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Chandigarh, Aug 6 : Former union minister of state for external affairs Preneet Kaur is among 15 candidates in the fray for by-elections to two Punjab assembly seats - Patiala and Talwandi Sabo - to be held later this month.
Preneet Kaur, wife of Amritsar's Lok Sabha member and former chief minister Amarinder Singh, lost from Patiala Lok Sabha constituency by around 20,000 votes to cardiologist Dharam Vira Gandhi of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).
The Patiala assembly seat was vacated by Amarinder Singh after he was elected to the Lok Sabha. He defeated Bharatiya Janata Party's Arun Jaitley, who is now the union finance and defence minister, by over one lakh votes.
Preneet Kaur faces seven other candidates in the assembly by-poll. They include Bhagwan Dass (Shiromani Akali Dal) and Harjeet Singh (Aam Aadmi Party).
The Talwandi Sabo assembly seat in southwest Bathinda district fell vacant earlier this year after sitting Congress legislator Jeet Mohinder Sidhu quit his seat as well as the Congress party.
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one 'n only Colorfix
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Removes unwanted permanent hair color. Controlled usage allows color correction to specific areas. Designed for full or slight color corrections.
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Dec 8, 2010
Awesome Product.!
I have an auburn/brown undertone to my hair which i didnt like, so i wanted a light/medium blonde hair to dye my hair. So i bought this, put it in my hair. And whaddya kno.! It turned out exactly how i wanted, so then i re-dyed it medium brown with a red undertone. Perfect product.! I recommend this.! :)
2 out of 4 shoppers thought this review was helpful.
Dec 2, 2010
Black Hair For Years
3 out of 4 shoppers thought this review was helpful.
Katy H.
Dec 1, 2010
Do Not Waist Your Money
33 out of 36 shoppers thought this review wasn't helpful.
Sarina S.
Nov 30, 2010
Life Saver!
I've been dyeing my hair black for over a year and I wanted to go back to a light auburn color. I bought the colorfix and I was very scared to use it at first. Yes it does have a horrid smell but it goes away. I left it in for 30 min and I was blown away by the results, it completely took out the black color!!
I am planning to dye my hair a lighter color but not at this time, I want my hair to take a rest from all the chemicals lol.This did not leave my hair damaged at all, I shampooed it very well and I left my conditioner in for a bit longer than I'd normally would. I love this product and I strongly recommend it to anyone!!!
6 out of 6 shoppers thought this review was helpful.
Nov 30, 2010
Not Too Bad
I bought this product at Sally's because I wanted to change my hair from black and bright red (red was only on the tips and under my bangs). Most of the black was faded from my hair and was more of a dark brown and I had read some reviews and was nervous that it wouldn't do anything after seeing that it did very little for some people. I mixed both part 1 and 2 completely, using the whole bottle of both, and I actually left it in my hair for about 45min rather than the advised 20min. (mostly because I didn't want to have to do it twice, as many people had reported doing. I didn't damage my hair much leaving it on for the longer amount of time either.) I washed it out and my hair turned out a copper colour (which I had expected). However, where my roots were growing out, my hair was a dark brown. I'll probably end up bleaching my roots to get the colour tone more even throughout. But for the most part the product worked fairly well and as I expected with minimal damage to my hair.
3 out of 3 shoppers thought this review was helpful.
Nov 13, 2010
Omg Love
My hair is naturally a light brown. i've done many things to it. i recently have had my hair brown with light brown highlights. my highlights grew out and it just looked trashy. so i bought dark brown hair color to cover up my highlight. BIG MISTAKE! it turned my hair JET BLACK! i came home from my friends and my parents were in shock! it looked like i had a wig on. it was awful. i cried and cried. after going to the salon to get it lightened, IT DID NOTHING!!! money down the drain. then, i researched and found this product. i put it on one strand and nothing happened. i was about to cry, once again! then, i got gutsy and just put in on my whole head. i didnt use the 3rd step. left it on for 20 minutes. i blowed my hair dry andddd it came out brown with reddish highlights. it's so pretty im not going to do anything to it.
12 out of 13 shoppers thought this review was helpful.
Sep 29, 2010
Color Fix
I used this to remove black dye. I did 2 treatments (one package). It did remove a lot of dye but it got dark again. I used the developing lotion though most reviews said not to, but i figured it wouldn't have mattered since it would've gotten dark anyway with or without it so i followed instructions. There wasn't too much damage but my hair felt like straw when i rinsed. I think there would be more negative or mixed reviews of this product if people waited a couple of days before giving it 4 or 5 stars since i read this has happened to a lot. And yes, it smells like FART (though i wouldnt care about the smell if it actually worked the first time).
4 out of 7 shoppers thought this review wasn't helpful.
Sep 20, 2010
4 Steps To Success: Please Read This First!
Wish I read all these reviews first. Here's why:
1) YES.... IT SMELLS AAAAWWWFFFFUUUUUUUUUL! Seriously horrible. Unless your noses have failed, everyone in the house will smell it. Deal with it.
2) buy two boxes, if you don't use the 2nd, return it. But trust me, you don't want this half-done and need box #2 when the stores are closed.
3) THROW AWAY STEP 3 processing lotion, PERIOD! Like dump it off in a dumpster as soon as you leave the store so you don't even have a chance to use it. It's worse than useless, bleaches everything except hair, makes smell worse and pretty much reverses the whole deal. Don't even consider using it.
4) give yourself pretty much allllll day to do this, preferably a SAT, so you can color if you need to and try removing the odor. This is not a simple 30 min deal. Do not do this around people you are hoping will fall in love with you. Yeah, the smell is THAT bad, they will run for hills. Instead, wait until your mother in law visits and tell her you do it every other night and smell? what smell? everyone loves this scent! She'll run too, and we'll all feel better.
NOW. My teen son has natural light brown hair, we've been dying it perm jet black for a year. Now he wants to be a dirty blonde, of course. So, we tried this. I mixed the entire two bottle of one kit, and YOU SHOULD TOO. First it sat on 20 min w/ a cap and had minimal results. So, we repeated, again for 20 min. That was pretty good so I did the processing lotion. He walked out of the shower with hair as black as when we started. ERGH! So, we had to go buy a 2nd kit. Annoying? YES. This time, I again use all of the 2 bottles (and TOSSED step #3). Put on a cap for 1 hour, washed and it's pretty much his natural color. Now, you must RINSE RINSE RINSE RINSE and then RINSE some more. Use ultra strong head and shoulders shampoo., and follow these tips:
it will still smelled god awful. I mean like people are gonna ask "OMG! What DIED????" when they get a whiff. So, off to shower #5 for the day, we could have done this when we liked the color results. He rinses and rinsed and rinsed some more, then lathered and rinsed FIVE (5) times w/ industrial Head and Shoulders (it's called complete care or something, dark blue bottle). Then he did a deep conditioning treatment that sat on there for 5 min w/ a cap. buy cheap caps to toss, everything this touches smells like road kill, and Saran wrap is a huge pain... also, prep like you are doing surgery: gloves, smock, face mask.... it's smellier than ANYTHING in a hospital and you will throw away anything it touches. His hair looks normal, feels soft (extremely clean, I might add) and smells much better. The smell is SO much better when the hair is dry, you know how a nice wool sweater smells like a sheep when it's wet, but fine when dry? Same kind of thing.
