so it begins, the first moday of the year. the delirium is ended and the reality begins. off to work we go. hi ho, hi ho....
aloha,
j
aloha,
j
sometimes you just might find yourself chemically dependent in a way that you might not imagine to things that are not necessarily self medicating but filled with chemistry and therapy...
other than run on sentences. it took ten days to get a box in the holiday rush from mom's in hawai'i. so needless to say there is a lot of sugar within mom's holiday care...
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other than run on sentences. it took ten days to get a box in the holiday rush from mom's in hawai'i. so needless to say there is a lot of sugar within mom's holiday care...
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languid:
Sampling a Hawaiian delicacy(?) . . . crack seed It's sweet, it's sour, it's salty, and it looks like something your mother wouldn't let you put in your mouth. It's crack seed, and generations of Hawaii children have grown up sucking, smacking, and savoring this pungent confection. If you're in Hawaii, you owe yourself a sample.
A seedy odyssey from China to Hawaii
Crack seed's ancestor was a dried, salted plum Chinese travelers carried for sustenance. The original crack seed was a variation of this and was, truly, cracked seed--plums soaked in brine, sun-dried, washed, and smashed to release extra flavor from their pulverized red seed, then soaked again in a sauce of water, licorics, sweetener, and spices.
As for the snack's arrival in Hawaii, the facts are cloudy. But most authorities believe that the first cracked seed was probably imported commercially around 1900 by Yee Sheong, who sold it from his Yick Lung ("profitable enterprise") store in Honolulu. As business picked up, he began preserving local fruits such as mango in the same traditional fashion.
(Today, Yick Lung continues as one of Hawaii's two largest manufacturers and importers of crack seed.)
Original crack seed still sells, but its shrapnel-like consistency has cost it partisans who favor varieties with seeds intact (you don't eat the whole seeds). Visit a larger shop these days and you'll see dozens of varieties, from plum to lemon to cherry. All are dried, then soaked in sweet, sweet-sour, or salty sauce.
Powerfully flavored, often very sticky (a stack of paper napkins is a de rigueur accompaniment to any crack seed session), crack seed may be an acquired taste for most people. Still, on a hot and humid tropical afternoon, a nibble here and there can refresh.
Shopping in crack seed stores
Island supermarkets sell some crack seed in prepackaged 1/2-to 3-ounce bags, which retail for 75 cents to $3. But you'll have more fun shopping at specialty stores, where dozens of varieties are sold in bulk. The price for crack seed ranges from $8.50 to $23 a pound.
Here are eight stores with a large variety in areas often visited by tourists. For others, check Seeds in the yellow pages for each island. All are open from at least 10 to 4 (most longer) Mondays through Saturdays; many are also open Sundays. Call for exact hours.
In Honolulu
C-Mui Center, 77 S. Pauahi Street; (808) 536-4712. Hole-in-the-wall store just a few steps off Fort Street Mall is a favorite with locals. It sells seeds in bulk from nearly a hundred big glass jars.
Crack Seed Center, 1044 Ala Moana Center; 949-7200. This shop on the lowest level near the post office has more than a hundred jars of seed. There's usually a line here at lunch and after work.
Hong Linh Store, 1041 Kekaulike Street, Stall 1; 531-7782. Customers of Chinatown's only remaining crack seed shop stop to visit and snack in the wide, pedestrian-only alleyway in front of this shop.
On the Big Island
Doris' Place, Highway 180, Holualoa; 324-4761. Picturesque, small-town country store on the west side of the island about 4 miles southeast of Kailua Kona sells crack seed from about 65 jars, along with a variety of local produce.
Kiluaea Preserve Center, 187 Kilauea Avenue, Hilo; 935-8360. This is the oldest of a half-dozen different shops in the Hilo area. It sells 40 to 45 different types of crack seed.
On Maui
Rainbow Snacks & Seeds, Lahaina Shopping Center, Lahaina; 667-6696. Only a couple of dozen seed choices are sold here, but the shop is easy to find in the island's most popular tourist center.
On Kauai
Longies Crackseed Center, Rice Shopping Center, Lihue; 246-8823; and 3858 Hanapepe Road, Hanapepe; 335-3440. Both stores have 70 to 80 jars of crack seed to choose from, but the Hanapepe store--housed in a restored garage and gas station on this old town's small main street--has all the charm.
COPYRIGHT 1991 Sunset Publishing Corp.
COPYRIGHT 2004 Gale Group
A seedy odyssey from China to Hawaii
Crack seed's ancestor was a dried, salted plum Chinese travelers carried for sustenance. The original crack seed was a variation of this and was, truly, cracked seed--plums soaked in brine, sun-dried, washed, and smashed to release extra flavor from their pulverized red seed, then soaked again in a sauce of water, licorics, sweetener, and spices.
As for the snack's arrival in Hawaii, the facts are cloudy. But most authorities believe that the first cracked seed was probably imported commercially around 1900 by Yee Sheong, who sold it from his Yick Lung ("profitable enterprise") store in Honolulu. As business picked up, he began preserving local fruits such as mango in the same traditional fashion.
(Today, Yick Lung continues as one of Hawaii's two largest manufacturers and importers of crack seed.)
Original crack seed still sells, but its shrapnel-like consistency has cost it partisans who favor varieties with seeds intact (you don't eat the whole seeds). Visit a larger shop these days and you'll see dozens of varieties, from plum to lemon to cherry. All are dried, then soaked in sweet, sweet-sour, or salty sauce.
Powerfully flavored, often very sticky (a stack of paper napkins is a de rigueur accompaniment to any crack seed session), crack seed may be an acquired taste for most people. Still, on a hot and humid tropical afternoon, a nibble here and there can refresh.
Shopping in crack seed stores
Island supermarkets sell some crack seed in prepackaged 1/2-to 3-ounce bags, which retail for 75 cents to $3. But you'll have more fun shopping at specialty stores, where dozens of varieties are sold in bulk. The price for crack seed ranges from $8.50 to $23 a pound.
Here are eight stores with a large variety in areas often visited by tourists. For others, check Seeds in the yellow pages for each island. All are open from at least 10 to 4 (most longer) Mondays through Saturdays; many are also open Sundays. Call for exact hours.
In Honolulu
C-Mui Center, 77 S. Pauahi Street; (808) 536-4712. Hole-in-the-wall store just a few steps off Fort Street Mall is a favorite with locals. It sells seeds in bulk from nearly a hundred big glass jars.
Crack Seed Center, 1044 Ala Moana Center; 949-7200. This shop on the lowest level near the post office has more than a hundred jars of seed. There's usually a line here at lunch and after work.
Hong Linh Store, 1041 Kekaulike Street, Stall 1; 531-7782. Customers of Chinatown's only remaining crack seed shop stop to visit and snack in the wide, pedestrian-only alleyway in front of this shop.
On the Big Island
Doris' Place, Highway 180, Holualoa; 324-4761. Picturesque, small-town country store on the west side of the island about 4 miles southeast of Kailua Kona sells crack seed from about 65 jars, along with a variety of local produce.
Kiluaea Preserve Center, 187 Kilauea Avenue, Hilo; 935-8360. This is the oldest of a half-dozen different shops in the Hilo area. It sells 40 to 45 different types of crack seed.
On Maui
Rainbow Snacks & Seeds, Lahaina Shopping Center, Lahaina; 667-6696. Only a couple of dozen seed choices are sold here, but the shop is easy to find in the island's most popular tourist center.
On Kauai
Longies Crackseed Center, Rice Shopping Center, Lihue; 246-8823; and 3858 Hanapepe Road, Hanapepe; 335-3440. Both stores have 70 to 80 jars of crack seed to choose from, but the Hanapepe store--housed in a restored garage and gas station on this old town's small main street--has all the charm.
COPYRIGHT 1991 Sunset Publishing Corp.
COPYRIGHT 2004 Gale Group
more rain to work in...
blue skies this afternoon...
puddles to work in when it wasn't raining. ..
some people don't get it...
there were times today when i wasn't getting it.
i got it for christams...
then i got piece and quiet all weekend.. it was lovely.
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lillithvain:
Thank you so much for the nice comment you left on my set!!!!! 
Ps.. I don't know what album that song it is on. I'll ask the person I got it from. I have it on a mixed cd that he burnt for me...but it's a great tune!
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Ps.. I don't know what album that song it is on. I'll ask the person I got it from. I have it on a mixed cd that he burnt for me...but it's a great tune!
[Edited on Dec 29, 2004 11:39PM]
i realized this morning as i was coming awake that i may have gotten home at 330 and it is a quarter to five but i am still just getting in the door. sometimes my mood or the circumstances or even my lack of motivationafter i pass the threshold can be a factor. i also didn't want to talk on th ephone long distance. i...
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mmmmm coffee. brewed in a press and poured in a glass beer mug for quantitive consumption.
the other day i had lunch a dear friend and his son. we met the october after nine eleven. we were both at a crossroads, in our paths. a beginning of sorts. the time was a beginning of a new chapter at the close of the last. we have...
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the other day i had lunch a dear friend and his son. we met the october after nine eleven. we were both at a crossroads, in our paths. a beginning of sorts. the time was a beginning of a new chapter at the close of the last. we have...
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jonnytrrrash7:
happy holidaze....
the orange has developed an obnoxius buzzing
still using the rapco a/b for now.......no one round here has the ernie ball pan pedal for me to try out....and now i want two pedal boards........signal routing i am not so good at........
have you heard the latest by neurosis or isis.....really heavy, monolithic slabs of sound, might be up your alley?
i'll keep on eye out for the spit....i've not heard it myself
cheers!!
the orange has developed an obnoxius buzzing
still using the rapco a/b for now.......no one round here has the ernie ball pan pedal for me to try out....and now i want two pedal boards........signal routing i am not so good at........
have you heard the latest by neurosis or isis.....really heavy, monolithic slabs of sound, might be up your alley?
i'll keep on eye out for the spit....i've not heard it myself
cheers!!
jonnytrrrash7:
ps.......yep it's good to have company for the good fight, ain't it?? 
turn up the guitars, bring it heavier, darker and more rawr.
lillithvain:
Try: Blue Velvet by the band SPIT and see what you think. It's a little hard to find, so good luck!
so i dropped her off at the airport... she's off to chicago for the holiday weekend. i've felt withdrawn. the only time i feel like being accessible and willing ot semi engage is when we cuddle. i don't know if this is just my everyday reaction to cuddling or what.
she wants more. i want less. if we never did it again i wouldn't be...
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rant...
i don't watch tv or even own one. needless to say i don't get empty v. so i have been noticing various people have been noting that atreyu is hard, heavy and powerful. it's not. it's pop. too pretty... too contrived and produced. how could they have filed it under punk?
yes he can scream like jonathan davis. so. kinda bon jovi meets korn...
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i don't watch tv or even own one. needless to say i don't get empty v. so i have been noticing various people have been noting that atreyu is hard, heavy and powerful. it's not. it's pop. too pretty... too contrived and produced. how could they have filed it under punk?
yes he can scream like jonathan davis. so. kinda bon jovi meets korn...
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dixxxon:
cheers!
lillithvain:
Holy Ape Shit Batman.... You are fantastic! I took your advice about the pictures and I managed to save at least half of them. Unfortunately I had already tried ripping some of them apart before I read the advice, or I probably could have saved more of them! Yeah!
You so deserve lots of great stuff for x-mas.... Email me and I'll send you something naughty back!!!
You so deserve lots of great stuff for x-mas.... Email me and I'll send you something naughty back!!!
so i have been going to gat a snack at this little spot down town. it is only just on the once and a while when my work takes me to that block otherwise it is just down to far in the figh-die. there is this girl-woman. she's got the greatest vibe. like a timid predator. she floats when she walks. delicious grace just rolls...
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today was just futile. soo after work i passed out in my truck, in the garage. i think it was a moment. do you know how those things are? insert triangle chime here...
got up deposited the monetary gift i have trained the rents to provide for the holidays, paid bills and went to buy hairspray after briefly contemplating a haircut. so brief amoeba was...
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got up deposited the monetary gift i have trained the rents to provide for the holidays, paid bills and went to buy hairspray after briefly contemplating a haircut. so brief amoeba was...
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gory:
GRISTLY GREETINGS LANGUID!!!
WELCOME To The ABOMINABLE APOTHECARY!
...And THAT, Is NOT The Beginning of A Fuckin' Form Letter, I am Just A Madwoman, and I make it My Pleasure to personally come and welcome ALL of The Members...I think you will find The Apothecary A Different type of 'Group' In here, as we are NOT the 'popular' HORROR group...But It was That very reason I made the jump to start an Alternative...More geared towards The Hardcore, Old skool (Aren you as sick of That term as I am ? It DOES describe it well tho...So be it..) Gore Buffs, People who usually don't have too many nice things to say about Hollywood CRAP, Like CGI ensconced "Resident Evil" or any Video game piece of Hollywood Trash...Nope...None o' That in here...We are ALL into our very own special subgenres, But Hell...We are into anything from The Universal Monster Movies through The $0's...Right up through The Renaissance of It in The ^0's, and 70's...Right up Through The new wave of Them in The 80's, and Of Course Most recent and decent International, Independent, Underground and Lesser known, esoteric directors of This Magnificent Genre that most of The Members Generally refer to thier Lifeblood, and Addiction...So, As I noticed here in your MadPad, You are A Lad who speaks Little...So I have only my Instinct to Hope That You are going to feel just Like you did in That truck you spoke of, cause it really is A Sanctuary for alot of our members...and I couldn't be happier for that, So I Do Hope that you find your niche and have some fun with us...On THAT note...I guess I should post this...
...THAT, Languid, Is what I send out When our Monthly, Prize Giving, "HOW MUCH OF A GOREWHORE ARE YOU?" Quiz...The First of Four Questions was posted Last night...and It must be boggling some ...cause it still has not yet been answered, so I hope you feel up to possibly givin it A Stab...There are ALL sorts of other goodies in here, As the set -up is a tad different from most of The "Thread' Type thing...It is more likened to a cyber Spookhouse...With many dark and intrestingly eerie Rooms, and A Floor That creaks when there isn't anyone in sight...It is set up more like a 'sub-site' around here, so I do hope you treat yourself To a Tour , and see for yourself ALL the unique things going on...I am really quite proud of The members who make it so absolutely wonderful for All whom choose to really participate...Which, I STRONGLY encourage, or else...whats The Fuckin Point??
So...Having written another epic of A welcome , ( I Do Apologize, But I really can go on sometimes...some say it's a good thing...But sometimes I just have to snap outta it and shut up!...What do you expect tho, I AM a Horror Hostess, afterall...)So, Here is one more gif...
I give ALL Members that at this point, as I don't know about you, But I know I, and a whole slew of folks who really do go through withdrawal without Our Fright Fix...So, This is ALWAYS good to have some type of warning, For The loved ones...(It is our Loved ones that we horror Addicts hurt the most, They Say...Addiction is so ugly...But it is our Lifes bane I suppose...)
So, Languid, I really do hope that you find yourself enjoying The Apothecary as much as I do with all the members enthusiasm...There is ONE thing tho, That I DO ask of ALL new faces...You must accept my cyber hand in a gesture of Fiendship, As I think you have figured out that I really do like getting to know everyone that passes Through the proverbial Black Hole we call home...
Hope You Enjoy it...OOogaBOOoga ,SS
BTW: I AM givin a special lil surprise out to all of you this weekend, Even though I celebrate Solstice, rather than The Consumers Best Buy Holiday, But I do Believe in Showing appreciation to thos who deserve it, As it is experiences that make life worth living...So I hope you have settled in, and end up enjoying your weekend..SS
WELCOME To The ABOMINABLE APOTHECARY!
...And THAT, Is NOT The Beginning of A Fuckin' Form Letter, I am Just A Madwoman, and I make it My Pleasure to personally come and welcome ALL of The Members...I think you will find The Apothecary A Different type of 'Group' In here, as we are NOT the 'popular' HORROR group...But It was That very reason I made the jump to start an Alternative...More geared towards The Hardcore, Old skool (Aren you as sick of That term as I am ? It DOES describe it well tho...So be it..) Gore Buffs, People who usually don't have too many nice things to say about Hollywood CRAP, Like CGI ensconced "Resident Evil" or any Video game piece of Hollywood Trash...Nope...None o' That in here...We are ALL into our very own special subgenres, But Hell...We are into anything from The Universal Monster Movies through The $0's...Right up through The Renaissance of It in The ^0's, and 70's...Right up Through The new wave of Them in The 80's, and Of Course Most recent and decent International, Independent, Underground and Lesser known, esoteric directors of This Magnificent Genre that most of The Members Generally refer to thier Lifeblood, and Addiction...So, As I noticed here in your MadPad, You are A Lad who speaks Little...So I have only my Instinct to Hope That You are going to feel just Like you did in That truck you spoke of, cause it really is A Sanctuary for alot of our members...and I couldn't be happier for that, So I Do Hope that you find your niche and have some fun with us...On THAT note...I guess I should post this...
...THAT, Languid, Is what I send out When our Monthly, Prize Giving, "HOW MUCH OF A GOREWHORE ARE YOU?" Quiz...The First of Four Questions was posted Last night...and It must be boggling some ...cause it still has not yet been answered, so I hope you feel up to possibly givin it A Stab...There are ALL sorts of other goodies in here, As the set -up is a tad different from most of The "Thread' Type thing...It is more likened to a cyber Spookhouse...With many dark and intrestingly eerie Rooms, and A Floor That creaks when there isn't anyone in sight...It is set up more like a 'sub-site' around here, so I do hope you treat yourself To a Tour , and see for yourself ALL the unique things going on...I am really quite proud of The members who make it so absolutely wonderful for All whom choose to really participate...Which, I STRONGLY encourage, or else...whats The Fuckin Point??
So...Having written another epic of A welcome , ( I Do Apologize, But I really can go on sometimes...some say it's a good thing...But sometimes I just have to snap outta it and shut up!...What do you expect tho, I AM a Horror Hostess, afterall...)So, Here is one more gif...
I give ALL Members that at this point, as I don't know about you, But I know I, and a whole slew of folks who really do go through withdrawal without Our Fright Fix...So, This is ALWAYS good to have some type of warning, For The loved ones...(It is our Loved ones that we horror Addicts hurt the most, They Say...Addiction is so ugly...But it is our Lifes bane I suppose...
)
So, Languid, I really do hope that you find yourself enjoying The Apothecary as much as I do with all the members enthusiasm...There is ONE thing tho, That I DO ask of ALL new faces...You must accept my cyber hand in a gesture of Fiendship, As I think you have figured out that I really do like getting to know everyone that passes Through the proverbial Black Hole we call home...
Hope You Enjoy it...OOogaBOOoga
,SS
BTW: I AM givin a special lil surprise out to all of you this weekend, Even though I celebrate Solstice, rather than The Consumers Best Buy Holiday, But I do Believe in Showing appreciation to thos who deserve it, As it is experiences that make life worth living...So I hope you have settled in, and end up enjoying your weekend..SS
gory:
GRISTLY GREETINGS LANGUID!!!
WELCOME To The ABOMINABLE APOTHECARY!
...And THAT, Is NOT The Beginning of A Fuckin' Form Letter, I am Just A Madwoman, and I make it My Pleasure to personally come and welcome ALL of The Members...I think you will find The Apothecary A Different type of 'Group' In here, as we are NOT the 'popular' HORROR group...But It was That very reason I made the jump to start an Alternative...More geared towards The Hardcore, Old skool (Aren you as sick of That term as I am ? It DOES describe it well tho...So be it..) Gore Buffs, People who usually don't have too many nice things to say about Hollywood CRAP, Like CGI ensconced "Resident Evil" or any Video game piece of Hollywood Trash...Nope...None o' That in here...We are ALL into our very own special subgenres, But Hell...We are into anything from The Universal Monster Movies through The $0's...Right up through The Renaissance of It in The ^0's, and 70's...Right up Through The new wave of Them in The 80's, and Of Course Most recent and decent International, Independent, Underground and Lesser known, esoteric directors of This Magnificent Genre that most of The Members Generally refer to thier Lifeblood, and Addiction...So, As I noticed here in your MadPad, You are A Lad who speaks Little...So I have only my Instinct to Hope That You are going to feel just Like you did in That truck you spoke of, cause it really is A Sanctuary for alot of our members...and I couldn't be happier for that, So I Do Hope that you find your niche and have some fun with us...On THAT note...I guess I should post this...
...THAT, Languid, Is what I send out When our Monthly, Prize Giving, "HOW MUCH OF A GOREWHORE ARE YOU?" Quiz...The First of Four Questions was posted Last night...and It must be boggling some ...cause it still has not yet been answered, so I hope you feel up to possibly givin it A Stab...There are ALL sorts of other goodies in here, As the set -up is a tad different from most of The "Thread' Type thing...It is more likened to a cyber Spookhouse...With many dark and intrestingly eerie Rooms, and A Floor That creaks when there isn't anyone in sight...It is set up more like a 'sub-site' around here, so I do hope you treat yourself To a Tour , and see for yourself ALL the unique things going on...I am really quite proud of The members who make it so absolutely wonderful for All whom choose to really participate...Which, I STRONGLY encourage, or else...whats The Fuckin Point??
So...Having written another epic of A welcome , ( I Do Apologize, But I really can go on sometimes...some say it's a good thing...But sometimes I just have to snap outta it and shut up!...What do you expect tho, I AM a Horror Hostess, afterall...)So, Here is one more gif...
I give ALL Members that at this point, as I don't know about you, But I know I, and a whole slew of folks who really do go through withdrawal without Our Fright Fix...So, This is ALWAYS good to have some type of warning, For The loved ones...(It is our Loved ones that we horror Addicts hurt the most, They Say...Addiction is so ugly...But it is our Lifes bane I suppose...)
So, Languid, I really do hope that you find yourself enjoying The Apothecary as much as I do with all the members enthusiasm...There is ONE thing tho, That I DO ask of ALL new faces...You must accept my cyber hand in a gesture of Fiendship, As I think you have figured out that I really do like getting to know everyone that passes Through the proverbial Black Hole we call home...
Hope You Enjoy it...OOogaBOOoga ,SS
BTW: I AM givin a special lil surprise out to all of you this weekend, Even though I celebrate Solstice, rather than The Consumers Best Buy Holiday, But I do Believe in Showing appreciation to thos who deserve it, As it is experiences that make life worth living...So I hope you have settled in, and end up enjoying your weekend..SS
WELCOME To The ABOMINABLE APOTHECARY!
...And THAT, Is NOT The Beginning of A Fuckin' Form Letter, I am Just A Madwoman, and I make it My Pleasure to personally come and welcome ALL of The Members...I think you will find The Apothecary A Different type of 'Group' In here, as we are NOT the 'popular' HORROR group...But It was That very reason I made the jump to start an Alternative...More geared towards The Hardcore, Old skool (Aren you as sick of That term as I am ? It DOES describe it well tho...So be it..) Gore Buffs, People who usually don't have too many nice things to say about Hollywood CRAP, Like CGI ensconced "Resident Evil" or any Video game piece of Hollywood Trash...Nope...None o' That in here...We are ALL into our very own special subgenres, But Hell...We are into anything from The Universal Monster Movies through The $0's...Right up through The Renaissance of It in The ^0's, and 70's...Right up Through The new wave of Them in The 80's, and Of Course Most recent and decent International, Independent, Underground and Lesser known, esoteric directors of This Magnificent Genre that most of The Members Generally refer to thier Lifeblood, and Addiction...So, As I noticed here in your MadPad, You are A Lad who speaks Little...So I have only my Instinct to Hope That You are going to feel just Like you did in That truck you spoke of, cause it really is A Sanctuary for alot of our members...and I couldn't be happier for that, So I Do Hope that you find your niche and have some fun with us...On THAT note...I guess I should post this...
...THAT, Languid, Is what I send out When our Monthly, Prize Giving, "HOW MUCH OF A GOREWHORE ARE YOU?" Quiz...The First of Four Questions was posted Last night...and It must be boggling some ...cause it still has not yet been answered, so I hope you feel up to possibly givin it A Stab...There are ALL sorts of other goodies in here, As the set -up is a tad different from most of The "Thread' Type thing...It is more likened to a cyber Spookhouse...With many dark and intrestingly eerie Rooms, and A Floor That creaks when there isn't anyone in sight...It is set up more like a 'sub-site' around here, so I do hope you treat yourself To a Tour , and see for yourself ALL the unique things going on...I am really quite proud of The members who make it so absolutely wonderful for All whom choose to really participate...Which, I STRONGLY encourage, or else...whats The Fuckin Point??
So...Having written another epic of A welcome , ( I Do Apologize, But I really can go on sometimes...some say it's a good thing...But sometimes I just have to snap outta it and shut up!...What do you expect tho, I AM a Horror Hostess, afterall...)So, Here is one more gif...
I give ALL Members that at this point, as I don't know about you, But I know I, and a whole slew of folks who really do go through withdrawal without Our Fright Fix...So, This is ALWAYS good to have some type of warning, For The loved ones...(It is our Loved ones that we horror Addicts hurt the most, They Say...Addiction is so ugly...But it is our Lifes bane I suppose...
)
So, Languid, I really do hope that you find yourself enjoying The Apothecary as much as I do with all the members enthusiasm...There is ONE thing tho, That I DO ask of ALL new faces...You must accept my cyber hand in a gesture of Fiendship, As I think you have figured out that I really do like getting to know everyone that passes Through the proverbial Black Hole we call home...
Hope You Enjoy it...OOogaBOOoga
,SS
BTW: I AM givin a special lil surprise out to all of you this weekend, Even though I celebrate Solstice, rather than The Consumers Best Buy Holiday, But I do Believe in Showing appreciation to thos who deserve it, As it is experiences that make life worth living...So I hope you have settled in, and end up enjoying your weekend..SS 
languid:
what are you doin' longhair?
Anyway, hope you had a good day at work.