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The Importance Of Installing The Proper Interior Lighting In Your House

Interior lighting is a crucial aspect for the attractiveness of your home. Some people might not realize this importance, but if you take time to think about this carefully, you will know that it is true. Any dull lighting will also give dull atmosphere and mood. The lighting will certainly bring significant difference to your home. Even though, you have expensive furniture, they will not look impressive without any proper lighting. This way, you may realize the importance of having the proper interior lighting for your convenient living space.

Many old buildings and homes might find difficulties to get a proper interior lighting because it is most likely that they do not have sufficient wiring system to accommodate the modern lighting equipment. Even though, it is possible to work on the lighting, it will certainly take too much effort and money to have it done. This statement is true until a couple of years ago when the manufacturers come with their lighting innovations. This new lighting system does not require the installation through the overhead. You can install the track lighting easily in almost whenever place you wish.

The track lighting comes with a sleek and easy to install design. Many people and home developers prefer to install this type of lighting because of its effectiveness and great functionality. Modern homes and condominiums have been using this lighting as their fixtures. You can expect to move these fixtures easily without finding too sophisticated wiring system.

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Frequently Asked Questions

  1. QUESTION:
    What does this dream of a helpless woman & her family mean?
    It wasn't like any other dream. It was powerful, like a sign.

    I was inside a family's (who goes to our church) home (which I have never been insode of) and at least the father, Adam and one of his sons, Derrick, were running wrecklessly around the inside of the house.

    Holly, the mom and her 1-year-old daughter, were in, what looked like a living room or den. I saw Holly standing, not sitting. Adam, Derrick and another son, James (at least those three) came running thru the room Holly was in. There was a big, beautiful lamp again the wall, the only source of light at the current time, which was on a stand against the wall. The boys, who were being wreckless, had knocked the lamp over, broken it and didn't even stop to notice it. They just kept running around very carelessly.

    Holly started crying as no one even bothered to help her clean up the mess. I got a strong sense of Holly being very helpless at that point, sad and unappreciated.

    What does this dream mean?? Thanks.

    • ANSWER:
      this might be helpful
      http://spirita.blogspot.com/

  2. QUESTION:
    I'm looking for a lamp that I saw on One Tree Hill?
    Last night while watching one tree hill, Peyton went to her old bedroom in her old house. The girl living there had a beautiful stand up lamp in her room. The actual lights were flowers. I thought it was awsome and want to know if anyone knows where I can get it?
    its not that one it had pastel flower petals

    • ANSWER:
      Something like this? http://www.homelement.com/products/Lighting/Floor-Lamps/Bloom-3Lt-Floor-Lamp-ET2_9150.html

      Good luck!

  3. QUESTION:
    i shop at the salvation army i find lots of great items,i am not poor but not rich .and when people?
    ask me" where i got that cool lamp or that beautiful mirror" i feel ashamed to tell them where i got it from.my house has alot of items from the goodwil.i love these stores so why am i ashamed!

    • ANSWER:
      Often when you buy used things, it means you're not getting something you can easily get off the shelves at Target or Ikea. It means you're an original who likes pieces that are harder to find, so if someone asks where you got it, they won't be able to get the same thing!

  4. QUESTION:
    A card/robin flew in my house...sang and then left....?
    I wasnt quite sure what it really was because it looked like a baby card... But also at the same time a robin. I have been told certain birds that fly in your house Symbol death but when i went to look it up, it stated if a crow did - that that meant death.. this was DEFF. NOT A CROW!! It was actually a very Beautiful bird!! It sat on my lamp for a little while watching my son and me and it started to sing and then it flew away. My son and me were like holy crap!! My aunt told me after my father (her brother) died that a Card was at her house in the backyard and it flew to the tree next to her and just chirped away. My father was a HUGE card fan as well.. So, could this maybe mean something??? I don't think birds Symbol death because I've had a robin fly in my house years ago and it sang and not even a week later I found out I was pregnant with my son. A few years before that a blue jay flew into my house and about 3 days later I bought my 1st car! So, I really dont see why people think it symbols death if all thats happen to me was good luck when they have... What do you think??

    • ANSWER:
      i dont believe its a symbol of death, its happened to me befor , hummimngbirds have flown into mine.

  5. QUESTION:
    If you found a magic lamp and the Genie inside will grant you 3 wishes, what you would ask for?
    I'd ask for...

    1 - beautiful house
    2 - a pony
    3 - lots of money
    I wanna change mine
    2 - to be pregnant & know nothing bad will happen
    those are all great wishes!!!
    world peace and no hunger are great ideas...

    • ANSWER:
      1. to get pregnant
      2. be happy
      3. have a really strong relationship

  6. QUESTION:
    wanna hear another joke?
    A decrepid old woman lived in a decrepid old house with her decrepid old cat. One day, while cleaning out her attic, she came across a lamp. Rubbing it produced a genie that granted her 3 wishes , her first wish was to be young and beautiful again....Poof! her wish came true. Her second wish was to live in a beautiful house full of priceless antiques. Poof! Her wish was granted. For her third wish she wished her decrepid old cat be turned into a handsome young man. Poof! The old woman exclaimed "Now I have everything I want," she said to the handsome young man "take me upstairs and make mad passionate love to me!" The old cat said "you should've thought about that before you got me fixed!"

    • ANSWER:
      hohohohohohohahahahahahahheeeehehheheheheh
      ohoohhhhohohoh!hohohohohoh
      it hurts! i can't stop hee hee heheeh
      she got him fixed! hhahahahaahaha

  7. QUESTION:
    mother in law joke?
    a man was walking down the beach when he looked down and saw a bottle, he picked it up and was dusting it off when a genie popped out and said i am the genie of the lamp and i will give you three wishes but i want you to know that every thing you wish for your mother in law gets double. that's no problem the man said. ok so the genie asked him for his first wish and he wished to be very wealthy. no problem but remember your mother in law gets double so what is your second wish and the man wished for a big beautiful house and the genie said no problem but i''ll have to give your mother in law double so she gets two houses the genie then asks for the third wish at whitch the man replies i would like for you to beat me half to death.

    • ANSWER:
      lol...thats funny...LMAO

  8. QUESTION:
    What does this dream mean?
    Ok so when I was little I had one certain dream all the time. My mom, dad and I would all get in the car to go somewhere. In my dream I always knew where we were going and was very excited even though I had never been there or seen it in real life. We would get to this house, a really beautiful house. And inside there were pictures and figurines of horses and covered wagons everywhere, and daisies, daisies everywhere and a lamp in the shape of a covered wagon. In the middle of the living room there was a old woman in a rocking chair with a blanket over here lap. The blanket was the only thing that I sort of recognized but in my dreams I loved the old woman and I would sit on here lap and talk to her for hours, about everything and she always listened and was so pretty. Well one day when my mom and I were going through things I seen the same blanket and the lamp. and told my mom about my dream. She pulled out a really old newspaper with the same woman on it. She was my great great grandma she came on the oregon trail in a covered wagon and her favorite flowers were daisies. But I had never known her she died before I was born. How could I have had so much detail in my dream about someone I never knew? And why would I dream this dream all the time like from the time I was 4 to 13?
    My mom did tell me her favorite grandma loved daisies. But that was all I knew and I had never seen or heard anything more about her. My mom was very surprised about my dream.

    • ANSWER:
      Clearly, your great grandmother wanted to meet you, and so contacted you in the easiest way- through a dream. My grandfather, we called him Papa, died before I was born, but when I was little, I'd have dreams about taking walks with him in the snow. Not many pictures of him were kept out, and it wasn't until I was about 10 that I found a picture, and realised that it had been him in my dream.

  9. QUESTION:
    What do you think of this peice right here?
    I sit on my roof at night. My petty little condo roof, from a window inside my bedroom, usually at night. Lucky me, I get to stare out at all the cement and houses and lights, similar to those that are all around the world. Then I look up. I have a perfect vision of stars and sky. It occurred to me that I really do wish that the whole world was night sky. An endless proportion of beauty. I'd much rather be engulfed in stars and space, falling, than in a stupid artificial world.
    When I see sky, I'm not distracted by lights or trucks or houses. I'm distracted by how much empty space there is that we, luckily, haven't filled yet. The stars and moon are all I need. But why so beautiful? How can meaningless little lights and blackness in the sky be so wondrous? Aren't you supposed to feel small when in comparison? I don't. I feel free. Free to think whatever I want about the world. Free to feel whatever I want. And I feel good.
    I went skydiving during night once. It was under a bridge that was built over the ocean. As soon as I walked over that edge, I felt relief. I decided that, instead of adrenaline or fear, I was going to think about love and beautiful things, just in case that if the chord snapped, I'd die thinking of something worth it. Looking down at the ocean water, I saw the reflection of tiny stars and even the moon. I was falling through what looked like space...and it was a high. A high no drug could ever give me.
    When it ended, I cried. I cried because no matter what I ever did, no matter where I'd ever go, nothing would ever be that glorious during the day or outside my window. I could look at the cement and houses and street lamps all I wanted, but nothing beautiful would ever come from it. No matter how much I wanted it to.
    If only the clouds would leave.

    • ANSWER:
      You change tenses, pick one. I prefer past tense and find it easier to read/write, but that's just my opinion. If you read through it I'm sure you'll pick up on that.

      I'm no expert, but I find 'But why so beautiful?' quite awkward. Even if you say 'But why is it so beautiful?' kind of thing.

      In all honesty, if I found this in a book, I would skip it. It's actually quite boring and I don't really care to read four paragraphs on the sky. I don't really see any meaning in this, unless your character feeling free amongst space is relevant to the plot.

      You're a good writer though, there's no doubt about that.

      ~Nicole.xx

  10. QUESTION:
    Snakes and cold houses in winter?
    My house gets very cold in the winter besides the warmth of a few space heaters, thanks to my lazy landlord, and I have a beautiful python named monty that i fear will be to cold, he alredy has a heat lamp but I don't know if that will sufice. what should I do?

    • ANSWER:
      Hi what you can do to up the temps in your viv/tank is to get a heat mat and attach it to either on the side or on the roof (if you have a wooden viv) this will keep the temps steady during the winter.During the spring/summer you can remove it.GET yourself a couple of thermometers to keep a close eye on the temps at all times

  11. QUESTION:
    I need ideas for tattoos for each member of my immediate family?
    want to get a tattoo for each member of my close family
    My mom
    her partner
    my brother and his son

    My mom loves the outdoors, her name is robin, and she loves to read, draw and wood carve
    Kim (her partner) loves the outdoors, old times (like little house on the prairie), oil lamps, and exercise
    My brother (dc...real name douglas) loves magic, hes a wonderful magician, he loves music and hes extremely creative. He can draw great and loves video games
    Aiden (his son) is a new born baby. Hes the most beautiful baby ive ever scene and I love him so much. He's my first nephew and he's really close to my heart.

    I need all these tattoos to be in places I can hide (t-shirts and long pants need to be able to cover them) Im going to be a teacher.

    Can you think of something for each of them and where I can put them that will be good and special? Just ideas will be good. Thank you all so much.
    As long as it represent my family members and I really like it, ill love it and its will mean soemthing to me. I just need ideas of what to look for please.

    • ANSWER:
      I think you should wait until you find the tattoos that are meaningful to you - they are permanent so you want to make sure you have the right ones... keep looking.

  12. QUESTION:
    Tattoo ideas for my family members?
    I want to get a tattoo for each member of my close family
    My mom
    her partner
    my brother and his son

    My mom loves the outdoors, her name is robin, and she loves to read, draw and wood carve
    Kim (her partner) loves the outdoors, old times (like little house on the prairie), oil lamps, and exercise
    My brother (dc...real name douglas) loves magic, hes a wonderful magician, he loves music and hes extremely creative. He can draw great and loves video games
    Aiden (his son) is a new born baby. Hes the most beautiful baby ive ever scene and I love him so much. He's my first nephew and he's really close to my heart.

    I need all these tattoos to be in places I can hide (t-shirts and long pants need to be able to cover them) Im going to be a teacher.

    Can you think of something for each of them and where I can put them that will be good and special? Just ideas will be good. Thank you all so much.
    Don;t worry, they will be.
    The one for my brother will be on my wrist but Ill cover that with a watch :)

    • ANSWER:
      well for your mother, robin, you can get a robin-the bird! its great because her name is robin and she loves the outdoors. its a double plus!

      thats all i can think of, sorry!
      and just have your tattoos put in a safe hiding spot, dont want to ruin your career, right? :)

  13. QUESTION:
    Is this older guy hitting on me or am i just being paranoid?
    Theres this neighbor of mine who has a friend, and a lot of times when i go to this neighbors house on friday nights, a friend is there and i think im a little attracted to him. He is divorced though, since a few years ago, and hes 50 I think and Im 20. I feel bad because of the age but ive always liked much older guys and he looks younger, maybe like 45.

    Anyways, it seems like maybe he is hitting on me because all the time I go there, hes always touchy feely with me, and he seems really happy im there, he doesnt waste anytime going up to me and puts his hands on my shoulders and arms, and compliments me saying "well look at this beautiful girl" and compliments my hair and things like that.

    And one time im passing under a street lamp near the house and as im walking under it he goes "can you just stand there under that light like that?"

    and another time i am at work, and then hes there shopping and he sees me and he touches my shoulder like hes in shock and says "well look at you! dont you look beautiful"

    and i love it how when he leaves he says "bye darling" or "bye sweetie"

    anyways, what should i do? is he flirting or just being nice?
    also hes not there every friday so when i dont catch him im upset....so should i email him? i dont know if i can wait two weeks to see him. i know its a huge age difference, but i really cant help it

    • ANSWER:

  14. QUESTION:
    i like a guy whos about 50! is he flirting with me or just being nice?
    Theres this neighbor of mine who has a friend, and a lot of times when i go to this neighbors house on friday nights, a friend is there and i think im a little attracted to him. He is divorced though, since a few years ago, and hes 50 I think and Im 20. I feel bad because of the age but ive always liked much older guys and he looks younger, maybe like 45.

    Anyways, it seems like maybe he is hitting on me because all the time I go there, hes always touchy feely with me, and he seems really happy im there, he doesnt waste anytime going up to me and puts his hands on my shoulders and arms, and compliments me saying "well look at this beautiful girl" and compliments my hair and things like that.

    And one time im passing under a street lamp near the house and as im walking under it he goes "can you just stand there under that light like that?"

    and another time i am at work, and then hes there shopping and he sees me and he touches my shoulder like hes in shock and says "well look at you! dont you look beautiful"

    and i love it how when he leaves he says "bye darling" or "bye sweetie"

    anyways, what should i do? is he flirting or just being nice?
    also hes not there every friday so when i dont catch him im upset....so should i email him? i dont know if i can wait two weeks to see him. i know its a huge age difference, but i really cant help it

    The thing is when he first put his arms around my shoulder it felt so good!! ive never felt that with any other guy that i liked before, its weird.

    also, i want to do this, because ive been asked out a few times before but its always young guys like 20s or whatever, and i cant stand guys my age i like them older!!

    • ANSWER:
      No,forget about it.He's drooling over you because he's 45 or older.He's way to o0ld for you and it will end up bad,so I wouldn't.If he keeps hitting on you try to limit the time your around him.Its easy to get in some ones head but if you let them in your heart you will never be able to drop them.

  15. QUESTION:
    i like a guy who is 50 and im 20, am i sick?
    Theres this neighbor of mine who has a friend, and a lot of times when i go to this neighbors house on friday nights, a friend is there and i think im a little attracted to him. He is divorced though, since a few years ago, and hes 50 I think and Im 20. I feel bad because of the age but ive always liked much older guys and he looks younger, maybe like 45.

    Anyways, it seems like maybe he is hitting on me because all the time I go there, hes always touchy feely with me, and he seems really happy im there, he doesnt waste anytime going up to me and puts his hands on my shoulders and arms, and compliments me saying "well look at this beautiful girl" and compliments my hair and things like that. at first i felt it was inappropriate and felt he was too touchy feely but then i realized that i like it and it felt good

    And one time im passing under a street lamp near the house and as im walking under it he goes "can you just stand there under that light like that?"

    and another time i am at work, and then hes there shopping and he sees me and he touches my shoulder like hes in shock and says "well look at you! dont you look beautiful"

    and i felt awkward this one time watching tv with him since a male enhancement commercial came on and he went "those pills will make me the size of a black guy" and it felt really awkward haha

    and i love it how when he leaves he says "bye darling" or "bye sweetie"

    anyways, what should i do? is he flirting or just being nice?
    also hes not there every friday so when i dont catch him im upset....so should i email him? i dont know if i can wait two weeks to see him. i know its a huge age difference, but i really cant help it

    The thing is when he first put his arms around my shoulder it felt so good!! ive never felt that with any other guy that i liked before, its weird.

    also, i want to do this, because ive been asked out a few times before but its always young guys like 20s or whatever, and i cant stand guys my age i like them older!!

    • ANSWER:
      whatever be your story

      u are totally sick
      Fuck ,,,,, he is of your grandfather's age

  16. QUESTION:
    Im 20 and like a guy who is 50, what should i do?
    Theres this neighbor of mine who has a friend, and a lot of times when i go to this neighbors house on friday nights, a friend is there and i think im a little attracted to him. He is divorced though, since a few years ago, and hes 50 I think and Im 20. I feel bad because of the age but ive always liked much older guys and he looks younger, maybe like 45.

    Anyways, it seems like maybe he is hitting on me because all the time I go there, hes always touchy feely with me, and he seems really happy im there, he doesnt waste anytime going up to me and puts his hands on my shoulders and arms, and compliments me saying "well look at this beautiful girl" and compliments my hair and things like that. at first i felt it was inappropriate and felt he was too touchy feely but then i realized that i like it and it felt good

    And one time im passing under a street lamp near the house and as im walking under it he goes "can you just stand there under that light like that?"

    and another time i am at work, and then hes there shopping and he sees me and he touches my shoulder like hes in shock and says "well look at you! dont you look beautiful"

    and i felt awkward this one time watching tv with him since a male enhancement commercial came on and he went "those pills will make me the size of a black guy" and it felt really awkward haha

    and i love it how when he leaves he says "bye darling" or "bye sweetie"

    anyways, what should i do? is he flirting or just being nice?
    also hes not there every friday so when i dont catch him im upset....so should i email him? i dont know if i can wait two weeks to see him. i know its a huge age difference, but i really cant help it

    The thing is when he first put his arms around my shoulder it felt so good!! ive never felt that with any other guy that i liked before, its weird.

    also, i want to do this, because ive been asked out a few times before but its always young guys like 20s or whatever, and i cant stand guys my age i like them older!!

    by the way, i am neither desperate nor a gold digger. he is an average middle class working guy, and his maturity and certain things about him appeal to me, trust me guys around his age are 10 times more appealing to me then any guy around my age, and i really cannot help it as ive tried to like guys my own age.

    im 20 and havent had a bf or a kiss or anything yet and its mostly from my shyness but not asking out guys because the ones i liek are way older. so i think its time i do what i want right? i mean im not thinking its gonna end up in marriage but i like him and want to date someone i want for once! i want to see where things go..

    • ANSWER:
      well i am guessing he might have alot of money..

  17. QUESTION:
    IS this guy touching me inappropriately or just being a friendly guy?
    Theres this neighbor of mine who has a friend, and a lot of times when i go to this neighbors house on friday nights, a friend is there and i think im a little attracted to him. He is divorced though, since a few years ago, and hes 50 I think and Im 20. I feel bad because of the age but ive always liked much older guys and he looks younger, maybe like 45.

    Anyways, it seems like maybe he is hitting on me because all the time I go there, hes always touchy feely with me, and he seems really happy im there, he doesnt waste anytime going up to me and puts his hands on my shoulders and arms, and compliments me saying "well look at this beautiful girl" and compliments my hair and things like that. at first i felt it was inappropriate and felt he was too touchy feely but then i realized that i like it and it felt good

    And one time im passing under a street lamp near the house and as im walking under it he goes "can you just stand there under that light like that?"

    and another time i am at work, and then hes there shopping and he sees me and he touches my shoulder like hes in shock and says "well look at you! dont you look beautiful"

    and i felt awkward this one time watching tv with him since a male enhancement commercial came on and he went "those pills will make me the size of a black guy" and it felt really awkward haha

    and i love it how when he leaves he says "bye darling" or "bye sweetie"

    anyways, what should i do? is he flirting or just being nice?
    also hes not there every friday so when i dont catch him im upset....so should i email him? i dont know if i can wait two weeks to see him. i know its a huge age difference, but i really cant help it

    The thing is when he first put his arms around my shoulder it felt so good!! ive never felt that with any other guy that i liked before, its weird.

    also, i want to do this, because ive been asked out a few times before but its always young guys like 20s or whatever, and i cant stand guys my age i like them older!!

    by the way, i am neither desperate nor a gold digger. he is an average middle class working guy, and his maturity and certain things about him appeal to me, trust me guys around his age are 10 times more appealing to me then any guy around my age, and i really cannot help it as ive tried to like guys my own age.

    im 20 and havent had a bf or a kiss or anything yet and its mostly from my shyness but not asking out guys because the ones i liek are way older. so i think its time i do what i want right? i mean im not thinking its gonna end up in marriage but i like him and want to date someone i want for once! i want to see where things go..

    • ANSWER:
      if you don't want to be touched its not right but that don't sound like the case if you want it to go further with it do it don't worry what everyone else thinks make yourself happy. good luck

  18. QUESTION:
    Is this guy touching me inappropriately or not?
    Theres this neighbor of mine who has a friend, and a lot of times when i go to this neighbors house on friday nights, a friend is there and i think im a little attracted to him. He is divorced though, since a few years ago, and hes 50 I think and Im 20. I feel bad because of the age but ive always liked much older guys and he looks younger, maybe like 45.

    Anyways, it seems like maybe he is hitting on me because all the time I go there, hes always touchy feely with me, and he seems really happy im there, he doesnt waste anytime going up to me and puts his hands on my shoulders and arms, and compliments me saying "well look at this beautiful girl" and compliments my hair and things like that. at first i felt it was inappropriate and felt he was too touchy feely but then i realized that i like it and it felt good

    And one time im passing under a street lamp near the house and as im walking under it he goes "can you just stand there under that light like that?"

    and another time i am at work, and then hes there shopping and he sees me and he touches my shoulder like hes in shock and says "well look at you! dont you look beautiful"

    and i felt awkward this one time watching tv with him since a male enhancement commercial came on and he went "those pills will make me the size of a black guy" and it felt really awkward haha

    and i love it how when he leaves he says "bye darling" or "bye sweetie"

    anyways, what should i do? is he flirting or just being nice?
    also hes not there every friday so when i dont catch him im upset....so should i email him? i dont know if i can wait two weeks to see him. i know its a huge age difference, but i really cant help it

    The thing is when he first put his arms around my shoulder it felt so good!! ive never felt that with any other guy that i liked before, its weird.

    also, i want to do this, because ive been asked out a few times before but its always young guys like 20s or whatever, and i cant stand guys my age i like them older!!

    by the way, i am neither desperate nor a gold digger. he is an average middle class working guy, and his maturity and certain things about him appeal to me, trust me guys around his age are 10 times more appealing to me then any guy around my age, and i really cannot help it as ive tried to like guys my own age.

    im 20 and havent had a bf or a kiss or anything yet and its mostly from my shyness but not asking out guys because the ones i liek are way older. so i think its time i do what i want right?

    • ANSWER:
      YOU decide what is inappropriate or not for YOU

      the question of what is appropriate or not... in terms of age difference, shouldnt apply as your not a teen anymore.

      pursue something if you want. might as well as test the waters with what you like instead of forcing it with someone the same age.

  19. QUESTION:
    Is this guy hitting on me or not? how can i tell for sure?
    Theres this neighbor of mine who has a friend, and a lot of times when i go to this neighbors house on friday nights, a friend is there and i think im a little attracted to him. He is divorced though, since a few years ago, and hes 50 I think and Im 20. I feel bad because of the age but ive always liked much older guys and he looks younger, maybe like 45.

    Anyways, it seems like maybe he is hitting on me because all the time I go there, hes always touchy feely with me, and he seems really happy im there, he doesnt waste anytime going up to me and puts his hands on my shoulders and arms, and compliments me saying "well look at this beautiful girl" and compliments my hair and things like that. at first i felt it was inappropriate and felt he was too touchy feely but then i realized that i like it and it felt good

    And one time im passing under a street lamp near the house and as im walking under it he goes "can you just stand there under that light like that?"

    and another time i am at work, and then hes there shopping and he sees me and he touches my shoulder like hes in shock and says "well look at you! dont you look beautiful"

    and i felt awkward this one time watching tv with him since a male enhancement commercial came on and he went "those pills will make me the size of a black guy" and it felt really awkward haha

    and i love it how when he leaves he says "bye darling" or "bye sweetie"

    anyways, what should i do? is he flirting or just being nice?
    also hes not there every friday so when i dont catch him im upset....so should i email him? i dont know if i can wait two weeks to see him. i know its a huge age difference, but i really cant help it

    The thing is when he first put his arms around my shoulder it felt so good!! ive never felt that with any other guy that i liked before, its weird.

    also, i want to do this, because ive been asked out a few times before but its always young guys like 20s or whatever, and i cant stand guys my age i like them older!!

    by the way, i am neither desperate nor a gold digger. he is an average middle class working guy, and his maturity and certain things about him appeal to me, trust me guys around his age are 10 times more appealing to me then any guy around my age, and i really cannot help it as ive tried to like guys my own age.

    im 20 and havent had a bf or a kiss or anything yet and its mostly from my shyness but not asking out guys because the ones i liek are way older. so i think its time i do what i want right?

    • ANSWER:
      You might want to think about this one. When i was 20 i was dating a 30 year old. Sure it's fun in the beginning but the age difference certainly shows in time. I don't recommend it.

  20. QUESTION:
    I am 20 and like a guy who is 50, what am i going to do? ask him out?
    Theres this neighbor of mine who has a friend, and a lot of times when i go to this neighbors house on friday nights, a friend is there and i think im a little attracted to him. He is divorced though, since a few years ago, and hes 50 I think and Im 20. I feel bad because of the age but ive always liked much older guys and he looks younger, maybe like 45.

    Anyways, it seems like maybe he is hitting on me because all the time I go there, hes always touchy feely with me, and he seems really happy im there, he doesnt waste anytime going up to me and puts his hands on my shoulders and arms, and compliments me saying "well look at this beautiful girl" and compliments my hair and things like that. at first i felt it was inappropriate and felt he was too touchy feely but then i realized that i like it and it felt good

    And one time im passing under a street lamp near the house and as im walking under it he goes "can you just stand there under that light like that?"

    and another time i am at work, and then hes there shopping and he sees me and he touches my shoulder like hes in shock and says "well look at you! dont you look beautiful"

    and i felt awkward this one time watching tv with him since a male enhancement commercial came on and he went "those pills will make me the size of a black guy" and it felt really awkward haha

    and i love it how when he leaves he says "bye darling" or "bye sweetie"

    anyways, what should i do? is he flirting or just being nice?
    also hes not there every friday so when i dont catch him im upset....so should i email him? i dont know if i can wait two weeks to see him. i know its a huge age difference, but i really cant help it

    The thing is when he first put his arms around my shoulder it felt so good!! ive never felt that with any other guy that i liked before, its weird.

    also, i want to do this, because ive been asked out a few times before but its always young guys like 20s or whatever, and i cant stand guys my age i like them older!!

    by the way, i am neither desperate nor a gold digger. he is an average middle class working guy, and his maturity and certain things about him appeal to me, trust me guys around his age are 10 times more appealing to me then any guy around my age, and i really cannot help it as ive tried to like guys my own age.

    im 20 and havent had a bf or a kiss or anything yet and its mostly from my shyness but not asking out guys because the ones i like are way older. so i think its time i do what i want right? i mean im not thinking its gonna end up in marriage but i like him and want to date someone i want for once! i want to see where things go..

    we really hit it off, we like a lot of the same stuff like the same exact shows and stuff it was nice to find someone to relate to like this

    • ANSWER:
      because your 20 and you have never had a boyfriend i think you are misreading him.
      I think he is just being nice,old people tend to do that... i seriously doubt whether he has feelings for you, but if you have feelings for him then you should IN PERSON let him know - or "flirt back"

  21. QUESTION:
    If a guy touches me and it feels really good does this mean I like him?
    Theres this neighbor of mine who has a friend, and a lot of times when i go to this neighbors house on friday nights, a friend is there and i think im a little attracted to him. He is divorced though, since a few years ago, and hes 50 I think and Im 20. I feel bad because of the age but ive always liked much older guys and he looks younger, maybe like 45.

    Anyways, it seems like maybe he is hitting on me because all the time I go there, hes always touchy feely with me, and he seems really happy im there, he doesnt waste anytime going up to me and puts his hands on my shoulders and arms, and compliments me saying "well look at this beautiful girl" and compliments my hair and things like that. at first i felt it was inappropriate and felt he was too touchy feely but then i realized that i like it and it felt good

    And one time im passing under a street lamp near the house and as im walking under it he goes "can you just stand there under that light like that?"

    and another time i am at work, and then hes there shopping and he sees me and he touches my shoulder like hes in shock and says "well look at you! dont you look beautiful"

    and i felt awkward this one time watching tv with him since a male enhancement commercial came on and he went "those pills will make me the size of a black guy" and it felt really awkward haha

    and i love it how when he leaves he says "bye darling" or "bye sweetie"

    does it mean when he touches me and i like it, does it mean i like him? cause ive never felt this good when a person touches me, its weird

    • ANSWER:
      From the way you said it, it seems like you really like him! Especially since you also like it when you talks to you like he does.

  22. QUESTION:
    Im 20 and i think I like a guy whos 50, but is he flirting with me? help!?
    Theres this neighbor of mine who has a friend, and a lot of times when i go to this neighbors house on friday nights, a friend is there and i think im a little attracted to him. He is divorced though, since a few years ago, and hes 50 I think and Im 20. I feel bad because of the age but ive always liked much older guys and he looks younger, maybe like 45.

    Anyways, it seems like maybe he is hitting on me because all the time I go there, hes always touchy feely with me, and he seems really happy im there, he doesnt waste anytime going up to me and puts his hands on my shoulders and arms, and compliments me saying "well look at this beautiful girl" and compliments my hair and things like that. at first i felt it was inappropriate and felt he was too touchy feely but then i realized that i like it and it felt good

    And one time im passing under a street lamp near the house and as im walking under it he goes "can you just stand there under that light like that?"

    and another time i am at work, and then hes there shopping and he sees me and he touches my shoulder like hes in shock and says "well look at you! dont you look beautiful"

    and i felt awkward this one time watching tv with him since a male enhancement commercial came on and he went "those pills will make me the size of a black guy" and it felt really awkward haha

    and i love it how when he leaves he says "bye darling" or "bye sweetie"

    anyways, what should i do? is he flirting or just being nice?
    also hes not there every friday so when i dont catch him im upset....so should i email him? i dont know if i can wait two weeks to see him. i know its a huge age difference, but i really cant help it

    The thing is when he first put his arms around my shoulder it felt so good!! ive never felt that with any other guy that i liked before, its weird.

    also, i want to do this, because ive been asked out a few times before but its always young guys like 20s or whatever, and i cant stand guys my age i like them older!!

    by the way, i am neither desperate nor a gold digger. he is an average middle class working guy, and his maturity and certain things about him appeal to me, trust me guys around his age are 10 times more appealing to me then any guy around my age, and i really cannot help it as ive tried to like guys my own age.

    im 20 and havent had a bf or a kiss or anything yet and its mostly from my shyness but not asking out guys because the ones i liek are way older. so i think its time i do what i want right?

    • ANSWER:
      Wow... ok...

      Usually I'm one of the first people to stand up and say that age shouldn't matter as long as you're both legal and whatnot but... DAMN! 30 YEARS! Look dearie, you didn't come on here looking for advice. You came on here looking for somebody to tell you what you want to hear; to say that it's ok, and that you should go for it, and age is just a number and blah, blah, blah. And I could do that and probably make a pretty good case for it and get Myself an easy score for best answer but... I can't in good conscience do that.

      If it were only 10 or even 15 years, I'd PROBABLY say ok, but 30!?! What the hell would the two of you even talk about? You can tell him how your college classes are going and he can tell you what news his proctologist gave him? If you had a little bit more experience in dating and relationships, MAYBE but no... this is just... wow, no. You're flattered by the fact that this guy is paying so much attention to you and talking so nicely to you and yeah, maybe guys your age are immature but GOOD GRIEF! You're only 20 years old, what if you ever decide to have kids? You gonna change their diapers at the same time? Try just DATING some guys your own age before you decide to write off an entire generation or two and go out with this guy. I just don't like the idea of a guy who's been around the block enough times to have earned enough frequent flier points to get back and forth to the moon and this is the very first relationship you'd ever be in. At least compromise and go for a guy in his 30's or so before ya start cruising the old folks' homes.

  23. QUESTION:
    Im 20 years old so why am i so turned on by a 50 year old? what is wrong with me?
    Theres this neighbor of mine who has a friend, and a lot of times when i go to this neighbors house on friday nights, a friend is there and i think im a little attracted to him. hes irish so hes got that awesome accent and hes funny and we have the same favorite tv show we love chatting about it. He is divorced though, since a few years ago, and hes 50 I think and Im 20. I feel bad because of the age but ive always liked much older guys and he looks younger, maybe like 45.

    Anyways, it seems like maybe he is hitting on me because all the time I go there, hes always touchy feely with me, and he seems really happy im there, he doesnt waste anytime going up to me and puts his hands on my shoulders and arms, and compliments me saying "well look at this beautiful girl" and compliments my hair and things like that. at first i felt it was inappropriate and felt he was too touchy feely but then i realized that i like it and it felt good

    And one time im passing under a street lamp near the house and as im walking under it he goes "can you just stand there under that light like that?"

    and another time i am at work, and then hes there shopping and he sees me and he touches my shoulder like hes in shock and says "well look at you! dont you look beautiful"

    and i felt awkward this one time watching tv with him since a male enhancement commercial came on and he went "those pills will make me the size of a black guy" and it felt really awkward haha

    and i love it how when he leaves he says "bye darling" or "bye sweetie"

    anyways, what should i do? is he flirting or just being nice?
    also hes not there every friday so when i dont catch him im upset....so should i email him? i dont know if i can wait two weeks to see him. i know its a huge age difference, but i really cant help it

    The thing is when he first put his arms around my shoulder it felt so good!! ive never felt that with any other guy that i liked before, its weird.

    also, i want to do this, because ive been asked out a few times before but its always young guys like 20s or whatever, and i cant stand guys my age i like them older!!

    by the way, i am neither desperate nor a gold digger. he is an average middle class working guy, and his maturity and certain things about him appeal to me, trust me guys around his age are 10 times more appealing to me then any guy around my age, and i really cannot help it as ive tried to like guys my own age.

    im 20 and havent had a bf or a kiss or anything yet and its mostly from my shyness but not asking out guys because the ones i like are way older. so i think its time i do what i want right? i mean im not thinking its gonna end up in marriage but i like him and want to date someone i want for once! i want to see where things go..

    we really hit it off, we like a lot of the same stuff like the same exact shows and stuff it was nice to find someone to relate to like this. now obviously he is much older than me with much more experience but i love older guys and feel im an old soul myself, obviously not as mature but im not a typical 20 year old girl, a lot whom just want to party or whatever, from my experience, just people my age dont interest me i cant relate

    should i contact him? i have butterflies right now

    • ANSWER:
      2Woman,

      From what you have described, go for it!!! You will not ony make your day but you will probably make his as well. Older men know things that younger men just haven't had the experience to know yet. Older men take their time and do things right, they never get in a hurry and they make sure their partner has a good time as well. He may be older, but that means basically he has more experience. He will rock your world.

      Hope this helped,

      J

  24. QUESTION:
    I like a guy who is about 50, but im only 20, and i want to ask him out, how can i tell if he likes me ?
    PLEASE read this to fully understand ::

    Theres this neighbor of mine who has a friend, and a lot of times when i go to this neighbors house on friday nights, a friend is there and i think im a little attracted to him. He is divorced though, since a few years ago, and hes 50 I think and Im 20. I feel bad because of the age but ive always liked much older guys and he looks younger, maybe like 45.

    Anyways, it seems like maybe he is hitting on me because all the time I go there, hes always touchy feely with me, and he seems really happy im there, he doesnt waste anytime going up to me and puts his hands on my shoulders and arms, and compliments me saying "well look at this beautiful girl" and compliments my hair and things like that. at first i felt it was inappropriate and felt he was too touchy feely but then i realized that i like it and it felt good

    And one time im passing under a street lamp near the house and as im walking under it he goes "can you just stand there under that light like that?"

    and another time i am at work, and then hes there shopping and he sees me and he touches my shoulder like hes in shock and says "well look at you! dont you look beautiful"

    and i felt awkward this one time watching tv with him since a male enhancement commercial came on and he went "those pills will make me the size of a black guy" and it felt really awkward haha

    and i love it how when he leaves he says "bye darling" or "bye sweetie"

    anyways, what should i do? is he flirting or just being nice?
    also hes not there every friday so when i dont catch him im upset....so should i email him? i dont know if i can wait two weeks to see him. i know its a huge age difference, but i really cant help it

    The thing is when he first put his arms around my shoulder it felt so good!! ive never felt that with any other guy that i liked before, its weird.

    also, i want to do this, because ive been asked out a few times before but its always young guys like 20s or whatever, and i cant stand guys my age i like them older!!

    by the way, i am neither desperate nor a gold digger. he is an average middle class working guy, and his maturity and certain things about him appeal to me, trust me guys around his age are 10 times more appealing to me then any guy around my age, and i really cannot help it as ive tried to like guys my own age.

    im 20 and havent had a bf or a kiss or anything yet and its mostly from my shyness but not asking out guys because the ones i like are way older. so i think its time i do what i want right? i mean im not thinking its gonna end up in marriage but i like him and want to date someone i want for once! i want to see where things go..

    we really hit it off, we like a lot of the same stuff like the same exact shows and stuff it was nice to find someone to relate to like this

    • ANSWER:
      your old enough to know that hes obviously into you.
      but do you not realise that hes old enough to be your dad? ;;
      you dont think about that when hes touching you?.
      eew.

  25. QUESTION:
    I want to ask out this guy but theres a huge age difference, what to do? :( ?
    PLEASE read this to fully understand ::

    Theres this neighbor of mine who has a friend, and a lot of times when i go to this neighbors house on friday nights, a friend is there and i think im a little attracted to him. He is divorced though, since a few years ago, and hes 50 I think and Im 20. I feel bad because of the age but ive always liked much older guys and he looks younger, maybe like 45.

    Anyways, it seems like maybe he is hitting on me because all the time I go there, hes always touchy feely with me, and he seems really happy im there, he doesnt waste anytime going up to me and puts his hands on my shoulders and arms, and compliments me saying "well look at this beautiful girl" and compliments my hair and things like that. at first i felt it was inappropriate and felt he was too touchy feely but then i realized that i like it and it felt good

    And one time im passing under a street lamp near the house and as im walking under it he goes "can you just stand there under that light like that?"

    and another time i am at work, and then hes there shopping and he sees me and he touches my shoulder like hes in shock and says "well look at you! dont you look beautiful"

    and i felt awkward this one time watching tv with him since a male enhancement commercial came on and he went "those pills will make me the size of a black guy" and it felt really awkward haha

    and i love it how when he leaves he says "bye darling" or "bye sweetie"

    anyways, what should i do? is he flirting or just being nice?
    also hes not there every friday so when i dont catch him im upset....so should i email him? i dont know if i can wait two weeks to see him. i know its a huge age difference, but i really cant help it

    The thing is when he first put his arms around my shoulder it felt so good!! ive never felt that with any other guy that i liked before, its weird.

    also, i want to do this, because ive been asked out a few times before but its always young guys like 20s or whatever, and i cant stand guys my age i like them older!!

    by the way, i am neither desperate nor a gold digger. he is an average middle class working guy, and his maturity and certain things about him appeal to me, trust me guys around his age are 10 times more appealing to me then any guy around my age, and i really cannot help it as ive tried to like guys my own age.

    im 20 and havent had a bf or a kiss or anything yet and its mostly from my shyness but not asking out guys because the ones i like are way older. so i think its time i do what i want right? i mean im not thinking its gonna end up in marriage but i like him and want to date someone i want for once! i want to see where things go..

    we really hit it off, we like a lot of the same stuff like the same exact shows and stuff it was nice to find someone to relate to like this

    • ANSWER:
      well i think it is fine seeing as you are 20 so its not like he is a peadophile but please be careful because all the things he is doing is flirting but it just seems a bit forward to me. i don't understand why he hasn't said he likes you seeing as he is supposed to be mature. just remember he is 30 years older than you so you two might not have much in common. i'm just asking that you think about it and if you are still convinced then i would go for it. good luck x

  26. QUESTION:
    I like a guy whos like 50 but im 20, is it wrong to ask him out?
    Theres this neighbor of mine who has a friend, and a lot of times when i go to this neighbors house on friday nights, a friend is there and i think im a little attracted to him. He is divorced though, since a few years ago, and hes 50 I think and Im 20. I feel bad because of the age but ive always liked much older guys and he looks younger, maybe like 45.

    Anyways, it seems like maybe he is hitting on me because all the time I go there, hes always touchy feely with me, and he seems really happy im there, he doesnt waste anytime going up to me and puts his hands on my shoulders and arms, and compliments me saying "well look at this beautiful girl" and compliments my hair and things like that. at first i felt it was inappropriate and felt he was too touchy feely but then i realized that i like it and it felt good

    And one time im passing under a street lamp near the house and as im walking under it he goes "can you just stand there under that light like that?"

    and another time i am at work, and then hes there shopping and he sees me and he touches my shoulder like hes in shock and says "well look at you! dont you look beautiful"

    and i felt awkward this one time watching tv with him since a male enhancement commercial came on and he went "those pills will make me the size of a black guy" and it felt really awkward haha

    and i love it how when he leaves he says "bye darling" or "bye sweetie"

    anyways, what should i do? is he flirting or just being nice?
    also hes not there every friday so when i dont catch him im upset....so should i email him? i dont know if i can wait two weeks to see him. i know its a huge age difference, but i really cant help it

    The thing is when he first put his arms around my shoulder it felt so good!! ive never felt that with any other guy that i liked before, its weird.

    also, i want to do this, because ive been asked out a few times before but its always young guys like 20s or whatever, and i cant stand guys my age i like them older!!

    by the way, i am neither desperate nor a gold digger. he is an average middle class working guy, and his maturity and certain things about him appeal to me, trust me guys around his age are 10 times more appealing to me then any guy around my age, and i really cannot help it as ive tried to like guys my own age.

    im 20 and havent had a bf or a kiss or anything yet and its mostly from my shyness but not asking out guys because the ones i liek are way older. so i think its time i do what i want right?
    well im not really thinking long term like marriage but i like him and want to see where things go, im attracted to way older guys haha

    • ANSWER:
      You need to know that if you do get involved with him you're going to just end up being in a sexual relationship. I'm sure he'll make you feel great and like you're in a relationship. In the end you'll just be the 20yr old trophy he gets to show off to his buddies. Eventually you'll end up dating nothing but extremely older men.

      You're probably just a little infatuated with him right now because he's always complementing you and those little touches are meant to endeavor himself with you. You should probably have gone with your first instinct that it was inappropriate. Why not try a guy who's in his late mid to late 20's maybe early 30's. You'll loose alot of respect from people if you start dating a 50yr old. Plus like you said, you've never had a boyfriend or experienced any of those things. Why not try out a few younger guys to get some experience under your belt(no pun inteneded).

  27. QUESTION:
    I like a much older guy and i think he likes me, does it sound like he does? help!?
    PLEASE read this to fully understand ::

    Theres this neighbor of mine who has a friend, and a lot of times when i go to this neighbors house on friday nights, a friend is there and i think im a little attracted to him. He is divorced though, since a few years ago, and hes 50 I think and Im 20. I feel bad because of the age but ive always liked much older guys and he looks younger, maybe like 45.

    Anyways, it seems like maybe he is hitting on me because all the time I go there, hes always touchy feely with me, and he seems really happy im there, he doesnt waste anytime going up to me and puts his hands on my shoulders and arms, and compliments me saying "well look at this beautiful girl" and compliments my hair and things like that. at first i felt it was inappropriate and felt he was too touchy feely but then i realized that i like it and it felt good

    And one time im passing under a street lamp near the house and as im walking under it he goes "can you just stand there under that light like that?"

    and another time i am at work, and then hes there shopping and he sees me and he touches my shoulder like hes in shock and says "well look at you! dont you look beautiful"

    and i felt awkward this one time watching tv with him since a male enhancement commercial came on and he went "those pills will make me the size of a black guy" and it felt really awkward haha

    and i love it how when he leaves he says "bye darling" or "bye sweetie"

    anyways, what should i do? is he flirting or just being nice?
    also hes not there every friday so when i dont catch him im upset....so should i email him? i dont know if i can wait two weeks to see him. i know its a huge age difference, but i really cant help it

    i miss him and wont see him probably for a week, i want to email him and tell him how i feel. im sick of not being able to date because i like much older guys, it feels unfair to me, ive tried liking younger guys, but i just dont

    • ANSWER:
      it doesnt matter old guy or younger guy.and yes i think he loves u.so hold his hand.dnt look at his age.love doesnt care about age.u just fall in lvoe with him not with his age.:)

  28. QUESTION:
    Kitten of 8 mons has turned into a monster. Does BAD things.NOT listen . She purposely knocks things over.help
    My dear Kitten has become one that does not listen. She gets into everything she can.. knocks over things.. and I spray her and she goes right back and does it all over again! I am at my wits end, as I love her to pieces but, I cannot have her rule this house as she is. She has to know whos boss.
    She is a purebred Ragdoll. Noted for being kind, gentle and loving. They are beautiful looking cats,and love to be in close quatres with you all the time.
    there is nothing she will not tackle..including knocking over my New Lamps, pulling down my shower curtains.. you name it, she does it!
    HELP! what to do? Anything you can offer will be greatly appreciated.
    tks bunches!
    ducky1

    • ANSWER:
      There are three things you should try and do:

      (1) stop reprimanding and punishments - instead try and build a good relationship;

      (2) set up your kitten to succeed at things that you want - encourage her to use her scratching post by putting some of her favourite things on it;

      (3) make the things that you don't want your cat to touch unattractive to her - put aluminium foil or sticky tape

  29. QUESTION:
    What happens when you have two blonde genies ????
    A white guy is walking along a beach when he comes across a lamp partially buried in the sand. He picks up the lamp and gives it a rub. Two blonde genies appear and they tell him he has been granted three wishes.

    The guy makes his three wishes and the blonde genies disappear.

    The next thing the guy knows, he's in a bedroom, in a mansion surrounded by 50 beautiful women. He makes love to all of them and begins to explore the house.

    Suddenly he feels something soft under his feet, he looks down and the floor is covered in 0 bills.

    Then, there's a knock at the door. He answers it and standing there are two persons dressed in Ku Klux Klan outfits. They drag him outside to the nearest tree, throw a rope over a limb and hang him by the neck until he's dead.

    As the Klansmen are walking away, they remove their hoods; it's the two blonde genies.

    One blonde genie says to the other one," I can understand the first wish having all those beautiful women in a big mansion to make love to. I can also understand him wanting to be a millionaire. But WHY. . . . he wanted to be hung like a black man. . . is beyond me."

    • ANSWER:
      FABULOUS ! Best joke of the night ! Way to go !
      I can't top this one !

  30. QUESTION:
    spanish help pleaseeeee?
    im going to say this in spanish may yu please telll me if im right

    welcome to the house of my dreams
    this house is the house of my dreams
    i have alot of rooms
    there is a living room kitchen dining room bedroom bathroom garage and patio
    what i like best about the entrance are the stairs . they are very beautiful.
    the living room is my favorite room. there are trees lamps a television and rugs but my favorite thingsa re the couches.

    bienvenidos a la casa de mis suenos
    esta casa es la casa de mis suenos
    yo tengo mucho cuartos
    hay la sala la cocina el comedor el dormitorio el bano el garaje y el patio
    que me gusto sobre la entrasa son las escaleras .ellos muy hermosas.
    la sala es mi favorito cuarto . hay arbols lamparas un televison y alfmobras pero mis favoritas cosas son los sofas.

    pleasee helpp me with correctionnss
    pleasee=]]
    entrada not entrasa myy badd

    thankss.

    • ANSWER:
      Sentence #1 and 2 are correct. I corrected the other ones for u!

      #3 Yo tengo muchos cuartos
      #4 Lo que me gusto mas de la entrada son las escaleras. Ellas estan muy hermosas.
      #5 La sala es mi cuarto favorito. Ahi hay lamparas de arboles, un televisor y alfombras pero mis cosas favoritas son los sofas.

  31. QUESTION:
    START OF MY BOOK - PLEASE READ, DESPARATELY NEED SOME MORE OPINIONS?
    She was everything good and everything evil. Everything innocent and everything impure. Looking at her was – when we first met – like staring at dirty glass. I couldn’t see half of what was under her skin. What lay tangled with her bones and intertwined with her tainted soul. I only sensed clarity. I only saw the innocence and the good. I was a foolish ancient man with my own dirty glass for skin, thousands of years of deceit and illusion lying beneath.

    Even I, who could see through the most complex illusions, could not sense anything wrong, anything but what I wanted to see. She was beautiful.

    The night when I first saw her, I was hunting.
    I could sense my ancient heart racing as adrenalin pushed itself through my aged veins. I was running. Not away from something, but to something. To someone. Her name I did not know, all I needed to know was that her soul was pure, and I ached for it to be mine.
    It was midnight. The clock tower rang and echoed through the streets of London. When the chiming stopped the silence was eerie. A fog emerged out of the darkness, meaning I couldn’t see far in front of me, but I wasn’t lost. It was her scent that guided me on this silent night, which was only to be disrupted by the flickering oil lamps on the corner of every street.

    I turned once more and I stopped when I came to the corner of a cobbled street marked Camille Road by a corroded metal sign. That sign seemed out of place, because it was the only thing that looked worn by age. The Georgian houses towered above my head magnificently and proudly.

    The first house I came to was the one. Her essence was that of old books, her mother’s perfume which she loved and the coal fire that burnt in her room on winter nights.
    It was stronger than ever, and it engulfed me in a desire for her soul which was nearing unbearable.

    Just as I was about to enter the house, the doorknob began to turn. As it did I saw a brief reflection of the moon on the silver metal. I ducked silently back around the corner.
    Out stepped a beautiful young girl, no older than sixteen, with a soul which was newly poisoned with darkness. Not the girl I was hunting. She had blonde, almost white hair, ghostly skin, and grey eyes, as murky as the fog. She was incredibly thin and the dress showed that. She wore no corset, which was strange for a young woman at this time. The dress itself was a dark blue, tight fitting around her waist, and it had a small train at the back, which had accidentally fallen into a small puddle.

    She shut the door behind her as quietly as she could, rubbing her arms in the cold, waiting for something.
    Then it came strolling out of darkness with a large smile on its face. It was a man.
    The young girl greeted him with a kiss and he wrapped his arms around her waist, picking her up, and placing her down on his feet. She looked at him in wonder.

    He then began to dance with her like a father with his young daughter, her petite feet weightless against his larger, stronger, more agile feet. He was nothing like her. She was wealthy, clean and delicate, whereas he was dirty, tall and well built, with long, dark hair which half covered his dark eyes that looked lovingly into hers. His love was fake, his soul black, and his heart cold. He wanted something else from her, something she couldn’t see.
    He wanted her dead.

    But it was none of my concern. I let them walk in the direction he came from until they turned onto another street and I could no longer see them.
    I was about to enter the front door when I saw someone with an oil lamp pass the door – for there was a small frosted window – and then continue into the front room. It was the girl I was looking for. She was even more beautiful and more curious than the other girl, which I presumed was her younger sister.

    Her hair was auburn and loosely curled, falling down to her profound shoulder blades, and the oil lamp caused the colours in the strands to ignite and glow conceitedly with orange and blonde and red and brown. She too was thin, and wearing a pink silk nightgown. Her skin was like chalk, the kind of skin longed for by girls at this time – 1728. Her face looked sculpted, her cheekbones dominant, casting shadows on her cheeks.

    Her eyes were what truly caught my breath and stopped my withering heart right there and then as I looked at them through the window. The colour of them golden, warm and forgiving, but the shape is what sent a chill to my core. They looked like cat eyes, menacing and daring, sly and cruel. I backed up from the window and took a deep, slow breath. More curious by the year my life became in the centuries I had been alive.
    Something was different about her, something I hadn’t initially sensed when I was approaching the house. Something was hidden deep inside, locked away so tightly even I didn’t know what it was. I couldn’t kill her. The wrong soul consumed could overtake me and destroy me.
    My skin was beginning to peel under my shirt, I needed her, but I didn’t want to take her life. She was fascinating and I was old, growing weak, more merciful than I had been a few decades ago.

    Suddenly, I sensed a presence behind me. One with a soul more tainted than I had dealt with since my own. The smell of damp earth, blood and nail varnish entered my nose and I winced.
    I turned slowly to see a young woman, who was peculiar and didn’t look like she was from the time we were living in.

    Her hair was straight and purple, barely reaching her shoulders. She wore a gentleman’s black top hat, and a small black dress, which came to a stop just above her knees. Her eyes were purple to match her hair, curved and wicked,
    like her smile. A woman like her would be hung if she was in view of the public eye. She was wearing black nail varnish, one that I could tell by her scent she favoured.

    She walked towards me slowly and silently, the smile not wavering. She touched my pale cheek, freezing from the midnight breeze. She began to talk with spice in her accent and a fire on her tongue. “Darling. I know what you are.” She looked in the window, her long fingernails trailing my cheekbone. “I know why you’re here. I’ve been watching you for a while now. I’ve been following you ever since you claimed your last victim over a month ago. You need a fresh soul, a pure human. But you will not take her life? She is nothing. A mortal.”

    My mouth was dry and as I spoke my voice was small. “What are you?”
    She let out a little chuckle. “I am a witch. My name is Ayalet Caesar. And your name my love?”
    “Adrian. Adrian Black,” I told her reluctantly.
    “Adrian Black,” She started “You have very strange eyes. They’re as black

    • ANSWER:
      "I couldn’t see half of what was under her skin."

      So you *could* see the other half of what was under her skin?

      X-ray vision?

  32. QUESTION:
    MY BOOK'S BEGINNING - YOUR OPINIONS PLEASE?
    1. Souls, pure and tainted.

    She was everything good and everything evil. Everything innocent and everything impure. Looking at her was – when we first met – like staring at dirty glass. I couldn’t see half of what was under her skin. What lay tangled with her bones and intertwined with her tainted soul. I only sensed clarity. I only saw the innocence and the good. I was a foolish ancient man with my own dirty glass for skin, thousands of years of deceit and illusion lying beneath.

    Even I, who could see through the most complex illusions, could not sense anything wrong, anything but what I wanted to see. She was beautiful.

    The night when I first saw her, I was hunting.
    I could sense my ancient heart racing as adrenalin pushed itself through my aged veins. I was running. Not away from something, but to something. To someone. Her name I did not know, all I needed to know was that her soul was pure, and I ached for it to be mine.
    It was midnight. The clock tower rang and echoed through the streets of London. When the chiming stopped the silence was eerie. A fog emerged out of the darkness, meaning I couldn’t see far in front of me, but I wasn’t lost. It was her scent that guided me on this silent night, which was only to be disrupted by the flickering oil lamps on the corner of every street.

    I turned once more and I stopped when I came to the corner of a cobbled street marked Camille Road by a corroded metal sign. That sign seemed out of place, because it was the only thing that looked worn by age. The Georgian houses towered above my head magnificently and proudly.

    The first house I came to was the one. Her essence was that of old books, her mother’s perfume which she loved and the coal fire that burnt in her room on winter nights.
    It was stronger than ever, and it engulfed me in a desire for her soul which was nearing unbearable.

    Just as I was about to enter the house, the doorknob began to turn. As it did I saw a brief reflection of the moon on the silver metal. I ducked silently back around the corner.
    Out stepped a beautiful young girl, no older than sixteen, with a soul which was newly poisoned with darkness. Not the girl I was hunting. She had blonde, almost white hair, ghostly skin, and grey eyes, as murky as the fog. She was incredibly thin and the dress showed that. She wore no corset, which was strange for a young woman at this time. The dress itself was a dark blue, tight fitting around her waist, and it had a small train at the back, which had accidentally fallen into a small puddle.

    She shut the door behind her as quietly as she could, rubbing her arms in the cold, waiting for something.
    Then it came strolling out of darkness with a large smile on its face. It was a man.
    The young girl greeted him with a kiss and he wrapped his arms around her waist, picking her up, and placing her down on his feet. She looked at him in wonder.

    He then began to dance with her like a father with his young daughter, her petite feet weightless against his larger, stronger, more agile feet. He was nothing like her. She was wealthy, clean and delicate, whereas he was dirty, tall and well built, with long, dark hair which half covered his dark eyes that looked lovingly into hers. His love was fake, his soul black, and his heart cold. He wanted something else from her, something she couldn’t see.
    He wanted her dead.

    But it was none of my concern. I let them walk in the direction he came from until they turned onto another street and I could no longer see them.
    I was about to enter the front door when I saw someone with an oil lamp pass the door – for there was a small frosted window – and then continue into the front room. It was the girl I was looking for. She was even more beautiful and more curious than the other girl, which I presumed was her younger sister.

    Her hair was auburn and loosely curled, falling down to her profound shoulder blades, and the oil lamp caused the colours in the strands to ignite and glow conceitedly with orange and blonde and red and brown. She too was thin, and wearing a pink silk nightgown. Her skin was like chalk, the kind of skin longed for by girls at this time – 1728. Her face looked sculpted, her cheekbones dominant, casting shadows on her cheeks.

    Her eyes were what truly caught my breath and stopped my withering heart right there and then as I looked at them through the window. The colour of them golden, warm and forgiving, but the shape is what sent a chill to my core. They looked like cat eyes, menacing and daring, sly and cruel. I backed up from the window and took a deep, slow breath. More curious by the year my life became in the centuries I had been alive.
    Something was different about her, something I hadn’t initially sensed when I was approaching the house. Something was hidden deep inside, locked away so tightly even I didn’t know what it was. I couldn’t kill her. The wrong soul consumed could overtake me and destroy me. Like my own soul had once almost done. My skin was beginning to peel under my shirt, I needed her, but I didn’t want to take her life. She was fascinating and I was old, growing weak, more merciful than I had been a few decades ago.

    Suddenly, I sensed a presence behind me. One with a soul more tainted than I had dealt with since my own. The smell of damp earth, blood and nail varnish entered my nose and I winced.
    I turned slowly to see a young woman, who was peculiar and didn’t look like she was from the time we were living in.

