Day: March 9, 2010

Alice Rediscovers Her Mojo And So May We All

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March 7 POD

 

“Johnny Depp: making crazy look hot since….whenever!”
Thanks Caitlin, for that great quote. Khizzie, my belly dance instructor agrees with you. Johnny (and Orlando Bloom) have provided inspiration for many of her classes as she makes us pretend we are mermaids bringing golden coins on our hips to Captain Jack Sparrow’s pirate ship. A bit of a Pirates of the Caribbean fetish goin’ on with Khizmet, to be sure. A whole lotta fun, but you probably had to be there…
I think he’s been making crazy look hot ever since Edward Scissorhands, but I might have missed a character or two before then.

Mizz J and I went to see Alice in Wonderland on Sunday, after treating ourselves to a mani/pedi at the mall. Why is it so hard to find a salon that can consistently do a great job? Last time I went to this place the pedicure was pretty good. Still good this time, but the manicure was dodgy…mostly because the manicurist was rushing to be done with me so she could do a pedicure on a walk-in. And we had booked appointments! Argh. I’m going to stick to pedis from now on. I can do a better manicure and polish on myself.

Anyway, the movie was mostly fantastic. Way better than Avatar. Johnny Depp and Tim Burton are a match made in Heaven, once again. The actress who played Alice, Mia Wasikowska, was quite wonderful, I thought. Mizz J especially liked the fact that Alice was such a strong female character…she didn’t start out that way, but became so as the movie progressed. Yes, a pretty decent young female role model for Mizz J, who is in the process of discovering herself and the world!

 The Futtenwacken dance scene – what was up with that? It didn’t seem to fit into the movie at all. Like it was forced in by some Disney exec for a product tie-in or something or to appeal to some demographic. Music and dance style did not jibe with the time period of the movie. Imagine Micheal Jackson dropped into 19th century England. Just weird.
But overall, a highly enjoyable movie.

 

 

Invitation Prototype

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Here is what Mizzus K has come up with so far. Stunning! (March 6th PODs)

Sparkly. Pattern. Texture. Shimmer. Ribbon. Dragonflies. Pink. What more could a girl ask for?

Notice he-man stripes and plenty of brown. Manly, no? No? Well, JD isn’t complainin’. Just wants something “golf ” or some other representation of himself added to it somehow. Thinks it represents the bride more than the groom. D’ya think? Tee hee.

Just. Love. It. So far.

Nice, nice….hey, wait a minute!

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JD – again, do not look at this posting if you happen to be reading my blog! Wedding dress photos below!!!!

Decided to search out my dress on the innernet so went to the designer’s site to check it out. I wanted to see different views of it, also what it would look like, properly fitted, on a model.


Beautiful! I’m even starting to kinda like the goofy flower on the hip. Thought I think I may end up having it removed. Mizz J suggested wearing it in my hair instead. Could work.

Here’s a close up look at the bodice of the dress. How lovely! It’s hard to see from this photo, but trust me when I tell you there is random sparkly beading all over the top half of the dress. Just wonderful. Now for the back view:

Eeek!!!! What? Where did all this nakedness come from? When I tried on the dress, the consultant tutted tutted that the modesty panel was missing from the sample dress….remarking that sometimes this happens. Well, HELLO….there is no flippin’ modesty panel with this dress!!!!!

Well, this will never do. Here I was so worried about excess front cleavage and I shoulda been paying attention to the back cleavage! Sure hope the seamstress at the shop can concoct something for me. Otherwise I will have to come up with something myself, and it might not be pretty, but at least I’ll be covered.