Mad Dogs and Englishmen

the secret history: abbridged

Tue, 14 May 2013 00:32:58 +0200

Richard: i hate u all
Richard: ooh pretty college brochure
Richard: peace out bitches
Richard: oh god everythings so shiny
Richard: and out of my league
Richard: can i be in your class
Julian: lol nope poor bye
Richard: PLEASE LUV ME
Julian: lol ok
Henry: *pimpin*
Bunny: yo richard wanna hang
Bunny: lol jk im not actually gonna pay for this meal yolo
Francis and Camilla: *kissy*
Richard: wat
Charles: i made lamb chops~!
Henry: *more pimpin*
Richard: noot noot this is awkward
Camilla: yo richard wanna hang
Richard: oh god not this again but since im secretly obsessed with you ok
Francis: hello mtv welcome to my crib
Everyone: la la la we're so priveleged and white
Camilla: hey is my foot bleeding
Henry: did somebody say damsel in distress
Henry: *aw yis henry's gettin laid tonight*
Richard: wow they seem like such normal happy people *falls asleep*
Henry: ok guys time to get cray and fuck shit up
Everyone else: ok
Bunny: lol no im hungry
Farmer guy: damn kids, get off my lawn!
Everyone: lol no
Farmer guy: *dies*
Henry: shit
Charles: shit
Francis: shit
Camilla: i have laryngitis
Bunny: sugar daddy I mean Henry and I are off to Italy adios bitches
Richard: wait no still poor
Richard: merry christmas, richard, you poor, sad fuck
Richard: fucking fuck its so cold
Henry: did somebody say damsel in distress
Richard: if i weren't straight id totally bang you right now but no
Bunny: bonjour bitches im back from Italy and ready to fuck shit up
Henry and Francis: so yah we basically just fucked shit up behind your back, richard
Richard: lol ok ur all fuck ups i need more drugs
Judy: you've come to the right place
Clove: dude have u ever been so high that burgers
Richard: have u ever been so high u turn into raimbows
Richard: wait where i am
Francis: boys are so cute when they're baked and/or toasted
Richard and Francis: *makes out for 10 seconds*
Charles: hey guys whatcha doin im drunk jsyk
Francis: score!!!!!!!1
Charles and Francis: laters richard
Bunny: whaddup bitches i mean murderers i mean friends i mean bitches
Bunny: i mean faggot twincestuals uppity asshat and poor person
Bunny: wait what the sam hill are you guys doing here with me at this spot conveniently located on top of a cliff
Henry: sorry Bunny but u are the weakest link
Bunny: *dies*
Everyone: holy shit where the sam hill is bunny
Everyone: oh wait there he is
Corcorans: hello there we could barely afford this house we live in but it doesn't matter because yolo and oh yah bunny died
Richard: can we not
Henry: stfu richard go get me a drink
Francis: charles water u doin charles no sTAHP ILY
Camilla: heehee im so pretty
Cloke: up or down?
Richard: both
Everyone: lol bye Bunny
Mrs. Corcoran: its been great but u little shits have been stealing my drugs so u better gtfo now
Richard: ok what now
Francis: im paniCKING
Richard: wat
Charles: officer i swear to drunk im not god
Richard: wat
Henry: these roses smell like raspberries
Richard: wat
Camilla: *makes out passionately with brother for 15 seconds*
Richard: wait wat
Francis: its ok Richard we've all been basically sleeping around with each other all this time i mean its all good
Richard: wtf is this i am so doNE
Charles: hey milly wanna-
Camilla: lol no bye charles
Julian: im sorry but what century is it again
Julian: yay mail
Richard: julian whatever you do dont look at that letterhead
Julian: *looks at letterhead*
Richard: shit
Henry: shit
Francis: shit
Julian: lol bye niggas im out
Dean of Studies: u little shits are so done for
Charles: ok whatevs i know i just recently avoided death but hey guys look at this wild cat i found i think i'll name him Gin & Rabies
Charles: also i think henry wants to kill me
Francis: ok wanna hang out at my crib
Charles: thats a nice truck can i borrow it and maybe ill borrow this gun too kthnxbai
Francis: hey wheres charles
Henry: oh hai guys what a pleasant surprise
Richard: sorry to cockblock you guys all of a sudden but charles has gone AWOL
Camilla: would you like some steak, richard?
Richard: sure dont mind if i do
Charles: WHADDUP HENRY IM HERE TO KILL YOU
Henry: go ahead i wont stop you
Henry: lol jk
Richard: oh god did i just get shot
Henry: im gonna do it
Richard: i think im bleeding
Henry: im really gonna do it
Richard: guys, i really think we should call an ambulance now
Henry: im takin off my glasses
Richard: for me, you know, the ambulance is for me
Henry: im pointing the gun to my head
Richard: because u know, im bleeding
Henry: this is it
Richard: but it's no biggie, I guess
Henry: ilu camilla
Richard: GUYS PLEASE PAY ATTENTION TO ME
Henry: stfu richard this is my moment
Camilla: henry no1!!!1!!!
Henry: peace out bitches
Henry: *dies*
Richard: still bleeding *passes out*
Everyone else: im out
Francis: charles please luv me
Charles: lol no
Richard: camilla please luv me
Camilla: lol no
Henry: you sad little fuck
Richard: yeah i guess its true but whatever the end

angelaschases: …And so live ever - or else swoon to death.

Tue, 07 May 2013 23:37:25 +0200

angelaschases:

…And so live ever - or else swoon to death.

backfrometernity: Undine Giving the Ring to Massaniello,...

Tue, 07 May 2013 23:37:07 +0200

backfrometernity:

Undine Giving the Ring to Massaniello, Fisherman of Naples
Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1846

proustitute: Jacques-Emile Blanche, Portrait of Marcel Proust,...

Tue, 07 May 2013 23:35:51 +0200

proustitute:

Jacques-Emile Blanche, Portrait of Marcel Proust, 1892

babe.

If I had more time, I’d love to read Le Temps Retrouvé or Sodome et Gomorrhe again, it has been ages since I have read anything by Proust.

thingsistillneedtosee: Edinburgh, Scotland

Tue, 07 May 2013 23:33:06 +0200

thingsistillneedtosee:

Edinburgh, Scotland

moika-palace: Title page of The Savoy magazine, Aubrey...

Tue, 07 May 2013 23:31:28 +0200

moika-palace:

Title page of The Savoy magazine, Aubrey Beardsley, 1896.

steamboatbilljr: April 1927: Katharine Hepburn in the role of...

Tue, 07 May 2013 23:31:00 +0200

steamboatbilljr:

April 1927: Katharine Hepburn in the role of Oliver Blayds-Conway for a Bryn Mawr production of The Truth About Blayds by A. A. Milne

Photo

Tue, 07 May 2013 23:30:27 +0200

Photo

Tue, 07 May 2013 23:30:06 +0200

steampunkgasoline: (x)

Tue, 07 May 2013 23:29:50 +0200

steampunkgasoline:

(x)

Photo

Tue, 07 May 2013 23:29:16 +0200

workman: likeafieldmouse: Egon Schiele - Nude (1913)

Tue, 07 May 2013 23:28:52 +0200

workman:

likeafieldmouse:

Egon Schiele - Nude (1913)

on top of my wish list

Tue, 07 May 2013 23:28:34 +0200

on top of my wish list

omgthatdress: dress 1920-1922 The Victoria & Albert Museum

Tue, 07 May 2013 23:27:28 +0200

omgthatdress:

dress

1920-1922

The Victoria & Albert Museum

darksilenceinsuburbia: Evelyn de Morgan . The Angel of Death,...

Tue, 07 May 2013 23:26:49 +0200

darksilenceinsuburbia:

Evelyn de Morgan . The Angel of Death, 1890.

Website

Photo

Tue, 07 May 2013 23:26:24 +0200

moika-palace: Judith I, Gustav Klimt, 1901.

Tue, 07 May 2013 23:25:14 +0200

moika-palace:

Judith I, Gustav Klimt, 1901.

exponential63: odditiesoflife: Highgate Cemetery - London’s...

Tue, 07 May 2013 23:24:53 +0200

exponential63:

odditiesoflife:

Highgate Cemetery - London’s Most Haunted

Highgate Cemetery is steeped in supernatural lore. Constructed out of need with six others in the early 1800s, with London’s population nearing a million and the death toll rising, there was no more room to bury the dead. This cemetery is one of the most famous in the world, with many notable historic figures, such as Karl Marx, buried there.

The architecture of the cemetery is truly unique. In the heart of the grounds is an eccentric structure called the Egyptian Avenue which consists of sixteen vaults, entered via a great arch. Each vault fits twelve coffins, purchased and used by individual families. This avenue leads to the Circle of Lebanon which was built in the same style consisting of thirty six vaults. A separate gothic-styled catacomb, named the Terrace Catacombs, has an additional fifty five vaults.

But what lures most people to the cemetery are the legends and myths that include ghosts, a vampire and other unexplained phenomena. Spirits coming out of the mausoleums, a glowing woman who roams the paths in between the graves, a man in a top hat, and misty floating beings that hang around the tombs are just some of the the spirits that inhabit the cemetery. Its the account of the “Highgate Vampire” that makes the site legendary.

The first report was in 1970, when a young man reported that he had seen a dark figure resembling a vampire in the cemetery. Since then, hundreds of claims of suspected vampires continued to be reported. Helping the belief along was the fact that dead foxes, with their throats torn open, kept turning up on the grounds. Aside from ghosts and a resident vampire, Highgate Cemetery is a hauntingly beautiful place to spend eternity.

Worth knowing: Highgate is a cemetery in two halves:

• Highgate (West) Cemetery: The older (1839), wooded, most atmospheric and Gothic section of the cemetery west of Swain’s Lane. Contains the Egyptian Avenue and Circle of Lebanon, plus the likes of Christina Rosetti and Radclyffe Hall. However, you can only gain admission by paying the (strange, control-freaky) Friends of Highgate Cemetery for a guided tour; by proving you’re a grave-owner (then, potentially, paying even more if, like me, your ancestors were buried off-piste or in paupers’ graves); or by schmoozing the owner of a certain house on Swain’s Lane – reportedly built for Terry Gilliam – that has private access.

• Highgate (East) Cemetery: East of Swain’s Lane, next to Waterlow Park and the Royal Free. Newer (1854) and not quite so atmospheric, but contains Karl Marx, Carl Meyer (screenwriter of Murnau’s The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari and Sunrise), Max Wall, and Douglas Adams – and, importantly, free to visit.

↳james mcneill whistler & nocturnes

Tue, 07 May 2013 23:24:02 +0200

↳james mcneill whistler & nocturnes

aleyma: Cross with enamel tulips on the reverse, made in...

Tue, 07 May 2013 23:23:39 +0200

aleyma:

Cross with enamel tulips on the reverse, made in Europe, 1650-1700 (source).