tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41577909112669424342024-02-01T23:47:25.981-08:00.Faltering Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07785579009975262176noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4157790911266942434.post-56584465854919160612011-12-24T17:40:00.000-08:002011-12-24T17:43:28.724-08:00Please visit my new blog!!~<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdwc_6W6md2U6vvC-XHZacZko1qlsAE97yJGyZbOSXJTm6PX0JlrjMpC4clFIbPIETBFmVCfaWrzIyD6CVKC82ZW6uYhpZFjWh2Ua0pyFoUOMJmzrNIfBIfZsmSeWGfi1uLMuw9A21AOw/s1600/falteringbird2.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 173px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdwc_6W6md2U6vvC-XHZacZko1qlsAE97yJGyZbOSXJTm6PX0JlrjMpC4clFIbPIETBFmVCfaWrzIyD6CVKC82ZW6uYhpZFjWh2Ua0pyFoUOMJmzrNIfBIfZsmSeWGfi1uLMuw9A21AOw/s320/falteringbird2.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689875375997472034" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I hope you'll all visit my new blog, <a href="http://falteringbird.blogspot.com/">Faltering Bird!!</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I promise I didn't forget about this blog, but Faltering Bird gets updated a lot more!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">xoxo</div>Faltering Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07785579009975262176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4157790911266942434.post-50951781834258350532011-10-29T12:36:00.001-07:002011-10-29T12:45:17.078-07:00Lookbook x American Apparel HALLOWEEN CONTEST<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil90DI2HnUMCeKPRdKPwIrTfRGbJeXtpaKra5h_BavyIbpwCYKaDOS69sr1QVz3QSjc6c4PILskmGczHoI2rYNKpMIyaZSId8uEKxT0QGQymyUtUohxRkgYPLibUF5dEBx96RBeO-R5GY/s1600/poloroiddone.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 248px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil90DI2HnUMCeKPRdKPwIrTfRGbJeXtpaKra5h_BavyIbpwCYKaDOS69sr1QVz3QSjc6c4PILskmGczHoI2rYNKpMIyaZSId8uEKxT0QGQymyUtUohxRkgYPLibUF5dEBx96RBeO-R5GY/s320/poloroiddone.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669000364800475154" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I'm happy to announce that I've entered Lookbook x American Appael's Halloween contest! All my lolita looks in the past had gotten deleted and deemed "a costume," so I'm uploading as many lolita looks as I can right around Halloween because I know they won't get deleted. XD</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Ha7qZeyl9rdzNbAhZiA9aiwptIub-423hZReu_IvEG0oKsFJSoMJl0My_wBN7BSJyVqm4PW9WabmtwMuUlBVIcTv-MN0qKrPpSsNL-uflMqfN4ZRHz9ImuOAU_5pPcX1wBtRshWiP6c/s1600/lb1.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Ha7qZeyl9rdzNbAhZiA9aiwptIub-423hZReu_IvEG0oKsFJSoMJl0My_wBN7BSJyVqm4PW9WabmtwMuUlBVIcTv-MN0qKrPpSsNL-uflMqfN4ZRHz9ImuOAU_5pPcX1wBtRshWiP6c/s320/lb1.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669000282186279746" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><div style="color: rgb(20, 20, 20); font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, FreeMono, monospace; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: center; "><a href="http://lookbook.nu/look/2616825-Caught-ya-Goldielocks">http://lookbook.nu/look/2616825-Caught-ya-Goldielocks</a></div><div style="color: rgb(20, 20, 20); font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, FreeMono, monospace; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: center; "><a href="http://lookbook.nu/look/2613037-Doll-in-the-Woods">http://lookbook.nu/look/2613037-Doll-in-the-Woods</a></div><div style="color: rgb(20, 20, 20); font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, FreeMono, monospace; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="color: rgb(20, 20, 20); font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, FreeMono, monospace; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: center; ">If you like my looks, please make sure to hype them!!~</div><div style="color: rgb(20, 20, 20); font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, FreeMono, monospace; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="color: rgb(20, 20, 20); font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, FreeMono, monospace; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="color: rgb(20, 20, 20); font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, FreeMono, monospace; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">(Polaroid photos by Josh Morris, last photo by Ryan Reeve)</span></span></div></span></div>Faltering Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07785579009975262176noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4157790911266942434.post-81295340124136425202011-06-17T13:14:00.000-07:002011-06-17T14:01:33.637-07:00♔ Full Spectrum Lolita ♔<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSNIO-mf0oQxjlCrnAP4ehiWLfmp6dTvtoQvPCA3GYY2nN0Dz4n776awdMJuWvUxXGFtOxMg4q5dfu3JsK7AhgvQz4smidM40rsfaEaBiOXkmuuVeCM79siG-GzgGBMruStw0ljA5DL7w/s1600/1.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 264px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSNIO-mf0oQxjlCrnAP4ehiWLfmp6dTvtoQvPCA3GYY2nN0Dz4n776awdMJuWvUxXGFtOxMg4q5dfu3JsK7AhgvQz4smidM40rsfaEaBiOXkmuuVeCM79siG-GzgGBMruStw0ljA5DL7w/s320/1.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619288957093618242" /></a><br /><div>Finally received a package from Mai, thhe Japanese woman who buys things for me in Japan!~ I received two sets--Angelic Pretty Lamb set, and Angelic Pretty Lyrical Bunny set! I'm beyond stoked!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0yZq9ZGBXC0TM8QJNqXJGn5ww3MpoB-k0WA_PXEeYncqbLiU1sq4Ik3VBn8PMQms150bGl5y4lIgcabo_AqNEf6FnEgRkpEyZoDHTGVr4sKhiK03KMMSsZ1X1ncPB2XskzMoQcfY1xw8/s1600/2.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0yZq9ZGBXC0TM8QJNqXJGn5ww3MpoB-k0WA_PXEeYncqbLiU1sq4Ik3VBn8PMQms150bGl5y4lIgcabo_AqNEf6FnEgRkpEyZoDHTGVr4sKhiK03KMMSsZ1X1ncPB2XskzMoQcfY1xw8/s320/2.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619288510106902722" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The artwork of the lambs is SO adorable!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFCwCONNocC6rOSZtaBEYr-G6gwFM_dR-PBIn1YCXZLs2YgFezAnT9OTOlEjLm5NeZj4ZaVaVesQdtW4ct8B7pkG4hEh1E5Nj4qMpvnxV6v23wfFZAG9e_8ypKzVO7vhk-uJs3UJxcOUw/s1600/3.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFCwCONNocC6rOSZtaBEYr-G6gwFM_dR-PBIn1YCXZLs2YgFezAnT9OTOlEjLm5NeZj4ZaVaVesQdtW4ct8B7pkG4hEh1E5Nj4qMpvnxV6v23wfFZAG9e_8ypKzVO7vhk-uJs3UJxcOUw/s320/3.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619288298832729922" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I had totally forgotten I ordered this lamb bag! It's soo soft! * 3*</div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1SWGOoX-UqizdWq4bJNDB-pP6a9cizx7LhRY_gL1JS_q4QSp4lGy2yhyphenhyphenBFIcizrT8kC8RzFlfcuVmDfo6zACEeAiLPDphoTKCHqlqtOpuhMAlxmsalCtoDaZN2otZn8Vr4jUlyocm8-w/s1600/4.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1SWGOoX-UqizdWq4bJNDB-pP6a9cizx7LhRY_gL1JS_q4QSp4lGy2yhyphenhyphenBFIcizrT8kC8RzFlfcuVmDfo6zACEeAiLPDphoTKCHqlqtOpuhMAlxmsalCtoDaZN2otZn8Vr4jUlyocm8-w/s320/4.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619287963326763154" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm not sure how I feel about the headbow, however. XD</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ_VwH_9pIABbYUYHeVy94hOSI7F0J697cj33CkG8qSx1R8chIGC8g_Cth4t4d9s6Ii3o0VGBzvfXq5CJ39DXy9VOfSxiOy05no_iQelazSPtMrYvRaItdyJHHs9WVqfRyGTbc3yc0x3o/s1600/5.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 287px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ_VwH_9pIABbYUYHeVy94hOSI7F0J697cj33CkG8qSx1R8chIGC8g_Cth4t4d9s6Ii3o0VGBzvfXq5CJ39DXy9VOfSxiOy05no_iQelazSPtMrYvRaItdyJHHs9WVqfRyGTbc3yc0x3o/s320/5.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619287230171169906" /></a><br /></div><div>Lyrical Bunny is just TOO cute! I was really sad when I missed getting it when it first came out, and was lucky enough to have a friend link me to this on an mBok Auction!</div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP4HG-VuobECiyvWFXO7LiN3PpOFWYYleFavSEiGvaHW7nmtDEayg74ymZpUCEpLcfT_REJJ6XH-EkTxuBGhr-MTs7ribrEqWak2TojFQkHoscrqtv3TpsIqgm6NV8lRkyh-aBohCQAS8/s1600/6.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP4HG-VuobECiyvWFXO7LiN3PpOFWYYleFavSEiGvaHW7nmtDEayg74ymZpUCEpLcfT_REJJ6XH-EkTxuBGhr-MTs7ribrEqWak2TojFQkHoscrqtv3TpsIqgm6NV8lRkyh-aBohCQAS8/s320/6.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619286300722738882" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I love animal prints and food prints. So what's better than that? Animals WITH food prints! </div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4_y5Hc71QHeZbbaVB0VAqyFtmS0cBZj7lVTJq8AIKhNqw1E-3nYVWuavne6ofPBC-dqHxXsu0r9NSCVoC89-ZeY2SE9gOp-BTWy7mfpWWyLvQRbU82gpQCDFf_qBXSMqfrmsmkBWfQdo/s1600/7.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4_y5Hc71QHeZbbaVB0VAqyFtmS0cBZj7lVTJq8AIKhNqw1E-3nYVWuavne6ofPBC-dqHxXsu0r9NSCVoC89-ZeY2SE9gOp-BTWy7mfpWWyLvQRbU82gpQCDFf_qBXSMqfrmsmkBWfQdo/s320/7.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619285665023304290" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I love the socks!!~</div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu-EW3k5rHgXFwy2eVNO3qnTdXRNojLTW28VvynYOZNv8b0pOf4mIf81p2GWjH4Xh6o-MUMwZENtWWfprfyNZPsAKW-wQmvdfp6BPAMxgbTeiUUJ-YIDyyhJI-zk3aRYlKvHkHbz5m3GM/s1600/8.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 273px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu-EW3k5rHgXFwy2eVNO3qnTdXRNojLTW28VvynYOZNv8b0pOf4mIf81p2GWjH4Xh6o-MUMwZENtWWfprfyNZPsAKW-wQmvdfp6BPAMxgbTeiUUJ-YIDyyhJI-zk3aRYlKvHkHbz5m3GM/s320/8.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619285508747543730" /></a><br /></div><div>Recently, I visited my parents, and my mom bought me a few new summer clothes, which I thought was really nice of her! I'm obsessed with flowers, and shorts WITH flowers on them. Can you tell??</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNSlHBirqFhoz-rDvPmRgpBm0fPqfyo2CEM7-DKnXxaPRYY3p1E2oeW53EUmAV6dVKdcRbvaWdxpBn1OBmAy8nMI-vubAi4MgA32ml6soiqmbEcDeacYMQimH0Nlq8S5Vqsin46RR8ecQ/s1600/yay1.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNSlHBirqFhoz-rDvPmRgpBm0fPqfyo2CEM7-DKnXxaPRYY3p1E2oeW53EUmAV6dVKdcRbvaWdxpBn1OBmAy8nMI-vubAi4MgA32ml6soiqmbEcDeacYMQimH0Nlq8S5Vqsin46RR8ecQ/s320/yay1.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619285105280906498" /></a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Since purchasing the Lyrical Bunny set, I put it away in my closet and realized I had almost every colour of the (pastel) rainbow! Now I have a Full Spectrum of Angelic Pretty. (Minus orange, of course. I wish more companies used orange, seriously, why is that so hard?!)</div><div><br /></div><div>I wish I could take a picture of my full closet, but it's a small walk in closet and sort of imposible to take a picture that includes everything because of the angle of the wall! So, the above photo is just some of my dresses!~</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b>~What lolita (or non-lolita) summer clothing have you ladies purchased?</b></div><div><b>~Is it warm where you live, yet??</b></div><div><b>~What does your wardrobe/closet look like?</b></div>Faltering Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07785579009975262176noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4157790911266942434.post-31971472787360464072011-05-23T22:37:00.000-07:002011-05-23T23:20:26.553-07:00☆Sakuracon 2011☆ ~Con &"Stigma" discussion<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrWDLzG0_3MK3SEUa_-cLyEiKpWW9r1JQ17rJ6wnDH7m8Gg4dfJhTxPnPCkl8QaX6yT1BwZt-R1ZI4NMpnC-x0IpCZuGfVXgqvhzFewvt8RlLUZPliq1t0KC1leOKrJC23opSFdUWOgJc/s1600/1.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 199px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrWDLzG0_3MK3SEUa_-cLyEiKpWW9r1JQ17rJ6wnDH7m8Gg4dfJhTxPnPCkl8QaX6yT1BwZt-R1ZI4NMpnC-x0IpCZuGfVXgqvhzFewvt8RlLUZPliq1t0KC1leOKrJC23opSFdUWOgJc/s320/1.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610155748355560594" border="0" /></a>Recently, me and my good friend Jenna drove to Seattle, WA. to attend Sakuracon!<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLs3zmDV6Lfd_weYl5HfjuLCXaoRvk9bJmkWyz4EVjR0ozaEogaupjqqDSx5KrOxtj_nWjvKh1yS4WjtZGp5LNgL17ToC4BG4E6iepIdCwawWJzCiZTo6dU3zKaYFVdLYI_QPJlvw2a8E/s1600/2.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLs3zmDV6Lfd_weYl5HfjuLCXaoRvk9bJmkWyz4EVjR0ozaEogaupjqqDSx5KrOxtj_nWjvKh1yS4WjtZGp5LNgL17ToC4BG4E6iepIdCwawWJzCiZTo6dU3zKaYFVdLYI_QPJlvw2a8E/s320/2.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610155675393134354" border="0" /></a><br />Hung out with Kirsty and her best friend for a bit! Jenna & I roomed with my friend Danny, who is on the far right!<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL9K1upkuqi3VoUOugxbE8dwbuwaEEZegh45ik3DIi8Cs6ro3Obtzz4YcVOnxspjFe4qlCgok-wpYljjjJTzmdhccq90duqYI3SV_wZ7wOhMPL75IResZev2wA8ZnpChuOofdiElKVQ34/s1600/3.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL9K1upkuqi3VoUOugxbE8dwbuwaEEZegh45ik3DIi8Cs6ro3Obtzz4YcVOnxspjFe4qlCgok-wpYljjjJTzmdhccq90duqYI3SV_wZ7wOhMPL75IResZev2wA8ZnpChuOofdiElKVQ34/s320/3.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610155592545110082" border="0" /></a><br />Kirsty is so cute! I really liked her choice of a mint coloured wig. Mint with lavendar is such a cute colour combo! I looove yellow with blue (another weird combo, I guess) but I'd never seen this one before!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4mpKjj-IKXDHP3WCsjE39Pu-xp-pLctoVy7I08UBg5iYZl_t38J2pvHb9m0oK5J8BtWl3Gu3DQpeUS2wgOU88bZLpSmUNiTTU0znivNzTvFri2WMySSksu4eobpwZO5zJgD9PYkPrZLc/s1600/4.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 217px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4mpKjj-IKXDHP3WCsjE39Pu-xp-pLctoVy7I08UBg5iYZl_t38J2pvHb9m0oK5J8BtWl3Gu3DQpeUS2wgOU88bZLpSmUNiTTU0znivNzTvFri2WMySSksu4eobpwZO5zJgD9PYkPrZLc/s320/4.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610155520393779394" border="0" /></a>Me and Jennnnnnnaaaaaa ♥ ♥ ♥<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAPf1RbB_sJRCUpC4pG_4tGw62_FQRUBVySaZK7NdxWW3-5v1H1RFopijWn8e3nLCFe_3a0xC6I0Ps0lO6pkPdKGWLs8yetEjKenJ4J6UWr3VAE8Oer-N9E0lww73tZdLl9iw-XeL_GOI/s1600/5.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 235px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAPf1RbB_sJRCUpC4pG_4tGw62_FQRUBVySaZK7NdxWW3-5v1H1RFopijWn8e3nLCFe_3a0xC6I0Ps0lO6pkPdKGWLs8yetEjKenJ4J6UWr3VAE8Oer-N9E0lww73tZdLl9iw-XeL_GOI/s320/5.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610155447251819138" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I really liked the lighting in this bathroom! I kept going back everyday to take photos! XD<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN21jFFAXGjrI3FA7znr9_ZKccvJWge-Adj9n8TPoQUCgzNi3EvjzrFwOQdvlVGV3vrXJo9fLx0yUnbMZP6a77GhYO83DWc1XJjlgfiespzXZt2M9omqFfCTAYffxmPD9CXsGy9HeVPZI/s1600/6.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN21jFFAXGjrI3FA7znr9_ZKccvJWge-Adj9n8TPoQUCgzNi3EvjzrFwOQdvlVGV3vrXJo9fLx0yUnbMZP6a77GhYO83DWc1XJjlgfiespzXZt2M9omqFfCTAYffxmPD9CXsGy9HeVPZI/s320/6.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610155381537784850" border="0" /></a>Jenna took this really cool nighttime photo! I love Seattle!<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyUZpUdp9wVcqiRjmL1EGkN6oeypqvi03JUfYO3_vnAYbQWKQVMMo7Q7EeD6pELlTDnvzmJQS2zll6ahpgKdCwfoZe0wkKTC2wdBE5uKoJrnl-eeeXRH1Ti9tD4ePLOprVB27GapVUg-0/s1600/7.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyUZpUdp9wVcqiRjmL1EGkN6oeypqvi03JUfYO3_vnAYbQWKQVMMo7Q7EeD6pELlTDnvzmJQS2zll6ahpgKdCwfoZe0wkKTC2wdBE5uKoJrnl-eeeXRH1Ti9tD4ePLOprVB27GapVUg-0/s320/7.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610155303409770130" border="0" /></a><br />The lolita meet we both attended! There were a ton of lolitas~!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcqBPxYsPGnLBxPxE1ubv8eD_btrd5X0KmG7DCA84Dm6aRG7a0KEIaKNQlvgmH_rCRm57p0OhJZdyv5W6xNvJInUJvbP8Z2e4VO1yVQCRYhrUBp8z3jCFR65PPfbkhAHM682FzegAqgPQ/s1600/8.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcqBPxYsPGnLBxPxE1ubv8eD_btrd5X0KmG7DCA84Dm6aRG7a0KEIaKNQlvgmH_rCRm57p0OhJZdyv5W6xNvJInUJvbP8Z2e4VO1yVQCRYhrUBp8z3jCFR65PPfbkhAHM682FzegAqgPQ/s320/8.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610155229657034546" border="0" /></a>Our makeup shot! Jenna looks super cute, I think!<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj64ihTCX8KvPzSVu6lQk_6LivwvRGXRaPjV1KkVhgkGailAPQQGjdZ9SMTgMOO7oFItX0Ky4EiKcJiz-ZGeH1ne-i54QXixklHCeEWWoJmyzNBQII5s8pRb-vlhnOxjpBYLMIADd6PLeA/s1600/9.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj64ihTCX8KvPzSVu6lQk_6LivwvRGXRaPjV1KkVhgkGailAPQQGjdZ9SMTgMOO7oFItX0Ky4EiKcJiz-ZGeH1ne-i54QXixklHCeEWWoJmyzNBQII5s8pRb-vlhnOxjpBYLMIADd6PLeA/s320/9.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610155156771740722" border="0" /></a>I am always one for cloying accessory shots, haha.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYZu2rWL9QSzX3pln7UcaZJflzZFu_IR__-fIJc17WDik3A3Fg3PCr1Q7ctIlmqfsJBQuCP2EEvrgzL6v0_DazKxqFwGXT1msYUnzcKQz_wYd-fXJxKVywpKYhJUyso-lxiOpUgDwZswA/s1600/10.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYZu2rWL9QSzX3pln7UcaZJflzZFu_IR__-fIJc17WDik3A3Fg3PCr1Q7ctIlmqfsJBQuCP2EEvrgzL6v0_DazKxqFwGXT1msYUnzcKQz_wYd-fXJxKVywpKYhJUyso-lxiOpUgDwZswA/s320/10.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610155057362366978" border="0" /></a>Everyone that was at the meet!<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrAFKOVxk6MXb32wBL5GWnrmYPvQeFAH9gfejZmXohOXUhOV216m3jagezFvXX6JYYD1aVGPV72wqcTLRJ2icX97ggEqo4z_OUDS5Ku5lcJlP5lXs21xqJAMooXSSnev05UWaUZXcgysU/s1600/11.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrAFKOVxk6MXb32wBL5GWnrmYPvQeFAH9gfejZmXohOXUhOV216m3jagezFvXX6JYYD1aVGPV72wqcTLRJ2icX97ggEqo4z_OUDS5Ku5lcJlP5lXs21xqJAMooXSSnev05UWaUZXcgysU/s320/11.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610154947699795922" border="0" /></a><br />I really like this photo of her!! * 3*<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwTlb_5Rq7z1s9mNZ3-e3KCD2EAmXwxNN8uPYnjfi24wfSLsJGouQaNI35DtpfOJ_Ppc3OqU4UXqlBJGWMwMSOQ01TtN1bgpYhzjSjNmPJ8dlM5a8Uk1lq2FtUeTCNpZ8G6mw40W5qyKs/s1600/12.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwTlb_5Rq7z1s9mNZ3-e3KCD2EAmXwxNN8uPYnjfi24wfSLsJGouQaNI35DtpfOJ_Ppc3OqU4UXqlBJGWMwMSOQ01TtN1bgpYhzjSjNmPJ8dlM5a8Uk1lq2FtUeTCNpZ8G6mw40W5qyKs/s320/12.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610154858317733890" border="0" /></a><br />Both of us~♥<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb1aLgzpU4JS5rDvUXyir3v_4IWeOS_aB-Kpff6tO65VSrB6v6ufFmvYYuTohbVivLfj2sHRYj1qcMCAJjmyco4lyHtTYajsU-hRLnERhlSAP3EFjxW2hJfttBFISYly3GcTXUhiXQFdI/s1600/13.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb1aLgzpU4JS5rDvUXyir3v_4IWeOS_aB-Kpff6tO65VSrB6v6ufFmvYYuTohbVivLfj2sHRYj1qcMCAJjmyco4lyHtTYajsU-hRLnERhlSAP3EFjxW2hJfttBFISYly3GcTXUhiXQFdI/s320/13.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610154777188400402" border="0" /></a><br />One of my favourite pics ever of me! I usually hate most photos of my face!<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM-2PG8pVcXov4qTQ4dJAV567kubCI9cURUoU928SYvAdHckyw1O2Q4FapGKwAbVXEtfp_ITMEMT3mTiekqwLBZ3ciDQzHGJJqOfhc1NcbgU5kDq1LEpN02LYYf_OnouFW1aX_k_kJ8Lg/s1600/14.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM-2PG8pVcXov4qTQ4dJAV567kubCI9cURUoU928SYvAdHckyw1O2Q4FapGKwAbVXEtfp_ITMEMT3mTiekqwLBZ3ciDQzHGJJqOfhc1NcbgU5kDq1LEpN02LYYf_OnouFW1aX_k_kJ8Lg/s320/14.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610154686173926722" border="0" /></a><br />I thought Jenna did a really good job taking this photo! I'm using it as my Facebook default right now I like it so much!<br /><br />Overall, we had a really fun weekend! I got sick right as we were leaving, which wasn't so fun...but oh well, at least I'm not dying!<br /></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br />Even though cons are filled with a lot of things that I don't like participating in, I'm actually really fond of the enviornment! I'd much prefer a lolita meet to a con, but I'll take what I can get! They always end up being really amusing, to say the least!~<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /></span>I know that, for a lot of lolitas, there's a certian, let's say, "stigma" towards going to anime conventions. I can understand the whole idea from trying to break away from cons (So that we can do our best to be associated as a different sub-niche of Japanese wacky-ness, rather than grouped in with the anime crowd) but I personally find that I tend to fit in at anime conventions.<br /><br />On a random side note, I think my favourite comment the whole weekend came from a man driving through the same parking garage we were in, as we were getting things out of Jenna's trunk, dressed in lolita.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Man:</span> What are you all dressed up for?<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Me:</span> Oh, just an anime convention. Lots of nerds, you know.<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Man:</span> An <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">ENEMA convention?!??!?!?!</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Me:</span> Anime convention. Like, a convention with animation. For nerds.<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Man (looking oddly dissapointed):</span> Oh...<br />He then proceeded to drive off.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Do you ladies like to go to anime convetions? What are your opinions on Lolitas at anime conventions, vs. Lolitas in their own element?<br /><br /><br /></span><span><div id="statcounter_image" style="display: inline;"><a title="blogspot visitor" class="statcounter" href="http://statcounter.com/blogger/"><img src="http://c.statcounter.com/6905037/0/3f5788a7/1/" alt="blogspot visitor" style="border: medium none ;" /></a></div></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span>Faltering Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07785579009975262176noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4157790911266942434.post-54465430588158781442011-05-21T18:04:00.000-07:002011-05-23T12:15:16.519-07:00☆New Items☆ Replica discussion ? ?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQROnYqSeinmTJjo2Mtg5p7C18u0atSI1xjl2VYNXLlvMduDlh98_6bq_Fbidh71U7kc75VklE0BSoXUlG-j02ipggrvI9JO4DFTnuO9b2tE0dmsaoj99AZWvWRUBpkr8BlPLnAXPcyaY/s1600/1.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 276px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQROnYqSeinmTJjo2Mtg5p7C18u0atSI1xjl2VYNXLlvMduDlh98_6bq_Fbidh71U7kc75VklE0BSoXUlG-j02ipggrvI9JO4DFTnuO9b2tE0dmsaoj99AZWvWRUBpkr8BlPLnAXPcyaY/s320/1.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609341524760210306" border="0" /></a><br />I've ordered a few new things recently that have finally come! When I can't find what I'm looking for with brands (Item is too rare and hard to find and/or far too expensive) I turn to replicas. I really liked the quality of this Angelic Pretty Sugary Carnival JSK!!~<br /><br />I have three more items coming in the mail soon: AP Milky of the Fawn, AP Lamb print, and AP Lyrical Bunny!!<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1tqvd8hciUf0ea3ObE08C1g6cG5_ZYY1DbPnAcpt9DL91VKDVixzBEVl8glnkD_9o5l-TnV0hI2YBKP_nGFWgx9NieRgT6kaZWV90wVX6b0_2Rmt-G4WyC-PFb3Pt6pcjOtQqq9lkHoU/s1600/2.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 262px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1tqvd8hciUf0ea3ObE08C1g6cG5_ZYY1DbPnAcpt9DL91VKDVixzBEVl8glnkD_9o5l-TnV0hI2YBKP_nGFWgx9NieRgT6kaZWV90wVX6b0_2Rmt-G4WyC-PFb3Pt6pcjOtQqq9lkHoU/s320/2.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609341110649399058" border="0" /></a><br />I really liked Angelic Pretty's Little Bear Cafe. However, not enough to purchase the real thing!<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN9d03wR37Tgfux0WK-XKYgvwS_Zowf4Ig1vBR-0TjtSFmljEVB8bebDOg15Pyi9JSF2NCznqzJSNYBA9FisVbZWie8_NZqfBNSTtJHBho9ob1Ct1b3nsz_5FsOeHkIj5sNYQZvNo4K8Q/s1600/5.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 274px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN9d03wR37Tgfux0WK-XKYgvwS_Zowf4Ig1vBR-0TjtSFmljEVB8bebDOg15Pyi9JSF2NCznqzJSNYBA9FisVbZWie8_NZqfBNSTtJHBho9ob1Ct1b3nsz_5FsOeHkIj5sNYQZvNo4K8Q/s320/5.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609340930512646834" border="0" /></a> I also purchased the matching bow!<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzzdEVjgL9t1Lnqn8-rbB-5tyfflRkrgZz2k5ye5yL9131I9Co9-SwWtGGNdjQ7zTxz_HY3ppyZX1PmsvLeYMyw4nB2n4INlAGDXSdfrWbHtw7pap1l1QN2Pkpr3Qg63OhH2p_VhNJvG0/s1600/3.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 289px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzzdEVjgL9t1Lnqn8-rbB-5tyfflRkrgZz2k5ye5yL9131I9Co9-SwWtGGNdjQ7zTxz_HY3ppyZX1PmsvLeYMyw4nB2n4INlAGDXSdfrWbHtw7pap1l1QN2Pkpr3Qg63OhH2p_VhNJvG0/s320/3.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609340755430870066" border="0" /></a><br /> The seller was nice enough to send me this as a free gift!<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf22dtIxBn8nuJHtwwg1tXBPLoWnBImoeUsXTCPMje8r71MkWjWzeKNbeVRIZvZyPh2tXJ2-CMuX3LCmsFf_Hr8BWJbtaokiQgS_wL-QTQvfM7kZg570_KC00AyS7CR9AZDLhZfXXYTKM/s1600/4.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 246px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf22dtIxBn8nuJHtwwg1tXBPLoWnBImoeUsXTCPMje8r71MkWjWzeKNbeVRIZvZyPh2tXJ2-CMuX3LCmsFf_Hr8BWJbtaokiQgS_wL-QTQvfM7kZg570_KC00AyS7CR9AZDLhZfXXYTKM/s320/4.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609340611024294914" border="0" /></a><br /> She sent this as a free gift as well!!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />On to the discussion!~<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">What do you ladies think about purchasing replicas?</span><br /><br />This is of course just an opinion, and I know there a lot of them out there, but!<br /><br />Personally, I believe that there is nothing wrong with purchasing replicas. Not everyone has money for full brand prices, and that's perfectly understandable (And even those of us that do, can't always find the items we want, or simply don't feel like paying a certain price for a certain item.)<br /><br />However, I have been in the lolita community for years (Since around 2006) and I do recognize a few issues with replicas, such being:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">-Buying replicas drives the re-sale value of lolita way down.</span> (In all my years buying and selling, even major economy crashes did not drive re-sale down too horribly--it was when many replica companies came into business that this arose.)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">-Buying replicas may eventually drive smaller indie brands (or possibly large brands) out of business.</span> I say this because: You, the consumer, are what funds brands like Baby, the Stars Shine Bright, Victorian Maiden, and Angelic Pretty. They're not huge multinational corporations with million dollar funds--each purchase sincerely does affect the outcome of their future lines, and prospective business. When you buy from a replica company/group, instead of funding your favourite brand, the brand you love so dealy may eventually cease producing prints...prints for replica brands to rip off. And before you know it, there might not be very many brands around!<br /><br />That is, of course, a worst-case scenario, and unlikely to occur.<br />But either way, there is still no reason to not purchase from replica companies. To each their own, and I, obviously, have no issue with purchasing from them!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">I think the best way to buy is to support major brands and buy from them to keep them in business, while also purchasing from replica brands/other brands!<br /><br />~What are your opinions on the idea of purchasing replicas that rip off original brands?~<br /><br /><br /><div id="statcounter_image" style="display: inline;"><a title="hit counter for blogger" class="statcounter" href="http://statcounter.com/blogger/"><img src="http://c.statcounter.com/6903897/0/a95aebcf/1/" alt="hit counter for blogger" style="border: medium none ;" /></a></div><br /></span>Faltering Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07785579009975262176noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4157790911266942434.post-45720505923842737782011-04-08T19:19:00.000-07:002011-04-08T19:26:28.543-07:00~Angelic Pretty Phone Cover~<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoDhZb8kXQh35s8R1ZUhAvrcKqDIq2wjquFhO0AvYnbzu0w6emsTdcpFTC6hd-ydVem_HWFsRMICTWV6IBFKm4IdYrwD8akatSJykZznK2-DFuF5-Kg2lUCWPTZJmy5tCGt9nF6PzTwxY/s1600/2.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 241px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoDhZb8kXQh35s8R1ZUhAvrcKqDIq2wjquFhO0AvYnbzu0w6emsTdcpFTC6hd-ydVem_HWFsRMICTWV6IBFKm4IdYrwD8akatSJykZznK2-DFuF5-Kg2lUCWPTZJmy5tCGt9nF6PzTwxY/s320/2.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593404110154350770" /></a><br /><div><br /><div>Recently, I purchased this official Angelic Pretty phone cover through my shopping service! I actually don't even have an iPhone 4 yet (Which is pretty silly, because this is an iPhone 4 cover!) But, I'll be getting one in the future...so I couldn't pass up this opportunity! I'll be so excited to use it as soon as I can!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeYmpUW2CVl0y14iCyggoNx-jsDp5bVDeBDiRHIEYn20tdVLSdtknw9qMTle1LSH_pcM-cg-0lu-XzsqcZYfHsTtEDRpVbXjWHC466OllvZ8kv84vAYBrqWojQcu54xf8RBO9mt43v4K4/s1600/phone.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 141px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeYmpUW2CVl0y14iCyggoNx-jsDp5bVDeBDiRHIEYn20tdVLSdtknw9qMTle1LSH_pcM-cg-0lu-XzsqcZYfHsTtEDRpVbXjWHC466OllvZ8kv84vAYBrqWojQcu54xf8RBO9mt43v4K4/s320/phone.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593404031698253714" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">This is the phone I have currently--the Korean LG Ice Cream. As much as I love it, I've never had a smart phone before, and I think it's time for an upgrade! I've had some heavily bejeweled/deco'd phones in the past, but I'm a bit more muted these days, it seems.</div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">What kind of phones do you all have? Are yours "lolified"??</div>Faltering Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07785579009975262176noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4157790911266942434.post-56884161494896162422011-02-11T13:40:00.000-08:002011-02-11T13:53:45.214-08:00❤Puppies❤<span class="Apple-style-span" ><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7iCYQqhocqKnNnBcUmiEg4sU84hFk7oEVha6Bf25mF4COJ-n22ZiBCxfDZumspYx_134D0XETfS760tJ2FB296E1LaKgCCx-cAdQUtzSidGseTOZCqWS43hvhO2VMwUzKEhuJEdoseoc/s1600/puppies2.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 178px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7iCYQqhocqKnNnBcUmiEg4sU84hFk7oEVha6Bf25mF4COJ-n22ZiBCxfDZumspYx_134D0XETfS760tJ2FB296E1LaKgCCx-cAdQUtzSidGseTOZCqWS43hvhO2VMwUzKEhuJEdoseoc/s320/puppies2.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572551134049175762" /></a><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >My boyfreind's mother is a French Bulldog breeder, and one of her dogs (my favourite one, Chi Chi!) just had puppies! They're all sooo rediculoudly adorable!! I want to own one, someday. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; ">❤</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDscAa6pawlppTxxjrYQ7rXJh5GeKR96Mmh7FdvrKF_fKh8fskNn8sUqlzFcR28njjLTsbyBDIF_INGoDJ1-0wxJ1pGVT8q2zkQmumPJwUG09YWXaF2PoD0PvjGbKYJC16ipkKb8hEYDI/s1600/puppies5.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 306px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDscAa6pawlppTxxjrYQ7rXJh5GeKR96Mmh7FdvrKF_fKh8fskNn8sUqlzFcR28njjLTsbyBDIF_INGoDJ1-0wxJ1pGVT8q2zkQmumPJwUG09YWXaF2PoD0PvjGbKYJC16ipkKb8hEYDI/s320/puppies5.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572551007943451250" /></a><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >Chi Chi, the mother, with her puppies, enjoying their heated blanket. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; ">❤</span> She's a really good mommy! <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; "> ☆</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; " ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; " ><b>If you're interested, her puppies are for sale, and can be located here:</b></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><a href="http://www.californiafrenchbulldog.com/"><b>http://www.californiafrenchbulldog.com/</b></a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><a href="http://www.californiafrenchbulldog.com/"></a> My favourite is "Dark 'N Stormy" under the "Avaliable Puppies" section under girls. :3</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Ahhh baby animals! ;_______; </span></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; ">❤</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; ">❤</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; ">❤</span></span></div>Faltering Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07785579009975262176noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4157790911266942434.post-65208688636131015072011-02-09T13:03:00.000-08:002011-02-09T13:18:04.021-08:00~A few new things~<span class="Apple-style-span"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiygZhpNNqoW8GNBqLWuw_zktcpO6tupxBnJWp5WDYgXR0Uu_P2bNAW_ecOT-OPb_j4MTJN_6lCN7Cl26dQuS-UEc2Sclo5Stax8_0i6lfq7GrBKl-n2Lj4X4HlzrwyepFzkxYBlMg71hQ/s1600/1.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 172px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiygZhpNNqoW8GNBqLWuw_zktcpO6tupxBnJWp5WDYgXR0Uu_P2bNAW_ecOT-OPb_j4MTJN_6lCN7Cl26dQuS-UEc2Sclo5Stax8_0i6lfq7GrBKl-n2Lj4X4HlzrwyepFzkxYBlMg71hQ/s320/1.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571799641980633906" /></a><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Lately, I haven't really been buying much lolita. Maybe it's because not that many prints have caught my eye past my recent purchases my Angelic Pretty Milky Planet set, and my Angelic Pretty Vanilla~Chan set, or maybe I am becoming wiser with my money? (Haha, fat chance!!)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">In any case, I've actually ben pretty entranced with a few items from Bodyline recently, especially the two new boater hats I got! No matter what anyone says, I still like quite a few of the things Bodyline produces. Personally, I do not adhear to "Only brand!" However, I do not adhear to only handmade, or only Bodyline/replicas either. I think that quality/fun items can be found just about anywhere, whether they're $1,000, or $10. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">If you havent checked out Bodyline this winter, you should! There's a lot of cute outerwear.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihrquFkgyUq9tEsvek9hMvvmjn5zII_e5TvaHHolxVSFj983XtIuFuEvxx25QG2TdCNMAZFQ13YTJnBV9-HN0o5Bz6IDGNgv6SGhJ5UimRyqL_MzR1JBVO3njFQMYQPMc52DJ7o9hx9AQ/s1600/2.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihrquFkgyUq9tEsvek9hMvvmjn5zII_e5TvaHHolxVSFj983XtIuFuEvxx25QG2TdCNMAZFQ13YTJnBV9-HN0o5Bz6IDGNgv6SGhJ5UimRyqL_MzR1JBVO3njFQMYQPMc52DJ7o9hx9AQ/s320/2.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571799483373096114" /></a><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Got some eyelashes, too! I can never resist buying false lashes, I buy them whenever I get the chance!!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKfSEl8hsnpWsXnh9KO0byjWPhpF4-qjK8y4WXl4fb_FarqTMr2SUxL29LhHzKrig4e2HI0xvpqDFM-zgzP8uJVK5DWk92nkeBloG2sSt1eeuw3-X8YkTHzzlQhTB7Wta2cQg6y80tWUI/s1600/3.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 258px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKfSEl8hsnpWsXnh9KO0byjWPhpF4-qjK8y4WXl4fb_FarqTMr2SUxL29LhHzKrig4e2HI0xvpqDFM-zgzP8uJVK5DWk92nkeBloG2sSt1eeuw3-X8YkTHzzlQhTB7Wta2cQg6y80tWUI/s320/3.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571799324077498770" /></a><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Looks like Callie likes lolita, too! She curled up there right after I took the photo!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmUjXMdK2iubYALHOhQswI3Ac4ymT4JCdsLKowRBoKozRLcmYI9ETDSu61N4Cs4fr1Y1BNKUdffnEJvdSGVy7A19URkkZtYUlJ-mqox53Af7OcxJz9TdWVP9TNaWEl5fJfab3nuWjrs8Y/s1600/hatdone2.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmUjXMdK2iubYALHOhQswI3Ac4ymT4JCdsLKowRBoKozRLcmYI9ETDSu61N4Cs4fr1Y1BNKUdffnEJvdSGVy7A19URkkZtYUlJ-mqox53Af7OcxJz9TdWVP9TNaWEl5fJfab3nuWjrs8Y/s320/hatdone2.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571799047306528306" /></a><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Wearing one of the new boater hats I got! I love it so much!!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>So, what kinds of lolita/cute items have you all gotten, recently??</b></span></div>Faltering Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07785579009975262176noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4157790911266942434.post-27295195407618864112011-02-05T10:54:00.000-08:002011-02-05T12:08:45.246-08:00❤Vanilla~Chan❤<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghbg4XeteY5JKhphHDMCKepDFvSPwq3kT6eJJbE2FkwAsZhHg1Pln9nazZ8q5cfzAqNCbQVlgStb0MOm9pR23MoU7iWiE8rCTvO8lDdEnx4TBBkHw3x06208EzYan1gM_AajAymZQ2BCs/s1600/1.png"><br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghbg4XeteY5JKhphHDMCKepDFvSPwq3kT6eJJbE2FkwAsZhHg1Pln9nazZ8q5cfzAqNCbQVlgStb0MOm9pR23MoU7iWiE8rCTvO8lDdEnx4TBBkHw3x06208EzYan1gM_AajAymZQ2BCs/s320/1.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570292969497597010" /></a><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">I wore my Vanilla~Chan set to a recent Oregon Lolita meet! I've never really posted "small" meet photos on my journal before, so I guess I'll take a sort of Daily Lolita approach! Most of these photos have been posted elsewhere, but a few of them are brand new ones that haven't been released publicly~<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; ">☆</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyisn8Yv44n3sMDYAHNhnoBqEh3MZm1bQyFD-5sEujmqawWCvgx0MiFzf_30sTRc3ThosDW6MKzo0fzFuGtQPXua5TDJwrt7j30QkuAGUhCPoY1cnR66gR19wIDTHFjjiRbDFqziHO0JM/s1600/1_2.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyisn8Yv44n3sMDYAHNhnoBqEh3MZm1bQyFD-5sEujmqawWCvgx0MiFzf_30sTRc3ThosDW6MKzo0fzFuGtQPXua5TDJwrt7j30QkuAGUhCPoY1cnR66gR19wIDTHFjjiRbDFqziHO0JM/s320/1_2.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570292854786056706" /></a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span"> I like to mess around and edit photots sometimes, to see what I can come up with!!<br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXuI4zy-gbAmEZu0-RiY8n5NXF5XIUkE9hH1lbWdqpLA3xvGa7AqVvmOM-GoI3rMKnFHipmLluBsm-NJpHWbXnJm1jWlmsC8k_u3_rSW_UjyqmRjIogGl9Os0MkvnDD5ESLXqRh6XSO_s/s1600/2.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 279px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXuI4zy-gbAmEZu0-RiY8n5NXF5XIUkE9hH1lbWdqpLA3xvGa7AqVvmOM-GoI3rMKnFHipmLluBsm-NJpHWbXnJm1jWlmsC8k_u3_rSW_UjyqmRjIogGl9Os0MkvnDD5ESLXqRh6XSO_s/s320/2.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570292660267396642" /></a><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">I really looove my cat scarf that my friend Victoria made! The kitten is white, and goes well with the cats in the Vanilla Chan series!!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0udcCFKnrO9FX82WhwG3dLApNoSFFsHyjFGNZ8IbMFQFC-5im2W-s-Zh6rLeP-6yDXYQbQuYjqDuB6FxzEgG_gyyMORpaeGnL78Zz1sEKhGiYid48gZihthq2aA71EhRO5OPyWKA5-So/s1600/3.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0udcCFKnrO9FX82WhwG3dLApNoSFFsHyjFGNZ8IbMFQFC-5im2W-s-Zh6rLeP-6yDXYQbQuYjqDuB6FxzEgG_gyyMORpaeGnL78Zz1sEKhGiYid48gZihthq2aA71EhRO5OPyWKA5-So/s320/3.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570291962024498354" /></a><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"></span> This was my full outfit!