Super HOT one-of-a-kind "Biohazard Orange Crinoline Tutu Petticoat Skirt".

Make it yours!

And check out our other new stuff!

Dark Delicious Smiles
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Mechanical Bunny Boutique

Portfolio Concept. Shoot #2.




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I'm still trying to decide which one to turn in for my class, so any thoughts are appreciated!

View larger and more of my photos here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mypetitieamelie/

On Saturday the 14th at 4AM UTC/GMT we will be upgrading the operating system of our network load balancers to a newer version, one that will allow us to use both CPUs! Nifty, because multiprocessing is nice.

Since we have 2 load balancers, the plan is to upgrade 1 at a time, and there really should be very little impact to our website. Hopefully you won't notice a thing and I'll get to go back to the hotel and watch some wonderful late night infomercials.

We've got a lot of exciting projects coming up for 2010 and we're hoping that we'll be able to deliver them all to you, that you will find it useful/cool/lovely and then you will use the site even more. Behind-the-scenes work like this will give us the capacity to handle the anticipated traffic, so expect a few more maintenance windows especially in the beginning of next year as we've got some neat ideas to improve performance around here! We had the recent 30-45 minute outage yesterday due to one of our logging databases filling up disk space -- not so great design coupled with my human error in handling the initial problem -- and it looks like we're going to finally have some resources to eliminate stuff like that. I can't wait!

As usual, I will be updating status.livejournal.org before and after, just in case you are not able to reach our main website during the work.

I haven't read manga, in a long while. I want to start reading manga again but I'm not even sure what to read.
Manga I like:
Ouran Host Club
Nana
Yotsuba
Azumanga Diaoh
Gals!
Confidential Confessions

I have no specific preference for genre or anything(I'm not really into Gundam type stuff). I just want something with a good story line. Any suggestions are great and appreciated

Ok, I have been lurking for a long time and I will finally post some of my jewelry and accessories i've made/deconstructed
( IMG HEAVY )


I sew too; I just somehow lost my pictures :/ I love constructive criticism, and dont have many friends on livejournal, so I would love to be friends with other crafty people!!

Hello Everyone,

Currently this is the list of instructors who will be teaching at the 2009 Austin Area Daikomyosai:

John Hidalgo, 5th Dan, Shidoshi
Joe Peak, 5th Dan, Shidoshi
Duff Culp, 5th Dan, Shidoshi
Brian Gore, 3rd Dan
Jon Pyndus, 3rd Dan
Michael Almon, 2nd Dan
Michael Chase, 2nd Dan
David Marshall, 2nd Dan
Marc Lott, 1st Dan
Richard Fleury, 1st Dan

It looks like we are going to have a really nice turn out. I hope we see you there.


Take care,
John Hidalgo
www.roundrockbujinkan.com
www.austinbujinkan.com
www.roundrockbujinkan.com/utexas

Austin/UT/Round Rock Bujinkan Daikomyosai December 5th, 2009






Overview:
We are looking at having an Austin area Bujinkan Daikomyosai in observation of Hatsumi-sensei's 78th birthday. Austin Area Bujinkan Training Get Together is open to all Bujinkan Members in good standing with the Round Rock Bujinkan Dōjō and the international Bujinkan organization. Those who are interested in Bujinkan training but have never tried it are also welcome. Anyone who is shodan or above is invited to teach. We will train for about three to four hours and will likely go to Origami Japanese Restaurant (www.origamisushitx.com) for dinner afterwards.

Date:
Saturday, December 5th, 2009
Times:
2:00 to 4:00 (or possibly 5:00) PM
Fee:
Suggested donation of $15 or pay what you can
Instructors:
John Hidalgo, 5th Dan, Shidoshi
Other instructors to be announced soon.
Attire:
Standard Bujinkan Uniform (gi, tabi, obi) or loose, comfortable clothing.
Contact:
John Hidalgo (512) 656-2836 or instructor@roundrockbujinkan.com
Location:
Acrotex Gymnastics
708 Round Rock West Drive
Round Rock, TX 78681
(512) 244-5437
www.acrotex.com

I am TOTALLY in love with these dandelion stencils...



Does anyone know where to get something similar, or even how to make one? Thanks.

Could anyone recommend some floor planning software?
I know the best way is cutting up graph paper to represent your items, but I'm disabled and that's way harder for me than using a bit of software.

I did google, but there's a lot of share ware and I try to avoid that kind of stuff in case it's phoney and has viruses. Unless someone can recommend something so I know it's good and clean.
I don't mind paying for something.

I need to design my whole house and I want to do a floor plan for what to grow in the garden too.

Details in my journal!

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Reduced prices!

Selling:

Manga
-Bleach 9
-Brigadoon 1
-Crescent Moon 2
-Et Cetera 1
-Figure 17 1
-Full Metal Panic! 2
-Hyper Police 1
-Instant Teen 1
-Othello 1-2
-Pichi Pichi Pitch 1
-Naruto 1-2

VHS
-Tenchi Muyo
-El Hazard

SAILOR MOON
-Sailor Moon keychains

It is the worst feeling the world
waking up in the morning 
having that brief moment of peace and comfort,
 immediately followed by the stark realization
that your life came crashing down yesterday and that you have to face another dawn

alone.

sixwordstories
Whether you're in the mood for a creative challenge or you're short on time or attention span, this semi-addictive community is perfect for those who find flash fiction way long. Once you get the hang of it, you won't be able to stop. The prince turned into a frog. The girl ran home to mother. Tough to write. Easy to read. It's a double threesome of fun.

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I comment here a fair amount but haven't made a post in ages..scary, no?

My bedroom currently remains very similar to how it was when I last posted 1-2 years ago, but I'm having some real problems with my workspace and would love some ideas on how to make it more functional as well as inspirational and motivational.

Right now I am an 18-year-old Photography/Media 6th form student living at home and a hopefully-soon-to-be fashion student; whilst I tend to do most of my work at school because of their fabulous printers, I occasionally use my laptop for last-minute research, so it needs to be practical for a busy yet lazy student. I also write this fashion blog and tend to scribble ideas down on bits of paper and shove them into drawers and forget about them. Additionally I sell on Ebay and so have parcel tape, envelopes and sharpie pens scattered around the place which I need to keep together, though I keep my envelopes in our rather packed, even messier junk room so it's not quite as full. Therefore my area also needs to have great organisation and motivate me to write regularly and keep everything tidy, organised and out of the way. On top of all of that, I use it for my regular internet stuff such as MSN and Facebook, plus the occasional DVD and CD. That is a lot of computer time in one day!

So how does one transform a small half-bedroom space into a super-motivation work station without spending too much money?

( pixx here )

I'd be so grateful for any ideas on how to revamp the space.

I love that so many of you dudes are doing NaNo! It fills my heart with glee and happy. NaNoWriMo is a Super Important Monster to me, in that if I'd never done it that first year, I probably would have never written anything ever again my entire life.

As a kid I was always like, "I'm gonna be a writer when I grow up!" But I never knew what to write about. Then as I got older and became a cynical teenager, I was like, "Pah, this writing thing will never pan out because I suck at finishing things and also I still don't know what to write about. I think I'll become a rock star instead."

Of course the rock star thing fell through, as things like that often do. I graduated high school neither a rock star nor a writer. But then that November, a friend of mine posted to her LJ, "I don't think I'm going to do NaNoWriMo this year," and it was October 31st and I clicked on the link because I was all, "What is this NaNoWriMo business?" and I read the entire contents of the site (which at that point were not as massive, as NaNo was only in its third year), and I was like, "I will do this even though I will FAIL EPICALLY" and the thing is, I didn't fail epically. I actually COMPLETED a novel.

And then I tried it the next year. And the year after that. And, okay, I failed those two years, but then I KEPT DOING IT and I haven't failed since, and then I started realizing that I didn't have to only write in November, there were eleven other perfectly valid months in the year for writing.

And that's how I've ended up with eight rough drafts, a handful of drafts in progress and a parody of the entire Twilight series, and I still don't know what to write about, but NaNoWriMo taught me that doesn't matter as long as I can write it really fast.

The point of this story is I've got the writing thing down. I think the next step is learning that whole "revision" thing.

HAPPY NANO, EVERYBODY! KEEP ON KEEPING ON AND POST YOUR WORD COUNTS AND HEY, WE'RE ALL FRIENDS HERE, WHY NOT CHALLENGE EACH OTHER TO SOME WORD WARS? AND THROW OUT SOME DARES? I LOVE YOU GUYS.

PS: Oh yeah, I totally forgot that the whole reason I started making this post was to mention that I'm kandigurl on the NaNo site (as well as on LJ!) if you want to be my writing buddy.