We are up in New York City itself now and having a great time. Had a couple hours off this afternoon and , oh COURSE, we went out shopping. I am not sure Chris had the best time, Shoes, Clothes, Jewels, Make up and Hats!! ( you know Malena and I !! ) But he said he didn’t mind, and that the air conditioning was worth it! ( it is HOT here! )

Then we had great Indian food, I am in HEAVEN!!! And have since been playing with Photo Booth on my Mac while waiting for the sun to go down. Shooting Fairies in Times Sqare tonight. ( Shooting them DEAD???? I slay myself…)

Ok, here’s Malena….

Well, my eyes are watering a lot on this trip. That damn fairy glue. More later. XOXOXOXOXOOX

We will leave you with more MacBook Photo Booth Magic…Malena as a Fairy Fish!

Love and Video,

Lorraine and Malena

Out in New York we are. I think I am posting as Malena, but that is not all bad, it’s like she is here too.

She is actually asleep right now, we have been shooting non-stop since we got here, uh, was it yesterday? It is hard to tell. We shot late into the night, and then re-did costume and make up and shot at dawn. ( which requires one be up long before dawn, do the math…)

It is magic tho, pure magic. We are loving every minute. Kimberly and Byrdie are amazing, genius, and magic themselves. Malena on camera is pure poetry. They have a crew who are wonderful and everyone is working so hard to make this wonderful. Chris and I haven’t shot anything yet, which is ok by me, hee-hee, I am great behind the camera lines, and love it, and I am great on stage, but have never been in front of the camera. Every one assures me I will do just fine and they will make sure of it.

We are so happy, Chris, Malena and I , and can’t wait for all of you to see what we are making. It’s very like being in the studio recording, very intense, very focused, very hard work.

And we wouldn’t want to be anywhere else in the world….

More as time and brain allow….

Love and Video,

Lorraine and Malena ( and all )

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Ok, ok, so TODAY is our Malena’s 26th Birthday! For some bizarre reason I thought her Birthday was on Thursday. Not sure why, but I thought I had two more days to come up with a really amazing Blog for her, but alas, she has informed me no no no, it is TODAY.

So here goes….It’s time you knew the Truth….

Malena was born in 1124 ( at least that’s as far back as we have records ) in a small cave on top of a very high mountain. Born to WHAT the record does not show, but we do know that from an early age, she could not abide the Sunlight , Evil or Mushrooms. ( contrary to popular Myth, her kind CAN go out in the Sunlight, they just don’t LIKE it. )

The records of her early years are sporadic and incomplete, but we do know that she spent some time in England at the Court of Kind Henry the 8th and it was said that having seen her once , and that from across the room, no women ever satisfied him again. ( hence all those darn Wives )

Malena sings. She may have in fact been the first singer. It is suggested the stars appeared in the sky for the first time, upon hearing her sing for the first time, tho that may , in fact be Wimsey and a Folktale. Some scholars believe that the Sirens Song that lured so many to their deaths outside of Greece was Malena singing to Mermaids, it is known they love music and were great friends of hers. Ulysses’s is the only known mortal to have escaped alive, which he did by stopping his ears with wax.

Speaking of which, it is generally not known, but true , that Beethoven , the great composer, was having nothing but trouble one night, and went for a walk to clear his head, under the full moon one evening, and met with her. It is said that the next day, tho deaf from that night on, he began the greatest of all periods of his career.

Not much is remembered of her travels until the early 20th century when she landed in New Orleans, having followed an alligator shape shifter named Maurice. It was there she met up with the legendary ( if not semi-mythical ) duo, Pansy Smith and Violet Jones. They are in fact, the only two musicians known to have encountered her and not only lived to tell the tale, but go onto greatness. Before they disappeared.

It is popularly accepted that Malena can move between the worlds and is as comfortable in Fairy ( or any other realm, who are we, as mortals , to say ? )as she is in this one.

Malena is currently enjoying ” life” as a singer and actress, growing strange herbs in garden at night, and smiling secret smiles when asked where it is she lives by day. I can tell you this, it is a crypt, in a dark and secret place, filled with her friends, most of which are bats, and one of which…

Is me.

Happy Birthday Malena!!!!!!!

Hmmph.

You know some gigs are magic. And some are more like some sort of bizarre reality show challenge. Or an episode of Top Chef ( Season 2, I have no use for seasons 1 or 3. ) If you have ever seen Top Chef, ( and you should even tho my favourite two picks, Elia and Sam got booted out of the final four in Hawaii, my money had been on Ilia all along,as besides being the best Chef, well, she WAS really really hot… )you know that the Chefs had to face some sort of ordeal every week. Sometimes it was, Hey here you go, make us something wonderful with the very best ingredients available and impress us with your magic and skill, we shall applaud.

And sometimes it’s” Here is the vending machine. Make us dinner from it” ( actual challenge, kid you not ) You should have seen their faces, it was ” What the…..We are artists, we are the creme de la creme of Chefs, what do you mean make something from the vending machine???? “

My personal vending machine challenge tonight?

OK, Irish Bands, it’s 90 degrees out, your pub will fill with Baseball Fans who have been drinking for three hours in a most non-air-conditioned stadium, and to make things interesting, let’s remind you that drunken de-hydrated baseball fans are NOT generally into any kind of , uh, art. Or capable of paying attention for more than 20 seconds at a time.

Win them over.

Hmmph.

It’s one week now until Malena and I go out to New York with Chris to shoot video. I am beyond excited, both to see Malena and Chris again and to get a chance to work on my very first video. Malena is hard at work on her Mermaid Tail, which is going to be something out of this world. I asked her about what she would wear on top and we had a lot of ideas based on the traditional scallop shells ( I suggested TURTLE shells might be more, uh, workable, hee-hee ) but I think it will be lovely.

I am not doing too much, I think I am a street musician ( an acting stretch for me ) and a homeless person ( think Neverwhere ) but there will be ocean and music and lots of cool people, what more could a girl want????

I’ll have my new hair too, which is longer, curly and three shades of red.

The Birdchick and I did hive things this week, we put down carpet tacks to keep the skunks away. I am sure she has a blog about it over at Birdchick.com. ( tho I am just as sure she doesn’t go into the fact that it was 90 degrees and WAY to hot to wear anything under the Bee Suits, Beekeeper Monthly Centerfolds we were! )

Oh, and my Vending Machine Challenge tonight?

I won.

Love, music and mermaids,
Lorraine