Man, I sure love this whole trip down Memory Lane I've been taking over the past day or so; I've done some rotten writing and drawing, but I've also done some fun stuff, too. (Well, fun for me, anyway.)
What is the Astridica aesthetic, exactly? Perhaps this several-years-old list I found in my collection today, dusted off and slightly amended just now, may help clarify things:
- Top hats (better if worn by female, best if female is below age of 13)
- Summer rainstorms (best if noisy)
- Urns
- Tureens
- Bellows, pokers, other assorted fireplace paraphernalia
- Obsessive penmanship
- Boating parties, if somebody remembers a ukulele
- Seances
- Extreme croquet
- Player pianos with rainbow-colored keys
- Beanies with propellers
- The word "knickerbocker," but not actual knickerbockers
- Antimacassars
- Fezzes
- Handlebar mustachios
- Turbans
- Tandem bicycles
- Nickelodeons
- Decoupage
- Parrots who play chess better than you
- Monocles
- Large, hand-held fans
- Feather boas in unseemly colors
- Seamstress dummy torsos
- Hundreds of Chinese lanterns crammed into a tiny space
- Typewriters, pre-1950s, used as planters
Yes, it's official: I am the walking version of a Bennigan's wall. I may be the clichéd version of kooky, but it keeps me amused. ::curtsies::
Add a "Cheese It!" drawing, and I'd say you've got a trifecta of goodness.
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