DELORIAN!!!! maybe?

okayokayokay! very important!

i got a bike!!! and he's great. oh man. but i need to finalize his name. so i need your votes. i THINK i want him to be named 'dorian', also known as 'DELORIAN!!!!'. because. well. he's grey. but i also am a little taken with 'elliot'. i feel it suits him rather well. too. so. thoughts? here he is!



i need to raise the seat a bit... i think they lowered it after i test-rode when they did the final check-up, which is weird, but no big deal. a bit about him. he's new. (i got very quickly fed up with the craiglist/kijiji ads either being sold already, or being in burlington or (my favourite) 'not feeling comfortable letting me test-ride the bike, but i can look all i want.' ummmmm. no. thanks. i will not buy a bike i am not allowed to ride. that's ridiculous.) steel-framed, so he's pretty heavy, but i was too cheap to go for the alluminum option. also those ones were baby blue, and i prefer the subtlety of the grey. anyways. skinny tires though! he's 19", which is basically as big as anyone had. which is funny. guess i'm taller than your average cruiser-riding female. 21 speed, i do believe - complete with shimano shifters. yup! now, i wanted more rounded handle-bars (they help with the me being tall thing...) but knowing what i know about bikes now (thanks travis!) that's something i figure i can do eventually... keep an eye out for an approriate set of handlebars, and install them myself! or with bryce and brian's help? also, one day i'll probably put on a kickstand and some saddle bags or baskets. for now, though, i figure i'll ride him for a while and see what i feel i need.

so that's that. i'm out of shape on the bike. mel schooled me. ow. legs!

the story of the photoshoot i assisted on in cobourg is a long hilarious one, so i won't tell it all right now. i'll say this much:

- i got picked up at 6:30am, and got home around 8:30pm. wowsers. but loved every minute.
- we were shooting some beautiful, designer furs. some amazing pieces.
- we did 10 looks. amazing.
- sarah had myself and another stylist-assistant named marissa. she was awesome and super fun to work with, and we got along great. hopefully the beginning of something cool-beans.
- there was a pile of hilarious cobourg-characters who drove out on the pier just to chillax their saturday away. jim was our special favourite. bonkers. beat up old white convertible. blaring music. brown velourey pants with suspenders... a whole lot of character. i will draw him into a graphic novel one day. cody, the photographer, made buddies with him. awesome jim moment:

as our model - steph - was hanging off a ladder right off the water, in a VERY expensive fur, jim decided to dive off the pier into the water right in our shot, splashing the model.... then, of course, he needed the ladder to get out, so steph had to climb out. and jim lost his pants. there was a moment of great terror and shock from all of us on the pier. 'oh no, oh god, oh dear... keep the children away!' somehow he found his pants underwater, and wrangled them back on with the suspenders and climbed out. cody says to him 'jim. now was that necessary?! jim. buddy...' the coat survived, thank heaven, and we got the shot and everything was great.

photos!


what?! a fur tuxedo jacket with tails? yes.


natalie touches up steph's makeup.


marissa and i where in charge of travelling into cobourg-proper and buying lunch for everyone at subway. (not for paying, mind.) here's us taking the order. man oh man did we overwhelm that poor little subway. 7 orders at ONCE?! whoa.


the crew looking on. natalie (hair-and-makeup), marissa (other-stylist-assistant), sarah (stylist), isla (dog), jamie (photographer-assistant).


the infamous ladder shot.


jim and cody hanging out.


another coburg miracle. someone just drove up in this truck. so we asked if we could use it. because. it. is. hilarious! it said 'hotwheels' on the back. for reals.

in other news. i went to a concert with mel yesterday - ingrid michealson. it was all ages and we felt old, and the bouncers took away my twizzlers and coconut water because i 'might throw them at the stage'. not pleased! (but then after the show i got them back. so. ALL IS WELL WITH THE WORLD!) the concert was rad. made me feel like i was on the oc in the old days. member that, chris? member?!



and. today sarah and i ran around town (except in her car, so not actually running...) and returned a bunch of stuff from shoots to showrooms and stores. as i learn more about how that works, i'll tell you all about it! but for now. it was a lovely day. and the best was when we turned a corner and saw a massive billboard that she had done. we were taking pictures of it, and the pedestrians nearby had curious looks on their faces, so she called out the window 'i did that!!!' and they all looked a bit uncomfortable, and didn't acknowledge us, and we laughed a lot. also i really love the crane in the way. she didn't do that...



don't worry. soon my life will be boring again, and i won't write novels on here anymore. ahem..