Quote of the Day:

"The harder I work, the luckier I get." - James Thurber

We're going to Waterfire for the first time tonight, whoot! :) Tomorrow is my nephew's birthday: he's going to be 7 (God, that makes me feel old). I'm pondering going to the Sky Bar on Thursday - what are the bands like? Is it the weekend yet?

Productive house stuff . . . ( Read more... )

Wow

Alleycat Scratch is my hero. The last time I was looking around on how to make an Arwen Coronation Crown nobody had really figured out a good way. Now there is this:
http://www.alleycatscratch.com/lotr/makingem/Tips/Metal/Butterfly.htm

Neato! Wow, that's good :)

Here's hoping the hubby and I can do this (and have time for it). The lovely Lelia is altering my gown that was HUGE when it finally arrived after being backordered for 4 months, so no returning/exhanging for me. Brian's mail shirt is almost done, leather work is in the works. We need to get sewing the fabic/pleather parts for him.

OK, now I'm getting excited for DC. Once the Tiggerette is back we need to get working on her costumes (if she's going to want some) too. Having the new dining room set means I get my craft table (aka our kitchen table) back in the craft room. Whoot!

HEY! DOES ANYONE KNOW WHERE I COULD GET A STYROFOAM HEAD W/ NECK? Venus Cosmetics? Or is there someplace cheaper?

More on the Crue

"Theater of Pain" makes so much more sense now. The album was created and recorded right after Vince caused the car accident (while driving drunk) that would kill his friend Razzle from Hanoi Rocks. Vince would head to rehab while the other band members would get further involved with drugs and alcohol.

After Vince got out of rehab he tried to maintain sobriety while the other guys plummeted more and more into addiction. It was at this time that Theater of Pain was written, why the album is mostly shit, and why "Home Sweet Home" was such a melancholy song.

It reminds me of 8th grade though - and of when the few rock/metal kids there were at St. Pats were singing together while we drove back by bus from our trip to Washington DC (another favorite was "Shook Me All Night Long"). Spending over 10 hours in a bus packed with 8th graders singing Motley Crue and AC/DC must of been hell for our chaperones.

Quote from Vince (pg. 147): ( Read more... )