When elegance became uncomfortably theatrical profile picture

When elegance became uncomfortably theatrical

I sing with impertinence, shading impermanent chords

About Me



My name is Elyse; I could use an adventure at the moment.

I think I read more than I actually exist.
I have an unhealthy appetite for clothes
I don't fit in any one place, so I think I'll visit them all
I sing when I'm happy
I'm more formidable than I look
I'd like to think I'm some breed of artist, though I'm not sure what kind yet
I want more than anything to be free of my own personnal restrictions
I often wonder what happened to cinematography
I don’t want a career; I want a passion
I don't belong, but I don't mind
I don't take kindly to being lied to, even if you think you're sparing me
Zombies freak me out
I tend to repeat myself
I intend to be rich and famous before I’m twenty-five so I can buy all of my friends shiny stuff
Shiny stuff is my weakness..and frosting... and kittens... and shoes. Yes, I know I'm a gooey mess of a girl
My sport involves stabbing people and hopping about
Talk metaphysics or philosophy and you'll get to see my eyes go all sparkly-like
Sure, I'm strange, but at least I have fun
Violins give me the best kind of goosebumps
I’m a hopeless romantic with a touch of cynicism for balance
I tend to repeat myself
I’m addicted to myspace and caffeine, among other things
Oozing fumes of any kind is kind of turn-off for me, so no, I don’t drink or smoke
I’m cosmetically challenged
I'm allergic to gravity. Yes. It's quite crippling.

My Interests

Reading, writing, fencing, archery, music (and musicals), foreign films, travel, haphazard baking impulses at two in the morning, epic adventures, rollercoasters, sketching, chatting with my friends and random strangers that make the mistake of appearing cognizant within three feet of me. I love to dance and sing and I enjoy just moving, whether it's skipping or hopping or some strange fidget that I have that seems to be a combination of both. If you're up for a chat, my aim is Musemisplaced and my dA is just a click away.

I'd like to meet:

Confident, charismatic people who make me laugh and have perfected the art of conversation(the act of talking is not the same thing), people that hum without knowing it, people who prophesy with half-eaten bowls of cheerios, and those rare few who can run and look up at the same time without becoming a trifle dizzy.

My words fly up, my thoughts remain below. Words without thoughts never to heaven go.

Music:

I listen to anything and everything. If the music is good, i'll listen to it regardless of genre or the time it was recorded. I am, however, partial to angry cellos and pianists that don't believe in breathing. I tend to move from one genre to the next, depending on my mood, but some timeless favorites are MUSE, Imogen Heap, Jon Brion, Fiona Apple, Chopin, Joshua Radin, David Bowie, A Perfect Circle, Apocalyptica, Javier Navarrete, The Decemberists ( ♥ ), Vivaldi,Tremblebee, Rufus Wainwright...

Movies:

My morbid streak comes out in my taste for films, though I do enjoy a good intellectual comedy as well as quite a few movies introduced in the fifties, and anything positively oozing with irony. I have a strong affinity for musicals, most likely because music has a strong effect on me. It's passion in pure melodic form. I love it. There's nothing better than a man belting his baritone sorrows on the big screen. My favorite is Sweeney Todd with The Producers following close behind. Some of my favorite films include Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Pan's Labyrinth, American Beauty, Velvet Goldmine, Casablanca, all of the Star Wars movies, The Court Jester, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Edward Scissorhands, Pride and Prejudice, The Labyrinth, Nightmare Before Christmas, Pulp Fiction, Donnie Darko, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, An American Werewolf in London, Amelie, Victor/Victoria, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Night at the Roxbury, Much Ado About Nothing, Jules et Jim, The Portrait of Dorian Grey, Gladiator, The Dead Poets Society, Sleepy Hollow and The Count of Monte Cristo. There's a lot more to list, but I never did have much of an attention span.
Okay, so maybe I’m a little obsessed with swordplay…
No swordplay involved. Really.

Television:

Mostly just CSI (despite the chronic overacting), Nip/Tuck, Heroes, and Lost. I suppose I just like a good intrigue. mmm... I love Jon Stewart. I used to watch Monty Python and Fawlty Towers religiously, but my BBC was cut off.

Books:

This list needs to be abridged regularly. I stopped listing titles and authors that I liked but didn't inspire raptures because it's taking too much space. I'm mostly interested in fiction/scifi/fantasy, but I also like historical fiction and biographies. I normally can't stand romances or mysteries. Some of my favorite writers are Douglas Adams, Juliet Marillier, Gregory Maguire, Stephenie Meyer, Phillip Pullman, John Steinbeck, Jane Austen, Clive Barker and Chris Wooding. If I had to pick a favorite, it would be The Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul, by Adams, or House of Leaves, by Danielewski.

Heroes:

Anyone who isn't afraid to LIVE.

My Blog

isn't it strange?

Isn't it so very strange how something could seem so dire at a time in your life, and then quite suddenly the mind shifts gears on you, and you wonder how you could have obssessed over something so tr...
Posted by When elegance became uncomfortably theatrical on Fri, 20 Apr 2007 04:27:00 PST

Into the Woods

     It's apparent that I don't blog that often, but it's for a good reason. My thoughts flicker across my mind in an instant and are gone, replaced by something wholly new an...
Posted by When elegance became uncomfortably theatrical on Sun, 08 Apr 2007 11:25:00 PST

Rhi's story

Here's a story that rhi wrote that i thought was just the coolest thing ever! crazytraptfan (9:11:11 PM): one day, in Mooville crazytraptfan (9:11:16 PM): there was a cow crazytraptfan (9:11:18 P...
Posted by When elegance became uncomfortably theatrical on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST