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~*~Shadowlily~*~

...give me tears, give me love...

About Me

I'm Garance (it's French for a flower/shade of red--actually, I was named after a character in the old WWII-era film Children of Paradise). I'm currently studying Illustration at the Fashion Institute of Technology, but I have no idea what I want to do in the future. I love all things strange and beautiful, including but not limited to: Nature, insects, art nouveau, renaissance paintings, anything medeival or Victorian, jewelry, vintage photographs, etc.
I'm also into cute things (i.e. Hello Kitty), anime and manga, the Smashing Pumpkins, mythology, foreign cultures, ethnic food, bubble tea, and tattoos and body art (when they're actually tasteful). I love to walk and explore shops, museums, parks, cafes, restaurants, or whatever else catches my interest.
I used to go to clubs, but I got bored of it so now I'm a hermit.
I have many roommates, including two humans, two cats, a Madagascar hissing cockroach, a fat gecko and three tarantulas (all of which are adorable ^__^). Disrespect the Earth, litter or be an asshole to animals and I'll probably hate you.
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My Interests

Drawing, art, art history, collage, photography, fantasy, foreign languages, music, gothic fashion, animals, cats, entomology, faeries, tattoos, ice skating (very badly), long walks, nature, thrift stores, wine, wandering, good conversations, breathing, life.

I'd like to meet:

Interesting and/or intelligent life forms.

Music:

18 Summers
Abney Park
AFI
A Perfect Circle
Agalloch
Auf der Maur
The Beatles
Bella Morte
The Birthday Massacre
Bjork
Blackfield
Black Rebel Motorcylce Club
Bush
Chevelle
The Cocteau Twins
Collide
The Color Guard
The Cruxshadows
The Cure
Dead Can Dance
Ego Likeness
Eisley
Evanescence
The Gathering
Goo Goo Dolls
Hanson (hehe, old school fan)
HIM
Hedwig & The Angry Inch
Hole
The Horrorpops
Hyde
I am Ghost
Lacuna Coil
Loreena McKennit
Malice Mizer
Mastodon
Sarah McLachlan
Mediaeval Baebes
Moi dix Mois
Moonspell
Muse
My Chemical Romance
Nightwish
Sinead O'Connor
Opeth
Porcupine Tree
The Psychadelic Furs
Radiohead
Rammstein
Rasputina
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Rhea's Obsession
Scarling
Siouxsie & the Banshees
Sisters of Mercy
The Smiths
Social Distortion
Swans
The Tea Party
This Ascension
Tonic
Tristania
Type O Negative
old U2
Unto Ashes
Voltaire
Weird Al Yankovic
...and more, of course....I also love medieval music, Gregorian chant, Celtic, Indian, Middle-Eastern, new age, etc. Note the distinct lack of country and rap.

Movies:

The Princess Bride
Lord of the Rings
Hedwig & the Angry Inch
Sleepy Hollow
The Labyrinth
The Dark Crystal
City of the Lost Children
The Fifth Element
Pan's Labyrinth
Immortal/Immortel
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Harry Potter & The Goblet of Fire
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
Ferris Bueler's Day Off
Liar Liar
Ever After
The Last Samurai
Les Enfents du Paradis (Children of Paradise)
A Series of Unfortunate Events
Hellboy
School of Rock
The Little Mermaid
Aladdin
Lilo & Stitch
Treasure Planet
A Little Princess
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Corpse Bride
Pirates of the Caribbean
Pirates (the porn)

Television:

I generally hate television. I do love Buffy the Vampie Slayer, Firefly, and Carnivale, though. If I had cable I'd probably watch Animal Planet and Cartoon Network all the time.Classic cartoons rule: Daria, Rocko's Modern Life, Invader Zim, etc...Anime: Cowboy Bebop, Cardcaptor Sakura, Escaflowne, Haibane Renmei, Ergo Proxy, Mushishi, Wolf's Rain, Mushishi, Tsubasa Chronicle, Magic Knight Rayearth, Witch Hunter Robin, Sailor Moon, etc.

Books:

Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy, various Anne Rice (especially The Queen of the Damned and Memnoch the Devil), most Neil Gaiman, Lord of the Rings, Gormenghast (though I have yet to finish it), The Thief of Always by Clive Barker, Tithe and Valiant by Holly Black, The Master and Margarita, etc.
Comics: Sandman, Hellboy, the occasional manga (i.e. Clover, Chobits, Princess Ai, Bizenghast, Shutterbox, etc.) Pretty artwork is nice.

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Heroes:

Satan...Jesus...all the important ones.

My Blog

Bye bye ghetto!

So I no longer live in Ghetto Hell, aka BedStuy--I've relocated to Astoria, Queens, and I'm LOVIN' IT!!!You should come over, and we can party it up.Also, since my last blog was about Mork I should pr...
Posted by ~*~Shadowlily~*~ on Wed, 11 Apr 2007 10:24:00 PST

Bunny!

I just adopted a bunny...his name is Mork, Lord of Chaos. Fear his terrible cuteness!Now if only he would stop pooping everywhere......
Posted by ~*~Shadowlily~*~ on Tue, 05 Dec 2006 09:45:00 PST

Tattoo progress

I never use this blog...I always neglect it in favor of LiveJournal, but I figured I'd post a couple of images of what my back currently looks like. One more session for the top left wing, and another...
Posted by ~*~Shadowlily~*~ on Tue, 24 Oct 2006 06:13:00 PST

I give up (give in?)

Ok, so I kind of revamped this profile. I figured I might as well go with it.
Posted by ~*~Shadowlily~*~ on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Oh no...

....here I am in yet another time-sucking internet hideout! So yeah....*waves hi* Guess I'll be lurking around from time to time.
Posted by ~*~Shadowlily~*~ on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST