fashion deals

These pictures were taken from The Gazette and I'm sure they are copywritten and all that, but hopefully me giving them credit is all I need to to.

Me warming up (I'm in the middle) ...



Me at the after hours show (I'm next to suzie qt and our coach ODB) ...

I am in utter shock over the comments I have received in the post below (well, actually, on my other blog).

Thank you. From the bottom of my heart, thank you. That kind of support is simply overwhelming. You actually have put me in a place where I am beyond words.

If you are interested in ~me~ and not just to be entertained by my blog, please read this post over on my other blog. It's pretty heavy duty and I'm wary of writing something so personal, but we'll see how it goes.

p.s. I'm famous. Or will be. The paper just called to make sure he got my name spelled correctly - There is a spread of the derby team in sunday's paper and one of my pictures is going to be in it! Yay!

The costume is coming together! My performance isn't for another 6 weeks, but I needed all my props to start practicing with, so there was no better time than now, right?

• This is what I purchased yesterday ...
  
  ~ 2 pairs white ruffled panties. I want the one with most coverage.
  
  ~ 1 pink boa and 1 white boa.
  
  ~ White opera length gloves.
  
  ~ White over the knee socks that fold over on top with ruffles and have a bow too.
  
  ~ Black Mary Janes. (realized I had much too white) These shoes, by the way, are freaking GORGEOUS. I walked into Dillards and they were out, in all their glory. The shoe department guy told me they just put them out. They are Gianni Bini's and they are right HERE! Take a look and tell me what you think!
  
  ~ Dancer's fishnets, black, to wear under the socks. (burlesque usually have full coverage of legs and put stocking to take off on top of an underlying of fishnets.)
  
  ~ Blonde baby-doll style wig that is just covered with ringlets.
  
  ~ White tulle skirt to wear underneath the dress. I may forgo to bloomers and leave this on when I drop my dress.
  
  
• Now, this is what I figure I have left to get.
  
  ~ White and/or pink corset. One that is easily removable. If not, I'll cut down the side and add in velcro or easy ties to undo.
  
  ~ White bloomers. The costume shop had these, but didn't have white yet.
  And depending on how the dress/underskirt looks, I may not get this.
  
  
• This is where I ask for your opinion ...
  
  I think for my "big reveal" at the end of the song, with my back to the audience, I'll unhook and drop my corset. I'll keep my arm over my breasts and at the last moment of the song, when she sings brokenheartedly "someday you will ache like I ache" and it's over, I'm going to turn around and show off the girls. Here is my idea ... right breast I'll just wear the petals pastie that will be flesh toned. The right breast I'll have a pastie with a big stitched red felt heart on it. Do you think I should have it be a broken heart, falling in two? Would you think if you saw that it would convey a doll's broken heart?
  
  
• To answer your questions...
  
  ~ Yes, it'll be in colorado springs. October 30th, which is a HUGE bummer because it's the same date as my friend's huge halloween party. But we'll go on early so I'll just be late to the party. I can't tell you how bummed I am about the timing of this!
  
  ~ Yes, anyone can come - it's an open show. I'll give details as it is nearer. (Tori, you can come to the show if you want and then come with us to the halloween party.)
  
  ~ Yes, it will be video taped.
  
  ~ No, I will not be posting it on the internet! I'm terrified doing it in front of our graduating class and the few guests who will be there already. I'm not going to put it on here for everyone to see! How embarrassing!

So if you could, chime with what you think of the broken heart idea please!

I listened to all of your suggestions and rude me went with something I picked myself. I'm going to dance to "Doll Parts" by Hole.

I went to an extra choreograph class tonight and he helped me come up with the beginning. I'm going to be sitting in a chair like a sleeping doll who will slowly come awake, starting with the lyrics "I am .. doll eyes" when I'll pop open my eyes. Then I'll rub my mouth with my fingers at "I am doll mouth". Next line is "doll legs" where I will cross my legs quickly and "doll arms" where I'll do this little sexy thing with my arms.

As the song progresses, I'll pick up a boa from beneath me and do some work with that. I'll slowly stand up and at "I am so real I am beyond fake", I'll unhook the side of my dress, letting it fall to the ground with the word "fake".

My outfit so far will be a wig that's all curly ringlets. Then a doll dress, think of a square dancing dress with lots of fluffiness to it. White high heeled mary janes and ruffled socks. Underneath I'll wear a corset and a pair of white ruffled panties. For the big reveal, I'll unhook my corset revealing a little white bra ~or~ white ruffled pasties. I haven't figured out how far I'll go yet.

So, what do you think??

In an effort to not only to move my venting and bitchy comment down one from the top AND offer something nice to someone in the bloggosphere ...

The first person to respond to this post gets something HANDMADE by me. And it's pretty damned cool too. It's the only thing I can make well and heck, I'm going to do it. It takes me a good 6 hours to make one, so it wont be tomorrow, but I WILL do it.

Yay.

~ I've turned off comments to this post. If you read the comments, the person who wrote it in the first place came and said it was her post and explained it. I think she was such a bigger person about it than I could ever be. So, after her explanation, I understand where she is coming from and I'm no longer upset at her post. Wow. How many of us could read a post like my "reply" post and instead of ignoring me or getting mad, she'd come back and very nicely explain where she was coming from. I think she's so awesome for doing so!)

I just read a blog of a twin mom who complained that she ~HATES~ it when moms of singletons have the audacity to complain when something is hard for them.

Look, we all have our own types of hard and for each individual person, it's hard for THEM. Remember the pain olympics? We don't play it, right?

Should I tell all the moms of triplets and quads I know to tell her that SHE has NO RIGHT to complain because she ONLY HAS TWO?

Or should I tell her that she has it easy because I had two kids 16 months apart and they were on totally different schedules and milestones and I was constantly on the go? How EASY she had it that they both needed bottles at the same time instead of one needing to be breastfed while the other one needed her beans cut up?

I read this earlier this morning (no, nothing to do with my other blog's post) and I'm still steaming mad about it.

When will the world just support people for their own hardships? Why must someone have it worse than the other? It'll NEVER happen when people are like this. Had she complained about how hard she had it, I'd of supported her. Instead, I had to unsubscribe.

Sorry, I apologize for this, but it really made me upset.