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When starting a new blog, I like to set up all the “possible” tags I may use over the years to come, and so I have them in the clickable drop down menu of my dashboard, I put them all on the first few posts of the blog – This is a very old post, copied from Star Log, to put my tags on this blog. The only thing this post contains is a list of every tag I have every used on Star Log. As each tag list can only contain 200 characters, there well be several of these posts, until all tags have been inserted into this blogs drop down feature. So, you can just ignore this post as it is only useful to me the blogger and not you the reader.

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This post was written by Wendy C Allen aka EelKat, is copyrighted by The Twighlight Manor Press and was posted on Houseless Living @ http://houselessliving.blogspot.com and reposted at EK’s Star Log @ http://eelkat.wordpress.com and parts of it may also be seen on http://www.squidoo.com/EelKat and http://laughinggnomehollow.proboards.com  If you are reading this from a different location than those listed above, please contact me Wendy C. Allen aka EelKat @ http://laughinggnomehollow.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=viewprofile and let me know where it is you found this post. Plagiarism is illegal and I DO actively pursue offenders. Unless copying a Blog Meme, you do not have permission to copy anything appearing on this blog, including words, art, or photos. This will be your only warning. Thank you and have a glorious day! ~ EelKat

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This post was written by Wendy C Allen aka EelKat, is copyrighted by The Twighlight Manor Press and was posted on Houseless Living @ http://houselessliving.blogspot.com and reposted at EK’s Star Log @ http://eelkat.wordpress.com and parts of it may also be seen on http://www.squidoo.com/EelKat and http://laughinggnomehollow.proboards.com  If you are reading this from a different location than those listed above, please contact me Wendy C. Allen aka EelKat @ http://laughinggnomehollow.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=viewprofile and let me know where it is you found this post. Plagiarism is illegal and I DO actively pursue offenders. Unless copying a Blog Meme, you do not have permission to copy anything appearing on this blog, including words, art, or photos. This will be your only warning. Thank you and have a glorious day! ~ EelKat

NaNoWriMo RE: Trying to earn money in alternative ways?

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RE: Trying to earn money in alternative ways?

[quote=DLDzioba]So, I work fast food for a living currently. I hate (with a capital hate) my job and I would love more than anything to get out of there. So this year I’m going to try and find another way to make a living. Phase one is I am making and am going to be attempting to sell jewelry both online and at the myriad of craft shows in my area. This scheme actually came courtesy of my mother and best friend who pointed out that since many people comment on the handmade pieces I wear I should try to sell something.


Step two will be to find a bookstore or library that is hiring as I’d love to work in a bookish environment. Sadly I’ve been working on step two for a few years now and one of my local bookstores just closed. But one can dream and I’ve got a much more solid idea of what I do not want to do thanks to my years of slinging chicken.


Step three is to quit my fast food job when the time comes. Can’t wait for that.




Very scary. Very Big.
I hope I can do it.
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Your Big Scary is similar to part of mine. (Part meaning that my list had I think 15 different goals on it, this being one of the fifteen. =P) I don’t know where I posted my list, I think it’s on the second or third page of the sticky thread for lists. Anyways . . .

I started making dolls in 1980. I make a lot of dolls. Big dolls, small dolls, from tiny micro mini doll house dolls to big 32″ dolls and everything in between. Here’s the kicker: I make my own patterns, so every one of my dolls is 100% one of a kind. It’s an expensive and very time consuming hobby. Skipping ahead to Big Scary.

For 2009, one of my goals was to open an Etsy account and start selling my smaller (thus easy to ship) dolls. I created a new doll pattern just for that goal. Life got in the way, seeing how the publication of my 2008 NaNoWriMo incited my LDS bishop to threaten to excommunicate me if I went ahead with the book publication. In the end I set up my Etsy store last spring, than spent the summer trying to deal with a lot of local hate and prejudices, and was not able to get around to sewing up the dolls until this fall, a few weeks before NaNoWriMo. I did complete my goal – I opened my store, I finished a few dolls, I started selling them. Goal complete.

Now moving on to 2010. As a result of church members arriving at my place of work and harassing my manager, I no longer have a job. Thus the need to add job searching to my list of 2010 Big Scary goals. But than I’m thinking, you know what? I really, really, really, like sewing cloth dolls and designing patterns for cloth dolls, and well, why not instead of focusing on searching for a job, I focus on turning my doll making hobby into a full time career?

So, the major goal of my 2010 Big Scary is this:

– Take my Etsy store and turn it into a full time business
– Focus on patterns over dolls (they sell better)
– Get my patterns written down and printed up
– Design a new set of dolls/patterns each moth until I have a wide selection to sell

My goal is to turn this into a business that pays no less than $20,000 per year (I’ve checked user stats, this is not an uncommon income for Etsy sellers – at least not for the ones who are really serious about Etsy and handmade crafts as a career.) Of course, that is a big, big goal, because the average Etsy seller makes less than $1,000 per year! Not very many Etsy sellers reach the $5,000 per year income line, and only a few hundred are earning $20,000+ per year. However, the fact that others ARE doing it, means that it can be done if you have the will and drive to stick with it and the willingness to do the marketing and research and product development needed to finally find the item that people will buy. And I’m pretty positive I can do that.

So, since I already had this idea, pretty well mapped out by December, I was ready to go once January got here, and as such, I am well on my way to getting this goal completed!

Since January 1st I have done this:

So far I have got one pattern nearly completed, and the cover of the pattern book completed, the layout for the pattern book nearly completed, and am ready to have the first run printed up as soon as it’s finished. In other words, my first pattern should be in print and for sale by the first week of February providing everything goes as planned.

More dolls are made, several of them just got listed, with more to be listed soon, and more to be made after that.

I’ve started sketching out designs for a series of fairy and mermaid dolls, which I will start sewing, in a few weeks, and writing the pattern as I go along.

If I continue at the rate I’m going now, by the end of the year, I should have 7 or 8 or maybe more patterns finished, printed, and for sale. That translates in to a least 500 sales at about $10 each for a total of $5,000 minimum income by December. (I don’t plan on reaching the $20,000 goal in the first year, but I think by 2013, I should be bringing in no less than that per year via my Etsy store.)

Of course, the $20,000 goal is not just figuring in sales of doll patterns, but also the dolls which sell for $30 to $2,000 a piece, as well as selling other items I sew, including dresses, CosPlay outfits, and Halloween costumes, however, I don’t plan on adding those sections to my Etsy store until 2011 and 2012. Like I said, this is a long term goal which I plan on progressively expanding in small steps, until I eventually reach the point that this is my full time income.

Most of 2009 was spent in market research and writing up a projected 5 year business plan, while setting up the basics. Now that those things are out of the way, 2010 is going to be spent in product development and “laying the groundwork” while bringing in a supplemental income. 2011 and 2012 will be spent expanding out of a start up business into a full fledged business, and hopefully by 2013 my sewing/pattern making/Etsy career will be seeing big time profits.

So, there you have it. My long term Big Scary.

Waiting for Emmett to come.

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>RE: BurdaStyle: Where do you find sewing inspiration?

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http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=spacedock13-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=B000SKWETM&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr

Well as is one of my usual habits, I was zipping around BurdaStyle checking out the new stuff, when I found THIS. Well, as not my usual style I decided to comment. I rarely ever say anything over there, so no one even knows I’m there half the time! LOL! Anyways, here is my answer:

***Where do you find sewing inspiration?***

EVERYWHERE! My mom was a seamstress, sew I was already sewing at age 6. I was 16 when I graduated from a fashion design college. In the 20+ years since, I have created tons of patterns and sew all my own fashions.

I not only create my own patterns, but I also design my own fabrics as well. I paint up watercolors and than get short runs of the fabric printed up. I get ideas for a lot og my designs from nature: birds, cats, the sky, waterfalls, trees – everything inspires me to paint. Than the fabric made from the paintings inspire the flow of the dress pattern as well.

http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=spacedock13-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=B002O88DXC&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr
Erte is my biggest inspiration. Much of my designs are reinterpretations of his designs. I just love his art deco and flapper styles.

Also, Japanese Kimono, esp those from the Momoyama period (1500′s). I love sewing kimono, because the lines are simple and allow for display of big bold fabric prints, which thus allows me to create huge print fabric designs as well.
http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=spacedock13-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=0300094078&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr
***What magazines, websites, books do you look at for project ideas?***

Dover Books are my #1 source of inspiration. You see, I’m a life actor, which I means I CosPlay 24/7/365 and have for years. My daily wear consists of recreations of garb from the 1500′s – 1800′s as well as the 1920′s. Dover reprints tons of French, fashion illustrations, vintage paper dolls, Goody Lady, etc. Of course they are the ones who reprint Etre’s fashion prints as well.

National Geographic and Smithsonian Museum books are huge sources of inspiration as well. I get lots of ideas from cultural photos and antique paintings. I enjoy creating ethnic and historic bases patterns.

And than of course there’s my #1 source of inspiration: comic books. Yep, you heard me: comic books! I’m a huge fan of comic books, manga, graphic novels, super heroes, etc, and well, like I said, I’m really big into CosPlay, so of course a lot of what I design was inspired by comic books. :) http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=spacedock13-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=B00112A12I&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

Obsessed? I’m Not Obsessed… REALLY, I’m not!

When Next You See Me I’ll Look Like This:

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RE: BurdaStyle: Where do you find sewing inspiration?

Well as is one of my usual habits, I was zipping around BurdaStyle checking out the new stuff, when I found THIS. Well, as not my usual style I decided to comment. I rarely ever say anything over there, so no one even knows I’m there half the time! LOL! Anyways, here is my answer:

***Where do you find sewing inspiration?***

EVERYWHERE! My mom was a seamstress, sew I was already sewing at age 6. I was 16 when I graduated from a fashion design college. In the 20+ years since, I have created tons of patterns and sew all my own fashions.

I not only create my own patterns, but I also design my own fabrics as well. I paint up watercolors and than get short runs of the fabric printed up. I get ideas for a lot og my designs from nature: birds, cats, the sky, waterfalls, trees – everything inspires me to paint. Than the fabric made from the paintings inspire the flow of the dress pattern as well.

Erte is my biggest inspiration. Much of my designs are reinterpretations of his designs. I just love his art deco and flapper styles.

Also, Japanese Kimono, esp those from the Momoyama period (1500′s). I love sewing kimono, because the lines are simple and allow for display of big bold fabric prints, which thus allows me to create huge print fabric designs as well.

***What magazines, websites, books do you look at for project ideas?***

Dover Books are my #1 source of inspiration. You see, I’m a life actor, which I means I CosPlay 24/7/365 and have for years. My daily wear consists of recreations of garb from the 1500′s – 1800′s as well as the 1920′s. Dover reprints tons of French, fashion illustrations, vintage paper dolls, Goody Lady, etc. Of course they are the ones who reprint Etre’s fashion prints as well.

National Geographic and Smithsonian Museum books are huge sources of inspiration as well. I get lots of ideas from cultural photos and antique paintings. I enjoy creating ethnic and historic bases patterns.

And than of course there’s my #1 source of inspiration: comic books. Yep, you heard me: comic books! I’m a huge fan of comic books, manga, graphic novels, super heroes, etc, and well, like I said, I’m really big into CosPlay, so of course a lot of what I design was inspired by comic books. :)

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

Obsessed? I’m Not Obsessed… REALLY, I’m not!

When Next You See Me I’ll Look Like This:

pawpawpawpawpaw

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Tagged: About me, Anachronist, Black Bobcat Fashions, BurdaStyle, CosPlay, cosplay in public, dressmaking, EelKat, Erte, inspiration, Japan, kimono, pattern making, Purple Peacock Patterns, sewing, The Rabbit Hole, Wendy C. Allen

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RE: BurdaStyle: Where do you find sewing inspiration?

black birdfall leaves centerblack bird

http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=spacedock13-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=B000SKWETM&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr

Well as is one of my usual habits, I was zipping around BurdaStyle checking out the new stuff, when I found THIS. Well, as not my usual style I decided to comment. I rarely ever say anything over there, so no one even knows I’m there half the time! LOL! Anyways, here is my answer:

***Where do you find sewing inspiration?***

EVERYWHERE! My mom was a seamstress, sew I was already sewing at age 6. I was 16 when I graduated from a fashion design college. In the 20+ years since, I have created tons of patterns and sew all my own fashions.

I not only create my own patterns, but I also design my own fabrics as well. I paint up watercolors and than get short runs of the fabric printed up. I get ideas for a lot og my designs from nature: birds, cats, the sky, waterfalls, trees – everything inspires me to paint. Than the fabric made from the paintings inspire the flow of the dress pattern as well.

http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=spacedock13-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=B002O88DXC&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr
Erte is my biggest inspiration. Much of my designs are reinterpretations of his designs. I just love his art deco and flapper styles.

Also, Japanese Kimono, esp those from the Momoyama period (1500′s). I love sewing kimono, because the lines are simple and allow for display of big bold fabric prints, which thus allows me to create huge print fabric designs as well.
http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=spacedock13-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=0300094078&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr
***What magazines, websites, books do you look at for project ideas?***

Dover Books are my #1 source of inspiration. You see, I’m a life actor, which I means I CosPlay 24/7/365 and have for years. My daily wear consists of recreations of garb from the 1500′s – 1800′s as well as the 1920′s. Dover reprints tons of French, fashion illustrations, vintage paper dolls, Goody Lady, etc. Of course they are the ones who reprint Etre’s fashion prints as well.

National Geographic and Smithsonian Museum books are huge sources of inspiration as well. I get lots of ideas from cultural photos and antique paintings. I enjoy creating ethnic and historic bases patterns.

And than of course there’s my #1 source of inspiration: comic books. Yep, you heard me: comic books! I’m a huge fan of comic books, manga, graphic novels, super heroes, etc, and well, like I said, I’m really big into CosPlay, so of course a lot of what I design was inspired by comic books. :) http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=spacedock13-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=B00112A12I&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

Obsessed? I’m Not Obsessed… REALLY, I’m not!

When Next You See Me I’ll Look Like This:

pawpawpawpawpaw

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Categories: About me · Anachronism · Anachronist · Business · CosPlay · Gothic · Life · Lifestyle · Maine · Old Orchard Beach · SCA · Wendy C. Allen · comic books · cosplay in public · costume making · costumer · costumes · creativity · cross dressing · crossplay · drag queen · dressmaking · fabric · fashion · fashion design · fun things to do · inspiration · interesting facts · life blogging · medieval · my thoughts on… · painting · pattern making · patterns · sewing · sewing a costume · sewing a kimono · sewing advice · theater

Tagged: About me, Anachronist, Black Bobcat Fashions, BurdaStyle, CosPlay, cosplay in public, dressmaking, EelKat, Erte, inspiration, Japan, kimono, pattern making, Purple Peacock Patterns, sewing, The Rabbit Hole, Wendy C. Allen

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Aspergers = You look like you just walked out of a history book . . . why do you dress like that?

I’m drafting out a new book, as yet untitled, about what it is like to live with Asperger’s Syndrome(which I have) and I’m using my blog to run first drafts of sections of it. Second drafts are being moved HERE. This post is one of those draft posts, expect more to show up over time.

All of my life I have had a close affinity with colors. My cloths in their day-glow, bright, neon, and popping colors, are the first thing people notice about me, and are always the start of every conversation any one has with me. In my past 34 years of life, nearly every conversation has started with: “Why are you dressed like that?” or some variation of it. I have no explanation for why I wear the things I do. I started dressing like this at about 12 years old when I learned how to sew my own cloths and have dressed like this ever since.

Before the fire of 2006, my contact with humans was limited to seeing people in church on Sunday. So before 2006, I had no idea, that from Monday to Saturday women do not wear long flowing bright colored dresses. I had never seen a woman dress any differently that in “Sunday Dress” before. This revelation, shocked me. When I try to explain this to people asking about my cloths they respond to say: “But didn’t you see people on TV?” uhm . . . no . . . for many years we did not have a TV. We did have a VCR to watch movies, but, when you consider the movies I watched: Labyrinth, 1776, Scrooge, Fiddler on the Roof. My Fair Lady, Sherlock Holmes, Pirates of the Caribbean, Oliver . . . you’ll understand how I was completely unaware of the fact that hoop skirts, trains, and huge long gowns are not what people wear anymore. You see, I thought people DID dress just like they did on movies like My Fair Lady, and was no fully aware of the fact that people stopped dressing like I do, some 250 years ago.

I love history, but I’m afraid I’ve never studied anything beyond the time Napoleon and Hitler. I started out with ancient history and move upward through the thousands of years, but when I got to Napoleons evil acts followed by Hitler’s worse acts, I decided that I dislike modern history and did not study any part of history any newer than Hitler. So, while I have a very good knowledge of what people wore from centuries BC until the 1930′s, I had no real idea of what people wore after the 1930′s and was not aware of the drastic change that had occurred.

For the past 30 years, I have worn the huge skirts, the long gowns, the hooded capes, the monk-like habits, the kimonos, because that is what people in the history books wore and the history book were my only contact with people. Like I said, before 2006, I only left the farm to go to church and I wasn’t aware of the fact that people wore very different cloths to church from what they wear the rest of the week. I just thought all women wore dresses and all men wore suits.

I think it is safe to say that I am suffering from extreme culture shock at learning that people dress very different;y from me, because I wasn’t aware that I was dressing any different than any one else, until I was suddenly forced to live in contact with humans after the fire of 2006.

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

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Aspergers = You look like you just walked out of a history book . . . why do you dress like that?

I’m drafting out a new book, as yet untitled, about what it is like to live with Asperger’s Syndrome(which I have) and I’m using my blog to run first drafts of sections of it. Second drafts are being moved HERE. This post is one of those draft posts, expect more to show up over time.

All of my life I have had a close affinity with colors. My cloths in their day-glow, bright, neon, and popping colors, are the first thing people notice about me, and are always the start of every conversation any one has with me. In my past 34 years of life, nearly every conversation has started with: “Why are you dressed like that?” or some variation of it. I have no explanation for why I wear the things I do. I started dressing like this at about 12 years old when I learned how to sew my own cloths and have dressed like this ever since.

Before the fire of 2006, my contact with humans was limited to seeing people in church on Sunday. So before 2006, I had no idea, that from Monday to Saturday women do not wear long flowing bright colored dresses. I had never seen a woman dress any differently that in “Sunday Dress” before. This revelation, shocked me. When I try to explain this to people asking about my cloths they respond to say: “But didn’t you see people on TV?” uhm . . . no . . . for many years we did not have a TV. We did have a VCR to watch movies, but, when you consider the movies I watched: Labyrinth, 1776, Scrooge, Fiddler on the Roof. My Fair Lady, Sherlock Holmes, Pirates of the Caribbean, Oliver . . . you’ll understand how I was completely unaware of the fact that hoop skirts, trains, and huge long gowns are not what people wear anymore. You see, I thought people DID dress just like they did on movies like My Fair Lady, and was no fully aware of the fact that people stopped dressing like I do, some 250 years ago.

I love history, but I’m afraid I’ve never studied anything beyond the time Napoleon and Hitler. I started out with ancient history and move upward through the thousands of years, but when I got to Napoleons evil acts followed by Hitler’s worse acts, I decided that I dislike modern history and did not study any part of history any newer than Hitler. So, while I have a very good knowledge of what people wore from centuries BC until the 1930′s, I had no real idea of what people wore after the 1930′s and was not aware of the drastic change that had occurred.

For the past 30 years, I have worn the huge skirts, the long gowns, the hooded capes, the monk-like habits, the kimonos, because that is what people in the history books wore and the history book were my only contact with people. Like I said, before 2006, I only left the farm to go to church and I wasn’t aware of the fact that people wore very different cloths to church from what they wear the rest of the week. I just thought all women wore dresses and all men wore suits.

I think it is safe to say that I am suffering from extreme culture shock at learning that people dress very different;y from me, because I wasn’t aware that I was dressing any different than any one else, until I was suddenly forced to live in contact with humans after the fire of 2006.

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

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I’m drafting out a new book, as yet untitled, about what it is like to live with Asperger’s Syndrome(which I have) and I’m using my blog to run first drafts of sections of it. Second drafts are being moved HERE. This post is one of those draft posts, expect more to show up over time.

All of my life I have had a close affinity with colors. My cloths in their day-glow, bright, neon, and popping colors, are the first thing people notice about me, and are always the start of every conversation any one has with me. In my past 34 years of life, nearly every conversation has started with: “Why are you dressed like that?” or some variation of it. I have no explanation for why I wear the things I do. I started dressing like this at about 12 years old when I learned how to sew my own cloths and have dressed like this ever since.

Before the fire of 2006, my contact with humans was limited to seeing people in church on Sunday. So before 2006, I had no idea, that from Monday to Saturday women do not wear long flowing bright colored dresses. I had never seen a woman dress any differently that in “Sunday Dress” before. This revelation, shocked me. When I try to explain this to people asking about my cloths they respond to say: “But didn’t you see people on TV?” uhm . . . no . . . for many years we did not have a TV. We did have a VCR to watch movies, but, when you consider the movies I watched: Labyrinth, 1776, Scrooge, Fiddler on the Roof. My Fair Lady, Sherlock Holmes, Pirates of the Caribbean, Oliver . . . you’ll understand how I was completely unaware of the fact that hoop skirts, trains, and huge long gowns are not what people wear anymore. You see, I thought people DID dress just like they did on movies like My Fair Lady, and was no fully aware of the fact that people stopped dressing like I do, some 250 years ago.

I love history, but I’m afraid I’ve never studied anything beyond the time Napoleon and Hitler. I started out with ancient history and move upward through the thousands of years, but when I got to Napoleons evil acts followed by Hitler’s worse acts, I decided that I dislike modern history and did not study any part of history any newer than Hitler. So, while I have a very good knowledge of what people wore from centuries BC until the 1930′s, I had no real idea of what people wore after the 1930′s and was not aware of the drastic change that had occurred.

For the past 30 years, I have worn the huge skirts, the long gowns, the hooded capes, the monk-like habits, the kimonos, because that is what people in the history books wore and the history book were my only contact with people. Like I said, before 2006, I only left the farm to go to church and I wasn’t aware of the fact that people wore very different cloths to church from what they wear the rest of the week. I just thought all women wore dresses and all men wore suits.

I think it is safe to say that I am suffering from extreme culture shock at learning that people dress very different;y from me, because I wasn’t aware that I was dressing any different than any one else, until I was suddenly forced to live in contact with humans after the fire of 2006.

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

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Aspergers = You look like you just walked out of a history book . . . why do you dress like that?

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I’m drafting out a new book, as yet untitled, about what it is like to live with Asperger’s Syndrome(which I have) and I’m using my blog to run first drafts of sections of it. Second drafts are being moved HERE. This post is one of those draft posts, expect more to show up over time.

All of my life I have had a close affinity with colors. My cloths in their day-glow, bright, neon, and popping colors, are the first thing people notice about me, and are always the start of every conversation any one has with me. In my past 34 years of life, nearly every conversation has started with: “Why are you dressed like that?” or some variation of it. I have no explanation for why I wear the things I do. I started dressing like this at about 12 years old when I learned how to sew my own cloths and have dressed like this ever since.

Before the fire of 2006, my contact with humans was limited to seeing people in church on Sunday. So before 2006, I had no idea, that from Monday to Saturday women do not wear long flowing bright colored dresses. I had never seen a woman dress any differently that in “Sunday Dress” before. This revelation, shocked me. When I try to explain this to people asking about my cloths they respond to say: “But didn’t you see people on TV?” uhm . . . no . . . for many years we did not have a TV. We did have a VCR to watch movies, but, when you consider the movies I watched: Labyrinth, 1776, Scrooge, Fiddler on the Roof. My Fair Lady, Sherlock Holmes, Pirates of the Caribbean, Oliver . . . you’ll understand how I was completely unaware of the fact that hoop skirts, trains, and huge long gowns are not what people wear anymore. You see, I thought people DID dress just like they did on movies like My Fair Lady, and was no fully aware of the fact that people stopped dressing like I do, some 250 years ago.

I love history, but I’m afraid I’ve never studied anything beyond the time Napoleon and Hitler. I started out with ancient history and move upward through the thousands of years, but when I got to Napoleons evil acts followed by Hitler’s worse acts, I decided that I dislike modern history and did not study any part of history any newer than Hitler. So, while I have a very good knowledge of what people wore from centuries BC until the 1930′s, I had no real idea of what people wore after the 1930′s and was not aware of the drastic change that had occurred.

For the past 30 years, I have worn the huge skirts, the long gowns, the hooded capes, the monk-like habits, the kimonos, because that is what people in the history books wore and the history book were my only contact with people. Like I said, before 2006, I only left the farm to go to church and I wasn’t aware of the fact that people wore very different cloths to church from what they wear the rest of the week. I just thought all women wore dresses and all men wore suits.

I think it is safe to say that I am suffering from extreme culture shock at learning that people dress very different;y from me, because I wasn’t aware that I was dressing any different than any one else, until I was suddenly forced to live in contact with humans after the fire of 2006.

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

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Aspergers = You look like you just walked out of a history book . . . why do you dress like that?

