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Filigree - created December 14, 2010


Red and copper dragon - my first leather mask - created July 2010


Phoenix - my second mask - used for FireStorm performances - created July 2010


Persian - created December 15, 2010


Horny Lil Devil - created December 16, 2010 - custom made for Matty - rhythm guitarist for Calgary heavy metal band Zigtrigger


I am currently accepting commissions for original or reproduction work. All mask are made of high quality veg-tanned leather that is hand-tooled, shaped and painted per your desires.

So, I want to do something nice for people and thus I propose a love post.

Here's the deal: You post a comment with somebody's name in it if they don't already have a thread started. Then you reply to that comment with something you love about them. Then scroll through the comments to see if you have any other friends to leave love for. You can also help by spreading the link around and letting others know to come here and share love for friends. You are under no limits as to who you may post, I love hearing what you love about strangers too! There are no limits to how many names you can toss into the circle, the more the merrier! You don't even have to know me to participate!

I will send each person that's mentioned a note to let them know the nice things said about them.

***Please be sure to reply to the comment that has the person's name in so each person can easily find their love notes. Random love that's not in a name thread will be screened simply to keep things as clean and uncluttered as possible.

Anonymous comments are always allowed should you be shy. I will, however, be deleting any comments that are not in the spirit of the season, so play nice. I want this to be a nice thing, not a place for bashing people.


Please feel free to let all your friends know about this post as well! Now, on to spreading the love!

It doesn't get any more beautiful, any more magical, any richer, or any easier, Keziah, than things are right now.

Until, of course, you start expecting it to.

At which point, I hope you have a really good broker.

Expectation summons legions,
The Universe

Fin! Noggin! Duuuuude!

heHEE! Yes, I'm channeling Crush the seaturtle from Finding Nemo... Why?

Because I so rocked that exam. My prof has no socks left, I rocked it so hard. I had the "A" before I'd even looked at the radiogram. Righteous! Righteous! YEAH! Brainicules were out in FULL force today, let me tell ya. There was no stoopid anywhere around today. I even correctly answered the few accessory questions he could think to ask me.

Now, I need to chill and come down off this high. Morning pastries have been procured. Movie needs to be selected. Jammies need to be donned. I might want to sleep at some point. That two hour nap is only going to get me so far.

My day is already fantastic! Hope everyone else's is just as good.

*SMOOCHES ALL AROUND before breaking into victory dance*

What do you see when you look at me?

Do you see a woman with too much height? Too much strength? Too much drive? Too much going on behind eyes that show you, without a shadow of a doubt, that there's more going on behind them than you could possibly ever imagine? Is it a thrill to be so close to someone that you perceive as so dangerous, or are you about to wet yourself in the light of your own insecurities?

Would it surprise you to know that I've never broken anyone in half - that these hands are capable of creating the tiniest sutures, the greatest comfort, the gentlest and most loving caress?

Why are my shoulders so broad? From lifting one hundred friends in pain, in need, from the cold ground, and shouldering them back into a place of warmth, comfort, understanding, and love. My shoulders have been the infrastructure of rehabilitation for many and will be for one hundred more. Of course they're broad - that's what they're made for. And my thick legs are for lifting me from the cold ground and keep me standing under the weight of my own burdens and those that I shoulder for others.

Why do I strive to achieve so much rather than just settling for an average life? Because I can strive, so I do. So can you. Why *don't* you strive?

This form tells you that I'm a woman - with too much curve - but you don't *see* the Woman... You just see too tall, too strong, too driven, and too much going on behind eyes in a face attached to a body that's too curvy, but that you'll fuck anyway because there's no one better to do right this minute.

How can someone be "too much" and "not enough" at the same time, I wonder?

Take a closer look - not at me - but at yourself. *That's* where you're going to find "not enough". I challenge you to be "too much" - it's not as easy as it looks.

Sitting and watching Nip/Tuck, thinking of things that I would and would not change about myself...

Most of what I would change is just about diet, exercise, general health, wellbeing, and maintenance. There are non-invasive procedures that I'd like to have done - schlerotherapy to get rid of some visible veins on my legs which is more medically based than cosmetic, lazer eye surgery, lazer hair removal, teeth whitening... all pretty normal.

Then, I noticed that *one* man commented on the pics I posted the other day - and that comment was about my eyes. The rest of the comments were from very pretty women who all flattered me mercilessly. Thank you, ladies - it means a lot to know that I'm attractive to my own gender.

It makes me wonder if the world is as shallow as I dared hoped it wasn't - and if the more invasive surgeries that I've considered, but never thought would be necessary to attract a man, were necessary... Nose job, boob lift, liposuction, tummy tuck...

I would never do any of the above. Kind of like my ideas about never changing WHO I AM, I will never ask a surgeon to recreate me into something "better", because you can't get better or more real that what and who I am. If you're shallow enough to want perfection, then you don't have enough depth for me. If you want perfection, get a blow-up doll or steal a mannequin. I will defend my right to be real until I die.

I'm noticing a trend lately - and maybe some of you are aware of it as well. It's all about boosting the self esteem of "big girls" or "chubby girl". "Big girls, you are beautiful" by Mika. Websites dedicated to supporting guys that like "chubby girls". Thanks for reinforcing the labels, guys. "I like big girls like you..." What a great way to turn me off. I'm not a "big girl", I'm not a "chubby girl" - I'm a woman, period. A friend of mine said to me once - "Oh, he's a chubby chaser, so he's going to like you". Smacked that bitch upside her head!

I'm happy that women are coming into their own and that the self esteem of the everyday woman is improving. Dove is doing an amazing thing with it's Real Beauty Campaign... The fashion industry is still doing it's best to shove perfection and the size 0 mystique down our throats. I wonder who will win in the end..?

It's sad that I, and so many other women, feel this way at times and consider the unconsiderable, that's all.

I can't remember where I heard about Mil Millington's "Things My Girlfriend and I Have Argued About", but after ditching whatever I was supposed to be doing to read and laugh an entire afternoon away, I was quite happily and painfully hooked....

And excerpt from his latest adventures with his girlfriend of 17 years, Margret:

Margret: "You're just going to leave that lying there, aren't you? It'll still be lying there next week, and I'll have to move it."

Mil: "No, it won't. You can't leave anything where I've quite deliberately put it for a day, let alone a week. You'll have secretly moved it to where I can't find it the second I turn my back."

Margret: "Wrong. I'll ask you to move it, and you'll say, 'In a minute' - for seven full days worth of not moving it."

Mil: "Because you'll always ask me to move it when I'm in the middle of something else."

Margret: "Which is inevitable, as you define 'doing something else' so broadly that it includes every possible state: reading the paper, watching a DVD, thinking about Sino-Russian issues, sitting up, lying down, homeostasis…"

Mil: "So - fired up by the 'only obvious, menial and physical toil counts as real activity' thinking that unites you and the Khmer Rouge - you'll have an abrupt fit--."

Margret: "Abruptly, yes; after abruptly watching you sit there for a week."

Mil: "--and fling it off into the most stupid, unlikely place: eyes wild with, 'This mad thing I'm doing now - Mil's brought it upon himself. I am merely the messenger: stuffing this where no one would ever look for it when they need it is God's work."

Margret: "And, no, you won't be able to find it when you need it, that's correct. Because you'll be completely searched out after you've tried standing exactly where you are and examining what lies within the 45-degree arc of things directly at eye level."

Etc, etc. As I say, that is merely an example - though Margret is obviously in the wrong there, in your case the division between Good and Evil needn't be so clear cut. Anyway, have a try at it whatever happens to be the case. One of its interesting features is that, relying on nothing but the speculative assertion of the other's future behaviour, it's able to go on for as long as you can posit damning conduct by your partner. See how you get on. Our current record is four-and-a-half years.

If you have something that you SHOULD be doing, but would rather do something enjoyable instead, check out:

http://thingsmygirlfriendandihavearguedabout.com/

A piece of sage wisdom: go pee before you sit down, make sure you have enough fluids around to stay hydrated, and make sure you have enough wipes to wipe said fluid from your computer screen.

Happy reading!

Just 'cause everyone's doing it... and it's kinda cool.

Link: The what Proto-Goth Icon are you? Test written by anastasia_x on OkCupid Free Online Dating, home of the The Dating Persona Test

Grab a blankie, some hot cocoa, and someone to snuggle with - drive as far from city lights as possible, and make as many wishes as possible. Thanks for the heads up, theladyskye.


http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2007/11jul_greatperseids.htm

There's a second meteor shower a couple of weeks ago that Western Canucks will have the best vantage point of (for once).

http://space.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn12443&feedId=online-news_rss20

Enjoy, everyone!