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6,193 posts
Location: WNY, USA
Name: Pele (based on the Volcano Goddess not the soccer player)
B-Date: Oct 16, 1973, you figure out the age
Been doing this stuff: Many years
What do I do?: It all, just not well
Job: Performer, Event Organizer, Writer, Director, Performance Consultant, Henna Artist...not in that order
Location: Webster, Western New York State
Other: Proud mother of one 11 1/2 year old named Noah.
Pets: 1 Bearded Dragon named Harley, 1 Guinea Pig named Snowflake, 2 cats: Joujou Grisgris and Fizzgig, r.i.p. goldie and sage (the snakes)
Hobbies: Reading, mostly dark novels and fantasy-ish stuff, along with business and performing books. Fantasy Art. Movies, love movies. Music..almost any kind really. Learning, don't really care about what. I have an amazing aptitude at retaining incredibly useless knowledge....just ask Kombiguy, Gardening, especially herbs and veggies. Cooking....oh how I love to cook.....with the herbs I grow. Artsy stuff.
All of my favorites are based on moods, such as food, color, drinks, etc. I always love Popcorn as a snack though. It's rather a greasy-salty addiction to tell you the truth.
Things I love: My friends...more than they could ever possibly know, the elements, life on the whole, a hot cup of tea cuddled under a blanket on a cold night with all the lights off and a good movie on and a roaring fire going. To lay in the shade in cool sand on a hot day with water at my feet and look for shapes in the clouds. Watching my son be melodramatic, especially when reading outloud. He cracks me up. Making up constellations in a full starry sky.
Personal outlook: All of live should be lived with passion and conviction, preferrably in what we love rather than what we don't love. Faith should be strongest within ourselves than in a preacher in a pulpit. Every day is the chance to begin again, to mend broken things and to be who we want....it is NEVER too late.
Pet Peeves: Stupid commercials. Bad drivers (other than me of course!
). The words "I can't". (I have more but I am in such a good mood they slip my mind...ooops!)Anyway....ummmm....I have no idea what else to say here so I will leave it up to questions, comments, harrassments...whatever.
Pele
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Pele
Higher, higher burning fire...making music like a choir
"Oooh look! A pub!" -exclaimed after recovering from a stupid fall
"And for the decadence of art, nothing beats a roaring fire." -TMK
Mumma Hen
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Location: Brisbane, Australia
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Welcome Back miss pele!!! Im very glad that you have started a noo intro....
TAJ "boat mummy." VALURA "yes sweetie you went on a boat, was daddy there with you?" TAJ "no, but monkey on boat" VALURA "well then sweetie, Daddy WAS there with you"
Carpal \'Tunnel
5,814 posts
Location: Perth, Australia
to PeleI love the smell of the henna mix. Mmmm eucalyptus oil.
Good luck with the postcard thing.
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Is it Fair to all concerned?
Will it build Goodwill and Better Friendships?
Will it be Beneficial to all concerned?
Im in a lonely battle with the world with a fish to match the chip on my shoulder. Gnu in Binnu in a cnu
All the neurotic makings of America's lesser known sweetheart
9,831 posts
Location: body in Las Vegas, heart all around the world, USA
'ello!
wow, it was so nice to read more about you. i always enjoy your passionate views and you speak so eloquently! hope to get to know you more in the future!cheers!
I was always scared with my mother's obsession with the good scissors. It made me wonder if there were evil scissors lurking in the house somewhere.
Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons for you are crunchy and good with ketchup.
**giggles**
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Quote:
Originally posted by Pele
B-Date: Oct 16, 1973, you figure out the age
Ok, so if we start from 2003, minus the amount of ducks I've seen driving mopeds and add seven for every badger which attacked an english child under the age of 42, just because they can't do handstands at three o'clock in the morning. Times that by the group of nine fish eating bird-snakes I've "heard" of, which equals...
your 21 with nine years exp.
I can't hear you... I have a banana in my ear.
