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Going Up In Smoke: Weight gain when you quit smoking
Many people seem to gain a couple of kilos when they quit smoking, but is it really a problem? Well, the jury's been out for a while on this one, and the verdict seems to be: forget your weight and focus solely on the puffs (or lack of them).
It's not often in this day and age that health experts say 'okay' to gain weight, but this is one situation where you'll get an all round thumbs up for an extra kilo or two. Several studies have now shown that smokers who concentrate on the single goal of giving up their tobacco habits have a much higher success rate than those who simultaneously have the goal of weight maintenance in mind. But the really good news is that, in the end, quitters who step away from the scales actually end up gaining less weight than those who watch their waistlines.
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If your personal development plan calls for overcoming social anxieties, going to the movies with a friend is a great first step. This gets you out into a social setting, but does not require you to socialize to the point where you are uncomfortable. It also helps you feel comfortable around crowds.
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Decide what it is that you want to do with your life and do it. If you lay around all day wishing your life was better but not doing anything to make it better, it will never happen. Start working on your goals and do your best to make them come to fruition.
Don't go nuts and overreact when it's not necessary. You'll get stressed out in no time. Try a variety of methods to relieve your stress. Even if it's a mistake, you can always live through it or fix it. Always look at what you still have instead of what you lost.
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Every now and then, you may find yourself making a poor decision when it comes to food. Admit your poor choices, and move on with your life.
Personal development begins when you identify what you value the most. You should always strive to do your best in all aspects of your life.
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Don't let yourself get stressed out. You only create more stress than before when you over-react to negative events, and that is pointless. Sometimes things will go wrong. Instead of being stressed, just deal with them.
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It's important to remember that faith and love go hand in hand. Faith and love are intertwined. You cannot consider your faith satisfactory if you do nothing to express it. Do good for others and show that you love yourself through your love for others.
Keep your goals organized. Take your major goals, and break them down into small, manageable components. You can then achieve each of these minor goals more quickly. You can watch your progress through daily planners, or, you can devote a whole journal specifically focused on your self improvement targets.
You need to be both modest and wise to get ahead. Try and analyze things you go through to determine what aspects of your life can change and what aspects are unavoidable. Keeping a humble attitude will help you find your limits. Wisdom allows you to make better future choices based on past experiences.
Focus on one issue at a time. There may be several aspects of your life that you want to improve, but if you limit your attention to one thing at a time, your chance for success improves. By slowly introducing things one at a time, it is much easier to stick with these personality changes in the long-term.
The best way to go about personal development is to concentrate your improvement efforts on one trait at a time. There are probably many things that you are wanting to change, but focusing on one will make success more likely. Since new habits are most effective when introduced slowly, you are also more likely to having your changes stick around for the long term.
After reading the tips presented above, you should be more than ready to develop a plan of the best ways to further your self improvement. Keep an eye out for new strategies, information, and growth opportunities.
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I am now working about 60 hours a week and I have to say, it is not fun. However, after the first couple of paychecks I will probably stop caring because I will be able to afford gas and groceries again.
I do like (most of) the people I work with. It's nice being around at least ONE other person who is close to my age. It seems that most of the other acquaintances in Homer are minimally twice my age. You can see why then, when I recently played poker (for the first time in my life) with EIGHT OTHER PEOPLE my age I was giddy. I could not stop laughing. I felt human again and was able to use all my silly voices in my silly voice aresenal and it was okay. Well, these people acted like it was okay. They are very good poker players, which means they are very good liars, so maybe they thought I was crazy. But who isn't crazy up here, so I suppose then I was very normal. Dare I say cool, even? But then of course I had to totally geek out and play with 5 Labradors that were there, waiting patiently to be tossed a log from the wood pile. I just can't help it–if there are dogs around, I must play with them.
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- only 3 days until Ryan's birthday! And I am very sad that I am not with him
- only 21 days until my 3 lady friends are here for a week-long visit. Ah! AH! AHH! I can't wait!
- only about 5 and half weeks to go until I fly home to Indiana and then Ryan and I start driving back to Alaska
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As a Senior Client Payment Analyst, you will be responsible for a full range of financial support, including client rebate disbursements, broker payments, and client implementation credits along with providing supportive reporting, maintaining the related internal control environment, and all ad hoc analysis required to support the ongoing business requirements.
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Yep, nother full day of work ahead of me. The days just seem to feel longer and longer, it almost feels like I live there. ( I work 6 days a week*) So yay?
But I save a bundle on food since they prepare lunch and if I'm there dinner for all the workers. Its nice, and since I LOVE chinese food I'm perfectly okay with it.
I'm really excited since there's a big full leaf growing out of the pot where I planted the morning glory X3
The other day my friend was eating macaroni (homemade*) and my ferret was all crowding her plate, so after she finished and had a few schniblets left she let the ferret sniff the plate, so the ferret sorta bit into a little macaroni but really didn't eat it... so my friend goes "I wonder how much she'll take?" And with that, the ferret lifts a huge bundle about the size of her head and looks at us proudly then puts it promptly on the carpet. Didn't really eat it just played with it. And its safe for her to eat very miniscule amounts of dairy (I monitor her*).
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A little about me... I am a BBW that is sweetness & light I am a fiery German/Hispanic who cant handle stupid, no common sense people. Downside to that is I am to head-strong for my own good - which sometimes gets me into trouble. I think that communication, honesty & trust are key to any great relationship. I am direct, honest, open, will speak my mind, laugh at stupid jokes and cry at sad movies. I enjoy the excitement & newness of meeting new people. Getting to know an understand how they ''tick'' & why. I love music especially from the 80s, R&B, Hip Hop, anything really that makes you want to turn up the radio & shake your butt to the beat. I love to read currently vampire books, Mary Higgins Clark and hot & steamy books. But sad to say I also enjoyed Harry Potter...shhhhh dont tell anyone. I am a romantic at heart & a HUGE flirt. I enjoy talking to people & making new friends.....I am not out to date or hook-up with anyone or everyone, if we click we click, if not then I made a friend & you cant have to many of those. Looking for a friend first and foremost everything after that will be so much better if we have that foundation. I love to go for drives with the music up & the sun shining singing along to the music. *which to be honest I do badly, but doesn't stop me* What I am looking for in a partner... Fun, outgoing. enjoys conversation just as much as intimacy. Likes to hug/kiss/cuddle, is not embarrassed by PDA. Can laugh & smile and can make me laugh and smile. Enjoys music and going out as much as staying home and watching TV. Is mature but doesnt have a stick up their butt. Isn't going into any relationship with just the ''prize'' in mind, but the process and the steps of how to get there. Is ''open minded'' and wants to experience and enjoy life. You need common sense and a good head on your shoulders. Is open and honest with anything they do good or bad. I believe honesty is always the best policy. Someone who doesn't smoke, drinks casually . Who doesn't mind or can handle a strong woman who won't agree with you for the sake of agreeing with you and has her own thoughts and ideas. I won't send you money, support you or give you my bank information. If I didnt scare you off email me & come have some GREAT conversation. You may laugh you may cry but either way you will have a good time. Tell me a bit about yourself in your email and bonus points if you can make me laugh :) If you send a pic I will respond with the same. I just don't feel comfortable putting it on CL.
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We are delighted with the recent announcement by Oceanside glass that Axess Glass Products Australia has now been appointed the official sole distributor of Oceanside Glasstile products, for Australia and New Zealand. Perth Art Glass has been officially appointed the authorised sole distributor for Western Australia.
The recent acquisition of Spectrum Glass and Uroboros assets by Oceanside Glasstile has allowed them to dive deep into dynamic production methods to expand its existing collection of beautiful, durable, and versatile glass products, and we are delighted to be receiving our first OGT shipment soon!
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Not only do we have our stock holding in Perth to draw on but the east coast warehouse as backup supplies. Our first container is already on its way to Australia and should be here before Christmas. This is exciting news for us and we look forward to receiving some of the items that have been depleted as soon as they become available.
