Hit the Ground Running

The leaders of the Sylvarian Myrmidon clan reunite in zOMG!

Busy, busy, busy.  I'm finally around 80% better, though, so I'm hoping that I can have a highly productive week!  Besides packing up and shipping out orders, making Christmas gifts and cards for my friends and family, I have to catch up on correspondence, accounting, updating my Etsy shop, planning the gift art thread with Habib and my personal traveling journal project, GAMING (Tibia, Minecraft, Maple story, Pokemon Black & Emerald, AC: CF,...), and not to mention all of my backlogged personal art projects, books, movies... ! 

 Ahhhhh, my Cash shop items in Maple are going to expire at the end of next month!  Dx

★★★★★★★★★★★★★ETSY   ★★★★★★★

the original necklace that I wanted.  Now that I look
at it again, they were cheapy for just putting it on
a ball chain necklace  >_>

Good gravy, with the Etsy iTouch app, night-long browsing binges on Etsy just became so much easier (and dangerous).  Last night, I found myself crouched on the floor next to the plug (my iTouch battery died), my iTouch screen and countless Etsy listings glowing in the darkness of an unholy early hour of the morning.

If it weren't for the coughing fits that kept me weighed down to Earth, I would have been on an Etsy high, my eyes perusing the aesthetics and details of literally hundreds and hundreds of listings.  I like to do this once in a while (though these binges always seem to be pretty spontaneous) as a way to revitalize and respark my creativity, to inundate my brain with a plethora of textures, colors, forms, styles, materials, shapes, textures.

My original intent last night was to get some ideas for Christmas gifts, but it turned into a full-blown Etsy binge and I had the added bonus of finding the original supplier of the star and star key padlock set that I had been wanting to get in the form of a necklace that was sold before a friend could buy it for me, and at the fraction of the cost!

And I also found heart padlock and key sets from necklaces that was also on my wishlist (and for around 3-4x the base price), so I bought that too.  All in all, I bought 3 padlock and key sets for around the same price as that the one necklace on my wishlist would have cost. So, so, so happy.  *w*  ...Now to wait for my purchases to come in the mail.  >o<;

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I've been combing Etsy for at least 2 years now, and while I have an album on Facebook dedicated to some of my favorite finds, I want to make a more public treasury of sorts, so over the next few weeks, I'll be posting themed mini-treasuries from my personal collection.  Enjoy~

★★★TODAY'S THEME★★★

Mini Etsy treasury 1:  Beauty in the world of black, white, and gray

I wouldn't mind wearing a wedding dress like this someday...

Maple: Rise of Fellowship Update

  

My only getting five hours of sleep this morning is catching up to me...  x__x

[/I claim no ownership to any Memebon photos]

★★★★★★★★★★★★★PURCHASED  STUFF ★★★★★★★

I asked my sister to buy me a journal for my planned "Traveling Journal" penpal project, and she came back with a beautiful rose textured hardcover journal with shiny silver-lined pages... a gorgeous journal, to be sure,... but unfortunately, too large and heavy.  I may just keep this as my own personal diary.  <3

Not familiar with a traveling journal?  You can get the basic gist of it here:  http://www.thetravelingjournal.com/how-it-works/

Wanna sign up for the project?  Let me know!

★★★★★★★★★★★★★ONLINE  STUFF ★★★★★★★

GAIA ONLINE

The Halloween main event?  Pshhh.  I give up on it.  But I'm on 9/19 candies before I get my last item for shop Trick or Treating.  ...mm, but perhaps we can still go to the Masquerade?  Just find an emptier room in the flashspace and ... soak in the creepy ambiance?  haha.

Today, I posted the annual Halloween banner for my (now renamed) thread, featuring my main regulars.  This year, I also made a version for our secret Facebook group.  I can't believe that this is my friend thread's 3rd Halloween on Gaia!  I'm also very happy to be able to include ZeroGuilt (pictured on my right in the 1st and 3rd photos) in the banner again.  =^o^=

zOMG

Today is zOMG's 3rd birthday!  Happy birthday!  As someone in the birthday sticky said, "3 years uncompleted!"  But nevertheless, I've had many an adventure there with my good friends Habible, Random Acts of Monotony, Symbolism of number One, ZombieJehuty, not to mention a whole bunch of random fellow zOMGers.  <3

Me and Habib doing the impossible- felling a giant Stone Coatl!

★★★★★★★★★★★★★GAMING  STUFF ★★★★★★★

MAPLE STORY

So, for the last week or so, I've been trying to log on the Facebook Maple Story Adventures App more often in order to get the daily login bonus, and since I haven't been in the mood to play the real thing, I've been using it to ease my occasional Maple cravings.  When I have no energy, it's nice to mindlessly click to kill things and hear the music for a few minutes.

An example of the daily log-in perks that you
receive in Maple Story

                     

I logged in last night to travel all the way to Ludibrium and Korean Folk Town, since I remembered that I haven't explored the deep sea area of Aqua Road.  If possible, I'd like to explore it with someone in particular, but if not, I'll have to either ask KakkoiiChibi or just do it by myself.  I hope that I can play with someone again soon though, since Maple has a new "Rise of Fellowship" update and a whole bunch of events coming up.

~Upcoming Event Highlights:

Halloween Event:  Mansion of the Good Witch of the Left-Side  (10.27.2011 – 11.08.2011)

• Another annoying "dammit go away red envelope I don't wanna join the battle" quest, it seems

Magic Gachapon Wheel  (10.27.2011 – 11.22.2011)

• Wheel of Loot tokens can be obtained from monster drops.
• Open the Magic Gachapon Wheel window with the = key by default.
• Drag a wheel token from the ETC tab of your item inventory. 
• The rewards include recipes, mastery books, scrolls, recovery items, ETC items, equipment, and more.

Potted Maple Tree  (10.27.2011 – 11.08.2011)

• You can check your progress in the Mini Maple Tree Cultivation Journal in the ETC tab of your inventory.
• Double-click the Potted Mini Maple Tree or drag and drop it into the Item Pot and make it grow.
• Once it reaches maximum Fullness, it goes to sleep and wakes up in 30 minutes, completing its growth.
• Rewards include: Power Elixirs, Continental Return Scrolls, Secret Recipes, and Advanced Equip Enhancement Scrolls.

My conclusion?  Sounds annoying. Quest item takes up an ETC space.  Also, Item Pot items annoys me.  Worth a try?  We'll see.  The Continental Return scrolls sound awesome, though.

MapleStory Lifestyle Campaign ( 10.27.2011-12.06.11)

• When given four options, you will receive a title by choosing one
• The titles appear in the ETC tab of your item inventory. Double-click one to turn it on or off.
• Once you receive one of these titles, a new quest will become available from NPCs in various towns.
• Each NPC gives one of the following rewards at random.
  Return Scroll - Nearest Town, Scroll for Helmet for HP 100% ,Scroll for Shoes for Speed 100%, Scroll for Gloves for ATT 100% , Scroll for Shoes for Jump 10% ,Scroll for Shoes for Speed 10% , Clean Slate Scroll 

Not really sure what to think of this event.  

Golden Temple (11.09.2011-12.6.2011)

I WANNA DO THIS WITH SOMEONE!!!  Last time this event was up, I didn't get to.  :,(

Sidekick  (10.27.2011-12.06.2011)

• Requirement: Lv. 15 - Lv.120
• The new sidekick system gives you bonuses for teaming up with a player five or more levels above or below you.
• When a sidekick relationship is made, a lower level player receives a temporary stat and level increase effect based on the higher level player's level.
• The lower level sidekick’s primary and secondary Abilities will be temporarily increased.
• The lower level sidekick’s max HP and MP will be temporarily increased.
• Both people in a sidekick relationship receive a buff every hour.
• If a sidekick relationship is maintained for a long time, the higher level player's Fame increases once per day.
• Both people in a sidekick relationship receive bonus EXP similar to the party bonus EXP system.
• Each player in a sidekick relationship will receive a title corresponding to their level in comparison to the other player: Low Level Sidekick /High Level Sidekick