| Engagement portrait guest books |
[10 Dec 2009|04:04pm] |
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One of my favorite ways to use engagement portraits is guest signature books. I love to design custom guest books for couples that showcase their portraits. The final result is a photo album with personal notes from friends and family. Love it!
What are some of the coolest ways you've seen people use engagement portraits?
( More photos of engagement guest books in use at weddings )
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| Long time lurker, first time poster |
[10 Dec 2009|08:49pm] |
Hi there. I just got my first tattoo about a week ago, it was done by Nicola at Terry's Tattoo Studios in Glasgow. It's a semi-literary one; lyrics from a Moloko song to be exact. The line I chose relates to my love for literature and the fact that I recently moved from Finland to Scotland to kind of... Start over, as dramatic as it sounds.
( No, there is no middle ground - semi-NSFW )
My second tattoo will be from Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov, I'm just not sure when I'm getting it as I want it on my ribs and I hear it's painful, haha.
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| making a pattern |
[10 Dec 2009|02:22pm] |
So I have this dress I bought at a thrift store years ago. It's obviously homemade and fits me like a dream. But it's a little threadbare and I'd love to make a new one. I've scoured Simplicity and McCalls for a similar pattern with no luck.
It's a fairly simple sleeveless A-line dress with princess seams. Is there a decent pattern-generator thing I could use to draft it, or should I just lay it out and try to trace the individual pieces? It's 5 parts: front panel, two side panels and two back panels, with a zipper up the back.
My dressmaking experience is confined to Renaissance gowns with fitted bodices, so princess seams are new to me.
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[10 Dec 2009|11:20pm] |
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| Kerouac |
[10 Dec 2009|08:35am] |
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I"ll be posting some pics later on my profile so check back later. I'm debating whether or not I should leave it or cover it. I'm also thinking of getting another tattoo, something to do with Fight Club. I love that book and forget about the Movie lol I watch it weekly lol. I think I need to buy a blue ray just do I can watch the 10th anniversary edition.
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| ~first tattoo~ <3 |
[10 Dec 2009|04:18am] |
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Hi guys!
So I posted on here a couple months backs asking for advice on my first tattoo, and got it shortly after. I've been lurking around for a little while, so I figured I'd finally post up the result hehe =).
( pictures under the cut... )
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| I made another hat |
[10 Dec 2009|12:54am] |
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This is the third hat I've made from this pattern. I love it a LOT. I shaved my head 6 weeks ago for charity, and haven't gone hatless since (bald? COLD. You have no idea how cold you can get until you have no hair).
So, I finally found a hat pattern I like, that I can make myself easily - I kind of went to town.
But on this, the third iteration, I added something...
( now with EARFLAPS )
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[09 Dec 2009|07:26pm] |
Remember that terrible meeting I was at a week or two ago?
This is a quote from the info page for the art show they came up with:
The Art Sluts: The Art Statement
(A show about art and commercialism)
As we all know, “Art” was invented by the Papacy for propagandist purposes. Stunning imagery coupled with distinct and subliminal messages provided Italy with the ultimate arsenal, which they used to re-enslave the modern world during the Renaissance. Were it not for the ravenous black plague, Art would have undoubtedly enveloped the Earth and suffocated its inhabitants.
It is in this tradition of deception, depravity, greed, and prostitution, that we set forth to forge a new identity in the Art community. Simply put, our kind has lain dormant for an inordinate period, and now is the time to unleash our seed of evil onto the populous. We command the shit shovelers and peasants to descend into our domain and revel in the divine purity with which we create. Do not resist. Submit, and take your place among us. Those who come quietly will be spared.
How embarrassing. I feel like I'm supporting and legitimizing these people by taking part in their event. Even looking at their facebook page to copy their artists' statement made my hate myself. Seriously, students are useless. Art students more so.
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[09 Dec 2009|07:31pm] |
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1. How do you feel about the name Alice spelled the original way: Alys?
2. Do you think most people would just think its a Kre8tive spelling on the part of the parents?
3. Do you think Alys goes with a twin sister Maya? Feel free to suggest other siblings for Alys or Maya.
4. And from my Aunt: Is Freya and Maya to close for twin sisters? How about Leila and Maya?
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[10 Dec 2009|08:21am] |
vilia, kodak color + 200
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| Happy Birthday John Milton |
[09 Dec 2009|03:49pm] |
Hey everyone. Just thought I'd throw it out there that today is John Milton's birthday! Or at least it would have been if had lived for 400+years haha. I've checked the tags but I was hoping every one could throw out some links to their favorite Milton related tattoos or if you were to get a Milton tattoo what would you get?