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For any photographer, having specks of dust ruin otherwise perfect photos is very frustrating. Luckily, there's a very easy way you can get rid of this sensor dust without spending a lot of money.
Use your Camera's Auto Clean Feature
Many of today's DSLR cameras have a function inside them that can vibrate the sensor slightly to shake off the dust. This doesn't work most of the time if you have a lot of dust on your sensor, but for basic cleaning it should do the trick.
Use a Pressured Air Can
To clean small amounts of dust that have found their way onto your camera sensor, all you need to do is use a pressured air can to blow it out. To do this, simply pop off the lens from your camera body, insert the nozzle of the air can slightly into the opening, and blow the air onto the sensor. Most types of dust will just be blown out of the body.
One thing to remember is to keep the camera facing downwards so that when you blow air into it, the dust falls down rather than going farther up into the body.
So you see how easy it is to clean your camera's sensor? All you need are a few minutes of your time and an air can to blow that dust out of your precious DSLR.


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We were thrilled when we heard the news that Zara Home is opening its first store in South Africa at Johannesburg's Mall of Africa on April 28th.
The new shopping centre will play host to the 722sqm store which will feature all the collections of the décor brand, including Zara Home Kids. The store itself is elegant and avant-garde in design with a neutral pallette, chestnut wood and marble floors with an antique mother-of-pearl effect.
Zara Home presents two collections each year, which means the store will be refreshed with the delivery of new items on a weekly basis, as it is worldwide. Shoppers can look forward to picking out bedding, bath linens, furniture, table wear, cutlery, and other decorative items. Loungewear and a line of bath & body products will also be available.
We can't wait to see what the South African store has to offer, but these are a few of our tops picks from their overseas collections…
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Zara Home will be located at Shop 2019 in the Mall of Africa in Johannesburg.
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Zaffar Akber Bhat not allowed to meet the senior Hilal beigh and other prisoners
Mar 30 2018: Senior Huriyat leader and chairman Jammu & Kashmir Salvation Movement Zaffar Akber Bhat has said that he was not allowed to meet the senior Salvation Movement leader Hilal beigh and other prisoners lodged in Kot Bhalwal Jail in Jammu. salvation movement in a statement issued in Srinagar said that it's chairman Akber bhatt was told by the jail authorities that they had received directives from the Higher Authorities not to allow anyone except selective family members to meet any Kashmiri prisoner. salvation movement has strongly condemned the dictatorial behavior of the jail authorities, Akber Bhat while commenting over the inhuman treatment meted out to prisoners, in their appeal to the Amnesty International, Asia Watch, and other international organisations for human rights to take cognizance of the plight of these detainees and use influence for their release and impressed international community to break their silence and help and rescue political prisoners.
The Salvation movement leaders including Molvi rashid. Molvi mushtaq, Khan Manzoor, Molvi Majid and Adnan Salfi addressed Friday congregations at south and central kashmir respectively, said "We are duty bound to safe guard cherished sacrifices of Kashmiri martyrs and the ongoing freedom movement would be taken to its logical conclusion. JKSM leaders also participated in tributes function to Ishfaq Majeed and other martyrs at Eidgah Srinagar


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Think what you want of former Real Housewives of New York star Kelly Bensimon, but the woman has good taste. Remember when we took you through a tour of her to-die-for New York City pad? Well, feast your eyes upon her 5,800-square-foot Hamptons mansion, which incidentally, could be yours ... if you happen to have an extra $12 million lying around.
Yes, Kelly is up and moving out of her East Hampton estate. Why? Who knows. Doubt it has anything to do with her getting fired from RHONY as A) she owned the house before she was on the show, and B) Housewives don't make that kind of money. But who cares? Thanks to Kelly's decision to put her home on the market, we get to soak up some hot, steamy, unadulterated real estate porn ... Mmmm ... I hope you're alone.
Here are the facts: The house has five bedrooms, a heated pool, a pond, a brand new stainless steel kitchen, and is set on 1.2 acres. Alright, enough with the talking. Let's get down to action:
Oh yeah, look at that pool ... and that yard ... give it to me.
My, my, Kelly, your living room is so ... big.
That kitchen. Okay, I see what you're trying to do, but you may want to make a few minor decorating changes here. Overall, though? Hot.
Your bedroom -- it's is so airy and spacious. You know just how I like it, Kelly.
All of the photos of Kelly's house are hot, but I'll stop here. I don't want to get to get you too excited. I will say, though, for as much as I love this place -- seriously love -- does $12 million seem a little steep? I mean, I don't know, I'm not a real estate agent, but 12 for five bedrooms seems kinda high to me.
Knock it down to $10 million and we'll talk, Kelly. It'll take a lot to get me out of my one-bedroom Brooklyn walk-up, but for the right price, you just might have yourself a deal.
How amazing is this house? Is $12 million too high?
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Venue: BHIRAJ Hall 3 - Experience Hall (Art Gallery)
Location: Bangkok Int'l Trade & Exhibition Centre (BITEC)
Artists Statement: Is it possible for machines to feel emotions? As we know for now, machines have no emotion. But if we humans teach them, will they be able to learn? (A)I FEEL is a project dedicated to find answers to our questions by creating a teaching & learning process between humans and a machine. To teach the machine, it asks each user to draw a picture which represents a specific emotion. The picture will be recognized then memorized as one of representatives of the emotion. Then, to demonstrate what the machine has learned, the user can draw pictures to portray his/her emotion at the moment. The machine will interpret user's emotion and colors the picture accordingly. The whole process will be visualized as an interactive installation which encourages people to participate in the project. Mind-body dualism is the concept that revolve around machines that can think, so we think that this creation would be a perfect fit for submission to Art Gallery section.
Artist(s): Kiattiyot Panichprecha, Bit Studio
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Derek Henderson
Acclaimed New Zealand Photographer
Derek Henderson is probably the most successful New Zealand photographer of his generation, or the next few generations for that matter. He's shot more fashion stories than most of us have had hot dinners, and is in high demand for his travel and art photography. He's internationally represented by one of the top photographic agencies, MAP, and in New Zealand by the Melanie Roger Gallery. Derek has recently shot for big brands such as Aesop and Lexus, as well as on going collaborations with Karen Walker. Although he's constantly surrounded by clothes from the big designers, his own style is a bit more low key and practical revolving around grey separates. Almost like a prison uniform. When I met him his grey sweater was by New York label Rag and Bone (bought by his wife) but he also shops at Uniqlo and American Apparel. He told me he rates Nick Cave's style and admires any man who wears a tailored suit. We chatted about travel, photography and remaining true to yourself.
R. I'm just going to start recording, so watch what you say!
D. No swearing. I did an interview the other day for a commercial I'd just done and they wanted a behind the scenes type thing. So I started saying 'oh yeah in the seventies I was a Calvin Klein underwear model' and I did it quite seriously and I could see they were all like 'wow, you actually really did this'.
R. Oh dear…. I really loved the cover story you shot for Holiday magazine; can you tell me a bit about that shoot?
D. I was commissioned by Franck Durand, who's the, I suppose he's the editor slash producer of that magazine. I think he owns it as well. He contacted me, because you know how they do issues on different countries, and he said if I commissioned you to go to Argentina what would you do? And I knew straight away that I wanted to do in Patagonia, I wanted to follow in the footsteps of Bruce Chatwin who wrote In Patagonia, and Songlines and all these fantastic books. So I thought I'd do that and they straight away said that's a cool idea. So we went to Patagonia for two and a half weeks and did 6000 kilometers from Bahia Blanca to Tierra del Fuego.
R. What was the weirdest thing that happened to you on that trip?
D. Oh there were lots of weird fucking things. One weird thing was we were on state high way 40; quite an infamous road you know and we were just driving along. You don't see anyone; you don't see a car for 100 miles. Some cyclists were on the side of the road and we drove past them with my assistant and my assistant said ' stop they need help'. I said 'naw, fuck em, too bad' and it looked like the lady was sitting on the side of the road crying and it was obviously her boyfriend and they're in the middle of no where. And my assistant goes 'you're such an arse hole Derek' so I just said 'oh you bastard you've made me feel bad'. So we stopped and there wasn't really anything wrong apart from the fact that she was exhausted and they wanted a ride to the next town that was like 200 miles down the road so we chucked all their bikes on and gave them a ride.
R. What about food?
D. Argh god, we ate some crap, we ate some pretty bad food. It's like a frontier. There are quite a lot of places in Patagonia that are quite touristy but we avoided them. We went where Bruce Chatwin went. He didn't go to too many of the touristy places. He did go to one place that was really interesting, which was Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid's hide out. They were on the run and this was like 1905. They went and lived in Patagonia for five years and they built a cabin and you can visit that cabin today, it's still there. You can still go there, it's pretty amazing. I thought it would be like a real tourist destination, but there's nothing there, there's one little sign. You could basically stay there and no one would give a shit.
R. No one would know.
D. No one would even know. It's in a paddock and there's no signs or anything. When we were there no one else was there; never saw a single tourist that went near the place. I think that's what Bruce Chapman was about. He was I suppose a travel writer but he made it a bit more interesting. He changed the whole perception of travel writing I think.
"If you want to be a photographer you better be pretty passionate about it because there's a lot of people out there who want to be photographers"
R. Travel writing can be a way of incorporating art, history, politics, everything really.
D. Yeah and I think he was particularly good at it.
R. Where would you be keen to go to next for a travel story?
D. I was asked to go to this island in Micronesia, that I'd never heard of, that the Pacific Forum are going to be in about three weeks and I'm just trying to work out if I can do that job, but that would be interesting. But honestly I'd never heard of the island, I couldn't even tell you what it is now. (The island is called Pohnpei)
R. Is there somewhere that you'd like to go to?
D. I wouldn't mind going back to South America to the Chilean side of Patagonia; I'd like to go there, I think that would be cool.
R. You also shot a travel story on Wellington for Monocle magazine – what was your favorite find in Wellington?
D. I liked, I think it's called Karaka bay, around the bays. I can't remember the name of the café; I think it's called Scorching Bay or something. Like right on the headlands of the harbor, that was really beautiful.
R. what advice do you have for aspiring photographers?
D. If you want to be a photographer you better be pretty passionate about it because there's a lot of people out there who want to be photographers.
R. What about weekend photographers?
D. You can do it on your iPhone; you don't even need a camera. Really, the quality is incredible. I often take pictures on my iPhone and post them on instagram and people can't tell the difference between which ones I've taken on my iPhone and which ones I've taken on my four by five camera. I mean that would change if you had it on the wall. But most people look at things now on phones. More often than not that what they look at things on. There's a huge difference there, but I quite like taking photos on my iPhone
R. Do you think that instagram is changing what people want to see in photography? And is that good or bad?
D. It is what it is. It's a powerful tool, like I know, just personally, I cant speak for anyone else, but as a commissioning tool I know creatives who have never even seen my portfolio and they've booked me off my instagram feed. And I think you can find out what people are kind of like, like a portfolio might not necessarily tell you what someone is about, because with instagram I can put commercial work up there that I've been commissioned to do, but then I'll put up a picture of my son and so you can find out what people are about. It's sort of a more personal visual diary. It's quite powerful and I think people want to know what you're like too. They don't want to just know the pictures you take and you show. I mean it's an edited diary as well. What do they call it, Snapchat? That's kind of less edited again. You can let people know as much as you want about yourself. I think it's a powerful tool.
R. Is there a trend or a fad in photography at the moment that annoys you?
D. Just human beings annoy me. Honestly, like I love and I hate the human condition, equally. You know what, I reckon now you can do what you do and things aren't driven by fads so much, for me anyway. I don't notice it as much as when I was younger, probably because I was more worried about what I was doing and trying to keep up with everyone else, but now I just do my thing and I think that's the best advice. Just do your thing, even though that sounds cliché and it's quite hard to do.
R. Working out how to do your thing is the challenge.
D. Yeah that's it. It's probably a bad word to use, but working out your style or what ever, that's the hardest thing to do. The most successful artists and musicians in the world; you can recognize their work straight away. You don't have to see their name, that's the most important thing. So don't try and do everything to please everybody, you're sort of going to fuck off half the world and half the world's going to like you. You can't please everyone.


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RIP The Mixtape.
I never thought I'd say this, but I think I need to face up to the facts that the mixtape is dead and even as someone still attempting to live the Sony walkman dream… I am fighting a losing battle. Nobody wants a mixtape these days. When handing over that glorious rectangle shaped present to people; I get a blank expression. Followed by a "what the hell am I meant to do with this" face. How can I upload it to my ipod? What am I meant to play it on, my laptop doesnt take cassette tape? Argos don't sell walkmans anymore? And then I'm sure it just languishes unloved and unplayed on a coffee table like some sort of archaelogical artefact.
As I had a little weep to myself about this momentous realisation I dug out my collection of all the mixtapes I've received over the years and I guess they do look a little alien these days; with their fiddly little wheels and spindly brown tape and clunky cases. I know these days you can give somebody a Spotify list, a Lastfm link or a USB packed with tracks (even one of those oh so hilariously ironic USBs that look like a tape cassette) but how can that even BEGIN to compare to the LOVE someone must have for you to spend an entire day layed on their belly, surrounded by a mountain of albums and tape inlays – pressing play&record, and pause, and writing out the tracklisting in the teeny tiny gaps, and agonising over which order to put the tracks and then hyperventilating when the tape FINISHES in the middle of the best track on side A. Do you start it again on side B? Start it from where it's left off? Not bother putting the rest, but risk the tape receiver thinking it's a crappy song? I'm having trauma flashbacks just thinking about it! With all the newfangled technology, you lose the charm of the mixtape too. Remember the clunk of the pause button sometimes recorded onto the tape (hated that) or the telltale chatter of a radio DJ interupting the music would reveal that you were a cheapo who had recorded this track from longwave radio atlantic 252…
This is my last attempt to say hooray for mixtapes and revive some interest. Mostly mixgtapes were the currency of my teenage relationships. You had to REALLY like someone to bother making them a mixtape and it felt like an incorrect track choice could most definitely end a blossoming romance. (True tragic mixtape story: On my 17th birthday a boy I had been dating for a week made me a mixtape. Whilst handing over the lovingly decorated masterpiece, he also told me he didn't want to see me anymore. I guess somewhere between liking me enough to make it, and actually handing it over, he'd gone off me… but had invested so much time in it that thought he'd hand it over anyway. I pulled all the tape out in front of him & it decorated the floor like really bad, sad party streamers for the rest of the night. The youth of today can never have these incredibly teen angst soaked moments with an mp3 can they?)
This is what we used to listen to in my day – AKA Old Fogey Music!] A present from my sister Meg (ten years older than me and therefore forever 10 years maximum cooler than me) when I was 15. Felt slightly vomity and woozey when I realised she made this for me when she was the age I am now, which makes me now a certified old fogey I guess. She shared pearls of musical wisdom with me such as The Cure, Blue Oyster Cult, The Pixies, Nirvana and Radiohead which would prove vital in impressing future friends and lets face it,older boys.
Your a star shining bright] (ah! I am old! because these days I would rather someone didn't compliment me at all, than did it with incorrect grammar) From Tom, my first boyfriend at the age of 15. He had dreadlocks, he was in the year above me at a DIFFERENT school (so excotic!) and I think he made this for me about a week into our 6 weeks together. It was during a rare UK heatwave summer and I'd lie to my parents about where I was and go to his house to sit on the roof listenings to smashing pumpkins and learning how to play guitar. We split up because he found a note I'd written to a friend in my school planner about "luvving" someone called Jonny. To this day I have no idea who the heck Jonny was, and Tom still has my school planner. Un-nerving. Still, blinding mixtape – definitely the first place I ever heard Concrete Schoolyard ♥
Bees Tape 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5] When I was 18 I went to university in Sheffield and for many reasons, was pretty miserable. One of my best friends Kerry went to university in Preston and for many reasons, was miserable also. So we set up in informal mixtape club and every week a lovingly crafted package would dutifully wizz off to each others halls of residence mail boxes. It didn't matter that we quite often put on the same tracks as each other (Tori Amos, Jimmy Eat World and The Flaming Lips featured pretty regularly and heavily I recall) those tapes, at that time, rescued me and reminded me that there were people out there who loved me and were rooting for me to keep going. The familiar music provided a soundtrack to such an unfamiliar city and these mixtapes will always be so special.
So is the end nigh? Or could mixtapes be something that come back with a vengence when enough people pack their bags and head off on a Sunday nostalgia trip like me.
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I lament the passing of the mixtape often. My best friend and I used to make each other mixtapes every couple of weeks or so when we were at school. Happily my car is rubbish enough that it has a cassette player, so I still get to listen to them 🙂
I still have the luminous green mix tape you made me! The day that real music became a part of my life! Hell if it weren't for you I might be still listening to Backstreet Boys!!!!! ::bows head in shame!:: (although I don't think Ross would allow that anyway! LOL
Have you ever read 'Love is a mixtape' by Rob Sheffield? I think you'd love it!
Mixtapes – I mostly used to make them for myself when I went on holidays – I always had to make two or three because I'd get sick of the music easily.
ipods and CDs are definitely a great way to share music but nothing quite says 'I love you' like an old-fashioned mixtape!
Great post! I love that you still have that mixtape of mine. I think I was claiming far more cool than I had looking at the track list (I'd left off the stuff I listened to more like Billy Joel and The Eagles!)
This is something that bonds those of us born in the decade between me and you and pretty much separates us from those born any later.
I'm just packing up my house and the only tapes I've kept (whittled down from about 200 I used to have) are 10 mixtapes made for me by various people during the years, including 4 from Bill when I was in the 1st year at Nottingham Uni and he was at Hull. Things don't change much 🙂
LOVE this post Bee! I remember the angst of making mixtapes all too well – I was such a perfectionist about them and used to make a longlist, then a shortlist of songs to include, then write and re-write the tracklist until it wsa perfect – even to the point of writing down the length of all the songs so I could make sure they wouldn't be cut in half at the end, if you can believe that! Even when I could make mix CDs I preferred mixtapes, they're so much more special and personal. It's sad that it's a dying art x
I still have a tape deck in my car and often indulge in the odd mixtape pleasure. I have THE PERFECT MIXTAPE which I stole from the car of an ex boyfriend in my first year of college, who in turn stole it from a forever stoned hippy boy called Will, who had it made for him by someone who I have never known the name of. I never had the tracklisting either so it was always so fabulously mysterious… half the songs seem to be untraceable trip-hop remixes and I almost don't want to ever find out what they are. I love it because it's totally unique 🙂 x
God, I want to be part of a mixtape club. I don't think blank tapes are sold anymore & I might have to dig deep in my parent's attic to find some sort of cassette player, but I'm game if you are! I seriously mourn the somewhat end – you're right in saying that mp3 folders will just never match up. Infact, I will go through my entire iPod sometimes fast-forwarding until I find a song appropriate enough or with enough feeling for me, whereas I know I can happily listen to a mixtape or even well-thought out playlist without even edging my fingers for the fast-forward button. Maybe we should swap mix CDs at some point? Not quite mixtape but they're easier to locate and record on – none of that one-half-of-a-song-on-side-one-another-half-on-side-two syndrome!
I'm very upset because I had the most huge and well thought-out comment and I hit post and it disappeared! NOOOOOO! But the crux of it basically was, can we swap mixes at some point? Okay, so it might be a CD but at least there will be none of that half a song on side one, the other half on side two syndrome that I was so very used to in my teens… and we can pay extra special attention to the artwork to make up for the lack of cassette-ness!


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