    Her hair was straight and purple, barely reaching her shoulders. She wore a gentleman’s black top hat, and a small black dress, which came to a stop just above her knees. Her eyes were purple
    to match her hair, curved and wicked, like her smile. A woman like her would be hung if she was in view of the public eye. She was wearing black nail varnish, one that I could tell by her scent she favoured.

    She walked towards me slowly and silently, the smile not wavering. She touched my pale cheek, freezing from the midnight breeze. She began to talk with spice in her accent and a fire on her tongue. “Darling. I know what you are.” She looked in the window, her long fingernails trailing my cheekbone. “I know why you’re here. I’ve been watching you for a while now. I’ve been following you ever since you claimed your last victim over a month ago. You need a fresh soul, a pure human. But you will not take her life? She is nothing. A mortal.”

    My mouth was dry and as I spoke my voice was small. “What are you?”
    She let out a little chuckle. “I am a witch. My name is Ayalet Caesar. And your name my love?”
    “Adrian. Adrian Black,” I told her reluctantly.
    “Adrian Black,” She started “You hav

    • ANSWER:
      I ddnt actually read all of it but wow.. I am very thrilled, it's just completely amazing!!!!!!! I just can't find the right word to describe it but great job on tht n_~ and keep it up.
      Good luck ~~

  33. QUESTION:
    READ MY BOOK PLEASE :D ?
    She was everything good and everything evil. Everything innocent and everything impure. Looking at her was – when we first met – like staring at dirty glass. I couldn’t see half of what was under her skin. What lay tangled with her bones and intertwined with her tainted soul. I only sensed clarity. I only saw the innocence and the good. I was a foolish ancient man with my own dirty glass for skin, thousands of years of deceit and illusion lying beneath.

    Even I, who could see through the most complex illusions, could not sense anything wrong, anything but what I wanted to see. She was beautiful.

    The night when I first saw her, I was hunting.
    I could sense my ancient heart racing as adrenalin pushed itself through my aged veins. I was running. Not away from something, but to something. To someone. Her name I did not know, all I needed to know was that her soul was pure, and I ached for it to be mine.
    It was midnight. The clock tower rang and echoed through the streets of London. When the chiming stopped the silence was eerie. A fog emerged out of the darkness, meaning I couldn’t see far in front of me, but I wasn’t lost. It was her scent that guided me on this silent night, which was only to be disrupted by the flickering oil lamps on the corner of every street.

    I turned once more and I stopped when I came to the corner of a cobbled street marked Camille Road by a corroded metal sign. That sign seemed out of place, because it was the only thing that looked worn by age. The Georgian houses towered above my head magnificently and proudly.

    The first house I came to was the one. Her essence was that of old books, her mother’s perfume which she loved and the coal fire that burnt in her room on winter nights.
    It was stronger than ever, and it engulfed me in a desire for her soul which was nearing unbearable.

    Just as I was about to enter the house, the doorknob began to turn. As it did I saw a brief reflection of the moon on the silver metal. I ducked silently back around the corner.
    Out stepped a beautiful young girl, no older than sixteen, with a soul which was newly poisoned with darkness. Not the girl I was hunting. She had blonde, almost white hair, ghostly skin, and grey eyes, as murky as the fog. She was incredibly thin and the dress showed that. She wore no corset, which was strange for a young woman at this time. The dress itself was a dark blue, tight fitting around her waist, and it had a small train at the back, which had accidentally fallen into a small puddle.

    She shut the door behind her as quietly as she could, rubbing her arms in the cold, waiting for something.
    Then it came strolling out of darkness with a large smile on its face. It was a man.
    The young girl greeted him with a kiss and he wrapped his arms around her waist, picking her up, and placing her down on his feet. She looked at him in wonder.

    He then began to dance with her like a father with his young daughter, her petite feet weightless against his larger, stronger, more agile feet. He was nothing like her. She was wealthy, clean and delicate, whereas he was dirty, tall and well built, with long, dark hair which half covered his dark eyes that looked lovingly into hers. His love was fake, his soul black, and his heart cold. He wanted something else from her, something she couldn’t see.
    He wanted her dead.

    But it was none of my concern. I let them walk in the direction he came from until they turned onto another street and I could no longer see them.
    I was about to enter the front door when I saw someone with an oil lamp pass the door – for there was a small frosted window – and then continue into the front room. It was the girl I was looking for. She was even more beautiful and more curious than the other girl, which I presumed was her younger sister.

    Her hair was auburn and loosely curled, falling down to her profound shoulder blades, and the oil lamp caused the colours in the strands to ignite and glow conceitedly with orange and blonde and red and brown. She too was thin, and wearing a pink silk nightgown. Her skin was like chalk, the kind of skin longed for by girls at this time – 1728. Her face looked sculpted, her cheekbones dominant, casting shadows on her cheeks.

    Her eyes were what truly caught my breath and stopped my withering heart right there and then as I looked at them through the window. The colour of them golden, warm and forgiving, but the shape is what sent a chill to my core. They looked like cat eyes, menacing and daring, sly and cruel. I backed up from the window and took a deep, slow breath. More curious by the year my life became in the centuries I had been alive.
    Something was different about her, something I hadn’t initially sensed when I was approaching the house. Something was hidden deep inside, locked away so tightly even I didn’t know what it was. I couldn’t kill her. The wrong soul consumed could overtake me and destroy me. Like my own soul had once almost done. My skin was beginning to peel under my shirt, I needed her, but I didn’t want to take her life. She was fascinating and I was old, growing weak, more merciful than I had been a few decades ago.

    Suddenly, I sensed a presence behind me. One with a soul more tainted than I had dealt with since my own. The smell of damp earth, blood and nail varnish entered my nose and I winced.
    I turned slowly to see a young woman, who was peculiar and didn’t look like she was from the time we were living in.

    Her hair was straight and purple, barely reaching her shoulders. She wore a gentleman’s black top hat, and a small black dress, which came to a stop just above her knees. Her eyes were purple
    Her eyes were purple to match her hair, curved and wicked, like her smile. A woman like her would be hung if she was in view of the public eye. She was wearing black nail varnish, one that I could tell by her scent she favoured.

    She walked towards me slowly and silently, the smile not wavering. She touched my pale cheek, freezing from the midnight breeze. She began to talk with spice in her accent and a fire on her tongue. “Darling. I know what you are.” She looked in the window, her long fingernails trailing my cheekbone. “I know why you’re here. I’ve been watching you for a while now. I’ve been following you ever since you claimed your last victim over a month ago. You need a fresh soul, a pure human. But you will not take her life? She is nothing. A mortal.”

    My mouth was dry and as I spoke my voice was small. “What are you?”
    She let out a little chuckle. “I am a witch. My name is Ayalet Caesar. And your name my love?”
    “Adrian. Adrian Black,” I told her reluctantly.
    “Adrian Black,”
    It won't let me add anymore, it keeps coming up with a message saying 'currently unavailable' ffjdpghkmyjfrgty -_-

    • ANSWER:
      Wow! this is very intriguing and i quite like it! It's very descriptive and well thought through! Good Luck!

  34. QUESTION:
    PLEASE READ THE START OF MY BOOK :D ?
    She was everything good and everything evil. Everything innocent and everything impure. Looking at her was – when we first met – like staring at dirty glass. I couldn’t see half of what was under her skin. What lay tangled with her bones and intertwined with her tainted soul. I only sensed clarity. I only saw the innocence and the good. I was a foolish ancient man with my own dirty glass for skin, thousands of years of deceit and illusion lying beneath.

    Even I, who could see through the most complex illusions, could not sense anything wrong, anything but what I wanted to see. She was beautiful.
    Her hair was brunette, curled and long, falling down to her defined shoulder blades on her back. Her skin was pale, like chalk, the kind of skin girls longed for in the year I met her, which was 1728. She was tall and looked quite thin, but she was stronger than anyone could see.
    Her eyes. Her eyes were what caught my breath and stopped my withering heart for a few moments when I first saw her.

    The night when I first saw her, I was hunting.
    I could sense my ancient heart racing as adrenalin pushed itself through my aged veins. I was running. Not away from something, but to something. To someone. Her name I did not know, all I needed to know was that her soul was pure, and I ached for it to be mine.
    It was midnight. The clock tower rang and echoed through the streets of London. When the chiming stopped the silence was eerie. A fog emerged out of the darkness, meaning I couldn’t see far in front of me, but I wasn’t lost. It was her scent that guided me on this silent night, which was only to be disrupted by the flickering oil lamps on the corner of every street.

    I turned once more and I stopped when I came to the corner of a cobbled street marked Camille Road by a corroded metal sign. That sign seemed out of place, because it was the only thing that looked worn by age. The Georgian houses towered above my head magnificently and proudly.

    The first house I came to was the one. Her essence was that of old books, her mother’s perfume which she loved and the coal fire that burnt in her room on winter nights.
    It was stronger than ever, and it engulfed me in a desire for her soul which was nearing unbearable.

    Just as I was about to enter the house, the doorknob began to turn. As it did I saw a brief reflection of the moon on the silver metal. I ducked silently back around the corner.
    Out stepped a beautiful young girl, no older than sixteen, with a soul which was newly poisoned with darkness. She had blonde, almost white hair, ghostly skin, and grey eyes, as murky as the fog. She was incredibly thin and the dress showed that. She wore no corset, which was strange for a young woman at this time. The dress itself was a dark blue, tight fitting around her waist, and it had a small train at the back, which had accidentally fallen into a small puddle.

    She shut the door behind her as quietly as she could, rubbing her arms in the cold, waiting for something.
    Then it came strolling out of darkness with a large smile on its face. It was a man.
    The young girl greeted him with a kiss and he wrapped his arms around her waist, picking her up, and placing her down on his feet. She looked at him in wonder.

    He then began to dance with her like a father with his young daughter, her petite feet weightless against his larger, stronger, more agile feet. He was nothing like her. She was wealthy, clean and petite, whereas he was dirty, tall and well built, with long, dark hair which half covered his dark eyes that looked lovingly into hers. His love was fake, his soul black, and his heart cold. He wanted something else from her, something she couldn’t see.
    He wanted her dead.

    But it was none of my concern. I let them walk in the direction he came from until they turned onto another street and I could no longer see them.

    I was about to enter the front door when I saw someone with an oil lamp pass the door – for there was a small frosted window – and then continue into the front room. It was the girl I was looking for. She was even more beautiful and more curious than the other girl, which I presumed was her younger sister, was.

    Her hair was auburn and the oil lamp caused the colours in the strands to ignite and glow conceitedly with orange and blonde and red and brown. She too was thin, and wearing a pink silk nightgown. Her skin was like chalk, the kind of skin longed for by girls at that time. Her face looked sculpted, her cheekbones dominant, casting shadows on her cheeks.

    Her eyes were what truly caught my breath and stopped my withering heart right there and then as I looked at them through the window. The colour of them golden, warm and forgiving, but the shape is what sent a chill to my core. They looked like cat eyes, menacing and daring, sly and cruel. I backed up from the window and took a deep, slow breath. More curious by the year my life became in the centuries I had been alive.
    Well there's not a thesaurus in sight, sorry but you're wrong. I appreciate opinions and facts. That was neither.

    • ANSWER:
      Thanks for changing what I suggested! The old part looked good. Just two things:

      1. In the 8th section where they're dancing, you use petite twice. For the second one you could use fragile, delicate, miniature, tiny, etc...otherwise it sounds a bit redundant. (Other than that, the paragraph was really good :)

      2. You use basically the same words twice: "the kind of skin longed for by girls at that time" Is there another way to say it?

      Other than repeating a couple words a bunch, you did a really nice job! Just work a bit on word choice and it would be perfect! Great job and good luck! :)

  35. QUESTION:
    START OF MY BOOK - PLEASE READ :}?
    She was everything good and everything evil. Everything innocent and everything impure. Looking at her was – when we first met – like staring at dirty glass. I couldn’t see half of what was under her skin. What lay tangled with her bones and intertwined with her tainted soul. I only sensed clarity. I only saw the innocence and the good. I was a foolish ancient man with my own dirty glass for skin, thousands of years of deceit and illusion lying beneath.

    Even I, who could see through the most complex illusions, could not sense anything wrong, anything but what I wanted to see. She was beautiful.
    Her hair was brunette, curled and long, falling down to her defined shoulder blades on her back. Her skin was pale, like chalk, the kind of skin girls longed for in the year I met her, which was 1728. She was tall and looked quite thin, but she was stronger than anyone could see.
    Her eyes. Her eyes were what caught my breath and stopped my withering heart for a few moments when I first saw her.

    The night when I first saw her, I was hunting.
    I could sense my ancient heart racing as adrenalin pushed itself through my aged veins. I was running. Not away from something, but to something. To someone. Her name I did not know, all I needed to know was that her soul was pure, and I ached for it to be mine.
    It was midnight. The clock tower rang and echoed through the streets of London. When the chiming stopped the silence was eerie. A fog emerged out of the darkness, meaning I couldn’t see far in front of me, but I wasn’t lost. It was her scent that guided me on this silent night, which was only to be disrupted by the flickering oil lamps on the corner of every street.

    I turned once more and I stopped when I came to the corner of a cobbled street marked Camille Road by a corroded metal sign. That sign seemed out of place, because it was the only thing that looked worn by age. The Georgian houses towered above my head magnificently and proudly.

    The first house I came to was the one. Her essence was that of old books, her mother’s perfume which she loved and the coal fire that burnt in her room on winter nights.
    It was stronger than ever, and it engulfed me in a desire for her soul which was nearing unbearable.

    Just as I was about to enter the house, the doorknob began to turn. As it did I saw a brief reflection of the moon on the silver metal. I ducked silently back around the corner.
    Out stepped a beautiful young girl, no older than sixteen, with a soul which was newly poisoned with darkness. She had blonde, almost white hair, ghostly skin, and grey eyes, as murky as the fog. She was incredibly thin and the dress showed that. She wore no corset, which was strange for a young woman at this time. The dress itself was a dark blue, tight fitting around her waist, and it had a small train at the back, which had accidentally fallen into a small puddle.

    She shut the door behind her as quietly as she could, rubbing her arms in the cold, waiting for something.
    Then it came strolling out of darkness with a large smile on its face. It was a man.
    The young girl greeted him with a kiss and he wrapped his arms around her waist, picking her up, and placing her down on his feet. She looked at him in wonder.

    He then began to dance with her like a father with his young daughter, her petite feet weightless against his larger, stronger, more agile feet. He was nothing like her. She was wealthy, clean and petite, whereas he was dirty, tall and well built, with long hair which half covered his dark eyes that looked lovingly into hers. His love was fake, his soul black, and his heart cold. He wanted something else from her, something she couldn’t see.
    He wanted her dead.

    But it was none of my concern. I let them walk in the direction he came from until they turned onto another street and I could no longer see them.

    I was about to enter the front door when I saw someone with an oil lamp pass the door – for there was a small frosted window – and then continue into the front room. It was the girl I was looking for. She was even more beautiful and more curious than the other girl, which I presumed was her younger sister, was.

    Her hair was auburn and the oil lamp caused the colours in the strands to ignite and glow conceitedly with orange and blonde and red and brown. She too was thin, wearing a pink silk nightgown. Her skin was like chalk, the kind of skin longed for by girls at that time. Her face looked sculpted, her cheekbones dominant, casting shadows on her cheeks.

    Her eyes were what truly caught my breath and stopped my withering heart right there and then as I looked at them through the window.

    • ANSWER:
      Hey

      Well your description, your detail and your vocabulary, are in my opinion, your strengths. It's ... sophisticated and mature. I like how you have mixed short sentences in for impact. Nice writing!

      What I would suggest is more showing - it will seem more descriptive and involve the reader more. I think that's the biggest difference between showing and telling.

      For example 'It was her scent that guided me on this silent night', you could say something like 'The scent of her _______ reached my nose and my footsteps lead me towards it' or something like that, I hope you get the gist.

      Also, at the start, when you're describing her. I suppose it does fit in with your context, but description of a person's appearance is much better when it's added with action. Something like 'She would play with her brunette hair when ______' is much better that 'She had brunette hair'.

      I'm personally a fan of less description but I suppose it suits your story and works well here, but make sure you don't over do it.

      ~ JLT

  36. QUESTION:
    My story so far - second attempt?
    I could sense my ancient heart racing as adrenalin pushed itself through my aged veins. I was running. Not away from something, but to something. To someone. Her name I did not know, all I needed to know was that her soul was pure, and I ached for it to be mine.
    It was midnight. The clock tower rang and echoed through the streets of London. When the chiming stopped the silence was eerie. A fog emerged out of the darkness, meaning I couldn’t see far in front of me, but I wasn’t lost. It was her scent that guided me on this silent night, which was only to be disrupted by the flickering oil lamps on the corner of every street.

    I turned once more on to a street marked saint road. The scent was intoxicating now, it surrounded me like the fog, but it seemed closer, close enough to suffocate me with. I was at the right house. It was large, making it clear that the girl was wealthy. The shadow of the structure loomed over me, blocking the light from the small fire burning in the street lamp.

    I stepped back and hid around the corner when I saw the front doorknob turning. A young girl, no older than sixteen stepped over the threshold in a dark blue waterfall dress which trailed along the ground behind her. She was beautiful. She had long white-blonde hair in waves, falling down her back, a pale complexion, and her eyes were mysterious, making her seem inhuman in some ways, and she was incredibly thin. I suspected her waist was that shape because of the corset she probably always wore.

    A man came out of the fog to her left and she greeted him with a kiss. He was around twenty, and he was not wealthy. His clothes were torn and his face was full of dirt. His dark, tousled hair reached his chin and yet she looked at him as though he were a prince.
    This was not the girl I was looking for. She was far from innocent, which saved her from me.

    They walked in the direction the young man came from, and after just a moment I couldn’t see them anymore. I could just hear her quiet laughter. When that had died down, I stepped out from the shadows and approached the door once more. I turned the doorknob and the door creaked slightly as I pushed it open.

    It was very dark in the house and I could barely see, but I knew exactly where she was. The hall was filled with portraits hanging on the walls, portraits of her family, and probably one of her somewhere too.

    • ANSWER:
      I like it. But just remember that "Saint Road" and any other road should start with capitals, not lower-case. Your imagery and description is really great though.


14 OctBeautiful Table Lamps

 ... beautiful table lamps – Modern House Exterior and Interior Design

How to Choose the Correct Size Table Lamp For a Console Table

The choice of your table lamp may sound easy but to be able to get the best and make the best out of your money, it is important to consider some guidelines when you buy your lamp. Your choice can depend on the style of your console table and the style of lamp that is appropriate for the table. It is important to know the specific purpose for using the lamp. Will this be for task lighting like reading, sewing or other work? Will it be for creating a romantic ambiance or a sophisticated and classy look or mood? Will it be used to create an accent in one specific area of the room? When you know the answer to the question on the purpose of your table lamp, the next steps will be very easy.

You can choose a buffet table lamp that has a slender, sleek and sophisticated appearance. A buffet style lamp is used for moderate lighting and is best for lamps in pairs or groups. This is best for solid, high quality wood console with doors.

You can also choose a rustic looking and warm mood lighting table lamp with earth tone. This is best for traditional, dark-colored half-moon console table that can be from 16 to 28 inches long. If your room has a rustic color scheme, this kind of lamp will be best for you.

Accent table lamp is good to provide a direct lighting to a specific corner of a room or to provide focus for a particular furniture piece. Give that special accent to your best decor through a lamp sitting on a high quality wood console table. You can also use it beside picture frames or your favorite books.

Your table lamp can be a great conversation piece when you have carefully chosen the style and theme that goes with the console table. Always consider the size and the color and make sure that they match. It is not good to have a big lamp standing on a small console table. The accent or the purpose of elegance and great look may be defeated.

If you are meticulous and you want the best fit for your console table and room, the best thing to do is to measure the table and approximate the best lamp that can stand on your console table. Use a tape measure for this purpose. Measure the diameter or area and the height of your table and when you shop for the matching lamp, always have this size in mind. A good guideline for the height of your table lamp is that guests should not be able to see the bulb when they sit beside the console table.

The color and theme are also factors that you should consider when you shop. A touch of your home motif should match an accent of your table lamp. The colors of the room, table, and lamp, should compliment and provide an accent that will be attractive and elegant.

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Frequently Asked Questions

  1. QUESTION:
    Lamps are so expensive, are there any places that sell beautiful table lamps, but not so pricey?

    • ANSWER:
      yah, he's just saying that cause he sells lighting. lamps are just lamps, and why should they be the most durable??? what are they enduring?

  2. QUESTION:
    I want to know where to look up antique Czechloslovakian fruit lamps?
    These are table lamps that look somewhat like a bowl or dish of fruit, but the fruit is made of smooth glass on top, and it lights up from the inside of the bowl. they were made in the early 1900's, and I have a beautiful one, and want to know its value and history.

    • ANSWER:
      Hi, Try Antiques Roadshow.com

  3. QUESTION:
    I'm remodeling if you have any great idea please share?
    I'm remodeling my living room and dine-room I need great ideal from yahoo I love remodel this is what I had in mind I want picture of the Titanic on my wall with the captain and his crew I need an beautiful old auntique sofa and 4 small table and 2 ,lamps salt and pepper shaker and a long auntique table . it will be beautiful........ In my livingroom I would have a beautiful piainting of the titanic with a beautiful auntique sofa and table rug with a working picture machine sitting on the rug. ....I need your help and idea

    • ANSWER:
      oh, you are doing a theme design!

      i think you should all some old world class, think hollywood regency meets english royalty. you definitely need a great chandelier. go to lamps plus dot com. also, i picture a light greyish blue on the walls. You will definitely need to go antique shopping but stick to cream colored furniture. Your accent color can be a nice antique muted rose color (washed out and faded) or like a grayish lavender. Use big dramatic pull back curtains made with fabulous upholstery type fabric and a use a tassle to hold back. You could even put a piano in there. Buy nice china and lots of vases with roses. Very formal. You should get 2 nice antique armchairs with wrought iron detailing (flowers or vines) and paint that cream and re-upholster in a coordinating fabric. Anchor it all together with a great large rug repeating the same colors and patterns in the curtains, couch. etc but do not be too matchy matchy!

  4. QUESTION:
    HELP! i am losing interest in my wife AGAIN!!?
    i am 38yo married twice. i am looking forward to be a good and loving hubby . But after 1st years of marrige, i realised that i am losing interest in my wife body again! Making love is no longer as rewarding or exciting as before. Infact looking at her (still beautiful) body is just like another cold table lamp!!
    Help ! I most wanted to keep this marrige but my body feels otherwise. Secretly, i had been taking Vigra just to kept the tempo, even thou i am not erectile dyfunction! Pls advise is this normal for every man or is there anyway i can change this dire situation...thanks

    • ANSWER:
      look like all u got into the marriage was for sex.. cause thats how u rate the survival of your marriage {}

  5. QUESTION:
    I need some recommendations for paint color on a living room using feng shui design principals-see details?
    chestnut colored l-shaped leather sectional, mission style medium brown end tables, oranges/browns/yellows mission style stained glass lamp beige carpeting, one wall is a rock wall. The room is located in the career and helpful people/travel/father guas, immediately inside the front entrance of the home. I have a beautiful mission style blue hued stained glass/white entrydoor.

    • ANSWER:
      From the description of your furniture, it seems like you have a somewhat conservative, warm taste. (which is fine).

      Since you obviously want it to flow, and match well, i would pick a neutral color. You have browns, yellows, and oranges and that's what you want people to look at. Not the color on the wall.

      Advice: Go with a brown, neutral color. If you like light colors, try different shades of tan or sandy colors. If you like deep, richer colors, a mocha or chocolate brown color might do it for you.

      I'm sure it will look great no matter what you do. Hope this helps. :O)

  6. QUESTION:
    What do you think of this prologue?
    H a l o

    She lay on my operating table; my insides churned. My thoughts mixed together; I was apprehensive. All the negative thoughts surrounding her, and the question if she would live, weighed me down. My hands lay flat on the table, next to her beautiful torso. I clenched them, feeling light-headed. She was all I had ever sought after, all I had ever wanted to accomplish. If her eyes did not open, my heart would break inside my chest.
    Open your eyes, my lovely. Live for me. Please, please, my angel.
    The life support machine beeped. She was alive. She was a living person, but unresponsive. Her chest inflated when she inhaled, and went down when she exhaled. My heart skipped; there was a pressure on my chest and sweat gathered among my brow. My greatest fear was that she would not wake; that she would never live to experience life as I wanted her too. She was my greatest creation; she was far more advanced than a simple science fair project. She was going to be a real, living person.
    All was dark around me except for her. Lamps hung over our heads, illuminating our skin. The lamp light enlightened her complexion, creating a somewhat transparent neon green look to her skin. She was striking, even as a sewn up doll.
    Frustration and hopelessness slowly seeped into me; the thought of her never waking strangled me. She had to; I did everything right. Everything about her was fine; she was alive. She just had to wake from her coma. I unclenched my fists and looked down at my hands, blood gathering around the indents that I had been pressing my nails into. I felt so unfinished, my vision blurred and tears pooled around my eye lids. She was never going to open her eyes. It was all a waste of my time, my mind, and my heart. I shut my eyes tightly and silently sobbed. My skin burned as each tear peeled from my eyes and slid down my cheeks.
    I heard a sudden cracking of a voice, as if someone was trying to speak but there was sand in their throat. My heart stopped beating as I opened my eyes and looked down at her through my teary fog. A grin played itself over my face and the happiest half hour of my life began. Her mouth was open slightly and her eyes wide in fear. Her irises resembled lime green jell-o: they caught me off guard. The eyes that I had picked out for her were weren’t that green. Perhaps it was the chemicals in her system that caused such a reaction.
    She stared up at me, frightened. I smiled at her. I wanted to do so much more though. I wanted to jump up and down and laugh! Finally! I had a daughter of my own. I would have to make her feel loved, all of the time. I gently patted her black wavy hair; it felt soft between my fingers. Some of the confusion and fear left her facial expression and she lightly smirked at me. I knew that she knew who I was. Even though she was completely ignorant towards everything in the world; she was aware that I was there for her and for eternity would be.
    I took my hand from her hair and held it out to her. She raised her hand to mine and placed her palm against it. I gripped her tighter, and slowly pulled her up so she was sitting up right. I was in love, not in the romantic sexual way… but in the way that a father loves his daughter.
    She took her hand from mine and raised both of hers in front of her face; her mouth hung open as she examined her fingers. Her focus shifted and her hands fell slowly. She stared wide-eyed at her thighs, then gently touched her skin. When she felt the texture of her flesh she looked up at me, very surprised. She was really, just too cute. Even though she was built to look like a 20 year old, she was similar to a new born. Well, she was a new born - technically. She looked away from me and went back to investigating her body. She moved her fingers diagonally across her waist, feeling the stitches. Her eyes squinted in confusion.
    I had wrapped white ribbon around her, so she was not exposed. The ribbon went over her breasts: They went down between her thighs, then travelling under and up her back. She was very thin. I didn’t want to make her so skinny, but I had a limited amount of resources. Her torso and legs were elongated and her stomach was stitched from her right rib cage to her hip bone. I would eventually be able to take out the stitches, once her flesh began to heal.
    I looked at her lovingly: I felt so complete. I had nothing to worry about; I could finally be happy. She raised her hands to my face slowly; her lips curved upward and her eyes smiled at me as well. She placed her hands on the side of my face and felt the feeling of my skin. Her body was warm. In a way it made me feel even more accomplished and even happier. She grinned wider at me as my smile increased.
    “Your name will be Halo, because you’re my angel,” I said.
    Halo giggled a little: she grinned from ear to ear. It was just so cute, I had to hug her. I wrappe
    . I wrapped my arms around her thin, frail body and I held her against me. Her arms pressed against my chest and I pressed my face into her collarbone. I had a feeling of great improvement. I was going to be a better person because of her. I just knew I was.
    I had a lot of educating to do, but it would all be for the better. Her existence was for the better. All the calculating, all the work I had gone through was over now and I could begin to enjoy it. I held her tighter and felt tears of joy spilled from my eyes.
    “I love you, my daughter, Halo.”

    • ANSWER:
      It sounds really interesting! Sort of like a modern day Frankenstein, right? I think that it is very well written and seems like an interesting story.

      Just a few things: I know it is just a prologue, but you may want to mention in passing a reason why Halo was twenty. I mean, if a man was able to construct a daughter, he probably would not really want to make her an adult who might want to leave soon to make their own way rather than a little girl who would love him unconditionally and want to stay with him forever.

      You may also want to mention that the father is aged (unless it is important for the story for him to be young!). You could just add a little phrase like "I pushed my graying hair back." That might clear up any doubts about what way he feels for his daughter.

      I really hope you don't think i am being bossy or anything! It is your story to do with what you want. I just thought you may want to add a few details to make the story more clear.

  7. QUESTION:
    :O my boyfriend told me he wants to take a break because "he's getting in too deep"?
    What the hell is this all about? Is this his way of breaking up gently and slowly? Here's the story, we went to this place with a beautiful lake and a lovely little outside restaurant, he took me as a surprise and told me to get dressed up. I got dressed up but not like overly like prom dress up and he told me i looked beautiful. Anyway when we got there we were sat by the lake, but that's not important. Anyway i could tell the place was expensive because the table's were glass, like crystled glass with these bar like lamps. The waitress brought our food out and i was completely freaking in my head that he was going to propose or something but i then realized he wasn't nervous at all or anything to it was okay. Anyway we took a walk down the lake walk and everything was fine, there was all lovely tree's and things and he turned to me and said that he really loved me and that i was incredibly important to him. I told him that i loved him too and that he was important to me and we kissed. He took me home fine and the next day he tells me on the phone "ive never felt like this before (there i am thinking aw) and then he goes and it scares me, i'm afraid. I think we should take a break because i feel like i'm getting in far to deep" i replied saying, that i didnt understand he said it was something he had to work out on his own. What do you think is going on?
    I understand that, and there has been no upset about from minor arguements over what plane to take and that sort of thing. Everything was going fine. Why take a break because your in to deep, what is it comittment issues?

    • ANSWER:
      sounds like commitment issues.
      my ex and i just broke up a while ago, and we pretty much still acted like we were dating, but without the title.
      he kept saying he would love to be with me, but when it came to making a decision he choked.
      so i think that maybe you should take that break and see how things pan out.
      it's better to give him his time to think than to force it on him, that won't help at all.
      so go about a month just being friends and see how it works out afterward.
      i kinda wish we had taken a break instead, but i'm an idiot and ended it for whatever reason.
      like he said, he's never felt that way before, and he's probably scared of getting too attached and vulnerable, giving someone the chance to hurt him at any time.
      so just let him think it out.

  8. QUESTION:
    Do you like this Allen Ginsberg poem?
    The Terms in Which I Think of Reality
     

     
    Reality is a question 
    of realizing how real 
    the world is already. 

    Time is Eternity, 
    ultimate and immovable; 
    everyone's an angel. 

    It's Heaven's mystery 
    of changing perfection : 
    absolute Eternity 

    changes! Cars are always 
    going down the street, 
    lamps go off and on. 

    It's a great flat plain; 
    we can see everything 
    on top of a table. 

    Clams open on the table, 
    lambs are eaten by worms 
    on the plain. The motion 

    of change is beautiful, 
    as well as form called 
    in and out of being. 

    Next : to distinguish process 
    in its particularity with 
    an eye to the initiation 

    of gratifying new changes 
    desired in the real world. 
    Here we're overwhelmed 

    with such unpleasant detail 
    we dream again of Heaven. 
    For the world is a mountain 

    of shit : if it's going to 
    be moved at all, it's got 
    to be taken by handfuls. 

    Man lives like the unhappy 
    whore on River Street who 
    in her Eternity gets only 

    a couple of bucks and a lot 
    of snide remarks in return 
    for seeking physical love 

    the best way she knows how, 
    never really heard of a glad 
    job or joyous marriage or 

    a difference in the heart : 
    or thinks it isn't for her, 
    which is her worst misery. 

    • ANSWER:
      No. In fact, I would like to co-opt and paraphrase what gul (right above me) said---wasted time that I won't get back again.

  9. QUESTION:
    Do you like this poem?
    Reality is a question
    of realizing how real
    the world is already.

    Time is Eternity,
    ultimate and immovable;
    everyone's an angel.

    It's Heaven's mystery
    of changing perfection :
    absolute Eternity

    changes! Cars are always
    going down the street,
    lamps go off and on.

    It's a great flat plain;
    we can see everything
    on top of a table.

    Clams open on the table,
    lambs are eaten by worms
    on the plain. The motion

    of change is beautiful,
    as well as form called
    in and out of being.

    Next : to distinguish process
    in its particularity with
    an eye to the initiation

    of gratifying new changes
    desired in the real world.
    Here we're overwhelmed

    with such unpleasant detail
    we dream again of Heaven.
    For the world is a mountain

    of shit : if it's going to
    be moved at all, it's got
    to be taken by handfuls.

    Man lives like the unhappy
    whore on River Street who
    in her Eternity gets only

    a couple of bucks and a lot
    of snide remarks in return
    for seeking physical love

    the best way she knows how,
    never really heard of a glad
    job or joyous marriage or

    a difference in the heart :
    or thinks it isn't for her,
    which is her worst misery.

    • ANSWER:
      great

  10. QUESTION:
    Are genie jokes the theme today?
    *Note: punchline better spoken aloud but it's worth the space*

    One day a guy was drinking on a blistering summer day, when in walks a man wearing a large trench coat. He didn't want to be rude but curiosity got the better of him and he approached the man. "Excuse me sir, but may I ask why you're wearing a trench coat? It's 97 degrees outside!" The man smirked, reached inside the trench coat and pulled out a pint-sized piano.

    "Wow, that's pretty cool but you're gonna have a stroke over a little piano?" The man promptly reached into the other pocket, and this time he pulled out a tiny, living human being. The little guy proceeded to the piano and began belting out the most BEAUTIFUL, incredible tunes you ever heard or ever hope to hear. "Unbelievable!!" shouts the guy. "How is this possible?!"

    The man reached into yet another pocket, pulled out a lamp and finally spoke. "If you rub this lamp, a genie will come out and grant you one wish but one wish only." Thinking the heat finally fried the man's brain, the patron grabbed the lamp, rubbed it, and to his surprise a genie came flying out. "I WILL GRANT YOU ONE WISH AND ONE WISH ONLY! WHAT IS YOUR WISH?" Shocked, puzzled but seeing the opportunity, the guy thought for a minute then finally said, "You know, times have been tough lately. I wish for a million bucks."

    Suddenly ducks came FLYING out of the lamp like crazy, pooping all over the bar, the tables, the patrons, causing chaos. It was absolute bedlam. Hiding under a table, the guy says "What is wrong with that genie? I asked for a million bucks, not a million ducks!!" The other man says...

    "Yeah, and do you really think I asked for a 12-inch pianist?"

    • ANSWER:
      Nice.

  11. QUESTION:
    What do you think of my writing?
    Edwin bowed forward over the table and held the crystal. He raised it under the orange light of the lamp and watched as it reflected back all kinds of beautiful colors.

    He breathed in and placed the crystal back on the table.

    In a cold night, he’d be resting in bed, watching the moon from his window.

    Death would knock at the pane. Edwin would walk up to the window, smile, and raise the windowpane.

    “I’ve been waiting,” Edwin would say, “Do it fast,”

    Death would float over the room and come back down. He would march gently over the matted floor and raise a hand over Edwin’s body.

    Edwin would shiver and fall back to his bed.

    His soul would rise up into death’s palm. It’d be grey and made up of dust like particles.

    The essence of life, the God energy that dwelled in his body for forty-five years was on its way to the source.

    • ANSWER:
      The words are beautiful. There is a distinct voice that flows and ebbs like a river. It has a cadence and a harmony that paints a clear picture.
      The problem I found was I don't know what the picture is. How does it connect with the first section about the bowl. That seems disjointed especially when the writer goes into a 'potential' situation or alternative moment. It isn't clear why though as I said it is clear what would have happened it is a matter of better linking or transitioning the two sections.

  12. QUESTION:
    Does this paragraph sound good?
    ♫Come in and see the glo,glo,glo tables, call now and you can win a glow pillow Call, call, call, call, call.♫
    Voice over:
    Have you ever wnt bump in the night? Have you ever had to “go” unexpectally? Well do we have a solution for you and its called “The GLO side table”
    This bed side table is so amazing all you have to do is clap and it will light up your room with a beautiful green glow, perfect for a night light or a lamp and suits everyone no matter what age. Its only five easy payments of .95 plus you get a 30 day money back guarantee. Its seriously one of a kind.
    Plus, the first 100 callers will go into the draw to win a free glow in the dark pillow and doona.
    You don’t want to miss this one by the glow guys.

    btw don't ask me what is it about oh and it doesn't exist

    • ANSWER:
      Here are the corrections:
      Have you ever had a bump in the night?
      ...and it's called the "GLO" side table.
      It's only five easy payments of .95, plus you get....
      It is seriously a one of a kind.
      And that's not all, the first 100 callers will be entered in our draw to win a free glow-in-the-dark pillow and doona. ( I don't know what a doona is. Maybe you have to explain it or leave it out.)
      You don't want to miss this illuminating offer by the 'GLO' Guys!
      The rest of the text is fine.

  13. QUESTION:
    please read and comment on this part of my story?
    it's from a book im working on, and this is a part when a group of homeless street kids are watching a banquet being prepared from a window.

    Three kitchen workers dressed in black uniforms walked past then, carrying platters heaped with salad. Others following behind brought crystal punch bowls full of ice and bottles of beer and wine. They disappeared behind a door, then reappeared minutes later and went back into the kitchen. This time at least fifty people emerged, carrying metal bins with small cans of kerosene underneath. It was impossible to see what was in the high bins. All the pier kids quickly crowded to the small window overlooking the banquet hall.
    Loyal and Baby Girl couldn’t see inside, so in a thoughtful gesture 60Cent lifted them both onto his shoulders. They watched the staff arrange the bins on tables draped with starched white tablecloths. There was so much food that it couldn’t fit on the tables, so several bins had to be carried back out. The lids were removed, and all the pier kids peered intently through the window.
    Saylor was already starving, and the sights and smells of the food nearly caused her to faint. She pressed herself against the windowsill, desperate to get a glimpse inside before she was jostled to the back. She stood on her tiptoes and clutched 60Cent’s arm. Nothing less than a feast lay inside. There was rosemary-crusted pork tenderloin and shrimp, linguine with marinara sauce, sourdough bread, chicken, spinach risotto, polenta, mashed potatoes with chunks of melted butter, colorful vegetables, four kinds of grilled fish, sautéed clams and steaming crab legs. And there was so much of it! There was an entire table just for serving oysters. Behind the tables, a chef prepared to carve juicy cuts of prime rib under a spotlight lamp. There were trays after trays of fancy desserts, arranged delicately on silver plates—tiny chocolaty tarts topped with fruit, cream puffs, éclairs, crème brulee, tiramisu, soufflés, slivers of cheesecake and hundreds of dishes filled with gelato and sorbet. Two beautiful six-tiered cakes, frosted creamy white and decorated with sugary vines and blossoming flowers, towered over the dessert table.
    “Dang,” Baby Girl breathed softly.
    A few laughs rippled through the group, but no one moved much. It was obvious that they were all thinking the same thing, standing motionless, forty-six wide eyes glued to the scene below in awe. Saylor’s mouth watered. She could almost taste the tender prime rib and the crisp salad and oh, the cheesecake smothered with raspberries and blackberries and fluffy chocolate mousse. She imagined drawing the first forkful of the cake to her mouth, letting all the blissful flavors blend together and melt away.

    • ANSWER:
      A pretty good start. You are very detailed (which is what I stink at :D ). Good job!

  14. QUESTION:
    do you think there are too many details in this part of my novel?
    it's when a group of homeless street kids are watching a banquet being prepared, from a window.

    Three kitchen workers dressed in black uniforms walked past then, carrying platters heaped with salad. Others following behind brought crystal punch bowls full of ice and bottles of beer and wine. They disappeared behind a door, then reappeared minutes later and went back into the kitchen. This time at least fifty people emerged, carrying metal bins with small cans of kerosene underneath. It was impossible to see what was in the high bins. All the pier kids quickly crowded to the small window overlooking the banquet hall.
    Loyal and Baby Girl couldn’t see inside, so in a thoughtful gesture 60Cent lifted them both onto his shoulders. They watched the staff arrange the bins on tables draped with starched white tablecloths. There was so much food that it couldn’t fit on the tables, so several bins had to be carried back out. The lids were removed, and all the pier kids peered intently through the window.
    Saylor was already starving, and the sights and smells of the food nearly caused her to faint. She pressed herself against the windowsill, desperate to get a glimpse inside before she was jostled to the back. She stood on her tiptoes and clutched 60Cent’s arm. Nothing less than a feast lay inside. There was rosemary-crusted pork tenderloin and shrimp, linguine with marinara sauce, sourdough bread, chicken, spinach risotto, polenta, mashed potatoes with chunks of melted butter, colorful vegetables, four kinds of grilled fish, sautéed clams and steaming crab legs. And there was so much of it! There was an entire table just for serving oysters. Behind the tables, a chef prepared to carve juicy cuts of prime rib under a spotlight lamp. There were trays after trays of fancy desserts, arranged delicately on silver plates—tiny chocolaty tarts topped with fruit, cream puffs, éclairs, crème brulee, tiramisu, soufflés, slivers of cheesecake and hundreds of dishes filled with gelato and sorbet. Two beautiful six-tiered cakes, frosted creamy white and decorated with sugary vines and blossoming flowers, towered over the dessert table.
    “Dang,” Baby Girl breathed softly.
    A few laughs rippled through the group, but no one moved much. It was obvious that they were all thinking the same thing, standing motionless, forty-six wide eyes glued to the scene below in awe. Saylor’s mouth watered. She could almost taste the tender prime rib and the crisp salad and oh, the cheesecake smothered with raspberries and blackberries and fluffy chocolate mousse. She imagined drawing the first forkful of the cake to her mouth, letting all the blissful flavors blend together and melt away.

    • ANSWER:
      to be fairly honest, i don't have enough time to read it, but i can answer in saying that; write what is needed to explain the situation and aid your story the best way it can. if you feel that it's too long, or something is missing, then make adjustments... as i do... i may have a diffrent writing style but i can put up the advice i have

  15. QUESTION:
    Today i played Ouija board with my friends,please help need answers?
    Today i played Ouija board with my friends,and im really confused. We played it in my room,and we where just asking questions about the spirit when randomly it didnt answer the question right, it just spelt out my name and table, like candys table,and then i asked what about it,and it said makeup lamp,and i said should i tale it off,and it said yes. Then i asked what color eyes the spirit has and it said "Candy your beautiful" and then me and my friends put our fingers on the pointer and before i asked a question it started moving and said "Candy be a good friend to everyone"
    and then later it did the same thing and said "Candy stay away" and i kept asking from what and it said some dates this month but it was not clear,and im just concered how it would randomly would only talk to me,please help

    • ANSWER:
      heres the secret...your friends playing jokes on you

  16. QUESTION:
    Compare Baghdad under the Abbasids with Baghdad today.?
    this reading explains how baghdad was under Abbasids

    The city of Baghdad formed two vast semi-circles on the right and left banks of the Tigris, twelve miles in diameter. The numerous suburbs, covered with parks, gardens, villas and beautiful promenades, and plentifully supplied with rich bazaars, and finely built mosques and baths, stretched for a considerable distance on both sides of the river. In the days of its prosperity the population of Baghdad and its suburbs amounted to over two millions! The palace of the Caliph stood in the midst of a vast park several hours in circumference which beside a menagerie and aviary comprised an inclosure for wild animals reserved for the chase. The palace grounds were laid out with gardens, and adorned with exquisite taste with plants, flowers, and trees, reservoirs and fountains, surrounded by sculptured figures. On this side of the river stood the palaces of the great nobles. Immense streets, none less than forty cubits wide, traversed the city from one end to the other, dividing it into blocks or quarters, each under the control of an overseer or supervisor, who looked after the cleanliness, sanitation and the comfort of the inhabitants.

