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hes in the back of ur mind all of the time learn to forget love leave forget when i sit alone i think of what u said were better off just friends im better off just dead and the hardest thing i do is wake up witout u n everything falls apart the emptyness leaves a mark
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0General Commentthis song is sick download it its sad to.
0General Commentyes its the saddest song.. it can make you cry.. KEEPSAKE IS SUCH A GREAT BAND!!!!empti dreamson January 11, 2002 Link
0General Commentsame here ;( ... this song is suicidel
0General CommentThis song is depressing, but its an incredible song
0General Commentits a great song by keepsake.. all there songs r good!! and i just hate when i guy tells me we r better off friends.. :(Ataris gurl1233on May 30, 2002 Link
0General Commentthis song is so beautiful.... why must we always be better of friends god fucking dammit!!!!!!!!! ok now that i got that out of the way... this is a great song... everyone should hear it cus im sure everyone can relate to it.... (check out my lyrics at Deranged Youth)NOFXJuggaloGirgoon June 02, 2002 Link
0General Comment....I love this song.....hate the message...sad :-(...but everyone lives through it...
0General CommentWith all of the other Keepsake songs out there . . . . I'd have to say this is one of their weaker songs. Not too high on my Keepsake playlist.Blaupunkedon June 13, 2002 Link
0General Commentyea it is a lil weak but its still a great tune i dig itWafeMeMyFriendon July 17, 2002 Link
0General CommentIs this from the new CD? I haven't heard the new CD yet but a friend said it wasn't as good as The End of Sound, which I loved.
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Three actors sign on for 'Convincer'
Greg Kinnear, Alan Arkin and Billy Crudup join crime dramaGreg Kinnear, Alan Arkin and Billy Crudup have signed to crime drama "The Convincer," written by Jill Sprecher and Karen Sprecher; Jill Sprecher directs.
The production, about a desperate insurance salesman who gets his hands on a rare violin, beings filming Monday around the Twin Cities, Minn.
Mary Frances Budig, Christine Walker and Elizabeth Redleaf are producing for the indie production and finance company Werc Werk Works.
Jill Sprecher's credits include "Clockwatchers" and "Thirteen Conversations About One Thing," which were both co-written with Karen Sprecher.

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By Blair Fannin
COLLEGE STATION – The 57th annual Texas A&M Beef Cattle Short Course,
sponsored by the Texas AgriLife Extension Service, is scheduled Aug. 1-3 at
Texas A&M University in College Station.
Historic drought conditions throughout Texas have many cattle producers
concerned about the state's future climate outlook, said Dr. Jason Cleere,
AgrLife Extension beef specialist and conference coordinator.
"Our topics this year will fit right into what Texas beef producers are going
through right now with regards to dry conditions, herd management, nutrition and
what to expect in the coming months," Cleere said.
Evelyn Browning-Gariss, a historical climatologist, will be the featured speaker
during the general session Aug. 1. Browning-Garriss serves as an adviser to
cattle producers and financial industries on climate outlook.
"Her outlook presented during the 2006 Beef Cattle Short Course was very
accurate, and we thought it was time to gain some insight into the next five
years," Cleere said.
"The long-term cattle market outlook is one of many other topics that will be
discussed in the 21 different cattleman's college sessions at the short
course," Cleere said.
"Planning committee members from around the state have met with us and helped us
put together another outstanding program," he said. "The short course has
become one of the most comprehensive beef cattle educational programs in the
The cattleman's college portion of the three-day short course provides
participants with an opportunity to choose workshops based on their level of
production experience and the needs of their ranch, Cleere said.
"These concurrent workshops will feature information on introductory cattle
production, management practices in the areas of forage, nutrition and
reproduction, record keeping, brush-busting, cattle handling, landowner issues
and much more," he said.
In addition to classroom instruction on Aug. 1-2, participants can attend one of
the popular demonstrations on the morning of Aug. 3.
"There will be demonstrations on chute-side calf working, cattle behavior,
penning, selection and brush-busting," Cleere said. "These provide an
opportunity for ranchers to see beef cattle production practices put to use."
"The goal of the short course each year is to provide the most cutting-edge
information that is needed by beef cattle producers, and this year is no
exception," he said.
Participants can receive a pesticide applicator's license during the short
course, and can earn at least seven pesticide continuing education units if they
are already licensed, Cleere added.
An industry trade show will be held during the event, featuring more than 110
agricultural businesses and service exhibits.
Registration is $140 per person and includes educational materials, a copy of
the 600-page Beef Cattle Short Course proceedings, trade show admittance,
admission to the prime rib dinner, meals and daily refreshments.
Registration information and a tentative schedule will be mailed to previous
participants in June, but can also be found on the short course website at
Producers can register online at http://beef.tamu.edu or contact Cleere's
office at 979-845-6931.


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Areas of strong interest are hospital-based patient safety initiatives. As a provider of anesthetic care in the operative and critical care setting, I feel that continually working towards reducing errors and enhancing patient safety is a vital part of the service we provide to children.
My major research interest concerns the influence that genetics have in perioperative medicine. A child's genes can have an important effect on their outcome and response to therapy during surgery or intensive care. The conditions that involve inflammation, oxidative damage, or ischemia (such as sepsis) seem especially important during this period of intense physiologic stress.
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The old Piano and Xylophon projects crashed when touching several keys at the same time even though multitouch in principle works in Catroid version 0.4.3d. These crashes were due to a bug related to a race condition when two sound files are started at exactly the same time. Until this bug is fixed, a simple workaround was to insert wait blocks with random very small amounts of wait time (5 milliseconds difference seem enough) before playing the notes. The new version is available for download at http://www.catroid.org/ as project Multitouch piano and allows to play simple piano chords with up to four fingers touching the keys at the same time (four multitouch fingers seem to be the upper limit for my HTC Desire HD). Please note that this project was developed for the 800x480 screen resolution of an HTC Desire HD etc and does not look good on Motorola Droid 2 etc as they have different screen resolutions. We work on solving this with the next release. Please also note that multitouch capabilities of Android phones differ a lot from model to model and even from firmware to firmware. Anyway, please enjoy!
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Annually around this time of year commentators, consultants, observers and some key players in any profession or industry explain what happened in their field over the last 12 months & make some predictions for the next calendar year.*
I used to as well and occasionally got some of it right,but I have come to realise that many things are unpredictable and so they should be. How boring would our lives and businesses be if we remained the same and could predict the future? Of course some people-like some gamblers and punters-are better at predicting what will happen than others but there are good reasons why casinos and bookmakers exist-most of us can't predict the future too well.
Doesn't mean of course we cannot be better prepared for what the future holds nor have more control over our own destiny -that is what innovative and creative organisations do.
For the legal profession I have read every kind of prediction for 2014 and beyond:"Biglaw is dying"," Biglaw will just get bigger", "there are no disruptors in law just enablers","the disruptors are coming to get us","the changes in the profession are cyclical not structural' to "the changes in the legal profession are structural not cyclical". I of course have my own views, but better and more informed people than I will make these predictions-and some will be right.
So instead of predictions here is my wish list:that the legal profession,in fact professional firms generally, in 2014 understand:
- at long last that hourly billing is best left to the oldest profession in the world,
- that timesheets are self evidently insane and are huge innovation killers,
- that when the Creator invented management structures partnerships were towards the bottom of the league table-not the top,
- that all customers are not equal and do not want to be treated equal,
- that as value is subjective it is your clients perception of value-not yours-that will define your success,
- that you don't have to necessarily be better than your competitors, but you should be different,
- all the Bigdata and benchmarking in the world will not help you realise your full potential-it only helps you imitate your competitors better,
- your people are not your greatest assets-you don't own them- but they are the most untapped resource you will ever have,
- that the better firms do the simple things consistently well,
- that when firms' internal measurement and reward systems are changed to encourage, rather than discourage,true collaboration, the world is their oyster,
- there was a reason Martin Luther King Jnr said "I have a dream" and not "I have a business plan"- no one follows business plans.
- finding your "WHY" is more important than knowing WHAT you do or HOW you do it (thanks Simon Sinek)
Yeah I know what you are thinking- sure and some people still believe in fairy godmothers, Santa Claus and that dreams will come true.
And thank goodness for them.
Have a great one.
* politicians also make predictions but I don't include them- they cannot even remember what happened in the past let alone predict the future!


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A man on probation is accused of causing $5000 damage to a truck sitting on an Escondido car lot two months ago. At a court hearing on April 7, defendant David Gordon Huntley heard evidence of felony vandalism presented against him.
A mechanic at Fresh Start Motors said he encountered Huntley as soon as he arrived to work, at the business located near the corner of Center City Parkway and El North Parkway, at about 9 a.m. on January 29.
Huntley frequently "hung around" the car lot, the mechanic testified, but on this day Huntley displayed "erratic behavior" and "threatened to burn the place down." The defendant is described in sheriff's records as 53 years old, 6 feet 2 inches tall, and 225 pounds. The mechanic said he phoned Escondido police, whose headquarters is located just down the street.
Escondido police officer Joe Creed stated that police witnessed Huntley using a key to scratch the paint on a GMC pickup truck on the lot. Creed said there was damage to paint all over the truck, and a ten-inch swastika was carved into one side.
The damaged vehicle was a four-door, crew-cab truck, raised, and customized with huge tires and silver leaf in the pin-striping; it was reportedly valued at $50,000.
Huntley chose to act as his own attorney in San Diego's North County Superior Court. He told the judge that he was considering a plea of temporary insanity, and he handed the court a time-line he created, describing the day of the alleged incident. Huntley explained to the judge, "It's kind of a non-linear thing."
Huntley also stated: "My mental illness is also factual" and "I do consider myself certifiable" and "There is a delusionary component."
Judge Harry Elias advised Huntley that if he wanted to declare himself not guilty by reason of insanity, he could do that at his next court hearing on April 21, and the judge could order him examined by a doctor.
Judge Elias ordered Huntley to answer the new felony vandalism charge, and found him in violation of probation regarding a prior offense, a separate misdemeanor trespassing matter was continued.


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Fables #115
- Story by
- Bill Willingham
- Art by
- Mark Buckingham, Shawn McManus, and Steve Leialoha
- Colors by
- Lee Loughridge and Shawn McManus
- Letters by
- Todd Klein
- Cover by
- Joao Roas
- Publisher
- Vertigo
One of the things I've alternately enjoyed and found frustrating about "Fables" is its ability to shift tone at the drop of a hat. Sometimes it's silly when you want serious or vice versa. In "Fables" #115, Bill Willingham and Mark Buckingham are bringing in the creepy and this sudden shift is most welcome right about now.
The bulk of the issue follows Therese, one of Snow White and Bigby Wolf's cubs as she's lured into the realm of Toyland. While that may sound joyful and wonderful, the fact that other names for the world are Discardia and Madland does not bode well for Therese. Willingham tips his hand to the reader but not to the young cub; we know right from the start Therese being lured into by the toy boat known as Mr. Steampuddle is not a good thing at all. As you watch Therese interact with the discarded and ruined toys of Toyland, it's hard to keep from seeing how their plaintive request to be accompanied by Therese won't work. They're preying on her vulnerability and the Raggedy Andy doll's "Are you my mama?" is both heartbreaking and chilling.
It helps that Buckingham and colorist Lee Loughridge portray Toyland as a gray and brown muddy wasteland. This is a place unsettling in part by its lack of feature; this is truly the land of the discarded and Willingham and Buckingham are making it live up to its name. The image of Therese standing up to her ankles in water with scraps of toy around her and the castle off in the distance is a wonderfully eerie moment; even before you know the name of where she is, the instant visual impression you get is of someone lost.
The rest of the issue's stories are also compelling in their own way. The reintroduction of the traitorous Mrs. Spratt into the Fable community is handled well and in a way that doesn't make the rest of the Fables appear stupid. While the "Revolution in Oz" storyline is slow-moving due to having just three pages an issue, Shawn McManus' art looks gorgeous and for that alone I'm on board with it continuing at its own pace.
"Fables" is clearly moving towards a big shift in the status quo of the series (especially with Mister Dark gone), but it's to the credit of Willingham, Buckingham and company that I can't figure out what it will be. If this current storyline is any indication, we're in for a strong ride. This is an excellent installment, and my attention is firmly grabbed.


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Deep Diver - SCUBA specialty at UWC in Colorado Springs
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Experience what it's like to dive beyond 60 feet with the guidance of our professional staff. Diving in deep water requires skills and knowledge beyond what you learn in entry-level training, however some of the most exciting sights are in the 60-100 foot range, including many wrecks.
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CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - Each time Facebook adds new features the default is typically that the information about you is available for everyone to see.
If you are one of Facebook's 550 million users, now is a good time to check your privacy based on new features that are being introduced. A site called "Reasontohate.com" illustrates how much people post about the intimate details of their life and how easy it is to get to those details, even if you think you have tight privacy settings. For example, have you seen the new Profile look and feel or the setting called "Instant Personalization"?
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To see how much information can be searched quickly about people, including pictures, and very personal and private posts, go to www.ReasonsToHate.com
If you want to "score" how private your profile currently is on Facebook, try www.profilewatch.org
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Click on 'Reports' from the left menu to access the 'Payments' report. Incomplete payments are typically indicated by "CC - Not Attempted" in the Form Pay Type column. However, a better way to see if they have not completed payment is if the Balance column is negative Balance Owing.
The system saves a copy of the registration details as soon as a registration clicks the submit button at the bottom of a form so that there is a record of the registration. If the registrant completes a credit card transaction on the following screen, the report will be updated to show that the registrant paid.
There are a few cases where the report will show that the registrant hasn't paid and it's up to you to decide how to handle these.
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Sometimes a registrant will complete the first part of the form and then choose not to enter their credit card details to pay. They may have realized that they don't have their card with them, got distracted, etc. The registrant will not have received a confirmation email or seen the thank you for registering screen if payment is not successful.
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Gloria Steinem in a Bill Maher interview when asked about why Clinton's historic campaign is losing votes among young women, she said "I don't mean to over-generalize … but men tend to get more conservative because they gain power as they age, and women get more radical because they lose power as they age, So it's kind of not fair to measure most women by the standard of most men, because they're going to get more activist as they get older," she added. And when you're young, you're thinking, 'Where are the boys?' The boys are with Bernie."
First I would like to point out that she must really not have a very good opinion of young women if she says that young women are not as activist as older women. She needs to visit some college campuses and see the young women who are activists in those communities. The whole idea that women only become more radical as they grow older because they lose power I don't understand. Perhaps at some point, this was true. I especially don't understand why she made this statement when earlier in the interview she said in response to young women be complacent "I don't think that is true. I find the young women very very activist and they are way way more feminist then we were" These two things seem contradictory.
Second I will say this. There are more issues at play than just getting a president who is a woman for the first time. That would be awesome, but there are so many more issues at play. Many of use are concerned about the hundreds of thousands of dollars that we are in debt for going to school. We are concerned about how corrupt our political system is. We are upset by the bailout of the big banks and that Wall Street gets to play with our economy and then walk away without so much as a scratch. Perhaps it would behoove you to ask young activist women what are the issues that they care about?
Thirdly(and this is where I really get pissed off) is her statement connected to boys. Steinem is encouraging people to brush of young women as unimportant and not to be taken seriously. Steinem is perpetuating the idea that young women's thoughts or ideas don't matter and are not valid. By saying that I support Sanders only because I am interested in boys invalidates my opinions and beliefs. Not to mention erases gay women from the picture. This comment by here so sexism and misogynistic I don't even know where to begin. It is so horrifying to hear it coming from a long time feminists mouth.
I am incredibly upset that Steinem has said this as I admire her very much but I don't think Steinem takes my opinions and ideas seriously.
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Tuesday, July 4, 2017
Why be a Feminist?
Do want to fight for equal rights for women? Then you should be a feminist.
Do you want to end rape culture? Then you should be a feminist.
Are you concerned about women's health issues? Then you should be a feminist.
Are you against domestic violence? Then you should be a feminist.
Do you worry about the effects of hyper-masculine culture? Then you should be a feminist.
Do you worry about struggles with body image and body shaming? Then you should be a feminist.
Are you concerned about losing a job because you are pregnant? Then you should be a feminist.
Are you concerned that your gender, race, or religion will affect your ability to get a job? Then you should be a feminist.
Do you want girls to grow up with role models? Then you should be a feminist.
Are you concerned about accurate sex education? Then you should be a feminist.
Do you worry street harassment and cat calling? Then you should be a feminist.
Are you concerned about the sexualization of women's bodies? Then you should be a feminist.
Do you worry about girls being told that their bodies are the most important thing about them? Then you should be a feminist.
Does it upset you that men make up most of the representation in government? Then you should be a feminist.
Do you worry about the strict gender roles that exist in our culture? Then you should be a feminist.
Are you concerned about representation in the media? Then you should be a feminist.
Saturday, July 1, 2017
Feminism and Independence
While arguing with someone about what feminism was they told me that the purpose of feminism was to help women become more independent. That bothered me and at the time I could not figure out why. Now I have figured out why and only wish I could go back in time and tell this person why it was the wrong definition.
The idea of being independent has certain connotations for us. To be independent one must live on their own, be able to support themselves financially, and be able to function without needing another person to be always present. Living on your own means that you can do your own laundry, you are able to cook, and you can clean your living space. Supporting yourself financially means that you are able to get a job and are able to do the job. Not needing another person to be around when you are living is key to our idea of independence. When I hear the word independence this is what I think of.
I have a sister with disabilities. She is 18 years old but she is developmentally about 7 years old. She is struggling to learn how to read going 2 steps forward and 1 step back. The same for math. We encourage her to do things by herself as much as possible. The day when she was finally potty trained we celebrated, and a few years later when was finally able to go the bathroom without assistance we had a cake to celebrate. She has been able to dress herself for a while now, but sometimes her shirts end up inside out and backward. But the important part is that she is doing it herself and she is getting better at seeing that her clothes are on wrong. We want her to do that.
