cheshire moon

I happened to look at the sky
(as I often do with an uneasy mind),

and saw you smiling

(as you always do regardless of mood),

in an all-black October sky

(as they always appear in the haunted hours)—

I heard you singing me into madness—

that happy delirium which bangs at the doors

(and which I usually ignore)—

for a time, smiler, I answered you

(as I often do when the moon glares brightly)—

I sang and even danced a bit

(as I usually do when madness grins)

and I embraced this game—

this madness I chase, this chase I laugh at—

since I must—

to be sane.

~by Samantha Karren

photo shoot with Emilie

My cousin Emilie and I are BFF.  We are similiar in so many ways it's crazy.  I totally believe we were pre-destined to be cousins on this earth.  One of the things we have in common is a complete inability to capture decent pictures of ourselves (in our opinion; our men disagree) to preserve in our memory archives.  Since life changes too fast for us to pass up on a magical Autumn opportunity to remedy this issue, we indulged in our very own photo shoot. Our photographer was great; I love Rebecca's style and it was very decently priced.  So so so worth it.  I can't wait for my CD!!!!

To see a sampling of mine and my cousin's BFF photo shoot, click Effervescent Media Works Blog.

My costume will hopefully look something like this...

Sorry the pictures didn't work before... I've been experimenting with some recently discovered google capabilities...  anyway, here's this year's costume -- I can't wait to wear it!