To be continued my loves. Off to meet some rock royalty now. Pinch me.
September 21, 2015
September 15, 2015
This is me showing off my skin and the small suntan I’ve earned naturally this summer. Now what you’re about to see is something unnatural, but awesome. Come with me to Urbansun Tanning Salon in Scarborough (2555 Victoria Park Toronto) and watch me get my glow on for #HangLooseACTRA TIFF party tonight. I’m interviewing A-listers and hope to be a few degrees darker brown than the red carpet.
Off I go now!
Checking in at the front desk. I love leaving my mark in fashion and beauty salons all over the city.
I like this video. Love it. I do the robot. You see me squish lotion through my toes. I am “on point” with delivering some lines. It’s worth the 3:29 of your time. You almost see me naked? Am I selling this enough yet? Shameless beauty.
Getting into the Tan booth.
Lubing up your feet is imperative as you do not want to come out of there with Flintstones feet (whatever I mean by that!) and your toenails and fingernails and entire hands need to be totally covered as well. Trust.
Noted. Squish the Urbansun together always and you will remember the name. :).
I had a tour of the facilities. Futuristic! I matched too.
Rob was hoping I would teleport to another dimension. Me too buddy. Being cooped up inside the Starship Sun Capsule 220 Ultra VHR / HP was strangely relaxing, meditative, and I grew contemplative. I had a great idea for my next business card – so grateful to have remembered it just now. When I post the results of what I dreamed up in there I will link back to this post as the source of the inspiration. You know I bet that happens all the time; people get great ideas when they’re in the Starship!
The science experiment continues. I just stepped out of a cookie making factory. This is right before you take your clothes off and shut the door and push the start button at your own leisure. Actually there’s a strange disembodied voice talking to you, prompting every move. So glad I watched the tutorial video that she played when we were out front – it was helpful. Once you press the button the machine fires up and for six seconds you are sprayed on the front. You rock your body and sway along with it, then hop to the other side turn around and your back is done. Same thing, rocking with your arms at 90 degrees, doing the robot. It’s pretty straight forward. So simple it was hard and I asked a million questions.
Follow Urban Sun on Twitter @UrbansunToronto, and find Urbansun on Facebook, the Eglinton location
Then when it was all said and done. Look on my twitter feed tonight for a photo of the finished result tonight in my red carpet look. Exciting!
September 14, 2015
Lots of buzz about the (invite only) Studio District Film Party happening Sept 15th (tomorrow!) that Hang Loose Media is putting on. I’ll be on the red carpet at 8pm interviewing Beeba Boys or maybe the director of this Tiff hit film herself, Deepa Mehta. Pinch me. Watch the trailer now!
Here is what BlogTo said about the party,
“This invite-only party, hosted by ACTRA Toronto and HangLoose Media, will bring guests and press to Toronto’s studio district for a night of entertainment. What’s on tap? Aerialists pouring champagne from above the crowd, a live orchestra, DJ, and more. ”
And then Raymi says,
The #ActraGetsLoose party will have a variety of spectacular highlights from champagne, aerialists, actors galore, FAMOUS actors galore, food, cameras, ME, lie orchestra, SheDoesTheCity, epic sponsors and swag bags. Plus, I don’t know really cos I’m kind of a tiff-virgin – we can talk about that later lol but I have the inside press release scoop and I don’t (can’t) want to spoil anymore surprisesso xoxox yo! Off to get my attire sorted!
September 12, 2015
As promised here’s some more from the bubble of Detroit. All shots by destroyxbeauty.
You know, I looked around and I didn’t see or hear any gun shots. or Eminem. It was all pretty bright and peachy there. In the past two years gentrification had its way with the Motor City. Yes, I do know things about stuff so put your socks back on after they just got blown off there.
Follow this link bro and read all about this mural cos I ain’t got time to talk about it.
People were honking. Watching Lizzy shoot Reggie shoot me felt pretty awesome. It was boiling though. Sweltering. I love that humidity only in that when it’s gone it’s gone for long. As unbearable as it is I love it. Even while my makeup is trying to separate from my face I am chuckling and like ooooh you dirty rascal, you got me. The weather blows today of course.
I’m the mayor meow guys. The princess of white castle WHICH we didn’t get around to go to but I meant it when I said it. tsk.
sorry for the segue but I just discovered this Ciara song I coulda been grooving to all summer.
Yass kween.
I was all like, just take me now cars. I’m a badass like that. Then I ran like hell out of there cos I didn’t want to die. Reggie said I was a wimp. I like my perfect shadow here.
Ps. that’s Lizzy on Labour Day. I tried to copy her but couldn’t cling on to the branch and put my head upside down like her without falling on my head so she totally wins this picture.
Pro shot! I am hitchhiking here ah duhhhhhhhhhh.
Channeling coolest fucking person in the universe here.
Oh yeah take that inner arm scoop line and this abandoned pawn shop too.
I’m going back pretty soon too. Why not right? Bath time excellent more tales from the big D in another installment, enjoy your Saturdaze.
Mangily yours, xox
September 10, 2015
Hey tiger. I always wanted an industrialized portrait like a teen runaway model, such as this. Boy I have a way with words. I am trying to “give more” here okay please, will you just!
I love collaborating with these two. We have another project on the go after this and I won’t spoil it so don’t ask. Okay it’s a video. But that’s all you get so quit asking.
Two words: these shoes. Great wardrobe costuming Lizzy. I lucked out eh.
Sorry this post is a day late but who’s the boss here? I am.
“Samantha!!!!” (Can actually do Tony’s voice perfectly, ask me if you see me IRL).
How about this top hat right? How about seeing someone wearing it riding around their apartment on their bicycle? We went down the rabbit hole madhatter perhaps? Oh, artists. Am I right? I am. I always am.
The majority and basically only work Reggie did to altering or cleaning up these photos was just covering up my bruises. I crashed my bike before I went to Detroit. I was coasting on one peddle then decided to hit the brakes for some awful reason and toppled over but don’t worry, 20 people on the starbucks patio in liberty village saw it. I have never seen my facebook crowd so happy to hear this news before. So anyway these are my flawless Mariah Carey shiny legs. Thanks Reg.
When we pulled up to the Fisher body plant I spied this tire so after the shoot up on the roof during sunset and beyond I was like, “I am so funny. I am going to push this tire down the street.” So I did. Then Reggie made me get on it and I was not into it because I’ve rolled an ankle before and it is NOT fun. I got over being a wimp and we did some tire pedestal magic.
Now with hat. I watched Straight Outta Compton the night prior, so.. I might be Ice Cube now.
Sick opening track (one of).
You bet my hands were dirty after that.
Couldn’t resist. Sometimes it is true. But I think I am so addicted to my facebook feed and snooping on the lives of others that I actually LOVE people. We can talk about this later.
Not to expose the trick but when you shoot from below you get to look way taller.
Prepare yourselves for a racy one meow….
Trying to make some pot of gold leprechaun joke here.
Lizzy likes this one.
No lying but am I entering my Mariah Carey phase? Naw. It’s my Amy Schumer phase. Bitch I’m hilar. She gets away with what I have been doing for years and trying to get away with but never did. Well guess what? It’s “mah tahm now.”
I could have gotten my hair profesh done but I was too bagged my last day to get it together and go. Regretsy. Looks neat here tho. I am Aslan of Narnia.
Getting a little stretch in there. As we age it’s important to stay limber. See how I be rockin’ the big D hat? I grabbed it as a last second thing and glad I did.
Okay um we’re almost done for now. Saving all the rest for another post I don’t want to overwhelm y’all too much.
See you tomorrow with part two of Detroit. xo rlw (missed you).
It’s so hard to stop posting pics lol. I have a ton on my camera from brunch at the Whitney. Beautiful times.
I will not dispute the above charges on my person. okay x-oh for real tho!
August 31, 2015
So, my new muses Hawkhaus blew through town from Detroit and we had a wicked time collaborating together Saturday at The Hotel Germain. There will be future stuff too. You’ll see. I see the landscape of my future and it is dotted with a LOT TO DO. Muchos overwhelming. All good things though. If not now when right?
I started making art again. Part of it feels like a dare but commission requests have started coming in so there you go.
The Reclamation Project from hawkhaus on Vimeo.
We are going to make video magic also.
I did not wash my hair this day. Can ya tell!?! haha.
Lizzy and Reggie are also in a band called Konqistador which is a big deal or something but I don’t pay attention to stuff like that. I’ve dated fat cats and been extemely oblivious to their level of fame. Blows their minds wish you could see it.
L told me R read The Satanic Bible and it helped him. A fan put this on stage at one of their gigs. I am trying to think of something I gave them other than a headache. Ha.
Lizzy gave me one of her bodysuits for the road. Sweetheart.
I was Willow Smithing here.
My arse looks mega juicy here yowzers.
It’s about time I did some of this. Coupled by that. Thanks guys!
Took a ton of pictures yesterday as well. More to come when I have time.
If you are attention starved ride a bike in a bodysuit like this. Take your pants off down by the water too. Go for it!
The food was mighty tasty at School. We were misbehaved students a little.
It was a fabulous fun-filled time and anybody witnessing it from a neighbouring balcony was a lucky guy. I liked underwear party that I saw at one point over yonder of a guy and a girl totally ignoring us right back. Go Saturdaze.
August 28, 2015
This is my next business card. I love it. Thanks so much Mike Parker for letting me into your awesome box series. You guys should check out the rest here: the box. It was funny when we posed together for a pic, Mike SQUEEZED the hell out of the box with me in it like I was his. The assistant laughed and said wow you look happy. Mike was like I AM!
I felt like a piece of merchandise? But not in a degraded kind of way. There was so much subtext floating around the studio. Anyway you gotta have fun with it. I especially like the one where I look like Arnold crash landing on earth from wherever dimension terminators come from, the future? Yes. That. Geeks who read my blog must be like oh my god raymi ughhhh.
Raymi fetus. Newborn.
Lol. Could not resist.
Alrighty gotta scoot. Have a good one everybody and be safe!
August 27, 2015
This video is awesome. See if you can see the part where I start to secretly cry a little lol.
Yesterday I put my jeans on and got to grasscutting with Ecocut lawns and it was a very good workout – my arms are pretty ripped today for it. For more info about Ecocut you can read a very detailed account over on Raymi Toronto.
Check ya later!
