Hey guys, I've been a bit quiet this week because I ended up with a new dog which I hadn't planned for.  I'm super excited about having her and she's been pretty amazing so far, but it's definitely thrown things for a loop.  Between trying to adjust to having a new dog, working with her schedule so that this transition isn't as difficult for her, and constantly finding new things we need to pick up from the store for her since of course, we weren't really planning on adding another dog... things have been something for me to need to adjust to. So what happened to land us a new dog in our lap?  Well, someone posted in a local group that they

DDs: The deviantART definition So, as the title says, What in the world IS a Daily Deviation (DD), anyway? You know what deviantART says about it, right? Under FAQ #61: https://help.deviantart.com/61 - What is a Daily Deviation? it says: A small assortment of submissions are chosen each day by a select group of staff/volunteer members who wish to showcase an image which they found impressive or otherwise interesting enough to deserve being brought to the attention of the community-at-large. That says nothing about a DD being a perfect specimen of art-- in fact, it doesn't even use the word "art" at all. :XD: Basically, as CVs, when we are giving a DD, we are doing so because we think the image is i

"Ultimately, I want Spirit Day to make just one person feel little bit better about his or herself, to feel safe enough in their own skin and to be proud of who they are" - Brittany McMillan In memory of the young LGBT people who lost their lives to suicide, Brittany encouraged her friends to wear purple on a day in October -- a day that came to be known as Spirit Day. Since then, GLAAD has helped turn Spirit Day into a global event that inspires millions of individuals, celebrities, TV personalities, media outlets, companies and schools to wear purple in a stand against bullying. While Spirit Day does focus on the LGBT community, I believe

As a Community Volunteer - I do as much or as little within the community that I feel comfortable doing. We're not pressured to do this and that, we don't even have to give a Daily Deviation every day, we choose how we promote our selected galleries/chats and forums and we're not fixed to any specific rule on how much or how little we do. But I do believe that it's important to share with you just what  the community volunteers do  and why we do it. More importantly it's so easy to get lost on this site full of many people - and miss out on the awesome that's going on. So I'm going to share with you exactly what the latest awesome is... Pro