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Just a reminder to everyone to leave feedback for Matt1208 in his trade rep thread (http://www.shaman-australis.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=37555).

Definitely super pedro. Whether or not super pedro is a type of scop is another matter altogether. People used to call it "cordobensis", but I don't know if that's accurate or not.

Wouldn't ethnic cleansing be tricky if there was only a single race?

He disappeared off the radar at around the time of that post. It's possible he hasn't actually seen that post, as I don't think he's logged in since a few days before. I personally think there's a good chance that he's just going through some shit at the moment and will reappear and make good on the trades. I just wish he would get in contact with me, or the members he owes, and explain the situation. They've been very patient for a long time, so I'm sure they'd be understanding if PS needs some time to get his shit sorted. But he needs to be upfront about the delay. If anyone knows him in person, it would be great if you could have a word with him and convince him to get in contact. ETA: Or if there's a reason he can't get in contact, let us know (even if you can't provide details).

source: http://www.drugfoundation.org.nz/salvia/law It's a very important question, given that the laws have changed. Does anyone know if these laws include live plants?

They're awesome, shiva

We got a new kitten recently. He's very cute, but he harasses our other cat non-stop. She is elderly, and just wants to spend her retirement chilling out and being left alone. She is extremely patient 99% of the time, but sometimes she gets fed up and puts him in his place. Here she is demonstrating her ninja skills with a one-handed takedown.

I've seen these referred to as "short spined peruvianus", though it's probably more closely related to the 'true' pachanoi than to other peruvianus. It's a spectrum, and I don't think you can get a definitive answer, but it's definitely got some differences that distinguish it from things like "yowie". It's definitely not PC.

In case anyone reads the title and thinks of doing this without reading the rest or doing any research, be aware that hydrangeas contain cyanogenic glycosides.

Very cool, thanks for posting. I was beginning to think I was the only one. Do you have any more to show us?

I left high school in year 11 because I just wasn't interested, and was too stoned most of the time to pay attention in class. I spent a few months lying on the couch watching TV until I realised I needed to get a job, at which point I ended up starting an apprenticeship. I ended up skipping trade school after a few because it was just totally boring and the other apprentices were mostly morons and assholes, so I didn't actually end up getting my apprenticeship, but I had enough experience to grab jobs in that field anyway. I hated my work, but the main reason I went back to school was that my back was always causing me grief, and I realised I needed work that wasn't so physical if I didn't want to be on disability by the time I was forty. It was a pretty difficult decision, but it turned out to be a blessing in disguise. I was about 23 when I enrolled in yr 12, and I had about a 6 month wait before the school year started. My back gave out again at some point, and rather than take lots of time off work and have the stress of all that, I decided to just quit my job and start preparing for studying. I quit smoking weed because I was planning on styding maths and science and knew my brain needed to 'detoxify' if I wanted to have any hope of concentrating on these subjects. I was living with my Mum, so my other expenses were non-existent. Year 12 was somewhat difficult because I was doing things like specialist maths and hadn't done the yr 11 subjects that precede them, but I worked my ass off and managed to get a final score well above what I needed to get into my course. First year of uni, I had the same experience as a lot of people here, that everyone else seemed to be getting drunk and socialising while I was actually studying. I managed to breeze through 1st year, but then things started getting tougher. 3rd and 4th year were particularly hard for me, but I managed to push myself hard enough to graduate with first class honours, and that's what I needed in order to get into a PhD. The rest is history, as they say. Going back to study is probably the best decision I've ever made, and I don't regret having a gap of 6 or 7 years, because I think it was just where I was in my life at the time, and I don't think it would have worked for me if I pushed myself through school the first time and went straight to uni. The fact is that if you want to make a lot of money, there are way smarter choices than going to uni. But if you love learning, and you want to improve your mind and be around other people with similar interests (you probably won't find these people until about 3rd year after all the try-hards have dropped out) it's definitly worth it.

dchiw you knock a full cup of coffee all over your somewhat pricey keyboard first thing in the morning, and then spend a significant amount of time pulling keys out, and moving everything from your desk so you can mop coffee off the desk, wall, and floor...all while your still half asleep and in need of a coffee. ETA: After draining the coffee out of the keyboard and then drying it, it is working fine, and I now how sparklingly clean keycaps again

If you are actually searched, they will most likely find it, unless... and even then, you'd hope the cops aren't too zealous The idea of the advice to hide it in your cigarettes is to hopefully mask the scent so the dogs don't indicate you and you don't get searched. No idea if it works, but the advice has nothing to do with hiding it where the cops won't look

I picked up a pencil the other day and started sketching. I've done pencil drawings in the past, but was never any good at portraiture. For some reason I am suddenly 100 times better than I ever was in the past. I am enjoying this form of expression and will probably try my hand at painting in the near future. I showed a few of these to my Dad and his thoughts were very positive, which I take as a real complement because he's not someone who is good at lying about such things. I'm just curious what others here think of these sketches. Some of the HB ones didn't scan that well and ended up looking washed out, but I will probably post them anyway. This first one is 2B. 2B makes a better sketch anyway, but it also scanned much better.

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I'm not sure. At the moment I want to really improve my technical skills, and this means I might do more isolated features before doing another full portrait, but that's not set in stone. I'd like to do more female faces, but haven't narrowed down candidates.

If/when I have some I'll let you know

Post #19 and #20 are charcoal. It's got some great properties, like the ability to do strong blacks, and the ability to get very soft shading, but at the moment I'm trying to work on my realism, and pencils are better for doing the level of detail required. Also, I'm sticking with portraits at the moment. I've always found them difficult compared to other subject matter, and I'm finding it really rewarding to improve these.

Realistic eye close-up. EDIT: Deleted to avoid my SAB being able to be associated with my full name. PM me if you wan't to see any of the drawings I've removed.

I agree for the most part. I can enjoy bad sequel to a bad college movie more than I enjoy a reasonably well made horror movie. Or to put it another way, I get more enjoyment from seeing bras coming off than heads coming off . That said, some horror/thriller movies are so well made or conceived that they win my respect, even if I don't actually enjoy the process of watching them.

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"Guinea Pig" - Probably the most effective gore special effects I've ever seen. (ETA: actually I think it was Guinea Pig 2. Haven't seen the others.) "Slaughtered Vomit Dolls" - Not as realistic as Guinea Pig, but worth mentioning for the title alone. ETA: Oh, and while not horror, "Pink Flamingos" is pretty disturbing.

Edit: Images are gone from original upload location. PM me if you want to see them

Digital portrait: