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Photos by Andrew Blackman.

Fantasy Week.

Should I be updating my blog right now? No. I should probably be delving into (yet another) pile of homework... but I needed a little break to sit and rest my mind. I was at a film shoot from 10am-6pm today and still haven't been off my feet since...yesterday. Funny thing is, this was the fastest/shortest film shoot I've been on all semester...so I guess I really shouldn't be complaining.

Well, I'm putting off the latex aging post a little while longer... there's just so many pictures to go through. So here's a little something fun from last week in makeup. It was Fantasy Week, and Ryan I decided to fully take advantage of the "anything goes in Fantasy Week" policy.

It was his birthday, so I made him a pretty, pretty princess. Yes, those are sequin hearts above his eyebrow. And he added the blood in his mouth to make him look more manly.

Our teacher even added some accessories.

This was my payback. Crazy eyeshadow/blush/lipstick... and you know, just an ordinary screw comin' outta my head and a slit throat. No big deal.

The blood was tickling my face so much.

Hmm... fantasy makeup homework after an 8 hour film shoot? No thanks. Decided to use myself, so I didn't have to track down a model at the last minute and spend a ton of time on this assignment. Here's what I came up with in about 5 seconds.. I'm sure I could elaborate on this idea more, when I'm less tired of standing and moving, haha.

Flower-face?

It's still pretty crazy to me that this is my homework.

I felt like I should make some sort of silly mime face or something, idk.

Well, tomorrow's the longest day EVER. 2 classes, rehearsal, then A TON of homework.. so tonight, I rest.

Hope everyone has a good Monday!

it's late. i'm tired. i'm copying sarah.

If there is one area of my life that I am succeeding in right now, it is blogging. I have too much I could say about everything, but I definitely owe ya'll an update, since I'm so good at slacking. So, while I'm gathering my thoughts, I decided to copy Sarah, because I love answering questions too!

A. Age: 22

B. Bed Size: Full

C. Chore you hate: Washing dishes. Ugh,whoever invented the dishwasher is my best friend.

D. Dogs: Clifford & Raska.

(I LOVE when they do this...they are SO cute!)

E. Essential start of your day: My morning pee. And lately, it's been Jamba Juice.

F. Favorite color: Yellow! It's such a happy color.

G. Gold or silver: Silver! That's always been my preference.

H. Height: 5'4"

I. Instrument you play: Steel drums (and I still retain a bit of my piano knowledge).

J. Job title: Student currently, and summer job TBA

K. Kids: LATERLATERLATERLATERLATER....maybe.

L. Live: Most of the year in San Francisco, but I'm in Florida twice a year.

M. Mom's name: Allison

N. Nicknames: A bunch of silly ones, but most commonly, Des.

O. Overnight hospital stays: Two. One in 6th grade, for broken hip surgery. And one last summer, to get a metal bar put in my chest. haha

P. Pet peeve: Um, talking in movie theaters is suuuper annoying. Also, currently... poor parenting. (Just watched a sad movie about a terrible mother, with the guys).

Q. Quote from a movie: Oh gosh, there's sooo many. But how about..... this one? Just 'cause I remember, I audibly aww'd at this point.

"I'm warning you... if you step any closer, I'll never let you go."

(I couldn't find a picture to match the quote & I loved the carrot bouquet too!)

R. Right or left handed: Righty.

S. Siblings: Dre

T. Time you wake up: 9ish on Mondays and Tuesdays (if I sleep at all), and late afternoon on other weekdays and weekends.. except Wednesdays, 'cause Andrew and I always go to a pre-noon movie for the discounted price. And unless I have film shoots on the weekends, then I wake up SUPER early.

U. Underwear: I'm pro-underwear.

V. Vegetable you hate: I don't know if I can think of one, actually. I'm sure there is one I don't care for...somewhere.

W. What makes you run late: Ignoring my alarm....over and over and over and over.

X. X-rays you've had: Um, every part of my body...twice? I've had sooo many x-rays, I'm surprised I'm not glowing.

Y. Yummy food you make: I specialize in desserts.

Z. Zoo- favorite animal: Oh my goodness, don't make me choose! I LOVE animals. I want to minor in zoology, so that I can work my way through film school...at the zoo! Orrr, be an animal wrangler on a film or something. Or make animal documentaries in Africa or work for National Geographic or something. Ahh. Well, I think otters are pretty cool. And I am seriously fascinated by sea turtles...they are just such incredible creatures.

Theatrical Aging Week, etc etc.

I feel like I have SO much to say! But this should really excite you guys, because I am often told I don't update enough...but I'm really starting to get on a roll. I feel like if I had time (and more importantly, energy), to update twice this weekend, than I can update through almost anything. I have had one of the busiest weekends ever...and I will hit on that in a few, but first I want to say.............

I GOT A SOLO ACT PART IN THE SHOW!!!! :)

Mine & Alex's audition apparently went over well, because now we're performing a guitar & singing duet in the Variety Show, in addition to the 5 musical numbers I'm doing with the ensemble. We're singing 3 songs... we've decided on the first two, but we're still bouncing ideas around for the 3rd. Maybe an original? Anyway, I'm suuuper excited for this... I feel like it will do loads for my confidence. I mean, "passing" the audition already has, for that matter.

Ok, I have lots of pictures to share with you guys. And I'm going to be more on top of it now, because I had a near-crisis today... when my phone ran out of memory and decided to reboot my photo album (essentially my only practical way of everyday photography, because I lost my camera charger for my small camera and I've already replaced it like 3 times, so my mom practically forbids it now, until I can keep track of one), and my other camera is my Canon t2i, which I use for special occasions and projects...definitely not for totin' around at the bars or anything. Aaannyyywaaaay... my phone deleted all my photos from last semester on... and for a few minutes (until I deleted a bunch of apps & my photos came back), I was freaking out! I lost all my photos from Christmas, all my makeup pics, SPRING BREAK.... AHH! But, crisis averted! Thank goodness! But this just means, more photos will be comin' your way, because I can't afford for something like that to happen again.

So here we go. These are from Theatrical Aging Week. We learned to paint on makeup to age someone for theater. The idea here is to use big lines, highlights and shadows, because too much detail will make it look muddy from afar. This look would not work for film, because it's not incredibly realistic or subtle, but it works wonders for the stage.

Me as an old person... aahhhh! Hardly recognizable, right? Ryan did a great job! (Even though we were joking the whole time, in the early stages, about how I looked like a cat.. and then he kept calling me "Simba. Siiiiiimmmmbaaa.")

I must share, the highlight of this exercise for me, was my teacher telling me and a cluster of my classmates that I had perfect eyebrows. She said, "Seriously, they could not be more perfect." And if any of you remember this post, you'll remember I was slightly self-conscious about the brows. But I'll tell you what...that threading membership was some of the best dollas I've ever spent.

This is probably exactly what Diane will look like as an elder.

(Makeup by Conor)

Old lady besties.

This is definitely my favorite picture from the week... cute old couples!

Conor & Diane and me & Ryan.

For my Theatrical Aging homework, I used my bestie Andrew's roommate, Gabe again, from this post. This assignment was cool, because Andrew and I combined our homework... I had to do my makeup and Andrew had to make a film with a certain mood/lighting for his Color Management for Cinematography class. Andrew is a super talented filmmaker, and you can find this short film assignment, along with others at his blog riiight chare! Definitely worth a look :)

My concentration face... at least my tongue wasn't out this time.

Gray hairs!

Aaaand his look is complete!

