oh snaps

posted that blog and realized it is officially :

december 1.

lets GO!

kerry washington says get a good teacher

an interview with tim burton

long but a goodie. charlie rose interviews director tim burton.

[pause the tunes to your left.]

"nothing is normal-everything is amazing and surreal"
"i love an actor who transforms"

i live where the sky ends. yup.

got to love chanel iman.

for el mundo "brillo en el cuerpo" styled by sergio corvacho. photog joan alsin.
via fashiongonerogue

all-white everything

so theres this all-white party in a few weeks. major deal to me because my attendance is only to support a friend. :) so on the search for the past few trying to decide on "a look". with no such luck. was thinking a simple white dress with major shoes & accessories. but couldnt find the perfect l.w.d. & this night doesnt quite call for "simple gal" anyway. so thanks to catching up on the blogs tonight-the wheels started turning...

via. idlefascination.



via.mylookbook

36 days

another headshot session
package
agency submissions
student film audi
meet-up
conclude repertoire book
register for spring
read a play

stranded

but smile with the eyes. she. so when i close my eyes tonight. maybe i wont be so angry:

my little secret/ let them both be great

ok. me and the person you know as "bey" had a falling out sometime last november when she forced me to buy the deluxe edition of [hold on googling name] i am...sasha fierce album. and yes i had to google the forgettable title. but looks like me and miss "i wanna thank him for putting a ring on it" are back in business. thank you very much lady and bey. thank you.

[pause music to the left...and go!]

:best twitter quote of the night @solangeknowles @blacksocialite. ouch! (solo, your sister is giving me the business right now. slap the shit outta her for me, please.)
thanks to curtis childs for the link!

let gaga be great

national dress up day

never posted my lonely halloween pics. whatashame. i was the kid who didnt really celebrate the holiday growing up. fast forward to attending the "arts"school and halloween was taken veryseriously. art students. 3 of us diy'd our own powerpuff girl costumes and came to school dressed as the cartoon superchicks. the funniest thing about that was i had to take the bus to the neighborhood hs first and well-they didnt celebrate as we did. insert a lot of strange looks, and random comments. bedifferentbiches. the tallest kid in school was wheres waldo. rip patrick. that pic landed in my long lost yearbook. ah high school. the goodoledays.

i want this forever-mayn

via her. travis barker does forever. his passion translates♥

sarah jones

i remember sarah jones from her Broadway show Bridge&Tunnel. she recently spoke at the TED conference in which i was reintroduced to her one woman acts and her incredible talent as an actress and a performer. watch sarah introduce you to her jewish friend lorraine devine, dominican fast talker noretta, pauline ling and a host of other characters. enjoy.


discover sarah jones at sarahjonesonline.com

russian roulette

not condoning any violence, self harm or any other seriously disturbing scenarios. just wached this vid and my first thought was, this girl is officially off her rocker. but the video, directed by anthony mandler, is very very well done.

tweeps

ok. you may now follow me @toirajames. someone took " toira" which is what i would have liked. and how dare they have my name. anyhoo i had my real name as my twitter [in which i reluctantly joined] but it was for the beginning stages of branding self as actress. but because things are currently slow in that world. will wait until my tweets are of substance such as the jobs i am booking the audis i am attending. which is the reason i didnt want to joint to begin with. it was too soon. nevertheless i like my blog and my blog name and will attempt to start to focus on this slightly more. hence

http://twitter.com/toirajames

2bd/ picoftheday

karl lagerfield wearing 2bd spike combat glasses
get yours now here.

tabbit bear/ sam romage

artist/illustrator/extraordinaire sam romage [she designed by original header!] made this adorable build-a-bear hoodie as a custom gift for someone. the story is the sweetest. loved so much, told her i was posting it here. my steiff is jealous....

tabbit :tiger/rabbit

nano writing month

that time of the year. not that i've done this before but november is national novel writing month. from nov 1-30 you have 30 days to write a 50000 word novel. can you do it? we're going to try over here. but im all ready 4 days behind, have hella deadlines besides this AND we do have a job and "aspiring never sleeps" but i have to get these creative juices flowing and what better way to do it than speed writing. this is about as strenuous as my full length screenplay at 17. but we did it! now if i could only find that disk. well i spose i should stop wasting words on this and get to it now....just hope writers block doesnt decide to kick in. now.

:you can only achieve what your mind can believe.

[last min] diy

lily allen

mucha love to my buddy who intro'd me to lilyallen in her car. i adore.
[remember2presspausetoplaylistoverthere2yourleftwhenwatchingvids]

viaher

even better was this conversation lily and eltonjohn had "f* you very much im forty years younger than you" "i could still snort you under the table" whodoesthis?

sarah kruzan

race

david mamet's new show 'race' previews on broadway november 16. with the official opening for december 6. kerry washington, who i fell for in spike's she hate me, is set to star in the new play alongside david allen grier, james spader and richard thomas. photos are from meet&greet/press day for the show. breaking ankles, running red lights to get to nyc before it closes. for some reason i really really really want to see this...

images: waltermcbride/retna ltd.

for tix or more info see broadwaysbestshows

i like your shoes

shoes from the fashion show.

dee has the most amazing collection of shoes. thats me wearing the snakeskin print nxt to the accessory table. from tory burch to marc jacobs to fantastically vintage finds. the few i was able to capture do no justice...

street etiquette

trav [l] and jkissi [r] of streetetiquette.com

cant remember if ive mentioned these fellows and if i havent then my apologies for keeping them all to my self. because im majorly crushing on their style and angel cosigns with me on this one. here they are. maybe again. all i need is a guy man to cruise by me dressed like this. and im done. done i tell ya...

click pic to check their blog out gents. [and ladies.] get some tips.

beautiful music

probably should blog when i think about it. but i tend to forget and then i forget what i was supposed to be blogging about. hence the tabs i left open on my computer before *someone shut it off and now i cant remember what they were. and history seems like too much of a chore right now. anyhoo. ran across this and thought it was gorgeous. i love interior spaces and creative ways of making them more alive. so want to "do" my room. but sadly, or not, i know i wont be here long enough to care. just passing thru...

c/o youhavebrokentheinternet /areaware
bonus: post title. downloading drakes beautifulmusic. nolisten yet so critique is on u. circa07

fallblast/ fashionshow

event: fallblast:
where: nocturnal. miami
what: fashion show feat leah, azul by dee harris and empire clothing.
me: hair artist

recently had the opportunity to participate in a unique art fundraiser event in miami. there was music, live performances, dance, fashion, bodypainting, poetry and more. was reunited with the crew from the abff. and met some amazingly creative souls. in charge of hair design for the fashion show which featured styling by none other than dee and emerging designer leah. empire clothing presented their tees with a message. mad hot in miami and humid so hair was falling left&right. [on my non-natural ladies] overall though, the fashion show was a great success and the night was one to remember.

edit./theotherme

i really need to know revamp this blog. as well as create another for the other me. toira the character and the artist need separate lives. my people keep telling me this but i really dont feel like it. procrastination is a deadly disease. soon though, the "professional actress" will have her own entity to follow, while toira will continue on with her random life. and become a little more personal as the whole reason i started "blogging" years ago was to vent. and share. for reason unknown i cant do that here. and now that 'this' has a name we need to focus it a bit. inspired by all of the actors blogs i currently follow. [seetheatreblogroll] with updates on their "working status" and tidbits on the professional world. not that anything major major is happening, but i feel it in my bones. and my bones never lie.


randomthought:happybirthdaydrizzy.

we were once a fairytale.

directed by spike jonze. featuring kanye west. as much as we love to hate this dude he keeps those creative juices flowing. now if he can get the help he needs, all will be well. this short film is.wow.

"We Were Once A Fairytale" - Kanye West Dir: Spike Jonze from Yooj‽ on Vimeo.

c.o. highsnobiety.

steiff

acquainted with the steiff bear back in .07 with the swarvoski/steiff collabo for its holiday collection. [sooo shoulda snagged] now i want this little guy.

loopwheeler/steiff teddy collab.
perfect valentines yathink. such a simple girl...

grrrrrr

i need to vent. but i cant. and isnt that what blogs are for. was in a perfectly peachy mood and then bam. bam again. and that last bam pretty much popped my happy bubble. the first was more like an anoying knat that i got on the first try but still left an annpyong itch. while the second was like i deflated my own balloon. wish i could just fast forward the hands of time and skip all the ugly stuff.



:past, present, future?

the hottest black woman on the planet

newsflash. movie "wanted" was based on a comic series and fox was well, black. eh? so. angelina brings in the big bucks. mom pov: "honestly, who else could have done it." think moms a big jolie fan. who knew.
read more here.

:idreamofthingsthatneverwereandsaywhynot?