Flickr Wants The Money

Back in my world of old news... Flickr is making changes... again...

The date of November 1, 2018 indicates that I am MONTHS late on this "news".

When you are struggling to keep track of life because of shitty life reasons, months could be another word for minutes, I dunno, whatever. Point is, this is news that I'm still trying to process, ever so slowly as is the unintentional pace of the rest of my life.


Last month or so (because I've been seriously neglecting my flickr account) this note popped up...

A few days ago, the note was "upgraded" to...

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For the record, the last time I'd uploaded images was August 31, 2017... yeah... life totally sunk for a long while there... I even missed the memo when Yahoo first acquired Flickr. Which was fine but then they made it so that you had to sign into Flickr VIA Yahoo. Yeah shit. Before that, to get into your Flickr account, you signed in through Flickr, duh. I had been seriously ill when that happened and completely missed that transition. The runaround to try to fix that was fun, NOT, but it was done. And now, you can choose to sign into Flickr via Flickr itself OR Yahoo. Flip flop flap blap. Oh and SmugMug owns Flickr now (Flickr bought by SmugMug as Yahoo breakup begins, by Samuel Gibbs, 23 Apr 2018 @ theguardian.com).

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Oh yeah, I also collect dolls and other toys. The way I've been seeing it, the photos that I've uploaded are a form of community service for the collecting community to help identify and give background to their collectables. I am not going to pay to provide free work. That's just, simply illogical.


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So, as of NOW, it appears that I have 3912 photos... since I'm too poor to pay to share my photos for free... I guess this number is expected to gradually shrink...

And now, in ongoing weather watch...

Today is the coolest day, with the lovely low of 29°C HAHAHAHAH. (low temperatures are greyed out because that's sleeping time and the building never gets to cool down enough to get that low.)

Forecast is, more hot and hot and a touch of crazy hot. Summer is ongoing and it still sucks.


For the record,

25°C = 77°F
30°C = 86°F
35°C = 95°F
40°C = 104°F
45°C = 113°F
50°C = NOPE ... but gLoBaL wArMiNg dOn'T rEaL

(Formula = (x°C × 9/5) + 32 = y°F)

A Few Purples From Colors By Llarowe

I wish nail polishes came with a little pamphlet to tell you what collection they're from and what other colours are in said collection... you know, like Lego mini-figurines... but then Lego is a multi-billion dollar company and most indie polish makers are not billionaires.



So, I have 3 new-to-me purple polishes by Colors of Llarowe. They are from various collections, those collections happen to be...

Mild & Wild 2018

Sugar & Spice is the lilac creme with shimmer from a collection of 8 polishes.

80 Degrees - light aqua base holographic
Burning Down The House - medium plum holographic
Dainty - blue to copper to pink shifting topper
Fast Cars & Rowdy Bars - blackened teal crelly
On The Prowl - jelly topper with iridescent glitters
Snakeskin Boots - blackened charcoal grey base with original Unicorn Pee pigment
Sugar & Spice - light lilac creme with pink shimmer
Tease - medium periwinkle blue crelly

For actual real pictures and swatches, Delicious Nails has them (28/01/2018).

Sugar & Spice is the only real deal here 

Winter 2015 - the Crellies & Jellies

Violet Haze is the deep purple jelly from a collection of 18 total polishes, of which 6 were crellies and/or jellies, which is what will be listed below.

Camo - muted green
Devilish - warm red
Emerald Isle - emerald green
Red-y Or Not - true red
Regal - rich blue
Violet Haze - purple

For actual real pictures and swatches, Cosmetic Sanctuary has them (21/11/2015).

Violet Haze is the only real one in this line-up

Doctor Who 2014

Weeping Angels is part of a massive collection of 16 polishes. Overall appearance as follows:

Allons-y Alonzo - turquoise
Amy - green teal
Davros - beige
Face of Boe - pale lemon
Jackie - light blue
K-9 - red jelly
Madame Vastra - magenta
Mickey - blue teal
Mine is Nine - bronze
River - bright blue
Ten is Tops - silver
The Eyebrows - brown
The Master - deep teal
The Ood - coral red
Vincent - black creme
Weeping Angels - lavender

For actual real pictures and swatches, Set in Lacquer has them (13/12/2014).

this image seriously needs to be redone some day... 

TO ADD TO TO-DO LIST
- sort out glittery colour shifty graphic textures



Colors by Llarowe also released this cheeky colour for Polish Pickup last year.

Instagram image from 27/09/2018

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Oct 2018 PPU - Here's a first look at the Colors by Llarowe tongue-in-cheek take on October @polishpickup theme of Villains! ° I am not trying to start a political debate here just showcasing my warped sense of humor in its glory. I know it is not going to be everyone's cup of tea and that is okay. I hope we can all agree to disagree and have a good laugh. ~ Leah Ann ° Fake Tan Man is a sheer orange-based polish packed full of "pee" (OG UP) pigment and assorted flakes that shift red to gold to green. "It's a bird! It's a plane! It's...Fake Tan Man?!? Use on its own or as an excellent combover on your favorite polish. ° $11 and available for pre-order Oct 5 - 8 exclusively at www.polishpickup.com. 💅💅💅

A post shared by Colors by llarowe (@colorsbyllarowe) on Sep 27, 2018 at 2:25am PDT

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Poor USA...

... and TIL that Scandinavia and the World is not on Instagram *shocked*

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please go to satwcomic.com for the rest of this image 

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In other news... at least it's just regular hot now instead of crazy hot.

The forecast (of inactivity) for this following week...

Seriously can't wait til summer is over!