state of the me
Mar. 5th, 2012 08:59 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
holliWent to DC Big Flea with Mr. Flowersocks yesterday, where I picked up a couple of dresses and a hat for the shop, and a some butterfly prints from a book of natural history for myself. I almost bought a gorgeous 1930s kitchen cabinet, which would have made a fantastic display piece, but someone else bought it while I was trying to figure out if it would fit in my mom's car. Alas. Rounded out the day seeing An American in Paris and grabbed a bite with ellen_fremedon and neotoma, which was delightful.
I watched Being Elmo the other night, which offered a lot of tantalizing glimpses of what it was like to work with Jim Henson and be in the Sesame Workshop, but surprisingly little personal stuff about Kevin Clash himself. I mean, his childhood and young adulthood was covered extensively-- mythologized, even-- but one minute he's mentioning the birth of his daughter and the next he's divorced and she's sixteen. I suppose not all of his family members wanted to be part of the documentary?
(Also, I am a terrible person. When Clash talks about his daughter being born, he says it's so much more amazing to create a person than to create a puppet. My immediate reaction was "Nuh-uh! Any asshole can make a person. Not that many people can make memorable puppets!" Am I awful?)
My first week of small businesshood went really well-- I met my sales goals, and if I can keep it up this venture will effectively triple my income. Which is kind of nice, as I don't have that much of an income. Now the trick is to keep it up, which means having new stuff in the shop constantly. Darn, I guess I have to keep going to thrift stores and estate sales all the time. What a hardship. (Actually, what I really need to do is find some tops-- I have a ton of dresses and skirts, but I'm short on blouses and sweaters. But I keep finding cute dresses! What a dilemma.)
ellen_fremedon and neotoma, which was delightful. I watched Being Elmo the other night, which offered a lot of tantalizing glimpses of what it was like to work with Jim Henson and be in the Sesame Workshop, but surprisingly little personal stuff about Kevin Clash himself. I mean, his childhood and young adulthood was covered extensively-- mythologized, even-- but one minute he's mentioning the birth of his daughter and the next he's divorced and she's sixteen. I suppose not all of his family members wanted to be part of the documentary?
(Also, I am a terrible person. When Clash talks about his daughter being born, he says it's so much more amazing to create a person than to create a puppet. My immediate reaction was "Nuh-uh! Any asshole can make a person. Not that many people can make memorable puppets!" Am I awful?)
My first week of small businesshood went really well-- I met my sales goals, and if I can keep it up this venture will effectively triple my income. Which is kind of nice, as I don't have that much of an income. Now the trick is to keep it up, which means having new stuff in the shop constantly. Darn, I guess I have to keep going to thrift stores and estate sales all the time. What a hardship. (Actually, what I really need to do is find some tops-- I have a ton of dresses and skirts, but I'm short on blouses and sweaters. But I keep finding cute dresses! What a dilemma.)
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Date: 2012-03-06 01:43 am (UTC)I'm gonna say no, but then, my view on reproduction boils down to: if weevils can do it, it's not that special.
People who go on and on about the "miracle" of it all make me want to spam them with Youtube links of sharks giving birth. *makes face* Shark babies are cuter, too.
I guess I have to keep going to thrift stores and estate sales all the time. What a hardship.
Alas, poor you! However will you handle this heavy burden? :D
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Date: 2012-03-06 03:35 pm (UTC)