I honestly can't wait for it to be Monday when the market opens. The suspense is overwhelming. I'm expecting interesting things for the FFIE share price, because:

1. Starting tomorrow we'll see the start of a ladder of increasing FTD volume numbers that'll keep increasing for the next two weeks at least. Monday's is next week's lowest FTD volume which is still higher than last Friday's volume.
2. Despite heavy shorting this week, the share price held firm and rose from the dip to closing at a 13% increase last Friday. Also we did see a spike reaching 0.78 dollars! This alone could attract more investors and make current investors see that there's indeed life in the stock. Combined with the increasing number of FTDs, we could see pressure upwards. The more pressure upwards, the more investors are likely to join in, then it would cause EVEN HIGHER PRESSURE UPWARDS!
3. A couple of days ago, FFIE the company, was able to restart their car delivering efforts and successfully delivered yet another car. With more coming up. Every car sold is a step forward which not only adds the revenue of a car sold, it also increases the visibility and attention for the cars, which could lead to even more future sales. This is huge news in terms of avoiding the risk of bankruptcy, which could attract even more investors based on that news alone, which in turn could help the momentum of the share price upwards.
4. I suspect, or hope, (I refuse to predict) that we'll see a share price of 1-1.2 dollars this coming week. 1.2 dollars would be monumental because it would attract investors around the world to become interested. But it would also mean that we're allowed to discuss FFIE on the WSB subreddit with 16 million users who like to gamble on stocks that seem interesting.

I'm feeling confident in this stock enough to buy around 5k-6k dollars worth of shares on Thursday when I receive some extra money. This is not financial advice, only my own speculation and my interest in the stock which I like.

I'm glad I joined this group! Thanks for having me. I've read a lot of threads and didn't see the one I hoped for, here it is.... Does anybody have Easter Eggs to share? I was watching a whole bunch of shows that recorded last week. During the opening shots, there's a desk. In the background and on the desks are items associated with each of the 8 core characters. I've figured out all but one item and one character, maybe some of you can help.
*Basketball - Sasappis?/For his role in Jay's dream?
*Barn Owl - FloweWhen they all thought she was sucked off and became an owl.
Reward Points sign ? - not sure if it's an Easter Egg
*Cup & saucer - Hetty/She loves a tea party.
*Candy bowl - Pete?/Isn't he the one that loves butterscotch candy?
Book about Poltergeists & Apparitions - I remember one of the 8 seeing a poltergeist or being interested in them or something. No other book in the shot has a visible title. /
*Butterfly on picture frame - ThoHe wanted to show Flower a butterfly in the pantry when they were doing suck-off roll call.
*Framed photo of Jay & Samantha/For themselves.
*Toy Dinosaur - Issac Higgintoot/He wanted the dinosaur themed wedding after being told they were real.
Flapper dress in portrait - Alberta/It's similar to what she's wearing.
Victorian lamp ? - I'm not sure about this either.
Trevor is the only one I can't think of something brought out in an episode that is associated with him.

Previous part: 8.99.
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One thing that I'm not getting here is why Vanessa is even a part of Vanny or Glitchtrap's situation since Double-V is true. When I originally thought up Double-V, I was originally thinking that Vanessa and Vanny were two different people and/or were sharing the role of "Vanny".
It's just one of them was more willing than the other to be a part of Glitcthtrap's machinations than the other. I didn't put too much thought into it, but it was something I wanted to look for until that Security Team revelation came about.
But now I'm left with this puzzle piece called Vanessa that I'm not quite sure what to do with now that I know that Vanny is an entirely separate person from her.
She has to be involved with Vanny and Gltichtrap somehow. Maybe the therapy tapes will help.

• CD 1-Therapist: — but a routine check of your online history has revealed that you spend quite a bit of time with someone in an encrypted conversation. We have transcripts, and I’ve read them, but it’s not clear what you’re talking about in these conversations. I can’t make sense of it. You must be getting something from these that I’m not getting. Right? Who are you talking to in these?

These are all things that would've pointed toward Glitchtrap if I didn't know better. So it's someone else doing this? Why and why her?

• CD 5-Therapist: — Apparently, the IT department has put together a pretty lengthy report chronicling non-job-related communications that have been coming to your computer. — what bothers me about what I read is that the messages you're getting seem very manipulative in nature. —You know who I'm talking about. What you might not know is that this person who's been sending you messages has been hacking into your personal files too.
• CD 5-Vanessa: Lots of people know more than I do. Sometimes I need to listen.

So Vanessa knows who's doing this to her. But she's been refusing to listen to them before and is now being worn down by the spamming messages sent to her. But the fact that she doesn't react to the news that they are digging into her personal life is very concerning!
Also, after going through Vanny's secret dialogue in Help Wanted, Vanessa's overall demeanor in both Security Breach and the Retro Cds clashes hard with Vanny's in both games. Where Vanny sounds and reads eager and nervous, Vanessa is defiant and reluctant with depressed undertones.
Is Vanessa really infected with Glitchtrap?
Yet now that I'm thinking about it, Glitchtrap has no need to do this as him sitting through Vanessa's therapy session with her would give him this info if she was infected. Who's ever doing this doesn't much about her, but would very much like to. Is it Vanny or Gregory...
Wait, hold on. Vanessa's first therapist mentioned that messages were encrypted and couldn't make out what the conversation was about. But the second therapist can understand these messages to know that they're manipulative in nature. Are these two different messengers?!
" I’ve read them, but it’s not clear what you’re talking about in these conversations**.** I can’t make sense of it. You must be getting something from these that I’m not getting." - The first Therapist
"but what bothers me about what I read is that the messages you're getting seem very manipulative in nature." - The second Therapist
What changed? Hmm... What exactly is an encrypted conversation? Maybe explaining that will help.
Encrypted text messaging is a method of secure communication that converts your messages into code. This means that only the recipient with the correct decryption key can read it. - Google
That sounds like what the first Therapist is referring to, but she mentions that they got the transcripts for it. Does that mean that got the code or the decryption key to read it? No, she says transcripts, which means the code itself.
But whatever the first Therapist saw in that transcript was legible enough to read and comprehend. This means the conversation wasn't in computer coding that would require someone in the tech field to decipher it, but just ordinary talk that's hard to understand what it's about.
Okay, that clears things up, they're still the same messenger.

• CD 11-Therapist: So, on your breaks, it looks like you were shopping for a costume. you purchased some fake fur material.
• CD 11- Vanessa: I can't talk about this. He said he would always be watching. He could be here or there or anywhere in between.
• CD 11-Therapist: No, that's not what I mean. You can't just ignore an issue. You have to face your memory of the experiences and process them so you can let it go. So you don't get triggered anymore. you can use this sort of self-dialogue to release these things
• CD 11-Vanessa: I don't like doing that.

This one conversation right here throws everything about Double-V out of whack. Why is Vanessa buying fake fur material? And for the very first time, we know the gender of who's messaging her along that he said that he would always be watching her.
Again the "he" here, and the "he will always be watching" part allude to Glitchtrap at first glance. And again, it can't be him because he should be within Vanessa since they merged in Help Wanted! Even if you dismissed the ending I proposed for Vanny and went with the ending where she gets locked up by Glitchtrap, it still wouldn't be him messaging her about watching here because he would be in her body!
And like I already said before, Vanessa has shown no memory problems or bodily control problems, which would've suggested Glitchtrap's control. No, this means that Gregory is doing all of this.
But why is he going after Vanessa? Geez, It's been a while since I even thought about his past before Security Breach. I forgot how much of a black hole of questions he is, regarding the lore. I'll give my updated thoughts about him after the Double-V revelation later.
For now, after going through all of Gregory's dialogue in Security Breach. It looks like he's not quite aware of the ongoings within the Pizzaplex and is shocked by the level of security can employ later in the night. There may actually be a hint of his hacker background in his dialogue if you squint. And Gregory has absolutely no idea what the rabbit laddy's name is until he gets to Fazerblast.
As for Gregory's involvement with Vanessa... Huh, that's weird. Gregory doesn't say Vanessa's name even once in Security Breach. Matter of fact, after the beginning sequence where Vanessa confronts Freddy about him, Gregory just stops talking about or even mentioning her for the rest of the game. This includes the confrontation that leads to her locking him up in Lost and Found and after it...
No matter how you slice it, Gregory's silence about her is super loud with alarm bells. Sure, he dismisses her as working with Vanny in the beginning, but it shouldn't mean that she should be an afterthought to him! Like, Gregory only talks about or mentions "the rabbit lady" after the beginning of the game.
In fact, if we were to rank every important character that Gregory talks about or mentions in his dialogue for Security Breach from most to least, it would look like this.

1. Freddy - 33 times
2. Vanny - 6 times
3. Chica - 6 times
4. Roxy - 4 times
5. Monty - 3 times
6. Moon - 3 times
7. Vanessa - 3 times
8. Burntrap - 1 time

That's absurd! Especially since she's the only other human worker in the Pizzaplex, besides Vanny, who encounters and confronts him. Like, he doesn't even try to communicate with her at all during the entire game!
Even when discovering Vanny's hideout in Fazerblast and Freddy suggests that Vanny is Vanessa due to deduceing Vanny's name being a combination of Vanessa + Bunny, Gregory remains silent about it! No, "Oh maybe you're right." or "That sounds too simple to be right", but instead there's no response to what might be the identity of your pursuer!
It's like he doesn't want to talk about her...
He knows her, he has to know Vanessa! Yet, he said, "I don't know who she is, but she's trying to get me!" to Freddy. Is he lying? No, he just knows about her.

• CD 14-Therapist: —They report that they've caught you on camera, or at least it appears to be you. — Well the techs are convinced that you've hacked into their system many times. — the electronics you like? I saw in your file that you have developed software programs that talk to you and repeat phrases, right? The program asks you questions and prompts you for responses. It's kind of like your own self therapy, isn't it? Another way of talking to yourself to work things out, right? When I saw some of your recent encrypted conversation logs, that's what I thought I was looking at. It felt like I was watching someone go back and forth in their own head, but the text found something that's different than that. When I read what they found, at first I thought I was looking at more examples of you just talking with yourself. Then I realized it was different. When I study this, it sounds like there is someone else responding to you. Who is it?

This is either hinting towards Gregory talking directly to Vanessa or Glitchtrap. But something that confuses me is why the therapist has or even be able to see Gregory's encrypted conversation logs?
I'll admit that I'm ignorant about therapy, but should your therapist have access to stuff you created outside of therapy? Unless Gregory created the program on a computer in therapy. It could explain how he's gotten access to Vanessa's files. But I'll drop that talk for now.
Something that's being made clear to me now is that Vanessa is not as connected to the villains as Gregory is, as she's more surprised by the changing of therapist than he is. In fact, Gregory knows why the therapists are disappearing, knows exactly when the therapists do something that would cause them to disappear, and doesn't seem upset when they show up mangled and dead.
But more than anything, Gregory knew Vanny long before Security Breach started. There's no reason why Gregory would know Vanny has enough control over the Pizzaplex to cut off Freddy from the network, in just one encounter. If anything, he should have assumed she was some weirdo stranger in the Pizzaplex that the security and the police needed to take care of.
But he already knew that Vanny had power in the Pizzaplex, maybe not the full scope, but enough to know that if she and he ever came into conflict with one another that ended with her wanting to hurt him then he needed to get out of the Pizzaplex.
Funnily enough, this actually lines up with the first-ever trailer for Security Breach, where Vanny says: "Gregory, I may have lost my temper earlier. But it was just a glitch!" Which implies they talking neutrally before whatever made Vanny lose her temper." Again, I'm not using this as evidence as it's been cut, instead, I'm suggesting that the idea might have merit.

• CD-Therapist: — I have this still shot the techs pulled from the security footage that recorded you in the pizzaplex. That's you, isn't it? I know this image is distorted but I think it looks like you. And you're not alone here. You're talking to someone, or something. it's hard to tell. What are those things? They almost look like rabbit ears. What? You find that amusing? Well I guess it is.

I had always flipped-flopped between the mysterious person being either Glamrock Bonnie or Vanny. Both are connected to Glitchtrap, so either would fit here as Glitchtrap wouldn't be captured by a camera. But with the new evidence I've discovered, Vanny fits as Gregory's mysterious rabbit correspondent in the Pizzaplex.
But what about Vanessa? Is Gregory hacking into her files or is it Vanny and Glitchtrap? Or perhaps Gregory is hacking into her files on behalf of Glitchtrap and Vanny. Either way, Vanessa is getting dragged into Gregory and the Villian's group chat.
Speaking of the therapy, if we take into account the Retro-CD's numbering system the first two numbers are the patient ID number, and the last two numbers are the number of times both Gregory and Vanessa have been to therapy, then we can uncover some invaluable information.
Gregory has been in therapy longer than Vanessa and he was also in therapy before her too. But combining this CD's numbering system with a theory from the Talesbook story, GGY, that Gregory only goes to therapy on Sunday. Then Gregory has been going to therapy for a year and a half.
And if Vanessa is following the weekly therapy session pattern, then she's only been going to it for a little more than half a year. This means she started her therapy just about after Gregory hit his half-year mark for therapy. In addition to all that, Vanessa stopped going to therapy once she was transferred to a new location and never met the fourth and final therapist of the CDs.
Just something you all should keep in mind.
But Gregory definitely knows about her at the very least. That knowledge, I guess, is the reason why he's so shocked to see her face under Vanny's mask in the "To The Rooftop" ending. He knows that Vanessa and Vanny are two different people, but doesn't know that they look alike because he never encountered Vanny before Security Breach without her mask or costume.
On the subject of costumes, I still got no answer for Vanessa's purchase of fake animal fur or what's even happening with her now.
To be honest, this would be so simple and easy if Vanessa was just Vanny. But like as I have shown many times before in both this series and the previous one, simple and easy answers are not always the correct ones.
So, instead of looking for signs of the villain's goal with Vanessa in the lore. Let's look at the similarities and differences between the double Vs.
Vanessa's characteristics are.

• Depressed
• Has anxiety issues
• Tired (It's something that has been mentioned by the first and third therapists in CD-1 and CD-10. But seems to have more to do with the messages she's getting than how she usually is.)
• Likes the blue sky
• Likes to sit outside and read
• Watchful about her calorie intake
• Likes flowers or at least the sweet smell of them
• Doesn't like dark basements
• Oh, and hates kids

Vanny's characteristics are.

• Loves Pizza, especially pepperoni (Huh, no wonder she likes Chica)
• Absolutely, does not care about her calorie intake or a healthy diet (Seriously, Girl has gone full gamer mode with the amount of Fizzy Faz, straw drinks, and pizza boxes in areas with her presence in them)
• Hobbies in painting or graffiti
• Likes or used to like Glitchtrap or maybe William Afton (I talk about this in the secret ending)
• Loves Fazbear Entertainment (Vanny uses red spray paint in Ruin and has drawn two hearts on the FAZ ENT. Logo in the main Lobby)
• Likes Toy Chica
• Likes the Daycare Attendant (She seems to be fond of Moon more)
• Likes to read, or at least, read about the World History of Fazbear Entertainment
• Likes Flowers, a specific species of them(that I can't determine right now)
• Likes summer
• Is a mechanic or roboticist or both (She making something in Ruin Fazerblast and has turned Ruin Monty into her lapdog among other things)
• Super lazy (This one may or may not be true, but unless there's a good reason why she refuses to clean up her room in Fazer Blast, this is staying right here as far as I'm concerned)

Wow, I did not realize we already knew this much about Vanny just from the environment storytelling of the games until I listed them!
Anyway, as you can see, there are some very similar likes between the two and very stark differences in traits as well. I'm not about to list them to save word space, but instead, I want to answer a question. Could Vanessa still be Vanny despite their differences? This isn't so much for me, but for the people who believe Vanny = Vanessa despite my Double-V evidence.
At first, I thought there might've been a chance for that as they both like flowers, to read, and enjoy the outside, or at least the summer in Vanny's case. But now, after listing everything out they're just too different to say they're the same.
Even if we say that Vanny's love of pizza, general bad diet, and trashy room is the result of Vanessa coping with her depression and her situation with Glitchtrap and that her graffiti is the by-product of therapy, along with her interest in growing flowers. That doesn't negate the fact that in Ruin when given the chance to express her anxiety, Vanny doesn't take it.
If you don't know, on the wall where Vanny drew her face next to a slice of pizza in the main lobby near the Superstar Daycare entrance, there is a painted graph. The artist who made the graph also wrote on the right side of it; "TAG YOURSELF".
On all four sides of the graph, the artist made the furthest sides of them represent something. The top Y-axis is Wizard, the bottom Y-axis is Cedar the left X-axis is Filled with a word that ends in a y, and the right X-axis is Filled with anxiety.
What this graph is showing, or what the artist trying to convey with it, is that each of the four points represents not quite the opposite thing but the furthest thing from each other. Of which, Vanny decided to tag herself on the furthest left X-axis, not the right.
This tells us that Vanny feels the furthest thing from anxiety. Something Vanessa, no matter if she's under Glitchtrap's control or not, would be constantly feeling as she suffers from it.
As for what she's feeling, I don't know, the word on the left graph is unreadable and covered by Vanny's face to make it almost impossible to decipher. But what I do know without a doubt, is that Vanny and Vanessa are indeed, two different people with some common likes and polar opposite traits.
So after everything I've talked about in the last three? four? However many parts I've been going over Double-V, what is the best possible answer for the "To The Rooftop" ending stinger. Why do Vanny and Vanessa look alike?
I tried, I really did. I looked for as much possible evidence for anything that doesn't just make me give up and say "She's a Fazgoo clone!" or "She's a robot!"
If Vanny was a stranger who mimicked Vanessa's face, then that's cool and horrifying, but only where it concerns Vanessa herself. (The horrifying part, not the cool part.) It doesn't give us reasons why she would do it in the first place or a way to connect it to the greater lore and Glitchtrap, besides she's a human Mimic. Basically, it lacks motivation from everyone in the Villian party.
So it leaves me with no other conclusion except for one.
Back when the marketing for Security Breach was building up to its release. Steel Wool released four old Freddy cartoon episodes on their YouTube channel. Each episode hides a teaser image for the lore, including a character from the games with words, along with a character stinger at the end.
The last carton, which is the most distorted one, just so happened to include Vanessa as the hidden teaser, and Vanny as the character stinger at the end. And before you all jump the gun, previous episodes have already established that the hidden character teasers have no correlation to the ending Character stinger.
Now, the words in the Vanessa teaser image are quite interesting. It includes "Test and Rat" in the upper right corner, "Pool" in the bottom left corner, and "Bleak Reactant".
Test and Rat could be Test rat or Laboratory rat (Lab rat) as in the species of rat that are bred and kept for scientific research. Lab rat here can also be referring to Vanessa being a lab rat for the villain's experiment for something.
Using that explanation, "Pool" would then mean group or pool of people, which means number of people available for an organization or group to use. So Pool would mean that Vanessa was chosen out of all the Fazbear employees or people in general to be used for the experiment.
This leaves us with Bleak Reactant, which the definition of reactant is a substance that takes part in and experiences change during a reaction, while the definition of bleak could mean lacking vegetation (an area of land), dreary (a room), miserable(the weather), or unfavorable (outcome.)
All of this together means that Vanessa was chosen by the villains out of a group of people to be used for an experiment. An experiment of a change in Vanessa that predicted an unfavorable outcome for the villains.
Vanessa was going to be the next Vanny or maybe something else.
That gives a reason why the villains were so interested in her, why she would be shopping for a costume, why she would be at the Pizzaplex, and why she would be still connected to the villains when someone else is Vanny.
But the reason she was chosen in the first place, why her out of a group of people that might've included Gregory in it too, is because the one who chose her was her own twin sister.
If anyone remembers my only Ruin theory then you would remember my mentioning of Glitchtrap's and Vanny's conversation from Scott's website from a Security Breach poster.
Glitchtrap: "Stay the course."
Vanny: "I will."
Glitchtrap: "Focus on my voice."
Vanny: "I will."
Glitchtrap: "Don't let anyone lead you astray."
Vanny: “I won't.”
Glitchtrap: "Have you selected one?"
Vanny: "I have."
In my theory, I proposed that Gregory was the one that Vanny mentioned selecting here. But now, with all the revelations and new information gained, I believe Vanessa works better here. Vanny would've chosen someone for an experiment that she personally knew of or gotten to know, and who better than her own sibling that she grew up with.
Remember, Vanny is just starting out in her following of Glitchtrap. So would be new to the whole evil thing. And most of the time, the people close to you are the ones that would most likely commit a crime against you.
As for the twin sister thing, it actually didn't come from the "To The Rooftop" ending, but a discussion from the GTlive stream where Mat hosted a little get-together with some of the FNAF YouTuber theorists after Security Breach. There, John Fuhnaff suggested the idea for it from the VR Sisters boss from the Security Breach game Scott made when Security Breach got delayed again.
It's something that I saw some merit in after I discovered the Vanny ≠ Vanessa and after disproving in my head that Vanny wasn't Tape Girl either. The best part of the twin sister thing is that there's no need to throw out all that we know from Vanessa's therapy sessions as they both share the divorced parent's backstory.
As for which is the order twin between the two, I believe Vanessa is the oldest since it makes sense that her father would use the oldest to testify against their mother as she would better understand his instructions. Plus it provides a potential grudge from Vanny to Vanessa for what happened to their mother and a misguided parental affection for Glitchtrap. Unless Vanny's just a fangirl of William Afton, which could be the case.
Also, this means that the reason Vanessa looks the way she does in "To The Rooftop" end credits is because she looking at her dead sister. Oof, I realized that this also means she would've been the one who finds what's left of her in the "Disassemble Vanny" ending too. No wonder Faz Ent. is temporarily closed if they find that one employee is disassembled and the other one is having a mental breakdown from it in the morning.
But what about the "Redemption" ending? We know that by beating PQ3 both Glitchtrap and Vanny are defeated in it. What happens to her then? Where did she go? Hmm... I'm not sure.
What happens when someone is unmerged after being merged for a long time? Unlike Vanessa, we know that Vanny lives in the Pizzaplex. Even by Ruin and Help Wanted 2, she's still living in the building despite its condition so she probably needs time to think and process what happened to her and what's she done. Oh, and therapy. And a house.
But I think that just about wraps everything up for— Wait, HW2's Candy Cadet story! I forgot all about it! I know some people mentioned that the second story had to do with Vanessa, Gregory, and Gltichtrap. Let me skim through that real quick for clues.
Oh. Oh, that's really interesting... But it along with the Jeremy and the Memory dolls can wait until after next time. Sorry for the little to no pictures, I needed space to fit everything in one post and wanted to get everything about Double-V out of the way before I go on hiatus.
Don't worry it has nothing to do with burnout. It won't be too long either, though knowing my track record when saying that, you probably don't believe me.
Truth is, I've been severely neglecting my YouTube channel, and should really start catching up the YouTube version of my series with the online version. Plus, I've got more "Prove it!" to work on.
But most important of all, my birthday is coming up, and I don't want to work, think, or have anything to do with my FNAF stuff on that day. So! Feel free to read and become full with these last few Parts until I come back with more.

Many years ago (a bit over 2 decades) my mother seemed to be getting nuttier about idea of me marrying and her being the one to magically find. I had a very active dating life, just not who'd she prefer. My response ranged between being very irritated to slightly annoyed to a bit amused by some of her choices (5 different quite obviously gay men including 2 different men in committed relationships with a partner who were very lovely about the meddling, or a guy who was wildly the antithesis of anything resembling anyone I'd date).
One night she was out with a family friend, "Jane", and the two got a bit tipsy while waiting for respective husbands at restaurant. My mother barely ever had anything past a glass of wine at Christmas and a glass of champagne on New Years, so 3 glasses of merlot (with ice and a lemon of course) and a margarita were WAY beyond her tolerance. When my stepfather, "Bob", and another family friend (husband of mom's wine and margarita buddy) arrived at restaurant, the two had already decided I should date their server, "John Smith".
I was completely unaware of the entire situation, and answered the phone to hear my mother slurring and talking to Jane and the both giggling while forcing me onto the phone with John, while Bob told them to not give out their daughter's number without permission (thank you, Bob!). On the phone with John, I apologized for the drunk crazy ladies, and he gave me his number since Bob (Thankfully!) stopped them from giving out mine. By description, I knew he already wasn't my type (gym rat with big muscles, crew-cut, big into guns and hunting (I'm a vegetarian) and he referred to me as "a pretty little girl"). 🚩no. 1
I called immediately after and left a voice mail message to thank him for being a good sport, and wishing him well. And went out with friends.
Later that night I received a call from an unfamiliar number; it was John. He'd star-69'ed me and used home phone to call. 🚩 no. 2. We chatted for a bit, and he said he'd still like to take me out. I declined, but he eventually convinced me while we laughed about the situation.
He wanted to meet at the same restaurant he worked at. 🚩 no. 3. And I set time for VERY early so it wouldn't be dark, and I could have 8000 excuses for ducking out. When I arrived and was greeted by the hostess, I said I was meeting someone, and to her giggles, she'd said my name, and began to lead me to where he sat. All of the other workers were popping their heads around corners, and most would come up grinning and shaking my hand, and fawning over me.
All alarms are going off. 🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩
As I sit, every worker at restaurant are coming up to shake me hand, and then returning to all of them peering around corners and doors. The manager came of to insist on being server. At that age, I was still too much of a people-pleaser to just leave, and I figured I could survive date and never see him again, so I'm counting down in my head ("get drinks, 4 minutes to arrive, 2 minutes to order, 20 minutes to arrive, eat lightly for 15 minutes, 5 minutes to let him continue to eat, and no dessert, have emergency, insist on splitting bill, and out in 10" so just about an hour).
None went to plan. When I ordered a glass of wine, he declined and said that he doesn't drink. The manager brought out champagne and insisted on a toast with us while John drank water. 🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩 I downed 2 glasses of champagne.
I feel like something is going on that I'm not privy to. I was trying best to be polite and ask about his day and hobbies, and he shushes me (☹️☹️☹️☹️) to ask if i have a favorite place. Wine arrives arrives, and I order immediately (still counting down time), and I answer about a particular temple on O'ahu (in "Valley of The Temples"), to which he responds "I've always wanted to take my future wife to an island for our honeymoon". I gulp down wine with many faces still watching around walls and doorways, and the wine is immediately refilled.
Food should be here within 10 minutes.
I ask if he has a favorite place, and he says "I only want to go where my future wife does" and attempts to take my hand across table. I hear gasps from doorway, and jerk my hands away. I have to pee, but I'm afraid that any of the eager faces all over might follow.
He asks about cars. I'm not a car person nor impressed about them, but Honda had just started testing a hydrogen gas vehicle and I was actually excited about it, and I used it to fill time. He sat there smiling, and said how much he'd like to buy his future wife any car she'd like as a gift for their wedding.
I'm so uncomfortable, and want to bolt, but I'm thinking that food is here, and escape is just around the corner. I ask about his hobbies, and keep making certain that I ALWAYS have small bites in mouth to avoid answering more of his weird questions. He proceeds to describe his gym workout. I couldn't care less, but at least he's not being weird. The manager again tries to fill glass, and I decline because I plan to bolt as soon as I pay bill, and this was already too weird without more ANYTHING.
He finally appears to be done eating (10 minutes left) and before I can decline, he asks for cheesecake for 2 and then asks me how I feel about children. I feel like I'm the subject of some horrible "not joke", and just want to run. I can feel tears from discomfort behind eyes, but "being polite" was still so ingrained in me in early 20's, and I said I wasn't ready now, but I might someday.
Cheesecake arrives. He reaches across and grabs my wrist while grinning, and I look around for any of the watchers to realize I'm EXTREMELY uncomfortable, and then he says "I'm dying from cancer and I'd like to marry and have my wife impregnated before I die. I have money to provide but I want my legacy carried, and even IF I IMPREGNATED YOU TONIGHT I MIGHT NOT LIVE TO SEE OUR CHILD BORN" but you'd be provided for" and shoved cheesecake in my mouth. I was flapping free hand for server (I never do that at all but I wanted to leave, and I couldn't get my left out of meat-paw) and made comment "you seem healthy so I think you have more time". To which he replied "they're doing an ELECTROLYSIS treatment but there's no guarantee".
I finally get loose and throw down money that he tries to hand to me and chase, and I start practically running out as his co-workers (in hindsight, I'm sure they thought we were dating and he was "popping the question"). They all are waving in rearview as I go immediately to parent's office and grab candy dish and throw candy at her telling her to NEVER SET ME UP AGAIN. And get to use bathroom.
I pee, and call friends to meet to play pool and drink away the horrifying date. I paid to block 2 numbers (early 2000's). I convince myself it was a horrible joke and move on. I recieve a call from an unfamiliar number, and it is stupid nutter. I go off about: ELECTOLYSIS not being a treatment for cancer, horrifying me about impregnation me on first date, his creepy co-workers, and that I think he's an f-ed up liar, and then pay to block that number too.
2 days later, he calls again from yet another number, and tells me how much he'd love to have "a fiesty and intelligent wife" because I'd "protect the children well". For 6 months he kept it up. In hindsight, I should have had a restraining order, but in 2002, they weren't exactly awesome about stalking and harrassment-- not that they are now.
After 6 months of his crap calling me from various cell phones, and he'd called yet again sobbing and begging, I screamed that he should be dead by now.
I've never heard from him again, and my idiot mom never again tried to fix me up.

Hi all! So i’m currently 11 days post op and being the anxious person I am, I was thinking that i’m sure there’s many other who were thinking the same things as I and wanted to offer a post as to what to expect and do’s and don’ts that I learned through my experience.
Leading up to the procedure for me it didn’t really set in until I was sat in the chair 😂. If you are an anxious person and are able to choose to do IV Sedation I would go that route. It was honestly amazing they did the IV super quick and start with an anxiety reliever and then boom I was OUT literally within seconds. Felt nothing and woke up. Now don’t let this next part scare you but I was very nauseous when I woke up and threw up about 3-4 times (keep in mind this was the first time i went under and it’s totally normal to throw up after first time going under anesthesia!). They will prescribe you strong antibiotics and some sort of strong medication for the pain, TAKE YOUR MEDICATIONS ON TIME!! I cannot stress this enough take your meds on time it’s the best way to keep the pain at bay and allow the antibiotics to work how they should.
Days 0-5 (0=surgery day) is when I experienced the most pain, discomfort, and swelling. I was lucky enough to not have that much swelling or bruising, however if you get it don’t worry it’s very normal! My surgeon office told me To leave the extraction areas alone till day 7, I was able to brush my front/middle teeth but was told to stay away from the back teeth near the sites. (Every office is different and will give you different post op instructions so just follow those!)
Day 6-11 is when I personally started to feel better. I switched from the pain meds they prescribed me to advil liquid gels because I personally didn’t want keep depending on the harder meds. I was able to talk more and actually open my mouth a little more. If you experience jaw soreness and stiffness I would recommend to do jaw exercises Starting day 6 or 7, opening your mouth as wide as possible and hold for ten second, then close your mouth for ten seconds, then move your jaw to the left for ten seconds then repeat to the right side. You should only really do this a couple times throughout the day, it will feel weird and uncomfortable but the best way to get mouth feeling back to normal is to work through that discomfort, but don’t push yourself to hard, you know your limits. On day 7 I was cleared to return to normal diet habits with staying away from crunchier foods and candy. As well as to start using the syringe. If your office doesn’t provide a syringe buy on off amazon they are super cheap and it’s really good to clean out the holes, you just fill a cup with warm water and salt, mix that till the salt dissolves then pull back your cheek and stick the tip of the cured needle end at the top of the surgical hole and slowly flush the bottom holes out. I was told to only do the bottom sockets because food doesn’t really get stuck in your upper hole because gravity with pull it down but I flush each socket 2-3 times in the morning, after each meal, and at night before bed, I will lightly swish some of the water to reach my top sockets just so they are also getting some cleanliness.
Now for food, not being able to eat the food I wanted was probably worse than the pain itself lol. I’ve ate mashed potatoes, applesauce, pudding, soup that were not chunky, blended oatmeal, ice cream and lots of protein shakes and water. I stopped eating those foods around day 7/8 and started to incorporate things like pasta, oatmeal, mashed bananas, and eggs. It’s now day 11 and I’m going to try eating with my back teeth. My office told me that going back to eating solid food is going to be up to you and your comfort level and your teeth pain level. I saw a lot of people recommending to slowly transitioning into softer food, instead of just going full fledge and on your normal diet, which is what I’m doing as well. I also see lots of people who are already back to the normal diet eating things but pizza and burgers and sandwiches and I really just think it’s my anxiety making me think of the worst possible outcome but again you know your body and do whatever feels right to you. But whatever you do don’t drink soda for about a week or so and don’t use straws and swish or spit vigorously to avoid dislodging the clot and getting dry socket!!
I really hope this helps anyone who is nervous or just doesn’t know what to expect. This was my personal experience, everyone heals differently and reacts to pain differently, but just take this time to rest watch your favorite shows, read your favorite book, and just do nothing. If you have any questions i’d be more than happy to do my best and answer!!

Was at a family outing the other day. I was away for a moment and walked back over to see my child (14 months old) in my wife’s aunt’s arms with a suckelollipop in her mouth. I’m no expert, as I’m only a first time dad, but pretty sure hard candies are a no-no at this age.
I look at my wife who is standing nearby and said “woah, where did she get a sucker?” Her aunt turns around and responds, “I gave it to her, is something wrong with that?” I guess my facial expression showed that I didn’t approve as she then proceeded to say “Fine, I’ll take it away”. Of course at that point my child starts crying to which the response was then “Sorry, your “Da-Da” doesn’t want you to have a treat…..” and made a whole scene about it in front of multiple of my wife’s family members and it came across that they also thought I was over reacting. All I could say at this point is, “sorry, it’s a choking hazard”.
On the way home, my wife says that she is glad that I said something as she also did not like the fact that she gave her the sucker but my wife is very passive and not one to confront others. I don’t mind to be a “bad guy” when pertaining to my child’s safety, I just don’t know if this is a situation where I was a “bad guy”. So I ask you, fellow Redditors, AITAH?

New Music Friday is the weekly thread dedicated to cataloging all the Album/EP releases that came out this week, including non-subreddit relevant releases. This is also a great place to discuss these albums, or bring to attention other albums released this week.

❓ "this seems intriguing after a cursory look"
⭐ "im interested in this for one reason or another"
❤️ "ive been waiting for weeks, months/i'm absolutely in love with this"

❓ Goat Girl - Below the Waste
Label: Rough Trade
Genre: Indie Rock, Post-Punk
Strand of Oaks - Miracle Focus
Label: Western Vinyl
Genre: Neo-Psychedelia, Dream Pop
Pedro The Lion - Santa Cruz
Label: Polyvinyl
Genre: Indie Rock, Slowcore
Liz Lawrence - Peanuts
Label: Chrysalis
Genre: Singer-Songwriter, Indie Pop
❓ Man Man - Carrot on Strings
Label: Sub Pop
Genre: Art Rock, Indie Pop
⭐ L'Impératrice - Pulsar
Label: microqlima
Genre: Nu-Disco, French Pop
⭐ Psychic Graveyard - Wilting
Label: Artoffact
Genre: Post-Punk, Noise Rock
❓ Blue Hawaii - Diamond Shovel
Label: Helix
Genre: Euro-Trance, Vocal Trance
Peggy Gou - I Hear You
Label: XL
Genre: Euro House, Acid House
Good Looks - Lived Here for a While
Label: Keeled Scales
Genre: Indie Rock, Heartland Rock
Eels - EELS TIME!
Label: E Works
Genre: Indie Pop, Indie Rock
❓ AURORA - What Happened To The Heart?
Label: Decca
Genre: Alt-Pop, Art Pop
Bonny Light Horseman - Keep Me on Your Mind/See You Free
Label: Jagjaguwar
Genre: Americana, Folk Rock
❓ KAYTRANADA - TIMELESS
Label: RCA
Genre: Alternative R&B, Deep House, Neo-Soul
Red Tank! - Do You Want Shoegaze or Do You Want the Truth? (EP)
Label: n/a
Genre: Garage Punk
Orlando Weeks (ex-Maccabees) - LOJA
Label: Universal
Genre: Sophisti-Pop, Art Pop
suzie's world record - suzie's world record ep
Label: n/a
Genre: Bedroom Pop, Indie Rock
Primer - Round and Round (EP)
Label: n/a
Genre: Synthpop
⭐ Kairos Creature Club - Kairos Creature Club
Label: n/a
Genre: Indie Pop, Neo-Psychedelia
⭐ CANDY - It's Inside You
Label: Relapse
Genre: Metalcore, Industrial Metal, Digital Hardcore
Cameron Leahy - Dizzy Freedom
Label: n/a
Genre: Indie Pop
Savoir Adore - Savoir Adore
Label: n/a
Genre: Indie Pop
❓ Kalte Nacht - Urge
Label: Cold Transmission
Genre: Coldwave
Maggie Gently - Wherever You Want To Go
Label: n/a
Genre: Twee Pop, Singer-Songwriter
❓ Bathe Alone - I Don't Do Humidity
Label: Nettwerk
Genre: Dream Pop
Rose Hotel - A Pawn Surrender
Label: Strolling Bones
Genre: Soft Rock
Perennial - Art History
Label: Ernest Jenning
Genre: Art Punk
French Cassettes - Benzene
Label: Tender Loving Empire
Genre: Indie Pop
Cardinals - Cardinals EP
Label: So Young
Genre: Indie Rock
Swim Deep - There's A Big Star Outside
Label: Submarine Cat
Genre: Indie Pop
Marina Allen - Eight Pointed Star
Label: Fire
Genre: Singer-Songwriter, Soft Rock
❓ all under heaven - What Lies Ahead Of Me
Label: Sunday Drive
Genre: Shoegaze, Alternative Rock
Night Tapes - assisted memories (EP)
Label: n/a
Genre: Dream Pop, Chillwave
❓ Drip-Fed - Sold For Parts
Label: n/a
Genre: Hardcore Punk
Laura Misch - Sample The Earth
Label: One Little Independent
Genre: Acoustic
Clan of Xymox - Exodus
Label: Metropolis
Genre: Gothic Rock, Darkwave
❓ Elkka - Prism of Pleasure
Label: Ninja Tune
Genre: Deep House
PREP - The Programme
Label: Bright Antenna
Genre: Sophisti-Pop, Synth Funk
The Murlocs - Live at Teregram Ballroom
Label: ATO
Genre: Blues Rock, Country Rock
❓ Fine - Rocky Top Ballads
Label: Escho
Genre: Dream Pop, Slacker Rock
Alfie Templeman - Radiosoul
Label: Chess Club
Genre: Pop Soul, Neo-Psychedelia
❓ No Mana - I Contain Flashing Images
Label: Monstercat
Genre: Electro House, Progressive House
Men Seni Suyemin - BELIEVE
Label: 2MR
Genre: Dream Pop, Indietronica
Blu-Swing - Panorama
Label: n/a
Genre: Jazz Pop, City Pop
⭐ Porcupine - All Is Vapor
Label: New Morality Zine
Genre: Metalcore
thin air - The Blowtorch Poets Departure (EP)
Label: n/a
Genre: Indie
Paige Stark - Good at Love (EP)
Label: n/a
Genre: Indie Pop, Singer-songwriter
Razor Braids - Big Wave
Label: n/a
Genre: Indie Rock, Grunge
Angelica Garcia - Gemelo
Label: Partisan
Genre: Art Pop, Latin Pop
Little Wings - High on the Glade
Label: n/a
Genre: Singer-Songwriter, Indie Folk
Goofy Geese - GÚFIGIS
Label: Jansen
Genre: Bedroom Pop
Joana Serrat - Big Wave
Label: Great Canyon
Genre: Singer-Songwriter, Folk Pop
Rat Palace - Dust Free Home
Label: Candlepin
Genre: Shoegaze
Bloomsday - Heart of the Artichoke
Label: Bayonet
Genre: Indie Rock, Indie Folk
Ford Chastain - Wavelines
Label: Start-track
Genre: Bedroom Pop, Dream Pop
Kyle Sparkman - Neon Fever Dream Home (EP)
Label: n/a
Genre: Indie-funkster
❓ Actress - Statik
Label: Smalltown Supersound
Genre: Ambient Techno, IDM, Ambient House
❓ Feyleux - Midnight Hearts (nsfw artwork: nudity)
Label: SwissDarkNights
Genre: Darkwave, Gothic Rock
❓ Small Black Arrows - The British Museum
Label: n/a
Genre: Indie Rock, Dream Pop
Tiny Stills - We Really Felt Something
Label: n/a
Genre: Indie Rock, Power Pop
Logan Lynn - SOFTCORE
Label: Kill Rock Stars
Genre: Indie Pop, Synthpop
Amanda Bergman - Your Hand Forever Checking On My Fever
Label: n/a
Genre: Indie Pop, Indie Folk
ATARASHII GAKKO! - AG! Calling
Label: 88rising
Genre: J-Pop, Japanese Hip Hop
Gus Dapperton - Tunes For Late Spring (EP)
Label: n/a
Genre: Bedroom Pop, Hypnagogic Pop
Tashi Wada - What is Not Strange?
Label: Rvng
Genre: Ambient, Post-Minimalism
Geolier - DIO LO SA
Label: n/a
Genre: Pop Rap, Trap
⭐ Charli XCX - BRAT
Label: Atlantic
Genre: Electropop, Electronic Dance Music, Bubblegum Bass
❓ LØLØ - falling for robots & wishing i was one
Label: Hopeless
Genre: Power Pop, Alternative Rock
Maluma, Blessed - 1 OF 1 (EP)
Label: Warner Latina
Genre: Latin Pop, Reggaetón
❓ Clara La San - Made Mistakes
Label: AWAL
Genre: Alternative R&B, Trap Soul
❓ Kerli - OVERSOUL (EP)
Label: n/a
Genre: Electropop, Alt-Pop
Saint Levant - DEIRA
Label: n/a
Genre: Pop Rap, Alternative R&B
Meghan Trainor - Timeless
Label: Epic
Genre: Dance-Pop, Pop
❓ Tems - Born in the Wild
Label: RCA
Genre: Alté, Contemporary R&B, Afrobeats
Dagny - ELLE
Label: n/a
Genre: Synthpop, Dance-Pop
Ski Mask the Slump God - 11th Dimension
Label: Victor Victor
Genre: Trap, Southern Hip Hop
Haji Basto - FREE RISKY
Label: n/a
Genre: Hip Hop/Rap
J.P. - Coming Out Party
Label: n/a
Genre: Pop Rap, Lowend, Contemporary R&B
Boosie Badazz - Boosie Blues
Label: Bad Azz
Genre: Southern Hip Hop, Blues
Mitchy slick - Selective Politicin
Label: n/a
Genre: West Coast Hip Hop, Gangsta Rap
Joey Valence & Brae - NO HANDS
Label: n/a
Genre: Hardcore Hip Hop, East Coast Hip Hop
Slim Thug - Around The World
Label: Hogg Life
Genre: Southern Hip Hop, Gangsta Rap
❓ ShrapKnel - Nobody Planning to Leave
Label: Backwoodz
Genre: Abstract Hip Hop, East Coast Hip Hop
Htorrez - Avenida de los Pobres
Label: n/a
Genre: Hip Hop/Rap
Yelawolf - War Story
Label: Slumerican
Genre: Southern Hip Hop, Pop Rap
⭐ Hippotraktor - Stasis
Label: n/a
Genre: Progressive Metal, Post-Metal
⭐ Darko US - Starfire (June 5th)
Label: n/a
Genre: Deathcore, Metalcore, Electronicore, Cyber Metal, Nu Metal
Evergrey - Theories of Emptiness
Label: Napalm
Genre: Progressive Metal
Holy Mother - Rise
Label: Massacre
Genre: US Power Metal
❓ Illyra - Wanderlust
Label: n/a
Genre: Progressive Metal, Metalcore, Blackgaze
Severe Torture - Torn from the Jaws of Death
Label: Season of Mist
Genre: Brutal Death Metal
❓ Umbra Vitae - Light of Death
Label: Deathwish
Genre: Death Metal, Sludge Metal
Vomit The Soul - Massive Incineration
Label: Unique Leader
Genre: Brutal Death Metal
Royal Republic - Lovecop
Label: Odyssey
Genre: Alternative Rock, Hard Rock, Glam Rock
Dysrhythmia - Coffin of Conviction
Label: n/a
Genre: Instrumental Progressive Metal, Avant-Prog
❓ Insect Ark - Raw Blood Singing
Label: Debemur Morti
Genre: Doom Metal, Post-Metal
Inconcessus Lux Lucis - Temples Colliding in Fire
Label: I, Voidhanger
Genre: Black Metal, Heavy Metal, Speed Metal
Okular - Regenerate
Label: n/a
Genre: Progressive Metal, Melodic Death Metal
Octohawk - Determinist
Label: Crime
Genre: Sludge Metal
Sons of Arrakis - Volume II
Label: n/a
Genre: Stoner Metal, Heavy Psych
World Time Three - In Hearts and Stone
Label: n/a
Genre: Instrumental Post-Rock
Sect - Plagues Upon Plagues
Label: Southern Lord
Genre: Metalcore, Sludge Metal
❓ GURT - Satan etc.
Label: n/a
Genre: Sludge Metal, Stoner Metal, Doom Metal
Huntsmen - The Dry Land
Label: Prosthetic
Genre: Post-Metal, Progressive Metal

TLDR at bottom
alot of the older fans of the boys tend to forget the bigger picture of $b’s journey from ~2014-now. Its a bit of a hot take, but in my opinion $B was meant to blow up on tiktok and even go as far to say that it was meant to be there path to a higher tier of fame.
Imagine you’re 13 yr old me, its 2015, and you open vine to see 7 second vine edits whether it be Spongebob, cars or sports. There were alot of artists who’s music would find themselves in these edits, $uicideboys$, joined by others such as Shakewell, Xavier Wulf & the late XXXTENTACION, were amongst some of them. So obviously, people like 13yr old me who mainly liked metal and hiphop, looked it up on youtube and atleast knew about them and who they were.
Now obviously, $B qnd the others around this time from 2014-16 did have an established small cult following. Id seriously say the $B fanbase around 2015 was 100k-300k people, these guys were underground considering all the other great stuff catching people’s attention.
But of course as you all know vine, a key player in $b getting their name out on the internet, shut down.
So when we get to 2017-2019 this is an era where music popularity was more reliant on image/clout antics to get popular, while just quality, addictive music was only working as well for well established artists. $B are obviously not rappers that are more concerned with playing into image/clout, which lead to them being overshadowed by people like boonk gang and lil pump. Still, they managed to find some substantial growth despite taking a long break after IWTDINO
So now we get to 2020 and beyond, when the pieces put themselves together, people are on lockdown, and tiktok is this new social media on the block, and its a similar structure to vine. Similar to vine, you had the short form video-content that was fed to you in the fast paced, rewarding manner. What really sweetened the deal for $B? Tiktok was all about making it the norm (and east) to add any* song to your video, and presumably dance to it or whatever.
If you understand how $B was able to get in the building when Vine, a less music-based platform, was around. Then you can see how this was a gold mine for them.
This made people complain about a “cringe” fanbase or even “$b was better 2015” but the truth is that not only is cringe a prominent thing on tiktok thats unavoidable in almost every corner of it, but the $B are a story if you ask me (like many rappers ofc) but between their origins and their discography, $B are a story that i think every kid in this generation should be somewhat hip to (like slipknot, chief keef, lil wayne etc). $B is one in a trillion as far as a discography goes and truly packaged an era of underground rap into an experience.
If youre a new fan reading this, not only are u welcome in my eyes (and ofc $b’s) you were also expected.
TLDR: $b’s music was always literal ear candy for vine, similar to TT. There music would often appear in sports or car edits, but it didnt last long cause vine shut down, so when TT started poppin $B had front row seats to the show. And ofc millions love what they wish they just simply heard earlier

I have a project due to two days but instead of doing anything about it I'm eating really shitty American candy. (Americans, if you see this. Take offense, y'all's candy sucks ass.)

• It doesn't progress the invasion. It doesn't remove any time until they die in the cocoon, and by that point the amount of time has passed anyways.
  
• It doesn't spawn Lackeys. Again, until they are dead.
  
• It gives them a chance to escape they do not deserve. You didn't have them run you all over the map just so they can get rescued the second you leave. If cocooning was fast and easy and all the cotton candy guns good, rescues and escapes would be fair. But it's harder than just bashing them with the mace, so they don't deserve to get away free.
  
• Killing all the humans is the end goal. Take the most direct path to your end goal. Trying to cause an early Klowocalypse just gives them time to position themselves near a truck spawn location with an inventory full of air horns and energy drinks.
  
• XP is meaningless past 50. More XP for hooking is more work for nothing.
  
• Not hooking and cocooning at all will prod the developers to re-balance their broken design.
  
• It flat out just breaks their spirits. The psychological effect of watching your team go from 7 to 4 within the opening moments of a round cannot be underestimated.
  
• Cocoons don't even DO what they should anyways. They should be a source of healing so Klowns don't have to rely on LOL.
  
• This is a game about the movie Killer Klowns. Focus on the killing. It is not based on Cocoon (1985). I don't see Wilford Brimley and Steve Guttenberg up in here.
  

Friends don't let friends cocoon.

Hello all! I'm not exactly early to this, but I'm from the Diocese of Buffalo and if you haven't heard, many churches will be closed or merged to cut operating costs / handle bankruptcy issues.
I was fine during the homily hearing about this, but it didn't really kick in until I got home how distraught I was. Thankfully, my home parish (the one I've received all my Sacraments) will stay up, but another parish that I had attended quite frequently is closing. I know the Church is the people, but my heart aches seeing the closure of many historic and beautiful Churches.
The thought of them being demolished or replaced with real estate property, Protestant churches, or who knows what other property aggravates me.
Invariably, I pray we don't lose too many Catholics from this move who become disillusioned or jaded and give up on the faith altogether. This sounds extreme, I know, but people can become quite attached to a place they attended for decades.
I'm not entirely sure what I will do. I could start attending my home parish again (and not the other one which is closing), or I may just find a TLM near me and start going to that. I've always wanted to attend a TLM and perhaps this is my calling to do so.
Please keep our diocese in your prayers!

Steve Bannon, the man who makes back-alley derelicts look like the belong on the cover of GQ, will soon be entering prison -- but only for four months. But the real story is he is under indictment and facing trial in New York for a much more serious matter that will put him back in prison for at least another ten years. You see he convinced the boneheads who were sending Trump money to send money to him, too. And like Trump he misappropriated the funds (A nice way of saying he stole some of it), so it's a reservation at the GrayBar Hotel for him.

Trump, where do I begin? Already convicted in New York, at least three more criminal cases are looming over his head. I said at least, because there are multiple states where a whole raft of his associates have already been indicted and will face trial for their efforts to undermine our democracy -- and where Trump is only listed, or will be listed as an unindicted co-conspirator, they're just waiting to dot the I's and cross the Tees before his ass will be dragged into Court with the rest of the traitors.
Trump will end his days in prison, where they do not serve BigMacs.
Alex Jones is a sobbing mess as he is stripped of all his assets for his despicable treatment of the Sandy Hook parents.
Giuliani filed for bankruptcy and now has to dye his own hair.
Peter Navarro is in prison.
In Arizona, Mark Meadows, Michael Roman, Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman, Christiana Bobb, Jenna Ellis, James Law, and Boris Epsteyn are all facing trial.
In Wisconsin, Kenneth Chesbro (who already pleaded guilty in Georgia and agree to cooperate) will soon be tried.
In Nevada, Michael McDonald, Jessee Law, and Jim Hindle will be tried for their crimes
In Georgia, Trump, Giuliani, Eastman, Jeffrey Clark, Sidney Powell. Jenna Ellis, Mike roman, Ray Smith, Robert Cheely, Trevian Kutti, Harrison ford, Stephen lee, David Shafer, Shawn Still, and Scott Latham will all face a jury of their peers with no hope of acquittal
In all these cases, all these future felons will feel the sting of justice, there is no way around it -- it's inevitable, their trials are scheduled -- and they will pay in full for all the times they laughed at us, demeaned us with their actions, and thought they could get away with treason.
Sit back and watch as these rats all squeal on each other.
Do not despair, the American justice system will prevail.