the shoot

4 more on my website...

elevation

So it was finally upon me, the wedding of the year. The swishy lovely dress I'd bought to wear months ago, suddenly seemed super green. I needn't have worried though, the hue was much admired.
I think attending a wedding by yourself, as a singleton, has to rank as one of the crappiest things about being single. Along with, of course, vacations, grocery shopping, sunny days, the park and overly long Sundays.
Last night, I felt like the chick who caused attached women to pull their better halves closer to them as I walked by. I made them feel either insecure that I would sway their partners gazes, or secure in the fact that they had someone to go home with.
On the dancefloor, being spun around ineptly, by the tall french man, I found I was better off dancing by myself, for myself. And certainly less nauseous.
My friends looked like a golden couple of the 1940s. No longer the stressed and harried Londoners, but movie stars in the south of France, schmoozing the crowd. It was a transformation and lovely to watch.
I kindof floated around all night, until I got sick of it, and left, very drunk, before I turned into a pumpkin at midnight. Wait, that was the carriage...wasn't it? Still, its how I felt. Those who know me, know I could never be a maid anyway....

eh..Voila

just like music...

The late August days are crisp and clear, the dry heat of summer, left us back in July. Just when it goes a little quiet, an unreplied email sent 2 months ago, leads to a callback, and I am booked for magazine shoot on Friday.
I am building, building.

Driving back from the shoot, I am exhilarated, I love the work I did today. I have a sudden realization, that in September, I will have makeup credits in 3 magazines on the shelves. I put my hand to my mouth in genuine surprise, so that the glee doesn't slip out. I would bob up and down even if this song wasn't so great.

Somedays, playing random on my ipod leaves me disatisfied, each song filling my need less and less. Then other times, like today, every track is joyous, I hear familiar tunes with fresh ears, delight in new ones and lyrics start to sound like gospel.
Today, was an all-Prince all-morning kindof thing.
Can I just tell you, how I love Prince? Especially the old raunchy stuff.
For no particular reason, my top 5 Prince songs, today, are;

5. Erotic City
4. If I Was Your Girlfriend
3. I Wanna Be Your Lover
2. Soft and Wet
1. Uptown

Jon Mayer-what are you THINKING??