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Balochistan's fiscal budget worth Rs 289 bn presented in assembly
QUETTA: Chief Minister Balochistan Nawab Sanaullah Zehri on Sunday presented the provincial budget for fiscal year 2016-17 with a total outlay of Rs289bn, with Rs42.67bn allocated for education. Education's allocation for the current...[ read more ]
Punjab allocates Rs 4.5 billion to LG&CD sector in Budget
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Teli underscores need for resolution of budgetary anomalies
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APAT expresses satisfaction over Budget 2016-17
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Farmers hails budget 2016-17
SIALKOT: Local exporters, manufacturers and farmers have hailed the new federal budget for 2016-17 and termed it business and agri friendly. The incentive announced in the budget will surely help in enhancing the...[ read more ]
Federal Budget to create jobs, alleviate poverty, improve life of common man: Dar
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Finance Ishaq Dar says the thrust of the new federal budget is on growth, job creation, poverty alleviation and improving lot of the common man. He was explaining salient features...[ read more ]
Business community terms federal budget as inflation-prone
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26.2 miles
Disney Princess Half Marathon 2015 Weekend – Race Recap
About eight months ago, I decided that I wanted to run a half marathon. And not just any half marathon. I wanted to run a half marathon the way I was meant to. LIKE A DANG PRINCESS. After an hour of screaming at the computer in frustration and cursing the networking gods, I finally got myself registered for the runDisney Princess Half Marathon. Wait, strike that. I ended up registering for the Glass Slipper Challenge… What is that, you ask? The runDisney Glass Slipper Challenge consists of a two-day challenge were participates run the Enchanted 10K on Saturday and then the Princess Half Marathon on Sunday. And whhhhyyyyy would I willingly sign up for 19.3 miles you may ask? Joseph. Ugh, Joseph, Joseph, Joseph. He has this thing about medals. "Oh, you can get an extra medal for completing two races? Okay, I'm in!" …. -______- okay, Joseph, fine, I'll get that extra medal with you.
Okay, so costumes were a top priority when preparing for our races. YOU CAN'T RUN A DISNEY RACE IF YOU AREN'T GOING TO LOOK THE PART. I not only wanted Joseph and I to have incredibly cute costumes, but I also wanted us to wear items that we could run in (i.e athletic). I think this was a smart move on our end because watching hundreds of people around us running/sweating in wigs and REAL costumes… wow, looked tortuous to run in. I also wanted to try and MAKE our costumes for the most part because I did some quick Google searches and while there were TONS of Disney race costumes… they were fantastically expensive. $165 for a Jasmine running costume??? No way, jose.
Ideally, I really wanted to run the Princess Half as my ultimate princess, Belle. Unfortunately, I couldn't really find a good way of putting together a decent Beast costume for Joseph that was still appropriate for running. I was about to give up on a Beauty and the Beast themed running costume when LO AND BEHOLD one of my very dear friends linked me to these adorable tanks/shirts from Simply Human that featured Belle and Beast. I thought to myself, "Okay, I can't do a full-out costume, but… we can wear the tops, and I'll put together a yellow tutu! BAM! Simple race outfit for the Enchanted 10K!" I didn't get to truly emulate my soulmate-princess, but it was close enough.
Naturally, for the Princess Half Marathon costumes we went for the costumes that would easily work as running costumes but also were very cute. JASMINE AND ALADDIN. I was fortunate because I had amazing help with the costumes. My dad's friend owns an athletic-wear company, so he was able to make me the base of my running costume (the sports bra and running skort). My mom is a fantastic seamstress, so I asked for her help with embellishing the costume with the shoulders and gold trim. For Joseph, I made the fez hat with red felt, and he purchased a purple dri-fit tank that we cut into a vest. He purchased white running shorts and Abu for the finishing touches.
Enchanted 10K
Woke up at 2AM. Asked myself, "WHYYYYYY WAHHH SO EARLY." Groggily changed and got ready for the race. Scooted our behinds onto the shuttles at 3AM. Arrived outside of Epcot at around 3:30AM. As we were walking through the event site, we realized that it was VERY VERY VERY WOW WOW WOWWW OBSCENELY COLD. INSANELY COLD. I was wearing a throwaway jacket at least, but Joseph only had his tank on. Note to selves: get the mylar running throwaway blankets.
Lined-up at the corrals at 5AM because the race starts at 5:30AM. Except we realize that we are in the LAST corral. MISTAKE. MISTAKE. MISTAKE FOR ENTERING IN A SLOW TIME WHEN REGISTERING. Each corral legitimately takes 15-20 minutes to clear out. While we are waiting for our corral to be released, we were seriously holding each other for our dear lives. Not because we love each other mind you (I mean, which we obviously do), but because we had to retain as much body heat as possible! It was an incredibly unhappy time for us. Incredibly. I think I was wondering, "What did I just sign up for, THIS SUCKS." I also felt Joseph shivering, SHIVERING, and not of his own accord. And he's a man. So yes, it was THAT cold. Finally around 6:30AM our corral is up, and we can finally start moving. Or so I thought. The later corrals consist of race participants who are running their first half marathon and/or do not run faster times. So it was a slower start since most of the participants in my corral started off walking. And apparently Disney does not encourage the "faster people on the left, slower people on the right" policy during their races. So the beginning of the race (and honestly, mostly the entire race) was spent me weaving in and out of walkers/slower runners! I have nothing against people who want to walk the races, but please have the courtesy to walk on the right side, so that I can run past you a little more easily! It was still so cold that I had to keep my throwaway jacket on for the first two miles while my body warmed up.
First few miles were pretty empty because we were running between the Disney parks. But it wasn't bad because there were random character stops/entertainment stops along the way. We didn't stop at any of the character stops for pictures because I felt like I could just get them at the half marathon if I wanted to. It was also cool to run by everyone and check out their race outfits. Enchanted 10K wasn't AS big a deal as the Princess Half, but there were still a good amount of people dressed up!
Around mile four was when we entered Epcot. That was the BEST part of this race by far. It was such a thrilling experience to run through the world showcase! At that time the sun was in the process of rising so the views of the lake and the Epcot ball-thingy were spectacular. Joseph and I stopped for a quick photo-op during that time. Truly, this was the peak of the 10K race for me. My body was finally fully warm, and I was honestly just cruising along. I didn't feel tired, my legs weren't sore, and I was just… happy.
Finished the 10K at a solid pace considering I had to weave in and out of the walkers the entire time as well as the quick stops for photo opportunities. Also, Joseph and I tried to slow down and take cool pictures as we ran by the Marathon Foto photographers, lol. I know, we're embarrassing. But hey, we got some good pictures out of it!
