The inconsistent, contradictory ramblings of Scarlett the Harlot

Hi crafters!

Lurker here.
I have a question about picture frames. Has anyone made their own custom picture frame from scratch? I've searched the internet for instructions but most require router saw [?] and I'd rather not go in that direction. 

If anyone has any ideas I'd love to hear them. I have several posters and picture that need framing and purchasing a lot of frames is going to get expensive. 

Thanks!

My life is in the middle of a crazy change, so I decided now would be the time to create an extensive "To Read" list.
I am coping with mental illness and was curious to know are there any wounderful memoirs, fiction, novels, etc that do the subject of mental illness justice?
Help me add to my reading list.
Thanks.

I'm looking for a couple of things, but I'm not sure where to look. Maybe you all can help me? For reference, my measurements are: 45"/34J bust, 33" waist, 44" hips, 190lbs.
I want a pair of stockings like these (NSFW; picture of Dita Von Teese), except that cover all of my legs. I saw them, and now I can't live without them!
I also am looking for some thick stretchy belts (somewhat like this), but I really would love something with a large bow or something on the front. I want them in black, red and white. I haven't seen any for sale anywhere!

So just in the last 2 days I have made a number of pieces.... ( Click here for Pictures! )

I do however have a question, the clasps that have the spiral bit at the end, what are they used for? It's like a normal lobster clasp but instead of a loop to crimp cord to its a spiral like a split ring but maybe 5 or 6 rounds.

Thanks for looking, I do have more things I have made but alas my camera is over on my bed and my pieces are not yet unpacked.

Pete Wentz finds it "odd and slightly amusing" that his band, Fall Out Boy, is issuing a greatest hits collection.

After all, it's been only four years since the Illinois-based foursome released their major-label debut, the multi-million-selling From Under The Cork Tree, and since that time they've put out just three other albums.

"Greatest hits records are a funny thing," Wentz says. "I always think of them as being from bands with loads of huge songs. Fall Out Boy, we're kind of a different group."

Indeed, the appearance of a greatest hits set (the official title is Believers Never Die - Greatest Hits) is fanning the flames on Fall Out Boy fan sites with rumors that the band (which also includes singer-songwriter and guitarist Patrick Stump, guitarist Joe Trohman and drummer Andy Hurley) might be pondering a breakup or a split from their label.

( Long-ass interview under the cut. )

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Joe Wright will NOT direct Keira in 'My Fair Lady'

When we reported earlier this week that Keira Knightley would star in a Joe Wright-directed remake of My Fair Lady, we were already getting conflicting reports that neither Knightley nor Wright had a thing to do with the movie.

Now we have confirmation from one participant, at least. Screenrush caught up with Wright on the red carpet at the London Film Festival, and he assured them that the reports of him directing My Fair Lady are “all a lie.”

Interestingly, he couldn’t say much about Knightley’s participation– “Keira might well do it”– which probably mean the years-old reports about Knightley being in the film are still valid. Below you can see Wright’s rebuttal for yourself, including what seems to be utter bewilderment that anyone would make up this story to begin with.



Keira buying an Italian villa?
Keira Knightley could be buying a home in Italy....The actress is interested in buying a Tuscany villa.

Knightley was spotted in Tuscany over the summer, according to The Sunday Times. The Pirates of the Caribbean star is now believed to be looking at Italy villas.

A source told the paper that Knightley is particularly interested in properties in Tuscany. Her "hunting ground" centres on Barga in the Garfagnana valley.

If she buys a villa in Italy, Knightley will add to her property portfolio. The 24 year old also took her pick of the London apartments and owns a £1.5m flat in Mayfair.


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ONTD if you had a shit ton of $$$ and could buy your 2nd/3rd/28th houses around the world where would you buy them?

You don’t need to be a fan of Bill Willingham’s Fables comics to like this book--you don’t even have to know what they are to understand Peter & Max. This is a re-telling of the Pied Piper of Hamelin story from a different perspective, one of those “what really happened” kind of tales. For every other character or event that might confuse the reader, Willingham explains the course of the comics in a few words and lines that, if anything, spoil crucial points of suspense that have navigated and pushed Fables over the years. But don’t let that discourage you at all if you’re a new fan. What I like the most about the comics and this book, is Willingham’s grasp of consequence and reality. To validate these fairy tales with contemporary ideas, Willingham is always examining the life of our favorite heroes and heroines in the unwritten pages after their most famous moments. Away from the storybook and our imaginations is a far removed perspective that pulls gently in our direction--here is more, it says to us; the story continues; life goes on.

For the folks in fairy tales--Fables, they call themselves--reality is about as pragmatic and mundane for them as it is for us. Forced to flee their fairy tale homes and find refuge in an enchanted portion of New York City’s Upper West Side, the Fables remind us that we know of only a tiny period in their lives; in our world they must learn to coexist in very human ways, without magic or magical objects that would draw attention to themselves. Yanked out of context of course it’s easy to imagine all sorts of wonderful, magical settings that make romantic adventures out of very real, scary episodes. Despite still writing in “happily ever after” endings, Willingham’s come a long way to revolutionize what’s been handed down to us for so long and in the same form.

Peter & Max is about the Piper family (a band of traveling minstrels), two brothers (Peter and Max), and the innocent Peep family who gets caught in the middle of fraternal jealousy and revenge. Like all such things, a combination of skewed perspective and hurt feelings tips the scales of envy towards violence. What begins as an ominous and mysterious set of flashbacks and present-day events, the story gradually finds promise in its most haunting thread: who is the true Pied Piper? Peter or Max? Peter is a sweet boy, always managing to do what’s right and do it well; Max is his older, but less talented, brother who snaps at the slightest attempt to undermine his authority and right as the eldest Piper child. It’s almost impossible to imagine the sweet-tempered Peter luring unsuspecting children out of their beds and away from their homes, but too predictable to assume the blame lays somewhere outside, somewhere obvious.

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Last night Dashboard Confessional played their last show for a while in Louisville, KY with the Louisville Orchestra. It was actually pretty good, and I managed to walk back stage and right up to the band to ask for a pic. I told him about ONTD and that he has a pretty good amount of fans here, and he was happy to hold the sign. Woohoo!

( DC <3s ONTD! )


Source: Me & my camera
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Matthew originated the role of Link on Broadway when Hairspray opened in 2002.


( Hairspray cans )
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So last night Zac Efron was supposed to go for cheese fondue at Lt. Dangle's but:



But what in life could be better than cheese fondue w/ Tom Lennon?
Then Drama from Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory twittered:




Awesome even if the video is kind of sucky. At first we were a bit skeptical if it was him. ( The rest of the story w/ pics )

Also remember when Zac and Vanessa hung out with Lucas and Autumn Grabeel at that hockey game? Well Zac and Vanessa were given personalized jerseys by some suits and they proceeded to wear them and take pictures looking dorky:



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Pop quiz, pop culture fans. Whom does this best describe?

( Bottle blonde. Platinum-selling album(s). Gay following. Ambiguous sexuality. Ubiquitous paparazzi target. Undeniable pop savvy. Appeared on 'Saturday Night Live' in October to wrestle another famous musician. )



( Paparazzi Singer Refusing to Reveal Her Poker Face )

When I got the phone call asking me to co-host the Oscars with Steve Martin, I was shocked. I have always enjoyed the ceremony where many of the film community's most talented and influential members come together to honor achievement in film. Among the greatest moments for me were presenting John Barry his Oscar for the score of DANCES WITH WOLVES, to present a clip from one of my favorite films, THE REMAINS OF THE DAY and to watch my then wife win Best Supporting Actress for LA CONFIDENTIAL. The Oscars. Inarguably, the most important awards in the entertainment industry. Now, it looks like I am going to co-host this thing with someone I deeply admire and who I am certain will carry me on his back throughout, having previously hosted himself two times. The Oscars. March 7, 2010. Hosted by Steve Martin and that guy from 30 Rock. I hope you'll enjoy.

also, a new trailer for It's Complicated!


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I still see many people are on the fence about the hosting duties...what do you think ONTD?

Philippe Rousselet’s Vendome Pictures has announced its first project, teaming with Mark Gordon on the sci-fi thriller Source Code starring Jake Gyllenhaal. Summit International has already pre-sold rights to more than 15 territories at AFM.

Duncan Jones, fresh from his critically acclaimed low budget sci-fi Moon, will direct the story of a US soldier who wakes up in the body of an unknown commuter and is forced to live and relive a train bombing until he can find the perpetrator. Ben Ripley wrote the screenplay with revisions from Billy Ray.

“Jake and I have been trying to find a project together since we worked on The Day After Tomorrow,” Gordon said. “He’s a wonderful actor and perfect for this role in Source Code.”

Gyllenhaal is currently filming Love And Other Drugs for Ed Zwick. He will next be seen in Jim Sheridan’s Brothers and the upcoming Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time.

Jones is currently writing the screenplay of the upcoming film Mute, which he will also direct.

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"Steve" Fry From the other night, talking to our dear friend Craig Ferguson about lots of things, including the body farm, the possibility he could have been born in the USA, and Satan crawling up his nose...



( It's like Satan crawled up my nose... )

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I'm missing oblig. Craig gif, as I'm at work... Would dearly love some dancing puppets to distract me from Monday morningitis...

Mods, hadn't seen this one posted yet, and we all love Craig.

Here's Mariah Carey looking like a butternut squash stuffed into an extra small condom while continuing to shoot the video for H.A.T.E.U. in NYC yesterday.

( F.O.O.D. )

Hey Everyone,

 

So, here is another OOTD with some of the basics that I love.  But to top it off, I found this skirt for $3, it was originally ankle length and rather unflattering.  So, to make it a bit more stylish, I tailored it to sit higher on me (high-waisted) and cut about 11 inches off the bottom.  Then, with some of the extra fabric, I made a tiny fish tail for the back instead of putting in a slit.  Over all I think it was definitely worth the $3 I spent.

 

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Can't believe Halloween is OVER already, for another year!! :(

Ah well... ( I still have all my SPOOKY CRAFTS!! Earrings, bracelets, and hair clips!! )

Lady GaGa's interview on ZDF

She talks about, The Monster Ball, influences for The Fame: Monster, Beethoven & Bach, Heartbeats by Dr. Dre & Lady Gaga.


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on the set of wall street 2 on nov. 7th
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