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.

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.

welcome page image

i’m working on the welcome page for my new website. some of these images are going to be buttons and on hover will change to a word to show you to which section of the site the link will lead you. it's going to be centered on a white page