~</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHnalZKeKzYlEsTdBCk_Kka_KRhY4p-wX-szCp1uGISBJo188U2UiWzpRqtkATFFDwwcdwnwG5V9dkuHNsldDyE1ngLmVtSFdwzCz1bWleCYz4E6oGUESdlnliQmRg2sM_uoS59Q-DNcs/s1600/4.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHnalZKeKzYlEsTdBCk_Kka_KRhY4p-wX-szCp1uGISBJo188U2UiWzpRqtkATFFDwwcdwnwG5V9dkuHNsldDyE1ngLmVtSFdwzCz1bWleCYz4E6oGUESdlnliQmRg2sM_uoS59Q-DNcs/s320/4.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570291665150172034" /></a><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"> Accessory shots have always been one of my favourite things!!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGSu00ZSA0KpEfIKHm6c4E0u2vabFvnoDnyH3LHPWIRlUNzhY7VspOzP0kQzB5nb7Kxw1oDXgLJAYb_grfMLYp8jqJFkPxgTr-rCuPbAw1lqa7n6WW_jSjAx4GRirD290Nos1oLUhui2Q/s1600/5.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGSu00ZSA0KpEfIKHm6c4E0u2vabFvnoDnyH3LHPWIRlUNzhY7VspOzP0kQzB5nb7Kxw1oDXgLJAYb_grfMLYp8jqJFkPxgTr-rCuPbAw1lqa7n6WW_jSjAx4GRirD290Nos1oLUhui2Q/s320/5.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570291438346265218" /></a><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"> Me and one of my best friends, Jenna! Doesn't she look so cute with her circle lenses?!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6ki3TwEi-EzSi36kyUgRIE5AQ2QTI1Y2APn94Kk0xLJGxmMisjtWJHkKYPG6MYDVooTh8HQEvyRTt_URz-gC2mmwYtNwUDZ6rVf3yiS2tabpUz6FfX7_TLXlIAD7bxOyGtsCa8G7EDUg/s1600/6.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6ki3TwEi-EzSi36kyUgRIE5AQ2QTI1Y2APn94Kk0xLJGxmMisjtWJHkKYPG6MYDVooTh8HQEvyRTt_URz-gC2mmwYtNwUDZ6rVf3yiS2tabpUz6FfX7_TLXlIAD7bxOyGtsCa8G7EDUg/s320/6.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570288936500739634" /></a><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"> ❤ Our outfits together!!❤</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjapb1876DhYlD4KPcZI_-726-lTOvqnKZvInpiIEX8XONWisLByQMqMbZJZ-gJQBpzcLLBWafYnAcRP0V2mYyW4rP79g5_rWkKwHSl7ZMDEkNMuGnI-D7c5lZ555Q0m1HczaDtekdM4Pc/s1600/7.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjapb1876DhYlD4KPcZI_-726-lTOvqnKZvInpiIEX8XONWisLByQMqMbZJZ-gJQBpzcLLBWafYnAcRP0V2mYyW4rP79g5_rWkKwHSl7ZMDEkNMuGnI-D7c5lZ555Q0m1HczaDtekdM4Pc/s320/7.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570288459053535378" /></a><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"> A candid shot one of the photgraphers took!! We both look soo happy!! </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"> (Photo <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; ">© </span>Cristina Coppinger)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Hf__bnh6vWOCHeKrDiI-uMuSPaBQNvNGlFtNGwovgxJV-dpSPTAVqOkhCovtf2CdoUPJHz-IDmhgi2EuwSftrhidCdYR26JW-nBWhIcZ8VegXuKznXGwkw_2LDlkBYY3K7WfbeBnD_I/s1600/8.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Hf__bnh6vWOCHeKrDiI-uMuSPaBQNvNGlFtNGwovgxJV-dpSPTAVqOkhCovtf2CdoUPJHz-IDmhgi2EuwSftrhidCdYR26JW-nBWhIcZ8VegXuKznXGwkw_2LDlkBYY3K7WfbeBnD_I/s320/8.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570288329598806962" /></a><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"> Another candid of us looking through our own photos!</span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"> (Photo <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; ">© </span>Cristina Coppinger)</span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhneJI8OSp4Jd6VWU-QREXmBRXNwky93lIv7m9q8p8sfzaTKfC3IANYNsJ6Xa-6YKdkmBGXySEh3cKh5QRG9Ff65pbG2707jKiVEZkK-IWd8UCQU_P4jBGaUR3h9e0MdPaO7wsmJ6dL9KQ/s1600/9.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhneJI8OSp4Jd6VWU-QREXmBRXNwky93lIv7m9q8p8sfzaTKfC3IANYNsJ6Xa-6YKdkmBGXySEh3cKh5QRG9Ff65pbG2707jKiVEZkK-IWd8UCQU_P4jBGaUR3h9e0MdPaO7wsmJ6dL9KQ/s320/9.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570288122601561826" /></a><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"> What can I say, I love to climb trees!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAs7tR48OpczhmYnzWWkbEkrZjp8eVYvqStIM6yRwqoJJDmN4iGfPxMWMptmma19ZUQKP85XEP_xs6w2zNlEOs9bpLHAAGSsK0YdimjD3OPKQ5g_NiihfhlaXWr0itEsuN4GON2Fzo3zM/s1600/10.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAs7tR48OpczhmYnzWWkbEkrZjp8eVYvqStIM6yRwqoJJDmN4iGfPxMWMptmma19ZUQKP85XEP_xs6w2zNlEOs9bpLHAAGSsK0YdimjD3OPKQ5g_NiihfhlaXWr0itEsuN4GON2Fzo3zM/s320/10.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570287781929063954" /></a><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">And like most lolitas, I LOVE macaroons! They're pretty much the best, especially when they're Passion Fruit!!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaUKQvaGnHPHvSvI7a-xTp8CcM74tn_JFKBtaPqN3sYlKA96jcCN5nOSlcD2o0LJEJgepsnmacbi_Te-UrZxYR4kLgQ53U9JKEqwksvJ2wd9o6FjSH6mdDZhEMqYjUSPetjBEbY92MJWc/s1600/11.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 216px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaUKQvaGnHPHvSvI7a-xTp8CcM74tn_JFKBtaPqN3sYlKA96jcCN5nOSlcD2o0LJEJgepsnmacbi_Te-UrZxYR4kLgQ53U9JKEqwksvJ2wd9o6FjSH6mdDZhEMqYjUSPetjBEbY92MJWc/s320/11.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570287637912922866" /></a><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"> I like burgers sometimes too, which probably isn'y very lolita! u_u</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEqzuMMfrrhRzydfzVC86z8ciAq87W97sMm-nLZl-DuWf5Kfu7N4Bl9kDcxvJxNUlasX8IyT5OcfxznHs5qfeWLwCd6nmFVQttK_vY_OfoiNdKVab5oGie_BzZE3SD5Wcp-CI3dXP_Wao/s1600/12.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 208px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEqzuMMfrrhRzydfzVC86z8ciAq87W97sMm-nLZl-DuWf5Kfu7N4Bl9kDcxvJxNUlasX8IyT5OcfxznHs5qfeWLwCd6nmFVQttK_vY_OfoiNdKVab5oGie_BzZE3SD5Wcp-CI3dXP_Wao/s320/12.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570287388070584482" /></a><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">I really liked this one of myself! I look horrid in most candid shots, so I was surprised I managed to look like a normal human being in this one.</span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">(Photo <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; ">© </span>Cristina Coppinger)</span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Overall, the meet was really fun! We went to the Portland Chocolate Fest. I think it was the 3rd or 4th annual lolita choco fest meet! It's always so fun every time!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span">What kind of local meets do you girls have??~</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; ">☆</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">(All photos in post <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; ">© Jenna Glenn unless otherwise noted.</span>)</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Faltering Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07785579009975262176noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4157790911266942434.post-53662315150092271992011-01-27T02:58:00.000-08:002011-01-27T03:25:09.731-08:00~Two Sets~<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">The more I look around my computer, the more I realize I have many sets of photos that I never did anything with, much beyond showing off a photo or two.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">So, in light of this, I figured I would show off a few of my favourite old photos from two sets I never released beyond a daily lolita kind of format. :P</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZe7wqFe2SX_AzgnyCNWXpu6FGYrG-g9eXKCEe0nwcDxSReEMUqinDzg3hyphenhyphenS1-ntVDfl1xkmA9kxTIrNQ8lF5GAbXFeXvK6l0PqtsFKvNY0ablrA_jpi-Nf3jH2AHx7ZEuVQ-d2a6k5tw/s1600/1.png"><img style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZe7wqFe2SX_AzgnyCNWXpu6FGYrG-g9eXKCEe0nwcDxSReEMUqinDzg3hyphenhyphenS1-ntVDfl1xkmA9kxTIrNQ8lF5GAbXFeXvK6l0PqtsFKvNY0ablrA_jpi-Nf3jH2AHx7ZEuVQ-d2a6k5tw/s320/1.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566822557074146290" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> I'm really into graffiti. Someday, I'd really like to do a shoot with lolitsas & a bunch of graffiti!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFF4eto4P1538l3fSUbQj2cQk6GSrmyPpwtsqXOvwrI4t2rVtDyv_fXTNYxAoTUSstwuUsWytNyEDKZefknUcHkRVKrS_kWw0bKo7U37ba64jphyu-XDA13FeFO0X84-yrMblNCAydqNU/s1600/2.png"><img style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFF4eto4P1538l3fSUbQj2cQk6GSrmyPpwtsqXOvwrI4t2rVtDyv_fXTNYxAoTUSstwuUsWytNyEDKZefknUcHkRVKrS_kWw0bKo7U37ba64jphyu-XDA13FeFO0X84-yrMblNCAydqNU/s320/2.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566822484417303122" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> This was actually pretty high up. Good thing I'm not afraid of heights!</span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8yMlHWIGcb7_GCm-faJB29ccxpa9b8iEEVNaZ6MV5pW68xhjTMFJQ2ak3URZ10zTAx62eBPfTQUQ9Uiy6lbN0ABJ7Lz8XeL6tFbChDl-Ycs6hk1moMwY4oN0by2F5hplmbnOsIYYuZ5I/s1600/3.png"><img style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8yMlHWIGcb7_GCm-faJB29ccxpa9b8iEEVNaZ6MV5pW68xhjTMFJQ2ak3URZ10zTAx62eBPfTQUQ9Uiy6lbN0ABJ7Lz8XeL6tFbChDl-Ycs6hk1moMwY4oN0by2F5hplmbnOsIYYuZ5I/s320/3.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566822427372376834" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> I'm a troll!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9vNGATvIjas4l0Iak4Id2H9nUu_cHgR_fwd3JQLKQRlh5d_ZPJzAbaz5ZPFzF2gQv7inZzXBD5wvXC3LSwknnXf8kl4Buit2vQ6KbczDgS_IOzakzBo7M-3e2gabQWZoQRv4mpP0ciJk/s1600/4.png"><img style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9vNGATvIjas4l0Iak4Id2H9nUu_cHgR_fwd3JQLKQRlh5d_ZPJzAbaz5ZPFzF2gQv7inZzXBD5wvXC3LSwknnXf8kl4Buit2vQ6KbczDgS_IOzakzBo7M-3e2gabQWZoQRv4mpP0ciJk/s320/4.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566822360757725682" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjelNJn9sn42nGmEGsbVOIahM6MAZ6A7qV6suVNfiQ0sTfG3hEuOfgukK5KJ906GkhNXg72Rq6Jc-vRG9jRoFOhs1_LZB8IegOjLSIn_miUXcoSfmUbzWvPYqBllsousmUsBvsjRJzKgOI/s1600/5.png"><img style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjelNJn9sn42nGmEGsbVOIahM6MAZ6A7qV6suVNfiQ0sTfG3hEuOfgukK5KJ906GkhNXg72Rq6Jc-vRG9jRoFOhs1_LZB8IegOjLSIn_miUXcoSfmUbzWvPYqBllsousmUsBvsjRJzKgOI/s320/5.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566822293872897714" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> Here are some photos from a second, earlier set.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqGYOxVm4lXJkrMt8aKPsZo_NpyIGIaFBWSnA32a6p5mx5xLQbWlIugLuK3u6_JmWEoC76gelQ20fWm2yHocWxugXuYcnwdT2XAyxOYEFN1iVj2RkEzFjKXvb8vx5i7THKT87pJ9ZPx-s/s1600/7.png"><img style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqGYOxVm4lXJkrMt8aKPsZo_NpyIGIaFBWSnA32a6p5mx5xLQbWlIugLuK3u6_JmWEoC76gelQ20fWm2yHocWxugXuYcnwdT2XAyxOYEFN1iVj2RkEzFjKXvb8vx5i7THKT87pJ9ZPx-s/s320/7.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566822224630505714" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj997SAkppm3J2yEQ7z53yss_LvwbEeA7CfSfe62ho_P1IwkiLXsLj5aNpVTl1TnFSN5Obvpupi3xbaX95UpCouzI62h47nlUgiaKM4AfWUHYGMey1wZa6TgCI3wvk9h5DABRjIijYi1RI/s1600/8.png"><img style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj997SAkppm3J2yEQ7z53yss_LvwbEeA7CfSfe62ho_P1IwkiLXsLj5aNpVTl1TnFSN5Obvpupi3xbaX95UpCouzI62h47nlUgiaKM4AfWUHYGMey1wZa6TgCI3wvk9h5DABRjIijYi1RI/s320/8.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566822153731906994" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-6yelvARd3WNJCIXwXOdJn6jxWcIEa9KY2sJnZfJHIB-ljNYN9auBCozDuLKZG3P0uumy7Jr7hQpL4_Eh92BkJrkLSvSK0K3JTcTmOtRTG-kjGhwcXdXpBfcWaKf-a-N1UqwHY0w24Mw/s1600/9.png"><img style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-6yelvARd3WNJCIXwXOdJn6jxWcIEa9KY2sJnZfJHIB-ljNYN9auBCozDuLKZG3P0uumy7Jr7hQpL4_Eh92BkJrkLSvSK0K3JTcTmOtRTG-kjGhwcXdXpBfcWaKf-a-N1UqwHY0w24Mw/s320/9.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566822085458761938" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrdv8sROuBEy-E6ZfKLfEOCRSMdXo0yJEaBHvEYp1bRFk0x6iyCZ4zkuct5GYFV8Xc2Faq7mA3yFYF8xrv5E4aOe-ftZiZA0S6eILxfOVkFKtYCkz71oik0KaZLaU5hReX8U0ZkcQ5iDc/s1600/10.png"><img style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrdv8sROuBEy-E6ZfKLfEOCRSMdXo0yJEaBHvEYp1bRFk0x6iyCZ4zkuct5GYFV8Xc2Faq7mA3yFYF8xrv5E4aOe-ftZiZA0S6eILxfOVkFKtYCkz71oik0KaZLaU5hReX8U0ZkcQ5iDc/s320/10.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566822035377884914" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWTc2gUTRDAzUDClCGuWZx2maIJUSNfxSGcwKqsD7jaBgo3RScN60wGzBd_x2o48HwIMdACuQlel8UCGMKrFOs6H8aiWiiU1UV8YNHHrzViS2kJvWOqbTZP0Ro7H6VkDMunQREg45kE2Q/s1600/11.png"><img style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWTc2gUTRDAzUDClCGuWZx2maIJUSNfxSGcwKqsD7jaBgo3RScN60wGzBd_x2o48HwIMdACuQlel8UCGMKrFOs6H8aiWiiU1UV8YNHHrzViS2kJvWOqbTZP0Ro7H6VkDMunQREg45kE2Q/s320/11.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566821973679462834" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> Ahhh, how I love my Sugary Carnival dress! I don't think I could EVER sell it!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">I honestly haven't been taking or modeling in pictures for some time now. I'd like to get back into it, however, as I find it to be a great artistic outlet!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>What kinds of art are you guys all into?</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span">All photos in this post </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 15px; "> © J.P.S. 2010</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>Faltering Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07785579009975262176noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4157790911266942434.post-72991928831233206212011-01-05T15:25:00.000-08:002011-01-05T15:45:31.634-08:00☆Angelic Pretty event in San Jose☆<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ84p4p1mr9R9B8ZB0z_DNjK1-WZQvu39nOL6WEuvbVAWt37bPfr868_F6e5WoYwfKc7WQHidm_RfiogRBMqiZgyaI2TiKdBzxJGoJV-ZxM5tV_U-oyikp7MQrVwmCINAbucPLSZR4IAA/s1600/Blog3.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 232px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ84p4p1mr9R9B8ZB0z_DNjK1-WZQvu39nOL6WEuvbVAWt37bPfr868_F6e5WoYwfKc7WQHidm_RfiogRBMqiZgyaI2TiKdBzxJGoJV-ZxM5tV_U-oyikp7MQrVwmCINAbucPLSZR4IAA/s320/Blog3.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558848100435644466" /></a><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Ahh San Jose, I remember thee fondly! Up until recently, having missed the Angelic Pretty opening in San Fran, I had actually attended every US AP event!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimeuPZj6VXP3ZTms9yITbaMGecWqBzyGRdandXVFofVoY7m3iqRuFrJpgTZjXGmNhD8VK1Mo7yGhPK1Vzv-GXg9mQ-c6g8NrDGdkIpUNbmQWxfSGNWar3aZylLboQr_acyLwStwb5pKXs/s1600/blog4.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 230px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimeuPZj6VXP3ZTms9yITbaMGecWqBzyGRdandXVFofVoY7m3iqRuFrJpgTZjXGmNhD8VK1Mo7yGhPK1Vzv-GXg9mQ-c6g8NrDGdkIpUNbmQWxfSGNWar3aZylLboQr_acyLwStwb5pKXs/s320/blog4.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558848043123009682" /></a><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Purikura is a favourite pasttime of mine. If you're ever in the California area, like LA or SF, you should look around for the chance to take pictures in one of these booths. Chances are, you'll end up with some pretty fucking hillarious outtakes, like the one above! To this day, it never fails to make me laugh~</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu6gzJEFDKDtWJKB8LrjgNl1fhStOkLKIg0L5VAh8I7hfeT-nYH8I9hZT2P1e62eBEs2DAHDyiJE_FPeUvFnpJIjzouBEdsUR1YNfGchZVE84fQ84FhbINCMFofA-vOtK2tNJ42Ydy31Q/s1600/blog5.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu6gzJEFDKDtWJKB8LrjgNl1fhStOkLKIg0L5VAh8I7hfeT-nYH8I9hZT2P1e62eBEs2DAHDyiJE_FPeUvFnpJIjzouBEdsUR1YNfGchZVE84fQ84FhbINCMFofA-vOtK2tNJ42Ydy31Q/s320/blog5.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558847968011094722" /></a><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">For the event, this was inside our hotel room! This was my area of accessories. There were so many people in the room though, the whole room sort of looked like this!!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH0W-7yoL4vQbAaDIz0sFxtDwkx9bR5E-Cbae4p_jfJcO_SHB1RqzHqpNSZFuC3mkiTh979sD5EO6RKCjSnzcaMfg39XGQL0OLdgt4D6F8vzrEjFq27fhoCVBZHv57MFstwYYl_z3vGjg/s1600/blog6.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 226px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH0W-7yoL4vQbAaDIz0sFxtDwkx9bR5E-Cbae4p_jfJcO_SHB1RqzHqpNSZFuC3mkiTh979sD5EO6RKCjSnzcaMfg39XGQL0OLdgt4D6F8vzrEjFq27fhoCVBZHv57MFstwYYl_z3vGjg/s320/blog6.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558847897767191346" /></a><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">When I visit California, there are two places I always try to eat. Jonny Rockets, and In N Out. So good my friends, so good.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDvxsZvL9HdqrxKov2rSbpM-GZyIVgY2yET7-rAjq8LlYAzmIend2kwRyLIQiBV0g4mL1is7PtK5B88yGUMAg7qkiOVm7skisjjYl8_D5Xm-p7P42onf_k9ce7QCdlHCbzBu6gV5VMMa8/s1600/blog7.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDvxsZvL9HdqrxKov2rSbpM-GZyIVgY2yET7-rAjq8LlYAzmIend2kwRyLIQiBV0g4mL1is7PtK5B88yGUMAg7qkiOVm7skisjjYl8_D5Xm-p7P42onf_k9ce7QCdlHCbzBu6gV5VMMa8/s320/blog7.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558847828350241426" /></a><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">I don't usually dress in darker lolita styles, but while at the event I purchased a lovely Atelier Pierrot dress, since I had purchased a ticket to sit at the Gothic VIP table for the Tea Party. I was really happy with the dress, and I'm not sure I could ever stomach selling it!!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs9aRBOLneSH3_jvDuykQtJHHBGu5TLOgzlb434RP6tgwN2-cUeVLoiGs1uxNxBOrir42BtqgkPF1z_iWkj9jjzBaHtVu5IFTuKHsOb5978HlDqyO9obKPVGlOKf4dQyZs3aGybwJ_hMM/s1600/blog8.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs9aRBOLneSH3_jvDuykQtJHHBGu5TLOgzlb434RP6tgwN2-cUeVLoiGs1uxNxBOrir42BtqgkPF1z_iWkj9jjzBaHtVu5IFTuKHsOb5978HlDqyO9obKPVGlOKf4dQyZs3aGybwJ_hMM/s320/blog8.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558847763710416210" /></a><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"> Oh Danny and Trevor, where would I be without both of your sillyness!!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0r5XUSqoDEn4UlSr7iH9T9xHM09CLyQeb8QAsghAS4UW6tk-3-rI6hVyB4giKaTBl9KcCGj4RmkVs7tO3XoMWk6Cydqc56_Oj9VTxFUxUuviN7p3mugrUErB-7eI2MwkfJifQa_rOBmo/s1600/blog9.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0r5XUSqoDEn4UlSr7iH9T9xHM09CLyQeb8QAsghAS4UW6tk-3-rI6hVyB4giKaTBl9KcCGj4RmkVs7tO3XoMWk6Cydqc56_Oj9VTxFUxUuviN7p3mugrUErB-7eI2MwkfJifQa_rOBmo/s320/blog9.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558847697278522834" /></a><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"> I guess I have some humor of my own!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUTyte5_tHjPREQpwyICRLXisnP2Wkrv9L1ocgpLjE9eXAVkGuRqmRM0cKcs0nCMkE79JZTfKayO0dlHbnzYYtKCn9pUfSFWDKQFCu2vMV70Ur4PJcp5nFywOkgyZuR9dU56tmcakFnvk/s1600/blog10.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUTyte5_tHjPREQpwyICRLXisnP2Wkrv9L1ocgpLjE9eXAVkGuRqmRM0cKcs0nCMkE79JZTfKayO0dlHbnzYYtKCn9pUfSFWDKQFCu2vMV70Ur4PJcp5nFywOkgyZuR9dU56tmcakFnvk/s320/blog10.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558847610056494354" /></a><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">This was probably my favourite outfit that I wore during the weekend. I seriously LOVE Angelic Pretty's Dreamy Dollhouse!!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOHYmbAQ4UcMUqt_Sj4vmgTM7zpNmi0KSwZNVjKFpYNIPoITJ5Acz10-tFlpUThACQOe2QMKEWbzecZl6DpJhmuPo4WucXecFqjc-ZESg0a0PxUb1h1EQA5dbM-6U4gAUL4S2wzyWPgzE/s1600/blog11.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOHYmbAQ4UcMUqt_Sj4vmgTM7zpNmi0KSwZNVjKFpYNIPoITJ5Acz10-tFlpUThACQOe2QMKEWbzecZl6DpJhmuPo4WucXecFqjc-ZESg0a0PxUb1h1EQA5dbM-6U4gAUL4S2wzyWPgzE/s320/blog11.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558847536677173202" /></a><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"> ...parting is such sweet sorrow, my California days...</span></div>Faltering Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07785579009975262176noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4157790911266942434.post-64931212779488343092011-01-04T20:05:00.000-08:002011-01-04T20:36:07.236-08:00Announcement: More to come<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibS3EymFBnUjvlQdqpOyqjLhju6LatKjxW8fz3ioGcsruyMWtGgigLz-5tLjL65LgVxevaX2okxaN1EfyrvKI0jBNa8xUADqn1VXv7FBL837hpGOMvZ6LMyEjZ5h2EcNLVvmwwBYQsvE4/s1600/blog1.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 274px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibS3EymFBnUjvlQdqpOyqjLhju6LatKjxW8fz3ioGcsruyMWtGgigLz-5tLjL65LgVxevaX2okxaN1EfyrvKI0jBNa8xUADqn1VXv7FBL837hpGOMvZ6LMyEjZ5h2EcNLVvmwwBYQsvE4/s320/blog1.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558551460436773922" /></a><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">This distance between us, it’s too great!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Sorry for the severe lack in updates for, what, more than the past half year?!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">I notice that with all subjects, the more complicated something becomes, the less attention can be given to any one particular thing.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">In this case, the thing that became complicated was life.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">As much as I feel the internet has taught me great things in life, sitting idley in front of my glowing screen in a dark room at some point evolved, and I realized I'd graduated on to other things. Maybe I'm a late bloomer, or just an internet nerd, but the past almost year of my life I've put my focuses on things other than computers and internet communities.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">In the past year I've broken up, made up,</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">traveled on many a jet plane, train, and automobile.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Shook the hand of quite a few charming young men, </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">and sort of been a vagabond.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Had a lot of highs, and quite a few lows.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Sometimes it just felt like I hadn't quite turned the page yet, or finished my chapter. Just felt like there were no words for me to proliferate into the neverending vapidity of the ether. I wasn't quite sure what to say, to put it simply.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">This is by no means to say I'm am quitting the internet, or quitting my blog. Quite the opposite! I have come to realize that participating in functions online, as well as lolita communities was a large chunk of my life I'd been ignoring almost completley. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">I finally feel like I have come to some sort of realization as to what I want out of life, and I finally feel like I can sit down and take a breather, for once.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span">In short: </span>I'll be updating this public blog with a few back entries shortly, followed after by actual new entries.</b></div><div><br /></div><div>This is the fucking year of the rabbit, my year bitches.</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Look forward!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">...moving on...</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUNcEMJC0CFuNpppRIzLK_GzbPUdVDp8yxm3MIRgNfqaSoVkDYAUkmD8WRxmvNPVpXNA6bvBgGKm9JlF8uta7w_mOMpPuwPsted4gX-YIIO_o1TovaE0RS28T1vpwHJF0vykQMl2gLFlM/s1600/blog2.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUNcEMJC0CFuNpppRIzLK_GzbPUdVDp8yxm3MIRgNfqaSoVkDYAUkmD8WRxmvNPVpXNA6bvBgGKm9JlF8uta7w_mOMpPuwPsted4gX-YIIO_o1TovaE0RS28T1vpwHJF0vykQMl2gLFlM/s320/blog2.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558551356698352930" /></a><br /></div>Faltering Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07785579009975262176noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4157790911266942434.post-90671226927361289302010-04-11T13:12:00.000-07:002010-04-11T13:40:17.820-07:00Pittsburgh Vacation!<div>So, Sterling & I went to Pittsburgh, PA a few weeks ago for our friend Minkie's 30th Birthday! It was also Kristina's 28th birthday! (Even though everyone told her she didn't get a birthday, this year!) </div><div>We arrived a day before most everyone, so that would could claim a good room. Their house was massive as it was though, I hope I am that well off at age 30! (Faaat chance!)</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ-j0l-mCUehqv78JMbtQ5T-7u5ugBH3Bc1nqmN2SzxcpBl8nQTVsP7IeLGUW3VdY7qQpdv9Z0EhNdYvtP1Hl6qYFCevaQg2PWRdRuH_CeOAJkjWXun1b5RfwiGy7Wf_2vEoG0FO4SfFI/s1600/blogger_1.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 282px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ-j0l-mCUehqv78JMbtQ5T-7u5ugBH3Bc1nqmN2SzxcpBl8nQTVsP7IeLGUW3VdY7qQpdv9Z0EhNdYvtP1Hl6qYFCevaQg2PWRdRuH_CeOAJkjWXun1b5RfwiGy7Wf_2vEoG0FO4SfFI/s320/blogger_1.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458976198626090674" /></a>Mike was the first to arrive, so he met us along with Minkie & her husband Eric! The whole premise of the trip was that it was a "Zombie Survival Worksop." Weird idea, but ridiculously FUN! I don't have a picture, but scattered around Minkie & Eric's house were ambient zombie corpses, put together from old clothes and starch packing peanuts. Every morning I woke up, I kept thinking the Old Granny Zombie was some creeper sitting on the couch.<div>In the end, one zombie lived on the floor of the bathroom, and the rest got chucked into our gigantic bonfiefinalie as an offering.<br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVFSg6oJHDrta4o0z6WnE0eqK-qvP-8icH1hnmnOqSHXGNONs9huVpot28ds7R2t1LNproIkqZXIit8TZsR5FhQPYVuvgoRU7txnB8zkYswXakssBBYu9k-a1AmB-4ccwDagznKIBlO70/s1600/blogger_2.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVFSg6oJHDrta4o0z6WnE0eqK-qvP-8icH1hnmnOqSHXGNONs9huVpot28ds7R2t1LNproIkqZXIit8TZsR5FhQPYVuvgoRU7txnB8zkYswXakssBBYu9k-a1AmB-4ccwDagznKIBlO70/s320/blogger_2.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458976141304175570" /></a><br /></div><div>Picking everyone else up from the airport, sans Eric. How did we all fit in one car? I don't know, but at one point we fit 2 more people and 2 dogs into this very same car. We're...really good at the whole clown car thing.</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiznqChFfni4iWbawPnh0vJIW6KrNC99VvdJ8v8ZbPnfwU5ZWFZrusOHpswqh1bfYExqYramqOTyKEcq_s-Dsj7SRxo55OV1gB8MKFgfOajBzrDJqvPXI_z3jj-dtDMzT_kFor-HhJVLYU/s1600/blogger_3.5.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 188px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiznqChFfni4iWbawPnh0vJIW6KrNC99VvdJ8v8ZbPnfwU5ZWFZrusOHpswqh1bfYExqYramqOTyKEcq_s-Dsj7SRxo55OV1gB8MKFgfOajBzrDJqvPXI_z3jj-dtDMzT_kFor-HhJVLYU/s320/blogger_3.5.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458976061376658066" /></a><br /></div><div>Among being creepy, Pittsburgh has some really neat alleys! If I'd have been there long enough, it would have been great to do a photoshoot of some kind!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCZYXaqie5tYtnyQox39yyXmgKcAEzMu_OlIy5rqoUWLJEO0U2cpOO3gZX1Cn-5IBeRTLw34Bzk4LvxLkFb1p0TgkLZZCSyARAnVtM0R9qqf9MB7BjQ_OuZjVdp6jSVj4Q48KMDe34CpY/s1600/blogger_3.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCZYXaqie5tYtnyQox39yyXmgKcAEzMu_OlIy5rqoUWLJEO0U2cpOO3gZX1Cn-5IBeRTLw34Bzk4LvxLkFb1p0TgkLZZCSyARAnVtM0R9qqf9MB7BjQ_OuZjVdp6jSVj4Q48KMDe34CpY/s320/blogger_3.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458975996194676242" /></a><br /></div><div>On one of the first days, we visited a bird Aviary! I think Mike really liked this, as he works at one also, only in Eugene. This bird was kind of a stinker! I had worms in my hand, and I guess he'd already gotten his fill, because all he did to MY worms was beat them into a mush in my hand and then fly away. ._.</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwJWHJLj5Ydm8YEur9cjwUCFSsE-odIaBswJaLzvbWttTmYyq6D74Jc5rZxWwR3cOVp0gIbpgNGKHNkBMQcopYZeHqO7FkRFfjGEU9nIbf8ih9tK5eU3_2YTfg_ekLgK-nRZNwfns1ICk/s1600/blogger_4.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwJWHJLj5Ydm8YEur9cjwUCFSsE-odIaBswJaLzvbWttTmYyq6D74Jc5rZxWwR3cOVp0gIbpgNGKHNkBMQcopYZeHqO7FkRFfjGEU9nIbf8ih9tK5eU3_2YTfg_ekLgK-nRZNwfns1ICk/s320/blogger_4.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458975928476370386" /></a>At Minkie's birthday dinner, Raul (Who did the fabulous art pictured above!) had gotten it framed so all her relatives and such could see.</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0WRLYVygQhcHfMRkPCiXs5wsNjPceJkAHmTfMcHobWg7_KEushtfEs1nNbwHiOgyhYKzwqXJREzi4cYC1uEOnE3nVZoreZ0f_GgnsoOna83GczRArL80bXc1qZ3Us8W4sT0Nm_fY5Xc0/s1600/blogger_5.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0WRLYVygQhcHfMRkPCiXs5wsNjPceJkAHmTfMcHobWg7_KEushtfEs1nNbwHiOgyhYKzwqXJREzi4cYC1uEOnE3nVZoreZ0f_GgnsoOna83GczRArL80bXc1qZ3Us8W4sT0Nm_fY5Xc0/s320/blogger_5.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458975867387069202" /></a><br /></div><div>This is what it looks like, up close! It's freaking FABULOUS! He is such an amazing artist, and even dpipicted everyone on the vacation in the piece. I'm the one on the top left with double hand guns, and Sterling is the crazy one with a sword flying off the bottom right corner. And of course, Minkie is on top, barking orders!!</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSkT0NOAFm50pBSUrpQHcF3Y4W0CDXnyK0bjpJ2Dn7PsO-LMZgw2kNUq9auHgM1popg8cNyIoBAdbrulaTA4vggWBVF5FrB4MiWOQbwpLtNh5brHd-QVuLPBOpdRLSlbO5na7n5HDY0p0/s1600/blogger_7.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSkT0NOAFm50pBSUrpQHcF3Y4W0CDXnyK0bjpJ2Dn7PsO-LMZgw2kNUq9auHgM1popg8cNyIoBAdbrulaTA4vggWBVF5FrB4MiWOQbwpLtNh5brHd-QVuLPBOpdRLSlbO5na7n5HDY0p0/s320/blogger_7.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458975767439409714" /></a><br /></div><div>We also even had a small lolita meet! I got to meet Kai & Cookie! They were so sweet, I hope I can meet them again! Sterling looks so silly in this photo, haha!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPM91d6c4YUZFs2ayyEm-PiG-ClK89H-Mnrl33g46CnkcOl3sNPtn6BYzBDHoZjkh_cUYsFvolHFdAAwFCgvhYWTnf9TnHTG2IoPYGJP4cTdV0A4tbIfWBGnC3eTlqqGVRd7UAs3QWp_s/s1600/blogger_8.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPM91d6c4YUZFs2ayyEm-PiG-ClK89H-Mnrl33g46CnkcOl3sNPtn6BYzBDHoZjkh_cUYsFvolHFdAAwFCgvhYWTnf9TnHTG2IoPYGJP4cTdV0A4tbIfWBGnC3eTlqqGVRd7UAs3QWp_s/s320/blogger_8.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458975697523394130" /></a><br /></div><div>Everyone that attended the meet! Even the boys are in this shot! We visited a Botanical garden. It was amazing!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2FnxTBei5ujEh8_NGr8WKTRR0BCiqr4wW804WWQIv_stSVZMwhnLrlMCjrpHCf9vDuYZDpYr2Mpz68AH56ZWzk7b88XbPqwbUYgcGROg4i7lYlLFPTfoqTfxwB3PfppOGQTxpYefGafM/s1600/blogger_9.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2FnxTBei5ujEh8_NGr8WKTRR0BCiqr4wW804WWQIv_stSVZMwhnLrlMCjrpHCf9vDuYZDpYr2Mpz68AH56ZWzk7b88XbPqwbUYgcGROg4i7lYlLFPTfoqTfxwB3PfppOGQTxpYefGafM/s320/blogger_9.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458975625068520306" /></a><br /></div><div>Me and the other birthday girl, Kristina! She's so cute! The day I took this photo we went tromping around in the woods of Pennsylvania. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSOKi6SNKOUyMJncyZGUDGO24Iui2Gmvj7NR2-ArNd3JU3DHmQWbwJoWg-_zlTh_YKQRRKJNZwcdclHGHexY72cwRybAylZNpmSDpmx5h2UOINenFA7v28bu1rsJqgdiO4FVhPQzRx908/s1600/blogger_10.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSOKi6SNKOUyMJncyZGUDGO24Iui2Gmvj7NR2-ArNd3JU3DHmQWbwJoWg-_zlTh_YKQRRKJNZwcdclHGHexY72cwRybAylZNpmSDpmx5h2UOINenFA7v28bu1rsJqgdiO4FVhPQzRx908/s320/blogger_10.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458975541638065394" /></a><br /></div><div>There was lots and lots of riding quads. SO MUCH. And yep, those are high heel boots. I pretty much do everything in heels, and I do it well. Driving a quad was actually the first motorized vehicle I have ever driven. So glad I didn't kill myself! So glad.</div><div>We also did a LOT of paint-balling. I STILL have a welt/bruise from it, and this was WEEKS ago! I'm happy though, I nailed a sufficient amount of people.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggy_zHg0bOQMum1ZgOE6MC8SRhxT6UXWKYaOuJCkI-ruJ5KlBNR0LbaX1VxvBYXSu30IB4qHpTjA2FYuUBeABrMlJMJLIB91k3KrraQrXMQH9dvZPb8nuIr6vwo-swygaJAC1d3RVhvX4/s1600/blogger_11.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggy_zHg0bOQMum1ZgOE6MC8SRhxT6UXWKYaOuJCkI-ruJ5KlBNR0LbaX1VxvBYXSu30IB4qHpTjA2FYuUBeABrMlJMJLIB91k3KrraQrXMQH9dvZPb8nuIr6vwo-swygaJAC1d3RVhvX4/s320/blogger_11.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458975479317088354" /></a><br /></div><div>This was one of the best night, in my opinion! Sterling decided to throw one of the starch packing peanut-filled zombies from the mezzanine, which caused its head to fall off. Then I decided it'd be cool to drop kick the head. Then someone else decided to dump all the peanuts out. Being starch, water causes them to become sticky. By the end of the night we had devolved to rolling around in them and licking and sticking them onto each other's faces.</div><div>I'm front and center in the photo, pretty much wringing my hands out going "WHYYY???"<br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>For the most part, the trip was insanely fun! I can't think of how I could have had more fun of a time.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>~<i>When was your last vacation? Where was it?</i></div><div><i>~Are you going on a vacation soon??</i></div><div><i>~Do most of your vacations include something to do with lolita fashion?</i></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Thank you for reading, and I hope you all are enjoying my blog, so far! I'll try to post regularly. :3</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>~ashlee</div></div>Faltering Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07785579009975262176noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4157790911266942434.post-28710700325828269752010-04-08T23:21:00.001-07:002010-04-08T23:34:37.091-07:00Circle Lenses<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>For the longest time, I had pined for circle lenses! I'd seen so many super cute Asian girls wearing them, and eventually people I knew in person became fans of wearing them. Personally I think, although they're unnatural and therefore a bit unsettling, that they're very cute in a doll-like way!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f246/jupitercrashes/newcam/7-19.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 225px;" src="http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f246/jupitercrashes/newcam/7-19.png" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><div>I purchased my circle lenses from a website called "Pinky Paradise"(<a href="http://pinkyparadise.com/">http://pinkyparadise.com/</a>)</div><div>The transaction went smoothly, and they arrived fairly quickly! I bought two different pairs from a series called "Wonder Eye." I chose blue, and green! (My eyes are naturally brown, so I wanted to try something different to me. In the future, I think I may try brown as it's more believable since it's my natural colour!)</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f246/jupitercrashes/newcam/6-26.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 225px;" src="http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f246/jupitercrashes/newcam/6-26.png" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I'd actually never put contacts in before in my entire life, the whole thing was really quite the ordeal for me! Even looking at what a coloured contact lense looked like was a pretty foreign thing to me.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f246/jupitercrashes/newcam/5-31.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 86px;" src="http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f246/jupitercrashes/newcam/5-31.png" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /></div><div>You'll have to excuse the mascara; that's what happened to my makeup while trying to put the lenses in! ;_; Either way, it looks WAY different from my natural eyes! Circle lenses extend the coloured part of your eye, and make it appear as if your eyes are larger and cuter!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f246/jupitercrashes/newcam/lens.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 386px;" src="http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f246/jupitercrashes/newcam/lens.png" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /></div><div>Here's just one photo of what they looked like in! I honestly thought the size of the lense was going to be what unsettled me most, but what was really the most odd to my was seeing myself with BLUE eyes! I think I like myself better with brown, haha!</div><div><br /></div><div><b>What are your feelings on circle lenses?</b></div><div><b>~</b><i>Do you like or disslike them?</i></div><div><i>~Do you think changing your eye colour is cheating??</i></div><div><i>~Do you think they're creepy, or cute?</i></div><div>Discuss!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Unrelated, but I'd like to give my friend Nitty a HUGE thanks! She totally re-vamped my entire blog, just for me, because she's just that much of an awesome friend! I think she made it look lovely!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I hope you've enjoyed my second entry! Thank you very much for looking, and I hope you'll be back to read more!~</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>~ashlee</div>Faltering Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07785579009975262176noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4157790911266942434.post-26649787470079422792010-03-11T05:15:00.001-08:002010-03-11T05:23:45.435-08:00<div>
<br /></div><div><div>This is my first post here on Blogger! I'd like to state right off that this is a blog primarily about myself, things that I do, and my own personal feelings. It's meant to be public, unlike my other blogs and journals.</div><div>
<br /></div><div>Today I'd like to share some images from a fashion called "Lolita." It's an alternative street fashion from Japan, and it's pretty silly and frilly. If you'd like more information on this fashion, please visit here: http://lolita-handbook.livejournal.com/</div><div>
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<br /></div><div>A few days ago, I had a photoshoot in lolita, followed the next by a Lolita Meet. (As girls that dress lolita often meet and dress up, just to have fun!)</div><div>
<br /></div><div>Here are a few images from the Photoshoot~</div></div><div>
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<br /></div><div>At the Lolita Meet, we all went to see the new "Alice in Wonderland" movie. Personally it wasn't my favourite movie, but I thought it was alright!</div><div>
<br /></div><div>Some pictures from the meet~</div></div><div>
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<br /></div><div><div>I hope you all enjoyed my photos, because Blogger is an annoying piece of shit and I already hate their website and post-format! :D</div><div>
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<br /></div><div>~In just three days, I fly to the east coast with Sterling! We're visiting all of his friends for Minkie's 30th birthday, in Pittsburgh, PA! Hopefully, we're also going to NYC for a day or two. (It would be both of our first times in NYC!)</div><div>
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<br /></div><div>Well, wish me luck on my trip! </div><div>
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<br /></div><div>Bye for now~<3</div></div><div>
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