coeur de la mer

favourite words

revolution

contraband

element

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Gif Madness!

HAHA while i resurrected my olde' photobucket account, i found this terrible old gif that i made in uni.

HAIR CHOP

the other night i cut mike's hair REAL SHORT. he made me this gif that makes my brain go all wacky.

today i cut edgar's hair, and his dog gave me mad high fives. i think i might have found a new career: dog-high fiver.

Observation 1

number of axes i own = 0

pathetic.

BIKE LEGS DANCE OFF

on thursday, the gang threw a pre pop-up shop, post mega dance party at the drake. us ladies wore bright neons (thanks to cat for putting it all together!) here is a picture of me at work in my outfit.

lots of great people showed up, and we danced in a mad frenzy. after shoot back the absinth from another party, my magical friend, sara showed up and gave me these most beautiful gloves.

sara reminds me of the ents from lord of the rings. she is like 6'2" or something. skinny, long and has naturally dreading hair. she actually moves slower in the winter time and bundles up with layers of merinos & cashmeres. in the summer time, twigs get caught in her hair. here is a picture of her with her favourite smokable herbs growing out of her ears.

YEA. most favourite HUGE SMOKABLE HERBS. one time i went to her rustic studio , and she gave me maple water; which i'm pretty sure is synonymous with magic. Anyways, this dance off thing. was a blast. however, i did get a little upset at one point. i felt that the dance off was called too early, and seemingly without the favour of the crowd. a few of my pals didn't get to dance. :( ~ i ended up pulling mark outside where we smashed some drywall and chugged beers in the back alley. (hey my testosterone levels are actually abnormally high according to my bloodworks. that PLUS booze = smash) however, branko won the creepy trophy that meg & i made the night before , and i commend him for it. he is truly a showman. i wish maylee won some kind of prize too. she is one of the coolest people in the world. anyway, here are some photos from the night.

yea. pretty wild. i went home after and passed out. i missed out on the afterparty that came to our place (a common practice) but woke up at 8 or 9am , because people were still up. o_O

Tuesday

i finally got to meet a great lady who contacted me a few weeks ago. she wants me to make her a costume for the mermaid parade on coney island. her and her fiancée are filming a tv series where they travel the world in search of oddities & general historical mysteries. Billy, is an avid collector of rare and bizzare things, like skulls, swords, beautiful walls & walls of butterflies & other insects, taxidermy animals with two heads, shields, weird hair effigies, shrunken heads ~ (i heard he's got the largest collection in the world.) there is an elevator that opens directly into their marvelously luxurious marble & wood home. display cases everywhere... every inch of their massive place ornated with treasures from every corner of the world.

i had to remember to breathe.

jessica, the lovely lady is a pole dancing instructor. super friendly, she offered me a drink " i have literally anything you want". i asked for water.

descending down their spiral stairwell, i caught glimpses of old paintings, masks... an 18th century horse-drawn hearse that had been converted into a massive fish tank cabinet. in the least glamorous room of the house, held terrifying old torture devices. chains, iron chairs with spikes, a real CHASTITY BELT ( i always thought they were urban myths told to young girls to frighten them into abstinence and anti-masturbation). jessica unsheathed a brute brozen-y sword without a sharp tip at the end... instead, the tip was flat ... like the edges of a rounded envelope. she told me that it was used to de-head people. it was stained with ancient blood.

a skeleton bound to a limb stretching device. gigantic wheels on the wall used to bludgeon people's joints to death.

after becoming surprisingly acclimatized to the morbid content of the room, i became curious of the huge white freezer door tucked in the corner. human sausages perhaps? it could have been anything. and it was this :

it's a mark prent sculpture. i think it's a self portrait. apparently, it's got his real pubes. this thing is more terrifying than any picture you could find on the www. for real.

jessica showed me around the rest of the abode. two dancing poles in their place, large bathroom & closet. she has the bob mackie dress that sharon stone wore in casino ...

okay so the point is, i'm going to make this crazy golden mermaid queen costume for this super lady, with real sea shells , sequins, tule, etc ... for the mermaid parade on coney island for a television show (this segment where they go to NYC is side plot for the actual episode, fyi). in exchange, i've asked jessica to give me some pole dancing lessons. (sessions are 90$/hr for an individual class !!!) my eyeballs nearly fell out, and i biked home with my jaw dragging on the ground. i still can't believe the range of wealth that exists in our little city of toronto. i just assumed that everyone eats canned beans , solely for their gourment disposition.

ps. sharon stone is a babe , holy cow.