Creepy dolls.  Browse.  Buy.  Thanks. 

for True Blood Season II, that is.  Booya!

Alison Mosshart.  Oh, yeah.

Pictures taken today, from my backyard.  I'm such a snow queen.

You're a hardworking individual enshrouded by an overwhelming sense of mystery, beauty, and intrigue. Though always on the go, you keep focused, helping -- often rapturing -- those you meet. Take the What Pulp Fiction Character Are You? quiz.

Pulp Fiction Character quiz I took after reading Spooky's blog today.

The Blogalyser reveals...

Your blog/web page text has an overall readability index of 14.

This suggests that your writing style is conventional
(to communicate well you should aim for a figure between 10 and 20).Your blog has 3 sentences per entry, which suggests your general message is distinguished by brevity
(writing for the web should be concise).

CHARACTER MATRIX

male		female
self		world
past		future

Your text shows characteristics which are 61% male and 39% female
(for more information see the Gender Genie).
Looking at pronoun indicators, you write mainly about yourself, then your social circle and finally the world in general. Also, your writing focuses primarily on the present, next the future and lastly the past.

Find out what your blogging style is like!

Blog analysis I, er, underwent after reading PZB's blog today.

Enjoy.

Congratulations are in order to the following recipients:

Neil Gaiman, for winning the Newbery Medal for The Graveyard Book

and

Poppy Z. Brite, who was arrested whilst saving saving her church, Our Lady of Good Council, in New Orleans, and then got matching tattoos to mark (literally) the occasion.

Booya!

Mon Dieu.  Must.  Have.  These.

Hail to the Chief!  Obama's da bomba!

Went on a wee bit of a spending spree.  Thanks to Ebay (my road to ruin), I got these goodies:


Cemetery angel, OOAK



Vodoun altar to Baron Samedi and Maman Brigitte, OOAK


I'm a sucker for this kind of stuff -- creepy, lovely hand-made gems.  Booya!

Dear God, it's that time of year again. Praise be.

Screenshot of my alter ego from World of Warcraft:


Amarantos -- blood elf warlock

WoW is, of course, worse than crack. At least I don't need an intervention ... yet.

Happy Natalia, Winter Solstice, Yule. It's all good!

Interesting.

Gee, what a surprise.

I hope everyone who sees Twilight sees this movie, too.

Trailer based on "The Toughest Indian in the World" short story by Sherman Alexie.  Read the story, damnit.  Read the whole book.  Now.

Been reading a lot of Sherman Alexie lately.  So, in the vein of pages 176 -- 177 of The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (one of the best books ever), here are my lists:



The people who've given me the most joy in my life:
1.  My mother
2.  Tabitha
3.  Devon & Olivia
4.  Kevin
5.  Stefan & Andreas

The musicians who've played the most joyous music:
1.  Steve Roach
2.  James Asher
3.  Delerium
4.  Faith & the Muse
5.  Tool

My favourite foods:
1.  Bread -- fry bread, garlic bread, cheese bread...
2.  Shahi paneer
3.  Soba noodle soup
4.  Lotus cakes
5.  Anything pumpkin-flavoured

My favourite books:
1.  The Wraeththu series by Storm Constantine
2.  The Black Jewels series by Anne Bishop
3.  The Kushiel series by Jacqueline Carey
4.  Stardust by Neil Gaiman
5.  The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie