Professional website & graphic designer / developer. Witch of Potionwood. Tattooed, pierced, vegan, gay. Roommates: loving boyfriend, 2 cats, arcane spirits.Tumblr (3.0; @shivian)http://blog.shivian.com/<p>FUN FACT: Molten sealing wax really, really hurts!</p>http://blog.shivian.com/post/17191325197http://blog.shivian.com/post/17191325197Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:14:43 -0600original<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyzguntXOX1qzorfko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Forbes Article:</strong> <em>You Will Never Kill Piracy, and Piracy Will Never Kill You</em></p> <p>As Wil Wheton noted:</p> <blockquote> <p>Yet another brilliant article that says what the MPAA and RIAA refuse to hear: piracy is a service problem</p> </blockquote> <p>Article Snippet:</p> <blockquote> <p>The seven step, ten minute download process (which will be about ten seconds when US internet speeds catch up with the rest of the world) is the real enemy the studios should be trying to tackle. Right now, the industry is still stuck in the past, and is crawling oh-so-slowly into the future. They still believe people are going to want to buy DVDs or Blu-rays in five years, and that a movie ticket is well worth $15. Netflix is the closest thing they have to an advocate, but the studios are trying to drive them out of business as they see them as a threat, not a solution. It’s mind boggling.</p> </blockquote> <p><strong>Full Article:</strong> <a href="http://shvn.co/wNtN2l">http://shvn.co/wNtN2l</a></p>http://blog.shivian.com/post/17160227805http://blog.shivian.com/post/17160227805Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:03:59 -0600<p>Deposited two bits of witchcraft into the mailbox on this Moon Day dawn, on their way to Frater M and Frater J.</p>http://blog.shivian.com/post/17154008392http://blog.shivian.com/post/17154008392Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:52:21 -0600<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyymi7ZPjv1qzorfko5_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyymi7ZPjv1qzorfko1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyymi7ZPjv1qzorfko2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Two of the new talismans I crafted tonight, prepared for their voyages; one concealed within verdant parchment, the other in ruby, both sealed under scarlet wax</p> <p><strong>Update:</strong> the third is now sealed behind unrefined rough paper and kissed the wax seal of a scarlet keyhole</p>http://blog.shivian.com/post/17145110950http://blog.shivian.com/post/17145110950Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:08:00 -0600witchcraftoriginalphotography<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyyi1j5QbL1qzorfko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Tonight I crafted & ensorceled six talismanic parchments under the pregnant moon held in the claws of the crab. </p>http://blog.shivian.com/post/17141765998http://blog.shivian.com/post/17141765998Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:32:07 -0600originalwitchcraftphotography<p><strong>Fact:</strong> I’m a natural redhead (strawberry blonde)</p> <p><strong>Myth:</strong> I have no soul</p> <p><strong>Fact:</strong> I have plenty of souls, I got a freckle for each one I stole</p>http://blog.shivian.com/post/17134948178http://blog.shivian.com/post/17134948178Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:18:58 -0600originalwitchcraft<p>I want a house with sigils painted on walls floors and ceilings, at crazed angles and in odd colors, like scrawls from a man gone mad…</p>http://blog.shivian.com/post/17071413196http://blog.shivian.com/post/17071413196Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:49:19 -0600originalwitchcraft“The Phone Stacking Game: Here’s how it works: At the beginning of the meal, everyone puts their phone face down at the center of the table. As time goes on, you’ll hear various calls, texts, and emails, but you can’t pick up your phone. If you’re the first one to give in to temptation, you’re buying dinner for everyone else. If no one picks up, then everyone pays for themselves.”<br/><br/> - <em><p>TechCrunch: <a href="http://shvn.co/AzAu3K">http://shvn.co/AzAu3K</a></p> <p>I want to do this from now on, forever!</p> <p><strong><span>Update:</span></strong><br/><span>Original Post on Kempt: <a href="http://shvn.co/xFIwhy">http://shvn.co/xFIwhy</a></span><br/><span>Defending the Phone Stack on Kempt: <a href="http://shvn.co/yfPeor">http://shvn.co/yfPeor</a></span></p></em>http://blog.shivian.com/post/17070306070http://blog.shivian.com/post/17070306070Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:28:00 -0600<p>Imbolg rites concluded… and thus the mill is turned…</p>http://blog.shivian.com/post/17017004939http://blog.shivian.com/post/17017004939Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:36:31 -0600<p>Today we conduct the rites of Imbolg, purifications and awakening for all! May the returning Light fill you & yours.</p>http://blog.shivian.com/post/16989322020http://blog.shivian.com/post/16989322020Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:59:40 -0600originalwitchcraft<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyu21b7ZHN1qzorfko1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>iPhone apps crash more than Android apps. I guess the old mantra “it just works” doesn’t, anymore.</p>http://blog.shivian.com/post/16986291689http://blog.shivian.com/post/16986291689Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:55:59 -0600<p><em>“But that isn’t a good decision for our users, we should reconsider.”</em></p> <p><em>“No. Do it my way. I say so.”</em></p> <p>#HowBadDesignHappens</p>http://blog.shivian.com/post/16977234154http://blog.shivian.com/post/16977234154Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:52:09 -0600original“<p>Do it. Doing so will free your relationship from the tense tangle that withholding weaves. Do you realize that your refusal to utter the word ‘love’ to your lover has created a force field all its own? Withholding distorts reality. It makes the people who do the withholding ugly and small-hearted. It makes the people from whom things are withheld crazy and desperate and incapable of knowing what they actually feel.</p> <p>So release yourself from that. Don’t be strategic or coy. Strategic and coy are for jackasses. Be brave. Be authentic. Practice saying the word love to the people you love so when it matters the most to say it, you will.</p>”<br/><br/> - <em><strong>Sugar</strong> - http://shvn.co/y36Kk2</em>http://blog.shivian.com/post/16940145317http://blog.shivian.com/post/16940145317Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:39:43 -0600<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lysa1ksDJ31qzorfko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>CLICK THROUGH! CLICK THROUGH!</strong></p> <p><em>“It’s Adam and Eve, not Checkered Whiptail Lizard and Eve!”</em></p> <p>So amazing. Worth a read. - <a href="http://imgur.com/a/CCF5A">http://imgur.com/a/CCF5A</a></p>http://blog.shivian.com/post/16934066694http://blog.shivian.com/post/16934066694Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:53:00 -0600<p>When a “news” channel has to tell everyone it’s “fair, balanced, and accurate reporting” it never is.</p>http://blog.shivian.com/post/16925961561http://blog.shivian.com/post/16925961561Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:39:10 -0600<p>I continue to have deep romantic love for many men; some don’t know, some are former lovers, and some are aware. All have changed me.</p> <p>#Polyamorous</p>http://blog.shivian.com/post/16869770158http://blog.shivian.com/post/16869770158Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:32:38 -0600original<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/nAHyGbOXoF4?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>I freaking love this Adele “Someone Like You” cover… and I think Kai really will too</p>http://blog.shivian.com/post/16867464027http://blog.shivian.com/post/16867464027Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:28:15 -0600<p>My experiences with Hekate have been wonderful, awe inspiring, full of critical growth-filled challenges, and life changing. If She has called out unto you to work with Her, I would most certainly respond with offerings and a desire to find out more about her intentions.</p>http://blog.shivian.com/post/16824206230http://blog.shivian.com/post/16824206230Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:28:28 -0600<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyo8w97oW81qzorfko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>‘Imma Firin’ Mah Lazor!’ - a new profile pic variation I created - Check out the <a href="http://goo.gl/hIxYy">full collection to date</a> or view the <a href="http://goo.gl/NgD6t">original photo</a>.</p>http://blog.shivian.com/post/16822403008http://blog.shivian.com/post/16822403008Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:38:33 -0600designoriginalphotographyprofile picture collection<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/N4t3-__3MA0?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>adorable! via: <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://untamedinternet.com/post/16820813801/fresh-impressions-on-brandmarks-from-a">untamedinternet</a></p> <blockquote> <p>Fresh Impressions on Brandmarks (from a 5-year-old) - so cute!</p> </blockquote>http://blog.shivian.com/post/16820840447http://blog.shivian.com/post/16820840447Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:51:56 -0600