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Prep: A Novelby Curtis Sittenfeld
Author Q & A
A Conversation with Curtis Sittenfeld
Katie Bacon is an editor for The Atlantic Monthly. This interview originally
appeared on The Atlantic Online (www.theatlantic.com). (Copyright
© 2005 The Atlantic Monthly Group).
Katie Bacon: What has this experience been like for you? Did you
expect Prep to take off in the way it has? It's really become a phenomenon
of sorts.
Curtis Sittenfeld: I would say the short answer is no, I didn't expect
this. But at the same time, when I would talk to my editor and publicists
at Random House in the months before publication, they were always
really excited and enthusiastic. So I always thought that if it wasn't
a bestseller they might be disappointed. I didn't necessarily think it
would be, but I thought they kind of expected it. But then, as the book
started to sell well and did become a bestseller, they would say things
to me like, "Isn't this great?" "Can you believe it?" "I can't believe it."
And I thought, You can't believe it!? But didn't you assume this would
happen, and didn't you make it happen?
You used the word "phenomenon," and I think that if I knew someone
who had written a book and then things had unfolded this way, I
would probably think, Oh, you must be so excited all the time! You must
be so swept up in everything. I do feel really lucky, but my life is not that
different. One big difference is obviously that in the past I've conducted
these interviews and now I'm giving one. But in a weird way, it
kind of takes up the same time. And because I've worked as a freelancer,
I've had the experience of going to a newsstand and buying a
paper or magazine and having my name in it. This is sort of a different
version of something that I'm familiar with. Probably a year from now
I'll look back and think, Oh, that was exciting. But right now it's not as
if I'm walking around winking at myself in mirrors.
KB: In coming up with these questions, I went back and looked at
some of your interviews just to see the types of things that you'd asked.
And I found a quote which I thought was funny, given the coverage
that you've gotten. In your interview with Tobias Wolff, you said,
"Among writers, it's a faux pas to ask if a work of fiction is true, and it's
also the first question that nonwriters ask. Does the question bother
you?" Could I ask you the same thing you asked Wolff?
CS: No, it doesn't bother me. It certainly doesn't offend me, because I
think it's a really natural question, and it's something I often wonder
when I read fiction. But there can be different subtexts to the question;
some of them are sort of flattering and some are sort of insulting. It can
mean something like, "I was so enthralled by this, and the characters
seemed so real—I just can't believe that anyone could have made it
up." That's a compliment. Or, in my case specifically, it can mean
something like, "I know you went to boarding school in Massachusetts;
I know you're from the Midwest. Clearly this is all true, you lack an
imagination, and you're a lazy writer." In my opinion, whether a novel
succeeds or fails doesn't have anything to do with whether it's true.
It's all in the execution. If you can get something down on the page
that's interesting, it doesn't matter how much you borrow from real life.
It's not like the more you borrow, the less skilled you are.
I also think it's a question that's almost unanswerable, because in a
way whenever someone asks you how much is true, what they're really
saying is, I assume a great deal of it is true. So your response doesn't
really matter, and the more you say, the more defensive you sound.
KB: I'd like to talk a bit about literary fiction. Your book is considered
literary, yet it's also a page-turner in a way that reminds me of some of
the books I've read that have no literary pretenses. Do you think there's
a movement away from fiction that's self-consciously literary toward
work that's just more readable?
CS: One thing I learned at the Iowa Writers' Workshop, from Ethan
Canin, was how to think about structure. I consider plot above everything
else except character. There's nothing I hate more than some
book that's all just exquisite language. That's so boring. I want there to
be forward momentum, so I take it as a really big compliment if someone
says Prep is a page-turner. Frank Conroy, at Iowa, would say, "Writing
fiction is this combination of knowing what you're doing and not
knowing what you're doing." I very consciously think about plot and
say, I want there to be a twist here or I want there to be a surprise. In fiction
I love surprises that are genuinely surprising and that feel plausible,
too. I don't know if I'm part of some larger movement. I doubt it. I
think it's probably just something that some people think about and
some people don't. But I know a lot of writers who seem to feel like
every word has to be a little gem and every paragraph has to be perfect
before they can move on to the next paragraph. I certainly revise a lot,
but I believe that the sum of the parts is what matters the most.
KB: Obviously the Iowa Writers' Workshop had a big effect on you in
terms of your thoughts on plot and in giving you the space to write this
book, but did it change you as a writer? Would you have written this
book if you hadn't gone there?
CS: I don't know if I would have. I think while at Iowa I learned to be
harder on myself as a writer. When I arrived there, I would write a story
and if I finished it I would be glad. If it read well or read smoothly, and
if I'd thought of some clever turns of phrase, I would almost feel like,
Well, that's enough. But you're kind of discouraged from cleverness at
Iowa, thank God. I think that if you have a certain facility with language
it's very tempting to show it off. But that can backfire in terms of
alienating the reader. There's only so much cleverness that anyone can
take, and ultimately the reason someone wants to finish a book is because
that person feels invested in the characters and wants to know
what happens to them. I do feel that at Iowa I learned to write more sincerely
instead of preening on the page.
I'm very pro-MFA. I know other people have mixed feelings about
this type of program. But I think, among other things, that it puts you
on this path where writing can be the center of your life. Even if writing
isn't the bulk of what you spend your time doing, getting an MFA
affirms writing as a really big priority for you. It can help you feel okay
about the fact that your income might be a lot lower than that of everyone
else you know. And if you choose to write a novel, I think that you
have more of a support structure in place and more patterns of how to
spend your time.
KB: You manage to make the minutiae of prep-school, adolescent life—
the obsession with who gets how many Valentine's Day flowers, or how
the cool girls wear their hair—interesting to an adult audience. This is
no small feat, given that you're writing about a time of life when people
tend to be self-centered, and that these adolescents populate a world
that's more insular than most. Who were you imagining as your audience
for this? What are the challenges of writing about an adolescent's
world in a way that would be gripping to an adult audience?
