Awards and Praise for VAU
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"To labour and not ask for any reward, save that of knowing that we do Thy will."- St. Ignatious Loyola ,'Prayer for Generosity'These are the awards that My site has snagged! Thanks to the people who have honored this site so much by giving them!!! If you have or know of an award you think I should try for, Tell me! |
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You may have
seen us before...
(VAU or Rose Noire has been interviewed
and/or mentioned at the following)
- KCOP News, UPN 13 (November 20th, 2001) : Short Los Angeles TV interview based on real vampirism and the vampyre scene in general. Click Here to watch the broadcast on-line.
- WNVZ, Z104 (October 31st, 2001): Extended radio interview for the Hampton Roads, Virginia area on vampires and vampirism.
- KJHK (October 31st, 2001):Extended radio interview for the Lawrence, Kansas area on VAU, Rose Noire and the vampyre lifestyle. Also with Clive Barker and Whitley Strieber (author of The Hunger).
- Absolute Reality Studios: Rose as a model for gothy/artsy photography and art. Click here to see pics/visit their site
Awards
(From Active Sites)
Old Awards
(From Dead/Relocated sites...Gee, VAU©'s getting old, I guess)
WYnterfyre's Design/Content Award (URL relocation) |
House of Pain's Gravely Cool Award (URL relocation) |
Dark Lord's Wicked Page Award(URL relocation) |
The Horror Show's Howling Hot award (Site Closed) |
Eternity's Award (URL relocation) |
Visitor Praise
(Fan Email sent to VAU over the years, reprinted with permission. Email addresses/names will not be included to preserve visitor privacy.)
- "I just wanted to tell you, you have got to have one of the BEST websites. I absolutely LOVE it. This is my first, maybe only one ever to be written, fan letters to a web-site. But you deserve it."
- "Being the producer of Ketchup Vampries I just wanted say that I feel honored that you were influenced so much by the Kechtup Vamprires..."
- "Thank you for give me and those like me a place where we can indulge in our true nature. As you know it is somewhat diffacult to truely be ourselves in the quote unquote normal world. But I ramble, I just wanted to say thank you and that I like your site. Do continue your hard work for it is really appreciated."
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"I would like to make a complaint .
First off , your name is an understatement to your magnificent and extremely
Noctre'radient apearence . And secondly, your website is not just good , it is at a level where we humans &
vampires have'nt created or found the sutible word(s)
to praise both you; and display of artistic genius . My hat is with
out hesitation tipped of to you. Please keep up the deliciously delightful apperance on you and yours ."
- "I visited your website,beutiful, I love it.I like everything about it.The music is great."
- "I am truly impressed with your website. I have been into vampires and vampirism for many years. I just wanted to drop a quick line and say congratulations on the success of your website. Thank you for having a "haven" where true vampire fanatics can discuss, learn, and dream..."
- "I just stumbled across your site and wanted to complement you on your work. I myself am a web designer, just getting started really, and have taken on a project for a friend who creates acrylic fangs and designs and sews Goth style clothing. Really the purpose for my web-landing here was to search out the appropriate market for his product and to familiarize myself with the look and themes of this type of product. What I found on your site was a delightful explanation of the Vampire/Vampyre community, filled with truth, or at least an honest attempt at explanation I would guess as there is no concrete fact embedded in any belief, idea or concept I suppose. But it was great to find a sight that was not created by some strung out, overly dramatic teenager just learning a little HTML and preaching Hellfire and Satan on the web simply because they can. I have seen so many negative portrayals of vampires/vampyres, and though I myself am not one and am quite comfortable in my own inner being, I have known and befriended members of the community who have been angered, or perhaps saddened is more accurate, by the bad rap they get from people who have been given an inaccurate depiction of what they are, and the media brimming with kids killing their family, girlfriends/boyfriends or their dogs or whatever, and claiming they are vampires acting on their natural instincts. Kudos to anyone who can accept who they are or who they feel they are and use the knowledge to educate rather than frighten and alienate others. I just wanted to let you know that I am truly glad that I stumbled across your site."
- "I had to give you a quick email to say I love the site. it is the bast vamp site I've come across. keep up the good work"
- "Hey i love your page i mean i searched as im into vampires and my eyes were amazed dunno u just have a mystical affect on the page i think its great"
- "I'm well... let's say, more than a little pleased that I found a web-site with as much realistic info. as your's posseses. I'm generally not one to critique other beings' lifestyles, but it seems to me that since the so-called vampire lifestyle has gotten so much media play, the "children" who've recently been born into the life of darkness have made it a more glamorous, popular life than it acutally is, or in my case anyway. Having lived a vampyristic life since my early teens, I've found it to be anything but a popularity contest or glamorous. I guess for me it's been a most secluded life, not one filled with role playing or standing around in the streets with about 15 or 20 others who claim to be one with darkness. Basically what I'm trying to say is thank you for de-glamifying what this lifestyle is really about. We need more web-sites out there that don't shout to every self described lonely, disturbed twelve year old, "Come be a vampire/vampyre, we'll fill your lonliness, we'll build your self-esteem," but those that say, "The life of a vampire/vampyre isn't filled with friends and games, it's not about black clothes, sleeping in coffins, or drinking blood; it's about being who you are, realizing that some have a deeper darkness than others, and posessing the power or restraint to dealve controllably into the depths of that darkness."
- "To get straight to the point, I have always had interests in vampires. Even as a child, I was constantly studying, reading or watching vampire related material. To this day I am still fascinated and wish to learn more. I am now using the internet as a tool in that study. Of all the websites that I have visited, yours is by far the most educational I have seen. Thank you for your time and effort."
- "I have just found your web site and I want to thank you. I have always been facinated by the vampire lifestyle but have never known why. I don't know yet what direction this will take me, but I now know I am not alone."
- "I really enjoyed your web page. I am glad to see so many people are as...interested in the world of vampyres as I am. "