Hello all. Last year in November, I (20F) weighed 228 pounds at 5’5. I had been taking birth control and I have a thyroid condition, and over the course of two years I went from 150 to 228. I weighed myself in November and decided enough was enough. I stopped drinking soda, large glasses of milk, and things that I knew were overly caloric without being too restricting. On January 20th, 2024, I weighed myself again and I was 217 pounds. This got me mega motivated and I started tracking absolutely everything I ate on the LoseIt app. I weighed myself today, and I am 181 pounds. I am extremely happy with my progress and I aim to be between 140-150, so I am going to keep going with my journey and hopefully I will make it to my goal ! I eat around 1200 calories a day ( which is what my tdee suggested for 2 pounds of weight loss a week ) and do intermittent fasting throughout the day. Even though I feel happy with my weight loss, every time I step on the scale I feel like I am somehow tricking it to be a lower number. That I’m not actually the weight it says I am. I was so used to seeing the 200 that I can’t even believe that I have lost as much weight as I have. I sometimes feel discouraged that 150 is too good to be true even though I haven’t eaten over 1200 calories in months and I am steadily losing. Does anyone else struggle with this ?

Bale may issue sa account ko sa Maya. Nag file ako ng complaint sa BSP against kay Maya but this is what happened.
Nag email sa akin yung Paymaya regarding sa complaint ko from BSP:
"This is in reference to your concern we received from Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas regarding your inability to access your Maya account. Thank you for bringing this to our attention and we apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. We tried to contact you using this mobile number (REDACTED) but we are unable to reach you. Please provide your alternative contact number and the best time to call you between 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. We will wait for your response. Thank you."
I provide my phone number and they replied after 4 days:
We refer to your May 7, 2024 email to the BSP regarding your inability to access your Maya account. Thank you for bringing this to our attention and we apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. On the dates below, we attempted to contact you to get more details of your Maya concern but were unsuccessful. Unsuccessful call attempts using your Maya registered mobile number. May 10, 2024, 11:41 AM, 12:54 AM and 01:48 PM. May 11, 2024, 08:24 AM, 09:02 AM and 09:57 AM. May 14, 2024, 08:40 AM, 09:11 AM and 09:42 AM. Unsuccessful call attempts using your provided alternative contact number. May 10, 2024, 09:30 AM, 10:08 AM and 10:59 AM. May 11, 2024, 08:25 AM, 09:03 AM and 09:58 AM. May 14, 2024, 08:41 AM, 09:12 AM and 09:42 AM.
Upon checking my call history, wala pong tumatawag. Tasa close na po yung ticket. Ayun po, linis pangalan na po sila at tinakbuhan na yung BSP complaint.
I'm hopeless right now to access my account po dahil they are tricking the BSP system po.
Taking legal action is very hard dahil napagdaanan ko na po yan noon.
What should I do next po?

Hi, recently I've been having problems with my PC, it won't boot, I tried the power button, the connection on the motherboard (power sw) tried everything basic on this matter, I checked and saw that the motherboard won't energize and power up, but Has voltage, when I try to use the clip trick on the 24 pins, it worked the first time, but now, turns on, and won't show image.
I'm using a msi b450m-a max pro Ryzen 5 3500x Rx 580 8gb 700w Power supply
Obs: before this started, every game I started would run for 10 min +- and freezes in blue screen Showing codes like "system exception, memory leak, etc" but I checked and every other part was working 100%
Sorry for the worst English ever xD

First off, huge thanks to everyone who has posted about their experiences with durability claims - you all truly gave me so much incredible information that I walked in to the VSO with a complete claim that had our officer impressed. My husband is currently rated 50% for PTSD (rated since 2018). He was recently diagnosed with OSA, and he's had sleep disturbance issues since I met him a month of out of the Marines in '05. I did a ton of research, got our primary care doc to write a fantastic Nexus letter, and wrote my own corroborating lay statement.
We had his C&P exam yesterday for OSA, right knee pain, rhinitis, and sinusitis. We've already gotten a letter saying they were denying his knee claim because he already claimed it in 2018 and they denied it, but I'm hoping they'll re-evaluate based on yesterday's exam.
I read all the tips and tricks on c&p exams from you guys and proud my husband on what to expect and what to watch out for, and when I tell you we got the best and most thorough examine we could have asked for, it's no joke. We had to drive 2.5 hours each way, but she was friendly, thorough, took the time to compare what the VA is looking for as to ratings schedule and ask specific questions to accurately match his symptoms to ratings. She did a thorough physical examination, and asked for me to print out our nexus letter in her office so she could match her notes and opinions to that of our doctor. She far exceeded every expectation and I'm so glad to know that there are people like her in the system that genuinely have the best interest of our veterans at heart. They had a qr code in the lobby asking for reviews and I left a glowing one before we were even out of the parking lot.
Best I can figure if all of this goes favorably he will end up at 90%, which would be a huge relief to know that he would qualify for more/better care as he gets older. We don't have enough to get him to 100% on this claim, but considering he never wanted to file in 2018 to begin with, I'm happy he's taking steps and realizing that it's OK to be compensated for the changes he'll face for the rest of his life due to a decision he made when was 19. I wish every veteran had an advocate that could be their voice of reason when they can't or won't advocate for themselves and to have the support they so desperately need when navigating such a complex and frustrating system while in the throes of their own personal struggles.
Thank you all for your service, and thank you for sharing your experiences to help pave the way for others ❤️

Amid the beef I had to revisit this album and now I have multiple questions relating to these two songs that I would like clarity on, I'll list quotes from the songs in order, followed up with my questions related to the lines:
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"Mother cried, put they hands on her, it was family ties" -'Mother I Sober'

1). This is saying that someone in the family hit his mother, not that someone in the family was the one that molested his mother?
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"Mother's brother said he got revenge for my mother’s face, Black and blue, the image of my queen that I can't erase" -'Mother I Sober'

2). Kendrick's Uncle beats up another family member to avenge what happened in the previous line above?
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"I asked my momma why she didn't believe me when I told her "No", I never knew she was violated in Chicago, I'm sympathetic" -'Mother I Sober'

3). I assume we have no further context to what happened here, whether or not this incident happened by someone in the family or not, just that it happened previously when she lived in Chicago before moving to Compton?
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Whitney's hurt, the purest soul I know, I found her in the kitchen
Askin' God, "Where did I lose myself? And can it be forgiven?"
Broke me down, she looked me in my eyes, "Is there an addiction?"
I said "No," but this time I lied, I knew that I can't fix it
Pure soul, even in her pain, know she cared for me
Gave me a number, said she recommended some therapy
I asked my momma why she didn't believe me when I told her "No"
I never knew she was violated in Chicago, I'm sympathetic
Told me that she feared it happened to me, for my protection
Though it never happened, she wouldn't agree
Now I'm affected, twenty years later trauma has resurfaced
Amplified as I write this song, I shiver 'cause I'm nervous
I was five, questioning myself, 'lone for many years
Nothing's wrong, just results on how them questions made me feel
I made it home, seven years of tour, chasin' manhood
But Whitney's gone, by time you hear this song, she did all she could -'Mother I Sober'

(All relevant lines for most context)
4). This is the most confusing one to me. To my understanding this is the moment Whitney finds out about Kendrick's infidelity/lust addiction. It reads as though this convo occurred when he was 25 years old ("twenty years later, after I was five") so this would be at or around 2012-2013, which fits in with him saying Whitney asked him about this soon after the GKMC tour. Which he mentioned earlier on 'Worldwide Steppers'
"​good kid, m.A.A.d city tour, I flourished on them stages, Whitney asked did I have a problem I said, 'I might be racist'"
So this kind of makes it sound like this was a conversation they had over a decade ago? The "I made it home, seven years of tour, Whitney's gone" line makes this more confusing because I would assume the GKMC or Yeezus tour or even the Drake one were the first ones he was a part of back in 2012/2013, unless he is just talking about 7 years prior to the original interpretation where he would just be doing random shows back when he was K.Dot. Unless he's saying this is when the conversation happened, they remained together until sometime recently they split, but this would be unsubstantiated. So personally I think it is clear when Whitney found out about his infidelity sometime 10+ years ago, however it's very unclear when or if Whitney is even really gone and if they don't live together, see each other, or parent their kids together. The meta perspective of her appearing on the album multiple times and being a part of the artwork, and posting a ton of her own self growth stuff on IG as well an Kendrick never really saying anything contrary besides this one line leads me to believe they're still very much together?
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So I set free my cousin, chaotic for my mother's pain
I hope Hykeem made you proud 'cause you ain't die in vain -'Mother I Sober'

5). Obviously this is referring to Kendrick's cousin who is the parent of Baby Keem (who I always thought was Kendrick's first cousin, and not his first cousin once removed), but who is this cousin? Is this the cousin that was accused of touching Kendrick? I assume this isn't the same cousin from Auntie Diaries due to the similar age? Also do we know how or when they died? I feel like I'm missing something obvious. For some reason a Genius annotation says this is a female "his female cousin who’s the mother of Baby Keem" I'm not sure where this is concluded from.
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My Auntie is a man now -Auntie Diaries
Where is your uncle at? 'Cause I wanna talk to the man of the house -Family Matters

6). Final question regarding 'Auntie Diaries'. There was a little bit of discourse over Drake's line in 'Family Matters' regarding Kendrick's Aunt/Uncle. From my understanding, yes Kendrick's Auntie is a transman, but just because that's the case doesn't necessarily mean that he wants to be referred to as an Uncle. Is it reasonable to believe that because of the title of the song, the repetition of "My Auntie is a man now", and no other indication in the song, that Kendrick's Auntie retained the Aunt title regardless of transitioning to a man? (Technically making Drake's line incorrect/hurtful?)

I'm really not doing okay. When I was 16, I became friends with a guy from my science class. He reached out after I lost my poppop to cancer. I thought he was trying to be nice. Now I know he saw what I was going through as an opportunity to use me. He asked all about me, and always wanted to listen. Then he started using that info against me. Suddenly I felt responsible for his well being. If I didn't answer quickly enough he'd threaten to hurt himself and then blame me if he did. He would take sleeping pills to sleep through any of the times I was busy. I couldn't do anything without my phone because if I didn't answer within 30 seconds he'd lose his mind. There was so much more that happened but I don't want to think about it more than I already am. But he did so many horrible things to me, like erasing my apple cloud, making me lose all the last photos I had with my poppop. Eventually I figured out he was abusing me and I blocked him. He turned my friends against me. He started befriending people that he knew I didn't get along with. There were a few times I unblocked him or he'd reach out on another account and then we'd talk for a little and I realized he was hurting me again and I'd block him again. At this point it's been 5 years since we talked. But this past month I've been seeing him on the bus and I can't help but be terrified. I feel like he might even be stalking me. I have no idea how much he is capable of and I don't know what to do. Every time I see him I spiral a little more. Now I'm on my kitchen floor in tears, tempted to message him so I can be ahead of the curve. I wish I knew what his intentions are. I know it's a bad idea but I don't know what else I can do. I really need support. Someone to talk to that might understand what I'm going through

Kyoshi book 1 is the epitome of ‘a meeting that could have been an email’. Its book that should have been a graphic novel. A story that should have been a wikipedia page.
SPOILERS, though I am saving you the read.
TLDR: The story telling is mediocre, and the story would have been just as compelling as a bullet pointed list of story facts. It flubs, glosses over and skips all portions of story that would have required any amount of clever writing or skill. The story is comprised of cringey tropes. This book will not sit among the original series in the annals of history. It sits below Korra and just above M Knight’s film adaption and the disgraceful Netflix reboot.
First, the idea of there being immense trouble identifying the Avatar is a good plot point. Having Kuruk’s team find and teach the next Avatar and have opposing ideals is also a good plot point. Yee also describes the martial arts okay enough, but this is an inherent obstacle when turning highly visual source material into text. This concludes my praise.
Yee tells, but doesnt show. Show more teambuilding and friendship between Kyoshi, Rangi and Yun. They only come together once in the same room to hang out before the main conflict happens, and its a superficial scene straight out of an 80s slasher movie. They come together solely to ‘show’ them being a team as they hang out and exchange banter. This is the first of Yee’s pseudo-“show, don’t tell”. It appears like the story is showing us something, but it is still telling us. It is characterized by vapid, juvenile writing in a scene that is largely inconsequential to the story.
Make the misidentification of the Avatar weigh on each of them and test friendship. Show her being found by Kelsang. The jump forward 9 years is jarring and leaves logic way behind. If she was raised by Kelsang, why didnt he finish testing her as the Avatar? Why did he take pity and raise her after traveling the world and seeing other homeless children? Why didnt she give back the clay turtle relic? Kyoshi is abandoned when she is old enough to remember being abandon, but doesn’t remember where she got the turtle. This line is another example of pseudo-show. Why don’t we dont get any insight into the moment she is abandon? We do not know any of these things. Including these scenes in the book would have made it longer, but its the juiciest piece of the character development. The length of a book is largely forgivable if it is captivating. This is like if you order a burger and they only bring you a bun and a slice of bib lettuce. Its missing the most crucile part.
Show Yun being incorrectly identified as the Avatar. This scene has to be so interesting. There is nothing in the book about this at all. This seems like another artful dodge around having to write something clever, and that tends to be difficult.
Show Kyoshi’s Avatar state. ‘Blacking out’ is not a mysterious way to tell stories. Its a cop out of writing something the author finds difficult. Also, a character can black out and not remember doing something AND the author can still describe it as it happens to the reader. Choosing to ommit more juicey story speaks more to the writers lack of confidence in their writing.
The fans and helmet of her parents are forced clumsily into the story at the height of the inciting incident. They could have been introduced any time. For example, when Kyoshi connects with her parent’s old crime ring and they could be presented to Kyoshi as relics of the group’s deceased leaders. Instead they are introduced to the reader by Kyoshi dropping her luggage and they fall out in the rain and mud. It reads like a scene that is meant to be a story board for a cartoon or comic.
We dont get any insight into Kyoshi’s parents being dead or alive. Kyoshi doesnt seem to ask anyone either. Why? Seems like a reasonable question.
Kelsang realizes Kyoshi is the Avatar when she does some improv poetry that happens to be Avatar Kuruk’s favorite poem? That was the best idea you got?
Kyoshi has a sky bison named PengPeng? Find a new method of transportation, the flying bison had been done before. Pengpeng is also only used as transportation. She doesnt have any personality like Momo and Appa. Total strikeout.
When something new develops that is supposed to surprise the reader, like Kyoshi’s mother being a disgraced airbender, Yee doesnt show this. This is explained away in a moment of dialogue like “once upon a time, this happened.” Then the plot moves on. And what motivation did she have for keeping this from Kelsang? Maybe they knew each other? They are both airbenders who have killed before, which is significant in the fiction. This could have been an opportunity to connect characters and create intrigue. But we only learn this at the end of the book for no reason.
Love between ATLA characters is subtle in the show. Katara and Aang will end up together and we know this implicitly. Sokka loves his friends, particularly Toph, because of the actions we see him take to help her. Rewatch the show, you will see what I mean. However this is not a major plot point that is touched on each episode. Zuko and Mei are together but they are pulled apart temporarily by character motivations. It skips the filler and gets right to the interesting part. However in Kyoshi book 1, love between Rangi and Kyoshi is vapid and foreshadowed from the first pages. Lets set lesbianism aside, its not the issue. The issue is that this love story is not compelling chiefly because we are told they care for each other but are only shown this in the back half of the book on a surface level. Even when we are shown these things, its not believable. The characters act like teenagers do in 2024 America, not like how teenagers would act in a world coming off the heels of a 100 year war. The characters are young, but they have roles, careers, and the responsibilities of adults. This stems from the same problem Yun has with Kyoshi and Rangi. We don’t see them becoming or being friends. We are told they are friends. Thats it.
This connects to Rangi’s character being ambivalent and emotionally indistinct. Rangi is played as a tough, no nonsense soldier that is hired as Yun’s personal bodyguard, the most important job next to being the avatar yourself. But her expressions of love are juvenile and childish. In one scene she is scolding Kyoshi on her duty toward being Avatar then in the next she acts playfully excited like an American weeb teenager when Kyoshi bends water for the first time. Rangi is poorly written and has poor motivation to her Avatar duty. She contributes nothing practical or technical to the story but love interest. If she is a child prodigy badass that earned the job of protecting the Avatar, she should act like it.
Hei Ran, Rangi’s mother, does nothing consequential to the plot. Why have this character? It is stated she knew Avatar Kuruk. The least she can do is bring it up more.
AND FINALLY, Kyoshis character is very opposite from who we see in ATLA. Obviously this is to show growth, but the timid Kyoshi inexplicably switches to confident and intimidating Kyoshi without any growth, then switches back to timid again. We know kyoshi as a tall, confident, matter of fact, powerful bender who sees no difference between murdering Chin the Conquerer and letting him fall to his death. But here we see a still tall, but petulant teen. She is afraid of her bending. She is inconsistently overconfident. She is squemish about murder. Perhaps the growth occurs in book two, but then again change is gradual. We should see some examples of change now. She grew up a homeless street urchin. She needs to act like it.
Yun struggles with his bending but also keeps smiling and acting like everything is ok. This trope is exhausted to death by anime. We do not see a human side of Yun. He is not tortured by the training or the fatique of not being able to bend fire or the pressure and expectation of being Avatar. He just smiles and flirts with Kyoshi. He also asks her to go with him to a peace treaty signing with pirates all because he wants to have her there so he feels loved. But this thinly disguises the fact the author needed a reason to have her at the signing so she can earthbend and save everyone. Take Rangi, your apointed body guard.
Yun returns at the end of the novel as a deus ex machina and kills Jianzhu in an admittedly badass way. 10/10. However, Yun is dead, reappears as a ghost, then earth bends. The possibility of this within the fiction is near zero UNLESS FC Yee is trying add to the lore of spirit magic and bending. To that I say “Learn to be a better writer first.”
Kirima is an okay character. We traditionally see water benders as good guys, but she is a tough leader of a gang of criminals. Again we are told that, not shown. 5/10. Mid teir.
Wong is a worse comedic relief than Sokka. Where Sokka learns to become a leader from a close minded sceptic and redeem this quality, Wong is indistinct from any other background earth bender. He eventually becomes Kyoshis earthbending teacher and he starts to fill out a teacher role but is still indistinct. Up until this time, he carrys no air of educator at all. Remember, he’s a pirate criminal. This turn of character seems to come from the team learning that Kyoshi is the Avatar, something she kept secret. But Wong is the only one who changes their behavior based on this. Meeting the most important person in the world doesn’t effect them, I guess. Doesn’t seem reasonable.
Lek is a kid that idolizes Kyoshi’s parents, but acts out like a toddler when she speaks poorly of them. I am left feeling disatisfied by a criminal outlaw that throws tantrums when someone speaks ill of their pseudo mommy and daddy. Lek is poorly written as a rival to Kyoshi, if if fact that was Yee’s intention. You see it in their banter and interactions. Lek is killed by a poison that only incapacitates all others effected. It was like the author needed him to die real quick and didnt know how to do it, but also didn’t want to rewrite the chapter.
Now is a good time to mention that characters can be annoying to other characters, but they should not be annoying to the reader. Doing this is a form of self sabotage. Its like serving up raw eggs for breakfast on purpose and calling it art. You just wouldn’t do it.
Lao Ge is poorly written too, despite being an interesting character idea. Lao is meant to be Kyoshi’s spiritual leader in this story. He leads her to the ancient technique of prolonging ones life with spirit magic. But this man reads like an embarassing drunk uncle that no one responds to when he speaks. He acts like he’s cool, wanders off constantly and returns covered in blood to a group thats asks no questions. Criminals still ask questions. In fact, they are more paranoid on account of being criminals. For example, there is a scene where they leave without him and realize they forgot him and have to go back. This scene amounts to nothing. Why was it in the book? Whoops, he’s also a master assassin. We are told this over and over but never see it in action. Boo. Don’t suggest violence. Show us violence.
Why is this group of criminals still together anyway? They lost their leaders, Kyoshi’s parents. Wouldn’t the find new jobs? Thin the herd. Theres too many characters.
Jianzhu acts more suspicious after he is identified as the villain which is a trope found in childrens television to remind children he is bad now. The fact it is here insults the readers intellegence. His villain motivations are not explained well. Does he care more about identifying the Avatar than his lifelong friend Kelsang or the life of the innocent? Also, a villain doesnt need to kill someone to be identified as the villain but youll find that trope here too. Clever writing can remedy this all the same. He does do cool evil guy things, but they are explained after the fact instead of showing him coniving these schemes and putting them into action. His death is awesome, but his final confrontation with Kyoshi is not spectacular. There is no final battle like one might expect. He the one that ghost Yun kills.
It is unclear if this book is meant for a YA reader audience or the adult audience that watched ATLA as kids. The story is grittier, bloodier and violent with explicit deaths and torture. All the while bearing a sheen of squeeky clean Nickelodean dialogue and unfunny humor that has an obvious limit. The book says they swear, but the exact words do not show up in dialogue. Characters are impaled and gored, but the 3rd person narration takes breaks from descriptions of this for quippy commentary on the things happening. Who says these things? Kyoshi? But its in third person. This clashes with the perspective and shows indecision on the part of the author.
The perspective is stuck between 1st and 3rd. 1st serves better for the YA audience where Kyoshi might think these quippy things to herself or have thoughts that help the reader understand context better. 3rd person would serve the adult audience better with a matter of fact telling of the story. Maybe even change between characters in some chapters and fill in some of these gaps. Instead the book strattles the line between these two perspectives and suffers greatly. You have humorous commentary and scene descriptions coming from the same source. It breaks immersion when the reader is stuck wondering who is telling the story.
YA is an oversaturatedand flawed genre anyway. Its almost designed to trick teens into thinking they are reading adult books.
Yee includes too many comparisons, similies and analogies. Each one is meant to create world building, where the text compares a creature in the ATLA world to a situation at hand. But they start coming up too often in the back half of the book. This also seems to rise in frequency as descriptions get vaguer. It felt like Yee lacked the proper lexicon to describe what was happening as the story approached the end. Analogies should be used to explain difficult things, not just thrown in recklessly.
One moment sticks out from this book that reminds me of ATLA. While Yun and Kyoshi are silently trying to meditate before Jianzhu summons a spirit to finally identify the correct Avatar, the two teens speak for a second. Eyes closed, Kyoshi whispers “You know what would be funny? If neither of us were the Avatar.” This captures elements of friendship between the two kids, character humor, and SHOWS these two still care for each other no matter what happens next. Yun’s response isn’t even remotely appropriate, memorable or clever. The opportunity is a total loss.
Another moment of total loss and tonal dissonance is when Kyoshi, Rangi and the convicts go to a hidden secret criminal town that is described as being so cut throat, you don’t even look at people in the eye. Just then the group sees two men collide after turning a blind corner and drop their stuff. Page 224. They exchange appologies, act very polite, and depart. (This is told to the reader, not shown with appropriatly funny dialogue). Lek then explains the two men will meet tonight on the challenge grounds and fight to the death. However, that night at the challenge grounds, you don’t see those characters; a total whiff on Yee’s part. Instead you read about one man bludgeoning another man to death with barehands in pure gladitorial bloodsport. This scene shows the whimsy of ATLA, the gorey violence that Yee wanted and his befuddled attempt at writing something that blends the two.
All of this leads me to conclude the book is for a YA audience, which is unfortunate because ATLA was for everyone; YA, adult and children. It is a children’s show that adults can find a surprising amount of depth and humor in. Yee’s doesn’t hold a candle to the writing of Aaron Ehasz.
The argument that this books is allowed to be bad because its for kids falls apart for the same reason. The expert writing of Aaron Ehazs in ATLA is what imortalizes it to this day; the dialogue, the characters, and the story. ATLA is a kids cartoon by which all cinema and television are compared. This is simply not on that level.
When this level of integrity is left to be followed up by an author with one previously published work, underdelivery should be expected. Kyoshi book 1 is FC Yee’s second published work and it shows. I would be interested in learning more about FC Yee’s past unpublished experiences in writing and qualifications.
So again, this book is like a meeting that should have been an email. The story is not “worth the read”. The historical facts are more valuable. For example, telling someone that Kyoshi’s dad is a pirate earthbender and her mother is a disgraced criminal airbender is a total surprise and sparks good speculative conversation. But the way the novel presents this information is clumsy and ignorant of how rare these circumstances are within the fiction. These historical facts are just as compelling when read on the Avatar wiki page, negating the necessity for a book in the first place. I think this is symptomatic of writing a prequal too. We know enough about Kyoshi to be interested in her character, so the facts about her should be presented interestingly with art and showmanship.
This book leaves me with the sneaking suspicion that most of what FC Yee knows about writing was learned from anime, a genre so polluted its not worth even sifting through to find quality content. Hot take, I know.
His other books on Genie Lo (2017, 2020) are teen dramas with ‘the chosen one’ trope, as the summaries suggest. That must be why that shows in this book. Maybe FC Yee can only write one type of book.
Yee is also not an author by trade. He said in an interview that he works in mobile gaming as the guy who makes “everything less fun by adding stuff to the game you have to pay for.” He went to college for Economics, or so I read on his wiki page.
His book publisher proposed the two book series idea to Nickelodeon, it was not a matter of the creators carefully hand picking a writer. He also only worked with Mike DiMartino. In his interview, he says he did not work with Bryan Konietzko and never even mentions Aaron Ehasz. I believe this is to the great detrement of the story.
I’ve heard that people really liked this book. However, I wonder if that is genuine affection or the same kind of denial Star Wars fans had when the Phantom Menace came out. I draw this parallel because my father was that person. He recomended this book to me and gave it high praise in the same way he did when Phantom Menace released.
The fans, my father and myself included, are starved for any canon ATLA material. Feeding the fans undercooked meals is no way to make a fanbase grow. The ATLA fanbase already got food poisoning from M Knight’s movie. It recovered, but at a cost. I hate to think what might happen after the Netflix show and the animated movie of adult Aang.
I understand that Yee was a fan of the material. In fact, he and I share the same favorite character. So know that this is not an attack on a fellow fan of ATLA, I simply believe Yee is not the man for this job. Avatar deserves better than to be relegated to a YA novel lost in a sea of overproduced assembly line YA content. Avatar deserves a better writer. Save your fine cutlery for fine dining, don’t use polished silver to eat fast food.
To end, I leave you with this: if you want more Avatar content, gather some friends and play the Avatar rpg by Magpie Games. It is the most fun I’ve had in the ATLA world since I was a kid. If you play it right, you get that same sense of magic you got back in 2005 when Book Water came out.
Below is a link to an interview with Yee.
https://thenerdsofcolor.org/2019/07/15/from-fan-to-avatar-writer-f-c-yee-on-developing-the-story-of-avatar-kyoshi/amp/

Just to make it clear, i am cheap and i wanted to profit off of doing my own tires on my project bike. Its a teeny 125cc honda CBR 125R that i fixed up. Learnt the whole maintenance thing on it before i did the tasks on my big bike. Oil, air filter, brake lights, brakes, valves, ... and now tires.
Bought tire spoons for 18€ and putting on the tires would take 20€ each. Doing one set and suffering would yield unlimited returns forever!
Cue removing the front tire and suffering the consequences of not thinking ahead leading to me waggling the cbr to its storage space on its rear wheel almost pulling something in my back trying to keep it upright. Did not buy a front paddock so its resting on its forks on some boxes like the ratty project it is.
Got the tire off easily enough, in about half an hour with 3 tire spoons and some good force i managed to get the tire on BUT I WARPED THE DAMN THREAD TO THE FOURTH DIMENSION. I'm not the strongest but i got some muscle and boy did i use it. Must've messed up the 'put your knees down on the other side' cause i muscled that spoon over the rim with the intensity of an action movie shot just before the problem gets solved. Tire obviously wouldn't hold air.
Contemplated life for a while, ordered a new one and figured id put on the old tire (15yo) as a form of practice. If that went well id give the rear tire a shot, if not ill eat the costs and lament. Got me a bucket of soapy water and focused on putting my weight on one side while spooning the other side AND THE THING NEAR FLEW ONTO THAT RIM!!!!!!!!!!!!! Did not have to apply all that much power, just some leverages, steadily bit by bit and making sure i sat my stupid ass on the other side of the damn rubber.
Had some issues getting it to inflate, got a tip from the local subreddit discord to bounce the tire and lo and behold after my 20yo compressor got up to pressure for the third time i got a pop and a second or 3 later a second pop. Tire beaded and inflated. As it laid on the 60€ tire that i destroyed literally within half the hour of being delivered i couldnt even be happy. Spending 60€ to put on a tire almost old enough to ride the bike its put on.
Mind you i was doing the whole process in my bathroom due to the soapy water and at this point it was a mess.
As that one went well i went ahead and took the rear off the bike in the garage downstairs. Somehow i put the stand that held up the bike by its axle nuts far enough away that by the time i got the rear wheel loose i stood there, supporting the bike's tail on my shoulder, hunched over without anything to put under the bike. Managed to get it leaning against the wall for long enough to put the stand under and up i went, back to my bathroom.
Suffered a good while to get the bead to break as the bead breaking machine i'd borrowed and wanted to use for the tougher rear tire HAD A SUPPORTING ROD TOO THICK FOR THE DAMN WHEEL. So back to using spoons to pop that bead and getting off the tire and putting it back on. Double and triple checked whether i put it on right, spent 15 soapy minutes to get the rear on TO FIND OUT ID STILL PUT IT ON BACKWARDS. Getting the beads to pop went well though before i noticed. Improvement!
At this point id spent a good 4 hours struggling with these tires, the mental meltdown of breaking a tire and the struggle of breaking the bead and i took a breather. Figured id take this as a lesson learnt and just pay for the damn tire installation + balancing.
Having regained my calm i took off the tire, being mindful to not tear it off the rim like the frustrated mini-hulk i felt i was ONLY TO PUT ON THE DAMN REAR tire in 5 MAGNIFICENTLY SWIFT MINUTES and figuring out how to bounce the tire well enough that the double pop came near the same instant i put the pressured air compressor to the valve. What a beautiful sound.
Now i have 3-5 days to clean up the bike and wait for the front wheel and probably forget the tricks of how to put the damn rubber on and i'm oddly enthusiastic about putting it on so swiftly making my brain think we're still saving money in the future. Not sure whether i want to put on the tires on my big bike but we'll see...
And here i am, typing it as a form of free therapy, hope someone enjoyed the read.
TLDR: stupid monkey puts on motorcycle tires only to spend 4h+ on getting it 'right' and breaking one of them. Soapy water is magic and putting the tire to warm on a radiator makes the thing malleable like clay almost. Combine that with correctly utilizing the technique of pressing down the other side of the tire with your bodyweight or something else and the whole process went smoother than my brains are.

I need 3 existing fish, 1 new and 3 existing farm
I have available to trade temu:
Existing fish: 7
New fish: 2
Existing farm: 5
New farm: 4
Existing Hat trick: 8
Existing Cash redeem: 8
Existing 5g: 6
Lucky flip: 8
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I need 3 existing fish, 1 new and 3 existing farm
I have available to trade temu:
Existing fish: 7
New fish: 2
Existing farm: 5
New farm: 4
Existing Hat trick: 8
Existing Cash redeem: 8
Existing 5g: 6
Lucky flip: 8
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I don't use shein!
5 Free Gifts Code: 237914478
Hat tricks are done

I need 3 existing fish, 1 new and 3 existing farm
I have available to trade temu:
Existing fish: 7
New fish: 2
Existing farm: 5
New farm: 4
Existing Hat trick: 8
Existing Cash redeem: 8
Existing 5g: 6
Lucky flip: 8
Shein:
Existing Puppy: 2
New puppy: 2
Magic: 2
Free gift: 4
Spin: 2
Lucky draw: 2
Money tree: 2
Happy draw: 2
I'll be trading for puppy later
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USA By: David K?
Please ask me before doing the trade. EDIT: For some reason my full thread is not loading messages so I have to read them from clicking notifications.

C4C Game List	Code
🌾Farm Land	203390830

Please tell me-

1. Temu Game you used my code on.
2. Temu Game your code is on.
3. Your username inside Temu.

Click Map	-
Available	✅
Unavailable	❌
Unlimited	♾️

Click Availability	-
🐠 Fish Land	✅
🌾 Farm Land	✅
🎩 Hat Trick	✅
🎁 Free Gifts	✅
🌴 Temu Tree	♾️?
🍵 Free Coffee	♾️?
🍀Lucky Flip	❌

Easter Eggs	Ineligible C4C	Note
🎩 Trick	234806837	5/20
🎩 Trick	229115516	0/5
🎁 Gifts	229514788	blank
🎁 Gifts	233463494	blank
🎁 Gifts	blank	blank

Game Name	Non-C4C Code	Information
📦 Daily	dailybox777	Daily Gift Box
🐠 Land	204281763	Friends
🌾 Land	203390830	Friends
🌴 Tree	temutree0326228	Plant real trees
🍵 Fert	cof0996693	Free coffee fertilizer

Game Name	Extra	Information
🍵 Water	cof0567796	Free coffee water
🍀Flip	N/A	N/A

Notes:

1. For Hat Trick and Free Gifts you can do both eligible and ineligible clicks to help get either of us easter eggs. But please let me know which ones you gave it to and give me your codes.
2. For new users, you can only do one click a day per game. One click a week per game of someone you've already given a click to. I will check records to make sure you have given one. Hat Trick is also known as Freebies.
3. Free Coffee has two codes. One for water and one for fertilizer. I prefer fertilizer.

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USA By: David K?
Please ask me before doing the trade.

C4C Game List	Code
🌾Farm Land	203390830

Please tell me-

1. Temu Game you used my code on.
2. Temu Game your code is on.
3. Your username inside Temu.

Click Map	-
Available	✅
Unavailable	❌
Unlimited	♾️

Click Availability	-
🐠 Fish Land	✅
🌾 Farm Land	✅
🎩 Hat Trick	✅
🎁 Free Gifts	✅
🌴 Temu Tree	♾️?
🍵 Free Coffee	♾️?
🍀Lucky Flip	❌

Easter Eggs	Ineligible C4C	Note
🎩 Trick	234806837	5/20
🎩 Trick	229115516	0/5
🎁 Gifts	229514788	blank
🎁 Gifts	233463494	blank
🎁 Gifts	blank	blank

Game Name	Non-C4C Code	Information
📦 Daily	dailybox777	Daily Gift Box
🐠 Land	204281763	Friends
🌾 Land	203390830	Friends
🌴 Tree	temutree0326228	Plant real trees
🍵 Fert	cof0996693	Free coffee fertilizer

Game Name	Extra	Information
🍵 Water	cof0567796	Free coffee water
🍀Flip	N/A	N/A

Notes:

1. For Hat Trick and Free Gifts you can do both eligible and ineligible clicks to help get either of us easter eggs. But please let me know which ones you gave it to and give me your codes.
2. For new users, you can only do one click a day per game. One click a week per game of someone you've already given a click to. I will check records to make sure you have given one. Hat Trick is also known as Freebies.
3. Free Coffee has two codes. One for water and one for fertilizer. I prefer fertilizer.

Reddit Post Explaining Clicks Search for: TemuThings - "Code Exchanging (Clicks)"

So I'm using the website and loving it. I'm experiencing an issue where this is the third time this has happened and I'm equal parts mad and confused.
I write a response to the bot and and set my phone down, face up, while I do something that takes no more than 3-5 minutes. I come back and hours of story has been erased. Without me touching the phone or rewinding the story.
The first time I thought it was a fluke. Maybe I set my phone down weird. Second time was this morning. Third time was right now. No Ghosts, no other people at home. And the last few hours of story are gone.
Immersion is ruined and I'm frustrated.

