diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index d58ffd054..6d809ac87 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -43,10 +43,11 @@ GIT
 
 GIT
   remote: git://github.com/rsofaer/carrierwave.git
-  revision: 00347b93a4232ed0edd3e30a8730b5ffde635d17
+  revision: c3dfbdda2fa227af91fe383bb126f59b991a318f
   branch: master
   specs:
-    carrierwave (0.4.4)
+    carrierwave (0.5.0)
+      activesupport (~> 3.0)
 
 GIT
   remote: git://github.com/rsofaer/redfinger.git
@@ -97,7 +98,6 @@ GEM
       activesupport (= 3.0.1)
     activesupport (3.0.1)
     addressable (2.2.2)
-    archive-tar-minitar (0.5.2)
     arel (1.0.1)
       activesupport (~> 3.0.0)
     aws (2.3.22)
@@ -164,8 +164,7 @@ GEM
     i18n (0.4.1)
     json (1.4.6)
     json_pure (1.4.6)
-    linecache19 (0.5.11)
-      ruby_core_source (>= 0.1.4)
+    linecache (0.43)
     mail (2.2.7)
       activesupport (>= 2.3.6)
       mime-types
@@ -227,16 +226,11 @@ GEM
       rspec-expectations (~> 2.0.1)
     rspec-rails (2.0.1)
       rspec (~> 2.0.0)
-    ruby-debug-base19 (0.11.24)
-      columnize (>= 0.3.1)
-      linecache19 (>= 0.5.11)
-      ruby_core_source (>= 0.1.4)
-    ruby-debug19 (0.11.6)
-      columnize (>= 0.3.1)
-      linecache19 (>= 0.5.11)
-      ruby-debug-base19 (>= 0.11.19)
-    ruby_core_source (0.1.4)
-      archive-tar-minitar (>= 0.5.2)
+    ruby-debug (0.10.3)
+      columnize (>= 0.1)
+      ruby-debug-base (~> 0.10.3.0)
+    ruby-debug-base (0.10.3)
+      linecache (>= 0.3)
     rubyzip (0.9.4)
     selenium-webdriver (0.0.29)
       childprocess (>= 0.0.7)
@@ -294,7 +288,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   roxml!
   rspec (>= 2.0.0)
   rspec-rails (>= 2.0.0)
-  ruby-debug19
+  ruby-debug
   sprinkle!
   thin
   webmock
diff --git a/app/controllers/aspects_controller.rb b/app/controllers/aspects_controller.rb
index 43e0b7f33..ddde8a725 100644
--- a/app/controllers/aspects_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/aspects_controller.rb
@@ -73,8 +73,7 @@ class AspectsController < ApplicationController
   def update
     @aspect = current_user.aspect_by_id(params[:id])
 
-    data = clean_hash(params[:aspect])
-    @aspect.update_attributes( data )
+    @aspect.update_attributes( params[:aspect] )
     flash[:notice] = I18n.t 'aspects.update.success',:name => @aspect.name
     respond_with @aspect
   end
diff --git a/app/models/aspect.rb b/app/models/aspect.rb
index e58318569..0fceedead 100644
--- a/app/models/aspect.rb
+++ b/app/models/aspect.rb
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ class Aspect
 
   validates_presence_of :name
   validates_uniqueness_of :name, :scope => :user_id
+  attr_accessible :name
 
   timestamps!
 
diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index 6f8219765..273cc209b 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -92,8 +92,10 @@ class User
 
   ######### Aspects ######################
   def aspect(opts = {})
-    opts[:user] = self
-    Aspect.create(opts)
+    aspect = Aspect.new(opts)
+    aspect.user = self
+    aspect.save
+    aspect
   end
 
   def drop_aspect(aspect)
diff --git a/app/views/albums/index.html.haml b/app/views/albums/index.html.haml
index 81455b85b..b9e62113f 100644
--- a/app/views/albums/index.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/albums/index.html.haml
@@ -8,10 +8,14 @@
       $("#add_album_button").fancybox();
     });
 
-.span-4.append-1.last
-  = render "shared/aspect_friends"
+%h2
+  = @aspect
+  .friend_pictures.horizontal
+    = owner_image_link
+    - for friend in @friends
+      = person_image_link(friend)
 
-.span-15.last
+.span-24.last
   %h3
     = @aspect
     Albums
diff --git a/app/views/devise/mailer/invitation.html.haml b/app/views/devise/mailer/invitation.html.haml
index 7bfe190a6..f88ff4411 100644
--- a/app/views/devise/mailer/invitation.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/devise/mailer/invitation.html.haml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
       %p
         Hello #{@resource.email}!
       %p
-        #{(@resource.inviters.count == 1)? ( @resource.inviters.first.real_name + " has") : (@resource.inviters.map{|inv| inv.real_name + " (#{inv.diaspora_handle})"}.join(",") + " have")} invited you to join Diaspora at #{root_url}, you can accept it through the link below.
+        #{(@resource.inviters.count == 1)? ( @resource.inviters.first.real_name + " (#{@resource.inviters.first.diaspora_handle})" + " has") : (@resource.inviters.map{|inv| inv.real_name + " (#{inv.diaspora_handle})"}.join(",") + " have")} invited you to join Diaspora at #{root_url}, you can accept it through the link below.
       - @resource.inviters.each do |inv|
         - if @resource.invite_messages[inv.id.to_s]
           = "#{inv.real_name}:"
diff --git a/app/views/js/_websocket_js.haml b/app/views/js/_websocket_js.haml
index 78312f5fe..ec7381bf4 100644
--- a/app/views/js/_websocket_js.haml
+++ b/app/views/js/_websocket_js.haml
@@ -44,17 +44,19 @@
   }
 
   function processComment(post_id, html){
-    post = $('#' + post_id)[0]
+    post = $("*[data-guid='"+post_id+"']'");
     $(' .comment_set li:last', post ).before(
       $(html).fadeIn("fast", function(){})
     );
     toggler = $('.show_post_comments', post)
 
-    toggler.html(
-      toggler.html().replace(/\d+/,$('.comment_set', post)[0].childElementCount -1));
+    if(toggler.length > 0){
+      toggler.html(
+        toggler.html().replace(/\d+/,$('.comment_set', post)[0].childElementCount -1));
 
-    if( !$(".comments", post).is(':visible') ){
-      toggler.click();
+      if( !$(".comments", post).is(':visible') ){
+        toggler.click();
+      }
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/app/views/photos/show.html.haml b/app/views/photos/show.html.haml
index afdf1ebf3..e4ae23170 100644
--- a/app/views/photos/show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/photos/show.html.haml
@@ -2,57 +2,58 @@
 -#   licensed under the Affero General Public License version 3 or later.  See
 -#   the COPYRIGHT file.
 
-:javascript
-  $(document).keydown(function(e){
-    switch(e.keyCode) {
-    case 37:
-      if(!$("textarea").hasClass("hasfocus")){//prevent redirect if textarea has focus
-        window.location.replace( "#{url_to_prev(@photo,@album)}" );
+- content_for :head do
+  :javascript
+    $(document).keydown(function(e){
+      switch(e.keyCode) {
+      case 37:
+        if(!$("textarea").hasClass("hasfocus")){//prevent redirect if textarea has focus
+          window.location.replace( "#{url_to_prev(@photo,@album)}" );
+        }
+        break;
+      case 39:
+        if(!$("textarea").hasClass("hasfocus")){
+          window.location.replace( "#{url_to_next(@photo,@album)}" );
+        }
+        break;
       }
-      break;
-    case 39:
-      if(!$("textarea").hasClass("hasfocus")){
-        window.location.replace( "#{url_to_next(@photo,@album)}" );
-      }
-      break;
-    }
-  });
-
-  $(document).ready(function(){
-    //add a clas to verify if a textarea has focus
-    $("textarea").live('focus',function(){
-      $(this).addClass("hasfocus");
-    });
-    $("textarea").live('blur',function(){
-      $(this).removeClass("hasfocus");
     });
 
-    //show form to add description
-    $(".edit-desc").click(function(){
-      $(".edit_photo").toggle(); 
-    });
+    $(document).ready(function(){
+      //add a clas to verify if a textarea has focus
+      $("textarea").live('focus',function(){
+        $(this).addClass("hasfocus");
+      });
+      $("textarea").live('blur',function(){
+        $(this).removeClass("hasfocus");
+      });
 
-    //Add a description with ajax request
-    $("#photo_submit").click(function(evenet){
-      event.preventDefault();
-      var method = $(".edit_photo").attr("method");
-      var url = $(".edit_photo").attr("action");
-      var data = $(".edit_photo").serialize();
-      $(".description").text($("#photo_caption").val());
-      $(".edit_photo").toggle();
+      //show form to add description
+      $(".edit-desc").click(function(){
+        $(".edit_photo").toggle(); 
+      });
 
-        $.ajax({  
-          type: method,
-          url: url,  
-          data: data,  
-          success: function(response){  
-            $("#add-description").remove();
-          }
-        });
+      //Add a description with ajax request
+      $("#photo_submit").click(function(evenet){
+        event.preventDefault();
+        var method = $(".edit_photo").attr("method");
+        var url = $(".edit_photo").attr("action");
+        var data = $(".edit_photo").serialize();
+        $(".description").text($("#photo_caption").val());
+        $(".edit_photo").toggle();
 
-    });
+          $.ajax({  
+            type: method,
+            url: url,  
+            data: data,  
+            success: function(response){  
+              $("#add-description").remove();
+            }
+          });
 
-  });//end document ready
+      });
+
+    });//end document ready
 
 %h2
   = @aspect
@@ -64,6 +65,12 @@
 %h3
   = link_to @photo.album.name, @photo.album
 
+= link_to "<< #{t('.prev')}", url_to_prev(@photo, @album), :rel => 'prefetch'
+|
+= link_to "#{t('.full_size')}", @photo.url
+|
+= link_to "#{t('.next')} >>", url_to_next(@photo, @album), :rel => 'prefetch'
+
 .span-14.append-1.last
   %div{:data=>{:guid=>@photo.id}}
     #show_photo
@@ -72,8 +79,6 @@
         .edit_pane
           .controls{:data=>{:actor=>"#{@photo.person.owner.id}",:actor_person=>"#{@photo.person.id}",:image_url=>"#{@photo.url(:thumb_medium)}"}}
             = link_to 'make profile photo', '#', :class => "make_profile_photo"
-            |
-            = link_to 'edit', '#', :class => "make_profile_photo"
           = linked_scaled_photo @photo, @album
       -else
         = linked_scaled_photo @photo, @album
@@ -100,13 +105,6 @@
     = link_to t('.delete_photo'), @photo, :confirm => t('.are_you_sure'), :method => :delete, :class => 'button'
 
 .span-9.last
-  = link_to "<< #{t('.prev')}", url_to_prev(@photo, @album), :rel => 'prefetch'
-  |
-  = link_to "#{t('.full_size')}", @photo.url
-  |
-  = link_to "#{t('.next')} >>", url_to_next(@photo, @album), :rel => 'prefetch'
-  %br
-  %br
   #stream.show
-    %li.message{:id => @photo.id}
+    %li.message{:data=>{:guid=>@photo.id}}
       = render "comments/comments", :post => @photo
diff --git a/app/views/status_messages/show.html.haml b/app/views/status_messages/show.html.haml
index e9dbd4816..398b3a536 100644
--- a/app/views/status_messages/show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/status_messages/show.html.haml
@@ -26,5 +26,5 @@
 
 .span-9.last
   #stream.show
-    %li.message{:id => @status_message.id}
+    %li.message{:data=>{:guid=>@status_message.id}}
       = render "comments/comments", :post => @status_message
diff --git a/ci.sh b/ci.sh
index dd78a9b2c..e24ba0ec0 100755
--- a/ci.sh
+++ b/ci.sh
@@ -4,18 +4,19 @@ echo "**************************************************************************
 echo "*                                  ruby 1.8.7-p249 build                                        *" &&
 echo "*************************************************************************************************" &&
 echo "" &&
-rm Gemfile.lock &&
+rm -f Gemfile.lock &&
 source /usr/local/rvm/scripts/rvm &&
-rvm use ruby-1.8.7-p249 &&
+rvm use ruby-1.8.7-p249@diaspora &&
 bundle install &&
-bundle exec rake ci &&
-echo "" &&
-echo "*************************************************************************************************" &&
-echo "*                                   ruby 1.9.2-p0 build                                         *" &&
-echo "*************************************************************************************************" &&
-echo "" &&
-rm Gemfile.lock &&
-source /usr/local/rvm/scripts/rvm &&
-rvm use ruby-1.9.2-p0 &&
-bundle install &&
-bundle exec rake ci
+bundle exec rake cruise
+# bundle exec rake cruise &&
+# echo "" &&
+# echo "*************************************************************************************************" &&
+# echo "*                                   ruby 1.9.2-p0 build                                         *" &&
+# echo "*************************************************************************************************" &&
+# echo "" &&
+# rm -f Gemfile.lock &&
+# source /usr/local/rvm/scripts/rvm &&
+# rvm use ruby-1.9.2-p0@diaspora &&
+# bundle install &&
+# bundle exec rake cruise
diff --git a/cruise_config.rb b/cruise_config.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a5efcd3d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cruise_config.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+require 'fileutils'
+
+Project.configure do |project|
+  project.build_command = './ci.sh'
+end
diff --git a/lib/cruise/build.rb b/lib/cruise/build.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..90bd5a7fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/cruise/build.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+require 'fileutils'
+include FileUtils
+
+def root_dir
+  @root_dir ||= File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../..')
+end
+
+def rake(*tasks)
+  tasks.each do |task|
+    return false unless system("rake", task, 'RAILS_ENV=test')
+  end
+end
+
+build_results = {}
+
+cd root_dir do
+  build_results[:bundle] = system 'bundle install' # bundling here, rather than in a task (not in Rails context)
+  build_results[:spec] = rake 'cruise'
+end
+
+failures = build_results.select { |key, value| value == false }
+
+if failures.empty?
+  exit(0)
+else
+  exit(-1)
+end
diff --git a/lib/tasks/ci.rake b/lib/tasks/cruise.rake
similarity index 74%
rename from lib/tasks/ci.rake
rename to lib/tasks/cruise.rake
index 8887a6cc8..382f87c78 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/ci.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/cruise.rake
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-namespace :ci do
+namespace :cruise do
   desc "Run all specs and features"
-  task :ci => :environment do
+  task :cruise => :environment do
     system('/etc/init.d/xvfb start')
     system('export DISPLAY=:99.0 && bundle exec rake')
     exit_status = $?.exitstatus
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ namespace :ci do
     raise "tests failed!" unless exit_status == 0
   end
 end
-task :ci => "ci:ci"
+task :cruise => "cruise:cruise"
diff --git a/public/javascripts/view.js b/public/javascripts/view.js
index 907602743..7e809f978 100644
--- a/public/javascripts/view.js
+++ b/public/javascripts/view.js
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ $(document).ready(function(){
     }
   );
 
-  $("#publisher textarea, .comment textarea").keydown( function(e) {
+  $("#publisher textarea, .comment_box").keydown( function(e) {
     if (e.keyCode == 13) {
       $(this).closest("form").submit();
     }
diff --git a/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass b/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
index 7bbaeea4b..bffe9e526 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
+++ b/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 body
   :padding 2em
   :margin 0
+  :background-color rgba(252,252,252,1)
 a
   :color #107FC9
   :text
@@ -58,9 +59,7 @@ h3
   
 #flash_notice
   :background
-    :color rgba(127,255,36,0.85)
-  :border
-    :bottom solid 1px #6C6
+    :color rgba(127,255,36,0.6)
   :text
     :shadow 0 1px #6C6
 
@@ -180,7 +179,7 @@ header
 
   #global_search
     :margin
-      :left 425px
+      :left 432px
 
 #stream
   :margin 0
@@ -845,7 +844,7 @@ h1.big_text
         :font
           :weight bold
         :background
-          :color #fff
+          :color rgba(252,252,252,1)
 
         :color #444
         &:hover
@@ -1015,8 +1014,8 @@ ul#settings_nav
     :left 20px
 
   img
-    :width 20px
-    :height 20px
+    :width 30px
+    :height 30px
     :margin-right -4px
 
 #thumbnails
@@ -1070,7 +1069,7 @@ input[type="search"]
 
 header
   input[type="search"]
-    :width 200px
+    :width 192px
 
 .fancybox_content
   :display none
diff --git a/spec/models/aspect_spec.rb b/spec/models/aspect_spec.rb
index 484f5f66e..336d22cb3 100644
--- a/spec/models/aspect_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/aspect_spec.rb
@@ -18,29 +18,27 @@ describe Aspect do
   let(:aspect3) {user3.aspect(:name => "lala")}
 
   describe 'creation' do
+    let(:aspect){user.aspect(:name => 'losers')}
     it 'should have a name' do
-      aspect = user.aspect(:name => 'losers')
       aspect.name.should == "losers"
     end
 
-    it 'should be creatable with people' do
+    it 'should not be creatable with people' do
       aspect = user.aspect(:name => 'losers', :people => [friend, friend_2])
-      aspect.people.size.should == 2
+      aspect.people.size.should == 0
     end
 
     it 'should be able to have other users' do
-      aspect = user.aspect(:name => 'losers', :people => [user2.person])
+      aspect.people << user2.person
       aspect.people.include?(user.person).should be false
       aspect.people.include?(user2.person).should be true
       aspect.people.size.should == 1
     end
 
     it 'should be able to have users and people' do
-      aspect = user.aspect(:name => 'losers', :people => [user2.person, friend_2])
-      aspect.people.include?(user.person).should be false
-      aspect.people.include?(user2.person).should be true
-      aspect.people.include?(friend_2).should be true
-      aspect.people.size.should == 2
+      aspect.people << user2.person
+      aspect.people << friend_2
+      aspect.save.should be_true
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/spec/models/comments_spec.rb b/spec/models/comment_spec.rb
similarity index 78%
rename from spec/models/comments_spec.rb
rename to spec/models/comment_spec.rb
index 248e9b640..1cd8e9b9d 100644
--- a/spec/models/comments_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/comment_spec.rb
@@ -10,18 +10,22 @@ describe Comment do
 
   let(:user2)   {Factory.create(:user)}
   let(:aspect2) {user2.aspect(:name => "Lame-faces")}
-  describe 'User#comment' do
-      let(:status) {user.post(:status_message, :message => "hello", :to => aspect)}
-    it "should be able to comment on his own status" do
-      status.comments.should == []
 
-      user.comment "Yeah, it was great", :on => status
-      status.reload.comments.first.text.should == "Yeah, it was great"
+  describe 'User#comment' do
+    before do
+      @status = user.post(:status_message, :message => "hello", :to => aspect.id)
+    end
+
+    it "should be able to comment on his own status" do
+      @status.comments.should == []
+
+      user.comment "Yeah, it was great", :on => @status
+      @status.reload.comments.first.text.should == "Yeah, it was great"
     end
 
     it "should be able to comment on a person's status" do
-      user2.comment "sup dog", :on => status
-      status.reload.comments.first.text.should == "sup dog"
+      user2.comment "sup dog", :on => @status
+      @status.reload.comments.first.text.should == "sup dog"
     end
   end
 
@@ -42,34 +46,32 @@ describe Comment do
       @person_status = Factory.build(:status_message, :person => @person)
 
       user.reload
-      user_status = user.post :status_message, :message => "hi", :to => aspect.id
+      @user_status = user.post :status_message, :message => "hi", :to => aspect.id
 
       aspect.reload
       user.reload
     end
 
     it 'should receive a comment from a person not on the pod' do
-      user3 = Factory.create :user
+      user3 = Factory.create(:user)
       aspect3 = user3.aspect(:name => "blah")
 
       friend_users(user, aspect, user3, aspect3)
 
-      comment = Comment.new(:person_id => user3.person.id, :text => "hey", :post => user_status)
+      comment = Comment.new(:person_id => user3.person.id, :text => "hey", :post => @user_status)
       comment.creator_signature = comment.sign_with_key(user3.encryption_key)
-
-
       comment.post_creator_signature = comment.sign_with_key(user.encryption_key)
+
       xml = user.salmon(comment).xml_for(user2)
 
       user3.person.delete
       user3.delete
 
-
-      user_status.reload
-      user_status.comments.should == []
-      user.receive_salmon(xml)
-      user_status.reload
-      user_status.comments.include?(comment).should be true
+      @user_status.reload
+      @user_status.comments.should == []
+      user2.receive_salmon(xml)
+      @user_status.reload
+      @user_status.comments.include?(comment).should be true
     end
 
     it "should send a user's comment on a person's post to that person" do
@@ -80,17 +82,17 @@ describe Comment do
     it 'should send a user comment on his own post to lots of people' do
 
       User::QUEUE.should_receive(:add_post_request).twice
-      user.comment "yo", :on => user_status
+      user.comment "yo", :on => @user_status
     end
 
     it 'should send a comment a person made on your post to all people' do
-      comment = Comment.new(:person_id => @person.id, :text => "balls", :post => user_status)
+      comment = Comment.new(:person_id => @person.id, :text => "balls", :post => @user_status)
       User::QUEUE.should_receive(:add_post_request).twice
       user.receive comment.to_diaspora_xml, @person
     end
 
     it 'should send a comment a user made on your post to all people' do
-      comment = user2.comment( "balls", :on => user_status)
+      comment = user2.comment( "balls", :on => @user_status)
       User::QUEUE.should_receive(:add_post_request).twice
       user.receive comment.to_diaspora_xml, user2.person
     end
@@ -108,13 +110,13 @@ describe Comment do
     end
 
     it 'should not clear the aspect post array on receiving a comment' do
-      aspect.post_ids.include?(user_status.id).should be true
-      comment = Comment.new(:person_id => @person.id, :text => "balls", :post => user_status)
+      aspect.post_ids.include?(@user_status.id).should be true
+      comment = Comment.new(:person_id => @person.id, :text => "balls", :post => @user_status)
 
       user.receive comment.to_diaspora_xml, @person
 
       aspect.reload
-      aspect.post_ids.include?(user_status.id).should be true
+      aspect.post_ids.include?(@user_status.id).should be true
     end
   end
   describe 'serialization' do
diff --git a/spec/models/user/receive_spec.rb b/spec/models/user/receive_spec.rb
index beca56c49..07b481b17 100644
--- a/spec/models/user/receive_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/user/receive_spec.rb
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ describe User do
     status_message.destroy
 
     user
-    lambda {user.receive xml , user2.person}.should change (Post,:count).by(1)
+    lambda {user.receive xml , user2.person}.should change(Post,:count).by(1)
   end
 
   it 'should not create new aspects on message receive' do
diff --git a/spec/models/user_spec.rb b/spec/models/user_spec.rb
index 427b6b74f..4b2a4d02d 100644
--- a/spec/models/user_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/user_spec.rb
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ describe User do
   let(:aspect) { user.aspect(:name => 'heroes') }
   let(:user2) { Factory(:user) }
   let(:aspect2) { user2.aspect(:name => 'stuff') }
-  let(:user3) { Factory(:user) }
-  let(:aspect3) { user3.aspect(:name => 'stuff') }
 
   describe "validation" do
     describe "of associated person" do
@@ -103,6 +101,7 @@ describe User do
       end
       it "makes a valid user" do
         @user.should be_valid
+        @user.persisted?.should be_false
         User.find_by_username("ohai").should be_nil
       end
       it 'saves successfully' do
@@ -143,13 +142,13 @@ describe User do
 
   context 'profiles' do
     it 'should be able to update their profile and send it to their friends' do
-      updated_profile = {:profile => {
+      updated_profile = {
         :first_name => 'bob',
         :last_name => 'billytown',
-        :image_url => "http://clown.com"}}
+        :image_url => "http://clown.com"}
 
       user.update_profile(updated_profile).should be true
-      user.profile.image_url.should == "http://clown.com"
+      user.reload.profile.image_url.should == "http://clown.com"
     end
   end
 
@@ -167,12 +166,7 @@ describe User do
     end
   end
 
-  context 'account removal' do
-    before do
-      friend_users(user, aspect, user2, aspect2)
-      friend_users(user, aspect, user3, aspect3)
-    end
-
+  describe 'account removal' do
     it 'should unfriend everyone' do
       user.should_receive(:unfriend_everyone)
       user.destroy
@@ -184,11 +178,8 @@ describe User do
     end
 
     it 'should remove all aspects' do
-      aspects = user.aspects
-      aspects.count.should > 0
-      user.destroy
-      aspects.reload
-      aspects.count.should == 0
+      aspect
+      lambda {user.destroy}.should change{user.aspects.reload.count}.by(-1)
     end
 
     describe '#remove_person' do
@@ -208,20 +199,18 @@ describe User do
     end
 
     describe '#unfriend_everyone' do
-      before do
-        user3.delete
-      end
 
       it 'should send retractions to remote poeple' do
+        user2.delete
+        user.activate_friend(user2.person, aspect)
+
         user.should_receive(:unfriend).once
         user.destroy
       end
 
       it 'should unfriend local people' do
-        user2.friends.count.should be 1
-        user.destroy
-        user2.reload
-        user2.friends.count.should be 0
+        friend_users(user, aspect, user2, aspect2)
+        lambda {user.destroy}.should change{user2.reload.friends.count}.by(-1)
       end
     end
   end