A mini post: My Raspberry Muffins!

Greetings!
I finally got around to making those muffins I was talking about a few days back. They were originally meant to be blueberry but I did that last time...so I tried raspberry with good results.

Unfortunately my best muffin recipe is in the hands of my friend who's rather protective of his cookbook...*I stole the recipe from there* so there's little hope I'll get it back.

But here are the photos of the back up recipe's result. Looks more like fat cookies but whatever...

I am surprised they actually tasted okay considering my cooking skills...

Raspberry cinnamon muffins. :)

There were 22 in total, now 20 because of sneaky parents grabbing them.

If you'd like the recipe, drop a comment and I'll post it.

Farewell!

Monthly Post - 4th Month Goth

Greetings!
I am sorry that I didn't post this two days ago as I should've, but I had extra work this week.

Anyhow, moving on.

I just realised that instead of being 'Goth' for 3 months it was actually 4, so yes. SKIP! :) I was feeling bored that evening so I figured I'd host a mini celebration even though I am over that excitement phase.

Uh...mostly. *Shifty look*

As usual it was incense, organ and candles, although I kind of ruined the atmosphere by gorging myself with chocolate and potato chips. *Ehee*

Since my stripy tights arrived a few days before, I wore them with a puffy skirt, white frilly blouse and patterned black coat all day, with my hair done up in a high Victorian bun.

*I had been hoping to wear my hair in a more down style but it does have it's evil moments and right now no matter what I do my hair forms itself into a puffy straight afro. So I just channeled the puff into a nice puffy bun. :D*

When I went out that evening for a bus ride to the store, it was funny as I saw people taking numerous glances at me. The best part though was that they were mainly staring at my tights. Moments like those just make me laugh so much...

For the evening entertainment I watched the Queen of the Damned and even though I haven't read the book, I didn't really enjoy it at all because the storyline is full of loopholes!

(Yes, that's me. ULTIMATE movie/book critic. It's rare for me to actually kick back, relax and watch a movie without noticing it's various errors, however minor they are.)

Stuart Townsend makes an okay vampire, (But from what I've heard about it, he made a very poor Lestat) but the whole storyline was cheesy and error filled....not to mention the "Twilightish" ending. 'He finds his girl, turns her into a vampire to save her life and they walk into eternity.' Ok, maybe I'm wrong about this, but that whole thing just screamed Hollywood/Twilight.

And the loopholes, well...there was just too much left unsaid, the storyline moved too quickly and left various bits unfinished.

Oh dear. I've gone and rambled on again, sorry about that! (For fans of this movie, do excuse me, I just have a very bad habit of critiquing.)

On a brighter note I also watched the Rocky Horror Picture Show and absolutely loved it! It was so funny and well done....I still have the Time Warp song in my head. :)

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I honestly can't say I made any huge improvements this month...besides forming better hairstyles and outfits than before.

Just today I picked up a corset shirt (Plastic bones :(), a crumpled white maxi skirt for summer Ice Goth look, and a couple of vertical striped shirts. All from the Op shop. :)

Well, I have little else that's good to say, and I need to go bake muffins anyhow.

Farewell!

Friday the 13th Things - 13 things I'd like to Make or Create

Greetings!

Since's it's Friday again, it's time for another 13 things. (Thanks again to Hayley Callaway for creating this survey!)

                                            13 Things I'd Like to Make or Create.

1: A maxi net/lace skirt.

2: A patchwork short skirt.

3: A bell sleeved dress/shirt.

4: An array of carved turnips and pumpkins.

5: Paper Mache gargoyles.

6: A sucessful set of cartoon drawings of movie/book characters.

7: A Hogwarts inspired knitted scarf.

8: A pair of black bloomers.

9: Rasberry muffins, chocolate chip cookies and German mud cake.

10: A length of bad poetry. :P

11: A simple organ inspired piece on the keyboard to go along with my choir soundtrack.

12: A pair of vertical striped pants/skirt.

13: A couple of calligraphy pieces in Runes, Enochian and Latin.

Well, that's it for now. I'll be back later with THE MONTHLY POST.

Farewell!

Photo Post: Bed Hair and a Touch of Deathrock

Greetings!
Many of you liked the last photo post with the black/red lipsticks and Neo Victorian hairstyles...So, I decided to invent another style...Basically it's inspired by the big hair of the 1980s and Deathrock.

I'd watched a few tutorials on you tube for hairstyling and out of those I performed my own. So here goes! And yes, the lipsticks are back! Black and red/pink in use once again...(Due to a comment on the before post stating that I should swap them around for various styles.)

Note: If these look like bad quality, blame my camera. It really messed up today and made my hair look all dry and hay like.

The back is in a high pony tail turned bun, and my bangs and other hair are teased.

Heavy teasing in the front and a little teasing on the actual bun to create frizz and volume.

So, does black lipstick suit this style?

As you can see, my bangs need a cut.

This is the full side view so you can see the style.

Next time I might not do any teasing and just leave it straight.

The lipstick wasn't actually so bold looking, just thank my silly camera for making things out of proportion.

Fairly simple makeup here: Grey eyeshadow and black eyeliner pencil, black lipstick and bronzer on the sides. A touch of mascara also. Hm. Do I suit the more 'outlined' eye look?

Hair at it's puffiest. :)

Well, that's it. I like to think of this style as I fell out of my bed/I jumped out of my grave...with a side of hairstyling elegance. :D

For this style it's wise to use hairspray for full teased effect, but as I was lazing around I didn't bother.

Anyhow...

Farewell!

My Summer as a Goth

Greetings!

Just a few days ago I read on 'Gothic Charm school' that there's a new movie in the making: My Summer as a Goth.

I'm not trying to copy any one else's posts on this, I am just posting this for my interest and as general information.

The more people post about this movie, the more others will know about it, so please write a post on this movie, everyone!

My Summer as a Goth is about a 16 year old girl, Joey, who visits her grandparents for the summer and ends up meeting and falling in love with local Goth boy, Victor.

Throughout the summer, Victor and his friends help to change her from an average teen girl into a Goth, and this portrayal is quite good in my opinion, as Joey is a 'realistic Goth' character.

The film itself is about making friends, falling in love for the first time, changing your way of life for the one you love and finding yourself.

This film is undoubtedly going to be good, as Jillian Venters is the Goth consultant, as such you know that little to nothing can go wrong here, (In other words, negative stereotypes about Goths may be lessened a bit by this film.)

Note: Watch the promo video for production here: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1759327397/my-summer-as-a-goth?ref=live

-And for those who've seen the Gothic Charm School videos, the music is charmingly familiar. :D

But unfortunately the producers need more money in order to film it in Summer of 2011. But, if you pledge towards the project, there may be rewards coming your way.

If you pledge:

$5: You will get a shout out on their facebook, twitter and blog.

$10: An "Oh my Goth" postcard and an "I heart Goth" button.

$25 or more: An "I heart Goth" sticker and above.

$35 or more: An invite to "My Summer as a Goth" Halloween party, on the 28th of October, and a surprise gift will be presented at the screening.

$50 or more: An "I heart Goth" Tee shirt.

$100 or more: A signed copy of Gothic Charm school book.

$250 or more: A thanks in the credits and a Goth makeover kit.

$500 or more: A walk in or extra role in the film.

$750 or more: A signed "My Summer as a Goth" movie poster.

$1,000 or more: VIP tickets to the Portland premier of "My Summer as a Goth."

$2,500 or more: Your name on a tombstone in the film.

$5,000 or more: A Goth getaway package, a one night stay for two in a local "haunted" inn, a guided tour of haunted Portland sites, a limo service to and from the premier, VIP reception and an invite to the after party.

(The more you pay the more you 'unlock'. For example: If you pay 500, you will recieve all the mentioned items.)

Note: Somebody correct me if I'm wrong on these statistics.

If you sadly have no money you can spare, then go ahead and 'Like' "My Summer as a Goth' page on facebook. Then you can receive regular updates on the movie.

Facebook page here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/My-Summer-As-A-Goth/264499370232274

Farewell!

October to do List

Greetings!
My brain has gone awry so give me some time to get things straightened out. For now I will bore you with my October to do list. Sorry. :)

                                OCTOBER TO DO LIST 2011

1: Go downtown and collect all the valuable sparse Halloween goodies. (Darn it Australia! WHY don't you celebrate Halloween like other countries?!)

2: Get my striped tights from the post and order a Victorian parasol for the nasty spring weather.

3: Knit another three lengths on that scarf I'm supposed to be creating.

4: Add another 5 candles to my room collection, if not more.

6: Finish creating my scrap book.

7: Finish reading Dracula

8: Research the Festival of Samhain, Celtic traditions and old Halloween folklore.

9: Watch Repo! The Genetic Opera

10: Watch Queen of the Damned just for the sake of it.

11: Watch the Rocky Horror Picture Show.

12: Bake cookies and muffins.

13: Finish the Addams family and start on the Munsters.

14: Go out and throttle the ice-cream truck driver for driving around so I can hear him but never find him in time to get some cheap ice-cream. (This is an example of my bad humour) :P

15: Visit the Fremantle Cemetary.

Goodness knows I won't be able to accomplish much of these, but it's worth a try...

Farewell, and I hope you all have better Halloweens than me. :)

Stereotype Post

Greetings!

Yes, I don't think I have anything decent to say...as usual, so here's another survey, this time I aquired it from Aislingchild's lovely blog.

The stereotypes that I 'have' I will mark in underlined.
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I'm SKINNY, so I MUST be anorexic.

I'm EMO, so I MUST cut my wrists.

I'm a NIGRO so I MUST carry a gun.

I'm BLONDE, so I MUST be a ditz

I'm JAMAICAN so I MUST smoke weed.

I'm HAITIAN so I MUST eat cat.

I'm ASIAN, so I MUST be sexy.

I'm JEWISH, so I MUST be greedy.

I'm GAY, so I MUST have AIDS.

I'm a LESBIAN, so I MUST have a sex-tape.

I'm ARAB, so I MUST be a terrorist.

I speak my mind, so I must be a bitch.

I'm a GAY RIGHTS SUPPORTER, so I WILL go to hell.

I'm a CHRISTAN, so I MUST think gay people should go to hell.

I'm RELIGIOUS, so I MUST shove my beliefs down your throat.

I'm ATHEIST so I MUST hate the world.

I don't have a RELIGION, so I MUST be evil and have no morals

I'm REPUBLICAN, so I MUST not care about poor people.

I'm DEMOCRAT, so I MUST not believe in being responsible.

I am LIBERAL, so I MUST be gay.

I'm SOUTHERN, so I MUST be white trash.

I TAKE (or used to take) ANTI-DEPRESSANTS, so I MUST be crazy.

I'm a GUY, so I MUST only want to get into your pants.

I'm IRISH, so I MUST have a bad drinking problem.

I'm INDIAN, so I MUST own a convenient store.

I'm NATIVE AMERICAN, so I MUST dance around a fire screaming like a savage.

I'm a CHEERLEADER, so I MUST be a whore...

I'm a DANCER, So I MUST be stupid, stuck up, and a whore

I wear SKIRTS a lot, so I MUST be a slut.

I'm a PUNK, so I MUST do drugs.

I'm RICH, so I MUST be a conceited snob.

I WEAR BLACK, so I MUST be a goth or emo.

I'm a WHITE GIRL, so I MUST be a nagging, steal-your-money kind of girlfriend.

I'm CUBAN, so I MUST spend my spare time rolling cigars.

I'm NOT A VIRGIN, so I MUST be easy.

I FELL IN LOVE WITH A MARRIED MAN, so I MUST be a home-wrecking whore.

I'm a TEENAGE MOM, so I MUST be an irresponsible slut.

I'm POLISH, so I MUST wear my socks with my sandals

I'm ITALIAN, so I must have a "big one".

I'm EGYPTIAN, so I must be a TERRORIST!

I'm PRETTY, so I MUST not be a virgin.

I HAVE STRAIGHT A'S, so I MUST have no social life.

I DYE MY HAIR CRAZY COLORS, so I MUST be looking for attention.

I DRESS IN UNUSUAL WAYS so I MUST be looking for attention.

I'm INTO THEATER & ART, so I MUST be a homosexual.

I'm a VEGETARIAN, so I MUST be a crazy political activist.

I HAVE A BUNCH OF GUY FRIENDS, so I MUST be fucking them all.

I HAVE A BUNCH OF GIRLS WHO ARE FRIENDS, so I MUST be a player.

I have BIG BOOBS, so I MUST be a hoe.

I'm COLOMBIAN, so I MUST be a drug dealer.

I WEAR WHAT I WANT, so I MUST be a poser.

I'm RUSSIAN, so I MUST be cool and thats how Russians roll.

I'm GERMAN, so I must be a Nazi.

I hang out with GAYS, so i must be GAY TOO

I'm BRAZILIAN, so I MUST have a big butt.

I'm PUERTO RICAN, so I MUST look good and be conceited

I'm SALVADORIAN, so I MUST be in MS 13

I'm POLISH, so I MUST be greedy

I'm HAWAIIAN so I MUST be lazy

I'm PERUVIAN, so I MUST like llamas

I'm a STONER so I MUST be going in the wrong direction

I'm a VIRGIN so I MUST be prude

I'm STRAIGHT EDGE so I must be violent.

I'm a FEMALE GAMER, so I MUST be ugly.. or crazy.

I'm BLACK so I MUST love fried chicken and kool-aid.

I'm a GIRL who actually EATS LUNCH, so I MUST be fat.

I'm SINGLE so I MUST be ugly

I'm a SKATER so I MUST do weed and steal stuff

I'm a GOTH so I MUST only wear black and date only other goths

I'm ASIAN so I MUST be a NERD that does HOMEWORK 24/7

I'm CHRISTIAN so I MUST hate homosexuals.

I'm MIXED RACE so I MUST be screwed up.

I'm MUSLIM so I MUST be a terrorist.

I'm in BAND, so I MUST be a dork.

I'm BLACK so I MUST believe JESUS WUZ A BROTHA

I'm MORMON so I MUST be perfect

I'm WHITE and have black friends so I MUST think I'm black

I'm GOTH so I MUST worship the devil

I'm HISPANIC, so I MUST be dirty.

I'm NOT LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, so I MUST be a loser.

I'm not stick-thin, so I MUST eat junk

I'm OVERWEIGHT, so I MUST have a problem with self control.

I'm PREPPY, so I MUST shun those who don't wear Abercrombie & Hollister.

I'm on a DANCE team, so I must be stupid, stuck up, and a whore.

I'm YOUNG, so I MUST be naive.

I'm RICH, so I MUST be a conceited snob

I'm MEXICAN, so I MUST have hopped the border.

I'm BLACK, so I MUST love watermelon

I'm BI, so I MUST think every person I see is hot.

I'm an ASIAN GUY, so I MUST have a small penis.

I'm a GUY CHEERLEADER, so I MUST be gay.

I'm a PREP, so I MUST be rich.

I don't like the SUN so I MUST be an albino.

I have a lot of FRIENDS, so I MUST love to drink and party.

I wear tight PANTS and I'm a guy, so I MUST be emo.

I couldn't hurt a FLY, So I MUST be a pussy.

I support GAY RIGHTS, so I MUST fit in with everyone.

I hang out with teenage drinkers and smokers, so I MUST smoke and drink too.

I have ARTISTIC TALENT, so I MUST think little of those who don't.

I don't like to be in a BIG GROUP, so I MUST be anti-social.

I have a DIFFERENT sense of HUMOR, so I MUST be crazy.

I tell people OFF, so I MUST be an over controlling bitch.

My hair gets GREASY a lot, so I MUST have no hygiene skills.

I'm DEFENSIVE, so I MUST be over controlling and a bitch.

I'm a NUDIST, so I MUST want everyone to see my boobs.

I read Comics, so I MUST be a loser.

I hang out with a FORMER PROSTITUTE.. So I MUST be a whore myself.

I'm TEXAN so I MUST ride a horse

I’m a GOTH, so I MUST be a Satanist

I’m a CROSSDRESSER, so I must be homosexual.

I draw ANIME so I MUST be a freak.

I am a FANGIRL so I MUST be a crazy, obsessed stalker.

I WATCH PORN so I MUST be perverted.

I'm INTELLIGENT so I MUST be weak.

I am AMERICAN so I MUST be obese, loudmouthed and ignorant

I’m a YOUNG WRITER, so I MUST be emo.

I’m CANADIAN, so I MUST talk with a funny accent and love hockey and beavers

I'm a GUY, so I MUST ditch my pregnant girlfriend.

I'm DISABLED, so I MUST be on Welfare.

I'm a FEMINIST, so I MUST have a problem with sexuality and I want to castrate every Man on the earth.

I WEAR A BIG SUNHAT when I go outside, so I MUST be stupid.

I like BLOOD, so I must be a VAMPIRE.

I'm an ALBINO, so I MUST be an evil person with mental abilities and is A MURDERER!

I'm ENGLISH, so I MUST speak with either a cockney or a posh accent, love tea and Cricket, and have bad teeth.

I’m WHITE, so I MUST be responsible for everything going wrong on the planet: Past, present, and future.

I’m not the most POPULAR person in school, so I MUST be a loser

I care about the ENVIRONMENT, so I MUST be a tree hugging hippie.

I'm a PACIFIST, so I MUST be a peace-loving hippie.

I have a FAN CHARACTER, so I MUST be an annoying Mary-sue.

I ROLE PLAY; I MUST be having cyber sex

I'm PAGAN/WICCAN so I MUST worship Satan, sacrifice babies, and drink the blood of virgins.

I have my OWN spiritual ideology; therefore I MUST be WRONG or MISGUIDED.

I'm NOT CHRISTIAN so I MUST just need converting.

I'm DANISH so I MUST be a tall blond blue-eyed lesbian.

I like CARTOONS, so I MUST be IRRESPONSIBLE.

I like READING, so I MUST be a LONER.

I DISAGREE with my government, so I MUST be a TERRORIST.

I RIDE THE BUS, so I MUST have no other way of getting around or be a bum.

I am a WITCH, so I MUST be and OLD HAG and fly on a broomstick.

I love YAOI, so I MUST be GAY.

I'm a TEENAGER, so I MUST be a troublemaker

I DON'T CURSE, so I MUST be an outcast.

I CURSE so I MUST not have a good vocabulary

I HATE my teacher, so I MUST get bad grades in that subject

I like GAMES, ANIME, and COMICS, so I MUST be childish.

I SPOT GRAMMATICAL ERRORS, so I MUST be a pedantic jerk.

I'm GOTHIC, so I MUST be mean.

I’m STRONG so I MUST be stupid.

I'm Australian so I MUST hunt crocodiles and talk to kangaroos.

I go to RENFAIRES, so I MUST talk weird, be a loser, and not be up with the times

I love marching band, so I MUST be a friendless freak.

I DRINK and SMOKE, so I MUST have no life

I am friends with a CUTTER, so I MUST be a CUTTER too.

I cry easily, so I MUST be a wimp.

I can't help pointing out mistakes so I MUST be an over-controlling perfectionist

I'm a PERFECTIONIST so I MUST check everything ten times, then burst into tears at one mistake

I DON’T LIKE to talk about my personal life so I MUST be having problems

I like FIRE so I must be an arsonist

I'm a PERSON, so I MUST be LABELED

There's my answers. :)

Farewell!