I have 2 quote I have always grappled between, I would love to have either one someone on me.
-Here my hours are free to be dedicated to the quiet Muses; and my books, which are my life, quite carry me away. -John Milton
-"Freely we serve/ because we freely love, as in our will/ to love or not; in this we stand or fall" (Paradise Lost).
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[09 Dec 2009|03:42pm] |
patients from last night:
Yvelyne (prn. like Evelyn)
Parrish (m)
Gini
Laurel
Fern
Melquiades (m)
Ivadene
Barton
Cordelia
Dorothy(x3)
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| Kerouac tattoo |
[09 Dec 2009|03:38pm] |
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My first literary tattoo was "kerouac" tattooed across my left arm. I got in when I was 17. It's faded over the years and I'm not quite sure whether to re-touch it or just let Jack be....:)
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| Vonnegut Tattoo |
[09 Dec 2009|11:43am] |
On Saturday I got my fourth tattoo and a quote from Kurt Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle.
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Enjoy,
Done by Jeff @Iron Age Tattoo and Piercing in St. Louis, MO
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[09 Dec 2009|09:55am] |
I want to make my own Coraline doll.
I dont even know how to go about that. I have pictures of it and everything but what kind of fabric should I use?
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| birth announcements |
[09 Dec 2009|03:50pm] |
Clementine Alice Lalage (Miles)
Amelia Rose (Lilly)
Digby John (Freddie)
Molly Kate Elizabeth (George, Freddie)
Kit George Henry (Matilda, Hector)
Thomas Herbert Jasper and Felix Lynden Toby
Willow Annie Jessica (Wilf)
Florence Elizabeth (Fred, Woody)
Harry Frederick Somerset
Isabella Olga
Emilia Alexandra
Imogen Elizabeth
Logan George (Robbie, Grace)
Isobel Ivy
Elodie Elizabeth
Jessica Claire
Alexander Owen
Eve Julia
Zara Annabella Emine (Isabella)
Bethany Rose Maria
Montgomery Joseph
Daisy Izobelle
Lucas Lee
Elliot Henry (Oliver Samuel)
Louis David
Leah Rose
Emmie Rose Tabatha (Brodie)
Elliot Mary (g)
Ralf Lewis Matthew
Betsy Mable
Gage Ryan (Tyler)
Antonietta Ruth
Reed Daryl (Dana, Zoe)
Jaiden Jolie
Elyse Claire
Paizley Shae
Slayton Joseph
Ken'dralynn Jacolby
Cecile Katherine
Raehea Natalya (Dyona,Nahalyn)
Kenadie Rayne
Genesis Belen
Quinn David
Zoren Maddux
Kaelyn Lacey
Victoria Michelle
Faith Mae
Carter Trenton
Zion Bluesky
Madison Marcella
Jailey Elise
Brady Dean
Alyxis Bailey
Vladimir (Daniel, Ruslan, Anna, Abel)
Kaliegh Renee
RiLee
Maddix Calvin (Creighton)
AryiAna Rubi (Caleb, Adryan, Xavier, Juan)
Elliot Elizabeth (Addyson Taliena)
Landon Luke (Tucker)
Liam Asher (Lucas, Logan)
Mary Izabella Danyel (Colton)
Adam Edward Lee
Maggie LeighAnn
( Read more )
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[09 Dec 2009|07:47am] |
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"Two rules to success in life. 1. Don't tell people everything you know."
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| Hunting for Fashion Design, Patternmaking, etc links |
[09 Dec 2009|04:35pm] |
Hi everyone! I am on the hunt for great fashion design, patternmaking, tailoring, etc type links to add to the Fashion Students Online link directory. I really hope to build this directory into a fabulous resource. There are some great link resource sites already, I know, such as costume.org but they do not cover the topics we hope to cover (schools, manufacturers, freelancers, tutorials, suppliers, and more).
If you have only a few links that you would like to submit you can do so at this address, but you need to be logged in (I can not override that unfortunately):
http://www.fashionstudentsonline.com/submit-a-link
If however you have ten or more links to submit we have just set up a new multi-link submission page (you do not need to be a member):
http://www.fashionstudentsonline.com/multiple-links
We even accept exported favourites / bookmark files from your browser!
Just export your bookmarks out of your browser (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, etc) and send the file to us and we will do the sorting and adding. It couldn't be easier!
This message has been x-posted to advanced_sewing, corset_makers, sew_hip, and craftgrrl
Thank you!
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| Ch-ch-changes... |
[09 Dec 2009|08:24am] |
Oh, I just don't even know what to say about the latest GMA developments. It's, like, a bad news-good news situation. The latest is that Chris Cuomo will leave for 20/20 or (sob!) another network and George Stephanopoulos will replace Diane. That's the BAD news. The good? Supposedly, Juju Chang will then become the news reader. And you KNOW how much I love Juju:
She's the whole reason I got to visit the set last year! She introduced me to Diane and Robin and Sam AND Ashley Tisdale and Vanessa Hudgens. I mean, come on. I kind of owe her my life for that. Plus, she's a totally sweet person and a GREAT reporter. So I'm happy, happy, happy for her. But in a perfect world---and I know this isn't one, none is, but we can dream---they would have moved Chris up to co-anchor, brought Juju in as news reader and TA-DA: dream team. Sigh. Oh, well. I'll shut up now.
In other news, all the power stuff went well on Monday, and my office now has LIGHT! Check it out:
Cabinets come later this week, then carpet next. It's actually starting to seem REAL, finally. On the downside, the power outage apparently caused a fatal error (don't you hate that term? It's so scary!) on the DVR in our playroom. The other one, that has all my Friday Night Lights and Hoarders and everything else, was fine. Which is great. But the one that died had ALL of Sasha's shows: a ton of Olivias, Gabba Gabbas, and Sesame Streets. POOF! They're all gone, leaving me to try to explain why we can't watch Slimy get a pet bug or Olivia in the old west anymore. Yikes. A new receiver is on the way but we're basically relying only on DVDs until it gets here and we can start taping again. I don't let Sasha watch much TV---and I know some of you are shocked to hear that, but it's true---but we do let her have a little while she eats breakfast, and I'm not sure how long we can keep watching these same DVDs over and over before there's some kind of toddler riot. I am trying to stay calm, at any rate.
So I've written here before about how much I love Rosie O'Donnell. I used to watch her talk show RELIGIOUSLY. I even timed my trips to the gym so I could be on the treadmill when it was on. Then I watched her on the View, until that kind of imploded, and she disappeared. But then, flipping around my Sirius XM radio the other day in traffic, who do I hear but Ro? She's got her own morning show, every weekday morning. Hooray! If you've got Sirius XM, find out more here. I am such a nerd that I am just waiting for the chance to try and call in. I would DIE to talk to her, even for just a second. No joke.
Finally---God, sorry this entry turned out to be so long---I got a request from someone on the comments asking for book recommendations for holiday gifts. Personally, I loved the new Jennifer Weiner, Best Friends Forever, and I'm eagerly awaiting Anne Tyler's latest, which is coming out in the new year. Also I LOVED Olive Kitteridge, which is not the newest book but was new to me and reminded me what great writing is all about. What a book. If you have other recommendations for this reader (and for me!) feel free to leave them. Especially if they are picture books. We have all the Olivias and all the Corduroys, and have read them a million times, so I'm ready for a change, Big time!
Have a great day, everyone!
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[09 Dec 2009|11:05pm] |
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| Карл Булла. Немного истории. |
[09 Dec 2009|07:08pm] |
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Значительное усовершенствование фотографической техники на рубеже XIX–XX веков открывало все новые и новые возможности для развития фотоискусства. Выбор сюжетов уже не ограничивался съемкой портретов и видов из окна. Подход к профессии стремительно менялся. На этой волне стали появляться первые фоторепортеры. Карл Карлович Булла, петербургский фотограф немецкого происхождения, одним из первых в России осознал преимущества живой документальной фотографии. Он оставил после себя 230 тысяч негативов, запечатлевших эпоху, став родоначальником отечественной фотожурналистики
Памятник Карлу Булле.
Санкт-Петербург, ул. Малая Садовая.
Рядом, на Невском проспекте, 54 находится выставочная галлерея им. К. Буллы.
Рекомендую посетить всем приезжим фотографам.
Сайт Фонда им. К. Буллы http://bullafond.ru
Камера: Lomo-Compact
Пленка: Fiji Superia 200.
Октябрь 2009 г.
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| Snow day |
[09 Dec 2009|12:28am] |
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A very happy Ally, frolicking in the snow
December 8, 2009
We've accumulated about nine inches of snow over the last three days. The temperature hasn't gone above 15 or so during that time, so we have no ice and only fluffy powder. When the sun came out this afternoon, I bundled up and took our eager dog into the canyon.
( More snow photos )
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| Wedding ideas: Winter weddings |
[08 Dec 2009|06:20pm] |
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Christmastime wedding at Donovan Pavilion in Vail, Colorado
Today's snowy weather has inspired me to do a Wedding Ideas post all about winter weddings. Colorado is famous for its winters and champagne powder, so it's a particularly beautiful time to get married. It's certainly romantic to snuggle up next to someone as the snow falls.
A note to all you wedding planners out there:
I have a huge section of my website devote to wedding inspiration: http://www.charlottegeary.com/weddingideas I hope it's helpful for you!
( More photos of winter weddings )
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[08 Dec 2009|07:56pm] |
[34] Private Practice/Kate Walsh
[6] Grey's Anatomy
[25] Gilmore Girls
[8] Lauren Graham
[4] Matthew Perry/Lauren Graham
Total Icons: 73 :)
PREVIEW:
  
click HERE for all of them at my lj
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[09 Dec 2009|12:23am] |
Matt Groening, creator of The Simpsons, has sisters called Maggie and Lisa, and parents called Homer and Marge. He didn't want to name Grampa Simpson after his own grandfather, so let the writers choose a name. The writers chose the name Abraham, which coincidentally is also Groening's grandfather's name.
Source: Wikipedia entry for Matt Groening
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[08 Dec 2009|04:36pm] |
 Adolf Hitler targeted the Jews in the Holocaust not simply out of hate, but for strategic reasons. Describing his plan to take over Germany, and then Europe, he wrote:
I scanned the revolutionary events of history and… [asked] myself: against which racial element in Germany can I unleash my propaganda of hate with the greatest prospects of success? …I came to the conclusion that a campaign against the Jews would be as popular as it would be successful.
Jews, Hitler figured, were already well hated and, thus, would lend themselves to demonization quite easily.
However, Ronald Berger writes in his essay The “Banality of Evil” Reframed, once it was decided that the Jews would be targeted, “the most immediate difficulty that confronted the Nazis was the construction of a legal definition of the target population”.
Who was Jewish? At first, the Nazis defined Jews as non-Aryan. But this became problematic because nations with whom Germany wanted to ally (e.g., Japan) were arguably non-Aryan. The regime settled on a definition that linked non-Aryan-ness to religion. Both racial and religious characteristics could qualify one as “Jewish.”
Source, with pictures instruments for measuring Jewishness: Sociological Images
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| Quilting |
[08 Dec 2009|02:27pm] |
I'm making my cousin a quilt for Christmas. This is my first ever attempt at quilting, so I was hoping someone on here with some experience could help out. I am either going to straight line machine quilt it (probably in diamonds, but I'm open to suggestions) or hand tie it. Could someone please go over the relative merits of each method in terms of effort, speed, and durability? The top is shirting flannel, I have warm&natural batting, and the backing will be some somewhat but not very heavyweight stuff I got of the $1 rack at Walmart. I had a picture of the completed top that I would share, but it won't work. Also, I don't know if it makes any difference, but the top is 12.5 in squares in a 4X5 grid.
Thanks
x-posted to advanced_sewing
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| Family names |
[08 Dec 2009|11:11pm] |
I am from big family and these are their names. I am not going to list the grandchildren of my uncles and my aunt because i don't know everyones name.
(Emre is the youngest one (4) and Nazik must be oldest one being almost 40.
Names are not in chronical order)
Grandfather/Grandmother
Agca (Osman was his official name but everyone knew him by his nickname)
Emine
Sons/wifes/children
Mehmet/Anis: Fidan, Yusuf, Emine, Fatih
Salih/Raziye: Sadettin, Sadet, Seda, Selda, Osman
Bilal/Durdane
Ahmet/Mevlide: Hilal, Zeynep, Emre
Ramazan/Neriman: Bünyamin, Rukiye, Halil
Cemal/Fatma: Yasemin, Fadime(me), Zahide, Murat
Daughters/husbands
Zekiye/Ömer: Nazik, Fadik, Döne, Zöhre, Ayse, Kibar, Recep
Fatma/Oktay: Kazim, Aylin
Eited: As most of the names in this community are english, i wanted to share some turkish names with you. I have nothing against english ones, but i find it interesting to know more about other countries. I am just curious.
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| Twi-hard! |
[08 Dec 2009|02:23pm] |
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I saw a birth announcement for a baby today at my dr whose name was Isobela Cullen. Her middle name was Sophiella, or something, I don't remember. I just know she was born in April of '09, so who knows if the parents got the name from the book or not. Lol, all I know is changing the spelling of Isabella doesn't help much! Just wanted to share that, I thought it was kinda funny. ;P
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| Friends' kids on facebook. |
[08 Dec 2009|12:32pm] |
Thoughts? Sibsets are on the same line.
Connor and Caitlin
Morgan, Brooke, and Hannah
Sebastian
Bria and Malia
Kaelin (g)
Kobe
Isabelle
Kendyl (g)
Nathan and Matthew
Caine
Avery (b)
Belauna, Caleb, and Natalie
Alexander, Karen, and Ian
Landon and Brayden
Kelby
Autumn and Kayla
Rowan (g)
Lily
Jack
Riley and Brandon (twins), and Madison
Addison(g)
Samantha and Evan
Benjamin
Kaidence, Josslyn, and Declan and Sawyer(twins)
Catie and Nathan
Teo
Hayden (g)
Hayden (b)
Randi and Kennadi
Amy
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| Nice names from my classes |
[08 Dec 2009|02:55pm] |
I know we all love train wreck names but I thought I'd follow another post down under this one and post about some nice names I know from the University.
Boys:
Aitor
Angel (it is a guy's name here)
Eduardo
Samuel
Sergio
Isaac
Roland
Jacob
Andros (high school friend, uncommon but in Spanish it's a very strong and lovely name, I do get that in English it sounds... odd)
Girls:
Laura Christine
Stephanie
Isabella
Paola x 2
María Valentina
Valeria
Sol (means sun in Spanish)
Lucía x 2
Silvia
Mariana x 3
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| What's a bone in your body that you can never break? |
[08 Dec 2009|11:24am] |
Your (LOL) funny bone.
But your funny bone isn't actually a bone at all. Running down the inside part of your elbow is a nerve called the ulnar nerve. The ulnar nerve lets your brain know about feelings in your fourth and fifth fingers. It's also one of the nerves that controls some movement of your hand.
You get that funny feeling when the ulnar nerve is bumped against the humerus (say: hyoo-muh-rus), the long bone that starts at your elbow and goes up to your shoulder. Tapping your funny bone doesn't do any damage to your elbow, arm, or ulnar nerve. But it sure feels strange!
Source: KidsHealth
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| Beyond Jennifer, Jason... |
[08 Dec 2009|11:12am] |
In the book ' Beyond Jennifer, Jason, Madison and Montana' one of the mentioned trends was upper class families naming their babies something and 15 years later or so, all the other classes follow suit.
My name is Emma, and while I barely know any other Emma's my age, I hear it being screamed in the supermarket constantly today.
Aside from the meaning and fortune of a name, popularity is the most important factor for us. Third is versatility, can you pronounce it in French/ German etc..What about you?
P.s using the baby name trends when I met my friends 13 year old daughter, Kayleigh, I said " everyone is named Kayleigh, Madison or McKenzie these days" my friend said " Madison and McKenzie are her best friends"!
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| [Need a Craig Gif?] |
[08 Dec 2009|12:58pm] |
Recently, I found gifsoup.com and coupled with my animation shop thingydo, I started making gifs on my days off. I have a huge string of days of work coming up again, but in the meantime, enjoy this small cache of 25 (so far) gifs for your use that have yet to appear in tinypic.com search results.
If you have any specific gifs you'd like, post the youtube link in a comment and tell me whereabouts what time the clip appears in the video and I'll make it for you and add it to my collection, too. That way, in the future when they do turn up in search results, there will be a wonderful wealth of gifs for others, too. :D
So far, there's like, what, 5 gifs of Craig from tinypic.com search results, and most are duplicates of the exact same gif. BOO, I say! So have some variety.
Craig Ferguson gif folder
Sexy!Craig thanks you for your time
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[08 Dec 2009|01:50pm] |
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My cousin and his wife had a baby just a little over a week ago, and named her Hannah Noelle. WDYT? I love it, myself. I like both names seperately (REALLY like the name Hannah!) and I think they sound great together! :D
While I'm at it, I'll list the names of babies that my fb friends have had 'recently'; say up to a couple of years ago:
Alexis (the mother's name is Apryl, and I have another girl on fb named Aprill. What's wrong with plain ol' April?!?)
Carter Jacob Donald (another cousin's little boy)
Kingston Albert Patrick
Myra Joanne Rose & Michael John George (twins)
Paige
Oh, I thought there were more, but apparently not. :( There are a whole bunch of people who are pregnant on my list, but I couldn't see if they'd chosen the name yet, so oh well.
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| Nice Names For A Change |
[08 Dec 2009|10:34am] |
Some Facebook friends who I think have the "classiest" and "most traditional" names, all young 20's. I saw a photo with Katherine, Miriam, and Alma and for the first time was struck by how old, but refreshing, they sounded together. Then I decided to compile a list of other names I felt were equally classic from my other friends. I like them all - what do you think?
Katherine
Miriam
Alma
Alice
Inga
Juliet
Laurel
Nigel
Ruth
Sarah
Thomas
Elizabeth
Rebecca (Becky)
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