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please witness ravi the bespectacled suburban pirate, in 3D!!!!! OMG LORFL ROAMFLOALM LOLOR!



thank you thank you brendan for making me this spectabulous piratey shirt for my borfday! and thank you lydia, casey, ailik & toklot, and huckleberry FINK for the awesome 3D lens thing.

(relax your eyes, look "past" the image until two of the images coalesce in the middle)

SPELL CHECK ENTRY BEFORE SAVING!!!!!

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much tumult lately. thought i'd try something cathartic.

i used to bleach+dye my hair to that end, but this time i wanted something a bit different.

the only piercing that's ever appealed to me, aside from an ear piercing which is usually just a subscription to statute, is an eyebrow piercing. it's understated, elegant, and from my admittedly naive and limited perspective, doesn't seem like it would get in the way like many other facial piercings i can think of.

so:

cto jewelry in beaverton sells "do it yourself" kits, and that appealed to me since i think subconsciously i wanted to be able to run away at the last second. the kit came with a "sterile" needle and "ball closure ring," forceps (they look like a tiny pair of salad tongs), and some instructions vague enough that i looked around til i found this and followed it instead, for the most part. resulting in:



it's swollen and there's a bit of discharge, but i guess that's normal. and i'm a bit worried i'll react badly to it as did others i know, but it's not permanent.

at first i thought i'd end up replacing the very basic ball closure ring, but its simplicity appeals to me. it's got its own personality, sitting there in my eyebrow as if it CHOSE to be there. unassuming but confident.

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an advertisement:


(friends frequently frequent fur-filled floors for frenzied finger-firing)

all are anxiously awaiting anh and arthur's arrival. (arthur, actually, advocates alternate addressing)

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as you may have already read in withlyn's journal, we are now the proud adoptive parents of Ailik and Toklot, a cuddlemonster of puppy proportions. the bera beastie was a bit alarmed and unsure at first, but i think they'll be fine. little to no interaction with the princess, yet, though that's something to watch for - he is, after all, a siberian husky + something mix.

mostly, what i have to add to withlyn's post is this:

http://www.ailikandtoklot.com

i am overwhelmed by his sounds of being alive. not that i'm not similarly overwhelmed every morning when mr. mastodon farm squeaks at me and sticks his nose in my face. it's just .. double!

also i am feeling a bit crushed but that is temporary, and cushioned by love. is that a kodak sentence?

i'll type the letter p to make this post longerp!p

mood: energetic

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winter, convinced it's alone now, lets out a sigh. reaches out and pulls the world into its embrace. i am thrilled, multiplied, diminished, amplified. it has been the season of sarah mclachlan, of scented flannel, of small lights and regrets.

but this is the first time i've looked out the window of my home - in all its iterations - and seen snow. the patio furniture, the van, the grass, the road, the most ambitious branches, and the roofs - all covered with a thin veil of white. sifting powdered spirits all over my neighborhood so i can feel like a poet. another mystery from the stratosphere, and a god descended, shaking out its coat. it happens every day, after all. last night, i had no right to be calling the moon.. and now it sprinkles down even when we think it's gone. in seasonless los angeles, we learned the sea, and every avenue was spring street. but here, so far north - o canada girls, do you miss the green world when the snow falls?

i'm done festering on the timeless los angeles soundstage. i live in a mortal city, where both the christians and the pagans recognize february from july.

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karen the wonder-girl graduated yesterday! also: she cut her hair. also: she had an epiphany and is going to heal the world now. isn't it wonderful what college does to you? here's what she looks like, now:



note the contemplative look on her face, as she ponders her future and the fate of all humanity. also note the cellophane-wrapped candy around her neck.

also: i have three new blue things - hair, nail polish, and pants. i'm going to oklahoma soon (yay!) to see all sorts of special wunderkids.

on a related note, my project is in process. i'll put it up online when it's done. it could be months! or years! how exciting, to be part of something so grand!

still waiting for: someone to look at my eyes like she used to.

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