Peoples of the internet! I have another question. Stress relief methods: do you have them? Because my blood pressure is currently Not Happy, and I can tell it's an emotional thing--my doctor has told me that I have surprisingly good blood pressure usually, and the onset of this is sudden enough that--well. I won't get into the whole mess, but it's emotional, and I need to figure out a way to counteract that.

Upon request, posting my playlists for my fics.

( Bonne Foi Playlist )

( Only Human Playlist )

Peoples of the internet! Bring unto me the After Christmas Sales. I hear Lush has a huge one?

http://www.threadless.com/product/2153/It_s_Toile_About_You?utm_medium=email&utm_source=share&utm_campaign=share&streetteam=EmmyCic

I am going to cry! MY SHIRT IS NOW FOR SALE

(I *think* this is the right link for me to get street team points?)
http://www.threadless.com/product/2153/It_s_Toile_About_You?utm_medium=email&utm_source=share&utm_campaign=share&streetteam=EmmyCic !!!


I am in NY right now so I can't whip up any fancy banners or anything
omg omgomg I can't wait to order one! I hope it looks good, I can't really tell on my netbook


I just want to thank you all for helping me get this printed! I am so glad I have such a great following of enthusiastic folks who are so nice and willing to help me with things like this!
So SUPER THANK YOU if you voted for my shirt to be made!

I'm definitely planning on designing more shirts in the future :)

I want to thank all of you who have supported me, art wise and personally, throughout the years.

Those of you who have commissioned/received gift art from me, I have most of my art from the past 4 years saved. If you haven't saved it and would like me to email it to you, you can contact me at; stargazingelf AT yahoo DOT ca

Thank you all. Goodbye.

Edit: Don't worry, nothing's wrong. I've just decided that I don't want to post artwork or blogs anymore. This is something I've been debating doing for almost a year.
Things are going very well in my personal life.

Um. I did something unusual for me. I wrote slash.

Title: A Helping Hand
Rating: NC-17/M
Pairing: Harry/Cedric
Warnings: Slash, obviously.
Summary: Harry goes to the Prefect's Bath to solve the riddle of the egg and finds Cedric Diggory in the tub.
Disclaimer: This isn't mine, although I doubt JK Rowling would want to claim ownership of this, gay Dumbledore and all.

As I've said, this is slash. If you don't like it, don't read it. I take personal offense to homophobia as a bisexual woman, so don't test me. There is also a slight age problem with this story, given that Cedric is of age and Harry is not, but I'm sure 17-year-olds have sex with 14-year-olds quite frequently, so I'm ignoring it.

( A Helping Hand )

[1 Edward/Bella Wallpaper]
[4 Kristen Wallpapers]
[3 Robert Wallpapers]

Preview:



( Blinding...  )

Have I mentioned my mom cracks me up?

Every year, for as long as I can remember, my mom has put one of those Lifesaver's books in my Christmas stocking. And in 21 years, I don't think I've ever eaten more than one roll out of the book.

My mom's funny like that. She never really bothers to find out if I like something before she assumes I do.

I wonder how many more years I'll be getting those. Probably either until I have a kid of my own or Lifesavers stops making those things.

CHRIMBO HAUL:

A 4 gig sansa MP3 player!! Yayyy my old 2 gig one was inches from death
A gateway NETBOOK! It's a candy apple red, too! So cute
Lots of jammies and socks and undies
A cute shirt
A cute sweater
A green purse
Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud
Making Comics by Scott McCloud
A cute dress and a jar full of ART PROMPTS that my sister made for me! I'll post about that more later but it's so cool
My brother got me 100 dollars to spend at Anthropologie in boston!!
LIFE DRAWING CLASSES omg mom found a life drawing class and she said she would pay for me to go! HOORAY FINALLY jeez it only took me like years to find a class
My other brother got me 30 rock season 3!
aannddd umm I am sure theres other stuff, I can't remember right now I'm all tired.


I had a reeeally good holiday, we had the whole family around and it was just super joyous. We also went and saw Sherlock Holmes, and I ate some cheesecake. I felt sick from the cheesecake, but I am still in good spirits.


I am super blessed and it is a privilege to be in my family!


I wish I had some art for you guys, but my computers been pretty slow lately and photoshop eats up the most memory.
All I have is this doodle of a house that I had a dream about:
I drove down this long thin road (I had a friend in the car too, though I don't know who she was, she had black/dark brown hair) that was surrounded by lakes and cranberry bogs, and I drove up to this house, it was more like a hotel actually. Anyway, there were these ponds in the front of the hotel with little floating bellhop bells in the water. Me and my friend discovered that ringing the bells made the bells sink to the bottom, but open a door to the hotel. So we started pressing all the bell tops and opening all the doors, thinking it was wonderful



The scene had strange lighting that I did not take care to duplicate in the image above. It was sort of in warm shadows with sunlight creeping up near the corner of the house. The bells were all shimmery in the sunlight, floating around next to green lilypads

I remember taking a peek into one of the front doors and inside was so fancy and warm. There was a shiny checkered floor to the hotel lobby. Anyway, it was a lovely dream, I don't know if I ever went inside the hotel


ANYWAY I HOPE YOU ALL ENJOYED YOURSELVES IN SOME WAY THIS FESTIVE SEASON ♥

For Christmas this year, I got Edward and Bella Barbies. And some other stuff, too, but OMG EDWARD AND BELLA BARBIES. My life, it is made.

( If you were wondering what Edward Cullen looks like naked... )

It was also a white Christmas this year. Here's the view out my back window.

( SNOW! )

And the most fun I had all day was playing paparazzi with my cat. He's so cute, even if he hates me. (So I'll follow him until he loves me...papa-paparazzi...)

( Toulouse...and a little Figaro. )

So there's my Christmas spam. Hope everyone had a good one!

Hope everyone is having an EXCELLENT HOLIDAY!
My day has been great so far! Lots of wonderful gifts exchanged, I'll perhaps elaborate on that later

My question is this: Where can I find a streaming link to tonights Doctor Who episode airing on the BBC tonight?
My brother and I don't want to wait for the american showing tomorrow! I just don't know where to look for the live streaming thing

thanks a bunch if anyone can answer this question!



Edit: Wait, did End Of Time Part 1 air already?? I thought it was premiering christmas day! WHY AM I SO OUT OF THE LOOP

Previously on The Secret Life of Dolls: A lot of stuff happened.

So: Christmas in Shelfia, with a bit of catch-up from the Compocalypse. ( We Two Kings of Númenor Are )


(To be continued. Part two: Serafina. Part three: Anna.)

Ahh i'm sucha bad friend, thanks guys for the lj gifts!! :D

Well I saw Avatar yesterday. ( Read more... )

also WHOO I got Little Rocket Man and Neighborhood Watch on HL2 booya

Pleasantly busy day, it looks like. Howling winds outside, actually, but sunnyish, so that's fine.

Have to wrap presents later. I hate wrapping presents. I mean, I do an okay job of it in the end, and I like presents to be wrapped, but it usually involves me wrestling with a large, fragile sheet of shiny paper for about fifteen minutes.

Still have to take certain pictures. TLB went missing earlier this morning, but was eventually located. I would rather not discuss how the tableshelf ended up covered in maple syrup.

Lizzie's McAfee trial ran out, so I was like, the hell with this, I'm putting AVG on. So now I'm having to do all the scans and setups and whatever, but I hear it's better anyway.

(I am really glad it has a rootkit scan, because isn't that what Sony put on its CDs for a while there?)

For those of you keeping track on the Aromaleigh front, Wish is really pretty with Damask. It's a similar look to Chloe/Amelie, but more pink and less peach.

My feet are killing me, which suggests to me that I need new/better shoes, or some kind of comfort-inducing insert (although those "I'm Gellin'!" commercials make me want to slap someone). I actually want to go buy me some Chucks with my next round of book money, although I doubt those will have any kind of support. Hm. I just want some of those because I rarely get more formal than sneakers, but Chucks are an ever-so-slightly more sophisticated aesthetic than scuffed tennis shoes, you know? And you can customize them! I kind of want to make a purple plaid. I do not see any way to order a foot massage, however.

Title: Look to the Sky and You’ll Find Me

Author: bexi21 

Disclaimer: I own nothing in this story except for my own little plot. Everything else is property of Stephenie Meyer.

Summary: Bella wasn't angry with Edward. She never could be, even after he left her with nothing but a letter as a reminder of the person he had been to her. She now understood him. But even then, living without him would be the hardest thing she would ever do. This O/S won second place in the voting round and second place in the judges round for "That Thing Called Love Contest." Thank you everyone!



