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25 Mar 2013

Please God tell me some of you have seen The Goonies! smile

It was on TV here in the UK the other night and is an absolute classic now - had to watch it again!

If you have seen it, share your favourite scenes, favourite quotes, favourite pics…

If you haven't, d'oh!

Watch it!

Original theatrical trailer (1985)

Hey You Guys!

L x

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25 Mar 2013

Hi guys,

Allowing custom 'themes' would be a bloody nightmare! smile

Totally agree on that point, it would really ruin the Lush experience.

Actually, what I had in mind was something along the lines of a 'Reading Pane'. A small box located on each story page which allows the following:

1 - Incremental size increase/decrease of story text.

2 - A couple of basic colour palettes for the use of say, dyslexic people.

A lot of websites cater for this by designing their site so as not to have pure black (#000000) on a pure white (#FFFFFF) background. This is because many dyslexic users are sensitive to the brightness of pure black text on a pure white background due to its high contrast. This can cause the words to swirl or blur together.
One of the palettes could use a slightly off-white colour for the background, like a light grey. You could also use a dark grey for the text instead of a pure black to cut the glare even more.

3 - 'Night Mode' would be as mentioned above, a selectable toggle button. Non-permanent and activated by loading the secondary CSS file. When you navigate away from the current page, it reverts back to the standard CSS. It could be a dark grey instead of black.

Just a thought smile

L

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24 Mar 2013

And one for the ladies as well:

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24 Mar 2013

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24 Mar 2013

Lush mega-combo!!!
Went for an amalgamation, so thank you very much: Delphi (for the juice), Loves4Play (for the Aspirin) and Dudealicious (for the B12)
Lizzy is back on form! cheerleader

As you are all so curious, I have just got off the phone with Clare.
Approximate Phone Transcript (from memory):

Clare: "Hello?"

Liz: "Oh hi, is that Clare?"

Clare: "Yes. Who's that?"

Liz: "My name is Liz. I think we met in a club last night..."

Clare: "Oh hi! How are you?"

Liz: "I'm good thanks. Little hungover, but good."

Clare: "I was wondering if you would call. It was a good night last night, you found my number then." Giggles

Liz: "Erm, yeah." Laughing "Thanks for that."

Clare: "It was my pleasure." Sultry, sexy voice. "Listen, I'm sorry I can't chat right now but I have to shoot off. Can I call you tonight? I'd love to see you again."

Liz: "Sure. Please do."

Clare: "Bye for now beautiful."

So, looks like I have myself a date. eat

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24 Mar 2013

Quote by DirtyMartini

Boy, you're really getting picky here ain't you Buz? Think of all those poor, friendless serial killers here on Lush...

Looks around nervously... violent3

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24 Mar 2013

Hi Peeps

I have a site suggestion, lets see if anyone else thinks it might be worth looking into.

I read a lot of the Lush stories when chilling out in bed.
The white background does tend to glare after a while, even with the brightness turned down on my screen.
Apple devices have an option in the settings to 'Invert Colours' which will effectively create a White on Black version of everything on the screen.
This also effects images as well, so what you end up with is something like this:

I would be more inclined to create a secondary CSS file for the site, with these modifications already coded to create a custom 'Dark Lush' theme.
I saved a copy of the site and had a play with the files - 3 minutes work produced this VERY rough and ready example:

This has 4 additional advantages:

1 - None of the images are inverted.
2 - It can be completely bespoke for the Admin to design as they feel best.
3 - A single button could be attached to each page in a convenient location which will switch to this alternative view with one click - no messing about in your device settings.
4 - Android devices do not have that 'Invert Colours' feature so it would be a universal improvement.

Your thoughts?

A very hungover, Liz x tard

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24 Mar 2013

I'm not a regular drinker but after a couple of weeks of college stress I medically needed a night out. Pour Wine

Clubs, hip-hop music, Jack Daniel's - it's all a painful blur...
If anyone has any decent hangover cures I would be very grateful.
I woke up this morning and almost collapsed in shock when I looked in the mirror. A TATTOO!?!? What the fu...
It turned out to be the name 'Clare' and a mobile number scrawled onto my left boob with a marker pen - no idea who she is, what she looks like or how it got there. d'oh!

Should probably ring her later and find out lol.
Anyway, hangover cures or humorous drunk musings - fire away!

The last track I remember the DJ playing:

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23 Mar 2013

Quote by principessa
http://www.lushstories.com/forum/yaf_postst27829_Formatting-Dialogue.aspx

A lot of people struggle with formatting and punctuation of dialogue. The above link will take you to a primer on the subject that will answer all of your questions and provide examples of how to do this correctly.

This is the form that we want to see in all stories on Lush.

