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Mortal Kombat? I'm Kitana or Mileena (Sonya just seemed kinda boring in comparison). Killer Instinct? I'm Orchid. Street Fighter? I'm obviously Chun Li.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-7jNZ_npImlo\/VFfigROIdaI\/AAAAAAAAEZA\/2mKhrecmcmk\/s1600\/chunli.jpg\"\u003E \u003Cimg alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-7jNZ_npImlo\/VFfigROIdaI\/AAAAAAAAEZA\/2mKhrecmcmk\/s1600\/chunli.jpg\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641564410206788610\" style=\"display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EShe's a character I've wanted to dress up as for a long time, but it always just sort of seemed like it would be a bit too hard. I mean, the dress! The spiky bracelets! All that kicking! However, after taking a look on Adverts.ie, I found a short blue cheongsam being sold not too far from where I live, and by a weird stroke of luck, it turned out that I knew the seller, who very generously offered to give it to me, so I swapped with her for a bottle of wine. It needed a little bit of altering, but thankfully my mam is handy with a sewing machine, which was just as well as I can hardly sew a button without stabbing my finger with a needle. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe spiky bracelets needed to be huge and cartoony. I didn't want to use the small studded leather type ones that I wore back when I was a nineteen year old metaller in a homemade Slayer t-shirt, so I was going to have to make them. Which I did! Out of foam, duct tape and party hats, of all things. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-n2NjYeU0gbU\/VFfmMpxfm-I\/AAAAAAAAEZM\/tZoOodWs5bY\/s1600\/bracelets.jpg\"\u003E \u003Cimg alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-n2NjYeU0gbU\/VFfmMpxfm-I\/AAAAAAAAEZM\/tZoOodWs5bY\/s1600\/bracelets.jpg\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641564410206788610\" style=\"display: block; height: 794px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI'm not going to lie, I was pretty excited with how they turned out.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-7y6X9h2AnP4\/VFfpksbawFI\/AAAAAAAAEZY\/nMoerpSBgS4\/s1600\/top.jpg\"\u003E \u003Cimg alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-7y6X9h2AnP4\/VFfpksbawFI\/AAAAAAAAEZY\/nMoerpSBgS4\/s1600\/top.jpg\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641564410206788610\" style=\"display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe pigtail covers were white circles of fabric with a bit of elastic to keep them over my hair and I stuck some gold star stickers to the ribbons, which isn't strictly canon but I figured if anyone deserves some gold stars, it's Chun Li. Plus they matched the gold thread in the dress, so why the hell not.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-4dQWImjUJ_A\/VFfp2kHy_LI\/AAAAAAAAEZg\/LDH32ujpnjc\/s1600\/chunli-bottom.jpg\"\u003E \u003Cimg alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-4dQWImjUJ_A\/VFfp2kHy_LI\/AAAAAAAAEZg\/LDH32ujpnjc\/s1600\/chunli-bottom.jpg\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641564410206788610\" style=\"display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI wanted orangey-red coloured tights for the old school Chun Li look and found a pair that were just the right colour. Unfortunately they were from American Apparel, a shop I dislike quite a bit because their ad campaigns look like they've been shot by a sex offender. However, there was 20% off on the day I went in, so that was some consolation. The runners were from New Look and reduced to €6, in fact they were the only pair left and just happened to be in my size. I have to say, this costume mostly came together through blind luck and duct tape.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAnyway! Off we went to Rocky Horror in the Sugar Club for their Halloween show, we had a blast, there was a lot of pretend fighting and I managed not to fall over, which is most unlike me. Speaking of pretend fighting, here I am squaring up to my friend Fi, aka Harley Quinn on the night. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-aGrkuqbaKZs\/VFfqDOULLxI\/AAAAAAAAEZo\/a4BIg5Avzh4\/s1600\/FIGHT.jpg\"\u003E \u003Cimg alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-aGrkuqbaKZs\/VFfqDOULLxI\/AAAAAAAAEZo\/a4BIg5Avzh4\/s1600\/FIGHT.jpg\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641564410206788610\" style=\"display: block; height: 281px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIf that was a real video game I'd totally play it. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ciframe allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fredlemonade.blogspot.com%2F2014%2F11%2Feverybody-was-kung-fu-fighting.html\" style=\"height: 25px; width: 100%;\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/redlemonade.blogspot.com\/feeds\/8034692067051481909\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/redlemonade.blogspot.com\/2014\/11\/everybody-was-kung-fu-fighting.html#comment-form","title":"3 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7970712784003281497\/posts\/default\/8034692067051481909"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7970712784003281497\/posts\/default\/8034692067051481909"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/redlemonade.blogspot.com\/2014\/11\/everybody-was-kung-fu-fighting.html","title":"Everybody Was Kung Fu Fighting"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Kitty Catastrophe"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/08783550352881766193"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-y1G0SXlwykI\/U-DwTouCmwI\/AAAAAAAAEN4\/M3NH_VZo0T4\/s1600\/*"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-7jNZ_npImlo\/VFfigROIdaI\/AAAAAAAAEZA\/2mKhrecmcmk\/s72-c\/chunli.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"3"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7970712784003281497.post-3317191970311533847"},"published":{"$t":"2013-11-07T17:00:00.002+00:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2013-11-07T17:04:32.102+00:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Drinking"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Fancy Dress"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Film fashion"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Parties"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Handbook For The Recently Deceased"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"After being infatuated with Miss Argentina from Beetlejuice for YEARS, declaring in \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/redlemonade.blogspot.ie\/2012\/02\/its-not-easy-being-green.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EFebruary of last year\u003C\/a\u003E that I was going to dress up as her for Halloween, spending ages planning and making the various parts of the costume, unceremoniously fracturing my ankle two weeks before Halloween rendering me couch-ridden with a plaster cast and then waiting a WHOLE OTHER YEAR...I FINALLY DID IT! \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-GEQVTP2YpaM\/UnuY_BjXtRI\/AAAAAAAAD_A\/7fvmWYeHCSg\/s1600\/winner.jpg\"\u003E \u003Cimg alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-GEQVTP2YpaM\/UnuY_BjXtRI\/AAAAAAAAD_A\/7fvmWYeHCSg\/s1600\/winner.jpg\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641564410206788610\" style=\"display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELast weekend we hit the Rocky Horror Picture Show in The Sugar Club for their Halloween shindig, where I had an absolute ball, found a dude dressed as Beetlejuice to get a photo with (although I had to explain who I was dressed as to him - worst Beetlejuice ever), completely confused some Spanish dudes as to why I was green and what exactly made me Miss Argentina when I'd never even been there, Time Warped my turquoise face off and won Best Costume!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI was so delighted with how it all turned out. Which was a relief, considering that I'd been planning and waiting for a fucking year and eight months to do it. The body paint colour was Snazaroo's Sea Green and looked blue in some photos, green in others and bright turquoise in real life, which was kinda perfect because in stills from the film, the actual Miss Argentina character seems to alternate between blue and green depending on the shot.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-qgTf6Nkl1mA\/UnuZKvBnS-I\/AAAAAAAAD_I\/TTgraK9njeg\/s1600\/prep.jpg\"\u003E \u003Cimg alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-qgTf6Nkl1mA\/UnuZKvBnS-I\/AAAAAAAAD_I\/TTgraK9njeg\/s1600\/prep.jpg\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641564410206788610\" style=\"display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIt was so much fun painting myself turquoise, that even when the Bear got worried that I was going to end up dyeing my skin in the process of layering on the paint, I just shouted \"I DON'T CARE! LOOK AT HOW COOL THIS IS!\" I almost lost the run of myself with excitement when I finally got to the point where I could put the wig on, as that was when it all came together.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI made the red collar out of wire from a craft shop, which came already wound in two spirals, so I just took the centre point and bent it into the shape I wanted, then covered it with red tulle and glued a fuckload of sequins to it. The sash was just a big wide ribbon that I painted the letters on and the wig was borrowed from my lovely friend Lili and then pinned into a haphazard updo with a bajillion bobby pins because I have no idea how to style an updo properly. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-D8azdWYfqw0\/UnuZUAzzqdI\/AAAAAAAAD_Q\/MjRUQfKjLIA\/s1600\/cuts.jpg\"\u003E \u003Cimg alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-D8azdWYfqw0\/UnuZUAzzqdI\/AAAAAAAAD_Q\/MjRUQfKjLIA\/s1600\/cuts.jpg\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641564410206788610\" style=\"display: block; height: 534px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMiss Argentina's wrists are cut, which is the dark little gag that shot right over my head as a kid, so being a sucker for detail I made those with special effects wax and a bit of fake blood.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-VisSoMmLvNY\/Unuc9Vts1PI\/AAAAAAAAD_k\/yXq5VCgF-uI\/s1600\/hectorpics.jpg\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641564410206788610\" style=\"display: block; height: 275px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EMe on stage getting a prize and being momentarily scared that I might have to say something. These two were taken by Hector Heathwood and yoinked from the \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/ROCKY-HORROR-PICTURE-SHOW-IRELAND\/105947930418?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ERocky Horror Facebook page\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-VisSoMmLvNY\/Unuc9Vts1PI\/AAAAAAAAD_k\/yXq5VCgF-uI\/s1600\/hectorpics.jpg\"\u003E \u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIt was quite weird when I'd catch my reflection during the night, as I'd sort of forget that I was this crazy bright colour and more than once found myself coming away from a mirror thinking \"I'm so GREEEN!\"\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI absolutely loved it though and didn't want to take it off at the end of the night, so before going for a shower at all hours of the morning, I went on a selfie rampage (something I NEVER do), because the last thing I wanted was to end up wishing that I'd taken more photographs of the costume.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-9zXXtDFSRso\/UnvEtrQqHCI\/AAAAAAAAD_8\/bCEdTYeapVU\/s1600\/selfie3.jpg\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641564410206788610\" style=\"display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EAlso, it turns out I'm terrible at taking selfies. Do I look at the camera? At my reflection? Down at the phone? Is my hand meant to look that gammy? \u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-yHIcLe5QmPQ\/UnuZk3FW8xI\/AAAAAAAAD_Y\/HzvKiZM7O3U\/s1600\/selfie.jpg\"\u003E \u003Cimg alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-yHIcLe5QmPQ\/UnuZk3FW8xI\/AAAAAAAAD_Y\/HzvKiZM7O3U\/s1600\/selfie.jpg\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641564410206788610\" style=\"display: block; height: 323px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-9zXXtDFSRso\/UnvEtrQqHCI\/AAAAAAAAD_8\/bCEdTYeapVU\/s1600\/selfie3.jpg\"\u003E \u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMy wig was a little bit askew at this point though, as by then it was half past several mojitos in the morning and I didn't really notice. I never usually post photos of myself here, but then again I didn't really look like me on the night, what with the bluey skin and the wig and the fact that Billy and The Incredible Mulq didn't recognise me at first when I walked up to them in the queue outside The Sugar Club.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAlso, the hamper of fun stuff that I won was pretty deadly, what with the mulled wine and prosecco and horror DVDs and chocolate. There was also a box of Milk Tray but when a Sunday hangover and gallons of tea collided, that particular box of chocolates didn't stand a chance and got kinda eaten before I could take a photo of my victory swag laid out all nice and pretty.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-NG_VVrfpUDk\/Unudt6vORII\/AAAAAAAAD_s\/Wjk8m6lEcmY\/s1600\/hamper.jpg\"\u003E \u003Cimg alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-NG_VVrfpUDk\/Unudt6vORII\/AAAAAAAAD_s\/Wjk8m6lEcmY\/s1600\/hamper.jpg\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641564410206788610\" style=\"display: block; height: 598px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe only problem now is how the hell do I top this next year? \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ciframe allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fredlemonade.blogspot.com%2F2013%2F11%2Fhandbook-for-recently-deceased.html\" style=\"height: 26px; width: 100%;\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/redlemonade.blogspot.com\/feeds\/3317191970311533847\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/redlemonade.blogspot.com\/2013\/11\/handbook-for-recently-deceased.html#comment-form","title":"4 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7970712784003281497\/posts\/default\/3317191970311533847"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7970712784003281497\/posts\/default\/3317191970311533847"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/redlemonade.blogspot.com\/2013\/11\/handbook-for-recently-deceased.html","title":"Handbook For The Recently Deceased"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Kitty Catastrophe"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/08783550352881766193"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-y1G0SXlwykI\/U-DwTouCmwI\/AAAAAAAAEN4\/M3NH_VZo0T4\/s1600\/*"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-GEQVTP2YpaM\/UnuY_BjXtRI\/AAAAAAAAD_A\/7fvmWYeHCSg\/s72-c\/winner.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"4"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7970712784003281497.post-4034779373650649272"},"published":{"$t":"2012-02-24T16:37:00.002+00:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2012-02-27T17:02:10.048+00:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Fancy Dress"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Film fashion"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Nerd"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"It's Not Easy Being Green"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"A recent article on \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/jezebel.com\/5887302\/was-nicki-minajs-vogue-shoot-inspired-by-beetlejuice\"\u003EJezebel\u003C\/a\u003E drew a comparison between Nicki Minaj's bizarre blue-skinned photoshoot for \u003Ci\u003EVogue\u003C\/i\u003E and the afterlife receptionist from \u003Ci\u003EBeetlejuice\u003C\/i\u003E. I admit, I squeaked a little bit when I saw it first, for I have long harboured a love for that undead Miss Argentina and I think the picture of Nicki is brilliant, if completely bonkers. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-FnbP63S-ebE\/T0a5UvqvqrI\/AAAAAAAACEo\/YN_qMxKxsGs\/s1600\/NICKI-MINAJ.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"\" border=\"0\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641564410206788610\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-FnbP63S-ebE\/T0a5UvqvqrI\/AAAAAAAACEo\/YN_qMxKxsGs\/s1600\/NICKI-MINAJ.jpg\" style=\"display: block; height: 536px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003EI've posted about the beautiful turquoise Beetlejuice character \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/redlemonade.blogspot.com\/2010\/01\/its-jolly-oliday-with-mary.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ehere before\u003C\/a\u003E, but I felt she merited a post all of her own, because I LOVE HER. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-qmgCHLMMvXc\/T0a5w7WWtcI\/AAAAAAAACE0\/mKRqEpf9vOM\/s1600\/receptionist2.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"\" border=\"0\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641564410206788610\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-qmgCHLMMvXc\/T0a5w7WWtcI\/AAAAAAAACE0\/mKRqEpf9vOM\/s1600\/receptionist2.jpg\" style=\"display: block; height: 320px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003EHers was only a small role in the film, but for a character with a tiny amount of screen time, she makes a huge impression. She's just so MYSTERIOUS. Why is she bright turquoise? It's not a corpsey colour, it's too vibrant and lovely. There's another blue-tinged character in the afterlife waiting room - another favourite of mine - the showgirl who's been sawn in two. She's a lighter and slightly more corpsey colour (I'm determined to make corpsey a real word now) and has a great look of her own, but still doesn't come close to Miss Argentina in terms of general amazingness. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-3cnMXO0vsK8\/T0a7E1ZukjI\/AAAAAAAACFY\/XcFzdAbG0nY\/s1600\/showgirl.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"\" border=\"0\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641564410206788610\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-3cnMXO0vsK8\/T0a7E1ZukjI\/AAAAAAAACFY\/XcFzdAbG0nY\/s1600\/showgirl.jpg\" style=\"display: block; height: 224px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003EI love every bit of this character, the costume, the dark sense of humour, the bright red hair, the sparkley sixties sci-fi cape - OH MY GOD, I've just realised! SHE'S THE DESCENDANT OF AN ORION SLAVE GIRL! \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-nwa87n5wygQ\/T0e6A6-6ijI\/AAAAAAAACFk\/RAX3gTqepgQ\/s1600\/Orion.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"\" border=\"0\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641564410206788610\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-nwa87n5wygQ\/T0e6A6-6ijI\/AAAAAAAACFk\/RAX3gTqepgQ\/s1600\/Orion.jpg\" style=\"display: block; height: 279px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003EI've cracked it! This explains the skin colour and the sci-fi outfit and the beehive! You guys, I'm a GENIUS! I talked about Orion slave girls in \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/redlemonade.blogspot.com\/2011\/09\/to-boldly-dress.html\"\u003Ethis Star Trek post\u003C\/a\u003E and never made the connection until right this second. I am so delighted with myself right now, I just did a little dance in my chair. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-Pa-6HyVthG4\/T0a6BsLrJbI\/AAAAAAAACFA\/cBRTsuYgvvk\/s1600\/receptionist.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"\" border=\"0\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641564410206788610\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-Pa-6HyVthG4\/T0a6BsLrJbI\/AAAAAAAACFA\/cBRTsuYgvvk\/s1600\/receptionist.jpg\" style=\"display: block; height: 283px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003EANYWAY. Now that I've solved that mystery completely by accident, the actual point of this post was to declare that THIS is going to be the year that I'm officially committing to the challenge of dressing up like her for Halloween. Now that I've said it here I have to do it. And now that I've gone and figured out her heritage, well, it'd be rude not to. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ciframe allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fredlemonade.blogspot.com%2F2012%2F02%2Fits-not-easy-being-green.html\" style=\"height: 26px; width: 100%;\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/redlemonade.blogspot.com\/feeds\/4034779373650649272\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/redlemonade.blogspot.com\/2012\/02\/its-not-easy-being-green.html#comment-form","title":"6 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7970712784003281497\/posts\/default\/4034779373650649272"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7970712784003281497\/posts\/default\/4034779373650649272"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/redlemonade.blogspot.com\/2012\/02\/its-not-easy-being-green.html","title":"It's Not Easy Being Green"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Kitty Catastrophe"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/08783550352881766193"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-y1G0SXlwykI\/U-DwTouCmwI\/AAAAAAAAEN4\/M3NH_VZo0T4\/s1600\/*"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-FnbP63S-ebE\/T0a5UvqvqrI\/AAAAAAAACEo\/YN_qMxKxsGs\/s72-c\/NICKI-MINAJ.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"6"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7970712784003281497.post-2122083916923811558"},"published":{"$t":"2011-11-02T16:46:00.001+00:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2012-02-27T17:02:42.959+00:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Fancy Dress"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Music"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"The Bear"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"The Dead Flags"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Vidjoe"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Your Kids Are Gonna Love It"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Way back in April, I was \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/redlemonade.blogspot.com\/2011\/04\/back-to-1955.html\"\u003Eregaling you all\u003C\/a\u003E with tales of a weekend spent cutting something like two hundred fish shapes out of coloured paper, sacrificing faithfulness to original film set design as my instinct to stay inside the lines while painting a banner took over and generally dancing till my feet were about to explode. It was all in aid of a terrifically fun video shoot for The Dead Flags and if you managed to somehow bypass me enthusing about the finished result on other quarters of the internet, well WORRY NOT.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBut first some stills, as I'm super delighted with how the room looked in the final video and so glad that the wrist pains from all the scissors action and steady-handed letter painting totally paid off. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-YQhhmxy1igM\/TrFw8FATHCI\/AAAAAAAABz4\/y1MmXIELI8I\/s1600\/Banner.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"\" border=\"0\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641564410206788610\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-YQhhmxy1igM\/TrFw8FATHCI\/AAAAAAAABz4\/y1MmXIELI8I\/s1600\/Banner.jpg\" style=\"display: block; height: 426px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E  \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Zrh_MBZClk8\/TrFxVdmkuyI\/AAAAAAAAB0E\/pjCpwcSYia8\/s1600\/fish.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"\" border=\"0\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641564410206788610\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Zrh_MBZClk8\/TrFxVdmkuyI\/AAAAAAAAB0E\/pjCpwcSYia8\/s1600\/fish.jpg\" style=\"display: block; height: 426px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Bear and I managed to pop up a fair bit in the video, jiving up a storm and doing our best not to trip over. There's also a bit where the lower half of my red dress looks quite cool and swishy, if I do say so myself. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-3Lihb_fsBYo\/TrFyGP6FQBI\/AAAAAAAAB0Q\/A5d9_QF7JVY\/s1600\/twirly.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"\" border=\"0\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641564410206788610\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-3Lihb_fsBYo\/TrFyGP6FQBI\/AAAAAAAAB0Q\/A5d9_QF7JVY\/s1600\/twirly.jpg\" style=\"display: block; height: 218px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003ENow, for your viewing and listening and Back To The Future loving pleasure, \u003Ci\u003EYou Got It Wrong\u003C\/i\u003E: \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ciframe allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"233\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mh0kSzCpycg\" width=\"400\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ciframe allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fredlemonade.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F11%2Fyour-kids-are-gonna-love-it.html\" style=\"height: 26px; width: 100%;\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/redlemonade.blogspot.com\/feeds\/2122083916923811558\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/redlemonade.blogspot.com\/2011\/11\/your-kids-are-gonna-love-it.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7970712784003281497\/posts\/default\/2122083916923811558"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7970712784003281497\/posts\/default\/2122083916923811558"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/redlemonade.blogspot.com\/2011\/11\/your-kids-are-gonna-love-it.html","title":"Your Kids Are Gonna Love It"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Kitty Catastrophe"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/08783550352881766193"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-y1G0SXlwykI\/U-DwTouCmwI\/AAAAAAAAEN4\/M3NH_VZo0T4\/s1600\/*"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-YQhhmxy1igM\/TrFw8FATHCI\/AAAAAAAABz4\/y1MmXIELI8I\/s72-c\/Banner.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7970712784003281497.post-8236609424618127050"},"published":{"$t":"2011-10-28T16:26:00.002+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2012-02-27T17:02:42.960+00:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Fancy Dress"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"fashion"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Zombies"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Day Of The Deadly"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"At this spooky time of year, when pumpkins are the decoration du jour and dressing as a sexy {insert random profession\/ fictional character here} is the default option for far too many, the people of Mexico are gearing up for Día de los Muertos. On the 1st and 2nd of November, family and friends gather to honour those who have died, with sugar skulls and flowers playing a large part in the tradition. \u003Ci\u003ELa Cavalera Catrina\u003C\/i\u003E (The Elegant Skull), an etching from 1913 which portrays an upper class woman as a skeleton has since become a staple of Day of the Dead imagery and is one of the most popular figures associated with the traditional holiday. She's also a fantastic character to take on for our own autumnal celebration, Halloween. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-XWvVylufTr4\/TqrBtOY3oeI\/AAAAAAAAByw\/I9JbB7I7cOw\/s1600\/catrinas.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"\" border=\"0\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641564410206788610\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-XWvVylufTr4\/TqrBtOY3oeI\/AAAAAAAAByw\/I9JbB7I7cOw\/s1600\/catrinas.jpg\" style=\"display: block; height: 185px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EThe original 1913 etching and Catrina figurines. Eat your heart out, Tim Burton. What an odd and Halloween appropriate phrase that is.\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThere are some really beautiful takes on the Cavalera Catrina look, with the illusion of sewn lips and a painted skeletal face executed in a very elegant and decorative manner. It's almost like an intricately floral voodoo zombie look, with a bit of New Orleans Mardi Gras and gypsy fortune teller thrown in for good measure. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-ijnfG3aWdwg\/TqrFyVkkZtI\/AAAAAAAABy8\/Wh51g-kPdo0\/s1600\/catrina1.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"\" border=\"0\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641564410206788610\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-ijnfG3aWdwg\/TqrFyVkkZtI\/AAAAAAAABy8\/Wh51g-kPdo0\/s1600\/catrina1.jpg\" style=\"display: block; height: 246px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E  \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-g2my7Zn4c44\/TqrF9SUqUtI\/AAAAAAAABzI\/v6MaM4h-LUU\/s1600\/catrina2.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"\" border=\"0\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641564410206788610\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-g2my7Zn4c44\/TqrF9SUqUtI\/AAAAAAAABzI\/v6MaM4h-LUU\/s1600\/catrina2.jpg\" style=\"display: block; height: 227px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E  \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-46iInKoIsbc\/TqrGHfEYHsI\/AAAAAAAABzU\/EGoTUr7wnzo\/s1600\/catrina4.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"\" border=\"0\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641564410206788610\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-46iInKoIsbc\/TqrGHfEYHsI\/AAAAAAAABzU\/EGoTUr7wnzo\/s1600\/catrina4.jpg\" style=\"display: block; height: 394px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E  \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-rJB93dep4SU\/TqrGSra1orI\/AAAAAAAABzg\/WrVxfFebK8A\/s1600\/catrina3.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"\" border=\"0\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641564410206788610\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-rJB93dep4SU\/TqrGSra1orI\/AAAAAAAABzg\/WrVxfFebK8A\/s1600\/catrina3.jpg\" style=\"display: block; height: 272px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003EIn terms of a Halloween costume, I'm determined to take it on some day, as it makes for a gorgeous and creative look and just going back to the unnecessarily sexy costumes, anything's got to be better than this, right? \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-6P9DypWzeMA\/TqrHszITVcI\/AAAAAAAABzs\/aDOTCDVtGlI\/s1600\/brian.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"\" border=\"0\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641564410206788610\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-6P9DypWzeMA\/TqrHszITVcI\/AAAAAAAABzs\/aDOTCDVtGlI\/s1600\/brian.jpg\" style=\"display: block; height: 561px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EI'm sorry to say that your eyes are not in fact deceiving you. That is indeed a \"sexy\" Brian from Family Guy costume. A SEXY VERSION OF A CARTOON DOG. STOP IT.\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ciframe allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fredlemonade.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F10%2Fday-of-deadly.html\" style=\"height: 30px; width: 100%;\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/redlemonade.blogspot.com\/feeds\/8236609424618127050\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/redlemonade.blogspot.com\/2011\/10\/day-of-deadly.html#comment-form","title":"2 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7970712784003281497\/posts\/default\/8236609424618127050"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7970712784003281497\/posts\/default\/8236609424618127050"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/redlemonade.blogspot.com\/2011\/10\/day-of-deadly.html","title":"Day Of The Deadly"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Kitty Catastrophe"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/08783550352881766193"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-y1G0SXlwykI\/U-DwTouCmwI\/AAAAAAAAEN4\/M3NH_VZo0T4\/s1600\/*"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-XWvVylufTr4\/TqrBtOY3oeI\/AAAAAAAAByw\/I9JbB7I7cOw\/s72-c\/catrinas.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"2"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7970712784003281497.post-6485905882340496341"},"published":{"$t":"2011-05-31T09:54:00.002+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2012-02-27T17:02:42.961+00:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Fancy Dress"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"fashion"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Telly"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"TV fashion"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Work"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Pendragon Female No. 4"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Back in October, when I was working part time, I somehow managed to get a callback from an open casting for \u003Cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003ECamelot\u003C\/span\u003E extras. I say somehow managed because I went to the casting day with the Bear, and if anyone would be expected to get a callback for a series set in the days of beardy, burly, long haired men, it's him with the beardy, burly, long haired head on him.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ENevertheless, t'was I who got the call to spend a day drinking tea in a Portakabin in Bray. I had a costume fitting the previous day and was assigned a spectacularly unflattering light green scratchy dress and a heavy brown cloak in which to wander about Pendragon Castle for a spell. I got needlessly excited when I was sent on my way to the hair and make up trailer, as the hair and make up in question really just meant backcombing the shit out of my hair to give it that Middle Ages rats nest look, with a few small plaits thrown in, and brown make up smushed into my face and hands to give me an authentic smudgy, dirty mush and fingernails. So hot right now.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-zS_hylvSVFU\/TeJiT4d3lCI\/AAAAAAAABgI\/gaVDVR6ExeM\/s1600\/camelot-dress.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-zS_hylvSVFU\/TeJiT4d3lCI\/AAAAAAAABgI\/gaVDVR6ExeM\/s400\/camelot-dress.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612156179371758626\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe scene we were required in called for us to enter the set of the big hall, all agog at the impressive interior and wander along our given routes looking amazed, for we were but local merchants and had never encountered such grandeur. The direction of my track brought me right past Sinéad Cusack as the duplicitous nun and I managed to get in the way of her exit at least eight times or so. Thankfully we were eventually rearranged and it was someone else's go to be that infernal extra that kept crossing in front of her path. All my determined concentration not to step on the dress worn by the girl in front of me or knock anything over OR be distracted by how tiny and gorgeous Eva Green is actually paid off and last Friday night, who was to be seen doddering past in the background?\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-TX0PTQ5GJ6c\/TeJiiiZcPrI\/AAAAAAAABgQ\/AhTMOmXvBig\/s1600\/screenshot.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 289px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-TX0PTQ5GJ6c\/TeJiiiZcPrI\/AAAAAAAABgQ\/AhTMOmXvBig\/s400\/screenshot.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612156431145647794\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMe, that's who! Pendragon Female No. 4, all up in yo business! Delighted, I was. I'm still waiting to hear back about my idea for my character's spin-off series, \u003Cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003EThe Girl With The Pendragon Tattoo\u003C\/span\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAhem.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI'll see myself out.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ciframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fredlemonade.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F05%2Fpendragon-female-no-4.html\u0026amp;send=false\u0026amp;layout=standard\u0026amp;width=450\u0026amp;show_faces=false\u0026amp;action=like\u0026amp;colorscheme=light\u0026amp;font\u0026amp;height=35\" style=\"border: medium none; overflow: hidden; width: 450px; height: 35px;\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/redlemonade.blogspot.com\/feeds\/6485905882340496341\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/redlemonade.blogspot.com\/2011\/05\/pendragon-female-no-4.html#comment-form","title":"3 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7970712784003281497\/posts\/default\/6485905882340496341"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7970712784003281497\/posts\/default\/6485905882340496341"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/redlemonade.blogspot.com\/2011\/05\/pendragon-female-no-4.html","title":"Pendragon Female No. 4"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Kitty Catastrophe"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/08783550352881766193"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-y1G0SXlwykI\/U-DwTouCmwI\/AAAAAAAAEN4\/M3NH_VZo0T4\/s1600\/*"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-zS_hylvSVFU\/TeJiT4d3lCI\/AAAAAAAABgI\/gaVDVR6ExeM\/s72-c\/camelot-dress.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"3"}}]}});