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Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Hello again
12 comments:
- Dawn said...
did you pack all of the party city stuff and take it to chicago?!
i'm so glad you followed your heart (and husband!) to celebrate in chicago. being away feels like a celebrationa anyway, but being together on the day, on the 25th floor, can't possibly be beat :)
- June 29, 2010 at 10:23 AM
- Rachelle said...
That's too sweet! :) Like a romance movie!
25 years, woohoo!!! :) We're on our 5th being married next year and our 10 years of being together too.. Goodness we were babies back then. LOL
- June 29, 2010 at 10:38 AM
- Rachelle said...
Whoops, it cut me off!
Happy Anniversary! :)
- June 29, 2010 at 10:38 AM
- Amanda @ Serenity Now said...
That's so cool!! We don't really do anything any more b/c there's just not any extra money and he's always at work. We'll be married for 9 years in August. I'd love to take a trip (maybe Alaska??) for 10, but that's just wishful thinking. :s
Love that view!!!! Happy (late) Anniversary. :)
- June 29, 2010 at 1:15 PM
- Carmen said...
Sweet! Happy Anniversary!
- June 29, 2010 at 4:44 PM
- Kathy@ Gone North said...
We did Chicago also, last week for our 35th. A business trip also.. :) BUT a great hotel, a view like yours, great food, for 8 days ( & somebody else paid the bill :)
( we are going to do it right, with a big vacation this fall :)
- June 29, 2010 at 5:35 PM
- BrentDavis1 said...
So what was the restaurant and what did you eat? Tinka and I did a mini celebration last night on the occasion of my completing our credit card acceptance security certification--are we looking for ways to celebrate or what!! So we did Thai food, Tinka went for her favorite sweet and sour tofu and I went for the Penang curry chicken. Mine was delicious, creamy and quite spicy, like I like it, but they didn't ask Tinka and so hers came with non-fried, raw tofu, which she doesn't care for and the sauce was thin and not very tasty so we will probably not be back to that Thai restaurant again. Then we got the kids and took them for a walk along the river, which was wonderful after we brought some complaining to an abrupt halt. A little romance later...a lovely evening. Unfortunately, today we got into a "discussion" about who should talk to an immodestly dressed woman about her attire in certain circumstances and that got a little heated? Any insights?
- June 29, 2010 at 6:27 PM
- Melanie said...
Sounds like a great little getaway and how lucky with the 25th floor and room 2502. Glad that you had a great time.
- June 29, 2010 at 10:25 PM
- Southern Lady said...
Sounds wonderful. I love to accompany my husband on some of his business trips. Time alone together is always nice. Happy 25 years! Carla
- June 29, 2010 at 10:32 PM
- Julia @ Hooked on Houses said...
Congrats on your 25th! How wonderful that you got to Paris to celebrate. I love Chicago, too--what a great view you had, and how perfect to be on the 25th floor, in room 2502! :)
- June 30, 2010 at 11:01 AM
- HeathahLee said...
How fun! I lurve Chicago! : )
For our 25th (10 years from now) we're either going on a cruise or going to Australia. : ) I can't wait.
- July 1, 2010 at 2:01 PM
- Amanda@Imperfectly Beautiful said...
What a milestone! congratulations on this wonderful celebration. I read about your trip to Paris...what a dream come true. And the pics were amazing!
What a fun little trip to the city. Did he know you were coming or was it a surprise? Either way....I'm sure it was perfection!
- July 6, 2010 at 11:41 AM
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Ma (negative space)
Ma (間) is a Japanese word which can be roughly translated as "gap", "space", "pause" or "the space between two structural parts."[1][2][3][4] The spatial concept is experienced progressively through intervals of spatial designation. In Japanese, ma, the word for space, suggests interval. It is best described as a consciousness of place, not in the sense of an enclosed three-dimensional entity, but rather the simultaneous awareness of form and non-form deriving from an intensification of vision.
Ma is not something that is created by compositional elements; it takes place in the imagination of the human who experiences these elements. Therefore, ma can be defined as experiential place understood with emphasis on interval.[5]
This section may stray from the topic of the article.
Among English loanwords of Japanese origin, both Ma (negative space) and Ken (architecture) are written with the same character 間.
This Japanese kanji "Chinese character" 間 graphically combines 門 "door" and 日 "sun". The earlier variant character 閒 was written with 月 "moon" rather than "sun", depicting "A 門 door through the crevice of which the 月 moonshine peeps in".[6]
The diverse Japanese pronunciations of 間 include on'yomi Sino-Chinese readings (from jian 間 or 间 "room; between; gap; interval") of kan "interval; space; between; among; discord; favorable opportunity" or ken "six feet"; and kun'yomi native Japanese readings of ai "interval; between; medium; crossbred", aida or awai "space; interval; gap; between; among; midway; on the way; distance; time; period; relationship", or ma "space; room; interval; pause; rest (in music); time; a while; leisure; luck; timing; harmony".[7]
Usage in the WestEdit
In his 2001 book The Art of Looking Sideways, Alan Fletcher discusses the importance of exemplifying "space" as a substance:
Space is substance. Cézanne painted and modelled space. Giacometti sculpted by "taking the fat off space". Mallarmé conceived poems with absences as well as words. Ralph Richardson asserted that acting lay in pauses... Isaac Stern described music as "that little bit between each note - silences which give the form"... The Japanese have a word (ma) for this interval which gives shape to the whole. In the West we have neither word nor term. A serious omission.[8]
Thomas Pynchon's book The Crying of Lot 49 stresses the concept of waste in language, in terms of negative space determining outcomes of actual events.[citation needed]
Derrick de Kerckhove described Ma as: "the complex network of relationships between people and objects"[9]
See alsoEdit
- Maai
- Mind the gap, warning phrase issued to London Underground passengers
- Mu (negative)
- Wu wei, a term in Chinese philosophy
- Negative space
- Liminality
- The Void (philosophy)
- ^ Japanese language definition
- ^ http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/jgard/msg100248139141.html
- ^ http://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/Ne.html
- ^ http://www.mfj-online.org/journalPages/MFJ38/iimura.html
- ^ MA The Japanese Spatial Expression Columbia University
- ^ Bernhard Karlgren, Analytic Dictionary of Chinese and Sino-Japanese, Paul Geunthner, 1923, p. 130.
- ^ John H. Haig, The New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary, Tuttle, 1997, p. 1132.
- ^ The Art of Looking Sideways. by Alan Fletcher. Page 370. Published by Phaidon, 2001. ISBN 0-7148-3449-1.
- ^ de Kerckhove, Derrick, "The Skin of Culture," in "Marshall McLuhan: Theoretical elaboration", Volume 2, Taylor & Francis 2005. p 157.


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A surprise, here, in Rebecca Lloyd's Seven Strange Stories. The previous two tales I've read and reviewed are very British in character, but now we're in rural America. I suspect the Midwest USA is intended, rather than the South. But wherever it is, somebody is playing 'Duelling Banjos' in the vicinity.
The story is told by Yola, a much-abused wife and mother, as an extended flashback to the Seventiees and the disappearance of her beloved son Earl. Earl was lamed by rickets, a condition that also afflicted Yola's only daughter. The poor girl was disposed of by her ghastly father, Daddy Hines. As a concession to his wife he does not murder his lame son. It's that kind of set up.
Earl vanished a few weeks after he starts taking about Christy. An imaginary friend? A ghost? Some combination of the two? Who- or whatever Christy is, when he touches Earl the boy is scarred by icy fingertips. Or is the whole thing a figment of Yola's imagination? Her friend Dulcie thinks so, but then Dulcie's yen for Daddy Hines makes her judgement more than a little suspect.
This is a remarkable example of a British writer attempting to riff on American Gothic conventions and almost pulling it off. I say almost because of two drawbacks. One is the presence of too many Britishisms, such as 'arse' for 'ass' - that makes no sense. And Yola's language is arguably too conventional, too devoid of specific regional words and phrases to be wholly convincing. She sounds a little too 'straight' and British at times.
That said, when 'Christy' shines - as in the descriptions of Yola's bleak existence - it shines with a clear, cold light. I was reminded of Robert Frost's poem 'A Servant to Servants', another portrayal of the rural wife's grim existence, albeit in a very different context. And in the end Yola wins most of her battles, as strong women tend to do. Daddy Hines, by contrast, suffers the fate of all hard men.
'The tattoos all over his arms and legs... have got him looking more like a grey rag than a living man now; since he's shrunk and gone flabby like the violent men all do down this way.'
So, another winner. Stay tuned for more of this running review.


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Eisenia galapagensis
|Scope: Global
Language: English
|Scientific Name:
|Eisenia galapagensis W.R.Taylor
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|Vulnerable A2c ver 3.1
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|Miller, K.A., Garske, L. & Edgar, G.
|Stuart, S.N. & Carpenter, K.E. (Global Marine Species Assessment Coordinating Team)
Prior to the 1980s, recorded from multiple sites across the central and western archipelago, but currently only known from western Fernandina and southwestern Isabela after targeted surveys. Based on total reduction in extent of occurrence over the past thirty years, mean population decline estimated at 30 to 50% per ten year interval over that period, with presumed cause of decline (El Niño) persisting and probably exacerbated by climate change. This species assessed as Vulnerable.
|Range Description:
|Eisenia galapagensis is an endemic species from the Galápagos Islands. Prior to 1983, reported from: Santa Cruz: Academy Bay (Taylor 1945: type locality), Caamaño and opposite Gordon Rocks (Taylor 1945). Santa Fé. Marchena: North Bay (Taylor 1945). Fernandina: Punta Espinosa. Isabela: Caleta Iguana (Wellington 1975). Floreana: Post Office Bay (Taylor 1945) and Black Beach Anchorage (Taylor 1945). After 1983, reported from: Fernandina: Cape Douglas (2004 record), several sites on the western coast (2007 records; Graham et al. 2007). Isabela: Caleta Iguana (2007; Graham et al. 2007).
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Native:Ecuador (Galápagos)
|FAO Marine Fishing Areas:
Pacific – southeast
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|Taylor (1945) reported E. galapagensis as rare and uncommon at Post Office Bay, Floreana, and common at Academy Bay, Santa Cruz. Additionally, Wellington (1975) reported E. galapagensis as especially abundant at depth around Caleta Iguana (Isabela). Since then, it has been collected from several sites off western Fernandina in 2004 and 2007, and at Caleta Iguana in 2007 (Graham et al. 2007).
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|E. galapagensis has been reported to occur at depths of 27 to 55 m (Taylor 1945). This species is easy to recognize, in part because it has a maximum size of at least 85 cm frond length and is the sole known member of the cold-water order Laminariales occurring in the Galápagos Islands. E. galapagensis typically grow in groups; juveniles through adults were observed at all sites recorded in 2007. Individuals have been found as shallow as 12 m but populations appear to increase in density and size with depth, to at least 60 m when suitable substrata are available (Graham et al. 2007). The conspicuous sporophyte alternates with a microscopic phase.
|Major Threat(s):
|Presumably El Niño and climate change. Ecosystem interactions involving these two factors appear to have caused widespread decline in algal populations because of an increase in density of grazing sea urchins and other herbivores, following overexploitation of predators along with ENSO disturbances.
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|E. galapagensis is present within the Galápagos Marine Reserve (IUCN category VI); Galápagos Archipelago Particularly Sensitive Sea Area (PSSA); Galápagos Island World Heritage Site (UNESCO N (i)(ii)(iii)(iv)), and Galápagos Island Man and Biosphere Reserve (UNESCO).
Graham, M.H., Kinlan, B.P., Druehl, L.D., Garske, L.E. and Banks, S. 2007. Deep-water kelp refugia as potential hotspots of tropical marine diversity and productivity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104: 16576-16580.
IUCN. 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Available at: www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 12th September 2007).
Taylor, W.R. 1945. Pacific marine algae of the Allan Hancock Expeditions to the Galápagos Islands. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions 12 12(iv): 528 pp.
Wellington, G.M. 1975. The Galápagos coastal marine environments. A resource report to the Department of National Parks and Wildlife. A resource report to the Department of National Parks and Wildlife, Quito. 357 pp.
|Miller, K.A., Garske, L. & Edgar, G. 2007. Eisenia galapagensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T63598A12686906. . Downloaded on 20 August 2018.
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A Graveyard to Let, my Forgotten Book for today, is a novel by Carter Dickson (aka John Dickson Carr) first published in 1949, and featuring Sir Henry Merrivale. Unusually, it's set in the author's native USA, with that extrovert Englishman Sir Henry causing chaos from the moment he arrives in New York. There are several comic scenes, and although I don't find Carr's humour as irresistible as his scenarios, there's certainly an excellent puzzle to solve.
Sir Henry is invited to visit the home of wealthy Frederick Manning to witness a miracle, and a miracle is exactly what appears to take place. Manning has three children, and he's caused consternation by becoming involved with a woman whom they believe to be some kind of floosy. There are also some reasons to believe that Manning's financial position may not be as healthy as it once was. Has he been milking corporate funds? The authorities are on his trail...
With this lead-up, Manning dives - fully clothed - into his swimming pool. But he doesn't come out again. His clothes are found, but there is no sign of him. What on earth has happened? It's a highly intriguing "impossible crime" scenario, one that has been widely admired. Nobody has ever done this sort of thing quite as well as Carr, and certainly not with such consistency.
That said, I felt that the book was flawed in some ways. For me, the solution did not live up to the brilliance of the basic premise, and the characterisation struck me as some way short of Carr at his best, with motivations that I struggled to believe in. I continue, on the whole, to prefer the Gideon Fell books to the Merrivales, but even so, the concept of a man disappearing completely after diving into a pool is memorable enough for this book to be worth a read. Below-par Carr is still, in most cases, pretty good.


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Chanoma Cafe - Regent Place, Sydney ~~ (Matcha Heaven!) ~~
My definition of Matcha is powdered green tea... anyone know what the difference is?
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i love matcha! we have one cafe in Singapore that is very similar in concept, with matcha from desserts to drinks and i have no idea what else!
This place is the only one I've heard of in Sydney.. i have a sneaky suspicion that there will probably be more opening soon :DDelete
holy cow those desserts look soo good, ive never tired those before! but i do like the chips theyy look delish! thanks for stopping by!ReplyDelete
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Jill Stuart recently unveiled its ad campaign for Spring 2012, consisting of lovely, airy photos of Daphne Groeneveld, the backseat of a lushly upholstered town car and... wait, is that a crotch shot?
Groeneveld, shot by Mario Sorrenti, comes dangerously close to baring it all in one of the otherwise innocuous Jill Stuart spots. While she manages to keep it PG, the whole photo shoot concept -- backseat of a car, camera angled up -- does harken back to the era of celebrity crotch shots.
Could the shoot be an homage to Lindsay Lohan, formerly the face of Jill Stuart before she famously bared her panty-less bottoms for the paparazzi and got herself banned from the Jill Stuart show?
Probably just a coincidence. But still.
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The portrayal of people in media has been a hot topic as of late, especially with egregious misrepresentations of any protected classes in anything from TV to games to advertisements. One would think with this being a hot topic that a game which pretty much paints every single character in the worst stereotypical light possible, should be going through the ringer. However, you'd be dead wrong.
Trailer Park King, originally enjoying success as a XBLIG title some time back, is one of those games at first glance that looks like a dud. This title involves the story of the most stereotypical "white trash†redneck who is framed for murder after a date gone bad. Throughout the trials and tribulations of the protagonist named King, you will run into a myriad of scantily clad women, sexual innuendos and more stereotypes than you can imagine. With all that in mind, this point and click title is sure to anger a few people.
Be as it may, Trailer Park King itself is an entertaining and well done puzzle adventure title. While one could easily label this a sexist title, no actual sex happens within the game. Instead, a path of puzzles in order to clear your main character for a murder he was framed for are laced within the threads of the noticeable cleavage and portrayal of dumb yokels. The controls are fairly simple, being that it's a point and click adventure title as well, with almost every game control involving a tap of the controller. The sleuthing, however, is still up to the player.
Anyone who remembers Al Lowe games from the 90s such as Leisure Suit Larry or Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist, will appreciate the immature, toilet-bowl humor that Trailer Park King uses. It's the thing that is either the selling point or the turn off for this title, depending on which camp you subscribe to. If you enjoy adult humor, and can take a joke, no matter who you are, you'll get a kick out of the humor and atmosphere of this title.
There will be a ring of controversy surrounding this title, regarding its treatment of women, or painting those who reside in trailer parks as dumb hillbillies. But it'd be a dull world if everyone had the same sense of humor. Trailer Park King doesn't do any one thing particularly amazing, but what it does do is give people an opportunity to smile like an immature 14 year old, no matter their actual physical age, while also using their head to solve puzzles. It's nothing worse than what you see in games such as Grand Theft Auto, and something a lot more tame than most movies people go to nowadays. A throwback to the days when PC was king, Trailer Park King is a point and click adventure that's both fun and crude all in one.


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Hi Everyone, This is a one-off I've had in my head for awhile. Well, not the story itself, but I've wanted to use this song for awhile as the basis for a story. I'm back to Affirmation after this. Hope you like it. :) Amber
Disclaimer: This story contains homosexual themes and sexual situations. Darren Hayes and Daniel Jones are portrayed fictitiously. Invincible is from the album of the same name by 5ive.
I gotta find a way, to find a better day without you
And thoughts are hard to say, I miss you everyday,
Now you're not here with me.
Dawn. Birds chirping. Daniel propped himself up on one arm, watching his Darren sleep. Lying on his back, pale skin set off by the white sheets. Pink lips, full, kissable, and partially chapped from the dry night air. The top sheet tangled around his foot. His flaccid penis flopped against a muscular thigh. One hand on his forehead, palm up. A diva even in his sleep. His chest rose and fell steadily as he breathed. His Darren. He checked the clock. He could only call him that until he woke up. Then it was over. They were over. Not much longer now. Maybe 40 minutes at the most. Then Leonie would be ringing to wake them for an interview. He was actually going to this one. For Aussie radio.
They'd grown apart. That was the polite way of saying it. The impolite way was that his apathy had gotten the best of him. And Darren's ego. Tarnished soulmates. Cheshire cat stagemates with false smiles. Darren had pulled the "hold me" crap every night for the past two weeks. Those big, blue eyes boring into him, "might need you to hold me tonight. Might need you to say it's alright."
And he had held him, even after his voice lost the pleading quality and became flat, saying it only because they both knew the other option was "it's over." It hadn't been said, as such. But it was understood. Last night after Daniel whispered, "It's alright, Darren," and drawn him to his chest, Darren had lain stiffly until he'd thought he was asleep. Then he'd extracted himself from Daniel and slid away. He curled up with the blankets. All of them. Daniel thought about grabbing them back, but he didn't want Darren to know he was awake. It just wasn't worth it. So he shivered all night.
I never thought you could leave me
Ooh, I know the time will make it easy, baby
The apartment was theirs, both names on the lease. Daniel hadn't wanted it that way, afraid of raising suspicions, but Darren had insisted. Who would get it now? Daniel didn't want it. Too many memories of too many halcyon days. Even the dust on the mantel evoked a vision for him. Darren would want to get rid of it, too. He always got rid of everything after a relationship ended. Daniel glanced around at all the little trinkets he'd given him over the years. They'd all go in the fire. Darren's revenge, exacted even when no one was to blame. In a year he'd want them all back. He wouldn't look Daniel in the face again, too ashamed to admit what he'd done. And Daniel knew he wouldn't help, either. "Daz, where's that whatsit I gave you?" and Darren'd look sheepish, then shrug carelessly and say, "I don't know. Are you sure you gave me something like that?" This Daniel knew because he'd seen him do it so many times before to Colby and the others. Colby had cried after Darren denied ever seeing a small gold satin pillow. It had been a wedding gift. Colby's family heirloom. Daniel had watched him burn it, standing next to him, his stoic face reflecting the dancing flames that engulfed it.
And you'll never know how much I'm missing you,
and all of the things that I've been going through, oh, oh, oh
Daniel was almost surprised that he wasn't angry. Truthfully, he just felt tired. And that was the same as feeling nothing. Worse, maybe, when a relationship was at stake. He'd lost his motivation, unable to keep the momentum of their love going. It was wearing him down, thinking of all the things to say and do to get Darren back to him. And now he'd reached the point where he just didn't care anymore. Had Darren hit it yet? Had he noticed that Daniel's arms didn't wrap around him as tightly as they once did, or that his fingers didn't trip through his hair as frequently? Or was he too busy pulling away from Daniel's reluctant touch to absorb such things? Too preoccupied with finding a reason to stay out late so he wouldn't have to talk to his "soul mate" to know that Daniel'd had the same problem. Both stumbling in at 4am, accusing, embarrassed looks, falling into bed, touching for show 'everything's fine. Look, my hand is on your forearm' until one fell asleep and the other shifted away as from a scorpion's tail.
Daniel lightly traced his fingernail down the outside of Darren's thigh. Okay to touch him now that he was asleep. Blue eyes shrouded under lids couldn't accuse or be reluctant or obligated. Slumbering limbs couldn't dodge away from his slender fingers. Daniel's lips turned down slightly at the thought of being alone again.
No one ever thinks of the bad times when saying goodbye. But they hadn't had bad times. Ther'd just been "time"--silences, apathetic times that, put together, were worse than bad times because at least then there could have been some yelling, maybe Darren would have stormed out in a huff, or else, and he smiled at this, he might have, culminating in some sense of satisfaction wrought by action, not this empty nothingness gnawing at his gut.
And you'll never know how I got through it all
His hand settled on Darren's chest, fingers extended and curling, scratching the dusting of dark hair there. Darren shifted towards him, arching his back for more. Despite himself, Daniel smiled. Darren was a better cat than he was a man. He moaned and Daniel thought he was waking. No, the eyes stayed closed. This was the only way he could touch him. Awake, he'd have rolled away. He continued lightly scratching him and Darren settled into a purring noise. His face reflected utter contentment. Dreaming of himself, no doubt. He did, once, wake himself up screaming his own name. Daniel wondered what he was doing to himself now, deep in his subconscious. "Is it this, Daz?" he asked silently as he slid his hand between the pale one's legs.
Unconsciously, the legs parted to offer easier access as Daniel stroked his inner thigh. Darren's body still set Daniel's heart racing, but right now he didn't feel any desire even as he brushed against his soon to be former lover's penis, trying to wake it without waking its owner. He spit in his hand and pumped his friend's growing hardness. He felt nothing but intense concentration. But he knew why he was abusing him in his sleep. He wanted Darren to give something back, something just for him that he couldn't control giving, something that came because he absolutely had to give, not out of some "aren't I wonderful? Look what I'm doing for you" divaesque crap.
Now baby, I'm invincible oh, oh
As Daniel licked Darren's cum off his fingers, he knew he'd never say anything to Darren about it. Although Darren might scoff at him and say how much he preferred being apart, and how Daniel never did anything for him, Daniel would just nod and not say a word. Because he knew how wrong Darren would be, and he would never, ever tell. Let him live in denial. In another hour, it wouldn't matter anymore.
Like sunshine after rain, I'm on my own again
Without you
Sadness swept over him, hurting him as the comfortable numbness battled against it. Somewhere, stirring inside him, was a need to bestow a gift on Darren. An unselfish thank you, as it were. He wanted Darren to have something that he couldn't throw in the fire, or deny having received. He wanted to make him happy, one last time. Glancing down between his legs, he saw that perhaps he wasn't as unaffected by the hand job he'd just performed as he'd thought. And he knew the perfect parting gift for Darren. He grabbed the lube from its hiding place between the headboard and the mattress. Squirting a dollop on his fingers, he parted Darren's legs.
I've had to let you go
I wanted you to know
That I'm still here for you
Darren thrust his hips up as Daniel gently worked a finger inside him, spreading the lube around. Then he applied a healthy amount to himself. He knelt and lifted Darren's legs to his shoulders. He hooked his arms around them and scooted forward so Darren's ass was halfway off the mattress. He rubbed his penis against Darren's bottom until he felt a slight pinch and knew he'd found the spot. He started pushing slowly. An inch inside, and Darren fidgeted slightly towards him, putting him inside him another inch. Daniel stopped, waiting. Nothing happened, so he pushed again, nearly insane from his molasses speed until, finally, he was all the way in. Another moment on guard. Then steady strokes, just halfway out and back in, enough to bring Darren intense pleasure, but not profound enough to rouse him. But it was too hard to maintain the pace when Daniel just wanted to ram into him, giving all of himself.
In an effort to prevent completely losing control, he bent over, crushing Darren's thighs to his chest, and gently licked a small, pink nipple. Mistake. Darren's cock twitched to life, prodding his belly button. Darren moaned, loudly, this time. Soon hands grabbed Daniel's head, pushing him down. He tried to pull away, scared Darren might hit him, though he never had before, but he just held Daniel down at his chest. And squirmed as Daniel kept licking him.
It doesn't work when we're together
Just good friends will last forever baby
Dazed, Darren dropped his hands, and Daniel raised his head to meet his gaze.
"What are you doing?" Darren asked.
It seemed such a silly question. Daniel answered by thrusting into him again, all the way this time. Darren put his arms at his sides so he could better lift himself up to meet Daniel's movements as he pounded into him. He almost rolled over as he grimaced and ground his teeth in ecstasy. The only thing keeping him from burying his face in the pillow was the fact that his legs were still held firmly in place on Daniel's shoulders. He moaned into the back of his hand. He'd forgotten how wonderful this could be.
And you'll never know how much I'm missing you
And all of the things that I've been going through oh, oh, oh
With a deep sigh rumbling up from his belly, Daniel came inside Darren. He released Darren's legs, letting them fall on either side of him. Immediately, Darren sat up, his butt on Daniel's knees, and wrapped his arms and legs around his friend. Almost hesitantly, Daniel hugged him back.
"What now?" Daniel whispered.
"Don't say anything," Darren murmured.
He was right. There was only one thing left to say. They both knew this didn't change anything.
"I wanted to give you something, Darren," Daniel said softly.
"Thank you. It's the best present." Darren kissed his ear. Chills shot down Daniel's spine.
And you'll never know how I got through it all
"It won't be the same with us, Daniel," Darren said.
"Do you think so?" Daniel tried to keep the hope out of his voice. He delicately bit Darren's shoulder, hiding his face.
Darren rubbed Daniel's neck. "I promise I won't burn your things," he whispered.
"Yes, you will. You'll burn all of me."
Daniel looked at him, his green eyes taking no excuses from Darren's blue ones. "That's how it is Darren. It's always that way."
Now baby I'm invincible oh oh
"You can't wait to toss my video of French Kiss in the flames."
Darren smiled slightly. "Well, that's true." Daniel hugged him tighter, knowing that they were both taking advantage of the uncharacteristic, final intimacy. Darren grabbed his hair unexpectedly, tilted his head back, and kissed him deeply. Daniel closed his eyes as their tongues battled for dominance in their mouths.
You never told me it would end this way
I never said it was okay
Darren broke the kiss first. He slid off Daniel's knees, and focused on his hands, as though he was embarrassed to look him in the eye. The reluctance to touch was returning. Daniel saw it in him, and felt it in himself as he extracted his sleeping legs from beneath his body. The shift was there, the one that separated them by invisible walls the size of China. The apathy crept back into him and he didn't want anything at all, except to replace the numbness with something less dull.
"It's over," Darren said, half questioning and half flatly stating it.
Daniel nodded, just once. He avoided Darren's gaze, but it didn't matter because Darren was avoiding his as well.
"I didn't want it to end this way."
"What did you want?" Darren asked.
Daniel shrugged. "Yelling. Some harsh words. Maybe I could have smashed a guitar on your head."
Darren laughed, it caught behind his sealed lips. He glanced at Daniel, waiting.
"What about you?" Daniel asked.
"I feel," Darren hesitated. "Nothing," he finished.
Hearing him say it tore Daniel's lethargic heart, even though he reciprocated the feeling. It was just not what he'd expected emotional Darren to say. Knowing that Darren was swathed in indifference too only made Daniel's harder to bear. He should be pleased, he supposed, that now he was feeling this, as it was something other than ambivalence.
Darren looked at the clock. "We have to go in a half hour."
"Is Leonie coming to get us?"
"She's your PA. You should know."
"I have a PA so I don't have to know such things," Darren retorted.
Daniel almost laughed, forgetting himself. But he stopped in time for another uncomfortable silence.
"I'd better call her."
As Darren said it, the phone rang. A moment later, Darren hung it up. "That was her. She's coming to get me. I assume you'll want to take your own car."
Daniel nodded. "Then you can go with Leonie for the rest of the day."
"Okay," Darren said flatly.
"I guess I'll move my stuff out while you're doing the other interviews today."
I never told you to leave today
How could you leave me on my own
Darren nodded. "If you want that."
"Or did you want to move out? I just assumed you'd want me to go." Daniel surprised himself with his desire to cater to Darren, something he had grown sick of long ago.
"No, I just didn't realize you'd be going so quickly," Darren explained. "I thought we'd have time."
"For what?" Daniel asked.
Darren looked at him blankly. "I guess I don't know," he admitted. "I was just surprised."
"I don't want to drag this out," Daniel said. "It's best if we get it over with."
And you'll never know how much I'm missing you
"I'm going to have a shower," Darren said.
"Do you need one?"
"I'll go after you."
"Of course. That's what I meant," Darren said, not sounding like he'd meant it at all.
And all of the things that I've been going through oh, oh, oh
As the shower ran, washing the kisses and caresses off Darren, Daniel gathered his things. His cds, sheet music, the blanket from his grandmother. He set them reverentially inside a box he pulled from the closet. Just the important things. The things that he needed to protect from Darren's anger. If it was anger. Maybe, when he burned the sheets, as Daniel knew he would, he'd feel something akin to grief. Daniel stuffed a framed photo of the two of them, smiling, arms around each other, his head on Darren's shoulder, in the bottom of the box. Darren couldn't have that.
"You're packing already?" Darren asked.
"Saving time," Daniel said.
Darren had put his pants on and was toweling off his hair. Daniel was momentarily embarrassed at his own nakedness. Ridiculous to be modest so suddenly. But understandable and rather unfair, he thought, that Darren was seeing him naked last.
Darren nodded. "I'm out of the shower," he said, obviously.
Daniel walked past him, trying to ignore his freshly showered scent. He closed the door.
And you'll never know how I got through it all
Just before he stepped under the stream, Darren knocked on the door. He waited, almost forgetting all they'd been through to get to this point, and hoping Darren would say something to keep him from going, something to heal the rift between them. But he didn't. Instead, he said,
"Leonie's here. I'll see you at the studio."
"Okay," Daniel said.
He could feel Darren waiting on the other side of the door. Daniel knew if he opened it he'd have to either hug him or hit him. The inaction was driving him mad. He wanted some sort of resolution that didn't come from nothingness. He opened the door, stretching his fingers, still undecided what action to take, but he needn't have worried. Darren was already gone. Daniel stepped into the shower and waited for an emotion to sweep over him. When it finally came, he bashed his palm against the wall, over and over, until it turned red and he swallowed water to stop himself from screaming profanities. He stayed in the shower far longer than he should. He missed the interview, but Darren would tell them he was sick, or shy, or just Daniel, which was a standard excuse these days. But that's not why he didn't go. Now that the anger had taken him, finally, he knew that if he saw Darren soon he'd lash out, and get that volatile goodbye he so needed. No, better to just wait, and leave the apartment quickly. Disappear a few days and see then if he still felt like punching Darren's diva face and then sobbing in his arms. Anything to get him back. Anything but remember why they'd parted in the first place. Already he was forgetting. And only getting angrier and sadder for it. He dressed and grabbed his box. He marched out of the room, not even locking it.
Now baby I'm invincible oh, oh
The End
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By News-Argus Staff
Published in News on October 5, 2004 1:59 PM
Hazel memories sought
Do you remember Hurricane Hazel?
If so, the News-Argus wants to hear from you.
On Oct. 15, 1954, Hazel hit Goldsboro head-on, causing millions of dollars in damage. Weather observers said winds hit 120 mph and were sustained at over 80 mph from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m.
If you have a memorable experience from the storm or photographs of damage, please call reporter Matt Shaw, by Thursday, at 739-7830.
Fair share finalist
Ava Brewinton, who works at Wayne Memorial Hospital, is the fifth finalist in United Way's Fair Share Challenge.
Six more people are will be picked for a shot at a new truck from Goldsboro Chrysler Dodge Jeep.
Weekly drawings to pick the finalists are held each Saturday through Nov. 13 at 10 a.m. at Goldsboro Jeep. To be eligible, a donor must contribute "fair share" to United Way of Wayne County. Fair share is one hour's pay per month or one percent of annual salary.
The final drawing will be held Nov. 20 when each of the 11 finalists pick a key in the order that they qualified. The finalist whose key starts the truck will win.
DuBois to visit Goldsboro
Raymond DuBois, the undersecretary of defense for installations and environment, will be visiting Seymour Johnson Air Force Base on Wednesday to discuss environmental issues affecting the base.
The Military Affairs Committee and Seymour Support Council will be the hosts of a reception for DuBois at the Goldsboro Country Club on Wednesday.
DuBois is the adviser to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld for the Base Realignment and Closure Process scheduled for next year and is visiting bases throughout North Carolina.
Reservation deadline
Friday at 4 p.m. is the deadline for reservations for the annual award luncheon for the Mayor's Committee for Persons with Disabilities.
Donna R. Walton, a certified cognitive behavioral therapist, will be the guest speaker.
The luncheon will held Friday, Oct. 15, at noon at the Goldsboro Country Club. The luncheon will cost $10 per person. Only checks or cash will be accepted at the door. Make checks payable to the Mayor's Committee.
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- Care in the sky: Members of the aeromedical evacuation crew fight to get injured troops back to their families


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They come a single time
Like signal esoteric sips
Of the communion Wine
Which while you taste so native seems
So easy so to be
You cannot comprehend its price
Nor its infrequency
Poet: Emily Dickinson
Poem: 1452.
Your thoughts don't have words every day
Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
Year: Published/Written in 1955
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REV. CECIL MARIANO Age 88, of Ewa Beach, HI, passed away January 12, 2013 in Aiea. Born January 28, 1924 in Tondo, Manila, Philippines. A church planter for Bible Baptist in Asia, Middle East & Philippines. He is survived by wife, Hope Mariano; daughters, Mercy Mariano, Mishael (Scott Carlson) Mariano, Myrtle (Todd) Huff; 2 grandchildren; brothers, Isagani Mariano, Lanlin Mariano, Sinukuan Mariano; sister, Ordette Urduja. Visitation 5:00 p.m. Saturday (Feb. 2) at Mililani Baptist Church (94-293 Anania Dr., Mililani); Funeral Service 6:00 p.m. Burial 9:00 a.m. Monday (Feb. 4) at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual Attire.
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Larry Stewart suggested in his Senate testimony that the Roundup, because it was held at night in the hills of Tennessee, was "held in an atmosphere . . . associated with extremist group activity or simply Klan activities." OIG therefore examined whether the characteristics of the Roundup's two locations were consistent with and amenable to running secretive racist events.
The site for the first four Roundups was a public campground monitored by park rangers. Subsequent Roundups were held on private property. This second site had some tree coverage, but it was alongside a major road leading to a major tourist attraction. Many attendees camped out in open fields, adjacent to a main campground devoid of perimeter security. Many Roundup events, including the rafting, motorcycle competition, volleyball, and other sports, were conducted out in the open. Nominal security existed to prevent people who had not paid from drinking the Roundup's beer. Indeed, this lack of perimeter control is why Hayward and Randall so easily gained access to the 1995 Roundup.
Neither site is well-suited for secretive racist events, such as the typical secluded sites of Klan-type gatherings. Nevertheless, minority agents would have had no way of knowing this unless they actually attended a Roundup. Although objectively the views expressed by Stewart are not borne out, we found that other minority agents held similar views that contributed to their decisions not to attend the Roundup. Indeed, some minority agents indicated that regardless of the purpose of the event, they would not have felt comfortable attending an overnight event in that region because of historical connections between Southern rural areas and racist activities. Notwithstanding these perceptions, however, there were no geographic alternatives for holding an overnight rafting trip in Eastern Tennessee, convenient to Rightmyer's Knoxville ATF post.


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B'nai B'rith has been outspoken in condemning the violence against Jews and incitement of Palestinian terrorism in Israel. The organization has called on Palestinian leadership and the United Nations to do their parts in quelling the violence, and have asked major media outlets to cover the situation responsibly.
This week, International Executive Vice President Daniel S. Mariaschin and B'nai B'rith Anti-Defamation Commission (Australia) chairman Dvir Abramovich released a joint statement condemning the violence.
The Australian Jewish News included quotes from the release in an article recapping Australia's response to the attacks. Read excerpts from the article below:
"If a rash of terror broke out in any other democratic nation, most of the international community would be appalled," they said.


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I have a passion for soba noodles right now. My dearest friend E arrived at my house last night for a drink - much needed by him as he's being edited a TV reality show. Drinks turned into dinner and as it was a rainy night we decided to stay warm and dry. I scoured the kitchen and put together what became a delightful dish - Soda Noodles with Chicken and Spinach.
Start by cooking the soda noodles. Make sure to use an enormous pot (I used my pasta pot) as they will try to boil over twice (which is the point). Instructions on the package are very straight forward.
While the noodles are cooking, chop 1 chicken breast into large cubes. In a large saute pan (frying pan) heat a small amount of olive oil and brown the chicken. As its nearing the end of cooking - add 1 large bag of pre-washed spinach - which is about 3 large grab-fuls of spinach and let it wilt into the chicken.
When the soba noodles have finished cooking, rinse in cold water. Add to the chicken and spinach - give it all minute as the soba noodles need to heat up again.
Salt and pepper to taste throughout although I tend to wait till the end to pepper as I don't want the heat from the cooked pepper overpowering the soba noodles.
I usually use tofu in this dish. Cube a block of firm or extra firm tofu and brown the same way as with the chicken.
I tend to cook the entire packet of soba noodles and then add them to soups, salads and stews. This recipe is so easy and can be put together with a glass of wine in hand - I chose a crisp Pinot Grigio from Italy.
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At The Pepper in downtown Plattsburgh the culinary duties are handled by committee, with three chefs sharing the load.
With a combination of experience from Le Cordon Bleu to years spent in kitchens around the North Country, chefs Jamie Armstrong, Brian Gonyea and Bryce Brushnefski compliment each other's abilities to produce a varied cuisine that has garnered a dedicated and growing following.
"We all kind of work together to make it run the way it needs to," said Armstrong. "We bounce ideas off each other all the time. It works great."
All three chefs are from the North Country. Armstrong and Brushnefski honed their culinary skills by working in restaurants since their teens. Gonyea left the area when he joined the military, and after getting out attended Le Cordon Blue in Dallas. He then worked in Texas for several years under some of the most notable South-West cuisine chefs in that area.
Armstrong and Brushnefski have been at The Pepper for three and six years respectively, but when Gonyea crossed the street from a Sous Chef position at Irises a year ago, the level of the cooking jumped noticeably according to Armstrong.
"I'm extremely creative," said Gonyea. "My grandfather was a chef and my mother was an artist, so I look at food in an artistic way, and I think of different styles and what I can do to twist it around."
The three chefs have plenty of opportunity to get creative, since The Pepper features three entrees and two appetizers every weekend that are not normally on the menu.
Along with their personality and experiences, Armstrong credits the fresh local ingredients they use with much of their success.
"We want to inform the clientele. For instance the chicken we use in house is all natural, hormone free, antibiotic free. That's just the chicken we use every day, just the random chicken breast and the chicken we roast for fajitas and stuff," said Armstrong.
As much of their produce as possible comes from Fledging Crow Vegetables in Keeseville. They also use other local and regional farms for their vegetables and proteins.
"If you talk to the farmers in Plattsburgh definitely we buy double the amount of stuff from these guys (than do other restaurants). We try to incorporate it into our regular menu as much as we can, and for the special features as much as we can," said Armstrong.
Gonyea says he sees Plattsburgh as having something of a "bubble complex," where culinary trends tend to take a long time to get established. At The Pepper, Armstrong, Gonyea and Brushnefski are making a conscious effort to change that, and in the process are keeping seats full and the line stretching toward the door most weekends.
Jalapeno-Agave Mustard
1 Cup stone-ground mustard
½ Cup Agave
2 Jalapenos diced
2 Shallots diced
1 Teaspoon thyme
Sauté Shallots and Jalapenos until lightly browned, add thyme. Combine with mustard and agave, blend until smooth. Grill 10 oz. New York Strip Steak to desired temperature and drizzle with sauce.
Apple-Beet Excabeche
¼ Cup Honey
½ Cup Apple Cider Vinegar
1 Beet
1 Apple
¼ Head Cabbage
¼ Onion
½ Poblano
Julienne beet and poach in water until soft. Let cool. Julienne all vegetables and mix in bowl. Combine vinegar and honey in separate bowl and dress vegetables with liquid.
6 Fingerling Potatoes
2 Shallots
1 ½ Celeriac Bulb
½ Heirloom Tomato
¼ Tsp Chopped Garlic
Salt & Pepper to taste
Pinch of Thyme
Pinch of smoked paprika and cumin
Deglaze with ¼ cup brandy
Chop vegetables to ¼ inch. Saute in oil until browned. Add spices and deglaze with brandy. Finish in oven. Garnish with pea shoots. Single serving.


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Super 8 director J.J. Abrams speaks
J.J. Abrams relished the opportunity to celebrate the movies he made as a child with Super 8 film and he has done that and so much more with his brilliant Super 8. Abrams partnered with producer Steven Spielberg to make a science fiction film through the eyes of children as his hero and mentor mastered in the 1970s and 1980s with blockbusters E.T. and Close Encounters.
Super 8 is out in theaters and its mastermind, J.J. Abrams, has managed to keep the film shrouded in secrecy. J.J. Abrams took a few moments out of his incredibly busy schedule to dish his latest masterpiece, Super 8, and what it meant to him as a film fanatic and filmmaker to work with his Super 8 producer -- the iconic Steven Spielberg.
Super 8 is out in theaters and the buzz has been off the charts, and rightfully so. Abrams dishes not only Super 8, but also what's next for the franchise he successfully rebooted, Star Trek.
Check out our five-star review of Super 8!>>
J.J. jams!
SheKnows: Was part of the connection you had with Steven Spielberg the fact that each of you began your film career by making Super 8 movies as kids?
J.J. Abrams: When I had this thought to go back and do a movie about that period of time, the first thing I did was call him because I knew that he had made movies as well, at that time. Luckily, he said yes.
SheKnows: Did you seek to pay homage to Spielberg with Super 8?
J.J. Abrams: The film was never intended to be an homage to anything. It was just meant to be a movie about these characters. That was the first thing that occurred to me. But, as I started working on the story, it was clear that this felt like it could be a movie that would live under the Amblin umbrella. And then, Steven himself said, "This should be an Amblin movie." I don't think an Amblin movie has ever had its title at the beginning of the film. The idea of it being one of those movies was freeing because suddenly I thought, "Oh, that's what this movie is." It is small town America, in that era, with these people, with these families, and with this otherworldly thing that is happening. There's a little pang of guilt you get when you have kids jump on these BMX bikes. Can you really have kids on bikes? Well, if you're doing a movie in 1979, what are they going to do? That's what they did. They're kids. It reminded me of doing Star Trek. Early on, I was like, "Can we really do lasers in space and spaceships flying? It seems so cliche and silly." But, it's Star Trek. Yes, we can do that. When else are we going to ever do that? So, getting to be another director who got to work on an Amblin movie, and there are a lot of them, it was this freeing feeling of being able to embrace those elements and those things that felt like they were naturally a part of it, mostly because, growing up as a kid, that felt like such a piece of that time and those films. There was no master list of movies that needed to be borrowed from, but it just felt like these were the characters and that was the world. So, when they got on their bikes, I felt like it was a celebration, as opposed to something to get over with quickly and be ashamed of, for borrowing heavily from E.T. or something.
Super 8 secrets
SheKnows: How do you drum up support for a film, while still managing to keep much of it a secret?
J.J. Abrams: Honestly, I trust you. I just feel like you see a trailer, and then it's over and you feel like you've just seen the movie. Part of it was just about trying to allow people to have a sense of discovery, like when I went to the movies in 1979 and I didn't feel like I'd seen every single detail of the film. Between clips, trailers, commercials, magazines and online, it just feels like people are force-fed so much stuff. Trying to keep it a little bit surprising for the audience still was part of the goal.
SheKnows: What was your inspiration for making Super 8?
J.J. Abrams: The thing about Super 8 was that it was inspired, initially, by the desire to go back in time and tell a story about being a kid, making those stupid movies on Super 8, that were often not quite as good as you would want them to be. The ambition was, at least, that you feel something. So, the ambience of it was less about the era, the wardrobe and the set and production design, which was all massively important, but what was really important to me was that all the visual effects stuff and action sequences, by default, take second place to what was going on with the characters. That was, at least, the goal of it.
SheKnows: Was it a challenging process working with so many child actors who had never worked before, except for Elle Fanning?
J.J. Abrams: It was tough, frankly, finding them because it's not just a binary thing, where you're casting one person. Even if you found that one person, it's also about how they work with the other people we needed to cast, so part of it was the group. And Elle came in towards the end. We were looking for everyone. Just because she had done some work didn't mean that it was a given. I had met her when she was around on the War of the Worlds set, as this little tiny baby sister of Dakota, so even the idea of Elle was like, "What?! She's like one. She's eight inches tall. There's no way!" [Laughs] And then, when she came in and had more poise and sophistication than any of us, it was insane. I was like, "What?! She can't be 12. It's impossible." And, it wasn't like she had an attitude about it. She was just wise. The truth is that we saw thousands of kids, for months and months and months. Joel [Courtney] was great and Riley [Griffiths] as well. They were professional people who were young enough to be that age, and then acted that age. They were just those kids.
Star Trek sequel update
SheKnows: What's immediately next for you?
J.J. Abrams: Sooner rather than later is the next Star Trek.
SheKnows: Do you think it will be ready by its set release date?
J.J. Abrams: I care much more that it be good than it be ready. We're obviously doing everything we can to make sure that schedules don't get screwed up, but I don't think anyone wants a movie on time that's not worth your time.
SheKnows: Will it be more difficult for you to tackle the next Star Trek film because of the success of the first?
J.J. Abrams: I don't think that's been any kind of hindrance, or additional problem. But, I certainly think that we want to make sure that it's done right. The guys we're working with are obviously brilliant, so I'm really excited to get back into it. Super 8 has been something that I've been working on pretty closely, so it's been hard to find the leisure time to discuss Kirk and Spock.


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The headline should read, "How to Shop in Tuen Mun," actually. You see, there's no experience quite like making a little pilgrimage from Shenzhen to Hong Kong's Tuen Mun neighborhood. This is a convenient little trip–one need only go to the Shenzhen Bay Checkpoint, and after crossing the border, it's a cinch to hop a bus (the City Bus operated B3X) which terminates right in front of a shopping mall. The bus ride is a mere 20 minutes duration, and the double decker bus accommodates over 100 people.
Accordingly, this is a popular day trip for Chinese nationals in pursuit of goods not as easily or perhaps as cheaply picked up in Mainland China. The Shenzhen Bay Checkpoint has a reputation around here for being quicker than others–take the Futian crossing, for example, which is always crowded–but timing is very important with the Shenzhen Bay crossing.
Saturday we set off for HK via SZ Bay, arriving at the border around 9:15 am. We had a great day mapped out: watch The Last Jedi, then do some Christmas shopping. Based on our last trip, we'd be at the Town Plaza Mall, where the bus drops people off, in roughly an hour. But it didn't go quite that quickly. Crossing the border took forever–it looked like every other person in Shenzhen was heading the same direction, all with wheeled luggage in tow. Wheeled luggage–the kind you take on a multi-night trip somewhere. Lots of travelers, I observed.
In terms of avoiding crowds, it seems 9:15 am was exactly the worst time to go. After waiting with toddler in carrier, back starting to ache quite thoroughly, for about an hour, we got through both passport checks. Much to our chagrin, where the previous time we'd been, there had been a line to the B93X bus that wasn't terribly long, today was different. The line basically reached to the point you emerge from the border checkpoint building. Now they load those buses up quickly–two at a time, almost constantly departing, and that enables the queue to keep moving. However, one small hassle is the lack of signage. Sure, you can join the line easily, but how much will a ticket cost? That's only posted down by the bus. So we had to make a little trek down there to find out. $11 HKD is the price, in case you're wondering, and $5.50 for the 4 year old. We had that much cash, so no problem. Next, we headed back to the rear of the line, and being the sort of obedient Westerners we are, joined the queue there. Or, ok, maybe we merged into the general melee sort of near the back. Come on, we'd been there as long as anyone else, having made a mostly unnecessary trip to the front, so cut us some slack. Anyhow, this line didn't move nearly as fast as before, but we finally ended up in a bus, and in the best seats in the house– the front, on the top.
This position gave us an excellent view of the nifty right-side-of-the-road to left-side-of-the-road switcheroo engineered into the highway. China drives on the right, same as the US, and HK on the left, so the transition seems like it would be awkward, but courtesy of a little loop and swoop, it's easy as pie.
It was 11:30 before we arrived at the mall, which seemed an awfully long time. A handful of people had disembarked before the final stop, but most took their luggage and hopped out. We made for the movie theater, spent too much money on oily popcorn (I declined both the wasabi and tomato flavored options), and enjoyed seeing Star Wars on its opening weekend.
Afterward, we joined the hordes of people who'd thronged the mall. And as it turns out, the throngs we'd shared floor space with like human cattle at SZ Bay border crossing weren't going away for the weekend. They were going shopping. The suitcases were for their purchases. You'd have thought you were on the concourse at Hartsfield-Jackson Airport, there were so many people rolling luggage around.
It looked like suitcase parking outside Yves St Lauren, which didn't allow folks to haul the things into the store.
As luck would have it, our return trip also coincided with the returning time of thousands of other people, and we found ourselves again in a humongous line back into China. I can tell you the worst time to return from Tuen Mun is nightfall because that's when everyone else is also heading home. A little earlier, however, around 4:30pm, and the border is a snap. We finished both HK and China inside 25 minutes on our previous journey.
As for those suitcases, everyone was just whizzing them home. "I wonder about customs?" We mused, as we watched everyone roll their stuff blithely past the customs line. Turns out, according to this article on the website China Highlights, you'd have to buy quite a lot of stuff to have any taxes levied. Guess the suitcases are just an ingenious way of carrying your loot easily. So it turns out the best way to shop in Hong Kong is to hop a bus at the border, roll your wheeled luggage along, and fill it with goodies at the mall.


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However, bahiagrass doesn't provide the same uniform cover that other grasses do, and some people find its tall seedheads unattractive.
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- Selecting a Florida-Friendly Turfgrass
- Turfgrass Science: Evaluating St. Augustinegrass and Bahiagrass Rooting and Drought Tolerance