Part of my sister's long list of disabilities is her stroke. Her left-hand does not work as well as her right. Because of this, it was only a few months ago that she was able to put both her socks on by herself, we are still learning how to tie shoes. She can't do many things by herself and it is unlikely that she ever will be truly "independent" based on the definition above. I think she can still be as independent as possible and will be cheering for her always. I want to push her towards that.
I don't want my sister to be excluded from feminism because someone defined independence as women being independent. My sister needs feminism just as much as I do. My sister is still going to deal with gender bias and discrimination. The risk of rape and sexual assault are still just as real for her as they are for me. Certainly, she will experience and has experienced, oppressions I will never understand and can only be an ally to her in.
My sister will always in some way be dependent on someone. That is not a bad thing. It is just the way life is.
I didn't like the definition that this person gave of feminism because it felt exclusive of my sister. I wish I could have had the words to tell them then but I didn't so I am saying it now. I will always advocate for bell hooks definition that "feminism is the movement to end sexism, sexist exploitation, and oppression." I want my feminism to be concerned about all forms of oppression and to work to end them. I need my feminism to be inclusive.
(This was originally posted on my feminism blog but I don't like having separate blogs I have tried it a couple of times and it doesn't work for me. So I am posting some posts here that I really want to keep on the web)
(This was originally posted on my feminism blog but I don't like having separate blogs I have tried it a couple of times and it doesn't work for me. So I am posting some posts here that I really want to keep on the web)
Thursday, June 29, 2017
Spiritual in School: Intercessory Prayer
|Saint Cecilia & Saint Theodora
As a women's and gender studies major I searched for a woman saint who was strong and fought for women's rights. I found Saint Theodora who I will probably write a post about later. She was a strong and powerful woman. I have asked her for prayer for many things. Many times when I ask for prayer it is a quick thing as I am walking to classes or before presenting/performing. Reading about the saints and praying to saints has been so important for my faith in college.
This is a short post but I hope it was helpful.
Thank you for reading
Wednesday, June 28, 2017
Reusable Menstrual Products
|All my cups. Eva size 1 & 2, Lunette size 1 and 2, and Skoon size2
There is a learning curve. Like how to insert and take out, how to clean. I cut the stems off of all my cups because they sit really low for me and I just don't need the stem.The first cup I bought was to small for my flow, and would move around and would end up sticking out. It was just uncomfortable but I liked the basic idea and I knew the problem was the cup itself. so I tried the Eva. It was great but on my heavy days I was changing it a lot and that doesn't work for when you have a set class schedule very well. Next I turned to the Lunette size two. That cup changed my life, I mean cups have changed my life in general but this cup was AMAZING. It just worked with my body so well. I loved it so much I bought the size 1, which also works great.
I wanted to try the bell shape and I also wanted to see if I could find an even better overnight cup so I tried the Skoon cup size two. I had heard it was great for people whose cups sit lower and good for heavy flow. Honestly, the bell shape doesn't work so great for me. The V shape is just better on my body I am not sure why. The Other two Eva cups I got for free passed out at my school as part of a sustainability project. Eva had changed the feeling of the cups material and I wanted to give it another go. after two cycles with those I have to say they are pretty great. I will do a post comparing specifically the Eva and Lunette cups later.
|small cups and large cups
A list seems the best way to share the things that cups have made better about my period life. So here goes:
- I sleep better with cups on my period. I am always more tired on my period and add to that when I wore pads I would always sleep really light because I was adjusting to make sure I didn't leak. Now I don't worry about that and I sleep so much better because of it.
- I get a little excited when my period comes to use my cups. Basically they give me something to look forward to on my period.
- Knowing my body. I have learned so much about the female body in general from researching menstrual cups and by using a cup have also learned a lot about my own body.
- Becoming more confident. Something about using a cup has made me more confident about myself. It has been a really empowering experience overall.
- Cramps. So the first 3ish periods on the cup were a little hellish. The cramps were just awful, but now that my body has gotten used to the cups the cramps have actually subsided to being less sever than when I used disposable pads.
I love menstrual cups so much I knew I needed to write a post or two about them. I am always down to talk about cups.
Have a great day!
Monday, June 26, 2017
Spiritual in School: Religion Minor
|A hymn by Proclus that I used in my paper.
It is in the book Religions of Late Antiquity
I have a religion minor, which essentially means that I took 4 religion classes, two about christian religions and two on other religions. However, the two classes on other religions were Sex & the Hebrew Bible and Religions of Late Antiquity so they both relate to Christianity. Both my major papers and research projects related to Christianity in those classes. I know many people stereotype religion classes or have the experience of taking religion classes and losing their faith or leaving their religion because of it. However, that was not my experience. I actually found that the religion classes complimented my faith or helped me in times when I was struggling in faith.
When I took my first religion class it was Early Christianity and I read so many works such as the Martyrdom of Polycarp and others that are important religious documents. It was uplifting for my faith to read those and to study them. While I may not agree with everything my religion professors say I still have gained something positive.
The Sex & the Hebrew Bible class helped me in a time when I was really struggling with misogyny in religion. particularly as relates to the Adam and Eve story. When my professor spent a whole week going over different interpretations in the assigned reading and in class for the creation story and the story of the fall, it just helped me to realize that it is not as sexist as people will interpret it. It is hard to describe how studying it in my class made me feel okay in my faith and I was no longer troubled about it in my mind.
This past school year in my Religions of Late Antiquity class I wrote a paper comparing two hymns to the Virgin Mary my Ambrose of Milan and Proclus of Constantinople and how they were responding to the heresies in their community( Arianism & Nestorianism). I wrote this around Christmas and after studying the hymns and then singing the hymns for the Nativity in church I felt like I had a deeper understanding of the theology of the Nativity hymnography. I saw the same arguments that Ambrose and Proclus were making. In my Medieval Christianity class we took a field trip to an Orthodox Monastery, which is self explanatory as to the significance for me of that.
All of this is to say that what you get out of your religion classes is up to you. I felt prepared mentally for how those classes could challenge my faith and I have been so surprised with how much they have actually strengthened my faith.
Love and Blessings
Friday, June 23, 2017
|The blooms on the lavender
I originally only wanted to get myself a rosemary plant as I had read that it was a plant that is hard to kill, it is and herb so yummy, and rosemary is wonderful for your hair. I got the rosemary plant but I also bought my mom an English Lavender plant as a late mother's day present.
I re-potted them both and so far a month later they have not died yet so I am going to call it a success so far. The lavender has started to bloom as well and the rosemary seems to be growing taller. I am hoping that the lavender plant grows in size though I am nervous about what to do if it outgrows the pot. We rent our house so my mom didn't want to plant the lavender plant in the ground.
|Rosemary and Lavender side by side
I hope in the future to start an indoor herb garden. I LOVE fresh basil. It is great with fresh fruit and in all kinds of cooked foods. Not to mention fresh basil is amazing on pizza. My favorite pizza is the margarita which is just tomatoes, mozzarella, basil, salt and olive oil. It is yummy and a very traditional pizza.
I think the indoor herb garden might be a project for next year as I am currently working on cleaning up the flower beds in the front yard. So much grass has taken over the beds and I have to clean it out and other weeds. I am also putting in some edging stuff in hopes that that will help to clean it up. My mom and I want to pick up some perennial flowers to plant as well. We shall see.
I am wondering if I need to bring these plants inside when fall/winter comes around. If you know if I should let me know. Or if you have any tips for pot gardening I would like to hear then.
Have a great day!
Thursday, June 22, 2017
Spiritual in School: Wearing a Cross
|My cross and medallion of the Theotokos
One of the things that I have come to do while in college is to wear my cross and now a medallion of the Theotokos every day. I didn't wear a cross every day because I only had my baptismal cross, which is not the highest quality of cross so I was afraid it would fall apart and wear out. Also, it is gold and I am not big on wearing gold every day. It just is not practical and doesn't feel humble to me the way silver does. That might just be in my head though.
I attended a Lutheran-affiliated University that is very liberal and social justice oriented. I love the school. When I started wearing the medallion most people would ask me about it and say how beautiful it was. I was then able to talk about it and explain it to people. Everyone found it interesting and such. I have never had a negative experience wearing it at my school. I think it also offers an opportunity to talk about my faith if people ask questions.
I will admit I have been nervous wearing this for job interviews and Americorps interviews. However, I have not found it to be a problem and no one has made a point to tell me that wearing it would be a problem. I do live in the Pacific Northwest which may be part of the more accepting attitude.
Thank you for reading have a wonderful day.
Saturday, June 17, 2017
|Me holding my printed out capstone paper after turning it in.
I got through undergrad and now have graduated with a Bachelors of Arts in Women's and Gender Studies with a minor in Music and a minor in Religion. I graduated Cum Laude and was inducted into the Triota Honors Society. All the grades are in to say I have officially completed all the course requirements.
I don't know if it has really sunk in yet that I have graduated as it just currently feels like another summer break. I think it will be more real for me in the fall when I don't go back to school. Or maybe it will feel real when I actually hold my diploma in my hands. I think there was a moment during commencement when was looking out all the family and friends there for those who are graduating and realized "oh god I am graduating" and I started crying a little. That was the only moment when it felt real though. I am still waiting for it to really sink in.
|My best friends and I after the commencement ceremony.
We call ourselves the Feminist Fam.
I did not graduate with the degree I planned to. Little freshman me would be very surprised and possibly shocked. I know that it was the best degree for me though and I don't really regret starting in music because if I had not I would not have met my group of best friends.
I will say that my future plans are to be in Americorps I have been interviewing and apply for the last 2 months and I think I am close to a placement. After that, I hope to apply to grad school for a Masters in Social Work and get a part time job at least. *fingers crossed*
Some new adventures ahead and I look forward with both excitement and some anxiety to what the future will hold. I am hoping to write some posts about activities I am doing, books I am reading, feminist thoughts, and Orthodox religious.
Much love
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The Long ARM of Saki Miyanaga
I have watched the first few episodes of Saki, and I think I will probably try a few more, but I don't see myself finishing the series or any of the sequels. The series seems to lean on a fundamentally bad premise, best explained by scifi author Larry Niven.
Larry Niven is best known for his "Known Space" universe, including the award-winning Ringworld. In Ringworld, we learn that mankind has been secretly subjected to a eugenics program to develop luck. Yes, "luck" is an actual force in this universe, just roll with me for a moment here.
Niven's Known Space universe stories cover about a thousand years of human history, ultimately ending with a very lucky human species. But Niven wrote few stories that take place at the end of this timeline, because he quickly realized that having infinite luck is actually pretty boring to write about.
And this brings us back to Saki: Saki is portrayed as having amazing luck. She is practically handed amazing hands right out of the initial draw, and this is portrayed as some sort of "talent." Sorry, I'm not convinced so much as I am bored. I want to see actual skill and decision-making, and so far I have seen very little of that.
The fact that the series assumes you know all the intricasies of mahjong going in doesn't help my enjoyment. It could be argued that that's my own fault, not the show's fault. And yet, I know none of the intricasies of baseball, yet I loved Touch. I know that you hit the ball and run the bases without getting tagged by the ball. The few times weird rules got involved, they were explained. Saki does not do that, the only explanations we get are in the subtitles themselves, and they go by so quickly as to be almost unreadable.
The whole "light yuri" thing doesn't work for me either. If you're gonna go there, just go all-in.
I'm sorry, I got more enjoyment, and more knowledge of the game, from watching the Mondo Women's Mahjong Championship on Youtube. Saki doesn't quite work for me.
I haven't captured anything in the past few weeks – I've been rather ill, like in the hospital ill. I am doing better now. I'll get back to capturing… soon?
On the upside, I have managed to acquire a very rare treasure. It won't arrive for a little while yet, but you'll know it when you see it.
Tag 'em and Bag 'em
Got another shipment of laserdiscs from Japan. I have a huge collection already, and I have learned – the hard way – that I can't remember everything I own. Its also hard to lay hands on any specific disk, because there are thousands of them to flip through, with spines written in Japanese (which I can't ready as quickly as my native English). So I have a specific process I started following a few years ago.
First, any original plastic the disks are sealed in, or are loosely sitting in, is trashed. This means that disks that have never been opened are opened – No "mint-in-box" in my collection. The oldest disk I have ever unsealed is Mosaica, which had been sealed for over thirty years. This might upset some, but I have my reasons. For one, I have a number of disks with damaged corners, because the original shitty plastic shrinks, and it crumples them. And I think that laserdiscs are meant to be used, and even if I never play them, I want full access to the disk and any inlays that might be in there.
I replace all of the original plastic with poly sleeves I obtain from bagsunlimited.com. For most disks, I use 12.75×12.75 3mil sleeves with flaps, which are meant for audio records, but work perfectly for laserdiscs, as the dimensions are the same. I do not seal the flaps. I put the disk in with flap on top. The flaps all flop over, which keeps dust out, while at the same time keeping the contents accessible. By not lining up the disk jacket opening with the sleeve opening, it prevents the jacket's contents from ever accidentaly coming out. Finally, the bags slide against each other very smoothly, allowing one to pull a disk off the shelf easily without scuffing any jackets.
I have additional, specialty, sleeves. I have thin 2mil flapless polybags, which I use for individual disks in boxsets. I have 14×14 3mil flapped sleeves, which I use for smaller boxsets, ones that are 3-4 disks. For larger boxsets, I have very large 2mil sleeves I got off of Ebay years ago, I don't know the dimensions. I think they came in lots of like 1,000, which is effectively a lifetime supply unless I hit the lottery someday. I have two giant-sized boxsets – Maison Ikkoku, and The End of Evangelion. For those I had to take several extra-large sleeves, cut them up, and re-tape them into custom-sized sleeves.
Next, I catalog the disk in a spreadsheet (https://www.otakubell.com/LDs/listing/). This is a LibreOffice document. I make sure I track the catalog numbers of disks, because as I don't read Japanese all that well it is often easier to find disks by their catalog numbers.
Finally, I put the disk up on my shelves. My collection currently occupies four entire sets of Ikea Gorm shelving, which I have polyeurathaned to help protect it. I have a number of large flat steel bookends to hold all of the disks upright – two side-by-side sets on either end of each shelving section, help in place with screws, and two side-by-side in the middle for additional support.
However, those shelves are currently full, and I don't have enough disks, or any room, for a fifth shelving unit yet. So, the overflow is being put into plastic corrugated archival boxes, also from bagsunlimited. Ikea no longer has Gorm, so I'm gonna have to figure that out someday.
The last of the old raws coming soon
I remade almost all of my old torrents after the nyaa.se collapse in May, with one exception: The Leisure Club 1. I didn't remake this one, because at the time I knew I had the second volume on the way from Japan. As it turns out, it took a few months longer than I thought it would, but I received it this week and am working on it now. So, in the very near future both parts will be released together.
I never remade my old subtitled works. Of those: I need to recapture Yagami's Family Problem one of these days, but the volume 2 disc is trapped inside a broken player. Who's Left Behind is FINALLY being reissued on R2 DVD later this month, no point in my recapturing that. I might purchase it if nobody else remakes it and do it myself. Exper Zenon has been remade by somebody else already.
That leaves Stardust Paradise and Mospeada Live Love Alive. I want to recapture Stardust Paradise, but can't find the disk at the moment. I'll probably re-release Mospeada at the same time as I do Stardust Paradise, whenever that is.
Miracle Girls 33-34
So I got word, through a third-party, that somebody on BakaBT believes they have contacted me regarding Miracle Girls episode 33 and 34, as they were actually dupes of 35 and 36. I don't know whom you imagine you have contacted, because it certainly wasn't me. In any event, fixing now. But since you haven't ACTUALLY contacted me, I have no way to get the corrected files to you directly, so I guess you'll just have to grab them from the public torrent once I post it.
RE: Laserdisc donations
I feel the need to set a policy with regards to donations, as its actually become a bit of an issue. I never imagined I would need to do such a thing, so thanks and stuff, folks. The short version is: I'll capture your discs, but I am not accepting free discs anymore.
If you have anime laserdiscs you want me to capture, I'm open to that, I can capture your disc and send it back to you. I am (probably) open to buying the disc from you. If you are buying discs from somewhere to send to me, I insist on paying for at least part of it.
Let us be very clear: In capturing laserdiscs and releasing those captures, I am willfully violating both Title 17 of the United States Code in my own country, and the Berne Treaty Convention in pretty much every other country on the planet. I am NOT, however, going to profit off of my criminal activities. And getting a bunch of free discs is just profit in another form. So thank you, but my ancient fansubber paladin code is kicking in.
As a side issue: There is no point to my capturing a laserdisc if a title has already been reissued on DVD or Bluray. You'll get better results from those.
PPP releases migrating
Due to the collapse of Nyaa in the wake of the (completely obvious) Dutch fansub ruling, I am in the process of migrating releases to anirena.com. Anirena allows multiple trackers, which nyaa mostly disabled, but doesn't have functioning DHT, which sucks. Anyhow, I'm just doing a few a day, so it will be a few days before everything is restored.
I will never release titles on a private tracker. If you see my stuff on a private tracker, it didn't come from me. I have no interest in stroking the ego of leet file hoarders. I'm breaking the law for the benefit of the general public, not just for a select few.
If patsu.cat is ever finished I will also release there, but at the moment its still a work-in-progress.
Unfortunately, ran into a serious problem and had to revert otakubell.com from a backup. Unfortunately, I've been a bit lax on backups, so the last backup was from 9/8/16. I'm so sorry.
Gundams I Have Known and Loved (or not)
I've had the Gundam franchise on my mind from playing Dynasty Warriors Gundam Reborn, and it has finally prompted me to finally begin watching Gundam Seed. So, here's all the Gundam I have seen in my lifetime with very brief thoughts:
- Mobile Suit Gundam – A true classic, and with good reason. Some fruity mech designs, but otherwise quite excellent. Its hard to believe it was actually cancelled – the ending doesn't feel rushed.
- Zeta Gundam – Another classic. Its a dark mirror of the original series and a personal favorite. I fansubbed the first half of the series in the pre-digital days, so you know I love that shit.
- Double Zeta Gundam – Tomino developed this to kill the franchise, and it backfired spectacularly. This series is an absolute insult, and I was insulted. Once I saw Bright reduced to defending the Ahgama with oranges, I was fucking done. Only saw the first four episodes, will not ever watch more.
- Char's Counterattack – Great movie, but it requires you to be familiar with the events of the original and Zeta to get the full impact.
- Gundam F-91 – Starts well, gets more compressed as time moves on. Could have been great as a TV or OVA series, but as a movie, not great. Intriguing, though.
- Victory Gundam – Covered elsewhere in detail on this site. TL;DR version: Don't waste your time.
- Gundam 0080 – Another favorite. It leads you along for the first four episodes, and then shoves you off a cliff. Also features character designs by my favorite artist.
- Gundam 0083 – Decent enough plot, decent enough action. Falls completely apart on the character level. Kou is boring as shit. Gato is a tin soldier. Why Nina has an interest in these two blockheads is a mystery – she comes across pretty dopey for somebody who is supposed to be some sort of genius. Can't quite recommend.
- The 8th MS Team – I could not get into this, because it retcons the UC universe WAY too hard to not be completely distracting. If the Federation had ONE team of Gundams, never mind EIGHT of them, the war would have been over in about a week.
- G Gundam – I went in with no expectations of liking this, and my expectations were met. Bailed after two episodes, no interest.
- Gundam Wing – Plenty of plot holes, plenty of plot armor, and Operation Meteor is like the dumbest plan ever. The series is carried by its characters, who are a fairly insane and colorful lot. Entertaining overall, but it isn't the best Gundam series around.
- Gundam X – The best intro to any Gundam series I have seen – VERY powerful. Unfortnately, it quickly pissed all of my good will away. Garoad is an awful protagonist. Once you get past the first six episodes, what little plot there was is out the window. This series earned its cancellation. I bailed after episode 8.
- Turn-A Gundam – Beautiful soundtrack, amazing designs, unique steampunk-ish aesthetic. Unfortunately, there is, as near as I can tell after ten episodes, little in the way of plot, and the characters are all intensely stupid. People love this one, and I wanted to as well, but I do not get it.


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Windycon II
Windycon II was held from October 3-5, 1975 at the Ascot House in Chicago. Guests of Honor: Bob Tucker, Joni Stopa. Toastmaster: Bob Passovoy. Chairs: Lynne Aronson & Mark Aronson. Attendance was close to 600.
General Technics was organized here by Tullio Proni, Steve Johnson, and Jeff Duntemann. According to reports afterwards, one of the highlights of the convention was Rusty Hevelin's "first draft" showing of slides from his DUFF trip. Instead of the usual banquet, Windycon II had a Sunday morning bruch, at which George R. R. Martin was presented with the Hugo he won at Aussiecon for "A Song for Lya."
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My new lip color of choice is the Magic Marker Lip and Cheek Stain. I was in Sephora a few weeks ago searching for the perfect red and boy did I get a little overwhelmed with all the product choices because darn near every brand has 3-5 shades of red to choose from (smile, because you know that I am so right)…LOL. Because of my 500+ choices, my hunt for my new red became a 2-day process!!! But I did prevail with something that I was excited about and ready to try. Now, I was not sure if I would love this as much as my last lip stain by Smashbox but I was willing to give it a try (see my report card review on the Smashbox Lip Stain by clicking the link below).
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Who does the cooking in your home, you or your wife?' I'm asked by a female colleague. 'We share it 50/50,' I say without hesitation, faithful to the myth of how everything works in our household, from bringing up children to the paying of bills.
It's a lie, of course. We're pretty much even when it comes to the children. But the paying of bills isn't 50/50 – my wife (the one with the proper job) spirits all sorts of household expenses away via direct debits so I never even have to set eyes on them. And the cooking isn't 50/50 either.
The truth is I am the cook – or chef, if you prefer (I begin to think I do). On my recent 40th birthday I unwrapped the following: a self-basting roasting-tin, an olive oil medley (virgin, lemon and chilli), two mini bottles of truffle oil, a pot of Heston's coriander and rose salt, a decorative salad-dressing pourer, a spaghetti measure, and a kitchen pinny with a rather raffish-looking cockerel painted on its breast.
For a moment I longed for a something more manly, a cricket bat, perhaps, and then had to acknowledge that all these things would come in very handy. My wife smiled at me – indulgently maybe, or perhaps with a hint of schadenfreude.
It's not that my wife can't or doesn't like to cook (she makes incomparable Welsh cakes). Nor has it always been this way. In the early years of our marriage I'd be lounging around with a glass of wine while my wife whipped something up for dinner after work.
But at some point that changed and I became one of Jamie's babies (or monsters). Or should that be one of Rick's or Nigel's or Hugh's or Gordon's? In truth, I blame the whole tribe of celebrity chefs, but I think, for me, it started with Nigel Slater.
My wife gave me one of his books with a chocolate pudding recipe saucily flagged up: 'Page 94, please. xxx,' her inscription read, and somewhere in the dim reaches of my mind I began to make connections. Food could equal sex… maybe food could equal sex even when my youthful charm has faded and middle-age spread kicks in.
Reader, I fell for it, and 10 years on my wife has reaped the rewards (the culinary rewards, I mean). Yes, I can throw together a roast; yes, I can make spaghetti carbonara without scrambling the eggs; and yes, I can cook lamb, steak, venison, pheasant, ostrich, tyrannosaurus rex – you name it – to fashionable pinkness.
