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Tiny Victories

Samantha — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 02:59:17 +0000

A few days ago, I decided it was time to learn to knit. I picked up a copy of Stitch ‘N Bitch : The Knitter’s Handbook, walked over to the Garment District, and bought a set of needles & a few different colors of yarn.

The last three days, in between bottles of wine and silly movies, I have cursed, thrown my supplies down, and watched more than a dozen This Is How You Knit, You Retard videos on youtube. There was also some pointing and laughing in my direction, but it was well deserved.

Now, I am a basics master and knitted a teeny, tiny little swatch – all cast on, English Method, and bound off like an old pro!

Friends, family, and small animals – be warned. There shall be scarves in your future.

In other news, we had another blizzard, and my man & one of our roommates braved the storm and had brunch. One of these days, I will venture outside with my fancy camera again, but Snowpocalypse V.10million was not that day.

iPhone / Photoshop Mobile / Camera Kit

Winter to Warm

January Reads

Samantha — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:35:31 +0000

We Did Porn by Zak Smith

Full of “I’m still punk as fuck but I’m going to surprise you with how smart and articulate I am” rants and rambles. The constant and never ending run-on sentences irritated the living crap out of me, but there were some very sweet passages about his girlfriend. The entire book came off as a very smug person trying to sound the humble victim of society’s pre-conceived standards, while giving the always expected finger to the man. And yes, this is coming from a chick who has had her hair every color of the spectrum and is covered in tattoos. Punk is dead, get over it. Overall, I had to force myself to finish it, but the random cameos of friend and acquaintances of mine (under the guise of slightly altered names) throughout were welcome.

The Traveling Death and Resurrection Show by Ariel Gore

A light, almost fluffy, read, but an semi-enjoyable one. Yes, it was predictable. Yes, it vaguely reminded me of Clown Girl. Yes, I finished it in an afternoon and it didn’t leave me with any strong feelings in either direction. But, if you’re going to read a novel about a traveling performance troupe narrated from the point of view of someone that can perform the stigmata on command, it might as well be this one.

The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein by Peter Ackroyd

I was really excited to read this one, and was sorely disappointed. I absolutely loved Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, so I was excited to see a new take on it from the Doctor’s perspective. In retrospect, it was an unnecessary endeavor. It succeeded in portraying Dr. Frankenstein as even more of a soulless, whimpering jerk than Shelley originally had, but didn’t ever achieve the level of humanity she gave the creature. The novel wasn’t all bad, and the “new” backstory of Victor Frankenstein’s life was fun enough, but by the end of the novel, the new author should have just left well enough alone.

Rimbaud : The Double Life of a Legend by Edmond White (not pictured because I can’t remember where I put it)

More of a fan boy’s brief romanticized notion of Rimbaud’s life and volatile relationship with Paul Verlaine than a comprehensive biography. It references a number of other biographies of the subject within its own text, and often claims they are villainizing Rimbaud, rather than the historical truth. The entire time I was reading this, I kept thinking of the well off suburban kids that would put studs on their jackets and hang out on St. Mark’s Place when I was a teenager, pretending to be gutter punks and squatters and emulating poverty. I should have skipped this bio and just read the wiki.

Thankfully, I’ve had a much better selection so far in February. What did you read this month?

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Ace

Samantha — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 19:01:06 +0000

Once upon a time in a lovely New York October, I spent a few nights at the Ace Hotel and hatched plans.

Once upon a time in cold and snowy New York February, I got accidentally drunk at the Ace Hotel and hatched more plans.

The two incidents were entirely unrelated, but both were nifty.

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Winter to Warm

Samantha — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 18:21:41 +0000

There was a blizzard a last week. That was mid-morning, day of. It kept going and going and going, and now the city is a mess of filthy piles of cold, wet snow.

These are things I am looking forward to doing in warmer weather :

WALK. I miss walking, mostly because I’ve barely left the house all winter.
Eat red Italian ices from pizzerias.
Sit outside a cafe and read a book.
Wear dresses and short sleeved shirts.
Reorganize / redecorate / restructure our apartment. Yes, this should be a winter hibernation activity, but the cold is not terribly motivating or inspirational.
Juice fast and, possibly, a Master Cleanse. For now, I stick with carbs & fats, because I need layers of it to keep warm.

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Exactly.

Samantha — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:40:17 +0000

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Sunday Smut : Mondays Count, Too

Samantha — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:19:57 +0000

Khyd : Panelled

Without realizing yesterday was Sunday, I missed posting Sunday Smut!

Khyd is a hopeful that contacted me just as I moved to NYC, and convinced me that her building in New Jersey was totally worth the train ride out there. She was absolutely right – the building was a giant, old hospital, and full of amazing rooms like the poker room that we shot in.

Let’s hope Kyhd becomes a full fledge Suicide Girl soon – vote on her set!

Smoke & Ink

Samantha — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 03:48:20 +0000

Nixon & I have restocked the shop over at Haute Macabre with our Smoke & Ink dress, designed by Courtney Riot!

Available in sizes Small – Extra Large
Seamless, Raw-Edged T-Shirt Dress
100% Fine Jersey Cotton
Medium is approximately 32 inches in length
Loose-fitting on top, snug around the bottom
International shipping available
Nixon not included

Buy it. It’ll be fun for you.

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It Was Going to be Brief

Samantha — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 22:52:16 +0000

Briefly :

I took that with my phone yesterday while on a train. I believe I was crossing a bridge somewhere in between Harlem and the Bronx, but I could be totally wrong. Not wrong about the bridge, but not sure exactly where the bridge could have been. I was headed north of the city to shoot a new hopeful for Suicide Girls, and it was cold and snowing on and off all day.

The top of my New Year’s Resolutions for 2010 was to quit smoking. I’m on Day 9, currently. The first three days were completely nicotine free, and after that, I allow myself a drag or two per day. This is the third time I’ve made an effort to quit, and honestly, it’s the only time it ever feels like it might last. Yes, I suppose technically I am still smoking, but it’s prevented me from buying packs, and it takes the edge off completely. It also makes me completely sick to my stomach, so hopefully within the next few weeks I won’t need that, either. I’m still an emotional wreck, and am probably hell to be around.

Yay for self-inflicted chemical imbalances!

In other non-smoking or train riding news, a good portion of 2010 thus far has been spent :

Job Hunting, which is just about as exciting as it sounds
Movie watching – Sherlock Holmes (awesome), Avatar (pretty, but Ferngully for grownups), Jennifer’s Body (surprisingly entertaining & funny), UP (possibly the most emotionally moving movie I’ve seen in years, and an amazing story to boot), and a fair amount more that I can’t think of at the moment
Dexter Season 4 – I can’t believe how many of my friends said this season wasn’t that great. I think it rivaled the first season for best one yet.
Freezing my ass off. Who would have guessed it’s cold in NY in January?
Making shoe shopping lists in my head, which will eventually be posted on Haute Macabre.

I also can’t stop watching Jersey Shore.

Don’t judge me.

Winter to Warm

2009 : In Member Review

Samantha — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:00:41 +0000

2009 saw many of the sets that I shot for Suicide Girls hit the front page as officially published sets, but there are also plenty still in Member Review! Some girls were archived over time, some girls took their sets down, and some sets just weren’t what SG was looking for at the time. Each time I shoot a set, I learn something new, so I take each effort as a learning experience and to develop new techniques and stylization.

Calamity’s Night Before Christmas

Misty : Stories From the City

this is it download

Otter : Cheap Monday

Adalae : Sunny Side

Milloux : Blue Sunday

Tina : Hang Outs

ToriBell : Time Waits for No One

Pandie : Black Dahlia

Nixon : Day Star

Roza : R&R

Lilac : Flirting With Summer

Moxi : All You Need

Q : Regal Lace

Kiefer & Warning : Like it Rough

Louella : High Society

Joleigh : Draped

Techobed

Samantha — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 05:17:16 +0000

I’m updating from my phone, in bed, just to see how this works. I fear that this might be the end of my organized little site, as I may fill it with random junk I come across. Apparently, I am a citizen of the nation of instant multiple updates of useless trivial information.

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