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Westwood Ugly(er)

Yeah, I couldn't take it - I finally had to return to the Westwood Ugly photos. For starters, the Westwood Whole Foods needs a Clean Sweep team to hit them hard. I get it is a recycling area, but does it have to be a dump? I didn't shoot pix of the dirty elevator to the toilets - not yet that is.

And then there is the environmental disaster scene of NoVill (North Westwood Village). Besides that new name which is itself a crime, the students are the worst offenders. Well, the students coupled with the worst property management possible for an area with extortion level rental rates.

Check out more of the Westwood Ugly Pix!

Sucker Pix

It's getting hot in here. So hot that Crano and I hit the streets in full sunlight - which for me is really saying something. After lunch at our favorite California Roll Factory we stormed the monstrous new Bed Bath and Beyond where the best looking merchandise was on two legs. I'm jus sayin. Above is proof that Crano really does suck - in Fiction no less. And his finger makes rainbows! Awwww.

Oh, The People I've Slept With...

Thursday night I stopped by the set of The People I've Slept With to check in on all my peeps -both above and below the line. It was inspiring to see them all working so diligently despite the heat. Oh, and Quyen is shooting on the Red - I can't wait to see footage!

Here are a few more pix from the shoot!

And a few pix from the wrap party!

My Juicy Posse: Sex and the City

 

Finally I have posted some pix from the Juicy event. Crack open some fresh mascara and get ready to blush! And below is the brilliant flyer for the Juicy event.

MadameBonjour JohnJ: Impresario, Provocateur

Today I have been photo editing pix shot at JUICY in Tokyo - actually from both trips to Japan last fall. Above is the provocateur MadameBonjour JohnJ. I know this is obvious, but I love that surprising feeling when you dig out pix and they rush you back a moment, a day, a month from something that seemed like a lifetime ago. Suddenly I am back in Tokyo and it is 3am. Sigh.

Public Transportation - HERE HERE!

It is hard to resist repeating and reposting Robert Reich's clear call for a ground-up new public transportation system on Marketplace last week. Just how long do we think we can really keep this nation going without one?

Baby Got Bite

There were so many things I could write about my first trip to Disneyland - or as caption for this pic. Like many things lately, it was a place I never wanted to end up and it was smaller than I imagined it would be. Tellingly, I ended up loving the Haunted Mansion. And I discovered my new favorite 80's video installation - the totally inane Star Tours. I am stuggling to understand why people travel from all over the world to partake in over-branded fun, but I guess once bitten... 

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Especially Cheap

The long lost 'Especially Cheap' video rears its ugly head - sadly sans web porn gifs. Sorry about that. I am dreaming of reshooting it with adult-sized drag queens sipping cocktails in a bar. And I challenge you all to shoot your own versions with the same audio! Dr. Skinny Words has already dreamed up his characters. Now can he deliver on the dream?

Marriage Freedom Bells Ring on Tilos!

Great news today from Greece of the first same sex marriage on the beautiful island of Tilos. The NYT story hits the basics, but check out this Flickr site with lovely images of Tilos.

NOPE

I am so fed up with the Obama-is-the-next-Messiah crowd and those damn street posters in that ultra-tired Shepard-Fairey-propaganda-drag. HOPE? Yeah I hope they ask Shepard Fairey to stop making that crap. Now comes the DNC decision to give Obama even more of the Michigan vote than even the uncommitted votes. I mean, WTF is that? Isn't stealing elections away from voters something the Republicans do? Obama claims to be the agent of change - which infers progress - but clearly it's politics-as-usual with him and his devout believers. To me he remains just another man who wants to be in charge.