So anyway, I am recovering, though again, got a worker who wasn’t a usual and couldn’t read because her vision was so bad so that was two hours of direct supervision and then to the post office to send off some postcards. As long as I still have postcards, I will keep sending them! I am still resisting sending married couples Yaoi cards, fighting that temptation, because while I understand in theory that while getting a yaoi card would make ME happy, it might not produce the same result being delivered in East Texas or whatever.
Anyway, I have a weekend challenge, based on Em’s grand adventure over at Amusing Perhaps called, Goth Extravaganza. I really recommend you go take a look as it has girls, skull skirts, corsets, lace, girls in cat ears, wings, graveyards, fangs and FUN! Em’s has some fun friends. So, this is the weekend challenge, go and DO something and post it – have some deliberate, maybe silly fun and pass it on. I have a couple friends coming over and I have sent out the call, “Bring thy corsets” AND if all goes well we will have pictures of LINDA in her burgundy corset. And pics of us in some various Victorian graveyards.
But if you are not into graveyards, show up what you like doing, be it putting on bonnets and going yarn crazy to cycling home with ladders (I’m looking at you Neil). This is it, May Madness weekend, weather notwithstanding. And if you can’t leave the home, how about a home picnic, or making a tent on your bed and playing board games, or making shadow shapes against the wall, or turning off the lights, lighting the candles and looking out into the night? Or if you can’t leave bed, having someone come by to put up ceiling poster or get some toy cars and make a racing track in the sheets? I don’t know what it is but lets go and deliberately do it!
This is part of my “I’m gonna TRY” plan, which means, maybe if I plan to have fun, I will. Maybe if I allow myself, I might become inspired. It could work, odder things have happened. But remember, take the pictures and post them up. You know that Linda and friends will be going picture crazy in their goth outfits so hopefully I will have lots to share with you.
As for me, I have to make sure Linda gets off to bed and that I recover enough to get to the graveyard (visiting on top, not as an occupant), and this time in a mature, not in the middle of the night running away type of visit. Anyway, thanks to Em for this inspiration and I hope maybe if you want this will inspire an hour of joyful or silliness (I always find if in doubt, find some children and blow bubbles!), or wonder and fun.
So, get planning!
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This sounds like fun. Where is there a cemetery near me...?
How but I skip the dressing up, though?
Hmm...
See, I knew there was a reason I wanted to get a new camera before coming to visit. I'm all set now for cemetery vamping pictures.
Raccoon: dressing up completely optional. I dunno, sometimes cemeteries are in the strangest places since they build around them - stuck outside corners of churches sometimes.
Cheryl: Yeah, new camera, and we can hit one or two cemeteries!
I had one of those nerve tests years ago, I still remember the pain!
Cemeteries rock! Old ones of course, new ones are just plain boring:)
Now how am I going to get any money-earning work done today? I'll be preoccupied by trying to think of a photographable form of fun.
Now, now, dear, the ladder on the bicycle was out of need: no car, too lazy to walk that far carrying a ladder, and the bus would have been too awkward, even though it was only a four-foot version.
As for dressing up, I'm with Raccoon. Corsets just don't work for me. I do approve of sarongs for guys though. Arthur C. Clarke wore them often, since in Sri Lanka the sarong is a purely male item of apparel.
I have nowhere myself to post photos, so I will send you a photo of something, just don't know what. Yet.
Hmm... the weather is going to be crap this weekend so it will have to be something in the house.
I tell you what I am going to do - take a photgraph every day from the 1st of June to the 1st of September. Camilla inspired me with her 365 photo challenge, so I'm going to jump on board :).
Oh, I already had my madness this week. This weekend I have to do laundry or there will be madness (and stinkiness!) next week.
Oh, the madness? It was dance day at the office yesterday. We played Poison and spent 10 minutes bobbing around the desks with our arms in the air. Then we were tired. We should really have dance day more often.
Hey, about Zed--so I can order directly from you? Where do I find information on shipping charges from Canada so I can figure that in?
Hoo boy I'm going to the Libertarian National Convention this weekend- you sure that you really want pictures of that? ;) I have some pretty flowers near my house, too, that I could go visit.
So, I came up with a theory. I was talking to a family friend who's a doctor last night, and he happened to say, "I'm just fascinated with the functions of a living body. I applied to medical school and to vet school and decided I'd go to whichever accepted me- I didn't much care as long as I got to study life's intricacies."
So, obviously, vet school rejected him and medical school accepted him.
Which means, perhaps, the REALLY smart and caring candidates get to go to vet school. Not that my friend isn't smart and caring, but caring wasn't his original motivation to study medicine.
So, Beth, I think perhaps you should seek a VETERINARY neurologist instead! They can't be any WORSE than the ones deliberately trying to manipulate test results to show you as an inbred, perfectly healthy, hysterical woman with conversion disorder, right? Now, just to find someone studying Multiple Systems Atrophy in primates...
Plus, then they can slip you some horse tranquilizers and you won't even KNOW you are getting needles ;)
Haven't decided yet, but yes, we'll do something really fun. Too much being cooped up, and with a long weekend for us, we need something out of the ordinary.
Ok, I was about to post about how Collette is away from the weekend and I am spending all of tomorrow (Sat) locked in the edit suite but I have not been to Mt Pleasant Cem. in years but if I was going to have fun it would be with Miss Hayley who can't go in there ... and I thought, you know, I will take some video ... But then I had this other idea ... While people who participate can post pics, I would be open to people sending pics and short video clips to me and maybe I could edit everything together ... I have time enough for that, I mean that's an idea isn't it? I could post the finished vid on my blog and send copies out. Let's think about that, its an idea (and would work for people like Neil who don't have sites, I suppose)
What a cool May Madness challenge. I looked at the photos over at Em's blog and was so moved by what she did. And amused! I dunno what we might get up to this weekend, but we'll keep the challenge in mind. I'm dealing with some big, bad family health news and I'm rather depleted. But your new plan for trying and being open has given me a nudge and I thank you for that.
I'm gonna email you a collection of me and my friends as a wild bunch of Bozo's. That will amuse, I'm sure. Ever seen an edgy, sexy, freaky Baby Bozo? Anarcho Bozo? Leather Daddy Bozo? You will soon!
This sounds like a fun challenge. I already told my 8 year old, that it will be our tiara weekend. She's in, we don't call her "Her Majesty" for nuttin'. How sad is it that we both have tiara's, and wear them often?
I am sure we will come up with something to dress up with too. I am one of those mom's who doesn't hold my wedding dress as sacred, so it's DD's favorite play things. Now my hubby would LOVE it if I found a corset somewhere to wear. They are beautiful. I did get a bonus at work....hmmm...any place that sells them for us more "well endowed" ladies??? I just may need to do some serious shopping this weekend.
As for your Yaoi cards: One, they are really beautiful. Two, they always seem a little feminine too. Three...even if my hubby saw them, I doubt if his little farm-boy self would "get it". SO...Send one to this married chick. I would really dig it.
So, are we going to get to hear any from Linda this weekend, or is it just to hard to give the reigns over...if only for a weekend?
Tammy
Our answer to this challenge is in the mail, but the post office says it won't be there until Tuesday because of Memorial day.
The REALLY crazy part is, we did the challenge on Wednesday, before you posted it!!! :)
-cygnet and ismith
raccoon, neil: you've inspired me to go look for a suitably masculine (or at least suitably silly) corset.
It's so good to hear that you are going to try. I hope it works! I think you have a very good chance of success because you are involving corsets. Here's to your fun weekend!
It's my 21st wedding anniversary.
But it's also the 19th anniversary of my kidney biopsy. It wasn't a pleasant day, my second anniversary.
In deference to your dislike of needles, dear Beth, I will not go into details. But I've never needed the touch of a human hand more than during the few minutes of that procedure; I'm sure I was going into shock before the bloody doctor finished. On the bright side, I got rid of that doctor as soon as possible, and I managed to get hooked up with my current nephrologist.
I pray that you too can find better medical treatment, Elizabeth Wonderful McClung.
To celebrate life, and my love for my Maryanne, we will join you in your quest, Elizabeth. Our weekend has begun, and though some of our fun will be done separately, we will celebrate together tonight. And THAT's none of your business. :)
Good night, my online Goth princess. May you sleep well while you plot your own fun.
Evil Lunch Lady: Oh yes, they do, and they hurt in the now AND the later. But cemeteries good, moss good, but new ones with just rows and rows all the same, well, not quite so pretty.
Heather: mmmmmmm, sorry, I have no sympathy, have FUN, record fun, bring fun back so we all can have fun together!
Neil: yeah, yeah, whatever you say I know it was some sort of macho man test of "I wonder if I can actually get this home on a bicycle" and when you finished it was "I wonder if I can get a TALLER ladder home...?"
Well, I think isn't it top hats and canes for guys or top hats and shades (a cravat wouldn't go amiss). Also carrying a sword or mace around is pretty good (I find that works in life too, get better service when I carry a mace and a morning glory around with me)
As it happens, Victor is going to turn the photos into a movie, maybe some sequential story of everyone's may madness! So, no worries on the posting.
Gaina: That's great, I like every day projects. Because as you change, they change and reflect those daily changes. It is interesting. I hope you have fun indoors or do something fun or play snakes and ladders (no real snakes please!).
Yanub: I hope that is a joke, or are you one of those who find laundry fun? Or is it that you, like us some weeks are down the the "Sexy underwear" - which is the sign that you REALLY need to do laundry when you are wearing thongs and lingerie sets under your gardening clothes.
Oh Poison by groove coverage, I like that - if you want Zed just send my your address and I can get it at my "writer's discount" which is probably more than used but comes with added features (to be though off).
Veralidaine: What, no wild crazy fun during the lunch break? No sneaking off to the pub?
As for the theory, it kind of is like this, if you are rude, abusive and mean to animals - they bite and kick you! I think that is why you need a calming presence and you know...caring, to be a vet.
Frida: Well, you just DID something big so please have fun but (I am such a hypocrite), take care of yourself. See, I won't listen when Linda tells me that but I expect other people to.
Victor: Sorry you are locked away all day, and why is Miss Hayley not allowed in, I don't think the dead people mind. I think the editing is a great idea and I would, even if I post pic really like to see you do the editing on them with everyone else because you are the pro and I like your work! That's a generous offer (which I will of course gladly take!)
Donimo: Yes, I was moved too, it was such a cool idea and project and that she has so many people who would be into that. Wow.
Sorry about the family news and hey, life comes first, you know. But if there is a chance for sneaking in, like Linda did for me, a teddy bear picnic or the like, sometimes a break from reality is good. I did like the Bozo pics a lot.
Tammy: Ohhhh, I don't think I have a Tiara, I am glad you are fully supplied. I think that is cool, becuase having the right 'attitude' with a tiara can make even the dull into 'glamour, darling!'
Actually Torrid, it is a shop on line at at some malls, it is Hot Topic for "endowed women" and larger women - that is where Linda got her corset and it fits like a dream - about $50 with light boning and some spandex!
I think we will definately hear from Linda this weekend, but maybe if it is a big picture day, I will do a bit too, so we have both points of view. She did do a great job last week!
Cygnet: I guess that great minds think alike and you and Em have great minds, and mine is just about imitation being the best form of flattery. I needed someone to show me how to have fun, how to let lose, and you two cared, thanks.
ismith: well, top hat and cane are more traditional but I say, go with whatever you want - you know I am all for getting boys hello kitty guitars if boys want them so corsets for everyone (actually, they were a standard for men of the stage in the late Victorian/Edwardian times).
Em: With corsets, and arm warmers, anything is possible! he hee!
Neil: Happy 21st anniversary. As for the other anniversary, it must have been SOME biopsy if you still remember with vivid detail.
Yes, while this is a sex positive site, I generally only use Linda and I as word and photo subjects, so your celebration tonight is all yours. Thanks for joining in with me for a little may madness, a little fun. Say Hi and thanks to Maryanne! Good nite!
Well, I think isn't it top hats and canes for guys or top hats and shades (a cravat wouldn't go amiss). Also carrying a sword or mace around is pretty good (I find that works in life too, get better service when I carry a mace and a morning glory around with me)
The cane and sword don't work so well in a chair (or on crutches). But the mace is a possibility, as is the top hat. I've got photochromic lenses already, but I'm pretty sure that's not what you meant by shades ... (although top hat + wolfshead cane + mirrored lenses does sound pretty badass)
I am due back at the cemetary tonight - they are stocktaking!
Here's (on my blog) my graphic;-)
Oooooh, THIS is that post. Okay. No problem; mission accomplished; do I have a post for you. No, not the one from Sunday that I already showed you, the one from today (Monday*) which was shot specifically with you in mind, although I was pretty much going to do it in any event.
hee hee hee
Stay tuned. I'll let you know when it's up. :)
(Meanwhile, feel better, please. The laughter? It's supposed to help. Everyone says so.)
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* Yes. It is actually Tuesday now, 1:10 a.m. to be exact, so yes, I am obsessing a bit since I am still awake just so I can finish creating the post about my Monday afternoon. I hope knowing that other people obsess over these things -- people who, quite frankly, have other things they should be doing and would be doing if they were the slightest bit adult and/or responsible, and yes that would include sleeping -- also makes you happy.
Okay, well part one is here, and now I must go crash. Hope it gives you a grin or two, in spite of the lack of visible corsets.
Wow, I haven't pulled an all-nighter for any reason in the longest time. How odd.
We went to the LA County Museum of Art yesterday for our "weekend challenge"--they were having free admission, live music (big band), and booths with kid activities directed by artists (daughter contributed to an "instant memorial"). LACMA has great accessibility--and there are always other families including wheelchair users, young and old, in the galleries and at the outdoor cafes and such. I posted a couple pictures on my flickr stream, here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/11418107@N02/2526302403/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/11418107@N02/2526302395/
Afterwards, we got Ethiopian takeout, because LACMA's just a couple blocks from LA's Little Ethiopia neighborhood.
My comp's ethernet port or card has gone out, so I've had no Internet access since Thursday night. I finally am taking time in the lab to try to catch up on your blog. It's gonna take me a bit. Needless to say, I didn't do anything crazy -- unless you count reading smut instead of reading for my General Exam.
I'll try something this weekend. Maybe not something CRAZY, but how about something I haven't done in a while?
Oh! Do you know the name of the woman in that last picture? She looks like Pauley Perrette from "NCIS."
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