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Tucker Albrizzi is the 12-year-old scene stealer playing Neil in the highly-anticipated "ParaNorman". Critics are already buzzing about his performance, and both directors Chris Butler and Sam Fell have been quoted as saying Albrizzi's character is their favorite "Neil is pretty cool. He's our little standout." When asked if he's the breakout star, Fell responded "He really is. Everyone loves him." Moviehole spoke to Albrizzi about "ParaNorman" and also Twitter, of which his account has a colossal amount of followers.
The new 3D stop-motion comedy thriller from animation company LAIKA, reteaming the company with Focus Features after the groundbreaking Academy Award-nominated "Coraline." "ParaNorman" is, following "Coraline," the company's second stop-motion animated feature to be made in 3D. In "ParaNorman," a small town comes under siege by zombies. Who can it call? Only misunderstood local boy Norman (voiced by Kodi Smit-McPhee), who is able to speak with the dead. In addition to the zombies, he'll have to take on ghosts, witches and, worst, of all, grown-ups, to save his town from a centuries-old curse. But this young ghoul whisperer may find his paranormal activities pushed to their otherworldly limits.
Hey buddy, so how does one audition for a movie like "Paranorman"? Is it a case of submitting a voice-over demo?
Usually for voice-over work you go into a studio and record a tape that gets sent to casting, yeah – but not this time. I never think I do my best that way because its always someone different in the room recording you and that's kind of awkward for me. But for ParaNorman I actually went into the casting directors office and she recorded me in person.
That would've been great, yes!?
It was this great casting director named Allison Jones that I have booked other jobs with so I felt really comfortable there, and had a lot of fun doing the audition. I think that's why I got the role and don't think I would have gotten it if I just recorded a tape. I look a lot like Neil with my red hair and freckles but the producers hired me just from my voice and didn't know how similar we looked, which I think is really cool too!
No doubt that helped a lot! I know you've got a large following on Twitter. Has Twitter been of any help to you in getting roles and/or getting your name out there?
I don't think Twitter really helps me acting wise but its cool to talk to fans that way and tell them about shows or movies I'm doing or answer fun questions they ask me.
It is a great marketing tool. Now you mentioned talking to your friends on Twitter, what do you think school friends think of your success? Are they encouraging or a little jealous? Bit of both?
I go to a school for actors so a lot of the kids there are in the business as well so I'm the same as them. All of the kids I hang out with are happy for me when I am working on a new project.
Very cool. So let's get to the business at hand, tell us a bit about your character in "Paranorman"
Neil is my character in ParaNorman and he is AWESOME! Neil is Norman's best and only friend. He is really unique and geeky but he is really happy to be that way. He thinks Norman is the coolest because he can see dead people. Neil is a lot like me both in the way he looks and acts. I'm really quirky but I like it that way because it makes me different than everyone else. Who wants to be normal?
Indeed! My motto right here! Who did you work with the most on "Paranorman", or was it a case of everyone recording their lines separately?
I only worked with Kodi once and the rest of the recordings were by myself. Its fun working with someone else because you can interact and improv with them but I'm more relaxed when I record by myself. Sometimes they made me make silly noises and stuff and I was glad other actors weren't there watching me! I also like that I can show up to do voice over work in my comfy clothes and not have to worry about how I look! I'm kinda lazy that way so it was fun.
Find it hard working on your own without the other actor there?
No, it wasn't hard. Like I said, I'm more relaxed when I'm by myself and it's easier to do the silly noises without people watching me!
Have you seen the movie yet, what are your thoughts?
I've only seen the trailers but I think it looks great! I usually don't like to watch or listen to myself in any of the work I do but ParaNorman is the first thing I've done that I like to listen to. Maybe because I don't sound like that anymore so it doesn't seem like me [Laughs]. My voice is really deep now so sometimes my mom watches the trailers just to hear me when I was younger, yeah shes weird like that [Laughs]. ParaNorman is going to be really funny and has awesome visuals. I was impressed when I visited the studios in Portland where they built all the sets because they put so much detail into everything.
Can I ask how your brother, who has leukemia, is doing?
He is doing great thanks. He is 17 now and has been off of chemo for 3 years.
Oh that's wonderful news! And what's next for you film-wise?
I've been working on more TV projects than film in the last year and my latest role was playing Shmagreggie in the TV pilot Shmagreggie Saves the World.
Photography courtesy : Vincent Sandoval Photography: www.vincentsandoval.com
"ParaNorman" opens in August


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The last day of Blogtoberfest! What a month! We had the good and then we had the bad. Now we have the end. To say farewell to October I leave you with 416 inches of binding ready to sew on to the Highlight Quilt.....
Thanks for all that visited and left lovely comments. Special thanks to Joan who left a comment every day I do believe!
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Day 31 of Blogtoberfest - Last day!
Labels: Blogtoberfest, Highlight Quilt
6 comments:
- AJ said...
Did Imiss one Helen....?? Will have to go have a look! ;)
That is alot of binding!! I love binding!!
- November 01, 2009 2:05 PM
- Cass said...
Did you make that all yourself, awesome
- November 01, 2009 4:41 PM
- Shari said...
Congratulations! Finished at last, and how wonderful when that binding goes on - another finish!
PS I love the zebra too.
- November 01, 2009 5:19 PM
- Kylie said...
Well done on completing blogtoberfest. As I've read everyone's last posts, it's kinda made me wish I had taken part! Maybe next year!
- November 01, 2009 7:59 PM
- Meredith said...
Well done Helen. You made it!! Now, what are you going to blog about tomorrow?
- November 01, 2009 9:11 PM
- wishes, true and kind said...
Binding -- the perfect ending to a quilt project and Blogtoberfest! You did it!
- November 01, 2009 9:41 PM
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My brethren, count it all joy, when you shall fall into divers temptations; Knowing that the trying of your faith worketh patience. And patience hath a perfect work; that you may be perfect and entire, failing in nothing. But if any of you want wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all men abundantly, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
Bearing in mind that "divers temptations" refers to trials and tribulations, it is clear that James is talking all about parenthood. Yes, children are a blessing, and a joy, and a gift. That doesn't change the fact that a toddler doesn't particularly see the value in quietly sitting still for an hour, even if it is for the liturgy which gives us life.
Picture it. It's halfway through the homily. You still have the Creed, the Eucharistic Prayer, Eucharist, announcements, and the closing hymn. The toddler is fussy, fidgety, noisy. You haven't really been able to pay attention to the readings, let alone the homily, because the toddler is now attempting to distribute her snacks all over the floor for no apparent reason.
You're stressed, you're sure that everyone is looking at you, annoyed with you. (Side note, Spanish Mass is the opposite, every time we try to hush the small thing, all the abuelitas around us tell us not to worry, she's not bothering anyone. Reason #629 to stop being dumb about immigration: abuelitas!)
Then it happens. Everyone is kneeling for the consecration, and your baby girl kneels down too, folding her little hands. Or she turns to you and your spouse, telling you that it is time to pray, and making sure your hands are folded in the right way. Or she will be pointing excitedly at the altar calling, "Jesus! Jesus! Amen! Amen!" (Side note, our little on calls all priests "Amen," starting with pictures of our former pastor from when she was baptized).
Two things that help are words Our Lord said in the Gospel of Mark. Mark 2:27:
And he said to them: The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath.Mark 10:14b:
Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not; for of such is the kingdom of God.
If I may be so bold, the sabbath was made for the toddler, and not the toddler for the sabbath.
It is hard sometimes, feeling like every eye is upon you, judging you. Feeling like you're not being fully present because you have to split your attention between the homily and the toddler, trying to absorb the lesson while trying to make sure the seats don't absorb all of her juice. But then He answers, "Suffer the little children to come unto me..."
The kingdom of God is of such as these, and who am I to be ashamed for bringing my child before the King? Would it be better for me to stay at home, and deprive her of the graces of Mass? Would it be better for us to sit as far back as possible so as to "not cause a scene," and yet thereby hinder her ability to become engaged in the liturgy?
It is not easy - as anyone who has ever at with us at Mass can attest to - but it is our responsibility, and with a little grace even our perfection.
And patience hath a perfect work; that you may be perfect and entire, failing in nothing.


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Tuesday, October 18, 2011
One Anniversary and One Happy Birthday
One of the goals that my husband and I have is to encourage Harris' hemophilia to be a peripheral part of his life, rather than the defining center. The freedom that we and our other children have gained by being able to infuse him anywhere at anytime and with very little fuss allows us to integrate a once-problematic bleeding disorder into our lives just like other somewhat inconvenient things like soccer practices and sixth grade band concerts (seriously- who knew there could be so many different notes in "Hot Cross Buns"?)
While prophy might not be the choice that feels right for everyone, we are sure that it is the right one for us... unless you ask Harris. His new favorite phrase - "I'm not infusey day". Sorry buddy. I'm pretty sure you'll thank us later.
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Our December went by in a flurry. We tried to fit in as much fun as we could in between the long hours of work. We were blessed to spend the holiday with both families & see some snow (although, next year I'll be sure to ask Santa ahead of time for MORE snow). We went to Disneyland, decorated gingerbread houses for the first time, decorated our tree (and I bought a mini tree for Anthro...HAD to!), made presents, bought presents, sewed for the Beehive Bazaar, celebrated birthdays, and so on. We are so grateful for the wonderful life that we live, the thousands of blessings God has given us, and are looking forward to making next year our most memorable year yet. We hope you had a wonderful holiday season too!
And if it wasn't already clear, I find that photos tell a better story than I ever could. Hence the overload. And don't mock me for my excessive outfit photos...some people don't have cute babies to photograph, okay!? ;) And don't mock me for starting every sentence with "And".
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European Antibiotic Awareness Day 2015: join the Twitter chat
European Antibiotic Awareness Day is an annual initiative that takes place on 18 November to raise awareness about the threat to public health of antibiotic resistance and the importance of prudent antibiotic use.
The latest data confirms that across the European Union the number of patients infected by resistant bacteria is increasing and that antibiotic resistance is a major threat to public health. Prudent use of antibiotics can help stop resistant bacteria from developing and help make sure that antibiotics remain effective for future generations.
As last year, experts from EFSA will join the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, the European Commission, the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, European agencies and other partners for a live Twitter chat to answer questions on antibiotic resistance.
The chat will take place on 18 November, from 13:00 to 14:00. Follow @EFSA_live and use #EAAD to post questions.


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Last time I talked about an apparent positive relationship between state unemployment rates and state support for President Obama in political polls. This despite the conventional wisdom that Americans vote with their wallets. That would suggest that states with higher unemployment rates should be less likely to support an incumbent President.
I have to be honest. I started this thinking that the positive relationship was just a fluke. That it was really just a sort of anomaly that would go away if I included the right other variables. So I did what any good data analyst would do in the situation. I played with my data. That is to say, I added other variables, tried this and that, checked correlations here, ran regressions there.
And it didn't turn out the way I expected.
Again, my Economical Oath requires me to point out in advance that there are assorted technical issues with approaching this problem this way. But that doesn't mean we can't learn some interesting things from it. Virtually every economic analysis has technical problems with it; it's mostly a matter of degree.
"Regression" is an intimidating term to many people. It sounds all complicated and statistical. All it really means is trying to find out how a some numbers affect other numbers. Practically speaking, it's just using a computer to do calculations – you can even do it in Excel.
In addition to correlations, I used simple regression analysis to look at the relationships here. In the end, you come out with an equation that represents the relationships, along with numbers that tell you how good the relationships are, statistically-speaking.
Bbefore I tell you about the relationships that I found, let me first tell you about the variables that didn't work.
First, the percentage of the states' populations that are black. Virtually no relationship to speak of – a correlation of -0.002. Likewise percentage Latino had a correlation of 0.18, but this went away after taking account of other factors.
Percentage urban versus rural, percentage with a Bachelor's degree, population, population density, even acres of farmland – all of these have some correlation with support for Obama, but all of these apparent relationships proved small or insignificant when other variables were included.
Including the state median family income looked really good at first. And in fact it made the state unemployment rate look even more important, statistically. A $1000 increase in a state's median family income was associated with a 0.5 percent increase in support for Obama.
But it turns out that family income was just capturing something else: the effects of advanced college degrees. States with a larger percentage of people with masters and doctor's degrees have higher family incomes. And it's those advanced degrees that really are associated with more support for Obama.
Education really does make you liberal. Or, properly speaking, appears to make you more likely to support the more liberal candidate. In this case, anyhow.
So shut up and cut to the chase. What's the bottom line?
After looking at more than a dozen different variables, here's the equation that turned out to explain the most differences in state support for Obama in the best statistical way:
By "religiosity", I mean the percentage of the state population who say that religion is very important in their lives. I used state data from 2007 Pew Research survey for this. My thinking was that many people base their political views on their religious faith, and that this might explain some of the differences in support for Obama.
And it does. For every 5 percent increase in state religiosity, support for Obama decreases by 1 percent, and that relationship is statistically significant. In other words it isn't just be caused by random factors.
For the curious, the R-squared for this equation was 0.54, meaning these variables explain 54 percent of the differences in state support for Obama — not too shabby for a back-of-the-cocktail-napkin analysis. All three variables were significant at the 0.05 level.
In the end, including percentage with advanced degrees and religiosity in the equation made the relationship between state unemployment rate and support for Obama look even better than it did without them. In fact, no matter what variables I included, there still was a positive relationship between unemployment and Obama support.
So the relationship that I didn't think existed, the one that I thought would go away if I included the right variables, turns out to be pretty solid. Higher unemployment rates do seem to be associated with more support for President Obama.
Maybe Americans do vote with the wallets, only not the way you might think.


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Sparta Lioness and one of her male 3 month old cubs
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I passed my thesis!!! (You all knew that, but this is a very delayed post thanks to YouTube.) Defense went relatively well; in fact considering the circumstances I think I did a pretty good job (where circumstances = I didn't get to rehearse my defense flow, I was running on 3 hours of sleep with a headache and an empty stomach -- basically, EVERYTHING I SAID SHOULDN'T HAPPEN.) Because I was such a nervous wreck with no program flow, defense ended up being 80% word vomit (which happened to several of us, I've heard) -- srsly, I ended up saying something that dug my own grave and I said in my head "WTF INA DAFUQ DID YOU SAY THAT WE'RE SCREWED", 15% internal freak out, 2% stutter, 2% mental block and 1% of what I actually planned to say. (I was actually half-tempted to have a glass of wine or some other alcoholic substance before I left the house, just to calm my nerves, but I already had that headache to deal with and I never drink on an empty stomach.)
I didn't think my jurors would like my photographs THAT much, to be honest. I thought they'd just be of passable quality, but I got some great feedback. There were weaknesses in my book/thesis (some were what I had feared from the very beginning of my study, others were things I couldn't even comprehend) but all in all I got through it. From the start I was okay with just a 3 -- a pasang awa grade, because I was that desperate to graduate on time -- but in the end I actually got a really good grade! (Not enough for best thesis or anything, but still pretty good.) One of the jurors even showed me the grade she gave me and I was like "OH GOSH YAY" while another out of the three jurors kinda pulled down my grade, but I could understand her perspective so s'all good I'M JUST GLAD I PASSED OKAY LIKE YOU HAVE NO IDEA SDFKJLAS
When defense was over and I was cleaning up, I ended up crying. While still in the classroom. In front of my jury. HAHAHAHAHA ALL MY NAMIDA I already knew from the start that I'd be crying by the end of defense, be it a good outcome or bad a bad one. I was just SO happy and even more relieved because it was all finally, FINALLY over. All those months of sleepless nights, stress, emotional turmoil and everything in between finally paid off.
Thesis was the most toxic and stressful time of my life so far though. Besides the several mental and especially emotional meltdowns (not to mention all the weight I've gained thanks to stress eating), at some point I got so stressed that I began to see the bad and only the bad in people, especially the ones closest to me. It was horrible. I didn't even tell anyone of my plans for 2013, be it outings or personal projects because I was that scared of thesis. I barely posted thesis updates on my Facebook account (if anything, it was just an outtake or two from a shoot as a ~*~teaser~*~ or thanks to the model) because of the fear that I wouldn't pass thesis and graduate on time. What if I talk about this and that but they don't pull through because I flunked? While everyone on the first day of senior year were gushing, "I can't believe it's my last first day of school!" I on the other hand kept mum because... what if I said it was my last first day of school, but I'd be repeating anyway? Not once did I say it was my last first day of school. I hardly even thought of graduation because I had no assurance of graduating until I was through with thesis. I'm generally a very nervous and paranoid person, and thesis just increased that to the highest degree.
But I did it. I don't know how I managed to pull it off (read defense experience above) especially since a lot of my content was actually crammed. (procrastination station crammerlyf) For most of sem break I was in Hong Kong, and as much as I didn't want to go BECAUSE I HAD #THESISHIT TO DO, I had to comply because of my parents. That's why come second sem I still had not been able to shoot anything for my book, so I was panicking all throughout.
Just recalling defense and how I'm basically done with thesis still makes me teary-eyed. LIKE RIGHT NOW AS I TYPE MY EYES ARE ALREADY A LITTLE WATERY. (Then again, this post was written like two weeks ago now or smthn.) I want to cry. It's all very overwhelming, and having this much freedom and time and sleep all feels very surreal, since for most of the school year I always got weighed down by the terror of thesis and it was as if there was this permanent dread at the pit of my stomach that made my heart heavy all the time.
TL;DR: I PASSED, THESIS WAS STRESSFUL, THANKS ERRBADY (Thank You God especially)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anyway, this is what my photo book (my thesis category was photography - coffee table book blahblahblah) looks like, for those who were curious or were part of the book and wanted to see the outcome. You know who you are! I guess this is a teaser for what to expect in my future posts since I'll be blogging about each and every shoot I produced for thesis. Not to mention the epic backlog I've piled up because of my thesis-induced blogging hiatus. Hope you like it!
I would've had this up sooner but I encountered some problems with file output and uploading. Please note that the attachment of Folded & Hung and Summit Books is all hypothetical okay lolz.
Friday, February 22, 2013
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Oh my gosh this is absolutely beautiful! I loved the photos and the way you formatted it. One question if I may ask, how did you create the photobook?ReplyDeleteReplies
Aaaah hello hello thank you!!! For the photobook I went to an imaging/photography place (or basically any place that makes photobooks) and handed them jpeg files of the pages. The place where I had mine made only needed jpeg files, though I think it depends on where you have it printed :DDelete
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Stress: A Pathway to Prayer?
This piece is completely amazing.
I'm getting ready to make my temporary Carmelite vows and I'm so frustrated that all this extra stress from the move is "interfering" with my prayer life. I keep thinking "God, why is all this happening now---right when I'm supposed to be concentrating more on You?"
This insight is so cool. What if all this "extra stress" is God's way of calling me INTO a deeper prayer life, rather than simply being an unwanted distraction from it?
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Dear Mary,
My earliest memories are of your home. It was a retreat, a playground, replete with treats and marvels. I spent hours of my childhood sifting through boxes of costume jewelry (which I never saw you wear) or scheming to get into the cookie jar (shaped like a cow) where I knew I'd find Milanos or Fudge Stripes. Yours was a home filled with comfort and mystery: apothecary jars, glass figurines, towers of books, bottles of rose-scented lotion, and your father's desk, crammed with secret cubbyholes and coin collections. I was certain that your backyard, with a swing on the cherry tree and a pool we weren't *supposed* to jump into, was my happiest place on the planet.
After we moved to Tennessee, I mythologized you. We were removed by distance from the daily annoyances of generation gaps, necessary discipline, family conflict. I wrote you hyperbolic letters and believed that perhaps you would intervene and force my parents to grant my dearest wish (which was to have my ears pierced). I read you the lyrics to Missing You by John Waite over the telephone. You sent the most fabulous and thoughtful birthday boxes, which were always late but legendary.
It is from you that I am sure I inherited my tendency to lavish affection on animals, having conversations with them, sneaking them treats. I developed a love of word puzzles and classic novels from years of sharing them with you. When I was young my mom told me about many Christmas eves when she would hear you up late, crying, overwhelmed because you had so many presents to wrap and had waited until the last minute. Even as a little girl, I recognized my own tendencies in this story, the likelihood that I would procrastinate and then be angry with myself, the self-pity, the desire to do everything for everyone and make everything the most special, the most perfect.
When I was younger, I was sure I had been granted two of the most opposite grandmothers possible. In comparison to my father's brash mother, who brooked no bullshit and used that word often, yours seemed a mild-mannered, profanity-free life. Hazel had been married often, lost husbands in wars, kept a lot of convenience foods in her vast freezer, and governed her entire family (almost none of whom were related by blood) with guilt and sass. In contrast, you were soft-spoken, a little bit silly, devoted to your church, reserved in dress and a total pushover. Even when you were angry, which wasn't nearly as often as it should have been, there was an optimism to it, a disappointment in the offending party because you expected more of everyone else around you.
I can see it clearly now: you and Hazel were united by a single driving force that provided you with a life's purpose and also something to talk about with each other, despite being on opposite sides of an historical divide. You both loved and protected your family with a fierceness that can't be captured in words, and by which I find myself shaped every day of my life. It moves me the way other people are moved by ambition or desire.
As your memories and realities faded, you kept your sweet demeanor and curious nature. Your face, as it grew more and more blank, was still always smiling. I haven't had a conversation with you that related to our real lives in years. It's like you've been gone the whole time. And now you really are, you were gifted your wish of a peaceful passing, and somehow it's made you more real in my mind than you have been in a long time. My sisters and I are flying to San Jose today for your memorial, and I'm planning the menu for the April birthday party at Bill's house after a service at the church. Wednesday night I dreamed that the food wasn't ready and there were hungry boys everywhere (and a lion) and I was deciding to cook churrasco even though we didn't have a grill or any meat marinating. And then you were there, and you gave me this long, strong hug, and I was filled with a rush of power and gratitude and light that I carried with me long after I woke up, got dressed, moved on with my day.
There is no less trite way to say it: our family was blessed to have you at the start of it. You brought countless discoveries and beauties into our lives, and I don't think any of us are going to ever stop missing you. Thank you for always bringing and keeping us together, and for giving us all the strength and intelligence to also go our own ways, wherever that has been. I'm hoping for another visit with you in my dreams soon. There is still so much I can't wait to tell you.
Friday, April 18, 2008
3 comments:
- Vickie said...
Ah, you make me cry--not so much for her leaving us, as for what she left behind. I am so thankful that she was my mother and your grandmother. The Greeks call it "kleos"--she'll be remembered forever because she's a story worth telling.
- April 18, 2008 at 3:26 PM
Delaney, this is lovely. I am so glad I had a chance to meet her once. I remember that sweet smile too -- it was partly a smile to herself and partly to make sure you didn't worry about her. There was something so gentle and gracious about her, even in those later days. Looks like she left you all with a lot of love.
- April 22, 2008 at 5:40 PM
- laura said...
This is a beautiful tribute, Delaney. Thank you for writing it.
- April 27, 2008 at 7:45 PM
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I've known a lot of people here and I also would like to keep the contact with them, with you.
I reached my goal sharing mod stuff here and wow, 400K visits in a year!
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Our newest addition Brayden is now 1 and finally after 2 girls we have our baby boy.
So now i have to bunk the girls. I had 2 beds in there before, but i lacked dresser space.
The girls, now age 6 & 3 are into pinks/purple anything. I'm not crazy about the wall color choice, but they love it. Their room has limited natural light in the afternoon and it gets dark in there. I'm limited to where i can place the bunkbeds because of the fan. The beds block the window.


