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skelezomperman · 2 years ago

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Revising A Tale of Star-Crossed Knights - Chapters 5-7

Chapter 5: https://archiveofourown.org/works/39015690/chapters/99147840 Chapter 6: https://archiveofourown.org/works/39015690/chapters/99588483 Chapter 7: https://archiveofourown.org/works/39015690/chapters/99588483

These three chapters cover the space in between Ced's birth and Finn leaving. All three of them are filler to various degrees, and in my opinion they are the most filler chapters in the entire work. My regret is that I couldn't make them longer, but any extra scenes would have probably just been fluff to flesh out the actual relationship between Finn and Erinys. Actually, I do think that I portrayed the relationship to be a bit too rosy - there isn't much conflict before Finn's departure when we're talking about two people that probably weren't prepared to marry and raise a child. But I don't think it's that important that this aspect was missed - the relationship magically working out does increase the tragedy factor.

Despite being relatively short, these chapters had more aspects cut than added. I think the biggest thing that was cut was some worldbuilding aspects. The original version of this work had an OC named Hedwig who volunteered to host Erinys and her family for the duration of Sigurd's stay in Silesse. The problem I found was that Hedwig basically disappeared after Chapter 10. I find this to be rather unsatisfying; I think that there should be a payoff to having OCs actually get fleshed out. So I decided to drastically cut down on her role; she still has a couple scenes, but she will no longer be mentioned by name nor take a major part in any scenes. This will happen to the other OCs in this story too with one or two exceptions, for the same reasons.

Secondly, language. In Part 1, I made an effort to do a thing with different languages because it does bother me that the characters in the game seem to never have language barriers. I took a little bit of a pointer from the famous Kaga interview - Agustria speaks French, Grannvale speaks German, Silesse speaks Polish, etc. But as with the OCs, I find that this aspect just dropped out of the story after Part 1. Thus, I decided to cut the languages aspect entirely instead of trying to rewrite the rest of the story around it. In scenes where language barrier is necessary like the one where Finn can't understand the Silessians, it's been reduced to stuff like different accents. Language barrier is fun and my next fanfic probably will feature it in some form, but I don't want to keep it in when it doesn't add to the story.

I did cut out a couple more scenes; in particular, the scene at the end of Chapter 7 where Erinys gets promoted is being moved to Chapter 8 because it's an awkward way to end that chapter. I feel that the ones that remain are good enough to stand on their own. In particular, I do like the scenes illustrating the tension between Finn and the Silessians in Chapter 6, the Erinys/Silvia scenes in Chapter 7, and the date that Erinys and Finn had in Chapter 7 (the one that inspired the cover art).

Going back to (lack of) realism, I do realize that it's unrealistic for Erinys to be able to fight mere weeks postpartum. I don't think it particularly matters though, maybe it could be written off as "she's just that awesome!" It'd probably also be more realistic for Annand to be far harsher on Finn than she actually is. I didn't mention in the original A/N that when I was originally writing, the thought came to my mind of Annand insinuating that Finn had coerced Erinys into marriage somehow. I don't regret leaving that out, though; probably for the better if I stay in my lane with writing and not get into dark topics for the sake of realism.

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Original Author's Notes for each chapter

Chapter 5:

Right, so we're finally at the part where things go downhill. Deirdre gets kidnapped, and Finn and Erinys are involved because they happen to be in Agusti when it happens. There's also some foreshadowing of some of the conflicts that will happen later on, including the one that will result in Finn and Erinys' eventual separation - Finn's struggles with being *obsessed* with his duty.

Annand shows up for the first time. I have to strike a balance with her. Initially I wanted her to get mad at Finn because she suspected that he forced Erinys into marriage, but I decided that would probably be OOC. I still want her to be suspicious of the pairing - not in the sense that she thinks something bad happened that caused it, but that she's afraid that Erinys is stuck in a situation that she can't easily leave. So she can't be openly mean to Erinys over it because she loves her sister, and she can't be mean to Finn either, but I think we'll see later on that she tries to grill Finn a little bit.

Coming up is the one year where they'll stay in Silesse. Initially I was planning to write it so that Chapter 5 of FE4 happens in 760, but I made an executive decision to make Sigurd's army stay in Silesse for a year before Quan/Ethlyn/Finn leave. This is going to give more room for fluff as Ced grows up, but it will also allow time for Erinys to develop her relationships with the other Silessians, especially Annand. (As a side note I am actually planning on writing Annand as lesbian although that doesn't change much about the plot. I feel like she could be a "cool aunt with lots of gifts" to Ced if she got more time to live.)

Oh, the final big thing from this chapter is kind of hidden: It's that Lachesis' eventual partner is going to be Lex. This isn't important right now but Lachesis will have more appearances at a later point in this fanfic for obvious reasons. Initially I planned on pairing her with Azelle or Naoise, but then I realized that Lex as the father means that Nanna could have some kind of blue highlights in her hair or blue eyes - something which could make Finn as an adopted father ironic.

Miscellaneous notes: Edain is meant to be guarded by the deaconess on her way north to Madino/Orgahil. I would assume that the deaconess is Edain's main assistant in terms of her religious duties. Ceddy is *a* pet name for Ced but Cedsy is going to get mentioned at some point. Katie is short for Katherine, another name that I just made up for one of Erinys' knights. The end of the chapter takes place around late August/early September. Silesse's summer is short and mild so cooler temperatures are going to come up...I wonder what kind of fluff that will entail.

Thank you for reading! Hopefully you enjoyed this one, feel free to comment because I like comments :) Next chapter should include some more fluff but also hopefully some kind of development too for Erinys.

Chapter 6:

Alternative title: Finn feels left out because he's not Silessian.

Have you ever been involved with someone whose family all spoke a different language than you? Or maybe you grew up in a family where one of your parents spoke a language that the other didn't? Yeah, family gatherings can get kind of awkward if the spouse doesn't learn the language quickly. So Finn just feels that way. I might have repeated that theme too much in this part but oh well. The nations of Jugdral being different ethnicities isn't something that is really explored much, so I might as well.

Annand warms up to Finn! She's still not 100% on him (she's only known him for a month or so) but she tries to warm up. Poor Finn still feels spooked by it but she tries her best to make things better.

Also yay OCs to add a little bit of worldbuilding flavor. I'll try to invent them for Leonster too. Don't worry, they won't take away the spotlight from the characters you actually came here to see.

Miscellaneous notes: Agusti's castle was able to house Sigurd's entire army (in different rooms) because it was exceptionally large due to Agustria's wealth. Only a handful of castles in Jugdral are larger. Sailane only has a small fortress so only Sigurd and a couple others get to stay in an actual room there. Lizabet is in Annand's unit that guards Silesse Town. Yes, that means that something will happen to her later on... Lahna gets referred to as the Queen Mother because she's only acting as a regent since Lewyn disappeared. I also goofed and had her referred to as Majesty when in-game (at least in Project Naga) she's referred to as Highness, but I'll keep it as Majesty since she was a consort before Lewyn's father died. Erinys will eventually be a Highness, not a Majesty. The conversation between Lahna and Lewyn is adapted from the one at the beginning of Chapter 4 of the actual game. Annand isn't meant to be unique in being unmarried at an "older" age, but she's certainly not an exception. Thankfully for her, Lahna does shoot down discussion of trying to find a husband for her. The parents of Erinys and Annand both died when Erinys was 8 and Annand was 16. I'm leaving it intentionally unclear as to what happened to Finn's parents because I don't want to think about it. All he knows is that he was sent to the orphanage when he was a toddler. Arden/Ayra won't figure prominently in this fic, it's just in the background...Lex/Lachesis on the other hand will since Lachesis has to show up. We're also gearing up to set up Silvia/Lewyn...wait until the next chapter to see. Silessian language is Polish because I said so. Longest Night is basically Christmas, I mean Nagamas. 25th day of the month of Nál. What do other countries do for it? Don't ask me because I don't know.

Anyway hope you guys enjoyed! Comments appreciated as always, see you guys next week hopefully :)

Chapter 7:

Shorter chapter! Yeah, I decided to drag their time together in Silesse out to three chapters. So I now envision this work being three parts although I don't plan to literally divide it into three fics. Part I which covers Finn and Erinys' actual time together will end with Chapter 8. After that is Part II which lasts from Finn and Erinys separating to the beginnings of the second part of FE4, and Part III covers the second part of FE4 and the epilogue.

The real focus of this chapter is supposed to be Erinys' relationship with Silvia. As we saw in previous chapters, Erinys resents Silvia not because she is *jealous* of her but because she thinks she would be a bad partner for Lewyn. But then she crosses the line and Lewyn points out that it's kind of hypocritical to question her relationship with Lewyn, especially in light of how quickly Erinys got wedded to Finn for...reasons. So then Erinys and Silvia reconcile and they become friends kinda.

The other parts are just gravy to fill the chapter and get it to 3k words. Finn watching Ced crawl for the first time was referenced in a previous fic although I don't remember which one. The Festival of the Shortest Night is a ripoff of Midsummer which is pretty popular across Europe. Just a funny excuse for a date.

Miscellaneous notes: The title of this chapter - I originally wanted to name each chapter of this work after a different word for love but ended up abandoning that. Limerence is kind of like infatuation or lust but for romance, not sex. So this reflects that these two still want to romance each other beyond just...you know, bed, but it's still kind of a young relationship. Yeah Naoise and Alec are dating. I wanted to slip that in somewhere. Finn is Lachesis' teacher for lances...she's going to promote to Master Knight offscreen after she gives birth to Diarmuid. Alec is Erinys' sparring partner because I didn't want to reuse Naoise. Bonfires and jumping into rivers are real things that happen during Midsummer/St. John's Eve. Fernflower is a flower that is associated with superstitions in the Slavic world during this time of year. Kind of shoehorned in the thing with Erinys' pegasus turning into a falicorn just because. Might as well create an explanation as to where they come from.

See you guys next week for the conclusion of Part I!

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wildestflowrs · 3 years ago

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🌟Ronancetober Day 14: Heaven and Hell🥀

Heaven and Hell (couldn’t keep us apart)

“What’s that do?”

Nancy shoots a glare at the angel peering over her shoulder. She rolls her eyes. “It’s an advanced displaced-soul detection device,” she explains disinterestedly, trying to ignore the angel’s rambling and focus on the job they’re both meant to be doing.

“Woah, I didn’t realise you guys had all this hi-tech stuff, like I thought you used demon spells and stuff, but I suppose that’s a little outdated. Hey, do you guys still use magic regularly or like has it died out for some of you yet because like I know this guy, Keith, who didn’t practice divine magic for so long that he can’t do it any more; it’s kinda pathetic. I mean, he could probably relearn-“

Ugh, working with angels is the worst. Nancy walks ahead through the forest, waving the device around and searching. It looks like a small scroll, but when unraveled it reveals a translucent pearly screen of infernal perception that allows the user to see displaced souls, even those hidden under the guise of a mortal or invisibility.

“-This is only like, my second field assignment ever though, unless you count that one with Steve where we had to retrieve a soul that sneaked out back to the mortal plane and was causing havoc, then that makes this-“

“Could you please be quiet, for heaven’s sake,” Nancy snaps, and the angel purses her lips. Nancy continues, “what exactly are you meant to be doing again? Because I’m quite capable of doing this assignment alone, especially without the help of some chatty angel,”

There’s a few moments of silence between them, and Nancy’s relived; until the angel bursts out laughing.

“Oh my, ‘for heaven’s sake’, cause you’re a demon! That’s good! Gosh, I didn’t realise you hell folk had such a sense of humor,”

This is going to be a long assignment.

─── ･｡ﾟ☆: *.�� .* :☆ﾟ. ───

When Robin was informed she was being assigned for a field assignment with a demon, she was nervous. In her relatively short time as an angel, she’s hardly been back to the mortal plane since her death some 200 years ago. In fact, she will never admit it aloud, but she more or less avoided returning; in the months and years after her death, she felt empty existing forever in heaven, with no goals to achieve, no need to do as much as you could because there was no end; not until you served dutifully as an angel for many years, and you were able to request to move on, beyond existence. The thought of returning to the mortal plane brought her nothing but longing and despair; that she could no-longer participate in the fast-paced, messy life of a living person.

She’s still very much anxious when she gets to Earth, though the appearance of her demon companion- whom she has been assigned to accompany for the duration of their task - soothes her ever so slightly. She’s never met a demon before, she’s never been to hell, but she finds her quite beautiful. Ironically, the best way she could describe her appearance is angelic, with soft features that were flourished with sharpness, like the gentle shape of her face honed by her jawline. She’s completely gorgeous, despite the scowl that adorns her face and the smart maroon suit she wears.

“Who are you?”

Robin fumbles over her words, “Hi- wait sorry- uh- hello? I’m Robin, yeah, I’m Robin,”

The demon raises an eyebrow, but still offers her hand out to Robin, “Nancy Wheeler, representative from the fifth ring of hell,” Robin shakes her hand, perhaps a little too enthusiastically, and the demon looks at her; concentrating, as if trying to figure her out.

“Oh, right, sorry let me try again,” Robin clears her throat. “Robin Buckley, representative of the third sphere of heaven,” She smiles at Nancy, who doesn’t reciprocate the gesture and continues to visually study Robin.

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Nancy thinks it’s pretty safe to say the past three hours have been the most insufferable thing she’s experienced for a while - and that’s coming from an inhabitant of hell for over 2,500 years.

She’s not used to so much talking, especially polite, non-aggressive talking. She definitely hates it; there’s no chance she’s beginning to become fond of the talkative, annoying, angel. She certainly hates her smart beige pants and puffy blouse that has the top few buttons undone, displaying the angel’s collection of magical necklaces. There’s nothing that draws her to the angel at all.

“Do you reflect on how you died very often? I do, I suppose, but most other people I know say not to? Which is stupid because surely in the afterlife we’re meant to reflect upon our lives and deaths before this, right? Isn’t that what afterlife is all abou-”

Nancy continues to hold the device in front of her, getting nothing until a flash of blue light appears on the screen and something rustles in the bushes ahead of them.

“Shh,” Nancy presses a finger to Robin’s lips as she is still looming just behind her left shoulder.

There’s another rustle, and a clicking growl, low and monstrous. Nancy is about to retrieve her sword from its sheath when Robin springs into action.

She quickly steps forward, creating a circle of golden light the diameter of her forearm in front of them, hands twisting and waving as she writes symbols within the circle. “We can’t fight it if we can’t see it,” she says, before waving once more and sending the circle flying forward, dispersing into shimmering dust-like particles; revealing the beast before them.

Nancy has recovered displaced souls before; they’re usually souls of mortals who were reluctant to move to their afterlife, or who had gotten lost on their way to the afterlife, so she would bring them down to where they belonged. Most resist - who wouldn’t when being sentenced to eternal punishment and suffering - but it is easy enough to restrain them; she’s a powerful demon in her own right.

If left un-recovered for too long, displaces souls begin to mutate and evolve into something less humanoid, the longer the period of time, the more mutated they become. Nancy’s aware of this, but she keeps on top of her assignments and has only dealt with a few mutated souls.

This soul, however, is like nothing she’s seen before.

It’s tall, at least eight or nine feet, towering over Nancy and her taller angel companion, with grotesque greyish skin that clings tight to the creature, making a clear outline of it’s skeletal frame and sharp, bony claws that are as big as Nancy’s head. Worst of all is it’s head; it has no facial features, only a blank head, until it screeches at them, opening up it’s face like a blooming flower to reveal hundreds of teeth and a gaping, cavernous mouth.

She’s seen her fair share of… unsightly things in hell, and she gathers Robin has as well; angels and demons alike are known for not being able to appear before mortals in their true form, needing to assume a simpler form as to not kill them instantly, but seeing a soul of a mortal like this… it’s unsettling.

The soul crouches down slightly, preparing to lurch towards the angel and demon. Nancy draw her sword and Robin prepares another spell circle, sharing a focused look.

“Let’s fucking get this thing,” the angel grins, and Nancy can’t help the blush that rises in her cheeks.

“Oh, fuck yeah,”

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Lil bit of an author’s note but I really enjoyed writing this like I had no ideas at first but then I just ran with this like omg

I’d love to expand more on like my thoughts about this universe and like how/why Nancy and Robin ended up where they are in the afterlife?? Plus bringing Max and the other kids into this because funnn

#ronancetober day 14 #ronancetober #ronance #heaven and hell au #angel robin buckley #demon nancy wheeler #robin buckley #nancy wheeler #ronance fanfic #wildestflowrs writes

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tripleaxeldiaz · 5 years ago

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subtle as a brick in the small of my back

Eddie’s proposing to Buck. The whole team finds out first. It goes about as well as expected (not well at all)

Or: 5 times the team almost blows Eddie’s cover, and 1 time it’s already blown

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In retrospect, Eddie really did this to himself.

But, in his defense, he had to tell Maddie — she was Buck’s sister, his only blood relative, and the only one who would honestly tell him if the ring was horribly ugly. And he had to tell Bobby — the guy was practically Buck’s step-father, and he wanted to avoid any possible lecture from his mother about not being “considerate” or “chivalrous” when it came to asking a man’s pseudo son to marry him.

He should have known, however, that it wasn’t just telling those two — he should have known it was telling Bobby, who would tell Athena, who would tell Hen, who would tell Chimney, who had already heard it from Maddie, and who was now practically skipping around the firehouse announcing it to everyone else.

Eddie watches from the kitchen as Chim flits around like a damn bumblebee spreading the good news about Buck and Eddie’s pending engagement. He’s not a holy man, but he prays to whoever is listening that Buck doesn’t find out until Eddie actually gets to ask him himself.

Whoever hears him has the worst sense of humor.

Buck and Eddie don’t like to be apart after bad calls.

This one could have been worse — four car pile up in the carpool lane with three critical injuries, all kids. They were in the ICU and expected to make full recoveries, but it’s still not easy pulling mangled bodies the same size as Christoper out of wrecked cars.

They sat close in the truck coming back to the station, thighs pressed together, shoulders overlapping. They changed together in the locker room, never far away enough that they couldn’t feel the others’ warmth. They climbed the stairs together to the lounge, Eddie’s hand around Buck’s wrist, making sure he stayed upright until they could fall onto the couch.

They’re better now, overall. They checked in with Carla and Chris (who were apparently in the process of an intricate arts and crafts project that required hot glue and a pound of glitter. Eddie can’t wait to clean that out of the house for the next 10 years). The TV in the lounge is softly playing a rerun of Chopped. Eddie is sitting in the corner of the couch, feet on the coffee table, fingers running through Buck’s short hair where his head is settled in his lap. His other hand rests on Buck’s chest, right over his heart, and he listens to Buck’s critical commentary of each chef’s use of ingredients. They know the bell will probably ring in the next 15 minutes and they’ll be right back in the truck, but for now they sink into this brief moment of peace.

Eddie’s so focused on the show and Buck’s apparently extensive knowledge of ways to prepare salmon that he doesn’t even notice Bobby coming over until the couch dips as he sits down.

“You boys doing okay?” he asks, a soft smile on his lips. Buck adjusts to see him better, sitting up to lean on Eddie’s chest, Eddie’s arm slung over his shoulder.

“Yeah, we’re good. Chris has a surprise craft for us when we get home, though I think the mess he makes will be more surprising than anything else.”

Eddie huffs out a laugh, craning his neck to kiss the crown of Buck’s head. When he looks back at Bobby, the look the captain has on his face seems...sentimental. A little too sentimental, if Eddie’s being honest.

Buck must notice it too. He cocks his head and asks, “Are you okay Cap? You’re lookin’ a little misty over there.”

Bobby smiles and shakes his head, eyes shining. “I’m good, kid. Just...really excited for you guys.”

Eddie narrows his eyes. That’s a weird thing to say.

“Excited?” Buck asks, cocking his head even more. “What, that we didn’t get crushed on the highway?”

Bobby laughs. “Well yeah, of course. But also, you know, just excited that you guys have each other to lean on in the bad times like this. And you’ll have each other for a really long time. Forever, hopefully.”

Now Eddie’s eyes are wide in panic. Seriously? You’ll have each other for a really long time? He gives Bobby a look over Buck’s head that hopefully reads as If you don’t stop talking right now I’ll spray you with the hose and I won’t even feel bad about it.

Buck — beautiful, slightly oblivious Buck — just turns to look at Eddie, a smile lighting up his face (a relief to see after the past few hours). “Yeah, I’m pretty excited about that too.”

Eddie melts a little, returning Buck’s smile. Before he can fully respond, the bell rings, and Buck jumps to his feet. He stretches, shaking off any lingering cobwebs of their last call before heading into another one. He kisses Eddie’s cheek as he passes to head to the stairs.

He watches him bound down to the truck, still smiling, before turning to Bobby with narrowed eyes again.

“I’m pretty sure my 11 year old is better at being subtle than you are.”

Bobby claps his shoulder as he follows Buck to the stairs. “Don’t worry, I don’t think he noticed anything. Consider that a precursor to my speech at the wedding.”

Eddie sighs, hopes he’s right, and follows the team to the truck.

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Eddie stares at Maddie’s kitchen island in the same awestruck confusion he usually has on Buffridays. This week’s spread consists of lasagna, garlic knots, summer rolls, banh mi, tacos, and what he’s pretty sure is fried cheesecake. He feels Buck come up next to him, hip checking him as he gets one of everything on his plate before returning to the couch to pick their movie for the night. Eddie follows suit, skipping the cheesecake but promising he’ll come back later, before dropping down next to his boyfriend, who immediately turns and gives him a quick peck on the temple.

Eddie does not blush and smile like an idiot, despite this being a regular thing that has occurred for the entire two year duration of their relationship. He doesn’t. He’s totally used to how much and how openly Buck loves him. It’s fine.

Maddie walks over while they bicker about what movie to watch and sits on Buck’s other side. She clears her throat, halting their argument between Booksmart and Heathers, and pulls something out of her pocket.

Buck turns toward her and freezes. Eddie looks over as well and sees her holding a scrap of dark blue fabric. It’s inky and rich and speckled with white dots, almost like…

“The Milky Way Dress? Maddie, I can’t believe you still have this, why—”

“I finally got around to cleaning out the last of my boxes, pretty much a bunch of old stuff I was not ready to deal with when I left.” She smiles, wistful and a little sad. “I found this and just thought it was time to pass it on to you.”

Buck’s in shock, Eddie can tell. His eyes are wide and his mouth hangs open like it did the first time Christopher referred to the two of them as “his dads”, or like it did when Eddie told him that he wanted to spend the rest of their lives together (and no that was not a proposal, Eddie was hopped up on drugs after falling off a second story roof at a call. He barely remembers it, save for the look on Buck’s face. Doesn’t count.).

Buck takes the fabric reverently, turning it in his hands and running it through his fingers. He turns to Eddie, a soft smile on his face, and Eddie places his hand on his thigh reassuringly. He can tell there’s a story, and he’s happy to wait until Buck’s ready to share.

“This is— wow. So my grandma was one of the main people who raised me, along with Maddie. And she was crazy in the best way, very Miss Frizzle. She used to make all her own clothes with crazy fabric, and she always made me a matching shirt or belt or something. She got this Milky Way fabric once, and I was just obsessed with it, I wouldn’t shut up about it. So she went all out — she made me a shirt, a belt, a tie, a damn suit out of the stuff. I wore them as much as humanly possible for the next few years before my parents ‘accidentally’ donated them away.”

“You wore that suit for picture day until you were 13,” Maddie reminds him.

“Yeah, exactly.” Buck laughs wetly, wiping at his eyes. “But Grandma loved it as much as I did and always wore the matching dress when I came to visit. When she died when I was 16, she made it very clear in her will that she wanted to be buried in that dress. And Maddie, genius that she is, cut some scraps off the dress so we could always have a part of her. I lost mine in one of my billion moves, but now…”

“I kept part of this scrap too, but I wanted to give most of it to you,” Maddie says. “I know how close you two were. I used it as my ‘something old’ and ‘something blue’ at my wedding, so I figured you could use it too for...I don’t know, something. Down the line.”

She catches Eddie’s eye in a silent apology. He’s glad she caught herself because he’s still a little too wrapped up in watching Buck relive all these obviously happy memories to register much of anything else going on.

He watches Buck for a little longer as he folds the fabric back up, placing it in his back pocket. He turns and wraps his sister in a patented Buckley Bear Hug, laughing as he kisses the top of her head.

“Thank you, Mads. Seriously, this is...perfect. It’s just perfect.”

“Of course, I’m just glad I found it for you. And seriously, don’t lose it. I have a feeling you’re going to need it soon.” She pats his cheek fondly, sending a not so sly wink to Eddie.

Eddie somehow manages to keep his groan in his head as Buck settles between them again, picking up the remote.

“Alright gang, I really think the only way we’ll be able to balance out all this sappy stuff is with the glorious violence of Heathers…”

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Laughter erupts as soon as Eddie gets to the front door of the Grant-Nash house, so he waits a minute before knocking. The door swings open, and he’s greeted by the sounds of soft jazz, the smells of home cooking, and the vision of his boyfriend looking happy, relaxed, and definitely buzzed.

“Ah, my knight in shining armor, come to fetch me away!” Buck smiles his lopsided smile as he lets Eddie in and kisses him soundly. He tastes like Merlot and chocolate and just Buck. Eddie’s pretty sure he can get drunk off that taste alone.

“More like your chauffeur in a shining Silverado, but being a knight sounds much more fun.” Buck falls into a fit of giggles, his head collapsing onto Eddie’s shoulder, and Eddie can’t help but laugh along with him. Few things fill him with as much joy as seeing Buck so unabashedly happy, and he’ll relish in it for as long as he can, whenever he can.

Buck grabs his hand and pulls him towards the kitchen. “Come sit, Athena said she has some wedding stuff for me before we go.”

Eddie’s stomach drops past his feet, possibly all the way to the center of the earth.

His internal monologue goes off the rails — dammit he should have asked by now, none of the big romantic plans he’s come up with seem good enough so he just keeps waiting, but maybe since it’s all ruined he’ll just do it tomorrow morning when they’re eating breakfast or tomorrow night after they put Chris to bed, and Jesus Christ he should never tell any of their friends anything ever again—

Pull it together, Diaz. Be chill. Maybe it’s nothing. Of all people, Athena would never break a secret so easily. She’s a cop for crying out loud.

“Wedding stuff?” he asks in a voice way too squeaky to ever be considered “chill”.

Thankfully, alcohol is an exceptional buffer to Buck noticing Eddie in a full on crisis. He turns to him with bright eyes and says, “Yeah, for Maddie! She told Athena she’s been dropping hints to Chim for a while now and thinks he’ll pop the question soon. She wants to get a jump start on things so they can have the wedding by the end of the year.”

Well now he’s pissed for an entirely different reason.

Before he can hit send on a text to Chim — what the hell dude are you trying to steal my thunder??? — Athena comes back to the table with three boxes full of binders, pamphlets, and fabric samples. Eddie stands to help, and she gives him a look he can’t quite read before flashing a smile at Buck.

“This should be everything Bobby had. There’s lists of venues with how many people they hold and how much they charge for food. There’s samples for place settings, centerpieces, and decorations. And there’s lists of bakeries for the cake, plus what allergies they can cater to and price estimates. I hope to God there are no other boxes but if there are, I’ll let you know.”

“Wow,” Buck marvels as he flips through a book of flower arrangements. “Bobby really doesn’t half-ass anything, does he?”

Athena chuckles as she finishes the last of her wine. “No he does not. Sometimes it’s a gift, sometimes it’s a curse that clutters up my closet for three years.”

“Well thanks very much Athena, I know Maddie will be thrilled to not plan a second wedding completely from scratch.” He hugs her tight and kisses her cheek before grabbing a box and heading to the door. “I’ll keep these safe for her until Chim gets his ass in gear. Babe, can you get the other two?”

Eddie’s already in the process of grabbing them before Buck finishes his question. He smiles soft and bright when he sees, kissing Eddie’s temple. “You really are my knight in shining armor.”

Eddie’s sure he’s got hearts in his eyes as he watches Buck leave and load up the truck. He’s only able to turn away when he feels Athena come up next to him.

“Speaking of getting asses in gear…”

“I know,” Eddie sighs. “I’m working on it. I just...it needs to be perfect. That’s what he deserves.”

“Honey, it’ll be perfect because it’s you asking. That’s all he cares about. Don’t think too hard about it.”

“Well looks like I have to do it sooner rather than later anyway. I cannot believe Chim’s gonna—”

“Oh, he’s not.”

Eddie squints. “He’s not?”

“No, those are for you guys, not Maddie. I really needed them out of the house and didn’t know how long I’d be waiting.” She levels Eddie with a look again, and he somehow feels like he’s 16 and his mom wasn’t “mad” at him for doing something dumb, just “disappointed”. “I already gave Maddie a heads up so she’ll play along. Just try to ask him before we all start going grey, okay?”

“Yes ma’am.” She smiles and pats his cheek before leading him out the door.

~~~~~~~~~~

“Wow, I don’t think I’ve seen these in person since I was in high school,” Buck says as Hen sits down across from him at the kitchen table, dropping a bunch of small, thick packages Eddie can’t quite see from his post at the coffee machine.

He blearily grabs the two cups of coffee he made, making his way over to the table. He places one mug in front of Buck, earning him a relieved smile and wink as he sits down, looking over to see what Hen brought in. The table is covered in developed pictures from old disposable cameras, dozens of glossy frames of people in suits and cocktail dresses laughing, a beautiful dessert table, something that looks suspiciously like a conga line.

“Are these from an old LAFD gala or something?” Eddie asks as Buck snorts out a laugh. He holds a picture up so Eddie can see Chimney with a tie around his head, perched on someone’s shoulders, yelling at something out of frame. “Oh that’s definitely getting blown up to poster size.”

“Actually,” Hen says, “these are from mine and Karen’s wedding.”

Eddie freezes mid sip of coffee, eyes snapping to Hen, who just stares back at him with feigned innocence and barely concealed glee. Hen’s smart, smarter than all of them put together, and while he knows she won’t tell Buck anything outright, he also knows she is thoroughly enjoying this opportunity to make Eddie squirm.

“Whoa,” Buck says. “There’s got to be at least a thousand pictures here. How’d you get so many in one night?”

“We had a few cameras on every table and told the guests to go nuts. We have some professional shots of the reception, but we wanted to see it how everyone else saw it too. And we decided to wait until our 10 year anniversary to get them developed so we could have a little walk down memory lane.”

“Huh, that’s a pretty good idea,” Buck murmurs thoughtfully, still absorbed in all the pictures in front of him. Eddie agrees, the cameras are a great idea, and he tucks that into the filing cabinets of his brain to use when they have their wedding.

If they ever have their wedding.

Eddie’s working on it. Really. He’s got the skeleton of a plan that will be beautiful and romantic and not too big, but big enough that Buck will know without a doubt how much Eddie loves him. So it’ll be soon, okay? Very soon. As long as someone doesn’t ruin everything before his plan can actually get set into motion.

He sees Hen’s smile get bigger, like she can see Eddie’s brain starting to overheat a little.

She leans over the table, pointing to one of the pictures. “I also recommend doing a dessert table instead of a big ugly cake. You can do a bunch of good stuff too like cupcakes, pie, we just went to a wedding with a candy bar…”

“A candy bar!?” Buck looks at Eddie like a kid on Christmas, and Eddie files that idea away too (while also noting that he’ll have to remind Buck that they probably can’t only have gummy worms at a candy bar).

“And you guys should definitely have a live band, they’re much better at getting people to dance than a DJ.”

Eddie clocks the “you guys” and starts sweating a little more. Hen notices too, eyes widening at Eddie like she knows she went a little too far.

Buck, by some miracle, still seems caught up in the fantasy of a 12-foot table covered in gummy worms.

He looks at Hen, eyebrows furrowed. “You don’t think a DJ is better? I feel like they have way better music usually. Live bands have, like, the same seven songs, and one of them is always ‘Footloose’.”

They continue to debate the pros and cons as Eddie stands to put his mug in the sink, squeezing Buck’s shoulder as he passes. Buck grabs his hand, kissing the inside of his wrist before letting him go, all without breaking conversation on whether “Shout!” or “The Macarena” is a more annoying song. Eddie’s stomach flutters like it always does with Buck’s absentminded displays of affection, but the butterflies also seem to be saying It’s time to get your shit together and ask this man for his hand in marriage, idiot.

Eddie closes his eyes, resting his head on the cabinet above the sink.

The butterflies are right. A little rude, but still right.

~~~~~~~~~~

Eddie knew Chimney was going to be the hardest loose end to round up.

He had stood at the top of the stairs, arms crossed, as Chim came up after telling the station (and probably the entire city of Los Angeles) that Eddie and Buck were getting engaged. “Chim, man, look—”

“No worries, Eddie,” Chim said, holding a hand up to cut Eddie off. “Cross my heart, I will not say a word to Buck. I’m sure you have something big and sappy in the works, and I will not be the person to screw that up.”

Eddie deflated a bit, still eyeing Chim warily. Chim just smiled back, clapping a hand on his shoulder and squeezing reassuringly. “Look, I’m so, so happy for you guys. You’ve both been through the ringer and still managed to find each other and create a beautiful life for yourselves. You guys really deserve it, and I—” He cleared his throat as his eyes filled with tears. He opened his mouth like he wanted to keep going, but he pulled Eddie into a tight hug instead.

“Thanks Chim, that’s...that’s really sweet.” Eddie felt his voice crack around the lump in his throat as he patted his friend on the back. They pulled away, laughing quietly and wiping their eyes.

“Plus,” Chimney said, punching Eddie softly on the shoulder, “we’re basically in-laws now, so there’s definitely a bro code. Add that to the firefighter bro code, and I’m double coded, man.”

“So you’ll...double keep the secret?”

“Exactly.” Chim patted his back as he walked toward the kitchen. Eddie watched him go, still trying to put together the double code thing that was definitely not actually a thing.

In his own weird way, Chim had seemed sincere in keeping his mouth shut. Eddie really thought that had been that.

That had most certainly not been that.

Because since Chim couldn’t let out his excitement with words, he had to let it out in other ways.

Namely, tears. An ungodly amount of tears.

The whole team is in the lounge, flipping channels until they land on Say Yes to the Dress. Chim blinks at the TV, then whips his head to where Buck and Eddie are squished together on the couch. Eddie catches his gaze, watching his eyes begin to water before he’s up and running down the stairs. Hen barks out a laugh and tries to hide it in a cough. Bobby shakes his head and looks toward the sky, either asking God for strength or to smite him where he sits.

They’re at the kitchen table early in the morning, heads bent together as Buck shows Eddie a TikTok on his phone (Eddie doesn’t get the deal with these things, but they make Buck laugh so hard he snorts so he’ll allow it). They’re startled by a strangled sob from across the room and look up to see Chim rushing past them to the coffee machine rubbing his eyes, his shoulders still shaking as he adds milk to his mug. Buck shoots Eddie a confused look, and Eddie just shrugs helplessly before shooting a death glare to the back of Chim’s head.

Buck and Chim are chatting in the locker room when Eddie arrives for shift, dropping his bag next to Buck and giving him a quick peck hello on the cheek. Buck smiles at him, reaching up to push back a lock of hair that had fallen on Eddie’s forehead in his hustle to be on time (he’s growing his hair out again because he likes it that way, okay, not because Buck told him he looked like a sexy Superman when it was longer). They turn back to Chim in time to see tears begin to fall in earnest, which he quickly blames on allergies before scooting past them and out of the room.

“Is Chim like...good?” Buck asks, watching Chim walk away blowing his nose in his shirt. All Eddie had done was smile (probably a little dreamily) at some dumb joke Buck made, but that was enough apparently.

“He’s fine,” Eddie replies quickly. “He’s just...you know. Going through it. I guess.”

Bobby snorts from behind the stove as he flips a grilled cheese.

Buck sighs. “Should we remind him about therapy at least? I’m just worried he’s gonna be perpetually dehydrated or something.”

“I don’t know if therapy is what he needs,” Bobby says, looking pointedly at Eddie. Eddie throws a napkin at him.

Buck turns to Bobby confused but is quickly distracted by the hot sandwich placed in front of him. They launch into a debate on the best combination of cheese for a grilled cheese, Chim’s hydration levels seemingly forgotten.

Luckily for everyone, they’re almost in the clear. Reservations have been made, Chris’s sleeping arrangements have been confirmed, and Eddie’s even picked out an outfit. Everything is finally ready.

Eddie’s excited, more excited than he can remember being in a very long time, possibly since Christopher was born.

He also feels like he’s gonna hurl.

Hopefully that’s a good sign.

~~~~~~~~~~

He settled on recreating their first official date. It’s just cheesy enough that Buck will get a kick out of telling the story over and over and simple enough that Eddie can handle everything without involving one single other person.

It’s really nothing crazy: dinner at their favorite Italian restaurant and watching the sunset on the beach, brown bagging a bottle of wine like they’re in college. Eddie even knows what he’s going to say already, going over it again and again in his head so he can get everything out perfectly.

That first date, Eddie had accidentally told Buck he loved him. He hadn’t planned on it at all, but the words had been bubbling under his skin for so long at that point it was a relief to get them out in the open. He was immediately terrified he had said them too fast, too soon, but Buck simply pushed him back into the sand and kissed him soft and sincere, more teeth than anything once they both gave up on holding back their smiles.

He doesn’t want to be so caught off guard by his own brain this time. Not for something this important.

But that all has to wait until tomorrow.

Tonight, Chris is with Abuela (who slyly offered to keep him all weekend so Eddie and Buck could “celebrate properly”, which Eddie was both thankful for and mortified by, hearing from his grandma), they had ordered Chinese, and are now watching a movie that (blessedly) has no cartoon characters randomly bursting into song.

It’s normal, domestic, something they do at least once a week.

And yet Eddie feels like his skin is on fire, his heart beating so fast he’s sure it’ll break through his ribs at any moment.

He’s looking at Buck, feels his chest on his back, his strong arm around his shoulders, drawing absent-minded shapes across his chest as his attention is focused on Bill and Ted meeting Rufus in the phone booth for the first time. The light of the TV highlights Buck’s jaw and cheekbones, casts an ethereal glow on his unkempt curls. He laughs at something, a rumble deep in his chest, head tipping back slightly exposing the long line of his neck.

He’s beautiful. Stunning, inside and out. The most amazing thing that has ever deemed Eddie worthy of attention and love, aside from his son.

And if he doesn’t ask him to be his forever right now, this minute, he’s absolutely going to explode.

He’s off the couch and striding toward the bedroom before his brain even tries to stop him. He hears Buck faintly call, “Baby? Are you okay?” but is too busy rifling through his sock drawer to answer. He holds the blue velvet box firmly in his hand and takes a deep breath.

He had been waiting and planning and trying his damnedest to keep this all under wraps so by the time he asked, everything would be perfectly romantic and swoon-worthy, a story they could tell their kids and grandkids and great-grandkids to inspire them to find a love like theirs. A moment so perfect that there would be no doubts about how desperately Eddie needs Buck in his life until he’s buried in the ground, and probably even after that. Buck deserves to know that Eddie would go to the ends of the earth to make him happy, have it spelled out in the stars just how deeply he makes Eddie feel loved and safe, and that he’d do anything to make sure Buck feels that in return, always.

But, really, they’ve never been perfect. They’re messy sometimes, and gritty. Too loud or too soft or too much or not enough. They push and pull at each other in good and bad ways, sometimes too far, but sometimes just enough that they come out even better together and apart than they were before.

They’ve never been conventional. So why bother starting now?

When he comes back to the living room, Buck is standing, movie paused, worrying at his hands as he watches Eddie walk in. He freezes as Eddie comes up to him before sinking to one knee, eyes widening as the box opens, revealing a simple, black, titanium band.

And then he’s laughing. Full body, shoulders shaking, like Eddie getting ready to bare his heart and soul to him is the funniest damn thing in the world.

Before he can dive too deeply into his wounded pride, Buck’s kneeling too, placing his hands on either cheek, eyes bright with a little mischief and a lot of love as he says, “It’s about damn time, Diaz.”

Eddie blinks, feels his shoulders slump a little. He wishes he was surprised, but he’s really not.

“Who told you?”

“Oh, no one told me, like, specifically. But Maddie finding our grandma’s dress? And Athena conveniently having all of their old wedding planning stuff? Plus, Chim hasn’t been able to look at me without crying for weeks. I don’t know if you know this, but our friends are really bad at being low key.”

Oh, Eddie knows. He had just been hoping (in vain, it seems) that Buck didn’t.

He breathes out a laugh and shakes his head, leaning into Buck’s hands still framing his face. “Well, can I at least do my speech? I have it memorized and everything. It was supposed to be for tomorrow, but…” He gestures vaguely, encompassing the whole, beautiful mess this has turned into.

“Of course you can,” Buck says, his smile growing by the second. “But hurry up, because I can’t wait to marry the shit out of you.”

And who is Eddie to argue with that?

He takes one of Buck’s hands, squeezing tight. He already knows the answer, but that doesn’t make him any less nervous.

“Evan Buckley, you are the most amazing man I have ever met in my life, and probably the most annoying.” Buck laughs again at that, and Eddie feels all of his insides swoop, his heart filling with so much adoration it’s probably about to crack. “You are unendingly selfless, unbelievably headstrong, kind and gentle, but would kill a man for the people you love without thinking twice. You have shown me more about what it means to love and be loved than I ever thought I could know. You are also responsible for about 75% of my grey hairs.” They’re both crying now, not even bothering to wipe the tears away, wearing them like badges of honor for each other. “You make me a better firefighter, a better friend, a better father, and a better man. I want to spend the rest of my life making sure you know how much I love you, every minute of every hour of every day.” He takes the ring out of the box, holding it up between them. “I want to have your back forever. Will you marry me?”

He barely has the question out before Buck is tackling him to the floor, kissing him so deeply he feels it in his atoms. He gets the ring on at some point, lips never leaving Buck’s, and they get lost in each other, in happiness, in love, in excitement at getting to spend their lives together, as a family.

Nothing leading up to this was perfect. But he wouldn’t trade any of it — their chaotic lives, their ups and downs, their crazy, unsubtle family — for anything in the world.

But next time he’s planning a surprise, he will absolutely be keeping it to himself.

#buddie #9-1-1 #911 fox #evan buckley #eddie diaz #buddie fic #it's been TWO YEARS since i wrote anything and these two finally broke me #that and the quarantine probably #ficcery #soft eddie rights

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soysaucevictim · 5 years ago

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Week 2 & the 2020 DARETREE Event is done and dusted...

Dec. 5

I woke up after 1PM.

After some chatting and doing some dishes, I did my exercise.

First, today’s DD. 20 pike push-ups with EC. Tough and a bit sloppy, but good enough for me.

Second, Day 5 of the ‘20ACC. 3x5 tricep extensions, one super-set. Definitely tougher to manage after those push-ups.

Third, Day 7 of the FhP. Level 3, 1′ rest. Lotsa kicking. Aerobic and worked up quite a sweat! I enjoyed myself and mixed up letting foot drop and doing balanced variations there of. Lunge+crosses weren’t quite as fun - because lunges. But overall, good experience!

Last, Day 5 of the FCP. Core Control Day. Level 3, no rest. Pretty breezy work, all told.

After updating my fit log and doing some browsing, I made today’s Hello Fresh Meal. Corn & poblano chowder.It was pretty tasty - I mostly like the bulk and thick consistency to it. That part was comforting to eat. Don’t know how I feel about Old Bay seasoning blend, but there’s bits I appreciate from it (might be just the fact I’m not a huge fan of celery, especially if it’s too intense a note in a dish.)

Did some dishes and chatted a bit before writing up a timeline for the iZ!AU.

I went to bed a bit earlier than yesterday.

Dec. 6

I woke up before 11AM.

Spent time chatting and sharing a timeline of iZ!AU with friend.

Got my exercise squared away early too.

First, today’s DD. 50 shoulder taps with EC. Doable.

Second, Day 6 of the ‘20ACC. 3x6 jumping lunges, one super-set. Again, debated on breaking it up, but chose not to. Pretty aerobic and high impact. But I dod my best to be mindful of how I was executing it.

Third, Day 8 of the FhP. Level 3, 1′ rest. For exercise transitions - I did plank walk-out/ins instead of jumps. Did maintain the plank for the shoulder taps > push-ups > raised leg push-ups. Push-ups were a bit sloppy and I did feel a bit of built up fatigue, but I’m happy it was just 5 sets of that.

Last, Day 6 of the FCP. 50 squats, done in one go. Pretty manageable work, definitely well within my condition.

Spent some time chatting and watching the third Back Too The Future movie . Then spent rest of night on the usual fair.

I went to bed a bit earlier than yesterday.

Dec. 7

I woke up after noon.

Spent a bit of time writing an e-mail about my jury summons and then browsing a bit before today’s exercise.

First, today’s DD. 2′ tricep dip hold with EC. Watching DWIT was helpful. Did note back pressing against chair increasingly after the first minute. But I did my best to keep the position for the full duration. Intense exercise.

Second, Day 7 of the ‘20ACC. 3x7 push-ups, one super-set. I thought about breaking it up as directed, more just to put more emphasis on my form. But then I just wanted to get it done fairly quickly & knew I could knock out 21 in one pop pretty easily (if somewhat sloppy, but what else is new).

Third, Day 9 of the FhP. Ab Day. Level 3, 1‘ rest. I feel like I could’ve shortened the rest periods a bit more than that - but ah well. It was overall very manageable and fun. I do so love sit-up punches! =w=

Fourth, Day 7 of the FCP. Endurance Day. Managed Level 3 by the skin of my teeth. Had some doubts I could go for whole 12 minutes keeping the arms up and moving. They did droop from fatigue and my pace had to slow to be able to sustain things. Watching DWIT/SaSi is always a great distraction for brutal endurance work. My arms = dead. :,D

Last, I started getting in reps for my ornament on the DARETREE, this year. After some debate, I chose to work toward an emerald one. That involved 1k jumping jacks. In less than an hour, I did half of it in 5 sets of 100. Was pretty blissed afterwards - despite my calves complaining a bit about the load.

Made dinner and spent rest of night on the usual.

I went to bed obscenely late, Didn’t anticipate a mistake I made would mean i was not going to have much sleep to work with tomorrow.

Dec. 8

I woke up a bit after 11AM, to the sound of a car honking outside.

I quickly realized I miss-scheduled a trip reservation this week - it was supposed to be for Wednesday (though I would have to cancel that because I had a jury summons on my lap.) Anyways - decided to just go with the driver’s intended route. Spent some time to go grab some convenience store snacks and waited to get returned home.

Pretty much once I got back home, I did my exercise.

First, today’s DD. 2′ raised leg hold with EC (supine). Deep breathing was helpful. But neck strain happened predictably enough - not so fun.

Second, Day 8 of the ‘20ACC. 3x8 lunges, one super-set. Manageable.

Third, Day 10 of the FhP. Level 3, 1′ rest. It was pretty funny rewatching FWSA as background noise - chuckled a bit while I was doing my punches/kicks/strikes. Definitely made that much more fun (and combat work is already fun.)

Fourth, Day 8 of the FCP. Cardio Day. Level 3, no rest. Nice low impact work. Energy levels were also happy with the relative chillness of this workout.

Last, I finished getting in reps for my ornament on the DARETREE, this year. I wound up approaching it the same way/pace as yesterday. Definitely a lot harder, given how exhausted I was getting. (I was watching POF again during this part of things.)

Chatted a bit before doing some dishes, taking a shower, and organizing stuff (bills/etc..I basically had to drag myself to get through all that - I was so exhausted. (Learning that my brother had a person in his circle test positive for COVID was also peachy. Brother scheduled for a test for himself later this week.)

I managed to get to bed in the green zone, tonight. I just hit my wall at that point.

Dec. 9

I woke up after 9AM.

I was pretty agitated on Twitter and in my chatting this morning over the Jury summons. Once at the courthouse though, I learned that I was no longer needed to be present. That was a relief.

First, today’s DD. 40 bridge taps with EC. This was pretty manageable, just happy the jury summons issue appears to be resolved. Mostly.

Second, Day 9 of the ‘20ACC. 3x9 calf raises, one super-set. Fairly breezy work. Calves were pretty okay after all those jumping jacks. Achilles and knee needed a bit of TLC, but doable.

Third, Day 11 of the FhP. Level 3, 1′ rest. No plank jump-ins/outs. My sore delts made things a bit more challenging to get through. Still doable, might’ve gotten away with shortening the rest periods a bit more, but I just decided to commit to that.

Last, Day 9 of the FCP. 3′ wall-sit, managed it in one go. I decided to rewatch Embarrassing Phases to distract myself from my thighs screaming at me.

After chatting and whatnot, I made today’s Hello Fresh Meal. Tex-Mex beef & poblano enchiladas. I thought it was just okay. Lack of saucy consistency/binding in the filling gave things a dryness (especially on reheat in the cases of dad and brother’s portions - they ate later than me.)

After some more of the usual - I felt inspired again to get more writing done (iZ!Prinxiety stuff, friggin’ dorks.)

Back to getting to bed in the red zone...

Dec. 10

I woke up after 10AM.

After a bit of the usual, did today’s exercise.

First, today’s DD. 40 lunge step-ups with EC (20/20). Manageable work.

Second, Day 10 of the ‘20ACC. 3x10 wide legged squats, one super-set. Did contemplate on breaking it up, but eh, this was very

Third, Day 12 of the FhP. Level 3, 1′ rest. Back and core work - bridges were more fun than the planks, but doable. Did think i could’ve extended my counts a bit more. But nevertheless, reasonably challenging!

Last, Day 10 of the FCP. Agility Day. Level 3, no rest. I do so enjoy bouncing/hopping stuff and it was fun shifting into each exercise with continued momentum. I only stopped in between sets long enough to markdown completed sets.

Spent rest of night chatting, browsing, and making soup for dinner. I did also get some writing done too.

I got to bed around the same time as yesterday.

Dec. 11

I woke up after 11AM.

After a bit of browsing, listening to music, dog grooming, and getting dishes taken care of - I did today’‘s exercises.

First, today’s DD. 1′ chest squeeze with EC. Arms definitely got to trembling throughout this hold. Did try to mind how much recruitment was happening so I wouldn’t pull something. Mission successful.

Second, Day 11 of the ‘20ACC. 3x11 up/down dogs, 30″ rest. Finally met a day of this challenge that I couldn’t get through in one superset - this pacing//load was tough enough as it is. Got pretty bushed.

Last, Day 11 of the FCP. Tendon Strengthening Day. No sets. Just about manageable, took a bit of digging though.

I spent rest of night updating my logs, chatting, configuring computer stuff, browsing stuff.... and binge-watching Season 2 of The Umbrella Academy. (I enjoyed it!)

Went to bed obscenely late because of that.

#adventures with fitness #adventures with hello fresh #covid mention/#(so far my immediate circle/family are ok - just we had a potential means of exposure to investigate/mind)#(was too overtired yesterday to post ithis update then

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alfredosauce50 · 6 years ago

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Who’s the bad guy? (2p + 1p America x reader) 7

Wordcount: 2,258

The reader is referred to as she/her

Looking at him was certainly not a favor for sensitive eyes. His hair was a mop of styled gold, unnaturally bright for his olive-hued skin tone. Hot pink shades sat atop of his hair and little glimmering rhinestones engraved on the sides were shining at you like they were literally glowing. His crisp white shirt was cleanly pressed with not a speck of dust or a single wrinkle. Not only was it too blinding for the human eye, but it would also wash you with the feeling of being under-dressed. Even in the darkest hours, he still managed to look that good. It was just the moral he lived up to - instead of 'dress to impress', he altered it to fit his persona with 'dress to depress'.

You ran over to the door and swung it open, only to be engulfed in a tight embrace which knocked the air out of your lungs upon contact. Bringing your arms around him to squeeze him back, you were consumed in the sweet scent of perfume. "Oh my god, bitch. I missed you so much! Why didn't you call me?" He exasperated, pulling away to be met with your relieved smile.

"Oh, I'm sorry Flavio! I was busy with work and other... Circumstances." You replied, darting your eyes all around the place as you finished your sentence. Whispering under your breath, it came out as an anxious wheeze. "... What are you doing here...?" Fumbling with your fingers, he immediately noted the sweat that was amassing around your forehead, as well as the apprehensive build-up of testosterone sourcing from the kitchen to form pulsating waves of it to consume the room. He left you there without another word, and taking long strides, he stopped abruptly by the kitchen with a face contorted with disgust. His bright velvety red irises flickered down at the corpse-like body lying on the floor. "What happened to him?" He pointed with his long index.

A huff escaped Allen's lips and he folded his arms together, letting his narrowed gaze run off to the side. You rubbed your arms and kept your head down. Flavio coughed and rolled his eyes at you all. He pulled out a pink vial out of nowhere, pressing down on it a few times to let a baby pink mist spray out and disappear into the air particularly around Alfred. "Gross." He murmured. Judging from the tense atmosphere that just fell around you all, it was clear that Alfred was attacked by either one of you. Clearly, it would not have been you, so all his bets were laid out for the redhead brooding in the corner. He threw his hands up in the air. "Look, I don't even wanna know."

You shrugged and felt a sheepish smile pull on your lips. "I'm sorry that you had to see this."

Flavio shook his head. "It's totally fine, I guess." He shrugged. "I'm kinda used to it. I just don't wanna get near him with these clothes on."

A few dry chuckles fell from your lips. "Oh, okay."

"Mhmm." He hummed, extending the 'hm' longer than needed. Strutting over to you and resting his arm on your shoulder, his striking red eyes caught yours in a softened gaze."Look, baby. I don't wanna intrude on you for too long, but I'm gonna have to steal a few minutes of your time."

You nodded slowly with your brows knitting together in confusion. "Sure...?"

Flavio slapped you on the shoulder and ushered you into the closest separate room, which happened to be Allen's. That left him standing there in silence, lingering his eyes over his own door that just clicked shut on him with them narrowed slightly. A few coughs and splutters rung in his ears, forcing him to let his head fall down to Alfred on the floor, getting comfortable as he slowly regained his consciousness. His lungs and throat gurgling with the metallic flavor of iron, so he leaned forward onto his knees to let the foreign substance flow out of his mouth into a little crimson puddle to the floor. "... Eugh... That was gross." He mumbled, coughing his lungs out immediately after.

Allen felt his eye twitch in annoyance. "You're cleaning that up."

Alfred collapsed on his back and groaned. Allen watched with crossed arms, the stone-cold poker face engraved on his features not faltering the least.

"Really?! But you just nearly fucking killed me!" The blonde screamed with a vein popping around his neck. Uneven breaths were sucked in sharply as gunmetal blue eyes were set ablaze with white-hot fury. Only then was he able orientate himself, the memories of fists colliding with his face entering his mind in sharp explosions of pain. As he struggled to get back up on his feet, the sight of his cousin not moving a muscle to even help irked at him.

"Whatever." He huffed. "Don't expect me to mop it all up, you spewed your shit on the ground anyway."

Alfred shook his head slowly. "... Unbelievable."

Flavio pushed you into Allen's room and he shut the door, spinning over to you with vivid fear swimming in his orbs. "Oh my god, are you okay?! You weren't hurt by him were you?" He whisper-shouted, attaching a firm grip on your shoulders and shaking you. "No--" He continued rocking you back and forth so violently that you felt a wave of dizziness consume your brain. "Christ, stop shaking me for Pete's sake! I'll puke all over your clothes!"

All activity in his arms ceased, but his hammering heart didn't slow. "We don't want that do we?" He breathed.

A silence ensued and you just shrugged.

"No..." You whispered.

His lips stretched into a wide smile for the briefest second before it faded away into a frown. "Okay, I have something super-duper important to tell you. Absolutely critical!" He hissed at you. "The break-in that happened last night at your house, it was done by my brother... And his squad."

Allen scoffed. "That's what you get for kissing (F/N)."

"What the hell? You're such a sore loser." Alfred hardened his stare at his cousin. Allen walked off to the pile of bags sitting in a mound and heaved them one by one over his shoulder like sacks of potatoes. "Oh yeah? This ain't a game anymore. And plus, it looked like you stole that kiss judging from how shocked she looked." He shot back. "Can't you at least wait a fucking week or something before you get your hands on her? She's really stressed right now about this whole ordeal, and you're not helping."

Alfred darted his eyes off to the side and sat on one of the stools. "You're just jealous I got to kiss her." He mumbled under his breath out of Allen's earshot. "What are those bag's you're carrying anyway?"

"... They're full of her stuff. I can't keep letting her wear my boxers you know." He felt himself smirk at bringing that up, and yes, he did offer you his underwear. It was another way to press at Alfred's buttons by pulling out another one of his 'best friend' cards. Allen honestly didn't mind letting you use his stuff at all, he loved it because you were relying on him... It filled him to the brim with overwhelming joy. "Not that I mind."

"Oh my god." Alfred grumbled, feeling his skin prickle and burn at the waves of triumph radiate off that smirk.

"That's right, cuz'. I've been playing this game for far too long." He winked.

"I thought you said this wasn't a game anymore-"

"It's an expression, you dumbfuck."

You were glazed with a layer of cold sweat as you were thrown into a pit of betrayal. "Your brother?" You uttered. "But why?"

Luciano, his name was. A man of power you had no idea of who worked in his own mysterious ways- you considered him just as ambiguous as your best friend, if not more. Only a few times did you run into this sharp-tongued Italian, and he would always leave without a word but with a mischievous but patronizing glance. It would always leave you nothing but intimidated and your curiosity craving for more. Recently, however, in the last few months, he'd linger his half-lidded magenta orbs over you similar to that way a predator would stalk its prey. It sent you so many mixed signals, concoctions of vengeance, fury and even lustful intensity.

Despite not knowing anything about him but his name, you almost automatically associated him as relatively friendly as he was related to Flavio. How did you already rub him in the wrong way?

"I'm so sorry that you're confused and all, but there's a good reason he did it," Flavio replied in a softer tone, "Luciano isn't holding anything against you personally, but he's doing it because..." If he was in his car, he would have just wound up in an endless road of obstacles and stumps, eventually slowing to a halt. He was undergoing intense contemplation on whether to tell you the true reason because it was more than certain to him that it'd ruin something, someone, special to you. "... Um..."

"Well, what is it!?" You hissed with burning anticipation.

A sheepish smile adorned his lips as he twiddled with his fingers. "Well, uh, um..." Beads of sweat began trickling from his forehead and a bright red blush glowed strongly off of his cheeks. You leaned into him and scrunched up your shirt to create wrinkles. The decision finally struck him to not tell you and he let out a high squeal. The cloth of your shirt was damp from your clammy hands by then, and you were slammed in the face with disappointment when he took off in a frantic sprint. "Ican'ttellyouit'sconfidentialbye!"

"Hey! What the- Get your ass back here!" You screamed after him, charging at him as he bolted out the room. The door slammed in your face, paralyzing you from the explosion of noise for a second before you ripped it open. In this second-long duration, Flavio was granted the opportunity to finish his duties for today. His blonde curl bounced in rhythm to his movements as he ran up to Allen and pulled him down to his level.

Cupping his mouth as he leaned into his ear, he whispered something fiercely into his ear. Alfred watched from the kitchen counter with a brow raised. Unfortunately for him, he wasn't able to catch what the man with shades was saying behind his hand. Whatever it was, it was not good news. Allen stood back up straightly at a tantalizingly slow pace, his eyes widening to dinner plates with absolute terror. His thundering heartbeat was pounding so violently in his head that it sent trembles to shake at the matte black shades sitting in his ruffled maroon tresses.

"Oh, shit." He breathed, clenching his fists into balls that were so tight his knuckles turned white. He flicked his head to Flavio and stared at him with pleading orbs. "Luciano's after her because of-"

Like you were the devil, you came bursting into the vast living space everybody else was currently situated in. That immediately zipped Allen's lips. Said boy whisper-shouted to the blonde next to him again. "Don't. Fucking. Tell her." He hissed lowly.

Flavio nodded quickly. "Right. Right. I won't." With that, he turned on the spot and made a beeline to the door and out of this conflicted hell hole; out of Allen's reach before he would get strangled.

"What the hell was that?" You exclaimed, the fly screen swinging back into place.

"Nothing, babydoll." Allen coughed.

Alfred hummed and popped a cookie in his mouth, munching loudly. "It wasn't nothing."

Allen shot him a dangerous glare before facing you again. "Yeah, um. He just told me that Luciano was the one who broke into your home." Sharp and direct, but lacking immense details.

"Did he tell you why though?" You asked.

He shook his head with a smile. "No."

Strange. Allen's never smiled like that before. His lips were twitching and his eyes were closed. "Oh, and you know the bags I just brought in that have your stuff?"

"Yeah. They have my things right?" You replied with a soft smile. "Thanks a lot, by the way."

Alfred continued to fish his hands around the plastic container of Chips Ahoy. Popping in one after the another into his mouth to distract himself from the excruciating blue and purple markings scattered all over his face, he was no way in hell prepared for the words that were about to be uttered by his cousin.

"Yeah, no prob. But what I'm trying to say is..." He strolled over to the marble kitchen counter and slammed his hands down on it. That sent a jolt to rocket through the blonde's body, and he clutched his cookies closely. Propping his head up with his elbows to face you, he continued. "Don't bother unpacking them."

You craned your head to the side. "... Why?"

Something that could be identified as a clashing combination of reluctance and mischief glinted in his blood red irises as he flickered them to Alfred, whose cheeks were puffed up like a chipmunk. "That's because we'll be going someplace for a while." He replied, slowing Alfred's chewing. In that moment of time, the two cousins' minds synced. Alfred tilted his head away from him with a contorted expression that literally screamed the one thing on Allen's mind. "We're gonna go crash Alfred's."

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BOAWS Top Records of 2016

Welp, I finally got around to doing something on here and finishing up my top 20 records of the year list. Wooooo. Anyway, activity around here has been slim, I know that, but unfortunately work and all that crap has gotten in the way a little more than I'd like. Hopefully the coming year will see a bit more reviews and maybe even a podcast or two if time allows. Who knows. But for now, BOAWS is still going and will not go anywhere. Without further hesitation, here is my top 20 recordsof the year. Have a good one. 20 – Spit-Take – Frog Rock (Ice Age) Real quick and to the point indie-rock jams from this Connecticut group. Caught my attention with their first full-length not all that long ago and then followed it up nicely with this second, and even better, helping of songs. Definitely a nod or two to the plentiful 90's indie-rock heritage of bands that focused more on the quirkier aspects of the sound like maybe Archers of Loaf or Sebadoh, thanks to instances of unpredictably that waver between some emotionally charged slower numbers to jolting aggressive bursts that burn brightly for roughly a minute or so and then leave before you know it. Interesting album in approach and songwriting, but isn't short of on the solid tunes. Spit-Take – Awful Long (stream) BUY IT! 19 – Youth Code – Commitment to Complications (Dais) I can see why people wouldn't particularly like this, especially those that would consider themselves very involved industrial enthusiasts (whatever the fuck that means), but I've never really been the biggest cheerleader of industrial music in general. I have nothing against it, and I like my fair share actually, it's just that I'm particularly picky. Youth Code, for all intents and purposes, probably aren't even really an industrial band...as they seemingly just bust out really harsh music that propel out of the stereo like hardcore music with drum machines and stuff. That's basically what I think the goal is, and probably why I'm as in tune with it as I am...since yet again, it's hardcore music and it's unwavering in its approach for better or for worse. Thankfully, to these ears, it's often for the better and for the duration of Commitment to Complications, it chugs and beats its way through songs that will fluctuate in sheer ugliness, but no less leave some sort of impression. Cathartic of sorts in its, occasionally over the top, aggression. But I'm digging it, big gross warts and all. Youth Code – Glass Splitter (stream) BUY IT! 18 – Fake Limbs – Matronly (Don Giovanni) It seems almost unbelievable that these guys haven't popped up on a previous best of list of mine, as their two albums prior to this one were both fantastic pieces of noisy, yet intricately designed noise-rock of sorts. There are plenty of bands that turn and choose to ravage the already fairly stripped mines of Chicago/Midwestern based noise-rock/math-rock, but Fake Limbs are a band that seems to get it more so than most. There doesn't need to be a strictly adhered sense of nostalgia here, there CAN be some fun to be had with it, which is one of the brightest spots to this band. Just by song titles/theme alone, you can gather that they can easily poke fun of themselves, just as much as the whole entire musical landscape of which they proudly occupy. In the process, they do it with being nothing short of riff monsters, slinging fuzzy goodness and shaping it in ways that have only been heard few and far between before. There is skill here, which is often disregarded when coming up with rock music that is simply designated and designed to be “noisy”. Fake Limbs have been ripping apart the idyllic stagnation of noise-rock one album at a time, and Matronly is just the latest and greatest of their efforts. Fake Limbs – Lil Bit (stream) BUY IT! 17 – Multicult – Position Remote (Reptilian) Multicult are certainly no stranger to these pages, as pretty much every album of theirs has absolutely destroyed in some way or another. Scarily consistent they are, which is why Position Remote is popping up here because it hardly deters from what has made the band so great. Skilled musicians doing interesting and actually strangely catchy things with the mathier side of the rock equation. It's hard to do, yet Multicult have been pumping out tunes that zig-zag in ways that could easily cause bouts of dizziness. To me, they've always shared the same quality mind unraveling aesthetic of the great Table, which in my opinion released one of the greatest and unheralded math-rock albums ever. So, for Multicult to have the same kind of craftsmanship and melodic sensibility as a band like that, says plenty of their music. It's not too late to get on board with this, as there are plenty of prior albums to dig and chew through if this one happens to hit that sweet spot. Multicult – Tesseract (stream) BUY IT! 16 – Bruxa Maria – Human Condition (Extreme Ulimate) First time hearing of the band Bruxa Maria and the label that put out their record Extreme Ulimate, which after hearing Human Condition is eerily accurate to what is portrayed here. Going through my list of favorite records this year, it actually turned out to be a pretty solid year for noise-rock, which I'd thought had been kind of suffering for the past couple years or so (probably longer). Between Bruxa Maria and that new Conduit EP, there may be hope yet! With Human Condition they come out with a bit of a red herring with the tune “The Hipsters and the Heathens”, which seems like some innocuous ramped up noise-punk, but quickly runs into the next track “Socially Cleansed” wherein that notion is immediately dispelled with jarring blasts of noise/distortion and electronics before locking into a grotesque distorted groove. The overall aggressive nature of this one is impressive, and is no less matched by vocalist Gill Dread, who screams and wails over this entire mess with little regard of the destruction that is likely being placed on her vocal chords. Dedication if there ever was such a thing. Bruxa Maria – Human Condition (stream) BUY IT! 15 – Behavior – 375 Images of Angels (Iron Lung) Interesting addition to the plentiful catalog of quality Iron Lung releases, Behavior takes on the minimalist side of post-punk to relatively decent results. Understandably, I don't think a lot of people really dug this record very much, but for whatever reason the unevenness of everything taking place on 375 Images of Angels seems to gel with me musically and personally I suppose. Behavior seem uncomfortable on every level of what they are doing, but do it in a manner that tries to maintain some type of freedom or outsider rock. I'm not sure, but it's the uncomfortable tendencies that draw me in and they sound pretty exhausted doing it. Have I reached that level yet? Possibly, but I envision Behavior and this album as my ultimate landing spot of pure disdain for everything around me. Overall, the songs range between sparse post-punk to compositions that come surprisingly fleshed out, but writhe in a distinct chill that still feels terribly rigid and tense. Good album, although I'd be shocked if we hear another from them. Behavior – 78 (stream) BUY IT! 14 – No Sister – No Sister (Self-Released) They have a song on this album called “This Heat”, which I feel like is more than just a reflection on a moment of sweltering weather outside for one or more band members, despite what the lyrics may suggest. Listening to No Sister, it's not at all out of the question that they got just a touch of their influence from the great avant-rock/experimental giants This Heat. While notably more tuneful and less experimental than This Heat ever were, No Sister strive for a sound that is similarly harbored in the deteriorated sounds of such a world, but skirting and lurking around in the dark depths of NYC no-wave shadows like Sonic Youth, Live Skull, DNA, or Band of Susans. Pretty much every song here is anchored by a heavily driving bass roll, while the jangle and squall of the guitars do the rest here. Very cool record that serves as a very nice flashback to a small sect of time where music like this was flourishing. No Sister – Making Wheels Spin (Louder Than Words) (stream) BUY IT! 13 – Lazy Legs – Visiondeath (Wild Patterns) There has always got to be one record that roots itself in shoegaze yesteryear that I will fall in love with, and this year it happens to be Visiondeath from the Chicago based Lazy Legs. Obviously I'm not going to sit here and try and kid anyone into thinking that this album is by any means some sort of genre altering excursion, because it's certainly not, however Lazy Legs do all the things right with Visiondeath that you'd pretty much want to hear out of a record of this nature. Taking a very similar approach to peers Cheatahs and implementing a fuzzier/grungier type of rock element sound allows it to be every bit as dreamy as it needs to be while still being able to maintain a bit of an alternative/rock edge that helps fill out of the sound and fulfills the small hole of proper noise that is always welcome but often sorely missed in a lot of modern shoegaze. Lazy Legs – Snaketeeth (stream) BUY IT! 12 – Human Hands – Morning Sun (Time as a Color / Strictly No Capital Letters) Still is somewhat of a shock that these guys are from the UK, because Morning Sun sounds so much like the great midwesterny slowcore/emo that was pretty common in the 90's. I probably spouted the same shit when I actually wrote about this record (one of the very few I motivated myself to do this past year) a handful of months ago. But whatever, it's true. These dudes are pulling all the right strings of the Codeine/Bedhead/C-Clamp area of things and don't make me want to fall asleep while listening to it, which is a real achievement...because lord there were a lot of bands like this that were just flat out fucking boring. I still haven't went back and listened to their prior album, which from what I understand is a bit different than this one, but if they decide to continue with this trajectory of sadness, then I'm on board. Keep being miserable guys, it's working. Human Hands – Cell (stream) BUY IT! 11 – Blue Smiley – Return (Self-Released) I've listened to a couple or so albums by Blue Smiley prior to this one and none of them really ever stuck, but from the get go of Return things were noticeably different. There is just something so effortlessly otherworldly to their music that kind of nestles itself between the norms of indie-rock and the jangly fuzzy nature of shoegaze, but doesn't quite fit in comfortably with either of them. It's odd. However there was something always in the back of my mind with Blue Smiley and Return that I knew it sounded vaguely like something that I've heard before, and then it finally struck me...they bare a bit of a resemblance to the underrated 12 Rods. I don't know, I think it's just the same kind of garish melodic choices that get me. Certainly fuzzier and warmer sounding, Blue Smiley are about as easy/breezy as it gets on Return, catapulting off of the basis of jangle-pop and ending up somewhere in fucking space. Really good record folks. Blue Smiley – Spin (stream) BUY IT! 10 – Horse Jumper of Love – Horse Jumper of Love (Disposable America) Lately Boston has been very rich on indie-rock that prides itself on appearing carefree/slacker-esque, however under all the posturing is a noticeable amount of nervous/anxiety ridden folks making music. It's been kind of glorious in a way, as bands like Pile have really taken to it like no other. However there are plenty of others to be found within that scene that are making similarly incredible/captivating music, and Horse Jumper of Love is one of those. It's easiest to think of them as a drowsy/sleepier version of Pile or Fat History Month, sounding as if they are occasionally medicated to some degree to help relax or reflect, whichever. While still sharing much of the same off-kilter note bending that much of their contemporaries feature, Horse Jumper of Love obviously have desires to be somewhere not heavily populated and stress free. The feeling of exhaustion within the album is heavy, but it's entirely relatable and they convey very well through songs that feel of desolation, isolation, and having to apologize for who we are. Horse Jumper of Love – DIRT (stream) BUY IT! 09 – Giant Peach – Tarantula (Don Giovanni) I know I mentioned it in my initial write up of this record, but I was thoroughly surprised to know Giant Peach was still a band. After releasing a single that I enjoyed about four or five years ago, they ultimately seemed to disappear, only to pop up out of nowhere with this fantastic record on Don Giovanni. Surprised in the best way possible I guess. Really, from what I can remember from that single, not a whole lot has changed in terms of approach on Tarantula, maybe just a bit tighter and ever so slightly more polished. However, if catchy throwback indie-rock is your type of thing then this record absolutely brings it. “Deserted” is easily in my top songs of the year, as its essentially a masterpiece of crunchy fuzz and melody. Any band that cut something as good as that wins my respect any day of the week. Thankfully Tarantula doesn't just tease with that song alone and reels off a bunch of other solid tunes that are of near ear worm quality. Hell, at least if the band decides to disappear for years again, they'll have at least released this fantastic slice. Giant Peach – Deserted (stream) BUY IT! 08 – Spray Paint – Feel the Clamps (Goner) Spray Paint have always been a band that kind of makes their living reveling in the darker corners of the world, however it's always been kind of a vague sense of ominous behavior or a sneaking suspicion of something amiss. On the Feel the Clamps the band decided to go all in on that aspect of their sound and what is created is a very lurid and scary mess of post-punk that rattles its way through eleven tracks. It's apparent that this record didn't quite go over as well as some of their earlier releases, and I feel like the absolute focus on moving into a more sinister space probably had something to do with that, or it's also possible that this record just isn't as good. But nonetheless, I'm a fan and it's a record that I envision towns like Big Tuna in Wild at Heart being the entire inspiration for or the sort of record that Chop Top from TCM 2 would make if he were a musician. Just entirely creepy from start to finish and the hammer like bass just never ever quits, even when the guitars seemingly fall apart or deteriorate into whatever bizarre black hole they initially crawled out of. Spray Paint – Burn Barrel (stream) BUY IT! 07 – Notches – High Speed Crimes (Cat Dead Details Later & Young Modern) Heard High Speed Crimes at the very beginning of the year and it still holds up. On top of that it produced one of my absolute favorite songs of the year with “Cure for Feeling Cool”, which is entirely too catchy and exceeds at being sort of an anthemic blast of, dare I say it, fuzzed out pop/punk? Either way, it's reigned in and self-aware enough to not become cheesy or overbearing, Notches are simply about good fun, high energy, and songs to match. The completely open guitars make for an extremely loud and noisier affair than the typical slick sounding bullshit that seems to gestate from this area of things, as High Speed Crimes delves into the sloppiness and gritty nature that Jawbreaker showed signs of in their earlier material. No matter, Notches harness a type of energy here that translates into an extremely fun album. Notches – Don't Care About You (stream) BUY IT! 06 – Animal Faces – Other Places (Self-Released) I listened to this record earlier this year without any kind of knowledge that this was the same Animal Faces that I'd heard like five or so years ago with their 7-inch Analytical Dreaming. As you can imagine, the reason being that they sound entirely fucking different from what they did then. The band I remember was a decent, but not overly inspiring post-hardcore/emo band. I mean, I kind of forgot about the single altogether, so that should tell you something right there. Apparently they'd been popping out a single or something of similar degree every year since but I failed to follow. I'm not sure if the trajectory on those records would have foresaw this or not, but Other Places is practically a record from a different band. What is found here though is very good and if it took years to get to this, then it's been well worth it. Animal Faces have adapted a very loose, easy going form of indie-rock that weaves in and out of odd harmonies and melodies for the majority of it. Sometimes it turns things up a bit and gets a fair bit noisy/fuzzy in an 90's alternative kind of way, but for the most part things are more or less centered on the sleepier/exasperated type of indie-rock that isn't too far from what Pile have been doing. In fact, the singers vocals sound eerily similar at times...along with some of the guitar tones. Can't really blame them though, it's working, and Animal Faces seem to be taking it in a bit more of a straight forward rock/emo territory, which kind of fits back with their roots anyway. Really odd way to end up liking a record, but I'll take it however I can get it these days. Animal Faces – Halfgrown (stream) BUY IT! 05 – Tongues - I Really Have to Get My Life Back on Track Before I Cut All My Hair Off (Moniker) Feels good to have a local band this far up on the list. Tongues are a duo from Kansas City that have undoubtedly spent a lot of time with some Godflesh, Big Black, and early Swans records at some point during their brief lives. The first song is called “We Live Under a Bridge”, and if I'd not already seen these guys, then I'd be inclined to almost believe that. The music, if you haven't already gathered, is of the grotesquely loud and monotonous pounding variety...employing added abuse from a drum machine that ranges from a slow breathe knocked out of your chest force or the speedier punk ADD fueled sounds that echo back to Mr. Ablini's earlier ventures. Honestly the drum machine plays a large roll into the success of this record, as the sound they get out of it is fantastically cheesy and dated that it works so well with what they are doing. Like they pulled it out of a dumpster somewhere, fired that piece of shit up and made some music. Indecipherable vocals are added to the mix, which only make things that more delightfully muddied and/or terrifying. Pretty excited to know these dudes are in my backyard of sorts. Tongues – Killing (stream) BUY IT! 04 – Exploded View – Exploded View (Sacred Bones) Late addition to the list, as this is probably the last great record of 2016 that I managed to hear, despite it likely coming out months ago. That's the way I operate now folks. Exploded View are a group featuring Annika Henderson, political journalist turned musician after her collaborative effort with Geoff Barrow. With Exploded View she takes her deep and somewhat breathy spoken word vocal style and pairs it up with the pulsating rhythms of cold post-punk and no-wave. Occasionally surrounding the rolling bass lines with a flurry of guitar hum/rattle, most of the work here is definitely being handled on the low-end. The real achievement for Exploded View lies in the atmosphere that is given by the record, as it's certainly a mood piece in many ways. It's cold, but not entirely lifeless...but also feels like the musings of the sole survivor drifting in a lost space station somewhere. The bleeps, bloops, and chimes that often crop up throughout only go to solidify this type of mood. “Lark Descending” is essentially staring out the port hole into complete nothingness, but boiled down into the musical equivalent. Exploded View seem to capture a bit of a noir feel throughout the album, but never fully latch on to it or go too deep with it. As much as it tends to rattle the walls, it's also very easy to let your mind drift to this one...an album that undoubtedly engulfs the listener from the very first notes. Exploded View – No More Parties in the Attic (stream) BUY IT! 03 – Wrong – Wrong (Relapse) Go ahead and give me all the shit you want about this one, but I'll go to bat for this record any day of the week. Wrong delivered the best heavy rock album there was to be this year with a set of songs that revel in full on taco riff glory. A lot of my love for this record goes back to simpler times when bands like Helmet, Tad, and Fudge Tunnel were the light of my life. Some of that desire to listen to those bands has survived...despite Page Hamilton's very best efforts to ruin anything good there ever was about Helmet. What Wrong do with their debut album is pretty much take all the best aspects of that era of rock/alternative and make a whole fucking album out of it. What's not to like? It's obviously not going to win any awards for originality, but there also hasn't been a record that sounded this good, that is of similar nature, since any one of those aforementioned bands were still releasing (meaningful) records. All in all, Wrong is pretty much a goldmine of riffy goodness and if you're like me and get WAY too excited about bands like Paw doing a one off show somewhere, then this album is for you. Wrong – Fake Brain (stream) BUY IT! 02 – Autolux – Pussy's Dead (30th Century & Columbia) Aside from being wonderful musicians, Autolux are also a group of the absolute best procrastinators. At least that's what I like to think, but there is probably a lot more to it than that...like you know...actually writing songs and stuff. However, whatever it may be, Autolux have become synonymous with the term “glacial pace”, as they've squeezed out 3 albums over the period of roughly 13 years. Their debut Future Perfect, in itself, had long been anticipated prior to its release in 2004 (unsurprisingly one of my favorite albums of that year). While 2010's Transit Transit was a bit of disappointment from my perspective, I thought Pussy's Dead was going to lead down the same path, but it didn't take very long to warm up to this one. I was hoping for something different and that's what I got with Pussy's Dead, although I thought it might be more of a return to the more rock version that had graced their debut. Instead Autolux threw me for a loop and pushed further into the electronic/dub/experimental side of things. In fact, when listening to Pussy's Dead there is very little in terms of actual “guitar” here...just a lot of bass, synth, and cut/chopped electronic fuckery, From what I understand, their stage setup for their live show is pretty impressive/daunting. Autolux has always operated within the dreamier side of rock/pop, and despite the push towards more electronics/beats, they still manage to come off as the orbiting spacey presence that they've always been, just in a very regrouped form. A song like “Brainwasher” is the type that bores its way into our skull and never ever leaves...it's brutally heavy in a way that most people wouldn't even begin to think of. There are aspects of this that remind me of the atmospheric qualities that are shared on HTRK's Psychic 9-5 Club, but not on the same level of minimalism. Honestly, this one gets better with each listen, and I know that's a pretty cliched phrase, but for once I think it's actually true. Shoot me. Autolux – Brainwasher (stream) BUY IT! 01 – Sigh Down One – Memory is Short Longing (IFB & L'oeil du Tigre) This was another album that I wasn't even sure was actually ever going to happen. The band had been trickling out digital only singles since around 2013 or so and the updates were pretty far and few between. Plus, I'm pretty certain that the majority of the members all play in different bands too. So yeah, this one was definitely nice to see arrive this year as I'd greatly enjoyed the little bits and pieces that they'd floated out there. The debut Memory is Short Longing is on one hand a throwback to the grungier alternative days of the 90's, but it's balanced out with the heftiness of bass heavy fuzzy tones that land them also in the good graces of shoegaze fans too. The band is almost as if Lush had opted for more distortion as opposed to heading down the Cocteau Twins ethereal path. The melodies are obviously the selling point with Sigh Down One, every song is just loaded down to the gills with them and tonally is strikingly heavy at times too...one slip up and it's easy to envision the band becoming a sludge-rock/doom act. No shit, things are that thick and syrupy here. I give them kudos, they did everything right here, nuanced to a tee and catchy as hell. Sigh Down One – Lake (stream) BUY IT!

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Ed Sheeran: ‘I’d binge eat until I was sick’

Checklist caption The superstar credited his better half, Cherry, with helping him retain a more wholesome life-style

Ed Sheeran has printed how his “very addictive personality” led him to binge on food and alcohol at some level of the early days of his success.

Speaking at an online summit on terror and wellbeing, the superstar acknowledged he had suffered horror attacks and hated the procedure he taken care of turning into essential.

He hit an especially tough patch at some level of his 2014-15 world tour.

“I felt, ‘What became the level?’ In a melancholy manner, esteem, ‘Why am I around? What is the level?'” he acknowledged.

The superstar acknowledged credited his better half, Cherry, and a more wholesome life-style for helping him flip his lifestyles around.

“She workout routines loads, so I began occurring runs at the side of her. She eats quite healthily so I began drinking quite healthily. She doesn’t drink that great so I wasn’t drinking,” he acknowledged. “I mediate that every particular person changed things.”

In a vast-ranging interview with documentary maker James Sebastiano, Jr, Sheeran also explained his most popular hiatus from tune, and why he has taken up painting.

How touring affected his health

Sheeran acknowledged the 180-date world tour to promote his 2014 album X, became his lowest level.

“I would no longer sleep and drink all night time after which sleep on the bus,” he acknowledged. “The buses would park below the arenas and I’d sleep on the bus all day, then wake up after which come out, live the show, drink, get encourage on the bus and I didn’t search sunlight for possibly four months.

“It’s all stress-free and games in the beginning. or no longer it is all rock and roll, after which esteem it begins getting sad. That became doubtlessly esteem the lowest that I’ve been and I more or much less ballooned in weight.”

On his addictive personality

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Checklist caption Sheeran is one amongst the UK’s most a success songwriters of the final decade

“I’m covered in in tattoos and I get no longer live things by half of,” the superstar admitted, “so if I’m gonna drink… I search no level in having a tumbler of wine. I’d quite beget two bottles”.

“Having a tumbler of wine is having one thing in moderation and doubtlessly is no longer at all times going to beget an affect for your day day after right now. However two bottles of wine doubtlessly may possibly possibly originate you quite sad.”

However alcohol wasn’t the supreme scenario.

“They outdated to call me two-dinner Teddy because of I outdated to notify two meals and eat that,” he acknowledged. “Then you positively originate inserting on hundreds of weight and hating the procedure you opinion.

“I mediate things esteem sugar, candy stuff, junk food, cocaine, alcohol, it feels actual the more you live, but it for recede’s the worst element for you.”

How Elton John delivered just a few home truths

Sheeran became signed to Elton John’s administration firm in the beginning of his profession – and he acknowledged that reading his mentor’s autobiography had brought on just a few realisations about his possess life-style.

“There are such tons of things that he did that I live,” the superstar explained.

“He would possibly be esteem, ‘I would perfect walk on an ice cream binge and eat four desserts until I threw up’, and I became esteem, ‘I’ve done that earlier than’.

“Or his martini binges, the place aside he sees how many martinis he can drink. And I’m esteem, ‘I’ve done that earlier than too’.

“With dependancy, its very arduous to practical but moderation is the important thing.”

Taking a fracture from tune

Sheeran had a no 1 album final 300 and sixty five days, with his No. 6 Collaborations Challenge, but he indicated he’d be stepping encourage from tune for the the leisure of 2020.

“You would possibly sense when the public are esteem, ‘We beget had ample now,'” he acknowledged of the album’s reception. “One in every of the foremost things within the trade is to clutch when no longer easiest to present your self a fracture, but to present the public a fracture.”

In the duration in-between, he’s taken up art work.

“I became esteem, ‘I must aloof doubtlessly strive to receive one thing else to present me happiness,'” he explained. “There’s easiest so many films you can also peep and packets of Monster Munch you can also eat.

“So I typically provided 30 canvases and I painted a canvas a day for 30 days and it became basically stress-free.”

He acknowledged his creations were within the form of summary impressionist Jackson Pollock – “I perfect provided residence paint after which I would perfect layer it up by flicking it” – but the public would never get to search them.

“I get no longer promote my art work. I perfect esteem doing it. Nobody else desires to ponder.”

On the perils of reputation – and the procedure of us ‘stole’ his money

One in every of the superstar’s more surprising admissions became that he felt very cramped sense of fulfillment after his chronicle-breaking sprint of reveals at Wembley Stadium in 2015.

“It sounds irregular pronouncing it but you bought no longer basically feel one thing else,” he acknowledged. “You would mediate it may possibly possibly possibly possibly be esteem, ‘A-ha! Right here is it. I’ve made it. Oh my God!’ [but] you originate it and likewise you’re esteem… ‘Effectively, what live I live now?'”

The superstar says he cherished the early days of his profession, taking half in launch mic nights and sleeping on chums’ sofas, bigger than the huge-scale stadium reveals and fairs he’s change into accustomed to.

“I began at the underside and I cherished every half of it,” he acknowledged. “I learned more taking half in in a room to 1 particular person in Exeter when no-one came to my gig in 2009 that I did taking half in Wembley Stadium for four nights. It’s a irregular one.”

He added that reputation had come at a fee.

“Whereas you’ve success and likewise you receive money… you get of us getting irregular with you. I had relatives flip irregular and chums drop out with me and of us stealing. It’s no longer the important thing to happiness.

“Fame is an enhancer [of] all individuals else’s insecurities,” he added wearily. “The selection of of us I get no longer be in contact to anymore perfect because of it perfect turned irregular.”

His success has also induced horror attacks, he acknowledged, typically when he’s surrounded by worthy teams of of us.

“I would get it on the tube and planes, supermarkets… It’s a irregular paranoia in me of assuming that all individuals’s going to be unpleasant, when typically of us are nice.”

Why he no longer desires social media

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Checklist caption Sheeran previously took a hiatus from social media in 2015

Despite taking a sabbatical from releasing tune, Sheeran says he’s working on contemporary tune – treating his studio sessions as a “9 to five” job, with a opinion to retain a wholesome work-lifestyles steadiness and exercise more time with his better half.

He’s also quit social media, as he did in 2016 whereas working on the educate-up to the multi-million selling X album.

“I became on my phone doubtlessly 19 hours of the day in 2015 and earlier than that, perfect repeatedly perfect flicking, posting, flicking and posting. And it wasn’t till the tour ended in 2015 the place aside I became esteem, ‘Oh I’m perfect gonna strive to live with out my phone for a cramped bit’.

“I had 1,500 contacts on my phone and of us were texting the total time and it perfect felt a model of accountability to either answer or meet up with them.

“For the foremost month I felt esteem a huge weight had been lifted.”

After returning to social media to promote his third album, Divide, he found himself falling encourage into sinister habits, so he launched he’d be “taking a breather” all another time on Christmas Eve 2019.

He now says he’s “of an age the place aside I’m beyond” wanting to be on social media.

“I get no longer mediate I walk to get the childhood [audience] encourage – because of I’m entering my 30s,” he explained. “It’s no longer esteem 16-300 and sixty five days-extinct of us are going to expose to me next time I originate an album. So or no longer it is no longer esteem I must aloof be on it any more. I’m in a position to perfect beget somebody put up it [for me].”

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terrancedkennedy · 8 years ago

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The Trump Trade is Dead...all hail the Xi Trade

With all of the fuss around yesterday’s Comey testimony, I thought it would be a good time to have a look at the “Trump trades” from the beginning of the year. The charts will show that, as in the pic above, despite continued bluster and gesticulating, the “Trump Trade” has given way to the “Xi Trade”.

After the election, the big one was “Trumpflation.” The idea was that Trump is going to spend a ton of money on infrastructure and defense, leading to more bond supply, higher deficits, higher term premiums and higher inflation. This lead to an acceleration in global growth expectations, pushing inflation expectations higher around the world.

Since November, 5y5y US breakevens have been trending lower consistently. EUR 5y5y breaks took longer to reach recent highs and have been more reluctant to retrace given a better run of economic data. US breaks have retraced the whole move higher since the election, while EUR breaks are still about 10bps off those levels.

Real yields have a case of the “suppo-sta’s”. They were suppos-sta go higher.

Nominal yields have bull flattened, indicating a quick end to the Fed’s tightening cycle--not exactly a vote of confidence in Trump’s ability to increase growth rates in the US.

Not much to pick from between 10y UST (blue) and the 10y UST/Bund spread (orange).

We were also told USD would stay strong since Trump had finally solved the growth riddle, simply by promising to spend a ton of money to spur domestic demand and business investment. EUR and JPY depreciated hand-in-hand, but JPY has gone sideways while EUR has been ripping. Jens Nordvig, head of Exante Data and former Nomura FX guru, believes there has been a fundamental turn in capital flows back towards Europe. This ties out to my intuition--in 2016 capital fled Europe due to QE and low growth expectations. Now growth has picked up (a little bit, anyway), and the Trump demand resurgence has been exposed as a lot of hot air. The German export powerhouse flexes its muscle again.

The most famous blast zone of Trump risk was usd/mxn and Mex rates. The peso fell 6% on the day after the election, and after coming back modestly into year end, melted down completely shortly after New Year’s when Trump unleashed a Twitter bomb suggesting he would implement a “border tax” on Mexican auto imports and withdraw from NAFTA. MXN moved opposite of EMFX at large, which was recovering nicely.

MXN (red) vs. EMFX (purple, inverted so it moves the same direction as MXN)

This is a chart of the residuals of usd/mxn vs. the EMFX Index--higher figures indicate MXN is cheap relative to the regression. This shows how MXN has not only closed the gap from November outright but also unwound all of the underperformance relative to the rest of EM complex.

Similarly, TIIE got demolished by Banxico aggressively hiking rates to defend the peso or financial stability, the locals' paranoia about Trump, and corporates with USD liabilities crushing offers in the cross-currency market, leaving banks as huge payers into a market with no bid.

In late February, Banxico implemented measures to backstop the peso and stabilize rates. Those measures combined with very attractive real and nominal forward rates convinced foreigners to buy duration, and local pension funds chased yields lower after moving aggressively into short duration and linkers in a futile attempt to shield themselves from the selloff in rates. These accounts extended duration as Banxico continued to hike and global curves flattened. 2x10 TIIE officially at zero….Bottom line: the herd turned.

Next was stocks. “Risk on!” Came the cry from equity desks around the world. More spending! Lower corporate taxes! Offshore corporate profits repatriation! Business confidence! Deregulation! Financials and oil/gas stocks led the way, thankful that one of their own was finally back in the White House.

Since the beginning of the year financials (XLF) have chopped around while oil/gas stocks (XOI) have gotten hammered by the combo of a slothful, inept Trump administration and lower oil prices.

Similarly, small cap stocks stood strong after the election--Trump was going to cut taxes, regulate, cancel Obamacare, etc. etc. Sorry, Charlie.

Alright, but the S&P had a great run after the election--why hasn’t it given back any of its gains? The sectors that underperformed in November and December have reversed course--Health Care (XLV), and here’s the big one--technology (XCI). The 20% gain in tech has plugged the hole in the index left by the sectors that led the big move higher late last year. Thank you, Mr. Beta.

And lastly from the equity world, there was Trump’s mantra borrowed from populist windbags the world around, “Putting America First.” A funny thing happened on the way to autarky--an avalanche of money flowed into emerging market equities.

Why the reversal? Copper prices rocketed higher after the election because Trump was going to build more stuff. Here’s one that has held up, but credit goes not to Trump but to the resurgence in EM growth and Chinese demand--the Xi Trade.

Copper (HG1)

Lastly, there is credit. IG spreads were already recovering after the brutal start to 2016 and the shock from Brexit. They never really took much of a breather, just continued to grind tighter and tighter.

Vol played a significant role in this as well--was the utter destruction of vol one of his campaign promises? IG implied vol has clattered through the lows. Like tech stocks leading the S&P higher, this is credit traders juicing coupons and eating their seed corn.

By contrast S&P vol is certainly historically low but hasn’t seen the steep decline of bond and credit vol.

Where does that leave us? I try to avoid crystal ball stuff but here’s how I see it:

Trump and the US political scene at large: I think he’s done politically--and taken together, the market agrees. Trump is going to be fighting with Congress, Comey and Muller until the GOP majorities get liquidated in the mid-terms. After that his agenda is over, and Democrats will be circling like sharks around a wounded tuna.

Nominal rates and breaks have priced fiscal stimulus at zero, which close to the right price given the way Trump has frittered away his modest political capital. But the flattening of the curve and unwinding of hikes by the FOMC beyond this year shows markets are somewhat complacent about inflation picking up on its own accord. That being said, don’t hold your breath.

EUR can continue to benefit from a sea change in capital flows after several years of outflows.

Mexico: We come here today to bury the “NAFTA withdrawal” trade. Again, if Trump could have put together a coalition of domestic manufactuers, unions, and xenophobes to rip up the treaty, he missed his chance. The TIIE curve will invert as growth stagnates and the inflation spike fades, but Banxico will be loathe to cut rates too quickly ahead of the 2018 election. Election risk will become salient around the end of the year when polls should start to become more reliable as it becomes clear who PRI and PAN will run against AMLO, but Trump’s ham-handed political circus will take some of the air out of AMLO’s campaign.

Stocks--Can’t stop the Feeling! Just dance, dance, dance…. Seriously, corporate profits will have to “show me the money” to keep this train rolling, but that hasn’t stopped the market before. This probably would have gotten me fired as an equity manager but I believe value is indicative of future returns--and I can’t see how this chart and current demographic and geopolitical trends end in a reasonable return on risk capital, unless 1929, 1966, and 2000 were really good times to buy stocks.

IG, HG, vol--see above. Taken together, real money is getting squeezed and is increasing risk by buying tech, high yield, selling vol etc. to keep the ball rolling. The longer it goes on, the smaller the exit door gets.

EUR, DXY, EM--the prior two bullets notwithstanding, I think the flows can keep going--I prefer EM rates over EMFX--but I’ll want the hedges I discussed in Wednesday’s post in my back pocket. The resilient copper chart illustrates global demand is still stronger than it was last year. This is the new paradigm for 2017….the Xi Trade.

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peterlharden · 8 years ago

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The Trump Trade is Dead...all hail the Xi Trade

Real yields have a case of the “suppo-sta’s”. They were suppos-sta go higher.

Nominal yields have bull flattened, indicating a quick end to the Fed’s tightening cycle--not exactly a vote of confidence in Trump’s ability to increase growth rates in the US.

Not much to pick from between 10y UST (blue) and the 10y UST/Bund spread (orange).

MXN (red) vs. EMFX (purple, inverted so it moves the same direction as MXN)

Since the beginning of the year financials (XLF) have chopped around while oil/gas stocks (XOI) have gotten hammered by the combo of a slothful, inept Trump administration and lower oil prices.

Similarly, small cap stocks stood strong after the election--Trump was going to cut taxes, regulate, cancel Obamacare, etc. etc. Sorry, Charlie.

Copper (HG1)

By contrast S&P vol is certainly historically low but hasn’t seen the steep decline of bond and credit vol.

Where does that leave us? I try to avoid crystal ball stuff but here’s how I see it:

EUR can continue to benefit from a sea change in capital flows after several years of outflows.

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universeinform-blog · 8 years ago

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Is Reliance Jio really offering you broadband internet

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Is Reliance Jio really offering you broadband internet

With one hundred crore GB of statistics visitors consistent with a month and 200 crore voice and video mins an afternoon, Jim has emerged as the biggest community globally in terms of facts carried and contributed to India becoming the main united states of America in the global for cellular data utilization!” Ambani stated. RJio announced that its tariff plans become applicable from 1 April 2017 after a duration of over 170 days.

Similarly to its offer of Free VOICE (domestic) on its network – No Neighborhood, STD, Roaming prices, to any operator, anywhere within the united states, Jim also gives the First-rate records Enjoy with the bottom Charge GLOBALLY.

The Best-in-elegance tariff plans range from MRP 149 to MRP four,999 for long-time period plans, Jim introduced specific propositions for its customers– (i) Promise of the maximum affordable broadband information always via “Regular Greater-Cost” offer and (ii) “Jim High Membership” for its one hundred million plus current customers,” Jim said.

Within the scheme inaugurated on February 21 itself, Ambani unveiled the Rs 303 plan which was an extension of the ‘Happy New 12 months’ offer. The schemes announced with the aid of RJio allowed free of charge voice calling Neighborhood and roaming, and at least 1GB records per day for 28 days but with an asterisk above the word ‘unlimited.’

RJio said that upon concluding the ‘4G statistics quota’ customers will maintain to get unlimited records at 128 Kbps. Department of Telecommunication (DoT) described ‘broadband’ as “a records connection that is able to assist interactive services together with the internet get right of entry to and has the functionality of the minimal download speed of 512Kbps to an individual subscriber from the Point of Presence (POP).”

Reliance Jio did not comment on the specific question concerning pace throttling. The story will be updated as and whilst the employer replies.

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Up until most effective the last fifty years or so, families could be developing a number of their personal meals. Mothers and grandmothers would every daygethereveryday and maintain meals saved away in larders and packaging changed into kept day-to-day an absolute minimum. Someplace nowadays these commonplace practices were misplaced,

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An instance of a number of the equipment I have used and may extraordinarily propose are indexed in my article on ’10 every day have gear for each eventuality’.

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soysaucevictim · 6 years ago

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This post got long again... :P

July 25

Been up since about 8AM.

Went to the facility, did some drawing, socializing, and the DD before group. The DD being 20 back extensions with EC. Not much to say other than it was very doable and a good bit of back TLC. ;P

WRAP Group went pretty well. Talked about how to apply the system to work-related wellness, which I felt somewhat timely.

Did some more socializing before we shipped out.

I didn’t get a whole lot done when I got home. Found the sleep debt too great and felt pretty zapped of energy. Mostly did the YouTube and gaming thing until I got to bed.

July 26

I really needed to catch up on my sleep, so woke up a bit before 1PM.

Been up to a lot of the usual YouTube and gaming stuff. But I did start on some laundry and I did catch up with my exercise... later than ideal, though.

First, today’s DD. 30 single leg bridges with EC (15/15). Got really distracted today. But anyways, this was manageable, despite mild hamstring strain. :P

Second, Day 17 of the T10C. 10 sets of 2x20″ high knees + 20″ climbers. Still kind of stuck to a jog - but I did get pretty winded. Probably shouldn’t have worn loose pants, because adjusting them during the high knees was awkward.. Also stomach wasn’t the hugest fan of a lot of up and down stuff like this. But done.

(After much debate about doubling up and some recovery time...)

Third, Day 18 of the T10C. 7 sets of 40″ squats + 20″ shoulder taps, with a finisher of 3′ squats. Was a bit dubious about doing more up and down work - but since it’s a bit less aerobic - I could manage.

Last, Days 17+18 of the CCC. 40 torso twists + 140 side leg raises. Did each in one go, the latter into 70/70 - which was doable but was feeling the fatigue after all the leg work. :P

I also started on some laundry earlier in the day, but after that, I worked to put it away.

July 27

I got up a bit after noon, today.

Did a bit of the usual stuff, before getting in my exercise a bit earlier than usual.

First, today’s DD. 10 V-ups with EC. These are pretty intense, but I enjoy doing them!

Second, Day 19 of the T10C. 10′ non-stop punching. I actually enjoy these days a lot and find them a bit easier to knock out. I swapped stances every minute and counted 1121 punches by the end.

Last, Day 19 of the CCC. 40 torso twists. Breezy work, as always.

That’s pretty much the only worthwhile thing I recall getting done.

July 28

I got up a bit before noon, today.

Did go pick up my meds and splurged on a bit of candy.

Also did some dishes and made some frozen pizza... overindulged on pretty much everything. So I was groggy and overfull pretty much all day.

The only exercise I managed to get done today was the DD. 2′un/clenching fists with EC. (I think I counted 218 reps in the time given. Sounds about right- managed ~120 in the first minute and definitely slowed down from fatigue; it gets pretty hard to fully extend the fingers after awhile, but I enjoyed it! :D

Determined that my stomach would not be happy with the exercises I was supposed to get done... so rain-checked on that. :/

July 29

I got up after noon, today.

Started on the usual before picking up some food with my bro.

Then, I did catch up with my exercise.

First, today’s DD. 40 leg raises with EC. Very doable, despite mild neck strain in the latter half or so. :P

Second, Day 20 of the T10C.5 sets of 2x30″ high knees, 30″ climbers, and 30″ plank hacks. Again, glad I had 2′ to rest, this time. Even going at a moderate/slow pace and varying the intensity of my transitions (jumping in/out, walking in/out, dropping & resetting.)

(After some recovery with more distractions...)

Third, Day 21 of the T10C. 10 sets of 20″ squats, 20″ sit-ups, and 20″ flutter kicks. I definitely debated on whether I should double up, but I’m glad I went for it. It’s kind of fun getting into a groove fluidly transitioning from squats to sit-ups. And the duration of flutter kicks were manageable enough to keep my head up for all/most of the workout.

Last, Days 20+21 of the CCC. 150 side leg raises + 40 torso twists. Did the former in one go, 75/75.

I took a shower after that and did a bit more of the usual, before getting to bed.

July 30

I got up a bit before 8AM.

Got to the facility, mostly did some socializing and organizational stuff. Went to Seeking Safety, which was alright. And did touch base a bit with the case manager. Was kinda too tired to be up for drawing.

Got home and spent a good deal of my day on the usual noise.

But I did make dinner and my DD. 20 downward/upward dogs with EC. Barely. Stringing 20 of these in one go is still not the most fun to get through and was so tempting to split it up. :P

Determined I was too damn tired to do much else, before bed.

July 31

I got up around 8AM.

Had a service plan appointment today, so I had to be up early to get to the facility. Spent my time before and after it drawing and socializing. The appointment was amusing, if a bit routine (we need to do these regularly, I understand why.)

There was free pizza, there too (celebrating all the folks who had July birthdays). That was nice.

Got home, did some dishes and the usual before catching up (again) with my exercise.

First, today’s DD. 2′ backfists with EC (1′/1′).

Second, Day 22 of the T10C. 4 sets of 1′ jumping jacks and 1′ high knees, with a finisher of 2′ climbers. Same comments on pacing and on the longer rest periods, as in similar days before. But, my guts really decided to hate me near the end and it forced me to do the climbers at almost a glacial pace (even though I was tempted to break it up - I trucked on). Bleh.

Third, Day 23 of the T10C. 10′ non-stop side-to-side leg raises. I think I managed to count 529 reps, by the end. Otherwise similar experiences as previous ones, too.

Last, Days 22+23 of the CCC. 160 side leg raises + 40 torso twists. Pretty much a similar experience to Monday’s stuff (including structure). No big deal.

Aug. 1

I got up a bit before 8AM.

Went to the facility, took a short nap, did some drawing and socializing before WRAP Group. Good stuff.

Since I usually don’t bother doing much in my remaining hour at the facility, didn’t like my set-up to attempt the DD, and was bored... I decided to go into the TV room and organize the VHS tapes. Got kinda engrossed and missed my ride by a few minutes. Felt a little bad about that inconvenience... but also productive? (Though I only got to ~75% done with that... gonna bother me a bit, til next Tuesday.)

Got home, got some food with my bro, did a lot of the usual before just taking a ~2 hour nap. Too damn tired.

More of the same, watching last week’s iZombie episode, and did my exercise late...

First, today’s DD. 2′ half jacks with EC. I always love half jacks and I counted 129 reps by the time was up. :D

Second, Day 24 of the T10C. 7 sets of 40″squats + 20″ shoulder taps, with a finisher of 3′ squats. Relatively anaerobic - which is nice for a late workout. Very manageable.

Last, Day 24 of the CCC. 170 side leg raises - 85/85 in one go. Doable, but certainly getting more challenging in this arrangement.

Aug. 2

I got up a bit after 11AM.

Active rest day, so as far as exercise went, I just did the DD. 20 push-up + jab + cross combos with EC. The "hidden burpees" are the most tiring feature of this combo. It got pretty winding and tempting to break it. :P

Besides that, only thing of note was errands and making dinner, today.

Mostly was up to my usual stuff. Did think to draw... but that didn’t happen. :P

Aug. 3

I got up a bit before noon.

Mostly spent my day on the usual, but I did get in my exercise.

First, today’s DD. 80 side leg raises with EC. (40/40). A pretty fun one, having some challenges that involve lots of them probably helps in making it pretty breezy.

Second, Day 25 of the T10C. 10 sets of 1′ jumping jacks. Kept a moderate pace throughout. Got into a pretty satisfying breath rhythm - drawing 2 in-breaths and exhaling returning to start position. I think it’s pretty helpful to get just a bit more 02 in, that way.

Last, Day 25 of the CCC. 40 torso twists in one go. Yeah, breezy work.

Aug. 4

Blah, I woke up a bit after 1PM, today.

Same old, same old. But one of the first actually productive things I got done today was my exercise.

First, today’s DD. 50 front kicks with EC (25/25, balancing). This was a lot of fun, I always dig combat and balance work. Definitely takes a bit of focus to maintain balance - especially on the switch-up. :D

Second, Day 26 of the T10C. 5 sets of 2x30″ high knees, 30″ flutter kicks, and 30″ sit-ups. Doing 1′ of march steps as a warm-up was a good call, and as always I savored the 2′ rest periods. Oof. I did keep my head for most of the flutter kick intervals, but I had to keep my overall pace moderated.

Last, say 26 of the CCC. 180 side leg raised, 90/90 in one go. Got a bit challenging but still doable. Not too much strain, too. Which is nice.

I then got some dishes done and made the family some dinner. Also watched the final episode of iZombie. It was okay. I can see how there’s a split on whether people liked it. But I won’t spoil things.

Okay. I really need to hit post because this wound up getting long again. orz

#adventures with fitness

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Pesky software updates keep us secure online — like, srsly

Software program updates regularly have the worst timing. A couple of weeks ago, I had about 30 tabs open across three exclusive Chrome home windows, with Firefox open for bills that handiest appear to paintings in that browser. I had unsaved feedback on Adobe documents and track playing as I flipped among work, research for a weekend away and chatting to a friend. Then the working system cleared its throat, pronouncing its presence with a notification: “Good day, restart to put in updates?” No danger. “Try later?” For the 10th time, yes, later. Hypothetically. I can be busy then too.

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Maximum folks develop into young adults in terms of such interruptions — Like, can’t you simply go away me by myself? But this is pretty elaborate due to the fact updates are frequently bundled together with essential protection patches. Of direction, a lot of us don’t consider this. As an alternative we assume, “Why does Adobe need updating once more? I can view PDFs simply pleasant.” Or we ask ourselves: “Do I want Java? What does that even do? Is that this malware?”

A few improvements are welcome, which includes while a favorite mobile app gets a fab characteristic. while it became feasible to alter the episode duration inside the Zombies, Run! running app, I used to be so glad. However, plenty of updates is a source of frustration. Mainly when navigation changes in unintuitive methods (looking at you, iTunes), the capability is removed (windows eight — by no means neglect), things spoil (deep breath, new Mac OS), or tactics should be relearned (2nd axis, Microsoft Excel).

But updates are a hugely important a part of maintaining ourselves comfortable. So much so that putting in them become the top ranked item when security specialists were asked by using researchers at Google: “What are the pinnacle 3 stuff you do to stay secure online?” The researchers, who published their findings in a 2015 paper, additionally asked mere mortals the same question. In evaluation to the 35 in keeping with a cent of professionals who plumped for “deploy software program updates”, simplest 2 in step with a cent of ordinary humans started the equal.

What’s at the back of this is how software program development works and our specific ranges of expertise about it. software agencies, while making improvements to their code, will occasionally make errors. If they waited to launch new capability till the entirety has been tested to perfection, we’d never be capable of regulating the episode period in Zombies, Run! (or certainly, view websites optimized for cellular telephones, as you will be doing right now). Instead, updates are launched after a quantity of best guarantee. A few insects are discovered after the truth and some of the ones create vulnerabilities a hacker can use to get admission to your tool and wreak varying amounts of havoc. corporations often pick out those issues themselves and A few even offer so-known as “malicious program bounties” wherein out of doors participants are paid for responsibly disclosing safety flaws to the software producer. And every so often the worst does occur: the computer virus is discovered due to a hacker exploiting it.

In any case, the computer virus fixes that mind the vulnerabilities are released in the form of software updates that may be bundled with the new capability. Many humans then ignore the lot.

We get rid of rebooting. We flip down installations. We don’t want to be interrupted by using this issue that — now and again — is a bad experience, or that may motive other software we use to break. As ever, it’s far a balancing act among safety and value.

One manner companies have handled that is to hide the technique with computerized updates and compelled installs. Going too far with this, but, risks annoyance, further detachment or even much less willingness to go with replacing prompts than there may be now.

As Kami Vaniea of the University of Edinburgh and Yasmeen Rashidi of Indiana College notice in a paper published last year, the effect is a deadweight loss. Customers don’t update as it’s perceived as no longer wanted — even though it could be useful — and developers need to hold fewer versions of the software program. A stand-off ensues and both parties are worse off.

The answer is to find higher approaches of communicating with Users approximately the safety blessings of accepting updates fast. I assume it would additionally assist if the timing was higher. Like, srsly, not whilst I have 30 browser tabs open and am speaking to my pals. Jeez.

How-To Keep away from software Updates Breaking Extra Than They Restoration?

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Regularly humans run software program updates on their electronic devices or have the technique carry out the downloading and install technique mechanically handiest to discover the replace is incompatible or risky as compared to previous software variations of the running machine.

For Maximum, the modern versions carry welcomed security patches, worm fixes, and appealing new capabilities determined through early adopters and beta testers. Lamentably because of the multitude of software program available there is no accurate approach to affirming each present day setup combination between variations to make certain a replace will install trouble-unfastened.

A little endurance will assist decrease the hassle as early adopters may have set up updates, observed issues, and reported most people of them which if good sized, reports can have collected within a few days of launch. Despite the fact that, the modern-day updates may additionally comprise relatively-desired capabilities and computer virus fixes, waiting can substantially lessen the danger of installing problematic software or incompatible versions.

Averting or waiting an extended period of time among software program updates leaves security holes within the device and any networks connected to it.

Although Some updates can motive troubles because of bugs in the code, most customarily troubles will result from a compatibility war with other software program or its settings inside. Packages which make use of several third-birthday celebration plug-ins encounters this difficulty regularly because of their dependence on many additives to function properly. Even software that does not closely reply on plug-ins may also still have dependencies that exist.

This all might also appear tedious, But far Greater green in comparison to the frustrating time wasted whilst things don’t paintings and having to parent out why.

Report any plug-ins you have set up and performed an internet search for every plug-in and its compatibility with the software program update model. The software’s guide, readme, or configuration file have to point out the location of the software’s plugin folders.

Check if your software integrates or connects to every other app or service. If it does, perform an internet seek to find out whether or not or now not the brand new version works causes new problems.

when issues occur, checking product support forums that Users submit approximately comparable court cases and inquiries approximately the modern-day replace may additionally cause quick workarounds and provide precious remarks in the direction of product builders providing a fast resolve. agencies not often notify Customers of errors or which you have to chorus from updating to the brand new model of their product.

A quick net seek need to flip up famous discussion boards that provide similar problems by different Customers. Checking these boards for issues, and posting a query asking approximately potential problems will assist help in troubleshooting if the solution to your specific issue isn’t apparent.

online databases exist that offer correct records to provide operating device compatibility. The Maximum famous Linux distributions offer a large on-line network of professional and dependable Customers. Roaring Apps provide Apple OS X compatibility facts, whilst Microsoft offers Compatibility Middle, a comparable device for home windows.

Even though upgrading comes with its own set of issues, regularly whilst your replace simply won’t work with older variations and there’s no manner around it, surely updating the whole lot will solve the problem. The reason being different set up software program can also require updating to be compatible with the difficult software. This works on the condition that you live up to date as the Most respectable software program groups pay near attention to dependencies on third-party plugins, apps, and services, whether or not they are immediately integrated or no longer.

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It is fairly rare, However from time to time in the event you have tried the whole thing yet still not capable of solving a main issue, be prepared to roll again and repair from a dependable backup. This case may be very not likely, but being prepared and reviewing improve documentation thoroughly does not harm. Assessing the price of doubtlessly upgrading to incompatible variations ahead paired with a regarded exact repair point will assist Avoid software updates breaking Extra than they Repair.

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