if you don't know qwantz, what do you know?

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i was playing a little retro playstation 2 game called crash bandicoot, cortex something or other, and it reminded me of dinosaurs once my little furry friend was being chased by one while trying to pick up his fruit and avoid the tnt boxes, and try not to instantly combust from nitro boxes. (crash bandicoot is a complicated game that involves an evil scientist and a fox in surf dude boardshorts). anyway, i realized that i hadn't been keeping up with my qwantz dinosaur reel lately.

if you're looking for wisdoms from t-rex and his two jurassic pals, then look no further than this hilar internet comic strip. woo!

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my favorite thing about 2008.

Posted by leah Pleides on 10:58 AM comments (0)

let's face it. 2008...not so great. not that i didn't mind going into an economic recession or watching john mccain's impression of a man who knows what he's doing, or how completely jacked that dumb rabbits video game is on (am i addicted? yes. yes, i am.) anyway, there was a lot of great moments too. first black president being top of the list. second probably being michael phelps. third being tina fey's sarah palin act. 


i'm always on failblog.org, because i don't know, watching people/things/animals fail at life is sometimes amazing and reminds me that if i'm not falling flat on my face, i'm doing something right. 

so this is a video from failblog.org and it's probably my favorite thing about 2008. 






happy new year's!

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you've been found, ornaglyph gallery.

Posted by leah Pleides on 9:54 AM comments (0)

alright, slians,



so i went looking for art today, specifically pop art. if you don't know much about it, this kind of stuff was popular in the 80s, an andy warhol thing. it's basically all about bright colors in contrastng color schemes, jokey humor, making fun of the serious and just "popping" out at you. it's still pretty popular today, and this style reminds me a lot of jason sho green with its comic strip nature.

anyway, i searched warhol, but then decided to be less specific, just pop art. and that's when i found a gem, The Ornaglyph Gallery, located in Healy that has a bunch of other art galleries (which i plan on blogging about at a later period XD).





"Ornaglyphs are single panel comics that can stand alone as single pieces of art...or may be grouped together to create original comic strips. The heiroglyphic non-language allows the looker to come up with their own meaning. " - Mindy Fisher, Ornaglyph gallery


the second life ornaglyph gallery is only the beginning for mindy fisher. visit her website, ornaglyphology.com for her latest works, information, and YES, an etsy store, thereby bringing her fabulous fun artwork into your home. you can buy ornaglyph paintings for around 100L on second life and the real thing at Mindy's etsy store for $100, which i think is definitely worth it. they're interesting pieces of art that just captivate me until i'm smiling and bewildered. it's a good thing. go go go!

SLURL: The Ornaglyph Gallery

listening to: broken hearts are for assholes by frank zappa

wearing:

ti*ko skin
cake hair
emery shirt
armidi skirt
fleur socks (free from the stocking)
maitreya heels
aitui tattoo
sunflower poses *very nice owner
laughing bunneh pose *free* from sanu! MUAH SANU!

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WELCOME TO FOUND GIRL.

Posted by leah Pleides on 9:32 AM comments (0)


hello, and welcome to a gathering. that's right, a gathering. i'll play magellan in this piece, and what am i exploring? well anything interesting, no beyond interesting, phenomenal. my time on sl is short, but i'm expanding. this is my attempt at expansion. i'm pretty sure that some of the things on this blog will disturb you, but keep an open mind. i do, and it's helped me out very well in learning about the slverse.

i'm an artist first, a writer second, and music is the thread that binds me together. my real life is as spontaneous as second life, only i may never get to go to middle earth or botanical gardens quite like the ones i've found here.

and that's what this blog is all about. it's about finding things, most of the time on second life, but i'll be finding other things. art, music, books, videos. you can expect to see all of this here. i'll be using sendspace and my blip.fm to bring you music. art will probably come mostly from exploring galleries around second life. book reviews will probably be less frequent but i do plan on bringing that into the mix (feel free to suggest reads, i like science fiction, mystery, horror, essays, graphic novels/comic books, and post modernism reads XD), and videos will come from wherever i find them, probably hiding out on youtube.

in any case, this is way too long. it's time to start the exploration.

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