still fab after all these years.

be careful of wigs

My first visit to Samm in Seattle a few years ago. Is that what 25 looked like?

These two photos above (hopefully) are of Brent. We only dated for a brief time, but I still think of him fondly and often. Such a sweet talented guy. We maintained a relationship to a degree - when he was performing somewhere in drag, he wouldn't do it unless I was there to make him look beautiful. If we had met under different circumstances, or at different times, I think we really could've done some great work together.
My beautiful friend Jill. Julius did the makeup and styling for this. We used to get together and do these photo shoots at their place in Chicago. Natalie Wood?


This is Eve Berlin. At the time he was in a struggling band called Atrixo - a band whose music I still adore. It's sad that they dis-banded. The world never got a chance to hear them. He's now in a band called Living Things. They just released their first record on Jive. Eve is quite beautiful and a very talented bass player.
About a year and a half ago I had the honor of meeting Petra Nemkova and got to do her makeup for a Sports Illustrated contest called Fresh Faces. Petra was more stunning in person than in any photograph I have seen of her. She is so charming and sweet. These are the some of the reasons I miss being in Chicago. I don't have as many opportunities like this in Atlanta.

until i have a real webpage, this is just going to have to do. i hate that i don't know how to format this better. but i am enjoying putting a lot of my photographs up for people to see - even though it may just be Samm that is looking at this! love ya!

mm. rufus.

so i broke out the scanner

how do you add captions?
all of these pictures were taken by me (well, except maybe the polaroids from '64 and '76)

if there is makeup involved, i probably did it too.

people i love and have loved.

I MISS LOTS OF OTHER PEOPLE!

y'all. i have a new computer. any pictures taken before i moved here are stuck on a old piece of shit compaq that i can't seem to get into these days.
Samm. Brandon. Stephen. i love and miss you all. anyone else i forgot, you probably need to call me. ;)
it's like an awards speech where the winner forgets to thank their husband or best friend.

home and bored. my only day off.

people i miss.

my favorite music at the moment

Goldfrapp, Supernature. Why there aren't more artists making music like this is beyond me. Much more interesting and glam than Madonna could ever hope to be.

LCD Soundsystem. My friend Yvonne thinks they should change their name to LCDC. Fun, funky, fresh!

Casey Stratton, Divide. Just because it's beautiful.

Kate Bush, Aerial. Also quite beautiful.

Arcade Fire, Funeral.

Antony and the Johnsons, I am a bird now. My roommate said Antony reminds him of Tiny Tim, but sounds better. Hmm. Melodramatic and queer. And quite pretty as well. What more could you ask for?

The Cardigans, Super Extra Gravity. Gotta love those Swedes.

Imogen Heap, Speak for Yourself.

Franz Ferdinand, You Could Have it So Much Better.

Fiona Apple, Extraordinary Machine.

Sigur Ros, Takk. Truely stunning.

I think I'll have to follow this up with my favorite songs from the past year.

OH! And Lady Miss Kier recently performed at Circuit in Chicago! I was expecting some of my friends in Chicago to go and to report back, but no one has! It wasn't a dj set. She performed new songs, and even some Deee-Lite tracks. WHY I didn't fly up for this show..... DAMN. Is there a solo record from Miss Kier on the way? I'll die. Deee-lovely.

pretty things

my new boyfriend. ;)

thoughts after midnight

today was my last day with MAC and Nordstrom. If I had left altogether when I left Chicago I think I would've been more sad about it. I've spent most of my adult life working for this company. Unfortunately my experiences here in Atlanta with MAC and Nordstrom really soured it for me.
So, I was quite pleased to punch out for the last time tonight.
I have tomorrow off to relax and maybe get some holiday shopping done - an activity I don't particularly enjoy.
Thursday I start working for Shu Uemura at Saks. I am excited about it. It is a fantastic product, but more importantly, I will be working in a more harmonious environment and getting paid much more for it. Less stress means much more to me than ever.

I've been in Atlanta 6 months now and I'm really making some great new friends here. Yvonne, her friend Stefan, Kyle, Brian and I went to see Brokeback Mountain last night. I arrived first to find a lengthy line which I had to wait thru to hear that the movie was sold out. I quickly called Yvonne and Kyle to see if I should get tickets for the ten o'clock. Once everyone arrived after circling for parking, we went to Apres Diem and had dinner and drinks and chatted for a while until it was time for the movie. Yvonne's journalistic skills seemed to rub-off on all of us as we interviewed Stefan about his life.

The movie didn't get quite a grasp on me emotionally as I expected it to. I certainly enjoyed the eye-candy and was saddened by the story, but I'm not sure I ever fully believed in their love for each other. Their inability to love each other openly, for all the reasons, made me mad more than anything. Will we ever have a queer film that ends with the characters in love and happy? Or is that just cheesy film-making? Adam and Steve despite all it's ridiculous humour and slap-stick antics, told a sweet love story. The love scenes were often uncomfortable, akward and absurd, as they so often really are. If I were able to play back some of the intimate moments I have had in my life, I would be embarrassed - especially if others were watching. Which is why I loved so much of Adam and Steve. Also, I can only love anything that has Parker Posey.

Brokeback relied on few words shared. And I've been in that same sort of place as well. I guess something just didn't ring true for me. Or maybe i just respond better to humour. I still liked it, but wasn't blown away. Heath Ledger was excellent.