I wrote this because i was bored but then i liked my idea so much and i thought to myself i shoudl should concider writing a novel about it. What so you all think of it? constructive criticisim appreciated thanks (oh and yes i realise the formatting and tabs are all messed up but that is yahoos fault)
Trace balanced herself on a large branch that hung over the edge of a cliff as she looked down at the bright lights of the town’s night life. Clutching her sword in one hand and a bunch of leaves in the other, she narrowed her eyes, trying to see more clearly through the night. The warm breeze brought many smells that she could not recognize, this was clearly a foreign town. She slid her sword back into its sheath and dug around in her hip bag for her cell phone, flipping it open she searched through her old text messages, when she found the one she was looking for she read it through carefully.
Trace, I will meet you at the east gate at dawn. Make sure you are dressed appropriately. Do not talk to anyone, they will recognize your accent. Call me when you get there. Joey.
She re-read the part Joey had written about dressing appropriately. She supposed this meant she would have to find some shoes and some sort of sweater or shirt that would cover all her weapons and her belly. Her mission was to find the boy and bring him back safely but she was beginning to doubt her ability to achieve this without being noticed because she had only worn shoes once I her life, and that resulted in a broken ankle. She pocketed her cell phone and climbed back down to the leafy forest floor where her horse was impatiently waiting. After swinging herself onto the saddle, she headed back to the nearby small town she had passed through not long ago to find some ‘appropriate’ clothing.
Dawn was on the edge of the horizon so she hurried as she filled her plastic drinking bottle at a stream, she watched her reflection as she trapped the water. Her long black hair fell around her face, her dark skin and brown eyes always reminded her of her sister so she liked to avoid mirrors. After taking a mouthful of water she screwed the pink lid back on and slipped it into her saddle bag then quickly got dressed.
The large grey jacket she had stolen looked suspiciously like male clothing, but Trace slipped her arms through it anyway. She stretched her legs around because the tight pants were uncomfortably riding up to places they shouldn’t. She felt like a wolf in sheep’s clothing. The large jacket effectively hid all her leather armor, knives and other various equipment and necessities for the kidnapping. But it also covered her true identity. Her hand made clothing of leather, cotton, fur and grass, which she normally wore, was part of who she was and it didn’t feel ethically right to cover it up. But she was here on the Kings orders and she had no choice but to comply. The black and white lace up shoes on her feet were slightly too spacious but she didn’t intend on keeping them for long. It felt strange to wear human clothes but if she didn’t, she would get a lot of inquisitive looks at her ordinary attire. When she had finished dressing and equipping she tied her horse to a memorable tree, swung her bag over her shoulder, and headed towards the town.
While she walked she studied the map on her GPS mapping device, Joey had marked the place where she was to meet him. She walked to the edge of the town and it was immediately apparent that there were no literal gates in this human civilization, so she picked up speed and began running in the direction the GPS indicated. After about fifteen minutes of running, she found herself in a very crowded town centre. There were cars zooming in every direction and the noise was nearly deafening. Unable to see a gate anywhere, she pulled out her cell and called Joey, it rang once and he picked up.
‘Hey, where are you?’ he said straight away.
‘I was going to ask you the same question.’ said Trace.
‘Well Odin left out one small detail. Humans don’t have gates in their cities, so the ‘East Gate’ is a actually a restaurant… and I’m onl– Hang on, I can see you from here… I think… you look weird in those clothes.’
‘Yeah that’s probably me. I’m standing next to a… erm… a red box… it says ‘Post’ on it.’
‘Yeah that’s you. Look to your left and you will see the ‘East Gate’ Im sitting on the roof.’
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My friend has a Nokia 6630 mobile phone. We were thinking about using his mobile as a GPS tracking device and watch our traveling in Google Earth. Is this possible? I have Google Earth Pro and Plus version too. I haven’t found any useful information on the internet.
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Is there still a relationship – or am I being played for a fool?
Sorry for the long question, but I have a couple questions and there are many things to these questions.
Posting again, didn’t get many answers…
This has been posted before, but has new information
My story and question is:
I have a partner who is older than I am… I am 31 going on 32 and my partner is 65 (let’s call him Charlie). We had a couple rough patches in the relationship. I was kind of distant at one point, I use to stay up most of the night, I was cold to him on a couple of occasions, and I did call him a moron once, not because I was upset with him, just upset with the world in general. I use to be picked on most of my life and I unfortunately felt that he was picking on me as well when he was only trying to help or was just joking around (i.e.: we took the laundry to the laundry mat – comforters and the like and on the way home I was wanting to stop by Baskin Robbins and I didn’t tell him what I was wanting to do as I was looking up how close we were to the Baskin Robbins – we live in a big city. Anyways, he says that we didn’t need the GPS unit that he could tell me how to get home. He was only joking, but the way I took it at that time was that he was saying that I couldn’t go there, so I basically threw up my hands and gave up. I had felt that way a few times, this is basically because I took the joking the wrong way and kind of felt like I was being punished by my mother as I had so many times in the past, and not talking that much didn’t help either. We are now talking more and have a better relationship, since I was kind of forced to take a look at myself and my actions and wonder why I did so many of the things I did.
I use to stay up most (if not all night) and sleep part of the day away. About 3 weeks before a guest came down (let’s call the guest Joe), I started sleeping in another bedroom, not because I didn’t want to sleep with my partner, but just wanted to watch some TV before bed. We have a TV in the bedroom, but he is a light sleeper and I didn’t want to wake him up.
Anyways, about a week later, he moves my clothes to the bedroom that I was falling asleep in. Instead of asking me about it or anything like that, nothing was said, and I felt that he didn’t want to be with me anymore. I was so down about things that I have also packed up a couple suitcases and started to leave because I let myself think that he didn’t care about my feelings. I was putting myself down, because of all the negatives in my life prior to this – my mother putting me down because I am gay, etc. She has also said that she would rather have a dead son than a gay one. It wasn’t because I wanted to leave him, just running away from what I felt were negatives – trying to escape them. Unfortunately after him hugging me and saying that he didn’t want me to leave, I was still sleeping in the other bedroom. I also use to not talk too much, because I felt (and had always felt) what is the use, no one cares. That is not the case anymore.
Anyways, on February 4th, 2009, an old friend of my partner (Joe) came here from another state, and instead of asking me what room I wanted to sleep in, he has this old friend sleep in the same bed as my partner. My partner and I have worked on our relationship and I’m done with the previous attitude that I had before. My partner says that he loves me and that he wants to make the change in bedrooms, but wants to do it in a way that it doesn’t hurt the Joe’s feelings as it has been almost 6 weeks now. My partner has a really caring heart to everyone. I have heard that Joe is bi, he even told me that he was, but likes girls more, I have also heard my partner say to another friend (let’s call him Deane) that he was hurt and with his suggestion that he would rather be with Joe, but this was before I took a look at myself and realized what I was doing (this was around the 6th or the 7th of February).
Everything is a lot different now. My partner kisses me a lot through out the day, hugs me and even greets me in the morning as I am waking up in the other bedroom, does a lot of things normal couples do (nothing physical as of yet as this Joe is here most of the day – weather that is the only reason or not I don’t know). My partner says that he wants to change the rooms, but wants to keep from hurting Joe’s feelings. This person has basically moved into our home and has virtually taken over a lot of things. My partner says that he is tired of some things about this other person, i.e.: the constant drinking, the gambling, etc.
Joe does nothing to help out around the house, bills (no job and he has only looked for like 3 days out of 6 weeks), doesn’t do any of the cooking (my partner and I do all of that), doesn’t help with the house cleaning (again, my partner and I do all of that), and he talks with women on the net and has had them call and act like (or has even had) phone sex with them.
One of the women he knows back home, she is suppose to come here sometime in April. My partner says that when she does, they can have the room that I am in now and I will be in the room with him, but he says that he doesn’t want to wait that long. And this woman is coming here, and Joe is saying that he wants to have sex with her.
Joe has also said to Charlie (my partner) that he was upset that we have been spending too much time together – I don’t know if it is because we are spending time together or if it is about the whispering or something like that, I don’t know why he is upset about this, but that is what I have heard that he is upset.
I want to kick Joe out, but I also want to respect my partners feelings as well as he is a caring person and doesn’t want to hurt Joe and he says that he wants the change as much as I do, and I do feel like Joe is here just for a free ride. He has even borrowed money from my partner and I to go gambling. My partner does consider my feelings.
Oh, and I know Deane and I know there isn’t anything between Deane and my partner except for friendship and I trust both of them – so no worries there.
Also on 03-20, my partner and I were talking and he said to me that he needs to seriously make the change and he seemed very sincere about it.
My question is am I being played for a fool or is there still a relationship there?? Also, what are your thoughts as well?? Any thoughts or help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance to all who answer….
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I ask your thoughts on this. As I see three matters that might mitigate against the human males’ desires for war and domination.
One is that the view that the new global government is communications(of all types, international TV news, travel/gps location, internet, ipod, satellites). We are better at getting to know each other and coming to understandings through the global government of communications. And globally folks are becoming tired of idiot male homo-sapien behavior. It is too destructive! We can no longer afford another Gaza, another Vietnam, another Congo.
The second issue that mitigates against a major conflict is that mankind is becoming more epistological sociologically. We are becoming more knowledge based in our behaviors although matters such as the Caingene concept, www.caingenes.com, (Ref that web site ‘Learn More’ and the NIH/HGP) show it will be difficult to effect positive behavioral outcomes like such thoughts as wars of preemption.
The third major factor mitigating against a major war by males is it implies the use of WMDs. In and of themselves, WMDs are truely immoral. By definition what do we not understand in the term WMD? Duh! Or might culturally induced ignorance rule here? An area for an agnotology study here for you journalism types?
Nuclear weapons, nerve gas, indiscriminate use of land mines, anti-personnel bombs as dropped on civilians in Gaza are all crimes against humanity. Why not a global effort to out-law these weapons? Why NOT? Queen Noor of Jordan has been for years pleading we look at these issues. For you that may not know who Noor is: succinctly she is an American woman who married the King of Jordan some years ago. Her dad was head of the FAA and a US Dept of Defense, Deputy Secretary of Defense under President John Kennedy and he was prior, the head of Pan American Airways.
As a former USAF Navigator/trained Nuclear Weapons Bombardier I have had decades to reflect on these subjects. It is time mankind honestly works to see that peace is our goal, not war. Why not try to outright declare peer to peer war, an inherent immoral act and anyone who engages in it, a war criminal? Peace may even be cheaper than war. How about that for reason to not go to war? War is a kleptocratic act anyway (Ref. Jared Diamond’s Germs, Gun and Steel page 277). Normal folks never desire war.
Maybe in parallel, also address why wars or conflicts exist? And then address these issues. Why now have cultural exchanges to areas we do not understand? How about language courses too? To witness how wrong a nation can get it:Just watch on TV as US GIs bash down the doors of civilians in Iraq, and shout in English at the cowering civilians who only speak Arabic? Is that not crazy on our part?
I am retired scientist/engineer from the aviation industry and currently live in Missouri and because I worked in over 50 countries I have an expat’s view of the world. I lived with my family for a number of years on the economy in the Middle East.
Side note: you might find a truly different answer to a typical us citizen’s answer to your question if you asked the same question of expats. Classify expats as a special non-state group. UScitz are typically rah-rah let’s bomb’em (especially US males) and expats are fully more understanding and say, “not so much to war!”
Thank you for looking for an answer to this problem.
Side note: Herbert Hoover wrote a wonderful, succinct book that directly reflects on your question; “SHALL WE SEND OUR YOUTH TO WAR” published by Coward-McCann, Inc, NY, NY 1939. 36pages
Sources for ideas for the above:
Jared Diamond’s “Guns,Germs, and Steel” ref kleptocrats, epistology and agnotology.
Paul Stamets’s “Mycelium Running” interdependece of living organisms.
Thomas Ricks’ “FIASCO” page 439 ref ‘war of preemption’.
Deepak Chopra’s “Peace is the Way”
i+i, great to read your thoughts. I agree I do by asking the question get some rather ignorant answers, but then again I heard from you. That gives me hope. We all do need to respond on these matters rather quickly. Right now in the Hague they are addressing Darfor. We (they) had prior looked at Kosovo with some success. This is a start,,, was it Sunny who sang, “It’s you and me babe!” Let us press on. Might be some more of us out there. Thanks for the input. We must try!
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thanks (oh and yes i realise the formatting and tabs are all messed up but that is yahoos fault)