Buttons n bones, buttons n bones...

I've been meaning to put a bit of my crocheting on the blog. This little shaggy purse is one I designed. It's adorned with old buttons and lined with vintage material.

I can't decide what to do with my pile o' purses. I'd love to sell them, but am having troubles with a venue. I thought about ebay, but all the crochet purses on there seem to go so cheaply-- for less than I pay for the yarn.

I guess when I'm an old lady I'll have an attic full of goofy purses to keep me company. The purses, and hundreds of horror movie DVDs.

"Hi, Susie. What's with the axe?"

Movies:

Tamara
Slaughterhouse of the Rising Sun
Bug
The Nun
It Waits
Bloodrayne
Madman

Reading:

The Witches of Coos by Robert Frost (a poem)

"...She hadn't found the finger-bone she wanted
Among the buttons poured out in her lap..."

Poetic Horror

I still think of the opening lines of Guillermo del Toro's "Devil's Backbone" almost every day:

What is a ghost?
A tragedy condemned to repeat itself time & again?
An instant of pain, perhaps.
Something dead which still seems to be alive.
An emotion suspended in time,
like a blurred photograph,
like an insect trapped in amber.

The photo: my aunt Ellen. Still young. Still sane.

I don't completely know why these two things are tied together in my mind. But, it's good to see them on the page, pushed together to give her some semblance of recognition.

there's so much blood

Movies:

Mortuary (2005--Tobe Hooper) Amazing set, set up, and cast. Awful script.

I Bury The Living- Very cool. B&W, just like a long Twilight Zone episode.

Aswang- Strange and well made little low budget horror.

Derailed- Yuck. I want Jennifer Aniston to do more films like "The Good Girl." I loved that movie.

Want to read (so that means I need to buy):

Final Girl by Daphne Gottlieb. (Poetry.)

Check out this excerpt:


"i never took my clothes off

for a doctor but my body

became a secret

handshake

all the boys knew

and i didn't.

the ghost story

made me a ghost"


It's about a common stock character in 80's slasher films: the slutty girl. I think it's freakin' brilliant and I NEED this book of poetry. First time I've felt that in a very long time....

Listening to:
Stay (film score)