As Promised.

My incredibly low quality pictures of my awesomely high quality tattoo(s). They go together really so, I don't know whether to count them as two seperate ones or not. I guess so.




Top of wist (left) my heart bracelet (cuff):







Opposite side, Lucille Ball's signature:




i really love it a bunch.
Now, the top of my wrist, despite it being right on my bone did not hurt AT ALL. No lie. However, the underside hurt like a (excuse my language but, I cannot stress it any other way) MOTHER FUCKER. VERY BADLY. I CRIED. Obviously, if you're not one for pain and you've been considering a tattoo on the inside of your wrist, reconsider my dear. If that baby ever needs touched up, forget it. It can just fade.

So, what's next?
I'm not certain but at one point I want this quote somewhere:
If you haven't any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble. -Bob Hope-

Also, I want a small little something or other on the nape of my neck and perhaps a 40s pinup girl.

We shall see!


PS- Can any of you tell me how to fix the disheveled way my posts turn out? None of the codes I use is fixing this problem. HELP. Please? Thanks!
Sunny Side Up!,
Krista

Andy Warhol; Artist, and.. Movie Maker?

Perhaps I'm the only one who did not know this until yesterday because, I'll admit, I'm always the last to know about..well, about everything. UNLESS it pertains to Lucille Ball in which case, tell me something I don't know.

Moving right along, I've only glanced at Warhol's art with an intrigued eye but, never gave his person much thought other than "Wow, I like the colors.. OHHH, COLOR!" Which, I readily admit, was very close minded of me. I have no excuse for showing no further interest in this multi-faceted man.

Alas, I had no idea that Andy Warhol delved into film making; creating such, shall I say epic, films like the 485-minute Empire (1964) or, the moderately popular The Chelsea Girls (1966.

That is why I was fascinated by this short clip from a project being put together by The Andy Warhol Museum & DVD distributor, Plexifilm; consisting of "screen tests" done by Mr. Warhol featuring the visages and occasionally quirky mannerisms of of such party legends & movers and shaker of the 1960s party scene as; Edie Sedgwick, Nico, Lou Reed, and Dennis Hopper; among others, entitled 13 Most Beautiful...Songs for Andy Warhol's Screen Tests. Enjoy this preview below:



Its especially haunting when you think about how some of the individuals who were so prominently featured there are either no longer heard of or deceased.
Its a creepy thing to look back on any old footage and knowing how some of the human beings that were so alive and full of life at that moment, came to their tragic ends. Its as if we are privy to their future while they stare back at us, oblivious.

Thanks to Movie Morlocks for bringing this to my attention.

Sunny Side Up!,
Krista

People Are Kids.

I found this short nine minute documentary; People are Children, lovely and insightful. If only adul;ts could see one another in such a simple light:


Do you know what racism is?
What?
Have you ever heard that word before, racisim?
No.. I've heard enthusiasm but not racism.



Sunny Side Up!,
Krista

Mid-Century Covet.

Look at this little beauty via From the Desk of Mrs. Gorman ! Ohhh, my heart yearns..
I honestly think that, if I were in possession of such a lovely writing tool, I would be inspired to do much, MUCH more than I do now..

Speaking of writing, perhaps I'll start posting some here in the future.
Its a thought..

Sunny Side Up!,
Krista

If SHE Can Make It, So Can I!

Yoko's gonna do her thing all over you."
REALLY John? And, just what is Yoko's thing may I ask? Spewing the musical equivalent of a really nasty projectile vomit into the ears of thousands of innocent individuals? Assailing the ear holes of every dog within a 100 mile radius?

She kind of sounds like she's in the process of dying while experiencing the most intense orgasm known to the history of human sexuality near the end there. On a morbid note, this would be a swell piece of music to commit suicide to because, while I was listening, I had the fleeting thought to do just that to be completely honest.

Anyway, *SHOUT OUT TO ANY FELLOW ANTI-YOKO(ians?).*


Sunny Side Up!,
Krista

OH, HAI!

That is a stupid title. I've never understood why people find it cute or hip to misspell so atrociously and deliberately. (by the way, I misspelled BOTH of those words. ROCK ON SPELLCHECK.)

Anyway, where did I go? Nowhere. I've been in my humble abode all along, caught up in all of the hullabaloo that IS Thanksgiving/Christmastime. I've no excuse, all apologies.

Onward and Upward!

Sunny Side Up,
Krista

Keith Olbermann on Prop 8.

I'm a bit slow on the uptake here but, I just found this tonight.

You want to sanctify marriage? You want to honor your God in the universal love you believe he represents? Then spread happiness...



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I think he's said it all.

Sunny Side Up!,
Krista

A Lesson Learned.

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Why do I always do this? I pour my heart and soul into making someone else happy and they drop me quicker than they picked me up.

Eh, I wasn't expecting it to work out anyway. After all, I plan on moving to Georgia permanently one day so, his inclination to stay around the area was already at odds with my interests but, Jesus, we only technically went out TWICE so, the lame excuse about the two of us not having a lot in common doesn't make since because you cannot tell those things after TWO DATES and a few talks on the phone.

Its actually quite obvious to me that all he wanted was a lay. What else am I supposed to think after what happened? To be honest, I wasn't feeling him either.. as mean as this may sound, he was too simple for me. I want to travel, engage in rousing conversation, experience new things with someone who is similarly minded and with his penchant for drinking and laying around the house, it obviously wouldn't have worked in the long run.

The thing is, there was no long run and that is what I wanted, its what I want. I was willing to compromise my values, interests, my entire self for the possibility of making it work. I've always been this way and I should know by now that betraying myself always lands me back in this spot.

As I sit here thinking, I'm afraid I might have intimidated him with my intelligence. When I would initiate conversations he would always lapse into mundane, day to day banter while leaving my questions and curiosities in the lurch. So, I can only thank God that this wasn't a long, drawn out deterioration of a years long relationship where I was being led on a la another certain individual who no longer communicates with me.

Whatever. I'm sick of attracting rump roast when I deserve filet mignon.
I'm willing to wait it out if it means I'll come across a lasting, compassionate, nurturing relationship with time. I'm young, they're out there, I just need to let them come to me and discontinue the whole taking a step down thing in order to please someone who really doesn't deserve me anyway because, if they deserve me, I will not HAVE to lower myself; and neither will any of you.

Sunny Side Up!,
Krista

My Favorite Famous Couples; Dedication 1.

There have been so many remarkable couples spanning the last century who have left their imprint on the hearts and minds of all who were aware of their exsistence. This is the first post in a series dedicated to those who have inspired me the most.

Lucille Desiree Ball & Desiderio Alberto Arnaz e de Acha III.


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Lucy & Desi became legends of their own time with the premiere of the first and perhaps, best loved television sitcom of the 20th century, I Love Lucy , on October 15, 1951. Unbeknownst to them, the long shot endeavour that was birthed in order to allow these two love birds to work together as opposed to being perpetually seperated by their careers [and also, by teaming up for this project, taming Desi's notorious womanizing nature], they had unleashed a legacy of laughter and unending enjoyment among the American and, a few years into production, the international audience that has carried on into the present day with I Love Lucy still being aired through syndication not only here in the U.S. but in over 80 nations worldwide, including Britain, Central America, Germany, and Japan.



Besides their television shows, Lucy & Desi owned their own studio, which they christened Desilu , and that company produced and housed the production sites of such popular 50s and 60s television favorites as The Andy Griffith Show , Our Miss Brooks , and even, due to Lucy's own good sense, Mission: Impossible and Star Trek .





I Love Lucy itself ceased production in 1957 but the beloved characters; Lucy, Ricky, Fred, and Ethel expanded in the continuation of ten years of escapades with The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour , which allowed for 13 hour long segments which expanded their popularity by another two years with this show coming to an end in 1960, the same year that the Arnazes 19 year union dissolved.







Despite the fact that Lucy and Desi could not live together forever in wedded bliss, they were famously in love with one anopther and it is widely acknowledged that, regardless of the fact that both remarried; Lucy to a mediocre stand-up comedian, Gary Morton and Desi to yet another redhead, Edith Mack Hirsch; they never ceased in loving one another very deeply and they remained extremely close until Desi's death in 1986 from lung cancer and Lucy followed suit barely two years later, a week following a seemingly successful heart surgery when her aorta ruptured in the early morning hours of April 26, 1989.









And so, a decades long love affair ceased to be on that date; April 26, 1989; with Lucille Ball's death, because Lucy remained faithful to Desi's memory for the rest of her life, despite their many ups and downs.

The world and the entertainment industry owe a lot to these tireless pioneers of the craft, what with Desi's many innovative ideas in television production, including the three camera filming method which is still in use today on many, if not all, of your current favorites; and Lucy's comedic genius and eye for the type of entertainment that would have staying power when she approved the making of Star Trek and Mission: Impossible.

These two remarkable human beings are remembered by the vox populi today with respect, reverence, and love and appreciation for the sacrifices that they endured in their personal lives to bring us, their adoring public, such everlasting joy and happiness which, as long as their are individuals like myself and the many other lovely people I have connected with as a result of my own devotion and historian-like tendencies.

I leave you with a heartfelt observation, simple but obviously impeccably true, that Desi made many years after the heyday of himself and his legendary former spouse, in an interview:

I Love Lucy was never just a title.

Sunny Side Up!,
Krista

Sacrilege?

