Shane: 'asdfghjkl; YES' works wonders.
Shane: so... yes to both?
Violet: asdfghjkl; YES x2
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@violet-farris
Shane: 'asdfghjkl; YES' works wonders.
Shane: so... yes to both?
Violet: asdfghjkl; YES x2

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Shane: ?
Shane: It's okay if you don't want to, I understand.
Violet: It's not that, I'm just trying to figure out how to say yes correctly.
Violet: It's harder than it seems, you know.
Shane: I loved your gift.
Shane: I was hoping if maybe you'd want to be my girlfriend now?
Shane: Annabeth got us dinner for two, it can be our first date.
Violet:
Violet (violet-farris),
I think these are pretty self-explanatory. Sheās a great artist. Iām sure you will love her music. (:
Annabeth.
Serena,
I can't tell you how lucky I feel to be your friend. You're beautiful, graceful, kind, and patient. You make me feel comfortable being myself at all times, and I am so thankful for that.
A long time ago, I asked about your parents, and you told me they were travel agents. We haven't talked about your parents since, but I want to say that I'm sorry for being so invasive. This will be the last time I bring it up, because I don't ever want to talk about something so personal so casually again.
I got you a scratch map. Everywhere you go, you can scratch at the map and it'll change colors. It's a cool way to mark where you've been, or maybe even where you'll want to go. I guess this is a representation of the first conversation we ever really had, and how even though I'm sorry for some of the things I brought up, I'll never be sorry that I broughtĀ something up. It got us to where we are now, and I'm happy for that.
This also my wish for you: that you will see things you never dreamed of seeing, and that you will let the world touch you, and that you will touch the world. Please don't take this the wrong way, but I believe you're greater than Harwich. I'm so glad you're still here because it means I get to see you more often, but I never once believed Harwich would always have you. You're meant for much more than that.
Merry Christmas.
Violet
serena-matthews

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Shane,
I don't know how this works. I bought this for you before last night, but I always knew that I wanted to be with you, that I wanted what happened to happen. Does that make sense?
I guess the timing of this is perfect because this gift would be extremely self-centered without what happened. We've been friends for awhile now (I'd like to think we've been close friends, but I'm the last person who has the right to say that), and there's been a lot of awkward milestones in between. The common factor is me, really. I know that it's a little difficult to get through to me sometimes, and I've dropped off the face of the earth on multiple occasions without warning. It's hard to open up. You opened up so honestly to me and although I'm incredibly grateful for that, I've always regretted not being able to bring myself to do the same.
I'm not good with words. I'm not good with personal interactions, I don't know if you've noticed. So I did the best I could with this book. I've filled it with memories and facts and confessions of my own, because I want us to be friends. Real friends. And that means you should know me as well as I know you. This, hopefully, does that.
I should have gotten you something else, an ornament or socks or something light and funny and cute. I didn't think this far ahead, I'm sorry for that.
I hope this is the beginning of more between us.
Violet
shaneharborfield
Annabeth, I think you are the only one who would enjoy this Grinch ornament set on Christmas. Personally, I think it's an unattractive green and an even more unattractive monster, but the naughty ornament? I had to buy it, it might as well screamed your name. I know you were expecting another pair of T-shirts for Christmas (or at least, if you caught on to the hints I was giving, you would have), but I saw these and I couldn't say no ā even if they are tank tops and not actual T-shirts.
I know we're not the most conventional of best friends, but I like to think that that makes us stronger. We're different but we're a pair, we're a package deal. And when you take over the world, you better believe that I'll be there beside you.
I don't say it enough, but I do appreciate you so much, Annabeth. I love you.
Violet
annabethmontgomery
Caleb,
I'd like you to know that I am not the best person to give anyone a gift, and it doesn't help that we aren't exactly close friends. The holiday season makes me want to try, though, and Secret Santa seemed the best way to do it. I wasn't expecting to draw anyone I knew, and I didn't. I don't know much about you, which made this a little difficult ā but I like challenges.
From what I can tell, you're a quiet man. Or rather, a man who prefers to keep to himself in a crowd. I've seen you around school, and always got the impression that you preferred to be left alone. So I got you headphones. I had a gift card lying around from a competition I'd won and seeing as I never wanted any for myself, and the gift seemed to fit you, I decided on these. They're the Bose QuietComfort 25, which is supposed to be great for noise canceling.
I hope these are of use to you, and I hope you have a great Christmas. Maybe we'll be able to stick to ourselves, together, as friends sometime. Happy holidays.
Violet
Sunny weather, a beach, maybe a few days off here and there to clear my mind, yeah. So maybe just up and move to Mexico.
Or California. That's always an option, too.
Yes, we should get that on a t-shirt!
Sounds like a great idea for aĀ Christmas present, hint hint.

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More of the negative, really, but you make the bright side of it seem a little better.
Then I'm glad I could do that for you. It's what I'm here for. I love the North, but doesn't everyone secretly wish they could have sunny weather all the time?
When they bury me, I will probably still have glue on my fingers.Ā
Itās fine. Iāve already seen hell, and itās made by six year olds. Out of popsicle sticks.
Not a fan of arts and crafts?
Yes, Santaās Workshop is the best! My two favourite things rolled into one ā taking care of kids and celebrating Christmas. This couldnāt have worked out better.
I'm glad you got your first choice. I'm enjoying Santa's Workshop, too. The kids are awfully cute this year, cuter than last year.
Merry Kissmas | Violet & Shane
Shane smiled slightly āIt wouldnāt have been a super secret Shane surprise if you had helped. It wasnāt even that hard reallyā¦ā Shane tried to make his voice sound casual, but she had already taken the gift in her hands and was beginning to unwrap it. āI thought you might like it⦠Itās a music box, open it.ā He trailed off, fully aware of everything about her now that she had removed the wrapper. This was it, the moment theyād all been waiting for. Shane still couldnāt shake the feeling that this was all going to crash down on his face, it wasnāt as if things had never backfired when it came to Violet and him in the past.
He still didnāt know what made Violet so different from all the other girls he had been with. True, they were just friends at the moment, but he wanted a whole lot more. He never thought heād be the type of guy to truly open up with someone, but with Vi it just came naturally and awkwardly. Shane couldnāt even begin to count all the ādeer in the headlightsā moments they had shared. It was strange but⦠He didnāt mind the vulnerability with her. For some strange reason, he trusted Violet enough to not hurt him, even if he didnāt know if that was a smart choice. With a sinking feeling, he heard her solitary āOhā.
Oh. Oh. Oh.
It echoed in his head. He didnāt know what that meant; it was so nondescript. He had hoped and wished upon the second star to the right that her reaction would be just a bit more verbal. A little more to go on would be nice, he thought. He looked down at her, trying to figure out how she was feeling about the mistletoe. God it felt like he was in a romantic movie, and he didnāt know if he was the hot protagonist or the creepy antagonist. Was it creepy to give girls you liked music boxes with mistletoe dangling?
Oh my god she must think Iām such a creep. Okay okay⦠Just go with it as planned.
He looked down at her, half smiling and half wishing the ground would swallow him whole. āIt⦠It seemed like a good idea at the timeā¦ā He shook his head and smiled apologetically. āStill⦠May I take this chance to kiss you?ā It didnāt have to be much, just a peck on the cheek if she allowed him. It was out there and now Shane felt as if a load of bricks had been lifted from his shoulders. He looked hopefully at Violet, but he tried not to seem pressuring. This was her choice to make, and he didnāt want to take that away from her.
He sounded nervous. Was that her fault? It probably was. She realized then that her response wasn't necessarily the best reaction she could have given. Regardless, it was her reaction, and she couldn't help but be her natural self around Shane. Violet would never be great at reacting to surprises, she would never be anything but self-contained. She had been too trained for that, too disciplined to be as reactive and as responsive as people like Shane. Still, she knew he accepted that. She had proven just how terrible she was under such unexpected circumstances time and time again, and he was still here, somehow. That was perhaps the most impressive thing about Shane that continued to amaze her ā how he kept forgiving her. Violet didn't know what she had done to deserve it, but she was glad he seemed to think she was worthy of it.
She smiled at him when he asked her permission. So formal. So gentlemanly. A rush of appreciation for Shane and all of this grand efforts gave her the courage and the resolve to decide her next plans of action as she closed the music box in her hands. Violet stepped forward, her grip on Shane's present to her tightening with anticipation for what was coming, what was bound to happen. "Thanks for the gift, Shane," she said once she was close, faces hovering closer together as the moments ticked by. "Merry Christmas." Before he could respond, before she could tell himĀ yes, you can take this chance to kiss me, she took the chance herself and kissed him.
This whole friendship is based on me being awesome. I thought that was common knowledge?
You being awesome, and me being perfect, common knowledge it is.

