Boys first medical exam

Okay, I feel like I should explain some things first before people hit me with "Oh, the controls are janky" "Oh, its cutscenes are all CG and it's so weird" etc. I think it's a good game mainly due to the fact Neopets as a whole has been a part of my childhood and possibly many others. And while Neopets on PS2 wasn't exactly great in terms of gameplay, it also had lots of nostalgic value to it. I remember one day giving it away and never getting it back until more recently when I bought a copy from my local game shop for $30. And yes I can already see how some people might not like it for some things, and I don't exactly like one particular aspect in the game. The final boss just feels half baked. Probably because your magic girl doesn't get to keep that one wand you find below the castle you first visit as the boy who wants to become a knight (I legit forgot their names lol) which is also technically another point I don't like but it's technically a sacred treasure entrusted to the king of said castle town but I feel they could've given you access to be able to get another wand on par with that relic wand, but sadly no dice. But aside from the half baked final boss, it's a really good game and if it ever gets a remake, I might just play it from start to finish. Might even Plat it aswell. Edit: There's probably a possibility I might move this to unpopularopinion but who knows :\

TW: CSA, SI
TL;DR: Some bitches simply can't be trusted but some formerly bitch families can maybe make some growth? WUT.
I'd (30sf) lived with my roommate (30sf) for a decade and known her for even longer. I disclosed to her 1.5 yrs ago, after integrating EMDR into a VERY long CPTSD healing process early in the pandemic. She was so, so kind and understanding in the beginning. We'd been best friends for so long, that I genuinely feared calling her family, because family has such negative connotations for me, but lately, I was finally saying it more often.
Since the start of this year, my EMDR has primarily focused on the peak of my suicidal ideation and how it's entangled with my sibling-on-sibling CSA. It has been a rough and exhausting effort, but all things considered, I'm actually "doing" quite well, as much as one can under such conditions. I'd started FMLA leave from work because, SUPRISE, trauma causes lifelong physical ailments and chronic illnesses, and my roommate had reassured me we'd be re-signing the lease that we had less than a month left on, so I would at least not have to worry about housing.
I had one bad night. One bad night of zero sleep, fighting off the nightmares for the thousandth time, begging and pleading to just finally rest, and that's all it took. I called her out the next day over leaving her two-day old dish full of thawed chicken water in the microwave, and finally broke. I know I said a lot of delusion shit (that I immediately-and repeatedly-apologized for for days after, after I'd regained my compusure/grip on reality), but we discussed it for days after and scheduled a therapy session for as soon as we could get one to figure out what went wrong in our communication that night.
She couldn't even wait that long. After a week of the silent treatment (partially because she got mad at me for asking her to mask up while I was on medical leave--while she had active COVID, for the 4th time--and was still going out because she "had plans"), she started a fight with me out of nowhere, broke me down into a fully blown flashback, and then literally ran away from my weeping (which I have done--outside of a therapeutic setting--exactly 3x since my diagnosis). Then she came back the next afternoon (while I was literally in the process of hanging pictures we'd bought ages ago) saying she wouldn't be re-signing the lease. It wasn't even a discussion. She just decided and that was that, no matter how stunned I looked, how much I sobbed and shook, or the fact that I am unpaid right now, see some new specialist t every other day for this shattered brain or broken body, of the fact that we live in HCOL city where, even if I was working, I wouldn't be able to afford somewhere solo.
But the worst part? During her monologue, she tried to claim I had somehow blamed her for my CSA during my trauma tantrum from a couple weeks earlier.. Now I know in general, my shortterm memory has been fucked by the EMDR crossing-the-timelines mindfuckery, but I know myself damn well enough to know I did not and would never place the the blame on her, because why even in the actual hell would I? Folks, this woman used to be a public prosecutor assigned to the children's sexual abuse unit. You can't make this shit up.
And if that weren't all bad enough, in my immediate panic, I had nowehere left to turn, so I had to call my family for help, and because I had to explain why I wasn't working and undergoing all sorts of medical procedures, and after YEARS of So. Much. Fucking. "HEALING." I just gave it all up. Told my parents for the first time. Told my brother, my primary abuser, for the first time. (He'd admitted many times over our adult years that he blacked a lot of his/our childhood out, and I have always believed him, because he was likely abused himself by someone else first.) He apologized. Profusely. And even agreed to start therapy. My parents apologized, in their own way, by promising to help with rent. Of all the things. Of all the fucking things...I wasn't expecting that. While part/a lot of me is cautious to accept any sort of help from them (because obvie), I am genuinely impressed, and grateful, that they are at least pulling through on this one.
It's been a confusing few weeks and people are complex.

Hello,
I got an 8TB WD Elements HDD about 30-days ago and it was working perfectly fine until all of a sudden it went into "not initialized" and is not recognizable by windows 10.
I was using this external HDD to record video footage from OBS. I recognize in hindsight this was a poor decision, but at the time I didn't think it would corrupt the whole drive magically out of nowhere. My recording in OBS was going fine when all of a sudden I got a *ping* error message and it said "recording ended, hard drive is full with no space left for recording" which was concerning because there was still more than 3TB of free space on the HDD. I looked in devices and drives and it's gone.
I did some basic trouble shooting, I can find the drive in Disk Management but it says "Not initialized" and "Unallocated". I scanned the drive using Disk Drill and it was able to recover the content, and informed me that it found a lost partition.
I am reading that apparently this lost partition issue is a common problem with the WD Elements HDDs. My question to the reddit, do you think I received a faulty/lemon HDD from the manufacturer, or was this user error from recording in OBS directly to the external HDD? I did not suffer a power outage, never dropped the HDD, no impact or anything, I never even moved the dang thing. And 29 days after buying it, it just bricks itself while writing fragmented MP4 files.
Also I might as well ask, is there any way to recover the lost partition and use the same HDD without going to an expert? Rather than restoring it to an external storage. I see conflicting forum posts with some people having success recovering a lost partition onto the same HDD, and others saying that if there was a critical hardware error then recovery like this is not possible. Without cloning the drive first it seems awfully risky to attempt. Although I saw one user who said he fixed this same issue simply by unplugging all of his USB periphials. Boy, wouldn't that be a relief???
How can I determine if this faulty hard drive suffered from only a logical corruption as opposed to a physical corruption?

Basically if you’re taking any medication that slows your metabolism or keeps food in your stomach for longer and you’re popping pills, just know the affects will take SO MUCH LONGER to kick in.
FULL STORY BELOW
First time doing MDMA. I got crystals that I crushed up and put into empty pills. (Great way to take it btw) we took a beginners dose and stayed at home. An hour passed and my boyfriend started feeling the effects. I was feeling normal. 2 hours pass, my bf was peaking and I was still feeling normal. 5 hours pass, my bf is now settled, I start feeling really tired so I get relaxed, try taking a nap. But I cannot get my mind to go to sleep but I feel so heavy. My bf takes our dog on a walk, and I go outside and start feeling elated. As you can probably see where this is going… I am prediabetic. So I take a medication that makes my metabolism slower and food to stay in my stomach longer. I did not think of this before my roll. So yeah, it took me 6hrs to finally feel the affects of Molly. FYI for anyone else taking things like ozempic etc.

Hello,
I have I-765 application approved, got the approval in the mail alongside with the SSN card.
I’ve got RFE for joint sponsor and medical exam, will that RFE interfere with the EAD? I am confused as to why they have approved EAD and gave me an SSN without the RFE being sent to the USCIS.
My I-765 got approved day after the biometrics and SSN arrived few days after.
Was anyone in the same situation?

Before starting my theory I will put up a spoiler warning up until episode 1088 in the show and unfortunately im only up to current in the show. Okay so now to the theory, first lets dive into Luffys true dream. In episode 1015 we unknowingly are given our first hint to Luffys true dream, Ace accidentally tells Yamato of Luffys true dream, although we never hear him say what it is we assumed at the time it was that he was going to be King of the Pirates, and the flashback takes place that overlaps the events of what Ace says and what Oden has written in his journal. During which, Luffy and Roger have stated the same dream and that dream I believe is to become the king of the world so that he can liberate it from the world government. Luffy may not be the brightest character but he isnt dumb and if he is nothing else he is a caring person. Luffy can't help but to help a friend in need, time and time again there is no debate, if a friend asked Luffy for help he would go to hell and back to do that and he has. Luffy hears from Sabo about what he sees in one kingdom apart of the world government and can assume it happening everywhere. This is where I think his dream starts, Luffy believes everyone should be able to live a happy life and go to sleep with food in their bellys and he not only want to do that for his friends but for the whole world. One Piece is a story of will power and the strength of a person will. Luffys dream is one that was inherited from Roger dream and we don't know if Roger inherited it himself from a long line of people all the way back to Joy Boy himself. One that has not been able to be accomplished in 800 years and during that time that will was passed down through generations to find the one that could make that dream a reality. That entire time that dream has gotten stronger and stronger and so has the will of the ones that inherited it but with that dream comes a cost and if that dream is not able to be accomplished then it poisons the person and they die as in Roger's case. In Luffys eyes if he comes Kind of the Pirates then he's King of the Oceans and that's most of the world so he will be King of the World at which point he would fight the world government for the freedom of everyone else. But that is all riding on the fact that he needs to be King of the Pirates so he needs to get to Laugh Tale and that's where things will get interesting. The reason Laugh Tale is so hard for anyone to find is hidden in the Skypiea arc. I do believe that Laugh Tale was once apart of Jaya just like Skypiea and was blown up into the sky by the knock up stream and this happened exactly 800 years ago and was one of the reasons Joy Boy couldnt complete his dream because that portion of the island and couldn't find it. I'm not exactly sure of where it could be but I believe there is something there such as a door or a portal that only Nika can open that would bring them to the final final poneglyph that shows them how reverse mountain was created to conceal an island containing some great power and subsequently destroyed the All Blue. After hearing that they follow Joy boys plans and blow up the mountain and that's where the final battle will take place.
Well if you got this far thank you and I'm sorry if it's a little incoherent or ranty, but I hope you enjoyed it. I'd love to hear your thoughts and if anyone else has any similar ideas.

... Wasteland 1 was one of the games that I absolutely grew up with. 12 years old, living through the time when nearly every game that came out it seemed pushed the envelope in new ways some way. I've gone through a career in the game business, and am now adjacent to it, because of experiences like Wasteland 1.
I kickstartered WL2, the first thing I ever put money down for on Kickstarter (and not very many things since...). I couldn't wait to get WL2 started. But life happened. I made it nearly through WL2 twice, once in 2015, and again in 2018, based on the dates on my old Steam saves.
But today, I finally beat it. Ralphy pushed the button and saved the world. I suspect that WL3 probably will ignore whatever happened in my WL2 saves, that's always been a really difficult thing for devs (probably more so for writers....) to handle.. so.. whatevs... but...
36 years later, I finally have a resolution. And my original team are now all gone. (yeah, I am aware that Angie didn't die, but for now, she's gone) Razor, Deth, Thrasher, Vargas.. I may have shed a tear when that damn final Sharpshooter ripped a 250 hit point bullet right thru him, while my medic was on the way.
Mad respect to everyone involved with both games.. some of whom I've met or talked to over the intervening years, and all of them have contributions to the world of gaming that are legendary.
Time to start 3... I know they said there won't be a 4... but I can hope, eh?

People that spread the internet without an official diagnosis or any prove of an mast cell involvement, antihistamines are used for multiple diseases. There have been people that think they have MCAS because Cromolyn helped their asthma, H1 medication helped their urticaria, or H2 helped their heartburn. These medications are all widely used and are rather "off label" used for MCAS. That is why all 3 criteria need to be present.
Websites present various doctors that claim to be "specialists" and who give out diagnoses to anyone based of unspecific symptoms, reportedly these do not even make tests at all. Or use unvalidated biomarkers or questionable diagnostic criteria.
People who actually have a serious and rare disease named MCAS, struggle to be taken seriously, because many doctors are fed up by the sheer amount of psychic conspicuous patients, who only want a proof for their google based self diagnoses. Often times there is no proof and these people make a burden for health care resources.
Mast cell medication is free and if you have no relief at all with antihistamines, MCAS is very unlikely. There is not much any further medication that someone would get, if not presented with serious reactions, most of the times anaphylaxis. Ketotifen and cromolyn are also mainly antihistamines, still many gaslight themselfs thinking that that is the medication they need.
Primary and secondary MCAS are easy to rule out, due to specific and severe symptoms and quite obvious underlying mechanism like an IgE dependant allergy or the genetic mutation. The diagnosis that is under question is the idiopathic MCAS, where the underlying mechanism is unknown, these people still need to fullfill the diagnostic markers, but in reality this happens only rarely.
Still many think they have a secondary MCAS, it is said by certain authors that a secondary MCAS would have a prevalance of 17-30 per cent. They say that long covid and/or T-Cells are the problem. That this would be quite easy to proof if it would be happening they do not care about. That this has already been evaluated they do not care about. The desperate patients are easy to convince it seems.
Some people even make claims their MCAS would be due to a root cause of "Sibo", "Leaky gut" or "microbiome disbalance", all which are unrelated to a MCAS. Mast cells in the gut have been studied and people with IBS have had no success with mast cell treatment.
It is also a burden for patients, knowing that even some doctors do not stick to authentic measures and give out misinformation. Maybe because of a conflict of interest? Since most internet posts that come up include misinformation, it is hard for sufferers to find alike. MCAS communities are full of people who do not have MCAS. MCAS sufferers have no community right now.
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"My blood and 24hr urine collection testing came back normal. The allergist I saw also told me outright he doubted I had MCAS (a fad diagnosis along with EDS and POTS, as he said) but did end up suggesting I come back to get samples tested during an episode. I was so frustrated with the allergist that I’ve never gone through with that. Instead my amazing primary doctor decided to prescribe me montelukast and monitor my reaction to trialing antihistamines at home, and I had immediate positive response! We also first ruled out everything else he could think of and clearly test for; my main symptom is facial flushing so I had things like lupus and carcinoid syndrome ruled out.
Although we treat it as such, I don’t actually have an “official” MCAS diagnosis on my chart. IME the specialists who do inquire about all my meds or listen to my symptoms don’t seem to differentiate between MCAS and allergies/sensitivities anyway :/ but my case isn’t super severe and currently well-controlled so that works for me. Good luck to you - I hope you find proper care regardless of your test results!"
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"I have normal tryptase levels and definitely have MCAS. They diagnosed it after POTS, and it was mostly based on symptoms as well as the “scratch test”"
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"Spoke about it with my GP, she referred me to an internal medicine doc who specializes in MCAS. I told him my symptoms and he went “yep that sounds like MCAS” and proceeded to literally dump an armful of antihistamine samples into my lap and bounce off to his next appointment. I am definitely in the minority of people whose experience was that easy. It was so easy that I almost don’t believe him."
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"This is the same as my experience! Walked in, diagnosed by rheumatologist in 5 mins based off symptoms and loaded up with antihistamines as a starting point. No testing or anything."
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"went to my allergist and had the blood work panel done. nothing in it came back weird, but my allergist is treating me as if i have MCAS based on all my symptoms and pictures of flares."
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"Went in to get my pots diagnosis and the doctor was like “btw your blood tests show you have mast cell activation syndrome” and then gave me some medicine and did not elaborate further"
"As it turned out my diagnosis was literally not true. I don’t have MCAS (and even if i did what they gave me for it was beyond overkill) after talking to an actual allergist I believe that most likely I was given an extra diagnosis on extremely weak basis. Using something from what they saw in my blood so they could bill higher and prescribe more medicine to me. I no longer go to that practice and instead go to a different cardiologist and actively do not recommend going there. Unfortunately this stopped me for years from properly treating my pain as I was trying to treat it on the basis it was being caused by MCAS :/"
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"Mine was actually fairly easy when I finally figured out it was MCAS.
Got referred to immunology to rule out mastocytosis. Then my PCP at the time did a clinical diagnosis. She wasn’t risking putting me into anaphylaxis to maybe get a positive result on any of the mast cell mediator labs (this doctor was one who didn’t list a diagnosis unless she was confident it isn’t anything else and spent 8 years trying to get an answer).
My current doctors don’t question it because my symptoms at this point line up perfectly with MCAS."

I have encountered an entire novel worth of EPs online, but I never thought I would encounter one irl. I do house and pet sitting. I stay at people’s houses to look after their homes and/or pets while they are on holiday. I quoted this EP $50 per day and said I had to be paid upfront (upon accepting the job in person). He tried to lower it to $40 per day because,“[you]’ll be “eating [my] food” (I always bring my own food and belongings). He said it was fine to do a meet-n-greet any time between now and then with the exception of one day. Now it’s only specific times, dates and to meet his neighbors from “across the road”. Good luck finding a sitter for less than $120 per day in this area. Are these red flags? I have time to implement your advice since I have sudden medical issues to deal with first.

Tomorrow is also the 18th anniversary since seeing my older brother die, which kicked off a whole lot of similarly close losses for myself, and my family.
I hate that I now share this experience with one of my dearest friends, and I just hope that I can be there for him, in the ways I wished I could have had someone guiding me after losing my brother.
Our families have always been close, both in terms of where we lived, and supporting each other through things like this. I’ve been through too many of these, and their entire family has always been one of the first to support mine, even as it shrunk over a few years, and continued to.
I don’t really know how to feel, knowing this wonderful man, with beautiful children and wife/family of his own is no longer here. He survived heart surgeries as a literal newborn, and having a high risk surgery years later to replace some parts of his heart. We had some close calls, but he’d managed a happy, full and healthy life. Sadly, with heart issues you’re going to be at a higher risk for most of your life, especially with artifice parts that need replacing.
Both of our brothers died with some similar circumstances, but underlying conditions. It’s hurting my brain as well as my heart, knowing this kid (in my brain) went through his final hours similarly to my own brother, whom I’ve missed every day since I was his last breaths.
I will probably delete this in a few days as the news from this afternoons settles in, but I just.. wanted to get this out, to no one in particular for some reason.
The next time I see this friend, this man I’ve always considered a brother to me, I think we are going to watch *The IronClaw”. It ends pretty depressingly with the main character looking at his kids playing, after being the final brother after a lifetime of losses. He cries watching his two boys playing, and they come by to check on him. He tells them “I used to be a brother, and now I’m not a brother anymore.” His boys tell him they can be brothers now, and it’s such a beautiful moment, despite being soul crushing.
That’s something I wish I’d seen in the darkest days after losing my older brother, the person I shared a room with my first 17 years. You can never replace what you lose, but because of my friends and family like this one going through a horrible loss tonight, being there next to me, and behind me when I’d fall, you can bet your ass I’m going to do everything I can to do the same for them.
It hurts losing your peers and even family. But even in the face of the tragedies I’ve seen and felt, I’m having a difficult time with this one. I lost my older brother, not a younger sibling. That’s a grief even I can barely comprehend. I will always remember this “kid” as the token Kid Brother, and as this adorable, tinier version of my first friend from the first day of kindergarten. This little kid following around his own big brother, adoring him at all moments, always smiling when we all hung together. He grew to be an excellent human being and man, husband, father of two amongst so many other things, but I’ll always see him in my mind as a “little” kid.
Rest well, wherever you are, Hammer. We’ll all do our best to look after your brother and family. I’ll miss you, little dude. I love you.
🖤
(Sorry about any mistakes, I’m not re-reading and editing this)

so for context, my ex boyfriend & i (20f) moved into an apartment together. it eventually turned into a dv situation, it took me a while after it started to open up to anyone who i didnt work with (my coworkers saw me everyday and ultimately put 2 & 2 together, i had a rough time at work during this time but thats another story). one night my ex and i got into it pretty bad & the next day i told my cousin, my best friend at the time, about it (shes 19f, she lives out of state at her college). i had plans to tell my parents the following day, but first i needed to tell someone else close to me. she then said if i didnt tell my parents immediately she would, i begged her not to go to my parents. i 100% understand this from a safety perspective, but i wasnt ready at that time to tell them & i was safe. i was more or less starting to open up to my friends so i could get advice to tell my parents. i eventually had to call my parents and they found out. fast forward i start to notice she doesnt respond to my messages, or put in effort to hang out with me when i am in town to see her. i tell my parents and my dad spoke to her mom (his sister), she said that my situation caused her to miss her exams, and overall distress because she was “worried about me”. she was angry i wasnt fully honest with her about the situation (after she forced me into telling my parents, i lost a lot of trust for her, as i felt like this was my situation to deal with this and obviously is a sensitive subject). she essentially said she didnt want to talk to me in worry the situation would come up & she didnt have the mental ability to handle it until school let out. i told my parents that i didnt really want to be friends with her anymore because if she had to push me off for months then i dont feel like thats fair (i had kept all her secrets confided, never went to her parents despite the fact that she admitted some things to me that were closely on the same level as what she told me, but not DV situations). the few of my other friends i told didnt tell my parents, bc they understood that is not an easy subject to talk about. none the less on the phone at 11 at night, when i wouldve told them face to face. however i know i was in a bad spot and i understand maybe i was harsh. AITH?

I received so much support and good counsel here when I shared about Toccio's totally reactive first trip to the vet. I wanted to let you know about his triumphant second visit!
The vets and I worked to give him a better start. They prescribed Trazodone and Gabapentin for him to take 12 hours, and 2 hours before the appointment. I'm on Trazodone myself, and it's done wonders for me, so I was happy for him to get some anxiety relief.
I asked if we could enter through the back so we could approach the clinic through the connected laneways that run from my street to their intersection, and avoid walking two blocks with streetcars passing. Toccio is terrified of streetcars. (he was raised in the suburbs! ;) ) They agreed to this, and Toccio was happy and bouncy when we arrived.
I also requested a different doctor. the first vet that saw us- she kept approaching him while she was standing up, and had this bright, cheerful voice that grated on me!
The vet that saw Toccio this time was also the owner of the clinic, and she was quiet, and gentle, and got right down on the ground with him, and offered him treats.
Within seconds, he was all affection and kisses! (he had been agitated while we were waiting in the exam room, and while he would eat the chicken I had brought, he was still on edge, which I totally get!)
I was so happy! and so proud of my dear boy! and so thankful for the care of the vet. She very gently and gradually introduced the stethoscope, with treats, many treats. Toccio was calm and accepting of this and the outward physical exam. And for his vaccinations, an assistant came in with some very yummy smelling meat paste in a bowl which she held up to his face, while I was directed to scoop him at his belly and his neck, and talk to him.
He didn't even notice that he had been injected!
The doc encouraged me to bring Toccio by, through the front door, as often as I could, so he could get treats there, and help him develop a positive association with the place.
I was so proud of my little boy, and also proud of myself for asking for a change in vet. And I'm so glad to have such a good, responsive clinic so close to home.

The original "The Fast and the Furious" released in 2001, contains a biblical subplot. This isn't as farfetched as it seems, considering that this film was re-written before its release by David Ayer, who is considered "...one of the five most prominent Christians in Hollywood." The original screenplay was written by Gary Scott Thompson. His vision for the film was for an all Italian cast racing through the streets of New York City. David Ayer, rendered some rewrites that made the film what has become these 20-something years later. One of his changes sets the film in Los Angeles instead of New York. Scripturally, angels are messengers and there surely is a message in this film, which is a re-telling of Revelation 13 using the analogy of cars and street racing.
To sum up the message of Revelation 13 is this: The Roman Catholic Church represented by "the sea beast" (Revelation 13:1) unites with America represented by "the earth beast" (Revelation 13:11) to issue the Mark of the Beast (Revelation 13:16-18). Scripture supplies the most in-depth literature known to man and this film has become a pop-culture gem because of it. Let's look at some of the symbolism.
Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) is an allegory of the Roman Catholic Church. The name Dominic is derived from the Latin Dominicus and is a name given to boys born on Sunday. It is the root word for "Domingo" which is Spanish for Sunday. Contrary to the 7th Day Sabbath of the 4th commandment (Exodus 20:8), Catholics instituted their own day of worship, which is Sunday. Priest Brady, in an address, reported in the Elizabeth, NJ ‘News’ on March 18, 1903, stated, "It is well to remind the Presbyterians, Baptists, Methodists, and all other Christians, that the Bible does not support them anywhere in their observance of Sunday. Sunday is an institution of the Roman Catholic Church, and those who observe the day observe a commandment of the Catholic Church." Their are many pontifical orders in the Catholic Church and one of them is the "Dom-inican" Order. Pope Pius V was of the Dominican Order and he instituted the Inquisition. The Dominican monks are known for brewing beer and in the movie, Dom is constantly advertising "Corona Beer." Dominic Toretto drives a 1993 Mazda RX-7 FD. At the core of this car is a turbocharged Wankel motor, driven by rotors instead of pistons. The rotors are Releaux triangles and were prominent features on gothic style Catholic Churches. The Releaux triangle is also the basic shape for the triquetra which a symbol for the Trinity. The Trinity is never mentioned in Scripture as a name for God which is important. The Trinity is a Catholic invention. The Roman Catholic Church is named as such because it absorbed practices and traditions from the Roman Empire. It was Constantine that issued the first Sunday Law; an attempt to make Sunday holy. They used to hold races in the Coliseum to honor the Roman trinity known as the Captoline Triad or the Archaic Triad. The name Trinity was coined by Tertullian, a staunch Romanist. This is why Dominic uses three Honda Civics to pull of the heists, because Trinitarians believe the Holy Spirit is another being form that sits on the Throne of God; three on the throne. In reality, there are only two being forms, the Father and the Son, on the throne, with their Spirit being inherently there. Dominic's RX-7 has a Veilside body kit. The "veil" (Hebrews 10:20) is symbolic of Jesus Christ and the pope believes that He is an additional incarnation of Christ. In the beginning of Fast X, Dominic is portrayed as a defender of the Vatican and St. Peters. Dominic Toretto is the Roman Catholic Church.
Brian Spilner [O'Conner] (Paul Walker) is an allegory of American Protestantism. The name Brian means "noble" and nobility is defined as having "high morals standards and ideals." Brian is also a police officer or a keeper of the law. America was established as a Protestant Christian nation with the intent of upholding the Law of God. Most Protestants today have forsaken the Sabbath command and uphold the Catholic Sunday. Brian is also on the "wine of Babylon" and is seen drinking and distributing alcohol throughout the film. Protestant denominations now also believe in the Trinity, significantly compromising the strength of the Protest. Is this reflected in Brian's ride? Yes. Brian drives a 1995 Mitsubishi Eclipse. The Mitsubishi symbol is a trinity of diamonds or rhombuses. At the heart of the Eclipse is a PentaStar 4G63 built by Chrysler. Chrysler secured a $75 million war contract to aid in producing J. Robert Oppenheimers "Little Boy"; the atomic bomb dropped on, of all places, Japan. The codename for the first atomic bomb test was "Trinity", named for the Catholic triune god. The American symbolism for Brian's car doesn't stop there. The