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January 8th, 2010
dark_fetus
 | 01:57 pm - Hello again...
This is a character from my comic book.
A book that I have perpetually been saying I'll finish for the past three years
(more really)...
Ah well, some day perhaps...
Anyway, here it is a new year,
perhaps this will make me pick things back up.
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/opiummmm/foxies/happy.gif) amused
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wickedfaire
[transversecity]
 | 01:02 pm - Friend of Wicked harassed by FedEx
Folks, a friend of mine, and a Wicked (and Crucible) guest was harassed by a funamentalist FedEx driver with a Chick tract. Check it out here.
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wickedfaire
[njfacepainter]
 | 12:23 am - We Have Shampoo!
I told some of you who I saw at Clockwork about our new natural, vegetarian shampoo bars. They're rosemary & peppermint, with honey thrown in for good measure. Does it get any better than that?
For the full info, including reasons why you should give up commercial shampoos, go here.
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January 7th, 2010
ldykatrina
 | 05:40 pm - Question for SCA Herald type people
If I am listed on OSCAR
does that mean my name and device is approved or am I still in the waiting to find out catagory?
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wench33
 | 12:24 pm - Thursday stuff
I am about to head south and run a ton of errands for myself , mom, and possibly the kiddo.
Hopefully I can manage new contacts *and* a haircut/blowdry as I have a date for drinks with a new friend tonight. I'm so fucking TIRED of being stuck in my broken glasses!
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/square/p/nerdy.gif) busy
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pyrotech_c3h8
 | 09:20 am
So last night I watched the VH1 documentary on Anvil. For those of you who are unfamiliar, Anvil is a metal band that influenced a lot of the larger acts that made it big but never got a break themselves and is now in their 50's, still doing the band and touring thing.
I watched it hoping it would cheer me up, but it kind of had the opposite effect. I really have had this shitty time lately with my art/films/etc.
I don't have a solid confirmation on this, but I think the main reason most great artists go mad is for very similar reasons to the reasons most unknown artists go mad too. When you want to make art, music, movies, literature, it's like this fucking curse. You wonder why you do it, especially if it's not going anywhere. It's also not something that you can walk away from either, the desire to create these things. I'd liken it to a sick sexual perversion that you wish you weren't aflicted with but are helpless to change. It can hurt you and make you miserable but you still find yourself indulging in it compulsively because it's a part of you. Part of you would die if you weren't doing it.
My biggest fear is this - I've been at these office jobs for a while now and every once in a while I will find someone who has some great talent but ended up doing customer service with their life since they never got a break. I wonder if that is going to be me. If I am going to be this person who people in my office go "Hey did you know that guy does films too? Wonder why he's working here..." which is a shotgun to mouth inspiring thought.
It's a mixture of everything.... I suck at going through proper channels. I am usually massively rejected by those means and I always have to find some backwards ass way to make everything work. Sometimes I have to be thankful that gravity is a planetary law because if not I just fucking know I'd have to find a way to install a sink upside down because it wouldn't work for me if it was given a choice. So yes, I am always having to re-engineer everytihng to accomplish thigns that others have little to no problems with.
Money is another issue. I am usually broke. There have been 3 events in my life where I had the option to change that, but it would have required me to do something I considered to be immoral. I could have very easily sold someone or some ideal out and made a more productive life, but I also would have had to live with a lie that most people would be ok with, but I was not. So for moral reasons I turned these opportunities down so I could sleep at night and not feel like an asshole. Luckily I don't feel ike an asshole, I just sort of feel like a chump.
Getting older and feeling like you're running out of time sucks. You hear about all the people who are mega famous and are like 20-fucking-3 and you think "Shit, that's not me, what if I just missed my time?" it seems like everyone is youth obsessed and after a certain point you aren't really marketable.
Everyone is always telling me that they think I am destined for great things but I almost think that can't possibly be right. I believed that for a long time and contrary to my sense of humor and writings, I am generally optimistic. I am willing to take risks and I have an innate talent for saving the situation literally seconds from disaster or failure. Generally I look at situations that no one else will have faith in and making it work for me, but recently I have started to lose that faith. Lately I have had the hardest time even getting motivated to do simple projects and I end up just wanting to call it quits. Sometimes I wish everyone would have told me my work sucked and I'd never amount to anything because then I would have been more hell bent on proving them wrong and maybe I'd be farther ahead right now.
I'm not writing this for pity, sympathy or to be a whiny bitch, I am posting this mostly becasue I need to dump these thoughts out somewhere. I generally hate bullshit like this, but it's either vent somewhere or stab someone in the jugular with a pair of scissors, and I can't find my good throat stabbing scissors right now.
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haunted_asylums
[vainpoppy]
 | 10:31 am
I don't know how many of you get caught up in researching asylums/hospitals but to me it's half the fun. My professional background adds to this as well. I've recently come across some great books and thought I would share.
1-The Lives They Left Behind: Suitcases From a State Hospital Attic
Authors: Darby Penney/Peter Stastny
2-Women of the Asylum: Voices from Behind the Walls, 1840-1945
Author: Jeffrey L. Geller
A book I was very disappointed by--THE EYE OF DANVERS: A HISTORY OF DANVERS STATE HOSPITAL by
Michael Ramseur. Looked more like a child's coloring book than a professional text as it is listed.
Current Location: United States, Indiana, Indianapolis
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/charitycam/goth_girl/working.gif) busy
Current Music: Santogold
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piratescoundrel
 | 09:59 am - New Layout
Its simple. its gritty. but damn if I don't love it.
Current Mood: quixotic
Current Music: Tom Waits: Burma-Shave
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philly_goth
[parallel_rose]
 | 07:01 am - new fairytale darkwave album Pretend by Psyche Corp.
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/psychecorp2
I'm happy to announce that Psyche Corporation's third album, "Pretend" is now available on CD Baby. Psyche Corporation is a fairytale darkwave band on the Gilded Age Records steampunk label, and this newest album is an eclectic collection of spell-binding cyberpunk neomythology with guest world overlaps into Wonderland and Oz. You can hear some of the new songs in streaming form on myspace at http://myspace.com/psychecorp
More information on ordering options is available on the psychecorp wordpress blog here. You can also find a free download of the song "Wonderland" if you hunt around the Discography page of our main website at http://www.psychecorporation.com
Thank you and have a lovely day!
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wickedfaire
[parallel_rose]
| 06:53 am - Pretend now available on CD Baby!
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/psychecorp2
I'm happy to announce that Psyche Corporation's third album, "Pretend" is now available on CD Baby. Psyche Corporation is a fairytale darkwave band on the Gilded Age Records steampunk label, and this newest album is an eclectic collection of spell-binding cyberpunk neomythology with guest world overlaps into Wonderland and Oz. You can hear some of the new songs in streaming form on myspace at http://myspace.com/psychecorp
More information on ordering options is available on the psychecorp wordpress blog here. You can also find a free download of the song "Wonderland" if you hunt around the Discography page of our main website at http://www.psychecorporation.com
Thank you and have a lovely day! As you might know, Psyche Corp. will be performing at Wicked Faire this year..hope to see you there!
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January 6th, 2010
wickedfaire
[hennamama]
 | 12:08 pm - Ride Share and Room space available
Hello All,
Henna Rising will be at Wicked Faire again this year! I am driving down from Rochester NY...anyone need a ride and a room? I have space for both and would love to share the expenses. I am willing to pick you up on the way as well. The room is on site.
This year I opted to be the wandering Henna Artist...that way I can go where YOU are! If you are interested in a private appt, feel free to contact me at robin at hennarising dot com to set that up.
Looking forward to this much needed mid-winter fun!
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/classic/smile.gif) excited
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ldykatrina
| 08:16 am
Car is fixed!
YAY!!!!!
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January 5th, 2010
philly_goth
[malphas69]
 | 11:32 pm - Elvis vs. Bowie
In honor of their birthdays; Fast Cheap & Out of Control presents Elvis vs. Bowie.
Featuring special guest DJ Helvis Presley spinning a selection of Bowie and Elvis covers and tributes.
Elvis & Bowie impersonators get in free before midnight!
No cover before 11pm. $5 cover after.
$1 pbr's b4 midnight, $2 after
$2 lagers b4 midnight
$3 jager shots b4 midnight
$4 lager & shot of jim beam all night long!
Philadelphia's ORIGINAL rock & roll amateur go-go night! Every Sunday Night!
10pm-2am 21+
Fluid Nightclub
613 S. 4th Street
Philadelphia, PA
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volkswagens
[book_bitch]
 | 09:58 pm - Sadface D:
So... I had a little bit of an adventure last Friday. It was snowing, I had to go to the bank, and now I'm kicking myself for not waiting one more effin' hour to go out...
I actually like that picture a lot, because looking down from that angle with a crappy cell phone camera makes the damage not look as bad. :)
Anyway, both the ABS and years of my father's intense defensive driving lessons failed me as my Rabbit slid through two lanes of traffic and directly into an old utility van. Luckily not many people were out, so the roads were fairly clear, and the van and I could see what was going on and could kind of brace for impact. Go figure, the van got a scratch and a slightly dented rim, I got my left front end destroyed.
As a testament to VW's toughness, the car is still totally drive-able (just wicked ugly). A few years ago I was rear-ended by a Jeep and my rear bumper got scratched (but the Jeep limped away with a crushed fender). So I was kind of surprised by how much my car crunched.
Anyway, I thought I'd share what $1800 worth of front-end damage looks like with all of you. :) I had my insurance inspection today, so hopefully she'll be good as new soon.
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philly_goth
[dj_tm5]
 | 05:47 pm - My "Transistional Soundscapes" radio show on WPRB 103.3 every tuesday 9pm-11pm
My "Transistional Soundscapes" radio show on WPRB 103.3 every tuesday 9pm -- 11pm
DJ TM5 spins: Electronic, IDM, Industrial, Electro, Ambient, Darkwave, Goth, 80's, EBM, and Noize.
Listen online at wprb.com.
Playlist on the website.
Request line -- 609-258-1033
Send me online messages and song requests to the radio station during my show.
Screename is: wprbdj
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