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Friday, January 30, 2009
Gong Xi Fa Cai, reddit! May none of your oxen die when you ford the river
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Happy new year! I've always believed people who celebrate both the Chinese and the modern Gregorian new year are doing something right. So while you're enjoying your baked nian gao, wearing your awesome Chinese t-shirt, and reading reddit, remember that our reddit ox is wishing you a happy and healthy new year.


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Hi, my name is Anne and I am a 20-something communication student from The Netherlands.
In my family we're quite a big fan of The Rolling Stones. When I was 11 I went to a concert together with my dad, it was simply amazing.
This was also an inspiration for the name of my blog, together with that I am travelling a lot and like to be on the go all the time. That's how Life as a Rolling Stone was created.
I started this blog initially because I like to write, but also for memory keeping. Most of the time I like to share pictures and stories with you about where I went. Other times, it is about something that is occupying my mind at that moment or just about my day-to-day life.
My hobbies are; driving my motorcycle, travelling, meditation, photography and walking.
I am trying to inspire you to go out there on your own, I want to connect with you and create beautiful things and maybe we can learn something from each other!
I hope you enjoy reading my blog and I always love to hear from my readers.
So if you want to send me an e-mail or a tweet, you can do so at email@example.com or on Twitter you can find me at @asarollingstone, which is also my username on Instagram.
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and so it begins, quietly, in the wet and boggy places...
28 September 2011
26 September 2011
clone clothes
here are four shirts, all new within the last few weeks, all identical, except for color. when i find something i like (the brown one), then i buy another (the orange one). when i wear them and find how comfortable and utilitarian they are, how they can be worn under jackets or dressed up with scarves, i go back and buy two more (the maroon and the green). only by now, they're on sale! even better!
i so hate to shop. buying duplicates is one of the shopping strategies that gets me through one season after the next. but i think this is the first time i've ever bought four of the same item. four! better get out the scarves!
i so hate to shop. buying duplicates is one of the shopping strategies that gets me through one season after the next. but i think this is the first time i've ever bought four of the same item. four! better get out the scarves!
24 September 2011
car talk
sometimes, when i'm driving alone, i talk to myself. yes, out loud. usually it's replays of insignificant conversations i've had in the recent past, interactions i've had where i've said the wrong thing, given bad advice, made the foolish comment, been too tongue-tied to say anything at all. but in the car, i get it right. i am insightful. i am witty. i am astute.
i know how pathetic this must sound. but it's not the reworking of the conversations that bothers me. it's the fact that i do it at all. am i destined to become one of those old ladies who carries on a conversation with herself, even when she's not alone in the car? this is what concerns me the most!
i know how pathetic this must sound. but it's not the reworking of the conversations that bothers me. it's the fact that i do it at all. am i destined to become one of those old ladies who carries on a conversation with herself, even when she's not alone in the car? this is what concerns me the most!
22 September 2011
for a change
a while back, when one or another of the seasons were changing, someone commented that it seems we are unhappy with the season we have and are always looking forward to the one that's not yet here. i've been pondering this as summer changes to autumn. i do love summer and i hate to see it ending - but the anticipation of cool air, clear nights, vibrant colors, and all things fall is still somehow exciting yet comforting to me. i love to get ready for fall - and i'm almost there.
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18 September 2011
my favorite socks
17 September 2011
close call
here we are, only in the midst of september and last night we had our first frost advisory! there's another posted for tonight but since we escaped it last night, it's unlikely it will happen tonight either. phew! i adore fall - but i'm not sure i'm ready to totally give up summer just yet!
12 September 2011
september 12 of 12: small joys
after being so melancholy yesterday, i woke up this morning happy to find a new day before me. i had no real plan for the 12 of 12 for the month, and just began taking pictures of things that made me smile and feel happy again.
morning fog. truly, it doesn't happen often enough in these parts for me. but when it does, i love walking outside and into it, knowing that it's just a big cloud all around me. fog always makes the world feel so ethereal and magical.
commuter coffee. it still feels like an indulgence after all these years of drinking my second cup of the day in the car.
tree silhouettes against an evening sky. any time of year, these amaze me. so detailed and intricate, they make me wish i could draw them with pen and ink.
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11 September 2011
a decade later
today was a hard day, much tougher than i ever imagined it would be, full of memories of the 9-11 attack on this country ten years ago. even a decade later, i cannot bear to see the photographs, watch the video, hear the accounts of that day. this week i've tried to watch some of the tributes that have emerged but even they are still too jarring, too surreal. today i found myself silently crying at times and unconsciously praying at others - and i was full of restless energy. so i created a baking frenzy in the kitchen this morning, my default activity when i am upset. later i cleaned and scrubbed and organized, trying to create order. outside, i marveled at the sunshine and the bright blue sky, so reminiscent of that tragic day. at the end of the day, i went out to find the perfect photo to represent my feelings about today. and i just couldn't.
09 September 2011
ticket to ride
brilliant sunshine after a week of rain, driving home earlyish on a friday afternoon, singing along to twenty-nine of the beatles greatest hits on the ipod. what could be better?
05 September 2011
time for mums
normally i don't buy chrysanthemums this early. but i couldn't bypass this vibrant color, new to me, and was afraid if i waited, it would be gone. so bring on fall. i have mums and i'm ready.
04 September 2011
labor day laundry
here it is, a day from labor day, and i still have not replaced my defunct clothes dryer, gone now for over ninety days. not a great clothesline day today so here i am at the laundromat, drying my clothes with quarters. i wonder if this may become the norm as i return to work - and i'm not looking forward to those prospects. when will i make the time in my busy life to do this? what will i give up? yet as i watch my wardrobe tumble, i reflect on times past, when there were no electric dryers and no laundromats and i wonder how families managed to clean clothes then. clearly, their laboring must have been very different from mine. i'll try to be mindful of that when i next feel like complaining about my situation. and i'm going to keep looking at dryer sales.
01 September 2011
late summer's eve
evenings seem to come earlier and earlier these days. as the daylight dims, the air cools quicker and there's a faint anticipation of fall to the air. biting insects are just about gone now and the yard becomes an outdoor extension of the house - quiet spots to read or work or dream. birdsong in the evening has ceased, sadly, but has been replaced by a chorale of crickets singing well into the night, an end-of-summer lullaby drifting through the still-open windows.
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text: OK, Let's try this.... Watch the flightplan site. As soon as we see him hit the skies, call the FCC and the FAA. Report the unlicensed transmissions and they can meet him at the gate and snatch his VERY nice plane and transmitter! FAA will probably want to have a little heart-to-heart chat with him, too! Jim, KU0G Steve Noskowicz wrote: > Sheesh! Can't resist another 2 cents. Hmmm. Looks like I pegged it, eh? > > Just a few thoughts for this APRS (see! on topic) interloper (I have a long > story about an equally brazen bootlegger of the 70's. We also had 'fun' > tracking it all down. It is amazing how much info you can gather about such > folks, in the background... - but another time. > > A Google pops up a lot of hits on this N number, many of them this sig's > posts, so yes, it's already public. > > It looks like Flight tracker had a (recent ?) flight plan by the plane, > because Google had a hit with his N number (but it's, of course, dead now). > Not a surprise, for sure. > FlightAware > Live Flight Tracker > N4243B > N4243B Flight Tracker (en route flights, arrivals, departures, history) with > maps. > flightaware.com/live/flight/N4243B > > Speculating he either flew back to Calif [I'm not familiar enough with this > craft ] > http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/N4243B.html > - so I'd say - possible, but it's not very likely. > OR > didn't have it running while driving or commercial flight: > > http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/track.cgi?call=N4243B&start=9999&geo=usa.geo > > > IIR, the other IDs he was playing with were W6's...He knows how to program > the aricraft symbol, so he knows precisely what he's doing. He's been off > since mid day thursday (to Sat eve.) in Rancho del Ray. > > I'd have expected it would have been hard for him to resist have it running > for the (drive) trip back - unless he thought a few days might let the heat die > down. > At this point, I wouldn't be surprised if that defensive "boss" fella, isn't > 'in' on it. Thou doth protest too much... > > The thing to do is to collect the data - as much as you can without > confronting the guy (sort of already done), or tresspassing in any way [can > kill it]. Get APRS-IS data as well as pix of the car, whatever. Even movies > of the car with an antenna-less receiver playing his strong beacons...then turn > it over to the regional office and/or Riley. The more (good) sluth work you do > for them, the more they like it and the further they'll take it - for all the > free legwork we provide. Been there. Done that. > > -- "Wes wrote: >> Now, if you guys are going to put big sticky labels on people's windshields, > Bad idea in general...easily messes the effort up. > > Let him play...or not. Either way, all the data is neatly captured already. > In any case, not the brightest filiment in the string. > > 73, Steve, K9DCI > BTW: That's a reference to vacuum tubes for you youngesters... (;-) > > > -- 73 de Jim, KU0G


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The Official Village of Albion government website for Albion, NY offers information for local residents, business and visitors.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the Board of Trustees of the Village of Albion, New York (hereinafter referred to as the "Village"), by the favorable vote of not less than two-thirds of all of the members of such Board has, on October 8, 2014, adopted, pursuant to the Local Finance Law of the State of New York, a bond resolution stating that:
WHEREAS, the purpose hereinafter described consists of capital improvements to include the Clarendon Street Bridge Project, authorized to be undertaken by the Village Board of Trustees pursuant to the Village Law;
WHEREAS, the Village, acting as lead agency under the State Environmental Quality Review Act and the applicable regulations promulgated thereunder ("SEQRA"), has completed its environmental review and, on February 12, 2014, has duly adopted a negative declaration with respect to the unlisted action and has determined that the implementation of the action as proposed will not result in any significant adverse environmental impacts; now therefore, be it
RESOLVED BY THE VILLAGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF ALBION, NEW YORK, (hereinafter referred to as the "Village"), by the favorable vote of not less than two-thirds of all of the members of such Board, as follows:
1. the demolition of Clarendon Street Bridge, to include removal of the entire existing superstructure and substructures, and various site and other
incidental improvements that may be required in connection therewith for such demolition and Village use (hereinafter referred to as "purpose"), is authorized and general obligation serial bonds in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $1,406,000 and bond anticipation notes in anticipation thereof (and renewals thereof) of the Village are authorized to be issued to finance said purpose, such Village indebtedness to be offset and reduced dollar for dollar by the amount of federal aid received, estimated to be up to $1,068,000 and by the amount of State aid received, estimated to be up to $200,400; and
2. the estimated aggregate maximum cost of said purpose, including preliminary costs and costs incidental thereto and costs of the financing thereof, is estimated to be up to $1,406,000 for said purpose and said amount is appropriated therefor and the plan for financing of said purpose is to provide all of such maximum cost by issuance of serial bonds and bond anticipation notes as authorized; and
3. (a) said purpose is one of the class of objects or purposes described in Subdivision 12-a of Paragraph (a) of Section 11.00 of the Local Finance Law,
and the period of probable usefulness of said purpose is ten (10) years, (b) the proposed maximum maturity of said bonds authorized by the resolution will be in excess of five years, (c) current funds required to be provided prior to the issuance of the bonds or notes authorized, pursuant to Section 107.00 of the Local Finance Law, to the extent applicable, if any, will be provided, (d) the notes authorized are not issued in anticipation of bonds for an assessable improvement, and (e) there are presently no outstanding bond anticipation notes issued in anticipation of the sale of said bonds; and
4. the bonds and notes authorized by the resolution shall contain the recital of validity prescribed in Section 52.00 of the Local Finance Law and such bonds
and notes shall be general obligations of the Village and all the taxable real property in the Village is subject to the levy of ad valorem taxes to pay the principal thereof, and interest thereon, without limitation as to rate or amount, subject to applicable statutory limitations, if any; and
5. the Village reasonably expects to reimburse the general fund, or such other fund as may be utilized, from the proceeds of the obligations authorized for
expenditures, if any, from such fund that may be made for the purpose prior to the date of the issuance of such obligations, and such is a declaration of official intent under Treasury Regulation §1.150-2; and
6. the power to further authorize the sale, issuance and delivery of said bonds and notes and to prescribe the terms, form and contents of said bonds and notes,
including, without limitation, the consolidation with other issues, the determination to issue bonds with substantially level or declining annual debt service, all contracts for and determinations with respect to, credit and liquidity enhancements, if any, and to sell and deliver said bonds and notes, subject to the provisions of the resolution and the provisions of the Local Finance Law, is delegated to the Village Treasurer, the Village's chief fiscal officer, the Village Treasurer and the Village Clerk are authorized to sign by manual or facsimile signature and attest any bonds and notes issued pursuant to the resolution, and are authorized to affix to such bonds and bond anticipation
notes the corporate seal of the Village of Albion; and
7. the faith and credit of the Village of Albion, New York, are irrevocably pledged for the payment of the principal of and interest on such bonds and notes as the
same respectively become due and payable, an annual appropriation shall be made in each year sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on such obligations becoming due and payable in such year; and
8. after compliance with the next paragraph hereof, the resolution shall be published in full by the Village Clerk of the Village of Albion together with a notice in
substantially the form prescribed by Section 81.00 of said Local Finance Law, and such publication shall be in each official newspaper of the Village, in the manner prescribed by law, and the validity of said bonds and bond anticipation notes issued in anticipation of the sale of said serial bonds may be contested only if such obligations are
authorized for an object or purpose for which said Village is not authorized to expend money, or the provisions of law which should be complied with, at the date of publication of the resolution are not substantially complied with, and an action, suit or proceeding contesting such validity is commenced within twenty (20) days after the date of such publication; or if said obligations are authorized in violation of the provisions of the Constitution; and
9. such bond resolution is subject to a permissive referendum of the qualified electors of the Village of Albion, pursuant to Section 36.00 of the Local Finance Law
and petitions protesting and requesting that it be submitted to the electors of the Village of Albion for their approval or disapproval, may be filed with the Village Clerk at any time within thirty (30) days after the date of the adoption of such resolution.
By order of the Board of Trustees of the Village of Albion, New York.
DATED: October 8, 2014
Linda K Babcock
Village Clerk
Village of Albion, New York
The Dave Viterna Group - Classic Rock, Oldies, Blues
Join us for concerts on the Erie Canal every Thursday night by the gazebo behind the Albion Fire Department on North Platt St (Albion, NY). The Albion Fire Dept. will be selling food and beverages. Albion Canalside Cruise Night will be held during the concert.
Sponsored by the Village of Albion and the Rhode Island Foundation.
Village Board Meeting
Triple Play Band - Classic Rock
Creek Bend - Bluegrass
Village Board meetings are held on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of every month, unless specified otherwise. Meetings are open to the public and are located at the Village Hall, 35-37 East Bank St, Albion, NY 14411. If you have any questions about meetings, contact the Village Clerk's office at (585) 589-9176.
Labor Day - Village Offices Closed
Columbus Day - Village Offices Closed
Veterans Day - Village Offices Closed
Thanksgiving Day - Village Offices Closed
Christmas Day - Village Offices Closed


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This poem has bad language and dark content. So you know the drill :p
I am not a girl
Who drowns herself in smoke;
That gives you a high.
I am not a girl;
Who drowns herself in smoke
That gives you a high,
Locked up in a room with people to stand by.
Where pictures are all you take.
To give what it takes
To be that girl again,
The girl who gave a fuck,
Or even a girl who was aware of giving two fucks.
But now it's all washed away,
Not by tears but as smoke.
Smoke that gives you a high
And camouflages all your fears.
Only for you to wake up one day and realize;
What you have done….
Have you done anything at all?
As you fly high so do your aspirations and dreams,
They fly away with it.
What gives me the inspiration you ask,
I say whatever's not in your hands.
Baking your lungs into cookies
That should've been long removed.
But darling aren't we all cookie dough?


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It's time for another reveal. Again, I made this in February when I was on a scrapping roll. It didn't last very long. Just managed to do 4 layouts and none ever since.
This one was a layout about friendship. The girls in the photo are my school mates. Ones that I've known for more than 20 years.
It's a pretty simple layout with mostly misting and pasting and using lots and lots of flowers. You can never go wrong with pretty flowers.
So that's it for today. Will be back tomorrow for another layout. Till then... take care and thanks for dropping by.


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Hello! I'm Amy from
I am a wife of 13 years and I am the mother of two, Rori age 6 and Trent age 4.
In January, we began the amazing journey of adoption!
Our third child, a baby girl, from Ethiopia.
About a year ago, I entered the world of blogging, as a follower,
and Someday Crafts was my first stop!
Now a year later, here I am with my own blog, guest blogging for Michelle!
I am so excited to be here today!
Today, I am going to share with you
Folding Fence (Hardware store)
Needle nose pliers (I had mine on hand)
Wire Cutters (borrowed from the hubby)
Heavy gage wire (Hardware store)
Crystals (I picked mine up at Walmart in the jewelry making section)
FYI - There is enough fencing to make TWO cloche's.
The first step is to remove the section of fencing we need for this project.
We only need three sides,
so using some needle nose pliers,
pry apart the fencing.
Now you should have three sections of fencing.
Simply reattach the wire to the fence to create a triangle.
It should look like this.
Be sure to use your pliers to pinch the wire together
so the fencing doesn't come apart.
The next step requires you putting a little muscle into it.
To get your triangle shaped into a circle.
I used my feet to push and pull and my arms to smoosh it into shape.
It should look about like this when you are done.
Next I bent the top pieces into the middle
and squeezed the wire to a bit of a point.
Using some heavy gage wire, which you can find at your local hardware store,
I wrapped the wire around the three points to hold them together.
The needle nose pliers come in handy for this too,
they work great for bending and twisting the wire into place.
Using the heavy gage wire.
Cut sections of the wire and attach to the top of the cloche,
filling in the open spaces.
This creates more of a finished look.
Now for the fun part
Making your CLOCHE pretty!
Using the heavy gage wire and your needle nose pliers,
twist the end of a 4-5" piece of wire.
Slide a crystal onto the wire and attach to the top of the cloche.
This creates the finial.
Again, using your heavy gage wire, cut a section of wire,
make it long enough to secure at the top and bottom of the side of the cloche.
Twist the wire, above and below the crystal, so the crystal stays in place.
Now secure the section of wire to the side of your cloche.
I added 6, wire and crystal sections, to the side of my cloche.
The prongs help hold your cloche in place.
Now, place it in your flower pot or in the ground, over a plant.
I made two!
They are a lovely addition to our patio!
I love making everyday things more fancy!
Be sure to check out
for more fun ideas for you and your home!


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Happy Monday!!!
Today over at BBTB2 we have a new challenge starting just in time for the 4th of July!
Can you believe it is already here?!?!
I decided to use this awesome cut from Summer Celebrations!
The background papers were all just in my scrap stash, but they all worked so well together.
The sentiment is from CardzTV "Happy Days" stamp set.
I hope you'll join us for our Stars and Stripes challenge this week!
Thanks for checkin' in!!!


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I just finished developing a tool for Whitebox GAT that will automatically download Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) digital elevation models (DEMs) from the USGS SRTM FTP site. SRTM-3 data are among the best global elevation data, with a grid resolution of approximately 90 m. In many areas SRTM data provide the only topographic data set available. Within the United States, the SRTM-1 dataset provides an improved 30 m resolution. Not only does this Whitebox tool retrieve the SRTM tiles contained within the bounding box of a specified area of interest, but it will also import the tiles to Whitebox GAT, fill missing data holes (which are common with SRTM data in rugged terrain) and mosaic the tiles.
There have been many times in the past when I have needed to download numerous SRTM files, import the files, fill the missing data holes, and finally mosaic the individual tiles. It can be a laborious workflow indeed. This tool will save me a great deal of time, and so I'm rather excited about it. It's as though the data magically appear in Whitebox!
Of course, with Whitebox GAT's extensive Terrain Analysis and Hydrological Analysis toolboxes, there's plenty of interesting things that you can do once those data do magically appear.
As an example, I created the SRTM-3 90 m DEM of the entire British Isles shown above in 4 minutes, 56.27 seconds, including the time to download 91 individual SRTM tiles, fill their missing data gaps, and mosaic the tiles. My son was even watching Netflix during my downloading, so I can only imagine how much that slowed things down! I only wish that other data providers could follow a similar data sharing model as the USGS and use an anonymous FTP server to distribute their data. If that were the case, we could have many other data sets automatically ingested directly into Whitebox. I'll release this new SRTM retrieval tool in the next public release of Whitebox GAT (v 3.2.1), which will likely be sometime later this summer. If you are as keen to try it out as I am, email me for a preview copy. If you have any other comments or feedback, please leave them in the comments section below. As always, best wishes and happy geoprocessing.
John Lindsay
Version 3.2.1 of Whitebox has now been released, with the SRTM downloader tool embedded in the Data Layers menu. Please let me know if you have any issues in using the tool.
I've included an image of the DEM of Ireland for John below:


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The stitch used here is a puff or cluster sort of stitch, very easy so even a beginner can try their hand at this scarf. Which I love! I used Debbie Bliss Cashermino Aran, which I purchased through Lovecrochet.com. A word of warning--it's super easy to quickly become enthralled by the lovely yarns. I've been addicted to buying them! This particular yarn is soft, smooth to work with, and I love the mulberry colour I chose for this project. Paired with a black top and jeans, it's a cozy winter day outfit.
If you've not looked into I Like Crochet, the subscription is inexpensive and the magazine features a variety of patterns for the home, for fashion accessories and children's accessories as well--tons of really cute and neat ideas, so I highly recommend you check them out, and wish you some very
Happy Hooking,


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My current top 3 OPI colors are:
|Lincoln Park After Dark
|Do You Think I'm Tex-Y?
|Teenage Dream (from the Katy Perry line)
Their newest polish is their shatter line. It's a colored top coat that gives your nails a crackled look. It comes in black, white, sliver and a few other colors. I was definitely intrigued!
It's supposed to look like this:
Like with most things I think you need to practice. There are a few pointers I'd like to share.
- It dries REALLY fast so don't try putting on too thin of a layer. I did that at first and it dried before I could color my whole nail.
- Use contrasting colors and make sure your base coat is completely dry before putting on the shatter.
- Practice, practice, practice
- The shatter has a matte finish, a shiny topcoat helps a lot.
Overall I really like the shatter, and so do my girls. I can't wait to try it with all my colors!


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Saturday, January 4, 2014
Ryan Woods Autism Foundation Event January 19
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