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I recently became a proud iPhone owner thanks to rain damage sustained to my Blackberry whilst rocking out to Portugal. The Man at Lollapalooza. I gotta say, it feels good to be rid of my "1998 technology" as my buddy (and longtime iPhone user) Andy likes to say.
In honor of Steve Jobs announcing his resignation as the CEO of Apple, I thought I would share the 5 apps that have made my iPhone experience so freakin' awesome.
1. instagram
Since before I owned an iPhone, I've had instagram envy. I love being able to take a photo, put on a sweet looking filter and share it with my friends not only on instagram but also with the option to share on Twitter and Facebook. I like it so much that it has actually decreased my Tumblr usage quite a bit.
2. OKCupid
I've been a fairly avid user of OKCupid over the past couple years, and the iPhone app is really awesome. The Local feature plays off of the grindr format in that it allows you to see who is local and available to hang out right then and there. I haven't taken advantage of meeting someone through this feature yet, but it's definitely something I might be open to when I'm out on the town in Boston.
3. Kik Messenger
The one feature I knew I was going to miss about my Blackberry was bbm. Kik messenger is the iPhone equivalent. While it isn't super necessary because the iPhone texting format is basically the same as chatting, it's still nice to have a messaging tool that feels somewhat exclusive.
Uhhh. I don't think I really even need to explain why this is so awesome. Thanks to this app, I can take Don Draper on the T with me every morning on my way to work. Waiting for a friend that is going to be half an hour or so late? BAM. An episode of Party Down at your fingertips. Netflix is just generally one of the best things ever, but it in an app and its even better.
5. Catch the T
Out at the bar and wondering if you're going to be able to hit up last call and still make the last T home? Wonder no more. If you rely on the Orange, Red or Blue line to get home, Catch the T has you covered. You can check times by line and station and it gives you three options to take (assuming its early enough to have three options left). It's the only app I've paid money for, and I'm sure its going to prove itself worthy.
Have an iPhone app that you can't live without? Share it in the comments!


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What: Day 1 of Slalom Racing at the London 2012 Olympic Games
How can I watch? Taped highlights will be shown Sunday night on NBC's Olympic Late Night Show starting at 1:05 am ET Monday morning. Click HERE for local listings.
CASEY EICHFELD, Men's C1
One penalty was enough to prevent both three-time Olympian Scott Parsons (Bethesda, Md.) and two-time Olympian Casey Eichfeld (Drums, Pa.) from reaching the Semifinals Sunday on a chilly, windy day in Waltham Cross.
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Both finished the first heat ranked within the necessary range to advance. Both were unable to improve upon their times in the second run. Both incurred close penalties that added enough time to knock them out of contention.
Eichfeld, 22, finished 14th with a first run time of 97.04 on Day 1 of slalom racing at the London 2012 Olympic Games. The time includes one very close two-second touch penalty on Gate 13. His first run time was 10th best in the heat. Without the penalty, his time would have been good for 5th in the heat and 10th overall. Eichfeld's time was 0.97 seconds behind 12th place and a spot in the Semifinal.
Eichfeld finished his second run in 102.02, including four seconds worth of penalties. He had some trouble with the first upstream gate and four other paddlers passed him up with improved second run times. The fastest of the two runs for each athlete counts and the top 12 Men's C1 boats advanced to Tuesday's Semifinal.
Parsons, 33, placed 16th with a first run time of 94.16 on Day 1 of slalom racing at the London 2012 Olympic Games. The time was good for 13th best in the heat, but he was unable to improve upon it in the second run and three paddlers passed him up. The top 15 Men's K1 boats advanced to Wednesday's Semifinal.
Parsons finished his second run in 141.72, including 52 seconds worth of penalty time (50 seconds for missing one gate and 2 seconds for touching another). Without the penalty for narrowly missing Gate 8, he would have finished 15th overall. Parsons' time was 1.61 seconds behind 15th place and a spot in the Semifinal.
Women's K1 Caroline Queen (Darnestown, Md.) and the Men's Double Canoe tandem of Eric Hurd (Woodstock, Ga.) and Jeff Larimer (Marietta, Ga.) begin racing Monday afternoon. Click HERE for a full Day 2 preview.
Parsons on his first run:
"The first run had a lot of good bits. I had two kind of slow sections that made the run as a whole not very competitive, which is too bad. I was happy with about 90 percent of the first run, it was just that 10 percent that really sort of pushed the time up."
Parsons on his second run:
"For the most part, a lot of the run was really good and the atmosphere here is incredible, so I had a great time actually."
Parsons on missing Gate 8:
"It was a downstream on the left part of the current that I was a little late for and I had to do a little maneuvering to make sure I was in."
Parsons on his Olympic experience:
"It's been so much fun, just a really good relaxed atmosphere. The village has been really cool, the venue is incredible, the crowd has been fantastic today. The whole experience so far has been really, really good, and I'm actually looking forward to the next week or so of hopefully watching some other events and having some more good times."
Eichfeld on his first run:
"For the most part, it went right. The speed just wasn't really there, so I kept pulling and trying to get there as fast as I can to the finish. It wasn't my best work. ... The second run, I had a really good start, the first three gates. But I came into the first [upstream] left [gate] and dropped a lot of edge and so I started to pick it up a little bit. The lines just weren't there."
Eichfeld on his performance overall:
"I don't think that it was my best paddling, but I went out there with a plan in mind and raced my hardest. It wasn't exactly what I wanted ... but I don't have any regrets. I went out there and paddled as hard as I could."
USA Canoe/Kayak National Teams Director William Irving on Eichfeld's first run:
"He definitely was going through the middle of the gates. He was very clean, very fast and just got into one gate and that was enough to barely keep him out of the semis for tomorrow. He tried to do everything he could to be as close to the gate as possible, to get as fast to the gate as possible. But the call was that he got into the gate."
Irving on Eichfeld's growth:
"This is really Casey's first Olympic Games as an individual. Before, he had another athlete in the boat with him. So this is almost like his first experience. He's certainly getting better and better as time progresses. We're seeing dramatic increases in his overall results. The kid is fast. On his first run, there was at least four to six seconds of time that he could have made up by cutting the lines tighter and those types of the things. So there's a whole lot of room for improvement, which is really what you want to see. You don't want to see an athlete having a perfect run and them being back in tenth. So for Casey's there's a lot of room for improvement, even though he's already at a really high level now."
Irving on Parson's performance:
"Scott had a decent first run, needed to clean it up and just get fast. But I definitely thought that second run would be good enough in order to make it in. He still had some room for improvement on that run, it's just a shame that he did not make the gate. It would have been fast enough to make it into the semis. It wasn't a great run, but it would have been enough to make it in."
Three-time Olympian Scott Parsons (Bethesda, Md.) and two-time Olympian Casey Eichfeld (Drums, Pa.) kick things off Sunday afternoon for the 2012 U.S. Olympic Canoe/Kayak Team.
Eichfeld, a 2008 Olympian in Men's Double Canoe (C2) takes to the water for the first of two Men's C1 qualifying heats at 1:30 pm GMT. The fastest of the two runs for each athlete will count and the top 12 Men's C1 boats advance to Tuesday's Semifinal. Sixteen boats are competing.
"Looking towards tomorrow, I'm excited and I'm ready," Eichfeld said. "I've been waiting for this for four years and after a long, but well worthwhile team selection process, I have managed to return back to the Olympic Games. I can't wait to be racing again."
Eichfeld, 22, finished 11th in C2 at the 2008 Games and booked his ticket to London with a 6th place finish at the 2012 World Cup No. 1 in Cardiff, Wales. He most recently finished 17th at the Under-23 World Championships in Wausau, Wis., July 11-15. This time, he'll be alone at the startgate, rather than sharing a boat with a C2 partner.
"The only difference is going to that I don't have somebody over there that's depending on me," Eichfeld said. "I'm in this one by myself. I don't know which one I really prefer, but I'm just glad to be back and I'm ready to race as a C1."
Eichfeld must contend with World No. 1 and Beijing 2008 Silver medalist David Florence of Great Britain. World No. 2 Tony Estanguet of France will be looking to return to the podium after winning Olympic Gold in 2000 and 2004. Slovakia's Michal Martikan won Olympic Gold in 1996 and 2008.
