to the mentality of our people. It is a strategy for our government, it is our political belief, it is also our political identity. The members of our political team have spent most of their lives fighting for democracy, the rule of law, and freedom of speech. Now we have the opportunity to realize all these values in our country.
The security situation was complicated because of the regional and global situation; the world order is collapsing at the moment. My assessment is, and I have had occasion to say this publicly, that the 2020 war was a prelude to further developments. And now the main issue is security.
What is our strategic point of view, how are we going to guarantee the security of our country? Recently, I gave a speech in our parliament, where I said that the most important tool for ensuring security is a foreign policy based on legitimacy. This is the reason why we so often speak about the 1991 Almaty Declaration.
It is very important that during the 2022 Prague meeting, two very important agreements were reached. Armenia and Azerbaijan recognize each other's territorial integrity and sovereignty on the basis of the Almaty Declaration and will use it as the basis for the border demarcation. This is the reason why I said that we are not drawing a new border, we just need to reproduce the existing one on the ground. This process is happening right now, and I hope that we will continue it steadfastly.
REPORTER: The border conflict that has occurred in recent years has had a negative impact on relations with Russia and Russia's role for Armenia. What would you say about this?
PASHINYAN: Armenia is a member of CSTO. We are officially a CSTO member, but I have announced that we have frozen our participation.
REPORTER: So are you still a member or...?
PASHINYAN: It is a matter for further discussion, but it is very important to record the current situation. A crisis arose in our relations after Azerbaijani troops invaded Armenia, and according to CSTO procedures, the Organization and its member states had to support Armenia in this situation. But even after the formal application, the CSTO refused to take any concrete steps, and in fact, that is the main reason for freezing our participation in the CSTO at all levels.
REPORTER: Do you expect the West to occupy the current vacuum and ensure your security?
PASHINYAN: We are diversifying our foreign relations in all spheres. Now we are developing defense cooperation with India, France, and other countries. We have a certain cooperation with the European Union because as I mentioned, we are happy about the deployment of the EU Civilian Observation Mission on the border. It is a civilian mission but in a way, it is a new factor for the security of our region. This is the first time that the European Union participates in the security agenda of Armenia.
REPORTER: Would you like to become an EU member?
PASHINYAN: We are waiting for the EU's decision to include Armenia in the European Peace Facility. We also hope to start visa liberalization negotiations, and last year I announced in the European Parliament that Armenia is ready to be as close to the European Union as the European Union deems it possible. This is our position.
REPORTER: Can you elaborate on what initiatives Armenia is taking in the fight against corruption?
PASHINYAN: We have made huge progress but have not eradicated corruption from Armenia. We must continue to be persistent in the agenda of democratic reforms. This is the reason why cooperation with the European Union is of utmost importance for us because today the European Union is our main partner in the implementation of our democratic reform agenda. We hope that the European Union, as well as the USA, will increase their support to Armenia in the implementation of democratic reforms, because, as I said, democracy is a strategy for us.
By the way, in 2019 we started a Strategic Dialogue with the USA, and today we see the strengthening of our cooperation with the European Union. We recently had a tripartite meeting with the participation of the USA, EU, and Armenia. It was an unprecedented format, where we adopted a huge agenda of institutional and economic reforms. It is also very important that we receive more tangible support from the EU and the US to address the humanitarian needs of the Nagorno Karabakh refugees because it is a very sensitive and emotional issue for us.
REPORTER: In which year would you like Armenia to become a member of the EU?
PASHINYAN: This year [as soon as possible]. //
Pashinyan met Anders Fogh Rasmussen. The latter emphasized the importance of the “Crossroads of Peace” project in the context of unblocking the regional infrastructure.
