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Mina

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About Me

A costumer/corsetier/milliner by day and a glamour girl by night, my life is absorbed with bustle dresses, feathers and rhinestones! A mixture of down-to-earth one of the boys and girly girl, I can gossip with the gals, and drink with the guys!

My pinup site
My clothing company, Corinthia's
Join my Yahoo group! Please? Mina's Yahoo Group

My Interests

Burlesque, Victorian costume, bustle era, fully fashioned stockings, corsets, tightlacing, high heels, pin-up, rhinestones, ostrich feathers, reading, takin' pitchures... roller skating, ballet, dancing (I'm learning swing of various types), lindy hop, sewing, vintage fashion, hats, latex, leather, bondage, true crime, forensics, archaeology, paleontology, wandering museums and art galleries, spending time with friends, swimming, butterflies, trilobites, absinthe, gloves

I'd like to meet:

People who share my interests, of course! I love to dish with fellow burlesque lovelies, pin-ups, Victorian costume enthusiasts, and stocking and corset lovers.*Please note!* If there isn't anything in your profile to indicate why we should be friends, chances are I won't add you. If you'd like to be friends with me in this case, just introduce yourself! I like nice people.If you are a band, please atleast read my music interests. If your music isn't similar, please don't request an add. I don't add bands whose music I don't like, but good luck.

Music:

I like everything from Motley Crue to Marlene Dietrich. I guess you might call that eclectic taste *wink* Here are some of my favourites: Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, Ella Fitzgerald, Siouxsie and the Banshees, the Cure, Portishead, Depeche Mode, Morrisey/The Smiths, The Birthday Massacre, The Darkness, Massive Attack, Hooverphonic, G 'n' R, Alexisonfire, Sparta, AC/DC, Motorhead, Bon Jovi (gotta love th Jon Bon), VNV Nation, Delirium, Concrete Blonde, Tool, Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, Temple of the Dog, Mother Love Bone, Dead Can Dance, Skinny Puppy, Psychedelic Furs, Rage Against the Machine, Billy Idol, 80's in general, KMFDM, EBM from a few years back, movie soundtracks like Schindler's List, Interview with the Vampire, Lord of the Rings

Movies:

Quills, Henry and June, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Garden State, Kama Sutra, Dracula, Cabaret, The Blue Angel, Interview with the Vampire, Pride and Prejudice, Emma, Sense & Sensibility; cheesy horror movies, Office Space, The Breakfast Club, Drop Dead Fred, Adventures in Babysitting, Some Like it Hot, Guys and Dolls, Strangers on a Train, Lost Boys, Hero, House of Flying Daggers, All About Eve, Sunset Boulevard, Napoleon Dynamite, Battle Royale, The Dangerous Lives of Alter Boys, movies from the 30's and 40's

Television:

Hooray for the Scream and SexTV channels, Law & Order (all of 'em!), CSI and virtually any other forensic-y show, KINK, Blind Date, Trailer Park Boys, The Munsters, Monster Garage, I Love Lucy, Happy Days and Betty Boop cartoons

Books:

Pride and Prejudice, Silk, Threshold, Macho Sluts and other Pat Califia works, Delta of Venus, Geek Love, Control Freak

Heroes:

My Mom, Christa Faust, my dogs Nunnie and Monty (RIP); they had a lot of life and fought hard. The rest of my doggies.

My Blog

New Mina dress photos and updates

Here I am on a Friday night fiddling with html for the company site... Eh bienl, several hours worth of work is starting to pay off. Not everything is going to be working tonight, but it's a start. ...
Posted by Mina on Sat, 16 Dec 2006 07:07:00 PST

Christmas party, One of a Kind, and butterflies

I know I haven't updated in awhile, so here's the skinny on what's been going on with me lately. Last weekend was affliction's company Christmas party where I met lots of new people and thankfully got...
Posted by Mina on Mon, 27 Nov 2006 04:58:00 PST

New live photos

I got some shots back from the Montreal show today, so I thought I would share. I don't have any more of the blue fans, but these are of my zombie fan dance! It's very hard to see with the lighting t...
Posted by Mina on Tue, 07 Nov 2006 02:47:00 PST

What I've been up to

I've been terrible about updating about the big goings on, so I hope "better late than never" will apply here. There was so much work that went into the September 13th show that it was a bit relieving...
Posted by Mina on Mon, 25 Sep 2006 10:10:00 PST

Pirate names...

Here's mine: My pirate name is Captain Graybeard the Funkmaster.Take Ahoy! The Pirate Name Generator today!Created with Rum and Monkey's Name Generator Generator. Now what's yours?! Go do it!...
Posted by Mina on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Shaun of the Dead etc.

This Friday was fun; due to a mix up, the boy and I decided to try to make it to a sneak preview of Shaun of the Dead instead of the screening of Ginger Snaps we were supposed to see. I have to say, ...
Posted by Mina on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Friday with Hot Boxxx

I had more fun than I had expected at Friday's performance. I'd never performed with a live band before, and especially never for such youngin's! It was a bit of a long night, but unlike I had antic...
Posted by Mina on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST