This entry will make no one happy, and I will be an evil person for saying it in the first place, but I have been virtually annoyed beyond belief today.
I am sick and tired of hearing people trying to pull the racist card.
Especially when they are just as racist.
This I've noticed most among the black crowd. White people are "oppressors," "selfish," and have nothing in mind but themselves and who do they think they are to have enslaved my great great great grandmother and cousin twice removed. They don't want to see a black person succeed, and clearly anyone with white skin is a racist son of a bitch.
Those same people complaining about offhanded "racism" (white people are oppressors when they have some success,especially because the "ghetto fabulous" manerless life is the straight path to getting somewhere in life, they don't want black people to succeed so they voted one into the presidential office, and just because your ancestors were enslaved, the world doesn't owe you anything not only because it was not every white person of the time who thought slavery was alright but there was a time when every race had been enslaved, including whites) are the very ones who turn around and through remarks around like "cracker" and being outright racist when no offense had come to them because white people deserve it.
IF YOU ARE GOING TO COMPLAIN ABOUT RACISM, YOU CANNOT BE A RACIST YOURSELF.

Now,I'm Hispanic. I'm not white, though my skin is pale,and I'm not black, but I have been an observer of this my entire life. I'm not racist, but the claims being made are really sincerely beginning to piss me off. As I was on the train, there was an obnoxious group of really loud black kids who just needed to say something about everything, and when a Chinese man walked in, only because he was Chinese, one of the boys went "JACKIE CHAN!" Because CLEARLY every Chinese man is Jackie Chan. And now there's an article complaining about the new Transformers movie because two awkward robots are clearly black and the hero is clearly white. Be serious. They are robots. It's okay to make fun of white people on film, but god forbid a colorless robot portrays the typical  rap world because, again, he's clearly a black robot.

As a Hispanic in America, you exist under one category. Immigrant. Because clearly, all Latinos come from Mexico, and illegally at that. And yes, we'd all like to mow your lawns and help you move and scrape garbage of the fast food place's floor because, since we're all illegal, uneducated, and can't speak proper English anyway, it's okay. And why, yes, all Middle Easterners are terrorists and all Indian people smell. But we can say whatever we'd like, as long as you don't say anything about us, because then you're the racist.
 
THIS IS ALL ABSOLUTE NONSENSE AND I AM COMPLETELY TIRED OF IT ALL. HOW DO YOU JUDGE A PERSON BEFORE YOU EVEN KNOW THEM?

I was sad today to hear that Bettie Page had passed last night. She hadn't regained conciousness after a heart attack and just passed away. It must be said that I worshipped Bettie Page. She was a cultural icon and I've always wanted to embody even a little bit of her. It was almost unbelievable to hear she has gone. She's always been to me someone who was just unreal, inhuman, incapable of anything but living forever. An era is ending and a culture is dying with her passing. The Queen of Burlesque will take burlesque with her when she goes.

Rest in Peace, Bettie Page.
You will be greatly missed.

For now, my dears, I am in mourning.

Last Friday, I made it up to the Museum at FIT for what I can only describe as pure bliss. I'm a loser, I know it. Anyhow, until February, they have this lovely exhibit up, Gothic: Dark Glamour.
I felt like I died and ended up in heaven, which, my dears, if Christianity is true, I am going nowhere near. Anyhow, it was one of the most stunning things I've ever seen. There were beautiful Victorian bustles and mourning veils, dresses made of shattered glass and metal, cascade upon cascade of soft fabric falling down corseted gowns, and more lace, chiffon, and velvet than I had ever seen behind graveyard gates, funhouse mirrors, and coffins.
It might not sound fantastic to you, but to me, even seeing them was just short of Christmas.

Alexander McQueen, John Galliano, Kei Karagama, Lip Service, Plastik Wrap, and my absolute favorite, Kambriel all had designs on display. Amongst others of course :]
I suggest getting out and seeing it before the exhibit is taken down February 21st.
It really is terrible this collection isn't permanent.

I decided to make a LiveJournal, finally.
Over time, maybe I'll be here a bit :]