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The day I turned 30 was one of the greatest days of my life...I finally
got to be the age I'd felt since I was a very young girl...like my body
finally caught up with "me inside". It was a truly satisfying day!
Melody, IA (Z 5/4)
"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious."
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From: Pamela J. Evans [mailto: email@example.com]
To: email@example.com
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 11:50:39 -0600
Subject: RE: [CHAT] Happy Birthday! -- Parenthood
Mine too. But I get to be as goofy as I want now (can't you tell?) to
make up for it, so that's cool.
I'm glad my folks raised us to be so
independent. Even if people do have
a tendency to tell me I must have
been 30 when I was born.

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>Got to agree Eva... my dad was also
very something.... besides the work
>aspect, he also taught me to be
street and business wise. I remember
>times when very young (like 8)
and if I didn't have his permission in
>writing to go somewhere...
didn't happen, even tho he said I could go.
>By 12 I could drive a
car and change the oil, tune-ups and normal
>maintenance. What he
taught me was to be a great business person, common
>sense, think
logically and be totally independent. In some ways it is
>great, but
can't say that I enjoyed childhood like most kids..... never
>had the
chance to be a goofy kid. So you can take it too
far....
>
>Donna
>
>>
>> BTW, putting them to work is
the BEST thing you can do for them.
>Soon
>> they'll be thanking
you for the important lessons you are
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With so many awesome exhibitions and shows in the Artweek catalogue and so little time, we thought we'd give you a helping hand in deciding what to visit. Endemicworld have selected 10 shows you should not miss, together with a little bit of information from the Artweek website.
Auckland Artweek runs from October 10-18.
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Chancery Square
A diverse selection of arts projects and exhibitions, are popping up for Artweek in spaces at the newly renovated Chancery Square thanks to Pop Up Now.
Shows and events run 10th–18th Oct
Until Now
Jessica Pearless
BATH STREET GALLERY, 43 Bath St, bathstreetgallery.com
Show runs 8th–31st Oct Hours: Tue–Fri 10am–5.30pm; Sat 11am–3pm
Artist Talk: Join Jessica Pearless, Gallery Curator Matt Blomeley and Associate Professor Peter Shand, Head of Elam School of Fine Art, for a discussion around the exhibition and on contemporary approaches to abstraction in art. Sat 10th Oct 11am
Original Drawings: Sculptures/ Paintings/Prints
Michael Smither
ARTIS GALLERY, 280 Parnell Rd, artisgallery.co.nz
Show runs 22nd Sep–11th Oct Hours: Mon–Fri 9.30–5:30pm Sat 10am–4pm Sun 11am–4pm also
Artist Talk Michael Smither: Sat 10th Oct 1pm
Gavin Hurley and Sam Mitchell
MELANIE ROGER GALLERY, 226 Jervois Rd, Herne Bay, melanierogergallery.com
Show runs 23rd Sep–17th Oct Hours: Wed 11am–4pm; Thur–Fri 11am–5pm; Sat 11am–3pm
Artist Talk: Sam Mitchell Sat 17th Oct 11am
Ponsonby + Wynyard Walk
Three walking tours with local history and art afficionado Edward Bennett taking in the art in Ponsonby, St Mary's Bay and Wynyard Quarter
Sat 10th Oct 2pm–4pm * Sat 17th Oct 2pm–4pm
WYNYARD: MEET BY OLD POST OFFICE IN THREE LAMPS: Sun 18th Oct 2pm–4pm
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New Works
Owen Dippie
OD GALLERY 545 K'Road, owendippie.com, Sat 10th Oct 6–9pm
Show runs 10th–18th Oct Hours: Sat–Sun 12pm–6pm
Seven artists produce work in response to the theme of "Sketchy"
4 CROSS STREET GALLERY, 4 Cross St, facebook.com/4crossst
Show runs 10th–18th Oct
Selected Images Made Between 1960 and 1998
Ans Westra
BOWERBANK NINOW, 312 K'Road, bowerbankninow.com
Show runs 14th Oct–14th Nov Hours: Tue-Sat 10am–5pm
Carwash photo show
Edward Howie, Joe Hockley, Kieran Lowe, Mark Barber, Nigel Roberts, Raymond Sagapolutele, Route52, StJohn and Tim D
CARWASH GALLERY & STUDIO, 6 Upper Queen St,
Opening: Thu 15th Oct 7pm
Show runs 15th–19th Oct
Linda Holloway & Brendan McGorry
SANDERSON CONTEMPORARY ART, Osborne Lane, 2 Kent St, sanderson.co.nz
Show runs 29th Sep–11th Oct Hours: Mon–Fri 10am–6pm Sat & Sun 10am–4pm
FLOX Live Paint
Watch FLOX transform the Gordon Harris outside wall into something spectacular!
GORDON HARRIS, 4 Gillies Ave, Newmarket, Wed 14th Oct & Thu 15th Oct
Art Films
Special screening of IRIS and Salt of the Earth, followed by a short season of screenings throughout Artweek. See website for details.
THE VIC; CINEMA CAFE THEATRE, 48–56 Victoria Rd, thevic.co.nz
Paid event
Rob Tucker
BETTE'S, 8 Victoria Rd, bettes.co.nz
Show runs Oct 8th–18th Tue–Sun 11am till late
Also: Bette's will be putting on a special tapas and drinks menu during Artweek for all the art enthusiasts out there. Mon 4pm til late Tue–Sun 11am til late
Tattoo Aotearoa – New Zealand
Helen Mitchell
The Pah Homestead – TSB Bank Wallace Arts Centre
Mon 12th Oct 6–8pm
Show runs 13th Oct–13th Dec

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We are thrilled to welcome long-time friend of the program and award-winning filmmaker, Daniel Stedman, to the AOL Artists Guest Curator series! His collection of canvases on the AOL Artists site features work from artists Cate Parr, Dave White, Matt Moore, Megan Whitmarsh and Tim Gough.
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There are other kinds of lobsters throughout the world. Some greatly resemble to American lobsters, while others are quite different. In fact, there are two categories of lobsters: there are lobsters with claws (european lobster, scampi, and crayfish) and lobsters without claws (rock lobster and slipper lobster). This section presents a very general portrait of the main relatives of the American lobster throughout the world.
Lobsters with claws
Scampi are a smaller and more delicate species than American lobsters. Their claws are as long as their bodies and they live in depths ranging between 15 and 800 meters. There are at least 17 scampi species throughout the world, divided into three genera (Metanephrops, Nephrops et Nephropsis). The Métanephrops genus is found along coasts from Japan to Australia, in the Eastern part of the Indian Ocean and along the East coast of Africa. They are also found along the coasts of Central America (from Florida to French Guiana). The Nephropsis genus can also be found off the coast of Central America (from New Jersey to French Guiana). The Nephrops genus is also found along the European coasts and in the Mediterranean.
They look a lot like small lobsters without getting as big as adult lobsters. Generally, crayfish measure approximately 7 to 8 cm total length. Contrary to all the other species described, no crayfish live in seawater. They live in fresh water, in rivers and lakes. They are found in practically every country in the world, and there are a very large number of species (more than 500 species).
Lobsters without claws
Rock lobsters are easy to identify because they do not have any claws and they have a pair of very large antennas, which are longer than the body. There exist in all 49 lobster species throughout the world and 33 of them are exploited by fishermen. Their form, their colouring, the spines on their carapace, and their size characterize them. All these species are divided into 8 genera scattered around the world.
Photo of a rock lobster (Panulirus)
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Judges at Britain's highest court ruled 8-1 in favour of Katrin Radmacher, one of the richest women in Europe. She now has to pay only £1 million of her estimated £100 million fortune to Nicolas Granatino.
The case was seen by lawyers as the ultimate test of whether the agreements are applicable in English law.
Simon Bruce, Ms Radmacher's solicitor, said: "This decision means pre-nups are binding as long as they are fair. Everybody hopes their marriage will last a lifetime. From today we are allowed to prepare for the possibility that it might not be the case."
Ms Radmacher, a German paper heiress, added: "Nicolas and I made a promise to each other that if anything went wrong between us, both of us would walk away without making financial claims on each other. The promise made to me was broken.
"I know some people think of pre-nuptial agreements as being unromantic, but for us it was meant to be a way of proving you are marrying only for love. It was a natural part of the marriage process. In my case, my father insisted upon it to protect my inheritance.
"Sadly it has taken four years to have our agreement upheld in the British courts. I'm so relieved it's over."
The couple drew up a pre-nup before their marriage in London in 1998, which ended with their separation in October 2006. The agreement, signed in Germany, stated that neither husband nor wife would benefit from the property of the other in the event of a divorce.
In a divorce settlement at the High Court, Mr Granatino was awarded £5.5 million, which would have given him £100,000 a year for life. But he fought the decision, claiming Ms Radmacher had failed to fully disclose her financial resources.
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He said they should stand if they pass three key tests: the agreement should be entered into voluntarily by both parties; both parties should have the benefit of independent legal advice; and both sides should make full financial disclosure. However, the judge stopped short of stating pre-nups should be totally binding in law. He allowed the courts discretion to waive them, particularly if they seem to be unfair to children.
The dissenting judge was Lady Hale, the only woman on the panel and a justice with a vast experience in the Family Division. She described the law as being "in a mess and right for systematic review and reform".
She called on the Law Commission to make detailed proposals for new legislation to be put before Parliament. In her written judgement she said the mere signing of a pre-nup should not be the priority in considering its legal enforcement, but rather whether it was fair or not.
Forty-year-old Ms Radmacher first met her French former husband in a Mayfair club. In 2003, Mr Granatino, 38, gave up his lucrative job as a banker in the emerging markets sector to become a £30,000 a year biotechnology researcher at Oxford University.
They have two children aged 10 and seven and spent most of their marriage in Chelsea.
The couple had signed their pre-nup before a notary in Germany at the instigation of the wife, three months before the marriage.
Mr Granatino had declined the chance to take independent advice before signing the document, and Ms Radmacher failed to fully disclose her financial resources.
The High Court decision to grant Granatino £5.5 million in the divorce would have allowed him to buy a home in London where their children could visit him.
That judge had taken into account the existence of the pre-nup but made it a low priority.
His decision was overturned in the Court of Appeal and now has been confirmed at the Supreme Court.
A way of protecting family fortunes
Pre-nuptial agreements spell out — often in a fine degree of detail — exactly who will get what if a relationship breaks down.
The spur to sign them often comes from the family of the wealthier member of the couple who fear that a "gold-digger" will end up with half the dynastic fortune in a generous divorce settlement.
Most major London law firms would be able to offer a "pre-nup" with the bill typically in the £5,000 to £7,000 range. That could rise to tens of thousands of pounds, however, in the case of a billionaires with assets all over the world.
Lawyers believe the Radmacher ruling could enhance even further the attractiveness of London as a place to live for the world's richest people as they will no longer fear vast payouts in the High Court if their marriage breaks down.
Sir Paul McCartney and Heather Mills, left, famously did not sign a pre-nup and she landed a £24.3 million settlement in their 2008 divorce.
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The bodyguards of Liberia's president, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, have been accused of assaulting and intimidating journalists who had gathered at the airport in Monrovia to witness the signing of a non-aggression treaty with the president of Sierra Leone. The journalists, including Jonathan Paylelay of the BBC, Dosso Zoom of Radio France International and Alphonso Towah of Reuters, complained of ill-treatment. (Via AllAfrica.com)
The Liberian government has lifted the ban it imposed on The Independent newspaper in February after it published a photograph showing an aide to President Ellen Sirleaf engaged in a sex act. But the paper's legal counsellor argues that the government has rescinded its order to avoid a supreme court ruling that might have ruled that the closure was illegal. (Via AllAfrica.com)
The leaders of two world press bodies have protested to Liberia's president, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, about her government's "arbitrary ban" on The Independent. The paper was shut down after publishing sexually explicit pictures of a minister, Willis Knuckles, engaged in sexual acts with two women on February 20. The presidents of the World Association of Newspapers and World Editors Forum, Gavin O'Reilly and George Brock respectively, regard the ban as a "a clear breach of the right to freedom of expression." (Via Editors' weblog)
Liberia's president, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, has appointed a committee to investigate a recent spate of attacks on journalists. Since May, there have been three incidents in which journalists have been harassed and assaulted by members of the country's security services. Four reporters were briefly detained last month for taking pictures of a noticeboard that announced the firing of five Special Security Service agents. Five days before, several journalists were roughed up in a scuffle with SSS agents at an airport while they were trying to interview the president. (Via AllAfrica News: Press and Media)


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This list was updated April 8, 2016 to reflect Netflix's current offerings.
Netflix can be overwhelming — so many options, yet so hard to browse — and we here at Vulture try to make it easier for you to find a great film, fest. We've previously weeded through the streaming service's horror selections. Today, we present the best sci-fi movies on Netflix (and sci-fi movies that touch other genres, like horror and fantasy) … as well as the worst, the weirdest, and everything in between. As always, feel free to note anything we've left out in the comments. We'll update this list as titles are added and removed.
The Good
Everyone's going to have differing opinions on which movies are great, but I think we can all agree that the ones below are more likely to fall in the plus column than the minus.
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
Beneath its spine-tingling surface, Don Siegel's 1956 original could be interpreted as a stab at McCarthyism or cultural conformity. But even devoured for fun, the extraterrestrial thriller offers modern moviegoers with simple, sober scares. The sight of a pod person inhabiting a helpless human is quintessentially creepy. Kevin McCarthy screaming, "You're next!" drives it home. Also, check out the equally great 1978 remake starring Donald Sutherland.
Dredd (2012)
More of a straight action movie, but Netflix categorizes it under Sci-Fi and Fantasy. The 2012 comic book remake is grisly, bloody, and highly stylized … which may explain why it didn't hook enough people to blossom into a franchise. Karl Urban stars as the helmeted soldier of the law, who blows goons to smithereens in an effort to stomp out a drug ring run by Game of Thrones' Lena Headey. A movie that owns its R.
Europa Report (2013)
If you think "found footage" is an abused gimmick, Sebastián Cordero's 2013 space mission film may change your mind. Taking place inside a lunar module resting on the surface of Jupiter's moon, the keenly directed Europa Report stages action like a play, with actors moving in and out of camera perspectives fixed in various spots in the shuttle. Of course, something goes horribly wrong with the mission. That's when the fun begins.
Upstream Color (2013)
This is not for everyone, but if you're into obliquely told indies and get on this movie's wavelength, it can be an amazing viewing experience. Filmmaker Shane Carruth wrote, directed, shot, edited, and composed music for his follow-up to Primer, and the result is as singular a vision as one can get. Wrestling with love, life, loss, and the swirling cosmos of the unexplained, Upstream Color is cryptic drama that will have you giving up pork by the time the credits roll. The pig co-stars are that adorable (and possessed by the souls of humans).
Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
While Netflix should get on obtaining John Carpenter classic The Thing, the horror/sci-fi master's 1986 film is drastically different than much of his work in that it leans towards fantasy. Kurt Russell fights his way through bad guys in the craziest monster kung-fu movie that will ever be.
Snowpiercer (2013)
Boon Joon-ho's 2013 film makes class warfare literal as Chris Evans fights his way up the L-Curve through a train that carries the remnants of humanity. The economic theory might be more explosive than cogent, but Snowpiercer's real strength lies in its performances, from Tilda Swinton's turn as an unhinged officer to Alison Pill's scene-stealing cameo as a teacher spouting dystopian propaganda.
Metropolis (1927)
Fritz Lang's expressionist look at technological dystopia sucks you in with turn-of-the-century special effects.
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
Another movie that survived a remake, the theremin-enhanced "first contact" narrative is as frightening as ever because we'd still react this way if it happened in real life.
Woman in the Moon (1929)
Before rockets were a thing, Lang imagined the space race in this silent film.
A Trip to the Moon (1902)
George Méliès's story of astronomers who travel to the moon in a cannon-propelled rocket (and, in one of cinema's most iconic images, land in its eye) is, in many ways, the silent film that started it all.
The Star Treks
Boldly go where many men have gone before.
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
Star Trek VII: Generations
Star Trek X: Nemesis
Star Trek Into Darkness
Hollywood Stuff
Death Race Inferno
Deep Impact
Apollo 18
Starship Troopers
The Fourth Kind
G-Rated Sci-Fi
Prepare young ones for future geekery with these gentler titles.
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Atlantis: Milo's Return
Star Wars: Clone Wars
Treasure Planet
Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves
Space Buddies
The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars
The Bad
Sharknado, (2013) Sharknado 2: The Second One (2014)
Asylum's self-aware stinkers.
The Last Days on Mars (2013)
John Carpenter couldn't make a zombie sci-fi work with Ghosts of Mars, and first-time director Ruairí Robinson, less so.
Proteus (1995)
For those who want to see what The Thing would look like if every creative choice had gone horribly awry.
Timeline (2003)
Not all Michael Crichton adaptations are created equal.
Underworld (2002), Underworld: Evolution (2006)
Kate Beckinsale, Scott Speedman, and a bunch of British character actors who deserve better star in this set of movies about a war between werewolves and vampires that, like this set of movies, just won't stop already.
The Bizarre
World War Z (2013)
Cobbled together with the help of 8,000 screenwriters, this schizophrenic zombie epic feels like binge-watching a season of TV — in a good way?
Contracted (2013)
Because we needed a movie about a killer STD.
Barbarella, Queen of the Galaxy (1968)
Parading a scantily clad Jane Fonda around generic sci-fi sets earned this movie cult status.
The Fly (1958)
Before Cronenberg went full body horror in his 1986 remake, there was this campy original.
The Host (2006)
Not to be confused with Stephenie Meyer's unfortunate body-snatcher romance of the same name, this South Korean monster movie fromSnowpiercer director Bong Joon-ho is a wallop of kaiju destruction and social commentary. Godzilla would be proud.
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Alien Visitor (1995)
A contemplative tale of an alien who arrives to Earth to assess our planet management.
eXistenZ (1999)
Cronenberg fuses body horror with video games to glimpse into a future we're basically entering.
Transatlantic Tunnel (1935)
A dry, British drama surrounding the construction of a tunnel connecting North America to Europe.
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Netflix: A treasure trove for cheese.
The Angry Red Planet
Journey to the Seventh Planet
Beyond the Time Barrier
Invisible Invaders
Zeta One
The Flight That Disappeared
The Beast with 1,000,000 Eyes
Donovan's Brain
Invasion of the Bee Girls
Asteroid vs. Earth
Invasion of the Star Creatures
The Man From Planet X
The Sequels No One Asked For
Dracula 3000
Mimic 2
Mimic 3: Sentinel
The '80s Oddities
The Indies
Iron Sky
Monsters (the feature film debut from Gareth Edwards, director of Godzilla)
Doomsday Book
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
Upside Down
Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning
Mr. Nobody
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The match seemed to be heading for a draw until Mali international Sidibe, a second-half substitute, rose highest in injury time to head home a long throw-in from Rory Delap and give the Potters a dramatic late 3-2 victory.
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"It was a good game - it ebbed and flowed - we had our good moments in the match and they had their good moments.
"Aston Villa are a very good side. With (John) Carew up front they had got great power and have players with great pace and ability around him and I'm sure Villa will finish in the top eight without a question of a doubt.
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Newbery is performing as part of the first Broadway cast of "A Christmas Story — The Musical" through Dec. 30.
As the country grapples with the mass shooting of 26 people in a Connecticut elementary school last week, local officials hosted several safety forums to address parent concerns.
Forums were held across the county Monday and Tuesday, offering parents and residents an opportunity to learn about safety procedures and ask questions.
A semi truck overturned Wednesday evening around 7:30 p.m. on I-71 north at mile marker 12.5, spilling soda and leaving a pile of debris alongside the interstate.
The driver was transported to University of Louisville with minor injuries. No other vehicles were involved in the crash.
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Circuit Court Clerk Lynn Mason, left, with former clerk Laura Hargrove, who gave Mason her start in civil service when she hired Mason as a bookkeeper.
Mason was honored at a retirement celebration Dec. 14.
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Thursday, October 6, 2011
This Canvas is None of Your Beeswax
I've got a new project to share with you today that I made for Gauche Alchemy. It's a mini canvas and includes my first foray into the world of beeswax. I've always admired other people's projects that utilize beeswax and have been wanting to try it for a while. I finally took the plunge and was very satisfied with the end result, even if it took me a while to get there. But let's start at the end, shall we? Here's my mini canvas!
Read my sad sack attempt at a step by step after the jump...
I used the ACME Kit, Scarlet Fever Mixed Media Color Kit and Punchinella from the Gauche Alchemy store. I just love their stuff so much!!!
I started with this mini canvas I got from the kids section of Michael's.
Anyhoo, the first thing I did was Mod Podge this book page onto the canvas. Primarily to cover up the football because I was too lazy to Gesso it first:
Luckily, I did not have to call the fire department and once the pellets started to melt, they stuck fast. Victory!
Punchinella and ta da!
P.S.-It's 3:00 in the morning and I can't sleep. So this blog post is brought to you by insomnia. Also, I'm so loopy I made a vlog about my craptacular cape from this post so be watching for that to premiere at some point this week!
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well done on your first beeswax attempt! I think it went well :-)ReplyDelete
LOL! I bet you find beeswax pellets stuck in the most unusual places for ages!ReplyDelete
Love your step by step! Don't fork out on a craft iron - just by a cheapy cheap flat travel iron. That's my skinflint tip of the day. A swap for your fabulous one about haunting (whoooooooo whhooooooo whooooooo) childrens craft sections. That was my ghost impression by the way.
p.s I love the canvas too not just the step by step.ReplyDelete
p.p.s I too cannot leave the edges white! It looks wrong.
p.p.p.s Join my swap! Go onnnnn! I have done a proper post and made a button and everything! There is US peeps taking part! *rattles jingle bells menacingly... er... encouragingly*
You always make me laugh!! I loveeeeeeeeeeeeee this!! YUMMY layers and colors too!! And scene...lol! Love it! :):):):):):):):):):):)ReplyDelete
So cute! Love retro!!ReplyDelete
I think it came out great!!! :) I feel your pain, however. I use a quilting iron for my beeswax - you can find them reasonably at Joann's..AND if you have a coupon, you can get them VERY reasonably!!! :)ReplyDelete


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Mrs. Bluebird, who is one of my favorite selections, tagged me for this meme.
Here's the rules:
1. The rules of the game get posted at the beginning.
2. Each player answers the questions about themselves.
3. At the end of the post, the player then tags 5-6 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know they've been tagged and asking them to read your blog.
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1) What was I doing 10 years ago? Well, I had just returned to work after 11 weeks of maternity leave. I was wondering how in the hell I was going to be able to be gone from my sweet baby girl every day and being wistful about being a stay-at-home-mom.
2) What are 5 things on my to-do list for today (not in any particular order): Well, seeing as how today is pretty much shot, I'll go with my to-do list for tomorrow.
1. finish correcting make-up tests for Spanish 1 class
2. copy quizzes
3. make lunch
4. get Lydia all prettied up for First Communion picture
5. start reading "Lottery" for book club
3) Snacks I enjoy: The list would be shorter if I included those snacks I DON'T enjoy, but here they are: popcorn, chips and dip, chips and salsa, guacamole, ice cream, chex mix....
4) Things I would do if I were a billionaire: Pay off all debts, invest wisely, give to charity, not stress about money, and go shopping, duh!
5) Three of my bad habits:I'm so glad they limited it to 3, otherwise this would be a bit of a morale buster for me.
1. nervous eating
2. staying up too late because I don't want to miss out on anything
3. not staying on top of grading papers
6) 5 places I have lived:
1. Davenport, IA
2. Galesburg, IL
3. Cedar Falls, IA
4. Colima, Mexico
5. Council Bluffs, IA
7) 5 jobs I have had:
1. cashier, Walgreen's
2. Migrant Head-start teacher
3. bilingual Kindergarten teacher
4. Spanish teacher
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3. Adeline New job, new house,
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Milwaukee/NARI Offers "Understanding the Bidding Process and Hiring a Contractor" Panel Discussion on February 20
The Milwaukee chapter of the National Association of the Remodeling Industry (Milwaukee/NARI), the area's leading home improvement and remodeling industry resource for more than 51 years, will sponsor a free panel discussion on "Understanding the Bidding Process and Hiring a Contractor."
The event will be held Wed., Feb. 20, in the Ron Ziglinski, CR Education Center in the Milwaukee/NARI office, 11815 W. Dearbourn Ave., Wauwatosa, from 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. It will include a question and answer session.
The following Milwaukee/NARI members will be part of the panel:
• Chris Egner, MCR, UDCP, CCP, Chris Egner Design-Build-Remodel/Four Seasons Sunrooms, New Berlin, Wis.
• Ron Klassen, CCP, CAPS, CKBR, Wallner Builders, Butler, Wis.
• John Nehmey, CR, Nehmey Construction, Inc., Oak Creek, Wis.
• Christopher Wittmann, CR, Callen Construction, Inc., Muskego, Wis.
The panel discussion will provide input on what goes into getting a bid for any type of remodeling project, from replacing windows to remodeling a lower level, installing a new furnace or putting on an addition. The panelists will also provide information how soliciting a bid is only one component of selecting a contractor, sharing insights on other aspects homeowners should consider and the resources available to select a contractor.
In addition to a variety of Milwaukee/NARI resource materials, including the 2013 Membership Directory, all attendees will receive a pair of tickets for the 14th annual Milwaukee/NARI Tour of Remodeled Homes, to be held Sat., May 18 – Sun., May 19. Light refreshments will be served.
Space is limited, and reservations are required. Call the Milwaukee/NARI Home Improvement Council office at 414-771-4071 to reserve your space or send an e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.com.