Pashinyan discussed various topics with the PM of Denmark. The latter accepted his invitation to visit Armenia.
full video, source, video, other, other, source, video, former regime continues to hold protests and briefly shut down roads in Yerevan with demands for PM Pashinyan's resignation
ԳԼՈՒԽ 1 Dozens of participants were detained and released the same day for blocking roads. The detentions decreased from 170 on Monday to ~63 on Tuesday. They want Pashinyan to resign or to be impeached. The protest organizers visited universities to gather student supporters, some of whom joined them with a dance. The organizers also stopped by at a bakery where they were given free food.
A felony investigation was launched after a police vehicle, "with the sirens on", struck a reporter on the street. In another instance, an investigation was launched against a protester who brought a long sword. One other case was launched over alleged
threats made on Facebook by a Galstanyan fan who wants scores of people to be beaten in dalans and exiled from Armenia, "մենակ էտ դեպքում էս սրբազան հողը կմաքրվի էս տեսակ շան ծնունդներից, ուրիշ ձև չկա!!!!"
ԳԼՈՒԽ 2 A ruling faction member of Yerevan City Council complained about "harassment" by opposition figures who are attempting to convince ruling party members to join the protests and the impeachment.
RULING MEMBER: That is not how it works. No one will join you with that conduct. People will join if they see you have a legitimate agenda with trustworthy leaders. Instead, you are "ethnically cleansing" the citizens of Armenia [referring to one opposition speaker telling non-Armenians to leave] և հեռու չէ են օրը երբ դուք գուցե ասեք որ հայ լինելու համար պետք է Հայկ նահապետից տեղեկանք բերել: //
ԳԼՈՒԽ 3 Yesterday the protest co-organizer Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan said he received a report suggesting that the Deputy Rector of Yerevan State University supposedly urged deans and others to retaliate against students who joined the protests. Galstanyan said he was unsure whether the report was true, but decided to read it out loud anyway. On Tuesday he rallied his supporters to the backyard of the University where he demanded to speak with the Deputy Rector for clarification.
The Deputy Rector went downstairs and greeted Galstanyan, who shook her hand but wouldn't let it go for an uncomfortably long period, prompting her to ask him to let go of her hand. The Deputy Rector declared that whatever Galstanyan read about her was a defamatory lie.
GALSTANYAN: I never believed it myself.
DEPUTY RECTOR: Then you should not have said out loud something you did not believe.
GALSTANYAN: Listen, there is a recorded fact...
DEPUTY RECTOR: Where is that "recorded fact"?
GALSTANYAN: It was on the media. As I said yesterday, I had no verification that it was true, which is why we came here to clarify it. If it's false, then I apologize.
DEPUTY RECTOR: Thank you. //
The Deputy Rector urged the protest organizers not to enter the building or disrupt the classes, and that "anyone who wants to follow you can follow you, anyone who wants to stay in classrooms should stay in classrooms".
The angry Deputy Rector left. Another university official criticized Galstanyan for not checking the information before reading it to his followers. Galstanyan said he stands behind his words, and that he was "just reading what was on the media", but reiterated that he had no intention to insult the Deputy Rector.
ԳԼՈՒԽ 4 Galstanyan and his supporters visited the monument dedicated to Operation Nemesis. He praised the figures behind Nemesis for "assuming personal responsibility". In front of the crowd, Galstanyan introduced Hambig Sassounian who recently joined his movement. He pointed to the Nemesis monument and said Sassounian is "one of the successors, one of the brightest people." In related news,
on Sunday a ruling faction MP complained about receiving death threats with reference to Operation Nemesis.
ԳԼՈՒԽ 5 DANIEL IOANNESIAN (NGO chief): When this protest dies down, we need to discuss the following: (1) The transparency of political and media funding. There are some regulations in place, but they are incomplete and easily bypassed. For example, I'd like to know who paid for Archbishop Galstanyan's giant stage in Republic Square. In 2018 Pashinyan organized a fundraising for it and disclosed a detailed report. (2) Should the media organizations that do not respect the rules of financial transparency enjoy all the mechanisms for the protection of journalists? (3) Are the customs authorities confident that the church is not facilitating the business activities of certain figures disguised as donations? (4) Is it fair for the church and clergy members not to pay taxes? Should they be able to have a Bently and LX570 without paying taxes?
[The "Bentley" is based on a true story.] ԳԼՈՒԽ 6 Archbishop's fans spotted Miss Armenia 2003 and a H1 host Lusine Tovmasyan drinking a coffee at a Yerevan café and approached her.
PROTESTER: (unintelligable)
LUSINE: I was here drinking coffee yesterday, and a year before that.
PROTESTER: Why have you not joined the holy struggle?
LUSINE: Լավ եկեք թարգեք, շատ զզվելի ա, էնքան զզվելի ա․ //
ԳԼՈՒԽ 7 Pro-Kremlin propagandist Alexander Dugin praised the pro-Russian forces' protests in Armenia and criticized the pro-EU protests in Georgia.
Pro-Kremlin Russian politician Semyon Baghdasarov praised Archbishop Bagrat and the ongoing "uprising" in Armenia against the "traitor" [Nikol] who "rigged" the elections with the help of "Turkey, UK, and US". Nikol is a Turkish MI6 agent.
video, ԳԼՈՒԽ 8 Video of a protest recorded from above:
video source, video, video, video, video, source, source, source, source, source, source, source, video, Armenian government has upgraded other diplomatic channels to reduce reliance on ARF's diaspora structures in the US, says pro-West NGO chief
KHURSHUDYAN: The status of the Armenian Ambassador to the U.S. [Lilith Makunts] has been significantly upgraded. I won't go into specifics because it's tied to our neighbors, but she plays an interesting role there. We have great conditions for the U.S. Congress to pressure Azerbaijan. This is outside of ARF's lobbyist groups in the U.S.
REPORTER: ARF Hay Dat's recent conduct has been shameful.
KHURSHUDYAN: And its influence on the Lemkin Institute was obvious. //
Yesterday Kurshudyan
accused the Lemkin Institute of caving to ARF's pressure and meddling into Armenia's internal affairs to assist the protests by the pro-Russian former regime.
KHURSHUDYAN: Lemkin Institute accused Pashinyan's April 24 genocide remembrance day statement of containing "victim blaming". Lemkin did not comment on Pashinyan's statement for several weeks, waited 15 days, and as soon as these pro-Russian protests began in Armenia, they gave them a պաս:
source, Armenia's four most prominent pro-West opposition parties announce the formation of a unified platform
Republic Party, led by ex-PM Aram Sargsyan.
Hanun Republic Party, led by Arman Babajanyan.
European Party of Armenia, led by Tigran Khzmalyan.
Christian-Democratic Party, led by Levon Shirinyan.
Have the following agenda...
(1) Promotion of Western values in Armenia and Armenia's membership in EU and NATO.
(2) United front against threats and risks of destabilization coming from Russia.
(3) Vetting judges to clean up the courts, and resolution of issues left unaddressed by the Pashinyan administration.
(4) Continuation of border demarcation based on 1991 Almaty.
(5) The use of international law to achieve a fair resolution for Nagorno-Karabakh residents.
The platform is open for like-minded forces to join.
source, Armenian army chief denies being a Russian citizen
A statement released by the defense ministry denies media reports that CoGS LtGen Edward Asryan is a dual citizen of Russia. His wife is an ethnic Russian with Armenian citizenship and his kids are dual citizens, but Asryan only has citizenship in Armenia. The whole family has resided in Armenia since 2006, said the statement.
source, Georgia passes controversial ‘foreign agents’ bill despite widespread opposition
The law will require organizations receiving more than 20% of their funding from abroad to register as “agents of foreign influence” or face crippling fines.
The bill will be sent to the President who is expected to veto it, but her veto is expected to be overruled by the parliamentary majority later.
Georgian PM Kobakhidze had an "honest conversation" with U.S. deputy foreign minister James O'Brien, telling him that the Georgian government is interested in deepening the partnership with the U.S., "which requires mutual efforts and relations based on fairness."
James O'Brien demanded to speak with the manager - Bidza Ivanishvili. The latter refused to meet O'Brien, saying he won't hold any meetings under "blackmail".
The White House said the U.S. will review its relations with Georgia if the bill becomes law.
source, source, source, how many of the 101,000 Nagorno-Karabakh refugees have left Armenia and haven't returned yet?
As of...
Dec: 6.6K
Jan: 6.9K
Mar: 8.0K
Apr: 9.1K
May: 9.9K
The former Ombudsman of Nagorno-Karabakh said many of them have family members and friends in Russia who invite them to move.
source, temperatures are rising rapidly in Armenia
REPORTER: The rainy May is not going to be enough to alleviate the negative consequences of the rapidly rising temperatures in Armenia. With a ~3 Celsius anomaly, Armenia had the second-highest increase in temperature over the last 6 months among a group of monitored countries.
WEATHER CENTER: High temperatures increase the evaporation of water and reduce the amount of snow in the winter. In December and January, we recorded rain instead of snow in certain mountainous regions, which is bad for water resources.
REPORTER: A conference was recently held in Yerevan within the framework of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification.
UN official: Around 40% of global soils are degraded. Millions of people will be forced to migrate from their communities by 2050 as a result of climate problems. Emergency action is needed to reduce the rate of rising temperatures. //
Armenia joined the Convention three decades ago and has assumed the responsibility to restore degraded soil by 2030. The government is promoting drip irrigation systems for farming and wants to plant more trees.
video, is the decline of Lake Sevan levels finally slowing down?
see the YoY chart Yerevan Municipality to receive a €25 million loan from European Investment Bank to raise energy efficiency
It's part of the implementation of Eastern Partnership programs. The Armenian government and the EU are co-financing it.
The goal is to raise energy efficiency and carry out seismic retrofitting in 6 medical clinics and 32 kindergartens run by the municipality. The length of the program is 4 years.
video, video, Gagik Tsarukyan is inside you
there is a bit of Tsarukyan inside all of you
see it to believe it Gagik Tsarukyan says the new Jesus statue is ready and will be installed by the end of 2025
It will be a tourist attraction site. There will be a ropeway. Also, Tsarukyan needs you to know that he is a man of God and an avid believer.
video, Armenia and Slovakia discussed AM-EU visa liberalization
source, Lithuania will help retrain Armenian law enforcement agents to combat cybercrime, analyze crimes, etc.
source, Armenia's Economy Minister Papoyan met the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Resources Geoffrey Pyatt
In a Washington meeting participated by the Armenian Ministry delegation and Armenia's Ambassador, they spoke about the Crossroads of Peace logistics project proposed by Armenia, several topics relating to Armenia's energy and economic security, and the Armenian government's ongoing efforts to classify Armenia as a "market economy".
source, Armenia and Iran discussed the construction of a second bridge over the River Araks
The first bridge began operating in 1996. It came to replace the floating bridges on the river.
Iran says the AM-IR traffic through the Meghri checkpoint significantly increased last year. Coupled with the fact that Armenia is building a modern North-South highway, they believe it's necessary to have a second AM-IR bridge to handle the rising traffic.
The parties are currently discussing the formation of a working group consisting of experts to discuss the topic.
source, a new study on mice indicates that more exercise might be better than more sleep for clearing brain of toxins
They injected a dye into a brain and tracked the speed of its movement during sleep and exercise.
The findings show that the clearance of the dye was reduced by 30% in sleeping mice compared with mice that were kept awake. This has not been confirmed on humans yet.
Previous research has suggested that sleep is important for preventing dementia as it is during this time that toxic proteins are cleared from the brain.
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2024.05.15 00:04 FollowingNational508 AITAH for telling my sister I don't want her in my life anymore?
