Decadent Darkness

We don't have cookies

2011-11-12T22:02:00.006-05:00

...but we have some phenomenal, kickass, beautiful and amazing Belly Dancers!!!I'm 2 weeks late in making this post partly because I'm still just floored by the whole experience. I can't thank Rising Sun Tribe enough for having me at Darkside of the Sun. Nor can I thank my Raven's Wing sisters enough for allowing me to dance the group piece with them.Yes, I'm the insane chick that danced a solo

Craziness!

2011-09-27T14:01:00.003-04:00

Yep, that's my life the last few months.I danced the We Will Raq You show and the Boho Stage Show. Left the troupe I was part of and have now joined a troupe 45 minutes away. The women in Raven's Wing are AH-MAY-ZING!!! Seriously I've never been among a group that is this supportive. So much so, that at Darkside III next month I get to put something into my dancing that I've wanted to for a while

Day 52 and the Werewolf soon comes to call.

2011-06-10T11:56:00.004-04:00

Today I've reached day 52 of being a non-smoker. I am nothing short of amazed that I've managed to do this. As I sit here this afternoon, vaping Chocolate chip cookies and Banana Nut Bread I realize just how much healthier I feel. Is vaping totally without risks? Is walking down the street totally without risks? No. It is, however, a hell of a lot safer than putting 4000 chemicals in the temple

Nearing day 19 as a non-smoker

2011-05-06T17:12:00.004-04:00

Tomorrow will be day 19 of the journey to being a vaper, not a smoker. I never, EVER expected it to be this easy. Some days are definitely harder than others. Like the days when my tastebuds are on the fritz and everything tastes like butt. Or, the coughing up of tar from my lungs but I feel a million times BETTER. That was my goal, to get healthier and I have!Since I started I've placed several

We Will Raq You!!!

2011-05-05T13:00:00.004-04:00

Yesterday, the lovely Wendy of Damhsa Gasra sent out the flyers for the big show in June. I was expecting just the one flyer, that is relevant to this part of the state. Imagine my surprise when there were 2 emails in my inbox.Before I go any further, let me explain something. I am an alternative bellydancer. I firmly believe that there is room in this wonderful community for ALL styles of dance.

New Pics

2011-04-25T21:16:00.007-04:00

The girls in Concord needed pics for the fliers for the We Will Raq You show. The pics we have are older than I was comfortable having represent me so we took new pics. These were taken at my grandparents grave and well they serve as pics for the band. More coming on that at the end of the week/weekend ;) These are the ones that I felt wouldn't work for what we need them for, so I figured I'd

The journey from smoker to non-smoker

2011-04-22T21:20:00.001-04:00

With this post, I let you in on a dirty little secret. For the last 3 years or so...I was a smoker. I had quit when my son was 10 after he was diagnosed with asthma. A little over 3 years ago, I picked them back up again. Yes, it's a filthy, disgusting habit but most so are most other addictions. I've tried SO many times in the last 3 years to quit again. Everything from patches, to chantix

The Werewolf goes to Concord!

2011-04-19T10:20:00.003-04:00

The lineup for We Will Raq You is out! 1st performer of set 2? Talk about pressure! ;) HUGE Thanks to the ladies of Damhsa Gasra for inviting me out!Friends, I'm happy to say our belly dance cup runneth over for this event.We've gotten so much support from the dance community and so much excitement about this show, we can't thank everybody enough. First a few words about how the lineup was

Group Performances and Solos coming up + Work and the like

2011-04-12T19:22:00.004-04:00

So things are a bit nutty around here right now. 2 weeks ago, Mercury Retrograde wreaked havoc, again. Motherboard went south, taking the Sata Controller with it, in turn it messed up the connector on my hard drive. Thankfully we were able to get my beloved's PC to boot the drive one final time so I could move everything onto the brand new external. Parts came in last Tuesday, but didn't get put

Amazing!!!!

2011-01-28T22:05:00.004-05:00

I found this a few days back and am still totally in love! I'm not an MJ fan but my Goddess how cool is this??These are two VERY accomplished classical musicians. 1.6 million views in 8 days, that's pretty fuckin impressive, IMHO.There's video on youtube now of my dance troupe from our second hafla as well. If you want to see it just drop a comment and I'll send a link ;) You have to remember

My Year in Review and What's to Come!

2010-12-11T19:49:00.000-05:00

It's that time of year again, to sit back and reflect on the past 12 months. To evaluate how I've grown and changed as a person. I think this is probably the biggest year of change for me, EVER. It's been a whirlwind to be sure!The year started out with us basking in the glow of being new parents still. Shortly thereafter, we were notified of Jussi's final INS interview appt. So off to Charlotte

A life transformed...my journey. (TribOriginal 2010!!!)

2010-10-10T15:05:00.003-04:00

I will warn you this is going to be a very personal post, moreso than most I do. Tomorrow I'll be doing some makeup reviews for you but today...you must deal with my revelations from the weekend. Else I won't have record of them. So indulge me...for now. This will likely be rather long, so please, forgive me.We started our at 8:30 on Thursday. A pick up at the airport was the first on our agenda.

TribO! TribO! TRIBO!!! Here we come!

2010-10-06T12:41:00.002-04:00

The day is finally upon us! OK so there's one more but I'm just so, so, SO excited!!! Today has been filled with doing laundry thus far. Email sending and replying is at a frenzied pace! We're doing airport runs so I have to make sure we've touched base with everyone. Next up, the car needs a bath in a serious way LOL. I have to make sure L.A has everything she needs, since daddy and grana will

Our first hafla!! (Some pics)

2010-10-02T16:06:00.011-04:00

Last Saturday we had our very first hafla and had a complete blast!! There are 6 of us in my troupe and while we need to fine tune, I think we're ALL pleased with how well we did.My instructor had her Gypsy Princesses perform as well. The two little girls were absolutely adorable I might add! For obvious reasons, I won't put their pics up here.After that, two dancers from Baraka Mundi performed.

Blix is having a giveaway!

2010-09-11T12:23:00.001-04:00

Fashionista, beauty blogger and belly dance extraordinaire, Blix, is having a giveaway on her blog. Go to Blix's Blog and have a peek!

Of Black Cats and Dance

2010-09-01T12:12:00.002-04:00

Once again, it's been a while but I have a damn good excuse LOL. I'm in the midst of planning a gothic/horror/halloween wedding with a Gothic Tea Party shower for a girl friend of mine. You can read the adventure so far over at Nocturnal Nuptials. On top of that the Body Lyrics Bellydance Student Troupe is hosting our very first hafla on September 25th! Myself and all the other ladies are SO

Think Before You Speak - An Essay on Paganism and History

2010-07-20T09:41:00.006-04:00

Think Before You Speak Please be aware that in the following paper I am speaking only for myself. The beauty of Paganism is each individual chooses what feels right to them. We are not told “This is how it is and this is what you must do and believe”. While for each of us that is part of what drew us to the path, it's

Makeup and Bellydancing :P

2010-07-05T19:57:00.004-04:00

OK so I was supposed to post a challenge a week ago and haven't gotten to it. Good intentions and all that. I've found myself extremely busy, which is typical when I have something I want to do and impose a deadline on myself.I've also been trying to put together my final AL order. This has been so incredibly hard for me. With the state of the economy and all the expenses a little one entail (

Farewell Miss K & Aromaleigh

2010-06-29T21:05:00.002-04:00

I know many of us are feeling a whole lot lost today. What a shock to find out that our beloved Aromaleigh will be no more. I could focus on what I think brought it about but it'd make no difference at this juncture and others have said it MUCH better than I ever could've.About 2.5 years ago several of us found out about Aromaleigh due to the fact that, at the time, she was sponsoring Emilie

Not quite ready for the challenge

2010-06-22T22:19:00.002-04:00

I know I said I'd have the challenge up yesterday but I didn't quite get the list done. I'd be working on it now but I'm rather bouncy with excitement. I'll dish it all up tomorrow. Hubby's just home from work so I'm going to spend time with him :)Roses & Razors,MorganaThe Deranged Dolly

Happy Solstice!!! Plus some updates.

2010-06-21T10:11:00.004-04:00

So today is the first day of summer and time for Litha celebrations! Tonight I'll be out frolicking with the Fae as this is one of their days. I'll be asking the Goddess and God to help find a way to stop the spill which is decimating the gulf coast. The tragic loss of life is just heartbreaking.Two weeks ago, for whatever reason, I picked up one of my books on Paganism and have been diligently

Victoria's Revenge...is sweet ;) - Review

2010-06-19T16:39:00.003-04:00

I've been trying for several days to get this review done but with a little one and all the other obligations I have the time just hasn't been there. Until now.Let me preface this by saying I'm not a beauty blogger. My blog isn't popular enough for that. Nevermind that I have too much going on to promote it to get more viewership.When Miss K began talking about the Victoria's Revenge collection

When is tearing down another the right thing to do?

