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ONE // I had hockey practice Friday night, and I ended up coaching, which was kind of stressful and fun at the same time.But it wasn't as much exercise as I had hoped for.
TWO // Saturday I decided to get in the winter spirit and wear some plaid out shopping.
THREE // Got a little crafty Saturday night. I saw these mugs, and had to recreate my own version. They turned out quite well. A friend may or may not be getting them for Christmas.
FOUR // Woke up to this terrible sight on Sunday
morning afternoon.
FIVE // Had to get all dressed up to tackle that snow. And yes I do own the jacket that matches those bright orange pants. What can I say, I was 22, feeling a bit wild, and wanted to make sure I didn't get lost snowboarding down the mountain.
SIX // Don't let that pretty white stuff fool you. It is a nuisance. It may look light an magical, but believe me its a lot of work to shovel, especially when you have a five car driveway to keep clear. So I did what any mature adult would do, I laid in the snowbank and took a break.
SEVEN // And then I warmed up with hot chocolate and marshmallows, le duh.
EIGHT // For some odd reason I was in the mood to clean, perhaps its because I can't put out my Christmas decorations until the house work is done. And I made my bed for the first time in like a month, sorry Mom. And then I tossed on a red pillow to add a little holiday flair.
NINE // I couldn't help but break my own December 1st decorating rule. I had to put up at least one decoration because the winter wonderland outside put me in the Christmas mood.
What kind of shenanigans did you get into this weekend? Link-up with Sami and share!


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In 2012, Minneapolis-based trio Night Moves released Colored Emotions, a soulful country-psych record that howled with slide guitar, faint analog synths, and front man John Pelant's rusty yowl. It was a striking album that could be played over and over and sounded even better live. Since then, Night Moves has downsized to a duo (Pelant and Micky Alfano), released a new single, "Denise, Don't Wanna See You Cry" from a forthcoming EP, and has quietly worked on their second album, Pennied Days. In this exclusive interview, Pelant gives us the lowdown on where it all started and what's become of the band since their debut.
MP: When did the three of you initially meet and what inspired you to form a band?
NM: We all met in high school. Everyone played an instrument. We all dug the same sounds and skateboarded together, so it was only a matter of time before we started a band together. We each had different bands with one another and it wasn't until I moved away to go to college in Milwaukee that Mark and I decided we wanted to continue to write and play together. It was at this point we decided that it would be more mature and detailed, less high school dance band -if you catch my drift. Having a mutual interest in the same sounds kept us moving in the right direction. I should note that Mark Ritsema is no longer playing in the band.
MP: Can you tell us about the inspiration behind the video for "Denise, Don't Wanna See You Cry"?
NM: The video was the idea of the filmmaker, Anthony Sylvester, who took us to an abandoned psych ward in upstate NY. He knew about the place, which is supposedly off limits to the public. I guess the facility went under in the 80's after President Reagan pulled funding. It was a wild place, tons of derelict buildings on a huge plot of land, most of them still had furnishings inside. Really eerie vibe, almost something out of a horror film setting.
The other place he brought us to was in the Catskills, which happened to be an abandoned resort hotel compound in the 80's and 90's. That was also an amazingly odd place that required us to sneak onto the property. Most of the video was shot there in the great pool room, as well as on top of the roof, which overlooked the mountains and highways. The buildings were each about 10-12 stories each and still had lots of things left in them from years past, such as pool chairs, juke boxes, vanity mirrors, fireplaces, toilets, shower rooms, desks, curtains, old pay stubs, event signs, and other miscellaneous office filings. The whole decaying compound was being overgrown and taken back by nature. Lots of moss, leaky ceilings, vines, mold, grass everywhere... A lot of it was unstable and pretty shoddy...
I think Anthony just thought these abandoned and decaying places, both natural and man made, were visually stunning and fit the vibe of the song. Also, his mixing of Super 8 footage with new blissed out visuals further helped move the video in a complimentary direction to the track.
MP: What's your all-time favorite movie and album?
NM: Shawshank Redemption / Neil Young's After the Gold Rush
MP: How would you describe your music?
NM: Space folk rock with country tinged guitars (this is as basic as I get when distant relatives at family reunions ask me about my band).
MP: What sets Night Moves apart from other indie rock bands?
NM: I don't think any other indie rock bands have the blend we do. It sounds pretentious, but its all in the subtleties of the songs. I think the layering of all the things we use gives us a distinct vibe. I try and mix up the vibe of the tunes so its not all just a monotone mural. The next record is really all over the place and will display this aspect.
"Changing "Cosmic Titties" to "Family Tongues" was my idea, no one forced me. That initial title was always a joke."
MP: What was the process like of getting signed with Domino Records?
NM: The head of the label flew out to see a show of ours at this outdoor festival(Square Lake) an hour north of Minneapolis. Two months later he invited us to come out to New York to play for the head of UK Domino. A couple months passed and then we were offered a contract. The whole thing was facilitated by our manager who knew folks at Domino and gave them the first version of Colored Emotions. I think after having seen us live and hearing the album, they knew.
MP: How did you guys feel about making changes (song title and production) to your debut album before it was released on Domino?
NM: Changing "Cosmic Titties" to "Family Tongues" was my idea, no one forced me. That initial title was always a joke.
I was very hesitant to changing the production on the Domino version of Colored Emotions and I still prefer our first version of the album. I just had so much more control and input on the first version, also the vision was very clear to me at that initial stage. After having lived with the record for years and being offered an option to make it better I wondered if I could do such, even got excited by the challenge. I learned a lot about myself in working with a producer and seeing the record from the perspective of a guy who does production/engineer work for a living. I will say there are pros and cons to each version (Micky will tell you that, he can be the voice of reason for me sometimes...). Best thing to come outta the Domino version was the title track Colored Emotions.
MP: What was your favorite part about touring for that album?
NM: There was one night we went to these hot springs. It was just outside Big Sur at 1 AM. We soon found out it was a nudist hot springs experience, and there were all these hippie couples there. Pretty soon everyone was hooking up except the four dudes who fell outta the van blarring Pink Floyd. We all kinda looked at each other...and the general glance conveyed 'f***kk, I wish I wasn't with 3 other dudes right now' but also, 'man, so glad to be with my 3 dudes right now'
MP: It's been almost four years since Colored Emotions was released. What have you guys been up to and how have you changed as a band since then?
NM: We have been writing a lot and rehearsing for the live show. We've since got a live keyboard player and a new guitar player, Mark left the group to do his own thing. We finished our second record (Pennied Days), which is going to come out in March, just after an EP of all new material drops sometime before then. Also, just working to pay rent and shit. It's tough to have the band pay for life when you aren't playing out as much. Gonna start playing out more though...
MP: Are you working with Domino for your upcoming releases and can you talk a little bit about those upcoming albums? Will they feature "Stevie" and "Border on Border"?
NM: Yeah, the new record is going to come out on Domino. It will feature "Border on Border", but not "Stevie". Stevie currently exists just as a random song floating in the ether of the internet. Maybe someday it'll be formally released...
I would say the sound has definitely changed. It may seem drastic to people who dug Colored Emotions, but to me it sounds like a natural progression 4 years down the road. It just may seem different because there wasn't a record for each one of those years in between Colored Emotions and our new album, Pennied Days. There's less reverb, more clear vocals, still flangey, hookey, and groovy though. This one is a little more folk than the last one, but still has lots of synths and disorienting effects.
"I tried to make stuff that wouldn't just be Colored Emotions pt.2, which I really wanted to do cuz I still dig that sound."
MP: Who are you working with to produce the album and what are some things that have inspired (musically or non) these forthcoming projects.
NM: We recorded the new album with John Agnello, who brought out the warmth and woody tones of the acoustic elements really well while focusing in on our song's various genre hopping elements and making the entire album more cohesive, creating a commonality in the overall tone of the record. He did the last two Kurt Vile records (Smoke Ring For My Halo and Waking On A Pretty Daze), which I absolutely love.
The album is called Pennied Days and it chronicles that period after Colored Emotions where I had a bunch of old stuff, new stuff, and drastically newer stuff. I tried to get out of my comfort zone. The time frame between CE and Pennied Days was so long and the breadth of the material spans a period of time that even pre-dates Colored Emotions. I basically tried to make a record that pulled from all these various periods I have gone through. That sounds pretentious to me "periods," but ya know various sounds and sonic elements that I fell in and outta love with over time-- as is the case when you spend such a long time writing and revising...I tried to make stuff that wouldn't just be Colored Emotions pt.2, which I really wanted to do cuz I still dig that sound.
Thematically, the record seems to be about love- but I couldn't really say much more at the moment. I am still trying to figure out exactly where Pennied Days is coming from lyrically.
MP: Can you tell us about any rituals you guys have when recording an album?
NM: No rituals really. I try to listen to my demos and stuff I am working on in various places and head spaces, just to sort what works and what doesn't. It helps me understand where I am coming from when I don't really know where I am coming from...ya know?
MP: What do you spend most of your time doing when you're not recording?
NM: Probably partying or working. We all have day jobs in Minneapolis to pay our rent and various bills...
MP: Lastly, how do you guys nail that sweet, psychedelic, soulful country sound — what inspires it?
NM: Hah! I guess wanting to create something in the vein of what we love- Gram Parsons/Flying Burrito Brothers, Curtis Mayfield, The Band, The Flaming Lips, Pink Floyd, Jackson Browne, Kurt Vile, Sly and The Family Stone, Leon Russell, so many more. Just trying to take it all in and put it back out there through our lens.
Pennied Days is out now

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Plug-In NCW and the Wenatchee Electric Vehicle Association are sponsoring a demonstration drive this Spring. "Charge across Washington" is planned to highlight that an EV80 can now drive from Everett to Spokane along recently electrified US Highway 2. Our driver team, Randy and Anne are experienced Leaf drivers and their car "Bean" is the machine. The Mayor of Everett will send them off on the 7th of June with a letter to the Mayor of Spokane. We are organizing EV introduction events at the charging stops along the way. Our destination is the historic Montvale Hotel in Spokane. "Bean" can get a L2 charge while Ed and Wendy get some rest in one of their exceptionally nice rooms.
Pick a location to join us, signup at:
Can you help us? We really would like many Spokane area EVs to meet "Bean" and her drivers while they charge at Davenport, WA so that local residents that come by can see and talk to real EV drivers and hear about their experiences, challenges and triumphs. We also would like to have as many EV drivers as we can at the Montvale Hotel, Spokane, WA for the reception. So, we are not asking for your money, but we are asking for something more valuable, your involvement.


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[...] ALPARC has given us access to an international audience that REEMA would have been unable to reach on its own.
For the group of the heads of Education in the French Alpine protected areas (chaired by REEMA), there is real added value in being able to pool ideas about issues, past experiences, tools and topical debates with their counterparts from other parks and reserves in the Alps.
[...] Working together saves everyone time and resources.
REEMA and ALPARC are both stakeholder networks, and as such share the same working culture, objectives and methods, which makes working together both useful and enjoyable.
Isabelle ROUX, REEMA coordinator (Alpine Mountain Environment Education Network)


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Reptile Wonders
Sykesville | Website
This event occurred in the past.
For ages 4 - Adults. Come out and join us for the Reptile Wonders presentation where we can see and touch a variety of exotic reptiles. In this hands-on, fast-paced interactive show, you'll learn what the animals eat, where they are found, and what eats them. All attendees need to register. Generously supported by Mount Garage Doors, Inc. Registration begins 6/12/2017.


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Obama Administration Pushes Insurers to Make Accommodations for Enrollees
Move Allows About 100,000 High-Risk People to Keep Coverage for Additional Month
WASHINGTON-The Obama administration extended for one month a federal insurance pool covering some 85,000 high-risk people and took other steps to ensure people aren't abruptly stripped of coverage Jan. 1, acknowledging that technology problems have hindered enrollment.
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Janice Moore, ED.D.
Director of Online Programs
Additional Information
Janice has worked in higher education for over 15 years as a faculty member, advisor, and administrator. She is passionate about student success and working with students to realize their potential. She is working predominantly with students who are currently on academic probation. Janice holds a doctorate and master's degree in Educational Administration from Temple University and a bachelor degree in Elementary Education from Penn State University.


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Calling all Bridezilla's! Say no to Black Friday and YES to White Friday and Nicole Miller Manayunk's Bridal Flash Sale!
White Friday at Nicole Miller Philadelphia -Manayunk is looking 'white hot'! The Nicole Miller designer boutique will host their 7th Annual 'White Friday' bridal Flash Sale on the biggest shopping day of the season with select bridal styles and white collection pieces at 50-90% off!
Shoppers are advised to arrive early! The bridal fashion frenzy will run from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.; brides-to-be will be lining the streets of Manayunk, in anticipation of 'Saying Yes' to their own Nicole Miller dress!


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Our Lost Border: Essays on Life amid the Narco-Violence
Award-winning Anthology of Essays Edited by Sarah Cortez and Sergio Troncoso
- Winner of the 2014 International Latino Book Award in the Best Spanish or Bilingual Latino Focused Nonfiction Book category;
- Winner of the 2013 Southwest Book Award;
- Finalist for the 2013 Foreword Reviews Book of the Year Award – Adult Nonfiction Anthology.
With a foreword by renowned novelist Rolando Hinojosa and comprised of personal essays about the impact of drug violence on life and culture along the U.S.-Mexico border, the anthology combines writings by residents of both countries. Mexican authors Liliana Blum, Lolita Bosch, Diego Osorno and Maria Socorro Tabuenca write riveting, first-hand accounts about the clashes between the drug cartels and citizens' attempts to resist the criminals. American authors focus on how the corruption and bloodshed have affected the bi-national and bi-cultural existence of families and individuals. Celestino Fernandez and Jessie K. Finch write about the violence's effect on musicians, and Maria Cristina Cigarroa shares her poignant memories of life in her grandparents' home now abandoned in Nuevo Laredo.
In their introduction, editors Sarah Cortez and Sergio Troncoso write that this anthology was "born of a vision to bear witness to how this violence has shattered life on the border, to remember the past, but also to point to the possibilities of a better future." The personal essays in this collection humanize the news stories and are a must-read for anyone interested in how this fragile way of life between two cultures, languages and countries has been undermined by the drug trade and the crime that accompanies it, with ramifications far beyond the border region.
From Publishers Weekly review..."Oscillating between gruesome and hopeful, the collection "was born of a vision to bear witness to how this violence has shattered life on the border, yet is imbued with optimism"."
From Kirkus Reviews..."Nightly shootings, kidnappings, robberies and the discovery of mass graves - all these and more have put an end to a once-thriving tourist industry and a rich cultural exchange between those living on either side of the boundary. Where there was once bridges, there are now high walls."
Product Details
- Format: Paperback, 280 pages
- Publisher: Arte Publico Press
- Pub. Date: April, 2013


text: There are many reasons why designing your living room interior should be done carefully. One of them is how it is mainly functioned as a place where a family gathers in comfort while spending leisure times together. Thus, it becomes unsurprising to know how important for your living room to feel totally comfortable, doesn't it?If you put a spacious room for large sofa as your priority in designing your living room, then this one is a great inspiration for you, Thanks to the brilliant use of modular shelving as part of this living room interior design, which may help you saving more rooms to keep the modern large sofa fits in perfectly. Besides, don't you think the creamy white interior matched with dark wooden accent is totally wonderful?This cozy living room celebrates the more beautiful look simply by bringing bright orange sectional sofa in. However, you can find how this space also enjoys the timeless beauty as the classic decor surely can make this modern living room looks extraordinary as well. The textured stone accent wall with modern fireplace absolutely can enhance the warmth while the rusted decorative cages can provide splendid yet unique look here.Another brilliant living room inspiration with warm interior can be spotted here. Displaying only creamy white and dark brown color combination, the result is simply flaunting. Both beautiful and comfortable, spending leisure times here with big family is absolutely possible as the cozy large sofa will provide perfect seating. However, you can also find how this room is designed to open to kitchen and dining space as well, as the open floor plan may help establishing better interaction and connection.This minimalist white living room enjoys the totally warm impression by allowing the gorgeous wooden fixture accenting. Just take a look at the beautiful classic wooden table here. However, despite its minimalist style, the light and airy interior certainly can help making this space even more appealing as the natural light coming through the large glass window may provide warmth which is just as comforting as the modern fireplace.This modern living room is another inspiring interior look in airy and light interior. Here, it is undoubtedly hard to resist the charm provided by concrete ceiling, wooden flooring, and black accent wall which may decorate this room effortlessly. Besides, you surely will adore the way this modern living room interior design showcases cool geometric decor as spotted on contemporary coffee table accompanying light grey sectional sofa.


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#LAHoppyHour, Part 1
If you follow me on Instagram, you probably heard me talking (the whole month of April!) about LA Hoppy Hour, the Instagram/creative meet-up, co-hosted by my good friend Alisha and me. The idea first came to us last year- we were talking about the world of Instagram-creatives, and all of the friends we knew so well, but had never met! Eventually, that turned into LA Brunch Party (you can read a little bit more about that here), and the rest is history.
When we began to plan our second meet-up, we knew we wanted to do it bigger, brighter, and even more fun!! More photos, more people, and definitely some cocktails in the mix. Let me tell you- in my opinion, and I think our guests too... IT. WAS. A. BLAST!!
So, want to hear more about how we pulled it off? (And see more photos?!!!) Ok, here we go...
We started by compiling a rough guest list, planning on roughly 20% fall-out... our last event had about 15 attendees, and we goaled this event to be roughly double that. We both agreed that the right size event + a thoughtful guest list is key to everyone having a good time. Keeping it under 40 allows everyone to have the opportunity to chat with most everyone else at some point, rather than feeing overwhelmed by a crowd. And by making sure to invite people with some common interests (but still different creative fields), it made it easier for guests to feel like they could talk to most anyone.
From there, we reached out to our contacts at Bread + Butter PR (a great agency representing primarily hospitality businesses) to find the right venue. When they suggested HopDoddy, a unique burger + cocktail restaurant at The Point, in El Segundo (and right next to the COOLEST painted wall), we knew it was the perfect fit.
What is a party without a good SWAG BAG?? Exactly. So putting together some amazing gift bags for our guests to take home was a top priority. After finalizing our invite list, and securing the location, we set to work on Swag. But we didn't just want "free stuff" We wanted cool stuff, and fun brands that really reflected our fun, colorful guests... things that our guests would be thrilled to receive. And OH MAN, did our vendor-friends deliver!!
Revel & Co. - This super-fun party goods brand not only generously decorated the entire event, they also sent each guest home with a fun assortment of balloons, novelty paper straws, and gift tags. Let the good times roll!!
Harvey's - Known for their colorful seatbelt bags (they're literally sewn of seatbelts!), they created a custom tote, in bright coastal colors, that is totally perfect for a beach day or overnight bag.
Speak Wines- One of my most favorite wine brands, and also some really great gals!! Their colorful + inspiring wine bottles (most designed by the talented Jen Peters) were such a perfect gift for our guests. Plus, wine, duh.
Foot Cardigan- The most FUN sock subscription company! They will literally send you surprise novelty socks, right to your front door, every month. And they sent us these bright turquoise PCH socks.
Thimblepress- Unless you live under a rock, you've probably heard/read/seen this super-fun and feminine brand, designed my Kristen Ley, who makes amazing stationery, party goods, and CONFETTI!! They were kind enough to send us celebratory stationery and their world-famous "Hells Yeah" balloon, from their collaboration with The Glitter Guide.
Benevolence LA- A beautiful LA-based jewelry company that specializes in of-the moment delicate jewelry that still makes a statement. The gold + teardrop crystal necklaces they sent are so perfect for layering.
So I know, you want to know more! You want to see more pics! You might even want to know our TOP TIPS for hosting your own sponsored meet-up. Stay tuned!!! There is more to come in Part 2...


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The person is the center of focus in the Personal InfoCloud, but each person has to interact with others and others' information. It is at this point of interaction where identity becomes important. We use many services around the web. From Epinions to LinkedIn to our personal blogs and beyond we all have many identities and usernames. These "can" be manageable for ourselves, but often our friends value what we say and some of our opinions. We are also interested in what others say, for those opinions and taste that run similar to ours. We also are a verbose bunch writing in volumes over time. We also comment and review on many different services, like restaurant reviews on Yahoo Local, Amazon A9, and other sites.
Now lets say we are going to another city on travel. How do we leverage our friend's opinions and their network of friends reviews? In part we need granular social networks, but we also need digital identity that works.
The digital identity light went off thanks to Brett Lider and it has been a deep interest in the many months since. This may have also been triggered by the Identity Gang and the Gilmore Gang's December 30, 2004 digital identity show. Identity has been a solution fraught with schisms and opposing camps, but it seems to be coming together to some degree at this point. The more I read about digital identity from the Identity Gang and in particular Kim Cameron I realize it is central to the Personal InfoCloud.
At this point we need to modify our address books or use their notes forms to dump in our friends identities and usernames we know about across the various systems we interact with them on. This is unmanageable and not easily usable at this point. But if we want to follow John Doe and his reviews we have to know he uses jdoe, doe, paininmaximus, and 33482aad across various systems. We have to know what systems he is what identifier/username. Now lets say he gave us a card/key that he managed what we knew and he could update as he changed his information. We could then use that information in our own aggregation of information he has posted


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One Would Think the Deep by Claire Zorn
Published June 1, 2016 by UQP
Source: the publisher
Rating: 5 stars
From the blurb: It's 1997 and seventeen-year-old Sam is mourning the sudden loss of his mum …Sam has always had things going on in his head that no one else understands, even his mum. And now she's dead, it's worse than ever. With nothing but his skateboard and a few belongings in a garbage bag, Sam goes to live with the strangers his mum cut ties with seven years ago: Aunty Lorraine and his cousins Shane and Minty. Despite the suspicion and hostility emanating from their fibro shack, Sam reverts to his childhood habit of following Minty around and is soon surfing with Minty to cut through the static fuzz in his head. But as the days slowly meld into one another, and ghosts from the past reappear, Sam has to make the ultimate decision … will he sink or will he swim.
One Would Think the Deep is Claire Zorn's third novel. Set in a fictional town between Sydney and Wollongong, we meet sixteen year old Sam Hudson. His mum has just died and he turns to the family he used to know, Aunty Lorraine, and her sons, Minty and Shane.
It was easy to feel for Sam, he and his mum have always been together, and he has fond memories of time spent with his grandparents, and with Minty. But his nan went missing one year, followed by the death of his granddad, and then his mum told him the rest of the family moved away and they no longer saw them. After watching his mum die on New Year's Eve, he gets in contact with his aunt, and she reluctantly comes to Sydney to fetch him.
Sam and Minty pick up their brotherly relationship as if there was never a seven year absence between them. And while Shane is less than welcoming, Lorraine doesn't seem to be put out, as long as Sam stays out of trouble - something he'd been struggling with in Sydney, and something that continues to plague him. Sam's family situation is complicated, and also harbours a secret, something he must discover. He also has to decide whether to forgive his nan who reenters his life.
Sam is so lost and lonely, his whole life seems to have changed course. He joins Minty in the surf daily, one thing he starts to look forward to, as well as random sightings of local girl, Gretchen. He also finds solace in music, constantly listening to the radio and to tapes he's made.
This story was a beautiful ode to the Australian coast and to the 90s, I loved all the music references, they made me very nostalgic. The descriptions of Sam's time in the ocean were evocative, and it was beautiful to see him gain confidence and some purpose.
I adored the secondary characters too; Minty was a little charmer, Ruby was so beautiful and strong, and Gretchen was sweet and patient. All of them provided Sam with support, whether he was ready for it or not.
One Would Think the Deep is a sombre and moving story of loss, love, and family. Fans of Claire Zorn's writing will not be disappointed with the gorgeous Australian story.
Thank you to UQP for my review copy.


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Today Is The Day!
Good morning from somewhere over the southern States! Kristin here… I found some Wifi on the plane and thought it would be a great time to fill you in! We are on our fourth flight, and heading to Houston. We should land in Belize by about 2:00pm, and I will update again by supper time to let you know we made it safe and sound.
Yesterday was a LONG and eventful day! We were at the airport by 5:00am, and our heads didn't hit the pillow until about midnight last night. Our flights all went well and we landed in California right around lunch time. Brett wasn't feeling well and was sick to his stomach during our lay over in Vancouver, and they were very hesitant to let him on the plane. They don't recommend flying with a stomach bug, and were considering asking Brett and I to stay back and take a later flight into LA. But we asked the team to pray, at the last minute they gave us clearance, and we were all able to head to Cali together. We made a quick stop at Cornerstone church to drop off our stuff and change into shorts, and headed to Huntington Beach for the afternoon. We had a delicious lunch at Ruby's Diner, right at the end of the Pier. I took much joy in watching Whitney and Sarah experience the ocean for the first time. We had a little time to explore Main Street at Huntington, and then we headed back to Cornerstone to join them for youth. We have a long standing friendship with Cornerstone Church, and their youth pastor Gary Garcia. We continue to be blessed by the way they serve and encourage our teams every year as we head to Belize. They welcome us with open arms. They always become instant friends. They called us up to the front and had a prayer of commissioning over us last night. Thank you Cornerstone for loving us so well. And for letting us sleep on your church floor. You guys rock!
We had what felt like a little nap at the church last night, and got up at 3:30 to head back to the airport. Everything went seamlessly at the airport check in this morning, and we are happy to be on the 4th flight out of 5….. almost there!
Check back at supper time for a report from the jungle. We will head to bed early tonight, and we are excited to get to the Children's Home tomorrow morning to meet the kids and start to build the house! Our dream is becoming a reality. We have been waiting for February 11th, 2015 for what feels like a long time. And here we are! AMAZING!!! The team is doing great. They are tired, but have great attitudes and are loving and serving each other really well.
Here are some current prayer requests:
-Brett is feeling just fine now. His stomach bug has passed. Pray that no one else has to deal with stomach issues.
-Pray for continued health in every way. And a great and restful sleep in the jungle tonight!
-I have a prayer request that has been tugging at my heart today. Please pray against anxiety. It is a struggle that so many people I know are dealing lately, both at home and on our team. It manifests itself in different ways, but can feel very real, discouraging, and overwhelming. Join me in praying against anxiety, and instead asking for God's peace, love, and protection. Heading into the jungle on a trip like this is a big deal. We will move forward in the confidence of knowing that we are just where God wants us.
We are ready for this adventure, whatever it will hold for us! Thanks so much for all of the support we feel from you back home.
With much love and excited anticipation…
Kristin and the team


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Queensland Brain Institute
University of Queensland
The outcome of a competition to design a research facility for the University of Queensland dedicated to understanding the brain. The building houses a remarkably broad gathering of the scientific community including researchers, associated schools, centres, institutes and commercial bodies.
'A Theatre for Research' theme was developed to frame an architectural approach that would encourage the fertile cross pollination of ideas hoped to be an outcome of the inhabited project. To this end, the building exaggerates the visibility of research activity, placing the laboratories on display upon entry. Circulation routes have been elevated from the prosaic to become lively promenades that are attached to informal conversation spaces important for conducting accidental research in a more social environment.
The building form alludes to an archaeological segment from a Roman theatre with its curved edge along the main campus road suggesting a larger circular geometry beyond its own site. Pre-cast concrete panelized façade on this edge protects the interior laboratories from low incident sun – integrated fins shade vertical window slots and create a varying texture along its length.
The uppermost level, with its wide ranging views and access to a covered outdoor courtyard, has been given over to all building occupants by the client, rather than resorting to a traditional symbolism of hierarchy where these spaces would be privatized for senior staff only. As such this floor also incorporates a lecture theatre, seminar rooms, social indoor spaces and an outdoor eating area.
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John Wardle Architects + Wilson Architects in Association
2008 AIA National Commendation for Interior Architecture
2008 AIA Brisbane Awards QBI Brisbane's Building of the Year.
2008 AIA QLD Award for Public Architecture
2008 AIA QLD Award for Interior Architecture
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I was curious about the origin of the word "travel". It comes from "travailen", an old English word which comes from the old French "travail" which means "work, labor, toil, suffering or painful effort, trouble; arduous journey". It can be traced farther back to Latin roots, including the word "tripaliare" which means "to torture" (!).
Somehow, the grim history of the word is not a surprise to me. I think the painful & tedious element of traveling is actually what makes it worthwhile. Spending time in an uncertain, unpredictable, constantly changing state.
A more modern definition of travel is "to move or go from one place to another".
I wonder if the reason so many people complain about traveling via airplane is that it's actually too *easy*. Walk onto a plane, sit down for several hours, and you're partway across the world. It's virtually instant. You experience your home and your destination, but it removes the entire context of what lies between that place and your home, and you're robbed of the experience of seeing the gradual changes that connect your journey's beginning and end.
If "traveling" is the act of being in motion between locations, taking a plane basically reduces that act to the most sterile, safe, fast, easy, and predictable method possible. We travel thousands of miles just by sitting in a seat -- flying hundreds of miles per hour, thousands of feet in the air -- and still we complain about the other passengers and the frequency of the drink service!
This isn't to say that air travel is bad, but personally I think there's more to be gained from slower journeys that involve time and effort. Imagine how much more is experienced by turning a cross-country flight into a 2-week road trip, or riding a boat across the ocean rather than flying above it?
Maybe we are too destination-driven and have forgotten that the best part is the journey, when traveling and also with the way we live our lives in general. Are we all just trying to get to "the good part" that's coming in the future, seeing the present day as a means to get there, something to be endured, numbing ourselves to the annoyance of it? Today is all we ever have and if we don't learn to fully enjoy today, we will never be happy.


