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10. I ALWAYS wear high heels.  EVERYWHERE. Don’t tell me to take them off, I would rather leave.

9. I wear wigs, weaves, falls, extensions.  I take off hair at home.. get into it.

8. I love makeup I love to pile it on my eyes and lips. I love false eyelashes. Don’t tell me I look better without it.

7. I love to dance.  If there is music on I just might start dancing.  If this embarrasses you or makes you uncomfortable… bye.

6. I listen to music all the time. Not always loud, but pretty much always. You don’t like my music… it aint gonna work.

5. I love my dog. Maybe more than you at first. But Angus is for sure more loyal than any guy I have ever met.

4. I love to nap.  Call it boring and lazy… don’t call me.

3. I am Vegan.  I like being Vegan. I will NOT apologize for it and I will not tolerate snide remarks and flaccid jokes about it.

2. I am a workaholic. I put it 1st and I am constantly working. Do not get in my way.  Embrace it or git.

1. I love to love, nurture and respect people. I love to be loyal, I love to help, listen praise adore.  Because of this…if you hate yourself.. eventually you will hate me too.

xoxo

Ali

Hey Squirrels!

This Past Monday I shot an INCREDIBLE promo for Diva Zappa’s Beauties.  Anyone who has kept an eye on Lipstick Prophets over the years will remember the fantastic story we did on Diva and her over the top knitted beauties in the 1st issue of Lipstick Prophets magazine.

Well.. since then Diva has been up to A LOT to say the LEAST.  She has been keeping busy acting and knitting, her knits just went to the Cannes film festival, she has an art installation going up in London in December and she is currently filming a movie where she plays a zombie seductress. 

Anyhow.. here are some behind the scenes pix we snapped with our collective bb’s.  THE OWL is yours truly.

oxxo

Ali

I am obsessed with these PSA’s Time for Timer… hero shit.

Please check out the lyrics.. its too good

even for a VEGAN!!!

I am the type of gal who the near mention of “Coachella” gives me hives.  But this year I collected my anxiety, my allergy to heat and sun and my dignity and piled into my new ride for it’s maiden road trip.

Now let me clarify.  I HATE crowds, heat, dust, dirt, drug addicts, sun, loud noises, drunk people touching me, hippies, douchy band guys, traffic, getting stranded, and not wearing high heals.  And to me that is the dictionary definition of Coachella music festival. 3 days and nights in the desert with 75,000 people all packed on a polo field 1/2 dressed and all wasted. ew.  BUT… one of my closest friends (Shelly-lyn Brandler) is the caterer (Ta-da catering) and informed me she had credentials for me so.. what the hell.. lets see what happens.

I fully missed day 1 (I had to make all you lovelies the new Lp collection and Audrey Kitching’s collab) arrived in the desert after 3am and crawled into bed in a lovely condo in Palm springs.  The next morning my friend took me over to Frank Sinatra’s old house where the Jeramy Scott for Adias parts was getting set up (shudda snapped a photo oopse..)

From there I cruised to where Puppy was crashing… apparently no one had the code to open the gate…

We gussied up in the car

Now we are ready for some serious… indians…Puppy found Waldo…we also found MJ lives…Right next to dashiki town…

What band are these hippies dancing to? De La Soul. Only at Coachella.

Relaxing in the rose garden…

and to top it all off… a horse with a gangsta lean

All and all I had a fantastic time… I saw some great bands, got to meet some exciting people, bumped into old friends, and got treated like a fuckin queen!!

I did some serious tweeting while out there even though cell reception was shotty… and the LA weekly named me one of the top #coachella tweeters !!!  http://bit.ly/9vFPf7

I was eating my words the entire time… all these years of trash talking this desert carnival… I am FOR SURE going back next year!!!

xo

ALI

What do you do when the world is in crisis?  How does one remain bright in this mud? Everyday the pitch seems to be getting flatter and flatter.  All the worry and distress is infectious.  An air born illness that has infected the water supplies.  We are all feeding into the vibe with more worry, fear, chaos thinking.  If everyone took just 10 minutes a day to sit the negativity still and be positive think of the energy we could shift.  A simple smile for a stranger.  Letting someone in front of you on line at the market.  Telling someone it’s all going to be ok.  Positivity can be just as contagious.

Anyone with me???

My cousin had these bunny ear barrettes she whipped out at Easter dinner.

GIMME THOSE!!!

But in the pic I look like I have horns not ears.

Sad bunny.

x

Ali

I got this yummy and adorable Vegan Easter bunny in my Easter basket from Alison’s Gourmet.  They are this AMAZING company here in California who sells 100% organic 100% vegan treats (cookies, brownies, chocolates, caramels, hell.. even fudge!!

They tend to be a little spendy (shipping will bite u in the arse) but WORTH EVERY LAST DIME!!!

YUM!

xo

and

HAPPY EASTER!!

ALi

Sometimes thoughts come whizzing through my mind. Sometimes they come over me like getting in a bath. Occasionally they will barely graze me or just give me a “hmm” but not stick around for storage. Then there are the thoughts that come slamming into my skull via my face. This is one of those. Right now my mind wants to debate the minutia of Disappointment vs Devastation. When is which appropriate and why. I need some clarity on this. The human mind really is complex.. or is it? Seems to me people who are not matured emotionally behave in 2 ways. Obvious or opposite. but when is which to come into play? The longer I am on this earth the more transparent people are becoming. And not just my coneys I mean I will size up the kid behind the counter at Taco Bell or the lady taking my change at the toll booth. When does she get devastated? If I tell her she is fat will she be devastated? Will it be met with the same intensity as if I told her her husband is cheating? What if I told her she was fired. What is Disappointing and what is a devastation .

Sometimes I feel like EVERYTHING is devastating. This is usually followed by a period where nothing matters. I think psychologically its considered avoidance due to being overwhelmed.

But I am thinking of making a list of events acceptable to be devastated over and events better left to the lighter disappointment that I can refer to when necessary

things to be Disappointed by:

- Canceled plans.
-ordering food and finding out they are out of it.
-a large cell phone bill
-car getting towed/ticketed
- a zit
-bad hair cut

things to be devastated by:

-death
-divorce
-fire
-terminal illness
-identity theft

Looking at my small beginnings of a list I am getting devastated just thinking about all of the disappointments happening at one time so I would have to make an amendment or clause stating if 6 or more events happen concurrently one may be escorted into devastation.

Ok.. I’m gonna go work on my list.. let me know if you have any suggestions.