Thrift Store Cosplay Day 10

August 10, 2017 | LizT.

Day 10: Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet from Pride and Prejudice

When I was in the 10th grade, I was supposed to read Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, but I totally didn’t. I bought the cliff notes and actually…didn’t even read those. I think I got an F…I definitely deserved an F! But worse than a failing grade, was missing out on loving one of my favorite authors and her works much earlier in my life.

It wasn’t until college that my horizons were broadened. I caught the 1940’s Lawrence Olivier/ Greer Garson version on TCM one night and rethought my adolescent decision to skip Austen altogether. I feel in love with Mr. Darcy, saw myself to be an Elizabeth Bennet and then quickly poured through the works, biographies and extended universe of Austen’s Regency England. Persuasion has actually come to be my very favorite Jane Austen novel. But Pride and Prejudice is right behind it, with Emma coming in as third.

Now…the obsession is real! I mean, look…

Mr. Darcy’s Outfit:

Top Hat from my dad’s impressive hat collection

Green Blazer from Goodwill

Frilled Shirt from Salvation Army

Grey Pants from Plato’s Closet

Boots from my shoe closet

Elizabeth’s Outfit:

Shawl from Goodwill

Dress from OMG! Thrift

Shoes from Goodwill

Jane Austen Syndrome

January 27, 2016January 27, 2016 | LizT.

I am by no means the first ~~delicate~~ female to suffer from this deep affliction. But it is, perhaps, safe to call my case one of the most severe. Long have I suffered in silence, but I cannot continue thusly. I must share with you my struggles in the hopes that you, gentle reader, may commiserate with me and perchance even share in this sickness as well, for I truly cannot be the only one out there who has experienced, what will hence be known as, The Jane Austen Syndrome.

But it’s symptoms are not so easily recognized in everyone so keenly as they are in me. Allow me to illuminate some such symptoms for you, so that you may then be able to seek the proper advisement from your local apothecary to acquire the necessary cure for such an illness as this.

Symptoms include, but are not limited to…

1. Taking long walks for no reason at all

2. Getting constantly caught in the rain

3. Spontaneous trips to the English countryside

4. Learning the art of wax sealing letters

5. Ballroom dance lessons

6. Calligraphy lessons

7. Piano and/or singing lessons

8. Performing piano and/or singing skills in public at random

9. Taking turns around the room

10. Discovering an affinity for high tea

11. Wearing overly large bonnets even when it isn’t sunny out

12. Seeking out men with names like Henry, Edward, Fitzwilliam, Charles, Edmund, George, Frederick, etc.

13. And finally, when you start considering a double wedding….it’s all over. You are officially afflicted with The Jane Austen syndrome. Go ahead and embrace your inner petticoat!

Zombie killing may not have been associated with Jane Austen in years past, but thanks to Seth Grahame-Smith’s novel “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies” getting the big screen treatment, that’s all about to change. Don’t miss Elizabeth Bennet and company kick serious undead ass on February 5th in theaters! Check out the trailer:

39 Times Rom Coms Pissed Me Off

January 12, 2016January 12, 2016 | LizT.

You know what really burns my butt? Romantic Comedies!! Because here I am over here…liberated female, free from the ties that bind me and then a movie like When Harry Met Sally comes on and all that level-headed nonsense goes right out the window because…reasons! It just burns. It stings actually.

And the worst part is that Romantic Comedies and Dramedies and Sitcomedies and all manner of romance, to be honest, make me weak at the knees. One shot of a semi shirtless Mr. Darcy emerging from the pond at Pemberley and I know what I’ll be dreaming about that night. One little romantic speech from Tom Hanks and farewell normal, everyday human male specimen…don’t even bother, cause you’re no Hanks! Again I say, it burns! Because I don’t want to have that vision in my head. That romantic ideal and yet there it sits. Waiting for the moment to strike. The moment when a guy chooses to take me to a Starbucks for a first date instead of guerilla paintball a la 10 Things I Hate About You. Or at the airport while boarding my plane and no one comes to stop me from getting on…how rude! Or how about when I’m at a holiday party with no date and then…no one bursts through the door to save me.

The beautiful truth is that I can save myself, thank you very much. Always have, always will. The crappy side effect of my frail humanity is that I still want to be saved sometimes. In moments of weakness and ice cream… I want it.

And I’ve decided that Rom Coms are to blame. It doesn’t mean for a second that I’ll stop watching them, because I’m a weak human girlie specimen. And also…reasons! Regardless, here are the 39 romantic moments that just piss me off!!! Who’s with me??

(**This is not the order in which I ~~love~~ hate these movies.)

39.The Switch

38. Love and Basketball

37. No Strings Attached

36. Leap Year

35. Never Been Kissed

34. My Big Fat Greek Wedding

33. Someone Like You

32. She’s All That

31. Jerry McGuire

30. The Bodyguard

29. Grease

28. The Wedding Planner

27. Ella Enchanted

26.Say Anything

25. Lady and the Tramp

24. Clueless

23. The Nanny Diaries

22. Friends with Benefits

21. Jane Austen Book Club

20. Because I Said So

19. Hitch

18. How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days

17. Dirty Dancing

16. Emma

15. Moulin Rouge

14. Sleepless in Seattle

13. 27 Dresses

12. Pretty Woman

11. The Mirror Has Two Faces

10. 13 Going on 30

9. 10 Things I Hate About You

8. While You Were Sleeping

7. The Proposal

6. Love Actually

5. The Princess Bride

4. You’ve Got Mail

3. Bridget Jones’ Diary

2. Pride and Prejudice (mini series)

1. When Harry Met Sally (My favorite of all time!)

OK, so some of them aren’t Rom Coms. There are Rom Drams and Rom Musical Coms up there, but you get my drift. Romance is stupid and yucky and I ~~love it~~ hate it!!! Hate with a capital H and that stands for Hate and that rhymes with Hate!

Which Rom Coms are your ~~favorite~~ least favorite!!

7 bonus movies that I was reminded of after hitting publish:

Fools Rush In

The Holiday

The Decoy Bride

My Best Friend’s Wedding

Return to Me

Sweet Home Alabama

Runaway Bride

30 Days of Nerdy Hair – Day 21

June 21, 2015June 21, 2015 | LizT.

Day 21 – Cher from Clueless

Clueless is one of those quintessential movies from the 90’s that defined a generation of teenagers. This modern adaptation of Jane Austen’s Emma, is both adorable and funny. Alicia Silverstone’s character, Cher manages to be both ditzy and intensely caring at the same time (when she wants to be.) When she falls totally, butt-crazy in love with her ex-step-brother, Josh… she not only ends up winning his heart, but she wins ours as well!!