I'm going to take a page from the lovely Yanise and make a style inspiration post myself! As many of you know, Dances of Vice's theme this month is Kriminaltango, or film noir. This year I am trying desperately to save money, so I'm going to re-use some outfits I already have. For Kriminaltango, my goal is to emulate Anna May Wong, one of the first Asian Hollywood stars. If anything, I'll be the exotic client who visits the detective agency with a mysterious case :)









Oh so glamorous!!

What's everyone else thinking of doing for DoV?

It's official!

Best Bromance of 2009: Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law

It's not the best movie ever, but it's incredibly entertaining. It also reminded me of Young Sherlock Holmes; some of the visuals and the arcane direction of the plot seem to have been inspired by it!

Why can't I load Tinypic pictures onto my computer?!

I can't see the secrets or valentines this week ;_; I was able to see the valentines at Mike's house on Saturday, but now I can't see anything since I'm at home in NJ. Any suggestions?

But thank you, anonymous person, for giving me such a sweet valentine this week! <3

Angela's Fall 2009 Reading List
-The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova: FINISHED!
-House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski: FINISHED!!
-Star Wars: Splinter of the Mind's Eye by Alan Dean Foster: FINISHED!
-Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie: FINISHED!
-DC: Identity Crisis by Brad Meltzer: FINISHED!
-Top 10 Season Two by Gene Ha and Zander Cannon: FINISHED!
-Top 10 Forty-Niners by Alan Moore and Gene Ha: FINISHED!
-Top 10 Beyond the Farthest Precinct: by DiFilippo and Ordway: FINISHED!
-Transmetropolitan Vol. 1 by Warren Ellis: FINISHED!
-The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold: quit =/
Now Reading: Dune by Frank Herbert (actually a re-read, I first read it in 2006)

Here are my goals for Winter 2009-2010
-Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert
-Children of Dune by Frank Herbert
-the other three Dune books (let's see if I can get through all of them!)
-Anno Dracula by Kim Newman
-The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie
-Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
-Seeing is Believing by John Berger
-The Invisible Man by HG Wells
-His Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman
-Promethea Vol 1 by Alan Moore
-DC: The New Frontier Vol 2 by Darwyn Cooke

Any comments? Anyone read any of the books on here at all? I'd love to hear your thoughts about any of them!

So who's going to the Pumpkin meet tomorrow? =)

I really hope it doesn't rain too hard...

I just finished reading House of Leaves.* Has anyone else read it?


*I'm getting nervous a dark hallway will soon open up in my living room...

So I went ahead and bought this.
Why?
You'll see!

I miss my roomates and my broken dorm apartment. And eating soup out of cans. And watching TV with the wind howling in the background. And waking up in my warm bed knowing that it was Saturday and I didn't have classes.

It's weird. I'm an only child, and lived alone until I went to college. Now that I've graduated and am living back here again, I suddenly want to live with roomies again.

My oldest friend is also one of my best friends--his name is Mark. We met when we were four years old, on the first day of pre-school at our Catholic elementary school. We've stayed friends throughout all this time (we are now 22!) and even though we don't see each other often, when we do see each other, it's like no time has gone by at all.

That's what I think a real friend is--no matter how much time has passed, you're just able to pick up where you left off. You don't need to know every single detail of the person's life either; it's just this point of comfort and support that you reach.

A GREAT AMAZING WEEKEND. More to come later this week.

New userpic! Here we have Bones, Kirk, and Spock in a rather tense moment. Inspired by watching an episode of the Star Trek original series with the girls this weekend....good times ladies, good times.

Angela's Summer Reading List--The Final Results

Goals (from May 2009)
finish Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke: FINISHED!!
The Ladies of Grace Adieu by Susanna Clarke: FINISHED!!
The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks: FINISHED!!
World War Z by Max Brooks: FINISHED!!
The Tales of Beedle the Bard by JK Rowling: never started, lost interest
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffeneger: quit after 250 pages
DC: The New Frontier Vol. 1 by Darwyn Cooke: FINISHED!!
Justice Vol. 3 illustrated by Alex Ross: FINISHED!!
Top Ten Vol. 1 by Alan Moore: FINISHED!!
Top Ten Vol. 2 by Alan Moore: FINISHED!!
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen 1910 by Alan Moore: FINISHED!!

Added Books--Not on the original list, but read anyway
Smax by Alan Moore: FINISHED!!
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie: FINISHED!!
The Vampire Armand by Anne Rice: FINISHED!!

Now Reading
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova

So...I'd call my summer reading list a success! But let's not stop there! Presenting...my Fall Reading List!!
-House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
-Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert
-Children of Dune by Frank Herbert
-Identity Crisis by Brad Meltzer
-Batman/Superman: Finest Worlds
-Batman: Arkham Asylum
-DC Trinity

update (11/6/09)
Finished reading:
-The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
-House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
-Identity Crisis by Brad Meltzer
-Splinter of the Mind's Eye
-Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie
-Top 10 Season Two
-Top 10 Forty-Niners
-Top 10 Beyond the Farthest Precinct
-Transmetropolitan Vol 1
Now reading: Dune by Frank Herbert

The eternal dilemma....should I save up money so that I can afford beautiful lolita outfits and costumes for Halloween and the upcoming DoVs, or can I afford to spend a little bit on "normal" clothes that I can wear to work and in the suburbs of NJ?

I tried on a bunch of outfits earlier tonight, and wasn't satisfied with the rest of them. Honestly, I'm not too impressed by this year's fall trends.

In other news, I'm so glad that Kokusyoku Sumire is going to NYAF! I've always wanted to see them live, and now I have a chance to!! NYAF was always more of a "hang-out" convention for me, as opposed to Otakon, where I would always run around and try to see everything!

I've never been to Webster Hall either, so whoooo!

Wow, I've been so incredibly busy with my job that I haven't had much time to be online. I wake up at 5 am, get to work by 8:30, and am out of work by 3:30 pm. I get home around 5-5:30, and use the remaining rest of the night to do my chores, read, play games, etc.

I wanna see my lolita girls! I haven't seen you all since Otakon. Is there a meet going on at the Madison Japanese street festival? I'm planning to go, and I want to see you guys there!

It's only natural that vampires would play baseball...they're really into bats!
Ba-dum-che!

Side note: Do the rest of you Writer's Block answerers have no sense of humor, or what?

So, is anyone on my flist going to the Dances of Vice Third Anniversary party? It looks like it's gonna be a swinging time and I'd love to see some of you ladies there!

Thursday: ....nothing! I'll just probably hang out in the clothes I came with on the bus
Friday: Alice and the Pirates "This is My Blood" JSK in maroon
Saturday: Fujiko Mine in a swinging 70s dress (complete with Lupin III!)
Sunday: Alba Rosa blue and orange yukata

My bus leaves tomorrow at noon...see you then! So excited!!