Spiderwick Chronicles

Those of you that know me well, know that I am a sucker for fantasy movies. I love anything with fairies, trolls, goblins! LOVE IT! My best friend Amanda and I went to see Spiderwick Chronicles this weeked. I LOVED IT! The movie was done by Nikelodeon and was perfect! I enjoyed every second of it. You don't have to be a kid to enjoy this movie. I can't wait for the next one! Freddie Highmore is such a good child actor. And, he plays two roles in this movie as twin brothers. I hope he keeps his shit together and goes on to make great movies for years and years!

A Million and One

After all the bruises he left
After all the blood he shed
After a million break ups
And a million and one make-ups
With empty promises and recycled lies
When will you realize
That a waste of time you idealize
Your own beauty you agreed to deny a long time ago
And now, in your strenghth you believe mo more
But you are nothing less than an empress
A goddess
A divine queen
And that sorry excuse for a man
Is nothing more then that

An excuse

So stand up for the beautiful woman you truly are
He is the darkness around you
And you-
Not him, my mother
Will shine as a heavenly star

I found this today and really liked it. I am not sure who wrote it.

Just James

I know we have all seen this. But I love it so much, I wanted to put it on my blog.

Wednesday...time to go home. =(

Wednesday morning really sucked. More for some then others! Melissa and Liam got up early to bring Shelly to the airport. She had the earliest flight out of the group. But it was a good thing in a way. Because two trips were needed just to get everyone's stuff to Melissa's apartment! It was hard saying goodbye to Shelly. I love the whore so much! Seriously one of the best people I have ever met! Everyone in this group, really. So they brought Shelly to the airport. I went back to sleep and got up when they returned. We ate breakfast and waited for Annieka to get up and start packing. Ollie called me and told me that they were leaving and that they would stop by to say goodbye. We hung out in James' room for a bit and helped him pack. He gave Mel and I awesome New Kids on the Block stickers! LOL. Finally, everyone was ready to go. We packed up the car. James had been wanting to go to the 9th ward since he got there. So Melissa told him we would go if he promised to stay in the car with the windows up. Do you think that he listened to her? Hell no. We had a photoshoot in the 9th ward. Only James St James. LMAO!



He even found a souvenier!

Then we ate and went back to Melissa's house. We watched soap operas. (Still have not gotten those pics from Annieka!) But no trip to Melissa's would be complete without a visit to the ghetto mattress. If you don't know about the ghetto mattress, you better learn! James was so funny. He didn't know about the mattress. He was a little concerned as to what we were going to do with him on the "ghetto mattress".

FAT TUESDAY!

So of course, Tuesday was the BIG day. We all got up early to get ready and in our costumes!! I think that I had the easiest of all the costumes. But I adored it so much. It was the most hideous article of clothing I have ever bought, and I could not wait to wear it. Even if no one but us knew who Trudy Shinderman was! Meet Trudy and her aunt, Queen James.

Once we were all dressed, we headed out to Bourbon St for the Bourbon Street Awards. It is a huge costume contest that is held every year. I have been wanting to go for years, but this was the first year I actually made it out there! (Last year I was way to hung over. LOL).

Meet Les Krewe Des James St James. There was Geisha James (Ollie), Gym Sock Chic James (Liam), Trudy Shinderman (Me!), Bloody Bride James (Melissa), and James was the queen of us all!!! And of course, Miguel was there too, but not in a costume!

Also, not in that picture was the "Um.... Ew" James (Shelly). And yes folks that is THE dress!! From James' first America's Next Top Model apperance!

And of course there was also Crazy James (Troy) and the rough and tumble slice of pizza (Jason). I have no idea where these boys were during the awards! They were way to late and not in any of our pictures. Losers. LOL

Now onto the awards. I have a million pictures of all the costumes. But this one was my favorite. I guess cause I love candy so much! And it is very colorful!

And who could forget our intermisson entertainment! I already forgot his name. But he doesn't need one! LOOK AT HIM! Yum.

After the show we sat in Oz for a while. Danced a little, then went back to the hotel. We were all so hot and sweaty. It was fricken hot that day. But so much fun! James ended up leaving early. Shelly sat in Oz during the whole show. But Trudy was out there letting her freak flag fly!!!! Woooo whoooooo! The rest of the day was a lazy one. We went to the voodoo shop for a bit, some people went to eat. Some people went out.... and didn't come back until really late (the good catholic girl. LOL). It was all coming to an end.

Mardi Gras Insanity Day 4

We had to get up early on Monday to get ready for the voodoo tour with Bloody Mary! I was very excited about this tour! I knew it HAD to be better then the mortuary! So around 11 we headed down to the cemetary where the one and only Marie Laveau is located. And here we are....

The tour was really awesome. Bloody Mary, our tour guide, first brought us to Marie Laveau's tomb. She awoke her spirt.

And we left our offerings. We each had something to give. I can not remember what each person brought. I brought two rice necklaces. Each from my past relationships. One with Stave's name on it and one with Scott's name. I guess it was kind of my way to move on. Shelly brought a Red Hot Chili Pepper t-shirt of course. It was a very special shirt to her as well. From the first time she saw them, I do believe. Liam brought a rainbow feather boa. Melissa brought some braclets. James also brought a t-shirt that a cute boy had given him. I can not remember what Annieka, Ollie, and Miguel brought.

Then we went on a tour of the cemetary. I have lived in Louisiana for about 10 years now and learned so much from Bloody Mary about the tombs and how they are used. It really is amazing. It was very beautiful and peaceful in there.

After the tour of the cemetary we went to the church. They had a beautiful place for St Jude.

Then we went to the park to make our voodoo dolls. This is when I got the phone call from my grandma telling me about my mother's sentencing hearing. We were walking to the park, and I was walking in the back of everyone. My grandma told me that my mother recieved 18 years. Which is two years over the minimum. But I held it together. I really wanted to make my voodoo doll and I didn't want to ruin anyones fun. So.... back to the voodoo!!


Here is James' doll, I believe it was being called Peter Geisha! LOL

After the voodoo dolls, everyone was hungry. I decided to go back to the hotel so that I could call my aunt and have some alone time. I was a bit overwhelmed at this point. I think that everyone took a nap after lunch. But, there is no time for too much rest! We had to go out again! And so we made our way back to the Pub. Had to take a quick Vuh Jay Jay shot before we left though!

Once I had a couple of drinks in me, I was good to go! No time for pouting! How can you be sad in the company of all these awesome people!!!



Baaaaahahaha, oh my... this queen!!

It really was a good night!

Mardi Gras Insanity Day 3

Well, the beginning of day three was a little ruff. I don't think that we got to bed until 6 in the morning!! So with a couple of hours of sleep we slowly arose. I knew that Ollie and her hubby would be coming soon, so I tried to get motivated. Didn't really work so much. LOL. So, YAY!!! Ollie and Miguel arrived in New Orleans! Don't ask me what time. I have no idea. But when they got there, their hotel was not ready. So I dragged my ass out of bed and got dressed and Melissa and I went and picked them up from their hotel. When we got back we ordered food from the Nellie Deli. How can you not love a place with a name like that?!?!?! Liam, Annieka, and Miguel decided to go for a walk and see if they could find a parade. Of course, the rest of our lazy asses stayed in bed!!! Sunday is the day of rest, right?
Well the one major thing that we DID do on Sunday was a tour of a haunted mortuary. Let me tell you, I was super scared to do this. Ghosts freak me the FUCK out!!!!

I mean, look at the place! Fucking creepy!!!

We got there early, so of course pictures were taken. Shelly got some really fucking awesome black and white shots outside! They are fucking HOT! And soon she will have her own album on my myspace with her artsy shit!

But no fear. Auntie James made sure that I would not be too scared. Everytime I would gasp or say "Oh my god, I don't like that at all!" He was right there to hold my hand.

The lady that gave the tour was way over the top! And the whole thing seemed a little cheesey towards the end. There were other people with us running around talking all crazy. OMG, I feel this and OMG I feel that! Whatever!!! Read James' blog HERE. But once we got home. Melissa, Liam, and I were looking at the pictures and holy shit, we found fucking faces lurking in the back of the pictures!!! But I must say my favorite part of the tour was watching people walk around feeling for "cold" air.

After we left the mortuary we dropped all of our peeps off and Melissa, James, and I went to Mickey D's for some food. These are my favorite times with James. I can not tell you how much I love listening to him sing along to the radio. And if he doesn't know the words, he makes his own! We ate and then went to bed. Another big day planned the next day and we had to be up early!

Mardi Gras Insanity Day 2

Waking up the Saturday morning was not an easy thing for me to do!! Melissa and Shelly had to leave early to pick up the king cake, go back to Melissa's apartment to pick up the stuff we couldn't fit in the car, and to get James from the airport. Liam, Annieka, and I were going to walk to the cute shoe shop to get his manties. I am not sure what time we left, but we were all starving by the time we reached Decatur St. So we stopped to eat. Liam and I were soooo ill from the night before! I think that I may have spoken 10 words throughout the whole meal. Once we were finished, Liam just looked at me and said, "Let's just go back to the hotel and sleep." Sounded great to me, although we were about 3 blocks from the store we were going to go to!! Back to the hotel we went! We lounged around and watched TV until everyone else arrived. James said he was tired too. So, we all napped. But then we got up, got motivated, and started getting ready for the parade!!!!

Who is this hot ass tranny and where did she come from? Oh yeah, CORNTOWN!!!

Hot tranny and her pussy.

Then, off to the parade we went! Somehow crossing the street we lost Liam and Shelly. So Annieka, James, Melissa, and I went to the parade. James and Annieka were running around like loons singing "When the Saints Go Marching In".

James got bored of the parade after about 2 floats!!! So off to the fruit loop we headed! Of course we had to stop and ask people for beads! James was totally trying to pimp Annieka out and get her some big beads, but she insisted that she was "a good catholic girl"! He offered the guy a blow job, but being that we were in the straight "asshole" part of Bourbon St, he wasn't handing over the beads!

After being rejected by the straight asshole, we decided to stop and talk to the fag hating jesus freaks! They of course told us we were going to hell. Whatever!

By this time, of course, I had to use the little girls room! So off to Good Friends! The friendliest of gay bars!! (They have a decent womens restroom, and it has a DOOR!) On our way there we get a call from Troy saying that Shelly and Liam were with him! Amazing! Shelly spotted that beautiful bald head out of a crowd and knew it was him! So, we sat there for a while. Had some drinks. Then decided that we needed to bring James to meet Troy's friend Freddie, the cutest bartender on Bourbon!

Then shared some kisses of course!

Then to Oz we went!!! More insanity and drunkeness. Geez, I have no idea what this is!!!! Bahahahaha, but I do know that is my hand!

I think that it was shortly after this some of us decided to call it a night! We brought Auntie James to his hotel. Melissa and I went to eat at Clover Grill. Back to the hotel to call it a night.... kinda!

Mardi Gras Insanity Day 1

My insanity began on Friday. I woke up, showered, did my last minute packing and then headed out the door on my way to NOLA to see Uree, Shelly, and the perfect specimen. And would you believe that Uree pulled into the parking lot of her apartment from picking up Shelly 2 seconds before I did!!! So we all met in the parking lot! There were screams and squeals! YAY!!!!

So we go upstairs and chill until it is time to leave. Then came the packing of the car. Wow, what a task that turned out to be!!!! Liam, is that you in there? Can you breathe?

The drive into the city was nice. Melissa and I are yelling out for the tourists. "Oh, the superdome!!!" And we are totally being ignored by the chatters in the back seat. It is OK though. We forgave them. Then we got to the hotel and YAY omg, we had a parking spot! Thank God!!! We checked in, got our room, settled for a bit, and poured drinks! Then down to James' room to decorate. OMG, the things Shelly brought to put in his room. WOW!

After decorating and a stiff drink, I am ready to go out!!!!

We walked around for a bit. Tried to bring Liam to the cute shoe place for some lacey manties. But they were closed. But we found things to do along the way!

And once we got back to the hotel as well.

Then we headed back out for a parade! Ended up being just Liam and I for the parade. I caught some beads, and so did he. Once it was over, we took a walk down Bourbon. Stopped at Tropical Isle for the famous hand grenade. Then we made our way down to Oz! But it was DEAD!! I could not figure out where everyone was! But there was one cute guy that started dancing with Liam and he showed us some pictures that Lance Bass was there!! But we did not see him. Oz was kind of boring, so we made our way accross the street to the Bourbon Pub. We got freaky on the stage with some cute boys.... but there were also some not so cute boys. Like the scary guy that I think stole my wallet. Then, Melissa called me, telling me that Annieka had arrived!!!! So, for some reason I thought it would be a good idea for me to walk back to the hotel alone to meet her! I made it safe and sound.... and a little drunk!

Then, just a little more rest before heading back out to the Pub to dance with more cute gays and more drinks!!!!!

I am not really sure how much longer we stayed at the bar! But I did leave with a huge bruise on my ass from trying to jump on up on the stage when I was way to drunk to do so! I also left with 2 cig burns on my arms! LOL, but I was feeling no pain! But trust me, I felt it the next day!!!!!