The Happy Thread!

[Aysun_the_Mermaid]

^ I concur

[Mermaid Galene]

I worked with Malayan tapirs when I was zookeeper in the 1980s. We pronounced it "Ralph and Alice."

[Echidna]

If any Flight Rising players wondered, the Baku familiar is a Tapir (asian mythology, the dreameater)!

I'd pronounce it the "non-English"-way, because the word doesn't originate from English.

I don't really want to know what an English speaker would make of my name
Still mentally scarred from hearing how they pronounced "Iphigenie" in that US movie lol.

[PhaylennMurúch]

[Princess Pearl]

One week until my first party!!!!!!!!! I'm so excited but also FREAKING OUT!


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[AmbrGlows]

I'm buying a portable photo printer today from someone on Craigslist. Never bought anything I couldn't really try out first.

Tax season usually means I get to pamper myself for my birthday or prior to and this year is a great one. Not only did I buy the above mentioned Canon Selphy CP740 for $40 but I also bought a bag for it, 4 boxes of 108 photo sheets with ink, and a new Nikon AW120 that came with 12 accessories including a float strap, flexible tripod, case, 64GB SD card and much more.

That's just the start. I'm also buying my ticket to go see the Broadway musical Newsies in Dallas, more spandex for new tails, a new sewing box & more.

May even have to take mom to Medieval Times.

[Naufra]

Tax return came in! Yaaaaaaay! That'll cover some have-to's this year, and a want-to or two! Yay!

[OceanWhisper]

Hey guys! This is going to be long, sorry!
I had the most awesome moment of my mermaiding journey so far today, and I have to share it!!

(So, even though I don't have my first tail sewn up, I'd still like to think I'm a bit of a fish without one!)
I was with my Mum, stepbrother, stepsister and stepdad at a 'secluded' beach. (ten minutes drive out of town, but still you get the occasional person driving by) and I noticed that at the end of the beach near a massive rock, there was a family with a little girl and a toddler. I only have my monofin at this point, but I thought "hey! why not see if I can brighten that little girl's day?"

so I swam over ( long swim from my original spot) and just hung about fifteen metres from the beach, lifting the tip of the monofin out of the water every once in a while. The little girl saw me, pointed at me, and said "DADDY LOOK!" Her mother was sitting there with the toddler on the rock, and was beaming when she noticed what I was doing. (I couldn't stop smiling) The dad said "wow!" look (name?) It's a mermaid! Do you want to say hello?" The little girl was a bit shocked I think, but she was asking me questions like; "do you live in the water? can you walk?" I said that I could change my tail into legs, ( I kept my knees underwater to keep the illusion) and the dad played along, saying that I can say a spell that changes me so I can be on land with people. The little girl went over to tell the mum, so I said quietly to the dad " I just know that if someone did this for me when I was little, the magic would've lasted a lot longer", and he said "Thankyou"

I hung around in the water, diving down and watching the little fishes near the seaweedy rocks, (the best I could without goggles) Just playing in the waves. I swam up to the beach near the mum, and she was just smiling at me. she asked me if it was hard swimming in the fin, so I replied. The dad and the little girl stood on the beach, and he asked her if she wanted to swim with the mermaid. she walked in a bit, (but the water was pretty cold, and I was surprised I hadn't gone purple yet !) I chatted with her for a bit, until I saw we were leaving. She kept waving as I swam back over to where my family was, so I did my best to look "mermaidy" the whole time. it was a pretty big distance, so she lost interest and started to run around with her dad on the beach. I told my mum about how the little girl reacted, and she said to my stepbrother how it was funny that I had 'convinced myself' that I was a mermaid. ( little do they know of my plans to be a professional mermaid one day!!) heh heh

I think I probably had more fun than the little girl. Her first reaction made my week She was so adorable!

[AmbrGlows]

Hey guys! This is going to be long, sorry!
I had the most awesome moment of my mermaiding journey so far today, and I have to share it!!

(So, even though I don't have my first tail sewn up, I'd still like to think I'm a bit of a fish without one!)
I was with my Mum, stepbrother, stepsister and stepdad at a 'secluded' beach. (ten minutes drive out of town, but still you get the occasional person driving by) and I noticed that at the end of the beach near a massive rock, there was a family with a little girl and a toddler. I only have my monofin at this point, but I thought "hey! why not see if I can brighten that little girl's day?"

so I swam over ( long swim from my original spot) and just hung about fifteen metres from the beach, lifting the tip of the monofin out of the water every once in a while. The little girl saw me, pointed at me, and said "DADDY LOOK!" Her mother was sitting there with the toddler on the rock, and was beaming when she noticed what I was doing. (I couldn't stop smiling) The dad said "wow!" look (name?) It's a mermaid! Do you want to say hello?" The little girl was a bit shocked I think, but she was asking me questions like; "do you live in the water? can you walk?" I said that I could change my tail into legs, ( I kept my knees underwater to keep the illusion) and the dad played along, saying that I can say a spell that changes me so I can be on land with people. The little girl went over to tell the mum, so I said quietly to the dad " I just know that if someone did this for me when I was little, the magic would've lasted a lot longer", and he said "Thankyou"

I hung around in the water, diving down and watching the little fishes near the seaweedy rocks, (the best I could without goggles) Just playing in the waves. I swam up to the beach near the mum, and she was just smiling at me. she asked me if it was hard swimming in the fin, so I replied. The dad and the little girl stood on the beach, and he asked her if she wanted to swim with the mermaid. she walked in a bit, (but the water was pretty cold, and I was surprised I hadn't gone purple yet !) I chatted with her for a bit, until I saw we were leaving. She kept waving as I swam back over to where my family was, so I did my best to look "mermaidy" the whole time. it was a pretty big distance, so she lost interest and started to run around with her dad on the beach. I told my mum about how the little girl reacted, and she said to my stepbrother how it was funny that I had 'convinced myself' that I was a mermaid. ( little do they know of my plans to be a professional mermaid one day!!) heh heh

I think I probably had more fun than the little girl. Her first reaction made my week She was so adorable!

That's so awesome! It's moments like that that make being a mermaid worth it all.

I remember last summer when I would swim in the last river at the water park and people would realize I was a mermaid. I didn't see many faces...just heard their remarks...mom got to see most of their faces though and it was awesome!!

[AmbrGlows]

I told my mum about how the little girl reacted, and she said to my stepbrother how it was funny that I had 'convinced myself' that I was a mermaid.

This made me laugh so hard my cat jumped off my back.

[Sammyantha171]

I think I probably had more fun than the little girl. Her first reaction made my week She was so adorable!

This is awesome.
I've always been a bit afraid of kids, but today I did my first observation/assisting with cycle instructors at a primary school near where I live, and they were amazing.
I'm hoping this is my first step towards being able to have moments like this, especially when I'm mermaiding about.

[OceanWhisper]

This made me laugh so hard my cat jumped off my back.

haha ^.^ little do they know... :P

[SeaGlass Siren]

oh my goodness zefrank!! he's the best!

i pronounce it "TAH-peer"

[JamesGunnels]

I'm happy my body is finally getting to the point I want it

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lol so that's kinda hot.

[Starfrit]

I'm so excited!!! So my roomies and I got our notice to move out last week, and since this is my first move I've been stressing like CRAZY trying to find a new apartment and such even though we don't *have* to be out of our current place until May 1st... My mom is good buddies with a real estate agent who offered to help us out free of charge, which has been an AMAZING help since I had no idea where to even start...

A few days ago he emailed me a pile oflistings, and among them was a BEAUTIFUL four-level house, three bedrooms, two and a half bathrooms with heated floors, double attached heated garage, massive fenced-in backyard, two fireplaces... All for the same price that we're paying on our tiny little half-house right now. So, naturally, I jumped at the chance, but got nervous because nowhere on the listing did it say whether or not the place is pet friendly— I have a cat, and if Loki can't go with me, then I won't go.

The Realtor got back to me tonight, after waiting on a response from the folks who own the house... It IS pet friendly! ;w; I'm so ecstatic I could cry!! We're hoping for a viewing at the house either tomorrow night or Saturday afternoon, at which point we're planning to get a few more details cleared up, and then hopefully we can get started on moving in!

I'm just so excited. ;w; Even if I am kind of nervous... This huge, gorgeous house in a great part of town for only $1400/month? I'm preeeeetty sure that means it's haunted and/or I'm going to die in this house.

But whatever. There are TWO OVENS in the kitchen. THAT'S TWICE THE CUPCAKES IN HALF THE TIME. Totally worth dying over IMO.

[QueenZero]

Not exactly happy as much as silly.
My three year old nephew thinks I'm the Starbucks mermaid. Every time he sees the logo, he says my name. Since my brother-in-law and mother are fond of lattes, he sees the logo pretty often, and yeah, he says my name every time. If I'm not around, he starts looking for me.
Yeah, I thought that was funny. I don't have a tail, but he still thinks I'm a mermaid.

[OceanWhisper]

Not exactly happy as much as silly.
My three year old nephew thinks I'm the Starbucks mermaid. Every time he sees the logo, he says my name. Since my brother-in-law and mother are fond of lattes, he sees the logo pretty often, and yeah, he says my name every time. If I'm not around, he starts looking for me.
Yeah, I thought that was funny. I don't have a tail, but he still thinks I'm a mermaid.

Ahaha that's adorable ^.^

[Merman Chatfish]

My monofin came today! I hope it fits!

[Mermaid Sirenia]

Just saw I made front cover in the newspaper here, they interviewed me about it a couple weeks ago. They mention Raina in it lol, I had told the lady how I asked Raina about it a while back and read her book, so they mentioned "A well known Canadian Mermaid"

[SummerRogue]

Oh my god my mum just told me she's buying me a mernation tail today !!!!!!