Hello Everyone, I would like to enquire whether designer jeans like True religion, 7 all mankind(seven jeans)Citizens of Humanity are worth getting. Reviews would be good plus where did you get them! Thanks

Hello,

I made a mistake in transferring money to retailtheraphy a week ago. URL: http://community.livejournal.com/_spreee/2707119.html I have emailed her several times to no avail and have emailed the mods but to no avail as well. Would anyone happen to have retailtheraphy's contacts or know her personally? Would appreciate help! Thanks in advance!

I HAVE DECIDED THAT DRIVING IS DAMN TIRING.

I thought driving would be a great convenience, but I think its damn tiring, and I have decided that I officially prefer driven.

( STARTING TO HATE DRIVING!!!! )

Cassius turned 3 yesterday! My Dad invited some of our relatives over in the morning for a short prayer and lunch session after which we celebrated Cassius' birthday. The one thing I wish of him is that he'll stop being such a monster already. It's cute at first, but after a while, it starts to get really annoying.

sat night was sheer Love (: 
i love wonderful friends! haha 

went to school for a mere hour of german tutorial today but it was fun! 
they were doing the whole directions chapter which completely baffled me not because i couldnt understand the german words but because my sense of direction sucks. 
doesnt help that they used the campus as the simulation/ situation. 
like what? okay, turn left, and then the second corridor right? i'm sorry, WHERE am i?? 
haha. 
oh our tutor decided to give us bon-bons because apparently our tutorial group all did pretty well for oral yay (: 

biz for lunch with nic and the babaloos after that and then nic's mum gave me a lift home! 

and now. ich muss noch das Deutsch lernen! Morgen ist der Test!! 

parents are flying off tonight. 
oh well

Hi,

With regards to "Tokyo Clothes Spree Batch 3" by sandyeo (yydnass@gmail.com), many of us have yet to receive our items although we made our 2nd payment ages ago.

Could you kindly reveal the organizer's details so that we can contact her regarding our items.

Thanks! =)

Today I was going to buy The Mysteries of Pittsburgh by Michael Chabon. Does anyone have a suggestion on whether or not I should buy this book or not?

( Sense and Sensibility ) 
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You don’t need to be a fan of Bill Willingham’s Fables comics to like this book--you don’t even have to know what they are to understand Peter & Max. This is a re-telling of the Pied Piper of Hamelin story from a different perspective, one of those “what really happened” kind of tales. For every other character or event that might confuse the reader, Willingham explains the course of the comics in a few words and lines that, if anything, spoil crucial points of suspense that have navigated and pushed Fables over the years. But don’t let that discourage you at all if you’re a new fan. What I like the most about the comics and this book, is Willingham’s grasp of consequence and reality. To validate these fairy tales with contemporary ideas, Willingham is always examining the life of our favorite heroes and heroines in the unwritten pages after their most famous moments. Away from the storybook and our imaginations is a far removed perspective that pulls gently in our direction--here is more, it says to us; the story continues; life goes on.

For the folks in fairy tales--Fables, they call themselves--reality is about as pragmatic and mundane for them as it is for us. Forced to flee their fairy tale homes and find refuge in an enchanted portion of New York City’s Upper West Side, the Fables remind us that we know of only a tiny period in their lives; in our world they must learn to coexist in very human ways, without magic or magical objects that would draw attention to themselves. Yanked out of context of course it’s easy to imagine all sorts of wonderful, magical settings that make romantic adventures out of very real, scary episodes. Despite still writing in “happily ever after” endings, Willingham’s come a long way to revolutionize what’s been handed down to us for so long and in the same form.

Peter & Max is about the Piper family (a band of traveling minstrels), two brothers (Peter and Max), and the innocent Peep family who gets caught in the middle of fraternal jealousy and revenge. Like all such things, a combination of skewed perspective and hurt feelings tips the scales of envy towards violence. What begins as an ominous and mysterious set of flashbacks and present-day events, the story gradually finds promise in its most haunting thread: who is the true Pied Piper? Peter or Max? Peter is a sweet boy, always managing to do what’s right and do it well; Max is his older, but less talented, brother who snaps at the slightest attempt to undermine his authority and right as the eldest Piper child. It’s almost impossible to imagine the sweet-tempered Peter luring unsuspecting children out of their beds and away from their homes, but too predictable to assume the blame lays somewhere outside, somewhere obvious.

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Spoilers for Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

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Rating: four and a half stars
Length: 870 pages
Source: shelf
Other books I've read by this author: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (my review), Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (my review), Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (my review), Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (my review), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Quidditch through the Ages, The Tales of Beedle the Bard (my review)

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One of my New Year's resolutions/goals is to read 100 books in a year, and I'm on number 78. It's going to be really hard for me to read much in November because of NaNoWriMo, and I was wondering if I should read short easy books, or nice long books. I feel bad counting a hundred page book as one of my books, but it still counts, right? I don't know... I was just wondering what you would do I guess.

Hello, booklovers. I have a feeling that mine is not an altogether right way of stepping here, but I do need some help from people who might be willing to provide it.
The thing is I have written a book. Yes, yes, I’m laughing myself. Nonetheless, please, do save your sense of humour for when you start reading it. Being a self-publishing writer, however – atrociously sad world, this one! – I am currently looking for several volunteers to proofread what my insolence considers as a work a merit. Don’t let the word “proofreading” scare you though. I don’t mean ‘editing’ it professionally, just seeing that the wording is in conformity with standard British English.
I hope my appeal for help does not hurt anybody’s feelings. If it does, I sincerely apologise.
For the same reason of being a self-publishing comrade, the only remuneration I am able to offer will be a free copy of the book along with your name in its Special Thanks list. Not very much, I know. I would LOVE to pay for proofing services, but self-publishing means you put your money into having your work published, but you very seldom make profits. I haven’t been one of those lucky guys.
If you’re curious, intrigued and tickled by any other feeling, you are more than welcome to visit the homepage of the future book, ‘The Red Britain Chronicles, or 4891: Comrade Cat, the Macho Axe Effect and the Human Gramophone’ at
http://sites.google.com/site/theredbritainchronicles/
where you can read sample chapters hereof and decide if you’d be tempted by my unappealing offer, or not really. I would even go as far as advising you to get acquainted with the sample chapters in the first place so that, one day soon, you do not find yourselves wondering how you could have accepted to proof a book which is poor or not exactly to your taste.
British English as your mother tongue would be sort of a plus in my case. (apologies if I sound in any way condescending or arrogant - I did not mean to sound this way at all!!!!!!!) Thank you for your patience and attention! And an excellent day to everyone!
Alexander
ps. May I ask you to respond to this post by sending me a private message (or ideally reply to my email - theredbritainchronicles@gmail.com ), instead of posting comments? I haven’t figured out yet how I can follow posts on this site. Thank you!

EDIT: Thank you everyone for your help. I now have the information I need.

I am currently teaching my puppy to be bi-lingual (both English and Japanese) as I will be studying Japanese language at Uni next year. The thing is though my puppy needs to learn now whilst he is young otherwise it will be difficult to train him when he is older (ever heard the saying you can’t teach an old dog new tricks?). Anyway I have the romaji words for what I want to teach him but I don’t know how to pronounce them so would somebody be willing to make an audio or video file and say the words so I can learn how to pronounce them? These are the words I need to teach my dog:

drop = hanashite

roll over= koregare

crawl = hae

come= koi (or) oide

stay = mate

fetch = mottekoi

I don’t need to know sit = osuwari as I know how to pronounce this one courtesy of watching animes lol and my dog has already learn it in both English and Japanese.

Thanks in advance for your help!

Hey guys I'm back with another question. Oh & by the way thank you for the suggestions, I read the reviews for the books suggested and they all sound awesome & are on my list =)

Ok so I'm broke right now cause of an illness that caused me not to work for a bit, so all my gifts to my family are homemade. I'm making my dad a bookmark and wanted to get him a book to go with it. He loves Thomas Jefferson and I was thinking of getting some book about him or that deals with him. Any suggestions? Thanks again =)

Okay, so it's that time of year, and I am rewriting my Christmas book wish list for friends and family and stuff. I never really want anything but books, I read too much for my own good. So, my question is: Bookish, what is on your Christmas book wish list? or what books do you think everyone should read at least once?

I'd really appreciate feedback and suggestions, I'll read anything I'm suggested, a sad but true fact that sometimes leaves me reading lame books. But I trust you all. My list so far is under the cut :) But you can suggest ANYTHING, not just things my list shows that I may like. I like everything well-written really. Thank you so much in advance!

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