Bronies: Friendship is Magic

For this weeks show and tell I choose BRONIES! What is a bronie you may ask? Bronies are older, guy fans of the new My Little Ponys Tv show. I don't know any bronies but I was very intrigued by the idea of a "bronie" so I did watch about seven episodes of the new My Little Ponnies: Firendship is Magic cartoon. Yes, I did watch seven episodes but I wasn't sold on the bronie idea. Its a mesmerizing kids show, but I still don't fully understand the bronie phenomenon.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Est3UNs-LIk

Shoe & Tell

I just found an on line museum that is attempting to document every sneaker ever made. This is quite a task. The Sneaker Freaker Museum

   As another part of my article would be an interview with a curator or docent of either the Philidelphia Shoe Museum or The Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto.

Shoe & Tell: Shoe Obsession Movie

    I found out through some research that there is a movie called  God Save My Shoes made in 2011. I guess I'll have to watch this movie as part of my research. I also want to get into sneaker culture a little so my article isn't so women-centric.
   As well I am thinking of profiling women through history with massive shoe collections such as Imelda Marcos, Carey Bradshaw,from Sex and The City, and that woman who used all of her 9/11 aide money to buy shoes and boob jobs for her friends. If anyone can remember her name that would be wonderful.

Shoe Obsession

When hobby becomes obsession:
     I am interested in shoe collecting and obsessing and when the line can be drawn between a hobby and an obsession. Shoe obsession seems to primarily effect women, but men are closely following with sneaker obsessions. I found a number of articles describing this but I would also like to go over a list of famous ladies and their preferred shoes. Possibly adding  a list of notable designs through the ages and advances in shoe making.
http://jezebel.com/5574856/whats-so-special-about-shoes

KITTENS!

It's very hard to accomplish anything when you have a kitten, especially if the kitten was found outside your friends office building trying to get in. She was found on tuesday, election day, and we picked her up that evening. She's completely adorable. Her name is Weebles because she wobbles but she doesn't fall down. I took her to the vet today and found out her reasoning for wobbling is that she is under developed and has slight brain damage that happened while developing in her mom's womb. So she's a little wobbly. This makes her even cuter.

Beader

Another thing about me, I love beading, it is both a vice (I buy too many pretty, shiny beads) and a virtue (I sell em' and its relaxing). If you don't know already there is a very acclaimed Baltimore artist, Joyce Scott, whose work can be found locally at the BMA and Goya Contemporary or internationally.
Here are some images and links:
http://www.goyacontemporary.com/artists/scott_1.html#
http://mobilia-gallery.com/artists/jscott/
http://www.craftinamerica.org/artists_fiber/story_269.php

Shoe Museum!

    I don't know if any one knows this about me but I am shoe design fanatic. I wont go into debt over shoes  but I am nuts enough to want to go the Bata Shoe Museum in Ontario. It sounds amazing. One day I would like to learn how to make shoes myself. I might attend a shoe hand-making workshop in January in NYC.

Her are a few links to other shoe museums:

http://www.virtualshoemuseum.com

http://podiatry.temple.edu/pages/about/shoe_museum/shoe_museum.html

http://www.museumsinflorence.com/musei/Ferragamo_museum.html