Now, after all that, we're waiting a few days to color, since we're going to a a 7N. I am for sure going to strand test first, because I have visions of Oompa-Loompas if we don't. Murphy's Law. I think it will lift and color nicely.
I would buy this again, but god as my witness my kids will never color their hair black again! It's such a pain, and I warned him since he wanted black. Now he knows mother really does know best! :D
Good luck everyone!
125 out of 136 shoppers thought this review was helpful.
Nicole T.
Sep 7, 2010
Just Say No..
I would give this product zero stars if I could! After reading endless reviews, I decided to try this to remove semi-permanent hair color, even though the product is meant to permanent hair color. I figured this would at least fade the color, but no such luck. Tried twice to remove hot pink semi-permanent hair color & the only thing this product succeeded in doing was making my hair smelly & dry. The color did not even fade a little bit. I even tried washing my hair with a clarifying shampoo & Palmolive dish soap prior to putting the processing lotion on my hair, to see if my hair would release any color, but nothing worked. DO NOT waste your time & money with this product if you are trying to remove unnatural shades of semi-permanent hair color, such as Special Effects, like I was. I followed the instructions, including the third step, which I believe is what made my hair so dry. I didn't want to chance not doing it & having my hair turn green when I attempt to recolor my hair though. Two conditioning treatments later & it still feels dry, which is really uncommon for my hair. Since I had to use two boxes (my hair is thick & down to my butt), I'm out $30. It sucks!!
33 out of 43 shoppers thought this review wasn't helpful.
Cait M.
Northern Ontario, Canada
Sep 4, 2010
The Scoop On Colorfix.
So this is the deal with One N Only Colorfix...
It is to fix a newly applied colour that is considered a screwup. It won't take out so many years of dying black very well, if at all.
On the box it does indicate that step 3 will bring the tone of the red colour down after steps 1 & 2 (ideal of you are not into copper orange hair).
Remember that if you feel after you dye your hair that it is going to be too dark (and thus need to use this product in the end to remove it) don't apply conditioner. Conditioner actually locks in the colour and removing it will be that much more difficult.
I do like this product, but you need proper ventalation. Windows and ceiling fans are a must! If you have both in your bathroom, utilize them! It is not odorless, but is a lot less potent than other colour removers.
I have found that a couple of really good shampooings after using this product will allow you to dye over it in the same night. But always do another strand test to be sure. One missing chunk of hair is better than a full head of awful colour. And I know you all love your hair as much as I do!
Good luck ladies!
14 out of 14 shoppers thought this review was helpful.
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Clara Fay Chappell Rexroat, 60, of Indianapolis, passed away Friday, Aug. 17, 2012, at Community Hospital East.
Clara was born in Hardinsburg to Junior Edward and Jeanetta Yates Chappell on July 24, 1952.
Clara grew up in Hardin County. Clara loved her family and came back two or three times a year to visit them. She loved coming to the Yates reunion. She had lived in Indianapolis more than 30 years and worked at Navistar. She will be greatly missed by her family and friends.
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World TB Day 2015
Of the approximately 3 million people who get sick with TB every year in the WHO South-East Asia Region, a third do not get the TB services. On World TB Day, WHO is urging countries to find, treat and cure the "missing" 1 million who do not get TB services, in order to accelerate progress towards zero TB deaths, infections, suffering and stigma. WHO's End TB Strategy, adopted by governments at the World Health Assembly last year (May 2014), is designed to drive action in three key areas: integrated patient-centered TB care and prevention for all in need, including children; bold policies and supportive systems; and intensified research and innovation. The strategy sets ambitious targets of a 95% reduction in TB deaths and a 90% reduction in cases of TB by 2035. An important milestone to be reached within the next five years (2020) is the elimination of catastrophic costs for TB patients and their families. Eliminating catastrophic costs is feasible through making care more accessible and through financial protection schemes to minimize medical and non-medical costs as well as income loss.
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The term "mummy bloggers" — much in the news of late — is patronising and sexist, and should be consigned to the rubbish bin.
Apparently there are bloggers, and then there are "mummy bloggers".
We were reminded of this recently when the Prime Minister hosted a bunch of them to drinks this week. Similarly, there are doctors and "doctors' wives". It is very important that poor unsuspecting readers and voters (and possibly medical patients) know the difference, especially if they are men. Otherwise they run the very real risk of taking the content of such blogs seriously or, in the case of the doctors' wives, the opinions of such citizens on their merits.
If that happened they'd get infected with what the boys in my primary school playground used to call girl germs, and their p-nises (which is where men keep their brains apparently) would fall off.
To avert such a national catastrophe, sensible non-mummy commentators have been outing such girl-germ-carriers at every opportunity. There may even be a case for Nicola Roxon to pass legislation forcing mummy bloggers and doctors' wives to be sold in plain packaging with graphic warnings about what can happen to unsuspecting men who get contaminated.
You see, and this may shock you, these mummy bloggers write about their lives, and some of them attempt to make a little pin money doing so. Some people, usually other women, find what they have to say helpful and occasionally even amusing. Which is really weird because, as we all know, women have no sense of humour.
Some female bloggers are not called mummy bloggers (just like some wives are not called doctors' wives) because they don't write about icky, girly things like bearing and bringing up children. They write about really super important things like budget surpluses and the latest poll results and whether Warney should be pre-selected for the Aussie cricket team even though he is 43.
They may or may not be mothers but — as all decent writers should — they keep such irrelevant private nonsense to themselves. No one wants to stop the mummy bloggers from writing their fluffy little columns, it's simply that the rest of us need to be warned on approach. After all, there's no bloody point having a ghetto — even a pink one — if you don't let people know that its there.
Oh, and also come up with ways of keeping the people who are in the ghetto inside it. Some have suggested walls and barbed wire, but so far name-calling seems to be doing the trick.
