Blogging and the Mall

Hello out there to the only follower I have so far, who just so happens to be one of my relatives... Yes, I was completely lame and begged people to read my blog via facebook. My heart goes out to Charissa, though- even my mum hasn't subscribed to me yet. XD

I have another blog, but it would never have occured to me to write a blog about lolita- my other one is just my completely random, usually insane, often incoherent thoughts- if I hadn't read almost a dozen other lolita blogs which inspired me to make my own about my journey into the world of lolita. My personal favorite is www.herlumpiness.blogspot.com, which, while the name is certainly extremely odd, belongs to a young woman of notable beauty and great sense of lolita fashion. There's another one I like quite a bit, but the name escapes me at the moment; I'll probably add it later as an edit when I do remember.

So for any up-and-coming lolitas who stumble across this blog and wish to educate themselves further in the world of lolita without having to go through (entirely) the process of making mistakes and correcting them, I suggest reading the above blog (as well as my own hehe ^^), and also recommend the site www.lolitafashion.org, which I have found to be indespensible. Also, if you haven't heard yet: you must watch Kamikaze Girls before you can even contemplate calling yourself a lolita. It's something of an initiation rite.

And while I'm thinking about it: let's face it, the movie-making quaility of Kamikaze Girls sucks. I hate to say it, but I simply must speak my mind!!! I would dare to compare it to the late seventies and early eighties of American filmmaking, without the classic eighties hard-working montage set to some 'groovy' music (oh, yeah. I'm a movie buff, big time). While Kamikaze Girls (and many seventies and eighties American movies) may very well be classics and absolutely wonderful for their time, I must pose the question: WHY is Japanese filmmaking so far behind??? This is why I stick to anime, people.

Sorry, I tend to rant ^^;

On the subject of my ordering the second round of lolita clothing: we ended up having security problems with the ordering portion of the website, and we ultimately decided to order the remaining half from the same website, which means I have to pour over my catalouge again and pick out another handfull of mother-approved lolita clothing. We also agreed to go out to the mall later today and get some nice earings, headbows, tights, and shoes. Oh, and also Burger King at the food court ^^

But as for now, she's pretty tired after our yard sale. Huge success! I haven't divied up my portion of the loot yet but we made over $100, and we were only open for two and a half hours! We'll be doing this again next week. Anyways, she's taking a nap right now so I'm being very quiet (I sound like I'm talking about a three-year-old, geez ^^). Then again, it's past five already- maybe I should go wake her up.

Off to the lion's den I go!
Lots of love,
Ara