15% Prettier :: Partners in Crime

Title:	Untitled
Author:	earnbrand
Date:	Nov 29th, 2009 12:41 am
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so yeah, not all that much interesting to talk about. Life here still consists mainly of Work and WoW.

Work continues to go well, I seem to have picked up a specialty in working on the radiation monitor skids. Temperamental little things, but the new style ones are interesting and we're slowly replacing all the older ones as we get funding. Also, could result in a trip out to San Diego at some point for training or acceptance testing at the factory. We'll see what happens after the refueling outage in the spring.

WoW has been alternately a lot of fun, and... not so much. The most recent raid dungeon is very quickly completed, about an hour if everything goes smoothly. This is great for people who just want to get the latest and greatest loot, but frankly the encounters are not very challenging. Ulduar (the prior dungeon) has much more complex fights, and we still haven't cleared the place in the 25-man form. However, getting a group to run it is like pulling teeth. Even when we put Ulduar on the schedule, a lot of our better players just don't show up. (my assumption is it's because there are no upgrades available for them, so they don't want to "waste" the time and repair money) I point out to them that the time spent learning the fights is well spent, as the next Raid looks to be much more complex, the skills they develop will be useful (skill >> gear, dont'cha know) and also that many other players can get upgrades, making the entire group better prepared for Icecrown. We're a "casual" raiding coalition, not a "hardcore" guild, and thus don't require attendance. But for those of us who do show up every time, it's very frustrating.

The only good part is that when we don't get enough people for 25-man raids, sometimes we can run 10s, and we've had a lot of success there. If only I could get the full 25-man group the experience on a complex fight like this one:

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discuss:	general discussion, lush you don't like, raves, reviews
Author:	_sugarkane_ posting in lushcosmetics
Date:	Nov 28th, 2009 10:55 pm
Security:	public

Since it's Saturday night and I can't go out because one of my wisdom teeth is popping through and my face is in enormous amounts of pain, I have nothing better to do than to post some reviews of Lush products I've been using. I'm fairly new to Lush; I bought the Marilyn hair treatment at the recommendation of a friend a couple months ago, and ever since then I've been slowly converting all my beauty products to Lush. Alot of these are samples, as I have a friend that works in the store and always loads me up with em.

FYI, I'll be reviewing hair and skin stuff, my skin is normal/combo, oily nose, slight redness on cheeks and nose. My hair is a platinum blonde pixie cut, and is pretty dry from all the damage/experiments when I was in beauty school. ;)

Anyways, feel free to tell me what you think of these products, or if you've never used them and want to know more, ask!

( Onward! )

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Title:	[Super Stupor] Thanks?
Author:	someposifeed
Date:	Nov 29th, 2009 1:58 am
Security:	public

http://superstupor.com/sust11282009.shtml

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Title:	Problems with LUSH uk?
discuss:	lush uk
Author:	mrsmcshady posting in lushcosmetics
Date:	Nov 28th, 2009 5:24 pm
Security:	public

Has anyone been having problems with the LUSH uk website? I've been trying to order for 2 days and I keep randomly getting "Internet Explorer Cannot Display the Webpage". I thought it might be my computer but my boyfriend just checked it on his computer at work and it didn't work there either.

It's always when I try to check out or login, and then randomly happens when I try to look at certain products.

So frustrating! I've got a huge list, I'm ready to spend some money! lol.

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Title:	Still… digesting… turkey…
Author:	cuteoverload
Date:	Nov 28th, 2009 7:53 pm
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http://cuteoverload.com/2009/11/28/still-digesting-turkey/

http://cuteoverload.com/?p=35710

Check out the gutulence on this kid!

Still tryptophanning Martyn S.?

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Title:	voucher code
discuss:	coupons/vouchers, lush uk
Author:	missreagan posting in lushcosmetics
Date:	Nov 28th, 2009 12:00 pm
Security:	public

****I am making my first Lush UK order....actually my first online order ever.
I only get coupon codes from the NA emails. I was wondering if anyone had any promo coupon codes I could use for the uk website?
I did a google search and was unable to find any.

****Here is my order.. Also if you have any comments on thethings I ordered I would love to know what you think of them (good and bad)....I have never tried most of this stuff. Also, how do I request samples? Can I ask for something specificly or just that I would like samples??

something wicked bath melt
2 cinders bath ballistics
avobath ballistic
2 honey bee balllistics
2 fairy tale sugar scrub
sugar babe sugar scrub
figs and leaves soap
2 vanilla in the mist soaps
2 honey I washed the kids soap
noubar soap
sandstone soap
honey waffel soap
the godmother
rockstar soap
heavenly bodies buttercream
a ring of roses buttercream
snow fairy shower gel
karma komba shampoo
godiva shampoo
free shampoo tin
honey trap lipbalm
buffy bodybutter
you snap the whip body butter
vanilla dee-lite lotion
vanillary solid perfume

Thanks for all your help!

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Title:	I’m packin my things and you can’t stop me
Author:	cuteoverload
Date:	Nov 28th, 2009 6:35 pm
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http://cuteoverload.com/2009/11/28/im-packin-my-things-and-you-cant-stop-me/

http://cuteoverload.com/?p=35705

I may have short-sheeted your bed, Meg.

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Title:	gorgeous in the UK?
Author:	ohnohc0 posting in lushcosmetics
Date:	Nov 28th, 2009 1:14 pm
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So i know i've said before that i used a sample of gorgeous from the mohegan sun casino store in connecticut, and it did wonders for my skin, so i bought gorgeous from the UK since it's cheaper. i purchased it about a month and a half ago. i noticed that when i got it, it didn't appear to be very full, in fact i'd say it was about half full, but other than that i saw nothing really wrong with it. lately i've been noticing a pimple here and there, and my t-zone has been getting shiney, which never happened with my sample pots.
finally i took it to the mohegan store on my way in to work, and showed it to the girls there. they sniffed it and said "THIS IS NOT GORGEOUS!" it was yellow in color and smelled very strange. i think it smelled almost like smitten but i could be mistaken.

i was very happy when they handed me a brand-new pot of gorgeous, that looked and smelled like it should have. i was also very happy how easy it was to get my issue fixed. i work in retail and often times people will come in claiming something happened to their product i know is false, so it's nice to know i wasn't crazy with my assumption that something was wrong.

after using it last night i woke up and my skin was nice and matte like it should be, not oily at all =]

thanks mohegan ladies!

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Author:	enealio posting in twin_cities
Date:	Nov 28th, 2009 11:52 am
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Not finding too much on Google, hoping you all can help. We're going to get a real christmas tree this year. Where are the tree lots in Minneapolis? Also, what should we expect to pay? Is cut your own the way to go?

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Title:	DVD of the Day #333 - The Lurking Fear
Author:	alucard_rss
Date:	Nov 28th, 2009 2:45 pm
Security:	public

http://www.alexanderlucard.com/wordpress/?p=1687

Oh my, do I have a soft spot for Full Moon films. SubSpecies Blood Dolls and The Dead Hate The Living are my favourites, but I don’t think i could ever bring myself to own any of Charles Band’s other films, this one included. Yes, they’re purposely comedy-horror, but most of them are so bad, they’re for watching once and mocking for the rest of your life.

Originally this was meant to be a Stuart Gordon film, but there were issues between him and Band so he was replaced as director by one of the scriptwriters. The film actually boasrs a pretty good horror movie cast. Ashley Lawrence, Jeffery Combs, and Paul Mantee are just some of the cast that help to make the film fun.

For a B-Movie film, this isn’t too bad. It’s definitely got a higher budget than most Full Movie films, and for a movie where 85% of the action takes place on the same backdrop of a creepy church, things manage to move nicely.

This film is based on a serial by H.P. Lovecraft and by based I mean, it is very very loosely related to the original story. Lovecraft purists should stay the hell away from this just for that reason. The original story is about a young man learning that his isolationist family has devolved into monkey-men over the years. Here, the monkey-men are replaced by ghouls that live under a church and graveyard and eat people. There’s also the MacGuffin of a dead body stuffed with hundred dollar bills bring the main character and a triad of bad guys to the graveyard (seperately of course) in addition to ghoul hunters who are there because one of that crew had their sister eaten by one.

What follows is entertaining crap and pretty good ghoul costumes for an early 90’s B-movie. Is it a good movie? God no. It’s a FULL MOON MOVIE. You either love Charles Band for making awful crap or you utterly hate the guy. There’s not much room for leeway there.

As Full Moon movies go, this is one of the better ones. It’s not a good movie by any means, but if you’re a fan of cheesy low budget horror, there’s a lot worse out there than this one.

Is It Worth Keeping? No.
Rating: 4/10

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Author:	purplesquirrel
Date:	Nov 28th, 2009 8:00 am
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Yesterday's Tweets

16:54 How hard is it to make freakin' house keys!? Went to 5 places just to find the right blanks & the copies don't even work now. Dammit. #

17:15 @bstiteler No, I live in St. Paul and have been trying spots around here. #

20:36 Klingons on the starboard bow! #klingonxmas #

20:38 qeyIIs Present is about to give SQuja' a smackdown! #klingonxmas #

21:25 twitpic.com/r98uq - Bird of Prey cake on stage! #klingonxmas #

21:36 twitpic.com/r9als - The bloody innards of the Bird of Prey cake. #klingonxmas #

22:30 twitpic.com/r9iq0 - I think I've got enough Vanilla Coke to last me for a while. #

22:42 woo-hoo! I won Powerball! I am now $14 richer ($11 after the cost of the tickets.) #

22:44 My neighborhood Ace Hardware comes in for the win. They made my keys & they work perfectly. #

23:41 @Bekette I got some green girl action too! twitpic.com/r9scs #

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Title:	Shampoo and conditioner
Author:	djonma posting in lushcosmetics
Date:	Nov 28th, 2009 1:23 am
Security:	public
My heart is:	sleepy

Hi everyone!

I'm looking at dying my hair soon, non-natural colours. I'm wondering about a shampoo bar and conditioner that won't strip the colour.
I'm really clueless about what chemicals strip colour so I can't just go through the ingredients.
Also I'm on oramorph (pretty much heroin) for pain, and it's drying my hair out horribly. Also I'm finding my hair's falling out a little with the morphine.

So I need something that won't strip the colour and will also really moisturise my hair which will also help with any dye damage.

I've not used any shampoo bars or conditioners from lush yet so I'm new to all of this!
I love the look of that sea one as it has tons of jasmine and I adore jasmine!

I've read a lot of things where people use oils in there hair to treat it well as well. Does lush do anything like that? I am keeping my hair short whilst I'm on the morphine as it doesn't grow well and is rather unhealthy thanks to the morphine. But once I'm off that and my hair's healthy again I intend on going very long. And I read about these oils in the long hair community.

Sorry for being so useless!
Thanks for any help. I'm in the UK if that makes a difference with the products available and I'm planning a lush trip on monday. Yay!

Also... Does anyone else miss youki hi like I do? I was wondering if there were enough of us to get it into retro on the online store.

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Title:	[SP] Concern
Author:	someposifeed
Date:	Nov 28th, 2009 1:23 am
Security:	public

http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp11192009.shtml

Yeah, the dates are outta order - filling gaps.

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Title:	Giants Game
Author:	grrm
Date:	Nov 27th, 2009 4:10 pm
Security:	public
My heart is:	sad

Life is meaningless and full of pain.

Suddenly it seems a thousand years ago when the G-Men were 5-0 and dominating. What the hell happened? Clearly I can't leave the country during football season. My teams just seem to fall apart without me.

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Title:	DVD of the Day #332 - Wonder Woman: The Animated Movie
Author:	alucard_rss
Date:	Nov 27th, 2009 9:25 pm
Security:	public

http://www.alexanderlucard.com/wordpress/?p=1686

I was a bit hesitant to ever see this as the militant Wonder Woman fans I know wish everyone involved in this production a slow and painful death. However, a friend of mine suggested I see it after watching Green Lantern: First Flight, so I decided to Netflix it. I’m glad I did, as the film isn’t worth being in my permanent collection, but holy shit if it wasn’t funny.

The movie follows the plot of the Silver Age Wonder Woman where Steve Trevor crash lands by accident on Paradise Island which is populated only by women. Not just any women either, but Amazons, power warrior-queens devoted to the Greek Gods. Here he meets Diana who is intrigued by the thought of other lands, even if they are populated by men, so she decides to compete in the Amazon games under a mask to earn the right to accompany Steve back to Man’s World. There’s also the plot about Ares escaping his prison in Paradise Island and trying to destroy the world with the help of undead amazons.

