Rotten Little Girl Words

This is the first in my newest series of photos dedicated to Roadside Memorials.

For the longest time I wondered what drew people to creating these memorials. I understand that death is tough for those who are left behind, and even more so when some one is taken tragically, but what makes some one leave a shrine like these?

Some of these memorials are created and forgotten some are kept up for years after the loss, much like graves in cemetaries around the world. Seasonal flowers, fresh candles, favorite trinkets surround these markers. Some are marked with a name some are anonymous, but it does not make any of them less special or heartfelt.

While I wonder why there may or may not be a grave somewhere getting similar treatment, or if this memorial was some how tied to reminding us to drive slower or safer, it still has a place of tribute to someone who was loved and yet is gone.

I will admit I do not understand these tributes completely, but I can see the desire to hold on to a memory just a minute longer, to have a place to say goodbye or make a statement about a life lost. I do not want to be remembered where I died but maybe its not that for these caretakers, maybe it is the last place these people lived.

Well since sadly there wasn't enough takers for the raffle, these imps are up for grabs! All the funds are going straight to charity! The winner of each auction will chose which charity they would like their funds to go to (listed here http://tankgirl.servebeer.com/hair). International bidders are welcome as several of the charities do international work. Depending on how well these sell here I might add a few more.

Up for Bid-

Imps (all new untested imps full unless noted)

Ligeia- opening $4
Wolf Moon-bid at $6
Hunter Moon-bid at $6
Underpants- bid at $6
Spanked (untested 1/2 imp)- opening $4

Bottles-
Samhain 05- opening $13
Mercury- opening $13

Bids will be taken until July 24 9pm PST

Winners will pay the charity directly and forward on the receipt to me or can send me payment by paypal (please include a small amount to cover fees if you can please) I will be covering shipping. To place a bid or if you have any questions feel free to email tankgirl136 at hotmail.com Thanks!!

If you are under 18 or easily offended please do not continue!!!!!

This is Brand New Fantastic Naughty Girl Play Set donated by the fantastic Leah of Our Little Secret http://www.partygals.biz/ourlittlesecret

Your ticket will be included in this raffle as well as the prize raffle all info can be found here http://tankgirl.servebeer.com/hair including information about all the charities.

The Prize

You will receive a 4" natural Vibe
A Bullet with adjustable speed control
A Romantic Couples Coupon Book- Inside you will find #31 coupons good for both of you from naughty to nice! Coupons for Dinner, Massages, Fun and Even Coupons to get out of the Dog House.
Love Dice- Decide your next move by the roll of the dice.
A glow in the Dark Penis Pencil Topper
Three 4oz bottles of Personal Lubricants from Booty Lube you receive a All Pleasures, Heavenly Pleasures (cooling) and Sinful Pleasures (warming)
And because its only right you get a Imp of Smut and Red Devil (Lab Description- A sinfully playful lust blend. Inspires sexual spontaneity, a little bit of kinkiness, and new and inventive ways to get dirty.)

Tickets Sold:22

Picture http://tankgirl.servebeer.com/hair/naughty.htm
Tickets are $1 each only 100 tickets will be sold
Extended until July 24 noon PST
Only 3 prize maximum.

Donations can be sent to directly to any of the charities with a receipt emailed to me or you can send it to my Paypal at tankgirl136 at hotmail.com (if you can please add a small amount to cover fees, and indicate the donated amount in the noteline).
If you are interested in Party Gals Goodies you can also visit the site and get $10 off any order with the code PGSUMMER06

Well thanks to so many wonderful people I am currently only $500 away from my $2000 goal. For more information check out my website http://tankgirl.servebeer.com/hair to see the charities you can check them out http://tankgirl.servebeer.com/hair/charities.htm

This last raffle is being done very similar to the first, this is the BPAL Fan raffle it is open only to those on BPAL related LJ's or the forum. The prizes will be added as the ticket sales rise! You also automatically will be added to the prize raffle http://tankgirl.servebeer.com/hair/raffle.htm with your donation.

