EastSideSunsets

On a Real Note... I'm sure many of you have heard of the recent shooting in Newtown, Connecticut. I'm sure many of you [at least the Americans] have also heard of the Westboro Baptist Church. The Westboro Baptist Church is a hate group [only protected by their thinly-veiled defense of being a religious organization] infamous for protesting funerals and claiming that they were God's "judgment" for all of the sins that are happening in America--I'm sure you've all seen the "God Hates F**s" signs that they carry. The Westboro Baptist Church is now planning on protesting the vigil that is being held for those killed in the Sandy Hook shooting. T

omg you guys How in god's name did I get 7,000+ page views while I was away. wut. were you guys celebrating my absence from deviantART or something?

Pageants I have a feeling that when most of you hear 'pageant,' you either think of Miss America, Miss Universe, or the pageant EmoteOCs (https://www.deviantart.com/emoteocs) held last year.   However, in the digital dolling community, a pageant is a multi-round contest, commonly known as "Miss Doll _________" and it is pageant season once again. I've been spending all of my time working on a pageant entry for Miss Doll History, which you can see a recent WIP of here.  There are several more pageants that I hope to enter opening in the next few weeks, so even though I'm back, I'm more active on WestSideSunrises (https://www.deviantart.com/westsidesunrises) at the moment. Contests However, on an emoticon-community