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On the brink of his second season at Florida Atlantic, Lane Kiffin goes deep on his evolution as a coach, the lessons from his previous jobs, the power of Twitter and the perceptions others have of him.

By Andy Staples , Aug 29, 2018

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BOCA RATON, Fla. — In the pantheon of Text Messages I Never Saw Coming, this one from a few Sundays ago might have surpassed the time Miss Sweden invited me to meet her at a bar*.

_Lane Kiffin: If u want a church to go to there is a ten am on campus I take the players to_

I look at the screen, look away and look again. Still the same. Lane Kiffin has just invited me to church.

Cynical is my baseline, so this sets off multiple alarms. Does he think this is going to be one of those stories about how he’s found the Lord and changed everything about his life? Is he trying to scrub a reputation earned tweet by tweet and whispered story by whispered story? I can’t help but wonder why, but I also have to go. How often, after all, does Lane Kiffin invite you to church?

So I drive to Florida Atlantic’s campus. Victory Church began renting out the university’s performing arts center in 2017 after outgrowing its previous digs; the football team is 10–0 since the move. Victory is one of those come-as-you-are, non-denominational Christian churches where the pastor sounds like he also runs a coffee shop and everyone involved in the service has an untucked shirt. At the allotted hour, the band cranks up. I haven’t listened to much Christian rock since Stryper’s _To Hell With The Devil_ charted, but this particular band slaps. In front of the drum kit, a group of young men and women alternate between leaping and singing.

In the quickly filling center section, about half the people rise and begin to sway. About a quarter of those people raise their hands, filled with the Holy Spirit courtesy of approachable power pop. In the stage-left mezzanine area reserved for the FAU football team, there is no sign of Kiffin. Another text informs me that he has just pulled into the parking lot. At this point, I make an executive decision.

If Lane Kiffin starts singing, I’m out of here.

_*The Miss Sweden story is 100% true. This particular Miss Sweden won in 1978. Her name is Cecilia Rodhe, and she is an artist and the mother of Joakim Noah. In 2006, I was writing a story for_ The Tampa Tribune _on the mothers of Florida basketball players Noah, Al Horford and Taurean Green—all of whom had pro athlete fathers but whose mothers had done most of the heavy lifting raising them. Rodhe had a great photo of herself and a younger Noah on her phone that she hoped we could include with the story. But in ’06, no one older than 21 knew how to get a photo off one person’s phone and into someone else’s computer. So she asked me to meet her at a bar in Minneapolis so one of Noah’s friends could transfer the photo._

Kiffin arrives wearing a T-shirt, shorts and flip-flops. He does not sing. He does not wave his hands. He visits with the three dozen or so players and coaches who have come this particular Sunday. Quarterback Chris Robison’s mom is visiting from Texas. Kiffin says hello. Offensive coordinator Charlie Weis Jr., 25, is here with his wife. Kiffin makes small talk. Church isn’t mandatory for the players or coaches, but Kiffin would love to see attendance like the Owls had the previous week, when the sermon had come from someone closer to the players’ age and a good portion of the team had filled that reserved section. Visiting pastor Gregg Tipton, who played quarterback at Hawaii in the mid-’80s before starting his own campus ministry program, delivers the sermon on this day.

Kiffin spends most of the service jotting down notes. When Tipton flashes a George Washington Carver quote on the screen—“Ninety-nine percent of failures come from people who have a habit of making excuses”—Kiffin writes it on his notepad. As the band plays, Kiffin jokes that he never could have worn flip-flops to church when he served as Alabama’s offensive coordinator. He also says he would have needed an hour to get from the church to the parking lot. That won’t happen at FAU. “Just watch,” he says. “Not one person will ask for a picture.”

Outside, Kiffin gets recognized but not stopped. Later that Sunday, we’ll sit down for a more formal interview about Kiffin’s journey from twice-fired head coach to resurrector of a program that had gone 3–9 the year before he took it over and went 11–3. (You can watch the interview in its entirety on SI TV, and I suggest you do because Kiffin’s answers on everything from Twitter to program culture to the differences in offensive scheme between college and the NFL are fascinating.) After Kiffin answers the last question, we say our goodbyes. But before I can get too far north on Interstate 95, I get another text.

It’s from Kiffin. He’s concerned about how I’ll chronicle the church visit. He wasn’t trying to spin me, he says. He doesn’t want anyone to think he’d use the church as a prop. He sends a photo of his notes from the sermon to help prove his case.

Courtesy of Lane Kiffin

Kiffin doesn’t need to argue that case. Had he sat in the front row or tried to fake his way through a Biblical discussion, this would have been an entirely different story, and he would have been the villain. Kiffin invited me to church on that Sunday because that’s what he and some of his coaches and players do. It’s a wholesome picture of the program that certainly will play well with recruits and their parents, but it’s also something that actually happens in Kiffin’s program. It’s something Kiffin should want people to know about, but because he understands better than most how people today react to what they read and see and hear—especially when it comes from him—he’s already dreading the backlash.

This is the blessing and the curse of being Lane Kiffin. No matter what he does, people will pay attention. But there’s a good chance many of those people will get mad.

For some reason, nearly everything Kiffin does draws an outsized response. We could write a feature about Purdue’s Jeff Brohm or Boise State’s Bryan Harsin or Iowa State’s Matt Campbell, but those wouldn’t draw nearly the traffic that this one will. Arkansas coach Chad Morris can send a tweet, but it won’t draw the retweets, the likes or the responses that a tweet from Kiffin will. For his part, Kiffin isn’t sure why attaching his name to anything drives up the engagement rate. “I always want to ask you guys that question, because I do not understand exactly why that is,” he says. “It’s crazy.”

Perhaps it’s because he rose so high, so fast, and then crashed so spectacularly. At a recent Monday practice, Kiffin chats with Weis about Black Monday. “You’re not really a coach until you’ve been through a Black Monday,” Kiffin says to the young coordinator. He’s referring to the day following the NFL’s final regular-season Sunday that usually features a spate of coach firings. Then Kiffin remembers he was fired by the Raiders (at age 33) following the fourth game of the 2008 season. He then points out that he was fired by USC (at age 38) following the Trojans’ fifth game of the ’13 season. “Let’s try to make it to Week 6 this year,” Kiffin cracks to Weis, who also is the son of a famous football coach.

Kiffin passed through what should be the entirety of the coaching life cycle before his 40th birthday. The son of legendary NFL defensive coordinator Monte Kiffin, Lane was named offensive coordinator at USC at age 29. His time running the offense of what was at the time college football’s most consistent program put him on a lot of radars.

He probably wasn’t ready in 2007 when he got offered the Oakland Raiders’ head coaching job, but was he supposed to turn it down? Kiffin fell out with legendary Raiders owner Al Davis, who while announcing Kiffin’s firing said, “I think he conned me like he conned all you people.” Davis accused Kiffin of lying, but he also got mad at Kiffin for complaining about the selection of quarterback JaMarcus Russell, which, in hindsight, seems like a plus in Kiffin’s column.

Kiffin then became the head coach Tennessee, where he clashed with Florida’s Urban Meyer—the coach of the defending national champ—and generally ran his mouth in ways that first-year SEC coaches are not supposed to run their mouths. Hostesses from his program showed up at a high school game in South Carolina. He had to boot some of his prized recruits because of their role in a robbery. Did we mention that Kiffin was only Tennessee’s coach for 13 months?

Some people rioted in Knoxville when Kiffin took the USC job in January 2010. Those same people laughed in September 2013 when then-USC athletic director Pat Haden fired Kiffin at LAX when the Trojans returned home from a loss at Arizona State.

In an interview earlier this year with a writer from AthletesForGod.com*, Kiffin called this moment his professional low point. “I don’t wish that feeling upon anyone,” Kiffin said. “I wanted to die, because at the time I was defined by my job.”

_*The story is presented as an as-told-to, meaning it looks as if Kiffin wrote it. He insists he did not. He only answered interview questions and approved the final version. The attention this drew made him even more concerned that people would think he’s pushing a Born Again Lane narrative._

“[Die] wasn’t probably the right word,” Kiffin says when asked about the statement. “But it did feel like that. This is your dream job. You left a phenomenal job, a top-10 job at Tennessee for—what was for you—the No. 1 job.” If Kiffin has made a change, it’s this: He knows now that moment provided fuel he can use for the rest of his life. But it took time to realize that. “As painful as it was, that happening made me a better coach,” he says. “Whether I agree with it or not. It’s just like when we bench players. I don’t expect for them to agree with it.”

Kiffin still doesn’t agree with the USC firing. He believes the scholarship penalties the NCAA hit the Trojans with as a result of the Reggie Bush case hamstrung the program to the point that no one would have won enough games to satisfy the administration. But, as the quote he wrote down in church suggests, that’s an excuse. Kiffin admits he let his team buy too much into its preseason ranking in 2012 (No. 1) after going 10–2 in ’11. He didn’t manage expectations properly, and that 7–6 season paved the way for his downfall in Los Angeles.

One of Kiffin’s favorite books is _Ego Is the Enemy_, which was published in 2016 by author Ryan Holiday. Recently, Kiffin gave a copy to FAU tailback Devin “Motor” Singletary, who, after 32 rushing touchdowns in 2017, is getting pumped up by the world much the way Kiffin was as a young coach. Singletary, who said he hasn’t read the book yet, seems to understand even without the book what a younger Kiffin did not—that arrogance and self-confidence are two very different things. The latter is necessary, but the former can destroy. “I’m reading the book,” Kiffin says, “and I feel like I’m reading about myself.”

That’s because he was. Kiffin’s firing at USC opened the door for the period that rehabilitated his coaching career. Entering the 2014 season, Nick Saban needed someone to run the offense at Alabama. He reached out to Kiffin at a time when Kiffin’s phone wasn’t ringing. Kiffin would wind up staying in Tuscaloosa for three seasons, helping the Crimson Tide win three SEC titles and one national title. Kiffin now says he needed all three seasons, even if he might not have said it at the time. “I would have told you I was ready after one day,” he says. “But that’s the ego in me.” The truth is he needed to understand how Saban organized his program and how he made his players and coaches process-oriented rather than result-oriented. “You can’t just go visit somewhere and come away and know how they run their business,” Kiffin says. But after living in that organization for three seasons, Kiffin felt as if he understood it. (Even if ego struck near the end—after Kiffin had accepted the FAU job—and got Kiffin dumped between the 2016 Peach Bowl and the national title game.) That’s why he took the FAU job for about half what he could have made as LSU or Alabama’s offensive coordinator. He was ready to prove he had finally learned how to be an effective head coach.

Kiffin’s results at FAU are undeniable. The Owls won nine games in Charlie Partridge’s three seasons. They weren’t even a blip on the national radar. After starting last season 1–3, FAU reeled off 10 consecutive wins. The Owls haven’t trailed since the fourth quarter of a 42–28 win at Western Kentucky last Oct. 28. No matter what you believe about whether Kiffin has changed mentally since he was fired at USC, he absolutely has evolved schematically. Watching the Owls scrimmage earlier this month, they appear to be playing an entirely different sport on offense than Kiffin’s Trojans. Those USC teams huddled. Their quarterbacks played under center. They shifted tight ends from one side of the field to the other. Kiffin held a play sheet approximately the size of a Cheesecake Factory menu. Now? The Owls don’t huddle. They don’t have fullbacks. They run plays as quickly as possible. Kiffin’s play sheet is the size of a notebook page. “I’m proud of that,” Kiffin says of his offensive evolution. “That goes back to ego. It’s almost as if you can see it now when you see people where the ego is hurting them. They’re not going to change—whether it’s picking the starting quarterback or whether it’s an offensive system. They’re going to do it ’til they die—or until they get fired. That’s probably the thing I like the most. We do not look anything like we did before. And that’s because we’ve changed.”

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Kiffin has gone young with his hires. You know about Weis. Strength coach Wilson Love, meanwhile, is 26. This is the first on-field FBS job for seven of Kiffin’s 10 assistants. That youth movement has encouraged evolution. It also has produced a culture that doesn’t tolerate coaches dog-cussing players at practice. Kiffin’s coaches yell, but they tend to focus their criticism on the task at hand. “If I’m cussing at you, swearing at you, calling you demeaning names, are you really thinking about that last play?” Kiffin asks. “Am I really helping you get better? Or am I just making myself feel good by demeaning you? I’ve really never understood it.”

Kiffin also has altered his program sales strategy. This aspect of his coaching style has always been fungible. He tried to be boring with the Raiders and with USC because neither organization needed to raise awareness. He tended toward outrageous statements at Tennessee because it got people talking about the Volunteers, who are at their best when they can recruit nationally. At FAU, Kiffin has taken that to a different level thanks to Twitter. He originally began using the service because the NCAA used to allow coaches to direct message recruits but not text them. (That rule has since changed.) At Alabama, Kiffin—who only spoke publicly a few times a year because of Saban’s One Voice policy—discovered he could make waves and have fun by tweeting. If he snapped a photo of the Tennessee license plate on his rental car while recruiting in the Volunteer State, he could rile those Tennessee fans still mad about the way he left. At FAU, Kiffin retweets a video of a bear riding in the back of a pickup truck, confirms that apartment dwellers who live across from Alabama’s practice fields sign forms saying they won’t watch the Tide practice and decries the “rat poison” (a Saban term) from anyone who predicts that FAU might beat Oklahoma this week or might lead the state of Florida in wins this season.

After last season, FAU president John Kelly told ESPN that applications to the school were up 35% year-over-year. “And we haven’t done anything else differently, so it has to be Lane,” Kelly told ESPN. “He just gets it, both as a football coach and being able to attract attention to our university. I laugh just about every day at something he puts on Twitter and understand that he’s about the good of the institution and is thinking about what appeals to a 17-year-old kid and not a 60-year-old guy.”

Kelly’s sentiments were not shared by most of the athletic directors Yahoo! Sports writer Pete Thamel interviewed for a recent story about Kiffin and other Group of Five head coaches who could soon ascend to the Power 5. Of the 15 Thamel interviewed—all were granted anonymity—11 said they wouldn’t hire Kiffin. “Not a chance,” one AD told Thamel. “Too much smoke/drama around him. And he’ll probably think he’s Vince Lombardi if he wins another season.”

It infuriates Kiffin that no one was willing to attach their name to those sentiments. But, as Kelly pointed out months before that story was written, Kiffin isn’t typing tweets or making decisions for those people. “Do I work for those 15 athletic directors? No,” Kiffin says. “Did they hire me? No. So am I supposed to be pleasing my athletic director and my president, or am I supposed to be pleasing other people’s so that I can potentially get a job at those places?”

Kiffin, who just received a 10-year extension at FAU (which comes with a very manageable buyout of $2 million should he be hired away after this season), isn’t worried about pleasing everyone. “Personally, I have hurt myself by doing that,” Kiffin says. “Because that hurts my image outside. People say ‘Why is he doing that on Twitter? Why is he doing that? Well, he’s doing that because it’s helping the school. It’s bringing more kids here. The recruits like it. The recruits’ parents like it. And our fan base likes it. Maybe someday you guys will get that.”

Here’s an alternate theory to Kiffin’s supposition that all this talking and tweeting has damaged his chances of getting another Power 5 job. Maybe these are features and not bugs. Maybe Kiffin is a better coach when he’s letting it rip on Twitter and trying to make his program as fun as possible. Remember, this is the guy who once banished cookies from USC’s training table. (Current LSU coach Ed Orgeron, who took over as the USC interim coach when Kiffin was fired, became a folk hero when he brought back those cookies.) _That_ Lane Kiffin wasn’t a great coach at that level. Maybe this one could be. But it probably won’t work unless an athletic director is willing to loosen up and let Lane be Lane—ego and all. It definitely won’t work if, for some reason, Lane decides that he shouldn’t be Lane.

As he tries to improve upon his most successful season as a head coach, Kiffin no longer seems interested in doing what coaching convention says he should do. “Should we go back to huddling? Should we go back to putting all these tight ends in there and have 250 yards a game? It doesn’t win anymore,” he says. “So should we do it because that’s what the people before us did? No. So if we change in all these other areas, why are we as coaches not supposed to change on Twitter? Why are we not supposed to change how we are with the players or with the media?”

Shortly before the end of our interview, I show Kiffin the parody I made of his now-famous season-ticket drive video from January 2017.

He says I brought more energy than he did, but again he says we don’t get it. “That was on _SportsCenter_ the next day,” he says. Kiffin insists the video was an intentional viral sensation. And maybe that’s exactly what happened. Maybe an act of boredom wasn’t retconned into an act of genius. Maybe he is playing chess while we satisfy ourselves with checkers.

And maybe I’m writing 3,400 words about Lane Kiffin—and 141 about Miss Sweden—so he’ll retweet the story…

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question: Why does Lane Kiffin garner such avid and rampant responses with everything he does?

answer: His career has been so dynamic, and he gained notoriety at a young age for a coach.

question: Why did Noah Joakim's mother have to meet the author at a bar?

answer: In the year 2006, it is reported that people back then could not easily transfer a phone to a computer easily. She wanted to meet up with the author and a young friend in tech to get the author the photo.

question: Why are people under the impression that Kiffin became a Born Again Christian?

answer: In an article for a Christian publication, the writing made it sound like Kiffin had written it in first person, when in fact he had only answered some questions.

question: Of all the athletic directors interviewed by writer Pete Thamel for a story that ran on Yahoo, what percentage said they would not hire Lane Kiffin?

answer: 73.3%


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text:
Driving fast is exhilarating. Not organized racing on a track or competitions with another to win, or attain a goal. I’m talking full fledged, full speed next level driving maneuvers in traffic filled roadways bristling with drivers who are unaware of the thrill that can be attained by narrowly escaping death.

I used to own a C32 AMG, and I’m not mentioning this car to boast that I owned a fancy car, I’m mentioning it because it contained 350 of the most streamlined horsepower I’ve ever had the pleasure of controlling. The car was like an extension of myself, any movement or thought I had would take microseconds to be accurately represented. A balanced, nimble & light 5 second car. The presence of an enormous amount of caffeine coursing through my veins would increase my awareness exponentially; allowing precise control.

There was a point in time where I would make weekly trips to Houston. I was a field technician and fixed useless electronic devices for random organizations. I would have lost my mind making that monotonous trip over and over if it hadn’t been for that car. I would cruise at 90mph listening to pre-recorded versions of Annie Mac’s 2 hour Friday mash up which contained upbeat rhythms that would keep my blood flowing and senses peaked. That and huge amounts of coffee.

Cruising 90 in the fast lane pumped full of caffeine in the most clear headed aware state possible is the perfect position to make split second decisions. Like evading arrest.

The state trooper was on the other side of the center median, and I saw him a mile away... But the little adrenaline seeking devil inside of me grinned wickedly. I knew unless there was a gap in the concrete barrier there was no way he’d get me. As I roared past him, the gap in the concrete was quite apparent. As soon as I saw his lights erupt in my rear view mirror, I decided I wasn’t getting pulled over today.

The C32 AMG has 2 “sweet spots” if you will. 0-60 is lightening quick, but 60-90 is a bit slower, not slow by any means, but not anything impressive. Once you get to 90 however, you can truly feel the power of the car surge up through the pedals. Going from 90 miles an hour to 155 miles an hour is 6 seconds of exhilarating bliss.

The curvature in the road worked to my advantage that day . When I saw the trooper flip his car around and hit his lights, he also dropped out of my line of sight. My foot dropped on the pedal at the same instant. I was 2 miles from the next exit and deep inside the adrenaline slowly seeped into my veins, would I make it I thought? Yes, was the resounding answer in my head. Yes you will. It took seconds to conquer those two miles.

I slammed the breaks and slowed to about 100mph and as I barreled off the freeway the cops lights shone in my rear view at a distance. But he was far enough back that he didn’t see me. The terrain again worked to my advantage. The exit curved downward, running parallel to the freeway but lower, so someone on the freeway wouldn’t be able to see someone on the exit. But then the road curved back skywards. Wide eyed, I checked my mirrors, and looked to the left.

The cop missed the exit.

But then he saw me, and the smoke poured from his tires as his car, brakes floored, slide sideways onto the shoulder, and straight into reverse.

At this point the adrenaline was in full effect. My body was in a heightened state of awareness. I had come this far. I still had the advantage. I was still going 90. He had to reverse off the freeway, and then speed up. I focused on the road in front of me, down shifted and punched it.

I came to a light, took the turn, full, independent wheel traction control on my Michelin pilot’s kept me from flipping over or losing control, and I fast and furious drifted around the corner, only to stare down the longest road in existence. Then I panicked.

There was nowhere to go. The road went on for as far as my eyes could see. A dusty, back country road about 155 miles outside of San Antonio on IH10. There was nothing out there. Trees, dust and asphalt. And I could hear his siren.

But like something straight out of a movie, I saw a beacon of hope. A white church chapel, I roared towards it and the lot was full. This was my ticket. My tires spun in the dirt parking lot and slide safely in between a set of parked cars and killed the engine. I breathed heavily, wide eyed, hands shaking and like a slow motion movie turned my head and saw the trooper roar past in all his glory.

I stepped out of the car and looked down the country road, the trooper disappearing into the distance. The country air in my lungs felt amazing, the adrenaline coursing through my veins pumped hard, and I smiled. I had won.

title: Adrenaline: A True Story

question: Does the narrator escape the cop?

answer: Yes, they do.

question: How does the narrator escape the cop?

answer: By hiding in a church parking lot.

question: Does the cop try to pull the narrator over?

answer: Yes, but they cannot get out fast enough.

question: Write a ~5 sentence summary.

answer: The narrator loves their C32 AMG, especially for its speed and precision. One day they see a cop while driving and decide to speed and try to outrun the cop. They accelerate to 100 miles per hour as they hear sirens behind them and take an exit from the freeway. The cop manages to follow them and they find themselves on a long straight road with no escape. They pull into a church parking lot and hide and escape the cop.


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HEATHER LYNN MORGAN is an American country music singer-songwriter from Richardson, Texas. After graduating from TCU, Heather signed her first publishing deal with Warner Chappell Music. Her songs have been featured on the TV show _Nashville_ and recorded by Keith Urban, Brett Eldredge, Sara Evans, Eli Young Band, Maddie & Tae, and more. She is now a staff writer at Sony ATV Music, and had her first number 1 single in June 2014 with Brett Eldredge's “Beat of the Music”.[1] and was then awarded 2015 BMI Song of the Year. “Lose My Mind” was Heather's second number 1 single in October 2015. That year she was also nominated for Music Row's Breakthrough Songwriter of the Year Award,[2] and took part as a songwriter in the 2015 ACM Lifting Lives Music Camp.

On 5 October 2018 she released her debut studio album _Borrowed Heart_ produced by Paul Moak.[3]

Discography

-   _Borrowed Heart_ (2018)

Songwriter discography

  Year                       Artist                           Album                  Title                            Co-writers
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  2011                       Billy Ray Cyrus                  _I'm American_         “We Fought Hard”                 Ross Copperman, John Kennedy
  Jennette McCurdy           _Jennette McCurdy_               “Generation Love”      Ross Copperman, Tom Douglas
  Brett Eldredge             _Bring You Back_                 “Beat of the Music”    Ross Copperman, Brett Eldredge
  “Bring You Back”           Ross Copperman
  2013                       Keith Urban                      _Fuse_                 “Love's Poster Child”            Ross Copperman
  Eli Young Band             _1000 Towns_                     “Angel Like You”       Mike Eli, Liz Rose
  2014                       Ashley Gearing                   _Boomerang_            “Boomerang”                      Jaren Johnston, Jimmie Allen
  Sara Evans                 _Slow Me Down_                   “Slow Me Down”         Jimmy Robbins, Marv Green
  2015                       David Fanning                                           “Doin' Country Right”            Jimmy Robbins, Josh Osborne
  Brett Eldredge             _Illinois_                       “Just a Taste”         Brett Eldredge, Ross Copperman
  "Lose My Mind"             Ross Copperman, Brett Eldredge
  “Shadow”                   Ross Copperman, Brett Eldredge
  “You Can't Stop Me”        Ross Copperman, Brett Eldredge
  “Going Away for a While”   Ross Copperman, Brett Eldredge
  Maddie & Tae               _Start Here_                     “Your Side of Town”    Maddie & Tae
  2016                       Cole Swindell                    _You Should Be Here_   “Home Game”                      Aaron Eshuis, Brandon Lay
  Martina McBride            _Reckless_                       “Reckless”             Sarah Buxton, Zach Crowell
  Joe                        _#MyNameIsJoeThomas_             “Hollow”               Josh Hoge, Zach Crowell
  Dierks Bentley             _Black_                          “I'll Be the Moon”     Ryan Hurd, Matt Dragstrem
  Kenny Chesney              _Cosmic Hallelujah_              “Sometown Somewhere”   Ross Copperman, Josh Osborne
  2017                       Sara Evans                       _Words_                “Marquee Sign”                   Sara Evans, Jimmy Robbins
  2018                       Dierks Bentley                   _The Mountain_         “Stranger to Myself”             Dierks Bentley, Ross Copperman
  Brett Eldredge             _Brett Eldredge_                 “Love Someone”         Brett Eldredge, Ross Copperman

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title: Heather Morgan (songwriter)

question: Where is Heather Lynn Morgan from?

answer: Richardson, Texas.

question: What does Heather Lynn Morgan do?

answer: She is a country music singer-songwriter.

question: Where does Heather Lynn Morgan work at the time of writing the article?

answer: Sony ATV Music.

question: What was the name of her debut album?

answer: Borrowed Heart.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: The article is about singer/songwriter Heather Lynn Morgan.


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I have this "friend". Friend is used with quotation marks because real friends share the following information: pregnancies, graduations, launching of their new blog/website, how they just ate "the most mind blowing sushi EVER", new relationships, breakups, all the dirty details that go on in between, and the sort of information that is about to be revealed in this story.

Now my friend, we'll call him Alan, has worked out of state for almost three years now. He works on an oil rig so he spends two weeks in North Dakota and then lives two weeks in the great state of Utah. I hadn't seen Alan since he left but we've kept contact here and there. Alan is the type of friend that you don't share your deepest, darkest secrets with but is just a good time guy. You know, when you get a text from him it's just a sudden feel good. I know I won't be roped into a drawn out conversation about the meaning of life, how an unfortunate incident in his childhood scared him for life, or how Obamacare is single handedly destroying the United States and will certainly spur the Apocalypse. Side note: I don't believe that last statement is true. I live in a VERY conservative state where that seems to be the popular belief. He just checks in to say "Hi", send a great new song he heard, or just shoot the sarcastic random shit. I adore this about him.

Well, Alan was coming back into town and we decided that THIS TIME we will be getting together for lunch. It's been mentioned here and there but never actually came to fruition. It is decided that he will come pick me up at work and we will head over to Costa Vida because as he put it, "It's always good." I have a difference of opinion but hey, not everyone wants to eat a super healthy freak lunch like I do. Needless to say, I was excited regardless. I hadn't seen his face in forever and where we ate wasn't much of a concern to me.

Alan arrived and I, dressed in my tyed dyed hippie skirt, managed to use all my upper arm strength to pull myself into his truck that was raised about 10 feet off the ground. Yes, that's an over exaggeration but while wearing flip flops and a maxi skirt, it's like you're hoisting yourself onto the Empire State Building in one step. The ride there was a little on the awkward side but I didn't expect any less seeing as the last time we were in each others company was almost three years ago. We arrive at Costa Vida and stand in line waiting to order. The conversation is nothing short of small talk. "How was your trip back?" "How is your daughter doing?"...that sort of stuff. So it's now our turn to order and the man who initially takes the order looks, well, angry. Alan orders his burrito and I order a salad (which is just a burrito with twice as much lettuce and not rolled up.) Upon my request for something semi healthy, the man very clearly lets out a huge sigh. Apparently he was not satisfied with my request to give the world the impression that I do live a semi healthy lifestyle. Of course Alan and I found this funny and now the topic of conversation from there to the table was this one man's delightful presence.

Here's where the story takes a turn. We sit down at the table and I notice Alan is looking very nervous and is actually shaking. Then the conversation goes like this,

Alan: "I have a secret to tell you."
Me: "Okay...?"
Alan: "I'm married."

This is one of those moments in life where your brain goes completely blank and at the same time has more thoughts running through it than ever before. The result...time stands still. There are no words coming out of my mouth for a few moments because not one thought is being fully formed in my brain. They're all just floating through my head randomly like little bubbles popping so fast that I can't make out what they even are.

Me: "You're married?"
Alan: "Yeah."
Me: "Like married, married?"
Alan: "Yeah."
Me: "Since when?"
Alan: "Earlier this year."
Me: "Like in 2013?"
Alan: "Yeah."
Me: "Why didn't you tell me!?"
Alan: "...I don't know."

I feel the need to let everyone know that I wasn't even aware that Alan was engaged. Not only that but I wasn't aware that he was seeing someone. Alan and I have shared some texts in the past that were of the sexual nature. As a mother and a human with pretty high morals, I would not have done this had I known he had a special someone in his life. I have never felt the urge to be in a relationship with Alan or even have an ongoing sexual relationship with him. Okay, let me be completely honest by saying that yes, I have thought about having sexual relations with him but it would be a one or two time thing. Five times tops. He is that guy who you could sleep with and nothing between you would change. You would still go on being the same friends you were before the clothes came off and things got weird...in a (fingers crossed) good way. Not only that but he's on the very attractive side. Beard. Tattoos. Piercings. These things will instantly put a guy on my do-able list. Again though, had I known that he had a female in his life that was playing such a huge significant role, so much so that he actual married her, I would have thrown him into Friend Zone so fast that it would have completely erased any past dirty thoughts I had about the guy.

So upon further interrogation, I find out that he has been married since June (it's now October) and they actually did the whole ceremony. Which means there was a proposal, invitations, cake tastings, color samples, formal wear trying on, endless emotional breakdowns, engagement parties, bachelor parties, etc. Plenty of time to send a friend a quick text sharing your happy news. This, very obviously, did not happen and I had no idea that my "friend" even had an apple of his eye. Needless to say the next few minutes were very awkward. I think there were a lot of blank stares coming from my side of the table and a whole lot of eye contact avoidance from his.

Alan: "You're judging me."
Me: "Not yet. I'm still trying to let it sink in. Judgment will come later."

And it did. Of course it did. I'm divorced so sarcastic comments about marriage flow out of me like rain during springtime in Seattle. Not that I'm against marriage. Quite a fan actually. I love love and love when people are in love and want to be in love again one day. You know, the whole white picket fence, children running around half dressed covered in popsicle stains in the front yard, medium sized half breed dogs barking at the mailman, and the smell of freshly baked cookies pouring out the kitchen window. However, given this situation the only words I could come up with were, "Well, congratulations...?" and "Do I buy you a gift or something?" As we sat there continuing to involuntarily bask in the awkwardness of the moment, Alan tries to deflect the conversation.

He runs his hand across the chair next to him and says,

Alan: "This is really smooth wood."
Me: "Really? You want to comment on any of the other structural properties of the restaurant?"
Alan (looking up and the exposed ceiling): "The ceiling looks...warehousey."
Me (at the exact moment he says the word "warehousey"): "Industrial?"

We both laugh about his choice of word and the fact that it is not a word that would be recognized by any addition of the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, and now we are back to our witty normal banter. I still have a special place in my heart for him and always will. Plus he did leave me with this memorable story to tell and one thing I do love about life, the moments that are so irrelevant but give you something to smile about years down the road. No drama. Just good times.

title: The ceiling looks...warehousey.

question: What does the text say about romantic relationships?

answer: The author treats relationships as very serious. She's explicitly off-put by the idea that she had flirty texts with someone who's in a relationship. Furthermore, the seriousness of it requires that it's at least mentioned between friends.

question: What does the text say about summer love?

question: What does the text say about Alan?

answer: He's a fun guy who doesn't have deep conversations with people. However, his charm resides in the dependability of his behavior. He's a handsome guy according to the author but not someone she'd be serious about.


text:
I went through and fixed all the grammatical errors i could find so hopefully it sounds/looks better.

Christian Owens was a junior at Norm High School. It was February 13, 2006 and the school day was a quarter way through. For Chris’ first three classes he was absent, as well as his two best friends whose names I simply do not know. They weren’t absent due to a doctor’s appointment or a wedding or something like that; they just simply didn’t show up. That wasn’t out of the ordinary for them or for any student really. This day wasn’t like any other day though. Something was extremely different from any other day. I couldn’t tell you exactly why this day was unlike any other day. Maybe it was the fact that out of the entire 147 students in my class, the three boys were the only ones absent, or maybe it was the fact that the boys would actually return to school. I don’t know what it was but I could easily tell that this day was not like any other one, especially as the day progressed. It would actually turn out that this would be the most memorable day of my life.

Unlike any other day that he missed, Chris and his three friends did return to school. He was out of our standardized dress code, which much like missing school, was not out of the ordinary, but it wasn’t that he was just missing a belt, or had his shirt untucked, he was wearing cut-off camouflage shorts with a “Led Zeppelin” shirt on. Over the shirt he had baggy hoody (this was EXTREMELY out of dress code). On top of his head laid a black ski-mask which was very strange, But the MOST out of the ordinary thing was what he was holding. What Christian Sorely Owens was holding that day would end up changing everyone’s life. Grasped tightly in his hands was an Avtomat Kalashnikova, which most people know as an AK-47. As you probably guessed, firearms are not part of our school’s dress code.

Accompanying Chris was his two unnamed friends. For the sake of the story, i will call them Dave and Steve. And accompanying Dave and Steve was a Mac-10 and a Baretta 92. The friends were both carrying five gallons of gasoline, which could only end worse.

You’re probably wondering how on Earth they just waltzed right pass the front office and check in center without anybody stopping them, but if you saw how laid-back everyone was you would understand. For example the attendance check in woman was always in “conference calls” that would talk about the bar a lot and different beverages that were consumed. I have no clue what went on at the school that involved those things but i just assumed it was more funding for the athletic department. That’s beside the point.

Anyways, so Chris and his two buddies were lackadaisically strolling through the school as if everything was completely normal, but Dave and Steve were pouring their gas in streams as they walked through the halls. Chris was staring in the direction straight in front of him with an expression that is hard to describe. It wasn’t angry, or sad, or happy. It was calm, relaxed. It was… heart-warming. As they strolled along the only noise that could be heard was Chris’ humming the tune Karma Police, by Radiohead.

Our school was very small so it didn’t take long to cover every hall with a line of gas that ran in front of every door. as they reached the end of the last hall, Chris pulled out a cigar and a match. He started to sing as they all pulled down their masks, “….This is what you get, when you meessss with usssss” and lit his cigar then threw the match behind him and the streams ignited almost instantly. In seconds, all the halls were engulfed in flames and the fire alarms were sounding while the sprinklers went off.

Students and faculty were screaming as they ran through the fires to try and escape. Everyone was frantic and nobody seemed to know what to do. As the gasoline started to burn out and the sprinklers stopped the fire, the halls began to clear. As soon as Chris, Dave and Steve could slightly see, they all rose their guns and began to fire relentlessly at anything that moved. Unless the person was on fire, then they saved their ammunition. They began retracing their steps and shooting at anyone they saw. Of course people escaped, killing everyone was not the plan. Just… Killing. As the boys reached the entrance of the school, Chris smirked and said thank you guys, I’m glad I have true friends that could help. Then he raised his gun and killed both Steve and Dave.

At this point sirens and vehicles could be heard right outside the school. Chris pulled off his mask and started towards the door, but before he walked out he looked through the window of the door to his left. He saw a boy just standing there, frozen, facing away from Chris. Chris approached the boy slowly calling to him, “Hey! Kid! What the f*ck are you doing?” As he got closer he could hear the boy crying. He looked in front of the boy and could see a burned corpse lying motionless on the ground. The corpse was an older woman and quickly Chris realized that this was his mom, or aunt, or someone close to him. “Sorry.” Chris whispered as he raised his gun to the back of the kids head. He reluctantly squeezed the trigger only for nothing to exit the barrel. Chris had run out of bullets.

Chris threw down the gun and darted through the door. As he exited the building he did something that I, the boy who was staring at my dead mother in that dark room, would never forget. Chris smiled and yelled, “F*ck you! F*ck all of you!” just then a loud bang was heard and Chris fell to the cold concrete.

There, in the doorway to the school, was me. In my hand was the Baretta 92. I didn’t want to do it. I didn’t think I could do it. But something overcame me that day and I don’t exactly know what it was. But all in all it was me, soaking wet with a pistol shaking in my hand, I was speechless.

Right then in there it hit me. I had just killed a man. I zoned out and began to think of everything that had happened. I began to think of my mom, and how I would never get to see her again. How much she meant to me. I began to cry even more, and started to scream. The S.W.A.T. started to move in closer to me to help. I couldn’t take it anymore. It wasn’t fair. How come I lost my mom? I can’t live without her. Just then I heard a voice. “It will be okay kid.” One of the S.W.A.T. members said. I snapped, “NO IT WON’T! IT WON’T BE OKAY! SHE’S DEAD! I NEED HER! F*CK YOU! F*CK ALL OF YOU! I raised the gun to my head and pulled the trigger, but all I heard was a tiny click. I kept trying. Nothing came out. “NOOOO! KILL ME. I HATE YOU. I HATE ME. KILL ME!” The S.W.A.T. quickly came in and grabbed me and removed the gun from my hand. I fought back but everything began to get blurry and I started to lose conscience.

