Vodou Blue's Tea Garden

birthday wishes

2012-05-23T03:42:55Z

Happy Birthday, heard_the_owl

(not quite on time, as always. *L*)

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kindest person ever

2012-05-22T20:58:21Z

My son is the most generous person I've ever met. When he was four, someone gave him some cookies but didn't give any to his two-year-old sister. Without any prompting, he offered to share with her. What four-year-old does that?!

Today, he just received money as high school graduation gifts from relatives. I asked him what he wanted to spend it on. He wants to take us (parents & sister) out to dinner and a movie.

Like I said: kindenst, most generous person I've ever met.

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zombie apocalypse team

2012-05-22T19:41:32Z

Mine is Nancy Botwin from Weeds (aka 'bait'), Darth Vader (yes! \o/), Jackie Chan.

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fabulous

2012-05-18T02:50:54Z

This never fails to get a smile out of me.

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fic rec

2012-05-13T21:56:30Z

When SN first started broadcasting, I got into the fanfic pretty soon, but I was really picky about only Winchester stories, no RPS or AU. It took about three years before I got into (and fell completely in love/lust/obsession with) J2 fics. Which is my only excuse for not reading And The Rest, As They Say, Is History by raina_at@LJ sooner. *facepalm*

I wish I could tell you the thing I really appreciated most about it, but that’d be spoilery, so Imma just say it’s romantic and hot and pretty effin’ adorable! And I’m still laughing about the red sticky notes! *L*

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something to ponder

2012-05-11T17:55:45Z

Wow, this is a well-said thinky-thought: Are Men Attracted To What They Think Other Men Approve Of?

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and on a good note

2012-05-10T16:13:05Z

Son passed driver's test! \o/ Who's an awesome driving instructor? This gal!

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a moment to whine

2012-05-10T15:22:53Z

Car is broken; phone is broken; stove is broken; coffeepot is broken. Internet was broken, but is working now-- just long enough for me to be the only fan alive who didn't see the Padababy pic, but not long enough for me to miss all the retraction posts of, '*le sigh* I've deleted it out of respect, but *squee* soooooo cute!'

Don't get me wrong; I respect the deletions, it just sucks to listen to everybody squee about how al;jdf;lsadhfelhrf;erf!!!!!! it was. *sadface*

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double-take

2012-05-05T04:18:25Z

Just saw this photo on Tumblr that looks remarkably like Jensen getting a -ahem- facial. NSFW!

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Beltane

2012-05-02T00:54:57Z

Blessed Beltane, everyone.

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hypertension

2012-04-27T21:44:12Z

HOMFG, I think I might be having a mild heart-attack right now!

As some of you know, I’m in the process of teaching my son to drive. We’ve just gotten back from our latest lesson and my blood pressure is mighty high. I honestly don’t know how I’m gonna survive it.

On the plus side, he is getting much better. He only twice almost hit a parked car today, and only made me screech “curb!” about six times-- which he did manage to avoid running into the whole outing. \o/ He is also -thankfully!- one of those newbie drivers who goes a little too slow instead of a little too fast.

I think I need some caramel hot tea. (and maybe a little porn)

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ain't it the truth

2012-04-15T16:53:41Z

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my life in random

2012-04-12T20:27:44Z

Snagged from akadougal

If you read this, if your eyes are passing over this right now,(even if we don't speak often or ever) please post a comment with a COMPLETELY MADE UP AND FICTIONAL memory of you and me.

It can be anything you want - good or bad. :)

When you're finished, post this little paragraph on your journal if you are so inclined and see what your friends come up with.

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randomness

2012-04-12T18:38:29Z

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birthday wishes

2012-04-11T02:09:56Z

Happy Birthday, tifaching!

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big thanks

2012-04-09T22:14:00Z

heard_the_owl is an amazing artist, and an even better friend. Thanks, sweetie! *HUG* You are a gem! (now, here-- have some porn *L*)

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lolz

2012-04-07T17:52:16Z

My hubby sent this to me-- he knows me sooooo well! *L*

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vodou_blue @ 2012-04-05T11:04:00

2012-04-05T16:05:21Z

Wish I saw this on my Tango. (thanks again, peepingdru!)

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art, fics & eReaders

2012-04-04T02:54:07Z

So when I went to load a few of my perennial favorite fanfics onto my shiny new eReader (my first one! squee!) I discovered that without cover art I can’t distinguish them from each other-- the writing is too tiny on the ‘bookshelf’ display.

Which led to a brief hunt for pics I could use as personalized cover art. I have no computer-art-making skills, so it’s all just pics I was able to scrounge up with a search engine that make sense in my head as relatable to the poor lil nekkid ficcies.

So far, so good. \o/

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my blah

2012-03-21T05:02:12Z

I truly have ceased to exist, haven't I?

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effin' scary

2012-02-23T01:50:28Z

I generally keep my political biases to myself, but this is an article I feel morally obligated to share:

Why Rick Santorum Would Have Killed My Daughter

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birthday wishes

2012-02-19T17:42:45Z

Happy Birthday, twinsarein!

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Valentine

2012-02-14T18:45:32Z

Happy Valentine's Day, everybody!

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change of plans

2012-01-25T21:58:45Z

Hubby and I had dinner reservations to go eat haggis for Burns Night tonight, but it started raining like crazy at around two this morning and didn’t stop ‘til around two this afternoon. Houston has a huge drainage problem, so it’s too flooded for us to reach the restaurant Downtown. *sadface*

Hubby and I got tired of sitting in our electricity-less house, so once it stopped raining in our neighborhood (which has better drainage than Houston-proper) we went to our local Asian grocery store (which did have power) to entertain ourselves looking at all the cool food and stuff.

Which is where I discovered my new addiction: coconut Pocky. I’d never seen coconut Pocky before, so of course I had to get one. OMG! *flails* I loooovvvvveeeeee coconut Pocky!

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viewpoints and disagreements

2012-01-22T21:46:24Z

Been seeing some disheartening things in fandom lately.

I know that no matter what I say (or fail to say), I will make some people angry because I disagree with them on ‘hot button’ topics. Here’s hoping voicing some of my thoughts won’t cost me too much grief or companionship. *fingers crossed*

I have read a lot of arguments, and have come to a couple of conclusions:

1. There will always be disagreement over whether dark subject matter fantasy is harmless or dangerous.
2. There will always be people who entertain themselves by deliberately provoking outrage in others.

Personally, when I find a comm/meme/feed/blog/etc offensive or upsetting, I simply withdraw from it; I have no intention of keeping up with any hobby/pastime that fails to entertain me. I don’t announce to them that they offend me, because that will only feed the trolls; I just leave.

Oddly, my refusal to contribute to online arguments makes some people very upset with me.

I have a very clear grasp that most Internet Fandom posts are just noise. While I certainly would (and have) taken a stand in instances of real harm occurring, I tend to ignore the empty Pretend Land versions.

Silence does not always equal agreement; sometimes it just means ‘your insubstantial words bore me’.

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