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	<title>Fantasy IRL &#187; photo</title>
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		<title>Bloody 8-Bit Fantasies from Tereza Anton</title>
		<link>http://www.fantasyirl.net/blog/2010/07/27/blo8-bit-fantasies-from-tereza-anton/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:47:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sydney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are a couple shots from artist Tereza Anton&#8217;s series The Low-Rez Life. (Via Who Killed Bambi?)]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: left;">Here are a couple shots from artist <a href="http://www.behance.net/gallery/LOW-REZ-LIFE/598034">Tereza Anton&#8217;s</a> series <em>The Low-Rez Life</em>.</p>
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<p>(Via <a href="http://www.whokilledbambi.co.uk/2010/07/tereza-anton/">Who Killed Bambi?</a>)</p>
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		<title>Do You Know Who These Cosplayers Are?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 07:09:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sydney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Senna and I are in the final stages of putting together our gallery show.  We&#8217;re thinking of including some pictures of cosplayers from a couple of the conventions we went to this summer.  Of course, we didn&#8217;t take down any of the names of the people we photographed but we really want to invite them [...]]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: left;">Senna and I are in the final stages of putting together our gallery show.  We&#8217;re thinking of including some pictures of cosplayers from a couple of the conventions we went to this summer.  Of course, we didn&#8217;t take down any of the names of the people we photographed but we really want to invite them to our opening!  Do any of you know who these guys are (the actual people, not the characters&#8230;)? Leave us a comment if you do!</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.fantasyirl.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Screen-shot-2010-03-11-at-11.50.55-PM.png"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1823" title="Screen shot 2010-03-11 at 11.50.55 PM" src="http://www.fantasyirl.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Screen-shot-2010-03-11-at-11.50.55-PM.png" alt="" width="500" height="326" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.fantasyirl.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/ax_75.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1822" title="ax_75" src="http://www.fantasyirl.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/ax_75.jpg" alt="" width="372" height="571" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.fantasyirl.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/ax_15.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1821" title="ax_15" src="http://www.fantasyirl.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/ax_15.jpg" alt="" width="369" height="581" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.fantasyirl.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/ax_01.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1820" title="ax_01" src="http://www.fantasyirl.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/ax_01.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="326" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">(We actually would like to know what these guys are from&#8230; they look awesome!)</p>
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		<title>Bearly Legal</title>
		<link>http://www.fantasyirl.net/blog/2010/01/31/bearly-legal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 04:59:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amanda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Photographer Rosanna Anson did a photo series involving a girl and a bear. I&#8217;m not sure whether to think this is cute and sweet, a girls fantasy of being friends with a bear, or if it&#8217;s more of a Furry type of thing&#8230;.either way her clothes are really cute. Leave us a comment and let [...]]]></description>
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<p>Photographer <a href="http://www.dripbook.com/rusanson/profile/">Rosanna Anson</a> did a photo series involving a girl and a bear. I&#8217;m not sure whether to think this is cute and sweet, a girls fantasy of being friends with a bear, or if it&#8217;s more of a Furry type of thing&#8230;.either way her clothes are really cute. </p>
<p>Leave us a comment and let us know what your fantasies in-real-life are, even if it&#8217;s holding hands with a bear in a forest. We want to know!! (Nothing dirty please.)</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter" title="Rossana Anson Bear" src="http://i1.dripbook.com/t/280000/5016/62/273724_800_b306a6.jpg" alt="" width="398" height="560" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter" title="Rosanna Anson Bear" src="http://i1.dripbook.com/t/280000/5016/62/273728_800_118556.jpg" alt="" width="398" height="560" /></p>
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		<title>Star Wars Burlesque</title>
		<link>http://www.fantasyirl.net/blog/2010/01/12/star-wars-burlesque/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 01:18:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sydney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Star Wars Burlesque night @ Bordello in Los Angeles.  The C3PO chick really freaks me out. via boingboing via LAWeekly]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: left;">Star Wars Burlesque night @ Bordello in Los Angeles.  The C3PO chick really freaks me out.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1675" title="Star Wars Girls_-40-1-thumb-550x367" src="http://www.fantasyirl.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Star-Wars-Girls_-40-1-thumb-550x367.jpg" alt="" width="480" height="320" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.fantasyirl.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/star-wars-goes-burlesque.4303487.56.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1684" title="star-wars-goes-burlesque.4303487.56" src="http://www.fantasyirl.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/star-wars-goes-burlesque.4303487.56.jpg" alt="" width="480" height="320" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.fantasyirl.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Star-Wars-Girls_-30-1-thumb-550x367.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1674" title="Star Wars Girls_-30-1-thumb-550x367" src="http://www.fantasyirl.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Star-Wars-Girls_-30-1-thumb-550x367.jpg" alt="" width="480" height="320" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.fantasyirl.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/star-wars-goes-burlesque.4303464.56.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1679" title="star-wars-goes-burlesque.4303464.56" src="http://www.fantasyirl.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/star-wars-goes-burlesque.4303464.56.jpg" alt="" width="480" height="320" /></a></p>
<p>via <a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2010/01/11/star-wars-burlesque.html">boingboing</a> via <a href="http://blogs.laweekly.com/westcoastsound/synthful/star-wars-burlesque-mos-eisley/">LAWeekly</a></p>
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		<title>I&#8217;m A Cyborg And It&#8217;s Okay.</title>
		<link>http://www.fantasyirl.net/blog/2010/01/02/im-a-cyborg-and-its-okay/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2010 23:42:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sydney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Production still from my latest video shoot. I&#8217;ll post the final cut once I&#8217;m done editing.]]></description>
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<p>Production still from my latest video shoot.  I&#8217;ll post the final cut once I&#8217;m done editing.<br />
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		<title>Dead Malls And The End Of The World: Brian Ulrich&#8217;s &#8220;Dark Stores&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.fantasyirl.net/blog/2009/12/13/dead-malls-and-the-end-of-the-world-brian-ulrichs-dark-stores/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 06:54:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sydney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Photographer Brian Ulrich has been investigating the plight of American consumer culture, documenting dead malls and other franchises as they sit abandoned in ruins.  Looking at these, I half expect zombies or cannibals to pop out at me.  They are utterly horrifying (but in the prettiest way possible).  Should we be worried?  Yeah, I think [...]]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: left;">Photographer <a href="http://notifbutwhen.com/projects/copia/dark-stores/">Brian Ulrich</a> has been investigating the plight of American consumer culture, documenting dead malls and other franchises as they sit abandoned in ruins.  Looking at these, I half expect zombies or cannibals to pop out at me.  They are utterly horrifying (but in the prettiest way possible).  Should we be worried?  Yeah, I think so.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1626" title="113" src="http://www.fantasyirl.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/113.jpg" alt="113" width="500" height="393" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1627" title="114" src="http://www.fantasyirl.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/114.jpg" alt="114" width="500" height="393" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1628" title="500x_07_02" src="http://www.fantasyirl.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/500x_07_02.jpg" alt="500x_07_02" width="500" height="393" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1629" title="500x_06_01" src="http://www.fantasyirl.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/500x_06_01.jpg" alt="500x_06_01" width="500" height="393" /></p>
<p>Interested in seeing more on this subject?  Another photographic series to look into is <a href="http://www.wallspacegallery.com/artists.html?id=2,6&amp;cv=1">Walead Beshty&#8217;s</a> &#8220;<a href="http://www.wallspacegallery.com/popimage.html?id=2,6&amp;view=13">The Phenomenology of Shopping + Dead Mall</a>.&#8221;</p>
<p>(via <a href="http://io9.com/5424633/the-retail-ruins-of-americas-ghost-malls/gallery/">io9</a>)</p>
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		<title>The Puppet Show</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 05:53:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amanda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is creepy as hell, but I love it. See more.]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: left;">This is creepy as hell, but I love it. <a href="http://www.winkler-noah.it/wn/index.php?/project/the-puppet-show/" target="_blank">See more</a>.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter" title="Puppet Girl" src="http://www.winkler-noah.it/wn/files/gimgs/7_01-provajpg50icc.jpg" alt="" width="390" height="390" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter" title="Puppet Boy" src="http://www.winkler-noah.it/wn/files/gimgs/7_edoardo35x35jpg50icc.jpg" alt="" width="390" height="390" /></p>
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		<title>I&#8217;ve Seen the Future and it&#8217;s Broken: Photographing the Future</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 18:50:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sydney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a series of photographs that I took this last spring.  The project was called Future-Speak, which is also the name of my other blog.  For this project, I conducted a number of shot interviews in the form of questionnaires that asked what people thought the future was going to be like.  From their [...]]]></description>
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<p>This is a series of photographs that I took this last spring.  The project was called Future-Speak, which is also the name of <a href="http://www.future-speak.com/">my other blog</a>.  For this project, I conducted a number of shot interviews in the form of questionnaires that asked what people thought the future was going to be like.  From their answers, I gathered a general sense their kind of collective future and produced these seven photographs illustrating what I thought that future looked like.  To accompany the photographs, I made a sound piece which I thought further created a sort of futuristic environment in which the photos could be viewed.  Eventually these photos will be up on my personal website (the one that I never have time to make) as apart of my portfolio.</p>
<p>Listen to the sound <a href="http://www.future-speak.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/sydney-mills_future-speak_audio-2.mp3">here</a>.</p>
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		<title>Steam Punk Fashion Show</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 03:42:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amanda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Via: Steapunk Fashion &#8220;These are pictures from the Fresh Fruits Basket fashion show that kicks off SGMS every year. You may click here for a short video from last year&#8217;s show. The headliners of the show were from The Libertine Asylum You can read what they are all about here if you would like. All [...]]]></description>
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<p>Via: <a href="http://community.livejournal.com/steamfashion/2131488.html" target="_blank">Steapunk Fashion</a></p>
<p>&#8220;These are pictures from the <a href="http://schoolgirlsandmobilesuits.com/?p=49" target="_blank">Fresh Fruits Basket fashion show</a> that kicks off <a href="http://schoolgirlsandmobilesuits.com/?page_id=2s" target="_blank">SGMS</a> every year. You may <a href="http://schoolgirlsandmobilesuits.com/video/FashionShow2.mov" target="_blank">click here</a> for a short video from last year&#8217;s show. The headliners of the show were from <a href="http://www.libertineasylum.com/" target="_blank">The Libertine Asylum</a> You can read what they are all about <a href="http://www.libertineasylum.com/" target="_blank">here</a> if you would like.</p>
<p>All Photos are taken and edited by Drayke Larson of <a href="http://www.photosynthetique.com/" target="_blank">Photosynthetique Imaging</a> His LJ is <span style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="http://rez-olution.livejournal.com/profile" target="_blank"><img style="border: 0pt none; vertical-align: bottom; padding-right: 1px;" src="http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif" alt="[info]" width="17" height="17" /></a><a href="http://rez-olution.livejournal.com/" target="_blank"><strong>rez_olution</strong></a></span> feel free to check him out too!</p>
<p>The pictures are from steampunk designer Heather Luca of <a href="http://www.scoundrelleskeep.com/" target="_blank">SCOUNDRELLES KEEP</a>. Her corsets are THE BEST!!!</p>
<p>Hope you enjoy!&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Stepford Wives &amp; Italian Futurists: New Makeup From Blogger Amanda Egle!</title>
		<link>http://www.fantasyirl.net/blog/2009/10/09/new-makeup-from-blogger-amanda/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 01:27:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sydney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently helped Fantasy IRL blogger Amanda shoot photos for her makeup artist portfolio (website coming soon).   For this particular series, we were going for a sort of android/retro/Stepford wife kinda thing.  Since I was actually in these photos, we had our friend Justin (also known as sunnyheadcase on this blog) shoot them on my [...]]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: left;">I recently helped Fantasy IRL blogger Amanda shoot photos for her makeup artist portfolio (website coming soon).   For this particular series, we were going for a sort of android/retro/Stepford wife kinda thing.  Since I was actually in these photos, we had our friend Justin (also known as sunnyheadcase on this blog) shoot them on my Nikon D90.  They were shot at Amanda&#8217;s house, which was built in the 1950&#8242;s, the perfect location for such a shoot.</p>
<p>The concept was pretty simple.  I&#8217;m an android women that lonely men can buy and take as their wife.  When you first buy me, I come naked and without hair.  I also come with a set of three wigs that you can switch in and out at your leisure.  The creepy husband/Italian Futurist-looking guy is played by my boyfriend, Joey.  Thank to Joey and Justin for helping us out!</p>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Baaaaaccccckkkkkk&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 06:23:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amanda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[HOLY SHIT!! Okay so, some of you may remember this thing from a previous post. If not please click here&#8230; &#8230;Okay now that we&#8217;re all caught up, I was reading Strawberry Anarchy today and came across this. &#8220;Hey readers, you may have heard of this before but I thought I would blog about it as [...]]]></description>
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<p>HOLY SHIT!! Okay so, some of you may remember this thing from a previous post.<br />
If not please click <a href="http://www.fantasyirl.net/blog/2009/07/13/investigating-the-montauk-monster/" target="_blank">here</a>&#8230;</p>
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&#8230;Okay now that we&#8217;re all caught up, I was reading <a href="http://strawberryanarchy.blogspot.com/2009/09/weird-creature-found-in-cerro-azul.html" target="_blank">Strawberry Anarchy</a> today and came across this.</p>
<p>&#8220;Hey readers, you may have heard of this before but I thought I would blog about it as I wanted to have a discussion about it! This strange creature has been found and nobody can really explain what it is! Apparently some kids were playing beside the water and this thing came crawling out of the water/cave they thought it was going to attack them so they threw stones at it and killed it, they threw it into the water then it was washed up a few days later! In the video you can see the carcass of this animal too! And you will see this was most definitely found and not a hoax! I have included a photo of a sloth as many think this is just a bald sloth. Either way a bald sloth has never been spotted before now so this is still pretty strange also the fact it came out of the water does not make sense either.&#8221;<br />
<center><img class="aligncenter" title="thing" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_G2ndBTccM70/Srfio46H7GI/AAAAAAAAB24/9Cva3FRv-os/s320/Cerro-Azul_montage_17-9-2009.jpg" alt="" width="320" height="240" /></center></p>
<p><center><img class="aligncenter" title="thingagain" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_G2ndBTccM70/Srfioso9O1I/AAAAAAAAB2w/aibTQhtX3UA/s320/Cerro-Azul_larger_17-9-2009.JPG" alt="" width="320" height="240" /></center></p>
<p>So, I don&#8217;t know about you all, but the first thing that popped into my head was the Montauk Monster (please see picture at top of page). What the hell man?! Why would those kids kill it?! It needs to be studied! So here&#8217;s the million dollar question, just a simple cute sloth? Or creepy mysterious monster?</p>
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		<title>Sand Sculptures That Will Blow Your Mind</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 05:54:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amanda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[These are the most amazing sand castles I&#8217;ve ever seen, well I guess they&#8217;re not really sand &#8220;castles&#8221;, well whatever they are, they are out of this world. Unfortunately, I have no idea where they are. &#8220;African elephants, the Egyptian sphinx, Batman, Spiderman, the incredible Hulk and also other super heroes, movie and TV show [...]]]></description>
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<p>These are the most amazing sand castles I&#8217;ve ever seen, well I guess they&#8217;re not really sand &#8220;castles&#8221;, well whatever they are, they are out of this world. Unfortunately, I have no idea where they are.</p>
<p>&#8220;African elephants, the Egyptian sphinx, Batman, Spiderman, the incredible Hulk and also other super heroes, movie and TV show characters are just some of many giant sculptures transforming a seaside resort. The most amazing part about this is that the sculptures are made entirely out of sand.&#8221; No <em>Labyrinth</em> though. Has anybody ever made a labyrinth out of sand? Now that I&#8217;d like to see.</p>
<p>Click <a href="http://www.thisblogrules.com/2009/09/incredible-sand-sculptures.html" target="_blank">here to see them all</a>.</p>
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		<title>FantasyIRL Photos from Las Vegas Star Trek Convention 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 03:40:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sydney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is kind of old news but I thought I&#8217;d mention it anyways.  Our photos from Las Vegas Star Trek Convention 2009 have been up on the main site now for a while.  Here are some highlights:]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: left;">This is kind of old news but I thought I&#8217;d mention it anyways.  Our photos from Las Vegas Star Trek Convention 2009 have been up on <a href="http://www.fantasyirl.net/gallery/">the main site</a> now for a while.  Here are some highlights:</p>
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		<title>The 20th Century The Way It Should Have Happened</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 22:46:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amanda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If this doesn&#8217;t embody fantasy in real life, I don&#8217;t know what does. io9 says: &#8220;If Star Wars Was Real retells the history of the 20th century with some added players, offering up a Photoshopped-fantasia of nerditry and &#8220;What If&#8221;s. Click through to see more.&#8221;]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: left;">If this doesn&#8217;t embody fantasy in real life, I don&#8217;t know what does.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.io9.com" target="_blank">io9</a> says:</p>
<p><em>&#8220;<a title="Click here to read more posts tagged IF STAR WARS WAS REAL" href="http://io9.com/tag/if-star-wars-was-real/" target="_blank">If Star Wars Was Real</a></em> retells the history of the 20th century with some added players, offering up a Photoshopped-fantasia of nerditry and &#8220;What If&#8221;s. Click through to see more.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Real Life Pokemon</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 02:30:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amanda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I went on a hunt today for the best real life Pokemon I could find. Unfortunately, I was not able to catch them all, but luckily I caught ten of them. Cubone. Pikachu. Blastoise. Gyarados. Rattata. Caterpie. Ponyta. Bibarel. Persian. Weepinbell.]]></description>
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<p>I went on a hunt today for the best real life Pokemon I could find. Unfortunately, I was not able to catch them all, but luckily I caught ten of them.</p>
<p><center><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1319" title="Cubone" src="http://www.fantasyirl.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/Cubone.jpg" alt="Cubone" width="200" height="265" /></p>
<p>Cubone.</center></p>
<p><center><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1322" title="Pikachu" src="http://www.fantasyirl.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/Pikachu.jpg" alt="Pikachu" width="300" height="300" /></p>
<p>Pikachu.</center></p>
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<p><center><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1317" title="Blastoise" src="http://www.fantasyirl.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/Blastoise-.jpg" alt="Blastoise" width="300" height="225" /></p>
<p>Blastoise.</center></p>
<p><center><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1320" title="Gyarados" src="http://www.fantasyirl.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/Gyarados.jpg" alt="Gyarados" width="300" height="278" /></p>
<p>Gyarados.</center></p>
<p><center><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1324" title="Rattata" src="http://www.fantasyirl.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/Rattata.jpg" alt="Rattata" width="322" height="374" /></p>
<p>Rattata.</center></p>
<p><center><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1318" title="Caterpie" src="http://www.fantasyirl.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/Caterpie.jpg" alt="Caterpie" width="450" height="317" /></p>
<p>Caterpie.</center></p>
<p><center><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1323" title="Ponyta" src="http://www.fantasyirl.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/Ponyta.jpg" alt="Ponyta" width="500" height="501" /></p>
<p>Ponyta.</center></p>
<p><center><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1316" title="Bibarel" src="http://www.fantasyirl.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/Bibarel.jpg" alt="Bibarel" width="600" height="397" /></p>
<p>Bibarel.</center></p>
<p><center><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1321" title="Persian" src="http://www.fantasyirl.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/Persian.jpg" alt="Persian" width="600" height="399" /></p>
<p>Persian.</center></p>
<p><center><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1325" title="Weepinbell" src="http://www.fantasyirl.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/Weepinbell.jpg" alt="Weepinbell" width="600" height="400" /></p>
<p>Weepinbell.</center></p>
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