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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.

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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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.

A Special Mother's Day

Hands down the ugliest store in Westwood Village is Ahhh's (or as I think of it, Ewww's) with Urban Doubtfitters running a close second. Lucky for some, they are right across the street from each other so you can hop from from trash pit to another. The pic above is a recent sampling of their store window for Mother's Day. And yes, that onesie actually says "My Mom is hot AND SINGLE!"

Westwood Ugly Photo Album

Westwood Ugly

Maybe it's because of those images of a newly sprouted neighborhood from the 1920's, I always think of Westwood Village as somewhat charming or refined. But in reality it is a rather ugly collection of overpriced crap, extortion deli's, and - wether it be a bank or a cafe - typically bad service. Westwood Village is caught in a downward spiral of lousy property maintenance and ill-conceived development. So I am starting a new photo album of all the ugly crap I see everyday in Westwood. So now you can laugh and cry along with me.

Yes, Peter Is Good For You

and Yes, Peter has officially graduated from Art Center! I worked my way through gallery shows Friday night, and made it to Pasadena just-in-time to see Peter's grad show. Afterwards, we celebrated until the bar shut down- extremely early, btw. Just like Peter, his show was all lean muscle with a healthy dose of humor.