Forbidden Garden

In case you have been wondering where we've been the past few weeks, I'm back in school. *crowd cheers* But on the flip side, I am taking Anatomy and Physiology this semester. Which to those of you who have never taken this devil class, it is one that just a glance at the book sitting on my floor makes me curl up in the fetal position crying and holding my teddy. And I am NOT talking cute quiet tears that shake my shoulders - oh no - I mean BIG FAT uncontrollable waves of sobs that penetrates the walls and causes all of my neighbors to believe that someone is actually dying in my home. So in case you are wondering where I am - I'm busy. Questions you may be having by this point: What is this frackin password? We've had several of our loyal and awesome fans email/comment about how much they wanted the password system back in place because they actually enjoy the hunt. Many told us that they would gladly shower us with cupcakes if we brought it back. So while...

By *pronouncedyou I never knew elephants can be  so cute. I don't like animals that are larger than me, So I'll never go near an elephant. However, when I saw an elephant in the drama that I was watching last night, I just couldn't help thinking how adorable it was when it came to the rescue of it's owner. The cuties part EVER is when the elephant was walking and nibbling on a huge leaf ( don't know what kind of leaf it was but it was huge o-o ..). ~toppichu Hey everyone! I've abducted toppichu's post~ mwhahaha! ;) Anywho - HAPPY 4 YEARS TO FORBIDDEN GARDEN!!!!!!!! I am so overly happy and touched by everyone's love, devotion, and support over the years. Let's look to make it another happy 4! So to celebrate all of YOU we bring you goodies galore! Two very quick announcements: 1. I'm going to be gone (starting today) on a much needed Adult-time vacation. (I love my kids, but this is a vacation with adults! A...

The other day I was reading this neat little story about a man who had his computer stolen from him *not the neat part*, but he had put an app on it that allowed him to access his camera from other devices. He used this to take photos of the man who had taken his laptop and helped to lead the police to the thief. After reading this story most people would feel a sense of congratulations toward the young man for being prepared. Or they might even go out and buy this app so that they too can be prepared. Is this how I react? Do you know me at all??? Of course the more reasonable thing would have been to feel happiness for the guy and maybe get the app as well. But me, what do I do - I find painter's tape and cover the camera on every device that has an internet connection + camera. My Computer - check. Hubby's Computer - check. My IPhone - check. Hubby's IPhone - check. IPad - check. And just for good measure: Kinect - check. Who does this?! Only the purely...

By * NaBHan On most days I would say this is how my little family looks (of course adding an additional rainbow for the princess (our daughter has taken to calling herself/anyone wearing a skirt this). But today - TODAY - is a day that I would happily kick a puppy for being in my way. Oh today is the day that I could joyfully skip over a fallen grandma and dust my dirty feet on her hand-made shawl. Hell, I might even see a small child with a balloon and pop it right in that sobbing child's face. MY EVIL HAS NO BOUNDS!!! mwahaha~~~ And at this point you may be asking 'Oh dear god, WHY?! urdzy, why are you putting your family/friends/flying butterfies through such horror?! Where does this evil come from??" Why you ask-- So enjoy your weekend - Happy St. Patrick's Day! I'm going to go grind some rocks with my bare hands! mwahahahaha! But on the nice people track-----> toppichu made all you pretty people a wallpaper from our project Bitou Lollipo...

For awhile now because of certain health issues I've been on a really restrictive diet. It includes low sodium, no dairy, no red meat/pork, no liquids (other than water), etc etc. So after hearing about  Forks Over Knives  I thought why not just take the plunge? The only thing it would really effect is my chicken-lovin' self. And I'm pretty sure I can live without chicken...at least I think. ^^;; So I'm just tossing it out there to see if any of you have tried/are veganism? Did you find that your general health/energy/outlook brightened? Do you have any major complaints about it?  ALSO! (Ignore the upcoming blah-blah-ness) After the last post  I had quite a few of you text/email me about the password. And for the most part the people asking for it were nice about it all. But then of course I get the hate mail - and overall I've chosen to ignore this because with anything you're gonna get angry people. (Haters wanna hate, Lovers wanna love, I don't even w...

I've been watching FAR too much Pirates of the Caribbean... That's right loves! For your new year present I've put all the download passwords in the comment sections. Just look down (or Ctrl+f/⌘f) and find "The password is..." and it should be there. If I miss any pages just let me know and I'll quickly fill them in. And while I have your attention: So it's our first contest! THE PROJECT: Pretty much we're looking for a new credits page to be used throughout the year on various projects. THE QUALIFICATIONS: -Must be in PSD -Must have type ready for: Title, Volume/Chapter, Author, Credits, Forbidden Garden -Must have a "window" of any shape where a picture of project can be put in. -Have fun! -An example of what I mean can be found here - but please be more creative than this (it's only a very weak example!) TIME LIMIT: One month, so in one months time I will make a post including all the applicant's pages. (That ...

Image by Piyo First things first, I have been a terrible person. Life has been such a whirlwind as of late that I have missed out on several of our lovely staffies birthdays. I'M SO SORRRY! So without further ado *clears throat*~~ HAPPY BIRTHDAY eli-la, aina25, kouw, Clear, Vioxx, and kpossible!!!! Also a big congrats to our joint partners Doko Demo Doa for their 3rd year anniversary! So be sure to run over there and wish them the best for their many years ahead! I would like to also say thank you to everyone who comments - I know it may seem like commenting is a useless effort sometimes, but really you don't know how much we appreciate each and every one.  It's so nice sometimes to know that there's someone (an actual person!) out there and that we're not just aimlessly talking to ourselves. So thank you guys for being so awesome! Also for all that wanted to know - the ladybug costume was a HUGE HIT.   HUGE . I had so much fun and we got so many c...

And the birthday madness is over. And overall I think it went by smoothly. Or at least I think we all survived (mainly me) better than what I thought we would. So yay me! :) I think the coolest thing that I made for my son's party was a six foot Optimus Prime. Which took me like 3 hours to make but it was sooooo worth it! My son's entire face lit up as soon as he turned the corner. It's one of those moments where you wish that your face had a built in camera so you could capture the good moments. (Which I never seem to remember to bring a camera for.) All the kiddos seemed to have a great time. We had trampolines, make your own transformer costumes, face painting, optimus prime hunt, and various other activities. My one *small* rant though, would have to be aimed at the ladies that were supposed to be helping the kids use their equipment and generally helping out: LOOKING FOR HALLOWEEN OUTFITS ONLINE WHILE A GUEST WALKS KIDS DOWN A BALANCE BEAM IS NOT DOING YOUR JO...

We need help - badly. I know that it seems as though magical fairies come in and *poof* there is awesome chapters for everyone to enjoy, but in reality it takes a lot of man hours to keep FG chugging along. So just to put it out there, we have a TON of projects sitting in proofreading and qcing but we need more help.  Also if we don't get more help we're going to be pretty slow this month, it's my son's birthday this month and I'm one of those over-indulgent moms that put on a 3-ring circus for their 5 year old child. Crazy? I know, but that's how it is, so I'll be super busy in real life with that this month. So the point of that story is: RECRUITING  PROOFREADERS AND QC!   And in the spirit of helping people out----   I have a friend who is working her bottom-end off trying to get signed onto a label.  She's toured Europe and played all around the U.S. but the more people she has subscribed to her site , twitter , facebook , and youtube  ...

Happy birthday to our August babies! *kisses!* Also we want to welcome to our family two new members - kanameyu, our new Korean AND Japanese to English Translator (be jealous by her awesomeness! ^.~ ) AND kpossible, our new QC who we've stolen BORROWED from another oh-so-awesome group. Other than that, I don't really have much to say this week - be good everyone wish all our birthday girls good luck for the next year and welcome our new staffies! No password this week, but for all of you that want a challenge here's a puzzle: OSAAP P=T Want to know the answer? I'll put it in the comments. =D {RELEASES} 1. Zig Zag Don volume 03 chapter 14 - Don't be weird Nukui. EDIT: Aug. 28, 2011 2. Caramel Kiss volume 02 chapter 9 - What do they feed those freakin' rabbits?! o.O Also (other than the scary rabbits) so much cuteness in this chapter you'll want to poke your eyes out! XDD Ka...

I would like to begin by saying - I love my friends but I hate bridesmaids. I love my friends but I HATE BRIDESMAIDS! I'm lucky enough to be in a very tight-knit group of girls. Some of us are going on 12+ years together. And throughout these years we've faced boyfriend/girlfriend troubles, being roommates, lesbian crisis, "stealing" boyfriends, going slightly crazy , and babies. And thru all of that we've held strong with being friends. I must say that my friends are wonderfully understanding and loving people and I truly feel blessed that each of them are in my life. But then these wonderful smart AMAZING women become bridesmaids and these same ladies morph into snarling treacherous beasts! It happened with my wedding and I thought surely this was just some fluke. I was the first of our group to be married and obviously the girls just didn't know proper protocol. So now that we all have that under our belts wedding #2 will be a breeze right? ...

Today I would like to talk about manga viewer sites and hosting.  We at Forbidden Garden have a strict no hosting policy  that has been active since June 16, 2010.  And of course our releases have found their way onto these same reader sites.  And for awhile we've overlooked them and thought that that's how it goes, and after sending emails and getting no response I went on with my life. BUT this past week while looking around I've found these sites who are not only making money off of our group's hard work but also are removing the credits so that they can claim it as their own.  And it's just wrong. And yes, I can understand the hypocrisy of the situation - the 'rules among thieves' so to say.  But I do like to think that maybe there is a small silver-lining in that we don't make money off of this and we immediately remove links of and then advertise anything that we do that becomes licensed (see Toshokan Sensou: Love & War ).

There are times in life in which you need to quickly and easily pacify your children so that you can get whatever it is that you are doing done without the screaming/crying/fit throwing mayhem that usually happens right when you really don't need it.  And I (like all good mothers) fully take advantage of pacifying tools (offering to go to the park/candy/etc) and one of these tools happens to be my IPhone.  Both of my children are now fully functional on my phone (the youngest being able to operate it at the age of 9 months) and so now they are now not only able to do tasks on it, but also are proficient in computer jargon. Well, one day my son and I was at the doctor's office, and we had been waiting in the room for short of eternity when the doctor finally steps in.  At this point my son chooses to say he needs to use the bathroom.  So I tell the doctor we'll be right back, and off we go to the bathroom.  My son gets up on the potty and sits...and sits.....

Congratulations to our lovely Berry! Today she walked across a stage that seems to take forever to cross yet passes in an instant at the same time.  We are so proud of you and all of your accomplishments!  Here's a snippet from one of my favorite stories for you~ Oh, the Places You'll Go! by Dr. Seuss Congratulations! Today is your day. You're off to Great Places! You're off and away! You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the guy who'll decide where to go.

Author: Ishida Takumi Genre: drama, mature , psychological, romance, shoujo Status: 6 volumes (complete) Year: 2003 Summary: Ichina is a second year high school student. She lives with her mother Youko, whom she hates with a passion. After getting dumped by her boyfriend she ends up having a one-night stand with her best friend Sekitani, who also recently broke up with his long-time girlfriend. Will they become more than friends? And who is the strange guy who's waiting at home with Youko when she gets back? Volume 01 Chapter 01: Released || Read Online Chapter 02: Released || Read Online Chapter 03: Released || Read Online Chapter 04: Released || Read Online Chapter 05: Released || Read Online Volume 02 Chapter 06: Released || Read Online Chapter 07: Released || Read Online Chapter 08: Released || Read Online Chapter 09: Released || Read Online Chapter 10: Released || Read Online Volume 03 Chapter 11: Released || Read Online Chapter 1...