Parsons, 33 hopes that the third time's the charm for an Olympic medal. The fastest of the two runs for each athlete will count and Parsons must finish among the top 15 kayakers after heats to reach Wednesday's Semifinal. The field is comprised of 21 boats. The feeling of representing his country is one that never gets old.
"It's a hefty responsibility, but it's a welcome one," Parsons said. "We are kind of a sport of individuals. The Olympics is a cool event because it's a departure from that and it's pretty fun to be a part of something bigger than yourself. It's an honor and privilege to be a part of Team USA."
Parsons placed 6th in 2004 and 20th in 2008. He clinched his third Olympic berth with an 11th place finish at the 2012 World Cup No. 1. He finished 15th at the 2011 World Championships and as high as 8th on the 2011 World Cup circuit.
"With it being qualification day, Scott's been in this position many times before," said William Irving, U.S. Olympic Team Leader. "He's looking to lay down a good first run to give himself a little bit of room for the second run. If he lays down a good first run, then I expect him to just let it all out in the second run and really, really just try to hammer it down as if it's his Final. He's very relaxed right now, he's paddling really well on the course. So all indication is he's definitely ready for whatever course they lay out to us today."
Parsons will face stiff competition from World No. 1 Peter Kauzer of Slovakia, who won the World Championships in 2009 and 2011. Daniele Molmenti of Italy won the 2010 World Championships and the previous two European Championships. Beijing 2008 Bronze medalist Benjamin Boukpeti of Togo is the lone returning Olympic medalist in the field.
Women's K1 Caroline Queen (Darnestown, Md.) and the Men's Double Canoe tandem of Eric Hurd (Woodstock, Ga.) and Jeff Larimer (Marietta, Ga.) begin racing Monday afternoon.
USA Canoe/Kayak is a non-profit membership organization based in Oklahoma City, OK, promoting canoe and kayak racing in the United States. A member of the United States Olympic Committee, USA Canoe/Kayak is the national governing body for the Olympic sports of Flatwater Sprint and Whitewater Slalom and the official U.S. federation of the International Canoe Federation. Other paddling sports sanctioned by USACanoe/Kayak include Marathon, Freestyle, Wildwater, Stand Up Paddleboard, Canoe Polo, Canoe Sailing, Outrigger, and Dragon Boat. For more information about USA Canoe/Kayak, please visit us on the web at www.usack.org, on Twitter at @usacanoekayak and Like us on Facebook at facebook.com/USACanoeKayak.

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The Freakin Blood Sucker Isn't Dead Just Yet, We Have A Beat
Posted By V Ol Blak On August 14, 2010 @ 5:06 pm In Monkie Journals | 9 Comments
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My name is V Blakheart or V Blak for short. A name which speaks volumes about what I have become. I am the perfect example of the typical cold hearted, logic base being, better known as a devolving, genetic, bag, sack, a.k.a. A DGBS Flesh Monkie, in Monkie jargon that is. Or if you are a member of the Red Monkie clan, I would be known as a bar bq sauce receptor or a BBSR Light Skin. Being a DGBS, I have lost control of some of my vital organs and yes this includes the freakin heart. Actually, the nano Genetic Mobile Modifier Implant (Gi Plug), targets the heart first. It's the most troubling and toughest organ to monkify. Hence the Monkies like to get the blood sucker under control, before moving on to easier targets, such as your digestive system, tongue and those pesky organs involved in human self reproduction.
I am breaking my silence today and coming forward to tell you I don't quite know what is going on. I am feeling something different. I know my Gi Plug is still active and in place. I can see it growing in size with each passing minute, day, and month. Clearly indicating, my progression or transformation into my final form, which if all goes well, will be that of a N.N.B. Monkie (New Nano Brain Monkie). All newly monkied beings start off this way. It's impossible for the Gi Plug to develop a fully mature L/B. The logic brain simply takes years to achieve its full potential. It's only after thousands of hours of tapping into the Akashic Field and the sampling of other genetic elements from the beings surrounding ones self, do you achieve the full Monkie L/Brain.
But enough of that and let me get to my point before I lose half of you Fleshies to boredom. The title of this post is, The Freakin Blood Sucker Isn't Dead Just Yet, We Have A Beat. I know most of you thought I was going to write about the pet flee band, my dog Basil lugs around, but not today, we will get to the White Lies a little later. Today I am writing about my own long believed dead organic blood pumping, emotion emanating organ known as my heart. A post from the heart about the heart, pathetic.
My heart is showing signs of life. Not only life, but I might even describe it as a vigorous struggle for control. The heart, now awaken, has bitch slapped the logic brain into the back seat and has taken the wheel, well almost. Something isn't working exactly as I remember from my days prior to becoming a DGBS. Something is definitely different and that is what I want to explore with you today.
Now, most of you may well have lost the feeling of your own heart long ago and just haven't realized it. This is a common symptom of the Gi Plug and yes, I am guessing most of you have a Gi Plug somewhere on your body. They are almost impossible to spot until the advanced stages. They start off as a nano dot and grow as the transformation is coming to a completion.
The reason I say, most of you may well be heartless, is because I know for a fact, the Monkies have been busy lately, executing their latest mission objectives. Plugging a large portion of the flesh monkie population. Operation Plug and Suck. The Black Monkies do the pluggin and you guessed it, the Red Monkies do the Sucking. If you are unfortunately one of the sucking targets, I am guessing your not reading this, so I wont be addressing your particular feelings. If your a plug target, you wouldn't really notice anything different, you would just slowly become something colder, more logical, more liberal. The fire in your gut to fleece your fellow beings, would have subsided and you may even find yourself buying less stuff. Sickening, I know.
Okay I am completely off track with this post, lets get back to my heart, the reason for writing this thing in the first place. I think I should also shift back into terms you can understand, feelings you might recognize from some earlier more innocent time in your life. You know, when you believed in love. Okay, here it goes, I think I just may be in Love. Well, my heart is in love, that is. The bastard has awoken and believes it has found another heart, another being in this sad, dying world, it needs, no wants to be one with. I know.. (gag). I would be right there gagging with you, just a few short months ago. But now, I don't know, I have lost all control. The heart seems to have spread it's tentacles into every sector of my being. My logical brain, which would have stepped forward and told me to straighten the f@ck up and get back to work has gone quiet. Leaving the heart to run amok with my life.
Who is this being? This woman. That simply isn't important. Lets just say she is beyond explaining. Her beauty goes deeper than any I have ever seen. It's as if her beauty starts at the atomic level. It's just who she is. She is in a word, beautiful. The amount of kindness, understanding and maturity in this woman, just isn't measurable. Which leaves me speechless after each and every interaction with her. I mean, I can't function for hours after engaging her. I try, believe me. I try to jump right back into working on G Living or other projects and I just can't. My mind is all tangled up with my heart and I sit here in a kind of daze, with images and thoughts of her. Yes, feelings. Now, after months of this, I can't even seem to conjure up a single full thought, without her somehow coming into my mind. I know what your thinking. You are sitting there in judgement saying, this isn't love, this is lust or at best infatuation. But you are only thinking that, because I am failing to fulling explain the full range of feelings here.
The feelings the heart is experiencing go so beyond anything I could recognize as a normal flesh monkie response. The heart is in complete calmness. A sense of peace has fallen upon it, and a patience to grow slowly, to explore with no desire to own or control. The heart simply wants to be near this being, this distant heart. This leads me to believe, maybe my heart isn't doomed after all. Maybe it was just missing what it needed all this time. Another heart it truly could connect with. A heart it could beat as one with.
So there you have it, this magical being, this beautiful woman, who I believe has a Gi Plug of her own, has broken those monkie binds, which have held my heart back for so long. The binds that trapped me in a state of loss, in a unconnected netherworld. She has freed my heart to feel, to desire, to hope against all odds for a true mutual happiness, for a life connected with another.
This battle of the heart and mind is still fresh and in the early stages, so I will keep you posted, if I am able, to the outcomes of all this. Maybe just maybe there is hope for all of us DGBS Monkies. Maybe we can evolve, grow into something better and still in the end, have a heart worth keeping.
Until next time.. V Heart…
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Green Holiday Party Tips
Now that you're green, American-made gift shopping is almost done, it's time to get ready for your green holiday party! Even if you are hosting a house full of people, it's no reason to give up on your sustainable values. Here are a few tips to keep your holiday celebrations environmentally-friendly.
While I'll admit that paper invitations and Christmas cards look great and are fun to receive, think about all of the money and paper you'll waste sending them out to your friends and family. Try looking into e-invitations this year. You'll save time, money and paper. Plus most sites let your guests see who else is going and chat with each other about what everyone is bringing.
Buy Local!
Even though it's the winter-time, there are still plenty of ways to shop local for your green holiday party dinner. Many towns and cities have winter markets you can visit to find fresh produce and specialty items. You can also check in to your local butcher for meats customized for the amount of guests that you have coming. He may even be willing to order specialty meats for your holiday party. Don't forget about local spirits and craft beers! Local breweries and distilleries usually have special holiday beverages available and your guests will be impressed and excited to try something new on your drink list.
Use your Resources!
Don't bother heading to a department store for decorations. Try finding local holly or fir boughs to create unique and lovely centerpieces and decorations. If you're not feeling particularly crafty this year, many people sell wreaths, trees and decorations out of their homes during the holidays. Buy from a neighbor and display their hard work for your friends and family to enjoy at your green holiday party.
Save Energy!
Skip the bright overhead lighting this year and turn off your ugly, Christmas Story leg lamp (I hope that's not just my family!). Try lighting holiday scented candles this year. Cinnamon, pine, pumpkin and vanilla are great aromas for setting the mood and the candle light will be very flattering for your home décor.
Eco-Friendly Party-ware
Try to avoid using paper plates and cups this year. While they may save you on dish-washing they're definitely not friends of the environment. If you must go with a paper or plastic option, try looking for green brands that make biodegradable and compostable paper-ware.
As always, don't forget to recycle! Try to reuse or recycle any discarded gift-wrap, compost your meal leftovers and recycle your plates and cups, if you used them.
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Leather has always been a valued commodity in the automotive world because of its many advantages that no other material can provide. Since the earliest horseless carriages rolled the streets, engineers specializing in vehicle interiors have been on a perpetual quest to create man-made upholstery materials that improve on leather. And some of them have even been durable, comfortable, absorbent, or easy to clean the way leather is.
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Asia goes back to the future during an inspired concert at Granada Theater that highlights 1982 debut album and then some
The 1981 Back to the Future Delorean Time Machine parked just outside the Granada Theater doors Friday night were a tell-tale clue to the ambiance inside. It was an evening with the original line-up of Asia, the progressive pop-rock band from England that soared to immediate success in 1982 with its 4-million-selling self-titled debut album. Vocalist and bassist John Wetton, guitarist Steve Howe, keyboardist Geoffrey Downes and drummer Carl Palmer reunited in 2006 and two years later released Phoenix, its first album together since 1983′s Alpha.
Reunions feel good sometimes. Phoenix, which brought these four Asia men to Fort Worth's Bass Hall in 2009, was such a rewarding experience that it was followed by 2010′s Omega and this year's XXX celebrating Asia's 30th anniversary.
But this Granada Theater gig didn't so much focus on XXX as it did on the seminal Asia disc. Wetton, Howe, Downes and Palmer played seven of the nine tracks on the beloved inaugural record. There was much joyous thrill in hearing "Sole Survivor," "Wildest Dreams," "Time Again," "Cutting It Fine," "Here Comes the Feeling" and the huge singles "Only Time Will Tell" and "Heat of the Moment." Wetton was in soaring voice. His pipes haven't suffered an iota over the years. At one point I closed my eyes and it was as if I was 17 again listening to that vinyl album holed up in my bedroom pouring over the liner notes.
The crowd was particularly rabid for those songs. I've never seen so many grown men fist-pumping the air as they sang at the top of their lungs. But they had good reason. Palmer's drum work was blazing, muscular. Howe's guitar picking was elegant, stinging. Downes' wizardry on a bank of keyboards and synthesizers were nothing short of majestic. All of the ingredients were there, including stellar material.
There are many that may slam Asia for taking a more pop-friendly route to a sound that naturally emanated from progressive rock icons Yes, of which Howe and Downes are longtime members. But what Asia lacks in experimentation, it more than compensates in grand melodies, stylish hooks and flowing rhythms. Asia manages to combine progressive rock fortitude with expert pop song craftsmanship. Even the new XXX tunes "Tomorrow the World," "Face on the Bridge" and "I Know How You Feel" relish the formula that made that 1982 effort so special. "World" and "Bridge" are classic sounding Asia, while "I Know How You Feel" is a beautiful ballad presented as a duet performance between Wetton on the mike and Downes providing the dreamy soundscapes.
"Don't Cry" and "The Smile Has Left Your Eyes," both from Alpha, were similarly handled to great effect. I enjoyed "An Extraordinary Life," a cut from Phoenix, more so this time than I did during that Bass Hall show. That gig felt a bit disjointed, flat even. But this time the two-hour concert, which had a 20-minute intermission, was seamless. Palmer's 6-minute drum solo roared; Howe's two-pronged acoustic guitar interlude where he did "The Golden Mean" and a cover of Yes' "Clap" was inspired. I was tickled to hear "Holy War" from Omega and "Ride Easy," the non-album B-side of "Heat of the Moment."
So the whole '80s theme with the Delorean and the concentration on the Asia album never felt dated. Asia made enduring music, a batch of great songs that work no matter what the decade. How perfect to have the original musicians remind us of that.


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A quick introduction…
My name is Joel Blum, but I've been creating artwork for the past 20 years under the name Zygote.
I'm an Iowa native currently living in Stockton, California with my wife and two children while I'm working as a gentleman's gardener, a studio artist, and as a tech for the horticulture depatment at our local community college.
My background into ceramics has been rather round about. I started training in high school back in the mid eighties, but got diverted once I entered Memphis College of Art with art bronze casting and 17th century silversmithing. Those two fields of interest quickly took over my life for the next 12 years as I worked the Art Bronze Foundries in Phoenix Arizona by day and ran my jewelry studio out of an old chicken coop at night.
When my first child was born in 1998, I began a transition to a lifestyle more suited to raising children in. I returned to clay figuring I could spend a few years at practicing while starting a family. I've been at it ever since, and after a decade of being a practicing potter, I'm beginning to say "Yes" to more opportunities to present my work and exhibit nationally.
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N-Town Cycle
N-Town Cycle
Of the four complete mystery cycles in the extant body of Middle English biblical drama, the N-Town plays are the most enigmatic. The single manuscript in which the cycle is preserved contains an amalgamation of scribal and authorial efforts. The institutional and geographical origins of the plays have been the subject of extensive research and debate, as has the means by which they were staged. Even the name of the cycle has been unstable: designated variously as the Ludus Coventriae, the Hegge cycle (after the first known owner of the manuscript), and the Lincoln plays, the plays are now commonly referred to as the N-Town cycle because the Proclamation that opens the collection refers to their performance in "N-town."
Like other biblical cycles, the N-Town plays contain stories from the Old and New Testaments and apocrypha. The opening Proclamation, spoken by three vexillators, describes a numbered series of pageants that does not correspond exactly to the dramatic episodes and plays contained in the manuscript that has come down to us. The divisions between plays are often unclear, with relatively few announced in the manuscript with specific titles or rubrication. The cycle includes a number of scenes unique to this collection, including the cherry tree incident involving Mary and Joseph, and the killing of Herod. Even more noteworthy, the N-Town cycle incorporates two smaller cycles that can be performed separately: a series of plays on the life of Mary, and a two-part Passion play. The N-Town cycle is also distinguished by what numerous scholars have identifed as an unusual concern with themes of redemptive promise, grace, and mercy.
Textual History
A central issue in the study of medieval texts is their instability and indeterminancy. Medieval manuscripts are seldom complete and were typically revised, separated, compiled, or erased in the process of copying. The N-Town manuscript is a case in point. It was originally attributed to the city of Coventry, in the West Midlands, because of the label ("Ludus Coventriae") placed on the manuscript's flyleaf by a seventeenth-century librarian. Its dialect and calligraphy, however, indicate the involvement of at least four scribes from four different locales in East Anglia (modern-day Norfolk and Suffolk). The manuscript also contains evidence of additions and revisions at various points in its history. Early in the twentieth century, Esther L. Swenson suggested that the cycle's various meters indicated different scribes or authors. Although this idea has since been dismissed, more recent scholars, such as Stephen Spector (1991), have observed that sections that share metrical forms also have thematic and verbal affinities. A character named Contemplacio frames the series of Mary plays, probably indicating the sequence's prior independent existence; the manuscript's revisions of his speech may represent changes made to fit the self-contained sequence into the larger cycle.
The manuscript's eclectic character has given rise to debates over its provenance. While the early attribution of the cycle to the Grey Friars in Coventry has been discredited, most scholars agree that the cycle was associated with a religious institution of some sort. It is generally agreed that the manuscript was probably generated in the rich social and cultural environment of East Anglia in the late fifteenth century. Many scholars have accepted Gail McMurray Gibson's argument (1981) that the cycle originated in the abbey of Bury St. Edmunds, home of poet John Lydgate, but others insist that other sites nearby are just as likely.
The manuscript also contains unusually detailed stage directions, leading to a great deal of speculation as to how the play was staged. Like Continental drama of the time, many of the N-Town plays seem to require a fixed stage, or plataea, with various loci, or stations, rather than the movable pageant wagons more typical of English drama in that period. Most scholars agree that the cycle may never have been staged wholly in the manner in which it survives. Still, its plays allow for some of the most spectacular stage effects in medieval drama. In the Passion sequence the stage directions are particularly detailed, calling for rapid juxtapositions of scene and simultaneity of action.
Major Themes
Scholars have noted the cycle's unusual concern with Mary, more typical of Continental dramas than of English cycles. The Mary of N-Town is only intermittently the pious and humble Madonna; more consistently, she figures as the glorious virgin queen whose purity the cycle dramatizes to the fullest. Critics also find in the cycle an unusually strong emphasis on theological concepts. Unlike other cycles, N-Town focuses on Christ's dual nature as God and Man and on Christ's Incarnation as the central act of mediation between God and humankind. N-Town is heavily peopled with ecclesiastical characters—bishops, priests, etc.—who mediate the action and underline its connections to the liturgy. The sacraments, especially Communion, and prayer are brought to the fore as practical, quotidian methods of communication between God and humanity.
Critical Reception
Most of the critical discussion of the N-Town cycle has centered on the origins of the manuscript and the staging of the plays. After Hardin Craig (1914) proposed Lincoln as the origin of the cycle, his idea was not seriously contested until Gibson put forward her argument in favor of Bury St. Edmunds. Current critical consensus is that the plays originated in East Anglia, but that the exact location is yet to be convincingly determined. With regard to staging, Swenson suggested that the Mary cycle and the Passion plays were produced on a fixed stage, while the others were acted on movable stages. Kenneth Cameron and Stanley J. Kahrl (1967) maintained that the older plays in the cycle were acted on movable stages and the newer ones on fixed plataeas. Anne C. Gay, on the other hand (1961), argued for a continuous place-and-scaffold staging and found no evidence of movable stages at all. Alan H. Nelson (1972) and Martial Rose (1973) similarly found no evidence of movable staging. Spector remarks only that the staging of the plays is open to conjecture, suggesting that the construction of the manuscript "seems to suggest a tendency toward the isolation of plays rather than continuous acting, or indifference to such issues during compilation."
The eclectic nature of the N-Town plays has led to arguments for and against the cycle's thematic unity. While critics such as Peter Meredith (1991) observe that the process of compiling the manuscript appears to have been haphazard, many would agree with Spector that "the eclecticism of the text does not preclude the possibility of thematic and artistic unity." Timothy Fry (1951) saw in the cycle a unified theological message, while Patrick J. Collins (1979) identified fruit and growth imagery and other motifs that perform a unifying function. Kathleen M. Ashley (1979) argued that the limited nature of human wisdom is a dominant theme throughout much of the cycle.
The Plays
1. The Creation, and Fall of Lucifer
2. The Creation, and Fall of Man
3. Cain and Abel
4. Noah, and Lamech
5. Abraham and Isaac
6. The Ten Commandments
7. The Tree of Jesse
*8. The Conception of Mary
*9. Mary in the Temple
*10. The Betrothal of Mary
*11. The Parliament of Heaven and the Annunciation
*12. Joseph's Trouble about Mary
*13. The Visitation
14. The Purgation of Mary and Joseph
15. The Birth of Christ
16. The Shepherds
17. The Magi
18. The Purification
19. The Slaughter of the Innocents
20. Christ and the Doctors in the Temple
21. The Baptism
22. The Temptation
23. The Woman Taken in Adultery
24. The Raising of Lazarus
†25. The Conspiracy, and the Entry into Jerusalem
†26. The Last Supper
†27. The Betrayal
Doctors ' prologue
‡28. The Preliminary Examination: Annas and Ca iaphas
‡29. The Examination: before Pilate, and before Herod
‡30. Pilate's Wife's Dream, and the Trial before Pi late
‡31. The Crucifixion
‡32. The Harrowing of Hell (i)
‡33. The Burial
‡34. The Harrowing of Hell (ii), and the Resurrection
35. The Maries at the Sepulchre
36. The Appearance to Mary Magdalene
37. The Appearance to Cleophas and Luke, and to Thomas
38. The Ascension
39. Pentecost
40. The Assumption of the Virgin
41. The Last Judgement
*constituent of the "Contemplacio" group of plays (plays 8-13)
†constituent of "Passion Play I" (plays 25-7)
‡constituent of "Passion Play II" (plays 28-34)
Principal Editions
Ludus Coventriae: A Collection of Mysteries Formerly Represented at Coventry on the Feast of Corpus Christi (edited by James Orchard Haliwell) 1841
Ludus Coventriae: or The Plaie called Corpus Christi (edited by K. S. Block) 1922
The Corpus Christi Play of the English Middle Ages (modern English translation, R. T. Davies) 1972
The "Mary Play" from the N. Town Manuscript (ed. Peter Meredith) 1987
The "Passion Play" from the N. Town Manuscript (ed. Peter Meredith) 1990
The N-Town Play: Cotton MS Vespasian D. 8 (ed. Stephen Spector) 1991
Hardin Craig (essay date 1914)
SOURCE: A note to the University of Wisconsin Studies in Language and Literature, Vol. 1, October, 1914, pp. 72-83.
[In the following excerpt, Craig surveys nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century scholarship on the N-Town plays and suggests Lincoln as the home of the cycle.]
It has never been known where the cycle of mystery plays published by the Shakespeare Society in 1841 as "Ludus Coventriae: a Collection of Mysteries formerly represented at Coventry on the Feast of Corpus Christi," were acted, although it has long been known that they are not the Coventry plays. The editor of the cycle, J. O. Halliwell(-Phillips), follows a tradition to the effect that this cycle...
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G. K. Chesterton (essay date 1920)
SOURCE: "The Humor of King Herod," in The Uses of Diversity: A Book of Essays, Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1920, pp. 96–100.
[In the following essay, Chesterton relates the so-called Coventry Nativity play to more familiar Renaissance dramatic conventions and asserts that the proximity of comedy and tragedy began with medieval miracle plays.]
If I say that I have just been very much amused with a Nativity play of the fourteenth century it is still possible that I may be misunderstood. What is more important, some thousand years of very heroic history will be misunderstood too. It was one of the Coventry cycle of mediæval plays, loosely called the Coventry...
(The entire section is 1136 words.)
K. S. Block (essay date 1922)
SOURCE: An introduction to Ludus Coventriae or the Plaie Called Corpus Christi, edited by K. S. Block, Early English Text Society, 1922, pp. xi-lvii.
[In introducing her edition of the cycle, Block describes the details of the manuscript. This excerpt includes her assertions that the manuscript is a compilation and that the cycle differs from other cycles in its ritual and dramatic complexity.]
The general evidence of the various features of the MS …shows that the collection contains parts or the whole of four separate groups: (1) the composite Contemplacio group (viii to xiii); (2) the first Passion (xxvi to xxviii); (3) the second Passion group...
(The entire section is 4028 words.)
Timothy Fry (essay date 1951)
SOURCE: "The Unity of the Ludus Coventriae," in Studies in Philology, Vol. XLVIII, No. 3, July, 1951, pp. 527-70.
[By relating the doctrinal content of Ludus Coventriae to the writings of patristic authorities, Fry argues that the theory of the Redemption as a response to the devil's abuse of power unifies the cycle.]
Scholars have been pretty well agreed that the Ludus Coventriae, as the compilation of plays now stands, is [as Å. E. K. Chambers puts it in his English Literature at the Close of the Middle Ages, 1945] "in a state of confusion." Studies devoted to the cycle as a cycle have been chiefly concerned with the stages in the development of the...
(The entire section is 11286 words.)
Kenneth Cameron and Stanley J. Kahrl (essay date 1967)
SOURCE: "Staging the N-Town Cycle," in Theatre Notebook, Vol. XXI, Nos. 3 and 4, Spring and Summer, 1967, pp. 122-38, 152-65.
[In the following excerpt, Cameron and Kahrl explore the staging of plays in Lincoln, as well as internal evidence from the N-Town cycle, in order to argue for the use of both movable and stationary staging methods in the cycle.]
Much attention has been given to problems of doctrine, of supposed unity, and of geographical ascription in the N-Town Plays. Known also as the Ludus Coventriae or the Hegge MS. plays, this lengthy cycle has been frequently examined because of its great complexity and the many problems it poses. Its staging,...
(The entire section is 7638 words.)
Anne Cooper Gay (essay date 1967)
SOURCE: "The 'Stage' and the Staging of the N-Town Plays," in Research Opportunities in Drama, Vol. X, 1967, pp. 135–40.
[In the following except, Gay revises previous notions of medieval stage structures, arguing that the N-Town plays differ from other cycles not in the stage structures themselves but in dramatic techniques.]
The term "stationary ("fixed" or "standing") stage" has long been applied to the N-Town Plays because the term stands for the opposite of "movable ("perambulatory") stage." Certainly, the stage directions of the N-Town "Passion," combined with the evidence for con tinuous playing within sequences of plays in other parts of the cycle, preclude...
(The entire section is 2859 words.)
Theresa Coletti (essay date 1977)
SOURCE: "Devotional Iconography in the N-Town Marian Plays," in Comparative Drama, Vol. 11, No. 1, Spring, 1977, pp. 22-44.
[By exploring the Marian plays' connection to devotional art, Coletti reveals how the cycle embodies its audience's spiritual concerns.]
The Middle English N-Town cycle evinces an extraordinary consciousness of the motifs and interpretations that characterized late medieval devotion to the Virgin. Of the four Middle English Corpus Christi plays, only the N-Town cycle includes a group of plays, extending from The Conception of Mary to The Trial of Joseph and Mary, specifically concerned with the life of the Virgin before the birth of...
(The entire section is 5878 words.)
Lynn Squires (essay date 1978)
SOURCE: "Law and Disorder in Ludus Coventriae," in Comparative Drama, Vol. 12, No. 3, Fall, 1978, pp. 200-13.
[By exploring fifteenth-century law, Squires suggests that many of the plays of the N-Town cycle contain severe criticism of the contemporary legal establishment.]
My purpose is to provide a new context for the late medieval cycle of plays traditionally referred to as Ludus Coventriae by investigating the fifteenth-century legal conditions reflected in these plays. Critics of medieval drama have not recognized the importance of laws as a religious ideal and so have not noticed its significance in late medieval and early Renaissance religious drama....
(The entire section is 4679 words.)
Gail McMurray Gibson (essay date 1981)
SOURCE: "Bury St. Edmunds, Lydgate, and the N-Town Cycle," in Speculum, Vol. CVI, No. 1, January, 1981, pp. 56-90.
[In this seminal essay, Gibson asserts that the N-Town plays originated not in Lincoln but in the abbey of Bury St. Edmunds.]
No scholar of medieval English drama needs to be reminded of the old and unsolved puzzle of the provenance of the fifteenth-century cycle of mystery plays preserved in MS B. L. Cotton Vespasian D.viii. The socalled N-Town Cycle has been plagued by a series of misnomers, erroneous catalogue descriptions, and confusions of place attribution ever since about 1629, when Sir William Cotton's librarian wrote on the flyleaf...
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Peter Meredith (essay date 1990)
SOURCE: An introduction to The Passion Play from the N. Town Manuscript, edited by Peter Meredith, Longman, 1990, pp. 1-36.
[In an excerpt to his introduction to this edition, Meredith discusses the staging and general themes of the Passion Play.]
Play and pageants
It is sometimes implied or stated that the present Passion Play is a revision of earlier pageants (those described in the Proclamation) to make a continuous play. While it is impossible to disprove this it seems to me that in the case of Passion I and the first part of Passion II (up to I. 880) this is unlikely. The demonstrable overlaps between the episodes in...
(The entire section is 8257 words.)
Gail McMurray Gibson (essay date 1993-94)
SOURCE: "Writing Before the Eye: The N-Town Woman Taken in Adultery and the Medieval Ministry Play," in Comparative Drama, Vol. 27, No. 4, Winter, 1993-94, pp. 399-407.
[Here, Gibson argues that the Woman Taken in Adultery play enacts the Christian mystery of the connection between the flesh and the divine.]
Richard Beadle has recently observed [in a review in Medium Aevum 60, 1991] that "If any area of medieval English studies can be said to have changed out of all recognition over the past twenty years or so, it must be that of the drama." Certainly, twenty years ago I could have asserted the perversity of teaching a field of scholarly...
(The entire section is 2959 words.)
Alan J. Fletcher (essay date 1994)
SOURCE: "The N-Town Plays," in The Cambridge Companion to Medieval English Theatre, edited by Richard Beadle, Cambridge University Press, 1994, pp. 163-88.
[In the following excerpt, Beadle describes the provenance of the N-Town manuscript, arguing against Gibson's suggestion of Bury St. Edmunds as its origin. He also asserts that the manuscript is a composite, and offers a general overview of the plays.]
'Corpus Christi plays', 'cycle plays': these are just two of the more familiar boxes in which modern critics have tried to contain the resisting diversity of much late medieval English drama. Indeed, such pigeon-holing has a long...
(The entire section is 8401 words.)
Further Reading
Ashley, Kathleen M. "'Wyt' and 'Wysdam' in N-Town Cycle." Philological Quarterly 58, No. 2 (1979): 121-35.
Explores the elements that produce N-Town's learned tone as a basis for the unity of the cycle.
Benkovitz, Miriam J. "Some Notes on the 'Prologue of Demon' of Ludus Coventriae." Modern Language Notes 60 (1945): 79-85.
Argues that the "Prologue of the Demon" that introduces the Passion group ties the cycle together; also contends that the author of the Prologue was a theologian.
Cameron, Kenneth, and Stanley J. Kahrl. "The N-Town Plays at Lincoln."...
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Wednesday, January 7, 2009
The benefits of Glycolic Acid...
About 2 months ago I started using a new facial cleanser: Jan Marini's Bioglycolic facial cleanser. I had been noticing that my skin was beginning to take on a dull look and I wanted to rev up my skin care regimen. Now that I've hit the quarter century mark, I want to start investing in my skin a little more.
***Picture courtesy of http://www.janmarini.com/
The Ingredients
The noteable ingredient in this cleanser is Glycolic acid also known as "alpha hydroxy acid". I had heard of the benefits of AHA and was excited to try out a product that contained them. After doing a bit of research, I learned that AHA is derived from fruits and known as the "fruit acid". The most popular one to date comes from the sugar cane plant since it has the smallest molecules of all the AHAs.
The Benefits
Glycolic acids are supposed to loosen the "glue like" attachments of skin conditions like acne, photodamage, and hyperpigmentation. It's also known to block free radicals. Personally, I have some remaining acne scars on my cheeks and temples that I've been working on. The bottom line is that Glycolic Acid has been proven to reduce scarring and improve the appearance of the skin.
