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A/n: I wrote this for Fics for Nash a while back and never posted. Yesterday was a year-to-date that I posted my first o/s, so I thought why not? Thank you to quothme, as always, for the beta work, in addition to being wholly awesome. Also thanks to twistedcoincidence for pre-reading, post-reading and contributing towards the Edwards. Thanks also to Goldenhair & also to famouslyso for my wonderful banner: http:/ / (dot)com/ albums/xx179/whatsmynomdeplume/-1-2(dot)png
Silly fluffiness. Or maybe fluffy silliness. I don't know, you pick.
The Importance of Being Edward
We're smiling at each other and I swear, it's like a scene out of Dawson's Creek or something. There's butterflies, not just in my stomach. Everywhere. He's so cute that I almost can't stand it. So, so cute. I keep on wanting to pinch myself to make sure this is real, or maybe slap him. No, that's not right, I don't want to slap him. I want to do lots of things to him but not slap. No, no, no. Not slap. Why did I say slap? I'm not thinking very well. Whoops. I just tripped over my own foot but that's okay. Just like in the movies, he's caught me. It'sssss all very romantic and he's ssssssso tall. So, so tall. How do boys even get that tall? Oh, but now he doesn't seem so tall because he's leaning down, closer and closer and closer. And now he's right in front of my face and I can smell him. He smells like beer and boy—then again, the beer may just be all me. He's so close now, closer than anyone ever before. So, so close. And wonderful. He says he just wants to try one thing...
I wake up feeling like I have been run over by my rusty, red truck. This is impossible, I know, because my truck is in the garage at home in Forks, and I am on a lumpy bed here at the Port Angeles Preparatory High School. As I open my eyes, the light pierces my skull, and I recognize the unfamiliar but not unknown sight of my new dorm room.
Then a steaming mug of hot cocoa appears in front of my face, and I remember once again that I really had the luck of the draw in getting Alice Brandon as my roommate. I've only been here for about twenty hours, but she's been kind of awesome for every minute of them.
"Hey there, party girl!" Although her words are exuberant, she's careful to say them quietly enough in her tinkling, falling glass voice.
"No way. Last night was the first time I've ever gotten drunk. There's no way you can call me party girl after that." At fourteen, I'm more sheltered than some teens, less so than others—but for better or for worse, I guess I now can commiserate over the misery of a hangover.
"Yeah, but what a way to pop the maraschino cherry on your vodka tonic, Bell!" She's laughing at me a little but it's okay. While I may have learned about the first part of drinking, the hangover, I have yet to delve into section two: tolerance and pacing. "You disappeared at the end of the night. Where did you go? I thought you left to pass out in bed, but you came stumbling in after me."
And suddenly, it all comes back to me. No, that's a lie. Snatches come back to me, flashes and pieces of the most earth-shattering, toe curling kiss I have ever received. Okay, so it is the only kiss I have ever received, but I still know, in my bones, on my lips, through my soul, that this kiss was special. If every kiss was like this one, we wouldn't have wars; we'd all kiss and make up and have world peace and probably a whole lot of babies.
This kiss was… the kiss. The one that you've read and re-read in books, where the sky commands the world to stop and everything between his lips and yours, including the non-existent space, is perfect. This is the kiss that you're not even sure exists until you're in it, so deliciously, hopelessly, wholeheartedly in it.
There's only one problem. Not so much with the kiss itself—but with the fact that I can't remember whom I kissed, this boy who changed my world and spun my head and jumpstarted my heart.
"Alice!" I say, sitting up and grabbing her arm. My head pounds and my stomach quakes but this is so much more important. I'll have plenty of time to be hungover after I find out whom I kissed last night. "Was I with someone? Or did I mention whom I had been with?"
Alice grins so wide I can see her pearly white molars. "Yes! When I asked you who you were with, you just said 'Edward'…" she adopts a dreamy, high pitched tone "…and then flopped into bed and passed out. Why? What happened with Edward?"
Edward. The name floats around in the sea of muddled images and it... fits. Yes, I was with Edward and I was kissed by Edward, even if I don't remember what he looks like.
"I kissed Edward last night, Alice," I tell her. In a testament to the speed at which teenage girls can bond, she takes one look at my face and grins. She gets it.
"You kissed Edward last night? Oh my god. Not just, oh I kissed Edward but I kissed Edward with a capital 'k', right?" She's a soprano in the school choir so her voice is high pitched as it is, but she's so excited she squeaks at the end of her sentence. She's also dead right—I didn't just kiss Edward last night. I Kissed Edward.
I nod and she squeals and says, "Oh my god, Bella! And it's only your first day here! And look, you've already got a boy." She jumps off the bed and grabs her laptop. "Let's look him up on Facebook. What's his last name?"
"Uhhh, I don't know," I tell her. I'm hoping the picture will come up, it will all come screaming back to me and no one will have to be the wiser that I don't remember the boy who Kissed me.
Alice shrugs it off as she begins navigating to the webpage. "Well, I don't know anyone named Edward, but I've only been here a few months. And I run with the music crowd so whatever. Anyway, it's not like 'Edward' is a hugely common name. I bet there's only one Edward at this school."
There are two.
"Which one is it, Bella?" she asks, turning to look at me expectantly. They both have profile pictures that are not obscured in the least so I can't say I can't tell which one it is… I'm going to have to tell Alice the truth.
"I don't know."
"I don't know. I didn't even remember that the guy was named Edward until you told me I had said his name!" I wail. Alice looks like she's torn between laughing hysterically and giving me a hug. She does neither, simply asks, "But you remember the kiss."
I sigh. "Alice, I would forget my own name before I forget a kiss like that."
"Yeah, I'm pretty sure last night, you did," she mutters. She's clicking through the photos of one of them—Edward Cullen. He's tall but not large, with close-cropped brown hair and thick eyebrows. A lot of pictures are of him in a Spartans jersey; he's on the football team. There are no crazy pictures of him doing keg stands or body shots like I saw some of the other members of the team doing last night, so I'm a little relieved. And under his date of birth, it lists clearly that he is 'single.' This makes me doubly relieved—in high school, you only put single if you absolutely are; otherwise, 'it's complicated.' For a football player, he's got very few friends on Facebook, and his profile isn't littered with a ton of information about him. Alice looks at me questioningly and I shrug back. Nothing is ringing any bells.
She switches to the other guy's profile. Edward Masen also doesn't have much written in his 'About Me' section, but he's also 'single' and seems to be president or founder of about eight different clubs, including lead features writer on the school paper, something I've wanted to join. His hair is wild and the oddest rust color, he's got glasses and it's easy to tell he's outgoing from his ease in front of the camera.
Hear that ringing? Neither do I.
"You still can't remember?" Alice asks incredulously. I glumly shake my head. "Well… you could just ask him. Them."
"And say what? 'Hi, do you remember if you kissed me and changed my life last night?'" I ask her. Luckily, Alice speaks my exact dialect of teenage hyperbole.
"Yeah! What guy doesn't want to be told that he kissed a pretty girl, and it was the most amazing thing ever?" she shoots back.
"How about the guy who didn't kiss a pretty girl," I tell her. Therein lies the problem. If I take a confrontational approach, I have a 50% chance of picking the right boy… and a 50% chance of coming across as the slutty, drunken new girl. I have no desire for anyone at this school's first impression of me to be the latter.
"Yeah, you might come off like a skank. Even if you pick the right one to ask, it's still sort of skanky," Alice decrees.
"No, I'm not saying you're skanky, Bella. Just that, you know… this guy doesn't know you like I do. It's not a very good first impression." My fleeting indignation melts away and I decide I love Alice because, despite knowing me for all of a day and despite this mishap being one of her first impressions of me, she's defending and protecting me. "Fudge nuts, this is bad, Bella."
I giggle. "Fudge nuts?"
"Yeah, we used to have a swear jar at home, so I began replacing all my swear words with food names. Haven't been able to break the habit yet," she says, shrugging.
"I hear you." And then I groan and fall back into bed. "Fudge nuts, Alice, this is bad. We've got to figure this out because I don't want to forget about that kiss or the boy who gave it to me."
"Yeah, well in order to be able to forget about the boy, you'd have to remember him in the first place," Alice teases. "This is more than fudge nuts bad. This may be wienerschnitzel pudding bad."
"Tofurkey cheesecake bad, even." She gives me a strange look, and I blush at the lameness of my attempt. She bursts out laughing.
"No, it's not. Tofurkey cheesecake bad is for things we can't do anything about. We can do something about this; we just need a game plan."
"Okay," I mumble. I want to join in Alice's optimism, but I can't. There's too much at stake for me here. I have this deep need in my bones to be kissed like that again, or I know, I just know, that I'll waste my life away wondering if I'll ever regain that kind of perfection. (One of the dialects of hyperbole I speak is called hysteria.)
"Oh and we are never letting you drink that much again," Alice adds. As I nod my head enthusiastically at the idea, my hangover, kept at bay first by the excitement of Edward, then by the mystery of Edwards, careens into me with double the force. I drink my hot chocolate and it makes me feel a little better but I crave a shower.
I get out of bed and begin gathering my toiletries when Alice says, "Unless you asked for the wrong size, that is most definitely not your sweatshirt, Bella." I look down and see that I am wearing a school sweatshirt over what I wore to the party last night, clearly belonging to a tall boy, because the hem reaches my knees. "You weren't wearing that the last time I saw you at the party." A few more pieces begin to click. The sweatshirt must be Edward's! The correct Edward's! I feel like dawn has broken after a deadly, drunken rainstorm. A jolt of delight goes through me as I realize that I may be able to work around this problem just by looking at the Edwards in person—whosever build matches the sweatshirt is my Kisser! No ugly confrontation that will paint me in a slutty, drunken light!
The force of thinking with exclamations makes me feel even worse, so I jump in the shower. By the time I'm done and feeling human again, Alice has schemed. She fills me in and drags me to the administrative office today to pick up my revised schedule and handle some other paperwork.
When Mrs. Cope, the school secretary, asks me if there's anyone in particular I'd like to request to be my guide for tomorrow, I open my mouth to speak but Alice beats me to it and says, "Yeah, Mrs. Cope, Bella would like Edward Cullen. They're old friends." She shoots me a smirk.
"Okay, let me just see if that works—yes, it does. It looks like you have your first class with Mr. Cullen, so I'll let him know to meet you here about fifteen minutes before classes start on Monday, okay?" Mrs. Cope types a couple of things furiously into her computer and picks up a piece of paper. "Alright, here's your schedule, Bella. Alice should be able to help you with anything you need, and of course, you can always ask your friend Edward." Alice snorts.
"Yes, Mrs. Cope, I was wondering about the school paper, I'm interested in joining. Do you know when it meets?"
"Oh yes. You'll have to sign up with the extra-curricular activities coordinator, Mr. Banner, but you can just go to the meeting on Tuesday at four and do that." We both thank Mrs. Cope and run out of the office grinning at each other. By Tuesday, I'll know, for sure, which Edward is my Kisser.
But before Tuesday is Monday, and when Monday morning comes, I am a mess. I hate the school uniform—I feel lame and they most definitely do not allow us to accessorize the way they do on Gossip Girl. Not that I would have. My palms are sweating and I debate just playing sick but then realize that playing sick at boarding school is a lot harder than doing it at home. I'm supposed to meet Edward Cullen in the office in five minutes, and I think I'm going to puke up the banana I had for breakfast. I turn to Alice for encouraging words.
"Creamsicles, Bella, stop fidgeting or you're going to shred your cardigan," she scolds. "Just take deep breaths and repeat after me: I will meet Edward and if he is the rightful owner of the sweatshirt…" I try to stop her to tell her this oath is already too long, but she shushes me "…I will be cool and charm him so that we may get over our drunken, slightly slutty start and ride off into the sunset together." I scowl and she cackles. "Go get him, you creme brulee-ing hussy."
Get him I do not. When I first see Edward Cullen, I am almost sure he is my Kisser—in that I-really-want-it-to-be-him way, not in the I-actually-know-it's-him way—because boy, is he nice to look at. He is taller than he seemed in his photos, but his build would definitely fit the sweatshirt. He's wearing a football jersey over his uniform, instead of a blazer like the rest of us, and I half expect him to give me a fist pound when he sees me, like his team captain did on Friday night. Instead, all I get is a shy smile.
And in the fifteen minutes we spend before sitting together in Biology, he says exactly five words to me.
"Hi" and "Class is this way."
It's the strangest thing—lots of people in the hall say hello to him or congratulate him on a great game the week before, his teammates punch his arm and slap his back and girls giggle and coyly wave at him, but other than a tiny smile in acknowledgment, he says nothing to them and spends most of the walk staring at his feet.
I would throw out the notion of him being my Kisser because I can't imagine how someone so shy could have mustered the courage to kiss me like that. But I don't. Firstly because my actions on Friday night are a clear indication that drunken behavior has little to no correlation with sober behavior. And secondly because he's got these beautiful, pouty lips that definitely look like they could have kissed me that way.
After sitting at our desk in Biology for five very silent minutes, I decide to break the ice. "So what position do you play?"
"Cool. Do you like it?"
"Yeah, it's cool." He shrugs. This is actually the most expressive he's been yet. I want to beat my head against the desk. I feel like he's normally shy, and if I'm right, being faced with the girl he kissed on Friday night may not be the best way to bring him out of his shell. "You like school? So far?" His voice is gentle, but it does seem to take him effort to get the words out.
"Yeah. People are really friendly. Everyone's been nice to me," I say. As if to demonstrate this, a couple of our classmates say hi to both of us by name before taking their seats. The quixotic romantic in me really likes the way our names sound together—"Bella and Edward." "Edward and Bella." It's got a nice ring to it.
"You know a lot of people already," he says. Yes, drinking your weight in beer doesn't just break the ice—it sends you crashing through it.
"Yeah… I met a lot of people over the weekend," I equivocate.
"Oh yeah. The party in Mike's dorm on Friday night," he says. My heart beats in triple time, and this would be the perfect segue to bring it up, except that Edward is staring intently at his hands and can't even look at me. I've just got him talking, and I think that if I ask him if we Kissed on Friday night, whether I am right or wrong, I'll never hear another word out of his pretty mouth.
Before I can skew this conversation to my benefit, our Biology teacher comes in and starts the lesson, distracting me to pay attention to what being taught—Bio is not my strongest subject, but I pride myself on working hard.
Edward Cullen doesn't say much to me for the rest of the day—but after every class, he's dutifully waiting outside to escort me to my next one, he holds every door open for me and even puts away my tray after a very silent lunch—that is, he is silent. Everyone else at our table chatters away, including Alice, who nudges me just about every time he blinks and winks at me when he takes a gulping drink from his water bottle. When we are between classes, Edward walks beside me at my pace and darts looks at me every few seconds. He doesn't speak sweet words, but he acts sweet actions, and I adjust to his quiet chivalry, noting all the things I want to tell Alice about at dinner.
At the end of the day, when I assure him that I know my way around the dorms, he gives a small smile and says goodbye. I'm just about to head to my dorm when I hear his gentle, silky voice.
"Bella?" he asks hesitantly.
"Why'd you request me to show you around today?"
Forget fudge nuts, this is definitely tofurkey cheesecake, split pea parfait, cashew nut steak bad. How am I going to answer this?
"Umm," I hem and haw, trying to buy myself some time.
"I mean, not that I mind or anything. And you don't have to tell me. It's just… I was just wondering." He's unfailingly kind and polite as well, and I really like the way the tips of his ears and the tops of his cheeks blush a sweet pink. It makes my mouth go a little dry and my brain go a little fuzzy, and before I know it I'm speaking with no idea as to what exactly I'm saying.
"I just… heard you were a nice guy." He actually looks up and meets my gaze, and his beautiful amber eyes burn into me, searing the look in them onto my girlish, giddy heart. In just one day, I feel like I've gotten to know him, just a little, and he's so much more than nice; he's sweet, right to his core.
We part ways after he says softly, "See you tomorrow, Bella." And all I can think of is how I think, even if I can't remember, that he is the right Edward. He fits.
And then I see Edward Masen, walking away from me at the far end of the hall. I recognize him because of his insane forest of hair and glasses and… his build. He is the same height as Edward Cullen, more slight in build, but he could easily wear the sweatshirt. I groan inwardly and then later outwardly, when I relay that my sweatshirt-as-a-glass-slipper plan has failed to Alice.
"Edward Cullen is really nice, Alice," I say again, just to emphasize my point. I am slightly besotted by his niceness. And his shy smile and long lashes. "Damn, Mr. and Mrs. Masen. Couldn't think of another name than Edward for their son?"
Alice is quiet for a few seconds. "Bella, if Edward Cullen is the right Edward, wouldn't he have given you some indication that you and he kissed?"
I've thought about that. "No way, Alice. First of all, if it's Cullen, then he's way too shy to ever do something like that sober. I bet he was really drunk. And if it was the other Edward, who's to say he remembers it? He could easily have been as drunk as I was… or drunker."
