Blog & Updates

Tues 27 April
Mom is out of hospital on a fat free diet and resting up.
I'm so relieved that it's "only" gallstones- so much worse was hinted at *sigh*
Thankyou again to everyone for your support and care.
Updates:
Shadow-wings Oekaki are down until saturday (bandwidth pbs)
I'm working on a brushes download page at webbie (seven sets)
New adoptions from Glitterbug (see joined)
New Qbee patches
Wonderful visitor: Melissa
About the contest, I need to sort out shadow-wings.net's bandwidth first then I'll contact my affiliates about being MC/judges.

Tues 27 April
Mom should be out of hospital tomorrow- she has lots of gallstones and will have her gallbladder taken out in a month (or before if things don't clear up well)
Thankyou everyone for your support *huggles*
Kira-chan your email was really reassuring ^_^
Much wub to you all

Sun 25 April
Shadow-wings is back online
No updates today: Mom has gone into hospital


Sat 24 April
-New button bgs for the btn maker from Chibi
-New splash page images by Chibi (been busy this weekend ^_^!)
-Oekaki Museum updated and examples of spam posted
-New contest link: Sakura Cafe's link hunt (see splash)
-Recieved Gifts from Chibi and Mazzie *huggles*
-New Fanart from ILuvAnime
-Chapter 11 of Sakura's Quest in Time by Isaac
-New Fanart by Mina
-Added new awards and gifts
-Shadow-wings went over it's bandwidth this month but i've emailed pp.org to see if i can get it back online before the first of may. ^^; I'm also going to try and get the bandwidth down by using the same top image everywhere and maybe stripping the code slightly...*cries* if only doekaki v2.0 was ready <3 <3
much love to all
Personal: Please pray for my mom - she's got a bad stomach and will have to go to hospital if it doesn't get any better.

Thursday 22 April
-New Gift layout for Anti-hentai from Kira-chan!!! *huggles*
-New Qbee patches (they are pouring in at the rate of 4 or five a week ^^;)
-Updated the domain to match the guestbook and portfolio
-Current site work:
Pondering whether to switch to doekaki a CGI oekaki script with a much simpler, cleaner interface and cool functions, the developper, Dormando, is really friendly too!!
-Current Project:
Learn PHP- I've got this e-book: learn PHP in a 24 full hours course but finding the time and energy to actullay read and understand it is something else =p
Huggles to all

Monday 17 April
What with webbie getting a revamp I suddenly noticed those ugly ugly free buttons that were on offer so I deleted them and replaced them with a cute button maker. ^^;;
It's very simplictsic but looks slightly neater than badly optimized gifs ^__^;
Listening to Keane: Snowed Under (*^_^*)<3 found on a random site yesterday.
Making graphics is infinitly easier for me than writing letters, words don't come easy to me^^;
Oh gotta go change the oekaki challenge: this week it's Dark chii!
huggles to all my friends (yes! you!) and lots of wubwub
*semi-hibernating*


Friday 15 April
-Webbie redesigned slightly (to do later: add psp brushes on their own page)
I'm much happier with the new layout-the sub links are now on their own pages.
-New beautiful Fan-art by Krysha (see fans)


Thursday 15 April
-New Qbee trades
-Added Kelly's Cherry Blossoms to the affiliates as there was an open slot (Sakura's Dream Cloud seems to be on hiatus)
-New set of brushes (available only by request-comment or email me) on a grunge theme
One day...when webbie is sorted out i'll put my brush sets up there or maybe i'll put a little dedicated section on suppi.net.(all sets: flowers, stars, hearts, swirls, wings, grunge)
-Added a new page to suppi.net: about the sites

Tuesday 13 April
-New Qbee trades
-New "High Quality Only" Oekaki board (looking for a spamchecker)
-New latest oekaki images are displayed on the Shadow-wings main page!
-Today's wonderful visitors are Xiao Cai and Angelheaven272003
-Mazzie has a gorgeous new layout: http://www.ancalima.co.uk«Check it out
-New affiliate for Suppi fanlisting
-New fanart "Sakura Dance" by Chibi
-Chibi's Splash images have been added to webbies free graphics section!
-I also have a contest in preparation- it will be as big as last years summer contest with a few differences...
It will be co-"hosted" by any CCS sites willing to join in ; the webmasters of those sites will be the judges: they will be able to join in but not vote for themselves.
The files would be hosted on shadow-wings with it's own to make it not just a SLG contest.
Prizes would be custom blinkies, sig/avatar sets and possibly downloadbles like MP3 or scanlations.In anycase it's not for this week as i'm too busy right now but I'm starting to put things together and work things out to space out the work (not all at once ^^;;)

Saturday 10 April
-New Qbee trades
-Sorted the affiliate page out
-hidden a bunch of easter eggs around the site for Sakura Café's easter egg hunt!
-Added a whole load of bishie birthday awards *Thankyou to my webfriends and Kira-chan! -group hug- you are all glomped majorly by me!*

Friday 9 April
Lots of people asked so I decided to write an article on how I make layouts and what goes into the process:
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For the exact tools used please check the FAQ + credits (see sitey)
It's a bit of a long blurb that goes a bit personal for a while with blabla about shadow-wings but then there are tips and tricks.This is another hard to find page on the website
Secrets with loads of tips on site making-all the things i learnt the hard way =p
mega huggles to all

Personal:
I'm started my anti-biotics course on thursday and it's very like chemotherapy, the first week of it can leave me really messed up all day except for a few patches when it's ok- then it's up to me to choose whether to spend time on my family, do a chore, get some site work done or reply to emails. let's just say that doing emails is the hardest so it comes last.I've been taking them since the end of november I think.
Each course lasts three weeks then I have two weeks off, the first week on them and the second week off them are really bad.So those weeks updates are scarce-check the archives with a calendar if you want proof. Deal with it. I update really often the rest of the time and provide some pretty decent content for the lovely visitors but anyone starts whinging about no updates , no replies you can go visit other websites or be flamed *grins* Remember that on the other side of the screen there is a nauseated, feverish, exhausted person who is just waiting for an occasion to get express anger-well actually i'm such a doormat that i'll probably say nothing and wait for you to just go like with a bad spot.But if I learn from my wonderful friends Kira and Mazzie I could learn to be quite scary when circumstances require it.Hmm need practice...but want sleep...bah! oh well =p Tee hee hee.
Btw this is a "Blog + Updates" so I get to post whatever boring stuff I might want my friends to read as well as the site updates.This is the updates page for all the sites on the network and my main personal sitey so the stuff posted here is not always CCS related.It's not the standard way of doing things but it's the way I work. I'm thinking of maybe making suppi.net redirect to this website (SLG) and have the other websites links on a network page in the future....hmm gotta go...byees and huggles


Wednesday 7 April
Replied to guestbook queries
Entered Izzy's "no brush" contest Go Join!
It's another Purachina costume edit =p- while you are there check out Cherrie's Ssh edit- it's so pretty!!!

Monday 5 April
Wonderful visitors: Rowlena, Carito, Gatekeeper, Cindy
Suppi fanlisting has two new affiliates: Touya+Yuki fl and Yoru no Uta fl by Isilme
New fanart by Chibi (see fans)
New Chapter 9 to Love Wish by Esthela (see fans)
Created an egg to hide in the easter egg hunt run by Sakura cafe (see affiliates)
Updated the awards and layout archives

Monday 5 April
New layout! (with matching btns, banner, awards, email stationary and signature image)
For those curious enough =p: It IS a recolouring - Sakura does not have a dress that shape AND that colour,  It took me two days, there are 3 unused different Purachina costumes PSP edits and 5 other costume edits on my computer along with a collection of 50+ potential images, this particular image was under my nose the whole time and then suddenly it said: "I'm gorgeous! Choose me!" and Voilà!
Note: The menu was created using divs and spaces.
I'll try and reply to my emails tomorrow *gomen ne* Meep! my inbox is getting full *sweatdrops*
Mega huggles to everyone for their support and lovely birthday wishes and presents,
you are the best!!!
More hugs

SLG site stats:
392 html files, 11 phtml, 284 jpg + 11938 (in galleries), 463 gif +322 (in galleries)
406 Mo: 396 (in galleries) + 10mo (main site)
1 Domain + host (Suppi.net provided by E-starr.com)
7 image accounts (2 wanadoo + 5 multimedia) 3 media accounts (geocities)

Thursday 1st April
24 hours in the life:

00.05 I still can't sleep. Nausea, sore tummy, stinking headache and body aches so bad it's making me cry, not red in the face bawling-crying, just tears silently flowing off my face.I havn't felt this bad in ages. I roll out of bed, curse Ambien(tm), throw some trousers on, avoid the mirror and hold my head which is throbbing. Bug on the wall- I flip out *stifled squeak* and then squash it.
I waddle to my parents room and gently coax mum into getting up to help me find medicines. She takes sleeping pills so she's in some sort of trance - she doesn't talk but mumbles uh hu whatever the question, she sleepwalks to the kitchen and I point to the ares that hurt, tears are still streaming off me, She finds a tummy liner, pain killers, cream to rub into the cramps and my old sleeping pill (which I have now switched back too- ambien is lousy for me = three sleepless nights and I am a wreck). She is falling asleep on her feet so I thank her, kiss her on the cheek and off she sleepwalks back to bed.

00.30 I go back to my bedroom, lie down and wait for the medicines to work, i wait for relief and after about 10-20 minutes the pain fades, not all (i couldn't take anything strong because of the bad stomach) but enough to start to relax, and then I begin to feel drowsy, it's such the most beautiful feeling- my sleep starved body equates this feeling with pure bliss- it's like the first taste of chocolate, you know when you havn't had any for a long time and that first piece is just so tasty...Sleep feels so good...I melt into unconciousness.

10.40-12-30 I wake slowly with the lovely feeling of having actually slept well, the sun is pouring though the shutters. I look at the clock 10.40...that's ten hours of good sleep..."Thankyou God ps:Light is a cool invention, and it's so beautiful-you do have good taste".
I roll out of bed-slippers are gone-put on a jumper and trousers.Tommy is sat in the hallway, on a pile of misc family members slippers...he's going through a shoe fetish phase.
Mom is in the kitchen cooking something and humming "La vie en Rose", i go into the living room and suprise: the place is spotless, the tablecloth is lightpink, it's all set with glasses with flowery napkins in and in my place is a pile of postage and darkpink wrapped parcels.Joanna somes through wearing a pink skirt and announces that we are doing my birthday party today and "everything has to be pink"-
I have my breakfast then go watch Joanna doing her neopets stuff.
Mom helps me get dressed and is trying to get me to wear a black top for some reason, I pick out my velvet burgundy tight top (which pleased her) and she leaves to go back to the kitchen.I love this top, it's so pretty and fitting- I wish it would be tight round my tummy to make it flat, instead it squashes my bust which is probably this tops true function- to give people a huge cleavage- I love figure hugging clothes, that emphasise my curves but cleaveages leave me cold- they just look like butt cracks to me- oh well guys like em- I pull up the top so it doesn't hang so low and looks a really classy heart neckline.Make up...now...wash face first, dry properly, usual navy blue mascara (Maybelline v. express), usual lipbalm ...lets do something special...shimmering white dust on my face and neck, blusher (a light pink eyeshadow) to the cheeks, on the side of my eyelids- brushstokes leading up and out to give depth, and the tip of my nose to make it stand out less.oh the powder made the tips of my eyelashes transparent-new coat of mascara.
Put on a tiny spot of lip stick, blot, rub in, blow kisses at the mirror.
Double check face, curse the mirror - have got a fever rash on the side of my jaw-its clusters of little red bumps (too small to be spots-besides these never go horrid like spots do *eww*) they take about a week to go away *curse mirror again* then pull silly faces at self.
Decide to wash hair despite it being clean because it's so wild. Decide to do it on my own to not bother a parent but will need to rest afterwards.So i do, wash hair:5 mins-isn't it wonderful having short hair! blowdry:1 min *whee*, pop pink butterfly clip in hair then go to lie down on settee.
Tommy has just been for a walk and it all excited, comes and sits by me and puffs and pants (bad breath) then settles down with his head on my knees *he so sweet* Joanna comes over to fuss the dog and we decide to dress him in pink too.Tommy end up with a big bright pink ribbon round his neck-he doesn't mind one bit, he is insanely cute, Dad come over to say happy bday and fuss the dog, jokingly calls the dog a woofter in pink and tells him to beef up his manly attitude to show male solidarity in a female pink dominated house.
We are all ready except dad now who is in the loo just finishing the chapter to his latest book. We all sit at table, then yell at Dad to put his book down =p

Mom explains that my bday theme is "la vie en rose" to go with the fact I have been so brave and tried to think pink- "here are a few things to help you feel happy and remind yourself to think of pink happy things"

I open my families presents in order, it's slightly wierd but then it is random =p Pink Qtips (ho-ee), Pink Pastel nail varnish, Rose water *I <3 the stuff*, Blue and navy blue mascara *I needed that yay*, a pink pillow case, pink bra *whee* and @_@ a beautiful stainless steel fountain pen engraved with my name and the date *waiiii* It's a real heirloom and it feels so nice in my hand. Hugs and kisses and thankyous all round then onto the non family prezzies.
Lydie sent me a back massaging bug (the four legs buzz and are supposed to help you relax)
Nanny and Granddad sent some money and their special letters (more about that later)
Aurelie send me a snoopy email ^_^<3snoopy and says her prezzie is arriving soon (now Aurelie is a master of miniatures and figurines- I have the amazing things she has given me on display in the living room: Wallace and gromit scenes and a Snoopy musical kennel)
Mazzie's mystery package (it's been here for a few weeks now with me pondering over it =p)
contained a piccie of her, pwetty-she has gorgeous red hair, a kawaii bday card *kyoot penguins*, a postcard of her city, a letter written on such pretty CCS stationary, a Tokyopop Clamp manga :Suki *Wheeeee Teddy bears, Chibis, Love and kawaii clamp-ness!!!* Tis my first real manga ^___^!!! Must scan this all to share the übercuteness.Mazzie you rule!
I used to write letters a lot and was a stationary junkie- it's hard to write and do postart now so i do it via email wil email stationary, cute piccies etc.
Note to self:scan in real life stationaries:hedgehogs, puppies, dolphins and winnie are pooh are the only ones i have left.

13.00 we ate pink salmon and steamed potatoes with salad
pudding was chocolate cake (made by joanna) with pink sugar roses on the top ^^
no wine, just fruit juice. Wine makes us all bob off to sleep =p

13.45 Dailies, neopets, email, gb but don't deal with anything instead i go rest.

Later in the afternoon,
I tweaked the oekaki php script again because there was bug that prevented staff from doing their job.
Added a new tutorial to webbie by request
Went visiting all the old CCS sites to see if they had high res CCS images (many new sites-and mine- have copies of copies that are resized and lose in quality) i'm still desperatly trying to be inspired for a new layout, i keep finding OK images, making them into neat, cut out PSPs then realizing they just won't do

16.30 lightening strikes when I crop an image that had been under my nose all along- inpiration is her again!!!

18.00 PSP:The image is cut out, recolourized in many ways, resized, neat and ready for layout creation. I am actually happy with it *YES*

20.00 PSP:Narrowed the choice of fonts down to ten, found bg + future scrollbar color, created content blocks, title space etc... it now needs details (brushes, effects, title, icons?...)
but that'll be for tommorrow.
Mom comes to bring night medicines, I hug her and say so many thanx for the gorgeous suprises, for the thought and effort that went into making the day special, for caring for me. more hugs.
Joanna is high, she is singing at the top of her voice, bursts out laughing at random things, dacning around- she comes in and laughs on my bed, I give her a big hug before Mom scrapes her off the ceiling and pushes her to her -own- bedroom (no.you can't sleep here!)

21.30 bed

23.30 Can't sleep, head still buzzing with words, decide to tell you all about my wonderful pink day.

00.00 still writing, just got an email from chibi who sends fab icons for the punky avatar maker - will add them tommorrow- ouch my arm aches from typing/mousing-must try sleep again.

00.41 There you go, 24h in my life which contained the best and the worst moments from these past four months. I might post Photos + scans from the best moments soon.
Much love to you all
Extra thankyous to Chibi and Kira-chan and Bat for their lovely gifts and everyone who sent bday greetings *huggles*
Hope tommorow is more restful but I'll be remembering to think pink =p and still suprises to go *ish excited*
more hugs; nigh-night!

Thursday 1st April
It's My Birthday! I'm 21 today *meep*
Happy April Fools, Hanami Festival and happy birthday to Sakura Kinomoto! (anyone know how old she is? -if we consider she was 10 when the first manga was published-)
I havn't opened any prezzies yet because it's gonna have to wait till saturday or monday (and we'll do a proper birthday with my family once they are home) - Argh , it's like Xmas eve but three times long! ^^;;;
Kira sent me a semi-nekkid bish *yummy yum* and has some sort of suprise *oooooh*
Mazzie sent me a lubbly birthday pic, an award and even a snail mail package ^____^
Joanna gave me some really cute neopet items and neopoints to get myself a babaa and some virtual roses *huggles* She also brought two little fairy cakes on a plate with 2 and 1 candles to blow out *kawaiii* we watched "Some like it hot" this morning as she had never seen a Marilyn Monroe" film before. It is a funny film, we giggled at many of the lines! MM has the most naked looking dresses though! *ranks almost as bad as the J-lo slit to stomach dress in my fashion-o-meter*

By the way, I got a little bit bored this afternoon, avoiding the phone (it was my best offline friend but I didn't reply because I have no good news at all and no idea what so ever what to talk about-except webstuff and that's obsolete to someone who's busy and studying and who doesn't use the net much at all- i'm terrified of boring her- i'm also exhausted and don't want to lose my voice after five mins-it's really embarrassing and makes me ill at ease cuz it reminds people that i'm ill)

[Aurélie if you ever read and translate this-I think you are great and miss you lots- I wish I was less proud + stubborn and I wish I had more energy to actually chat or write random boring but necessary blurb that keeps friendship alive]

Anywayz I got bored and made pixelly stuffs (that involved no emotional enegery what so ever!)

Punky Avatar Maker

Enjoy!

Mega huggles to all. I wub joo ^_^
*off to have a little piece of chocolate, shake the prezzies: try and guess what they are, moan about the irony of april fools, huggle my little sister + dog then have a long nap*
PS:see archives for March news