Accoutrements for an Early Mid-Life Crisis - a list by tatorandtots

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From the dictionary: A crisis (plural: crises): an unstable and dangerous social situation. I am SO DUE for a "get out of jail free card" to use in dangerous social situations of my own creation. Perhaps the theme should be "S.O.S.": Slut off Sabbatical. Who knows. All I know is that I'm 37 and in the mood to raise a little hell. I'll be packing the things on this list in a flame-retardant picnic basket for the adventure. Grab a great bra and join me.

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I can rock cleavage better than girls half my age. Bring it.

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Crazy Peglegs earrings

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Well they're a conversation piece, no matter what else you may think. I find that they tend to grow on you the longer you stare at them. I think I might want them. If not now, then quite soon. I just don't know exactly why or for what.

Updated Jul 16, 2008

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"Only Have Eyes for You" Hooker Mermaid Print

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No, I don't have any idea how the logistics of that would work, what with the tailfin and all. I'm trying not to think about it, just enjoying it for whatever the hell it is. But I like it.

Updated Jul 16, 2008

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Sex in Design: Lou Savoir

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I once read a quote along the lines of "a good perfume does not announce itself, but rather waits to be discovered...."

So true. In keeping with that, I like to design spaces with treasure hunts tucked over, under and inbetween more traditional objects- allowing for the unexpected discovery of naughty amongst the nice.

One way to accomplish that? Books. There are countless titles that are not just a peep show but rather stimulate you or your guests intellectually as well, thus promoting them from the shadows of your bedside table drawer to center stage on the coffee table.

This is a great one for that.

Updated Jul 1, 2008

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Oh honey, the drinking? And the pills? And the way you whore around? I mean, Oh my God. I just adore you. Mikeink: TEXT messages

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Yummy, yummy! More blog graphic goodness from the Mikeink site. These are html-coded text messages you can copy and paste into social sites and blogs.

Really you just MUST scroll through the photos. I dare you not to laugh. Double dog dare, actually. Come on! Don't be an assclown.

Updated Jul 2, 2008

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Jewelry Made from Barbie and Ken Parts by Margaux Lange

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I just bought the gazing pendant. Yep. Just this second. That's how fast and hard I fell in love with this designer's work. Check out the site. It will speak better about her craft than I could at the moment. I'm too busy giving the picture of my new purchase little kisses. I looooove it.

Check out the artist's blog at http://midgesmind.blogspot.com/
Also, watch out for her Have a Heart Pendant to benefit the Susan B Komen Breast Cancer Foundation

Updated Jul 17, 2008

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Ach Ach Liebling: Fisticuffs

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I'm not going to launch into my soliloquy on how the way women treat one another drives me insane, drives me to drink and drives me to have mainly men as friends.

I will simply say this: Ladies, if you're going to be uncool at least look cool doing it. Like this necklace. Love it. Made me smirk.

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Victorian ladies in all their finery engage in a rather unladylike tussle. The Ladies Fisticuffs is a detailed and old-fashioned print on a hand-fabricated plastic pendant (approx. 1.2" x 1"). Plastic material resembles ceramic in that is smooth and matte; unlike ceramic, it is lightweight and far more durable. A resin coating protects the print from sweat, moisture and the elements. A tiny (.5" x .3") razor cast in sterling adds a little toughness.

Chain, charm and details are sterling silver; chain is 16" long.

Ach Ach Liebling | USA

Wordsmith, plasticsmith and all-around bricoleur, Joanna Petrone sells her hand-fabricated jewelry under the company name Ach Ach Liebling (which means "oh oh darling" in German).

Born and raised in downtown Manhattan, Joanna migrated to California to attend Stanford, where she wrote a thesis on lesbian pulp fiction of the 1950s and graduated with a degree in English Literature. An impassioned reader and writer still, Joanna amuses herself by inserting language jokes and games and storybook allusions into her jewelry works, sometimes by nature and sometimes by design.

A runaway art project involving plastics and paperback book covers was the impetus behind Joanna's first experimental jewelry line. A hearty stint researching and experimenting with the processes and materials led to Joanna to developed the handsome, durable line of plastic pendants that are now a mainstay of Ach Ach Liebling.

In addition to hand-fabricated plastics and printing processes, Joanna uses metal, wood, lucite, celluloid, often incorporating vintage materials into her work. She takes inspiration from old postcards, Fassbinder movies, zoos, Victorian children's books, Antarctica, 19th c. naturalist field guides and ornithology handbooks, deep sea exploration, cities, and candy.

A perennial student, Joanna is currently learning metalsmithing at the Revere Jewelry Academy in San Francisco.

Updated Aug 8, 2008

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Pleasure Can - Adult Toy Storage Container

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I just wrote about another similar item from this site a few minutes ago and, frankly, exhausted myself in the process. So if you need to know more, track that fine work of literature down or have a look at the eden fantasys site.

Updated Jul 2, 2008

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