Check yo' Self!

Hey you guyssss!

So. After my sad, anxiety filled couple of weeks of worry I've sat myself back up and taken the reigns. Bills are being paid, cell phones are NOT being downsized, and I've got lots of fun things coming to help ease my mind! I always joke that I am a list maker, whose list says "make a list". If I'm organized I feel better and more confident. I'm sure everyone is like this but I can admit the toll it takes on me when things are all out of sorts!

First off - not sure if I shared this before (and please don't say: go back and read your last post - get a life! haha) but I had the absolute honor of working with photographer Mark Mann. He's shooting a couple different projects with a graflex camera so we only took 8 SHOTS on film! Cannot wait to see the jpegs after he scans 'em but this is a snapshot from my phone of the screen LOL ghe-tto! I was so nervous and sorta embarrassed - not sure why - but my face says it all haha amazing! Check out his page & his accomplishments.

Recently I got to perform at Nurse Bettie's in the LES. I love that bar, you should definitely check it out! My girl Calamity Chang hosts a show there every Thursday and decided to have a NY School of Burlesque Class of 2011 show! It was SO great to be back with most of the gang from my first ever show. I see them pretty often but we haven't all performed together in awhile.  I was nervous up until I got there. I realized the stage was about a foot bigger than I remembered but it's a whopping 4x5foot space HA! I did a new act, that sadly is really short but I love it's simplicity and slowness and short black gloves! I regret not wearing smaller bottoms (I wore high-waisted retro style ones). Because the act is so short I need more of a wow factor when the super long zipper is coming down. It's seriously like 2 feet long, my favorite part of the dress!

Also just a quick update: I've been performing bare legged more than with tights! Totally wild. Feelin great.

I'm pretty pumped thinking that I'm banking some regular acts. I love my jungle girl "Temptation" act & the newest "Go Slow" one. I'm hoping to make this jellyfish one really count too. Maybe the first song I use won't be the one but right now I'm feeling it!

Ok so I have some shows coming up, mark your calendars:

JUNE
Friday, June 24th: Fly Me to the Moon
This is my second production in Staten Island but this time the host (and my co-producer) Nick Williams, is also singing us through the oldies with a pianist and *fingers crossed* some drums! I'm excited to announce the lineup because we have some newbies, intermediates, & vets alike: Vada James, Lula Rouge D'Amour, Coco Masala, Evelyn Vinyl, Kita St.Cyr & I of course will be gracing the Full Cup stage.
$10, 9pm doors, Raffle prizes!

Wednesday, June 29: The Pink Room presents: Mulholland Drive Burlesque & Franny's FLICKS
I'll be working the door - come check one of the most successful new shows NYC has to offer!
Double feature for only $15, 8pm

JULY
Saturday, July 2nd: CupCakeGoth & Marinara Stardust present a Night of Art & Burlesque
Come check out great local artists with art on display, a burlesque show with DJ Powerchild spinning jams, and dancers providing a free spanking booth for attendees! A beautiful night of art, sexy ladies, and fun!!!
9pm
**Finally debuting a jellyfish act. I dreamed it would be my first act ever back in December but the thought was overwhelming and I felt too much pressure so now we'll see what happens! :)

Saturday, July 16th: WAITING FOR CONFIRMATION ON A SPECIAL EVENT FUNDRAISER AT A SUPER COOL LOCATION - Please stand by!

Sunday, July 24th: KITTY NIGHTS!!
MAKING MY DEBUT at this show & venue. I absolutely love Fem Appeal and I GUARANTEE that you will too after you watch her perform and get to chat with her. Incredible.
9pm $5

Friday, July 29th: Drive Thru Burlesque
I am so excited. I haven't been there in awhile - one of the first places that let me work the door then perform. Brought to you by Lefty Lucy (Miss Coney Island 2011) & Sizzle Dizzle. They couldn't be the sweeter to new girls in town!


Alright, laundry is done. I have to paint my nails and get to sleep asap! I had a long day - great day spent outside - but long as hell ma dudes!

Thanks for tuning in! Hope to catch you at a show!

Ciao for now,
TT

PS: In a couple of weeks, I'm heading back to my hometown for a weekend celebration called Patriotic Day. Complete with picnic, booze, and most likely skinny dipping. CANNOT WAIT!

PPS: I've been offered a complimentary corset from a company I shop from pretty often. HOW CRAZY!? Once all is finalized I will share - I am incredibly flattered. Opening that email was amazing!

Take It Easy Like You Should

HIEEEEEE!

Omg it's been ages you guys!
I said it before and I'll say it again, I lay low when I'm feelin down. Shits been tough.

I'm being financially fucked by the man (not the one I want either ha!) I'm aware of the rule:

"don't talk about money because it means you don't have any"

Well, I don't have any and it's effecting my life in every way possible. I've become the New Yorker I've never wanted to be: I'm working just to live here. Not cool. Not fun. Not letting it happen for too much longer. Currently I'm making plans on how to downsize my life to maximize from minimum. (That sounds so cool) I prefer not to say "downgrade" because it has a not so positive ring to it. I'm trying SO hard to keep my chin so fuckin high, so stay tuned. My cell phone isn't gonna be so smart anymore, hopefully my cable channels are going bye-bye, and I'm even toying with the idea of moving...that's the hardest one to wrap my head around because I really really love where I live. Like really love. 

 

I started working a couple of weeks ago and although not exactly my dream job, I'm really enjoying it and feeling good about being in a work place. I know a lot of people say it, but those of you that really know me, know that I am not myself if I'm not working in some capacity. I'm a hustler baby! 

As for tonight, I'll enjoy my poor people food -snobby i know- and try to stay pumped about having a plan...

Onto stripping! 

I was finally the sacrificial lamb at bomb diggity Calamity Chang's Beatles' Burlesque and it was nothing short of AMAZING! Sadly I have no pictures - I don't know if anyone does - but it was really a great night. Two friends from Jersey SM & RM even drove in for the show. I hadn't really seen any friends from NJ in a long time so it felt better than I can even explain to have them there. I did the song "I want you (She's so heavy)" and loved every freakin second of it. I was also the most nude I've ever been on stage ever and couldn't feel any more ok with it. No stockings - finished in a thong and pasties - game on! I'm finding the more I choreograph my routine the more confident I am. It's probably because I really love to dance and work my bod *wink

Um...do you see this suitcase? Full of pink, green, white?!? the only black in there is on my leopard print which hardly counts as black!! It's also one of my fave costumes now haha but anyway. Hello, I'm becoming brighter and more naked. I thought it'd take longer to feel this way and I guess it has. A good 27 years in fact! But I ain't mad atcha, whoever you are :)

Last Thursday, I also got the awesome opportunity to model for photographer Sebastian Smith as part of the "Live on-set" show at day 1 of the New York Photo Festival, produced by WIN Initiative. Amazing. Cannot wait to see final pics but I'm already in love with some of the behind scenes shots. I got my makeup done by awesome "magic hands" as I called him, Charles Edward. Love these pictures in particular. Thanks to Melanie McLean for hookin it up! She's my awesome photog friend from Rutgers who contacted me about this project, that actually has potential for a future HUGE shoot for a magazine. Additionally I'm working  on getting some final images retouched that she took toooo!! You can see some of the outtakes here.

 

This Thursday, I am making a cameo in the feature film Carl(a). I'm nervous but so excited. To my knowledge, as of now, I am playing an aggressive hooker. And not aggressive in the street talk sense - a hooker who has AIDS and is aware of it and continues to spread it. I might be fighting someone. Oh god *bites nails* haha!

Also coming up is another Pink Room show! This time it's Wild at Heart and I'll be working the door. Be there! These shows are extremely fun, extremely packed, and have a great cast! OMG! I almost forgot I also got to do the first Franny's Flicks, that acted as the previews to last month's Blue Velvet show. I did a Sandra Dee act from Grease, which quickly turned into Bump-n-Grind by R. Kelly. Werk!

Thursday, June 6th is confirmed for Nurse Betty. Holy shit. This is one venue I'm terrified of performing in. The platform is small and the audience is literally 2 feet away from you. Come check out the FREE show at 10pm - great bar. Gets packed, come early and hang out!!

Also planning the next show with Nick Williams in Staten Island. We're taking it back to the music and shows that we love and would have gone to if we were alive in the 40s & 50s.  Mark your calendars: Friday, June 24th "Fly Me to the Moon" The lineup has changed, Nick is going to be singing and perhaps I'll have a tune prepared too...we'll see! Featuring some newbies and vets alike!

Ok, I need to wash my dishes and get to sleep. Can't wait to share my downSIZING endeavors/tips/tricks/whatevers with you all! Thanks for reading..

Ciao for now,

TT

PS: And old friend is getting married Friday in NJ. I cannot wait to get there and see my people. <3