Title: Pretty-boy Angel
Artist: xterm
Rating: G
Characters/Pairings: Castiel
Spoilers: er.. I guess 5.08... but only in concept...
Warnings: none

Title: Thaw
Fandom: Twilight
Characters: Bella, Jacob, Edward
Spoilers: Takes place at the end of Eclipse, after the tent
Summary: Jacob and Bella share something special, with Edward's permission. Now Bella faces her toughest decision ever.

Chapter 2

I have an obsession with wide stretch belts, and finding a studded one has been my new focus. I was wondering if any of you lovelies knew where I can get a belt similar to the ones pictured. It doesn't matter if its online or a physical store, I'm pretty desperate. My 1st choice would be black with silver studs, and 2nd being black on black, though I wouldn't mind other colors as well
Thanks in advance!

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Hi fats -

So I know I'm not the only one lusting over Duo boots yet again this Fall/Winter season. I look at the website almost everyday and here I am ready to order some. I am thinking I want two pairs -

The Florence http://www.duoboots.com/products/boots/detail/calf_fitted_boots_timeless/florence/12/colour/1-black_leather/

and

The Venice http://www.duoboots.com/products/boots/detail/calf_fitted_boots_contemporary/venice/246/colour/4-black_suede/

Ok so now some questions: Does anyone have either of these? How are they? Are they true to size? How is the quality of the material? I love the way the Florence looks but then I watched the little video they have and they looked cheaper in the video than the photos. Ie - the leather looks a little bit chintzy. I saw one person with the Venice and purple and the pics were SO appreciated. They are on back order but I'm willing to wait.

The other question I have is why do boots slouch in the ankle? I know this slouchiness is a desired look for some boots this season but I seem to have this problem with all boots. I have the Brindisi from Duo http://www.duoboots.com/products/boots/detail/calf_fitted_boots_everyday/brindisi/7/colour/2-brown_nubuck/ and they slouched a lot last winter. I really despise this look and would like to avoid it. I also got another pair that year that are similar to the Malmo but not identical. I haven't been able to wear them more than once or twice because they completely suffocate my ankle. They, too, slouch a bit at the ankle and it digs in so deep and is so tight that I completely deformed looking ankles after wearing them. I thought maybe the ankle slouched because it was too big, but then I had an ankle that was too small and also slouched.

Thanks for any and all help!

I'm going to spend the afternoon shopping for my bday outfit. Wish me luck! Here's what I'm wearing:


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Good morning! I'm still trying to get out of the habbit of just throwing a hoody and jeans on when it's my days off! This is what I wore yesterday. It was quite a challenge for me, the dress is short and I actually attempted to accessorise (I fell in love with this necklace the moment I saw it). What do you think? I felt pretty confident wearing it which was a suprise!

Sorry for the bad quality, i'm hoping to buy myself a nice little camera in the next few weeks. :)


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Setting: A large city in the northeastern United States, modern day
Searched: "scurvy," "scurvy symptoms," "scurvy treatment," "scurvy effects," and so forth.  Multiple articles on Wikipedia and a few online medical encyclopedias.

A young man in his late teens becomes so involved in a project that he neglects his diet over an extended period of time, and contracts scurvy.  His symptoms eventually become bad enough that he goes to a doctor, receives a diagnosis, and recovers by resuming consumption of Vitamin C.  My questions:
1. How long from the initial presentation of symptoms will they become severe enough to convince a person who makes a habit of neglecting his health that he needs to see a doctor?
2. Will symptoms completely vanish after he begins taking Vitamin C, or will there be some lingering effects?

I have a character in a modern setting who is trained as a nurse, but has been hired to fill the medical-officer's position on a small special-ops team. It would be helpful to know what, specifically, would be different in her training and medical knowledge-base vis-a-vis what one would expect of someone who had trained to qualify as a doctor.

She is by and large not actually working with living patients in this position (it's a Torchwood fic, the medical officer's main duty is dissecting dead aliens so it's not like they're gonna sue if she's learning on the job), but there will be moments when she's also called on to serve as a field medic, and I'm not quite sure where her "right, off to hospital with you" breakpoint is going to be in relation to the injuries/conditions her predecessor was capable of treating on-site. She does have the advantage that said predecessor hasn't, um, actually left, as such, and would be available to advise and talk her through procedures she may not have the exact skills for, if they're close enough to the range of what she may be trained for/capable of -- setting bones? Minor sutures? What does she know, and what does she know that she doesn't know and needs to outsource? It's the gap between the two specializations that I see as a potential source of plot-points, and I'm not quite sure how to even begin Googling that...

What would cause pain/discomfort in a kidney, that wouldn't show up on a kidney function blood test?

I need it to be something that wouldn't be discovered right away. So far, I'm thinking of a benign tumor. Would a benign tumor impact the results of a kidney function blood test?

Search terms: kidney disease, kidney ailments, kidney function blood test, kidney ailment not showing up on blood test, kidney damage, hidden kidney damage, underlying kidney damage, underlying kidney disease, benign tumor in kidney, benign tumor kidney test results, blood test results benign tumor, kidney blood test results benign tumor.

While searching with these terms gave me lots of information, I could not figure out the answer to my obscure question.

... I made a running blog today! I want to blog about all the runs I have from today til my marathon in May. Because I really like reading about my runs and now I can talk about them all I want without boring all my friends!

But I figure other running friends might be a tad interested, so here you go: http://kristinerunning.blogspot.com :)

scarlett johansson, ian somerhalder, justin chambers, blake lively, leighton meester,
freida pinto, michelle jenner, jessica alba, ashley greene, jackson rathbone, new moon

+banner,taylor swift

Preview :
  

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