Filming shenanigans and experimentations

During the craziness that was OCT12 filming, Jeremiah, Brad and I did some experiments based on photographer Natsumi Hayashi.


I had never seen these photos before so it was really fun trying out this levitating technique. Since I couldn't partake in all the jumping (because of my knee injury), I got behind Jeremiah's lens and yelled a bunch of jumping cues to Brad and Jeremiah.


Why they were wearing their jackets, I have NO idea because it was freakin' hot outside!

I couldn't begin to tell you what was happening in this photo but here it is anyways:





Once were were all nice and sweaty, we moved the party indoors and I had this great idea to shoot for a gif.  While I'm having technical difficulties uploading the Photoshop gif (of course I am), here are two Gif Shop gifs we made on my phone:





And when everyone was tired with me yelling at them to jump at just the right time, we switched over to fashion / silly / muse mode - which was basically me laying all over the stage and take extreme closeups of Jeremiah and Brad.

I especially enjoy this photo of Brad


And I got Jeremiah to channel his inner Josh Hutcherson via this pose:


I also got Jeremiah to channel his inner director by testing out his "Director's Point".


Hopefully I'll get my other gifs to cooperate and in the mean time, I'll think of more shenanigans to try out. Heck - we might even take it on the road! Like, say, to a certain skate park since it's warm enough. We'll see...

Marathon filming is finally OVER!

Finally!!  Marathon filming is OVER.  And not a moment too soon.  I was fading fast and thank goodness I had the strength to make it.
Normally I don't mind filming "kamikaze style" but it's starting to take its toll on me.  This was me on Monday:


Anyways - here's how I will sum up the last two weeks: with photos!

My typical morning during filming: a random Starbucks drink with 4 shots of espresso.  I started to cool it on those because I was having heart palpitations on Saturday, Sunday and Tuesday...


In case you didn't know, I'm also the behind the scenes Facebook photographer/paparazzi.


The first program we try to start with is Ride: the not-very-easy-but-totally-fun cycling program


Michael, the audio guy


Heather and I took Cassie and some friends out to dinner to celebrate her engagement and these two joined us!


Here's the card that I made for Cassie and her fiance and I had everyone in the office sign it

(She loved it!)

Cassie, Mariana and Kelly holding it down for the dance fitness class


I celebrated Star Wars Day (May the Fourth)


Some Super Moon Action
   

I hurt my knee somehow and I now have to go to physical therapy...

I'm going to revisit this clip

The martial arts style program presenters


A GA fave: The Big Chicken


The yoga / pilates class


My newest friend at the office!


And Paul outside of his studio!

You might remember Paul from a few months ago when he was kindly letting me make his ears bleed while recording my music.


So that's pretty much the last two weeks in photos.  I start my physical therapy tomorrow although I don't think I'll need much.  My main question will be how to get my workouts back without injury.  We'll see what the good doctor says...

Happy Monday!

It's that time again...

Filming is well underway and it's about to get crazy tomorrow with our back-to-back schedule so I won't be posting regularly.  Well, I haven't been posting too regularly for a bit anyway but I'll be extremely limited until filming is over next week.  And since we're currently in filming mode that means that my Jersey mama is here!  Cassie came in a day early (hooray!!) and she came with a gift for me!  Aww!  She got me these great Betsey Johnson sunglasses


Love them! They went perfectly with my outfit too!



I had to break out my pink denim with my Mondo Guerra sugar skull tee and I decided to try a drippy manicure in my sleep-deprived state last night as I desperately tried to stay awake long enough to catch last night's Glee - which ended up making me cry.  Of course.  I mean, why was Cooter hitting Coach Bieste???!?!?!?!! 

WHY???  Needless to say, I was very distraught. 

Glee sadness aside, I'm still super excited that Sharon Needles WON RuPaul's Drag Race on Monday.  I mean, we all pretty much knew she had it in the bag, right?!  Of course!!  Now I can't wait for my shirt to come in the mail!  I still need to rewatch the reunion / crowning episode because I watched the live stream on Logo TV's website and there was a big projector thing in the way of the screen so I have no idea what the ladies looked like that night.  AND there was an audio dropout during the announcement which had me freaking out!  Oh, and the reason why Willam was eliminated was so stupid and the interviews he gave were totally worthless. 

So anyways - I hope that this week will fly by (and I'll be able to get some sleep in there) and I hope my old man comes home soon.  He's away for two weeks for work.  I is a sad panda.  I'm trying not to think about it because it makes me sad.  I know it's only two weeks but it feels even longer because it's my busy season at work and the old man is very supportive and patient with me during this time.  I guess since our neighbours are back for the Summer, they can hear my raging when I get home in the afternoons.  I'm sure they're thrilled. 

AAAAAND we have a little celebrating to do while Cassie is in town.  Why, you ask?  Because she's engaged!!!  I'm so happy for her and Mark and when Heather and I get to Jersey sometime this Summer, we'll have to celebrate Jersey style!!  So happy for them!! <3 <3

Until next time!

Friday Fun with Sharon Needles (merch)

I did it.  I don't know why it took me so long but I finally did it.

Maybe it's because I didn't know they were out yet.

Maybe it's because I'm lazy.

Maybe it's because I don't keep up with social media like I should.

It could be a lot of things.

Either way, I did it.

It started with Googling Sharon Needles and Alaska.  I couldn't remember Alaska's full name!  And as soon as I saw it, how could I forget?!  Alaska Thunderfuck.  Of course!

The reason I was Googling those two was because RuPaul asked Sharon about Alaska on the finale of Drag Race and I guess I was feeling kinda bummed out for Sharon for thinking that Alaska would get all jealous because Sharon made it to the show and she didn't.  But with a name like Thunderfuck, I'm guessing there were some reservations about having her on the show.  
I've never seen Alaska perform but I LOVE her website.  And she's GORGEOUS!!  I'd love to see her come through Atlanta and perform!  That would be so great!

So - after I was fawning over Sharon and Alaska together, I remembered something: wasn't Sharon supposed to have some "I ran into Sharon Needles at Party City" shirts available or something?  I remember seeing something in March on her Facebook page...I guess I never really remembered to check - UNTIL NOW.

Source

Yes, they're for sale HERE and yes, I ordered one.  Of course I did!  If I had thought about it before, I would've had it here in time for Monday's reunion show where the winner will be revealed!  I'm already tweeting my little heart out in Sharon's defense.  Are you?! 

Let's hope she gets crowned and that the Drag Race Tour will hit up Atlanta very VERY soon!

This Week's 366

 I found these cute candies at Super H Mart on Sunday.



Chocolates!


A pretty bouquet


I finally received my quartz necklace and ring (not pictured) from Fashionology!



WHAT

THE

FUDGE???

I saw that yesterday on my way home from work. In case you can't really tell, the Sylvester toy is dressed in a devil costume. Um...WHAT???  Yeah, I was definitely caught off guard with that one...
I hope I get some really interesting things this weekend.  Honestly, I don't think it can get any more random than this though!

Monday Night TV

Since Monday is our Game of Thrones day, I noticed something last night.  Renley Baratheon is the total hipster king.  I mean, look at that beard!

   

Don't get me wrong - he's dreamy and all (in a Brandon Flowers kinda way) but what makes him cuter? His boyfriend



Precious!  If you didn't know that about Renley, sorry!  It was a major surprise to us too since we don't read the books (yet).  But since there's been a whole lotta boobs coming out this season, I'm hoping there's a whole lotta Renley and his BF for us ladies who like that kind of thing...You know - two cute boys making out.  GET IT.

And since TV was full of repeats last night, I decided to start my super ultra mega catch up on RuPaul's Drag Race since it's down to the final 3.  And while I LOVE Sharon Needles, Michelle Visage is my style icon.   Girl.  GURL.  GURRRRRL



DAMN.  Her boobs are always on point and she ALWAYS looks good.  Case in point: her outfit during the "Frock the Vote" judging panel.  GIRL.


LOVE!!  I hope to be able to be all titties out (against Joanna Coles' wishes) by the time summer comes around that way I  can say "I'm bringing Michelle Visage realness" when I wear my pink jeans and these shoes


And get my hair to behave like this


And I hope I can get my boobies to behave like hers.  Not gonna lie - I'm sure there's a whole lotta padding and tape involved to get that kind of perfection.
I'll just say it - I want to be just like Mama Visage.  There.  That was easy.

But that means I really need to find myself a Drag Mother to help me out in the makeup department.  I mean, I'm no stranger around the makeup case but I really need help in the falsies and the contouring department.  Yes, I'm terrible at applying falsies on my own but I always seem to get them on right if I'm doing makeup around other ladies (mainly my sisters)

Example 1: The Mermaid Parade last year (with my step-sister in New York)
Example 2: Pride last year (I applied my makeup at Oni's place before we headed to Piedmont Park):


And wouldn't you believe it - it's the same pair of lashes both times! HA!

I was able to do a Barbie pair a few years back on Valentine's but that was under the strict supervision of Lady LaLa and Oni.  I don't know what it is but when I tried to apply my Barbie lashes for my Mom's birthday dinner, I had the WORST time.  I'll get the hang of it soon enough.  Practice makes perfect!

How was your Monday?

Mom's Birthday Weekend Fun!

This past weekend was a whirlwind!  Well...what weekend isn't?  It was my Mom's birthday weekend and I realized after I put my outfit together that I like to get extra fashionista for her birthday.  Why?  I have no idea.  I also realized that it's been a year since I dyed my hair back to black...
Last weekend, I kindly called my aunt to see if she could sneak a peek at my Mom's shoe size in Converse sneakers so I could get her a very special pair she said she wanted and my aunt had me on speaker phone when I asked the very specific question!  Oops.  My Mom heard everything (of course) so I knew that she knew what her present was going to be so I had to dress it up MAJOR.  Enter this cute bag from good ol' Target



AND a tiara and scepter!  I picked up the metallic grey and black from the wedding section and the tiara and scepter from the kids section.  Cute!  But what was lurking under all that tissue paper?
These!

My Mom had off-handedly mentioned she wanted these shoes and somehow, I remembered to get them for her even though they're not too comfortable for her but I'm sure she'll wear them out anyway.  Cute!

I was in a "makin'" kinda mood this weekend since my old man recovered my spikes for me.  Here's what I started with:



I took this pink belt (that came with a black dress) that wasn't really doing anything for me and I started poking holes in it by the buckle. After arranging my spikes and cutting the belt to the right length, I had a hot pink spiky bracelet!  So I had to make another - with snap buttons for the closures this time.  I was able to successfully use the mini anorak snaps I've had in my craft drawer FOREVER!  Sweet!
And after all that sweet anorak snap action, I finally got down to the most important craft - my shoes.  I had the second pair purchased.  I found the spikes.  All I needed was the awl.  Done.
After LOTS of poking and a few Real Housewives of New Jersey episodes, I did it. I had my dream shoes.


And you KNOW I wore them to my Mom's birthday dinner - which happened to be at the Bone Garden Cantina.  
 
I think the best part about that place (besides the drink menu) is the decor.

My old man pointed out to me that my outfit matched my Mom's present:
 
The background for the bracelets is actually my new pair of pink pants! And the geometic print belongs to my shirt.  So yes, I kept it in the pink, black and white family but I liked my outfit!  Funny coincidence!

How was your weekend?