Thank god it's Monday

[motetus]

The less said about my weekend visit to my parents and the drama of the new wedding dress my control-freak mother has forced me to get, the better. Let's just say it involved me loudly announcing "Yes, I have small breasts and I like them exactly as they are!" to the whole Debenhams bra-fitting dressing room. But at least it ended in a truce of sorts, and I've cheered myself up by deciding to get bright pink shoes to go with it. Pink shoes and a green dress - it's either going to be awesome, or a disaster. And completely not what I'd usually wear, but I think I need to be more adventurous.

Enough of that now. Ladies and gentlemen, the most unkempt dog in the world:



I love her though, the daft smelly old girl. But she's the reason why my little photo session in the garden didn't yield many results - "Play ball with me! Play ball with meee!" Stupid dogs, they're so good at making you feel guilty.



Poppy head:





Bees are bloody annoying things to get in focus. It would have been far easier just to dress the dog up as a beedog.






My supervisor just emailed me telling me my lit review draft, the copy I sent him before cleaning up my very bad grammar and comma abuse, is "well and clearly written. " Hallucinogenic drugs on a Monday morning - I want to be a university lecturer too!

Comments

[shakesmears.livejournal.com]

I adore unkempt dogs too :o)

And I love the one of the poppy head.

I agree with you about the bess - they don;t call them busy for nothing. they just will not keep still!

Dare we ask about the new wedding dress?

[motetus.livejournal.com]

Unkempt dogs are the best. She gets an occasional short haircut, but the poor thing always looks so embarrassed afterwards.

Urgh, the saga of the wedding dress. It basically boils down to mother deciding the dress I bought wasn't appropriate, me attempting to keep everyone happy and being a complete doormat, and then getting upset over getting upset over a sodding dress. But I'm okay now, I've grown a little spine over the weekend and feel much better. :)

[temve.livejournal.com]

While I'm totally with you on the drama of your mother making you wear what she would have worn (I went through that at my confirmation, and I hated the skirt with a passion), I congratulate you on your choice of colours - pink with green, heh. With, I assume, pink flowers? Awesome.

And yes, small boobs are totally pretty! Why mothers insist on wanting to ''cover up'' their daughters'' physical personalities, I'll never get. I stuck a sartorial tongue out to mine too by making a corset for my wedding when she keeps going on about my big hips and arse and how they should be made to look smaller. Sod that, I like my big hips and arse, and so does my fiancée, and the rest of the world just gets to look and enjoy, whether they want to or not :)

Oh, and we want pictures, 'you hear?

[motetus.livejournal.com]

Absolutely, matching hot pink flowers. :D I'll stick a few in my hair so that way I'll have some colour left when my feet start hurting. I was inspired by this, though my dress is mostly an olive green, but with a sash that bright shade of green that I'm hoping will let me get away with it. If not, well, the shoe shop has an excellent returns policy.

Y'know, what I really could do with is an awesome fiancé who could make a dress that suited me perfectly... but I think 4 weeks wouldn't even be long enough for my boy to work out which end of the needle is the sharp one

[izzardwizzard.livejournal.com]

*opens address book* Now where do we send the tea and cake for the naked Jedi art? ;)

Aw, your other dress was beautiful! Though I'm sure you'll look stunning in this one too. Good that you're keeping the color.

Excellent photos. I continue to be way impressed. Love the poppy.

While he does not have the guilt-rays of a dog, my kitty can usually cry and pout until I play fetch with him. He'll bring his yellow ball and drop it at my feet imploringly, and I always cave. *is weak*

Congrats on the lit review! I haven't revisited mine in ages, ugh. No time like the present, I suppose.

[motetus.livejournal.com]

I don't need tea and cake as an excuse to draw naked Jedi, I just put that there so I don't look like a completely shameless slut. ;)

You have a kitty that plays fetch? That is the cutest thing ever. I don't know how you get any dissertating done with a creature like that around. You need a cat that gives you the "fuck off" look all the time - send Vader over to me, and I'll post you a cat that ignores you enough to let you get some work done. :D

[archaeologist-d.livejournal.com]

Love the flowers. Very pretty!

It's your wedding. You should get to wear the dress you want!

[motetus.livejournal.com]

Hah, if I had my way, I'd wear jeans and my favourite Darth Vader trimming his shrubbery t-shirt.

[hsv-fangirl.livejournal.com]

oh, she is darling!

[motetus.livejournal.com]

She really is. Old age has made her rather mangy-looking, and she has a smell that no amount of shampoo can get rid of, but it's very hard not to love her.

[goblin-dae.livejournal.com]

Pink shoes and pink flowers sounds like it will look gorgeous, actually :D Do we get to see a picture of the dress?

[motetus.livejournal.com]

It could go, but I'm a little concerned that the dress is too dark - it's sort of an olive green with a light green sash. No photos, because I forgot to take any and it's back at the shop having alterations done.

I'll buy a safe pair of shoes as a backup, and you can have the final say - you've got better taste than me!

[inyadreems.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on surviving the wedding dress ordeal without murdering anyone.

You got great pics of the bee - I agree they're buggers to catch. I've often though of hair-spray. It can't hurt them much... Perhaps not.

[motetus.livejournal.com]

I've still got a few more weeks to commit parenticide, so don't congratulate me just yet!

I'm sure hairspray wouldn't be as effective as superglue liberally applied to the flowers...