i feel embarassingly validated.

For the past few weeks I've been getting wayyyy into steampunk, an interest piqued by the appearance of some steampunk'd crazy-looking modified techmology on someorother blog I was distracting myself with. [e.g. this Mac on the steampunkworkshop blog...] The whole genre/style/lifestyle/strange role playing game jam is new to me, but I think I’ve always been kind of into it fashion-wise without knowing it had a name. As in, I always thought the style of the Time Machine, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, BTTF 3, The Prestige, and [gulp] Wild Wild West starringWillSmith was cool, and I’m interested in “gaslight romance” Victorian era storylines. Sensing the foreseeable nerdery of the whole endeavor, I kind of kept it under wraps except in a few private conversations and emails - but now [and I am aware that I am also blatantly tooting my own horn here] it's the blinging front page of the style section of the New York Times.

toot toot toot. And HELLO, Nicola Tesla as a style icon?! Totally awesome! [Christopher Nolan was all over that when he cast Bowie for that role in The Prestige...]


I might have even predicted [to which Roberto can attest] that steampunk is going to the next big thing - as in, just wait until you see it all over Urban Outfitters next year. Seriously! Who wants to find me a burnished brass iPhone? And with all practicality out the window, I love these watches...

Also, check out this sweet etsy shop of banging hip hop and r&b steampunk jewelry.

Yay Thursday hyperlink mania! Also, feel free to knock me down a few pegs the next time you see me by reminding me exactly how much time I spend [waste? fritter away when I could be doing real life and/or practical things?] on the internet to accomplish this sort of hypergloatery...