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This year I'm pretty excited to be starting a Masters of Arts (Writing and Literature). However, I'll be juggling this with my full time job as as journalist and trying to (hopefully) maintain some sense of a social life and fitness routine. We'll see how that goes! I would like to try and publish at least one blog post a month or 12 in the year. When I was doing my undergrad, my blog was my happy place and I would hate to lose that in the midst of everything I've got planned this year.
Prioritise my bookshelves
This was one of my goals for 2016 and although I did buy plenty of new books, I think it worked fairly well. I read 27 books I owned last year, which included a mix of new acquisitions and books I'd had on my shelf for a while. I also gave a lot of books away, so I feel like things balanced out in the end. This year, I'd like to get through even more books I've had sitting unread on my shelf for far too long.
Read some classics (for real)
Will this be the year I finally come good with this resolution? I am working my way through Truman Capote's In Cold Blood, but 2016 has not been the year I've fallen in love with the books I should have read years ago. I really need to conquer my fear of intimidating classics.
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Listening to one of my favourite podcasts, Chat 10 Looks 3, I've discovered some intriguing creative non-fiction and journalism or political books I'd really love to read. I've also just taken out subscriptions to The New Yorker and Kill Your Darlings, so I definitely want to spend time discovering more great long-form journalism and writing this year.
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Elisabeth King says
Congrats on beginning your MA! I definitely want to read more classics and books on feminism this year too.
Michelle says
Thank you Elisabeth! Do let me know if you find any gems 🙂
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Love all your goals! Sounds like you are going to have a great 2017!
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Thanks lovely! I am so excited for the year ahead!
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I am THE WORST at starting to read a book and not finishing it!
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You just need to find the right book – if I'm not enjoying a book I stop and find something else. There's too many good books out there to waste on stuff you don't enjoy!


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One of the things I've enjoyed learning this year is how to dress for cold weather riding.
Last winter, it was about running. I learned how to manage just about any foul weather, even a blizzard. I don't recommend the latter unless absolutely necessary, like if you're hypothetically stuck at work, the city shuts down, MAT recalls all their buses and your boss is calling for T.P.S. reports from the warmth and coziness of his/her home. Not that that's happened to me. More than once. Last winter. At 2:52pm on March 1, 2007 when it was 27 F, snowing with 31.1 mph steady winds and 43.7 mph gusts. If this happens to you, bundle up with everything you've got, put yaktrax on your boots, say a prayer, call your loved ones and take care of any unsettled necessary business. Then, say another prayer for a tail wind, head outside and run straight down the middle of the street. Don't worry about traffic as cars are stuck, buried, or in the hypothetical case of my boss, is parked securely in the warmth and coziness of her attached garage.
But I digress. This post is on what I've discovered on my last four cold rides: my toes can't take it.
T-Day +1 Ride with Murphini at 11:00 AM in KC.
26.1 F with 9mph Winds. From head to toe: helmet, helmet hat, muffler; silk thermal, long sleeve tech shirt, long sleeve woolie, glove liners, mittens, tights, bib overalls, smart wool socks and road shoes. After the initial shock, the head and torso were very warm. Legs and hands were cool. Feet were deathly cold and I couldn't feel my toes. They felt like this for about 60 minutes.
T-Day +2 (Shabbos) Time Trial at 1:00 PM in Omaha.
35 F with 12-16mph winds. Same gear as above. Feet were cool, toes were cold but bearable.
Tuesday, 11/27 commute to work at 7:00 AM.
21 F with 8mph North winds. Same gear. In the 20 minute ride, the torso was just warming up while the toes were working toward freezing. It's amazing how tingly a hot shower is on those little fellas afterwards.
Tuesday, 11/27 15 mile lunch ride.
28 F with 9mph winds. Same gear. This time, after 55 minutes of riding my feet and toes were both frozen. It should be noted that I followed Fredcube's advice to pick the one day of the week that was nice enough to ride. The weatherman promised 51 F. Maybe he was looking at a weather chart for Houston.
So, what I'm discovering is that in these temps, most of my body can take the cold except the feet and especially the toes. They just can't bear it.
Looks like some Neoprene booties will be on the stocking stuffer for Christmas this year.
Until then...Hey Munson! Teach me how to duct tape my road shoes. I'm looking for an R-Factor 49.
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
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One of the things I've enjoyed learning this year is how to dress for cold weather riding.
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Duct tape is good yes. And you'll have way too many cold rides to keep your toes around till Santaday without Neoprene booties. So here's an option: chemical toe warmers. You can buy cheap, not so great ones at Walmart or Canfields in bulk, or you can spend some dough and get the deluxe versions at the bike shop in single(both feet) packages. The former are kinda like sand in a little baggie which aren't comfortable when you stuff them between your sock and shoe if you have snug fitting shoes. The latter are napkin thin and feel like a furnace is blowing on your toes. It's great. So if you can find the fancy kind for cheap, it's pure gold.ReplyDelete
My own input on this subject: I've heard different angles on how to keep your toes warm. Some say it's a matter of keeping them dry. Well I kinda tried that on my ride to the shop yesterday by wearing my mtb sandals(!) and wool socks. I was comfortable for the first 20 minutes with a tailwind. But after I turned into the wind and had to work harder, my feet were slightly moist and promptly became ice blocks by the time I got to HighGear from UNMC. I don't think there's anyway to keep feet completely dry for long periods of time no matter what you do. They always sweat, at least mine do.
Others say that neoprene covers over regular shoes and thick socks do the trick. Well I had that setup on our T-day +1 ride and my toes were cold as the ass of death by Fort Calhoun. The Feaganator gave me a packet of the deluxe toe warmers that he wasn't going to use and I had all 20 digits back again. I think some people can get away with less on their feet if they have padding or their nerves and veins are well hidden. I have boney feet and I mash my pedals instead of smoothly spinning so my toes lose feeling and blood really quick. Some people say to focus on pulling up only when pedaling to allow circulation back to your toes. Well this only accomplishes two things; I go slower, and something else goes numb because I'm pressing onto the saddle while pulling my feet up. Not a good compromise.
So if your toes go numb easily like mine, I highly suggest stocking up on chemical toe warmers. Mitosis have thanked me for them. You can put them below your toes if you have room in your shoes (although pedaling can get funky if they slip down to the balls of your feet) or you can stick them to the top of your sock, right above your toes. This method works just fine with the deluxe toe warmers.
Thanks Mike. Do you own some neoprene booties so I can give them a try?ReplyDelete
I'm more of a spinner than masher, but am pretty sure Mr. Happy would not like the unnecessary pressure of focusing on pulling up.
Like you, my feet sweat always. And since my shoes are very snug, it looks like the napkin thin toe warmers are the way to go.
Yes, I have some neoprene booties. However, asking to borrow them at this time of year is like asking to borrow my water bottle inventory during the month of August. Sure you can borrow them for a day or so, especially during the week, but I can't survive a ride longer than and hour without them.ReplyDelete
I'm surprised you went on as many rides as you have in this cold weather without having booties. We'll have to figure out how to let you test the wonder that is neoprene booties sometime soon. I'm using them tomorrow night for certain, but Friday is an unknown, as well as Saturday morning. If I do ride Saturday, I will definitely need them and of course they will be in use on Sunday for our Shabbos +1 extravaganza. Call me or email me if you have any thoughts on how we can wetsuit your feet.
I have an even better idea, Brady -- just go buy some neoprene booties.ReplyDelete
I know, it's nuts. Just call it Christmas come early.
Personally, I go with a thick pair of wool socks, shoes and thermafleece shoe covers. That is all. But I'm tougher than Mike, so take that as you see fit.
Nothing like some good smack down on Steel-cut.ReplyDelete
Didn't know about the thermafleece shoe covers. Thanks. From this picture, it looks like they cover half of the foot? No?
Which reminds me that on the longer rides my Achilles was feeling a little cold and tight. I'm guessing that the neoprene boot offers a little more warmth back there.
Nope -- these. They're the older version, but made of the same stuff as the Calientoes. They're not as thick as neoprene, and therefore a little more versatile.ReplyDelete
Here's a suggestion site that has some good, um, suggestions to help combat frozen tozies.ReplyDelete
Like Bryan said, it's probably one of those things you should have sooner than later. Sure you could tough it out, or be cheap and use duct tape on your shoes, a plastic bag in between 2 thin socks, and chem toe warmers, but losing toes is more insane than tough. Plus it sounds like your whole foot (achilles) would appreciate the covering.
Just my suggestions. I know budgeting is tough this time of year.
Roadbiker website has good info on warm feet. Thanks.ReplyDelete
I'll get the toe warmers at the next LBS visit. Booties likely too pending what's available. *Soon* is my M.O.
While Bryan likes his amfib shoecovers, what brand/style would you get if you had to purchase again?
I have the heaviest duty shoes covers from Pearl. They're just like these, but don't have the fancy light thing in back. Neoprene with a fleece liner = toasty. You could probably find the ones I have at the shops since they're last year's models and most likely have not sold out.ReplyDelete
IMPORTANT!! Make sure to take your bike shoes with you so you can try them on to see how they fit in the real world. The sizing Pearl has doesn't matter, just how they fit. If they are too tight, it's going to increase the pressure on your feet, cutting off circulation. That and they'll be a bitch to get on. I wish I had followed this advice when I got mine and taken my bigger mtb shoes so I could fit them on easy. They are a little too snug now on the mtb shoes.
You can even try different brands too. I had some awesome Trek (or Adidas?) covers that had a nice rubber soul that made walking easy and didn't break down. I only replaced them with the Pearls when the zippers completely blew out on both feet. The Pearls have double stitching around the heal and cleat holes, but they still get worn down from walking and eventually the neoprene starts ripping. Not what you'd expect from something that costs $40 or more, but they gotta keep you coming back somehow.
Oops, now that I'm looking at the Amfibs, they are like the ones I have. I didn't realize they were Neoprene. So yes, the Amfibs are just fine.ReplyDelete
Pearl Izumi's winter accessories are about as good as it gets. Everything is well-made and worth the money.ReplyDelete
It's just their shorts that I don't like.


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Roger Clemens failed to get his 298th win, and Ichiro Suzuki and Hideki Matsui didn't do very much either in their first matchup in the major leagues.
Clemens allowed three homers for the first time since August, and the two Japanese stars failed to drive in any runs as the Seattle Mariners beat the New York Yankees 6-0 Tuesday night.
Bret Boone, Ben Davis and Edgar Martinez homered for Seattle, which has won 12 of its last 13 regular-season games at Yankee Stadium. New York (20-6) lost consecutive games for the first time this season and was shut out for the first time since a 8-0 loss against Oakland last Aug. 10.
Suzuki, who in 2001 became the first Japanese non-pitcher to earn a regular job in the major leagues, was 1-for-5 with a bunt single and scored in the seventh inning. Matsui, who joined the Yankees this season, was 1-for-4 with a ninth-inning single.
Gil Meche (3-1) took a three-hitter into the eighth and wound up allowing six hits in 7 2-3 innings, extending his scoreless streak to 16 1-3 innings. Arthur Rhodes and Shigetoshi Hasegawa finished with one-hit relief.
Clemens (4-1), pitching on the 17th anniversary of his 20-strikeout game against Seattle for Boston, lost for the first time in six starts this season. He had a terrific split-fingered pitch and struck out eight, but Seattle sat on his fastball, and he gave up four runs and eight hits in six innings.
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Davis hit a two-run homer in the second and Martinez homered leading off the fourth.
Notes:@ Clemens dropped to 22-14 in regular-season decisions against Seattle and his ERA this season rose from 2.12 to 2.70. His previous three-homer start was Aug. 29 at Toronto. … John Olerud had three hits. … Seattle has four shutouts, one more than its 2002 total. … New York had homered in 14 straight games. … Soriano went 0-for-4, ending his 15-game hitting streak. He lined into a DP on a 12-pitch AB in the eighth. … New York SS Derek Jeter, out since opening day because of a dislocated left shoulder, hopes to return by May 13. … Yankees closer Mariano Rivera, sidelined since spring training with a right groin injury, was activated and RHP Jason Anderson was optioned to Triple-A Columbus. … New York RHP Jose Contreras made his first start for Columbus, striking out eight and walking none in five scoreless innings during a 7-1 win at Toledo. He allowed three hits.


