{"id":2736,"date":"2015-11-07T13:25:14","date_gmt":"2015-11-07T18:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.steelbuddha.net\/?p=2736"},"modified":"2015-11-08T18:45:26","modified_gmt":"2015-11-08T23:45:26","slug":"accept-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.steelbuddha.net\/?p=2736","title":{"rendered":"Accept it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gimme a stick. I&#8217;m fighting my way out of this.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.steelbuddha.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/12072577_10156055360375361_7192788681241110324_n.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"2737\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.steelbuddha.net\/?attachment_id=2737\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.steelbuddha.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/12072577_10156055360375361_7192788681241110324_n.jpg?fit=599%2C599\" data-orig-size=\"599,599\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"12072577_10156055360375361_7192788681241110324_n\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.steelbuddha.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/12072577_10156055360375361_7192788681241110324_n.jpg?fit=300%2C300\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.steelbuddha.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/12072577_10156055360375361_7192788681241110324_n.jpg?fit=599%2C599\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2737\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.steelbuddha.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/12072577_10156055360375361_7192788681241110324_n.jpg?resize=425%2C425\" alt=\"12072577_10156055360375361_7192788681241110324_n\" width=\"425\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.steelbuddha.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/12072577_10156055360375361_7192788681241110324_n.jpg?w=599 599w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.steelbuddha.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/12072577_10156055360375361_7192788681241110324_n.jpg?resize=150%2C150 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.steelbuddha.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/12072577_10156055360375361_7192788681241110324_n.jpg?resize=300%2C300 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 425px) 100vw, 425px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.steelbuddha.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Ikp6gFc.gif\"><img data-attachment-id=\"2740\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.steelbuddha.net\/?attachment_id=2740\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.steelbuddha.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Ikp6gFc.gif?fit=500%2C366\" data-orig-size=\"500,366\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Ikp6gFc\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.steelbuddha.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Ikp6gFc.gif?fit=300%2C220\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.steelbuddha.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Ikp6gFc.gif?fit=500%2C366\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2740\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.steelbuddha.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Ikp6gFc.gif?resize=500%2C366\" alt=\"Ikp6gFc\" width=\"500\" height=\"366\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gimme a stick. I&#8217;m fighting my way out of this. &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p73iP8-I8","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2561,"url":"http:\/\/www.steelbuddha.net\/?p=2561","url_meta":{"origin":2736,"position":0},"title":"On up and giving it.","date":"12\/8\/2014","format":false,"excerpt":"I guess I'll write more here soon, but I see things that I don't like. 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