Alice snorts. "It'd be hard to be drunker, lightweight."
I stick my tongue out at her. "Whatever. I'll just go to the meeting for the school paper, and then everything will be straightened out by this time tomorrow," I say. I catch the look on Alice's face. "What?"
"I'm not trying to keep questioning you or anything, Bella… but if you like Edward Cullen so much, why are you even bothering with Edward Masen? What does it matter which Edward you kissed when you know which Edward you like?" she asks. I look at her for a moment and think about what she's said. She's right but she's also not right.
"I don't know. It's just… that kiss. I have to be sure, Alice. I have to be with the boy who kissed me like that. And now, if I don't find out which Edward it is, I'll wonder for the rest of my life what could have happened if I had found out which one was my Kisser for sure. It'll haunt me forever, Alice."
"I understand, Bella," she says solemnly. "Some things are just… meant to be. And therefore, they have to be." Alice and I are very wise beyond our fifteen years, and I tell her so. She smiles and says, "I know! I think that's why we get along so well."
At fifteen, crushes, true loves and great heartbreaks can occur within a day. So can the best of friendships, and Alice seems to be proving that to me over and over again. I give her a hug and when we separate, she says, "Bella, just out of concern as your BFF, can I ask you another question?"
"Once you find out which Edward it is for sure, what are you going to do? I mean, are you going to tell him about all this?" I have no answer for her so I shrug, but I mull over this for the rest of the night, through my homework and brushing my teeth.
As Alice and I are getting into bed, I suddenly pick up the thread of our conversation again randomly, but Alice is an excellent Bell-inguist and immediately knows what I'm talking about. "I don't know what I'm going to do, Alice. I guess... I don't know. Depends on the situation. Maybe I'll tell him that we kissed at the party—but probably not. I'll just charm him or something." I say this with false confidence.
"Oh my god, you totally could, Bella! Go all girl power, exercise your feminine wiles until he can't resist you," she says excitedly. Every girl should have a friend like Alice. "Or you know… you could just grab him and lay one on him."
Ooh. I fall asleep with this delicious plan on my mind.
The next morning I give myself a mental pep talk as I get ready for school. This 'Edwards' thing has taken over my life, my thoughts, my dreams even. Last night, I dreamt that I was playing tug of war against myself and when I lost, I landed in pumpkin jello. I blame Alice for the food part, but my not-so-subtly symbolic dream is proof that I am thinking about this boy, whichever one he is, way too much. It's only my second day at school, and so I go into it determined not to wonder too much about the boy I'll see in the meeting after school and the boy who showed me around yesterday.
Of course, the minute I step into the main hall, this gets shot to hell.
"Bella!" I turn to see Edward Cullen striding toward me. His walk and body are at completely at odds with his personality— sure and swift, showing the grace of his athleticism. But for all the power and confidence of his gait, his head is ducked down and he avoids making eye contact with anyone.
"Hi, Edward."
A flash of a smile crosses his face as he mumbles, "Good morning, Bella." Then he looks up at me and hands me a piece of paper.
As I open it, I ask, "What is this?"
He opens his mouth a couple of times in false starts of sentences before finally saying, "It's just a little guide. Last night after practice, I wrote down all the things I wish someone had told me my first weeks here." He looks up at me and offers a bashful smile. "It's not easy being new."
I look down at the paper and feel a surge of affection. In a messy, disorganized, indiscriminately numbered list, Edward has scattered down various pieces of information.
Strange things like "Don't sit in the first row in Banner's class because he doesn't cover his mouth when he coughs" are mixed in with "the chicken parm in the cafeteria is actually really good, so try it" and "remember the odd-numbered dorm rooms are for the guys, and you can't be in there after 8:00pm." The list is long and exhaustive and I am doubly touched—once that he wrote this to help me and then again that he mustered the courage to give it to me. I'm not sure which one required more effort for him.
"Thank you, Edward. This is really, really sweet," I say. And then it happens—he looks right at me and unleashes the power of his bright, sunny smile. And I find myself hoping, just a bit, that if he and I ever kissed, whether for the first time or again, it would make him smile like that.
And then just as fast as it appeared, it is gone and he is staring at his shoe. "Alright, I better get to class so… have a good day, Bella." Before I can even reply, he has taken off down the hall.
I bask in the sunshine of that smile for the rest of the day. Aside from that, I do a pretty good job of focusing on getting accustomed to my new school and classmates and keeping all boys with strangely old-fashioned names out of my head. The list I have is entertaining and useful and I'm surprised at the thoughtfulness of some of it—he's listed what periods there are no hall monitors if I ever wanted to skip class—and the depth of the others—the English teacher, Mr. Green, is a former Shakespearean actor so when, per point number #29, I make a Twelfth Night reference, I am immediately on his good side.
All in all, I am having a really great day.
And then I meet Edward Masen.
The frenzy of the newsroom is something I expected. What I don't expect is to be immediately paired with Edward Masen to shadow him on the piece he's writing today. Without turning to even look at me, he whines to Mr. Banner about how he generally likes to work alone because it promotes his efficiency. I resist the urge to snort. When Banner doesn't budge, Edward beckons me to follow with a nod of his head. Like his name-mate, he barely says more than 'hi' to me and doesn't bother making conversation as I trail him to the gym. Unlike his counterpart, this is not because he is shy—no, everyone seems to know his name and have something to say to him, though he acknowledges them only with that irritating teenage boy head-nod.
Only when we're waiting in the gym for the boxing team to come out so we can cover school star Emmett McCarty does he bother to speak to me.
"What was your name again?" his tone is detached, yet somehow still cocky.
"Do you have a last name?"
"Do you have manners?" It slips out before I can control it. No way this guy is my Kisser. Except he's got an absolutely delicious mouth. Fudge nuts, who am I kidding? He's pretty delicious all over, aside from his attitude. His hair is as alive as he is, and his tie and shirt are artfully askew. He wears black-rimmed glasses that, when you're close enough like I am now, frame his deep green eyes. He's just pretty, even with that smirk. Maybe because of that smirk.
He laughs. "Alright, I'll be nice. Can't be so weak if you're going to be a reporter, y'know."
I glower at him. "I don't think Woodward and Bernstein found the need to be unapologetic asses to break Watergate."
He laughs again and this time, the grin stays on his face. "Maybe. So you want to write features?"
I shake my head. "I'm actually interested in writing a column. I'd like something scheduled."
"Something boring."
"Something steady," I grit out. He barks another laugh.
"Fair enough. A column about what?"
I shrug. "I don't know yet. I'm new so I want to get a feel for things first. That's why Banner had me shadow you. Get a feel for the beat of the paper, the pulse of the school."
He nods. "Yeah, I'd be the one to go for that." His statement is cocky but also unapologetic; the fact that it's probably true somehow tempers the arrogance of it. "How are you liking it so far?" he says in that detached lazy tone, but when I look at him, he's actively waiting for an answer.
"It's okay. People have been pretty nice so far." Oh, and I may have kissed you on Friday night. Or you know, someone with your name.
"That's good. High school can be hell for some."
"Says Mr. Class President," I mutter. He hears and grins, shrugging.
"I said for some. Not for me." He glances at his watch and sighs. "How long does it take to put on a jock strap?"
I snort and he grins at me. He's got really even, white teeth. It makes for a great smile. "Do we have to be back at the news a certain time?"
"Haven't you heard? The news waits for no one," he quips. I narrow my eyes at him. "No, we don't, Banner just expects us to get the interview today, then check in when we're done. So how are we going to pass the time?"
I shrug as if the idea of discussing his kissing history isn't the foremost plan on my mind.
"I could guess your last name," he suggests. I shrug again and he takes it as an invite to continue. "Adams?"
I scoff and his smile grows. "Artois?"
I shoot him a weird look. "Heineken?"
I shake my head. With every guess, his tone grows less detached. He is quite playful, in fact. "Carlsberg? Yuengling? Corona?"
"Hey!" I interrupt. "What's with all your guesses being names of beers?"
"Some of them are last names of beers."
"You're only emphasizing my point."
The smirk is back as he says, "Well, I was just taking a cue from you on Friday night." His teasing smile is almost diabolical.
Oh god. It was him. Edward Masen, with those pouty, almost puffy lips and fantastic bone structure. He's the one I kissed…
"You were guzzling beer like we were facing a second Prohibition."
… or not. Damn it. So now I know he was at the party, too, but I have no idea whether he was responsible for the party in my mouth. I'm in the middle of trying to ask a question that is both nonchalant yet detailed enough to figure out whether he and I interacted on Friday night when he interrupts my attempt at sleuthing.
"We could have some fun while we're waiting. Get you liquored up again." There is no 'almost diabolical' about this smirk; it's full-on devilish. "Can you imagine, you roaming the halls drunk? That'd be hilarious!"
"That'd be horrible!" I screech. Fruit loops flambé, I hate that I screech.
"Ehh, potato, pot-ah-to." He shrugs his shoulders like he's not talking about an opportunity for me to mortify myself yet again.
"Hilarious and horrible are not homonyms!" I'm still a little screechy.
"Neither are potato and pot-ah-to," he points out. Damn him and his copywriting-enhanced perfect grammar. I can't deny that I like a guy who knows his grammar, though. "Anyway, it's not like I've got a flask on me. It was just a fun hypothetic." I make a face at his hypothetic and he chuckles.
The longer Edward and I wait for the team, the more we spar. He's very intelligent and not ashamed to demonstrate it. Luckily, I'm the same way. We're in the middle of discussing Oscar Wilde and his works when Emmett comes trudging into the gym.
Edward conducts a swift and precise interview. I peek over at his notes and see that he's outlined the goals of this interview, and he's hitting every one. Despite all this, it's not mechanical or rehearsed—there's an easy rapport between him and Emmett. For all his show of bravado in the school halls, he's disarmingly earnest and inspiringly enthusiastic. Gone are his smart retorts and disaffected yet sharp comebacks. He's almost comically serious and waits at least three seconds after Emmett stops speaking to make sure he's said all he wants. Emmett is very easy to talk to, a sort of jocular, jolly tan giant. I find myself getting into the interview because of Emmett's enthusiasm and Edward's style of questioning and I even interrupt to ask a few questions of my own.
After Emmett leaves, I sort of expect Edward to reprimand me for being a rather noisy shadow, but he turns and grins at me. I notice that he's either smirking or grinning, never just smiling, and it's a little infectious.
"I think you should tell me your last name now," he says.
"Why?" I like challenging him because so far, he's always risen up to it.
"Because I'm going to need it for the byline when you co-write this article with me," he says. A part of me is a little affronted that he didn't ask, just automatically assumed I would write this with him. But another, bigger part of me is far more excited to do it.
"Swan," I tell him. He recognizes it as my unspoken acquiescence to his unasked question, and his grins grows wider.
"Alright, pretty bird," he says. I thrill a little from the word pretty coming from his mouth in regards to me. Despite my initial frustration with him, I'm quite enjoying his company. We're about to exit the gym on our way back to the newsroom when he stops. So do I. "Do you even know anything about boxing?" That cocky, challenging tone is back.
I don't but I don't want to say that, so I just roll my eyes. He turns to face me, motioning for me to do the same. I do. He takes my hands, which tingle from his touch, and maneuvers them into fists, thumbs over my fingers. He shows me what stance to adopt, which I do dutifully, and I imitate him, shifting my weight from foot to foot. He lets out a couple mock punches and some mock breaths and he looks like could be the very cute son of Rocky.
"Alright, Swan. Let's see if you can get a punch in." He's got a big grin on his face, and I realize that Edward Masen, despite initial impressions that would suggest otherwise, is very, very playful. And he is a little bit adorable. Okay, a lot. I take a couple mock swings, and he gives a couple slow-motion blocks, and we're both laughing like idiots while making our best attempts at mean-mugging.
"Oh come on, Swan, you can do better than that." He smirks and lowers his hands away from his face. "Come on, hit me with your best shot." My fist starts to move toward his face, just as he says, "right in the kisser" and then— oh my god!
I've punched Edward, albeit weakly. I didn't mean to, but he said 'kisser' and all this while I've been wondering if that's what he is. My head hurts from thinking about it and my hand hurts from hitting the concrete of Edward's jaw.
I shake my hand out as he rubs his jaw. "Oh my god, Edward, I'm so sorry. Are you okay?"
He grins. "I was right, you definitely don't know anything about boxing." I sort of want to punch him again, but while that answer was mildly insulting, I appreciate his being a good sport about me smacking him in the face.
Later that night, as I'm doing my homework back in my room, I think about what a tragedy it would have been if I had done serious damage—Edward Masen has a world-class jaw. A world-class face, in general. Alice is practically bouncing in her bed as she folds her laundry. She really is a wonderful friend, patiently listening to me as I've blathered on about the Edwards all afternoon. Currently, I am dissecting Masen.
"I mean, he's almost rude... except in a really funny, not rude way," I tell her. "And like, he knows everyone. And everything about campus. It's kind of cool. And he's really smart. Like really, impressively smart."
"So you like Edward Masen?" she asks. I hedge on this because, yes, I kind of do. But I know what her next question will be if I say that. My face gives it away, though, because without waiting, she says, "So what about Edward Cullen?"
The thing is… I like Edward Cullen, too. He's just so different from Edward Masen, with his shy, yet sure, sweetness; he's kind and he's genuinely nice, something I think is both underrated and rare in teenage boys, particularly those of the football-playing variety. Edward Masen is not nice. No, he's challenging and witty and a little acerbic and he's smart and unafraid to show it—also atypical of boys our age. I like these qualities in them, I like that they're both so different and yet both fundamentally so boy, and I like Cullen's hair, the way it's longer on the top and flops all over his face and his unique amber eyes, but I also love Masen's black-rimmed glasses and perpetual smirk, and I have to say that I love both their pouty, perfect mouths.
I don't realize I've said all this out loud in one giant emotional upchuck until I see the look on Alice's face.
"Bella… are you sure you've never kissed a boy before?" She says it genuinely, not insultingly.
"Of course. Just because I've never been kissed or never gotten drunk before doesn't mean that I somehow am unable to discern what I do and do not like in a guy. I'm sheltered, not naive," I tell her. She shrugs as if to say 'okay I'll give you that.'
Thinking about Edwards in plural hurts my head but I can't stop for the next few days. I know I won't be able to until I resolve this. I try to spare Alice the insanity of my inner thoughts by keeping them to myself. But by the end of the week, I feel like there is a caged lion in my brain, pacing and pawing at the ground, just roaring to be released.
I've seen both of the boys in small doses through the rest of the week—on Wednesday, Cullen left a Mars bar, my favorite as I had mentioned to Alice at lunch one day, on my desk at Bio, slipping out without a word, just a shy smile; then after school, Masen jumped in and a took a bite of it right before I could and then handed it back to me with a cheeky 'yummy' before dashing off. I've seen them in the halls—Cullen in his quiet confidence, minding his own business and being adorable at it; Masen all over everything and everyone, commanding attention, mine included.
I've considered dropping hints, asking them about the party but I'm too terrified of the potential answers I might get. My teenage girl bravado is most forceful when I'm in my room, talking about grandiose plans with Alice. Outside the sanctuary of my dorm and the safety of my friend, I'm not so brave.
And true to what I told Alice, I still like them both. I mean, I'm fourteen; fickleness is my defining trait. At turns, it seems like Edward Cullen would be the perfect, devoted, loving boyfriend that every girl, myself included, dreams of. In other moments, I love the fire and fight Edward Masen incites in me.
Another of my defining traits? Impatience. I've got these two boys I'm interested in, one who Kissed me. And I'm sick of waiting—I've waited fourteen years to feel like this, and I want to be Kissed again. These mixed feelings, this head-spinning, heart-thudding state I've been in all week has left me with one conclusion.
I'm clearly not in the place where I can choose. And the place I'm in won't let me think of anything else until I choose. So I'm going to let the universe choose for me. I've sent them both an email to their school address saying that I think I have their sweatshirt. I don't bother to say how I have come into possession of it or that I have fallen asleep with it every night since the Kiss—these are details that can be expounded upon later. Or never. I give Cullen my phone number knowing that he'll probably be too shy to answer me in person and give Masen no contact information—he's savvy enough to find a way to communicate on his own. I ask them to please let me know even if it isn't their sweatshirt, citing some vague, invented obsession with respecting and returning other people's property. The email is very strange and abrupt but I figure I can do damage control once I've identified my Kisser.
And so, I reason that the decision is out of my hands. The sweatshirt is the universe and fate and God and whoever else has some semblance of control on the insanity in my life's gift to me. It's my version of a magic eight ball or a lucky coin.
I send the message on Friday afternoon and wait all day on edge. Instead of participating in the parties this week, I go out with Alice and some of the other girls in attempt to bond with people in ways other than latching onto their mouths and then forgetting their identities. It's really fun but when I go to bed—after refreshing my email inbox about eighty times only to find there still are no new messages—I think about how this time last week, I was Kissing my Kisser. How maybe this time next week, hopefully, I will be again.
On Saturday morning I decide to study, reasoning that it would not be a good thing if I flunk out of school just as I get my man. Boy. Kisser. Whatever. My phone rings, distracting me from the joy of Teddy Roosevelt and his Rough Riders.
Just as I answer my phone, a knock sounds on my door.
"Hello," I say, glancing down at my caller ID just as I open the door.
Jellybean omelet—it's the situation I never realized I never wanted to be in: Edwards, in plural and simultaneously. Edward Cullen is on the phone. Edward Masen is at my door.
"Hey, Bella. The sweatshirt's mine."
Well, I guess that answers that question.
Suffice to say, by this time next week, I am mostly definitely Kissing my Kisser.
The End.
I'm not going to tell you who it is. You tell me who you'd like it to be.
(FYI: To me, they're definitely not the same person, but if you want to read it that way, roll with that.)


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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Google Inc's decision to screen Sony Pictures' film "The Interview" may help legitimise its YouTube platform as a serious rival to paid video streaming services, Netflix and Amazon.com Inc.
Sony Pictures made the controversial film available online on Wednesday, expanding distribution of a comedy that triggered a destructive cyberattack against the company that has been blamed on North Korea. The studio reversed its decision to halt the movie's release after it was criticised for self-censorship.
"This is a huge opportunity for YouTube to show the world that it can be used to release professional content and content that is paid for as most people think YouTube is for free content," said James McQuivey, an analyst who covers the disruption of digital platforms at Forrester Research.
"The message from YouTube is really to other studios, that 'Look, we're in the big time now, we can do this, we're not afraid (of hacks) and we have a massive audience.'"
The release of "The Interview", one of the highest-profile films to be released digitally on demand so far, comes at a pivotal time for the Internet search company.
In recent years, YouTube has tried to leaven its image as an Internet repository of home-made videos and move toward more professionally produced content to expand its business. Last month, it launched YouTube Music Key, a paid ad-free service.
YouTube does not disclose its content sales, but despite being one of the most heavily visited destinations for video on the Internet with over 1 billion viewers each month, analysts say YouTube has lagged the likes of Amazon, Netflix and Apple in paid content offerings.
One risk for Google is that YouTube could become the target of Sony's hackers, though security analysts said the company is viewed to have strong cyber defences.
Google has an "enormous" infrastructure that is well-tested in fighting off denial of service attacks and other threats," said Barrett Lyon, principal strategist with F5 Networks and an expert in Internet network security.
"I wouldn't imagine seeing 'lights-out' out at YouTube."
In addition to YouTube Movies, Google Play, and Microsoft's Xbox Video, the comedy will be available on a dedicated website, www.seetheinterview.com, to rent for $5.99 or buy for $14.99, Sony Pictures said on Wednesday, a day after agreeing to release it at some 200 independent theaters. No cable or satellite TV operator has yet agreed to make "The Interview" available through video on demand (VOD). Apple's iTunes store was noticeably not on Sony's list.

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New York, Aug 23(ANI): Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan has downplayed the alarm being raised in the West about the flood relief efforts being carried out by terror outfits, including Jamaat-ud-Daawa (JuD), in the garb of Islamic charities.
"At this stage, any help that the flood-hit people could get was welcome. It is a matter of their survival," The Nation quoted Imran, as saying.
"The Islamic organisations have been in existence for a long time, but their humanitarian services, have never translated into votes at the elections. The people of Pakistan were not so naive as to adopt their ideologies in return for their relief effort," he added.
Imran further criticised the Pakistan government saying that the mood in the country was "depressing" as it had failed to provide humanitarian aid for the affected people.
"There is no food even in the relief camps run by the government. Pakistan is in dire straits," he said.
The United Nations had earlier warned that militants could take advantage of the country's worst humanitarian disaster by operating among its displaced victims.
"The people's misery can always be exploited by those who have political or militant aims," said Jean-Maurice Ripert, UN Special Envoy for Assistance to Pakistan.
According to reports, the Jamaat-ud-Daawa (JuD), the charity wing of the dreaded terror group-Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), is running relief camps in the flood-hit north western part of the country and providing the victims food, medicines and money.
The JuD, under its latest humanitarian face Falah-e-Insaniat, has established numerous relief camps in Khyber Pakhtunkwa province in its bid to push through its anti-west ideology amidst the survivors of the devastating deluge.
While the Pakistan government has been struggling to collect funds for the flood-victims, the JuD, which masterminded the November 2008 Mumbai carnage, claimed that it raises 120 million rupees daily, which is equal to the total amount the Prime Minister relief fund has with it.
Over 1,600 people have been killed and 20 million affected as raging floodwaters continue to wreak havoc in the country.
In addition to causing major human loses, it has destroyed hundreds of thousands of homes, washed away crops and livestock.
The United Nations says that Pakistan will need billions of dollars to recover from the deluge, which is being described as the worst in the last 80 years. (ANI)


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Wampanoag Indians Fight Windmill Farm
The project had reached the approval stage after a lengthy nine-year process, but then in January the National Park Service declared the small island where the farm is planned a "traditional cultural property."
Bob Drogin writes, "The park service said the 440-foot-high towers would interfere with Wampanoag spiritual ceremonies, including greeting the sunrise with unobstructed views of the water.
The ruling also said excavations for the towers could disturb presumed Indian burial grounds that began to disappear under rising seas about 6,000 years ago. The shoal is now 30 feet beneath the waves."


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Trinity in an Apse
God the Father
Hours of Catherine of Cleves, in Latin
Illuminated by the Master of Catherine of Cleves
Purchased on the Belle da Costa Greene Fund and with the assistance of the Fellows, 1963
Created in Utrecht, The Netherlands, around 1440, the manuscript was taken apart sometime before 1856. Its leaves were shuffled and then rebound into two volumes to make each look more or less complete. The first part was acquired by the duke of Arenberg, whose descendants owned it until 1957, when it was bought by New York dealer H. P. Kraus, who sold it to Alistair Bradley Martin. This volume had been known by scholars as the "Hours of Catherine of Cleves."
Meanwhile, the second part had been acquired by the Rothschild family, who kept their manuscripts secret. In 1963 their volume was sold to the Morgan as yet another "Hours of Catherine of Cleves." Studying the newly acquired book (it became MS M.917) along with the Martin volume, Morgan curator John Plummer determined that they were actually two halves of one and the same codex. In 1964 the Morgan mounted an exhibition of both volumes, displaying all the miniatures via color transparencies. When a facsimile of the manuscript was published by George Braziller in 1966, the exhibition was repeated. Finally, in 1970, the Morgan was able to buy the Martin volume (it became MS M.945), and thus came to own both parts of this greatest of all Dutch manuscripts.
Both volumes have been disbound in preparation for rebinding the leaves in proper order.
The Sunday Hours of the Trinity open, appropriately, with a large miniature depicting the Three Persons of the Trinity. God the Father, bearded and wearing a tiara, holds the world. He turns to Christ, who, dressed in a red robe, raises his right hand in a vow. The Holy Spirit, a dove perched upon his halo, holds the book upon which Christ places his left hand. Christ is pledging acceptance of his Father's decision to sacrifice him in order to ensure mankind's salvation. The three sit on a monumental throne set within an elaborately vaulted and glazed apse. In the smaller miniature, God the Father is enthroned. Grapes in the border allude to the Eucharistic wine and Christ's sacrifice.
Hours and Masses for the Seven Days of the Week
The most unusual texts in Catherine's manuscript are the series of Hours and Masses for every day of the week. Medieval Christian tradition associated certain figures or themes with different days. Thus Sunday, the day of the Resurrection, was the Lord's Day; Thursday was connected with the Eucharist since that sacrament was instituted on Holy Thursday; and Monday was the day of the dead, since their torments were suspended on Sunday but recommenced the following day. In Catherine's prayer book, the themes for the Hours and Masses of the seven days of the week are:
|the Trinity
|the Dead
|the Holy Spirit
|All Saints
|the Blessed Sacrament
|the Compassion of God
|the Virgin.
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mcberko (918) Vancouver, British Columbia | May 18, 2016
Great place with a charming interior and well-done up bar area especially. Paddles of 5 available for $20, not atrocious for the city. Beer selection was very good, and the service was super friendly. Definitely worth a stop on a CBD/city centre pub crawl.
Stew41 (191) Phuket, Thailand | March 17, 2016
If there is a clubman award for craft venues then these guys need to win it for Melbourne. They keep plugging away and from what I can see remain committed to the craft beer cause. Tap list is good but probably not the place to come for 10%+ Scandi beers. Pricing fair for Melbourne. Of course the interior is a bit daggy but absolutely not out of step with plenty of highly rated places I have been to in the US.
maneliquor (153) Perth, Australia | May 25, 2014| Updated May 26, 2014
I like the concept here. Only Victorian local craft. And its done well. Supporting local small businesses is always a nice thing to see. The parmys are fucking massive! $25 for one is fairly good value when the giant chicken comes out on your plate. Kind of has an Irish pub feel to it. Must stop here for a parmy alone
Ngejo (37) Jakarta, Indonesia | April 27, 2014| Updated July 14, 2016
Almost always full on dinner time so it will get really noisy. 2 Rotating tap every month. Decent amount of beers on tap and bottles. The size of the parmas are quite big and relatively expensive to usual parmas on pubs but this aint your usual parma, this is one of the best parma in melbourne.
Bif (119) St. Charles, Missouri | November 19, 2013
Nice place, nothing fancy, that serves only Victoria craft beers. Service is good and the bartenders are friendly and are very knowledgeable about the beers they serve. They have a steady turnover or rotation of beers about every 3 months or so. You are able to order a beer paddle of 5 beers to sample if you are not sure what you want. The food menu is a bit limited but what they serve is good. Nice place to check out if you have time.
gnoff (634) Mölndal, Sweden | August 25, 2013
Visited once, on July 25, 2013.
Had a nice chili sauce covered chicken, though opted out of the cheese since Im not much for dairy products.
No WiFi. Plenty of indoors seating. Centrally located in the outskirts of Chinatown.
Decent selection of draught and bottled beers. Nice service.
Beershine (850) VANCOUVER, British Columbia | June 16, 2013
They play bad music but it is hard to fault a place dedicated to serving only Victoria beers. Central location close to Chinatown, too.
hawthorne00 (49) Melbourne, Australia | October 12, 2012
Odd place. It looks like an 80s country motel dining room. The beer is insanely cold and served in ordinary glasses. But theyd already run out of a new local beer that had yet to be listed here (or appear elsewhere). Tap focus is on fresh and local at around 5%.
jonnyguns (41) , Australia | October 3, 2012
I love this place! great parmas and great selection of vic craft beers. About 8 different taps and the staff are knowledgable. nice friendly atmosphere and good for either a small or big gathering.
jonno (138) , Japan | May 13, 2011
Very straight forward but friendly place. Decent tap list and the decor is clean and serviceable.


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University Fest tabling
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University Fest planning has begun! This year is the 20th anniversary of this Welcome Weekend tradition and much is planned. At this time, we are signing up any departments/offices that are interested in tabling at University Fest this year. Limited space is available, so contact Jennifer Keegin, associate director for Campus Activities, o sign up. Information on the event can be found online.


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Famous Director Conn
Conn was sitting in the lobby, waiting for his new guide to show up. There were a few others in the room, some who were staring at him in interest. But Conn was used to this kind of behaviour. Directors were always treated like celebrities, looked up on. And it was very rarely that Conn ever travelled out of his town, or even considered the idea. This was the first time.
Director Conn had become a household name in Callingham. Everyone knew him - for the fact that he was the youngest Director to exist. Parents of Primes pushed their children to be like him one day. "You can get to live a comfortable and luxurious life, just be like Director Conn okay?"
There were times that kids in his own town would walk up to Conn and ask for an autograph in their excited voices, and run screaming off "He signed for me! He signed for me!" Conn was looked at as a role model and he felt glad about that. Those days of studying into the late nights, and working hard hadn't gone to waste.
"Director Conn?"
He looked down, his green eyes meeting the childish and playful blue ones of the small girl in front of him. A dark blush rose up in her cheeks under the gaze of Conn, matching her hair colour as she was beet red. But Conn smiled, asking in a friendly tone, "Yes?"
"Will you..." She rubbed her feet in invisible circles against the carpet floor, shy as she asked, "Sign for me?"
Conn smiled warmly at the girl and nodded. "Of course."
She handed him a small pink notebook and he took out his fountain pen, signing elegantly as his handwriting sunk into the surface of the paper.
W. Connor
Conn patted the little girl's head as she laughed in delight, looking gratefully up at him. "Thank you Sir!"
That was when he heard someone clear her throat. Looking up, Conn met the eyes of Adriana who smiled politely at him. "Ready Director?"
Grinning, he bobbed his head enthusiastically and said, " I sure am."


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Bisquick Dumplings
Bisquick dumplings make any stew or broth into a sensational meal. In twenty minutes, a simple stew or boiled chicken can be covered with a delectable layer of Bisquick dumplings. Just mix Bisquick and milk together and cook over any kind of boiling broth to enjoy light fluffy Bisquick dumplings.
To make Bisquick dumplings, you will need:
- 2 cups Bisquick
- 2/3 cup Milk
- Measure two cups of Bisquick into a large bowl. The Bisquick is often compressed in packaging. Fluff the Bisquick with a fork.
- Stir the milk into the Bisquick until it forms soft dumpling dough.
- Choose a spoon (something larger than a teaspoon but smaller than a serving spoon). Scoop up some Bisquick dumpling dough onto the spoon (about two ounces of dough or the size of an egg). Drop the Bisquick dumpling over boiling stew, chicken broth, or soup. Use a second spoon to push the Bisquick Dumpling dough off the spoon and onto the boiling broth.
- Leave the pot uncovered. Cook the Bisquick dumplings for ten minutes uncovered on a medium heat. Cover the pot with a lid and cook the Bisquick dumplings covered for ten minutes. Remove from the heat and serve.
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- It is easy to add flavor to Bisquick Dumplings by adding a favorite herb like basil, rosemary, or even caramelized onions or corn
- In the last ten minutes of cooking, the Bisquick dumplings are cooked covered by a lid which steams the top of the dumplings.
- Do not remove the lid off the pot during this process.
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Fried rice cakes with creamed leeks and eggServes 4
1tsp saffron strands
400g cooked rice of any variety
100g diced gruyère
2tbsp olive oil, plus extra for frying the cakes
3 leeks, trimmed and cut into 1cm-thick slices
250ml vegetable stock
100ml double cream
Freshly crushed black peppercorns
2tbsp chopped tarragon
5 free-range eggs
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
In a small bowl, stir the saffron with about a tablespoon of boiling water. Leave to infuse for a couple of minutes and then stir into the rice. Add the gruyère to the rice mix and season well.
Heat the olive oil in a large frying pan and, on high heat, fry the leeks for three minutes to give them a little colour. Add the stock, cream and plenty of crushed black peppercorns, and carry on cooking, on a slow simmer, for about 10 minutes, until the leeks are soft and the sauce is thick. Add salt to taste, and keep warm. Stir in the tarragon just before serving.
Add one egg to the rice mix and stir well. Pour a tiny amount of olive oil into a large, non-stick frying pan and place over a medium heat. With a spoon, take some of the rice mix and press it down into the hot oil to create four flat cakes about 1cm thick and 7cm in diameter. Fry them on both sides until crispy and brown, about four minutes a side. Transfer to absorbent paper and keep warm while you make another four cakes.
Once all of the rice cakes are made, crack the four remaining eggs into the same pan and fry, seasoning just before they're done.
Serve two cakes per person and spoon over some of the creamed leeks. Top each portion with a fried egg and serve.
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6 months and no issues but that's hardly a long enough test. I'd expect 3 years minimum with no issues before I'd swear by it but have to try something in the mean time.
If you used a thinner oil or ATF you may want to fill it up more often as I would expect a thinner oil to seep out quicker. Also hot/cold climates would affect the oil drain rate. I'm in NZ and we don't salt our roads in winter so don't have that problem either but we do get 1.5-2m of rain over the year for reference.
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Hi! I'm an active poster on the EU Forums, and recently (late Patch 9.14 I think?) got into making some mods which I have posted over there. They're not on par with the more experienced modmakers, such as Milkym4n or FastestClassic, but I hope they're good enough for some. I created this account over here to more directly offer my mods to the NA Community too and will try to keep things actively updated on this side of the globe too.
As I do not want to spam the forums and create all of my current mods in separate threads like I have on the EU Forums, I will mostly just offer small descriptions of each of my mods, the download links and links back to the EU Forums for the full details (though most of the details should be included in the READMEs within each mod, if they're not, I apologise!). With that said, let's start.
Custom Camouflage Pack:
I typically use Aslain's XVM Modpack (?), and one of the things I would constantly use was "Enhanced Camos" by pold77 (?). I used this for awhile before eventually figuring out I could edit the camouflage using Paint.NET, and had some fun editing the patterns. A friend suggested I should actually upload a pack of these, which I did. They replace the existing patterns with new ones (there are previews of each so you hopefully shouldn't have trouble accidentally using one you don't want to), offering lots of different appearances to your favourite tanks.
Some nations obviously have more patterns available than others; namely the Germans, hehe; and I'm still constantly trying to add more though more recently I've been a bit lost in adding new patterns. While some patterns are based off of historical patterns, none of them are 100% Supposed to be accurate; a colour may be off, or a pattern may be slightly wrong, you get the idea; and are simply meant to offer more interesting options for camouflage.
A warning before downloading is that you should not immediately extract the files to your WoT Files. Extract them to your Downloads folder or somewhere like that, as extracting it directly to your WoT Files will not do anything and might actually cause problems. That said, here's the direct link;
And the link to the EU Forums thread if you'd like;
A final few previews of some more patterns;
Bronze Green British Tanks Pack:
Much like above, this is something that started out as just for myself and was initially only for like, one tank (and started simply as a suggestion from the WoT Console forums), but then developed into doing the whole tech tree (including SD Models, though they obviously are not as nice looking as the HD Ones).
This pack does not affect the Cromwell B, Chieftain Mk. 6 (obviously) or T95/Chieftain (but it does affect the Chieftain/T95. Confusing, aren't they?), but every other vehicle is affected. I have no plans to change the Cromwell B, but assuming the latter two do eventually show up I will definitely change them, as well as updating models that are changed to HD With every patch. Again like above, it's not meant to be 100% Accurate, and is simply present to offer an alternate colour to the original British tank colour (that I personally am not a fan of, but that's me).
Here's the download;
Once more, the link to the EU Forums for more and previews below (note that the previews are still the old version, though that is still present on most tanks);
Sherman Firefly Camouflaged Barrel (Original and Bronze Green Versions):
This, atleast the Bronze Green version is available in the pack above. I made this a standalone version to also include the original British tank colour version and in case someone only wants this rather than downloading say, the whole pack above. It was also one of the first things I did with the pack above, so that was still a work in progress when this was finished. Anyway, straight to the point. If the name isn't enough to give it away, this is something of a skin for the Firefly that gives it the infamous (?) white barrel paint for both 17pdr guns on the Firefly.
A word of warning, Marks of Excellence overlap the barrel paint a bit and look somewhat off. This is something I'm considering changing by moving the Marks of Excellence closer to the turret, but that's at the moment just theory. Camouflage also slightly affects the barrel paint (though again, this is something I may change in time), and a friend from my old clan did a preview of camouflages on it (with the Bronze Green version) as I do not own a Firefly myself.
Just to note, this is an older version of the skin, as the version now uses 4k textures for the paint (and, if that is too much, there are 2k versions available; if there are still problems with that, please inform me) to give it a much smoother appearance.
The direct download link, the link to the EU Forum thread and previews below;
EU Thread:
Panzer 58 Mutz Flat-Olive Skin/Remodel + Schwarzpanzer 58 (Panzer 58 Black Friday):
This was an idea in my head for awhile. I hate, and I mean I despise the original appearance of the Mutz. Something about it just gets at me. For a long time I used Milkyman's MPz. 58 Remodel which basically gave me this idea. I made it as a skin originally, which is included in the mod for those who prefer it, but this was still not enough for me, so I tried to switch the gun model to that of the Centurion Action X's L7 Gun. Let's just say, it didn't go swell for me, as I have little experience with remodelling, if any at all.
With the help of Milkym4n (and by "help" I mean he did all the work, hehe) this was made possible, giving the Mutz the appearance atleast slightly of the Panzer 61. It has a flat-olive colour to it (as again, the original appearance of the Mutz is ugly IMO), though I may experiment more with this colour in the future.
Do note that once more, the screenshots above are slightly outdated as the tank is now more scratched and whatnot. Like with, well, pretty much all of the mods I suggest saving it somewhere such as your Downloads folder first, reading the READMEs and choosing which you would prefer. Both versions come (or atleast should) with icon changes to if you'd like them, and also have textures for the HD Client.
Additionally, at the moment the tank reverts to the original gun upon death even when using the remodelled version (as there are no "crash" files at the moment), which is something I will likely change within the next few days so expect a quick update to this around then. Once more, sorry for the rambling, here is the download as well as link to the original EU Thread, followed by some in-game previews;
EU Thread:
One final thing to note is for other skinmakers, here is a version with the base Panzer 58 (specifically, not the Mutz) textures, offering you the chance to make your own skins for this L7 Wielding version of the Mutz. I know that Milkym4n was working on his own version, and since he basically did the work for me here, if he wishes for me at all to remove this link I will. If you do make your own skins using this, please credit him over me.
This mod can now also be installed for the Schwarzpanzer 58 (Panzer 58 Black Friday). Most of the same text you see above is of course still applicable and I will also be hopefully making a version of the L7A3 Remodel alone available which doesn't actually change the Schwarzpanzer 58 Skin, but that'll be something still to come right now. There may be some issues, namely;
-at the moment MoEs might not work. This is because to remove the Bundecross on the turret I simply lowered the alpha to, well, nothing and this might affect MoEs, though I'm not sure. I can't be bothered digging through replays to find one of a Schwarzpanzer who already has Marks to confirm this, so yeah, inform me if that does happen as it's not exactly intentional.
-as the Schwarzpanzer uses the Panzer 58 Hull instead of the Mutz, it lacks the boxes and gas cans on the sides of the hull at the front, and also the "DLP1" or whatever-that-means tags you see on the front and rear mudguards as I never actually put that on the hull_01 textures for the Mutz. If people want those tags though I can add them in.
Other than that, please enjoy and inform me of any issues.
T-54 to Israeli Tiran 5Sh Remodel v1.0
I owe the idea of this to SkaerKrow, who made a Tiran 4Sh model for the T-54 1st Prototype if I understand correctly (sorry Skaer if I'm completely wrong). Initially I didn't get far with it at all since I cannot do remodels like, at all, but thankfully I got a lot of assistance from Milkym4n. To quote a few things from my EU Thread that I'd like to get out of the way (which is a bit unusual since I normally leave these out on this thread to save space);
-this remodel and skin changes the appearance of the T-54 To appear similar to the Israeli Tiran 5Sh (T-55 With 105mm gun, essentially). The tank has been recoloured to Sinai Grey, and some decals have been added as well to further the appearance (I highly suggest if you can to use the HD Version, as the decals are of course pretty poor looking with the SD Textures).
-Practically the entire remodel I owe to Milkym4n, as I know basically nothing on how to do that stuff, so insane credit to him!
-the tank should also have camouflage appearing on the roadwheels, again, courtesy of Milkym4n!
-the icons with this are completely optional, as some may not necessarily be happy with them. They should be simple to use, but if not, there is a little bit on it below.
-I mentioned above that it's the Tiran 5Sh, which is a T-55 and not a T-54. As such, most of the model has been switched to the T-55A Parts, which can mean a few issues (which while I'm incredibly worried about, I think should be expected with some remodels). To illustrate one I know of, the T-55A Turret lacks the loader's cupola, which the T-54 Very much has. They shouldn't be a big issue, but do be warned about it.
-purchased emblems/inscriptions won't appear on the tank from my knowledge (if they do then, well, they shouldn't, so tell me!) and frankly, I probably will make sure they never do as I don't think they go well with the rest of the skin.
-camouflage works with the remodel, but may appear a bit odd to quite obviously to the change from the standard Eastern Green to Sinai Grey
Anyway, here's the download. Remember: DO NOT UNZIP THIS INTO YOUR WORLDOFTANKS FOLDER. Unzip it into downloads, or your documents, or wherever you find best. Just do not unzip it to WorldOfTanks.
There's instructions both in the mod and below, I'd suggest reading those first! I'm putting a bit of trust into everyone here to read those, so here's the link. Just make sure you read the instructions.http://www.mediafire.com/file/3trkhwtj7bk15rr/%5B0.9.18.0%5D+Israeli+Tiran+5Sh+Remodel+for+T-54+v1.3.rar
And finally, the link back to my EU Thread, just because I like to do that.
And also, if you wish to take this model further than I have, read the second post on the EU Thread. If you want to add anything to it or correct me on anything in that post, feel free to.
Thank you for reading and I hope you enjoy any of these that you download. If you have any issues or questions please feel free to mention them, I will try to answer them as best as I can and will actively try to keep this thread updated. I hope everything was clear enough as well, and if the READMEs in the mods don't cover it either, please mention.