Using the Product
This is a non-foaming, medicinal scented cleanser that comes out in a white, liquidy form. I would recommend removing your makeup before hand with wipes, makeup remover, or cleansing oil beforehand as this will not remove all your makeup. I notice a bit of tingling as I massage it on my skin and neck. I try to avoid my lip area since it's very sensitive especially into these winter months. I use this twice a day, in the morning and before I go to bed. The smell definitely smells like something your dermatologist would prescribe, so if you're expecting berries and flowers, this isn't the kind of cleanser that offers it.
The Results
After weeks of use, I notice that my skin does appear to be smoother and brighter. Even my boyfriend noticed. This is a gradual use product so don't expect results over night. Instead, use it as a part of your facial regimen to see long term results. My skin no longer has the dull tired look, instead it glows! A lot of celebrities are die hard Jan Marini skincare fans, no wonder their skin always looks so good!
Find more information out at http://www.janmarini.com/
Want to try it for yourself?
Leave a comment telling me your worst experience with a facial cleanser. I'll pick a winner and announce it tomorrow. You'll receive a full sized Jan Marini Bioglycolic Facial Cleanser!
Till next time, Ciao Bellas!
Atlanta Makeup Artist
42 comments:
- Askmewhats said...
i'm not sure if this is open to international but i'll comment anyways, worst experience is not only breaking out but my face turned really itchy and HOT all over for 1 week!
- January 7, 2009 at 9:14 AM
- mhtinkerbell said...
Awesome. My worst experience was when I used an old moisturizer at my grandma's house. I spent the night and forgot mine so I used one in her medicine cabinet. Not a good idea...it must have been super old cuz it gave me the most humongous pimples! and I rarely get acne!! Well I should have known cuz my grandma's 80 lol
- January 7, 2009 at 9:38 AM
- Posey said...
My worst experience was when i was in high school. i had a breakout, and so i tried some mask i got as a gift.
I put it on, and washed my face, then off to bed. i woke up and my face was BEET RED for 3 days. It was soo embarassing, and it was the 1st week of school. i tried covering it with makeup, but then i wasnt as makeup savvy and i looked ridiculous.
i tired skipping school but i got cuaght, so i spent the next 3 days faking stomache issues to i could stay in the nurses office, knowing very well, my mom/dad wouldnt be able to come pick me up!
- January 7, 2009 at 10:04 AM
- disEnchanted said...
Hey Renren. My worst skincare cleanser was with the Clinique 3-step skincare line. It was summer, about a week before my vacation and I wanted to get clearer skin, because I had a little acne. I tried this system before I went to bed. When I woke up, my face itched like crazy! I used it again, this time washing it with the soap a little more librally. As the day went on, my skin got red, and a little bumpy. And the next day, when I woke up(this time I hadn't used to system the night before)and my face was completely red with little bumps on it! It finally returned to normal in two weeks!
- January 7, 2009 at 10:10 AM
- mina said...
My worst experience was when I tried proactiv (I do not recommend), that crap made my face all red and itchy! My husband felt sorry for me, that's how bad my face was lol.
- January 7, 2009 at 10:10 AM
- Seymone said...
My worst experience with a cleanser had to be when I had a bad bout of acne and I tried a lemon soap. My god that stuff was so strong it left burns on my face. I am still trying to recover from the dark spot that I got from that.. My god.
- January 7, 2009 at 10:24 AM
- stefanie said...
Sounds like a great product! I'm always on the hunt for a great cleanser so I thought it would be a good idea to try the Victoria's Secret line because the lady that worked there conned me into it.
Needless to say, after only 2 uses, my face broke into a rash.. tiny little bumps all over that felt like sand paper :(
The same thing happened with Clinique's new Acne system.. Guess i should check the ingredients, huh?
- January 7, 2009 at 10:25 AM
- spankedelic said...
my worst experience was my fault, actually. i've always heard GOOD stuff about Proactiv. Well, my friend bought it but her skin was too sensitive and so she stopped using it! she had it for a few years. lol. so one day i asked her if i could use it and it was the worst decision ever. i'm not sure if my face was sensitive to it or if it was expired (being a few years old), because my face felt raw and was very sensitive. it was dry and was starting to peel! after that, i never used Proactiv again. never use anyone's stuff w/o doing research and always check the expiration date and shelf life of products. i would just tell people to use their own stuff because everyone's skin reacts different to certain products. it's just like medication - you wouldn't be giving your friends YOUR meds w/o making sure they can take it. it also wouldn't help to talk to a dermatologist before using something abrasive for your face.
- January 7, 2009 at 10:31 AM
- Contrecia said...
My worst facial product experience was when I first found out I was pregnant. I guess with the rush of hormones going through my body, I was sensitive to several products. I guess my skin was babylike.....IDK! But anyways, I used to always use Clean-n-Clear Morning something foaming cleaner...it had a rejuvenating effect. Well, I was like 3 months pregnant and was using this one morning , and as soon as it touched my face, it started to burn...I washed it off, and my face was extremely red and sore in some spots. I thought maybe it was just temporary, until I got dressed and looked in the mirror......the product had burned me. I had burns on my face for 2 1/2 weeks. I had to use Cocoa Butter on my face for the remaining of my pregnancy AND have a chemical peel afterwards. I still have some dark spots on my face! Yeah....I totally use the Johnson and Johnson Facial Cleanser for Sensitive Skin. It smells like baby shampoo and is eye safe, and it gets off makeup, dirt and grime EXCELLENT! I would love to try this product though!
- January 7, 2009 at 10:40 AM
- Lana said...
Pro-active's face wash RUINED my skin when I was younger. I fell victim to those infomercials & tried it out, and the next day I ended up looking like a tomato that was stung by 1,000 bee's (yes, it really was that bad).
Of course I had to find out the hard way that I'm allergic to Benzoyl Peroxide!
- January 7, 2009 at 11:47 AM
- rmarief said...
My worst experience was using the much hyped about Ly-Na cream. I had been using it every night for a week and one day not thinking about it, I didn't wash my face that morning and was sitting in the back yard with my hubby when all of a sudden i felt intense heat on my face. I went inside to check out my face and I had the worst sun burn you could imagine. On top of that , my face peeled for over a week. Not a pretty look. I am more careful now about washing my face in the morning after using that the night before.
- January 7, 2009 at 11:49 AM
- abs ♥ said...
omg im reading the comments as I go and everyone's seem to have went thru hellll. goodluck to them I hope they win, each story jus makes ma face twitch readin it ahhhhh! lol -ouch- I too had problems with the clinque 3sscs as (disenchanted) did, that thing blowwwws haha as u can see in my blog I've researched every active and inactive ingredients in every product possible. and I tried Clinique, OHui, proactiv & then brands & prices jus didn't phase me anymore, I jus went straight to the back label I purchased practically anything with 2% salicylic acid, 2.5% benzyol peroxide, lactic acid, citric acid, primer labeled "mattifying, oil control, or shine control" lol my new language included words like .... salicylic acid, lactic acid, hyaluronic acid, gluconolactone acid, lactobionic acid! ahhhh too much "acid" so I started using organic products called puristnaturals, all their ingredients was non chemical. but still nothing. did u kno that using frabic softner on ur blankets and pillow cases can cause breakouts. I've washed em 284645386354 times wit/o it and still here lol I even started eating EXTRA healthy for the past 3 month hoping it would change, nothing .... same itchy, dry, hot flaming and breakouts forehead chins nose, and the worst ... cheeks. this is the first time I've ever had (a) cheek people. now I have a lot. lol it sucks that @lana is alergic to benzyol peroxide she had to find out the hard way. maybe I'm allergic to something I don't kno about. if I don't win I might jus try the products out myself. it was worth a shot. lol but goodluck beauty babes!! I love ya ren. talk to ya soon. tootles. -april
I'm currently using Philosophy's hope in a jar. it was recomended by the lovely Patricia G. after reading my post for help hahaha I've only been using it for a couple day now. but it seems to be goin well. can't be the jugde of that yet. so we'll see. =)
- January 7, 2009 at 1:00 PM
- Girl with Curl said...
