white dress, gold buttons, and Bond.

and finally: my favourite collage.  for it cleverly (creepily?) insinuates Sean Connery as Dr. No era James Bond is mildly intrigued by me and my fabulous ensemble.  he's checking his watch because he wants to get out of there with me.  yup...
anyway, that scene was HUGELY influential on my aesthetic and also attraction to tiki kitsch.
there you go, just slaughtered a little bit of the mystique for ya.  it's okay, no one "reads" this blog, anyway!

twirl-factor

another buffalo exchange find.  twirl-factor based purchase.  i wore this vintage Friederike orange one on New Year's Eve (there MAY be photo documentation of the outfit at some point... but for now see my attempt at Ronettes make-up below).  ah, the pride of thrifting.  unfortunately extremely unoriginal thanks to this shitty economy.  i can't wait for people to get rich again so i can have my Goodwill back, all to myself. 

 

 I just read Ronnie Spector's autobiography, Be My Baby, so I'm heavily influenced by her right now.  On my to do list for this week is to acquire a comb and hairspray so that I can finally get some sort of beehive going.  After that I'm going Klute-era Jane Fonda with my hair!

I also finally hired someone to help me understand how to create an image-map, so I should have my website up in a few weeks.

lime green collar embroidery

shoddy excuse for a collage.  more like cut n paste.  bummed these boots turned out to be about a size to big.  need to find very meaty insoles.  this dress' pattern is cats and owls!

::2011:: a meager list.
did fewer paintings.
committed myself to learning the healing art of herbalism
got let go for a month before asked back and promoted with a chunky raise and SALARY!
bought a sewing machine
adopted a stray rabbit
had the energy to start reading again


So I guess what I'm trying to say is, I'm departing from visual art and concentrating on herbalism for a while.

stewardess shorts

i am not a poser.  trying to make shapes with my body is like a rabbit eating peanut butter. 
i wore this to play pool and drink dang strong mai tai's at Johnny's Saloon in Huntington Beach.  Some rockabilly place with "no hippies allowed" signs.  i forgot to put on the matching belt for this photo.  oops!

rose petal dress

i just went photoshop collage-crazy so i'll post one outfit every day.  i picked this dress up at buffalo exchange for $15.  i feel like a faerie in it.  i pretend i'm wearing rose petals.  it has fantastic twirl.  this IS an H&M dress (boo!! BORING) that i triumphantly procured at a mere fraction of the original price tag. 

sorry my face is so sad and serious.  seriously, i'm sorry.  okay strangers on the street?  don't ask me to cheer up, or give you a smile, or tell me life isn't so bad.  it's JUST the way MY FACE LOOKS.

did you guys hear that spiderweb is the strongest natural material?

altamont ashley's

got all dressed up to see Lords of Altamont in downtown Long Beach a couple weeks ago. They cancelled last minute so I ended up at local blues bar Ashley's

got me under pressure

version 1

pseudo-outfit "collage."

super stoked on managing to acquire photoshop today on ma new mac.
i'm working on my website, i have it hosted with godaddy, where i got my domain name, and am using wordpress.org to host it(?). anyway, i'm totally overwhelmed with php/css/html/mysql!!!??! what i'm gathering so far is that php is what wordpress.org uses and i only have a very elementary understanding of html, so i'm pathetically trying to marry them (like using wordpress to upload a photo and then using html to attempt to make an image map) and it's not working. maybe my main problem is that i don't understand how (or where) the wordpress.org website can access the files in the server. i know how to upload/download from a server and have it all connected, but i don't know where to find certain things i've uploaded to the server through the website. whew. not ONLY that, but i really don't want a blog at all (or maybe just link to my old stardustfuzz one), and therefore am going to have figure out how to create templates from scratch... in php. i DO feel like if i conquer this, the knowledge i will have accumulated will be monetarily compensated in the future.

LA is weird. I'm much happier to be a resident of Long Beach, even though it's still technically LA.
what else am i doing with my art?
i've been working on a slacker psychedelic DJ to collaborate with me, so that I can "officially" dance at his DJ gigs, I don't think he's serious enough, or maybe it's just a slow process.
i feel like i'm amassing this enormous amount of inspiration, like i've been studying other people's ways to creative fame and fortune. there are so many creative avenues that interest me, i get lost in re-hashing them and trying to find a way to spearhead a profitable PRODUCT.
LIST TIME. (of creative avenues)
writing short stories and prose
fine art
-used by companies like Volcom (other skate/surf companies)
-silkscreened onto rocker clothing i sew
-possibly later compiled into a fantastical, alternative myth-ridden semi-transgressive children's book
healing with herbalism
-making tinctures and oils
-being able to help other people without having to become a faux-therapist
-introducing a physical exchange to helping someone that may not reciprocate, if monetary
touring with a rock 'n roll band, holding a viable position in the show as an old school electric liquid go-go dancer
possibly managing an (musical) artist's career


okay i think that's all. as long as i can get my RV and drive aimlessly to all of US' national parks.

lounger

garage soul dance night

garage soul dance night outfit

pale pink tights, orange skirt with gold chain, red/white patterned 70s tank top, and silver glitter disco platforms

concert attire for 2/26 RTX show at the Echoplex!! incl. over-sized velvet platforms.

daily wear

i'm going to start posting pictures of outfits i put together. this one's my daily wear for 1/13/11: