Friday, May 29, 2009

South Africa
Sorry for the delay everyone, but I finally have pics everyone was asking for from South Africa!! My boyfriend and I traveled to South Africa for him to teach 7 seminars of 3 hrs each and 30 privates at a half an hour each… we were only there for 10 days, so when he wasn’t working… we ate, slept… and saw some sights!

Attempting to hide behind the rocks on top of Table Mountain... my boyfriend is so big, it's hard to hide ;)
Almost to the top... and the view is spectacular from here :)
Ryron and I like to climb rocks in general.
See what I mean...
The terrain we encountered on our way up this hour and a half hike up Table Mountain.

Ryron likes to make friends everywhere we go... in this case, he captured it and invited it into our bed and breakfast... that mess scared me.
Our amazing hosts, Karen and James Smart with us on the beach that has a spectacular view of Table Mountain.
Gary, Me, Ryron, James and Karen, on the day that Gary and James received their brown belts from Ryron...
A view of our security contraptions that protected our bed and breakfast (shown behind)
This was Ryron and I enjoying the sunset as the fog lay over the Atlantic Ocean.

Ryron vs. The Falcon

The Barn Owl is the softest feathered friend I've met yet!

Cheetah love at the Cheetah reserve where we got to meet and pet them...

Playing in the freezing Indian Ocean while Penguins strut their stuff around us...

Climbing the big boulders at Boulder Beach... a must see in Cape Town!

I can't believe I got to chill with penguins on the beach and that they didn't mind how close I got :) There are signs in the parking lots to look under your car for penguins because they have been known to hide from the sun and some have gotten run over! :( sad day penguins!

All of the penguins living a lovely life on the beach... must be nice!

Tissu

I’ve been training in tissu/fabric/silk more and more, and I really enjoy both it’s strength training ability as well as it’s therapeutic value. It’s also really rewarding to find myself being able to do more tricks with ease and make them look more effortless than ever before. I honestly think that people should embark on a new hobby that challenges their normal activity and can better them in anyway.

BASEMENT JAXX MUSIC VIDEO!! ..."it's like raindrops..."
Posing for the camera through the monitor...

Close ups with the camera crane.
Lunch break where we threw on robes and were scaring people with our crazy redness! The artistry looks much better under their lighting than in broad daylight.

Aerial shot of the dancers...

The high priestess herself walking through us...

Dancers are painted red... with eyeballs... and handprints...

Dancers with their shrubbery for hair.

Another aerial view, from monitor world.

Another Episode of GLEE!!!

After a 6:45am call time and rehearsal, we're ready to go to set in our uniforms... barely 9am...
On set performing the cheer segment of our routine. GooOOOoo Cheerios!

Second segment where we get to act like sexy tough women dressed in awesome football outfits!
On set filming the second segment of some fun sexiness!
All of the cheerios with director, choreographer, and assistant. That was when we wrapped.
Getting low for our football moment...

GUYS CHOICE AWARDS PERFORMANCE WITH ASHER ROTH 2009
"I love college" performance on Spike TV's Award show... party on stage!
Backstage before we went on ...
Asher Roth and the hot tub girls thanks to wireimage... i can't believe he jumped in the water in the middle of the performance! Love that he made it a real party... as did everyone else!! :)
Me and Menina booked as "Hot Tub Girls" for this performance... when else can you say that you're getting paid to party in a hot tub!? Gotta love life!

Thanks for checkin' in for this update... I leave for Fiji tomorrow and hope to be able to get some of those pics on here when I get back! Hope you enjoyed them!! :)

Thursday, April 16, 2009

HAIR SHOWS!! I love them... why? Imagine live drummers, beautiful dancers, hot models, interesting characters, awesome music and talented hair stylists showing you demonstrations on the newest techniques of styling and cutting all thrown together into an evening event! That's what I get to help bring to life!

In this hair show I had the privilege of being a character that portrayed the word "De-Lush"... the character was supposed to embody curves, regal, glamour, love etc. I was in all red and oozed my way around stage as the dancers did a lovely ballroom dance and while the models came through modeling their fierce hair.



The other character "intersexxion" was that sort of masculine/feminine energy that gets mixed and somewhat comes out between the two played by Emerys (middle). Brianna plays "Utopia," a futuristic feel. I can't believe they got my hair to be this curly! I have stick straight hair... but Sonya Dove is truly talented in know how to work with hair! Brianna, on the left has amazing extensions... and Emerys has lots of make up haha...




This picture was taken during the dress rehearsal by Fred, one of the dancers, of my setting... the De-Lush flowers that create my atmosphere in addition to a red chaise lounge. UK based Kevan Allen was our artistic director and choreographer.

This is one of my favorites photos taken during the show as I'm performing on stage... Nathan Kim is who I have my arms around and Jeremy Hudson is posing like the stud that he is on the ground... I can't wait to post video footage of this performance! I had so much fun!


These were the four characters that set the tone at the beginning of the show and mingled with the audience before the show started. We remained on stage and in character for the full two hours of the performance!



This is an awesome shot of Dawn's character in her atmosphere for "Virtual Life." The ability to get lost in the world or comics or anime. A life in virtual animation... she represented those characters that are beyond our reality. Her choreography and overall number was REALLY cool!


Of course, after every performance, we must celebrate a night well done! We went down to the bar of the hotel every one at the hair show was staying at and took over their back booths! We got our grub on and even shook up the nearby dance floor.


People can always tell when dancers are in the room... we start dancing to any good song that plays... move tables out of the way and create our own party within the party. We even got the models to come over and start showing us their moves!

We definitely know how to celebrate, and I don't even drink! Food is enough fuel for me to have fun... as well as some good music! I would upload a video of our friend Fred dancing to Beyonce's "single ladies," but I gotta make sure he approves it first! :)




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I love my job, every day something new, never the same. This time, Hoover was sponsoring Bravo's A-List awards and wanted to have a few of their newest products walk the red carpet.










Of course, these machines still need their human counter-part and what a better way to make a living that to be cast along side a Hoover Vacuum. I'm honored. I talked about my Hoover too, "This is the Hand Vac which earned the energy star in energy efficiency." Made me want one... my vacuum sucks. ha.










I would have never guessed that my first time being photographed by the paparazzi on the red carpet would have been while modeling a Hoover... Parents, I hope you're proud :) haha... I have to add that I think I had the easiest job having the 'hand vac' while the other ladies had to roll their heavy machinery.



Our segment aired yesterday, wednesday, April 15th on Bravo during the red carpet portion of the A-List Awards. If nothing else, it's worth a laugh! :D