Well hello there old friend. Remember me? The person who left without saying goodbye 3 years ago? Well a lot has changed since that time and with all the fun things coming up, I might as well share some of the fun projects I'll be working on shortly.

First off, I'm attending ball! Yes, a real, victorian era ball with dancing and fancy dresses! And since I have no fancy dresses, it's time to make one... and all the undergarments related to it (which at the time of posting, are mostly done - corded and ruffled petticoats are done, except for the waist hooks, and corset is fitted, just needs to be cut and stitched)!

So, to be blunt, keep an eye on this space. More content should be up soon!

Beautiful day?

Happy Easter! So far, it has been beautiful outside (I went to brunch without a coat today), but I have been stuck inside prepping for all sorts of mayhem. We have our senior banquet today, so my entire house is setting up for the banquet in the living room. It looks really pretty. However, this morning the first years decided to make breakfast in bed for the seniors, but almost burned the house down. I guess they got toast stuck in the toaster and it started burning. Typical. So the fire alarm went off and we had to evacuate around 9:30 am. It's a good thing one of the HONS came and knocked on my door otherwise I would have still been in pajamas.

Also this morning, an alumna came and photographed my room for one of her upcoming exhibits. She specializes in photographing personal spaces and one of my peers had sent around an email that she was going to be photographing in the area, so I signed up. I wasn't actually in the room while she worked, but I do know that she used my regency dress and chemise, my corset, my copy of Corsets and Crinolines, and my sewing box in the photos, which is cool because those are some of my most treasured items I have at school. I don't know exactly when the photos will go up, but hopefully before finals. I'm also hoping to get a copy of two of the photos. That would be cool.


Now back to work on something (maybe stats homework or my Material Culture essay about toys). Au revior!

This is Belchertown where people can't see free!

I decided to avoid doing work this afternoon, so I joined a couple leading ladies on a trip to Theatrix to pick up some mics that were accidentally returned (they belong to the Campus Center). Somehow we decided that we had to write a new musical parody about the parody Urinetown. It is currently titled Belchertown, but the premise is that there is an evil corporation (Theatrix?) that controls energy usage by limiting light usage. It will feature new songs such as "It's a Privilege to See" and the opening number "Belchertown." Look for it soon ;-)

On another note, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS is once again auctioning off teddy bears to raise money and awareness for AIDS. All of the bears are dressed like various characters from current Broadway musicals and signed by someone famous who was part of the show in some way. Here are some of my favorites (can you guess what shows they are?):

"'I can't explain myself, I'm afraid, sir, because I'm not myself, you see'"

Happy Halloween! Just came back from a fun trip of trick or treating with college friends. We stopped by the president's house, but she wasn't home, but her husband gave us candy. We then went to a couple residential houses - one man opened the door wearing a full skeleton costume, carrying a bowl of candy and a bowl of toothbrushes and toothpaste. I took a toothbrush and piece of candy, but then he stopped me and told me to take a toothpaste! I told him I had plenty of toothpaste and we all moved on. At another house, there was a sign telling visitors to go to number 4. The house contained separate apartments and we went to the second floor and knocked on the door to number 4 and two young men opened the door. They were very nice, but it was a bit strange to get candy this way...My friends and I went a few house more, then Raisa and I turned back to go home and work. Ah yes, lots of fun for college students trick or treating.

I finally finished my costume on friday. It took me three days in the costume shop to finish my wonderful pinafore. As here is the finished costume: *drumroll*

Tah dah! It ended up very cute (and poufy!). 

Also some of my friends and I all dressed up before going out in the cold! (bottom to top: Marilyn Monroe, Glinda the Good Witch, Alice in Wonderland, a cupcake, a Pirate Zombie and a Witch)

Oh google.

Occasionally Google uses different images as their logos. Today, in honor of Halloween, they used a really cool Scooby-Doo logo. For some reason I decided to search this (don't ask why) and I somehow found that a little while ago Google posted a functional PacMan game as their logo. Is that not sick or what?