CS: Well, this might sound very self-centered, but in a way I think I'm
writing for myself. I'm writing the kind of book that I would like to
read. Also, not everyone picks up on the fact that the story is actually
told from Lee's point of view when she's in her late twenties. That's because
I hate most books that are from a child's point of view. I passionately
hate them. I know this is a very big generalization, but I just have
to make it. I hate when you can feel that the character is much less intelligent
than the author who created that character. In my own writing,
and I am sure I don't always succeed, I am trying to avoid the
things I don't like in books and include the things that I do. I always
like a little romance in a book. I like narrators who are at least a little
neurotic and who want things and are driven by their wants. And I sort
of assume that other people share my tastes.
KB: A friend happened to mention this quote to me the other day
while I was reading your book, and I was wondering what you would
think of it. It's from a commencement address given by Meryl Streep.
She said, "You have been told that real life is not like college and you
have been correctly informed. Real life is more like high school." Does
that hold any truth to you? How much does the Darwinian social structure
of high school carry over into the real world?
CS: For me, post–high school life has not been that much like high
school. The biggest thing that's missing is the intensity. There's this
trade-off where you think, Thank God everything doesn't matter as
much to you as it did then. But then you also miss feeling that sense of
excitement. I think it's sort of like having a crush, where you're kind of
tormented but also entertained. All things considered, though, I prefer
adulthood. I'm not someone who yearns for high school. I just feel like
you have so little autonomy in terms of how you spend your time. I
don't like being told what to do by other people.
KB: The fascination you were talking about with that time and the
drama of it, do you think that's true of high school in general, or do you
think it's specifically true of the kind of high school that you went to
and that you're writing about in Prep?
CS: I think a lot of people had very intense feelings in high school—
more people than not. I think there are some people who might feel
like they weren't intellectually stimulated in high school, and so they're
happy to leave it behind. But at most boarding schools that intellectual
stimulation does exist. There's no ingredient that's needed to
make life engaging or exciting that is missing from an elite boarding
school. You're in a beautiful place, you're with tons of people your own
age, there are plenty of romantic prospects, you're intellectually stimulated,
you're physically active. And of course there's a good chance
you're miserable on top of all that. But you can sort of feel that your
happiness exists somewhere in the air. Maybe that's what it is: that in
high school you can feel the potential of your happiness, whereas when
you're an adult, your life is what it is.
KB: Lee is, at times, a complicated character to like—she's so painfully
self-conscious, so cynical, and she always seems to be doing or saying
the wrong thing. Could you talk about writing a book with a main character
who is not always appealing? Did you worry about alienating the
CS: Well, I've always known that some readers aren't crazy about her,
because I got that feedback very early on at Iowa. I've been very lucky
in terms of the quantity and the general tone of coverage for Prep, but
it certainly hasn't been unequivocally positive. And some of it does
sting. At the same time, nobody has ever said anything that's totally unfamiliar
to me. Every kind of feedback that I could get, I got for the first
time long ago, so I knew that people didn't always find Lee likable, and
I didn't try to change that. I feel that, one, she's not really trying to present herself as likable,
and to me, having a character be honest actually makes up for a lot.
And two, when people say that she's not always appealing, I think, My
God, who is? I don't know anybody—except maybe my mother—who
is always perky and agreeable. So in that way, I think Lee is realistic. At
the same time, I don't like to read a story, let alone an entire book,
where I really don't like the main character. So if someone feels like
they hate Lee and can't take it anymore, they should probably quit
reading. Reading Prep is not meant to be punishment.
I think probably the most loaded and severe criticism of Lee is that
she's kind of racist. And I would say that's true in the way of a white
fourteen-year-old who's grown up in Indiana and just hasn't met a ton
of people who are different from her, let alone lived closely with them.
But I think a lot of her biases are disproved while she's at Ault. People
have asked me, Does she change? I think she does.
KB: I read somewhere that you didn't let your parents read the book
until more than a year after it had sold. Why did it take you so long to
show it to them?
CS: Well, I just thought that it wouldn't be my parents' cup of tea. My
mother prefers biographies, and my father likes writing that I think is a
little schmaltzier. So I literally thought it wouldn't be a book that they
would choose to read if it hadn't been written by their daughter. And,
in my mind, the fact that I did write it would only make it more weird
and complicated for them. They would think, Is this true? Did this happen
to Curtis? This does seem like Curtis, but this doesn't. I think it's just
so loaded to read a book written by your own child. The parents in the
book are not my parents, though there are a few lines that the parents
say that my parents would say. But the funny thing was that when my
dad read it, he didn't identify with the father at all. I thought—even
though I knew the father wasn't based on him—that because I'm me
and I went to boarding school and he's my father and there's a father in
the book, it would be very natural for him to compare himself. But he
actually identified very strongly with Lee. I think it kind of stressed him
out to read the book, and he had to hurry through it because he felt so
anxious. But I don't think my mother identified with Lee at all. My
mother thought—they both thought—it would have been a better
book without the last chapter. I think they thought the last chapter was
unnecessarily graphic.
KB: The sex scenes are fairly explicit. It must have been a hard thing to
know that your parents were going to read them.
CS: I think it's one of those things that as you're writing you can't think
about. It would just be paralyzing. There are plenty of cases where if I
had known the level of scrutiny the book would receive I might have
done things differently. As I was writing the book, I knew people would
wonder, Is this true? But I didn't want that to determine how I wrote it.
And I didn't want to write the book in such a way that I hoped it would
reflect flatteringly on me. I didn't want to write a book where my main
goal was to make people think that I, the author, was a charming person.
I wanted to do what I felt was in the book's best interest, not in my
own best interest.
KB: In an article about you in The Washington Post, the author commented,
"Beyond the setting of Prep, the novel is more deeply about
the universal experience of being a teenager, and about learning to
let go of the weirdness, the damage of having been one." Do you
get the sense that reading this book has been cathartic for people at
CS: Yes, definitely. Probably the nicest part of having the book come
out is people saying, "I identify with this so strongly." I've heard this
from people who are fifty and people who are still in high school, from
men and from women. Because Lee is the narrator of the book, the
reader gets to know her every neurosis. But if you went to school with
her, I think she would seem like a somewhat quiet, peripheral person.
I think a lot of people see themselves in her. During high school they
may have seemed perfectly normal from the outside, but so much was
whirling around in their heads.
KB: Years ago, in 1995, you worked at The Atlantic as an intern. Did
working here and reading so much of the fiction that comes in over the
transom have any effect on your own writing?
CS: Well, I started submitting fiction to magazines when I was still in
college, when I was in high school even. And sometimes I would feel
kind of apologetic about doing it, or I'd feel kind of embarrassed for myself,
especially after something was rejected. And, quite honestly, when
I interned at The Atlantic, reading some of the submissions made me
think, I have nothing to apologize for. There's some stuff that's really
good, and there's a lot of stuff that falls in between, but there's plenty of
stuff that is absolutely atrocious. And the people seem to feel no hesitation
about burdening you with it. This was important for me to learn,
because it helped me feel comfortable sending things out. I once
read an interview, I think it was with Kevin Smith—who made Clerks,
among other movies—and the interviewer asked, Why aren't there
more young female filmmakers? And Smith basically said that men
don't feel reluctant to learn publicly and make mistakes and make
flawed movies that then help them to make better movies. Whereas
women almost don't want to burden people with a flawed product. And
I do feel like there's something to be said for not protecting other
people too much from your imperfections. How else are you going to
learn? I don't think that you can learn to write a book except by writing
a book. And then of course it's going to be imperfect. I could look at
Prep and feel like there are a lot of things wrong with it. But, ideally, I
won't make the same mistakes again.
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Yes Beatty didnt bonus all the d 2 guys, but Nord has lost to a few d2 guys right? Well within the realm of possibility. Especially with beattys style, he pushes pace the entire time and Nords tank will be shot by 2nd period. Be surprised if this isnt a bonus.
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Also, you said many of the fresh wont be rookies by this time, but I disagree. So far Deitchler hasnt wrestled, Mason I havent seen much on either, and those are guys you are counting on a win and keeping metcalf to a major on. I am thinking they will still be very much rookies at this point.
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You hush up. I meant Sanders wbmd, not wbd. Just calling it how I see it LoS, I mean VA. Eidenshenk can keep Beatty to a decision in my opinion if Nord can't. They are just hiding Deitchler, Mason and DS so no one has any film on them. Its double secret stuff, I wouldn't expect you to know it.
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Did I not give Iowa the dual? I guess I am confused here. I think 20-13 is +/- 2 points close.
Iowa 60-Minny -1...but it will be closer than the score indicates. All I know is that Brands cheered the day Geiger left the Gophers.


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A poll has crowned Catherine Zeta Jones and husband Michael Douglas as this year's favourite celebrity couple. In a poll by dating website chemistry.com, the hot pair took over Brad Pitt,46, and Angelina Jolie, 35. Douglas, 66, who is battling cancer, and his 41-year-old Welsh wife took nearly a third of the votes, reports the […] Continue reading Catherine Zeta Jones, Michael Douglas are this year's top celeb couple


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The search for vents off Antarctica may be equally unpredictable, but the map produced by the Lamont scientists should greatly improve the odds of success, said Robert Newton, a Lamont oceanographer and study co-author. "You don't have to land right on top of a vent to know it's there," he said. "You get a rich mineral soup coming out of these smokersmethane, iron, manganese, sulphur and many other minerals. Once you get within a few tens of kilometers, you can detect these other tracers."
Since the discovery of the first hydrothermal vents in the late 1970s, scientists have searched for far-flung sites, in the hunt for new species and adaptive patterns that can shed light on how species evolved in different spots. Cindy Van Dover, a deep sea biologist and director of the Duke University Marine Laboratory, says she expects that new species will be found on the Pacific Antarctic Ridge, and that this region may hold important clues about how creatures vary between the Indian and Pacific Oceans, on either end.
"These vents are living laboratories," said Van Dover, who was not involved in the study. "When we went to the Indian Ocean, we discovered the scaly-foot gastropod, a deep-sea snail whose foot is covered in armor made of iron sulfides. The military may be interested in studying the snail to develop a better armor. The adaptations found in these animals may have many other applications."
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UrbanSpoon, the restaurant recommendation service that got a lot of attention after being featured on an iPhone commercial and was bought by IAC (NSDQ: IACI), is making more than twice as much revenue from mobile users than it does from visitors to its web site.
The figures were shared tonight at a Seattle event called The Naked Truth 2009, which is discussing revenue models for consumer Internet startups. The four presenting startups are Redfin, UrbanSpoon, Picnik and Animoto. While I wasn't able to make it, TechCrunch, which is in attendance tonight, has the slides here. More numbers from UrbanSpoon after the jump…
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— Traffic: 74 percent of UrbanSpoon's traffic comes from Google (NSDQ: GOOG), while 99 percent of its mobile traffic occurs on the iPhone.
— Revenue per 100,000 visitors: Web is $2,000 and Mobile is $5,000.
— Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) Commercial: resulted in 300 percent growth.


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Well that other thread says temps in the 80s are okay by 90s are cause for concern. I don't really think heating is the problem, because the visual problems occur from the first second stuff loads up.
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The past months have been particularly hectic at the Blue Cross Animal shelter. We had a steady flow of injured cats and dogs. Thanks to the wonderful work of vets, staff and volunteers these cats have been able to overcome their injuries and now are happy to be back on their feet. I would like in particular to share the story of brave Rosie. She came to the shelter with a serious abdominal hernia. Her pet parents left her there since they were unable to care for her at home. Our vets successfully operated on her and she recovered well. I fostered her at home during this difficult time. She fought bravely to overcome minor complications. Finally, she recovered completely and was reunited with her pet parents. Bibi was another cat whose foreleg had to be amputated. This was also done successfully. Slyvester is also one more cat whose foreleg had to be amputated. He is recuperating after surgery now and is recovering well.
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Dec. 1 (Bloomberg) -- The European Central Bank may need to step up its response to the sovereign debt crisis, former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers said.
"Without a recognition that some of the functions traditionally performed by lenders of last resort need to be associated with the European monetary system, there will be continuing vulnerability to crises," Summers told a conference in Madrid today via video link.
The ECB, backed by Germany, is resisting pressure to increase bond purchases to shield Spain, Italy and France from the spreading debt crisis. ECB President Mario Draghi told the European Parliament in Brussels today that the bank's bond- buying program, which has included Spain and Italy since August, is "limited" and that euro-region governments unifying their fiscal policies would be a more effective way to end the crisis.
The ECB's governing council, which cut its benchmark interest rate to 1.25 percent last month, meets again on Dec. 8, a day before European Union leaders gather for a summit on the crisis.
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Interview with a vampire blogger: Raelynn Garcia-Coombs
A sucker -- so to speak -- for a romance story, one follower sinks her teeth into 'Twilight'
Raelynn Garcia-Coombs spends her days as a pet groomer, a personal trainer and the mother of three.
But at night, the fangs come out.
The creator of TwilightMania.com, she spends her evenings sinking her teeth into all things vampire on her "Twilight" fan Web site.
"Some people say 'Twilight' is a teen thing, but I don't think they realize how many adults are into this," said the 44-year-old Collierville resident.
"Twilight" is the popular first installment of Stephenie Meyer's four-book vampire saga.
The highly anticipated second movie based on the second book in the series, "New Moon," is scheduled for release Friday.
About a year ago, Garcia-Coombs was deep into vampire books when her teenage daughter recommended the "Twilight" series.
"She was like, 'Mom, you have to read these books,'" she recalled.
Assuming it couldn't top the books she had already read, she pacified her
daughter by listening to the first one on tape.
After that, "I was hooked," the blogger of all things vampire said.
She ran out to buy the rest of the books, and as she devoured them, the laundry went undone, the dishes piled up and her three daughters ate takeout.
When she finally emerged from her blood-sucking- character-induced coma, she was left with an urge to connect with other fans, whom she affectionately refers to as Twilighters, Twilight fanpires, Twilight maniacs and Twilaholics.
Garcia-Coombs ended up launching the Web site TwilightMania.com in October 2008.
"I was a little late jumping on the vamp wagon," she says, adding that there were more than 300 other "Twilight" sites already out there.
Her viewership, however, has evolved to include "Twilight" fans from across the country and around the world.
She doesn't make a penny from it, but the site has become her hobby and obsession.
Catering to people's addiction to the story of the vampire, Edward, and his human love interest, Bella, the site focuses on the movies "Twilight" and "New Moon."
Her site includes interviews with stars from the movies gleaned from various sources, as well as humorous tidbits, like a 12-step recovery program for "Twilight" addicts.
Garcia-Coombs has since created another site, RebuildSunnydale.com, for fans of the television show "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," which aired from 1997 to 2003.
She also writes about vampire-related topics for Examiner.com, a news service that depends on citizen journalists in cities across the country with expertise on a range of subjects.
In a short time, she says she has become somewhat of an authority on vampire culture.
And there's plenty of fodder to fuel that obsession, with the recent surge in new vampire shows and movies.
Dramas featuring the undead on TV include "True Blood," "The Vampire Diaries" and "Moonlight."
And on the big screen are movies like "Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant," "Daybreakers," and the upcoming horror comedy "Transylmania."
Garcia-Coombs thinks the vampire craze owes a debt to the success of "Twilight."
"It's huge," she said.
But the connection so many people feel with vampire stories, particularly "Twilight," is different for everyone, she says.
"For me it was the romance," she said. "I love a romance story and I love a happy ending."
It was also the forbidden attraction between Edward and Bella that drew her 19-year-old daughter, Jordan Reeves, to the "Twilight" books.
And Reeves says her friends who've been bitten by "Twilight" fever were shocked and impressed when they learned her mom is such a big fan.
"They're like, 'What? Your mom has a Web site?'" she said.
Both mother and daughter agree the first movie wasn't able to capture the real pulse of the book.
"I don't think I'm as excited about (the movie) 'New Moon' as I was about 'Twilight,' " Garcia-Coombs admitted.
Nevertheless, the day the tickets went on sale, she bought practically an aisle's length of seats to see the midnight showing with friends and family.
And if she doesn't love it, at least she'll have something to blog about.
"My hobby is turning into a job, but it's so fun," she said.
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"Twilight" popularity
Last year, "Breaking Dawn," the fourth book in the "Twilight" series, sold 1.3 million copies in the first 24 hours.
The "Twilight" DVD, released in March, sold more than 3 million copies.
The second movie, "The Twilight Saga: New Moon," hits theaters next Friday.
Among area theaters showing it: Towne Cinema, 380 Market Blvd., Collierville; Malco Cordova Cinema, 1080 Germantown Pkwy.; Paradiso, 584 S. Mendenhall; Stage Cinema, 7930 Stage Road, Bartlett; Studio on the Square, 2105 Court St.; Majestic, 7051 Malco Crossing.
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Theaters showing a one-time double-feature of "Twilight" at 9 p.m. Thursday and "New Moon" at midnight include: Palace Cinema, Hollywood 20 Cinema, CinePlanet 16, Collierville Towne 16, DeSoto Cinema 16, Studio on the Square and Cordova Cinema.
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As my 25th birthday approached I began to feel anxious, like I had a dead line and I wasn't going to make it. It was that same horrible feeling at 11pm the day before an assignment is due and you're still procrastinating because you just can't bare to pull yourself behind a desk and start writing.
After A LOT of over-analysis and long midnight chats with my rock friends I figured it out…. One day, I will not be a part of this world anymore. My life has a deadline. As depressing as this may sound it really isn't depressing at all. As with an assignment you ideally want to fit as much information in as possible – and a deadline gives you the motivation to go get that information.
The problem is you can't leave your life till the last minute – because you don't know when the last minute is… and thus my mantra till the Last page began to form.
My philosophy for living life stems from a very simple concept:
If someone was to write the "KazzaBee story", what would a reader feel as they turned to the last page?
This for me was easy to answer. I want my story to be an epic novel that the reader doesn't want to put down. It's the kind of story that has joy – it makes you laugh, it has tragedy – it makes you cry, it has love – it makes you swoon, it has heart-break, it has friendship, it has adventure, it takes you out of your comfort zone and drops you back into it, it makes you believe that the impossible is possible. It makes you think, it makes you question your beliefs. The reader looks at the clock – it's 3am, "just one more chapter" they murmur, it's 4am "just one more", 5am "oh but the next bit", finally they slowly almost unwillingly turn to the Last page knowing it's going to be over and then "gasp" the reader exclaims in shock!
Alas there is no ending to my story, not because there was still more to come but rather because not for one second did my story ever feel like it was winding up, getting ready to be over… it was an adventurous, it was thrilling, it was full.
Truth and adventure till the Last page, stay safe
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- Animals of Africa #1 – Elephants!
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- Carpe Diem #1 – See the world from the Roof of Africa (Day 1)
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Brook Lopez scored 20 points through three quarters, then the Brooklyn Nets turned to their bench to beat the short-handed Chicago Bulls 93-89 on Friday night. Andray Blatche scored all of his 11 points in the fourth quarter and MarShon Brooks had nine of his 13 as the reserves scored the Nets' first 20 points. A starter didn't score until Joe Johnson's 3-pointer gave Brooklyn an 86-80 lead with 2 minutes to play. Johnson finished with 13 points for the Nets, who bounced back from a loss to Miami on Wednesday by beating another top Eastern Conference team. Luol Deng scored 18 points and Taj Gibson had 16 points and nine rebounds for the Bulls, who played without starters Joakim Noah, Carlos Boozer and Kirk Hinrich while losing for just the third time in 11 games. Nate Robinson had 12 points and 11 assists but shot just 4 of 16 in place of Hinrich, who returned to Chicago to get his right elbow examined. Marco Belinelli scored 18 points and Jimmy Butler had 12 off Chicago's bench...
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Bt corn debuted in 1996, and by 2009 was planted on nearly 55 million acres in the United States, accounting for nearly 63 percent of the total U.S. corn crop of 87 million acres. But no research groups had previously investigated the long-term impact of such plantings on corn borer populations on a regional scale, nor had there been any assessment of whether the use of the crop provided any sort of collateral benefit to adjacent or nearby fields of non-Bt crops.
The team was led by William Hutchison of the University of Minnesota and included Rick Hellmich, a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) entomologist at the Corn Insects and Crop Genetics Research Unit operated at Ames, Iowa, by the Agricultural Research Service (ARS). ARS is USDA's principal intramural scientific research agency. The team gathered 14 years' worth of corn borer population data from Bt corn plantings and combined it with national corn production figures, including yields, prices and acreage planted.
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Esfahan to Behesht-e Gomshodeh
Esfahan to Behesht-e Gomshodeh
When I come down the stairs early in the morning the lobby is filled with Dutch cyclists, well past middle age, in tight Lycra. Bit hard to stomach that early without breakfast. Here is a piece of advise: If you are cycling for fun, not trying to break records, you are fine not wearing tight Lycra shorts
Do the people around you a favor. I can only imagine the stares these guys get in Iran
Anyway, I extract the bike from the lobby and head over to Imam square for some hero shots. There are plenty of ways to sneak a bike in the square. Just watch the locals.
After the photo session I return to the hotel for a quick breakfast before leaving Esfahan. The first part of the trip is on a major highway with enough traffic to keep you on your toes.
Halfway Im back in the mountains proper. There are small fields on either side of the road and in this part of the country the harvest seems to be a manual affair.
The cut wheat, I assume, is put into neat piles
to be thrashed on the spot with a portable machine
It will later be picked up by one of the ubiquitous blue pickups.
I spot a defunct Selcuk bridge just off the road
and a little stream makes for a nice rest stop.
I stop at the Persian Gate for a picture.
This is a narrow passage in the mountains where the Persians unsuccessfully tried to stop Alexander the Great on his way to Persepolis in the winter of 330 BC. It was an heroic battle of 700 Persians vs. 10,000 Macedonians, which sealed the fate of the first Persian empire. So, Im pretty much following their tracks on the way there. There is not much in the area in terms of infrastructure even now and I briefly wonder how they could sustain such a huge army back then. Im briefly lost but then return to the same road to continue on to the Margoon waterfall. Just before I pass the Persian Gate a second time I see a two car head on collision. The cars are trashed but the drivers seem to be at least alive. A timely reminder to be ready for anything on these roads.
Up in the mountains I see more nomad camps.
Road signs indicate that this road would take me all the way to Yazd, although my map doesnt show this. This would be a nice way to go there for somebody following my tacks.
The Margoon falls are very nice and there are plenty of Iranians around camping and having a picnic. the falls just seem to shoot out in the middle of a huge rock face.
Unfortunately the camp sites are too far away from the parking lot and there is already too much interest in my bike. So, I decide to move on to Behest-e Gomshodeh, or Lost Paradise, a mere 35 km as the crow flies. So I ride off into the sunset, down a dirt road through beautiful countryside.
All the little villages along the way seem almost deserted
The goats are brought home just before sunset.
There are many forks in the road and I have to ask for directions a lot. At some point a bunch of people gesticulate wildly and make me understand to cross to the other side of a river, although my map indicates otherwise I do so. This puts me back on tarmac but it turns out there is no way to get back to the other side until about 10km after my destination. Thus I arrive at my destination with a bit of a detour in the dark. There are bright lights and loud music when I arrive and Im not quite sure what to do. So I go to one of the restaurants. They have takhts set into the river and there is one tent on one of them. I have dinner and pitch my tent on one of the takhts in the middle of the river.
Just when Im falling asleep, thinking this aint so bad, there is a lot of noise outside and the hole takht starts shaking. Turns out they are building a suspension bridge just outside my tent in the middle of the night. The wires for the lights they have strung everywhere are sheafing on the suspension bridge cables and the frame of my takht. Hm, sitting on a metal frame in the middle of a body of water with some 220V cables sheafing on the frame doesnt sound good. Before I can say anything the power goes out but the guys are persistent and unsuccessfully try to start a little generator for more than an hour. Meanwhile I reroute the cables to a safer spot. They get the generator going a few times but the load is just too big, which they dont seem to realize. When the show is finally over I get some sleep.
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MAC Retro Lipstick
53 reviews
90% would repurchase
Package Quality: 4.4
Price: $$$
Package Quality: 4.4
Price: $$$
on 4/15/2015 1:52:00 AM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Normal, Olive, Not Sure
Hair: Black, Wavy, Medium
Eyes: Black
@ella who are you to say a color is too dark for a nude? nudes arent meant to look like concealer like mac myth. Deep terracotta shades look wonderful. Especially contrasted with light skin complexions!
its drying because you dont apply it on chapped lips! Moisturize your lips first after you exfoliate them! I dunno why girls think they can complain about a lipstick being drying when they have crusty crusts on their lips.
This is a lovely color.Flls into the Twig,Spice is Nice,Brick o La category. This color will give your lips the va va voom..plump sexy look. Unlike those concealer colored lipsticks!!!!
Love the bullet sleek packaging MAC is known for!
on 1/28/2015 10:19:00 AM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
there's just no point to this lipstick---if you're going to go red, go red! this is a muted browny red which is too dark to wear on a daily basis, to work or as a nude. I don't find uses for it because i normaly like a nude or pink or brown lip, or a real true red. This is neither and it is drying as well.
on 1/9/2015 7:35:00 AM
Age: 36-43
Skin: Combination, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Blond, Other, Other
Eyes: Green
I'm cool skinned and rather pale and this really works for me as well. If I pair it with my Mac redd liner it brings out a little more red. My husband called it fetching.
on 12/13/2014 12:36:00 PM
Age: 36-43
Skin: Combination, Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Black, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
I like this it is like a mix of MAC chili and brick o la it applies well and looks nice it is a universal color.
on 10/29/2014 8:01:00 AM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Combination, Olive, Warm
Hair: Black, Curly, Medium
Eyes: Black
This would definitely be one of my favorite MAC lipsticks that I own which I wear/can wear everyday because although it's a red its a peachy-brown red so it's quite subtle unlike Ruby Woo or Russian Red.
Since the finish is 'satin' my lips doesn't feel that dry after application. In my photo I have just one layer on. If you apply 2 or 3 layers it can get darker than that.
Oh and all MAC lipsticks smell heavenly anyway so I wouldn't even have to really be mentioning that :D
on 4/4/2014 1:50:00 PM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Dry, Medium, Warm
Hair: Brunette, Wavy, Fine
Eyes: Brown
I have purchased this lipstick twice already. When I first bought it at my local counter, the lady helping me said it wasn't a color she reached for often when recommending to customers, but that it was gorgeous and she would start doing so. By the time I came in to repurchase, they were out of stock. Why? Because this shade, while a bit unexpected, is totally gorgeous.
It is a deep, terracotta color, redder than Bric o la and Cream in your Coffee, which tend towards orangey/brown, and deeper/more dramatic than Twig, Fast Play or Spice is Nice, which are more muted. I don't think the pictures posted here do it justice - they make it appear lighter and more reddish, whereas it is definitely deeper and richer. This looks great on warm toned skin of all shades - I first purchased it when I was very pale (NC20), and preferred the color then, though it still looks gorgeous now that I have a tan.
I love this color because it has all the glamour and boldness of a red lip, but gives a slightly more sophisticated and demure look. I only rated it four stars because, as mentioned by others, the texture is slightly drying (although this is what you'd expect from Mac mattes). Make sure you moisturize your lips before applying, and I definitely recommend using a liner.
on 1/25/2013 1:57:00 PM
Age: 36-43
Skin: Dry, Fair-Medium, Warm
Hair: Brown, Curly, Fine
Eyes: Brown
This is a very unique deep rust/terracotta lipstick color with good opaque coverage. I would not refer to it as a "red" like many reviewers below, since there are really no obvious red tones in the lipstick like you would find in a warm brick red color like Rouge Basque from Nars. I have NC 20 skin and this color is beautiful on me although it is a bit on the dramatic side - I usually save it for weekends and evenings. It goes perfectly with Mac's lipliner in Chicory. The only reason I am giving it 4 starts is because I find this lipstick (along with all Mac satin lipsticks) rather drying.
The images make it look much brighter and red tone than I find the color to be, so I definitely recommend trying it on at the Mac counter and walking around with it in natural sunlight before purchasing. This color is definitely for warm skin tones only.
on 12/23/2012 4:23:00 PM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Acne-prone, Fair, Neutral
Hair: Blond, Wavy, Fine
Eyes: Blue
Gorgeous and so wearable! I selected this for a first date today and it stayed all through brunch. I coated my lips in Dior's universal lip liner before applying and it didn't budge one bit and went on so smoothly. It's what I call an underaged red. With a bit of Fresh's sugar lip balm over top it is flawless, I could see it being drying by itself so I recommend keeping something conditioning on hand!
on 10/25/2012 7:46:00 PM
Age: 36-43
Skin: Combination, Fair, Cool
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Blue
It's all been said before me. Gorgeous, wearable, peachy, pinky, chocolate brown. I add a touch of clear gloss for shine. Great everyday color and I'm always looking for those!
on 10/18/2012 8:54:00 PM
Age: 30-35
Skin: Sensitive, Fair, Neutral
Hair: Other, Straight, Fine
Eyes: Other
WOW. This just might be my all time favorite lipstick. Lovely softely muted rich peachy pink red. Can be dabbed on for a daytime look and layered up for an evening look. This is such a great lipstick if your tired of everything else being too saturated, too bright, too light or too cool toned. This is fantastic for warm or neutral/warm toned skin. Looks great with neutral brown eyeshadow looks. I have to buy an extra so I always have one in my purse. If you layer it over lip balm - you can get a more sheer look - but without it the Satin texture has good staying power but not as dry as say a matte lipstick.
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East Tennessee Agro-Forestry Project Seeks Interns
Obed River Homestead is a new farm in the green hills of East Tennessee, in the town of Lancing. We are starting an agro-forestry operation on eighty-one acres of land which is currently second-growth native forest. Our ultimate goal is to combine crop trees, livestock, and native forest, under a system with elements of permaculture, organic and biodynamic practices. Our hilltop looks out across the beautiful valley of the Obed River, which is home to the National Park of the same name. We are minutes drive from this and other parklands, and there are many opportunities for outdoor recreation, especially boating and climbing. We are seeking to include community elements in our project, so long-term participation is possible.
Volunteer and Internship positions are available. Work to be done includes fencing, clearing land, construction, animal care and gardening.
Volunteers are welcome and will receive meals and a place to camp. Interns must apply and will receive $100/week, plus a bonus of $360 for each three months completed. Work-week is five days. Three days will be spent on fencing, two days on miscellaneous tasks.
If volunteers or interns have special skills, there is a possibility for them to work on related projects. Interns are encouraged to have their own projects, which they work on their own time, for example their own bed in the garden, an experimental shelter, ...?
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Zbrush, modo and photoshop
Saturday, 3 January 2015
Sunday, 28 December 2014
Adventures in Zbrush
First post in an age (due to work commitments) and last of the year, playing around with Zbrush and working it in to my modo workflow. Zbrush sculpt, modo render and photoshop clean up.
Wednesday, 2 July 2014
Cyberman re-design
Tuesday, 24 June 2014
Sunday, 22 June 2014
Edge of Tomorrow Concept art
I was very fortunate to spend most of 2012 working in Oliver Scholl's UK based art dept working on Edge of Tomorrow. Taking my lead from Oliver I produced concepts and illustrations for vehicles and environments. Due to the combination of the people in the art dept and the subject matter of the film it was one of the most rewarding and creative experiences I've had working on a movie. Most of the below visuals are a combination of sketchup and photoshop.
All artwork ©Warner Brothers, all rights reserved
Suit up area
J-Squad Barracks
Working with Vehicle Art Director GaryTomkins, I worked on a military vehicle that could be the same from the waist down but the top half would be reused-redressed from a manned jeep to an unmanned supply drone
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Beautify your bar or home with the cocktail-inspired art of painter Matt Talbert.#6515
Grand Marnier Quintessence, a limited edition made with vintage Grande Champagne Cognacs#6514
Sophisticated and mature, a Negroni: The drink with the perfect ratio of ingredients.
A Roman wine drink from Apicius at the turn of the first century! Wine, dates, saffron, mastic and honey... think fabulous sauterne!#6510
A trip to High West, Utah's only whiskey distillery, and a look at some of the hand crafted cocktails at Montage Deer Valley... Bourbon mixed with rye and a whiskey made from oats!#6509
Serious Eats Cocktail 101 ~ Five Essential Bourbon Cocktails, including the Old Fashioned#6508
The Cinnamon Toast Cocktail warms you with hot cider and Captain Morgan's Spiced Rum!#6507
Sip your way through Spain with this guide to the best beverages in the region#6506
Press Club ~ San Francisco's wine lounge and tasting room now offers an ever growing collection of eclectic beers! The are getting as serious about beer as they are wine.#6501
In the spirit of this haunting season, Cockspur Rum has a few killer cocktails that will appease your dark side.#6500
Mexican craft beer with labels inspired by Lucho Libre kings. Cervecería Sagrada!
Apple Orchard Punch - perfect for Thanksgiving or any other fall gathering!#6498
The Dry Martini Cocktail - splash an olive into this classic concoction and enjoy!#6497
The Siam Sunray. Official National Cocktail of Thailand delivering 'Thailand in a Glass'. All the key flavors of Thailand can be found in this light, refreshing cocktail.#6493
A great chocolate and wine flight at Montage Deer Valley featuring a rare Peruvian chocolate once though extinct.#6490
Golden Jasmine Martini made with jasmine green tea it's a fragrant & elegant cocktail.#6489
Five things you may have not known about bourbon—to celebrate National Bourbon Month, obviously.#6487
An irresistable brunch cocktail from Serious Eats: French 79th made with champagne, grapefruit-infused gin, St. Germain and rhubarb bitters!#6482
Master of Malt: It's like your red-faced old uncle with a solid collection of hard liquor. Only they send their booze in the mail.
