hard-nosed
"realistic and determined, tough-minded" -- Google dictionary. Or "being tough, stubborn, or uncompromising" merriam-webster.com
David
shotgun wedding
a wedding which is arranged in order to avoid embarrassment due to premarital sex which can possibly lead to an unintended pregnancy --wikipedia
Miserlou by Dick Dale
Music from the 1960s on the Pulp Fiction soundtrack
choicelessness
"offering or permitting no choice" -- merriam-webster.com
doggedness
"great determination to do something, even if it is very difficult" -- Cambridge dictionary
Heart Sutra by Tinna Tinh
Musical adaptation of this well-known sutra calibrated at 780 in Truth vs. Falsehood.
flailing
"beset by difficulties" -- merriam-webster.com
path of least resistance
“The thing, option, or course of action that is easiest to do; that which avoids confrontation, difficulty, awkwardness, or tension.” — thefreedictionary.com
dizziness
"such as feeling faint, woozy, weak or unsteady. Dizziness that creates the false sense that you or your surroundings are spinning or moving is called vertigo." -- mayoclinic.org
life
"the condition that distinguishes animals and plants from inorganic matter..." -- Google dictionary
trying to make the unreal real
Request: seems to be a common way we deceive ourselves
Jake Gyllenhaal
American actor, personal calibration
stand one's ground
"To refuse to yield, compromise, or be belittled" -- thefreedictionary.com
number of workers who died during World Cup construction in Qatar
Previously reported at 40, Qatar now says 400 to 500 people, but what's the actual number?
Ritalin
“the most widely prescribed central nervous system (CNS) stimulant medication used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and, to a lesser extent, narcolepsy” — wikipedia