Re-opening Preview

The shop is now re-opened! Woo-hoo! Right now I just relisted some pieces you've seen before, so if you missed them, here's your last chance to get them. This post will be filled with previews of pieces that will be available, most of them custom made to your size, throughout the rest of this week and possibly into the next. My robot pal and I are working very hard to get everything listed. If you see something you like, you can message me for more information and/or to have it reserved. Bonus to reading my blog, ne? Click the Red More! Link to see the picture show.

I'm the Scatman. I'm the Scatman.

Everybody Stutters one way or the other,

so check out my message to you

as a matter of fact,

don't let nothing hold you back

if the Scatman can do it, So can you

Where's the Scatman? I'm the Scatman.

Why should we be pleasin' all the politician heathens

Who would try to change the seasons if they could?

The state of the condition

insults my intuition

and only makes me crazy

and

my heart

like

wood.

Everybody Stutters one way or the other,

so check out my message to you

as a matter of fact,

don't let nothing hold you back

if the Scatman can do it, brother, So can you

I'm the Scatman.

Bee-bop bop bodibo, bop bop bodibo

Bee-bop bop bodibo, bop bop bodah

Bee-bop bop bodibo, bop bop bodibo

Bee-bop bop bodibo, bop bop bodibo

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words from Scatman by Scatman John

While you're still sleepin' the saints are still weepin' cause
Things you call dead haven't yet had the chance to be born,

Ivy Frozen

Great Expectations

I've never read the book. Though the plot sounds awesome, no doubt Dicken's absurdly long sentences and flat characters will annoy me too much. I'd been meaning to watch the '98 film version of the movie since my all time favorite artist Tori Amos did some of the music for the film, including one of my favorite songs of all time, Siren. When I saw it was airing on t.v., I had to watch. The first part of the film drew me in with it's ethereal shots of young Finn and Estella and the crazy Ms. Dimsmoor (Havisham). But when the film progressed to Ethan Hawke and Gwyneth Paltrow, it started going downhill in all areas. Click the Read More! link to see photos and a trailer.



If Ivy Frozen was based on a historic figure, it would be Estella from Great expectations. Estella is very much like Ivy Frozen, especially when decked out in green and living in a house overrun by plants as in the '98 film. She's assertive, lively, ladylike, confidant, and unconventional, yet she's also passive, cold, masculine, and bound by society. I've talked about the meaning of my internet name elsewhere, but I'm fairly certain I haven't done it on this blog yet. Ivy Frozen is derived from Poison Ivy--as played by Uma Thurman-- and some ivy filler plants covered with frost that I saw outside my window. Frozen Ivy was then switched around to sound more like a real name, as the name first appeared as a penname on a writing site. The name has endured since it suits me. A teacher once told me I was like an iceberg, with the vast majority of my content underwater and unseen. I'm also often perceived as cold and snobbish like Estella, and hand trouble with relationships until I found my Finn who's sticking for the moment.

As this blog points out, Miss Havisham (book)/Dimsmoor (film) is one awesome, cooky old lady. She's the revenge of bitter old maids anywhere. After being abandoned at the alter at the tender age of 45 (in the film), Ms. Dimsmoor went crazy. In the book and more faithful adaptations, she wears nothing but her wedding dress and walks around unkempt while making random demands. In this film, she turns to clownish, 60's make up that makes her resemble a Bratz doll, and various green 60s-70s ensembles that match her house that is overrun by her garden. The further put Carrie Bradshaw to shame, Ms. Dimsmoor makes it her purpose to raise Estella to be a beautiful and cold girl, destined to break many men's hearts.

Finn is unwittingly caught in the middle of things that occurred before he was even born. I love the young Finn dressed in green as he visits Paridiso Perduto, as the green really brings out those gorgeous eyes of his. This is a simple trick for a guy to do or even a girl to look stunning, even in rags or your work-out clothes. The picture I included with this post demostrates that with my brown eyes, I like great in brown. Unfortunately, my hair and glasses obscure my eyes.

Here's the trailer so you can see some more of the outfits.

Not so Great Expectations,

Ivy Frozen

Clara Bow's Thighs

Like any person, I have insecurities about my body. And when I'm experiencing one of those moments when nothing about me seems right, I like looking at popular, old sex symbols. The women considered the beauties of their time. It might sound creepy, but I especially like seeing their thighs. Having chicken legs myself, with larger upper thighs and going down to narrow ankles and feet, it's nice to see these curvy ladies being celebrated and not called fat by magazines or being airbrushed to within an inch of their humanity. These images make me more comfortable with my body, but also leave me a little sad. I can't see many off these women being cast as leads today, instead being relagated to the kinky/quirky friend role, unless their weight was an important part of the character.

I don't let my insecurities bother me in the long run. I like short shorts-- sometimes dangerously short shorts-- because long shorts tend to rub against my knees. I notice a lot of runners seem to also prefer the short short, likely for similar reasons as my preference.

I didn't like the picture above since it isn't the most advantageous view of my thighs in keeping with the media's view, but the more I look at it, the more I like it. I couldn't imagine my thighs any other way without looking frankensteined together and having hip bones sharper than this model. Not that there's anything wrong with them, but those are some sharp hip bones.

This play set won the Project Threadbanger April Challenge. If you haven't been to Threadbanger in a while, you should check out their new look. They're moving up.

The Little Mermaid,
Ivy Frozen