Now, I'll be the first to admit, I am ALL for taboo topics, alternative anything, etc. however, when its disrespectful toward any group of individuals or beliefs, I tend to take offense. Having grown up around Catholicism, what with my father's family belonging to the church, I am appalled at this photographic set , sans the photo at the beginning of this post, which I fell is lovely, tasteful, and reminiscent of a Renaissance painting. The rest are disrespectful, tawdry, and cheap.

It sort of pisses me off, actually.

Sound off, please.

Krista.

Beauty in the face of hardship.

Jennine, of The Coveted, recently posted this about an exhibit currently being shown at the City Hall library in Paris, which she recently viewed on a trip. The photographs included are shot in color film which, in and of itself is a rarity for the era.

Shot by André Zucca for a Nazi propoganda writing entitled The Signal.

Jennine gives her thoughts on how a lot of women today are living in much the same detatched state as is shown in this photo essay of Parisian ladies in 1940s wartime.

A short post but, it does force me to reflect on how I, too, have seperated myself from today's reality and how it is time for me to do anything within my power to change the state of affairs in my country even by the simple act of voting against the current administration and anyone who wishes to continue on with a simiar agenda.

I, for one, am eager for us, as a country, to battle our way back into the light of economical prosperity, justice, and charity toward our fellow human beings.

I'm ready for change.

Sunny Side Up!,
Krista

I think by admitting that I feel this way, I come off as a total bitch.

But, this is my blog, for my feelings so, I don't really care.

Why is it that every single one of my very best friends end up getting hitched or, in one case, gets mixed up in an affair with a married woman, at ridiculously young ages and in the process, leave me behind in their dust?
Why can't we just be young, stupid, and carefree for a few years before we all veer into marriage's path?

I'm not going into a lot of detail to protect the privacy of individuals that I care about deeply, despite the fact that I am incredibly disappointed in them and, admittedly, sort of peeved off at them at the moment but, this is the third time in four years that I've basically lost a person who I had previously been led to believe wanted to explore the world with me before we found partners and had babies and lived next to each other in quaint little cul-de-sac's.

I don't mean to be such an awful pessimist but, do you people realize that according to statistics, it isn't even going to work out anyway and then, I'll be the one who has to pick up the pieces and be there when your relationship falls apart..
And, don't worry, I WILL be there because even though I think you're being ridiculous, I still love you with all my heart..

I don't know..

I'm so upset right now and then on top of it all, I'm upset with myself for being upset with this situation because I sound really selfish and self centered, etc. and I'm not that way at all. I'm honestly not that kind of person but, Jesus H. Christ.. why can't we be young for just a few years before we taske responsibility for ourselves and others for the rest of our lives?

Humph.

What's your opinion, insight, criticism towards me, etc.?
All I ask is, please don't judge me harshly. I'm really very nice, I'm just sad and confused right now..

.....,
Krista

Before the Crack Whore Image:

Hi kids!
How are all of you today?
The weather is sunny, my trip to Georgia is on the horizon, and I'm feeling good!

Found this clip of Amy Winehouse on Jonathan Ross back when her freshman album, Frank was released.
Look at how put together and classy she is! I was flabbergasted when I saw this. Its just a testament to how quickly drugs will take over your entire being. I'd love for her to recover to her normal state, she seems like an awfully charming individual when not under the influence.



Sunny Side Up,
Krista

In Rememberance.

Here's to all of the brave men and women in the armed forces, past and present.

I thank you from the bottom of my heart..

Judy Garland, November, 1963


Norah Jones, My Dear Country


Sunny Side Up!,
Krista

My Thoughts aren't always so sunny.

from French Toast Girl


Please allow me to explain exactly why I've created SSU.

I'll be completely honest with everyone up front..
In actuality, I'm quite the pessimist but, I've figured that perhaps, when my bad thoughts and feelings start overtaking all of the good that's inside of me, if I have a designated area for me to run to and spew all of the clutter alongside items that put a smile to my face, I just MIGHT be able to combat them that much more efficiently.

So, what I'm trying to say is that basically, SSU is my own therapeutic tool and all of you, whomever decides to follow along, are almost like hmmmm... I don't know.. you are like the other participants in an ongoing, world wide, all inclusive session of group therapy. A group that you may run to at any moment in the day, and check the latest posts for a little pick me up or a word of encouragement because, if anyone knows how much even the smallest act of kindness or upbeat piece of material can automatically make one's whole day seem more bearable, I DO.

So, in conclusion, I want you all to know that I'm here for you. Yep, anytime you need a shoulder, feel free to email me personally as well and I'll be more than happy to listen because, I feel that we all, as fellow human beings hiking along life's mountains and valleys, need a little assistance every now and again.

Sunny Side Up!,
Krista