I joined the site in the middle of Celes Paradi '09 and had a lovely time, but didn't really know what to do with myself after the event ended. I'd heard people talking about their "quest threads" and although I really had no clue what that was, I decided that I simply must have one of my very own. And here you are! Tee hee.
About BellyButton
I am a terribly grumpy old lady who likes to dress up and play pretends! I live in a hermit hut atop a nice hill and garden carrots in an abandoned graveyard (which also produces a lovely herd of zombie bunnies each year). I've been known to milk deer and take oatmeal baths. One hobby of mine is to discover people's secret fears and exploit them, but I usually forget what I was doing by morning. I also forget to take the kettle off the stove sometimes. :oops:
Quote:
Youthful buds stretch and yawn
Basking in the waking dawn
Grateful the winter's chill has gone
away
Delicate petals twirl free and dance
Spreading beauty, the days advance
Swaying happily in musical fragrance
today
Spring has come with its fair grace
As winter loosens its embrace
New life springs to take it's place
again
[IMGright]http://www.menewsha.com/forum/members/69620-albums3478-picture31954.png[/IMGright] The Questy Bits
Quote:
Originally Posted by Belly's Mule, Alfred
Hello there, I'm Alfred. Belly hired me to keep track of her things for her. She says she used to swear a lot trying to dress herself before, because she had collected a lot of extra belongings and she's too dim to remember to close her drawers while changing and stuff would end up in weird places.. At any rate, hopefully she'll be providing a uniform soon like she promised, because it's cold in here.
Current Most-Wanted Items:
(The will to update my quest thread?)
Dove Wings (5k-6.5k)Thank you, secret Meneclaus! :heart: Raven Wings (5k-6.5k)Thank you, Jelly's Wishing Well! <3 Royal Cape (2.5-2.75k)Thank you, Steve the Garden Hose =)
Desired Contribution Items
Desired Event Items
Lovely Commons
Everything in the event shop, yo!
Things I wish the fine and talented artists for this site would make, and which I would surely
rush out and buy at the first available opportunity:
Toolbox, Wrench
Big Magnifying Glass (for conducting investigations, duh!)
Clipboard, Pencil
Rolling Pin (Yay! Thank you pixel gods!!)
Hair in Rollers, Clayish face mask, eye cucumbers?
Old Londonish lamppost, Manhole cover
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Reason: scooting stuff around
[x] Win an item from The Lucky Duck!(Won 50g in round 23, Won the Big BANG in round 24)
[ ] Win an item from Jelly's wishing well!
[x] Acquire a bit of art
[x] Acquire 5 bits of art
[ ] Acquire 10 bits of art
[ ] Acquire 15 bits of art
[ ] Acquire 20 bits of art
[ ] Jazz up my quest thread: make more homey
[ ] Jazz up my quest thread: add images / links for all items
[ ] Jazz up my quest thread: add title bars and stuff
[x] Find more places to lurk besides Quests Forum :D (ooh, Media/Video Game discussion!)
[ ] Obtain 2008 EI sets:
[ ] Valentine's Day 08
[x] St. Patrick's Day 08 (Thank you Quest Raffle! :heart:)
[ ] Easter 08 (this one will wait)
[ ] April Fool's Day 08 (need panties, spork)
[ ] Phoenix Jubilee 08
[x] Celes Paradi 08 (Thanks Ferra for my last missing bits! :heart:)
[x] Halloween 08
[ ] Festival of Winter Nights 08
[ ] Obtain 2009 EI sets:
[ ] Valentine's Day 09
[x] St. Patrick's Day 09 (Thank you Bartuc! :heart:)
[x] Easter 09 (Thanks to Aoi Midori for many of these!)
[x] Celes Paradi 09
[x] Halloween 09
[x] Festival of Winter Nights 09
I really need to update this thread. Hiding the old stuff as a visual reminder of that. =)
SPOILERX
~ Belly's Journal of Happy ~
This is a place to keep track of good things that have happened, so that we can remember them (Belly's a bit senile, you see). If anyone I mention doesn't wish their deeds to be known, please PM me so I can remove your name right quick.
The first week
My first moments in Menewsha were filled with confusion and a strange greyish wig I couldn't quite figure out how to get rid of. Luckily, many kind strangers offered helpful advice in pointing me in the right direction(s), and I got lots of nice words in my Fresh Meat thread. Memorable good things from the first week:
I arrived at the end of Celes Paradi, and got to (hurriedly) participate in my first ever Menewsha event as a member of Team Feast!
A user named zumbie offered to send me some clothing so I wouldn't be embarassed to walk around town in my undies, but I didn't want to seem like I was already mooching on my first day ~ thank you for a good first impression of Menewsha, zumbie! <3
star2000shadow sent me a Star Eater's wig, helping me complete my event item set just in the nick of time!
I entered a lottery and won 50g from the NewbieCloset!
My friend Sidhe made me a really cute severed head tribute:
I ate parts of a rather terrible scone, and my belly was saved by a nice hot cup of virtual tea from GrannyJ. :heart:
I bought a magic seed from Zernita for pennies at her shop, The Garden of Eden!
Later that month
Aug 24th was my 2-week Menewshaversary! To celebrate, I bought the CIs for August. I feel kinda cheesy about equipping the items, but I feel good about "donating" a few bucks to the site. Aw hell, who cares, the fox is cute! Ooh.. now I'm old enough to start begging the well for goods.
September 09
DariaMorgendorfer agreed to join my future old lady dream band, the Blue-Haired Betties.
This crazy little gal named Miach has been donating gold to me and leaving me sweet notes! I must get her back!! I mean, repay her kindness.. ahem.
Won 50 gold in round 23 of the Lucky Duck Charity!
I bought the CIs for September. This excites me because they're super cool and I'm helping the site. Yay!!
A kind and generous person named Nariko was taking an extended break from the site and didn't want her pretty pixels to go to waste, so she set up a donation thread.. I was given the Cute Witch Top and Fox Hat for a halloweeny avatar I'm trying to build. Thank you Nariko & have fun out in the real world! ;)
Aoi Midori sent me Chick Flock, Carrot Wand, Bunnies and Easter Basket all in one unannounced swoop! You kick the butt, Aoi!
Sidhe sent me a ton of gold!! But I won't say how much, 'cause then you'll want to stalk her. :lol:
Aoi Midori gave me Black Reading Glasses for my avatar quest/old lady blindness. :D
October 09
For the first time, I feel like I can look in my inventory and (sorta) make up an outfit with some flexibility. Excitement!
I got a most surprising quest contribution of Weather Report, Orchid Petals, Merkheti Legend and a Cloak of Healing from Channah herself! I am honored that she took the time to see what items I was most wanting and gave me some of the hardest to obtain! (And her hair is so cool! :D)
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I kept trying to talk myself out of partaking in the clickables madness, as I have no clue how it works and am afraid they will all die or something. But eventually the annoying kid inside me won with his well-articulated, "But ma! All the other kids are doing it!" argument. So um.. click [email protected]?!
It's January and I have to read a ton of books for school, so I thought I might as well keep track of them and see how many I can get through. (Inspired by Knerd's 50 Book Challenge thread ~ my post here.)
In progress (bold) and soon to be:
Faces & Masks ~ Eduardo Galeano ~ 259 pgs Tales of Burning Love ~ Louise Erdrich ~ 452 pgs The Craft of Research ~ Booth, Colomb, Williams ~ 317 pgs (YAWN)
Want to read sometime:
Four Souls ~ Louise Erdrich ~ 210 pgs
Century of the Wind ~ Eduardo Galeano ~ 301 pgs
Mirrors ~ Eduardo Galeano ~ 365 pgs
Finished reading:
All Our Relations: Native Struggles for Land and Life ~ Winona LaDuke ~ 241 pgs
Recovering the Sacred: The Power of Naming and Claiming ~ Winona LaDuke ~ 294 pgs
Conquest: Sexual Violence and American Indian Genocide ~ Andrea Smith ~ 244 pgs
Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction and the Meaning of Liberty ~ Dorothy Roberts ~ 373 pgs
Chicana Feminisms: A Critical Reader ~ (many auths/eds) ~ 382 pgs
Messages from Frank's Landing: A Story of Salmon, Treaties and the Indian Way ~ Charles Wilkinson ~ 118 pgs
Comfort Woman ~ Nora Okja Keller ~ 226 pgs
Representation: Cultural Representations and Signifying Practices ~ (textbk) ~ 400 pgs
Color of Violence: The INCITE! Anthology ~ INCITE! ~ 325 pgs
Keywords for American Cultural Studies ~ Burgett, Hendler ~ 288 pgs
10 down, 40 to go!
SPOILERX
~ Fantasy Avatars ~
I might try to build these someday.
Vengeful leprechaun wants to "fix" your "shoes" while you sleep.
In the spirit of the 50 book challenge, I thought it would be fun to record video games I've 'beaten' during the year, too.
Playing now
Dragon Age Origins: Awakening ~ continuing with my human noble dual wield thief/assassin
Pokemon HeartGold (DS) ~ playing casually, only on 3rd gym =)
Atelier Annie: Alchemists of Sera Island (DS) ~ stuck on last item, not skilled enough to make it and too lazy to bother ;p
Rune Factory 2 (DS) ~ trying to force myself to play through 4 years before marrying so that I can see all the character weddings -- only on year 2, storage is full and I have more money than I'll ever need so it's boring me a bit.
Want to play
Dragon Age: Origins ~ I'd like to play through as a male, mage, jerkwad
Assassin's Creed 2 (PS3) ~ own, but haven't started yet
Mass Effect 2 (PC) ~ haven't bought this yet
Finished
Dragon Age: Origins (main story)
As a human noble, female, dual-wield thief/assassin, chaotic good type
My human noble ending ~ SPOILERSX
Saved nearly everyone; supported the H dwarf; got the lil dwarf girl into the Circle of Magi; saved the mages from the templars; saved the werewolves from the Dalish; had a brief fling with Leiliana while trying in vain to seduce Sten (he seemed more interested in my dog, unfortunately); killed Loghain & banished his bitchy daughter; killed the archdemon myself, but didn't die due to Morrigan's sex majick with my BF; married Allistair and ruled at his side :heart: In the parting goodbyes, the only person who wanted to hang with me was Sten, who offered to take me back to his people. Hubba hubba.
Dragon Age: Origins DLC - Return to Ostagar
Dragon Age: Origins DLC - Warden's Keep
Dragon Age: Origins DLC - The Stone Prisoner (gee, would have been nice to have played this earlier, since Shale kicks butt)
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Yesssss Zernita.. you should! (as if you don't already have enough to do! hehe ;))
I really don't know what I'm going to do for a living around here yet. I discovered that I can make gold pretty quick on Tetris if I start at a higher level and just play like a psycho, but it drains my will to live unless I'm in the proper mood for it. I don't know if I'm brave enough to make an art shop yet.. there are some super talented people on this site.
Making money on Mene is pretty easy i find.
if you participate in conversations often or even open up your own thread like this one ^^
as for an art shop. Just because you don't have the best skills out there doesn't mean that people don't order art from you.
I'm not the best of artists, but I still manage to get customers. Mostly, it will be your friends who order from you, but it still works out pretty well.
I suck at the tetris game. I find that making money in the helicopter game is easier. even if it takes a really long time.
Oh my, I hate that helicopter game. I manage to die in under a second with a splat on the ground or "crash" into the atmosphere. Honestly, you'd think a helicopter would hover a bit. This one's more like a lead rocket.
As for art, I have some ideas, I'm just not sure if I'm willing to go through the trouble yet. It seems like a big commitment to have folks waiting on you. But maybe I'm just lazy. ;)
To get the pictures to show without causing yourself too much grief, you can go to the shop's item listing and right click the image of the item you want.. from there you should be able to "copy image location" .. Thennnn, you go to your post and click the Insert Image button, and paste the location into the box that pops up (CTRL+V). Voila! Lemme know if that doesn't work and I'll see if I can help.