Friday, August 5th
I headed to the airport at the buttcrack of dawn with Nicholas and my friend Robert. The flight was pretty uneventful and my lovely friend Isobel Marion was waiting there to pick us up, so that was a sight for sore eyes so early in the AM! Once we got our luggage and got caffeinated, we headed out into the deep South!
Man, I hadn't been to Atlanta in at least 15 years I think!!! Crazy!!! Anyway, we picked up Isobel's friend Alanah Reed and headed back to her house to meet up with Isobel's husband Genesha.
Genesha and Nicholas have this little pseudo-queer game going (don't ask), so I was thinking to myself as we pulled up to their lovely house that Genesha might open the door and present Nicholas with flowers. HA!!! I was right!! I swear to god I'm psychic sometimes!!! LOL!! I almost pissed myself! We dragged our luggage inside and to my surprise Pia was there as well! After a bit of catching up, we decided it was time to head out to get some food and since noon had struck, it might be a good idea to start drinking too...
So, off to a local bar and restaurant it was!! And boy did we eat and drink. Started with beer and ended with añejo tequila....we lost track of time and realized we had to pick up poor Aprella at the airport!! HA!!! Luckily we were only a bit late! As we arrived and we opened the van door, two of us and a bunch of golf balls flew out of the van (I have no idea!!)!! Welcome to Atlanta, Aprella!! HA!
After stopping off for more provisions, we headed back to Isobel and Genesha's and continued our own party there--they are two of my favorite people in the whole world and need to move to NYC!!!! Sometime during the madness, Genesha managed to shoot me & Isobel and also did some shots of me for his new book--all the while Nicholas took behind-the-scenes shots.
We were all going to head over to the Secret Room Skin Two Party Friday night event, but we were having SO much fun just hanging out at the house (and I wasn't in any of the shows that night so I had no responsibilities and could skip it anyway) that we decided to just stay in and continue drinking. We couldn't deal with getting all gussied up to go out. Isobel had a show she needed to be in around 2 AM, so unfortunately she had to run over there for a bit :( When she left, me, Aprella, Genesha & Nicholas were wrestling on an air mattress. Good times, man....good times.
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This is mainly to address a comment someone made on my MySpace profile, but hell--hey if anybody has a problem with what I do personally with my body because I want to, then it's no big loss. It's funny, in some ways the punk, fetish and alt communities seem to have more stipulations regarding lifestyle choices than most mainstream culture. Ironic, huh?
While I appreciate the sentiment that I'm perfect the way I am, I am a bit befuddled why something like me getting breast implants would cause you to no longer want to be on my myspace friends list--it's your prerogative but I just don't see the relevance here, or your reason to voice it. I like the cute ultimatum tone though--it has a "if you don't pick up your room you get no dessert!" kinda feel to it. How is it even your business what I do with my body and what do you expect to accomplish by voicing your opinion in MY personal online space? Do we even know each other beyond that comment you just made on my profile? Opinions are like assholes, but I always find it odd that in the alt community--a community that purports to embrace body modification is so against plastic surgery. It's just another form of closed-mindedness from a community that claims to be open to alternative lifestyles and people's right to chose how they live it.
It amazes me how much controversy a C cup can cause. I'm flattered though!
I can shave my head, dye my hair blue, stick pins in my face, suspend myself via meathooks, split my tongue, tattoo myself, get transdermal implants and these are "accepted" forms of alt. body mod--some may even consider doing any of those things to oneself artistic--that the body is a "work in progress" and by transforming it beyond nature you are making it your own--tailoring it to your own aesthetic needs. Why then is shoving two bits of silicone under my skin any different to that same community? I personally could care less about the artistic standpoint, I just want big tits (lol). Is it "shallow"? Sure, but going to the gym daily or getting a tattoo or piercing for aesthetic reasons is just as shallow IMHO as well. It's kind of like when people in the fetish community are made fun of and chided by others IN THAT SAME COMMUNITY for actually having fetishes!!!!! It's completely hypocritical and absurd!
So yeah, that's that. Now I must admit that I do put myself on public display so I'm well aware that I'll be getting opinions from every asshole that feels the urge. That's fine with me--I set myself up for it. I just figured I'd voice my stance now and leave it at that. I just think it's funny when people that don't know you beyond seeing your picture and occasionally reading your blog think their opinions are actually going to affect life-changing decisions you make or that their disapproval, etc. is actually going to make a difference in how someone choses to live their life.
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Friday, July 29th
I finally got to sleep in a bit and around 2:00 Amber from Gwen Media came over to pick me up. We got caught up on the way to the studio and it was weird knowing that Bob wouldn't be there when we arrived. The place did seem noticibly different with him not around :(
Since it's summertime and Gwen Media is located in the Valley, it was super hot in the studio so we took it easy until the sun went down so we wouldn't die in our latex. Anastasia Pierce stopped by and we shot a couple of great sets together. We hadn't seen each other since we shot The Asylum so it was nice to shoot with her again!
Here's a sample shot:
Since we got a late start, we shot into the evening. I was gonna go out to Miss Kitty's with Steen and a couple of friends to see Emily Marilyn perform, but I was just too lazy to get dressed up again. Instead, all of us at Gwen Media headed over to a Tiki Bar, and I called my buddy Octavio to come join us--since I KNOW he's always up for tiki drinks!!! Anyway, it was a nice low-key fun evening. Octavio and I headed back to Steen's for a while and the 3 of us hung out for a bit before a very haggard me had to hit the hay!
Saturday, July 30th
Shot with Steen in some HW Design latex and corsets by Exquisite Restraint . Photos of that to come soon!!! I had a 5PM flight home, so that's about all I did!
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Wednesday, July 27th
Had a shoot in the AM with Perry Gallagher for Puimond Corsets. We had SO much fun!!! Perry's always a hoot to work with and Puimond is just fun to gossip and talk with--I love him and his corsets are excellent--everyone should go buy one from him NOW!!! I don't have pics yet from that shoot, but I do have a shot taken by Michael Helms, another talented photographer who was letting us use his ranch to shoot at. Here you go:
Later that evening I was featuring at the Den of Iniquity . It was a slow night, but totally appreciated since I was EXHAUSTED!!!
Thursday, July 28th
I got up at the buttcrack of dawn--ick!!! But it was all for a good reason, Nelly Recchia, the uber-talented French bodypainter I had been wanting to work with for YEARS was coming to pick me up!!!! Nelly was fantastic and a sweetheart too!!! We bonded immediately so I knew that despite me NOT being a morning person that the day was off to an excellent start. Nelly told me in our emails that she wanted to do something that was ballet in theme--and the funny thing is she had no idea of my ballet training!! Sooo, I knew it was kismet. We drove over to photographer Jud McKelvey's studio and got to work (well, Nelly did--I just stood there!!!). It took a while, but considering what she painted on me--she was lightning-fast! We shot everything super quick and got the shots we wanted. So we were all ecstatic!!!
Here's a sample (heh, it's all about portraits today):
After we finished and I showered, off Nelly dropped me back off at the Den, where I had a really busy night--phew!!! Then the oddest thing happened--my parents called me and told me they were in LA and were only staying a couple of blocks away (to those that don't know I get along really well with my parents). So, I was stoked--I met up with them after I was done to do some drinking. How surreal!!!
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Tuesday, July 26th
Had a shoot in the morning with Amy Rivera, but first we had to trek downtown to pick up some outfits from Pin Up Girl Clothing we were using to shoot in. They gave me such CUTE stuff!!!
We were both draggin' our asses since it was so hot out so it took me forever to do my makeup. The girl we were going to test makeup with never called or showed so needless to say we won't be working with her EVER!! How rude! I mean, why agree to something if you're not going to show up or even CALL? Damn, if I'm gonna flake I'm at least courteous enough to call!!! Anyway, we both did great on our own so it's probably better anyway.
After we finished shooting, Amy drove me over to go so some sessioning at the Den of Iniquity in LA since I was featuring there this trip. On the way me and Amy stopped off at a nearby Taco Bell to get take out since we hadn't eaten all day. I never, EVER eat fast food so this was a mistake!!!! My stomach was fucked up for DAYS!!! I thought it was a shock to my system, but Amy got ill too, so it must have been bad food--how the hell do you fuck up 3 bean tacos??? (on the other hand, I'd rather not know!!!!!)
Besides all that, I had a few GREAT sessions at the Den that evening and met a couple of really cool girls there.
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Monday, July 25th
Me, Alex L. & Emma Wilcox got up around noon and checked out of the hotel we shot in the night before. I slept pretty well but was still exhausted from the weekend and it was soooo hot in California that moving was difficult!
We got back to LA in record time and Marla dropped me and Alex off at Kelly's where we proceeded to eat some grub, then retreated to various parts of the house for naps--it was too hot to work during the day and me and Alex were exhausted from a weekend of non-stop work and lack of proper sleep!!! I was supposed to do a quick shoot with another photographer in the afternoon but the fucker never showed and then called me 3 days later with a bunk excuse. Oh well, no skin off my back and I got to nap and play with Kelly & Alex's dog instead! At some point I decided it would be a good idea to wash my dirty, product-laden hair and got to it, suprisingly making a minimal mess and left NO blue dye anywhere--a personal best! (At least I hope I didn't and if so, sorry guys!!!) LOL! (This, my readers, is by far my most compelling entry yet-HA!)
Around 7PM, Tressa from Fierce Couture came over and dropped off some of her beautiful dresses in hobbit size for me to wear (hehe, she designs mainly for tall girls, which I am most definitely NOT), then Alex started on hair and makeup. Ariel X stopped by and we did two sets together, and after she left I shot 4 solo sets. I just got the results today and I love it all and hope you will too! Here's a few samples (one each from 4 of the 6 sets we shot--the other two you'll have to wait for!) of what's coming soon to the member's section:
Me & Ariel
I burned my foot on that giant lightbox but it was soooo worth it!!!!
Me in Austria's HW Design
Around 2:30 AM I got back to Steen's and BOY did I sleep!!!!
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Sunday, July 24th
On zero sleep (see previous blabber entry), I was a bit panicked that I'd really fuck up this shoot I was looking so forward to!!!!! There was just so much commotion in the house I was staying at that sleep was just impossible--plus, when you know you HAVE to get some sleep and time keeps ticking away, you tend to psych yourself out so it becomes IMPOSSIBLE to go to bed. Well, despite that I managed to close my eyes without sleep for an hour or two and get my ass up to shower--it was VERY difficult!!!!
Alex (who was doing hair & makeup) was set to meet me at my friend's house at 1 and shortly thereafter Emma Wilcox was coming to pick us up and take us to the location, 3.5 hours away. I thought for SURE I could get some sleep in the car but to no avail!!! AHHHHH!!!!
Around this time I realized I hadn't eaten in almost 48 hours and that might have been part of the cause of my insomnia and general malaise. So, I tried to eat a bagel and that only made it worse, so I stopped. Things were looking bleak!!!!! We got to the location, an undisclosed hotel, and I tried to take an hour power nap. Realizing that wouldn't happen, I just gave up and powered on!!!!!! While Alex was doing my makeup, I really started to get scared I was gonna vomit from dizziness, but then something happened--I got my 15th wind or something because once I was made up and had my 1st outfit on I felt fine!!!!
We shot 2 sets then around 10PM we TOTALLY needed to stop for food so we headed over to the hotel's overpriced diner for some grub, then headed back and did 2 more sets. By the time I got to sleep it was 4AM!!!! Go me!!! Oh sweet sleep--it was orgasmic!!!!! We all stayed the night at the hotel and headed back in the morning. Here's a sample from the first set we shot:
Dress Design: Me & Vex
Despite feeling so ill, it was a really fun trip!
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Saturday, July 23rd
I slept in since I got home from the Fetish Ball late and was running on empty. Around 2:30 my lovely friend Venus came over to pick me up. We headed over to our friend Perish's to pick up Pia, then we headed back to Venus & Gear's house and met up with Jules & Storm. All of us hung out for a bit, then headed to get some food and catch up.
We were all supposed to be at the Key Club for the Fierce Couture show rehearsal, but we arrived fashionably late, lol. Lucikly it was no biggie since the show was SO big, we had time to straggle in whenever. What kinda sucked though is that once we arrived at the Key Club, we were stuck there until 2:30 AM!!! That's a long time!
Tressa designed a wonderful 3 piece B&W outfit for me that was so ultra-classy I almost looked like a lady.
While there were a lot of cool, fun people backstage it totally sucked we were stuck back there until the show was over--meaning I was backstage from 5:30 to almost 1:00 AM, which meant that I couldn't hang with Steen or any of my other friends that weren't backstage PLUS there wasn't any booze--that makes anyone tense!!!!! I dunno why, but for some reason I was SOOOOO nervous about doing this show, right until I got onstage. I was the finale, so that was even more pressure. Well, when I walked onstage I got the most warm, loud response ever--I was overwhelmed and surprised!!!! Like, who the fuck am I??? (I blame it on the rad outfit) Then, the most awful thing happened--the other girls had taken too long doing their walk (haha things always either happen slower or quicker than in rehearsal--you never know what's gonna happen live!) so as soon as I hit the front of the stage the music ran out!!!!! So I had to finish with no music and the DJ didn't think to cue something else up. I was kinda mortified but I think I covered it well and was totally laughing about it right after. HAHA--I knew something was gonna go wrong--I could feel it!!!!
Here's a stage shot that Perry Gallagher took of me:
After the show Gene Simmons and his annoying camera crew came backstage and blocked the exit to the dressing room (as some girls were trying to change) trying to get some of us to be on his show. He's kind of a dick so I really had no interest in it and I really just wanted to finally get out front and party. When the camera got turned on me and Storm his crew asked us for an interview we said "No" and Gene said "Don't you want to be on TV?" LOL!!!! We watched him interview our friend Diana Knight and he asked her the dumbest questions but she gave it right back to him! Hopefully Tressa will at least get some publicity out of it. Eventually we got sick of being blocked into the dressing room by his crew so we shoved our way out.
When I FINALLY got to head out to see everybody I was overwhelmed to meet some really sweet fans of mine. It's sooooo odd to me when I meet fans--like who am I??? I'm just a dork who poses for some pictures and sometimes they come out ok. It makes me feel all funny inside!!! I get all nervous too like I can't live up to a photo. The whole concept of having people tell me they enjoy my work is so odd to me, I'm NOBODY!!!!!!! I don't even take myself seriously :P
After the ball, we headed back to Venus' to freshen up then drove over to Perish's industry afterparty. I phoned Octavio to meet up with me at the party, so when I got there, I pretty much grabbed him and gabbed until the wee hours of the morning. Eventually I wanted to get out of there since I had a big shoot with Emma Wilcox the following day. So, it was back to Venus's for some sleep--only it never came!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was a case of being too tired and nervous about getting too little sleep to sleep at all!!!! Plus, there were a lot of people still awake at the house!!!
In the next installment you get to hear all about how my sleep and food deprived ass survives!!!
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Friday, July 22nd
As usual I didn't sleep before my flight but got a nice solid 5 hours on the plane. I shared my flight with fellow New Yorkers and LA Fetish Ball performers Amanda Lepore & Caswell--it's funny who you run into at 6AM!!! I looked like shit, but Amanda managed to have her hair and makeup PERFECT for our 7AM flight--that's dedication!
I got into Burbank airport at about 10AM and my buddy Steen picked me up and we headed to meet up with Simone from Exquisite Restraint, who was kind enough to let me borrow some of her amazing corsets for my upcoming shoots that week.
After a quickie nap and shower at Steen's house, I headed over to her studio to meet up with Catherine Crump, my talented make-up artist for the day. I shot a bunch of fun stuff with Steen including some Savage Wear latex for the next issue of Marquis. Catherine is always a blast to work with too!
Around 8PM we called it a day and me and Steen headed back to her house to get ready for the first evening of the LA Fetish Ball. We were both tired and not really in the mood, but we had to go since Steen was showing some of her photos in the downstairs lounge, with Perry Gallagher and Dave Naz--two of my fav photographers I wanted to see as well.
Steen spiked up her red mohawk an I donned my new turquoise Gaelyn & Cianfarani dress and we hopped in the car. Our attitudes quickly changed when we got there--the night was a blast!!!!! The Key Club was such a shit venue for the night but we just hung out downstairs and I saw soooooo many of my friends down there--the debauchery got out of hand!! Steen had my Elph in tow to take photos and we got so many gems but they accidentally all got deleted :( !!!!!!! (that's prolly for the best though!).
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Just a sample from a shoot I did with the talented (and lovely!!!) makeup artist Nelly Recchia and photographer Judd McKelvey in LA last week.
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