Mocha Express Cocktail is a combination of your favorite espresso blend, Kahlua, Bailey's Irish cream and your best vodka for a kick!
A closer look at some of the beer made for Montage Deer Valley by Wasatch Brewery in which we meet the hotel, Utah, the brewer, and an adorable dog.#6468
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Bumble blogs on getting up early and why Jonathan Trott may need to be rested
Bumble blogs on why his body clock is struggling and why England need a fresh look in Mumbai.
Last Updated: 26/11/12 11:40am
I've been up to my local golf club for a couple of rounds and the blokes were all staggered: "What flight did you get back on?"
They didn't seem to believe me that we were doing the commentary from Sky Studios in West London: "The game's in India," they told me.
I couldn't be bothered to explain.
Like I said at the beginning of this series, we're determined to make this as seamless as possible for the viewers, so I hope that's been the case. There's no getting away from it, there's nothing like being at the venue but things have been fine so far (the blokes at the golf club haven't noticed anyway...)
I must admit I've found the timing demanding. I quickly figured out that 3 o'clock in the morning is not my time of day!
It's been very peculiar waking up in the middle of the night and finishing at midday. I've figured out that the best thing to do is to go to sleep as soon as I get back to the hotel after the close of play, then get up for a bit of dinner, and then go back to sleep again.
But there's no doubt that it was odd to have a 5.30am fry-up in the studio, only to get the train back at 10am in time for yet another fry-up because it was still breakfast time at the hotel.
And I must remember to set my alarm for 2.30 in the MORNING this week after a rude awakening last Friday...
Pushing on
I'm looking forward to a better performance from England in the second Test.
I would like to see the team freshened up. Alastair Cook has played well, but he's been trying to drag the team along and I'm concerned that the top three are all playing at the same pace.
Cook, Nick Compton and Jonathan Trott can tend to be a bit static and you need some impetus; somebody to push things on a bit. Kevin Pietersen is potentially the man to do that at number three as the team's most explosive batsman.
Trott has been short of runs - he didn't really fire in the Emirates or in India - and one option would be to give him a rest.
The other option is to open with Trott and leave out Compton because that would retain some experience and allow Pietersen to perform at number three.
By bringing in Jonny Bairstow and Eoin Morgan we could freshen things up down the order and I would expect to see Monty Panesar come into the side to share the spin bowling duties with Graeme Swann. I would use two seamers in short, sharp bursts to provide the firepower.
The team is one down in the series, but the key to winning in Mumbai will be to win the toss, then bat - and bat well.
In the runs
Finally a word on the Australia-South Africa series.
I've been staggered at the way the Australians have piled the runs on. David Warner scored a century and the ever-dependable Michael Clarke and Michael Hussey have been right in form. We've seen nothing yet from Ricky Ponting, so he needs to be careful.
They've exposed South Africa's attack. If you get rid of Morne Morkel and Dale Steyn then there's nothing else. Vernon Philander is not playing and they really seem to miss him. It looks as though it's a two-man attack.
But fair play to Australia for piling the runs on yet again, particularly Clarke who has just scored his fourth double hundred of the year.
It's fairly ominous for England ahead of next summer. We need to find a Clarke or a Pujara to hit those big double hundreds in the England team.
See you bright and early on Friday!
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U.K. Home Prices Rose in March on Tax Holiday, Academetrics Says
April 13 (Bloomberg) -- U.K. house prices rose for a fourth month in March as a "rush" to buy before the expiry of a tax holiday on some home purchases boosted demand, Acadametrics Ltd. and LSL Property Services Plc said.
The average price of a home in England and Wales rose 0.2 percent from February to 221,543 pounds ($353,000), the groups said in an e-mailed report in London today. From a year earlier, values fell 1.3 percent, matching February's annual fall.
"Given that the holiday was saving first-time buyers between 1,000 pounds and 2,500 pounds, it is no wonder that transactions were higher," said Acadametrics Chairman Peter Williams. "We can perhaps hope to see a clearer market-driven price response over coming months. With inflation edging down, we are beginning to see house-price falls, in real terms, beginning to moderate."
While surveys of manufacturing and construction this month suggested the U.K. avoided a recession, consumers are still being squeezed by government spending cuts and inflation that is outpacing wage growth. Bank of England policy makers maintained their asset-purchase target at 325 billion pounds last week and kept their benchmark interest rate at a record low 0.5 percent.
Out of the 10 regions tracked by Acadametrics, all apart from London saw average values decline on an annual basis in the three months through March.
Nationally, the number of transactions rose by 31.4 percent compared with a year earlier to more than 60,000, a "level not seen in the month of March since 2008," according to the report. From the previous month, transactions rose 32 percent.
Acadametrics and LSL combine initial transaction data from the U.K. Land Registry and results from other price measures for their index of values.
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Serious conversations between the Boston Red Sox and free-agent designated hitter David Ortiz will begin "next week," a team source told ESPN.com. Red Sox general manager Ben Cherington told reporters shortly after the season ended that retaining Ortiz was a priority. "David is someone who we feel strongly about bringing back, and we're trying to figure out a way to do that and we hope that happens," Cherington said in New York. The 36-year-old missed all but one of the team's final 72 games with a right Achilles strain. He told reporters last week in New York that he expects to begin his normal workout routine next month. Ortiz batted .318 with 23 homers and 60 RBIs in 90 games. Last year, he accepted arbitration from the Red Sox, and eventually signed a one-year, $14.58 million contract.
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