misty autumn

So this morning I signed into my MSN Messenger and the welcome screen had a story called “The Rabbit Ripper”.  Being the obsessed bunny lover I am, I click on it.  So this is story about some FREAK in Germany killing pet rabbits, talk about sick.  Most of the time he decapitates the rabbit and drains the blood, this is a serial murderer in the making.   This hits close to home, having 4 bunnies of my own, I could not imagine waking up one morning to find my furry little love ones lying dead in their cages.  Not only is this a terrible case of animal cruelty but cruelty to human emotions as well.

This case has been going on for a year, and I hope the ripper is found soon.  For the sake of rabbits and humans alike this freak needs to be put behind bars.

Here is a link to the BBC article with a video included, so those who don’t like the site of dead animals, don’t watch.

RIP the poor lil bun buns

Filed under: daily, little buns on July 11th, 2008 | No Comments »

Inuyasha is one of my all time favorite manga/anime’s.  This amazing story has had an eleven year run and published its final chapter this month.  I really hope this means the anime will be made of the rest of the story… they really left us hanging in season two.   I do still need to watch the movies that I have been saving for a rainy day and I don’t know how much longer I can wait now that I know the ending to it all.   Although the manga ends Inuyasha’s and the rest of the crew’s tale very nicely, Sesshomaru’s story really hasn’t ended at all. I know this is far-fetched, but wouldn’t it be nice if they started a manga based on him and his life from here on?  A girl can dream can’t she!  To read the last chapter, click here.  Enjoy : P

Filed under: daily, everything else on June 26th, 2008 | No Comments »

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Its a well known fact, just like bunnies I have an obsession with ducks. There its out in the open and now feel free to tease, but I cant help it! Now just about every baby animal is the cutest thing ever to me, but when I heard this little duckling snore, it was so cute I could throw up. Seriously. Just watch and listen.

Well for some reason this video clip royally screws up my blog layout, so here is a link

I can’t wait until the day I have lots of land and can raise little fluff bombs like that little thing.

Filed under: daily, nature on June 16th, 2008 | No Comments »

When I was young, Memorial Day was a day was just another holiday and a day for barbecue and as I got older barbecue and beer. Well things have a funny way of changing, or maybe its just called growing older. Either way, Memorial Day means much more to me now. A day of remembering those who have come on gone before me, remembering both my grandfathers who were in the service, remember stories Papa told me of the war when he was surrounded by Japanese solders while just trying to get a drink of water and thinking “if I can just have this water I’ll never ask of anything again” (he never did ask for anything), and hearing about his fallen friends in Pearl Harbor.

Today is a time of reflection, how good it feels to be alive and how much it hurts to lose those you love. Everyone complains about this war going on, myself included, but we really need to stop and support our men and women who are fighting this war. Don’t make them feel their efforts and lives are put in danger for a useless cause. I could NEVER do what they are doing right now and for that I highly respect them for their courage and bravery.

So for those of you who are here now and those who have passed from this life… peace be with you.

Filed under: daily on May 26th, 2008 | No Comments »

So its been a while, I know… not very good for blog reader usage. But it was time much needed and back I go into the full swing of things. So whats new? Question is what isn’t new! Since my last post I have moved, started my new career, and everything in between. Its great having my own apartment again and not have roommates. I loved living with Shauna, but so many people in one house is just asking for personality conflicts. Funny thing is, I live in Shauna’s old apartment! Ill have pictures of that later.

Speaking of pictures, my my my has Fiona grown! Remember that cute little fluffbomb from Fiona’s first thump… and grunt? Well shes huge. So huge she makes Koko look like a mouse.

At this point I think she was a little tired of the camera in her face.

Yes people, that is a dog bed… for a medium sized dog!

Her eyes are like endless dark pools, I love them!

Thats her little dulap, sooooooooo adorable!

Her face is so sweet and loving,I can’t resist it. She just looks like she needs to be picked up and cuddled at all times.

Peering at the big black camera in her face that keeps flashing.

I told you she is HUGE! She is bigger then Nero, and he is a 20lb Boston Terrier… not sure how much Fiona weighs, but probably close! So enjoy and I will be posting again tomorrow!

Filed under: daily, little buns on May 25th, 2008 | No Comments »

So on my second day of doing nothing of importance (yeah its great) Belle and I went to watch The Other Boleyn Girl.. major disappointment.   As a movie it was really good at first, but if you don’t know the story, the end is a little confusing.  Now this movie was SO historicaly incorrect, I was expecting a lot much more.  There were so many things wrong with it I don’t even know where to start bitching about the whole thing.

Lets just get a few things straight, Mary was no innocent girl, Anne was not the only one to go to France, AND Anne did not steal Henry from Mary.  You should really do yourself a favor and study up on Anne after you watch this movie, it makes her look terrible and I don’t care for it.

Back to having fun at Bu’s!

Filed under: daily, movies on March 21st, 2008 | No Comments »

All of you Irish folk better be wearing your green or blue (with a shamrock of course) today!

Saint Patrick’s history and goodie links:

 Saint Patrick’s Day

 The History of St. Patrick’s Day

The Official St. Patrick’s Day Festival 2008 

Sprinkles St. Patrick’s Day Cupcakes…. can you say yummy?  

 Celitc Music

Filed under: daily, everything else on March 17th, 2008 | No Comments »

Yesterday I gave my two weeks notice at softMirage and let me tell you, It was one of the hardest things for me to do. SoftMirage holds a lot of good memories for me along with fond feelings for an amazing group of people that I am going to miss dearly. But I am now at a time in my lifewhere I need to grow and expand. To learn and figure out what path I want to take in my career, and who knows, maybe ill be back.

This time of year always brings reflection for me. The last four years of my life have been filled with extreme sorrow and emotion. I lost a lot. First my Kona bun, then a week later my grandfather died, followed by two great uncles, my dog and to top that streak off, my other grandfather. Not to mention three more pet rabbits and finding my biological father. It was an emotional roller coaster! Almost all to much for me to handle and grasp. Relationships and friendships drifted away during my grief.  One, I miss dearly.

Not a day goes by where I don’t think about Hobie, Grandpa Donald or Papa. They were such amazing fixtures in my life and pieces of my heart are empty and missing without them. People tell me in time I will heal and the pain will feel less like salt in a fresh wound. But I doubt that. Maybe its because I feel to much, to passionately. People and animals in my life leave a permanent mark in my soul, they don’t just fade away. It shapes who I am as a person even though it feels as though the worlds weight is on my shoulders at times, I honestly wouldn’t have it any other way. I like who I am as a person.

When I called my grandmother to inform her of my new life decision, one of the first things she told me was how proud she was of me and how proud Papa would be of me too. This instantly brought tears to my eyes. I always wanted to make my family proud, and right before my biggest accomplishment of graduating college, my grandfather died. I was heartbroken. We were both looking forward to that day, he always wanted me to accelerate in everything that I did. I hope my grandpa Donald would be proud also. Not having a grandfather in my life seems so lonely, such a part missing that can never seem to be whole again.

Now that my eyes are all teary again and my nose snuffelly, I will end this post with a toast to the weeks ahead and hope those I love that have passed on are looking down from their eternal spot in the afterlife with smiles on their faces. For me, this spring starts a new beginning, a new chapter, and it’s very exciting.

Filed under: daily, everything else on March 7th, 2008 | No Comments »

Back in the day, when I first discovered the internet, my screen name was Universe. Now I always had a picture in my mind of what Universe would look like, but not until now have I actually made a illustration. So here it is, one of those many projects that have kept me to busy to post these last few weeks.

This is only the Bust. A full body is to come shortly… errrr when I have time to finish her lol . My first digital illustration in some time, I am a little rusty.

Filed under: creative, daily on February 9th, 2008 | No Comments »

So I do have lots of posts that I have written, I just need to upload photos and color correct or take new photos.  Once again, my same old excuses, I have had lots to do.  I don’t want to talk about them now, but soon all will be revealed.  But to keep my blog going I really do need to speed things up a bit,  so expect a lot these next few weeks.

For now I give you this photo.  Once again taken from my grandmothers neighborhood in Dana Bluffs.  But the spot I am standing on to take the picture has a lot of meaning.  Its not just some park, or the place my grandpa would take me to play wood tag.  Its the place we held his memorial.  Everytime I see this park, I remember its where we said our last goodbyes to him, really bitter sweet.  His death is still a fresh wound with salt being rubbed into it, even after almost four years.  But seeing the things we both enjoyed puts a smile of my face, and we both loved to watch these sunsets.

Filed under: daily on February 7th, 2008 | No Comments »

So I have been way behind on posts, along with a few other things as well. Things are almost to busy right now, but maybe some better time management skills are in need.

I did manage to finish reading Mademoiselle Boleyn this last week, great book. Like I have mentioned before, I am a huge Anne Boleyn fan, so naturally I was more then excited to read this novel. Mademoiselle is a historical fiction of Anne’s life while living at the French court from eight to about fifteen or sixteen.

A little background on how Anne came to grow up in France. She originally arrived to France with Princess Mary Tutor, the aging King Louis XII new young bride in hopes to produce a male heir. Louis dies before he can impregnate the English Princess and she is sent back home while Louis’s son-in-law, the gallant Francois I becomes the new King of France. Anne and her sister Mary are allowed to stay in France under Queen Claude’s household… with Mary eventually becoming Francois Mistress.

Now, without giving to much of the story away, there are parts I totally did not agree with in this story. First was that Mary was forced to become the “English Mare”, I don’t buy this. First of all not only was she Mistress to Francois, but also many other men at his court. After leaving France, she then became the Mistress to King Henry VIII of England while married to her first husband. This leads me to believe Mary is anything but innocent.

After reading this book I also had a few questions in my mind. Could have Anne really been friends with Leonardo da Vinci? Also I know Diane de Poitier was in and out the court around this time in Claude’s household, was it possible that Anne also knew her fairly well?

So, over all, read this book! Its a delightful read and will give new insight into what Anne’s life might have been at living in France. How she became so headstrong and fashionable before gracing the Court of England.

Filed under: books, daily on January 30th, 2008 | No Comments »

Living in Orange County has its perks and drawbacks, but this sight is definitely one of the greatest things about living in the OC. These are the hills from my house, I could not take a photo before the snow melted but I found this picture on the OC Register website.

Being able to wake up and see this is amazing.

And then drive down the street and see this (now this picture I did take).

Well thats it for today, enjoy.

Filed under: daily, photography on January 26th, 2008 | No Comments »

So I take out my camera to download pictures of my newest project with Miss Bu… but being the forgetful person I am, left the battery charger at my grandmothers and the battery is dead. So those pictures will have to wait until either Thursday night or Friday. I really piss myself off sometimes.

So I have to have a post and why not have another one on Nero =] As I type he is in the bedroom with Koko, terrorizing her during her out of cage time. But its ok, she can defend herself from the annoying dog. Nero is really fascinated with the rabbits and does mind himself around them. Sometime I have to tell him to chill the f out, but once he hears my voice he knows its time to behave.

Below is a picture of Nero at my parents house, he was posing in the sun. I think he likes to have his picture taken, hes a stud in his own little mind.

So thats it for today, a pretty short and boring post. Perhaps tomorrow’s will contain more excitement.

Filed under: crazy pups, daily on January 23rd, 2008 | No Comments »

Ok so I am not a huge fan of Rachael Ray’s but I have to post this video, It talks all about mona.vie and its health benefits. So take a look and if you are interested in the product, contact me or visit my mona.vie online store at:

www.mymonavie.com/mistyam

Filed under: daily, mona.vie on January 19th, 2008 | No Comments »