bad zipper

Once again I bring you the Ebay ugly of the week. I just disappointed with this one. I think the seller wanted to make pants but ended up with a shirt with a horribly misplaced zipper. I wonder if there are pockets somewhere as well? I don't really know whats up with the woman with the runny make-up but its not helping the overall look of the shirt.
Lillys rating: Zip up and be safe!

The Mythology of the Rainbow

Almost every religion includes the rainbow. Here are the lucky number 7.

Greeks believed the rainbow was a road used to by Isis to deliver messages between heaven and Earth.

Chinese mythology says the rainbow is a slit in the sky sealed by Nuwa using seven different colored stones. Nuwa is the being responsible for the repopulation of humans after a calamity. One such time Nuwa seals the sky is after calamitious flooding circa 500-200BC.

The Norse belived a rainbow called the Bifrost Bridge connected the Earth to the Heavens, or Midgard and Asgard. The bridge will be destroyed at Ragnarok, the end of the world.

Hindus call the rainbow Indradhanush, or Indras bow. Indra, a weather and war got credited with bringing water to the Earth.

Genesis claims the rainbow is a sign of the covenant between God and mankind promising he will never again destroy the world with a flood. Noah lived 11 generations before Jesus, circa 500-200 BC

The Mayan believe the rainbow signifies the beginning of a new age after the old one was destroyed by a fiery rain that fell from the sky.

The Navajo believe God travels on the rainbow, because it moves so quickly. It is also a bridge between this world and the other side.

Yahooooo!!! New flower! It seems that my garden is doing better than expected!
I spotted this one as I was coming home from a long day of birthday present hunting. This hunter failed miserably....arg. Anyways I nabbed my camera and snapped a few shots. This was the best one. Yay! I have sweet peas about to bloom so I know you are going to lose alot of sleep untill you get to see the sweetpeas but alas, you must wait.
Lillys rating: Dems purdy flowers

Hero of the Week vs. Zero of the Week

My Hero of the week is Wangari Maathai, the Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize winner for 2004.

"If we don't have enough food and water, we fight over the little that is left. We call these tribal, cultural, religious or political conflicts. But looking deeper, they are caused by resource problems," said Maathai.

It is all so simple when summed up in these words, Maathai, an activist continues to advocate the reforestation of Africa along with other social issues. Overcoming great adversity she refused to be intimidated, and became the first woman in Eastern and Central Africa to earn a doctorate.

The Zero of the week honors go to Jessica Simpson. She is hoping to adopt a baby. What?! This chick can barely raise herself.

“That’s what I wanted for my birthday but I couldn’t legally get a baby across the Mexican border. “I’ll end up doing something which will touch somebody in some way that’s good… through orphanages.”

OMG!!! A baby for your birthday, how spoiled can one pseudocloned Barbie be?

--Willow

Mr. Know it all

Ok so, I work for a retail company...uhh lets call it Tarbet.
I work with people all day, and not just other employees, people too. Well employees are people too but you get what I'm saying.
Anyways, sometimes at Tarbet things go wrong and all you can do is bite your lip and make yourself be polite. Instead of releasing all the anger and causing a scene. Yeah its crossed my mind, that "fired" issue arrises. Well not too long ago I stumbled on a site where employees and other people can comment and say pretty much anything they want. OHH Lilly whats the site you speak of? Can we go there and read the posts and comment? Why yes you can! But hummm I haven't explained my title up there. Mr Know it all is what I call him. Hes a new member to the site and has been commenting on everything and its getting annoying. Most of his remarks are getting on my nerves. He sounds like hes a big wig and acts like he knows how everything works. I bet you hes nothing more than a newbie and is a tard.
His user name is t1378worker and the website is www.targetsucks.org I urge all of you that read this post to pass it on to your friends. Please go to this site and bash on this creep. Make him go away or at least cry.
So I know that you went there from this post, creat this username LillyRaider1 if that name is taken use LillyRaider2, if thats taken just go down the line of numbers untill you get one that hasn't been taken.
So once again PLEASE PLEASE help me out tell your friends! And I will continue to bring you joy from my and Willows posts.
Thanks in advance for your help!
Your friend and mine,
-Lilly

purdy flowers

WOOOOWIIIIIIEEEE check out this one! This is #2 of things I got to grow in my garden. No clue what it is but look! Horrah! I'm no photographer, but I'm pretty proud of my pictures. I also gave this flower some water after I took this it was pretty dry. The result is the next pic here, also quite stunning.
Lillys rating- Look maw! I grew a green thumb!

Classless Celebrity Comment/Action of the Week

The winner for the first Classless Celebrity award goes to (key fancy music) Mariah Carey.

Thankfully for all of us Mariah Carey provided comic relief during the heartbreaking aftermath of 9-11 by giving us the semi-autobiographical movie Glitter.

"Another thing that people don't remember about Glitter is that it came out the week of 9/11. The movie became a pressure release for everyone dealing the intensity of the attacks. Glitter was the safe joke of the day." Mariah Carey

Yes for everyone dealing with the pain of 9-11, everyone turned to the comedy relief of how bad Glitter was flopping. I, myself remember howling with glee that Glitter was being panned by every critic, allowing me to completely forget about the dreadful event of 9-11. The image of Mariah bobblehead posters advertising her self aggrandizing movie totally made me forget . . . What was I talking about again?

