"If you can't be pretty, you might as well cause trouble" – Florence King
Posted in Distractions, Fashion on Sep 19th, 2007
I have a new suit (or at any rate new-to-me) which at first glance was awesome, but I think I now know why it was in the thrift shop to begin with. Its fabric, which looks all drapey and smooth and pleasantly tan-and-black herringboney is a rayon/acetate blend and gets horrible, nasty, fan-fold creases in […]
Posted in bike commuting, biking, Distractions, dumb things I have done, Fashion, Imports from old blogs on Jun 29th, 2006
As some of you might have gathered, I like to ride bikes…a lot. Having and riding a bike has been a pretty big component of my life for most of my life. And I think this has given me a different relationship with my body than many women have. I started really riding with a […]
Posted in biking, Distractions, Imports from old blogs on Jun 20th, 2006
For the first year I lived in Kansas City, I hardly knew anyone. Just a couple buddies from college we moved down here to be nearer to, and I knew some people from at work. Our social life was pretty slow. We were broke. I hated my job. Todd was out of work. We lived […]
Posted in Cats, Distractions, Imports from old blogs, Utter Silliness, Words I Like on Mar 14th, 2006
My cat has a coat of arms. Words cannot describe how much this amuses me. The Ancient Arms of Griswald! Frankly, if I were designing a coat of arms for Griswald, a large, plumy tail would have to feature into it somewhere. People frequently ask me if Griswald was named after the family featured in […]
Posted in Distractions, Imports from old blogs, nostalgia, Photo entries on Feb 20th, 2006
A zillion fancy pencils…these always seemed to turn up in gifts, and I felt they were to pretty to use up. Also, they tended to be that splintery wood that doesn’t sharpen well, anyway. They were better to look at than to use, anyhow. Special delivery: eraser, par avion! The big red bag was my […]
Posted in Distractions, Fashion, Imports from old blogs, nostalgia, Photo entries on Feb 20th, 2006
At one point in the mid-1980s, it was fashionable, at least amongst schoolgirls, to have a long plastic chain with a bunch of little keychain/charm thingies hung on it. My sister and I never had the chain, but we had a few charms. This is one of mine. She had one just like it, but […]
Posted in Art Projects & Making Things, Distractions, Fashion/Sewing stuff, Imports from old blogs on Jul 15th, 2005
We had the first organizational meeting for the fashion show last night and it was…interesting. It’s basically going to be like a 2-hour-long performance arts binge with fashion stuff thrown into the mix. Modern dance. Fire spinners. Unicyclists. Acrobats. Wearable sculpture. Rollerskaters. Apparently, there’s going to be a kinetic fabric background which the models will […]
Posted in Distractions, dumb things I have done, Imports from old blogs, Utter Silliness on Jun 24th, 2005
Oh hell yes, I did. I finally “got into” that burlesque class. I’m actually having fun with it, hamming it up, and having a good time. My teacher likes my hair and suggested that when I do my bike helmet bit, I should actually wear my hair loose and stuff it up underneath the helmet, […]
Posted in Art Projects & Making Things, Distractions, dumb things I have done, huffy, Imports from old blogs, Oh, for fuck's sake, Utter Silliness on Jun 13th, 2005
I’m going to reclaim my old Huffy from my parents’ house sometime this summer and turn it into an art-bike. What my idea is, is to strip it down and paint it metallic green. I wanna cover the seat in green faux snakeskin, and put eyes (possibly clear blinky lights with “googly eyes” glued in […]
Posted in Distractions, Imports from old blogs, Utter Silliness on May 26th, 2005
Yesterday after work, I went down to Westport and signed up for some fresh dance classes. The style du jour? Burlesque. Aaaawwwyeah! I seriously think this will suit my bawdy, campy personality much better than ballet or bellydancing did. Nothing, but nothing fits my dorkitude as well as tapdancing does, though. Ye gods, I miss […]