Apparently it was the frontpage article from the magazine. Thought some of you here in intertubespace would like to see it.

Hey guys! I'm here to ask a few questions about diet. They're probably kinda stupid, but bear with me. Google's being mighty unhelpful. Or maybe my Google-fu's off. :(

I'm currently trying to convert my birds to diets of veggies (from an all-pellet diet), and they're slowly starting to eating some. We give them carrots, lettuce, broccoli, and jalapenos every morning, and sometimes spinach and other random things when we have it. But I'm worried that those and pellets might not be meeting their dietary needs fully. Is there anything else they should be getting? I know sweet potatoes are supposed to be good for them, but they won't even touch sweet potato chips, let alone the potato itself. They love things like rice, pasta, and bread, but I doubt those are good for them. Or does it depend on the type? We never buy white bread/pasta/rice, if that matters. I'd love to convert them to a mash diet that I can make myself, but... they're cockatiels. They'd probably be terrified. They're already terrified of plain ol' cooked vegetables.

My family also eats a lot of nuts (almonds, hazelnuts, walnuts, pecans, brazil nuts, cashews...). Is it alright for cockatiels and parrotlets to eat these? My mother won't give any to them because she thinks they'll poke their eyes out on it, or stick their tongues, or something bizarre like that. But isn't that what beaks are for? Breaking seeds and nuts open? Or is she right in fearing that?

And while I'm here, can anyone recommend a good, powerful air purifier? We have an Ionic Breeze right next to the cages, but it's absolutely no match for the combined might of 6 cockatiels and a parrotlet. It's kind of sad how bad the birds kick it's butt. There's dander everywhere!

I'm trying to put together a "Miss Hartigan" Costume from Doctor Who Special - The Next Doctor. I'll be attending a Steampunk Worlds Fair in May and I'd like to showcase it... Any thoughts?

Here's an approximate picture of the dress:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v238/blue1622/a2j_rth-1.jpg

I'm sure there are better pictures of the head-gear but here's one...
http://doctorwho.sonicbiro.co.uk/graphics/avatars/aliens/hartigan03.jpg

The eyes I can just get contacts for but I guess a wig for her hair and I'd have to find the necklace and gloves as well? I recently have been keeping my hair short and there's not enough time to grow it out between now and May...

Anxious to hear your thoughts! Thanks!

I'm a full time student in need of a job. Are there any telemarketing companies with really flexible hours, like one or two days a week of your choosing? Any other recommendations?

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The League of S.T.E.A.M. presents "An Evening with the Unfamiliar: Scientific Investigations of Paranormal Oddities"



Come join us as The League of S.T.E.A.M, famed inventors and paranormal experts, host an unforgetable evening of steam-powered thrills, ectoplasmic oddities and supernatural curiosities. Prepare to be amazed by the latest in scientific advance in spectral detection and containment.


Melding staged and improvised performance, exquisitely hand produced costumes and inventions, The League creates a multi-sensory reimagining of the fascinations and foibles of the Victorian past. Weaving eloquently between a sense of wonder at science and immersing their audience into the flow of history they bring a wide array of artistic production to each show. Engaging with the many members of the collective might at turns bring to mind the scientific feuds of Tesla and Edison or the folklore of Stoker & Crowley, to the whimsies of Jules Vern, or the prescient ideas of Babbage.


Join us for a highly eclectic evening in the Victorian parlor-style featuring functional gear, spiritual encounters, interactive demonstrations, lectures, various media presentations, and perhaps a cigar & some absinthe amongst much more.


The League of S.T.E.A.M. presents

"An Evening with the Unfamiliar: Scientific Investigations of Paranormal Oddities"

@ Fleeting Projects
Hosted by Renee's Courtyard Cafe

January 17th, 2010

7PM to Midnight

522 Wilshire Blvd
Santa Monica, CA 90401
21+

More Information: http://www.leagueofsteam.com/

Drop on by, talk with the artist, have a beer, listen to some music, argue about art and forget that you have to be up for work.

*** Fleeting Projects is now accepting open submissions for shows! Please e-mail fleetingprojects at gmail.com for more information. ***

Fleeting Projects is an ultra-temporary experiment in presenting art hosted monthly by Renee's Courtyard Cafe. Artists has twelve hours to arrive, display, and remove the work from the space. Renee's Courtyard Cafe is one of the oldest buildings in Santa Monica, and a former home that has been converted for different uses over nearly 100 years. Fleeting Projects attempts to push at the assumptions and boundaries to traditional art display and focuses on installation, intervention, performance, video and site-specific projects.

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Over the weekend we finally saw the Doctor Who "End of the World" episodes. (Excellent use of Timothy Dalton!)

Nice how Tennant's Doctor got to say good-bye, and we all felt the pain of his last words.

But now we've go this guy (thanks to djkirkbride for the link):



I'm OK with Mr. Smith (wonder if he'll use the "Mr. Smith" alias as the Doctor, like Ten did?) and it looks like a fun season coming up -- vampires, Daleks, and I think I saw one of the "Blink" angel statues. With Moffat's writing and Smith's energy (and a cute ginger companion) I'm looking forward to what's next.

Trust him, he's The Doctor.

p.s. Nice rework of the Who logo as well.

Police: Driver passes out, meth lab in back seat http://is.gd/5N4Er

Hey, i havnt been on here in a while....but i have a kinda huge dilema that i need some outside opinions on.  So i was in a chat room about a month ago and i was there juse because i was bored.  Well instead i found my first love and now i am absolutely in love with this i guy i met.  He is three years older than me and he live in New York while i live in Indiana...but i truly love him.  He has seen pics of me and i have seen pics of him and i no he's not some internet creeper but my best friend cant seem to belive that.  I just dont know wat to do because i feel like he is a big part of my life now but i cant talk to my best friend about him.  I also wont be able to see him for three more years.  He is 18 and i am 15....he makes me soooo happy and ive had a rough life and still do...if u wanna no more just ask.   But im still confused if it wud be better to try and get out of this now while i still can....even tho i think its too late to turn back....or if i shud stick with it and see where things go.  Please help me if u can!!

You have 1 piece of priceless, timeless relationship advice.

What is it?

I just found out that it's already time to order Girl Scout cookies! Who else is really super excited? What kind of cookies are you looking forward too?

Who do you hug? When?

I have never seen this movie.

True story. I have heard that its WAY more fun to see in a theater, but since there arent any showing it anymore, should I just break down and add it to my Netflix, or keep waiting?

What is your current occupation? And how do you feel about it? Is it something that you've always wanted to do? Is it something that you'd want to do for the rest of your life?  Or is it more of a placetaker for the time being? 

I love your feedback!
here is another new shape for me.
It is for a bride!!!

I've kept birds for the last 5 years, almost without lapse. I have had experience as a quarantine home before we owned bids of our own, and later as a foster/rehab home for many parrots. I have shared my home with quite a diverse selection of parrots. I am currently home to 4 of my own and 2 of my roommates, mostly small parrots.

( Description of past and breathing issues )

I currently have no insurance and no ability to see a specialist to confirm. Even the idea of losing my birds breaks my heart. I cannot find consistent information on which birds are "safe" and which aren't except the eclectus. I have been looking for a list of birds that are higher or lower on the risk scale. Obviously cockatoos, greys and cockatiels are highest on that list, but what about the others? Pionus are very dusty birds as well. What about my roommate's lovebirds? My husband is interested in caiques, but I cannot find any information about them either. It's frustrating and heartbreaking. If anyone has any experience with this or any knowledge of the less dusty birds, please let me know. You guys are life savers.

Hi I'm Suzi. I'm 22 from Ireland.
I'm looking to make some new lj friends, Plz don't add me if your never going to comment me though.
Hope to talk to you soon :)

Cuz RTE (Rich Text for posting) is currently borked and eats posts. Personally I'm the sort to hand code even polls, but I don't expect you to. Anyway, just ask, and if I can't produce the code for you, I'm sure one of the others can. Oh, and to get the code to die properly, I'm just using & l t ; instead of the left arrow bracket. Kills the code quite nicely.

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Does anyone know if there are any stores in the GTA that DEFINITELY have some in stock? Or, alternatively, does anyone have one that they'd like to get rid of?

Cheers!

Listening to the police scanner in the newsroom, something just came across about a "Ford Taurus with 20 to 30 tires stacked on it."

We're wondering if someone is going for some sort of Redneck World Record.

Too bad our staff photographer isn't handy, that could be one interesting picture.

"The Yangtze River swallows all secrets"

Thanks to Montgomery Burns for the phrase this week.

For the duration of this week, please interject this phrase into conversation as much as possible.

Please make a note of it.

So I saw this link posted on robinskij's journal, and I have to share.

http://models.com/v-magazine/v-size-2.html

It has photos from a magazine spread with healthy looking models. :) A point that I agree strongly with robinskij - part of beauty is being healthy looking. Healthy isn't necessarily size 0, it perhaps can be for some, but other women would be terribly sickly at that size.

Anyway, I didn't want to lose the link, and thought there were some people on my friends list here that might like to see this too. :)


On a totally different note- I've become familiar with Brit Lily Allen via the gossip blogs (a guilty pleasure...) but only recently heard her actually sing. The hubs was reading some best of lists for 2009. Someone posted a link to Lily's song "The Fear" and it rather caught me. So now I have that song, and "F**K You" which I'm listening to now. It makes me chuckle. "So you say it's not okay to be gay. Well I think you're just evil."

Soon after that last post, my parents called off meeting me and going out. I started bicycling home and my parents called to let me know they were picking me up.

I met my father slightly more then halfway. Also at the same time coming along the road was Ms. Moses who had gotten back to town only a few days ago. She had been visiting her parents. We all hanged out in the hotel room with my parents, prayed together, and shared our food with her. She's so hungry- cutting back meals- it's easy to feel compassion for someone prayerful and cute like her.

No major updates for the past few days. I've been ordering a lot of stuff off of ebay. Art supplies, a computer, laptops, cameras. I've been making a good profit selling the cameras so far. I hope to sell the laptop next. It has been a challenge to put together the components and hoping it all works together when I turn it on.

My bank account is now in the red after I helped pay for my parents gasoline with a $20. They went shopping, bought me pants, stuff from wal-mart, eggs. I'm so glad my father has good work he can do. I'm so glad a friend put them up in a hotel. I'm so glad and hopeful for them.

I just spent the last three hours making a music video for pay. It's $2.50 through the Mechanical Turk program run by Amazon. I hope it is accepted and not lost. Making money online is difficult. So difficult. One of the people I was making a logo for on craigslist has disappeared. Did they just run off with the creative work I did for them and didn't decide to pay?!?!. It's moments like these- looking for work- striving, trying, that I feel hatred towards Hercules.

He betrayed me, to his boss. Lied about me and got that slut into my job. Now its been a struggle for me the past few months to make rent and he's even happier then before. Fuck, fuck, fuck. Forgiveness feels like I'm grinding myself into the gravel. I gain nothing by swallowing my anger and despair and lose everything financially. He's so fucking well off it sucks so much.

It hurts so bad to look for work. I change personalities when I'm around him. I become all nice and sweet and light. Our friends know each other too well. He's too popular and I have to play nice while I still live here. I have to be submissive because that's the only way to survive socially. He's my friend and its hard not to like him even though I feel like dying or killing sometimes.

I wish I could either find paying work and actually start having a life- a car- a girlfriend I can take out- or buy a revolver and kill that judas and all who stood with him against me before killing myself. I lack the courage to do so- as well as the funds. And I still hold out hope my life will improve. These fantasies are a way for me to blow off steam and relax about being fucked over. I have had so much difficulty and challenge this year- but so much triumph as well. I have a room of my own now! A lamp, a bed, a table, a borrowed laptop. Clothes, food (thank you dumpster one block away!).

A few days ago a staffer in the church hauled me in the office and yelled at me that I was a bully. They tried to make me confess to it. They told me Haberdasher has called me a bully because my parents are around (never mind Haberdasher never cleans the kitchen or our shared bathroom) and the leader of my former home group has called me a bully as well. A week later the pastor apologized to the whole church for that sort of behavior- and said it would not be tolerated.

Right now I sit in my room. I've been haggling with ExpoTV.com for several months over $20 they owe me but havn't sent me. Amazon owes me about $4 but I think I can collect. I'm going into debt building a computer I can do video editing on. Right now I'm $30 in the hole and will be $50 probably in the hole by the time I'm done. I need to pay by the 23rd or its %17 interest for me.

That's alright because if I don't have several hundred by the 23rd by selling stuff or doing part time work I probably wont care by then. But the computer- it has been my dream for two years to have a computer of my own I could run the video editing / FX software that I want on it. Creative expression and all that. And more people are expressing interest in joining my acting troupe to create comedic skits! Yay!

This is my favorite comic I’ve drawn so far in doing this project.

Hey! Speaking of projects… I've two projects waiting for funding; take a look if you're so inclined.

For those of you who learned a second language, did you ever end up learning a dialect or gaining a more unusual accent in the language?

For example, I stayed in Kyoto for a while which has a pretty specific Japanese dialect which has kind of infected my brain. I also met this Brazilian girl who had a strong Southern accent in English. Just wondering how common this is.

Free Will Gemini Horoscope for week of January 7, 2010

This is one of those rare times when you can get abundant access to insider secrets, unauthorized information, taboo knowledge, and forbidden wisdom. Proceed carefully. As much as I'm an advocate of you getting to the whole truth and nothing but the truth, it's also my duty to remind you that it could be disruptive to find out all of the truth in one big swoop. You should ask yourself if you're fully prepared to change what needs to be changed once the previously hidden stuff emerges. If you're not, it might be better to wait until you are.

Ooh, I love this sort of thing! SRSLY.

In cases when someone loved departs this world people may dream (in most cases) that they say goodbye to them.
Or can you relate to this: I had a friend that died, still I dream that they're alive and when I talk to them about their death they will respond saying that they are not dead.
Anyone have any experiences like either of these or something close?

people (cate blanchett, marion cotillard, eva green, florence and the machine, sam worthington)
movies (nine, a single man, alice in the wonderland, inception, o brother where art thou?, 2046 etc.)
tv (battlestar galactica, lost, vampire diaries, legend of the seeker)



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i took the netbook over to the grandparents to let them see what they bought me.

they found the most impressive thing to be the touch pad. i guess i have been remiss in not showing them my other laptop...