The wives who are not called "doctors' wives" may or may not be married to doctors (just like the doctors' wives who are called "doctors wives", confusingly) but they are those good women who vote for the Liberal Party like their husbands and believe in turning back the boats and that marriage should only be something that those with p-nises can do with those without them.
What is really causing concern amongst the self-appointed guardians of our media's public health is that some of these mummy bloggers are starting to make some serious money. They are attracting women whose entire purpose in life, as anyone in advertising can tell you, is to shop. This used to work beautifully when the money women spent shopping went to the men who owned the shops and ran the factories that made the stuff mummy shoppers bought, but that's not how it seems to be working any more.
Now these damned mummy bloggers are making some of that money and that's just not right. Some of the men who used to make all the money out of mummy shoppers are feeling the pinch.
DISCLAIMER: The author would like to make clear that this is meant to be a satirical piece and not to be taken literally. The views expressed are not actually those of the author, who believes that the term mummy bloggers is patronising, derogatory and s-xist (with a dash of misogyny thrown in for extra flavor). She believes bloggers should be described in non-gender specific ways like poet, cop, scientist, writer, author, nurse and teacher and that when we do otherwise, we categorise and diminish their work as we do when we talk of female poets, lady cops, female scientists, woman writers (or worse women's writer) and male nurses.
She also does not really believe men keep their brains between their legs. Well, not all of them, anyway.
*This article was originally published at Women's Agenda
1Posted Thursday, 13 December 2012 at 12:05 pm | Permalink
Heavens to Betsy, we will have Granny Bloggers if we aren't careful. Whereas if a grandfather was a blogger; what would he be called? A Gramp blogger?
OTOH, writing about female issues should, OTW, be confined to women's magazines, the back pages of the MSM, and their own personal blogs.
2ScottPosted Thursday, 13 December 2012 at 1:53 pm | Permalink
The fact that the nation's media and popular culture hasn't classified an online group as "Daddy Bloggers" is discrimination of the highest order.
I demand that this group be recognised by the media as an influential minority group so that they too can get invited to drinks by the PM. Then I can bitch about it in left wing media, saying the term "Daddy blogger" is sexist and patronising (even though it might be one way of differentiating these bloggers from the mass of other bloggers out there and be the point of difference that drives people to their sites, increasing their influence)
3William GoodrichPosted Thursday, 13 December 2012 at 1:58 pm | Permalink
Mummies are from Egypt. Mommies are child-care givers.
4AlexPosted Thursday, 13 December 2012 at 2:06 pm | Permalink
Apropos: On Ladyblogs, by n+1 magazine from earlier in the year:
5milkus1Posted Thursday, 13 December 2012 at 2:16 pm | Permalink
The last sentence says it all for me…for all the denial of not being patronising, derogatory and s-xist in the disclaimer, the author tops it off with exactly the opposite.
"She also does not really believe men keep their brains between their legs. Well, not all of them, anyway."
The guise of humour, just exposes the true stance of the author towards such qualities she wants us to think she has. "I don't think all women writers are brainless, well, not all of them." would certainly not make past the editing desk. Neither statement should be acceptable.
6The PavPosted Thursday, 13 December 2012 at 2:21 pm | Permalink
Two things
First a clarification
When you write"She also does not really believe men keep their brains between their legs. Well, not all of them, anyway." Does "not all of them" mean All men or all their brains
Is it OK to have Grumpy Old Fart Bloggers? I think that would not be gender specific although I would guess that most people would assume the masculine would apply.
Disclaimer…….Just having some fun on an otherwise horrid day
7SalamanderPosted Thursday, 13 December 2012 at 2:24 pm | Permalink
Don't worry milkus1. Mummies are from Egypt. They are definitely brain-dead.
8Charlie MaignePosted Thursday, 13 December 2012 at 3:35 pm | Permalink
I found the article generally unfunny so I'll skip to the serious point:
If someone blogs primarily about her experiences and observations as a mother, does that not make her a 'mummy blogger'? How is that at all misogynistic or patronising? How does it diminish a blogger's work to label it according to its content? The author herself acknowledges that women who blog about other issues like politics or current affairs are not called 'mummy bloggers'.
Sure, we can neuter the terminology with something like 'parent bloggers' but the fact is that most of these blogs are mother-centric, and that's the image that comes to most people's minds when they think of the genre.
9Holden BackPosted Thursday, 13 December 2012 at 3:36 pm | Permalink
We have zombie journalists, so we can have mummy bloggers.
10ObserverPosted Thursday, 13 December 2012 at 4:13 pm | Permalink
Those bloggers — the aren't-we-marvellous-for-procreating-more-middle-class, self-righteous, self-sainting, self-congratulatory and often sneerlingly contemptuous of the fecklessly hedonistic childfree — are, indeed, mummy-bloggers.
11Mike SmithPosted Thursday, 13 December 2012 at 4:37 pm | Permalink
@Holden: Indeed, a mummy could be regarded as a zombie wearing its sunday best. I'm not sure whether if they went to church they would believe in transubstantiation.
12Matthew McKenziePosted Thursday, 13 December 2012 at 4:42 pm | Permalink
So you are suggesting we should label such bloggers in a non gender specific term such as "primary care giver to sons and daughters internet writer"?
How is it misogynistic to label a mother as a mother. After all, mother, (or mummy or mommy or mum) is a gender specific term in itself. There is nothing sexist about that. I'd have thought that should be a much respected role in our society. If a woman wishes to write about her role as mother to her children in blog form, what might be wrong with labeling it as such?
If there are reasons for that being sexist, then I'm afraid you've failed to list any in this unfortunately unfunny piece.
13SalamanderPosted Thursday, 13 December 2012 at 5:14 pm | Permalink
Daddy bloggers?
14PatriotPosted Thursday, 13 December 2012 at 5:31 pm | Permalink
Utterly daft coming from someone who is regularly published on Women's Agenda. Charity begins at home. Would be nice if loony left outrage could begin there too.
15zut alorsPosted Thursday, 13 December 2012 at 6:23 pm | Permalink
Venise, a grandfather blogger would be termed a wise elder.
16PhenPosted Thursday, 13 December 2012 at 6:45 pm | Permalink
I've even heard of journalists who write about sport being described as "Sports journalists". I don't know how these vicious labellers ever sleep at night.
17puddleduckPosted Thursday, 13 December 2012 at 6:56 pm | Permalink
Mummy bloggers. The ultimate cash for comment strategy of multinationals trying to get product X into your and my home.
I used to read a mummy blog. It was a wee bit nauseating (north shore trials… you know the drill), but I persevered. Until said mummy blogger didn't publish a comment I made querying the integrity of the product/service puffed by one of her posts.
With various family issues of my own (that don't include project managing a renovation, but rather, helping elderly parents as their lives disintegrate), I haven't had time or energy to write to ask on what terms said MB agrees to receive cash for positive comment. But I'm not reading rhapsodies about any product where those terms seem to include not allowing any negative (but truthful) comments.
18Sprague BrettPosted Thursday, 13 December 2012 at 7:19 pm | Permalink
*yawn* A complete beat-up so Caro can have another rant and assert her feminist credentials. First, I have watched the phenomenon, like many others, for many years. The greatest contempt toward the so called "Mummy Bloggers" always came from hipster female types. It always seemed obvious that they were grossly offended that women would not only blog about what interested them (and what not often interested men) or put their "Mummy" slant on interests common to both sexes but that they could make money doing it. This offence did also seem to be 90% jealousy because the hipster bloggers were starving bloggers getting far fewer clicks/views etc.
Second, to link this phenomenon to Mysogyny just because there are spaces in social media designed by women, for women, containing stuff often not interesting to men is hardly women-hating behaviour. I can bet hardly any men are upset these "Mommy Bloggers" are successful- no hate at all- just little interest and that is by design - the blogger's design!
19Dianne LongsonPosted Thursday, 13 December 2012 at 9:11 pm | Permalink
I love this piece and its satirical view of the discriminatory, sexist, misogynistic references to "mummy bloggers". However I need to ask why words like "penis" and "sexist" are included as they are: p-nis & s-xist. Is there a PC problem with these words of which I am blissfully unaware? Can anyone explain?
And a word to Goodrich re the spelling of mummy, as in child care-giver; it is only mommy if you come from America. If you speak English English, as opposed to American English, the word is Mummy!
20CMLPosted Friday, 14 December 2012 at 2:43 am | Permalink
@ Dianne - If you don't put the hyphen in these and other words, the moderator strikes. Mind you, it strikes for no reason at all sometimes on Crikey!
You also beat me to it on the spelling of Mummy. Mommy? Only in America!!
Aside from that - Jane you write what you want to write in your articles, blogs etc. For heaven's sake leave these women to do likewise. These blogs don't interest me, so do what I do, and don't read them if they upset your feminist tendencies. The whole blo+dy country is full of experts with opinions on what people should write, read, see and hear. Live and let live, I say.
21Hamis HillPosted Friday, 14 December 2012 at 8:57 am | Permalink
Famous agricultural scientist turned economist John Kenneth Galbraith in his book "Economics and The Public Purpose" described those who stay at home and run the household, generally women and mothers, as "The unpaid managers of consumption" without whose financially unrewarded efforts the entire economy of production would collapse.
Galbraith argued that if the household bound managers of consumption were infact paid for their efforts then beneficial labour saving devices and services would emerge to reduce these costs.
As it presently stands the unpaid "managers of consumption" have no incentive to raise their productivity by reducing the amount of time earning their "management of consumption" financial rewards simply because there are no payments for their labour.( John Lennon observed that, with regard to this effective "slavery"; "Women are the Ni — ggers of the World")
So good luck to "Mummy Bloggers" for seeking rewards for their efforts, which otherwise are sent unproductively wandering about shopping malls drinking coffee and window shopping as a way to fill in the time.
Long past time for Galbraith's unpaid managers of consumption to join the paid work force even if they have to employ themselves.
This seems to be an economic and social justice issue considering that many households do not infact have a young mummy in residence yet their comsumption still has to be managed.
22Holden BackPosted Friday, 14 December 2012 at 9:23 am | Permalink
'Daddy' blogger more than likely NSFW.
23Shaniq'ua Shardonn'ayPosted Friday, 14 December 2012 at 11:01 am | Permalink
@Dianne Longson - the dashes in the words p-nis etc is so that email versions of the article can get around spam filters. Nothing to do with PC.
24Shaniq'ua Shardonn'ayPosted Friday, 14 December 2012 at 11:29 am | Permalink
The fact that this article was first published in "Women's Agenda" which from which we have articles such as "Gift Guide: Finishing Christmas shopping during your lunch break" !!! and "How to manage 5500 people and still have a life" is significant in itself. Maybe when it's published in a news site that is described in non-gender specific manner I might bother taking it seriously, JC.
Pot, Kettle, black.
25floorerPosted Friday, 14 December 2012 at 10:27 pm | Permalink
Disproportionate, what these responses are (largely) to this fairly light article.
26Monash.eduPosted Saturday, 15 December 2012 at 12:08 am | Permalink
"Which is really weird because, as we all know, women have no sense of humour."
Many do, but I'm afraid Jane isn't amongst them.
Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit.
27Monash.eduPosted Saturday, 15 December 2012 at 12:18 am | Permalink
Man, I think I've found something more irritating than straw-person argumentation: straw-person 'satire'.
28dylan edwardsPosted Saturday, 15 December 2012 at 7:34 am | Permalink
I once heard a child call one of their parents 'mummy'. Don't worry I set her straight, the child agreed to call both of her parents 'gender non specific caregiver'.
29Posted Saturday, 15 December 2012 at 5:54 pm | Permalink
MATTHEW McKENZIE: Good one. Therefore a granny blogger might be 'Mother of a primary care giver to sons and daughters of internet writer'. Whereas a daughter of an internet writer might be, 'Daughter of primary care giver to sons and daughters of internet writer'. aka Mum.
PEOPLE WRITING IN FAVOUR OF MOMMIE should be shot. It's an American word and sounds revolting.
30Posted Saturday, 15 December 2012 at 5:57 pm | Permalink
SHANIQ'UA SHARDONN'AY: Love your comment, (24).
31Posted Saturday, 15 December 2012 at 6:03 pm | Permalink
ZUT:(15) Ho ho ho ho….very clever. i wish I'd thought of it!
32Tom JonesPosted Sunday, 16 December 2012 at 1:24 am | Permalink
There are those who would still argue that when they speak of mankind they also mean women who are wrapped up in the deal. As for Mummy bloggers why not just refer to them as women if the gender is important to know prior to reading a blog ( and I concede it might be as I would appreciate a warning when I am about to read a blog by an immature, ignorant male or narcissistic blogger.) Unfortunately the word Mummy has a lot of negative connotations because of the love of the English upper classes to use this word long into adulthood.
33zac48Posted Sunday, 16 December 2012 at 12:23 pm | Permalink
What outrageous sexist rubbish…."otherwise [dumb] men might actually believe it." They're so dumb they think they might catch "girl germs", an American expression adopted by arrogantly self-appreciating child rearers, (mothers) in Australia. "Their penises might fall off!" A Freudian slip if I've ever heard one. Jane, a shrink can explain to you what 'penis envy' is. "girl germs"? an expression I've only ever heard used on the 'Simpsons' which is, in it's own right a specifically sexist, socially conditioning cartoon of great influence. The image pushed, and men are reflected as, the stupid, emotionally stunted, drunk Homer. Anti-social, juvenile delinquent and potentially drug addicted Bart. Then there's the very antithesis and opposite. The emotionally generous, all suffering and caring family loving Marj. And of course Lisa is a socially aware, intellectually advanced 'liberated' girl who is going to be the President of the U.S. one day. This microcosm of society reflects all the male characters in a negative light and all the females in a disadvantaged and positive light. These relationships are what the "liberated female" in our society generally identifies with mothers teaching their daughters, growing up at their knee, the same doctrine of sexual discrimination against men…Let's completely disassociate ourselves from those dumb, unevolved men…. The 'subjective group' of women naive enough to identify with and be used by the great misandrist, Julia Gillard, thrive on this sort of sexism. Your a perfect example Jane Caro. This article about "mummy bloggers" runs much deeper than your throw away DISCLAIMER, and your self-righteous comments are just another example of a sex going through an identity crisis which is expressed by sexual discrimination toward men….Up the sisterhood. Go girl… Just pathetic.
34Posted Sunday, 16 December 2012 at 5:29 pm | Permalink
ZAC: I admire your passion-I thought the article to be tripe as well. However, purlese, 'penis-envy' is A) A fallacy. B) So terribly 1960s.
35Sexton rodPosted Wednesday, 19 December 2012 at 7:46 am | Permalink
Is Jane Caro a mummy? - if so, then she is a mummy-blogger.


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Last week, Missouri's governor, Jay Nixon — a Democrat and staunch supporter of the death penalty — put the execution of Allen Nicklasson on hold.
The Department of Corrections in Missouri was planning to use the common anesthetic propofol to carry out the lethal injection.
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It's HERE AND NOW. States that use lethal injections to carry out death penalty sentences are facing a shortage of the drugs they need to perform them. That's because many drug makers are ethically opposed to having their products used for that purpose. Just last week, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon had to halt an execution using the anesthetic propofol after the European Union threatened to limit the drug's export to the U.S. if it's used in a lethal injection.
From the HERE AND NOW contributors network, St. Louis Public Radio's Veronique LaCapra and Chris McDaniel have been following the story and have this report.
ELLEN LOCKHART: OK, you're going to start getting a little bit sleepy here.
VERONIQUE LACAPRA, BYLINE: In an operating room at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, anesthesiologist Ellen Lockhart(ph) is about to put her patient under.
LOCKHART: You think you're up for counting backwards from 10? Can you do that? OK, go ahead.
UNIDENTIFIED PATIENT: Ten, nine, eight...
LACAPRA: The anesthetic propofol is starting to flow into the patient's IV. Her voice is muffled because she has an oxygen mask on to help her breathe.
UNIDENTIFIED PATIENT: Three, two, one...
LACAPRA: And that quickly, she's out.
CHRIS MCDANIEL, BYLINE: That's part of why anesthesiologists like to use propofol: It acts fast and has few side effects. In fact, propofol is the most widely used anesthetic in the U.S. It's used, on average, 140,000 times per day for everything from colonoscopies to open-heart surgeries. Dr. Lockhart says on a busy day, she'll use it 10 to 12 times.
LOCKHART: If the patient is going to have general anesthesia, I use it every time - almost every time.
LACAPRA: The state of Missouri had planned to use propofol for a very different purpose later this month: to put someone to death. It would've been the first time the drug had been used for lethal injection.
MCDANIEL: About 90 percent of the U.S.' supply of propofol comes from Europe, and that's important because the European Union opposes the death penalty.
MAJA KOCIJANCIC: The European Union, at the moment, already has legislation in place that prevents export of certain chemicals that can be used for capital punishment.
LACAPRA: That's Maja Kocijancic, a spokesperson for the European Union. She says because of propofol's potential use for lethal injection in the U.S., the EU is considering adding it to the list of restricted chemicals.
KOCIJANCIC: Supplies to hospitals, for example, in the U.S., would continue to be possible. There would need to be an export authorization, but the export could go ahead.
LACAPRA: Kocijancic says an outright ban on propofol exports would be unlikely.
MATT KUHN: But given the steps that we would have to go through, the net effect would still be the same.
MCDANIEL: Matt Kuhn is with the German drug manufacturer that makes more of the propofol used in U.S. hospitals. He says his company would have to get an export license for every shipment of propofol it wanted to send to the States, and that process would take three to six months for each shipment.
KUHN: It would be significant enough to create lack of availability of product that would put both clinicians and patients in a very difficult spot in the U.S.
LACAPRA: Because of the potentially serious consequences, Kuhn's company, Fresenius Kabi, has already taken steps to keep propofol from being used in lethal injection. The company requires all of its U.S. distributors to sign a contract saying they won't sell to departments of correction.
MCDANIEL: But about a year ago, one of Fresenius' suppliers made a mistake. The supplier was supposed to block out all of the departments of correction from their sales list, but they missed one. They sent a container of propofol to Missouri's Department of Corrections. Once the supplier realized the mistake, it sent frantic emails to the state, pleading with them to return the drug.
For 11 months, the Missouri Department of Corrections held on to the shipment. But last week, following an open-records request by the American Civil Liberties Union, the state gave in. The department said it was returning the propofol to the supplier.
LACAPRA: Most manufacturers have joined Fresenius in condemning propofol's potential use for lethal injection, and also require suppliers not to sell it to states that would use it for capital punishment.
MCDANIEL: So that raises the question: How did Missouri get a hold of propofol when it wasn't supposed to? We've reviewed 180 pages of Department of Corrections documents obtained through a sunshine request by the ACLU.
LACAPRA: According to those records, the Missouri Department of Corrections bought 100 vials, about a half-gallon's worth, of propofol in June of this year. That propofol was made by Hospira, the only U.S. manufacturer. We reached out to the company and asked if they knew Missouri was planning to use their product to carry out an execution. In a statement, a Hospira spokesperson said...
MCDANIEL: We have been provided information suggesting that the state of Missouri has a supply of Hospira propofol, and that the state purchased it from an unauthorized distributor.
LACAPRA: That unauthorized distributor was a supplier named Mercer Medical. In April, a sales representative named Chris Rudd emailed the Missouri Department of Corrections to convince them to use his company as a vendor.
MCDANIEL: In that email, Rudd said Mercer specialized in, quote, "the delivery of products that have gone into short supply on the market." One of the drugs in short supply: propofol. A few months later, the Department of Corrections bought the propofol from Mercer. I called Rudd to discuss the sale.
LACAPRA: He hung up. Rudd and his company, Mercer Medical, never got back to us. The Missouri Department of Corrections and the governor's office have also ignored our request for comment on how the state got Hospira's propofol. Hospira has asked the state for its drug back. Last week, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon told us the state was moving forward with the executions, as long as the courts did not intervene.
GOV. JAY NIXON: We are very cognizant of the attention this is drawing and the potential challenges that are out there, but are resolute that the issues should be ones that are played out in a court of law so that the consistency of this significant responsibility will maintain.
MCDANIEL: But last Friday, Gov. Nixon changed his mind. He announced that he had directed the State Department of Corrections to postpone this month's execution. He also said he had directed the state to modify its execution protocol to include a different form of lethal injection other than propofol.
LACAPRA: But finding a replacement for propofol might not be so easy. With most drug companies opposed to having their products used in executions, there aren't a lot of options out there. For HERE AND NOW, I'm Veronique LaCapra.
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Eyes: Brown
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Skin: Dry, Other, Not Sure
Hair: Brown, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
LOVE this! I am a MAC fiend, and I actually prefer this over my MAC gel liners. It does not budge (I actually have to be careful not to make a mistake when applying), but I never ever get the raccoon look from this liner. I have it in black, I'm having a hard time finding other colors, or else I'd buy them all!
Age: 18 & Under
Skin: Acne-prone, Fair, Cool
Hair: Brunette, Wavy, Medium
Eyes: Brown
The Esscence Gel Eyeliner comes in a decently heavy round glass jar with a black lid with a design and general information on it. On the bottom of the jar is a bit more information (color, location of brand), and the barcode is stuck to the side of it, which I have yet to peel off. At Ulta, the only local store that sells Essence (that I know of), the section of this brand of cosmetics is always near empty. I think it's party because it's so inexpensive and sells out easily, and partly because it may be viewed as a little kid brand (again, because it's so inexpensive and the display looks rather...young) so the staff doesn't bother to restock it regurally, which really stinks because I happen to love this brand! They have great lip products. I never bothered to check out their eye makeup until I read all the rave reviews for it. Lately, I've been looking for a nice black eyeliner, and gel liner is so easy for me to apply. It's actually easier for me than pencil liner is. Weird? I'm not sure. I apply this using the Essence gel liner brush (1.99 and awesome!) and make one clean line along my upper lash line. I like wearing this with shimmery shadows and less dramatic mascara to acentuate my lashes and make them look bold without being overly dramatic. This retails for 3.99 at my local Ulta. I definitely like this product a lot, and will look into trying more eye makeup products from this brand.
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Hair: Other, Straight, Medium
Eyes: Brown
I found this at my local Shoppers Drugmart for $3.99CAD. I have this in the colour "Midnight in Paris". This gel eyeliner has lasted me about 5.5 months of everyday use! It is JET BLACK and so creamy and smooth. I love the packaging. It is a glass container with a platic lid. I can wear this for more than 24hours and go swimming in this without it smudging or chipping. It's basically bulletproof. The only thing is that after wearing this for more than about 13 hours, the colour will fade in the slightest bit. No one notices, but me. I also have the MAC Fluidline in "Blacktrack" and these two are definately comparable. I will even say that I prefer the Essence one more the Mac. The Essence eyeliner is $3.99CAD vs $18.00CAD for the Mac. I stay to go for Essence. I reccommend this to all my friends who ask me "What is the best eyeliner?".
Age: 19-24
Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Neutral
Hair: Black, Wavy, Coarse
Eyes: Brown
Upon seeing it at my local drugstore in Singapore, I immediately bought 4 jars of them and clear the shelf out because of the reviews. :D
I must say that this is. freaking. amazing!
Better than Maybelline and Loreal, and even though I haven't tried Bobby Brown or MAC, I see no reason to because this has already won my heart!
It's really long lasting, and doesn't smudge at all. It's amazing.
AND Essence doesn't test on animals, which makes me love them even more. :D
It's my go-to brand whenever shopping for cosmetics at the drugstores.
Age: 19-24
Skin: Very Oily, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Brown, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
Wow. this product really really surprised me! it being so cheap i didnt not expect to like it this much. i am an everyday eyeliner wearer and this just does the freaking job beautifully! ditching my 26$ stila eyeliner for this. the brush is meehh.. recommend buying another eyeliner brush from like mac or wtv
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Skin: Acne-prone, Olive, Warm
Hair: Black, Straight, Fine
Eyes: Black
Love it - my HG gel liners! I have 2: London Baby & Midnight in Paris - both very gorgeous pigmented shades. They are long lasting and for the most part, smudgeproof. Will buy again especially because it's so cheap.
EDIT 25/09/13: Dropped this from 5 lippie rating to only 2. 'Midnight in Paris' is still creamy but smudges horribly. 'London Baby' has dried considerably but is still useable - it still smudges slightly but not as bad as 'Midnight in Paris'. I can't bear smudged eyeliner transferring to the top of my lids when I blink (I've monolids) or eyeliner transferring way below my bottom lashline even when I'm wearing eye primer. I will have to throw these out soon.
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Attention, attention!December 16, 2008 at 10:26 am | Posted in musings | Leave a comment
For those who still check in here every so often, I'm moving to a new location. Email me at aebracken at gmail dot com for details if you'd like to follow along! Gracias!
guess who's back…December 5, 2008 at 3:49 pm | Posted in musings | 1 Comment
Tags: blogging, swearing
Let's dust this thing off, shall we? Is this even still on? Hello?
Momma needs her outlet back, one that's not necessarily baby-free but is decidedly ALL ABOUT ME.
Because dammit, I have things to say. And they may involve swearing. So there.
Stay tuned, m'dears. Would love to know if you're out there so chime in and we'll carry on!
(and holy shit (ha! I can swear!), is this new WordPress throwing anyone else a major curve ball?)
and I don't even like eggs.February 21, 2008 at 5:48 pm | Posted in health, Links, offspring | 2 Comments
A few years ago – four, to be exact – I went through the long and arduous process of being an anonymous egg donor. Not that this is something I talk about a lot, but people tend to have one of two very strong reactions to this fact: loosely-veiled shock tinged with an air of "how could you", or immediate fascination paired with wanting to know all about it.
I bring this up now for a variety of reasons, but mainly because a recent episode of Oprah about the donor sibling registry has had me thinking about it a lot again. I need to caveat this all beforehand with an important tidbit…I'm 99.9% sure my eggs weren't actually used. I don't think I have a biological child walking around somewhere, and I know this because the program I went through withdrew its request of me to donate more than once. Something happened and it didn't work for the couple who selected me, which breaks my heart into a million pieces but I try not to think about it too much. Especially now that I'm 8 months pregnant with my own child after having spent the last few years absolutely convinced I had bad eggs because of this whole experience, which has lessened my guilt complex immensely.
So yeah, I ponied up my eggs for an infertile couple. I was paid well…really well, actually. To be fair, I didn't know about the compensation factor until after I'd started looking into being a donor. My sister had a variety of health issues that were surely going to affect her reproductivity options, and I started thinking about what I'd do if I had the chance to give her this gift. So I began investigating the process and local programs, thinking it'd be a smart idea to go through it for an anoymous couple in case it didn't work – I couldn't imagine doing it with my sister's hopes and expectations on the line only to find out something was wrong with me.
You wouldn't believe the steps one has to go through to be selected as an egg donor when you're working with a reputable program (and really, that's the ONLY way anyone should do this. If it's easy, something's not right. Run away.) Applications, endless rounds of medical screening, the psychological exam….
…and let's stop right there. Of course it makes sense when you think about it, but isn't it absolutely confounding that women have to have psychological testing and consultations to make sure they can handle everything that comes with donating their genetic material, when any Tom, Dick, or Harry can walk off the street into a clinic and leave his swimmers behind without even having an appointment? This is FASCINATING to me. It is completely acceptable in our society for men to be sperm donors as often as they'd like, and I can't even count on both hands the number of guys I know who made it a regular part of their beer-fund routine in college. Me? I had to be told by a medical professional that I was of sound mind and body to give up the goods.
I think there's a lot to be said for how much importance our culture places on a woman "giving away" a child. I honestly don't see how this is any different than donating blood (which I do as often as possible), bone marrow (I'm on the registry), or even being an organ donor after I die (which my family now has official written proof that you'd better donate every scrap bit of me if you're in the horrible position of having to make that decision.) I have something I don't need. Someone else needs it. I can give it. Why is that strange?
Yes, genetically speaking, the donor child would be as much "mine" as this baby who's set to arrive in a few weeks. But your mother is the one who raises you, and I felt confidant I'd have no attachments or misgivings about what I was doing as the years passed by. This is all very easy for me to say now that I'm pretty certain my procedure unfortunately didn't work out in the end, and I won't have to "deal" with any consequences down the line. But you know what? I would have been fine dealing with it someday. Just as I'd love to meet someone whose life was saved by my blood donation, I'd be so open to meeting and answering any questions my donor child had for me. I think it's pretty cool that people are able to more easily connect now through registries and the like.
Donating your eggs is not for every woman out there. I know this. The physical process is grueling – almost identical to everything you go through with IVF, except for the implantation part at the end – but on the flip side, the emotional part of it is light years removed from what those couples go through. I'd sit in the waiting room of the fertility clinic before each appointment alongside various couples, and the tension and what I can only describe as palpable despair would cut me like a knife. But it also made me feel so good because I knew I was trying to help someone in their shoes, and that was all I could do.
I wish there wasn't such a double standard for women and men in this situation. I don't want to overgeneralize, but I tend to think women donate eggs to help others more so than men donate sperm for the same reason. Obviously the donation process is a hell of a lot easier for men, which probably explains a great deal of the differences in mentality, but I also think a lot of women don't even know egg donation is an option. No one talks about it. Hell, even Oprah's show only focused on sperm donors and each guy's brood of genetic offspring (mind you – we're talking dozens of kids, in some cases). I loved that they were talking about it, though. Fertility/Infertility options and issues in general are still so hush-hush and my hope is we can start talking about all this stuff without judgement and shame.
It's surreal to even be writing this while feeling powerful little kicks from my unborn child. Can you imagine giving the gift of feeling this to another woman, who's wanted it more than anything in the entire world? And for the love of god, I'm not looking for kudos here because I didn't do anything special. I just want people to know, if they don't already, that there's another side to the donor discussion. A woman's side.
I know, I know.February 18, 2008 at 10:39 am | Posted in Links | 1 Comment
I'm being beyond horrible with writing on here these days. So sue me. I'm doing great at posting on our baby blog (if you'd like the link, leave a comment with your email address), and have totally turned into "that girl" and I'm not even officially a Mom yet.
Had to share this link, though. It's a good one for a Monday morning when the thought of the next five days is sucking the will to live right out of your bones. Or maybe that's just me.
I'll try to come up with something to write about soon. I know you're anxiously awaiting that day. (not.)
Woes.January 22, 2008 at 11:11 am | Posted in rants | Leave a comment
Nothing sends me into a tailspin like money worries. There are definite periods of my adult like that have been marked by an underlying current of financial stress, and this is one of them. Which is ridiculous, given our combined income. When I do the math on our monthly net take home pay, it makes ZERO sense that I'm a basketcase and losing sleep over financial matters.
Here's what just chaps my hide: we have a financial planner/advisor at Ameriprise. We paid them money to plan our finances. We're all set up with IRAs, life insurance policies, you name it. Yet somehow, these people we pay to MANAGE OUR FINANCES, can't get their act together and update our accounts with our new bank information. So for the second month in a row, they've deducted money from our old account – racking up almost $200 in overdraft fees, even after repeated calls, emails, etc. begging them to get their shit straight. Our advisor has moved on to another position, and I can't get an answer on who our new advisor is – so I can't even find someone who's "responsible" for us.
I'm so frustrated, I could scream.
It's just one of the items on my mental list of things I need to get straightened out before I can sleep easy. Our property tax bill came last week, yet our mortgage company paid those for us back in November. So I have to find out why we're being sent a bill for thousands of dollars. Our gas company apparently didn't update our bank account info either, so I have to go through that process again. I'm desperately trying to sock away money in our savings account for my unpaid maternity leave that's looming over us like the mother of all black, gloomy clouds…but at the same time pay every spare penny we have towards American Express to get that sucker under control. And let's not even talk about preparing for daycare, not to mention diapers and god only knows what else.
It's all just a mess. I'm a mess. I know we're just in a transition state with getting things setup and switching back and forth between banks has caused so many of these headaches…but I just feel like it should be easier. All the talk about being on the heels of a recession and our economy tanking is only making things worse, and I just want to STOP THINKING ABOUT MONEY MATTERS for awhile. K?
It's that time.December 31, 2007 at 12:33 pm | Posted in lists, marriage, musings, offspring | 1 Comment
I'm normally not big on resolutions, but 2007 was kind of a weird year for me so I feel like I need to fake some sort of structure for the next one. First, let's talk about how this will be the year I become a mother. Me. A MOTHER. what? It feels beyond weird to even write that. My daughter comes into the world soon. I'll have a daughter. This is flipping me out.
