For the past few weeks I’ve been trying to re-ignite my creativity. I was given the book, The Artist’s Way by my friend Val. My Editorial Assistant for ChinaShop, Mike, and I have been reading it together and keeping each other honest for the past 6 weeks. I can’t say that I entered into the endeavor 100% but it’s been helpful in some ways.
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This weekend I had a visit from the Art Bunny. Well, it wasn’t exactly a bunny…it was a visit from a fellow artist I met in Grad School, Laura Sharp Wilson. She was insistent that during her short stay in Los Angeles that we make our way to the MOCA to see the just opened Art in the Streets Exhibit. I have one word for you…ambitious!
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I just turned 40. It’s totally OK. Unlike the majority of woman in Los Angeles, I’m actually 100% at ease with it. In fact, I like the idea that I’m a mature woman. A grown up even. I like walking through a restaurant knowing I’m overdressed and owning how fun it feels to care less. I love staring 20 something young hotties in the eye, no longer afraid of their secret opinions. Judge me boys, I’ve got a hell of a defense lawyer sitting on the shoulder that the devil shares. I’ve committed a lifetime of crimes and have yet to be convicted.
But with the wisdom of age, also comes responsibility. It is no longer OK to wear jeans with rhinestones on the ass, too tight graphic tees, or micro-minis. Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should. At some point the wrinkles will come, and your body does decide to somewhat give up on you. But fear not, I always have a few secrets up my skirt.
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Brian Viveros is a celebrated fetish artist, known mainly for his erotic paintings of smokey eyed pin-up girls with cigarettes dangling from their overly red lips. His recent show, The Dirtyland just opened this past weekend at Thinkspace Gallery . With images of strong women in situations of war and struggle, one would think the show might come off dark. On the contrary, it doesn’t position woman as victim, but fearless, seductive and entirely bad ass.
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A few months back I came up with a treatment for a video series for a band called AWOLNATION on Red Bull Records. I fell in the love with the fresh sound of this one man movement. This month I released all three of the finished videos on ChinaShopMag.com. I just found out today that they are planning to include them as bonus features on the upcoming record release. That’s right, I’m a Producer!
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Now I am completely happy and in an amazing and totally healthy relationship. I KNOW…I’m like the only one. However, this video is all kind of awesome so I thought I’d share it with all of you who might not be in such a blissful state of grace 
Sing it CeeLo! Truth!
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Join me on a little journey to the 80’s! We were all dressed in our fluorescent sweatshirts with matching socks. MTV ruled the airwaves. And if you didn’t have at least 2 to 3 Swatch watches you were either poor or really lame. I remember having 3 Swatches, but I wanted them ALL. I fantasized about how one day I’d make enough money to buy tons and tons of swatches. Of course this desire has since been replaced by currently wanting every shade of MAC eyeshadow ever made. But with me its always something. Don’t put multiples in front of me…my molecular blueprint makes it impossible for me to not want them all!
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I did not even make this up.The folks at BrewDog.com have created a beer titled The End of HIstory. Its 110 proof and $765 dollar price tag. But that’s not even the most shocking thing about it. The beer itself is encased in a once living critter. The 12 bottles have been made featuring seven dead stoats (a kind of weasel), four squirrels and one rabbit. (thanks for that Asylum.com). I’m glad there are no photos of the bunny…since i”m kind of a fan.
But I’m actually not really offended by this product. Come on, there is a coffee called Kopi Luwak made from the poop of the Asian Palm Civet (basically a kind of cat) and it sells for between $30 and $100 a cup. I’d rather pour from the mouth of a taxidermy creation than drink something dug out of animal dung. But you know, that’s just me. People love their coffee.
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…until they told me to dream it! You know how sometimes there are things that you don’t know you don’t know? So therefore you don’t know what you are missing? I can no longer be counted among those of you who have never been to Soho House. Although I feel it both a blessing and a curse, believe me when I say…you want to go!
Last night quite unexpectedly, my friends and I got invited by Rich Eisen (yes the NFL Network Rich Eisen) to go with him to Soho House. Its a very fine private club that I didn’t even know existed. I’m just simply not that cool. You have to be invited by a member or you can’t get in. So we piled in Val’s Rover and 20 minutes later we were being greeted at the back door like Hollywood royalty. Friends of Mr. Eisen’s, yes we have been expecting you. Swoon!
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I don’t have to tell you that this week DC Comics released the new look for Wonder Woman, by Don Kramer. It’s not only the comic universe that is in an uproar, but pretty much everyone that ever had a fond memory or attachment to the heroine. After all she was one of the only superheros who didn’t have a male counterpart come first. I mean, really…there wasn’t much of a need for a Wonder Man.
Just recently I started watching the original 1974 TV series with the gorgeous Linda Carter filling WW’s red leather boots. With the risk of dating myself, I remember catching episodes as a little girl and being absolutely titillated by her glossy brown hair and overt sexuality. My Mother thought she was a bit scandalous, which made me all the more interested in paying very close attention. I think for a lot of girls, Wonder Woman was the first female we had access to as a role model.
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