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The Nutcracker (International Lolita Day)
Posted on: 2025-12-19 00:10:00
Hi! I have been doing things though it is more of what I did last year. Before I left my college town, my comm had a small ILD where went to a ballet and saw the Nutcracker! Afterwards we got Hotpot which was as heavenly as the last few times. It is always well worth the wait. I have photos, as always. I'll share.
The Nutcrracker was a very pleasant experience this time, in away that surprised me. This time we were on the balcony, so I could see everything clearly. I also remembered it from the time before, so I was able to appreciate how th estory was told rather than process as I watched. The costumes are beautiful. It made me wish I'd gone into dance, so I could be graceful in such beautiful clothes. I really liked the soldier skirts too. It is smart, to just give the soldiers long skirts so they can move their legs freely. It looks very good. The sugar plum fairy has such a large skirt! And the rat children were so cute. I really wished I could've shown my sisters. I want to take ballet lessons again, before I am too old... My friends and I talked during the intermission, anad I got more background on the Nutcracker. It's a dream! I remarked on the Nutcracker being understandable until a little over the midway point. Then a bunch of ballerinas in European and Asian costumes appear which realy caught me off guard last time! Cause you know! I wans't ready for Belly Dnacers and Qi Paos and Italians holding bread. It confused me a lot, but I learned the Nutcracker is a dream, a dream the main girl has that takes her on a trip really haha. Nutcracker movies I've seen are sometimes dreams, but they're usually about princes with a major focus on the Nutcracker. The ballet is not.. like this at all. She's mostly having fun watchig the beauty of things from a childish perspective. It puts the weird over the top exocitism of foreign countries into context... She's just a kid dreaming. There was one ballerina, a ballerino I guess.. There were many beautiful ballerinas, but this guy appeared twice and I recognized him both times (he was also the only black ballerina which surprised me- he was not in the ballet last year). The first time he appears, he is some sentient clown toy. He moves weirdly, like an articulated doll being cranked sort of? It's very lovey- it's a kind of movement I really enjoy. He also just had so much energy.. Forgive me for saying this.. but he danced like a girl if that makes sense? The men in these sorts of events can be good, but the women often are just better, but he moved so delicately, bouncily, there was no fear. He showed up later as one of the Indian dancers and it was awesome, though his first performance was fun cause of the dollishness. In the credits, he got very loud applause which made me happy. It's nice seeing black people succeed at things- especially something like ballet, a sport that is rather known for it's exclusion of many people, especially us and well.. he's a guy! That's so interesting! Black femininity amongst men is always so interesting! The way he skipped across the stage in the credits, jumping, smiling, so delightful! I wish I could've gotten photos, but no cameras were allowed! It was captivating! Everyone did great though. He would've stolen the show if not for notable ballerinas like the sugar plum fairy and the ice princess and honestly the rat kids. The rat kids were so cute. They were skilled but their cuteness is a major aspect of their performance you see.. And I love to see children be happy in sports like this and I'm just a girl who goes "aw" when I see a kid being cute. One runs across at the end, skipping and waving, and everyone thought it was adorable. The orchestra was fantastic too and the choir. I was thinking a lot. The choir was only there briefly and didn't relaly get an ovation. They appeared, surprising me a bit as I thought I'd missed them the entire time. Then, I never saw them again! But they were niec. I appreciate a good choir. They're probably credited in my booklet, but that's back at my apartment.. This is my last ILD in Aapplachia, at least for the forseeable future. It was much fun. After this year, I'll likely be lonelitaing but the alt girls I've met here have been interested in the fashion and Jasteria visits, so there's a lot. I will try not to be sad when spring ends. My life at home is not good really, but, there are so many interesting people in this city and much fun to be had if you look for it! And many beautiful pictures to take in gorgeous places... And wonderful food. Before I go, the blog is a bit different now. I do hope you like it! I may end up doing some changes, but right now I am happy. I got a commission from 44insects and she let me cut it up for the wallpaper. I was getting tired of my Zetsubou theme- though the humor in Zetsubou is very suitable to me but it just began to feelless suitable for me. I wanna do it with more things on the site with comms I receive! Will I? Who knows! But do look forward to the potential! Byebye!!
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TARTAN SUPERIORITY
Posted on: 2023-08-29 00:00:00
As more time passes, this truly becomes more of a lolita diary rather than a general diary. The "a lolita's diary" title makes more sense. I worry this is rather dull for people who prefer to see me talk about like.. England. Though I guess that's not what I normally talk about. What do I normally discuss? Checking previous entries... Checking.. It seems I tend to talk about, travelling, clothes, work and school which I should be talking about school way more. It started yesterday. I've been sleeping through lessons again. Whoopsies.
Okay back to lolita. I bought a tartan dress!  I am very happy. I've been waiting to own tartan. Now I want MORE TARTAN. But with black elements instead of white elements next time. People keep asking where I got the OP, so if you're wondering, I got it from Little Bear on taobao. It is also available on 42lolita. It came with a cute folder and charm. Unfortunately, I don't feel like uploading pictures of those. Just kidding. That'd be mean. here.  I didn't expect it a all. I am so happy. I've put the acrylic charm on my keys and the print on my wall. I'll tkae a picture of how my room is looking soon. I've been hanging my clothes on the walls and putting up prints. It's not perfect. I need some more storage, but it's good enough for me. I'm not a born decorater and I'm also very lazy. Speaking of laziness. To prove I'm not just a lazy dog and can actually code nice website layouts, I'll show the outcome of website commissions I've done recently.   These are for my friends Denparin and Kalin. You might be wondering.. you do website commissions? Yes! Lol. I've never advertised them but word of mouth is a wonderful thing I guess. I added them as an option on vgen though I can also send a paypal invoice too if you'd prefer that. I'll make a page dedicated to it eventually. School and RA stuff has got me busy as hell and I do training for another job on Thursday. Website commissions don't take forever if the client gives me a clear idea of what they want though. Coding is fun. Also, Kalin drew the assets for their site. Denparin's is stuff from online except for their logo.. You know the typical animecore graphics. Kalin's site made me want to overhaul my site so I will be doing that to the homepage soon. I'm going to start sketching in class tomorrow because I am the perfect student. Honestly I'm not sure what graphics I'll go for yet. We've been in heaven for so long. And while I love being associated with angels and my chunky borders, I feel as though it has been like this for far too long. I'd also like to overhaul the cooking page. It will no longer be lazy recipes. It will just be a cooking diary. Some will include frozen food. Sorry. I feel as though I've said I'd overhaul it multiple times by now but I'm for real this time. I've been a bit disillusioned with website dev but I'm feeling like I'm back on that kick! Doing Kalin's site really made me see the potential of web design if you're willing to do art along with it. While there is a lot of free sozai in the world, it doesn't compare to making things yourself c:. ALSO IM SO EXCITED MY PC MAINTENANCE CLASS IS TOMORROW I VISITED THE CLASSROOM WITH MY ROOMMATE IT'S SOOO COOL IT'S SO COOOL I'LL TAKE PICTURES TOMORROW OKAY? OKAY? COME BACK SO YOU CAN SEE!  |
