Happy Gonzo Day!
[ 18 July 2007 ]
Today is Hunter S. Thompson‘s birthday. If he hadn’t passed away in 2005, he would have been celebrating his 70th (probably by shooting his gun out the front of his house, aiming for the gong he had strung up on a nearby hill).
He is one of my favourite authors of all time… so I decided to dress in tribute.
D&G sunglasses
Gun necklace
Khaki shirt from Ricochet
‘Department of Spontaneous Combustion’ patch given to me by a guy at Burning Man riding a tricycle which shot flame in the air
Lip Service skirt
Black leggings
New Rock boots
If you want to celebrate too, read some of his writing, watch Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas (or one of the many documentaries about him), plan a roadtrip with a friend, have a drink, fire off a few rounds at a shooting range, crank up the Rolling Stones, turn on, tune in, drop out…
R.I.P. H.S.T.
P.S. Check out Violet Blue’s tribute — what a girl! Phew!
Super-love & cupcakes,
Gala
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WOW !
nothing to say but wow !
one of your coolest outfit.
he would be proud of this tribute.
OMG you play dress up! Thats too awesome. I’m a nudist at heart so in order to get myself to wear clothes (as is the law and all..) I have to play dress up most days. Too fun. Stumbled upon you and will definitly be back!
There’s actually a beer here in the states (I don’t know if you can get it anywhere else) called Flying Dog (flyingdogales.com) whose labels all use HST drawings. They’re all about him.
It’s actually pretty good beer, too. (There’s some in my fridge now, hehehe).
Anyway, I always thought it was random and interesting, so I thought you might like to know. I mean, what better way to celebrate him than with HST beer??
Awesome photos, and your hair looks amazing. Love the shirt! (Ricochet – typical.) When I was Much Younger I had gun earrings. They were in my passport photo for 10 years.
Great hair.
Not sure if I’ve ever said this but you really do have the coolest looks on the PLANTET Miss. D. Must check out Hunter’s creations at some point!!!
Absolutely, mind-blowingly brilliant. I love it how you can pull off drop-dead-chic and punked-out-misfit with equal verve and flair. :)
wow your hair looks amazing like that!
im addicted to your page!
xxxx
This is perhaps my favorite photo session ever! Awesome beyond words. Hair, aviators, outfit, vintage typewriter, everything is perfection.
You look AMAZING!!!
If this was an ad for pink hair dye, I think the dye company would get rich.
Sandy — Thank you :>
sara — Oh, that’s so interesting! Well, this is the website for you, haha, I’m all about dressing up!
Brittany — Are they illustrations by Ralph Steadman? (I love him, he is brilliant.) I’ve never seen that beer, but that’s so great! I’m jealous :>
Nadine — Yeah, Ricochet is pretty predictably awesome! I bet if you tried to take a passport photo with gun earrings these days they would go ballistic…
Robin — OMG you haven’t read anything by HST?! Get thee to a bookshop! That’s insane!
Nadia — Kiss kiss :D
Laura — Thank you! I haven’t even put any product in it, it was just… LIKE that when I woke up! Maybe HST ruffled it in my sleep, hee hee.
Lulu — Merci! I love any reason to trot out my typewriter collection!
Kori — Maybe I should approach them for sponsorship!
this is a great look on you – love the patch in particular!
hunter would be proud.
Oh, jeez. Lol, yes, that’s what I meant. Sorry, it’s a bit late here. :/
I always manage to say something stupid whenever I post a comment on any one of your new articles…hahaha. Figures.
You look great – love the hair :)
whoa! rockin!!
I was thinking ‘she needs a gun to go with that typewriter’ ... and then I saw your necklace. Inspired.
your hair is so many kinds of incredible, infact so are you generally.
every time you use a cigarette as a prop, is it the same cigarette?
emilyyy — I wish I had a video of how I received the patch, it was so crazy! A very surreal moment!
Brittany — Nooo, shh, you are clever & we love you!
ness — Merci! I used to wear that gun necklace every day. It’s not really “me” anymore but sometimes it has its uses, as evidenced!
jess — Haha, at the moment, yes! I haven’t smoked for about a month. That one cigarette is totally chewed up at the end from gripping it between my teeth! & thank you, my hair is totally unreal today!
i love this one! you were in my dream last night! and you showed me your tummy! what does it all mean!?
wow, I didnt know that it was today! my sister is possibly the biggest HST fan on the planet (ok not really, but close, she’s a little obsessive) so we’ll have to celebrate somehow. Its so weird to realize that other people are fans too, I went through highschool being the only person whos ever even heard of him (though all the stoners were always ranting about how awesome Fear and loathing is… the movie.. and when I’d ask “oh, are you a hunter thompson fan?” they’d be like “whos that!?” AARRGG people are dumb!!)
awesome outfit, bytheway, but where are the kneehigh worksocks and hiking boots?
woah! ure hair looks awesome! all sticky up like that. its uber nicee.
ahhh, hunter. i LOVE fear and loathing so very much. nearly as much as i love your hair!
xoxo
i am in love with you’re outfit. =]
i think this is the third or fourth time i’ve come back here to look at it. and lust after it.
this is one of my favorites..it looks like you are coming out of the pictures hehe..love your hair :)
iCiNG has become my new addiction! I adore your site and how all of your information/posts are presented. Total aweseomeness!
you look fab and I must say I LOVE LOVE LOVE your hair like that!
okay, I’ll think of Hunter S. Thompson today as I go about my own way of making a living. . .
Oh, I love your sassy outfit! HST was the man. My online experience has been a little sadder since he died – no more hilarious “sports” articles to read on ESPN. :(
youre hair looks so cute like that. youre so darling. i love that outfit as well. i recently found ICEING and i love it. Ive been exploring your articles everyday for the last week. its turned me into quite the bum, but i dont mind. youre brilliant.
Yes god bless Hunter …one of gods own prototypes….
Ohhh Happy Birthday Jack Nicholson might be me today !!
I think you can really grade someone on their thoughts on fear and loathing hehehe haha
immie — Hee hee, thank you! & that is a crazy dream! Maybe I wanted to show you all the cupcakes I’d eaten :D
lalumiere — I hope you & your sister had a little impromptu celebration, sometimes they’re the best kind. I don’t think I had any friends at school who had read HST but mostly I socialised with “adults” (meaning, people who were at university or in jobs, not adults at all really but comparably, they were!) who were familiar with his stuff, so I got my kicks from talking about it with them. & I don’t own work socks or hiking boots! Sheesh! I’m dressing in tribute, not dressing UP as… hahaha… I don’t have the acapulco shirt or hat to do that :D
Kayla — Oh, thank you so much! I’m glad you like it, welcome welcome!
Jeannine — Just work in little phrases… talk about Savage Henry & how you’re going to croak him!
Marie — Aw, I loved those articles too. God, he was good. A true legend.
paisley — Well, you’ll be a stylish, well-presented bum, so it doesn’t really matter… hee hee! Thanks for hanging around!
Frenchie — So right, being able to accurately pinpoint HST quotes should be on the “criteria for finding a lover” list!
i met hunter once…drank a chivas with him, i don’t think he really gave a sh*t about hairstyles or D&G sunglasses…just tossin’ that out there.
sussbomb — You know, I don’t think he did either!
I just have to say . . . you look SO cool. And fierce!
LOVELOVELOVE Hunter S. Thompson…he and I are from the same city. ;-) You look awesome as always.
Boo
wonderful outfit, as always
what does the patch say???
-B
the more I look at this, the more I am reminded of a terry gilliam drawing, awesome!
i went and got a mohawk yesterday to celebrate :D
Hey Gala – Love the patch! Oh wait! That’s one of ours! Let us know if you want more… 8-)
Bexxx — “Department of Spontaneous Combustion” !
Emily — Oooooh wowwwww, how does it look?!
Don — Thanks darling! Love your work, totally mind-blowing :D
i’ve been in the process of moving house for about a month now, and after three weeks of no internet, television or phone, getting connected today was absolute bliss. seeing these pictures really emphasised that for me though – i can’t even begin to tell you how much i ached at being unable to read your words! i missed you heaps darling.
stay amazing
xox
If he didnt pass away, I would be trying to find a way to make him sign that huge pile of books he wrote. He shot himself the day after my birthday. I learned about it 2 month after when I was getting serious about reading all his books one after the other.
I wrote a blog of my road trip with many reference to his writing style.
Nice outfit =)
I found your website thru Darren Rowse, Problogger… Good article
WOW Gala! I must say that the outfit you wore in your tribute of Hunter is really cool! I know I’m a few months behind, but I am a huge Hunter fan, I have several of his books and am on my way to collecting them all, so lately I’ve been looking up as many websites about him as I can find and, low and behold, I found yours. Not only do I think the gun necklace is a perfect touch, but I love the color of your hair. You dress a lot like me, and I’ve been dyeing my hair funky colors for years. Right now I have a single braid longer than the rest of my hair, and I’m dyeing the braid dark purple. I also collect skulls, Jack Kerouac books, and Hunter turned me on to F. Scott Fitzgerald books. I am going to try and get his Flying Dog beer here at a few bars where I think it would do very well. I’ve done some paintings that you might groove on, as well as some poetry too. I’ve researched freelance writing and in the next couple of months, I will be submitting my non-fiction writing. I’m a beginner at photography, but I’ve taken some pretty decent pictures of bands and I’d like to do that on the side as well as my art work. Another big interest of mine is music, I’ve been playing music almost my whole life, but I quit for a while when I lost faith in myself. I just started playing again and I’m excited to get up in the morning and practice. I know this sounds like I might be trying to do too much, but the music and writing are the main priorities to me. I got such a good vibe from you when I saw your website. I’m just learning about computers but I know I’m going to have to have my own website pretty soon, so, could you possibly give me some advice? I would love to read about your story, so would you e-mail me? I would also love to know where you got that gun necklace, and we might just have some things in common besides our love of Hunter’s genius writing. Sorry this is so long. Thanks for your time Gala! Keep up the work on the great website!
Kris