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Hi!
I know I haven't been online for the past few days simply because my portable hard disk crashed and I had to recover everything. Thankfully it's all here *sighs with relief* and only some stuff got lost. I took a few offline days while trying to recover it and offline life is fun! I might do this more often when I need to like...retreat :P. I cannot thank those who commented ENOUGH because those comments simply touched my heart. Thank you! I never thought my layout was that good..for more info. on it, I took the picture down there at the Tokyo DisneySea Themepark. We went there for a day. Over down there is an area of the Mermaid Grotto. I will be posting some pictures I took at the main observation deck of the Tokyo Tower (it's taller than the Eiffel Tower - it's 333 meters. The Eiffel Tower has a 9m shortage) soon along with some of my other photos.

Okay, so competition awards are up and I decided to delete the Mini Blend and Layout Challenges simply because I can't manage four challenges at once, and I want my challenges to have a "non-celeb" vibe and I don't think many people will make a blend or mini blend that is not of a celebrity. The awards for those challenges will be posted below. Sorry if they suck, but after seeing Demi Lovato's face on my awards again I couldn't bring myself to do it. I think I lost my celebrity-graphic-making-skill :P.

I was just wondering...do the majority of people actually use blends, icons, retouched images and whatnot? Now that the majority of Piczo-ers are off making graphics there's no point in using someone else's stuff when you can make your own graphics. So I was wondering what resources you guys actually use. And write an article about it later ;). The poll is down below, please feel free to check more than one. I hope this poll will be a success...also it would be nice if you voted every day *hint hint*. ++ There are two new pages, HTML Codes and Reviews. I know Sparklee didn't turn out well but I still want to do reviews. I will accept five applications per month due to time management and I don't want to keep everyone waiting for the next two years. Also not many updates, I'm sorry about that. I made two nice icons but they were lost in the crash *frowns*. To the links/updates/whatnot.

Competition Awards
Layout Challenge
1st. WildxSecret | 2nd. Hidden-Crystals.Webs | 3rd. Mystical-Thoughts

Mini Blend Challenge
1st. ShiningSmile | 2nd. Eye4Design | 3rd. xTwisted.co.nr

New Pages!
Reviews | HTML Codes

Poll

What resources do you use most often?
	Icons
	Blends
	Brushes
	Scripts
	Html Codes
	CSS Tables
	Other (specify in guestbook)
pollcode.com free polls

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-----------------------------23/7/09----------------------------

Hello,
That. Was. The. Hardest. Layout. In. My. Entire. Life. Whew. Hard work has its' rewards, I guess. I tried to make this layout a fixed background but it didn't work :(. And I apologize for those who are irritated about this tiny text but it was the only way to make the blog fit to the layout. And I apologize about temporarily removing the shoutbox too. Now you can formally go sign the inconvenient guestbook :P. Based on this layout, I have a few people to mention that have dazzled me in real life : my affies (in alphabetical order). No updates today though :(.

Anusha:   Nush, you've been an awesome affie to me and continuously kept in touch and replied to my silly comments in an awesome way. I love our chats, you make me laugh and wonder a lot with your quirkiness and stories! I keep thinking about when our next chat is going to be as soon as one of us signs off. I am so happy to have you as my affie!

Arisha: Arisha, you've been one of my first true piczo friends who hasn't looked down on me or just put a one-liner comment saying "Hi nice site check out mine plzz!". You've watched my site blossom from silly to the least bit okay and you've been very nice to me throughout. Being affies with you is amazing, and I'm sorry if I haven't returned the support you gave me. Thanks so much!

Ashuka: Shu, I was a bit worried when I accepted you as an affie because of all the bad reviews I've given you earlier. But I love the way you bounced back strongly and you now have a piczo site that I admire and get inspired by every day. Talking to you is amazing, I always wonder what you're going to say next. You're not afraid to be honest with me and you have LOADS of charisma! Keep being amazing :)!

Carly: Carly, you too were one of my first piczo friends that supported me and I'm really grateful for that. You're on a hiatus now but I loved the times that we talked! You're a very nice person to speak to and as soon as you get your site back open I'm going to flood you with comments, hoping you'll reply adding a touch of your sweetness along with it.

Ciara: Ciara, I haven't been the best affie ever and I apologize for that. I remember when I was first wonking around with HTML and you asked to be my affie. I was so thrilled that an amazing person and site-maker like you wanted to be my affie. Thank you so much for asking me and I truly appreciate it. Even though I'm not one of your most-talked-to or most-interesting affies I still love the fact that we are affies. Thanks a lot, Ciara!

Isi: Isi, I am truly honored to have you on my affies list as no other domain owner would even consider me for a spot. Your blogs truly rock and so do your comment replies. Thank you so much for keeping me as an affie. You've been an excellent help when I needed it and you've been really awesome!

LeAnn: LeAnn, I first heard of your site when you entered my Twilight icon comp. You continuously inspire me with your amazing work and your stories are interesting to hear especially since you're a college student. Sorry if I haven't been the best affie lately, because you sure are an awesome one!

Manasa: Manasa, I, too have slammed you with a bad review but that hasn't changed anything between us affies, which I love. Your attitude and personality is amazing and I really love talking to you as well. You're very unique and have MAD skill in graphics and everything else. You, also inspire me to do better in my Piczo work. Thank you!

Natasha: Natasha, you're a very nice person and I haven't been the best affie to you too. You're so sweet, and I love reading your blogs and entering your competitions. I wish I could know more about you so I could say more!

Tiffany: Tiffany, I've been a horrible affie to you and I don't know how you could've possibly kept me on the list. I did not keep in touch AT ALL and I apologize for that. I'll start a new comment run as soon as I'm done with this. I need to get to know you a LOT more! I hope we can do that soon :) and thanks for keeping me on your list during your hiatus.

Ramya: Ramya, you're my real-life best friend so we don't chat much on piczo (by the way I can't wait for your site to be open again!) and I really enjoy your emails and other messages. You are a true friend who always sticks by me and is never afraid to tell me I'm wrong. I apologize for being sucky at times, I don't know how you could manage a person like me and I really miss you :(. I hope you can come visit me soon!

Bye guys! I will recap my vacation later..all I can say was that it was fun!

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