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February 9, 2008 - Yes, I did indeed disappear for a long time! School has been absolute torture.... Plus a million other things going on all at the same time. I am happy to say that I've once again been motivated to work on the site! Though unfortunately, right when I was going to start up again, my computer died... and all my files went with it.... Yeah... BUT! I was saved because I happened to have just moved all my Phantomess.com files to an external drive!! So, no I have to resort everything... and free up some space on the drive... becuase I have so many photos! But unfortunately, I also lost alot of pictures. Personal ones, and phantom related ones too. I'm really hoping to get them back, but most of the sites I saved them off of have closed or shut down! If you have anything that might be valuable, please send them in! Thank you too everyone for your support, and hopefully i'll but updating more consistently soon!

August 30, 2007 - Dang... I haven't updated in a while... I finally realized that I have less than a week until school starts and that I should get a move on!!

Some updates though! Added a new affiliate! It's Phantom on a Budget!. I also did finish the Cosette gown, and am currently updating the Phantom's Red Death page. Perhaps I'll get around to finishing those long overdue writeups.... Well.. off to more summer reading... blah..

Thankfully - no major damage to the computer!! Initially, everyone said my files had been wiped, but it turns out they were saved!! God bless the F drive...

June 11, 2007 - I LIVE!! Man! It's been so long since I've actually been on here! Well, I survived WestsideStoryNazidirector rehearsals, and five million thesis papers all due in the same week. Two more days of school. I have finals today, tomorrow, wednesday, and then I'm done!! Alleluia!!

But yes - I actually did get a bunch of costume progress done, believe it or not.

A new project: Cosette's white gown from Les Mis when she meets Marius. We're going to see Les Mis as my sister's graduation present, and I had ot make another dress... I had to...Cosette.
The wishing gown - got a cape done, but no link to that since it's just boring text, no pictures.
The red victorian gown is finished! I just need to figure something out for the back because it's very boring... and plain.. but i love it anyways.

An important note about the forums: I made it private so only people who are registered and belong to the "Phantomess forum members" (something like that, don't remember exactly what I put) group can view or post. This is an attempt to defeat the robot posts until I can update and install some modifications which will hopefully stop the spam. So, if your registered and can't view or post, e-mail me about it, or join the group. Click "usergroups" at the top, and you should find it. Hopefully this arrangement is only temporary!

And yes one more thing: an actual clip of me singing...that's... okay. It's my gift for my sister, and I want to know what you guys think. Yeah, I know, uncontrollable vibrato (working on it...) weird high notes, and rather pitchy. My voice has been doing some weird things lately, and I haven't sung contemporary music in so long, but hopefully I didn't kill the song too much. Here you go: The Wind Beneath My Wings - as sung by Phantomess.

April 1, 2007 - APRIL FOOLS!!!

- You don't think I would REALLY do that too you, now would I? Tee hee... Yeah... it was probably the worst and tackiest April Fools joke ever, but I had to think of something in five minutes.... I hope you guys don't hate me that much!

Besides that, yes, the forum has been overflooded with robots that I have not deleted.... During the break, I'll be installing and tryout some new anti-spam methods to see what happens! THanks for you're cooperation!

And no, guys, trust me. Phantomess.com is not closing anytime soon. I'd fight for it with my life. :)

March 25, 2007 - I live!! No, I have not disappeared off the face of the earth. Well, I did for a while. Just thought I should update you guys on some upcoming plans for the website. Easter/Spring break is coming up next week!! **LLELUJAH!!! I'm hoping to clean up this super messy layout and hopefully finish the Christine pages. There are a few more dead links floating around too, and I also have some random stuff to add. No, I have not been completely neglecting updates!!

And now a rather important issue that has come to my attention: Please do not Plagiarize. There is a copyright at the bottom of the main page which does say Design and Content - Copywrite Phantomess.com. So, which means, it does rightfully belong to me. I also worked pretty darn hard on this site too. While I do appreciate the fact that you may think my work is worthy of appearing on your site, please do not do so without asking for permission first. A few lines quoted from phantomess.com won't bother me as much, but copying a whole page without giving credit really bothers me.

Don't worry! I don't bite, I swear! I'm just asking that you request permission before you copy and paste something from here to your site.

Now that that issue is out of the way, I'd just like to say - my life has been reduced to words and numbers. Yes, school can be terribly boring at times. It keeps me away from ever being able to update here. Randomness, I know. But I'm really swamped with homework up to my eyeballs. As of now, I have till tomorrow to start and finish a minimum five page report on St. Joan of Arc. Are they trying to kill us??!! Darn the new writing SATS!!!!

A sad note: I don't know if I'll be able to start any more big costume projects. I guess I can only hope for the best. Dance and voice lessons have left me drowning in debt to my parents, and I still don't have a job to pay it all off. However, I did managed to get my Red Victorian Gown finished! It just really needs trimming because it's so plain.

All the best - Phantomess

January 2, 2006 - Happy New Year! Not much, but a few notes on my Elissa Costume. I think I may be purchasing materials soon.

December 30, 2006 - A bunch of random updates here and there! Let's see... a new guestbook image, a message about e-mails on the Contact page. I fixed up the Media Section, and finally started the Pattern Reviews! It's still a work in progress.

Also, for those of you who are working on the dressing gown, I started my "tips" page. There's a little guide for drafting your own chemise, and I'm working on the instructions to draft your own dressing gown. You can view it here and it is also accessible from the research page.

Also, I finally added a little section about Christine's shoes.

December 28, 2006 - Haha!! You weren't expecting that big of a change were you? Merry Christmas! Here's your present: Change in the layout! I promised I would update during winter break, right? :) How do you guys like it?

As of now, things are still in the moving proccess, and color schemes might not match, pages might be missing. I'm still uploading the new layout, so within a few minutes - we should have a nice new layout to mess around with! I'm also updating all those unfinished pages and trying to fix all the broken links. Don't worry, this isn't the end of my gift to you guys, I also have a few more things up my sleeve....

December 1, 2006 - Look what I found in K-mart, of all places! "Faux" Victorian Boots!. A new picture for my Victorian Natural Form Gown also. Just want your opinion on the length.

November 24, 2006 - Happy belated Thanksgiving to everyone!! Hope you guys all had fun eating your Thanksgiving meals. Don't forget about the thanksgiving part though, lol. Well, yesterday, I found some yarn laying around with my crochet needles and look what happened: An Attempt at Legwarmers.

Besides that, some of you may have noticed a slight change in the menu. I'll leave you guys up to the exploring. Just a few notes: I haven't forgotten about the dressing gown pattern! Also, if anyone has any good pictures of the Phantom's red death costume - please send them too me. All of mine seem to have gotten deleted, which I think was my fault this time.

October 21, 2006 - I am still alive - :). Just a few things to look for: 1. layout change in either the forum or the main site; 2. Since some people have asked about it, I'm putting together a guide that explains how I drafted my dressing gown. Hopefully it will help someone else, too! *sigh...* I'm sorry guys, but I have more studying for biology to do....

October 9, 2006 - Not much really to update. The Elissa Costume has a few more inspiration pics some people might find interesting, and my Silverado Corset and Victorian Natural Form Gown have some random tid bits in there.

School has been murder lately. Guess who's already tripped down the stairs twice!! Me! I don't know how much sewing I've been able to do because my Grandparents have come back to live with us, meaning all of my sewing stuff and my sewing machine which used to be in their room has been unceremoniusly thrown into the hallway. My room has no more room for any added mess, so I don't have a place to sew!! Has anyone ever sewn on the floor before?

Guess what!! My school's musical is "West Side Story!!!" I'm going to try out for Maria. People tell me that I'm the only one with the type of voice for Maria, but then again... our new theater teacher is weird and I have a feeling that she might give all the lead roles to the upperclassmen, and forget about the underclassmen. :(

September 16, 2006 (Again) - Just a few updats on my Elissa Costume. No money equals no progress, unfortunately.

September 16, 2006 - Check out the new polls I added to the info bar on the right! ;) Believe it or not - feedback does help alot.

September 15, 2006 - Yes! I am alive! I'm sorry I don't have any cool updates, but just a few things. For those of you who use the contact form, it is very important that you please enter a working, functioning, and unexpired e-mail address if you wish for me to contact you back! Other than that, I have no way to answer your questions. I have about 50 bounced e-mails from trying to send messages. :(

To a recent e-mail I was sent requesting information on the All I Ask of You Question, the e-mail wasn't working, and I know you were anticipating an answer. To read my reply, click here.

September 8, 2006 - I know, I know.... Where the heck are the nice updates? One answer: school. Yay for being a newbie in upperclassmen classes!!! I'm still getting used to having my class schedule go: 2nd floor, 1st floor, 2nd floor, 1st floor, and I think you get the point.

My main priority now is school, so updates may be few, especially since I just started. I come home around 6:00pm every day exausted, and then not to mention the homework. Don't worry - Phantomess.com isn't going anywhere!! (Hopefully!) - that is if I can afford the web hosting this time...

Not much has really happened lately. I have actually gotton some type progress with my Victorian Gown. I have the skirt halfway done - does that count? :)

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