I did a great FB cull today and decided to block everyone who is sad enough to try and cause problems in my life. To be frank, I didn't give a toss about some of them anyway and I'm sick of this broken record now. I don't care who is doing what in their life... Leave them the hell alone to live it. So you know what? I have got rid of those who have tried to butt into other peoples business. If I blocked you and on the unlikely event that you think it was unjust, an accident or you want to make amends then email me but I will not tolerate this amount of slander toward other people all over my news feeds. Personally I don't agree with it, I simply don't care, I never have.
If you have a problem with someone then for god sake sort it out to their face and not slag them off behind their back or over the Internet because that way it will never be resolved and it's really somewhat pathetic. So yep now some of you are blocked and it's better this way. Stop arguing with each other you're supposed to be friends!
In doing this cull I also discovered that iPhones can be a royal pain in the ass, when one is trying to scroll down a page to click block on occasion you tend to accidentally hit the wrong part of a page such as a link or otherwise. Gah frustration lol. So if anyone gets random notifications from my account ignore them as it was an accidental click whilst trying to scroll down and block people. Fail on my behalf
On another lighter note... Three of my close friends are getting married soon ^o^ congratulations to them. They will all have an amazing day and look stunning.
Saturday, 17 March 2012
Wednesday, 14 March 2012
Reptile Update
I wrote not all that long ago that Cai’s geckos had laid some eggs, sadly… they did not hatch -_-, but for his first clutch of eggs from them this was not really surprising and we were quite astonished when one of the girlies laid eggs in the first place as we hadn’t cycled them for breeding. Ah well… there’s always next time. Cute little things really
As far as reptiles go the other ones are doing great. Merlin now has a shiny new viv… he is still super lazy and is always hiding under the substrate though or in his new hide, but on the plus side at least we can actually take him out and let him roam for a bit as he is getting really good to handle. I have always adored reptiles and snakes but the parent is scared of them so I couldn’t get any until a few months ago – then again she didn’t really have a choice in the notion.
I am actually getting a new baby this year; I have fallen in adoration for all of the unusual colourings and genetic variations of PANTHEROPHIS GUTTATUS. Having a large interest in Genetics and variation in breeding (I am studying biology after all) this has led me to decide to eventually breed from my snake as he is a Black Albino. I’m sure we wouldn’t mind having baby corn snakes all over the place... I certainly wouldn’t at any rate. I’m specifically looking at some of the pretty coloured and rarer variations. I think I have already picked which one I am going to get. For now I’m going to keep this as a surprise but stay tuned for when I get her.
We decided to give the Chinese water dragon a bath, he typically doesn’t seem to like water all that much so we are slowly introducing it to him before we make his bigger viv. Here is a video of what happened.
Bless him he is so cute. He's actually getting his spines through now ^o^
Wednesday, 7 March 2012
Varied much?
Recently I had a debate with a few friends and yea whilst it was friendly it did get me thinking a fair bit. Most of my closer friends are a lot older than me and understanding. The others who are not so close are younger and obnoxious at times and can be very difficult to have a conversation with. In this incident the debate in question was on the lines of "can you mix or like several styles within a subculture or several subcultures and still be true to them"
To this I replied yes you can, as no subculture is relied on fashion or clothing alone. I personally like many different styles. Goth,cyber,lolita,steampunk,gothabilly,visual-kei,deathrock,etc. Liking all aspects of each. They attempted to contradict this with varying arguments which really didn't make much sense and seamed to bounce back upon itself in various points. So I thought I would throw the question out there to get you thinking.... Can you be properly part of more than one subculture? Sadly there will always be elitests out there but not everyone is. Most of the alternative subcultures are supposed to be understanding and open-minded yet not everyone in them is, at times I find they can be the most tunnel visioned people. This does not apply to everyone but just a few. Thoughts on this?
To this I replied yes you can, as no subculture is relied on fashion or clothing alone. I personally like many different styles. Goth,cyber,lolita,steampunk,gothabilly,visual-kei,deathrock,etc. Liking all aspects of each. They attempted to contradict this with varying arguments which really didn't make much sense and seamed to bounce back upon itself in various points. So I thought I would throw the question out there to get you thinking.... Can you be properly part of more than one subculture? Sadly there will always be elitests out there but not everyone is. Most of the alternative subcultures are supposed to be understanding and open-minded yet not everyone in them is, at times I find they can be the most tunnel visioned people. This does not apply to everyone but just a few. Thoughts on this?
Saturday, 3 March 2012
Twisting the knife
Of late I have noticed more and more that this Doleful piece of rock that we name Earth is full of malevolent Swill that in all frankness aren't worth making any note of. However it does cause me to boil with ire at this very notion. I speak from a bystanders point of view as the following incident was not aimed at me or anything to do with me but still...
In short I witnessed a few of my aquaintences turn on someone with utter cowardice that I do not agree with. In simpler terms and without naming any names at all as I do not believe in nameing and shaming as I pointed out it wasn't to do with me I'm merely ranting at the notion.
I do not like incidences when a singular person or a group take it upon themselves to bitch, whine and slander against someone behind said targets back. This is lowly actions to take, even more so as the person in question does not even affiliate with the group any more. So what if they did things in the past, if they aren't doing anything to you now then leave them be... Do you not have anything better to do than 'slag' people off? Even so if they were to do something then say something to their face and not to the back of their head.
Sorry for the rant but I do not abide by such pusillanimity
In short I witnessed a few of my aquaintences turn on someone with utter cowardice that I do not agree with. In simpler terms and without naming any names at all as I do not believe in nameing and shaming as I pointed out it wasn't to do with me I'm merely ranting at the notion.
I do not like incidences when a singular person or a group take it upon themselves to bitch, whine and slander against someone behind said targets back. This is lowly actions to take, even more so as the person in question does not even affiliate with the group any more. So what if they did things in the past, if they aren't doing anything to you now then leave them be... Do you not have anything better to do than 'slag' people off? Even so if they were to do something then say something to their face and not to the back of their head.
Sorry for the rant but I do not abide by such pusillanimity
Tuesday, 28 February 2012
Spring is soon upon us
Spring, Ostara - the beginning of spring is soon to be upon us and what a joyful time it should be. Full of hope and new life, those who have known of the ill goings on in my life of the last few years will understand me saying that things are much better now. I'm with someone who is loyal and trustworthy, who lets me be me ... And wear what I want, supports my work and hobbies which is what used to annoy me about my ex. Why go out with someone who you know does and wears things you don't agree with *rolls eyes* I mean I was making and wearing corsets, dreads, rather raunchy clothing, cyber stuff etc and modelling, performing burlesque before I met him and when we went out he decided he didn't want me doing it. Thus my clothing, costumes and dreads took a rather reluctant backseat.
Thank god those days are long gone, Nen is back (to be fair has been since last year)! And I'm happy, I only hope my partner is as happy as I am ^^.
On another note on the mention of spring and new
Life, my better half's African Fat-tail geckos laid four pretty eggs and hopefully with luck two of them will hatch... As the male gecko is a rare albino it would be amazing if one of these are an albino to. So new baby reptiles to play with (not that we need anymore haha, the living room would be a full of them if left up to us)
In light of the fact that I'm over my illness, I am able to actually go out in the cold for more than ten mins, sadly the weather is warming
Up now :( but it means I can take my horses out for a ride and get into shape for competing again. Also I can go outside and practise my poi spinning, I have been doing this for five years now and have ten sets of poi and glowstrings which my partner also wants to learn so could be fun. Duets ahoy ^^
Thank god those days are long gone, Nen is back (to be fair has been since last year)! And I'm happy, I only hope my partner is as happy as I am ^^.
On another note on the mention of spring and new
Life, my better half's African Fat-tail geckos laid four pretty eggs and hopefully with luck two of them will hatch... As the male gecko is a rare albino it would be amazing if one of these are an albino to. So new baby reptiles to play with (not that we need anymore haha, the living room would be a full of them if left up to us)
In light of the fact that I'm over my illness, I am able to actually go out in the cold for more than ten mins, sadly the weather is warming
Up now :( but it means I can take my horses out for a ride and get into shape for competing again. Also I can go outside and practise my poi spinning, I have been doing this for five years now and have ten sets of poi and glowstrings which my partner also wants to learn so could be fun. Duets ahoy ^^
Saturday, 28 January 2012
Brief Background
My mum just found a really old photo of myself and my younger sister, I believe I was about 3 in it and its quite cute. My mum has always been into unusual things and herself, my older sister (she is 44 now) and her ex partner were 80's new romantics and into music which is now known as Batcave,darkwave and gothic rock. Due to a history of violence on my dad's behalf my mum spend a lot of time in hospital and so my older sister pretty much brought me up, apparently I used to fall asleep listening to Siouxsie and the Banshees and Alien Sex Fiend, etc, purely as this was the only kind of music my sister and her other half had.. they still actually have the original vinyls they used to play to me which is pretty cool. I haven't changed much... I still wear similar clothing nowadays albeit different styles thereof. Here's the photo ^^
I will see if I can find my prom photo at some point. During school years I was pretty much a black sheep (no pun intended) whilst everyone else was listening to pop I stuck with Bauhaus and The mission UK, wearing long black skirts and hiking boots. At secondary school and sixth form it was much the same, only I got a chance to Study Japanese as a GCSE, I would of continued onto A-level but I needed sciences and maths to pursue my career path (pathology) and so I couldn't, really was a shame as I enjoyed it, received and A* in my exams, became the 3rd Best speaker of Japanese KS3 in the national Japanese nihongo cup which took place in the Japanese embassy in London... true fact... I believe the page is actually still up. Lucky us we also got to go to Japan, that was amazing, I really look forward to going back soon. When I wasn't studying, playing violin or crafting I was horse-riding... this is a sport I had been doing from a very young age, I can't even remember my first lesson. I'm now studying a rather lengthy degree course in university, being Forensic Biochemical Medicine, had to get straight A's in Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Maths to get in so I'm quite chuffed.
I got very quickly bored with the usual mainstream alternative items one can buy so I started making my own clothing and accessories, corsets being among one of the first. Being rather sporty I had a fairly slim waistline (have put a bit of weight on since) I just couldn't find any that fitted me properly so my sister made a joke of making one... which I did so it wasn't much of a jest in the end.
When I was 16 myself and a friend started making dreads, due to us both being rather intrigued by the cyber-goth scene. My older brother used to love sci-fi so we used to sit and watch films such as blade-runner, star wars and barbarella when I was quite young. I love futurism as much as I do history. Particularly in scientific developments and nanotechnology, bio kinetics. I am a scientist after all. So I had my first set of dreads in 2006, They weren't amazing and I have since added to them. In light of this for Christmas that year she brought me a pair of waist high cyber platform boots, I still have these and I wore them to the local fetish night, Twisted in 2007. In the following years I attended various nights, goth and cyber alike, making my second air of dreads in 2008. There are photos of me in my cyber gear on both the Twisted myspace page (if its still there) 2007-2010 I now DJ there to which is awesome and is starting up again this year. There are photos on the Wendyhouse official website photo archive on July 18th 2009 (red dreads) as well as modelling photos taken in 2008/2009 when I brought a new pair of Demonia stacks ^^ all dated and official. One of those said shoots was in my green dreads and at WH itself, that was a strange night, I have been modelling since 2005 so quite a long time, I still have a dated disc with my very first photoshoot images on.
So I'm still into my goth,batcave, lolita, cyber and now steampunk as well. My mum has always had a liking for victoriana and its really elaborate. I have only really been into this for three years (an ex really liked it and wouldn't shut up about it, kinda got me hooked) I like the fantasy literacy element and its an excuse to wear flouncy victorian-esque dresses and crinolines... not that one needed an excuse but it does look pretty cool. I'm not overly fond of the mainstream... lets just put cogs on it and call it steampunk stuff one sees nowadays, steampunk doesn't have to be brass, brown and clockwork everything, my favourite dress I have made is a green, black and silver absinthe fae inspired gown. I do make my own clothing and accessories which is a bonus I suppose when it comes to steampunk. Burlesque Though I have liked for years I was never able to get properly into due to an overbearing ex, I have now been back onto the burlesque scene properly for over a year now and am loving every moment of it.
I will see if I can find my prom photo at some point. During school years I was pretty much a black sheep (no pun intended) whilst everyone else was listening to pop I stuck with Bauhaus and The mission UK, wearing long black skirts and hiking boots. At secondary school and sixth form it was much the same, only I got a chance to Study Japanese as a GCSE, I would of continued onto A-level but I needed sciences and maths to pursue my career path (pathology) and so I couldn't, really was a shame as I enjoyed it, received and A* in my exams, became the 3rd Best speaker of Japanese KS3 in the national Japanese nihongo cup which took place in the Japanese embassy in London... true fact... I believe the page is actually still up. Lucky us we also got to go to Japan, that was amazing, I really look forward to going back soon. When I wasn't studying, playing violin or crafting I was horse-riding... this is a sport I had been doing from a very young age, I can't even remember my first lesson. I'm now studying a rather lengthy degree course in university, being Forensic Biochemical Medicine, had to get straight A's in Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Maths to get in so I'm quite chuffed.
I got very quickly bored with the usual mainstream alternative items one can buy so I started making my own clothing and accessories, corsets being among one of the first. Being rather sporty I had a fairly slim waistline (have put a bit of weight on since) I just couldn't find any that fitted me properly so my sister made a joke of making one... which I did so it wasn't much of a jest in the end.
When I was 16 myself and a friend started making dreads, due to us both being rather intrigued by the cyber-goth scene. My older brother used to love sci-fi so we used to sit and watch films such as blade-runner, star wars and barbarella when I was quite young. I love futurism as much as I do history. Particularly in scientific developments and nanotechnology, bio kinetics. I am a scientist after all. So I had my first set of dreads in 2006, They weren't amazing and I have since added to them. In light of this for Christmas that year she brought me a pair of waist high cyber platform boots, I still have these and I wore them to the local fetish night, Twisted in 2007. In the following years I attended various nights, goth and cyber alike, making my second air of dreads in 2008. There are photos of me in my cyber gear on both the Twisted myspace page (if its still there) 2007-2010 I now DJ there to which is awesome and is starting up again this year. There are photos on the Wendyhouse official website photo archive on July 18th 2009 (red dreads) as well as modelling photos taken in 2008/2009 when I brought a new pair of Demonia stacks ^^ all dated and official. One of those said shoots was in my green dreads and at WH itself, that was a strange night, I have been modelling since 2005 so quite a long time, I still have a dated disc with my very first photoshoot images on.
So I'm still into my goth,batcave, lolita, cyber and now steampunk as well. My mum has always had a liking for victoriana and its really elaborate. I have only really been into this for three years (an ex really liked it and wouldn't shut up about it, kinda got me hooked) I like the fantasy literacy element and its an excuse to wear flouncy victorian-esque dresses and crinolines... not that one needed an excuse but it does look pretty cool. I'm not overly fond of the mainstream... lets just put cogs on it and call it steampunk stuff one sees nowadays, steampunk doesn't have to be brass, brown and clockwork everything, my favourite dress I have made is a green, black and silver absinthe fae inspired gown. I do make my own clothing and accessories which is a bonus I suppose when it comes to steampunk. Burlesque Though I have liked for years I was never able to get properly into due to an overbearing ex, I have now been back onto the burlesque scene properly for over a year now and am loving every moment of it.
The beasts in the family
No I'm not talking about people but rather actual beasties, I have only really spoken about my horses in the past, I still have the two mares and love them to bits. But I do have other animals. The reason for writing this is that a month ago one of our cats past away, he was fairly old, 14 years. We had first received him as a kitten so clearly it was an upsetting time and we do really miss him His name was Dusty (don't ask it was my little sister's cat) Here is a pretty photo of him below and another of him waking from sleep... he was a bit... strange
We do have another cat with similar markings though she is a lot younger. She was found sleeping in our hay barn at the stables and just stayed, no collar so must of wandered off and was thus a stray. We did not bring her home for two years in case she decided to wander back to her original home or a report of missing animal was posted but nothing happened so she slept with the horses. Her name is Idrial
Next in the Menagerie of beasts is Merlin, I'm not too sure on his age as he was given to me about a month ago now by a very close friend whom I have known for about 10 or so years. Merlin being a Black Albino Corn snake, such a cutie to and likes to sit on my little sister's head.
The last one, belongs to Cai, he brought him when we were started seeing each other to quote 'Our baby dragon' this was around October time and we are happily still together and officially. Calenmirae is a young Chinese water dragon.
I guess we are very much an animal family
We do have another cat with similar markings though she is a lot younger. She was found sleeping in our hay barn at the stables and just stayed, no collar so must of wandered off and was thus a stray. We did not bring her home for two years in case she decided to wander back to her original home or a report of missing animal was posted but nothing happened so she slept with the horses. Her name is Idrial
Along with the cats and horses we are currently housing my older sister's dog Bindi, she's an 8 year old English Bull Terrier and a bit mad.... not much else to say about her haha
Next in the Menagerie of beasts is Merlin, I'm not too sure on his age as he was given to me about a month ago now by a very close friend whom I have known for about 10 or so years. Merlin being a Black Albino Corn snake, such a cutie to and likes to sit on my little sister's head.
The last one, belongs to Cai, he brought him when we were started seeing each other to quote 'Our baby dragon' this was around October time and we are happily still together and officially. Calenmirae is a young Chinese water dragon. 
I guess we are very much an animal family
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