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USA Travel Help.

cookiedough — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 04:35:27 GMT

I've been to the States several times before, but I'm going on quite a limited trip and want to make the most of my time there. I'm also travelling with someone who has only been to Hawaii, so I don't want to waste her time in the places I've been to before.

At the moment, it looks like this:

4 days NYC
A few days Orlando (Harry Potter World)
LA/San Diego (ComiCon)

I've been to NYC and parts of LA before - just the beaches, I stayed at Hermosa.

Basically looking for your recommendations:

- what would you show a first-timer in NYC in four days? She's not THAT touristy - Times Square won't impress her - but I'm thinking things like Coney Island, Roosevelt Island, Tribeca - she likes old and industrial things, cool food places, queer interest, art things, tv/movie locations

- what shows are the best at the moment? We're seeing The Normal Heart for sure.

- Central Park - your favorite bits of it? I've only been to the part around the Lennon Memorial. She wants to see the Balto statue. I don't have time to go over the whole park.

- what's there to do in Orlando besides the theme parks?

- Disneyworld vs Disneyland? Anyone seen World of Color? Is it worth it?

- San Diego - best things to do while we're not at ComiCon? We're staying in Little Italy.

- Los Angeles: hit me with it. I know nothing except the Venice Beach area. I don't want to do like, maps of stars homes, but I do want to do the Paramount lot tour. Asides from that I want to know the local stuff - I'm more interested in like, seeing/going to music/art industry stuff, events, gigs or bars or openings, and shopping I guess. I know about the Grove and Amoeba and I've heard there's a big famous independent book store? We would also not be like, opposed to celeb-spotting but not like, from a bus with a tour guide. My friend who I'll be staying with works in West Hollywood and lives between there and Silver Lake. If you are an LA local or a regular visitor, just hit me with it.

sodafloat — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 19:43:49 GMT

hi guys! I need your help with names and what they make you think of. here is the question...

what do you think of when you hear "fabrication?" What kind of images do you see? Does it have a certain "feeling?"

Anything helps, anything at all. Please and thank you with a cherry on top :)

Intimacy

goldchariot — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 16:29:46 GMT

What is the most intimate thing you have said to another person?

Depending on what 'intimacy' means to you, it could be something positive, negative, private about yourself, a personal story/event/moment you've shared with another person, etc. Anything.

Post anonymous if you want.

fireflyfiasco — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 19:59:55 GMT

i thought this might be interesting.
post pictures of people who are generally viewed as unattractive/average that you find for some reason or another attractive.

i love it when you call me big papa

4givedarling — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 23:55:45 GMT

Post funny stories, pictures/videos, make fun of Nickelback, I don't care.... this post is going to be full of laughter.
(made public so you can post anon if your heart desires)
k go

anon time

4givedarling — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 23:29:37 GMT

I missed out on the anon post, so let's have another one.

K go.

last_kiss__ — Mon, 03 May 2010 20:12:20 GMT

Has anyone here had a bad experiance at a Paul Mitchell School? Specifically the one in Cranston, RI?

I just got back from getting my hair cut there and I am SOOO beyond disappointed. I asked for an asymmetrical and brought in very clear pictures. I left with barely an a-line. (Ill post pics when Im not in class haha) The girl didn't even cut the right side of my hair..just my left. All she talked abouot was how she didn't want to be a hairdresser and that If I had come in at a later time the better girls would be here. UMMM not what I wanted to hear.

I know these girls are still in training but I was expecting some form of proffesionalism. What irked me most is that the Professional that was on the floor did most of my haircut and it still sucks!!! She explained how to go about the haircut to the girl I was with but then proceeded to do most of it herself.

It's not an awful horrific cut. But its NOTHING like what I asked. The WHOLE right side was NEVER touched!!!

okay this is tl;dr..just needed to vent!!

our_chance — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 21:23:10 GMT

So, in New Jersey, on May 1 we have a law going into effect that requires all provisional drivers (17 year olds) to put bright red stickers on their license plates identifying that they are 17.

The new law is going to make driving laws for teenagers MUCH stricter (we already have the highest driving age and really strict laws, but they're getting worse), but this is the most controversial piece of it. Oh, and 17 year olds can now only have one passenger, no matter if they're related to the driver or not (I think parents are the only exception).

How do you feel about teenagers having to openly display to cops, creeps, and anyone who looks at their car that they are a seventeen year old? Do you think it will help to save lives?

Creativity

nemo_forever — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 02:03:27 GMT

So, Topicless, I am wanting to make a shirt but I don't know what kind of paint I should use to make it. I want to have a green shirt with white lettering on the phone, I just need to figure out paint that won't wash out when I wash the shirt.

Thanks for any help. :D

Also, Topicless, have any of you made your own clothes or modded store bought clothes? What did you do?

banking

itsnoelle — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:23:43 GMT

Who do you bank with? Do you like your bank?

silentburnout — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:23:17 GMT

HEY GUYS! I have invitations to Gilt, so if any of you would like an invitation to GILT GROUPE, just click here to sign up. It will take you to the registration page. :)

Gilt Groupe basically is an invitation-only boutique. It offers major designer brands at up to 70% off. Some examples of designers featured in today's sale include Ali Ro, Valentino, Vera Wang, Notte by Marchesa, Walter and more!

ETA: Please leave a comment if you register :)

lo_anxiety — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 02:53:35 GMT

I would appreciate it if you could do this random survey for my women studies graduate class! 1 question!! THANKS!!

View Poll: Random Question

soviets — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:21:05 GMT

topicless, if you have a twitter, please do the following
1. change your location to Tehran
2. change your timezone to GMT +3:30 (Tehran)
(this can all be done under settings)

Twitter is one of the only places Iranians are getting out information to the outside world/each other right now and the Iranian government is trying their best to block everyone with the location Tehran from reaching twitter inside of Iran. They are also monitoring the #iranelection tag. If we all become Iranians on Tehran, they can't possibly block us all. Twitter is VERY important for Iranians to reach each other and give out messages about possible danger/compromised places in Iran.

International media outlets have been banned from reporting in Iran atm so Twitter is all we've got. Help them out!

from vulva @ ontd_twatlight:

On Friday, elections were held.

A mere 2 hours after the polls closed, an announcement was made declaring Mahmoud Ahmadinejad the re-elected president. This seemed impossible because of the 85% voter turn out.

Peculiarly, text messages weren't sending during this time. (They still do not work).

This meant over 10 million ballots. Which were counted by hand in less than 2 hours.

The projected winner was Mir-Hossein Mousavi.

What is important to know about Iran is that while the country does have a President, the Supreme Leader Iran is Ali Khamenei. Essentially he is the highest ranking religious and political leader in the country.

Grand Ayatollah Khamenei himself said that Ahmadinejad was the elected President.

Social Networking Internet sites like Facebook were blocked, and cellphone access was denied.

Protesters (mainly in Tehran) took to the streets. There, we saw police brutality and civilian uproar.

On Saturday, protests took place on the streets.

From here on out, protesters wear the colour green, which is Mousavi's campaign symbol.

Basijis, which are volunteer militants (armed yet dressed in plain clothes) took to the streets and began pouring in to Tehran by the bus loads.

Students at the local University were protesting, visibly upset. In the middle of the night, the Basijis forced their way into dormitories where they savagely beat students, destroyed computers, and furniture.

We have one confirmed death during this incident, but are hearing reports that up to 5 university students have lost their lives from one university campus.

On Sunday protesters once again took to the streets of Iran, and organized a protest that was to be held in Tehran on Monday. The Government (Ahmadinejad) forbade protests. Mousavi was to speak at this peaceful protest.

Sunday saw brutal beatings on the streets as riot police tried to take control of the situation.

At this point, the only source of information was coming from Twitter. Students and bloggers managed to find proxies that could help them access the site and tweet news to the Western World.

On Sunday night, cries of Allah o Akbar (God is great in Farzi) were shouted from rooftops and windows constantly throughout the night.

Monday, the protest took place. Mousavi showed up and talked to the people from a green car.

Things are still a blur to us right now. We have many unconfirmed reports.

There were shots fired into the 1-2 million strong crowd. People were shot, and we have reports of 7 casualties. Keep in mind that at this point, it is no longer the police who are killing or beating... it is the Basijis.

During this time, people are disappearing. Reports come from the Toronto Globe and Mail; one of their reporters gets caught up in Sunday's protests and is beaten and arrested and jailed. What he sees in somber. When the police find his Canadian passport, suddenly all is ~cool~ and they let him walk away. Others are not so lucky as to be foreigners.

News starts to trickle down through the Mass Media outlets. They are very very behind. BBC seems to be the only one paying attention.

The situation grows more violent. Apparently, the Basijis are now flooding to hospitals to stop doctors and nurses from treating patients/protesters.

More universities are attacked, people are offering their homes as shelter, but homes are being invaded and people taken away.

CNN goofs and absentmindedly names the twitter accounts where some information is coming from. Some of these sites suddenly disappear.

During this time, Western scumbags (us!) decide to stick it to the man (the Iranian 'government') and crash their websites. Many of us reboot their sites (meaning to constantly refresh every second thus crashing web servers and sites). Some of us are, erm, warned that our IPs are logged (lol, okay there).
People start making proxies for our Iranian brethrens. (Whenever you use a site, you have an ID... it's called an IP address. They are 'unique' to your computer -not always, but it's too much to get into, tbh- this is how the Iranian government was stopping the use of Facebook and other sites, by blocking these addresses from being accessed by Iranian IPs.) So, by using a proxy, they could theoretically access any website. This is how they accessed Twitter.

So, people began making proxies.Which you can do too!!

The protest eventually died down. And now, here we are Tuesday morning (EST).

The BBC are now reporting that there WILL be a recount, however, Skynews just said that the council would meet and discuss wether or not the elections were a fraud. They would then decide IF they would hold an election recount.

At this point, Skynews blogger/journalist/dude @Itwitius is keeping us informed.

An Iranian tweeter, @persiankiwi has also been giving us heart-wrenching updates.

I ASK THAT NONE OF YOU TWEET ANY IRANIAN TWEETERS, AND IF YOU CHOOSE TO 'RE-TWEET' THEIR MESSAGES, THAT YOU REMOVE THEIR NAMES.

Iranian agencies are monitoring social networking sites, specifically Twitter, and their lives may be in danger.

At this point, all we can do is wait, but I implore you my little Twats to EDUCATE yourselves on this, and support the people of Iran in their revolution.

Show your support by wearing green. Show your support by talking with friends and family and explaining to them the situation.

Participate in local protests that are being organized. Share links on Facebook, email your friends. Anything.

Here are some links:
Andrew Sullivan's blog. Very simple and easy
A break down of the coup d'etat
one_hoppy_frood's explanation of WHY YOU SHOULD CARE
very impressive thread on the subject @ ontd_political
THIS IS A SITE MADE TO HELP HURT IRANIANS. There are also further instructions on how to make a proxy.
Huffington Post, who has been a VERY good source
PICTURES (warning: some are very graphic)
PICTURES

GO SPREAD AWARENESS!!!
If you want to copy this post to put it in another community or on facebook or elsewhere, feel free.

If you're looking for information directly from Iranians, look at this link on twitter. Beware though, apparently the Iranian govt is creating fake twitter accounts to spread falso info under the #iranelection tag.

lo_anxiety — Sun, 10 May 2009 02:46:57 GMT

(public thread!!! anyone can post!!!!!!!!!!! keep it going!!)

Do you know someone who is an asshole?

Post their name here:

MEMBERS ONLY.

soviets — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 21:58:02 GMT

For some nonsensical reason, topicless is members only. To join, click HERE.