Chaos at the MI:III Premiere

After my friend Ian broke off a 12 day love affair, he finally did something good for humanity and took me to the Mission Impossible III premiere at the Ziegfeld theater. This theater is loud and very crowded. But it's the most extravagant movie theater in the city. I didn't know the media would make such a big deal out of this. Of course we saw Tom Cruise whom I've met previously when my friend's sister was married to a friend of his years ago. Also Keri Russell, who looked much better then when she's slouching around the Village. Those are the only people I really know- and diddy fka puff daddy sean p diddy combs- who wears more sweats than anyone ever could (but didn't last night for sure). It was a little irritating with all the bulbs flashing and swarms of people but enjoyed it nonetheless. Just wasn't prepared for all the chaos. Without Ian there i would have been celeb name-challenged.

We didn't have to pay this time. The other festival premieres were around $12. Oh, I know what you're thinking- That's highway robbery!! For anyone who's never been on a red carpet they're not as spectacular as you may think. Some are nicer than others but mostly those images you see of stars are on a cheap, red 3x10 foot carpet with an 8 foot, logo wallpapered sheetrock behind them. And when your 5'7" and wearing 5 inch heals the wall looks even smaller. Notice how the cameras are always so close and in everyone's face? Because there's no room to move! There was one paparazzo that just couldn't get over pushing himself into Ian. He felt so used and abused. And some fool flashing his camera right into my eyes. What was he hoping to get on film? Besides that it was a good time. Afterwards we joined some other people for dinner; a nice break from the puffy cheese doodle and coke addiction Ian had almost rubbed onto me.

Now back in my studio...

Currently in the process of emptying out my studio as much as possible. This Summer I have to move out of my 2000 sq ft studio which I've been in for 3 years now. And with my schedule seems impossible. In the next couple of weeks we will be selling off some collab art, prints and merchandise on eBay [will update].

As with each August for the past few years, the showroom will be closed. A few friends and I will be traveling around globe hopping and filming which is a new experience, for me at least. Also tossing the idea around of journaling everything on the web- if there are internet connections- and it would be putting that writing course to good use as well. With an interesting commission and exotic places to visit some kind of a documentary style journal would make for good podcast tv.

Headed to Florida for a wedding. Enjoy the weekend!