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On a Real Note...I'm sure many of you have heard of the recent shooting in Newtown, Connecticut. I'm sure many of you [at least the Americans] have also heard of the Westboro Baptist Church. The Westboro Baptist Church is a hate group [only protected by their thinly-veiled defense of being a religious organization] infamous for protesting funerals and claiming that they were God's "judgment" for all of the sins that are happening in America--I'm sure you've all seen the "God Hates F**s" signs that they carry.The Westboro Baptist Church is now planning on protesting the vigil that is being held for those killed in the Sandy Hook shooting. T...

omg you guysHow in god's name did I get 7,000+ page views while I was away.wut.were you guys celebrating my absence from deviantART or something?

PageantsI have a feeling that when most of you hear 'pageant,' you either think of Miss America, Miss Universe, or the pageant :devemoteocs: held last year.   However, in the digital dolling community, a pageant is a multi-round contest, commonly known as "Miss Doll _________" and it is pageant season once again.I've been spending all of my time working on a pageant entry for Miss Doll History , which you can see a recent WIP of here .  There are several more pageants that I hope to enter opening in the next few weeks, so even though I'm back, I'm more active on :devWestSideSunrises: at the moment. ContestsHowever, on an emoticon-communi...