In the Mood for Love...

Devon T. (aznbutterfly) made me this most amazing cheongsam! I asked for retro, he gave me absolute perfection! Quickly, I had to come up with a wig that fit the mood I was trying for. I've tried on every black and/or brown wig that I owned, made ponytails and buns and just about gave myself a headache from the grinding teeth thing. I even tried a secret trick from the drag-queens (which shall remain a secret here!)--absolutely NOTHING worked. So I went to my Jazzercise class to sweat and think, came home and stood over my stove (more sweating and thinking), answered email, ate dinner, and thought some more... I actually had an idea, but couldn't think how to go about it (and it didn't work, anyway). So I pulled out my old reject wig-- some label-less, shapeless, pitiful wig that for some reason I never got rid of....and made the perfect beehive hairstyle.

And so it all came together...cheongsam, shoes, cigarette, hair. Even the lighting was perfect-- by the time I got Amelie Soo ready for her photoshoot, it was almost 10 at night.

Listen! Can you hear the velvety and lush voice of Ella Fitzgerald singing in the background? Smell the lonely trail of smoke floating out into the night? Somewhere in the room, the sound of a tap dripping...a car goes by... a voice echoing in the street below my apartment window...

There's a saying old says that love is blind,

Still we're often told, "Seek and ye shall find."

So I'm going to seek a certain lad I've had in mind.

Looking everywhere, haven't found him yet;

He's the big affair I cannot forget.

Only man I ever think of with regret.

I'd like to add his initials to my monogram.

Tell me, where is the shepherd for this lost lamb?
There's a somebody I'm longing to see,
I hope that he turns out to be
Someone who'll watch over me.
I'm a little lamb who's lost in the wood.
I know I could always be good
To one who'll watch over me.
Although he may not be the man some girls think of as handsome.

To my heart he carries the key.
Won't you tell him please to put on some speed,
Follow my lead, oh, how I need
Someone who'll watch over me.

Someone who'll watch over me.

Happy Valentine's Day!

--Tinooseus