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Maybe everyone else has already seen this, but this video made me laugh hardcore.

Have any of you seen this?  It's a period movie called Angel with Romola Garai, an actress I just love (seeing her with Bryce Dallas Howard in As You Like It was *doubly* droolworthy.

Anyway, the film looks AMAZING, and this video is just gorgeous.  I practically lived off of this CD by Natalie Merchant in the late 90s anyway, and it has great ( Read more... )

I propose a toast to many more years of catnip, catnaps, and love, from your mom medievalmuse  !


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This post is a re-post from a benefit auction group I am leading for my friend, Tess Avelland.  Tess owns an absolutely amazing store, Midnight Muse, that caters to wonder, imagination and beauty.  Late last year, she was diagnosed with Psuedomyxoma Peritonei, a very rare form of cancer.  Her friends have been occasionally holding auctions to help ( Read more... )

Anyone have any ideas or catalysts for blog posts I can do over at The Beautiful Necessity?  I want to do a new one, but I can't think of anything offhand.

Sometimes I REALLY miss college.

I just did a long post over on The Beautiful Necessity that has me really  missing doing college papers.  I wish I could be a professional student.

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I'm hoping to make a painted box to auction over at the We Love You Tess LJ group.

So I'm curious to know...what sort of painting do you think would be most popular/biddable?  I don't mean what you want me to paint necessarily, but what you think would sell best/grab attention best.

Please give any suggestions here!

Happy Birthday, sistersola !

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My Facebook friend, Aurora, posted this video yesterday, and as I watched it, it actually made me tear up a little bit. Because, as I mentioned to her, we could all use more spontaneous acts of joy and frivolity like this in today's frightened and frightening, tense and stressful times.