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And then she disappeared, forever? NEVER!!!!!

I decided I should do something here again, so I did, I posted this! We will see if I get any further tomorrow, LOL.

AWOL

Sorry I have not been posting. I was dealing with some crochet, visiting family, and now I am learning to use my freshly installed Linux OS, Ubuntu. Which, is likely to be my permanent OS since I cannot get windows to install again. I just got my wireless card working so I am on line now. They need a warning that says, Ubuntu is for the average user, if you have the book, and are not on a laptop with Atheros AR242x wireless adapter. Cos the drivers don't work with Ubuntu, and it seems they never really have, lol.

Anyway, my computer runs like a dream now. I have yet to figure out the vector/drawing, and photo manipulation programs. I have messed with Gimp a little, so not too worried. It is suppose to be as good as Adobe Photoshop, you just have to add plug-ins to get all the same effects. Best of all it is free!

Anyway, I am off to figure out how to use my new OS, which was also free, and orange, and shiny! Just don't install on a lappy with my wireless card, and don't overwrite all of windows...dual is best...silly me...

Bordem

Butterfly Lanterns

I made this fractal a few years ago with a program called Ultra Fractal. UF makes creating fractals a lot of fun. It is also a lot more user friendly then Apophysis. However, I think both Apophysis and UF create beautiful fractals. I do not have a preference, both create amazing and beautiful fractals. UF is just a bit more user friendly for the average artist.

Anyway, this is one of my favorites that I created in UF.

Amigurumi!

Amigurumi: Japanese, from Amu (to knit)and Nuigurumi (doll), but refers only to crocheted dolls. This is a Japanese art of crocheting small stuffed animals for home decoration or toys.

My sister's birthday was celebrated this weekend. Since I am ridiculously broke I used my many crafting skillz to make her an adorable prezzie. She seemed to really liked it...and also promised to not let the kids play with it. Which is really good considering it weighs a lot more then it looks like. I weighed it down with a rock. Also, there are glass pebbles in the feet too. Amigurumi tend to be for display and since my sister is getting old I decided she did not need a cuddly lil' stuffie for her bed.

She has two turtles. Pika (Chad will love that) and Squirtle. Not sure how she got the names, but Squirtle has three little white spots on his back. She thought that was what I was going for with the three spots on the amigurumi turtle. ...it wasn't, lol. I was honest and told her it was just the pattern I used. I like mine better, cos it seems cuter. But at the same time, the pink is too much for me.

That black heart is on the far back 'spot' and came from my grandmother's button tin, along with the eyes. This one, that looks like a beanie on my finger, it is a leg. I crocheted it on my finger basically, and with my twisted thoughts I began to see the beanie...and the desire to write on myself with a sharpie was too overwhelming.

Anyway, it was a lot of fun and now I am getting requests for birthdays, lol.

The Ex Voodoo Knife set

If I had Fantastic Doodads wishlist, this would be on the top of the list! I love it. Beats the boring old block of wood. Granted, I dont necessarily want it for an ex, but it would look shnazzy on my counter top!

Here is one advert:
"This 5pc knife holder is unlike any cutlery set you have ever seen! This whimsical, artistic kitchen accessory holds 5 high quality stainless steel kitchen knives (included) in a rather unorthodox fashion - STORE YOUR KNIVES IN AN ANONYMOUS EFFIGY DEDICATED TO WHOMEVER YOU PLEASE! Take out your frustrations as you store your knives!"

Unfortunately it is rather expensive. I have seen it from $60 to $199.99 however, it seems to ahve a 25 year warranty, lol.

• Also available in Chrome and Red.
• Razor sharp precision cutting blades
• Magnetized slots to secure knives in holder
• Set includes plastic figure plus: 8" Chef Knife, 8" Bread Knife, 8" Carver, 5" Utility Knife, 3.5" Parer
• Dimensions: 14.6" tall x 8" wide x 12" deep
• 25 year warranty
• Designer: Raffaele Iannello

Mullet with headlights?

I thought I would share my favorite Literal video. I am posting it as a thoughtful reflection since the vid is from the 80s. This is by far my favorite Youtube video. This was created by dascottjr on Youtube. I could not even begin to imagine how many times I have watched this. I know all the lyrics by heart. I ran it in the background while cooking, and it played over and over, lol. I have shown a lot of people and I changed my Youtube bookmark to open to this page, lol. I think it is so amazing.

Some of my favorite parts:

• 'Emo kid is throwing slo-mo dove in my face. I guess that means he just flipped me the bird,' (that is my favoritest part).
• Fonzie being cloned
• the Glee club of the damned
• angel bit
• mullet with head lights, LOL.

Anyway, it is all awesome!

Dascottjr makes some pretty good literal videos. I highly recommend checking them out. Here is the link again...dascottjr