I hope that you've got all of the books turned in that you want! Today is the last day for the Reading Contest.
I hope that you've got all of the books turned in that you want! Today is the last day for the Reading Contest.
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June 30, 2009
I hope that you've got all of the books turned in that you want! Today is the last day for the Reading Contest.
Stop by the Beach Shack for one of their new bathing suits. :o
Just letting everyone know that Firefox 3.5 has been released.
It holds significant upgrades for all operating systems, better memory management, and support for HTML5 tags.
I suggest upgrading as soon as possible ;).
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Congratulations to 
Fretful for winning a Graveyard Potion in the Potion Lottery!
June 29, 2009
The chibi ruffies have banded together to issue a cute challenge to all of the sugary sweet pets of Subeta to see who is the most endearing! It's a war! The only way to save yourselves from the massive adorable attack is by not looking!
...Oh, that probably should have been said first, huh? Sorry.
There is a new free gift that you must have! You've seen the rest; now go get the best! :D
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Congratulations to 
iRoar for winning a Sun Potion in the Potion Lottery!
June 28, 2009
If your space-vision just isn't as sharp as you wish it was, or you need to update your wardrobe, head to the Atebus Shop for these new goggles!
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Congratulations to Vacant for winning a Sun Potion in the Potion Lottery!
June 27, 2009
In need of a casual top that fits any season? Try the Clothing Rack for these casual cowl tops then. :D
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Congratulations to Floramei for winning a Lilac Potion in the Potion Lottery!
June 26, 2009
A new trivia question has been added!
The Carnival Stand has just perfected their fried dough recipe. Their product, these lovely and delicious cream puffs, are now on sale for all to enjoy. :o
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Congratulations to mamakudos for winning a Gold Potion in the Potion Lottery!
June 25, 2009
The Millionaire Center has an abundant stock of the Single Sequined Gloves. They're basically giving them away for free!
The Token Shop is selling the last of its Pop Legend Jacket as well, then it's off to retirement.
With the days getting longer, there are all kinds of summer activities that present an irresistible opportunity for piracy. Captain Jacques has returned to his home port to prepare for the busy season.
The Stock Market has been changed a little bit, and has new achievements!
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Congratulations to Susu for winning a Chibi Potion in the Potion Lottery!
June 24, 2009
It's been clearing out day in the Cash Shop! Removed a lot of the older items, and added a few new $.50 items.
Finally, light enough to carry! Three more Mysterious Costume Trunk retirements, and probably the last you'll see for awhile.
People coming out of the Blue Building have been seen reading the Tales of the Blue Dragon. I wonder how you can get yourself a copy?
A new trivia question has been added!
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Congratulations to EmmaM for winning a Dusk Potion in the Potion Lottery!
June 23, 2009
Missing something? ;) The Gift of Fashions Past has returned to the Cash Shop.
It now gives 10 retired Subeautique/Costume Trunk items each time you open it.
One can never have too many plushies. :o
Well, that is what the Plushie Parlour wants you to think. ;)
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Congratulations to Dodz for winning a Arid Potion in the Potion Lottery!
June 22, 2009
Finally fixed the Human Avatar content block of profiles to display the clothes that you're wearing if you have that option set.
There seems to be some confusion about the reading contest, so I'll address that now.
You can not use your reading contest points until the reading drive is over (July 1st!).
On July 1st, you will no longer be able to turn in books, and the shop will allow you to purchase items.
You can not use your reading contest points until the reading drive is over (July 1st!).
On July 1st, you will no longer be able to turn in books, and the shop will allow you to purchase items.
The Secluded Shrine has developed some new and powerful spells for you pets. It appears Dr. Ian Asmodeus has something to do with their production as well...
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Congratulations to BIRDIE for winning a Field Potion in the Potion Lottery!
June 21, 2009
Down to the home stretch! Only 10 days left in the Reading Contest! If you haven't got all of the books you need yet, I hope that you're at least working on it!
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Congratulations to Morachino for winning a Common Potion in the Potion Lottery!
June 20, 2009
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The Accessory Shop has received a shipment of interesting colored bow ties. Enjoy!
The Accessory Shop has received a shipment of interesting colored bow ties. Enjoy!
June 19, 2009
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Congratulations to _Paradox_ for winning a Angelic Potion in the Potion Lottery!
It seems the Icy Goods shop has come up with new flavors of ice cream for everyone to enjoy this summer. :)
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Congratulations to JasmineDragon for winning a Common Potion in the Potion Lottery!
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Congratulations to Amarock for winning a Spectrum Potion in the Potion Lottery!
Hi all! Okay, so I believe (and never before have I so hoped I'm right!) that I've had a breakthrough with the server config. For the first time, our database servers seems to actually be using a significant part of it's muscle.
So tell me in comments here: is the site fast for you? Or does it still leave something to be desired (and even if so, is it better than before?)
-Alex
So tell me in comments here: is the site fast for you? Or does it still leave something to be desired (and even if so, is it better than before?)
-Alex
June 18, 2009
Oh, dear. You see? This is what happens when we overload the artists with too many "What about the [insert not-yet-released pet color combination here]??" comments!
NOTE: The scribble ruffie, chai, and malticorn are revamps. The manchu and Experiment #1536 are new additions to the scribble roster!
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Congratulations to Selphie for winning a Glacier Potion in the Potion Lottery!
June 17, 2009
Hi all! It's been a few days since the Big Move, so I thought I'd post a little status update. I wanted to address some things that might be on people's minds (cough lag), and talk about where we go from here.
So yeah, the lag issue. I've heard a few people say that they wish we'd stayed on the old servers, since the site seems slower on the new servers. While this may be true, it's by no means the whole picture.
We didn't move to make the site faster, at all. We moved because the old servers were actually causing our database to become corrupt and eventually crash the site entirely, at which point the site was down until we could recover the database. Sometimes even our real-time backup was corrupt, which led to much-hated rollbacks.
Obviously, something had to change, and so we moved off of the old servers and onto our new ones, which so far (crosses fingers) seem rock solid. Our database has been taking much more punishment than it was ever capable of handling before, and it's handling it with grace, not locking up or crashing or anything. A HUGE improvement!
On the other hand, things do seem slower... that much is the truth. Why? It could be for any number of reasons... not least of which is the fact that we started an event immediately upon moving here. Also, servers are not simple boxes that you plug in and turn on. They have more configuration options (think buttons and knobs and dials) than you could imagine. Getting the settings right for these servers might take some time.
But by far the biggest point is this: now that we're free of servers that crash and corrupt the database, we can begin to address Subeta's performance issues in earnest. These problems are rooted in the programming, and that, I can fix :)
-Alex
So yeah, the lag issue. I've heard a few people say that they wish we'd stayed on the old servers, since the site seems slower on the new servers. While this may be true, it's by no means the whole picture.
We didn't move to make the site faster, at all. We moved because the old servers were actually causing our database to become corrupt and eventually crash the site entirely, at which point the site was down until we could recover the database. Sometimes even our real-time backup was corrupt, which led to much-hated rollbacks.
Obviously, something had to change, and so we moved off of the old servers and onto our new ones, which so far (crosses fingers) seem rock solid. Our database has been taking much more punishment than it was ever capable of handling before, and it's handling it with grace, not locking up or crashing or anything. A HUGE improvement!
On the other hand, things do seem slower... that much is the truth. Why? It could be for any number of reasons... not least of which is the fact that we started an event immediately upon moving here. Also, servers are not simple boxes that you plug in and turn on. They have more configuration options (think buttons and knobs and dials) than you could imagine. Getting the settings right for these servers might take some time.
But by far the biggest point is this: now that we're free of servers that crash and corrupt the database, we can begin to address Subeta's performance issues in earnest. These problems are rooted in the programming, and that, I can fix :)
-Alex
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Congratulations to KEN for winning a Nightmare Potion in the Potion Lottery!
June 16, 2009
A new trivia question has been added!
NOTE: If you received multiple trivia prizes from the last trivia, please delete all but one. You may keep the sP as acknowledgment of our error.
Donated all your books to the book drive? No worries! The Book Nook has a few new books for you to collect or you know... read. ;)
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Congratulations to assumptions for winning a Dawn Potion in the Potion Lottery!
June 15, 2009
I hope you've been collecting your books! The Reading Drive has begun!
This drive will end on July 1st, and at that point you will be able to purchase items from the shop. Good luck!
Welcome to Subeta on our new servers!
Congrats! If you're seeing this message, you are definitely on our new servers and return to playing normally! Enjoy!
Congrats! If you're seeing this message, you are definitely on our new servers and return to playing normally! Enjoy!
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Congratulations to Lexiana for winning a Marsh Potion in the Potion Lottery!
June 14, 2009
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Congratulations to Ramby for winning a Reborn Potion in the Potion Lottery!
Welcome to Subeta on our new servers!
Congrats! If you're seeing this message, you are definitely on our new servers and return to playing normally! Enjoy!
Congrats! If you're seeing this message, you are definitely on our new servers and return to playing normally! Enjoy!
Hello all!
In case you missed the last few posts, we've been in the process of moving the site to new servers. That process is coming to a close, and it's time to make the final switch.
Subeta will go down soon, and when it comes back up we'll be on the new servers.
During this time, you may see yourself transferred to a site called move.subeta.net . This is merely a way of getting around the 48 hours that it takes for DNS to spread across the internet.
Some of you may have been playing on move.subeta.net if you've been following the progress on Twitter or IRC. From this point forward, changes on move.subeta.net may be permanent, so don't give away your whole inventory or you may end up very, very sad :)
If all goes well, you won't even be logged out :)
Wish us luck!
-Alex
In case you missed the last few posts, we've been in the process of moving the site to new servers. That process is coming to a close, and it's time to make the final switch.
Subeta will go down soon, and when it comes back up we'll be on the new servers.
During this time, you may see yourself transferred to a site called move.subeta.net . This is merely a way of getting around the 48 hours that it takes for DNS to spread across the internet.
Some of you may have been playing on move.subeta.net if you've been following the progress on Twitter or IRC. From this point forward, changes on move.subeta.net may be permanent, so don't give away your whole inventory or you may end up very, very sad :)
If all goes well, you won't even be logged out :)
Wish us luck!
-Alex
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Congratulations to specialspice for winning a Marsh Potion in the Potion Lottery!
June 13, 2009
Hi everyone! In case you missed the news post the other day, we are moving to new web hosting (yay for greener pastures!). We got access to the new servers today and everything seems to be in order, so I've begun the rather complicated procedure of moving Subeta to its new home!
I'm going to be doing as much of the move "on-line", with the site on, as is possible. I really have no idea how this is going to effect the site though, so we will see. I'd much rather turn it off for the day than have trades and item transfers and purchases go screwy. I have disabled the web server that will be hardest hit by this, so hopefully that will help some.
If you'd like to follow our progress, I will be keeping everyone up to date on the Subeta twitter, so tune in!
Thanks for your patience, and wish us luck,
Alex
I'm going to be doing as much of the move "on-line", with the site on, as is possible. I really have no idea how this is going to effect the site though, so we will see. I'd much rather turn it off for the day than have trades and item transfers and purchases go screwy. I have disabled the web server that will be hardest hit by this, so hopefully that will help some.
If you'd like to follow our progress, I will be keeping everyone up to date on the Subeta twitter, so tune in!
Thanks for your patience, and wish us luck,
Alex
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Congratulations to mug for winning a Gold Potion in the Potion Lottery!
June 12, 2009
Your mother always warned you not to eat too many sweets as a child. You just couldn't listen, could you? She told you about the way your teeth would rot and you just chuckled and went about your merry way, stuffing your gleeful face with the delectable sugars and candies. You laughed at her stories about ... about the Evil Pie.
Until one day the Evil Pie showed up. Until it showed up and ... and ...
... we don't talk about that.
And now you sit up at night, flinching at every sound, crying out every time something round and flakey-crusted and delicious moves in the corner of your eye. You haven't eaten sugar in weeks, but it just keeps following you. You see it everywhere now. It's even infiltrated your stickers, your beanbags and the cookies you shakingly buy for your wizened, bitter old mother, now ...
They're everywhere.
Be on your guard. D:
Until one day the Evil Pie showed up. Until it showed up and ... and ...
... we don't talk about that.
And now you sit up at night, flinching at every sound, crying out every time something round and flakey-crusted and delicious moves in the corner of your eye. You haven't eaten sugar in weeks, but it just keeps following you. You see it everywhere now. It's even infiltrated your stickers, your beanbags and the cookies you shakingly buy for your wizened, bitter old mother, now ...
They're everywhere.
Be on your guard. D:
A new trivia question has been added!
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Congratulations to Howesha for winning a Glade Potion in the Potion Lottery!
June 11, 2009
What's this? :o It looks like there is a newcomer to Subetan homes. Formerly considered very dangerous to have as pets, dedicated priggle breeders have finally bred a variety with softer quills. Why not adopt one today?
Item not found: gypsy troupe costume trunk
Phew! The Mysterious Costume Trunk was starting to get pretty heavy with all of those clothes inside! I'm not even sure if it's light enough now...
The Locked Box of Sweetness, Swanky Shopping Bag, Android Dystopia, Gypsy Troupe and Southern Belle have been retired from the Mysterious Costume Trunk.
There are still plenty more costumes to get inside though, which you can find in the Cash Shop.
Don't have the legs to work shorts? No problem! The Clothing Rack has a new line of patterned pants for everyone to enjoy, even those with less than flattering figure. ;)
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Congratulations to AURORAE for winning a Sun Potion in the Potion Lottery!
June 10, 2009
Aww, chibi wyllops have been given an update. Wouldn't you love to take one home?
Hi all! For those of you who don't know me, I'm Alex, Subeta programmer. This news post is kind of a big announcement, but it's also a long one, so bear with me. I promise, it's worth it.
It's always amazed me that Subeta's problems with crashes and downtime have become something of a running joke on the site, but I can see why they have. Back when this year started, we were suffering from database crashes every couple of days, sometimes going down for an hour or two before we were able to recover, sometimes much longer. And we had a couple times where we had no choice but to roll the site back for hours (or days) when backups didn't work or corruption was too bad.
Keith and I have been hard at work fixing this situation though. And things have gotten much better. The database now stays up for days without crashes or killer lag, and when we do crash it takes us, on average, less than 45 minutes to get back online with no rollbacks.
But still our core problem remains: both of our database servers somehow have their data corrupted, overwritten with nonsense, which eventually causes us to crash and have to restore from another copy. This has been a vexing problem for us, and it was one of my main focuses when I attended the MySQL User's Conference back in April. And I'm happy to say we now have a very solid theory of what's happening. The details are pretty technical, but the general theory is that the Solid State Disks (SSDs) that our database servers use, and the RAID cards they are connected to, are somehow corrupting the database. This is actually more likely than it sounds, because the disks our hosting company uses in our servers, we've discovered, are a cheaper brand of SSDs meant for things like storing your music on, not running high-concurrency, high-churn databases on.
So we're moving... to a different hosting company, one that has put together a much better setup for us. Our servers will have more memory, faster disks, no RAID cards (which end up slowing the SSDs down), and better support for when things go wrong. The new setup is currently being inspected by the new company, after which WE get to inspect it (likely tomorrow) and then we'll move the site. Even if it doesn't fix the corruption issue (which we are almost positive it will), this move represents a pretty nice improvement for us.
So, what should you expect? Downtime should be contained. I'm actually hoping to only have the site offline for a few minutes, but it may take longer than that. When copying gigabytes of data across the internet, you never really know how much time you'll need. The site will NOT be changing names again, we'll still be subeta.net.
With any luck, when Subeta comes up it will hopefully be much more stable and (crosses fingers) noticably faster.
We (the entire staff) also wanted to thank everyone, both for their patience during the next few days as we execute the move, but also for being patient with us over the past months as we've worked hard to hunt down problems and get to this point. You guys are the reason why I don't mind waking up to my phone at 3 in the morning to go recover the database :)
-Alex
P.S. Keith and I will be lurking in the comments, answering any questions you may have.
It's always amazed me that Subeta's problems with crashes and downtime have become something of a running joke on the site, but I can see why they have. Back when this year started, we were suffering from database crashes every couple of days, sometimes going down for an hour or two before we were able to recover, sometimes much longer. And we had a couple times where we had no choice but to roll the site back for hours (or days) when backups didn't work or corruption was too bad.
Keith and I have been hard at work fixing this situation though. And things have gotten much better. The database now stays up for days without crashes or killer lag, and when we do crash it takes us, on average, less than 45 minutes to get back online with no rollbacks.
But still our core problem remains: both of our database servers somehow have their data corrupted, overwritten with nonsense, which eventually causes us to crash and have to restore from another copy. This has been a vexing problem for us, and it was one of my main focuses when I attended the MySQL User's Conference back in April. And I'm happy to say we now have a very solid theory of what's happening. The details are pretty technical, but the general theory is that the Solid State Disks (SSDs) that our database servers use, and the RAID cards they are connected to, are somehow corrupting the database. This is actually more likely than it sounds, because the disks our hosting company uses in our servers, we've discovered, are a cheaper brand of SSDs meant for things like storing your music on, not running high-concurrency, high-churn databases on.
So we're moving... to a different hosting company, one that has put together a much better setup for us. Our servers will have more memory, faster disks, no RAID cards (which end up slowing the SSDs down), and better support for when things go wrong. The new setup is currently being inspected by the new company, after which WE get to inspect it (likely tomorrow) and then we'll move the site. Even if it doesn't fix the corruption issue (which we are almost positive it will), this move represents a pretty nice improvement for us.
So, what should you expect? Downtime should be contained. I'm actually hoping to only have the site offline for a few minutes, but it may take longer than that. When copying gigabytes of data across the internet, you never really know how much time you'll need. The site will NOT be changing names again, we'll still be subeta.net.
With any luck, when Subeta comes up it will hopefully be much more stable and (crosses fingers) noticably faster.
We (the entire staff) also wanted to thank everyone, both for their patience during the next few days as we execute the move, but also for being patient with us over the past months as we've worked hard to hunt down problems and get to this point. You guys are the reason why I don't mind waking up to my phone at 3 in the morning to go recover the database :)
-Alex
P.S. Keith and I will be lurking in the comments, answering any questions you may have.