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It's odd how time fly's by. Just felt like the other day that I was sitting in a high school classroom goofing off and up to no good. Its even crazier to think that one year ago the 26th, I lost one of the most important parts of my life. The day that my grandma died I can remember everything almost so clearly, it was like a nightmare happened. Although we were expecting it to happen, I still wasn't quite ready for it. I was sitting in Coach Hoots class when I got the text from my brother that she had passed on to heaven. Coach Hoots, being the awesome guy that he is, walked me outside and said a prayer with me. I believe everyday that God wanted me in that class when she passed away, because God knew that I needed a prayer when I found out the news. I wouldn't have ever thought to have prayed honestly. When he said that prayer with me, I had a warm feeling in my heart that everything was okay. I had been so scared that I was going to lose myself, go into depression and change completely. After he said that prayer I went to my car and drove in the pouring rain to Yadkin Medical Hospital, walked in and saw her lifeless body. In that moment, I felt a sense of relief, a sense of happiness for her. She wasn't struggling anymore, she wasn't struggling with swollen feet, or weakness, or diabetes or aspiration. She was at peace, she was freed from the bondage of sickness. I remember a voice in the back of my head that said "Tanner, if she's at peace, why can't you be?" I swear everyday I know that was Heavenly Father, that was also a confirmation that she was okay, she was looking down on me smiling because she was out of pain and agony. This past year I had a lot of reflecting to do on my life, the mistakes, the good and the bad. But one thing I always took for granted is having my grandma around, and I wish I didn't. There is a lot of things I wish I can tell her today, thank her for the things she did for me, the life lessons that she has taught me and just for being the great christian woman that she was. That example I will carry on for the rest of my life. I was one of the lucky ones, still am honestly, but since she has passed away I have come to realize the importance of family. I have come to cherish my relationship with all the living family I have. It's so good to know that I have a strong relationship with my mom, my grandpa, my dad, my brothers and sisters and even my step family. These are the people that have my back no matter what happens, these are the people who love me unconditionally. Just like my grandma always told me "Your family will always be the center of happiness." If I could replay my life, I would go back and spend more time with the family I haven't seen as much, or that I haven't given as much attention to. My Mamma Kay, if I had a do over I would have spent more time in the nursing home with her before she got so far into alzhiemers, she did a lot for me growing up, matter of a fact she did a lot for all her grandchildren, I was just too young to care. Point is, now that I have lost someone so close to me that i have spent a lot of time with, I just want all my family to know that I love them, and that you guys mean the world to me. I know this mission isn't what was in store when I was first born, I know we have different religious beliefs and that I am thousands of miles away from home with no means of contact besides one letter and email a week, but you guys are my family. Mom, grandpa, Dad, Pam, Travis, Jessica, Riley, Karley, Michael, Cody, Deanna, Sarah, Matt, Dylan, Mamma Kay, Tara. You guys are my family, and I am so glad I have your support. My grandma is in heaven, and I want to say that although its been a year, it just feels like yesterday you went on. Keep watching down over all of us and just know I love you!
This week was fun! We had a general authority come speak to us. His name is Elder Mervyn B. Arnold. Man was he a fun guy to listen to speak! He taught a lot of us how to become better more improved missionaries. The more that he talked, the more I felt the spirit. I felt compelled to sit near the back for some reason, and I made the mistake of sitting right beside some guy that loved to talk. He asked me about myself and I told him about being a convert and so on. Elder Arnold was speaking about the importance of finding the elect and how it cant affect the future family of a convert. The guy beside me stood up, and goes "Elder Hutchens here is a convert, he is starting a new generation when he goes home. Darn, I just had an ackward shout out. Then Elder Arnold told me to stand up and share my conversion story. In front of literally half the mission I stood up, red in the face, and started talking about how I came to know the church and my future plans to have children and get married in the temple. Well if that wasn't enough, he called on me 15 minutes later to walk up to the front and stand there in front of all the missionaries. (I am almost positive that my face was the color of my hair at this point) He asked me questions like, "What if these missionaries didn't find you?" "Did you understand the importance of baptism whenever you were days away from your baptism." I despise that Elder that called me out, because I stood up there for what felt like 10 minutes just talking. And I hate public speaking. Overall, Elder Arnold's visit here in the WKM was an awesome one. He taught us a lot and really showed me how to become a better missionary. Showed me that I have a lot to work on also.
This is the week of Alan Jones's baptism. He has been coming to church the last two weeks and he really enjoys it! I am so excited for him, and I am so excited to have been an instrument in the hands of The Lord in finding Alan and bringing him back to The Lord's Kingdom. He has asked me to baptize him, and I feel absolutely honored to do it. I guess its only appropriate if the North Carolina hillbilly baptizes the North Carolina hillbilly :) But pray us and him as he enters the waters of baptism!
Happy Thanksgiving guys, we have like oh I don't know...5 dinners Thursday so lets hope I don't put on too much weight. You guys have a great holiday and I love you guys! I have a lot to be thankful for, we all do. Just remember to count your blessing and tell someone that you are thankful for that you love them.
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Core Investigator, Dr. Steven Teitelbaum, Says Advanced Technology Can Improve Results
Santa Monica, Calif. - The FDA announced late last night the approval of a next generation breast implant, the Natrelle 410™, made by Allergan. Dubbed "the gummy bear" or "cohesive implant," it offers patients the possibilities of greater durability and a more natural appearance. Board certified and Harvard-trained plastic surgeon, Dr. Steven Teitelbaum has been a vital lead researcher in the clinical trials of the cohesive implant. In addition to lecturing around the world about the Natrelle 410, he has also developed the training materials Allergan will use to teach surgeons how to use them.
"These implants project at the bottom and taper at the top, which can create a more beautiful and natural breast," says Dr. Teitelbaum, Assistant Clinical Professor of Plastic Surgery at the UCLA School of Medicine. "This is an important development for women seeking cosmetic breast augmentation surgery, but it is revolutionary for women who also need breast reconstruction following a mastectomy as a result of breast cancer."
Though used throughout most of the world since the 1990's, a cautious FDA delayed approval until scientific studies demonstrated a track record surpassing all other breast implants. Dr. Teitelbaum started using the Natrelle 410 when US clinical trials began in 2001, and has since followed the progress of hundreds of his patients since - through pregnancies, weight changes, and the simple effects of time and gravity.
The 410 implants have multiple shapes for each volume, offering plastic surgeons a greater ability to artistically enhance breast shape based on each patient's unique body frame. Acknowledging that size and shape selection is critical, Dr. Teitelbaum has received a US Patent for a device, called the '410 Implant Selector' that guides surgeons to select the right implant for each patient.
"A regular breast implant is shaped by the breast; a 410 breast implant shapes the breast," says Dr. Teitelbaum, who has a reputation for beautiful results that do not have the telltale signs of breast implants. "They have the look patients want and the safety profile patients need."
With nearly 300,000 women undergoing breast augmentation annually, it's no surprise that patients of the $700 million industry are looking for more natural-producing results. Dr. Teitelbaum has also been part of the clinical trials for both other implant manufacturers (Sientra & Mentor), giving him the longest and broadest clinical experience in the United States. As an industry insider and after discussing these implants with several thousand patients, he has insights into how patients perceive their benefits and trade-offs.
Based in Santa Monica, Calif., Dr. Teitelbaum is certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery, and is a member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons and the American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. He is currently Treasurer of the California Society of Plastic Surgeons and a Board Member of the Aesthetic Surgery Education and Research Foundation. He has advocated for the rights of plastic surgery patients on Capitol Hill, the state capital, and in front of the FDA. Additionally, Dr. Teitelbaum's expertise has also been featured on Good Morning America, Today Show,The Ricki Lake Show, Extra!, Allure, Glamour, Marie Claire and Vogue, among many others.
Today, patients participate in making decisions about their healthcare. This requires them to be informed, which is why Dr. Teitelbaum set up www.cohesiveimplants.com, the most thorough resource on cohesive implants available anywhere for patients. Additional information on cohesive implants including implant images, videos, detailed FAQ's, before and after photos and patient testimonials, can be found at Dr. Teitelbaum's personal website, http://www.drteitelbaum.com/breast/cohesive-implants.
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Baseball Slideshow: Grant 2, West Linn 1
One swing away.
Time after time and inning after inning, the West Linn baseball team found itself just one swing away from beating Grant in the semifinals of the 2018 Oregon Independent Baseball Association playoffs.
But Grant never allowed the Lions that one more good swing and held on to drop West Linn 2-1 at Lake Oswego High School on Saturday.
A big game like that deserves great photos, so here's a slideshow of the best images from Saturday's game. Click on the big "X" in the upper right-hand corner of the slideshow for fullscreen, then click through and click through again to pick out your favorites.
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Subodh Gupta, 'Hungry Gods'
After reading that a soup kitchen serving many Muslim immigrants was putting pork in the soup, Indian artist Subodh Gupta responded by creating this awe-inspiring sculpture — and serving vegetarian soup nearby. Gupta used 1,000 kilograms of stainless steel utensils to make his culinary and spiritual point to the soup kitchen workers.
French billionaire Francois Pinault now owns the skull and displays it in his Palazzo Grassi by the Grand Canal in Venice. Another of Gupta's pieces, "Melting Meteor," sold for $80,000, the second highest selling price at Christie's Green Auction: A Bid to Save the Earth.


