marylou.eu

Welcome to my portfolio blog.  Occasionally I might make some posts, "friends only," just to have a little privacy.  Other than that you're welcome to follow, but I only become mutual friends with people I know in meatspace. 

Contact details for my Agent are on my profile page and more of my photos can be found on flickr.

I have had some experience on Australian Television in Neighbours, City Homicide, Rush, Offspring, a few TV Commercials, and have completed a Finishing/Image Development Course with Suzan Johnston.  I've also had a little bit of experience with Catwalk, but would prefer some photographic modelling assignments.

Very happy and tired.  Worked all day on the Set of Offspring.  A new Hospital Comedy... I think.  The last time I was on this set, it was all a bit serious, so I wasn't sure but now they tell me it's a comedy.  It felt more like one today and everyone had a lot of fun.  It was a really great group to work with and I wont be a blur in this one.  You'll actually see me, "acting."  Lol.  Not really, more like being paid to fool around and talk crap.  Seriously though, you should all watch the show, "Extras."  It's funny and gives an interesting insight into the world of the Extra.  You know the one with Ricky Gervais in it.

This is a pic of me in the morning, this shoot went from 08:00 to 16:30.  And there was much rejoicing.  I'll be on Set again for this show tomorrow morning from 07:15 for 4 hours.  Great to be working. 




Edit: 30th July 2010
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I just wanted to add that The Offspring Team was one of the nicest I've worked with so far.  They work well together and they are very suppotive of Extras and all their staff members.  I also wanted to say that Tremaine, the Extras Director is one of the best Extras Directors I've ever worked with.  She really takes pride in her work.  So she should, her efforts will reflect her talents and they do.  Other Extras Directors don't seem to care what the Extras do but T as she prefers to be called makes sure that the Extras reflect more of what REALLY happens in the background.  Thanks T for making things more enjoyable and giving us a more interesting part to the equation.

This is a bit of a late post, sorry...  I had a particularly bad week, until I got some work doing a Coles TV commercial.  I had been given two opportunities to do an audition for the Ad but I had two other appointments at the time so I missed out, then I got the call to be one of the extras, so less money but work and money none the less.

It was a fun day, met lots of interesting people, the job itself was a lot of fun.  I was also introduced to the world of Dolly Eyes by one of the other Extras which was interesting.  I really enjoyed looking at the Japanese version of Vogue with her.

Tonight's class was awesome!

It was our first class on Modelling.  We went through the history of modelling, all the different types of models there are and what kinds of work there is for everyone...  It kind of made me a little nervous as I know it made some of the others, especially when we discussed what had to go into the Model's Bag to take to each job and what we're going to do on our graduation night when we do a show on the Catwalk.  

It made me think of when I was a little girl and how I flirted with the idea of ... being on the front Cover of a Magazine like Vogue.  Lets face it, there are other great fashion Mags but if you want a Bench Mark, it's Vogue.  My belief as a child was that making it onto the cover of this magazine was the ultimate way of saying how incredibly beautiful you are and of course fashionable. 

I have so much more respect for people like Kate Moss and Lara Stone, who have both been on the Cover of Vogue.  They both have worked very hard and deserve way more kudos for their efforts.  People need to stop being so jealous of them.  I say that because they get a lot of crap from tabloid magazines and a lot of people leave derogatory comments under their articles in Online Magazines and Newspapers often.



This link will take you to a great article by Erin O'Connor.  She's an incredible beauty.

I've recently had to email my Agent with new measurements.  I'm talking about my body for those not following my meaning.

My friend says it's mid 30's puberty...  I'm still confused...  For your waist to get smaller and your breasts to get larger is pretty peculiar, wouldn't you say?  Oh well. 

Here is a list of links that may help those going through expected changes.  I'll keep searching for MY answers or I'll just be happy with my new changes.  It's not like they're bad or anything...

Family Education: Life Stages

Three Stages of a Woman's Life: Spiritual Side

Hindu Forum Opinions

SO MUCH IS GOING ON!!!  Hard to think, hard to stay awake, hard to smile, hard to... you fill in the blanks...  *sigh*

Last night I got to bed at 2am then was up at 6am, then spent the whole day getting my hair dyed and cut at a Hairdressers College, then a quick bite to eat, then off to my course at Suzan Johnston!  OMG!  I can't believe I'm still awake!  But hey, I've still got more to do before I get off to bed and tomorrow's another big day...  Aaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh!

Thank you to Michelle, who's college we were at to get our hair done for free, thank you to Sanita who did my hair and the lovely teachers who guided her and made sure I didn't look like a disaster.  : ) 

As I think I promised, here is a photo of my new hair-cut and a before and after photo of me in class tonight.  We were taught how to do evening make-up by Zana.  I've got to say...  It was a hell of a lot of fun.  I don't often get into girlie things but this was cool.  Thanks for being an awesome teacher in every way Zana.  x



Me at the college straight after getting my hair done, it took about 5 and half hours.  Very tired...



Before photo, while in class.



After photo, with eye make-up that I probably wouldn't wear to a party but might go for something like this on a Catwalk.

I just wanted to have a word about my tastebud situation.  People are freaking out and well I can totally understand because eating is one of the things in life that keeps us alive, is one of our basic survival instincts etc.  That's why some people get addicted to it... 

This situation has been an interesting experience for me.  It's made me look at life in a new way that of course I would never have imagined doing, (in this particular way.)  I used to think, wow Martin Parr's a great photographer...  but now he's even more interesting to me because of the different ways that he captures food.  Food magazines go to extraordinary lengths to depict food as appetizing and delicious, Martin Parr makes it look really ordinary, old and tasteless.  This has driven a new focus with my amateur attempts at artistic photography.  If Frida Kahlo can teach herself to paint, surely I can teach myself to take photos...

This is a photo by Martin Parr.  It strangely seems very Australian and says so much about class and the drudgery of everyday life in suburbia.  So much conveyed in such a small space.  Of course you may not see anything at all, or maybe you see a sad version of the left overs of a Tea Party with Alice.  Everybody has different ways of seeing, that's the point of Art.  I love it. 

I used to be really passionate about my little food blog called, "Skinny Chic."  I poured my heart and soul into the production of it, it brought me joy and other people found it and still find it very useful.  It not only has great recipes to try, it also has a whole lot of great weightloss ideas.  I am now a, "former food blogger," because I don't seem to have tastebuds anymore.  It's a little bit depressing but when I consider all the things that are going on in my life at the moment, it's an insignificant part.  I still eat and take plenty of vitamins and minerals.  I'm taking care of myself.  I drink loads of tea as usual, lots of soup - a strong flavoured Tom Yum Soup.  If you tasted my version of Tom Yum, you'd probably puke but when I taste it, it tastes just right.  So my taste buds aren't completely gone, they're just very disfunctional.  I can also still taste sweet, but not very well...  I also eat cucumbers and celery because I know I wont be disappointed with the flavour, mainly because they don't have any...

As a result of this change in my life I  have put the url skinnychic.org up for sale, which can be found through Dynadot but the Skinny Chic Blog will always be available through http:skinnychic.wordpress.com

Oh and if you didn't notice yet, my new url for this blog is http://marylou.eu short and sweet.  :)

That's it for now.

x

Sorry but I wont be back for a while.   Meaning...me being normal, my body is always here, but my mind...  I'm so stressed and tired at the moment, I'm not sure if I'm fully human anymore.  Tomorrow I have a really big day ahead of me.  All I can do is keep breathing.

Tonight's class was on Hair and Job Interview/Resumes.  They were all trade secrets and I'm not about to tell you them for free.  Do the course and find out.  As I told Zana, if I knew any of the stuff we learnt tonight 10 years ago, I would have had a very different life.

This photo is of me before class.  Just as well I took it then because I'm almost completely exhausted right now, even though my hair looks fantastic, I can't bear to do anything else course related tonight.  Pyjamas and bed... zzzzzzzzzzzzzz



Smiling through adversity...

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Edit: My hair's quite long at the moment, the rest of it is hiding behind my shoulders in this photo.  Getting it cut and coloured at my friend's college on Monday. 

Since it was a public holiday last Monday there wasn't any class to report on.

However, something weird has happened to me, well actually quite a few weird things have happened.  Too many to mention and/or some too private to divulge...

The other day I was shopping at my local supermarket, the one I've shopped at for the last 30 years...  Yeah I know, I'm old, so what...  No one has ever looked me in the eye at that place let alone ask me if I'm ok.  The woman at the check out did exactly that, she lent forward and said, "you don't look yourself today, are you ok?"  I answered with something equally strange..."Actually no, I'm not ok, I've lost my sense of taste..."  She said, "I thought there was something not quite right about you today."   Not only is it weird that she noticed me at all, but she went to the next step of not only feeling some concern about my welfare but voicing it.

Well onto the next weird bit, what I just mentioned happened 5 days ago, today the same woman was walking towards the checkout that I was at and said, "are you feeling any better today?"  I looked at the girl at the checkout and thought.  Here we go, you're in trouble for taking too many sickees hey?  Lol.  (She did look a bit pasty?) The woman leaned into my shoulder and looked me in the eye and waited for MY answer!  "OH!  You mean me???  Yes, I'm a lot better today, thank you so much for asking. "  Good Lord!   What kindness!  I'm overwhelmed!  (I lied.)

Anyway, did anyone notice the other weird bit in my little story?  I  can't taste...  My sense of smell has weakened as well.  I'm completely disturbed by this.  My appetite has diminished.  I'm lost without this sense.  I think this is actually THE END of Skinny Chic...  I WROTE A COOKBOOK people!  Lol.  *shrugs shoulders*  I can still taste sweet things but am not able to differentiate between the flavours of sweetnesses, for instance all of the snakes taste the same to me, I no longer think, "oh but I don't like the green ones..." They're all just sweet...  *sigh*

Here was my favourite food...