Hopefully, Jow and I will have enough energy after the party to start our video blog, Old Gods and Indoor Plumbing (which was long ago dubbed "The Deb 'n Jow Cooking Show" by Gordon). We've been doing test shots to figure out the lighting and where to put the iPad (in the microwave and in the dish cabinet, for the curious) and you'll get to see the chef stool in all its ugly glory. It will take me a little bit to get my shit together enough to pull together an intro and edit what we actually do, so hopefully a week or two from now. The plan for the vblog is to talk magic, cook something, demo magic without actually doing magic (a step by step), talk housewifery, talk glamour and prattle as we tend to do.
Our tentative layout for episode one ("Funnel of Love"):
Menu:
Ravished Red Wine
Rare London Broil in Red Wine
Roasted Pearl Onions
Blistered Radishes
Garlic Smashed Potatoes
Vampire's Kiss Cookies
Topics:
How to dress like the Queen of the Damned in your 30s
How to dress grown up goth for boy-identified
The Glamour of the Vampire
Blood Magic Talk & Demo
A Reading from the Vampire Tarot
So, besides trying to do that, I'm also trying to get my shit together for the new limited edition scents (. . .can I tell you how gratifying it is to have clients at shows asking what the next limited editions will be and recommending their favorite scents to new clients?), some new ritual cords I'm working on, new vigil candles, new bath teas, new silk chiffon scarves, my new goddess dollies and get my Black Friday/Cyber Monday sale in order. Pssst, it's going to be v. big this year since I now only do them semi-annually.
Needless to say, my house is wrecked and I'm wrecked too. Today I'll work nine hours, go home and make the bath teas and limited edition scents and pack out for my show tomorrow. Hopefully go to bed at a decent time. I've been working on a piece that speaks of sex and desperation/ I've been screwing on the tracks of abandoned railway stations/ It's a mad house/ this modern life/ It's a mad house/ my faithless bride.