hmm that was almost a week

well well well
i managed to make it back this way within a week
amazing

3 short musings as i must work
*here at home, of course, in my pj's*

one..what's up with the new revival of pasties? and who knew they'd actually be kinda hot? not that i'd wear them. *ahem* perhaps after some more time to work off the children...but really..

do chicks really buy these and what...walk around the house in them? swing their boobs around and see if they can get them in sync? i mean..they DO look sexy. don't get me wrong. i think they are actually an enhancement for the lovely ladies not quite so ...robustly endowed as others
but aren't they a little like those elephant underwear for guys...more of a gag gift thing?

i wonder. poll please MEN
would pasties actually be a hot turnon?
or more something to laugh about?

now this site...graciously shown to me by the freakin awesome people at etsy after dark...is sexy as hell
the pics are awesome
the girls are hot and totally amazing and don't even look real
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5160005

but..come on
she's got a crazy headpiece
and is in a tree.

seriously?
wwywd & wibhisdi lmao
(what would your woman do)(and would it be hot if she did it)

ok musing 2
i'm totally lost
i was just on a page and at the bottom i saw links to twiter, delicious, stumbleupon, facebook....there's myspace and flckr and who knows what all else is out there

i'm not old. i'm 37 years young. and i'm pretty frisky...AND i've always been good at the net and boards and so on. so WHY does all of this seem so daunting? will someone give me some info please. what the hell is stumbleupon and delicious GOOD FOR? what is the point. yes. i've read about them and visited the sites. i've looked at twitter

i just
don't
get it

how can everybody spend all this time all the time on this stuff? somedays i feel like my brain is going to explode and it's all i can do to manage my online store
( http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5846638 ) and blog here every once in awhile

sign o' the times i guess
enough bitching woman sheesh

musing 3

*drum roll*

i'm going to change the freaking awesome artist of the week. maybe tonight. probably tomorrow

so gaze, while you can...on my evil crow gatekeeper and go visit
gothiccrow on etsy.com whenever you please. i'll be keeping my crow around for a bit methinks...but i'll let him wander somwhere else in the nest

*side note* i think it's actually so odd and funny (read below somwhere and you will understand why) that i am actually writing as if anyone READS it.
that's allright. there's an audience in my head and they LOVE me.
standing ovation going on in there on most occasions *grins*

be well nomads

raven

freakin awesome artist of the week

hm
i may try this weekly
i may not
either way the days i DO do it will be great, indeed

the very first freakin awesome artist of the day is
(drum roll)

Gothic Images by gothiccrow on etsy.com
and out of New York

http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5151388

you'd have to be into this sort of image i suppose
but even if you're not they will stir a reaction in you...promise.
and if you know crows and ravens - if you've ever found them haunting and eerily powerful- you will be amazed at the photos and images this artist has captured

they almost seem posed...some are so perfect for the meaning and moment. but you can't pose crows
laughs
that rhymed!
and ravens only do what they want
they do seem to beckon though don't they

her artwork also has a special feeling/appearance to it because of THIS:
PAPER DESCRIPTIONS:
The Metallic paper uses a patented combination of film and laminate layers that result in striking, high gloss, three-dimensional, images on an ultra-bright background.

The Kodak Endura paper has accurate color, excellent neutral flesh reproduction with brighter blues, cyans, purples, and reds with a satin appearance and feel.

The canvas sheets are textured giving the appearance of textured art"

cool eh?
"

because she is freaking awesome,
she's also told me i can use one of her pics on my blog here because i adore it and he seems to me to be a brooding gatekeeper

watch your step
*chuckles*

great prices, priceless images
check her out

new freakin awesome person next week
if you're lucky

hasta pasta
raven x

new day

ok so
good morning!

let's be all shiny today, shall we?
so far, the day has gone well...
i woke up...yelled at myself to just make up my frigging mind...decided to break a bunch of commitments which suprisingly was very liberating
(thank you sark)
and decided to take a chance on a whim which may very well prove to be much more stressful than i dare take on buuuuuuut

what the hell

if i died monday would i be pissed i didn't go this weekend?
yeah. if nothing else to witness an actual body painter...which i imagine will be very cool

AND i might get contracted to paint the entire inside of a small art haus
AND i will get to get a break from being momma and be jen here and there
AND i will most likely have a drink or 5 and smoke too many cigarettes

which is good on 2 levels
1 - i could give a shit mode i'm having a night off
which everyone needs once in awhile
and 2 - reality check the next day where you are thankful for being out of that phase but you really can FEEL you stepped away from the little box called life and blew out the sides a bit


is that an odd way to weigh your options...if i died tomorrow...what would i think about this or that
hm
well i do think that way...often
almost every time i guess come to think of it

how about you?

be well nomads
raven x

return to the inn? or etsy strikes again

alright....well

it's been a long long while
in fact..it's been a long while since i was even a steady blogger
i have a long lost website somewhere that is jam packed full of things you'd rather not hear but it was on 02-04/05 thing

i've painted 1400 square feet of murals since my last post here i just realized
i suppose that's a good excuse for not being here

and opened our store on etsy.com....
(twistedtreestudio. GO there. NOW. you have no idea what cool things you just missed out on to buy because someone beat you to it)
which is an amazing place full of amazing artisians of all kinds from all over the world and i'm totally obsessed. etsysessed
ok maybe not totally but i spend way too much time there

of course i'm marketing or promoting or looking at how other people are successful on the site ...little bit of forums...
but still

yeah but i used to go to all those bullshit sites just to waste time...then i tried to transfer to places on here like look at this and dark roasted blend...not sure if bits and pieces is here...
now first thing i do is go to etsy and check what stats i can see...

but
today is one of those days that is a small constant headache in the back of your head...and four irritable children are like fingernails on a chalkboard. so me not in no mood to write

and i'm also skeptical cuz i never wanted to blog to an audience
i just wanted to blog....free of care of who was reading

now that i'm trying to kick start this cuz so many people on etsy say it's a good way to network

but i'm not going to be all professional and prim and proper here
this is my inn
haven for the raven
i'll still say what i damn well please
and if you don't like it well i'm sure you know where the door is

in the mean time great to see you!! i hope to post more often and with much more humor than today real soon!!

oh and by the way check out all our freakin awesome art

i will be adding people who are also freakin awesome
please check back

be well wanderers

raven x

random killings

for years now there have been random mutiple killings

i was actually in the hospital giving birth when the columbine shootings happened in colorado...and death was all there was on the tv when i was trying to celebrate life.....

but i noticed it then...as if it was gaining momentum. like killing people was starting to be a fad. scary, eh? and yet, look at where we are.

i read, as i'm sure many did, many stories about kids taking guns to school to exact revenge of some sort. there was the whole 'going postal' "joke" that went around....there has been mass ethnic 'cleansing' events around the world from us...

recently, it seems to me, there has a been a rise in parents killing their children.....but it started with the whole 'postal' phenomenon i think

by the by..you know...i really don't think i believe in a heaven and hell...as i feel strongly that the purpose of life is for our spirit to learn something

and we must reincarnate however many times it takes to get those lessons right and graduate to total peace and consciousness

anyway....just because i don't believe in hell doesn't mean that i don't see the necessary exsistance and balance of good and evil
nor that i don't believe in demons or evil spirits
i think there's a whole bunch of stuff out there we don't understand
and i do think there are things out there with a definite negative menacing feeling about them...

that said

if there's any evidence of the 'devil' manifesting itself.....ie; some evil energy that is gaining strength by the number of spirits it can infiltrate and total disrupt their psyche

it's all of these random killings that seem to be gaining strength
it's too often like a perfectly normal person....even those who seem given to a laid back state of existance....or children who know little of the world...or mothers...or fathers...or people all over the world who decide other people need to be slaughtered immediately. ahh i could go on, sadly, couldn't i?

anyway the point is it's as if suddenly these people are afflicted with some completely....paranormal idea to kill. one day fine, the next bloody murder?
and not just kill randomly or one person...but in ways that will kill as many people as possible or kill those closest to you

what the hell is going on

it makes no sense

it's as if....there is a disease or a force that is gaining ground that no one sees

now i'm no bible beater...sorry if that offends those who are
but i will admit i don't like what i see in society
not just ours...but around the world

what's with the random killings; world?

travel on

raven x