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And Now For Something Different,
And Now For Something Different,
an article on Kintsugi by chaps676 on Etsy.
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Thursday, March 29, 2012
Thursday, March 15, 2012
A Memory In Ink
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Once upon a time
Once upon a time
there was a young mademoiselle named Cassandra,
She was a little awkward and a little quirky, and she had a
fascination with body art.
As a young child, she would coyly stare at strangers at the
grocery store, studying their piercings and tattoos,
memorizing their shapes and colors.
Late at night, when her parents were asleep, she would rummage
through her drawers, collecting markers of every color,
and she would spend hours drawing her own tattoo flash.
She would turn her closet into a tattoo parlor, and she would
practice tattooing herself and her little brothers with pens.
Her passion for the art form never faded.
During the late hours of the night, when she was wrapped up
in the quilt she sewed for her love, she would dream of the
artwork that would someday adorn her body, planning visual annotations
for each person and passage of her life.
And in her mind's eye, it was beautiful.
A tattoo by Sarah B Bolen (Aka Eraserbits) from Berlin.
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Thursday, February 16, 2012
So, It Turns Out Starwars Nerds CAN Experiance True Love
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Once upon a time
Once upon a time
there was a young mademoiselle named Cassandra,
who was very much in love with a young gentleman named
William. William was a little awkward a little quirky, studly,
and very very sweet. The two were quite perfect for one-another.
The couple's fifth Valentines Day was coming up, and both
mutually knew that they had to make this
pre-determined holiday of romantic expression
especially special.
Now,
William had a particularly large passion for Starwars,
and as her luck would have it, that weekend was the release
date for Starwars in 3D, complete with a plethora of previously
un-released scenes and enhanced special effect goodies.
The cogs in her brain started grinding, and she started dreaming up the
ultimate Starwars valentine.
She jumped into her her swiveling office chair and scoured the internet
for the best deals on the Starwars Complete Saga on blueray.
The next day she picked up one of the Darth Vader Collector Tins
from work, and ventured out with her dad to collect the tickets.
She acquired a limited edition droids heart shaped pin, and when
the box set was delivered she fastened the bow around the package
like Vader's Cape.
Meanwhile, William was busy concocting plans of his own.
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Valentines Day morning, Cassandra woke up to cuddles and kisses.
William was eventually able to coax her out of bed,
despite the fact that the pillows
were perfectly soft and the bed was nice and warm,
and the two got all gussied up for the day. William blindfolded her once
they were in the car, and the two set off for a grand adventure.
"We're here," William cooed, stirring Cassandra from her sleep.
She took off the bandana and blinked blindly, retinas burning from the
sun. In front of them was a worn-down building with a large spray-painted
sign that read Eurotreasures Antiques. Cassandra squealed in delight.
The day was filled with antiques and boutiques, vintage coke machines
and sunshine-yellow owl-shaped containers with chapstick butts.
There were girls passing out homemade Valentines Day cards
on the street corners, kitty-cats who matched the interior decor,
and bellies filled with good vegan food from Sages Cafe.
When they came home they watched the Emperors New Groove
until they fell asleep.
The day was absolutely perfect.
The end.
who was very much in love with a young gentleman named
William. William was a little awkward a little quirky, studly,
and very very sweet. The two were quite perfect for one-another.
The couple's fifth Valentines Day was coming up, and both
mutually knew that they had to make this
pre-determined holiday of romantic expression
especially special.
Now,
William had a particularly large passion for Starwars,
and as her luck would have it, that weekend was the release
date for Starwars in 3D, complete with a plethora of previously
un-released scenes and enhanced special effect goodies.
The cogs in her brain started grinding, and she started dreaming up the
ultimate Starwars valentine.
She jumped into her her swiveling office chair and scoured the internet
for the best deals on the Starwars Complete Saga on blueray.
The next day she picked up one of the Darth Vader Collector Tins
from work, and ventured out with her dad to collect the tickets.
She acquired a limited edition droids heart shaped pin, and when
the box set was delivered she fastened the bow around the package
like Vader's Cape.
Meanwhile, William was busy concocting plans of his own.
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Valentines Day morning, Cassandra woke up to cuddles and kisses.
William was eventually able to coax her out of bed,
despite the fact that the pillows
were perfectly soft and the bed was nice and warm,
and the two got all gussied up for the day. William blindfolded her once
they were in the car, and the two set off for a grand adventure.
"We're here," William cooed, stirring Cassandra from her sleep.
She took off the bandana and blinked blindly, retinas burning from the
sun. In front of them was a worn-down building with a large spray-painted
sign that read Eurotreasures Antiques. Cassandra squealed in delight.
The day was filled with antiques and boutiques, vintage coke machines
and sunshine-yellow owl-shaped containers with chapstick butts.
There were girls passing out homemade Valentines Day cards
on the street corners, kitty-cats who matched the interior decor,
and bellies filled with good vegan food from Sages Cafe.
When they came home they watched the Emperors New Groove
until they fell asleep.
The day was absolutely perfect.
The end.
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Saturday, February 11, 2012
Elephants and Indie Girls
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Once upon a time
Once upon a time
there was a young mademoiselle named Cassandra.
She was a little awkward and a little quirky, but for the most part she was pretty
nondescript. She loved basking in the evening sun, working on her art, going to local
concerts, and spending time with her friends and family.
She especially loved admiring beautiful
things on silly but addictive websites.
She spent long hours on websites like pinterest, etsy, deviantart, last.fm, and pandora radio,
sifting through content for those rare diamonds in the rough. When she found such a thing,
she would rush to her social networks, and go dancing through the house in search of her
loved ones, eager to share her treasure with them.
One day Cassandra was lounging comfortably in her swiveling office chair, sipping a bold
cup of joe and wrapped tight in the quilt she made her beau that prior christmas, whittling
away time online when she came across a picture of a cozy looking hipster girl sitting
cross-legged with an elephant, courtesy of her dear friend Caitlin.
"Eep!" squealed Cassandra in delight, and she set to whipping open her facebook so she
could share the image with all her elephant and cross-legged-indie-girl loving friends.
As she was preparing to hit the send button she paused, pondering whether or not her
elephant and cross-legged-indie-girl loving friends on myyearbook would also enjoy
her little gem? And on that note, would her elephant and cross-legged-indie-girl loving
friends on myspace like that photograph as well?
"Well," she thought, "Isn't this a dilemma."
While Cassandra had no qualm taking the time to write a ridiculously long blog post
full of nonsensical whimsies, she was a fairly lazy individual who found having to log
into four or so websites to post something was... well... a bit of a drag.
It was then that she had the brilliant idea,
like the majority of teens/young-adults/stay-at-home-moms,
to make herself a blog where she could spam the living hell out of her loved ones with
amazing pictures of elephants and cross-legged-indie-girls and chatter away about
mildly interesting but irrelevant happenstances.
It was then that the blog Sunshine in SLC was born.
The end.
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