When real things happen to imaginary people

- Went to the chiropractor, where he made my neck make horrible crunching noises. And lo! My headache went away! My wonderful chiropractor also showed me some exercises I need to start doing to strengthen my neck and shoulder muscles, so that maybe I won't get these headaches quite as often. Here's hoping.

- Altered my Beetlejuice fitted tee that arrived in the mail yesterday. It now has a scooped neckline with lace trim and B&W striped piping. Whee!

- Finished watching the DVD of Brazil that the StuntHusband loaned me. I had never seen it. Ever. Yes, I know, how the hell did I manage that? Let's just say there are some astonishing gaps in my my movie-watching habits, and leave it at that. Anyway, Brazil. Whoo. I wouldn't say fun, necessarily, but surreal and fascinating.

- Watched the DVD of the Frank Langella version of Dracula (which I had finally gotten around to ordering). I haven't seen it in ages, and had forgotten how swoony and pretty it is. Plus, Frank Langella keeps referring to it as a "gothic romance" in the bonus feature interview. Be still my bombast-craving heart!

- Decided my everyday top hat needed to be refurbished, so I rummaged around and found a length of wide antique black lace and a lot of black ostrich and coque feathers. I'll try to take a photo tomorrow.

- Redid my blood spatter manicure. Now with black smudges, inspired by snowcoma's version. Again, maybe pictures tomorrow.

Also tomorrow: writing, writing, writing. WRITING.

I apologize for the quality of the photos. It's hard to take pictures of your nails in mid-manicure! (Also, wow, the light in our living room is very yellow-tinged. Huh. EDIT: Thank you to kambriel for doing some fast color-correction work on the photos for me!)

Firstly, the photo that marc17 took of my nails on Saturday night!



How did I do that? Click the cut tag to find out!

( I found the idea on Tumblr. )

I think this style of manicure would also look amazing done with dark green, blue, or a blue/purple duochrome color substituted for the blood red. Zombie ichor manicure! Oooh, I may have to try that next time.

So! Questions? Comments? If you try this, please post photos of your results in the comments!

Photo courtesy of mauraanderson, who rolls her eyes at the background of the MS restroom in my self-portraits. Thank you, Maura!



(Yes, Stroppy One and Stax, I know I'm doing that weird thing with my chin again. Really, I'm trying to train myself not to do that.)

( The rings on the other hand )

(My hand is resting on my "Rococo Violet" chocolate bar. Yes, chocolate and violet, from www.rococochocolates.com.)

For those of you who were exclaiming and wibbling over my garnet coffin ring, You should take a look at Coffin Gems.