Opening with- 1 GC Mystery Pack Florals and 1 GC Mystery Pack Resins and 1 Decant imp of Night's Pavillion
50 tickets- 1 imp of Ligeia and 5ml of Stardust
100 tickets- 5ml of Samhain (05) and 5ml of Mercury
150 tickets- 1 Decant of Wolf Moon (04) and 1 Decant of Monster Bait: Underpants
200 tickets- 1 Decant of Monster Bait: Underpants, 1 Decant of Wolf Moon (04) and 1 Decant of Hunter Moon (04)
250 tickets- 1/2 imp of Spanked, 1 Decant of Hunter Moon (04) and 1 Imp of Pumpkin King

Tickets Sold:25

Tickets are $1 each only 300 tickets are going to be sold or until Monday July 17th 9pm PST
Each prize is seperate and there is a 3 prize maximum

All donations can be sent directly to the charity with a receipt emailed to me or by sending it to my Paypal account tankgirl136 at hotmail.com (if you are using paypal can you please include a small amount to cover fees, if you are please indicate the donation amount in the notes section). If you have anyquestions please contact me here or by email tankgirl136 at hotmail.com My feedback can be found pinned on my LJ

I am still looking for a few more donations if you can help please let me know. And huge thanks to all of you who have already helped. THANKS!!!!

This amazing piece of artwork was donated by Matthew Goodmanson http://www.gensanova.com/portfolio/thumbs.html who has recently been hired by Marvel to work on a new collection of sketched trading cards (one of his cards can be seen in the ad in Previews Magazine). This piece was only done for this fundraiser specifically and is one of a kind!

Sadly I had a very low turn out for the raffle so I am auctioning this piece off. The piece is 11" x 17" on a sturdy acid free comic board, in ink and is signed. The piece is perfect for framing and is one of a kind.

You also get a naughty girl 6 imp pack of BPAL.

The winner will pay CBLDF directly which is great because you also receive a additional membership at no additional cost!

Current bid is: $20

I will also have two fan art drawings available for auction of Lola Goth versions of Death and Delirium. These are ink drawings done on medium weight acid free sketch paper. Winners will also get 3 BPAL imps per picture.



Opening bid: $5 each

Bids will be taken until Sunday July 16th.

This was posted on Neil Gaiman's personal webpage;

It's letters like this one that make me glad that I don't do a problems page...


I really love your work and I think you're a very talented writer. However, I recently read Good Omens and my girlfriend who happens to be a devout christian caught me reading it (I had to read it while she slept beside me, otherwise bad things could (and did) occur). Yes, I probably should have read it in the bathroom or something. :)

I know this sounds absurd, but do you have any suggestions for getting her back? I love her and I love you. I don't know what to do.

-seymour

Your girlfriend left you because she caught you reading Good Omens next to her in bed? And she left you because she's a "devout Christian"? Had she read Good Omens and not liked it and told you not to read it too, or is it just the sort of book that she'd leave a boyfriend over without actually reading?

I keep trying to understand this one, and just end up with my mind sort of boggling.

I think that any attempt you make to get back together with her is going to have to involve you getting across to her the concept of fiction. It's made-up stories. They don't imperil anybody's immortal soul. Possibly pointing out that there isn't actually a verse of the bible where Jesus slags off funny fiction and explains that people who think that Good Omens is funny will send you straight to hell, then warns that there's a special place in Hell for people who read Harry Potter books too, might work. Or she might just think you were being facetious. Pointing out that Good Omens wound up nominated for a major religious fiction award in 1989, that I once got a fan letter about it from an Anglican bishop, and that most religious people find it, er, funny might also be a good idea -- better still would be getting her to read it too and having a discussion about the ideas in it if you want to have some kind of future together in which you can exchange ideas and communicate without fear.

Failing that, I can't see that life is going to be much fun if you wind up spending the rest of it with someone who forces you to sneak into the bathroom at night to get your secret fix of fictional matter. You can give up reading things by me for the rest of your life (I don't mind, I'll cope) but someone who leaves you because you're reading Good Omens is probably going to want you to give up reading an awful lot of other stuff as well before she'll come back. Good Omens is the equivalent of a lightweight gateway drug to the world of heretical ideas in fictional form. Think of the precautions you'd have to take to make sure you weren't discovered before you'd be able to read Dan Brown, or Preacher...