    The water exits both on the north and the south were like the city gates, guarded night and day by relays of soldiers stationed on the watch towers on both sides of the river. Every household was plentifully supplied with water at all seasons by the numerous aqueducts which intersected the town; and the streets, gardens and parks were regularly swept and watered, and no refuse was allowed to remain within the walls. An immense square in front of the imperial palace was used for reviews, military inspections, tournaments and races; at night the square and the streets were lighted by lamps.

    There was also a vast open space where the troops whose barracks lay on the left bank of the river were paraded daily. The long wide estrades at the different gates of the city were used by the citizens for gossip and recreation or for watching the flow of travelers and country folk into the capital. The different nationalities in the capital had each a head officer to represent their interests with the government, and to whom the stranger could appeal for counsel or help.

    Baghdad was a veritable City of Palaces, not made of stucco and mortar, but of marble. The buildings were usually of several stories. The palaces and mansions were lavishly gilded and decorated, and hung with beautiful tapestry and hangings of brocade or silk. The rooms were lightly and tastefully furnished with luxurious divans, costly tables, unique Chinese vases and gold and silver ornaments.

    Both sides of the river were for miles fronted by the palaces, kiosks, gardens and parks of the grandees and nobles, marble steps led down to the water's edge, and the scene on the river was animated by thousands of gondolas, decked with little flags, dancing like sunbeams on the water,

    and carrying the pleasure-seeking Baghdad citizens from one part of the city to the other. Along the wide-stretching quays lay whole fleets at anchor, sea and river craft of all kinds, from the Chinese junk to the old Assyrian raft resting on inflated skins.

    The mosques of the city were at once vast in size and remarkably beautiful. There were also in Baghdad numerous colleges of learning, hospitals, infirmaries for both sexes, and lunatic asylums.

    • ANSWER:
      There were no bloody americans then...

  17. QUESTION:
    Can I please have some feedback on my book I have just started to write?
    The Abductions
    New York – September 6th 2011
    Frederick (2:06am)
    The smash of a window jolted Frederick from his slumber. Bleary eyed and exhausted he grabbed around on the bed side table for his glasses. Once securely placed on his eyes he began to take in what was going on around him. Three men surrounded the king size bed, all of them staring at him. He lunged for his bed side cabinet draw and his hand reached for the gun that was stuck to the draw roof. But, before he could get to it the three men had all jumped at him causing him to fall out of the bed and roll into the lamp. The lamp smashed him on the head and caused him to bleed from the gash across his forehead. The man nearest to him whom had the look of a scary psychopath held him by the throat and plugged a cloth around his mouth and nose. Frederick began to inhale and the smell of chloroform filled his nostrils. He felt himself falling, falling into a deep sleep. The last sound that he heard was the sound of a blade being scrapped along another metal object. Intense pain in his chest followed the sound and he felt a thick liquid running down his torso until he gave in and closed his eyes for the last time. Frederick’s body was bundled under the bed. The police whom would arrive hours later would come to the realisation that Frederick had died due to blood loss from the chest his heart had been severed and had ultimately stopped beating. A tear drop silently slipped from Fredericks left eye and he released one last breathe in which he dreamed and prayed for the safety of his loving wife and his son, Emit.

    New York – September 6th 2011
    Cassandra (2:11am)
    When dreaming one shouldn’t notice peculiar smells, but Cassandra did. She opened her eyes to the sight of her husband being dragged out of their master bedroom. Gagged and bound, Frederick looked like he was in no condition to speak, let alone provide confidence to his petrified wife. Cassandra was well aware of the negative points that came with fame and fortune. Possible Kidnap, Possible Psychopath fans, Creepy letters and Please for help, the list is endless. But never in her life did she think that it would ever happen to her, or her family. It’s a daunting prospect seeing the love of your life dragged away, into the unknown, not knowing whether they are going to live or die. Cassandra began to become familiar with her surroundings the window to her left was smashed, possible the entry route that the intruders took. The wardrobe, untouched, thankfully they hadn’t realised that with wealth and power comes certain privileges reserved for people of importance. In this circumstance she was talking about the panic room which lay dormant behind a thick mahogany wardrobe full to the brim with an extensive range of clothing and shoes. Cassandra’s mind suddenly snapped into life, my son Emit, is in his bedroom asleep, she thought. The door to his room was always left on the latch, in case of any emergencies like fires or intruders. Cassandra prayed for her baby’s sake that the door was still closed over. The men emerged from the master bedroom doorway, staring at her as though she were an untamed animal ready to attack or pounce on the unsuspecting victim. They raised their guns and held them aggressively, pointing them directly at her face. They ushered her up and they began to walk down the stairs where she was told to grab all of the legal documents that belonged to her son Emit. After what felt like hours of going through draws and opening cupboards filtering through documents, she was handed a sack and told to place all of them all into it. A man with a ponytail approached her and placed handcuffs around her wrists. He then ushered her outside through the front door, which by now had been unlocked by the intruders, who used a spare front door key which was found whilst rummaging through the draws in the deluxe kitchen. She was rushed past a beautiful professionally crafted garden to a deep purple coloured van. “Where is my husband you fowl lose some creature?” The man with the ponytail grabbed a handful of Cassandra’s hair and yanked it as hard as he could and merely said “Dead”. These words put Cassandra into turmoil. The one and only man that she had ever loved, has been ripped away from her in such a harsh and undignified manner. Cassandra’s heart shattered into pieces and she soon began to sob, uncontrollably. With that she was shoved into the purple van and the door was banged shut. The sound of shuffling echoed around the interior of the pitch black van. “Hello” whispered Cassandra. No reply. “Is anyone there?”, Again no reply. A force erupted from the back of the van and pinned Cassandra against the wall. “This won’t hurt, much”. Tears rolled down Cassandra’s face. She knew what would happen next. A pointed weapon was then placed on her forehead. “Goodbye” whispered the shadow.
    And with that he pulled the trigger, blasting Cassandra’s head all over the van floor. Cassandra slid down the van wall. Cassandra’s body laid there, her left arm cradling her wedding ring. Her last thought was that of her angelic son Emit; orphaned by the shadow that killed his Mother and the intruders that killed his Father.

    New York – September 6th 2011
    Emit (2:27am)
    I woke to the sound of shattering glass hitting the wooden floors downstairs. I looked out of my bedroom window, which overlooked the vast landscape of the city that never sleeps, New York, and saw that it was still dark. Again, I heard people rattling around down stairs going through draws and emptying cupboards, looking for something. Panic threw me into overdrive. My parents had always prepared me for break-ins and intruders in the home. I was instructed by my Mother and Father in case of a security breach, to quietly make my way to the panic room, which was hidden behind the wardrobe in my Parents bedroom. I wonde
    I wondered whether my Mother and Father had even heard the noises that were coming from downstairs. I decided on heading to the panic room. I crept across my bedroom floor praying that no floorboards would creak under my weight and alert the predator to my existence and my whereabouts. I stopped only when I had reached the bedroom door. My door was on the latch so I gently nudged it open and peered down across the hallway and down into the landing. To my horror numerous light beams raced along the walls illuminating everything in its path from expensive masterpieces to the latest technological equipment. My mind rushed with dread as I came to the conclusion that all these crooks wanted were the goods lying around the house, my parents’ goods, and my goods. As I began to get used to the thought of living in poverty, I quickly became aware that my parents would still be in bed. I silently walked back to my room and then turned left in the hallway which led to the garage and my Mother and

    • ANSWER:
      I couldn't write it much better myself! Careful though, the high detail-to-event ratio does make it sound a little corny. This is especially true that when you explain the characters motives, be sure to think about whether that was already obvious (Ex: Did you really need to explain to the reader that why Emit was worried about the floorboards is because he didn't want the creaking to give him away?) And keep the reader's opinion of the characters mostly in control. For example, if you didn't want Emit to be portrayed as a little snot, you might want to omit the part about how he "got used to the idea of being poor". It's not like we don't all have that but he should really be so worried for his parents, that wouldn't even cross his mind. Which brings me to my next part. It's too early to tell but there are always things a story must have. So far, you only seem to be lacking in character depth. I'm sure that could change without making any changes to the current part but in the next few chapters, make sure these people are explained like a real person, not an aid to the plot, real people WITH FLAWS (and I can't stress that part enough. make sure the bad guys have some good attributes as well) And, of course, let's talk theme. DO NOT allow your story to be merely an exciting blur of events and quests. That is stale writing and it is for children. A real story is an in depth hypothetical scenario used to convey a philosophical question and the plot and characters must reflect this point. There are also WRONG (or more specifically wrong ways to talk about a theme) themes to have. Many will say there's no wrong answer but there is and you can identify which are which in a simple way; Firstly, the point must have two sides to it, two REAL sides. It's ok if the writer favors one school of thought or another, it's actually a good thing, but the writer must pay respect to opposing views on whatever the topic, this means not only avoiding preechiness by giving an opposing view in the first place, but playing devil's advocate as thoroughly as possible. You have talent. Good luck!


13 OctMost Beautiful Lamps

Terzani Orten'zia Modern Pendant Lamp by Bruno Rainaldi

The Most Expensive Lamp in the World Is Worth 3.5 Million Dollars!

What would you buy with 3 and a half million dollars? Drive a fancy car? Buy your dream home? Travel the world? Although they say money can't keep you warm at night, how about the warm glow from an original Tiffany Lamp that can be yours for...yep, you guessed it, $ 3.5 million dollars.

Tiffany Lamps are considered to be very special as well as rare and are revered for their beauty. The first glass art lamp created by Tiffany Glass Company (A.K.A Tiffany Studios), started by Louis Comfort Tiffany, was made in 1865. The lamps are gorgeous pieces of art made with an average of 2,000 separate glass pieces per shade, all hand-cut, wrapped using the copper foil technique and then leaded and soldered together, an all-in-all pain staking process taking many hours to complete.

About the author: Nicole Maddox is a Managing Member ofTiffanysLamps.com, a division of Mad Market, LLC.

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10 OctBeautiful Lamps Chandeliers

maura daniel lighting and chandeliers are the perfect addition to any ...

Foyer lighting Choose the right foyer chandelier

If you are looking for foyer lighting, you should pay attention to identifying foyer chandelier or other foyer lighting options. Foyers are generally referred to the entrance lobby and require large lighting fixtures for better visibility and to enhance the looks as well. So, a foyer chandelier is found as ceiling mount, close-to-ceiling installation or chain mount. You have to make the choice. The chandelier is mounted from the ceiling and has to be kept centered. The foyer chandelier has to be large enough to make proper visibility as well as should have the capability to enhance the looks of the entrance.

Foyer chandelier is highly visible and so it has to be selected wisely and sensibly. It should be such that provides lighting inside the house and beautiful view from outside the house. It can add dramatic difference to the entrance lobby and will have great impact and impression on the guests at your house. The foyer chandelier that you choose can add panache to your entrance where the guests are expected to arrive. Remember, foyer lighting is the first thing that your guest will notice and so you need to pay attention to the looks also.

Foyer lighting also reflects your style, taste and personality and leaves an impression on the guests that arrive at your house. You can have various designs that are traditional, contemporary and even unique. In fact the designers go on working and they keep in mind plenty of designs that are either specific or general too. Remember there are varieties of offers and you need to choose one from them. There are many options if foyer lighting and you can have even plenty of choices in hanging lighting fixtures.

All hanging foyer lighting does not come under chandeliers and they have some specific features that make them unique and attractive too. If you want a less elaborate look, you can choose small hanging foyer lighting arrangements. In fact there are many ways in which you take care of the extravagance that are generally associated with planning for foyer lighting. This is because; there are many beautiful designs with feasible options that are reasonably priced.

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Frequently Asked Questions

  1. QUESTION:
    Can a conventional hard-wired chandelier be converted into a swag chandelier?
    I have a beautiful chandelier I need to hang in my new dining room, but the dining room has no light fixtures, only a wall switch for a lamp. Can a hardwire chandelier be converted into a swag lamp?

    • ANSWER:
      If there is attic space above the dining room then adding an approved box and running a wire from your existing switch would be a quick and not too expensive job for an electrician. I would call one and ask them to come give you an estimate. If you want to convert your light to a swag, I would bring it to a fixture repair shop and explain what you want done. They will be able to wire the fixture with a cord and plug so it will still meet electrical codes. An electrical contractor could also do this if they do fixture repair. If you must do this yourself, please be safe and do a little research and learning first.


08 OctBeautiful Reading Lamps

Reading Lamp

Pendant Lights: a Complete Guide for Beautiful Lighting Design

History and introduction to pendant lighting fixture

Pendant lighting is comparatively a baby in respect to other type of lights in the same category starting from the Huge Chandeliers. Actually if history is right, Pendant lights came into existence just as a useful substitute but a less detailed version of Chandeliers with almost same features and functionality. In fact it derived its name from pendant, a jewelry accessory. Its typical history dates back to 2700 B.C. It started with hanging lamps of clay with light given by an animal fat burn which was the way Greeks devised. As time past, clay lamps were replaced by Glass. In the 80s, European pendants began to appear with exclusive use of glass designs as pendants with attractive shades.
The picture of the typical pendant light is a single fixture that hangs from the ceiling from a string or other kind of supporting device such as a metal rod. They are minuscule in detail as compare to the chandeliers and rather than having its lights exposed, the tip or the lower end employs types of shades which is for the same reason the fixture is described as the pendant light fixture. A pendant lighting fixture is also called a suspender or a drop and most often if single-hanging entities without the extra branches are used alone can give dramatic effect when two or three are used together suspended at varying heights. The light may be stripped to a bare bulb suspended from a cord, or housed in a decorative shade crafted from glass, resin, metal or fabric. During its earliest days, the pendant featured a crude type of blown glass shell, which eventually evolved into a huge style conscious make. Today, the variety of styles combined with customers demand has made pendant lights on par with other forms of lighting fixtures. A closer look around pendant lighting online store will surprise you with the extent to which this type of lighting has evolved.

The Whys and Whats of Pendant Lighting

One of the crucial features of the pendant lights is its versatility. Pendants can often be found in living room, small foyers, kitchens, bathrooms and bedrooms and it can suit each space with equal ease. Pendants lights are much different from other types of lights and command the same respect as jewellery. They sparkle, enlighten, and soften a clean, austere environment. In actuality, pendant lights can be every bit as fancy as chandeliers, because one gets pendant lights studded with Swarovski crystals or dangling gemstones. One of the other most important benefits of pendant lights is it never needs re modifications of your existing space like drilling a hole in the ceiling as the case with recessed lights or hammering your walls for those classic wall scones. This drastically reduces the installation time along with peace of mind and yes, brings down your lighting investment. Pendant lighting fixtures do not have the grand scale of a tiered chandelier and are ideal when space and cost is a concern. Wherever space is an issue, mini-pendants can be hung from above, effectively freeing up space in the room for furniture and other things.

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