But she's also reaped the whirlwind, because the cookery thing has, gradually and rather insidiously, got out of hand. I have truly become a monster in the kitchen, a control freak unable to stop myself interfering.
'You have to add Dijon to the sauce, it brings out the flavour of the cheese,' I volunteer sagely, as my wife hazards a macaroni cheese. 'Quick, stir in the butter and parmesan and put on the lid for three minutes so it becomes "outrageously creamy", ' I bark as she finishes – or imagines she has finished – a risotto.
Then there's the ingredients. 'Where's the root ginger?' I cry. 'You bought the pak-choi, yes?' (Note the hectoring Ramsay-esque tone here.) 'Am I the only one in this house who buys tamarind paste?' I hiss between gritted teeth.
Is it any wonder that my wife's given up coming into the kitchen? And while I find the whole process of chopping, mixing, adding a hint of this, a tincture of that, deeply satisfying, I have also developed the unattractive habit of wearing my chef-dom like a millstone around my neck. As I turn out the lights on my six-year-old daughter and three-year-old son (who will only eat pasta pesto, but that's another story), they cry, 'Stay with us, Daddy.'
'I can't,' I say. 'I have to make Mummy her dinner. You know what she gets like if she hasn't eaten…'
'Why can't Mummy make dinner?' they wheedle.
'Because Mummy's exhausted by her day,' I sigh (while silently reflecting, 'It's a tough job but somebody's got to do it').
Then as I turn to leave I say, 'Now, it's time for sleep. Be a good girl and boy for Daddy, yes?' and out of the darkness, in unison, their response comes back at me, an eerie and unconscious reminder from the mouths of babes to change my overbearing ways. 'Yes, chef!'


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From September 25, 2016 — March 12, 2017
With a combination of audacious graphics, telling statistics, and provocative humor, the Guerrilla Girls, a groundbreaking feminist collective, use humor to call attention to the ways in which museums, private collectors, publications, and the art market have historically marginalized female artists and artists of color.
Front Room: Guerrilla Girls features a selection of 48 protest posters, hung salon style, from the feminist collective's Portfolio Compleat, acquired by the BMA in 2015. The portfolio is a compilation of nearly 90 projects undertaken by the group between 1985 and 2012. The Guerrilla Girls' work is held in the collections of many prominent institutions, including The Museum of Modern Art, the Walker Art Center, the Tate, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Brooklyn Museum, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Getty Institute. Among these museums are some that have been the subject of the Guerrilla Girls' critiques.
In recent years, the Guerrilla Girls have made appearances at over 90 universities and museums and been covered by The New York Times, Interview, The Washington Post, The New Yorker, Artforum, NPR, BBC, and CBC. The group's publications include The Guerrilla Girls' Bedside Companion to the History of Western Art and Bitches, and Bimbos and Ballbreakers: The Guerrilla Girls' Guide to Female Stereotypes.
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Yeah, only not. The weather here has sucked, which more or less defies every stereotype you've heard about SoCal's beautiful Eden-like reputation. But that doesn't mean I can't live vicariously through my beer choices, sipping flavors that beckon sunnier skies, including such entries as:
Aloha Series Koko Brown
Brown Ale
Kona Brewing Co.
Kona, Hawaii
ABV: Inexplicably unlisted, so unknown, but it's got to be low.
|Hawaiian imagery! SUNSHINE AND BEACHES!
So, setting aside that "Koko Brown" sounds like the name of some porn actress on her way to a prolific career (and, actually the first Google search points you to kokobrown.net, where you can find "interracial...erotic romance with a plot!"), the brown ale is actually one of the seasonal offerings from Kona Brewing company, a decent enough brewery that embraces its "Hawaii-ness" with labels featuring palm trees, and beer names like Longboard Lager and, well, Koko Brown.
I don't really hold it against the brewery. In fact, I have a sort of sympathy for any company from Hawaii that feels the need to embrace the stereotypical iconography of a lei to ensure the livelihood of their brand, but Kona was never one of my favorite breweries. None of their previous beers that I've had has really stood out. But hey, this was on sale. You can't argue with the chance of economics.
Koko is a Brown Ale, which means it has a medium body, a slightly nutty flavor, and a sweet finish; the typical host of attributes is here and accounted for. What's different, though, is the fact that it's "brewed with toasted coconut and natural flavor added." And though they don't elaborate on what the "natural flavor" in particular is (it could be anything but since they're going with the Hawaii theme I'm going to guess lava rock and sea turtle), the coconut flavor is here. In spades. This is no "hint" or "whisper" of coconut - this has all the coconut subtly of an Almond Joy. And it's really tasty!
Coconut, much like cilantro, seems to be one of those things that divide the culinary masses, forcing you to stand firm in the For or Against Coconut initiative. Personally, I wave the Coconut Flag like a champ - macaroons are one of the most surefire ways to win me over. Unlike cilantro, though, the coconut detractors seem to lament, as Dallas says in Zombie Land, "not the taste, [but] the consistency." So by that logic there might be some haters out there that might actually like this one because, gratefully, the beer lacks any rubbery rubber shavings associated with coconut. But if you're one of those true haters that hates every aspect of the noble coconut, taste and consistency, you're obviously not going to be a fan.
So this isn't the sort of beer that you're going to turn to on a regular basis - it is after all, one of those "gimmicky" beers, that hits one note. But it hits that one note incredibly well and I liked it a lot.


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I have a 1HP hayward power-flo matrix pump and sand filter for my AGP and it has been acting funny lately.
When I go to start it the pump turns on and I see the water in the strainer start to circulate a bit. The pump doesn't seem like it is up to its full speed and after about 30 secs of it working like this it is tripping the breaker. My DH forgot to plug the pump in last evening so it isn't too hot from running. It is priming and it seems like it is working hard. It is only 1 year old and it just started acting up the past few days. I have went from a 24/7 running schedule(removing iron from water) to a schedule where it runs intermittently in the evenings and early am. Any ideas?