The Milwaukee/NARI Home Improvement Council was chartered in July 1961, as a Chapter of the National Home Improvement Council. In May of 1982, the National Home Improvement Council merged with the National Remodelers Association to form NARI – the National Association of the Remodeling Industry. With over 800 members, the Milwaukee Chapter is the largest in the nation.
The Council's goals of encouraging ethical conduct, sound business practices, and professionalism in the remodeling industry have led to the growth of the remodeling industry nationwide and made NARI a recognized authority in that industry.
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As the honourable member for Hayes and Harlington, John McDonnell, skipped between the green benches of the House of Commons, the Deputy Speaker knew something was awry. Any rapid movement by our languorous Parliamentarians is a sure signal of impending crisis.
The Labour MP leapt onto the floor of the chamber shouting, "It's a disgrace to the democracy of this country", before lifting the ceremonial mace and placing it on one of the benches. This was intended to represent a dramatic gesture of contempt.
Yet this is the fourth time the mace has been wielded in anger by an MP in the past century. And not forgetting that Cromwell started the whole business off by getting rid of the "bauble" in the first place.
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After Pontivy the sun came out to play, one minor satnav cock up getting out of Pontivy but then a straight run through Quimperle, Moelan Sur Mer and then Kerfany. Absolutely brilliant riding.Will's bike was thirsty so we topped up en route at Moelan.Garmin really are **** at navigating you through towns, pick shortest route to avoid the dual carriageways but then come to a town and it takes you down every alleyway it can find, as near as damn it as the crow flies. Quimperle was ...
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... the girls. I think I need more practise in warmer water, even with a swimming wet suit plus a warmer rather tatty wetsuit on top it was still chilly, only 17C brrrrrrr.
Sunday the forecast was the same but in reality there were virtually no waves and it was too cold to be comfortable on the beach, so we gave up and went sightseeing to Quimper ...
3 september 2015, Pointe du Raz; Bretagne
... 28 years ago, my parents were here as well. Weird but cool at the same time :-)
I had a very magical moment the last 10/15 kilometers on the way towards here. Since this is the westernmost point of France and since I was arriving at sunset, I was literally riding towards the sun. This together with the seabreeze made the ride really awesome the last few kilometers..
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I'm always in this twilightMature
Chapter _; book ii.
Working chapter title: I'm always in this twilight
*author note: this chapter was replaced on 03.29.2011
The little camera lens followed her every movement, free-floating, always within two feet of her. From her lawyer's desk chair, she was being tried for murder. Her nerves shook beneath her skin but Malcolm rested his hand on hers and she felt herself ease into the chair. He didn't have to speak; they'd already discussed everything they needed to, it was just nice to have his support. To have him in her corner.
The small round sensor against the inside of her wrist, a monitor to detect when, or if, she was lying, among other things, itched and she fought the urge to scratch at it. She shook off the jitters and adjusted her blouse as movement appeared on the screen in front of them.
The camera switched to the Judge as he rose to begin speaking, his tone bored and sleepy. "Does the defendant, one Miss Eden Gallo, have any final statements?"
She kept her voice low, timid. "Yes, your honor."
"The defendant may speak."
Eden rose, shaking just slightly as the pterodactyls in her stomach battered her ribcage with the steady beating of their enormous wings. "You know," she started, pausing to clear her throat, "one of the things people say to you when something out of your control happens is, 'it's not your fault' - except, that's rarely the case."
Through the surround system in the office, the quiet gasps of surprise filled the room. The camera flicked to the jury for an instant before returning to Eden. The question hung in the air like a weighted balloon: was she admitting guilt?
"The truth is that I was in control. I pulled that trigger," she said, her voice cracking. She cleared her throat again and spoke more softly. "I took the killing blow. I made the choice to kill or be killed. There's no going back from that kind of realization."
She felt Malcolm's palm on her hand again but she brushed him off, twisting her fingers in her palms at chest level. Her anxiety was overwhelming her.
She hated the pressure; so many eyes judging her, so many individual perceptions she couldn't possibly combat all at once. She knew the heat of stage lights, the press of a baited audience beyond the glaring bulbs, the frenzied energy of a performance. The trial was none of those things.
"I'm not the kind to start fights, but I was put into a position where I had to end one. If I hadn't done anything, I wouldn't be here now, talking to you. I would be just another pile of ashes," she finished, letting one final, brief, pause linger on her tongue, "carried off by the wind." She sat down and the camera moved on to the Judge.
"The jury will deliberate. The court will reconvene in two hours."
His gavel hit his desk with a thunderous crack. Or maybe that was just her imagination.


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Really? Selective service? Volunteer? You should do at least attempt a thought before your fingers get diarrhea Americunt. If Bush wasnt bent on defense contracts and making daddy proud, we wouldnt be holding as many soldiers' funerals.<quoted text>
If you don't know the difference, it can't be explained too you! We have a all Volunteer Army! Know any babies volunteering to die? Where all did you serve buttburglar?
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#71824 Jan 4, 2013
Yes he was you idiot, but you said ROBERTS, look at your own Goddamn stupid post! You are smart enough to know the difference, right? Oral Roberts, Pat Robertson, Duh!
#71825 Jan 4, 2013
All suppoted by republicunt Jesus freaks! Do your homework then get back in the woods.
#71826 Jan 4, 2013
Are you so damn brain dead that you think America has drafted anyone since 1972, are you really this stupid or are you acting?
#71827 Jan 4, 2013
You are right....the terrorist and crazies in other countries would be in charge of American citizens and soldiers funerals like they were in Benghazi thanks to our president and his crew. There would be mass graves all over the place with soldiers and citizens being heaped up inside of them. Bush stopped that from happening to the Iraq people. Their own government was killing families and throwing them in mass graves. Saddam would have continued had Bush not of stopped him.
#71828 Jan 4, 2013
Like you did yours? HAHAHAHA, Buttburglar!
#71830 Jan 4, 2013
Translation...I got spanked again so I will try to get every one to focus on words like "republicunts" and "Jesus freaks" so they won't notice that I am a huge moron.
It worked...it really did! LMMFAO
#71831 Jan 4, 2013
What!! You mean he didn't have a health problem, or some kind of reaction to a prescription drug!!
These republicans just don't know how to play the game!!! LMAO!!!
