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Spider Guest
Jan 05 2017, 10:53 pm
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Feb 07 2017, 11:45 am
Style and You
Nooo, not art style! I mean clothing style.
Several months ago I got feedback that I drew a character with an awful sense of fashion. While I was thinking "Well, I can't really change that without changing a smidgen of their personality", I was also thinking how a character's looks can affect the reader's perception. Being someone with little interest in people outside of using them as art or -ological references, I never considered the subject until then. Generally our species is visual, guessing someone's personality by their hair/clothing/how they hold themselves. This goes along with our instincts of choosing a thing to procreate with. (Not everyone, of course. Just as a blanketed trait of our species) How does this instinctual behavior transfer to the visual art world.
I'm sure there's mountains of books behind the psychology of art, I'm sure you even learned a bit in school.
But my questions are how does a character's attire affect you? Do you have certain standards when it comes to how protagonists/antagonists/etc. look? And are you less likely to get behind a character who doesn't dress or hold themselves to those standards? What are the choices you've made with your character's appearance and why?
Sorry if this comes off weird, or if this is in the wrong sub-forum. I don't have much experience with engaging conversation, but it would be cool to see the different viewpoints on this.
Personally I'm really "blah" about character appearance. You can have a character dressed in a Hot Topic necromorph costume the entire story, and I wouldn't care less as long as they're entertaining. When it comes to my characters I never put much thought into how they look other than "Yeah that fits." I did put more effort into one, being a non-binary with an interest in feminine attire. Other than that I'm excessively lazy. Lmao!
Semi-Phenomenal Cosmic Powers
Jul 28 2012, 7:38 pm
Semi-Phenomenal Cosmic Powers
Feb 07 2017, 12:59 pm
Re: Style and You
Aww man, I don't know that I go too deep into the philosophy beyond "will this function well in a society primarily established by magic flying people" and "they always cover their wrists because of societal expectations", but making up new costumes for my characters is always a fun time. Here are some of my favorites from the main three:
Rana's blue coat is probably my favorite Rana outfit. I try to give her things that are a little more bouncy, pleated, and floofy to reflect her happy/innocent nature.
When she's not armored up, Sydney's more streamlined for fast movement/action.
Astyr almost always has a "split front" thing going on, either with an overshirt/vest, and a blue scarf somewhere on his person cause that's his accent color.
Spider Guest
Feb 07 2017, 12:06 pm
Spider Guest
Feb 07 2017, 1:07 pm
Re: Style and You
All of my characters wear suits. One day, this will change. It is not this day.
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There are NEVER Too Many Men With Pointy Ears And Glowy Eyes
Jul 02 2009, 3:27 pm
There are NEVER Too Many Men With Pointy Ears And Glowy Eyes
Feb 07 2017, 1:47 pm
Re: Style and You
Hmm! No, I think this is an interesting question, and this is the right place for talking about comics. :U
I'm not especially style-conscious personally, but subconsciously is another matter-- the way you design a fictional character will definitely influence the way people read them. Although there haven't been many cases where I've disliked a character because of their design, there've definitely been cases where I've been thrown out of a story due to poor design choices-- characters wearing outfits that should be outside their means, that are blatant ripoffs of another culture the artist clearly doesn't know anything about besides 'this looks cool', or that are very transparently things the artist wanted to draw which don't complement their character or outright contradict it (for instance, a character who's supposed to be humble and un-contrived wearing tons of heavy jewellery and skimpy clothing, without the plot somehow forcing them into it). I don't hold it against the character when this happens, but it definitely can prevent me from getting immersed in the world the creator is trying to build and has made me stop reading in the past.
Even when the design choices are haphazardly applied without real intention, like the characters people create as teens; I tended to put characters into awful vaguely goth-ish outfits loaded with random belts and fishnets (aka doing the artistic equivalent of screaming 'I like final fantasy'). When I stopped doing that though, I dropped into a period I can only describe as.... strict neutrality? For years I put almost all my characters into nondescript grey long-sleeved shirts and grey pants.
The outfit the guy on the left is wearing was what EVERYONE was wearing in my comic for the first few hundred pages, lmao (the woman to his right is wearing something different but only because I drew this chapter cover page later, and redrew the scene that it comes from, so that she wasn't wearing the outfit I designed 9 years ago. Or more to the point, the outfit I DIDN'T really design at all, because I drew it on autopilot without any attempt to distinguish it.)
....Anyway, as the comic continued to run, I've been putting more effort into giving the characters clothing that look like they were chosen by the people wearing them rather than by me, the lazy artist. Sometimes this is easy-- one of my protagonists is a young girl who definitely likes dresses and pink things and frills, and
she does get to choose her own outfit
during the course of the story itself. My other protagonist doesn't really choose his own clothing, he just accepts what he's given-- so half the time he's in
borrowed shirts
, or clothing
issued by the guild he works for
(which is the closest he comes to owning his own stuff). This passivity and reluctance to assert himself even when it comes to his own clothing is related to his character arc, since a lot of it deals with identity problems and feelings of being an outsider to human society.
Otherwise... I don't tend to plan much further ahead than 'yeah, this looks right/like something they'd wear'. Most of my characters either work in places that have uniforms or have been too busy being on the road to change clothes often, so other than
one exception
, I haven't been putting too much work into designing outfits in advance.
Mr. Average
Voice of Reason
Mar 07 2016, 7:42 pm
Mr. Average
Voice of Reason
Feb 07 2017, 8:43 pm
Re: Style and You
None of the people in my comic chose their own clothing, because they're all in their respective nations' armed forces. The three main groups are the United Nations Alliance, the Federated Socialist Republics, and the South American Coalition.
For the UNA, there is a small bit of shorthand that denotes officers and enlisted personnel - officers and senior NCOs in the United Nations have a padded shoulder on their tunic, while JNCOs and enlisted have a second pocket.
In the Federate Army, my stand-in for the the Soviets, the officers wear colored shoulderboards, as they did in the real Soviet army, while enlisted do not. Although I'm not sure I've adhered to that too strictly.
The only enlisted South Americans in the story are wearing powered armor so they don't get distinctive uniforms.
How-EVAHH, I did design the uniforms with distinctions in mind. The United Nations, being a group of "democratic" countries, have a more casual and functional uniform, with a more blue-green "cool" tone. Not actual aqua, but not dun-colored like the Federates - they also got blue military berets, to be immediately recognizable as United Nations soldiers. The Feddies, being more steeped in martial culture in the story, got laced boots, leg striped pants, colored epaulettes and peaked caps, and a leather shoulderstrap, to look more overtly militaristic right off the bat. The South Americans are kind of in between, and so they got tan uniforms, subdued shoulderboards, "cap" style hats, to put them somewhere between the semi-casual and functional UN uniforms and the more military Federate ones.
Lapsvs vero qvod deprehenderis (facile pro tva benignitate) mihi, vt spero, condonabis!
Stout-Hearted Adventurer
Mar 07 2016, 11:27 am
Stout-Hearted Adventurer
Feb 08 2017, 6:52 am
Re: Style and You
When I came up with the idea for BF, I initially took inspiration from the traditional clothing of the Minangkabau people, which looks like this:
But there was a gap of a few years between then and the moment when I actually started drawing the comic, so even though the general idea stayed, I ended up often drawing clothing that looked more modern. Not in style, but in the way the sleeves were more body-tight, which basically means that these people can somehow make modern stretchy fabrics with no modern technology, which is like... whoops! I also ended up simplifying things, and ultimately making the look quite boring and generic... I'm actually taking my webcomic as a lesson on what NOT to do.
I'm currently drawing a short story set in
a world I designed last summer
, and there I actually took care to design something that made sense and looked interesting, and I'm actually
those designs now rather than just completely forgetting about them, the way I did the last time.
Though I still think mostly about social group and social status when designing character outfits. I guess thinking about that character's personality and what they specifically would
to wear would be the next thing to try going for.
SF Creator
Feb 04 2017, 7:33 pm
SF Creator
Feb 08 2017, 5:27 pm
Re: Style and You
This is one of those things I should probably think more about. I tend to... kind of forget that most people care about what they wear (and how their hair is, and all that stuff), so I'm afraid I probably have a tendency to ignore it unless it's plot-relevant. I often forget that people wear things other than t-shirts and jeans, too, which... obviously they do. I'm better about it when it's not a modern setting. Then I can do research on time/setting appropriate attire.
Luckily so far for my comic every human character has a specific and obvious thing to be wearing (be it a racing suit or armour), so that hasn't been a problem yet, but I'm always having to remind myself when writing to describe things like clothing now and again. I'm bad enough about this that I didn't realise that I never thought about the style of my main character's hair in the comic until I actually had to draw it, and then I scrambled to find reference of sufficiently short hair.
Personally, what a character is wearing doesn't affect me much at all. There are a few cases where it might bug me (stereotypical female fantasy armour tends to give me an eye-twitch, for example), but that's about it. So long as it functions halfway plausibly for what they're doing, I'm cool with it, and most likely will barely even notice.
Spider Guest
Jan 31 2017, 8:50 pm
Spider Guest
Apr 09 2017, 1:53 pm
Re: Style and You
I like communicating character details with clothes, especially when someone's iconic outfit is suddenly missing or modified. (Or maybe there's something they flat-out refuse to wear?)
is a fun "ostentatious fashion-plate" character, especially with clothes modified for a one-armed wearer.
got a tank-top, exercise shorts, and a rumpled work blazer: she's indifferent to this job but glad there's nobody around to enforce a tighter dress code.
Both my leads wear outfits proudly proclaiming their jobs and origins: flight jacket bearing a homeland's symbol, and a fancy diplomat's uniform. (These outfits may be subject to change.)
I have a lot to learn about fashion, but abruptly changing outfits/style is an underrated way of communicating story beats and grabbing attention.
Parhelion- A comic of space pirates, warlords, bureaucrats, and unwelcome obligations.
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I say maddeningly because on several occasions this week a simple solution caused me to groan, "How could I have MISSED that?"
But the point (always) is not to kick yourself for having missed it, but to rejoice that you finally GOT it.
I was also struck by the needless complications of life – self-imposed ones that add burdens and suck time and energy from our day.
Like my hair.
When I lived in Pennsylvania, my daily ritual was to get up early enough to do full hair and makeup and dress for success so that I'd be ready for whatever the day might bring. It has always been part of my DNA to look sharp on the outside – it's like a hobby of mine. Some people scrapbook; I go to Ulta and Steinmart.
The move to Florida changed everything. I was now working from a home office and some days, the only people to see me are Duane and Shasta.
They've seen me at my worst (and still love me), and I soon realized that wearing mascara added nothing to my ability to get the job done.
If a tree falls in the wilderness and there's no one there to hear it, does it make a sound?
If there is a press release to write and the writer is in her jammies, does it matter?
Son of a gun, the answer is "NO!"
However, my links to the outside world in my professional life are twice-weekly video conferences. Yay! I'm going to see people! And they're going to see ME!
On those days, I actually wear clothes and perform the whole beauty exercise. Should a surprise or impromptu meeting arise, I choose the "audio only" function to spare my colleagues from my foundation-less face.
Along the lines of simplicity (there IS a point to this story), I had such a meeting this week and, due to a time crunch, something had to be sacrificed: hair OR makeup. Since makeup ALWAYS wins, it was with trepidation that I pushed my hair into a clip-pie and let the Florida humidity have its way with my fine, frizzy locks.
This was a wild and carefree Brenda – not one I was completely comfortable with, but hey, I wasn't hired for my hair, right?
The crazy thing was, the minute my video popped up, everyone exclaimed how GREAT I looked!
All those mornings when I layered product, painstakingly blow dried, back-combed and sprayed Sebastian Shaper everywhere, NOT A WORD.
But when I kept it SIMPLE? Suddenly, my look had everyone abuzz.
Methinks there is a lesson in this about not needing to try so hard and that the real beauty is being comfortable with who I am (and if the stiletto fits, who you are.)
And that wasn't the only MADDENING lesson I learned about simplicity this week:
What a beautiful word to meditate on this week.
Sending tons of love and light to all of you – and Happy, happy Mother's Day!

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Halloween at Modcloth
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Those are some really great pieces!! Love itReplyDelete
Candice | Beauty Candy Loves
Awesomeee clothes. love the socksReplyDelete
Great finds, I love the X-ray socks! :)ReplyDelete
I'm in love with that ouija board dress! It would go great with that new movie Ouija that has just come out ;)ReplyDelete
I love getting into the Halloween spirit and I love your fashion picks! Especially the last top on the first picture! xReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 23, 2014 at 11:35 AM
Oh my god, the ouija board dress!ReplyDelete
Super cool post! Love some of your choices :)ReplyDelete
curly hair & high heels
Those are cool outfitsReplyDelete
Really cool picks!ReplyDelete
Reflection of Sanity
I love your picks! I think we have the same taste in clothes. :)ReplyDelete
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love, Love, LOVE these items!ReplyDelete
Great ideas for Halloween!!ReplyDelete
Leonie ♥ IkonikBeauty
X-ray socks are my favorite! Cool finds. :)ReplyDelete
Great picks. Love the 4th stockingsReplyDelete
Made in Mauve
I am obsessed with skulls and I love all these clothing items, but that ouija board dress is wow!ReplyDelete
So fun!! Love these.ReplyDelete


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The centre of Ballyshannon will remain closed to traffic with local diversions in place since 5pm on Thursday evening and these will continue on Friday as a specialist team is awaited to make a local clock, which has sustained damage, safe.
On Thursday evening a passer by alerted the emergency services to damage to the southern face of what is locally referred to as 'Gallogley's clock' on Main Street.
The southern face of the clock has been split, possibly as a result of a lightening strike and there remains a danger that large, heavy pieces of the clock face could fall onto the streets below.
It would appear that the only thing retaining parts of the clock face from falling downwards are the two hands of the clock.
Locals say the clock face has slipped further since the damage was first noticed on Thursday afternoon
Local fire crews didn't have ladders long enough to reach the damaged clock face.
Gardaí and the emergency services have cordoned off the area to render it as safe as possible from a health and safety point of view overnight with the road blocked and traffic diverted away from the potential danger area.


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In April, while returning to Idaho from a trip to Mexico, I ordered a meal from the drive thru at Carl's Jr in El Centro, CA. While eating the sandwich I broke a tooth on a piece of bone(or other hard object) in the sandwich. Immediately called CJ and informed them. Had tooth repaired when I got back to Idaho. Submitted claim to CJ for dental costs. Claim denied as I didn't keep the piece of bone that caused the injury.
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Annoying meeting yesterday ate up a lot of time. Grr. Must finish conference paper that I am giving this weekend, and finish something else that needs to be mailed by next week.
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Friday, February 25, 2011
Lil Red Bloomers: The Fairy Tale Analyzed
Weaving Mountains of Molehills
Imagine a web of colorful strings. They run along on their merry way, sometimes intersecting other strings for an instant and then rushing on. Even though they only crossed paths for a second, both strings' paths are irreversibly changed. The strings cross, stretch, and tangle in a seemingly random mass until you step back and see the grand picture, the entire web. Suddenly the chaos is a pattern, a plan, a pre-destined picture.
That web is your life. Or, rather, Hannah's life. Your line begins; you are born. You grow up, meet people, events and experiences bend your path, following the plan set for you by God. Eventually, as all strings do, your life will come to an end. Your string may be a minute long, a year long, a hundred years long; only God, who can see the whole web, knows.
There are many stories in Hannah's web (She likes to imagine its lime green). Some that began long ago and ended long ago, some began long ago and still have yet to end, and some that she anticipates in her future. To pluck one thread and tell only that story is truly impossible, because they all intersect. Without even one of the stories, that web of you, of Hannah, would unravel. Still, I don't have time to tell you Hannah's entire life and you don't have time to listen, so I'll try to choose just one length of string.
I must apologize, where are my manners? You, naturally, have no idea who this Hannah person is whereas I've been her intimate friend and overseer for many strings. Allow me to introduce you to Hannah G. Musick, a girl who would like to create the impression that "G" stands for an exotic and interesting middle name but would give up the charade and laugh about how it was really just "Gabrielle". Then Hannah's mind would wander, from middle names to "Why do people find it necessary to appear exotic?", to exotic fruits, her great enjoyment in mangos, the color of mango, the idea of buying mango nail polish, then rationalizing that she would only wear it once and thus it wouldn't be worth $6.99. Plus tax. Laughing to herself (and in avoidance of algebra homework), Hannah would most likely take her thoughts and turn them into a long and humorous email on middle names for the amusement of her friends.
Hannah is…well, many things. Funny, brash, timid, paranoid, serious, contradictory; human. A homeschool sophomore, sister, Christian, traveler, daughter, and friend.Definitely far too interested in what other people think about her, but who isn't? Hannah changes depending on who you ask.
A stranger would describe her as approachable, the person you'd ask directions from in a crowded subway or ask to hold your bag while you chased down your toddler. A close friend would hand Hannah the bag because she is unusually trustworthy but would never ask her for directions. Asking Hannah would be of course useless because she can count all the street names she knows on one hand and can get lost with a GPS. A stranger would say that she was friendly, nice, and a little shy at first. A close friend would agree with the friendly and nice, and then ask if they were talking about the same person because the Hannah they know is seldom subdued.
Ah-ha! The length of string I choose is from last summer, early June 2010. Hannah is in Iiyama, Japan, (near Nagano) with her Japanese classmates on a school trip visiting famous attractions and staying with host families; exploring Japan. At this particular moment in time she's not touring Tokyo Tower or climbing on Mt.Fuji; but stuffed in an enormous bus with her classmates and winding up, up, up a mountain.
"Yeah! My host family is awesome! We had shabu shabu last night and set off fireworks in the back yard."
"Dude. We're staying in a ski resort, pretty cool, huh?"
"My host sister reads the same Manga I do! We have so much in common, it's unbelievable. And my host family is really funny and friendly."
Hannah's smile began to dim as she sat and listened to the excited chatter echoing in the wide tour bus and slowly slouched in her seat. Her friends couldn't seem to say enough good things about their host family. What was going on? Were any of her friends having trouble in their host families? She scanned their faces again: no trace of disappointment or dissatisfaction. Was she really the only one? Hannah's cheerful mood began to sour.
Turning to the window, Hannah didn't see the beautiful scenery zipping by in her reflection. Her dark peach skin was a changing palate of fresh green trees and stained brunette bark, her brunette irises suddenly sky blue and filled with floating clouds. The only part of Hannah that didn't change was her black hair, twisted into a bun and held in place with a sharpie, and her unruly eyebrows. The warm, even hot weather had released the little springs of hair that twirled out from her head like swirly horns in the humidity. Hannah wound one of her horns around a finger as she replayed the previous night with her host family over again, comparing her experiences with the glowing reviews of her friends. The night had really started at dinner…
Hannah peeked at her host family over the rim of my rice bowl. They were all kneeling at the low table in the family room on rice mats eating dinner. The table was scattered with white dishes of mysterious foods, more appetizing than others. Hannah's pint-sized host father with carefully combed grey hair and round spectacles, her preoccupied and generally confused host mom, her shy, introverted host sister, her comatose eating machine of a older host brother that only materialized at meal times, the old maid aunt that lived in the little room under the stairs, and the kindly miniature host grandmother with a penchant for gardening turnips and green beans.
"Um…すてき!Tastes, um, great.ありがと。"
Hannah had rarely heard such a deafeningly awkward silence as at the table that night. She could actually hear crickets outside, whistling away as the sun lit the sky pink, orange, and blueberry. She chewed nervously. Despite being sorely tempted to do the awkward turtle hands, she refused the urge and gingerly picked up the slice of limp pickled green bean (from the garden) between her chopsticks. It looked disturbingly similar to an eel. The family stared intently at her as she popped it in her mouth. Hannah's faced twitched at the salty, bitter taste, but she swallowed and weakly smiled.
"Um…すてき!Tastes, um, great.ありがと。"
The Grandmother started huskily laughing hysterically and everyone else snickered. Hannah played with her rice. What had she said wrong? She'd just said it was- oh. Hannah winced. She hadn't said the food was delicious, she'd said it was wonderful, amazing; the wrong words when describing a humble green bean.
Pretty soon Hannah was wishing that they'd laugh at her again, cough, anything! The silence was broken by nothing but slurps and the click of chopsticks. Even the crickets had settled down now that night had totally blackened the landscape. Plus, she started to wonder, where would she get water? Hannah hadn't seen anyone drink anything besides miso soup since she'd arrived. She didn't recall my textbook mentioning drink etiquette in awkward host families. Better not to say anything, she decided; and just sneak upstairs later and drink out of her water bottle. As she ate her rice under the supervision of the host family, Hannah groaned inwardly. How was she going to survive 3 days of this?! The truth was, Hannah wasn't even supposed to be here. At the last minute her mom, the trip leader, had switched Hannah and another student. The other student, a hyper girl with unstable feelings about staying in a host family alone, had been paired with one of Hannah's friends and sent off to Hannah's host family. Hannah didn't complain, she just smiled, handed over her host gifts, and got into her new host family's car. Alone. Even though Hannah knew she should be grateful she even had a host family, it wasn't enough to stop the creeping feeling of dissatisfaction.
Hannah was snapped out of her bitter reverie and back onto the mountain when the driver opened the bus doors with a hydraulic hiss and everyone began piling out. Hannah tried to shake off the unhappy thoughts and jumped back into the bubbling conversation of her friends. They were about half-way up the mountain, as far as you could go by bus. Armed with a ski pole and windbreaker against the chill air, they prepared to ascend the mountain peak. First, however, some fun in the snow.
Snow? In June? Don't worry, Japan isn't an arctic wasteland during summer months. Bear in mind, however, that we were on a mountain, a piece of land that jumps up from the rest of the earth and tries to touch the sky. In return, the sky showers the mountain peak with first snow long before the rest of the landscape. The peaks were literally covered in a generous amount of snow, bamboo, and thick foliage. So combine steep hiking, snow, tangled mazes of vines and trees, and mud. LOTS of mud. Hannah's already turning attitude took a sharp dive for worse.
It wasn't long until Hannah's black chucks and jeans were splattered with mud, and her hair full of twigs and they were only a fourth of the way to the peak according to their overenthusiastic leader, Peter. Despite being a tad past his prime he was leaping madly ahead faster than any mountain goat. He looked rather like a silver-haired Joker, laughing at the other hiker's weakness and saying, "This is easy! No problem! We're almost there! (snicker, snicker)."Hannah is that friend that comes over to watch the super bowl for the commercials and to eat the peanut butter. If someone asked her to play tackle football she'd plunge right in but would much rather read than watch supposedly sensible people run around in colorful latex, so it was natural that she had fallen behind the rest her group after escaping a particularly complicated bit of brush that required some complex gymnastics. She stopped to catch her breath.
"Hey, wait up! Guys! Guys?" Hannah groaned. Didn't they notice they were missing a person? She stood for a minute to catch her breath. Glancing through the unexpected break in the foliage beside her, Hannah's breath stopped. She'd never seen a view so spectacular, so vast. Land clothed in only natural foliage and the occasional red-roofed house stretched out forever into the mist below me, beyond me, around me. No photograph could capture the majesty of that view. For perhaps the first time that day she felt happy, awed by God's creation, lifted above herself. She began hiking with renewed energy.
After that little glimpse of what was to come, the rest of the hike up seemed like pie; a rubbery, bitter-sweet, seemingly never-ending piece of pie. When they finally reached the very tippy-top of the mountain it felt like they'd conquered the challenge. Mist flowed over the landscape, obscuring the distance. They raised our ski poles in victory and congratulated each other. Hannah was bathing in the glow of victory (and sweat) until she looked down. "Yay, hooray, we made it...now let's do it all again in reverse."
