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MON 4.18.06 @ 12:22am

I am revisiting the idea of developing a website to sell my jewelry. Largely inspired by some recent jewelry making and attending Gem Faire. Really, with the amount of beads I have amassed and my urge to create going largely ignored, it would be a shame not to do something with it. My main concern is if a website would generate any business. Do you or anyone you know think they would be interested in hand-beaded semi-precious stone and/or czech glass and sterling silver necklaces for $20-$30? Would you find it more or less appealing if you they were custom made for you, ie: I show you the styles I offer, you tell me what kinds of stones and or colors you would like. Bracelets are also very fun, and would be about $15, earrings about $10. Of course, some materials are more expensive (turquoise, pearls) than others (garnets, jasper), and that will dictate the final cost. So, yah, any thoughts? Anyone?

Hmm... It seems I haven't done an I *heart* list in awhile. Weird.

I *heart*

♥ craigslist
♥ soopafreek
♥ morningwood
♥ third place books
♥ archie mcphee's
♥ hiro protagonist
♥ howl's moving castle
♥ crazy-detailed art by this guy

In other news, I am now adding to my doesn't totally suck list: tofu, puppets, and Spring weather in Seattle.

Adding to my completely sucks list: insomnia, migraines, restless leg syndrome, bad backs. Especially all 4 at the same time.

SUN 3.26.06 @ 4:06pm

For some reason, a couple of "Angry Newfoundlanders" decided to sign my guestbook to object to my support of the Boycott of Canadian Seafood to protest this year's seal hunt.

I've tried off and on for a few weeks now to try and write a response to this that won't sound too angry, too preachy, too defensive, or too long-winded. Since the seal hunt officially started yesterday, I thought it was time to get off my ass and finally say something. Short and sweet.

I've read both guestbook entries, and do appreciate the intelligence and thought behind them. Thank you for holding back from a full-on flame war. But I ask you to please not question my intelligence. I did not see pretty little white harp seal babies and put up a pic and ask all my friends and loved ones to join the boycott. I heard about the boycott last year, read up on the issue at various websites, and finally came to the decision that the seal hunt is immoral and should be stopped. FYI, every site I went to mentioned that killing white-coated seals is illegal, even the Humane Society's page where they use white-coats for most of their imagery. What they pointed out and you did not, is that baby seals shed their white coats between the ages of 10 - 21 days old. DAYS old.

I believe the seal hunt is immoral because I don't believe in killing. I believe the seal hunt is immoral because the very fisherman who claim the seals need to be culled to save the cod population are the very ones who overfished that animal into the low numbers putting them all out of jobs today. I believe the seal hunt is immoral because there is hardly a care to how the animals are killed, including bludgeoning them to near-death with home-made maces and letting them bleed to death slowly. I believe the seal hunt is immoral because I find fishing industries, food industries, and most every big business industry and/or entity out there is at least vaguely, if not outright, immoral.

And I'm not a vegetarian. Every time I see a cow, I am ashamed of how much I love a good steak. I have watched pigs and chickens be slaughtered, only to enjoy eating them later. This is a moral struggle I deal with internally. But something on a scale where over a quarter million animals are killed in a season cannot and should not be dealt with internally. It should be dealt with publicly, nationally, internationally.

These are the reasons why I support the boycott, and why I tell all my friends that I support the boycott. However, because my husband and I don't eat seafood, we have taken it one step further. We boycott visiting Canada with our vacations. We spend a lot more on vacations than most familys could possibly hope to spend on seafood in a year. So I contacted the office of the Mayor of Victoria, BC to find out if there was a local position on this matter. I was cordially informed that no there wasn't. I informed them I would no longer be visiting that beloved city, or any other Canadian city, until the hunt is brought to an end. Despite their wackiness that can border on European aloofness, I really love our neighbors to the north. It makes me sad not to visit them. It makes me sadder that they continue to let so many seals be brutally killed every year, claiming the anti-campaign and the various world governments condemning it are "misinformed". Stop talking about everyone else's deceptive propaganda and start looking at what you've been shoveling guys. Don't fix a human problem by taking it out on your environment.

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Finally, on what I thought was going to be a completely different note, but seems to be adding a new complication to this year's hunt, Global Warming is finally upon us and in full-swing, as reported at CNN and Tim Magazine. One of the scariest sentences I've ever read:
"There will be no polar ice by 2060," says Larry Schweiger, president of the National Wildlife Federation.


MON 2.13.06 @ 7:47pm

Just a little update to let everyone know I'm alive and life is good. Holy shit! I said it aloud! Knock on wood!

Work is still a chore, Eric still works too much, I had to drop out of my belly dancing class because I wasn't healed enough yet, and my back still gives me crap.

But who cares? I'm mostly healthy *cough* (I'm sick), my husband loves me, we've got a roof over our heads, our cats are happy, and... well, so am I! :) It's not any one thing. Just for the most part, a lack of horrible things. Maybe I'm setting my sights too low, but I'm so tired of griping about the crap that life keeps shoveling this way, that I'm going to just revel in the small stuff and be happy for awhile.

SUN 2.05.06 @ 10:42pm

I can't believe they're going to do it again. Please join me in boycotting Canadian seafood.



SUN 1.29.06 @ 9:30pm

In honor of my new layout, I'd like to say a little something about Valentine's Day. It is one of the most eye-rolling enducing holidays ever invented. While Christmas as least has some ties to the original concepts behind its celebrations, Valentine's today is completely a card-maker's marketing ploy. It's disgusting, really.

Except... I'm a sucker for red and white little hearts! God, I'm such a tool. (Eric snickers every time a commercial comes on for some little item and I exlaim how "cute" it is.)

I hate Valentine's Day. I hate that there's this extra day out there that lover's feel extra pressure to buy presents and be extra nice to each other. If my husband gets me a little something, maybe a little red card, or a little red rose, I will be pleased, but I don't demand it. I don't expect it. I'm not going to pout or make him sleep on the couch if he "forgets".

But I adore Valentine's cards! They're just sooo pretty. Over the past few years, I've been collecting some Victorian holiday images that I've used in my layouts here from time to time. On a whim at an antique store in Anacortes during my birthday weekend, I bought some vintage Valentine's cards with a Victorian feel. A week later I went out and hit a bunch of antique shops in Edmonds for more. I am smitten.

I told Eric he is not to allow me any more collections. I am retiring all my knick-knack collections. From now on, I only collect vintage holiday cards. Preferrably Valentine's. I love Christmas cards, but sooo many of them are religious. And I wish there were more Halloween ones, but those are practically non-existent. :(

So the image in this layout was one of my Edmonds' finds. A whole Valentine's card display with 6 intact Valentine's incorporated. The little girl is my favorite, but there's also a panda, an elephant, a cowboy, a kitty, and a bunny. All adorable! :D

And in about 2 weeks, I'll be getting back the crown of my collection so far in a new frame: a delicate, almost falling apart, pale blue and white Victorianesque valentine with a poem inside and a hand-written note on the back. The note dates the card to 1919. It's gorgeous. I have no idea where I'll put it, as blue doesn't match any decor in this house, but I'll figure something out!

SUN 1.29.06 @ 7:56pm

Despite my early misgivings, January has really turned out to be a blessing. Work is still stressful and my back is still an issue, but for the first time in a long time, I really don't feel like complaining. I'm kind of... happy! *looks around suspiciously for the other shoe to drop*

I've had a chance to get out more, meet some new people, spend time with Eric. My health isn't all that it could be, but it's about 900% better than it was just 6 months ago.

We went to the San Juans for my birthday! It was beautiful. Rainy all over Western Washington, but it was *sunny* there. Well, until the day we left. And it was really cold and windy the whole time, but we really enjoyed ourselves. Oddly enough, the wildlife was a no-show for the most part. We did see a bald eagle giving itself a bath in a little pond in someone's pasture. I would see about posting a pic, but we seem to have lost the cable to download pics from our digital camera. grr!

We've spent much of this weekend at home cleaning, trying to see if we can prepare in time for a family Superbowl party next weekend. We even went and got our new TV finally. But it's just too short notice. This place is still a disaster, despite all the progress we've made on it. Oh well.

So, yes, things are good in Mysieland. Thanks for asking. ;)

SAT 1.07.06 @ 7:46pm

I miss Kozmo.



When you've been bawling your eyes out and don't want to have to stop crying, wipe yourself up, clean up your hair, etc, there was dependable Kozmo. Always on your doorstep within the hour with a fun movie and a pint of Ben & Jerry's. *sniff*

Won't someone please have pity on me and bring me a pint of Cherries Garcia???

Why does Eric always have to vanish at night? During the day, I'm fine. I watch the sky, the rain, the birds, TV, the internet.

At night... I just can't stand to be alone at night. I feel so lonely and sad and... like I'm the only person left in the world.

I could really use some cherry ice cream, vanilla coke, and a cuddle buddy. Fuck.