Someone Left the Cake Out in the Rain

 

Spring was never waiting for us, girl

It ran one step ahead

As we followed in the dance

Between the parted pages we were pressed

In love's hot, fevered iron

Like a striped pair of pants

MacArthur's Park is melting in the dark

All the sweet, green icing flowing down

Someone left the cake out in the rain

I don't think that I can take it

'Cause it took so long to bake it

And I'll never have that recipe again, oh noooooo

I recall the yellow cotton dress

Foaming like a wave

On the ground around your knees

Birds like tender babies in your hands

And the old men playing checkers, by the trees

MacArthur's Park is melting in the dark

All the sweet, green icing flowing down

Someone left the cake out in the rain

I don't think that I can take it

'Cause it took so long to bake it

And I'll never have that recipe again, oh noooooo

(Short instrumental interlude)

There would be another song for me

For I will sing it

There would be another dream for me

Someone will bring it

I will drink the wine while it is warm

And never let you catch me looking at the sun

And after all the loves of my life

After all the loves of my life, you'll still be the one

I will take my life into my hands and I will use it

I will win the worship in their eyes and I will lose it

I will have the things that I desire

And my passion flow like rivers through the sky

And after all the loves of my life

Oh, after all the loves of my life

I'll be thinking of you - and wondering why

(VERY long instrumental interlude)

MacArthur's Park is melting in the dark

All the sweet, green icing flowing down

Someone left the cake out in the rain

I don't think that I can take it

'Cause it took so long to bake it

And I'll never have that recipe again

Oh noooooo, o-oh no-ooooo

Luna the Crunchycat: CRUNCH THAT KIBBLE!

 

Sometimes, the simplest videos are the best. I never get tired of this little sweetie, her glamorous eyes, her squeaky little meow, and her nose-dimple as the crunches away ferociously at kibble.

Bela Lugosi Laughs!

 

Naughty but Nice: Scandalous Victorian Postcards!

 

I love Victoriana, and these ads and "naughty" poses just breathe the attitudes of the times. I think women had to wear corsets to anchor those huge and voluminous skirts, but - in this case, sometimes that's all they're wearing.

My cat is ready for his closeup! Bentley's in the picture

This is an old video, I confess, but it's a goodie. It actually looks as if it has been planned, the way Bentley both mirrors and claws against the images, as if he can climb right into the screen. 

The longest troll description in history!

Vintage 1964 12 inch Dam Things Est. Iggy Normus Troll Doll Toy New Outfit AS IS

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VNTG 1964 12 inch Dam Iggy Normus troll doll toy in AS IS condition, came to me as a rescue troll: 

Vintage 1964 Dam Things Establishment 12 inch Troll Doll Girl Toy in AS IS condition. She has been personally named Monique and she is ready to find her forever home. Please be sure to check out all her pictures!  Monique was originally a rescued troll girl doll with some obvious vinyl issues which will be mentioned why she is an AS IS troll doll in detail. She came to me in her birthday suit so I felt inspired to dress her in something splashy and exciting: new filmy and sparkly aqua colored, ruffle style, gathered dress, layered underneath with matching aqua tulle and sparkly yellow gathered underskirt. I have added a large, bright yellow colored satin bow pinned on top of her head and a yellow rosette attached to top of her gathered dress, Velcro closure on backside. Unfortunately her turquoise satin shoes are a bit too small to fit her wide/long troll feet so one of the shoe laces has been tied into a bow and is hanging from her right wrist that includes her very own Little Tykes graduate 3.5 inch Dam/Norfin troll doll tucked inside of the shoe. Her Little Tykes Dam/Norfin troll has blue fun fur hair and amber plastic eyes that have become cloudy with time. Her original amber glass eyes had numerous air bubbles and honestly looked a bit blah with her very pretty turquoise Icelandic sheep fur and new aqua dress so she has new beautiful replaced blue glass eyes, no cracks. Monique has her original turquoise Icelandic sheep fur in very good shape overall, ever so slightly frizzy/fuzzy but nice and full overall. Monique is in AS IS condition because her previous owner(s), likely a child who did not know better and (possibly had too much time on their hands) put noticeable shallow pin size holes sporadically on her nose, on one of her cheeks, on both of her ears, her right ear pin hole is pierced slightly a bit deeper right where you would put an earring), and around and above her eyebrows. Also, there are several noticeable pin size holes on the front of her body, two on on her tummy and upper armhole and on both of her hands. There is also a very noticeable 1/4 inch length, slightly penetrated, raised vinyl scratch causing slightly discolored mark on the right corner of her mouth.  I have no idea how this occurred by previous owner(s) but it is best to point it out, see close up pictures. Monique is stamped, Dam Things Establishment on the back of her neck and the bottom of her feet, hard American vinyl, jointed head only.  She has airbrushed, rosy cheeks, there are several little noticeable cheek rubs, overall very nice vinyl coloring.  On both sides of her waist where her armpit is has some very slight vinyl cracks, a very common occurrence with 50 something vintage Dam Things trolls. There may be some vinyl discoloration, very minor spots or stains and can be expected after 50 some years.  Other than what has been mentioned, there are no other observable chew marks, spots or stains that I can see.  Monique overall, is in good, but obvious played with condition with AS IS considerations, she is a 1960s 12 inch Dam Troll Est. troll in her all new party dress, designed to enhance her very best troll features with all her boo boos mentioned and in troll ready display condition.  Please feel free to ask any and all questions, I aim to please! I am always happy to combine shipping!  I hope you will consider checking out my other troll auctions available!  Please add me to your favorite sellers list and thank you again for taking the time to check out my trolls available on eBay.  

BLOGGER'S NOTE: Never have I seen a longer or more detailed description of a troll for sale! She is pushed as a "rescue troll", whatever THAT means (and some of my purchases look to be in need of "rescue"). It goes on and on, continually telling us she is sold "as is" (to avoid possible requests for a refund), and while most  listings say very little, or even nothing, this is a kind of masterpiece of selling. BTW, the shipping charges are $55.32, so you'd have to fork over roughly $150.00. Not a bad price for an "Iggy Normous" troll, but there are so many caveats here that I don't think I'd go for it.

I hope someone buys her! But it won't be me.

CORSET LADIES in GLORIOUS Victorian Advertisements!

OK then - is it right to repeat stuff? I find myself going back to some old obsessions, and really enjoying it. But am I posting anything original?

I am REALLY trying to dump Facebook. I don't know what it ever did for me, and no one ever - ever - EVER read my blog posts or watched any of the videos I toiled over. No one cared. The one time I got a huge response was when I wrote a stupid little piece about wearing pants to the mall that looked a little like pajama bottoms, and two old ladies twittering over it. I could not believe the OUTPOURING of emotional support! It went on and on, people I haven't heard from in years. As if they thought I was devastated beyond repair. HOW STUPID can you get?? 

So it's back to the things I love. I'm still struggling with health issues, and now I know I will be for the rest of my life. But everything checked out: no cancer in my colon; no cancer in my lungs; no cancer in my kidneys;  and finally, after a particularly nasty needle biopsy, no cancer in my thyroid. I can coast for a while, except for the endless bloodwork needed to "monitor" things. 

I thought I'd be feelng a lot lighter now, but I'm not. I'm purposely pushing away the dreadful thoughts I had for months, a year actually, as it's just  about exactly a year since all this hell began.

So next year? There's nothing magical about a year - it's just a way of reckoning things, keeping  time, like in music. Both Bill and I have struggled, and still do. The specialists, tests, scans (ultrasounds and interminable CT scans) are wearying, in that we have to drive all over the lower mainland. Perhaps that's why I am feeling so drained?

But I really enjoyed putting this slide show together, and it was totally absorbing. I got the images from  a now-defunct site called LISA - Long Island Staylace Association. The ads really are gorgeous, time capsules, a celebration and of course an exaggeration of the female form.

Is this my girl-crush side coming out again? Who knows. But who cares. So long as I can be absorbed in my creative work, which I have all my life in spite of all obstacles, I want to tell myself it will all work out right.

😃Futurama! SELF-DRIVING CAR of the Future: a 1950s look at 2025!😮

One of my favorute "retrofuturistic" videos, in which a family of four zooms along a Jetson-style highway in a self-driving car. Not only that. . .a guy sitting in a tower tells them where to go and what to do! He recommends a "honey" from some cheap hotel, proclaiming "automatic sleep-control" and "predigested food cooked by infrared!" Yes, in 1956 this looked like a good thing. No mention of some crazed autistic zillionaire threatening world domination. It all looked great, with no drawbacks, of course.