:)

Isn't it funny when you go out to buy a toy for a 6 year old & wind up buying toys yourself.

Got these painting sponges...

I am...

You scored as The Artiste. You like cafes you can't afford and clothes you don't wash. You love to "epater la bourgouisie" You'll show everyone someday- your parents, the academy, that whore who turned you down on the street... Now, if only you could afford socks. Test by www.MollyCrabapple.com The Artiste 58% The Cad 50% A Tramp 25% The Lady 21% Which Victorian Stereotype are you? created with QuizFarm.com

Acquisitioned from the saucy littlepinkfaery & Master karlthulhu.

Things

My Potionmaster Jacket arrived from Kambriel & it is truly opulent. I may save wearing it until Whitby.

In geeky news, I've been playing around with Microsoft Virtual PC again & installed Ubuntu on a virtual machine. It's pretty good but myself & pearcider agree things can get tricky when you need to install new stuff on Linux.

Tassel Club

Another fantastic Tassel Club last night in the Spiegeltent. Myself, lady_bastet, pearcider, ickle_tayto, blackberry_roan with her new beau, Arthur & Catherine made it in early enough to get booths which, while it gave you space, put us a bit away from the stage. As a result, I don't have any decent photos of the show :( I did take a few photos of the gang which I will get to work on.

The show was hosted by Dusty Limits, who had some new tongue (or something similar) in cheek songs (his Phantom of the Opera piece was hilarious) & harassed the audience periodically. Acts wise, we had Heidi Hoopla doing nifty tricks with hoola hoops, The Extraordinares, a 3 piece harmony soul group with band, Miss Cherri Shakewell doing a fan dance, KXB with his big balls (love that piece) & Miss Lily White avec la balloons.

The show seemed to fly by though which was a shame. I suppose it's like all things when they're more familiar. The first Tassel Club in the Spiegeltent seemed to go on for ages.

Got to chat with some of ickle_tayto's friends who I've met a few times before but never kept in contact with, so I'm going to do my best to mingle & contact people from now on.

Long live the Tassel Club!

Within Temptation

Angels
http://www.youtube.com/v/AkmYXiaQNxs

Memories
http://www.youtube.com/v/PtP-CPLkq7A

Mother Earth
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdZ8uG_RbSc

Ice Queen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsCtXBOKGrE

Running Up That Hill
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3xBEjvggJc

Stand My Ground
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09O4EgRG_18

Upcoming Stuff...

Tassel Club - 14/09 - Spiegel Tent, Georges Dock
Spirit of Burlesque/Urban Voodoo Machine - 21/09 - Voodoo Lounge, Arran Quay
These Charming Men (Morrissey/Smiths tribute) - 23/09 - Temple Bar Music Centre, Curved Street
The Cult - 29/09 - Tripod, Harcourt Street
Lacuna Coil - 16/10 - Olympia Theatre, Dame Street (only spotted now, have to go)
VNV Nation - 22/10 - The Village, Wexford Street (on way to Whitby)
Whitby - 22/10 to 04/11 - Whitby, Yorkshire
Tool - 22/11 - Point Theatre, East Link Bridge (love Tool & A Perfect Circle, should go)
Human League - 12/12 - Vicar Street, Thomas Street

For John Y...

The Stranglers - 19/10 - The Village, Wexford Street

Heavy.com Vids

Funny...

http://www.heavy.com/index.php?videoPath=/content/fakebtmts/flash_video/btmts06_121_myspace

http://www.heavy.com/index.php?videoPath=/content/fakebtmts/flash_video/btmts06_103_ipod

Things

Gave the room a bit of a clean with lady_bastet. More stuff for Finglas (kind of our storage facility at this stage), moved the bed around & threw out some old clothes. Don't worry, no good Goth stuff.

Gonna get my ass in gear with a few things as I've grown a bit complacent (no not emo) of late.

Happy with book reading progress though.

More Belated Photos

Here's some photos from London's Highgate Cemetery...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/blaquewraith/sets/72157594267033954/

Late UK Update

End of the week & only getting around to posting about my visit to my sister in Cambridge. They moved in only a few months ago so it was good to see the new place. Popped into Camden for a bit but otherwise just chilled out. We went around to the local windmill which was old & creakity but yielded some good photos.

Spending wise, got a bunch of CDs in Resurrection Records

Clan Of Xymox - Breaking Point
Frontline Assembly - Artificial Soldier
Hocico - Hate Never Dies (The Remix Celebration)
Rotersand - Welcome To Goodbye
Solitary Experiments - Mind Over Matter
Various Artists - Endzeit Bunkertracks (Act II)
Various Artists - Septic VI

and various DVDs

Hero
Plunkett & Macleane
Spirited Away

and games for the Xbox

Brothers In Arms Road To Hill 30
Crimson Skies
Max Payne
Ninja Gaiden