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Wow, so many outfits! You guys don't do things by halves in India. :DI had to google some of the terms you mentioned, as they weren't familiar to me, but boy the dresses look amazing. You'll be so beautiful! I can't wait to see the pics. :D Also, what's the sangeet? I googled it and it seemed to mean music?
I'm so happy for you, Arushi, you're going to have an amazing wedding!
I am so jealous that I can't see that stuff! I always remember Indian anything being awesome to look at. Especially some of the art. Congrats bunches on that, just the idea of the shopping gives me hives.Oh, I think I forgot to mention that my sister finally got pregnant ... with twins. She is due in Febuary. She declined my sister Angie's and my suggestions for names though. :( The twins are a boy and a girl, Angie's suggestion was Bonnie and Clyde (how boring). Mine, mainly because I like the name Diego, my brother in law liked the name James and that is spanish equivalent, the other reason? That I thought of as I was sending the text was that she could name the girl Dora, then she could randomly yell "vamanos!" and tell them to find their own shit.
I thought it was funny....
Wow, congrats to your sister! Will these be her first children or does she have kids already? Two at once must be a bit daunting. Bet Aunty Llaph's going to get roped into babysitting LOL!
Wow Arushi...l had no idea that you get to wear so many pretty dresses...l also googled :) Can`t wait for the photos and l know you will look beautiful.Congrats to your sis, Llaph! Diego and Dora are beautiful names...and Dora can turn to Dory :)
Congrats on the good news, everyone!!I've been MIA because of midterms, which have been awful. This weekend was a lot of fun but goodness was it crazy. I got my cartilage pierced on my left ear, then it was my friend's 21st birthday. We ended up going on a bar crawl that started around 1, so I didn't get home until after 4am. And then we were up early to go to brunch. So right now I feel like I've died, but this is the craziest weekend I've had at college.
Haha, that sounds like a fun time! It's good to blow off some steam now and then. Hope you've recovered by now. :)
So happy you had a great weekend Claire :)So I saw this pool and thought to share with you:
http://www.coolthings.com/worlds-deep...
Wow. Interesting. Thanks for sharing with all of us!
I like the mermaids. That's a nice touch! :)
That's cool but also terrifying. No way would I get in that pool. Looking down into the giant pit at the bottom would freak me out!
LOL, who knows what's lurking at the bottom!! (I'm thinking of that movie The Abyss now)
Wouldn't bug me :PShort story, when I went swimming for the first time after losing my sight I acted like I noramlly do in water. One thing is egg beaters with one leg to spin myself around. and didn't think about it screwing up my internal positioning and had to find the edge of the pool. Good thing I wasn't in a lake or river, yanno?
That's actually a bit frightening! I feel for ya. :(
Okay, a guy friended me on goodreads and I accepted because he had lots of books and friends and people following his reviews. Only it turns out he's one of those guys that's just friending random girls to talk to them. I'm totally justified in ignoring his message, right? It's got horrible grammar!!
One is always justified in ignoring all unsolicited messages, IMO. I do think, though, that you should anonymously report him to the grammar police.
Claire, yeah, ignore him or unfriend him if it gets really awkward. I had a guy like that once too. I replied to his first message, since it was quite friendly, but his subsequent messages started to make me uncomfortable. If he gets seriously creepy, report him, but otherwise ignoring and *do not* reply is the best course. He'll get tired and move on to something else.We need to have standards, though. If I'm going to be stalked, he'd better know how to use an apostrophe or I'm going to laugh in his face!! :D
He was like "ure really pretty n i like ur books" and I was like.....are you even a real person? Do real people actually write like this??
Stupid people do. There seems to be a segment of the population that thinks writing in text-speak will impress on you how Kewl they are.Or maybe he's really about twelve, socially tone deaf, and using someone else's photo. In any case, best ignored.
Anyone go to (or give) good Halloween party? Details, please?
I see the Goodreads Awards nominations have begun. There's no 'Paranormal Fantasy' category this year, just regular ole fantasy. Is that a sign that people are sick to the teeth of sexy vampires and shifters?
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I personally enjoy vampire and shifter stories but I'm sick of the supposedly sexy alpha males (who are really just rude, jealous stalkers) and prefer unusual (multi-faceted? evil?) characters.
Yeah, I call it Alpha-porn, I hate it as much as Cowboy-porn and Billionaire porn. Yeesh!
Sarah ♥ Vutch forever ♥ wrote: "Hm, might be. I wonder what the sales figures for these books are. I personally enjoy vampire and shifter stories but I'm sick of the supposedly sexy alpha males (who are really just rude, jealou..."
Yup, agreed.
I've been a bit fed up with UF for a while. There are still a few series that I'll follow to their conclusion, but I don't feel all that inclined to seek out new ones, unless they are *very* highly recommended. Everything started to feel a bit, well, samey, with the smart-mouthed women involved in some or other world-threatening supernatural crisis.
Mostly, though, I blame Guy Gavriel Kay. After I started reading his books, I literally didn't want to read anything else. :P
I agree for the most part. It stinks that the series that I have grown to love are ending and if I search out similar stuff I find a mixed bag … some totally crap, blatently copying a good series, or stuff that tries too damn hard but has a good foundation. I don’t really want to grow with a favorite series again sometimes.I did recently read a book (The Lycan Hunter) with shifters where the alpha wasn’t an alpha-hole and the story didn’t revolve around sex. Though to me it seemed like more of a fantasy than a pnr book. I won’t go into it because I am pretty sure I will gush about it.
For me the standard for urban fantasy is Charles de Lint---even when some of his stories are rural. It is *our* world, but strange things happen. By that standard most of what passes for UF is pure fantasy in that the fey are acknowledged by the govt. and live on reservations, as in the Mercy Thompson and Merry Gentry series, or vampires have gone public as in the Sookie Stackhouse books, or werewolves as in the Kittyverse.
So by that standard, the Walker Papers would be UF, but most stories told from the viewpoint of a paranormal insider like Cassie would not...
I think some fall on the borderline, but mainly I would call them alternative universe (AU) stories.
There is also a lot of SO- SciFi that is really fantasy, IMO.
To me, real Urban fantasy has a sense of wonder, of amazing worlds impinging on our mundane one.
Kathleen wrote: "Yeah, I call it Alpha-porn, I hate it as much as Cowboy-porn and Billionaire porn. Yeesh!"That's also one of the reasons why I love the fact that KC keeps writing awesome books with awesome characters. A large portion of the market just wants to see poorly written, flat storylines they can swoon over.
Though now that you mentioned disliking Alphas, Billionaires and Cowboys in the same sentence... did anybody else get a sudden image of Mircea from the rodeo scene in CtD? ... Damn... Ah well. xD
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Exactly! Not to mention the romance you unfortunately have in UF series as well. Some gorgeous (often rich) shifter/vampire/etc. shows up and you have to endure the usual "we can't be together/he's hot/he's a jerk/I hate him/I love him" for 10 books. And then they end up together. Oh, what a surprise!
Claire wrote: "If anyone is interested in the recipe I used for the pumpkin scones, here's the link:http://www.seededatthetable.com/2010/..."
A tad 'late', but - These are scrumptious!
I've made them twice now - and they've become favorites in my house.
As well as the Pumpkin Cheesecake Snickerdoodles Beth shared!
http://therecipecritic.com/2013/09/pu...
so just wanted to say, "Thanks for sharing Ladies!"
(I'll be sending you all the bill when I need new clothes! ;P )
Stupid cold is now a full blown sinus infection. I hate being sick. I'm going to cook up something warm and sweet. Maybe brownies. I love the smell of brownies baking (not that I can smell right now). At least they are warm :)
No problem, Jax! I'm glad you like them!@Angel I'm sorry you're sick! Sinus infections are the worst, but at least antibiotics will have you feeling better in a day or two.
I haven't baked anything in a week or two but I did just buy Chocolate Candy Cane cookies from Whole Foods. They're sandwich cookies that taste a little bit like Thin Mints...I'm struggling not to eat too many!
Hey folks, Arushi gets married tomorrow. I don't know when she'll be back online, given how they like their weddings in India, but lets all wish her a great day and she can see the messages next time she checks in? She sent me a pic of her dress and it's stunning!Love ya, Arushi! :)
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I'm so happy for you, Arushi!!!
I wish you all the best for your life as a married couple!
Lots of love to you!
Yay, Arishi! Wishing you every happiness!Remember, we want to see photos, so please leave us some links when you have time.
Heehee Dinosaur Comics has got some M/M fanfic today!!http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic...
(OK it's not what you're thinking, but still funny)
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Thanks for the giggle Lannie!!!!! congrats Arushi :* !!!!
p.s. *whispering* happy b-day to me (still giggling at the Dinos!)
Well wishes to Arushi for certain~@lannister:
Did you see the smartbitches review:
http://smartbitchestrashybooks.com/re...
Which prompted:
http://smartbitchestrashybooks.com/20...
lollercoasters....
Beware the dinosaur!
@MissDevora:
I never remember these--much less my own!
Happy birthday woman!
OMG, Llaph, that review is hilarious!!if I were writing a book about a dude being forcibly sodomized by his dinosaur boss, I’d give that dinosaur boss a fucking dinosaur name like Mr. RazorClaws McSharpTeeth.
I died laughing! :D
I don't think however that I can quite bring myself to read this book. Even though it's free. What is it with dino porn? I remember reading something about this a while back, and apparently there's a whole sub-culture dedicated to 'monster' porn. Oh well, whatever floats your boat I suppose!
MissDevora,
Happy Birthday!! Hope you have/had a great day! :D
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@MissDevora Happy birthday!@Arushi I'm sorry I'm a few days late but congratulations! I'm so happy for you!
Thanks girls!yesterday afternoon I made a small oreos cake, invited some friends over, laughed at the cake l made (it looked horrible! pfft! but l knew it will be delicious ;) )
when l couldn't laugh any more l ordered them to eat and shut up giggling and that turned into more laughts!
To sum it up l giggled too much yesterday :)
(sorry about any grammar or spelling mistakes...my phone hates me!)
That sounds like a great birthday to me! Glad you had fun, Missdevora. :D
Well finals are slowly eating my soul. I get done on Wednesday night, at which point I will be able to get on Goodreads again and start reading!
@Claire, thst's something for us to look forward to, too.
Just realized my last final is actually on Monday instead of Wednesday. I have made a terrible mistake in my studying schedule
Fingers crossed and all good wishes that you will ace it anyway.
Kathleen wrote: "Fingers crossed and all good wishes that you will ace it anyway."Thank you for the well wishes! It didn't go as smoothly as I'd hoped, but no one seems to have done well so there should be a substantial curve.
Just happy to be home! How is everyone's holiday season going?
I'll be home, working on a new Internet business, so I hope everyone will post a lot and keep games and conversations going over the holidays. It helps to be able to take a break now and then with something completely different.
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Anyways. I know!!! Even I can't get over how cool the venues look!!
I don't mind sharing info on the wedding outfits...
The wedding dress is going to be a red silk lehenga.. completely covered in golden "zero patti gota work"
Its still being made.. so I don't have any pics yet.
But that is the dress for the baraat reception and the var-maala (basically my fiance and I put a garland of flowers around each others neck after he comes in a huge wedding procession)
The dress I'll wear for the actual wedding ceremony is an orange lehenga with kundan work.. and a tri colored dupatta (red, pink and orange). Its way lighter than the red one.. so I will be comfortable during the ceremony.
And I am wearing a baby pink and golden brocade lehenga with a dark pink "rai bandhej" dupatta for my engagement.
Haven't gotten a dress for the sangeet yet.
or the casual dresses to wear during the days either.
I know my friends will put pics up on facebook before I ever get around to it. I also know that once I get around to it, I will make an album and share it with you guys as well :)