Thursday, February 25, 2010

Go Ask "Alice"..

if you know me, you know a few things. i love: pink, Hello Kitty, strawberries, and "Alice in Wonderland". ALL THINGS "ALICE". i collect anything & everything that tickles my fancy.
i have several copies of the book (my favorite being one illustrated by Ralph Steadman, the guy who illustrated "Fear & Loathing") i collect odds & ends merchandise.. i even have an ongoing 8x8 album of random "Alice" pages i've made out of quotes, imagery, etc. whatever inspires me about Wonderland.

of course i love the classic disney movie versionand as a girl, i LOVED the early morning kids show "Adventures in Wonderland" (way back when Disney was a pay cable channel like HBO)
and just this past December i was ESTATIC about Sy-Fy's reconceptualization miniseries "Alice". i really, really loved it.
a few years ago (2007) Heather and I threw a small "Alice in Wonderland" themed party. she was Queen of Hearts and i was The Mad Hatter (i made J dress as the March Hare, bunny ears and all!) she decorated her side of the room as the QOH's kingdom, i did mine as Wonderland- complete with a cheshire cat in the tree. these are some of my favorite scrapbook pages i've ever done. we intend to have another AIW party on a much grander scale (with Britty as our Alice) sooner than later.
so it should come as NO SURPRISE i am completely beside myself in anticipation for Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland". you can ask Heather, i havnt shut up about this movie for the past couple years. excited about the announcement, excited about the casting, excited as promotional pictures were released, excited when the trailer went online, excited over ALL the merchanise beginning to appear. Hot Topic, Disney Store, Urban Decay, collector Barbies. i am a marketers dream, bc i want it all! thank goodness my bday is right around the release date! ;)


as you guys know, in a little less than two weeks we're talking a weekend trip to Amarillo, to meet up with Heather and Britty. the reason being? to watch "Alice" together :) the crazy thing is, we chose Amarillo simply because its the halfway point between us (5 hours each way) but come to find out, Amarillo has a completely "AIW" themed Amusement park, called "Wonderland"! what are the chances?! i love to "theme" everything i do to the max (for real. im over the top) so finding that out was amazing. we are going to have an amazing time the whole trip! and then about 3 weeks later i'm totally going to see it with Taylor AGAIN when she's back in town. hot damn!
xoxo
Leigh

3 comments:

  1. I went to see a local professional theatre put on Alice In Wonderland for Valentines. You would have liked it!! Thanks for the sweetness on my blog!

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  2. i can see how alice is so very leigh! have a blast on your amarillo weekend! who'd have thunk they'd have an alice themed park!

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  3. okay,,, soooooo,,, how did you like it??? we totally went to the 12:01 movie,,, waiting since like 7:00,,, as soon as the movie started,, bam,,, night, night for ally,,,, i didnt see more than a totaly of 20 minutes of the movie. poo. i gotta go back at a normal hour and give it another go. i gotta. id love to hear what you thought!!
    {xoxo}

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