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May. 31st, 2012 07:18 pmSo, I think my schedule for Dress U is going to be:
Saturday: Survival of the Fittest (most important of all, for reals); Lazarus Dress; Taming the Stash; lunch; Dressing for the Titanic; The Dark Dress of Tim Burton; Late 16th/Early 17th Century Embroidered Jackets
Sunday: Characteristics of Civil War Era Fashion; Telling the Mistress from the Maid; Good Movie, Bad Costume
I haven't decided what I'm doing on Sunday morning, it's tough to pick when nothing is the absolute MUST MUST MUST like some of the classes. Part of me wants to do the extant gowns class, but part of me thinks I can see extant gowns pretty much any time I want, I ought to learn how to use the fashion-mag patterns instead.
You'll notice I'm not doing any events - next year I will, once I've met people IRL and it's more comfortable (and once I have a stable of costumes to make a good showing with, ha). I know my limitations when it comes to social events, I want to be sure I'm not going to sit in a corner before I pay $30 to do it.
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So I've been watching Cake Boss lately on Netflix and it's awesome? I always thought it was more about drama but no, it's just making awesome cakes. My mom should get Netflix, she'd love this.
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I got a (free?) book on Amazon called The Five Sons of Charlie Gisby. It's essentially a genealogical research paper, and it's fairly good - I didn't expect to enjoy it that much, to be honest, but it does illustrate the time period and place well, I think. It's making me want to write a research paper on Ruth, Ella, and Mertis, although I think Margate is a better place to be researching than Susquehanna County, PA.
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I love the free promotions on Amazon. I also just read Wallflower, the first book in the Old Maids Series, by Catherine Gayle. Well, the fact that I finished it when I normally heave gusty sighs and delete/return romance novels these days should say it all. It's not on par with the Duchesses series (THE DUCHESSES ARE THE BEST) and there were some significantly ????? moments, but these were balanced out by the awesome climax.
( review )
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Two links:
Fantastic Voyage, on Community and Doctor Who.
The Mommy Wars Redux: A False Conflict, on "stop framing the issue about working vs. ubermothering as being a fight between women, the problem is the patriarchal society that makes the conflict existyou idiots."
Saturday: Survival of the Fittest (most important of all, for reals); Lazarus Dress; Taming the Stash; lunch; Dressing for the Titanic; The Dark Dress of Tim Burton; Late 16th/Early 17th Century Embroidered Jackets
Sunday: Characteristics of Civil War Era Fashion; Telling the Mistress from the Maid; Good Movie, Bad Costume
I haven't decided what I'm doing on Sunday morning, it's tough to pick when nothing is the absolute MUST MUST MUST like some of the classes. Part of me wants to do the extant gowns class, but part of me thinks I can see extant gowns pretty much any time I want, I ought to learn how to use the fashion-mag patterns instead.
You'll notice I'm not doing any events - next year I will, once I've met people IRL and it's more comfortable (and once I have a stable of costumes to make a good showing with, ha). I know my limitations when it comes to social events, I want to be sure I'm not going to sit in a corner before I pay $30 to do it.
---
So I've been watching Cake Boss lately on Netflix and it's awesome? I always thought it was more about drama but no, it's just making awesome cakes. My mom should get Netflix, she'd love this.
---
I got a (free?) book on Amazon called The Five Sons of Charlie Gisby. It's essentially a genealogical research paper, and it's fairly good - I didn't expect to enjoy it that much, to be honest, but it does illustrate the time period and place well, I think. It's making me want to write a research paper on Ruth, Ella, and Mertis, although I think Margate is a better place to be researching than Susquehanna County, PA.
---
I love the free promotions on Amazon. I also just read Wallflower, the first book in the Old Maids Series, by Catherine Gayle. Well, the fact that I finished it when I normally heave gusty sighs and delete/return romance novels these days should say it all. It's not on par with the Duchesses series (THE DUCHESSES ARE THE BEST) and there were some significantly ????? moments, but these were balanced out by the awesome climax.
( review )
---
Two links:
Fantastic Voyage, on Community and Doctor Who.
The Mommy Wars Redux: A False Conflict, on "stop framing the issue about working vs. ubermothering as being a fight between women, the problem is the patriarchal society that makes the conflict exist