#71832 Jan 4, 2013
Back on this? OK. I still had to sign up, so it isnt all volunteer. If they need me Ill have to go. Thats not volunteer. If republican war mongers had their way, it would surely be used because we would be out of soldiers to send off to die. either through attrition, death, or just being spread too thin. I wouldnt volunteer for service under a Republicunt president unless it paid a lot more than I make now. Oil war, pride war, all costing US troops' lives. I think youre the one missing brain cells, you simpleton cuntservitude hick.
#71833 Jan 4, 2013
I think youve got the sore ass, loser! Now get back to making moonshine and leave politics to the people that actually process thoughts. Youll have another chance in a few years to pick your next right minger loser to show why more and more of your faithful republicunts are jumping ship at a record pace.
#71834 Jan 4, 2013
Who got spanked? republicunts! Who lost the election? cuntservatives? Who's crying? All the Right-MINGERS! I dont have to draw attention to anything. You deluded minions do that well enough on your own. No go get me a juice box and stop trying to troll.
#71835 Jan 4, 2013
As with all Repubs you twist the truth and facts. Obama NEVER said he wanted anything more than the top to go back to the 1996 rates. For those making MORE than $400K per year it's what happened. He wanted to have it start at $250K but according to Repubs in Washington making a quarter of a million per year is no where near being rich.
#71836 Jan 4, 2013
No, just another hypocrite republican politician
#71837 Jan 4, 2013
You are a lieing sonofabicth, you are in no military unit on earth, and never will be! Thank God for that!
#71838 Jan 4, 2013
He's trying to re focus your attention, get him!
#71839 Jan 4, 2013
So. Iraq had NOTHING to do with 9/11. Who cares what Saddam was doing in his OWN country? The Kurds to Saddam were like the Indians were to our founding fathers here. We would have made the Indians slaves but they had all been killed off. So America went to other countries, loaded boats full of slaves and worked them for 150 years. Name one thing different that Saddam did that the early leaders of our Nation had not done.
No wonder you Repubs lost in 2008 and again in 2012. History teaches you nothing.
#71840 Jan 4, 2013
I notice you are posting 'more facts', how about the link to your last 'fact post'?
#71841 Jan 4, 2013
Is that it? Really? I was expecting more from you. I'm disappointed that you continue to name call but can never get your point across with any type of facts. I am also surprised that someone as intelligent as you claim to be (LMMFAO)sets yourself up for embarrassment on here so much of the time. Are you a beat freak? Do you like the daily spankings you get on here? I was so hoping to see a real debate when I surfed the forum today but I am disappointed once again. It's just the same few of you idiots typing "republicunts" and "hypocrite republicans" and yada, yada, yada. B-O-R-I-N-G!
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#71842 Jan 4, 2013
Read my post again. Go ahead, Ill wait. Now dont you feel silly because I never said I served anywhere. Just the opposite. Now you see I said i would never volunteer for the military with a republican Comm in Chief. Now ask your parents where that extra chromosome went.
#71843 Jan 4, 2013
Oh, so not gaming the system make one a hypocrite!!! I can live with those hypocrites.
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The Wanted singer Jay McGuiness was refused entry to a west London club for looking ''too scruffy'', which led a lady friend he was with to step in and ask if they knew who he was.
The Wanted singer Jay McGuiness was refused entry to a club for looking ''too scruffy''.
The 23-year-old hunk wasn't allowed into popular west London nightspot Embargo 59 in Chelsea and to make matters worse the star was with a lady friend who had to step in and ask the doormen if they knew who he was.
Unfortunately, the bouncers were none the wiser and the pair were left out in the cold.
An onlooker told the Daily Star newspaper: ''Jay was told he wasn't allowed in because he was dressed too scruffily.
''So he then asked the bouncers if they knew who he was - but they didn't have a clue.
''His date butted in and told them he was from The Wanted. She was getting annoyed at being stuck outside in the cold.
''But it made no difference - and eventually Jay had to accept the refusal.''
However, the denied entry might have pleased the boy band's management after they recently told the group - also made up of Max George, Tom Parker, Nathan Sykes and Siva Kaneswaran - to calm their drunken antics and banned alcohol from their dressing room.
Max said: ''We have been banned from having beer in our dressing rooms. So we have ginger ale and all that kind of stuff instead.
''They want us to look after our voices and stay out of trouble from now on.''


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Flutter: ThreeMature
The drive wasn't so bad, since it was too early for real heavy traffic. The radio was soft in the background, some classic U2 song I only knew because everyone knew. Mostly I stared out the window, thinking to myself that I would never learn, that I could have just been raped and yet here I was in the car with another guy I didn't know.
He'd told me his name was Jared. I liked the way it rolled over my tongue. When he asked for my name, and I'd told him Ruth, he'd laughed until he was out of breath. "Ruth is a Christian name," he said, still grinning like an idiot. Granted, a beautiful idiot. "You're too dangerous for that."
I glanced at him from the corner of my eye. "Then what do you propose I should be called?" The smile may not have been on my face, but it was crystal clear in my voice.
Jared took a lengthy moment to consider. "Ruthless," he said at last. "Heartless, pitiless, Ruthless." After that we had fallen silent, which suited me just fine. I watched the street signs pass, tried to memorize turns. Escape routes. I was going to have to pick up on it all sometimes, if I intended on staying in LA for a while.
At last Jared killed the engine. The car was against the curb, in front of a white house with closed curtains and no sign of human life but the light on above the door. He made no move for the handle, so I sat by, waiting. Waiting for him to give me some indication as to what to do. "Where are you planning on staying?" he asked me at last.
I couldn't help but let out a sigh. That was the question, wasn't it? Where to stay, how to afford it…I wanted to avoid sexual stuff for as long as possible. But in the city of angels, the devil took over faster than you could say 'amen'. "I don't know," I admitted, hating how pathetic I must have sounded. "I sort of overlooked those details."
Jared's oceanic eyes crashed like waves over me. Long pause. He was thinking, or maybe nervous. Though I doubted the latter was even in his vocabulary. "If you wanted to stay here…I mean, I have two roommates, but it's a big place and they wont give you any trouble. If I'm scaring the fuck out of you I'm sorry-"
I cut him off. "That'd be really awesome," I said sincerely. Not like how she might have said it, with a nonchalance that implied she could have taken care of herself. I was getting sick of taking care of myself already. Jared gave me the most genuine smile I'd ever seen in my life, and then practically bound around to open the door for me. I stepped out into the sweltering summer heat, regretting my choice of long jeans and a black tee.
The blonde boy led the way to the door, but stepped aside to let me in first. "Hey, guys!" He shouted into the open doorway. "Hope everyone's decent, 'cause we got company!" From within the house there came a crashing noise followed by a series of curses. An unwarranted giggle arose from my throat. Jared only shook his head, but there was a gleam in his eyes I recognized all too well. It was the same look Brielle would get when everything was going just her way. "C'mon," Jared said. "Let me introduce you to the others."
I followed Jared through the small foyer, past a simple kitchen with white cabinets and beige linoleum floors. We came at last to the living room. There on the worn blue couch were perched two guys, leaning in towards the television as they shouted swears and threats. I wasn't sure if they were talking to the box or each other. "Hey." When Jared spoke, it was soft, but there was a finality in his voice. They glanced up before setting down their controllers. I knew then that Jared was their leader. He was the one to stay in good graces with.
"Guys, this is Ruthless," he said without faltering. "She's got nowhere to go, so she's gunna stay with us for a bit." The first of the others, a scrawny guy with black and green hair down to his chin, cocked his head; his eyes raked over my body. Jared pretended not to notice angling his body towards me. "That one's Richard, and the other one's Dread." The one named Dread was looking everywhere except where I stood, running hands through his slicked back brown hair, flawless but for a few strands that had dared to fall into his eyes. I wanted to ask why they called him Dread, but wasn't so sure I'd like the answer. I wanted to ask how three boys who couldn't have been much older than my seventeen years could afford a house all of their own. Maybe things were just different in Los Angeles. Maybe I should just pretend to know what was going on.
Richard was the one to break the silence. I was sure I was going to like him; he was eagerly friendly and quick to smile, in spite of his dark appearance. "Hello, Ruthless. Welcome to The City Of Angels." I smiled at him, a real smile that felt strange to me. The black haired boy looked back at Jared. "Where's she going to sleep? I'm sure there's room in my bed…"
Jared's look alone could have cut diamonds. "Good," he retorted. "She'll sleep there, and you can move to the couch." Richard's jaw dropped and I could tell he was about to protest, but he was quick to cross his arms and just settle back against the couch.
"It's a crime to house a runaway." For the first time Dread spoke. His voice was low, barely audible. I felt a shiver of fear creep its way up my spine. Jared paused to consider his words. "So if she gets us in any sort of trouble, I swear to you-"
"She wont, okay?" Jared snapped. "She can lay low. Stay in the house. Someone's always here anyway." Richard nodded. Dread went back to staring out the window. I looked to the blonde for a sign of what to do next. Jared must have felt my gaze upon him. He turned to me and grinned. "My room is at the end of the hall, if you want to get some sleep." I thanked him, and the others, and then hurried down the hall to the last door. I didn't bother to look around the room, taking in little more than the white walls covered in posters and the queen sized bed parallel to the door. Kicking off my Converse, I tumbled into it, closed my eyes, begged for some peace.
I brought the pipe up to my lips, inhaled slowly to savor the taste. The weed tingled as it snaked its way down my throat, scouring my lungs. With closed eyes it was easy to pretend I was far away, anywhere but Wintersburg. When I opened them again, Brielle was reaching to take the piece from me; I let her have it.
There was nothing quite like the feeling of being totally, utterly stoned. Like the world was turning, violently spinning off its axis, but I was here and Brielle was here and we were going to be okay. I was motionless, out of breath. I was running, running but going nowhere. Once the bowl was cashed, Brielle set it down beside her on the grass. She crawled over to where I was, leaning her head against my shoulder and lacing her fingers with my own. The touch was all I needed.
"I love you, Ruth," she told me softly, in that voice that let me know she was way too ripped to know what she was saying. "Did you know that?"
Despite myself, I nodded. "I love you too," I muttered. All I wanted was to ride out my high, to enjoy how surreal everything seemed to be. I did not want her to get all deep and depressed on me or it would ruin my buzz.
Brielle's fingertips had moved to my wrist, where she was tracing the few lines that crossed it. Chicken scratch, nothing more Every time I thought I could go deeper, I thought of her face, her mournful eyes and that wistful little way she turned down her lips. I couldn't do it, not as long as she was here. I owed her more than that.
"I want to make them go away," she said slowly. "I don't want to see them anymore, Ruth." I nodded again, because it seemed to keep her quiet, and anyway I was too high to think of anything to say. "Will you let me cover them up?" I knew what she meant. Her brother had just gotten interested in tattooing, and he had brought home all sorts of inks and needles. Brielle had already given herself a small bleeding heart on her left hip.
"Not right now," I told her, a little too harsh. We fell silent after that, which was more than alright with me. I caught myself thinking about everything and nothing all at once. About how much I meant it when I told Brielle I loved her, and how she would never even realize it. About my parents, wherever they were. About the weed and how it just wasn't enough anymore. About the cuts on my wrist and how much I wished they were deep enough for all that I was to come spilling out. I would be little more than a bloody mess then, a stain upon my best friend's bed that would fade away after a few too many washings.
"If you could be anything, what would you want to be?" she said suddenly. It was a definite stoner question, the sort of thing one only contemplated when they were floating up above the world. I knit my brows as I considered it.
At last I told her, "A butterfly. A beautiful black butterfly that could leave whenever she wanted."
Brielle smiled like she understood, although I knew she didn't. How could she, if she didn't even realize that it was her name written on my heart, her lips I wished would kiss me goodnight. There was no longer any way to deny just how badly I wanted her. How I wanted her to love me back. "That's what I'm going to hide them with, then," she concluded, and moments later she was stumbling into sleep. I allowed myself to rest my head atop her own. Her hair smelled like peaches and felt like silk.
I whispered that I loved her, knowing that she would never hear and never understand.


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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Christopher Plummer has finally quit membership of an elite group -- the one comprised of fine actors never to have been nominated for an Oscar.
Not that Plummer, 80, has exactly been sitting around waiting for Oscar to call. He's been far too busy enjoying himself on stage and on television, taking home two Tony and two Emmy awards, and now working as much as at any time in his more than 50 year career.
So the Canadian actor, most famous for a role he would rather forget but has come to make peace with (Captain von Trapp in "The Sound of Music"), is delighted by his best supporting actor Oscar nomination for playing Tolstoy in "The Last Station," yet sanguine about the prospect of NOT winning.
"I'm not going to win so I don't really have to make a speech, which is rather a relief," he laughed.
"It is extremely nice to be honored and I think that is the award. How can you possibly compare one to the other because they are five such different people? So it's rather nice to leave them as five and I am very proud to be in that five," Plummer told Reuters.
The other supporting actor nominees are Christoph Waltz in "Inglourious Basterds", Matt Damon ("Invictus"), Stanley Tucci ("The Lovely Bones") and Woody Harrelson ("The Messenger").
