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Obtaining permission to visit France for more than three months is harder than you might think. It begins in the US (see my post about applying for a visa here) and doesn't end until 1-3 months after your arrival.
When we applied for our visas, we filled out what's called a residence form. (Actually, we filled out 1/3 of it.) They sent them back to us with our visas. When we settled in France, we filled out the rest and mailed it (along with copies of our passports, visas, and stamps of entry) to the nearest Office of Immigration and Integration. They then mailed us a paper saying that they received our mail, that minors don't have any further obligations, and more paperwork to fill out. A month later, we received convocations with a date and time to come prove we exist, be examined by doctors, etc.
This day loomed ahead of us: the date they sent us was a month away, and I was sure we would forget to go or not have all our papers in order. Or we would leave without the address. Maybe I had misread their letter and was missing something important. (Government French is so hard to understand!)
The big day coincided with a visit from Harold's dad, so he kept Lucas while we went. (We are SO glad. It would have been so much more stressful with a toddler.) We made the most of our alone time (the first in two months) and ran a few errands at the Confluence, ate at SushiShop, took advantage of the Mother's Day sales at Du Pareil au Meme and Monoprix, etc.
Like any good étranger, we showed up at the building ten minutes before the time we were told. It wasn't hard to find (the building with the flag and the mass of foreign-looking people in front of it). It was lunch.
The doors were unlocked ten minutes after we were told. The mass of foreigners rushed up a set of stairs (I have no idea how they knew where to go; I just assumed I should follow them) and for a very chaotic ten minutes everyone handed in papers and were directed where to wait. When it was our turn, I handed both my convocation and Harold's to the receptionist. She took mine, ignored Harold's and gave it back to me. This was followed by confusion when Harold seemed to be absent but his wife was not.
Our papers went into a stack and went through an assembly line of nurses who would pick up our papers, call our names, and when they were finished with us, put our papers in the next pile. In between nurses, we waited in a crowded collection of chairs in front of the reception desk (not worthy of being called a waiting room).
There was the room where we had the topless chest x-rays done, the room where they checked our vision and asked us random questions about our medical history. The room where they measured us and asked us more questions. The room where they listened to our breathing, looked at our vaccination records, and followed up on the questions we had already answered. Then we were called up by the receptionist to be told that the bill we had brought as proof of address was too old (our landlady pays her bills annually) and that we could come back anytime to turn in another one.
All in all, we were there for over two hours.
When we came back the next day, it was super easy to finish everything up. We showed up, handed the receptionist our landlady's house insurance bill (the only one she could find to meet their criteria), and voilà! We got some fancy new stickers in our passports.
My French is passable, and I got along fine through the whole process. (The most difficult was the second day when there was a group of giggly American students in the waiting area.) If there was something I didn't understand, nearly everyone who worked at the office switched into English. Pas de problème.
Some of the nurses weren't super friendly. But I don't blame them! They were processing thirty people all at one time. I wouldn't be super friendly either.
Hurdle: jumped!
I would like to say that this is the end of our difficult relationship with French bureaucracy. However, there is a special certificate for foreign minors that I need to get for Lucas at the prefecture. And we're looking into finding childcare. (This requires boatloads of paperwork, I'm told. It also difficult to find places.) And maybe I'll enroll in some university classes next fall . . .
I'll just look at it as great language practice. That's why I'm here, right?Read More
I've only been an expat for a little over a month now, but what a month it has been! Last weekend I finally had some r&r time to recover a bit from the whirlwind. I wrote this post saying that I planned on reflecting a bit on how our family can slow down and enjoy life a bit, and reflect I have!
What makes my life as an expatriate in France so difficult? I have a list! (These are in addition to the obvious: language, logistics, etc.)
I have a lot of unrealistic expectations for myself. I expect things to go faster. I expect to accomplish more than I do. I feel overwhelmed at the thought of accomplishing everything.
Stop! Slow down!Read More
It's been a month since our move to France, and I'm happy to say we're still alive.
Today is the first Saturday I've taken to do nothing. Absolutely nothing. Sure, if I feel like doing laundry, maybe I'll do it. If the inspiration hits, I might even plan a meal or two for next week. But I am officially (my husband has agreed to this) under no obligation to accomplish anything.
Accompanying that heady feeling of freedom I have is a conviction that I have waited way to long to take a day like this. My body and mind are both feeling the consequences of being pushed too hard for too long. Much of today will be spent reflecting on how I can change my routine to preserve the element of simplicity that has become vital to our family. And, of course, writing about it.
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While there is a huge difference in meaning between l'amour (love) and la mort (death), there is very little phonetic difference. French vowels kill.
Luckily, today when my professeur de français asked what the meaning of this song was, the answer was both.
Apparently Francis Cabrel is something of a French Neil Diamond. Less flashy, but noteworthy. Shakira covered one of his songs, so that's pretty cool. My teacher was shocked that none of us had heard of him.
I like this song, I think. Not that I really get it at all. It's sad, and very poetic and nice though.Read More
My family and I have made it to Lyon! Soon I will be writing away about the joys and terrors the move has brought us, but first, about the flight. It was our first with the little guy, and definitely a learning experience.
We flew from St. Louis to Chicago, Chicago to Heathrow, and Heathrow to Lyon. We changed terminals at every airport. We did not sleep well on our long flight. Luckily, when we arrived it was time to go bed.
A few notes for next time:
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Last week our family applied for our first ever French visas. This was no small accomplishment.
As I prepared our application, I spent a lot of time feeling confused, guessing at wording, and hoping that the consulate would be forgiving as they looked everything over. Then there was the trip to Chicago—parking, finding the right building, rushing to be on time, etc.—and the handing in of a monstrous number of papers.
In the end, I think everything turned out ok. Of course, we haven't gotten our approval yet, so I can't say for sure. I thought I would share my experience, though, in hopes of being helpful to some other confused soul going through the same process.
Before you apply for most visas, you need to have certain things arranged for your stay in France. We had been planning for a few months prior to our application and have been accepted to a French school, arranged housing, and booked tickets.
Once you are ready to look into visas, the first thing to do is figure out which French consulate is responsible for your state. There are ten located in major cities around the US, and each has its own territory. Check out this map on the French Embassy's website to see which consulate you need to interact with.
Check out the consulate's website and figure out which visa you need to apply for. Some deciding factors are: reasons for traveling, duration of stay, and anticipated employment. Since my husband and I are going to be studying French for about a year, our choice was between a long stay visa and a student visa.
My impression from talking with some friends who have done this recently is that applying for a student visa is cheaper, takes longer, and requires an additional set of paperwork. It also leaves the possibility of working in France open. The long stay visa is more expensive, less work-intensive, and requires you to promise not to seek employment in France. Our school recommended that we apply for the long stay visa, so that's the route we ended up going.
Our permanent address is in Missouri, so we report to the consulate in Chicago. Their website's instructions on how to proceed with a visa application isn't bad as far as government sites go, but still leaves something to be desired. Here is the page that has the most information about preparing an application for a long stay visa. There are many helpful links on the right sidebar as well.
The entire process is straightforward enough: make an appointment, bring the list of stuff.
Here are a few of the sticky spots I encountered:
The other tricky part about this whole process is that you have to apply in person. Which makes me very glad that I do not live in Montana or North Dakota. We're in Indy right now, which means that we only had to drive for three hours. We left Lucas with some friends (children under 7 do not have to come) and made a date of it.
We had to change our appointment twice (first we weren't actually ready like we hoped we would be, then there was a snowstorm with whiteout conditions), but we finally went. We gave ourselves lots of extra time to park south of downtown, take the train in, find the building, have coffee, and then go for our appointment. But Apple Maps misdirected us to the train station, so we ended up parking downtown, rushing to the building, and getting there five minutes late.
When we got to the building we had to check in at the security desk and get visitor's passes. I think this is the part that you're supposed to have your appointment receipt for, but they just took our IDs. We scanned our passes to get to the elevators and the rest was easy.
The office where they take your visa is tiny. There's a small waiting room with worn chairs, a TV playing French gardening shows, and the lady who took our papers was behind a giant wall of plastic. Think ticket booth. She was very civil, but not particularly welcoming. There was some kind of microphone system there, but she didn't use it so she was muffled and difficult to understand. Luckily, we were the only ones there most of the time.
She took all our papers at once and took a long time to sort through them and make sure we had everything. She asked questions to clarify where we were going, what we were doing, if anyone had invited us, etc.
The only tricky thing that we encountered was that she wanted our company's bank statements, presumably to prove that they have the funds to pay us. She took a trip or two to the back to talk to someone, maybe she was confused about something we had said or included in our application? It took a while to figure out what she was asking, since the idea that we would have access to this information seems a little silly. We explained that we work for an organization with hundreds of employees and millions of dollars and aren't privy to their banking records, and she believed us and told us that they'd let us know if they needed anything else from us.
She gave us most of our copies and some of our original documents back (sigh), we were fingerprinted and photographed, we payed our fees, and that was it. She never really told us that we were done, so we just stood there awkwardly until it became very obvious. Now all there is to do is wait for our SASE to return to us, hopefully with approved visas inside it.
The end. That's all I have to say about that.
Except that if you decide to go to Hancock Tower while you're in town, you should not pay $17 to go to the observation room. You should instead go to the lounge and pay $8 for a drink.Read More
Our latest move went well. It was not perfect. It still took longer than I thought it would. But in the end, Harold and I were satisfied.
Here's what we did.
Our goal was to arrive in Indy with nothing but ourselves and our car. We wanted the things we left behind to be organized in such a way that we can get away without thinking of them until after we get to France. But if we do think of them, they are easy to locate. And we wanted to leave behind a sparkling-clean apartment for our landlords (my in-laws), and no loose ends for them to tie up for us.
With this in mind, it was fairly easy to keep track of things as I packed them. I numbered each box as I packed, making a list of what was inside. Everything we boxed up is either staying in storage in my in-laws' basement or being shipped to Africa in a year or two, so I was sure to make those two categories easy to tell apart. When I was done, I typed it out and now have a digital copy in addition to our notebook.
But for boxing our stuff up long-term, we stocked up on a few other things:
I bought a pack of 81/2 x 11″ label paper, printed, cut them in half, and stuck two of them on each box. Here's what they looked like:
As a result, we could put anything on the floor that we wanted, which is very important in the final stages of moving in which furniture is emptied and the odds and ends of the house end up strewn around haphazardly. We were pushing our time limit without him around. I hate to think what would have happened had he stayed behind.
Missed previous posts in this series? Check it out:
Confessions of a Seasoned Mover
Lessons Learned
Simplicity is Key
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I mentioned the constant sloughing off of stuff our family has been doing from day one in my first post of this series.
When I compare my belongings now to four years ago, I see lots of changes. Sure, I've moved out on my own, gotten married, and had a kid since then, but these things do not account for all of the changes. The most glaring difference between now and then is the lack of clutter. See picture below, taken previously to moving to college.
Things were given a lot of importance in my home growing up. They were placed on a pedestal, given sentimental value, kept for keeping's sake. They were like badges showing my non-achievements: in first grade, I collected bunnies. In fourth grade I went through a dog phase. At some point in middle school, I thought about picking up knitting.
And it was all still around when I got married.
Now very little of it is, all for the sake of a decluttered, mobile life. A simplified life.
Simplicity is hard to define exactly. It's all the rage these days—people throw it around to mean organized or natural. I like to think of it as my life reflecting my values. So in order to simplify, I have to know what is important to me so that my choices line up with my values.
Simplicity can happen in any area of life: food, family, schedule, etc. But today let's talk a little bit about how seeking simplicity affects our possessions.
Stuff drags us down and drains our resources, our time, and our emotional energy. The more we accumulate, the more space we need and the harder it is to move. When we go into auto pilot and keep getting more and more, our identity becomes our stuff, not ourselves.
Simplifying makes it much easier for our family to be mobile. The thought of having less to pack and keep track of is a huge motivation for me. But I find that it pays off in many other ways:
The more I simplify my possessions, the more I appreciate what I have. The things I keep around are really special to me. And I buy things purposefully so that I enjoy them.
Keeping simplicity as a goal teaches me self-discipline. Which is a great attribute to have around.
Buying less on a whim means I can make bigger, more intentional purchases.
Less stuff doesn't limit what I can do. It makes me use my creativity in order to achieve more with what I have. (This especially hits home in the kitchen. Very rarely do I regret not having a panini grill. My cast iron does just fine, thanks.)
I am by no means an expert in simplification. But I am a believer! Consider simplifying: leap into it, take it slow, whatever works for you. It will be so worth it.
If you want to read more on the subject, I would recommend Simplicity Parenting, a book about the effects simplifying can have on children, and Organized Simplicity, which gives very practical steps to simplify your home.
Want to catch up on the series? Here are my previous posts:
Confessions of a Seasoned Mover
Lesson Learned
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One thing I've learned from all of our moves is that packing always takes longer than you think it will. Think you're planning ahead and doing great? All of those little nothings that are left at the end add up very quickly. The last day will be spent working non-stop and you will end up having to totally slack on that one thing you were planning on doing.
Maybe it's cleaning, organizing, or maybe it's preparing for Christmas, but if I'm on a deadline, I'm never happy with how my move goes. Examples:
When we left Columbia, I was eight months pregnant. And finishing my last semester of college. And my husband worked non-stop the last two weeks we were in town. Luckily, I had a friend who came over (with her four children) and helped me pack. (By which I mean that I stood around and did nothing while she packed my house for me.)
Harold was in the midst of a chicken-raising experiment, and the night before we left, Lisa and I finished packing while her husband and another friend were outside butchering chickens with Harold. This educational experience that took much longer than its allotted two hours, and we were up much later than we had planned. Oh, yeah, and there were six kids playing in my living room while all this was happening.
Before we moved to Dallas, we had this lofty goal of packing the things we weren't taking with us in a semi-permanent state so that we could keep it in storage for however long we needed. I was going to label everything perfectly, keep lists, maintain calm . . . and ended up running out of time, shoving it into boxes, and dumping it in my in-laws' garage.
When we left Dallas, Harold was on a business trip. He hates packing with a passion, and helped minimally before leaving. My mother came from Missouri and together she and I did most of the packing and moving. All of those little things that add up at the end? It was almost too much.
The thing that surprised me was how much cleaning I was expected to do before leaving. It was intense—there was a checklist two pages long, and I don't think I've ever cleaned some of the things that were on it. I was so exhausted that I left a few things on the list undone—I figured it was worth losing my deposit to leave. (I didn't lose a cent, by the way.)
The good news is that we finally did it. Our latest move was pretty awesome. We were still exhausted by it, and not everything went like we planned, but I'm generally satisfied with the entire experience. I'll have to tell you about it soon.Read More
When I think of all the crap Harold and I moved into our first house, it makes me cringe. We had just gotten married, and we already had more stuff than we knew what to do with.
Most of it took the form of mementos and knick knacks following us from our childhoods (getting married apparently means that your parents will no longer house those kinds of things for you). And most of it sat in our guest room, untouched.
Slowly, we shed our material accumulations. And we started with the box full of half-used notebooks I had laying around "for next time I need a notebook." I really don't find myself needing that many wide ruled puppy dog notebooks that have been badly mistreated in my third grade backpack.
Away went the terrible t-shirts my grandmother brought me back from vacations. And the 50 million high school t-shirts. And the clothes I'd owned since seventh grade.
Away went the plaster of Paris sarcophagus mask and the Cerberus sculpture. Away went my history notes I thought might come in handy someday.
Etc., etc.
My mother came in very handy during our periodic purges. If it had any value whatsoever, we brought it to her. She put it in a room and whenever she had a yard sale (which happens more frequently than you might think), she put it out.
Not only did she take our junk from us, she also kept track of how much it went for and randomly gave us envelopes of cash containing the exact amount—and not a penny less. Pretty awesome stuff.
We've moved seven times since we were married in June 2010. And every time, we've gotten a little better.
And we've had a little less to take with us. It's funny how that thing that you could never get rid of becomes less important after three moves.
We've also shifted to staying in furnished places, so our supply of kitchen and other household items has dwindled down to a handful of things we find either absolutely necessary, plus another handful to make wherever we are feel like home.
Over the next few weeks, I'm going to be posting about packing.
Thinking about packing sends me on about a million different rabbit trails, so really, my posts won't all be about packing. There will be a bit about simplicity, a bit about how the future shapes today's decisions . . . probably more.
I hope you enjoy it!Read More


text: TGIF: The Market Is a Beautiful Thing by Sheldon Richman April 12, 2013 Market advocates tend to respect the intellect of their fellow human beings. You can tell by their reliance on philosophical, moral, economic, and historical arguments when trying to persuade others. But what if most people's aversion to the market isn't founded in philosophy, morality, economics, or history? What if their objection is aesthetic? More and more I've come to think ... [click for more]

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Kathleen Dean Moore on hope and integrity
It's really a problem, this thing about hope. Cause it's true…it's true that our options are limited and that our cities are disgracefully designed when it comes to using fuel and that destructive ways of living are very skilfully linked to tangles of profit and power in the world and we don't have very much time. Even the most conscientious person, the most hopeful person, is going to have trouble making significant change.
And Gus Speth, the former dean of Yale Law School, says, "All we have to do destroy the planet's climate ecosystem and leave a ruined world for our children and grandchildren is to keep doing exactly what we are doing today."
This is a problem. And here's the problem - well, there's lots of problems. The one I want to talk about in particular is this: that we are utilitarians. That is to say, we judge the rightness or wrongness of our acts by their consequences. When we think we cannot have good consequences to our acts, we completely abandon morality. So, we have a situation where on the one hand, you could be hopeful. But if you lose hope, you fall into this abyss which is despair, which is the abdication of moral responsibility.
What I want to point out to you is that that also is a fallacy - that's a fallacy of false dichotomy. Because between hope and despair is this very broad landscape, and we call it integrity. Integrity. Acting in the way you believe in. Doing what's right because you believe it's right. Finding a way that your actions and your values integrate. And that's, I think, what we're called to do in these very dangerous times
…What does it mean for particulars?… We can choose to refuse to allow ourselves to allow ourselves to be used as instruments of destruction. I am not going to allow you to use me to wreck the world. I refuse to do what I don't believe in."
—Kathleen Dean Moore at SFU on our moral obligation to the future and to children to expend extraordinary effort reducing or reversing the harms of climate change.
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I Want To Kiss Youthis is my first ever so it might not be good. it just came to me once upon a school lunch time.
See that smile on your lips,
Make my heart skip a beat,
Cause I know I want a kiss.
I'm too scared to ask.
What will you say?
I don't want to ask,
But I want a kiss today.
I don't know how,
I don't know why,
I don't want to embarrass myself,
I don't want to cry.
Tempted by your eyes,
I'm captivated.
What do I do now?
I don't want your heart jaded.
I see you there,
See your eyes on me,
Make my heart skip a beat,
Cause I know where you want to be.
Grab your hand,
Kiss you lightly,
Pull you closer,
Hold you tightly,
I whisper "I love you",
You smile and then
You lean closer and whisper,
"I want to kiss you again."
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Summer is making an impressive showing in New York today. The sunshine and 80-degree temperatures are making us wish that a) we left our cropped denim jacket behind this morning (one less thing to carry home, you know), and b) we remembered to apply our SPF this morning. Luckily, the jacket isn't that bulky and MD Skincare's new Daily Sunscreen Towelettes have just arrived on our desk. We typically rely on a moisturizer with SPF 15 year round, but we always feel the need to step up the sunblock factor around June, to try to keep the inevitable freckling from getting too out of control. Dr. Dennis Gross' new individually packaged towelettes boast broad-spectrum UVA/UVB protection, vitamin C and green tea for ozone protection, and antioxidants to prevent premature aging, but their real selling point is their easy on-the-go, single-application size and the fact that you can gently pat them on at any point in the day to avoid messing up your makeup. We recommend throwing a few in your purse, just in case summer decides to stop teasing us and stick around for a while.
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Salles-sur-l'Hers is situated in the Aude (Languedoc-Roussillon region) in the south of France at 47 km from Carcassonne, the department capital. (General information: Salles-sur-l'Hers is 620 km from Paris).
Popular places to visit nearby include La Pomarede at 18 km and Mirepoix at 24 km. For more places to visit and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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Heritage sites Toulouse Hotel-Dieu St Jacques (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (44km); Toulouse basilique St Sernin (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (45km); Canal du Midi (46km)
Most beautiful villages in France (see also beautiful French villages) Camon (34km)
Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour) Revel (26km); Limoux (44km)
Regional Natural Parcs Pyrenees Ariegeoises (44km)
Remarkable gardens Parc aux Bambous (17km); Jardin et parc du château de Loubens (31km); Jardin Royal de Toulouse (43km); Jardin japonais de Toulouse (44km); Jardin de l'Évêché (51km)
Sites of natural beauty Fontaine Intermittente de Fontestorbes (45km)
Towns of Art and history Toulouse (44km)
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Canton: Salles-sur-l'Hers
Arrondissement: Carcassonne
Department: Aude
Region: Languedoc-Roussillon
Postcode: 11410
from Carcassonne (prefecture): 47 km
from Paris: 620 km
from Calais: 851 km
from Nice: 444 km
from Bordeaux: 255 km
from Strasbourg: 747 km
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(Zara top, Daniel Wellington Grace London watch, Esperanza boots) Hype this look on Lookbook here.
I've just proven that hats, red hair and boots go well together! Makes for an edgy, somewhat "rocker" look. I totally abused this combination last year, and I will shamefully recycle it again. I decided to revive this bowler hat after almost a year, and it just so happened that the last time I used it was when I still had red hair.
While my navy obsession is still going strong, I find myself slowly making room for maroon, oxblood and wine as well. And anything that has both colors together is pretty much the icing on the cake. Case in point: this gorgeous rose gold watch with a navy and maroon strap!
Want your own Daniel Wellington watch? You can use the discount code TriciaDW to get a 15% discount until September 28th! Enjoy shopping!
Posted on Tuesday, 8 July 2014
Beret Girl
(Kate-Katy top and skort, Sleeh heels, Persunmall bag, EMODA beret) Hype this look on Lookbook here.
I don't care if the French really wear berets or not, because these hats are too adorable for words! I can't believe I'm so late into the game, especially since I've owned this beret for quite some time now. Better late than never, eh?
Posted on Saturday, 19 October 2013
Just G: Layering
Last year, I went to Hong Kong with my good friend Jee, and she sold me the idea of layering tops over dresses. She wore a cute sleeveless dress as we enjoyed Disneyland together, but when I saw her getting a thin-fabric top from her bag on the way back to the city, I knew things were going to be interesting. Jee-nius idea, really. I don't know why I'm only trying this out now.
Normally, when we travel, we think of bringing jackets in case the weather becomes chilly, but who would've thought you could achieve the same-ish effect for less luggage space? It's also a pretty good way to re-work all your flirty summer dresses for the rainy season.
Next time I just might try layering tops under dresses too.
(Just G top and dress, Persunmall bag, Forever 21 socks, EMODA wedges, from Japan hat) Hype on Lookbook here.
My top reads "When life gives you lemons, make lemonade."
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Today's Outfit
(WAGW top, EMODA necklace, bag, shoes) Hype this look on Lookbook here.
Today's outfit is "Today's Outfit". Sorry, I couldn't help it! One of the reasons why I got this top was because I wanted to be able to say today's outfit is today's outfit is today's outfit is today's outfit. Today's outfitception. I never want it to end. I have Kryz to thank for this! She wants everyone to know that WAGW MAN's gonna have a big sale (up to 70% off) starting June 1 which is just a few days away!
You might have also noticed that I have pink and purple streaks on my hair. I recently bought 2 pieces of hair chalk during my trip to Japan at 630yen each (ouch) but @glameffect on Instagram sent me a whole box a few days ago. Don't know if soft pastels or hair chalk (or if they're the same anyway), but I like how they make it so fast to add colored streaks to hair now. People really do find ways to achieve things easier. Dried my hair out so bad though, so I just might stick to just Photoshopping fake streaks and ombres in the long run.
Posted on Monday, 28 January 2013
MOFW 2012 Fukuoka Day 3
(MURUA top, moussy bag, Romwe pants, Topshop tanktop, Topman hat, Zara heels) Hype this look on Lookbook here. Thanks Kristin for helping me with these photos!
Say hello to what I call my ultimate dyslexia top! Some of the letters are flipped, making it almost impossible to understand at first glance. It would take you a good few seconds (given you have perfect eyesight) to take it all in and realize what the message is. If you don't want to go through the effort, I'll just type it out. It says, "Don't you think now is the time to be adventurous while we're still young?" While I think we can be adventurous at any age, I do feel that I'm in the prime of my youth and that it's the perfect time to try out new things and have fun, without all the serious stuff (like health problems and physical limitations for example) that goes with growing old.
I don't have a lot of graphic tops but I just felt drawn to this particular one as soon as I saw it on a mannequin in the MURUA store at Parco (same place where I bought my EMODA dress from my previous entry). I guess I thought it would be a good reminder to my ever-so-introverted and conservative self, to dare to go out more and not be so anti-social like I always am. Note to self: Be more adventurous, meet new people, be open to more opportunities, have fun, etc.
Anyhow, it's not the first time I've mentioned MURUA here before. As with EMODA, it's one of the most popular MODE brands out there, if not one of the pioneers of the movement. Recently, they got Kate Lanphear to style their fashion show, as well as to collaborate on some exclusive designs for the brand. How cool is that? MODE is really going global these days. I'm still waiting for the day when MURUA decides to open a global webstore just like EMODA. T_T
On another note, my bag is also from Japanese brand moussy. Got it from their Canal City store. Their recent campaign features Charlotte Free (and her fabulous pink hair), and I remember them also getting Agyness Deyn a few years back. I absolutely love visiting them specifically for the bags and shoes. This one that I have here is such a gem with its classic design with a hint of edginess, studs and all. It can also fit so many things inside, including my camera - my primary requirement for everyday bags.
P.S. Thanks to SNSD I Got A Boy, I am OBSESSED with flat brim caps! I need more!
Posted on Wednesday, 16 January 2013
Tory Burch: Dark Denim
(Tory Burch Marlien Leggings in Resin Dark Fade jeans, H&M top, Guess heels, Chicnova bag, Topman hat) Hype this look on Lookbook here.
These pants from the latest Fall 2012 collection of Tory Burch are my perfect fitting jeans to date! So comfortable and I absolutely love the gold details on the side that make it more than just your ordinary pair of jeans. I haven't worn blue or dark blue denim pants in a while but I just might rekindle the flame of this old romance. Can you believe that skirts/shorts-loving me used to live in my jeans throughout my early college years?


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By Daniel email@example.com Some people retire and move to their favorite vacation spot -- the mountains, the beach, or a pretty lake somewhere. Some retire and take up a hobby. Not Robin James. James, a 60-year-old Jonesboro man, spent more than 41 years working for the Georgia Army National Guard. He retired, and then he went back to work. "Naturally," he said. "I couldn't say, no, after more than 40 years in the Guard. I said I would. I didn't even change chairs. I'm doing exactly the same thing." If there's one thing he learned with the Guard, you would have to say it is dedication. He wasn't always that committed, though. When James joined in 1965, at the tender age of 18, it was mostly because his brother had joined up and his brother-in-law was a guardsman, too. It seemed like a good thing to do. He spent three years as a traditional guardsman, James said, working for the Georgia-based reserve force on weekends and for short stints as a private in Troop A, 748th Armored Cavalry Squadron, 48th Armored Division in Jackson, Ga. He was promoted, three years later, taking on the duties of equipment engineer. Then, he joined the Guard full time. "I've been doing it every day since 1969," James said from his Jonesboro home. "It just refocused me. I was a young man and didn't have a lot of responsibilities, but when I decided to do it full time, and service other soldiers, it changed my outlook a great deal." He rose to the rank of sergeant first class, and was appointed Warrant Officer 1 in 1980, assigned as the Acting Adjutant and as full-time Unit Personnel Technician, stationed in Atlanta. In that capacity, James "serviced the soldiers," making sure that Georgia reservists were ready when they were needed, making sure the guardsmen and guardswomen were prepared for their country's call. The biggest challenge James faced, over his four decades of daily services, was also the biggest change for the Guard, in memory. After the terrorists attacks of 2001, the Army National Guard became an "operations force that's depended upon by the Army," James said. "It happened to us, and our units and our soldiers had to step up. And they certainly have." They could step up, filling the need, because of exactly the same commitment they could see driving James. The 60-year-old, though, describes the current generation in the Guard as more mature than previous ones, more mature than he was, when he was their age. "They're such good people," he said. You just look into their faces and you feel good. You feel good about where things are going in this country." One of those young people is James' oldest daughter, Maj. April Asher, who was sworn into the Guard by her father. "I would describe the young men and women of the Guard as dedicated," he said. "Because they are and they're more than just, like the old derogatory term, 'weekend warriors.' There's more to it than that. The young men and women coming in are focused and they're very capable." James continues to work to assist those soldiers, making sure they're ready and prepared, as the Deputy Chief of Staff in the Office of the Chief of Staff.
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Update on Missing Elderly Woman from Henderson County
Date of News Release: 05/29/2008
(Henderson , KY) - May 29, 2008 Search teams have been active throughout the night. These teams include people from Ohio, Webster, and Union Counties in Kentucky as well people from Gibson County, Indiana. SAR3 and Ohio Valley Search and Rescue have also participated in the search. Don Bowles a business man from Hopkins County provided his helicopter and pilot to assist in an aerial search of the area.
Mrs. Henry is still missing. All possible sightings have been investigated. They include the area of KY 145 near Poole, US 41 South of KY 136 near Anthoston, and areas near the original search location.
Many people have participated in the search and/or provided food to the search teams which is greatly appreciated.
It is encouraged that people living in and around the search area check their property for signs of Mrs Henry. If there are any unoccupied buildings or vehicles on your property please check them. Notify the Kentucky State Police at 270-826-3312 or 911 with any information.
Original Press Release Below
Date of News Release: 05/28/2008
(Henderson , KY) -Kentucky State Police Henderson is currently working a missing person. With assistance from Henderson County Sheriff Department, Emergency Management and Henderson County Search and Rescue we are currently searching for Dianna W Henry missing from 4901 J Gibson Road, Corydon. Henry is a white female, born 6-21-1943 64 YOA. She is 5'4", 110lbs, gray and brown shoulder length hair. She is thin build with a fair complexion. She was last seen wearing blue jeans, white fleece jacket, blue gloves and white shoes. Henry does suffer from dementia.


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It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a…Drone? Model planes increasingly being used for terror attacksFriday, August 24, 2012 at 10:06 am by Kaila C. Randolph
Earlier this month, Spanish authorities recovered a video illustrating a man guiding a large remote-controlled aircraft over southern Spain. At the pilots direction, the plane then slowly descended and dropped two small packages from both wings. Spanish authorities believe the video was recorded by an al Qaeda terrorist attempting to convert a toy plane into a deadly explosive. Three men were arrested, including Cengiz Yalkin, a Turkish National living in Spain as an al Qaeda cell facilitator, and two Chechen associates specializing in explosives.
Unfortunately, converting model air-crafts–originally intended for hobby purposes–into bombers is not unprecedented. In 2011, Rezwan Ferdaus, a Korean War veteran purchased miniature versions of the F-86 Sabre fighter jet, to build attack planes and destroy the Penatagon and U.S. Capitol with C-4 plastic explosives. He pleaded guilty last month. Before finding inspiration by al Qaeda's ideology, Ferdaus was a Northeastern University graduate with a degree in physics.
In 2008, Christopher Paul, a Columbus Ohio resident, pleaded guilty to planning terrorist plots in both the United States and Europe. Paul, who allegedly joined al Qaeda in the early 1990s, conducted extensive research from 2006, on numerous remote-controlled miniatures, including a boat and helicopter.
While the federal government, through the the Federal Aviation Administration ("FAA") fail to regulate the purchases of certain models, both Senator Charles Schumer (D- New York) and Congressman John Mica (R-Florida) have called for further regulations as a result of these models getting into the wrong hands, and creating catastrophic results, whether through deploying explosives or chemical materials. Since the September 11th attacks, federal agents have asked organizations and hobby shops, such as the Academy of Model Aeronautics, to report any suspicious purchasers of model planes with questionable intentions. However, the FAA has yet to implement any new regulations regarding the suspicious purchases of models for criminal use.
In an ironic twist, the Obama Administration is under scrutiny for continuing President George W. Bush's foreign policies in using drones for surveillance and missile strikes against terrorists. According to CNN, drones, which are similar to remote controlled air-crafts, have made "a dramatic impact in the campaign against al Qaeda and other terror groups in Pakistan — and is now being expanded to the Horn of Africa." Drone strikes have increased from 52 during the Bush presidency, to an estimated 278 during the Obama administration.
The FAA should begin implementing regulations that will detect suspicious purchases of models. Hopefully, the FAA, organizations and hobby shop business owners are working with both federal and local law enforcement agencies in detecting such purchases. The government, without hindering miniature hobby enthusiasts, needs to continue developing protective measures to prevent potential attacks, as they did in 2008, 2011 and most recently in Spain.
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The idea behind rewarding the party leader is nice, but I can see it backfiring in PUGs. Whenever I pugged there wasn't any hassle about who was leader because it didn't really matter, beyond assigning raid symbols to mobs. Now that the leader supposedly gets rewards for completing the instance I can totally see two people bickering about it and causing one more problem that PUGs don't need. You can argue that if they're bickering then they aren't worth the time and effort, but some people only have a certain amount of time to play and finding more people would take too much time.
Right now it's not enough information to blow a fuse over; I'm just going to keep an eye on it and hope the drama queens don't kill each other for whatever this reward is.


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passionflowerSyllabification: pas·sion·flow·er
Pronunciation: /ˈpaSHənˌflou(-ə)r /
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An evergreen climbing plant of warm regions that bears distinctive flowers with parts that supposedly resemble instruments of the Crucifixion.
- Genus Passiflora, family Passifloraceae
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Shadow economies all over the world : new estimates for 162 countries from 1999 to 2007
AbstractThis paper presents estimations of the shadow economies for 162 countries, including developing, Eastern European, Central Asian, and high-income countries over the period 1999 to 2006/2007. According to the estimations, the weighted average size of the shadow economy (as a percentage of"official"gross domestic product) in Sub-Saharan Africa is 38.4 percent; in Europe and Central Asia (mostly transition countries), it is 36.5 percent, and in high-income OECD countries, it is 13.5 percent. The authors find a clear negative trend in the size of the shadow economy: The unweighted average of the 162 countries in 1999 was 34.0 percent and in 2007 31.0 percent; hence a reduction of 3 percentage points!.The driving forces of the shadow economy are an increased burden of taxation (both direct and indirect), combined with labor market regulations and the quality of public goods and services, as well as the state of the"official"economy.
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When fishing, islands always pull fish and fishermen in like magnets. After all, they are the most obvious mid-lake structure you can find.
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Hollywood and Bollywood are well represented in Houston. Now it's Nollywood's turn. (For the uninformed, Nollywood is the Nigerian film industry.) Caged, a new Nollywood release making its Houston premiere today, is the story of a young singer who has a bit of a bumpy road on her way to fame (think an international Sparkle, but without the "only dogs can hear them" high-pitched vocals). The cast includes Nollywood stars Desmond Elliot, Rex Otuka and (we're not kidding here) Joy Jungle Bunny. 7 p.m. Bollywood Cinema 6, 2703 Highway 6 South. For information, call 281-380-5910. $20 to $50.
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Kelly Frank "Frankie" Grubbs
Kelly Frank "Frankie" Grubbs was born to Kelly Wayne and Kelly Lynn Grubbs of Berry, Ky. on March 6, 2009 at Harrison Memorial Hospital. He weighed 11 lbs. and is welcomed by his half-sister Sara Elizabeth Grubbs.
Maternal grandparents are Peggy McNabb of Berry and the late Frank Thomas McNabb.
Paternal grandparents are Kelly and Carolyn Grubbs of Cynthiana.
USDA has extended the Sign-up deadline has been extended from June 1 to Aug. 14 for both the Direct and Counter-cyclical Program (DCP) and the forthcoming Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE) Program. This action extends the sign-up deadline by 10 weeks to give producers ample time to decide whether to participate in ACRE or remain in DCP.
The Kentucky Chapter of The Nature Conservancy (TNC) has received federal grant funding that is available to landowners to address water quality and improve farm operations within the South Fork Licking River watershed of Nicholas, Bourbon, and Harrison counties. The funds were awarded by the Kentucky Division of Water (DOW) through Section 319(h) of the Clean Water Act. These grant funds focus upon using a "watershed approach," meaning that watersheds of high importance are selected with a goal of improving the water quality in these areas.
Annual Easter Sunrise Service at Battle Grove Cemetery will be April 12 at 6:30 a.m. on the concrete pad in the vault area. Pastor Terry McDuffy will conduct the service.
The congregation of Berry Christian Church invites everyone to come and celebrate our Risen Savior on Sunday, April 12. The Easter service will begin at 8 a.m. followed by Sunday School, breakfast and an Easter egg hunt. Everyone welcome.
THURSDAY, April 9
Adult Book Group. The will meet Thursday, April 9 at the Cynthiana-Harrison County Public Library at 6 p.m. Refreshments will be provided.
Berry City Commission will meet Thursday, April 9 at 7 p.m., at Berry City Hall. The meetings are open to the public.
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MONDAY: Pancakes, bacon, syrup, juice choices, choice of milk.
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WEDNESDAY: Waffles, sausage, syrup, juice choices, choice of milk.
THURSDAY: Cereal, toast, jelly, juice choices, choice of milk.
FRIDAY: French toast, bacon, syrup, juice choices, choice of milk.
The Harrison County Ag Development Board (Phase I) is planning an Educational meeting on Wednesday, April 8 at 7 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Harrison County Extension Center in the large meeting room.
This meeting is to approve everyone who has applied for programs during the month long sign-up period in March. These programs include: Forage Improvement, Genetic Improvement, Diversification, Sheep and Goat Diversification, Fencing, and Cattle Handling. Everyone who filled out and application should attend this meeting for approval.
* Cynthiana Democrat, July 11, 1935 - "Hundreds of Cynthiana people swarmed to A. Keller Bridge Friday morning to see one of the most costly wrecks the Louisville & Nashville Railroad has suffered in several years, after one north-bound freight train plowed into the caboose and several cars of another freight train that has been stopped on the bridge, about a mile and a half north of Cynthiana."
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Births announced this week are: Christopher Scott Aubrey, March 30, son of Michael and Cathy Aubrey; Jordan Keeley Jackson, March 31, daughter of Donald and Jalaine Jackson Jr.; Candyce Denise Worrell, March 23, daughter of Michael Ray and Kimberly Ann Taylor Worrell; Bradley Joe Stamper, Jan. 11, son of Joey Stamper Jr. and Rachael L. McClurg.
Harrison County's new prosecuting attorney Bill Kuster will take to court motorists who pass stop arms of a loading or unloading school bus.
THURSDAY, April 2
HMH Sales. The Harrison Memorial Auxiliary will be having their Spring Uniform Sale on April 2 from 3-11 p.m. and April 3 from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. They will also have their Spring Bake Sale on April 9 starting at 10 a.m. in the front lobby of the hospital.
FRIDAY, April 3
Bookmobile. The Cynthiana-Harrison County Public Library Bookmobile will be available Friday, April 3 at 3 p.m. at Grand Haven.
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ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. - Troy Brown's been in the NFL for 10 years, so when he said yesterday, "It looked like the old days," that could have been interpreted as the early or mid 1990s. But he was talking about last year, when the Patriots got in gear in Game 11 and never looked back.
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Frank's bday
Posted to: GuitarHero
TOMORROW'S! TOMORROW'S MY BIRTHDAY! Everybody love me and buy me a plethora of gifts! No, stop laughing. I'm not joking. I want a lot of presents.
Speaking of presents, I finally got a new camera from my parents. Granted, the down button refuses to work, but it was still a nice gesture. I'll just not look at previous pictures, then. Whatever. It's still really cool and mini. I can't wait to take pictures with it tomorrow!
Tomorrow... I'm really afraid since I know that Bob and Mikey are going to somehow torture me. Good God.
Comment(s): 5
LittleDrummerBoy: Now I wouldn't say torture. I'd use... "bother" or possibly "annoy". But torture is going a wee bit too far, Fwankie.
--GuitarHero: I am going to shoot you in the face. Never call me Fwankie.
Sing4Absolution: I can't wait to hear about the reaction of your present. I'm pretty much going to have a laughriot, that much I know, but I want to hear the vivid details.
--GuitarHero: Oh GOD. You're making me afraid.
---KissMyBass: Don't be afraid, dearest Fwankie. It's a LOVELY gift.
November 29, 2007.
Posted to: LittleDrummerBoy
It was Frank's birthday yesterday, and as my biff, I felt the need to harass him at 8am. Mikey and I went to his house to set up box-Frank in his room, right next to his bed. His dad let us in and laughed while we went downstairs. He loved our gift.
It was pitch-fucking-black in there, and we stumbled about a few times. Frank woke up twice and I ran away because I got scared. Eventually, we set up and Frank woke up to an illuminating grin. We ran away upstairs, again, and waited for him to get out of bed. It was kind of funny sitting at 8:05am in a sleeping house that belonged to neither of us. Hahaha.
Around 8:15, Frank OFFICIALLY got up. He said to get out of his house, but we asked him about his gifts, if he liked them. "What gifts?" he replied. WELL, HELLO. A man made out of boxes wasn't just it.
On the back of box-Frank's head was a flap to stick your hand in. Inside was a brain-- made out of a pink balloon--, a card, and a box of Sesame Street bandaids. Inside his upper body, through his back, were two shelves. The first shelf contained a balloon heart with BSB and *NSYNC lyrics written on it and a card attatched to it. Also, a Frank-esque My Little Pony, Tool shirt, and perfume. On the second shelf were Mikey's presents: a book, a necklace and... something else that I forgot. In his butt was Geray's present: a pair of pants.
Then we watched Mikey play dolls downstairs REALLY VIOLENTLY.
At 2pm, Frank's mom took me back to Frank's and we left at 2:45 for the city. We = Frank, Mikey, me, Gerard, Ray, Lars and Josh. We first went to the Chapel of Sacred Mirrors and spent a really, really long time in there because the artwork was beautiful. My favourite was of two kissing people. My second and third was a "God" mirror and people having sex. Seriously, it was really incredible. Mikey, Lars and I bought Buddha boards. They're these boards that you paint on with water, then the water evaporates into a clean slate. It's SO MUCH FUN. I also got a postcard of the kissing people. I really love them.
We stopped at Starbucks and this woman told us we were really cool and she wants to hang out with us. Then she asked if we smoked weed.
We went to the Hard Rock afterwards and I ate everyone's fries. There was this INCREDIBLY HOT ASIAN WAITRESS and I miss her a lot. We spent the longest time in the Hard Rock, and I think they hated us, which was a-okay.
