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15 things

Art and Tea
1 hour ago
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Monty senses the excitement in the air! Remember a while back I mentioned a swap organized by Susan called 15 things? Well ......I received mine! The doorbell rang a few days ago and a mysterious package was handed over to me by a handsome postman:)

Look how lovely all the gifts are.... Wasn't sure if there was a special day we were supposed to open.... I couldn't wait.

Monty knew there was a reason to be happy. One of the packages was especially addressed to him!

I am thrilled with all my goodies!!! Thanks so much Pamela!!

Here is the 15 list.....old-fashioned, delicious, natural, salty, sweet, cat, dog, culinary, green,sparkly,useful, paper, scented, soft, garden. Can you guess what is what?

Level Up Your Game presents: Tekken 6 Basics

patapete
3 hours ago
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Time to head to the dojo and hit the bags!

New to the Tekken universe? My friend Darnell over at SRK linked these highly informative and easy to understand videos that discusses the basics of combat for the uninitiated. Level Up Your Game along with iamtekken.com have partnered up, featuring notable players like MYK a.k.a. Michael Kwon, a moderator over at tekkenzaibatsu.com.

Episode one is split into five different videos, each of which you can catch for free over at youtube. For seasoned veterans, you may want to skip to part three to catch a refresher course on combos and wall techniques. Lots of good info abound here folks -- check it out!

Level Up Your Game part one
Level Up Your Game part two
Level Up Your Game part three
Level Up Your Game part four
Level Up Your Game part five

Change is Coming

Inspirational Place
3 hours ago

Do you ever get the sense that something is going to change, something big in your life? I've been getting a few signs lately that change is coming..and I am hoping it will be for the better ;o)

Making It Happen
from DailyOm

There are times in our lives when all the signs seem to be pointing us in a particular direction. Our thoughts and dreams are echoed in the songs and stories we hear and the media we see. Maybe the message we are getting from the universe doesn’t even make sense in the “real” world, but somewhere inside, these urges feel right. Maybe you feel you are being told to move to a new city although your life where you are is just fine. Or maybe you feel the desire to pursue a new direction in your career when it never really interested you before. When we spend time getting in touch with our higher selves, our intuition sends us directives to lead us to become our best and most fulfilled selves. And when we are open and listening, the next step is to take action and go for it.

Once we make the decision to pursue our inner urgings, the universe sets into motion the means for all sorts of details to fall into place. A sense of peace will come over us, because we know that any questions will no longer make us wonder if our dreams are possible, but how to make them happen. Instead of deterring us from our goal, these questions only serve to clarify our focus to move us forward. We need not throw caution to the wind to follow our dream. The positive shift in our energy affects everything around us. Like a rush of water, it goes ahead to clear debris from our path so that we can go forward. Our new attitude also attracts likeminded people. Sometimes even the most unlikely angels arrive to help us along our way with the information and support we need.

Wherever your dreams are pointing you today, take a step. Take action and manifest your inner urges and soul whisperings.

thats not bread or popcorn thats a camera

jeffington
3 hours ago

large birdy

next time leave the camera and bring bread or popcorn okay

A Father's Legacy

Inspirational Place
4 hours ago

I found this very touching moment from Lakshmi Pratury recorded at TEDIndia this week.
She speaks of the loss of her father, and the legacy he left her in handwritten letters.
Very touching ~ Please enjoy

More Innovations from MT Masking Tapes

MT masking tapes - limited editions

Thanks to Mr. Wang from MT, last week I received a package of masking tape samples which are limited editions only to be sold in their very own new shop near Waseda University in Tokyo.

Kamoi's beautiful washi paper made masking tapes are getting so popular, many end user inspiration just keep coming in as evident from MT's web site. These new patterns and sizes you see here gives a hint about MT's development, more applications built-in to the tapes, like labels, wallpaper, wrapping paper and Xmas versions.

Check out MT's blog and you'll see how the shop looks like, can't wait to be there next year. If you can imagine it, Kamoi can make it, so don't be shy to send mail to them to suggest new product ideas.

me myself and i watching just black/white.

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me myself and i on a b/w trip.

i'm on a grey-scale or better black/whit trip. i think it is a phase because i'm so fascinated by all the masters of photography that i currently can't do anything against it... than taking b/w-shots too...

i will live that phase... what can i do else... until i edore the colorful ones again...

susan.

fatih. july 2008.

susan elsagir
5 hours ago
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fatih on his bike.

spontaneous visit last year...

what a good looking biker... :-)

photos taken by susan.

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I’m meant to be writing about the project, I’m behind with the words, and the pictures are taking so long to edit. There is so much to do, and right now I’m sitting here just falling apart for the millionth time this month. She died one year ago tomorrow and I can’t pull myself together. I’m so tired, I'm sadder than I can remember, I have felt like this for so, so long, to the point where I feel I can't even tell anyone any more. I’m a broken record, going round, and round, and round… Every time I think I’m getting there I’m smashed back down again, and I'm so tired of getting up. I don’t even care who reads this anymore, or what they think. I’m a schizophrenic to grief, I'm fine, I'm not, I'm broken, I mend, I look so bad. I cant remember what its like to look in the mirror and feel like myself, I'm permanently marked by the results of this strain, I'm scared it will scar me. I haven’t taken a self-portrait since May because I simply can’t stand myself anymore. I need this to stop; I need someone to take it away….. No one talks about her anymore, I feel like the only one who cries about her, she is everywhere, inside me, around me, fused into my soul, my shadow….. my heart beat…..my everything.

… I would give anything be my old self again, take me back 3 years before she was ill or I was ill, before any of the pain had begun. I feel like I can’t get through another day, I just want to sleep until I can’t remember anymore….. I miss her so much.