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Wow, this stupid old year is ending with a dreamlike gift of a heavenly set... two of my all-time favorite SGs, Chilean goddesses @ness and @fay together at last, thanks to @aymi ! It doesn't get any better than this <3

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For a final dose of culture this year, I'll be seeing the Botticelli 1415 - 2015 exhibit here in Berlin tomorrow. While they advertise the famous Venus, that painting isn't actually in the exhibit! The idea is to show the influence of Botticelli on other artists, and to show reinterpretations of the Venus over the centuries. Should be interesting!

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kaicito:
Yes, saw it yesterday. The exhibit walked you back from today, with interpretations by contemporary artists like David La Chappelle, Tomoko, and Yin Xin, then back through the centuries. I hadn't been aware that Botticelli had basically been forgotten for centuries, when the Preraphaelites of the mid-to-late 19th century rediscovered him. Also, I hadn't been aware that he had a workshop where others toiled for him, making copies of his works that make it difficult today to get a clear grasp of his total output. Me, I just love his female faces, of which the famed Venus is just one fine example. Are you a fan of his?
kaicito:
@portraitguytwo Forgot to tag you in my previous comment! Here's a nice link to some of the images: http://www.botticelli-renaissance.de/en/werke?brepo_w=1280
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Star Wars + Cats... this is where I shamelessly (desperately?) aim for "likes" :-) [isn't the Death Ball of Yarn adorable?]

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portraitguytwo:
As a cat person, I absolutely LOVE this!!!!
avrora:
ah it s awesome
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Things have been hectic and non-Christmas-y this year, so I haven't been on here as much... and staying with the in-laws over the holidays, I expect SG time will be severely restricted ;-)

So, here's wishing everyone who reads this a fabulous time, regardless of whether they celebrate a traditional Christmas, Festivus, Kwanzaa, Hanukkah or not. Special holiday wishes to my homies @deesilvs @dmaggot @baalseraph...
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sertraline:
Hope you enjoy the holidays!! and I wish you the best new year!!!
zool14420:
Same to you, homes.  Feliz Navidad.
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This is for you @jackye ;-)

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anoukevil:
Black is my religion))) 
ondinae:
Black is the new black! Ahhhahah
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Do yourselves a great big favor and check out this Russian beauty's new set SHOWER TIME (then take a cold shower yourself).

arroia:
Oh my, her ink is really something special.

Also, that Hitler comment made me lol so hard. I shall make sure my legs are firmly shut on April 20.
avrora:
@ARROIA thank u so much and now i gonna go find that Hitler comment XD
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Wow, I'm ecstatic that the queue has back-to-back sets of some of my faves within the next 12 hours :

First, the wonderful @vayda then gorgeous Hopeful @avrora and finally the one and only @jackye <3 <3 <3 Now if only all those didn't hit MR in the middle of the night...

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jackye:
Uuu 5 hours!
sertraline:
@KAICITO  Because of you, I have learned the importance of promoting our fellow hopefuls and SG's on our own pages. I probably wouldn't have come across these three lovely ladies if I didn't see them on your feed. You rock my friend!!
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'Twas the night before X-Mas and all through the sky, Santa rained down hellfire, and screamed "Die Die Die!"

sertraline:
this is sooooooooo awesome!!!
tali79:
Lol love this
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"I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve immortality through not dying." (Woody Allen)

ainoa:
word
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Folks, after reading about the Trump's most recent idiocy, I need to vent. I'm German, but I've been following American politics for over 30 years now. All that time, I've leaned Republican, and found something to admire or even like in most GOP candidates for high office. Lukewarm about Dubya Bush, and on the fence about McCain, I was truly enthusiastic about Mitt Romney last...
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shadowbard:
The Republican Party is bad for America, Full Stop! Except for a brief period during the run up to the Civil War, the Republican Party has done nothing for the average American citizen except try and hold us back. People often site the GOP Platform as already to support the Party, but the Partyvhas never lived those platform principles and history will bear that out! 
sertraline:
The democratic party and republican party are both detrimental to society as a whole in the US. I personally don't believe that either support what their individual party lines are, and as long as lobbyists exist and are allowed to function, then in my opinion, there will never be any kind of properly functioning political party. All there will be is rhetoric. Now that I live in Greece, it's the same shit, just the whining is at a more intense level. You know what? I've determined all politicians in every country are like this. I do not see any purpose in participating in politics, except at a very local level.
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Feliz cumple to the cute, sexy and talented @pame who's not gonna read this because she's been sadly absent from SG...


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...is for the wonderful BLOOMED HEARTS and my X-Mas-and-every-day crush @exning to get Set of the Day. It's just a few likes shy of 2,000 so maybe pushing it over there would do the trick? Santa, you fat old SG lurker, are you listening?

kaicito:
Breaking news: Bloomed Hearts is at 1,999 likes. Sooo darn close!