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I’m drafting out a new book, as yet untitled, about what it is like to live with Asperger’s Syndrome(which I have) and I’m using my blog to run first drafts of sections of it. Second drafts are being moved HERE. This post is one of those draft posts, expect more to show up over time.

All of my life I have had a close affinity with colors. My cloths in their day-glow, bright, neon, and popping colors, are the first thing people notice about me, and are always the start of every conversation any one has with me. In my past 34 years of life, nearly every conversation has started with: “Why are you dressed like that?” or some variation of it. I have no explanation for why I wear the things I do. I started dressing like this at about 12 years old when I learned how to sew my own cloths and have dressed like this ever since.

Before the fire of 2006, my contact with humans was limited to seeing people in church on Sunday. So before 2006, I had no idea, that from Monday to Saturday women do not wear long flowing bright colored dresses. I had never seen a woman dress any differently that in “Sunday Dress” before. This revelation, shocked me. When I try to explain this to people asking about my cloths they respond to say: “But didn’t you see people on TV?” uhm . . . no . . . for many years we did not have a TV. We did have a VCR to watch movies, but, when you consider the movies I watched: Labyrinth, 1776, Scrooge, Fiddler on the Roof. My Fair Lady, Sherlock Holmes, Pirates of the Caribbean, Oliver . . . you’ll understand how I was completely unaware of the fact that hoop skirts, trains, and huge long gowns are not what people wear anymore. You see, I thought people DID dress just like they did on movies like My Fair Lady, and was no fully aware of the fact that people stopped dressing like I do, some 250 years ago.

I love history, but I’m afraid I’ve never studied anything beyond the time Napoleon and Hitler. I started out with ancient history and move upward through the thousands of years, but when I got to Napoleons evil acts followed by Hitler’s worse acts, I decided that I dislike modern history and did not study any part of history any newer than Hitler. So, while I have a very good knowledge of what people wore from centuries BC until the 1930′s, I had no real idea of what people wore after the 1930′s and was not aware of the drastic change that had occurred.

For the past 30 years, I have worn the huge skirts, the long gowns, the hooded capes, the monk-like habits, the kimonos, because that is what people in the history books wore and the history book were my only contact with people. Like I said, before 2006, I only left the farm to go to church and I wasn’t aware of the fact that people wore very different cloths to church from what they wear the rest of the week. I just thought all women wore dresses and all men wore suits.

I think it is safe to say that I am suffering from extreme culture shock at learning that people dress very different;y from me, because I wasn’t aware that I was dressing any different than any one else, until I was suddenly forced to live in contact with humans after the fire of 2006.

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

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Aspergers = You look like you just walked out of a history book . . . why do you dress like that?

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I’m drafting out a new book, as yet untitled, about what it is like to live with Asperger’s Syndrome(which I have) and I’m using my blog to run first drafts of sections of it. Second drafts are being moved HERE. This post is one of those draft posts, expect more to show up over time.

All of my life I have had a close affinity with colors. My cloths in their day-glow, bright, neon, and popping colors, are the first thing people notice about me, and are always the start of every conversation any one has with me. In my past 34 years of life, nearly every conversation has started with: “Why are you dressed like that?” or some variation of it. I have no explanation for why I wear the things I do. I started dressing like this at about 12 years old when I learned how to sew my own cloths and have dressed like this ever since.

Before the fire of 2006, my contact with humans was limited to seeing people in church on Sunday. So before 2006, I had no idea, that from Monday to Saturday women do not wear long flowing bright colored dresses. I had never seen a woman dress any differently that in “Sunday Dress” before. This revelation, shocked me. When I try to explain this to people asking about my cloths they respond to say: “But didn’t you see people on TV?” uhm . . . no . . . for many years we did not have a TV. We did have a VCR to watch movies, but, when you consider the movies I watched: Labyrinth, 1776, Scrooge, Fiddler on the Roof. My Fair Lady, Sherlock Holmes, Pirates of the Caribbean, Oliver . . . you’ll understand how I was completely unaware of the fact that hoop skirts, trains, and huge long gowns are not what people wear anymore. You see, I thought people DID dress just like they did on movies like My Fair Lady, and was no fully aware of the fact that people stopped dressing like I do, some 250 years ago.

I love history, but I’m afraid I’ve never studied anything beyond the time Napoleon and Hitler. I started out with ancient history and move upward through the thousands of years, but when I got to Napoleons evil acts followed by Hitler’s worse acts, I decided that I dislike modern history and did not study any part of history any newer than Hitler. So, while I have a very good knowledge of what people wore from centuries BC until the 1930′s, I had no real idea of what people wore after the 1930′s and was not aware of the drastic change that had occurred.

For the past 30 years, I have worn the huge skirts, the long gowns, the hooded capes, the monk-like habits, the kimonos, because that is what people in the history books wore and the history book were my only contact with people. Like I said, before 2006, I only left the farm to go to church and I wasn’t aware of the fact that people wore very different cloths to church from what they wear the rest of the week. I just thought all women wore dresses and all men wore suits.

I think it is safe to say that I am suffering from extreme culture shock at learning that people dress very different;y from me, because I wasn’t aware that I was dressing any different than any one else, until I was suddenly forced to live in contact with humans after the fire of 2006.

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

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Aspergers = You look like you just walked out of a history book . . . why do you dress like that?

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I’m drafting out a new book, as yet untitled, about what it is like to live with Asperger’s Syndrome(which I have) and I’m using my blog to run first drafts of sections of it. Second drafts are being moved HERE. This post is one of those draft posts, expect more to show up over time.

All of my life I have had a close affinity with colors. My cloths in their day-glow, bright, neon, and popping colors, are the first thing people notice about me, and are always the start of every conversation any one has with me. In my past 34 years of life, nearly every conversation has started with: “Why are you dressed like that?” or some variation of it. I have no explanation for why I wear the things I do. I started dressing like this at about 12 years old when I learned how to sew my own cloths and have dressed like this ever since.

Before the fire of 2006, my contact with humans was limited to seeing people in church on Sunday. So before 2006, I had no idea, that from Monday to Saturday women do not wear long flowing bright colored dresses. I had never seen a woman dress any differently that in “Sunday Dress” before. This revelation, shocked me. When I try to explain this to people asking about my cloths they respond to say: “But didn’t you see people on TV?” uhm . . . no . . . for many years we did not have a TV. We did have a VCR to watch movies, but, when you consider the movies I watched: Labyrinth, 1776, Scrooge, Fiddler on the Roof. My Fair Lady, Sherlock Holmes, Pirates of the Caribbean, Oliver . . . you’ll understand how I was completely unaware of the fact that hoop skirts, trains, and huge long gowns are not what people wear anymore. You see, I thought people DID dress just like they did on movies like My Fair Lady, and was no fully aware of the fact that people stopped dressing like I do, some 250 years ago.

I love history, but I’m afraid I’ve never studied anything beyond the time Napoleon and Hitler. I started out with ancient history and move upward through the thousands of years, but when I got to Napoleons evil acts followed by Hitler’s worse acts, I decided that I dislike modern history and did not study any part of history any newer than Hitler. So, while I have a very good knowledge of what people wore from centuries BC until the 1930′s, I had no real idea of what people wore after the 1930′s and was not aware of the drastic change that had occurred.

For the past 30 years, I have worn the huge skirts, the long gowns, the hooded capes, the monk-like habits, the kimonos, because that is what people in the history books wore and the history book were my only contact with people. Like I said, before 2006, I only left the farm to go to church and I wasn’t aware of the fact that people wore very different cloths to church from what they wear the rest of the week. I just thought all women wore dresses and all men wore suits.

I think it is safe to say that I am suffering from extreme culture shock at learning that people dress very different;y from me, because I wasn’t aware that I was dressing any different than any one else, until I was suddenly forced to live in contact with humans after the fire of 2006.

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

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Can a person be a Nun/Monk without belonging to a religion?

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Was just realizing that I live the life of a Nun/Monk . . . the codes I live by, the standards I have (including no sex), the foods I eat (and don’t eat) the way I live in tune with nature and animals, even the way I dress (1600′s robes) all says I’m a Nun of some sort. Yet, I follow no religion.

Even things like my not talking and not driving a car, suggest a monks life style.

I have 14 cats, 2 ranchu, and 40 roosters . . . my lowest amount of animals . . . prior to the fire I rarely ever had fewer than 500 animals at a time . . . again, suggestive of a monk life style

vegetarian, with what most people describe as a very strict (way too strict) diet. . . again . . . monk life style

refusal to cut my hair and refusal to wear modern cloths, instead wearing long robes and capes from 1600′s or earlier (and often being chided for it, and usually being told I’m a witch as a result) most of the locals are terrified of me because of the way I dress . . . but again, if my clothes were brown instead of black, blue, or purple, I’d be dressed no different than a monk

my long time desire to breed chickens, while also to putting an end to all human consumption of chickens, again, suggests a monk attitude

my daily habit for sitting down and thinking deep thoughts for hours on end, contemplating on one question at a time (as I am now doing ) is suggestive of the meditative habits of a monk.

My building of the strange wild garden retreat of towering bamboo, wild roses, and grapes, all centered around an ancient car where I sit and write, surrounded by the wild birds that flock to shelter within my garden . . . . and the fact that my garden houses the strange creature/demon/faerie “Etiole” whom only one other person has seen, again, suggests a monk, both the garden itself and the fact that I’ve seen it’s odd inhabitant

my refusal to work what people call a “normal job” and instead to make a living writing and painting and rescuing animals . . . . more monkness

living the life of a hermit, going years on end without contact with humans, and than the few rare occasions I do leave the farm, where do I go: the library, the beach, Rachael Carson’s Wildlife Hiking Trails, the Botanical Garden, walks through the Ross Forest . . .

Am I some sort of monk/nun and never realized it before? If so, what should I do about it? Is there such a thing as a monk/nun without a religion? Are there others out there who live the same type lifestyle like I do?

I am deeply saddened by the acts of vandalism that are often thwarted at me, my pets, and my home, due to people finding my lifestyle so out of the mainstream

I has occurred to me, that maybe I should open some sort of a meditation retreat where people can come and be at one with cats and chickens and roses and trees, the same way I live.

How does one go about opening a place like that? and where? (Pyrenees comes to mind right quick. . . at the top of a mountain)

of course opening such a place would mean contact with humans . . . I’m not very good at that, that could pose a problem

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

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Create your own banner at mybannermaker.com!
.

Blingo

Can a person be a Nun/Monk without belonging to a religion?

black birdOld Orchard Beach Sea Shellsblack bird

Was just realizing that I live the life of a Nun/Monk . . . the codes I live by, the standards I have (including no sex), the foods I eat (and don’t eat) the way I live in tune with nature and animals, even the way I dress (1600′s robes) all says I’m a Nun of some sort. Yet, I follow no religion.

Even things like my not talking and not driving a car, suggest a monks life style.

I have 14 cats, 2 ranchu, and 40 roosters . . . my lowest amount of animals . . . prior to the fire I rarely ever had fewer than 500 animals at a time . . . again, suggestive of a monk life style

vegetarian, with what most people describe as a very strict (way too strict) diet. . . again . . . monk life style

refusal to cut my hair and refusal to wear modern cloths, instead wearing long robes and capes from 1600′s or earlier (and often being chided for it, and usually being told I’m a witch as a result) most of the locals are terrified of me because of the way I dress . . . but again, if my clothes were brown instead of black, blue, or purple, I’d be dressed no different than a monk

my long time desire to breed chickens, while also to putting an end to all human consumption of chickens, again, suggests a monk attitude

my daily habit for sitting down and thinking deep thoughts for hours on end, contemplating on one question at a time (as I am now doing ) is suggestive of the meditative habits of a monk.

My building of the strange wild garden retreat of towering bamboo, wild roses, and grapes, all centered around an ancient car where I sit and write, surrounded by the wild birds that flock to shelter within my garden . . . . and the fact that my garden houses the strange creature/demon/faerie “Etiole” whom only one other person has seen, again, suggests a monk, both the garden itself and the fact that I’ve seen it’s odd inhabitant

my refusal to work what people call a “normal job” and instead to make a living writing and painting and rescuing animals . . . . more monkness

living the life of a hermit, going years on end without contact with humans, and than the few rare occasions I do leave the farm, where do I go: the library, the beach, Rachael Carson’s Wildlife Hiking Trails, the Botanical Garden, walks through the Ross Forest . . .

Am I some sort of monk/nun and never realized it before? If so, what should I do about it? Is there such a thing as a monk/nun without a religion? Are there others out there who live the same type lifestyle like I do?

I am deeply saddened by the acts of vandalism that are often thwarted at me, my pets, and my home, due to people finding my lifestyle so out of the mainstream

I has occurred to me, that maybe I should open some sort of a meditation retreat where people can come and be at one with cats and chickens and roses and trees, the same way I live.

How does one go about opening a place like that? and where? (Pyrenees comes to mind right quick. . . at the top of a mountain)

of course opening such a place would mean contact with humans . . . I’m not very good at that, that could pose a problem

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

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Can a person be a Nun/Monk without belonging to a religion?

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Was just realizing that I live the life of a Nun/Monk . . . the codes I live by, the standards I have (including no sex), the foods I eat (and don’t eat) the way I live in tune with nature and animals, even the way I dress (1600′s robes) all says I’m a Nun of some sort. Yet, I follow no religion.

Even things like my not talking and not driving a car, suggest a monks life style.

I have 14 cats, 2 ranchu, and 40 roosters . . . my lowest amount of animals . . . prior to the fire I rarely ever had fewer than 500 animals at a time . . . again, suggestive of a monk life style

vegetarian, with what most people describe as a very strict (way too strict) diet. . . again . . . monk life style

refusal to cut my hair and refusal to wear modern cloths, instead wearing long robes and capes from 1600′s or earlier (and often being chided for it, and usually being told I’m a witch as a result) most of the locals are terrified of me because of the way I dress . . . but again, if my clothes were brown instead of black, blue, or purple, I’d be dressed no different than a monk

my long time desire to breed chickens, while also to putting an end to all human consumption of chickens, again, suggests a monk attitude

my daily habit for sitting down and thinking deep thoughts for hours on end, contemplating on one question at a time (as I am now doing ) is suggestive of the meditative habits of a monk.

My building of the strange wild garden retreat of towering bamboo, wild roses, and grapes, all centered around an ancient car where I sit and write, surrounded by the wild birds that flock to shelter within my garden . . . . and the fact that my garden houses the strange creature/demon/faerie “Etiole” whom only one other person has seen, again, suggests a monk, both the garden itself and the fact that I’ve seen it’s odd inhabitant

my refusal to work what people call a “normal job” and instead to make a living writing and painting and rescuing animals . . . . more monkness

living the life of a hermit, going years on end without contact with humans, and than the few rare occasions I do leave the farm, where do I go: the library, the beach, Rachael Carson’s Wildlife Hiking Trails, the Botanical Garden, walks through the Ross Forest . . .

Am I some sort of monk/nun and never realized it before? If so, what should I do about it? Is there such a thing as a monk/nun without a religion? Are there others out there who live the same type lifestyle like I do?

I am deeply saddened by the acts of vandalism that are often thwarted at me, my pets, and my home, due to people finding my lifestyle so out of the mainstream

I has occurred to me, that maybe I should open some sort of a meditation retreat where people can come and be at one with cats and chickens and roses and trees, the same way I live.

How does one go about opening a place like that? and where? (Pyrenees comes to mind right quick. . . at the top of a mountain)

of course opening such a place would mean contact with humans . . . I’m not very good at that, that could pose a problem

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

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Can a person be a Nun/Monk without belonging to a religion?

Was just realizing that I live the life of a Nun/Monk . . . the codes I live by, the standards I have (including no sex), the foods I eat (and don’t eat) the way I live in tune with nature and animals, even the way I dress (1600′s robes) all says I’m a Nun of some sort. Yet, I follow no religion.

Even things like my not talking and not driving a car, suggest a monks life style.

I have 14 cats, 2 ranchu, and 40 roosters . . . my lowest amount of animals . . . prior to the fire I rarely ever had fewer than 500 animals at a time . . . again, suggestive of a monk life style

vegetarian, with what most people describe as a very strict (way too strict) diet. . . again . . . monk life style

refusal to cut my hair and refusal to wear modern cloths, instead wearing long robes and capes from 1600′s or earlier (and often being chided for it, and usually being told I’m a witch as a result) most of the locals are terrified of me because of the way I dress . . . but again, if my clothes were brown instead of black, blue, or purple, I’d be dressed no different than a monk

my long time desire to breed chickens, while also to putting an end to all human consumption of chickens, again, suggests a monk attitude

my daily habit for sitting down and thinking deep thoughts for hours on end, contemplating on one question at a time (as I am now doing ) is suggestive of the meditative habits of a monk.

