I have to sew these shorty shorts. thanks again paddy!
Hope to see Y’all Sunday. xoxo
Monthly Archives: September 2011
i got a dashiki!
also scored a great purse and finally a bodum! big news! we’ve been doing singular cup brewing from boiled kettle water for years which is fine for when i visit solo, but not when an assembly line of coffee fans are propping up the kitchen table and as for now, a convertible cruise (then back to dance rehearsal). it’s SO HOT! OMG HOT. HOT. But on Monday it’ll be only 9 degrees so enjoy the sauna while you can though it could just be a forecast of bullshit.
I also bought a huge towel. I love the salvation army out here. Clean, expansive, CHEAP. Paddy and I also got 50% off opened toe heels. She is cancelling her date so she can stay another night. I tell you, Burnoutington has a pull.
Burlesqington or Bust
These are amazing pasties. Hope they stay on.
new shorts from paddy! so tiny!
Feathers, lingerie, and bras everywhere it’s so funny. We’re nailing down dances, picking tunes and wardrobe. Jasmine is an amazing addition to troupe Beach Blanket Burlesque. Today it’s going up to 31 degrees. After dance practise maybe some beach. We’re excited to start working on our Halloween Showcase too. Burlesque FTW. See you Sunday!
but i let the water take me
So, when I invented my brand at the age of 17 a hundred years ago luckily I had a crystal ball combing the future of a thousand cosmos for meh. Future forecast: MINX.
You know those “learning yourself” questionnaires on getting to know each other on the first day of school, or a work retreat (as if I know anything about that sort of thing) you’re typically asked what animal you are, I usually chose something from the cat family or a monkey, something cute and vicious. The older and more provocative I became, I knew my animal was a minx.
Kathy and I get right down to biz. We minx together so often she’s now my buddy. I fill her in on all my ridiculous shenanigans, gossip, publicity stunts, lascivious celebrity run-ins, you name it. She is a legit celebrity nail tech, she DID GAGA and tells me newer bits of info regarding lady gaga’s minxing each time I get a manicure. You’ll have to go hear for yourself, it’s not my story to share.
This’ll be the one. I’ve had my eye on this design for months. We’re still designing a raymi minx. Excuse me I just recovered from fainting. I ran to my manicure, have you ever done that before? I recommend it, the exercise euphoria makes your stories more interesting, I think I squeezed in about 400 anecdotes. We all love for our artists to be eccentric and insane. DONE and DONE.
If I had the time I could get a minx manicure a week. My nails are sponsored like my hair but they don’t have roots so I don’t have to get them done as often as I get my roots dyed. Funny how I turned my job into being kept and purporting an image as such, I’ve never been accused of being a kept woman so many times in the last week, not accused just assumed, a woman of leisure. Trust me, I do not take my not having to appear at an office every morning life for granted and while this superfluous activity packed life seems like ring-around-the-rosy, I assure you, I hustle my ass off and have the mania to show for it.
Heat lamp. I am careful to take my hands out from under it at intervals cos I don’t want them getting tanned.
Then Kathy files off the excess expertly with her glass minx file.
I am going to select a special lucky lady out of the crowd for a raymi the minxing on the house during my talk this month.
Teacher met me with camera and bikini top cos I knew I’d be sweaty and gross from my run and hyperventilating. I run so hard I see stars, to the point of blacking out in the sun. Everyone I know who runs says they do that too, so stupid and hilarious.
I’m over-privileged.
Can’t wait to wear this AA bikini THIS SUNDAY SEPT 4 are you coming?
SUNDAY NIGHT SALUTE SUMMER ONE LAST TIME! BEACH BLANKET BURLESQUE. GET YOUR BEE HIVES ON BABES! GRAB THAT ZINC AND GINGHAM RETRO TWO PIECE. SEPTEMBER 4 9PM $5 STARRING RAYMI THE MINX, PADDY CAKES AND JASMINE. XOXO
You can see my nail flesh through the decal. BALLIN’!
Another famous minxing. Katy Perry is a huge minx fan too. Google it. This isn’t her.
I bought my friend Leslie a nice show soap from Kathy’s salon. Show soaps is an inside joke we have.
The more I age the more my Kerouac eccentricities come out, weird skinny naked manicuring hahaa.
Mind is obviously being blown.
One satisfied and happy dorky customer later. Speaking of sponsorships, if you want to sponsor me some exercise gear I would be more than happy to represent your brand. This ROOTS number is about to bite the dust, it was a good run. No pun intended. RAYMI@RAYMITHEMINX.COM I find that I am much more confident when wearing appropriate fitness attire and people think I am “doing it right” when I blast by like a looter being chased in futuristic sleek spandex. When I run I hold my water bottle out in front of me like I’m at a casual cocktail party I refuse to get those water bottle waistband grenades. (OMFG HOW MUCH DO I ACTUALLY WANT THEM?)
And look how long my hair is. If you want to get Minxed, hit up Kathy at Heartbreaker Salon located at 889 DUNDAS ST W. just northeast of Bellwoods. Say my name and get a discount and enjoy your tidy little nails for a week as well as not having to do any dishes lol. 416.869.0440
Now I will hunt for all my Minx manicure choices. There’s the ska set, the gator, metallic, pink/black tartan, I can’t remember them all can you?
Nail art is huge right now, it’s worth it to spoil yourself with a hip put together ‘cure, instantly makes you feel great and like a lady. Like, a Minx.
How’s a glass of ROOFTOPiA?
Here’s some photos I uploaded a few days ago, in-between several other things then something shiny no doubt took my attention away and off I went to attend to whatever that was. I have major Toronto Syndrome right now. I like invented illnesses to blame my shit on, v helpful. Anywhoo, here’s the roof I’ve not been taking advantage of all summer long except for right now cos we’re facing the music and we don’t like this song. boo.
I picture myself in a month from now’s time sobbing over coffee at these.
Thanks to the neighbours being so private we get the tips of their privacy wicker branch things that look like beach grass. Thanks snobs!
We have a record of five flowers on this hibiscus, those plants are lasters, days without watering and they still truck on. If the cats won’t chew them up and barf heavy metal all over the house maybe we’ll take them in for the winter.
With the white umbrella open it lends a beachy/nautical vibe with the wind whipping it gently like a sail. I sigh so much I faint into my lounger and then take a siesta.
It’s a grand view, lots to take in.
Heidi came up the other day and was blown away, hadn’t seen it all summer, was like you just upped the value of this place by… before it was a pile of junk, literally. Took Raymbo Martha Stewart Bright to get it going. It’s very resort now. Parkdale Cove.
Teacher added lights while I was in Miami. Omg That was ages ago :(.
I avoid the rood because I cannot work up there, the glare of the sun on the screen plus lying down just makes you take too many breaks. Don’t worry, I will have guilt about this come winter. Already do. Already did when summer started. I like to take my time indoors. It’s a bad habit but if I didn’t do it you wouldn’t have this blog to read.
Look it’s my niece!
And me! Enjoying the roof! EVIDENCE.
LOOK! I am brushing my hair. EVIDENCE. WAIT’LL YOU SEE IT NOW, Oops yelling, glamourous and long.
Ever notice how mismatched socks can match? The pink checked one is missing its brother.
Jerk chicken (obviously) and salad that I sprayed with truffle oil. I really am fantastic. It’s true.
EVIDENCE. If one has minions…
Rooftopia bleeds into chicktopia.
One girl in my comments said I have turned her into a monster and she likes it. She does DIY minxes. I’m going to gather every minx manicure I’ve had and do a post on that. Nail p0rn for girl post.
These glasses always make me laugh. They’re from aldo, got them for a summer clearance, orig $30 or something ridic but I got them for $2 and they’re meant for dudes. They are the epitome of sun jammer summer.
Hailey is a hipster.
And I think she made off with my hello kitty ring too. I’m telling Nana! She was wearing the same shade of Justin Bieber blue nail polish that I have. Do you know how many bottles of that crap I’ve sold, oy vey.
She rifled through Aunt Raymi’s shoes. Oh man, I can just see it now.
So the tickle trunk has moved, it’s kinda funny. I have my own crazy lady room like steph’s, what did I call her room again? The time out room? (I think crazy woman room). I’ve been calling it my boudoir.
It’s exactly the same except the couch is downstairs, now with cat barf stains all over it. NICE thanks guys!
Getting ready for a turbobabe run. Look for me when you’re on the drake’s patio, I’m the one who looks like the psycho cop from Terminator II that’s the clip I run at. One day my heart will explode out of my chest and it will be magnificent. My shoes are dirty from climbing a mountain. Hi I’m Raymi and I climb mountains.
Cleaning house. Dirt should just be scared of me period. Look at that. Terrifying.
gahahahahhahahahaha bye!
