Monday, 31 October 2011

Happy Halloweenie

Hello kitty's, I trust you are all recovering well from the madness of your Halloween weekend. For those of you still partying, woop - rock on, you are way more hardcore than I could ever dream of being.

My weekend made me realise that I need to SHUTITDOWN on the alcohol. I seem to say that quite a lot, and then not really follow it up too well. Makes me think that its turning into a bit of an "issue" shall we say, not quite full-blown enough to stage an intervention or anything, but it's getting a lil rowdy up in hurr.

After a long week of shoots, shoots, and more shoots, I definitely needed to unwind and blow off some steam. But apparently my problem isn't blowing off a little steam, but the fact that when I'm done blowing off steam all that's left is a teary pile of vomit and shame. [I will get to that story in due course].

This past week we shot Cosmopolitan's december story, and we decided to do a night shoot. So much fun! Tiring for sure, but actually so energetic to be running around the streets downtown at night, changing the model behind cars, watching random dudes get arrested, getting heckled by passing cars, and doing a bit of a street disco just for shits and giggles.

...spot the dummy... 
downtown traffic
i make stupid faces while we do location scouting. 
my lovely model of the day...well night actually. 
monkey business...ha...haha...
lovely team of people i get to work with
highlight of the night, I found Minnie's dog twin!
best shot of the night


So the day after the night shoot, we did another street shoot. This was a little worse, as it was in daylight, which made it harder for the model to shield her nakedness from passing cars... she almost caused a few pile ups, but it came out very cool. 

best.poster.ever. 

yeah, i make my models pose by garbage bins, what?

the challenge of outdoor changing is half the fun.
especially when models wear knee high boots...
monkey took this nice pic of me colour co-ordinating with Marilyn.
So then friday hit, and everything went a little shitwards... how so you ask... well here it is - 
i got sucked in by the allure of friday afternoon wine... 
and everything around me was suddenly just so beautiful
colours were brighter, and life just seemed so good soaked in wine 
Massoura's awesome red accesorising
Lia is absolutely mental
Pan is his usual charming self
Baret's head is as big as ever
i get more drunkenly out of focus
but at least at this point i can still strike a pose and ridiculous face
oh silly face
Yeeeyy silly face thats not my silly face!
more silly faced-ness
and that's just plain mentalcakes
And then somehow....this happened...





Yep. I drank things that were on fire. Correction, I drank things that were on fire, at 7pm. Next thing I know...it's saturday morning. And I am being told by Monkey, that he arrived home at 10pm, only to find me incoherent in my bed, surrounded by upchuck, and upon seeing him, I burst into tears. I like to think they were tears of happiness that he had come to look after me, but I think they were tears of shame and upchuck sadness. Unfortunately my shame didn't end there, as several hours of sleep later, I found my phone. Why, oh why, does my super clever, can do pretty much anything iPhone NOT have a sensor on it that determines my level of drunkness (perhaps through the sheer amount of miss-spelled words in a text? just a thought) - AND THEN JUST AUTOMATICALLY TURN OFF. please? Because upon reading my messages, my shame levels soared so drastically that I actually had to send multiple apology texts, including one asking the recipient to just delete my number. Saturday was a really proud day for me, really reached a new high in awesomesauce-ness. fail. 
But I managed, in true vOMGal fashion, to turn it around, and recovered enough by evening to bust out my spectacular Halloween outfit. 

oh yes...lady Gaga skeleton bitchezzzz

sPOOKIEs


even awesome skeletons need a tasty's gyro
Then I had one of those amazing sundays that just remind me of being in London... lying about in parks with a bunch of friends, in gorgeous weather, and going wherever the day happens to take you. I think I have been nostalgic for those kind of days lately, so it came at a really great time.










Peace&Love&Parks

Tuesday, 25 October 2011

This is NOT about Ryan Gosling...

In case anyone is still reading this blog, after the OBSCENE amount of Ryan Gosling featured yesterday let's go for something a little more normalsauce today, yeah?

Recently I have been thinking about aging, due to the fact that I have been working on a cool project for Omikron where we take some known faces from tv/media/society and use mad awesome make-up skillz to age them...you know...just for shits and giggles.
So one of our subjects, sitting there having her make up done, is discussing the clothes with me and looking pretty worried about it all. I guess in her mind, us aging her meant that we would dress her in a shapeless, tasteless sack. Obviously, as soon as I whipped out the gorgeous Dolce and Gabbana outfit, her fears were allayed. But it got me thinking about her reasoning; does she feel that aging implies one loses their style, their identity, their poise? I feel the total opposite, surely as you get older you become more confident in who you are, self assured and generally KICK ASS? Now, that's not to say that I am thrilled at the thought of wrinkles, sagging and well, the inevitable- death, but I am willing to see the positives there too.
I know I definitely can't wait to be old enough that it is completely acceptable to act totally bat shit crazy, and people just roll their eyes and whisper to each other that you should be committed to a home.

Another bonus - free travel in London for over 60's!

Annnnddd lets take a look at some pictures while I am still somewhat compos mentis.

Minnie makes her first trip to Dolce
The aging process in action
backstage shots
Minnie enjoying the sun in the studio
She is just too cute 
Monkey falls asleep on the job. Lucky Minnie is on the ball
More Minnie Loving! 
So then after shooting, I thought the best way to celebrate my youth was to go out and party my pert(ish) backside off... so I did... and here are my lovely friends at the end of the night, little worse for wear but delightful anyway!





And then I continued my excitement for life and all its awesomeness while walking Minnie and taking in my neighbourhood. There is something so simple beautiful about blue sky, green trees, and bougainvillea. And you know me and nature are only on so-so terms...so this is a big deal for me to admit to - But I really do love it.






 And this is just GROSS (but at least he is smiling)
 Peace&Love&LittleCookedPigs!

  

Monday, 24 October 2011

Just call me Mrs Ryan Gosling

Today's post is going to take a slightly different route.
Today's post is entirely dedicated to Ryan Gosling, and how we are truly meant to be.
Any men, or Ryan haters (as if those exist!), stop reading now.
Ok, here we go.


Now, I'm not the kind of girl who goes for someone based purely on looks or a fit body... but I mean...umm... you know.. just... wow...
 Sorry lost my train of thought there for a bit. I was counting ALL his abs. 

And then there is this...

WHAT A PRETTY EFFING FACE!!! He just looks like the kinda guy who is going to make you breakfast in bed and then show you a seriously good time. hubba hubba hubba hubba... I don't think I can say hubba enough times to FULLY have you grasp just how HUBBA I think he is.


But in all seriousness... don't we just look great together...
ok it might not be the best picture ever, but I think our compatibility comes across quite well wouldn't you agree?

Then of course, there is this:

Show me a girl who didn't shed a tear during the Notebook, and i'll show you a heartless bitch.

Just in case you want to watch it and pretend you are Rachel McAdams (that lucky lucky girl):
     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnhZxj6UWRw

The reason I love him so very much, is he just comes across as such a chilled out, nice, easy going guy. As hot as he is, he doesn't seem to play into it... he seems charming and even slightly bemused as to why exactly millions of women want to bang him senseless. [Sidebar, I'm not one of those millions of women, cause I'm going to lock that down, whutwhhhhutttt]

Then there is this..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zx2wmWpaDEM
Did you watch it... I can't actually feel my knees... or any other particle of my being. And he cares about Darfur... WHAT MORE DOES A GIRL WANT FROM A GUY!? Good kisser, AND a social conscience, if there is some sort of catch I don't want to know about it.

Now obviously, my love for him is just so overwhelming I really can't go into it in too much detail, as you would all be sad that you haven't met your Ryan yet. So instead, please take a look at the most amazing, Ryan related tumblr ever... http://fuckyeahryangosling.tumblr.com/
It is so funny, that Ryan even reads some out during an interview, and is so delightfully charming, that I just fall for him all over again...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YB9lfm5l5w&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PL25D694B822129C9B

I really am just on Ryan overload right now... need to go look at more pictures of him with no top on.

Peace&Love&Ryan

ps, just realised that this is the first blog post EVER where I haven't mentioned Minnie or Monster.. and that wouldn't be right.
I was initially going to use my impressive photoshop skills to create a pic of my future husband cradling Minnie, but I'm kinda photoshopped out for the day... and then I found this, which compounds the fact that we are MFEO... he loves his dog as much as I love Minniiieeee!


WE ARE TOTES MFEO!

Ok now I am way too over excited... it's a creepy hybrid...

ok that's enough now. 

Tuesday, 18 October 2011

new and improved blog!

... i tried to lure you in with a promise of excitement in the title...but it was a decoy, a decoy! ha! ha!

Sorry, it has been a long day of possibly inhaling large quantities of an unknown toxin (accidentally by the way) while shooting in the studio, so my mind is a little fuzzy still. Anyway the newness of which I refer is in the blog title... I finally decided on a name. It came to me in a rush of clarity through the haze of poisonous gasses... so it must be good. No no, just messing, it was one of those middle of the night, drifting to sleep ideas that pop into your head and you usually forget, except luckily I wrote it down. Hurrah!

So the official title is based on the main points of topic that I seem to delve into while rambling -
Models - cause you know, I look at them, style them, and occasionally touch them innappropriately (JOKES! it's always upsettingly appropriate)
Monster - mmmmmmm monster. yum. I actually picked up a can the other day before a long shoot to get that extra little bit of monster GRRRR energy...and I had to use my other more sane hand (its the right one btw) to forcibly remove the can from my basket and put it back. But monster (grr) will always be an important part of my life and my blog.
Minnie - aw minnie moooo. Can't really get through much without my little dog. She is just too awesome and adorable (and luckily named) to not star in the title
Me- well... you know, I'm alright and what not... Don't like to big myself up too much...so i'll just have a little end credit whatevz.

Ok lets have some visualisations of my week so far... unfortunately no hot men yet... bummer... but please keep reading and I promise more nudity to come soon...

omgeeeee its a teeny tiny minnnnieeee 

yoga ladies in the park flashing bum

minnie had a very happy puppy playdate 

then i got drunk with AWESOME flashy glasses that changed colour

and then there were lights...

that also changed colour...

clearly i was drunk as they captured my attention 

for quite a long time... 

but then there was a DONKEY and i was like...pppfff lights, who gives an eff, lets play with the donkey instead! 

i was very hungover the next day but i did see this lovely sky which helped my recovery somewhat

very amused that someone called their bar miou...like a little cat... 

IS THIS THE NEW MONSTER?!?! just kidding, there is only ONE monster for me. But I did discover "Russian Power" in the health food section so maybe it's the better option... somehow im guessing not so much... 

man in front of me is clearly gearing up for a dirty night... all he bought was wine and three cans of Axe deodorant 

Today I took Minnie to work with me in the studio 

and thought it would be HILARIOUS to make her stand in these AMAZEBALLS Dolce sequin brogues (which i very badly want by the way)...

see..so it looks like she has little shoes on... i am funny no? 

or maybe the gas was starting to get to me, Liz Lemon style (30 rock, season 5 episode 20)

but then she kept her little paws in there so maybe she liked it...or maybe the gas was getting to her too.



must sleep now....


Peace&love&toxicfumes