Today's vintage pick simultaneously makes me full of joy and irks the bejesus outta me. You'll see what I mean...
Bam! (Wow. How Emeril of me. Sorry about that.)
You know what I love about it? Orange, of course! Plus the classic, mid-century modern shape. And the cute, tripod legs (and don't think I can't bang out half a dozen filthy "tripod" jokes, because I totally can.) I've got a thing for vintage lamps like this Vintage 60's MCM Plastic Bubble Lamp so this feeds my obsession nicely. But then there's *something* about it that make me a little skeeved...
There it is. The rational side of me knows it's *supposed* to look like bubbles, but the wackjob side of me thinks the texture of the plastic looks like creepy fish skin. (Have I mentioned I'm terrified of fish? Seriously. Can't swim in water that has fish in it. And yes, I'm aware of my mental fuckuppery, thankyouverymuch.) But mostly it reminds me of Falkor, the Luckdragon- the somehow scaly-yet-furry talking flying dog thing. You know, from the 1984 movie-of-nerdy-kidtastic-awesomeness, The Neverending Story? (Yes, I'm still aware of my mental fuckuppery, thankyouverymuch.)
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Well, that STYLE of lamp is ever-popular on eBay, but don't think I've seen the bubble one before.
ReplyDeleteThink of it as that Don Ho song "Tiny Bubbles" =)
OK, you probably don't know the song if you are young so youtube it lol...
Oh -Owww-eeeee, first thing I thought of was a terrible case of adolescent acne! lol Then I thought of TRIPE..and third-the close up reminds me of cellulite....( "Go you chicken fat go")
ReplyDeleteNone the less....I agree - sort of creepy- but would look really good in an "Atomic Tuesday" out of this world Rumpus Room!
I personally love your mental fuckuppery!
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness! I actually have a pair of lamps like this - only the shade is ivory instead of orange. Guess that takes some of the creepy out of it :(
ReplyDeleteFalkor is awfully disturbing though... I've never seen that movie. Not sure I want to. Lol.