"Woke up to this. Thanks, but somehow, I don't thing you naked is the world." ((This is my Valentine's Day. Even though she's dating someone, my roommate continued our yearly tradition and even her gf, our other roommate, got me a smal lion. Despite the fact that I've been sick and can't get them anything in return. I still don't like being single, but there are far worse things to be ^^ so to all my followers, Happy Valentine's Day <3))
"Do you want to build a snowman?"
“Everyone ends up alone.”
"Stay close to me."
"We need to get away."
"This is all for you.”
"How could you be so heartless?"
"There’s gotta be another way out."
“I’ve tried forever getting out on my own.”
“I don’t wanna fight alone anymore.”
“I never thought you would really go.”
“I was being such a fool.”
“But I can’t live without you.”
“If I wanted to leave I would have left by now.”
"Don’t let me down.”
“And now I’m feeling stupid.”
“I’ll only stay with you one more night.”
“What’s that supposed to mean?”
“Can’t take it no more.”
“I used to pretend that I felt okay.”
“I’ve failed you again.”
“God knows that I tried…”
“I was dreaming for so long.”
"You are the piece of me I wish I didn’t need.”
“If our love’s insanity, why are you my clarity?”
"We both know how this ends."
“This is not what I do.”
“Is that alright?”
“Am I even human?”
"I’m a mess."
"At least I’ve always been myself.”
“No one knows my heart.”
“I don’t know what I’m doing.”
“There is something that you need to let me know.”
“Be honest please.”
“Say you’ll stay.”
"I’ll look after you."
“I wasn’t looking for this.”
"Here’s my number."
“Where do you think you’re going, baby?”
“I missed you so bad.”
"You see?"
"Come on let’s go and play!"
“Be my baby.”
“Don’t you ever say I just walked away.”
“I will always want you.”
“I never meant to start a war.”
“I just wanted you to let me in.”
”I guess I should’ve let you win.”
"You make me crazy from happiness."
"You my prince from the fairy tale."
"Where do I go if you leave?"
"I was afraid you don’t care about me."
“I can’t forget you.”
“I’m your destiny.”
“You are like frost.”
“We just have to wait until the next life.”
"We need to talk."
“Where did I go wrong?”
"I lost a friend."
“If I don’t say this now I will surely break.”
“I’m losing my control.”
“What’s mine is yours to leave or take.”
“You’ve begun to feel like home.”
“If that’s what you want…”
“But I’m only human!”
“I bleed…”
"I can do it!"
“Don’t let them in.”
“Let it go.”
"We only have each other."
“Okay, can I just, say something crazy?”
"We are meant to be."
I really want to apologize for not being online. It's not a matter of being busy or my muse being uncooperative. I've been sick almost constantly since the beginning of December. The few times I've been online were he few times I was able to function. Mostly, I'm incapable of more that laying around and staring blankly at the TV.
So, I just wanted to apologize to the people I've been RPing with and the two new followers that sent me starters. I did get them ^^ I'll work on getting those taken care of since I don't feel too bad at the moment. Just bear with me. I swear I'm not ignoring anyone DX
"Why is your hair so long?" It was a blunt question and Ja’far knew he could have phrased it better. He just hoped the dungeon capturer didn’t take offense to it.
"Huh?Oh,that?”He sighed while rubbing the back of his head and even ruffling a few strands on now long blond locks."Its just some spell I’m under right now.It made my hair grow incredibly long all of a sudden…"
At least that’s the verdict of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, which today struck down a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) order from 2010 that forced Internet service providers (ISPs) like Verizon, AT&T, Comcast and Time Warner Cable to abide by the principles of network neutrality. These principles broadly stipulate that ISP network management must be transparent, and that ISPs can’t engage in practices that block, stifle or discriminate against (lawful) websites or traffic types on the Internet.
That’s the bare bones story, wrapped in ugly acronyms (FCC, ISP, etc.). But why should you care that network neutrality (“net neutrality”) may be gone for good?
1. No more net neutrality means ISPs can now discriminate against content they dislike.
Everyone gets their Internet from an Internet service provider — an ISP like AT&T, Verizon, Comcast or Time Warner Cable. Under net neutrality rules, these ISPs have to treat all content you access over the Internet “roughly the same way" — they can’t speed up traffic from websites they like or delay competitor’s traffic.
Now, with net neutrality gone, ISPs can discriminate, favoring their business partners while delaying or blocking websites they don’t like. Think your cable CEO hates free online porn? Now you’ll know for sure!
2. No more net neutrality means ISPs can now force websites to PAY for faster content delivery.
You know how some sites you go to just load slower than others? Usually, that’s just because the slower site is image heavy, poorly coded, or dealing with intense server load. But with net neutrality gone, ISPs can now start charging hefty fees to websites that want quick content delivery — shifting the long load times to poorer sites that can’t pay up.
Prefer indie retailers to Amazon.com? You may be in for a frustrating future.
3. Destroying net neutrality is bad for small businesses.
Put together items one and two and it becomes clear — negating net neutrality is bad for small businesses. If ISPs force website owners pay for faster load times, tiny retailers and personal websites will be the ones to suffer from slower content delivery.
Alternately — or additionally — ISPs will have no reason not to favor partner sites: Time Warner Cable, for instance, might favor the website of CNN (owned by the Time Warner Corporation) over the websites of competing cable news networks MSNBC and Fox News. Still, it’s the indies again that will lose out here. While Time Warner Cable might favor CNN and Comcast MSNBC, independent news networks almost certainly won’t get special treatment from any ISPs. Expand this out to music sites, web publishing, etc., and you begin to see the problem.
In extreme cases, ISPs may hinder or block content that isn’t produced by partners —much like AT&T did when it owned the telephone networks back in the day.
4. Without net neutrality, entire types of online traffic (like Netflix) may be in jeopardy.
Netflix watchers and BitTorrent users might want to beware — soon your beloved services may not work like they used to. Now that net neutrality’s down for the count, ISPs can discriminate against entire types of traffic: For instance, an ISP could slow or block all peer-to-peer file sharing, or all online video streaming.
Think it sounds unbelievably stupid for an ISP to stifle a certain traffic types indiscriminately? Comcast has seen reason to stifle both streaming video and peer-to-peer in the past.
From an ISP’s perspective, discriminating against some traffic types makes business sense: Many ISPs are also cable television providers, which means the “cord-cutting" enabled by peer-to-peer and streaming online video isn’t good for their bottom line.
5. Without net neutrality, your ISPs can make even more money without actually improving the Internet.
Right now, America’s broadband is slow. It’s slow because ISPs can already make gobs of money by charging the rich a ton for high-quality Internet while leaving the rest of America with subpar (or no) service.
Now, with net neutrality gone, ISPs will be able to make even more money off their existing customer base. They won’t need to improve service or bring broadband to rural areas because they’ll be able to keep growing (financially, at least) by charging content providers more for faster delivery and charging customers more for faster access. In all likelihood, Tuesday’s ruling means the problems with America’s Internet will be magnified.
Ja’far was relieved to find the grounds deserted and a few straw dummies still set up from the last occupant. He set his keffiyeh aside and wasted no time starting. The first strike dug the blade into a dummy’s face and only escalated from there. He spun and twirled, a satisfied smile coming to his face as the blades and wires reduced the mannequins to nothing more than a pile of kindling in the dirt. The former assassin was so lost in the simple, ingrained motions, he was even able to block out the gaze from the red eyes watching him from the side lines.
Judal smirked watching the other tear into the dummies like they were nothing. He wondered to himself what the guy could do to an actual person if given the chance. Judal wanted to give him that chance. He wanted to pull this guy so far down that not even Sinbad could save him. He wanted to do terrible things to this man. He was powerful. Not quite as powerful as his king candidates were. For someone who relied most on his own strength and skills he was powerful.
It had been a while since the general had trained so violently. As he started cleaning up the scraps left over from the outburst, he caught sight of the Magi watching him intently. The look Judal was giving him caused the hair to stand up on the back of his neck.
A frown settled into his face. "Is there something I can do for you?"
"No. I’ve never let my hair grow out." He started to let his mind wander. "It wasn’t an option when I was younger and it always seemed like too much of a hassle after I met Sinbad."
"Ah, is that so?" He pondered if he should say what he would say next. He did, but he did so in a very humble tone should he accidentally offend the other’s feelings or anything close to that.
"I imagine this hair suiting you perfectly were you born a woman. I admit, you have beautiful hair. Long, or short."
Ja'far chuckled lightly, almost imperceptibly, at the complement. "Well, thank you. Though I can't imagine having hair this long even then. I guess I'm just too practical."
The general turned. “So it seems.” His movements were smooth, sending one cord to wrap around the man’s wrist and pull it away. Still clutching the blade in his other hand, he took a few steps closer. “That wasn’t the wisest idea, sir. If you could unhand her, I’ll let you on your way.”
Kagami felt the robber tremble and heard him whimpering words that Ja’far most likely didn’t heard. But she heard him. She heard the man loud and clear. “Hey now,” she suddenly spoke out. “Violence doesn’t solve anything,” she added with a smile. Kagami dug around her skirt pocket and gave the robber, who was still holding her, a few coins. “Here. If I give you this will you leave me alone?”
The robber nodded and snatch the coins off her hand then scurry away. Kagami turns her head and grins at Ja’far. “What a nice man.”
He gave her a quizzical look, but didn't ask. Instead, he gave her a small smile as he tucked Balalark Sei back into his sleeves. "That was very kind of you. I would like to apologize. I'm far more accustomed to dealing with murderers and rebels than with simple robbers. I think I may have over-reacted a bit."
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