Truthfully the overall story isn’t that great. It’s a pretty generic Wonder Woman story that is highlighted by the equivalent of Porky’s references. A great example is when Steve Trevor is ensared in the lasso of truth by Hippolyta (Wonder Woman’s mom) and asked to say what he is thinking he says, “Your daughter has a great rack.” It’s things like that that make the movie enjoyable, but it’s also obvious why the Womynists hate this movie so much. The voice acting isn’t very good either. Everyone is pretty wooden and Artemis, is obviously voiced by a black woman even though she’s a pale skined redhead. That kind of ruins things a bit.

As a rental, this was fun but there’s no way I’d buy this. There’s a lot of death, which is a bit offputting and the end of the movie is pretty insipid, but for a one-shot it was an amusing waste of an hour.

Is It Worth Keeping? No, but it was worth watching
Rating: 5.5/10

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Title:	Untitled
Author:	sageincave posting in twin_cities
Date:	Nov 27th, 2009 2:40 pm
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Where in the cities can I get 48" wide giant bubble wrap for ~~cheap~~ a remotely reasonable price? I want a couple of 4' x 4' pieces, and some smaller ones too.

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Title:	You Dream It; Winston Does It
Author:	cuteoverload
Date:	Nov 27th, 2009 8:13 pm
Security:	public

http://cuteoverload.com/2009/11/27/you-dream-it-winston-does-it/

http://cuteoverload.com/?p=35598

As we celebrate the season of gluttony, Winston decides to dispense with the silverware and push his face straight into his Thanksgiving feast. Don’t tell me you haven’t considered doing this yourself at least once.

We give thanks to Rich over at FourFour!

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Title:	[SP] How This Really Works
Author:	someposifeed
Date:	Nov 27th, 2009 7:48 pm
Security:	public

http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp11272009.shtml

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Title:	This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things
Author:	cuteoverload
Date:	Nov 27th, 2009 5:22 pm
Security:	public

http://cuteoverload.com/2009/11/27/this-is-why-we-cant-have-nice-things/

http://cuteoverload.com/?p=35546

“I leave you alone for the day, and just look at this mess! The toilet paper’s shredded, there’s trash all over the floor, a team of squirrels is running a telemarketing call center from the guest bedroom, and a man outside wants to know where to install my weapons-grade uranium centrifuge!”

Hey, talk to the cat about the toilet paper, man.

Did you order these 24 pizzas, Emily D.?

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Title:	Jansen's Magical Adventure, a brief review
discuss:	jansen's magical adventure, random power metal, rpgs
Author:	xuincherguixe
Date:	Nov 27th, 2009 9:18 am
Security:	public

Jansen's Magical Adventure AKA Lost Odyssey

Technically, the title is Lost Odyssey. But play it awhile and you'll see that the real hero is the roguish wizard Jansen.

They would have you believe the real hero is Kaim, the thousand year old stoic badass who hacks everything to bits with a giant sword...

Anyways, you start out in a battle with a bunch of Dogmen in armor. They have trippy looking helmets but it turns out it actually makes sense. Because they're dog men!

Along the way you find out that one of the administrators in the government... is secretly an evil immortal sorcerer with a plot to do evil. (I won't spoil much in this)

It's a great game, any of you with an XBox 360 should play it.

Some interesting mechanics. Elemental weaknesses are more a circle than opposing forces. (Air beats Earth beats Water beats Fire beats Air). Some of your character learn new abilities by leveling up, and the rest have to learn from those guys or equipment.

It has a reverse difficulty curve, at the start you don't have many abilities, but by the end you're basically unstoppable. Even the optional super boss isn't really all THAT hard.

It's a very refined Final Fantasy. Like seriously, many of the same people. Even the music sounds like Final Fantasy! Though every now and again you get some random power metal for some reason...

It's your standard JRPG plot, but there's enough subtle differences that for the most part it doesn't come across as a giant cliche.

And it has Jansen. Seriously, the guy is awesome.

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