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Shylass

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28 Jun 2012

Quote by Janey79

I'm with you Yvonne it is the reason, I, and I'm sure many others visit Lush as it is a sex orientated site. I would have thought people would visit other sites if they wanted to chat about shopping, holidays or recipe ideas IMO.

Maybe some of us have sad little lives and don't feel horny all the time, and/or are so sad we don't have any real friends, so we sort of flock together on Lush and sing Kumbaya (also known as Cumupmyarse when horny). Or, some of us are able to to see Lush as the multi-faceted place that it really is? dontknow

dontknow

So long as we're all happy in the way we use it, and don't infringe on anybody else's enjoyment, I can't really see it being an issue.

28 Jun 2012

At least somebody likes my cherries. tard

tard

28 Jun 2012

Quote by tuggerina
How do you know when you have had an orgasm?

When you've had one, yes, I think you will know! Try these stories, it may help a little? It is kind of indescribable, kind of hard to understand unless you've felt it. There is nothing like it on earth or in Heaven or Hell, I am sure! It's like the universe shifts or something.

http://www.lushstories.com/stories/interracial/he-she-and-him.aspx

http://www.lushstories.com/stories/first-time/excerpts-from-my-inexperience-the-2.aspx

27 Jun 2012

Quote by gav
We will be upgrading our database server in the next hour or so, for an hour.

You have time for one more poke, a quick forum post or a cyber date with DM

Geez, Gav! I was in the shower when you posted this, and by the time I got back to read it, it went down on me. No, not in the fun way. I had to spend all that time trying to chat someone up in emails and it was totally hard work. angry7

angry7

27 Jun 2012

Quote by Jillian22

The first step is done! we took his phone number. We agreed to meet for breakfast tomorrow. oh shit, am I really doing this??!

We? Royal we? Simple mistake from "I"? Or "We swapped numbers"?

The sceptic in me thinks this is an elaborate ruse to get people to read the subsequent story that will follow this thread.

If it's not, I can see there will be some very disappointed Lush readers.

27 Jun 2012

Quote by PersonalAssistant
speaking of "negative" numbers ..... how do other writers feel about those that only leave a comment (usually those comments are praising) without scoring?

I am always surprised that someone takes the time to write something but doesn't hit a scoring number.

(yeah I know it's never going to be perfect ..... was just wondering how other writers felt)

Is that a fact? I knew some people hide the activity when it showed they scored. Maybe some think the scoring system is pointless (geddit? evil4

evil4

) Wow, I never thought of that. It naturally follows to me that I read, score, comment, usually. If I had to choose, I would rather get the comments, because I can learn from them (hopefully), but I do like to look at the visual chart of how people scored, as that gives me a good idea of the general consensus (the number.number thing just confuses me).

27 Jun 2012

My mate just posted this on Facebook, and says he thinks people don't know if they're coming or going...

27 Jun 2012

When I first joined, I had some random Irish bloke with a girly name IMing me and not letting me get a word in edgeways until my backside took root to the computer chair, and now I can never leave until I get booted out. dontknow

dontknow

27 Jun 2012

Some of the better writers that I know (in real life) are dyslexic, and I admire anybody who works through any obstacle to hone their skills, whatever way that may come about.

Quote by hartclass

There is however definitely some favoritism here - with some writers getting good reviews regardless of the content - that is even worse - a cliquey little club - no thank you!

I think, like any community, there are groups of friends within it, and it is natural that they want to score and mark each others' work. Yes, there is the mutual backslapping that goes on, as well as the marking down maliciously, but I have noticed that people who are kind to me prefer to tell me in private what they didn't like, or if they didn't think I did a very good job of things. Perhaps the very nature of friendship is that each one within it is more able to use their criticism both tactfully and privately bcause they care. Some want that out in the open, others don't. What some see as a "negative" comment, others see as constructive, and shouldn't be jumped on for kindly offering their view. But the truth is, it happens, and so people prefer to keep the more "negative" comments private. I don't like all my friends' stuff, and I refuse to read some of it too, as they know. And I have a label on my forehead that says "persnicketty", as anybody who ever sent me something to proofread knows all too well.

I would suggest people stick to what they are comfortable with, and ignore the people they don't like, because behaviours are beyond anybody's control but their own, particularly when it comes to online community and the feedback of writing.

26 Jun 2012

26 Jun 2012

Quote by HotSticksHarry4U
Any helpful ideas on getting back into dating? Was married for 29 yr's with most of it sexless, but divorced after my one son finished school. I stayed faithful all through those years. Anyway if you have any advise on do's or dont's - date sites - or what to avoid?

I'm afraid I don't have any advice about dating, but hopefully this thread will help you a little? http://www.lushstories.com/forum/yaf_postst23556_Meeting-New-People.aspx

My brother has met a wonderful lass through a dating site (after meeting two complete psychos from the same site!), and has just moved in with her. I also have quite a few friends who have met and/or married through sites like that too. So if you are braver than me, go for it!

Faithful people are preciously wonderful, in my opinion. Big Hugs

Big Hugs

26 Jun 2012

Quote by Jillian22
I think next time I will ask for his number and take this a step further. Should I or am I asking for trouble? What does everyone think?

Personally, I feel like you are asking other people to make a decision for you. You cannot justify your own decisions by what other people think. You have make your own mind up and do what is best for you, and/or what you want to do. I think you have already decided and are wanting us to validate it for you. We can't. It's not our decision to make. It's yours.

26 Jun 2012

I fizzin' LOVE you guys!!! love7

love7

Proper well done!

I need a Ginga now, as well... drunken

drunken

26 Jun 2012

Quote by Gurlyboy

That made me laugh. Oh how I love Blackadder! Your version was funnier than the original. I will contribute btw, just lemme get my brain in order first.

Try saying it out loud to yourself exactly the way he and Blackadder do the first one! I keep cracking up laughing to myself like a complete nutter before I reach the end! Lfunny

Lfunny

I can't find it on Youtube, though. One day, I'm going to have the boxset of Blackadder.

Thank you, lovely lad, I look forward to your contribution when you're ready. cheerleader

cheerleader

26 Jun 2012

Quote by nicola
Very clever Shylass.

I wouldn't worry about the low votes, they now get programmatically and communally ignored

I / we can see who's doing the low voting - if it's a common occurrence, their voting gets ignored totally.

Thanks, Nicola. Hugs

Hugs

It's all part of Lush's rich tapestry.

Okay, let's make this a bit easier for some of you. Here's two of my most Favouritest Classic poems EVER, by Baldrick from Blackadder, The German Guns and Untitled:

The Lushie's Breasts

Boobs, Boobs, Boobs, Boobs,
Boobs, Boobs, Boobs,
Boobs, Boobs, Boobs, Boobs,
Boobs, Boobs, Boobs.

Your Titties

Here's the things I seek,
Nipples that I tweak.
So I suck, suck, suck...I am a titty freak.

If you're struggling to find your own classic, why not have a bash (there's a hint!) at Alfred Lord Tennyson's "Blow, Bugle, Blow"?

26 Jun 2012

Quote by LauraLee_sugah
i just wish i was clever enough to do this... lol.. you are a wonder, daisy....

I bet you could! Pick a short one! Using the sentence structure, or the rhymes as your guide can help you. Pick a short classic, and think of something that "IS" Lush to you, or that you notice about stuff when you log on, and try it. You're not forced to post it, just because you try it. But you might surprise yourself. And the best bit is, even if it comes out crap, it's only because against the masters, very few of us could look that great, so anything goes!

Hugs

Hugs

26 Jun 2012

Long story, but after discussion about people being given scores of 3 on their work, I (badly) re-wrote "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" by Dylan Thomas for Lush:

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Three Fright.

Do not go gentle into melancholy,
Sinking into obscurity this day;
Rage, rage against the giving of the three.

Though horny men at their climax feel right
Because their willies had hardened and shown they
Do not take gentle into that three fright.

Good men, the last orgasms felt, crying how bright
Their spunk might have shown on a sunny day,
Rage, rage against the giving of the three.

Wild women who came and sang like birds in flight,
And wrote, alone, they grieved both straight and gay,
Do not go gentle with that given three.

Brave men, near finale, who write with insight
Blind pens could blaze like laser printers this day,
Rage, rage against the giving of the three.

And you, my friend, there on the second page,
Curse, bless, me now with your ranting blog, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that three fright.
Rage, rage against the giving of the three.

The rule is, you post the title and a link to the original (not the full thing in the thread, please, only post your version), and do your best to convert it for Lush. It could be about people, popular threads, a story, forums, anything Lushy. At some point in the future, newbies could read them, and have a good guide to all things Lush. Ha ha! They don't have to be great, folks, just do your best.

This thread is Frank_Lee's fault, so if it bombs, punish him by buying his eBook (linkage in my signature).

25 Jun 2012

Quote by DirtyMartini

Lol...now I know what to wear...when we going out anyway?

After I have nommed you all up... love7

love7

What was this thread about? I seem to have forgotten... drunken

drunken

25 Jun 2012

Quote by DirtyMartini

If someone gives you a low score, you could also dress them up in a gingerbread outfit and tell Fred they're a giant ginga...and watch him bit their head off...that might work...

Mmmmm... Shylass porn... drunken

drunken

25 Jun 2012

Quote by DirtyMartini

I have a simple way of dealing with it...I just find the person who gave me the low score, invite them out to the jungle, and then arrange to have a hungry lion attack them...works like a charm...

That's funny, you haven't asked me out yet. Whistle

Whistle

25 Jun 2012

Quote by PersonalAssistant
I was astounded the other day when my story was hit with a one. It had already at that point had seven 5's and a four. I re-read my story and wondered what the hell was wrong with it.

Like a number of people here, if a story is that bad, I will just leave it. If there was potential, I'll pm the writer.

I remember when Lush had the scoring system of .... why does this story deserve a 3, 2 or 1. You HAD to comment or your score would not count.

Personally, I would like to see that scoring re-installed. As a writer, I am all for some suggestions on how to make my stories better .... but to have no comment on why it's a 1, 2 or even a 3, does not give any writer something constructive to work on.

Ah, there is new measure in place now, though. As I said, changing the system is not an option (Mamma Nicola said so once, I remember), but you can choose to insist on a comment with your score.

I'd say the balance of your other scorers ought to show you the true measure of your work, lass!

25 Jun 2012

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Date: July 03, 2012
Start Time: 12:01AM PST
End Time: 3:00AM PST

Description:
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As part of the upgrade, there will be a short service interruption as we work to upgrade and replace the router and associated gear. Expected service interruption is between 45 to 60 minutes.
This upgrade will provide additional network capacity, performance, and enable IPv6 capability on the LAX6 datacenter pod.

Our network operations engineers will closely monitor the work and will do everything possible to minimize any inconvenience to you. If you have any problems with your connection after this time, or if you have any questions regarding the maintenance at any point, please contact our support department.

Is that the long way of saying Lush will be on holiday for a bit? confused5

confused5

25 Jun 2012

Quote by CumGirl
As somebody who has received 1's, 2's and 3's repeatedly on my stories and poetry without any form of critical commentary ...

And as someone who is extremely critical of my own work ...

And as someone who takes criticism personally ...

And where a "unwarranted" vote or malicious comment affects my sense of self-worth ...

Which has on a couple of occassions has caused me to stop writing as I could no longer see the pleasure in creating so others could be dismissive, malignant and vicious ...

I no longer allow people to vote on my postings ...

And I am much happier for it x

Hugs

Hugs

Hugs

Hugs

Hugs

25 Jun 2012

Quote by Magical_felix

This is simple. Just put more fucking in it.

Seriously though, the longer you are on lush the more times you will receive scores you feel are inaccurate. The more people start to notice you I mean.

Look at it this way. 99% of stories that have perfect 5's have like 7-11 votes or so. Most stories that have 50 or more votes, especially if you are an author readers and other authors are aware of, will have fours and 3's in there. Now this story with 50 votes could have a score of like 4.79 or something like that, because of two 3's and a few fours but the rest are 5's.

So, that said.

One story has a perfect 5 score with 11 total votes, 11 perfect 5's it received.

Another story has a crappier 4.79 score but with 40 perfect 5's given to it.

What, in your estimation, was the most successful story? The one that got 11 5's or the one that got 40 5's even though the score is lower?

I remember being really excited by my first 1. And that was the story that was fucking from start to almost finish! Ha ha ha!

After I have my, "lower score wobble", I just kind of go, okay. Can I make it better next time?

I just wondered how other people deal with it when they get them.

To me, if I made one person smile, or enjoy it, I did Awesome. Anything more is a bonus. Negative feelings that I have when I see something lower is momentary (or a few days at worst, because I like to fix things), and is not due to other people, but the fact that sometimes (okay, all the time), I care too much what other people think of me. But that's my problem, not theirs. That's why I want to know how others deal with it, to see if I am alone in the "I can't do much about it, but I'll beat myself up for a bit and then move on" thoughts.

25 Jun 2012

Quote by Mazza

Hey, Clum and I are the cuddly Scottish ones... That makes me SO angry, Sprite!!! You need your bottom spanked!

Everyone knows that Shy is British!!

ducks!

angry7

I was holding back my own rant from earlier, but now you've bloody gone and done it! AAAAAAARGH!

STOP FECKING TELLING ME WHAT YOU THINK I SHOULD DO! I DON'T WANT TO BE A BLOODY TEACHER! I WAS A TEACHER! IT WASN'T FOR ME! I BLOODY TRIED! Okay? Yes, I was good at it, but I wasn't happy! Why do you all think you know what is best for me and what I should be doing? I AM doing what I can currently cope with! I can't start up my own fucking business, I have no money! Yes, it would be great to do stuff I'm good at, but here's some fucking news: I AM NOT A PROFESSIONAL CRAFTER, HEADDRESS MAKER, SEAMSTRESS, FLORIST OR PHOTOGRAPHER! I have no fucking training! I have a little skill in all those things, but not a LOT of skill in them! Not enough to make my way ahead in a world where EVERYBODY is doing these things from their own home in an attempt to make some more money. I only have enough skill that those who don't know any better think I do. But I KNOW! I have enough skill that I KNOW I don't have enough skill! And it's all a moot fucking point anyway as I have no money to set it bloody up!

Stop trying to "help" me! Stop trying to get me out the house to meet people. I KNOW the kind of people you want me to meet, and I have NO interest in spending time with them! They are the needy, lonely, nosy, gossiping FUCKING ANNOYING kinds of people I already have hundreds of in my life. That's how my illness got WORSE! That's how I ended up this bad! I don't need to hear them banging on about a Person who didn't give a shit in my creation, and takes divine delight in the misery that is my fucking existence! He doesn't give a fucking TOSS about how I feel, and he doesn't care about bringing healing and joy and life to people whose babies have just died and those who suffered horribly as they died of cancer, or He'd have fucking done it after all the begging I did for it. It might make YOU better able to cope with life, but it makes me MORE AND MORE FRUSTRATED AND HATEFUL! DROP THE FUCKING BOMB, ALREADY, AND BE DONE WITH IT!

And I AM NOT FUCKING BRITISH! MY FUCKING COUNTRY IS ENGLAND! Yeah yeah, bi-national, but ENGLAND! It is IN Great Britain, but Britain isn't so great anyway. People who call me British are either ignorant of what it means, lazy because they can't be arsed to find out or get out of the habit of using it, or cruising for a Big Fat Fucking Bruising if they get too fucking close to me. And don't even get me STARTED on that political fucking Euro shitty fucking bollocky bollocking Euro bollocking BOLLOCKS!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!

Yaaaay. Now I feel even crapper. angry7

angry7

25 Jun 2012

The important stuff is in bold, so you can skip the waffling. This is the Number version of "Getting Negative Comments", as I wasn't sure where else it should go.

This is NOT a call for wanting to re-do the voting system. It's here, deal with it. It is, however, about how we deal with what we feel are negative scores (in that they are lower than what either we, or the other readers of our work, agree reflect the true nature of the piece in question). Or even, how we deal with people bringing down our score so it reflects badly, on purpose.

Recently, I wrote a piece that was scoring very highly amongst those who read it, for which I am grateful. But one person did leave me a 3, but no comment. A friend of mine left comment and also spoke with me privately about what they felt was wrong with the piece, whilst being aware of how my other friends might feel about it. Another reader also expressed what they found difficult in the piece. Whilst I found it upsetting at first (I'm highly emotional, I'm a girl), I also knew they had a point even before I posted it. Indeed, I nearly didn;t, for fear people wouldn't like it.

I left this comment on the piece, after a lovely, lovely person what I proper love wanted to know if the scorer could be "called out" for marking it what I would term "average".

"You know, it's okay to be given a 3. They may have struggled with the length, not enough sex, too much sex, they may not like my style, they may think I can't spell, or they may just find me annoying.

But if people think improvement can be gained, but can't be bothered to explain it, then I need not worry over their simply not liking it. It just says to me that they are either unable to offer skill in helping me better myself, or they cannot be bothered. In either of those two cases, their score is meaningless to me."

I said other stuff too, but it's irrelevant here.

I have a theory. It's very simple. When a story is verified, the scale on which it can register is re-set. A 1, therefore, is not "illegible". If it was, it would not have passed and been posted! Therefore, receiving a 1 means to me that I have a very, very long way to go in becoming a better writer. On the flip side, a 5 means to me that the reader became lost positively in my writing, and/or cannot see any way in which I could improve the piece. A 3 would make my piece average. I know we score differently, but that is how I see the scale.

So what I would like to know is this: when you recieve a score lower than your piece is worth, in both or simply your own opinion, and/or that of your readers, how do you deal with it? Does it make you question your own value as a writer (as it does me), and have you scanning and fretting over how you can improve? Do you ignore it, as you are confident in your own evaluation of your work and/or that of other readers/friends? Do you even care?

Do the scores on the piece even matter to you, or is it just the fact that at least one person liked it?

Again, this is not about the style of the voting system, this is how we deal with the use of that system.

Thank you so much for the hoped-for replies. sunny

sunny

25 Jun 2012

Quote by sprite

knock that shit off. rage cage does not allow hugs. rage cage only allows rage. 10 yard penalty for being cuddly and Scottish!

I keep telling her, it should be:

FUCKING BASTARDY KNOBHEADY Big Hugs

Big Hugs

, I FUCKING FEEL YOUR SEETHING RAGE!

25 Jun 2012

Quote by DirtyMartini

Why...how many followers does Fred have?

I think I screwed up that link btw...

No, no, lad! He is Fred in reverse so Fred has as many followers as matey is following. Or something Don't ask me to explain it, I will get more confused (and it doesn't take much).

Fred is just sat back laughing now. angry7

angry7

https://twitter.com/#!/GarrettBrisk Ah, both the links work if we copy and paste the address in a new tab. I bet Fred and Twitter have a deal going, because I can see him watching me.

25 Jun 2012

Quote by SydneySider
Shylass, #1 and #3 are just superb...

Thank you. I'm just learning really. I like to potter about with my editing, although I usually keep it simple. I like the contrasts of stuff, and I like to play with a bit of colour in it, too. This one got me a little prize in a newspaper:

This one was taken after a service for the life of my friends' baby who died at just a few weeks old:

I did flowers for a wedding, and got to crash with my camera:

25 Jun 2012

Quote by sprite

you told me you liked them, that they made you feel special

No, that was me that said that. Embarassed

Embarassed