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Chunky Crochet Ruffle Scarf

Chunky Crochet Ruffle Scarf Pattern

This easy crochet ruffle scarf actually has a very interesting story behind it. You see, I’ve had the idea to make a chunky ruffle scarf pattern for quite some time… months in fact!

But I worried that this cute ruffled scarf would look too chunky, and that it might not appeal to what’s trendy or popular right now.

Chunky Crochet Ruffle Scarf pinned on a Mannequin

So, I stuffed this idea away in my “later” basket for nearly half a year. I tried working on different projects instead- things I thought would be more popular on Pinterest, to emulate my favorite big crochet bloggers.

But those projects just weren’t making me happy. My heart wasn’t in it, and I was stumbling through complex math and getting more and more frustrated with crocheting.

Finally, I completely frogged that shawl pattern (twice, actually!) and decided I didn’t want to spend my limited crochet time feeling angry at my yarn.

So, I dropped all my expectations for myself. I told myself, use the yarn you want. Pick the colors that soothe you.

Don’t worry about what anyone else thinks. Just create, for the sake of it.

And this scarf was born, just about an hour later.

Closeup of the shawl pin securing the chunky crochet ruffle scarf.

This scarf is a bit on the shorter side. I made it for my daughter, who just turned 4 years old.

If you use a shawl pin to clip it together instead of wrapping it twice around the neck, it works on an adult too. To modify this scarf and make it longer, you would be able to start with a foundation chain of 100 or 110 if you used a third ball of yarn.

Tight shot showing the ruffle scarf wrapped around the neck of a bust form.

I hope you feel encouraged to just be yourself, and crochet something you enjoy today. (Maybe even this scarf!)

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Materials Needed for the Chunky Crochet Ruffle Scarf Pattern

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Bernat Softee Chunky Yarn; 100% acrylic; 100g, 108yds; Chunky (6) weight yarn; shown in Dark Mauve **From now until 11/14/18, sign up for BluPrint and get ALL your Craftsy supplies for 50% off through 12/31/18. That’s an absolute STEAL!

Yarn Needle – the wool needles HERE are much easier for working in chunky yarn ends.

Lilla Rose Flexi Clip or Shawl Pin to Fasten Scarf

Photo of a Lilla Rose Flexi Clip used as a shawl pin on a ruffle scarf

Ch- chain

Dc – double crochet

Inc- increase

St- stitch

Special Stitches

Increase: work 2 double crochet stitches in the same stitch.

Gauge / Finished Size

4 stitches in 2” / 5′ long

  • Turning chain does not count as a stitch.
  • Scarf is worked in long rows.
  • To alter length of the scarf, simply use a longer starting chain. 3 balls of yarn would do for a scarf starting with 112 foundation chains.
  • Your finished scarf will measure approx. 6-8” longer than your foundation row.

Ch 77.

Row 1: Dc in 3rd ch from hook and each ch across. [75]

Row 2: Ch 2, turn, inc in first st and each st across. [150]

Row 3: Ch 2, turn, inc in first st, dc in next st, *inc in next st, dc in next st,* repeat * to * across. [225]

Row 4: Ch 2, turn, inc in first st, dc in next 2 sts, *inc in next st, dc in next 2 sts,* repeat * to * across. [300]

Fasten off and weave in ends securely.

Block as desired.

Full length view of the chunky ruffle scarf on a dressform.

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Old Lesson for a New Year

I feel like I should write some awe-inspiring, thought-provoking, poetic post that recaps my past year or invites my new year.

I’m going to go ahead and not do that.

I don’t need that kind of pressure. And, honestly, I just don’t want to. But here’s something I would like to share.

I’ve had a lot of ups and downs this year. I’ve had wonderful days. I’ve had horrible days. *yawn* Who hasn’t? I’ve also learned a lot from my experiences throughout the year.

Of all the things I’ve learned, however, the greatest was unintentional. That’s my favorite kind.

My 8-yr-old son, who is beautiful and kind, thoughtful and sensitive, smart and funny, is also a bit quirky. He struggles. He has difficulties. Still, he is all of those things I mentioned. He is also strong. Not physically. It’s his inner strength that amazes me. And, somehow, he doesn’t use that strength to shield himself or block out the world.

To others, he may seem weak or unsure or odd or insecure but he is not. He is the strongest person I know.

I will go into the New Year holding a picture in my mind and attempting to keep its message with me. Because, at forty-one years old, I needed to be taught by my 8-yr-old son.

This shirt is the lesson. The fact that my son picked this out himself when he was seven is the lesson. That he wears it with confidence is the lesson. He is my lesson.

I am who I am tshirt

Family Photos: What’s Happening Here?

Flipping through our phones, my husband and I look at pictures. There are soccer games, piano recitals, and little boys bundled up in winter jackets building a snowman together. There are adoring parents (that would be us) smiling at the camera. ThoughtBubble

“Aww, how cute! The one of the kids at that holiday festival.”

“Look! I love this one of us at The Nutcracker.”

“Oh, yeah,” we cringe. “That was the time when…”

We have our arms around each other. All of us are smiling. I am beaming. I will not excuse my clichéd word choice here because I am simply beaming, people. My happiness is bursting through the pixels.

Yet I know that I had just barked at one of my boys after he had a meltdown and turned Hulk on the other one after he wandered away from us into a crowd of people (again). And yet there I am all smiles.

Especially during the holidays, when we’re snapping pictures more often, I’m reminded of this.

Sometimes, what we see in a photograph is the honest, beautiful truth. But other times, it is a lucky snapshot of a moment we wish were true.

That’s life – beauty and bullshit.

The reality of the family behind the picture isn’t always pretty. Then again, sometimes it’s beautiful.

My Sunday thoughts in 200 words or less.

Winter Solstice: The Longest Night

Today is the shortest day of the year. Each day that follows will bring more light into our lives.

Seemingly, we’re headed into the “dark” half of the year when the weather is cold and we prefer to stay inside. Sledding and building snow forts are fun but it’s a joy to step into our warm home and curl up with a cup of tea or hot chocolate. We watch more movies this time of year, snuggled on the couch with caramel popcorn.

The first day of winter is officially here. Yet we focus on the warmth and light that the solstice brings. We burn candles and celebrate the return of the sun because, gradually, the darkness is leaving.

We think about the darkness we have created or let into our lives. It’s a wonderful time of year to reflect and rid ourselves of negativity, allowing positive light in.

Let the light in.

Winter Solstice Sun

My Sunday thoughts in 200 words or less.

Questions for Writers

One of the blogs I always look forward to reading is Kristen’s Little Lodestar. Last week, she posted a series of questions: Nine Things I Wonder About Other Writers. Q&A time:

  1. Do you share your work with your partner or spouse? Does it matter if it’s been published yet?

My husband reads everything I write. In fact, he’s read this. I share my blog posts, essays, columns, flash fiction—before and after publication. Huh. Now that I’m writing this, I’m thinking how annoying that must be since he has limited time, too. Food for thought. He is an incredible support system, cheerleader, and proofreader when my eyes are glossed over at 1am and I’ve missed word. [“a” word] Isn’t he great?

  1. How much of your family and/or closest “friends in real life first” read your stuff…let alone give you feedback about it?

This is complicated. Family is always complicated. I’m curious to read other answers to this. As far as I know, very few family members and friends read my work. Well, you now know my husband reads my writing. One of my friends occasionally (I’m honestly not sure how often) reads my blog posts. My parents and grandmother read my Lifestyle columns. (My grandmother has a little scrapbook of my newspaper clips—love her!) However, my biggest fan, and editor, is my 8-yr-old son.

  1. What do you do with the pieces that continually get rejected–post on your blog? Trash? When do you know it’s time to let it go?

If I like a piece and it gets rejected, I won’t trash it. I keep it for a possible future opportunity or post it on my blog. I don’t submit as much as I probably should so, oftentimes, pieces sit on my computer. Waiting. Taunting me…

  1. Are there pieces you write for one very specific place that, once rejected, you just let go of, or do you rework into something else?

I’ve had pieces published after they’ve been turned down elsewhere but if I’ve written something very specific, I find it difficult to submit it to a different publication without a massive revision. I don’t like massive revision. I’ve tried it a few times but the piece loses much of what I loved about it to begin with if I try to make it more “humorous” or more “literary” or more “whatever-this-publication-wants”. It’s not genuine—it’s revised just to get published. I prefer genuine.

  1. What is your main source of reading-based inspiration (especially you essayists)? Blogs? Magazines? Journals? Anthologies? Book of essays by one writer?

Wow. This is like when someone asks me my favorite book or favorite wine. I just stand there. Like I’m doing now. Books. Just that. Generally, books. Also, blogs are a wonderful source of inspiration.

  1. What tends to spark ideas more for you: what you see/hear in daily life or what you read?

Definitely what I see and hear in daily life. I walk around this world writing in my head. I do. It’s weird. But there is so much out there that begs to be written about. The good, the bad, and the ugly—it’s all being recorded in my mind and I often write blog posts about what I’ve experienced. That being said, other blogs often spark an idea or memory that gets me thinking (and sometimes writing).

  1. Who have you read in the past year or two that you feel is completely brilliant but so underappreciated?

Oh, joy! *climbs up on soapbox* Young Adult, Middle Grade, and Children’s Lit. are so underappreciated by grown-ups and I don’t know why. There is some amazing writing out there in these genres. Go forth and grab a book not written for your age group. It’s fun.

  1. Without listing anything written by Dani Shapiro, Anne Lamott, Lee Gutkind, or Natalie Goldberg, what craft books are “must haves”?

Okay, so (“Bird by Bird”!) Stephen King’s “On Writing”. Austin Kleon, author of “Steal Like an Artist”, has a wonderful, little book chock full of awesomeness: “Show Your Work”. Angela Ackerman and Becca Puglisi have written “The Emotion Thesaurus” among others. “Wrede on Writing” by Patricia C. Wrede is one I haven’t read yet but I adore her writing and expect this book is fabulous—it’s in my TBR pile.

  1. Have you ever regretted having something published? Was it because of the content or the actual writing style/syntax?

You let us off the hook for our “cringeworthy” pieces for which I am grateful because this post is getting a bit long. Style/syntax…yes. Is there someone who said “no” to this? I want to be meet that person. I’m an online bartender so I don’t have many pieces I regret writing in the sense that I’ve changed my opinion or have offended someone. (Plus, let’s face it, we can offend someone by wearing bright red lipstick so I don’t worry about that too much. As an aside, I don’t wear bright red lipstick.) I do regret the pieces I’ve written that are a bit too personal—either about me or about my children.

I love these questions (and answers—both in the comment section at Little Lodestar and on other blogs, such as Nina Badzin, Lindsey Mead, and Lara Anderson).

Okay, readers of Lemon Shark, writers of anything and everything, what are your answers? Share them here, on the original post, or on your own blog. I look forward to reading them.

Refusing to Help My Children

I write a lot about pushing my kids—about when to step back and let them do things for themselves.

That’s because I am either pushing them, feel like I should push them, wonder if I should have pushed them, or regret pushing them. It’s dizzying, I know.

This is one of the worst parts of parenting. Should I give in and make things easier for my child or should I push him past his comfort zone? I must decide. And I don’t often have a lot of time in these situations. In the moment, I just want to help him. When do I stop “helping”?

I have to make these decisions too often.

It hurts me. It doesn’t always work. I feel like a horrible mother.

Sometimes, though, it hurts me, it does work, and I feel like a horrible mother.

A horrible mother who did some minor thing right. This time. Some minor thing that may or may not help my child in the future.

I was struggling to write this post when I found something online. I remember seeing this but I had forgotten how powerful it was. I cannot bring enough words together in the right way to describe this. Everything I would have said, could possibly have written, to help you understand, is in this clip.

And so, I will go and leave you to watch this poignant performance.

Insomnia and Putting Your Finger Up Your Nose

Did I say “up”? I meant “on”. Shameful trickery. ThoughtBubble

I have insomnia. I’ve tried everything. And although I (rightfully) complain when I have a cold, I am secretly happy at the end of the day because I get to take NyQuil, which helps me fall asleep.

This time of year can be extra joyful and stressful. So here’s a tip I’m thrilled to share with my fellow insomniacs and stressed-out peeps. Are you ready?

I’m not being cheeky—it’s special breathing.

This special kind of breathing, Pranayama, has been around for thousands of years. I’ve known about it for at least ten years and have used it for calming and de-stressing but I’ve only just started using it at night to fall asleep.

Clearly, I’m not sitting with a straight spine and smiling like you’re supposed to—slumped on my pillow with an I-can’t-sleep frown—and yet, magic! It still works.

No need for special gear (or talent, for that matter). It’s wicked easy. And free. All you need is a nose and fingers. And lungs.

Try it. You won’t be sorry.

The Art of Living

Yoga in Daily Life

Yoga Outlet

My Sunday thoughts in 200 words or less.

I’m in High School…Blog Style

There are many reasons I started a blog. Not one of them was because I completely loved the idea of writing a blog. But I do have some good reasons or I wouldn’t be here.

Now that I am here and have been for over a year (What? You have?) and can actually write reasonably well (What? You can?), I realize I’ve done something wrong by being me. Not that I have any plans to change me. I don’t. And I have no desire to be the next big thing or a “Top 10” this or a “Best Of” that. I don’t.

So, high school. Right. When I was ten twenty years younger, I found myself in a similar situation. Without the hashtags. I had a little in common with the popular kids and the nerds and the trouble-makers (or whatever you called them at your school) but I didn’t fit neatly into any of those groups. I was kind of like all the Breakfast Club kids rolled into one. (Except the athlete—I won’t even pretend.)

I fit in a bit with some online groups but not fully with any specific group. I’m floundering and writing and sharing and commenting but it’s not enough. My writing is not enough. My observations, experiences, and opinions—they are not enough. I am not enough.

It was a risk, I knew that going in, to write with my true voice. There was nowhere for me to connect. But I wasn’t going to silence myself for the online world. So I took the risk.

Time is precious and, although we all have the same number of hours in each day (unless you have a Time-Turner and, oh, please share!), our time is used for different things and in different ways. I understand that. Why waste it on something that doesn’t interest you? I really understand that.

So, here I am. A girl. Standing in front of a screen, tapping on my keyboard. I’ve been writing since I could hold a pencil and will write until I die. With or without a clique. Just like high school, I’ll survive.

Late Night Snack

My husband and I are enjoying a late-night snack—relaxing after the kids go to bed. He is happily crunching on his healthy cereal as I’m munching on a leftover spring roll, drowning it in soy sauce. (No comments from the peanut gallery. Comment section below is for non-judgy-food friends only.)

As I was saying, we were enjoying some quiet time and snacking before bed. One of the few joys we have left as parents. I’m kidding. Not really. I take a bite of my forbidden fruit, all salty and spring rolly and yummy then casually ask:

“Do you really think he should go to school tomorrow?” Munch.

“If he doesn’t have a temperature.” Crunch.

“I don’t think he’s better.” Munch.

“Well, he’s not a hundred percent better but he’s been home three days so, if there’s no temp…” Crunch.

“You know what?” Munch. “Doesn’t matter. He has to be temp-free for a day before you can send him back to school.” Munch, munch.

“Really?” Crunch. “I thought it was vomit-free for a day.”

“Nope.” Munch. “Temp. Or is it diarrhea?”

“Oh, right.” Crunch. “Could be…”

So this is our life. It is.

My Sunday thoughts in 200 words or less.

Brain Breaks and Books

I recently wrote an essay about my children’s desire to take a break from their regularly scheduled reading and pick up a picture book. In the middle of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, my 8-yr-old will read Bedtime for Bear or a Step Into Reading book. My 10-yr-old will put down his 600-page The Lost Hero and read The Adventures of Captain Underpants or an early chapter book.

I asked them why they do this. “It’s fun,” they said. But they read for fun every day. They love reading. And they certainly can read at a much higher level than these books.

My 8-yr-old explained that it was a different kind of fun.

“A brain break.”

He didn’t have to concentrate on the unfolding plot and could simply giggle at the antics of Mo Willems’ Elephant and Piggie.

Then I looked at the in-the-middle-of-reading / to-be-read pile next to my bed. Huh. I have Amy Tan and Gregory Maguire alongside a stack of YA novels and Patricia Wrede’s Dealing with Dragons (that would be a children’s book in case you were wondering). Also, Sense and Sensibility is hanging out right underneath Lauren Oliver’s Before I Fall.

Sometimes you need a break from thought-provoking literature, heart-wrenching memoirs, historical fiction, and textbooks. Sometimes you just want to grab a book, curl up with a cup of tea and let your mind wander into magical worlds filled with wonderful stories. And, when that happens, don’t let anything (or anyone) stop you from putting the kettle on and picking up Peter Pan, Dr. Seuss, or Winnie the Pooh.

Sarah B Elephant and Piggie

Happy Reading!

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Hunter Balancer Wins Automechanika Innovation Award

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Hunter’s Road Force Touch received the Automechanika Innovation Award, the only award claimed by a U.S. company at the event in Frankfurt, Germany.

Hunter said the Road Force Touch, which provides complete wheel and tire diagnostics with unmatched speed, was selected for the award by a jury of automotive experts, who judged new products based on the technology’s overall innovation, functionality, aftermarket relevance, safety and contribution to environmental protection.

According to the maker, the balancer performs a simulated road test using Hunter’s patented load roller to find hidden vibration problems and offers match-mounting instructions to minimize forces. The Road Force Touch also features an intuitive touchscreen interface and patented eCal true auto-calibration.

Automechanika is the world’s largest automotive service show, with nearly 5,000 exhibitors from 79 countries in attendance presenting over 13,000 new products.

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Ron’s main focus is to oversee the ongoing programs and services of RCC’s Small Business Development Center, and to serve as RCC’s SBDC general ambassador to the local business community and our many economic development partners.

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Day 63.

Oh hi there! I forgot to write today. I'm considering just not doing these apology blog posts. And just blog wherever I actually have something to say in the future. Did a special HIIT workout yesterday. Everything still hurts.

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Day 62. Filmmaking.

So today he spontaneously decided to try to capture on last shot for out title-sequence. And I think we failed. But we found the perfect location for it and just need to revisit it again another time. Still. Very busy and stressful day. I'll go to sleep now.

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Day 61. Emotions.

by Paul Thomas Anderson.
This one reminded me of Inherent Vice a lot. It has great actors delivering fantastic performances, great cinematography, interesting times and places, fascinating ideas and concepts. I'm just. Idk.
I just didn't enjoy it as much as I though I would. There was something missing. And I can't quite put my finger on what it is. I was somewhat distracted by some weird emotions that I'll get to later. So maybe I wasn't focused 100% on the movie. Only like 95%. But still. That should have been enough.

It's really hard to describe what I didn't like. Or why. I understood all the characters. They were complex at times, but always made sense to me. I liked how real it all felt. Freddy's self-destructive life story as a bunch of weird but well meaning cultists try to help him to get better.
Maybe I was just missing a bigger or more satisfying ending. But at the same time I fully understand and stand behind the current ending. It felt right. It fits. Maybe that's just all that's to my confusion. Maybe my simple little mind just needs a simple and satisfying happy ending and this movie just couldn't give that to me. I wish I wouldn't be that dull sometimes. Some movies have mediocre ending that are more designed to get you thinking. And that's ok.

I also sometimes feel like I'm just not intelligent enough, or old enough, or mature enough to understand some movies. Maybe I'll have to revisit this one ten years from now. Maybe I'll have some answers by then. So to summarize: As always with PTA, I think this was a fantastic movie. I might just have to watch it again in a decade, just to make sure.

In other news.

I cooled down in Germany. T though. But today it going to have 30 degrees Celsius again. Fuck. Yesterday I keep writing with that girl I really like. We met like three times already and well. Difficult backstory. For now you just need to know: I'm fascinated by her character, her endurance and her knowledge, I think she's very attractive and I feel very drawn to her. Yesterday we texted a lot about masturbation and sex. And I did something I couldn't see myself doing even just a month ago. I told her the truth. I told her that I'm a virgin.
The psychologist inside me is very proud and thinks that this is a very important step, opening up to other people, making your feelings and desires know. The coward inside me worries that, even though she reacted very quickly and quite nicely, she has now lost any kind of interest in me. That is. Sexually. Romantically? Idk. I guess time will tell if he's right. For the time being I'm just going to pretend that everything is just fine and normal and I'm happy and satisfied. Like I've been doing for the past 15 years.
Either-way. However this is going to affect our friendship. And I do think that this will only deepen our friendship. No matter if we will ever cuddle and kiss and maybe even get more intimate. I will grow from this. And at the end of the day. That's all that matters.

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Day 60. How to sell clothes online (Fast)

Yeah no. I'm not actually going to explain that to you. I don't have any answers! It's just a reference to a german Netflix show I haven't watched.
Didn't watch a movie yesterday. I cleaned our entire flat and started photographing clothes and props from our movie that we don't need any more to sell them online. I'll continue to make photos today. It's actually quite a lot of stuff and because I know the tiniest bit about photography, I put way too much effort into those pictures. And I'm not very confident that a lot of people are going to be interested in it. Anyways. We'll find out.

I started to do seven minute workouts again and I'm going to try to keep that up for now. Like once a day. At some point maybe twice a day. At least that's my plan now. Let's see how it works out.

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Day 59. Bergman did it again!

By Ingmar Bergman.
So. This one is good. Again very very good. Also very sad and grim and hopeless. Frustrating at times. Every time you think it can't get any worse it still gets worse. This is one of the best anti war movies I have ever seen. And again. Really. It's so simple. Just show how war affects civilians. Yet for some fucking reason most anti war movies I've see always seem to circle around soldiers fighting. Being heroic. Saving people. Because after all in any war there are always good and bad soldiers. Right?

Nope. I love that the movie doesn't even try to take a side. Never even explains who is fighting who for what and why. There's just the army that currently occupies the island and the other army that tries to take over the island. Trapped in-between are the citizens. unpolitical, uninterested in the reasons, just waiting for it all to finally end while they hope to survive.

There are some explosions, gunfire and action in this movie. But it's over so quickly! I love how it's not portrayed as "cool" whatsoever. In any contemporary movie those explosions and action sequences would have lasted for minutes, there would have been slow motion and CGI and all the cool things! Here it's over in a few seconds. It feels brutal. Unforgiving. Real.

And then there's the relationship between the two main characters. And this is the only part where I struggle with the story. Maybe it's because I've never really been in a long term relationship or maybe it's just what war does to people. But. There are some confusing character choices that I just don't understand. At least towards the end. Like. When the Mayor has sex with the wife? I guess we never see it. At least makes out with her. I completely understand that when the Mayor later needs his money back to survive the husband refuses to give it back. To have his revenge. But I expected him to give in at any point. Instead he actually accepts the fact that the soldiers raid and burn their entire little farm and he even personally fucking shoots the Mayor dead?! That. That just felt off character to me. Like. I don't know how we got there. What made him do it. And from then on it's just as confusing. Why does she stay with him till the end and why does he just continue to be a cold blooded killer all of a sudden.

I guess she didn't really have anybody else left. To follow, to be with. And even if they don't love each other anymore they still need each other. They also sort of switched roles. While at the beginning of the movie he was the passive one and she gave all the orders, now he makes all the (bad) choices. But at least he makes them?
What get's people to a point where they decide that killing somebody is the only option they have? Maybe this was the intention. To spark those kind of thoughts inside my head. Would I really have done it differently in his place? I think so. But that's easy to say while I'm sitting comfortably on this giant couch full of colorful pillows. I hope I never have to be in a war. I hope Europe stays as peaceful and relatively friendly towards each other and the rest of the world than in the last seventy years.

I like the ending. It's open but quite hopeless and that's only fitting for this movie. Shame it definitely worth a watch, though I'm confused about the last like 20 minutes. But it's a really good movie!

190703 #100Days

Day 58. Look at me! I watched two movies!

Through a Glass Darkly

By Ingmar Bergman.
So. I'm not going to lie. I didn't expect this. But this was.
Good. Like actually really fucking good! Like. Holy shit. This movie was shot in 1961!
It has amazing characters! They felt real! They felt right.! Just four great actors on an island. That's all you need for a good story.
Just the way they lied to each other, pretended to be fine and then slowly started to loosen and be more honest and vulnerable. The way everybody got his moment. The essential questions and the different ways everybody deals with them, but still accepts each other. This one also hit a lot closer than I expected. The topic of being with somebody who has a mental disorder and the topic of living with somebody who is slowly dying from a seemingly untreatable illness. I had tears in my eyes at the end.
So would I watch this movie again? Yes. Yes! I'd love to! This was fantastic!

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by Billy Wilder. It's from 1931. That's so old! And it still looks so good. As in quality of the picture.
So. I think I haven't really seen a bad film by Wilder. This one was ok. A bit to sexist. Too many men. The few women in the film were servants, prostitutes or a somewhat silly wife. I liked the absurd plot. The insanely manipulative newspaper boss, who just doesn't want to loose his best journalist to such a ridiculous thing as marriage. The rolltop desk bit was pretty funny.
The movie was enjoyable but I don't think I'll have to watch it again.

190702 #100Days

Day 57. Have I mentioned that it's pretty hot?

I have to go in 15 minutes and we're going to shoot one more simple plate for a VFX-Shot. So this is going to be a speed run. What's on my mind?
A girl. I've been texting with her a lot over the past few months, we met again two weeks ago and I'm starting to really like her. I also miss her a lot. I also want to hug her. A lot. While naked.
And you know what's the crazy part? I'm pretty sure she feels very similar towards me. And I don't think that ever really happened to me. I don't think I'm in love. I don't even think I want to be. For now. I just want to spend more time with her. But. We live in different cities right now. I'll probably see her again in more than a month. And that's a long time when it comes to feelings.

Anything else that keeps spooking around my head? I haven't felt very healthy and fit for the last few days. I think it's mostly just the heat. I was also surrounded by ill people and my immune system probably had to cope with a lot. I've been meaning to do more sport, but it's sooo hot! I also want to get into the habit of watching a movie every single day again. I saw that there was some sort of weird new project by PTA on Netflix. I'll check that out later today. I think I heard by flatmate crying this morning, but she already left. I'm going to have to ask her about that later.

190701 #100Days

Day 56. It still hot.

Busy day. Much to do. Tomorrow too. But at least I'll get some sleep tomorrow morning. But I might at the very least get to watch a movie tomorrow evening. If I can endure it while it's this hot.

190630 #100Days

Day 55. It hot.

Moved cities again today. Have to do a presentation tomorrow. I wound't say I'm scared, just ill prepared. I'm rehearsing best I can. Either way. Tomorrow is going to be uncomfortable. It's just too hot. My brain can't function at these temperatures. It doesn't even get cold enough at night. I'll take any summer over any winter day, but this is starting to get to me.

Oh. LORN just released a new album. (https://lorn.bandcamp.com/album/drown-the-traitor-within) So I guess I'll be listening to more deeply depressing but beautiful music tonight.
UPDATE: By far his least depressive album. Very short, but to the point. I like it.

190629 #100Days

Day 51. Alien in our minds!

Event Horizon

by the guy who did all the Resident Evil movies. Anderson Something. This got recommended to me by a good friend, as a quote "really good but deeply flawed movie". And she was correct. I think this could have been good. But it wasn't.

This movie was basically Alien. But the Alien is in their mind.
A hand full of mostly unqualified people visit in a giant space structure and encounter a seemingly evil alien presence. Running around in narrow futuristic hallways. The inside of the ship looks so much like in Alien. Part sterile and modern, part dark and industrial and the alien part black and with intricate details.

From a story structure point of view, I was confused about our main character turning into the de factor villain. It just feels weird to switch main characters halfway through the movie. I liked Fishburne. I think he should have been our main character from the beginning.

I'm writing this two days after I watched the movie and I've already forgotten all of the other side characters. They just weren't memorable enough. Well. I don't remember how many there were. I remember the guy who tried to kill himself in the airlock and the woman that keeps seeing her son. But none of the seemed like particularly interesting characters. I never cared about them. Just in general this movie is very much tell don't show. It's not particularly subtle about anything. The plot just gets explained again and again. Just to make absolutely sure that we're following along.

Sidenote: In Interstellar Nolan just copied the fold paper and stick a pen through it explanation from this movie! I mean. I guess it's a good explanation. I forgive you, Chris.

Event Horizon is trying to be alien. When what it should have been doing is to try to be something else. Something new. I really like the premise. But I think most of the flaws must have already been in the script. I can't recommend this movie unless you'd want to study the script and try to come up with a better plot. I think that could be interesting. Give Patrick (H) Willems a week to come up with a better version.
But if you're not Patrick. Just rewatch Alien.

190628 #100Days

Day 50. That's halfway there!

Had a very busy day. Finished early at work but had to take care of some stuff for our movie. The next three days will be filled with travel and stress and junk food. I might still have time to write because of the traveling. Heatwave is easing out. Ice-cream is tasty. Life is good.

190627 #100Days

Day 49. Still very hot in Germany.

Didn't really have any time to write today. Had some nice conversations with friends. Both in person and on WhatsApp. I've been listening to the audiobook of Anne Franks Diary. I've been watching movies. Life is good. It's supposedly going to get a lot colder tonight. I'm not feeling any of that so far. Let's hope for the sweaty best.

190626 #100Days

Day 48. Heatwave.

It's very hot in Germany these days. 35 to 40 degrees Celsius. I have air conditioning at work but not at home and trouble falling asleep when it's this fucking hot. So I decided to write this text in the basement. The only place where you can cool off. Also. Incredibly. With a wifi signal. It's just a bit smelly, dusty and well, old down here. Old books and football magazines collected over the past 50 years by my grandfather, traditional Bavarian beer mugs again collected by my grandpa. A old computer running windows 95, german tin soldiers, paintings and whatever random stuff my grandmother allowed my family to store down here. But really. This is mostly my grandfathers stuff. My grandma prefers to own less and live in a clean house. I'm inclined to agree with her.
Life changes with these temperatures. Suddenly it becomes really important to always carry water with you. A hat too and sunscreen. You make sure to open and close your windows at the correct time of day to reduce the amount of hot air inside.
Fuck. Why haven't I thought of this sooner? It's genuinely really comfortable down here! I might just stay and watch a movie.

190625 #100Days

Day 47.

Phff. … I mean.
I kept watching. … So I guess it wasn‘t that … horrible.
But. I have to say. I don‘t think I ever skipped through so much dialogue because I was so bored.

I think it was a mistake to watch this show in english. Pretty sure that took a lot of the nuance and detail away. As it always does when your not watching the original. But I would not have made it through 20 episodes of Spanish people yelling at each other while desperately trying to read along in english subtitles. So. I couldn't possibly list all my grudges with this show. But I have to mention some. Where to start?

The special forces porn. I don‘t know what else to call this. There are just way too many SWAT units running around, driving in their military vehicles equipped with miniguns. All of this accompanied by way too dramatic over the top epic rock music. And I used to love this. I used to be a huge fan of this shit. When I was 12!
I mean. Half of all youtube videos are boys running around with fake guns. Only when you‘re older you start to realize that movies have been lying to you. You start to understand that running around screaming and holding guns in peoples faces is not cool. It‘s traumatizing as fuck. For everybody involved. I doesn't make the filmmakers look good and it doesn't make the police look good either.

The whole justification about how the robbers aren't really evil because they're not stealing anybody's money but print their own sounds like the argument of a five year old. Technically "not stealing" doesn't make it right. Just because somebody else gets something illegally for free, doesn't mean you are allowed to also take that thing, by force if need be. This is not even a Robin Hood kind of story. They are all planning on keeping their money for themselves!

And it feels very unrealistic for the detective to just suddenly accept the professors reasons. It all just happens too fast and it‘s not convincing.
This show is from Spain and there is obviously some real hate and disgust present in the public. Against banks, bankers and the super rich. And I get that and I probably agree with them. But to just use that as a cheap excuse to fit in the story that you want to tell seems too easy.

The epilog was too short. You can‘t build up our interest in all eight heist members (heist members? robbers? bad boys and girls? are we the baddies?) and the just show the epilogue of a single one. Granted. It's the most important. But even Bourne Identity did this scene so much better. Like. Tokio has been our narrator throughout the entire fucking show and we don‘t even get to see what happens to her? We just see her walk of in a crazy ass outfit and that‘s it? What happened to all the hostages? Did they get their million after all? How would that even work? What about Arturo? He was probably the most annoying character of the entire show. Which means he was either really badly written or really good. And tbh. I'm not entirely sure. He made dumb choices, but at least he was consistent with that. What about him? How does his story end?

I guess what I would be almost more interested in is sort of the GRRM approach to the story. I want to see if they are happy now, if they lived happily ever after or if they spent all their money within the first week in the Caribbean. Or just had to do another heist, just for the adrenaline.

Oh god. There's going to be another season. That just sounds like a bad idea. They would have to come up with a completely new heist? That's just. You can't top that. I would never accept that Job as a writer. That's just setting yourself up for failure.
Well. I'm not going to be there to watch it. Sorry. I don't really have a lot of positive stuff to say about this show. I guess between GoT, Westworld and Chernobyl I'm just used to a different level of show. A HBO level.

190624 #100Days

Day 46.

It wasn't a date. And that's ok. For now. I wish I could spend more time with her though. I miss her already. I feel accepted by her.
Weird people tend to accept each other, I guess.

190623 #100Days

Day 45. Not a date.

Tomorrow I'll meet with a relatively new female friend. We met through online dating and quite frankly I'm not entirely sure if this is going to be a date or not. I guess I'm going to find out. Then again. I think the rule here should be: Only if both parties agree before they meet that it's going to be a date. Only then, it actually is a date.
So. This is not a date. Still. I'm fine with a bit of fooling around. Nothing serious. If she's into it. After all, the greatest two dates I ever had, I had with her. Also the single worst. But mostly I'm just excited to see her again after two months. We've been texting a lot, like almost every day. So we'll now have to cross that awkward line of very good online friends becoming real life friends again. And I'm excited to see how that works out. Also. She has a kid that I never met before. So that's going to be weird.
I don't do well with kids. Well. Actually that's not true. I just don't do kids. I haven't talked or had any sort of contact with kids in years. So I have no idea how to even approach a child. Do I say hi? Do I just ignore it and talk to the mother? Do I go all in and right up into it's dumb little face and try to tell it how cute it is? Am I overthinking this?
This is what goes on in my head every day, every fucking minute of every day, whenever I have to spend time, not just with kids, but just people. Overthinking has never made things easier, especially when it happens in the heat of the moment, in the middle of a conversation. But without it I would be lost and even more awkward as well. I would just spontaneously make all the wrong choices. Either way I'll be an awkward mess.
I'm just happy that some people still accept me. I'm happy I have friends.

190622 #100Days

Day 44. Maybe I shouldn't take drugs.

I don't understand Terry Gilliam. I don't find him funny. I'm constantly confused by his movies. I don't understand his characters. It's just so. Boring.
Sure. There's a lot of stuff happening in his movies. A lot of rather crazy shit to be exact. But if you don't care about the characters and don't know where any of this is supposed to be going.

I've seen a few of Gilliam's movies. I love Monty Python and I think Monty Python and the Holy Grail is absolutely fantastic! I watched Brazil ages ago and I remember mostly being confused, but since then I've hears good things about it. So maybe I'll watch it again. I guess 12 Monkeys was enjoyable. Because there was a premise. A goal. Something to look forward to.
Fear and Loathing is just a random ride through the desert filled with every kind of drug imaginable and few funny jokes. I really liked the almost spider like way Johnny Depp walked around. Probably the best part of the entire movie. That being said. I think watching that movie once is more than enough.

In other news.

It's hard to sit down and still take the time to write about your feelings when you're just tired and want to go to bed. I've recently been reminded by a family member suddenly entering in the process of dying, that - even though I don't like it and it makes me mad sometimes - we are all going to die. I should do more stuff. Live life to the fullest. Idk. I should care less about the future and exist in the now. I want to read more books, watch more movies, get shitfaced, fuck all night, see the world before it gets fucked up completely by climate change, get to know people, have fun, don't worry. Be happy.

190621 #100Days

Day 43.

Again. I didn't really felt like writing. Sorry. I'll try to get back to it tomorrow morning. I have the odd feeling that I might stop blogging soon. But I'm going to try to keep going! There are ups and downs. This is a major down. Survive it and things will get better. Until tomorrow. I promise.

190620 #100Days

Day 42. I have stomach aches.

Many things happened today. I might get around to write about them tomorrow. But since tomorrow is also going to be a long day, I'll go to bed early and just write this very quick note. I'm happy I have my family and I'm happy I have friends.

190619 #100Days

Day 41. Tomorrow is a public holiday!

Another one of those days where I have to wait for others to finish their shit before I can start my part. I finally got Avid‘s background rendering to work! It basically means I don‘t have to stare at a render bar for two hours a day but can just keep on working. So that‘s great.

So. Yesterdays date. I think it was another one of those dates where we had a good and calm conversation and also the only conversation we‘ll ever have in our life. She‘s 10+ years older and really wants to move back to the countryside. I‘m very much a city person. Other than that she‘s pretty great. I liked her.
I feel like I'm still pretty bad at having a normal conversation. Especially being interested in the other person, asking questions, that sort of thing. You know, the getting to know part. It's just really hard for me to come up with any good or suitable questions on the fly. Even if I though of certain questions or topics, I tend to forget them or never get to them once I'm sitting in front of the person. Well. Maybe the latter is actually a good sign. Like, at least it means we always had something to talk about.
Either way. She hasn't invited me back on another date. So I'm pretty sure there's not going to be another. Would I meet her again? Sure. Why not. Why didn't I ask her out again then? Because literally every time I've done that, the answer has been a polite no. So after the last "no" I decided that maybe this is the secret rule? Because in contrast, everyone I've been on at least a second date with, told me she wanted to meet again at the end of the first one. If you're reading this and think I'm wrong, please tell me I'm wrong.


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4    The number of wins needed for Irish head football coach Brian Kelly to become the fifth coach in school history to reach 60 wins. The only other men to lead Notre Dame to 60 victories are legendary figures and members of the College Football Hall of Fame: Knute Rockne, Lou Holtz, Ara Parseghian, and Frank Leahy. Kelly has won more four or more games in each of his 12 seasons as head coach, averaging exactly 9 wins per season over that span.

+14    The goal differential of the No.1 Notre Dame men’s soccer team through the first five matches of the regular season. Senior center back Brandon Aubrey secured his first career hat trick with three goals in a 4-1 victory over No. 15 Virginia Tech at Alumni Stadium on Sept. 9. The 5-0 Irish head into a battle with UConn on Sept. 13 having outscored their opponents 16-2 to begin the season.

1    The number of NCAA Division I basketball teams to make the Elite Eight in both of the last two seasons. That team is the Fighting Irish. The men’s basketball team recently finalized their schedule for the 2016-2017 season, with mid-January being a key section. The Irish will take on Syracuse, Virginia and Duke, all in just nine days in January.

250    The number of consecutive sellouts at Notre Dame Stadium. The streak started in 1973 and currently sits in a comfortable second place among the nation’s current streaks. Nebraska’s Memorial Stadium holds the current lead with a streak of 348 straight home sellouts.


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Earth’s surface is divided into approximately a dozen rigid pieces, comprised of eight major and several minor tectonic plates. These plates are one of two primary types: oceanic plates or continental plates. While these two types of plates share a lot in common, there are a number of key differences that differentiate the two and influence the tectonic rhythms that help define our planet's fundamental geologic processes.

Differences in Formative Process

Oceanic plates are formed by divergent plate boundaries. These zones, located along mid-ocean ridges, represent areas where upwelling magma creates new oceanic crust. As lava flows from these volcanic ridges, it quickly cools, forming extrusive igneous rock. Continental plates, meanwhile, are formed primarily by convergent plate boundaries. These zones represent areas where oceanic plates collide with and plunge underneath continental plates – a process called subduction. As oceanic plates subduct, they melt to form magma. This magma cools over millions of years, producing intrusive igneous rock and new continental crust.

Differences in Composition

Oceanic plates are mafic in nature, composed of basalt rock and its coarse-grained equivalent, gabbro, both rich in iron, magnesium and calcium. In contrast, continental plates are felsic in nature, dominated by granitic rock with its abundant silica, aluminum, sodium and potassium. Metamorphic and sedimentary rocks also help build continental crust, much more varied geologically than its oceanic counterpart.

Differences in Density

Because of their heavy ferromagnesian elements, oceanic plates are much denser than continental plates. The average density of ocean plates is approximately 200 pounds per cubic foot, while continental crust ranges between about 162 and and 172 pounds per cubic foot. This difference in relative density causes oceanic plates to subduct beneath the more buoyant continental plates. This also allows the denser oceanic plates to sink further into the fluid asthenosphere, causing them to lie below sea level. In contrast, the more buoyant continental plates float higher, resulting in dry land.

Differences in Age

Oceanic and continental plates differ radically in age because of tectonic processes. Divergent plate boundaries continually renew oceanic plates while the subduction zones of convergent boundaries continually recycle them. As a result, the oldest oceanic rocks are less than 200 million years old. In contrast, continental plates take a long time to form but are rarely destroyed. Much of the continental crust exceeds 1 billion years in age, and its oldest rocks may be as old as 4 billion years.

Differences in Range and Thickness

Oceanic plates cover approximately 71 percent of Earth’s surface, while continental plates cover 29 percent. While oceanic plates cover far more area, they are much thinner than continental crust. Despite their greater density, oceanic plates average only about four or five miles in thickness, compared to an average of 25 miles for continental plates; under major mountain belts, the continental crust can reach nearly 50 miles thick. The combination of their respective area and average thickness means that there is actually twice as much continental rock as oceanic rock.

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Denomination: Congregational
Address: 4 Auchinleck Road, Cumnock, KA18 1AE
Local Authority: East Ayrshire
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Church Overview

The church began with twelve members in 1838. The present building is situated beside the River Lugar at the entrance to Woodroad Park. This friendly, compact sandstone church was dedicated in 1883. The first ever Labour Member of Parliament, Keir Hardie, served on the Diaconate. Impressive 2-manual organ with eleven ranks of pipes.

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Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Shopping Our Stash Challenge 64: Technique Time: Try something new or revisit an oldie!

Hello! I hope everyone is doing well this Tuesday morning! It's back to work for me after enjoying a couple of days off!

This week at Shopping Our Stash we are asking you to try a new technique (there are so many neat things out there!) or revisit one you haven't used in awhile!  I have to admit this took me some time, but then I saw a tutorial on Splitcoast Stampers about stamping with water or using water over distress inks!   I love using my Distress Inks but haven't used them in awhile and never tried the water application over it. So I followed the instructions somewhat and came up with my card for this challenge.

Ranger Distress Inks- Rusty Hinge and Worn Lipstick
Misc cardstock
Unity Stamp
Spica glitter pens
Basic Grey papers
MS star punch

Now we can't wait to see what you create!  Hope you can join us this week!

Paige said...

Carla, your background is so pretty! I'm going to be checking out this technique - looks like fun!

lauren bergold said...

ooooooooooooooh i ♥LOVE♥ that gorgeous abstract background, and you just stamped in WATER over di's??!?! holy wow, i guess i'm gonna have to learn a SECOND technique this week, eh??!?!

onecraftymama said...

Oh, I LOVE how the background turned out! Too cool!

Linda Palmer said...

Love this card Carla. Beautiful background and a fabulous design.

Glimpses of My Heart said...

Carla - I just love this card! The colors are so...fruity actually! :) lol So right for summer! And I love the stars. Both the stamped ones and the punch. Beautiful!

jimlynn said...

I've never tried that but LOVE the look!!! Such a pretty, pretty card. Guess that means I have to dust off my distress inks now too!

Deena said...

I looovve this card, Carla! the colours are just perfect and I love that background technique!

Julie Short said...

Carla that is a prefectly dripply and splasherly card. Great colour choice too!

Linda said...

gah! I thought I'd commented on this--I just love this card. that background is so beautiful!!

Margaret said...

This is amazing! The wonderful background you created goes perfectly with the sentiment and stars! Such a fun challenge!


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Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Shopping Our Stash: Fruit or Veggie Challenge

Hello! This week at SOS we have a challenge that, well, it may be a challenge!  We are asking you to use your fruit and/or veggie images and/or papers, etc.  I searched thru my stash, and came up pretty BLANK so I remembered a pumpkin would work!  So I challenged myself to create a non-Halloween card with a pumpkin.

I used some MME papers, misc cardstock, copics, spica glitter pens, and I used paper from MME.  The sentiment is from and older SU set.

Hope you can join us this week at Shopping Our Stash!

Challenge: Sketch Saturday- sketch

Imke said...

Beautiful fall card, Carla and the sentiment is great !

Danni said...

Very nice!!

jimlynn said...

Pumpkin works perfect!! SO PRETTY!

Jessi Fogan said...

Awesome :) I LOVE how you coloured the pumpkin! And score for creating the only non-Halloween/Thanksgiving pumpkin card I've ever seen!!

Niki Rowland said...

Great card, the papers are perfect and I love your pumpkin! Thanks for joining us this week at Sketch Saturday, Niki xx

Margaret said...

I had to look twice when your pumpkin card showed up in my reader! This is a terrific take on the challenge and I love that you didn't turn it into a holiday card!


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Valentine’s Day window card

There are a lot of steps to this, and it would take 30 photos to show it all so I am going to condense things a bit for this blog post then do a YouTube doodah with all the photos.  For most of the windows the steps are basically the same.  But let’s see how it goes!

First things first – as I have the Grand Calibur, I can make use of a full A4 sheet and still run it through to cut the apertures.  Knowing that most people have smaller machines, I did a new version that is only 6 inches tall.  That should fit in a Big Shot, and maybe the Cuttlebug?  But the principle is the same.

I sort of planned it as an upright card but at the end decided I liked it lengthways better.

I liked how it looked opened out sitting on the table. I used three shades of pink for the “tunnel” effect.

Let’s do measurements first.  An A4 sheet is 8.27 x 11.69.  If you are using a US letter size sheet (8.5 x 11) you will  have a narrower final page, narrower than the card, so I would amend the scoring as follows:

A4 – cut to 6 inches WIDE and score at 2 1/4, 4 1/2, 6 3/4 and 9 inches.  This will leave you with a final panel of approx. 2 3/4 inches.

US Letter – cut to 6 inches WIDE and score at 2, 4, 6, and 8.  Your final panel will be 3 inches.  It’s won’t really matter.

A bit about cardstock weight.  You will be attempting to cut through multiple layers of cardstock and paper to create the windows. Thinner base card will make this easier. The panels are all at least 2 layers overall so even 160gsm should be fine.

Decorate your panels as you like.  For the other one I used Distress ink, inked the entire panel then stamped. For this one I used a 6 x 12 inch scrap of patterned paper.  I have issues with it, in the end.  First, it wasn’t really enough to fully cover the panels, and second it is a bit hard to read the letters.  Not impossible, but I usually like my text to really POP off the page and this doesn’t.  Rather than do another one, I am going to carry on since I promised instructions.

Looking at the card, we are going to (quite logically) number the panels 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.  OK, now more measurements.

First panel – the first window is two layers.

Standard Circles Small (SCS) – 5th die in, cut the lightest colour. Stick this to PANEL 1 where you want the window to be.

Now, center over this the Standard Circle Large (SCL) – 6th die in.

The trick is you need to secure the die well, you don’t want it to slip. Use low-tack tape and tape it toward the MIDDLE (which you will throw away)

Cut the window in PANEL 1.  This will leave you with a thin circle of light pink card around the window.

Now you need to cut the window in PANEL 2. Using Standard Circle Small, 6th die in, close the card.  Tape the die centred in the Panel 1 window – and this will be to the BACK of PANEL 2.  Open the card and cut.

Leaving you with this:

Now you are going to do the same for Panels 3 and 4.  Here is the complete sequence for you:

SCS 5th die in (cardstock circle)
SCL 6th die in (window)

Panel 2
SCS 6th die in (window)

Panel 3
SCS 6th die in (cardstock circle)
SCL 7th die in (window)

Panel 4
SCS smallest die (window)

For panel 5, cut whatever combination of circles, scallops, pinked circles, etc. you like, just make sure there is an area at least as big as the window in Panel 4.  I used a pinked circle and a slightly larger circle.  Centre you heart in the middle. With the heart centred you can now center the heart in the Panel 4 window then stick the circle to Panel 5 and it will be placed perfectly.

Of course I changed the placement when I changed the orientation of the final card!

It’s hard to see the effect in a flat photo, but I love the tunnel.

and I added a bit of ribbon to cover the bit I didn’t have enough cardstock for – the mostly white strip is the perfect place to write my “love you”s

Although the envelope will keep it closed, I think I might tie some ribbon around the right side of the card anyway, to keep it from springing open as soon as it comes out of the envelope.  And speaking of, I have a 7 1/2 x 3 envelope in my stash of card blanks and it fits in there, albeit with room to spare.  I would make any further cards 7 inches wide (cause remember I do have the Grand Calibur so I can do that) then they would fit the envelope perfectly.

I suppose if you were careful about the card and paper weights you MIGHT be able to do the same with punches, if you had enough sizes.  Maybe a circle cutter too, but I think you would have to be very careful everything was going to line up perfectly!

So if you make one, please share it with me.  And I’ll get back to the over-stamping I mentioned in the last card version, but it’s not rocket science, so that will be much shorter than this!

And I did use a lot more photos than I planned but felt they were needed for it to make sense.  I really hope it does!


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Kate Winslet to Star in New HBO Limited Detective Series

Oscar-winner Kate Winslet is set to star in a new limited dramatic series called Mare of Easttown for HBO. Winslet had previously worked with HBO on the 5-part miniseries Mildred Pierce, for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie.

Created by Brad Ingelsby, who wrote every episode and will serve as showrunner, Mare of Easttown is a drama set in a small Pennsylvania town that plays host to a local murder. While not much more is known about the plot, Ingelsby is best known for writing 2013’s crime thriller Out of the Furnace starring Christian Bale, and 2015’s action movie Run All Night starring Liam Neeson. Ingelsby also penned the upcoming Ben Affleck drama Torrance, about a former basketball star struggling with addiction and attempts at a comeback through coaching.

Related: Kate Winslet's Avatar Role Is 'Pivotal'

As reported by Deadline, it’s been revealed that Winslet will be at the center of Mare of Easttown as the small-town detective that’s tasked with investigating the local murder “at a time when her own life is crumbling around her.” Gavin O’Connor is also signed on to direct the limited series, which is being co-produced by HBO and Paul Lee’s studio wiip. The deal marks yet another foray into the limited drama series space for HBO, following on the success of other such projects like Big Little Lies - which turned an initial 7-episode season 1 into 16 Emmy nominations and a second season airing in June.

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A seven-time Academy Award-nominated actress, Winslet finally broke through with her only Oscar win to date for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in 2008 drama The Reader. However, she’s likely most recognized for her role as Rose Dewitt Bukater in James Cameron’s Titanic, as well as for her turns in Revolutionary Road and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Winslet recently starred opposite Idris Elba in the survival drama The Mountain Between Us, and has once again teamed up with Cameron for the upcoming Avatar sequels as the character Ronal – one of the universe’s underwater-dwelling sea people. O’Connor, for his part, directed 2011’s surprise gem Warrior with Tom Hardy, Joel Edgerton, and Nick Nolte, as well as the Ben Affleck mystery/thriller The Accountant - which follows a seemingly mild-mannered accountant who is actually a lethal, morally-ambiguous hero. O’Connor is also reported to be developing a new film based on The Green Hornet storyline.

Mare of Easttown is still in the very early stages of development, not even having an IMDb page at the time of this writing. That said, with the proven track record of the attached stars and HBO’s experience (including True Detective, Sharp Objects, etc.), the project is certainly in safe hands.

Next: Ranked: Most Anticipated HBO Shows In 2019

Source: Deadline

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Over the last 5 years, the growth and popularity of esports has been rising steadily and substantially. However, it still remains a small fraction in proportion to advertising budgets. Advertising and commercial sponsorship has established a great relationships with traditional sports, but it has yet to break through on a bigger scale in esports. It is true that there are brands that are forming partnership deals and initiating sponsorship that allows them to reach out to a highly vibrant esports fanbase. But, it isn't enough, and this fanbase is growing tremendously.

According to Newzoo by 2021 global esports revenues are predicted to rocket to $1.65bn, $1.4bn of which will come directly from brand investment. 1 What should brands be doing to enter the esports market and why should they in the first place?

There are definitely notable major global brands entering the market. For example, mobile giant Vodafone became a premium partner of ESL this year, and last year, Mercedes-Benz made its high-profile entry by announcing a partnership with ESL, spanning tournament sponsorship across several countries.

While investment has come in from traditional sports teams, private-equity firms, marketing agencies, games publishers, consultancies and market research companies, the non-endemic advertisers have been largely absent, aside from a select few. There are a few theories around this. One is that most non-endemic brands still struggle to find meaningful entry points into
the category. Advice from those brands that have entered into esports advertising is to understand the demographic you are targeting.

For example League of legends is the game most closely associated with Gillette who chose it because of its popularity and ability to reach a young, male audience. Brands need to understand that each esport game is different and has its own fanbase.

What gamers care about is altruism, and they want to see the brands doing
something that benefits the space, not just the brand. Additionally, the top 17,000 streamers, which include professional esports players, can participate in an ad- revenue sharing program. It is the players, not Twitch, who decide in real time when the ads run during their streaming sessions.

If you’re interested in finding out more about what other brand advertisers are already doing in the marketplace, you can head over to Esports North Asia's website and download the research! In there, you can read about the in-depth research about the esports ecosystem as well as brand associations.

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The friendship war
When Grace takes boxes of old buttons from a building her grandfather bought, she starts a fad at school that draws her closer to one friend, but further from another.
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This is war. Okay--that's too dramatic. But no matter what this is called, so far I'm winning. And it feels wonderful. Grace and Ellie have been best friends since second grade. Ellie's always right in the center of everything--and Grace is usually happy to be Ellie's sidekick. But what happens when everything changes? This time it's Grace who suddenly has everyone's attention when she accidentally starts a new fad at school. It's a fad that has first her class, then her grade, and then the entire school collecting and trading and even fighting over . . . buttons?! A fad that might also get her in major trouble and could even be the end of Grace and Ellie's friendship. Because Ellie's not used to being one-upped by anybody. There's only one thing for Grace to do. With the help of Hank--the biggest button collector in the sixth grade--she will have to figure out a way to end the fad once and for all. But once a fad starts, can it be stopped? Andrew Clements, the beloved author of Frindle, returns with a deliciously entertaining and deeply satisfying story that will resonate with anyone who's ever been in a classroom . . . or been a kid. A fad is a tough thing to kill, but then again, so is a friendship. Praise for Andrew Clements! "Clements is a genius." --The New York Times "We have never read an Andrew Clements book that we haven't loved." --The Washington Post

Author Notes

Andrew Clements was born in Camden, New Jersey on May 7, 1949. He received a bachelor's degree in literature from Northwestern University and master's degree in teaching from National Louis University. Before becoming a full-time author, he taught in the public schools north of Chicago for seven years, was a singer-songwriter, and worked in publishing.

He is well known for his picture book texts, but it was his middle school novel, Frindle, that was a breakthrough for his writing career. Frindle won numerous awards including the Georgia Children's Book Award, the Sasquatch Children's Book Award, the Massachusetts Children's Book Award, the Rhode Island Children's Book Award, and the Year 2000 Young Hoosier Book Award. His other works include The Landry News, The Janitor's Boy, No Talking, Things Not Seen, Things Hoped For, and Things That Are.

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Gr 3-6-Grace is a compulsive collector who thrives on collecting just about anything. She is over the moon when her grandfather says she can keep 27 boxes of buttons that they find in an old building that he just purchased. Grace adds these boxes to the myriad random objects and junk that she already has stored in her overflowing bedroom. When she takes some of the buttons to school, collecting buttons becomes a schoolwide frenzy. This causes Grace to become fixated on collecting data by counting the buttons she sees all around her, including the ones on her schoolmates' clothing. The button fever fascinates Grace, but she eventually comes to the conclusion that it has to end. Grace also has to deal with the feelings she begins to have for her bossy, superficial friend. Clements portrays elementary students in a clear light, especially in how quickly they can get swept up in the latest fad. The never-ending details of button swapping, however, become tiresome. -VERDICT Hand to devoted Clements fans; a secondary purchase for smaller -collections.-Amy Caldera, Dripping Springs Middle School, Dripping Springs, TX © Copyright 2019. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Publisher's Weekly Review

In the latest on-point school story by Clements (The Losers Club), compulsive collector Grace is thrilled when her grandfather says she can keep the 27 boxes of buttons she discovers in his old mill. But after she shares some of the cache with her classmates, the show-and-tell spirals out of control, and kids schoolwide become obsessed with collecting and trading buttons. A math and science whiz, Grace becomes fixated on "collecting data" by counting the buttons on all her schoolmates' clothing, and eventually comes to the obvious conclusion that she and her peers have contracted "button fever." Though painstaking details of button swapping weigh down the narrative, Clements uses the over-the-top fad as a conduit to explore more substantial themes, including Grace's conflicted feelings about her superficial, know-it-all best friend; her deepening friendship with an insightful boy; and her affecting bond with her grandfather, who, like her, is mourning his wife's death. Regretting the frenzy she instigated, Grace applies the theory of supply and demand in a bold move to end it, precipitating a rewarding finale that underscores the value of friends and family-and wryly reveals the limitations of the scientific method. Ages 8-12. Agent: Amy Berkower, Writers House. (Jan.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

Flying from Chicago to Boston by myself hasn't been as big a deal as my dad said it was going to be. But nothing ever is. The second I turn on my phone, it dings with three texts from him:       12:46   Text me as soon as you land.   12:48   Your plane should have landed by now.   12:50   Are you all right?   So I text him right away:   All good, just landed. Love from Boston!   Dad worries. He calls it planning, but it's worry.   Mom worries less because she knows I don't do dumb stuff---not on purpose. My brother, Ben, knows that, too. Actually, Ben understands me pretty well. I understand him totally, which isn't that hard. He's fifteen, and he mostly thinks about two things: girls and music.   Ben's music isn't rock or jazz or rap. It's marching band. Which makes his girlfriend-hunt tougher than it needs to be. At least, that's my theory. It's the whole marching--with-- a--clarinet--while--wearing--a--cowboy--hat thing. However, if it hadn't been for Ben's August band camp, the entire family might be here on the plane with me, and I wouldn't be getting to spend time alone with Grampa.   So, hooray for marching band!   And if Dad had been a little less worried, then he and Mom probably wouldn't have gotten me my own iPhone a couple of weeks ago.   So, hooray for dads who worry!   Grampa's waiting right at the end of the walkway from the plane, just like Dad told him to.   "Hey, Grace! Welcome to Boston!"   "Hi, Grampa! You look great!"   I'm not saying that to be polite or something.   When we all came to Massachusetts last summer, it was for Gramma's funeral, and back then Grampa seemed way too thin. And old.   He looks much better now, and when we hug, I can tell he's not so skinny anymore.   The flight attendant in charge of me looks at Grampa's driver's license. After he signs a form, we're on the move, me with my backpack and him pulling my suitcase.   "Anything at baggage claim?"   "Nope."   "Good. So we're headed for Central Parking . . . unless you're hungry."   "Dad loaded me up with tons of food. I could survive on the leftovers for weeks."   "That's my son--in--law the Eagle Scout---'Once an Eagle, always an Eagle!' " Then he says, "Hey, did you see that link I sent you about how they're making jet fuel out of vegetable oil?"   "Yeah, I loved that!"   Of all the people in the world, I think Grampa understands me best. He's a real estate agent, but he likes math and science almost as much as I do. Last week we swapped texts while we watched an episode of Nova, and for years he's been emailing me links to news he finds online---like the article about robots that can travel through space, and they can keep building new copies of themselves, and they do that for thousands of years until the whole galaxy gets explored!   Except . . . I can't prove that Grampa is really into the science stuff. He might be making himself like it because he knows that I like it.   Either way, it's pretty great.   At the car, Grampa loads my gear into the trunk.   "How about you lean back and take a nap. When we get to Burnham, I'll wake you up for some ice cream. And I've got a surprise for you, too."   "A surprise? What?"   "Not telling."   "Well . . . can the surprise come first, before the ice cream?"   That gets a chuckle. "Excellent idea."   It's so good to hear Grampa laugh!   We get going, but I don't want to sleep. I want to stay awake and talk.   Especially about Gramma.   Except it might be too soon for him to talk about her. It's still kind of soon for me, too. During third and fourth grades I called her a couple of times every week, and she just let me talk and talk. I could call her about anything, or about nothing. And if I ran out of stuff to say, she always had something new to tell me, especially about her garden and all the plants and insects and animals. If Gramma hadn't been so great at describing every little thing she loved, no way would I have gotten into science like I have.   Anyway, I know we both miss her. Which must be a lot different for Grampa than it is for me. He knew her for so much longer. Compared to him, maybe I hardly knew her at all.   It'd be nice to talk, but I got up at five--thirty this morning and I stayed awake to watch a movie on the plane. Once we reach the highway, the humming tires wipe me out. Excerpted from The Friendship War by Andrew Clements All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.


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VirtInfo: Short-Takes - June 2008

This weekly blog post offers an often irrervent oveview of the weeks virtualization news.

Taking its name from the very popular Microsoft Weekly round-up “WinInfo: Short Takes”. This weekly blog post offers an often irreverent overview of the weeks virtualization news.

Microsoft to make Dogmeat and then Steve Job’s to eat it
You would think this was Onion story. There’s been a lot of dogmeat stories on various blogs last week.

Microsoft have already manufactured dogmeat – after experimenting on the general public for many years with it pet food offerings. It’s out as Release Candidate, and unsuspecting SMBs will soon be able to buy it in all good supermarkets for a tasty price of $28. This has stopped other manufacturers of premium brown, meaty, moist chunks claiming that by practically giving the dogmeat away, Microsoft could be sued under various anti-competition laws. Microsoft has made the dogmeat and is now running its MSDN and TechNet animals on the substance. The new name for Microsoft DogMeat v1.0 is HyperV. Mmmmmm, tasty! You can’t give this stuff away!

VMware Release ThinApp 4.0
VMware has finally released Thinstall, oh, I’m mean ThinApp. I’m hoping they will include coverage of Thinstall (Doh! I did it again. ThinApp) in their Virtual Desktop Manager course. Gee, perhaps could even bundle the two apps together into a single license and give Citrix and Microsoft a real run for there money. Heck, they could go the whole hog an have VDI per seat license that includes ESX, VirtualCenter, VDM and Thinstall. Grrrr, I mean ThinApp of course. ThinApp differs greatly from the Thinstall product. By having 3 less characters in its name. Joking apart, ThinApp is interesting to me the biggest selling point is that its agentless. Biggest downside of all these repackaging tools – suites of applications like Office have to be installed together not separately or else there loose their interoperability.

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VMware Release VDM 2.1
Also on the VDI front there’s a new (sub)release of VDM. No great shake here. Increase scalability for example is touted. One day I hope to read press releases that don’t say this sort of stuff. “Now supports less users, and increased need for memory and disk space”. Heck, I know a company who does that already – don’t you? On the plus side the new release supports a multi-media redirection feature for XP desktops. This feature redirects certain multi-media codecs to the local PC for rendering of full-motion video and audio. This is something that Citrix has been doing for some time, and some might take as a tacit admission that Microsoft RDP generally sucks when it comes to anything graphically intensive. Meanwhile there is regional support for German and Japanese languages which means that your uses can learn “Incorrect Password/Username” in a foreign dialect.

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VMware Update VMmark to 1.1
VMware bench marking tool has been updated with lots of fancy features. With support for 64-bit systems, you can have even more benchmark fun with your tiles – and that doesn’t mean upgrading the shower like your partner has been nagging you about for years…

A virtual disk to run a web-browser; a hammer to drive home a pin
Microsoft – that vanguard of cutting edge virtualization technology – the spear head leading the pack towards a blistering journey into the white heat of technology – have released a bunch of virtual disks you can download. A novel concept indeed – there are 4 of them – three are Windows XP based with either IE6, IE7 or IE8 Beta, and there’s a copy with Windows ME…. I mean Windows Vista with IE7. Seriously, the idea is developer can download them and test the awfully written code against different flavours of their web-browsers

Redhat make a hypervisor
Well, finally those evil open-sourcers have a made a hypervisor. What’s really odd about this – is how Redhat even further behind the curve than Microsoft. Of course the appeal to those who think VMware/Microsoft/Citrix are evil capitalist plotting to tie you into their propriety code not written open-saucily by men with beards. Plus, like heck, you have to give these evil capitalist money as well – they don’t give away their stuff! Redhat seems to be positioning themselves on the “VMware is expensive” line. I learned something a few years ago – that just because it is free or nearly free – doesn’t always translate into customer confidence. As I say, there’s a reason a hypervisor is free or only $28 dollars. Its because that’s all it worth. Redhat, Xen, Microsoft would give their right-arm to charge the prices that VMware does – the trouble is they know if they did – people wouldn’t buy their products. Moral of the IT story. If you make cost your chief selling point, you moving closer and closer to not making a profit – which for many publicly listed companies – is there object of the exercise. There’s no point in cutting off your own nose to spite the competition…

Intel quad-core Xeon server virtualization score booted by VMware
This is from the Register. “AMD’s quad-core Opteron chip has silently topped Intel’s similarly endowed Xeon processor as the leader of VMware’s server virtualization performance benchmark”

What I want to know is – does anyone really care about this stuff? Next month top dog will be Intel. And heck the week after that it will be AMD. Try to stifle that yawn will you!!!

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Ten Tips: How To Choose The Right Rehab

Getting clean and staying free from drugs, alcohol, or addict behaviors is often the single most important thing an addict can do. By definition, an addict will need help to achieve this. Choosing the right rehab can be the difference between success or relapse. Here are ten tips for how to choose the right rehab program.

Does the Rehab Program Provide 24-Hour Care from Qualified Staff?

When you are in rehab, overwhelming urges and severe physical symptoms may strike at any time of the day or night. Some forms of addiction have physical withdrawal symptoms that qualified medical professionals can help manage. Withdrawal from alcohol can even be fatal if not accompanied by proper medical attention. Look for a rehab with medically qualified staff on-site around the clock.

How Are Treatment Plans Developed?

Some rehab programs take a cookie cutter approach to treatment. Every person who is addicted to a particular substance or activity gets the same treatment. But every addict has unique problems that can best be solved with a tailored approach. Seasons Bali interviews new clients extensively before developing a treatment plan in cooperation with the client. The treatment plans are then assessed and revised on an ongoing basis as needed.

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Yoga can help alleviate cravings

Does the Program Teach You How to Alleviate Cravings?

Some programs may focus on trying to suppress cravings using prescription drugs alone. This narrow approach fails to help an addict develop a useful toolset for recovery. Other programs focus on teaching addicts to understand cravings. Good programs teach addicts how to recognize triggers and short circuit habitual patterns that lead to craving as well as cultivate healthy sources of “natural highs” to crowd out cravings with good feelings.

Does the Program Teach the Importance of Good Nutrition?

Many forms of addiction take a heavy physical toll on the body. Even addiction that does not cause direct physical harm is likely to distract addicts from good nutrition. Poor nutrition can cause depression, insomnia, fatigue, irritability and susceptibility to stress and anxiety. Studies indicate that nutritional programs provide powerful support for recovery efforts.

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Good nutrition supports rehab & recovery

Does the Program Teach Skills to Support a Clean and Sober Life?

Successful recovery takes more than just getting clean and remaining abstinent. Relying on will power alone to stay the course is a weak plan that is likely to fail. Furthermore, a person can put aside their addiction without really learning to repair the damage that it has done. A good recovery program will involve extensive therapy and teach recovering addicts to develop healthy habits of thought and action and other life skills for successful recovery.

Is the Program Based on a Realistic Model of Addiction?

Addiction is most accurately regarded as a chronic disease. Treatment programs that are based on this model yield the best results. Recovery is not easy – it is work. Be wary of programs that offer a magic bullet to cure addiction permanently and quickly. That is not how it works. A good rehab program will teach addicts to understand and manage addiction.

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Talk therapy is an important component of a good rehab program

How Many Therapy Sessions Per Week?

Getting clean and sober is important but this is just the beginning of recovery. Addiction is usually accompanied by some serious psychological issues and seriously bad habits of thought. A good rehab program provides addicts an opportunity to dive in and tackle these difficult issues with the help and support of skilled and experienced professional therapists specializing in drug and alcohol rehabilitation. Look for a rehab that provides frequent group and individual therapy.

Does the Program Offer Family Therapy?

Many people struggling with addiction discover that their family relationships provide an important key to understanding how they got addicted in the first place and how to break free. Addicts with family issues benefit greatly from bringing the family into the therapeutic process. Consider finding a rehab facility that offers a family therapy option.

Are Alternative Treatment Services Offered?

Abstinence and talk therapy are the foundations of most successful recovery efforts, but there are many supplemental approaches that can help. Yoga, meditation, art and drama therapy, NLP, and many more approaches may be helpful. Each addict is unique. Seeking out programs with a good core approach plus flexible options will increase the chances of successful and lasting recovery.

Are You Looking For a Long Term or Short Term Program?

Recovery programs vary from as little as one week of detoxification to several months. Seasons Bali offers medically supervised 7 and 14-day detox accompanied by evidence-based treatment and skill building, or one, two, or three-month residential inpatient recovery options.

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Seasons Bali offers support for people struggling with all types of addiction. You are here reading this, so it is probably time for you or someone you care about to take the first step towards a much better life. It takes work but you can leave the unfulfilling cycle and the suffering behind.

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So what does it look like he’s saying to you? The fact that he is reclining and surrounded by seashells make him most provocative to me. And what’s that he’s holding in his hands? Could that be… a cocktail?  For me??  Oh, you shouldn’t have! Well, actually, yes, you should have.

  Tulum, Mexico.

Quote of the day: “Commitment is what transforms a promise into reality. It is the words that speak boldly of your intentions. And the actions which speak louder than the words. It is making the time when there is none. Coming through time after time after time, year after year after year. Commitment is the stuff character is made of; the power to change the face of things. It is the daily triumph of integrity over skepticism.”  —  Abraham Lincoln

Daily gratitudes:
My wonderful dental hygienist
Gooey, fudgy, raspberry chocolate brownies
My comfy new-old white cowboy boots


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How the States of Angels in Heaven Change

BY “the changes of angels’ states,” we mean their changes in regard to love and faith and therefore in regard to wisdom and intelligence—to the state of their life, that is. States are attributes of life and of matters that pertain to life; and since angelic life is a life of love and faith and thereby of wisdom and intelligence, states are attributes of these, and we talk about states of love and faith and states of wisdom and intelligence. Now we need to describe how these states change for angels.

Angels are not constantly in the same state as to love, and consequently they are not in the same state as to wisdom, for all the wisdom they have is from their love and in proportion to it. Sometimes they are in a state of intense love, sometimes in a state of love that is not intense. It decreases gradually from its most to its least intense. When they are in the highest level of love, they are in the light and warmth of their lives, or in their greatest clarity and delight. Conversely, when they are in the lowest level they are in shadow and coolness, or in what is dim and unpleasant. From this latter state they return to the first, and so on. The phases follow each other with constant variety.

These states follow each other like variations of light and shade, warmth and cold, or like the morning, noon, evening, and night of individual days in our world, varying constantly throughout the year. Not only that, they correspond—morning to the state of their love in clarity, noon to the state of their wisdom in clarity, evening to the state of their wisdom in dimness, and night to a state of no love or wisdom. It should be known, though, that there is no correspondence of night with the states of life of people in heaven, but rather a correspondence of the half-light that comes before dawn. The correspondence of night is with people who are in hell.

Because of this correspondence, “day” and “year” in the Word mean states of life in general, warmth and light mean love and wisdom, morning the first and highest level of love, noon wisdom in its light, evening wisdom in its shade, and the half-light the dimness that comes just before the morning. Night, though, means the loss of love and wisdom.

from Heaven and Hell, Sections 154,155

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