My worst experience with breaking out was when I had a big fat pimple right in the middle of my forehead that was really red. Even with concealer you could tell something was hiding underneath. I gave up on trying to cover it up and every time someone talked to me they would just stare at my forehead like they were talking to my pimple instead.
- January 7, 2009 at 1:40 PM
- Mz Nes said...
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- January 7, 2009 at 2:04 PM
- Mz Nes said...
My worst experience with a facial cleanser would be with one that totally stripped the natural oils from my face. I mean, totally! It made my face extremely dry that it felt tight and itchy. And when I say tight and itchy, I mean like... The kind of feeling you get when you shower and use the cheap kind of soap, like the hotel ones that leave your skin squeaky, no moisture at all. Yuck! It made my face break out (little tiny pimples) and I got red marks here and there that looked like rashes or like a sun burn and when I would put moisturizer on my face it stung! Never again!!!
- January 7, 2009 at 2:08 PM
- Alyssia said...
That stuff seems great! I visited the website and she has a great line of items!
My worst skincare experience had to be trying Noxema!!! It seemed fine for the first week or so...I loved the way it made my skin tingle and I didn't feel totally dried out when I rinsed the cream from my face, but after about 2 weeks I had the most horrible systic breakout all over my chin, forehead, and nose. I had never had a breakout that bad EVER and I can honestly say that I think that caused alot of the skin problems I've had since then b/c my skin hasn't been the same. Now I use it as a learning experience.. "everythang AINT for everybody!!"
- January 7, 2009 at 2:40 PM
- Cherrychan108 said...
Hey Ren
I remember when I ran out of cleanser over one christmas three years back and I didnt have time to go out to buy any so I looked around and found this old one. My skin was really bad so i was desperate! It was like two years old but i opened it and it seemed ok. But when i used it it was runny and started to feel grainy on the skin.
I was only young so I somehow had no common sense and I kept using it. The moment i patted my face dry it started to itch and i came out in red patches over night. luckily i was saved by some aloe vera gel and clean water cleansing over a couple of nights!
- January 7, 2009 at 2:51 PM
- Ares G. said...
i am all about keeping my face clean, glowing and flawless. i am also about trying new things. i was reading reviwes on the product called Acne Free. Its suppose to be better then Proctive and alot of people that tried it out even said that. so why not try it, right? that was a mistake!! the first few days fine then it just went down hill from there. my face started to burn and get extreamly dry. even my husband said my face look disgusting and i should just throw away the product, which i did. i guess there was one benifit from using that product and to find something that would help my face heal faster. i found Lush and wow it works wonder for my face! ever since then i've been on Lush but that does not mean i not going to try out new things just because a product failed.
- January 7, 2009 at 3:00 PM
- Sonya's Lounge said...
Currently, I have not been lucky with my pregnant to have that "glow" that they talk about. Instead my acne prone skin has remained acne prone, and at times even more oily and shiny! So anyways I tend to wash my face in the shower in the morning to save time, and I notice I had some minor breakouts on my chest. Well I decided to use my Avalon Organic facewash (got it at Target) on my face, neck, and chest. BAD idea. It looked like you could play connect the dot from my face down to my chest, and I got more breakouts on my chest after doing that. It's horrible. I tend to pull out my mirror at work at look at those ugly things :( I can not wait until they go away!
- January 7, 2009 at 3:15 PM
- Deborah said...
I used one of those disposable facial cloths one time and went to bed that night, only to wake up to about 15 red bumps all over my face. I screamed lol! Needless to say I never touched them again.It made my face all itchy and dry... plus it took 5 days to clear up...worst experience ever!
- January 7, 2009 at 3:38 PM
- Vivi said...
Hi Ren! Love your blog...been a longtime reader =] Anyhow, one of my worst experiences was with a Shiseido foaming cleanser from the Beneficence line. My mother was trying to replicate a facial she got a few days ago on me (essentially I was her guinea pig) and used the Shiseido cleanser because she thought it was gentle enough. Plus it was Shiseido, so it must be good right? Turns out I broke out in hives all over my face and neck. I had to take Benadryl to calm it down. Good thing it was winter break!
- January 7, 2009 at 3:53 PM
- Thida said...
this sounds like a really good cleanser...can u please do a review on the product?
- January 7, 2009 at 5:56 PM
- Supriya said...
My worst experience was when I was stuck out of town for 3 days with no store near by (camping) and had to wash my face with bar soap and water...talk about peeling skin and dryness galore!! never again!!!
- January 7, 2009 at 6:21 PM
- cjayyyy said...
Hi Renren!
Just want to let you know that i LOVE your blog, and have been a loyal follower, and just made my blog today. =)
<3 Cj
- January 7, 2009 at 6:23 PM
- Glamouricious said...
my worst experience was probably when i used proactive and it made my skin look brownish and splotchy. not sure if it was due t drying out my skin.
i stopped using it the next day right away!
i ended up trying to cover it with make up for picture day.. but that made it look worse lol.
- January 7, 2009 at 6:34 PM
- aaj83 said...
my worst experience was when in order to mend my dry skin i used a cleanser my mom gave me..and it worsened my condition....my face was full of red flaky patches...i couldn't even exfoliate them b/c they kept on getting worse since the red patches were so raw...eeeeh....i couldn't even cover them up with foundation properly! :(
right now i reeeally need a nice cleanser to get rid of my acne scars..which are on my cheeks..and on my chins..EVEN MY UPPER lip...the red acne scar on my upper lip looks like a teeny tiny red mustache...heheh...man do i hate it...i try to cover em up with concealer...but after a while i dnt know why i see those scars peeking thrrrouuuugh :'(
P.S:...luuuuv ur tutorials...big fan of urz..!! i recently noticed tht u have a blog as well..lolz...loving this as well..KEEP IT UP..U ROCK!!! :)
- January 7, 2009 at 6:41 PM
- SPECiAL x GiRL said...
Hey RenRen! : )
Here's my worse experience!
Do you ever get a little too excited to try a new product? Well, that was my reaction about two summers ago when I was in Vietnam. My aunt from France was visiting Vietnam around the same time and brought me some face wash she got from good ole' France. Ooh laa la? NO! At first, I was really excited because come on, who doesn't like getting international beauty products. I washed my face before I went to bed and my face felt very stiff as if I just gave myself a facial with egg whites. Trust me; I've done it before so I know the feeling. Thankfully, I moisturized my face before I went to sleep. In the morning, I woke up and my pillow and white crusty pieces on it. Eww…did I drool? That would be so embarrassing. I hurried over to the mirror and checked out if I had streaks of drool. *Gasp*…it was much worse. The crusty white stuff was all over my face. For some odd reason, the French face wash that I could not pronounce the name of dried my skin and the white crust was my dry flaking skin. That was strange because I even moisturized the night before. I was supposed to go out but I refused to step out of the house with flaky skin. That morning and afternoon, I spent my day in my room tweezing off my bits of dry skin. It was not fun! And you bet…I NEVER used that facial cleanser again. For some odd reason, my cousin tried the same cleanser and she received great results. Me?...I still scorn that wash that I don't remember the name to.
- January 7, 2009 at 6:43 PM
- LadyBird said...
hi, my experience was with my moms avon renew cleanser, i was visiting from school and used her face wash, I had some sort of allergic reaction because my face was itchy and bumpy for at least three days. I had to use a fask mask to help clear it up.
- January 7, 2009 at 7:16 PM
- Tammy M said...
My worst experience was a Mary Kay cleanser that I felt pressured to buy way back when at one of those "parties". OMG, I had little white bumps ALL over my face and it took forever to clear up! This was a while ago, so now anytime anyone tries to get me to go to a Mary Kay party, I run in the other direction!!!
- January 7, 2009 at 7:39 PM
- Nana said...
I would have to say my worst experience was with Clean and Clear Morning burst. After i washed my face with that, it would be so dry and itchy and my face would feel like its so tight. I don't really like that kind of feeling. havent had too many bad experiences with facial cleanser.
- January 7, 2009 at 7:50 PM
- Exquizit Diva said...
OMG Ren... my worst experience EVER was from Noxema. My face looked raw (red and raised skin) for 3 weeks. I ended up in the ER. This happened when I was 16 yrs old. My family had no health coverage & we weren't on public aid since my granny refused to go after mom for child support. LOL!! That was the condition for AFDS and Medicaid... you had to allow the state (Georgia) to go after the biological parents... anywho back on topic ;-) Now the color MAC foundation I wear is NC45 so can you imagine how horrible I looked? I could not miss school so I was mocked and ridiculed and teased on a daily basis... rumors started I had some sort of disease... what disease no one knew... but they just knew I had something! LOL!! My BFF will still to this very day laugh @ me about it. I can laugh now but gosh was I sad for a long time. Guess what? I have another story! Not from skincare though... my aunt used to arch eyebrows really well.... well she used Nair to do it... I ended up with red raw looking skin again! This time only on my forehead! LMAO!! AND no eyebrows for about 3 months! Luckily I was 23 & married by then. HAHA!
- January 7, 2009 at 8:27 PM
- RICANPRINCESS7830 said...
My worst time that I had with my face was during what was supposed to be during the best time of my life- pregnancy. Everyone said I would glow and have the best skin- LIARS- haha- I had acne and I it didnt matter how much I washed, tone, moisturized, protect- it looked really bad- I really hate looking at pictures fromt that time- because It was so bad. My skin got better after the baby- who knew lack of sleep could give such great skin- HAHA- Jan Marini is a great product I used it years ago- and hoepfully I can afford it again soon-
- January 7, 2009 at 8:39 PM
- Makeupby*Karla* said...
my worst experience has to be the past 15 months,ever since i had my son 15 months ago my skin hasn't been the same i break out a lot,my pores are so big i feel like you can see them from a mile away and i have really bad ance scaring. I have reddness on my cheeks and it seems like theres notthing i can do about it. I feel like i have tired everything out there and everyone keeps saying try this and that but everything is a lot of money and i'm on a budget.I would love to try this product out and hope that you pick me.
- January 7, 2009 at 10:28 PM
- Makeupby*Karla* said...
my worst experience has to be the past 15 months,ever since i had my son 15 months ago my skin hasn't been the same i break out a lot,my pores are so big i feel like you can see them from a mile away and i have really bad ance scaring. I have reddness on my cheeks and it seems like theres notthing i can do about it. I feel like i have tired everything out there and everyone keeps saying try this and that but everything is a lot of money and i'm on a budget.I would love to try this product out and hope that you pick me.
- January 7, 2009 at 10:29 PM
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- January 7, 2009 at 11:34 PM
- ♡ Nic Nic ♡ said...
im glad the cleanser is working for you!! im back to the cheap stuff seeing the Shu oil isnt really helping me right now haha
- January 7, 2009 at 11:37 PM
- InnovativeEssence said...
Hey RenRen, I know we're supposed to put down our worst experience with skin care products, but what if I've never used a skincare product before? I've just always scrubbed my face with a bar of soap and TA-Dah!! But yes, I think its because I dont know what would be good for my skin. ALot of people comment me on how nice my skin is, but I dont see why, because theres nothing special to it. I'd love some input on how to find the good type of skin care products. Thanks a bunch RenRen!
- January 7, 2009 at 11:39 PM
- X4biddenxLustX said...
I've pretty much have had horrible experiences with ALL of the facial cleansers I've tried these few years. But the one cleanser that stands out as the worst of the worst has got to be the liquid clinique face wash which is part of the 3 step system they advertise.
I had went to a clinique counter in desperate need of a face wash that would actually work and not irritate the crap out of my skin. I've always heard pretty good things about clinique and there skincare products and thought that I should give them a try. Well the SA there explained to me how each product worked and while doing so she would apply each product of the 3 step system to my face. I had makeup on already and she puts the liquid face wash on my face without any water at all and just let it sit there on my skin and she only wiped it off with a tissue. Then proceeded to go onto the toner and lotion.
The next day I woke up with these tiny little pus filled spots ALL OVER MY FACE! It was worst on my chin area for some reason. Not only were they painful but they were itchy too and my skin felt so dry, patchy, and flaky too. I had to slather my skin with hydrocortisone cream for about 2 days. It was bad enough my mother let me stay home from school those 2 days.
- January 7, 2009 at 11:49 PM
- Michelle K. said...
Hey RenRen,
My worse experience with a cleanser has to be with Proactiv. I was a sophomore in high school with raging hormones and began to develop many pimples. After hearing the great claims about proactiv and how it could clear my acne, i spent an entire month and a half saving up allowance to buy the starter kit. After blowing my money on the starter kit, my pimples got even worse after 2 weeks of using it. I got really angry and began trying over the counter cleansers such as Clean and Clear and Cetaphil, Neutragena, but none of those worked on my skin! Eventually I had to go to a dermatologist (which cost even more money) and she had to prescribe me some cleansser that didn't smell too good and a really gross ointment to place over my pimples to make them better. To make matters even worse, it was starting to become summer time and my family wanted to go visit family in vietnam. (And this is my FIRST visit, I was so excited but wanted to hide under the covers!) also, vietnam is extra hot so it made my skin even more oily and shiny! i spent most of my time indoors to avoid sun exposure and had a terrible time during my first visit in vietnam. once, i had broken out so bad while i was there, it hurt to wash my face, it hurt to smile, and it hurt to laugh. i didn't know that something so small could hurt so much on my face. i'm probably never going to use cheap things on my face again. now, i have scars where my t-zone area, but i've been learning how to cover them up by using concealer...
kind of embarassing, but i feel very comfortable sharing with you because i know you're very comfortable with your readers! (hee hee i saw the picture of you eatting the chocolate, just waking up!) ;)
See ya Ren,
- Michelle
- January 8, 2009 at 12:41 AM
- Nu Nu Doll said...
My worse experience with a cleanser was actually when I was vacationing in Vietnam. I had forgotten my neutrogena cleanser, so I sent my grandmother off to get one. Well, I didn't realize that sometimes the products in diff. countries are way passed expiration date. Yes, I am so serious Ren Ren. My face burned, flaked, and I had dry patches all over my face. To make matters worse, the water there is diff. too, so that made my face worse. I had to have my mom send my neutrogena from America (took about a week) and for the rest of my vacation I only washed my face with bottled water!
- January 8, 2009 at 12:46 AM
- Elisa said...
I used a glycolic acid cleanser by Peter Thomas Roth, but it really irritated and dried out my skin. Do you happen to know if 3% is too strong?
- January 8, 2009 at 2:04 AM
- cool beans said...
Hi RenRen! :] Although you're asking for worst experience with a facial cleanser, my comment's a two-parter. Hope you don't mind :]
I'm relatively new to the makeup scene and I thought I play it safe [and not make my wallet cry] by trying some "reliable" drugstore brands: Physician's Formula [Organic line] and Aveeno. After checking out my local Rite Aid and various online reviews, PF's Organic mineral line seemed like a good start [especially with a 40% off discount!]. After one use, my face did not respond in kind and was covered with dry, red scaly blotches! Allergic reaction to organic makeup?!? Didn't think it could be so!
Since my dermatologist wasn't available for another three weeks [I know!!], I decided to buy a [foaming] cleanser and moisturizer from Aveeno's Ultra Calming line. Not expecting a miraculous recovery the next day, but to my dismay, I woke up worst off than I was the night before! Seriously?!?! "Ultra CALMING" products that irritate?! My face was even more inflamed and drier :[ I had to go into work everyday for three weeks looking like I was sunburned beyond repair. Unlucky, that I am :[
Although this was over a month ago, I'm still trying to recover and with some expensive prescription medications, I'm slowly [like a snail] getting better. I guess I'm still on the market for a basic makeup kit, but first, a good cleanser and moisturizer to start :]
- January 8, 2009 at 4:57 AM


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Simple Straight Blonde Hairstyle with Darker Roots
This long blonde hairstyle is very attractive. The hair has been layered and with a few hair extensions, it your hair is short, you can get this length.The haircut is long with neatly cut ends.This hair colour is a cool blonde.
Balmain Hair Hair Team: Balmain Artistic Team Make-up: Lucy Hammond Styling: Bernard Connelly Photography: David Levine