TAKE THESE BROKEN WINGS & LEARN TO FLY

the blackest bird flies alone

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Rest in Peace, Sammy
September 1992 - September 21, 2009
You are loved and missed very much

blackbird singing in the dead of night
take these broken wings and learn to fly
all your life
you were only waiting for this moment to arise

black bird singing in the dead of night
take these sunken eyes and learn to see
all your life
you were only waiting for this moment to be free

blackbird fly, blackbird fly
into the light of the dark black night.

blackbird fly, blackbird fly
into the light of the dark black night.

blackbird singing in the dead of night
take these broken wings and learn to fly
all your life
you were only waiting for this moment to arise,
you were only waiting for this moment to arise,
you were only waiting for this moment to arise

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31st-Jan-2011 11:59 pm - .::Friends Only::. [friends only]

( Wanna be friends? )

Location:my bedroom
Mood:blank
Music:Anberlin - Inevitable

31st-Jan-2011 12:00 pm - .::Bragging Rights::. [awards, bragging rights, go me, gryffindor, harry potter, hogwartsishome, yay]

This post is for various awards I have received at

hogwartsishome/its subsidiary communities.

♥ Awards from

sortedchallenge:

This one I'm super proud of; it was my first icontest as well as my first entry in anything at

hogwartsishome/its subsidiary communities

♥ Awards from

hh_flourish;

Yay! My shop earned the most points for October '09 at

hogwartsishome's Flourish & Blotts,

hh_flourish!

My shop earned the House Unity/Shop of the Month Award for October '09 at

hogwartsishome's Flourish & Blotts,

hh_flourish!

♥ Superlative Awards
I won the following awards for

hogwartsishome Term XV Superlative Awards [well, the last one my house as a whole won :D]

I won the following awards for

gryff_lions's [Gryffindor house at

hogwartsishome] Term XV Superlative Awards

Location:my bedroom
Mood:ecstatic
Music:ESPN

6th-Jan-2010 03:01 pm - .::Jumping on the band wagon::. [hih, nominations, superlatives, yay]

So, a lot of my HiH bbs are posting their nominations for HiH Superlatives [

hogwartsishome in their journals. So....since I NEVER update my journal [I'll get better about this....maybe], I decided to use it as a reason to update XD

I was nominated for:
Gryffindor's pride (Favourite Gryffindor) - this one makes me smile so much!
Pirate Lion Award (person who embodies Gryffindor) - lol I got nominated for this, but have 0 votes XD
Fur and Stripes Award (biggest Gryffinpuff)
Best Fanartist - omg I'm so happy about this one too!
Sirius Black Award for Most Badass Member - this is awesome that I got nominated for this, but it makes me lol a little too XD
Filch Award - Biggest Neat Freak - lol this makes sense though; I have very OCD tendencies
Best Flourish Shop - yay! my shop is my baby so this one definitely makes me smile

This is so exciting for me. I didn't think I was well-known enough throughout our whole community. I haven't been here that long, so it's really exciting that I've managed to get that many nominations. Would I like to win some? Obviously XD but I'm so so excited about getting nominated. So thanks to everyone who nominated me, and those who have voted for me as well! ♥

Mood:hopeful

29th-Dec-2009 05:56 pm - Merry Christmas to Me? [merry christmas, yay, zomg]

OMG I AM SO SLOW! I JUST NOTICED THAT I GOT HIT BY SOME LIKE, PAID ACCOUNT FAIRY! SOMEONE BOUGHT ME A PAID ACCOUNT FOR 6 MONTHS! IT EXPIRES THE 25TH OF JUNE, SO I'M GUESSING SOME SWEETHEART OUT THERE GOT ME A PAID ACCOUNT FOR CHRISTMAS!

THANK YOU SO SO SO MUCH WHOEVER YOU ARE! THIS IS SO SWEET! ♥ ♥ ♥ ILU!

Mood:ecstatic

29th-Dec-2009 04:53 pm - .::Officials Icons::. [graphics, hih, icons]

Hi there, my fellow HiH-ers! Y'all voted my icon set to be our new Officials Icons for Term XVI [Thanks again so so much!]. So, here are your Officials Icons! Remember, Shopkeepers, Quidditch Players, Club Leaders, etc have icons too!

( GRYFFINDOR OFFICIALS )

( HUFFLEPUFF OFFICIALS )

( RAVENCLAW OFFICIALS )

( SLYTHERIN OFFICIALS )

( HOUSE ICONS: SORTING )

Mood:accomplished

27th-Dec-2009 11:22 am - Secret Santa Gift

A gift for my Secret Santa at

gryff_lions.

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INSTRUCTIONS
*Change your journal theme to Flexible Squares
*For the blurb, calendar, tags list, and links, you'll need to go to Sidebar in Customize your theme. It'd be nice if you'd link to myself and

minty_peach for the layout credit.
*I'd greatly appreciate if you could upload the header and background images to your own server, and change the links for them in the CSS
*I rushed these instructions since I forgot them. Just comment here with any help you need.

Merry Christmas Patricia!

28th-Jul-2009 01:37 pm - .::Request Filled:

em_gl@

hp_requests [harry potter, icons, request]

I decided to fill a request over at

hp_requests. This is for

em_gl, who requested some icons of Narcissa Malfoy, and of her and Snape in the Unbreakable Vow. Here is what I have come up with [under the cut].

Here ya go hun! I hope these are something what you were looking for!

I have several other HP icons in the works, including Hogwarts House icons. Check back! ^.^

I don't mind if others save these as well, but I expect anyone who saves these to follow my rules:

o1. Credit. To do so, just type credit: [lj user="blackestbird"]-just replace the [ ]'s with < >'s in your keywords when you upload them. Simple, right? ^.^
o2. Comment.
o3. No editing. My textless icons are not bases!
o4. No hotlinking.
o5. No stealing.
06. No redistributing.
o7. Respect.

Enjoy!

( The Unbreakable Vow )

Location:my bedroom
Mood:creative
Music:fiance's video game

3rd-Apr-2009 03:08 pm - Stock Icons: Easter [graphics, icons: stock]

Well I made this journal forever ago, but have yet to post some graphics. I got pregnant, so I took a hiatus from everything. After a rough, traumatizing delivery, I'm returning to all my haunts, doing the things I love. This all being said, I have some Easter icons I made out of some stock images. Read the rules first please! They're in the user info, and I'll post them here as well:

Rules:
o1. Credit blackestbird. To do so, just type credit: [lj user="blackestbird"]-just replace the [ ]'s with < >'s. Simple, right? ^.^
o2. Comment
o3. No editing
o4. No hotlinking
o5. No stealing
06. No redistributing
o7. Respect
( Easter Time )

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