Meeting YA authors, and textual SFDs

[cupcake_goth]

Last night I went to the "Paint It Black" YA author tour that featured Ellen Schreiber, Nancy A. Collins, and Claudia Gray. It was very fun. I mentioned to Ellen that all of my copies of the Vampire Kisses books had been signed already, because I mailed them to a friend to take to her reading in Ohio. She said "I remember that! You have that cute website, your friend gave me a card for it!" So yay, Ellen Schreiber has looked at the GCS site! She then signed my volumes of the Vampire Kisses manga that I brought with me, and asked if she could take a photo with me.

One of the things I asked her during the Q&A session was if she was a Goth or was previously a Goth, or if she's just done a lot of research, because she's done a good job of representing the Goth subculture in the Vampire Kisses books. Nope, she's not one of us gothy types (tho' she was a drama geek, and hung out with Goths), she just does a good job with research.

SFDs! I didn't have time to take a photo this morning, and I haven't yet tried to take a cameraphone pic in the poorly-lit restroom. So you get the text version. If I'd had time to pin a mini tricorn onto my head this morning, this would be quite the pirate-y gothic lolita outfit.

• Black ballet flats with sparkly silver skull clips.


• Red & white striped tights.


• Black knee-length skirt with three tiers of ruffles at the hem, worn over a black petticoat.


• Black quasi-Victorian blouse with a high collar and ruffled front.


• Pomegranate red velvet military/pirate-y jacket with large silver buttons running down the front on both sides.


• Jewelry: the usual giant silver rings, tiny silver skull & crossbone dangly earrings, and my enormous silver heart and skull pendant on black satin ribbon that is tied in a bow around the collar of the blouse.


• Hair & makeup: hair pulled back into a low ponytail and secured with floofy lace-festooned hairties. Makeup is YSL sleep-inna-clicky tube under my eyes, a light dusting of Aromaleigh Voile powder and their Ultra Resolution finishing powder. Eyemakeup involves Angelwing (pink/white opalescent) all over my lids with Elegant Reverie (indigo/russet duochrome shimmer) smudged in the outer corners and crease, eggplant gel liner smudged along the bottom lash line, and a narrow line of black liquid liner on the top lid. And black mascara, and my glasses (not the diamond-shaped wire frames, but the black frames with pink edging.) And Besame "noir red" lipstick.

EDITED TO ADD: I've been getting "So what are you supposed to be?" questions from well-meaning, but clueless, co-workers all week. Today, a guy asked me that while I was waiting in line to order lunch. Before I could say anything, the worker at the counter looked at him like he was crazy and replied "She dresses like that all the time!"

Comments

[poh.livejournal.com]

Shit...this post is semi-public isn't it???

[stroppy-baggage.livejournal.com]

It's completely public!

Oh, you're going to the stocks for this!

[poh.livejournal.com]

Will there be whippings and other forms of humiliation?

Please?

Can you wear your Governess outfit too?

[cupcake-goth.livejournal.com]

Well he's certainly not going to borrow MY Governess outfit.

[poh.livejournal.com]

And not the little governess hat either?

:(

[stroppy-baggage.livejournal.com]

I suspect that last comment may have caused Jilli to spit tea all over her monitor.

[poh.livejournal.com]

My job here is done.