Monday, October 17, 2011

crazy october


So it's been a busy month. Here's a bit of what you missed. Art show opening in Ft. Collins, my art will be at Wild Boar Coffee through this month, was a bearded lady with Faded Freakshow again also in Ft. Collins. Art opening @ Eden in Denver, Zombie pin-ups will be there through November, as well as Sapphic Sirens Burlesque show @ Decatur and Colorado Kings Collaborative show @ Eden. This week I'm going to Seattle for BurlyCon, with fellow troupe member and burlesque buddy Lottie Dah, super stoked. Then back for a huge show October 29th, freaks, fun, and a fundraiser? What else could you want, that's @ 2200 Night Club. Then another presentation as a treat at School of Drag @ Club Pure October 30th. It's been a blast of a month! AHHHHH! it's just been so crazy busy and exciting.

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Halloween-tastic art

I have my art on exhibit in two places this month!
In Denver my Sexy Zombie Pin-ups are framed and going up at Eden 3090 Denver, CO Facebook event for the Reception page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=166387166778217 These are images from my Zombie Pin-Ups Coloring Book that I have printed, hand colored and then hand painted frames and mats for truly unique one-of-a-kind art framed art.

In Ft. Collins some creep-tastic and circus-loicious wood plaque are going up at Wild Boar Coffee http://www.wildboarcoffee.com. A curious collection of my hand drawn and painted plaques so everyone is completely original onesies. Also to be presented with the plaques will be a new small series of "Curio Cases" precious tiny solo curio cabinets.

Thursday, September 1, 2011

how about a good ol' fashioned rant


i don't even know where to begin. it's after 4am and i'm awake, guess that's a place to start. the days aren't long enough so i steal time from sleep, but then i pass out soon as i lay down with all the lights on. i think i'm not so secretly screwing myself at work because i hate it but i need the money. i need a kick in my ass and a new job. something that i can be happy to put time in. i feel like i'm too busy treading water in the middle of a body of water i can't make it to the edge and my head keeps dipping down.i try to focus on the good things, there are things i super enjoy in my life right now, i just really wish i had more time to invest in them. wish i could afford to give performing and promoting my full attention and completely sink in... but living costs too damn much.
i keep finding myself hating everything, getting upset, and then that eats out of my good times too because if i am trying to enjoy myself i'm stressing too much about how i'm stabbing myself in the foot at work and then i keep doing it.
worst part is i'm not happy where i am, but i still have no real idea where i'd want to be, what i should be doing so there i'm that bobbing head out in the middle of the lake that's taking on water. i keep flashing my eyes to oposite ends of the shore, what edge could be closest? but i've spent too much time deciding which way to go that my head falls under the water once again and the stress sky rockets as i pop back out even more confused of what i should do.

i constantly have two parts inside me, running in complete directions, hitting each other on
the head, around the abdomen and yelling. i wish these two parts could agree on something. cause my constant impulses to do two things at once is wearing me out. one side wants to give up, that's it, go free, run away see what happens, pack my trunk of costumes and props and take off! then the other part is in constant stress of bills, and everything else that's goes with the real world like doctor appointments, vet appointments and the pills my dog has to take twice a day, as well as bills, and anything else it can think to worry about it will. that part wants to lady down, take a nap, cuddle, get some good down time while the other wants to go out, make out, see how late we all can stay up and then get inspired and get lost for hours creating something. this is the part that also wins out when i'm at work and should be working but it won't stop thinking about other creative projects in my life so i keep grabbing pieces of paper and pens while blowing off real work. the fact i'm allowing this to happen, i'm the one doing it and falling behind i think is a clue i'm very slowly and loudly sabotaging myself. maybe that part feels if i have nothing to lose it will win, but it doesn't know that it also takes money to do what i like to do... and i sure as hell don't like living too cheap.
oh ef' it. i'm alive so nothing is that wrong, i just feel annoyed and need a direction to jump... which i'd do if i only could have an idea of which way to jump... so i'll close this with
solo chick, and blood well she's just damn hot and that sure would brighten my day if she'd show up on my door step.
i feel beat up, i feel ragged and but i feel good and excited at the same time, so hot chick... that's similar to that in photo form.

photos by scott chalmers, check him out.

Monday, August 29, 2011

steampunk, a few of my favorite things:




From Steampunk Family site comes these Burlesque meets steampunk fans, how fabulous... my gears are grinding with inspiration already.










Cute, creepy and really works, this modified
computer mouse will get your home office going in the right direction in no time. Check out more from: http://mental-design.blogspot.com/















Yes please, reproduction stoves. http://www.elmirastoveworks.com All the style of yester year with the technology and advancement of tomorrow! No need to chop wood with this electric yet stylish range.








With help from ModVic, Modern Victorian home restoration and then some with the mission statement "ModVic's mission is to authentically restore historic Victorian homes (1850 – 1910) back to their original beauty and richness while completely modernizing the home’s systems, functional layout and conveniences for families of today." They create absolutely stunning steampunk homes and more.






Picture of the Neverwas Haul is the lovechild of Victorian architecture and locomotion by the Neverwas Project. The Project is a "Do-it-yourself group of tinkereres, gear-heads, and steam bohemians who fabricate steam-powered art pieces out of re-purposed industrial detritus." It looks like a dream to me. See more, and learn more of them and their projects at: http://neverwashaul.com/









If you're ready to hit the open road, I have spent

hours just drooling over this school bus conversion by The Steampunk Workshop http://steampunkworkshop.com. A great conscious use of space and Victorian details, (it's almost perfect , I'd just need more brass and skulls around from my style).





Whatever you do don't forget about the world domination and grand music of Dr. Steel http://worlddominationtoys.com


Tuesday, August 23, 2011

some fav tiny work solutions







So I love tiny spaces... but I make big messes. I've just moved to another small space where luckily I have a 'dining area' that I am converting to my studio space, so I have an actual bedroom, I can walk away from my mess and pass out since I tend to get creative late at night till I can't function anymore. This post is about solving my small work space problem, but these first three photos I am a big fan of, just they won't help me
today so lets admire them and carry on....

(admire more @ http://www.bonbon.co.uk)

















I have a growing
collection of trunks and this work station would blend in so seamlessly, I think I'm in love. This Mayfair Steamer Secretary Trunk is available from Restoration Hardware and the
value price of
$3695.... so I will keep drooling over this one. I'm surprising attached to the trunks I already own, so someday maybe I'll construct this for myself but for now I need more table
space...






Treehugger.com has a nice lil' post of some various fold down d
esks with links to purchase. this simple desk, a favorite of mine, but I need more surface space, guess I'll keep looking...











Secretary desk are just simply brilliant. They are a classic, and I
always love them and while the concept tends to stay the same there are still countless options and varieties out there. This one pictured is very similar to mine... but mine has already found its home in my entry way... plus I need something pretty strong... my search continues...










And then the answer...













I love the station to the left from Valet Organizers http://www.valetorganizers.com, but I do not have the budget for custom cabinetry (actual budget $0 and toe lint)... but I had previously seen a wire shelving work station before and things began to click. I may not have money, but I do have "the Seville Classics STR05813 Expandable Closet Organizer" (found on Amazon.com) I used in my last place since I had no closet, and some larger standard wire shelving I had for warehouse storage. I also had previously seen a wire shelving work station similar to picture above in yellow. So now just to put these pieces together and we'll see what comes out.... to be continued....

well f you very much.

I hurt from the screws in my ankle to the tip of my mohawk. Okay hair can't hurt really... but the it still hurts to the top of my head. I'm tired, and plain worn out but it's starting to feel like home. I had moved to a warehouse large type space and all that brought me was water damage with its constant flooding so a few days ago I moved and began staying in my tetris box game of my life. To move furniture must remove content with in, move to new smalllll space and then try to slowly maneuver through everything stashing, hiding, piling some things while searching and moving things to a proper place. I also realized after buying groceries and becoming rather hungry after my 3rd day of unpacking.... I did not remember to get a can opener. So much for those dinner plans, toast it was.
This place it cute, and while right now it resembles an obstacle coarse, it's slowly coming together. I rushed home from work yesterday so I could one, find parking and two, have a few hours I could bang nails into the wall with out feeling too guilty of being an annoying neighbor. I also put together my super noisy wire shelving that I have reconfigured into a desk/work/art station. At 8:20, after hanging two fake dear heads, one giant mirror, some medium mirrors and whole bunch of smaller art items it feels like my apartment is coming out of hiding. It's starting to feel like my little house in Kansas City that I miss so much... instead it's a second floor apartment off of hooker depot... I mean Colfax but I'm close to parks, and plenty of entertainment/eating/drinking establishments, and the bike storage on first floor an added bonus. It is the tinniest kitchen... which isn't a bother to this "I have no idea how to feed myself" bachelor. Which left the 'dining area' a perfect place to set up a small studio. That connects to the living area but I have divided that with a dressing screen so I can hide my creative messes. The living area has just enough room for my awesome art deco chairs, my bar and an awkwardly placed convertable sofa... not sure what to do with the trunk I wanted to use for a table... pretty sure all it's going to do in there is trip me. But the walls, the walls are tall, and are soaking up all my art/decoration pieces... that is probably half the tetris puzzle alone. These tall amazing walls, painted a creamy off white color are the perfect back drop and completely fade away as my morbid art and curious collections go up on the walls, and that makes it feel like home.

Friday, June 24, 2011

Why "Fork You" the new "Fuck You"

Fuck, it's what you say when you're at a loss for words, either you pissed, amazed or well turned on. O'Fuck... lost my job.... O'Fuck, She's hot. I want to fuck "insert noun or pro-noun". Even saying "Go fuck yourself!" when someone pissed you off isn't that bad... masturbation, hey I'll still get off... but "Go Fork yourself!"?
Doesn't matter if it's a dinner fork, salad fork, pitch fork or a plastic fork it's still going to hurt like a bitch. Threatening to Fuck someone, hey they may be into that... but if you go after someone with threatening flatware there's no misunderstanding there, you mean business.

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

can't sleep it's hot

it's not too hot, but it's hot, it's june, summer is upon us and so is the "pride" season. i'm not feeling so full'o pride these days... maybe it's just being busy? meh no idea, this whole summer season has had a weird vibe starting with a really long, out of character foggy rainy season that lasted for a few weeks... not like colorado. the rain and clouds came and went and then june hit and so did summer, no warm up just bam! a friend had an intervention with me as we were trying to leave to an outdoor fair downtown.
"you're going to roast" she looked me up and down "don't you have anything not black, you're going to die"
"no... this is the best i got" there i stood in a t-shirt and baggy bondage pants, my new favorite since hurting my left foot tripping during the winter, the pants could hide the medical boot i had just recently stopped wearing and about that time i realized they were like hard-core pajama pants... less pink and more black and metal. i had chosen the pants vs. skirt and heals for walking around all day, i thought i was being reasonable.
"at least zip off the bottoms"
"but then my uggs will look stupid"
"you're uggs look stupid anyways, it's summer."
i ended up trading in my ugg boots for the sneakers covered in paint from painting my studio/warehouse space where i recently moved. then i kept searching around my still boxed up clothes from the move the day before and ended up in white bondage pants, and a wife beater top, bra, and my mohawk combed to the side and spiked a little... too hot and lazy to take time to put it actually up, and too hot to leave it just down. so there i stood, my high heeled pumps, and fitted waist dresses lay near by as i looked myself over in the mirror. "dyke"

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

back to renting

i gave up buying, it was raking me over the coals, and a fight my heart just wasn't in by the end, so i decided to focus on art and being creative so the plan was to move into a studio my friend was moving out of. a warehouse studio she was also using for art gallery showing, and now it's been a month and i'm still working on it and rather pissed, well angry since someone trespassed (came through a door i was told locked from both sides but nope just didn't allow me through they came through while i wasn't there) and pissed in my unit. gah i wish my saving wasn't mostly wasted on fixing this space and before there on housing inspections and other costs in a house hunt otherwise i'd buy a travel trailer or some small tow-able living thing outright and just see how far i could make it in that. not far since gas is pricey but somewhere.

Thursday, February 17, 2011

how's your home decor?

FATAL Rockabilly Sticker
$1.99 - tillys.com


Kenton Bar Cabinet
$799 - crateandbarrel.com


ESPRIT Rug
139 EUR - heine.de


Cocktail Shaker | Crate&Barrel
$22 - crateandbarrel.com


Wallace White Curtain Panel
$60 - crateandbarrel.com


Alchemy Gothic Collection
alchemygothic.com


Squirrel with Wine
catsclips.com


Maly Siri's Pin-up art !
pinup-doodles.blogspot.com


Dexter Morgan
mentecritica.net



smoke chair
$4,430 - hivemodern.com


Wall Sconce
80 EUR - heine.de


ESPRIT Rug
189 EUR - heine.de


Reflection Centerpiece
$129 - crateandbarrel.com


Rose Decorative Pillow
$35 - kohls.com


Z Gallerie - Glass Apples
$9.95 - zgallerie.com


Damsel Wall Paper - Metallic
$98 - urbanoutfitters.com


LACE FOR DECORATING YOUR CREATIONS - Page 3
ymagequibrille.centerblog.net


poison bottle
fotoalbum.ee



Belle Noir Canopy Bed
$1,300 - roomstogokids.com


Moulin Noir Velvet Side Chair
260 GBP - belleinteriors.co.uk


D.L. & Co Black skull candle
70 GBP - brownsfashion.com


Bestow Vase/Candle Holder - White
$75 - designpublic.com


Moulin Noir French Furniture
224 GBP - thefurnituremarket.co.uk




Lip balancer
12 GBP - debenhams.com


Shower Curtain - Octopus
$120 - designpublic.com


ESPRIT Rug
289 EUR - heine.de


French Moulin Noir Dressing Table & Mirror
499 GBP - thefurnituremarket.co.uk


Purple Baroque-Style Mirror
$425 - neimanmarcus.com


Buttoned stool
rume.co.uk