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Low calorie versions of broccoli-cheese soup often use processed ingredients. This version adds baby spinach to create a velvet texture and a flavorful bright green tint. Parmesan cheese and basil stand in for the heavier cheeses and add a love hint of summer flavor. Pistou normally includes a bit of olive oil with the cheese and basil but the soup is rich enough without it. Pistou is like pesto but without the pine nuts. A tablespoon of pistou, made from basil and Parmesan cheese incorporated into a bit of olive oil is used throughout the south of France to step up the flavor of soups and stews. The combination livens up this simple broccoli and spinach soup and make it satisfying hot or chilled.
Broccoli-Spinach Soup "au Pistou"
4 servings
3 cups roughly chopped broccoli (including peeled stems)
3 cups chicken broth
1/2-1 cup water
3 cups loosely packed baby spinach (half of 9-oz bag)
2 T chopped fresh basil
1 tablespoon freshly grated Parmesan cheese
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper
- In a large saucepan over high heat, bring chopped broccoli to a boil in chicken broth and water. (Add enough water so that broccoli is covered.)
- Turn heat to medium, cover and cook broccoli until quite tender, about 20-25 minutes.
- Remove cover and add spinach. With a large spoon, stir spinach into hot broth until it wilts. Remove soup from heat. Add basil and cheese.
- Use a immersion blender to puree vegetables in broth. There should be no lumps. (Or allow soup to cool for half an hour and puree in a regular blender.)
- Add salt and pepper to taste.
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Leanne Harte has returned in a solo sense to the world of music. Having broken the Irish music scene at the tender age of 15 and suffering all the ups and downs of any normal music career it lead to her taking a well deserved break from the industry. But thankfully it didn't scare her away completely as Leanne continued to play guitar as part of Queen Kong and the electro-rock burlesque troupe Midnight Burlectro. This continued to ease her back towards a solo career and her love of songwriting and performance.
2013 saw the release of Restless Sleepers the new EP from Leanne Harte. A welcome return from one of our most talented singer songwriters.
A five track EP full of clever melodic hooks and honest emotive lyrics. From the opening acoustic guitar of title track Restless Sleepers with its imploring vocals calling for understanding from the songs subject. Before the strings and electric guitar arrive in the chorus to change the feeling of the song to something more of resolution and determination.
Wrote Away is a softer more emotional affair with the same strained vocals dragging you headlong into the song.
The last song on the EP 'Not Another Love Song' has a quality to it that I personally love to find randomly in a song. It's what I like to the call the "this could be a James Bond movie song" (could probably come up with a snazzier title). It's a strange occurrence that happens I think when certain song structures are paired with certain guitar effects. The twangy delayed sound of the guitar throughout, accompanied by strong lead vocals driving along with the drums and bass, before dropping into the bridge where the guitar gets some whammy-bar style wavers. The guitar solo has that strung out twangy falsetto sound in spades leading the song toward its closing chorus. While I'm sure not everybody agrees with that idea I think it's a fine quality in at least one song by any artist everybody knows James Bond and even sub consciously being linked to the likes of Shirley Bassey can never be a bad thing. Another example like The Last Shadow Puppets (The age of the understatement) just to show it's not a once off.
Anyway that's besides the point, the point being welcome back Leanne Harte and keep bringing us more good music.
Catch Leanne live 25th January – Supporting Ewa Gigon – The Joinery, Arbor Hill, Dublin.
26th January – Saucy Sundays, Grand Social, Dublin.


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That's Cool! No, It's Cuil!
"A former Google employee and her husband launched a new search engine Monday called Cuil (pronounced "cool"), aiming to topple Google by indexing more Web pages than the search giant.
"Cuil isn't the first Google rival to launch this year. Wikia Search, a highly anticipated search engine from Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, made its official debut in January. Wikia Search hopes to provide better search results by allowing a community of users to index pages by using their Web page rankings and other suggestions, as well as its own indexing of the Web."


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Villa Julia is located in Prisoje and offers free bikes, an outdoor swimming pool and a tennis court. This villa offers free WiFi, barbecue facilities, as well as a garden.
The 3-bedroom villa is fitted with a living room with a flat-screen TV with satellite channels, a fully equipped kitchen with a dishwasher and oven, and a bathroom with shower.
The villa offers a sun terrace. If you would like to discover the area, snorkelling, diving and hiking are possible in the surroundings.
Split is 1...9 km from Villa Julia, while Makarska is 49 km from the property. The nearest airport is Split Airport, 27 km from the property.
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The Story of Shadowe Rose
Life. What is it truly? I can't help but wonder what the point is in living such stresses constantly? Such a heavy question for someone who hasn't even graduated yet. Prom, finals, graduation — these are the things a normal teenage girl should be worrying about. I guess I pulled the short straw. My last memory of normalcy had to be my 13th birthday.
I was officially a teenager! My mom let me host my party solo this year because she's awesome like that. My birthday fell on a Friday, which couldn't have been more perfect. The sun started to set over my quaint little suburbia that I have known since I was tiny, energetic thing running around in pink overalls. Checklist. Decorations, check. Food and drink, check. Party patrons... A playful rap came at the door, and when I opened it, there stood my two best of friends Morgan and Kate standing at the front of pack. The rest of my class of 20 kids stood behind them decked out in a variety of costumes. Between my girls was a slim, dark-haired boy who made direct eye contact with bright green eyes. I paid him little mind and invited everyone in.
"Welcome everyone, to the spider queen's lair," as I made a grand gesture with my arms motioning everyone to enter. Several kids, including Morgan and Kate, cheered in excitement and strolled inside. The girls and I embraced as the flood of students entered my lair. The living room had been transformed into the perfect dance lounge with a black and purple webbed disco ball lighting the walls. Further back in the kitchen, through the hall of bones, was bobbing for apples at the base of the spider queen's throne. The throne was covered in webbing, and the queen had the head and torso of a woman but the face and rump of a spider. The murmurs of my classmates told me they thought she was creepy. Mission accomplished!
As if on cue, I heard music begin to play. Entering back into the dance hall, I saw Kate slipping in one of her homemade Halloween mix CDs. A couple of button pushes and a knob turn filled the house with the Munster's Theme. I couldn't help but smile. "You rock, you know that," I yelled over the tunes to her. She threw up her rock horns up, with her tongue sticking out, then turned back to her task of being DJ for the moment. I rested against the nearest wall taking in the spectacle around me. As I watched the laughing faces that flit past me, I couldn't help but feel complete success. Everything was going perfectly! It was everything I could have hoped for. I had officially hosted my first party. If only I knew that it was going to be my last.
Some time passed and my mom entered in her work scrubs. She wore an orange top and black pants with a little orange and purple spider head bopper thing. She shut the door with a smile as I approached her."Nice turnout, love!" I smiled, but only for a moment.
"Mom, I thought you were going to use the garage door?" Her eyes shut in remembrance as her palm met her face. She slid her hand back through her hair as she spoke. "It was like I was never here." She slinked her way up the stairway like a snake.
"Hey," a voice said behind me, tapping me on the shoulder. I turned to see the scrawny boy with green eyes from before. I didn't know how close he was until our faces were inches apart. There he stood, only an inch or two taller than me, with his green eyes sinking into mine. I stumbled back from the sudden realization that I had never been so close to a boy before. Before I fell into the door, his hand reached around my waist to steady me. As I felt his strength pull me toward him, I couldn't help but blush. He perfectly portrayed Frankenstein's monster, bolts and all.
"Thanks…" His eyes gleamed from the purple lights of the disco ball. "What's your name?"
"The name is Jason, or the Frankenstein monster works, too," he said in a playful tone. I went to pull away—my hand moving his from my waist—but he was bumped into me from behind, closing the little space we held between us as we fell into the spindles of the staircase. I didn't mind much, as I was hypnotized by his eyes, but apparently he did. His gaze broke from mine to identify the culprit.
A kid dressed as Scooby Doo was sneaking back toward Morgan, who was Glenda the Good Witch. There she stood, giggling away at the moment she enjoyed ruining between Jason and I. My hand quickly left his as a nervous laugh played through my lips. "I should check on the kitchen crowd." I slid past him, taking in his sweet musky scent that smelled like an autumn sunset. His eyes followed me as I went down the hallway with a look of disappointment on his face. Once I was out of sight of Morgan, I turned and shot him a wink and smile. His spirits seem to rise a bit as he moseyed onto the dance floor.
A roar of voices funneled through the hallway from the kitchen. In the kitchen, a group stood around the bobbing apple cauldron, cheering for the current bobber. I squeezed into the crowd to see Kate in her pirate outfit practically submerged. A moment later, she whipped her head out of the water with the green apple that was at the bottom, but got her costume completely drenched by doing so. The laughs and cheers of the group filled the whole house.
A few more hours passed and the party began to die down. At half past 10, only a few party goers were allowed to stay any later. Those who could stay were Jason, Morgan, Kate, a girl named Tara, and a few others who I can't recall. We all relaxed in the dancing room as the music continued to power the webbed disco ball. No one spoke much, and they all looked pretty bored. Not good! I shot up, grabbing everyone's attention.
"So, who wants to play a game?" No one showed much enthusiasm. I was determined; this night wouldn't end on such a dead note. Attempt number two. "What's a good Halloween game? One of you has one, I know it."
I heard murmurs arise. Murmurs were good; that meant they were thinking. "What about Bloody Mary?" We all looked toward the one who suggested; it was Jason sitting on the arm of the couch acting so cool. But he was! The murmurs grew into excitement. The party was back on!
"Sweet! Who wants to go first?" I said looking around at everyone. They all grew silent again.
"What about you Morgan?" Jason suggested. His voice was so smooth, I could've listened to him all day. Her eyes grew wide and her face flushed red as all eyes were on her, without her permission.
"Why do I have to go first?!" One of the random kids stood up and offered to go. Morgan shot a look at him. Apparently, that was enough motivation for her to get up and walk down the hall to the bathroom. We all followed.
When she reached the bathroom door, she took a deep breath and shut herself inside. We stood in the kitchen waiting. The bathroom light shut off and Jason crept to the side of the door. He put his ear to it as he pressed a finger to his lips. I waited in anticipation, while some giggled and mumbled under their breath. There was still silence." Come on! You have to say it."
The boy who volunteered earlier jeered and said, "I would've done it by now." I'm guessing Morgan heard him. Her hands slammed down on the sink and she began to speak.
"Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary, Bloody…" Jason's hands began banging on the door fiercely before she could finish. It must've been payback from earlier as he shot me a wink right beforehand. Everyone began to laugh until we heard a simultaneous crash and grunt from inside the bathroom. No one moved except Jason. He opened the door to reveal Morgan on the floor clutching her hand. He picked her up like a princess and carried her back to the couch, apologizing on the way.
As she passed me I noticed something was off. The smell of the room had changed. It tickled my nose a bit. I tried to dismiss it, but as I followed them, the smell grew stronger. From the bathroom to the couch where Jason had rushed her, there was an invisible, hazy trail that my soul seemed to yearn for.
There I stood behind Morgan's sympathizers, unaware of my loss of consciousness. The haze dissipated from the hallway and began to surround her. Jason had set her down on the couch. I could see her blood seep through her fingers as she clutched it tight to stop the flow. Next thing I know I hear footsteps thudding down the stairs toward the huddle of worried teens.
"What's going on here?" came my mom's voice as she made her way through the huddle without acknowledging me. To be honest, I barely noticed her appearance at all. All I felt was the shift of the cluster when she broke through the ranks. Everything became cloudy as my gaze focused on Morgan. Mom sat beside her, taking in the situation. She instantly entered nurse mode, as that is what she did.
"Who can tell me what happened here?" Morgan couldn't answer as tears streamed down her face and faint whimpers muttered from her lips. The dark-haired boy who was responsible stood there with his head down. The invisible fog wrapped around him as his head rose cutting off my view of Morgan.
"It was my fault. We were playing a game, and I thought it would be funny if I scared her. I'm so sorry."
"You can apologize later. First things first." Mom took the crying girl's hand and began to examine it, twisting it left to right. "Kate, can you go get the first aid kit from the bathroom down the hall?" Kate dashed through the crowd, and returned seconds later with the standard white box with red lettering. Mom took it from her and turned back to Morgan. As she unwrapped the gauze, a calm, peaceful voice flowed through my mom's lips. "Honey, I need you to open your hand for me. Can you do that?" With my mom's assistance, Morgan slowly flexed her hand open. My heart rate accelerated and my body seized up as I saw the crimson liquid bubble from Morgan's pale skin.
A sense of hunger, that I had never experienced, began to take over my thoughts. My head was spinning and my eyes started to burn. I forced them shut hoping it would relieve the pain. When I opened them again, I had a clear view of what happened. Morgan's left hand revealed a bloody gash between her thumb and index finger. Watching the blood run down her arm as my mom took medicated wipes to begin cleaning the gash. My eyes zoned in on the thick stream sliding down toward her elbow toward the ground.
As gravity pulled it to the floor, I could feel it reverberate through my entire body. Suddenly, everything fell silent. The fog overtook the room, that is, except Morgan, who remained a crisp vision. From that silence, a rhythmic beat began to fill the room. It started as if it was really faint and far away. Thump- thump…thump-thump… thump-thump… The sound didn't seem to grow louder, but clearer to my hearing. The haze that surrounded her turned a translucent red. My focus on her was as sharp as a sniper waiting for their victim, while the rest of the room became nonexistent, and that unnerving feeling of hunger kept growing more and more intense inside me. A muffled voice echoed through the room. It sounded like my mom, but I couldn't focus on it enough to be sure. I felt like I had been hypnotized…
"Angel!" the voice boomed as the rest of the words trailed off into the haze. I was torn. A part of me wanted to obey, and answer the voice, but the other part of me was being drawn to Morgan's blood. In the moment, I couldn't really understand why, but I was terrified. What was happening to me? I began to back as far away from everyone as I could, shaking my head furiously from side to side to rid my head of these insane feelings. Panic took over as the hunger grew inside me. "Angel?" the voice called again.
Everything stopped. I couldn't respond. I couldn't move. I stood there frozen with my gaze locked back onto Morgan's wound. No more thoughts, and no more confusion. Hunger was my only priority. The clump of hazy figures stood facing Morgan, except for one with bolts coming from his temples. His green eyes shot toward me and bore into mine. "What the!?" was his frightened reply. In an instant, all the eyes of those hazy figures turned from Morgan to me. Including the tall, dark brown eyes of my mother. She handed my prey to Kate as she approached me, her eyes full of worry. She stopped right in front of me blocking my view of Morgan.
"Angel, love?" Her voice was sturdy, but shaken with fear. I heard a mess of mumbles and whispers arise from the others. "Love, talk to me. Tell me what's going on." Her voice was faint, even though she stood only inches away from me. I had no interest in speaking to her. I took a step left in attempts to dodge past her only to be instantly countered. I attempted to the right with the same outcome. My brow furrowed as my frustration merged with my hunger, creating an irritation that was lethal in my eyes. She placed her hands on my shoulders, trying to calm me with words. Big mistake.
My focus may moved from my prey up to my obstacle. Without a thought, I swept my hand up removing her hold of me. "Get away from me!" The words ripped through my lips as more of a monstrous snarl than the voice of a 13-year-old girl. That was the defining moment. The scream that erupted from behind us was mom's cue to remove me from the situation.
I remember a strong arm wrapping around my torso and hauling me up the stairs. Moments later, we came to an open door. She set me down in the dark room while blocking the exit so I couldn't try to escape. I only had a small amount of light from the hallway lighting the space I was now confined in. Trying to get my bearings in the darkness, I notice the intense hunger began to subside and the red haze begins to dissipate. I started to feel like myself again as the tension in my body softened. My mom was focused on me with pained eyes, but I could hear her heartbeat slow ever so slightly as if a sense of relief came over her.
Her calm voice brought a feeling of serenity to my hectic mind. "Love, I need you to stay here until I come to get you. Can you do that for me?" My will was regained, but my thoughts returned with a vengeance. Why did I have to stay in this dark room? Was I in trouble? Was she going to ground me?
"Nod if you can hear me." It felt very foreign, but I did as she asked. She knelt in front of me, kissed my forehead, and stood to exit. "I love you, but stay here", and with saying that she shut the door and left me to my thoughts.
I got to my feet by finding the ledge of the sink and pulling myself up. Once I found my ground, I flicked on the lights to reveal what had everyone so scared. Staring back at me in the mirror was a red eyed monster in my body!
I gazed in disbelief for a moment, examining my eyes in the mirror. Suddenly, a surge of energy rose from the pit of my stomach, through my lungs, and into my eyes. I clenched them shut afraid of what was to come. A moment later, I opened them only to be sucked into a dark space. Did the bulb blow? Was I still at home?
A quick look around revealed that I was now in a damp, creaky warehouse with rusty walls. Standing a few yards in front of me was a man of a light olive skin tone. His clothing was dark, with short slicked-back hair to match. His face was young, and clean, except for the thick, red liquid that ran from the corners of his lips.
As he stood there, a look of confusion washed over his face. My breath quickened as I stared down this man who looked a puzzled as I was. He wasn't very frightening, except for one detail. His eyes were the same shade of red as mine! I tried to scream, but no sound came out. His lips began to move As I was sucked back into darkness. A deep, ghostly voice echoed through the darkness. "Evelyn?"
The vision went as abruptly as it came, and when I came to I was back in the bathroom. I had control over my mind again, but unfortunately not my legs. As soon as I let go of the sink my legs became noodles and I dropped to the floor. My head was spinning and the room swirled around me. Everything seemed to fall out of time, and the darkness clouded my sight.
I could hear my surroundings, though my ability to respond was gone. I'm not sure how long I lied there in the darkness, but after a while, the door creaked open. Her peaceful voice broke through the darkness. "Angel? Love, how are you feeling?" I tried to make words, but my lips wouldn't move. I couldn't even lift a finger. I wanted to wrap myself in her arms as she told me it's all going to be okay, even when we didn't know what was happening. I felt her arms slide under my back to lift me up. She carried me to a nearby bed where the warmth of the sheets nulled my senses and my remaining strength was tucked away as sleep took over my will to think.
I awoke the next morning facing my still sleeping mother. Her face was frozen with worry, even asleep. I couldn't bear to wake her up as that meant we would have to talk about what happened. There was no way I was ready for that. Maybe we could pass it off as a dream. Yeah… a dream.


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The Spring Bazaar at the Richland Area Community Center was amazing! A big thanks to Lorie M. from Scentsy for making it all come together and to everyone who made it out on a rainy spring day.
Making new connections and meeting amazing women who have that special entrepreneurial spirit really boosts my mood. I am looking forward to seeing some who stopped by my table again to sit down and look through their old and broken costume jewelry! We will "ReMary" it together!


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Hi! everyone might already know that im all movies all the time lately, so i thought I'd share some with you!
All That We Consume dave & I made this short doc for the International Documentary Challenge this year. you can watch it at the link. We didn't win any prizes except fun and satisfaction! cut us some slack, it was made completely within 5 days, and shows just about everything we consumed that day. did you know that we, conservative water users, use something like 65 gallons of water A DAY?
You can watch the winning Doc Challenge film Ars Magna on PBS' best venue for documentary POV in July when it airs before screenings of Arts Engine's Election Day. (I worked with Arts Engine & Election Day's producers on the IFP Doc Labs)
Watch BOLERIUM online for free! my friend Nate Kensinger's film, Bolerium, can be downloaded for free from Indiepix this week only. do it now & before May 21, because if you do, Nate will actually get paid for the download & for being a filmmaker, and this is good.
"Bolerium" captures a day-in-the-life at one of America's most important independent bookstores - Bolerium Books - run from a hidden location in the heart of San Francisco's immigrant/radical Mission District.
Look out for his and Megan O'Hara's latest short Covered Tracks at festivals and stuff near you!
Thursday, May 15, 2008
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NHC Awards Yellow Circle to Caribbean Cruiser Tropical Wave
However, even though they put it up on their site they give it a zero percent chance of forming? I'm a bit confused here ...why bother??? Well, it's there way of saying "Head's Up Islands, you are in for some nasty weather!!!"
Or....they could be covering their governmental asses as it seems the wave has possibilities if it survives the John Hope Wind Tunnel of Shear in the Eastern Carib.
Usually a system not formed going into the Carib would not get the NHC's attention publically but shear is forecast to drop and some model's want it to come out and play.
Will see... just a heads up here and a statement of fact... got a Yellow Circle up in the Carib. For tropical information on the Carib always go to www.caribwx.com and follow the links to satellites or to read reports from people in the islands.
As for me, got things to do today, people to see, "stuff" to plan and going to listen to the incredible Mills Brothers as their song is most definitely in my mind today while watching news from yesterday's elections and following the saga of the BP Oil Spill From Hell ... DAY 50....
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DVDs I think you should own #2 – Nick Of Time
I never really got into 24. Lots of people I know did. They loved it (and still do) but it never really did it for me. It's a bit of a shame, as generally I like secret agenty thrillery things but 24 just didn't quite cut the mustard in my eyes. Some of its defenders like to labour the point that its real time structure made it original and thrilling. They are sadly only half right. While the real time structure does build excitement, it's far from an original concept. Six years earlier director John Badham (who can be credited with, among others, Saturday Night Fever, Wargames and Short Circuit) directed the largely overlooked Nick Of Time, starring Johnny Depp and Christopher Walken. Do I need a spoiler warning? Probably should. There are spoilers afoot.
Accountant Gene Watson (Depp) has his six year old daughter kidnapped at Union Station in LA by "Mr. Smith" (Walken) and his accomplice Ms. Jones. They offer Gene an ultimatum. Take a pistol from them and assassinate the Governor of California (not Arnie!) or never see his daughter again. He has 90 minutes to accomplish the mission before his window of opportunity closes and the kidnappers follow through on their threat against his daughter. Sound familiar? As the film unfolds Gene has to figure a way out of this mess for him and his daughter but in the process discovers the criminal conspiracy may run a little deeper than he at first thought.
It's a tense little film full of genuine suspense. As Gene discovers he can't trust anyone but himself it spirals in tightly paranoid circles towards its conclusion. Here's where it has one up on 24. Our hero is not a military trained anti terrorism expert with the most advanced technology and a team of crack operatives backing him up. He's an accountant, a single father, an everyman hero in the truest sense and he is plunged into an environment and a scenario that is completely beyond his life experience. Depp portrays this well, a reminder that he is capable of doing more than just gurning at Tim Burton's request or doing Keith Richards impersonations. Walken is in fine menacing form as Mr Smith and at no time do you doubt his word that if Gene fails in his appointed task he will make good his threats. Not difficult for someone who can make a recipe for roasting a chicken sound like a threat.
As films go it is far from genius but it is highly entertaining and at the time a rather novel concept. As an experiment in realtime story telling it works. As a thriller it works. As ninety minutes of entertainment it works. Buy it, watch it and astonish your 24 loving friends.
Feexby permalink24/01/2011 15:59
I always think of Badham as a bit of a hack. He's like Peter Hyams in that you'll always get a competent movie but with nothing in the way of stylistic flair.
Having said that though I'll always love Hyams for Capricorn One, and I'll always love Badham for his ace Roy Scheider helicopter epic Blue Thunder.
Wonder if you can get it on DVD.


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ISLAMABAD: An amount of Rs 6.8 billion was paid students under Prime Minister's Fee Re-Imbursement Scheme during last four years. A total beneficiaries scheme 137,672 students from across the country during last four years.
According to official sources,"The scheme was aimed at encouraging pursuit of higher education by students from less developed areas through financing of their tuition fees paid directly to universities". The scheme was only valid for the Higher Education Commission recognized public sector degree awarding institutions he said. Students who were newly admitted in public sector universities in Spring/Fall session were required to apply through online student web portal system by the given deadline of HEC. The focal persons of university further later approve/ disapprove 'newly registered' students the given deadline of HEC.
