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Anna Tomical @ Bridge Blond Salon

I tried to drown my sorrows, but the bastards learned how to swim.

About Me

[Recovering] artist's block. Scissor collector. Talks of birds. Obsessive-compulsive perfectionist. Grammar police. Nonsensical analogist. Over-analyzer. Dreams of flying, dancing, driving. Dirty mouth. Waver chick. Film geek. Use of idioms and metaphors. Sarcastic sense of humor. Lover of tolerance and social progression.
I believe that everything happens for a reason.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
If life spills the beans, make coffee.
It's funny how beautiful people look when they're walking out the door.

My Interests

black-and-white, pen-and-ink, birds, scissors, tattoos, shitkickers, creepers, skinny jeans, boys in hats, hair extensions, creative makeup, big hair, greasers, fag hags, androgyny, pillbox hats, houndstooth, polkadots, pinstripes, neck ties, coffee shops, theatre

I'd like to meet:


Marc Almond as a marionette; he'd look so pretty in a shadow box on my wall.
You be:
Other retired social butterflies, artists, and geeks who don't take life nor themselves too seriously, but are serious enough to survive.

Create your own visitor map!

IF YOU ARE A MYSPACE MUSIC MEMBER (i.e. band or musician), CLUB, RESTAURANT, ORGANIZATION, or ANY OTHER TYPE OF BUSINESS I DON'T ASSOCIATE WITH, I WILL NOT ADD YOU.

Music:

'80s new wave, new romantic, dark wave, electro, carnival and cabaret, gender benders, post-punk, irish punk, dance punk, next wave/shoegaze, folk/bluegrass, ragtime, vintage jazz/blues, big band/swing, rockabilly/psychobilly, doo-wop, surf

Movies:

Todd Stephens, Tim Burton, John Cameron Mitchell, Lovecraft, Argento, the Brat Pack, the Rat Pack, thrillers, b-movies, foreign films, silent films, silver screen, horror, Troma, cult classics, gore-core, gay cinema, independent films, the occasional chick flick, art films, black and white cinema classics.

Television:

Queer as Folk, The L-Word, Ugly Betty, CSI: Las Vegas. Most of those on DVD or You-Tubed, since I refuse to pay for cable. Television rots your brain!

Books:

Patricia Highsmith, Patrick McCabe, Ann Bannon, Aphrodite Jones, Anne Rule

Heroes:

Frida Kahlo, Elizabeth I, Cyndi Lauper, Vince Clarke, Margaret Cho

My Blog

power ballad dork

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Posted by Anna Tomical @ Bridge Blond Salon on Sun, 17 Aug 2008 03:34:00 PST

New career path and where to find me!

Despite what you may have been told, I am no longer working at Borseno's Barber Shop nor its sister shop, Westside Barber Shop. I am not on an "extended leave of absence" and I am not planning on mov...
Posted by Anna Tomical @ Bridge Blond Salon on Mon, 14 Jul 2008 02:48:00 PST

Crystal -effing- CASTLES!

That show last night kicked so much ass. It was sold out and all-ages (although I hardly saw any minors). Finally, after cancelling TWO of their Seattle shows, here they were.The openers dd/mm/yyyy we...
Posted by Anna Tomical @ Bridge Blond Salon on Mon, 09 Jun 2008 06:10:00 PST

This song...

Is the only song that has brought tears to my eyes in years. And this is the band I saw tonight: ...
Posted by Anna Tomical @ Bridge Blond Salon on Wed, 07 May 2008 12:21:00 PST

new painting!

Just finished my latest painting....Click here to see it....
Posted by Anna Tomical @ Bridge Blond Salon on Fri, 04 Apr 2008 11:35:00 PST

music, art, and Idol

A little girl freaked out when she saw me in Target today, she jumped up and down and told her mom I was on American Idol... and her mother actually believed her. They stood there and stared at me for...
Posted by Anna Tomical @ Bridge Blond Salon on Sat, 29 Mar 2008 10:43:00 PST

three words, part three - last night...

The show was ABSOLUTELY amazing. It was the best free entry show I'd ever been to (in fact I don't think I'd been to a free show since high school). Their website said doors opened at 8. Since I go...
Posted by Anna Tomical @ Bridge Blond Salon on Sun, 17 Feb 2008 01:58:00 PST

Take it, bitches!

AND... One of my new faves is coming to town. They are electro-cute and gay and are from the UK! Seattle is one of only TWO US stops on their tour (the other being New York City). I posted one of the...
Posted by Anna Tomical @ Bridge Blond Salon on Wed, 23 Jan 2008 11:53:00 PST

three words part 2

MORE'80s Robot Dance.But this is the real '80s.Not like the last blog I posted.The 12" of this song is better, but it doesn't have a video. ...
Posted by Anna Tomical @ Bridge Blond Salon on Mon, 17 Dec 2007 10:58:00 PST

three words

'80s robot dance... and the odd coincidence of the chest-high (casio) guitar grip channeling Bernard Sumner I love me some UK Dance Punk boys....
Posted by Anna Tomical @ Bridge Blond Salon on Tue, 04 Dec 2007 01:03:00 PST