Almost instantly I woke up to the ending of an awful movie we were watching in English class. Although it was just a dream. I could still feel the cold firearm send chills down my spine and I still heard sirens and crying. How could a dream feel so real.

title: Trying to start writing. Tell me what you think please. The Dream [1200 words]

question: Summarize what initially made February 13 feel unlike any other day for the narrator.

answer: The narrator noted that February 13 felt different from any other day because the only people absent in his class were Chris, Steve, and Dave. What made that even stranger is that they returned to school later on, but weren't adhering to the dress code. Chris was wearing a ski mask and carrying an AK-47. Steve and Dave were carrying weapons and gasoline. All of this clued the narrator in that something was very off that day.

question: What does the story say about the relationship between Chris, Steve, and Dave?

answer: Steve and Dave are described as Chris's best friends. This is highlighted by the fact that Steve and Dave accompany Chris in terrorizing their school. They act as Chris's assistance. Chris thanks his friends for their help, but then shoots and kills them. This shows that the relationship Chris had with them wasn't that meaningful to him.

question: Summarize the chaos after the hallways were lit on fire.

answer: Chris, Steve, and Dave start shooting at anything that moved in the hallway once the fire dissipated. Chris ends up killing Steve and Dave after thanking them for their help. Chris tries to kill the narrator, who is in shock over his mother having been burned to death, but realizes he ran out of bullets. Chris runs away, and the narrator shoots and kills him with either Steve or Dave's gun. The grieving narrator tries to kill himself, but his gun is out of bullets and the S.W.A.T. team intervenes.

question: What does the story say about the narrator's friends?


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[]NEW ANGLICAN STUDIES PROGRAM AT NORTHERN SEMINARY

_Lead the Church, Engage the World with an Anglican Ethos_

Northern Seminary’s new Anglican Studies Program (with certificate and degree options) begins Spring 2018, through a partnership with The Telos Collective, an initiative of The Anglican Church in North America (ACNA). The Anglican Studies Program is designed to serve the academic and formational requirements of students preparing for Anglican ministry, lay and especially ordained.

In this program, students will engage the Anglican history, theology and practice that offers pastors, church planters and lay ministers a huge treasure chest of tools for contemporary evangelism and spiritual formation. The program provides a practical foundation for ministry with an Anglican ethos.

The Anglican Studies Program is led by the Rt. Rev. Dr. Todd Hunter, Bishop of the Diocese of Churches for the Sake of Others, a diocese of the Anglican Church in North America. A popular author, speaker and adjunct professor, Hunter is also founder of The Telos Collective, a task force to equip Anglicans to engage culture with the gospel. Courses will be taught by a group of distinguished professors, including Bishop Hunter and the Rev. Dr. Jack Gabig of Trinity School for Ministry.

Northern Seminary will kick off its Anglican Studies Program with a conference for missional Anglicans interested in engaging culture, held on Northern’s campus May 17-19, 2018. Hosted by the Telos Collective, the conference will present hands-on learning opportunities with several faculty members. Attendees will have the chance to earn three credits toward an Anglican Studies Certificate, Master’s degree, or Doctor of Ministry degree.

Other Anglican Studies courses include: Anglican Theology & Ecclesiology, Anglican History and Spirituality, Anglican Pastoral Leadership: Parish & Priest, and Anglican Mission.

OPEN TO STUDENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY

Northern’s classes are delivered to students across the country via our state-of-the-art interactive live-streaming technology called “Northern Live.”

With Northern’s smart classroom technology, you can interact with the professors and other students no matter where you live. Now you can earn a certificate or degree in Anglican Studies without leaving your community and ministry context.

CLASSES

CERTIFICATE (FOR MASTER’S CREDIT OR NOT-FOR-CREDIT)

-   Anglican Theology & Ecclesiology
-   Anglican History & Spirituality
-   Anglican Pastoral Leadership: Parish & Priest
-   Anglican Mission

MA WITH SPECIALIZATION IN ANGLICAN STUDIES
Students will take our Christian Heritage core of OT, NT, Theology, Culture, and Church History (27 quarter hours), and the remainder of the degree would be the following Anglican Studies courses (27 quarter hours):

-   Anglican Theology & Ecclesiology
-   Anglican History & Spirituality
-   Anglican Pastoral Leadership: Parish & Priest
-   Anglican Mission
-   Telos Collective Conference (e.g., Engaging Culture)
-   Telos Collective Conference (e.g., Missional Leadership)
-   Telos Collective Conference (e.g., God’s Empowering Presence)
-   Thesis

DMIN WITH SPECIALIZATION IN ANGLICAN STUDIES
Students will take Northern’s three core DMin classes (Becoming Doctors of the Church, Biblical and Theological Method, and Thesis Design), along with four courses in Anglican Studies.

-   Anglican Theology & Ecclesiology
-   Anglican History & Spirituality
-   Anglican Pastoral Leadership: Parish & Priest
-   Anglican Mission

TUITION
The Anglican Studies program offers a unique pricing structure designed for Anglican leaders and practitioners. The cost of the program is substantially lower than most seminary degrees and is paid as monthly installments over the course of your program. In addition, Master’s students who apply for Northern financial aid may qualify for up to a 20% scholarship.

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  Certificate                        $3,000 ($250 per credit)
  Certificate with Master’s Credit   $6,072 ($506 per credit)
  Master of Arts                     $25,000 *scholarships available up to 20%
  Master of Arts via Northern Live   $27,000 *scholarships available up to 20%
  Doctor of Ministry                 $19,900
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FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO GET STARTED:

Contact the Admissions Office
How to Apply
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_Northern is ready to work with you to make the pursuit of theological education a present reality!_

question: What is the duration of the Anglican studies program?

answer: The answer depends on which course of study is taken.

question: Do students have to be on campus for the new Anglican studies programs?

answer: No.

question: How much does a certificate with master's credit cost?

answer: $6,072

question: What degree options are available through the new Anglican studies program?

answer: Certificate (for Master's credit or not-for-credit), MA,  and DMin.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: This text advertises the Anglican Studies Program at Northern Seminary. It includes details about the goals of the program, its leadership, its certificate and degree offerings, associated costs, and how to apply.


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NAVRAJ “NAV” SINGH GORAYA (, born November 3, 1989), known by his stage name NAV (stylized as NAV or ΠΔV), is a Canadian rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer managed by SAL&CO.[1] Nav began his career as a producer, eventually co-producing fellow Canadian rapper Drake's single “Back to Back” in 2015, and gained mainstream attention in 2016 when his song “Myself” went viral. Nav is signed to XO and Republic Records, managed by Wassim "Sal" Slaiby and Amir “Cash” Esmailian.

Nav released his self-titled debut mixtape, as well as his collaborative mixtape, _Perfect Timing_, with American record producer Metro Boomin, in 2017. Nav released his debut studio album, _Reckless_, in 2018. He then released his second studio album, _Bad Habits_ (2019), which debuted at number one on the US _Billboard_ 200. In 2020, Nav released his highest-charting song as a lead artist, “Turks”, with Gunna, featuring Travis Scott, which debuted and peaked at number 17 on the _Billboard_ Hot 100. It serves as the lead single to his third studio album, _Good Intentions_ (2020), which was released later and then became his second number-one album on the US _Billboard_ 200. Soon, he released its deluxe edition titled _Brown Boy 2_ (2020), which is also a sequel of his unofficial EP titled _Brown Boy_ (2019), which Cash published on Audiomack a week before _Bad Habits_. He then earned his highest-charting song in total from his feature alongside American rapper and singer Don Toliver on record label Internet Money and Gunna's single “Lemonade”, which eventually peaked at number 6 on the Hot 100. He released the commercial mixtape, _Emergency Tsunami_ (2020).

Early life

Navraj Singh Goraya was born on November 3, 1989 in Toronto, Canada, and was raised in Rexdale. He and his family practice the religion of Sikhism. His family is from the northern state of Punjab in India. His mother was involved in computer manufacturing and his father operated a forklift.[2] Goraya first became interested in music after his mother bought him a boombox in the third grade.[3] His uncle was also a popular singer in Punjab and brought him to a studio.[4] He began making mash-ups in high school and producing beats for local underground Toronto artists, and became popular on SoundCloud. Goraya first started producing using Sony's ACID Pro software.[5] He attended Thistletown Collegiate Institute for his high school education and had to spend an additional year to graduate. Following high school, he attended and graduated from Metalworks Institute in 2010 with a diploma in Audio Production and Engineering.[6]

Career

2015-2018: Commercial debut, _Nav_, _Perfect Timing_, and _Reckless_

In July 2015, Nav co-produced fellow Canadian rapper Drake's single “Back to Back”. In 2016, his song “The Man” was played on Drake's OVO Sound Radio.[7][8] On September 4, 2015, Nav released one of his earliest songs to his SoundCloud account, “Take Me Simple”, which has accumulated over ten million listens. On January 12, 2016, he released the song “Myself”, on SoundCloud, which quickly became his biggest song at the time, earning him numerous cosigns, including from American model and internet personality Kylie Jenner. Following these songs, Nav was signed to XO and Republic Records, after being called by his now-manager Amir "Cash Esmailian.

On September 2, 2016, Nav was featured on American rapper and singer Travis Scott's song “Beibs in the Trap”, as part of the latter's second studio album, _Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight_. Nav had co-wrote, solely produced, and also appeared in the music video for the song. It peaked at number 90 on the US _Billboard_ Hot 100,[9] and by July 2017, had been certified 2x platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) after selling over two million copies .[10]

On February 15, 2017, Nav released the single “Some Way”, featuring fellow Canadian singer and label boss The Weeknd, which would be the lead single from his debut self-titled mixtape. It was released nine days later, on February 24, and also included “Myself”.

On July 14, 2017, Nav and American record producer Metro Boomin released two singles, “Perfect Timing (Intro)” and “Call Me”, which serves as the dual lead singles to their collaborative mixtape, _Perfect Timing_. The mixtape was released exactly a week later on July 21, 2017, which featured the likes of Lil Uzi Vert, Playboi Carti, Offset, 21 Savage, Belly, and Gucci Mane.[11]

In February 2018, Nav received a Juno Award nomination for Breakthrough Artist of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2018.[12] On April 24, 2018 during his “Freshman Tour”, Nav announced at his Los Angeles concert that he was working on a project that would soon be released a month later known as _Reckless_ and that him and Metro Boomin would be teaming up once again to make a sequel to _Perfect Timing_, which would be known as _Perfect Timing 2_. On May 18, 2018, Nav released his debut studio album _Reckless_ through XO Records and Republic Records. It features guest appearances from Quavo, Travis Scott, Lil Uzi Vert, and Gunna. The project featured the song, “Wanted You” featuring Lil Uzi Vert, which became Nav's first single as a leading artist to chart on the _Billboard_ Hot 100, peaking at number 64. On November 2, 2018, Nav released his final single of the year, titled “Know Me”.

2019-present : _Bad Habits_, _Good Intentions_, and _Emergency Tsunami_

Nav received two Juno Award nominations for Fan Choice and Rap Recording of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2019. On March 22, 2019, Nav released his second studio album _Bad Habits_ on XO Records and Republic Records. The album features guest appearances from Meek Mill, Young Thug, The Weeknd, Gunna, and Lil Durk. The lead single is “Know Me”, which was released back in 2018.[13] _Bad Habits_ debuted number one on the US Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart.[14][15] A few days later on March 26, 2019, Nav released the deluxe edition of _Bad Habits_, featured additional guest appearances from Future and 88Glam, and all the songs from _Brown Boy_.[16] The highly-anticipated track “Habits” was supposed to feature Lil Uzi Vert and appear on the standard edition, but Uzi's label refused to clear the sample, which ended up in Nav recording Uzi's verse himself, and then releasing it on the deluxe edition.[17] According to Nav, he recorded Lil Uzi Vert's verse himself and put it on the song.

On March 27, 2020, Nav and Gunna released the heavily-anticipated collaborative single, “Turks”, featuring Travis Scott.[18][19], which was the lead single for Nav's third studio album, _Good Intentions_. It is Nav's highest-charting song as a lead artist. The album was released on May 8, 2020 and debuted at number one on the US _Billboard_ 200. It features guest appearances from Young Thug, Future, Gunna, Travis Scott, Lil Uzi Vert, late rapper Pop Smoke, Don Toliver, and Lil Durk. Three days later, in May 11, 2020, he released its deluxe edition as a commercial mixtape titled _Brown Boy 2_, which also serves as a sequel to his unofficial EP, _Brown Boy_, which his manager Cash, released exclusively on Audiomack. It features additional guest appearances from Quavo and Lil Duke.[20]. Soon after the release of _Good Intentions_ and _Brown Boy 2_, Nav released a merchandise collaboration with Vlone and Virgil Abloh related to the album.[21]

On August 14, 2020, Nav was featured alongside Don Toliver on the highly-anticipated single “Lemonade” by record label Internet Money and Gunna. The song serves as the lead single to the label's debut studio album, _B4 the Storm_. It earned Nav his highest-charting song in total, eventually peaking at number 7 on the Hot 100.

On November 6, 2020, Nav released the commercial mixtape _Emergency Tsunami_, after teasing for a month. It is mainly produced by American record producer Wheezy, along with side help from other fellow producers. It features guest appearances from Gunna, Young Thug, Lil Baby, Lil Keed, and SahBabii. The mixtape was re-released five days later on November 11, with an additional guest appearance from Future.

Controversies

In June 2017, Nav had received backlash from some members of his musical audience for continuously using the word “nigga” in his songs such as on “My Mind”, “TTD”, and other songs.[22] In an interview with Genius, Nav stated that the neighborhood he grew up in of Rexdale is very “multicultural” with members of the “Chinese to white to black to Jamaican” openly using the term with one another. He stated that it was commonly used among his friends, but once he had gotten global exposure, Nav said he started seeing some backlash. In this interview, Nav had stated that he would no longer use this term in his music anymore, and that people would not hear it on his then-upcoming collaboration project with Metro Boomin, _Perfect Timing_.[23]

In March 2018, Nav had publicly criticized _XXL_ through a series of tweets and Instagram posts along with releasing the single, “Freshman List”.[24] His main reason for criticizing the magazine was due to not being selected for the 2018 freshman cover. In his tweets, Nav shared his thoughts that had ranged “from angry and bitter to motivational and inspirational”. After his tweets and release of the single, Nav decided to step it up a notch by sending shots at the outlet's editor-in-chief Vanessa Satten through now deleted Instagram posts and further continued to diss the outlet.[25]

In August 2018, Nav featured on Travis Scott's third studio album, _Astroworld_, on the song “Yosemite” alongside fellow rapper Gunna. He was the subject of many memes mocking his feature, as the ending of the song, which Nav's four vocal lines were recorded, was initially mixed at a very low volume. Nav himself shared a meme on his Instagram, laughing at the error. Scott and producer Mike Dean later confirmed this was an error, and re-mixed and re-released the track on streaming services with the updated vocal mix a week after the release of the song and album.

In March 2019 during an interview with Pitchfork, Nav expressed his frustration stating that “Fame is something I want, it's a good problem to have. I'm still not there, because when I walk out of fucking Delilah in L.A. and TMZ will be standing out there with cameras and not even take a picture of me, I get sick. I get in my fucking Lambo truck right in front of them. All my jewellery on and they don't even take one picture.”[26] However, he later clarified that this was taken out of context, as “sick” is in fact a positive term in Toronto slang, and rather than being disgusted for not being recognized, he is grateful to still have anonymity as a celebrity.[27] Nav further stated in the _Pitchfork_ interview that he hoped his latest project, _Bad Habits_ would help him become more noticed by TMZ along with other paparazzi. A week later, TMZ found Nav in New York and did a brief video interview with him, asking him questions about a possible collaboration project with Lil Uzi Vert.[28]

Discography

STUDIO ALBUMS

-   _Reckless_ (2018)
-   _Bad Habits_ (2019)
-   _Good Intentions_ (2020)

MIXTAPES

-   _Nav_ (2017)
-   _Perfect Timing_  (2017)
-   _Brown Boy 2_ (2020)
-   _Emergency Tsunami_ (2020)

Awards and nominations

  Year                        Awards         Category                          Nominee / work   Result
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  2018                        Juno Award     Breakthrough Artist of the Year   Nav
  2019                        Juno Award     Fan Choice                        Nav
  Rap Recording of the Year   _Reckless_
  2020                        Juno Award     Fan Choice                        Nav
  Album of the Year           _Bad Habits_
  Rap Recording of the Year   _Bad Habits_

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title: Nav (rapper)

question: What is Nav's full name?

answer: Navraj Singh Goraya.

question: What is Nav's nationality?

answer: Canadian, from Indian (Punjabi) parents.

question: What was the title of Nav's debut mixtape?

answer: It was self-titled, so 'Nav'.

question: List Nav's studio albums.

answer: Reckless, Bad Habits, Good Intentions.

question: Summarize everything relating to Nav's post-high school education.

answer: He earned a Diploma in Audio Production and Engineering from Metalworks Institute in 2010.

question: What was Nav's highest-charting song?

answer: Lemonade.

question: Name 3 musicians Nav has worked with.

answer: Drake, The Weeknd, Travis Scott.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: Navraj 'Nav' Singh Goraya is a Canadian musician and music producer with a Diploma in Audio Production and Engineering from Metalworks Institute and three studio albums to date. He was worked with musicians such as Drake, The Weeknd, Travis Scott.


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(I never wrote anything before, just putting this out here)

With just two breathes of air, I was born. I swam up into the air flying upwards towards the crystal blue sky. I heard laughter as I soared upwards, followed by the smell of pollen in the air. I looked down to see a blond haired toddler giggling at me while she blew more of my brothers and sisters. The air outside felt cool, refreshing, while the air inside me was hot and expanding.
	What a dazzling view, I thought to myself. I see massive trees giving shade to those below. The bees running from vibrant flower towards their hives. Laugher, music, cars, and the wind. The wind is the most pleasant. I notice it takes me where it wishes me to go. The wind is my companion. I can go all over with the wind, the wind is my ride, the wind is my key to life, the wind is my road.
	"All roads come to an end", said a unsettling voice.
I was startled, who else was here with me? "Who's there?"
"Why, I am your companion. I am your road. I am the wind."
"The wind? What do you mean?"
"All roads come to an end, and so will I."
"But that means my life would be over. I would lose everything I have seen. I am free this way."
"You are free but everything comes to an end."
"Everything I would have seen would be worthless, making me worthless. Why?"
"Everything ends just like new things begin."
"I don't want to go, I haven't seen the world yet. Please. I am desperate"
"Don't you realize how great your life has been?"
"How so? Its going to end."
"Don't be mad at its ending. Smile because it happened."
And with that, I looked upon myself, everything I've seen. I've seen the laughter of children, the blinding yellow sun, the pristine blue sky. I've smelled the honey of bees and heard the beauty of music. It was a joyous time, although a short one. It was worth something and so was I.

title: The bubble and the wind.

question: How was the narrator able to speak as a newborn?

answer: That information is not known.

question: Who was the narrator speaking with?

answer: It is not stated.

question: What's the relationship between the narrator and the other person he/she was speaking with?

answer: That information is not known.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: Within the few moments the narrator was born, he or she appreciated life. It is not certain how the narrator was born and why it seemed his/her life was about to end shortly after just seeing the world.


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BRUCE MAN-SON-HING (born April 13, 1964) is a former professional tennis player from the United States.

Early life and college

Man-Son-Hing, who is of Chinese descent, was born in Grenada on April 13, 1964. His family emigrated to Los Angeles when he was nine years old. He attended Glendale High School and went to college at UC Irvine.[1]

Professional career

After four years at UC Irvine, Man-Son-Hing joined the professional circuit.[2]

He competed in the men's doubles at all four Grand Slam events in 1989, partnering with John Letts.[3] They made the second round of the Australian Open and Wimbledon Championships.[4] He also appeared in the mixed doubles draw at the French Open (with Camille Benjamin) and Wimbledon (with Cynthia MacGregor) but was unable to progress past the first round at either.[5]

Man-Son-Hing and Letts were doubles runners-up at two Grand Prix tournaments in 1989, the Benson and Hedges Open and Seoul Open.

Personal

Man-Son-Hing has two children, both whom play tennis. His daughter, Sabrina, played for Cal State Northridge and his son, Bruce Jr. currently plays for UC Irvine.

Grand Prix career finals

Doubles: 2 (0–2)

+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
| Result | No.    | Date   | Tourna | Surfac | Partne | Oppone | Score  |
|        |        |        | ment   | e      | r      | nts    |        |
+========+========+========+========+========+========+========+========+
| Loss   | 1.     | Jan    | Auckla | Hard   | John   | Steve  | 6–7,   |
|        |        | 1989   | nd,    |        | Letts  | Guy    | 6–7    |
|        |        |        | New    |        |        |  Shuzo |        |
|        |        |        | Zealan |        |        | Matsuo |        |
|        |        |        | d      |        |        | ka     |        |
+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
| Loss   | 2.     | Apr    | Seoul, | Hard   | John   | Scott  | 2–6,   |
|        |        | 1989   | South  |        | Letts  | Davis  | 4–6    |
|        |        |        | Korea  |        |        |  Paul  |        |
|        |        |        |        |        |        | Wekesa |        |
+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+

Challenger titles

Doubles: (3)

+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
| No.     | Year    | Tournam | Surface | Partner | Opponen | Score   |
|         |         | ent     |         |         | ts      |         |
+=========+=========+=========+=========+=========+=========+=========+
| 1.      | 1988    | Coquitl | Hard    | Joe De  | Julian  | 7–6,    |
|         |         | am,     |         | Foor    | Barham  | 7–6     |
|         |         | Canada  |         |         |  Peter  |         |
|         |         |         |         |         | Wright  |         |
+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
| 2.      | 1988    | Brest,  | Hard    | John    | Thierry | 6–3,    |
|         |         | France  |         | Letts   | Champio | 6–3     |
|         |         |         |         |         | n       |         |
|         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
|         |         |         |         |         | Françoi |         |
|         |         |         |         |         | s       |         |
|         |         |         |         |         | Errard  |         |
+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
| 3.      | 1989    | Nagoya, | Hard    | John    | Jonatha | 7–5,    |
|         |         | Japan   |         | Letts   | n       | 4–6,    |
|         |         |         |         |         | Canter  | 6–0     |
|         |         |         |         |         |  Ramesh |         |
|         |         |         |         |         | Krishna |         |
|         |         |         |         |         | n       |         |
+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+

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[2]

[3] ATP World Tour Profile

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[5] ITF Pro Circuit Profile

title: Bruce Man-Son-Hing

question: In what year did Bruce Man-Son-Hing retire from professional tennis?

answer: That information cannot be found.

question: In what way did Bruce's career influence members of his family?

answer: His two children Sabrina and Bruce Jr., took up an interest in tennis. Sabrina played for Cal State Northridge, while Bruce Jr. currently plays for UC Irvine.


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_CALADENIA COACTILIS_, commonly known as THICK FINGERS,[1] is a plant in the orchid family Orchidaceae and is endemic to South Australia. It is a ground orchid which grows singly or in loose groups and has a single hairy leaf and one or two flowers which are bright pink inside and brownish on the back.

Description

_Caladenia coactilis_ is a terrestrial, perennial, deciduous, herb with an underground tuber and which grows singly or in loose groups. It has a single, erect, densely hairy, linear to lance-shaped leaf, long and wide. One or two flowers are borne on a spike tall. The flowers are bright pink inside and brownish on the outside due to a dense covering of glands and are about in diameter. The dorsal sepal is erect, long, wide, linear to lance-shaped or egg-shaped and curves forward. The lateral sepals and petals are long, wide, lance-shaped, slightly curved, held horizontally and spread widely. The sepals and petals are glabrous on the inside and densely covered with brownish glands on their backs. The labellum is broadly egg-shaped when flattened and bright pink with many narrow, dark red lines. It has three lobes with the lateral lobes erect and surrounding the column and with three pairs of linear teeth pointing forward on their edges. The central lobe of the labellum curves forward, with between two and four rows of bright yellow calli and has a yellow tip. Flowering occurs from August to September.[2]

Taxonomy and naming

_Caladenia coactilis_ was first formally described by David L. Jones in 1991 and the description was published in _Australian Orchid Research_. The type specimen was collected in the Telowie Gorge Conservation Park.[3] The specific epithet (coactilis) is a Latin word meaning “made thick”,[4] referring to the thickness of many of the organs of this orchid.[5]

Distribution and habitat

This caladenia usually grows in open forest and is found in the southern Flinders Ranges and northern Mount Lofty Ranges.[6][7]

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title: Caladenia coactilis

question: Explain in which formations the flower grows:

answer: Either singly or in loose groups.

question: Describe the appearance of flower in detail:

answer: It has a single, erect, densely hairy, linear to lance-shaped leaf, long and wide. One or two flowers are borne on a spike tall. The flowers are bright pink inside and brownish on the outside due to a dense covering of glands and are about in diameter. The dorsal sepal is erect, long, wide, linear to lance-shaped or egg-shaped and curves forward. The lateral sepals and petals are long, wide, lance-shaped, slightly curved, held horizontally and spread widely. The sepals and petals are glabrous on the inside and densely covered with brownish glands on their backs. The labellum is broadly egg-shaped when flattened and bright pink with many narrow, dark red lines. It has three lobes with the lateral lobes erect and surrounding the column and with three pairs of linear teeth pointing forward on their edges. The central lobe of the labellum curves forward, with between two and four rows of bright yellow calli and has a yellow tip.

question: What is the English translation of the flower's name:

answer: "made thick"

question: Is the flowering season long?

answer: It only lasts from August through September

question: Who discovered this flower?

answer: There insufficient information available to answer the question, but David L. Jones was first to describe it.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: This article introduces Caladenia coactilis, a flower native to Australia. It described its appearance, growing patterns, and taxonomy.


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ZHANGGUYING VILLAGE ()[1] is an ancient village. Located in _Zhangguying Town_, Yueyang County, Hunan Province, the village is named after the forefather _Zhang Guying_. it is famous for its _ancient building complex_ () in the Ming and Qing dynasties. As vernacular residence in scale in the South Central China, the ancient building complex is the best preserved in China; Constructed broadly in scale and decorated splendidly, it covers more than with 1,732 rooms,[2] the complex has been placed on the list of Major Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the National Level on June 25, 2001.[3] The village was also included on the first batch list of National Famous Historical and Cultural Villages on October 8, 2003;[4] and became one of AAAA-rated tourist attractions on December 18, 2014.[5][6]

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[2] yueyang.gov (July 8, 2015): About the ancient building complex of Zhangguying Village (Chinese / 中文)

[3] placed on the list of Major Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the National Level according to gov.cn (June 25, 2001)

[4] included on the first batch list of National Famous Historical and Cultural Villages, according to mohurd.gov (October 8, 2003)

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title: Zhangguying Village

question: Where is the village?

answer: Zhangguying Town, Yueyang County, Hunan Province

question: Who is the village named after?

answer: Zhang Guying, its forefather

question: What list was the building complex placed on in 2001?

answer: The List of Major Historical and Cultural Sites Protected at the National Level

question: How many rooms does the complex contain?

answer: 1,732

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: Zhangguying Village is an ancient village located in Zhangguying Town, Yueyand County, Hunan Province, China. It is named after its forefather, Zhang Guying. It is famous for its ancient building complex from the Ming and Qing dynasties, which spans 1,732 rooms.


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A rugby hooker is a specialist 'forward' position, playing a vital role in scrums and lineouts. Strong build and tough? This may be your position.

Hookers

You are one of the eight forwards in a team.

3 of these are the 'front row' forwards in the scrum

one of those is the hooker

with a prop on either side.

At lineouts hookers throw in the ball, like this

[Rugby hooker throws in to a linout] Rugby hooker throws in to a lineout

The opposing hooker defends the space between the touchline and the front of the lineout.

Hookers can be many shapes and sizes, but tend to be smaller versions of props, powerfully built, medium to tall.

-   muscular is good
-   toughness is good
-   strength is good

It's also good if you have a short and/or powerful neck. It reduces possibilty of being injured when you take part in scrums.

Lower body is important. Flexibility, agility, co-ordination are required to get into position in the scrum to strike at and win the ball

In scrums

There are numerous scrums in a game of rugby. You will be right in the middle of every one of them.

The props are there to support you and enable you to do your work.

The opposing front rows create a tunnel into which the scrum-half rolls the ball.

You, the hooker, immediatly strike for the ball using feet only!

The side putting in the ball always gets 'the loose head' as well. This means the ball is put in at the left where the loose head prop is.

The result is that when the ball is put in the tunnel the hooker of the non-offending team is nearer the ball than the other hooker and so usually gets the ball.

The hooker 'hooks' the ball backwards, it travels through the scrum and emerges at the back.

In lineouts

Hookers don't stand in the lineout, they stand behind the touch-line and throw the ball in to the other players.

Line-outs are frequent in rugby so you must get a good share of possession, especially from your own throw.

The hooker of the non-offending team (the offending team put the ball into touch) throws the ball. They throw it along an imaginary line between the two rows of the line-out to the position where the jumpers are waiting and so the throwing team gets a small advantage (knowing where it`s going)

Important for the hooker are

-   good communication with the other forwards
-   accurate throwing skills, down the line and correct height/speed
-   good observation and timing, the jumpers must be ready!

There is also a defensive role in the line-out. There is a 5-metre gap between the touch-line and the front of the line-out

The rugby hooker must ensure none of the opposition get through that gap.

In general play

Hookers vary in size in relation to the other forwards but they are forwards and need to be competitive and take pride in being tough.

Like props they carry the ball towards the opposing goal-line, often against fierce tackling, aiming to make progress and tire opponents.

Hookers must co-operate well with other forwards so skills needed are

-   mauling
-   rucking
-   these skills wear down and break opposition defences

Hookers take pride in defensive skills which allow them to use strength and endurance to repel opposition forwards.

Playing hooker is about strength, size, technique, skills, endurance and pride

Find out more about the size of hookers when you visit player sizes.

And the best rugby hookers if ever asked might agree with me and say LEARN TO SIDESTEP!

Just imagine a metre out from the line - sidestep! Over you go, TRY! You can DO IT.

question: What is a rugby hooker?

answer: A rugby hooker is a specialist "forward" position.

question: What are scrums?

answer: A method of restarting play in rugby. There are numerous in one game.

question: What is the importance of a hooker in rugby?

answer: Information can't be found.

question: Why do hookers need props?

answer: Information can't be found.

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: Hookers are 'forward' specialists in scrums. They vary in size in relation to other forwards. They need specialized skills like mauling and rucking.


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_BICHCHADE BALAM_ is an Indian film directed by Manibhai Vyas released in 1948. The film starring Meena Kumari, A.R. Ojha, Mohammed Farooqui, Mohantara Talpade, Savitri Gidwani.[1]

Meena Kumari also lent her voice for playback and sung six songs in this film.[2][3]

Soundtrack

  Track #   Song                                  Singer(s)                               Lyrics                 Composer
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  1         Haseeno Ko Dil Mein Basana Bura Hai   Meena Kumari, AR Oza, Mohammed Faruqu   Pandit Indra           Bulo C Rani
  2         Aata Hai Dil Pyaar                    Meena Kumari                            Pandit Indra Chandra   Bulo C Rani
  3         Ek Aag Lagi Dil Mein                  Meena Kumari                            Pandit Indra           Bulo C Rani
  4         Mere Piya Na Aaye Tarsaaye Re         Meena Kumari                            Pandit Indra           Bulo C Rani
  5         Bol Re Bol Mere Pyare Papihe          Meena Kumari, AR Ojha                   Pandit Indra           Bulo C Rani
  6         Hai Piya Mujhe Lalchaye Jiya          Meena Kumari,                           Pandit Indra           Bulo C Rani
  7         Suhagan Kahe Ko Tu Aansu Bahaye       Mohammed Farooqui                       Pandit Indra           Bulo C Rani
  8         Akeli Akeli Chhod Gayo Re             Mohantara Talpade                       Pandit Indra           Bulo C Rani
  9         Mera Kya Bigadega Nath                Mohantara Talpade                       Pandit Indra           Bulo C Rani
  10        Mujhse Aankhe Na Churao               Savitri Gidwani                         Pandit Indra           Bulo C Rani
  11        Rang De Rangrej Chunariya             Mohantara Talpade                       Pandit Indra           Bulo C Rani

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title: Bichchade Balam

question: What is Bichchade Balam?

answer: It is an Indian film released in 1948

question: Who directed Bichchade Balam?

answer: It was directed by Manibhai Vyas.

question: How many tracks were featured in the film?

answer: 11

question: Name a singer from the film.

answer: Meena Kumari

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: This article discusses the movie Bichchade Balam, which is an Indian film directed by Manibhai Vyas released in 1948. Those who participated in the film and the track numbers are mentioned.


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With a loud gasp, Charlie woke up from his slumber. His breaths were slow, and became calmer as the seconds past. With the nightmare over, it took him not long to gain his bearings. He was in his bed, not in the giant quicksand he saw in his dream. The window beside them was open, and a calm breeze came through. Beside Charlie was Sasha, fast asleep. He could not miss the drool by the side of her lips. It made him smile for the while. She was really beautiful and innocent at the moment, and it took Charlie’s breath away. Still feeling out of place from the dream, Charlie got from his bed, and walked to the bathroom.

With the door shut, Charlie gazed closely at his reflection. He felt repulsive. From his face, to his bare chest, to his boxers. He sighed softly to himself, and shook his head. Christ….

When Sasha woke up from a sudden noise, she saw Charlie all dressed as if he was going out. Although tired, Charlie could see her confusion. “Where you goin Charlie? Its late babe.” Charlie hesitated for a moment, then spoke out softly. “I’m gonna go for a walk. Clear my head. Would you like to join me?” Charlie hoped she’d say no, but he felt right to ask. Sasha mumbled and rested back in her comfy position. “No way. Nuh uh. Don’t be long kay?” Charlie smiled as he turned to make way down the stairs, but he heard Sasha call out to him. Charlie turned and saw her smiling in her bed. “Love you.” She said quietly. Charlie was silent, then smiled back his response.

The moonlight lit the streets well enough to entertain Charlie on his walk to nowhere. With lots of thoughts on his mind, he had no idea how to keep his sanity. He wished the wind blowing in his face would wash all his sorrows away, or the night sky swallow him whole. He saw a cat walk past a garbage can, a ribbon blow across the street, and a motorbike being parked by a house. There was so much to see now, but so little to take in. He was now beginning to wish he had brought his mp3 player with him. Before Charlie could process another thought he heard someone call his name.

“Charlie bro!”

Charlie turned and saw his friend Brophy coming towards him. Beside him was an asian girl. Charlie knew her, for he saw them together a couple of times already. It was enough to get him on edge. Charlie waved back and continued walking. He didn’t know what was going on behind him now.

A half hour later, Charlie was passing through some bushes that led him to a Cliffside. The moon was clear above him now, and the wind was forever stronger. It was perfect. Suicide Rock was its name, inspired from the many attempts and depressing thoughts Charlie had in the past. The last time he came here was when he was with….

“Bruh!”

Charlie turned and saw Brophy again. This time he was alone. “Where’s the broad?” Charlie asked in a sour tone.  Brophy punched Charlie lightly on the shoulder. “Hey, the broad has a name, and she went home. We were just doing a midnight walk.” Charlie nodded to himself and sat down on the hard ground. Brophy sat beside him taking out a beer for the each of them. Charlie was about to question Brophy for it, but Brophy didn’t want any of it.

The two friends sat together getting buzzed, and talked of life. It had been a while since Charlie and Brophy had been together, so they had a lot to share. Well, Brophy did anyways. “Charlie, seriously  bro you’ve been acting anti-social again. Depression on your tail again? We can take him!” Charlie shook his head, and put the bottle aside. Slowly but surely, without any warning, a tear fell his cheek. Brophy didn’t miss it, and deep down he became all the more curious. It was weird. One moment he was out of bed with the love of his life, and the next thing he knew he was outside about to cry. Brophy rested his arm on Charlie’s shoulder. “Life blues huh?” Charlie brushed his friends arm aside and drank another gulp. “I hate my life. I hate all these people around me, I hate worrying every day, and I hate…..I hate trying to trust people. I hate…..I hate being me….” Brophy laughed, but it didn’t bother Charlie. The booze was getting to him. “Charlie, you and me are soooooo much a like. I tell you this so many times. Bruh, we’re in this together right? I mean come on, we have our moments but we got to look on the brightside. We have Nujabes, we have music, we have sweet hunnies to inspire, and…..lots of other stuff. I know life is confusing, trust me mate, but we’re all not that bad as people. It’s just the crazy lot.” Charlie wiped a tear from his face and was quiet. He heard a faint rumble of thunder in the distance and figured a storm was coming. It excited him. “We just need to change somehow, bruh. If only it was that simple right?” Charlie nodded. “If only it was that simple Brohpy…..”

When the time was right to depart, Brophy and Charlie got up and took their bottles with them. Charlie took one last glimpse at the moon, and smiled to himself. If only my purpose was so simple and clear. He stood there for a moment hoping the moon or something or someone would reply, but nothing came his way. All he could think of now past the depressing struggles he had his head, was how Sasha looked in her bed fast asleep and how she was someone he could share his mind with. Someone that beautiful.

Charlie and Brophy waved their goodbyes, and Charlie headed home. To his beautiful love, or his fated oblivion. Another story for another time.

title: A Downcast Moment

question: Why did Charlie awake wih a loud gasp?

answer: Because he'd had a nightmare in which he was sinking in quicksand.

question: What would have happened if Brophy hadn't shown up?

answer: Charlie might have attempted to commit suicide.

question: How would one describe the tone of the ending?

answer: Ambiguous--it is left hanging whether Charlie will overcome his depression or succumb to it someday.