My feelings

I've got a new years resolution
I think I know what I've gotta do
I've got a new years resolution getttin over you
I've got some old friends I think I'm losing
I've got some new ones that I'm not talking to
But all of my new years resolutions are getting old to you

So here's to the love
The love that we had
Here's to the time
The good and the bad
Here's to the ones you never forget
Here's to the year that we had

I gotta find a new solution
For all of the ghosts that keep haunting me
I gotta get some absolution
For all I failed to be

So here's to the love
The love that we had
Here's to the time
The good and the bad
Here's to the ones you never forget
Here's to the year that we had

The break ups
The makeups
The birth and the death
The peaceful solution that war never helps
The mistakes you make the heart you break
A memory that never goes away

I've got a new years resolution
I think I know what I've gotta do

So here's to the love
The love that we had
Here's to the time
The good and the bad
Here's to the friends you never forget
So here's to the love
The love that we shared
And when it all ends we're never prepared
Here's to the friends you never forget
Here's to the year that we had
Here's to the year that we had
Here's to the year that we had

I happened on this song while searching for stuff on another future post I wanted to write. It is a really good song that gives me goosebumps just hearing it.
I've had so much going on lately that isn't the kind of stuff I would post about but this song is one of those things that has to be shared.

Better, more happy posts to come in the future.

Funny shit

How do you look today ?

Daily stuff (and my post so y'all now I really didn't fall off the face of the earth ;-P)


Hair~ETD (no LM tho *is lazy)
Top~ LeeZu Baxter
Pants~ Rockerwear
Pearl Choker~Shakture (part of an outfit)
Shoes~ SOREAL <3 some of my favorites shoes *ever*



SOREAL has the same shoes in lots of color combinations and awesomeness, like this pic of awesome which is a fat pack full of all the awesomeness *makes note to write letter to Santa*

Stuff

My look of the day (for now) I mix and match tons of stuff together and well this is what happens :-)


Hair by Detour
Tank from D!FF (no longer open)
Skirt/Leggings from amerie's NAUGHTY
Armwarmers from Maitreya
Socks free at Shiny Things
Shoes are ETD

Holiday Recipe

Cen posted a challenge for all bloggers to share some favorite holiday recipes and since this doesn't require photoshop skills I am happy to accept the challenge.

This recipe isn't the exact recipe my family has always used but it's close. Ham loaf is a tradition on my family being New Englanders with English/ French ancestry. I remember my greatgrandmother, grandmother, and mother all making this during any family holiday. Being the baby of the family my job was basting the ham loaf with the glaze periodically throughout the baking, thus increasing the yummy aroma all over the house and increasing appetites of anyone with a sense of smell.



Spiced Ham Loaf

Ingredients
1 3/4 cup milk
2 large eggs
2 tablespoons dark brown sugar
1 tablespoon dry mustard
2 teaspoons salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
6 slices soft bread, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
1 1/2 pound ground ham
1 pound ground beef
***Apple Cider Sauce***
1/2 cup dark brown sugar
3 cups apple cider, or no-sugar-added apple juice
3/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
2 tablespoons cornstarch, PLUS"PLUS" means this ingredient in addition to the one on the next line, often with divided uses
1 teaspoon cornstarch
2 tablespoons water
1 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice

Directions
Heat the oven to 350 degrees.

In a large mixing bowl, combine the milk, eggs, brown sugar, dry mustard, salt and pepper. Add the bread cubes, ham and beef. Blend well; shape a loaf. Place in a large loaf pan or onto a roasting pan.

Bake at 350 until firm and lightly browned, about 90 minutes. Meat should reach an internal temperature of 175 to 180 degrees on a meat thermometer.

Remove from oven. Let rest 15 minutes, allowing the juices to settle, before slicing.

Slice and serve with warm Apple Cider Sauce.

Note: Ground ham may be purchased at the meat counter at many markets or you may make your own by mincing leftover baked ham in a food processor or grinder.

For Apple Cider Sauce: Combine the brown sugar, apple cider, cloves, cinnamon and nutmeg in a saucepan. Bring to a boil.