I need 3 existing fish, 1 new and 3 existing farm
I have available to trade temu:
Existing fish: 7
New fish: 2
Existing farm: 5
New farm: 4
Existing Hat trick: 8
Existing Cash redeem: 8
Existing 5g: 6
Lucky flip: 8
Shein:
Existing Puppy: 2
New puppy: 2
Magic: 2
Free gift: 4
Spin: 2
Lucky draw: 2
Money tree: 2
Happy draw: 2
I'll be trading for puppy later
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Chapter 5
Lacy opened her eyes and saw flashing colorful lights. She heard carnival music playing from loudspeakers. She wondered to herself what this place was walking around. She saw multiple vendor stands and carnival games. Everything looked abandoned, food dropped on the floor and chairs flipped. She continued walking, finding a carnival ride. It was one of the droppers. Lacy had memories with her mother going on these kinds of rides. She pushed on following the stands until she stumbled upon a circus tent. She stepped inside and saw a man. The man was very tall and was standing in the middle of the tent. The man turned around and the lights to the tent turned on revealing that the man was a clown on stilts. The clown had a white face with a red nose. His hair was red and was split in two making it look like he had horns. He had on an oversized shirt that looked like multiple blue and red shirts stitched together. His pants were baggy and had obvious blood stains. The stilts made him about ten feet tall. The clown wore a frown on his face, giving Lacy a sense of uncertainty. “What's your name little girl, I have all sorts of tricks that can make you laugh.” The clown's voice was goofy and lighthearted compared to the frown on its face that it kept. “Ah come on, don't be shy. We can still have fun. Not like all of the other’s who left.” Lacy noticed a man lying in a pool of blood next to the clown. He was wearing ringmaster attire. The clown noticed that Lacy saw the body. “He didn’t laugh. Just like the others.” The clown's voice had changed. He now sounded like an older man who had given up on feeling joy. “Did you kill that man?” Lacy asked, already knowing the answer. “No. I released him. He didn’t laugh. He had no joy. So I released him.” Lacy began to back off, gripping her knife. The clown revealed a sword it was holding behind his back. It had blood on it. “I’ll release you too”. The clown began stepping towards her, laughing while doing so. “God Dammit not again” Lacy ran throughout the carnival grounds with the clown closely behind her. She noticed a security trailer. She got to the door and it was locked. Hearing the laughter getting closer. She slammed her body into the door until it finally broke open. The laughter ceased. Lacy looked around the office not seeing anything special. Until she saw a tape recorder.
Chapter 6
Lacy grabbed the recorder. “Who would even have time to make these?”
This is Professor Crawdord. I have managed to survive in this obscure world for what feels like multiple days. This new threat, the clown on stilts seems to be less of a problem than he looks. He’s slow compared to other things I have faced. I discovered evidence as to who this person is. His name is Daniel Larson. He worked at the circus for most of his life. One could only imagine the mind of someone who is laughed at all day for most of their lives. On an unfortunate day Larson snapped and murdered a man on the fairgrounds. The man was another attraction. His specialty was swallowing swords and evidence showed that Larson used the sword to kill him. Larson continued killing, focusing on people that would not laugh at his jokes. The Ringmaster called showtime and at the start of the show Larson told him a joke in front of the audience and when the Ringmaster did not respond Larson killed him. The audience rushed out and as the police showed up Larson had disappeared. Upon searching his trailer they found pictures of other unsolved murders in the area. Larson was never caught. I have not figured out exactly what the holes are but I feel that Larson has to be connected somehow. These holes have a requirement to open. A death must take place for them to appear.
Lacy set the tape recorder down understanding now what had to happen. Lacy looked at the knife in her hand. “He’s a murderer. He’s hurt people. I'd be doing the world a favor.” Lacy opened the trailer door and followed the laughter leading to the circus tent.
Chapter 6
Lacy reached the entrance to the tent, peering inside she saw Larson standing over the ringmaster's body. Lacy moved underneath the stands. Larson turned towards the entrance and began walking around the tent. “I know you're here child.” Lacy ran throughout the underside of the stands. Trying to find an angle to see Larson and which direction he was facing. Lacy could see Larson was searching for her. The stilts made him move slow enough for her to sneak up on him easily. Slowly moving throughout the tent, Lacy got close enough behind Larson to hear him mumbling something to himself. Running towards Larson she kicked the stilts causing him to fall to the ground. Lacy took the opportunity to stab the clown in the shoulder. Larson kicked Lacy away and swept the sword in her direction, cutting her on the leg. Lacy turned to run towards the opening of the tent, but Larson grabbed her foot and lifted the sword. “You’ll pay like they did.” Lacy kicked Larson in the face, got up and ran to leave the tent. “DON’T LEAVE! YOU HAVEN'T LAUGHED YET!” Lacy could hear Larson limping behind her, now off the stilts. She ran until she could no longer hear Larson behind her. “The dropper, I can distract him with the dropper.” Lacy avoided Larson, eventually making her way to the dropper. She didn’t know how to work the machine so she had to guess until she got it right. “Come on, you stupid machine.” Pressing multiple buttons, Lacy could hear the laughter of Larson creeping slowly towards her. Finally the ride shot up into the sky. Larson stepped onto the platform of the dropper. “I found you, please stop. I'll lose everything if you don't laugh.” Lacy took notice of the dropper rushing towards the ground. Just as Larson swiped his sword down at Lacy, she dodged out of the way. As Larson tried to get his footing back, she pushed him under the dropper. The machine crushed him ending the vile man’s savage slaughter. Lacy turned around to see at the bottom of the platform a hole had appeared. “Please, let me go home.” Lacy stepped through the hole, once again blacking out.
Chapter 7
Lacy awoke to a wooded area. She noticed a sign that said “The Weeping Woods”. “Where am I? Am I home?” Standing up she followed a trail marked that led to a camping area. She saw multiple benches and what seemed like a campfire that was put out. She continued along the path seeing a fire watch tower in the distance. “Maybe that place has people”. Continuing to the tower she could hear someone crying from a distance. Lacy kept pushing on the trail until she reached the bottom of the watch tower. The stairs felt endless as Lacy could hear the hissing of a radio coming from the room on top.She noticed that one of the stairs as well as the railing was damaged. Lacy skipped that step in fear of it breaking. Reaching the top everything felt nauseatingly small. She could see a light moving in the distance. The light moved erratically as if it was a person holding a flashlight, running away from something. Lacy turned to the watch room and noticed that the lights were on and someone was trying to reach the radio in the room. Pulling open the door she walked up to the radio and as she tried to contact the person on the other side, the radio shut off. Turning to examine the rest of the room Lacy noticed another tape recorder. Grabbing the recorder she pressed play.
I managed to kill the smiling man. I don’t know what it has done to me emotionally. It seemed so easy at the time. I told myself that the man was a beast. Anyway, I awoke in a forest, I found a path and followed it until I found a woman. The woman was sitting in the middle of the path. She was wearing a white dress that was covered in dirt. I could not see her face, but I could hear her. She was crying and her body looked frail. As I got closer I noticed her hair was long enough to cover her entire face. She asked me a question. “Have you seen Kevin?” I had no answer. Fear took over every part of my body. I could feel my muscles start to ache at the thought of having to run from this girl. A loud growl came from the girl. It shaked my very soul. I managed to escape to her. I made my way to the watch room where I will rest for a while. To whoever finds this tape, you know what you have to do.
Lacy put the recorder down. Looking out of the window she saw the light continue to move in the forest before it stopped. As Lacy turned to leave the watch room. The light disappeared.
Chapter 8
Walking along the path that the light she saw was on, Lacy couldn't help but see the image of the girl the Crawford had described in her head. Looking at the knife she still had, she knew there was only one way to get out of this forest. Along the trail Lacy found the light source that she had seen. It belonged to a man that was lying still on the floor. His flashlight was still on. “Hey, are you alright?” Lacy asked the body. Turning the body over Lacy stepped back in horror. The man's body was pale and looked shriveled. Lacy brushed the fear off and picked up his flashlight. As Lacy picked it up she heard a voice from behind her. “Have you seen Kevin?” Fear erupted in Lacy as the words were familiar to her. Remembering the recorder she slowly stood up before turning around to face the being. The girl was exactly as described in the tape. Except for one detail. She had a wedding veil on. “I don’t know who Kevin is, I'm sorry” Lacy said the first thing that came to her mind, instantly regretting it. The girl opened her mouth at an angle that rivaled pythons. A ghastly wail rang out of her mouth, ringing Lacys ears. Without hesitation Lacy plunged the knife into the girl's neck. Pulling it out the wailing did not cease. It didn't affect her. Lacy turned to run, almost tripping over the body of the man. As Lacy was running the girl was on all fours crawling towards her at a faster pace than any normal person could crawl. She looked like an animal. Lacy noticed that the girl was no longer screaming, but was crying. The tears were blood red and she looked sympathetic to Lacy. Running past the trees Lacy looked for an answer to the problem that was crawling behind her. Trying to listen over the sound of her own breathing and the crying of the girl behind her, she heard the sound of a river flowing in the distance. Running towards the sound of the river, Lacy tripped over a log tumbling to the ground. Almost in an instant the girl climbed on top of her. Her eyes met Lacy as her mouth opened in the same disgusting manner that it had before and just as her mouth opened the same way as it had before, the same sound erupted as well. Lacy felt her blood boil at the sound, feeling her life leaving her body. In a final attempt to free herself she freed her hand and stuck the knife directly into the girl's mouth. The girl’s scream stopped and turned into a painful yelp rather than an angry roar. Lacy used the moment to kick the girl off of her and got up to run. As she began to run the girl grabbed her leg, piercing her skin with her nails. Lacy pushed through and kept running. As Lacy was running she turned her head around to see the girl just sitting there, crying. Lacy got a fair distance away and began walking to regain strength. Finally making it to the river, she stopped to drink. Lacy made a sudden realization. She wasn't thirsty. After everything she had been through she was not thirsty at all. Not only was she not thirsty, but she was not hungry either. “I have to come up with a plan”. Lacy understood the rules of this strange place. Something has to die in order for one of those holes to appear. “But I saw that guy's body, why wasn’t there a hole there? No, these beings, Larson, The Smiling Man, This girl, they don’t get to leave. That’s why Crawford said you know what you have to do. The holes appear when the beings in these places die. The girl has to die for a hole to appear.” Lacy was talking outloud, it made her feel less alone. As Lacy was washing the blood off of her she looked into the river. She could see the moon in the reflection as well as her face. Looking into her eyes she noticed a drop hit the river. Looking at the other side of the river. She saw the girl crouching down, looking directly at Lacy with her blood red eyes.
Chapter 9
The river wasn’t wide. It would take the girl less than 5 seconds to cross. Lacy had to think fast. Her mind was racing as the girl just sat there and watched her. An idea popped into her head. The watchtower. Almost supernaturally, as Lacy had the idea the girl lounged towards her. Lacy dodged out of the way and broke into a sprint hearing the girl crying and crawling after her. After what felt like hours of running and having this thing chase after her, she made it to the tower. The girl was crawling after her, looking like an alligator chasing its prey. Stepping onto the steps Lacy felt her legs start to give up. She pushed on, her muscles burning. Turning her head she saw the girl crawling up the stairs. Lacy’s heart was racing as her body needed to rest or it would shut down. “Where is Kevin?” The girl screamed for the first time since she had begun chasing Lacy. Lacy could feel her body giving up and just as she passed the broken step, her legs collapsed. Lacy layed on the steps as the girl crawled up the steps towards her. The girl was crawling slower now that she had seen Lacy was on the ground. Lacy continued backing up on the stairs. Just as the girl was about to lounge at Lacy she put her hand on the broken step. Seeing this Lacy kicked the broken step causing it to break. The girl lost her footing and Lacy pushed her off of the balcony. The girl fell from the immense height of the tower. Lacy took the moment to just lay on the steps. Hours passed as Lacy rested. She mustered up enough strength to go down the stairs. At the bottom of the tower she found the body of the girl. She looked as if all of her bones were broken. Her eyes were open and Lacy could see the blood pooling in them. Lacy became nauseous at the sight of her body. Looking to the left she saw a hole. A hole that was all too familiar with her. Lacy collected her thoughts. “This has to end” Stepping through the hole, only one thing was in her mind. This has to end.
Chapter 10
Lacy woke up to the sound of snow falling. The room that she was in was warm. A fire was crackling in the corner of the room. Looking out of the window of the house she saw a massive snow storm that affected her vision to see past the tree line. Lacy examined her surroundings and saw a normal looking room. In the middle was a couch. Just looking at the couch made Lacy tired. Walking around the cabin she noticed the room looked untouched, unlike every other place she had been in. Sitting down on the couch Lacy's eyes became heavy as she began to fall asleep. Just as she was about to pass out a loud bugle of an elk erupted. Lacy ran to the window to see where it was. As she looked outside it seemed as if the storm had stopped for just a second. As the snow ceased, an elk poked through the tree line. Its eyes were looking directly at Lacy. Just as fast as it disappeared, the snow storm erupted. “You’re a failure Lacy.” A voice swept through the cabin. It sounded familiar. “You killed her you know” Lacy placed the voice. It was her father. Lacy’s mind was racing. How did he get here? Why was he saying this? Where was he? And her last thought, Was this really him? The elk bugle rang throughout the cabin again. “I pitied you” The voice was Collin. Lacy searched the windows of the house trying to find the origin of the voices she was hearing. “Everyone hates you” Lacy stepped towards the door reaching for the handle. A sudden and intense fear brushed over her. Lacy felt that if she opened that door, whatever was telling her these things would take her life. Stepping away from the door she heard the Elk bugle again. “Why did you leave me Lacy?” The voice was her father again. This time it sounded as if he was crying. “I told you I needed you and you left. After everything I sacrificed for you, after all of the times I had to go to that school to bail you out. This is how you repay me.” Lacy could feel her emotions boiling inside of her. Everything that was being said was true in a sense so Lacy was letting it affect her more than anything else ever had. She could feel tears running down her face. “I'm trying to get back to you dad, I just don't know how.” Lacy looked towards the window and saw the Elk. It had gotten closer to the cabin. The snow had calmed down. The Elk opened its mouth and spoke in the voice of her father. “You won’t make it out of this place alive Lacy”.
Chapter 11
Looking into the eyes of the Elk, Lacy’s blood ran cold. Her mind was racing. Animals can’t talk but yet this Elk just looked her in the eyes and spoke in the voice of her father as well as other people she knew. The snow had ceased tremendously compared to when she had first appeared in the cabin. Lacy worked up the courage to ask the Elk a question. “What do you want from me?” The Elk did not reply, instead it turned to the tree line and left. Remembering the rules of this place, Lacy understood that the Elk had to die. The question was how she was going to accomplish that. Lacy gathered enough courage to open the door to examine her surroundings. Outside of the cabin was a blanket of blinding snow. The sun was high in the sky blinding Lacy. Before Lacy went back inside she noticed a wooden stump sticking out of the snow. Sticking out of the stump was an axe. Lacy slammed the door shut and closed the latch. Lacy knew that the dull kitchen knife she had wouldn’t be able to handle an elk, but an axe would. Lacy began to plan a way to get to the Elk. She took notice of certain aspects that the Elk had. Every time it made the bugle noise, it would change voices. The closer it got, the more the snowstorm would calm. Lacy had to play its game until it got close enough to the axe so that she could reach the axe before it could reach her. The elk bugle sounded again. “You really think that anyone thought you could accomplish anything.”. It was her teacher. Lacy peered out of the window. The snow had ceased ever so slightly. Lacy could see the silhouette of the elk near the same spot it was in before. “What do you think, we cared about you? We pitied you and your pitiful existence.” Lacy began to brush off the sentences coming from the elk's mouth. Lacy was contemplating if the axe play was the way to move further. The bugle went off again. “Lacy” the voice was the smiling man. The smiling man was a recent memory to Lacy. This elk had to know who she was to be able to know who he was. Lacy looked out of the window. The elk was watching her. This time Lacy saw it make the awful sound she had continued to hear. Instead of a voice she had heard. It was a voice that was unfamiliar to her. “Why fight it child. Why fight what you truly are. Why fight human nature? Why fight reality? Do you truly think you can escape? Do you truly believe that you will see your father again? Do you believe that you have people to rely on in this place? Do you truly believe that God is with you here? You have no chance. Smite me down if you must. HOPE SHOULD BE ABANDONED IN THIS PLACE” Lacy brushed off every word that was said. Rushing to the door she threw it open. Running through the snow. She reached the axe. It was a standard fire axe with a yellow handle and black blade. It wasn't heavy to her, it had to be adrenaline. Rushing towards the elk it did not fight back. She plunged the axe head into the elk's skull. Blood rushed out of the wound, covering Lacy. The elk fell to the floor with a booming thud. As Lacy stared at the body of the animal lying in the snow, a hole appeared behind her. Lacy had to believe that there was an end to this. She stepped through the hole. With a new found axe.