P.S. Disclaimer: I never saw the movie, can't name one Mariah song off the top of my head, and cant' believe she is the top female recording artist ever. All praise Queen Mimi.

No its snot

This one could not be held back from being posted, it grabbed my eye balls, made the hair on my neck stand and my very soul scream. This is by far the most horrid thing I have ever seen, it looks like it was made from snot or boogers. The creator even had the nerve to add ruffles, yeah that will make it look much better. All its missing is some polkadots. That or a nice fire.
The seller wants $14.99 for it and luckily there are no bids on it. Thats right you can still go after it. I feel the urge to run into a wall. It would probably be less painful than wearing this shirt.
Lillys rating- Heres a tissue wipe that thing off.

Boots O' Horrid

Here they are! The must have boots of the year! Brand new and hand beaded for your eye piercing pleasure! SCARY! When I first saw these boots I said "Holy Jebus!" This was a must post asap, I couldn't let this one wait very long. Just so you aren't freaking out and trying to find these on Ebay to buy and wear out in public, they already sold.
While they are boggling to look at you also have to wonder who was sitting around looking at boots and suddenly thought "Hey rainbow beads will perk them up!" I don't know, I just don't know. At least they will go with every outfit, that is unless your outfit is black and white then they are just tacky.
Lillys rating: One of these day these boots are gonna walk all over you.

Futher We Be Bop Adventures, Starring Moth Faerie and Warrior Gypsy

Once again we enter the frightening realm of the We Be Bop clothing label. The courageous Moth Faerie has decided to take matters into her own hands and investigate the continuous aberations of fringe and ethnic prints superimposed upon shapeless sacklike garments.

Cautiously Moth Faerie flutters her diaphonous wings, swirls her fashionable faerie garb, and pushes open the door. Her senses are immediately assailed from all sides. The fringe, the wild prints. Moth Faerie collapses to the floor, knocked unconscious by all the horrifying images swirling before her eyes.

Suddenly the doors crashes open and a blindfolded woman rushes in waving her sword, slashing through the one size fits all, sack-like clothing in a mad whirling scene of fringe. Moth Faerie is raised from her comatose state by the sudden appearence of Warrior Gypsy, sworn enemy of fashion atrocities. The two exit the We Be Bop, vowing never to return, little knowing what followed them out the door.

Willow's Rating: This dress in an inFRINGEment on our personal freedom.

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Tigers Have Spoken

Neko Case

Frankly everytime I hear the song Tigers Have Spoken by Neko Case tears start trickling down my cheeks. It is such a hauntingly sad song. It is the kind of song I can't listen to very often because it puts me in such a depressed mood, almost summing up the trapped futility of about everything on this planet Earth. See, that is why I can' t listen to this song, it strips me completely of my optimism. I recommend listening to it, because frankly there aren't that many songs out there that make me cry, probably only this one, and maybe School Night by Ani Di Franco, because that one has lyrics about a house burning down and the mother can only save one child and she has to pick. Yeah I can't read the lyrics to Tigers Have Spoken, too sad. And makes one think. . . or at least makes normal caring people think.

Willow

Batik Mystique

Santhi Wulandari was a masteress in the ancient art of batik. For hours she would coat the materials with wax patterns creating intricate and beautiful designs. Carefully she would select only the most luxurious of the royal dyes. Santhi created etheral masterpieces on silky tropical fabrics to be made into royal garmens the beautiful princesses as they strolled the beaches at sunset.

Sadly Santhi was the last masteress of the art of batik. Industrialization swept through the once sacred art of textile creation, replacing it will a cold, heartless process. A process devoid of the beauty and mystique of lush tropical islands, off shore breezes sweeping in melodic bird calls and the smell of the sea. Santhi Wulandari tried valiently to withstand the violent assualt of the unaesthetic fabrics being mass produced, and she may have. . . . if she hadn't been surfing through e-bay one day.

Willows rating: Batik mystique, I think Batik mistake

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Real Handmade Batik: Amazing that this is done w/ wax and dyes.

I laughed so hard when I stumbled upon this sexy work of art that I had to run to the bathroom. All is well I made it in the nick of time.
I thought I would never see something like this again but Ebay has proved that time does not exist. Remember when stuff like this was popular? Really? Sorry to hear. I recall having a few dresses with the ruffles from hell on them, I also remember thinking they were cool. No I wasn't on drugs but that would have been an easy way to explain why I was wearing such evil.
If you are curious, yes it sold.
Lillys rating: The 80's called but they said keep the dress.




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Frilly

cori's cool flower

So right outside my appartment is my fenced in pattio, mostly filled in with cement. Right at the fence is an area of dirt, about 10 feel long and a foot wide. I decided one day that the weeds and tree leaves weren't a nice thing to look at. So 2 trips to Target one to Walmart and about $30 bucks later this is all that has bloomed...*so far* I'm hoping alot more will pop up but alot of the plants aren't looking to happy with me.
I didn't even notice this one blooming untill I started to water it, it was like a new born baby. I ran in the appartment grabbed the camera and took 2 pics. I'm so proud.
Lillys rating: 1 outta 1000+ I like them odds!