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Bee In Your Bonnet

"Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd. -Voltaire

About Me

Evolving very quickly.

My Interests

ART
OLD JUNK
HELPING OTHERS/VOLUNTEERING

ARTISTIC MOVEMENTS/GENRES:
Baroque
Art Nouveau
Art Deco
Academic/Classical Realism
Surrealism
(Some) Expressionism
Conceptual Photography

FASHION/COSTUMES:
Renaissance
French Revolution
Victorian Era
Edwardian Era
La Belle Epoch
Decades: 20's-60's
Halloween/Horror/Zombie

OTHER STUFF:
Creative Collaboration
Being Crafty
Astrology
Psychology (specifically Jungian)
Philosophy
Self-Actualization
Positivity
Reciprocity
Manners (Please!)
Affection (HUGS!)
Staying up late
Sleeping in late
Lazy Sundays
Picnics
Walks
Books and Reading
Writing
Poetry
Film
Music
Dance (ing)
Thrift/Vintage Shopping
Costume Design/Creation
Antique Furniture
The Unusual and the Macabre
Hearses/Funerial Accoutrement
Greek/Roman Mythology

I'd like to meet:

People who are kind and caring, bookworms, independent thinkers and those who like to argue about art. Flakes, competitive or insecure women, shallow people and apathetic hipsters need not apply.

And this person:

And this person, upon my death:

..

Music:

Pretty much everything except psychobilly, ska, pop and most of the crap on the radio. My least favorite band in the world (thus far) is Sublime. My most favorite is Rachel's.

Movies:

Documentaries
Independent
Foreign
Horror
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Silent
Film Noir
Comedy

Top 5: Rubin and Ed, Ghost World, Welcome To The Dollhouse, Pan's Labyrinth and Sylvia.

Television:

Flight of The Conchords
My So-Called Life
Six Feet Under
Twin Peaks
The Muppet Show
The Addams Family
The Munsters
Mr. Show
Comedy Central
History Channel
Discovery Channel
HGTV
TLC

Books:

Poetry moves me most. I read a lot of it and you should too. I typically read 3 or 4 books at once. I skip around with them and oftentimes, I get busy with something else and don't finish them. I guess I have commitment issues.

SOME AUTHORS/WRITERS I DIG:
Neil Gaiman
Pablo Neruda
Sylvia Plath
Anne Sexton
Charles Bukowski
Susanna Kaysen
Kay Redfield Jamison
Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi
Kahlil Gibran
Anais Nin

Heroes:

“Existentialism is about being a saint without God; being your OWN HERO, without all the sanction and support of religion or society.” -Anita Brookner

SOME ADMIRED AND INSPIRED:

Dorothy Canning Miller
Audrey Munson
Clara Bow
Nita Naldi
Maila "Vampira" Nurmi
June Carter Cash
Dorothy Parker
Eleanor Antin
Cindy Sherman
Jenny Holzer
Floria Sigismondi
Dave McKean
David Lynch
Guy Maddin
Tim Burton
Woody Allen
Michael Sowa
John Singer Sargent
Richard Schmid

My Blog

Grand Ole Party: Look Out Young Son

Grand Ole Party - Look Out Young Son I'm showing you this for a few reasons: first off, it's a badass video (check out Streetlight Films), second, they are a great local band and third, I ...
Posted by Bee In Your Bonnet on Tue, 03 Jun 2008 02:25:00 PST

What It Means To Be Avant-Garde

Not an image of fashion but the place where art and life intersect, imparting to both a greater urgency--the place where experience and knowledge find their deepest expression, where the idea of a uni...
Posted by Bee In Your Bonnet on Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:53:00 PST

INTJ: My Personality Type

There are 16 different personality types in the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. I believe firmly in the truth that this test can reveal about people's personalities. I think everyone should take it in ...
Posted by Bee In Your Bonnet on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 04:20:00 PST

The meaning of Melissa(e):

At the temple of Aphrodite, priestesses were called "Melissae", which means "bees," and Aphrodite herself was called Melissa, the queen bee. At the Ephesian temple of Artemis, the melissae were accomp...
Posted by Bee In Your Bonnet on Mon, 03 Mar 2008 09:37:00 PST

Shitty Poem/Divine Inspiration

In a parallel universe, you took me for a drive in your big truck. Out in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by lovely tumbleweeds and abandoned houses that beckoned to be explored. The radio was playi...
Posted by Bee In Your Bonnet on Fri, 18 Jan 2008 08:23:00 PST

The Universe Loves Me and Woody Allen is Proof

That's all.
Posted by Bee In Your Bonnet on Wed, 16 Jan 2008 12:17:00 PST

Conversation

Come sit with me; sit next to me and be near me. Otherwise, it feels like the door is open. (you say)What do you mean by that? (i ask)I mean it feels incomplete. (you say)You mean to say that me bein...
Posted by Bee In Your Bonnet on Wed, 16 Jan 2008 10:48:00 PST

New Ratties! Sterling and Kingston!

Meet the newest additions to my family: Sterling: Kingston: I will be picking them up in the next few days and cannot wait to bring them home!...
Posted by Bee In Your Bonnet on Tue, 15 Jan 2008 11:22:00 PST

Interesting Research about that elusive mistress: LOVE

I found this information to be extremely interesting: Love styles Susan Hendrick and Clyde Hendrick developed a Loves Attitude Scale based on John Alan Lee's theory called Love styles. Lee identified ...
Posted by Bee In Your Bonnet on Sun, 13 Jan 2008 03:52:00 PST

R.I.P. Maila "Vampira" Nurmi

(By the way, the hearse club to which they refer is the same one I was part of many moons ago.  Interesting.  I had no idea anyone in the club was close, personal friends with her...) Januar...
Posted by Bee In Your Bonnet on Sat, 12 Jan 2008 12:54:00 PST