 Kansas had worked me pretty good. Well, you know what they say, "Everybody cries in Kansas."
When I told my boyfriend I didn't like how messy his room was when I came over because I felt like I was living in lunch trash and dog hair, he made sure every time after that he washed the sheets, cleaned the floors, picked up, etc. He went a bit overboard and now won't let me into the room until he's cleaned. I didn't want to do it for him because I had an exboyfriend like you have now. I started cooking and cleaning at the ex's place out of love, then it became obligation because it was dirty otherwise. Then I got into grad school and stopped, and he said "I didn't realize how much you were actually doing around the house"...  That ex would complain if I asked to think of me when he was making food for himself, even after I always cooked for both of us. Eventually we broke up for other reasons, but his entitlement to my time and energy was a pretty big deal breaker.

Think long and hard about which type you want to spend your life with: do you want the guy who puts in effort to make sure you're comfortable, or the one who doesn't see your needs as valuable? The one who takes you for granted or the one who appreciates you?Work on the revamping of the access road to the Centennial Bridge which collapsed in December 2010 will be completed in August or September.
The Ministry of Public Works says that work has finished on 84 of 140 pylons that will support the new access road. The repair work has reduced the traffic flow across the bridge to one direction at limited times, which has led to long delays at the Bridge of the Americas.
Public Works Minister Federico José Suárez says 12 "control wells" have been installed to monitor water levels around the bridge, and to to detect any shifts in soil leading to renewed problems. Poor drainage has been identified as the reason for the road’s collapse.Announcer: Ladies and gentlemen — Ray Sharkey!
Ray Sharkey: ALRIGHT!! [ he blows kisses to the audience ] Hi, everybody! 20 million people out there — I LOVE YOU!!
Voice from the Audience: We do, too!
Ray Sharkey: [ he shrugs ] That’s my mother, it’s okay. [ the audience laughs ] It really is! It really is my mother! Back in New York, man! This is it, I gotta tell you. This is the greatest [ mouths: “fuckin'” ] city in the whole world! [ the audience cheers ] Alright! When I got here, they said to me the irst thing I gotta do is come out and, uh, you know, say a few words… I said, “Great!” Hey — a monologue! I always wanted to do a monologue, you know? Those laughs… tell some jokes… a little stand-up routine. So, a little later on, I’m gonna tell some jokes and stuff, and I may need a little help from the audience out there. You guys are my friends — right?
Okay! That’s later! But I gotta tell you about my trip coming into town — in one minute. I go through this whole thing. I got off the plane, right? I fly from Los Angeles to New York — a distance of about… 3,000 miles, right? It took five hours, okay? To get my bags from the plane to the car — 300 feet — it takes me about SIX hours! Fuhgeddaboudit! So I get in the cab, I get on the freeway — oh, they call ’em “highways” here, sorry about that! — and I look and I see the 59th Street Bridge, and I know I’m home. You know?  Ugh! The worst thing about it — I took this flight, it’s called a Redeye. Anybody take the Redeye? [ the audience cheers ] Fuhgeddaboudit! I mean, everybody walks on the plane looking so beautiful… the next day, it’s like, fuhgeddaboudit! I sat next to this woman, she was the most beautiful woman in the world. In the morning, she wakes up, she looks like… ugh! Fuhgeddaboudit! We broke up — I didn’t even sleep with her! It was terrible. When I got to the city, I got so depressed, you know? I was driving in the car, and this BLIZZARD was comin’ down! Fuhgeddaboudit! And it snows… there’s a beautiful white blanket. I’m depressed and then, wait a minute, man… underneath this white blanket is the greasy, gray film and dirt of New York. This is, this is my home, and I love it! I’m glad to be back!
And about those jokes, you know what? I’m not supposed to do this, but I’m gonna do it! Forget about the jokes! I’m here to have a good time, and we’re ALL here to have a good time! We’ve got a GREAT show! Hang on, we’ll be right back! ENJOY YOURSELVES!!
Little is known of Martin Henry Strong's life, before his mutant abilities became apparent. However, when Martin's mutant abilities manifested themselves, they changed his life forever. Martin's mutant ability granted him incredible intelligence; however, it also disfigured his body, so that his hands and feet eventually mutated to 'fin' like appearances, granting him exceptional movement in the water, but nearly crippling his movement on land.
With the help of his good friend, Doctor Emilio Licciardo, Martin Strong is able to use his mutant genius level abilities to create the company Strong Industries. Through Strong Industries, Emilio Licciardo helps develop a synthetic body for himself, giving him a 'normal' appearance. This synthetic body was also capable of enduring incredible amounts of damage and granted him super human strength.
Martin Strong would eventually get married, and have two children (one daughter, one son). However, his wife, upon discovering that he was a mutant, feared that their children might end up mutants as well, took them and fled.
Hating how his body had become disfigured, because of his genetic mutant DNA, Henry Strong sought to 'cure' the world of all mutants.
Martin Strong became aware that someone was closing in on his idea the 'cure' the world of mutants, and used Michelle Balters Neurotap to lure them out. As it turned out, Sam Guthrie Cannonball and Theresa Cassidy Syrin of X-Force had been undercover, interning for Doctor Licciardo.
Letting Michelle 'escape' from Strong Industries, he then sent Adam-X X-Treme after her. Michelle is rescued by X-Force, and explains what Strong Industries does to Cable. Elsewhere, Shatterstar and Rictor briefly fight with Adam-X, before forming an alliance. Together, they all agree to try and take down Strong Industries.
However, at that same time, Martin Strong confronted Sam and Theresa at Strong Industries, and easily defeated them and placed them in the same holding cell as their teammate, Feral, whom Martin Strong had previously captured.
Adam-X returns to Strong Industries, with Rictor and Boomer as his prisoners, however, it turns out to be a ploy to surprise Henry Strong and get the rest of X-Force within Strong Industries. Henry Strong, however, decides to make his escape, rather than confront X-Force. When Cable gives the command to tear the entire facility down to find Strong, Neurotap stops and explains that the machines in the room are the only thing keeping some of the mutants alive. Cable agrees to leave the testing room standing.
A short while later, however, Strong appears and ambushes X-Force. He also, at that time, explains how he's disappointed in Adam-X's betrayal and how he would have helped him the way he helped Michelle. It's then that the others realize that Michelle had betrayed them to Henry Strong. Using her power, she renders everyone unconscious, save for Adam-X, who uses his own power to cut her and "flash fry" her blood, rendering her unconscious.
Cable then uses a Ionic Molecular Blade to cut through Henry Strong's durable flesh; once cut, Adam-X uses his power to flash fry him. The result is something no one expects; as Henry Strong's synthetic body explodes, revealing Henry Strong's true form; a smaller body, whose mutated hands and feet have become fins.
Doctor Licciardo explains that Michelle had little choice, as it was Henry Strong who was paying for the medical bills of Michelle's parents, who were both vegetative comas. X-Force leaves without pursuing it further, and Doctor Licciardo is left to pick up the pieces of Henry Strong's life - once again.
Henry Strong is seen next, when Shatterstar and Domino attempt to sneak into Hannigan Electronics, which is a division of Strong Industries. Floating within the liquid tank, Strong's mutant body is seen floating; awaiting his next synthetic body.
Strong's next body was actually a symbiotic "relationship" with a mutant by the name of Freddy. Freddy, whose mutant power, manifested itself and deformed his body so that bones jutted out, with skin growing into an umbrella-like state. His exterior collapsing into an interior shell. With Henry Strong lowered into Freddy's "spider like" body, Henry could once again