From the wonderful mind of

sarahbellem...

Costumers all tend to have a specific era or genre that appeals to us aesthetically, which is fine, but sometimes we get too focused and fail to appreciate other eras or genres that might suit our body type, our facial features, or even just challenge us to think outside the box a little bit. So, I'm opening the floor for suggestions: Give me one costume you'd want me to wear, and why. Picture links appreciated. :)

And then spread this meme like SARS and I'll try to do the same for you!

The 5 Questions meme, graciously provided by

edmndclotworthy

( From El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Poriuncula... )

If you want to, respond to this post and I'll try to come up with five questions to ask you!

Current Mood: tired

From the lovely yet uncomfortable

jenthompson!

Most people like to feel comfortable. There are comfort foods, comfortable sweaters, comfortable shoes, etc. Please fill in your comfortable answers to these questions about things that make you feel good and are comfortable, just like that horrid, ratty robe you always wear.

1. What are two foods you might indulge in after a stressful day?
a. Mother's English Tea cookies
b. ice cream

2. Which two beverages do you find soothing and delicious?
a. Iced coffee made with espresso, not brewed coffee
b. Fresca

3. What two books do you re-read every once in awhile?
a. The Harry Potter books
b. Day of the Jackal - best spy novel EVAH!

4. What two movies can you watch over and over without getting bored of them?
WAY more than two, but today I'll say...
a. A Man for All Seasons
b. The Odd Couple

5. What are your most comfortable articles of clothing?
a. Sweats from Lucky Brand
b. tshirts from Hard Tail

6. Name two songs that give you comfort, or two songs that you never get tired of.
Again, too many to name, but today...
a. Cicut Cervus by Palestrina
b. Kiss Me or There She Goes, the Sixpence version

7. Lastly, what do you like to do to unwind after a hard day?
a. read
b. watch tv or movies

Current Mood: lethargic

( The Sewphie meme... )

Thank you

sewphisticate for making this lovely meme. And thak all of you for answering it - I love reading them!

Your Score: 9", Willow, Dragon

You scored 26 wisdom, 44 bravery, 26 emotional, and 16 martyrdom!

A willow wand signifies that you care deeply about emotions, art, and intuition, and that you have a particular knack for charms. Your dragon's heartstring core makes your wand very effective in hexes.

Link: The Harry Potter Wand Test written by sputnik845 on OkCupid Free Online Dating, home of the The Dating Persona Test

RULES: Each player of this game starts off with 10 weird things/habits/little known facts about yourself. People who get tagged need to write a blog of their own 10 weird habits/things/little known facts as well as state this rule clearly. At the end you need to choose 10 people to be tagged and list their names. No tag backs.

This is always hard because I can easily think of 10 weird things when I don't have to...

( Cut because I'm sure you don't really want to know... )

I tag chartreusekitty , colleency , edmndclotworthy , eldawen345 , jenthompson , lizcostumes , myralea , pinkdiamond , myladyswardrobe , sewphisticate - for some reason, LJ thinks none of you exist right now so no profile links...

( Gakked from everyone under the sun... )

All I can say is I'm appalled at how unproductive I've been this year, but then again, this has been a *ahem* rather difficult year.

Current Mood: apathetic

( That brutally honest test... Scary... )

Current Mood: annoyed

I have thoroughly enjoyed reading all your answers so I thought it only fair I answer as well. :-)

Behind the cut, because I care...

( How much do you really wanna know about me? )

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What American accent do you have? Your Result: The Midland "You have a Midland accent" is just another way of saying "you don't have an accent." You probably are from the Midland (Pennsylvania, southern Ohio, southern Indiana, southern Illinois, and Missouri) but then for all we know you could be from Florida or Charleston or one of those big southern cities like Atlanta or Dallas. You have a good voice for TV and radio.
The West
The Inland North
Boston
North Central
The Northeast
The South
Philadelphia
What American accent do you have? Take More Quizzes

You scored as Toreador. You belong to the Toreador bloodline. Often regarded as vain or shallow, the Toreador are blessed with a striking, almost supernatural beauty. Toreador are so driven by the pursuit of beauty that they are often highly connected with art, music, or theater. While they do have a uncanny ability to seduce and manipulate mortals, many other vampires simply dismiss them as decadant pretty-boys.

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Toreador

92%

Brujah

54%

Tremere

50%

Ventrue

46%

Malkavian

42%

Gangrel

38%

Nosferatu

21%

What vampire clan do you belong to?
created with QuizFarm.com

You scored as II - The High Priestess. The High Priestess is a card of intuition, instinct and hidden knowledge. She knows all your secrets, you can hide nothing from her. Yet you will never know the secrets she herself protects.If well aspected in a Tarot spread, this card can indicate the use of intuition to solve problems; trust to your instincts. If badly aspected, it can mean suppression and ignoring of such instincts - following your head at the expense of your heart.

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II - The High Priestess

100%

III - The Empress

88%

XIII: Death

75%

VIII - Strength

69%

IV - The Emperor

63%

XIX: The Sun

63%

XI: Justice

63%

XVI: The Tower

63%

0 - The Fool

56%

I - Magician

56%

VI: The Lovers

50%

XV: The Devil

31%

X - Wheel of Fortune

25%

Which Major Arcana Tarot Card Are You?
created with QuizFarm.com

Current Mood: amused

Gakked from just about everyone else... For completed and current projects easily accessed, click here.

1) What costume (that I could realistically pull off) would you like to see me do?

2) What costume (with no constraints on time, skill, or money) would like to see me do?

3) Which costume that I've completed do you like best?

4) What genre or time period costume do you think I should do more of (or try)?

I have enjoyed reading all the comments on everyone else's meme... If I haven't commented myself it's because I have agreed with someone else's post. :-)

Current Mood: sleepy

Your results:
You are James T. Kirk (Captain)

James T. Kirk (Captain)		85%
Deanna Troi		70%
Uhura		65%
Beverly Crusher		65%
Will Riker		65%
Mr. Scott		55%
Chekov		45%
Geordi LaForge		45%
Leonard McCoy (Bones)		40%
Jean-Luc Picard		40%
Worf		40%
Spock		39%
An Expendable Character (Redshirt)		35%
Data		34%
Mr. Sulu		0%

You are often exaggerated and over-the-top
in your speech and expressions.
You are a romantic at heart and a natural leader.

Click here to take the Star Trek Personality Quiz

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Name Meme originally from

jenthompson

( meme behind cut... )

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Once you've been tagged, you have to write a blog with 6 facts about yourself. In the end you need to choose 6 people to be tagged and list their names.

1. I make really good gazpacho and apple pies, but not necessarily at the same time.
2. I sort my candy by color or flavor as I eat it.
3. I'm a news junkie
4. I've sung opera for 20 years
5. I love driving, but not commuting
6. I have an ugly skull, discovered by shaving my head as a teenager

I tag anyone else who hasn't done it who feels like revealing themselves.

Your results:
You are Princess Leia

Princess Leia		72%
Padme		71%
Han Solo		70%
Luke Skywalker		67%
Obi-Wan Kenobi		66%
Boba Fett		66%
Yoda		64%
R2-D2		62%
Lando Calrissian		61%
Qui-Gon Jinn		55%

You are an excellent friend
and an unselfish person,
yet you like to spend a lot of
time on your hair and fashion.
You spend most of your time
with guys that are too cocky,
too hairy, or too related.

(This list displays the top 10 results out of a possible 21 characters)
Click here to take the Star Wars Personality Quiz

From

sewphisticate...
You have been a very extravagant and naughty costumer-dabbling here, dabbling there, and the sewing g*ds are displeased with your flightiness. And so you are condemned to the Land of One.

1. You are limited to sewing costumes from ONE era (I was going to say one decade, but that's too soul crushing). NOTE: If you prefer fantasy or science fiction work, you must limit yourself to ONE movie or book series. Pick! Gotta stick with Elizabethan - it's still my first love
2. You must choose ONE color to work in for the rest of your life (NOT BLACK. NOT WHITE.) It is... RED! At least I can technicall get pink as a shade.
3. You must choose ONE type of fabric to sew on forever, it is... (and no, "silk" isn't good enough. Nor is "cotton." "Cotton voile," or "silk satin," however, are both suitable answers.) Easy. Silk Twill.
4. Why did you choose that ONE fabric you just chose? It's weightier than taffetta, creases like buttah, drapes beautifully, has a subtle but beautiful texture without slubs, and has a sheen like candlelight. I wan't to touch nothing else! I want sheets in this stuff just so I can roll around naked in it!
5. You can have only ONE costume whore DVD to watch forever. What is it? Hmmm, tough one. The Elizabeth R, miniseries. No, Dangerous Liasons - I never liked the casting but the costumes can't be beat!
6. You can keep only ONE of the costumes you have made. What is it and WHY? The Red Venetian. It's a magic dress and wonderful things happen when I wear it.
7. You get only ONE website for research, or for diversion. You choose... Hmmmm, another toughie since there is so much good research online now. I'd have to go with MedCos since I could pick the minds of so many costumers on so many eras.
8. You can keep only ONE of your reference books (painful, I know). Which is it and WHY? I must anger the costume gods further by saying this is not possible. I could also go with the Kyoto book with all the joys it holds, but then I have to give up Janet Arnold for the era I've chosen to be stuck in. That's not such a good deal... harumph
9. You may keep your machines, your scissors, your chalk, thread and pins, but you may have only ONE other sewing tool. It is... Gah. hmmm, a chopstick. I'd like my awl but I could use a chopstick in concert with my little scissors to do what my awl does, and I use mt chopstick for turning, pressing in sharp corners, stuffing bum rolls or shoulder rolls, arranging pleats. It really is an indespensable tool.
10. The sewing g*ds are feeling a little guilty about their draconian measures, so you can have ONE costume from a movie, or stolen from someone's (anyone you choose!) closet for inspiration. You take... I'd have to chose one not in my single era, just so I can have something different. I've always wanted a Rococo dress of some kind but I really love the men's suits that Bjarne Drews recreates. I'd happily take something like this for my outfit, but if it must be one for my own sex, maybe this one instead. Or any one of several that Glen Close wears in DL.

Go to Wikipedia and look up your birth day (excluding the year). List three neat facts, two births and one death in your journal, including the year.
For April 18th...

Facts:
1775 - Two lanterns were hung from the steeple of the Old North Church in Boston, Massachusetts. Paul Revere, William Dawes and Samuel Prescott ride to warn of impending arrests of Samuel Adams and John Hancock and seizure of weapons. Only Prescott finishes the ride.
1983 - A suicide bomber destroys the United States embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, killing 63 people.

Births:
1480 - Lucrezia Borgia, Florentine ruler and daughter of Pope Alexander VI (d. 1519)
1580 - Thomas Middleton, English dramatist (d. 1627)

Death:
1955 - Albert Einstein, German-born Jewish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1879)

Current Music: Are you gonna be my girl - Jet

LJ Interests meme results

costumes:
Duh.
jewelry:
I am addicted to antique jewelry. I have several platinum pieces from ~1880-1920 that I love to wear. If I had school to do over again I'd probably try gemology, and I am fascinated with jemstones in all their infinite variety. Shiny, sparkley, pretty things!
movies:
I love towatch movies and I love to go to the theater - movie popcorn is wonderful! I love musicals, classics, westerns, war films, you name it. If it's GOOD, I like it. Of course, a really BAD movie can also be fun - all those Universal monster movies... a grand time!
music:
My first love. I have music in my head 24 hours a day, like a radio. I just fond out there's an actual term for that, but I can't remember what it is.
opera:
The most theatrical & dramatic form of music and my eternal heartbreak. It is God's little joke on me that my voice type just isn't made for Verismo music.
rock & roll:
Ah... what fun is this! I found out that a good rock song has all the elements of a good opera tune. Just like movies, if it's GOOD I like it...
sewing:
Funny that this is on my interest list. I love the creating and wearing of a costume but I hate sewing. It is a necessary evil required to get the dresses I want.
vintage dance:
I've been doing English country dancing for 25 years and absolutely love it! It is the biggest reason I do the faire. More recently I've been learning some 16c courtly dance and I am also enjoying that immensly.
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