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Ladies Day at Aintree Grand Nationals

admin — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 23:17:16 +0000

Ladies Day in any race holds a special place, but there is no comparison in great events than Ladies Day at the Aintree John Smith Grand National horse races. The prizes for the fashion show are great and include packages such as a trip to London where you will spend the night at a luxury hotel, a photo shoot with Jeff Banks who will also give you his advise to help you spend the £500 Matalan voucher, handpicking a new wardrobe just for you, and dinner at the Ivy where you will meet a number of celebrities, or another package which includes an all-inclusive 10 night stay for two at your choice of Almond Resorts. There are also smaller prizes like a Boodles Raindance Diamond Ring, or one pair of Christian Louboutin shoes. Needles to say there will be a number of women competing for the chance at any of these great prizes. You will need to register with them, and they have not made it clear yet if there will be fashion scouts looking about for lovely women who look lost. There are a limited number of spots in the competition, so you will want to head to the table as soon as you get there. Below is a video of some of the contestants from a few years ago.

There are a few tips on how to win the competition, but there is no way to guarantee you are the winner unless you absolutely look your best. The thing to remember here is that spring has now come, with the start of these races and the best outfits to wear should match accordingly. This means that it is up to you to determine the new spring fashions, coming in your trendiest clothing. Keep the outfit to spring colors, pastel yellows, blues may want to be the focus of your dress, but don’t forget the vibrant reds and greens in your accessories. If you dress down the main part of your clothing, you can show off the accessories better.

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Manager by Day, Video Gamer by Night

admin — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:56:00 +0000

Dahlia has had different jobs throughout the years. She once worked as one of those people who tests out the latest and greatest video games that come out on the market. She got all kinds of perks that go with the job too, and because she was friends with someone who works a little more in depth in the industry, she got even more free perks. Dahlia also has a thing for bad puns, and would call that old job the reason why she was so perky back in her college days.

One of the games that she once had the pleasure of testing was the original Silent Hill. Incidentally, she loathed the movie as it was not true to the original in many ways. Dahlia is a huge fan, especially because on of the main characters actually has her name, the mother of Alessa Gillespie. For Halloween, she dressed up as the character even though no one knew who she was supposed to be: the game had yet to be released yet. She kind of misses the old days before she got what she calls her real job now in management training program.

She still does play video games still but not for pay. Dahlia collects old consoles too. She has them in her office on the walls as decoration. Most of them still work too. We actually met in college because I had the same job as her before I also got my real job. We still get together every Friday night to play some old school games like Mario Brothers. I’m a Luigi fan whereas she is a Mario fan. She gives me endless insults for my taste in the famous video game duo: Luigi is supposed to be the lesser of the pair even though I know better. I joke back that my job in organizational development is better than hers in the same way she teases me about my love of Luigi. We actually work in the same company, but in different parts of it. I actually put in Luigi’s Mansion into one of the consoles for a joke. It took her a week to find it, but only a second to figure out who had done it.

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Professional Developments in Superstition

admin — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:12:42 +0000

Julian is an odd kind of guy but not in a bad way. He works in professional development. He has a degree from Harvard in business. He has dog named Gibson after the famous guitar brand. He also has superstitions.

His superstitions are mild superstitions though. There is a fountain pen he absolutely must have at every board meeting he ever goes to. He will even make up an excuse to come in ten or fifteen minutes late to find it if her must. It is a rather nifty fountain pen. It has a pulp fiction dime novel wrapped around its top while the bottom where the pen tip is has a checkerboard pattern in white gold and onyx. He said he had the pen in his hand when he got the phone call that he was hired at his first job as a cashier at some dollar store. His father bought it for him as a graduation gift from high school. Every time a good thing happened to him for work, he had the pen on him. It got so he never went anywhere without it, and a couple of refills. He pockets it before he pockets his wallet. That is how important it is to him.

Julian also has a horseshoe he got tattooed on the bottom of his feet, a part of the horseshoe for each foot. He got while on some executive training in Chicago. He was sober when he got it. He always wanted to get a tattoo because he was so buttoned down, but due to his work, a tattoo might be frowned upon if in an obvious place. He got it on the arches of his feet, thinking two things: it would be hidden and he would always be walking lucky. Unfortunately, it also hurt, and he could not walk around for a while. It has faded quite a bit, but the word lucky is still there. He plans to go back to the same girl and get it down on the top of his foot so it will last longer, and his luck too.

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