i’ve been feeling incredibly inspired the last few weeks, and particularly after the new year. see, i went to vegas to ring in 2010. now, normally i’m sort of disgusted by vegas. but something happened this trip. i saw life in a whole new way. let me explain…
we had been treated to a nye party at the playboy club in palms casino. admission, drinks, our room, everything was taken care of. fantastic.
but no more than 30 minutes after we got to the party, my friend anahi and i couldn’t take the energy of the place. to describe in one word: DARK. maybe because it was the playboy club, but it was like this regurgitation of what sexy should be, but in reality the place lacked any sensuality whatsoever. instead it just felt icky. there were shifty eyes all around us, trying to see who to look at, to see who was looking at them.
so three of us decided to journey back and found ourselves pouring out into the main casino. maybe it was the sound of all the machines, or the cocktail waitresses bustling around with drinks. maybe it was seeing people from all ends of the country — the world. or maybe it was mind altering substances, i dunno, but i suddenly saw everything as an exchange. i saw the exchange of energy between everything and everyone right before my eyes. transfers between people and people, people and machine, us and the earth. the food, the money, the hope, even the despair. batteries, bodies, spirits that continuously need charging.
it was all so amazing. so beautiful.
you might just think i’m out of my mind, and maybe i am a little, but it was incredibly inspiring. it’s making me see things in a fresh new light. and now i just want to keep creating and working with other people. exhange thoughts. ideas. vision. share. share. share.
i took a lot of photos because of this urge to share, and here are a few of my favorites. hope you enjoy them.
2010 is going to be amazing. keep exchanging, folks…
taylor and anahi
bustillos
ray of sunshine
gypsy
girls and their rituals
hi
blurr
doe
dear
meow
time to go home. thanks vegass.
perfection
as in it’s still freaking hot outside. i’m craving the cold. you know, like one of those wonderfully crisp nights where the perfect nesting temp can only be created with the help of a lover. meow…
BUT, fall is great for other things, such as a busier commercial world. i’ve been auditioning more and booked a national spot for American Family Insurance. sweet. AND, i’m on avail for a Sprite commercial starring Jay Chou. rad rad. keep your fingers crossed for me.
also great, but annoying is Halloween. this year i decided i would milk every last drop out of the skeleton hoodie i bought for the BaO video and wore it for Dia De Los Muertos and Halloween. made this season so much more enjoyable because i didn’t have to come up with some stupid shit costume. not to mention it is the most comfortable thing EVER — the total antithesis to all the skimpy outfits that hot bitches (and not so hot ones) all over our country don on this day. anyhow, some photos:
my neighbor Tomi Monstre wins for best roboho
da hoodie
Benzo my partner in crime that night
lucifer doing some biznatch before we go
anahiiiiiiiiiii
the grand entry way
glow mouse head
audrey
freaking fantastic
a lady in the loo
benzo caught fraternizing with a booty ho
dilated
lock
i found some booty hos too
but i don't think they be ho'en it for my team
note passing since 1992
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driving in the bright hot desert sun
dead beach
this is what happens when actors wait
following photos were taken with taylor’s SLR
the graphic novel Godkiller (click image to visit site)
after we finished shooting for Godkiller, we started shooting for fun.
blessed with some insane skies that day
orgasmic light at the golden hour
unintentional "i gotta pee squat" -- fierce.
la la la
we went there
freakin adorable
channeling 1979
the following photos were taken for shits and giggles by jon weiner after he finished shooting us for Godkiller
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i had the most amazing day. a perfect sunday.
beautiful. hot. sunny.
good friend. good food. good ness.
i love waking up and feeling new. it seems to happen more and more. i feel new, but yet i’m returning to the old. i guess it’s not so much an old and new thing, but more a return to the genuine. to what’s real. it’s a mind blowing thing to realize the degree to which one can mask his or her true self.
it’s mind blowing in another realm entirely when you realize you’re coming back. i appreciate everything so much more.
i want to kiss the shit out of something.
baxter is so gonna get it
ok. so my photo for today. i don’t feel like posting a picture of myself. meh.
BUT…
on the same appreciating life bend, i want to give a shout out to my sister Ingrid Chen. Chen. Yu. Yeah, we’re not blood sisters. But we’re the next closest thing. Anyway, this was not just any sunday, it was also Ingrid’s birthday so i’m posting a photo i took of her from the other night at Osteria Mozza, where I made love to some burricotta so hard i got a kink in my neck. I love this photo…
She was just in LA visiting from Portland so right now I am freshly missing her company. Ingrid is the author of The Hungry Cupboard, where she shares her ever expanding journey into the food world and I think ya’ll should have a look see.
Happy Birthday Ing!
Ingrid on Twitter!
My Twitter!
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