Mr. Sunrise is very talented in design and layout. I realized this again as I watched him arrange napkins at a reception Sunday night. I was just going to place them in a stack at the end of the table. He had the idea of spacing them out in rows and alternate the color in each row. It really did look nice. The shades of yellow and red looked good together. (Spain's flag colors) Vernal did an awesome job with the centerpieces, quizzes, and being the project manager. : )
Should this make me feel insecure as a woman? Since decorating tends to be a woman's thing? I know Forrest hates the men/women stereotypes. I can guess what his answer will be. Mr. Sunrise has done most of the arrangement of pictures and furniture in our house. I am quite happy with what he has done. We bought some fake fern greenery and Mr. Sunrise picked the pot to put it in and arranged it in the green styrofoam.
There is one thing that I can do that the Mr. can't. Tell colors apart. Poor Mr. Sunrise is colorblind. So at least I am needed in that department. I can tell him which colors clash and which ones go good together. The Mr. can tell you that I get excited about colors. It does make me sad though that he can't experience color with me.
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Sounds like a great duo! I know that I like to decorate, but Mr. T and I have started doing more together in this area then we use to. He has good ideas and it's nice when he says "what about this" and I can say "go for it!" We really have found that more times then not we end up with a combination of our ideas instead of his way vs. mine. But I think it's great when any couple finds what works for them and goes for it.
I have one brother-in-law that could not care less what his home looks like and my sister LOVES to decorate, so they work well together in the more traditional sense.
BTW, Mr. T kicks butt on party decor and design compared to me. I get stuck in my keep it simple mode and he gets creative. It's when that creativity gets carried away and we need to go buy 30 things to make it work that I have difficulties with his ideas.
A perfect example of too far...we have not gone out and made our backyard into the Survivor Finale set, thank goodness. ("It would be so cool to get tiki torches and then we could just....with stones to sit on....the tv could...." You can imagine. Don't encourage him, unless you want to host the party at your house and use his ideas for your backyard!--it's a BAD idea!)
By the way T, about the new drapes .....
I did see some nice "sitting" stones available from an online catalog .... if only I could find an inexpensive set of Easter Island monoliths.....
If you have seen Mr. and Mrs. Smith yet, you'll get the drapes thing.
T does such a greatjob picking a color scheme that I might as well be challeged in chromatic distinction myself.
I think the question should be: Should Dust feel insecure as a man for decorating ability (not to mention his great posture and leaping ability)??
Here I go getting too "heady" for a light-hearted post and I think Golden was trying to warn me against this, but I think those "men" vs "women" stereotypes cause young men to consider the gay lifestyle.
Since, I have been in creative fields most of my life, I have seen it happen to several friends.
Men are suppose to not like shopping, clothes,decorating, design, musicals, dance music, fashion, etc.
Men are suppose to like sports, bbq, hunting, scratching the crotch, tools, cars, etc.
When you here that all your life, it becomes a formula for sexual orientation especially now that the gay culture has embraced those stereotypes.
That's the short of it.
You forgot to mention that killer yearbook table.
And you forgot the mention that Dust runs 'mean' barista.
to Dash and T:
It is sad that creativity's full potential often comes to a halt due to finances.
Oh, to be rich!!
If any of us becomes independently wealthy, we will have one heck of a survivor party!
Golden and I do indeed make a good duo with designing/decorating things.
Given that anything I stylize is relatively masculine, I really haven't been too concerned about my masculinity being challenged. Well, with the exception of the gazelle comments.
In early Japanese history, the Samurai had a reputation that still exists even in American culture. We see them swing the thin bladed swords and just grimace when a couple of arrows take them in the shoulder.
However, what is not emphasized today is that the Samurai had to have an appreciation for beauty in order to receive complete respect. This appreciation of beauty went beyond just gazing at sunsets and women.
The samurai drew strength from their creative efforts: conforming the mundane into understated elegance / arranging a stone in a brook for just the right trickling tone / pruning a quiet garden / writing simple poetry / wearing beautiful fabrics with fine textures when they were not protecting their communities...
It makes life just a bit more painful to open your soul to everyday beauty and face imminent death with courage. Becoming "queer" might be a symptom of our own culture, as Forrest commented.
Ghengis Khan was the ultimate barbarian from the Eastern Steppes. His "Golden Horde" of horsemen decimated cities all the way to Europe. Ghengis wore flowers of graceful design and color, tattooed on his skin. In an American tattoo parlor, the designs that Ghengis favored are mainly displayed as tattoos only for women.
When men display creative power it is always a bit scary. I've always wanted to turn my basement into a subway station, complete with track, tunnel facade, yellow tile, tube-maps, waiting benches, graffitti etc... FUN! BTW - go for the survivor-themed backyard and make the mundane a place that shimmers in torghlight.
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