A new trivia question has been added!
Feeling... magical? You can attend your very own school of Sorcery, and learn to set your hair on fire!
The Sacred Monument can be found in the Mysterious Costume Trunk in the Cash Shop. It feels like the Mysterious Costume Trunk is starting to get a little heavy, isn't it?
Just to remind everyone, when you refer someone they must complete various tasks around the site to 'count' as a referral for you. This includes making a certain amount of sP, adopting a pet, among other things.
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Congratulations to orangecake for winning a Glade Potion in the Potion Lottery!
June 9, 2009
Looking to add a splash of color to your waist area? Try the Accessory Bin for these new cummerbunds, then. :)
A new trivia question has been added!
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Congratulations to Sar for winning a Twilight Potion in the Potion Lottery!
June 8, 2009
Artists!
There is a new tutorial on drawing salon hair provided by User not found: illusion in the Artist Reference Library. If you are unterested in drawing hair for our hair salon, I suggest you check it out!
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Congratulations to karateetee for winning a Potion of Purity in the Potion Lottery!
June 7, 2009
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Perhaps your summer isn't as warm as the rest. If you live in a chilly bit of the world, grab one of these new striped scarves from the Icy Goods.
Perhaps your summer isn't as warm as the rest. If you live in a chilly bit of the world, grab one of these new striped scarves from the Icy Goods.
Congratulations to vxpoetictragedyxv for winning a Marsh Potion in the Potion Lottery!
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June 6, 2009
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June 5, 2009
Looking to do a bit of traveling around the world? Pick up one of these new guides from the Cash Shop and be on your way. :)
Feel like dressing up a bit? Try visiting the Clothing Rack for these new skirts. I'm sure you can find some sort of fancy shirt to match. ;)
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June 4, 2009
Are you a big celinox fan? If you are then you are in luck because the Bean Bag shop has a new line of celinox beanbags just for you! :D
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June 3, 2009
I would just like to add a sense of urgency to the earlier news post. Earlier in the year, as posted in the news, we had a security lapse that resulted in user account information being released to the internet.
This was caused by a type of attack called a MySQL Injection, which also resulted in things like NPC accounts being taken over, and things of that nature.
Now, since that happened we have requested four times for you to change your passwords in various mediums. Today we asked again.
There has not been another exploit, there has not been another breach of security. The same exact list of user information is floating around, and users who did not change their information the past four times they've been told to, are now paying the price.
So, one more time. If you have not recently changed your password, I am asking you to please change your password. I'll make an ultra cool free gift everyday for a week next week, if everyone makes an effort to protect their online identity. I promise!
We aren't just trying to make your subeta life hard by remembering a new password, we are trying to make sure that all the work that you've put into your account isn't lost.
Looking to show off a new tan or are you just looking to catch up on the summer fashion? Either way try one of these new tops from the Clothing Rack!
It's my turn to pester you all now about internet safety and security. ;)
As part of our normal security procedures, we are asking you to please change your password immediately if you have not done it in the past month. (This is a good idea for any and all websites you are a member of, and not just Subeta.) Please be sure to select a secure password; don't use your birthday, your dog's name, or something similarly easy to guess.
Any users who have not logged in within the past month are having their passwords automatically reset. If you've just come back from vacation and are unable to log into your account, please use the password request tool, and be sure you have emails sourced from Subeta.net on your safe/contacts list to ensure that it is not trashed as spam by your email provider. Please give the server and your email provider sufficient time to deliver the email.
If you have repeatedly tried the password request tool, given it plenty of time to be delivered, and still aren't having any luck, you will need to email [email protected] to begin the identity verification process required for an account retrieval.
If you're already hitting the comment button to ask if this applies to you, please don't. If you are in doubt, change it!
Thank you for your continued support of Subeta, and have a fun and internet-safe day. :)
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June 2, 2009
It seems the Plushie Parlour has gotten their hands on some rather adorable vintage plushies. You should stop by and try to snag a few! No one can resist such cute plushies. ;)
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June 1, 2009
Show your love of a particular species with one of these brand new shirts from the Clothing Rack! :)
It would seem that Leidina fashion is all the rage this summer judging by this new shirt in the Token Shop!
Well, I know that we're all aware that June is the best month of the year ;). Take a walk outside, the weather is (usually) nice, go to your local botanical gardens! Just watch out for ladybugs :(.
The June 2009 Collections are now in the Cash Shop.
Don't you look fierce with this blade! You can only get something this awesome from the Millionaire Center!
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