I know that Malena has all sorts of fun things she is planning on talking about, as soon as she gets half a moment, but she is busy today, so in the meantime, here are some Cute Cat photos for you……

You know, they are darned hard to shoot, Kitties are, they simply won’t stay STILL. As difficult as herding them it is….

As well, more Venus for you…..( we need Kimberly out here, now SHE could get some cute shots!!! )

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Hi all! Malena here. That is one freaky cute kitten. It’s head is HUGE! Nothing is cuter than a baby. Even baby buzzards are cute. (not as cute as furry things though)

Kitty, Lorraine and I are getting ready for COMICON. American Scary is doing a screening on Thursday Night. Here’s that info:

AMERICAN SCARY
Thursday, July 26
7:30-9:15pm
Room 26AB

Neil Gaiman will be making an appearance at Comicon to promote his screenplay STARDUST, starring Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer and Claire Daines. Our own Kitty Cat, Neil’s LA assistant is going to be selling Neil Gaiman merchandise at BOOTH 1033. I will be there off and on for signings. Comicon is a blast, so come by and party with us!
Now I’m off to pick out some leather gowns for the fanboys. He hee

Both Lorraine and I are finally home from our whirl wind adventure. I thought you would want to see some of the stills from the RAW footage. Kimberly Butler is an “actor’s director”. She was fanastic to work with and we are so thankful! We had many different locations, none were sets. They were all real, secret hideaways found by Kim and her team. Look at these magical stills….
Here we have the sea serpent of Fire Island. She heard a violin’s song in the distance and the melody beconed her to shore.
Once on land, she immediately felt lonely for the sea, witnessing the cruel human world around her.

A hem….ok that’s the sappy “movie talk”. What really happened? We worked like dogs, froze our butts off in the cold atlantic, and had deer ticks crawling up our skirts. This is how I felt about it…EXCITED, yet whale like. Kim is trying to “throw me over her shoulder” with fatal results.

After the first makeup test, I was suddenly possessed by the spirit of Ozzy Osborne, or was it Bob McKenzie from Strange Brew? Hmmmm.
Here we have our little sea serpent, using her breasts as floatation devices.

I’m sure the boys on the ferry will never be the same. Joking aside, this is a beautiful still.

I loved how I could hear the sand sway as the waves came in. This video is going to be so magic. I have so many fond memories, I don’t know where to begin. I’ve been home 24 hours now and I still can’t find my toothbrush. Jetlag has finally set in so I guess we’ll share the photos in increments.

I loved pretending to be a princess, a fairy and a mermaid. What else could a small town girl ask for? YES! We had brownies too. Thanks to our amazing stylist’s Aunt.

Check myspace for more photos.

Here’s a couple more Mac Photos of Venus, my camera is fixed and we will try and get better ones soon. Bengal Kitties are not SLOW, they move FAST and are very like the jungle cats they were bred from. She does everything they do in the wild, dragging things, hiding, jumping and stalking. ( And sitting in her water bowl. ) ( also , I am not sure if Asian Lepord Cats in the wild are quite so intent on trying to e-mail Someone, running back and forth across the keyboard and desparately trying to surf the web for, well, do we really want to know for WHAT??? ) Facinating little bits of pure energy. So sweet tho!

Here is my little Sweetness attempting to eat Holly Blacks new book Tithe…….

I sent Malena some more pics from my camera today, they are all of her as the Mermaid tho, so she will have to decide which ones can go out into the world, hee-hee! I have been talking with Kimberly every day and her and Byrdie are more and more excited as they get further into the edit!

I will leave you with this…

Venus telling me it is high time SHE got some attention….

Love, Mermiads and Kitties,
Lorraine

Home now from New York, and a bumpy ride it was! Thunderstorms, plane issues, missed flights and lost luggage…..( the luggage has since turned up! )

New York, by contrast was wonderful, magic, exciting, and more fun than I can ever say. I learned SO much about the whole film process, and working with Kimberly, Byrdie, Ashley was pure joy from start to finish. They have such great eyes, and ideas, and will go as long and hard as they need to , to make something very, very good. I can’t wait for you all to see this!

This is a quick post now, but remind me to tell the tale of Chris’s Homeless Pants. They were a work of art they were.

Anyway….

Meet my new friend, a 12 week old Bengal Kitty. I’ll do some better pictures for you, when she settles down a bit, she’s kind of shy still. When my Boss saw her he said I should name her Venus, as that was where she looked like she was from. A total alien she is. Very rare too, as she is Blue and not brown. Her last name is Seaweed, courtesy of Kimberly , who was kidding, but it seems to fit. ( another story for you when I have some time, ah, yes, the ocean is FULL of seaweed )

Venus Seaweed. Who knew?

Love and Kitties,
Lorraine

Sometime in June…

What a trip this has been! I don’t know where to start. Hmmm I could tell you that Lorraine literally saved me from drowning in the atlantic ocean, that I met a 90 year old holocaust survivor who had bouts of psychic messages for me during filming, yes seriously. Although I don’t know if she was aware of the significance of her words in my life…or I could tell you of the serious balls I had to borrow from Kim to go out in the freezing cold bay with nothing but clam shells (made by Miles) and a skimpy fish tail. I LOOKED relaxed and fey, from what the observers say, but in actuality I was freezing. Hail to the all mighty Ben Nye Cosmetics for Final Seal, a waterproof spray that works, even under the sea. You should have seen Lorraine hauling me down the street in a cart. The neighbor kids loved it. Some of the wee ones weren’t sure I was a human. Actually, no one is!

( Lorraine here, teach her to leave her post half done. )
I just wanted to point out that the mermaid tail is NOT skimpy, we are talking 6 feet of tail, in several pieces, which weighs a TON when wet, and that Malena can’t WALK in, so SOMEONE not only has to CARRY her, or HAUL her, but also get her in and out of the water AND be IN the water just off camera in case the Mermaid forgets she can’t actually swim. AH-hem. She was however cold , frozen, wet and Final Sealed she was Beyond amazing!!!

I do believe in mermaids! I do!!!!!

Also coffee. Kid you not, this stuff is AMAZING! No sleep? Need to stay awake another ten hours??? Wet? Cold? Need to rise sparking and ready to go???? Try coffee. Coffee is my friend. I love this stuff!!!!!! Who knew??? For those truly desperate moments, try coffee. You can stop any time you want to , Mmmwahahahaha!!!!!!! )

We now return you to our actual posting this evening…..

MALENA is back now…with munchies. Our little vampire is starting to wake.

Ok, so there we are at the beach. Lorraine and Kim are pushing a tube through my hair from the back so I can breath, the waves are splashing and a bunch of people are recording it with their phones. This was nothing compared to the night we shot in Time Square. SO MANY people were video taping us as we shot. Lorraine can be a rabid pitbull armed with an umbrella when people get to close. She could have been a bull fighter! The cops were there making sure the crowd didn’t get out of hand while I kissed babies and took photos. Hey, I wonder if fairyland needs a New York Senator? Can’t be that hard, On a better note, I love kids. We got some great shots at the church with some little girls. i felt like Snow White at Disneyland. They’ll be getting pink glitter Malena packages when I get home.

We looked over the footage tonight. As an actress, when you no longer see yourself but the art, you know it’s good. Of course, Kimberly Butler makes everyone look good. I looked like a sea serpent chic. (I was thinking of Miles on the sexy shots) With a figure like mine, there’s a lot to see, so a little skin goes a long way.
We had Ashley, one of Kim’s assistants on boob patrol. That girl IS a mermaid. She was such a great help. She showed us how to swim in the waves, which btw are NOT like the ones in Malibu. Like New Yorkers, the waves are faster and stronger. I love New Yorkers, what you see is what you get. There isn’t as much ass kissing here as in the land of the metrosexuals and botoxed bimbos. Speaking of LA, I do miss home. Miles is there. He is my home, where ever he is.

Lorraine shot a violin scene at the pier. The lighting on her face was truly magic. She did a great job. Especially with me yelling, “Keep your chin up, dont blink, smile, relax, play the camera and you’ll be fine!” I’m sure I was rather calming to her. (NOT) IT’s the mighty Kimbo I say! She IS in the Smithsonian you know. Need I say more?

The song margaritaville has been sung many times. The people of fire island are starting to believe in fairies…big tall ones who “dance” on the sand. (which by the way doesn’t work to well) I fell a few times. With all my hair, a pair of huge wings, a corset and flailing arm bands, it was hard to dance, but I gave it my best shot. With the full moon in the background, it was magic, even with my clutsy sand dancing.

We also visited an ecxentric dentist whose yard was a hippie travelers paradise. I have no idea how we got this snapshot. There wasn’t a fog machine. But, Kim and Lorraine are very fey like that. I got to frolic with a buck. He was quite cooperative. Lorraine and our stylist Ann Marie (queen of my world, move the **** over Brook Sheilds Diva) threw dog food and trail mix at me to lure in the little dude.

It felt so magical to be underwater, listening to the water hit the sand. I’m still coming down from the trip of being a mermaid in the bay with seaweed rushing through my hair. I even did a somersalt with my tail, which of course was an accident. It looked great though. Chris’ music is hypnotic. By the time we were finished shooting, I didn’t want to get out of the water.

As for now, I am going to listen to everyone sleep and watch more footage and upload pictures. More later. Hey, we haven’t gotten arrested yet, so we’re still ahead considering half of the island has seen me with my clam shells. I shudder at the youtube footage!

ok, off to bed I guess. We’re having a blast. Happy 4th Everyone and our prayers go to Glasgow.

Malena and the sleeping pippy longstocking Lorraine

Or rather, Eat, shoot and leave off and go to sleep.

Eat when you can , whatever there is.

Shoot when the light is right. Whenever that is.

And sleep when you’re not doing either.

Magic. And more magic.

Spent about 36 hours in NY shooting non-stop. When you dress Malena as a Fairy and nip off to Times Square , stand in the MIDDLE of it, and I am talking a traffic island mid way across the thing, and start with the filming, you get an education in On The Front Lines production very very quickly. ( may get an Oscar for Stratigec use of an umbrella…)

Saw the most beautiful church in the world. Saw poetry in a princess gown. Met some very nice priests.

Aquired a red, sporty looking car, and managed to find our way back to a ferry that actually DID take us back to where we were going. If not at the time we thought we were going. Followed rule # 1 ( see top of blog ) and found a pizza place that would deliver to a, uh, pier, that we didn’t know the name of.

Oh, and my bit? I rocked. ( what did you THINK was going to happen?????? )

The light was right tonight, as the moon was full. ( the ocean takes direction well to a point, very good when they say ACTION!!!! , It goes right to it, waves , the whole bit, but it doesn’t do real well with CUT!!!!! ) ( Also, I didn’t see any icebergs, but this Ocean is COLD! ) Our directors say the light will be right again in a few hours, when the sun comes up…..

I’m not hungry, or shooting, so, I will take my own advice, and be off to sleep.

Moons and Magic,

Lorraine ( and Malena )