After the race we received our 10K medals, took more pictures, grabbed our free food boxes, and went straight to our hotel to shower and go to the Disney parks. NO RESTING FOR US. I really wanted to get EVERY second possible efficiently utilized during my Disney weekend. When do I ever get to go to Disney? Oh, right, never. I will soon regret pushing myself to parade around through Magic Kingdom after completing a 10K though. I will regret this very, very soon.
Princess Half Marathon
The previous day of racing and park-gallivanting? REGRETS. WOW REGRETS. We got back to our hotel and crawled into bed around… 11PM? Which honestly isn't too bad as a "bedtime," but if you take into consideration that we needed to wake-up at 2AM again AND run a half-marathon? OH GEEBUS.
Woke up at 2AM grumpy, groggy, and mildly angry at Joseph for convincing me to sign up for this dang Glass Slipper Challenge. WHY WHY WHYYYYYY. But I got my behind up, and I changed for the Princess Half. To be honest, it took us a little longer to actually wake up and get ready, so we weren't fully out and about on the shuttle buses until 4AM.
Fortunately, it was not AS cold as the day before. It was still pretty chilly for me personally, but I had another throwaway jacket as well as a mylar blanket this time. WINNING. Because this is the main race, there are thousands of more people at this race. Like you know… 20,000 people. So there were about 20+ corrals. Of course, Joseph and I are STILL stuck in one of the later corrals. UGH, SO MANY MISTAKES WHEN WE REGISTERED EIGHT MONTHS AGO. The race started at 5:30AM, but it still took us about an hour before we were finally let out to go run.
There were a LOT more character stops during the half marathon. Joseph and I didn't stop at most of them because 1) the lines looked way too long and 2) the characters didn't appeal to us, but we did stop at a few. There were a lot of "AWWWS" as we were running because not only were we dressed quite fantastically as Jasmine and Aladdin, Joseph was wearing our team bib on the back of his vest. I aptly named us, "Chasing My Princess." Yea, I know, we're ridiculously cute sometimes. And Joseph really was chasing me… I was weaving in out and of walkers/slower runners during the half like there was no tomorrow.
We ran through two parks – Magic Kingdom around mile five-seven and ending up in Epcot during mile eleven-thirteen point one. Magic Kingdom was really cool to run through! When we first got to Magic Kingdom we ran by a band/drum team. Definitely helped pump me up during the run.
However, because we were in a later corral, by the time we got to Cinderella's castle there was a STRAIGHT UP TRAFFIC JAM. Hordes of people crowding shoulder-to-shoulder taking pictures/selfies with the Castle. It didn't help that freaking Elsa, Anna, and Cristoff were up on the balcony smiling and talking away. I love them and all, but WOW WAY TO HOLD UP THE TRAFFIC, GUYS. Had Joseph and I been in an earlier corral we probably would have been able to run through the castle… but our mistake with the registration (sigh, okay I'll stop complaining about that). There were TONS of great photo opportunities in Magic Kingdom though!
Mile 8-10 was ROUGH. My legs were slowly starting to feel the pain settling in. And also by then the sun was out in full force, and during that time we were on a LONG stretch of highway… so there was nothing to protect us. Nothing but the sun beating down on our poor selves. Nothing to look at besides the other runners suffering alongside us. Joseph and I were more fortunate in our selection of running costumes though. I saw some people in full out costumes, wigs, long-sleeve/long-pant contraptions, long dresses… so I was quite thankful for my (lack-of) costume.
Mile 11-13.1 ended at Epcot. I was pumped! Or, I thought I was pumped. For some reason, when I get to mile 11, I always assume, "YES I AM ALMOST THERE JUST AROUND THE CORNER!" Then I realize… no… it's a lot farther away then I realized. And then I want to seriously harm myself because I realize there's so much more distance left to run. That's what happened. SIGH MY LIFE. At every bend in the park, I would think, "Yes! Yes! Look at that character stop! That means 13.1 is almost here!" And then I realize I only ran a quarter of a mile. However, there was an awesome photo opportunity by the Epcot ball-thingy. So we stopped there for a bit then continued along. My legs were feeling a littttleeee bit more pain at this point. The pain was nothing like my first half-marathon mind you, but I was still ready to throw the towel in.The mile 12 stop was a nice pick-me-up with a gospel choir singing their hearts out.
And finally… finally… 13.1 mile finish line is in sight. Me screaming frantically, "JOSEPH, IT'S HERE!!! HOLD MY HAND!" (I know, feel free to roll your eyes). We're running, and we're running, and there's Mickey and Minnie and Goofy RIGHT before the finish line for a picture opportunity. Joseph asks if I want a picture, but I'm like, "NO! GOSHDANGIT, I JUST WANT TO FINISH THIS RACE." And so we finished the Glass Slipper Challenge. Hand in hand. My second half marathon under my belt.
Although I griped and complained about running two races in two days, ultimately, I'm really glad Joseph pushed me to sign up for the Glass Slipper Challenge. Because I DID IT. I completed 19.3 miles alongside exhausting myself at three Disney parks in ONE WEEKEND. It's quite an empowering feeling. And it was such a fun race with costumes and character stops and running through Disney… do I recommend it for others? Wholeheartedly. Would I do it again? Yes. Yes. Most definitely. Oh, and all princesses get "pixie-dusted" at the end. An extra huzzah for finishing the race.
We actually GoPro'd our time at the Disney Parks as well as the races we ran! I put together a quick video for those interested in watching it. Don't worry, it isn't five hours of footage. Just snippets of Joseph's filming (there's no way I could hold a mini-camera for 2039482 hours while running). It's about 2-minutes long. Please enjoy!
And for those interested in just watching our Disney derpiness at the parks – here's a quick video of our weekend footage.
Alright, next post will be either a recipe or a race recap post from Joseph's point of view… as one of the 1,000 males running in a race with about 17,000 females… I do also want to post a "tips/suggestions" post for those interested in running this race. Although this was our first runDisney race, I think Joseph and I picked up a lot of things that we would do differently the next time around. I would have covered it in this post, but it already turned into a mini-novella, so I wanted to spare you the extra word count.
Until the next run,
My First Marathon! (Joseph's Story)
To quote the great Barney Stinson,
"Here's how you run a marathon: Step 1: You start running. There is no step 2."
If you have no idea what I'm referring to, watch the video above. All jokes aside, I completed my first full marathon yesterday. 26.2 miles. Yes, that 0.2 miles is important. If you've run 26 miles, you didn't run a marathon.
I finished the Houston marathon warm-up series a few months ago and figured, "I might as well run a marathon." I had already trained and ran up to 18.6 miles so the full marathon was my next step. I decided to sign up for the USA Fit marathon in Sugar Land. The race seemed to offer quite a bit when I had signed up. A finisher's shirt, jacket, and medal would all be provided, as well as access to all the race photos for free.
Before the race even began, the weather prediction for the entire weekend was rain and cold weather. Now I've run in the rain, and I've run in the cold, but put those two together for 4 hours… my nerves were going crazy all of last week. A few days before the marathon, I received an email saying that the medals would not be there in time. Although I realize a marathon is about your journey and not some medal, I was pretty bummed.
At last, race day was here and I checked my phone. The odds were ever in my favor for the weather. The weather was in the 60s and no rain! As soon as I got to the race, Jennifer hears the sound of medals clanging. She says, "Maybe those are the medals!" Of course I didn't believe her because of the email, but I later hear a volunteer say "WE GOT THEM!" Happy me.
For my first marathon, I had pretty high expectations. I wanted to finish sub 4. I decided long before race day that I would follow a 4 hour pacer and speed up at the end to get my sub 4. This wasn't a bad idea. I kept up with the pacer, who was very nice, for about 19 miles and then the clear skies got to me. Now if you've ever ran down University Boulevard in Sugar Land, you should know that there is NOTHING to shade you from the heat. By the time mile 19 got around, it was hot. There was a lack of water stations, and I had completely exhausted not only my own water supply but my Honeystinger waffles as well.
My IT band started to flare up and so I started to walk thinking, "I have 7.2 more miles…" If you've raced long distances before, you know that it sucks to run by yourself, so I befriend a female runner who was pacing with the 4 hour group and was also struck by the "wall." We start running again and have a friendly chat. Her shirt says, "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me," and I use that as my mantra to push me. All is Gucci until she has to use the restroom. I lose my buddy and trot along, a loner once more. I've slowed down so much that the 4:15 pace group is on my heels. Eventually I tag along with them. I get to mile 22 before the pacer has to use the restroom and all hell breaks loose on earth. I am alone once more. The 4:15 pacer was a crazy inspiration. He'd run a marathon in every state. Talk about dedication and a slight case of OCD. I will never be that crazy. Insane maybe, but not crazy.
It's mile 23 and I start to walk again. Another guy passes by me and starts to walk asking, "How many miles do we have left?" I tell him after looking at my GPS watch and my new friend and I decide to start running again. This guy tells me he's about to turn 39 and wants to complete a marathon before 40. I say, "Let's do it. Let's get you there." We chat it up as we're running and we get to a point where I just start speeding up. I've found my second wind and runner's high once again. My new-found friend quickly realizes and by about mile 24.5 he tells me "go for it." After hearing that, I decide to just do it.
I'm running a bit under a 9-minute mile the rest of the way (gotta make up for that walking). I've run down this path plenty of times and know what to expect. I see mile 25 and I'm all smiles. The marathoners and half-marathoners walking see me and start to cheer me on. I honestly start to tear up a bit behind my sunglasses. Maybe something caught my eye in the wind.
The finish line is in sight and I see my beautiful girlfriend waiting and cheering for me. I see the gun time at 4:24: and climbing. I speed up and finish in 4:24:26. I received my glorious medal and all is right in the world. I take some pics with bae and wait to see all my new friends finish shortly behind me. The 4:00 pacer had waited for everyone that initially was with her to finish and congratulate them. My pace ends up being 10:06 min/mile. I can live with that and will use it as a stepping stone for next year's Houston marathon. I get my finisher shirt and all the food I can get.
And so began the road to recovery… just kidding. I taught Insanity yesterday, teaching twice today, and one more time tomorrow LOL. This is why I said I was insane earlier. The motivation to push people past their limits and all that adrenaline really pushes me… even through some soreness. Some tips:
- Guise, this is all you need: http://www.amazon.com/Rubys-Lube-Natural-Anti-Chafe-Balm/dp/B00MH7G8GO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1422926390&sr=8-1&keywords=ruby%27s+lube. I will leave it at that because you know why.
- Prepare and follow a program. It will help you no doubt. Stick to it. I would say to maybe even over train and go past the usual 19-22 miles suggested in training programs. A marathon is no joke and you need to have adequate training.
- Hydrate early. Even though I drank a ton of water before and during, you really need to hydrate earlier than you think.
- Have fun while you're training. Preparing for a marathon is a learning experience. You will have ups and downs. Roll with the punches and don't stay down.
I'll end this post with another funny marathon video:
Some of these stages are on fleek. Yeah, I said fleek.


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- Date of passing: Sep 17, 2014
|Love and memories last forever...
Eleanor "Nell" Jean (Frezeman) Immler, 90, of Swedesboro, N.J., went home to the Lord on September 17, 2014 surrounded by her daughters and daughter-in-law.
She was the loving mother of Jean Immler and Angela Huggins and "Grammi" of Christian Huggins, Elizabeth Huggins, and Abigail Betz.
Nell grew up in Reading, PA and is graduate of Lebanon Valley College ~ Class of 1946. Nell became a choral director in the Merchantville Schools in the 1950's and Pennsauken High School from 1962 through 1964. In addition, she was the founder and director of the community choral group, Friends of Music Chorale from 1962 through 1972. Nell served numerous churches in the South Jersey area as a church organist and choir director. For the past seven years she dedicated her talents to the congregation at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church of Mullica Hill, NJ. Nell was a talented artist. She was a long time member and past president of the Gloucester County Art League. Over the years, her paintings won numerous awards in various community art shows. Nell loved life to the fullest and was always ready for an adventure!
She always encouraged others through her motto, "SING!, DANCE!, LAUGH!, PRAY,….ALL IS WEL!."
A Celebration of Life service will be held at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church of Mullica Hill, N.J., on September 21, 2014 at 6:00pm.
In lieu of flowers, as an expression of celebration of Nell's life, contributions may be made to St. Stephen's Episcopal Church Music Ministry Fund.
"I just learned today of the passing of Nell & while I am deeply saddened by the passing of a dear friend, I know that heaven has gained a special & sassy angel. I'll miss our talks, the sound of your piano playing drifting thru the neighborhood & your contagious love of life that was a daily influence on me. Thank you for the beautiful butterfly that I'll always cherish & the friendship of the best neighbor I could have asked for."
"Jean, Angie and Sharon,
So sorry to hear about Nell's passing. She was a wonderful babysitter "grandmother" to our boys during their formative years. We will always be grateful to have had her for a neighbor and sitter. May she rest in peace. Jean and Elliott"
"Dear Jean,
So sorry to you and the family for the loss of your Mother, my sincerest condolensces."
"Oh how I loved her sassy spirit, her warm smiles, and creative personality. I loved her bathroom (with all our writings). I cherish the conversations l have had with her and how no matter what I was talking about she always asked, "Nicole where is your handsone brother Austin". It takes an awesome mom to raise a daughter like You Jean. You are one of a kind, just like your mom was. You were lucky to have her and blessed to see her again one day. I truly miss her already!! I really loved her!! Wonderful, gifted soul. Heaven is lucky."
"Jean, your mom was a classy lady. Not everyone has the amount of musical and artistic talent that your mom was blessed having... and she seemed to want nothing more than to share it with everyone. I count myself a lucky one to have been able to get to know her and to share in some of her passions, such as art. Her warm and loving memories will now live on like a song in all of our hearts. Prayers to you, Angie, Sharon, Abbie and family."
"Jean, my thoughts are with you and your entire family. When one is lucky enough to have a parent(s) that teaches us so much, and provides the love that allows us to be true to others...we honor them by passing their stories and their love to those who surround us.You are blessed to have so many smiles, hugs, tears, music but most of all deep, warm memories. Hold them tight...as I know you will. Your mom will be with you each day and you will always be with her. You will now celebrate her life in a way that differs from the past...but it will be a celebration of life...so meaningful. "Love and memories last forever""
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We are saddened by the loss of your Mother. Keep her memories close to your heart and she will always be with you. May the music play on in heaven. Thinking of you all in our thoughts and prayers. The Becker Family"
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They were on the road, going up to Jerusalem; Jesus was walking on ahead of them; they were in a daze, and those who followed were apprehensive. Once more taking the Twelve aside he began to tell them what was going to happen to him,
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The Gospel shows us Jesus as he continues to travel to Jerusalem with his disciples. And it is not by chance that the evangelist notes that he "was walking ahead of them," just as a shepherd does, as a sign of his true authority, the authority of one who leads with love. The authoritative attention they see in Jesus moves James and John to ask him to sit at his right hand, that is, to have a high and important place. This is in strident contrast with what Jesus just confided to his disciples, that is, an additional announcement of his Passion. But once again, the disciples are far from their Teacher's words. Among the people of Israel, expectations for the Messiah were tied to the idea of triumph and power, and the disciples, following the majority, had similar ideas. Jesus instead says: "They will condemn him to death; then they will hand him over to the Gentile." As if they hadn't listened at all, as often happens to us, the two brothers asked him to save a place for them next to him. Jesus repeats what power should mean among Christians: "Whoever wishes to become great among you must be your servant and whoever wishes to be first among you must be slave of all." Jesus indicates that the path of free and generous service expressed in intense, obedient, and humble work, is the true path of the disciple. And the model - the only reference for those who exercise responsibility - is Jesus himself, "the Son of Man [who] came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many. Every Christian, just like the community to which he or she belongs, is called to contemplate in Christ the image of the servant of all, who washes the disciples' feet (Jn 13:1-17) and dies on the cross for the salvation of all. By imitating Jesus, we too, in our turn, will become "slaves" of our brothers and sisters.
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Studio Artist Workflow: AutorotoscopingApplying paint to video sequences, start to finish
The concept behind autorotoscoping is this: Studio Artist analyzes various parameters of the images in a sequence, generates paths from the analysis and then strokes those paths using its powerful Paint Synthesizer, which is easily the most full-featured paint engine available today, offering more than 1,000 parameters for creating an endless variety of paint strokes and effects.
The trouble for most new users, though, is that Studio Artist doesn't have the same kind of workflow that you'd find in a program like Adobe After Effects, where you'd simply apply a filter, nudge some parameters and render. Instead, Studio Artist is designed as a more open and universal tool, allowing you to create sequences of paint actions that you can apply to any number of files and produce unique results each time.
Since rotoscoping continues to be a hot topic to these days, I thought I'd walk you through the basic workflow for creating your own Paint Action Sequences and applying them to footage. In this installment, we'll look at a simple example, start to finish. Following this, in Part 2, we'll look at the differences in the process when working with source footage that contains an alpha channel. And then we'll take a stroll through some other rotoscoping capabilities, including manual, frame by frame rotoscoping.
For today's tutorial, we're going to create a simple paint effect over a piece of video. Here's what the effect will look like on the footage.
The brushes used in this effect, along with a complete PAS, will be available for download at the end of this article.
Recording paint steps
To begin, whenever you want to use autorotoscoping in Studio Artist, you must begin with a Paint Action Sequence. This is, in short, a recording (something like "Actions" in Adobe Photoshop) of everything you do in the creation of your artwork. Paint Action Sequences can be saved and reused and called up as easily as any other preset. But for the sake of showing you how to do things from beginning to end, we'll take this opportunity to create our own Paint Action Sequence (PAS) and apply it to a QuickTime movie file.
The way to create a PAS from scratch Is to launch Studio Artist and load your source movie. Make the canvas size the same size as the final movie you want to output. Now open up the Paint Action Sequence window (Action > Paint Action Sequence Window). When you do, you'll see a PAS already loaded in the window. Click the Erase button to clear it out.
Now, at the top of the window, click the Record checkbox. Once you do this, anything you do will be recorded as a part of your action, from automated brush strokes to effects to region selections. Everything. So, if you need to do something at some point that you don't want recorded as a part of your action, uncheck the Record checkbox temporarily.
At this point, our canvas is blank. So my first step will be to apply a brush that will bring in some color and texture. This brush is called Paint1a in the collection you'll find at the end of this article. To apply it, select it from the list of presets, and hit the Action button.
When I'm satisfied with what I see, I'll hit the spacebar on my keyboard to stop the painting. Here's what it looks like as it's being applied.
For the second step, I'm going to use a different brush (Paint2a) to smear the paint around the canvas and give me more coverage.
And then I'll apply a third brush (Paint3a) that will more closely follow the subjects in my frame to bring a little definition into the image.
For my last brush, I'll use a sketch-style preset that will just be there to bring in a little edge and definition into the image. (This is Paint4a in the preset collection available at the end of this article.)
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Fulfillment company and Rentrak subsidiary 3PF, Inc. today announced it has become the fulfillment partner for New York-based California Style, Inc., effective January 1, 2003.
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After a car accident claims her fiancé and her most recent memories, Georgie Tate moves in with her aunts, who live on a small island outside Seattle. She begins to reshape her life as she struggles with the knowledge that something bad happened, and she can't trust a man ever again. When she finds work at a local seafood restaurant, she meets the grumpy cook, Jace Lowe, who has just been dumped by his girlfriend. Both of them are wounded, angry, and confused. But they can't deny the attraction between them either, and they gradually form a friendship as they work on a project together. Georgie must remember what happened with her abusive fiancé and work through her issues, and Jace must resolve his pain and family issues before they can find the courage to love again.
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My studies were structured on an apprenticeship model, which has afforded me extensive clinical experience. Master Herbalism recognises the body's innate healing ability. In this tradition of healing, we have found that given the correct circumstances, the body will heal itself.
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pyexiv2 is a python binding to exiv2, the C++ library for manipulation of
EXIF and IPTC image metadata. It is a python module that allows your python
scripts to read and write metadata (EXIF, IPTC, thumbnail) embedded in image
files (JPEG, TIFF, ...).
It is designed as a high level interface to the functionalities offered by
exiv2 (and is built on top of it). Using python's built-in data types and
standard modules, it provides easy manipulation of image metadata.
WWW: http://tilloy.net/dev/pyexiv2/
make generate-plist
To install the port: cd /usr/ports/graphics/py-exiv2/ && make install cleanTo add the package: pkg install py27-exiv2
cd /usr/ports/graphics/py-exiv2/ && make install clean
pkg install py27-exiv2
PKGNAME: py27-exiv2
SHA256 (pyexiv2-0.3.2.tar.bz2) = 0abc117c6afa71f54266cb91979a5227f60361db1fcfdb68ae9615398d7a2127
SIZE (pyexiv2-0.3.2.tar.bz2) = 283163
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python:2 scons tar:bzip2
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devel/boost-*: update to 1.65.1
Changes: http://www.boost.org/users/history/version_1_65_1.html
Approved by: maintainer timeout (1.65.1: 2 weeks; 1.65.0: 1 month)
Tested by: jhibbits (on powerpc64, earlier version)
Exp-run by: antoine
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D11582
devel/boost-*: enable C++11 features
Obtained from: https://github.com/DragonFlyBSD/DeltaPorts/pull/690
Approved by: maintainer timeout (2 months)
Exp-run by: antoine
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D11582
devel/boost-*: update to 1.64.0
Changes: http://www.boost.org/users/history/version_1_64_0.html
Approved by: office (bapt)
Exp-run by: antoine
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D10472
devel/boost-*: update to 1.63.0
Changes: http://www.boost.org/users/history/version_1_63_0.html
Exp-run by: antoine
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Changes: http://www.boost.org/users/history/
Submitted by: Chen Xu, bapt, amdmi3, truckman (based on)
Reviewed by: rakuco (kde) (earlier version)
Exp-run by: antoine (3 tries), truckman (consumers only, earlier versions)
Approved by: bapt (office)
Update graphics/exiv2 to 0.25.
As there is an shlib version bump, bump them portrevision of dependent ports.
While doing so, also switch to the cmake build system, as it requires less
patching and is easier to handle.
Reviewed by: mat, rakuco, kwm
Approved by: rakuco (mentor)
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D7283
Remove ${PORTSDIR}/ from dependencies, categories d, e, f, and g.
With hat: portmgr
Sponsored by: Absolight
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Approved by: portmgr (implicit)
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Stage support
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- Fix nearby minor style issues while here (not all)
Approved by: portmgr (bapt), some ports are still NO_STAGE :(
Chase boost and icu bump
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Python cleanup:
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Reviewed by: python (mva, rm)
Approved by: portmgr-lurkers (mat)
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Approved by: maintainer timeout (2 weeks)
Update graphics/exiv2 to version 0.23.
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Bump PORTREVISIONs at dependent ports.
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Approved by: multimedia (maintainer timeout 3 weeks)
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- chase exiv2 library bump
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- fix some forgottern desktop-file-utils dependencies
Assign maintainership to multimedia@
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Update to 0.2.2.
This version builds with graphics/exiv2 0.20.
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- Split boost port to separate components, with boost-all metaport
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Update to 0.1.3
PR: ports/133636
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. update graphics/exiv2 to the new version;
. bump ports which depends upon libexiv2.so
(the library was bumpted from *.so.3 to *.so.7);
. mark current graphics/py-exiv2 as broken since it doesn't compile
with new libexiv2; this should change with graphics/py-exiv2-0.2.
PR: ports/131376
Submitted by: bsam (me)
Discussed with: kde@
Approved by: maintainer timeout (5 weeks)
Bump portrevision due to upgrade of devel/gettext.
The affected ports are the ones with gettext as a run-dependency
according to ports/INDEX-7 (5007 of them) and the ones with USE_GETTEXT
in Makefile (29 of them).
PR: ports/124340
Submitted by: edwin@
Approved by: portmgr (pav)
pyexiv2 is a python binding to exiv2, the C++ library for manipulation of
EXIF and IPTC image metadata. It is a python module that allows your python
scripts to read and write metadata (EXIF, IPTC, thumbnail) embedded in image
files (JPEG, TIFF, ...).
It is designed as a high level interface to the functionalities offered by
exiv2 (and is built on top of it). Using python's built-in data types and
standard modules, it provides easy manipulation of image metadata.
WWW: http://tilloy.net/dev/pyexiv2/
PR: ports/124193
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Was here 1/23/13. Hotel going through major renovation. Kelsey's is going to close. They are going to have a lobby lounge?? Staff friendly, trying to make the best of it. Food is eatable. Just a hotel bar, with bar food, nothing great.
So I needed a place for dinner while in Albany on business and checked the reviews which seemed to indicate the food was okay. Come on people. While the service was very nice the food was absolutely terrible. Ordered a hot turkey panini and it...More
My chicken picatta special was room temperature when it arrived. The rice was clearly microwaved and the asparagus was barely cooked. Definitely wouldn't recommend. The only bright spot was the service which was very good.
My wife, son and I all ate here. The food was great. I enjoyed the salmon sandwich. My wife liked the steak sandwich. My son really liked the kids nachos. The bar advertised Bass Ale, but no longer carried it. Otherwise, a nice meal.
Walk into Kelsey's and Manuel the bartender will make you feel like it's your hometown favorite. Great drink, good food and friendly conversation. What's better?
This restaurant is part of the Hotel Albany, which is currently undergoing renovations. In its current incarnation, the restaurant is worn, but like everything else in this hotel, the staff makes your visit worthwhile. Although the menu is a bit limited, it is extremely well...More
Food was good it was a good Kelsey's but I am not big on chains. My husband had the special and coconut almond encrusted tilapia it was very good. The kids' fish fry looked like a frozen peice of fish but the kids liked it....More
Just finished eating at kelsey's. I had the delicious chicken corn chowder and Caesar chicken wrap and both were very good. Soup was served very promptly. My friend had a hot pastrami sandwich and she saidnit was very very tasty! Our waiter was perfect and...More
Food and service are top shelf, the wait staff was attentitive and caring. The food was what I would expect at a more expensive resturant.
there was nothing here to like, it's dark and outdated , i know for a fact you get better food in jail. although the bartender did take my meal off the bill, it would not entice me to eat here again. in fact i wouldnt...More


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When running through the different pieces of Enterprise Mobility + Security with those who are focused on the cloud only components, it usually comes as a surprise to see how many different on-premises services can be extended with the different EMS components. The one that people know about is AADConnect, but Intune has connectors for Configuration Manager, Exchange and Simple Enrolment Protocol, AIP/RMS has the Azure RMS connector, and of course Advanced Threat Analytics is deployed by the customer. The MFA
This year's EMS training courses have all been booked out, but the long waiting lists for Sydney and Melbourne mean that we have some additional dates for next year to share. Make sure you reach out to the Microsoft Australia readiness team via the contact details below to register your interest and secure a seat. Enterprise Mobility + Security (EMS) Enterprise Mobility + Security Type: Technical (L300) Audience: Partners with existing competencies around devices and deployment, access and identity,
Overnight I received notification that the results were in for those who sat the beta version of the 70-398 Planning For And Managing Devices In The Enterprise, and thankfully I'd managed to get through. One of the hardest parts of preparing for beta exams is that you don't have much to go by in terms of specific preparation content. More often than not in my case it turns into a somewhat chaotic effort to pull together a diverse range of resources that
The Readiness team at Microsoft Australia just posted the dates for eight different exam preparation camps they are running across the country in April and May. Below is the list of exams, the dates for each city and the registration links. If you are looking at getting certified, click the link above to see full details about what is included and what is required of thoes who register. Next Up: Exam 70-331 Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 Sydney 9th May –
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Michelle Peñaloza has lived in Seattle for almost exactly four years. In that time, the poet and essayist — she's the author of the chapbooks landscape/heartbreak and Last Night I Dreamt of Volcanoes — has become a ubiquitous Seattle literary figure, both on stage and in audiences at literary events throughout the calendar year. Peñaloza's announcement that she will be leaving town at the end of February sent a shock through the community. She's more than just a sharp observer and a deft and graceful poet — though she is that, too. She's become an integral part of the literary community's support system. It's hard to imagine the city without her.
Peñaloza made time to talk over the phone in the middle of a very busy transitional week in her life. What follows is an edited transcript of our conversation.
Thank you for making this time for our readers. I really appreciate it; I know it's a very busy time for you. I guess, first of all, I am wondering if you'd be willing to talk about where you're going and why.
I won't get too specific, but basically I'm moving for love, so that my partner and I can be together full-time in California. That's reason, I think, to leave.
So say somebody in California asks you what the literary culture in Seattle is like, and what your experience has been. What do you think you'd say to them?
It's a very vibrant scene. I would say that I was very sad to leave it and that I've loved my time in Seattle. I've met so many incredible people, and I feel like I've been lucky to have such a great amount of support. Not that I don't work hard or anything, but I feel like I've been very supported as a writer in Seattle. I feel like I've had a lot of opportunities with Jack Straw and the Made at Hugo House Fellowship, and teaching at Hugo House. I was a visiting writer at Seattle U. I would say that my personal experience has been a very good one.
So you would recommend to Seattle to another writer who's asking your opinion about whether she should move here?
Yeah, it's the best city that I've ever lived in as a writer. Granted, part of that is where I am in my writing life, too. I finished grad school maybe two years before I moved here, so I was in a different spot than I'd ever been in my writing life. I think those just dovetailed in a very fortunate way for me in Seattle.
Also, I feel like it's big enough that there's lots of stuff going on. In fact, sometimes too much stuff going on. I feel like there's some months in Seattle that are just insane — like, October is always crazy because people have been coming down from summer. There's just reading upon reading upon readings.
I would say, I guess, if you're looking not to be too busy, I don't know if Seattle's the place for you.
Is there anything that you think that Seattle could do to be more supportive for writers?
One of the things I noticed when I first moved here, and then I sort of became part of that same pattern that I had noticed, is that a lot of Seattle readings series ask the same people to read. You'll see someone who's reading everywhere all the time for like a year. I feel like maybe spreading it around more, doing a better job of thinking like, "Oh, I just saw that person read. Maybe I should save them for later."
I feel like I've been that person before, where people were like, "There she is again! Geez, she's everywhere." I don't want to sound ungrateful, but I also think that a way to be more supportive of writers in general in Seattle is to not always have the same people read.
One other thing I would say is to organizers who run reading series or do anthologies or any sort of curation of writers is: try hard to make sure that if there are five readers in an event, don't choose four white people and one brown person. Make sure that there's always more than one person of color reading at an event.
You have so much geography in your work. Place is essential to your writing and I'm wondering if you thought about how moving from Seattle will affect your work or if you think Seattle is going to be represented in your work in the near future.
Every place I've lived has sort of made a mark, but I think Seattle will always be a part of my writing, whether or not it is obvious. Because I feel like Seattle's the first place, personally and professionally, that I ever felt fully myself. I know that sounds sort of lofty, but when I first moved to Seattle, I had just come out of pretty traumatic personal — for lack of a better word — shit that I was dealing with. I was escaping a lot of things.
Seattle was a city that, personally and professionally, welcomed me with open arms. I know that that's not necessarily a typical experience — people talk about the Seattle freeze, and they talk about how the literary scene can be hard to break into, but Seattle has been so special to me in that way.
Then, also, I met such incredible people here. It's just a really close community of writers that I admire and that motivate and impress me.
Do you plan on coming back and reading anytime soon?
I don't know about readings, but I will be back this summer because I'm going to be teaching a Scribes class at Hugo House with Imani Sims, which I'm really excited about, but I don't have any readings or anything lined up.
Was there anything that you've been thinking about in these last few weeks as a Seattleite?
I guess what I would say is that I'm going to really miss Seattle. I think that's apparent from what I've been saying. But I also am excited to begin a new chapter of my life with my person in a different place where we can be together all the time.
Seattle has been a real home for me. I will be really sad to leave it but I've built solid relationships with people and with this city that I feel like I could come back and be welcome again. I guess I just want to say thank you.
