I'm getting about the interwebs, you'd better start hiding...

Well, it's official. I've been cajoled into creating a tumblr, so check me out and follow, follow, follow!
I'll admit it's taking me a while to get the hang of it, so ignore my fumbling first steps, I'm learning fast ;)

http://poppieshideopium.tumblr.com/
Yes. Yes, you want to.

And we shall venture forth...

In approximately one-and-a-half hours, we shall venture forth to receive the black-and-white photos I mentioned a few days ago. I'll not deny I'm rather excited :P

I shall sort through them and see if I can find any worth publication so you people can share in the joy too :')

On another note, my upcoming posts are likely to be fairly short as I'm rather busy cleaning, sorting and packing.
For what, you ask?

Well, in exactly 28 days we're undertaking the rather monumental task of moving from New Zealand back to England xD Whilst being sad to leave friends and the like here, I'm absolutely ecstatic at seeing my family and old friends, as well as several new people I can't wait to meet! One of these good people I shall shout out to, being (as far as I know) the most loyal follower of my blog and just generally awesome person :')

So here's a shout-out for you, Seth!  *Shouts out*

And now my dears, the bedroom calls, and not in the fun way >.<

On the lighter side...

Came across this today and found it rather amusing...enjoy ;P

Mike was going to be married to Karen so his Father sat him down for a little chat.

He said, ‘Mike, let me tell you something… On my wedding night in our honeymoon suite, I took off my pants, handed them to your Mother, and said, ‘Here – try these on’.’

She did and said, ‘These are too big. I can’t wear them.’

I replied, ‘Exactly. I wear the pants in this family and I always will.’ Ever since that night, we have never had any problems.

‘Hmmm,’ said Mike. He thought that might be a good thing to try.

On his honeymoon, Mike took off his pants and said to Karen, ‘Here – try these on.’

She tried them on and said, ‘These are too large. They don’t fit me.’

Mike said, ‘Exactly. I wear the pants in this family and I always will. I don’t want you to ever forget that.’

Then Karen took off her panties and handed them to Mike. She said, ‘Here- you try on mine.’

He did and said, ‘I can’t get into your panties.’

Karen said, ‘Exactly. And if you don’t change your smart-ass attitude, you never will.’

Notice anything?

Yes, Hot off the Blog's going through a revamp! (No pun intended)

So, the main difference (in case you haven't noticed already) is the background, which has been replaced with a piece by my favourite Gothic artist, Victoria Frances.
I'll post you the full picture, as well as a few of my other favourites, which are likely to be making an appearance on the background at some point.

Here we go:

And some of my other favourites, enjoy:

Anyway, once you've cleared your head of the awesomeness of those pictures, tell me what you think of the new layout :)

Apologies, my dears, and Maverick!

Well I've already missed a day of blogging D: And for that I shall apologize to my thousands of loyal readers  and post twice today, instead :)

Well, Valentine's is over, thankfully, for another year, so I shall say no more on the matter until the infernal day comes round again.

Anyway, today I'd like to inform everyone about Kickass Rock band Maverick! These guys are awesome, and you really should check them out *here* and give 'em some likes.
They're pretty new still, so show your support :D
They also just had their first gig on the the 11th, which I sadly missed, due to being in New Zealand, but which I hear was verily awesome and gave forth a multitude of new photos, some of which are reasonably hilarious. *CoughWill'sdrumfaceCough* :P

So seriously guys, check them out, listen to their music -which they very kindly allow free access to - and SPREAD THE WORD!

February 14th...Do I need to say more?

Well yes, because I'm not content until I've had my say on the matter.
The matter I refer to, as I'm guessing most of you know, is Valentines Day.
Valentines Day, V-Day, The Day of Saint Valentine, whatever you choose to call it.

If you're one of those sugar-sweet couples reading this and expecting an ode to the beauty of such a sacrament day...Stop reading.

Actually, don't. Your relationship status should have nothing to do with the readings of my opinions :P

Valentines Day, to me, has become less of a way to celebrate your love as another way to rub it in the faces of the single masses. And of course, you simply MUST buy your beloved a beautiful card, expensive presents and dinner in the mushiest restaurant available (The more crepe-paper hearts falling from the ceiling into your food, the better). If you don't do these things, you obviously don't love them.

Take a look through the mountains of pink plastic hearts and teddy bears, and you may just have an epiphany. You may just realise that it's not about showing your love - not at all! It's about proving you have the money to take your love and keep her (or him) in luxury. Is that really why you want them to stick around? Because buying into the whole tacky commercialism is marking you out merely as a wallet on legs!

Is that really what a celebration of two hearts being together, thanking every deity that that friend happened to introduce them, has become?

And singles are just as bad. Y'know the "Singles Day" celebrations? Supposedly a way of celebrating the fact you're lucky to not be buying into the whole Valentines crap?
Yeah right.
Singles Day is REALLY a way of trying to cover up the fact they're miserable they're single by pretending it's their choice. Because as much as they may rip up photos of the ex that dumped them a week ago, you blatantly know the sellotape's waiting at home for a long night sticking the pieces back together, no doubt accompanied by bottles of some questionable substance and "Twenty Greatest Tear-Jerkers Of All Time".

We know it, they know it.

So to conclude, Valentines Day is ACTUALLY Desperate Singles vs The Largest Wallets.

Enjoy it.

Prepare yourselves...

So, assuming you don't live in a hole or haven't just suddenly woken up from a hundred-year sleeping spell, you're going to know that tomorrow's Valentine's Day, a day which has almost become more a battle of singles vs couples than anything else.
I warn you now to prepare yourselves, because tomorrow shall dawn with a blistering rant on my personal feelings of the matter. You know you'll come and read it, because you're missing my rants so much ;)

Now, on another front, as well as my personal blogging, my aim is to be able to promote other people and their various endeavours as much as possible, which I can't do unless I gain more followers/viewers.
So I appeal to you, my dears, to aid me! You know what to do ;)
Also, if you wish your blog to be promoted, send me a link - perhaps we can swap blog links and promote each other!

So I leave you with that my friends, and make sure you check in tomorrow for V-Day. It's gonna be good.

Until tomorrow!