Exploring Charlotte

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i got an ask about why lena doesn't call kara by her name when she's only talking to hope and it got me thinking. lena doesnt actually know kara. she just knows shes supergirl.

i think what separates kara's identity reveal from most superhero reveals is that, kara danvers is also a disguise.

the clumsiness, pretending to be less smart, overtly cheerful demeanor is as much a disguise as kara's suit and cape. underneath it all is the girl who lost her whole world at thirteen. and that is someone lena doesn't know at all.

kara refers to herself in third person when she tells lena that she's supergirl because both kara danvers and supergirl are masks she wears. clark kent isn't a persona clark created to assimilate to human society, that is just who he is.

in the reveal, kara tells lena she 'kept pretending' because that's what she had been doing, and also why she's so afraid to tell her. she wasnt just omitting truths, she'd been someone else completely while lena bares out her soul to her best friend.

it's about the mortifying ordeal of being known.

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Well said!

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ZAY YOU PRECIOUS HUMAN BEING

Zay: Who's it gonna be? You got two great people. One follows the rules. One likes to break them.

Lucas: Yeah.

Zay: One very blonde. One very brunette.

Lucas: Yep.

Zay: You gotta choose, man.

Lucas: I know.

Zay: So? who do you like better? Me or Farkle?

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raise your hand if you’ve ever started watching a show solely because of a ship you saw on tumblr.

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*hi*

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The Guidebook for Nu Suhthanahs

Ahem. Yes. Welcome to Orientation.

Please turn in your guidebooks to page 11, entitled “The South and Snow”. It should be after the section called, “How and When to Use Ya’ll”, and before the section titled, “The Difference Between Ice Tea, Sweet Tea, and Tea”.

I’ll start please follow along:

Feigned mass hysteria regarding snow is a venerable and deeply respected Southern tradition...”

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Rejoice!

The fireflies are back! Get ready to chase some lightning bugs!

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Do you think that the tour guide would notice?

Sometimes I’m tempted to go undercover downtown as a tourist. They look they’re having so much fun meandering through the city successfully. Meanwhile, I’m about in tears trying to remember if the next street is one way to the left or one way to the right because the street I was going to take was closed off. And please please please don’t let me end up on 277 because even as a native I still have next to no clue how that whole system works! Once I just went home and started over...  

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Hmm

How I know events are in town: police cars. One police car- What! Where? Is he behind me? Is my tag up to date?!?! Two police cars- Okay. Three police cars- Cool, CMPD’s having a pow wow. Four or more- Guess I should turn on the tv tonight and see what I missed...

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Little Sugar: The creek the city loved to hate

By Mary Newsom If you dodge the poison ivy and briars surrounding a spot of woods behind Parks Chevrolet on North Tryon Street, and step around trashed plastic bottles and other debris, you might n...

This is a really informative article. I was trying to figure out whether or not there were fish in Little Sugar Creek but after this maybe not :/ Check out the site if you have time! It’s pretty great!

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Gas lines

So PNG is building a gas line off Beatties Ford on Caps Hill Mine Road and Peachtree St.  which the neighborhood residents didn’t know about... 

Just a heads up if you don’t know and your neighbor doesn’t know it’s always good to call and ask :)

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Driving through Center City

Makes me feel like Cristina Yang watching mall people mosey. I’m just like look he’s wearing a blue shirt and khaki pants too...

pic courtesy of https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CAYQjB0&url=https%3A%2F%2Ftvrecappersanonymous.wordpress.com%2Ftag%2Favery-punches-karev%2F&ei=4JgkVcOZJsifsAWTyICQDA&bvm=bv.90237346,d.b2w&psig=AFQjCNFoK4-P9c6CtuiFKNMwJx58bNoe8w&ust=1428548188645132

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Hidden Valley Wildlife Roll Call

Barred Owls, Red shouldered hawks, Blue Jays?

Hummingbirds, Cardinals, Woodpeckers, and Sparrows?

Mourning Doves, Seagulls, Chickens, and Canadian Geese...?

...

Wait Chickens?

The chickens look at you like:

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When you have a passenger who’s unfamiliar with Charlotte

and you take an alternate route to get somewhere

Them: ...Are We still in Charlotte?

You: Yes.

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Pelican’s is open again!

lol even though I really only get one flavor of snoballs it’s nice to know that I could always try something else haha

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In case you’re ever curious about what City Council talks about

http://charmeck.org/city/charlotte/CityClerk/CouncilRelated/Pages/Minutes%201998-2014.aspx

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N. Tryon feels like the River Styx

If you depend on N. Tryon to get anywhere in this grand city of ours then you understand that it’s not to be taken lightly. I suppose my question is why is it, that on a street that supports sizable neighborhoods on either side, there are no pedestrian markers warning drivers to slow down? Why aren’t there more crosswalks? Where are the signs?

There was yet another accident recently. One that necessitated multiple police cars, a fire truck, and a wailing ambulance. It may have involved a pedestrian. If it did then today’s accident is just one more in a series of many. How many bodies lying in the street does it take before our section of North Tryon is modified for the better?

And before you blame the pedestrians for jay walking please consider that between North Tryon and Sugar Creek and Tom Hunter and North Tryon   there are approximately 17 bus stops, a high school, a middle school, and a plethora of businesses. Within that busy 2.5 mile stretch there’s only one crosswalk between those intersections: the one at Eastway and North Tryon.

Yeah. That one.

Now, I’m not asking for a sky bridge or anything like that, but perhaps there’s a way I can grab a soda, visit a friend, or catch the bus to work without endangering my life and the lives of others. On the driver’s side I’d like to avoid possibly killing anyone on my way to/from the Plaza, WalMart, or wherever. Although I admit I’ve had some dark thoughts with regards to that train on W Sugar Creek...

Signs seem like a nice first step.

ps. Geese sometimes cross N. Tryon with their young to get to the Ecological Garden. If not signs for the people, at least consider the goslings.

pic courtesy of: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Baby_Goose_(Canada_Gosling)_(4591174999).jpg

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Thoughts and prayers go out to those involved in the accident on N. Tryon earlier today.

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Be honest

Are there actually fish in Reedy Creek? Have you ever caught anything?