I'm not worthy of you. But I still love you, I think.
Don't try to find me again. You would be lonely for music. I want you to be happy. I want you to marry again. I am going to write out instructions for your next wife.
To My Husband's Next Wife
Be gentle.
Be sure to comb his hair when it is wet.
Do not fail to notice that his face flushes pink like a bride's when you kiss him.
Give him lots to eat.
He forgets to eat and he gets cranky.
When he's sad, kiss his forehead and I will thank you.
Because he is a young prince, and his robes are too heavy for him.
His crown falls down around his ears.
I'll give this letter to a worm. I hope he finds you.
A Death in the family can make you think about life....Which in turn can make you think about death, and just how short life really is, and how you need to make the most out of the time you have with the people around you, because you never know how long you have with a person or persons.
Nothing can ever make sense out of a situation in which a loved one dies, as much as we want it to, it just cannot be rationalized. Some one you loved has been taken out of your life, and nothing about that makes sense , so there is no use trying to understand it.
You have to keep on living, you have all of the memories with you in your mind, in pictures, and objects associated with the dearly departed, and even though they are a poor substitute, in a way they help keep them alive just that much longer
The worst part is having been unable to say goodbye.
not so much fun when you spend roughly 8 hours in them
and i did just that last night/ this morning
to entertain myself i:
played ipod solitare for a good 45ish minutes....and lost every time
re-read the USF program
reorganized my carry on luggage
wrote and mailed some postcards
lost a dollar in the slot machines
played with a wheel chair
wandered aimlessly about the airport
wrote this list
attempted to do some sketches
read a bit of great expectations
stared off into space
wished i had decided on bring my ukulele as a carry on
watched a lady clean the escalator
eavesdropped
-'If i close my eyes you sound like matt damon!'- crazy lady to a brosif who was chatting up a girl
played the 'who in this area is going to san fransisco game'...the bus full of asian tourists? ahhhyup
and wished i had a buddy with me.....for things would have been a whole lot more entertaining....
oh i also wondered why one would want to get a tattoo of a dolphin on the extreme upper portion of ones backside....why would you want it to look like there is a dolphin jumping out of your bum?
and now i sit safely in san fransisco in my sisters apartment....now to shower and nap, cause ive been awake over 24hours now....and i feel really gross from traveling
Master the Accordion Master the Ukulele Build a Tee-Pee in my room, Sleep in a Tee-Pee Go to a Pow-Wow Be Loved Be Missed Miss Someone Punch a Seagull Write A To Do List and Finish It All In One Day Dance In the Rain Kiss in the Rain Have A Legit Picnic Get Rid of my Stage Fright Get a Tattoo Watch the Sun Rise and Set Feed the Birds Be The Birds Have An All Day Flea Market and Thrift Store Adventure Be Adorable Any Chance I Get Wear Converse With my Skirts and Dresses Wear More Skirts and Dresses Climb Trees Play the Ukulele in the Trees Say How I Feel When I Feel It Go To The Aquarium Go To The Zoo Shave my Head Eat An Ice Cream Cone On the Roof Of A Car Under The Stars Puddle Jumping Extravaganza Water Balloon Fight Take As Many Pictures as I can Eat Froot Loops with a Toucan...he doesn't need to be named Sam, But it would be an added Bonus Wear Red Lipstick as often as I can Wear Flowers In My Hair Build a Massive Bon Fire Using One Match Bake Cookies Whenever I Can Draw More Paint More Doodle More Dream More Write More Cuddle More Love More Dye my Hair an Unusual Colour Learn To Parallel Park Get My Drivers License Stop Holding Myself Back Let Me Be Me Buy A Guitar Learn How To Play Aforementioned Guitar Pet Baby Ducks Turn My Basement into A Ball Pit Nap In a Field Full of Wild Flowers Stay Motivated Stay Positive Watch The Clouds Float By Find Shapes in the Clouds Get as Many Bolo Ties as I can Wear Cowboy Boots Learn to Play The Banjo Fire a Gun Make a Soundtrack For The Summer Be Confident Go To A Carnival Hold Hands at Said Carnival Go To As Many Concerts As I Can Obtain and Wear a Bowler Hat As Often As I Can Tiptoe Thru The Tulips
There is a gleam and a moving of rich stuffs and shapess and above all a countenance-is it a mask?- topped buy high jeweled headdress and bent down ever and again to catch the lights from below. We have a sense of a thing all golden, a guilded galleon riding on the waves. Golden, carved, overlaid, crusted with gold on dark gold, so heavy it can move only with a gliding step, a slow, measured approach. The billowing folds of the stiff brocaded Oriental silks make a whispering sound like the sound of waves breaking on the shore. There is a ripping of light and a soft rustling and a foam of lace on the purfled sleeves and sheen of gems over all, a mirage sapphires and moonstones and aquamarines and drops of crystal. Great triple ruffs float upon the air, veils -"slow-dropping veils of thinnest lawn"- droop and fall with the stately dippings and fillings and careenings over the smooth floor of the sea. We see it for an instant, plain and clear.
a set of three vintage pyrex bowls in the pattern named 'Town and Country' from 1963.... though i think i may be missing the smallest bowl from the set....who knows i may find it someday
I've realized that in making my second ballgown, that I neglected to blog about it, unlike last years which got a few blogs....
So this year....This years ballgown is an 1870's Era (the early bustle period), it began with research like usual...and ended up being inspired by the blue gown that Claudia wears in "Interview With The Vampire"
it doesnt show the colour all that well... but I knew I wanted rusching, neckline detail and blue.....
so I did a sketch...and got to looking for fabric....and as things go..I couldnt find any fabric in the colour that I wanted....so i ended up buying a dark teally blue iridescent taffeta that I fell in love with( I had originally wanted to stay away from teal...but I love it and it looks real good with red hair) and as an accent colour I got a taupe-y brassy shot with black taffeta....for the neckline decoration I got a selection of beaded appliques. Again as with any design project, I did a complete redesign before I started construction, because I got inspired by an antique family photo album inherited from my Great Grandmother(i'll scan in the photos in question another day....I promise)
It took about three weeks of work, for several hours aday, but I was still sewing the day of the Ball and finished it litterally about an hour before the Ball, because I am just that awesome.... needless to say all of the work paid off because I got a whole lot of compliments, and according to my professor it was the most popular dress there(not to sound to conceded here)
But anyway enough of my babbling and onward to the pictures:
Definitionly speaking a Bolo tie is a type of necktie consisting of a piece of cord or braided leather with decorative metal tips or aglets secured with an ornamental clasp or slide.
often times you see them worn like this: (mmmmlookatthatcowboy) image source
but i like to wear them as such
(this is todays outfit)
recently i scored three at goodwill, and now am looking to expand my collection
Thats what I like to call my little family of cartoon characters, that I doodle, paint, stencil and make into pins....Finally...after being prodded and pleaded to make an Etsy shop to sell my little friends...Ive done just that....I am still working on it....figuring out pricing and transaction stuff... but I've started making stock...so far its just a few little paintings...soon I'll put up some pins...and maybe a stenciled shirt or two...We'll see how it goes....
but heres a wee sampling of the paintings that I have so far 'Peekaboo' 'Hello' 'Tip Toeing Thru The Tulips
more produce stands than you can shake a stick at!
sweet and juicy? you bet
...and this thing!
im gonna try to get better at this whole 'go on adventures and blog about it with pictures thing' so the first one will be rough of course.....but better ones to come, i hope
I am a costume/fashion design student in my sophomore year of college, with a soft spot for exceptional facial hair, handlebar moustaches that means you!,well costumed movies, the victorian era, thrift shopping and antiquing,playing the ukulele, tea,makeup, scarves, slouchy hats, lol cats and dogs, ferrets, playing dress up, photograpy, and just general silly-ness
'Hello' 