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Lolly's has been great for our family.Our son comes home with a smile and is thrilled to tell us what he did in school—it's always something fun and different! He has made some great friends as well.We are really impressed by the loving atmosphere and great communication at Lolly's.Thank you!
We cannot say enough good things about Lolly's. Not only do I feel like my kids are learning, but they have so much fun doing it! The whole team truly understands children, the importance of having fun and how to connect with each child individually. Cheers
We are so pleased with Lolly's Early Learning Center. Our son, Julian, enjoys going to Lolly's every day and I have never felt so good about leaving him somewhere, as I do now. It is such a relief knowing that he is in great care and surrounded by adults that truly care about his well being. Julian has progressed tremendously since his first day at Lolly's, and we are excited to see how much he excels in the rest of his time here.
Our daughter started at Lolly's at age 2, and has thrived with warm, caring, knowledgeable teachers and staff. We are so pleased with the skills she has developed in the areas of academics, social, and emotional functioning. We couldn't ask for a better school!
We had been exceptionally particular in our search for a school for our daughter. When we found Lolly's, we knew immediately that it was worth jumping right on the waiting list. As soon as she started there, we realized Lolly's was everything we could want in a school and so much more! Not only does she look forward to going there and seeing all of her friends and teachers, but we do too! - Breanna Lisotto, Advocate for a Lolly's K-12
When you join Lolly's, you're not sending your child to an "institution," but rather you're joining an extended family where everyone knows your child's name and will work really hard to accommodate to your child's personal needs. There's enormous flexibility and a deep desire to work alongside parents. The responsiveness to parent suggestions is outstanding! Parents help shape the school, and, as a result, the school is constantly improving its ability to meet each child's needs.
I love Lolly's! Teachers do love and care about kids. I am happy with professional and reliable teachers.
Lolly's is a top day care center in LIC. The staff is super nice and friendly and works well with the kids according to their ages and interests as well as with parents. There is a healthy balance throughout the day of child self directed, structured and physical play. We love Lolly's!
Lolly's is extremely well-run and two steps ahead of everything. The teachers and staff are enthusiastic, professional and committed. I love the structure and exposure to all kinds of arts and languages that my son receives at Lolly's.
Lolly's is a great school. Our son went through quite an adjustment period when he turned 3 and Ilana worked with us during this challenging period. It wasn't easy, but we wouldn't have been able to get through it w/o her support.
Our eldest daughter was one of Lolly's first kids. We had such a wonderful experience with Ilana and her staff that we did not think twice about sending our son when he turned 2. Besides having great teachers and professional staff who really enjoy being with children, what I really like about Lolly's is that they are continuously improving upon their program and their services. I love the monthly newsletters and regular reports the center provides to keep me up to date to with what my son is doing in his class, the "artworks" that he comes home with, the new songs he sings at home and the new words he's speaking each day. This year's first ever field trip to Queen's County Farm was a fantastic addition that was meticulously planned and executed! The fact that my son runs into the classroom and his teachers with a huge smile and hug when I drop him off reassures he that he loves being there. I will not hesitate to recommend the center to any parents.
We are so glad that our daughter has the chance to be part of this wonderful school !She has already learned various things which are helping to develop her educational, personal and social skills. Great teachers, open doors, strict rules in a warm and friendly environment make a place where our daughter is happy to go to every morning !
As a family, we can not be happier with our children being at Lolly's Early Learning Center. The staff and teachers have all been tremendous in their support of our children and extremely communicative with us. Both of our children, Olivia and Gabriel, have benefited greatly in their academic, social and emotional development in their time at Lolly's. Olivia is a "graduate" but continues to talk about her time and remembers all of her teachers fondly. Gabriel is always excited to go to school and we are excited with his progress.
We couldn't be happier with the school and the attention they pay to each and every kid.
I have been at Lolly's for nearly 4 years and can not imagine working anywhere else. The team here truly is my extended family. I wake up in the morning happy to go to work. I am one of the lucky few people who can honestly say that I love my job. Thank you to Ilana and the entire Lolly's family for making this such a great place to work.
I've been working at Lolly's since it basically opened. I have never been so honored and happy to work in such a great environment. Everyone genuinely cares about one another and everyone enjoys working with children. We really are a big happy family.
I can honestly say that I wake up every morning happy to go to work. The Lolly's atmosphere is by far the easiest and most comfortable place to work. Not only do I have amazing coworkers that I share some amazing friendships with but also an employer that I am comfortable to talk to and trust. I love Lolly's!
I have worked at Lolly's since 2011. Working here has been one of the most amazing opportunities I have had. Lolly's has become a second family as well as a place of constant growth and enjoyment. It has given me the opportunity to do what I love the most: Teach. Watching the children grow and learn is the most rewarding part of working here. I LOVE Lolly's!
As a mother of a Lolly's graduate and employed music specialist, I have a very unique perspective of the type of care and programming at this center. First, Lolly's provides outstanding care to every child. There is a loving relationship between classroom teachers and students which foster a sense of community and family. Children feel they belong, not only from their individual teachers, but all staff members. The "Open Door Policy" gave me the opportunity to communicate with teachers daily about my son's academic and emotional development, as well as, feel a part of the Lolly's Family. Second, children experience a variety of age appropriate activities allowing students the opportunity to discover their learning whether it be through music, art, dance, yoga, science, literacy, field trips, play time, etc. This child centered learning occurs in the daily routine set up by the classroom teachers. Finally, I couldn't be happier with my son's experience at Lolly's. Not only was he well prepared for kindergarten both socially and academically, most importantly, he continued to learn to be a kind and caring person as he developed (hopefully) life-long friendships with other students. Lolly's truly is a special place for my family.


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New Years Eve Outfit
my boys hanging out and playing in the snow!
Red Dress: Amazon Faux Fur Vest: Angl (old) Similar, Similar
Bracelets: Similar, Similar Lipstick: Overstock
Foundation: Laura Mercier
I hope you had a very merry Christmas, loves!
We spent ours at my family's mountain home, and we got SNOW on Christmas Eve. It was oh so magical and really a dream come true. Growing up in Southern California, even in the mountains, I only remember snow on Christmas twice: the first year we moved to the Ranch, in 1998, and last year -- our first married Christmas. I prayed and prayed and as the Lord would have it, it started snowing on Christmas Eve. This year, the same thing happened! Weston loved playing in the snow and it was so exciting and fun to have a white Christmas.
I snapped a few pictures in one of my favorite dresses to give you ideas for what to wear on New Year's Eve! It's kinda avant-garde, but pairing a bright dress (and even though Christmas is done, I think red is celebratory and festive and it still works on NYE!) with some faux fur with big hair, a bright lip, and some chunky jewelry is perfect for whatever your New Year's Eve looks like! Since we have little man this year, we will be staying in, getting Chinese food, and watching the ball drop on TV this year while snuggled on the couch but it's still fun to wear something festive! So whether your NYE is a mama-style one like mine, or a girl-out-on-the-town style, this look works for both! Below I've also linked some other styles of red dresses -- dressier and more casual, to give ya ideas too!
I've had a whirlwind of (wonderful) things happen in the past three years and haven't been posting here on my little blog much at all, but in 2017, Lord willing, I will be back at least 3 times per week with posts sharing my heart and encouragement, lifestyle, travel, home and food, and style tips and fashion ideas! In college, I was a Home Economics major and we took classes and emphasized partly in Biblical studies/ministry for women but more than half of our studies were classes like Family Counseling, Clothing Selection (fashion) and construction (actual sewing and design), Food Preparation (cooking), Hospitality and Entertaining, and more. All of these fun arts are such a part of my heart and will be not only shared more here on my blog but in my magazine, too (coming soon!) Love yall and thanks for hanging with me all these years of blogging. Here's to a new year of new things!
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Four partial requests have arrived in my grimy little inbox in the last week (although two of them were gut shot almost immediately because of "I don't like your style" issues). So current tally is still 2 fulls and 2 partials out there in the big blue. 1 of the fulls and 1 of the partials are from agents (both males, I think I'm detecting a pattern here) who say they really dig the style, so I'm holding out a bit more hope for both of those than I usually allow myself.
'Storm' is sitting at 43K, about halfway through the second act, which is on schedule.
Listening to: RATM, Battle of Los Angeles


