my 4th job

first, and foremost, i am a mother. my favorite job of all of them! second, as you all know i work for the board of neurosurgery. lets just say i'm giving them until february to do right by me. i'll be well into my 6th year of employment here and i deserve hired help and more respect OR more compenstation and more respect!
third, we have the band. hiss & hum seems to be going at it pretty steady these days. we're not doing shows every week anymore and are mainly focusing on practicing, tightening up the harmonies, and writing new songs together. 4th on the list is my (insert joke face please!) modeling career! haha. i am joking so don't take me seriously, but i did some modeling on saturday night for a indie fashion designer from austin. i can't say enough about erin & jen or their line of clothing. what a way to go for the first time. it could have been spandex and teased hair. ok, there was a little teasing on the side, but not too bad! i was just asked last minute, it wasn't a big deal. i agreed and thought it would be fun. the whole hanging out with real models part didn't sound as fun, but i went in with confidence. turns out i was their favorite model and did pretty much what they would want from someone represting their line of clothing. so, i'm not a lame plus size model at a HUGE size 2/4, i'm just a normal 20-"something" gal who is into fashion like the rest of you.
the place was packed. we had hair and make-up professionally done in the very lit-up window of this clothing store/bar downtown. there were 3 professional photographers and i'd say a good 30 extra papparazi snapping away as i recall it! ha. and many many more just in the crowd to attend. among them, someone from the show "project runway". i don't know much about it myself but i believe it's Victoria's Secret model Heidi Klums project on cable. big show, but of course i don't have cable or watch it.
we barely had room for a catwalk by the time we hit the runway at nearly 11:30. there were just too many people for that place. aside from that though, it was great. i hope to get some of the professional pics or at least some taken with friends cameras! but here is a cell pic, in the dressing room, of the first outfit i wore. very vintage: high wasted shorts, 3" stretchy belt, tucked in sheer blouse - a very cool gray/lavendar color with flowers mixed nearly the same shade of the shirt. and the coat that had trim matching the bottom of the shorts was really neat. maybe velvet? it was black and swooped just under my armpits and right to the back. i wore my anthropolgie headband that i thought just suited the look. so did they! so much fun! my second outfit was pretty rocker and edgy. we thought: joan jett, karen o. maybe i'll end up with pics one day, maybe not!
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i may team up with these girls in austin again in the near future, we had some collaborative ideas that i feel really good about! will keep you posted.


so now....my big shout out goes to: TEAM FABRICATION!

i think stuff on their myspace page is soooo outdated compared to their current line. I mean it's old stuff of theirs, not "outdated"!
think dresses with a vintage twist, but still tangible and can blend in with every day fashion. it's like your own little cool vintage prom wherever you go! ha ha. i can't desribe the stuff all that great, but just trust me on this one!