mardi gras & king cake in Mobile, AL!

"Mardi Gras (French for "Fat Tuesday") is the day before Ash Wednesday. Mardi Gras is the final day of Carnival, though the term is often used incorrectly to describe the days and weeks preceding Fat Tuesday. Carnival begins 12 days after Christmas, or Twelfth Night, on January 6 and ends on Mardi Gras, which always falls exactly 46 days before Easter. Mardi Gras Day can therefore fall on any Tuesday between February 3 and March 9. Perhaps the cities most famous for their Mardi Gras celebrations include New Orleans, Louisiana; Venice, Italy; Mobile, Alabama; and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil."


"A king cake a type of cake associated with Mardi Gras and Carnival. The cakes have a small trinket (often a small plastic baby, sometimes said to represent baby Jesus) inside, and the person who gets the piece of cake with the trinket has various privileges and obligations."


i made the King Cake myself!


yum yum!

Declan MacManus

in honor of my non-stop Elvis Costello listening & obsessing & channeling via black framed glasses, i thought i'd make a list of my top fave Elvis songs. sort of in order.

1. hand in hand (this year's model)
2. really mystified (imperial bedroom)
3. less than zero (my aim is true)
4. living in paradise (this year's model)
5. welcome to the working week (my aim is true)
6. from head to toe (imperial bedroom)
7. senior service (armed forces)
8. no action (this year's model)
9. (the angels wanna wear my) red shoes (my aim is true)
10. pidgin english (imperial bedroom)

11. i can't stand up for falling down (get happy!!)
12. ...and in every home (imperial bedroom)
13. watch your step (trust)
14. no dancing (my aim is true)
15. sulky girl (brutal youth)
16. blame it on cain (my aim is true)
17. the beat (this year's model)
18. tears before bedtime (imperial bedroom)
19. big boys (armed forces)
20. little savage (imperial bedroom)

21. man called uncle (get happy!!)
22. green shirt (armed forces)
23. miracle man (my aim is true)
24. possession (get happy!!)
25. the imposter (get happy!!)
26. this year's girl (this year's model)
27. lip service (this year's model)
28. veronica (spike)
29. love for tender (get happy!!)
30. just about glad (brutal youth)

William the Conqueror/cats & glasses

new things:


william!


he has one green eye & one blue eye, and is pure white except for his jet black tail. he is SO AMAZING!


wayfarers


intellectual 40's/50's-ish bifocals


these are dorky and far too big for my face, but somehow i think they kind of WORK!

BRMC.

from The Wild One, 1954.


marlon brando was HOT in a black leather jacket. fyi: his motorcycle gang was called Black Rebels Motorcycle Club & according to Legs McNeil, Joey Ramone got the idea to wear leather jackets from the movie. PRETTY COOL.

eyelashes.

my eye lashes are always getting into my eyes because they are really long. it's really annoying. but i do like long lashes.