Down for a few weeks

I regret to inform you all that The Prancing Poodle will be down for several weeks due to family matters and intense school this semester. Hopefully I will be back with more posts once things have settled and I can get back into a regular routine. My Halloween reviews will be drastically diminished because of this and I want to deeply apologize to everyone.

Please be patient with me as I get my life in order while I wrap my mind around these sudden changes in life. Until then, my dear Prancers, prance on and wish me luck!

– Adina Shannon ❤

Review Days Tuesdays #12: A Slaughterhouse of Disappointment (8 Days of Halloween: Amnesia- A Machine for Pigs review)

Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs (PC, Steam, Linux) Where do I begin with this one? There were so many things that I liked about the game and yet so many things that I either hated or couldn’t figure out to …

Media Mondays #12: The Eye of the Dragon

Good afternoon, Prancers! I want to deeply apologize for not being on most of last week. I had no time to post on Thursday or Friday because of all the work that had to be done with putting up the …

Writing Wednesdays #11: Most Inspirational Quotes About Animals

Our animal friends have such an abundance of joy and love to unconditionally give us that we must take good care of them. Any one who has taken in a pet knows the happiness they bring and-especially- express through their unbridled affections when we come home after a long day. Their barks, meows, and chirps of joy when they greet us is the greatest love anyone can possibly know. So, for today, I am bringing you some of the most heartwarming quotes about animals that will warm your heart and put a smile on your face.

Review Days Tuesdays #11: Creatures of the Night (8 Days of Halloween: Motionless In White review)

Motionless In White’s “Reincarnate” (CD, iTunes, Google, Amazon)

I regret to inform you all that I will be holding back iPoe Vol. 1 since I need to restore my purchase of it onto my iPad and go through it once more before I can do a proper review of it. So for now I will be doing a musical review for today’s Review Days Tuesdays.

Music is a very idiosyncratic (a fancy word for ‘subjective’) subject. Some people like country, others like Japanese style pop. There are some people who only like the classic artists like Bach and Vivaldi. For today’s review, I will be catering towards my fellow metalheads with a review of Motionless In White’s Reincarnate album. While the album itself is not exactly Halloween in style, the sound is spooky enough to be played in the background with the bass turned up to drown out the vocals. (WARNING: This album does contain explicit material, so be warned that this is for the Prancers who are 18 or older, sorry!) Thank-you for taking the time to read the warning and let’s continue…

Media Mondays #11: Revisiting Week 7 of Me-Dia Mondays

More progress has begun with switching rooms. The walls are all painted, I have my computer set up, and I have my mattress…. On the floor. The reason it’s on the floor- for now- is that I’m waiting for a …

Freebie Fridays #10: Free Stock Images (100% free!)

One thing that bugs me is when I try to find some nice stock images to use for photo-manipulation art and all the good images are accessible through purchase only or a monthly fee. Boo! So I took it upon myself to go through and try to find some of the coolest stock images for YOU to enjoy!

New Old Stock– New Old Stock has some very beautiful high resolution photographs of landscapes, buildings, pictographs, and so much more. You can browse through their images and always find something new and interesting to use for your designs. There’s even some amazing photographs of the earth from a space station! Absolutely breathtaking!

Travel Coffee Book– Travel Coffee Book features hi-res photographs of exotic places from all around the world. I was astonished at the quality of the photography and that they are free! Most of their photographs are of landscapes from all over. Heck, they’re just fun to look at!

Gratisography– All of Gratisography’s images are taken by Ryan, a very gracious man who gives them out for free and without ANY restrictions. Use them as you see fit and have at it! He has some really creative and fun images and some interesting landscapes, people, caricatures, and humorous photographs.

Fancy Crave– Fancy Crave has both individual images as well as packs of images for free and, again, without restrictions. Please take a look at these photographs! All of them are amazing and fantastic! They upload two new images a day so you always find something new every time you go there.

– Adina Shannon  ❤

Tuber Thursdays #9: Videos of Fun Family Games

There are some very fun games that parents and kids can play together. One of them is the whisper challenge. Find some funny saying or expressions but keep them short so kids can remember them during the game. You play by picking a phrase and having the other people wear noise cancelling headphones. The ones wearing the headphones have to read your lips before trying to pass on the same phrase to the next person. After you go around once, the last person says what they heard to the person who originally said the phrase. Let the hilarity ensue!

Writing Wednesdays #10: Creativity from stillness

Whether you are having trouble with a paper or can’t find the right solution to a problem, it can help to take a moment and breathe or just walk away and come back. Much of my art is created from within myself through constant looking and reevaluating myself and the design. It made me think of a quote by spiritualist Eckhart Tolle.

“Stillness is where creativity and solutions to problems are found.”- Eckhart Tolle

Review Days Tuesdays #10: Most Precious Treasure (The Velveteen Rabbit review)

The Velveteen Rabbit (iTunes, Google, Amazon)

A stuffed animal is a treasured toy for many children. Stuffed animals were first manufactured in 1880 by a German company called Steiff. Since then, animals like the popular teddy bear, sock monkeys, and other stuffed toys are still cherished to this day. Did you know that the character Peter Rabbit was the first stuffed toy to be patented in 1903?

For today’s Review Day, I am bringing you a treasure in the world of short stories for children: The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams.