Maastricht

I'm currently in Maastricht, in The Netherlands, on a 6 week project at the Toneelacademie working with Peter Misotten and some of the students there. It's really really hard work, but there's still been time for some shiny adventure times!

Double-Decker Trains!

  

Carousels!

The Scariest Swing-Chairs Known To Mankind!

They are taller than trees.

Even taller than this one.

Which I think is a wisteria? It's beautiful and smells heavenly anyway.

And it's very very purple and makes me think of Jeff Buckley's 'Lilac Wine'.

 I Don;t know what this means, but I like how the metal sign is less shiny than the non-metal door!

And now...

A couple of limericks written for my silly friends.

There was a young wenchface named Annabel
who became a quite horrible cannibal
she ate people up
and drank blood from a cup
so her presence from restaurants is bannable.

There was a young lady from Luddenden
who splashed in the puddles of mud and then
got soaking wet socks
and her shoes full of rocks
so she emptied them out to have fun again!

I shall have to go now, for I have many unwritten essays and not enough time for anything.

Til we meet again!

x

The official introduction.

So my names Florrie, and I'm a shinyholic.

And a brightaholic.

And a colouraholic.

And a fancydressaholic.

I'm not very skinny.

I'm not very pretty.

I do the best with what I've got.

I'm permanently skint, but a total shopaholic, so pretty much everything I wear is bought in a sale, a charity shop, some kind of jumble sale, or made by me.

And I like it that way.

I like 50's swing dresses. I like big petticoats. I like dying my hair different colours. I like face and bodypaint. I like unusually cut things. I like well cut things.

Quick sample of everydayness:

Guyonmycourse:(on seeing me wear a big frilly tutu-ish skirt on assessment day) Hey Florrie is that your costume?

Florrie:(yes I like 3rd person) No I'm just doing lights today...

It started with a girl.

And the girl was called Florrie.

And Florrie was a shinyholic.

She liked Awesome things.

And.

She liked Bright things.

And.

She liked Cute things.

And.

She liked Delicate things.

And.

She liked Exciting things.

And.

She liked Floaty things.

And.

She liked Gigantic things.

And.

She liked Handsome things.

And.

She liked Incandescent things.

And.

She liked Jellied things.

And.

She liked Kitsch things.

And.

She liked Lovely things.

And.

She liked Magnificent things.

And.

She liked Nice things.

And.

She liked Ostentatious things.

And.

She liked Pretty things.

And.

She liked Questionable things.

And.

She liked Retro things.

And.

She liked Sparkly things.

And.

She liked Twinkly things.

And.

She liked Unusual things.

And.

She liked Vintage things.

And.

She liked Wistful things.

And.

She liked X-Rated things.

And.

She liked Yummy things.

And.

She liked....*consults dictionary*  Zoomorphic things.

But that was a lot of things for one person to have.

So Florrie decided to share them all in blog-form with the Whole Wide World , and that means you.

So without any further delay, she presents to you:

THEY

MIGHT

BE

SHINY

x