Me and my Droogs...
Pineapple Fanta is disgusting!
A bit of the ol' Ultra-Violence with me pee & em.
10.30.2005
Last night I went downtown with my sister and her three friends. They went as the Fantanas. I went as Alex de Large. My parents were visiting this weekend from up north, so they got to see our costume making frenzy. My mom & dad absolutely adored mine, they couldn't stop grinning all silly. Anyway, be warned that there are lots of neat costume photos in this entry, so be prepared!
...So we went downtown and found lots of really interesting costumes. The first awesome costume was Wayne & Garth! Garth had a rumpled matted blonde wig... and Wayne was wearing a real "Wayne's World" baseball cap. We spied some thugs with bling and I said "OMG are they supposed to be gangsters?!" and it was so loud that they looked at us. Oh well, I had my trusty cane and boots...
We did walk down Orange Avenue for a while - there were so many things to see that I was on sensory overload! I LOVE costumes! But when it was time for the el drinko, The only club that was 18+ was the trashiest club ever called Tabu. The DJ was perverted and gross and insulting (I put a box over his face in the photo below so I can forget him as soon as possible). I think he's also the DJ for XL 106.7: a local teeny-bopper radio station. I did get up on the stage in front of about 2,000 people for the contest and modeled my costume. I even sang a line from "Singin' In The Rain." Hey, I got a couple people to applaud. Nobody knew wtf I was, not even the skeezy DJ. But really, that figures. I did run into another Alex de Large, but my sister took the photo without flash and it didn't come out. REALLY lame. So here are the photos!
posted by grrlstar @ 10:30 PM [comment?] 
10.24.2005
i've had a really interesting week. last monday, i went to my fourth GWAR show here at the house of blues in orlando. it was of course, a totally awesome show. they managed to slaughter george w., dick cheney, michael jackson, the nazi pope, and sharon osbourne since she won't let GWAR on the ozzfest tour. she says they are just another "gimmick band, in clown makeup." excuse me, but isn't heavy metal all about gimmicks and ridiculous crap? yes. don't even deny it, metalheads. it's all about the gimmicks and the image. anyway, oderus was hilarious and it was a really fun time.
then on saturday night, i went to see my friend alex's celtic band play at an irish pub in cocoa beach with matt. i picked up jay to come along, because i'm nice like that. anyhow, they played a thirty minute set - and they were actually quite good and a very fun listen. their drummer kept eyeing me, i think. after we hung out there for a couple hours, we went for a latenight mac attack... only this 24 hour mcdee's didn't have regular, small hamburgers after midnight! can you believe such luck? all we wanted was a couple burgers. lame.
on sunday afternoon, matthew and i drove back to orlando to attend the orlando philharmonic orchestra's concert of a few pieces from movies. it was awesome - i even saw a celebrity: the news anchor for channel six news, martie salt! that's a big deal, and she looks way better in real-life than on the cameras. the orchestra began with the william tell overture. they played a short cartoon from the lone ranger while they played it. i was hoping for the corresponding scene from a clockwork orange. dang. next, they played some music from harry potter. after that, they performed the theme from spiderman. it was amazing to see violinists and cellists' hands move so quickly. they did a special feature from a local composer's work on an animated film. lastly, the maestro came out in a darth vader costume and directed the symphony in a star war's medley! it was... so awesome. matt had to be a turd and point out that darth was wearing black galoshes. i say props to wearing gloves and not sweating to death in a puddle on stage. that's hot. this december, i'm going to see ol' beethoven's ninth in tampa.
and how can i explain this week without my "HUNKERING DOWN" for hurricane wilma? the wind was making the raindrops so angry on the windows while i was sleeping, and it was so dark! i was staying at matty's house... and there ended up being a tornado a mile away. their yard is pretty much all underwater and a lot of trees are uprooted and fallen over. i also stepped in dog shit on my way out to the car. but to make up for that shit (pun intended), it is 58 F here in orlando... it feels amazing outside. it's clear and crisp outside because hurricane wilma took all the rain and humidity with her. it feels like winter for once in florida, before january even!
my parents are coming to visit with my little dachshunds on wednesday night. they're driving down from north carolina to spend a few days. i am racing around trying to straighten my room for their arrival. you know how silly and critical mothers can be about your "dusty shelves" or the hair on the bath mats or the sliver of soap you insist on using until it's completely disintegrated.
me & my sister watched the godfather tonight because she had never seen it before. i think she liked it. "leave the gun, take the cannolis." i wish i knew more about my italian half of my family. my grandmother is 100%, second generation italian. my grandfather sapienza was 100% italian as well. i also wish i knew more about my pop-pop's mafia connections - rumor has it he was quite involved in the 60's and 70's. it's what did him in, as well. i don't remember him; he died when i was very young. he was very much a white leisure suit wearing, white shoes and gold chains miami vice italian man. he loved to spend money on us grandkids. anyhow, i don't know much about it. my dad doesn't know much about it either. i guess it's a hush-hush type deal.
posted by grrlstar @ 11:43 PM [comment?]
10.12.2005
My sister and I were laughing about how in church we'd always act like we were reading the Bible all Christian, but we were actually skipping to the "good parts" - you know, the parts that talked about how God rained fire on people and basically beat some asses. She'd go snicker at the mention of breasts and kitty cats in Song of Solomon and I'd giggle about the mention of beastiality, s&m, and homosexuality (check out Leviticus for some sweet do and don't action)! Most of the time our parents wouldn't catch on, but occasionally my dadd-o would flip the page and eye me to pay attention. Blast!
So I had this crazy dream last night -- I was going to get cosmetic surgery and it was a huge ordeal. They were trying to do a million things at once - and while I was still concious! And by a million things I mean talking to me ... and making me watch TV and use the bathroom. I was on my period. It was rather annoying, to be honest. It was taking forever. Maybe this is a sign of things to come? I'm nervous about something, that's for sure.
I got blue contacts for my droogan Halloween costume. Yeah I know, it's overkill but if I'm going to do it, I want it to be the best on the internet... like my Tank Girl costume. You know how I roll. I have a cane, hat, white shirt, tight white jeans, boots, eyelash set, white suspenders, ugly frizzy 70s haircut and brown hair, and now blue contacts. I just have to make the eyeball cufflinks and sew up the sides of my shirt to make it fit loads better. Wish I had someone to go with... I want to ask Matt & Alex to go with, since Alex did this costume a few years back with three other guys. I need to rally some people... oh yeah, and find something to do on Halloween. My mom thinks this costume idea is swell.
Some heinous boy friend of my sister's is strumming the guitar and singing. I wish he'd take the guitar and smash it over his head, and strangle himself with one of the strings, to be perfectly honest.
In other news, I miss my Nerie. I wish she was here lounging on my shaggy brown futon. I have a nice, respectable place for her to lounge finally and she's not even using it. What a strumpety hussy. Hm, fuck Israel. She belongs here on my grand futon.
Christmas / Hannukah / Kwanzaa / Festivus is in like, 2 months. Where the hell did 2005 go? I did accomplish a lot of my goals I set at New Year's, but I wish I would have made a film besides the documentary I'm working on. So I guess technically I did make a film this year. I also produced three pieces of art work of which I am proud. I also produced two costumes, with another on the way. I also lost 25 lbs. (and counting). I'm getting professional head shots in January. 2005's been pretty good to me. But we'll save that New Year's update for January 2006. Yikes.
I need new clothes. Nothing looks good on me and I've undergrown everything in my closet. 7/8's don't fit anymore and I have no idea what shirts look good on me. Someone submit me for a makeover show! I mean it, ya hussies!
Today I gave a presentation on the FMLA website in front of a hundred people and a hot guy I see everywhere (101 people to be exact then). I was so fucking nervous and my voice was shaking. Why am I so fucking retarded speaking in front of people? I'm usually Miss Confidence. Oh well, everyone just confirmed today that I'm a stuttering moron! Yes!
posted by grrlstar @ 10:08 PM [1]