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Originally posted by wclv13
The main problem with anyone carrying a gun is its hard to distinguish who is packing to protect, and who is packing to harm.
Originally posted by wclv13
Reminds me of the saying from that Superhero show "what will you do with your powers?"
Originally posted by NeuroStability
In my opinion, guns are for pussys[sic] that do not have balls or honour.
Originally posted by NeuroStability
Getting beaten up atleast[sic] once in life is essential.
Originally posted by NeuroStability
In my opinion:
Women are less intelligent than men.
Women are emotionally weaker than men.
Women cannot keep secrets!
Based on my conclusion, I don't think it is safe for woman to have too much power, for the sake of stability and progression of mankind.
Originally posted by NeuroStability
Do you think they should be outlawed? If not, what beneficial use could they have in a society?
Originally posted by wclv13
I understand the physical part of carrying a gun. However, I was thinking about the mindset of the person carrying the concealed wep. Is it for harm or good?
Originally posted by NeuroStability
A car can be used to transport you, or as you said to run down people.
A gun can be used to shoot people, and too... And too... And... Ah, what else?
Originally posted by wclv13
Isn't there another way to deal with this cr*p that happens daily?
Originally posted by Sonya610
A gun is a tool. A car can be used to careen into a mob of people too, but no one sits around wondering "wow now that I have a car I could mow down the innocent! what a temptation!"
Originally posted by JohnnyCanuckSorry, that dog just won't hunt. A car is made for transportation...a gun is made to kill people. Like I said, I'm not going to tell you that you oughtn't to carry...but please, be straight up about it.
Originally posted by wclv13 Is it for harm or good?
Reminds me of the saying from that Superhero show "what will you do with your powers?"


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Yearly Archive: 2012
Game 23 Preview: Sacramento Kings vs. Denver Nuggets
Previewing today's home matinee between the Kings and Nuggets.
Kings' Speech: Game 23 vs. Denver Nuggets
Looking ahead to the Sacramento Kings' match-up against the Denver Nuggets with Isaiah Thomas and Jason Thompson
Sacramento Kings pay respects to victims in Connecticut school shooting
Players and coaches share their condolences to those affected in yesterday's horrific tragedy.
Road Reaction: Oklahoma City Thunder 113, Sacramento Kings 103
The Kings made a late run at the Thunder, but ran out of gas down the stretch.
Game 22 Preview: Sacramento Kings at Oklahoma City Thunder
Previewing tonight's match-up between the Thunder and Kings in Bricktown.
Cowbell Kingdom Podcast Ep 71: On defending DeMarcus Cousins, Virginia Beach and Kevin Martin's new home
Crosstalk discussion this week on pressing Sacramento Kings' topics.
Charting the Sacramento Kings' regression on defense
An analysis of the Kings regression on the defensive of the floor.
DeMarcus Cousins on an island following latest suspension
The Kings center is on his own with his latest suspension from the NBA.
Road Reaction: Milwaukee Bucks 98, Sacramento Kings 85
The Kings lose to the Bucks playing short-handed.
NBA suspends DeMarcus Cousins for low blow to O.J. Mayo
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These reports are essential for completion of the fit and proper person assessment required to hold a maritime document (ie seafarer certificate, MTOC or CoC). New Zealand Police are working on this issue but it is likely to continue for the next few months. Please note that this will affect our standard processing times for these documents and your patience during this time is appreciated by our team.
For more information about SeaCert, read the brochure: SeaCert – Your Guide
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How it's done ... Gary Mehigan checks out the handiwork. Photo: Channel Ten
Michelle Griffin recaps last night's episode.
The first loser on the new, nicer, sweeter Junior MasterChef is Katy Perry: her neo-Darwinian theme tune Hot n Cold,with its bald assertion that ''yr in then yr out'', has been replaced by what appears to be the happy violins megamix they used whenever the grown-ups this year first baked a successful macaron.
And then we see the stars, 50 bashful kids in spotless white aprons marching up the driveway (no menacing black 4-wheel drives for them) to push open the giant doors, enter the kingdom and start their quest.
Normally, when adorable children on the cusp of adolescence go on a journey set to swirly mood music, they're supposed to take on Lord Voldemort or the Snow Queen, battle dragons and necromancers and save the world of ignorant adults from an eon of wretched slavery... and get home in time for tea.
So it's something of a relief — or is it a disappointment— to find that these chosen ones — the Gary-proclaimed next generation of super chefs— only have to ''change the way Australians eat''. Parents throughout Australia swivel their heads from the screen to the couch to stare meaningfully at their own offspring, willing to settle for a show that might persuade the picky ones to eat all their broccoli, rather than shred it and hide it under the knife.
And instead of avuncular British authority figures with booming voices, an outre wardrobe and a florid turn of phrase — Matt Preston doesn't put in an appearance until next week — we get our two chefs, George and Garry, beaming with the all the gleeful assurance of good fairies, only minus the wings, the wigs, and the wise-cracking animal sidekicks. Maybe next week, eh, MasterChef masterminds? They in turn introduce Lady Host 2.0, otherwise known as former Jam Tart Anna Gare. With a proven history in catering, TV production and entertainment, she's definitely got the chops to co-host a show with the three greedy amigos, and she takes charge of the exposition in a crisp way we already like. Hope her husband, basketballer Luc Longley, drops by some episode with her brother-in-law, comedian Ben Elton, chiefly because they'd look pretty funny just standing next to each other, and that would add to the whole fairy tale feel, like Wallace Shawn and Andre the Giant in The Princess Bride.
Even the throw to the commercial break is softened: the ball of flames that used to incinerate adult contestants during cliff-hangers has been replaced by a splash of cream.
Significant thing to like about the Junior MasterChef elimination rounds: everything is so much faster, including the instructions. No longer do we have to endure George and Garry outlining challenges with the kind of attention to detail Rob Oakeshott might find overly fulsome. No. Now 20 kids at a time sprint down from the bleachers, where adoring parents cheer as if it's the under-13 central district basketball finals, to take their places. Anna Gare says she plans to exploit their special talents -- not in any way that would interest sweat shop owners in developing nations — and then flings open some doors. International Food! and that's it.
Everybody in this rainbow coalition of children has to cook some kind of national dish. There's no plotting to weaknesses, no gasping in horror over the challenge of cooking satay when you've only ever made mexican inflected pasta.
And there is something rather magical about watching these small people cook. As in, their talents are so freakish I would not have been surprised if the camera had panned back to reveal Hermione Grainger crying ''Wingardium Leviosa'' over a set of steak knives. Indeed, these children are perfectly adept at working with sharp knives, open flames, boiling liquids and hot ovens. I kept expecting one of the proud mums to rush forward, grab the tray and let the contestant wander off to lick the mixing bowl while watching cartoons, but no, they cook everything from start to finish. Parents throughout Australia swivel their heads from the screen to the couch to stare meaningfully at their own offspring once more, wondering if perhaps the kids will suddenly want to cook Persian chicken with pomegranates and walnuts, or glass noodles with peanuts and lime sauce. I'm not sure what country boasts goats' cheese wontons with balsamic vinegar and fennel salad as its national dish but I am totally emigrating. The Republic of South Yarra, possibly. Whatever, Tayla cooks it with calm and focus, as if she were one of those East European gymnasts who earn perfect scores for their triple back flips.
Of course, this collection of children has studied the form on the original version of the show. Young Nick the Australian of Greek heritage bonds with one of the judges — you know which one — over his polished baklava production, and his bouncy assurance. Dramatic tension is created by the cook-off between 11-year-old twin girls, Isabella and Sofia, who started cooking at an age where most children make their meals out of play dough and Leggo blocks. Dividing the girls will create awkward issues and rich therapy opportunities for years to come — so it is an intense relief when Sofia's stuffed veal roll with crumbed eggplant is decreed equal to Isabella's fluffy ricotta gnocchi and they both move on to the next round.
The next elimination moves from the kitchen's of Hogwarts' International School for Culinary Wizardry to Willy Wonka's factory floor. There's a chocolate fountain! A wall of lollies! A moat of cream! Highly refined flours and processed sugars in every variety. No oompa loompas — that was an oversight — but while the nation's dentists skip in gleeful circles, parents could find a Teaching Opportunity if they point out that these sweet-toothed cherubs are not ignoring the trays of fruit the way children normally do at birthday parties, but are making lemons, oranges, strawberries and apples the heroes of their dishes.
Once again, we are witnesses to an awesome display of accelerated cooking skills. If this were Junior MasterMathswhiz, they'd be doing advanced calculus. Much has been made of the boy who tempered white chocolate to decorate his French cakes, and he is so formidably good the judges feel secure enough to criticise his technique a tiiiiny bit. He's a pro, he can take it.
But the others are making featherweight sponges, gooey chocolate fondants, lemon meringues, flourless orange cakes, and their own creme anglais to pour over a crumble.
Speaking of crumble, Clarrie from Adelaide supplements his formidable cooking skills with a bashful, solemn charm, a wicked Britpop haircut and an excellent name. I bet expectant mothers around the country just wrote CLARRIE on their list. We're all glad he made it through to the top 20.
Those who have been culled are warmly congratulated, and they return to their parents with far fewer on-screen sniffles than the original version. Now I feel sorry for the grown-ups, who spent all their time under the gaze of cameras hungry to drink up their tears. In this version, any sign of red-eye is followed by a jump cup to someone smiling. There's every sign that for these kids, this cooking show isn't a chance to achieve their dreams, transform their lives or escape their dead-end gigs. It maybe isn't even a chance for 15 minutes of fame. It looks as if many of their freakishly talented young cooks aren't even here to save the world from Happy Meals. They just want to show off what they can do and have some fun.
''When it comes to cooking, age doesn't matter,'' says one of the judges — sorry, I forget which — in conclusion. Excellent. Here's to Toddler MasterChef, Teen MasterChef and Nanna MasterChef in the near future.


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Solar power is set to eclipse wind as the best-financed, most-installed renewable energy source, says Clean Energy Trends 2014.
In 2013, more solar photovoltaic generating capacity was installed worldwide than wind power, according to the trend report by Clean Edge Inc. a clean-tech sector research advisory firm, with offices in San Francisco and Portland, Oregon.
"This was the cross-over year," said Ron Pernick, Clean Edge's managing director. It was the first time the 14 years Clean Edge has done the report that solar out-performed wind.
There were 36.5 gigawatts of PV installed, with record levels of installations in China, Japan and the U.S., compared with 35.5 GW of wind in 2013. The solar market was worth $91.3 billion and the wind market $58.5 billion.
Wind generation is still two-and-half times as large as solar, but market and technological forces are in solar's favor, Pernick said.
"Solar has quite away to go," Pernick said. "There is a high-tech component, economies of scale, falling prices and new financing mechanisms that are driving the market."
"Wind farms are basically steel in the ground and you are talking about big installations," Pernick said. "Solar has the advantage of being able to sell distributed generation."
although, it is worth noting that the wind industry has expanded its market with improved blade designs, higher towers and more efficient turbines. This has enabled wind power to become economical in lower wind areas. "There is also a potentially big market in offshore wind," Pernick said.
The global average price for an installed PV system has dropped to $2.50 a watt in 2013 from $7.20 in 2007. Clean Edge projects prices continuing to fall, reaching $1.12 a watt in 2023.
Clean Edge is forecasting a 73 percent growth in the solar market in the next 10 years to $158.4 billion, while wind will grow 60 percent to $93.8 million.
"This incredible evolution in price and the advent of new financing models – from Mosaic's crowd-funding to Wells Fargo funding $100 million of Sun Edison projects – are coming together in a unique way," Pernick said.
There was a troubling trend in terms of venture capital funding for clean tech sector as it dropped in total dollars and as a portion of overall venture capital investment, Pernick said.
U.S. venture capital clean tech investments in 2013 were $4.3 billion, down 25 percent from 2012. More troubling, Pernick said, is that clean tech's share of total venture investments slipped to 14.9 percent from 25.2 percent in 2011.
"It is a very different environment when 20 percent of venture capital dollars go to clean tech and when it is 15 percent or 10 percent," Pernick said.
After some high-profile bankruptcies in the sector – such as thin-film solar panel maker Solyndra and battery maker A123 Systems – that wiped out billions of investor dollars, VC firms pulled back.
"There has been a movement into companies that Silicon Valley venture capitalists understand, IT and web-based companies – dealing with services and big data," Pernick said.
The biggest 2013 deal was $258 million for the ride-sharing service Uber. Lyft, another ride-sharer, also netted $60 in venture investment.
Picking up some of the financing slack are large corporations and financial firms around, the study said. Google's reported $3.2 billion acquisition of Nest, Labs, the maker of smart thermostats, is a prime example.
"Total VC investment was about $4.4 billion and the Google deal was worth $3.2 billion, so that tells you something," Pernick said.


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Volume 4 Number 39
- "Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood and probably will themselves not be realized. Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will not die." — Daniel Burnham, architect of Washington Union Station, El Paso (Texas) Union Depot and other notable structures
- First, background from a notable Washington Wag about the beginnings of Amtrak and the original intentions of Amtrak's creators. Read more…
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Teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum
Consider a week in your classroom, record instances when your students are writing and find additional places to fit writing into your teaching. See a sample of one weekly schedule where writing has been incorporated across the curriculum.
Listen to an explanation about the resolution in Cinderella. Identify the story's ending.
Identify strengths and areas for improvement in an authentic piece of student writing. Provide enough feedback to help the student become a better writer but not too much to overwhelm him or her.
Listen to an explanation about the series of events in Cinderella. Then look at some pictures where the story's events are all mixed up and put them in the correct order.
Listen to an explanation about Cinderella's setting. Identify the story's place and time.
Contestants in grades 1-8 will listen to three stories, one at a time, and then spell words from each story. Students in high school will listen to separate sentences and then spell the words from each sentence.
Scroll through the events from a single day of a writer/teacher. Roll over each event to see how it sparked ideas for writing topics and genre(s).
Read two pieces of authentic student writing before and after revision. Notice the highlighted areas in each draft and identify how they reflect specific revision strategies the students have learned and applied.
Identify three tiers of vocabulary words that present new vocabulary for your students, and then categorize words by tier in order to focus your teaching.
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Dunlop first introduced their Biomimetic technologies around this time last year and started with only five models. That number doubled earlier this year, and in just a few short weeks there will be even more added to the mix. Possibly the most anticipated of the upcoming releases will also be the most limited production, with Dunlop claiming that there will only be limited amounts of the Biomimetic 100 and Biomimetic 200 Tour being made.
While the two racquets are already available for presale, they are scheduled to ship from Dunlop to select retailers beginning September 1. So how do these new frames stack up to their predecessors, the Aerogel 4D frames? There is good news there, in that Dunlop chose to remain fairly consistent with the new models, utilizing the same molds and nearly identical specifications for the Biomimetic versions. The even better news though, is that these racquets are more than just some new paint.
The Biomimetics include the two technologies, HM6 Carbon for increased stability, power, and comfort, as well as Aeroskin, for greater aerodynamics and faster racquet speed. They are also just a touch more flexible but provide a more solid feel at contact. It manages to fill the difficult task of pleasing the players that are seeing their favorite racquets get replaced, while also changing enough to create a unique enough experience to bring in new potential users.
The most interesting for classic players is likely to be the Biomimetic 100, a 90 square inch head combines with an unexpected 11.1 ounce unstrung frame that is good in stock form, but also provides an excellent base for modification. Do not discount a theory like this, because one of the most sought after racquets at a time was the Asian release of the Wilson Six.One Tour BLX. This was because it weighed less than the US/Europe model, coming in at only 11.3 ounces unstrung instead of 12 ounces unstrung. In a similar way, the Biomimetic 100 is a great racquet for personalization thanks to it being light enough to accept modification without becoming too heavy.
On the exact opposite side, the Biomimetic 200 Tour comes in much heavier, with a swing weight around 350 in its stock form, providing an insane amount of stability and surprising power, but little room for modification. For strong players, and especially strong baseliners, this racquet provides a nice amount of pop with incredible control.
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Wimberley Adoption Group And Rescue Corporation
Rating: 5 stars 8 reviews
Issues: Animals
Location: PO Box 2603 Wimberley TX 78676 USA
To rescue homeless, neglected, abused and forsaken dogs in Wimberley,
Texas and place them into loving, permanent homes.
WAG Rescue is a volunteer supported organization committed to the following community services:
To rescue and assist in the permanent placement of stray, abandoned, unclaimed, and surrendered dogs in and around Wimberley, Texas.
To promote and ensure the compassionate and humane treatment of dogs in our care by providing medical treatment, vaccinations, spay/neuter services, and professional behavioral evaluation, training and rehabilitation if required.
To place these dogs in a safe-haven, and provide a pre-screened foster home where they are nurtured, receive training and learn socialization skills so that they have the best chance of becoming a good companion animal.
To find the most suitable, vetted permanent home for each dog based on its temperament and personality and compatibility with the adoptive family.
To promote, through education, responsible pet ownership, pet health and safety, and the humane treatment of all animals.
To promote spay/neuter of all pets in order to prevent overpopulation and animal suffering, and provide Emancipet low or no cost vouchers for dog spay or neuter to Wimberley residents.
WAG Rescue has a projected operating budget of $60,000 which is needed to service 80 dogs per year. The average cost per dog in our foster care is $250-$1000. Dogs coming to us with serious medical problems such as heartworms are very expensive to treat. We currently have 3 dogs that are heartworm positive. Upon arrival each dog is examined by a Veterinarian and brought current on vaccinations and tested for heartworms and intestinal parasites. Heartworm positve dogs will be treated. WAG Rescue will also have the dog spayed or neutered.
Our intake of dogs since June 2009 has been over 44 which makes it perfectly clear that we will be taking in approximately 20 or more dogs per quarter. Although we receive $175 for each adoption, by the time we take them to our veterinarians for examination, tests and shots to make sure they are healthy, and pay for monthly food and preventive medication, we find the adoption amount does not recoup our costs. We are just so happy to be able to have the dogs go to a loving and good home.
Our dogs stay in our system on average 8-10 weeks. However, some dogs are not ready for adoption until they are completely well, as with heartworm treatment. For those dogs, their stay in our foster system can be upwards of 4 months. There are also dogs we have rescued who may never be adopted due to age or illness. WAG Rescue will continue to care for these dogs and thankfully we have wonderful foster families that have given these dogs a home for life.
Right now our main focus is on the Operating Budget and filling that void will give us the security to help all the dogs we must take in. This goal is first and foremost in fulfilling the dream of Wimberley Adoption Group & Rescue.
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Pump Rules Recap: Break UP, Already!
Previously all of Christmas wishes were DENIED when we learned that Jax and Kristen most likely did not bang. BORED. This week it's back to wondering whether or not Tom and Ariana banged, and I care far less about that possibility. Mostly due to the fact that it probably happened and it doesn't involve Stassi in a murderous rage, so the shock/entertainment factor is nil.
Everyone shows up to a work meeting lead by Lisa who's wearing fabulous heels:
… and a pretty questionable top.
I think she mistook her pursestrap for Jiggy.
Lisa's briefing the staff about the dinner she'll be having the following night in the garden for Brandi, Mohammed, Yolanda and Joyce – she knows it'll be a shitshow before it even happens so she advises the staff that everything needs to look great and go perfectly, at least on their end. And this is the team she chooses? Talk about starting off on a sinking ship. She also advises that her friends are… particular, so everyone will need to work that much harder to please them. Stassi translates for the rest of us what that means: Lisa's friends are assholes who come in, drink the place dry, act like assholes and order things like a chicken salad, but with no chicken and instead of salad, could they have a bowl of white wine? Yeah, those people. BTW, if you're one of those people, you've eaten saliva. Not mine, I don't engage in such immature behavior, but others of my ilk (Stassi or Kristen, probably) are not so blessed with my patience.
Afterwards, Tom and Jax head to set up the bar and Katie and Stassi head out back to… I don't know, not do their sidework? Sounds about right. They all talk about the same thing, though, and that's Jax spreading the rumor that Tom and Ariana hooked up at Coachella. Let me break it down for you so you don't have to relive the ten minutes of back and forth redundancy I did. Jax implied ON CAMERA that Tom and Ariana slept together. Jax told Stassi this. Jax told Katie this. This got back to Tom. Tom was mad. Jax denied ever saying it (even though it has been caught ON CAMERA), and Katie's pissed to once again, look like an asshole. Katie comes over to confront Jax about making her look like an asshole, and Jax basically tells her she's been making herself look an asshole a lot lately. Point to Jax. Essentially, Jax calls everyone else a liar, which usually means he is, so that means… Christ, I don't even know. My opinion on whether or not Tom and Ariana slept together is the same.
It's as if the show hears my thought ray, because at that moment, Kristen walks up to Stassi and Katie and gives us the daily report on Tom's phone. Seriously, she acts like she's doing an evening traffic report when she rolls up on Stassi and Katie to talk outside. She finds a pair of calls between Tom and Ariana and just can't understand why she keeps finding things on Tom's phone that "shouldn't be there." You know what shouldn't be on Tom's phone, Kristen? Your white knuckled grip. Even Stassi (even STASSI) thinks Kristen's gone too far at this point and is only making the situation worse. But Kristen still decides to get Tom to 'fess up about the phone calls somehow, despite Katie and Stassi advising her that it'll go nowhere good.
At the same time, in the height of ironic editing, Tom tells Jax that he and Kristen are doing great at the moment (like, seriously, the moment. They probably had a decent 60 seconds that afternoon and Tom's hanging on to it for dear life.), so he doesn't want to hear any rumors. He heads out back to take a break.
Okay, so Kristen either showed up to work wasted or Tom's break was long enough for her to get that way. She heads outside to the patio to meet him and poor Tom is so unsuspecting that he greets her with a ton of sweetness and actually hands her his phone to look at a funny video. She pretends to look at it for two seconds then drunkenly pouts, "Why'd you call Ariana?" Tom CANNOT believe the same argument is coming up again, this time from his own girlfriend, but then fully understands the situation when he realizes Kristen is schnockered. He finally blows up that he didn't do anything wrong by having a conversation with a friend, and Kristen stalks off. He yells at her that she needs to decide whether or not she wants to be his girlfriend and we cut to commercial.
Look! Your balls are going back! Now break up with the pointy girl.
When we get back, Scheana goes to… some guy's house to work on her "track." She wears gold high-heeled sneakers, raps, and tries to be more like Kesha. Her words, not mine.
"I want to focus on my strong points and go a little more the Ke$ha route."
P.S. This "music producer" produces said music in his studio apartment. I know this because Scheana sat on his bed for most of the session. NEVER WORK WITH ANYONE WHO WORKS WHERE THEY SLEEP. Sorry for all the caps in this segment.
At Stassi's apartment, Kristen, Katie and Stassi all get together so Katie can read Kristen's tarot cards. Okay, now they're just fucking with her on purpose. Within this reading, Katie tells Kristen that joy and happiness are behind her, pain and anguish are ahead of her and any good she feels now is good tainted by deception. As Kristen listens to this "knowledge," you can physically see her going so far down the rabbit hole even the Mad Hatter raises an eyebrow.
"You need to reel it IN, Girlie!"
Then Stassi says some bullshit about Scheana intimating that Tom and Ariana hooked up in Vegas, and in the same breath decides that she also needs to get the truth out of Jax, and in order to do that, she'll manipulate and seduce him when they all go to Cabo. Kristen weeps and calls Stassi "such a good friend," even though this is the same girl who believed as early as last week she'd sleep with Jax. Stassi meanwhile, could not be more excited for Cabo.
"You're such a good friend."
"Your life is my playground. Hey, has anyone seen my flamethrower? I wanna make sure I remember to pack it…"
This bitch is the DEVIL.
At Sur, Jax, Tom and Ariana set up the garden patio for Lisa's dinner, and Ariana interviews that she probably should be pissed at Jax for spreading rumors, but he's so pathetic, she doesn't see the point. A to the MEN, girl. But about the whole staff, not just Jax.
At Sur, Lisa shows exactly how invested she is in this dinner party by putting Stassi in charge of being the peacemaker, keeping Kristen and Scheana out of the party and in general making sure things go well. My broken TV stand would be better at that. Good luck, Lisa!
Kristen, true to form, shows up at work with a U-Haul full of baggage trailing behind her to the point where she's actually sitting on the curb, crying BEFORE her shift starts. But not before she's made sure that everyone at the restaurant knows she's having a horrible, no-good, very bad day. I HATE people like that. I'm having such a bad day, I just don't know if I can make it through the shift, I just need to take a breath, SHUT UP. I'll be the first person to say waiting tables is harder than people think, but I'll also be the first person to say that it ain't THAT hard. And anyone who goes around announcing that they're going to have a hard shift is going to make everyone else's shift unbearable with a bunch of bellyaching and pointy bitchface.
Okay, if anyone should read Tarot cards, it's ME. What did I just say about Kristen? Making everyone's lives miserable, bellyaching and pointy bitchface? So she's outside crying for so long that her station is sat and Peter has to go outside to check on her. She flat-out refuses to work. And not refusing to work for the five minutes it will take her to get herself together in the bathroom, refusing to work in the sense of telling Peter she physically can't do it. Pro-fess-ion-al. At some point she quiets the "I Dreamed a Dream," playing over and over in her head, and deigns to head back inside and accept the work offered to her.
Kristen: "I mean, I GUESS I'm already here. It's too late for happy hour anyway, so I might as well stay."
Peter: "Thank you."
Kristen "Shut up, I hate everyone here."
As for the other person forbidden from the party, Scheana bitches to Tom Sandoval that she's not working the party because, and I quote, "Brandi's a bitch." Even Tom raises his eyebrows at that one. Okay, if watching Scheana record a "record" in a "studio" earlier this episode didn't make you think she was deluded, watching her whine about people not letting go of the fact that she "dated" Eddie Cibrian certainly will. She actually can't seem to understand why this stigma is still following her around and is actually pissed at Brandi for perpetuating it. I really do like Scheana, but it's hard to not get frustrated with people when they're at best, painfully stupid or at worst, high on some sort of household cleaner.
When it comes to the party itself, the Sur staff is hilarious in how they can't get enough of how ridiculous EVERYONE at the table is. They all run back and forth squeeing about how much plastic surgery everyone's had, how much swearing is going on and how trashy rich people can really be. I agree, I think it's funny, too. I thought it was funny the first time I watched it on ROBH about 45 minutes ago. But what's the very funniest? Watching the entire Sur staff act completely shocked at the RHOBH cast as though they have the ability to go to a public place at night and not do the same fucking thing.
We are completely un-self-aware!
Wait, I lied, the funniest thing is watching Jax and Scheana laugh at everyone's plastic surgery. It's like the beginning of the Barbie assembly line laughing at the end.
Oh, and Brandi flirts with Jax – OMG THEY WOULD BE SO PERFECT!!! She's probably not that much older than him! If only one of them had more money…
The party continues, and Jax is having a great time. All the old ladies but Ken are hitting on him, everyone loves his drinks and the wide variety of nationalities is fascinating to him, even though he doesn't know what "race" Yolanda is. He calls the dinner a "Drunk United Nations," and I love him for it. Then he confuses Joyce with Latoya Jackson, and I die with glee. Say what you will about him, but Jax is on a fucking roll tonight.
Oh, hey, remember earlier when Kristen decided she would, you know, do her job?
Well, then Jax lets it slip that Ariana and Tom are bartending together and now Kristen has another excuse to not work. She stalks back to the garden to confront Tom about a work assignment he had no control over, because life just doesn't feel right her if it's not coming apart at the seams. Stassi actually does her damn job (I know, I was surprised, too) and keeps Kristen out of the dinner. Kristen's all, "I SHALL not be moved," so Stassi gets Tom to leave the patio to come talk. Tom leaves the bar, and I don't know why he thinks Kristen would be upset about ANYTHING other than a pile of worthless bullshit that is totally of her own making, but he does. He's legitimately concerned that something of actual weight might be wrong, until Kristen's all, "Why didn't you tell me you were working with Ariana you giant liar made of lies?!" The situation devolves within minutes to Kristen accusing him of cheating with Ariana, to the point where Scheana is brought outside to, I don't even know, testify? Kristin asks what the hell Scheana meant when she told Stassi that she didn't know anything about "what happened in Vegas three years, ago." And Scheana says, "I don't know what happened. I don't see how I can be clearer about that." Kristen excuses her from the stand when it's not what she wants to hear, and banishes Tom back to the bar. Tom continues to say that nothing happened and that he'll continue to have patience with Kristen.
Lisa comes outside to talk Kristen down from the ledge, and is actually super cool about having her dinner interrupted to deal with a crazy person, AGAIN. Though, after what's happening on the inside, Kristen's probably refreshing. Nah, she's not. Kristen seems to respond to Lisa's grounding presence, but you can guess how long that lasts.
Scheana heads back inside to tell Ariana about the whole fiasco, and Ariana is eight shades of finished with this bullshit. As she and Scheana leave, they confront Stassi, Kristen and Katie and it goes something like this:
Ariana: I didn't sleep with Tom.
Scheana: She didn't sleep with Tom.
Kristen: Shut the fuck up, Scheana.
Scheana: YOU shut the fuck up!
Kristen: YOU shut the fuck up!
Ariana: Seriously, we didn't sleep together in Vegas, we just played cards at the Golden Nugget.
Katie: I'm sorry you're terrible, Scheana.
Scheana: I'm sorry YOU'RE an alcoholic.
Kristen: Why did my boyfriend delete your texts and calls after Vegas, Ariana?
Ariana: I don't know why your boyfriend does things. He isn't my boyfriend.
Katie: Well, he's cheated on her three times, so, yeah.
Kristen: Yeah.
Ariana: …YEAH. I don't understand why you're still together, so I'm just going to walk away slowly.
Everyone remember in the first episode when Kristen said that all the servers in Los Angeles want to be servers at Sur?
Next week, the same shit happens, but this time in Mexico. Be sure and tune in!
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