Costumes and Debauchery Await

There is much to tell, but I must to bed. Tomorrow is a big event I've been helping organize. And by "helping organize" I mean stressing out, being lame, running around like mad, pretending to be useful, and then doing things last minute.

What is this event, you ask? Kinky Salon London, a unique party that began in San Francisco has arrived in London through the hard work of a group of volunteers (including me)! Our first event is tomorrow night and I am one of the hosts as well as "head of decor" (see above for details on how I "organized" that). What is KSLondon? Read the website if you'd like. It's all good debaucherous fun!

My original idea was to make myself a Twister costume for our themed ToyBox party. But when that fell through I came up with something very quickly using only what I had in my closet. My new costume involves gold metal hands, cardboard, paint, plastic shoes, toilet paper roll, a bowtie, clockwork gears, and a strap-on harness. Yet it is completely innocent. Well, mostly.

Intrigued? Photos will be taken and I will share later.

Wish us luck! Tomorrow we have a lot of decorating and setting up to do.

A Bit of Bragging

A few funny things about my life:

I've had three Christmases. One on the 25th with my aunt and uncle and cousins and extended family in Cambridge. On boxing day I ended up having dinner with Terry Bedford, who shot Monty Python and the Holy Grail. We all talked about vintage comics, shoe design, film, and the future of advertising. Terry and his wife are absolutely lovely people with amazing taste in art.

The second Christmas was on the 30th with my mom and her boyfriend and it was chill and filled with cookies. The third Christmas was on the 1st with my boyfriend and his daughter, and was filled with Legos and silliness.

Three Christmases! I must be making up for all those years I didn't celebrate at all.


Our new years eve plans involved going to a party with a space theme. The Boy and I had to come up with costumes other than my silver space girl outfit. So, I did a quick google images search for "space girl" and guess what showed up on page one?



It seems that photo I took with James Courtney has made the rounds. I've been approached by many people who want to buy prints, and been recognized as the silver space girl on more than one occasion. Of course this is all well and good, but I was a bit put out because yaknow, I already own that outfit and I was looking for NEW inspiration. ;) (Oh and if enough of you go bug James about that photo, he will start selling prints or postcards at Wicked Grounds.... so go bug him!)

And speaking of Wicked Grounds, it seems a that post cards featuring this photo (also by James Courtney) have been on the shelf and selling out:



If you want a photo of the naked American Redhead then go buy some before they all sell out.


And now I must crawl into bed and attempt to ward off this plague I brought with me to the new world. *cough *hack *death