American rebadged version of the Mitsubishi Eclipse, is the Eagle Talon. There is also an abstract blue and white eagle on the side of Brian's car; the eagle being a prominent symbol for America. Brian's surname "O'Connor" is of Irish origin. Catholics have slandered the name of St. Patrick claiming that he used the shamrock to preach the Trinity, but in reality he was vehemently against, or protested, the Catholic doctrine or the Trinity. Revelation 13:11 says that America sprang up like a Lamb (a symbol of Jesus Christ) but began to speak as a dragon (a symbol for Satan.) This denotes compromise. Brian is seen sitting with Dominic many times drinking alcohol, a sure fire way to lower your inhibitions and compromise your integrity. Brian has illicit relations with Mia, Dominic's sister [who openly displays her devotion to the Catholic Church in the film], which seals his compromise. Brian then ends up lying to his superiors after sleeping with Dom's sister. Brian is an Apostate (Lawless) Protestant Church.
Brian loses his car to Dom in a street race, which transfers ownership of the American-powered Eclipse to Dominic. Eventually, America will be owned by the Roman Catholic Church and will "build an image to the beast" and issue the Mark of the Beast on their behalf. The Eclipse is destroyed. Is not America in such a a state of declension, that the calling of a moral leader seems like the only way to save this country? Remember, Pope Francis came to America in 2015 and addressed not only the nation from the White House, but also an active session of Congress. We are a constitutionally church and state separate nation. What was the Pope doing there? Dom and Brian start working on another car to replace the destroyed Eclipse; a 1994 Toyota Supra. Before 1990, there was no official symbol for Toyota. On October 2, 1989, the official logo was released. The symbol is a "T" comprised of a trinity of ellipses. The code name for a 1994-1998 Supra is the Mark IV(4). So the Toyota Supra contains as mark and a trinity.
So what is the Mark of the Beast? Sunday observance and worship enforced by law. Dominic's name associates him with Sunday and Brian, being a police officer, associates him with the law. When they united to build the Supra together, it symbolized a National Sunday Law aka The Mark of the Beast. Their union also is symbolic of the formation of church and state in America: the "image to the beast." By the way, all graphics for the cars in the film were supplied by "Modern Image." When this forms, we are in "Barney Rubble Trouble." We are a country built on ecclesiastical liberty, but when a Sunday Law is put into motion, those who accept the law, will lose their "Liberty of Conscience." No good. This is why when Pope Francis addressed an active session of Congress, where we pass laws, was not a good sign. In fact, Pope Francis chose a Fiat 500 to ride in when he came to America. The word "fiat" translates to "law." This was not a coincidence.
How does this movie end? After one final race, Dominic flips his car, receiving a "deadly wound" (Revelation 13:3). Dominic (the pope, the outlaw) is not captured and brought up on charges as he should. Instead, Brian (America, the law, the Image to the Beast) hands over the keys to the Supra, giving Dominic complete power and ownership. Scripture says that the Roman Catholic Church will come to an end and that God's true people need to "come out of her...lest ye be partakers of her plagues..."
The promotion of Sunday, the exaltation of the Trinity, the apocalyptic formation of the Image of the Beast (Church and State) and the fraudulent retelling of prophecy is all contained in a little movie about street racing released almost 23 years ago. The sequels, attractions, and merchandise have never ceased to roll off the assembly line. Sequels that point to Dominic as a Catholic Champion. Even in "The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift", the first song to play is "Six Days" by DJ Shadow. [Refer to Exodus -11] This song puts Monday as the first day of the week making Sunday the Seventh Day, giving Sunday the appearance that it is the Sabbath of the Lord. Yes. The Fast and the Furious is arrayed against the Law of God. The sobering fact is, Revelation 13 is already being played out right in front of our eyes. This film, which could arguably be called "The Last Great Film Before 9/11", portrayed the various steps and phases that America, nay the world, was about to go through, with the audience unaware. Sadly, Paul Walker has passed, but the message lives on today, with the OG Fast and Furious still being the greatest effort in the series.
Thank you for your time and consideration. 🙏🏾🙏🏽
Please watch the video Swift to Mischief: A Prophetic Exposition of "The Fast and the Furious" for greater detail.

So, it’s my first time doing an intro and I feel like I’m kind of botching it. Im trying the carrier method and in the tiny carrier it took them a couple hours to really settle. There was a few tussles and LOTS of forced grooming. Mostly between the new rat (Eleanor) and one of my old rats (Bobbie.) Eventually they seemed to settle so I moved them to a medium sized bare cage.
They did okay for about half an hour but then got into two fights. The first I split up but Eleanor seemed really stressed after and was trying to escape. The second was worse, and Eleanor had a small wound on her side now. I don’t think it needs medical attention but I’m pretty concerned now. They are separated and I’m not sure when I should try again or what so should do different this time. Any advice would be helpful.

In the description of my latest book; The Nerd's Bombshell, I wrote this disclaimer;
This is NOT a sex or relationship fantasy, or steamy romance. The Nerd's Bombshell is a slow burn and slow paced contemporary romance for men who love dangerously rebellious, carefree bad girls who fall for good boys. This story has angst and internal conflict. Told in first person present, and Dual POV.
A lot of readers in RFM love to read relationship or sex fantasy where everything is all smooth, fun, games, and sex. They don't want internal conflict or angst in their stories. And they prefer FMC that swoons over MMC throughout the book, simply a loving nice girl that MMC don't have to lose anything to be with. And that's okay.
But sometimes, readers want more than a simple a nice girl as FMC. They want someone with a little more flaw to her. They want a bad girl, angst and internal conflict. And they'd love to see MC suffer a few losses instead of winning all the time. Although they seem the minority in RFM audience, this book was targeted towards them.
And for those readers who may be exclusively into the relationship/sex fantasy and steamy stuff, I left the above disclaimer in my description to warn them off.
Despite this, I've received complaints on my book from a reader I feel approached it with the wrong expectation and misunderstand the entire point of the book. I apologize to anyone who found themself in the same position after reading.
I want to restate that my FMC is supposed to start out as a bad girl. A femme fatale. Flawed. With an end justifies the means mindset. What do bad girls do? They may be somewhat slutty, have casual sex, smoke, drink, cheat on a class test, harbor secrets. They run themselves and those with them into trouble a lot.
Those are their flaws. You can't write a convincing bad girl romance without exploring these flaws. And strange as it is to believe, there are men that love these kinds of bad girls in their fiction. And there are a few examples I can even point to in pop culture, including;
Lori in Total Recall Catherine in Basic Instinct Katherine in The Vampire Diaries
Now, there are consequences with dealing with these bad girls for a good boy like my MMC. I have to explore those consequences as well as I believe that will add a little more depth and make the ending a lot more rewarding for those who love this kind of stories.
Last thing I feel I should address is a complaint about sex or a lack of thereof between the MCs. I personally don't consider sex all too important to depict that two characters love each other. For me, sex is cheap. And just because a girl sleeps with you doesn't mean you've won or she loves you. FMC feelings for MMC, what she thinks of him, matters more to me. And that's why I love writing POV of FMC, going into their head to show readers their honest thought about MMC.

Management knows full well (and it was again proven when single day passes were sold out first and the fastest for ST day) they’re crazy popular right now.
People passing out, getting crowd surfed when they don’t want to, crushed by crowd, not enough walking room, groups losing each other when signal isn’t strong enough to call or text.
Not enough medics and not enough room for them to move or be stationed where needed.
ADA not big enough to contain everyone and people falling or getting injured.
Staff was overworked and overwhelmed with no backup.
Some people standing in front of everyone sitting on the grass like etiquette just disappeared.
They should’ve been contained at Temple Stage.

Took a BP half-length prior to beginning content review and my score was a high 480. This was disappointing but not unexpected. I crammed for exams in most of my undergrad classes so I haven’t retained a lot of the info long-term. Also I guessed every question in B/B in a few minutes. Same with C/P lol. I did try for CARS and got 122 which was was concerning since I’m in Canada and aiming for 130. Timing was an issue and I wasn’t able to do the last passage. P/S was the highest section at 125. My plan is to spend the next 5 or so weeks grinding the Kaplan books and Jack Sparrow since I obviously usky have major content gaps. For psych I’ll use Pankow. Planning to spend 5 weeks on UEarth and 5 on AAMC material. Also I’m focusing on biochem and biology first so I’ll start doing UEarth for B/B as soon as I finish those books and continue content review for chem, orgo and physics. Following the testing solutions guide for CARS using JW, EK and TPR passages. My test date is at the end of August and my goal score is above 520 but I would realistically be happy with at least 516. I’ll be spending most of my time studying but also working part-time.

My husband won't entertain questions about which fictional character would beat which one in a fight any longer, so this subreddit is my only chance to discuss this question that popped into my head watching the season finale of Dead Boy Detectives:
Willow Rosenberg, of Buffy the Vampire Slayer fame, needs to rescue Dawn Summers from Esther Finch, and for whatever reason, Buffy and the rest of the Scoobies are not available. Which is the first season that Willow is capable of pulling off that rescue? And, perhaps more important, which one is making sure that Esther does not have the ability to kidnap any other children? Does she need to tap into Dark Willow to pull it off, or can the usual red pull it off? Do we need to go into comics?
I have my own guesses, but I would love to hear y'alls thoughts.