Ok now, in honor of my extremely busy weekend, in which I worked on two film shoots in two days, I am posting pictures of makeup I did on a previous film shoot a while back. This weekend I worked with my friends, including Andrew, Alex, Kevin, our unintentionally hiiiilarious friend Cosmo, and Nico & Cory (pictured below). Friday was Andrew's shoot, Saturday was Kevin's, and in those two days, we all logged about...28 hours? Something crazy like that, but after Kevin's shoot was over, Cory, Alex, Andrew and I celebrated by eating a cake right outta the pan while waiting for our train at the Bart station. Anyway, I'm super pumped for both of their films! We shot them on 16 mm color film and I think they're gonna turn out awesome! (Maaaaybe you'll get to see it on Andrew's blog one day. Maybe). If not, I'll just come back and tell you how great it is and you'll just have to take my word for it!

So these photos are from a shoot we worked on for a horror web-series, that you can learn about here. Andrew, Alex, Kevin, Cory & everyone have worked on several of these films, but I was a horror flick virgin, and this was my first one for this company, but I had a lot of fun beatin' these guys up!

Victim #1: Cory

Victim #2: Nico

There's no such thing as "too much blood."

This is a shot I took when we were filming. Cory and Nico, dead in a basement.

This post is super long, but only because I had a lot to say before I go into hiding for the next couple days. Tomorrow (today?) is Sunday, and I have so much work to do... makeup homework, shoot & edit an experimental film (it's a weekend of shooting AHH!), memorize a scene & a monologue and read a play for acting, and pick a song to sing for class on Tuesday yikes! Oh, plus finish writing that dreaded paper for my Great Directors class.

Hope everyone had a great weekend! Were any of you lucky enough to find any time to rest?

Ever have a really bad day until your brother cheers you up?

I could go on for days about how much I love this man, but today, it's because we walked around the city in the sun (and the cold air) together, and then he came over with an old picture of us from 9th grade, watched American Idol and ate a cupcake with me. (Shh). We also had a mini-love fest and sang some of our old favorite songs together. Enjoy!

I also got an unexpected phone call today, which was a lovely surprise. It meant a whole lot to me that an old friend took time out of his (very busy) schedule to check in on me and see how I was doing.

AND I got the cutest envelopes I have ever received in the mail! One, from my wonderful pen pal Sarah, and the other for Tony and Rachael's wedding... which I am sooo looking forward to!

I really need to focus on all the goodness in my life...because there's a whole lot of it.

Ever have one of these days?

I've been having a lot. Like, A LOT. If I come up for a second, it's pretty much a given that I'll be back down in a matter of days. I hate it. I don't know if it's stress (probably). And the combination of not sleeping, and being sick. (Sick, because I don't sleep enough, probably)? Anyway, it's making me suuuper cranky and irritable. I'm surprised anyone still wants to be around me. I think I need some more sun in my life. (I would think this thought would make me really excited for summer, but I still don't know what I'm doing for summer, so that kind of freaks me out too, a little bit). I've been trying to do some things to liven up my creative side, to take my mind off of sadness that inevitably comes from sleep deprivation.. so I've been trying a few things. I'm in a variety show right now... we're doing five musical theater numbers for the show, so I've been doing a lot of singing and dancing. In addition to that, I auditioned for a solo talent piece with Alex playing guitar and singing (gasp)! It has taken me forever to get the nerve up to do something like this, so I really hope this audition pays off for us, and I didn't bring him down with my awkward movements.

(I also have someone in the audience I'm trying to impress with my "talent" because he has so many talents that it's annoying and makes me sort of, really angry. HA).

I've also been writing more in my (future) stand-up comedy notebook, which I have been keeping a secret, and hidden in my apartment, for quite some time now. But maybe now that it's out in the open, I can one day soon(er) fulfill my promise to Andrew, of doing an open mic night before summer. (Maybe before next summer.. but I'm workin' on it).

This weekend, I'm potentially working on three film shoots. (Hopefully two, but if the third one turns out to be a go, of course I won't turn it down).

Help me get my happiness back!!

I have SO much work to do this week/wkend, but I'll try and throw up some more makeup pics.

OH! I haven't been to yoga in WEEKS... that's probably another contributing factor.

Hope everyone's having a good week.