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Dear Violet,Ā
This is Jackie here - the one and only. Weāve only crossed each other at the dance studio a few times, Ā I think I helped you find your shoes in the locker rooms once. But anyway ⦠As you are Mademoiselle Ballerina and basically dancer of the year and all, I thought these ribbons might be pretty in your hair whenever thereās a competition so everyoneās jaw drops even before you start dancing :)
Come over some time and weāll look up hairstyles for these together! Merry Christmas!
~~Jackie Pratt
Merry Kissmas | Violet & Shane
āI hope you like it; I almost died falling from the ladder while setting it up.ā It wasnāt a lie, he did fall, but from the first step. āMaybe Iāll invite the neighborhood kids to prance around under it tomorrow, but yeah, today itās just for you.ā Shane blushed slightly, hoping that the yellow lighting made it hard to make out. He hadnāt thought of it as āChristmas magicā like she said, for him this was a big gesture. The kind you saw in movies from the 80s. He just hoped he wouldnāt make a fool of himself. His fingers played with the bow on his present. He wondered, for a second, if it was too late to back down. Seeing Violet had shaken his resolve, he didnāt want things to end badly between them because of one big unnecessary gesture. āI wanted to do something special⦠I mean, I always go all out on Christmas⦠Itās my favorite holiday.ā His voice was shakey, lacking his usual confidence. Something about Violet always brought about a more fragile side of him, breakable, as much as he wanted to deny it.
He turned the present around in his hands; surely sheād noticed it already, but he didnāt know how to bring it up. It was always so difficult with Violet, but it had never felt as right with anyone else. The present was simple, he thought. An antique music box that had lost its value when someone updated the song to Cristoforiās Dream. Heād only seen it for five seconds before it was in his hands and at the cash register. He hadnāt even been looking for a gift for Violet. But maybe the most daring thing about the present is that he had tied a piece of string to the latch. It led to the inside of the music box and when opened revealed a small piece of mistletoe. It was a bold move. He knew it, his parents knew it, even his sister was hoping it would crash and burn on him. āI got you thisā¦ā He extended his hand in front of him. His other hand fidgeted with the collar of his shirt. Suddenly the buttons were closed too high, the world would collapse around him if Violet didnāt take the box right that second.
āMerry Christmas.ā He said softly. He felt a thousand eyes on top of him when he knew it was only the two of them sharing that moment. Frozen in time. Or thatās how it seemed to him cause she hadnāt taken the damn box from him yet.
The mental image of Shane teetering on a ladder made Violet laugh, as did the fact that she was hardly surprised. She smiled fondly at him, wishing she could have seen the look on his face. She wished she could have seen him set up this tree, the concentration on his face, the jokes he would have made offhand underneath his breath about... lights and leaves, something witty that Violet could never have thought of. He never failed to turn her expectations upside down, and perhaps it was for this reason that she liked being around him so much. Everything about her life was linear; this followed this, this connected to that, point A and point B. Shane constantly kept her on her toes, kept her guessing, kept her spinning ā like learning a dance she'd never seen before.
"I do like it. I love it, really," Violet said honestly, stepping forward and putting a hand on the tree's trunk. She would never be able to see Christmas lights the same way again. "You outdid yourself this year, I'm sure," she added, running her fingers through the lights. She couldn't seem to keep her hands off of the magic he had set to light. Was this really all for her? Why? "I'm honored, and blown away. This is more holiday cheer than I've ever seen in my life. My mom's not big on decorating," Violet said in awe, her tongue loose with it. "I could have come over and helped, though, I hope you know that..."
Her rambling cut short by a second shock, Violet stared at the box in Shane's hands with a thousand thoughts whirling around in a daze. If the tree had been unexpected, this was... the end of the world. This was too much, this was everything she had been unprepared for. It was a new sensation, to be knocked off her feet in a fashion she suddenly knew her mother would disapprove of. Violet stepped forward and took the box, her mouth suddenly swollen, ever language foreign but that of her eyes. But she didn't dare look up at him, didn't dare break the moment even she knew was happening. She unraveled the gift and smiled tenderly at the music box within. How long had it been since she'd stared romantically at her own, a ballerina turning to the sweet song of The Nutcracker? "Merry Christmas," she repeated, running a finger along the edge of it.Ā
"What's this?" Violet raised her brows and glanced up at Shane quickly, the first time she'd looked away from her gift since she saw it, and pulled at the string attached to the latch lightly, following it with a finger until she finally lifted the music box, a soft melody playing as she saw it. She wasn't familiar with most holiday traditions due to her mother's lack of festive cheer, but she knew this. A mistletoe. She tapped it with a finger lightly and pulled it back, her cheeks warming despite the chilly wind of the night. "Oh," she said softly, looking up at Shane.