Ever have a night where things don’t go well? It’s 11:30 PM and this night should have seen me get a little work done. Instead:
- I brushed my teeth and then grabbed a soda on the way to the computer. Genius!
- Pandora has opted to die on me.
- Soda has been watered down by the melted ice. Mmmmmmm Cherry Vanilla Coke Water.
Guess I’ll watch a few Zero Punctuation videos on Youtube and pass out at midnight. Long day ahead of me tomorrow.
And I epically bombed my goals for this week due to the melancholy. Got half a chapter done instead of 2, missed my biking for every day but today, and no work on the outline. Doesn’t matter how you look at that one. This has been a horribly off week, but I guess I need one of those from time to time.
Legends of Windemere 
Ugh I feel you, I didn’t do half of what I set out to do and tonight…writer’s block, trying to write through it..but totally not working! Sitting here writing poetry and looking for inspiration…did I mention the poetry hasn’t turned out very well, lol! Hope you get to relax and enjoy the weekend so you can get things accomplished next week! 🙂
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I’m hoping next week is smoother, but my son has his week off between school year and summer session. So, I’ll be superdaddy for a lot of it. Maybe I’ll get a chapter done.
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Oh that sounds exciting, I hope ya’ll have a great week 🙂
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Hope so. Don’t really have anything planned. Unless we decide to go to the zoo, which might be a good idea now that I think about it.
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The zoo could be fun! I have never been to one, but have full intentions on it one day. And you never know it might give you the needed break to fuel a really inspired week 🙂
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I’ll probably be trying for a chapter section at night when he goes to bed. Though, a day at the zoo with the little guy might not be relaxing. Chasing a 3-year-old through his first time at a real zoo in summer heat. Not going to be pretty.
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LOL no that doesn’t sound fun at all. How about a kiddie pool a sprinkler and a cook out….much cooler 🙂
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That will be in there at some point. I’m sure of it.
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I like the sound of that, my pool is in the process of filling up as we speak…if I disappear a few days….You know where I am! Margarita + Pool = missing Irish!
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We don’t have a pool. We have a sprinkler and a public pool. My son doesn’t look big bodies of water with a lot of people, so we’ll have to find a kiddie pool for the backyard.
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Being super daddy is more fun if you’re in the pool too, instead of siting in a chair with your laptop! 😀 Are you tired yet of me gently nudging you to take a week off? 😀
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What pool? Also, gently?
That week off wouldn’t work out for me. In August, my son is home full-time, so I’ll barely be around. That’s why I have to finish the book before then. In August, I’ll be a rarity. Morning and evening. Maybe a few midday appearances while he eats lunch.
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Okay – I’ll quit then – – but rest assured, if you pop up numerous time in a 24 hour period in August, I’ll be saying,
“HEY! Aren’t you supposed to be on daddy vacation!”
LOL
😀
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I’ll still be popping up with posts. May be scheduled, but I won’t be commenting as much.
Keep in mind that I’m supposed to debut my next book in early July, so August is still a big part of the advertising period.
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Your life wears me out…. LOL
Hope next week goes smoother for you!
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It should. I’m thinking of changing to a 1 chapter a week goal, which will make me finish the week before my son is done with summer session.
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🙂
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ummm
a friend just wrote an article; her main premise is that dogs and other animals are smarter than us. We work like energizer bunnies and then beat ourselves up when our batteries run down. It is like beating an almost dead horse to keep running. Animals? Why they play or “work” with gusto and the sleep for long periods sans guilt.
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Got it. Need my family to start treating me like a pet to help me get work done. 😀
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laughing, you just might get better treatment. Our cat is queen around here and she deems me worthy enough to serve her in between 16-20 hours of sleep
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With my luck, they’ll make me a hamster and stick me in one of those plastic balls.
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touche,your’e witty all right… then you would even become more depleted
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I’d be a giant toy for the toddler. I can hear his gleeful laughing now as he pushes me around.
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Just your family or can I do it too?
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You already do, so I don’t have to send you the memo.
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Oh. I like your valuable point making skills.
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It’s part of my charm.
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You have many. Like cupcake champ at the fair.
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One of the greatest moments of my life. Until I weighed myself the next morning. Then, not so great.
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I was so proud though…
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Next time, you eat the mountain of cupcakes and I make the proper bets to cash in.
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I eat to slow. Remember the pizza championship?
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Good point. You ever finish that one?
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Just now. Burp.
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That’s a rather tame burp.
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BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAP.
Charles that was rude. Say excuse me.
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Excuse you.
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Thanks. Now everyone is in on the jig about your hair piece though huh? Let me just straighten that for you.
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It’s not a hairpiece. It’s a squirrel that won’t leave me alone.
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That’s what trump said too and no one believes him either.
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I should just shave my head and be done with the horror, but I think I’d look terrible.
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You would be so shparkley
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And my head would be cold.
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I will get you a squirrel
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I’d rather have my pirate hat back.
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Only if you share the rum
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Of course. I’m not a barbarian. I share my booty . . . wait a second.
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Uh hUm.
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Maybe it’s a result of over-planning. Remember the sales motto: under-promise and over-deliver! If you shorten your list, you might be inspired to go beyond it…
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I actually dropped my goals to an under-planning level. This week was just bad in terms of mood and distractions. I think the driving a lot last weekend knocked me on my butt too.
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Ah, yes…you were off partying a bit 😉
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Yup. Not that much due to the 5-6 hour drive up and the 7-8 hour drive back. Got so horribly lost.
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I am an achievement-oriented, list-making person. I’m tired of not meeting them so I’m adopting the no-goal approach. We’ll see how long that lasts and/or how effective it is.
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I might try that at some point, but it’s hard to figure out what to do then.
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Glad to hear you are feeling a bit better, Charles. Isn’t New York like New Orleans in the summer? Rainy, humid/muggy (not as bad as NOLA) and HOT? I’d steer clear of a zoo in hot weather with a toddler 😛 I would run thru a sprinkler, though. Remember those slip and slide things you’d hook up to the hose? Probably dangerous as hell but some fun!
Ellespeth
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It’s hard to explain because the last few summers have been brutal. The Bronx Zoo in the summer is the best though. They have a lot of indoor places set up, so you can rest during hot weather times and still see the animals. A lot more of them since I was a kid.
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Been there done that! The only people who can help you now live in that wold you’re now avoiding. So GET BACK TO WORK! LOL. And go kiss your son and your wife and remember how awesome and blessed your life really is.
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I honestly don’t follow you about the people and world I’m avoiding. Sorry. Rough morning.
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No prob. 🙂
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Good news is, when you’re down, the only direction is up.
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As long as I didn’t bring a shovel. 😉
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Haha!
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Like I keep saying, it has been National This Week Sucks Week. Next week will be better. Hey, it is finally Saturday! Yah! Do something fun! Smile! *hugs*
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it really has. for everyone. what stinking gives? I don’t get it!
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Not sure. But it can only get better from here. I hope.
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We’ll see. All I can say now is that my week is not over and I might have to brace myself for one more shot. Depends on something that I can’t get into.
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Well then, I wish you the very best of luck, and if there’s anything I can do to help, you know where I am.
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Thanks. You’ll probably see a blog explosion if things go south.
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Uh oh. Don’t like the sound of this. I’m praying for you.
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don’t beat yourself up. this week has been HORRIBLE for everyone, I feel. Mine has been the most unproductive, terrible week I can remember in a long time. I’m just gearing up to make next week hopefully more productive and better all around. For me, it’s all to do with my mindset and the amount of time I waste doing stupid stuff
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It’s weird how many people had bad weeks. Did somebody put something in the water of WordPress?
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I don’t know. CRAZINESS.
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I thought that was already in there.
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To see the best you need to go through the worst.
Next week will be better.
Shaun
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Fingers crossed.
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Believe… lol
Works. 🙂
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I completely understand. These past two months have been like that for me. Here’s hoping the rest of the summer goes well!
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I just want to get through the summer in one piece.
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Charles. If you were not my best friend in the entire world I would tell you that you are a giant whiner who needs a good spanking and to be sent to his room. No, not the basement. You can work from there. We need to so do that vampire post already. Slackers.
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I know. We talked about it for a week and then it never happened. So many delays and distractions.
Good thing you’re my best friend because I wouldn’t want to be told that. 😉 I have notebooks in almost every room, so you’re going to have a hard time sending me somewhere I can’t work.
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I have my ways of mind controlling you from remote locations. You know this.
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I see. Could you stop mind controlling me to dance in public? The citations are piling up.
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I will pay this one since it really was my fault.
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Thanks. It was rather embarrassing.
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Well the fishnets on the front page don’t help really.
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At least the tiara looked good.
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I want that back btw
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Only if you return my pirate hat with the big feather.
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no f way.
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I’m getting the short end of this deal. Makes no sense since I’m taller.
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I am mighty.
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Ionia strong like bull . . . shite.
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Holy Shite that is so true.
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Of course it is. I never lie. 😀
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Well that was shite too
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It’s cool. Had my fingers crossed. Hard to type like this.
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lol. So what you’re saying is that I’m always right.
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Of course. You’re always right, except when you’re wrong.
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Which is never.
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My watch doesn’t get that time. Is that a weird British time that us Americans are too stuuuuupid to understand?
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There you have it. You can learn.
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Thanks. I have a list of old professors that you should tell that too.
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I think they must all be dead by now. That was Yeeeeeeears ago.
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Age jokes now? I’d say how much lower can you get, but you’re pretty close to the ground. 😉
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I’m also younger do that helps
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Get off my lawn, kid. 😛
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No I like the sprinklers
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Don’t make me get the water hose.
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You can’t do that the other end isn’t connected
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It isn’t too hard to hook it up. You get a head start.
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I run marathons bloody berk
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I know. So, your choice is to run or stay on the lawn to get soaked. Choose carefully. *starts reattaching the water hose*
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The question is if you can catch me
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I have a bike on stand-by. Running isn’t one of my strengths unless something is chasing me.
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It’s Sahm followed by Bigfoot
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In that case, I’ll trip Sahm and be ahead of you in a few seconds. Bigfoot is nothing to mess with.
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I can take him
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Just had this image of tiny Ionia squaring off with a giant Bigfoot. One straight jab from you and he went down like the Wolfman in Monster Squad. 😉
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I would so try
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I think we’re onto a new PPV event. Bigfoot Boxing!
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Lol I want to referee
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Then, who does the fighting?
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Sahm lol
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We’ll have to drug him to get him in the ring.
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Honestly, aren’t all fiction writers liars to some extent? 😉
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Only the ones who are any good. Like us. LOL
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We are good, aren’t we?
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Yes. I look very good standing next to you when you are flirting with the rum.
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Rum is so pretty. I have to flirt with it.
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I know. But that girl names rum is actually a dude named morgan. Just to save you some heartache
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Morgan and I don’t get along ever since he tried to put out some horrendous drinks many years ago. Tasted like liquid caramel and not good caramel.
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Schnopps it is. Apple? Here fizzle. Come to mummy
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There’s a brand called Puckers and they have an apple version. They’re like liquid jolly ranchers.
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YUm. I want.
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Apparently they’re a vodka type with watermelon, lemonade, cherry, sour apple, raspberry, grape, and citrus. Didn’t know they were vodkas.
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Hmmm. I want
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I should pick some up when I have a chance . . . and the money.
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Broke writer syndrome is terrible
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I know. They should do something about that like giving us money.
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What if they bought our books?
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Crazy enough to work.
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Isn’t it?
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Can’t believe nobody ever thought of that before. 😉
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What is wrong with these people lol
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I blame the education system. It’s failed them.
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We should educate them. I have a ruler
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I have the type of chalk that screeches on a chalkboard.
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I love that stuff. We can make body outlines.
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Don’t you need bodies for that?
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