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For some context, I 22 (F) have a sister 21 (F). Ever since we were 15 and 16, she has had these crippling migraines. She has been to over 18 different specialist all around the country trying to figure out what is wrong with her, and they have found absolutely nothing wrong with her. Over the years she uses her migraines as an excuse to get out of anything she doesn't want to do, for example church, school, family events. But her migraines miraculously disappear as soon as something she does want to do comes up. Personally, I suffer with migraines as well our difference is mine was diagnosed from the TMJ that I now have from dislocating my jaw when I was 12. She loves to use her migraines as a way to either get out of something she doesn't want to do or uses it to garner sympathy from friends' family and strangers.
In 2019 she used her migraines as an excuse to not go to school at all and used them to get a doctor's note stating that even though she cannot attend school she should still graduate. 2020 rolls around and we can no longer go to school because of Covid and miraculously she has no migraines and goes out day and night to hang out with friends. Then when she goes off to college all of a sudden, these migraines come back coupled with severe dehydration to the point where she has to be hospitalized on multiple occasions, except these migraines only occur Friday Saturday and Sunday mornings after her sorority throws a party.
Summer of 2021, she gets the opportunity to participate in a college work program in Florida for the whole 3 months of summer. She goes and after only 3 weeks of being there her migraines get so bad that she has to come home. It is important to note that she comes home the day before Father's Day. Father's Day comes and we all go to church and out to lunch and have a great time. That night however my parents come to my room to ask me if I have spoken with my sister this evening and I tell them no. They proceed to tell me that my sister has runaway to Virginia (we live in Oklahoma) to live with her Boyfriend 26 (M) and that she has sent them a video to explain why.
This video states that she is leaving and never coming back because she has been assaulted on multiple occasions by multiple men in her life and that it is too traumatic to even be in the state so Shes leaving. She then follows with telling my parents that they are horrible people who have never loved or cared about her and that they are the reason this is all happening. She also sent similar videos to her friends as well. This video absolutely crushed my parents, it was the first time I ever saw my dad cry.
We grew up in a strange family, my parents couldn't have children of their own so they adopted us. But our biological families are all still very much in our lives. Our parents are the most amazing and caring people in the world and would give life and limb to anyone in need. So, to hear her saying these things about my parents not only hurt them but it also hurt me to see her putting them through all that.
She was only gone for a month because eventually my father flew out to her to get her and bring her home. Now I am someone who has to know everything, I cant leave a topic untouched, I always have to investigate and get every side of the story. But in that month, I ended up uncovering a few things about the stories she told in those videos she sent to my parents and her friends. In that time, I uncovered that the stories of abuse that she was speaking about were of previous boyfriends that she had had. Every single boyfriend had a story of abuse, and these stories had credible witnesses attached to each and every story. While combing through all of this information I come to the educated conclusion that they are false and told only in a specific way to frame her as the victim using a way that no one would dare call her a liar because who would blame the victim?
When she came back it was really hard on everyone because we had all been heavily affected by this experience that she has put us all through, but she just acted like it never happened and continued to act like she deserved everything. But anytime anyone would mention anything about what happened she would absolutely freak out scream and curse and throw a massive tantrum and storm off and slam her door. In this time, I have personally decided that I will just act like she doesn't exist, I won't speak to her or acknowledge her.
Fast forward to now January 2024, she has convinced my parents that the best thing for her is moving to Florida to go to school because in her words "it is the one place I don't get migraines". I pointed out to my parents that the last time she lived in Florida she only lasted 3 weeks before claiming migraine. Apparently, she only lasted a month at the school before dropping all of her classes and just living it up in her apartment that my parents pay for. And she only informed my parents over spring break that she dropped out because her migraines were too bad. She is now home and living with my parents again and continues to spread her stories of assault and abuse as well as her stories of migraines to literally anyone that will listen.
I'd like to add that throughout all of these years she never fails to make sure I am the one that somehow suffers through it all. Throughout her Migraines I was the one that had to take care of her, I was the one that got in trouble when she screwed up, I was the one that had to pay for all of her mistakes. After years and years of watching her lies not only hurt me and my family but also slowly chip away at what used to be a happy and close nit family I don't think I can live with it any longer. My mother continues to stand by her side and call me a liar anytime I call my sister out on her lies, and my relationship with my mom has suffered for it. My father knows my sister is lying but fears speaking up because it might anger my mom. This whole experience has divided our family.
Another thing of note is that I value honesty over everything else, I will call anyone and everyone out on their bull. This last weekend we were at a graduation party and sitting there and listening to her speak and talking about all of this to literal strangers and because we were in public I had to physically literally bite my tongue to keep myself from speaking which resulted in me actually biting off a piece of my tongue. I honestly have come to the end of my rope of patience and I don't want her in my life anymore. So am I the asshole?
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2024.05.15 00:00 FappidyDat [H] TF2 Keys & PayPal [W] Humble Bundle Games (Also Games From Past Bundles), Bad Rats
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Alien: Isolation | 1.5 TF2 | $2.93 PP | - |
Aliens: Fireteam Elite | 1.4 TF2 | $2.69 PP | - |
Arma 3 | 4.2 TF2 | $7.95 PP | - |
Assetto Corsa Ultimate Edition | 1.9 TF2 | $3.56 PP | - |
Automobilista 2 | 1.6 TF2 | $3.03 PP | - |
BIOMUTANT | 1.4 TF2 | $2.75 PP | - |
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Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition | 0.8 TF2 | $1.43 PP | - |
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Barony | 2.6 TF2 | $4.9 PP | - |
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Batman - The Telltale Series | 1.3 TF2 | $2.43 PP | - |
Batman Arkham Collection | 1.1 TF2 | $2.08 PP | - |
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Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night | 0.5 TF2 | $0.91 PP | - |
Borderlands 3 Super Deluxe Edition | 4.9 TF2 | $9.36 PP | - |
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Borderlands: The Handsome Collection | 3.0 TF2 | $5.73 PP | - |
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Celeste | 0.8 TF2 | $1.57 PP | - |
Chernobylite Enhanced Edition | 0.9 TF2 | $1.78 PP | - |
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Code Vein | 1.2 TF2 | $2.26 PP | - |
Conan Exiles | 2.5 TF2 | $4.79 PP | - |
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Control Ultimate Edition | 2.6 TF2 | $4.85 PP | - |
Crusader Kings III | 4.4 TF2 | $8.38 PP | - |
DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin | 4.8 TF2 | $9.15 PP | - |
DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT | 4.4 TF2 | $8.34 PP | - |
DRAGON BALL XENOVERSE 2 | 2.3 TF2 | $4.44 PP | - |
Dark Souls III | 7.2 TF2 | $13.74 PP | - |
Dark Souls III: Deluxe Edition | 9.9 TF2 | $18.86 PP | - |
DayZ | 10.6 TF2 | $20.07 PP | - |
Dead Island - Definitive Edition | 0.8 TF2 | $1.52 PP | - |
Dead Island Definitive Collection | 0.9 TF2 | $1.72 PP | - |
Dead Island Riptide Definitive Edition | 0.7 TF2 | $1.24 PP | - |
Dead by Daylight | 3.1 TF2 | $5.97 PP | - |
Deep Rock Galactic | 3.0 TF2 | $5.62 PP | - |
Destiny 2: Beyond Light | 1.0 TF2 | $1.85 PP | - |
Destiny 2: Bungie 30th Anniversary Pack | 1.3 TF2 | $2.47 PP | - |
Destiny 2: Forsaken Pack | 1.0 TF2 | $1.9 PP | - |