Good Evening KS!
Selling some stuff to fund a To Be Determined Grail of either a AD 20 Ti or Rosie... or a Evo Typhoon... or a Arius... well I can't decide lol
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TRI-WAY XM-18 3" Wharnie (SW - Blk G10) - SV $325

2nd Owner, great knife with Skiff Bearings installed for a smoother action; Def has been used as shown the Scratches on the blade, blade is a little off center favoring clip side. Just received it back from a Spa Day at Hinderer. Not much to say, great build quality as expected from Hinderer Knives.
Comes with MisMatched Box, Tri-way Parts, and High Tech Peanuts

REC 2nds Manix - SV 200

2nd Owner, Factory Seconds due to Uneven Coating, however, coating seems to be fine from what I see. Action is broken in and drops shut however never carried by me; Comes with OG Aluminum Black Scales and REC Lynch NW Pocket Clip. Unfortunately, when putting on the scales I ended up snapping both of the black pocket clips screws that came with the scales. The empty slot seen has the screw broken perfectly between the scales and would require a screw extractor. Overall, Knife still functions great!
Comes with Original Scales & Screws (NO OG Clip) + REC Lynch NW Pocket clip screws

SOLD Leatherman Arc - SV $170

2nd Owner, decided to try one out and love the one hand operation on it; Action is really nice, you can pull off some balisong tricks with it LOL. Carried a handful of times, used the blade to cut some paper and cardboard but no abused. Pliers have typical scratches from opening and closing; Does NOT come with extra bits, I gave the ones that came with the Arc to my dad for his Charge +.
Comes with Sheath Only

That's all I have Folks!

Prices are pretty Firm at the moment but shoot me an offer 👊
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Hi guys, could someone please give me some feedback on my school list, especially if a school is not OS-friendly or if it is too much of a reach with my stats? I was born and raised in WA state, but I'm technically a CA resident now. Thank you in advance for your suggestions!!
My stats: 3.92 GPA, 512 MCAT; no gap years
Activities: 2000 hours research (2 presentations at conference, 1 poster, 1 manuscript in preparation), 300ish clinical (hospital volunteer and intern at a dermatology clinic), 100 hours non-clinical volunteer (tutoring kids), 2000 non-clinical job in real estate (just paid for my tuition and living expenses) + other small activities and awards
*I'm also applying to DO, but I didn't include those schools !
MD School list:

1. UC Davis (I've heard this one wants ppl from Nor-cal?)
   
2. UC Riverside (same bias as UC Davis?)
   
3. UCLA
   
4. UCI
   
5. University of Washington (born here + parents live here)
   
6. Washington State University (born here + parents live here)
   
7. UCSD
   
8. Oregon Health and Sciences (says they require 3.7/513+ MCAT so should I bother?)
   
9. University of Nevada, Reno
   
10. Howard University COM
    
11. Marshall University SOM
    
12. Morehouse SOM
    
13. Central Michigan
    
14. Wright State
    
15. Albany
    
16. UNLV
    
17. University of Toledo COM
    
18. West Virginia
    
19. Medical College of Wisconsin
    
20. University of South Carolina SOM Greenville
    
21. Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine at the University of Utah
    
22. Pennsylvania State University COM
    
23. Florida International University Herbert Wertheim COM
    
24. Jacobs SOM and Biomedical Sciences at University of Buffalo (highkey OS bias?)
    
25. University of Arizona COM
    
26. University of Minnesota Medical School
    
27. Oakland University William Beaumont SOM
    
28. Loyola
    
29. Drexel COM
    
30. George Washington University SOM
    
31. Geisinger Commonwealth SOM
    
32. Temple
    
33. Tulane
    
34. Wake Forest
    
35. University of Vermont
    
36. Rosalind Franklin
    
37. Rank H. Netter MD SOM at Quinnipaic University
    
38. University of Maryland SOM
    
39. California University of Science and Medicine
    
40. Tufts
    
41. Albert Einstein College of Medicine
    
42. Kaiser (lol for fun, I know avg MCAT is 517)
    
43. Michigan State
    

I'm 5'7" loose/snug/tight: 44"/42"/40" (40" seems too tight to wear and my current bra is 44" and feels too loose even on smallest clasps) standing/hanging/laying: 48"/51"/50"
I always scoop-swoop. In the hanging position is seems like slightly more tissue is on top, and more on the outer sides rather than innecleavage. When I cup and just kind of lift, there's a good 2-3" gap in between them; it's like my breasts are much smaller than other women as big as me. Like each one is exactly "one handful" but for another woman my size theirs would be that each one would be "two handfuls" or even "three handfuls"
It seems like no matter what size or sister size I try, the cup is partially empty on top to the point it is wrinkly.
I don't tolerate high gores very well. Also my underbust is 44" standing but 46" sitting.
I just tried on Elomi Kintai 301202 with straps as long as they could go (UK40E / US 40DDD) and while the wire does seem to go around my breast, I wouldn't be able to sit in it all day (only stand) and it suffers the wrinkling while also feeling like the top edge is too low/small. With straps in the default position they ship in, the band is not level in the back and normally straps at max or close to max keep it level in back, but straps usually slide off during office work.
I am so desperate for "cakes on a plate" but it's like mine are too small despite measuring an E. When I was a fair bit thinner I wore a 38F by Parfait with a frilly strap and it was as close as I got to a full cup. (At that time I measure 40E or 40F.) It's almost like bras should have half as much cup for me to fill it.
My most recent bras were all Cacique boost plunge in 44C but I've lost enough weight that 44 feels too loose. I got them because they pushed my tissue upward and inwards. Still not enough to get cleavage and had kinda bad fit, but they were comfortable for all day.
The "orange in a glass" does seem to fit by description alone, but in the images section of projected versus shallow, mine seem in-between or more projected. There's also a dramatic difference in whether I wear spanx/shapewear or not (they look very projected if I do), and I don't want to wear shapewear very often and certainly not for sitting at work.
I do have the ability to use the Try Before You Buy feature, but Amazon does not seem to know how to match model number and size to actually send me the bra(s) I asked to try on, so it seems hopeless.
Help me figure out A Bra That Fits. Your found by Parfait for me so I know you can.