"You mean I'll have to use my brain?... but I use staff!!!" ~ ben-ja-men
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You are an utter sweetheart who happens to have incredible taste in photography.
I'm glad to know you and hope to someday meet you out in the real world. E pluribus unum, baby.
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the henna lady
6,193 posts
Location: WNY, USA
Oooooh Valura...how pretty! I adore that!
Gnor... In my henna I use Cajeput as a mordant. It has to be made a day in advance but it makes the Henna set faster so that people can take it off sooner. I also found that it gets less allergic reactions. It smells amazing too! I agree it is one of the reasons I love doing Henna, the soothing smell!
Pounce...Thank you. Anything you want to know I will gladly answer, though I am sure you can look forward many more diatribes in the future though!
arsn... Exactly! How smart you are!:p
Regyt... I hope so too! And I hope to get you into a costume sometime in the near future
(sorry been busy lately..haven't forgotten you! )Rob... I like you too!
Malcolm... I siad based on the goddess, as in what I aspire to be a few lifetimes from now silly! Ooooh...my avatar...she looks so, so normal now. Thank you! Relaxing weekend? I am currently performing in the Dickens Festival again (playing a hunter/trapper woman this year, not the matchgirl) and that takes up all my weekends. Mondays are my days off!
And how did you know we went out to the ice cream parlor tonite? Sometimes I swear you are psycho...er....psychic!
Pele
Higher, higher burning fire...making music like a choir
"Oooh look! A pub!" -exclaimed after recovering from a stupid fall
"And for the decadence of art, nothing beats a roaring fire." -TMK
Carpal \'Tunnel
5,814 posts
Location: Perth, Australia
I have never heard of Cajeput. Can you get it from oriental stores???? I gather it makes the colour take sooner and makes it darker as well????
Thanks
Gnor
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Im in a lonely battle with the world with a fish to match the chip on my shoulder. Gnu in Binnu in a cnu
the henna lady
6,193 posts
Location: WNY, USA
gnor...I just get my Cajeput from the local health store where they sell all the essential oils. My friend from Yemen however says that because of the smell she knows that is what went into the Henna she wore as a child. It does make the stains take faster and deeper, but in return they also do not last as long...about 10 days. I will have to put up the photo's of my left hand two days after I had done it. It was soooooo dark.
Spanner...it was still Henna that was on her nails. It stains the nails as well, very deeply and permanently. I accidentally got the henna on two of my nails a couple months ago...it has finally grown out. When I got sick of it I just covered it with nailpolish though.
There are different forms of Henna and different body chemistries which cause the Henna to turn out different shades or colors on different people.What I can say is please stay away from Black Henna (I use is Morroccan Green Henna). Many people have a very adverse allergic reaction to Black Henna which has caused open blisters and sores to appear. Really Yucky!
Oh I sooo love talking about this stuff! lol
Did you also know Henna stains just about anything? It is great on clays, canvas, untreated leatherheads on drums, hair, light colored woods, even some forms of fabrics......I love experimenting with it!
Pele
Higher, higher burning fire...making music like a choir
"Oooh look! A pub!" -exclaimed after recovering from a stupid fall
"And for the decadence of art, nothing beats a roaring fire." -TMK
HOP Mad Doctor
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*wandering in with a large bowl of tabouleh and some fresh, hot pita*
Hey, angel
How you doing? 
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A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Ooo... the henna on drum heads sounds like a grand idea!
glad to see your new intro post Pele!
It is a shame that so many intros got lost, but it may have been a blessing in disguise, as new life seems to have been breathered into many of them (or is it just my imagination?).
-v-
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All the neurotic makings of America's lesser known sweetheart
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Location: body in Las Vegas, heart all around the world, USA
Quote:
It is a shame that so many intros got lost, but it may have been a blessing in disguise, as new life seems to have been breathered into many of them (or is it just my imagination?).
is that a word?
but i agree, i am much more prone to visit the older hoppers' intros now that they are new. i think i was too intimidated before to visit them. silly, i know.
I was always scared with my mother's obsession with the good scissors. It made me wonder if there were evil scissors lurking in the house somewhere.
Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons for you are crunchy and good with ketchup.
**giggles**
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Quote:
is that a word?
whatever! -v-
Wiederstand ist Zwecklos!
All the neurotic makings of America's lesser known sweetheart
9,831 posts
Location: body in Las Vegas, heart all around the world, USA
**giggles**
I was always scared with my mother's obsession with the good scissors. It made me wonder if there were evil scissors lurking in the house somewhere.
Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons for you are crunchy and good with ketchup.
**giggles**
Carpal \'Tunnel
5,814 posts
Location: Perth, Australia
We tried Mendi oil and it made no difference but smelt really nice
and clove oil that was expensive and not as good as Eucalyptus oil.Will check the local store next time Im there for the special oil stuff.
Im not keen on the way the henna make your fingernails look like you are a muliti pack a day smoker. Urk.
Cannot buy henna plant in this state anywhere and it costs a small fortune to get the plants from another state as well. Plus I have a kill plants thumb. So might prove an expensive and fruitless excercise.
It amazes me the different colours that a mix turns out of different body parts and different bodies too.
We have had some really dud batches and fab ones made the same way. Go figure.
Does an aliminium pot make any difference to the batch.
I love seeing other designs so post them please. Whenever a friend comes back from India she always has very impressive designs.
Is it the Truth?
Is it Fair to all concerned?
Will it build Goodwill and Better Friendships?
Will it be Beneficial to all concerned?
Im in a lonely battle with the world with a fish to match the chip on my shoulder. Gnu in Binnu in a cnu
940 posts
The smell of henna is so gorgeous... I really love drying out lime slices to use in my mixes, because I hang them on strings in my closet to dry out, so all my clothes end up smelling of lime.
E pluribus unum, baby.
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Location: Nottingham, UK
Hi Pele,
Just wanted to stop by and say hi, and thanks, as it was finding your "season in hell" article which pointed me at HoP, and hence here I am.
I also think it has probably saved me from horrific injury further down the line, as it really brought home the dangers of what I'm learning to do....I hope your recovery is going well!
Thanks again,
hugs,
m
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"Come to the edge", he said. They came.
He pushed them..... and they flew.
- Apollinaire
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Location: Calgary, Alberta Canada
Heellllllooooooooo Pele!
Event organizer eh? Hmmm...I may need to take notes. ;-)
Solitude sometimes speaks to you, and you should listen.
Keeper of the Spitfire
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Location: Calgary Canada
Well hi Pele.
I thought, after reading many of your enlightening views on many topics, i'd pop by to say 'ello.
Looking forward to hearing more from you.
Laters potaters
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It used to seem to me that my life ran on too fast, and i had to take it slowly just to make the good parts last. But when you're born to run its so hard to just slow down.
Lets steal a spaceship and head for the sun, and shoot the stars with a lemonade ray gun.
Super Gidg!!!!
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Hi Pele. You familiar with hit and run. I call this my hug and run.
Gidg runs out of the room. Growing old is mandatory; growing up is NOT.
Proud member of the HoP DPS.
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Hi Pele...I hope you are still here...
Only Gidg came in here, hugged you and ran out again. I didn't see any reference to her letting go, so I can only guess that she ran out holding you..
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hi Pele - I haven't popped in to bring you a housewarming pressie yet...
mmmmmm, wanders and wonders what would suit...
ooh, I know, here's a big soft feathery boa for your new place
(I'll get back to your pm asap - have just come back from a week in the bush)
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Hey hey, good to see you back.
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Happy Birthday!
I know it's officially tomorrow, but I got surprised this morning, so I figure you deserved some smiles as well. Hope it's a great one!
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Birthday balloon for a birthday girl!
Happy Birthday Pele
Feed me Chocolate!!! Feed me NOW!
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Happpy BirrrrdddddddddyyyyyyyyDddddddddaaayyyyyyyyy!!
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Oh a libra (rah!) happy birthday your only ever 21 plus
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