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A while back I posted a poem about a piece of imagery that'd been seating itself in my brain. Well it's been coming back to the forefront of my cranium lately, and I'd really like to see it executed in photographic frame.

I could petition the maker of Zach creations to possibly loan me a pair of his gauntlets... I could see if my (prospective), light-haired, elven-looking model might have a decent pair of care-worn bluejeans (or leather pants, possibly) as well as the appropriate boots (something tall, strappy, and weathered-looking- preferably brown or -very- worn black that's gone a tattered grey). If not, I'm almost sure I could find something at either Unique, or as a loaner through the local goff community... And no doubt I could find a loaner staff or makeshift scepter if the photo ended up calling for it- but I don't think it will...
All proper credits would be given fully to any contributors, and if it all worked out & the piece was displayed, I'd absolutely put them on my links pages, as well as list them anywhere else that the piece would be displayed. :) (Yay publicity! ;D)

I could do the body art myself, as well as the hair design using some autumn leaves, a fancy elven-looking headpiece of mine (or someone else's as a borrow, if necessity required), and do the makeup myself as well (for ears, effects, etc.). I could very potentially use some extras to fill in the the small, background roles of the vagabonds and different passers by (like the woman w/a shopping cart and some rich blond w/a tackily loud fur coat), and I'm unsure of whether I'd ghost him in on his between-escalators-stair-made throne at the center of everything or not... ...

Hmm.... Hmm..... Hmmmmm....

All I'd need from there is a better camera, and the ability to use a local subway station for a bit...
-I wonder how impossible getting that would be....

..And lighting.

...
So.. is there a role, job or permanent occupation out there for someone who thinks up dramatic tableaus for a living? A set designer? Window dresser? Photographer's assistant..??
I have no idea... But I know I can't just draw this- (well, not to the level of realism, naturalism and expansive scope or detail that I'd want, anyway... I'd have to do a room-sized piece, and that's just not possible.) It'd be great to piece this together, though. :) Maybe I could recruit some friends, borrow some fancy equipment for an afternoon, gather up all I'd need, and get this done.... ?? :D:D


Addendum: "And the base goes like this:"


This li'l sketchlet should give you the absolutely, most basic idea of what I'm talking about, here. (Of course, there would be more background scenery on the sides, as I'm thinking this would have to be something like a rather panoramic view. Perhaps a rather large image.. too even- like poster size at least to be able to get the scale & grandeur, and still maintain the detailed focus on him that I want. Moreover, I'm thinkin' I'm going to keep him and the background as the solid elements in the image, and make the passers-by the ghosted ones. This should be pretty easy to do with either real film or digital film layering (as I'd shoot him first, and then all of the other people a few times with, and ten maybe a few times more after), so I'd keep the vagabonds, black-carted bag lady & other traveling people more "ethereal," w/his presence presenting as the more concrete....

..And I suppose I could use a gent w/darker hair... But he would -have- to be able to pull off a certain disheveled, haughty arrogance, and the lax regality of the character- as well as have super-pale skin. (Which we're probably still going to ashen, somewhat.) Plus, he'd still need to be the thin-but-leanly-muscled type some people call "wiry." Long hair is preferable for ease of production...but hell.. at this rate I could possibly also just use a [GOOD] long wig and make it all disheveled and ratty-tatty/dready like I'm picturing, too....

Ahh, so many ideas!! I think I'm going to have to make this happen.
-Perhaps a call to WMATA is in order....
-And maybe a notice to CraigsList after some specific preparations... ^_^

I slept way, way, waaaay too long last night. But whereas that might normally make me feel groggy, pained and worse than usual, apparently my body was in need of it. The Tired hit me around 8pm last night, and by nine it was like an anvil had hit me, and I was -exhausted.- So by nine ten I was in bed, woke up @ 2 'cause it was hot as hell and I had to open the window & pee like a race horse, and then I just stayed up for a bit & read until around five a.m.- when my eyes could no longer stay open & my book felt like it was strung down w/lead weights. :) Woke up @ ten briefly to chide myself on how much I should really get up, and then went back to sleep again 'til around noon, where I finally woke up naturally, feelin' good, finally rested & refreshed. :) (And waking up from this odd dream where I'd been preparing to go up against Josh Groban in some weird school singing competition at some private place. *lol* He was there during all the competition prep, was extremely nice- giving me pointers here & there. :) And in the end, just before I finally woke up for the last time today, I beat him in the contest. *grins* -Plus, somewhere along the line through the night I'd gotten mated/cross bred/had my DNA infected by some nasty, water-inhabiting, monstrous, squid-like alien. So I ended up w/eyes that turned silver when this bizarre, thick, paint-like, metallic substance flowed over them (from the lower lids like thick, silver tears), and suddenly possessed blue-green/grey tentacula for hair- that was squiggly, slimy, and moved of its own accord like living dreads. There was lots of it, and it wound itself around my head and up at will for one squishy alien hair up-do for the competition. *lol* Bizarro, huh? :D

Anyway, enough of my rampbling. I am showered & clean, wearing cute-but-comfy clothes, and am both looking & feeling pretty darned decent. ^_^ My stomach calls to me for sustenance, and as one roommate is in bed still asleep and another is out for the day, I think I'll take this opportunity to have a relaxing "morning," get a little yardwork & artwork done, and hang out in the living room a bit until everyone wakes/gathers up. :)

___

-Hmm.. I may even feel like going out tonight... anyone up for a bit of a trip?? To Michael's maybe, or hell, just about to.. anywyere? :D
I wanna go out a bit. ^_^

Anywho- I'm out! Hope all of you are having a good day!

