And Now for Some Acid-Triptastic Relief.

This ain't classic Alice in Wonderland, but it does make me miss the esoteric and lovely humour of Alice: from its hand-drawn animation to the '50s-faithful conservative flirtation with whimsy.

I look forward to Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland as much as the next nostalgia-obsessed Gen-Y ingrate but there is something precious about the way Disney used to do things. These old films were crafted in a way that doesn't exist now and will never exist again.

And really, at what other point in time can you find a hookah-smoking caterpillar in a kid's cartoon?

It's Not Even Just that I Can't Wait to See It...

I can't wait to own it:

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As for the aesthetic, Michelle Phan explains nicely why Tim Burton makes the perfect match for Alice. She also finds a fly way to tie it back to that makeup thing she does on YouTube.

Advertisers are creaming themselves over cosmetics how-tos right now because girls like me tank hours watching them and totally forget that the water on the stove's been boiling for oh, half an hour. These videos also present juicy opportunities to name-drop products and put them in users' hands.

I totally didn't mean to make this post a plug for Michelle Phan and vanity tutorials. But since we went there, here's a slightly vapid video review of ELF Cosmetics, a company the vlogger -- who is not Michelle Phan -- incidentally found through Twitter.

Marketers note: compelled by ELF's Twitter outreach, the girl admits this is the first time she's bought cosmetics online. I smell golden opps for impulse buys!

Meh. Let's move on to this picture of Michelle Phan experimenting with Alice-inspired makeup. She kinda drifted into Lady Gaga territory though.