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I've noticed that some older sets from MR have been hitting the front page lately, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed that Mount Dora might still have a chance of going live. I can't see anything wrong with it besides it being similiar to my other set with Amina.
It's soo pretty, and it's been almost 5 months since I have had a set live on SG. Who doesn't need more ToriBell bubes?
In other news:
--Working on a new set for SG next weekend
-- Done with finals... think I got all A's this semester
--In the process of moving back in with my family for the summer
-- I'm going to be a nanny for them
-- My pay is that my car's loan has been paid off by my parents (pretty awesome)
--Still angry with stupid people
--I've got Jaws back!!!!
Jaws says hellllo to SGland. She sniffed a bearded dragon's tail this morning and got swatted by a 20 pound, senior cat (Socks, King of this New Land). Jaws finds the large lizards interesting, but rather frightening, and I doubt she will attempt to eat them. The Savannah monitor actually eats fence lizards itself, and since that's the biggest prey I've seen Jaws actually catch.... I think my brothers' lizards are safe.
For now.
Beware all of evil lizarddom. Your days are numbered.
My little sibling tells me that the 9 inch lizard will reach 3 feet. I'm not sure what they will do with them after that point. Seems like an awfully expensive pet to feed.
Maybe start feeding the stray cats to the lizards? Besides the five resident cats, an unknown number of strays eat the outside cat food. Along with the raccoons.
Yes, I am about to live in the boonies. Again.
Signing off!
Tori
It's soo pretty, and it's been almost 5 months since I have had a set live on SG. Who doesn't need more ToriBell bubes?
In other news:
--Working on a new set for SG next weekend
-- Done with finals... think I got all A's this semester
--In the process of moving back in with my family for the summer
-- I'm going to be a nanny for them
-- My pay is that my car's loan has been paid off by my parents (pretty awesome)
--Still angry with stupid people
--I've got Jaws back!!!!
Jaws says hellllo to SGland. She sniffed a bearded dragon's tail this morning and got swatted by a 20 pound, senior cat (Socks, King of this New Land). Jaws finds the large lizards interesting, but rather frightening, and I doubt she will attempt to eat them. The Savannah monitor actually eats fence lizards itself, and since that's the biggest prey I've seen Jaws actually catch.... I think my brothers' lizards are safe.
For now.
Beware all of evil lizarddom. Your days are numbered.
My little sibling tells me that the 9 inch lizard will reach 3 feet. I'm not sure what they will do with them after that point. Seems like an awfully expensive pet to feed.
Maybe start feeding the stray cats to the lizards? Besides the five resident cats, an unknown number of strays eat the outside cat food. Along with the raccoons.
Yes, I am about to live in the boonies. Again.
Signing off!
Tori
Ok... I've been really good and haven't gone shopping in FOREVER because I haven't been making enough surplus money to do that....
but... I really really want to buy at least one of these items.
This 50's dress is just fricken adorable, but is going to take a $100 bite out of my credit card. I don't think I have ever spent that much before on one item of clothing, but it looks like it has been made with very high quality fabric and sewing (the dress even has boning!).
I can't decide if I want the cinnamon or the yellow. I love yellow, but I think the cinnamon color would be better with my skin tone. Thoughts?
And then... Target has a much cheaper red retro bathinsuit that I want, but if I break down and order the dress I won't buy it.
but... I really really want to buy at least one of these items.
This 50's dress is just fricken adorable, but is going to take a $100 bite out of my credit card. I don't think I have ever spent that much before on one item of clothing, but it looks like it has been made with very high quality fabric and sewing (the dress even has boning!).
I can't decide if I want the cinnamon or the yellow. I love yellow, but I think the cinnamon color would be better with my skin tone. Thoughts?
And then... Target has a much cheaper red retro bathinsuit that I want, but if I break down and order the dress I won't buy it.
I finally uploaded some videos I made for SG almost a year ago to Youtube... since I can't upload them on SG for some reason.
Enjoy!
Enjoy!
Since I'm still in bed doing pretty much nothing, I've decided to have another print sale to clean out my inventory. How exciting!
5x7's are $10, larger sizes are $15 (typically 8x12, but some bigger)! Plus shipping and handling.
Buy 3 and get 1 free!
Send me a pm with:
-Your SG Name and real name
-your email linked to your paypal account
-your address
-Print album and #'s:
Example:
Print album 1: #2, #4
Print album 2: #6, #19
You pay $30 for 4 prints!
Print Album 1: 19 prints
Previews:
Print Album #2: 20 prints
Previews:
5x7's are $10, larger sizes are $15 (typically 8x12, but some bigger)! Plus shipping and handling.
Buy 3 and get 1 free!
Send me a pm with:
-Your SG Name and real name
-your email linked to your paypal account
-your address
-Print album and #'s:
Example:
Print album 1: #2, #4
Print album 2: #6, #19
You pay $30 for 4 prints!
Print Album 1: 19 prints
Previews:
Print Album #2: 20 prints
Previews:
Mount Dora only has 4 more days before it has been in Member Review for a month, and its chances of getting picked for the front page get slimmer after that. I’m hoping it will still be picked up… I need another set live on SG! 
In other news, dating situation seems to be going very positively. All things considered, I’m pleased with myself and the progress I've made.
I’ve had a bit of a depressing day. I went out last night with an old acquaintance who moved back to Orlando after she broke up with her fiancée. Her reason? He beat the shit out of her three months ago, and she finally left him. Last night was filled with a lot of conversation about men who beat women, the women who put up with it, and I got really pissed.
There is no excuse for abuse. None, whatsoever. But women (and the less commonly abused men) and the whole of society puts up with this shit! Abuse seems so common in today’s world that people have gotten desensitized to it. I would never be friends with someone who I knew hit a woman (or sexually abused one, whatever). I would never be friends with a woman who abused her “loved ones” either. But I have friends, good people, who will hang around the abusers and almost make excuses for them, “Well, there was alcohol involved. I would never hit a woman, but, you know, his situation was fucked up.” Or, “well, I’d never date him, but he is ok to have as a friend.” I got really pissed last night at the two people I was holding company with who said those things. I almost got so mad that I was about to say that they were no longer my friends, even though neither of them have ever abused anyone.
What I also don’t understand is women who don’t fight back. I understand why a lot of men don’t hit back when they get hit by a woman, and I respect that. I do think they need to remove themselves immediately from the situation and not put up with it, but, in most cases, the man is still more physically able than the woman. In the reverse situation, especially when you’re afraid that your abusive partner is trying to KILL you, then why the Hell wouldn’t you fight back? I know that one of the arguments for passively taking a beating is that if you fight back, it will only be worse, and he will get madder and hurt you more or get revenge on you later. Ok, I kinda understand that, but we are also talking about repeat situations. There would be NO later if I ever got into situation like that. If a mother fucker ever raised a hand to me that would be the last fucking time I would see that man outside of court. And you better believe I’d try to break every finger that he laid on me.
Fuuuuck. I’m still really angry. I’m not sure what to do about my friends. I will express my opinion that I think it is fucked up that they are still friends with assholes like that, and by doing so, I believe they are condoning their behavior. After that, I dunno. We will see what happens.
Picture for you!
In other news, dating situation seems to be going very positively. All things considered, I’m pleased with myself and the progress I've made.
I’ve had a bit of a depressing day. I went out last night with an old acquaintance who moved back to Orlando after she broke up with her fiancée. Her reason? He beat the shit out of her three months ago, and she finally left him. Last night was filled with a lot of conversation about men who beat women, the women who put up with it, and I got really pissed.
There is no excuse for abuse. None, whatsoever. But women (and the less commonly abused men) and the whole of society puts up with this shit! Abuse seems so common in today’s world that people have gotten desensitized to it. I would never be friends with someone who I knew hit a woman (or sexually abused one, whatever). I would never be friends with a woman who abused her “loved ones” either. But I have friends, good people, who will hang around the abusers and almost make excuses for them, “Well, there was alcohol involved. I would never hit a woman, but, you know, his situation was fucked up.” Or, “well, I’d never date him, but he is ok to have as a friend.” I got really pissed last night at the two people I was holding company with who said those things. I almost got so mad that I was about to say that they were no longer my friends, even though neither of them have ever abused anyone.
What I also don’t understand is women who don’t fight back. I understand why a lot of men don’t hit back when they get hit by a woman, and I respect that. I do think they need to remove themselves immediately from the situation and not put up with it, but, in most cases, the man is still more physically able than the woman. In the reverse situation, especially when you’re afraid that your abusive partner is trying to KILL you, then why the Hell wouldn’t you fight back? I know that one of the arguments for passively taking a beating is that if you fight back, it will only be worse, and he will get madder and hurt you more or get revenge on you later. Ok, I kinda understand that, but we are also talking about repeat situations. There would be NO later if I ever got into situation like that. If a mother fucker ever raised a hand to me that would be the last fucking time I would see that man outside of court. And you better believe I’d try to break every finger that he laid on me.
Fuuuuck. I’m still really angry. I’m not sure what to do about my friends. I will express my opinion that I think it is fucked up that they are still friends with assholes like that, and by doing so, I believe they are condoning their behavior. After that, I dunno. We will see what happens.
Picture for you!
I'm feeling contemplative yet again....
Our notions of reality
Of separateness
We draw lines around ourselves
And say, “This is so.”
But yet the lines we draw
Are shadows
Made up of a handful of leaves
That turns into a carpet of sand
We call a particular grouping of molecules
A human
And say it thinks and feels
We give it a soul
Call ourselves spirit
Different, above
But I’m confused to why
To what
Makes us truly human
Or what that even means at all.
I never felt god through a bible
On my knees
Or in a church
I’ve never seen a soul in a picture
Just in dirt
God only whispered in the pasture
Through the grass
Lying under an open sky
And I wonder if we borrow spirit
From the wind
What truly keeps our bodies from splitting into dust?
The line in-between life and death
Constantly redefined
Some humans have dead eyes
While a rock can hum alive
These notions
The lines that separate us from the earth
I often would like to erase them
And become one with the night sky.
Our notions of reality
Of separateness
We draw lines around ourselves
And say, “This is so.”
But yet the lines we draw
Are shadows
Made up of a handful of leaves
That turns into a carpet of sand
We call a particular grouping of molecules
A human
And say it thinks and feels
We give it a soul
Call ourselves spirit
Different, above
But I’m confused to why
To what
Makes us truly human
Or what that even means at all.
I never felt god through a bible
On my knees
Or in a church
I’ve never seen a soul in a picture
Just in dirt
God only whispered in the pasture
Through the grass
Lying under an open sky
And I wonder if we borrow spirit
From the wind
What truly keeps our bodies from splitting into dust?
The line in-between life and death
Constantly redefined
Some humans have dead eyes
While a rock can hum alive
These notions
The lines that separate us from the earth
I often would like to erase them
And become one with the night sky.
