Absentia...

I know I'm an inconsistent blogger on my best days, but I have recently come down with some horribly painful thing that the doctors THINK is strep throat, so I will very likely not be blogging for a time, as the computer screen hurts my eyes... I am sorry for the absence, but at least I know it's going to happen this time.

I leave you with these assorted things from the Internets:

 

Briefly...

I would like to take a mere moment of your time to express annoyance at something:
many of the prettiest corsets are fashion corsets, and thus not steel-boned and largely useless.
Complain!!



I mean, look how pretty this is!! Just fashion. And it is one of many beautiful, useless things... sadness

My personal style: a rant

I am becoming somewhat frustrated with my style, as it seems like everything I want to wear is too time consuming for school (or would just be too inconvenient throughout the day) and everything I own is either small pieces of whimsy that don't particularly fit together or, sort of... babybat. Yes, yes, I'm sixteen, I am still a babybat, but my wardrobe staples are fast becoming an Airship tank top and skirts from Hot Topic.

while theoretically this is the perfect style for the life I have now, it seems too... not understated, but a descriptor similar to understated.
With any luck I'll be off to college a year early, and I don't want to show up in a big, diverse city as the smalltown babybat whose wardrobe doesn't quite work.
Therefore, new resolution- I shall tie my clothing together. Get rid of things I don't like and/or won't wear, and buy some good sturdy staple pieces.
I would like to have long Victorian skirts and corsets for daily wear, some more casual things like tanktops, pants and skirts (with boots or heels) for miscellaneous occasions when Victorian is inappropriate but normal fancy dress is not required, and some clubwear. Short skirts, fishnet shirts... Cyberlox. Yes, I'd love to go there.
And perhaps a gothic Lolita dress :3 even though I'm 5'8" and not a tiny girl in any way. Lolita looks a little off on me, but I like it... Maybe as a graduation present I'll get myself one proper Loli dress *considers....*

By the way, the little doggie peeking out from behind my legs is Arnette, the Guide Dog for the Blind I am training. She's just over a year old and an absolute darling.

New Years

Happy it.


I have but one resolution: remember to write 2013 rather than 2012 on my homework and other date-able things.

That is all.

Gone Again?!

Yes, yes, I know... *shame face* I keep getting busy very quickly and often with no warning. My apologies. I graduate in June so hopefully I'll have a little more free time after that... at least until I go to college.

I haven't been taking pictures in the mornings because I get into such a hurry, and the afternoons are out because of my long days ruining every outfit and hairstyle :( but this is from a couple weeks ago when I was dragged to a hotel.

Also, I'm considering cutting my hair into bangs again so that I can dye them whimsical colors but leave the rest of my hair alone, because widespread opinion is that it needs to stay brown.

Opinions?

Book Review: The Catcher in the Rye, Odd Girl Out, America Again

The Catcher in the Rye: by J.D. Salinger. not entirely sure where the hype comes from. It was a story above all else, and it had a style that reminded me of the way my favorite teacher talks. It was a good book, I'll probably be rereading it at some point in the future to try and get a little more meaning out of it- it's a narrative about life and being overwhelmed but not exactly feeling it. I thought it was good, you might too. Set circa 1950, what I found most interesting was the cultural perspective it provided, such as the passages speaking of the roles of men and women (not with any gravitas, simply describing dates and the like).

Odd Girl Out: another in the Beebo Brinker chronicles by Ann Bannon, this story was the very beginning, the first intersection of the paths of Beth and Laura. Another book set c.1950, this one follows the confusing and intense romance between two college girls who become more and more aware of the reality of their situation as the story progresses. I really liked it, especially the character of Laura. If you want to read lesbian fiction, I would suggest Ann Bannon's books- it doesn't even matter what order you read them in.


America Again; Re-Becoming the Greatness we Never Weren't: this is by Stephen Colbert, a follow up to his I Am America (And So Can You!), I got it for Christmas and was entertained by it, though not as much as I am by his television show or by I Am America. Not really sure why it didn't seem as good as the first one, but perhaps that's the nature of sequels. *shrugs* if you like Stephen Colbert, give it a whirl.

Look! Kitty's New Blog :3

The Cat and the Petticoat: Hello, Internet. It's Been A While.: Finally. A new blog, a new day (er, night), and a new…uh, well I got a new cat, does that count? Most of you are probably coming ov...




She's back! I am happy.