( Look to the Sky and You'll Find Me )

Title: Every Rose Has Its Thorns

Authors: bexi21  and pixievamp_08 

Disclaimer: We own nothing in this story except for our own little plot. Everything else is property of Stephenie Meyer.

Summary: Rosalie Hale and Edward Cullen have always had a strained relationship. But when she reaches her breaking point, she finds an unsuspecting comfort in the brother she thought she hated. This one-shot was written for That Thing Called Love Contest.



( Every Rose Has Its Thorns )

A few things of interest (or not):

The Christmas village on the back of our piano


A less artistic overhead shot

A darkened street

My festive sleeve, which I managed not to set on fire or trail through the dip (you can also see my moonstone ring)

@alliancesjr: @cleolinda This makes me think of pre-1960 attitudes towards women and body parts. One of these days you're going to show us an *gasp* ANKLE

@cleolinda: @alliancesjr http://twitpic.com/uvgzt  

@queenanthai: @cleolinda You HOOR.

Lucy at the party

What I got at the swap:




The little china cup is actually a strainer that goes in the large cup; that's a wooden spoon sitting in it. The three teas are jasmine, green, and black, and there are little compartments in the box for the teas and the metal strainer. All of this is pleasing to me, particularly since I've been drinking my tea out of a coffee mug.

And for those who asked about "movie that will be made of certain book I was buying," I gave Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (movie version to star Natalie Portman), plus a guide to zombie survival.

I do not know who michael buble is at all, but somehow I get the feeling that I should be embarrassed to like this song!



I'm gonna be all busy with the holidays and visiting new york and new years, so I'll do a little 2009 recap now

( 2009 recap )
Here is a ballet dancing pug dog

Very tired--like, "sleepy" tired, not "verge of a nervous breakdown" tired. Maybe it's just because there's been a lot of holiday-related running-around lately, which is fun. And I've been eating out more, which means I'm drinking soda, which means I'm getting more caffeine than I should, which means I'm not sleeping very well at night. All I know is, a friend called yesterday and thought something was seriously wrong, because I sounded completely out of it. I woke up a bit late and didn't take my meds on time this morning, so now I have a headache, etc., which I'm hoping will go away by the time I go out to the Christmas swap party tonight. Speaking of which, I am still trying to find my boots (just short black boots to wear under my jeans, nothing huge), because I would really like to wear those. Also, I have very nearly talked myself into wearing a dark blue top with crocheted sleeves that are a bit... princessy. Eh, I will claim they are "festive."

First, a few Avatar links, since that's what the last entry was about. And thanks for such a civil and thoughtful discussion over on the Avatar entry. It took 360 comments for someone hostile to finally show up and inform me that I am a prejudiced, touchy-feely liberal. After the all-time high of cleoloindaisgay, this was a fairly disappointing flame.

James Cameron Reveals His Quest to Build More Perfect CGI Boobs. Unfortunately, I read this before I saw the movie, so I spent the whole thing staring at Neytiri's goods, curious to see if such a paradox as a CGI nip slip could possibly occur. 

EW on Avatar: Does story matter? "Titanic is Shakespeare compared to Avatar." ICE BURRRRRRN.

James Cameron Planning 'Avatar' Trilogy, Director Tells MTV News. Yeah, I told you.

‘Avatar’ could get nine Oscar nominations. I don't know if I'm just more mature mellow as a person now than I was circa Titanic, but I think I would manage not to claw my eyes out if it won something huge. I don't know--maybe my Zoe Saldana love is helping me hold on.

The "Moff's Law" link going around: RT @ebertchicago To people who say "Just enjoy! Don't analyze!" This speaks eloquently for me: http://j.mp/4XAkBR.

Meanwhile (alert alert alert): today's 50% off sale at Aromaleigh is the Eye Lustres section ( Quick reviews of the ones I like )

Speaking of color: Colorstrology. Something about birthdays and colors and Pantone sponsorship, I don't know, but it's interesting. December's color is Pagoda Blue, and the 14th turned out to be Green-Blue Slate: "Complex, quick-witted, expressive." "You are expressive and funny and people like it when you entertain them" in particular made me laugh. DANCE, HUMOR MONKEY!


Speaking of which, I am so behind on Secret Life. Oh God. The Christmas/catchup installment looks like it's going to be in three parts now. Dammit.