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Destiny 2: Shadowkeep | 1.0 TF2 | $1.93 PP | - |
Destiny 2: The Witch Queen | 2.0 TF2 | $3.85 PP | - |
Destroy All Humans! 2 - Reprobed | 0.7 TF2 | $1.4 PP | - |
Devil May Cry HD Collection | 1.8 TF2 | $3.45 PP | - |
Devil May Cry® 4 Special Edition | 1.4 TF2 | $2.74 PP | - |
DiRT Rally | 0.8 TF2 | $1.51 PP | - |
Disco Elysium - The Final Cut | 1.6 TF2 | $2.95 PP | - |
Doom Eternal | 2.2 TF2 | $4.17 PP | - |
Dragon Ball FighterZ | 2.0 TF2 | $3.79 PP | - |
Dragons Dogma - Dark Arisen | 0.9 TF2 | $1.77 PP | - |
Dungeon Defenders | 3.0 TF2 | $5.78 PP | - |
EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 5 | 4.3 TF2 | $8.2 PP | - |
ELEX II | 0.8 TF2 | $1.57 PP | - |
Europa Universalis IV | 3.2 TF2 | $6.16 PP | - |
Expeditions: Rome | 0.5 TF2 | $0.89 PP | - |
FTL: Faster Than Light | 0.7 TF2 | $1.41 PP | - |
Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game | 0.4 TF2 | $0.81 PP | - |
Farming Simulator 19 | 2.2 TF2 | $4.23 PP | - |
For The King | 0.5 TF2 | $0.92 PP | - |
Forager | 0.8 TF2 | $1.58 PP | - |
Frostpunk | 0.8 TF2 | $1.51 PP | - |
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Gang Beasts | 2.6 TF2 | $4.97 PP | - |
Gas Station Simulator | 3.1 TF2 | $5.8 PP | - |
Generation Zero® | 0.7 TF2 | $1.36 PP | - |
Ghostwire Tokyo | 1.4 TF2 | $2.69 PP | - |
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Golf It! | 1.8 TF2 | $3.42 PP | - |
Gotham Knights | 1.5 TF2 | $2.83 PP | - |
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Grim Dawn | 2.5 TF2 | $4.66 PP | - |
Hell Let Loose | 7.1 TF2 | $13.47 PP | - |
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice | 1.4 TF2 | $2.69 PP | - |
Hitman Absolution | 0.4 TF2 | $0.79 PP | - |
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Hotline Miami | 0.5 TF2 | $0.87 PP | - |
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Jurassic World Evolution 2 | 2.7 TF2 | $5.19 PP | - |
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Men of War: Assault Squad 2 Deluxe Edition | 1.3 TF2 | $2.4 PP | - |
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Nobody Saves the World | 0.5 TF2 | $0.95 PP | - |
Northgard | 2.4 TF2 | $4.5 PP | - |
Orcs Must Die! 3 | 1.6 TF2 | $3.01 PP | - |
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Overcooked! 2 | 1.2 TF2 | $2.3 PP | - |
PC Building Simulator | 0.6 TF2 | $1.14 PP | - |
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Plague Inc: Evolved | 1.9 TF2 | $3.56 PP | - |
Planet Coaster | 2.4 TF2 | $4.59 PP | - |
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PlateUp! | 1.0 TF2 | $1.85 PP | - |
Prison Architect | 2.7 TF2 | $5.14 PP | - |
Project Wingman | 1.5 TF2 | $2.94 PP | - |
RESIDENT EVIL 3 | 2.0 TF2 | $3.76 PP | - |
Rain World | 0.9 TF2 | $1.78 PP | - |
Remnant: From the Ashes - Complete Edition | 2.5 TF2 | $4.69 PP | - |
Resident Evil 4 Ultimate HD Edition | 1.0 TF2 | $1.83 PP | - |
Resident Evil 5 GOLD Edition | 1.1 TF2 | $2.04 PP | - |
Resident Evil 6 | 1.3 TF2 | $2.46 PP | - |
Resident Evil® 5 | 1.7 TF2 | $3.18 PP | - |
Rising Storm 2: Vietnam | 0.5 TF2 | $0.9 PP | - |
Road 96 | 0.5 TF2 | $1.02 PP | - |
SCUM | 4.7 TF2 | $8.86 PP | - |
STAR WARS® THE FORCE UNLEASHED II | 0.6 TF2 | $1.11 PP | - |
STAR WARS™ Knights of the Old Republic™ II - The Sith Lords™ | 0.5 TF2 | $0.91 PP | - |
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Sid Meier's Civilization VI | 1.2 TF2 | $2.33 PP | - |
Slay the Spire | 2.5 TF2 | $4.79 PP | - |
Sleeping Dogs™ Definitive Edition | 1.0 TF2 | $1.95 PP | - |
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Space Engineers | 2.6 TF2 | $4.91 PP | - |
Spec Ops: The Line | 4.3 TF2 | $8.21 PP | - |
SpeedRunners | 0.4 TF2 | $0.82 PP | - |
Spintires: MudRunner | 1.0 TF2 | $1.85 PP | - |
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State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition | 4.9 TF2 | $9.37 PP | - |
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TEKKEN 7 | 1.9 TF2 | $3.56 PP | - |
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The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes | 1.3 TF2 | $2.42 PP | - |
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The Jackbox Party Pack 3 | 2.3 TF2 | $4.45 PP | - |
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2024.05.14 23:24 Jareth247 How I'd do a sequel series
With the series (Showtime one) reaching its quarter-century anniversary next year I recently decided to revisit this series and one thing I'd love to see is a sequel to this landmark program.
The plot would basically start with all the characters from the original series being brought together, possibly for a funeral. We're quickly introduced to adult versions of Gus (now a sexually active pansexual) and Jenny (a nerdy young straight ally with a fondness for gay porn and yaoi), along with the new generation of LGBTQIA+ denizens of Liberty Avenue.
Gus and Jenny will essentially be the Brian and Michael of this story, the former inheriting his father's penchant for sexual activity, albeit with a pansexual bent, while the latter inherits her father's nerdy interests in comics and retro kitsch along with a love for yaoi and retro gay porn. Along the way they'll cross paths with a host of new friends, new lovers, new experiences and sadly new enemies.
I'm thinking Nico Greetham as Gus and Sophia Caruso as Jenny.
As for possible new characters (not finalized names):
- Theo Germaine as Dez, a possible love interest for Jenny
- Jordan Alexander as Myla, an employee at Michael's comic book store who finds kinship with Jenny over their love of anime and manga
- David Yost as Maxwell, a possible love interest for Gus, possibly one that mirrors Justin's relationship with Brian but except here, Maxwell is a recently-out older gay man looking for love and lovestruck with the anti-romantic Gus
- Kevin McHale as Declan, Emmet's nephew. In his teens, he got outed and ran away from home to avoid getting sent to a conversion therapy camp. He eventually got adopted by Emmet and his partner.
- Samira Wiley as Nicolette, Myla's older sister. When she's not managing The Big Q, she's part of a drag king group.
- Niecy Nash as Aunt Alma, Myla and Nicolette's aunt. Her real name is Velma but she's primarily known for her bombastic AFAB drag queen persona, Aunt Alma, who serves as a drag mother to Jenny's drag persona that Jenny develops as a means of working through her confidence issues.
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2024.05.14 23:18 Broken-Babe-2002 Meeting with a Sister for my RCIA interview and I'm terified
So I have a meeting with a Sister at my local parish in about an hour to do my interview to see if I can get in to their RCIA program, I am beyond terrified. This is such a huge step for me and something I've wanted for so long and I'm so scared of messing it up and not getting in.
I didn't realize I would have to interview to get in and I've been doing and absolutely bombing so many job interviews lately that I'm scared I'll fail this one too. Not to mention I don't know what to wear, the last church I went to was literally a blue jeans and clean shirt type of place, I only own one button up dress shirt but it's hot here and that makes this miserable to wear. I don't know what to expect from the interview or what I might be asked so I can prepare for it. I'm just all around panicking
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