Enter a Magic Land Playing Fairy Dress Up Games

Since our imagination is so closely related to our personality and our intelligence, we cannot neglect the importance of fairy tales in any kid's healthy development. Moreover, since now they have the chance to work their creativity and learn to use their imagination playing the online fairy dress up games, we can no longer come out with the excuse of lack of time necessary to read them from their favorite fairytale books.

What are fairies seen from the eyes of a child? They represent those supernatural gorgeous entities which give them that comfortable feeling that someone is watching over them ans sees that the symbolical Good should win each time. Take for example the gorgeous angel dress up game! Little girls get to dress up a cute angel came from heaven, choosing her some divine feathery dresses, majestic wings and even superb jewelry to make her appearance even more spectacular. The background, too, would stir anyone's imagination: huge, spectacular Greek columns, huge cathedral windows and a blurry image given by, we imagine, the fluffy white clouds our gorgeous angel is flouting on.

It's not only way up in the sky that children can find those magical beings that capture their fascination! Even on solid ground, through the lovely colored little mushrooms, there are tiny gorgeous fairies waiting to play the model girls. That's right! The great thing about these online fairy dress up game is that little girls get to improve their fashion tastes using their imagination, at the same time, to create some fabulous, fairytale kind of outfits. From cute, sequined mini-dresses to glittering boots and precious, see-through wings, the cute fairy from the mushroom fairy dress up game is at these little stylists' disposal so that they can test their creative skills.

Do you remember "Sabrina, the teenage witch"? Maybe young girls don't, still they have the chance of playing with an equally charming, gorgeous girl with supernatural powers in the fairy Sabrina dress up game. They will surely grow a fascination for this cute, chic fairy, especially due to the fact that she shares their weakness for colorful, shiny clothes. Girls will be thrilled to discover that they can dress her up with lots of stylish, shiny minidresses, and fancy furry coats, even trendy, high heeled boots. In one word, this teenage fairy is sure to love fashion almost as much as magic tricks.

Besides with fairies and princess and elves which are the cute magical beings that kids love so much? "Chibis", of course! They are as innocent as them, as tiny as them and definitely as cute as little kids. Still, the cutest of them comes out and plays with them in the chibi princess dress up game. She plays the cute chibi model and little girls can be their own fashion stylists. A parade of sequined tiny dresses and long, ruffle princess gowns along with all sorts of cute, tiny accessories that a princess chibi needs in order to add that royal glow to her look, unfold in front of their fascinated little eyes!

The new online fairy games are in fact the ingenious adaptation of our favorite fairytale books, the ones that enchanted us during our childhood, to the new internet ways of kids free time activities. The pictures we were so fascinated with, which we used to stare at paging through our story books have been replaced by the attractive layouts of the online games.

REVIEW: Race City Sauce Works' "98 Octane"

Part 2 of a 2 part Buddah review with Race City City Sauce Works 2 products- The Green Fairy Absinthe Inferno (Part 1) and this one called 98 Octane.



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Purchase Absinthe

www.squidoo.com The Sexy Host shows you how to mix and properly prepare a legal absinthe liquor drink with high thujone. Absinthe aka: "The Green Fairy", "Green Goddess", and "La Fee Verte". Absinthe is a green liquor, made by soaking wormwood (Artemisia absinthium) and other herbs in grain alcohol.



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The Importance of Reading a Fairy Tale For Children

The presence of fairy tales can be the great interesting thing for many children out there. In this case, there will be many benefits of reading those tales for your children. Perhaps, you still do not understand about the reasons why you should do it and how it will bring such significant effects to your children. Do not worry, since the following explanation will let you to know more about this idea.

Actually, introducing fairy tale to your children is not a complicated task to be done at all. You can either tell to them orally or through reading the books for them. During telling your story, they can improve their imagination and perhaps guess what will happen next. Besides, they will learn more about how to tell something to other people surround them. They will also learn about how to start a story, how to express their feelings and so on.

And then, a fairy tale can make them learn much about morality and start to build the attitude. You can tell them about the simple things reflected in that story, including about the good and bad behaviors, the effects if they conduct those behaviors in their daily life with their friends and so on. Definitely, it is educational and will be quite inspiring for them.

Why should you choose fairy tale instead of the ordinary stories? You know that the first choice will bring them a fun experience. Perhaps, they will find the term such as magic brooms, king and queen, witch, and so on. But, talking about something that they do not find in daily life will bring something new to them. It is entertaining and interesting altogether.

Also, it is important to pay attention to the intonation and mimic. Make sure that you will tell them as you are the great story teller with your best expression and mimic which are different from the way you tell them about the ordinary story. You will see then that children are curious to know more about your story. The last benefit is that you can get closer to your children and understand what they want to do and have.

100% Family Dental Insurance Coverage Plans - Memo From a Tooth Fairy

Its hard to believe in today's economic times that most family dental insurance coverage plans are unacceptable to many workers, and of course their dentists. As insurance coverage plans are purchased to offset against adverse risk events, priority must be given. Is this the insurance that someone wants to have or desperately needs to have? Throughout history a tooth fairy could not provide real financial relief, so why should family dental insurance?

Insurance coverage plans must be purchased on a basis of priority, and family dental insurance does not rank among all the protection risks most others would consider a high risk. Just look at the priority ones of life insurance, car, homeowners, major medical, disability, retirement, and long-term care. Areas where claims can exceed $50,000 for a single occurrence. A dentist once said, "you have 30 teeth to protect so you cannot afford to lose one. My immediate response is, "You have one life to protect, so using that logic it is 30 times as important to protect your life."

It is not that family dental coverage is something most people do not believe in, it is something that they wish an employer would pay 100% for. In fact, many employer plans no longer provide 100% coverage. It has been found that when co-pay is involved the insured employees will be more careful on over submitting claims and abusing coverage. Your employer has mountains of benefit payment projections to review, and often dental insurance coverage lands on the bottom.

For the family that believes there should be a tooth fairy to the rescue for every little risk, there is now an acceptable compromise. The agent you want to talk to is titled an employee benefit specialist. The agent will present a plan to your employer, whereby say $35.00 monthly is deducted from your paycheck. In turn, you receive a personal, easy to pay for plan, which provides benefits you feel are important to your family. Just make sure you review the benefits to make sure they are worth the premiums paid.

The tooth fairy is not going to relieve your dental costs. Therefore, you must weigh out this insurance, making sure that you already have your basis needs insurance mentioned above, sufficiently covered.

Wing Tattoo Designs

Origins
One type of tattoo designs that is becoming highly popular is wings. Wing tattoo designs can exhibit grace, beauty, and power depending on the design. Just a tiny set of wings can show off whatever emotion you want Here are several different wing versions so that you can find the best style for you:

Butterfly Wings
These are probably the most colorful of all the wing design tattoos. If you are the sort of person who enjoys bright, vibrant tattoos, this could be the design for you. Some people prefer the wings to cover their entire backs. However, such large tattoos with a lot of color can easily take a large chunk out of your wallet. For those working with less money, the pair of wings can be smaller or in black and grey. And lets not forget about the typical "butterfly on the shoulder"! It's a classic, sexy look that will always be popular.

Angel Wings
The primary reason people choose this particular design is due to its meaning and symbolism that goes with angels. The wings are likely to hint that that person is spiritual. Of course, many nonreligious people opt for angel wings because of their outward and obvious beauty. Tattoos mean something different to each person. With full back coverage, angel wing tattoo designs can appear to be "real". This is a major reason that many people get this tattoo. Also, angel wings are usually cheaper than butterfly wing tattoos of equal size because little to no color is used. This style doesn't necessarily need to be on your back, either. Other popular spots are wrists and the back of necks.

Demon Wings
Demon Tattoos are similar to angel wing tattoos because both have spiritual meaning. However, the meaning for these tattoos can be quite different. These designs are not quite as popular as the other wing tattoos, but they have quite a popular fan base among certain groups. They are usually done in black and grey, but there's nothing saying that you can't use color. The most popular colors for this style are reds, purples and blues.

Fairy Wings
Fantasy tattoo designs are ever popular, and fairy wings are no exception. This design mostly appeals to women, but men might also like the beautiful colors and designs. Again, it's all about what the tattoo means to you. Although these wings are colorful like butterfly wings, this design will probably be less expensive. This is because the colors normally associated with "fairies" are pastels and other cooler shades. This means there will be less ink than the heavy inking for butterfly designs.

This article is merely a guideline. Choose the tattoo style that is most appropriate for you! And, as always, pick a wing tattoo design that you won't regret 30 years from now!

Absinthe on Fire, Night

Recorded on June 3, 2010 using a Flip Video camcorder.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYzc3F4464I&hl=en

The Chronicles of Absinthe aka. "The Green Fairy" Part 5 of 5

A collection of vids of a group of friends experimenting with the Infamous well known HISTORICAL drink called ABSTINTHE aka. "The Green Fairy" !!! This is the Czech Version (La Fee) with a 70% alcohol level. Look to see what this drink does to ppl.



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Absinthe, Absynt Montmartre 1412/2000 (second edition)

www.absynt.netlandia.pl -forum poświęcone Absyntowi, www.absynt.yoyo.pl - wiedza nt Absyntu, Montmartre, Absinthe, Absynt, Piołun, Zielona Wróżka, Rytuał przyrządzania Absyntu



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Encountering the Absinthe Fairy

I made this video a while ago about this one time when I actually experienced the mythological Absinthe fairy after ingesting mushrooms. A written trip report can be found in the "Fear" section of the NeuroSoup Trip Report page here: www.neurosoup.com



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Cute Fairy Tattoos For Cute Women

Cute fairy tattoos are great designs for women. They are a great way to express your personality. Do you know where to go to find the best cute fairy tattoos? I'll tell you later but first let's talk a little more about fairies.

Make sure that your tattoo tells something about you. Do you have a playful personality? If so, a fairy tattoo may be a way to express that side of yourself. Fairies are mythical creatures that are magical and mischievous. They come across as being playful and young at heart. If you're normally a serious person, cute fairy tattoos can show that side of you that is usually hidden.

You can put the tattoo somewhere that is usually hidden just like that part of your personality. Cute fairy tattoos can be placed on shoulders, calves or ankles. A fairy tattoo combined with a butterfly or flowers can enlarge a normally smaller tattoo so that it can be placed somewhere more prominent.

Let your tattoo express you. It not only should speak to you but it should speak to others about you. It should be as unique as you are. Don't just look through tattoo parlor books to find a cute fairy tattoo. You don't want the tattoo that everyone else has. To get a unique tattoo design you should design your own tattoo. Take several different tattoo designs and combine them into one.

If you browse through an online tattoo gallery you can find thousands of designs that you can combine to make a unique tattoo. The great thing about being a member of an online tattoo gallery is that you have unlimited browsing and download access to all the printable tattoo designs that they have. You can spend hours in one place finding your perfect tattoo.

poison green makeup tutorial part 3 of 3

look from my two faced makeup video



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Wait, What Happened Last Night?

Testing the "Green Fairy" theory with Absinthe. Drink responsibly. (All peoples involved in the drinking are above 21)



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Fairy Tales and Identity Theft

My mom used to put me to sleep reading fairy tales. I always enjoyed those stories especially that of Cinderella and Snow White. As soon as I was old enough to pick my own clothes, toys and accessories, I always make it a point to have my mom buy me stuffs that have Cinderella or Snow White's picture on them. I became obsessed and I wanted to become like these princesses to the point that I grew up knowing that at one point or another, I will meet my own prince and find my true love.

I am all grown up now and I've matured. Despite that, my love for fairy tales never waned. I have now children of my own and I feel that it's their time now to love the fairy tales that I once loved as a child. I bought a handful of these classic stories on CD and had my child watch them whenever there's no school (my child is not allowed to watch TV during school days). She loved them and I like the way my child responded to these stories. I see myself in my child-back during the days when I was still a gullible little child.

One night, my husband and I decided to have a fairy tale marathon with our daughter. We started watching fairy tales after dinner and on it went until we finished three: Cinderella, Little Mermaid and Mulan. We went to bed happy and dreamy. We felt like little kids.

As I lay in bed that night, I started reflecting about the fairy tales that we just watched. That night, I was a cross between being a child and being an adult. I started thinking about the plots of the story and how the characters went from being the underdogs to being the most beautiful princess in the kingdom (as with the case of snow white), or get closer with to the man of your dreams (as that of Ariel's). Eventually, I arrived at a conclusion. These three princesses or ladies that I was so fond of when I was a child were basically identity theft criminals!

I wanted to laugh at myself that night but just so you'd understand, here's how I arrived at the conclusion.

Cinderella: She was a house helper who, through the help of her friends and her fairy god mother was able to assume the identity of the loveliest girl in the kingdom. She was able to deceive the prince but when the clock struck 12, she was forced to return to her original identity.

Little Mermaid: Ariel was so in love with the prince that she rescued that she was so willing to give up her mermaid-ness to be with the human that she loved. She drank a potion which allowed her to be a "normal" human with legs and lived with the identity until the prince was married off to another.

Mulan: This is a clear cut case of identity theft. Mulan took on the identity of his father because she did not want her father to join the army because he was too old.

Okay, I know. Their motives were noble but they're still identity thieves, right?

The Brilliance That Was The Dark Fairy Tales And Sesame Street

The original " Sesame Street " is a dark and often gritty show, with mentally depressed homeless creatures like Oscar the Grouch, and poor people living in run down apartments. Heffernan (2007) writes that "These early 'Sesame Street' episodes are intended for grown-ups, and may not suit the needs of today's preschool child." The reasons forwarded that they would not suit the needs of today's children is that as gritty dark shows they do not show the happiness nor the sterile environment handed to children today, so the show was changed, giving us an Oscar who is more annoyed then upset, an overly energetic and giggly Elmo, and an overall cleaner look. This has occurred many times with many stories and art intended for children, Little Red Riding Hood is saved at the last minute, all three of the three little pigs now survive, and in general the fairy tales are so happy now that one of the most feared creatures of the past the fairy is now cute and cuddly.

Its important to understand that such fairy tales and Sesame Street sprung into being not to connect with a happy world but to connect with a sad and horrifying reality, dark and dingy ghettos where children had to talk with grouches, where people lived in run down apartments and children played in filthy streets. Just as with many of the early children's stories the purpose was both to amuse but also to help children deal with the harsh reality of life, because no matter what we do this harsh reality exists. Our stories can ignore death but life does not, children's dogs die, their grandparents will often die when they are still young, and sometimes their best friends can pass away. By sugar coating everything for them perhaps we are making them less able to deal with life later on. Just as many doctors now think that the rise in Asthma is due to the sterile environment where kids are exposed to fewer bacteria any number of problems could occur from the sterile emotional environment in which many children live.

Art for children is something intended to bring warmth, joy, love, happiness, and in many ways those artists that can bring this are some of the greatest artists. At the same time however such stories and art that exists should on occasion just as life does offer something a bit more edgy. This is because no matter how much we wish it where so not everybody can be as happy or as fulfilled as they want to be, they must be happy and must survive regardless of this however. Beyond this however many stories should as Sesame Street did and as many of the fairy tales did allow children to see joy and happiness in every situation, so that the world in which they live is not so bleak but is rather a happy place where no matter what happens people love them, and they have people to love. Where there are games and fun, success and heroics, and where there is always potential, potential to find some type of happiness and love no matter the circumstances.

Heffernan, Virginia (2007, Nov 18th) Sweeping the Clouds Away. New York Times retrieve on Nov 20th, 2007 from http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/18/magazine/18wwln-medium-t.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1

[FR] Moulin Rouge

Extrait du film Moulin Rouge de Jean Renoir avec Jean Gabin.



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Butterfly Fairy Wings and Costume - Dress Up For Halloween

Butterfly wings and fairy wings are a popular dress up item for Halloween and other parties. If you or someone you know is looking for dress up wings for a costume you have a lot of options and many to choose from. There are multiple size variations as well as many different colors. There definitely is no shortage of dress up wings and their variations in today's market. You might want to start with a specific color costume or style that you are looking for or you might want to just browse through a selection of fairy or butterfly wings that are available for you to purchase.

If you are looking for small butterfly wings for your little toddler or infant there are many to choose from that will make her the most darling little butterfly on the block. Does she have a favorite color yet or are you going to match them to an outfit? Knowing this will help you find just the right wings for the occasion. If you don't have a complete outfit you can often find other dress up clothing and accessories on the same site where you find the wings so keep your eyes open for that cute outfit that will make your little one the most beautiful princess of the night.

Fairy wings have been a popular dress up item for many years and of course we all know of Tinkerbelle and her fame. Due to the stories and movies about this lovable character many little girls know exactly who they want to be for Halloween. There are other movies through the years that also depict fairies that will encourage the imagination and make your little one smile and dance with joy when she gets her wings. Once again, you have no shortage of options with both color and size when it comes to fairy wings and of course, if you are looking for something unique and special you can always add a few feathers or other embellishments to make them a one of a kind accessory.

Why Do Fairies Have Wings?

While there are various explanations of the origins of fairies and the nature of them and their lands, there is little explanation in any studies of where the modern conception of winged fairies has come from.

None of the books suggest that fairies have wings like dragonflies or butterflies. The wee-folk of Celtic mythology are generally thought to be the size of small children or dwarfs, rather than the size of insects as they are thought of today.They also tend to be suitably disproportionate, like chunky hobbits or dwarfs rather than the tiny but perfect adult fairies in modern storybooks. It is likely that these modern depictions of fairies sprang more from the minds of individual humans than any specific culture or mythology.

For almost as long as people have been seeing fairies, people have been writing about them. The countries of the world have a wide variety of myths and legends, but the "little people" crop up in a great many of them. Into more modern times, we have Spenser's "The Fairie Queen", and Shakespeare's "A Midsummers Night's Dream" in Elizabethan times, both of which did much to cement the modern conception of what a "fairy" is.

A wide variety of cultures believe in fairies similar to the Celtic version, and some cultures see fairies as the animistic spirits of nature. None of these fairies bear much resemblance to the modern fairies and if they had wings, it is a detail that is usually left out. Spencer's fairies were like the Celtic version, Shakespeare's were like a combination of tall elegant elves and the wee-folk, but it was not until the Victorian era that fairies were established as little winged beings.

Thomas Croker (1789-1854) in his collection of Irish Fairy Tales, described fairies as being "a few inches high, airy and almost transparent in body; so delicate in their form that a dew drop, when they chance to dance on it, trembles, indeed, but never breaks."

One of the first of these "delicate" fairies to impinge on popular consciousness was probably Tinkerbell in J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan. Around that time, there was also a large amount of sentimental art, creating cutesy portrayals of fairies and cherubs. There was also a large fuss made about the fairy photographs taken by two young girls in England at Cottingsley. These photographs sparked a world-wide debate that did much to "fix" the image of the small, winged, fairy in the public mind, and if you ask any group of people, there'll no doubt be someone who remembers seeing the pictures at some time. The Victorians had a soft spot for the "cute", and much of the modern conception of the little delicate, insect size fairy came from them.

Disney also has a part to play from the 1950s onward, pushing the sanitised Tinkerbell as a sort of happy go-lucky nature sprite, making fairies happy and unthreatening, reinforced even more by having Julia Roberts play her in the live action version.

From these images people have come to see fairies as a happy, positive, image... a far cry from the baby-stealing wee folk of Celtic mythology from which they derived.

Iridessa Costume and the Magical Fairies of Pixie Hollow

Pixie dust, fairy tea parties and a magical place. Do the girls in your family love the timeless magic of fairies? Whether your favorite fairy is Silvermist, Fawn, Rosetta, Iridessa, or TinkerBell, every fairy makes a great fancy dress costume for ladies, teens and children on Halloween. Read more to take a tour through Pixie Hollow. You'll learn a little bit more about each fairy and some ideas when deciding which Halloween costume is best for you. Maybe your personality matches a Pixie Hollow fairy.

TinkerBell was made famous by the original Peter Pan stories written by J.M. Barrie. Tinker fairies are also known as "Pots and Pans" faires. TinkerBell, sometimes referred to as "Miss Bell", sassy, feisty and fun loving. TinkerBell loves silverbells which are her favorite flower. The thing she loves the most is coming up with awesome inventions from objects she finds around Pixie Hollow. Tink built a balloon carrier made from a compass, a gourd and some cotten and it flies. Tink gets upset when she can't fix something. Her favorite treat, pumpkin muffins. Tink lives in a tea kettke get marks for being the bravest around humans.

The TinkerBell costume consists of a strapless leaf design in very fairy shade of green. This design can be worn by a toddler, child, or by an adult in a very sexy configuration using a mini-skirt accompanied by fairy wings and a wand and jewelry as accessories. A teen or children configuration could be more conservative with long green stockings. A great effect is to buy some spray glitter to use for pixie dust and spray Tinker Bell and other fairies with a good portion of it. The Tinker Bell deluxe costume is green and comes with purple wings and looks best with white Mary Janes and white stockings.

Silvermist - the other faires call her Sil - is a water fairy with a very go-with-the-flow type of fairy who can be a tad wishy-washy. But, Silvermist is always willing to listen to another fairy in need. Water chestnuts are what Silvermist loves to eat but she does not like loud noises. She generally want everyone to get along and listen to her heart. Her favorite hangout is the babbling brook.

Silvermist wears a cool blue dress. The Silvermist girls deluxe costume has shades of silver, aqua blue and purple. The costume is ankle length and covers both shoulders but the left shoulder is fishnet material. Her wings are also silver, aqua blue and purple. The typical costume comes with the outfit and the wings. The Rosetta costume looks great with silver slippers.

The garden fairy of the group is Rosetta. Rosetta loves buttercup soup and her favorite flower is roses of course. The sweet and sassy Rosetta, all dressed in pink, is all about delivering advice to her fellow fairies. Known for her charming accent she loves giving makeovers and always strives to look her best. Living in her rose-blossom chalet, she tells bedtime stories to her beloved potted plants.

The Rosetta costume consists of a 100% polyester coral and pink nylon petal skirt and sheer detachable wings. Sizes and styles of the Rosetta Costume are available in girls, teens and ladies sizes.

The fairy who's signature look is her long single hair braid is Fawn. Fawn is an animal ferry who loves melted acorn butter on everything. She is very rough-and-tumble and is a tomboy. Her favorite flower is the Tiger Lily. Living in her tree house carved from a pinecone, she enjoys spending time with animals and enjoys speaking toad.

Her costume consists of earth tones such as brown, flesh and deep orange. Her skirt comes to the knees and has shoulder straps. The costume also has fairy wings.

Last but certainly not least is the lovely Iridessa who the fairies know as Dess or Dessa. Iridessa is a neat freak, liking to have things in order which is common with light fairies. Her favorite treat is lemon meringue pie. She often worries about things but tries to stay positive and keep a good attitude. She looks bright and golden in her sun dress much like her favorite flower, the sunflower.

The Iridessa costume is golden yellow full gown. The costume comes with light fairy wings.

All fairies bring their own unique identity to the world. Their styles, looks and personalities are full of life and they make really fun characters to become on Halloween for ladies, teens, children and even toddlers. I hope you liked this review of the Fairies from Pixie Hollow. Go to the Tinkerbell Costumes web site for more info about your favorite fairy costumes.

Absinthe - La Fie Verte

Absinthe, La Fie Verte, a music video dedicated to the trippy experience of drinking this hallucinatory substance.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AU8gbwYcFo&hl=en

Disney Fairy Tales - How Timeless and Reassuring Are They?

Ever since I was a child, I have known that Walt Disney was (and continues to be) the consummate cinematic master of the traditional fairy tale. Some critics argue that he does serious injustice to the original source materials. But you must realize that, as cultures and lifestyles change, so do the societal and cultural meanings of "Snow White," "Cinderella," "The Little Mermaid," "Beauty and the Beast," and other fairy tales Disney brought (and continues to bring) to his respective medium (Day 2). All in all, this continuously transforms the universal message of the fairy tale itself, no matter what we perceive Disney or the original authors to be like altogether (Orenstein).

I believe many of the fairy tales Disney adapted (and continues to adapt) have the emotional and psychological capacity to transcend generational, cultural, racial, sexual, etc., lines among "both children and adults" at home and abroad in today's growingly complex world (Day 2). They provide both concrete and abstract knowledge and insight into our own way of life, as well as the ways of life of others (Day 2). They can serve a therapeutic and sometimes cathartic role in early childhood development and the lives of grown-ups; everyone encounters archetypal characters that may enhance his or her own skills and experiences in resolving internal and external conflicts and other problems on a daily basis (Day 2, 11, and 34). On a more specific note, I think Disney's fairy tales continue to help children and more experienced individuals cope with sibling rivalry and other everyday dilemmas because of the ways in which they explore reconcilable moral values in sometimes unforgivable or unmanageable circumstances (Day 2 and 13).

In addition, I think Disney's fairy tales can provide a framework for our own belief systems, which could thus make us draw the lines between reality and fantasy more clearly (Day 2). So, although many of us do not have relationships that result in storybook-like endings, we can still rely on Disney to help us preserve the messages and values we idealize in a world we all try to make better, but is alas imperfect, altogether (Day 3 and 4).

The recent live-action/animated fantasy comedy "Enchanted" is a perfect example of "the modern romantic understanding of the fairy tale," albeit in a slightly more realistic light than what the title suggests (Orenstein). In the magical kingdom of Andalasia, a beautiful princess named Giselle (Amy Adams) is about to marry the dashing Prince Edward (James Marsden). But since this situation upsets the prince's mother, The Evil Queen Narissa (Susan Sarandon), she is sent down a magical well and into the extremely disenchanted and gritty world of contemporary New York City. Completely shocked and dismayed by this new alien environment, Giselle now finds herself in a world where there's no guarantee of a "happily ever after." Yet, she befriends a cynical and deeply flawed divorce lawyer named Robert (Patrick Dempsey), who isn't so sure about her true love back home, for the lack of a better word. While she waits for her true love to find her, Giselle begins to "enchant" every real-life person around her with her spontaneous singing and storybook-perfect demeanor. But, eventually, she begins to realize that finding love in Manhattan isn't going to be as easy as it was back in her own cartoonish world. Robert is already engaged to his girlfriend and has a 6-year-old daughter to tend to. But, eventually, he and his daughter come to Giselle's aid when the princess falls off of a city sign. The divorce attorney realizes that the princess needs a temporary home, for he knows that there's really no world out there by the name of Andalasia. At first, he is deeply upset when Giselle cuts his curtains to make herself a new dress. But, later on in the picture, he begins to care for her when he realizes that he's not so disillusioned about Giselle's "real-life" predicaments after all. At the very end of the film, Giselle decides to run her own NYC fashion line with her mystical animals in tow, and both Giselle and Robert live, you guessed it, "happily ever after" in the real world.

Although many critics complain about Disney's use of elaborate musical numbers in his romanticized adaptations of Perrault's, de Beaumont's, Andersen's, and the Grimm Brothers' renowned folktales, I believe Disney still gets it right when he lets "the songs arise naturally out of the action" (Day 21). Using his cinematic, Broadway-style storytelling device as the all-important backdrop, we can identify with the deceptively simple meanings behind the characters and the storyline more effectively (Day 21). Disney films have and continue to influence both children's and adults' knowledge of fairy tales in general (Day 34). So, even if Disney did (and continues to) take liberties with the original source materials, he has always known that entertainment values can, in some way, contribute to our own "evaluative, critical, and inferential levels of thought" in the relationships we have with all kinds of persons in a sometimes unfavorable world (Orenstein; Day 13 and 59).

I believe Disney himself liked to revisit his favorite childhood stories the same way a lot of others like revisiting a house they knew as a child (Willard 13 and 14). Therefore, I guess I should say that his mind was full of things metaphorically similar to what he probably saw in his grandmother's pantry or his grandmother's kitchen when production started on his beloved adaptation of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" (1937) (Willard 16). Therefore, he probably had no choice but to interpret Snow White in a different light because nobody can step into the same tale twice without interpreting a different take on it to begin with (Willard 16).

I believe it's terribly harsh for anyone to view both Disney's fairy tales and the original source materials not "as luminous and layered as an onion" (Willard 23). They are like a house anyone can enter by many doors, even if one has to find those doors by forgetting the stories they remember back from their childhood altogether (Willard 23). Disney himself must have viewed his favorite children's stories, as well as childhood itself, like a shelter and a station (Willard 23). That said, he probably had no choice but to keep himself in the movie business, or no choice but to depart from the movie business, if he decided to reinstate his original source materials' authenticity altogether (Willard 23). Time takes us all in the end, so Disney believed, and I believe, that both storytellers and audience members have the obligation to "pass the tales on to other tellers and other listeners" as long as there's always an aspect of life we call human nature (Willard 23).

Works Cited

Day, Pamela Ann. The Impact of Disney Film Adaptations of Fairy Tales on Children's Knowledge of Traditional Tales. Diss. Illinois State U, 1997. Ann Arbor: UMI, 1998. 1388324. Pages 2-4, 11, 13, 21, 34, 59.

Orenstein, Catherine. "Fairy Tales and a Dose of Reality." Editorial. New York Times 3 Mar. 2003, late ed.: A23.

Willard, Nancy. "A Tale Out of Time." The Horn Book Magazine: Jan./Feb. 2002, Vol. 78, Issue 1. Pages 13-14, 16, 23.

I found a Fairy love, Wonderful Days

A fairy love is never meant to last, especially if that love is for the Green Fairy....



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=302DVjj6x6I&hl=en

Roup encounters the Green Fairy

Roup had some absinthe whilst visiting friends in Prague. Hilarity ensued.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkpRi9HgLQU&hl=en

Analysis of the Mountain of Gold - Fairy Tale Interpretation

A merchant who has lost nearly all his wealth meets a mannikin, who offers the man mounds of gold for the first thing that rubs up against his leg as he gets home. The dwarf, instructs the merchant to bring it to him within 12 years time. Thinking this would be his dog the man agrees, however as is usually the case in such stories it is actually his son.

The son however in twelve years time has grown to be very clever, and so he has himself blessed by a priest then he goes with his father and draws a circle around them so that the dwarf may not reach them. Notice at this point that the son uses both the blessing of the Christian God and certain paganistic rituals to keep himself safe. It is this opposition of forces that makes fairy tales so interesting, for like all people the people who told these stories found themselves the subject of so many transitions over which they had little control, by using both ideas both stages the boy is able to negotiate with the creature and protect himself from whatever it had planned. However in doing so the boy is set adrift, literally in a boat leaving his father and the dwarf behind.

The boat then appears to sink and so the father believes that his son has died, however the boy survives and becomes the main character of the fairy tale at this point. This is another common aspect of fairy tales with the story starting with the father, or mother as the primary character, before passing on to their child. As with life the stories theme passes from one generation to the other.

The boy after drifting away from his father comes to a cursed castle, where a maiden within has been turned into a snake, and all other life is missing from the place. The maiden begs the boy to free her from the curse. This requires that the boy endure torture and pain, and even death. On doing this she brings him to life and they are married. The enduring of torments to free another in fairy tales is common, as with life much is required for marriage, and of course we all like to think that those we love would be willing to endure such pain for us. The romance of such love in these cases is indicated in part by the pain endured for them. Further by having the boy endure such pain to free a people, we the audience come to know his character even more, not only is he brilliant but he is brave and self sacrificing as well. Now we understand that he is a true hero.

Having been set up as a great hero the boy is now set for a fall and another adventure to rescue his wife and the child he has with her. For as years pass he misses his father and uses a magical ring to visit him. His wife tells him under no circumstances to use the ring to try to bring her to meet his father.

On getting home the boy is forced to exchange cloths with a shepherd for the guards do not trust his strange garments. Such an exchange does two things, first it shows the generosity of the father, who in thinking that his son is a poor stranger provides him with food. Second it is conceivable that it shows the earlier organs of the story, for a land which is reached by a ship that appeared to sink, and is left by aid of a magical ring is likely a fairy land.

As they sit together the son tells his father his story, but the father does not believe it, thinking that his sons rags are a result of his poverty. Wishing to prove his success the son brings his wife to him. She cries and reproaches him for this, but he tells her all is well. However as he sleeps, she takes the ring and disappears back to her kingdom leaving the boy alone, with only one of her slippers as a token of their existence. To disobey ones fairy wife will always result in her leaving.

As the boy tries to return home he comes to three giants who are arguing how to divide their inheritance. They ask him to help, the items in question are a magical sword, an invisibility cloak, and boots with teleport the wearer where he wishes to go. The boys magical nature at this point is shown for he changes himself into a fly on putting on the invisibility cloak. It is interesting that there is no purpose for this event in the current story, this makes one wonder how this story or the stories which this came from where altered over the years. However the act of changing into a fly does of course confirm that the boy is a wizard now, and perhaps explains the dwarves interest in the boy earlier in the story.

One anticipates that the boy would cut the giants heads off on getting the sword in order to get the boots however the boy is a hero character and so he does not. However on getting the boots he thinks of his family and teleports home. This is made to be more an act of love then a malicious theft, and so helps to keep the boy firmly implanted as good. This is important for on returning home he finds his wife getting married to another, so he puts on the invisibility cloak and steals her food at the wedding feast so that she can get none of it. She flees to her chamber thinking she is being tormented by the devil, and he follows and hits her for betraying his love. Then he runs crying to the guests, telling them to leave for this is his home and his family. They however attempt to attack him, but he uses the sword to slay them all.

Its interesting to note that his wife was attempting to remarry without him, and that this is one of the few such stories like this, that does not end with the wife leaving. Again one cannot be certain what parts where tagged on from other stories in order to complete this one, it is quite possible that the original did indeed end with the wife leaving, and that the return home with magical items is a separate story. Such story mashes are of course common, sadly we cannot know for certain that they happened in this case, and must determine the meaning and purpose of the story both with as will as without such assumptions. In either case it would seem that the meaning appears to be that no women should leave her husband, the question of whether this is a tag on to another story if answered would help to show whether or not this was a newer form of thinking or if it was something that had remained constant.

Flower Fairies Garden Ornaments and Art Work in a Butterfly Garden, A Fantasy Fairies Call

Art work in butterfly garden.
What a lovely day.
Flower fairies garden ornaments
line my sidewalk.
I try to capture this moment
notice it is grand
put it inside my pocket
butterfly in a garden.

It is the moon that settles
brightly
bringing me my moods
just outside this window.
I think of my flower fairies
garden ornaments?
No.
Real and breathing friends to me.

The moon.
There is a part of me that fears its light
those unsettled plans
notations that I could have done better.
They keep me up at night.

Don't say one word.
Don't take her calls.
Whenever the crows approach
dye this fabric past mistakes
don't block out all those stars
do not settle for sequins
sewn inside your diary.

I will not settle for less
I will no longer listen
I will not entertain those moonlit tears.
Let them settle on the ground
mud dries eventually.
Salty tears will mingle with new rain
fresh new rain.

Outspoken fantasy fairies
remind me of colors
climbing vines reach up to the trees
beautiful wisteria.
Fantasy fairies smile
giggle sometimes
remind me how easy laughter comes
once you start to smile.

I look at all my gifts
flower fairies garden ornaments
art work in butterfly garden
laughter comes in cycles.
Moon step back and see me
let me step outside the shadows
or is it let me see myself?

I cherish the lines
the curves
the starts of new adventures
lead me none the less dear moon
despite all
I still rely on all your stories.
Flower fairies garden ornaments
art work in butterfly garden.
Laughter comes in cycles
yes
as do tears
inconvenient truths
and I most humbly resign to it all.
Tiny angels, fantasy fairies
sequins pinned to the moon
blessed changes
hear me call
dear goddess in me.

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first sip of absinthe

ana's first taste of the green fairy



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOyx80zgtRU&hl=en

Fairies and Angel Tattoos

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Fairy tattoos and angel tattoo have a lot in common and in fact I get confused between them quite often. Maybe its just my small brain, but the point is that I get confused with these. They are just too similar and seem to have similar types of stories associated with them. In fact, when a friend of mine had got a fairy tattoo I somehow mistook it for an angel tattoo. I know it will be hard to believe this, but it really happens to me a lot. I don't know,why. Maybe my brain is just wired that way so as not to be able to tell the difference between these two types of tattoos.

Here are some of the similarities between fairy tattoos and angel tattoos:

1. Both of them have large beautiful wings.

2. Both of them are heavenly or supernatural beings and have magical powers.

3. Both of them have divine beauty associated with them. This is the part that attracts me to these types of tattoos. Its that they are so mystical and have a fantasy attached to them. Makes me go OOO! It just helps me to go into a land of dreams.

And actually, it is more tough to list the differences between them which could be that angels are said to be messengers of God while fairies are just supernatural beings.

Hmm, I cant think of anymore differences now. Maybe later on I will try and list a few differences between them.

it smells like crazy

drinking the absinthe!



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHqltLh1x04&hl=en

flushing absinthe down the toilet

Isn't is a waste? lol



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01niy6WIbjI&hl=en

Marriage: Where is the Fairy Tale?

"Presently, 40% of all first marriages in this country end in divorce. 60% of all second marriages and 75% of third marriages fail as well." -Dr. Gary Chapman

Common sense leads us to believe that we should learn from our mistakes and the percentages should decrease with each new marriage. Do you think individuals get worse at being married? Do people give too easily or don't they get it? I believe these statistics point to our communication inadequacies and our lack of understanding of love.

What happens to love after the honeymoon? Love changes and these changes go unnoticed until it is too late. Couples give up and are unwilling to spend the time necessary to resuscitate the love. It has become too easy and too common place to simply trade in your spouse and set out to find a new one. "Why invest time and energy in making it work?" I say, "Look beyond today and envision the payoff of tomorrow."

"More marriages might survive if the partners realized that sometimes the better comes after the worse." --Doug Larson

In coaching my clients, I have found that if we explore other "investment" scenarios, we can look at marriage in a more productive light. Most of us have purchased and owned a new car. As in our relationships and marriages, buying and owning a car takes effort and responsibility.

First, you recognize that you have a need for a new car. Next, you explore the market. You examine your likes, dislikes and what features are important to you. Then, you begin the shopping process. You test drive a few and sometimes several cars, constantly rethinking your needs. You are hoping to find that perfect car that fits the image in your mind; the comfort of the seat, the beauty of the vehicle inside and outside and the warranty. It must have a good warranty. When you have explored all the pros and cons, you make the commitment.

The day of purchase it feels like the car was built just for you. You take it home and you feel great. In the beginning, you take superb care of that car. You keep it clean and polished. You drive it just for the fun of it. Just being in the car makes you feel wonderful. The car is a priority. Then gradually you spend less time in the car, wash it less often and the new car smell disappears. It begins to lose its luster. Your interest and effort begins to diminish. What is happening?

Overtime, you take the car to the mechanic and he tells you that the vehicle is in need of repairs. Your first question is, "How much will the repairs cost?" You wonder, "Is it time to trade in the car?" Do you feel that you have had enough and that it is time to make a trade? I challenge you to hang in there and make a few repairs. One of the most commonly sited causes for divorce in this country is irreconcilable differences. That is a nice, legal term for "we give up", "it is not worth the effort" or "I'd like to trade this model for a new one."

What does it take to get beyond the newness and commit to working together to build a lasting relationship? It takes time, energy, understanding and a high level of responsibility and commitment from both parties. Love is cyclic with numerous peaks and valleys. There will be times in your marriage when you "feel" love towards one another and others when you do not. Love is not a feeling. Love is an action. In the times when you do not feel love towards your spouse are the exact times when you should behave "lovingly" to them. I believe in love, but I also know that it will not always be roses, chocolate strawberries and fairy tale romance. A lasting marriage can be accomplished. The "feelings" will return.

"One advantage of marriage is that when you fall out of love with him, or he falls out of love with you, it keeps you together until maybe you fall in love again." -Judith Viorst

In a strong, respectful and communicative marriage, you work together to minimize the valleys. It is during the valleys that we face our toughest challenges but also our greatest opportunities for growth. How can you minimize the valleys and spend more time amongst the peaks? Sadly enough, most couples fail to act until they find themselves in the bottom of the valley. Repairs are responses to problems. It is while we are in the peak, in a position of strength, that we should be performing preventative maintenance on our relationships. This will lead to marital strength not only during the good times, but also during the difficult ones.

I would like to share with you two very necessary requirements for a successful marriage. They are to understand your love language and make respectful requests.

I. Understand Your Love Language¹

Many times the loss of love in a marriage is not based on emotion, but a misunderstanding of what makes each individual feel loved. It is extremely common for couples to have different definitions of love. How do you communicate love to your spouse? In turn, what does your spouse do that makes you feel loved?

There are a variety of different images of love and how it is displayed. I see this quite often in my own life. My wife's nickname for me is "Usefulman". She teases, but I know that when I do things around the house or fix something that is in need of repair, she feels loved. For her, it is not the gifts that I give her; it is the efforts I make to take care of things for her.

For years, I thought that giving gifts showed my wife how much I loved her. While my intentions were valiant, gifts were not the things that made her feel loved. What I discovered was that I must show her love in a way that makes her feel loved, in her love language¹. The gifts were nice gestures, but they were not meeting her love expectations.

When we moved and bought a new house, I started spending more time around the house fixing or improving things and I discovered how this made my wife feel. She made a variety of comments, all of which were very loving. My understanding of this has helped us grow closer.

It is very important that you discover your love language¹ and the love language¹ of your spouse. Share each of the times when you felt most loved. With an open mind, be receptive to your spouse and his or her needs. Learn when to offer gifts and when your spouse needs a compliment. Do not offer intimacy, when he or she is looking for conversation.

In my practice, I use a great exercise to help couples discover their love languages. Find a quiet space and write a love letter to your spouse. Each of you should do this. Start each letter with "I love you because...." Then write your spouse another letter, "I feel most loved when you...." Both of you should write this letter and share it with each other. These letters will help you develop an understanding of each other's love language and when you are meeting each other's needs. It is imperative to know what things you do that make your spouse feel loved. Once you have shared the letters, make an effort to add what you have learned into your marriage. You might be surprised at the result.

II. Make Respectful Requests

The way you share each other's desires is critical to the success of your relationship. If they come across as demanding, you do not stand a chance. Ultimatums must be replaced with respectful requests. Remember, you are ultimately responsible for your own happiness.

When you offer respectful requests, you create opportunities for necessary growth and development. For example, instead of speaking like this:

"It has been two years since you have taken me anywhere. I sure hope that it will not take another two years for you to make time for us. You do not care about our relationship anymore."

Make a respectful request:

"I really enjoy when we make time to sneak away for a long weekend and spend some quality time together. Do you think that we could find some time for a getaway this month?"

The second request is a respectful, loving request. The first is more of an effort to criticize the other person and is clearly demanding. It forces your spouse into a defensive position. Such demands create distance and destroy intimacy. Here is another scenario. Which one will generate a loving response?

"Honey, do you think that you will be able to paint the guest room this weekend?"

Or:

"Since you can't seem to find the time to get it done, I am going to have to waste some money and hire someone to get the guest room painted."

This reminds me of the old saying, "you'll attract more flies with honey." I guarantee that if you make respectful and loving requests of your spouse, you will see results; but, do not kid yourself. Give your spouse a little time to process the request. Making a respectful request only to follow it with a demand for action is a waste of everyone's time and energy. Be patient; you are trying to build a foundation here.

When you make requests, you offer options or choices, just as love is a choice. Allow your partner opportunities to choose to love you. Love is an action. Focus on requests that build your love and not on communications that destroy it. Learn to realize that when your spouse cares enough for you to respond to your requests, it will draw you closer to one another. It will create a stronger bond and increase your levels of intimacy.

"I have great hopes that we shall love each other all our lives as much as if we never married at all." - Lord Byron

Add these two powerful elements into your marriage: learn your spouse's love language¹ and make respectful requests. Use them to create an environment that reinforces and cherishes love. First, fall in love then stay there. It takes a strong effort by both husband and wife to experience the joys of a successful marriage. Seek out ways together to create the love of your future.

¹Love Language, "Five Love Languages"--Dr. Gary Chapman