New Year ... New You? WTF?

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Should old acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind...

What is it about the New Year that makes people create so many resolutions, boundaries and op ions of others and things associated with anything before 12 midnight ... which was er um just a second ago? So we Cheer, and we shake noise makers, throw streamers ... rock out with our jocks out to welcome in another 365 days.

What changed at midnight?

Did your bank account become flooded with millions? Did your circumstances or living quarters smell of roses and dandelion? How about the pumpkin of a car ... did it mysteriously turn into that four house powered beamer that you've been eyeing.

Things that may have changed at that moment... Your relationships with others after you became a belligerent drunk and jumped into the pool naked...Your dogs bowels since you decided to give it a New Years drink after all ... your job since you took it upon yourself to drunk dial your boss and say what you've really been feeling for the last 365 days... and last but not least your phone plan since you've used up all your anytime and where ever minutes texting people who are "Just not that into you" -- HELLOU

I just don't get the whole ideology behind "IT'S A NEW YEAR AND A BRAND NEW ME" ... c'mon. I mean obviously i get it -- but really?

No really?

CLIP!

Everyday is a new day ... I don't see anyone promoting any NEW DAY RESOLUTIONS PARTIES!!! At what point in the old year to you say forget it and chalk it up as a loss? 245 days? 120 days in? Where do all of your resolutions go to die? Do you recycle or trade in resolutions? I like the people who try to be inventive and ask everyone "So what are your resolutions this year?" ... then try to BRA-HA HA this brand new way to say the same thing they said and didn't do last year.

WOW - REALLY, DUDE?
no really?

What is it? You have the next day or even the next hour if your motivated to re-vamp the program. I get the whole mistakes make you resilient ... love that. I saw the same folks "WORKING OUT" last New Years ... 20 pounds heavier this NYE. Guess what their resolution was this time around ... "WORKING OUT AND REALLLY STICKING TO IT" and I KNEW they were serious because they put the emphasis on REALLY!!

I mean, don't get me wrong as cynical as this blog may be I'm a GREAT supporter of ideas. I love what's authentic as well as refurbished. Adore the creative and inventive ... by nature I'm practical, yet I'm a hopeless romantic - I like dates that leave the earth like hot air balloon rides with champgne and stomach aches. I respect what's real and at times appreciate and become infatuated with the elusive. I'm an ambivalent gypsy from another time ... yet I was birthed from my mothers womb on May the 18th way back in 1977.

Life is whatever you make it. A new second, minute, hour, day creates a new space upon your book of "ME".

Changing your resolutions won't make them stick, but changing you and your habits will make way for a new you in the new year and for that you don't have to wait out another 365 days!

Be your boss

Know yourself

Create your own life - dont let the New Year map it out and mold it for you!

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::: I'M INTERNATIONAL YALL :::

So, okay publication with Glitterati did not go as planned ... the images were published YES ... the story is currently running and fab! It's titled "THIS IS THE BEST COSTUME FOR TODAY" CHECK IT OUT I just don't have the tears but more images can be seen on my other blog at CLICK HERE TO TAKE A LOOK
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AND THEN I GET THE CONFIRMATION - I'M INTERNATIONAL YALL!!!!!
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My first international publication HAS BEEN CONFIRMED. This book runs at almost every newsstand and can very easily be found at any Borders.

Look out for issue #23 ... and whoa 3+2 =5 my hopeful number!
Please know that I'll come back and post the name of the MAGAZINE once it's published.

XOXOX

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The HOTTNESS that is Michael Schmidt http://www.mesfoto.com/ ... This guy has been on my vision board since about a month after he and I first spoke. After I saw his work I KNEW one thing for certain and that was that I would be working with him. I had to work with him. His work (TO ME) is extra-ordinary, there is a quiet drama to it ... a story within a story and he's just DOPE AS HELL. So close to 8 months go by and not another word from me to Michael or him to myself for that matter. I had this constant brain worm of a story I wanted to shoot and I was in need of WARDROBE, that was my issuse so I thought. Not just any wardrobe ... high-end fall wardrobe ... edgy ... non-LA and without the essential that a stylist would need to access the digs. I was frustrated (i think) with folks telling me that I would NOT be able to get this project off the ground. Silly me. I worked against that ... got back into myself and worked it out. So I had already spoke to Michael but I said to myself I wont bother him until the timing is right. THIS WAS IT, and I didnt...

I sent one email to him and it was all said and done. This guy is the epitome of awesome, we clicked after the pitch ... we were in sync and there was a natural seamless flow to everything from that day on. I cannot say enough about him, his talents and his assistants. He's as down to earth as clay, quicker than a jack-rabbit all hopped up on Mountain Dew and I was speechless (but thankful he took a chance on me) once I set foot on set.

I CANNOT wait to share the super awesome goodness that we created together and I look forward to plenty more splendid things to come from working with him.

Life is as good as you make it ... thrills, spills, falls and all!

I am ecstatic at the endless possibilities that my life holds ...


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BEHIND THE LENS AND POST PRODUCTION FOR A RECENT FILM I WORKED ON ...

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:::Your life is as colorful as you make it :::

"Our purpose is hidden in our joy, our inspiration, our excitement. As we act on what shows up in our life our purpose shows up."

"When we are conscious of our personal uniqueness and our universal nature we express ourselves creatively. In this way we fulfill our dreams and our life purpose."

"Certain activities, attitudes, foods, and persons support the cultivation of an unconscious life. They draw us away from our center. They throw us off-balance. They deplete the soul."

"If your everyday life seems poor, don't blame it; blame yourself; admit to yourself that you are not enough of a poet to call forth its riches; because for the creator there is no poverty and no indifferent place."

"Mastery does not come from dabbling. We have to be prepared to pay the price. We need to have the sustained enthusiasm that motivates us to give our best."

"When flowing water ... meets with obstacles on its path, a blockage in its journey, it pauses. It increases in volume and strength, filling up in front of the obstacle and eventually spilling past it.... "Do not turn and run, for there is nowhere worthwhile for you to go. Do not attempt to push ahead into the danger ... emulate the example of the water: Pause and build up your strength until the obstacle no longer represents a blockage."

"Yesterday I busted a gut laughing 6 times ... today I'll make it 7! " ~ C.M.W.
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