When we announced that we'd like to interview authors who are leaving town for our Exit Interview feature, the most-suggested writer was Kelly Davio, a poet, columnist for The Butter, and co-publisher and poetry editor at the Tahoma Literary Review. The e-mails we received were dripping with sadness about Davio's departure; the word "irreplaceable" came up. Davio's debut poetry collection, Burn This House was publshed by Red Hen Press in 2013.
Where are you going, and when and, if I may be so bold, why?
I'm gearing up for one of the bigger moves of my life: I'm headed to London, England. My husband is in tech, and his company has made him director of a group that works primarily out of its London office. It's hard to say goodbye to literary Seattle, but I'm awfully proud of my husband and this big opportunity for him, so off I go. If I can get all my paperwork in order, that is. Trying to collect all the right papers, stamps, and certifications feels a little bit like waiting for a ruling in Jarndyce and Jarndyce, if I may be allowed a cheesy Bleak House reference.
We encourage as many Bleak House references as possible around here. When do you leave?
If I can get all of the moving parts of this relocation to align, I should be gone by early October. Somehow, in this remaining month-or-so, I need to sell a house and find a new apartment overseas. Yet somehow all I want to do is work on my novel revisions. Maybe I'm in denial!
How would you describe Seattle's literary culture?
I'd say the community here is pocketed. And I mean that in a good way — there are wonderful little pockets of literary community all over the city and the larger area, and no matter what neighborhood you live in or what kind of literature you like to read or write, there's a gathering and a community for you. Over the years, I've thought, "okay, now I have a handle on literary Seattle." Then I'd immediately be proven wrong when I'd learn about an expo like APRILFest, or about events like Poets in the Park out in Redmond, or about cool new presses like Two Sylvias, or about great literary organizations like Old Growth Northwest. There's always something new percolating here, and I've loved discovering all of these diverse and thriving literary communities over the past decade.
Did you feel supported in Seattle?
Absolutely. Part of that comes from having attended Northwest Institute of Literary Arts, which I firmly believe to be the friendliest and most supportive MFA program in the world. Part of it's also the fact that literary folks in Seattle are unusually giving of their time, their knowledge, and their professional support. Every time I've needed help with setting up a reading or getting in touch with a conference organizer, a fellow poet or writer has been gracious enough to help me out. I've tried to do the same for others in turn. I think Seattle writers understand that the literary world is an ecosystem, and that when we all work to better that ecosystem, we create a better place for all of us to thrive.
In your opinion, what could Seattle literary culture do better?
We could — and I include myself in this — put our butts in chairs with greater regularity. Being an attendee at a reading series, a book launch, or a workshop is an important way that any one of us can support other writers. Of course, it's hard when you don't get off work until six or so to make it halfway across the city to attend a reading at seven, especially when traffic is grueling and busses are late and it's raining, and, and, and. Yet at the same time, it's awfully disheartening for authors to put on events that draw, say, two people total.
When a good friend of mine released her first book a couple of years back, she had a big, well publicized event here in Seattle, and just one guy showed up. The guy wandered in as she read to an empty room, he ate a muffin in what sounded like an arrestingly messy way, and then he wandered back out. That, folks, is a bad scene.
And where the heck was I? I don't remember. I will always feel terrible about not showing up and putting my behind in a chair to listen to her and support her.
Are there any aspects of literary Seattle that you'll especially miss?
I'll really miss Open Books, Elliott Bay Books, and Hugo House. Those places — both as physical locations and as evolving communities — have been at the center of my experience of Seattle as a literary city, and I'll miss being able to pop by anytime I want.
I'll also miss being close to home base as I work on Tahoma Literary Review; I'll continue as poetry editor and co-publisher, but it will be a bummer not to be able to attend contributor readings and launch events here at home.
Do you have any readings or public events between now and when you go?
I do! I'm happy to say that I'll be reading one last time at Lit Fix on September 23, 7pm at the Rendezvous. I'll be reading with Kevin Maloney, Matthew Simmons, and Jeanine Walker. All the proceeds from the event will benefit Literacy Source, which does wonderful work here in our community.
Do you have any parting words, advice, or wishes for Seattle's literary scene?
Be good to each other. Remember that there's room in literature for all of us, and we're at our best when we help — not crowd — each other out.
For many years if you attended a reading in Seattle, you'd have a pretty good chance of running into Kate Lebo there. The author of Pie School: Lessons in Fruit, Flour, and Butter and A Commonplace Book of Pie, Lebo is a poet and an essayist who's read on pretty much every stage in Seattle. But unlike a lot of writers who only show up when they're on the bill, she's always been a full participant in Seattle's literary scene, too. She goes to readings as an audience member and participates happily in group readings and festivals and the daily writing life of the city; all of which is a long way around saying that she always seemed like a lifer. So I was shocked when I heard that she'd moved out of town. Lebo was kind enough to agree to a conversation about why she left.
Where are you now? What are you doing?
I live in Spokane, Washington, but I moved there about six months ago. Before that, I was living in Vancouver Washington for two years. I did this kind of French exit from Seattle when my rent went up like crazy in the middle of a book project. I set up house in my parents house — actually my childhood bedroom — and set up a bunch of house gigs and tours and did things to try to only be home about half the time.
Now that I have my own great adult home in Spokane, I'm still touring about half the time. I've been trying to balance freelance work — teaching creative writing and writing things and teaching pie and doing events for the two cookbooks — that translate to paying my rent and getting to be free. I decided not to go the academic route and I decided not to go the Amazon route, but it's left me vulnerable to the vicissitudes of a freelance life, which I'm sure you know is feast or famine. And Seattle became a place for me where the famines became too deep and the rents and the cost of living were too high for me to live there.
I didn't want to go, because [Seattle is] where I came of age, and I've got such deep personal and professional and artistic ties there. I'm trying to keep them by appearing like I didn't leave, like not telling people where, exactly, I am at any given time and just being in town a lot.
Why did you choose Spokane?
I fell in love and he works for Eastern [Washington University]. So it was a good choice for my personal life. And when I was looking at Spokane, I realized I can get a really cute apartment for exactly half what my rent was in Ballard, which is the last place I lived in Seattle. The cost of living is cheap. It feels a lot like Bellingham to me; I went to college in Bellingham, which is why I'm making that comparison.
People value the arts in Spokane, and they're super-hungry for more, but they don't get as many touring acts coming through as they do in Seattle. There's not as much money here. There's not nearly as much money as there is in Seattle and Portland. So that means it's easy to live, in that I can be a freelancer, I can be an artist, and I can live like a real adult. It's also a more emergent place where there's less money being passed around for the creative things that you're doing, and I think there's a little more work to do in educating people that it's valuable to spend your money on really good food, that it's valuable to spend your money on art.