(Nice smile, Joel)
Hiking downhill should be much easier than hiking uphill, right? RIGHT? Wrong! Keep in mind the mud. The snow and ice. The sharp pointy sticks with a seemingly personal vendetta you. Oh, yeah, and Hannah's ski pole snapped. This was all well and terrible until Hannah and her compadres rounded a bend in the path and stepped into thin air. The path just disappeared in a steep drop of slushy snow. The path resumed half-way down the slide at a right-angle in just such a way that if she missed her stop she'd take a pleasant plunge down the bramble-tangled mountain. The more reckless guys yelled and slid down the hill with minimum injury and few injuries. Hannah was pacing back and forth trying to find the easiest, driest, least pokey route down. Carefully, she put her foot down in the snow and slowly eased down. Her feet slipped, her hands flailed, and she rolled down the slope.
As fast as Hannah and her personal belongings were tumbling down the mountainside, her attitude was taking a plunge into a pit of self-pity and bitterness. On perhaps any other day Hannah would have laughed off the spill down the mountain-side, the cold mud and scratches, being laughed at by her older, athletic brother, even the horrid feeling of hiking in wet jeans. That day? It would be easier to coax a smile out of poisonous cacti.
Suddenly, in the relative privacy of her group of fellow slowpokes (her mother and the only girl on the hike in a skirt), the thoughts and bitter complaints that had been simmering under the surface all day boiled over. Hannah's generally optimistic attitude cracked and crumbled. Right there, right then, she had a meltdown. Everything just poured out (and a few tears, too) leaving her hiking mates with a bit of a shock.
When the whole story had flowed out, they walked for a moment in silence.
"So?" Hannah asked, sniffling a bit. "What do you think? What should I do?"
"Well, you have a terrible attitude, first of all."
"Thanks, MOM!"
When they started getting into it, though, Hannah realized her friends were right. She'd been complaining all day, even if it was just in her head. Hannah was in Japan, with great friends, and with opportunities that some people never have the chance to experience. How could she let one unpleasant night ruin her day, like a coffee stain on a brand new shirt?
After a lot of apologizing and relieved laughter, Mom pointed out another important point. What if Hannah's placement was not the mistake it seemed; what if she was in that specific family for a reason? What if there was something Hannah could do to give them hope, to change their lives in a way that would be remembered long after my brief stay was over? What if, instead of waiting for the next few days to be over, she used the time to reach out and minister to her host family? Hannah saw a situation that had seemed unfair and pointless through new eyes. This wasn't a cruel trick; she had a mission. What she didn't have (and badly needed) was a tissue.
Hannah's band of slowpokes rounded the bend and found themselves on a concrete road, the bus only a 10 minute walk away. For the first time on the entire hike, Hannah wished that it was longer. When she'd resolved her issues and actually looked around, she was captured by the beauty of her surroundings. The colors intensified by the melting snow, Michelangelo clouds, the feeling of being liberated of a burden. How come she hadn't seen this before?
That night Hannah knelt at her host family's dinner table and bowed. When she looked up and met the eyes of her family, she smiled genuinely for the first time and took a long sip of her miso soup. Hannah noticed things she hadn't before; the timid glances, the desperate eyes, the need for hope. Maybe this wouldn't be so bad, after all.
The End
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Wading in the Ocean in Kilts: YES
The champagne-tinted moon hung low and full in the night sky, brushing the tips of the trees and resting on the McDonald's sign while our car paused at a stoplight.
That sentence has been circling my brain continually since last night, waiting to be written. Several weeks ago I wrote a
piece on one of my UK Trip meetings at the London Tea Room, this time our meeting was at the Hall's lovely and snack-laden
abode. Those lemon bars, strawberries, and brownies were just amazing.
I don't have very muchness of time to write right now, but here
are my educational and intelligent notes from the late
half of the trip meeting:
"…and possibly encounter scotish people."
"They might be hiding behind the wall?"
"Oh yes. They are like ninjas, you know."
"That's what everybody has said!"
Oy, lets go fetch some wee kilts in Scottyland!
"In the know" for Loch Ness
Many walls is England. They couldn't keep us in, though!
Happy, happy hat!
"Foooouuuuuurrrrr! Four Four!"
More lakes…
So many snacks, so many choices, so many drinks, can't reach
a single one. For the want of a lemon there was agony.
Look up the London Dungeon at home.
We're playing travel Clue!
The Roman Ruins: Will we see ruined Romans?
England: A Lotta Stuff
Brianna's Siblings: "…the food lured out the local wildlife.
David even got to help in the extraordinary process of feeding the beasts. They
ate sun chips, lemon bars, carrots, brownies, and their father. Excuse me, I
mean they brought the father with them. Opps, there they go, scared by all the
people. The father ate a lemon bar, tomatoes, strawberries, grapes, and some other
snack goodies. David did not help feed him."
Dad and Mr.Tate are whispering in the corner…about diapers?
The boarder of Whales. Is it made of Whales?! We must see
WHALES! (As in the animals)
Bad, bad David. Choosing a 2. He should have been a 5.
"Baah." – Deborah
Charlieissocoollike…I show my love by stalking you…
King Offa: The Greedy King. He kept building walls.
Sorry Offa: Your pikes just aren't attractive enough for us.
You're dirt to us. And a mound at that.
Do we actually get to Bathe is Bath? And is it's sister town
Shower? Also, if you are travelling in Bath, are you technically bathing?
Bath: A tourist's excuse to go skinny-dipping. Also, the
true story behind sightings of the Loch Ness Monster?
"I'm sure they would think we were students." – David
Would they? SO that means my Mom is a student mother?
Fashion Museum: Joel wants to go.
Deb is licking the Hall's couch. Do I want to know? …no, its
funnier this way.
"Those children get great discounts!" – Joel, an angry
Longleat: YES. JUST SAY YES.
"10 am to 5 pm…"
Is it just me or does that picture of the adorable little
boy on the wall have a white Styrofoam booger?
EVERYONE who reads this: Go youtube "Walk on the Wild Side"
David: "blah, blah, blah, blah blah, bal DOCTOR WHO, Bla-"
Us: "WHAT!? Doctor Who? YES!"
"Maiden. It needs love." – Deb
THEY are still whispering. This is so annoying, WHAT ARE
Reeeaally want a drink, but don't want to pick through the
maze of people to get there. Arrgggg.
Now we are voting stuff off the island. NOT ST.IVES!
Whadda'bout homestays?
"We shouldn't go to Edinburough."
Deb: (Sad face)
"Stop using logic against Scotland!" – Deb
What is Brianna waving at…?
"What they should do is take bath…" – Mother Mary
NOW I will go get a drink. FINISHED!
…maybe finished. I won't put away my sleeping-bag just yet.
Wait, the next meeting is at my house? Time to start hiding
the evidence! :D
As you can see, I was paying very close attention to the trip meeting. VERY close attention.
Anyway, must fly! I have far too much homework and far too little time to complete it. I am, you might say, in a jam.
Strawberry, I hope.
Mathematical Jelly,
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Me, Myself, and I
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
When I Grow Up I Wanna Be An Old Person!
Lovely Loves,
America (scratch that. pretty much all of mankind) is obsessed with not aging. There's anti-aging creams, anti-aging foods, anti-aging surgery, even anti-aging exercises (pray, check for wrinkles, pray again). Growing old has been labelled tasteless, unfashionable, ugly. Well I don't buy it. While people go inject themselves with toxic paralyzing substances and search for the wrinkle cream of everlasting youth, I embrace old age.
Old age is the age ofexcuses, the backstage pass to life, the skeleton key to the playground over the hill. Once you hit a certain age you can get away with just about anything. Riding the motorized cart through grocery stores? Cutting lines? "Accidentally" tripping rude passerby with your cane? Asking that cute senior citizen to help you cross the road? You're old! Go for it!
The Grandma from "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" is an special inspiration to me. "You want to go
insane?" some might ask, but I see it as getting to climb on to my neighbor's roofs (or into their
basements), wearing a cowl, and accusing people of being evil Turks. Sounds like fun to me!