2010-06-16T16:35:00.002-04:00

I went off the grid for several days last week and came back to a shit storm of seemingly epic proportions. I'm not going to go into too many details for many reasons, one of which is that I don't know the details. As I said, off the grid. Even if I had them, those that need to know them, do.I want to know what on Goddess green earth possesses people to be so vengeful, spiteful and petty. Does it

New Bellydance gear!

2010-05-20T13:37:00.006-04:00

I have a million things I want to do every day but it seems I get NO time to do any of them! I'm going to try to remedy that but no promises. Things have gotten mad crazy around here as of late. Let me see if I can hit the highlights of the goings on.This week I FINALLY got my 16 yard circle skirt I ordered from ebellyfashion. Absolutely gorgeous and positively HUGE!I'm glad I didn't get the 25

Bellydance & TribOriginal

2010-04-22T09:41:00.004-04:00

So some know that I have taken up Bellydance in the last month and a half and I am absolutely LOVING it! After I had L.A. I had lost a ton of weight but I needed to tone in the worst way. The county does this membership card deal, where you pay $10 for 24 visits over 8 weeks to various gyms and classes around town. When looking through the list, I see (or rather hubby sees) one of the classes is

Whirlwind activity! :P

2010-03-26T10:18:00.004-04:00

Things have been absolute insanity here lately. Besides taking care of my precious little L.A. I took on a HUGE project nearly a month and a half ago. I can't really say much about it yet but on April 1st the proverbial doors will be thrown WIDE open!I've also been working on some new 3d content. Deranged Dollies for Cookie and Deranged Dollies for Nina will be out SOON!These are 2 of the Nina

Productivity & Facebook

2009-12-04T12:31:00.002-05:00

The last couple of days have been really productive for me. I got the Disciples page at ReverbNation set up finally as well as our FB Group. Sample tracks we're working on this weekend if our luck holds out. Not that anyone's joining the latter. I've had more requests at ReverbNation from total strangers. No biggie, I know most people aren't gonna like our music style. It'd of been nice if when I

LOTS of News!

2009-11-30T20:26:00.004-05:00

OK so it's been forever since I updated this blog. Tons has happened and tons more is about to! As you can see I FINALLY got my blog header and layout done. I'll be adding links and banners back tomorrow.Lily is growing like a little weed. At her 2 month checkup/shot visit she weighed 11lbs 15oz. She's also in the 95th percentile for height for her age. I'm SO glad that she got her daddy's height

Get up and burn an X in your head

2009-11-02T14:30:00.008-05:00

So this year, we got to dress up. It was Lily's first Halloween and I was NOT about to let it pass us by.Hubby went as Hellbilly Deluxe Era, Rob Zombie. My son went as the Crow. I went as a Zombie bride and Lily went as Pooh Bear! Since I refuse to use cheap makeup on my face it just stands to reason I won't put it on them either. So I thought I'd detail what I used on them as well as showing

Mineral Makeup Mutiny, cause and effect!

2009-10-26T17:41:00.002-04:00

Let me preface this with a tiny note. I haven't posted a blog in nearly two months because a) I had a baby the 6th of September and b) I'm dealing with my 3rd death since August. Subsequently, this 3rd one is why I'm trying to take my mind off things. I won't be mentioning the violating company by name but if they wanna send me a cease and desist, feel free. Word of warning, this is MY blog and

The Art of Goth Couture

2009-08-28T17:20:00.002-04:00

I figure this is my blog and if I wanna go OT I can! The other day a question got asked at the Aromaleigh forums about goth/vampy clothing and it got me thinking. How many others are out there, interested in the style of dress, but with no clue where to start? OK maybe not that many but if there's even one, this post (and I'm sure future posts) will hopefully help them.The first thing to remember

Birthday from hell!

2009-08-13T21:28:00.002-04:00

I meant to do this earlier today but well, the last several days have been a bit more madness than I can handle.Yesterday was my 36th birthday and I've vowed I'm not having anymore! My husband, being the gem that he is, was the first to wish me a happy birthday; somewhere around midnight. I went to sleep feeling happy and content. That changed at about 11:30 yesterday morning.My mom had gone with

Welcome to Dark Decadence

2009-08-05T06:56:00.000-04:00

Blood is the new Black!I must apologize for the bland nature of this blog. I wanted to get it up as quickly as I could and new headers will come in the near future. :)I'm the first to admit I hate talking about myself. However, a blog makes it a bit easier to do so. The purpose of this blog is to connect with those who appreciate my artwork, may wish to commission work or who may wish to speak to