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At the office...

2009-07-14T09:44:00.000-04:00

Last night I just got the news that work was available so I got all happy and fuzzy inside. This morning I got up early at 6:30am just in case I missed the alarm. I get ready very happy to work again cause I like my work but I love more they pay check which is not much but better than not having money at all.

Thing is that I arrive all happy about it then I open my office door to find a mess. Empty boxes around. Things werent the way I left them. The work was there but not organized. Chairs all over. I dont have the trays I need for my chores. So I see that some other stuff is not were it should be so I asked. Did they removed stuff from here. The reply was a simple Yes.. nothing more.

So I wonder... why yo need my phone for then. You just go inside take whatever you want. Then you can't even place things were you find them. If you empty some boxes I think the less that you can do is to put them in the trash can at least don't leave them there. If you go around saying that I am in charge just to sound like you are a good boss but you don't consider me whats is the deal then? Yeah they all love me here but they don't seem to respect me.

I just wish it was friday already. I know this are simple things but I am trying to keep an order here and some are just not helping at all. I might have to do some serious talking here. I don't go to other people places to make a mess. In all the years I have here this past two have been the most awkward all the way. I was suppose to have more control of my area but seems that everyone here can be a boss while they don't even work in the area anymore.

Then they wonder why I go on vacation whenever I want the time I want. I was thinking of staying for a trip I was invited. You know I might have work and I need the money etc. You try to be extremely responsible then things like this happen so frequently and makes me reconsider my options and well I think I am going. It seems I am not needed that much here. Right? Not quite. They dont know how to do half of my work and if they try to do it they will fail miserably. Not because I haven't been able to teach them how to it but because they just dont want to learn. I gave up on that long time ago.

From shirt to pillow.

2009-07-12T08:52:00.000-04:00

So I had this shirt that was black with magenta stripes on it. I never got to wear the shirt cause it didnt fit me as planned. I have been seen this lately a lot on the handmade sites so I decided to give it a try.

Rather than throwing it away I was about to make a tote bag with it but then decided I wanted a decorative pillow. So here you have it the Golden Tree pillow. It measures 23in wide x 13in tall. All hand sew and I painted the tree with metallic gold acrylic. On the back it haves some nice button that you can actually unbutton but it is mostly for decor. Hope you like it.

If you are interested on taking this awesome trendy pillow home you can check it out on the shop.

Pillow hand made gold painted tree tree arbol dorado almohada decorativa the shop tienda

I’m the only one in love.

2009-07-10T22:34:00.003-04:00

"This song tells my story...
Don't you ever tell me that you love me again.
I can't stand another I love you from you."
- Reavel

In the other hand... I love Adele voice. This is what good music is about. Great voice and songs with real meaning. She doesn't need a fancy studio she gots her voice. She doesn't need arrangements and extra voices she got everything she needs. TALENT and a REAL voice. Love the fact that she is actually normal in shape and doesnt need to be half naked to sell music. She is the music.

Can you tell I have fallen in love with her music. Umm.. yeah! Sadly I didn't payed attention to her before like I should. I saw once the video for Chasing Pavement [great song too and you should see this video of the accoustic version] but didn't watched it all. This song belongs to the CD titled 19 and you should get it if you love great music and people that can actually sing their hearts out. Seems I will have to pay attention to VH1 JumpStart more often at least to check on the new music so I don't miss the good stuff they sometimes put there.

Song: Melt My Heart To Stone
Singer: Adele // CD: 19

Right under my feet is air made of bricks
That pulls me down turns me weak for you
I find myself repeating like a broken tune
And I’m forever excusing your intentions
And I give in to my pretendings
Which forgive you each time
Without me knowing
They melt my heart to stone

And I hear your words that I made up
You say my name like there could be an us
I best tidy up my head I’m the only one in love
I’m the only one in love

Each and every time I turn around to leave
I feel my heart begin to burst and bleed
So desperately I try to link it with my head
But instead I fall back to my knees
As you tear your way right through me
I forgive you once again

Without me knowing
You’ve burnt my heart to stone

And I hear your words that I made up
You say my name like there could be an us
I best tidy up my head I’m the only one in love
I’m the only one in love

Why do you steal my hand
Whenever I’m standing my own ground
You build me up, then leave me dead

Well I hear your words you made up
I say your name like there should be an us
I best tidy up my head I’m the only one in love
I’m the only one in love.

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On Toycutter!

2009-07-09T12:27:00.000-04:00

One of my munny was featured on Toycutter again. Yey!
This time it was the Munny Grunge one I fixed up back on May.
I just found out but is always a good thing.

Thanks to Toycutter for the Munny with bear costume post.

Before they featured the Cute little girl I did last year. You can see that post here.

Munny Toycutter featured kidrobot vinyl doll reavel

¡Pero el es hombre!

2009-07-07T00:51:00.002-04:00

¡Si, pero el es hombre! Con esta frase acabo una conversacion amena y comenzo un argumento. Estaba mi senhora madre y esta servidora dialogando de los logros de un familiar y que despues este se fue con unos amigos y el padre imaginaba que su hijo estaba bien porque este no le habia llamado. A lo que yo contesto de verdad pues mira nosotras somos las unicas que tenemos que llamar cada 5minutos para decir que hacemos y donde estamos. A lo que ella contesta ¡Si, pero el es hombre! y yo digo y que como si por ser hombre no lo van a matar igual, no se le va a explotar una goma igual o no va a chocar o no le va a pasar nada. Entonces dice el es independiente. Aja y que es que eso tiene un escudo anti accidentes o anti situaciones extremas de vida o muerte? No entiendo.

R: Me encanta lo comprensiva que eres con los demas con tus sobrinos con los particulares y lo poco comprensiva que eres con nosotras
Mom: Ellos no son mis hijos. Cuando tu tengas hijos vas a ver.
R: Si a mis 30 anhos no los he tenido creeme que no los veras a estas alturas para que.
Mom: Tu puedes tener hijos hasta los 40
R: Y para que quiero tener un hijo a los 40 como estan las cosas hoy dia. Si no los he tenido hasta hora nunca esperes verlos. El tiempo de tener nietos se paso. Gracias!

Ahora porque hablo de esto. Yo en mi caso he sido criada de una manera no muy convencional. Ahora en a estas alturas es que he podido "reclamar" algunas cosas que no tube como mi espacio y privacidad. El constante recordatoria de que soy mujer y no debo o no puedo hacer esto por serlo. Creo que esta muy mal de parte de los padres. Nosotros no escogimos ser hombres o mujer it just happen so deal with that. Dale gracias a Dios que nunca te he dado razon para que tengas la desconfianza y sobre proteccion que tienesnsobre uno y aun asi mira la tienes. Quien es el del problema entonces?.

El hecho de decir que como soy mujer que no puedo estar aqui o alla es puea mierda y los padres lo saben. Pero eso es lo que la sociedad nos hace creer que porque somos mujeres nos van a pasar cosas malas TODO el tiempo, que no sabemos parece que hablar, ni hacer nada y que somos indefensas. Si estubieramos en los 1930-1970 te lo creo pero hoy dia? Por favor!

Que es lo que estan haciendo creer a la gente que uno es un ser inutil. claro pero despues que tiene todas esas musaranhas quieres que tus hijos se largen de tu casa se casen tengan familias amigos etc. Explicame como? Si los tienes encerraos acorralao. Para desgracia ahora hay celulares que son el demonio. Al menos antes tenian que esperar que llegaras a una casa llamaras de un publico pero como las llamadas entre mobiles de la misma companhia salen gratis pues te jodistes porque van a estar llamandote cada 15minutos y cuidate si no te ponen un jodio gps en el auto o en el telefono sin que lo sepas. Es que se ponen psycho. No es suficiente con que le des la lista de telefonos de tus amistades que ya ellos conocen no lo que falta es que quieran una video conferencia con ellos miesntras tas en la calle solo para que ellos puedan dormir bien. Todo porque eres mujer y eres indefensa y pues ellos quieren estar seguros de que sabes pararte en la calle y no te vas a caer cuando camines.

Ahora los hombres que se jodan. Que salgan que disfruten que tengan su vida y que cojan cantaso para aprender. La mujer pues que se quede bruta hasta que se encojone y mande a todo el mundo pal carajo. Creo que despues de la era disco hay algo que se llama super liberacion femenina. No es que sea feminista porque entiendo que hay cosas que la mujer no puede hacer pero usar la fragilidad de la mujer para controlar lo que puede hacer es otra cosa. Asi no se crean mujeres independientes ni mujeres conquistadoras. Solo se crean mujers inseguras y frustradas. Gracias!

No pretendo que esto sea importante para nadie. Con que sea importante para mi es suficiente. Es un desahogo y es lo que me importa ahora. Padres desgraciadamente siempre son padres unos mas sobre portectores pero que demonios se puede hacer. Y eso que han bajado la guardia a fuerza de cantazo porque uno se cansa pero esta funcionando de alguna manera extranha. Eso es lo importante. La libertad y el libertinaje son cosas diferentes. cuando tu le ensenhas a tus hijos lo que es correcto solo te resta que ellos sepan elegir cual de las dos escoger si ser libres o ser libertinos. I just want to be free. No sabia que el nacer con extra carga daba mas vida que nacer con un boquete donde se crea y produce vida. A si que a fin de cuentas quien es mas fuerte?

Skull and Roses

2009-07-06T14:09:00.000-04:00

Skull and Roses.

Its been a while since I did a painting/watercolor. This one haves some lovely roses and of course my darling skully. It came out more brighter than what I imagined but in the end I liked how it turned out to be. I sometimes feels that it haves a lot of details behind it with all the circles, ribbons, roses but it looks kind of different to what I am used to. I also painted the background which I hardly do.

Well there you have it. If you are interested in getting it for your wall you can check The Shop [No, it wont be on Etsy for sale ONLY on The Shop] or write me to @reavel on twitter via DM. Enjoy!

Materials: Acrylic, watercolors, sharpie paint, sharpie regular point and sakura markers on 9x12 watercolor paper.

Art watercolor Skully and Roses skully roses painting sharpies markers paper yellow red sale

Vacations? Really?

2009-07-02T12:57:00.001-04:00

As you have noticed my last day of blogging was like a week ago, right? Well that is due to the fact that I'm on a week vacation with my family out of the area metro here. You know trying to do "turismo interno" help the economy etc...

While you are on vacation you try to go away have fun, rest, for long periods and enjoy the facilities. Yeah that is the ideal of a vacation. Last Friday we head up to the municipality of Isabela to a resort called Costa Dorada. Also check this link. I have been on Costa Dorada in other occasions but this one was the WORST ever.

Why I can say this?

The night we arrived here guess what we went to sleep turned on the A/C to beat the hot weather outside. But hey what happens at 1am the electricity goes down until like 10am in the morning. So sweet of them trying to help the environment, right? Umm, NO! Also the cupboard are all ruined too.
The glorious TV set. Yeah, that haves to work well, right? Well no.. the freaking remote control doesn't even work well not even with new batteries. So much fun. It is analog but we have DirecTV but they only have Vh1, MTV and Starzs. Like a day ago the signal was fucked up all morning. It was fixed at 5pm. Thank You! We took our DVD player with us as always and found a RedBox video rental. They do have a video rental on the "pueblo" but it opens after 4pm and closes at 10pm. Besides we already had an issue with that on other visit we did some time ago.
Ouh the BlackWhole we have here is incredible we have to actually go outside the complex to make or receive an actual call. If you dare to do it from the room they will rip your pocket apart. So you are like in this modern cavern. Woohoo!
Internet. Yeah by this time in the century we are in you would guess that if this place is a tourist oriented place they should have a good internet service. Umm not quite. I have to go to the hotel lobby sit there and grab the unsecured signal that I get. Away from the lobby don't even dream about it. They say that "soon" they will have in all rooms... right! I think my sister and I even burned a plug with all the charge we put into it. They are all connected to one place it seems. You can see all the electric orange extensions "hidden" on the plants on the lobby.
The restaurant. It opens from Friday to Sunday. The rest of the week it is all missing in action. So If you want to eat something, drink something gather up there well you rather do it in your room from Friday to Sunday.
To top all this "fine" accommodations I got sick, As I write this I'm burning in fever with the A/C off. I hardly get sick on my normal habitat. My spinal column is crying for my bed. Every morning I don't even know how to get out of the bed. It hurts all over. The only one having a blast on this vacations is Sondag that wasn't even supposed to be here at all.

You might think that I'm complaining way too much but I think that I can complain the stay here wasn't for free and this is the Villa Area... soo get the picture? Then this company wonder why people aren't staying on the local resorts and prefer to take an airplane go to any other place. I mean you can get any of this services for $60 a night in most Inns on US.

The presentation is also important. Chairs need new fabric. They need new lamps. The maids are cool humble NICE people and employees are good but, the actual complex needs to be redone like NOW! Put it more modern, up to date with tourist needs. That families actually want to spend time there and would go there again. They are running out of employees and one of them haves to do around 55 rooms [including the Villas] alone. The pool that is in front of me they only cleaned it like one day. They have a beach but read the small letters it is so dangerous they don't recommend you to use it. At all.

I think this goes around other places in the Puerto Rico. You have to get yourself together Tourism Company and all the people covered by them. Then they go around saying and spreading to the world "Puerto Rico lo hace mejor" and honestly you can really do it better if you lower your staying prices and spend some money on remaking the place. You will see there will be people making lines to stay at your place. We don't like to be compared but check this last year I went to Florida, US and stayed with great part of my family. We were like 15 including kids. We paied $600 for a week in a house that included a private pool, 6 rooms, 4 bathrooms, doble door garage it. I had 4 rooms 2 bathrooms on the second floor and 2 rooms / 2 bathrooms on the lower level, also a nice living room, dinner room and a great spacious kitchen w/ everything.

So it is up to the locals if they want to invert on their own business, help themselves, their employees and help out a little the economy. Make great webpages spend some money on them make them the visitor dream come true and keep it like that when they visit the place. That way they will give a good word for the place. Think about it.

That is all have to say. Thanks!

BTW: I will post pics later on. I can't get them out of the mobile phone. Meh!

Walk this way

2009-06-24T08:40:00.000-04:00

I was interviewed by Susan Wassel @sharpiesusanfor Sharpie Blog a few days ago and here is the begining of the interview. I will add a link so you can go and read the rest of the article. If you are kind enough you can leave comments on the blog there in support to me. Yey!

I am really happy and honoured to be there. Those that know me well know that I LOVE SHARPIES even before this. That is why they find me [they found the shoes] so they reached me and here we are.

"I just customize things…I believe in recycling and giving use to things that normally you would throw to waste …"

That’s how Reavel describes her work, which includes breathing new life into everyday objects like clipboards and sneakers. She has a special gift for taking the ordinary and making it extraordinary. Reavel lives in Puerto Rico and says many of her country’s vibrant colors inspire her work. On her website, she free associates the following words with her thoughts and ideas about art:

Feeling creative, Sharpies, acryllic paint, graffiti, aerosol, wood, music, documentals, art books,movies, photography, history channel, moleskine notebooks, colors: blue, red, black, white.

Reavel is her stand-alone name. You can find her work for sale on Etsy.com or you can read more about her on her blog.

Read the entire interview here: Sharpie Blog: Walk this way

interview by sharpie blog sharpie entrevista reavel art markers marcadores Puerto Rico arte

Söndag's First Year

2009-06-22T08:26:00.000-04:00

Un dia como hoy hace un anho Söndag llego a mi patio. Desde ese momento hasta el dia de hoy pues no se fue. I confess that I used to hate cats. I found them pretty photogenic but it never crossed my mind to own one. Still when I saw her all alone on my backyard I felt like I couldn't leave her there. I remember that I even blogged about her not knowing what to do with her.

Now I remember all the fuzz in the house about keeping her. All that I had to learn and still learning about how to work with cats it is definitely another world. It is a cat world with way too much fanatics or responsible owners. Even when my family didn't want me to keep her they ended up loving her. Now they check up on her, buy her toys, play with her and they just learn to love her. My grandmother loves her and she just likes watching her play around the house with anything.

Im happy that I rescue her. There are plenty of sick cats around my street and if I didnt took care of her there would be plenty more of them in the future if she ever got pregnant. I took her to the vet for the first time in november last year. Yeah I know it is a long time but hey I had no clue if I was going to keep her for life. So the doctor told me that she was 7months old which means I got her when she was only 2 months.

I have seen her grow, get old, go thru phases just like kids. They get tantrums but even when all the work she have been a good cat. Never made a huge mess besides the hair thing. I wouldnt change a thing and I am really glad that I kept her. She is healthy, loved and been taken care of. Of course she have been spoiled, pampered in every way that I can. She is pretty active, playful and loves to hunt but above all she loves to sleep and sit by the window.

Now here are some photos of this years since I took her until now. You can see Söndag whole album on Flickr. She also haves a blog and a pretty "active social network life" haha.

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8. IMG_7556, 9. Sondag vs. Untouchable, 10. IMG_9148, 11. IMG_9152, 12. IMG_9337

Söndag cat kitten year gata gato mascota pet aniversario veterinario

Damask Door

2009-06-21T10:40:00.000-04:00

I got a little crafty the other day and my mission was to make the door to my room different from the rest of the house. I am planning on changing my whole house look to something more modern but there are some issues that still have me on hold so I will just do my room and wait for the rest to happen.

Anyways... my door is a black wood color. Before I did this it already had some contact paper of a lighter wood color that helped me a lot with my new mission. I went to Kmart and got some gift wrap paper of a damask print [the same one I'll use for my future storage boxes], got a clear contact paper roll. The other materials ruler, spray glue and the black sticky paper [which i got from my work] I already had it but if you cant get the sticky paper you can use black contact paper instead.

First I covered the door with the clear contact paper. Then to glue the gift wrap paper y spread some spray glue. I used the clear contact paper to protect the door so when I get tired of my design it is easy to remove without harming the wood. After that i just glued the paper and then trim the borders... after that i just added the sticky black paper to the bottom and all done.

If you are not sure [like me] of how tall/wide is your door get double of everything. I came out short but was able to fix it. Go Crafty me! Now I have a new door that looks awesomely cool and totally different and everything under $10 cause I had most of the items around. By the way the door knob will be black sooner or later so it will all match perfectly.

You can see the bigger pictures here New Door

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Cute Overload Robot

2009-06-19T17:59:00.001-04:00

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You want something special for you or want to impress/surprise someone with something beautiful and unique?

Get me! I'm Cute Overload Plushie. I'm 5 1/5in tall and 4 1/5 in wide and I can get your job done.

I can be white, red, purple, green, blue, grey... Im a chameleon I can change color if you want. Of course my maker would love to have a Convo with your first so you guys settle up what I will become. You know make me even cuter.

As you can see my maker made me a tattoo in my behind because she thinks it is trend and well I actually love it.

Allow my maker one week for the making process. I am all hold up together by hand stitch by stitch. I'm soft, cuddly and look cute and great every where I'm placed.

I start at $13 USD [I will look like in the photo above] but if you get bizzare ideas talk to my maker. Maybe she goes on the same trip with.

art reavel handmade hecho a mano plush peluche toy doll desktop robot fieltro felt art

All in one night?

2009-06-14T11:55:00.004-04:00

Question:
Is it possible to have criollo/oriental food, great friends around you and D&B all in one night?

Last night I went out with some great friends. We didn't see each other for like 6 months even when we live pretty close except for the one that lives in NYC but yeah that happens. Thing is that we gather up to eat at a restaurant have a great night chat over dinner and update in each others lives.

On the way there we listen to Soda Stereo as always Alena Clarks favorite band ever. Then we arrived at our destination Budatai. Budatai is a restaurant in Condado area right across the legendary Hotel La Concha. Great place. Way out of my budget but great. The guys ordered some Dim Sum that had amarillitos with pork meat that were heavenly. Perfect made. Later on they also ordered Geisha Rolls that had merengue on top. This one were good but honestly nothing special the greatest thing was the merengue sushi combination. Still the sushi wasn't all that.

After those delightful "appetizers" they wanted more food. Perhaps to combat the after effects of the drinks. I had a Long island Iced tea as always. My friends had some other drinks that were good and really kicked in your system after you have like 3 of each... yeah... anyways they had fun.

The entree orders were the Kobe Steak and let me tell you people have to learn from the chef how to make steaks. The steak was everything I've ever dreamed of in my life. It was juicy had lots of flavor it was done the right way. Tuna fish with peas and a sauce to die for, this is my friends favorite plate there. Great plate. The langostinos plate looked great and it seems it was madly good cause there were nothing left on the plate. I ordered the Calamari with onions and it was all expected it was perfect not over done or over fried. The onions also added a great taste to everything along with the lemon.

So we stayed there for a long while enjoyed the view from the second floor watching this new generation of kids hanging out at La Ventana al Mar besides La Concha all dressed up like if they were going to this huge party but no they were just hanging out there taking pictures like the world wont ever end. Then after enjoying/studying the view we went inside asked for the check and went out. By the way the check of $300.00 almost killed me but since I had a blast with my friends I try to avoid remembering it. A great dinner with old good friends is always PRICELESS!

After that we went cruising around Santurce looking for a place called Vatican. My friend saw on her facebook that tonight someone was playing there and she was into electronic music so hunting for that place we went. Believe or not google helped us find the place. Have I ever told you I love google... Yes I do. Anyways it gave us the address and after running around the place we found it.

The Vatican Club is the full name. We paid $3 to get inside and there was this extremely loud D&B, with hip-hop or something going on. I even felt old when I watched the kids there. I said to myself I am too old for this shit. But hey they were having a blast all trippy like floating around the dance area. Believe me I can spend there like 45 min tops. If you are not ready to make your ears bleed don't go there. To stay there the whole night you need assistance. Still I liked the music it was awesome great.

