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    ok I was looking for movie times and saw this link at the bottom, this guy built a Hobbit House!

    http://www.shelterpop.com/2010/02/04/a-real-life-hobbit-house/

    hobbit-house1-425lf012810.jpg Photos: SimonDale.net

    A low-impact, eco-conscious house fit for a hobbit in Wales.

    I am the sort of girl who read all of The Lord of the Rings books (this was long before the films came out) and I even devoured Tolkien's prequel to the series, The Simarillion. So, when I saw a post on lace & tea titled 'The Hobbit House,' I was intrigued.

    This Wales-based home is, in fact, designed much like much like what I imagine a hobbit house would be, but this is more than a novelty home. The builder, Simon Dale, and his father-in-law created this house with a low-impact approach and maximum regard for the environment in mind. It was also a do-it-yourself project, built on the cheap by hand: A-mazing!

    hobbit-house2-425lf012810.jpg Photos: SimonDale.net

    Check out the 'how' section on Simon's site for a very detailed account of the building of the hobbit house. Simon says he built this amazing abode with a chainsaw, a hammer, a 1-inch chisel and very little else-seriously! He enthuses, "This kind of building is accessible to anyone. My main relevant skills were being able bodied, having self belief and perseverance and a mate or two to give a lift now and again."

    hobbit-house3-425lf012810.jpg Photos: SimonDale.net

    While us city-dwellers won't be building any hobbit houses anytime soon, we're inspired by Simon Dale's incredibly optimistic view of home building. Click through to the section devoted to similar buildings, it has examples of other hobbit-like dwellings for all of us dork-tastic Tolkein fans out there.

    but thennnn i also went to see this guy who did tree houses!

    http://www.shelterpop.com/2009/09/10/would-you-live-in-this-treehouse/

    treehousea-425jd082709.jpg Baumraum treehouses are much more than a rickety wooden fort -- These are the treehouses of the future. Photo: Baumraum

    Baumraum makes treehouses. But, not just any type of treehouse...this isn't the one you and your dad could whip up in a weekend with some leftover wood and rusty nails. This is a real treehouse; one that you could live in!

    Traditionally, treehouses have been for children as a fun way to start secret clubs, camp in the backyard or just hide from Mom when it was time to do chores. However, Baumraum took the idea behind treehouses and expanded it to meet the needs of adults, too. These treehouses are fit for an adult retreat, a romantic getaway or even a very unique home office.

    treehouseb-425jd082709.jpg The interior of a Baumraum treehouse can go from simple to luxurious, depending on your needs. Photo: Baumraum

    Each treehouse is prefabricated, so it can be fitted with whatever fixed furniture you'd like. It can be insulated to protect from the elements, and even wired so you can work and stay connected, while you're way up high. Baumraum offers a wide selection of add-ons including seating and reclining areas, storage space, a mini-kitchen, heating, lighting, entertainment electronics like a flatscreen tv and a minibar, as well as windows facing in all directions. So, basically, you can buy yourself a prefab mini home in the sky.

    But what about the trees and the environment, which is on everyone's mind these days. Good news: Baumraum is environmentally conscious. The treehouses are offered in a range of sustainable materials, such as FSC-certified tropical wood. However, their number one concern is making sure that the surrounding trees are not injured or compromised when building and installing the treehouse. No nails or screws are used for installation. Instead, Baumraum uses textile belts and adjustable steel cables that do not cause any harm to the trees.

    treehousec-425jd082709.jpg Baumraum makes a conscious effort to ensure no trees are harmed. Photo: Baumraum

    So, this begs the question -- would you live in this treehouse?

    so cool! i totally wouldn't mind living in either of those :)

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    thought it was amazing. my mom specifically enjoyed it because they stuck so true the original books. it was kind of dark colors and such, but still enjoyable to watch, i wouldn't really say monochromatic, but sort of darker colors. i loved it :) i would recommend seeing it ^_^

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    that's why you break the phone in half and say your brother ran it over.... THEN you get a replacement under the insurance even if its water damaged :)

    haha. im sorry kite. i work in a pharamacy (not even the part that deals with the pills up front) i had a man come up to me and rant to me about how the gym members next door park in the parking lot in front of our store and how he wanted me to do something about it... i was like umm.... i'll pass the info along. my cashier almost burst out laughing before he was all the way out of the store lol... i guess people just look at you and expect you to do anything they want. :shrug: most of them are retarded.

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    I'm pretty sure he's not TOO TOO concerned that you're gonna get raped. After all you're in a public place with other people.

    he's mr. worse case scenario. he's also afraid of me being kidnapped in broad daylight in a public place and no one doing a damn thing to stop it.

    but im aware we need to sit down and talk about it and we have. we've talked about it. he knows im not going to stop doing it. he's the first one to say we need to talk things out and work it out ect. but i cant seem to get him to talk about this and actually come to a SOLUTION. we've talked about it, yelled about it, mentioned it and quickly changed the subject, but i either get frustration and no solution or "lets not talk about this now".

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    thanks for the offer GG but i was ok, and almost happy i ended up going on my own out of spite. we've had this conversation. many times. my biggest concern was that if he was so fucking worried why doesnt he just come? well he didn't want to ruin my time there... that was his excuse. so i told him, well either way you're going to. because i'd rather you come "ruin my time" instead of hating me when i get home anyway.

    yes GG its the PAST. i dont get what the fuck is so hard about it. i mean really, me and this kid barely HAD a past at all, so that further baffles the shit out of me.

    his other thing is that its not because he doesnt trust me, its because he doesnt trust other people... ugh. so what. you dont have to trust other people. trust in the fact that your girlfriend has a fucking brain. >_< it just makes me so angry.

    i told my parents about it on the way out and they just rolled there eyes. my mom made a comment when i got home, she says "oh look! you're back in one piece!" heh. so im not the only one that thinks this is crazy......

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    so ya. i have to vent... somewhere where he can't see it. so i'll do it here. because OBVIOUSLY i can't talk to him about it... i can't. he's the one who says we need to talk it out, everything should be out in the open and it can all be resolved by letting it out in the open. well, apparently, there are some things you can't talk out....

    so now that you're all thoroughly confused and scratching your heads trying to figure out what comes next, i'll explain the situation quickly, then lay out the problem for you and tell you whyyyyy im so frustratedddddsddddsflgjh fkehdf;/lzs

    i'm a photographer. a BAND photographer. Local bands usually play in bars and venues that have bars(whether the bars are open or not on the occasion i'm there). that said, my boyfriend is mr. worse case scenario. he doesn't like the fact that i go to my shows usually by myself (and usually in broad daylight) because a) no one is available to go with me or B) none of my friends WANT to go to the show with me. yes, i've set this up to seem like he has every right to be concerned. BUT i've been going all of these same venues since i was 13..... i'm 20 now. that's 7 years of experience going to the same venues. if 7 years isn't enough experience for him to realize that i'm going to be fine, i'm not sure he will ever be ok with that. what he doesn't realize is he's going to have to deal with it. this is what i do. this is what i've always done. i'm not going to stop not because of some "what if" scenario. if i spent my life worrying about "what if this could happen to me", i'd be confined to my room the rest of my damn life. and i'm not doing that.

    second problem. he's worried about me. fine. but he's NOT going WITH me.... this is just adding insult to injury...

    third problem... he has a particular problem with the show i'm supposed to shoot tomorrow. he has a problem with the particular band member i'm supposed to go see. he never met him. ever. BEFORE me and my boyfriend ever met, me and this person SPECULATED having relations of some kind. possibly flirted a bit. nothing came of it. NOTHING. i think we held hands once? that's about it. just another one of my friends (and most of my friends are male). this guy had a show, contacted me to buy a ticket (because it's a battle of the bands and ticket sales are part of the contest) and asked me if i'd take pictures like i did for the previous band he was in. i agreed, and told my boyfriend about it. it was as if i just set a bomb off. but he didn't want to talk about it so i didn't bring it up. i got a ticket for him anyway whether he ended up going or not. i kept reminding him it was coming up and he just kept blowing off teh subject. so fine. we weren't going to talk about it, but i'm still going. and for whatever reason he just can't seem to accept the fact that i'm just going to go. we had a HUGE fight over it when i got the stupid tickets back in nov/dec...

    this is what he thinks is going to happen....

    1. i'm going to the show and he is going to prey on me

    2. he's going to corner me at the show and do whatever (harm me.. idk.)

    3. he's going to kidnap me?

    k. first off, this is my friend we're talking about... not some asshole who offered my a job on facebook/myspace/craiglist or what have you... this is my FRIEND i'm shooting a show for.... now this translates to me that i'm the stupid little naive girl going to a show that's just going to be lured by candy into a van..... i'm smarter than that, i wouldn't put myself in a situation like that... again, he's my FRIEND.

    ugh. i understand he hasn't met the kid, but i offered to let him meet him and he didn't want to. so i'm going to the show tomorrow, and he's probably going to hate me when i get home, and tomorrow is just going to be a really bad day. I DONT WANT TO FEEL BAD GOING TO DO SOMETHING I LOVE TO DO UGHHHHIO ghklhtehtlukjeg yaeiurherikgikerh tlueg uteh >_<

    .....thanks for reading this far if you did..... but i can't post any of this on my facebook or myspace or DA or my blog because some of his family members read it.... ugh.

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