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OKAY, PALS!!! Let's set the scene.
I'm… crouched(?) on the floor of my bedroom (kind of in catloaf form but with sphinx arms; it's very cute and sexy of me) blasting a playlist of EXO's slow songs with my Frostbeard Rainy Day Reads candle burning atop my dresser.
The main development since my last life update is that I've gone whole-ass into K-Pop fandom, specifically the EXO fandom. I am now an EXO-L/Eri. (You can witness my thirsty descent over on Tumblr, assuming I haven't been banned for reblogging this screencap of Sehun and Chanyeol from the "We Young" music video, which was flagged, possibly because Sehun is wearing a suit that's too close to his skintone. 🙄)
I've casually enjoyed K-Pop since high school, and I started getting into specific K-Pop groups around 2013 (namely SHINee and EXO, to the extent that I learned the members' names and picked out specific songs (and faces) I liked), but it wasn't until recently that I became obsessed.
It started when I was scrolling through this post by Tracy at fanserviced-b and decided to watch the "Love Me Right" music video. Incredibly, I'd already seen and enjoyed the "Call Me Baby" MV, which was released just 2 months prior to "Love Me Right" and which is also a visual stunner and a big ol' bop, and I'd seen and reblogged "Love Me Right" pics and GIFs (#sad defeated asian boys in athletic wear), but somehow I never actually watched the music video itself.
And then I did.
And it was just… shot after shot after shot of practically everything I find aesthetically pleasing on men. Tailored suits! Above-the-knee shorts! T-shirts tucked into tight jeans! Exposed legs and ankles! Men in pink! Suspenders! Floppy hair! Beautiful faces in ugly glasses! Sports uniforms feat. shoulder pads! Dirt smeared on their faces!
It was overwhelming. It was like the first time I watched the "Growl" MV and lost my goddamn mind over SO many dancing boys looking like hooligans in dress code-violating school uniforms. (Please keep in mind I first watched this five years ago, when I was five years younger. I was and still am younger than EXO's oldest member.)
The difference was that this time, when I lost my mind over an EXO music video, it was mere days before their comeback single, "Tempo", was released, which was simply too much good content for my small decrepit body to handle in such swift succession.
"Tempo" involves leather jackets, ripped skinny jeans, military-inspired jackets, decorative chains, and Kai in a DISTRESSED CROPPED SWEATER, SUSPENDERS, AND LEATHER SKINNIES, and yet! It was a mere ten seconds of Baekhyun in an unbearably smoldery smoky eye singing and dancing (from 3:08 – 3:18, see the clipped video below) that BROKE ME!!!
So now I'm here, awaiting packages from AliExpress, for an unlicensed cropped EXO hoodie with cat ears, and Snapfish, for 25 glossy 4×6 photos made from HQ images I found online of Baekhyun, Sehun, Chanyeol, and Kai.
(For the record, I was briefly interested in BTS in 2015 when they were mostly still going by Bangtan Boys, but while I like their music and dancing from an artistic perspective (not to mention this A+ cover of the Biebz's "Mistletoe" c/o @keisha_pl), I've always preferred EXO's musical aesthetic, which leans more pop/R&B. I also prefer their vocal line (here's a cover of the Biebz's "Boyfriend" by D.O., who may just have the smoothest voice in current K-Pop) as well as their faces (I am deeply biased for many reasons, but the biggest one is that Baekhyun has really pretty hands and looks absolutely unreal in makeup), but both groups have their charms. For example, BTS has a stronger rap line (EXO's is solid and has good technique like pretty much all artists under SM Entertainment, but BTS's rap line is really good) and is waaay more "knowable" in terms of social media and general media presence, thanks to Big Hit's marketing. Anyway, they're both great, but EXO came into my life first.)
But slipping down a fandom hole isn't the only thing I've done lately. Since my last life update, I…
- had various nose and throat problems for about a month and a half. I legit only started being able to breathe through my nose again around Thanksgiving. The smoke from the Camp Fire certainly didn't help, but my partner had surprised me with a Coway air purifier a week or two prior, since I'm allergic to the cat with whom we live, and it's helped a lot. Now I'm just dealing with what seems like neverending post-nasal drip.
- read some books and fanfiction that I will detail in a follow-up post
- watched some movies and television that I will detail in a follow-up post
- cooked some new things. Sometimes I enjoy cooking, but mostly I just cook out of necessity. Weeknights are especially tiring (or at least they were when I was working 9 to 5 with an hour-long commute each way), so I'm always curious what other people cook during the workweek. I'm aware of meal prepping as a concept, but throw in food allergies, specific nutritional diets, and a bit of environmentalism, and the appetizing options narrow significantly. Anyway, here's some of the stuff I've made recently:
Left to right, top to bottom:
Crispy oven-baked honey garlic tofu, using this recipe from I am a Food Blog. I tried making this like 5 times in a row and I've decided that medium-firm tofu works best, as long as you press out almost all of the moisture. I also foolishly used aluminum foil instead of parchment paper at first, which just made the tofu stick to the pan. IMO, this is a really tasty way to make tofu, but it takes a while to cook, and it gets chewy unless you eat it right away. (Did I overdo it on the green onion? The answer is no.)
Roasted eggplant with yogurt and tomato relish, using this recipe from Smitten Kitchen. I've only eaten this with rice, not the suggested couscous, but the flavors are strong (and delicious!!!), so it's a good idea to serve this with a plain starch. This is hella good, but it involves a lot of cutting.
Crispy fried eggs, using this recipe/guide from Smitten Kitchen. I don't know how you can make this without a splatter guard, because it's VERY dramatic, but these are fantastic over fried rice or with chopped parsley sprinkled on top.
Barbecue jackfruit taco filling, using this recipe from Minimalist Baker. I made this exactly once, and it took SO long to prepare the jackfruit that I will never do it again. Does it looks arrestingly similar to meat and have an appealing texture and tangy flavor? Yes. Is it worth the ridiculous amount of time it takes to deseed and cut/shred the canned jackfruit? No. Plus, jackfruit isn't a good source of protein, so while I'll gladly eat jackfruit tacos at a restaurant, I don't think it's worth having to prepare both the jackfruit and a protein (e.g. beans) for a nutritious vegetarian meal.
- cooked some other new things, but without pictures:
- black beans in our Instant Pot, using this recipe from Well Plated. I almost always forget to buy bell pepper for this, but I think it tastes fine without it. These beanie bois are really good straight out of the pot, but they're even better refried in butter and smeared in a taco.
- refried black beans, as mentioned above. As I learned, you don't really need a recipe for this: Just heat some cooked beans in a pan with a fat (butter or olive oil) and a bit of water (if needed), and smush 'em with a wooden spoon until they look appetizing.
- curry sweet potato fries, using this recipe from Taste of Home. The recipe is for sweet potato wedges, but I cut tiny ½-inch sticks so they get crispier, and I haven't bothered with cilantro or chutney, though I'm sure they'd pair well.
- stuffed roasted bell peppers. We didn't really use a recipe for this (we just sautéed a mixture of cooked rice, tomato sauce, frozen veggies, black beans, and leftovers from a Mexican restaurant and shoved them into the peppers), but we did follow some of the tips from this allrecipes.com recipe, namely pre-boiling the peppers, which really helped with the cook time and final texture of the bell peppers. (I find undercooked bell peppers so disappointing.)
- kimchi fried rice, using this recipe from Pinch of Yum. We generally half-ass it using whatever frozen veggies we have around (and sometimes we'll throw in a diced breakfast sausage), but this is a great way to use up a Costco-sized jar of kimchi. Flavor-wise, I usually use sesame oil but not soy sauce (to keep it from tasting as Chinese as my usual fried rice), and I like to use minced or matchsticked fresh ginger instead of powdered ginger.
- pan-fried tofu, using this recipe from Genius Kitchen. It is so good, probably because it's swimming in oil.
- worked through some more of my sheet mask stash
I don't have much to say about any of these because I feel like they all performed adequately (the only sheet masks I've ever felt were exceptional were from SK-II), but the two-tone, two-piece mask below has to be one of the coolest looking sheet masks I've ever used.
I'm also wearing a Sally's Box Friendly Cherry Blossom Hand Mask in the middle photo. It made my hands obscenely soft, and they stayed soft, even after a day of normal hand washing.
- tackled many nagging tasks:
- repairing torn lace by hand, on a Forever21 dress that got caught on a French tourist's purse zipper while I was at the Met Museum in New York
- acquiring more storage pouches for my cloth menstrual pads
- hand-washing a bunch of clothes that have been sitting around in sweaty limbo for ages
- replacing the missing shelf pins for the IKEA media console I'm using as open shelving for my clothing (my partner's old roommate left it behind at their last apartment so I adopted it)
- breaking down the pile of cardboard boxes I've had sitting in my bedroom since May (a disorienting number of which were from MemeBox)
- mounting a print that was too narrow to fit in a standard picture frame (it's a print of Harry Styles destroying his blue velvet suit by lounging in garbage water)
- removing the visual clutter of approximately 2000 shoeboxes that I had on a high open shelf in my bedroom by hiding them on a high open shelf inside my closet
- acquiring individual health insurance because COBRA would cost me something like $700/month
- getting new passport photos taken, for an upcoming international bachelorette party I can't actually afford to attend
- photographing old keepsakes I no longer feel the need to keep physical copies of, including:
- a sky blue colored pencil stub which I believe belonged to me in 4th grade, but which came as part of a miniature colored pencil set, which is why my 1st grade crush, who sat next to me for at least part of 4th grade and who always borrowed my colored pencils, developed the habit of whittling it using scissors instead of using the classroom pencil sharpener
- a series of stories my friends and I wrote circa 6th grade, exclusively about butts as sentient beings going on adventures
- photos that include my 8th grade crush, who bears a striking resemblance to my partner in the department of strong eyebrows and doe eyes
- a set of poems I hand-wrote on notebook paper at the end of high school, including "Romeo and Juliet" by Richard Brautigan, "Lines for Winter" by Mark Strand, and "The Day Zimmer Lost Religion" by Paul Zimmer
- a bunch of Dadaist collages I made in high school, including one about a history teacher I had a crush on, that I made as an assignment for his class
- these photos of me and my brother dressed as Hogwarts students (shoutout to my self-inflicted pixie cut, which looked pretty good for about a week)
Judging by my hair, this must've been from the summer of 2009. I'm pretty sure my brother and I just picked up sticks off the ground and carried them around as wands.
My Ravenclaw-esque necktie and scarf (on my brother) were both gifts. The sweater is a vintage knit Cal sweater from my uncle's college days. And my grandma made my skirt. 💙
- voted, on San Francisco's ridiculously long ballot
- related way too hard to this Yes and Yes post ("True story: I didn't realize a specific friend's negativity was affecting me till I found myself on my third bowl of noodles and butter after a morning with her.")
- followed a few Yoga with Adriene videos, promptly (re-)injuring my wrists. (Before injury, I tried and enjoyed these two non-wrist-heavy routines: this sunrise routine which is very chill and only 15 minutes long, and this total body deep stretch routine which is painfully good and 45 minutes long.) I don't actually know if I can ever get back into yoga with my wrists (and neck and left elbow) being so delicate now, so I've been avoiding it entirely by half-assedly lifting weights while watching TV. I also begged my partner to try repairing his stationary bike after measuring my waist and realizing exactly how much fat I've packed on (¾ of an inch worth) over the past year from not exercising and from eating as a habit instead of a life-sustaining activity. I like my body, but it would be nice to go back to climbing stairs without wheezing again.
- attended Troye Sivan's concert wearing Ardell magnetic lashes and glitter eyeliner in my eyebrows, cried while singing along to "Heaven"
Scrunchie: ASOS. Knit crop top: Forever21. Hoodie: Uniqlo men's. Green sweatpants/joggers: Uniqlo. Holographic fanny pack: Urban Outfitters. Sneakers: Adidas (from the employee store in Portland!).
As you can see, I drew ENORMOUS eyeliner wings that don't quite suit my face. I messed up initially and kept making the wings longer to "fix" them and then ran out of time, so… here I am with an albatross on my face.
I'm wearing ColourPop Super Shock Shadow as highlighter (Birthday Wish) and blush (Birthday Cake, now only sold as part of a set), which is why my face is so improbably shiny. I'm also wearing the ColourPop Ultra Glossy Lip in Cheat Code.
If I'd had a loose glitter and some clear brow gel, I would've gone WAY heavier on the eyebrow glitter, but this is what I got with a few swipes of Urban Decay Heavy Metal glitter eyeliner in Spandex.
I'm wearing the Ardell Magnetic Accents #001, which aren't full lash strips (as can be inferred from the product name). These are ridiculously difficult to put on straight out of the package, so I ended up taking the internet's advice and trimming each lash into 3 sections (left, center, right) and applying the 3 sections individually on each eye. I also trimmed each set of lashes shorter and thinned them out so they'd blend in better, because the upper+lower lash combo looks too full/voluminous compared to my real lashes. (This only helped somewhat. As you can see, the lashes cut off VERY sharply at the outer edges, though part of that is because I drew my wings so long. I'm no false lash expert, but the glue-on Ardell lashes look significantly less artificial on the outer edges.)
I also own the Ardell Magnetic Accents #002, but I kind of wish I'd bought the full lashes instead, tbh. Anyway, if you happen to own magnetic lashes that you've given up on, I suggest 1) using slightly old mascara because it'll hold better, 2) chopping the lashes into 3 pieces, and 3) placing the top lash on your top lashline, then placing the bottom lash on your lower lashline, and then squinting your eyes shut onto the lower lash until the top and bottom pieces snap together. While there is a learning curve and they don't look quite as good as glue-on lashes, they're surprisingly comfortable and don't really budge at all, so if your eyes or skin are sensitive to lash glue, these are a nice (reusable!) alternative for when you want to look extra extra.
- updated my Tumblr theme, using a slightly customized version of the ivy theme from odeysseus themes
- put my face in this blog's sidebar, though to be frank that photo is from 2015 and I need to take newer ones sometime. I have much better skin and a much better photography apparatus than the iPhone 4's front-facing camera now.
- rediscovered my tiny old pink point-and-shoot camera
- experienced two disturbingly light menstrual cycles in a row. It was probably related to the whole being sick for like six weeks thing, but I panicked and took a pregnancy test just in case. (I'm not pregnant.)
- dressed up as Lara Jean Covey from To All the Boys I've Loved Before for Halloween, with my partner as Peter Kavinsky. To be perfectly honest, we could've done better (my coat was too dark a shade of red, I probably should've picked an outfit featuring a signature LJ ponytail, his shoes and hair weren't quite right, he should've had a lacrosse stick or a bottle of Yakult as a prop…), but I think we made a solid effort. Plus, I learned how to curl my eyelashes!
Our living room walls are a really weird shade of green that makes for horrible indoor photography, so please excuse the coloring on this one. Also, Peter Kavinsky wears Adidas cleats, not New Balance trainers, and we should've gone a size up on the sweatshirt, but whatever.
Oh yeah. We got a Nikon D3400 recently and are still learning to use it, but this is easily the highest quality image I've ever posted!
This entire outfit is from ASOS (blouse, sweater, scrunchie) and YesStyle (coat, skirt, necklace, shoes).
The socks fit surprisingly well (they're very stretchy and soft), the shoes are lightweight but very easy to trip over when walking, and my ass literally hangs out the back of the skirt if I am even slightly bent over.
I had a small, profound moment of pride when I applied my Lara Jean makeup because for once, I did NOT highlight my nose to make it look smaller, narrower, and pointier. LANA CONDOR/LARA JEAN COVEY HAS A ROUND FACE AND A ROUND NOSE AND SHE'S BEAUTIFUL.
When I was growing up, my mom would pinch my nose periodically, which was supposed to encourage my nose to grow in pointier. She'd also tell me off for stuffing tissues up my nostrils when I had a runny nose, not because it was uncouth (it is and I don't care), but because it would somehow make my apparently enormous nostrils even bigger. It's kind of funny now that I think about it, because I GET MY NOSE FROM HER.
Anyway, I don't always like my round face (which is why I angle my face the same way in like 90% of all photos I take), but my partner does (always), and this was one time I agreed with him.
Never in my life have I curled my eyelashes for fear of damaging them, but I did it for this costume, and I am AMAZED. I know my eyelashes have pretty good length, but all they've done for me until now is 1) get mascara all over my eyebags and 2) literally push my glasses down my face when I blink. With a strong curl, my eyelashes look like they might be fake!!! I'm just wearing Maybelline Full 'N Soft mascara and the skinniest eyeliner I could manage (using the Clio Waterproof Pen Liner in Kill Black of course).
I mean, I'm wearing a lot of other makeup, too, but not on my eyes! LOOK AT THEM!!!
The rest of my face is Missha M Signature Real Complete BB Cream (#21 and #23 mixed), Queen of the Fill Tinted Brow Gel in Medium Dark, Tarte Amazonian Clay 12-Hour Blush in Paaarty (from the Sephora 2017 birthday gift), Tarte Tarteist Creamy Matte Lip Paint in Birthday Suit (also from the Sephora 2017 birthday gift, but which I partially blotted off because it was too dark), Bite Beauty Matte Crème Lip Crayon in Glacé (from the Sephora 2018 birthday gift, but which I also partially blotted off because it was too dark), and Smashbox Be Legendary Lipstick in Audition (which was finally the color I wanted).
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- set up 1Password for families with my partner, which is, in my books, just about as romantic as the time we set up an Amazon Household together, which is to say, hella.
- finished my office D&D group's campaign, the Lost Mines of Phandelver. Best scenes from our last game: Mel (a tiefling warlock with very high charisma) convinced some cultists that Lyle (a halfling rogue trying to start a foon (spork) business) wanted to join their cult because he was already part of 12 other cults, and he really wanted to join one more, because one of his cults worshipped the number 13. At another point, my character, Smollzy (a non-binary teenage forest gnome who is 2 feet tall and who is also a druid who can transform into a bear) was carried aloft by a small dragon, so they transformed into a bear while in the air and dragged the dragon down with them, and then ripped the dragon to shreds.
- jammed/cried to:
- "1999" by Charli XCX & Troye Sivan (a jam)
- "Woman Like Me", "The Cure", "Told You So", and "Love A Girl Right" from LM5 by Little Mix (combination jam/cry, but "Told You So" is 100% a cry)
- "thank u, next" by Ariana Grande (combination jam/cry)
- the Hadestown original cast recording (combination jam/cry)
- "Baby Don't Stop" by NCT U (100% a jam)
- "Blooming Day" by EXO-CBX (a jam; EXO-CBX is a subunit of EXO)
- "One of Those Nights" and "Good Good" by Key (from SHINee 💔; both of these are jams, but if you're looking for a cry, "Blue" by Onew is just… astounding, but I've always loved his voice)
- "Tempo", "24/7", "With You", "Ooh La La La", and "Smile On My Face" from Don't Mess Up My Tempo by EXO (mostly jams, but I also cried over Baekhyun's voice in "With You" so…)
This feels like a good place to insert an EXO video. There are a lot of great things about this live performance, but probably the most important for the casual viewer is that it features Kai in an aggressively short crop top:
- did a lot of thinking about careers and creativity and jobs and money
- felt very grateful for my friends
- ate these stupidly good honey butter almonds that Jess brought back from Korea
- made it through Week 5 of Tim Clare's Couch to 80K Writing Bootcamp. I'm currently on Week 7, but Week 5 was especially difficult because I was writing about trauma, which, as was expected, fucked me up for weeks afterward, but having written about it in naked detail, I now feel better about it than before.
- tried to do a colorful peachy-purple smoky eye using an Urban Decay palette that was a Sephora reward item a few years ago, achieved B-level success
I think I could've packed on a lot more product, since you can barely see the colors here, but at least it's blended. I've never really figured out the right shape for the outer corner of my eyes when doing eyeshadow, though. My eyes tilt downward at the outer corners, so I always get confused about placement…
Floral satin scrunchie: ASOS. Denim overall dress: Forever21. Striped sweater: Forever21.
- realized that our apartment has picture rail moulding, proceeded to buy picture rail hooks and picture hanging cord and D-rings to put up my framed Harry Styles prints
- realized to my dismay that of the characters of The Office (which my partner and I are both watching for the first time), I am most like Angela.
- did a free trial of Cinemark's Movie Club, ended up choosing to pay $8.99/month for a membership because it's such a good value!!! I cancelled MoviePass after less than a year because it didn't feel flexible enough, but Cinemark's program basically boils down to fixed pricing – every single movie ticket costs $8.99, including the "free" one that you get for each month you pay the $8.99 membership fee. And in San Francisco, that's kind of miraculous.
- stayed at home with my mom for Thanksgiving week, chopped so many onions, made ratatouille for my personal contribution this year (I use Smitten Kitchen's recipe minus the bell pepper), ate too much, loved it. (I think my favorite dish this year was my cousin's ~*healthy*~ nachos feat. butternut squash, brussel sprouts, and cranberry sauce.)
She's a beaut.
This is only part of our lunch spread. Not pictured are the butternut squash soup, cornbread, lemon squares, butter cookies, and sweet potato pie. For dinner we had whatever was leftover from lunch, plus a turkey, a lamb roast, and an apricot almond tart. 😋
- played One Night Ultimate Werewolf for the first time and really liked it. I've heard it described as being similar to Mafia, which is vaguely true in terms of structure and gameplay, but each game is very short, which I appreciate (please never ask me to play Settlers of Catan), and I like the logic and bluffing and alliances and role-switching.
- attended my first Friendsgiving ever(!) and really enjoyed myself. It made me and my partner want to host people at our place at some point. We've got a lot of tidying to do, but we've got a big dining table and friends who like food and games, so…
- had really good seafood rice noodle soup, roast quail, lamb skewers, and spicy cucumbers at Underground Grill King
- had some damn good ramen at Ushi Taro, at Spenser's recommendation. The noodles were slightly chewy, the egg was perfectly soft boiled, the king oyster mushrooms were delicious, and the black truffle made the whole thing super rich.
- had delicious Burmese food at Tharaphu Burmese Street Food, including PORK INTESTINES which I LOVE and a really, really good fish chowder noodle soup
- restarted my Vitamin C serum regimen. I'm currently using the TruSkin Naturals Vitamin C Serum with Hyaluronic Acid & Vitamin E, which seems mild but effective. (My first Vitamin C serum was the OST C20, now rebranded as Wishtrend Pure Vitamin C, and it sometimes burned when I applied it, though it did give stellar results. Honestly, Vitamin C serum is a pain to use because I keep mine in the fridge to extend its shelf life, which means I have to trek to the cold, cold kitchen after I shower, and I have to wait at least 20 minutes before using other products, but man… my skin is getting that glow back.)
- swapped out my Missha Time Revolution Night Repair Science Activator Ampoule for The Ordinary Niacinamide 10% + Zinc 1% for a trial run. I've been using the Missha Longname Ampoule for ages, and I like it, but I've been on the lookout for cheaper nighttime products for a while now.
- left the house… a few times…
Bat sweater: Forever21. Skinny jeans: Uniqlo. Monk strap oxfords: Sam Edelman.
My extremely trendy shearling collar jacket is my brother's Old Navy jacket from high school, the scrunchie in the middle pic is from high school (the one in the right pic is from ASOS), and I'm not sure what lip products I'm wearing. Best guess, left to right: Glossier Balm DotCom in Rose, Tarte's Tarteist Creamy Matte Lip Paint in Birthday Suit from the 2017 Sephora birthday gift, and Smashbox's Be Legendary Cream Lipstick in Fig.
- downloaded the Instagram and V LIVE apps on my phone, for the sole purpose of keeping up with EXO in real-time. I didn't even do this for One Direction, and I can understand what they're saying in real-time!!! (Granted, I always found 1D's most exciting social media activity to be Twitcams, but I already had a Twitter account before I became a 1D fan. I'm sure if I'd needed to download an app for them, I would've.)
- stayed up until 1:30AM watching a livestream of EXO competing and performing on Music Bank. When they won, they put on eye masks and tried to do an encore performance.
- stayed up until 2:30AM watching a livestream of EXO sitting in a room eating fried chicken and playing games with each other, despite not having real-time subtitles. Kai wrote his name in the air using his butt (@ 18:51), Chanyeol apparently acted out a scene from the dubbed Korean version of Lost (Season 1, Episode 24) (@ 30:56 and again @ 33:19), and Baekhyun, instead of letting the broadcast end, told the fans "we're your sunflowers" and then did a handstand (@ 1:28:22). 🌻😭
- cackled through EXO's haunted house video, especially at Baekhyun, who yelled for basically his entire walkthrough. It's very #relatable, seeing as I once got through a mandatory solo night hike in 8th grade by singing the Oscar Mayer Wiener Song out loud like an absolute idiot.
- contemplated cutting my hair short because I love Baekhyun's look sososo much (See Exhibits A, B, C, and D. I was contemplating comma hair for ultimate K-Pop Dream Boy Status, but I think a little chin-length bob would be more versatile. When my hair was bob-length in college, I would rag curl it to make it super poufy and it was V V CUTE.)
- saw this picture of Baekhyun at the airport from earlier this year, immediately felt compelled to cop his Veja V-10 sneakers (mini epilogue: I convinced my partner to buy them for me as a Christmas gift)
- had a delightful dream wherein I was back in high school, and I was erroneously placed into an Advanced Dance class, which Sehun from EXO was also in. I asked a counselor to rectify the situation, seeing as I hadn't even taken the prerequisite Beginning Dance class, and instead of putting me in, say, Ceramics or Drama or some other art class, she made me a TA for Advanced Dance, and Sehun and I were both so embarrassed we couldn't look at each other. It was wonderful.
- watched (and rewatched) these two videos WAY too many times:
This live acoustic performance of "Call Me Baby" KILLS ME. Listen to that vocal layering!!! And those fucking HARMONIES!!! FRISSON!!!
This is so cute it's unbearable. UNBEARABLE!!! Everyone's SO GODDAMN CUTE. Except for Baekhyun, who looks like A) a sleazy casting call director, B) a frat boy at the spa, or C) the kind of person who makes direct eye contact in a locker room while fully naked, which, frankly, he probably is.
- cried many, many times at the thought of having to work at another tech job (let alone going through the tech interview gauntlet again). I don't know how I'm going to do it. That is the whole of it.
- felt increasingly ashamed about not being able to offer to pay for things, and not being able to pay my own way as often, especially as the holidays approach
- had a few bouts of suicidal ideation and more than a few bouts of the usual crippling despair
Some small, foolish, desperate part of me with strong survival skills is hoping that my obsession with EXO will become so intense that it motivates me to enthusiastically seek out another tech job (with a tech job paycheck and tech job PTO) so that I can afford to travel to Asia to see them perform in concert (assuming Xiumin doesn't start his mandatory military service for a bit longer).
It's not entirely unreasonable that it would work. After all, fandom is what compelled me to travel alone for the first time in my life. I flew to Denver, Colorado by myself, stayed at an Airbnb with internet strangers (the 1D Slack), and cried while scream-singing along to Niall's first ever concert at Red Rocks, which was a truly magical experience.
There's also part of me that relishes the guilt I feel every time my partner pays for another meal, the quiet panic that resurfaces whenever rent is due, the shame of knowing how much stress I'm causing my family – because I know I can be pulled or pushed back into software engineering, and sometimes the push of fear and self-loathing carries more weight than the pull of comfort and security and the options that money can buy.
But a quieter, wiser part of me knows that it doesn't work like that; nothing does. Nothing that stays, anyway.
An external push or pull may be the catalyst for action, but I need internal justification to sustain that action. I am the one who needs to decide that this is the best choice available to me, and I am the one who has to accept that I may never stop being mediocre at my job because I'm not willing to work harder because my heart will always be somewhere else, and I may always be afraid of being fired for incompetence, and I may always feel spiritually unfulfilled and morally dirty about working in tech. I need to decide I can live with that.
But until that happens, I'll keep helplessly replaying the 2nd teaser video for "Love Shot" and losing my goddamn mind over EXO doing body rolls, which is in keeping with historical trends:


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In 1986 and 1987 the rock band Parousia from Buffalo, NY began to follow through on their plans to move the group to Los Angeles and seek fame and fortune in Hollywood.
…only to find the dream buried under a layer of needles and fecal matter deposited by an endless parade of homeless heroin-addicts, scattered across the boulevard like flotsam and jetsam along the shore. Somehow the band managed to hop-scotch over the mess, pull it together and release Parousia's four-song E.P. "Turnaround".
… I digress, apparently at the same time, across the pond in Southampton, England a group of university students joined together to record semi-progressive Christian-rock music and laid it down during two recording sessions, 1986-1987.
The Southampton group decided to call themselves Parousia. Apparently they forgot to do their Trademark search. >ahem<
The only evidence of the Christian rock-band Parousia from Southampton England are three 'audio-only' videos on You Tube, "Two Masters", "Sold Out" and "Emily". The music is interesting, definitely worth a listen… not be confused with the non-Christian rock band (leaning more towards Satan really…) Parousia from Buffalo NY.

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My thesis discusses whether or not sexed and gendered bodies are essential to defining "fairness" in Sport. The concept of "fairness" in Sport has different interpretations that change depending on the participant's age, gender,and sex. Each of these interpretations fail to give a full definition of fairness, seeing as they rely on the individual fitting into the dominant social categories which can be enforced throughout the world of Sport. Therefore, a new definition of fairness, which focuses on the abilities of the athlete's body is required. In the current Sport realm there are two tests that are used to help maintain the current definition of "fair." These two tests only subject the female body and women's gender to sex-testing and gender-testing. This form of testing needs–gender-testing and sex-testing-need to be acknowledged and deemed unfair. These tests are unfair because they only subject the body to testing, which simply confirms that the athlete's body abides by the social binaries of male and female, man and woman. Fairness in Sport should not be based on an athlete's gender or sex, but rather their ability to play a Sport, whether it is wheelchair rugby, 100-meter dash, or football. A person's sex or gender identity should not be taken into consideration when deciding whether or not they should be allowed to participate in Sport.
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In cooperation with Griet and some fellow workers of Heilig Hart VZW Pamele we have developed the Terrasrolwagenhulp. In 2009 doctors have removed a temporal brain tumour from Griet's brain. Due to this surgery Griet suffers from an acquired brain injury. Currently, she uses a wheelchair to move around and has to depend on others for a lot of things.
Griet enjoys good weather. She prefers to do this outside on her terrace, to which she has access from her room. This terrace, however, is placed much deeper than her room. Due to this problem, Griet cannot access her terrace without any help. Currently there is a platform on a small area of the terrace. However, this platform is not big and safe enough for Griet to use. Despite the platform, Griet cannot make optimum use of her terrace.
Before we could help Griet solve this problem, we got to know her better. We have visited Griet several times. During these visits we have asked about her preferences and wishes and tested several prototypes. We have made a total of 8 visits to Griet.
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Comments:FOX News fares poorly in investigation of media edits to Wikipedia
Objective information about FOX News' reporting[edit]
I like this article. I have been trying to find out more about FOX News, to investigate the allegations by critics that it has a strong conservative bias and its supporters allegations that it is, indeed, "fair and balanced." I suppose I cannot simply trust my own gut reaction when I watch the channel myself, since that will reflect my own personal bias. However, finding objective information relating to the quality of the network's reporting and its bias or lack thereof has been quite difficult. It seems to me at least that almost everyone who criticizes FOX news has a more liberal perspective, whereas those who support its validity have a much more American-conservative stance. I would really like it if there were some body out there that is generally accepted as objective in investigating allegations of bias or of poor quality reporting, because I would want to know what their findings would be on FOX News. "Outfoxed" is an example of the frustration I feel in my search, because, while the arguments and anecdotal examples may be compelling to some, it is obviously edited with an agenda of "exposing" bias, and it was produced by a liberal political activist and a liberal political action committee. I am trying to find a source that cannot be so easily attacked on the basis of bias. I don't want left-wing criticisms or right-wing defenses, I want something that cannot be so easily ignored as biased itself to really independently examine quality and fairness in reporting. Does anyone know whether or not something exists out there that objectively reports the quality of news agencies? Is there anything out there that can defend itself from accusations of bias while addressing said accusations aimed at other news agencies? Where else should I look to find objective information on FOX News and other news sources?
Comment on the article regarding Fox News[edit]
How about you spend more time finding out who originally added hostile information about Fox News?
I just don't think the aritcle has the justification to condemn Fox for protecting themselves from Wiki-Terrorism! Are you now going to find Fox guilty for being a victim? Do they have no right to protect/defend themselves? -- 220.127.116.11 20:52, 20 August 2007
- Protect and defend? they intentionally removed factual information from their articles that make them look bad. Where is the protection in that? DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 20:57, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
- This user must be joking when they say 'Wiki-Terrorism'. If the information in the article was well sourced it belonged, if it wasn't then it didn't. The hostility of the information is irrelevant. Organizations shouldn't make edits about themselves.. --YoYoDa1 02:56, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
Why is Fox News singled out???[edit]
I don't understand why the headline lists Fox news (700 edits) but glosses over the biggest culprit, BBC news (8000 edits). For example, BBC tried to write things about a competitor, yet someone tries in this article to brush it off by simply listing it behind "Fuzzy animals" and Janet Jackson. It should be pointed out that it is a COMPETITOR they were attempting to edit. And the things Fox was changing merely seem to be to correct misleading/POV information. This story makes no sense. 18.104.22.168 18:24, 26 August 2007 (UTC)
- Which competitor did they talk about? Dave420 12:51, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
- They talk about Freeview, but they helped found it.. I think the user may be confused.. --YoYoDa1 02:53, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
The article stated that the vast majority of edits emitted from BBC IPs were of a contributory or constructive nature. The edits from Fox were cited for removing entries critical of their practices and personnel, even going as far as replacing critical links with ones that advance Fox news' hard right-wing neo-con political ideology. (preceding unsigned comment made by EthanADMN)
- Careful; comments like that diminish your otherwise objective response. irid:t 03:26, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
Don't dish it until you try it[edit]
Define rubbish. I think this is the most NPOV something like this can get. We did our research, we are probably the only agency to wait to publish instead of going right out and saying so and so did this and that.
As said in the mailing lists. It cannot be denied that the edits were made with computers that are property of FOX News Channel and News Corp. That cannot be denied and the proof is there at the tool. By the looks of the edits, none were "authorized" to make any of them. But regardless of that fact, they, all of them, are employees working for FOX News and News corp.
If this were an intentional smear campaign then we would be doing just that. We cannot smear what is already undeniable proof. The edits are fact (fact in the sense that they are there, they happened, and regardless of false edits or not the fact is they did this).
Wikinews is not responsible for who made bad edits or good edits. The fact, and proof is, using WikiScanner, is that CNN was clean with NO edits period. So was MSNBC, and BBC admitted to on bad edit. We cannot make edits appear. The NPOV part is we did not target specifically FOX News or News Corp. This is what the edits show, and Wikinews or anyone else cannot change that.
So for anyone to call it rubbish, because its a smear campaign or whatever is false. Do me a favor. Use the tool if you have not. Understand what it does and shows. Do not criticize ligit research, thats is undeniable, if you have not understood the tool etc etc. This is all fact. And if you like we can source every edit, but that would be a thousand or more. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 01:33, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
- You clearly have a vested interest in the topic, which diminishes the likelihood of neutral point of view. -- Messedrocker 01:35, 23 August 2007
- My vested interest is getting it published. I am vested in the FACT of what I see and have researched. I have seen thousands of edits in the past days, so of course I have a "vested interest". If had no interest, I would not have done the research or even cared to write an article in the first place. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 01:37, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
This is what happens when Wikinews is so self-righteous it publishes incredibly old news. MessedRocker (talk) 15:56, 8 September 2007 (UTC)


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Negotiations between SOX and Gathered Fabric go nowhere as Kajou condemns the group as a mere front for satisfying its members' fetish for dirty underwear. The next morning, the rival group flexes its superior logistical muscles by sabotaging the monorail and hijacking 42 buses.
That sheer number confirms SOX is way out of its league from scale, logistics, and technical perspectives, considering how hard SOX has worked just to collect enough warm bodies to distribute porn in order to make a dent in society's forced decency. It's to the shorthanded SOX's advantage then, that the hijackers on three of the buses are neutralized by non-SOX members.
An unintentionally badass Fuwa notices her hijacker's gun is fake; a frustrated Anna hoping to win righteousness brownie points with Tanukichi beats the shit out of her hijacker; Goriki strips down to reveal he wears women's lingerie, forcing the entire bus into a fit of nausea.
That last incident is also the most revealing character-wise, as Goriki has gone from StuCo stooge to a complex individual in his own right whom, like Anna, might be in SOX were it not for his ultra-conservative conditioning. It also seems more and more like he has feelings for Tanukichi, though those feelings continue to be treated with sophomoric frivolity.
But at the end of the day, GF is still in the driver's seat, with 39 buses under their control. Heck, they even have the Decency Squad HQ openly discussing what color underwear their female colleagues wear, and in some cases whether they wear any at all. Kajou arranges to bait White Peak, AKA Ichinose Takuma, into a trap where they can capture him and proceed with clearing up the differences between GF and SOX to a confused world.
The trap works, but only to a point: Tanukichi is able to occupy Peak long enough for Kajou to arrive and spout some pretty good monologue about the value of one's own scent, but in an episode where so many non-SOX members help SOX, it's an acutal member that ends up screwing them over, and not in a particularly surprising or creative way.
That's right, after being hardly in the episode (aside from a somewhat unnecessary scene in Tanukichi's apartment where she's called upon to procure bait), Kosuri shows her true colors as predicted, literally throwing Kajou under the bus and pledging herself to Ichinose and GF, having lost her faith in SOX's lighter touch.
It was bad enough when Kosuri was introduced as a little-sister figure and redundant harem member; it's verging on unacceptable that she could now be the one to bring SOX down from the inside. Still, my money's still on the group that's more often than not helped, intentionally or not, by the likes of Anna, Fuwa, and Goriki. The fight to salvage this show from the bane that is Kosuri continues.


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In the first part of June, the White House held a summit on working fathers. NPR Code Switch publication said this is another sign of just how much modern fatherhood is changing as the number of stay-at-home dads in the United States has doubled since 1989 and is now around 2.2 mil-lion. Pew Research Center found that a quarter of stay-at-home fathers said they choose to stay at home with their children. A similar number said they were at home due to illness and another similar number consisted of fathers with disabilities or who were unable to find work. Fathers who are actively involved in child-rearing regardless of their individual situation are still not a common practice.
Blogger, Richard Doyin became an overnight sensation when he posted a photo online with his blog while on paternity leave from his corporate job. What he thought was an innocuous photo of his interaction and care giving with his two daughters became an instant hit. While his motive was rather self-serving because he wanted to prove to his skeptical wife that he could do it, the photo was shared by tens of thousands of people and he was inundated with responses from varying perspectives. Some people thought he was one of the "greatest dads." Other people pointed that the mothers do this every day, and if you saw a woman doing this, it wouldn't be considered such a worthy endeavor. But there was other responses from people who had their core beliefs shattered – "this guy seems pretty cool, he's black and loves his kids. What's going on?" Richard's wants his conversations through blogs to start from the position that dads like him, black or otherwise are not aberrations. "My issue is that I want it to be a discussion about modern fatherhood where it's OK for men to behave the way I'm behaving as far as caring for their kids," he said. "It's not unusual."
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The idea of fathers taking an active role in raising their children is not necessarily new. Older fathers, of which there are many more these days, have always had the opportunity to actively participate in the "fatherhood" experience. Everyone probably knows a man who has or wants more responsibility for their home and children. Take my son-in-law for example. He is a fire-fighter and because of his schedule he is home on a regular basis. When he first started in this job, he assumed that he should be working a second job, since that is what "men" do. However, it soon became apparent that the best thing he could do for the kids and the family's financial health was to stop paying a nanny and take on those responsibilities himself. He does find that many times he will be the only father on play dates or at the daisy scout meeting, but the reward of being more involved with family and community more than compensates for any funny looks.
Of course, there is the fear that reducing time at the office will dead-end careers. Stew Friedman, a management professor and head of Work/Life Integration Project at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School shared that there is a lot of confusion and angst among young men on how they're going to make it work. There is also a stigma working against men that those who identify themselves as active fathers are unwilling to work hard or put the company first. (Does this sound familiar to our female readers?) Typically men in traditional breadwinner roles are rewarded either because of cultural assumptions or because they are able to put their work first while men who act as caregivers are hurt for doing so.
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The study at Boston College also found that the more supportive fathers perceive their work environments to be better overall based on the lower level of work-to-family conflict and the higher the level of work-to-family enrichment they experience because of their attention to balancing their work and families. Ultimately this demonstrates that a more supportive work culture has a positive effect on a father's home life and vice versa.
The changes that are taking place with fathers have not been fully understood and embraced within organizations, and old paradigms persist. Work-life balance continues to be seen as mainly a women's issue. Fathers are expected to work long hours and to put their work lives ahead of their family lives. Unfortunately there is a deeply ingrained belief that working more hours leads to higher productivity and more effective workers. What it often fails to consider are the costs of added employee stress, lower morale, low job satisfaction and lower employee engagement, which ultimately leads to a decrease in productivity in those extra hours spent at the office instead of at home. Regardless of views on longer work hours and productivity, it is clear that roles of both men and women are changing. Women are taking a larger role at work and will continue to do so. Fathers are taking a larger role at home and that trend will also continue.
Whether you are well established in a positive work-life balance or just interested in getting your company to begin thinking this way there are some ideas available for consideration. The Enterprise-For-Health organization suggests some work-life balance activities such as:
Some companies that have embraced the possibility of this new working place movement include Ford Motor Company who allows salaried U.S. employees to work a reduced schedule. MetLife has a virtual coaching program for expecting parents. Ernst & Young LLP offers a similar program, which was for women only until a female officer suggested offering to men as well. American Express holds occasional Fatherhood Breakfast Series where they invite male colleagues to talk about blending career and family. Google and Zappos have embraced blending work, play and balance into their cultures for years.
The companies who recognize and respect the need of their employees at different stages in life are best positioned and prepared to meet the challenges of the changing world of work. Being out of balance between work and life leads to employees experiencing very specific stressful situations with negative health consequences. Ignoring this can reflect on the success of an employer as well. Companies need to find ways to support all types of family arrangements and provide the flexibility needed to make both the companies and the employees successful. Those that do this will have access to the best talent pool, and potentially a very productive and engaged workplace, even if you happen to be a mortgage company.
About The Author
Barbara Perino is a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach guiding her clients who are executive leaders and their staff. Barbara has been trained through The Coach Training Institute (CTI) located in San Rafael, CA. She completed a Coaching Certification Program through CTI and the International Coaching Federation (ICF). Prior to becoming a coach, Barbara was a 16-year veteran of the residential mortgage industry in a national sales management capacity for property valuation and residential mortgage service providers.
About The Author
rjbWalzak Consulting, Inc. was founded and is led by Rebecca Walzak, a leader in operational risk management programs in all areas of the consumer lending industry. In addition to consulting experience in mortgage banking, student lending and other types of consumer lending, she has hands on practical experience in these organizations as well as having held numerous positions from top to bottom of the consumer lending industry over the past 25 years.


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ARTIEM CAPRI / menorca
Capri in the city
Stay of one romantic night for two people with breakfast included.
Out to dinner and the theatre... Enjoy the city and don't be in a rush to get home as ARTIEM Capri is located in the heart of Mahón.
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Hotel ARTIEM CAPRI
Relax as never before in Le Petit Spa while you contemplate Mahón township from its spectacular terrace or discover the local cuisine. At Artiem Capri you will find all you need to feel fabulous, really fabulous.


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MESQUITE, NV / ACCESSWIRE / December 14, 2016 / Cannabis Sativa (OTCQB:CBDS) announces that it has acquired several Federally Registered marks to augment its intellectual property portfolio including Cannabis*Sativa®, DISPENSARxY®, and CannaRx®. "We believe that having a strong IP portfolio is essential to our on-going branding emphasis," said CBDS President David Tobias. "A recent article in High Times Magazine stated that "the next quantum leap in the cannabis industry won't be in banking or tax codes, it'll be in branding and intellectual property," and we continue staking our claim." "The marks are currently in the process of "assignment of ownership" from the seller, and depending on the workload of the USPTO, assignment can take several weeks to complete," Tobias stated.
The IP identifiers are Cannabis*Sativa®, Registration Number 4,868,623, DISPENSARxY®, Registration Number 4,642,830 and CannaRx®, Registration Number 4,725,687. The Marks are registered in CL 35 under Goods and Services:
Goods and Services
IC 035. US 100 101 102. G S: Business consultation services in the field of telling others how to bring together a variety of industrial hemp based products so as to enable their consumers to be aware of the health benefits of such goods and to view and purchase such goods. FIRST USE: 20140416. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 20140416
Forward-Looking Statements:
This press release contains "forward-looking statements." Although the forward-looking statements in this release reflect the good faith judgment of management, forward-looking statements are inherently subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to be materially different from those discussed in these forward-looking statements. Readers are urged to carefully review and consider the various disclosures made by us in our reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the risk factors that attempt to advise interested parties of the risks that may affect our business, financial condition, results of operation and cash flows. If one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or if the underlying assumptions prove incorrect, our actual results may vary materially from those expected or projected. Underlying assumptions include without limitation, the ongoing enactment of legislation favorable to the production of and the commercialization of cannabis products and the Company's success in capitalizing on that legislation. Readers are urged not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this release. We assume no obligation to update any forward-looking statements in order to reflect any event or circumstance that may arise after the date of this release.
Contact Information:
Investor Relations
1646 West Pioneer Blvd Suite 120
Mesquite, NV 89027
SOURCE: Cannabis Sativa, Inc.


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Luke 10:38-42
When I was a kid, my three sisters and I all had chores to do. I mowed the lawn, shoveled the snow, mopped the floors, emptied the garbage, shook out the rugs, pulled the weeds, cleaned the bathrooms, changed the sheets on the beds, cleaned the carport, and picked up the neighborhood trash that blew against the fence. My three sisters each took a turn doing the dishes. You don't need to check with them about the accuracy of this list; I'm sure they remember it the same way.
One day, one of my sisters, when it was her night to do the dishes, was instead sitting in a rocking chair listening to records. As a good brother, I very patiently reminded her that it was her night to do the dishes, but she continued rocking and listening. Trusting that she simply forgot, I, with the utmost gentleness, repeated to her that it was, in fact, her night to do the dishes. With eyes closed, she informed me she was praying. And she actually used this story in Luke to say she didn't have to do the dishes. She said that her praying, just like Mary, was "the better part," that Jesus said so himself, and that therefore she shouldn't be required to demean herself with the unholy chore of washing dishes.
With tremendous respect and deep understanding, I compassionately offered her an alternate perspective. And as her loving brother, I cautioned her that if somehow our mother ever discovered this, she would likely not be as understanding as me, and her response probably would not benefit my sister. So for my dear sibling's well-being, I advised, she may want to consider postponing the rest of her prayers until after this unholy chore was done. She did.
What do you do with text? Poor Martha is stuck with all the chores while Mary gets to sit in the living room with Jesus while he tells stories. And when Martha dares speak up, Jesus takes Mary's side! I mean, I don't care what you say, Jesus, somebody's still gotta do the dishes.
I hope you're not surprised to hear me say that's not what this text is about. This isn't a text about who has to clean the kitchen. It's about whether or not the kitchen even needs to be cleaned, and if so,why someone would want to.
It's like this. Have you ever got your car stuck in the snow with your wheels spinning? Step on the gas and you simply have no traction. You can step on the gas as much as you want, spin your wheels as fast as you can, you're still stuck. The point isn't to spin your wheels, the point is to be able to get where you're going. That's Martha. Spinning her wheels just because it's doing something. Even if it's not helping. Even if it's actually making it worse. Just doing something for the sake of doing something.
Mary is the one who gets out of the car, looks at how deeply she's stuck and recalls a conversation with a trucker friend who told her to keep a bag of sand and a small shovel in the trunk just in case. Now, with that information, she can give her wheels some traction so when she does gently step on the gas, she has a much better chance of getting unstuck and continue driving.
It's not Martha vs. Mary; it's not action vs. contemplation. It's about understanding the purpose, and letting that purpose inform the action. And what Jesus commends Mary for is seeking to understand his purpose. Not just a random or personal purpose, but Jesus' purpose. That's what being a disciple is—knowing and trusting Jesus' purpose and letting that inform the actions we take.
That's what spiritual disciplines are about. Coming to know God's purposes within the world as revealed by Jesus. That's what Mary is taking the time to do. That's what Jesus is commending her for. That's the part Martha, in all her activity, is missing.
Our culture disagrees with Jesus on this. What we usually say is "Good for Martha. At least she gets stuff done." Because culturally we reward busy-ness, and tend to look down on people who don't seem as busy as we think they ought to be.
Think about that a minute. Have you ever complained about how busy you are, how you have too many irons in the fire, how you don't know how you're going to get everything done? And, have you ever said those things with just a little bit of pride? Have you ever heard someone complain about working 60 hours a week and felt just a little bit guilty because you only worked 55? This cultural sense of our worth being decided by our busy-ness is a priority that Jesus calls out and challenges.
When our calendars and our day planners are dictating our lives, we are stuck in the snow. When checking things off our to-do list becomes our purpose, we've lost traction. When church, and spiritual growth, and discovering God's purpose in Christ become items on a list of things we'll do if we can find time, we are spinning our wheels. We need to stop, get out of the car, and because we've listened to Jesus, let that inform how we get where we need to go.
What this comes back to is God's purpose in the world right now. The One who created this world in the first place knows how it ought to run, knows what the priorities should be, knows what actually will work. And Jesus reveals that purpose with absolute clarity. Discovering that, growing in that, discussing that, putting that into context here and now takes deliberate intention. It requires some time sitting in the living room with Jesus. It doesn't happen automatically just because we're making sure the dishes got done.
Remmy Mateo is being baptized today. God is including him in Christ's purpose in the world. What his mom, his sponsors, and this congregation are promising is that we will sit with him at Jesus' feet and help him grow in that purpose. And let that inform his decisions and how he lives his life.
Bad news for my sister is that the dishes still need to be washed. But what my sister may better understand is how that is part of God's purpose in the world.


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Trip Overview
The Auglaize River is a nice easy quiet river to paddle. No rapids, just riffles and swift water here and there.The river flows from South to North. There is a livery at Ft. Amanda, and they do offer rentals, as well as shuttle service. If your shuttling yourself, you can park at the livery to take out, just talk with the owners first, if they are not at the livery, the house across the street is theirs, just knock on the door.
The river is clear and free from logjams and other hazards this year, from Buckland OH, to Ft. Amanda Rd bridge. I paddle this area of the river on a regular basis and often I am the only kayak on the water.
When the water level at Ft. Jennings is around 2.8 feet the river is the funnest and more challenging, yet easy enough for an inexperienced paddler to go down. The river breaks up into narrow shoots about 4 feet wide that run from 100 feet to maybe 1000 feet or more. They are swift, narrow, twist and turn, then open into small pools, then back into the shoots. In the summer with the river grass tall, you really feel down in the river passing threw these shoots.
There is an old lag jam just north of Monroe Street bridge, the river splits and you can go left or right most of the time. If you go to the right be ready to feel a very strong swift current, that will try to throw you into the logjam. If you're going right, be ready, the current may fool you. I've seen a few friends get caught in it and they came too close for comfort with the logjam.
The river is up and I've yet to paddle it at a lower level, so there maybe some new blockage or hazards during lower levels. Report to come as soon as nature allows.
Along the river you will see many different birds from the usual Ohio water birds to the new nest of Bald Eagles, deer, turtles, snakes, and various other creatures.
Just south of Main Street bridge there are ATV trails that cross the river, so if you hear them, keep an open eye for one to come across the shallows.
This section of the river is maintained by Ft. Amanda and is kept free of hazards during their season, the rest of the year you are on your own. Last fall a tree fell across the river from bank to bank. The ice must have moved it down stream as it was not there on my first trip in March just after the ice broke up.
Ohio Department of Watercraft told me they have a new fleet of canoes and will be monitoring this section of the river, due to the unfortunate drowning of a kayaker in the Columbus area. They said they will be on the river, and checking for regulation safety gear this year.
Updates to follow in the near future.
In spring the white bass are a bit skittish and jump when you paddle, so don't be surprised if a few jump right over you, or in my case jump and hit you in the head. They are fun, and for the easily startled... Quite a good laugh. My niece said I screamed like a girl, *lol* well it hit me in the back of my head, and it was the first to jump that day. I know no excuses, but it was hilarious.
Good fishing in the pools for white bass and small mouth bass.
All the launches are natural river bank, so you must choose what suits you and your ability. For my senior friends I get them in the kayak ashore and push them in, as the bank can be muddy and slippery and very difficult to get into your kayak. I've taken my nephew of 8 years to friends in their 60's, and all have done fine with no one capsizing (yet)
Parking at Ft. Amanda might require a small parking fee, they have never charged me yet. Their rentals are priced according to length of trip, as well as shuttles.
Location and phone number
Address: 22638 County Highway 109, Lima, OH 45806
Phone:(419) 657-6782
Otherwise there are no fee's just the usual state laws, and respecting private property. Leaving a trip report on your dashboard of your vehicle is recommended. The sheriff does patrol the area, and DOW.
From Ft. Amanda Rd go south on !98 to 197 (From the the south, Wapak take 198 to 197) Buckland River rd. Turn west on 197 and then take the first right on to Buckland River Rd, then the first right onto a side road to launch. You can park at the dead end. Do Not Park in the grass launch area, it is private property and the farmer and livery will be upset with you.
Off of 198 every road you cross has access to launch, just park accordingly at the bridges.
Put in locations are:
Buckland-Holden Rd. Monroe Rd. National Rd. Place Rd. The bridge on 198 is not recommended other than emergency access. Take out at any of the above or upstream at Ft. Amanda Livery or on to Ft. Amanda Rd bridge. Take out left North of the bridge (Steep hill, big rocks, and slippery grass.)
Trip Details
- Sport/Activity: Kayaking, Canoeing
- Skill Level: Beginner
- Water Type: River/Creek (Up to Class II)


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Here's a conversation that took place just before we boarded the plane headed for Vegas. The kids were playing 20 questions.
[14-year-old] James: Does the item start with an "S"?
My silent reflection: Ahhh...this is going to be fun little family get-away; I'm so glad we have the opportunity to do this!
Here's a conversation that took place moments after we got off the plane:
Maddie: [looking at a larger-than-life, live action screen display] Why is that lady twerking that guitar?
On the bus, on the way to the Grand Canyon:
The next morning we were in a cab on our way back to the airport. It was 5:30 AM.
Me: [to the driver] So is this the beginning of your shift or the end?
Driver: The beginning; I just started my day.
...Early morning, "pre-coffee" silence...
James: [grabbing a brochure for himself]


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News Details
Mapping of schools and colleges was being done to further improve the education system in the State: CM 26-11-2016
- Chandigarh, Nov 26 – Haryana Chief Minister, Mr. Manohar Lal said that mapping of schools and colleges was being done to further improve the education system in the State. The mapping would be completed by the month of January and wherever required, more schools and colleges would be opened .
- The Chief Minister was speaking after laying foundation stone of Kamdhenu Arogya Sansthan at village Bissar Akbarpur in district Nuh today. He said that the Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao scheme was being implemented in the State on priority basis.
- He said that the State Government was taking prompt action for further improvement in the field of education. The State Government is focussing on opening new schools, appointing teachers and providing good education to children. He said that transportation facility would be provided to children of those villages where there is no school up to classes X and XII, to take them to nearby schools in other villages.
- Regarding the demand of inclusion of Taoru area in Gurugram and upgrading the school at village Bissar Akbarpur from Class VIII to senior secondary level, the Chief Minister said that the decision in this regard would be taken in the proposed public meeting to be held in Taoru in January.
- The Chief Minister urged the people to bring up indigenous variety of cows as it is the symbol of economic progress of the State. There are 432 gaushalas in the state with about three lakh cows and about 18 lakh indigenous cows in the State. He said that grant ranging from Rs 10,000 to Rs 20,000 per cow was being provided to persons who set up dairy with five to ten cows. He said that cow milk plant has been set up in Kurukshetra and the indigineous cows' milk and milk products made in the plant are being sold in the country.
- Congratulating Chairman, Kamdhenu Arogya Sansthan, Mr. S.P. Gupta, the Chief Minister expressed hope that this centre would turn out to be a hub of yoga, ayurveda and natural medicine. He also announced to give Rs 21 lakh out of his discretionary funds to the Sansthan.
- On the occasion, Union Minister of State for Planning and Urban Development Rao Inderjit Singh also announced to give financial assistance of Rs 11 lakh to the Kamdhenu Arogya Sansthan.


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Panels & Seminars 2019
There are more reasons than ever for you as a club owner to not only attend the 2019 Gentlemen's Club Expo but to also bring key personnel from your club to this year's August 11-14 show at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. EXPO 2019 will again feature panels and seminars tailored to club owners as well as club personnel, from GMs to security to bartenders. Check back as we announce specific panel topics and speakers in the coming months. Below is a look at the panels and seminars from the 2018 EXPO.
"I got to put something from EXPO to use already. A customer came in and I escorted him to the bar to take his admission fee. He says, 'Where have you been? I was here earlier and you weren't.' I ask when he was here, and he says a half hour ago. I tell him I have been in the club for hours. The customer says, 'No, I was here for like 20 minutes just sitting here.' Now my instinct is to continue explaining that he is mistaken, but I recall from one of the EXPO panels that being right isn't as important as having a happy customer. So I apologized for the inconvenience and bought him a drink. Now my happy customer is buying private dances instead of complaining about the club. Thanks to whichever speaker got through to me."
— Stephen Dick, Nite Moves Gentlemen's Club, Latham, NY
EXPO 2019 Panels and Speakers:
Gentlemen's Club EXPO introduces ED University
First-ever certification training seminars will offer programs on four very specific areas of club operation
At the 2019 Gentlemen's Club EXPO (August 11-14, Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino, Las Vegas), ED Publications will introduce the first-ever ED University Certification Series. This series will include four training/certification programs on very specific areas of club operation, where all of those who attend will receive a certificate of completion.
"We're calling it the 'ED University' Certification Series because by using the word 'university' we send the message that these are educational classes where attendees will actually be students in a sense," says ED Publisher Don Waitt. "Attendees will leave those classes educated about the latest developments in club operations and they will receive a certificate of completion—a diploma, if you will—for having attended those classes."
The concept has met with very favorable response from industry leaders, who have suggested that, after 25 years of operation, the EXPO add a new component to the show to encourage club owners to send their key personnel to the convention.
"This Certification Series is an excellent addition to the EXPO," says RCI Management President, Ed Anakar. "I believe it will add great value to club owners and employees. The certification in most cases can help with litigation and insurance costs, and the training is invaluable."
Says Jim St. John of the Spearmint Rhino club chain, "If you want to stay in business and be successful, you have to be knowledgeable on all the key issues surrounding the industry. The EXPO puts the industry's experts on that seminar stage every year to help this industry. What is that worth? It's worth a hell of a lot! You should be sending as much of your staff as you can to learn, because you won't get this information anywhere else."
At EXPO 2019, there will be Certification Classes offered on: Security and proper use of force; Liquor liability and over-serving; Credit card chargeback prevention; and Leadership/management training. There will also be a "bonus" seminar for DJs showcasing the "S.M.I.L.E." training program.
The Annual Gentlemen's Club EXPO is the only national convention, tradeshow and awards show for the multi-billion-dollar adult nightclub industry. For more information on this year's EXPO, including a complete agenda with details on exclusive parties and special events, as well as early registration discounts, please visit theEDexpo.com or call (727) 726-3592.
Monday: August 12
Responsible Alcohol "Over-Serving" Class Certification
Monday, Aug. 12
11:30-12:30 pm
An educational program to avoid over-serving and prevent intoxication and drunk driving
Club Security "Proper Use of Force" Training Certification
Monday, Aug. 12
1-2 pm
An educational program on the fundamental principles of using force and avoiding the common legal pitfalls associated with it.
Tuesday: August 13
Credit Card "Chargeback" Specialist Certification
Tuesday, Aug. 13
10:30-11:30 am
An invaluable presentation on the ways to win the credit card chargeback battle
Club Management "Team Leadership" Certification
Tuesday, Aug. 13
11:30-12:30 pm
Strategies to help your team achieve optimal performance improving customer experience and your bottom line
Keynote Address "Controlling Chaos" by Movie Producer and Band Manager Andy Gould
Every club owner and operator understands the challenges that come with managing the egos of entertainers, DJs, bartenders and cocktail servers. Sure, you want your staff and entertainers to be "stars" in your club (as reflected by this year's EXPO theme), but it isn't always easy to reign in the larger-than-life egos on the clubs biggest "stars." Sometimes, when egos clash, it can create a chaotic environment that rides the line between high-energy (good) and volatile (not so good).
Our EXPO Keynote Speaker, Andy Gould, understands the challenges of managing massive egos and the chaos that can sometimes ensue when egos run amok. After managing musicians like Axl Rose and the rest of Guns N Roses, and producing several films with Rob Zombie including "Halloween," "Halloween 2," "The Devil's Rejects" and "House of 1,000 Corpses," Andy clearly has a grasp on what it means to manage these high-ego stars and control the chaos that can sometimes ensue. That idea, "Controlling Chaos," is the theme of EXPO 2019's Keynote Address.
"Andy Gould knows exactly what adult club operators do every night in their venues, as they attempt to juggle egos and control the chaos," says ED Publications' Associate Publisher, Dave Manack. "He's managed many big egos over his lengthy career as a band manager, including Axl Rose, Lionel Richie, Rob Zombie and Glenn Danzig, and bands such as Linkin Park and Pantera. He's also produced 10 movies over the past 16 years, each one filled with 'stars' who demanded their share of attention. During his Keynote Address, Andy will share anecdotes about some of his more chaotic moments with these personalities, and what it takes to juggle egos while keeping a band, a movie—or a gentlemen's club—operating as smoothly as possible."
The EXPO 2019 Keynote Address is sponsored by Bob Chiappardi of StripJointsMusic.com.
Wednesday: August 14
Bonus Seminar: The "S.M.I.L.E." Program for club DJs
Addressing five very specific and crucial areas of club operation
Presented by Michael DeSuno, Corporate Head of DJs for the RCI Hospitality club chain, and developer of the S.M.I.L.E. program
Will It Put Our Industry On Life Support?


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A movie for every day of the year – a good one. 21 February. Adaptation, written by Charlie Kaufman, directed by Spike Jonze, starring Nicolas Cage, Chris Cooper, Meryl Streep
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Drive Angry
A movie for every day of the year – a good one. 7 January. Drive Angry, starring Nicolas Cage and Amber Heard. Nicolas Cage born, 1964 On this day in 1964
The Family Man
Nicolas Cage, Tea Leoni and Don Cheadle star in a Christmas movie directed by Brett Ratner. Is it any good? Depends what you mean by good. It's Christmassy. Good enough?


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So what makes a good scarecrow?
The most important thing is your imagination and the unique story you have to tell.
Our Broadfield Scarecrow's are all about the people and the organisations that have created them. Build your story and tell your story to our community through your many welcomed tweets, Instagram and Facebook shares. Keep them happening at least weekly if possible.


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Fault and Load Transmitter and Receiver System
The new SEL-FLT and SEL-FLR System is the most cost-effective way to improve your CAIDI and MAIFI reliability metrics.
Wireless fault indication and monitoring help you locate permanent faults to restore power faster, identify momentary faults to reduce future outages and collect load data to improve decision-making.
The SEL-FLT and SEL-FLR System comes with an intuitive, built-in web interface so you won't need to buy and manage expensive software.
Integration is easy with the DNP3 over IP output that ties directly into your network and existing SCADA system or outage management system (OMS).