This has to be one of the funniest things I have read in a long time!!! I love Neil!

The prize drawing is all done!!! We have lots of winners! But from my lovely Renaissance Family and you guys here online they are

William Jewelry - Necklace Joanne
Lush Products mitochondrialme
Teas and Spices Lot 1 opaleyes
Teas and Spices Lot2 celestyna
Sterling Silver Bracelet Leia
Pirate Booty Lura Biggins
BPAL Mystery Lot #1 waltzingdog
Bpal Mystery Lot #2 chelsearoad
Snow Moon Nina
Go Goddess Game Yvonne
Fairycat Lot of 3 Soaps dawna
Fairycat Lot of 2 Soaps mitochondrialme
Fairycat Gift Package shada_ly
Fairycat Gift Package chelsearoad
Metropolis 2001 CD lostcities
Lusterware Cookie Jar Lynda
Beer Mugs margaret
Wire Jewelry Set waltzingdog
Blue Flower Candle Holders fairiesaflutter
Siddhartha Face freyas_fire
Passionate Kisses Tea waltzingdog
Tea Stan
2 Enkindle votives Skye
Red Glasses Heather

And here are the winners of the Rare Imp Raffle, I still have to draw the prizes but I figured you guys couldn't wait much longer. The best part we only had to re-draw one item (a lower level imp) and lots of you guys did great! Now here they are the results...

Montresor eunice_barnca
Fortunato wicketbird
The Masque muppetk
Bernice sevensins
Beautiful imp box deathslittlesis
Ligeia Elri
Tell Tale Heart tabiji
Strawberry Moon shada_ly
Pandora mitochondrialme
La Fee Verte beachbanshee
Storm (lab labeled) muppetk
Typhon opaleyes
Snow Angel (1/2 filled tested) and Glitter (1/2 filled untested)- eunice_barnaca
Shub-Niggurath muppetk
Monster bait: Underpants beachbanshee
Formula 54 eunice_barnca
Vanilla Bean Bpal SN beachbanshee
Pumpkin King opaleyes

All winners please contact me so I can confirm your addresses at tankgirl136 at hotmail.com I will be shipping this week. Thank you so much again!!!!!

All tickets have been sold!!! I am so excited about this so much has been raised and now that I got the Tankgirl drawing in my hands that will be probably raffled next and the candles from Enkindle are just amazing!!

So I should be posting all the winners hopefully no later then 8pm PST today. It should be exciting!

Well I was finally able to get in contact with these guys (I swear AOL hates me) and I felt so good having let them know what I am doing. They were so excited to get help which makes me want to help them even more!

We have been supporting these guys for a few years since we first found out about them. The first time we went and visited their kennels I was shocked at how good all the dogs were and how good they looked. Sure you could tell that some had problems (quite a few twisted feet, a genetic problem with some bassets) but they all looked happy. We had Harly Quinn with us (our great dane who was raised with a basset) and though she was a bit overwhelmed with all those hounds coming at here at the gate, they had to smell the big new dog, and though super excited everyone got along really well and just sniffed away. We were treated very nice when we went inside by all the volunteers as was our large honorary Basset.

They gave us a tour and I was very happy that everyone seemed to know a lot about the personalities of these dogs but also that even the dogs with what seemed like some serious problems (both behavioral and physical) were worked with and treated so well. I remember one of the poor girls who had been found after the fires, she was burned and had bad eyes it was so sad to see her but later I saw pictures of a whole new dog who went on to find a new home. The stories are so sad sometimes just heartbreaking but when you see these guys all together and having a good time it makes you feel so good that some one gave them a real chance.

They are trying to currently raise funds for a dog named EV who was found in a Carson shelter emaciated, barely able to walk and with constant twitching in her back legs. EV is able to use her rear leg, despite neurological damage of unknown origin. Surgery to alleviate pain and help her on the road to recovery is expected to run between $4,500 - $5,500 and at a year old this dog deserves all the help she can get. So I have decided to ear mark all funds raised by my fund raisers for BaRNI are going to help this little girl get some surgery to help her out.

For a picture and more information check out the link here http://www.daphneyland.com/star.html

Now to work on my husband again to maybe take home a friend for

So Rare imps keep passing you by? Want a chance to own them without all the expense? Now you can!!

This is a progressive raffle that is only open to Bpaler's no matter which forum or LJ you participate on.

Tickets are $1 and for every 50 tickets sold new rare decants will be added!!

A drawing will chose the winners and of course no matter how many tickets are sold you will also be entered in to win all the prizes included on my website ( http://tankgirl.servebeer.com/hair/raffle.htm ) including Jewelry, Teas and spices, pirate goodies and a Gift Set from LUSH worth over $100!!!!

The list is currently (each imp will be raffled separately [unless noted)

Sold* Starting: Montresor and Fortunato
Sold* 50 tickets: The Masque, Bernice and a beautiful imp box donated by bifemmefatale with some wonderful surprise imps inside Le's and GC's
Sold* 100 tickets: Ligeia, Tell Tale Heart and Strawberry Moon
Sold* 150 tickets: Pandora, La Fee Verte, Storm (lab labeled) and Typhon
Sold* 200 tickets: Snow Angel (1/2 filled tested) and Glitter (1/2 filled untested)-these will go together, Shub-Niggurath, and Monster bait: Underpants
Sold* 250 tickets: Formula 54, Vanilla Bean Bpal SN (approx. 90-95% full), and Pumpkin King

Currently sold= 454

Each person can only win up to three items and I will assume that you would prefer (unless noted otherwise) the higher placed imps and will draw for all others. I will sell the tickets for 2 weeks (to give time for the new LJ to open) or until 500 tickets are sold

I prefer monies to be directly donated to the charities (receipts then sent to me by email) listed on my site but also will except paypal payments to tankgirl136 at hotmail.com

If you don't have the funds but have sale leftovers or other goodies to donate please contact me! I am looking for everything from frimps, jewelry, imp boxes or anything else.

And Tankgirl Fans keep your eyes peeled as soon as it arrives from Canada an amazing piece of art is also going up for auction. The artist is a part of some new Marvel trading cards. For more information check out my site!!

This was such a nice dream I have been wanting to share it because it just made me feel so good about all that I am doing right now. That all the stress and work I have put towards this has been worthwhile and I won't regret anything.

Basically the dream was simple.
I was standing with the ponytail of my hair in my hand and turned to look at Johnny and he was crying, sobbing and all that. He was so upset. As I told him it was all done, I had cut my hair. As he was crying I told him "I feel this is good I get to help some poor kid out who needs the help, and I get to try and make at least a small difference in their life" As I talked he seemed to relax and get used to my new hair cut. As I stood there I could feel the wind on the back of my scalp like when I use to have my short hair. It made me smile and I loved the feeling.

Again a super insanely simple dream but it really has made me relax more as I approach the third. I decided that though I will keep a few of the fundraisers up for a bit longer that is going to be the day that I do it. I am so ready.

First the current total is over $625.

I wanted to update everyone who bought or won tickets in my raffle due to the slow sales there was only one cash drawing for $100. The winner was Sherry (not from this forum). But don't worry if you didn't win I still have the prize drawing which will be happening this Sunday at 8pm (PST). Every ticket from the past drawing is in and I am selling prize only tickets for $1 each. Just some of the prizes are listed http://tankgirl.servebeer.com/hair/raffle.htm and the list of charities is http://tankgirl.servebeer.com/hair/charities.htm

As a incentive to help raise more funds I am going to give all your BPALer's a special deal for every 50 tickets sold I will be doing a special raffle for a very rare oil and a mixed set of GC's and LE's. For the first 50 the oil will be decant of Shub-Niggurath, at 100 tickets it will be Formula 54 (my last imp) and finally at 150 tickets it will be a untested decant of Pumpkin King. I hope I can get the 150 it is a chance to do a good deed and win some oils that just don't show up that often. This raffle will only include tickets purchased by BPALer's and you still will be included for the other prizes.

I also have some simple sales with all funds going to charity-

Handblended Teas from www.spicetradersteas.com

All teas are sealed in wonderful metal tins all hold 2 oz of loose teas (for more information check out the site)

Roobios-
This tea is grown in South Africa and is considered of their strongest red teas. It is often used as an alternative to coffee with a full taste and has no caffeine! If you've ever heard of African bush tea, then you familiar with the intricate taste our Rooibos tea has to offer!

Pasionate Kisses-
A delicious blend of some of our most coveted flavors. This tea has a strong and delicious sweat smell almost reminiscent of candy at your local carnival. Give it a try - it's passionate kisses!

Licorice Mint -
A very soothing tea for the body. Licorice Mint is a brisk blend with just a hint of licorice root that we have found settles even the worst of tummy aches. Try it for its unique flavor and for its soothing properties.

Wicca Woman (Women's Blend)-
Finally, something just for the lady at her time! We're not kidding - we have found that our blend of raspberry leaf, lemon verbena, vitexberry, nettles, lemon peel, cinnamon, stevia leaf and cloves can help minimze those annoying monthly cramps! So sit back and sink into its delicious and smooth flavor. You'll thank us for it.(Note: This stuff is amazing!!!! I found it helped with my cramps and more it saves me every month)


Each is $8 and includes 1 raffle ticket (yes if the 50+ tickets is hit you will also be included in that raffle!!!!!!!

IMPS all donated by the wonderful careyleah THANK YOU!!!!!

$3 each and if you purchase 6 or more you also get a raffle ticket!

Aureus
Baron Samedi
Debauchery
Eos
Ephemera
Fallen
Goneril
Hurricane
Kitsune-Tsuki
Loralei
Masquerade
Nero
Oberon
Paris
Suspiro
Villian

If possible please send the payment directly to the charity. If you have any questions or donations please email me at tankgirl136 at hotmail.com Thanks!!!




Current Ebay auctions for TAL's, LE's, Discontinued and Unreleased http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZblood*rose*flowersQQhtZ-1

Well it's me again with new and fabulous imp auctions that are helping my goal to reach $2000 before shaving and donating my hair the charities again that you can chose to support are here with links to what they do http://tankgirl.servebeer.com/hair/charities.htm the winners get to chose which charity they would like to support!!

The auction is going to end on Thursday at 6pm PST

The imps are all full unless noted

Storm (discontinued) lab label-
Snow Angel (approx. 60% full)-
Snowblind (approx. 70% full)-
Typhon (discontinued)-
La Fee Verte-

-TAL Decants-
Charisma-
Wealthy Business-
Fiery Command (unreleased)-
Milk and Honey-

Straight sale GC imps here!!! ( Read more... )


Eye of the Cat magickal oils only $6 for 10ml ( Read more... )

Raffle tickets are also still available $5 gets you a chance to win $100 and a chance to win some amazing prizes!!! Jewelery, Teas, Handmade soaps, and more!!!!
For only $1 you get a chance to enter to win any of the prizes! For more details check it out here http://tankgirl.servebeer.com/hair/raffle.htm
Only 39 tickets need to be sold before we have the raffle for $100!!!!!! Please help out anyway you can through direct donations, buying tickets or even words of encouragement would be great right now. I still have a surprise that I am holding onto until it's in my hot little hand, I hope you love it when you see it.

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Huge Hugs to those who have already help me especially Shay_85, PerfumedFerret and those of you who have been so helpful and kind to me off the board. I can't express how much this means to me!!!! A heartful thank you to you all!
Cross posted on Trusted_Bpal and alchemy

Well tickets sales are moving I am about 40 tickets from having a drawing so if anyone wants a ticket please talk to me!!!! I also got preview of one of the coolest things a fan draw Tank Girl drawing on comic board its freaking AMAZING!!!! I have had several wonderful people donate Imps (thanks Shay_85, Perfume Ferret and the rest of you) these are some super sweet people who have been helping me out!

I am about to EXPLODE over some exciting news I received but I can't say anything until its in my hot little hand but it should be pretty freaking cool!!! I sure hope so, either way I owe this person a huge thanks and I can't wait to let you all in on it!