What I'm discovering is that because there's less money there's a lot of hunger and a lot of openness. It's the kind of place where you can say "I want to do this thing," and then you can go do it and then everyone shows up and they're really excited that you're there. It's really cool how easy it is to make something happen.
What's also funny to me was when I told people in Seattle I was going to Spokane, the responses were kind of formulaic: "why would you go there? I've been there and there's nothing there." Most of the people who told me that hadn't been there in ten years.
And then the other thing people said was, "maybe you can go start an art scene there." Which was hilarious because they had this kind of pioneering attitude, assuming there's nothing there already. There's been a thriving art scene [in Spokane] for a while. Jess Walter's there. There's tons of writers: Kris Dinnison, Sharma Shields, Tod Marshall, Sam Ligon (my partner). There are three universities. WSU is building a medical school there.
It's funny to me that it is a place that west-siders assume is backward and rural and small. It's bigger than Tacoma, it's educated. There's a certain kind of east-west polarity that's like US vs. Canada or Australia vs. New Zealand. The big dog has to have an underdog to reinforce their image of themselves, and what that creates is an ignorant assumption about a place that is actually pretty cool.
How would you describe Seattle's literary culture?
I knew you were going to ask that question, and I don't have a good quick answer. I moved to Seattle when I was 22 years old from Bellingham, and I knew that if I went to Hugo House, I would find my people. I'd find a place that would not only give me an education, but it would give me a community and an identity. I wanted that, I needed that, and I found that. That is a resource that is rare among cities. I owe a lot to it.
And what I saw over my decade in the city was a lot of different ways to participate — people feeling like outsiders and finding a way to create their own way to participate. I saw a lot of different people say, "the place where I would be most excited to be a writer is missing, so I'm going to go make it."
When you get to a smaller town, there's a weekend where everything is happening and then there's three weeks where nothing is happening, whereas there's always something happening in Seattle. And I actually got to a place where I needed to hide from all the brilliant things going on [in Seattle] so I could do my work and be well and not suffer from burnouts constantly. So in some ways it's been incredibly great to leave and be able to return on my own terms, in my car, for pleasure and business.
I think in Seattle when it doesn't feel like there's room for you, people elbow in and make room, and I like that and I admire it. I think there's a competitive feeling and it's used by a lot of different people in a lot of different ways.
Have you done that in Spokane? Did you try the Seattle approach and how was it received, if so?
I've been wary about trying a Seattle approach, which I would interpret to be showing up and saying, "hey I know all these cool writers you've never heard of so let me bring them in from the west side." I've really been careful about not being a jerk like that. I hope.
It's easier for me to imagine taking risks with business, with artistic ventures, in Spokane than it was in Seattle. I find that when I'm in a competitive environment I prefer to absorb and participate but not to lead. In Spokane, there's more room in a way that for me personally feels open to leading and creating.
For example, I'm now teaming up with a sommelier and restaurant owner and a beloved bartender in Spokane to do a series of dinners with artists in unlikely locations around the inland Northwest. We're going to have Alexandra Teague at our first one. It's going to be awesome. And I wouldn't imagine doing that in Seattle; not because I couldn't — there's brilliant cooks everywhere and there's brilliant writers everywhere —but just because there's already so much happening that it didn't seem like whatever I would come up with in that way was really needed.
Did you feel supported in Seattle?
There's two versions of that answer. One is unequivocally, deeply, yes. I loved working at Hugo House and finding a helping role that also educated me, about what it was to be in an artistic community, all the different ways to be an artist. One of the reasons I didn't pursue an academic career was after Hugo House, it was just clear to me that there are so many ways to do it. It made it clear that I could go teach pie classes and do that instead of trying to go get a fancy fellowship.
A woman I knew through Hugo House who works for Amazon very kindly tried to recruit me when I graduated from UW. I didn't take that job because it seemed to be cross-purposes to writing books, which I what I wanted to do. Saying no is a privilege, but it also leaves me vulnerable to the people who say yes. That's the person who was able to rent my apartment when the rent went up by 50 percent six months later. I think about that choice. It was the right choice.
I don't know if it's the right word, but I felt disenfranchised — living in a city for that long and looking around and just knowing that I'm never going to own a piece of this place. With what I want to do, I will always be borrowing space, and that makes me vulnerable. Even though I participated in the cultural life of the city, and contributed for years, what I needed to succeed was participation in the financial life.
And so in that way, no. Not supportive. I don't have a good answer for what the city is supposed to do about that. I was just reading an article in the New York Times about the Seattle Art Fair and how it happened and one of the reasons it happened is because the city is getting richer faster than anywhere else in the country.
It's not your particular value as a person that's going to bring you success, it's the amount of resources that are available. I'm taking this course on the history of food right now and what you see over and over is that a population explodes and a people become complex not because they're such a good people but because they're geographically in a place that gives them more resources that allow them to grow. Seattle's dealing with an embarrassment of riches.
Where are we going to live, so that we can make art in the city and have lives that are reasonable, that we have reasonable expectations for our lives, have some comfort? Can we make the choice to be artists and not live in abject poverty? I know being an artist isn't going to be as comfortable as working at Amazon, but for me it was such a clear thing.
I chose to be an artist, I had to leave the city. There's not a reasonable way for me to make a living and pay my way in Seattle. I needed to go to a smaller place.
[Before I left,] I was approached by the affordable housing association in Seattle and they had some options, but they not reasonable for me. They were still fifty percent more than what I'd been paying. I'm frustrated with the idea that artist housing is going to solve the problem of livable places for artists to live. It's just another thing for us to compete for. A different person would respond differently to that, and elbow to the front of the line, but my response is just to leave.
Would you recommend Seattle to another writer? Say a young writer from Spokane approached you and told you they were thinking about moving to Seattle. What would you say?
Oh, yeah. You should leave wherever you're from, for a little while, anyway.
Part of my decision is that I'm in my early thirties and I want to live my life differently than I did in my twenties. I'm not as good at living poor and living hard as I used to be.
I would also give people the advice to look to unlikely places in Washington and Oregon for really cool artistic communities that you wouldn't expect to be there. I've been doing a ton of travel around Washington state. Even in Wenatchee — holy crap, talk about a place I had really dumb assumptions about — they have great restaurants and shops and a great artisan scene there. I'm not saying "move to Wenatchee," but I'm saying keep your eyes peeled for places that have the resources and the people to help you get the things you want.
Kate Lebo will be in Seattle next on September 16th, when she reads at Hugo House as part of the Wage Slaves reading series. Follow her comings and goings at Katelebo.com.