You see sacrifice, Robert...

is the price of a good trick, but you wouldn't know anything about that, would you? A brother! A twin!? You were Fallon... the whole time? No. We were both Fallon, and we were both Borden. Were you the one who went into the box, or the one who came back out? We took turns. The trick is where we would swap. Cutter knew! Cutter knew, but I told him it was too simple, too easy. No. Simple maybe, but not easy.


How true: sacrifice is never easy. One thing that I have sacrificed lately is my time, energy, and diet. I recently started working out and going to the gym nearly everyday to become more fit and healthy. The plan was simple, just go exercise everyday and eat healthier, but it wasn't easy, and it took a lot of self-determination, self-control, and perserverance to be able to stick with it day after day.

I had to give up several hours everyday to go to the gym and exercise, I had to push my body when it wanted to give up on lifting heavy weights, and I had to cut out food that wasn't nutritious and bad for my health like fast food by replacing my diet with foods that are more bland and boring.

And the product? Well, I have built more muscle, am building up my cardiovascular system, lost some body fat, probably lowered my blood pressure and cholesterol, developed a deeper love for food for those instances when I can indulge myself, and am working towards developing a better self-image about myself.

Tell me about the sacrifices you have made: why you did it, what you had to give up, and how it changed your life or someoneelse's. I have much respect for people who are able to give things up and work towards helping themselves or others, and for those who are too lazy or uncaring enough to sacrifice, I have no sympathy, and they can lick my balls.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

It's really hard to follow the point you're trying to get across and the question you're trying to ask with all that useless diatribe in the beginning of your OP. Save that shit for your journal.

But sacrifices. God, such a general thing to ask about but I'll bite.

Right now, I've got more than enough money to fix my car, but I still continue to ride my bike everywhere because I'd like to get fit. This includes riding my bike 30 miles, round trip, to rehearsal with my band. In a few months time I do believe this will pay off.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

I've sacrificed financial security for a good number of years by going to university to do what I love in life, music.

I'm not much of a materialistic person so that helps, but every now and again I see people I grew up with who are starting to get settled down and who are starting to be able to relax a bit when it comes to financial issues and it makes me think about what it must feel like. It usually doesn't last too long since I really love writing music to the point of giving up just about everything to reach my goal. Still... some days when I'm eating my peanut butter sandwiches, the sacrifices I had to make are pretty apparent.

Another thing which I had to sacrifice which is even more biting is the fact that I had to move a good distance away from my family and friends to study. Fortunately, my girlfriend is here with me and that does to lighten the load, and the phone or email makes it a lot easier than it would have been a century or two ago to keep in touch with everyone.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

I sacrificed time to make sure i got the major I wanted.

When I went to my second university (I graduated from one and then was able to transfer my credits to continue at a second), they told me that my major was full. They said, 'Well, you can come in next year, but as a business major. You can then switch majors next fall and take some of your minor classes (for whatever reason, they would not allow me to take any classes relating to my minor by itself at this time)". I decided to just wait until the next fall to ensure I was accepted into my major. So that resulted in me not being able to take classes for my minor, hence slowing me down a bit.

How ya doing, buddy?

Nothing too significant thus far. I suppose the only thing that comes to mind is giving up opportunities to spend more time with friends and family since I'm usually too busy with school. My major is the most difficult one when compared to those of most people I know, and requires a lot of clinical time outside of normal school. But I've been fortunate since the people I know respect the work I do, and understand why I can't always go places with them.

I was speaking idiomatically.