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Hold On - Hope Contest EntryWandering past midnight
Chasing shadows from the streetlights
Sleep doesn't come easy anymore

Whispering my weakness
In the alleyways and streets, it
Echoes back much louder than before

And all the ghosts
Of all the dreams
That almost happened
Screaming at me

Hands don't fail me now
Oh, just a little tighter
Please hold on, hold on to
Everything

Feet on autopilot
As I battle with the riot
Doubts and demons eating me inside

Searching for a symbol
Or some cosmic sort of signal
To tell me that it's going to be alright

And every wish
I ever said
For ever after
Falls to pieces

Hands don't fail me now
Oh, just a little tigh

What I Do Best

Keeping company
with misery and doubt
They don't make a whiskey strong enough
To wash you from my mouth

And you taste a lot like failure
with a little bit of sweet
mingled with the flavor
of the blood between my teeth

So I take a drink or eight
kiss this bottle until it breaks
and I make myself forget
cuz that's what I do best

Let the shadows take
the corners of this place
Cuz I cannot light a candle
without thinking of your face

And the matches are too heavy
when I hold them in my grip
slip between the cracks
like everything I ever did

So I take a drink or eight
Kiss this bottle until it breaks
and I brew in bitternes

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friends and enemiesby ~mindfire3927

Photography / People & Portraits / Cosplay

"It pays to know the enemy--not least because at some time you may have the opportunity to turn him into a friend."
--Margaret Thatcher

I have always, always, always wanted to dress my dad up as Mario, since he has always looked like him. This summer, for his birthday, I'm taking him to A-kon. He agreed to let me make him a costume.

My dad is the greatest <3 Here he is with my pet tortoise, Speedbump, for some koopa-ish shots while we tried out the costume for the first time.

My favorite part is that if Mario was around 25-30 years old when he first appeared (1981), he'd be about my dad's age now. So sure, he's an old, grey Mario, but he's technically accurate

There might be some more fun photoshoots in the future...especially since my dad's little brother looks just like someone...

~White-Flag-Idiot Jan 12, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

We have found Mario at long last! Your dad is awesome and fits the role perfectly! I love the 'Koopa' as well. I thought they'd be bigger though in real life! XD

~mindfire3927 Jan 12, 2012

Thank you! Yeah, you have a good point!

Speedbump's still sort of a kiddo tortoise in this picture (although when she gets bigger my dad won't be able to lift her so maybe it's for the best

)

~White-Flag-Idiot Jan 12, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

Welcome! Ah, I see. When your tortoise gets older she'll definately be a lot bigger! Either way though it's still an awesome cosplay. XD Imagine if you had stuck little fake wings on Speedbump! She'd be a parakoopa! ='D

~mindfire3927 Jan 13, 2012

Ha! That's a fantastic idea!

*CuteYuna92 Jan 11, 2012 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Nice! xD

~mindfire3927 Jan 12, 2012

Thank you

~Yaoi-Huntress-Earth Jan 10, 2012 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

It's amusing.

~mindfire3927 Jan 10, 2012

Thanks

~waterflower14 Jun 6, 2011 Student General Artist

this is an awesome idea!!!

~mindfire3927 Jul 6, 2011

Thank you!!

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