Hello Rainbow

I have never seen the whole of the Wizard of Oz.

Hello, I'm Sminks.

This space of the internet where I am able to dot my eyes and cross my tees (huhuh) is going to change... well actually, it's going to become the thing I wanted it to be and so it's not one of those unpleasant changes- like when you see a grown up child actor and you know time has not been wise or kind.

I thought it would be more interesting and more productive if I were to theme my posts- I could just ramble here (and I did for the first four posts) but I think themes would mean structure, less likelihood of me simply posting pictures of kittens and bad poetry about tofu- no one needs to read that.

Choosing a theme was a little scary and slightly like a foundation art teacher, I found myself trying to pull out magic from a jumble of blank canvases in my head.. stumbling over teenagers who don't get perspective and mature students who do everything and anything because they pay for the course.

My ideas varied from 'maybe I should flick through a book and pick the third sentence on the fifth page' to 'I could pick my themes relating to titles of My So Called Life' (because Angela Chase would have been a blogger). I settled instead for something that I have never had the chance to do, and something I was being reminded of at this time of year.

Prom.

I have never been to one.

We simply didn't have them in my school years- we had school discos and house parties.

Proms were something you saw on American Tv shows and movies. Proms were for people who had perms and were smitten with the popular kid but never had a chance... Of course, I love it. I loved it as a kid, as a teen and you will find me still- right now-hoping beyond hope that the next teen flick I see includes that moment the unpopular girl gets the crown and everyone dances. I love the satin dresses, the awkward boys and the option to pin the corsage or perhaps have it on your wrist. *sigh*

I could rock a prom dress on any day with the right pair of shoes and the correct amount of hairspray.
I really missed out when I was an awkward moody creative teen, so now I am going to have a prom every month, and hopefully I may get an invite.

Of course being a complete novice at this prom dealie I had to get my theme research from somewhere that provide me with the best possible prom themes- or I could simply google 'prom themes' and see what site gave me the most themes... I blatantly did just that.

I wrote down all the themes that I thought were the most interesting and less involved with moonlight and casinos.. I put the names in a jar (I decorated the jar with stickers but of course, I am a child).

Shake shake shake

and picked a theme!

Boom!

So... June?

 Ta-da!

Somewhere over the rainbow..

See the evidence of my childlike sticker frenzy and choice of note paper (provided by a very nice person).

I wonder what kind of prom this might have been and how many Tin men hooked up with Toto and not Dorothy.. I am sure there was a lot of gingham.

Check back here to see what kind of posts I can ravel together using rainbows.. I promise I will try to avoid as many references to our girl from Kansas and her dog. That would be just too easy.

In a bit x