Girls Behaving Badly

My friend Chris Penney just began filming comedy skits--well, he's done 1 so far.  I'd like to participate.  Besides having him film my spoken word, I think it'd be great fun to do comedy!  I've wanted to be on SNL since I was a teen.  I dig SNL's digital shorts.  I loved In Living Color.  My Name is Earl is my fav comedy TV series.  And now, I'm on the kick of watching an episode of Arrested Development nightly before I sleep to drain my brain of my worries.  Laughter is the best medicine!

When Chris told me he wanted to film comedy skits, I immediately thought of Girls Behaving Badly  Some of the pranks that Chelsea Handler did make me a little uneasy too--I feel bad for the guys!  Here's one to get you started, then click on some more if you dig her--there are plenty on Youtube!

The Voice

Watched The Voice tonight.  I seldom watch TV, but turned it on while I ate my spaghetti (pickins r slim around here).  I like how they listen before seeing the performer.  I always notice unique things or pitch problems in a person's voice more so when I'm out of the room and not distracted by their appearance.  Lindsey Pavao's rendition of Trey Songz "Say Aah"was awesome!  So different--I dig it!

Check it out: 

How Succulent!

I picked up some more plants today for my indoor gardens that I'm going to create--pickins are slim around here.  I researched how to start a new plant from cuttings, and most say to allow a leaf from a succulent plant to callous (dry out for a few days) before putting it into soil.  I remember my mom just sticking a leaf right back into the dirt if it fell off.  I used rooting powder, and did not allow them to dry out.  Perhaps I should experiment and try both ways.  I bought one large container of various cactus to divide up, because I wasn't finding much variety.  I have more cactus & succulents for potted arid designs than I have for moist terrariums.  I did, however, pick up 4 mini ferns today.  I have mostly small containers to work with too, so I'm likely to go a Bonsai route with some of these.

I'm excited about my new hobby that will add to my horticultural experience!  & hopefully fetch me a few dollahs too!

These videos were fun video to look at:

Fun workout at home!

I did it!  I worked out in my bedroom in front of my iMac on my hardwood floors with the little space I have to this video, repeating it for 30 minutes!  I see more bedroom dancing in my future!  wooo whoo!

The dude Beto in this video is the creator of Zumba. 

Have Fun!  :)

ZumbaLikeItsHot!

I was lookin up a song on YouTube by Pit Bull - Pause - that my friend Elise is going to use for her routine in her first body building competition.  I discovered this chick Heather Michael who has a Zumba video to that song, and many more.  She looks similar to Elise and has similar moves.  I think it's cool that there are workout videos on youtube!  Though the sound and video quality isn't excellent, I dig the dance moves, and I'm going to try to dance along with her tomorrow for some of them!

Here's one:

Today, I sorted through all my clothes, making one side of my closet the holding tank for items I'm going to try to sell.  I'll have several of my friends model the various outfits and I will photograph them, then post them on the ASOS site that I've been hooked on lately.  Wish me luck! 

While trying on the clothes I realized I'm a little porky, so these rump shakin' videos oughta help that!

Songify

Discovered a new app for my iPhone called Songify--what fun!  I watched CBS Sunday Morning News and learned about the Gregory Brothers whose video Bed Intruder went viral on YouTube.  They are a group of brothers, and the wife of one of the guys, who have taken ordinary videos of news events and turned the voice into song.  They share the income from their huge success with those appearing in the videos and on the tracks selling in iTunes.  I wonder if Obama got a cut from this one:

With the app, you can simply speak some words and voila!  it's a song!  Easy n funny!  U can listen to what others have recorded n tweeted with raunchy titles and content such as:
Who Farted
Jigaboo
Homeless Homo
...just to name a few of the random ones I came across today.  Not hateful, but people just acting silly.
Give it a try--it's FREE!  Shawty!

Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats & Rhymes

I'm gonna watch the documentary Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats & Rhymes on YouTube--all 6 parts can be viewed there.  It was a suggested watch by a friend, and it seems to be in sync with the approach I'm thinking about for my upcoming video These Boots.  It's about how I feel....I love hip hop, but I don't like the ass in the face, good for nothin but bein called a bitch and puttin ur ass up on a guy.  I'm not judging it, I just want to use my time to send a more clever and meaningful message.  I want the hip hop vibe, I want sexy, but I want some humor instilled, and I want it to be more female empowering.  I promote diversity and acceptance with all of my arts...I am VERY gay friendly, therefore I want anything I'm a part of to be supported by the gay community.   I will not sacrifice how I feel about having this One Love attitude that I have to embrace various ages, cultures, and whatever ones gender identity might be.   Enough said?   thanks.

These Boots!

Doin' my research for my upcoming video debut "These Boots" (see previous posts to find out what's up).  It all began with my sis Chasity sayin that I'm Cee-Lo Green's twin.  I watched his Fuck You video and had an idea to do a version of it using my Caddy, me as the male figure--though feminine in appearance--demonstrating how to treat a lady right, and givin the finger/FU to the mens who be F'n up.  u dig?!  So, the beat woulda been the same, but the lyrics shifted, with the exception of Fuck You!  and you too!  haha  This might still happen, because I dreamed of a pool scene for the ending that would bring together some of my Hugh Hefner livin-the-impossible-life fantasies!  For now....

Joyce n I decided to take on a project ourselves, and if others choose to join in they need to be dependable and show up to make it happen, or we go it alone--with the help of Chris our film dude of course!  He is equally on fire to release some creative energy!  When she and I sat down at Ming Ten to put our heads together and discuss what some of our goals are for publishing poetry, taking on more performances for charities and open mics in other cities, we came full circle back to video talk.  I said, "The Caddy video can still happen, but we need to just get started, let's pick a theme and GO!  We can always keep goin, and make new and fun videos, but we gotta get something going--take that step!"  I knew I wanted beats in the video, and I know I want it to be sexy, fun, and thought provoking.  Female empowerment sista!  Write On!  Joyce mentioned liking that song These Boots Are Made For Walking, and I said, "That's it!  It will be about boots!  and we'll wear some of our fly ass boots!"  Chris happened to be at Ming Ten last Sunday nite too with his wife, but he wasn't in our convo.  I filled him in a bit later, and we've arranged to meet with him tomorrow to bring these ideas together and get it movin.  Another woman (Christina) was there (saw her at the sushi counter and I didn't get to say HI to her) n I didn't know it then, but she will likely make an appearance in this video.  I ironically met her at Ming Ten for the first time for her birthday party, she is a body builder and friends with my friend Elise--who is going to do the makeup and make an appearance too!  These two girls and I talked about doing some sort of project together involving their body-building bods, my camera, and possibly some of Christina's fashion designs.  I haven't seen any of Christina's designs yet, but am eager to!  So, pulling these ideas together, I imagine them as my body guards in the video--hot eh?!  Hells yeah!  I've got several scenes playin out in my mind...gotta discuss them with my girl Joyce!  I know Chris will be up for Girls, Girls, Girls!  haha!  I even want to throw my belly-dancing neighbor in the mix, if she'll join in.

In this week with my own thoughts...I was thinkin I don't want to simply copy the song, though some of the lines in it might find their way in, cuz they are 60s hip and fit with the hip hop of today!  Like:  "You keep lyin' when you oughta be truthin'"  LOL  I want it to be a poetic collab between myself n Joyce.  Kwame will have a verse in there if he joins us on this endeavor--and I have this scene pictured as well.  He'll be rockin' his guitar and singin/poetisizin.  Joyce & I will be strictly spoken word.  I've been playing around with GarageBand, but it's been a while since I've used it, so can't figure out how to remove beats in the timeline when I wanna change it up.  grrrr  But, I thought I'd do some sort of mix of beats to show my love of diversity--u know, a little Latin, a little Asian, some reggae/hip hop, mix of who knows what.  Then have Kwame's guitar in the mix.  We'll see how this evolves.

Like any good writer does...I'm doin my research.  I pulled up some videos of the tune These Boots Are Made For Walking on youtube, and totally forgot about Jessica Simpson's rendition of it!  Whoa!  smokin hot!  Ironically...I was planning to wear a pair of Jessica Simpson's boots in our video!  And...I just created a little dance move last nite in front of my mirror, and now that I've watched this, I so know it's goin in the video!  Along with my bodybuildin body guard hotties as my backup dancers!  LOL  Oh...and Willie Nelson is in Jessica's video!  Guess Kwame's gonna be our version of Willie!  can u dig it Kwame?  ;)

So many boots...so little time!  Will we be able to fit in several costume changes in this?  We gotta!

Without further adieu I'll leave you with Jessica and a trip back to 1966 with Nancy Sinatra!

I chose this one of Nancy Sinatra because they actually have a little shimmying goin on.  Some of the videos from TV appearances she doesn't move her hips at all!  Whoa...the day of the TV when they didn't allow that!

Did I already say I LOVE youtube?!!!!!  hahaha  I just had to go and look up Shimmy Shimmy--no...it's not Coco Puffs (like we all thought, including me!)--Ko Ko Bop!  aw this video made me smile!

Girl Panic!

Oh MTV...silly, silly you...banning Duran Duran's Girl Panic with the just-as-hot-now-as-they-were-then-if-not-hotter Super Models of the 1980s/90s! Hell, I don't even pay for that raunchy cable TV anymore...MTV has all those joke ass reality shows with teen pregnancies, and they air some controversial Lady GaGa videos--that woulda been banned if Madonna had done them in a sweeter, more sensual way!  Let's not forget some of the rap tunes that are all about fucking, and have the girls revealing way more than the models in Girl Panic do!  tisk tisk

Well, a little controversy goes a long way, and in the age of the Internet, we love getting our eyes and ears full on here--because nobody wants their MTV like they used to!  YouTube -- we love u!  And here's the sexy, fun, fashionable, music video Girl Panic:

I really dig Naomi Campbell as Simon Le Bon (frontman/vocals), especially at the end when they are in their menswear suits rockin it out!  She's got his moves down!  And I dig her in the beginning when she snaps her Louboutin heels together (yes, I'm jealous!).  And I dig her when she's being interviewed.  I dig her legs.  Wow!

Yasmin Le Bon --she's Simon's wife?  seriously?  I guess so.  I thought all those dudes were gay.  Oh well.  Anyway, she is smokin' hot!  She's the guitarist, who claims she's not in the band.  She's rockin the ombre hair, make up how I like it...and yeah...I wanna look like her when I make my video....or...maybe....

Cindy Crawford!  Still gorgeous!  Not as great of an actress as Naomi & Eva...but still has that eye candy appeal!  She plays the bassist John Taylor.  Maybe he's more reserved, I dunno, maybe that's how he acts, I dunno.

Eva Herzigova--wow, girlfriend can act!  I'd like to check her out in a chick, kiss-ass, action flick!  She had the androgyny thing goin as the keyboardist Nick Rhodes.

Helena Christensen--do you remember her from Chris Isaak's Wicked Game video?  In case you don't....here...watch....and swim in her eyes:

Here are a few yummy still shots from Girl Panic:

"No Super Models were hurt during the filming of this video"  hahaha!  luv it!

So, this has given me ideas for the spoken word/music video I'll be filming with poet Joyce Conley & film maker Chris Penney!  My friend Elise Brown will do our super model makeup!  & she n her body building friend Christina will appear as my scantily clad body guards!  Christina has a background in fashion design too...so Oooo la la!  the possibilities!  A guitarist/poet/singer friend Kwame Kamau might join forces.  I've been messing around with GarageBand on my iMac, so we gonna drop some beats some how, some way!  It'll be sexy--Yes!  It'll be fun & funny--Yes!  It'll have that female empowerment thang goin--Hells to the YES!

Ok, enough, enough!  No...let me leave with prolly my fav video from the Super Model yesteryears of 1990:

She's Baaaaaaaaaaaack! hahahahaha!

So...I'm making a New Year's 2012 resolution to write in this blog daily...I'm started today--why procrastinate?!  I'm just gonna write about whatever gets into this pretty, yet strange, often highly intellectual, yet goofy, little head, and yet big brain of mine!  Maybe I'll touch on politics or religion.  I'll definitely talk about male/female relationships, and LGBT friendly conversations.  You know--well now you do--I'm all about supporting diversity, yet finding unity within our diversities.  I like to take photos...so there will be images.  I'll share an occasional poem with you.  I'll interview artists, writers, musicians, and people of interest.  If I watch a film and it moves me somehow, I'll share it.

Here's a link to my fav movie scene ever!  crazy ass dance scene in Wild at Heart by David Lynch

I watch documentaries and foreign films that are thought provoking.  I watch tripped out films.  Sometimes I just like to laugh!  I'm compiling a list of some of my favs, so I'll post that here and add to it along the way.

Yesterday, my friend and fellow poet Joyce Conley discussed how we want to take our poetry to the next level.  Last August we delivered some empowering spoken word to the guests at a Women's Equality Day dinner to support the NOW  National Organization for Women and in celebration of the 19th Amendment giving women the Right to Vote.

Gosh, I just teared up watching that clip, and I don't know if it's cuz I can't stand how dorky I look, or I was actually touched by my own words--I think both!  haha!  Anyway....Joyce and I would like to participate in more events such as this one to help support non-profit organizations, and be the change we wish to see in the world (as Gandhi suggests!).  With our poetry we want to educate and uplift.  We are going to begin creating video versions of our poems with the help of Chris Penney--our local bad ass film producer dude!  And trust me...we are gonna look way more fly in these videos!  We wanna give ya'all something sexy to look at, something silly to laugh at, something cool to listen to (yeah, we'll add some jams) and most importantly SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT!

WRITE ON!

Oh...and lemme throw this one in here too where Joyce did a dedication poem for ME!
at the Avant Garde 2434!  Love U Gold n Bold girl!