I only have a few imps this go around but they are worth the individual attention!
Please bid high cause its killing me to let go of some of these.

Full untested imps of (unless otherwise stated)

Formula 54- $20
Shub Niggurath- $18
Pumpkin Patch #1 (about 90% full)-
Pumpkin Patch #3-
Strawberry Moon-
Chaste Moon-

Its simple high bidder wins the bidding ends this Thursday at noon PST. I will be paying shipping winner simply sends direct payment to any of the 6 charities listed on my website and sends a receipt to me for proof of payment.

I have feedback here http://community.livejournal.com/bpal_feedback/19852.html and about 300 on ebay as blood*rose*flowers

I have 4 raffles currently up and running and several imps that I am auctioning off.

The raffles are going on line and if you see me in person you can pick them up to. They go like this tickets are $5, $4 goes to the charity and $1 goes into the prize pot. When 100 tickets are sold (or 50 for the mini-raffles) the drawing will take place. Updates will be on my website.


The current raffles are--

$100 prize only 100 tickets to be sold for each charity

The Ronald McDonald House Charities- They offer comfortable living spaces for families with children with major illness who are being treated far from home.

http://www.rmhc.com/rmhc/index.html

Women for Women- They offer basic needs to women in war torn areas as well as the skills and funds to start businesses and to become self sufficent and improve themselves and those around them.

http://www.womenforwomen.org/index.htm

$50 only 50 tickets to be sold Mini Raffle for each charity

Petsmart Charities- helping animals find loving homes

http://www.petsmart.com/charities/

Comic Book Legal Defense Funds- Helping protect our first ammendment rights in the medium of comics

http://www.cbldf.org/

After the cash raffles are all drawn there will also be a second raffle with all tickets sold entered (no extra charge) for many wonderful items including handmade bath products, incense, jewelry and of course BPAL.

Tickets can be paid either in full to me ($5 a ticket) or with the $4 donation (per ticket) direct to the charity and $1 (per ticket) to me for the prize. It is up to you, receipts should be sent to me as proof of payment. My address is tankgirl136@hotmail.com

Ok I have added a simple flyer to the site so I can get in person donations from well everyone!! I am also starting several raffles in person to help raise money. I plan on raising funds on site at the renaissance faire but with the fundraising for Ronnie I will be holding back a bit since one of our own is very important. I am glad to say I already have one person who said that they would sponsor me they said they are going to offer $5 per inch of hair. I am so glad about this!

I plan on offering more items as soon as I find some donations and get some empty imps. I have a lot of BPAL I am debating offering up and as soon as I get over my initial uncomfortableness of asking for help, I am hoping to get some donations for a physical raffle and a few more auctions.

Keep an eye out for me and again don't forget you don't have to wait for me you can directly donate to any of the charities just let me know and maybe their will be some goodies involved!! Thanks!

Ok I know lots of you said you love this Charity so I am trying to bribe you with wonderful things and help them out! For 24 hours only if you buy 6 tickets you will get a membership from the CBLDF and get entered into a baby drawing to get a chance to win a gift collection of handmade bath and body products!

You will get your choice of a spring magickal collection (designed for ritual cleansing or for ritual itself) or a relaxation collection. All the products are all natural and are designed for your skin type. It will include high quality all natural soap, tub teas, sugar scrub, bath bombs and more!!!!

I hope this gets people excited I would love to have the raffle drawn by the will call!!

The money is still coming in and I had a slight change of heart as much as I love both Glitter and Chaste Moon when I came up with twin bids at the last second of both auctions I decided to take the money and run! For a good cause it is worth it and besides how much perfume can I really use in one lifetime :) So two more imps are added to the list!!!

French Creole $20 to Petsmart
Glitter #1 $17 to Petsmart
Glitter #2 $17 to Petsmart
Snake Charmer Double Imp $15 to Petsmart
Samhain 04 $10 to Petsmart
Chaste Moon #1 $8 Ronald McDonald House Charities


Grand total of $95 that is with just 7 imps!!!!!!

Thank you everyone and look for more auctions!!

I will update the details as i receive more payments!