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Tuesday, July 22, 2014
That Time I Sucked At Fire Safety
Posted by Melissa Nicole
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This would be me. But with lots of "Do I haaavvveeee to?" thrown in there. Also, did you end up attempting to save Reggie's life or no? HahahReplyDelete
Hahahha that's hilarious and I would have done the exact same thing!ReplyDelete
Hahahaha. We had something like that happen when I was in school. We grabbed the cat and had to go out in the torrential rain. He was NOT happy. hahaha. Good thing you had a great umbrella to keep you safe from hail!ReplyDelete
The fire alarms go off all the time and I dont even more much less go outside. I'm close enough to an exit I wont die.. I think. Hopefully those arent famous last words.ReplyDelete
I used to manage apartment communities and the fire alarm systems were always the bane of my existence. Like, they are so damn annoying and people get so angry....but it is sort of something that can not be controlled. At least it wasn't a real emergency!ReplyDelete
we have stupid fire drills in this here work building and i'm still sitting at my desk surfing and shit while the alarms are blaring. unless i see smoke and shit, i ain't moving.ReplyDelete
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LOL! They really need to come up with fire alarm sound #1 which means its a total fake & fire alarm sound #2 which means you should really get your ass moving. You know what I'm saying?! Because really, missed naps, hail and you know - missed naps -- ain't nobody got time for that.ReplyDelete
I'm glad I don't live in a buidling that has a fire alarm system like that. I have two alarms in my apartment and the only time they've gone off (for no reason might I add) is while I was using my oven to bake some chicken.ReplyDelete
bahahahahah none of which were young or attractive boooooooooReplyDelete
Oh man that sounds miserable! Figures it would hail and none of the firemen were attractive. That's some pretty bad luck..ReplyDelete


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Songs to Learn English
Everyone likes to sing regardless of age or voice quality. 😛 Anyway, songs could be used to learn English too. The song that you're going to learn now is called "Annie's Song" by the late John Denver. The teacher in the video sings the song and tells you about rhythm and stress. Ignore his voice 🙂 He also tells you that the song arouses your 5 senses. The video clip for the actual song is at the bottom of the teacher's video clip. Enjoy!
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We had another GREAT opportunity to attend another DUB Magazine car show and concert courtesy of Myles Kovacs and his team from DUB. As usual this was another GREAT show with over 300 pictures in my camera, 6+ hours spent walking around shooting, and quite a few cool cars I was able to snap pictures of. Thankfully the weather wasn't as bad as it had been on the east coast the last few weeks with the humidity and heat.
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This I think was probably the BEST top to bottom front to back full out chop and cut custom
The OC cops busting people cruising…
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The big trucks were represented as well
Gisselle and Alma got to meet DEVO from FRIDAY
And ending the trip Myles took a few minutes out from his busy day to chop it up with me and showcase his new DUB GARAGE toy line,some of which he graciously hooked me up with!!SO AWESOME!!!
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The boys were very excited to find that the Easter bunny visited Bell Field this week and left behind some chocolate eggs for them to hunt for. We were also most impressed with the marvellous millinery creations that arrived in school this morning, but despite the wind's best effort to make off with the boys' hats this afternoon, the Easter Bonnet Parade was enjoyed by all the boys at Highbury and Bank Place. Wishing you all a very Happy Easter and a restful holiday.


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In a rushed and hurried world it is easy to forget who we are suppose to be. In a world filled with problems and hardships it is easy to let go of our character. In a life overflowing with drama it is easy to lose sight of what is important. In a Church that is always under pressure and defending herself it is easy to overlook the foundation of her existence. What is life without love? What is the Church without love? According to the Word of God they are nothing:
If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. (1 Corinthians 13:2)
For centuries poets have tried to find the words to describe love but what they managed to come up with is of lesser quality than what the Word describes. What we find in 1 Corinthians 13 is a beautiful description of Jesus' love but this is the same love he told us we must have for each other. It is a powerful, demanding, all encompassing love that expects the very best from us. It is so great that to take it in we have to look at it in sections. As we do this my prayer for us is the same as Paul's was for the Ephesians:
And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. (Ephesians 3:17-19)
In Paul's inspiring definition of love he starts off with something very simple: "Love is patient, love is kind". (v. 4a) Often in evaluating my words and actions I don't get any further than these two things. I use 1 Corinthians 13 as a measuring rod to check myself, to see if what I say and do convey the love of Jesus. My wife is often my testing point. There is no one I love more than my wife and there is no one I spend more time with than her. This means she has more opportunity to annoy me and drive me crazy than anyone else and at the same time no one knows me as well as she does. If I can't love her with the love of Jesus what hope is there in me loving others?
My wife and I are individuals at the same time as being one together. We share many similar interests but we also have dissimilar interests. We have different characters, different strengths and weaknesses, sometimes different goals. We definitely have different perspectives because we have different life experiences so we have the potential of really getting on each others nerves. But we share something in common what allows it all to come together and work to our advantage; we both love Jesus and are loved by him and that love is our measuring rod.
In all I say and do with my wife my desire is to be patient and kind. Love means that she is important enough to me that I will be patient with her whenever a situation or conversation requires patience. This means refusing to get aggravated with her or even frustrated. Many wrong words are spoken and wrong actions taken in moments of frustration but because she is the object of my affection I choose to be patient because she is important to me.
In moments of tiredness, frustration, exasperation, worry, fear, anxiety it is possible to take it out on the people we love the most, but this is a poor excuse for letting go of our responsibility. I find one of the greatest testing points for love is kindness. If we are not kind with those we have a responsibility to love then we do not have a grasp of what love is. Kindness is found it what we do and say, but not just in the action but in the attitude. I can wash the dishes for my wife, giving her a break, but I can show in my attitude that I don't like it. Some spouses are just plain mean to each other and this reveals the immaturity of their love.
In all relationships there is the "falling in love" experience, that euphoria that blinds you to the other person's faults and to the short comings of the relationship. Soon enough the euphoria will wear off because it is a fantasy love and then the real work begins. Relationships take work as we learn to love each other, as we learn to be patient and kind. This is the truth for the Church as well, love requires work and is a decision we take.
Don't misunderstand me, this love of Jesus we are to have for each other is not something we are capable of without the Holy Spirit. He gives us that ability but we have to chose to walk in it. We have to chose to apply the love in our relationships. The members of the Body of Christ have to chose to be patient and kind with one another. Of course we have only scratched the surface in examining the love of Christ but it is enough to evaluate whether we understand and live the love of Jesus. Examine yourself in your words and actions today to see if you treat those you love with patience and kindness. Tomorrow we will take another step in examining the deeper things of God's love.
It has been a while since I even attempted blogging for a whole truck load of reasons. I am not in a position to start back. However, I need a platform for journaling scripture I am chewing on. I considered various platforms but I want something that is online for safe keeping and will assist me in keeping my progress organized. It may mean several entries in a day and some contradictory thoughts. But this is a chewing process for my own edification.
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor-director Seth Rogen defended the choice to parody North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in raunchy comedy The Interview, the movie that sparked a real-life threat from the country and is suspected as the possible cause of a damaging cyber attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment.
Rogen, who wrote, produced and directed the movie with film-making partner Evan Goldberg, told ABC show Good Morning America on Monday that he had not anticipated the media storm surrounding the film.
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How to pronounce "ukulele"
So...I started to try to pronounce it "correctly". To be quite honest, I felt completely ridiculous saying it the right way. On top of that, if I go to a local music store to ask for "oo-koo-lay-lay" strings, I tend to get a strange look coupled with a reply of, "Do you mean yoo-ka-lay-lee strings?". So I gave up trying the right way and just settled for the pronunciation that I've always known and heard around here.
I guess my opinion on this would be the same for ordering food from Taco Bell. I don't order a burrito with a rolled r. Yeah, I guess either way they would know what I was ordering, but I'd feel ridiculous doing so. And I highly doubt that any Mexican food purists would chide me...they probably wouldn't be at Taco Bell anyway.
To sum up, I'm not sure that I see any significance in the way "ukulele" is pronounced or mispronounced. There have always been different pronunciations and mispronunciations of words depending on your global position and/or what generation you grew up in. For instance, my parents say "warsh" instead of "wash". Did you know that the first president of the United States was George WARSHington? According to my mom and pops, that's fact!
Alright, so I really don't need to pick on my parents for saying that word wrong. It's how they grew up hearing and saying it, and I shouldn't fault them for it.
I guess there are some folks that are very particular about how they'd like "ukulele" to be pronounced, and I guess that's fine too. Everyone is entitled to their opinion. But mine, simply put, is it really doesn't make any difference. It makes me want to make a bumper sticker that reads - "Ukulele - Stop trying to say it and start trying to play it".
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Love the Taco Bell analogy! I got fed up with the same issue. Here's my take on it: http://www.bostonuke.com/810/?/a-ukulele-or-an-ukulele-which-is-correct/ . Glad to have found a new uke blog to enjoy.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks Danno! I enjoyed your post.Delete
- AnonymousJune 18, 2013 at 10:03 PM
It's because white people just kill and smash and steal, and anything that they don't like - even original pronunciations - are stupid and incorrect.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 29, 2014 at 2:01 AM
honestly, i think that mainlanders don't respect Hawaii enough(being an islander and all) if you're all just going to throw our words around like that. Hawaii is actually a part of the U.S. unlike Mexico, a totally different country. I mean at least pronounce the name of the state correctly. I don't blame you because i know if i was a mainlander, i would pronounce it like that too but if you do just so happen to visit, please respect the hawaiian language.ReplyDeleteReplies
Good points. I don't think that anyone is deliberately trying to disrespect...just the way that we've learned how to say it.Delete
I remember reading a story about Bob Marley and Eric Clapton in the studio together. They were trying to work on a song but being from very different places, neither could understand what the other was saying. Finally, one of them (can't remember which) said, let's just let the music talk for us. After that, they created a hit!
I guess my point is that, no matter the language barriers or pronunciation issues, when the music of the ukulele takes over, we all speak the same language!
Americans in general don't tend to respect other cultures, traditions and language!ReplyDelete


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Written by Dr Christine Nicholls
Born in Adelaide in 1963, Nici Cumpston, who is of Afghan, English, Irish and Barkindji (also spelled Paakantji) Aboriginal heritage, is a descendant of the Darling River people of northern NSW. She is also culturally affiliated with the River Murray people and lived for some years at Berri in the South Australian Riverland.
A photographic visual artist, curator and former academic, Cumpston worked in the Photographics Department of the South Australian Police Force between 1990 and 1996, processing slide film relating to crime scenes, road accidents and forensic investigations. This proved to be a germinal experience for the young photographer. In a lecture given to students at the University of South Australia in October 2008, Cumpston revealed that this experience led to her taking, thereafter, an 'investigative' and 'documentary' approach in her own photography. So even when photographing scenes of great natural beauty, in a sense Cumpston takes a forensic approach. While working with the Police Department she also honed her technical skills and developed proficiency in processing and printing both colour and black and white films.
The major themes and sub-themes of Nici Cumpston's photography relate to the current parlous state of the Murray-Darling river system, its lakes and tributaries and attendant ecology, and to the attempted erasure of prior Indigenous presence on those sites and the cultural amnesia accompanying this.
Cumpston's photographic art is founded on a paradox. On the one hand she sees the ravaged eco-systems of the Murray-Darling Basin as 'evidence' akin to that of a crime scene, and draws attention to the appalling effects of pollution and salination, the mass drownings of ancient red river gums caused by the re-routing of the river and the building of locks and weirs, and the river's dangerously low, still-receding water levels. At the same time Nici Cumpston's photographs are works of haunting beauty. Her camera seeks – and finds – the aesthetic loveliness that once inhabited the saline-ringed, dead and dying trees and distorted shapes that she portrays in her photographs. She also focuses on the sometimes scarcely readable marks and signs left on these desolate landscapes by former Indigenous occupants.
In a recent body of work, featuring panoramic views of the dying Lake Bonney (known as 'Nookamka' by the local Indigenous people), near Barmera, notwithstanding the post-apocalyptic nature of the scenes that she portrays, Cumpston shows that this was once a place of great natural beauty. Creating art from devastation and loss, Cumpston's abiding concern with the signs and markings left behind by prior Indigenous occupants is also forefronted in these splendid, but chilling works. A selection of works from this series of photographs was exhibited in 2008 at the University of South Australia Gallery as part of Shards, a group exhibition. The remains of very old 'ring trees', and the oval scars on ancient trees from which Indigenous people fashioned wooden implements bear witness to those people who once lived, loved, worked and died on this site. The place has become quite literally a gravesite for people and more recently for natural species.
A significant part of Cumpston's artistic practice is her technique of hand-colouring her photographs with transparent watercolours and pencils. It is largely through her use of this technique that she transforms the ugliness of the environmental wreckage that lays bare in front of the camera's lens, into aesthetically compelling imagery. In this regard, high-profile photographer Kate Breakey, one of Nici Cumpston's teachers at the North Adelaide School of Art, who introduced her to this technique, has been an important mentor. Breakey's ideas and practices continue to influence Cumpston's work.
Landmark group exhibitions in Cumpston's career include Doubts, her first exhibition held at the Adelaide Fringe Festival in 1988; Three Views of Kaurna Territory, at Artspace in the Adelaide Festival Centre in 1998; Nakkondi/Look – Indigenous Australians 1999-2000, which originated as a collaborative project with non-Indigenous photographer Andrew Dunbar and culminated in a tour to the 8th Festival of Pacific Arts in Noumea in 2000; Weaving the Murray, also in 2000, in which Cumpston participated as a weaver and as the photographer documenting the weaving practices and objects created by Indigenous and non-Indigenous women; Reflections, her first solo show held at Tandanya in 2002; Holy Holy Holy, at the Flinders University Art Museum 2004; another group show at Sydney's Cooee Gallery in 2006; Power and Beauty, a group show at Heide Museum of Modern Art in 2007; Attesting, at Gallerysmith Melbourne, in 2009, and more.
Over the years Cumpston's profile as an artist has grown steadily, and more recently, exponentially. In 2006 she was invited to participate in the Xstrata Coal Emerging Indigenous Art Award at the Queensland Art Gallery. In 2007 she won the People's Choice Award for the work she entered in the River Murray Art Prize. Her work has been acquired by a number of prestigious institutions including the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection in the University of Virginia (USA); the Adelaide Festival Centre, where her diptych Reflections is on permanent display in the foyer; the South Australian Museum; the Flinders University Art Museum and others, and has also been acquired by a number of private collections. Nici Cumpston's most signifi cant commission to date, titled Flooded Gum and Eckert's Creek, Murray River National Park (2005), is on permanent display in the Commonwealth Law Court Foyer in Adelaide's Angas Street.
Christopher Isherwood once famously said, "I am a camera with its shutter open, quite passive, recording, not thinking". Nici Cumpston too is a camera, shutter wide open, but more than that, a visual artist who actively and thoughtfully records and attests to our less-than-impressive times, registering her deep concern about the probably terminal ecological state of our river systems, while paying homage to her Indigenous forebears.
Christine Nicholls would like to acknowledge a lecture given by Nici Cumpston at the University of South Australia 28/10/08, from which many of the insights in this essay were derived.
First published in the Craftsouth Bulletin, Issue 6, April-June 2009.


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Well-placed in the shopping, restaurants, business area of Kuala Lumpur city, 5 Twenty @ Ampang Hilir provides a most conducive spot for you to take a break from your busy days. The city center is merely 6.5 km away and the airport can be reached within 46 minutes. With its convenient location, the hotel offers easy access to the city's must-see destinations such as Petronas Twin Tower (2.3 km), Suria KLCC (2.8 km), Menara Kuala Lumpur (3.9 km), and Merdeka Square (6.8 km).
At 5 Twenty @ Ampang Hilir, your comfort is our priority. The staff here is hospitable and ZEN Rooms offers you our brand guarantees. Most importantly, we have free WiFi, air conditioner, a comfortable bed, in-room shower and always a clean room. Additionally, the rooms feature tea/coffee in room, study desks, and balcony. The hotel is made a true gem by its swimming pool to let go of all your worries. If you need anything, feel free to address the friendly staff.
Book a room at 5 Twenty @ Ampang Hilir will surely make for an unforgettable trip. For the best budget hotels in Kuala Lumpur, ZEN Rooms is the place to go. To get you the best prices as well as guarantee that you are provided with all the facilities promised, we personally audit the hotels.
5 Twenty @ Ampang Hilir provides airport shuttle upon request and is payable in cash direct to the drivers.
Attractions near 5 Twenty @ Ampang Hilir:
Restaurants: Cilantro Restaurant and Wine Bar, Victoria Station, Tosca, Pizza Hut, Tanzini, Cantaloupe, Passage Thru India, Noble House Restaurant.
Amusement: KLCC Park, Aquaria KLCC, Symphony Lake, Little Kingdom, KL Forest Eco Park, Berjaya Times Square Theme Park, Tasik Ampang Hilir Park.
Culture: Petrosains The Discovery Centre, KL Upside Down House, Muzium Telekom, Art House Gallery Museum of Ethnic Arts, Jade Museum, Rumah Penghulu Abu Seman.
Nightlife: View Rooftop Bar, Kingsway Club, Marini's On 57, Fuze Club Kuala Lumpur, Bintang Palace Exclusive Nightclub.
Facilities: Gleneagles Kuala Lumpur Hospital, ATM AmBank, ATM Maybank.
- One child under 6 years can stay for free using existing beds.
- Extra bed can be provided at MYR 40. Subject to availability at the time of check in.
- Free private parking is available on the site! Subject to availability at the time of check in.
- A tourist tax of MYR 10 per room per night is applied to all foreign guests. This tax is not included in the room rate and must be paid upon check-in. Guests with a valid Malaysian ID or valid MY PR Card are exempted.


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Baked salmon in foil that's been brushed with my lemon garlic butter sauce. This recipe is so easy to make and pulls together in less than 30 minutes! The salmon is so flakey and tender when baked inside foil. You're going to love this recipe!
Do I even need to go on here? Because the words 'garlic' and 'butter' put together make my heart skip a beat. Tell me that happens to you too? And that i'm not the only food loving, butter obsessed person on the planet.
And when I say this is the simplest recipe for baked salmon in foil, I mean it is the SIMPLEST recipe. If you can combine a few ingredients in a small saucepan and then baste your fish (my preference is salmon) with this amazing lemon garlic butter sauce, then you can pop out a semi-gourmet meal on a weeknight in under 30 minutes. <– um, yes please!
And as an added bonus, it gluten-free and paleo friendly so it's perfect to serve when you've got guests with different dietary restrictions. That's scoring big time.
[2]This lemony, buttery, garlicky salmon is going to make you feel all faaaa-nsaaay shman-cyy almost like you need to be taking bites with your pinky raised in the air.
This is a recipe that you need to keep in your back pocket not only for weeknight dinners but also to impress your dinner guests with. And I won't say a word about how quickly you pulled this together. Not a peep.
In addition to having some awesome sauceee also known as a lemon garlic butter basting sauce, the side possibilities to this baked salmon and endless. I like to do simple baked potatoes and asparagus but this [3], this [4] or this [5] would be good too.
[6]In addition to being just a quick 30 minutes, clean up is a breeze because it's salmon in foil, which means once the salmon is gone, the foil will be too and no dirty pots are left behind to clean afterwards. Except that teensy-weensy saucepan of goodness where you made the out of this world lemon garlic butter sauce. It's worth cleaning the saucepan for, trust me on that.
This recipe is slightly adapted from a recipe that my mom and I came up with together. We've been making it for over a decade and the only thing I did differently here is mix the lemon and butter and make a sauce out of it. My mom and I usually just brush the salmon with a little olive oil and drizzle the lemon juice and then just sprinkle the remaining ingredients on top. Though it tastes delicious, I find that the sauce tends to be a little more runnier that way.
ALSO: In the summer time, we just place the salmon in foil on a hot grill that's at 375ºF. And it'll cook up in about the same time, give or take a minute or two. Barbecued salmon is so soo good.
[7]But wait, I still haven't told you the best part — this recipe calls for less than 10 ingredients! That's including your fish, and you've probably already got most of these at home. WIN and WIN!
Let's talk about the lemon garlic butter sauce that's going to make this baked salmon in foil recipe your favorite way to eat fish. I call it the quick 2-2-2. That's 2 tablespoons lemon juice, 2 cloves of minced garlic, and 2 tablespoons of butter for 1- 1 1/4 pound of salmon.
Start by heating the lemon juice and minced garlic in a saucepan. When the lemon juice has reduced to about 1 tablespoon, add in 1 tablespoon of cold, cubed butter. Allow it to melt in slowly, just grab the handle of your saucepan and off the heat, swirl the pan until the butter melts, if it's taking forever just pop it on the stove for a couple seconds then off. Repeat with the second tablespoon of butter. It probably took you longer to read this paragraph than it will to prepare the sauce.
Okay, I kid. But really, like maybe 30 seconds longer.
[8]Oh and my last tip for this recipe, make sure to use a good quality salmon. Wild caught is best. I find that using 'pink salmon' will leave this fish wet and pretty gross in the oven. It's not the recipe, it's the fish. I encourage you to use Sockeye or Coho for best results. I highly, highly suggest wild-caught as the flavor for a wild-caught fish is just out of this world.
This, this is the kind of recipe that makes the midweek bearable! Get together with your significant other and make baked salmon in foil with less than 10 ingredients. Or better yet, email this recipe to them and have them make it for you 😉
Either way you need to get some garlic butter sauce lovin' in your life.
Baked salmon in foil that's been brushed with my lemon garlic butter sauce. This recipe is so easy to make and pulls together in less than 30 minutes! The salmon is so flakey and tender when baked inside foil. You're going to love this recipe!
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All In, Balls Out – Endings, Reunions and Spankings, oh my!
Girls: {Saige looks up at David, smiles} All right. {Climbs out of the tub, takes the towel and dries off} What's up?
Boys: {David smiles again} You'll see.
Boys: {Loch smiles} Probably David.
Girls: {Saige wraps the towel around her and smiles} All right.
Boys: {David looks at Loch, still smiling} Have you seen my woman?
Boys: {Loch laughs} Every inch of her.
Boys: {David nods} Then you know how accurate that statement is. {takes Saige's hand and heads back into the house}
Girls: {Saige goes with him smiling}
Boys: {the boys watch Saige walk away}
Boys: {David grabs the bowl on the way through the living room, heads back to the guest room}
Girls: {Sangria looks at Loch}
Girls: {Aubrey wanders to the patio}
Boys: {Loch looks at Sang, shrugs} It's a nice ass.
Boys: {Van smiles} *That* is a killer ass.
Boys: {the other boys nod in agreement}
Girls: {Sangria smiles} I know.
Boys: {David walks into the guest room, closes the door behind them, takes Saige's face in his hands, kisses her heatedly, pushing her back against the door}
Girls: {Saige kisses him back her arms moving around him, deepening the kiss}
Boys: {David drops his hands to her hips}
Girls: {Saiges hands move into his hair}
Boys: {that goes on for a couple of minutes, David's hands moving to her ass and pulling her closer, before he breaks the kiss and smiles at her} Hey.
Girls: {Saige smiles her hands moving to his shoulders} Hi.
Boys: {David presses his forehead to hers, looks into her eyes} So.. Aubrey and I just got the third degree from Ethan and Siobhan.
Girls: {Saige holds his look} Third degree about what?
Boys: {David shrugs} Shit like.. is phone sex cheating and Siobhan asked Aubrey if she'd let a guy tell her what to wear. Weird shit like that.
Boys: {David shakes his head} They said something about wanting to make sure their boundaries aren't skewed.
Girls: {Saige frowns} Why would they ask you about that?
Boys: {David looks at her} That's what I was gonna ask you. But if you don't know..
Girls: {Saige looks at him} If I don't know why they'd ask you and Aubrey about it? I don't know.
Boys: {David nods} All right. Cuz I'm pretty sure me and Aubrey are the *last* people other people would wanna check the rightness of their boundaries against.
Girls: {Saige looks at him} Maybe they were asking you just to hear your answers.
Boys: {David looks at her} With all the shit that's gone on lately, do you really believe that?
Girls: {Saige shrugs} No.
Boys: {David nods} Me either. So.. if you didn't know anything about it, I figured you should know what was goin' on.
Girls: {Saige nods} Ethan and Siobhan are askin' questions about moral issues. {smiles} This should make the party interesting.
Boys: {David smiles} Why's that?
Girls: {Saige smiles} Just to hear everyone's…reactions.
Boys: {David nods} I figure Loch's should be especially interesting.
Boys: {David looks at her} People think *I'm* skewed.. do they ever actually *listen* to him talk?
Girls: {Saige nods} Seriously. What was your answer?
Boys: {David shrugs} I said, yeah.. phone sex is cheating. And, if your woman's lettin' other men tell her what to wear, then you've already lost her. There was some other shit in there, too, but I can't remember it all. And then Siobhan asked me if we had enough trust between us to handle the trips to New York and shit.
Girls: {Saige looks at him} Do you?
Boys: {David looks at her} Do I what?
Girls: {Saige shrugs} Trust me enough to let me go to New York?
Boys: {David nods} Yeah, I do. {smiles} Do you trust me enough to leave me home alone while you're gone?
Girls: {Saige nods} Of course. If I didn't I wouldn't be with you.
Boys: {David nods} Then I guess we're good.
Girls: {Saige smiles} We are.
Boys: {David looks at her} I wanna ask you somethin' kinda serious.
Girls: {Saige looks at him} All right?
Boys: {David thinks about it for a second} Are things different for you now that we're back?
Girls: {Saige nods} Yeah.. they are. I kind of expected it though.
Boys: {David looks at her} Different how?
Girls: {Saige smiles} In Leesburg it was like we were in a fairytale. Real life has set in and {frowns} I think we feel more distant.
Boys: {David nods} Me, too. {looks at her} So what do we do about it?
Girls: {Saige shakes her head} I don't know..
Boys: {David nods} All right. Let me know if you figure somethin' out. Or if you just decide you don't want to.
Girls: {Saige looks at him} If I decide I don't want to… Like I want out? Is that what you want?
Boys: {David looks at her} You always do that. I never said that or even implied it.
Boys: looks at her=looks at her, smiles
Girls: {Saige nods} I didn't either. What are your thoughts?
Boys: {David shakes his head} I don't know. Fixing "relationships" isn't exactly my strong point.
Girls: {Saige nods} Mine either. {looks at him} Do you think it's too fast?
Boys: {David looks at her} I don't know. Maybe? {shakes his head} Since we got back, sometimes it feels like we're not even together.
Girls: {Saige nods} I noticed that too..
Boys: {David nods} So… what about you? You think it's too fast? {smiles} We *did* get engaged like.. the same day we got together.
Girls: {Saige nods} We did.. it might be. I don't know.
Boys: {David nods} There's somethin' I should tell you.
Girls: {Saige looks at him} I'm listening.
Boys: {David looks at her} I was gonna tell you this last night, but I needed to sort it. When I was talkin' to Aubrey outside, she told me.. basically.. that she still has feeling for me and asked me if I had still had feelings for her.
Girls: {Saige nods} I'd heard that. Do you?
Boys: {David rolls his eyes} The Loch, Sang pipeline?
Girls: {Saige Shakes her head} Van.
Girls: Through Ethan.
Boys: {David looks at her, nods} Right. When he came in the bathroom. {shakes his head} I don't know what to think. Last time I talked to her.. you saw it. Then I hear she's been in the hospital this whole time and I feel like a shit over that. Cuz I don't care what she says, if we hadn't had that fight, she wouldn't have been on the road, but it's done and over and can't be undone. {looks at her} But.. yeah. I think I do. I think I always will. The question is, can you live with that?
Girls: {Saige looks at him} David.. I have to tell you something too.
Boys: {David nods} All right.
Girls: {Saige closes her eyes and opens them slowly} I think I have the same problem you do.
Boys: {David arches a brow} You have feelings for Aubrey? {smiles} I'm thinkin' there could be an easy solution to that.
Girls: {Saige shakes her head smiles} Same problem different person..different gender.
Boys: {David nods} I knew *that* one was too good to be true.
Boys: {David takes a breath} All right.. so.. who is it? Cuz I'm thinkin' it's Van.
Girls: {Saige nods} You'd be right. So I'm going to ask you the same question.. can you live with that?
Boys: {David looks at her} That's a good question. I'm thinkin' you and Van are a little different situation.
Girls: {Saige looks at him} Probably…There's also my curiosity about the sex clubs, which isn't so much about the clubs as the happenings there.
Boys: {David moves away from her, leans back against the wall beside her, looks over at her} Let me ask you this.. if you had the chance to get with him.. would you do it? And tell me the truth cuz that's all we've got right now.
Girls: {Saige nods} Yes. Would you with Aubrey?
Boys: {David looks at her} Yeah. I'm thinkin' I probably would.
Girls: {Saige looks at him} So I'm thinking we know what we should do.
Boys: {David nods} Yeah. {looks at her} But I'm also thinkin' this bridge isn't burned and I'd like to keep it that way.
Girls: {Saige looks at him} This bridge'll never be burned. {smiles} You mean entirely to much to me for that to happen.
Boys: {David smiles} Right back atcha. {lays his head back against the wall, looks up at the ceiling} So.. how hard do you think our friends are gonna laugh when they find out we didn't make it more than a week?
Girls: {Saige smiles} I think they'll be relieved. And possibly do a happy dance. {looks down, slips the ring off her finger} This doesn't mean if you see me acting retarded you can't stop me, you know?
Boys: {David smiles} Oh, I'm not gonna go back to lettin' you act retarded. And it doesn't mean we can't take a trip to Leesburg every once in a while when things get too heavy.
Girls: {Saige smiles} I was hoping you'd say that. {holds the ring out to him}
Boys: {David takes the ring, looks at it, smiles} I think we should go back to the pawn shop. {looks at her, still smiling} Make the guy think we blame him for our divorce.
Girls: {Saige smiles} We totally should the next time we go to Leesburg. {quietly} Hold on to that. {Smiles} We may still need it down the line.
Boys: {David smiles} I was thinkin' that, too, actually. {pushes away from the wall, shoves the ring into his pocket} I'll keep it somewhere safe. Wouldn't seem right givin' it to anyone else.
Girls: {Saige smiles} So we're not breaking up were taking a break?
Boys: {David smiles again, after a pause, nods} Yeah.
Girls: {Saige nods} Are you okay?
Boys: {David takes a deep breath, smiles} Yeah. I think I'm good. Only thing I regret is we didn't fuck *before* we started talkin'.
Girls: {Saige quietly} Me too.
Boys: {David smiles wickedly} One for the road?
Girls: {Saige smiles} Hell yes.
Boys: {David laughs, grabs her hand, pulls her into his arms and mauls her face, dragging her towards the bed}


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Apples latest product release has been all over the news, for a good reason, it's AWESOME!
This amazing new camera has features that no other digital camera on the market today can compete with. Complete with Wi-Fi, 3G, spell check, and over 200,000 apps the new iCamera is a device from the future. No kidding, with our DSLR just sitting here on my desk, staring at me, wondering when, when will it get used again. The answer is I'm not sure. It's not just the camera in this device that looks so good, it's all the control you get along with it, it's the screen that let's you view the photos (and video), it's the amazing battery life.
I think once again Apple has out done itself with this device. I'm no Apple fan-boy either, in fact I still use a Nexus One as my main camera (and phone). A lot of people have posted photos taken with an iCamera (or as you may know it iPhone 4) and posted them on Flickr, check them out and remember this, the best camera on the market today is the one you have with you!


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Decades of research have suggested that certain "mirror neuron" groups are activated not only when we perform an action, but also when we see it being performed, or even when we hear it being performed in another room. But other studies have raised strong criticisms about what this data actually means – and now the dispute is heating up more than ever.
In this month's issue of the journal Perspectives on Psychological Science, a group of brain research veterans debate the evidence for and against the mirror neuron hypothesis. Their consensus is that mirror neurons do seem to play a role in our ability to understand and imitate the actions of others, but that the contributions of these cells are a lot more subtle and complex than previously thought.
The article focuses on three main categories of abilities in which some neuroscientists think mirror neurons take part: understanding speech, understanding others' actions, and understanding others' minds. The researchers on a few different sides had plenty to say about each of these categories, so let's break 'em down.
1. Actions
The role of mirror neurons in understanding visually perceived actions was the first to be researched. In the 1990s, a team led by Giacomo Rizzolatti at the University of Parma were studying the neurons of macaque monkeys, when they realized that certain groups of these monkey neurons (located in the ventral premotor cortex) responded in very similar ways whether the monkey picked up a piece of food or watched someone else pick it up.
A lot of subsequent research confirmed that these firing patterns were definitely happening – but what they meant was far from clear. Some scientists, such as UC Irvine's Gregory Hickock, argued that supposed "mirror" activity might just reflect the normal behavior of the monkeys' overall motor system, rather than being direct evidence for imitation or theory of mind.
Also, new evidence contradicts some major predictions about the role mirror neurons were thought to play in understanding actions:
The repeated finding that increased experience executing actions is associated with decreased, not increased, activation in putative MN [mirror neuron] regions, lies completely opposite that predicted … [One prominent MN researcher] predicts that executing these more familiar actions … should produce greater activity in mirror areas. However, increased experience executing actions is not associated with increased activity in putative MN regions.
So, at the very least, it seems that we need to take another look at how (or if) mirror neurons come into play when we imitate an action that we've seen or heard.
2. Speech
When it comes to our ability to understand spoken language, the evidence seems to strongly suggest that mirror neurons aren't nearly as important as some of their supporters have claimed. Although our motor areas can be activated when we listen to someone speaking, no one's been able to demonstrate a direct correlation between mirror neurons and our ability to understand speech. Not to mention that individuals who have no working motor system whatsoever can still understand spoken words:
High levels of speech perception ability have been demonstrated in (a) patients with severe motor speech deficits and damage to the mirror system; (b) individuals who failed to develop a functional motor speech system due to neurological disease; (c) infants who have not yet developed motor speech control; and (d) even chinchilla and quail, which don't have the biological capacity for speech.
Mirror neurons might help us figure out what someone's saying when it's hard to hear, or under conditions where we have to lip-read or otherwise guess some of the speech's content. But the part they play in actual speech comprehension seems to be minor, at best.
3. Minds
Last but not least, let's talk about the idea that mirror neurons might help us understand the thoughts, feelings, and intentions of others. Some researchers have claimed that these neurons are activated when we (or monkeys) try to understand the motivations and thoughts behind another's action – but just about all those papers cite the same four studies in support of this, and three of those are Rizzolati's studies from the '90s. Even in those studies, Rizzolati and his teams stressed that the mirror neuron system they observed was probably responsible only for linking observation and imitation – not for any sort of abstract comprehension.
Loads of debate has also centered around the question of whether autistic individuals might have a malfunctioning mirror neuron system – an idea known as the "broken mirror hypothesis." Two of this view's biggest supporters are UCLA's Marco Iacobini and Mirella Dapretto, who have argued for several years that there's a link between autism and decreased activation in sites "with mirror properties." However, other studies have failed to replicate these results – and even more importantly, a growing body of evidence suggests that the study's whole premise may have been flawed:
Much larger and more firmly established bodies of data contradict predictions made by MN theory. For example, it has been repeatedly demonstrated that autistic persons of all ages (from preverbal children to mature adults) have no difficulty understanding the intention of other people's actions.
So, although mirror neurons may have something to do with our ability to imitate the actions of others, it doesn't seem particularly likely that they're an essential component of our ability to understand others' minds.
As you can tell, a lot of these researchers are still far from waving a white flag – and there are plenty more interesting questions about mirror neurons that are begging to be researched – for instance, what role their firing patterns might play in the process of learning, and whether the human brain even has a direct equivalent of the macaque mirror neuron system at all. The more research we perform on mirror neurons, the more conundrums they seem to reflect back at us – and it seems they'll continue to provide us with intriguing puzzles.