Excitement of Extreme Proportions!

Squeee! Look, you've caught me going squee, and I only do that when there is something squee-worthy to squee about...

I am MISS BURLESQUE PERTH!

What a whirlwind day of excitement and nerves yesterday was! 10 saucy Perth Burlesque lasses crammed themselves into a tiny change room at the Fremantle Town Hall, running on little but adrenaline, and with absolutely no idea what the day would bring. Backstage was a crazy soup of hanging gowns, feathers and hats, wigs and glitter, and boobs...so many boobs. The day was a very long one, with the doors opening at 2pm and the show finishing at 7pm, and needless to say, everyone involved was exhausted by the end. But I couldn't be happier with the results! Miss Clara Cupcakes took out the 1st prize and the crowning title 'Miss Burlesque WA' and boy was she fantastic! What a gal! And the runner up and winner of the 'Miss Burlesque Perth' crown, was YOURS TRULY! Both of us will be flying to Sydney in September to compete for the title of 'Miss Burlesque Australia'. I still cant wipe the grin off my face.

What I loved the most about the day was a great sense of community within the Perth Burlesque Scene. The crowd was absolutely amazing and gave so much of their energy to all of the performers. And what a a turn out! The stunning setting of the Freo Town Hall was PACKED to the rafters with an awesome crowd, laughing, cheering, stomping their feet, bringing down the house. The girls backstage were all lovely too. To be honest, the aspect of 'competition' in this competition was putting me off a little, I'm not a competitive person. But I'm delighted to report that all of the Perth gals were not only fiercley attractive and full of personality and pizazz, they were all genuinely friendly people and everyone was very supportive of each other. I'm defiantly in a little bubble right now, and feeling the lurve.

So the next step, prepare for Sydney. I'm looking for some sponsors this time, because I really need to up the ante with the costume side of things. I've gotten this far, I may as well add that extra mile of sparkle and go the whole hog! I've also never been to Sydney, so this is very exciting - I've been looking for and excuse!

Well, I'm going to drag my exhausted buttock off to bed, It's been a huge weekend, I'm EXTREMELY sore, and need my pillow. stat. Much love everyone.
x Ginger LaMinge!

This just in. Cat prevents burlesque dancer from productivity.

It's not my fault I swear!! My little cat, Mcgee, seems to have upped her cuteness/sookiness levels in the last week, and melts me into this small puddle of goo whenever she enters the room, and then proceeds to make herself into the tiniest purring ball possible on top of me - where am I supposed to go from there, I ask? How am I supposed to get up and polish my acts with THAT, being so annoyingly adorable? Sigh...The road to crazy-cat-lady town is not as long as I'd expected. I'm almost there.

I finally hauled my lazy ass out to go and see some of the local burlesque happening in Perth tonight! I've been so wrapped up in my own little burlesque bubble, that I haven't gotten much of a chance to be a spectator lately. There were some pretty saucy ladies dancing tonight, at a show called 'Crier Dans L'Horreur'...lots and lots of fake blood involved. I won 'best costume' with my 'child-slave-abattoir-worker' blood splattered nightgown and semi headless doll...I never did claim that free jug of beer I was awarded though...Oh well. Fun night anyway.

In other news, Cheeeeeeeeeeeese.

BRrrRRrrRRR-Lesque

This week, is dedicated to the saucy, seductive, silly art of the tease! (Let's be honest now, most of my weeks are...) But this week seems to be exceptionally loaded with the stuff! Allow me to bore you with a long list of upcomings.

Miss Burlesque Australia is fast approaching, so I'm frantically getting everything organised at the last minute...(ok, continuing with today's theme of 'honesty', I'm actually nested in my bed, with a purring ball of cat in my lap, face-stalking and changing my blog's name to 'cheese' with absolutely no intention of practicing/organising...) heh. ANYWAY. So there's that. And then a hundred other gigs, which I'm definitly not complaining about!

But, I've also managed to come down with a deliciously mucus-y head cold which makes me EXTREMELY sexually attractive to anyone who might cross my path. Terrible timing of course, I'm going to be sneezing and snorting all over the judges and audience members at MBA. The photo shoot for the West Australian was yesterday, and it was lurrrvely to meet some of the other girls who are competing...they are all ridiculously saucy and wearing costumes which 'out-fabuloused' everything I own, ever! It's cool though, I plan on wearing facial expressions so big that no one will notice what I'm wearing...due to their retinas shattering...from too much cheesecake. I really do have to work on getting my face under control at some point though...it tends to get me into trouble.

Ok, ok....I think I can muster a surge of energy to practice now...I can do it...I can d- zZzzZZzZZZzzZZZZzzZZZZzzzz...

All things go!

Very excited to report that I'm feeling very motivated and inspired this week, and actually getting things done. I've almost got everything I need in the way of costumes for Miss Burlesque Australia - and managed to only spend about $100! This is the result of a lot of clever op-shopping (I never look past the op-shop lingerie section, It grosses most people out knowing that certain items may have once been close to other people's wrinkly bits, but I on the contrary LOVE a saucy second hand intimate!! (and there is this little thing called 'soap', everyone! teehee.) Also, A lot of crafty sewing, garment alterations, hot gluing (my hot glue gun has been my BEST FRIEND this week!) and I also managed to get a couple of 'sponsors' - from apparition costume hire, who lent me some lovely bits free of charge, and 'Glamorous' a friend of mine who has just started up a business selling delicious shoes and stockings etc! I was having some stress before, because I thought this competition was going to blow my (extremely low) budget - but where there's a will, there's a way, and I love the way that being poor makes you more creative!

Here is a pic of a corset that I embellished. I bought the corset plain on ebay for about $60 and decorated it with faded lace and ribbon from the op-shop! (I'm wearing this in my 'Classic Routine')---------------------------------------------------->

Purrdy huh!

I've been choreographing for the last couple of days as well, dancing round my room like an idiot, constantly forgetting that my window is open - the people across the street are probably getting an interesting show...

I think it may all come together nicely after all.

After the MBA comp is over, I think my next project is to organise a trip to Melbourne to do some Vintage Red shows with the lurrrvely Miss 'Peachy Dream'. So I've got lots of good things to look forward to, and keep me busy.

Life is good.

Op-Shop WIN

Op shop Birthday Gift from my beloved housemate "Limpi" = WIN!Blue op shop dress = Another WIN!!! (and showing my undying love for limp, for the previous op shop win)

Ok...now THIS one, I got from the op-shop DUMPSTER! yes. You heard correctly. Dumpster Dress = WIN!!!!
I do love op-shops. Yes. I do.

Begerk!

Sighhhh. I'm having one of those days where I can't seem to tell if I'm happy, and productive, and organized, and great, or just going a little bit stir crazy - crazy eye twitching style. I'm craving some human interaction, yet at the same time I feel like crawling into my doona cave and curling up in a tiny ball and hiding from the world. I'm a walking contradiction today! On the plus side, I did manage to make a pair of sequin panties and sequin nipple tassles at work on Monday. Such an innapropriate thing to be doing in a Fairy shop, but it was oh so quiet, and I was lonely with no customers to annoy me, I needed sexy sequin panties to keep me company. And what great company they were.

My brain seems to have taken up thinking about burlesque on a full time basis at the moment, I have so much to organise for upcoming gigs, Miss Burlesque Australia, and then also all of the other things I've been dreaming of doing... some gigs in Melbourne with the Saucy miss Peachy Dream for starters...Get some new photos done, get some cards printed, find other venues to perform at so I don't have to whore myself out to the evil corporates (AKA Belgium Beer) anymore... (ok, I retract that a little, they aren't actually that evil, but the customers are cruddy mc crud face in the face with crud, and leave me with low moral. blergh)

Anyway, thats me today. Squee. Squee indeed.

Today.

Today, this is me.

Things about me today:
- My lips hurt.
- Spraying stuff into my wine to make it preservative free makes me look like a big dork, but prevents me from getting a rash.
- I really feel like fizzy water. Right...about...now.
- I always seem to feel like fizzy water.
- What is it about fizzy water that I like so much?
- Maybe it's time I purchased a water fizzer so I can get my fizzy water for free...
-My cat is very vocal.
-I don't know what to do with myself.