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What. The. Fuck.
Also, get Dobson in here STAT.
Also, get Dobson in here STAT.
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You don't choose the blueberry, the blueberry chooses you!
Seriously though, how many people are actually into this?
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Gene Wilder died for this
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Sorry Furries, you are no longer the peak degenerate.
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If people keep talking after taking hush-money, then these rich fuckers are going to stop paying out in the first place. Talk about killing the golden goose.
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MTU Investigates Snow Statue Vandalism
The sculpture is lame and lazy, but to see drunk liberal students kicking and punching an offensive mound of snow is fun.
sourceMichigan Tech is investigating a report of a snow statue being vandalized sometime Thursday morning during the All-Nighter, part of Winter Carnival.
Photo taken prior to vandalism, courtesy of The College Republicans at Michigan Tech
The statue was built by The College Republicans at Michigan Tech as part of the All-Nighter Snow Statue competition.
In addition to having the student organization’s name on it, the sculpture also contained the words “Change My Mind.”
A representative of the organization says video of the people vandalizing the statue has been turned over to Michigan Tech but has not been released to the public.
It is not known at this time if the incident was politically motivated.
Officials at the Michigan Tech say they aware of the incident and the Office of Academic and Community Conduct is conducting an investigation.
The sculpture is lame and lazy, but to see drunk liberal students kicking and punching an offensive mound of snow is fun.
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Another animal escaped from Belfast zoo.
This time using tools.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-47186124
Planet Of The Apes is becoming a reality...
This time using tools.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-47186124
Planet Of The Apes is becoming a reality...
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Steph Hayden - fake lawyer - transvestite - golf club wielding assailant and serial vexatious litigant, has FINALLY been named in the UK press. Steph called the police on a mum of three who was arrested by three police officers and detained in the cells overnight . For misgendering him. Free speech is dead.
I feel Steph has genuine thread potential
I feel Steph has genuine thread potential
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Yikes. Burning of the Malaysian flag. Done in the Philippines:
https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/c...burning-of-jalur-gemilang-in-the-philippines/
https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/02/08/19/malaysian-govt-condemns-burning-of-its-flag-by-elly-pamatong
https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/c...burning-of-jalur-gemilang-in-the-philippines/
Malaysia condemns burning of Jalur Gemilang in the Philippines
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A screengrab from a video showing Elly Pamatong burning the Malaysian flag. (Facebook pic)
PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia today condemned the reported public burning of its national flag in the Philippines.
The foreign ministry expressed its concern over a video published on a Facebook account named “President Pamatong Supporters” on Jan 19 and 21.
Elly Pamatong, under whose name the account is being run, is said to be a self-proclaimed founder of the United States Allied Freedom Fighters of the East (USAFFE).
“Malaysia strongly condemns such acts and views the burning of the Malaysian flag as a serious incident,” said Wisma Putra.
“The flag is a sacred national symbol and should be treated with respect.”
Wisma Putra described the burning of flag and anti-Malaysia comments as offensive, adding that the accusations made were baseless.
The foreign affairs ministry urged the Philippine government to take stern action and ensure that such incidents did not recur as it could potentially tarnish the excellent bilateral relations between the two countries.
https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/02/08/19/malaysian-govt-condemns-burning-of-its-flag-by-elly-pamatong
Rei is shit
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God of War Needed a Soft Reboot. So Did I.
I was apprehensive about the God of War reboot. Despite adoring the previous games, I had matured since last playing the original trilogy. As a kid, my struggle with gender identity allowed me to relate to the Ghost of Sparta’s rage, self-loathing, and insecurity. I was no longer that nihilistic immature man child. My feminine side had blossomed through the power of hormone replacement therapy and I’d been evolving in mind, body, and spirit for nearly two years. I was a completely different person and worried that the new God of War wouldn’t have matured as I had.
https://www.escapistmagazine.com/v2/2019/01/30/god-of-war-needed-a-soft-reboot-so-did-i/
http://archive.fo/E7S14
I was apprehensive about the God of War reboot. Despite adoring the previous games, I had matured since last playing the original trilogy. As a kid, my struggle with gender identity allowed me to relate to the Ghost of Sparta’s rage, self-loathing, and insecurity. I was no longer that nihilistic immature man child. My feminine side had blossomed through the power of hormone replacement therapy and I’d been evolving in mind, body, and spirit for nearly two years. I was a completely different person and worried that the new God of War wouldn’t have matured as I had.
https://www.escapistmagazine.com/v2/2019/01/30/god-of-war-needed-a-soft-reboot-so-did-i/
http://archive.fo/E7S14
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tl;dr - Ladies, Chad don't like books,Buddha or cactus. He'll never put a ring on your finger if he sees them in your life. (Apparently the seizure inducing wallpaper is okay, though.)
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How to avoid turning your home into a manrepeller: Interiors therapist reveals the items that could be making your abode off-putting to men
By LIZ HOGGARD FOR THE DAILY MAIL
- Liz Hoggard invited interiors therapist Suzanne Roynon, 52, into her home
- Suzanne identified items within Liz's home that symbolize a strong single woman
- She spotted 51 images of women scattered throughout Liz's house
- The interiors therapist practises the KonMari method developed by Marie Kondo
- Suzanne believes removing excess is important for moving forward in life
PUBLISHED: 17:10 EST, 10 February 2019 | UPDATED: 04:53 EST, 11 February 2019
There are 51 images of women in your home,’ interiors therapist Suzanne Roynon informs me. ‘They’re strong, iconic women. But they’re all single.’
Oh heavens, I look around my living room. There are four large paintings and prints of lone women, plus a huge Japanese textile emblazoned with a woman’s face, not to mention jugs, vases and cushions decorated with women. I love images of women in art, from Frida Kahlo and Tracey Emin to Marlene Dietrich. They make me feel I’m surrounded by a warrior army.
But I hadn’t realised there were quite so many. ‘It’s the interior of a strong single woman,’ Suzanne says. ‘But what it’s telling people is: “I’m fine on my own. I don’t need anybody else. I am perfectly comfortable as I am. Don’t mess with me”.’
Aha. That may explain things. A date I invited around for drinks recently was rendered speechless by my decor. And he’s an architect. Which did make me a bit thoughtful. Am I unconsciously saying there’s no room for a man in my life?
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Interiors therapist Suzanne Roynon, 52, (pictured right) gave Liz Hoggard (pictured left) advice on how to make her flat less off-putting to men
Clearly I need an intervention. And Suzanne Roynon, 52, who runs ClutterFree.coach, is the woman to help. ‘When I’ve finished fine-tuning things, there will be room for a man to be here with you,’ she promises.
Suzanne believes ‘interior therapy’ can help us move forward into a new chapter of our lives. Our decor isn’t just about aesthetics; we need to address the psychological and spiritual need for change.
Subconsciously we’re holding on to the past if we don’t reassess after a break-up or major life change.
She practises the KonMari method, developed by decluttering queen, Marie Kondo, where you throw away bags full of excess stuff. But she’s also a qualified life coach specialising in an emotional overhaul of your home or workspace after a break-up and at other ‘times of transition’.
Interior therapists are fashionable. Jennifer Aniston allegedly wanted to ‘purge’ her estranged husband Justin Theroux from the Bel Air home they once shared, and hired an interior therapist to help her reclaim the space and cleanse it from anything significant decided on as a couple.
Here in the UK, we have interior therapists such as Suzanne, and Vicky Silverthorn, who worked as a PA to celebrities, including Lily Allen, before setting up her own decluttering service.
‘Time to ditch the negative memories and move on,’ says Suzanne, who arrives with black bin liners tied with glitter and a white orchid in a pot, symbolic of the rebirth of my home.
The funny thing is I was actually feeling quite proud of my flat. After I split with my ex five years ago, my friend Geraldine, who runs a small design business, persuaded me to remodel my rather chaotic interior as a female palace.
She helped bring in light and colour with bold feature wallpaper, rugs, and quirky furniture.
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Suzanne spotted 51 images of women around Liz's (pictured) home, she says the interior is that of a strong single woman
The piece de resistance in the living room is a new portrait. Last year artist Philippa Stockley asked me to sit for a portrait for a competition. She posed me against a brilliant vintage wallpaper Geraldine found on eBay. My friends loved it so much, they persuaded me to buy it. It’s striking — you feel like you’ve come to a slightly bonkers stately home.
But I have noticed straight male guests eyeing it narrowly. Am I living in a manrepeller house?
I’m not going to change my decor just because a date has different tastes. Yet I would like to be a better host. Welcoming, fun, flirtatious. Rather than the frazzled harridan who often opens the door.
Work deadlines mean I have awful life/work balance. My house is full of unread books and newspapers and DVDs I never have time to watch.
There are coats hanging over every stair post. I barely cook. The architect denies it, but he did eye me warily when I cut up the pitta bread with dressmaking scissors.
So what I can do to make my home more loveable? Suzanne says the trick is to clear and streamline. Hanging on to things can be detrimental, she says, as she wanders through my interior, identifying emotional triggers that hold me back. Dear reader, there are a lot.
She doesn’t like my cactus (‘too spiky’) or the fridge magnets and advises me not to have novels with ‘depressing titles’ such as Little Deaths or The Suspect. ‘The imagery you have around you needs to be supportive. And strengthening.’
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Suzanne (pictured right) has a background in feng shui, she explained to Liz that different areas of her flat represent a different aspect of her life from money to love
She practises tough love and is not amused when I show her a wooden sculpture (entitled Shaky Relationship No 11), where a man and a woman swing back and forth. I bought it to make a joke about my bumpy romantic life.
‘Get it out of the house,’ she hisses. ‘Straight in the bin. Not even to a charity shop. You do not want to give that to anyone else.’
And why do the few images of men in my house look so miserable?
But she is empathetic. ‘You’ve clearly got a lot going on, with many challenges. I suspect a lot of the time things don’t flow as smoothly as you’d like, and I don’t think you necessarily have a lot of support.’
Spot on. I could hug her.
Later I find myself telling her that the Japanese wall-hanging came from a female friend who sadly isn’t a friend any more. ‘So why is it in your house?’ she asks me with a glint. ‘Every time you see it, it’s bringing you down subconsciously.’
Then a killer question: ‘Is it also in your friend’s interest that you remain single?’ I gulp. Possibly. She’s happily married; while I had the role of the jolly single friend.
Suzanne’s background is in feng shui, the ancient art which claims to use energy forces to harmonise individuals with their surroundings.
She explains that every room in my flat has eight corners (or bagua), which represent aspects of my life from money to love. Health is in the centre of the room. And frankly, I’m in quite a muddle.
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Suzanne advised Liz to reduce the clutter in her flat as it stops her brain from switching off and could make her ill
In my sitting room, a Buddha (an emblem of solitude and poverty) sits in my Wealth corner. In my bedroom, I have a stepladder in my Relationship corner. (What can I say?) I also have far too many books.
‘The bedroom isn’t a good place for books. Bedrooms should be about sleep and love,’ she says. She also recommends replacing the bed and sheets after a break-up.
‘We need to make this room a boudoir to welcome a man into. A space where he feels comfortable and confident. And not squashed out by anything else.’
Removing blockages changes your entire outlook on life, she claims. ‘It creates a space for something new and better to come to you.’
Suzanne is not surprised I have broken sleep.
‘You need to take down the level of stimulus. There’s stuff everywhere so your brain is never allowed to switch off.’
Clutter makes us ill. ‘It creates dust, which creates breathing problems, which create tiredness, which creates irritability. Then that leads to lack of sleep and your family life is impacted. You damage your relationship and your job, and you potentially lose those.’
Oh my God, I think, my life is going to collapse because I don’t fold away my scarves. It gets worse. Clutter makes us fat. ‘You’ll quite often find in the houses of very overweight people, the centre of the house is rammed with stuff.’
Suzanne’s three-point mantra is: ‘Do I love it? Am I going to use it? Do I need it?’
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Liz (pictured) was told to select five products that she uses everyday in her bathroom and to box up all other items including suntan lotion and body cream
She offers ‘wardrobe detoxes’ for clients going through periods of transition. She literally kneels on the floor with me, folding and discarding clothes.
‘We hone the clearing muscles by working in the wardrobe.’
Soon shirts and dresses are hanging according to colour and sleeve length. And one T-shirt with a woman’s face is banned. ‘Why would you wear another woman’s face?’
In the bathroom she makes me select five products I use every day, and box up all the suntan lotion, body creams and medication that litter the room: ‘It doesn’t all have to be on display. Put it in a cupboard and your bathroom becomes a sanctuary.’
She tells me the secret to finding love is to clear your physical and your emotional clutter. ‘If you are holding on to objects that remind you of past love or a bad experience, you will struggle to meet someone new,’ she adds.
‘Objects hold energy and if the energy is negative, it creates stagnation in our lives.’
She prefers to know very little about a client before she arrives. ‘I look around and ask questions. Then all these stories come out about ex-partners and ex-friends. People who have hurt them in some way.’
With clients craving a new relationship, she’ll focus on the sort of energy they’d like to bring in to their home. Rather than focusing on a specific person, she’ll look at the values and attributes of the desired mate.
Interior therapy is also about helping newly single customers rediscover their old tastes, after a period of time when they have perhaps had to compromise and live with furniture and clutter that isn’t really them.
‘You need someone neutral and detached to help you clear. Because if you try to use a friend, they’re thinking about you on a different level.’
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Suzanne (pictured) revealed she felt liberated by leaving behind her old possessions when her marriage ended
Suzanne has been through her own life transition. ‘When my marriage ended, I realised I had been stuck in a rut for eight years,’ she says.
‘I left behind many of my possessions and old ways of thinking and felt liberated to create a fresh start.
‘Seven months later, I had a new job paying double my old salary, a new home and a new optimism.’
Later, she trained as a life coach with The Coaching Academy and noticed Skype clients were often surrounded by clutter. ‘Working with them, one-on-one, to clear everything holding them back changed their emotional state and maximised the impact of coaching.’
One client, Nathalie, 50, from Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, hadn’t dated for eight years and after Suzanne had cleared her home of mementoes, she was asked out within a week.
Other clients have reported pay rises, improved relationships or better health.
I can only recommend Suzanne’s support and positivity — she’s more than worth the £400 she charges. She knelt in the chaos with me. She never talked about ‘sparking joy’ once (the great Marie Kondo cliché).
But she called me out when I needed it. ‘Apparently I have this eyebrow which goes up when someone is making blithering excuses,’ she laughs.
She wants to see more ‘pair energy’ in my house — pairs of lights, ornaments, candles.
And I need to collect images of couples.’ Once you clear your stuff and tweak things slightly, you become magnetic,’ she promises. ‘People will be drawn to you.’
I’m thrilled to imagine this new ‘magnetic’ me. I just hope she doesn’t notice me sneaking a few solo ladies back into the living room, too.
www.clutterfree.coach
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Wait....men hate cacti? Thats straight up bullshit for one, since cacti are the manliest flora since it both stabs people and makes tequila, and since no man or woman who isnt a literal autist gives a shit about the plants you have in your house.
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Interior design is a symptom, not the problem. You are the man-repeller. Nobody wants a 40-something washed up "strong independent womyn" who works 80 hour weeks; regardless of whether you've turned your apartment into a cat lady palace.