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#8 Davy's Studio of Internet Finds
Name: Davy
Location: Palm Springs, CA
Size & Type: 572 sq. ft. studio
Favorite resource: The Internet. Every element in the studio was purchased over the Internet and delivered to the home.
Pitch: Come inside to a comfortable cork floor. A full-size 24" refrigerator and 26" deep sink makes the kitchen large. An enclosed doorway transforms to a nifty pantry. The LCD TV's retractable, swivel arm is recessed, folding completely flat against the wall; the TV also serves as a computer monitor.
Pitch Cont'd:
The bedroom's 12' slider creates indoor-outdoor living. The 8' x 8' bathroom is a wet room, giving a spa experience; step outside through the 5' slider to dry off. The 4' x 8' wardrobe closet's pole storage also houses the computer and AV equipment, hiding all the wires to the TV.
Your favorite element:
The wet room
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love it! great work! where are the sconce's above bed from?
the floorplan doesn't lay out the same way as your photos. other then that, it looks great.
Are you by chance a real estate agent? That's all I could think of when reading the text. Love the space.
I love it but I can't reconcile the floorplan and the photos either.
This place is gorgeous, but is it for real? Where's all your stuff? I get that we're about minimal stuff around here and I don't have a lot myself but it's almost like you can't tell someone actually lives in this space...
I love your kitchen. A rare "insta-fianalist" from me.
Floorplan is from another entry:
Thanks, jamie pup. I thought I was going crazy.
I have to ask the same question as Erin K. Are you a real estate agent?
It would make sense this place is beautiful! But when you say you purchased everything from the internet and had it delivered ...umm get the feeling it was as easy as picking up that phone.
I think if you added a plant or a favorite flower in a vase it would feel more like you took the time to add a lil something personal.
That fridge is HOT. Who makes it?
The nelson bubble sconces slay me!
Nice pieces, but they don't form a unified whole that make a place pop for me.
I don't know how you could improve the place. It looks absolutely perfect...so I'm not going to make any suggestions.
Tony G.
looks like a display suite for a condo development!
maybe a bit of color on a wall, like the blue or green pulled from the toss cushions would help!!
Where is the bar cart from?
Wish this would have been in the kitchen competition.
While the space is amazingly nice, I thought this contest was about how well the space was used and not about "how much can AT readers afford (re: pre-installed bones)?" The first and third shots are... unnecessary. They don't show off how well the space was used at all. Nothing here is really innovative.
Again, I love the space, but I would like to see more photos like the third.
I meant second. :)
i agree with Gretchen...
i mean, its great that you can order all that stuff from a website, but most of us put our heart and soul into our teeny abodes. i dont see any evidence of an actual person in this space. to me it just kinda seems like "Winner of Apartment Therapy's 'Smallest Coolest Contest' 2007" would look really awesome on the brochure when you put this place on the market. and also...doesnt seem like you much need the grand prize. sorry...just my opinion...
So the bathroom is an open shower?
I like that...
love it! very inspiring
I really dug the pitch, and man, that's a whole lotta kitchen in an itty bitty space. Gorgeous.
Very nice physical space.
Might you change the lay-out of the furniture? It looks a little busy. I would float that sofa so it creates a division between the bedroom and the living area.
I think the floorplan and pictures match. The bathroom & kitchen are hot!
Is the patio included in the sq footage?
But I would have a different coffee-table book on the coffee table. Sheesh.
Seriously, though. I like this a lot. I like the kitchen, the space, the patio.
I was going to argue about being low maintenance (or lazy) and if I were able to pick up the phone and have everything delivered, I'd do that, too, but there is something to be said for the hunt (which I am normally too lazy to do) (I'm sortv minimalist by default or character flaw).
I don't envy your ability to furnish and decorate your place via the Internet, but now I am wondering about goodnightdean's point. Hmmm...
But I still like your apartment very much.
I didn't have any trouble coordinating the pictures and floor plans, but I have to agree with wanting to see a little bit of your personality spread thru-out the space.
Color is personal thing - personally I like it, but perhaps you don't? (I can remember a time when I didn't want much color after living with my mom's 'every room a different and not always coordinating color.)
Overall, a nice, clean, relaxing place.
Yeah, cuz its so frickin' hard to order blah "contemporary" stuff from amazon.com and Pottery Barn. It looks like a professionally staged model unit in a condo development.
Coolest Smallest? Not even. More like Boringest Yuppiest.
IMHO it is far harder to carefully select and place items in a place like this, than it is to just throw a bunch of thrift store finds in a room and call it 'cozy'.
I also find it interesting that for many people clutter=personality. Thankfully such people seem to be in the minority of the voters in this competition.
I personally like it. I've become a fan of minimal and efficient. Where is the bed frame from? The kitchen cabinets?
Brand spanking new condo. New cork flooring. Shiny new appliances. Shiny new cabinetry. Pottery Barn, DWR and Room and Board catalog. Apparently unlimited or large credit account.
Yeah, so frickin' hard to "select and place" items.
I like it if it weren't for the fact that is looks REALLY REALLY staged and fake. Are there rules against that?
My first thought was that I'm not crazy about everything just being ordered off the internet, but it's chic. So I couldn't vote right away.
But really, I don't see one single personal item. Hmmm...
The only thing I like about this place are its bones. Nice space, great patio, good bathroom, lucky to have a closet like that, etc. I think the bed and living areas should be reversed. The bed could be partially hidden with bookcases. As it is, in the summer, you walk through the bed area to hit that killer patio. The patio's awesome but the bed being placed between it and the living room really stunts things.
how do you use the computer (whose monitor is the tv)? Is there a chair? Do you bring a wireless keyboard in that is stored in another room?
Erin K. and the others are probably right.
the pitch reads like a bad real estate ad, and you're obviously a desperate agent trying to sell a poorly staged apartment.
there's absolutely no personality showing in these photos,
and the ikea adel kitchen? c'mon. stop wasting our time.
The floor plan has been updated since the post first went up today.
The more I look at this, the more I agree with others. This looks like a "fake" - it looks like a professionally staged condo unit being marketed by a real estate agent. I don't think anyone actually lives there.
Its the downside of AT's increasing public profile - the more people find out about this, and the contest, the more the opportunity to attract some contestants aren't entering in the true spirit of the contest.
I think it's really nice. I love almost everything you chose, and I think while some people say its "easy" to order everything from a catalog, it's also difficult because you have to be able to picture it in your space without seeing it. The pieces that were chosen all go together very well and look cohesive, without all being from the same place. And so what if it looks like a model, of course people are going to clean up and make it look perfect before submitting it.
The only suggestions I would make are adding some plants/flowers, like someone else said, and perhaps a curtain or some sort of sheer privacy thing to seperate your bed.
i like the simplicity of your bathroom. Beautiful. And the lights hanging by the bed. I guess these photo's dont show lots of personality, and agree that maybe you could add something personal, pictures to the walls or maybe some living flowers or one bookcase somewhere.... I had a flat similar to this one time and I had a really hard time personalizing it because it always just seemed cluttered to me when i tried.
But on the whole I enjoyed it and think you've done a great job on this place.
I really like the integration of the indoor/outdoor spaces; particularly that the bathroom opens to the outside. It's a nice abode, but somewhat sterile.
These pictures don't convince me that this is anyone's personal apartment. If this entry is acceptable, I think I should be allowed to enter a 3d computer rendering of my dream apartment...it would have even less dust and wrinkles in the fabrics than this place!
I don't think the living room and bedroom should be reversed. The bedroom should be furthest from the front door so that guests don't have to walk thru your private space to get to the living room. Right now the bed is closest to the bathroom; it doesn't make sense to place it closer to the KITCHEN.
I am impressed with the layout and certain parts of the design, such as the kitchen and some of the furniture pieces, but mostly this place reminds me of a hotel room at a resort in Palm Springs. It is just not very innovative, clean but dull.
What a place. I love it. But I too question whether it is someone's home or a realtor's project. There is no sign of life there. And no personal voice in the pitch. If I (possibly most of us) told of our favorite rescource, I would have said "I ordered everything and it all came to my home." rather than were ordered and came to the home. Doesn't matter that much as it's a nice place to look at. But if this is a model and not someone's home NO WAY should submitter be eligible for DWR prize.
Love the wet room.
clumpy dumpy and ocean dreamer, the floorplan was changed after I and the others posted.
Surely you didn't think AT would let the mistake persist?
I'm giving the space itself an insta-finalist. Is that o.k.? I don't know! I'm so confused! Davy, to you really live here? I'll be waiting for you to prove that minimalists can drive muscle cars too.
I'm intrigued by the overly positive kitchen responses. That's high marks for Ikea. Maybe the fridge (Fagor?) is enough to distract the eye and give the kitchen a little more character.
I would like to see a creative room division for the sleeping area since it seems so traditional. Maybe a semi-sheer screen? Anything really.
The space itself is really an empty canvas with all the potential in the world. I really hope that that is not why we are seeing it in this competition. Besides, if it were a real estate ad how would a potential buyer know how to contact the supposed seller?
I need to reply to Dave's comments. I know Davy and I witnessed him ripping out the old carpet, tearing down the old cupboards, digging out the old shower, and installing the new stuff you see here. He found the cork flooring on line (80% off list) and laid it himself over a badly cracked concrete floor - no easy task. He spent his free nights researching for that awesome 24" fridge from Germany, and he also found deals on designer (ie.Philippe Starke) fixtures at 1/3 the cost. He worked day and night to get it that way. He's not a real estate agent, but a graphic designer by trade. Maybe that's why it looks professionally staged. It's his home and he uses every inch of it, every day...comfortably. The point here, Dave, and everyone else reading this, is that it doesn't take alot of money or square feet to live well in a small space. It takes ingenuity and a little spunk.
Davy should have had his buddy Idahoguy write his pitch for him.
Are you sure the fridge is from Germany? It's from Summit, the same model in the blue and silver kitchen in smallest coolest kitchen #5.
Can you let us in on Davy's source for Duravit at 1/3 the cost. That's like finding a needle in a haystack!
What kind of car does Davy drive? Just kidding :) o.k. you can tell if you want.
the idea of hiding all the wiring inside the closet is genius for a small place - wires are "cluttery" and overwhelming.
to answer those who question how he uses it as a computer: if you zoom in on the 2nd photograph, there is a keyboard/mouse stand next to the eames rocker. i think the stand just slides over to the screen, and maybe the big chair can then be rolled over too. another genius use of small space.
while this entry is too open for my taste (i think the bedroom should have SOME privacy), there are a lot of excellent small-space solutions here. makes me want to buy a flat screen and hide it in a similar manner.
But I too question whether it is someone's home or a realtor's project.
This apartment is not currently listed for sale as a resale, if you check the Desert Area MLS. That doesn't mean it won't ever be listed for sale, but there's no way to predict or police whether entrants are showing off their homes prior to listing them for sale.
@idahoguy - Thanks for the clarification that this is a real space and not a "fake" entry. I can respect it a little more - a litte.
Overall all though, I still thinks its a hum-drum, middle of the road, "contemporary", bourgeois sensibility taste that looks like it was cut out from an IKEA catalog. Sorry, but for me, no sale.
Everyone should go look at David and Im's Onespace from last year. This space can't even hold a half burnt candle to that space.
I love the kitchen and "wet" bathroom, but the actual living space is bland and lacking in personality.
well then idahoguy,
sounds like davy ought to ditch graphic design and get his real estate license.
The kitchen doesn't work since the fridge is too far from the sink! It looks good in photos. However, I can tell that kitchen isn't used much. The fridge should be on the side near the sink then the dishwasher then the stove. Nuh-unh...
Wow, tough !%@*&! corwd over here.
Dave, it's just sad you had to have someone say, "No, this is not a 'fake' apartment.
Why the anger, Dave, why?
And to those who say, "How hard could ordering everything over the internet be?" I say, "Have you ever tried it... with appliances, plumbing, flooring, etc. etc. etc.?" Um, it AIN'T easy.
Why slam this obviously talented guy for using the new technology available to get a look he wanted?
You *could say* "How hard is it to walk into a showroom and point?"
C'mon, give this guy the break he TOTALLY deserves.
If you don't like it, don't vote for him. But insulting his home, his credibility AND his integrity is just a tad too much...
And Dave, pop quiz... point to ANYTHING in this apartment from Pottery Barn. If you're going to be a bore, at least get your references straight.
And I want to be one of Davy's neighbors, to enjoy the morning "drying off" ritual! ;)
Whatever patrick - I see you haven't lost your caricature as the bitchy queen. Same as it ever was, same as it ever was.
And ordering a bunch of shit is NOT hard unless you've never worked a day in your life. And yes, it is the same thing as going to a showroom and pointing. Get up on a 40 foot ladder and paint dormers in the hot sun all summer and then we can talk about what is and is not hard.
These entrants VOLUNTARILY submitted photos of their apartments to be put on the INTERNET, accessible by, well, everyone, in a CONTEST that includes public voting and COMMENTS so that they could win $1,000 worth of stuff. This is not a kiss their ass-a-thon. If somebody can't take a little hard criticism when they put themselves on preening public display, then they shouldn't have entered the damn thing in the first place. Yeesh.
And I'm not angry. Just because I'm not a passive-agreessive priss doesn't make me angry.
Lovely. I try debate and you start the hair pulling.
For the record, I was only speaking directly to you in two points there, but you've chosen to take the whole thing personally.
So crank on his style then, but stop making sweeping bitter judgements about what hard labor did or don't go into his space (because you don't know), just because YOU can't afford to buy anything right now. Do you not think that if your situation chnages, you wouldn't hire someone to paint those same dormers the next time? And don't call him a liar or fake. Yes, he's in a contest. But we're adults, no?
And does vision not carry any weight in your world against hard labor? Do you not value "idea" at all? Sad, if not.
But c'mon, play along... where's the Pottery Barn stuff? Huh? Huh?
And all this tirade, using Jane and Darko's home as an example, makes entirely no sense. Sorry, but their place is a temple to consumerism.
(and I'm still not sure what you expect here, or what would make you happy... that he made his own friggin' toilet? Um, hate to tell you, but THOSE all come from showrooms and catalogs... those hard-workin' plumbers don't *actually* make them...)
@patrick - There you go again, thinking you know the story behind the story merely because it confirms your precast judgment of the person posting something. Typical.
First off, I did paint dormers - and soffits and window trim and clapboards - in the hot sun. But it wasn't some DIY project. It was - although in the Before Time, in the Long Ago - as a house painter. Rather, the point is that picking out things from a catalog, or online, or on the phone and dealing with the minor hassles is not HARD. Its not work, its spending. Conflate real work with spending if you will, but I refuse to do so.
Second, as far being adults - its the blogosphere, its a contest, its criticism. Get a thicker, less passive-agressive skin if you can't handle it.
Third, I'm not bitter because I can't afford anything right now. To the contrary, I could easily afford to outfit my space like this one. My credit is par excellence, my cash flow is healthy, and my savings are flush. You grossly mistake my criticisms of this space with some pseudo-pyschological analysis that it procedes from personal issues I have around money. It doesn't. My day job involves moving millions of dollars around. This isn't about that. This is about investing soul into a space and not just buying it out of a catalog - or online.
Finally, Pottery Barn, schmattery Barn. DWR, R&B, Sears Roebuck, whatever. The point is it all looks like the owner opened a bunch of catalogs (online or other) and just went on a shopping spree. *yawn*
You are no one to point fingers about "thinking you know the story" when you jumped down Davy's throat after knowing 100 words or less about him, or the history of this project.
I actually figured you were a housepainter way back when. Hmm, you seemed to have no problem *taking* the money from the spoiled louts too lazy to do-it-thenselves. Do you not see the double standard or irony there?
re: "its the blogosphere, its a contest, its criticism. Get a thicker, less passive-agressive skin if you can't handle it."
If you want to use that as an excuse to be an ass about and to people who are obviously house proud enough to enter this fray, fine. But because it IS a blogosphere, I (or anyone else) have/has every right to call you on it, no? (and ""everyone does it" is the lamest of lame excuses, btw)
I again post the question back to you that you didn't answer above: What would make you happy here? If he felled the trees? Smelted the ore for stainless steel? What kind of rehab *would* "count" to you then? Not trying to be a smart ass (or to quote you, "bitchy queen") just really trying to get to your point.
Gorgeous ! Lots of light, open floor plan, clean lines accompanied by a great selection of furnishings !
My Vote: Stellar! Insta-finalist!
I really like it. I feel like this is one place i could live. It's so clean and mod that it almost looks like a computer rendering. very well staged and photographed!
There is no hypocrisy. I never said that anything was wrong with someone buying their way to a nice place. Not at all. Rather, my point, was that such a route, while perfectly ok in the general sense, doesn't really seem to warrant the level of (a) ballwashing going on and (b) warrant being considered an entry for the finals, as it was less about the ingenuity/creativity/etc. of the entrant, and more about the entrant's ability to buy stuff from online catalogues.
The San Diego entry is even worse - its a professional architect (who has his own firm) entering his moneyshot show piece "case study" which he's probably writing off as a business expense. At that point, you might as well have a contest for professional architects and interior designers a la Arts & Architecture Magazine's Case Study homes and call it a day. Although I'm sure Maxwell would be quite happy with that as it would mean his website would be getting enough attention from the business side of the design world so as to charge more for his adspace.
@allargon - I see cooker, workspace, fridge (with sink a few steps away). And I could enjoy cooking plenty here.
i like this.
but i agree that many of these items look like they were picked from builders' samples.
also - i hate the pillows on the couch, they belong in a hotel lobby somewhere.
the rest of the apartment (sans pillows) would be a dream-come-true to come home to. the sconces look like vintage finds... did you also get them on the net?
i really like your clean and uncluttered bathroom and kitchen. i love that refrigerator!


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This weekend encompasses quite a few firsts. It is the first weekend of CrossFit Games Regional competitions around the world, kicking off with the Southeast, South Central, and Canada West. It will also be the first year that I attend and compete as an athlete, not as a volunteer and spectator.
In opposition however, it will probably not be a weekend that holds a first place finish for me…
I'm never pessimistic and while there is absolutely no way to tell how things will go down, I know that I'm not 100% the best athlete I have the potential be as of yet. Don't get me wrong, I'm 110% as ready as possible for this year, I just know that I have so much more room to grow and within the next couple years I'll be coming back to win it all!
That being said, this is the biggest competition of my life and I have so many emotions leading up to it that it's hard to put words to how excited I am. Like I said, I will be stepping into the arena this weekend in the zone with the game switch fully engaged. Every second of every day I've spent training, stretching, eating, reading, watching videos, sleeping, missing out on late night escapades, and such, primarily for my betterment as a CrossFit athlete, have all led up to this moment. Three days, two WODs each day, six chances to prove to myself and to the world that I am in the right place and on the path for greatness in this realm.
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As the title suggests, everything on this blog concerns violence against trans women.
The Trans Women's Anti-Violence Project is a trans feminist project addressing issues of systematic, institutional and interpersonal violence and oppression experienced by trans women (those who were coercively assigned male at birth and identify or are identified as women/female) across multiple identities (e.g., race, class, dis/ability, citizen-status, nationality, sexuality, age, HIV status, and form, status, or age of transition, etc.)
Ida Hammer is a writer and social justice communicator. She organizes the Trans Women's Anti-Violence Project. She presents workshops and trainings on cis privilege and being a trans ally. She's also involved in organizing against sexualized violence. She's a proud dyke-identified trans woman and an organizer of the New York City Dyke March.
The bad news: A new report out of UCLA's Williams Institute reveals "high levels of reported harassment and assault of Latina transgender women" by Los Angeles law enforcement, including the LAPD.
The good news: In a meeting in West Hollywood last night, LAPD officials announced some new measures they'll be taking to avoid transgender maltreatment in the future. Including, most ridiculously…
… "not making the assumption a transgender person is involved in prostitution."
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- Officers will operate under a new set of guidelines for how to interact with transgender individuals. The code will mandate "appropriate language, acknowledgment of an individual's preferred gender identity and expression [and] respect for privacy."
- Officers will no longer pat down transgender individuals to determine their gender. Instead, according to CBS LA, they'll have to "rely on a transgendered person's clothing, language or demeanor to determine how to address the individual."
- In a new girls-only wing at the LAPD's downtown Metropolitan Detention Center — set to open by the end of April — one section will be exclusively reserved for up to 24 transgender detainees.
- Guards must provide the detainees with "male and female clothing and medical treatment, including hormones," according to the Los Angeles Times.
The changes are conveniently timed with an April 2012 report out of the Williams Institute, a branch of the UCLA law school that focuses on gay issues. (The only one of its kind in the country, FYI!)
Its disturbing conclusions are based on interviews with 220 transgender Latinas (male-to-female) over the age of 18 in Los Angeles County, conducted between December 2010 and June 2011.
Straight from the report:
- Two-thirds reported verbal harassment by law enforcement.
- Twenty-one percent reported physical assault by law enforcement.
- Twenty-four percent reported sexual assault by law enforcement.
- Of those lodging a report against the police, two-thirds stated that their report had been handled "poorly" or "very poorly."
- Almost 60% of those stopped by law enforcement in the previous year believed that this had occurred without their violating any law. Many reported being stopped while doing everyday things like "coming back from the grocery store" and "waiting for the bus."
- The vast majority (71%) described the police's interactions with the transgender community in negative terms. Typical responses included comments that police were aggressive and disrespectful and sometimes used male terms or called them "it."
So you can see where LAPD Chief Charlie Beck got the "acknowledgment of an individual's preferred gender identity" bit, among others.
The more concerning parts of the report deal with actual assault and sexual assault on the part of law enforcement. There are no particular details on these incidents — the Latinas questioned likely didn't want to deal with the law/justice system any further than they already had — but the report does show that they most often involved police, as opposed to sheriff's deputies or prison guards.
Williams InstituteThis isn't to rail on the LAPD. At least they're vowing to try and fix the problem.
Meanwhile, the beleaguered L.A. County Sheriff's Department — who patrols West Hollywood, L.A.'s premiere gayborhood — is nowhere to be found. Ironically and embarrassingly, the LAPD highlighted the sheriff's absence by choosing WeHo as the venue for last night's outreach meeting.
Even San Francisco is impressed. A statement, today, from Masen Davis, executive director of the Transgender Law Center in NorCal:
"This is a huge victory for transgender people who may interact with the police, and for transgender inmates. It sets a great precedent for police departments nationwide. We often receive calls from people who have experienced police harassment and experienced violence in prison, so we are thrilled that the LAPD is taking steps to remedy this tragic situation."
And then there is the accompanying photo of White drag queens riding in a convertible during a Pride Parade with the caption: "Justice for the trannies in WeHo."
Guidelines promising a bare minimum of respect don't equal "justice." And, as the report cited in the article notes, it is not White affluent drag performers in West Hollywood's gayborhood how are being systematically targeted by the police.
Yet, even when reporting on systematic abuse of trans women by the LAPD, the LA Weekly can't resist the urge to mock trans women.
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It's funny isn't it?It's funny isn't it? How everything you've ever wanted was just taken away in an instant. You blink your eyes and BAM! it's gone... I've never been normal. I'd be the first one to admit it, But my whole life that's been happening. I'd get attached and then i'd be put through hell. After i go through hell and things begin to FINALLY get better, it's just gone. I've always been afraid because of that reason. That's why i never let anyone close enough to see the real me, Or get a peek behind my mask.Many people at my school think about me as the confident, crazy and happy girl i pretend to be. I always have my head held high and i'm always laughing and smiling. I'm known as the "Too cool" girl in school, I don't have many friends either. It seems like all the girls in my school does drugs and dress like prostitutes.. and all the guys are Dope-ies. It's nuts. I stay away from that kind of stuff. So i have a group of about six people. Were kind of like the misfits of the school.Truth is.
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UnspokenThere's so muchi want to expressi cannot think straightso much pain,so much anguishI was promised, Sworn evenThat the pain I had enduredPain in general, would stayWithin the pastI was promised authenticity,Love, and relaxationIt was very safe to sayI fell in loveI was so head over heelsHe's all I could think aboutDream aboutHe's all I wanted, all that I neededEverything and anything that consistedWithin my tiny worldI often dreamedOf kissing beneath the starsplaying in a babbling brookAnd yetEverything was shatteredWithin a single momentThe lies then began to unravelThe web begins to crumbleI finally seen the warningsAnd yet, it was too lateI could not save my own heartShattered, into a million pieceswith absolutely nothing to repairThe damage that had been doneWhen the truth came outThe person I thought he wasWas killedBringing with itEach PromiseMy most precious PossessionMy heart.And so now,I sit at home by myselfRazor in handScarlet tears
StrangersI just can't explain itI can't explain to youThe pain I'm feelingThe ache within my chestThe feeling that,Something is missingsomeONE is missing.I can't explainthe rock in my throatthe tears within my eyeswhen I sit all alonein my bed at nighthaving time to thinktime to remembernothing to distractfrom the achefrom the lossI can't rememberhow the pain gotso intenseit's almost unbearablehow the only thingthat clouds my thoughtsthe only dreamthat makes me remotely happyIs suicideI don't understandHow I became obsessedwith ways of hurting myselfWith ways of makingmy emotional scarsappear on my skinWith seeing my bodyshed blood instead of tearsI'm tired of this painI'm tired of lookingin the mirrorand hating who I seebecause it's not whoYOU wantI'm tired of crying every nightand barely getting sleepwhy did it have to be this way?why did it have to turn ugly?Why did we have to becomeSTRANGERS.
The day he found meThe day he found meI was sitting in the cornerMy legs hugged to my chestTears streaming downStinging my cheeksBurning my soulI cradled myselfScarlet drippingfrom the carvingswithin my armsThe razor sittingbeside me, redwith my own bloodI was tremblingbecause of past windsThat froze my soulIn placeNo one understoodthe pain I feltthe horriblegut-wrenching painThat shot throughoutmy bodyMy emotionstaking me wholeI raised the razorto my neckeager to end it alleager to be ridof the pain within meHe then lent downand stared into my eyesMy body growing warmby the mere sight of himhe slowly but carefullyremoves the razorfrom my neckhis other handgently caressing my cheekwith his thumbwiping away the tears"I won't hurt you"he promisedpulling me close to himleaning downhis lips pressing to my owncausing me to feel in heaventhatwas the best day of my life
Words Never SpokenI strolled quietly down the road barefoot. Each small jagged rock pressed aggressively, opening the flesh of my foot. The trees mourned quietly, bending against the harsh breath of nature. The clouds cried for my loss, however I felt numb inside. I felt nothing after the accident, the accident that took my best friend. The only person that really understood me. Closing my eyes I gently ran my hand through my soaked golden locks. The old dirt road was abandoned and so I had absolutely no worries about getting hit by a car. Frowning I grabbed the dark pink colored silk skirt I wore.The skirt puffed out at my waist, moving down to my ankles, a dark corset style top stuck to my body, drenched from the clouds tears. There was nothing left, my eyes close. Fingers trailing against the glistening iron railing, each graze freezing my fingers so much it was almost as though they had burned at contact. My heart skipped a beat as my fingers held a unlocked chain tightly. Yank
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BladeHello there, it's me again.How are you, my metal friend?That is good, though I am quite ill.Yes, you may help. My blood must be spilled.
Murder Can Be FunDon't worry,dearI'll just cut off your headIt won't hurt too muchAnd then you'll be deadCalm down,my love,don't be afraidI'll just kill you now with this knife's wicked bladeWhat could be scary about that?Your blood will trickle in thin streamsFrom you,a few slightly pained screamsThen silence will descendThe blood will start gushingAnd for you,it's the end
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i should have stayed quieti tried not to wear my words on a sleeve, but thepoetry poured out anyway,revealing sorrowi never thought would surface.(i was bulletproof once, but my luggage slipped out ofthe quarantine zone, and nowi'm coughing up memories, all those secondsi wished i didn't exist).
Just Like YouThe first thing he said was,"You always wear long-sleevesand jeans?"An obvious signHe has experienceWith this.But with a glance at his arms and ankles,He was scar-freeHe looked me in the eyeRefused to drop my gazeI was puzzledBut then he slowly pulled up his shirtCriss-crossing his chestHis collar boneAnd shouldersWere marks of cold nightsSpent so aloneCouldn't help but stare in wonderWhisper, "You're broken, too?"As my stomach fluttered,He replied, "Yeah, just like you."
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Judge rules investors can sue Meg Whitman and HP over Autonomy
HP and its chief Meg Whitman will have to face claims from a shareholder class action lawsuit alleging the exec and her firm knew statements from Autonomy's management were misleading before the acquisition. US District Judge Charles Breyer ruled that investors can go ahead with claims against the company and Whitman, saying …
Yay! Directors will be held to account
Except that they won't.
All companies pay for directors'[ and officers' insurance, and short of a criminal investigation and conviction, this won't harm the lightweights on HP's board, won't actually reimburse the shareholders, and will only make a bunch of lawyers rich. Big fines will merely redistribute wealth amongst the shareholders (ie claimants get money taking out of the holdings of all shareholders), and do we expect Teflon Meg and her fellow directors to be tarnished by their own ineptitude? Oh no.
But even if it's a big fine, Meg can just ratchet up the savings target, sack another few tens of thousands of front liners, offer an even crapper service to corporate clients, and help herself to some more options.
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Yup. That's why she got the job - to be able to deal with this kind of shit.
I agree it's not perfect - but that's modern business and corporate governance for you. Even if "teflon Meg" did get the boot, she'd still end up as a VP or senior exec somewhere else.
"it had substantially overpaid for the software firm."
" hundreds of millions of dollars of Autonomy's pre-acquisition revenue had been improperly recorded, that key documents were missing and that "
So the question is why did it pay at all if the paperwork was incomplete and some (at least) was suspect.
Thumbs up for the judge on this.
Let's be clear. HP's decision to buy Autonomy effectively took $10Bn, piled it up and burned it.
It's money that could not be used for more useful tasks within the company.
It's not money that could be used to add to the dividend to stockholders.
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Technically the money could have been used for a multitude of purposes. I suspect you meant that it would have been better used within the company rather than distributed to shareholders.
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1) Let's be clear. HP's decision to buy Autonomy effectively took $10Bn, piled it up and burned it.
2) It's money that could not be used for more useful tasks within the company.
3) It's not money that could be used to add to the dividend to stockholders.
OK, I agree with the first statement.
I think statements 2 and 3 would better read as:
2) It's money that could
not be used for more useful tasks have been put to better use within the company.
3) It's
not money that could be used to add to the dividend to stockholders.
Both of these revised statements assume that one agrees with the idea that the Autonomy purchase was a bad investment in the first place.
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"HP's decision to buy Autonomy effectively took $10Bn, piled it up and burned it."
ER no, it put it in Mike Lunch's pocketsesss and any other autonomy shareholders pockets.
Or parties Autonomy may have 'hired' as 'consultants'
Consider the following hypothetical problem.
You are running a large publicly owned company along with some fellow directors.
The shareholders get irritated if you pay yourselves more than a couple of million. The plebs. However they get very excited if you spend their money on something else.
So you go scouting for a 'story' This 'story' should be something that will superficially boost the share price of your employers. Because as directors you all have shares and share options. It only has to do it long enough to allow you to sell. The the share price can collapse and you buy back in.
You need a willing partner. So you find a firm which is more or less owned by one or two guys. Its books merely need look reasonable. They can be cooked in the short term goodwill written up as having real value as can IP. Whatever.
You make the acquisition. The lawyers underwriters financial advisers and accountants all make good money. The little firm makes good money. Your stock soars, you sell shares and the share price slowly drifts back.
That's what happened to me, anyway. Although it took a bit of time to realise what was going on. Then I sold my shares too and shut up.
The following I didn't think of at the time.