Love Love!♥♥♥
Nae

Skey-bear, begging for water and getting caught in the sunlight pouring through the wee bathroom window. :)

..Not the best quality photos in the world- (can we say photo glare, boys and girls? ;)) but my Skye was so perty, I just had to share. :)

It's a good mornin' (or now, afternoon), and I'm feelin' pretty good. :) Gotta skidaddle to get some things done before I run errands today, but at present 'm just kind of feeling sorta.. "aaahhhh." ^_^
Hope all of you are having good days, too!

Love and Light,
Nae

I just buried my boys, Houdini (Aristobulous Rodentipus Shadeling the First) and my wee Shadow (Nicodemus Rodentipus Shadowling the First) out in Raven's back yard. I know that no matter what happens, they have this permanent space to rest in, where little (should) be happening to the land, and where it (should) have the same owner(s) for quite some time. I am extremely grateful for this place to house my little babies in a safe place, for good, and am also really glad to know that they're now buried in an area which is okay w/death, and which is friendly to spirits of many different types. I hope that no matter what happens with me here, they will always have a friendly place to lay (and, perchance to play), and that if they do exist somewhere near here on this plane, that they are happy, well, free of any sadness, pain, fear or discomfort. Maybe somehow they also finally understand how much they were loved and adored, and how much their rat-mommy is going to miss them....

Maybe if they're nearby somewhere in the spirit world and can make a visit, I'll have a little rattie-ghost or two sitting atop my shoulder(s), nibbling my ear(s) and letting me know they might miss me, too... (Or perchance, we might get a few visitors taunting the living kitties here, now that my boys can no longer be hurt? ;):))

I just hope that now that they've gone, they somehow know that they were loved, and that they're not afraid of me anymore... :\

  Hola!  I just have a quick question regarding something of a glitch I just discovered on one of my older podcast posts.  I -think- when it was posted, the file worked fine; loaded completely, played in its entirety, etc.  However I've come back to it to share it w/people for the holiday, and although I've re-uploaded it & checked the HTML in the post (used to feature a simple player & offer a download link separately), neither the download link nor the file used in the player will load/play completely.  I have Yahoo small business web hosting for file storage, but no other file seems to have this issue...  However I am left wondering:  Could it potentially just be a browser issue?  I use Google Chrome, but found that Firefox loaded the file just fine.   (Though, there doesn't seem to be this problem w/any other files....) 
Does anyone have any idea what might be going wrong?  Or, how in heaven I should fix it?  

The pertinent file/post can be found here:  http://eclecticanetradio.blogspot.com/2009/01/cleaning-up-broken-pieces.html

Thanks so Much!
Nae

I'm sorting through a bunch of videos on my YouTube pages, and have finally decided to put all my dellybancing bits in one place. :)  So trying to find the SteamPunk vids I aired here eons ago, I came across this. :)  Hope those of you who dance, (including men & women alike) will like! :D

Oooh!  Plus, BELLYHORROR is coming up this weekend!!  Friday night is the BH show AT THE BIRCHMERE, (O.O) and then the rest of the weekend they're going to be having workshops & other BH-related events- including a horrrrific Tribal Cafe, where more All Hallows belly-fun can be had! :D  

Also, Galena (or as many of us know her, Kelly or Caitilin), will be hosting one HELL of an All Hallows Hafla this weekend, on Saturday night!  There will be TONS of bellydance there, a costume contest, prizes, food & drink (both adult & otherwise), and even a babysitter for those of you who have wee small kiddies. :)  (The early half of the night is PG, and the rest will be darker, scarier, and a little more PG-13.)  I'm going to be missing out on BellyHorror's after-party to be there, and I -know- it's gonna be great!  So join all the folks w/Sestraluna and many of us from Galena's dance classes out in Glen Burnie Saturday night for one amazing, spooky party! :D:D
Check out her page @ www.galenadance.com for further details. :)

It's shapin' up to be one fun, busy All Hallows Eve week! :D:D

Love and Grins,
Nae

P.S.  Vending last Saturday night @ Midnight went pretty okay.  Scott bought one piece, then bought another for a girl who really wanted one of my works, and all the rest was raw customer-age. ;D  My white, indoor-painted cat w/the "Welcome" sign on him even got sold- even though he hadn't been lacquered yet!  (This of course I told him, and gave him a lower price on it for.  It doesn't hurt the product, you just can't put it out in the rain/weather because of it.)  So all in all I made about $150, and it seems I'll be vending again next Thursday, @ Tronik's redux of "Spooky." :)  Wish me luck there, and at Kelly's Halloween Hafla, where I'll be going as.. something... (I don't yet know what), and hopefully vending a few of my wares. ^_^

♥♥♥ to All!
-N.

 If anyone would like to play, see below!


I'd love to have everyone's Miis wandering in & out of our house, and play whatever games there are possible to play against my loved ones. ^_^

Gaming Glee,
Nae

 First off, there's this bit from "Glee," which is a-b-s-o-l-u-t-e-l-y FABULOUS!!! ^_^

Then, there's this bit of deliriously, horribly funny from one of the Jonas brothers, being utterly humiliated. :D

And then, the original, for those who need the complete frame of reference. ^_^

(Oh, and don't forget Justin Timberlake's skit of this from SNL! :D)

Gigglingly Yours,
Nae

Bloody pillows, sheets, lampshades, floor mats, & curtains, w/toxic matter candles, syringe decor, blade clocks, and all KINDS of other cool horror-inspired decor. ^_^ (I published this a long time ago, and wanted to both remind myself & friends of this again, as well as share it w/the new friends I've made since. :))

http://www.horrordecor.net/index.htm

Useful Household Decor





Candles


Fun bits! (One even for the winter holidays! :D:D)



Ooh, and in a similar *coughs* vein, here's some cool stuff that they have @ Perpetual Kid. *beams* ( Read more... )
If you have more items you'd like to add here, please feel free to pop me some linkage. :D  I'd love to see what other people have found to creepily, eerily decorate the gothy, horror-centric, or just generally gory home! :D


Hope you guys liked!


Messy, Sloppy, Splattery Love,
Nae

Inspired by sleep dep/insomnia:



And have you ever wanted to know everything that they said in that song "One Week?"  Well in this awesome little rendition, you're quite likely to find out. :D:D

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Now all I can wonder is; why haven't I heard of these "Bathroom Sessions" before???  I mean, I'm no mad-crazed BNL fan, but I loves the guys- and these are NEAT!! *squee*


..Gee I hope I remember all this after I've gotten some sleep..!! :D:D

♥ to All,
Nae

Hey y'all!  
The verbal info on the Zombieland Walk is as follows:

 "Zombieland's" new, FINAL date for the screening in DC is SEPTEMBER 29th! 

 

The theatre has been solidified & the event is essentially thus::

1. Meet behind the PNC Bank @ 1201 Wisconsin Ave NW DC @ 6pm,
2. Walk just under half a mile.
3. Meet up again @ the Georgetown 14 Theatre @ 3111 K Street, NW DC 20007.
4. See a FREE SCREENING of "ZOMBIELAND" before it officially breaks in theatres!

Zombies get in free, so be there, or be dinner! ^_^

 

***IMPORTANT***

RSVP TO SECURE YOUR SEATS AT THE SCREENING. 

E-mail zombieland@gmail.com w/your full name, and those of all additional guests attending. :)

 

For zombie-related tips and more info, check out their official Facebook page here: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=137164922182&ref=ss

And find other "Zombieland" walks around the country at: http://machineshopmarketing.com/zombieland/

 

Hope to see you all there!

*Much Zombie Love*

Nae

 Hey everybody!  I've gotten the official go-ahead from the Sony people to advertise this event, and this is what they've put out for me to release.. Read on for details!:If you'd like to come, check out the Official Facebook Invite:  http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=137164922182 and RSVP a.s.a.p. if you can, please.  The more people we get for this the better, and I'm hoping that the super-short notice won't ruin this area's chances for getting a really sweet turnout. :)

I'll put the stats of the zombie walk portion together as soon as I get their notice of which theatre we'll be ending at for the screening, and get back to you as soon as that comes to me. :)

Have a good one, all!
♥
Nae (TLM)

I also had a really crazy dream last night, so I'm glad to wake up and "face the day." ;)  
(Ghosts trying to throw things at me, people I know in life w/me in places that feel similar, but are different- etc. :))

So how are all of your nights going? Getting good sleep? Able to greet the morning happily..? I sure hope so. :):)
After pulling a pillow out from under me that I've been sleeping with since I got here seems to have done the trick n' now my neck is hurting a LOT less...  (It'd been hurting more often and worse than it ever has in my entire LIFE, so I'm grateful that seeeems to be ebbing away now... *crosses fingers*)  That's a true good. :D  How is you all doin'??

Love to All,
Nae

 I'm amazed every time I wake up each day and realize that I'm still breathing.. still alive, still *here.* I don't know whether that's a good thing or a bad thing, but I sure as hell am grateful for every last heartbeat, and every single breath. Thank God/dess for Waking... :):)

...

If you wanna get to know more about me, get a feel for my personality, peek into my hopes, dreams, likes & dislikes, or just wanna know what's going on with me & my life atm, the best way to do so is through my music.  Music is the way my heart communicates most directly with, & opens itself most completely to, the world...   Maybe even the Universe...

I guess that's why I'm always trying to share my favorite music w/others- it's how I connect w/the world on the most visceral of levels- and to empathize w/my music is in some way to empathize w/me. :)