I try hard. I try really hard. But obviously not hard enough for you. People see my smile and think, oh she is happy. The world sees my smile and thinks, oh she has a smile, let’s destroy it. But no one understands, that all my pain, my years of torture, all my sadness, are hidden behind that smile you see everyday. When you try to destroy my smile, you’re not just taking my smile away; You’re taking another piece of my soul as you walk away laughing satisfied with yourself. Do you know how bad it hurts? Well obviously you don’t, because if you did, you wouldn’t do it to me anymore. Why? Why do you try so hard to break what’s already been broken? Not fractured, not cracked, not bent, but broken. Why do you hate me? What did I ever do to you? I’ve avoided you as much as I could because you make me so unhappy. I didn’t say anything to you and still there is something I've done wrong. So why me? Does it make you feel better? When you see me putting on a fake smile and not knowing I'm in pain. You don't even act like you care, is that part of your game? Do you not like me because I don’t worship you like everybody else? Well then I’m sorry. I’m sorry for being me. But I truly feel sorry for you. You’re so neglected and shamed of who you are that you need to take it out on me to feel better about yourself. I will never forget what it’s like to be forgotten, neglected, broken, lost, and tossed out.
I'm a lone designer working for a first aid company to help them get their new catalogue out the door. I was brought in at the tail end of the project after they spent five years trying to do everything themselves, so the whole thing was a bit of a mess that I had the joy of fixing up for them (not sarcasm, it was really very rewarding work).
Things are finally looking up for this project, everything is shot and close cut with a path around it. The layout is all done in inDesign and looking boring but very first-aidy. Everyone was happy to be on track for a Christmas release.
Only just now the owner of the company is adamant about applying drop shadows to all three thousand images in the catalogue. This was not in our plan at the start, so I would have to go in and retouch all the images that I have already gone in and retouched four times. I'm hoping one of you fine people may have been through something like this and could offer some advice?
I've tried to convince the owner that drop shadows are out of style and that it'll make the catalogue seem dated and ugly, but the guy is 100% set on the idea.
If you know of any sort of action or application to apply drop shadows to multiple tiffs it'd really be saving me a few all nighters.
Will anything be done to safeguard these brave kids? Trump said this issue would be solved "with love." Right before he sabotaged any effort to do so.
All that talk. Nancy, looking at you. A shutdown? Chuck? What do you two say and or do now? Is a short term extension for DACA protections being considered? If it is, I haven't heard about it.
The country has moved on. "Sad" most people would agree if forced to think about it. The Press is helpfully ignoring DACA in the few days left to salvage hundreds of thousands of destinies.
So it probably will go with the gun issue. "This time is different" is what I'm hearing now. I doubt it is different although I have a bit of hope that some improvements will be made.
The forces controlling the status quo are more powerful than I thought. They are solidly marching in lockstep.
Bernie and more Progressives in office are the solutions but it will take time.
"We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far."
-Ech-Pi-El, High Priest of the Outer Gods.
Ah...
Do you see the worlds change?
The world of war comes to an end as those that rule it are brought down by the dark corruption within...
Legendary creators are accused of adultery and thievery...
The second season of that one show with that hero who can defeat anyone in one punch will soon arrive...
And the fourth wall is utterly broken by the child of the Blind Idiot God...
Stop telling me I'm too over-dramatic! I'm the one who's writing this! SHUT UP!
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I watch the sands, extremely grateful to be rid of Tokugawa's Labyrinth. Of all the Singularity Remnants that Sion could have discovered, of course she had to send me to one with an actual Beast. The Servants Holmes and Mash had manged to send to me did their best, which was enough to defeat the Third Beast's Lapse.
It could have been worse. I could have died, and humanity would have lost everything.
It makes me wonder what is coming. Something that corrupted the God Of Love into a monster. Something that we're going to have to fight.
But what?
And a second question follows that; Should I keep fighting if one of the Lostbelts turns out to be actually better?
Not like Qin's China, wherein the humans were so blind to desire that they had not been able to even summon a Servant until they had created an idea of heroism, but one wherein Humanity was actually better off.
What if the Indian Lostbelt was one where peace existed?
What if the Grecian Lostbelt was better advanced technologically?
What if...
A burst of pain speared through my brain.
As my vision fades, instead of fading into two distinct sections, it dissolves into three...
...
Of course I'm bringing him here, he's questioning his role in the plot of my game! I can't have that!
Yes, it's completely run-on and last minute, what was I supposed to do?! Let him doubt himself?!?!
No, he's probably not going to end up running into a better Lostbelt, but the chance does exist, so I'm taking care of the possibility now!
If you're so worried, why don't you go help him, Mute?!
Eh?! I was joking! No, you can't just-GAH!
Fine! Just let me make a Saint Graph for you.
...
My head... What is this pain?...
The question quickly vanishes as I take stock of my surroundings.
It looks, at first glance like my room inside of Chateau
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