As I do on my EU Threads, I would like to suggest some skinmaker/remodellers that offer better work than me. If you have any suggestions to add to the list, feel free to also tell me!
Sgt_Krollnikow51 (EU Forums) - See his thread here; http://forum.worldoftanks.eu/index.php?/topic/313731-sgt-krollnikows-tank-factory/
Posh_And_Becks (EU Forums) - See his thread here; http://forum.worldoftanks.eu/index.php?/topic/575636-poshs-skins/
Anthoniusii (EU Forums) - See his thread here; http://forum.worldoftanks.eu/index.php?/topic/465195-anthoniusiis-09141-skins-index-in-1st-postt26e4-super-pershing-3rd-armored-division-germany-1945-in-post-64/
FastestClassic - See his thread here; http://forum.worldoftanks.com/index.php?/topic/505250-09152-classics-skin-workshop-updated-japanese-brown-color-swap-pack-sept-15th/
KiloRock (RU Forums) - See his thread here (pardon what happens to the cyrillic text, the link should still work fine); http://forum.worldoftanks.ru/index.php?/topic/1801715-%D1%88%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B8-%D0%B8-%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8/
Milkym4n (EU Forums) - See his thread here; http://forum.worldoftanks.eu/index.php?/topic/583196-milkys-mod-workshop/
Kubana (EU Forums) - See his thread here; http://forum.worldoftanks.eu/index.php?/topic/575132-kubana-skins/
Fett713 - See his thread here; http://forum.worldoftanks.com/index.php?/topic/508071-fetts-reskin-motor-pool/
TheFalkonett (EU Forums) - See his thread here; http://forum.worldoftanks.eu/index.php?/topic/606339-thefalkonetts-random-acts-of-stowage/
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Citori said it very well. I like my 9mm alot its fun to shoot and would do some damage i think.
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Horde In Search of the Ruby Lilac
Doctor Sintar Malefious at Agmar's Hammer in the Dragonblight wants you to collect 1 Ruby Lilac.
How fortuitous it is that the Ruby Dragonshrine lays just to the east. It is there that you will find a flower called the ruby lilac. This lifegiving plant is all that I need to concoct a vaccine for the untainted beasts of this region.
Travel east and search the Ruby Dragonshrine for the lilac.
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Grateful Dead
Sometimes I'm positively glacial (which I guess is somewhat slower than real slow but somewhat faster than it used to be).
Watching the TRI broadcast the other night, it suddenly occurred to me that the Jerry "hand" logo was of a left hand, not a right hand.
Have I missed this all these years? Is there an explanation? The only thing that came to mind is that it was a rendering of a handprint, and therefore was a reversed image.
So what's the scoop?
Sheepishly awaiting enlightenment...thanks.
This entire thread, which is dedicated to books: Grateful Dead Library.
I don't think you need to stop reading American Life just because you're waiting for Signpost though!
Hi marye,
I went to the bookstore yesterday to buy Signpost, but they were out of stock, so I ordered it and it's being shipped to my home. I paid for it in the store with cash. It hasn't been shipped from the time I am writing this, but it's being shipped today.
I'll take your recommendating by reading Signpost before I read anymore of An American Life.
personally I'd recommend reading Signpost as soon as you can get your hands on it, but that's me.
Some of it is a bit dated, which is not surprising as it's 40+ years old. But it's pretty great.
Watched timothy leary. Thanks for posting - Anyone been in touch with them? Have they gone further than anyone has ever been before?
Thank you for the info!
Would you personally recommend reading A Signpost to New Space before reading Desolate Angel, but once I read the whole book of An American Life?
I just bought An American Life from my local bookstore, and I paid them with cash. barnesandnoble.com is the website. I do a Pick Me Up to only make sure they have the books in stock, but it uses a zip code.
Off topic: I am still looking at deaddisc.com as for reference. I think you guys were right there would be no such thing as a reference site to categorized a complete discography. LOL.
yeah, those cards at Walgreen's.
If the book is in print, the chances are pretty good that your local bookstore could order it for you; it'd certainly be worth asking. Hey, they'd probably take cash too!
No, not locked up. I live in a group home. I could see you are going to make fun of me for that?
Are you locked up in jail or something? Why are you asking us about stuff in the town where you live? Maybe the Amish can help you... Do they have social workers?
Do you mean one of those pre-paid cards where you could purchase at places like Walgreen's? Here's another question. What are the chances that I could buy this book in person from a local bookstore? What would be a good bookstore that I could buy it from? I live in the Bethlehem, PA. area.


text: Home Gallery Video Seth & Riley's Garage Kind of Genius When Garage Projects Get Out of Hand; Quirky Ads Promote Carlsberg's New Hard Lemonade Vicious Penguins And Time Travel Feature In Launch Campaign For Seth & Riley's Garage Published on Apr 22, 2014 Editor's Pick Carlsberg is promoting Seth & Riley's Garage, its launch into the hard lemonade market, with a quirky campaign through Belgian agency Duval Guillaume in which a bunch of young guys come up with ideas in their garage that are "kind of" genius. But only kind of. Seth & Riley's Garage, which will be launched initially in Russia and Canada, will compete with the likes of Mike's Hard Lemonade, and it appears to have gone for the kind of offbeat humor that features in Grey New York's campaigns for that brand.The product is styled as being based on the tradition of U.S. homemade alcoholic lemonade (i.e. brewed in your garage) and the idea is that little projects conceived in your garage might end up working too well. In one execution, one of our heroes manages to create a time travel machine...but it doesn't have a back button, which is unhelpful when he finds himself caught up in a medieval, Game Of Thrones-style funeral. In another, a flying machine sends a guy into Antarctica, where he gets attacked by some vicious penguins. The third relates most directly with the product, with characters dressed as a lemon and a bottle of alcohol running into each other's arms in slo-mo. But it only works in slo-mo. Rate this Ad You must be registered to rate the ad. Please Login or Register Now About CreditsDateApr 22, 2014Agency:Duval GuillaumeClient:Seth & Riley's Garage Tagsalcohol CategoryTVCWeb Film Industryalcohol GenreComedy/Dialog Latest Creativity News on Ad Age Creativity Top 5: The Best Brand Ideas of the Past Week English and Gartrell Join Deutsch, AKQA Hires Uttley Anomaly Taps Award-Winning Creatives on Dove, Burger King to Lead L.A. Office Related work Seth & Riley's Garage: Kind of Genius Slow Motion. Kind of. Seth & Riley's Garage: Kind of Genius Way to Fly. Kind of. Febelfin: Children's Truth About Banking Duval Guillaume


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The capital's 5.7 million voters have
the power to swing the tight contest because of uncertainty over turnout.
Elections expert John Curtice, professor of politics at the University of Strathclyde, said London could make "all the difference". Its importance as a key battleground was highlighted as opponents of the alternative vote put the city at the heart of their fight.
The No to AV campaign launched a campaign, involving a poster featuring the London Eye, aimed specifically at residents of the capital in an attempt to woo vital support. Marshalling votes is seen as critical because of fears turnout could be as low as 15 per cent in London - where there are no local elections, unlike the rest of Britain.
Voters will be asked on May 5 whether to keep the first-past-the-post system for electing MPs, where an X is placed next to one candidate, or switch to AV, where candidates are ranked in order of preference and second preferences taken into account if necessary until one secures 50 per cent support.
Siobhain McDonagh, Labour MP for Mitcham and Morden, said: "It will be a disaster if only 15 per cent of Londoners vote in the referendum and the unfair, expensive alternative vote slips through." Gavin Barwell, Conservative MP for Croydon Central, said: "My main concern is many of the people I talk to don't even know the referendum is taking place, let alone what the options are and their pros and cons.
"Our current system isn't perfect, but it is better than the alternative vote."
The Yes campaign today also unveiled posters, highlighting the BNP's opposition to AV. The moves came as Chancellor George Osborne waded into a funding row which has blighted the campaign so far, calling the Yes group's finance arrangements "dodgy".
His accusation centres on claims that the Electoral Reform Society, the Yes campaign's main backer, stands to gain financially if AV comes in because it helps to run elections.
"That stinks and is the sort of dodgy, behind-the-scenes shenanigans people don't like about politics," he said, adding that the No campaign had asked the Electoral Commission to investigate.
A Yes campaign spokesman branded the comments "desperate rubbish" and ex-Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy said: "What really stinks is that the No campaign are making allegations which they know to be misleading."
A poll showed growing support for sticking with first-past-the-post. The YouGov survey for The Sun gave No 44 per cent, with Yes on 37. The seven-point lead grew to 12 points, 45 to 33, when AV was fully explained.Reuse content