good practice

...diva, storm off the stage in a huff and blame the world for not appreciating you as an artist? do you want to cringe down into yourself, crippled by insecurity about what you might not be hearing of yourself, thereby dooming your performance to that worst of offenses, that of being tentative? no. i don't care if you're good or if you're not. you don't want to do either of those. you want to play ...

Blue Raspberry 11, Pralines & Cream 24

..., "If that were it, I would have only asked if a corset itched. No, it wasn't meant to be humiliating. He offered me an ultimatum; I had three options. I could tell him the location of our encampment, dooming my men to certain torture and eventually death, and he would let me live. Or I could not tell him anything, and for every day I didn't say, he would kill a prisoner. Or, last of all, I could ...

fly me.

... stubbornly refused to crack open and whisk Onew away from this extremely embarrassing situation. "Oh," Onew said after a beat, adding lamely, "Thanks." Feeling awkward and mostly certain that he'd end up dooming his passengers to a fiery death in a real emergency, Onew crouched down, then made a vague flapping gesture towards the taller boy. "Okay, so, your turn." Minho looked bemused. "You ...

BtVS. Angel/Buffy: Off The Beaten Path

...wasn't a sweet cuddly cupid. It was a rabid beast, with deep hooks into his feelings and thoughts. It didn't care about duty, it laughed at distance, and it showed its teeth at any reminder of a dooming curse. Love, true love, was a close cousin to insanity and obsession's long lost twin; it didn't have the courtesy of dying out in the absence of hope, neither the sense to escape before threat of ...

Chapter Five - Flip of a Coin

... snap towards him, “If I may be so bold, I shall enquire as to whether your son is fit enough to be present?” “That would be best,” the King nodded, dismissing the Court Physician and dooming them all to wait for the presence of the heir to the throne. Minutes trickled by the atmosphere grew tense before Gaius re-entered the room, loathing the words which were spoken from his wrinkled, sagging ...

new moon

... to please the other person... and somehting bad is goin to happen.. wow. im not sure how he expected me to feel.. about that.. BUT i can tell you how it made me feel.. like...fuck..he's dooming our relationship before we even see it out to the end.. before it even completely starts. he said in a nutshell.. i dont think me and you are goiong to work.. thats heartbreaking. and it made me ...

About Me! (because you all care)

.... 5. Partner: Rosita! Er, I mean, Tyler. He's a sweetie and after seeing him for two weeks I'm now in major withdrawl. Luckily he's back in January! 6. Kids: Someday, definitely. Even though I'm dooming them to have huge heads and be shor 7. Brothers/Sisters: One brother, Matty, and one half-brother, Steve, who has a wife, so I have a sister-in-law. 8. Pets: No. :( Mom has two rescue ...

chocolate #22 : anticipation

...—he's that skinny. Why am I into that? It seems cruel and unusual that, as a chick who could never be described as svelte, my preferences should lean towards guys shaped like toothpicks. It's like I'm dooming myself to a life of comic coupling. "Found it," Jesse says, then he's sitting up again, holding an oversized CD binder. He rips open the velcro and opens it across my lap. "Rosie's the one ...

2009 Reading List - Wheel of Time 03: The Dragon Reborn

...friends, in the meantime, think this is a mad plan. No army has ever broken the Stone of Tear, and the city itself hates and despises channelers. Moiraine knows that Rand could get himself killed in Tear, thus dooming the world. So, with Lan, Loial and Perrin, she chases after Rand to try and ensure that he fulfills his true destiny. So it's not for nothing that we don't see a lot of Rand al'Thor...

... and happy and laughing at you from heaven. nickchrisreid: nah you'd be below, crying from hell a night in vega: i'm such a nice guy. i will not be. nickchrisreid: riiiight a night in vega: you're dooming me to hell. nickchrisreid: repent! a night in vega: no. you're not god. a night in vega: you're just cursing me. nickchrisreid: well i am the devil's right hand man a night in vega: you should ...