Saturday, October 1, 2011

Why I am Terrible at Blogging (especially blogging of the fashion variety)


There are a lot of reasons why I'm terrible at blogging, but the main one is that I am very, very flighty and absent minded. I forget to bring a camera with me when I go places, and on the rare occasions that I do bring a camera I forget to ask people to take pictures of my clothes. I even forget to take my own ugly, grainy webcam photos most of the time. I set out with the best intentions, and then I don't remember that I looked amazing and I should show the whole internet how great I look until I am at home and all undressed; even if I did remember to take pictures when I went home, they wouldn't look very good because since I am mysterious and goth, my house is very dark. I am working on growing up to be Morticia Addams. A few of the faculty members at one of the art centers I model at already call me Morticia. I'm obviously really cool.

Another reason why I am a terrible blogger is that I am extremely self-centered. Now I don't really think this is entirely a bad thing, I'm not an asshole about it and everyone ultimately just has to look out for themselves, but in my case it means that I get so wrapped up in how fabulous I look that I forget that I'm trying to be a SERIOUS BLOGGER WHO SHOWS PEOPLE THE FABULOUS CLOTHES SHE WEARS, OMG, instead of A FABULOUS LADY WHO JUST WALKS AROUND BEING FABULOUS AND INSPIRING ENVY AND HATRED IN THE SWEATPANTS-CLAD LADIES OF HER NEIGHBORHOOD, OMG.

So that's why I'm bad at blogging, and I hereby resolve to get better because I want to be internet famous. The second part is kind of a lie because since I am not a fabulous gay man, I am much too snarky to ever be truly internet famous, but I do care about you, my three dear followers, even though I'm only friends with one of you in real life.

Anyway this is a picture I actually remebered to take a few days ago when my hair looked really great all by itself, and otherwise I was in a very, very bad mood. The blouse is not vintage, but is from J. Peterman, a store that sells a lot of really, really pretty things at a lot of really, really high prices. They justify the prices by writing extremely silly, but nonetheless entertaining stories about all their merchandise.

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

My Blog Title: A Slight Exaggeration.



I am not the most beautiful woman in town; I am, however the best-dressed woman in my neighborhood.
The little girls on my block call me Barbie, and people ask to take pictures of and with me. It's rare for me to leave the house without at least one person asking me if I'm in a play or whether I'm a model.

I am actually a model, but not a fashion model, and I'm certainly not in any plays. I couldn't act my way out of a wet paper bag if my life depended on it. People ask me these things because I don't dress like most ladies today, in fact I'm about seventy years behind the times.
I wear vintage clothes almost every day, and if I'm not in vintage whatever I am wearing certainly harks back to a long ago era.
Because I am vain, bored, and a show-off, I have decided to start a blog. Welcome, future readers, I hope you enjoy the ride*.

Cate



*it might be a short ride, I have a history of losing interest in my various blogs. If you tell me I'm pretty, my impulse to attention-whore might be satisfied enough to keep this up.