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Fandom: The Social Network RPF
Overall pairing: Andrew/Jesse
Other pairings for this part: Mentions of Andrew/Carey Mulligan, past Jesse/Justin Timberlake.
Warning/s: Sex takes place but isn't gone over in any detail.
Length: 4000ish
Summary: Andrew and Jesse go to rival high schools in Brooklyn. Their worlds collide when the two schools unite to do a musical.
Genre: Romance, angst-lite™.
Notes: I've never been to New York and I've only ever listened to the music of Zanna, Don't! so I make everything up. Also, I messed with everyone's ages so they could go to the same schools and such. This part is told in both povs. It will probably be ten parts when I'm done. This part was going to be insanely long, but I've spread it over two parts instead. Also, I know some people were excited for there to be a sex scene in this part but it didn't work out like that. It'll be kind of covered in flashbacks.
Disclaimer: Here.
Jesse feels shaky during the game, like someone's laced metal through his bones and hooked a battery up to them and is now just letting him hum. His arms feel weak and he tries his hardest not to get caught because he doesn't think he could even hold a torch right now.
He knows in his heart that making this choice for Andrew is the right thing, because the way things were going was not right, it was very not right and very not fair to Carey. Sweet Carey who Jesse kind of hates for having the boyfriend he wants but also he loves her because she's sweet and kind and good and naive and doesn't fucking deserve to be cheated on. Andrew's not ready to choose him, to let this be real, and Jesse's not going to force that to happen so really, this, cutting things off, going cold turkey, this is the only solution.
The only problem is that Jesse's not sure he's ready to let go of them, whatever they are. Actually, he knows he's not ready because doing it (or well, kind of doing it in a vague way because he's Jesse and he's a coward) has reduced him to this nauseated, shivering mess.
The fact that Andrew doesn't look much better makes it really hard not to find a way to sidle up beside him and say something like 'hey, forget what I said earlier, lets sneak back to the cabin and do some cuddling while everyone else is otherwise occupied'. He looks a lot like this kitten Jesse found once, hiding underneath a trash can near his house, wide eyes a snapshot of terror and left-behind-ness. That kitten is now Jesse's best friend, after Emma. Shit, no, okay, Andrew is not a kitten and Jesse is not giving in.
At least, not just yet. He needs a moment to pretend he can do this, pretend he can walk away and not crawl back, pretend it's just a stupid crush he's going to get over. He needs that, because the alternative involves admitting something that Jesse's not ready to admit, something that begins with 'I'm' and ends with 'in love with Andrew Garfield'. Which. You know. Is stupid and complicated and painful. Hence the not admitting.
Jesse's good at hide and seek games because he's been playing them all his life (him vs. everyone else in the world, how invisible can one person be without needing superpowers?) so he manages to hide out and watch what's going on and look like he's participating while really he's just waiting for it all to be over so he can go to bed and sleep for a hundred years and hopefully wake up to find that scientists have developed a little pill you can take to make life easy.
He sees a lot from his hiding place: Andrew flinching away from Carey when she tries to hold his hand; Armie and Max hiding behind the same tree, pressed up much closer than they technically need to be; Justin giving Emma a piggyback ride.
Mostly he sees the Andrew and Carey thing.
Later that night, lying painfully still on the bottom bunk, listening to Andrew breathe, Jesse knows he should feel strong. He doesn't, he just feels self-flagellating, which he's pretty sure isn't even a word. He's weak and he's a coward but that doesn't stop him slipping out of bed and crawling up the ladder, doesn't stop him pulling back the covers on the top bunk and sliding in to bed next to Andrew.
"Thank God," Andrew whispers as he turns over and snakes his arms around Jesse's middle.
Jesse shakes his head vigorously. "No thanking God. I'm not here. Shhh."
"Shhh," Andrew echoes, tucking his face into the space between Jesse's shoulder and neck.
Jesse closes his eyes and focuses on the arms around him and does his best to ignore the Carey-shaped lump of guilt in his stomach.
The next morning it's Justin, not Emma, who wants to have a pre-breakfast 'something's up so tell me everything' chat. It's weird, but somehow doing this show together has made them friends. More because everyone's friends so it's just a part of the general deal than it actually being a good idea, but it's something. There's still a lot of stuff between them: memories and awkwardness and things left undiscussed, undissected. It used to be this great big barrier sitting in the middle of them but now it's like they're sitting on it and pretending it's not actually there. Which Jesse thinks is a good thing. He'd rather be able to be Justin's friend than to be in the limbo of we were kind of together and then I broke your heart only we're kind of bonded together in stupid ways so it's not like we can both just walk away yet also we kind of can't be around each other either.
Jesse needs a snappier way to put that.
Oddly, Justin drags Jesse to the same tree where Emma and Jesse had their conversation earlier that week. He plops cross-legged down on the ground and pats the patch of grass beside him. Jesse isn't exactly sure what's about to happen, but he has a strong feeling it's not going to be going on his list of favourite memories, so he thinks for a minute if there's any polite way to get out of this. There isn't, so he sits.
"So tell me," Justin begins, leaning back against the tree trunk, "What exactly is going on with you and Garfield?"
For a split second Jesse wonders if Emma told him, but then he remembers that while Emma's got a big mouth, there's no way in hell she ever would have told Justin. They're friends, sure, but not like Jesse and Emma are friends. She wouldn't. Besides, from the look on Justin's face it's 'I've made an assumption I need you to confirm' Justin, not 'I've heard a little something now tell me the rest' Justin.
"What do you mean?" Jesse says, furrowing his brow in a hopefully convincing confused expression.
Justin rolls his eyes. "Come on, Eisenberg. You may hate to admit it, but I know you. I know what you're like. So, tell me the truth or I'll start whispering in Armie's ear about you. We're very close, you know." Justin winks in a way that Jesse can only describe as lewd.
Jesse doubts that Justin and Armie are 'very close', judging by how cosy Armie and Max have been getting, but then again, Andrew's got a girlfriend and Jesse would still maybe describe their relationship as close, if not very close. Besides, Justin is a manslut. Manwhore. Whatever the term is. So, he sighs and gets ready to spill.
"I don't know. We were … Something. Heading somewhere. But I, um. Pulled the plug. Well, I tried."
"Because of Carey," Justin prompts.
Jesse nods. "Please don't tell her. Or Armie," he adds, almost as an afterthought, because he's Jesse and he trusts everyone, even his ex-boyfriend would who probably enjoy having a little influence on the future of Jesse's love life.
Justin rolls his eyes again and Jesse's reminded of when they were together, which mostly boiled down to Jesse hiding in the study to avoid making out and Justin finding him and rolling his eyes affectionately and telling him not to bite his nails.
"God, no. It's far too much fun watching you crash and burn." He pauses for a moment, looking at his shoes. He's being shy which means he's about to be honest, which is a rare thing in the life of Justin Timberlake. "Besides, it's nice seeing you, you know. Happy and shit."
Jesse's not quite sure what to say that, because yeah, he's kind of awkwardly aware of the fact that Justin still has feelings for him, but it never comes up this blatantly and in his face and shit, how does he react? Say 'there, there, sorry I broke your heart'? So he swallows and picks at a blade of grass and tries to find some words.
"But how am I meant to do that if you're not going to keep messing around with Andrew?" Justin suddenly jumps in, his usual animated self again. "I need some entertainment, dude, and you're my ticket. So fix things."
Jesse raises an eyebrow. "Fix things? He has a girlfriend, Justin."
"So? We're on camp. International waters." Jesse's confusion must be showing on his face, because Justin sighs and rolls his eyes again. "We're away from home. Normal rules don't apply. Like international waters. So you can fuck Garfield's brains out and not give a damn until we're back in the city."
Jesse squints at him, pretty sure that that doesn't actually make any kind of sense, but he's a drowning man and it's a piece of rotten wood, which isn't exactly a lifesaver but it's better than nothing.
"International waters," he repeats, like he's trying the phrase out on his tongue.
Justin waggles his eyebrows as he stands, holding out a hand to pull Jesse to his feet. "International waters."
Jesse bites his tongue for the rest of the day. In fact, he keeps almost entirely to himself, barely even speaking to anyone as he mulls it all over in his brain. Yes, things between him and Andrew need to end, but why do they have to end right away? Jesse's always been a fan of having a sense of occasion to things - New Year's resolutions, cleaning on the first day of spring, starting new relationships on Valentine's Day (not that he's actually done that last one, but you get the point). Ending things when they head home - head back to normal - has a sort of poetry to it that appeals to that part of him.
By the time they get back to their room (Andrew's been looking at him nervously all day, obviously worried that he's changed his mind again, when really he just can't look at him or talk to him without wanting to explode) (giving himself this tiny bit of permission has evaporated the guilt and just left him with this well of joy, this bubble of Andrew), Jesse's ready to burst. As soon as the door shuts behind them, Andrew turns to look at him cautiously.
"International waters," is all he says, like that's all there is to it. Andrew looks confused, so Jesse repeats what Justin said (leaving out the 'fuck Garfield's brains out' bit), and by the end Andrew's looking a little dubious but hopeful.
"And this international waters thing, that means that you're alright with …" Andrew trails off, gesturing to the space between them.
Jesse nods, bites his lip, then shrugs. "I'm ready to run with it if you are."
"If it means I get to cuddle you, then of course," Andrew replies, his eyes firmly on the floor by his sneakers.
In response, Jesse crosses the room and slips his arms around Andrew's waist, nestling his face into the taller boy's neck. "We get this week. Then it's back to normal."
"I can live with that," Andrew says and Jesse swears he feels lips ghosting across the top of his head.
The week passes in a blur and the last night sneaks up on Jesse without his permission. Going home has been in the back of his mind as something on the horizon, like the holiday season: it's always coming, he always knows it's coming, but right up until November it feels like it's a lifetime away.
Well, now it's November and starting tomorrow, no more Andrew.
They're sitting on the floor of their cabin, sharing Andrew's iPod. Earlier, they both claimed exhaustion in order to get away, because they know that tonight is the last night, at least for awhile. It crackles between them, this finality, and it makes Jesse want to cry, so he turns the sadness into boldness and leans his head on Andrew's chest.
"Hey," Andrew mumbles, threading one hand through Jesse's curls and resting the other one against his stomach.
"Hi," Jesse replies, his voice much smaller than he'd hope for. "Home tomorrow."
Andrew stiffens a little behind him, his hands gripping a little tighter. "Back to normalcy."
That sits between them for awhile, heavy and dark, and that prickling eye I'm going to cry feeling is back and so Jesse twists it bold again and says what he's been wanting to all week.
"We still have tonight," Jesse says, his face colouring because what he's suggesting isn't something he thought he'd ever suggest. "International waters, remember?" He swallows. "An-anything goes."
Andrew slips his hand from Jesse's hair to the side of his face, tilting it up so he's forced to meet the taller boy's eyes.
"Jess?" Andrew swallows and Jesse can hear it in his chest. "What are you saying?"
Jesse shrugs and tries to pull his face away, but Andrew won't let him.
"Jesse?" he asks again and this time, Jesse sighs and closes his eyes.
"I don't know. I guess I just." He screws his face up, like maybe if he really can't see Andrew then Andrew will somehow not be able to see him. "Sex. I was. Yeah."
Jesse keeps his eyes shut, but he can feel Andrew go tense and he immediately wishes he'd never opened his mouth. He's about to try and take it back when Andrew speaks.
"Alright." There's a pause. "I mean, I want to. Like. A lot. I just. I didn't think you would."
Jesse pries open one eye to peer at Andrew, unsure if he's being messed with or not. "Are you teasing me?"
Andrew licks his bottom lip and shakes his head, and that's when Jesse notices that Andrew's nervousness almost rivals his own. "Are you teasing me?" he asks quietly.
Jesse sits up and takes one of Andrew's hands in both of his. "No, I, um, if you want to then I, um, want to."
They hold each other's eyes for a long moment; Andrew's are dark, bitter, winter and burning at once. He's always everything at once.
Suddenly, Andrew's lips are on Jesse's - it's not like the first time they kissed, not show-y, there's no room of people to impress this time with how bold they are. It's just despair and grief and wanting, it's soft and it's nervous and Jesse wants to cry all over again, but this time because this moment is everything it should be. It's a proper first kiss and Jesse wishes he had the ability to wipe his lips clean of every kiss he'd ever had before, from the joke kisses with Emma on lonely New Year's Eves, to the awkward fumblings with Justin that never went according to plan, to that stupid party when he and Andrew first did this, because this, this is a perfect first kiss. Andrew's cupping his face and his hands curl desperately in Andrew's shirt.
Andrew draws away and rests his forehead against Jesse's. There are tears in his eyes. "I think I could love you," he whispers. "I think I could really love you."
Jesse closes his eyes, breathing in the moment, carving a hole for it in his heart. "Me too," he whispers back, before leaning in and kissing Andrew again, his lips a little more insistent this time because tomorrow is far too soon to be wasting time. They may only have tonight, but tonight is something and that is better than nothing. Or at least, that's what Jesse tells himself because otherwise he'd find a way to talk himself out of doing this and he really, really wants to do this.
Later, Jesse pretends he doesn't feel Andrew's tears dampening his chest.
Andrew expects things to be different when he wakes up. He feels like the night before should have changed something, should have made everything easy and clear. Sex with Jesse should have made it impossible to live without him and therefore made it simple to break things off with Carey. It didn't. What it did do was show him exactly what life would be like if he and Jesse could ever be something real. It pushed Jesse even further into his heart and yeah, made it impossible to live without him.
But that's it. Carey's still in his heart, only now he feels sick and cruel and icky because of what he's doing to her. No, what he's done to her, because last night was it. As of this morning, things between him and Jesse are actually over. Once they crawl out of the bottom bunk and face the day, they're just two guys who're in a show together. They can't even be friends.
Andrew looks down at Jesse, feels the curls tickling his neck, the hand with a death grip on his own, the thigh thrown over his hips. It's what everyone always says, but Andrew's struck by how peaceful he looks, all the pain and the confusion and the guilt of their situation wiped clean of his face.
It occurs to Andrew (not for the first time, though this is the first time he really understands and acknowledges it) that he's been wrong to only think in terms of hurting Carey. He's been breaking Jesse, piece by piece, ever since they met.
No more.
Reluctantly, Andrew shakes Jesse awake. Jesse nuzzles further into him, mumbling something indecipherable.
"Hey," Andrew whispers, wanting to kiss him but knowing he shouldn't. "You've got to wake up. We go home today."
A second later, two bright blue eyes are fixed on his own and he's suddenly acutely aware of how naked they are.
"Hi," Andrew mumbles, unsure what else to say. Hesitantly he reaches a hand up to touch Jesse's curls and after a moment Jesse leans in to the touch, a sad half-smile lifting the corners of his mouth.
There's a pause with them just looking at each other. Andrew feels like he's trying to scratch this image onto the insides of his eyes, like if he looks hard enough then every time he closes his eyes for the rest of his life, he'll see this. His first nearly love in the morning light.
"We should get up," he says finally, reaching to pull the covers off them, but Jesse stops him with a hand on his wrist. Wordlessly, the shorter boy leans in for a final kiss. It's probably all in his head, but Andrew thinks it tastes like old coffee, bitter and cold and a little stale. An ending.
Smiling that sad half-smile again, Jesse pushes the covers off and slips out of bed and just like that, it's over. They're done.
Jesse's already mostly dressed by the time Andrew's even out of bed. He's pulling his clothes on with furtive movements, doubled-over and facing away, like there's something left to hide. Still, Andrew follows suit and takes the other corner, only turning around when he's decent again. Well, not decent, because he hasn't been decent for a long time. But he's clothed.
They pack their bags in relative silence. It takes twice as long as it should because they're trying so hard not to look at each other. Being in this room is suffocating. Andrew can't look at Jesse without thinking about him mumbling 'I'm um, a virgin' and the way he clung to Andrew's shoulders like the world would end if they stopped (he wants to say making love but he can't) fucking.
Hell, he can't even look at the bunks without thinking those things.
He's relieved when Emma bounces in and carts Jesse away, even if she does shoot him a positively filthy look before she does. He needs a moment alone in the place where it all happened, a moment to sear it into his memory but also a moment just to feel it all without trying to pretend like nothing ever happened.
He doesn't cry.
After a quick breakfast it's back on the bus to head home. Andrew knows everyone's noticed the tension between him and Jesse - it would be impossible not to, since to the rest of the world it looks like they've gone from best friends to strangers overnight. Thankfully, no one's said anything yet.
Andrew and Carey get on the bus first. She's exhausted and is basically asleep against his shoulder, so he figures the sooner he gets her somewhere she can nap, the better. They already have seats by the time the rest of the group climbs aboard. Jesse instantly makes for the back of the bus and Emma dutifully follows. A frown flicks across Armie's face, but he takes the seat in front of Andrew and Carey. After a moment, Justin shrugs and heads for the back of the bus too. A confused looking Max takes the seat beside Armie, who whispers something along the line of 'I'll explain later'.
Strangely, the fact that everyone in their group except Max and Carey seem to know what's going on (what was going on) between him and Jesse doesn't scare Andrew much. He hasn't felt in control of anything for a long time. At this point, his life is happening around him and he's just trying to cause as little damage as possible.
Carey is asleep before they even pull out of the campground. It's real sleep, too, not her pretend sleep she sometimes does to get out of talking to people or dealing with things.
"Is she asleep?" Armie asks after they've been driving for a few minutes. "Actually asleep?"
Andrew nods and then immediately regrets it, knowing what's coming next.
Sure enough, Armie face shifts from his typical amiable smile to a slight scowl, which is his equivalent of a death glare. There's no preamble, no lecture. "Stop," he spits. "She doesn't need an Evil Ex."
Another person Andrew didn't think he was hurting. Armie trusted him with Carey, Armie trusted him to be a good guy. Armie trusted him not to be a dick.
Andrew swallows and looks out the window. "You don't need to worry," he mumbles in reply. "Whatever it was is over."
"It never should have started," is Armie's retort. With that he turns to face the front and doesn't turn around for the rest of the journey. Andrew fishes out his iPod and listens to anything (as long as it doesn't make him think of things that never should have started) loud.
Andrew's never been happier to see his father than when they arrive back at East and he's waiting for them. In fact, Andrew has to fight the urge to go up and hug him, because then Carey would know something was up, so instead he just occupies himself with reorganising the boot while Richard quizzes Armie and Carey about camp.
He sees Jesse's mum and she waves at him, so he waves back but stops as soon as he accidentally catches Emma's eye. She doesn't look at him with hatred or anger like he would expect, it's more just like … Puzzled. Like, why are you waving to Jesse's mum? You're not a part of his life now, so stop trying.
It hits him then - another little bit of his new life that's gone: weekends at the Eisenbergs, making pancakes with Hallie Kate and (badly) singing old jazz songs for Amy and listening to Barry talk about politics. It's like his family's being taken away from him, but they were never his to begin with. He should never have had any claim on them.
He's mostly silent on the drive home. Carey's falling asleep again against the window, so it falls to Armie to keep the conversation going, but that's something he's good at. Surprisingly, he treats Andrew exactly the same as before. Maybe it's because Armie's never kept a grudge in his life. More likely it's so Carey doesn't suspect anything.
Andrew's almost painfully relieved to see the shitty apartment building he and his dad now call home. He's barely shut the bedroom door behind him before the shakes hit.
excuse me, i'm just a puddle of emotions on the floor right now
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New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick usually doesn't go out of his way to praise a player on another team, but it's special and worth noting when he does. Today, he praised a former Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back in LeGarrette Blount, whose presence on the team was made obsolete by the emergence of Boise State product Doug Martin.
The Buccaneers drafting of Martin was a steal, and Greg Schiano really wanted the Bucs to have a true three-down running back. Although he was too harsh towards Blount, you can't exactly blame him for wanting to give Martin all the snaps. Martin is a true every-down back in this league with his incredible rushing ability, his ability to catch passes out of the backfield, and the way he is able to pick up blitzes. Pass pro and pass-catching have never been strengths of Blount's, though I would say he is a bit better in pass protection than some people say.
Bill Belichick certainly knows that Doug Martin is an excellent three-down back, and here's what he had to say about Martin, via CSNNE, "He's a good three-down player. There's really no reason for him to come off the field skill-wise; it's just a question of how they want to manage him. He can run, he can catch. He's a good inside runner, good outside runner, can go the distance. Handles the ball well in the passing game. Good on blitz pickup. He can do it all."
Martin can certainly do it all, and Belichick mentioned more than just his ability to combine effective rushing with good pass blocking and receiving. An elite running back like Martin has the ability to be explosive and break off big gains while also being able to pick up the yards needed in certain down and distance situations. The second sentence of Belichick's quote about Martin not needing to leave the field is some good insight on how to view using running backs with Martin's all-around ability.
Tags: Doug Martin Greg Schiano LeGarrette Blount New England Patriots NFL Offseason Tampa Bay Buccaneers

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There's been a lot of talk of this lately (and, quite frankly, since Cata brought in the new healing model), but shaman are tending to not have the same output as other healing specs. Whether it's because of skill or because people aren't playing them as much as other classes because they believe them to be suffering, or simply a case of the class being weaker is unclear.
That said, Jaba pointed out some very good places to start looking at your healing. Not knowing what your UI/healing setup is like, it's hard to say whether that could help, but it might do to look it over for yourself and see what you can cut out/add/change to improve performance.
However, you say that the other shaman is (are? didn't mention how many other shaman) using the same heals you are but simply getting higher numbers, and to me this sounds like a gear issue where your heals aren't hitting for as much. Or it could just be that the other healers in the raid are keeping everyone mostly topped off and you just happen to be using the same spells. It's hard to say, but I encourage you to keep at it :) Practice makes perfect, and that goes for healing, too. If you like it, you'll stick to it and the rest will come. Hope I helped.


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Dear Tumblr,
I thought I was finished speaking when I wrote the last sentence to my supposedly-last post, "Thank You." Apparently I'm not done. There's something you all should be aware of. This comes to you in rough-story form, with all relevant folks addressed using the gender-neutral honorific Mx (instead of Mr, Ms, or Mrs).
I was going to wait until the weekend to write, but the information is the same regardless of how polished I write—and I feel this is necessary.
A few days ago, I heard back from some friends from Smith Q&A (a group in support of transwoman acceptance at Smith), who contacted others on my behalf about the legality of using the FAFSA as a bar against my admission.
Jon O'Bergh, Special Assistant to the Under Secretary of the US Department of Education, gave some clarification on the matter. Mx. O'Bergh commented on the fact that, according to both the Dep of Ed and FAFSA, the self-reported sex indicator on the FAFSA is used for Selective Service only. Then Mx. O'Bergh referred me to Cameron Washington, Web Usability Specialist at FAFSA, for further clarification.
I won't keep flitting about with a play-by-play of each specific person's contribution to the (quite-substantial) email chain that built up. However, according to Mx. O'Bergh and Mx. Washington:
The FAFSA sex reported is only used for Selective Service purposes. Neither FAFSA nor the Department of Education cross-checks sex information with Social Security. The federal government is irrelevant in this conversation. All concerns about my hypothetical admission endangering Smith's status as a historical women's college receiving federal funding?
Irrelevant, and wrong. The government does not care about my sex marker.
Thus, Smith College's decision not to process my application based on my FAFSA sex marker is at Smith's sole discretion. Their hand was not forced; they chose this.
Smith College is fully capable of reviewing my application and making an admissions decision for me based on my credentials. Just—it's so simple, really.
This is obvious discrimination on Smith's part.
In case I didn't mention earlier:
Dean Shaver's words to me over the summer, when I was still trying to figure out Smith's transgender-acceptance policies, were that: "It seems to me that if your teachers provide the language you suggest, all your pronouns would be female and therefore consistent with what Smith is expecting." She spoke of school papers and transcripts consistently reflecting "female" for my application. Nowhere was there mention of FAFSA, a federal financial aid form.
I am quite convinced that Smith's supposed transgender-acceptance policies have been evolving with every letter of this Tumblr posted, with every obstacle I manage to clear.
So, Smith chose this path.
Make it a hard walk, folks.
For the transwomen before me, who dealt with these kinds of policies in their time. For the transwomen to come, who should inherit a better and more just system.
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It's been dubbed Freaky Friday and it takes place on Friday the 13th. But there's nothing particularly weird about three independent metro brewery restaurants uniting for a movable feast of food and beer.
From 6 to 11 p.m. on Aug. 13, Five Seasons Westside, Max Lager's downtown, and Twain's in Decatur each will offer a special cask ale for $3 per glass, and there will be lots of chef's specials to nibble on.
Adding to the conviviality and safety of the event, a bus is scheduled to shuttle passengers back and forth on a continuous loop between the brewpubs.
Five Seasons brewer Crawford Moran came up with the idea for the crawl, hoping to shine a little light on the Atlanta brewpub scene while having some fun.
"The challenges brewpubs face are because of the way the state laws are written," Moran said. "We're essentially restaurants and we have all the challenges restaurants have in this economic environment. It's tough out there. But we're all creative and this is a good example of that."
Max Lager's brewer John Roberts said business there has been better than ever. But he wanted to be part of Freaky Friday because he thought it would be a blast.
"I'm excited about it," Roberts said. "I like the idea of the bus moving around in circles, with people hopping on and off. Brewpubs haven't gotten a lot of love in Atlanta lately. Maybe this will help change that."
Twain's brewer Jordan Fleetwood is the only one of the three who will admit to being superstitious. "But not about Friday the 13th," he said. "I've worked on many a Friday the 13th, so I think it's going to be alright."
Fleetwood will be tapping one of the barrel-aged beers he has stored at Twain's. And lucky drinkers can hope for a double IPA or a heather wheat beer, in addition to his regular roster of brews.
Roberts promises his Hopsplosion IPA on cask — a beer he plans to enter for judging at the Great American Beer Festival in Denver. And his Max Red, Black, Kolsch and Wit will be on draft.
Moran isn't sure what cask ale he'll serve on Freaky Friday. He's been tapping a cask every Thursday at 5:55 p.m., so there's always something new to choose from. His current draft offerings include a watermelon wheat, a Bohemian pilsner and a double IPA.
As for the logistics of the crawl, he recommends starting and ending wherever you like but using a designated driver, public transportation or a cab to get home.
"People will have a lot of flexibility as to when they want to get on or off the bus at each place," Moran said. "On a typical pub crawl, you have to travel as a group and at times there are service issues when the pack arrives. This should be a bit more laid-back."
Freaky Friday Atlanta Brewpub Crawl, 6-11 p.m., Aug. 13. Bus tickets, $5 advance, $9 day of the crawl, available at Five Seasons Westside (1000 Marietta St., Atlanta, 404-875-3232, 5seasonsbrewing.com), Max Lager's (320 Peachtree St., Atlanta, 404-525-4400, maxlagers.com) and Twain's (211 E. Trinity Place, Decatur, 404-373-0063, twains.net).
August 3rd, 2010
11:25 am
Will this be an open-air double-decker bus powered by gerbils?
August 4th, 2010
11:49 am
KP, let's hope so. Gerbil power is the future.
August 7th, 2010
11:56 am
Hmmmn. Beer. Too bad I work at night with heavy equipment or I might have to check this out.
August 11th, 2010
9:19 am
I had planned on attending, but Falcons game interferes.
Just so I know, what beers are on cask for each location?
August 11th, 2010
10:09 am
Hi Jordan & Crawford. This will be a great evening! I have lined up a few drinking & brew friends to crawl with. Is Mike @ Safe Ride getting some of his team to help us get home safely from Twain's?


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Crazy Things Men THINK Women Do on Facebook
Well thank God that men have their own portal for crappy advice in the form of AskMen.com.
So shut it about Cosmo okay guys? This is what you guys are spouting off about to one another.
"Crazy Things Women Do on Facebook"
by: some *@&#^@#
commentary by: yours truly
Women set up fake profiles to follow exes on Facebook
This one may seem a bit extreme, but it is certainly not unheard-of for a woman to set up a fake Facebook persona in order to creep on her ex's profile. At the very least, she might get a mutual friend to allow her a little access to an ex's Facebook page. Whether you broke up badly or it was mostly mutual, if you don't keep in touch, she probably wants to know what you're up to. Instead of calling or e-mailing you, it's easier and less embarrassing to scope out your profile while you are blissfully unaware that she is checking up on you. If you want to prevent this from happening, don't add any strangers to your friends list. If you have a friend you know is still in touch with her, keep your interactions limited.
How do I say this nicely? The only reason we are "checking" up on you, is to verify a rumor we've already heard, like "oh yeah he's dating someone new and she's fug" or "yeah, his facebook statuses are emo and hilarious".. I think very rarely would a woman just perouse your facebook to "see how you're doing" .. because honestly, we don't really care. (If we did we would call or email. duhh)
Women manipulate through Facebook photos
The photos a woman posts on her profile can be innocent — or they can be totally manipulative. Another crazy thing women do on Facebook is to put up embarrassing or compromising photos of people that have gotten on her bad side. When a guy breaks up with a girl and the next day photos of him in one of her dresses hit her profile, it's not only vindictive, but also pretty immature.
A woman might also use her Facebook photo albums to present an image of herself that doesn't exactly match up to reality. In her photos she might appear more sexy, more adventurous and altogether more exciting than she is in real life.
What if a girl doesn't have a lot of facebook photos? By this logic it's safe to say not only is she boring and not adventurous at all, but she's also probably some hideous and incestuous disaster who will die alone with her 30 cats! Right? RIGHT?! Because that's basically the conclusions these jackwads are jumping to.
Women post passive-aggressive Facebook status updates
The Facebook status update can share big news with your friends or the mundane activities of your day, but for some women they can also serve an emotionally manipulative purpose. Whether it's because she hates confrontation or she just wants the world to know what a jerk her boyfriend is, some women use their status updates to air complaints about their relationship instead of sitting down and talking it out directly. For example: "Valerie visited the jewelery store and is tired of waiting!!!!" could be a not-so-subtle clue that she doesn't want to wait for that engagement ring much longer. Post-breakup, a woman might post status updates that hint at a crazy social life: "Melanie is exhausted from a crazy night!" or "Jessica is having a great day," are both the types of messages that say a lot more when they come right after a big breakup.
Maybe Melanie really IS exhausted and Jessica IS having a great day! In fact, I'd venture to say if the two of them were dating guys in any way, shape, or form similiar to the man who wrote this little gem, they are entitled to it. Why do men assume that when a woman is dumped, she immediately hits the couch seeking solace from Ben and Jerry?
..I did that once, but it was cut short because both Ben and Jerry had to leave early for work in the morning.
Women post ambiguous relationship photos
It's not uncommon to see pictures of women with their arms around their friends, kissing them on the cheek, whether their friends are men or women. For some, these may be innocuous expressions of affection for their good friends, but for others they could be an attempt to elicit an envious response from their partners. These ambiguous photos with other guys could also cause other people to question the strength of her relationship with her boyfriend.
If it's a single girl posting pics of her getting close to guys without making it clear whether or not they are dating, it can throw people off when they are thinking about making a move, causing them to be unsure of whether or not she's already taken.
This is just stupid. I used to have a picture of an old boyfriend in one of my really old profile pics, and I vividly remember the day another boyfriend all but demanded I take it down. Insecurity.. not attractive.
Posting a fake relationship status
Some unattached women choose "in a relationship" for their profile just so people won't start matchmaking or single-girl-pitying. A single woman of a certain age is a prime target for people who think everyone should be paired off in "happily ever after" relationships. Some single women even arrange with one of their close girlfriends to be "in a relationship" with each other to avoid this kind of condescending sympathy. They'd rather raise questions about their sexual orientation than leave the space blank.
Okay yes, I've seen lots of my facebook friends do stupid stuff like posting an "in a relationship" with some sorority sister of theirs, but honestly in some cases I can't say for sure the status was entirely false.. but I've never known a woman to put up an "in a relationship" status when she's painfully single and looking to date.
That's like saying there are guys who go out hoping to get hit on by wearing fake wedding rings.. OH WAIT. Desperation is a stinky cologne.
women do crazy things on facebook
Facebook can be a force for good when it's used responsibly, but it can also be destructive to a relationship or a reputation if the person who wields the power thinks she can do so with impunity. Unfortunately, if she's determined to keep it up, there's not much you can do about any of these behaviors other than expressing your displeasure and asking her to cut it out. If she's your girlfriend she should have enough consideration for you to hear you out. If she's your ex, all you can do is kick yourself in the ass for agreeing to try on that dress in the first place.
Phew. I haven't laughed so hard in a WHILE.
What do you think of this?
Do women do crazy things on facebook?
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Because Alien and Hannah deserve each other.
Have you ever wondered what it would look like if someone mashed up footage from Harmony Korine's Spring Breakers and Lena Dunham's Girls? Well, this is what that would look like.
Hannah: "Before I met you, I was lonely in such a deep, deep way."
Alien: "Look at my shit! I got shorts, every fucking color...I got designer T-shirts, gold bullets, motherfuckin' vampires..."
Yes, things go on like this for a while, and no, it will never, ever get old. So sit back, relax, and wait for Franco's Oscar nominations to roll the fuck in.
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What ever it was, did attack my basil leaves in the end, and for some reason my rose in a pot next to the greenhouse too
Wow, that hawk moth is beautiful! I found a Lime Hawk Moth a couple of years ago, resting on the wall in our garden.
I was wondering whether anyone could tell me, what pest is eating these Parsley leaves? I have Basil in the other side of the tray, yet they've hardly been touched. I thought it was odd that they had just eatten the leaves, and not the stems aswell.
I grew some Nigella damascena (mixed colours) last year, then let them self seed. Absolutely love them this year, a much better show!!
We've got a lovely display of Sweetpeas too. Last year, the House Sparrows and little Jenny Wren loved eating the greenflies off the plant!
You could have Photinia X fraseri 'Red Robin', that provides all year round interest with its red new growth.
I agree with Busy-Lizzie, you could place some trellising and plant a fast growing climber. If you do not want to spend the money on trellising, then there are climbers like Cotoneaster horizontalis (that doesn't need the support of a trellis), which provides all year interest; flowers spring time, in leaf during summer, red leaves in autumn, berries and herring bone structure during the winter. Another climbing plant you could have is Euonymus fortunei, which has variagated leaves - I am not 100% sure how quick these last two plants grow, though it's just a thought


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It was hustle and flow, all right. Terrence Howard, the Oscar-nominated actor best known for his role as Djay, the rapping pimp protagonist of Craig Brewer's acclaimed 2005 film, was doing everything but serving smoked Gouda to the 40 or so people gathered Thursday night for the listening party for "Shine Through It," his Sony/BMG Records debut.
The genial Chicago native bopped from corner to corner of this cramped, rectangular room at his record company's swank headquarters in Santa Monica, refilling the wine glasses of the journalists, executives and self-described "friends of Three Six Mafia," who seemed slightly stunned at the prospect of accepting more Sauvignon Blanc from the costar of "Iron Man."
But judging from his performance of "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp" in "Hustle and Flow," one might expect something a bit more hip-hop than the stylish retro neo-soul album he's turned in. It makes more sense when Howard starts ticking off his main influences: Cat Stevens, Carly Simon, Karen Carpenter, Bread, the Dramatics and Richie Havens.
"We don't have people like that anymore," Howard said, having just rushed over from an appearance on "The Tonight Show." "This album is trying to take it back to that sort of music. For me, one of the great moments in human history was Louis Armstrong singing 'What a Wonderful World' in the middle of the war and riots of 1968. That's the impetus for me to make music."
Those are lofty goals for anyone, let alone an actor cum musician, one of the more difficult career transitions to pull off. For every Jared Leto, whose 30 Seconds to Mars has won the allegiance of tens of thousands of alienated emo kids, more commonly actors' bands end up as musical footnotes.
The 39-year old Howard might strive to best yet another actor turned musician, Scarlett Johansson, whose forthcoming David Sitek (TV on the Radio)-produced album of Tom Waits covers is highly anticipated, if not for mere curiosity's sake. But judging from the smooth baritone and charisma evidenced on "Shine Through It," due in September, Howard has a reasonable shot of topping the "Match Point" actress.
Howard's tunes are all originals, written, produced and arranged by Howard, along with his collaborator, Miles Mosley. While the lyrics rarely expand beyond cliché, Howard and his backing outfit, the Band of Kings, conjure up a smooth blend of flamenco guitars, swooning violins, hard drums and dazzling trumpet lines that recall an eclectic combination of John Legend, Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass and a dash of Cab Calloway.
Not to say that Howard has a right to hang with that sort of company just yet, but it's within reason that to think Howard's retro Starbucks-friendly soul could make for a pleasant pairing with Sharon Jones, opening for Feist at the Hollywood Bowl this summer.
Maybe he'd even bring the Sauvignon Blanc.
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By Jennifer Emert - bio | email January 26 , 2009
ALBANY, GA (WALB) - Southwest Georgia businesses, parents, and educators are coming together to help students with disabilities become more independent.
The Southwest Georgia Regional Transition Council met Monday at Phoebe Northwest to see how the council can assist students with disabilities to transition from high school to adulthood in order to be more productive citizens.
Parents of disabled students say a council like this is desperately needed, while students say something like this should be been done before now.
"If a program was going on like this when I was coming through, there ain't no telling what I would be doing right now," said Derrick Silas of Mitchell County.
"For parents to know that they can be happy and become independent and have their own job you know just be confident in that so having the businesses as well as the teachers and the educations and all the agencies, it's a great, great council," said Vicki Williams, a parent.
The council will help hundreds of students in each of the 14 counties in the southwest Georgia region.
If you'd like to help, call kathy Rigsby at 229-431-1230.
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For the past year, foursquare has placed a serious emphasis on location-based business discovery. The geo/social app/network has put considerable resources into building up its "Explore" feature which recommends nearby businesses to users.
As of today, the Explore feature is now available as a widget for Android device home pages and serves as a shortcut to the Explore tab in your installed foursquare app.
foursquare has posted on their blog, the steps necessary to install the widget. Explore is a pretty cool feature. If you have an Android device, I recommend you try it out.


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Nothing in the world can bother you as much as your own mind, I tell you. In fact, others seem to be bothering you, but it is not others, it is your own mind.
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar (via arpeggia)
Toute oeuvre d'art est une possibilité permanente de métamorphose, offerte à tous les hommes.
Octavio Paz (1914–1998, Mexican) [EN]
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Only in intimate communion with solitude may man find himself.
Each man had only one genuine vocation - to find the way to himself. (…) His task was to discover his own destiny - not an arbitrary one - and live it out wholly and resolutely within himself. Everything else was would-be existence, an attempt at evasion, a flight back to the ideals of the masses, conformity and fear of one's own inwardness.
His passions make man live; his wisdom merely makes him last.
Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.
All I really wanted was to try and live the life that was spontaneously welling up within me. Why was that so very difficult?
Only awareness can make reality and only what's real can become a dream and only from a dream, can you wake to the light.
Our thoughts are to the individual as our art is to the community.
Once the storm is over you won't remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won't even be sure, in fact, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm you won't be the same person who walked in. That's what this storm's all about.
Is it possible, in the final analysis, for one human being to achieve perfect understanding of another?
Happiness is not easily won; it is hard to find it in ourselves, and impossible to find it elsewhere.
The point is, not to resist the flow. You go up when you're supposed to go up and down when you're supposed to go down. When you're supposed to go up, find the highest tower and climb to the top. When you're supposed to go down, find the deepest well and go down to the bottom. When there is no flow, stay still. If you resist the flow, everything dries up. If everything dries up, the world is darkness.
But even so, every now and then I would feel a violent stab of loneliness. The very water I drink, the very air I breathe, would feel like long, sharp needles. The pages of a book in my hands would take on the threatening metallic gleam of razor blades. I could hear the roots of loneliness creeping through me when the world was hushed at four o'clock in the morning.


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Broadcasting Standards Authority« Previous Entries
No one-stop media regulatorWednesday, October 2nd, 2013
The good news, for the Law Commission: the government thinks the Commission's report on media regulation - recommending the establishment of a one-stop media complaints body serving print, broadcast and online platforms - is "excellent".
The bad news: the government has rejected that recommendation.
I summarised the Commission's proposal in an earlier post. In short, the idea […]
The NZ Herald's weird response to the Law CommissionThursday, March 28th, 2013
The NZ Herald has editorialised about the Law Commission's proposal to set up a new News Media Standards Authority.
It seems to veer between cautiously welcoming the report, and suggesting that the system ain't broke. (No mention of the increasing absurdity of having different standards and complaints processes applying to what is essentially identical material, or the […]
TVNZ's weird response to the Law CommissionThursday, March 28th, 2013
Stuff is reporting that the NMSA is "not to broadcasters' liking" and that "broadcasting agencies said dissolving the BSA would leave gaping holes for their non-news content."
Odd. For one thing, Stuff only seems to have talked to one agency, TVNZ. The TVNZ spokeswoman said she was concerned that broadcasters like TVNZ, which show both news and […]
Labour's weird response to the Law CommissionThursday, March 28th, 2013
News Media Standards Authority: good idea! says Labour. Just make sure there are no political appointments:
Consistent ethical standards for all forms of media are necessary but politicians should be kept away from appointing complaints bodies and setting terms of reference, said Labour's Broadcasting, Communications and IT spokesperson Clare Curran and Justice spokesperson Andrew Little.
Um, yeah. […]
One-stop-shop for media complaints - Law CommissionTuesday, March 26th, 2013
The NZ Law Commission has recommended that we scrap the Press Council, Broadcasting Standards Authority and nascent Online Media Standards Authority, and replace them with one body setting and policing news standards across the board.
The Commission suggests we call it the "News Media Standards Authority" (NMSA). It would look more like the current Press Council […]
Bad Target practiceTuesday, February 19th, 2013
Don't like a decision of the Broadcasting Standards Authority? Well, just ignore it. That's what the consumer TV programme Target seems to have done.
Back in 2007, the BSA made it clear that Target is invading trade workers' privacy when it invites them into its mock home for its hidden camera trials. That doesn't mean it […]
We don't need no stinking press regulationThursday, December 6th, 2012
The Herald's lawyer, Alan Ringwood, argues that we don't need any statutory press regulation in NZ. Don't listen to Levenson, he says. We don't need to go there. (Full article here).
I guess it's not a news flash that the Herald's lawyer would oppose statutory restrictions on the Herald. But I'm interested in his argument. It's […]
Breaking LawsThursday, October 18th, 2012
Michael Laws has been found in breach of broadcasting standards yet again, ironically for comparing someone else to a Pit Bull.
How to apply the Bill of RightsFriday, July 27th, 2012
The Broadcasting Standards Authority (in the wake of several High Court decisions, and perhaps aware of some of the criticisms I made with Claudia Geiringer) commissioned me to provide some advice on how the Bill of Rights applies to them and how they can practically integrate it into their decision-making. They have posted my paper […]
How to door-step someoneTuesday, November 29th, 2011
John Campbell has demonstrated, with immaculate ethics, how to go about door-stepping someone. Door-stepping is turning up to someone's place with cameras rolling to get that person to answer questions. As the BSA has often said, it's usually unfair to do this.
But the Campbell Live crew weren't unfair. They were doing a story on Tower Insurance. They'd talked […]


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By January, only one Democratic judge will be left at the Morgan County Courthouse, which has transformed from a bastion of blue elected officials to staunchly red ones in a decade.
Tuesday's election saw another Democrat fall with Republican candidate Jennifer Howell's decisive victory over incumbent Place 1 Circuit Judge Sherrie Paler. However, voters allowed incumbent Glenn Thompson to hold onto his seat as Place 2 circuit judge. He edged past Republican opponent BR "Buzz" Brown with 25,131 votes, or 52.78 percent, to Brown's 22,516 votes, or 47.22 percent.
In the Circuit Clerk's office, Republican Chris Priest won by a landslide 73.76 percent over Democratic opponent Martin Steelmon. He will replace retiring Democrat John Pat Orr.
Thompson, Paler and Orr all assumed office in 1994, at a time when Democrats ruled the county and the state. They have each served three consecutive terms.
On Tuesday, Priest and Howell rode a crimson tide of straight Republican ticket voting while Thompson eked out his win with smart campaigning, said John Mays, Morgan County Republican Party chairman.
"Glenn was effective, I think, in separating himself from the national Democratic Party, which no longer has the same principles of the mainstream Alabama voter," Mays said. "He knew people would be voting straight Republican, so he told them you can still do that and vote for me in my race."
Alabama voters can vote straight ticket but then also select individuals from other parties for specific races. Thompson acknowledged on election night his strategy of asking Republicans to vote for him, coupled with touting his 18-year record on the bench, helped him secure votes.
He won 24 of the county's 45 precincts, capturing 17 of Decatur's 21 polls, both of his "home boxes" in Hartselle and five boxes in southwest Morgan County. Brown won 21 precincts including Priceville, Trinity, all of eastern Morgan County and absentee ballots.
Howell swept 31 county precincts, including absentee ballots and boxes in Hartselle, Priceville and Trinity. Howell also picked off precincts in Paler's stronghold, winning seven of Decatur's 21 boxes. Paler won the remaining 14.
Howell, Priest and Thompson also had the local Fraternal Order of Police on their side, an endorsement which has proven to have plenty of pull with Morgan County voters. The local FOP Number 46 Lodge in Decatur endorsed Sheriff Ana Franklin and District Attorney Scott Anderson in their successful 2010 campaigns.
"Their endorsement means a lot for judges and sheriffs," Mays said. "It says these people who are responsible to protect and serve the community feel the public will be more safer with these candidates," Mays said.
FOP President Richard Stover said his organization endorsed Thompson, Howell and Priest because its members "know them and know what they stand for."
"I think in the case of Judge Thompson, we feel like he's always been firm but fair," Stover said. "We just don't want to get our buddy in there. It's not about that. We want someone who will do the job correctly and work with us."
Howell, Thompson and Priest will begin their six-year terms in January. Starting pay for circuit clerk is about $69,000, while starting pay for circuit judges is $119,000.
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Tonight, a North Fort Myers man is left homeless after his house caught on fire. The fire also killed his one-year-old pit bull.
"I was gone and the place burnt down, my dog was in there," said homeowner Rick Osteen. "He was my best friend."
Ashes filled Osteen's North Fort Myers home Tuesday, now he mourns the lost of his dog named Chaser.
"I'd tell him to get the rope and he would run out here and jump on it," Osteen said.
All of his pictures of Chaser were also destroyed. Now all he has is memories.
"I come home and he'd be on the rope playing by himself," Osteen said.
Neighbors called the Lee County Sheriff's Office this afternoon; they said the house was engulfed in flames.
"A lot of flames in the back, a lot of smoke coming out the front door and front windows. I'm not going to say it's a total loss, but it's pretty close," said Darrell Alvarez, the Battalion Chief for the North Fort Myers Fire Department.
Neighbors told deputies they heard live ammunition inside go off.
Osteen says he had 50 pounds of bullets inside, causing the loud explosions.
Tonight, he's trying to save what he can, while investigators work to find out what caused the fire.
"Pretty sad…good people come out when tragic things happen, so hopefully someone will come through," Osteen said.
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Even when I am in food shops I cannot help but check out the cosmetic section, luckily I live in central London meaning that all the food shops are small and have no room for cosmetic sections.
But on Friday I went into a Tesco's that did have cosmetics which I can't usually get such as Wet n' Wild and Barbara Daly. I have tried all the Wet n Wild products which caught my eye so I chose to buy a Barbara Daly lipstick.
The selection was quite good of about 16 and the price was also great at £5. The packaging is a classic black square tube but the end of the lipstick is quite odd. The end of the lipstick is square which is apparently supposed to make application more accurate and I do think it does that.
The colour 'Sorbet' is a pink with silver sparkles, I like that the sparkles are barely noticeable but still add a little extra to the colour, it is also great that you can't feel the glitter as that it often very uncomfortable.
The texture is light, moisturising but quite sheer however it is buildable. It also has a light sweet smell which I love!
The texture is light, moisturising but quite sheer however it is buildable. It also has a light sweet smell which I love!
I would definitely recommend this lipstick, quality and price are great!
Barbara Daly Cosmetics is available at Tesco, Click here to visit her site.
What have you tried from the Barbara Daly collection? I will be trying some more soon.
Sabrina X


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I addressed the Brian Kelly hiring this morning in our dinosaur editions. But here are a couple more thoughts:
* As with those that have come before him, Kelly's biggest challenge in South Bend -- or one of them -- will be dealing with recruiting parameters far different than the ones he had at Cincinnati and Central Michigan. Players that were available to him at both places simply will be off-limits to him at Notre Dame.
Recruiting the depth of talent required to consistently compete with the SEC, Pac-10, Big 12 and even Big 10 was a dilemma that ultimately doomed Kelly's three immediate predecessors. It is, frankly, a dilemma that may not be resolvable. The ray of hope for Domers where Kelly is concerned is that he was able to build national contenders despite not getting top-of-the-top-shelf talent. If he can do the same at Notre Dame, he'll be golden.
* Lots of chatter this morning, pro and con, about the way Kelly's hiring has left his Cincinnati kids in the lurch. To be honest, neither he nor Notre Dame had a choice. The NCAA's timetable for recruiting, with signing day falling in early February, makes it impossible for schools looking for a new coach to wait until the conclusion of the bowl season. A month (or less) is simply not enough time to get a staff in place and get them out on the recruiting trail to either secure commits or convince commits who've been left to twist in the wind to stay the course.
You need look no further than Charlie Weis to find a cautionary tale there. Weis took the Notre Dame job while in the midst of a Super Bowl run by his previous employer, the New England Patriots. He opted to try to do both -- which meant he wound up hiring a lot of his staff, including his defensive coordinator, by phone. The consequences of that haunted him until his last day; Weis never did get the defense right, despite changing coordinators multiple times.


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" Brand: Air Wick / Product Type: Air Freshener "
* Prices may differ from that shown
Airwick 4 in 1 Peach and Jasmine aeorosl is meant to give you a nice refreshing room spray which will also eliminate strong odours and nasty cooking smells, bathroom smells, cigarette and stale sweaty smells in teenage bedrooms.
It actually does get rid of the smell but to be honest I think I would rather smell stale cigarette smoke than this disgusting whiff.
One 400ml can cost me just £1 thankfully from Poundland. It was the only scent available and I really should have realised why they were going so cheap.
The can is operated by just simply depressing the top and spraying into the middle of the room which you want to freshen and get rid of the nasty smells. The nozzle was quite hard to depress at first and then suddenly a whole load gushed out at once. Spray only a little amount, be warned, because this stuff will attack your nasal passages and clear you out better than Vicks ever could.
It made me cough and splutter and I needed to open the windows. My other half wasn't impressed either and even the dog started to cough at one stage.
It smells sweet, sickly and vile and clings to the air like no tomorrow. It is cheap I think because it is nasty, and no-one wants to buy it. There is nothing fresh about this product and it smells like over ripe apples and melons, like fruit which is just on the turn but with a chemical after smell.
I would not recommend this and far prefer the smell of stale smoke and food and I have thrown it away.
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Air Wick offer home fragrance products such as air fresheners, plug ins etc.
~Peach and Jasmine~
The Peach and Jasmine air freshener spray, is described as an "all in one with long last fragrance". It claims to eliminate odours within your home whilst fragrance the air with a peach essence and a hint of jasmine.
The spray is contained within an aerosol can with all the necessary details on the back. The can is a two tone orange colour with an image of peach and jasmine on the front. The spray is dispensed via an integrated push down button on the top of the can.
~Availability and Price~
With all the new "different" air fresheners being released, some have been pushed from the supermarket shelves and websites. The Peach and Jasmine one is available in a 300ml size and can be purchased in various pound shops and local shops.
~My Thoughts~
I'm sure you know by now that I like to keep my home fresh and clean. I buy various home fragrance products to help this and of course clean as well! I always have an air freshener handy for giving the flat a quick spruce up when I know someone will be visiting. I recently reviewed another air freshener but thought I would let you all know about one I have used for a few years now and that is the Air Wick Peach and Jasmine. I purchased my latest can from my local shop for £1.19 which is a decent price.
The can design is attractive as far as aerosols go! The push down dispenser works efficiently and rarely jams. One quick press down and a strong but not harsh burst of air freshener is released into the room. It lingers in the air which I like but at the same time, doesn't leave the air feeling damp in our flat. I spray this around our flat and the scent lingers very well freshening each room up and creating a welcoming aroma.
The scent is really lovely hence the reason I have purchased this one time and time again. It is noticeable but doesn't immediately scream "I've just sprayed something to make my home less smelly"! It is a pretty, light fruity smell which lingers. The jasmine isn't all that noticeable on its own but I feel it lightens the scent to avoid it being too sweet from the peach. It is quite a natural scent and not chemical like most air fresheners.
Aswell as freshening up each room for an hour or so, the spray covers up food or toilet smells. It doesn't eliminate them like Febreze does but covers them for a short while to allow them to travel out the window or simply disappear! It doesn't compete with Febreze but does a decent job all the same for the price.
~Recommendation and Conclusion~
I love to use this air freshener more so during the Spring and Summer as combined with opening the windows and the balcony door, I can keep a fresh home. It is cheap enough to be sprayed liberally when visitors are arriving as it isn't too heavy and one 300ml can lasts for several weeks.
An affordable, pleasant scent!
Thanks for reading :)
I'm not one for buying a lot of air fresheners in the house, and would rather light a candle to eliminate smells, particularly cooking smells. However, when it comes to the bathroom, it isn't always practical to light a candle and leave it, and sometimes you just need to freshen the air quickly in a bathroom, which only a room air freshener can do.
I always try and have one air freshener in the bathroom we use most regularly and it sits beside the toilet to be used immediately. The air freshener that I currently use is the Airwick 4 in1 peach and jasmine, which you can pick up in the likes of poundland for £1, although I think I may have paid a little more in Tesco when I purchased it.
This airwick fragrance is in an aerosol can, with a bright orange lid, and pictures on the front of peach and jasmine. From the name of the product, you will have already guessed that this product claims to do 4 things within the one spray. Firstly, it claims to offer a 'premium fragrance', secondly to 'eliminate odours', thridly to 'act in seconds' and finally to 'last up to 1 hour'.
Firstly in terms of the fragrance, the scent of peach is rather overpowering, and there is no doubt that this is a very strong air freshener. It is almost a bit too sickly sweet for my liking, and seems artificial which is why I suppose I woudl prefer a candle burning in a room. In regards to the jasmine, I wouldn't realise, except for the title, that this was even in the product, as again, all I can smell is the very sweet peach scent.
Secondly in regards to its ability to eliminate odours, I would have to agree with the products claim. As I siad this is usually used in the bathroom to eliminate some unfortunate toilet smells, and once sprayed it really does eliminate or at least certainly overpower the smell, although I would lean more towards the fact that is eliminates the odour, as even when the fragrance has fainted, I can no longer smell any other not so pleasant smellls.
In terms of it 'acting in seconds' well again I woudl have to agree. When there has been a smell left in the bathroom, my husband or I spray this immediately and within a couple of seconds, the strong scent of the air freshener is all you can smell in the bathroom.
Lastly, it claims to last up to 1 hour. Well obviously like all smells your nose becomes used to is, but even if I have left the air freshener in the bathroom and went and did something else and come back later, I can still smell a hint of the fragrance and certainly not the bad smell anymore.
All in all, although I am not really a fan of the actual scent that this air freshener leaves behind, as it is a bit too sickly sweet for my liking, I would have to agree with at least three of the four claims, and although I may not like the scent, it may be more appealing to others. For £1 when you buy it in a discount shop, I woudl have to say that I think it is very good value and certainly does what it should.
Being a smoker I am constantly worried about horrible odours throughout my flat. Of course like most people I open windows and clean regularly but I do appreciate a nice, fresh aroma to give instant freshness whenever I feel like it.
I spotted this on offer recently at a pound a can instead of more like £1.85 a can (in all good supermarkets etc) and decided that because of the saving I'd give it a whirl!
The Packaging:
Peachy, orangy coloured can with a bright orange push button sprayer to the top of it and on the front there is a picture shown of peaches and white flowers and we are told that it is Air Wick 'All In One', With Long Lasting Fragrance and that it is Peach & Jasmine. On the back of the can information listed includes being told a bit about the product and how to use it, we are told that it is 300ml in size (and this is the only size this is available to purchase in as far as I am aware of too), contact details for Air Wick are given and there is plenty of information given in Foreign languages as well.
Using It:
All you do with this of course is to spray it into a room to give instant freshness and it is aerosol action. It is rather wet and it comes out fast though I find that I'm ok using it in short burst so things including my flooring don't get wet or owt.
The fragrance of this, to me, stinks. It smells mostly like peaches though to me reminds me of a cross between cat pee and sweaty armpits and that fragrance lingers in the air and disguises other aromas such as fish and cigarettes really well and for a good half an hour to but personally I'd rather my home smelt of cigarettes and hamsters than of this!
A good product, easy to use...this is..... however the smell is horrid in my humble opinion and not one I ever hope to smell ever again in my life!
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Air fresheners are a must in my house because I have pets and need to use a freshener to make it smell a little better at times if I do not use an air freshener to refresh my rooms to make them smell nice and fresh. I always try and buy ones that are reduced in price to try and save some money so I can spend a little more on my grandchildren because I have so many and like to buy them little treats.
This one I bought on offer some time ago for only a £1 for 240ml, so very cheap for a well known brand on the market. It comes in a can and has a push down nozzle. It is very easy to press to spray around the room. It gives a nice even mist in the air when spraying and it is a nice fine mist which does not drip from the can.
It has a very nice smell to it and smells of peaches as it says on the can. Some sprays I find do not smell of the fragrance it is supposed to smell of, but this one does. It is quite a strong fragrance too and it lasts for a very long time in the rooms. I find it is a very good quality spray and very good value for money. I like to spray it after I have cooked as sometimes it can be quite smelly from the foods I have cooked and this one eliminates those smells the way I like it. It does work to remove the pet smells from my rooms and it leaves them smelling nice and smelling nice again once I have used this spray.
I also like the fresh smell when I go back into my rooms as this one keeps the fragrance in the air for some time later. I like to keep an air freshener in my bathroom and this one sits nicely on the surface as it has a good base to it and does not tip over like some other brands I have bought. Although it is a peach fragrance it does smell kind of fruity but because it has jasmine included it has a nice flowery smell too and so the combination of the 2 together really does smell nice.
The can looks attractive to look at in nice colours of orange and white. I do not really take any notice of what a can looks like so long as it works well but my wife like one that looks nice too and this one certainly does look nice.
I think this one is a really nice air freshener for the home and I highly recommend it to others to buy because it is a super freshener and it works well in rooms or wherever you need to spray it and it is well worth the usual price but even better on offer.
I rate it 5 stars.
In every household it is only natural that due to cooking and whatever else that rooms lack that fresh smell inside. I have tried a number of aerosol brands and although some are alright I always find the smell can lack on them. I think the scent greatly reflects as to how well it will cover an odour and really make the room smell great. I recently purchased this Airwick 4 in 1 Peach & Jasmine spray and have to say of all of the aerosols I have bought so far, it is definitely my favourite. I usually buy vanilla scents but have soon learned these are not the key to eliminating odours but this scent is amazing.
The can this comes in is very bright and eye catching and greatly radiates what the scent is. The image is of peaches and jasmine flowers and there is a peachy glow in the background with the Airwick logo above. The lid is bright orange and my can has 33% extra free. The scent name is on the front and it contains 400ml and genuinely caught my eye when I was out shopping as it's not a scent I'd normally go for but the brightness made me pick this can up.
The spray has several health warnings and can only be used as directed and kept out of reach of small children. Protect it from sunlight and do not expose to temperatures higher than 50 degrees celsius. Do not spray on a naked flame or any incandescent material, use only in well ventilated areas. Avoid any contact with the eyes and if so then rinse with plenty of water and seek medical advice. If swallowed you should also seek medical advice immediately.
So, in terms of this spray when you take the lid off you are instantly hit with quite a fruity but sweet smell. I think my initial thoughts with this spray were with it being peach I was thinking it may be overly fruity which is not really what I want for my house. I do always have a spray in even for when the home needs a bit of air surrounding it and if it is too cold to open windows a spray of this will last. I have a house with no smokers so cannot test against smoke odours but I use it against cooking odours and in the bathroom.
Now, this spray what I love about it is that it is very powerful when you push down on the button to release it so you will only need a small spray and it goes a long way. I usually give a quick couple of sprays and it really does take effect immediately. For cooking smells or the general house, I will walk about and spray it powerfully around and usually it just adds a nice scent to the air which sadly does not stay too long but it really seems to smell that bit fresher for a good hour or more.
If I use this in the bathroom or kitchen, I do spray and then leave it to take effect for a bit and I always find instantly that this eliminates any horrible odours without any wait and really does instantly fill the room with peach and jasmine notes which is exactly what I wanted. It is not too overpowering but really nice to just make a smell that you want and without it having to take effect. I have found before some sprays you smell it and then when you walk back into a room later it has either gone or mixed with the smell in the air making a worse smell.
However, with something fruity or floral it doesn't do that it literally just works on the air and when you walk back in it will still smell sweet and fresh because of the scent that it is. I love this spray and will be buying it again without hesitation. It is a great sized can and has really lasted a good amount of time and I have now decided that this is my favourite scent of the Airwick range aerosols.
If you want to buy this particular spray then I got mine at Poundland, it never fails to amaze me. The 33% extra free was only £1 and it really is brilliant value for money and will last a good while. I don't think I have seen this priced anywhere near as good as this price unless you maybe see it in Home Bargains.
If you want more information on Airwick as a brand then you can go to http://www.airwick.co.uk and they have a full list of products and information.
I bought a can of this Air Wick 4 in 1 when I went away for a few days in a self-catering apartment, as the rooms didn't have the nicest smell especially the kitchen. As it stated on the front of the spray that it would eliminate odours I decided to give it ago, however I soon noticed that it really just covered the room in a very sickly sweet smell, which became almost as bad as the original odour.
The nozzle at the top allows you to spray a burst of the fragrance straight up towards the ceiling but this just seems to gradually fall to the floor and in this short space of time the room smells of the Peach and Jasmine but as soon as it reaches the ground you can small whatever it was you were trying to cover up in the first place, which seems pointless to me.
I have always thought that the Air Wick brand which were formerly known as Haze were very good but I really can't rate this 4 in 1 spray as it is no better than using your own perfume to mask the odour in a room.
The 4 in 1 actions are as follows and I have to admit that I disagree with them all.
1) Premium Fragrance - I chose the Peach and Jasmine and for me this was very sickly and not at all pleasant.
2) Eliminated Odours - It completely failed on this point!
3) Acts in Seconds - It is sprayed in seconds but there is no action taking place just a mist of an overpowering fragrance.
4) Lasts up to 1hour - This is yet another false promise as it really only lasts for the few moments it takes to reach the floor.
Each can contains 300ml and when I purchased the spray it cost me £1.89, which was a waste of money, and I do feel quite cheated as I did believe that these days they would have come up with something that actually works and I also didn't think they could sell something which fails to live up to any of the promises as stated on the front of the can.


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Could someone please explain what is causing this split on some of my pictures.
I have noticed this on several occasions now and would be interested to know if it is
a fault with the camera or the card or something else, thank you.
I would suggest its either a shutter curtain issue or currupt file
I would say a card problem also. This can cause the file to appear corrupt. Can you try another card to try and eliminate a camera fault? If it is a card problem then it will only get worse.
You should be able to rectify the photos in photoshop by selecting either the top or bottom and copy&paste to a new layer. Then shift the selection along until it matches.
Thanks for the suggestions, I have tried a different card and still had the problem
so I just delete them, it happens in about 1 in 100 shots.
Thanks for photoshop suggestion Eddie, but I only have the software that came with
the camera ( canon ) and I've not experimented with that yet.
If it does'nt get any worse I can put up with the loss of a few frames, but I was just curious
if anybody else had a similar problem.
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it looks like a jpeg error, try formatting your memory card and seeing if that clears it up, if not I am stumped!
I note that the lower part of the image is wrapped around. That is to say that the bit on the right edge should be on the left edge. This eliminates any mechanical shutter problem as being the cause. Similarly, if the storing format is jpeg, then the card cannot be the problem: there is no way that a jpeg file could be corrupted in such a way as to give a defect of such a regular appearance.
My money would be on either a sensor readout problem or a camera image processor issue.
If the storing format is RAW, then it might be the card. If the manufacturer uses lossless compression, though, I'd say it's less likely.
I had something like this with an old Olympus digi compact, years ago. Sometimes the bottom of the frame just wasn't there, sometimes it was shifted like this. About 1/3 of the frame was affected but the camera only output in jpg format.
Reformatting the card helped, but the problem didn't go altogether until I reinstalled the firmware.
Guaranteed that the 1 in 100 is the best shot you took all day!
The camera is a Canon 500d, it was taken as a jpeg, the card is a SanDisk SDHC 4GB
This was one frame in a sequence of a quikfire burst of four, the other three came out
without this split effect.
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Hi guys, i'm new to this forum, so i'll try not to sound too stupid. Bottom line is, I have a Boost Mobile Samsung Prevail that I just purchased the other day. I had a Boost Mobile Blackberry, but it stopped charging so I decided to switch to an Android based phone. I had the number switched over to the Samsung phone and since then I have not been able to receive any calls. I can make calls and send and receive text messages fine, but when someone tries to call me they get a message saying, " that the number or code you are dialing is incorrect" It then says Message 7 Switch 047. Boost has no clue what is going on. One person says it's the phone, the next person says it's the cell site, the next person says it's the phone's software. Does anyone know what could be the reason for this and how it can be fixed? I hope I don't own a $180 plastic paperweight. Thanks for any help anyone can give me.
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See i'm so frazzled by this I got the title backwards. The phone cannot receive calls, but can make them fine. Oops.
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