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cmerry

~* fragile wings of bone *~ The haunted mansion's resident couturier..

About Me

I rarely, if ever, read bulletins anymore there are too many now, if you need me for anything write me directly.
My found-photo blog "Things Look Like Things"
was named a Google Blog of Note, please come visit sometime
My art and music
Life is, my music: ACTS MAGDALENA
Download our songs free, MP3s on SOUNDLIFT.
About me..
other JOURNALS
ZINES , ILLUSTRATIONS , more ART and STORIES .
My current Pride and Joy, Red Triptych Part One, (Butterfly) now jointly owned by Charlize Theron. AMAZING work in Monster, its an honor on so many levels. *~Red Triptych Part One~*
BUTTERFLY
PONY
(Pony) Owned by author Paul Theroux One of the greatest.
PRINCESS still in progress. MORE ART FORMS :Search: "Christian Merry"
Yes the art on this page is mine except the background which is a Eos Dev.. My Wendy Froud doll sculpting class doll (see my blog for this story
The couture work I did for Malan Breton's gorgeous Fashion Week show. See my blog for this wonderful adventure..
East Village, New York City
Pop Culture addiction..Bratz (click it!)
Check out Bratz TV too

My Interests


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adopting homeless animals, african violets, aileen wournos, Alien, april fool's day, autumn, butterflies, castles, charlize theron, city of lost children, faeries, cute dolls, daisies, dame darcy, darkness, dark forests, dark music, east village, ethereal worlds, evil children, spooky children, gothic parents, fall, female singers, female vocalists, froud, goth, gothic, gothic paris, hardcore and ethereal people, haunted houses, kawaii, lightning, manhattan, mermaids, miette, misty mountains, moonlight, my pet skeleton, OTMA, paul theroux, ranunculus, roses, scary dolls, snow, snowflakes, spooky mansions, surreal art, david lachapelle, terebithia, thunderstorms, ugly shyla, uglyart, uglyart dolls, uglyart.net, winter, zelda fitzgerald, painfully pretty musical people.

I'd like to meet:

well he is gone now.. Jim Henson. True genius.
I would have liked to meet Gerald and Sara Murphy and see 1920's Paris with them, Zelda Fitzgerald to help her, OTMA to save them, my mother as a girl to stop her... anyone still dreaming..

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Music:

my band ACTS MAGDALENA, yes I love our music, Ugly Shyla, janis joplin, grace slick, loreena mckennit, Laurie Anderson, Nightwish, Lacuna Coil, Arch Enemy, Crisis, My Ruin, Jack Off Jill, Scarling, Nine Inch Nails, ak-47 (RIP Orchid!), Tool & APC (We did not name our band after their song- that song came after they got our CD), Paris Keeling, 30 Seconds To Mars, Crooked, Malice Mizer, Thorn (Brazil), 7 Corners, Bella Morte, Vulgaras, Tarot, Faulter (yes I do like things that don't sound like they lived in Hell for semester..) Adam Marsland, Lou Rossi, A Conspiracy Of Hope, Rob Zombie, Pantera, whitey sterling, nox arcana, hitori-goto, The Grand Illusion and Pieces of Eight- yes the STYX albums, Tommy Shaw, Rush 2112, Peter Gabriel before mid-life crisis, OLD Genesis, Classic Eagles, Boston, Kansas, Nazareth..the classics I like Ringo Starr so sue me, John Lennon, I love Sarah Brightman's voice and look and some of her songs- anyone who looks like a mermaid I'll love, I am sure I'll remember more....

Movies:

Children of Men, Monster, Deer Hunter, Platoon, Reqiuem For A Dream, Auntie Mame, Breakfast at Tiffanys, Apocalypse Now (not redux, no I liked the first the best), Stan Winston's effects if not the whole film, 3:10 To Yuma, Nightmare Before Christmas, Alien (the first will always be the best), City Of Lost Children, Dark City, To Kill a Mockingbird, Fantastic Planet, Blade Runner, Red Balloon, Chicken Run, The Snowman, Night of the Hunter (B&W), The Long Riders, Days of Heaven, Andromeda Strain, Space Odyssey 2001, Barbarella, Orlando, The Ring, The Right Stuff, Mr Mom, Shallow Hal, Thomassina, Schindler's List, Being There, Splash, Overboard, English Patient, One Hour Photo, The Insider, Gladiator, Gia, Capote, Syriana, Constant Gardener, An Inconvinient Truth, LOTR, Dark Crystal, Fight Club, Last of the Mohicans, Nightmare Before Christmas, Legends of the Fall, Wildflowers, documentaries on history and life.. there are more...

Television:

American Justice, City Confidential, Cold Case Files (not the TV drama) any of those real life police documentaries, Project Runway, Top Chef, LA Ink, anything about icebergs, Ancient Apocalypse, anything about Nicholas and Alexandra, mainly movies I would never pay for in theaters I watch on cable if I am curious.... travel shows, under sea shows, BBC series.. craft shows- I like to cut things up :)

The Big Race. I love this commercial. Not for the product but the message, think differently, go against the flow, do not conform and of course then.. conquer your world :) I might be one of the few people who will admit they love SOME commercials. I do.. I have gathered many here:

Click here for Happy LOL Day's
Commercial Hall of Fame

Books:

anything by Paul Theroux, To Kill A Mockingbird, Lord Of The Rings, The Hobbit, The Luck Of Roaring Camp (short story), Anything by Maurice Sendak ( Where the Wild Things Are, Outside Over there),Thomas Hardy Tess of the d'Urbervilles Anything by Edward Gorey, Watership Down, Zelda Fitzgerald, all the Lost Generation lit, biographies on The Lost Generation, anything on OTMA, Nicholas and Alexandra, intelligent work on Rasputin, Henson documentary books like "The Works", art compliations, anything by Aubrey Beardsley, anything Froud, Island of the Blue Dolphins, strange old books in boxes with nice covers covered in dust you just pick up and read to see what happens inside...

Heroes:

Music and Art
People who fight for what they believe in, people who gracefully take "get over it" instead of slapping silly the people who utter it.

My Blog

The Fire Tot Remains!

So early this morning I glanced out the windowand in the school lot there was a truck unloading equipment, in the doorway across the street an ambulance was loading in a perfectly healthy looking youn...
Posted by cmerry on Fri, 20 Jun 2008 04:56:00 PST

Stan Winston

I may have loved Alien the best but Aliens had some of the most beautiful Alien effects and one of the greatest one on one battles of all film history.Ripley vs the Alien Queen Stan Winston w...
Posted by cmerry on Tue, 17 Jun 2008 09:32:00 PST

National Pigeon Day was Fun :)

More pictures here!Images from National Pigeon Day. On June 13th I went to Central Park's Pilgrim Hill for the event. I was only able to get there for the last hour and a half but there were still ...
Posted by cmerry on Tue, 17 Jun 2008 07:37:00 PST

You have Feathers All Over your Face!

I stand there and exclaim to my four pigeons.. OMG you have feathers all over your faces, look you have little feathered cheeks!To make matters worse I usually start to sing.."You gotta feather facein...
Posted by cmerry on Tue, 10 Jun 2008 11:09:00 PST

Evil EVIL Pizza Boiz

Sooo Artichoke Pizza on 14th (btw 1st 2nd NYC) is what it's "cracked" up to be.. yes like Pizza Crack.. people waiting in line for it making friends that last many or so minutes but are just as deep a...
Posted by cmerry on Fri, 06 Jun 2008 08:37:00 PST

My Mini-film, Featherdust Boy Grows Up

"Featherdust Boy grows a beardnow he is Featherdust Man"(He was made of pale unmarked dust on a piece of glass. The marks came from I don't know where. Then one day I realized he was aging, ...
Posted by cmerry on Tue, 03 Jun 2008 04:57:00 PST

Hate Bullies?

Hate bullies like Mattel? I Hate Mattel and how they bully the Bratz around? Check these cool videos out, by Furjay and Alcy from Bratz World: LOVE IT! Send it to your fellow Bra...
Posted by cmerry on Fri, 30 May 2008 09:49:00 PST

Night of the Hunter, B&W Masterpiece

Every now and then I'm re-reminded of gorgeous films. You have to rent/netflix this. Just amazing. It will be one of your favorite films. My Kitty Pearl was named after the little girl in the film...
Posted by cmerry on Tue, 27 May 2008 06:57:00 PST

The Madness of Mattel Continues

http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB12034543384...In+a+la wsuit+set+for+trial+on+Tuesday%2C+Mattel+has+accused+MGA+of+ essentially+stealing+the+idea+for+Bratz%2C+the+pouty-lipped+ dolls+with+the+big+h...
Posted by cmerry on Fri, 23 May 2008 09:45:00 PST

The Blade Runner Defense

Rick sent this to me (Thanks!).. They got me, seriously cannot begin to say how much I love the film Blade Runner. A perfect home for me could be the JF Sebastian home in it's dusty gothic glory and t...
Posted by cmerry on Thu, 22 May 2008 11:56:00 PST