Melanie Surani's Blog, page 273
April 3, 2015
Les Vampires part 5 - Dead Man’s Escape 1915
Les Vampires part 5 - Dead Man’s Escape 1915
Hmm… speaking of a wild cat as a pet…
Gotta say, I can see...
Hmm… speaking of a wild cat as a pet…
Gotta say, I can see myself sitting on the floor between the tiger’s front paws. She’ll snuffle my hair, and I’ll hope she doesn’t bite my head. I mean, my housecoat bites my hair and sometimes gets a little scalp.
Why does she bite my hair? Why??
March 29, 2015
Looks like a still from an indie movie. Like a woman is staying...
Looks like a still from an indie movie. Like a woman is staying in his home — an old friend or someone he never felt “that way” about in the past — and he’s seeing her in a different light now. Glass of wine … it’s getting late … “gotta say something …”
March 28, 2015
unexplained-events:Nagoro VillageThe Valley of DollsThe village...
Nagoro Village
The Valley of Dolls
The village of Nagor is located in in the hidden valleys of Shikoku, Japan. The village is shrinking due to lack of immigration to the place since there isn’t really anything there. People die and are never replaced.
Over a year ago, Ayano Tsukimi decided to replace the the dead and departed people with dolls. Roughly 350 dolls have taken the place of those people and the people that have since abandoned the place.
The dolls are made with straw, fabric, and old clothes, much like a humble scarecrow, and Tsukimi is constantly making new figures to replace ones that have worn out. The dolls are placed to look as though they are doing certain things that previous villagers once did.
This is super creepy.
I know that as a “serious author”, I’m supposed to like writers...
I know that as a “serious author”, I’m supposed to like writers like Shakespeare and … Proust … in the original French. But you know what, dammit? I read because I want something to be interesting. Edgar Allan Poe and Stephen King? They both freaking HAVE IT. Granted, some of Poe’s stuff is tough to get through. Some of King’s is too, but for different reasons (did you ever read UR? the short? *makes wincing face* A story about a killer Kindle that you read about on a Kindle! Ooooooooooo). *keeps checking “Experimental Settings” page*
And yeah, I like things that are a little scary. Something to keep me on my toes. Something to make me put the book down and shut my eyes like I can even get away from that horrifying mental picture I just read. That why I write about the things that I do. Someone hiding in your living room, or being trapped with someone who may or may not want to kill you, etc. Something that’s going to make you miss your subway stop or stay up well past a reasonable hour. Nobody, but nobody needs to discuss the symbolism behind the sofa color. Nobody needs to read my book in school (unless it’s a palate cleanser from studying. Well, people read Poe in school and still like him). (Catch my new book Awake coming out soon!)
Anyway.
Who the hell came up with these Rap Battles? I only watch the ones where I know who the participants are (because I’m sure I wouldn’t get the inside jokes otherwise). They are hilarious. Go to their Youtube page and plan to spend your next two hours there.
nitratediva:From F. Percy Smith’s The Birth of a Flower...
From F. Percy Smith’s The Birth of a Flower (1910).
so gorgeous. I love how they used to tint the whole picture for different moods.
