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Charis

a grey eyed girl

About Me

I'm Charis. Like everyone else here, I just want attention.
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Personal Anthem
This girl is a black eye, she’s a bruise on your knee
She’s the ashes of the people that you really meant to be
This girl’s the resurrection, she’s the comeback
She’s the absinthe and whiskey, she is poetry and prozac
This girl is taking bets, this girl’s a silhouette can't you see
...
This girl's a forged ticket to a Lloyd Webber show
She’s the far end of the graveyard up where the nettles grow
This girl is the rainbow in the dewy eyed stares
She’s the name tag on the toe of your long dead love affairs
this girl is taking bets....
This girl is the wild smile, the icy stare
She’s the crackle of the static, she’s the curses, she's the prayers
This girl is the junkie in the children's matinee
She’s the 4 minute warning
She is hell to pay
This girl is the plunge pool, she is cocaine and kodak
Now she's out setting sail on the ocean of the soundtrack
This girl is the shaking hand, the rattling cup
With a button and a note saying things are looking up.
'This Girl is Taking Bets' -- Thea Gilmore
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My Interests

Books, comic books/graphic novels, reading, writing, publishing, drawing, costume design, music, select manga and anime, travel

I'd like to meet:

Ray Bradbury, Neil Gaiman (again), Robin McKinley, Quinten Tarantino, Kevin Smith, Hayao Miyazaki, David Bowie, Thea Gilmore

Music:

Thea Gilmore
Over the Rhine
Vienna Teng
Regina Spektor
Plumb
Simon & Garfunkel
Styx
RENT
Wicked
Scarlet Pimpernel
Phantom of the Opera
Les Miserables
Billy Joel
Vivaldi
Bach
Gordon Lightfoot

Movies:

Labyrinth
The Princess Bride
Howl's Moving Castle
Spirited Away
Princess Mononoke
Kill Bill 1&2
Tsukiohen (Samurai X: Trust & Betrayal)
Seisohen (Samurai X: Reflection)
Hero
A Knight's Tale
The Lastu Unicorn
Mirrormask
Pride & Prejudice (BBC damnit!)
Sense & Sensibility
Finding Forrester
Much Ado About Nothing
Mulan
Beauty and the Beast
The Court Jester
Ladyhawke
V for Vendetta
X-Men
Serenity
The Philadelphia Story
Breakfast at Tiffany's

Television:

Firefly. FireflyFireflyFirefly.
Robot Chicken
Family Guy
Samurai Champloo
Inuyasha
What Not to Wear
Keeping up Appearances
Fawlty Towers
Gilmore Girls
Angel
Witch Hunter Robin

Books:

anything by Neil Gaiman, Robin McKinley, Patricia McKillip, CS Lewis, and JRR Tolkien.
The Deed of Paksenarrion by Elizabeth Moon.
Pride and Prejudice and Emma by Jane Austen.
The Dark is Rising Sequence by Susan Cooper.
Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones.
The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom.
Wyrd Sisterz, Witches Abroad, and Maskerade by Terry Pratchett.
Frank Miller's comic books except for DKR2.
The Dark Tower series by Stephen King.
Usagi Yojimbo by Stan Sakaki.

Heroes:

Corrie Ten Boom. Neil Gaiman. Joan of Arc. CS Lewis. Ray Bradbury. My parents.

My Blog

Art Sale

So, in the interest of improving my disposable income, I'm going to offer some bits and pieces of art for sale. If you're interested in any of them, send me an email with what you want and how you wan...
Posted by Charis on Mon, 04 Jun 2007 08:06:00 PST

In Which Charis Gripes and Blames the Weather

It is cold, drizzly, and irritating.  I spent two hours at Wal-Mart getting the oil in the car changed.  I am not as engrossed in painting the first layer of Shore Leave as I intended to be-...
Posted by Charis on Thu, 24 May 2007 03:52:00 PST

In Which Charis Remembers that she has a MySpace Account

So, yeah, I completely forgot that I have a MySpace account and that some of my friends actually use MySpace, and may have used it in an attempt to contact me.  Instead, I did not check my MySpac...
Posted by Charis on Thu, 24 May 2007 10:12:00 PST

Art Dump

ART DUMP!New Elements Series:Earth ReduxFire ReduxWater ReduxStoneWindAnd Danae--Warning! Artistic Partially-Nude (by which I mean boobies). My insomnia is getting worse. For the past week, no matt...
Posted by Charis on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 12:11:00 PST

Happy New Year from the Festive Pumpkin

Happy New Year from the Festive Pumpkin!...
Posted by Charis on Mon, 01 Jan 2007 06:02:00 PST

In which Charis confesses her crazies. And they are pretty damn big crazies.

Thanks to everyone who commented on my last crazy fest--thanks so much for the love, guys, I appreciate it.  I meant to answer everybody, but I put it off, because I didn't feel up to it and I di...
Posted by Charis on Fri, 29 Dec 2006 12:04:00 PST

In which Charis brags, rambles, informs, and begs for attention

First, before I do anything else: Look what I did! Now that Christmas is over I can show everyone the shiny paintings that I did for my sisters as their presents without them seeing the links! (they d...
Posted by Charis on Tue, 26 Dec 2006 01:43:00 PST

I am Charis' word dump and other stories.

Yeah.  So I don't use MySpace.  I'm not really a fan.  But I wrote this MASSIVE blog, so I figure I might as well share the love?So much has been going on, I can't even process it all.&...
Posted by Charis on Wed, 25 Oct 2006 10:31:00 PST

Stuff Going On or The insane ramblings of a lunatic mind

Stuff going on: Explorer bugged out on me, so I switched to Firefox for good, once I figured out how to transfer my bookmarks. Angel and I did some pictures before my employee discount ended and it wa...
Posted by Charis on Mon, 21 Aug 2006 02:00:00 PST

In Which Charis Finally Posts Some New Artwork!

I finally managed to get the artwork I've done this summer scanned! Make sure you click on them to see the full size.First, a very special piece:A Celebrated EngagementKay, this is my attempt at an e...
Posted by Charis on Fri, 18 Aug 2006 12:15:00 PST