3/26/2008

Hey there! I know it's been a long long long time since we updated anything around here (try before Christmas *wince*). I'm terribly, horribly, awfully sorry. It's entirely my fault. A lot of you have been emailing Melvin and begging him for news, and the poor little guy just hasn't had any to give!

Well, not to worry! I have news, brand-spanking-new and hot off the press. Melvin is going to have his VERY. OWN. SITE. That's right, the little head bunny shall have his very own site, just to assuage his fans (who are starting to look like an angry mob since I haven't updated nearly as much as I planned). This is one of the huge projects that have been keeping me extremely busy.

I'm also well into the conception and creation of the Dead Pleasures Spring/Summer '08 line for IMVU.com. So never fear- new products are on the way! Also, I'm working on a new conceptual design for our current website. It should make everything load faster, look more professional, and have easier (and more consistent!) navigation. So you see? I really do love you, and no matter what those freaky little voices in your head say you really shouldn't try to kill me and really should go back on your meds.

12/11/2007
Mood:  hug me

12/4/2007

Happy holidays, everybody!  We have all new stuff for you everywhere...  New items at the IMVU store, the Cafe Press Store, and here on our website....  And more's to come!

What a busy last couple of months it's been...  The friendly folks at Angelfire and I had a little bit of an issue over exactly when my credit card expires, so it's been kind of impossible to actually edit the Mind O' Mousie for a while...  That's okay, though, because everything's resolved now, and we're back and better than ever!

We posted a fabulous featured artist for you this month... hopefully it'll make up for having Ms. Blake- wonderful as she is- stuck as the featured artist fot the past two months.  We have new featured artists slated for you through February, and one pending for March that we're waiting to hear from.  So you won't have to worry about getting your monthly fix for quite a while.

 We're going to be doing some general maintenance and cleaning for you over this month, so happy holidays!  The site's gonna get decked out for you, so don't forget to check back with us from time to time!

9/8/2007-2

WOW!  You can now email Melvin with all your questions and comments!  Send him fan mail, send him hate mail...  Whatever you want (as long as it falls within our guidelines).  Click on the image to send Melvin an email!

 

Melvin and I do have certain guidelines, and a privacy policy just for you.  We have done this to protect your information and to ensure you have the best experience with us possible!  To read our Terms and Conditions page, CLICK HERE.

9/8/2007
Now Playing: Emilie Autumn - Opheliac (Double Disc CD)

Holy cow...  You would NOT believe how much work I've been doing on this site for you people....  Check out the All Hallows section.  Almost 100% revamped.  New graphics, new layouts, new links, and original animated menu avatars, just for you!  The rest of the pages will be updated soon with more swanky new graphics and the recipes will be getting graphic tip cards to help you in your cooking!  YAY!  Plus, Melvin's got a whole new blog.

I haven't gotten the new Artist of the Month up yet, but that's because I haven't been able to get in contact with the guy I need to so that I can make sure I'm putting up the right information.

 And...  CELEBRATE!  I have turned 24.  Yes, I am almost one-quarter of a century old, and I have seen three decades and four presidents.  I saw the rise of the grunge movement in rock.  I remember the original: Power Rangers, Strawberry Shortcake, Care Bears, Popples, Rainbow Brite, Darkwing Duck, Count Duckula, Inspector Gadget, Thundercats, He-Man, She-Ra, and Gummmi Bears TV shows.  I remember when Anime meant Robotech and Mega-Man and Akira.  I remember the Beauty and the Beast show starring Linda Hamilton.  Yes....  Fear me, for I have seen much!  OoOoOoOoooo!  LOL, whatever, shoot me an e-card if you want.  If I get enough I might just start a thank you gallery!  :)

7/25/2007
Mood:  don't ask

 DEAD PLEASURES HIATUS

 Terribly sorry, but the "special someone" (Fen) in my life is going to be finding out the true meaning of "'til death do us part". There are several incredibly terrible and nasty names I wish to call him, and shall call him. To his face, not here, where it will get me in trouble with IMVU admin and probably several human rights organizations... although I'm fairly certain somewhere out there, there's a Trekkie nerd (just like me) reading this page who would find it totally hot that I'm gonna cuss out my guy in Klingon.

As for the rest of you, please feel free to deliver to Fen all your dislike and loathing virtually. And women- don't take your eyes off your guy for a second. They'll go online using your computer and download adult content. That content shall be riddled with Trojans and other viruses. Your computer shall die and you shall face the Blue Screen of Death.

That being said- Fen did exactly that, even after being told several times to watch out for downloading viral infections. Well, long story short, I couldn't keep up. They formed some kind of freaky virus kung-fu organization and attacked... then my computer crashed. AND I HAD TO DO A FULL SYSTEM RESTORE. UGH! Not happy, not kosher, not cool.

So please- understand that I'm not taking requests because I don't like you. In reality, somewhere along the way of all this refuse some head-hunting, tricked-out mosswipe of a program took out my photo editor like a busboy takes out the garbage, and I am now sans capability to make anything new. I'm desperately hunting down my original disk now. If all else fails I'm gonna call DELL Computers, explain that I have a nitwit living with me, and grovel pathetically to try and get a new copy. So, hopefully, it shouldn't be too long until I can get at least an interim solution if not a full one. Until then, please hang in there with me and understand that I've had a really lousy couple of months and IT WASN'T MY FAULT! (Cry! Sob! Sniffle! :*[ )

 All the old stuff is still up, and I got several new things made in the past few days for both the IMVU site and for the CafePress store, but all the shiny new stuff I was working on will be postponed indefinitely until I get Photoshop reinstalled.

7/15/2007

Whoo!  I'm adding stuff!  I've done some updating to the FAQ section in the IMVU pages.  The "Help!  I'm New!" page has had a couple questions added and updates made to old questions so that they now jive with current IMVU chat protocols.  The "Um... The Heck?!" section has been officially started, and we're startin' off with a doozy.  If you need a good laugh at the expense of unnamed idiots, go there.  Seriously.

Also, I've been working on some artsy stuff lately....  Been making my own brushes in Photoshop and all.  I'm PLANNING a collection of brushes and clip art that I will sell in our DEAD PLEASURES CafePress Store.  Not sure when that one's gonna be out, but I assure you I am making hotsy totsy stuff for it.  I've also been working on new textures for other CafePress items...  Look for them in the next couple of weeks!

7/04/2007
Mood:  celebratory

Happy 4th, everyone!  We have tasty new updates to celebrate the holiday!  What could be more "rebellious colonist" than exploring how the population of Europe died?  (No offense to my fans across the pond....  I feel that putting up a cool new webpage is more ecologically friendly and less potentially fatal than, to quote <i>The Simpsons</i>, "celebrating the birth of the country by blowing up a small part of it".)  So, what do we have?  A new page on the Black Death in the Sanatoriums section!  What does it do?  It does DEATH!  YES!

PLUS this is a great month for me!  Last month marked the 2nd month in a row that you wonderful people have given Melvin and me over 1,000 hits.  THANK YOU!  It also marked the 1-year anniversary of the DeathSong page.  THANKS AGAIN!  So what have I done?  I made a banner!  CHECK IT!

Click Here For The Banner!

6/24/2007
Okay, peopleses. I've been sneaking about behind the scenes lately (mainly because my schedule at work lately doesn't allow for much else). But! But but but, and but again! I have finally gotten together the page for the Essex Mountain Sanatorium- yay! A whole new creepy place for you to learn about. There are no links to outside sources at the time- my ISP crapped out on me right as I was looking for them. They will be up around Wednesday, June 27, or so.

Unfortunately, this particular sanatorium is no longer in existence, as demolition was completed in 2003... That means no tours are available, sorry, not my fault. Rag on the governing bodies of Essex County, New Jersey, USA, if you're as ticked off as I am. I mean, come on! They destroyed a building that rightly qualified for the National Register of Historic Places, taking with it beautiful original murals and a definite tourism spot... (Come on, admit it... I know I'm not the only one; plenty of you goths out there would find a tour of a TB hospital just the thing for a charming picnic, summer vacation spot, or honeymoon stop.)

Speaking of tours... Those of you who have been emailing me for the tour information of Waverly Hills Sanatorium/Woodhaven Geriatric Center seriously need to just knock it off. I'm not affiliated with the Waverly Historical Society in any way, not to mention I have the owner's email information in plain sight. Please don't be a dork- READ the bloody page before you come whining to me going "But Miss Mousie.... I can't fiiiind iiiit!" Miss Mousie does not react well to stupidity... It's my kryptonite, turning me from "Nice-Mousie" to "Super-Wicked-Villainess-Mousie-Who-Shall-Make-You-Eat-Gym-Sock-Soup". Not a healthy way to go, I assure you. So yeah- all the information is already there for you, use it already!

6/15/2007
You people are lucky lucky LUCKY! I got up EARLY this morning just for you people... The Waverly Hills Sanatorium Page has been completely updated! The format is now more in line with the rest of the website and matches the entire section completely. Plus the Tuberculosis photos/images are now hosted completely by me, so no more usage of other people's bandwidth.... YAY! (Why yay? Because stealing bandwidth is wrong, and no one should use the bandwidth of others unless there's no other choice!) I gotta go shower and get ready for work... Ciao!