On film, Plummer has brought audiences iconic people such as Aristotle, Rudyard Kipling and Sherlock Holmes, while his career in the theater has seen him play almost every male Shakespeare lead except Falstaff.
But it was "The Last Station", in which he plays the aging and adored Russian writer Leo Tolstoy in a battle of wits with his tempestuous wife Sofya (Helen Mirren), that finally brought him to the attention of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Mirren also earned an Oscar nomination. Continued...


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"I have always loved you," says the LORD. But you retort, "Really? How have you loved us?"…(Malachi 1:2)
When I was a child, it seemed silly to me that God would put the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil in the Garden of Eden. If he knew Adam and Eve would disobey him, why did he give them the chance? I've eventually come to understand why: that God decided to give us the choice. He allowed us to stray from him. He didn't have to give us free will, but he did.
I didn't think that an anime called Princess Tutu would make me ponder that again. It was a long time before I decided to take a chance with what seemed like an average magic girl anime. Happily, I was wrong. Princess Tutu has a unique kind of storytelling that draws from many different fairy tales and ballets, searching deeper into the somewhat darker themes in them that it's easy to miss. It tells the story of a town where reality and fantasy have been melded together. This happened when two enemies, a noble Prince and an evil Raven, leave the unfinished story they had fought in. The Prince manages to seal away the Raven, but shatters his heart into many pieces to accomplish this. The story comes to a stand-still, and the Prince becomes devoid of all emotion.
In the middle of this, a small Duck appears. She sees the Prince, and feels deeply sorry for him. She then becomes a character in the story, and by transforming into Princess Tutu, is able to return the pieces of the Prince's heart to him. She grows to love the Prince (whose named Mytho), but according to the story, if she ever tells him this, she will disappear in a flash of light.
The thing is, even though getting his heart returned to him can be painful, Mytho still wants it back. His friends, on the other hand, don't. Rue, his girlfriend, is an interesting case in particular. She desperately wants Mytho to love her. As his feelings are returned to him, she becomes terrified that he won't love her anymore, and that he'll love someone else. Out of this fear, she tries to prevent Mytho from getting his heart back by becoming Princess Kraehe.
Duck (or Ahiru if you're watching the subs) has the same fear. In fact, as the series continues, it becomes less and less likely that Mytho will return her love. It doesn't help that if she can't tell him her feelings for fear of disappearing. Even still, she keeps returning Mytho's heart to him, because she understands that without feelings and the will to choose, whatever "love" Mytho can give her is useless. Even when his heart is poisoned by the evil Raven and he no longer acts like the Prince she loved, she continues to give him his heart back in the hopes that he can be saved.
Kraehe/Rue, on the other hand, tries to take his heart away, and is bitterly disappointed. She finds herself completely unsatisfied, because Mytho's words of love mean nothing. She soaks his heart in Raven's blood, so that he will be manipulated by the raven and love her, but he becomes cruel and selfish, and she only wants someone to love her even more.
Many people, for whatever reason, choose not to love God. Many also hate him, or deny his existence. God could have chose to force us to love him- He definitely had the power to- But like Princess Tutu, he knew that love isn't real love if it is forced, and that forcing someone to love you isn't being loving. Even though each of us, like Mytho, who chose to follow the Raven, make choices that hurt ourselves, others, and God, he still allows us choose for ourselves. He wanted us to be real people, not emotionless dolls, like Mytho was. God doesn't want us to be forced to love him, he wants us to choose to love him, because only then does our love mean anything.
Just one more thing…
In episode 18, I noticed something interesting that the Cruel raven says to Kraehe:
You will not be loved by anyone but me and the Prince in the story. Do you understand me, daughter? And there is no way that you will ever be loved so much that someone would forfeit his own life for you. Remember that well…And if you stand in the Prince's way again, you will lose even my love.
I always thought that the Raven would have great similarities to Satan, and I still believe that I was right. He would have us believe that God doesn't love us at all.
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I've heard enough about this show to know that it's good, or at least food for thought, but the first episode kind of scared me off and I find myself putting it off and off without end…
16 January 2012 at 2:53 pm
I will openly admit this- I didn't like Princess Tutu until the fourth episode.
But I think maybe my reasons for not liking it are different from yours? Like Lynna says, it's an amazing show, that really does make you think, and is a terrific romance besides. I highly recommend setting a date for watching it again (like tomorrow) and doing it.
(as an aside, ironic that I post my review for it on my own site the day this gets posted. Love it!)
Good post! I'll have to try watching Princess Tutu again sometimes. Though the name itself kind of scares me away…
The fact that God gives us a choice to love Him is one I've chewed on many times. It's the choice that makes love that much more precious.
90% of the people who watch Princess Tutu are initially put off by the name. Brilliant anime, though.
I like the comparisons between the Raven and Satan. I hadn't considered looking at the story from that particular point of view, since the Raven is mostly a background character- relegated to brief cameos and sinister warnings. Of course, my thoughts are on whether Drosselmeyer could be considered the same way… or his ability to manipulate more like God, and choosing to defy the fate he writes about to be looked down on?
This show has helped me be a better writer and I'm grateful to have watched it.
28 July 2013 at 10:02 am
Well for one the storytelling element was something I never thought about in having the main character be a non main character in Drosselmeyer's story. Princess Tutu was overall a unneeded character who's worth was considered insignificant to "the" overarching plot of characters yet Duck is the character who changes everything and invokes change in "every" single character in the show. When I write my characters and how their going to fit into the plot now I actually try not to focus on having characters that are main characters but secondary characters. Before watching Princess Tutu I never thought much of the secondary characters and now I take care to have them be just as developed as the so called main characters.
Character development was awe inspiring with the characters personalities in the happier moments of the story being entirely believable and when the story became darker the personalities were still entirely believable. After watching the show I take extreme care in having the characters in whatever story I write be as organic and believable as possible. I mean Fakir and Rue were so incredible, they weren't characters, they were like real people. Characters like Charon and Raetsel also had my jaw dropping in awe at the characterization. When a character is seen only once and they leave an impression that's when you know you've done a great job.
This is just a fantastic series in it's characters, story, and it's emotional depth. I even showed it to my college professor who is now using this and other anime I recommended for their english literature course.
28 July 2013 at 10:20 am
Another show I recommend for all my christian friends are Trigun and Haibane Renmei. Trigun especially, our college media library had a anime section with the entire series and I watched it a total of ten times throughout the semester. I'm even going to recommend it to our youth minister at my church, for the teens though. Oh Honey and Clover is one of my top three anime and if you haven't watched it go watch asap.


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