I can skate well enough but have never been to a stick and puck. What should I work on? Sorry if that’s a bit of a stupid question.
With skating I had very particular edge work drills I would do, but working with a stick seems like it’s much more versatile
I’ve just finished a 3 month long reread of the books, and fell in love with them all over again. I’ve gone through a few thread in here about this subject, but all are old. What are you top 10 chapters from the books?
Mine, in no particular order:
Other Great Chapters:
- The Princess In The Tower AFFC, “Fire and Blood”
- Eddard XV AGOT, Ned’s final thoughts
- Arya II AFFC, “Needle was Jon Snow”
- Arya VIII ASOS, Needle and Arya Reunite
So many more amazing chapters too, but too many to list. Upon rereading I found Sansa, Cat, and Jaime’s POVs to be my favorite. I’d love to hear your thoughts.
My son is 17 years old and going into senior year. He has had two jobs before but left his previous one because it was miserable for him and not what he needed to be happy.
Now he can’t find any jobs at all. He’s been searching since he got off school, and tells me he’s applied to over 50 jobs and can’t seem to get an interview! Does anybody have any advice? I’m sick of him sitting at home all day.
Braavos is awesome. Volantis seems terrible
Ned accepts the offer to be King's Hand, but Sansa is already betrothed, and can't come down to King's Landing. Since Sansa doesn't go to King's Landing, Ned decides he won't bring Arya either since none of the boys can come. It's just him.
What changes? Naturally the consequences for Sansa and Arya's storylines are huge, but what about in the capital? A lot of Ned's major errors are related to either his attempts to save his daughters or the actions of his daughters.
I’ve worked fast food at dunkin before but they throw you on the line without any real training. How does Shake Shack compare? Pay seems better and includes tips. At the one I go to they mostly don’t take orders either, and have no drive thru which is a huge plus.
He probably could’ve hit 2000 if he hadn’t been injured so many years. He’s two 70pt seasons away from Jagr which is not infeasible.
From TSN’s Darren Dreger: “Yeah… 24-year-old defenceman Alexander Nikishin…He didn’t love his role with the Carolina Hurricanes, but keep in mind, he jumped from the KHL. He’s a Hurricanes draft pick and he wanted to give it at least one year in Carolina to see how he felt and what his role would be. So that’s essentially why Carolina is listening to the interest.”
In the sense that it's probably making it much harder to finish the story.
The story's entire purpose is that humans pettily squabble over their power dynamics despite the fact that it doesn't matter in the face of greater threats like climate change, for which walkers are a metaphor. The irony, is that George has probably become much more interested in that power dynamic and less so in the White Walkers themselves. The world and history is probably so much bigger than he intended.
I don't know how much about Young Griff and Mereen was part of his original plan, but that in itself could be another 'Dance' sized book.
And of course I'm sure he doesn't actually regret including the others, but I think it's certainly not helping that he needs to solve FAegon and Dany's stories while also somehow adding a massive epic about the great Winter War against the White Walkers.
I’ve been rereading the series and currently I’m going through dance and man, I forgot how brutal some of these chapters can be to get through. The Reek chapters are super hard to read, but one that stands out to me is Tyrion VI, particularly the scene where he drunkenly fucks a prostitute who is visibly repulsed by him, finishing in three thrusts. And then after reflecting about how pathetic he is for that, he fucks her again.
That whole scene was just HARD to read. It’s fun to route for Tyrion but this chapter strips him down to “The Imp” as Tywin sees him. Something very grotesque and cringey to read through. George often puts his characters in unsavory situations but this scene really just took me out.
It’s gotten me thinking, what other chapters have you found like that?
I’ve been rereading the series and currently I’m going through dance and man, I forgot how brutal some of these chapters can be to get through. The Reek chapters are super hard to read, but one that stands out to me is Tyrion VI, particularly the scene where he drunkenly fucks a prostitute who is visibly repulsed by him, finishing in three thrusts. And then after reflecting about how pathetic he is for that, he fucks her again.
That whole scene was just HARD to read. It’s fun to route for Tyrion but this chapter strips him down to “The Imp” as Tywin sees him. Something very grotesque and cringey to read through.
It’s gotten me thinking, what other chapters have you found like that?
Yes I know, magic and maesters likely contributed to the dying if dragons. That being said, Old Valyria existed for a really long time. With 40 houses, something like that was bound to happen with them all vying for power.
The death of Dragons is mostly because of the Dance between Rhaenyra and Aegon II. Some civil war probably would’ve happened anyway, but how does Westeros change without the Dance?
Drogon, Viserion, and Rhaegal are large enough to help Dany conquer slaver’s bay, but how big are they really? Does anybody know how they would compare to some of the smaller dragons of the Dance like Moondancer or Seasmoke?
Of course the older dragons such as Ceraxes and Vhagar could probably smoke Dany, but what about the smaller ones?
Its always been so hard for me to believe the Valyrian could have had hundreds of dragons just as big as Balerion, or bigger, when feeding the dragons is one of the biggest problems Dany had and the targ rulers had as well.
After this season, which team has the best top 6? What would be your ranking?
IMO:
George has confirmed to us that all the Stark kids are wargs, and all the Stark kids except sansa have shown their warging abilities one way or another. What about Sansa?
Obviously, Lady is dead, but that doesn’t mean she can’t still become a warg. Forming a bond with an animal might help you become a warg, but it’s not a requirement. Do you think Sansa will at any point learn to harness her warging powers like Jon, Arya, and Bran?
Especially since she’ll probably end up as Lady of Winterfell/Queen in the north.