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helveticrazy!the peoplethat swear bythis typeface

simplydrawn together

good match?

i love you but you LOVE MEAT

Don’t Let theFinancial Crisis Make You Fall

You don’t really have to spend that much money anyway

Sharing meals has always been an important courtship ritual and a metaphor for love. But in an age when many people define them-selves by what they will eat and what they won’t, dietary differences can put a strain on a romantic relationship.

Some relationships run aground on the perilous shoals of money, sex or religion.

When Shauna James’s new romance hit the rocks, the culprit was meat.

The culinary camps have become so balkanized that some factions consider interdietary dating taboo.

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By Kate Murphy

“I went out with one guy who said I seemed really great but he liked meat too much to date me”

I loveyou

butyou love meat

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sourRather than rummage through your average grocery store, looking for organic options, I shop at Whole Foods Market. Think what you will of this all-natural chain—it is stil l the best place to get countless eco-conscious brands in one spot. But let’s not deny the one reason why many don’t shop at Whole Foods—the

g r a p e s

I simply can’t afford to live this way

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cost! This also goes for smaller health-food groceries and local chains like Mrs. Green’s; these stores just tend to be pricier than conventional jumbo supermarkets.

Is being a vegeterian burning a hole in your wallet?

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second job

strugglesare you up to the challenge ofsurviving as a PROFESSIONAL artist?

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second job

Are we (artists) a crazy bunch, or what?

We take some art classes (maybe even earn an art degree or two). We do a bunch of paintings (or weav-ings, or photographs, or sculptures, or...). Then one morning, we wake up and figure it’s time to support our-selves with our art.

Yep, now we’d like to earn, say, $40-50,000 a year selling our work.

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No, we haven’t actu-ally sold any paintings yet Well, maybe we’ve sold several (or even several thousand dol-lars worth) We don’t have any financial resources to back us up. We haven’t figured out how - or where - to market our work No gallery contracts Business plan? What’s that?!? But we’re ready to earn a l iving from our art.Geeze louise! What the heck are we thinking?!?

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t r a i n o f t h o u g h t

the ongoingreader-written story

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at twilight one - I h

ated it. Wait, aren’t there like four of those now? AND there’s like six Shreks! What’s up fi lm industry

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ovie popcorn! and of course..the chocolate. I haven’t had chocolate today. Is it too early to have chocolate? Hmm 2pm. I’m good. O

h! Its Sunday..I should be good and go to church - well I c

an pretend its easte

r and just have my c

hocolate in church right?...

Previously......It’s morning. Nope I’m too tired. 37 minutes after, ok now. Should I go to the gym? Maybe I’ll just have a healthy breakfast. Well first off I need my coffee. Dunkin or Starbucks? Deffinite-ly Dunkin. I like coffee..I also like cheese.. mm.. and cheesy movies are good too...

This is Lisa’s train of thought. Basically, you can submit what you think Lisa is thinking and we’ll post it on our website (edgemagazine.com) and a section will be included in each maga-zine! Everything you write (as long as you follow rules & regulations) will be posted on the website, but not everything makes it to the magazine - so try to get a good thread go-ing! Good luck!

Sumbit your entries and DOWNLOAD OUR NEW iPhone APP!

@ edgemagazine.com

What are YOU thinking?

“ I can’t wait to see what Lisa will be thinking next! ”-sarahello47

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dot dot dotthe ongoing reader-written story

check out the full story @ edgemagazine.com

submit your continuation& read thefull story @edgemagazine.com

previously...

this month...

how itworks...

reader comments...

...Ithipol the spotted turtle was heartbroken. His lover, Alicia, an ostrich from Turkey, left him for / Exequiel, the two-toungued leopard. Ithipol’s liflong dream of pursu-ing a cheese grating career / in Virginia didn’t seem to pan out the way he originally planned. Especially when his cousin Greta / came to visit and took everything in his apartment except for a screwdriver and / a snuggie. That was when he decided he was actually meant to be a swimsuit model...

...Ithipol decided to move to miami and linger with the latin ladies as he attempted to find success within / the modeling world. He made friends with a cuban crab that was known as / “el cangri” and found happiness in the warm weather. It wasn’t long before...

Go to edgemaga-zine.com - Here you can read the full story and view all of the reader comments. If you’ve thought of a funny/interesting way to

continue the story then simply go to the “story submission” section of our website and send us your part! Each issue presents three new submissions. We don’t guarantee yours will be chosen, but it’s worth a try! Remember to view the submissions rules and regulations before sending but most important of all, have fun with it!

I downloaded the iPhone app and can’t stop checking it. I can’t wait to find out where this is going next!-ficotico42

I noticed that some people are submitting illustra-tions to the story on the website. You should really include some of those on the magazine and maybe make it a regular thing!-sebastianthecrab

I love reading this section! I go right to it as soon as I get my issue!-zackolantern

what happens next?!it’s up to you! @ edgemagazine.com

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with meI’m not afraid to admit that I’m a straight guy and I have a gay friend

*but not like that !

he’s

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with meWelcome to the flip side ofhomophobia.

“I’m flattered, and I think it’s hilarious,” Kris Allen told People.com recently, responding to the news that his former roommate and runner-up on “Ameri-can Idol,” Adam Lambert, had a crush on him.

Mr. Lambert, who favors black eyeliner and leather pants, had told Rolling Stone that Mr. Allen, an aw-shucks Christian from Arkansas, was “the one guy that I found attractive

4 out of 10 respondents had a close friend or family member who was a gay man or a lesbian

*

in the whole group on the show — nice, nonchalant, pretty and totally my type — except that he has a wife.” This all went down in the same interview in which Mr. Lambert finally confirmed the long-sim-mering rumor that, yep, he’s gay.

Mr. Allen’s cool, self-assured response to being the object of his gay room-mate’s affection doesn’t exactly qualify him as a civil rights hero, not at a time when straight men march against Proposi-tion 8 in California and the

most anticipated gay-themed film of the year, “Brüno,” is coming froma straight (if highly waxed) comedian.

But do give him credit for overcoming one of the most common deal-killers in friendships between straight and gay men: the awkward crush.

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bypassthe gas

lance doesn’tstand achancecruise controll

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Determine why you are going car-less. For some people, it’s about social responsibility (i.e. minimiz-ing fossil fuel consumption). For others, it’s about health or to save money. For still others, it’s because, for whatever reason, they don’t have a driver’s license. And for a few, it’s simply about freedom — not being tied down to the responsibilities of owning and maintaining a car. Your reason behind living without a car will affect how far you’re willing to go with this lifestyle choice. But no matter what your motiva-tion is, one thing’s for sure: there will be tremendous cost savings.continued on p. 42

Living without a car can be pretty tough, especially in the U.S., where public transportation is frequently lacking and where urban planning has caused the average person to live far away from workplaces, schools, and markets. That said, it’s certainly possible, as long as you’re willing to change your lifestyle.

If you live in the USA, check out your address at WalkS-core. This website is a great mapping tool for locating the nearest services near almost any location. The higher the score, the easier it will be for you to live without a car.

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money

are you up to the challenge ofsurviving as a professional artist?

patheticaesthetic

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er

Are we (artists) a crazy bunch,or what?

We take some art classes (maybe even earn an art degree or two). We do a bunch of paintings (or weav-ings, or photographs, or sculptures, or...). Then one morning, we wake up and figure it’s time to support our-selves with our art.

Yep, now we’d like to earn, say, $40-50,000 a year selling our

No, we haven’t actu-ally sold any paintings yet. Well, maybe we’ve sold several (or even several thousand dol-lars worth) We don’t have any financial resources to back us up. We haven’t figured out how to market our work. No gallery con-tracts. Business plan? What’s that?!? But we’re ready to earn a l iving from our art.Geeze louise!

What the heck are we thinking?!?

continued on p. 14

patheticaesthetic

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career

MARCH 2011

Chicks dig

ARTISTS !The Student

LOAN SYNDROME

THE INDUSTRY OFBRAINWASHING

bypass the gasits cheaper, possibly faster, good for

your health - so why not?

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