In fact I gather up some information so I can find their music. What I discovered after my search on facebook was in fact that it was a D&B event called Here comes the bass... The DJs playing were Fission, Squadra and from the PRDC [Puerto Rico Dubstep Cru] Moshrum and Codezero. You can get more info on events like this at Oidaradio.com [Watch video: The Vatican Club]

Now I have to make a stop here. While I was there I was more watching the crowd inside than bothered with the loud music. I saw this young kids and I know they are having fun and all but they looked like in Alice in Wonderland. Maybe it is that I don't get the emotion or hype they had since I've never been on one. Hey I started hanging out after my 25 birthday. Therefore I see things differently. But things are relative depending on what you like. I don't know it just felt strange watching them like moving around "like dancing" drinking talking mumbling to each other. Anyways I had a great time and enjoyed the music. Happy that it was kind of empty which made it easier. By the way the lights effect were really good it made the music more cool.

Answer:
So after all this I think that Yes. Yes it is. It is possible to have criollo/oriental food, great friends around you and D&B all in one night. The bast part is that you can roam around Area Metro and you wont even take 30min from one place to the other. Which is always good.

The Vatican Club: Calle Jordan, Edificio 703, Parada 26
Budatai: 1056 Ashford Ave., San Juan 00907, Puerto Rico. Tel: 787-725-6919

Food Restaurant Budatai The Vatican Condado La Concha Hotel Expensive Music PRDC

All I wanted to know.

2009-06-12T16:05:00.000-04:00

"1:11": mi musa.... jeje
Reavel: [Auto-Response] Watching Lost Season 5
"1:11": espero estes bien...
"1:11": un beso

"1:11" signed off 3:18 PM

My reaction:
Even when we couldnt talk knowing that you still remember the good days. Make me smile to some point I can't stop smiling. Thanks!

Velvetyink Shoes

2009-06-06T18:34:00.002-04:00

This is the result of my Velvetyink Shoes project.

Velvetyink is the proud owner of this pair. She asked me customize them for her.

I am happy to inform that she liked them. It took me around 7 hours to finish them.

Looking forward to delivering them to her so she can finally enjoy her new shoes.

Materials used:
Acrylic for the white and colors. Sharpie paint and regular sharpie markers for the black detailing.

Watch more Photos & Video.

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A Skully Bag

2009-06-02T21:12:00.001-04:00

Like a week ago or so I did a nice black/grey small bag. All hand sew and made with felt. It actually came out better than expected. I did some research and found out it wasnt hard to make so I try it out. It took me two days to sew it. The hangers were sew appart then stitched to the res of the bag. The skully/ribbon where also hand stitched. I did had fun making this one and looking forward to do others with other styles not only skully. So if you are interested please do stay around.

Enjoy the pics.

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bag skully girly bag handmade hand sew hecho a mano calavera tote bag etsy

TwitterMobile

2009-06-02T20:05:00.003-04:00

Since last October I got an HTC Touch with data plan. Since then I've been able to really keep updated about almost everything. Since I am twitter lover I have been using lots of twitter clients. Here I will talk about it.

Twitter Mobile - is twitter on mobile webpage. It works if you are into only reading your friends twits. Not good for replying or doing what you would like to do like favorite, keep track of conversations etc. Sad thing is that being the original page of the whole twitter movement it doesnt let you do any of the cool things like sharing pics.
TinyTwitter - This was the first app I found for me it was the real thing, Later on it froze too much & made me loose lots of valuable information because it didn't updated frequently. Somehow it also burned my battery fast.
Twikini - If you have WinMo [WindowsMobile] you should have this one right away. At first it didnt let you do lots of things but now you are able to do almost everything here. You can see/reply DM and reply to any other twit on your stream. It updates every 5min [well that is what I choose]. The themes are good and none of the others twitter applications lets you change themes. If you are listening to something on your media player on your WinMo it will twit itself to your feed [note: if you dont want to feel like a spammer turn it off [that is what I did 'sorry guys for the constant music']. Other things you can do is delete messages, retweet, favorite, view other people streams, etc] Lowside of this is that now they are only letting you use it as a 14 days trial version. But they have other cool options if you want to keep it so check it out it is worth the try very much. It also makes a sound every time it updates so that you know when it does it.
Slandr.net - I recomend this to everyone. It is not an application it is a mobile webpage. In this page you can do almost everything. You can view your/other people conversation when you click on the bubbles. If someone is sharing a photo you can actually see a thumbnail of it. It doesnt sound to warn you of the refreshing thing cause it doesnt autorefresh you have to do it on your own. Also if you want to meet/twit/find people on your local area you can search from the page. Also upload your photos directly on slandr on their own photo uploader, the pic then will show up on twitpic. If you want to see the trends you can also do it here. For me this is the most complete one. The only thing that it needs is to auto refresh and it would be the best thing ever.

Conclusion: If you have a Window Mobile phone you MUST have Twikini. If you dont have one or cant afford the Twikini well use the Slandr. This two are my favorites to use back to back. Right now I downloaded the trial and waiting to see what happens cause I would totally love to keep it. I will keep using my backup plan which is Slandr. Enjoy!

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Some Cat Love

2009-05-24T11:20:00.001-04:00

Did some watercolors for the Cat Lover in me.

They are 4x6 inches.

All orginal. If you are interested in having one of them or all of them you can visit my Etsy Shop.

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The Shop

2009-05-23T17:49:00.028-04:00

█ OUT ON VACATION I will be out of "town" from tomorrow until next week. Summer family quality time around the island. Therefore I will be able to send your item after the 6 of July which is Monday. By then I'll be back home and I'll able to do the mailing.

NOTE: Shipping is included on the Prices shown on the display. Please do read the information on every image. Some items are 2 for the price 1. Those items are specified on the information reason why you should read it. If you still have doubts or questions on any item or about the store you can contact me via my email imreavel@gmail.com

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Wood

2009-05-21T23:35:00.000-04:00

This are some swirls in purple and lime colors [Thanks to @Miss_Cely and @Dr_Zu for them]. Since summer is just around the corner and this is a great art work to show your summer colors around your house.

The background is made to look like wood.

Pretty satisfied with the final results looking forward to try this technique again.

Available to get on Etsy here

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Sondag at the Patio

2009-05-19T09:49:00.002-04:00

Video: How to... Flores

2009-05-13T09:55:00.000-04:00

Materials:
-Sakura Pigma Markers
[BR, 02, 005, 08]
-Reeves Watercolors

Video/Tutorial of How I do my stuff.
Music Requiem by Angelo Milli from OST Seven Pounds

- Yeah! I worked at 7-Eleven.

2009-05-12T09:18:00.001-04:00

While I was on my way to the job today I remembered my first job. The first job I ever had was at a 7-Eleven in Carolina, Puerto Rico. I gave them 2 years and 9 months to the franchise and even when they kind of ruined my work experience I have to say I miss it and that I really liked working there... NOT for them.

I think that I've never talked about working at 7-Eleven before. I remember that my sister was looking for a job back in the day. I wasnt looking for any job but went with her to the "interview". Turned out they were about to open a new store near my home and well they hired me. Then suddenly I had a job. I was happy but didn't like had this hype of hey I got a job kind of thing.

The first day I went to the store the shelves still had plastic around them. We didnt had light still we were open fixing indoor things. I remember my boss name it was Edwin. He didnt last much he was moved to other store and they brought Mariel as manager of the store a few months later. My bosses boss were the shit in a pretty bad way. I dont wanna go there cause I will go ranting so lets leave it like that. Well ok they were assholes all the way. Ok I said it.

What I liked about that store was that it was small still people went there everytime we had a Condominio upfront and many residenciales publicos also an urbanizacion so yeah we were like the center of attention. I learned a lot from the time I spent there. Met people and how to work with them the good the bad and the ugly. People sometimes don't think we are at danger working in a store like that but let me tell you it is a huge danger to do so.

The very first day I was working as a "store clerck" and attending customers this guy went to the fridge took a Heineken beer and tried to steal it. The guard [... yeah we had guards on the night shifts] noticed his moved and waited to see what the "customer" was going to do. Well the guy just went right thru the door with no intention of paying the beer so He went after him accused him and the guy got so mad that he kicked the door and broke the glass of the door. In all the time that I worked there that door never worked well again. The glass was replaced but we never used the door again That was my first day there I suddenly understood that working there will be the chance of a lifetime in a good/bad way.

I had many good times there. Met lots of people that were my co-workers. Learned how to be a better employee. I ate ice creams for lunch. I learned to hate Subways and Centennial. I missed many holidays with my families because I had to work all of them. Experienced election times win and loss. I was robbed, suspended, suggested for management, hated/loved by customers and I even was a marriage counselor to some people. I saw infidelity... way too many times. I always believed the cops of the area were going to do some law enforcement on the building upfront but they did other kind of enforcement... if you know what I mean... with the people there, you know "urban legends of corruptions". I heard saw a car chase/shooting and yes they did killed the other guy right on the street. Met a mother that burned her kids hands and when she came out from jail was complaining that cigarettes were more expensive outside that in the joint. Go figure!

Things I liked where the "free" smoothies, hot dog for lunch, promotion stuff I we toof from the vendors. When the cops came with all their cars and because of that the store was empty and I gave them free coffee and donuts just to keep them there to keep myself safe from the people and rest for a while from customers. The little radio i took to work against the management will, I felt a rebel, wait I was a rebel that is why people there loved me. Hated the days that Loteria Electronica were on. Gosh damn it people waiting just the minute after the game to play 100$ so that mean that they wanted 100 plays and I had a line of customers to attend and was about to change shifts that was just brilliant. Also hated the slurpee machine and the ice issue we had.

I also learned about security and how to get it. When I was robbed i was asked who was the guy that did it... they were going to take care of the guy... yeah! I loved my costumers but said No, Thanks! I don't want a dead body on my record. I dealt with hustlers and their packs, with whores, people trying to do threesomes on the bathroom.. yeah that happened. Also people that went to pee on the storage room. The manager using the store energy to recharge his kid power wheel battery.

Thanks to the extra hours I worked here I was able to visit Europe. I went out for a whole month they didnt complain. Well they couldn't complain I had all day piled up on my work hours. I was able to visit France, Germany, Italy and Czech Republic. I hardly took a day off.

I really liked the time I spent there. I remember the days we had competitions with other stores with the merchandise displays. We won many of them my imagination went nuts and my beer section in summer rocked and kicked ass. At Christmas we even got a little tree, lights gifts and no.. not a bigger bonus for all the love we gave it. We also planted some ehh plants painted the store. I went thru hurricane warning there. Light blackouts. This were extremely unsafe cause we could get HUGELY robbed but we never did.

Well it was a life experience. Sometimes like today I get nostalgic cause I really liked it. Now when I pass by that place it seems like ghost town. A place that was open 24/7 and to see it like it is today an abandon place makes me sad. After I was fired they company went from bad to worst to the point the franchise doesnt exist anymore. Bad administration of an entity. Now it is all gone all that is left are the memories and an empty place.

I still get some of the customers while I am around town. I find them on the mall, gas stations, hospital and many other places. I still get the question Did you worked at the 7-Eleven? I've seen you before? and I always say "-Yeah! I worked at 7-Eleven." Sometimes I think I could write a book about all this. If you ever get the opportunity of working in a place like this Do so. Your life will change, you will become a better human and will difenitly see things with other ways.

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Using Twibs & Handmadeology

2009-05-10T21:14:00.000-04:00

With so many social networks around the internet I just have to say why people do not take advantage of all them. Most of them are free and you can mash it up with other services.

Since I am running a "business" with my Etsy Shop and already had it connected to facebook, my blog, deviantart.com well everywhere I am in I link everything back to every site.

I want to share with you two sites I found on my twitter adventures. Both are business related.

1. Twibs : Give twitter users a place to find businesses on twitter.

We are big believers in the power of twitter to connect customers with businesses. We're working on making it easy for consumers to find businesses, both local and national. Keep in mind, we're just getting started, so there may be small glitches and features missing, but don't worry, we're working hard for you to keep helping consumers find your business on twitter!

Here is the [link] of my Profile

2. Handmade Directory (Shops.Blogs.Twitters)

Handmadeology exists for the purpose of teaching artists how to successfully sell their handmade goods online. Through articles, blogs, video and screen shot tutorials, and Q & A dialogue between Timothy Adam and followers of his work, the formula for selling handmade goods online can be learned.

Here is the [link] of my Profile.

Listed Sites:

a. My Etsy Shop

b. Fan Page Facebook

c. My twitter account

Remember

You can all so [visit my website] to find my other social networks and add me

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Munny Grunge

2009-05-09T11:35:00.002-04:00

This is my second 8in Munny hope you like it.
Materials:
- acrylic paint
- markers: Sharpie, Sakura Pigma [brush, micron 005, micron 02 & micron 08]

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Crowned

2009-05-06T08:06:00.000-04:00

I present you Crowned.

Skully have been crowned again. Looking strong around his mates he asks to be called King of the death.

Watercolor and markers on 90 lb. watercolor paper.
The paper measures 9" x 12".

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