My building of the strange wild garden retreat of towering bamboo, wild roses, and grapes, all centered around an ancient car where I sit and write, surrounded by the wild birds that flock to shelter within my garden . . . . and the fact that my garden houses the strange creature/demon/faerie “Etiole” whom only one other person has seen, again, suggests a monk, both the garden itself and the fact that I’ve seen it’s odd inhabitant

my refusal to work what people call a “normal job” and instead to make a living writing and painting and rescuing animals . . . . more monkness

living the life of a hermit, going years on end without contact with humans, and than the few rare occasions I do leave the farm, where do I go: the library, the beach, Rachael Carson’s Wildlife Hiking Trails, the Botanical Garden, walks through the Ross Forest . . .

Am I some sort of monk/nun and never realized it before? If so, what should I do about it? Is there such a thing as a monk/nun without a religion? Are there others out there who live the same type lifestyle like I do?

I am deeply saddened by the acts of vandalism that are often thwarted at me, my pets, and my home, due to people finding my lifestyle so out of the mainstream

I has occurred to me, that maybe I should open some sort of a meditation retreat where people can come and be at one with cats and chickens and roses and trees, the same way I live.

How does one go about opening a place like that? and where? (Pyrenees comes to mind right quick. . . at the top of a mountain)

of course opening such a place would mean contact with humans . . . I’m not very good at that, that could pose a problem

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

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Can a person be a Nun/Monk without belonging to a religion?

Was just realizing that I live the life of a Nun/Monk . . . the codes I live by, the standards I have (including no sex), the foods I eat (and don’t eat) the way I live in tune with nature and animals, even the way I dress (1600′s robes) all says I’m a Nun of some sort. Yet, I follow no religion.

Even things like my not talking and not driving a car, suggest a monks life style.

I have 14 cats, 2 ranchu, and 40 roosters . . . my lowest amount of animals . . . prior to the fire I rarely ever had fewer than 500 animals at a time . . . again, suggestive of a monk life style

vegetarian, with what most people describe as a very strict (way too strict) diet. . . again . . . monk life style

refusal to cut my hair and refusal to wear modern cloths, instead wearing long robes and capes from 1600′s or earlier (and often being chided for it, and usually being told I’m a witch as a result) most of the locals are terrified of me because of the way I dress . . . but again, if my clothes were brown instead of black, blue, or purple, I’d be dressed no different than a monk

my long time desire to breed chickens, while also to putting an end to all human consumption of chickens, again, suggests a monk attitude

my daily habit for sitting down and thinking deep thoughts for hours on end, contemplating on one question at a time (as I am now doing ) is suggestive of the meditative habits of a monk.

My building of the strange wild garden retreat of towering bamboo, wild roses, and grapes, all centered around an ancient car where I sit and write, surrounded by the wild birds that flock to shelter within my garden . . . . and the fact that my garden houses the strange creature/demon/faerie “Etiole” whom only one other person has seen, again, suggests a monk, both the garden itself and the fact that I’ve seen it’s odd inhabitant

my refusal to work what people call a “normal job” and instead to make a living writing and painting and rescuing animals . . . . more monkness

living the life of a hermit, going years on end without contact with humans, and than the few rare occasions I do leave the farm, where do I go: the library, the beach, Rachael Carson’s Wildlife Hiking Trails, the Botanical Garden, walks through the Ross Forest . . .

Am I some sort of monk/nun and never realized it before? If so, what should I do about it? Is there such a thing as a monk/nun without a religion? Are there others out there who live the same type lifestyle like I do?

I am deeply saddened by the acts of vandalism that are often thwarted at me, my pets, and my home, due to people finding my lifestyle so out of the mainstream

I has occurred to me, that maybe I should open some sort of a meditation retreat where people can come and be at one with cats and chickens and roses and trees, the same way I live.

How does one go about opening a place like that? and where? (Pyrenees comes to mind right quick. . . at the top of a mountain)

of course opening such a place would mean contact with humans . . . I’m not very good at that, that could pose a problem

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

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Was just realizing that I live the life of a Nun/Monk . . . the codes I live by, the standards I have (including no sex), the foods I eat (and don’t eat) the way I live in tune with nature and animals, even the way I dress (1600′s robes) all says I’m a Nun of some sort. Yet, I follow no religion.

Even things like my not talking and not driving a car, suggest a monks life style.

I have 14 cats, 2 ranchu, and 40 roosters . . . my lowest amount of animals . . . prior to the fire I rarely ever had fewer than 500 animals at a time . . . again, suggestive of a monk life style

vegetarian, with what most people describe as a very strict (way too strict) diet. . . again . . . monk life style

refusal to cut my hair and refusal to wear modern cloths, instead wearing long robes and capes from 1600′s or earlier (and often being chided for it, and usually being told I’m a witch as a result) most of the locals are terrified of me because of the way I dress . . . but again, if my clothes were brown instead of black, blue, or purple, I’d be dressed no different than a monk

my long time desire to breed chickens, while also to putting an end to all human consumption of chickens, again, suggests a monk attitude

my daily habit for sitting down and thinking deep thoughts for hours on end, contemplating on one question at a time (as I am now doing ) is suggestive of the meditative habits of a monk.

My building of the strange wild garden retreat of towering bamboo, wild roses, and grapes, all centered around an ancient car where I sit and write, surrounded by the wild birds that flock to shelter within my garden . . . . and the fact that my garden houses the strange creature/demon/faerie “Etiole” whom only one other person has seen, again, suggests a monk, both the garden itself and the fact that I’ve seen it’s odd inhabitant

my refusal to work what people call a “normal job” and instead to make a living writing and painting and rescuing animals . . . . more monkness

living the life of a hermit, going years on end without contact with humans, and than the few rare occasions I do leave the farm, where do I go: the library, the beach, Rachael Carson’s Wildlife Hiking Trails, the Botanical Garden, walks through the Ross Forest . . .

Am I some sort of monk/nun and never realized it before? If so, what should I do about it? Is there such a thing as a monk/nun without a religion? Are there others out there who live the same type lifestyle like I do?

I am deeply saddened by the acts of vandalism that are often thwarted at me, my pets, and my home, due to people finding my lifestyle so out of the mainstream

I has occurred to me, that maybe I should open some sort of a meditation retreat where people can come and be at one with cats and chickens and roses and trees, the same way I live.

How does one go about opening a place like that? and where? (Pyrenees comes to mind right quick. . . at the top of a mountain)

of course opening such a place would mean contact with humans . . . I’m not very good at that, that could pose a problem

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

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Can a person be a Nun/Monk without belonging to a religion?

black birdfall leaves centerblack bird

Was just realizing that I live the life of a Nun/Monk . . . the codes I live by, the standards I have (including no sex), the foods I eat (and don’t eat) the way I live in tune with nature and animals, even the way I dress (1600′s robes) all says I’m a Nun of some sort. Yet, I follow no religion.

Even things like my not talking and not driving a car, suggest a monks life style.

I have 14 cats, 2 ranchu, and 40 roosters . . . my lowest amount of animals . . . prior to the fire I rarely ever had fewer than 500 animals at a time . . . again, suggestive of a monk life style

vegetarian, with what most people describe as a very strict (way too strict) diet. . . again . . . monk life style

refusal to cut my hair and refusal to wear modern cloths, instead wearing long robes and capes from 1600′s or earlier (and often being chided for it, and usually being told I’m a witch as a result) most of the locals are terrified of me because of the way I dress . . . but again, if my clothes were brown instead of black, blue, or purple, I’d be dressed no different than a monk

my long time desire to breed chickens, while also to putting an end to all human consumption of chickens, again, suggests a monk attitude

my daily habit for sitting down and thinking deep thoughts for hours on end, contemplating on one question at a time (as I am now doing ) is suggestive of the meditative habits of a monk.

My building of the strange wild garden retreat of towering bamboo, wild roses, and grapes, all centered around an ancient car where I sit and write, surrounded by the wild birds that flock to shelter within my garden . . . . and the fact that my garden houses the strange creature/demon/faerie “Etiole” whom only one other person has seen, again, suggests a monk, both the garden itself and the fact that I’ve seen it’s odd inhabitant

my refusal to work what people call a “normal job” and instead to make a living writing and painting and rescuing animals . . . . more monkness

living the life of a hermit, going years on end without contact with humans, and than the few rare occasions I do leave the farm, where do I go: the library, the beach, Rachael Carson’s Wildlife Hiking Trails, the Botanical Garden, walks through the Ross Forest . . .

Am I some sort of monk/nun and never realized it before? If so, what should I do about it? Is there such a thing as a monk/nun without a religion? Are there others out there who live the same type lifestyle like I do?

I am deeply saddened by the acts of vandalism that are often thwarted at me, my pets, and my home, due to people finding my lifestyle so out of the mainstream

I has occurred to me, that maybe I should open some sort of a meditation retreat where people can come and be at one with cats and chickens and roses and trees, the same way I live.

How does one go about opening a place like that? and where? (Pyrenees comes to mind right quick. . . at the top of a mountain)

of course opening such a place would mean contact with humans . . . I’m not very good at that, that could pose a problem

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

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Ladies If You Were A Guy…

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Is this weird question night or what? I’ve been surfing forums tonight and they all seem to have really weird questions being asked on them tonight. Like this one for example:

I am wondering – ladies if you were a guy what kind of guy would you be when it comes to dating? A one woman man, player, lover, married etc etc.

My answer?

I’d be like Lord Sesshomaru… avoid women, avoid sex, avoid every thing and every one, and get very mad whenever anyone tried to break through my barrier of avoidance. Actually… I already do that now, so I’d be exactly as I am already, only I’d be a man and not a woman.

Actually, I CosPlay men, already, and will be CosPlaying Sessh next, so, hey, I’m one step there already!

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

Obsessed? I’m Not Obsessed… REALLY, I’m not!

When Next You See Me I’ll Look Like This:

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Ladies If You Were A Guy…

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Is this weird question night or what? I’ve been surfing forums tonight and they all seem to have really weird questions being asked on them tonight. Like this one for example:

I am wondering – ladies if you were a guy what kind of guy would you be when it comes to dating? A one woman man, player, lover, married etc etc.

My answer?

I’d be like Lord Sesshomaru… avoid women, avoid sex, avoid every thing and every one, and get very mad whenever anyone tried to break through my barrier of avoidance. Actually… I already do that now, so I’d be exactly as I am already, only I’d be a man and not a woman.

Actually, I CosPlay men, already, and will be CosPlaying Sessh next, so, hey, I’m one step there already!

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

Obsessed? I’m Not Obsessed… REALLY, I’m not!

When Next You See Me I’ll Look Like This:

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Wearing kimono in public…

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Why is this considered so strange?

In the 1970′s my grandmother went to Japan and she brought back a kimono for me, I was about 8 years old, and I literally lived in that thing, and still, 25 years later were it on a daily basis, along with my other ever growing collection of kimono and various Japanese cloths. For me these are just my normal ordinary, every day cloths. I live in them day in and day out. So why do I get stopped by people every where I go, who want to know why I am wearing a kimono?

Ok, so, yes, I live in America, and no I’m not Japanese, but what does that have to do with it? Why do every one automatically assume that this is a costume?

Yesterday it happened again. I was in Target buying dog food and car litter, when a women comes up to me and tells me she loves my kimono, than wants to know why I am wearing it. “Am I on my way to a party? No.

If this happened just once or twice it’d be one thing, but it happens every single time I leave the house. I can’t go shopping without people stopping to ask if I’m on the way to a party or a comic con or a ren faire or if I’m an actor from a local theater…. is it really so odd to see someone wearing a kimono in America?

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

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Wearing kimono in public…

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Why is this considered so strange?

In the 1970′s my grandmother went to Japan and she brought back a kimono for me, I was about 8 years old, and I literally lived in that thing, and still, 25 years later were it on a daily basis, along with my other ever growing collection of kimono and various Japanese cloths. For me these are just my normal ordinary, every day cloths. I live in them day in and day out. So why do I get stopped by people every where I go, who want to know why I am wearing a kimono?

Ok, so, yes, I live in America, and no I’m not Japanese, but what does that have to do with it? Why do every one automatically assume that this is a costume?

Yesterday it happened again. I was in Target buying dog food and car litter, when a women comes up to me and tells me she loves my kimono, than wants to know why I am wearing it. “Am I on my way to a party? No.

If this happened just once or twice it’d be one thing, but it happens every single time I leave the house. I can’t go shopping without people stopping to ask if I’m on the way to a party or a comic con or a ren faire or if I’m an actor from a local theater…. is it really so odd to see someone wearing a kimono in America?

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

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Wearing kimono in public…

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Why is this considered so strange?

In the 1970′s my grandmother went to Japan and she brought back a kimono for me, I was about 8 years old, and I literally lived in that thing, and still, 25 years later were it on a daily basis, along with my other ever growing collection of kimono and various Japanese cloths. For me these are just my normal ordinary, every day cloths. I live in them day in and day out. So why do I get stopped by people every where I go, who want to know why I am wearing a kimono?

Ok, so, yes, I live in America, and no I’m not Japanese, but what does that have to do with it? Why do every one automatically assume that this is a costume?

Yesterday it happened again. I was in Target buying dog food and car litter, when a women comes up to me and tells me she loves my kimono, than wants to know why I am wearing it. “Am I on my way to a party? No.

If this happened just once or twice it’d be one thing, but it happens every single time I leave the house. I can’t go shopping without people stopping to ask if I’m on the way to a party or a comic con or a ren faire or if I’m an actor from a local theater…. is it really so odd to see someone wearing a kimono in America?

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

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InuYasha 558: Sesshomaru x Rin x Kaede

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Okay, so if you’ve followed the books these past 12 years, you know that the final volume came out this week, and if you know me, you know I had all ready read it less than 3 hours after it hit the newstands. If you’ve read it you know that everyone lived happily ever after, except as usual Sesshomaru, who for the 7th time in this series has had yet another woman he loves, taken away from from him. Sara died, Kagura died, Rin died twice and he just keeps bringing her back, yo get the picture. Sesshy’s life has been made complete hell in every volume, and this final volume was no exception. InuYasha married Kagome. Miroku marries Sango. Rin is taken away from Sesshomaru and sent to live with Kaede.

As the days go by and more and more people read the final chapter of InuYasha, and I go through blogs and forums reading people’s responses to it (me only being interested in people’s responses to the Sesshy x Rin part of course!), I am finding one thing a bit odd. Most people seem to be reading it as Sesshomaru left Rin behind, forcing her to live with Kaede.

I actually read the ending totally differently… weird… but I guess I’m weird so, yea, it figures, but anyways, the way InuYasha said that Kaede said Rin was to learn to live in a human village (note that he said, that Kaede said it, not Sesshomaru) I took that to mean that Keade took Rin away from Sesshomaru, not Sesshomaru left Rin with Keade… that is what it says after all, that “Kaede said it”…. not “Sesshomaru said it”.

It seems to me that if he had left her, he wouldn’t be coming back with the gifts either; it’s more logical that Kaede took her, thus now Sesshomaru is sticking around the village and bringing Rin gifts, biding his time, until she’s old enough, to take her away from Kaede without Keade or anyone else being there to say she’s too young.

Well, that’s the way I saw the ending as being.

Did anyone else see it this way, or am I the only one who does not think Sesshomaru left Rin behind?

And another thing… why is this bugging me in the first place? They are fictional characters, it’s not like these things really happened anyways, and yet, I’m all riled up over this! I just can’t get this out of my head. Weird.

I need to examine this farther. I don’t think Sesshomaru would do anything he didn’t want to, it’s not his nature, that’s true, but than all the fuss that went into protecting Rin, over a period of what, 460 chapters?, something like that, would be pointless if he suddenly said to himself, “It’s time to leave her somewhere.”

It’d have been nice if Rumiko would have shown us what triggered the sudden, send Rin off bit, because it is so out of character for Sesshomaru to do that willingly. And it’s out of character for him to not fit to keep Rin.

It seems easier to believe that it was Keade who took Rin away, rather than Sesshomaru who suddenly dumped Rin off on Kaede, and yet, his past actions tell us that if Keade did take Rin from him, he would have reacted but lashing her to pieces with his claws, and than walking over her bloody remains to carry Rin away from the village.

Logic tells us that if Sesshomaru suddenly decided to leave Rin with Kaede, that some event had to have happened to trigger such a dynamic change of character for him. The question is, what could have happened to cause him to do a full 360 degree turn like this?

On the other hand, we do know that Kaede has a soft spot for children, and has been seen on countless occasions to be caring for children from the village. We also know that until the death of Naraku, Kaede had no knowledge of the fact that Rin was living with Sesshomaru. Upon Naraku’s death, Sesshomaru and Rin ended up in the village because Sesshomaru was chasing Naraku and Rin was following after Sesshomaru on Ah-Un.

We now that Sesshomaru hates humans, but we know also that of all humans he reviles priestesses the most, esp. Kikyo and her kin. We have heard these words come straight from his lips on more than one occasion. He refers to both Kikyo and Kaede as “that woman”, with a deep tone of disgust and hatred that far outweighs the hatred in his voice when talking about half-breeds or regular humans. His hatred of human priestess is unfathomable. And yet, not only does he leave Rin in the care of a human, but also a priestess, and to make it one step worse Kikyo’s sister! We have a major mega triple whammy on our hands here, one that glares off the page at us like a hand with 20 sore thumbs on it.

If he had left Rin with anyone else, there would not be so many questions, but the fact that he left her with the human, priestess who was the sister of Kikyo, just goes against everything Rumiko has ever told us about Sesshomaru!

It is completely impossible to believe, knowing what we know about Sesshomaru, that he would ever by himself, come up with the idea of leaving Rin in the care of Kaede.

It would be so much simpler if Rumiko had just added one more page, to tell us why the dessision was made to leave Rin with Kaede. I mean, we all know Sesshomaru would die to protect his beloved Rin. Likewise we all know Rinfights like hell against the idea of either leaving Sesshomaru or worse, living with humans (her worst dreaded fear of all!)

So taking all these facts into consideration, we come to the conclusion that something must have happened in the three year period, something drastic, to change either Sesshomaaru’s or Rin’s mind.

So whose mind was changed and why? Let’s look at what we know and than draw some conclusions:

We see Rin (wearing Kagura’s kimono no less!) happily helping Kaede. Giving that Rin now seems to enjoy living among humans, we can assume that she has somehow lost her fear of humans. We can also assume that she is no longer 100% dependent on Sesshomaru’s protection, and no loner feels the need to run to him for help. In fact her reaction to his presence suggests a tone of indifference. She does not seem to care that he came to visit her, it seems to be just another thing that happens. She is neither pleased to see him, nor displeased. This is out of character for Rin, who normally is overflowing with bubbling joy at even the slightest glance from Sesshomaru. Rin’s outlook towards Sesshomaru has changed, and rather dramaticly.

And why is Rin wearing Kagura’s kimono? How did she get it? If it’s not Kagura’s kimono, than why is she wearing a duplicate of Kagura’s kimono? Kagura being the woman Sesshomaru loved and probably would have taken as his mate had she not died, we must question the change in Rin’s wardrobe and the motive behind it. We know that Sesshomaru gave Rin her golden Noh robes, and we know that he gave you yet another kimono in 558, so we can safely assume that he also gave her this duplicate one that is like the one Kagura wore as well.

Okay, so that’s Rin now, lets look at what Sesshomaru is doing now.

We know how obsessed with Rin, Sesshomaru is, so to see them sepperated, is odd to say the least. Giving that Sesshomaru is still lurking around the village, in spite of his outspoken hatred for humans and his avoidance of setting a foot within a human village, we can assume that he not only still cares about Rin, and still desires to watch over her and protect her, in spite of the fact that she no longer lives with him, but that he is now forcing himself to put aside his hatred for humans, just to be near her. How odd and un-Youkai like of him! To make this whole series of events just a little bit wierder, we now see Sesshomaru flying in to not only visit Rin, but also to bring her gifts as well! Now that is the most, un-Sesshomaru thing to do of all!

Sesshomaru knew that Rin knew he cared for her, and while he knew this, he was not giving her gifts. It seems to indicate now, that Rin is questioning the fact that Sesshomaru cares for her, and he is now overdoing it, by bringing her gifts to prove to her that he does still care for her. If one was to look at the old Rin and Sesshomaru and compare them to the new ones, it would seem that their roles have reversed. Rin is now the cold emotionless one, no longer bringing gift after gift to her lord, while Sesshomaru is now the one bringing gifts to the girl ho no longer seems to care.

Why, is Sesshomaru, bringing her gifts? That part is so odd. Is her afraid that she will forget about him and brings her gifts to keep him on her mind? Is he afraid she will never return to him, and live the rest of her life with the humans, and so is bringing gifts to try to sway her to come back to him? Is she angry with him, and he brings gifts as a way to ask forgiveness? Any one of these things is out of character for Sesshomaru. He’s showing emotion. It’s like the episode of Star Trek, when Mr. Spock started laughing. It stunned everyone because Spock is devoid of emotion. Sesshomaru shows no emotion. Emotions are a thing humans do that make them weak and pathetic… he has said this in the past. Yet now here he is showing emotion, by giving gifts. What emotion is he showing? Love? Fear? Guilt? Does it matter? Either way it’s still an emotion, something that Sesshomaru does not admit to having.

So while most fans are saying that Sesshomaru had a change of heart and left Rin, it seems to me, that the one who changed was not Sesshomaru, but Rin. It looks more like Rin left of her own accord, and while Sesshomaru did not want her to leave, he also does not want to hold her prisoner and so let her leave, but is now regretting that he did so.

Why would Rin leave him? What could Kaede have said that could have gotten Rin to leave? Did Rin leave because Kaede told her to? Or did Rin leave and seek refuge with Kaede? Is it possible that Sesshomaru some hoe scared or hurt Rin, to the extent that she no longer felt safe in his care?

What could have happened, I suppose would be affected by how you view their relationship: Master/servant-pet; father/daughter; or lolicon, being the three most commonly accepted theories.

The whole gift-giving thing, completely throws out the father-daughter theory, because, lets face it, how many dad’s go out of their way to buy gifts for their kids for no reason at all? Fathers have a hard time remembering to buy gifts for Christmas and birthdays, and rely on the mother to buy the gifts for them… it’s not logical that Sesshomaru would be buying gifts for Rin if he thought of her as his daughter, though it is logical to believe that Rin did look up to Sesshomaru as though he was a father. I think the father-daughter theory, would only hold true in Rin’s mind and not Sesshomaru’s.

The master-servant or master-pet theories are so similar that I’ll call them one and the same. It is this theory that I personally felt held true for this couple, throughout the series. Rin clearly looked up to Sesshomaru as her master, and obied his every command without question. His fierce protection of her, is no different than the protection one gives to a beloved house-pet. He protects her, keeps her safe, kept her feed and healthy, and pretty much did nothing else. When a dog runs away or gets lost, you look for it, and when you find it you are so filled with joy that you shower it with gifts and treats. This seems to hold true for Sesshomaru’s actions. He has lost his beloved pet to a new owner and is trying to convince her to return to him, through the bearing of gifts.

Than there is the lolicon relationship, which I have already read posts from fans who are pointing the dreaded lolicon finger at Sesshomaru. Actually, as much as I hate to admit it, this does seem to be the most logical and highly likely reason for this unexpected turn of events. Weird, I find myself agree on this point, because until now, I had never actually believed that the lolicon theory was even possible. It just seemed to unlikely and out of character for Sesshomaru. The Sesshomaru gone lolicon was a theory that I pointed at and laughed. However, after reading 558, I can see this being a distinctive possibility, and one that could have gone one of three ways:

    One, Sesshomaru, did as most fans suggest, and sent Rin away against her will to live with Kaede. For this to be true in the lolicon theory, we would have to assume that Sesshomaru no longer trusted himself and sent Rin away to protect her from himself.

    Second would be that, Rin left of her own accord after a lolicon confrontation between herself and Sesshomasru left her scared to live with him anymore.

    Third would be that Kaede, accused Sesshomaru of being a lolicon and took Rin away from him. This one could go one of two ways:

    One Sesshomaru is in fact lolicon and Kaede somehow found out and took Rin away.

    Two, Sesshomaru is not lolicon, but Kaede just assumed that he was, and took Rin away.

Reading 558, I actually got the impression that the later was true. Kaede, saw Rin and Sesshomaru together for the first time, after Naraku’s death, and was not aware Rin lived with Sesshomaru, before that point (chapter 552). InuYasha said that it was Kaede who said Rin should prepare to return to a human village. (558). So we know that Shortly after Kaede discovered that 7 year old Rin was living with 700+ year old Sesshomaru, she told them that Rin should live in a human village. The question is, how did Kaede convince Rin to come with her, and why did Sesshomaru let Rin go?

We do know that more than once Sesshomaru has told Rin, she could leave if she so desired, so we can assume that it was Rin who decided to leave Sesshomaru, otherwise, I can see no way he would have let her go. He would not have sent her away. He would not have allowed anyone to take her away. The only way he would let Rin go, is if, Rin, left of her own accord. But why would Rin leave?

Have I gotten anywhere with all of this? No. But at least I got it off my chest and now I’ll let someone else unravel this mess and figure it out. I’d love to hear how other fans are taking this. Me? It’s safe to say that I am very upset over this and not taking it very well at all, otherwise I would not have spent the last 3 and 1/2 hours sitting here typing up this rant about it.

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

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