I digress.
My resolutions for 2008, in no particular order because honestly, does prioritization ever matter in these lists?
visit my grandfather. and actually, I lied above – this is probably my #1 priority.
stop eating fast food. The exception will be Chick-Fil-A because I have to be realistic here.
resolve my career path indecision and make a change that aligns with the work/life balance and personal gratification I seek.
make a daily effort to make my husband feel appreciated. I am horrible at this and it eats at me, because I couldn't ask for a better partner and shame on me for not letting him know that every single day (see! that's a start. Love you, krod).
Happy New Year!!
bad idea.December 11, 2007 at 5:56 pm | Posted in Nashville | 1 Comment
It's hard to get in the holiday spirit when it's 75 degrees outside. So ridiculous. But I was determined to do something festive last weekend, and after hearing numerous people talk about how wonderful Opryland is with "9 million lights" and their wonderful Christmas decor – not to mention a whole article in Southwest's in-flight magazine ranking it as one of the best lights displays in the country – I figured it was a no-brainer.
W-R-O-N-G. omg. First of all, really bad call to go on a Saturday night. I have no idea what the hell I was thinking when I suggested this, but it could not possibly have been more crowded. Opryland is like a Vegas hotel/convention center, which really surprised me. It's enormous and sprawling and so commercialized. But imagine EVERYONE who's visiting Vegas squeezing themselves into ONE place at the same time. That's what this felt like.
The entire rural population of Kentucky, Tennessee, and Alabama had dusted off their Christmas sweaters (the ones with blinking lights were my personal favorite), dressed their kids in matching tacky outfits, and strapped on their fanny packs for the OUTING OF THE YEAR. Now, of course this all makes for excellent people watching. The only redeeming part of our visit was the 20 minutes spent sitting on a bench and watching people walk by, trying to keep straight faces and wondering out loud if we're just big city snobs (probably) or if these people were really that out of touch with what passes as acceptable fashion decisions (likely).
If only the "lights display" had been worth seeing. Apparently the 9 million lights were spread out over the 9 acres, so it just felt like any other hotel at Christmas with a few strands hanging here and there. It was bad. It was worse knowing we'd forked over $15 to park about a mile away to experience such glory.
I've made very few bad calls about sightseeing-type things over the years….a certain Irish festival in Coney Island comes to mind….and now this. You cannot pay me enough to set foot back in Opryland at this time of year, if any. I always thought Rockefeller Center was hell on earth the weeks preceding Christmas, but oh, how wrong I was. Hell has new meaning.
a not unusual exchangeDecember 6, 2007 at 5:58 pm | Posted in family | Leave a comment
boss: "I saw on the news today that Omaha's getting pounded with snow…wish we'd get some of it here."
me: "yeah, my parents live in Lincoln and I got a picture of it earlier. pretty crazy."
boss: "wait. your parents are in Lincoln? I thought they were in Atlanta?"
me: "no, they've been out there for a few years. Moved from Westchester, NY so it was a bit of a culture shock."
boss: "I bet. wow. "
co-worker popping his head out of his office: "did someone say Rochester?"
me: "No, Westchester."
co-worker: "Oh, thought you said Rochester, NY – I was born there."
me: "oh, no…but so was my sister. "
boss and co-worker: "????"
me: "yeah, I used to live there too. we moved around a lot."
boss: "you're confusing."
me: "I know."
I'm sorry, but…December 6, 2007 at 2:50 pm | Posted in entertainment | Leave a comment
This is just of the funniest things I've seen in a long time.
and this, my friends…November 29, 2007 at 9:41 pm | Posted in health, rants, travel | 1 Comment
…would be what we lovingly refer to as "hormones at work". After 11 hours on a shoot today, my 3-coworkers bailed on me for dinner leaving me alone with our 2 clients. And I started crying. Luckily I was in my hotel room at the time and not in front of them, but I just lost it. I have no idea why, other than being really damn tired and kind of sick of entertaining these people…coupled with the fact that I have to hit the road at 6am tomorrow to do it all over again. And then again the next day. I'll say it one more time: anyone who thinks advertising is glamorous needs to come hang out with me for awhile.
Sure, hearing the grips talk to each other about how Brad Pitt is holding up the film they're working on because he's demanding rewrites "like usual" is always entertaining, but do I actually get to SEE Brad Pitt? No. My co-workers, on the other hand, run into Hillary Swank and Leonardo DiCaprio in seperate instances on this trip…was I around at either time? No. Of course not. This is how my life works. Instead I get to work with the guy whose resume' touts a few guest spots on Nip/Tuck and a Verizon commercial that only aired in England.
I am totally blogging about work. I know. But I cried tonight for no reason and so I just kind of want to get it out there, ok? I am huge and pregnant and sat in a 300 degree room watching take after take of so-so acting today, and while the spots are actually going to be hysterical and great, the process is exhausting. I live for this crap and would rather be spending my days doing this than sitting behind a desk, trust me, but I think I'm starting to realize my limits in this "delicate state". I'm openly rolling my eyes at people, which is normally something I'm extremely skilled at doing in a discreet manner, and I'm definitely piping up more when my environmental needs (temperature. food. water. sour patch worms.) are not being met to satisfactory standards and am so that girl on the set. Do I care? Lemme think….No. No, I do not care.
Over the last year or so, I've been realizing with more and more clarity that I'd like to be doing something else….a slight career change in the same vein/realm of what I'm doing, but different enough that I'd likely have to drop down a few rungs to do it. I'm just not sure I can climb that ladder again. Not sure I have the fight in me this time, financially and just emotionally. Cause Lord knows I'm not the flag-waver for mental stability these days. I'm a bit of a mess, but keep telling myself I'm allowed to be for a few more months. Because then I have to be a real grown-up and take care of another human being.
For now, though, I'll sniffle my way through another client dinner and try to pretend like the sexist jokes and stupid "war" stories about the good ol' days don't faze me. Because that's my job.
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WASHINGTON — Skywatchers will get a treat on Monday, Dec. 26 right after sunset as the thin crescent Moon and Venus pair up in the west.
Start looking at 4:30 p.m. in the southwest and brilliant Venus and the moon will be very close to one another. As an added bonus, the moon will have earthshine present — the unlit portion of the moon illuminated by reflected sunlight off of our planet's ocean and clouds.
This is a celestial treat worth seeing. If you have binoculars, it will enhance the view of the moon. Using a camera, you can take pictures by mounting your camera on a tripod and taking a number of exposures. About one second at ISO 200 should capture the scene.
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