Some other inspiring old people:
-My Grandmas!
-Betty White and the Golden Girls
-The Grandma from "Runaway Bride"
-The bald,
dancing Six Flags guy who is really a woman (no, seriously. thats a bald
-God (so old he's ageless)
-Several other cool oldish people who i can't think of at the moment. They're out there, though.
Plus, who says being old means not being beautiful? Wrinkles are a sign of a life well laughed and a million smiles. They add character and warmth to a perhaps otherwise mundane face. Plus, if I get age spots i can play connect-the-dot whenever I want!There are definite downsides to aging: the dentures, the arthritis, the need to pee at all hours of the night. But hey,occupational hazards, right?
Plus, just imagine the stories I'll tell my Grandchildren. "Back in the days when I had natural teeth we didn't (insert high-tech invention here). No, no. We used a black box called a VHS player and instead of (insert here) we took a smaller black box and inserted it into a slot in the bigger black box. Really!" Just wait till I tell them about washing dishes by hand, or reading paper books, or riding in mammoth gas-guzzling tanks. Hee hee hee.
Night You Young Whippersnappers,
Hannah Hoo


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Will Evans' late goal sealed the points and ended Fylde four-match winning streak in a bad-tempered National League contest which saw both sides reduced to 10 men.
Shamir Fenelon opened the scoring for the hosts only for Danny Rowe's 11th goal of the season to pull Fylde level after half-time.
Tempers flared after the break but Shots defender Evans the final say, heading home in the last five minutes.
Manager Dave Challinor stuck with the side that progressed to the second round of the FA Cup at the expense of Kidderminster Harriers.
Both sides looked sharp from the off, hitting each other on the counter, although it was Aldershot who went the closer when Fabien Robert's teasing cross was narrowly missed on the six-yard line by the lurking Bernard Mensah.
Shots dangerman Mensah should have opened the scoring on the quarter-hour when Jason Taylor was dispossessed in the centre of the park and the winger found himself clean through only to be thwarted by a phenomenal save from Jay Lynch.
A goal was coming for the hosts and duly arrived after 20 minutes. Mensah's cross was misjudged by George Edmundson and pounced upon by Fenelon, who cushioned his header past Lynch.
With the home side in control, Fylde looked to hit back on the break and Sam Finley picked out Jonny Smith with a delightful ball over the top. However, the wideman crossd straight into the arms of debutant goalkeeper Lewis Ward.
Mensah was proving a handful and almost got in on the scoring act himself when his curling free-kick was deflected narrowly wide of the near post.
Fylde had another lucky escape when Roberts put the ball on a plate for Jim Kellerman at the back post but the midfielder skewed his effort over the bar.
Hoping for an improvement after the break, the Coasters started well as Jack Muldoon broke clear only to balloon his strike over from 20 yards.
Kellerman took an equally wild swipe at the other end in a quite subdued start to the second period, though the match sprang to life with a moment of magic from the visitors
Top scorer Rowe latched on to an incisive pass from Luke Burke before deftly clipping the ball over the advancing goalkeeper for his fourth goal in three games.
However, the match was to turn sour when Fylde were reduced to ten. Muldoon got involved in an off-the-ball tangle with Evans and, after discussions with his assistant, referee Sam Purkiss sent the Coasters man for an early bath.
It almost got worse for the stubborn visitors with 15 minutes remaining, when Shots left-back Adam McDonnell lashed a wicked volley across goal and narrowly wide of the top corner.
The referee evened up the numbers on 79 minutes when substitute Manny Oyekele, who had only come on after an hour, received his marching orders for clattering fellow sub Serhat Tasdemir on the half-way line.
The decision galvanised the Coasters and quick throw from Andy Bond sent Finley flying down the right. His low cross found Rowe unmarked in the centre but Ward was on his toes to make a smart block.
However, no sooner was the ball back up at the other end than Aldershot netted the 86th-minute winner.
A free-kick from the right was flicked on to the back post and nodded home by Evans from close range.
Rowe almost saved a point for Fylde in the final seconds but his strike from a tight angle was nicked around the post for a corner.
The defeat sees Fylde slip a place to 18th, while Aldershot climb two to seventh.
AFC Fylde: Lynch, Burke, Tunnicliffe, Edmundson, Francis-Angol, J. Taylor (Tasdemir 55), Bond, Finley, Muldoon, Smith (Montrose 68), Rowe; not used: Grand, Jones, Blinkhorn.
Aldershot: Ward, Alexander, Evans, Fenelon, Mensah, Kellerman (Oyeleke 60), Rowe (Rendell 78), McDonnell, Fowler (Gallagher 71), Reynolds, Robert; not used: Skinner, Pring
Ref: Sam Purkiss; Att: 2,011


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The annual Fireworks Extravaganza at the Big Red at Ucross will be Sunday, July 3rd from 5 pm until the fireworks are over.
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the fireworks show, and there will be more reasons than just our independence to celebrate, according to Sharon Dynak, Executive Director of the Ucross Foundation.
The new park and chapel are located at the intersection of US Highways 14 and 16, just before the Big Red, whether coming from Buffalo or Sheridan. The park stands on nearly 9 acres of land that once was a salvage yard, and will be open from 5 to 7pm.
In addition to the fireworks at dusk and the park, visitors can tour the art gallery, featuring works from 22 different artists entitled "In The Presence of Trees" from 5 to 8pm, and also check out the numerous vendors that will be on site and participate in games as well.
Entertainment will be provided by Jalan Crossland from 7:30 to 9:30pm.
The cost for the Fireworks Extravaganza is $2 per car, and proceeds will go to the Arvada Community Church.
For more information, call 737-2291.


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LitSoup: What are you reading right now?
This month's LitSoup question:
I posed this question to the newsroom, and these are the responses I received:
-- Cheryl Sadler | firstname.lastname@example.com | @nhcheryl
What are you reading right now?
I posed this question to the newsroom, and these are the responses I received:
Jean Bonchak:
Reading "Spontaneous Happiness" by Andrew Weil. What's good about this book is that Weil is not extreme in any of his viewpoints. He balances medical, holistic and spiritual aspects for achieving happiness in what is a very common sense approach. Should we be kick-up-your-heels happy all the time? Nope. He suggests staying in touch with the center point inside each of us where a safe, knowing contentment exists. Of the many self-help books out there that can be self-serving, preachy or just "way out there," this one hits its target well.
Nicole Franz:
"The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" by Stieg Larsson
Jeffrey L. Frischkorn:
Been going through several of my Patrick McManus books, including "The Grasshopper Trap" and "Never Sniff A Gift Fish" while in my deer-hunting blind. McManus is the country's most renowned outdoors humorist and many of his books are short essays taken from his days as a columnist for such well-known sportsmen's magazines as "Field and Stream" and "Outdoor Life." Oh, and I finished over the holidays Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol."
Larece Galer:
Right now I'm reading "Axis Sally: The American Voice of Nazi Germany" by Richard Lucas. The book caught my attention for two reasons, the first being World War II has always held a fascination for me and the second reason Mildred Gillars a.k.a. Axis Sally was raised in the Ashtabula/Conneaut area. The book traces her journey from small town Ohio to Germany and eventually back to the U.S. to face charges of treason.
Rachel Jackson:
Children of the Storm, an Amelia Peabody mystery by Elizabeth Peters
Along with – for no apparent reason other than it was on my friend's bookshelf not being read – "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" by Milan Kundera and the current issue of Outside mag.
Janet Podolak:
I'm reading Pearl of China by Anchee Min. It's a wonderful fictionalized account of Pearl Buck and her childhood friendship with a Chinese girl as both are growing up in China at the turn of the last century. Pearl, daughter of a Protestant missionary family, became almost more Chinese than American during her childhood and had a real empathy with Chinese peasants that later showed up in her Good Earth, a book that won both Pulitzer and Nobel prizes. I've been so enthralled with Min's account that I can wait to read Hilary Spurling's biography of Buck, "Burying the Bones" Pearl Buck in China.
Tracey Read:
"Double Dexter" by Jeff Lindsay
Cheryl Sadler:
This is a safe space and we're being honest, right? And I have courage to admit this because former N-Her Angela Gartner did so in October. I'm reading "New Moon" by Stephenie Meyer because I like easily digestible fiction and I need to know what the obsession with this series is all about. So far, I can't figure it out. Books aren't very well written. Characters are lame. I'm not interested in either Edward or Jacob, and I think Bella is annoying.
I'm also reading "Newsonomics: Twelve New Trends That Will Shape the News You Get" by Ken Doctor, which is much more intellectually stimulating. And I was partway through "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" when the ebook expired on my Nook, so I'm kind of forever on the waiting list.
Matthew Skrajner:
One of the gifts I received for Christmas was "Those Guys Have All the Fun: Inside the World of ESPN." I haven't been able to really sink my teeth into it yet, but I'm working my way through it. I don't read too many books, instead just continually read things online (AKA the Twitter effect). But this one has kept me interested.
I've also been reading an unhealthy amount of the A.V. Club, the entertainment website run by The Onion. More than any other website I've come across, they give huge amounts of space to long, in-depth interviews that you just can't find anywhere else. The recaps with each show's creator of the most recent completed TV season's of "Community," "Breaking Bad," and "Louie" have been filling a few hours of downtime the past few days.
This post is part of a LitSoup, a monthly feature on The Book Club compiled of contributions from the newsroom. Send an e-mail or tweet with your suggestions for future LitSoup topics.
-- Cheryl Sadler | firstname.lastname@example.com | @nhcheryl
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First-Hand:Transition from Animal to Machine Power Spurs Farm Boy's Electrical Interest
Submitted by M. E. Scoville
Born in 1905, I grew up as a poor farm boy. Several different farms we lived on had no electricity, no running water in the house and no refrigeration for food. After 1916, we drove a 1914 Model T Ford. Cooking was done on a kitchen range burning corn cobs, wood or ear corn when corn prices were low. Vegetables from a large garden, fifty bushels or more of potatoes and possibly a few bushels of apples were stored in a cave for winter use. We milked four to ten cows from which some cream was sold. Chickens provided some eggs for sale. Cream and egg sales resulted in money for very limited groceries bought to feed seven children.
Farming and living know how was learned directly from parents or neighbors. My father and mother finished eighth grade country schools. Mother taught school for two years before getting married. Nearly all our farm crops of corn and forage were fed to our farm livestock consisting of horses, cattle, pigs and chickens. All farm work was done with horses.
My father, being mechanically inclined, owned a corn sheller and power wood saws which were used to do custom work for neighbors. About 1910, the power for these machines was literally an eight-horse circular horse power drive. This worked as long as I sat with a long whip to keep the horses pulling when they heard the saw start on a large log. The "horse" power was replaced in about 1915 by an 8 H.P. single cylinder gasoline engine.
During my last year in high school, I finished a correspondence course on electricity which was more stimulating for me than any of my high school courses. But my experience with electricity was very limited. We had a hand cranked telephone with dry batteries, a Model T with magneto ignition, and no other electrical devices. Lightning during thunder storms was always intriguing. High school teachers urged me to consider going to college. Less than ten percent of high school graduates from Sumner, Nebraska, went on to college in 1924. I had only my own earnings to support college expenses and no fixed plans as to extent of college attendance. After minimal correspondence with three colleges, I selected the University of Nebraska primarily because it was the least costly. When I had enough money, I would start college and continue on as long as I was able to earn money for college expenses.
I worked in a threshing gang and husked corn in the fall of 1924 for neighbors. I earned about one hundred and twenty-five dollars for tuition and room for one semester, starting in January, 1925. Also I ordered a partially assembled OZARKA battery radio, the first in the community, hoping to demonstrate and sell several to neighbors. But reception was unreliable and farmers had no money for radios. The one set was sold at cost.


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I've started this site with plain texts and no social media involvement. The site hardly register a visit. After making some changes (blog title, layout, graphics etc), I've noticed an upswing, an improvement. That is enough boost for me to continue what I've started.
Making the Change
I've started this site with plain texts and no social media involvement. The site hardly register a visit. After making some changes (blog title, layout, graphics etc), I've noticed an upswing, an improvement. That is enough boost for me to continue what I've started.
22 comments:
- Franc Ramon said...
To survive the storm at times, mean you have to bend with the wind. We can be firm on some aspects but there are certain things that we should be able to adopt to people and circumstances.
- July 11, 2012 at 10:26 AM
Yes, well-said Franc! I agree, thanks!
- July 11, 2012 at 10:29 AM
- Y.B. Masdal said...
That's the thrill of blogging, you can do so many ways especially with your content and looks. Just like you, I've gone a long way from my first blog posting in tblog, no pics and no links whatsoever. Now I've got tons of photos and had even learned html coding myself haha...
- July 11, 2012 at 11:07 AM
Yes, Yusop, it's a long, continuous process pala. You have to learn new things from time to time! I have limited knowledge about HTML and javascript but it's good to learn one lesson at a time! Thanks!
- July 11, 2012 at 11:21 AM
- Mavin Reyes - Nurse Critic said...
yup, i always say this to my students: adapt to change. Change won't go with your flow. One of the factors to being successful is being flexible and adaptive. :)
- July 11, 2012 at 1:02 PM
That is true Mavin! We have to adapt to change because nothing is constant but change! Thanks a lot!
- July 11, 2012 at 4:17 PM
- ventocoseuss said...
The only permanent thing in this world is CHANGE.
Congrats that your page has leaped heaps! More power to your blog!
- July 11, 2012 at 7:01 PM
Yes, ventocoseuss, it has improved somehow. But continuous effort and patience is needed. Anyway, the best boost for a blogger maybe is just to do blogging for fun! Just being able to share something to others is a great consolation. Thanks!
- July 11, 2012 at 8:40 PM
- ralph said...
change... something that's not easy to everyone... but no matter what you do... it's one of the things that is constant. Yahweh bless.
- July 11, 2012 at 9:23 PM
- Laya Isabelle Garcellano Florendo said...
so true! :D congratulations on embracing change, not many people are able to be brave enough for it, no matter how small it seems to other people. :)
- July 11, 2012 at 9:25 PM
- Dan Michael Suzara said...
Change what you can't accept and accept what you can't change... :) Nice post by the way. :)
- July 11, 2012 at 10:17 PM
- beingwell said...
Good for you! We always grow, don't we? :)
- July 11, 2012 at 10:21 PM
- Mai Flores said...
You've got to seize the opportunity if it is presented to you. ~Clive Davis
This saying is so timely. But as always, I've yet to master this, really.
- July 11, 2012 at 10:24 PM
Very nice realization. We have to change for us to be successful. We need to move, we need to do things right. Great!
- July 12, 2012 at 1:29 AM
- Noks Sosa I SiningFactory.com said...
We have to move, we have to do things right. :)
- July 12, 2012 at 1:30 AM
- dimaks | The Urban Walker said...
Change is a catalyst of becoming great. SO why not?
- July 12, 2012 at 2:37 AM
- Teresa Martinez said...
Change can be a prelude to improving who we are and what we do. We should be open to it.
- July 12, 2012 at 9:15 AM
Thank you for the visits, for all the comments, for the wonderful realizations. And to you, Anonymous I cannot pay you a visit but I am grateful for your remarks!
- July 12, 2012 at 9:38 AM
- tess said...
Changes ,that is part of life .We change for the better and we learned from the past. So don't hesitate to seek for changes.
- July 12, 2012 at 10:12 AM
- MaryJane Tauyan said...
In spite of your fear, do what you have to do. ~Chin-Ning Chu is very true! adding the change of attitude will open a new good start to your life! xx
- July 12, 2012 at 12:55 PM
- Badet said...
Agree 100%. We were given choices in life so that we can make decisions on whatever makes us happy.
- July 12, 2012 at 1:53 PM
- Lipstick.chopsticks said...
The only thing constant in life is change. Change for the better! :)
- July 14, 2012 at 3:01 PM


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Sara Arguijo
Photos: Annemiek Rooymans
Rocío Márquez, Leonor Leal and Agustín Diassera put emotion into "Fantasía para violonchelo y flamenco" which Sunday closed out the Dutch Bienal
Fantasía para violonchelo y flamenco. Cante: Rocío Márquez. Cello: Maya Fridman, Ella van Poucke Kemençe: Derya Türkan Dance: Leonor Leal. Percussion: Agustín Diassera. Multi-instrumentalist: Efrén López. Sunday, January 29th. Muziekgebouw (Amsterdam) Bienal de Holanda. Attendance: Full
On Sunday, the Bienal Flamenco of the Netherlands reached its conclusion with "Fantasía para Violonchelo y Flamenco", a show co-produced with the Bienal de Cello de Ámsterdam which was billed as one of the strong bets for this festival, in as much as it proposes a dialogue between artists of different musical languages, people who are also stars in their own respective countries. In this case, Spain, Iran, Turkey and Holland.
In this sense, for this show there were no better representatives of flamenco than singer Rocío Márquez, dancer Leonor Leal and percussionist Agustín Diassera. Not only because of their inner questing, their solid reputation, bravery and the good taste they exhibit in any project they undertake, but because they also know each other so well they can look each other in the eye, and feel right at home.
And we emphasize this because yesterday was an artistic communion between Márquez, Leal and Diassera, which saved an elegant well-worked show, that was somewhat cold, overly long, and at times, monotonous. In other words, "Fantasía para…" could have fit perfectly in any series, in or out of flamenco, and would have satisfied the audience thanks to its beauty, and the exquisite nature of the work, but if it triggered any emotion, it was due to the sweetness and devotion the Huelva singer delivers with her singing, to the creativity of movement and subtlety of Leonor and above all else, the exquisite coherence and good taste shown by Agustín, who really took charge on stage.
To put it another way, and I don't mean to be a cultural chauvinist, in this dialogue it's flamenco that calls the shots, which is why it was the guajira, the bulería "Me Embrujaste", the alegrías "La sal le dijo al azúcar" and the siguiriya "Vivo yo con pena" that were the most-applauded pieces. In addition to the Sephardic song "Los Guisados de las Berenjenas" which Rocío made all her own, demonstrating her full vocal command.
The bottom line is, it's an interesting idea which might benefit from more warmth and some breaking-in. In any case, flamenco was there to back things up, and there was Diassera.


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This special day is celebrated in 30 countries on four continents. It recognises the planning role in creating livable communities, and how it impacts many aspects of our daily life. An excellent look at planning from both local - and global perspectives. Our sustainability challenges in Chelmsford are also shared by cities in the UK and in other countries. What lessons can we learn from them – and they from us? Through online Webinars and Local, face-to-face workshops, various practical actions for Engaging, Collaborative, Innovative and Creative solutions to city issues are explored, e.g. Local Food, Transition Towns (Sustainable Energy and Housing for all, including Gypsies/ travellers) and Neighbourhood Planning. Including a talk by Prof Tony Hall on the Robust City.
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The fate of the Department of Labor's Final Rule is still to be determined. The problem for employers is how to prepare now?
The Trump administration recently indicated that it was not favorable towards allowing former President Obama's expanded update of federal overtime pay rules. This was underscored by a court filing indicating that it may withdraw a White House appeal of a federal court's recent invalidation of the so-called Final Rule.


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Long Island Historical Journal, Volume 03, Number 2 (Spring 1991)
Harrison, Helen A.
Crease, Robert P.
Strong, Lara M.
Karabag, Selcuk
Hefner, Robert J.
Koppelman, Lee E.
McKune, Amy
Rossano, Geoffrey L.
Cucchiara, Anthony
Roff, Sandra
Strong, John A.
Miller, Wilbur R.
Boody, Peter B.
Austen, Barbara E.
Krieg, Joann P.
Traynor, Carol A.
Simon, Donald E.
Turano, Francis
Beal, Thomas D.
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SubjectPollock, Jackson,1912-1956 -- Criticism and interpretation; Brookhaven National Laboratory -- History -- 20th century; Montauk Indians -- History; Montauk Point Lighthouse (N.Y.); Transportation -- New York (State) -- Long Island; Quilting; Vanderbilt Cup Race -- History; Automobile racing -- New York (State) -- Long Island -- History; Pratt Institute
TABLE OF CONTENTS - EDITORIAL COMMENT - 153 / FEATURE ARTICLES: On the Floor by Helen A. Harrison - 155 / The History of Brookhaven National Laboratory, Part One: The Graphite Reactor and the Cosmotron by Robert P. Crease - 167 / Quashawam: Sunksquaw of the Montauk by Lara M. Strong and Selcuk Karabag - 187 / Montauk Point Lighthouse: A History of New York's First Seamark by Robert J. Hefner - 203 / Maglev by Lee E. Koppelman - 215 / American Quilting, 1780-1990 by Amy McKune - 223 / Long Island Goes to the Auto Races: The Great Vanderbilt Cup Controversy of 1904 by Geoffrey L. Rossano - 229 / The Pratt Experiment: The Early Years of the Library School by Anthony Cucchiara and Sandra Roff - 244 / LOST AND FOUND: by John A. Strong and Wilbur R. Miller - 253 / REVIEWS OF BOOKS: Robert F. Keeler. Newsday: A Candid History of the Respectable Tabloid by Peter B. Boody - 260 / One Hundred Years Old Today: Anniversary Edition, the Easthampton Star by Barbara E. Austen - 265 / Dennis Berthold and Kenneth Price, eds. Dear Brother Walt: The Letters of Thomas Jefferson Whitman by Joann P. Krieg - 271 / Jeffrey A. Kroessler and Nina S. Rappaport. Historic Preservation in Queens by Carol A. Traynor - 272 / Mary Field and Van Field. The Illustrated History of the Moriches Bay Area by Donald E. Simon - 274 / Nicholas Langhart, et al. Houses of Southold; the First 350 Years by Frank Turano - 276 / EXHIBIT REVIEW: Edward Lange Revisited by Thomas D. Beal - 278 / BOOK AND EXHIBIT NOTES - 278


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Over 1,500 gifts were delivered to the Coatesville Veterans Affairs Medical Center on Monday by TMACC and volunteers.
After weeks of collecting, wrapping and sorting, all of our efforts have finally come to a close! On Monday, with the help of many volunteers and the ChescoBus, TMACC delivered the 1,500+ gifts to the Coatesville Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
As volunteers ushered gifts into the Great Hall, the Coatesville Area High School band played Christmas music – further improving the already festive moods of the morning.
Among volunteers were Rep. Harry Lewis Jr. (R-Chester), Rep. Becky Corbin (R-Chester) and Rep. Warren Kampf (R-Montgomery/Chester) who were grateful to see another successful drive going to a good cause. "Our Veterans often get overlooked; it's great to see such a flourishing program that helps our Vets." said Rep. Harry Lewis Jr. (R-Chester).
TMACC would like to thank Citadel Banking for their support of the program and to the following organizations and individuals for donating: McMahon Associates, American Executive Centers, Burns Engineering, WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff, DivisionOne, Pennoni, Dascanio Barber Shop, Summerfield Homes in Frazer, the Chester County Commissioner's Office, Representative Becky Corbin, Representative Harry Lewis, Representative Warren Kampf, Senator Pat Toomey and Senator Bob Casey Jr.
We would also like to recognize and give a huge thank you to staff member, Betty Shaw. Without her, none of this program would be possible. She wraps and sorts all of the gifts herself, pushes each of our members to get to our goal, and keeps the holiday spirit alive in the office.
TMACC's Veterans Gift Drive Program is operated through our charity, FIT (the Foundation for the Improvement of Transportation). Contact us to learn about more of the programs we have through FIT!
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A Very Merry Un-Brownie Brownie for You
So I had these leftover dates, and, I didn't really want to bake anything with them, so I decided to stay raw and gluten free and do a brownie bite. Just by mixing a cup of nuts (walnut or pecan), a cup of dates, some cocoa powder, and a little agave in a food processor, you get a pretty brownie-like treat. Not warm and gooey, but dense and chocolate-rich--so, on the whole, pretty healthy and tasty. The Rawitarian does a great version of these: http://www.therawtarian.com/raw-brownie-recipe . I skipped the coconut and added some golden flax.
The Fam did not enjoy the flax but thought the brownie was pretty ok.
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No I haven't dropped off the earth again, I'm back from vacation but I'm sick...and so is A2. Don'tcha just love those summer colds?! The runny nose, sore throat, the ringing in the ears, and the changing of bed sheets because A2 horked up some purple shit I have no idea what it could have been all over them. Ahh, so much fun.
We had a fantastic time on vacation though despite the fact that we drive all the way from point A, which is at least 13 hours away from Panama City Beach, only for me to strip down A2 to put his swimming trunks on him and his bag is NO FREAKIN' WHERE TO BE FOUND!! That's right, his bag was all the way back at point effin' A! I had NOTHING for him except the one outfit he had on his back and the other dirty one from the night before when we stopped over to spend the night at a hotel.
I didn't know whether to laugh, cry, or throw up. The only thing I could do was load up with the husband and hit up Wal-mart for some cheap shorts and underwear and a pack of plain white t-shirts. From there we hit up Old Navy for a couple outfits to get him through and went back to the condo. The thing that pissed me off about it all was that he had tons of cute clothes, most still with the tags on them, packed along with at least 6 pair of flip flops. Hell, you know I'd have to pack him several pair if I brought a bucket o'flops down with me.
From that point on it was smooth sailing. The condo was right on the beach and the view was awesome. Friend 2 and her family have stayed here for at least three years or so and knew all the ins and outs of getting around. There were eight of us total in this condo but surprisingly we were all able to spread out and do our own thing and got along very well.
We spent our days mostly at the pool or the beach and our nights we would go out to eat and then come back and either go back to the beach or pool for a night swim. Usually we would have to whole giant pool to ourselves except for one or two others that never stayed as long as we did. One night the husband went down to the beach with his flashlight and discovered that there were tons of stingrays swimming up close to the shore. We all rushed down there and spotted tons of them. That was pretty fun.
While there we ate at Sharkey's, Pineapple Willy's, Margaritaville, Angelo's Steak Pit, and Five Guys. My crew stayed in and ordered Papa John's one night while the other two adults and two kids went out for seafood. We aren't huge fans. About the most seafood we get is Captain D's, seriously, not big seafood fans!
We rode go-carts a couple nights and some of the kids did the bungee trampoline thing. I took our Wii with us and we all had laptops so there really wasn't any time or way we could have gotten bored. A2 smoked the entire house at Mario Kart and it was ha-larious. Friend 2's husband is very competitive and he was breaking a sweat trying to beat the three year old at racing....he couldn't do it. We got more entertainment out of that than anything. One night we played a round of Scattergories which is always fun until someone takes it to the ditch with the dirty answers.
Time to pack up and head home rolled around way too soon and we were out of there come Saturday morning around 9 or so. We took a different route home than we took going down so we hit a certain point and the husband said we were only a couple hours away from our family and asked if I wanted to go there or keep chugging away to our house....family won out and we took a detour. I was pretty excited to get to visit with everybody since it'd been a while. The hubby ended up taking Monday off so we just made an extra long weekend out of it.
Monday morning we loaded up and hit the road for the house. I think we got home close to 6 or so that afternoon. Even though it's still a long ass ride, it seems to pass a lot quicker than it did when we first started making it. Thankfully all the animals were fine and nothing had gone wrong while we were gone.
Tuesday I could tell that the baby and I were starting to feel a little off and here it is Friday and I'm propped up on the couch struggling to even hold this stupid computer in my lap and can only breathe out of one side of my nose and it's through an opening the size of a pin hole. My head feels like an elephant as planted it's big ol ass right square on top of it and I'm sure the husband will be home soon crying about how he's sick too. That means I'm going to have to suck it up and cater to him since he can get the freakin' sniffles and you'd think he was on his fucking death bed.
Will share more later when I can hold a coherent thought in my head without a ton of mucus sloshing around in there with it.
I think I'm going to go throw the sheets in the dryer, carry my laptop back to the bedroom with me so I can check on my Farm Town crops in a little while, and try to finish reading this book I'm having a hard time getting through called, "The Shack." Have you heard of it? I heard some good things about it but to me I'm not connecting with it. I'll give a full review when, or if, I manage to finish it.
Friday, June 19, 2009
On sand and snot
No I haven't dropped off the earth again, I'm back from vacation but I'm sick...and so is A2. Don'tcha just love those summer colds?! The runny nose, sore throat, the ringing in the ears, and the changing of bed sheets because A2 horked up some purple shit I have no idea what it could have been all over them. Ahh, so much fun.
Yours Truly, DeeDee Around 3:49 PM
6 Comments:
- Aunt Juicebox said...
Ugh. The only thing worse then an after vaykay cold is getting sick while ON vaykay. That has happened to me several times and it sucks!
- Friday, June 19, 2009
- Loth said...
Proof that karma exists, you see - you can't have a vacation that good without paying for it with snot!
I have read "The Shack" and I am afraid since I am (a) not religious and (b) of a somewhat cynical turn of mind, it didn't touch me in the way it has a lot of people. I found it quite interesting from an intellectual point of view and I will also admit to feeling that it must be nice to believe that a God like that actually exists. But I can't say it did much for me. I enjoyed "The Testament of Gideon Mack" much more (not just because it is Scottish and involves meeting the Devil rather than God!)
- Saturday, June 20, 2009
- DeeDee said...
Ugh! I know what you mean Aunt Juicebox, I've got a friend on vacation in Florida right now and she has spent the last two and a half days sick in bed. I feel so sorry for her. At least mine held off until after
Loth - thanks for your insight. I thought it was just me. I've heard so many people say this book touched them and that it was something they felt changed their thinking about God. To me it's a little far fetched and I'm finding my eyes rolling out of my skull from time to time. I'm still not finished with it but plan on trudging through. Maybe I'll try to have more of an open mind during the second half. I'll have to try the Gideon Mack one though, sounds interesting!
- Saturday, June 20, 2009
- Anonymous said...
You are an inspiration to me. :)
- Saturday, June 27, 2009
- Aunt Juicebox said...
Ahem. Waiting and stuff. Where are you chicky?
- Friday, July 10, 2009
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Many Constructivists worked on the design of posters for everything from cinema to political propaganda: the former represented best by the brightly coloured, geometric posters of the Stenberg brothers (Georgii and Vladimir Stenberg), and the latter by the agitational photomontage work of Gustav Klutsis and Valentina KulaginaIt attempted to marry creativity and manufacturing228 Influenced by several avant-gardes - Cubism, Futurism, Constructivism, and Expressionism - its output was wildly diverse, ranging from performance art to poetry, photography, sculpture, painting and collageZuev Workers' Club, 1927-1929At first influenced by Neo-Impressionism, and later by Cubism, some of its members were also drawn to mass culture and nontraditional forms of art.TheArtStory: FuturismProductivism ProductivismProductivism was an art movement founded by a group of Constructivist artists in Soviet Russia, promoting the idea of art as a practical, socially relevant endeavor with an emphasis on industrial production.ProductivismVladimir Tatlin Vladimir TatlinVladimir Tatlin was a prominent Russian avant-garde artist and architectThis offered the hope of a truly demotic art which could be useful and decorative, and enable the general population to own works of artThe key work of Constructivism was Vladimir Tatlin's proposal for the Monument to the Third International (Tatlin's Tower) (191920)[2] which combined a machine aesthetic with dynamic components celebrating technology such as searchlights and projection screensThough the Constructivist aesthetic later evolved away from the abstract, leaning more towards Realism, the Spatial Construction series and other works from this period in Rodchenkos career were extremely important in the development of the Constructivist movement.Pure Red Color, Pure Blue Color, and Pure Yellow Color, (1921) This three-part piece, created for a Constructivist exhibition in Moscow in 1921, was produced at the time that Rodchenko abandoned 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