People Alphabet

I'll wash my hair and feel a little better
Than holding on, holding on to nothing
I'll wake up and have the whole day
Brought to me by the letter, the letter
The letter A
A for Awesome

Hey little bones holding up my head
You're a lot stronger than you believe
And this heart and this blood,
And this warmth and this need
I hold myself within a circle and I am
Stronger than I believe

I'll write this down, and it will live forever
I'll die, but I'm alive right here
And when I'm sad, I know how to feel better
I just have to find that letter
A

The Ninth Circle

I curse thee to bathe, 265 times a day.

This circle is for betrayers.
It is for people who take the trust put in them by the people who love them and spit it back in their face.
It is for Judas and his ilk.
It is for those who betray their country and their beliefs.
It is for the kind of people who give this up:


For this:


But it's real love, oh it's real. Oh it's real love, oh it's re-a-l love
- Regina Spektor

Vintage Retro Superpower Doll Hero

I was thinking about all the costumes I saw people dressed up in on Halloween...angel, demon, bee/spider hybrid, vampire, ship admiral, mummy, vampire, Jabbawockeez, construction workers, vampire, spiderwoman, CLARK KENT, vampire...and it was so cool. It was cool.
I wished I had gone as Yuko Ichihara. Or even Mokona.

Oh well.

And then I wondered why people dress up on Halloween.

I know, I know. Why do I even care? I've watched enough Buffy the Vampire Slayer (because obviously Buffy is a dependable knowledge guide) to know that it's the time when the monsters and stuff walk around...aimlessly..because everyone looks like them now. And it's something to do with Samhain (yeah, I'm talking about you, Pumpkin Head).
And, uh, that's it.

So I wiki-ed it.
I know! I mean, I don't even know what's on the headlines of the newspaper today and yet I can waste my time Wiki-ing halloween?? It's terrible. Tragic. The values of society these days have gone down the toilet bowl with the sound of the environmentally friendly half-flush.

So anyway, I read it.

Or at least I read half of it, and then got bored.

Why do they write such long posts? Don't they realise the modern attention span is about 1.5 minutes long (and that is an optimistic estimate)? I was totally distracted with searching for Buffy images while waiting for something interesting to happen on the Wiki halloween page. I mean, a celebration of summer? Come on, people! No gruesome underage sacrifices? No naked pagan chanting? No horrific badass monster king? Why am I reading this page again?

Conclusion: It's obvious that Halloween serves no higher purpose than as a glorified LARPing session.

Next year I will go as broccoli.

Skinwalking

Things I Would Like To Go As For Halloween:

KAROLINA DEAN

Because it would be awesome.

ART BY ALPHONSE MUCHA

A PORCELAIN DOLL

Can you believe this doll? No, honestly. THIS is a DOLL. A doll. Looking at it makes me feel like I have been elevated to a higher level of existence, because this woman is creating human beings in porcelain that actually look like human beings. Or at least like Anne Hathaway.
Except, you know, in porcelain.
The doll has collarbones for goodness' sake.

Face/Body Dissonance

Good things come in...Goode packages

I just realised the last three movies I have watched all have starred Gerald Butler.

1) The Ugly Truth

2) Gamer

3) A Law Abiding Citizen.

I am actually not really a fan of Butler. I am a fan of prettyboys.
Butler is the opposite of prettyboy. He is what approaching a prettyboy from the opposite direction would look like.

What I mean to say is, he is not very good looking (but ,whoa, is he buff. Like, really buff. There's this scene in Citizen where he strips naked and...ANYWAYS).

And then I thought, if he isn't very good looking, why is he in movies? Why is he acting with Katherine Heigl, the guy from Dexter and Jamie Foxx? And why has he made SO MANY movies that I have watched THREE of them in TWO months? Why? I can only think of these reasons:

1) He is Scottish.

2) People are sick to death of pretty boys and want to see a normal dude/real man.

3) A "real man" with a 6 pack, pecs, arms like lamp posts and thighs like tree trunks.

4) He is buff.

5) Really buff.

So basically, he's there because he's buff and when he speaks, he sounds like he has a dorkily charming lisp because he's Scottish. The dissonance is appealing. Or something. I still don't get it...

where the hell is Hayden Christensen?


note: in the Housemate Rhyme, verse 2 is Twi'lek/Aylaa Secura from Star Wars, verse 3 is GreenSkinned Space Babe/Gaila from Star Trek, verse 4 is An Elf from Lord of the Rings, verse 5 is X-23 from X-Force OR Catwoman, as Ally pointed out, and verse 5 is Buffy the Vampire Slayer from Buffy...the Vampire Slayer.

Mysteries

Have I been searching for a strange love,
That happens in pale moonlight
And have I been searching for a real love
On the wrong side of the night?
I think I see you, but it's not you,
Just a grinning shadow or antlered wings,
Just the angels of the dark, the ghostly things

Have I been trying to divine
The nature of a monster,
Am I seeking demons I need not face,
Am I writing love songs whose words will waste
Away and I am left sobbing
By the stream of my own fears
And you are gone, a mist of ribbons
That cut through the night and disappear

I have been chasing stardust
That shone across my skin
I thought it illuminated within
But it was as empty as every light
That shines the brightest
And I give up on your hollow star
That's not where you are
That's not where you'll ever be
You do not know my name
But you have hurt me all the same.

Searching for a Housemate

I’m looking for a housemate

For the middle room upstairs

But I’ve got a few requirements

(I’m not really splitting hairs)

You should be about this height

Your skin should be quite blue

And if you were once enslaved, that’s ok

So long as you were a dancer too.

Or if you’re green, it’s not too bad

Just don’t bring back too many jerks

In fact we have a strict policy here:

No Man But Captain Kirk.

If you’re tall with pointy ears

I’m not sure what to do

Our lease expires after 2 years

You’d better think it through.

Or if you happen to have

Incredible gymnastic skill

Sheathed claws and leather pants

And a barely repressed desire to kill

(As much as I’ll love to have you

I don’t think the others will)

A girl with a stake is always welcome

I’ll understand your late hours

Vanquishing the Big Bad takes time

And various superpowers.

I hope I’m not asking too much

You have to understand

I only desire women of misrepute

To join my nerdery band.

Wink wink.

(If you can identify the movie, book, tv or comic book series my housemate might come from, please give yourself +1000 xp each. Hahaha)