SO much to say :: First up ROCKY!
Wow, I effectively go away for a few days and suddenly I'm bubbling over with blog topics. Speaking of things that are bubbling over, I'll begin today talking about my boobs. Not just my boobs, but my boobs and the rest of me in my Rocky Horror Show costume.
Now I'm not usually one to get my tatas all out on the ole' bloggy blog, so prude-ish readers avert thine eyes!
I have been a Rocky Horror fan since college. I. love. Rocky Horror. I want to BE in the live stage show. And when my stomach is flat and I feel cool enough to prance around half naked I will...but until then I satisfy myself with being an audience member. Friday night marked the first time that I went in three years - and I was pretty stoked with my spur of the moment costume.
You can't quite tell in the picture, but I put red lip-liner on as eye-liner on my lower lashes and it looked sweet! I was told by numerous cast members that my outfit was "perfect." Yay me!
This was one of the best productions that I had ever seen. The costume scheme was a sort of dirty underground circus theme, very Carnivale. It completely worked. The narrator was a talking puppet built to look like the fortune teller in Big. Completely awesome. My good friend Joe did the choreography, to great effect, and I had numerous friends dancing/acting in the show. It was too cool for school.
I do not know what it is about Rocky that draws me in year after year. Maybe it's the audience participation that makes every show so wildly different. The crass humor. The bump and grind. I just love it! If anyone out there is a REAL Rocky nerd, like I am, there is an excellent book on the topic called Rocky Horror: From Concept to Cult.
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In other news, I started my new job today. I'm a baker! And so far so good, I freakin' love it!!! I'm hurting all over, but I love it. It's definitely hard work, but I get to handle dough all day. I find it very relaxing, minus the achy feet part. Today I made scones, jolly ollies (flattened cinnamon roll disks with fruit and streusel on them), gooey buns (cinnamon buns with granola on top), cinnamon rolls, cookies upon tray of cookies and granola. I think I prepped more cookies today than I've collectively baked in my lifetime. Hundreds. Hurray for being employed.
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Lastly, I was reading an interesting article in Body and Soul the other day about thankfulness. It was saying that scientific study has shown that thankful people are happier, healthier and more likely to help and be kind to others. One of the things that they suggest doing is to think of things that you are thankful for before falling asleep at night. I've done this for years. I kind of consider it my version of praying.
So I'm going to try something new here on the blog today and in the future. I'm going to end with something that I'm grateful for.
Today I am thankful for having a new job that is fun. I am thankful for being able to bring home free loaves of bread and cookies that will feed my little household. What are you thankful for today?
Now I'm not usually one to get my tatas all out on the ole' bloggy blog, so prude-ish readers avert thine eyes!
I have been a Rocky Horror fan since college. I. love. Rocky Horror. I want to BE in the live stage show. And when my stomach is flat and I feel cool enough to prance around half naked I will...but until then I satisfy myself with being an audience member. Friday night marked the first time that I went in three years - and I was pretty stoked with my spur of the moment costume.
You can't quite tell in the picture, but I put red lip-liner on as eye-liner on my lower lashes and it looked sweet! I was told by numerous cast members that my outfit was "perfect." Yay me!
This was one of the best productions that I had ever seen. The costume scheme was a sort of dirty underground circus theme, very Carnivale. It completely worked. The narrator was a talking puppet built to look like the fortune teller in Big. Completely awesome. My good friend Joe did the choreography, to great effect, and I had numerous friends dancing/acting in the show. It was too cool for school.
I do not know what it is about Rocky that draws me in year after year. Maybe it's the audience participation that makes every show so wildly different. The crass humor. The bump and grind. I just love it! If anyone out there is a REAL Rocky nerd, like I am, there is an excellent book on the topic called Rocky Horror: From Concept to Cult.
:::
In other news, I started my new job today. I'm a baker! And so far so good, I freakin' love it!!! I'm hurting all over, but I love it. It's definitely hard work, but I get to handle dough all day. I find it very relaxing, minus the achy feet part. Today I made scones, jolly ollies (flattened cinnamon roll disks with fruit and streusel on them), gooey buns (cinnamon buns with granola on top), cinnamon rolls, cookies upon tray of cookies and granola. I think I prepped more cookies today than I've collectively baked in my lifetime. Hundreds. Hurray for being employed.
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Lastly, I was reading an interesting article in Body and Soul the other day about thankfulness. It was saying that scientific study has shown that thankful people are happier, healthier and more likely to help and be kind to others. One of the things that they suggest doing is to think of things that you are thankful for before falling asleep at night. I've done this for years. I kind of consider it my version of praying.
So I'm going to try something new here on the blog today and in the future. I'm going to end with something that I'm grateful for.
Today I am thankful for having a new job that is fun. I am thankful for being able to bring home free loaves of bread and cookies that will feed my little household. What are you thankful for today?
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posted by Geek+Nerd at 8:24 PM
4 Comments:
Cool get-up! I wish I could pull something like that off...but when you get up in age like me and have a teenager...well, I'd just feel silly. =)
I haven't seen Rocky Horror in years. We used to have an old theater that showed it every Saturday night at midnight, but that place is long gone, sadly.
Yay bakery jobs! I'm glad you're having fun with it! If you ever have any extra cookies you need help getting rid of...
ha! so great! it makes me remember high school when lindsey and i went to the show and she decided to store her cash in her bra which was cool until we, two minors dressed like, well, you know, were standing in the 7-11 buying lighters and a cop walked in as lindsey reached into her bra for the money.
i know we didn't look half as cool as your outfit though!
and i think your thankful idea is great. today, i am thankful for love i didn't expect to find.
Can I tell ya how freaking cool it is that you participate in RH! So totally neat! Also, man great legs!
I'd kill for a bakery job again. It is HARD work but worth every minute. I loved (when I worked at the bakery) that I was working in a bakery and actually losing weight. You work so hard hard that a bite of cake doesn't matter!
Here from my sisters blog (s'mee) and I'm glad I stopped by!
Very nice Rocky getup!
What bakery are you working at? I'll have to swing in sometime. :)
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