Tale of the Body Thief Movie

Yes, that's right. Lestat is coming back to the big screen. I'm not sure whether to jump around and squeal in excitement or sink to the floor in dread, clutch my hair and moan 'Why cruel world....why?' until someone asks what's wrong. I fell in love with the Interview With the Vampire movie despite refusing to see it for years because it had Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt in it. It exceeded my expectations and Tom was just...perfect. Then there was Queen of the Damned which I hate to even mention. We all know what a disaster that was. I don't even know what happened... Personally, I'm hoping one day they'll revisit The Vampire Lestat and Queen of the Damned and give them proper films.

I would be all for this movie save for one fact. They have to find two actors that can capture the essence of Lestat. Two. It's hard enough to find one. But the whole plot of the movie is centered around Lestat being in a human body for some time so they'll have to find an actor who can play the maniacal vampire and one to play the maniacal vampire trying to cope with human senses while looking completely different. Yeah, this will be fun.

Good luck measuring up to this.

But hey, I'm not going to denounce it till I see it and I won't be missing it for the world. So far, I've only heard that they're working on the script. But if anyone knows anything else feel free to leave some info down below :)

Music Map

I'm so busy right now it's ridiculous. Two words: Band Camp. This is the point in the year where marching band begins to take over the majority of my life. On the bright side, it's one of the most fun things I've ever done and I get lots of exercise. On the flip side, it means I acquire a very unwelcome tan and it'll be much harder to have time to post things. For the next week or so it'll be especially bad and if I post anything it'll be pretty short. After that, when we get to my normal schedule with school and all that I'll figure out how to plan posts around the frequent rehearsals.

Today I thought I'd bring you this neat little invention. It's a website called music-map . Basically, you type the name of an artist into the search bar and it gives you a bunch of artists similar to that one. The closer the name is to the one in the center, the closer they are in sound or style. It's great for discovering some new bands. For example when I was first starting out in the music scene and had fallen in love with Bauhaus I just typed it in and *BAM* lots of essential Goth bands at my disposal.

 Now, I'm sure some of you out there are musical experts who have exhausted all the artists on here already and are restricted to looking for obscure bands who's names you can hardly pronounce. ^^ Well...this probably won't help you. It's only as good as the information put into the site after all. But I've found several artists on here that I've grown to enjoy so give it a chance! Also, don't be too hard on the poor thing. Sometimes it's so far off the mark I can't do anything but sit there and laugh. And for the most part it's pretty accurate. There's no use arguing with a website ^^

30 Day Clothing Challenge~Day 4: A Shirt you Haven't Worn Yet

I'm going to cheat with this one. I don't actually have a shirt I haven't worn yet but I do have another dress that hasn't been put to good use. I bought it in Sweden (Go figure. And I wonder where all my money went...) and I'm still not sure when I'll use it. It was just too lovely to leave though and I'll get to wear it eventually.

This might be the only time you guys see me makeup-less.
After this its back to comfy, lumpy relaxation clothes and slippers.
Hence the lack of eyeliner.

It's Necessary Evil and I wouldn't have found it if it hadn't been for this one woman I met in a coffee shop. We had sat down for some traditional fika (Roughly translates to coffee break. Swedish people are very fond of them.) in Goteborg. I spotted this woman with bright red hair, a bunch of piercings and a customized/painted leather jacket which I drooled over for about ten minutes. (I really want to start my own but I need to find an old one at Goodwill or something because my parents won't let me touch my nice one.)

Anyway, I ended up standing and waiting for the bathroom with her and she started a small conversation. I had wanted to compliment her jacket, but I'm rather self-conscious about my Swedish (Even though everyone tells me it's rather good. I'm always afraid I'll sound 'American' or something stupid like that because we barely speak it home.) Of course, now I had no choice but to talk to her and she asked if I knew any places to shop other than Shock, gesturing vaguely at my corseted dress. I of course had no idea and agreed that while Shock was fine, it was a chain store with all brand name items. So we parted ways and went shopping.

Later, when we went by Shock we met the same lady leaving with a bag and she proceeded to excitedly show us what she had bought. (Much to the bemusement of my grandmother. She eyed the leather corset a bit doubtfully.) Then she showed us this dress. I'm so happy she did because the store was pretty big and I don't think I would have found it among the sea of black if I hadn't known what I was looking for. And that's the story behind the dress ^^

Collectible 'Monkis'

 Monki is an immensely popular store up in Sweden. In fact, in Stockholm there seemed to be one on every corner. The whole concept of the chain is based on a 'magical fantasy story about little black creatures with dual personas that live in a derelict City of Oil and Steel'. Weird right? The atmosphere in each of the stores is different, each with their own crazy color scheme, fluorescent lights, and sometimes just plain confusing layouts. One of the stores had mirror walls everywhere. I nearly ran into them more times than I can count, but it was actually really cool. When asked about the inspiration one of the designers for the stores said 'We think misunderstandings, fever and optical illusions are very inspiring!' so you can imagine each store is it's own fantasy world.

The clothes aren't anything to go crazy over. I'd compare it to something like Forever 21. The real reason I enjoy Monki so much is their adorable little mascots. Remember those creatures we talked about? Well, there are twelve of them and I want to buy every single one!

Oki

Mocki

Mozik

Tell me they aren't adorable! I especially would love that Goblin one. Unfortunately most of the stores are in Sweden (they've expanded to a few other countries nearby) and I don't believe they ship to the U.S. They do however ship to the UK. The Monkis themselves are only $12 (or 10 Euros or 7.8 Pounds) though I didn't see the shipping price.

Here's the website if anyone get the urge to buy one of these cute little things. (If you need more motivation, they're extraordinarily soft and function as a lovely pillow.)

Sophistique Noir Theme~ Bows

 I almost didn't do this one because I figured I wasn't going anywhere and didn't want to get all dolled up for a blog post ^^ My eyes are enjoying the summer break from makeup. However, it turned out a friend who moved to New York was back in town for a few days and wanted to meet us for dinner. So I pulled out a few bows and got to picture taking!

For my hair I stole a bow off of that cute lil' undead bunny I bought. I also rummaged around a bit and managed to find the spiked bow belt I got at Goodwill. I had been having problems with it because the little pegs were too small for the holes to keep closed and it kept popping open at embarrassing times. Like walking through the halls at school... I was going to replace the pegs with better ones but instead I was lazy and found some Velcro in the sewing cabinet. A few strategically placed squares, and voila! It doesn't snap open every time I sit down...

fickle me changed from a shirt to a tanktop and bolero ^^

I was browsing Pinterest and found this hair idea that fits in very nicely with the bow theme. If I had longer hair I would try this for sure.