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This week has been so stressful @_@
It's a struggle to try to relax amidst the storm.
Maybe I'm just too butthurt over my LoL account.
But maybe not.
It really has been a long week…
It's also easy to forget that music can fix anything =3=
Music is comforting.
This post comes out to be my 200th personal post.
Yet I don't have much to say.
I'm so screwed it's not even funny.
Darn you report cards ==
And you too, Chinese school.
I just want to go cry in the corner ./cries
Too bad it's drafting class, where nothing gets done.
Except for a blog post.
./goes on Tsilon.ca
Funny how it's not blocked, but thereisnolist.ca is.
There isn't even any games on thereisnolist.ca
./slow claps for computer techy
I'm quite happy with my voice modulations of GLaDOS.
They don't sound quite the same (obviously cause I don't have Ellen Mclain's voice)
But it's working out well enough, I guess.
Oh, the boredom.
Since I won't be posting for the next three days, I might as well post a great dubstep song.
Very impressive, since the DJ is only 14 years old.
This song has an awesome name. And an even awesomer melody.
Without further ado, Dagen Derpa.

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This looks a lot like my Texas Star, wonder if they are in the same family?
What family is your Texas Star in? I did some online searching and came up with a Texas Star banana tree and a Texas Star tree with red berries. This is an orchid and the seed pods are definitely legumes. If you have any more details my botanist is keen to have them, and he'll do a search.


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Saturday, September 10, 2005
jus' so ya know
Anytime I post a picture, if you click on it, you should be able to see a larger version of it in a new window. The 'Death Star' loses some detail in the smaller image. Also, the sculptures are almost finished. I should be posting images of them on Monday. And I'm going to start composing for D.A. tomorrow. Most of my E.G. music until now has been rather...mellow...deep throbbing tones that seem to move as if floating on water. Some, unfortunately, have said it sounds rather new age, though I have tried to follow in the path of Tangerine Dream and (from T.D.) Christopher Franke (Babylon 5). The music always sounds 'space-like'...does that make sense? The stuff for D.A. is going to be much more rythymic...I've been inpsired by the new "Battlestar Galactica" themes and the opening 'space battle' theme of Star Wars III. I'll also be including more percussion...some will be from intruments I've created. I'll be playing a three stringed BUKKA (the name my elementary students gave the intrument I designed eight years ago) during the "love theme"...I have some PVC instruments and a yet-not-finished intrument made with Piano strings. I'll hopefully be relying a lot less on keyboard, though the opening theme is going to be played on a synth. nuff said.
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|Baby Nathan!!!
How can you not love those little faces? This is Nathan and his sister Faustina. They live on the campgrounds and have been our buddies this whole week along with the rest of their siblings and cousins and friends. I'm not sure all of the relationships of the kids here, but there are always alot of them and whatever happens it is always fun! There is usually some soccer being played with the kids after dinner, with Nathan trying to chase the ball around with his stumbly walk. He is so precious. I really am going to miss all of these little ones here at the camp.


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My, it's quiet around here.
Blondechick 13 has gone to Christian theater camp. She'll be there 5 days.
I (and her brothers and sister) drove her and her friend there this morning. I had to go in with her to register, and since she needed help with her luggage, we all went in and helped get it up to her room (in a college dorm). Once we had met the third roommate and seen the bathroom, I purposely did not hover but implied that, unless she wanted our help for anything else, we would get on our way. It's her first overnight camp--but I could tell she was going to be just fine.
We drove around the pretty campus for a few minutes, and then went in search of a nearby forest preserve and campground I wanted to check out for a possible weekend sometime. I let Chicklet and the Bantams play awhile on the aged playground equipment there--they loved the long, slick, metal slide--while Bitty Bantam filled and refilled his shoes with sand. We stopped at Wendy's for lunch, where they pondered anew which two items to select from the value menu--and once again chose Junior Bacon Cheeseburgers and small Frosties. Across the parking lot we walked to Dollar General--the hands-down best dollar store, in my opinion--and selected sunglasses for the whole crew. We stopped at a riding stable, one we've passed for years without ever having had time to stop, to ask about trail rides; they no longer do them. On a whim, we stopped at the home of a friend of Bantam 11's (whose sister is gone for two weeks on a missions trip) and invited her home with us.
The two youngest and I took a nap; the older kids rode bikes and played outside. I served them all leftovers for dinner. Papa Rooster and I talked while Bitty Bantam and Chicklet 3 hung out with us being their darling, delightful, needy little selves until I put them to bed. I kissed Papa Rooster goodnight, and the boys disappeared to their basement lair when sent to bed.
I thought, my, it's quiet around here.
I called a friend to work out some camping schedule details. I checked my email and a website.
Then the phone rang. It was my daughter.
"It's so awesome here, Mom. It's just amazing. I made this new friend--well, lots of new friends..." and she was off, describing random moments and details from the day, interrupting each sentence with remarks to her roommates about snacks, the radio, the alarm, and their facial expressions.
"Well, I'm glad you're having so much fun.... Did you get a t-shirt that fits? ... Did you forget anything?"
"Yes, they did find me a Small; I was so relieved. ... Not that I can tell so far...Love you, Mom! I'll call you tomorrow night!"
It's been nice having the computer to myself this evening. It's been nice having a quiet house, with kids who've been sent to bed staying there. It's been nice thinking my own thoughts and connecting words together before my brain freezes with the lateness of the hour.
My, it's quiet around here.
Monday, June 19, 2006
Gone To Camp
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3 comments:
- RANDI said...
Enjoy the quietness!
- Liquidoxology said...
Just be glad the quiet isn't permanent... That's unbearable.
- Lyn said...
I am glad she is settling in well. I remember my first over night camp.....awe....summer camps.
Enjoy the quiet and the computer!
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Wow. That's a lot of maintenance just to keep arifle functioning. I like my ak47. I clean it when I get around to it, and I don't have to be careful not to over oil or under oil anything. Also, my magazines are not prone to denting orbending lips. I can abuse my AK47 all day and it will still work.
I keep wanting to get an AR15, but I'm so discouraged by how finicky it is. With my ak, all I have to do is point it at a target and shoot. I have to know how to cycle the charging handle and change magazines. On the ar15, I have to know that, plus which parts to oil heavily, which parts are fragile, which parts need to be replaced if they are worn, which parts are easily bent, which parts require special tools to replace, etc. You could teach everything anyone would ever need to know about the ak47 in about 20-30 minutes in broken english. The AR15 seems like it would take at least 8 hours of classroom time to get all of the necessary information out.
BTW, I'm not trying to start an AR vs AK fight. I know that the AR15 is a much more accurate gun, and it is a much more reliable rifle now than it was in 1967. I am just ranting on how much more maintenance it requires than the AK. There are certainly benefits to either platform and it is all about personal taste and needs. I need a SHTF rifle that can stand up to poor maintenance and a lack of cleaning. If I needed a rifle that was accurate, the AR would be a much better choice.
What cracks me up about it is how politically incorrect it is, and how it treats the soldier as if he were a child. There are some Army documents like this that the Marine Corps doesn't bother using.
The AR may seem finicky from reading this, but I never had any worries when I carried my M-16 around. Keeping excess dirt out of it was just something that came natural, and you can drop them, kick them, abuse them more than you might think.
The Army has an instruction book for the kevlar helmet that is like 10 pages long. For a helmet. Written like it's for sixth-graders, too. How hard is it to tell somebody how to wear a hat. Don't let this nonsense discourage you from getting an AR if that's what you really want.


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Some thoughts provoked by two Kyiv Post OpEds that I liked:
1) Yushchenko--too chummy with Kuchma? (Read the Kyiv Post op-ed here)
Are the cynics proving right? Is Yushchenko chummy with the old power to the extent that the cynic's theory that he is just another oligarch, another one of the players in Ukraine's game of gangster politics, is right? Or is there still some critical distance between Yu and the ''old" power? I agree with the Kyiv Post that Yushchenko's call to Kuchma on his birthday is outrageous and much too chummy to go unnoticed and un-commented-upon. I also completely agree that the situation with the Gongadze case is ridiculous and shameful. The as of yet still unsolved case is becoming Yushchenko's primary "orange shame," more so than some scandal over the privileged first brat and his father's defensive overaction to the bad press the kid well deserves. So what is going on?
Yushchenko has, as others have remarked, much too much the tendency to want to be loved by everyone, and I would add to that, much too much the tendency to want to be seen as the perfect gentleman who is the bigger of his adversaries. He eagerly shook Putin's hand with two of his own during his first summit in Moscow, even though there was much consensus that a Russian hand had played a role in his poisoning (remember, right after his inauguration, Yu took off for Moscow, which was indeed wise, but such an eager hand-shake?) . During the OR, he was the handler to Tymoshenko's bulldog, who urged restraint and European gentlemanliness while she wanted to tear things apart. Again, he wanted Ukraine to appear neat, gentlemanly, presumably "civilized" and "European." This, I believe, is how we should be reading this phonecall. Yushchenko loves being in the country club of world-class, wealthy political elites, and it seems to me that he imagines that it truly is a club of genuinely gentlemanly figures; and he seems to want to pretend that those in Ukraine are worthy of the kind of club he wishes he himsef was part of, a club in which elites are, presumably, much more sophisticated and much less cut-throat than Ukraine's elites have been, with their obvious thuggishness and rapaciousness. The fact that this is a bit of a Yushchenko fantasy, in the sense that American and European elites have relied upon thugs and brutes for their wealth and power, abroad if not within their own nations (hence the whole Iraq quagmire), is not to be commented much upon here except in passing. . .
Thus I think the following are his main shortcomings in the case of the phonecall: The desire to play the role of the gentleman, and the will to pretend. And along with that, a corrolary: Yushchenko also seems to me to want to play a kind of father-like role to Ukraine's political elite. Maybe this is kind of outrageous, but he seems to me to want to be looked upon in Ukraine as the example of the gentlemanly, European statesman. He seems to want that people will learn from his example what it means to be a gentleman-politician, or a European bourgeois politician. . .and a polite dandy. Hence the call.
Certainly Tymoshenko, with more populist feelings in her heart than "gentlemanliness," would not have called Kuchma on his b-day. But then mentioning her take me to her feuds with Lytvyn and Poroshenko, and so here's another potential explanation of Yushchenko's failures vis-a-vis Gongadze and his seeming chumminess with the "old" power. Is he playing some political game, engaging in more backroom negotiations as he did in the OR? To keep the coalition going, he's willing to forestall all that is potentially bad for his team by stalling resolution of Gongadze? But isn't that more of the same old thing, as the cynics would say?
No, I don't think that the cynics have it quite right: Yu is a wealthy elite destined to behave like other Euroelites if he ever gets the chance, and is not simply one of them, one of the Kuchmas/Medvedchuks/Pinchuks/Akhmetovs/Yanukovyches/Sirkuses/etc. of Ukraine. He is indeed a wealthy man, an oligarch of sorts, but of a much different persuasion. He may be a bit naive in his gentlemanliness, but he at least would not--I still believe--be trying to protect Poroshenko or Lytvyn for their own sakes or his (Yushchenko's) own, in terms of landing them all and himself lucrative deals that will make them rich and powerful. He wants to stay in power in order to try and make a genuine change in the country's situation. In other words, he wants to work in a political culture whose brutishness and corruption are toned down and watered-down, as it is in the US or EU. This already is a huge distance from those of the old power, who are fine with things as they are or were. . .
You may disagree with how he is going about his reforms, and there are many, many things to disagree with. You may think that such games as chumminess are more of the same, no real change. You may think that, no matter what Yu may want, using such methods are a guarantee that nothing will chage. You may even also disagree with his vision and his theories for a better future-- he is too much a market liberal or naive neoliberal or Eurobourgeois for me, against which I like to juxtapose the populist impulses of a Tymoshenko. But for what it's worth, he is at least this much different from the old power: he is thinking, I still think and hope I am right, about the country, and not just about enriching his cohorts. These are short term tactics, it may be, in his long term design for a better Ukraine. I am not comfortable with them (I want Poroshenko booted and the Gongadze case resolved), but I still think his heart is at least in the right place. . .I hope I am right about that one. I still think that there is not clear enough evidence indicating that his tactics won't work and that he is just another wicked oligarch. . .an oligarch of sorts maybe, but certainly much the lesser of the wicked.
2) "Energy as a Security Threat" Read the Kyiv Post OpEd here. Agreed, completely: Ukraine needs an independent energy policy, and Tymoshenko certainly is a good person to set to that task, with all of her experience working in the energy sector and hostility toward Russian manipulations, and as one who clearly realizes that energy is Ukraine's Achilles heal vis-a-vis Russia. . .
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Tuesday, July 1, 2008
East Lakeview Campaign #4
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Now the newest reason to move to East Lakeview is:
Pink Polish
Located on Belmont just west of N. Sheridan, Pink Polish is a premier nail salon. The atmosphere is clean (and pink, of course) and they have a big screen TV that was playing Mean Girls while I was there, so I expect it'll be chick flicks on every go 'round. (LOVE IT!)
My pedicure was off-the-chain, complete with super buffing, a salt scrub and a hot towel treatment. It was followed by a shoulder massage while my toes dried AND to top it all off, they have a customer appreciation program. For every 10 visits you get a free manicure. Now that may seem like a lot of visits, but I'm a sucker for customer appreciation. How many nail salons have you been to with customer appreciation cards? I've been getting my nails done since 8th grade and this would be my first.
First time visitors also get a free bottle of scented cuticle softener as a parting gift and the women are SO NICE! I was trying to put my shoes back on and you should have seen the woman sprint over to make sure I didn't touch my own feet, messing up the flawless polish job.
To top it all off my pedicure was only $30! Now, for college students and folks in the south, that may seem like a lot of money, but I typically get my pedicures downtown Chicago, so anything under $40 makes me feel like I got away with armed robbery. (They also didn't give me a hard time about having a credit card, which so many shops do. I mean, the money's coming RIGHT from my bank account, I wish people would just get their credit card game up and stop huffing and puffing when I pull it out... I digress).
Fellas, forward this to your girl. You know she'll appreciate a good nail salon in the neighborhood. I will definitely be a regular customer here and I hope to see you all there soon... since you'll be moving. :)
What are you waiting for... PACK YOUR BAGS AND MOVE TO EAST LAKEVIEW!!!
4 comments:
- Reese Johnson said...
sigh...i enjoy a manicure and pedicure. i mean my woman dont want me cutting her legs with razor sharp toenails (we know u hate feel :)) or having fingernails that are too long. and i always enjoy the longer looks i get from women in nail spots because they think im gay or one of those "down low" brothers cause im taking care of my hands and feet but i digress... Lakeview is sounding better and better. you may not be able to fall off if im out there, with the blackberry live bloggin it from brunch LOL.
(am i first :)?)
- July 1, 2008 at 10:43 AM
- ThummyB said...
I have to take this opportunity to pub Polish, A Nail Lounge located in the heart of the south loop (http://www.polishlounge.com/main.htm). Lakeview isn't the only place to get 1st class treatment :-P
- July 1, 2008 at 11:51 AM
- Brown Girl Gumbo said...
Aww, man!! I wish I had known about "Pink Polish!" I was all on the Northside during my trip home. I ended up going to a nail shop that I absolutely HATED!!! This sounds like a place that I would definitely frequent.
Off subject, email me if you still want to know how to set up automatic posts...I forgot you mentioned that on BGG.
- July 1, 2008 at 3:45 PM
- Reese Johnson said...
polish is good, ive been there, nice lookin women in there always
- July 1, 2008 at 3:54 PM


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Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Alternate Universes, or Why I NaNo
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What a remarkable experience and a great story to boot. And I so love that you referenced Ferdinand under the tree...a favored book of my childhood. Marvelouser and marvelouser!
- January 9, 2013 at 9:17 AM
- Anne Marie Becker said...
LOL - and so true that we all write in our own ways, our own pace. It's been a source of frustration as I see fellow authors releasing 3 (or more) books a year. Sometimes I have to remind myself that I'm happy in MY universe. :)
- January 9, 2013 at 9:19 AM
- Blythe Gifford said...
You can up your speed. Trust me. I've done it. But it all depends on your process. After I write those words, I revisit ten times and write totally new ones. But those first ones? They showed me what the story was...
- January 9, 2013 at 9:29 AM
Up to now, I've been too intimidated to join a marathon writing sit-in. But your fun posting inspired me to think maybe I should give it a try the next time around. November, huh? That means no turkey dinner around here for Thanksgiving. Oh well, I can live with that. Thanks for the fun story.
- January 9, 2013 at 9:43 AM
- J Wachowski said...
@rlsherman I'll leave room under the tree & we can sit together. :)
@Anne Marie I'm with you girl. How do they do it? But you are right to come back to your own happiness. That's why we write in the first place!
@Blythe That's exactly what I found! The bones of the story revealed themselves in those fast spurts. Really useful learning experience. I'm gonna have to take your word about upping my speed though. At least, until I finish my typing class. :)
@Jean You should try it! (Lots of people take off a couple days around Thanksgiving.) And think of the $ you'll save being in the library on Black Friday, instead of the mall! :)
- January 9, 2013 at 10:12 AM
- Cathy Perkins said...
Oh, I can relate!
This was the first year I participated in NaNo and like you, struggled with the different process. But I did meet some great women through the Savvy/Entangled Smack Down, which made it hugely worthwhile
- January 9, 2013 at 10:30 AM
- Marcelle Dubé said...
Oh, that's too funny! Great post, Julie. I'm not a sprint writer -- I'm the tortoise, slow and steady. But I get there!
- January 9, 2013 at 10:58 AM
- J Wachowski said...
@cathy Wow! What's a savvy smack down? (Sounds pretty awesome.)
@Marcelle With all your books--I can't believe you think of yourself as a tortoise. Some of it has to do with what we expect of ourselves, doesn't it?
- January 9, 2013 at 11:11 AM
- Shelley Munro said...
I've never done NANO since I alway seem to have something else on in November. I'm actually looking to up my word count this year. Check out Rachel Aaron's blog or her book 2000 to 10000. How to write faster. It's eye opening!!
Fun post, Julie. She really bought a snake???
- January 9, 2013 at 11:58 AM
- J Wachowski said...
@Shelley Thanks for the book tip! I will check it out. And yes. Totally true. Said she bid on and bought a snake. There were a couple other details I left out that almost made the whole thing unbelievable....nothing like real life for story material.
- January 9, 2013 at 12:09 PM
- Toni Anderson said...
I have meant to do NaNo for a while but always seem to get edits around then. I'm a hunt and peck girl too. I'd love to speed type although I still think my brain is too slow for megawords. But I am getting faster. I guess self-improvement is what we aim for :)
- January 9, 2013 at 12:22 PM
- Shirley Wells said...
Too funny. I love that she bought a snake. :)
I can type pretty fast so if anyone needs a copy typist, I'm good to go. The problems lie with my brain. It falls way, way behind. I can sit staring out the window for an hour or more trying to think of the exact right word. And then another hour trying to think what that exact right word needs changing to, LOL.
- January 10, 2013 at 2:14 AM
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This is the second post of the day. I guess I have a lot to say today.
This past weekend, we went to the hubby's company picnic. We took John's truck. It's a big F-150 with big comfy leather seats. I keep my purse between my feet on the floor and I found I needed something from my purse. Without thinking, I bent down and picked up my purse. So what you say? Yeah, me too, until I realized that I did it effortlessly. I didn't have to unbuckle the seatbelt or maneuver the purse with my feet until I could raise it up so I could reach it. I just reached down and got it. Wow. That's a biggee for me. I was too big before to reach over my belly to get anything from the floor. Yay for that one.
The other thing I found out that same day: I was sitting in my folding chair, you know the kind: the canvas ones with the sling backs? I usually dread those chairs because I'm always afraid I'm going to break it when I sit in it because I'm so heavy. So there I was, sitting in that chair. I was reading a book and I crossed my legs. I don't mean crossed them at the ankles, I crossed them at the knee - one leg over the other. Holy shit, Batman! I was amazed! I was thrilled! I mentioned this to John and he did the nice husband supportive thing, but I don't know that he really understood how happy that made me. That is a biggee!
I really do need to blog these things because I will forget them later on. Baby steps, you know? Kind of like when you have kids and your kid does something really cute and you think you'll always remember that thing, but you don't. You have to write it down. In detail. I'm sure my details probably bore you sometimes (all the time?) but hey, this is my blog/journal. I'm just glad you're here reading and being there for me.


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Roids are burning
In more quiet days than those we are having now, some industries corp mates did set up a huge mining op which was open for all alliance members. Like in all of our mining ops all miners/haulers/booster do get equal shares no matter what ship they are in. This is especially to help pilots new in New Eden who are invited as well even should they just fly a Bantam! The nice part about mining is more the social aspect anyway and the chatter in fleet chat as well as in voice was quite nice too and also a nice opportunity for new members to get to know the other corp mates.
I can only recommend such ops to any corp with industry activities.
I better don't contemplate too much an all the heat of the above lasers and how dangerous it was for our mining vessels to navigate through all of them!
I wouldn't like to be one of those roids there …
Our hero hauling Orcas! 🙂


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Wednesday, June 28, 2017
As it stands, he seems squarely rooted in the far right (Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch). There doesn't (at this point) appear to be much Roberts in him, much less any Kennedy. As a matter of conservative judicial principals, Trump would appear to have gotten this one right.
I still believe that ultimately Bush did a good job with Roberts and Alito. Obviously, Roberts is more the wildcard than Alito (who is unabashedly conservative)... but both stick pretty well to the conservative ideology of justice.
But one has to be impressed so far with Gorsuch. His behavior should set conservative minds at ease, as it pertains to the many many judicial appointments Trump is making to the Federal Courts, along with any potential USSC pick (this year or next).
So far, the only complaints have been coming from the left.
5 comments:
- rrb said...
complaints from the left are the most precise indicator that he was the correct choice.
- June 28, 2017 at 9:37 AM
when a literal jackass says this
This is like the three horsemen of the apocalypse, and they're waiting for the fourth one to come along so that they can go on their trend toward what I call extremism
we got the right pick
- June 28, 2017 at 10:26 AM
12.8 Billion Dollars , that is the figure NATO nations, other then the USA will be adding this year.
President Trump gets another WIN.
Why is it the last guy, whatwashisname?,, you know the community organizer, the guy that was in charge during THE LOST YEARS, why is it he could not get this done?
- June 28, 2017 at 12:06 PM
What happened to the portal page that linked to this blog, Collin's blog, and the legacy blog? It saved me from having to open up individual blogs if there weren't any updates (posts or comments). It also had links to other sites as well that I sometimes used.
- June 28, 2017 at 8:42 PM
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Sunday, September 17, 2006
Ann Richards Is In Heaven
How do I know? Well, she certainly deserves to be, if for no other reason than this:
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I had signed up for a script writing workshop last weekend.
It's a script I was asked to read as part of a workshop I signed up for and do I did even though It's a film I refused to see because of its violence, in spite of its rave reviews.
It's the only reason I interacted with the script writer and the film maker too, where they spoke about their journey making the recently released road film.
So far so good. They – (the director and the writer of NH-10)- sound like educated intelligent people- I mean advertising and IIM- A's are backgrounds few can boast off. Even the cream of India's intelligentia. Mr Writer & Mr Director ensure that their notch above the rest of Bollywood's qualifications are noticed by all. Claps all around
Wow. These two sacrificed successful careers to starve & realize their dream of making this movie? Commendable. Some more claps. And they have taken time off on a Sunday to share their journey with us- much appreciated. Claps again.
2 days before this interaction with Mr Writer & Mr Director we were all given the script of of their movie to read. In that there is a scene where a lamb crosses the road & is smashed by the screeching car in which the couple ride. I didn't think anything of this scene specifically. Even if I was to, I would assume (because I think I know) that such things are done with dummies or faked to requirement.
Someone in the audience mentions that some of the scenes on paper didn't make it to the final cut of the movie & how come. That Mr Writer & mr Director explain is how films work- some scenes are cut out, some improvised on the spot etc & one must not get attached to the written word.
And then Mr Writer specifically mentions the scene where a lamb crosses the road and is smashed by the speeding car. That was in the script but didn't make it in the film he says, looking suitably sycophantically at the director. Because the director – with all the largesse in his heart- saw the poor little lamb on the set on the day of the shooting and decided there's no point killing it for a shot that may or may not make it to the final edit of the film.
Mr Director looks suitably flattered by Mr Writers praises & turns on the "See I'm such a nice guy & so didn't kill the poor lamb" expression full throttle. Its raining smugness now & I am drowning.
Wait a minute- are you ALLOWED to kill animals for a shot in your film? Surely its totally illegal" I ask
"Of course I am allowed to kill an animal for a scene in my film if required. As long as I do it within ethical guidelines against cruelty" Mr Director dismisses and continues " Puhlease- Dont tell me you are vegetarian"
His smirk is getting worse & I tell him that whether or not I am vegetarian is not the argument here. The argument is about the law and I will have to check what laws allows such cruelty. They cannot possibly exist.
Mr Director says he is VERY sure that the law allows him to take an animals life if a shot requires in a film & adds " Whats the problem. A chair is meant to be sat on right? I mean what else is a chair there for. Similarly a lamb is bred for its meat. So whether it is killed for a shooting or elsewhere what difference does it make"
I realize it's no point arguing with this kind of demonic ignorance and thank him silently for not killing the lamb. If only every lamb was as lucky to have such a kind director that spared his life and sacrificed 3 seconds of his/ her film` Phew
My telephone calls a few seconds later to the Animal Welfare Association confirm that it is CERTAINLY NOT ALLOWED to even cause pain to an animal, let alone take its life. And if any shot in a movie requires animals to be used, a member of the animal welfare association is required to be present to ensure that guidelines of ethical treatment to animals is followed & no harm is caused to the animal physically or emotionally. And this permission must be taken before hand. This movie certainly didn't from the looks of it
If supposedly educated intelligent film makers are themselves so ignorant & spread such wrong information on a platform where they have come to teach- I shudder to think of the state of the rest of the country. Reel and real life feed off each other and the osmosis is deep. Our responsibility not to be taken lightly.
For if an educated supposed gentleman can think the law allows him to kill a lamb or indeed any other animal to satisfy his artistic ego for a half second shot in his film what's to stop the illiterate ignorant man on the street to apply the same law to women or children to satisfy his raging libido?
This argument is not about meat eating Vs vegetarianism or lamb Vs beef. It's about ignorance ethics knowledge & humaneness.
And animals cannot be killed to satisfy your ego or pleasure. Whether lamb, dog, horse or black buck. That is the law & those who don't abide by it deserve to go to jail.
PS- I subsequently received a communication from the film maker that he was misinformed about the law and killing of animals for a shot in a film is definitely not allowed. I will ask him to pass on this information so nobody remains confused about this law anymore. I request everybody reading this to pass on the information too


