Attack of the Photo-Blog: Altered Valentine’s Day Cards (now with more creepy love from yours truly!)

My name is Constance Ann Fitzgerald and I’m addicted to Disney Princesses.

There, I’ve said it.

I’m 26 years old and I still have to talk myself out of purchasing all kinds of trivial items because there is a big fucking Cinderella painted on the side. Or more recently a Belle teacup. I NEEDED it for my morning coffee! Not every morning can be a Swamp Thing morning. Sometimes a girl needs to feel fancy…and 8 years old.

I once got in a fight with a little girl at the Disney Store in Fiesta Mall in Mesa, AZ because I was gawking at their selection of Princess Barbies.

“Why is Tinkerbell a princess barbie? She wasn’t a princess.” I said to my friend.
“Yes she was.” interjected a little girl standing near by.
“NO she wasn’t” I snapped.
“She was princess of the fairies!”
“She was JUST a fairy!”

My friend grabbed my arm and told me she was finished shopping.
Thank god. That shit could have escalated. Then I’d be doing hard time for shoving a Tinkerbell doll down some little girl’s throat and  beating her parents with the nearest giant Mickey Mouse effigy for raising such an ignorant child, instead of sharing this with you now.

I’m not sure which you would prefer. Weigh it out.

So last week when I went to the local discounted food store, because my period SERIOUSLY required a frozen pizza, I could not walk by the display of 99 cent Princess valentines. I tried. But c’mon! They were only a fucking DOLLAR!
I didn’t even look at  them. I just grabbed them and continued along my way to appease the cheese craving menstrual beast that dwells within.

I thought that maybe I would give out valentines this year. It isn’t something I usually do. I sit around and gripe about how much I dislike this Hallmark holiday and how all it does is make single people feel kind of shitty.
The typical cliche, bitter, perpetually single girl bullshit.

Well, fuck a big bunch of  that.
It’s been one hell of a year. Ups and downs, just like everyone else. But my ups are SO fucking good. So, why not share my own brand of creepy love?

I decided to alter the cards with whatever odds and ends I had in my craft bag. I’m pretty pleased with what came out of an hour or so of decorating with whatever was on hand.
Despite the unforgivable princess swap. I mean, who really gives a flying fuck about the Frog Princess? WHERE THE FUCK IS ARIEL?!?! That’s what happens at the used food store.
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To make it more fun, only two of them are really MEANT for specific people. Everyone else just has to close their eyes and pick one from the envelope.

If you’re a local, stop by and pick one out. If not, I can probably send you one.

I spent the actual holiday eating burritos with friends and watching Battlestar Galactica. Valentine’s Day isn’t so bad after all.

Avoid Breaking Hearts, Your Wallet and Being Set on Fire This Valentine’s Day!

As a girl who has never had a legitimate boyfriend or any kind of normal, stable relationship I am not qualified to tell you how to make this the best Valentine’s Day ever.
But I CAN give you some ideas for gifts that aren’t the same old bullshit.

Girls love chocolate. I will not dispute that.

They can't control themselves. Look at this bitch. She won't even share.

In fact, I encourage you to purchase chocolate in addition to any of the following gift ideas for your sweet pea, honey bun, sugar pie, or vomit kitten.
…what?


 

 

 

 

Check out these awesome and affordable (if not ridiculously cheap) gift ideas to make the swooning and googly eyes happen.

 

Bradley Sands Sorry I Ruined Your Orgy
From Amazon: “Bizarro humorist Bradley Sands returns with one of the strangest, most hilarious collections of the year.
In Sorry I Ruined Your Orgy, the pope gets sued, a headless man falls in love with a bowl of rice, and architects dismantle the earth. A war breaks out over greeting cards. A suicidal amputee tries to kill himself. William S. Burroughs becomes an amateur archaeologist and Tao Lin drinks an ape-flavored smoothie.
Between a breakfast of clocks, a lunch date with Adolf Hitler, and breakdancing in outer space, anything is possible in the work of Bradley Sands. Just never wear a bear costume to an orgy.
And it’s FREE for Kindle now!

So much smoulder that he'll let you buy some for $5

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Sex Toys!
Because you’re already in the giving spirit, so may as well take it there. Go big or go home…alone.
Valentine’s Day used to be about massacres and gore and MAYHEM!
Fortunately it has taken a much sexier course.
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Even the logo is fucking cute

The Gift of Style
Give your lady something sweet, stylish, and unique from Doe Eyed and Pigeon Toed to round out her Valentine’s day look.

 

 

 

"My name's Gypsy, what's yours?"

Burlesque Classes with Bombshell Betty
Because nothing is sexier than self confidence…except a little strut and a sweet ensemble.
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But nothing beats a stolen from the internet handmade Valentine:

Interview with Constance Ann Fitzgerald

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Constance Ann Fitzgerald is a smart lady who wields a mean pen. Her first book, Trashland A Go-Go, is beloved by readers, reviewers and me. An outtake from this interview was posted at Bizarro Central yesterday. Coco, the heroine of Trashland a Go-Go has a pseudo sidekick in Rudy the fly. Would you tell us about your awesome sidekick, real or imagined? I don’t think I have a sidekick. If I could design one it would probably be a lot like Brian from Family Guy– Snuggly, dog-like, sarcastic, intelligent …

Spike Marlowe’s interview with yours truly <3

NBAS ’11: Trashland A Go-Go by Constance Ann Fitzgerald

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What do you get when you mix Alice in Wonderland with an incredibly strange acid trip at a nudie bar, followed by a late night screening of every weirdo b-grade cult movie you’ve ever seen? You get the phenomenal first effort of Constance Ann Fitzgerald, Trashland A Go-Go… and a huge case of envy. From Amazon: Coco takes off her clothes for a living, until some nasty little bitch kills her while she’s dancing. Thrown in the dumpster by her sleazebag boss, Coco awakens in a land of trash. With her new …

Day 4 of the NBAS 2011-2012 takeover at DreadfulTales: Trashland A Go-Go!
Check out the awesome review and maybe subject yourself to the interview <3

Dreadful Tales Gets Weird

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Over the past 3 weeks, I’ve read no less than 12 insanely off-the-wall books I’ve ever seen. That’s a lot to digest in such a short amount of time, approximately something like 1200 (or more) pages of the weirdest shit you’ve ever laid your eyes on. And that’s also on top of the books I’ve checked out in the mean-time, and the 100 years of Horror articles. And sleeping. And eating. Not books… eating food. Though… I could eat books… Never mind. Eating books is a bad idea right now. Especially after …

The 2011-2012 NBAS is taking over Dreadful Tales for NINE DAYS!

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Things I Love Thursday: The Murder City Devils Pay Tribute To Fine 1950′s Cinema

My love for the Murder City Devils is no secret. Seeing them at the Great American Music Hall was honestly the best live show I have EVER seen. Even if I remember more of the words to their songs than Spencer does. I crank the volume and rock my face off EVERY time I hear any of their songs. It’s the infectious rock ‘n’ roll that I just can’t resist.
But why would you want to? Just give in.

Art imitates life, and life can also imitate art. And sometimes art imitates art.
Take for instance The Murder City Devils’ “Left Hand, Right Hand” off of their 1998  release Empty Bottles, Broken Hearts.

Not only is “Left Hand, Right Hand” a great fucking song, it’s also telling the story of the 1955 film staring Robert Mitchum and Shelly Winters, The Night of the Hunter.

The Night of the Hunter is the story of the family Ben Harper leaves behind when he is arrested and eventually hanged, for committing a robbery during which two men are killed. Before he is captured, Ben Harper stashes the money and tells his son, John, where the money is hidden.
Ben Harper shares a prison cell with a serial killer posing as preacher, Reverend Harry Powell who tries to get Ben Harper to tell him where the money can be found before Harper is hanged.
Harper’s utterance of a bible verse convinces the Reverend that Harper’s children know where the money is. Upon his release he sets out to marry Harper’s widow and get the children to tell him where their father hid the cash.

This movie is incredible. And I refuse to spoil it for you by going any further into the story. It’s dark, unnerving, and glorious.
So, what IS the story of love and hate?
The Reverend has the words “love” and “hate” tattooed across his knuckles. When he sees young John Harper staring at the words he tells them the tale.

“Ah, little lad, you’re staring at my fingers. Would you like me to tell you the little story of right-hand/left-hand? The story of good and evil? H-A-T-E! It was with this left hand that old brother Cain struck the blow that laid his brother low. L-O-V-E! You see these fingers, dear hearts? These fingers has veins that run straight to the soul of man. The right hand, friends, the hand of love. Now watch, and I’ll show you the story of life. Those fingers, dear hearts, is always a-warring and a-tugging, one agin t’other. Now watch ‘em! Old brother left hand, left hand he’s a fighting, and it looks like love’s a goner. But wait a minute! Hot dog, love’s a winning! Yessirree! It’s love that’s won, and old left hand hate is down for the count!

The Murder City Devils “Left Hand, Right Hand” is a rock’n'roll synopsis of a film said to have influenced great directors such as David Lynch, The Coen Brothers, Martin Scorsese and more. Their song made me want to watch the film. And a damn fine film it is.

In the spirit of Christmas I leave you with the only Christmas song I love. Which is, of course, by The Murder City Devils.

So long as we’re talking Christmas, I would say that a copy of The Night of the Hunter and The Murder City Devils Empty Bottles, Broken Hearts makes a damn fine gift pairing.

Yet another gift set idea: The 2011 New Bizarro Author Series. Not just because I want you to purchase my book (though, I really do) but because it’s Thursday and this is another thing I love dearly. These people, their stories, and the opportunity being given to the eight of us.
The 2011 NBAS is fully eligible for the 4 books for the price of 3 deal. So, if you buy all 8, two of them will be FREE! And you don’t even have to tell the people you give them to that they were free. Or you can keep them all to yourself, and no one will be the wiser.

The New Bizarro Author Series 2011 on Amazon
The Night of the Hunter DVD on Amazon
The Night of the Hunter Book on Amazon
Murder City Devils – Empty Bottles, Broken Hearts on Amazon