After scrutiny the data and look for any discrepancies and ineligible students, HEC ensure the payments to the students according to fee structure of the university he added.Saleem Khan, a student said that it was one of the best scheme of the government to facilitate students higher education. He said that it was really good initiative to encourage students healing from far flung less developed areas.


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Carnaval video slot
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At Carnaval slot machine, the winnings of any size fall with a probability of 25.95%. It means that 25-26 spins out of 100 will bring a reward. By the way, during the testing I managed to win only 27 bets. And developers of Microgaming company claim that the maximum winning reaches 5000 bets. So, you should make the conclusions and I will leave neutral recommendations.
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- Probability of a hit (any winning) - 25,95%.
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Carnaval slot machine takes you into the centre of the carnival. And where it takes place - it tells only your imagination. What do you prefer: the Rio carnival, held in Brazil, Carnival of Venice, or Mardi Gras in New Orleans? Or maybe you prefer exotic processions, such as the Carnival of Barranquilla in Colombia. In any case - you decide, and emulator Carnaval already greets you pink-purple hues and unusual masks, and then appears on the reels. Around noise dressed up in colourful costumes crowds, from far away you can hear cheerful music, and only the crackling of the spinning reels resembles where you still really are.
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- Number of pay-lines - 9
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- Wild symbol - yes (an inscription of the same name)
- Scatter - yes (an emblem with the corresponding inscription)
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I can't even. Literally, nothing works out for me, ever. It's funny my friends and people think I actually have my shit together, it's not just funny, it's hilarious cause the truth is so incredibly far from. I have no idea what I'm doing, I'm confused and lost and stressed 24/7. I feel like after summer I'll be alone. I feel insecure, I feels undesired, I feel stupid, I feel angry, I feel like I get the shittiest shit end of the stick every time.
I'm raging right now, rather than feeling like shit it's like. 60% 30% type of thing. Cause I'm fucking amazing, the shit part is that I'm the only one that thinks so. The raging part is that fact that I've done this to myself again.
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We went to mass this morning as a part of Scott's R.C.I.A. process. The kids were actually pretty well behaved....well kind of. So we got to the church and as we sat down Aaron let out the biggest burp I've ever heard...ever! Of course we got several snickers out of that. Then my wonderful and charming daughter broke out the demon baby voice. I was waiting for someone to sprinkle holy water on her! But other than that, it was good.
This afternoon we went to EPCOT for the Flower and Garden Festival with Lani and the kids. Our original plan was to see Davy Jones (seriously) but the rain clouds came in and we were smart and left. We literally made it to the car and got the kids loaded as it began to pour. The comments today were "interesting" to say the least. For example, Lani has "triptuplets" uh huh seriously. Oh and this other lady said and I quote..."I thought I had problems with one!" Oh there was some restraint in not commenting back. Then, and this one is the best, by far...we stopped in China to feed the kids and this guy was sitting over by where Scott was and asked "Hey are those 5 babies?" so Scott said "Yup" well I think the guy meant "Hey are those quints?" and Scott thought that as well and figured yup, I'll just say sure, why not mess with the people. So the guy walked away and pointed us out to his wife and how we had five babies. Awesome. But the whole walk around the park was pretty good, I love the annual pass, seriously!
Hope you had a great weekend!
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Are those triptuplets?
Posted by Amanda at 7:54 PM
Labels: Davy Jones, EPCOT, Flower and Garden Festival, RCIA
2 comments:
- Nicole O'Dell said...
I love, "We stopped in China to feed the kids..." lol Those annual passes would be AWESOME!
- March 22, 2009 at 10:47 PM
- SLM said...
Triptuplets. I love it. People say the dumbest things!
I love saying "No" when I get the question, "Are they twins?". The reaction is priceless.
I love our annual pass to Disney as well. :-)
- March 23, 2009 at 2:37 PM
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I originally wanted to do a vlog and update it while I was in France. Then I realized it was too much work, and I didn't have any time to waste while I was there.
Then I wanted to edit all the footage I shot into a sort of delayed vlog, or a movie, or something. Then I realized the footage is mostly shitty, and still too much work for a lazy soul such as I.
So, despite it being 2.5 months later, I figure I must deal with my pictures and videos somehow, and it would be lovely to actually document my adventure since I didn't write much in my journal when I was there, and I appear to have lost it anyway. That being said…
I flew with Air Transat, and luckily they had a direct flight. I know some people enjoy getting off of the plane for a few hours, but I honestly would rather just go straight there, unless the stopover is a couple of days long in somewhere awesome. I upgraded to Option Plus, which I thought was cool, mostly because of the free snacks. I'm not a person who enjoys much alcohol, so I kind of choked down the free sparkling wine at the beginning, which I accidentally spilled and had to mop up with my sleeve. Chocolate and chips, however, yes please!
It's kind of amazing how things work. I had been talking about needing to go to France for the past year, and suddenly, an opportunity that I could not refuse came up. Landing in Charles de Gaulle, I couldn't help feeling extremely content, not like I was coming home, but that I was getting closer. I had that feeling for the majority of the time I was in France.
We were shuttled off the plane to a tiny terminal with no one in it, and my luggage was one of the last ones to arrive, but I was absolutely stoked to be there. It wasn't what I had been expecting, but that is the beauty about traveling.
I am not a planner. Whenever I make plans, they fall through, so I learned many years ago to just stop planning. Therefore, I did not plan ahead how I would actually get to the apartment from the airport. The lady I was going to be traveling with had mentioned that I could take the train straight from the airport, so I looked for some train signs and followed them to the station. I had absolutely no idea where in Paris I was actually going, but luckily there was free WiFi so I was able to look on Google Maps, because the information lady refused to acknowledge the existence of Rue Pecquay. I looked at the train map, made my best guess, and hopped on the train.
The first thing I noticed on the train was there was not a whole lot of French being spoken. This disappointed me because I really wanted to practice my French. I took Spanish in school, so I don't know much French, but it is in my top 3 of languages to learn. Nevertheless, it was fascinating to see what France is actually like, and not necessarily how it is portrayed. I know a lot of foreigners assume things about Canada that are simply not true, and I recognized my own ignorance going into a new country.
When I got to my station, it seemed like forever to get above ground, and when I did, I had no idea where to go. Luckily, Paris has a lot of free WiFi throughout the city, so I was able to zoom in and out of my map and figure out where to go. Unfortunately, the street signs are really hard to find if you are not sure where to look, so I did accidentally pass the street I was supposed to turn on because I couldn't find the street sign. I eventually made it to the apartment, and was warmly greeted by my travel mate and two members of her family. They wanted to go on a sunset tour along the Seine and asked me if I would like to join. Despite having been awake for over 30 hours straight, I gladly accepted on the condition that I could have a shower and change first.
Paris is a great walking and transit city, so we walked, and were greeted by a protest. Can't go to France and not see a protest, right? At least that's what people have told me since.
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Via WindowsBlog
So it looks after years of using some sort of flag, Windows 8 will bring a new, refreshed and relevant logo. Take a look at the image and the Windows logo timeline below, funny how things come full circle.
Via WindowsBlog
Apple has already collected a small back catalogue of patent lawsuits over the last few years. Some it has handled successfully and some less so, like their ongoing battle with Proview over the 'iPad' trademark.
Proview Technology is suing Apple over the rights to the 'iPad' brand within China's borders, seeking around $38 million for "damages" and, perhaps most unusually, an apology from Apple.
Apple is no stranger to patent lawsuits, this example being no exception. Essentially, Chinese company Proview Technology alleges that it originally filed an intellectual property patent in Taiwan back in 2001 trademarking the name "ipad". In 2006, a company "IP Application Development" bought the patent for a mere $55k USD – once Proview realized the company's ties to Apple, they took action against the tech giant. In 2010, Proview sued Apple for $1.6 billion but lost – according to Proview's lawyers, the rights had only been purchased to use the trademark in Taiwan. Chinese patent laws have been accused of being biased towards Chinese companies which doesn't bode well for Apple. On the other hand, the Foxcon (Apple-affiliated) facilities in Shanghai are one of the cities largest employers which certainly will draw negative attention to patent officials if they choose to aware Proview the damages. In the past, Apple hasn't always come out on top in these debacles.
Stories like this bring to light how massive corporations such as Apple use shell companies for intellectual property purchases to get better bargains. Had Apple gone directly to Proview asking to buy the patent, it would have been assumed it could be a multi-billion dollar product thus a high price tag. Using a company whose name spells out the IPAD acronym is sneaky Apple, very sneaky.
Via ZDNet
Amazon.com is planning to open a retail store in Seattle in the new few months, the blog Good E-Reader reports, citing "sources close to the situation."
Well this is interesting. It looks as though Amazon might be looking into competing in the retail space – you know, with actual stores you can visit? With a growing portfolio of e-reader and tablet devices as well as exclusive titles and publishing deals, Amazon could be primed to create a retail store front similar to Apple's wildly successful retail outlets. This is certainly ironic – as soon as Amazon pushed Borders and ma & pop bookstores out of business, they are now looking to compete in the same space. A portion of this can be attributed to Amazon-exclusive publishing titles, which retailers Barnes & Noble and Books-A-Million will not carry in their stores.
With Apple now competing in the textbook publishing market, it certainly looks as though the amount of competition in this online store/retail store/publishing space is going to heat up in the coming months.
Via Forbes
2011: the year Smartphones supplanted computers, at least according to the bundle of spreadsheets that just arrived from Canalys Research. Vendors shipped (shipped, not sold) 488 million of the devices, compared to 414.6 million "PCs," which erroneously includes Tablet PCs of all shapes and sizes. Looking at Smartphones exclusively (IDC's numbers from yesterday concerned all mobile handsets), Appleremains king of the hill having shipped 93.1million iPhones. Samsung is close behind, with 91.9 million and Nokia is kicking along in third with 19.6 million. For all of the doomsaying around RIM, it's nestled in fourth, although Canalys chose not to include its numbers. Framing the research as "PCs versus Smartphones" isn't the wisest, given the fragmentation and hybridization prevalent in the market today. Drilling down into those numbers, we learn that 63.2 million tablets were pushed out last year, cannibalizing netbook shipments (dropping 34.5 percent in a year), but desktop and laptop movements remained relatively stable. We've included the full report and the most relevant table of data for your perusal and insight (hint: there's no points for saying netbooks are on the way out).
We have seen this coming for a while, however the numbers have finally been proven by Canalys. In 2011, more tablet & smartphone mobile devices were shipped than PC's with Apple's explosive iPhone popularity leading the pack. Personally, I have noticed a huge increase in mobile-optimized websites from just a few years ago and it makes sense – even looking at web analytics reports from over the years shows mobile views on an upswing. I mentioned the need for Facebook & other social networking giants to start taking mobile advertising seriously, and this is why. These social media platforms weren't designed with mobility in mind therefore need to play catch-up and figure out how to create revenue from this growing market.
Via Engadget
The financial and tech news sites have been buzzing about the Facebook initial public offering (IPO) over the last few days. For a private company that's sitting on almost $4 billion in cash, what do they plan on doing with the extra $5 billion they hope to generate from the IPO? In the filing, Facebook gave a standard explanation of what it will do with cash it raises: "working capital and other general corporate expenses". The company plans to focus on 4 key areas of improvement:
Mobile Revenue Strategy – Facebook was designed for computer browser interfaces, not mobile. With that in mind, they have not come up with a way to generate cash from its mobile applications. With people accessing the web more and more from mobile devices than computers, this is an essential challenge that FB must overcome.
Package More Data – With numbers of users growing (845 million + as of Tuesday), Facebook collects more data than ever. As this is their product, they need to find more ways to bring in content from other sites (Youtube likes etc.) and find better ways to package this data to sell to advertisers.
Streamline Advertising Strategy – Facebook is at the end of their experimentation period in terms of an advertising strategy. What they do well now is serving tons of display ads (28% of all US display ad impressions actually…) but eventually advertisers will want to know how to get leads from data on Facebook. One way they have talked about doing this is using "sponsored stories" to feed ads right into a users' feed.
Hire Top Talent – Facebook mentioned in their IPO filing that they plan on continuing their strategy of buying smaller startups, shutting down their products/services and deploying their technicians on their own initiatives. It would be advisable for Facebook to throw in some attractive salary perks such as company equity
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