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I am a student at Gail Harker's Creative Studies Center in Oak Harbor, WA. I travel there several times a year for an intensely creative immersion course. Right now I am in the middle of an Art and Design programme and last week we were creating and using stamped/printed images on paper.
I love being part of a group of serious artists from a variety of backgrounds, some photographers, paper artists and more, who are focussed on working to their best.
Here are some of the images that I made that will later become collage pieces and more. I'll post a few more pictures in the coming weeks as I work through more designs.
Visit the Creative Studies Center at http://www.gailcreativestudies.com/


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Just like us, the monarch butterfly sometimes gets sick thanks to a nasty parasite. But biologist Jaap de Roode from Emory University noticed something interesting about the butterflies he was studying — infected female butterflies would choose to lay their eggs on a specific kind of plant that helped their offspring avoid getting sick. How do they know to choose this plant? Think of it as "the other butterfly effect" — which could teach us to find new medicines for the treatment of human disease.
For your interest, here are Jaap de Roode's faculty profile and the webpage of his lab.


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Makes Sense to Me, #2
Quotations That Resonate
"If a storyteller thinks enough of storytelling to regard it as a calling, unlike a historian he cannot turn from the sufferings of his characters. A storyteller, unlike a historian, must follow compassion wherever it leads him. He must be able to accompany his characters, even into smoke and fire, and bear witness to what they thought and felt even when they themselves no longer knew….It is a strange thing, picking up friendships with the neglected dead…."
— Norman Maclean, Young Men and Fire


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Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Knollenberg Voted Against Arming Our Troops!! Again.
Last week Joe Knollenberg voted to send our troops to Iraq without proper body armor.
Knollenberg thinks our troops only deserve Vietnam era body armor -- he won't vote to supply them with the proper body armor. This 30 second video by a veterans group illustrates the difference.
During the same Appropriations committee meeting, Knollenberg also voted to slash funds for veterans healthcare again!
We have contacted votevets.org to see what we need to do to modify this so it can be run here so voters see just how Knollenberg "supports" the troops.
If you are interested in helping, send an email to email@example.com and we will add you to our contact list.
[Thanks to Sharon for her post on this issue and to Bruce for raising the issue to my attention.]
3 comments:
- Alex said...
I completely disagree with everything Joe Knollenberg has ever done. This man is clearly living in the dark ages and i seriously hope he is replaced by a level headed democrat like his opponent during the last election. he is staunchly against raising CAFE standards or doing anything for our environment or the public, and has created a website assailing the governor of california for trying to clean up the sate and make it a model for the rest of the country. It is definately time for Joe Knollenberg to retire. I agree with him on absolutely nothing, the fact that global warming is occuring and he is allying himself with detroit automakers who are shrinking throughout his state shows where his true interests lie and thats not with the people of michigan. How could we as voters elect a man who voted against getting more union rights for workers, raising the minimum wage, protecting the environment or making our country safer through supporting implementation of the 9/11 comission recomendations. I ask the people of michigan to please take this man out of office and vote for someone who is not stuck in the dark ages defending dying industries and allowing corporations to continue to pollute although they are pulling jobs out of america and his state.
- Alex said...
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- With Liberty & Justice for all . . . said...
Thanks Alex!
I agree with everything you said!
[For anyone who is interested, the "comment deleted" was not censorship -- it was just a mistaken double post so I deleted the second entry.]


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Hello Dear Ones,
Another Christmas is here again.
A time to celebrate the birth of God's greatest gift to Mankind - Jesus Christ.
A time to immerse ourselves in the love and joy that comes with the Season.
A time to share memories with our loved ones and honour those "family traditions" that have been passed on from generation to generation.
Most importantly, it's a time to deeply reflect on God's unconditional love for us, as nothing else can explain why he sent his most priced possession to redeem us.
Emmanuel : God is with US.
Now my bed calleth, just popped in to say:
Merry Christmas to YOU, wishing you boundless love and all the good tidings that comes with the Season.
NB: feel free to eat to stupor, Andrew Liver Salt is still in the market the last time I checked :).


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The Ugly Side of Multiculuralism in the US: Teen Runs Away to Escape Arranged Marriage
Jessie Marie Bender, a 13 year old girl in Hesperia, California went missing for 8 days. Her parents claimed that she had run off to meet a man from Chicago that she found on Facebook. However, the girl was found hiding out in a motel with her Uncle. She had actually run away to escape a marriage in Pakistan arranged by her step-father, Mohammad Khan. Melissa Bender, the girl's mother, said that both she and Khan had passed lie detector tests. Khan is originally from Pakistan, a place where women are viewed as property. There it is not uncommon at all to have arranged marriages between young girls and much older men; that is their culture. However in the US, it's not only illegal but seen as appalling to marry girls off to old men. In this country, women enjoy the same freedoms as men and not only go to school, but also have their own careers.
When different cultures in the US such as this, violate the law, it should make us question how much we will tolerate of other cultures. The generally held belief in this country is that everyone deserves freedoms and rights; however, at times we push that to the side in order to be tolerant and respectful of other cultures. There's a fine line between tolerating another culture's beliefs and simply enabling abuse. In my opinion, if you are going to live in another country, then you fall under the same law as any other citizen. For example, if I were to live in the Middle East, I would have to follow their laws. This relates to the large Muslim community in France. Many aspects of the Muslim culture are illegal under French law. For example, there has been a lot of controversy over the banning of the burqa, which is a kind of clothing worn by Muslim women that covers the entire body, including the face.


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Polish Archbishop Denies Allegations
Associated Press Writer
An archbishop in Pope John Paul II's homeland denied sexual harassment allegations in a letter he ordered read Sunday in churches in his jurisdiction.
The Archbishop of Poznan, Juliusz Paetz, has been accused by priests and clerics of sexual harassment, according to recent reports in Poland's Rzeczpospolita newspaper, which cited unidentified priests.
Poland's Roman Catholic Church has said the Vatican is looking into the allegations.
"I deny all the information published by the media and I assure you that it is a misinterpretation of my words and behavior," Paetz said in the letter.
"The biggest criminals have a right to anonymity unless a court decides otherwise," the 67-year-old Paetz wrote. "I was deprived of that. Mass media have already judged me and sentenced me."
Some priests in the northwestern Polish archdiocese refused to read the letter Sunday. Others said they read it because they were obliged to, Poland's PAP news agency reported.
Paetz worked at the Vatican from 1967-76 in the Bishops Synod Secretariat. He was nominated bishop in 1982 and archbishop in 1996 by the pope.
The harassment allegations come at an embarrassing time for the Polish church, with the pontiff due to visit Poland in August, his first trip home since 1999.
For years, reports of improper sexual behavior by priests were seen at the Vatican as sensationalism or as a handy propaganda tool for those who oppose the Catholic church's celibacy requirement.
But with scandals rocking dioceses in several countries, including the United States, the pope has begun speaking out, complaining last year that sexual abuse was "damaging" the church.


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PARK RIDGE — I don`t know why people in the suburbs make such a fuss over the O`Hare expansion project. I live in a suburb, and the O`Hare expansion/jet engine noise is not an issue of concern for me.
If people want more flights at more convenient times, then residents in the O`Hare area are going to have to deal with it. I, personally, enjoy flying with the airlines, and support the expansion, but like everyone, do not enjoy jet engine noise.


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The time is passed
Who discover that to me?
Who say I am late?
The time will not wait.
Remember that compete
Occurred between turtle and rabbit
The rabbit was fast
He thought if he played
And had a rest after every fast
He would surely get
His want and demand
That is an old story
The end was not happy
For player for the loser
As he lost his want
When he forget his compete
Another was a wolf
Who wanted to hunt a deer
A deer was so intelligent
She saw his greed look
She said came to have a look
Of land filling of gold
Of deer, rabbit and goat
They stayed at the top
Of high ,high mount
She said look my lord
At down valley look
He looked downward
He saw smallest creatures moving
She said look they are a lot
He gazed, gazed
He was so greed
He said if I descended
I will be fat at fast
I will fly as a bird
My wish will be complete
I will the king of the world
My demands came in speed
The deer was returned
He completed his dream
He said I will build a house
Surrounding with servants
The meat came sooner
Cooked, with tomatoes or grilled
That is a brilliant
The deer moved with strong
She gave him a head stroke
He swung and asked for help
She said that is no help
My lord you deserved to be vanished
He was thrown downward
His greed was fallen
And his time was drawn


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Forks Over Knives, a film produced by Virgil Films is a very convincing, educational, and beneficial movie to watch.
You know, from personal experience, I know about food and anxiety. Yuck, uck, uck! Food has caused me so much anxiety! And...just knowing, that God created this stuff, this food that science is now proving is best for us, for humans in every single way, points to our Creator and His care for us, His total knowledge, and the fact that in every way, us humans will come back to Him.
I might be able to talk more about food anxieties later--not that most other Americans have not experienced them. I'm one of the many people who have struggled/struggle with eating disorders, but God's way doesn't bring upon eating disorders or anxiety. And the best part is that God's provision with food, doesn't condemn me or tell me that there is something way wrong with me, etc, but it's that God has provided. Everything I need.
It makes sense. Hmm...how awful would it be to practice a vegan lifestyle? How awful would it be to live without meat and dairy? I will miss Greek yogurt, but that's okay. and eggs, I'll miss eggs. And ice cream.
I can't think about the above. I'll just have to watch the movie again....
Seriously! Take note of this! God provides--He already has provided, eh? (I'm not saying other food/meat/etc. isn't totally tasty and that I won't eat it. I'm not saying the switch and "saying no" won't be difficult. I'm just saying, you and me both, siblings, it's probably worth it!)


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Check Box Question
Check Box Question
1) you can do that with no problem. Some developers set such a single value check box to enter the number 1 and then resize the field and add "yes" as layout text. A number field with 1 in it sometimes makes for slightly more elegant scripts and summary calculations.
2) A field that does not have a value selected will be empty. To find a record where a field is empty, put an "=" in the field as your search criterion.
In a script, it might look like this:
Enter Find mode [] --> clear the pause check box
Set Field [YourTable::checkboxField ; "="]
Set error capture[on]
Perform Find []
But excercise caution when changing the list of values in a value lists such as changing a two value list from Yes, No to just "yes". changing the values in the value list changes what check boxes are displayed, but does not alter the values stored in any existing records. Thus, a field with "No" selected will look like it is empty once "No" has been removed from the value list, but that text will still be present in the field even though it is no long visible and that will affect the results of your finds that search on this field.


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(same old story, same old song and dance)
"If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State."
Guess who took to the podium again and concluded his four speech tour with another lie packed propaganda lecture? You got it, our Fuhrer. There is no need to post the speech here, it's all the EXACT SAME rhetoric as the previous THREE speeches. Everyone already knows all the lies, we've heard them NUMEROUS times before. How many times is he planning on repeating his same set of lies, over and over and over and over again?? I suppose until either everyone in this country believes them or we "dissenters" are jailed for treason or sedition. So it brings great joy to my heart to learn that Bu$h has hired an OFFICIAL propagandist, Dr. Peter Feaver (although I'm dismayed to learn he is from Duke University) to write his new speeches and manage the propaganda.
Dr. Feaver is a right wing shill and a 43 year old Political Scientist from Duke and a weekly contributer to the Volkischer Beobachter. He conveniently joined the National Security Council staff as a "special adviser" in June of this year. White House officials say of the speech "its creation and presentation strongly reflected the public opinion research" of Dr. Feaver. Nothing more comforting than the thought of a Fascist doctor conducting "research."
Herr Feaver and his band of propagandists at Duke (once again, dismay!) conducted polls on the Iraq War between 2003 and 2004 and concluded that "Americans would support a war with mounting casualties on one condition: that they believe it would ultimately succeed." And he should have added "as long as WE don't have to fight it." Hence, the repetiveve use of the term VICTORY every 15 seconds in his first of the four speeches and the "National Strategy on the Victory in Iraq" he presented to the slobbering audience and the shameful newsmedia. What a fucking joke. With this "National Strategy" we are sure to win!!!! And Americans are sure to get behind their Fuhrer (that is, according to Herr Doctor). Excuse me while I slit my wrists.


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(originally titled "Uncelebrity" until circumstances inspired a change in format). Since that time, I have chronicled over seventy long-form articles detailing my personal exploration of the dark and hidden corners of screencraft. What began as a loose pile of gripes formed as a lowly script reader grew into a revolutionary new method of approach to the cinematic narrative, ultimately leading to the publication of my first comprehensive guide on the subject Screenwriting Down to the Atoms. Today, scribbler remains the only* screenwriting blog on the web dedicated to "Progressive Theory," with articles that push at the limits of how the craft is taught and understood by challenging old ideas, developing new models, and unearthing discoveries never previously considered.
(*the only one that I know of. And trust me, I have looked. If anyone knows of another, please send me the link. I would love to read it.)
However, one of the difficulties that comes from teaching anything with a blog, is that they are by nature a very random method of communication. Like most blogs, scribbler's monthly articles have little rhyme of reason to their choice of topic other than it was what happened to be on my mind at the time. Some topics are crucial to understanding the craft, while others are more trivial. Some are very well-written, while others are a bit rushed. Some articles are difficult to get anything out of unless you first read everything that has come before it on the subject; articles which are usually buried deep in the blog's archives. So unless one is willing to go all the way back to the first article and read them all in the order they were posted, it is hard to get the most out of the thing.
So, in recognition of my five-year anniversary I have chosen a selection of what I consider my most useful articles, grouped by subject below. I admit I am a little embarrassed by the number of typos and redundancies in some of my early stuff. I was never an English Major and scribbler has never been the most professionally-edited blog on the planet. Luckily, I have gotten better with time. (When I wrote Screenwriting Down to the Atoms, I edited the original manuscript six times to keep it from being blog-sloppy.) Also, some the ideas proposed in my early articles turned out to be a bit primitive. Most of the original concepts have been further developed and expanded upon.
Enough self-abasement. Enjoy the articles listed below. Scribble on!
Story Structure
It's the SPINE, STUPID! (Oct 2009)
The SPINE Expansion Pack: Part I (Oct 2009)
The SPINE Expansion Pack: Part II (Oct 2009)
Plotting by Story Sequences: Quick and Dirty (Jan 2013)
Reconsidering the 3-Act Label (Feb 2012)
Inciting Incident Ignorance (Nov 2011)
Story Development
STARTING YOUR SCRIPT: The SCRIPTMONK Method (Jan 2011)
Things I Learned from DIE HARD: Part II (Dec 2009)
Motivationally Speaking (Apr 2011)
Finding Your Character Arc (Sept 2009)
F@#%THE CAT! (Aug 2010)
ThePerfect Stranger Syndrome (Mar 2009)
Things I Learned from DIE HARD: Part I (Nov 2009)
Things I Learned from DIE HARD: Part III (Jan 2010)
The 9 Character Alignments (Nov 2011)
Forced Decisions (and the lack of free will) (Mar 2011)
Writing the Scene
The "Atoms of Information" Theory
The Atoms of Cinema (Feb 2009)
Story Types
The 20 Common Patterns of Plot (Jun 2011)
The 2(1) Patterns of Plot, Revisted (Jul 2012)
"Sideways" and the Healing Narrative (Dec 2012)
Theme & Plot, Theme & Character (Jun 2012)
Dialogue & Description
Getting the Most Out of Your Dialogue (Dec 2008)
Joe Montana and the Art of Good Dialogue (Jul 2009)
I H8 VAGUE (Mar 2011)
Understanding Script Feedback: Part 1 (Jun 2009)
Understanding Script Feedback: Part 2 (Jun 2009)
Understanding Script Feedback: Part 3 (Jun 2009)
THIS, is a FOOTBALL!: Rewriting from Scratch (Apr 2012)
Writing Comedy
Laughing at Pain: A Serious Guide to Comedy (Nov 2010)
Comedy Behaving Badly (Dec 2008)
Stop Sucking!
The 10 Worst Ways Your Script Can Suck (Oct 2008)
On Tortoises & Hares (Sept 2012)