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I wish I could say my journey to wellness has been an easy one and that it began in 2011 when I decided to take up running. But my struggle with physical, emotional and mental well-being as it relates to "weight" started more than 30 years ago. For most of my life, dealing with weight loss, eating, and physical activity was like being in a dysfunctional relationship where, despite the emotional beat downs and harsh words, you break up and make up dozens of times because you don't know how to let go.
I remember being told my belly was "pudgy" when I was a very small child hanging out in my Strawberry Shortcake bathing suit. I didn't cry, but I remember feeling unhappy with myself after that and maybe a bit unloved.
When I was a teenager and my weight was down, my mother use to ask if I wanted to go shopping for a 2 piece bathing suit. When it was up, it was time for a one piece…and maybe some sweaters.
About a month or 2 after I had a case of acute appendicitis that almost killed me at age 17, I was pretty underweight and had no muscle tone from being unable to walk and getting my food and medication intravenously for a month. Still, I remember being in our kitchen watching my grandmother offer my younger brother the fucking Costco sized back of Famous Amos cookies and telling me I didn't want to eat that because I "looked fine now" but I needed to watch myself.
I have SO MANY moments like these still living in my head. Fat or NEARLY DEAD – whatever I was – I was never acceptable. Sometimes, I wonder how I escaped adolescence without an eating disorder, but my family's often negative and less than supportive words about almost everything never stopped me from achieving, learning, and being the person I "thought" I wanted to be. This is the small but significant factoid I've learned to focus on as I've gotten older. No matter what kind of bullshit people have thrown at me, I've continued to rise, survive, and get better. I won't lie and say I don't have some serious battle scars from it all, but truthfully when I don't let my mind get in the way, my soul lives on autopilot and it carries me well beyond the point where others think I should stop.
Now, here I am at age 39, in 'okay' shape – not as good as I was last year, not as bad as I was in the DECADE before last year – just 'okay'. As I wrote in my New Year post, my goal is to find PEACE in myself on the journey to wellness, and in order to do that, I first have to acknowledge my dysfunctional relationship with weight and eating (not so much with exercise anymore) and finally say, "Hey man, it's time to break up!" Not the Hayley Williams/Zedd "Stay the Night" kind of break up. The Toni Braxton, "He Wasn't Man Enough" kind of break up.
I learned last year that I am physically, emotionally and mentally capable of handling a lot. Why should it be hard to kick the noise to the curb? Because letting go of what you HATE but what ultimately makes you feel safe and comfortable because it's what you know means CHANGE. Clearing your crap and dedicating your time, energy and effort to wellness takes work. You just have to understand what that work entails, decide if you're willing to do the work, and determine if taking action is worth it. More about that in my next post.
In the meantime, what things have YOU struggled with on your own journey? How did you overcome? Comment, share, link. I'd love to hear about it.


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Internships are now in full swing, so let me tell you about my stint as a summer analyst at Goldman Sachs in Singapore back in 2017. You may want to draw comparisons with the bank you're at now, or you may want to find out what's in store if you're one of the 2% to 3% of applicants who secure internships with GS in SG.
First up, Goldman being Goldman, I must have worked crazy hours, right? Actually, no. I usually started at 9am and finished between 9pm and 10pm. Goldman is trying to show that it's serious about managing intern working hours in Singapore. Every day my fellow interns and I had to enter our hours into an HR system, and the HR team would alert our managers if they spotted us clocking 80-hour weeks.
Moreover, I never worked on a Saturday or Sunday during my Goldman internship, and there was never any pressure to do so. On the rare occasions I had extra work on, I just stayed late on a weekday evening. I may have had manageable hours because I had an equities-related job in the securities division rather than a role in IBD – there's only so much you can do when the markets aren't open.
But I think there was a more important reason. As an intern, if you're always working past midnight and coming in on Sundays, it shows you're not good at prioritising projects and managing your time. This is a bad thing.
In Singapore at least, time management is one of the rubrics that Goldman uses to assess interns. It's not just about doing an excellent job; it's about doing an excellent job within a certain timeframe and being able to prioritise your workload to achieve your main goals. This is what it takes to prove that you are 'Goldman material'.
Other than having decent (but still challenging) hours, I found that I was landed with 'real work' during my internship. I learned about different equities products – from vanilla ones to derivatives – via working on trade execution and liaising with the front-office, the strats team, and our clients. There was no hiding out just in my department.
Singapore is far from being Goldman's largest office and (perhaps as a result) I had ample contact with senior people across the firm here – VPs, directors, MDs, and even (once) the country head. I found the structure to be non-hierarchical and nobody appeared bothered by me asking them work or career-focused questions that weren't related to my day job as an intern.
The biggest (and most pleasant) surprise I had during the internship was how all the interns got along with one another. I was initially expecting quite a toxic environment, with everyone competing for return offers and trying to impress the senior people. But it was actually quite collaborative and chilled out.
This may be a Singapore thing. Goldman only hires about 25 to 30 interns in total each summer here and most of them are deployed in separate teams, meaning that you don't go head to head against each other. It's probably different in larger offices, like New York and London, where a single team might have several interns.
This summer, I'm interning at a European bank up in Hong Kong and by comparison I think Goldman pumps more resources into its interns. For example, I had better access to business intelligence tools like Bloomberg Terminals at GS than I do now.
In summary, there's a lot of support for interns at Goldman but making a success of your summer ultimately boils down to how you take advantage of this support. My key advice if you want to intern there is to look for problems to solve. Everyone at Goldman seems to run toward problems – you should to.
Josie Lei (not her real name) is a student at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore who's currently working as a summer analyst in Hong Kong.
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In one of the biggest events at this year's Hong Kong Book Fair, former Taiwan culture minister Lung Ying-tai said governments should tell the truth about their own history. The longer they put it off, the bigger price they would pay.
It was one of the most eagerly awaited events of the fair, with 2,500 people from Hong Kong, the mainland and Taiwan in attendance. Lung has written 17 books and is one of the few authors whose works are popular in the three parts of the Chinese world.
The subject of her talk was remembrance and how different people, even from the same family, have different interpretations of the past.
The space for historical truth on the mainland shrank further in early July with the dismissal of Yang Jisheng, one of China's best known historians, from his post as chief editor of Yanhuang Chunqiu, a Beijing magazine staffed by veteran journalists and party members like himself.
In a farewell letter, Yang listed eight subjects that cannot be covered, including June 4, the separation of powers, putting the army under government (not party) control, Falun Gong, current party leaders and their families, and minority issues.
In April, the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television issued a warning to the magazine, saying that 37 of its articles had not been submitted for approval before publication.
The magazine was founded in 1991 and now faces the risk of closure because of constraints on what it can write.
Lung was asked by a mainlander who lives in Hong Kong what to do when the government covers up history. She said that, in 1975, she was 32 and had never heard of the "February 28 incident" of 1947, in which the Kuomintang security forces brutally suppressed an uprising by native Taiwanese. Thousands were killed or forced into exile. Under the rule of Chiang Kai-shek, who died in 1975, the subject was taboo.
"You cannot cover up the truth forever," she said. "If a government does not have the wisdom to deal with history accurately, when it finally comes out, it will pay an ever bigger price."
Hong Kong and the book fair have played a critical role in the recording and publication of China's history. Taiwan under martial law and the mainland have gone to enormous lengths to filter out historical events to suit their political purposes. Only in Hong Kong was and is it possible to find books that gave a full and rounded account.
That is true today – this year there are a record 580 exhibitors from 33 countries, giving the public the opportunity to read history from many points of view.
Lung has a strong feeling for Hong Kong. She spent nine years here as a visiting scholar at City University and the University of Hong Kong before returning to Taiwan in 2012 to become minister.
Her son has lived here for more than 10 years. "I am half a Hong Konger and have always cared about the city and its happenings," she said.
Many in the audience came from the mainland, especially Shenzhen and Guangzhou. "I am a fan of her books and came this time in order to listen to her," said Feng Guopin, head of marketing at Shenzhen Television.
But he had not heard of Great River, Great Sea (大江大海), a book she wrote that tells individual accounts of 1949. It has sold 100,000 copies in Hong Kong and 300,000 in Taiwan – but is banned on the mainland.
"The HK Book Fair is the best and biggest in the Chinese world," said Feng. "I am unfamiliar with Hong Kong but everything here is well signposted and organized. It is easy to find what you want, even if you do not speak Cantonese."
That is also the view of Southern Metropolitan Daily of Guangzhou, one of the most popular newspapers on the mainland. "It allows readers from the mainland to see Taiwan, Hong Kong and foreign language books and to attend seminars and talks."
In addition, unlike book exhibitions on the mainland held in halls far from the city, it is easily accessible. "We should learn from it," the newspaper said in a commentary on Friday.
From 2013, under Lung's direction, the Ministry of Culture launched the gathering of oral histories from ordinary people, from the different communities who live in Taiwan.
She believes that the historical memory of individuals is precious and should be cherished. History is not the preserve of the government.
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Contrary to popular speech there is a context to the identity that we live in. some of it is a result of choices that we make, and some of it is a result of how the people within our degrees-of-separation project themselves onto us. Our identities are more dynamic that we think. They are like millions of coins dropping into a still fountain with unknown boundaries. Our personality evolution is what data-scientists would call a "mosaic effect", its where sensitive data points overlap like sexuality and skin tone in the formation of identity. Writers and editors are regularly redefining things, but it should be noted that "blackness" has been defined and what actually proves interesting going forward is the defining of diversity in individuals that belong to the group. Even as we acknowledge that "black is beautiful" or diverse or ambiguous or native or authentic or even ugly, I doubt it could ever fully erased the course image that life's diversity has projected onto us. Black is going to be a lot of things over time, but esteem is derived from acknowledging one's own identity. Knowing thy self is nearly impossible in an instant, but it can be as Socrates meant it: a long established wisdom. So I ask the question: How do you identify yourself, today?
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Who watches the watchers of Underfist?
I remember a day in Fifth Grade: a day like any other day, really. I'd walked through "the ditch", a convenient but semi-forbidden shortcut that got you to school a few minutes faster. In my lunchbox I had my lunch, of course, but I also had a few Star Wars figures. It was tradition by this point to play Star Wars during recess, and I'd come prepared as usual. Unfortunately for me, though, I'd somehow missed the memo. Today when I pulled out my Boba Fett I wasn't greeted with Battle Action, but with laughter. Somehow everyone had come to the conclusion that we were all too old to play with toys and this was the day.
I think there was a mild play resurgence when those battery-operated 4X4 trucks came out the next year, but things were never the same.
Or so I was just thinking as I stuck my new Boba Fett USB drive into my port here at work. Coming full-circle is great because things are usually better the second time around. The nice thing about being a man in your early 30's is that you can play with whatever you damn well please and ain't nobody gonna stop you. I'm not saying they won't laugh; just that they won't stop you.
Comic con is always a mixed bag for me. It's inspiring to see what other people are doing with their art. It's a blast crashing industry parties. It's exciting to know that somewhere in all of that square-footage and sweat that there are a few unique treasures that you know you have to have. It's just a matter of finding them. It's a time to reunite with old friends and colleagues; to drink too much vodka and eat hot dogs on a rooftop at two in the morning.
On the other hand, it's a reminder that it's been five years since I said I'd start my comic book and I haven't done it. It's also a cruel reminder that I'm only as good as my next project. Then there's the fact that you have to plow your way through all that square-footage and sweat just to get whatever it is you're looking for. It's a time when you're buried under hundreds or thousands of other projects and properties with better promotion and merchandise and all the things you know you can't have. I think by Saturday I realized that I wasn't going to get anything I wanted this year.
Sorry that the Underfist part of the panel was so short, but frankly I was happy that we got any time at all. I think this means that CN is actually going to air it, and up until recently I would've bet against that. Not because it's bad or has any questionable content, but just because there's an attitude that everything has to be new. Not that Underfist isn't new. It's a completely different show than Billy & Mandy, but it's got recognizable characters in it so it's totally off the radar. So the answer to the most-asked question of the 'Con for me ("Will CN do Underfist as a series?") is almost certainly "no".
So to any of you who saw the clip and liked it, or to any of you who liked Billy & Mandy, I encourage you to look for Underfist in October. Tell your friends. Tell your enemies. Break into your neighbor's house and turn on the TV(Only if they're a Nielson family). I will deny any knowledge of that last setnece. The previous paragraph will self-destruct in 16 seconds.
Above you'll see some pictures of some of the characters in their new uniforms. I was hoping to put up something more exciting, but I forgot that they wiped the drives here after we shipped. There are definitely a lot of surprises in Underfist and a lot of things that are "secret" (just like Flapjack!), so I couldn't put up some of the prettiest artwork I managed to dig up. You'll just have to wait and see!
Hopefully soon I'll be able to share some of what I've been doing over the last year and a half. I'm at CN until September 7th, as it stands. Then I'll have a lot more flexibility as to what I can put up here.
I remember how excited McCracken was when he saw his first bootleg Powerpuff skateboard, and I've been waiting for the day when I finally get to have the thrill of knowing that enough people recognize something you've done that they'll try and make money off of it. Score! I wanted to find out how much the guy was charging, but he was trying to hook up with two girls and I got bored and left. At least B&M is helping out somebody's gangsta' lifestyle.
Chowder's C.H. Greenblatt and I being interviewed. I guess we'll be on "CN Video". If you liked watching me shame myself on the Season One DVD, you'll... uh... love this. I guess.
So another Comic con passes... I think I've done enough griping and hinting on here that you all know that it's been a rough year. I don't like purging my personal life digitally, so sometimes I just get quiet and I don't post much. I'm waiting for that to change.
Actually, I did come away with something I wanted (besides my Boba Fett USB drive) this year. Maybe I needed it more than I wanted it. It's the reminder of why I do this in the first place.
I mean, I do it because it's a sick obsession or a compulsion or some sort of recurring synaptic misfire. But I can be obsessed and compulsed and misfired at home with a sketchbook.
The real reason I do it is for you guys. Because you seem to like it. Maybe because it's nice to know that there are other people out there who are like-minded and can laugh at the same things I laugh at. People who aren't afraid to stop playing in the face of laughter and derision, whether they be eight years old or fifty-five.
So thanks to all of you who've supported Billy & Mandy over the years. I'm coming around full-circle again. Get ready for it, because the stuff that's coming next is gonna blow your minds!
P.S. - Right as I was about to post this we were hit by a 5.5 earthquake and CN shook for a good 20 or 30 seconds. Aye caramba!