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Never give up and good luck will find you.

Eyelashes Akimbo

Gala Darling poses in Hopeless Lingerie despite hotel screw-ups, blown circuits, and nerves. And the results are breathtaking!
• Design a cover for Borowski’s This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen and win $1,000. (Venus febriculosa)
• Check out these galleries of Lolita and The Name of the Rose covers for inspiration.
Fantasy Magazine reviews The Neverending Story. I knew I wasn’t the only one who thought it stood the test of time. I’ll take skilled puppetry over CGI any day.
BOOKSHELF PORN!

To: AFA Action Alert
From: PZB

Thank you for alerting me to Home Depot’s admirable policies and respect for other people. I’ll be sure to shop there more often than I already do, and I spent $500 there last week. I’ll also post this information on my blog, which has several thousand readers. You’ve just gained Home Depot a great deal of business.

Very sincerely yours,

P.Z. Brite

• Read what prompted the e-mail above, Sometimes You Love Your Spam Box, and consider making a purchase at your local Home Depot.
• I want my own fairy tale cottage.
• Aromaleigh is closing its doors so everything’s 35% off. I’m sad to see them go. I recently started playing with mineral makeup again and their Glissade formula in 1CL was a perfect match. I’m thinking of sampling some Meow Cosmetics. Has anyone had any luck there?
BPAL has announced that they are releasing a line inspired by The Last Unicorn. Then I found this thread discussing hypothetical scents for Labyrinth and Legend. Can I say right here that I would buy a bottle of every fragrance from both? A girl can dream.
• And this week’s Etsy finds: The Starshine Company (mineral makeup and perfume oils), Tea For All Reasons, and Sea Unicorn (lockets and jewelry).


“All that is body is as coursing waters,
all that is of the soul as dreams and vapors.”
  – Marcus Aurelius

Things I Love Thursday, October 22nd

Pond in fog

Gas masks; abandoned houses; cemeteries at night; cryptozoology; tiny sailboats against a stormy backdrop; foxfire; reconstructed dolls; snagging a rad black dress for $1; skulls; creative jack-o-lanterns; clunky doorknockers; cocoa butter; the sunset reflected in a window; pinstripes; the sound of coyotes howling in the field next door; Hunter S. Thompson’s photography; fairy tale retellings (“Snow, Glass, Apples” by Neil Gaiman is a favorite); black boots; hot chocolate; surprise food in the mail; laughing at the costume selection in Wal-Mart and wandering the aisles in what I think was an ogre mask; chipped nail polish; BLT sandwiches; sweet iced tea; new neighbors.


© Hunter S. Thompson

*Some may never live, but the crazy never die*
© Chris J*

Things I Love Thursday, October 15th

glow
© Dalla*

Apple cider vinegar; my ceramic flat iron; thrift store finds; Little Caesars; cutting my own hair; picture frames; new books; night photography; Drake Labry’s artwork; bad fanfiction; researching for my novel; Victorian slang; nautical vernacular; finding jeans that fit; argan oil; Halloween decorations; the smell of lit fireplaces, burning leaves, and old libraries; bare trees; long sleeves; October and Pa-Pow by BPAL; sightseeing via Flickr.

Boston
© Dr. Engineer-001

Inside Out

Dusting off the cobwebs and applying a new coat of paint. I’m still not happy with it, but a four month absence is three months and three weeks too long and I needed to do something, anything, to take my mind off things.