I intend to deserve it
Jul. 25th, 2013 09:39 amThis. Is. Amazing. A personal trainer fakes his own before/after shots. BRILLIANT.
Not so brilliant:
Members of Raghsidad performed a belly dance and cheerleading routine called "Kinetic Infusion" during the opening night party for the Fringe Festival at Spencer Theatre, UMKC Performing Arts Center, on Thursday, July 18, 2013 in Kansas City, Missouri. The Fringe Festival, which features theater, dance, music, burlesque, film, spoken word, visual art and fashion continues through July 28. Go to kcfringe.org for more information on show times and locations.
WHAT IN THE ACTUAL FUCK.
I ... guess? ... I shouldn't disparage this without having actually seen the number, but... I. just. can't. I can't. Cheerleading is a sport. I have a lot of respect for people who can do that crazy ass gymnastic cheer stuff. But it is not dance. IT IS A SPORT. Why pull random shit together with bellydance and call it FUSION? I hate it. HATE IT. Thanks(?) to![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
redheadfae for the heads up.
I found out yesterday that these things exist. Japanese Flying Squirrels. Yes. Leave it to Japan to make something already cute even fucking cuter. I mean Come on. JEEEEZUS.
Fellow lovers of action/shoot-em-up flicks and badass women, Check. This. Shit. Out. Yo. WHAAAAAAAAAAAAT.
Crypticon Costume Update: Last night I finished sewing the dress for Dead Girl and did a bit of work distressing it. It was weird to intentionally fuck up a garment not five minutes after finishing it.
I now have oil stains under the armpits and down the back for sweat, and I rubbed more oil on my thighs for stains where she has wiped her hands down her legs during chores, etc.mckitterick and I had an amusing time trying to tear the dress off me to make believable rips (one at the right shoulder, one at the left back), and I took a wire brush to various wear spots (collar, hem, shoulders, front bodice). I still want to get some dirt stains on the skirt but the dirt in our yard is too hard and dry. I also want to get a bloody handprint on the the front hem of the skirt (as if a man tried to grab her skirt from, oh, say, a pit in which she was trying to burn him), but I need to do some research on how to make a fake dried blood stain. Fake blood will stay red and that's no good. I want that ugly, rusty brown color.
A million thanks toorrin for finding information on how to create fake rope burns. Tonight or tomorrow I'll build her arm scar (it'll be a prosthetic, held on with spirit gum, so I can reuse it instead of rebuilding the scar every time). This weekend I want to get a photo of the test run of the full costume, in makeup. Then I can start building the character (a random, unnamed extra that I'm calling Pit Girl) from his other book. Pit Girl will be easier to dress than Dead Girl, since I don't have to actually sew her outfit, But she needs a lot of little fiddly things--charms, tattoos, accessories--that'll take some time to collect. Basically, in my head she looks like Occult Magic Practitioner Goes to Burning Man. She should be a lot of fun to build.
And finally:
FUCK. YES.
Not so brilliant:
Members of Raghsidad performed a belly dance and cheerleading routine called "Kinetic Infusion" during the opening night party for the Fringe Festival at Spencer Theatre, UMKC Performing Arts Center, on Thursday, July 18, 2013 in Kansas City, Missouri. The Fringe Festival, which features theater, dance, music, burlesque, film, spoken word, visual art and fashion continues through July 28. Go to kcfringe.org for more information on show times and locations.
WHAT IN THE ACTUAL FUCK.
I ... guess? ... I shouldn't disparage this without having actually seen the number, but... I. just. can't. I can't. Cheerleading is a sport. I have a lot of respect for people who can do that crazy ass gymnastic cheer stuff. But it is not dance. IT IS A SPORT. Why pull random shit together with bellydance and call it FUSION? I hate it. HATE IT. Thanks(?) to
redheadfae for the heads up.I found out yesterday that these things exist. Japanese Flying Squirrels. Yes. Leave it to Japan to make something already cute even fucking cuter. I mean Come on. JEEEEZUS.
Fellow lovers of action/shoot-em-up flicks and badass women, Check. This. Shit. Out. Yo. WHAAAAAAAAAAAAT.
Crypticon Costume Update: Last night I finished sewing the dress for Dead Girl and did a bit of work distressing it. It was weird to intentionally fuck up a garment not five minutes after finishing it.
I now have oil stains under the armpits and down the back for sweat, and I rubbed more oil on my thighs for stains where she has wiped her hands down her legs during chores, etc.
mckitterick and I had an amusing time trying to tear the dress off me to make believable rips (one at the right shoulder, one at the left back), and I took a wire brush to various wear spots (collar, hem, shoulders, front bodice). I still want to get some dirt stains on the skirt but the dirt in our yard is too hard and dry. I also want to get a bloody handprint on the the front hem of the skirt (as if a man tried to grab her skirt from, oh, say, a pit in which she was trying to burn him), but I need to do some research on how to make a fake dried blood stain. Fake blood will stay red and that's no good. I want that ugly, rusty brown color. A million thanks to
orrin for finding information on how to create fake rope burns. Tonight or tomorrow I'll build her arm scar (it'll be a prosthetic, held on with spirit gum, so I can reuse it instead of rebuilding the scar every time). This weekend I want to get a photo of the test run of the full costume, in makeup. Then I can start building the character (a random, unnamed extra that I'm calling Pit Girl) from his other book. Pit Girl will be easier to dress than Dead Girl, since I don't have to actually sew her outfit, But she needs a lot of little fiddly things--charms, tattoos, accessories--that'll take some time to collect. Basically, in my head she looks like Occult Magic Practitioner Goes to Burning Man. She should be a lot of fun to build.And finally:
FUCK. YES.