Think Feel Dream Believe

Think | Feel | Dream| Believe by Miss Addict

I am looking at having this turned into a poster and placed on my office wall to inspire me.

Love and Obsessions
Miss Addict

Link Love #1

I have come across so many wonderful cool and funky links on the web lately I thought I would share. Thus comes into creation the first Link Love: Links to things I love. Every Second Week I shall be linking to things/people/photos/blogs I have found on the internet that I love. Alternative Week will be Love and Lust Haves :)

Lets get started shall we!

Sea of Ghosts: [Link]

One of the many Australian bloggers I have come across and subsquently followed this week via RSS and Twitter. Her post last friday of Eye Candy [Link] had me gasping aloud! Also she is another Miss! So Automatically Awesome

Cocoa:
[Link]

Run by the lovely Penelope this post [Link] on Tutus made me squeal with glee (literally) and cursing my lack of funds to buy tulle! Expect a Tutu in next weeks Love and Lust Haves

Got An Envelope:
[Link]

Gotanenvelope is a continuous art project where people leave empty self-addressed stamped envelopes in public places to be picked up and filled by others, who then send them back" Such an array of random and interesting stuff.

Free Rice:

[Link]

Free Rice is a website I came across at my last work place. Its a vocabulary tester and every time you get a word right 10 Grains of rice are donated to the UN to help end world hunger. Great project and extremely addictive if you are a word nut like me!

Crayon Physics:
[Link]

is a really cool simple and fun game that makes you think in very interesting ways. Quite Similar to Fantastic Contraption but simpler in execution. Has a free downloadable demo with enough levels to get you hooked! Based on Physics but you dont have to be a genuis to play!

Top 10 things you Mama inadvertatently taught you about sex by Em & Lo:
[Link]

This made me Lol aloud and then read it to my Mum and My Sister!. You can find more of Em & Lo here: [Link] Fun and Funny :)

Nest Unclutterer:
[Link]

Anyone who uses twitter knows the feeling of having random people follow you not because they are interested in You but because they want you to be interested in the,. Nest Unclutterer uses criteria used by you to help weed out the spammers following you and make your Twitter list neater and less filled with spammers and bots! Easy to use and makes sures you dont unfollow or block someone by accident with a series of fail safes! Of course this halfed the people following me but at least those following me now are genuine followers!

Once Sentence:
[Link]

One Sentance is a website dedicated to telling stories in a single sentance. By turns heartbreaking, breath taking and always worth the time it takes to read only one sentance.

Agent Provocater photoshoot:
[Link] (NSFW)

This photoshoot set at Foto Decadent by Agent Provocater. Probably not NSFW but it is Gorgeous complex and very sexy! Take the time to drink in all the details

Angela See Angela Blog:
[Link]

Gorgeous blog by Angela who not only blogs about fashion, she creates it as seen here with this gorgeous skirt [Link]
Also check out her post on the Wizard of Oz window display complete with photos of the drool worthy shoes and Angela in a cute pair of slippers!

Thats it from me today. What have you found around the net that you love this week/month/year/life time? Share with me!!

Love and Obsessions

• Miss Addict

Happy Mothers Day

Happy Mothers Day to all the Mothers and Mothers to be out there!

My Mum is my hero. There is no one on this earth who I respect more. She raised me and my sister on her own and has been the most incredible Mum ever. All my friends call her Mum and tell me how lucky I am to have her and I couldn't agree more!

My Mum went to Uni in her 30's to become a Teacher and worked full time while studying and raising to girls who admittedly didn't make it easy! She is probably my biggest supporter in all things I do and I love her more than anything in this world (yes including my shoe collection and photoshop!)

I hope you all took time to treasure your Mums today, Whether you bought them something nifty, Made them breakfast in bed or just took the extra time to say I love you!

See you tomorrow!

Love and Obsessions.

Miss Addict

Geek Style

Photo By Miss Addict

I have gone through a few style changes from complete tom boy (Runners, Over sized t-shirt and ratty jeans) to Gothling (black pants, black top, boots) to where I am now which is a mix between Recovering Gothling and Geek. Looking back over the changes I realised that my Geeky Style would of evolved earlier if I had known better. So I decided to put together a list of things I wish I had known years ago!

• Iron your T-shirt.

And your jeans for that matter. While some clothes are made to be wash and wear Tshirts look a lot nicer when they have been ironed as do jeans, pants and just about anything!

• Good Quality (aka more expensive) Jeans and Pants Fit Better as a rule.

They also don't stretch funny after two washes or fade as fast. A well fitted pair of jeans can carry you through a number of social occasions as well as Casual days at work and a good pair makes your backside look good as well!

• Long Skirts are Awesome!

Long skirts worn with tights and boots have a comparable warmth factor to think pants and also swish very pleasingly around my legs making me feeling extra girly. They also make wearing dressy tops easier and Look pretty good with T-shirts if worn right.

• A Pony Tail can be made stylish with a little effort

During high school I was forced to wear my hair up and this meant that I was very lazy as a result when it came to my hair. These days I try and avoid just throwing my hair up in a pony tail and ad a ribbon, clip or hair band to make it slightly more stylish.

• Comfortable shoes Do Not have to be ugly.

While comfy attractive shoes can be harder to find than gorgeous painful ones it is possible to find comfortable shoes that don't look like Nana would wear them. Chunky Heels, Well constructed heels are one of my favourite things in the world!

• Always be honest with yourself when buying something.

I will never buy something unless it fits perfectly but that's come with years of buying things and watching them sit in my closet unworn because I was convinced I would wear it even though it was uncomfortable when I tried it on, the colour matched nothing else I owned or it just wasn't a "me" piece. That said don't be afraid to buy something different if you fall in love with it!

• If you are unsure about buying something ask for an opinion!

Not the shop assistant. While not all of them will lie to you some will. Ask a friend to be honest (and don't lie to them when they ask) Another shopper in the change room (I get asked a lot and will always be honest.) I personally tend to ask my Mum since she has a great Style Radar and if I look like an elephant in those pants she will tell me!


I will be adding to the Geeky Style category on the site soon so keep a look out for Geeky Style Tips and Tricks :)

What do you wish you could tell yourself years ago? What tips do you live by these days?


Love and Obsessions

Miss Addict

Ideas for Autumn

Photos By Miss Addict

The southern hemisphere is currently in the grip of Autumn. Autumn is a great season filled with colour, crisp clean smelling air and cooling weather. So I thought I would put together some ideas on how to enjoy Autumn and prepare for Winter!

• Go for walks and appreciate the foliage of the Season. Take photos of the particularly
  gorgeous leaves. Print a selection out and make impromptu wall art or set as the wall paper for your computer.
• Dig out your winter wardrobe and find all the awesome things you bought last year and can now look forward to wearing.. Alternatively work out what you need and start shopping for it now so that first killer cold day doesn't catch you by surprise.
  
• Wear Red/Orange/Gold clothing to match your surrounds. Or go all out and put red/gold/copper/gold streaks in your hair.
  
• Enjoy the first smells of wood fire smoke drifting through the air.
  
• Dry Press Leaves between heavy books and Glue to card stock and use as birthday cards.
  
• Wear Extra Lip Balm and up your moisturising or exchange your evening Moisturiser for Rose Hip Oil to help combat winter dryness.
  
• Make piles of leaves and jump in them like you did when you were a kid. Word of warning: You need a lot more leaves these days!
  
• Lay off the bronzer and embrace a pink cheeked paler you.
  
• Document Autumn. Embrace a mini photo challenge. Pick a Tree that hasn't started to turn and take a photo a day. Put together a mini slide show at the end showing the slow transformation.
  
• Prepare for Winter. Lay in a stock of canned soup. Invest in thick socks, warm PJs, and warm fuzzy slippers for cold mornings.
• Decide to combat the winter weight early and start a new exercise routine. By the time winter gets here it'll be habit and easier to start than when the wind is howling and your couch is calling your name!
  
• Make yourself a hot chocolate/milo/tea/coffee and sit outside in the warm sunshine and enjoy it!
• Be careful how hot you have your shower really hot water can damage the delicate capillariesBlane's like me start regularly taking Vitamin E now! in your face making your more than pink from the cold! If you get chill
• Buy that TV series you love and plan to watch that when only crap things are on TV.
  

How are you enjoying Autumn. Are you looking forward to Winter or Dreading it?


Love and Obsessions

Miss Net Addict

More Photos from that set can be found on my Flickr Here: [Link]

Web Comics Recommendations!

I love Webcomics and I Read a lot of them. There are thousands literally out there to read and choose from. Starting a webcomic is a huge commitment and there are quite a few that look promising and then stop updating at some point leaving you hanging! Like blogging updating reliably with a webcomic is one of the key factors that keep readers coming back.

There are few webcomic artists who are able to support themselves solely on the money they make from comics, most have day jobs on top of the very full on job of creating a work of art that updates weekly/bi/tri weekly or daily! The comics linked below are all updated regularly and fairly well known but if you are just getting started with webcomics these are a good place to start!

Questionable Content
Updated: Monday - Friday
Colour: Full Colour
Panels: 4
RSS: Full Comic

Questionable Content is created by Jeph Jacques. The first strips went online on August 1, 2003 according to his about page. Its an ongoing story about a group of friends with the core characters being Martin, Faye, Dora, and Hannalore. Supporting cast includes Raven, Pennelope, Anthro PCs and a fair amount of other people who pop up on a regular basis. The strip count is up over 1300 so reading the whole archive will take you awhile but is well worth it for the back story on all the characters.

Another good reason to read the archive is so you can appreciate how much the artwork has progressed over the years. Jeph has a twitter account which can be found here: [Link] where he posts random comments, updates on how the drawing of the comic is going and the occasional drunken message. QC is my favourite webcomic and I have been reading it for a long time ( going on 5 years!) and the writing, characters and artwork still impress and make me hungry for more every time!

One more nifty thing about Questionable Content! A few of the characters have their own twitter accounts which interact with each other. I cant imagine the phenomenal amount of work it takes to manage this but its extremely cool and adds a nice dimension to the characters. Collection of twitter accounts can be found here [Link]








Devils Panties
Updated: Monday to Friday with full comics. Saturday & Sunday with Sketches and Occasionally a full comic.
Colour: Black and White with Colour Highlights.
Panels: 4
RSS: Link Only

Jennie Brendan the creator of Devils Panties is furiously prolific with her comics, she produces Devils Panties 5 Days a week, Geebas On Parade semi regularly and Customers Suck every Monday. Devils panties is the story of Jennies life, She calls it semi autobiographical and it includes her adventures clubbing, going to comic conventions and stories about her home life (she cooks about as well as me apparently!) with occasional "famous last words" and "what not to say in the bedroom" single strips.

Jennie has a Twitter account [Link] and a youtube account [Link] with which she video blogs. Devils panties has existed since October 2001. Again the archives massive but well worth the read to get the back story on Jennie including several moves and the story of how she met her SO Will. I have been reading Devils Panties longer than QC so going on 6-7 years and I would count Jennie as one of my Heroes. Her comic is utterly awesome and when I go to the states I will be timing it so I can go to a convention and possible pounce her! Funny, Feminist, wonderfully drawn and brilliantly written!


Snowflakes
Updated: Monday Wednesday Friday
Colour: Full Colour:
Panels: 4-5
RSS: Full Comic

Snowflakes if a new webbcomic only having been around since March of this year and was recommended to be by a friend. This webcomic has some serious Talent behind it as the Artist and Scripter have both worked on webcomics that rocked before. Created by James Ashby (story/plotting), Chris Jones(Art) and Zach Weiner(Scripting) its the tale of an Orphanage sometime in the Andes mountains its set against the back drop of never ending snow.

The art work is delicious and the characters and funny and offbeat while still being relateable Not a huge archive to read which is one of the benefits of young webcomics. The web design for this comic is great, clean and easy to navigate with the ads being non invasive which makes for a pleasant reading experience. I cant wait to see where the story goes!



Templar Arizona
Updated: Mondays, Wednesday, and Fridays
Colour: Sepia Toning
Panels: Full page, panels depend on Art work
RSS Feed: Full Comic

Templar Arizona is artistically one of the most gorgeous webcomics on the net! Spike is insanely talented, her lines are so freaking clean and her colouring is incredible! The story of Templar is compelling, confusing and makes me crave updates because I want to know whats next! Her Central character is a writer named Ben though plenty of other characters fill the landscape. According to the about section of the comic Templar Arizona is
"A slice-of-life, speculative fiction comic about a fictional city and its inhabitants"
and
"This is a story about a town that doesn't exist, and the people who live there.
This is also the story of a guy trying to find himself, and run away from himself at the same time."

I am not sure how long with webcomic has been online but the archives are substantial and organised into chapters. We are currently in Chapter 4 with an intermission in between each chapter so it makes keeping track of where you are up to fairly easy. A gorgeous and beautiful comic with a kick arse story line and brilliant writing! Spike has a twitter account which can be found here: [Link]





Freak Angels
Updated: fridays with a 6 page episode!
Colour: Full Colour
Panels: Depends on the page
RSS Feed: First Page then link for the rest of the episode.

Freak Angels is written by Warren Ellis and illustrated by Paul Duffield. Its gorgeous with muted colours, intricate details and Beautiful styling. Currently up to Episode 53 its an amazing read about a post apocalyptic world filled with a flooded world, steam helicopters and people with amazing powers. An interesting take on the end of the world. The characters are fantastically written from the girl who is kick arse, gorgeous and just a little bad to the guy who makes your skin crawl.

A hefty archive though worth the investment. I have been putting off buying the Books (2 are currently in print) because of lack of funds but that would be a great way to catch up on the comic as well as a worth while invention because this is a comic you are going to want to savour and I can imagine how amazing this artwork would look in print form! No twitter for either the writer or illustrator but there is an active forum to get involved in.



As I said these are just a few of the comics I read and some of the most well known. All of them have great artwork, well written stories and characters as well as being easy and a lot of fun to read!

What Webcomics do you read? Who is your favourite Artist?

Love and Obsessions

Miss Addict

p.s: All Images are copywrite to the owners of the web comics listed!

New Hair aka Photo Whoring Friday!

Photo by Miss Addict

Just a Quick Post tonight to show off my new hair cut! So pleased with it. Spend some time looking like a tin foil Alien but it was worth it!

I realise this week has been a bit fashion and photo heavy so Monday ill be back with some good all Net Geekyness

Love and Obsessions

Miss Addict