This is an excellent guide by the way.
Helped me considerably the first time. Well worth a read.

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23 Mar 2013

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23 Mar 2013

I would appear that Jacqueline should have performed some market research prior to starting her "business" Think

Perhaps she should have asked the guys and gals of Lush before putting her business plan together laughing6

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23 Mar 2013

Quote by DirtyMartini
Damn...if I gave up cigarettes, I'd have to give up coffee...and writing...

Where's that story btw Lizzy? Doesn't look like the counter at the local Walmart to me...

Hi Alan

If you did mean 'story' you'll have to be a little more specific than that, I now have 15 half-finished on my list crybaby

1st person Humour Competition entry has unfortunately become a long-term project - just not my thing and became a complete bastard lol
My replacement poem will be submitted this weekend - I want that potato! laughing8

'Store' on the other hand is in Amsterdam, coffee shop called The Greenhouse Effect on the Warmoesstraat in the Red Light District.
You didn't read my Travel Musings post? Read it

(shameless plug)

http://www.lushstories.com/forum/yaf_postst28995_MY-GUIDE-TO-AMSTERDAM--You-won39t-find-this-in-the-travel-books.aspx

Lot of love for the Marijuana thread today Regaeman Man

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23 Mar 2013

HA HA HA!

"Who's going to complain about the scent of pussy wafting through the house when they come in?"

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23 Mar 2013

Love it!

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23 Mar 2013

Lemony Fresh laughing6

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22 Mar 2013

Quote by AbigailThornton
Thanks for that. I've found a good way to remove my darlings without 'killing' them: anything which I like but doesn't work gets cut-and-pasted into a word document. I just checked and that document is 78000 words and counting.

Of course, it's extremely satisfying when text gets cut-and-pasted the other way!!

Excellent idea smile

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22 Mar 2013

The Snuggery, is located in a cosy suburb on the shores of Lake Ontario in the United States.
Its owner says Americans have been starved of cuddles for too long and she wants to put it right. So is a queue forming outside her door?

Website Info:

Jacqueline established The Snuggery because she believes in the healing power of touch. The Snuggery is a place to take a break from the hustle and bustle of life and focus on the simple restorative pleasure of touch. Though science has unquestionably supported the psychological and physical benefits of non-sexual touch, Americans distinctly lack it. It's time for change. At The Snuggery, Jacqueline provides individuals with private snuggling sessions. She aims to make the world a gentler place, one snuggle at a time.

Professional Snugglers - Colleen & Jacqueline

RATES & SERVICES

THE SINGLE SNUGGLE:
Select one Snuggler with whom to enjoy your relaxing snuggling session.

45 minute session: $50
60 minute session: $60
90 minute session: $90

THE DOUBLE CUDDLE:
The Double Cuddle allows clients to cuddle with two Cuddlers concurrently.

45 minute session: $100
60 minute session: $120
90 minute session: $180

LINK: THE SNUGGERY WEBSITE

Your thoughts below please Eh?

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21 Mar 2013

Rubber Ducky! smile

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21 Mar 2013

A semi-retired, slightly overweight, cross-dressing, Romanian traffic warden.

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21 Mar 2013

Quote by PersonalAssistant

like my three poems in the "Assume the Position" .... Assume the Position - part 1 of 3

Shameless plug Read it

Read them, loved them, scored & commented... now get your ass in my office! Giggles

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20 Mar 2013

Quote by Shylass

That depends. Will I get cookies?

He he

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20 Mar 2013

Quote by PersonalAssistant

Isn't that expected??

"Could you step into my office for a moment? Close the door behind you..."

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20 Mar 2013

One of my favourites happy8

You can get so confused
that you'll start in to race
down long wiggled roads at a break-necking pace
and grind on for miles cross weirdish wild space,
headed, I fear, toward a most useless place.
The Waiting Place…

…for people just waiting.
Waiting for a train to go
or a bus to come, or a plane to go
or the mail to come, or the rain to go
or the phone to ring, or the snow to snow
or the waiting around for a Yes or No
or waiting for their hair to grow.
Everyone is just waiting.

Waiting for the fish to bite
or waiting for the wind to fly a kite
or waiting around for Friday night
or waiting, perhaps, for their Uncle Jake
or a pot to boil, or a Better Break
or a string of pearls, or a pair of pants
or a wig with curls, or Another Chance.
Everyone is just waiting.

NO! That's not for you!

Somehow you'll escape
all that waiting and staying.
You'll find the bright places
where Boom Bands are playing.

With banner flip-flapping,
once more you'll ride high!
Ready for anything under the sky.
Ready because you're that kind of a guy!

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19 Mar 2013

Good afternoon everyone,

There are some really great posts here in the Lush forums for people just staring out with their writing.
One example is a whole series of very good pieces written by Morgan Hawke located in the 'Morgan Hawke's writing tips and advice' section.
Well worth checking out.

Some of this may have already been covered by Morgan but, in the spirit of camaraderie, I wanted to share with you all a couple of my own pointers that have helped me out considerably.
Everyone will have their own methods for writing and these are some of mine. If you think anything you read here might be useful, by all means give it a go!
Using an amalgamation of different techniques is fine, it's whatever works best for you.

One of my biggest bugbears when reading stories is continuity issues. If they are evident in large enough quantities, or just on one or two main points, it can really ruin a story for me.
Continually inflating and deflating something like breast or penis size tends to stick out Whistle

, but a sudden change in a main characters name or relationship to another character (from girlfriend to sister) really stands off the page. I do a little proof-reading for friends and these really slap you in the face mid-story smile

To be fair, they are usually the result of what we in the UK call a 'cut-and-shut', taking two separate things and welding them together.
Mods may spot this and bounce it back to you for correction, but getting it right first time is far easier and good practice.

All of my stories have their own folder and each folder contains at least three files.

1 - Story Outline
Step one for me is a story outline. This starts with a blank page onto which I pour out all of my ideas.
It's very rough and not particularly detailed, but begins to take shape as I expand it. Details are added as to character motivations, plot lines, location etc
What you end up with is a one page summary of the story in little chunks of text. These often get chopped and changed to make the story flow better or improve a timeline event.
Once it is done and you can see it play out in your head from beginning to end, its time to make some notes on the characters themselves.

2 - Character Profile
This is more a collection of notes than an extensive profile on each character. Small reminders of physical attributes, personality traits and statistics.
An example might be:

Name: Michael Samson
Age: 30
Physical stature: 6' 2", athletic build (regular gym goer), chiselled jawline, mousy brown short cropped hair, brown eyes. 6" cock, shaved balls.
Appearance: Smartly dressed, wears a suit due to office environment, prefers black with a red, power tie.
Personality: Intelligent and flirty! Real ladies man. Like to think of himself as suave and sophisticated.
Occupation: Marketing Exec.
Other: Single. Lives alone.

That's about it.
In just a few lines we now have a record to look back on; it tells us how old he is, what he looks like, what he does for a living, how he dresses and how he thinks of himself.
It can obviously be added to as and when you like; as new ideas come to mind just note them down. Characters naturally evolve as a story forms and begins to take shape, this is just for your own reference.
If, later in the story and already on his third fling, our Mr. Samson in the throes of passion is pounding his 9 inch cock into a lucky lady, she will be very lucky indeed as its only 6 inches.
Change the story or change the profile - your shout, just keep it consistent.

3 - The Story Itself
Get writing.
Don't worry about spelling and grammar, just let your mind run away and get the bulk of it down. I personally find that if I spend too much time worrying about these things from the get go, it takes a lot longer to put it all together and can really make the whole thing drag.
Admittedly it can sometimes be spelt so badly it could be an alien language, but it gets sorted in the end.
When I have finally finished the main body of the story, now is the time to get the editing done. Fine tooth comb the whole thing top to bottom. Check the spelling, grammar, punctuation, tense, everything!
When you've done that, do it again.
If something doesn't sound right, sleep on it. I'm sure some of our resident pro's will agree with me that there is a lot that can be said for a fresh pair of eyes.

IMPORTANT
As an aside, I would also like to point this out.
The computer is not your friend.
Don't get me wrong, they seem friendly enough, but turn your back on them for a second and they'll burst into flames and drag your new perfected story straight to the deepest levels of digital hell.
In other words, please don't forget to back up your work.
We recently had such a horror story at college regarding some important coursework, the poor girls tears flowed like a river. crybaby

Online file storage is now not only fairly extensive with most companies giving you 5Gb of space, but also free!
I have accounts with all of the following storage services which cost me nothing. Simply sign up for an account, download and install the application and you will find a new folder on your machine.
Anything you put in there is not only stored on your computer, but also backed up in the cloud.
Should the electrical gremlin strike and take a bite out of your hard drive, fear not, you haven't lost a thing.
For the travel bugs amongst you, each of these can be installed on multiple machines under the same account and the contents shared - drop a file into your new folder on your home PC and it'll be copied to your laptop the very next time you turn it on.
What's even better, each of these services also has a mobile application. If you are stuck on bus or bored on a long train journey, why not have a read of your work for further inspiration?
Click any of these buttons below and secure all your hard work today.

I am not a veteran writer by any means, just a little OCD, so please take this advice in the manner in which it was given - an attempt to share a method that works for me and to help out those just starting.
If anyone else has any tips or handy techniques, please do share them below.

Happy writing,

Liz x

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