bye bye Izzy and Lilly.

They've been with me since April--while Scott and Alicia were in Boston. We've had lots of drama with surgery, foxtails, flees, poo, puke, peeing on the carpet, obsession with playing fetch, bark from outside being dragged inside, and playing behind and under the couch. After my parents drove away with them today, I started to cry--and not tears of joy, but sadness. So I went in to the back yard to clean up all of the poo from the last few days just so I could be reminded of all of the grunt work that comes with having them around. It kinda stopped the tears but as soon as I came home from work to an empty house, absolute silence, and no dogs barking for my attention, I got sad again. Before I got them, I suspected that I would get attached and cry when I had to give them back but then after having taken Lilly to the vet 6 times, I thought it wouldn't be so bad. I guess when you go great lengths to take care of something, you develop love for it. I keep saying I don't want a dog but maybe, just maybe, I do.

(crappy cell phone pictures--sorry)

I went with Jason to an art opening called Cute and Dangerous at the art gallery Seven Degrees on Friday night. It was probably the strangest art opening I've ever been to. First of all, I have no idea what to call the genre of art and second of all there were costumed individuals. Most of the art is kind of like Japanime and kind of like graffiti. I personally felt like I had walked in to a Hello Kitty store. It was fun and kind of interesting. Mike and Jason both told me that this type of art is kind of an up and coming trend right now. (so hot right now). Here are some pics. There were a ton of photographers there and so I take zero credit for any of these pictures.











This graffiti artist left the canvas uncolored...

so the crowd could color it in for him...

oh look--who's that?

Jason and me

Leave it to JJ Abrams to make me a TREKKIE. It was inevitable really. I love science fiction and I am a total star wars fan. (I mean, how could I not be a star wars fan when my little brother used to get up at 6am every morning and beg my parents to put it on. Throughout an entire summer I awoke to find myself in a land far far away.) I also love the Alien movies, Terminator movies, and the 5th Element. AND (nerd alert!) I used to watch the sci fi channel from time to time. I watched this one movie about a science guy who was so obsessed with cobra snakes that he created a formula from their venom to slowly transform his assistant in to a cobra snake. The irony was that once the assistant was a snake, he bit the science guy and killed him. You would think I would have seen this movie once because I was super bored or whatever one day but I actually saw it twice, years and years apart. I have no idea what it's called though. I'm sorry because I know anyone who reads this is going to want to run out and rent it or add it to the netflix list. Anyway, so JJ Abrams Star Trek was a fantastic movie. The hair and makeup was phenomenal. A lot of times I am distracted by crappy wigs or super obvious fake blood but not with this one! I didn't even recognize Eric Bana! Super hot Eric was so well transformed into his character. Good job hair and make up team and good job JJ, as always.

So I read Heather's blog today and found out that a wedding I did hair/make up for was featured on two different websites: Wedding Chicks and Vintage Glam! My name was mentioned in one of them and the other said they loved the hair and makeup! ahhh...so awesome!

The other day Jason asked me what was up with Fast and Furious making more money in it's opening weekend than all three previous fast and furious movies put together. I had some explanation of why: bla bla it's all the hype, bla bla there aren't any other good movies to see right now, bla bla movie tickets prices are way highter, bla bla bla. But today I realized that all of that was WRONG. I was WAY OFF. This song came on as I was driving: 'We Are Rockstars' by British electro-rock band 'Does It Offend You, Yeah?'. It's the song they play in the Fast and Furious trailor. Suddenly all I could see was Vin Diesel showing off his hot muscles in his hot muscle car and I wanted to drive over to the movie theater. It's the song! It's like the pied piper calling us to join him! And it's working! If only movies weren't $11 I could be watching it AGAIN!

Have you heard? The women in Spanish Fork, Utah and Amy Winehouse(**see below) are doing back flips and crying for joy over this: BUMP ITS. Someone has come up with a way to get around back combing, teasing, ratting, what have you, to create that little nest of volume some women love on the crown of their heads.

I just about died when I saw the infomercial on it tonight. Seriously, I thought my heart stopped. I am a hair dresser trying daily to help women update their look. I can't tell you how many women love to do the beehive back comb thing they've been doing since the 60's.

I don't know what the excuse is for younger girls doing it. They must have just learned it from their mothers. It's the worst in Utah. Going to beauty school there, I couldn't get away from it. I did however convince some to let it go. "There are other ways!" I'd plead. "Use a volumizing shampoo and conditioner. Try a root lifter and thickening styling product. Round brushes can do amazing things!" That's when it started. I was on a mission to rid the world of snarling their hair in to balls on their heads to create volume. This mission was put on hold when I moved to Vegas. Two words: Show Hair. I was back combing and ratting like there was no tomorrow. But this was for a SHOW on a STAGE, not to go to the MALL or heaven forbid CHURCH. I knew it had turned into an epidemic when this girl showed up with what appeared to be HORNS. She had back combed her hair on each side of her head but not the middle. It looked so crazy I wanted to dig my fingers in to her head and start shaking and scratching until she looked like my current facebook picture.

"You want volume?? I'll show you volume!" But I left her alone and just sat behind her each week and stared in wonder: "What's in there? Is that just her hair? It couldn't possibly be snarled ratty hair. It's too big! How? Why?"

I don't know what to do. With this woman's invention, there is no more fighting the big nasty snarl poof. She's made it a staple in our society and she is reeping the monetary benefits. You can watch a video of it here. (I must warn you though, you might want to kill Roy Orbison before it's over.) Do you think the girl with the horns will buy two and put one on each side of her head? Oh how I hope and wish...

**Amy Winehouse

I bought two new packages of dental floss a few days ago. One of the un opened packages was on my bed last night as I was going to bed so I put it to the side on the desk beside my bed. Let me back up here one second. This last week I have been sleeping really crazy. I am so tired but in the middle of the night I toss and turn and get really frustrated to the point that I'm slamming my face on my pillow as I re situate myself in hopes to find a more comfortable spot. The anger and frustration have overtaken my dreams at times and sometimes I don't know whether I am sleeping or awake. Reality has become a very fuzzy picture in the wee hours of the morning. This morning I awoke to find my dental floss free of the cardboard and plastic packaging. I stared at it for a moment and then like a dream saw this: I'm half asleep reaching for the dental floss and violently tearing at it, desperately trying to free it from it's confines. I couldn't get through the cardboard part and exasperated, fumbled through my drawer to find a pen to break through. All the while, I'm laying in my bed. I find the pen and begin to stab at it with all of the furry of a warrior. Finally I break the dental floss free and then darkness. I stared at the dental floss, sitting ever so calmly in the exact spot I had left it, wondering if this really happened and then I looked over the edge of my bed. Pieces of plastic and cardboard were scattered about in small pieces. It's a good thing I sleep alone.

On January 17th I did Kristin's hair and makeup for her marriage to Chris. Heather Balliet, the wonderful wedding planner, just posted some pics on her blog: http://amorologyweddings.blogspot.com/2009/03/kristin-chris-ooh-la-la_16.html

It's seriously worth taking a peek at. This was the cutest wedding ever!

This is a hairpiece I made for each of the bridesmaids.

Look how cute they are!

Special thanks to Kristin and Chris for letting me be a part of their day!