Virgo:: Your relationship with time seems to be one of your biggest problems. There's never enough of it. You're always fighting against the limitations it imposes. It frustrates you and even hurts you. But let me ask you this: Can you imagine yourself cultivating a more friendly and cunning relationship with time? Are you able to visualize the prospect of you and time becoming more like allies than adversaries? How would it feel to regard time as a loving taskmaster that compels you to realize you can't do everything and must therefore focus on only your brightest dreams and truest pleasures? This is a perfect moment, astrologically speaking, for you to attempt this magic.

1. I sold $100 worth of jewelry last night! This covers my choli & Melodias for next month's performance! EEEE!

2. Sara's back from her honeymoon, and she brought shiny glass Venetian seed beads for me that she watched being made!

3. I have gazpacho and hummus for lunch! I am sensing a culinary theme!

4. I have aminal crackers! I mock you with my monkey pants!

5. I have a huge zit on my chin! Woe!

6. I am all the sudden in an obscenely good mood!

For my own reference, but if it helps you, too... so much the better.

Ebay:
Alter-Egos Bazaar
Belly Dancer's Heaven
Folk Vision
India Stop
Jinny-Jenna
Left Coast Trading
Melodia Designs
Uber Kuchi
World Emporium Kiosk

Etailers:

Auralynne
Black Lotus Clothing
Designs By Yao
Desert Dancer
Domba
Flying Skirts
Geisha Moth
L Rose Designs
Med'Devi
SharifWear
The Red Camel
Tribal Bazaar
Tribal Hair
Tribal Souk
Tribe Nawaar


Tribe.net:
Belladonna's Belts
Gypsy's Monkey
Liora Designs
Synari Designs
Road Warrior Tribal Wear
Shahlah Craft Designs
Tribal-Bay Marketplace
The Temple
Tribal Costuming
Wicked Harem
WitchHazel Design
Ya/Ao

Feel free to add!

I love my LJ. I met some of my closest friends-- RL and online-- through LJ. I update spaztastically. I extoll(ed) the virtues of LJ near and far.

But.

When my paid account expires in October, I will not be renewing, unless LJ Administration addresses, redresses, and places in effect a plan to prevent any further negligent, myopic shenanigans. There's a pan-fandom effort brewing to hit 'em where it hurts-- right in the wallet. Canceling a paid account for one person probably won't hurt 'em. Poor numbers in the upcoming permanent account sale will twinge. But thousands of fans with lots of shiny disposable income moving on to greener pastures? Yeah. Ow. You get the picture.

Don't misunderstand me-- there should be no place for child predators on LJ. Absolutely not. But in the recent rash of deletions, there have been rape and incest survivor journals, fandom journals, and even Nabokov discussion groups deleted with no warning. What if the target keywords were "BDSM" or "homosexuality" or any number of other kinks? How many of us would have been snuffed out?

There is a difference between planning or enacting illegal activity and the discussion of things that might squick ya. The lack of discernment, and indeed, the lack of word from SixApart is appalling. 55 pages of complaints and counting on the news page. Not a peep from the Brass.

We'll see how this one turns out. I'll tell you one thing, though. I sure as hell can live without extra userpics.


Oh, and-- for those of you who haven't joined-- fandom_counts!