CitizenSamurai

Hey. Did Wattpad get rid of inbox? How you been?

Merry Christmas!

JR,
          
          I hope you have been doing well. Long time, no update. I hope to see more chapters soon. :)

Chapter Eleven Margaret - Part One
          https://www.wattpad.com/1373091698-humiliation-of-a-samurai-eleven-margaret-part-one

Chapter Ten Vincent - Part Five is up.
          https://www.wattpad.com/1364278610-humiliation-of-a-samurai-ten-vincent-part-five

Chapter Ten Vincent - Part Four is  up.

Thanks for the follow!

It's Memorial Day.  There are people fighting for their lives and freedom in different parts of the world at this moment.  We have a good standard of living here in North America thanks to a great deal of sacrifice, most of it made by men and women without followings or fame.
          
          Not every government or nation is 100 percent free, entirely equal - but I'd say the United States is the best place in the world to live while we try to evolve to the next level.  Think about the people you miss today.  Think about contributing to your household, your neighborhood, and your world in such a way that you'll be missed when you're gone, because you were a good person and a cool hang : ) And remember how lucky you are.  Someone out there would happily trade places and problems with you. 
          
          Give this a listen, then get back to writing.
          
          BILLY BRAGG - "She Came Along To Me"
          https://youtu.be/gNMfOwA6qUo

Easter is my least favorite holiday.  I have my reasons.
          
          This is one of the most traumatic parts of Easter right here:
          https://www.sees.com/easter-candy/dark-peanut-butter-egg/201040.html
          
          I love chocolate and peanut butter (as pictured in this catalog link) but when we visited the same family friends for Easter dinner each year, they kindly sent us away with one of those scat-shaped eggs for each kid, some kind of chocolate packed with sour walnuts.  If you ate it, you got sick.  I always tried to sneak mine out the window of the station wagon on the way home.
          
          The best part about Spring was Spring Break.  Who misses that?
          
          Jesus was the first Spring Breaker.
          
          Imagine the swagger you'd have, rising from the dead to shake off the haters and get wild with your boys in the Mediterranean, and then leaving Earth to go live with your biological dad.
          
          A final hurrah with eleven solid dudes who helped you build a motivational speaking & magic catering outreach empire (low overhead, insane profit margins). The same guys who had your back during the humble years, when you were making a living framing houses & fishing, you thought your stepdad was your real dad, and Judas was still cool.
          
          Happy Spring everyone.
          
          ALEXANDER EBERT - "Truth"
          https://youtu.be/GtPK0gRdFgI
          
          OLD 97s - "Salome"
          https://youtu.be/WpEak4xFXaI
          
          ALDOUS HARDING "Imagining My Man"
          https://youtu.be/aipyvUAXtJI
          
          MARGARET GLASPY - "You & I"
          https://youtu.be/CO6RhAMLSWU
          
          THE LINDA LINDAS - "Oh!"
          https://youtu.be/wF-1IIs9_5U
          
          SATAN'S PILGRIMS - "La Cazuela"
          https://youtu.be/wzGaJqEnd9Y
          
          FLOYD CRAMER - "Last Date"
          https://youtu.be/JvfG9uFswis
          
          R.E.M. - "Last Date" (cover)
          https://youtu.be/WRe6y4orw7Q
          
          R.E.M. - "Don't Go Back To Rockville"
          https://youtu.be/ldR6LQrljag
          
          OLD 97s - "Old Familiar Steam"
          https://youtu.be/uq3xeMvQGpk
          
          DIRE STRAITS - "Romeo & Juliet"
          https://youtu.be/-4-AIzKkQMY
          
          LOU REED - "Romeo Had Juliet"
          https://youtu.be/J7yScl4-kms

Big love to everyone who sounded off and made this week interesting.
          
          Welcome back to some of the people who've been away.
          
          Today I'm wasting your time with a post about movies and music.
          
          < if any links don't work in your region, search the title on YouTube >
          
          THE ADVENTURES OF SEBASTIAN COLE - This is a film about a young man who desperately wants to be a writer.  Clark Gregg plays his stepfather, and delivers the best "get your act together" speech of any film in this first chapter >
          https://youtu.be/Gse1JHXHs5g
          
          TWIN FALLS IDAHO
          Beautiful, original storytelling - no CGI, no superhero universes.  It's a sweet independent film, audio can be a bit muddy, headphones recommended.
          https://youtu.be/Gse1JHXHs5g
          
          KAREN DALTON - "Something On Your Mind"
          https://youtu.be/zNIHvRKzpD0
          
          COWBOY JUNKIES - "Southern Rain"
          https://youtu.be/BdtdHqwBBhE
          
          DRAPHT - "Rapunzel"
          https://youtu.be/6DJnvFBZ7pc
          
          JAMES - "Sit Down"
          https://youtu.be/I9vnqsi92Vk
          
          JEFFERSON AIRPLANE - "Today"
          https://youtu.be/5SXy7G5dtb4
          
          BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE - "Anemone" (live)
          https://youtu.be/7eo5gNsIUaY?t=5
          
          JOHNNY RIVERS - "Memphis"
          "she could not leave her number, but I know who placed the call /
          'cause my uncle took the message and he wrote it on the wall"
          https://youtu.be/O70aH7VNPpc
          
          WAX - "California"
          (short film, worth watching)
          https://youtu.be/DcP-RtK3QIU
          
          ORVILLE PECK - "Dead Of Night"
          (turn this up)
          https://youtu.be/q3esGD6lcMM
          
          THE KNIFE - "Heartbeats"
          https://youtu.be/pPD8Ja64mRU
          
          VOICE OF THE BEEHIVE - "Monsters & Angels"
          (great video)
          https://youtu.be/Yc0HWwLeYec
          
          U2 - "Bad"
          Irish shout-out for @JohnnyTuturro
          https://youtu.be/0s30qw4XV_E
          
          SANTIGOLD - "The Riot's Gone"
          https://youtu.be/SqxdrIFCLjc
          
          ELLIOTT SMITH - "Waltz No. 2"
          https://youtu.be/RWn9ocrMhlE
          
          THE EVERLY BROTHERS - "When Will I Be Loved?"
          https://youtu.be/xOm7aE-cd1o
          
          THE BAD SNEAKER ORCHESTRA - "Rikki Don't Lose That Number" (cover)
          (this is pure gold, worth watching)
          https://youtu.be/8nvFy1QwqnM