| Monday, November 9th, 2009 |
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[ choco_noir ]
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6:22p |
Bodyline Model Contest
Mr. Yan is having another one of his modeling contests! :D Is anyone going to sign up this time? Remember, FREE romantic dinner! |
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[ omor_campidgs ]
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[ malicemizer_luv ]
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8:46p |
Instruments
Since, the theme for this month is music, I was curious to know what instruments work well with lolita and what don't.
For me, I see 5 particular instruments that work well:
1. Violin
2. Flute
3. Piano
4. Harp
5. Clarinet
The five instruments that don't work (in my opinion):
1. Sousaphone (it's just too big and would mess with the lace)
2. Tuba
3. Baritone Saxophone (I play this, and the thing is 3x bigger then an Alto Saxophone..I don't think it would work =/)
4.Timpani 5. Double Bass (or String Bass, same instrument different name)
What's your 5 best/worst instruments that can or can't work with lolita? (Edit: I mean instruments that are easy or hard to play if you were going to have a concert or something. I'm in a school band so I've seen a lot of clothing that will never work when playing an instrument. i.e. bulging boobs when wearing a low-cut shirt and playing saxophone) Current Mood:  nerdyCurrent Music: I'm not listining to it, but I'm reading it. |
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[ writingvixen ]
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50bookchallenge
[ slimequeen ]
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5:28p |
#93: "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay" by Michael Chabon
This is the tale of two cousins, a cadre of superheroes, a war, and sacrifice. In 1939, young Joseph Kavalier employed his Houdini-inspired escape talents to smuggle himself out of Prague and into the United States. His cousin in Brooklyn, Sammy Clay, loves comic books and is awed by Joseph's natural artistic talents. Together the two young Jewish men toil to create the Escapist and Luna Moth, among others, while Joe dreams of saving his family from the devastation of Europe under Hitler. The beautiful Rosa Saks captures his heart, even as Sammy takes a very different path. Then on the eve of the Pearl Harbor attack, everything changes. My feelings on this are mixed. It's beautifully written and captures the spirit of the time period. Joe, Sammy, Rosa, and the rest of the wide cast are alive and vibrant. I can see why Chabon won the Pulitzer for this work. However, sometimes he went into exhaustive detail. In the middle of a scene it will dive into a three page history of the comic book, or a particular setting that never returned. Sometimes the perspective changes were dizzying as well, diving into characters we only see for a few pages. It felt as though the author had so much good material, he had to make sure all of it made it into the finished product. Yes, it was interesting stuff, but an info dump is still an info dump and it detracted from the flow of the story. It's worth reading, but not keeping. Current Mood:  curious |
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[ krinek ]
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6:43p |
49. Foreigner by C.J. Cherryh
 Title: ForeignerAuthor: C.J. Cherryh Year: 1994 # of pages: 423 Date read: 10/7/2009 Rating: 3*/5 = good Description:"It had been nearly five centuries since the starship Phoenix, lost in space and desperately searching for the nearest G5 star, had encountered the planet of the atevi. On this alien world, law was kept by the use of registed assassination, alliances were defined by individual loyalties not geographical borders, and war became inevitable once humans and one faction of atevi established a working relationship. It was a war that humans had no chance of winning on this planet so many light-years from home. Now, nearly two hundred years after that conflict, humanity has traded its advanced technology for peace and an island refuge that no atevi will ever visit. Then the sole human the treaty allows into atevi society is marked for an assassin's bullet. The work of an isolated lunatic?. . .The interests of a particular faction?. . .Or the consequence of one human's fondness for a species which has fourteen words for betrayal and not a ingle word for love? My thoughts:This was a very good science fiction novel about different cultures interacting. I liked how Bren Cameron has to figure out what's going on without inadvertently offending his atevi hosts. I look forward to learning what happens next in the second book in the series, Invader.
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[ ayansai ]
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[ meiki ]
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nanowrimo
[ moggy1644 ]
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| Tuesday, November 10th, 2009 |
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[ takatohedgehog ]
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| Monday, November 9th, 2009 |
nanowrimo
[ polly_aurelia ]
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3:33p |
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egl
[ miyu_sakura ]
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2:56p |
My Experience of One Day In Paradise/Mariko-Senpai's Shopping Service
Recently the sales community has faced a rash of scammers and irresponsible sellers. Some of these sellers are new to the community, some of them are veterans with respectable reputations. Unfortunately, in business, your reputation is only as good as your first screw-up and even the most solid sellers have shown poor judgment. As an ex-moderator and someone who lived through MabetGate I've dealt with plenty of situations in which people with great reputations have proven themselves less than trustworthy or responsible. [Yes that isn't the best link, but alas, all relevant LJ posts in that matter have been purged or suspended.] So with that in mind here are a few disclaimers for this post: ( Just To Be Clear... Disclaimers! )On September 24, 2009, I placed an order to HMHM through a group order that ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) mariko_senpai was running on ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif) egl_group_order. I paid the day of the order, and later increased my order to include some Rocking Horse shoes after mariko_senpai PMed me with an offer. I ordered from her service based on reputation, clarity of presentation, and the promptness of her responses. I expected the orders to take at least a month since I ordered a custom-sized item and I have had experience with large group orders before. But the length of time was not a concern for me. On October 22, 2009 I received an email from mariko_senpai with others from the group order. The full text is below, but in her email she informed us that her business associate in China was withholding goods from her because of a payment dispute. I found the email to be a bit personal for my tastes, but I decided that it was probably made in good faith because she had a good reputation as a seller. I was also aware that she was having a problem previous to her email because on October 20, 2009 she emailed the moderation team with her concerns. The team banned him based on her emails and I agreed privately with the decision. ( First Email From One Day In Paradise )On October 29, 2009, clobbao sent the moderation team some emails concerning his ban. In these emails he included some public posts that mariko_senpai made on a forum, flaming him. ( Mariko_senpai Starts A Flame War )The gist of their dispute appears to be money. clobbao feels that mariko_senpai is not paying him enough for his work. mariko_senpai clearly started the fight and in a very unprofessional manner. I read the forum posts and after deliberating over the matter, I sent mariko_senpai a private email as follows on October 30, 2009: ( My email to mariko_senpai about her behavior as a seller #1 )mariko_senpai responded to this email asking if I wanted a personal call from her. At this time she also sent her business associate my contact info asking him to update me personally. I didn't have the time to respond to her before she sent out the second email as well as a private response to my email on October 31, 2009: ( Second Email From One Day In Paradise and Private Response )I will admit that I found this email a little passive-aggressive and I was also displeased with the fact that she'd clearly antagonized clobbao in public and now it appeared that she was covering her tracks. As the only one of her customers who had a complete picture, I sent her another email clarifying my position: ( My email to mariko_senpai about her behavior as a seller #2 and her response )On November 4, 2009 she sent out the following email to the group: ( Third Email From One Day In Paradise--also Why Bother Posting All This? ) |
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[ helenbee13 ]
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[ drakiame ]
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1:44p |
Stupid Question
Hi, everyone! I have a question. When working with knits and a regular sewing machine (not an overlock) how do you prevent your seams and hems from getting all stretched out? (Like a lettuce hem, I guess.) I've tried a few work arounds (using tear away interfacing worked the best, but it's kind of wasteful) but if I'm missing some sort of basic fix, I wouldn't be surprised. Do you have any advice? Thanks! |
50bookchallenge
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11:43a |
# 75 The Club Dumas
The Club Dumas
Arturo Pérez-Reverte
 The Club Dumas brings together bibliophilia, The Three Musketeers, devil worship, and murder in a brilliant mystery with a definite gothic flavor.
I loved The Club Dumas! Not only am I a sucker for anything with a hint of gothic, but having recently read and whole-heartedly loved The Three Musketeers I especially loved the parallells with that wonderful classic.
The style was very similar to Carlos Ruiz Zafon's Shadow of the Wind. I'm not sure if the similarity is due to the Spanish culture, (both authors are Spanish), language translation, or some other factor. I am sure, though, that if you enjoyed one you would enjoy the other; and if you've never read either, I highly recommend them! You need not be a fan of Dumas or even familiar with his work to enjoy The Club Dumas. It's just a terrific, suspenseful, exciting read as it is.
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[ avinastar ]
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[ coolscaryguy ]
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12:30p |
Greenville lolitas to Atlanta meet-ups?
Are they any lolitas in upstate SC, aka Greenville /Spartanburg that want to start riding down to the Atlanta meet ups with us? I know it’s a long shot because I don’t think they are any lolitas left in Greenville but, I just thought I would ask. Me and Leah may start going to some of them I figured they may be another loli in need of a meetup.
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[ pika_loli ]
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nanowrimo
[ beckyo ]
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12:13p |
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| Tuesday, November 10th, 2009 |
egl
[ alkarin_nion ]
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2:04p |
Sewing post :3!!!
Hello everyone n.n I would like to share with you some works of the last month :3 A lot of images ahead...! ( sewing ... )Thanks for looking! :) |
| Monday, November 9th, 2009 |
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[ subtexxt ]
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[ talia_speaks ]
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10:51a |
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nanowrimo
[ debc ]
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| Tuesday, November 10th, 2009 |
egl
[ xelyna ]
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12:16a |
Vintage Bolero and Cardigan Patterns
The other day I was helping my mother price antiques, and I came across this lovely knitting booklet from the 1930/40s, which had the most lolita-looking boleros and cardigans in it! I always wondered where brands like Innocent World and Emily Temple Cute got the ideas for their designs from, and these are very close!  ( Click for more vintage cardigan picspam... ) |
| Monday, November 9th, 2009 |
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9:00a |
Apparently word has spread that we're an awesome house for cats. Now there's a great big fluffy grey cat lounging around on the deck and demanding to be let it and fed every time someone opens the door. Unusually for our house, we're hoping he'll go away and both someone else. We've already got three cats, after all. And Gatto and Luna BOTH hated this one on sight. Even Thriii keeps trying to smack him through the door when he comes up. |
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