Separately dissolve the cornstarch in the water. Gradually add the cornstarch mixture to the boiling apple cider mixture, stirring constantly, until the sauce thickens slightly.

Remove the sauce from heat. Stir in the lemon juice. Serve with Spiced Ham Loaf or Baked Ham.

Note: Because the sweetness of ciders varies, be prepared to adjust the amount of sugar to taste.

Memories

*Warning* heartfelt mushiness ahead.... you have been warned.

This is my final goodbye to Galateia Vhargon, my sl sis, one of my best friends and closest confidant, who is missed by so many people. She was hit and killed by a car in RL while walking to the corner store on November 30th, 2008.

Gala first became part of my sl when she was a regular at TK Club, a PG club that I was a DJ at (I know, I know hard to believe *I* was working a PG club, sometimes weird things happen) she became a host there eventually.

We lost touch and ran into each other at a mutual friends hip hop club and got to talking about clothes and stores like we did back at TK. Once again, we were back on track. She was one of those friends we all have who, even though we may not be in their daily lives and can lose touch it's easy to fall back into the familiarity of talking and by the end of one conversation we were close friends once again.

In our SLives we will lose touch with people close to our hearts, it just happens for one reason or another. Schedules change, RL needs attending to more then it used to, some time away from SL, and many more reasons to numerous to list. Gala and I made the effort to always keep in touch despite some absences on both our parts and it was always picking up where we left off, the closeness was always there.

The memorial that Payten Harrop organized was very touching. He really did a great job in expressing all the thoughts I was too upset to voice. Thank you , Payten, very well done.

This is a very difficult post to write. I've always had this vision of having a lighthearted blog on fun randomness. Some posts just need to be written, this post is one of them.

Gala was such a sweet person with excellent fashion sense. She knew some great stores and could put together an incredible outfit with very little effort.

She never failed to make me laugh with her sense of humor. Or the goofing we did while posing for pics.

I'm blessed to have Gala as my sis. She will be missed. Her presence in my sl made my sl so much better.

My memories of Gala with always be fond and funny. I have no room in my heart for doubts and questions about things I have no power to find answers to, I do know that the person Gala was to me is the person who is no longer a part of my sl and I will miss her terribly. With much sadness I say a fond farewell to my sis Gala. May she rest with angels.

These are a few of my favorite things....

My BFF Lilibeth and her blunt honesty.


Hanging out with the lovlies. Especially when Carverr, my brother, is on the decks, mixing some great house music.

Hump day parties and all the craziness that ensues. The Ch'Know group is a fantastically talented bunch of people. Ali,I can't thank you enough for inviting me into your group and all the wonderful support you've shown me. Ch'Knowers you guys rock in everything you do.

My most prized possesion the AFK ring. Sadly I don't use it as often as I should.

Those quiet moments in beautiful places with Bon.


May your holidays be filled with your favorite things and special moments.

Groovin along

I am thankful for time zone differences and the crazy kindness of my brit friend.
Meet Lolly (the Lollers) and MJ (nobody calls me MaryJane) two of my recent friends. They make me thankful for those nights when there is so much goin on in my head and I can't sleep because they are online and a group of us go club hopping.
I've discovered friends along the way, some genres of music I would have never thought I would like, and gotten to dust off my gestures and actually use them again .

This is the three of us dancing on the huddles I *finally* was able to get working.

Many hugs to Lolly, MJ, Mollie, Jonathon, Gem, Azonica, Larimar, and all of you crazy fun people in the LL group. Thank you all for being the cool accepting people you are.

Sharing time

So many things going around in my head and this one song stuck throughout it all so I just have to share.




I've been in some kind of mood lately and this song just reminds me that sometimes life doesn't need to be happy to be the way it should be.

Sadness happens so that we can enjoy our happiness that much more.
Grief exists so that we can truly appreciate the joys in life.
Loneliness so we can be thankful for the love we are able to give and receive.

Wow this might be a post I end up taking down. =0 Not sure how fitting this is or how useful.

So I've been busy with RL most of the day but this post has been on my mind. I'm really tempted to take it down but instead I thought I would explain it a bit so I don't sound like the total loser I'm worried I actually sound like.

Sadness... for past mistakes, lost opportunities.

Grief... I've recently lost a family member to an unexpected heart attack this past Friday. I lost my best friend to cancer about a month ago.

Loneliness... I miss my best friends *tons* both Gina, who passed a month ago and my best friend from near where I used to live in Kansas. I'm also *extremely* shy and I am out of my depth in the city I live in now.

Me want pressie !!!!

Thanks to the generosity of Anicia Medici, at Sugar Mill, even on her rl birthday you can get this cool present for $5L at her store until 12am SLT.

Happy birthday Ani. May your day be the best ever and the coming year contain lots of happiness for you.

Leotards, anyone ?

Last night, early this morning I was hanging out with one of my closest and longest sl friends, Tekila Vella, and a mutual friend of ours , Al Penucca (who is also THE best sport in sl)were goofin and Teks comes up with the thought of making a video.

This is
So, umm , yeah this is what became greatness after much hilarious fun and lots of diva comments and ass comparisons. Video1 and video2


\o/ For Teki \o/ this is great. Hi5 Teki =D awesome work. Hi5 to Al for being such a good sport and the best diva. LOL

Some random pics taken during the making of the video.....

Strike a pose

I've been at a loss for words lately so I thought I would post a pic collage instead. All this awesomeness can be found at Free Photography Studio thanks to Fross Maruti. Big thanks for all the great stuff Fross *hugs*

Do you kiss your mom with that mouth ?

We've all heard it and it's a valid question. More a question of how we can be so hurtful to others but still have the capacity for loving our family.

What if all those mean things we've done to others were done to the people we loved?

I am hoping by writing this to help people stop and think about their actions and the ways it affects other people, maybe not in some direct way but for sure in some way. Everytime we smile at someone that person feels like smiling and will smile at the next person and so on and so forth. It has begun with a smile that many will feel in their day. Pay it forward.

The same is true when we put out negative emotions onto others. They hurt, their loved ones hurt for them. Mean spiteful words and actions impacts alot.

This is all about tolerance y'all. If we didn't practice tolerance where would we be? Someone, somewhere had to be tolerant for sl to be put into being.

Without that tolerance none of us would be here now, so please stop and think before being spiteful, and intolerant of each other. Show compassion and be kind to yourselves and to others.

Life would suck if we didn't have tolerance. Tolerance is part of progression and growth. Please be part of the solution and not part of the problem.

Next time you see that noob walking around with one shoe just remember that was you once and be kind. Hell,go for some real kindness and offer some advice to help them along. That gesture maniac you happen to be in the same sim with, well maybe in their sl that is how they communicate because they're too shy to find a different way to be social. Maybe it's the way things are done around the people they normally hang out with. Just realize alot of the things we find irritating may have different meanings to the ones doing them.



I challenge everyone who reads this to try using that extra bit of tolerance in the next few days and then wait to see the reactions over the next couple weeks. And if you really want a great challenge take Ivey's challenge...

Have a great sl and enjoy life ^^

Stand for something

You've all heard it at one time or another. 'You should stand for something or you will fall for anything.' With this thought in mind I want to talk about animation overrides or AOs.
Your AO says so much about you in sl. It's the clue into your personality, the opening statement when you walk into a room. The part of you that tells a story of who you are.

Where does your story begin at?


My beginning was found here at Vista Animations, a great store with lots of options to suit everyone's taste. And I was lucky enough to find the AO to call my own. It has enough stands that it doesn't cycle thru all the stands in a 10 minute period. Lots of sit, walk, and stand options. And best of all I got to meet Vista Barnes himself. ^^

He's very nice, friendly, and nice to look at, too. He's a very helpful guy.


He took some time out of a very busy day to answer some questions I had, being the curious person I am.

He told me about the work of putting together animations. The not so fun part of trying to upload anims onto sl.

The selections of AOs here is amazing. The smallest detail is done for you. No more hoping the AO you have will fit the height of your avvie. There are 3 options for tall, medium, and short. Knowing the work that goes into animated AOs makes me appreciate the creativity and talent so much more.


Next time you are looking for AOs check out Vista Animations. Tell your story in just the right way.

It never hurts to tell the owners that you appreciate the time they take to put out the amazing quality they do.

Frustrations everywhere

This is close to what I've been seeing all friggin day long >.<

SL is kinda out for the most part and I'm ready to drop kick my tower into the next universe.

Days like these I just want to say GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR....

But the bunny wars are awesome ^^

Always cool to have something to laugh about even when you're just so frustrated and things just aren't going the way they are supposed to be.

*hurries to post this before yet another blue screen crash occurs*

Land stuff

Hanging out in my 'garden' and thinking of ways to improve the fun factor of my land.

I'm thinking plants flowers but in a way that is me, fun but away from the norm. I do some of my best thinking and planning while looking at clothes because... well I'm not sure.... I'm a goof like that I guess.

I'm wandering around Shiny Things thinking of buying some shoes and I'm wandering outside for garden inspiration.

Look what I found !!!! \o/ It's exactly the thing for my garden I'm thinking. Really pretty, a little goofy/funky, and best of all changing colors to fit any mood I'm in.

Freaky time !!!!!

I'm DJing here at Freakheim from 5-7pm slt in a come as you are event. Lots of rock , rock, and more rock.

Voting time !!!!

And a blogthings quiz too ^^
If you haven't voted yet please do. Support America and the freedom that you enjoy as amercians =D Ok speech over.
*steps down from podium and runs off*

We Predict You Voted For Obama

We're 70% sure you voted for Obama. You seem to fit the profile of a typical Obama voter. We're not saying you should have (or shouldn't have) voted for him. But if we had to place a bet, we'd guess you voted Obama this year.

Did You Vote for Obama or McCain?

my fairy chair

Cin Singh of Randomness Emporium made me this fairy chair to go in my treehouse ^^




He was also cool enough to come mosh at my set at Freakheim Funeral Home which I've been told doesn't happen often so that was really cool of him ^^

BIG THANKS to Nika and Quaintly for all their help putting these awesome URLs into the blog ^^ *hugs Nika and Quiantly happily*

Bridal stuff

One of my sl sisters, Galateia Vhargon, has given me the priviledge of being her maid of honor at her upcoming wedding to Layden Tigerpaw, a really cool guy and awesome DJ at the club Rockstars.

This is a pic of Gala, me, Jeanine, and Alle. We're only missing Drea in this pic but she wasn't online so I will try for more pics at another time.



Gosh we look hawt ^^

We were at Ali's DJ event at Ingmann yesterday which turned out to be lots of fun. But that's another post which Ali has blogged about.
Ali is such a fun DJ I enjoy her events.

Fleas

This came in an e-mail and well I thought about sending it to all you great people who actually put up with my randomness but that would be like all the other random spam notecards running around sl so here it is to everyone .... <3 *bug hugs*

Got Leggy ?

After the hump day party with Ali and all kinds of awesome talent and great costumes.
This is what happens. Poor Leggy wandered outside the party area (which was really cool I must add) until the party was over, then he played taxi for all of us.

Starts with 3 people....

Then everyone decided to see just how many of us could fit....Bone pops in as we're all riding Leggy and without a surprised look joins in the fun.


I think Leggy was trying to escape from us but we're stuck to him like glue.



Ended up with 8 or 9 people on Leggy and it was really fun. Lots of giggles from everyone.



But the dismount was something LOL. *thinks Leggy had enough of us by then*

Gotta love the hump day parties. =) Ali plays great tunes and much goofy merriment is had by all.

Cool stuff

Roark Nitely , owner/creator of The Clubhouse, has some great clothes for sale at Fusion Island...

If you're into sports or bands he's got some great stuff and if you don't see it Roark is only an IM away... Also some other great clothing stuff.




http://slurl.com/secondlife/fusion%20island/59/166/22

since i'm still not figuring out how to add a lm i put the lm in post

Roark is a very cool guy and you gotta love the pink hair. He never get grumpy with me when I tp him to random places for random things and is always willing to listen to me grump when he's cornered LOL .

Besides which tomorrow he's going to be my host for my starting back up DJ event tomorrow. WOOOT

And again.....

The Keys to Your Life

Anything good in your life comes from your vision and clarity. You're able to see above all the small things in life and wisely understand the big picture. Anything bad in your life comes from sinking to the level of those around you. Remember to lift people up, and refuse to participate in anything petty.

The Keys To Your Life

Blogthings strikes again

What Your Jack-o-Lantern Says

You are a gleeful, exuberant person. You enjoy a good party, and you even enjoy a good brawl. This Halloween, there is no question what you should be... a pirate! The candy you should give out: peanut butter cups

The Jack-o-Lantern Quiz

Sayings and such ........

While I was at a live music event here in SL I came across this saying in a profile and it made me think of just how true it is....

There comes a point in your life when you realize
who matters,
who never did,
who won't anymore...
and who always will.
So, don't worry about people from your past,
there's a reason why they didn't make it to your future.

This brings to mind a blog I've been thinking of posting about *gasp* love and friendships in SL.

This comes about because lately I've been catching up with friends and loves from my SL that I hadn't seen in too long.

The drama y'all kinda know about LOL . *shudders* Sooo glad that's over. /me hugs the mute button happily
Some friends I haven't been in touch with... Hmm where do I start there ? Seems like it always happens in several people not just one or two.

Sometimes this can be a good thing, actually almost always. :-) Only one past friend who I was unhappy to see *insert drama here* but that's done thankfully. *sighs*

But other friends who just hadn't been online or were busy with something else or just made new avvies hoping to escape some mishap.

So one such friend and I were dicussing love in SL the pros and cons of it. How does one decide if love in SL is bad or good ? Shouldn't it be both?

Many of us who have found an SL partner and gotten hurt, but should that keep us from being open to the possibility of finding it again ? I'm not saying that we should all run out to the nearest date-an-avvie store front but just not shut down and stay positive. Is this a really naive approach to SL dating ? Would being all emo or negative really keep the people out of your life who have the ability to touch our hearts ? If so , is this really a good thing ?

To my way of thinking life is for being happy , with ourselves, our lives, and our hearts. If our heart isn't happy how can our lives be happy ? I'm not saying love is the only thing that makes our hearts happy. I'm thinking being closed off from life because of past hurts might make us unhappy.

Anyways enough rambling from me for now. Thanks for y'all who actually read this stuff lol..


Psst I did warn you it was gonna be random didn't I ?

Noses and stuff

Checking my email this morning I ran across this quiz and was curious...

What Your Nose Says About You

You are optimistic and trusting. You expect the best from people.

What Does Your Nose Say About You?

Guru me..............

You Are the Guru

You are a naturally good counselor. You are inspiring, encouraging, and compassionate. You are eager to help everyone who crosses your path, even those who don't want to be helped. You are a natural healer. People feel at peace when they are with you. You are so good for people, in fact, that they go through withdrawal once you're gone. You quietly do your own thing, without openly resisting. You secretly try to fix every problem. Your biggest regret is not being able to help as many people as you'd like.

What Role Do You Play?

Clubbage !!!

So I'm wandering the grid and I stumble across this new club that will be opening soon called Kinkie Kittie..



It's a club for everyone and it looks great. Well put together.

If you're looking for a job as dancer, DJ , host come here http://slurl.com/secondlife/beautiful%20land%202/238/239/28
and talk to Chris Reckham, AleXia Xue, or Isabelle Sinister

Mmmm lattes sounds good

Going through my email this morning I found this cool little quiz and now I want a latte LOL.

You Are a Cinnamon Latte

Deep down, you are a sensitive soul. You just want to be loved and appreciated. You may have a spicy attitude, but you're all sweetness on the inside. You are dependable and loyal. You have you life together, and you're able to be there for other people. You like nothing more than a warm, cozy house filled with friends and loved ones.

http://www.blogthings.com/whatflavorlatteareyouquiz/">What Flavor Latte Are You?