I love themes. I was writing up new stuff for my about page (which needs some graphics I think) and I was thinking about the fact that I love themes. Here's some ways themes fit into my life...
Sometimes I want to just keep creating new blogs so I can play with the themes! Maybe getting into html properly would let me play with other people's themes more... Anyway, I used to love changing my theme when I blogged on Livejournal, especially thinking of different ways to say "Leave a comment". I think my favourite was when I had a Clockwork Orange sort of theme (Orange!) and it said "Viddy well?" and the comments were counted as "2 droogs".
For my 21st birthday party I had a movie character theme, everyone looked great! I was Satine from Moulin Rouge, but I didn't get any good pictures of my costume :( For my 23rd we had a pirate theme and the Cat, the Penguin and I still refer to ourselves by our Pirate rank and talk about our Pirate Ship the Kurui-Zaru Maru (Crazy Monkey). I was Captain as it was my birthday.
I love the way manga volumes look on shelves because they are all nicely matched by their covers (and all the same size!). Odd shaped books annoy me somewhat. DVD boxsets are joy in matching themed form!
I love themed restaurants! There's a 100% Chocolate Cafe in Tokyo that is great and I'm dying to go to the Alice themed restaurant but can't seem to ever fit it in to a trip!
I and my two best friends the Cat and the Penguin went to Las Vegas once - a whole city of themes!! We stayed at the Luxor, and I loved just walking up and down the strip.
I love the witchy theme I have for this blog. I've decided that the place where my ideas bubble away will be the Cauldron. The network of blogs I love will either be the Spider's Web or the Cobweb. I just need a name for the page where I will put up my designs. Gallery is not themed enough (and also sounds pretentious - yuk!) Any ideas?
Sometimes I want to just keep creating new blogs so I can play with the themes! Maybe getting into html properly would let me play with other people's themes more... Anyway, I used to love changing my theme when I blogged on Livejournal, especially thinking of different ways to say "Leave a comment". I think my favourite was when I had a Clockwork Orange sort of theme (Orange!) and it said "Viddy well?" and the comments were counted as "2 droogs".
For my 21st birthday party I had a movie character theme, everyone looked great! I was Satine from Moulin Rouge, but I didn't get any good pictures of my costume :( For my 23rd we had a pirate theme and the Cat, the Penguin and I still refer to ourselves by our Pirate rank and talk about our Pirate Ship the Kurui-Zaru Maru (Crazy Monkey). I was Captain as it was my birthday.
I love the way manga volumes look on shelves because they are all nicely matched by their covers (and all the same size!). Odd shaped books annoy me somewhat. DVD boxsets are joy in matching themed form!
I love themed restaurants! There's a 100% Chocolate Cafe in Tokyo that is great and I'm dying to go to the Alice themed restaurant but can't seem to ever fit it in to a trip!
I and my two best friends the Cat and the Penguin went to Las Vegas once - a whole city of themes!! We stayed at the Luxor, and I loved just walking up and down the strip.
I love the witchy theme I have for this blog. I've decided that the place where my ideas bubble away will be the Cauldron. The network of blogs I love will either be the Spider's Web or the Cobweb. I just need a name for the page where I will put up my designs. Gallery is not themed enough (and also sounds pretentious - yuk!) Any ideas?
hi! thanks so much for taking the time to comment today. i love your space here. i also love that you are taking some creativity courses. art/creative journaling is so healing and freeing. good for you! enjoy and keep in touch!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for dropping by!
ReplyDeleteI've definitely felt a shift in my thinking since I started journalling and following blogs like yours! I'm so happy I found inspiring places online :)