Sookipixeldust
| Introduction | I want it all. I want to be the slim 1950s housewife wearing high heels, with red nails and lipstick, holding a tray of cookies to her adoring children. But I also want to not have to live up to that expectation. I want to slob out if I want to, and ignore the housework because I want to read. In the past this contradiction didn’t matter, but now that we have a child I have to try harder. Here are the obstacles in my way: I have an ideal of how my home should be, but I'm basically lazy and I find housework boring. I'm overwhelmed by the effort it will take to achieve it, so I do nothing. I know I need to feed my family healthy food (and I love baking), but I find cooking meals every day dull. I'm trying to live frugally and not waste money, but I'm inherently extravagant and impulsive. I want to be a good mother and play imaginative games with my son, but sometimes I find it hard work. I don't want to just muddle along anymore; I want to feel like I'm actually on top of things. I want to achieve a better lifestyle with minimal effort. |
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| Interests | Reading, creative writing, films, vintage, 1950s, kitsch, classic cars, baking, frugal living, walks in the woods, country living |
| Favorite Movies | Sound of Music, Wizard of Oz, Gone with the Wind, Doris Day, Douglas Sirk, The Haunting, Clueless, Twin Peaks, Philadelphia Story, Clueless |
| Favorite Music | Smashing Pumpkins, Chet Baker, Doris Day, Ultra-lounge, Pixies, Neil Young, Dandy Warhols, Queens of the Stone Age, Led Zepplin |
| Favorite Books | Sylvia Plath, Jane Austen, Shirley Jackson, Stephen King, Philip Pullman, Dan Simmons, Peter Straub, Angela Carter, Margaret Atwood, Bill Willingham, Ray Bradbury |