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about me
www.myspace.com/prisbatty
thats where I blog most because I'm used to it.


Very busy, lifestyle gothic type, mother of toddler, seeks similar or same for quality sanity breaks.


I believe strongly in community and our responsibility to each other, starting where it counts most, in our homes.


Please drop me a note if you’d like me to friend you… I WILL delete unknown requesters.


I am LYSDEXIC, and don’t always to take the time to use a spell checker. Please don’t hold it against me. (When one must choose between checking ones spelling or grammar, and making sure the toddler hasn’t set himself on fire… well… yah dig?)

I am an artist and costumer. (Evidence of this can be found in my pics.)



The above-mentioned are two more reasons why spelling and grammar aren’t my forte.

I am currently taking time off from being an artist and costumer to work on my true Masterwork, MY BEAUTIFUL SON. (Evidence of my son can be found everywhere.)

Spiritually, I call myself a Taoist-pagan. I have since I was 13… in the early 80s. Which means, I am officially PUSHIN 40. (Don’t hold that against me either… I’m fine with it… REALLY.) ANYWAY. I am a tree huggin pagan type. (Not wiccan, but share many of those beliefs.)

Back to ART. I have a degree in Illustration and design. But it didn’t hold my interest. I dabble in that from time to time with various projects of no great measure…

HOWEVER

I never outgrew the love of playing DRESS UP. Which brings me back around to my love of COSTUME.

My real art form is the art of personal illusion. Historical, anachronistic or accurate, Fantasy or Theatrical. You name it. I love it. I have been a participating member of the S.C.A. (society for creative anachronism) since 1991. My heart is closer to American Victoriana or European Restoration than any other era.

I have worked in professional costume houses, in the fetish fashion industry, for theatre, and as a stylist… I can do makeup… But PLEASE don’t ask me to do hair. I SUCK at hair.

YES, I am a creature of vanity… I own over 100 pairs of shoes, mostly black, and many boots above the knee. I collect vintage clothes purses and gloves. I needed a semi to move my accessories collection alone. (Previous to spawning, it was not unusual for me to take four hours getting dressed for an event, after planning the outfit for a week…) but don’t hold that against me. I am oft described as a drag queen, although I assure you I am biologically a woman. I have been checked. I guess i go so far that I travel all the way around.

I have been admonished for excessive use of glitter HOWEVER

I am also a relatively pragmatic down to earth hippie who will spend three days off in the same outfit, I obsessively recycle, I eat as organically as I can afford, (And am doubly careful with my son’s diet) and I am aware that antiperspirant will eat my brain. I’m NOT a vegetarian, so I wont bug you to turn to tofu… but I may bug you about your mindless habit of using a straw when you hit the fast food joint. (…The average American could fill three industrial sized trash bags with the straws they use in a lifetime, which will sit in a landfill, which just ISN’T necessary. Think about it. SEE?… )

That’s me in a nutshell. I don’t expect to update this bio any time soon. (It took me two years to get around to taking the time to make myself appear to be THIS interesting.)

And now I need to go to bed. (PS: I love to cook… am a sit com/ sci fi junkie… love abba… and… )

Net stalk me a bit more and see photos at
www.myspace.com/prisbatty
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work anxiety (blog entry) I should NOT be having a full blown anxiety / panic attack for working
I should NOT be having a full blown anxiety / panic attack for working
I should NOT be having a full blown anxiety / panic attack for working

i am so conditioned to feel g... read more
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windy (blog entry) Six am

I haven’t slept a whit

There is a freaky as farck wind storm blowing round.

If I had an ego the size of a planet I would fancy myself weather witch and proclaim the winds were a manifestation of my mind at current.

Wind SO freak... read more
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mybe my son (blog entry) Save and print for yourself
but
PLEASE do NOT cross post, as
once the dust settles
I would LIKE to get this work published.

Its what I consider to be my first TRULY publishable verse.

If you pass it on to a friend...
DO include this pre... read more
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winds of change (blog entry) winds of change
the matters of custody and such are final
and now we can move on...

I will, without shame, be open about what has happened
and ask the universe (and my friends) for help...




The winds of change have blown through my l... read more
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parting glance (blog entry) id rather end this on a smile...

I will keep on keepin on.

I'm officially broke. have not been truly broke since... well... not in recent memory. Spent it on lamma watching
and groceries went on the card. But we got out of the dull-drom... read more
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I should NOT be having a full blown anxiety / panic attack for working
I should NOT be having a full blown anxiety / panic attack for working
I should NOT be having a full blown anxiety / panic attack for working

i am so conditioned to feel guilt
whenever I pursue something outside his agenda
even now

I should NOT be having a full blown anxiety / panic attack for working
I should NOT be having a full blown anxiety / panic attack for working
I should NOT be having a full blown anx... read more
Mon, September 15, 2008 - 8:47 AM permalink - 0 comments
 
Six am

I haven’t slept a whit

There is a freaky as farck wind storm blowing round.

If I had an ego the size of a planet I would fancy myself weather witch and proclaim the winds were a manifestation of my mind at current.

Wind SO freaky that I pulled the big foam mattress topper off the guest bed and covered the bedroom windows behind the curtains… JUST IN CASE.

(I can only imagine the degradation I would get for that. The slings that I was inviting the windows to break by tak... read more
Mon, September 15, 2008 - 3:13 AM permalink - 0 comments
 
Save and print for yourself
but
PLEASE do NOT cross post, as
once the dust settles
I would LIKE to get this work published.

Its what I consider to be my first TRULY publishable verse.

If you pass it on to a friend...
DO include this pre-reamble

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Maybe my son
by Martine




Every day I grow tired
And wish to take a break
And step away from a relentless day
Of boundless energy and the discovery of play…
I must remind myself that
Maybe my son will be ... read more
Mon, September 15, 2008 - 12:22 AM permalink - 0 comments
 
winds of change
the matters of custody and such are final
and now we can move on...

I will, without shame, be open about what has happened
and ask the universe (and my friends) for help...




The winds of change have blown through my life.







My beautiful 'fweeandahaf' year old son and I will soon be leaving upstate NY to return to Philadelphia.



We will also be leaving behind the relationship that was very destructive and damaging to me. I gave it every chance t... read more
Sat, September 13, 2008 - 4:57 PM permalink - 0 comments
 
id rather end this on a smile...

I will keep on keepin on.

I'm officially broke. have not been truly broke since... well... not in recent memory. Spent it on lamma watching
and groceries went on the card. But we got out of the dull-droms and Emily got to fondle some lammas... and
goats... and apparently the Giraffes fondled me... or at least drooled on me. Allot. Not that I minded but when its
sudden... its pretty icky.

Child napping now. No phone calls to answer the questi... read more
Sun, June 29, 2008 - 3:54 PM permalink - 0 comments
 
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