We kept taking really dumb pictures. I guess that's why everyone hated us-- and we were talking about sex very loudly. But whatever.
Then we all traveled to Toys R Us and played with puppets. I kept harassing Gerard with a fireman and a Mexican man. IT WAS REALLY, REALLY FUNNY. He kept screaming his head off because I scared him. Mikey found a fluffy puppy toy and we all ran into the Animal Alley area. I found a bunny I LOVE, and Frank loaned me $11 to buy it. I named him Aiden, he is light brown and I adore him sososo much. Mikey bought Frank a fluffy white bunny and himself the puppy, and Ray got Gerard a pink poodle. They're all biffs.
We went upstairs and I faced Mikey in a light saber duel, until he knocked into this lady who hissed something about a roller derby. We ran over to the giant T-Rex and Josh started freaking out because it frightened him. I think. Well, he's just crazy anyway. I played in the anime section for a bit and we all followed Lars to the candy section.
We left at 9:45 after getting this hilarious caricature done of Mikey, Frank and I. Mikey is wearing a bikini. He didn't ask for that. The artist just did it. (I had a bit of a laughing fit for a while after seeing that while Mikey made sad crying faces at me.) He drew me with Aiden and Frank holding guns that resemble penises far too much.
On the ride home, we all had a thirty minute non-stop conversation about Hey Arnold!.
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GuitarHero: Don't ever make me something like that again.
November 29, 2007.
Posted to: KissMyBass
Now that Frank's birthday is over, I can fully explain box-Frank.
Box-Frank: n. A Frank made out of boxes by yours truly and Bob.
Bob and I, on the 28th, went to the grocery store in search of boxes, which we found easily. We carried them back to Bob's, two blocks away, and started on Frank's body. Bob's dad gave us his old shirt, we painted a bit on it, and then put it on box-Frank's torso, with a slit down the back so he could open it up. We made box-Frank's head. He doesn't have a nose because we didn't know how to draw one, and his eyes are a bit wonky-- but that's okay. He has a huge, glowing grin which scares the hell out of Bob every time he sees it. We used a dog food can for his neck. Box-Frank doesn't have any legs, but he does have a butt! We didn't have enough black construction paper for his pants, so they're half-black, half-pink. His butt says "Happy birthday!" I think we're very inventive. We wanted Frank to see himself as we do. Hee.
Comment(s): 3
GuitarHero: See me like you do!? What-- cardboard and scary?
Sing4Absolution: I want to sex box-Frank up in my room. He's a foxy mama.
--LittleDrumerBoy: How precious!


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A man's bullet riddled body was found on the side of a north Jackson road.
Jackson Police Department spokesman Officer Colendula Green said police discovered the body of the 30 year old black male around 11:45 Saturday morning.
It was on the side of Manhattan Road, near Benning Road.
Investigators said the Jackson man was shot at least five times.
The victim's name has not been released pending notification of next of kin.
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The weapon is believed to be a nine millimeter.
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PORT ST. LUCIE - Port St. Lucie city officials, in an effort to show support toward the many small businesses in the city, recently developed numerous programs to help connect customers with businesses.
At the Sept. 24 city council meeting, the council discussed some details of a sign ordinance that was updated in April to allow businesses to display banners three times a year, in addition to temporary banners that can be displayed during the holiday season, from Nov. 11 to Jan. 2.
One of the details they spoke about this year concerned moving up the date of the beginning of the holiday season to Oct. 15, so businesses could take advantage of Halloween.
"I'm in support of moving the date up," said Port St. Lucie Councilman Jack Kelly.
Councilwoman Michelle Berger disagreed, saying, "I feel we have our best options out there now."
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Wednesday, November 13, 2013
The Truth About The 90s
Most top selling R&B artists today (Rihanna, Ne-Yo, Chris Brown and Beyonce) have released several techno "dance" records. Before the 2000s however, the very thought of SWV, D'Angelo, Montell Jordan or Mary J. Blige releasing a techno song, would have been crazy.
"Crazy in love" and "single ladies" are two of Beyonce's biggest club anthems and both songs have BPMs in the 90s. These songs are significantly slower than some of her other singles including "sweet dreams" and "Girls rule the world" but "crazy in love" and "single ladies" were significantly more popular on the dance floor (and on the charts). Jay-Z's "Empire State of Mind" is his strongest solo club anthem from the past decade, and the BPM is actually below 90, it's at about 87. "Tom Ford" on the other hand has a BPM of 145, and even though it is still (kind of) a club anthem, 'Empire State of Mind' has outsold and 'outcharted' 'Tom Ford' by a landslide.
The biggest and most popular club anthems of my youth include songs by Biggie Smalls, A Tribe Called Quest, Pete Rock, Mary J. Blige, Pharcyde etc. Just about every club song from this particular style and era has a BPM in the mid to low 90s and people have never stopped dancing to these songs. If anything, people credit 90s hip-hop as the "golden era" and maybe, just MAYBE a slower, smoother BPM has something to do with what's missing in today's "club music". People LOVE 90s hip-hop and people CAN dance to a BPM in the 90s, there is a lot more to "dance music" than those hyped up techno records. The 90s are awesome and I think it's just a matter of time before the style of 90s hip-hop and R&B go retro-chic in pop music, and will make its way back into the clubs again.
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- AnonymousThursday, 14 November, 2013
I also feel that music (specifically hip-hop and r&b) of the 90s had more substance and lyrical content to it. Rap songs told stories. R&B songs were positive anecdotes about love and relationships. Most tracks tastefully embraced sexuality and rarely crossed lines into being overly graphic and inappropriate. Today it seems that most pop songs, as you mentioned, are driven by high BPMs and electronic and synthesized buildups to raise energy levels in dance clubs while the music of the 90s relied on actual content to lift one's spirits and put them in an even better mood than when they came into the club with. On the other end of the spectrum, much of today's Hip-Hop technically are at the sub-80 BPM ranges, warranting more bouncing and much less actual dancing. It is what it is and makes me appreciate more the nights and DJs that still play the good 90s (BPM and era) music. Hopefully great producers like Pharrell and Timbaland can lead the charge of bringing it back as they have started to do with disco and nu-dance.ReplyDeleteReplies
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