Is That a Dog in a Velvet Suit or Are You Just Happy to See Me?
Antiques: On Sunday, a group of us went to Mt. Dora for the thrice yearly Antique extravaganza. It’s been awhile since I’ve gone antiquing and I was thrilled to rummage through old and dusty furniture alongside old and dusty people. I adore antique wooden furniture, jewelry and retro posters. I found sheet music for the 1948 film Moon Rise but purchased it primarily for the cover which featured 
an elegant drawing of a Japanese geisha. I have a vice for antique posters and am inspired to redecorate the computer room with such a theme. For 5 bucks, it will contribute perfectly to the office redecoration scheme.
My favorite aspect of antique shows are the items that give one the creeps. Case in point: Scary dog in a purple, velvet suit. The dog sits, or rather squats, on a wooden chair with a finger pointing to the sky as if proclaiming to all who see him “I am frightening!”. I’ve tried very hard to envision the kind establishment that would require an oddly positioned, dressed up pooch and I’m having an even harder time trying to think of a room in a house it would look good in. Time hasn’t been good to this unique figurine but the seller has taken great care in preserving its scariness (note the hand-written sign that reads VERY FRAGILE).
Far more loveable than the squatting canine must certainly be racist paraphernalia. Observe the wooden carving of a man hanging by a noose from a tree. Delightful!
Alcohol: Cappy over at the finally updated Cappycom.com turned an ancient 24 this weekend. This somehow gives all his friends, including myself, reason to kill him via alcohol poisoning. We had a terrific time bar hopping through downtown Orlando until my best friend of 6 years decides to regurgitate his sushi dinner all over my boyfriend’s left hand which is almost like shooting your fellow hunter in the face, but not quite. The 4 of us who were relatively sober found this hilarious and instead of preventing Cappy from wallowing in his own vomit, we took numerous pictures with our camera phones. This kind of activity requires a certain level of retardation and a strong stomach for half-digested sushi. Happy Birthday, bitch.
Astronomically pointless details: I’m knitting a blue cellphone cozy for my boyfriend’s awesome Blackberry. It will be done in approximately 3,000 years.
I’m also in the middle of Grandia III which is proving to be highly addictive and very entertaining. The game has developed greatly in terms of dialogue and character development. I’m thoroughly impressed and still recovering from epileptic seizures induced by the colorful, action packed fighting sequences.
In addition, Wordpress’ rich text editor is much more trouble than it’s worth.
February 21st, 2006 at 9:29 am
I think I have a room that the dog would fit into. Nope on second thought I don’t. I’ll hold out for the sitting bear with his finger in the air.
February 21st, 2006 at 2:46 pm
Wait until November 13th. Payback’s a bitch. And so are you!
February 22nd, 2006 at 12:32 pm
“we took numerous pictures with our camera phones”
so, where are the pictures?!
February 22nd, 2006 at 1:52 pm
Hey Mari, you didn’t happen to get an address or phone number for where I can get my very own lynched guy carving? My Mom’s birthday is coming up this Friday and I’m kinda running out of ideas.
Anyone that says you can’t find neat stuff at antique stores is full of crap.
February 23rd, 2006 at 3:23 pm
You know, there are whole Antique MALLS here in Oklahoma.
And my birthday is June 1….*hint wink*
February 23rd, 2006 at 9:35 pm
Hey Mari,
Thanks for dropping by my site, it’s always nice when people say hello. Had a browse through yours and your posts are great, I love that cover for Moon Rise. Looove old posters too. I was in vintage poster heaven in London (though I could only ever afford to admire them in the store). Hope you get to do a lot more travelling soon, Japan looked awesome
keep in touch.
x. Michelle
February 24th, 2006 at 4:56 am
the dog looks quite creepy actually
February 24th, 2006 at 5:50 am
Up until reading this post I was full of crap. But now I am cured. Antique = awesome.
Also, seconding Spike here. We need those pictures.
February 24th, 2006 at 11:00 am
That antique fair looks interesting,but also has some scary things.
I would never buy that dog,not even if I got money with it.
That sounds like a “funny” birthday
April 14th, 2006 at 11:23 am
Velvet suit huh? Guess it can be worse, you know like the one Amr wore to your sisters wedding.
April 14th, 2006 at 11:50 am
Ohh, and for the record. I think it’s just wrong you start talking about Calvin right after the lynching section. Tsk tsk.