But what's this? You have been outsmarted by the little firm? how DARE they do what you were doing, make their own story and sell it to you? And you haven't a leg to stand on. You did the due diligence, but you asked the guys not to look to hard didn't you? In case you didn't get your 'story for the markets'. Now you have been out-sharked by a piranha! Instead of gradually writing down the useless asset over ten years, you've written 90% of it off in year one! and your stock is in free fall. You can't sell now! Worse, people are beginning to question your competence!
You are truly shafted. IF you start blaming the auditors, they probably have documentary evidence telling them to 'not look to hard' on your instructions.
If you blame the company you bought, it makes your due diligence look incompetent, and therefore you.
What you want is a three year long lawsuit that ends up with no one actually being any the wiser, in which time you may be able to burnish your tarnished reputation...
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"So the question is why did it pay at all if the paperwork was incomplete and some (at least) was suspect."
Actually, the question is more basic than that. Even if everything was above board and things were as rosy as they were presented, how on earth did thay figure that Autonomy was worth $10B anyway?
Paying hugely over the odds was their first mistake, it was merely made worse by the dodgy accounting shenanigans.
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I do not, I'm sorry. The closest I have is archiving on SoundClound, and I'm behind on doing that. Here's the link, though:
I play music and have conversations, and since it's a downloadable file, you can start and stop or back up at your leisure if that helps.
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10:07 am
I just came across The Wanderer's Guide to Lucca by Brian Lindquist. If there was ever a guide for the intelligent and serious visitor to Lucca this is it. For lovers of art and architecture it will be a real treasure and for those who want to know the history behind this enchanting little gem of a city it's the ultimate source of information. It has a gorgeous cover, is unusually well written, and has a well laid out format with lots of good photos. A great read even if you are not planning to visit Lucca in the near future.
— SteveS, Bucks County, PA
March 9th, 2010
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When driving in the Tuscan countryside, remember that Italians do not have the same rules of the road as in the US. Check your rear view mirror regularly! When you exit Lucca or Siena, you have to pass through an outbound toll gate where you get a paper ticket. You pay road tolls calculated from the town of your last departure. It is similar to the East Coast road tolls. If you lose your exit ticket, you may be subject to fines as high as €200 or more!
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There is an amazing house nearby for rent that I highly recommend. Check it out. http://onerevolvingdoor.com/the_house.html
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Fall is porcini season in Lucca. Anything stuffed or dressed with the fresh mushroom is positively SUBLIME!!
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Make sure to eat out of the bakeries and trattorie.
The best biscotti are here, plus pies filled with greens and cheese.
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Set across three defining eras from 20 years of Sonic the Hedgehog video game history, the instantly recognisable environments of Sonic Generations have been re-built in stunning HD and are now playable in both classic side scrolling 2D from 1991, as well as modern 3D style found in Sonic's most recent adventures. Each incarnation of Sonic in Sonic Generations comes complete with his trademark special move, Spin Dash and Spin Attack for Classic Sonic, and Homing Attack and Sonic Boost for Modern Sonic. An innovative new interactive menu system allows for complete immersion in Sonic's universe with favourite characters and hidden treasures gradually being revealed throughout the game.
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PAYDAY 2 is an action-packed, four-player co-op shooter that once again lets gamers don the masks of the original PAYDAY crew: Dallas, Hoxton, Wolf and Chains - as they descend on Washington D.C. for an epic crime spree. The new Crimenet network offers a huge range of dynamic contracts and players are free to choose anything from small-time convenience store hits or kidnappings, to major league cyber-crime or emptying out major bank vaults for that epic PAYDAY. While in D.C., why not participate in the local community and run a few political errands? Up to four friends co-operate on the hits and as the crew progresses the jobs become bigger, better and more rewarding. Along with earning more money and becoming a legendary criminal, comes a new character customisation and crafting system that lets crews build and customise their own guns and gear.
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Chapter 7: The fate of us is upon others0 Reviews
Ion makes a choice and Esther is left to ponder on what was and now what will become...
"This place I passed is in my eyes, the words you spoke they blow away like leaves in time..."
I had almost forgotten about Dietrich until now. Ion let me go and turned to face Dietrich.
"Leave Dietrich," Ion said as he glared at him.
"Oh why I can't do that," Dietrich replied, "Esther and I had an agreement."
"What?" Ion asked looking at me.
"Tell him Esther," Dietrich said.
I lowered my head and didn't look at either of them.
"Tell Ion!" Dietrich yelled.
"I...Ion he is telling the truth," I replied sadly.
"Why would you?" Ion asked, "What did you agree to?"
"To let Dietrich have Father Nightroad," I replied.
"I can't believe you betrayed me!" Ion asked, "How could you?"
"W...w.wait," I replied, "Ion I had to or else--
"I don't care," Ion said raising his hands, "You made an agreement, and a stupid one at that."
"Okay here is the deal," Dietrich said, "Ion you have a choice. Pick Esther to stay or Father Nightroad."
"What?" he asked.
"Which one do you want to keep?" Dietrich asked.
"You can't do that," I said.
"Well Ion," Dietrich said ignoring me, "Which one?"
"E...Es...Father Nightroad," Ion said at first stuttering
A tear fell down my eyes. How could Ion do that? He should have just killed Dietrich.
"Very well," Dietrich said grabbing my arm.
"No.." I screamed struggling to break free as I reached my hand out to Ion, "Ion please you don't understand why I did the agreement. Please listen."
Ion looked at me. His red eyes were only of a mere reflection as I saw myself in them. I once heard that eyes were the windows to the soul and the man that I was looking at now had nothing but emptiness. I took one last glance and all of a sudden I found myself in a damp, sort-of castle-like place. The air was damp and the room was barely lit. I felt Dietrich pull me into a room and throw me to the floor.
"Your little friend is so dumb," He replied, "Abel will try to escape and come and look for you. Then my plan will fall into place."
"Ion will come back," I replied as tears were streaming down my cheeks.
"No he will not," Dietrich said, "He couldn't care less."
"You are wrong," I yelled shaking, "You are wrong..."
"Really?" Dietrich asked, "Then why is it that he didn't even try to listen to you, he heard your cries and your pleas but did nothing. You want to know why? It's because you are just nothing..."
His words stung...they hit every nerve in my body as I sat down and pulled my knees to my chest.
"Oh don't worry," Dietrich said coming and grabbing my chin, "It will soon be over when Abel comes. I will kill you and then you don't have to be a waste to the world anymore."
I blocked out the sound that was coming out of his mouth and closed my eyes and heard him slam the door and leave. I was cold and shivering at the drop of temperature. I remembered the hug that Ion gave me just a few moments ago. The warmth of his body to mine felt so right. Why didn't he just kill me?
I felt dizzy after a few minutes went by and rested my head on the cold floor. I curled up in a fetal position and closed my eyes falling asleep as best as I could. It felt like forever until my eyes fluttered open again and I saw a figure in front of me. I hurried and sat up to see Dietrich there.
"Oh dear Esther," Dietrich replied as he came up to me and slapped my face, "I would have had Abel by now if you would have just kept your mouth shut."
"I didn't--
"Do not speak until spoken to," Dietrich said slapping my check harder. I felt blood come down from lip as I bit it from the force. I then put my hand to my check and it was numb from the pain.
"Now as I was saying," Dietrich, "This is such an unfortunate way for you to spend the rest of your remaining days...so sorry."
"You are a monster!" I yelled.
Dietrich looked at me with hate and anger in his eyes. I didn't let my gaze wonder and stared at him right in the face. He grabbed my shoulders and slammed me hard into the nearest wall. My shoulder had took most of the impact and caused me to shudder in pain.
"Hasn't Ion taught you to shut your mouth?" Dietrich said.
"Do not speak of him," I replied having my back turned to him.
"In this place," Dietrich said grabbing me to face him and seizing my neck in his hand, "I can do or say whatever I want."
I felt the blood pumping throughout my body for I did not know what was going to happen next.
(Ion)-My life has been a joke and nothing put a pit of nothingness. Ever since that day my grandmother passed away I had not felt the same since. I haven't felt at all. I let my own anger and vengeance get the worst of me. I pushed things away, and I pushed people away too. Here all I had to do is go down and kill Abel, and I would finally be rid of him, but I could not. It was because of her that I couldn't. It was because every time I tried to or attempted to I saw her looking at me with her eyes of deep blue, filled with nothing I never had. She always had emotion and kindness in her eyes but yet why do I think of her when she, too, betrayed me just like the rest. She is no better than Dietrich, but there is a yearning in my heart that tells me otherwise and tells me to go and get her...
"Ion..." Sister Simone said going to his room, "Where has Esther gone?"
"She won't be around any more," Ion said almost pained by the way he made it sound.
"What? Why not?" Sister Simone asked, "Oh what has happened why did she leave?"
"She betrayed me and I felt it best that she not stay with us any longer," Ion said.
"But how cou--
"Leave," Ion said, "There is nothing more need to be said."
Sister Simone hesitantly left and shut the door quietly. She then slipped down to the cell in which Abel was at.
"Sister Simone?" Abel asked, "Is that you?"
"Father Nightroad I am afraid I have just found out something terrible," She replied.
"What?" He asked.
"Esther is not here," Sister Simone said, "She is not with us anymore."
In a desperate way to console herself Sister Simone let tears fall from her eyes.
"Calm down," Father Nightroad said reaching his hand from the bars to touch her cheek.
"I can't," She replied, "He could have killed her or something, he could ha--
"Do you know exactly what happened?" Father Nightroad asked.
"No," She replied.
"Then let us not jump to conclusions then" Father Nightroad said.
My cries were left unheard as Dietrich left the room. My arm was bruised and my cheek still hurt. I felt weak and was sure I was deathly pale. I was sitting on the floor my hands sat upon my knees as I looked blankly to the wall. Sometimes I did not blink until my eyes stung from the straining. I was beginning to think that maybe Ion would not come. It would not matter to Dietrich for all he would have to do is go and get Father Nightroad, but is so intent on having Ion bring him for him. I had a hard time understanding how he could be so cruel. I slapped myself mentally for ever thinking he was my friend. My eyes watered as I did remember the times where we had talked and it was a time I had someone to console in, it was a time I actually felt love, it was now nothing but memories of something that was like a fairytale and too good to be true. Only my fairytale doesn't have a happing ending. I was contemplating on how the always ended with something about true love or they lived happily ever after. I shook my head at this thought because my fairytale ended when I found out that true love never existed and that I had been fooled because I was too blind to see. I am being punished for loving and expected it in return. I would not have been able to help Father Nightroad because I can never help myself. In a way I wished I had took his hand that first night he came. Who knows where I could have been then. I slammed my fists to the ground for not going. I thought that maybe if I just gave Ion some more time he would open up to me like he used to. Now all there is now is to watch the sands of the hourglass fall down in my mind because it would be soon enough when my sand would run out and then there will be no more...
"My world is crashing to the ground and I am all alone..."