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#i started to lose mojo very fast while doing this but I wanted to finish today so I did. i hope it’s not too obvious
bambeebirdie · 10 months
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This is for @bluepeachstudios ‘s Ghost in a Shell. It’s really good you should read it.
I looked at exactly one picture of Jupiter Jim and went “yeah this should be enough to draw him.” I will not be answering if it actually was
Have some bonus content under the cut!
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(I love any character who can say “I don’t want to go back to prison” it’s like the funniest thing to me)
#i don’t know what compelled me to hand write that text. it’s not very good#we just don’t do things the easy way here. that’s why I render with an app on my phone. i don’t believe in simplicity#i had a plan for a lot more full body shots but then I couldn’t find any good lair references so I decided to screw it#I’ve never drawn rise characters before. this is my first time drawing them and expressions wow#I’m not very good at style copying and my default is so much rounder than rise is so that was just a woof#i should say all text in these shit posts aren’t canon at all. you can figure out where they likely take place yes#but they never show up in story#just a little fyi incase anyone decides to check it out#the entire inspiration for this post was just watching 2003 and going#WHAT DO YOU MEAN THEY DID THAT??#ghost causally dropping the most wild facts about his life has like endless shit post potential#yeah I went to space. stole a ship. went to jail. aided a fugitive. held a dictator at gunpoint#and folks that’s just one arc. go watch 2003#i debated making angst as it is likely more currently topical but I’m a shit poster at heart#chapter 29. how we feeling boys? I’m actually doing rather well. i think just the fact the build up is over and I’m so tired I no longer#have emtions I’m just pumped for the next chapter whoo!#i started to lose mojo very fast while doing this but I wanted to finish today so I did. i hope it’s not too obvious#yeah anyways go read ghost in a shell#go watch 2003#go read ghost in a shell#i’m gonna go to bed now#ghost in the shell#teenage mutant ninja turtles#tmnt 2003#tmnt 2018#fan fiction recommendations#fan art of a fan fic#rottmnt#rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles#teenage mutant ninja turtles 2003
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theheartchoice · 3 years
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post-15.19 coda  |  dean/cas  |  dean + sam  |  1.3k  |  ao3 
"We're all set here."
Dean hums as Sam brushes his hands together in his periphery. He didn't even realise they were so close to finishing the set up. 
"Now it's just a matter of timing." 
Timing. Cas had the worst timing. Saying something like that at a time like that, leaving Dean with more questions than answers. 
"Dean?" 
"..Huh?" 
"You okay? You spaced-out, for a minute there." 
"Yeah, I'm just—" he waves a hand around, trying and failing to capture what he's feeling. 
"Look, about Jack," Sam steps closer, voice dipping to a tone that means sympathy and support, the kind that gets a work out on a case. "I know things with you two have always been kind of complicated, and I can imagine that him not bringing Cas back has only made things harder—" 
"—Woah, Sam. No. I get it—really. He's hands off, y'know? Probably for the best. Meddling was Chuck's problem, it's how everything got so screwed up in the first place." Not that he's palming all his mistakes off on bad writing, but still. Jack not intervening is a good thing, in a way. 
"Yeah, I guess. Makes you wonder if he might not condone what we're doing here, you know?" 
Dean hums again. "But you'd think if he let anyone have one more get-out-of-jail-free card it'd be Cas. Who knows, maybe Jack's rootin' for us."
"Yeah, maybe," Sam chuckles. "Don't worry. It's gonna work."
That's sort of what Dean's worried about. 
"You seem nervous."
Maybe Sam could help. 
"You sure you're okay?" 
"I just—" how does he even phrase it? "When Cas was—I mean, before he saved me, he.. said some stuff." 
"What kind of stuff?" 
"Big stuff. Deathbed confession, type-stuff." 
"Confession? What did he—" and realisation dawns on Sam, because of-fucking-course it does. "Oh."
No use hiding it now. "Yeah, 'oh'."
"So. He finally told you." 
Wait what? "What d'you mean finally?" 
"Dean." And there's so much in just that one word. "Cas has been in love with you for.. well, I don't know how long, exactly. A while, I think. Years." 
Dean's lungs empty in a rush. "Okay, see, that's the thing: he's an Angel, Sam."
"Yeah, I kinda picked up on that."
Dean sends him a bitch face but Sam just smiles. "Tha—it's a human emotion. Angels don'—they can't feel that way." Right?
"Serafina did."
"Pretty sure she and Adam from the freakin' Garden of Eden knew each other for more than a few years. More like eons." 
"Since when does time determine love?" Sam gets a look Dean remembers from when he'd talk about the past, about Jess. Probably not something he wants to bring up right now, seeing as how Eileen's right outside. 
"Cas is my best friend, but he's literally older than the world." 
"So it's an age-thing?" 
"Wh—? No!" Dean takes a deep breath, to steady himself, steady his train of thought. "I know Cas is an Angel, okay? I mean, there's the mojo, and the not-sleeping, and he saw the first fish crawl outta the ocean—the whole nine. That's not what's botherin' me." Sam waits patiently. "I know he cares. I just don't know if.." If he feels the same way I do. "If he really feels the way he thinks he does. About me, about love, an'.." Dean swallows. "Love."
For all his tact in handling witnesses during a case (people who're at their most vulnerable), Sam fucking snickers. 
Dean glares daggers; half-hurt, half not surprised because isn't that how little brothers are supposed to act? They laugh at their sibling's relationship troubles? But Sam gets it, because his face softens. 
"Dean. Maybe Angels do feel things differently from Humans. In fact, it's pretty much guaranteed. But Cas has always been different from the rest of them. And I've been here over the years, you know. I've seen it." 
"Seen what?" 
"The way he looks at you. And I never thought it was some big secret, I mean—you saw it too! And you looked at him the same way." 
"Did not!" Sam gives him that: c'mon Dean you can't fool me here face, and he let's it go. Sam's probably not wrong. 
"What did you say? After he told you."
"I.." Nothing. He told Cas—begged him not to do it that way—but everything was happening so fast, and there was a decade's worth of doubt stopping Cas' words—those three huge words—from sinking in. Even after, as everything finally hit him and he curled up on the dungeon floor and cried his freakin' eyes out, even then, even now, he still doesn't know what he would've said if he had the moment again. "There was no time."
Sam nods. "Well, now there is. You guys can talk—"
"—What if I'm right?" Sam's brow crinkles at that. "I mean, no offence Sam, but I know him better than you do. What if.. what Cas feels, is.." he trails off, unable to get the words out. 
"..Are you worried he's not in love with you, or that he is?" 
One sounds better than the other. Both sound kinda terrifying. 
Sam sighs, and it's almost pitiful.
"I don't wanna lose him." As a friend, most of all. Because if Cas misunderstood the whole love-confession thing being for non-brotherly love then Dean won't say anything, obviously, but it'll hurt. Cas will be back but things will be different—worse actually, because that whole thing with The Empty made him confront his own feelings (or stop suppressing them, at least). Cas isn't just a friend to him, and it's not familial either. But can they go back to being 'just friends' after everything? Can Dean? 
"Dean, no matter what happens you're not going to lose him. Just look at everything the two of you have already been through."
Now there's a distracting and somewhat depressing train of thought. Apocalyptic times can't tear them apart, not for good, and even death is nothing new. It would be a painful joke of cosmic proportions if the thing that actually ruins their friendship is love. 
"Do you love him?" Dean's head snaps up to meet Sam's eyes. "Are you in love with Cas?" 
Eileen returns before he can think of a way to deflect, cutting off anymore talk about it. 
She gestures to Sam and he tells Dean, "It's time. You ready?" 
Dean's not sure what he would've said but the truth is best kept for Cas' ears anyway. And Sam's right. They have time. They can talk, and hopefully they'll figure things out and where they stand with as little heartache as possible. There's no avoiding it, not now, not after everything. He nods, steeling his resolve. "Yeah. I'm ready." 
At least he knows Chuck is no longer pulling their strings and that whatever happens from here on out it really is just him and Cas. The thought never even crossed his mind that Cas' confession might be Chuck's doing. Chuck didn't care enough about him to bother, and besides: Cas was always the rebel against God's story.
Dean steps over the threshold of painted sigils, taking his place in the centre of the circle. As Sam starts chanting he feels his worry over the truth of Cas' words ebb away and hope flow in to supplant it. The phantom scar of a handprint on his shoulder from when Cas rescued from Hell seems to flare to life and brand itself back into Dean's flesh, and the only thing going through his mind is: what if Cas really is in love with me? He smiles at the thought. 
As the glowing portal tears into existence before him he remembers something else Cas said to him, back when Dean was questioning his whole reality. Cas was steadfast and sincere as ever as he held Dean's eye and told him that they were real. And for the first time Dean knows that to be true. He feels it in his very soul. 
With his hand raised he moves towards the portal and braces for some kind of inter-dimensional shift, but he's not scared. This is the right thing to do, for both of them. 
Time to grip an Angel tight and raise him from perdition. 
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devnny · 5 years
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CHAPTER SEVEN.
JTRM — THE “R” STANDS FOR RECOVERING!
PREVIOUSLY.
A SMALL RELIEF FROM DRAMA.... KINDA. i’m laughing i hate this chapter i hope you enjoy it, it was too funny to write
A crinkly set of snaps released themselves free from Devi’s backbone as she stretched in front of the kitchen counter. She shook her shoulders as a secondary effort to clear the bogging feeling of sleep out of her body, but it was growing useless at such a late hour. She gathered her newest cup of water and returned to her seat at her small dining table, across from Johnny, who was focused on what he was sketching. After sharing a late lunch one day at the same table, he migrated his drawing space from the floor of her living room to his new designated ‘spot’ in her kitchen.
Devi watched him with tired eyes while she sipped her water.
Johnny was doing exceedingly well with focusing on his work, but that meant him working later into the night with each passing session, which meant a later sleeping hour for Devi. It wasn’t like he needed her hovering nearby the entire time anymore, but she was still too paranoid to leave Johnny by himself for very long, since he was quite gifted with finding trouble to get into. Devi had let him drag on until almost midnight tonight, since he was so engrossed in whatever he was drawing, but her consciousness was finally at its limit. Pity that she slept so terribly before their meetings, otherwise staying up into the twilight hours would be no problem.
“Ugh.” She mumbled, gathering Johnny’s attention. “Okay, time to pack it up, Nny. My eyeballs are falling out.”
Johnny sulked, looking between his current project and Devi’s yawning face.
“Well…” His lower jaw stuck out a bit while he thought. One of Devi’s eyes twitched closed while the other listed to the side in mild annoyance.
“Well what, Nny?” She asked lethargically. He always had to make up some excuse to stay longer.
“…Would you mind if just— I mean, do you think I could just, stay and keep working? While you’re sleeping?”
Devi’s sleepy eyes blinked open at the question, but Johnny only sat motionless, looking at her curiously.
He really didn’t find anything wrong with a request like that? Just… staying in her home while she was asleep and totally helpless to being stabbed to death? The man that tried to slash her open twice, roaming around her apartment unattended all night long?
Her face pinched uncomfortably the longer Johnny kept his neutral expression settled squarely on her.
“Why?” Devi asked finally, internally demanding an explanation for such a dumbass question.
“I just don’t want to lose my concentration.” Johnny shrugged his body backwards, as though the idea tired him. “By the time I put everything away, and drive home, and unpack it all again, and sit down to draw, I know it’ll be all… fuck-y.”
Devi’s mouth tilted to one side. She could at least understand that feeling; losing your creative mojo simply by being interrupted from it for too long, even if ‘too long’ was something as miniscule as a five-minute phone call, or say, a quick drive home. But did he have to stay here?
She frowned the more she debated it. Johnny had proven himself to be… trustworthy. Mostly. More trustworthy than ever before, anyway. He had really stuck with his promises of self-betterment, at least with the standards she set for him, and he had successfully passed her ‘test’ that he wouldn’t attack her again, even when normal people probably would have. Maybe her brain was just tired, but she figured this could be a decent way to test his self-control again, in a way.
Devi groaned. She was putting herself in harm’s way a lot lately.
“Oh, fine.” She surrendered and got up from her chair. “Just keep it down.”
Johnny smiled at her from his seat and nodded.
“I will. Enjoy your sleep.” He offered casually, then returned to his sketching. Devi pursed her lips shut.
“Thanks. Night, Nny.”
“Goodnight, Devi.” He hummed contently, his hand scratching away in tight circles. She huffed and left to her room, locking the door silently behind her. No need for him to suspect her lack of faith in him.
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HOURS LATER:
Johnny inspected his finished graphite drawing with his knuckles curled over the point of his chin. He was perched awkwardly in a lean atop one of Devi’s kitchen chairs, with one of his boots anchored on the seat and the other balancing his weight at the very top of the chair’s back. He chewed away at some unmarked leftovers that he had dug out from the back of Devi’s fridge, and tilted his head thoughtfully. It looked good, Johnny thought.
Finished! Devi will be pleased.
His head swiveled to the clock, and the content face he wore slumped into an unamused frown. It was already mid-morning! What a waste of time sleep was – Devi had been incapacitated this entire time, and he had been working for hours on end! He made a mental note to bring up the many valuable things sleeping got in the way of to her again sometime today; she had already shot down his many very good arguments against being asleep, but maybe his finished artwork would convince her.
It wouldn’t be long now – he hoped – that she would awaken, and Johnny wondered what he should do in the meantime. He stepped down from his post to ponder his options. He supposed he could make breakfast, or something like that, but he had already eaten a decent amount of Devi’s food, and didn’t expect Devi to eat much more than he could – he didn’t even know if she liked waffles or not. He made another mental note to ask.
The mild thoughts in his head rattled like marbles at a sudden thudding sound, and he realized as his mind quieted from the disturbance, that the sound was the apartment’s front door. His pupils thinned in suspicion, and he moved to one of the kitchen drawers. After a quick search, he brought up two knives, one in each hand. He weighed them both with a few lolling wrist motions, debating which one would be most effective in warding off any unpleasant intruders. He settled for the chef’s knife, and slid the drawer shut as the knocking started up again.
Johnny made his way to the door with slinky, quiet steps, only turning his attention away for a moment to watch Devi’s bedroom door for any movement. She was either not expecting anyone this morning, or wasn’t interested in having company. Either way, he would answer the door for her so she could rest.
There were no windows like his house had to inspect whom exactly was on the doorstep, and rather than look through the peephole, Johnny simply undid the locks and opened the door to see for himself. He only parted the door enough to allow his figure to fill the gap, and he stood in a hunch, exposing his weapon of choice to the unfortunate woman on the other side of the doorframe. He wasn’t even allowed the chance to speak before she shrieked to the high heavens.
“AAAAIIEK!!” Tenna screamed, holding Spooky close to her mouth afterwards for comfort. Johnny’s irises shrunk further at the grating sound, and he slunk back a ways, though he brought the knife up higher as if to warn her.
“Oh my GOD! I KNEW she was going to get killed hanging around you!” Tenna cried, then leaned forward thoughtlessly to attempt to call into the apartment past Johnny. “DEVI, ARE YOU LIVING!? I’M CALLING THE COPS.”
Johnny winced in annoyance and pushed her back out the door, making her scream from the contact.
“BE QUIET.” Johnny hissed. “Devi is sleeping!”
“YOU SICKO… YOU SICK, SICK MAN.” She languished, misinterpreting what Johnny meant by the comment.
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IN THE ROOM ADJACENT:
Devi was almost at the comfortable end of a good night’s rest, something that she so rarely experienced the past year or so of her life. Most of her attempts at sleeping ended with exhaustion, after her overactive brain dragged her through hours of anxiety driven scenarios that barely made any sense once she was up and able to evaluate them.
Her body was only just rousing itself from the remaining strands of sleep that tethered her away from consciousness, when a piercing cry startled her awake. For a moment, she was half-convinced that the shriek was another figment from her tormented brain, until she heard Johnny’s familiar irritated voice yelling back at it. Devi shot up, realizing instantly that the other person in the conversation was Tenna.
Tenna, arguing with Johnny.
Good Lord.
Devi heaved herself out of bed as fast as she could to rush to the the living room, only to half-run-into her bedroom door when it failed to open. She cursed, having forgotten that she’d locked it, and hurriedly undid the bolt. The moment she flung the door open, both Johnny and Tenna turned their attention toward her, each surprised to see her awake. Johnny grumbled, unhappy that this guest, identity still unknown to him, had indeed woken Devi up.
Devi could only stare in horror at the large knife clenched in Johnny’s hand, and failed to hear Tenna joyously cry her name in relief that she had, in fact, not been murdered and mutilated by Johnny. Devi sped over to where the pair stood and angrily snatched the blade away from Johnny, wanting to disarm him before addressing the situation.
“JOHNNY.” She whisper-yelled at him, her loose hair pricking out over her forehead. “What do you think you’re doing!?”
Johnny didn’t look nearly guilty enough.
“This person was trying to get into the apartment.” He answered.
“SO YOU GET A KNIFE…”
“DEVI, YOU’RE ALIVE!” Tenna sparkled, hugging onto her shoulder with some rapid squeaks from Spooky. Devi shrugged her arm away, mostly because the arm she latched onto was the same arm that currently held a 10-inch kitchen knife. She wondered why all of her associates had such little common sense, but couldn’t dwell on it long.
“Oh.” Johnny spoke, more relaxed, but still annoyed. “You do know her, then?”
“Obviously.” Devi said through clenched teeth. “God.”
She managed to keep some composure, but still stalked away from her two guests to take in a few calming breaths for good measure. Johnny glanced at Tenna suspiciously, but closed the door as he expected Devi would want.
Devi went to return the knife to its proper place, and grumbled about her misfortune. She knew that eventually Tenna and Johnny would have had to meet, seeing as Tenna was, currently, her only ‘friend’, and Johnny was… there, but she didn’t want it to be like this. She was only grateful that the meeting hadn’t resulted in any bloodshed before she woke up to intervene. Devi patted imaginary flecks off of her tank top and sweatpants, then returned to the living room.
Tenna was lounging on the sofa comfortably, with one leg dangling off of couch’s arm, and Johnny stood off to the side, arms crossed and watching her like a distrustful cat. Devi sighed. At least the room’s atmosphere was less erratic now.
She took a seat beside Tenna on the couch, and got an upside-down, puzzled look from her friend.
“What’s he doing here so early?” She asked, adjusting her posture so she was almost sitting upright.
“—Late, actually.” Devi scratched her hair tiredly. “He stayed over to finish working on something.”
“He spent the night?” Tenna gasped, and Devi tilted her head backwards and away from Tenna’s accusing look.
“It’s not that serious.” She replied.
“Why does she know so much about my schedule here?” Johnny’s head lowered as he approached cautiously. Devi went back to rubbing her hairline.
“She’s my friend, Johnny. This is Tenna. She hangs out with me sometimes.” She gestured across to Tenna like she was on exhibit. Tenna sat up fully, a little insulted.
“You’ve never mentioned me before now!?” She puffed.
“WHY would you want me to bring your name into this? It should be considered a favor to keep knowledge of your existence from Nny.”
“Well he tried to STAB ME because he didn’t know who I was!” Tenna argued back.
Johnny frowned, closer to Devi’s side now. He was unused to having to share her attention with anyone else, and he certainly didn’t like it. It was worse than before, with those random, intrusive customers at the bookstore, seeing as Devi actually gave this particular individual a voice in the conversation.
“Why are you here, Tenna-person? Go away.” He asked sharply, and Devi perked an eyebrow at the rather possessive tone in his voice. Tenna gawked at him angrily.
“YOU’RE the one that’s not even supposed to be here! YOU go away!” Tenna shot back, and Johnny steamed in response.
“NO, NO. We are not doing this.” Devi stood up and offered them each an annoyed scowl, not at all fond of her attention being viewed as something anyone had a right to ‘have’.
“Johnny you were invited to be here, you’re fine. Shut up. Tenna you weren’t, but I begrudgingly accept your random visits, so you’re also fine. I don’t want to hear another word about who is and isn’t supposed to be in my house, or near me, or whatever. Okay?” She crossed her arms – what was this, grade school? Both Johnny and Tenna looked unhappy to not have the opportunity to keep yelling at each other, but agreed half-heartedly.
“Devi.” Johnny moved closer to her, as if he had to now with someone else in the room. “I finished my piece, it’s in the kitchen.”
He stopped, having a quick flash of recollection.
“—Do you like waffles?”
“…What?”
“Do you like waffles? I was going to make breakfast, but I didn’t know if you liked waffles or not.”
Devi stared at him lamely.
“I…” She was still not awake enough for this. “Yeah. Sure, yes, Johnny. I like waffles. Make me some waffles, please, for the love of God, waffles.”
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ONE MORNING ROUTINE LATER:
“I didn’t even know I had a waffle maker.” Devi commented while she chewed. Johnny’s mouth was full, so he refrained from responding besides a quick nod, but Tenna had no problem talking with a mouthful of dough and syrup.
“REAL GOOD WAFFLES, TOO!” She laughed, forking another half into her cheerful maw. “I didn’t know he could cook things. I think you’ve got a keeper.”
“Oh, please, spare me.” Devi exhaled. She took her empty plate to the sink, and eyed the aforementioned waffle maker suspiciously. She was rather sure that she did not own this particular kitchen appliance, actually.
“Hey, Nny.” She turned slightly, and Johnny perked up on the stool that she had dragged in for him from her art room, lest he bitch and moan about not getting to sit at the table with her.
“Yes?”
“Where did you get this?” Her finger hooked downwards, toward the maker in question.
“Oh, I borrowed it.” Johnny looked to the side, hoping she wouldn’t pry more than that.
Of course, she did.
“You borrowed it? From who?”
“One of your neighbors. They left their window open.”
“You mean you STOLE it, then.” Devi stared at him angrily, and he tapped his fingers together.
“I was going to RETURN it after!” He insisted, but Devi wouldn’t hear it, and only rubbed her eyes in frustration.  
Tenna watched on in interest as Devi began chastising Johnny for stealing from her neighbors and potentially endangering her lease, and with even more interest that Johnny’s reaction was to mope and attempt to argue his point like a bratty child. She had been wondering how their relationship had truly developed after months of hard emotional labor on Devi’s part, but it looked as if she hadn’t been exaggerating his attitude about things – which was good! Maybe Tenna had less to worry about than she thought.
“—Ugh!” Devi flexed her hands in front of her like a pair of talons. “You’re impossible, Nny!”
“Oh, so stealing cheese out of my neighbors fridge makes me Public Enemy #1, then!?” He huffed back.
Tenna laughed; stealing cheese was funny.
“No.” Tenna interjected. “Cheese-thievery is a far cry from hacking people to death.”
“YOU SEE.” Johnny waved his arm backwards toward Tenna, as if Devi needed to visualize Tenna’s ‘defense’ of him. Devi moaned in social agony.
“Johnny—!”
“AH.”
“For God’s sake—alright, fine.” She caved. “It’s not murder. but it’s still not good, Johnny. Especially not when it can get ME in trouble.”
Tenna’s mischievous smile grew from watching them interact. The disagreement was winding down, and she thought she might help it along.
“Don’t be upset Devi!” She grinned, sitting backwards on her chair now. “At least his crimes against humanity have dropped from murder to theft, right?”
Johnny turned his head to look at Tenna questioningly, curious to exactly how much about him Devi had disclaimed. A lot, it seemed like. Devi grit her teeth, but snorted and shrugged it off.
“Yes. I guess I can take theft with a SMILE if it means you’ve stopped killing people.” She deadpanned.
Johnny flinched at the assumption, and snapped his eyes to the opposite wall nervously. The reaction did not go unnoticed by Devi, as usual.
“…Johnny.” She spoke warningly. He didn’t respond besides rapidly drumming his fingers against his pants.
“JOHNNY.”
“W-what!?” Johnny looked to the other wall, and continued to fidget.
“You HAVE stopped murdering people, haven’t you!?” Devi lurched closer to him, and Johnny tightened his posture before shuffling backwards and away from her.
“We-ell…” He looked up and around, anywhere but Devi’s face, which only made her fume more. Johnny stepped around the table, hoping somewhere in the back of his mind that he might be able to use Tenna as a shield if this went south rapidly.
“You—I mean, it wasn’t like—there was never any mention about… stopping… err—”
“ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!” Devi screamed, and lunged at him.
Johnny also screamed, narrowly escaping her swipes for him as he scrambled around the kitchen. She stopped for only a minute to gather her footing, and Johnny took the opportunity to again try to reason with her.
“DEVI, WAIT.” He sweated. “It’s really not that bad!! It’s not like I’m holding people prisoner in my basement! Just a couple… spur of the moment… killings! Nothing dramatic!”
“THAT’S NOT THE POINT—” Devi jumped at him again, causing a crashing sound of cabinet doors as her and Johnny tore along the side of her kitchen counter. “—YOU IDIOT!!”
Terrified shrieking and the clomping of metal-tipped boots trampled into the living room, leaving Tenna wide-eyed and curious about the sudden turn of events. She chewed up the last of her current waffle, and pocketed another two for later, before peeking out past the threshold of the kitchen archway. Johnny was frantically playing ‘monkey in the middle’ around the coffee table with Devi, who looked like she might beat his head in with the robot statuette she was wielding if he failed to keep the distance between them.
“DEVI.” Johnny called frantically, only to wheeze another scream when she hurled the figure at his head. She only barely missed. “DEVI, PLEASE DON’T KILL ME.”
“YOU’RE GOING TO ASK ME NOT TO MURDER YOU?” Devi hissed, then vaulted over the table, tackling him onto the floor in a flailing ball of skinny limbs.
Tenna’s eyes followed the thrashing ball around the living room floor back and forth a few passes, before her smile returned with some ease. They seemed like they could work this out just fine by themselves.
“Okay, thanks for breakfast, Nny!” Tenna stepped around the carnage and toward the door, ignoring the shrill arguing and sounds of fighting.
“I’ll see you later, Devi!” She piped up again as she slid out the door, leaving her face inside just long enough to allow Spooky to say goodbye as well with a few energetic squeaks.
“AUGH, MY KIDNEYS—DEVI—DEVI—”
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SHORTLY:
Devi’s breath was still leaving her body in short, angry puffs, but the pummeling she gave Johnny had eased most of her wrath out of her. Most of it. Johnny sat wearily on the couch beside her as she dabbed the rugburn on her elbow with alcohol. She looked up to the scratch on his cheek and frowned, more annoyed with herself for bothering to care about it. She slapped a Band-Aid onto his face unceremoniously, then closed her shabby first-aid kit and left it to sit on her still-misplaced coffee table.
Johnny jolted a little from the sudden contact on his face, but slouched back down after a moment. Devi sighed.
“What the Hell am I going to do with you, Johnny?” She grumbled into the air. Johnny let his clasped hands fall between his legs, pouting at the floor.
“I’m serious, Nny.” Devi looked to him, exasperated, and Johnny looked up enough to meet her gaze.
The day had been going so well, too, he thought. Well, beside the potential-stabbing of her friend and all that. He hadn’t meant to upset her again.
“I’m sorry, Devi.” He offered softly, and Devi groaned. She hated when he showed off that pathetic, passive side of his – it made her feel almost sorry about attacking him.
“Well ‘sorry’ doesn’t fix you killing people this entire time, you moron.” Devi stared at him and watched him shift uncomfortably from the attention. At least her voice was more casual now, even with the added insults, it just sounded like their normal talks.
“I don’t think it’s making anything worse.” He raised his head to her again. “It’s not as though bludgeoning any of those ass ticks makes me want to hurt you, Devi. It doesn’t make me bloodthirsty, or something.”
“That’s not what I’m bothered by.” Devi’s brows furrowed. “Ignoring the fact that it’s murder, it just proves your impulse control is still terrible!! It means the only things you’ve made any real progress in are art and not attacking me specifically.”
Johnny sulked again. In his mind, those were much more important accomplishments than not breaking a coffee pot over some dickhead’s skull, but he relented.
“I know. It’s easier to control myself when you’re nearby to threaten me with violence.”
Devi snorted.
“So what, am I supposed to do then, Nny??” She stood up and turned to him. “Do you need me to keep a constant eye on you? Is that what I have to do to get your murderous impulses in check? You want to just box up all your crap and move onto my fucking couch? Hm?”
Johnny’s previously downtrodden expression vanished, his face overtaken by his dinnerplate size eyes. He stared at her in surprise, uncertain if that was sarcasm or a genuine offer.
“Are… you asking me to move in?” Johnny asked, nearly breathless. Devi’s face went a strange color.
“WH—NO!” Her lower eyelids bent up while she grimaced. “I mean—well—NO.”
It definitely wasn’t meant to be taken seriously, but it was rather plain that if Johnny was here, then he wouldn’t be there, at that shitty, old, previously-demon-infested house of his. Maybe that would do him good, being away from that place? She had only been in his house once previously, but knowing all that had occurred there, she was certain it didn’t put his mind in a good place to call that glorified shed his sanctuary.
No, there was no fucking way she was debating this.
“No, no, no, no.” She continued, pacing away from him. “Alright, I’m done for the day, go away. Go on, go home, Nny.”
Johnny shifted a little, aware that tonight was supposed to be another one of their tutoring sessions.
“…Do I come back tonight for—?”
“GO… HOME… JOHNNY.”
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NEXT.
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WWE Monday Night Raw 6/24/19 Review
Seth Rollins came out to start the night, for a promo obviously, and Becky Lynch quickly came out to join him. Rollins “gave Corbin credit” for picking Lacey Evans as the ref, because she did anything she could to screw him over, but he didn’t account for the best backup on the planet in Becky Lynch. Lynch then went on to call out Evans for tapping out as fast as she could. Corbin’s music hit, and then Evans attacked Lynch from behind. Rollins tried to pull Lynch off of Evans, but she pushed Rollins aside and beat her down. Corbin then attacked Rollins. The faces took down the heels, and Corbin got on the mic to claim that Lynch was basically defending the Universal championship herself. He also told Rollins to go home and make “The Man” a sandwich. They trash talked a bit, until Evans challenged Rollins and Lynch to a mixed tag match at Extreme Rules, for both of their championships. The faces accepted, under the condition that it would be the last time either of them could challenge for the belts. Then everyone left.
Grade: C. I was kinda into that match if it was the main event of Raw. it was different, there were stakes, and it meant that Corbin and Evans would be gone. For a pay per view, probably the main event, I just groaned. Especially Extreme Rules, because this was not an extreme match at all. But it is kinda cute seeing Rollins and Lynch together. They seem to be pretty happy. I also noticed that they are only calling Rollins Lynch’s boyfriend, rather than Lynch being a girlfriend. I dunno, I just think it makes lynch seem more badass.
Then we had a big 8-man elimination tag match. Xavier Woods, Big E and the Usos vs. The Revival and The Planets tag team champions. This is supposed to be “champions versus challengers,” which is weird because The New Day lost their match last night. Scott Dawson quickly tagged himself in, and had some tension with Daniel Bryan. This was compounded when Bryan tried to hit Woods with a suicide dive, but hit Dawson instead. This caused Wilder to give Bryan a european uppercut while Bryan hit the ropes, allowing Bryan to be rolled up by Woods and eliminated. The Revival quickly hit a shatter machine on Woods to eliminate the new day, so it became a normal tag match. They do this a lot now, more 2 out of 3 falls matches and elimination matches because Vince McMahon doesn’t let anyone wrestle during commercials anymore, so they have to find some other way to get you excited enough to keep watching the show. Which is extra odd, because the Usos were hitting a suicide dive as we came back, but I guess it wasn’t part of the match. There was an interesting finish where Jey got a blind tag, but the Revival didn’t notice, so Dawson went to superplex Jimmy while Wlider was up on another turnbuckle. Jey then crotched Wilder on the turnbuckle, and after Dawson hit the superplex, Jey jumped off of Wilder’s back to splash Dawson and get the win.
Grade: C+. Decent match to open everything up, but I hate that both sets of tag team champions were pinned. But it sets up some matches for extreme rules probably. Hopefully Heavy Machinery can challenge rather than the New Day, but we will see.
Then they had the Miz walking through a hallway before Miz TV, which I only mention because Abbey from the Firefly funhouse was in the background. So thats fun. Miz welcomed both R-Truth and Carmella as guests on his actual show, and apparently Miz had the 24/7 championship rule suspended during the interview. Miz showed Truth winning the belt back at Drake Maverick’s wedding. Truth talked about how he lives in paranoia with the belt now, and he can’t even have sex. He also thought that police coming up to his house to tell him that his car was on fire were superstars disguised. Drake Maverick then came out, saying that Truth ruined his wedding, and his young marriage, because they haven’t had sex. (He was studdering that he hasn’t... he hasn’t... as the crowd chanted “what” which was the genuine best use of the what chant) He then challenged Truth to a singles match for the belt, and Truth accepted.
That match was next, with Truth winning with a flatliner right away, and then being chased around by the jobbers. After Maverick lost, he was interviewed by Charly, and he just cried. 
Grade: B-. This was funny, especially the stuff about Truth mishearing the word consummation as constipation. I think it is odd that they keep suspending the rule, as it was suspended for the match as well. The fact that the match wasn’t actually anything definitely hurt the grade here, and it was weird seeing an actual segment for it. I feel bad for Drake though, poor guy.
Backstage, Evans and Corbin seemed to think that their best strategy to take out their Extreme Rules opponents was to focus on Becky. Okay then.
Then we had Roman Reigns vs. Drew McIntyre and Shane McMahon, in a tornado tag handicap match. Reigns tried to overwhelm them with sheer aggression, but the numbers quickly became too much for him. They beat the crap out of Reigns, giving him two Claymore kicks, and spear from Shane. As Shane went for the Coast to Coast, the Undertaker showed up to make the save. I think that the match ended in a DQ, but I don’t really know for sure.
Grade: C. W-what? Why? Who? When will this tag match happen? Why is it happening? I really don’t know. The match was fine, and I was certainly shocked that Taker showed up, but I am so confused and distraught. I just do not get it. The beatdown itself was fine, I just don’t know where this is going.
Then there was a tug of war between Braun Strowman and Bobby Lashley. Strowman won, and Lashley attacked Strowman afterwards. He even attacked him with the rope, so we will probably get a bullrope match for Extreme Rules. 
Grade: D-. A worked tug of war is lame. This was boring, I don’t like this feud. The only reason that it doesn’t get an F is because I kinda like the idea of a big man bullrope match for extreme rules.
AJ Styles was then welcomed back to the ring from Charly, who asked why he wants to challenge Ricochet. He said that he wanted to fight the best of the best. Just then, he saw the goodbrothers partying with the conga line. Styles admonished them for not taking the competition seriously, even though they have a match with the Viking Raiders.
That match was next, and the two teams traded control back and forth. Not much happened in particular, and the Viking Raiders won with their finisher.
Grade: B-. Not a bad match. That’s all I have to say about that.
Backstage, Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross were talking about how Cross screwed Bliss out of her match at Stomping Grounds. Bliss did not be outwardly mean to Cross, but didn’t say that it wasn’t Cross’s fault. She just said that Bayley is good at manipulating people into being angry and stuff. I like where this is going. Bliss wasn’t hugely pissed, but you could tell she is annoyed. So burn, very good. 
Natalya and Naomi talked to Nikki Cross about how Bliss isn’t a good person. Bliss then walked in and confronted everyone, which ended with Naomi challenging Bliss to a match. 
Then we were supposed to have Heath Slater vs. Mojo Rawley, but Truth showed up before the match with the people in tow. Slater was able to land a neckbreaker and win the belt for himself, only to lose it right back to Truth, who then lost it to Cedric Alexander, who then lost it to EC3, who then lost it back to truth. I enjoyed this, just fun. 
Ricochet was then interviewed about winning his first championship. He was just happy and grateful.
Before the Sami Zayn vs. Kofi Kingston, Kevin Owens and Zayn asked Kofi some interview questions that sorta vaguely insulted him. Kingston said that Owens had a zit, and Zayn said that Kofi was a paper champion who always needed help from the New Day. Kingston then pointed out the flaws in Zayn and Owens’ friendship, while saying that the New Day are brothers. Seems like foreshadowing to me. 
Into the match, Kingston vs. Zayn. Owens was helping out Zayn when he could by attacking Kingston while the ref’s back was turned. Zayn was in control for almost the entire match, even hitting a good looking Michinoku Driver. But eventually Kingston rolled him up for the win.
After the match, Owens challenged him to another match right away, and Kofi actually accepted. So then they had a match, where Owens was very much in control. However, Kingston still won by giving Owens an SOS on the ramp and winning unceremoniously by countout. Then out of nowhere, Samoa Joe attacked Kingston and threw him around on the ramp before choking Kingston out.
Grade: B-. I get the point of this, they made Kingston into a huge underdog here, fighting off dastardly heels and barely surviving, only to beat beaten down afterwards anyway. I think that this means we will be getting a Samoa Joe championship match, but he should earn it in a number one contendership match. Especially since he just lost the US championship last night.
They then announced that it would be Reigns and Taker vs. McIntyre and Shane at Extreme Rules. I figured.
Then we had Naomi vs. Alexa Bliss. This match was quick, as Naomi accidentally hit Cross with a baseball slide. Bliss then won the match and continued to attack Naomi. She then tried to get Cross to attack too, and Cross pushed both women down. Natalya then ran out to stand with Naomi, and it turned into a tag match. Cross had a nice looking hot tag where she took down both opponents. Cross even hit the swinging neckbreaker for the win, but Bliss was the one who got the pin.
Grade: C+. A couple meh matches that furthered the Cross and Bliss storyline. I think it will be a while before the turn, and I’m okay with that. Slow burns are awesome.
And in the main event, we had a returning AJ Styles vs. Ricochet. They were grappling a little bit, when AJ just suddenly took him to the mat. And as they were wrestling, the Good Brothers came out, although not looking particularly friendly for either of them. Anderson did try to get involved, but Styles quickly told them to beat it. So they restarted the match and had a mix of both fast paced striking and submission holds, even pulling out some moves that were reminiscent of indie wrestling. At one point, Styles hit an awesome reverse DDT which looked really brutal. In the finish, Styles hit a Phenomenal Forearm for the win.
Grade: B+. Good match, but this is nowhere even near what they can do. This definitely sets up Styles for a United States Championship match on Pay Per View. That is when they should cut loose. Sucks that Ricochet lost in his first match as champion. Still, they put on the match of the night. 
Overall grade: C
Pros: Main event
Cons: opening promo; handicap match; tug of war; 
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So! I have received a couple of questions on my ask box in the last few weeks about why I pulled all my stuff from AO3 and FF.net. I apologize if it took me a while to answer. I wanted to, but I wasn’t sure what to say - or, better yet, how to say it. I didn’t want to be misunderstood. But I also feel like a bit of a dick not explaining this properly, especially to the people who have been really nice in the way they asked me about it. So here I am, to offer an explanation.
Basically, I suck. I have issues, which are personal and have been with me for the longest time. It’s a bit complicated for me to talk about this and I don’t even really think I want to do it publicly, but, to sum it up, I suddenly didn’t feel confident at all in the stuff I was posting. I hated everything, I thought it was terrible and the bad comments I received over the past few months didn’t help much. It wasn’t that many, but enough to put a dent in my already shaky confidence. I’m new to this fandom, I don’t really know anyone that well, so there was that too. It wasn’t just one thing, but several, some very personal and not at all related to fandom life. One of the consequences of all that was that I hated all that I wrote, started thinking nobody liked it, that it was all terrible, that no one was really interested in reading the type of stuff that I was writing, that it wasn’t what this fandom needed or wanted and that I should just withdraw myself completely from the internet.
I know it might sound totally stupid to some of you, but it’s the truth. I appreciate very much all the comments and support that I received in the months that I was here, but my head is a very complicated place to live in, and it tends to get dark very fast. I’m very iffy and have a strong tendency towards self-doubt and that’s nobody’s fault but my own. Also, if I didn’t fit in very well, if the way the fandom gets a little aggressive and questioning sometimes when people don’t like what they see, or if the type of stuff I was writing wasn’t necessarily what people wanted to read, it’s no one’s fault either. It’s the way things are and I’m a late bloomer in the KC fandom so I probably should’ve spent more time circling around and understanding how everything works before I started posting. I took down the two stories I had completed and the one that was still on-going mostly because I didn’t want anybody to accidentally find something that was incomplete. Honestly, I don’t feel at all like writing right now. I haven’t completely abandoned anything, but I’m not sure I will get back to it any time soon. I feel like I’d need to work a lot on the stuff that was already done and even more in planning what was ahead and I just can’t find the motivation to do it. Plus, I really did lose my mojo. I tried a few things to get back into it and it didn’t really work. I would very much like to finish the stuff that I started because it’s also something for myself, because I was very unhappy with the way the show ended and wanted to give myself the satisfaction of writing the characters that I loved in a way that I could appreciate. But publishing is a completely different thing and I’m not entirely sure that I will ever do it, even if I do manage to get things done.
If - and it’s a big if - I do manage to finish and get something that I think I can be proud of, I will reupload the story, all chapters at once, because I don’t want to risk abandoning a project again. I don’t know if anyone will even be interested in reading anything from me again after this, but anyway. It is what it is.
I am really, really sorry for the people who started reading the story and who did enjoy it. I hate doing this, really, really hate. But I was just in a place where I was feeling miserable about it and writing had become something hard and tortuous instead of enjoyable. I need to find that joy again, that desire to give my characters the happy ending I wished they had. I hope I do, for my own sake. But if I can’t, then I thank you all who have supported me and your kind messages. I unfortunately only saw a couple of reviews and recs after I’d already taken everything down. For that I also apologize. Maybe if i’d seen them before everything went to shit I would’ve felt motivated again.  To anyone interested and who were still waiting for updates on We’ll Always Have New Orleans, I’m really sorry and I hope you can understand.
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SmackDown on Fox Episode #36 SmackDown Episode # 1,085 Orlando, FL – WWE Performance Center 6/5/20 The show starts with the announcers hyping up everything coming up on tonight’s show and then we go to the back where Jeff Hardy is chatting with some folks and this takes us to a recap of everything involving Hardy last week.  Jeff Hardy makes his way to the ring and as he does we get a medical update on Elias as we are told he has a torn pec and some broken ribs and will be out for the next few months.  Hardy thanks WWE and Fox for letting him have time to clear the air about what happened last week. Hardy says that from his point of view last week, he says that he pulled up to the PC and was ready for the show but out of nowhere he felt like someone hit him with an anvil and this caused him to blackout. Hardy said that once he woke up he smelled of booze and was very confused and while he was in this state he started thinking back to the dark times in his past and started questioning everything that he worked for in the past eight months and wondered how many more times he could beg for forgiveness from his wife and kids. Hardy says that although he was questioning himself when he looked down deep in his heart he knew that he didn’t fall off the wagon and that feeling would prove to be true when he passed every sobriety test he was given. Hardy said that the eyewitnesses that were at the police stations said that the suspect they saw fleeing from the scene had red hair and a red beard. Hardy said that once he was let go he couldn’t get back to the PC fast enough because he knew the man who fit the description and once he got to the PC he had to express his rage and anger so he had to go after Sheamus. He vows to not let Sheamus get away with what he did last week.  Sheamus comes out and tells Hardy not to accuse him of anything and Hardy is just doing what he has always done which is to blame others for his downfalls. Sheamus says that Hardy is always making excuses and the eyewitnesses lied on Hardy’s behalf and they are worse than Hardy because they are in denial and are enabling Hardy. Sheamus wants Hardy to admit what he did but he knows he won’t because Hardy isn’t a real man, he is just a junkie. Sheamus tells Hardy not to worry about embarrassing his wife and kids because they are used to it.  Hardy leaves the ring and rushes up the ramp toward Sheamus and is able to avoid dodge a Brogue Kick attempt and then he takes Sheamus down and starts pummeling him with punches, but eventually Sheamus gets to his feet and hits the Brogue Kick on Hardy leaving him laying.  Not really sure what to say about this segment as it was fine for what it was but I’m not really feeling the whole Hardy substance abuse history storyline that these two are involved in, but with that said I do look forward to the match these two will have as it has the chance to be pretty good. My highlight for this segment was when they showed two of my favorite ladies from the PC none other than Team Ninja which consists of Kacy Catanzaro & Kayden Carter.  We go to the back where Mandy and Otis are walking toward the ring when they run into a chair which holds King Corbin’s crown and cape, Otis puts on the crown and Mandy likes how it looks on him. A minute later Corbin walks up and notices his crown is missing and freaks out as he heads out to the ring for the first match which will be after the break.  Match #1: Otis w/ Mandy Rose vs King Corbin Corbin goes right at Otis as soon as the bell rings but Otis keeps blocking his punches and delivering some of his own, this continues until Corbin cuts him off with a knee to the gut and then sends him shoulder-first into the ring post. Otis sidesteps a charging Corbin which sends Corbin into the corner and then Otis clotheslines him over the top and to the floor. Corbin runs back into the ring where he is clotheslined back out once again. Otis follows Corbin to the outside but this would end up being a bad decision as Corbin drives him back first into the ring apron and then sends him into the ring post. Corbin throws Otis back in the ring and then we get the slide-out and right back in spot which leads to Corbin hitting Otis with a big spinebuster (that would make Arn Anderson proud) for a 2 count.  Corbin tries to ground Otis with a rest hold but that doesn’t last long as Otis gets back to his feet and when he does Corbin puts him in the corner and starts working him over with punches to the body and then a big right hand that drops Otis to the mat. Corbin lands a few more blows to the gut of Otis and then he jumps on his back while applying a chin lock as he tries to drain all the energy out of Otis, but Otis backs him into the corner in order to break the hold. Corbin starts to kick Otis in the midsection but it doesn’t have any effect on Otis, in fact, he starts to make a comeback as he hits Corbin with a couple of back elbows and a couple of fallaway slams that send Corbin across the ring. Otis hits Corbin with the avalanche and then signals for the caterpillar but before he has a chance to hit it Corbin rolls out of the ring. Corbin demands his crown and someone hands it to him. Otis leaves the ring to come after Corbin but Corbin grabs a chair and jabs Otis in the gut with it.  Winner: Otis via DQ   Match Rating: *¾ After the match, Corbin destroys Otis with a chair until Otis makes a comeback and hits a caterpillar on Corbin.  This match felt like it never got out of first gear and right when it seemed like the match was fixing to kick into that next gear it was over. I expect this to be the first of many matches we are going to get between these two so I guess it made sense to have a DQ finish so they would have a reason to continue the feud, but the cheap DQ ending on top of the lackluster action during the match makes it to where I can’t even give this match two stars.    We go outside to a white van and inside the van is The Miz and John Morrison who are doing surveillance on Braun Strowman and they talk about how they are going to make his life a living hell. Strowman arrives and walks into the building as we go to break.  We come back and go back to Miz and Morrison in the van. Miz talks about how everyone is questioning them as to why they challenged Braun Strowman to a match at Backlash and they say they have been underestimated their entire career and they are fixing to make Braun Strowman have a bad day because an angry monster is a careless monster. We then see Strowman on security camera footage and he is filling up a thermos and this eventually leads to his thermos spewing all over him and this has Miz and Morrison laughing their ass off in the van.  We go to an interview with Shorty G but before he can answer the first question he is interrupted by Mojo Rawley. Rawley talks about Rob Gronkowski losing the 24/7 title and then he mocks the height of Shorty G. Shorty turns around to see that Cesaro and Shinsuke Nakamura are behind him and then Cesaro decks him with a right hand and this leads to a three on one beatdown until New Day runs over to make the save.  Lacey Evans makes her way to the ring but is ambushed by Sonya Deville who sends her into the steps, these two will have a rematch after the break.  Match #2: Lacey Evans vs Sonya Deville We get a lockup as both women jockey for position into the ropes, Lacey finally gets the better of Sonya as she takes her down with an arm drag and this leads to a staredown while we see a replay of what happened during Lacey’s entrance. Sonya goes behind with a waist lock but Lacey reverses into one of her own, Sonya breaks the hold with a back elbow and then takes Lacey down to the mat with a waist lock takedown. Lacey attempts to roll out of the move but Sonya releases the hold and backs away when she realizes what Lacey is trying to do. Sonya lands a kick on Lacey and then sends her into the corner but Lacey is able to duck out to the apron when Sonya runs toward her, Lacey sweeps Sonya’s leg and hits her with the slingshot elbow drop but this only gets her a 1 count.  Lacey sends Sonya face-first into the turnbuckle and then works over the arm as she wraps it up in the top rope. Lacey power walks back over to Sonya but is hit with a punch to the gut, Sonya talks some trash to Lacey and then attempts to whip her into the corner but Lacey reverses it only to be taken down with a boot when she charges toward Sonya. Sonya chokes Lacey across the middle rope and then dishes out some leg kicks before slamming Lacey to the mat by her hair and then Sonya stands on Lacey’s hair. Sonya lands a big kick to the chest of Lacey and then rubs her wrist bone across the face of Lacey. Sonya goes to send Lacey head-first into the turnbuckle but Lacey reverses and sends Sonya into it instead and then she catches a kick from Sonya and uses it to take Sonya down. Lacey pulls Sonya halfway out of the ring so she can deliver several knee strikes to her chest, Lacey slingshots over Sonya and goes for a schoolgirl but as Sonya goes down her legs connect with the referee causing him to fall and twist his knee, this leads to a couple of minutes of the referee calling for help as he can no longer continue in the match and this sends us to break.  We come back from commercial and referee Jessika Carr has replaced referee Anfibio and the match continues on. Sonya is firing away with knees to Lacey’s midsection and then she takes her down with a big kick which gets a 2 count. Sonya applies a chin lock and has it locked in tight, Lacey gets to her feet and drives Sonya into the corner where she hits her with a back elbow to the midsection and then Sonya slams Lacey to the mat by her hair. Sonya goes outside and drags Lacey over to where her upper body is hanging off the apron and then she drops Lacey’s neck off the apron onto her own knee which gets a big reaction out of the announcers. Sonya puts Lacey’s head onto the steel steps and then proceeds to step on it and even puts all of her weight on it when she goes to step back into the ring. Sonya rolls Lacey back in the ring and goes for a cover but Lacey is able to kick out at 2. Sonya picks up Lacey in a fireman’s carry but Lacey slips out and hits Sonya with a clothesline and now both women are down.  Both women get to their feet and Lacey takes Sonya down with a couple more clotheslines and then she delivers a series of knees to Sonya’s midsection Lacey hits Sonya with a running kick that sends Sonya back into the corner and this allows Lacey to hit the rope-assisted elevated bronco buster and then Lacey goes up to the middle rope and hits a perfect double jump moonsault but Sonya is still able to kick out. Lacey looks to hit a swinging neckbreaker but Sonya counters and hits Lacey with a knee to the face and then a big right hand that has Lacey stunned, moments later Sonya hits Lacey with a sliding knee which gets her another 2 count. Sonya is frustrated that she can’t put Lacey away and her frustrations are fixing to grow as Mandy Rose pops up on the screen to taunt Sonya as she says that Sonya isn’t a fighter but she is a failure and this distracts Sonya long enough for Lacey to get to her feet and then Lacey hits Sonya with the Woman’s Right to pick up the win. Winner: Lacey Evans via Pinfall   Match Rating: **¼  This was a good match but the whole spot with the referee going down made no sense and didn’t play into the rest of the match at all which kinda makes me wonder if he legit got injured as it was completely out of place and was very awkward. I thought the Mandy vs Sonya feud was over and Sonya had moved on to feuding with Lacey but I guess not given what happened at the end of the match. The double jump moonsault that Lacey hit in this match may be the best one she has ever hit as she landed it perfectly.  The announcers hype up the face to face between Daniel Bryan and AJ Styles which will be coming up next after the break.  When we come back we get a hype video for Matt Riddle. We then go to the back where Kayla Braxton interviews Strowman about his match at Backlash. Strowman compares Miz and Morrison to two little flies buzzing around your neck. We go back to the van where Miz and Morrison are snickering and they have a remote and when they press a button we see green slime fall right on top of Kayla Braxton, Strowman apologizes as he knows that the slime was meant for him and back in the van Miz and Morrison are blaming each other for the mistake. The interview ends with Kayla calling Miz and Morrison bastards as she storms off.  We go to the ring to Renee Young who introduces the participants for next week’s big Intercontinental Championship match AJ Styles and Daniel Bryan.  Styles says that he knows Bryan is going to call him a coward for taking the bye to get to the finals but Bryan says that while Styles does show traits of being a coward it all boils down to them just having two different ways of thinking and that is completely fine. Styles says when he looks in the mirror he sees the greatest champion in WWE history and when he looks at Bryan he only sees heart and being all heart is stupid. Bryan realizes that Styles is trying to pick a nerve but he isn’t falling for it because he has known Styles long enough to realize that they have two different views of the world and two different views of what it means to be Intercontinental Champion.  Bryan says that Styles is the kind of champion who picks and chooses his challengers because he deems that some people aren’t good enough to face the greatest of all time and he couldn’t live with himself if someone came along and shattered that image and that’s why he is a coward. Bryan says that he plans on defending the title every week against anybody and everybody from veterans to up and comers because he always wants to learn and grow and push himself with every match he is in. Bryan says that when he thinks of being the best it’s not who he is but who he can be and he wants the viewers to tune into SmackDown every week and be excited because they know they will get to see an Intercontinental Championship match and maybe someone they are a fan of can beat him and break through to become a big star. Styles says that it sounds like Bryan just wants him to give a handout but he doesn’t believe in handouts because he believes in earning opportunities. Styles then brings up Gulak and asks how he earned the opportunity to be Bryan’s coach. He wants to give Gulak an opportunity tonight, Styles calls out Gulak because he wants him to come out and get his ass whooped.  Gulak storms down to the ring and takes him down and this sends us to commercial.  Match #3: AJ Styles vs Drew Gulak w/ Daniel Bryan Styles goes right at Gulak as soon as the bell rings with forearms and chops and then he takes him down with a back elbow. Styles gets Gulak in the corner and drives his shoulder into his midsection. Gulak tries to make a comeback with a chin breaker and then we get a leapfrog and drop-down spot but Styles comes up short when he goes for the dropkick as Gulak hangs onto the ropes which leaves an opening for Gulak to lock in an armbar but Styles is able to easily get to the ropes. Gulak then tries to lock in a crossface but Styles is too close to the ropes and as Styles gets to his feet he backs Gulak into the corner and doesn’t break cleanly as he nails Gulak with a back elbow. Styles works Gulak over in the corner with chops and forearms and then snapmares him into the middle of the ring so that he can deliver a soccer ball kick straight to the spine of Gulak. Gulak tries to make a comeback by swinging wildly but Styles ducks and then hits Gulak with an STO style backbreaker for a 1 count.  Styles lifts Gulak up for an attempted Ushigorushi but Gulak slides out the back and delivers a headbutt to Styles. Styles reverses a whip into the corner but then runs right into the boot of Gulak, Gulak runs at Styles but gets his head taken off with a discus clothesline. Styles locks in a reverse chin lock until Gulak gets to his feet and fights out of it and then works over Styles in the corner with punches and takes full advantage of the referee’s five count. Gulak goes for one last blow but Styles ducks it and now he has Gulak in the corner where he delivers a chop, Styles whips Gulak into the corner but when he attempts a running forearm in the corner Gulak moves which sends Styles face-first into the top turnbuckle and then Gulak takes Styles down with a clothesline, back elbow, and a dropkick which sends Styles back into the corner. Gulak hits Styles with a running clothesline in the corner and then follows up with a release fisherman suplex. Gulak hits Styles with a Michinoku driver which gets a very close 2 count. Gulak lifts Styles onto his shoulders in the electric chair position but Styles rakes his eyes and is able to escape, Styles hits an enziguri and then takes Gulak down with a scoop slam that he turns into an inverted DDT. Styles sets Gulak up for the Styles Clash but he takes too much time taunting Daniel Bryan and this leads to Gulak taking him down with a double leg and then pinning him with a bridging jackknife pin and that is enough to pick up the upset win. Winner: Drew Gulak via Pinfall  Match Rating: **½ I loved the promo by Bryan about what kind of champion he wants to be, especially the part where he talks about how he would hope that someone could break through to the next level by facing him and potentially taking the title from him. It would’ve been nice if this match was given more time as these two could tear the house down, but unfortunately, that time had to be devoted to Miz and Morrison pulling practical jokes on Braun Strowman. I am looking forward to the big title match next week between Styles and Bryan as these two always steal the show any time they are in the ring against each other. It’s nice to see Gulak back in a WWE ring as it was a major bummer when it looked like he was released but thankfully he and WWE worked things out and he can continue coaching Daniel Bryan and putting on great matches on a weekly basis.  We go back to Miz and Morrison who has now gotten out of the van and are standing by Strowman’s car and this leads to them smashing out the windshield of the car with a golf club and a baseball bat. The hug after smashing the windshield and then return to the van as we go to break. Match #4: Cesaro, Shinsuke Nakamura, & Mojo Rawley vs New Day & Shorty G Shorty tries to hit Cesaro with the kappo kick right off the bat but Cesaro catches him and attempts to lift him up for a powerbomb, but Shorty rolls through into a sunset flip and then he takes him down with a headscissors. Shorty is on a roll until Cesaro cuts him off with a knee to the midsection and then he attempts to hit a gutwrench suplex but Shorty blocks it and then takes Cesaro down with a dragon screw. Shorty tags in Big E who sends Cesaro into the ropes, but he ducks his head too early which costs him as Cesaro delivers an uppercut that dazes Big E long enough so that Cesaro can tag in Mojo Rawley.  Rawley takes Big E down with a running crossbody and then Big E rolls over to the heel corner which allows Rawley to tag in Nakamura. Nakamura does a hip swivel of his own and then delivers a big forearm to Big E and then goes for a big kick but Big E catches the leg and moments later he hits him with a belly to belly suplex. The babyfaces work over Nakamura with double team moves as they make quick tags in and out, the sequence ends with Big E hitting a big splash and then Kingston comes off the middle rope with a splash of his own that gets a 2 count. Kingston sets up to hit Trouble in Paradise but before he can do anything Nakamura is pulled out of the ring by Cesaro. Kingston hits a big tope con hilo to the outside onto Cesaro and it looks like Kingston may have tweaked his knee on the landing. Kingston gets to his feet but as he stares down Nakamura in the ring he is flattened by a big pounce from Rawley and this sends us to the next commercial break.  We come back from commercial to Kingston getting back to his feet after being put in a chin lock, Kingston tries to leap across the ring and make a tag but Cesaro catches him and hits him with a one-armed backbreaker for a 2 count. Cesaro tags in Rawley who hits Kingston with a headbutt and then he taunts the babyfaces before charging toward Kingston but Kingston sidesteps which sends Rawley flying to the outside. Rawley jumps back in the ring and takes Big E off the apron but when he turns around Kingston hits him with the mushroom stomp and that allows Kingston enough time to make the tag to Shorty G. Shorty takes Rawley down with a diving crossbody and then knocks Nakamura off the apron. Shorty hits Rawley with some uppercuts and a back kick and then he catches an incoming Cesaro with an overhead belly to belly suplex. Shorty hits Rawley with a koppo kick in the corner and follows that up with a running neckbreaker, Shorty goes up top and hits Rawley with a moonsault for a very close 2 count.  Shorty attempts to hit the Chaos Theory but Rawley hooks the top rope to prevent it and then he picks Shorty up in a fireman’s carry only for Shorty to slip out the back and pick the leg of Rawley so he can lock in the ankle lock. Shorty falls back and grapevines the leg of Rawley to increase the pain but just as he does this Nakamura breaks up the hold with a sliding knee. Big E comes in and gets Nakamura up for the Big Ending but he is too close to the ropes which allows Nakamura to slide out the back and land on the apron and then Nakamura applies a choke to Big E in the ropes and this gets the attention of the referee long enough for Cesaro to hit a running European uppercut on Shorty from the floor. Nakamura has broken his choke and is on the floor so Kingston dives off the steps and takes Nakamura down. Rawley hits the Hyper Drive on Shorty but he is able to kick out at 2. Rawley goes to pick Shorty up so he can bring him into the heel corner where Cesaro is waiting for a tag, but Shorty uses his speed to escape Rawley’s grasp so he can knock Cesaro off the apron. Rawley throws Shorty into the corner and goes for the running forearm in the corner, but Shorty ducks and then shoves him toward Big E so that New Day can hit the Midnight Hour which is enough to finish off Rawley. Winner: New Day & Shorty G via Pinfall  Match Rating: **¾  This was a really fun match and Shorty fit right in as New Day’s third man as he gelled with Big E and Kingston just as good as Xavier would if he was there. I’m guessing they put New Day’s feud with The Forgotten Sons on hold while they figure out what to do with Jaxson Ryker after the comments he made earlier this week concerning the whole Black Lives Matter movement, the move that would make the most sense would be to fire his ass and let the feud continue with just Cutler & Blake and perhaps find them a new third man, but I feel this is going to be one of those cases where WWE keep them off TV until they feel like the heat on him has died down and then they will bring them back in a few months as if nothing happened just like they did with Hogan. It looks like Mojo is back to being a heel now that Gronk has been released, but given his track record, we probably won’t see him on TV again for another 6 months so it doesn’t really matter if he is heel or babyface. We go back outside where Strowman is shown leaving the PC and when he sees the damage done to his car he loses his mind and asks where Miz and Morrison are and some stooge tells him they are in the white van. Strowman goes to open the door but it’s locked and because of this Miz and Morrison feel very safe but then Strowman sees the camera and stares in it for an awkwardly long amount of time until he tells them they are dead. Strowman lifts the van over on its side and then walks off as we go to break.  I know that the outcome of the Universal Championship match at Backlash is a foregone conclusion so the match doesn’t have that much importance but even with that being a fact there still had to be a better way to build to the match than what we got on this show because this was just a whole bunch of WrestleCrap, which is saying something because usually Miz and Morrison are good enough to where they make the stupid stuff they have to do look good and it comes off as fun, but for this entire night I found them to be completely obnoxious. It was pretty obvious what was going to happen by the end of the night once they showed that Miz and Morrison were in a van because we know Strowman loves to flip over vehicles. The funniest part of the entire night was Kayla Braxton getting pissed and calling Miz and Morrison bastards after the Nickelodeon slime fell on her. I hope The Fiend shows up at Backlash so that Strowman can go back to being in a feud that matters because this feud isn’t doing anything positive for Strowman’s reign as champion especially when you compare it to the great job that McIntyre is doing over on Raw.  We come back to the announcers hyping the Backlash card and then we go to our main event of the night. Match #5: Alexa Bliss & Nikki Cross © vs Bayley & Sasha Banks (WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship) Nikki takes Bayley down immediately with a running crossbody and starts firing away with punches and then she jumps on Bayley’s back which leads to Bayley backing up into the babyface corner and Alexa tags herself in. Alexa then takes Bayley out of the corner with a rolling snapmare and then slams her down with an STO. Alexa hits a double knee drop and rolls right into a tag to Nikki who hits Bayley with a dropkick for a 1 count. Nikki whips Bayley into the babyface corner and hits her with an avalanche before tagging Alexa back in. Alexa does her sweet little innocent angel pose at Sasha and then runs toward Bayley in the corner but she stops on a dime and slaps Bayley in the face. Alexa sets up to hit a suplex, but Bayley prevents that from happening with a knee to the midsection followed by some clubbing blows to the back. Bayley picks Alexa up and brings her into the heel corner where Sasha is tagged in.  Sasha kicks away at Alexa in the corner and then taunts Nikki. Sasha sends Alexa head-first into the turnbuckle and makes a tag to Bayley. Sasha chokes Alexa with her boot and then holds Alexa so that Bayley can slap her and then she chokes Alexa across the middle rope. Bayley turns her attention away from Alexa for a moment to taunt Nikki but when she does Alexa tries to get a surprise win with a schoolgirl rollup but Bayley kicks out. Alexa drives Bayley into the babyface corner and then makes a tag to Nikki who hits Bayley with a running bulldog for a 2 count. Bayley rolls out of the ring to try and catch a breather but Nikki hits her with a dropkick through the ropes and then she drives Sasha back-first into the ring post and then she takes Bayley down with a diving crossbody off the apron. Nikki rolls Bayley back into the ring but before she can go after her she is grabbed by Sasha which is enough of a distraction for Bayley to hit a running knee to the back of Nikki sending her out to the floor. Bayley tags in Sasha and then Sasha dives off the apron with a Meteora onto Nikki and this sends us to the final commercial break of the night.  We come back to Sasha stomping a mudhole in Nikki and then she tags in Bayley and they hit an H-Bomb which gets a 2 count. Bayley cuts off the ring as she steps in between Nikki and Alexa and then she throws Nikki back toward the heel corner by her hair. Sasha tags back in and she hits Nikki with the double knee attack in the corner only for Nikki to kick out once again and then Sasha locks in a chin lock. Nikki gets back to her feet but before she has a chance to fight back Sasha tries for another pin attempt as this time she tries a backslide but yet again Nikki kicks out. Nikki is desperate to make a tag but Sasha drags her back into the heel corner and tags in Bayley. Bayley grounds Nikki with a reverse chin lock but once Nikki gets to her feet and starts to fight back she is driven into a neutral corner where Bayley drives her shoulder into the midsection of Nikki. Nikki is able to avoid being hit with the running back elbow and this leaves an opening for her but she is unable to make the tag as Bayley cuts her off and then throws her out to the apron where she attempts to hit the draping twist of fate but Nikki shoves her away and is finally able to make the hot tag.  Alexa hits a couple of clotheslines and then hits her slap and punch combo on both Bayley and Sasha and then she takes Bayley down with a dropkick as Alexa is fired up. Alexa hits Bayley with the Insult to Injury and then goes up top where she is looking for Twisted Bliss but Sasha grabs her ankle so Alexa has to kick her away and this gives Bayley time to get back to her feet and she hits Alexa with the Bayley to Belly off the top and then she tags in Sasha who hits Alexa with a running knee that is only good enough for a 2 count. Sasha waits for Alexa to get to her feet and then goes to whip her into the corner but Alexa reverses which leads to Sasha going up and over Alexa but Alexa rolls back and catches Sasha with a headscissors that she uses to send Sasha head-first into the middle turnbuckle. Bayley tries to come in to help her partner but Nikki pulls her out of the ring and then she hits Sasha with a tornado DDT on the floor as she uses the apron to kick off of in order to hit the move, meanwhile, back in the ring Alexa hits Sasha with a code red but Sasha kicks out at 2.  Alexa and Sasha are both down until Alexa is able to crawl over and make a tag to Nikki. Nikki comes off the top with a diving crossbody for a 2 count, Sasha tries to reach out for a tag but Bayley is still laid out after that tornado DDT. Nikki goes for the rope-assisted Purge but Sasha is able to counter it and just as she is fixing to go into the Bank Statement Bayley tags herself in and then when Sasha locks in the crossface part of the Bank Statement Bayley shoves her off Nikki so that she can lock in her own crossface and as Sasha looks shocked at what happened Bayley kicks her away. Nikki escapes the crossface and hits an arm trapped neckbreaker on Bayley. Sasha breaks up a pinfall attempt and then drags Bayley into the heel corner so she can tag herself in, Sasha pushes Nikki toward the ropes but Nikki turns it around and sends Sasha out to the apron where Sasha hits Nikki with a knee strike. Sasha slingshots back into the ring and locks in the crossface and while this is happening  Bayley pulls Alexa out of the ring when she tries to make the save. Nikki rolls back to try and get a pinfall but Sasha transitions that into a crucifix pin and that is enough to keep Nikki’s shoulders to the mat for the 3 count and just like that we have new WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions. Winners: Bayley & Sasha Banks via Pinfall   Match Rating:  ***1/4 Bayley and Sasha celebrate their win as this episode of SmackDown comes to a close.  I enjoyed this match a lot more the second time I watched it, all four women put on a great match to the point where this may be one of the best women’s tag title matches we have seen yet, I know for sure it was the best Alexa Bliss match we have seen in quite a while and she even busted out that rolling snapmare which is something I don’t remember her doing before. If they are going to drag out this Sasha vs Bayley feud yet again they have to keep it interesting so the fans are still interested in the feud by the time they are ready to put on the match and I think so far they have done that as I have liked the tension between Sasha and Bayley including what happened during this match, I hope that despite them being champions that don’t always get along they are able to have a lengthy title reign to make up for that first reign, plus it’s not like they have that many teams to lose it to anyway unless they start feuding with a team in NXT which is what we were promised when the titles were created but it has yet to happen. I would be down for Sasha and Bayley feuding with the ultimate underdog team in NXT that is Team Ninja. I’m guessing we get a triple threat match for the titles at Backlash with Sasha and Bayley defending against Alexa & Nikki and the IIconics.  This episode of SmackDown was pretty lackluster as the only real highlight was the women’s tag title match. I didn’t care for the build for the Universal title match at Backlash nor do I have any interest in the Jeff Hardy vs Sheamus feud outside of the match itself. A match that should’ve stolen the show in Styles vs Gulak wasn’t given anywhere near enough time for them to put on a wrestling clinic which is a shame as that could’ve spiced this show up a lot. I look forward to the big Intercontinental Championship match next week as that has the chance to be a MOTY contender.  That’s it for me this week but I’ll be back next week for the Backlash go-home episode of SmackDown. 
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1. Urinalysis strips, designed for Type 1 diabetics, who need to avoid ketoacidosis. It's important to realize that ketoacidosis has nothing to do with nutritional ketosis.
As noted by Greenow, "Ketoacidosis should really be called glucoketoacidosis, because you can only have ketoacidosis if you have very high ketones, over 12 millimoles, and high glucose over 240." Urinalysis measures acetoacetate, one of three types of ketones.
"I like to think of [the ketones] as a group of singers," Greenow says. "You have the two ladies on either side, acetoacetate and acetone, and in the middle you have the big bass guy, beta-hydroxybutyrate, which represents 70 percent of the ketone bodies in the blood.
Acetoacetate gets spilled into the urine in the first stages of going into nutritional ketosis, because your body's mitochondria have not adapted to take advantage of those ketones. Once they do, those ketones are utilized by the body and not spilled. So even though you are in full ketosis, you may get a negative reading."
2. Breath analysis, originally designed for epileptic children. There are many cheap and substandard breath meters and only two of these types of devices with any degree of accuracy on the market, the Ketonix and the LEVL. The LEVL meter is very accurate, but at $600 plus a monthly calibration subscription it's also unnecessarily expensive.
3. Blood testing, is the gold standard and used in clinical trials and by doctors.
Greenow's Personal Story and the Making of Keto-Mojo
Greenow's journey began in 2015. At the time, he weighed 207 pounds and had all the telltale markers for metabolic syndrome. A friend, Todd White of Dry Farm Wines, told him about the ketogenic diet. In the end, Keto-Mojo grew out of Greenbow's own desire for a more affordable and accurate way to check his ketone levels.
"I cut my carbs. I kept them under about 30 grams. I was testing with an Abbott meter… [which costs] $4.50 per test. I could not understand why the strip was so expensive … I drew up a list of 100 different manufacturers across the globe [and] cross-matched that with the federal regulations of the 510(k) to make sure that they would have something that was legal within the United States.
I then approached all of these different manufacturers. Basically, the business plan was classic back-of-the-cocktail-napkin: [Create a] test [you can do] three times a day for less than the cost of a latte. We need to have affordable testing.
If we have affordable testing, people would know they're in a state of nutritional ketosis. What they get is this affirmation that the dietary choices they are making are right for their bio-individuality," Greenow says.
Greenow partnered with a manufacturer that has patents to do both ketones and glucose. "It was important for our meter to be able to do both, and to be able to get it at an affordable price," he says. Keto-Mojo launched in August 2017, selling keto testing strips at 99 cents per strip.
"Our goal is to really bring about a revolution in health care. I think we have one of the catalysts to be able to do that," he says. He describes his own health journey into a ketogenic lifestyle:
"Keto and yoga were the two things that I did … I had very little keto flu, because I was making use of proper supplements — potassium, magnesium and salt … bone broth, doing all of those classic things … My weight loss was a steady 1 to 2 pounds per week …
I found that I had a problem with sugar and alcohol through testing. With that, I don't do any keto cookies or bars or other things. I pretty much eat nice, clean, freshly made home-cooked food …
My weight dropped down until it got to its natural set point, which is between 165 pounds, if I'm really going hard on the yoga, and about 175 if I'm working a little bit too hard and not getting as much sleep … I keep my net carbs under 30 grams and like to have my ketones … between 1.1 and 1.7 … My protein is just really to a point of satiety …
I used to be on antidepressants for many years. Now, I'm not on any antidepressants. I find that when I'm in my personal zone of 1.1 to 1.7, that's where I'm at my best. I get my best mental acuity. My well-being is really good. I don't have those fits of despair or … anger that I used to get …
Most mornings I will skip breakfast … I'll just have a cup of tea in the morning with heavy cream, and then I'll gently sip on a Bulletproof coffee. At lunchtime, I'll have a couple of rollups of some meat and cheese and some veggies, and then a yoghurt mix … and then just one evening meal.
Sometimes I'll [do] intermittent fasting, just doing 16-8 [16 hours fasting, eating all meals within eight hours]. And then, usually about once a month, I try and do a therapeutic fast, which will be about a two- to three-day fast … to get that autophagy and apoptosis."
The Ketogenic Foundation
Greenow and his wife are also setting up The Ketogenic Foundation, a 501(c)(3) foundation. Their goal is to use some of the profits from Keto-Mojo to fund more ketogenic research. To help with this, they've also recently released a Bluetooth connector that allows you to download all of your ketone measurements onto your smartphone.
"Imagine a world where people are recording their macros through a Chronometer or a MyFitnessPal. They've got their weight put in there. They've got their glucose in there. They've got their ketones. They're calculating their glucose ketone index.
They've got their heartrate variability. They've got their Oura ring that has their sleep cycle on it. They pulled in all of their lab measurements. Suddenly, you have a dataset that is incredible for real proper epidemiological studies," he says.
Nutritional Ketosis Protects Against Neurological Degeneration
Greenow's grandfather and mother-in-law both had Alzheimer's disease, so he and his wife, Gemma, have personally witnessed the ravages of this neurological disease.
The good news is there's strong evidence that nutritional ketosis helps prevent the kind of neurodegeneration associated with Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), as well as many other chronic diseases, including many cancers, Type 2 diabetes, polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and heart disease. Nutritional ketosis is also a powerful adjunct to cancer therapy.
"I was at the 6th Global Symposium on Ketogenic Therapies for Neurological Disorders on the island of Jeju in South Korea. We were listening to the science presented for not only epilepsy … but also for Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, and also seeing the ketogenic therapy used for schizophrenia, bipolar, attention deficit and hyperactive disorder and traumatic brain injury.
The stride that it's making is absolutely fantastic. When you are there for three to four days and listening to some incredible bright minds, you really do see the depth that food can make such a massive change in people's lives," he says.
I strongly recommend cyclical ketogenesis, where you intentionally increase your net carbs a couple of days a week, essentially cycling in and out of ketosis rather than staying in ketosis continuously. My latest version is something I call "ketofast," where higher-carb, higher-protein days are directly followed by an 18-hour fast. The meal that day is limited to 600 calories, and then you fast again for a full 24 hours.
Essentially, it's a 42-hour fast, and you can do that once or twice a week. You're going to lose about 4 or 5 pounds in water weight, which suggests you've got glycogen depletion, and your ketones rise dramatically, usually over 2 (or even higher if you take medium-chain triglyceride (MCT) or C8 oil).
Business Update
Just over a year into business, Keto-Mojo is doing well and recently finished their escalation of inventory. Greenow has been very careful about making sure his supply chain is derisked, to make sure he'll always have product on hand.
"Our challenge this year was making sure that we had sufficient inventory in Amazon and in our own warehouse to supply the entire United States," he says.
"We now have 90 days of the product available in the United States. Should anything happen, like a container or something falls off the ship, it's OK. We can get another container in. We can continue the mission …
As we get greater scale, we get more margin, and rather than take that margin as pure profit, we want to try and bring the price down on the strips. That will be our next challenge. We just finished another meeting with our manufacturer to see if we can find some efficiencies with them to bring [the price] down …"
On Amazon, Keto-Mojo is now the No. 1 selling glucose and ketone meter in the United States by a factor of five. Keto-Mojo also ensures the quality and accuracy of their strips by storing them in climate-controlled warehouses and shipping them in temperature-controlled packages, as they may be affected by heat. The Keto-Mojo strips are good for 18 months from the date of manufacture, or six months after opening.
The company is also starting to make inroads with researchers, and the Keto-Mojo meter and strips are currently being used in three different ketogenic trials, one for brain cancer, one for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and a third for Type 2 diabetes.
"We are beginning to build a program now for different researchers who are approaching us," Greenow says. "This is the piece that bothers me the most actually, because when I'm talking to these researchers, they are telling me about how underfunded they are.
They have to look everywhere to get forms of cash. That's why we're setting up the foundation so that we can support the funding of these clinical trials. We're able to support in the form of meters and strips, so that we can have better science and clear science."
Next year, Keto-Mojo plans to release a next generation meter, which will be about the size of a stick of chewing gum and connects to your cellphone. They're also working on a two-in-one strip that will measure ketones and glucose simultaneously.
Testing Is the Best Way to Determine Whether You're Actually in Ketosis
How will you know if you're in nutritional ketosis? Over time, you'll learn your body and have a fairly good sense of where you are, but in the beginning, it's really helpful to test your ketones. For that, Keto-Mojo is really incomparable, as it provides the greatest accuracy at the lowest cost.
Both the Keto-Mojo ketone and glucose testing meter, and the blood ketone test strips, are available on Amazon and their website keto-mojo.com. Shipping is free on both sites. Next year, they're also releasing a second-generation meter.
"We're essentially taking our profit and putting it into research and development," Greenow says. "We're putting it into supporting clinical trials and science to better help the ketogenic community. I didn't see any of my competition doing that, because I just don't think they care."
That Greenow and his wife care about people's health and the ketogenic community is obvious. As for how they came up with the name, Keto-Mojo, Greenow says:
"I have to thank my wife for that one. The initial name of the company was Keto Check… Then we suddenly found out that name was already trademarked. We're driving back from yoga, going through lists of names. Gemma says, 'Keto Emoji,' then 'Keto Mojo.'
I was like, 'Oh, total Austin Powers, International Man of Mystery. Keto-mojo, baby!' and it just had more of an approachability to it. We essentially have a medical device, but we needed to make it approachable to everybody, not to be stodgy and staid, and to encompass a little bit of lifestyle. That's what we ended up with. So, a big nod to Mrs. Mojo, Gemma, for that one."
from HealthyLife via Jake Glover on Inoreader http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2018/11/25/keto-mojo-ketone-blood-glucose-monitoring-system.aspx
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Keto-Mojo The Most Accurate and Inexpensive Way to Determine if Youre in Nutritional Ketosis
Dorian Greenow, also known as Mister Mojo, is the cofounder of Keto-Mojo, viewed by many experts as the best strategy to measure your ketone levels. While ketones can be measured by blood, breath or urine testing, blood testing is the most accurate. The drawback has long been cost, which is what Greenow set out to change.
The Keto-Mojo ketone and blood glucose monitoring system is not only the most accurate way of testing your ketones, it's also far more affordable than other blood testing strips on the market.
Ketone Testing Methods
In all, there are three different methods available for measuring your ketones:
1. Urinalysis strips, designed for Type 1 diabetics, who need to avoid ketoacidosis. It's important to realize that ketoacidosis has nothing to do with nutritional ketosis.
As noted by Greenow, "Ketoacidosis should really be called glucoketoacidosis, because you can only have ketoacidosis if you have very high ketones, over 12 millimoles, and high glucose over 240." Urinalysis measures acetoacetate, one of three types of ketones.
"I like to think of [the ketones] as a group of singers," Greenow says. "You have the two ladies on either side, acetoacetate and acetone, and in the middle you have the big bass guy, beta-hydroxybutyrate, which represents 70 percent of the ketone bodies in the blood.
Acetoacetate gets spilled into the urine in the first stages of going into nutritional ketosis, because your body's mitochondria have not adapted to take advantage of those ketones. Once they do, those ketones are utilized by the body and not spilled. So even though you are in full ketosis, you may get a negative reading."
2. Breath analysis, originally designed for epileptic children. There are many cheap and substandard breath meters and only two of these types of devices with any degree of accuracy on the market, the Ketonix and the LEVL. The LEVL meter is very accurate, but at $600 plus a monthly calibration subscription it's also unnecessarily expensive.
3. Blood testing, is the gold standard and used in clinical trials and by doctors.
Greenow's Personal Story and the Making of Keto-Mojo
Greenow's journey began in 2015. At the time, he weighed 207 pounds and had all the telltale markers for metabolic syndrome. A friend, Todd White of Dry Farm Wines, told him about the ketogenic diet. In the end, Keto-Mojo grew out of Greenbow's own desire for a more affordable and accurate way to check his ketone levels.
"I cut my carbs. I kept them under about 30 grams. I was testing with an Abbott meter… [which costs] $4.50 per test. I could not understand why the strip was so expensive … I drew up a list of 100 different manufacturers across the globe [and] cross-matched that with the federal regulations of the 510(k) to make sure that they would have something that was legal within the United States.
I then approached all of these different manufacturers. Basically, the business plan was classic back-of-the-cocktail-napkin: [Create a] test [you can do] three times a day for less than the cost of a latte. We need to have affordable testing.
If we have affordable testing, people would know they're in a state of nutritional ketosis. What they get is this affirmation that the dietary choices they are making are right for their bio-individuality," Greenow says.
Greenow partnered with a manufacturer that has patents to do both ketones and glucose. "It was important for our meter to be able to do both, and to be able to get it at an affordable price," he says. Keto-Mojo launched in August 2017, selling keto testing strips at 99 cents per strip.
"Our goal is to really bring about a revolution in health care. I think we have one of the catalysts to be able to do that," he says. He describes his own health journey into a ketogenic lifestyle:
"Keto and yoga were the two things that I did … I had very little keto flu, because I was making use of proper supplements — potassium, magnesium and salt … bone broth, doing all of those classic things … My weight loss was a steady 1 to 2 pounds per week …
I found that I had a problem with sugar and alcohol through testing. With that, I don't do any keto cookies or bars or other things. I pretty much eat nice, clean, freshly made home-cooked food …
My weight dropped down until it got to its natural set point, which is between 165 pounds, if I'm really going hard on the yoga, and about 175 if I'm working a little bit too hard and not getting as much sleep … I keep my net carbs under 30 grams and like to have my ketones … between 1.1 and 1.7 … My protein is just really to a point of satiety …
I used to be on antidepressants for many years. Now, I'm not on any antidepressants. I find that when I'm in my personal zone of 1.1 to 1.7, that's where I'm at my best. I get my best mental acuity. My well-being is really good. I don't have those fits of despair or … anger that I used to get …
Most mornings I will skip breakfast … I'll just have a cup of tea in the morning with heavy cream, and then I'll gently sip on a Bulletproof coffee. At lunchtime, I'll have a couple of rollups of some meat and cheese and some veggies, and then a yoghurt mix … and then just one evening meal.
Sometimes I'll [do] intermittent fasting, just doing 16-8 [16 hours fasting, eating all meals within eight hours]. And then, usually about once a month, I try and do a therapeutic fast, which will be about a two- to three-day fast … to get that autophagy and apoptosis."
The Ketogenic Foundation
Greenow and his wife are also setting up The Ketogenic Foundation, a 501(c)(3) foundation. Their goal is to use some of the profits from Keto-Mojo to fund more ketogenic research. To help with this, they've also recently released a Bluetooth connector that allows you to download all of your ketone measurements onto your smartphone.
"Imagine a world where people are recording their macros through a Chronometer or a MyFitnessPal. They've got their weight put in there. They've got their glucose in there. They've got their ketones. They're calculating their glucose ketone index.
They've got their heartrate variability. They've got their Oura ring that has their sleep cycle on it. They pulled in all of their lab measurements. Suddenly, you have a dataset that is incredible for real proper epidemiological studies," he says.
Nutritional Ketosis Protects Against Neurological Degeneration
Greenow's grandfather and mother-in-law both had Alzheimer's disease, so he and his wife, Gemma, have personally witnessed the ravages of this neurological disease.
The good news is there's strong evidence that nutritional ketosis helps prevent the kind of neurodegeneration associated with Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), as well as many other chronic diseases, including many cancers, Type 2 diabetes, polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and heart disease. Nutritional ketosis is also a powerful adjunct to cancer therapy.
"I was at the 6th Global Symposium on Ketogenic Therapies for Neurological Disorders on the island of Jeju in South Korea. We were listening to the science presented for not only epilepsy … but also for Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, and also seeing the ketogenic therapy used for schizophrenia, bipolar, attention deficit and hyperactive disorder and traumatic brain injury.
The stride that it's making is absolutely fantastic. When you are there for three to four days and listening to some incredible bright minds, you really do see the depth that food can make such a massive change in people's lives," he says.
I strongly recommend cyclical ketogenesis, where you intentionally increase your net carbs a couple of days a week, essentially cycling in and out of ketosis rather than staying in ketosis continuously. My latest version is something I call "ketofast," where higher-carb, higher-protein days are directly followed by an 18-hour fast. The meal that day is limited to 600 calories, and then you fast again for a full 24 hours.
Essentially, it's a 42-hour fast, and you can do that once or twice a week. You're going to lose about 4 or 5 pounds in water weight, which suggests you've got glycogen depletion, and your ketones rise dramatically, usually over 2 (or even higher if you take medium-chain triglyceride (MCT) or C8 oil).
Business Update
Just over a year into business, Keto-Mojo is doing well and recently finished their escalation of inventory. Greenow has been very careful about making sure his supply chain is derisked, to make sure he'll always have product on hand.
"Our challenge this year was making sure that we had sufficient inventory in Amazon and in our own warehouse to supply the entire United States," he says.
"We now have 90 days of the product available in the United States. Should anything happen, like a container or something falls off the ship, it's OK. We can get another container in. We can continue the mission …
As we get greater scale, we get more margin, and rather than take that margin as pure profit, we want to try and bring the price down on the strips. That will be our next challenge. We just finished another meeting with our manufacturer to see if we can find some efficiencies with them to bring [the price] down …"
On Amazon, Keto-Mojo is now the No. 1 selling glucose and ketone meter in the United States by a factor of five. Keto-Mojo also ensures the quality and accuracy of their strips by storing them in climate-controlled warehouses and shipping them in temperature-controlled packages, as they may be affected by heat. The Keto-Mojo strips are good for 18 months from the date of manufacture, or six months after opening.
The company is also starting to make inroads with researchers, and the Keto-Mojo meter and strips are currently being used in three different ketogenic trials, one for brain cancer, one for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and a third for Type 2 diabetes.
"We are beginning to build a program now for different researchers who are approaching us," Greenow says. "This is the piece that bothers me the most actually, because when I'm talking to these researchers, they are telling me about how underfunded they are.
They have to look everywhere to get forms of cash. That's why we're setting up the foundation so that we can support the funding of these clinical trials. We're able to support in the form of meters and strips, so that we can have better science and clear science."
Next year, Keto-Mojo plans to release a next generation meter, which will be about the size of a stick of chewing gum and connects to your cellphone. They're also working on a two-in-one strip that will measure ketones and glucose simultaneously.
Testing Is the Best Way to Determine Whether You're Actually in Ketosis
How will you know if you're in nutritional ketosis? Over time, you'll learn your body and have a fairly good sense of where you are, but in the beginning, it's really helpful to test your ketones. For that, Keto-Mojo is really incomparable, as it provides the greatest accuracy at the lowest cost.
Both the Keto-Mojo ketone and glucose testing meter, and the blood ketone test strips, are available on Amazon and their website keto-mojo.com. Shipping is free on both sites. Next year, they're also releasing a second-generation meter.
"We're essentially taking our profit and putting it into research and development," Greenow says. "We're putting it into supporting clinical trials and science to better help the ketogenic community. I didn't see any of my competition doing that, because I just don't think they care."
That Greenow and his wife care about people's health and the ketogenic community is obvious. As for how they came up with the name, Keto-Mojo, Greenow says:
"I have to thank my wife for that one. The initial name of the company was Keto Check… Then we suddenly found out that name was already trademarked. We're driving back from yoga, going through lists of names. Gemma says, 'Keto Emoji,' then 'Keto Mojo.'
I was like, 'Oh, total Austin Powers, International Man of Mystery. Keto-mojo, baby!' and it just had more of an approachability to it. We essentially have a medical device, but we needed to make it approachable to everybody, not to be stodgy and staid, and to encompass a little bit of lifestyle. That's what we ended up with. So, a big nod to Mrs. Mojo, Gemma, for that one."
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