Baby, Its Cold Outside

12/25/12

Song performed by Glee Cast's Kurt and Blaine

This song has always been one of my few favorite Holiday songs and last year when I saw Glee's version, I died.  Having the two gay boys do it was like a dream come true.  I would have loved to do it as a duet, but it was not in the cards this time, not sure about the rules of having a friend perform with you.

So I knew what song I wanted to do and I asked my RL partner what concept I should go with, the answer, without hesitation was "Yetis in an igloo."  Well believe it or not yetis are not on Marketplace or any of the furry stores that I know of (which is not too many).  But I did find this statue of Bumble, the Abominable Snowman from the old stop action animation holiday tv show, so I ran with it and was able to make a matching costume.  I had to off a polar bear, but it worked, quite awesomely, I think.

Renae helped me with choreo, I loved having the two of us together on it.  She just slapped on an outfit that she had, leave it to her to have the perfect thing at the perfect time.

**Heat Miser Alert**

And the finale was tossing fur coats from Curio Obscura's Pile O' Stuff.  It was just the right touch!

Constant Craving

12/15/12

Song by k.d.lang

The song was on my list, and I was thinking about the holidays and how I am not really inspired by x-mas music, but I am inspired by chocolate and the rich luscious voice of k.d..  Then *POW* it happened.  It does not matter what time of the year it is but the craving is made worse by the abundance of chocolates and other sweets at this time of the year.

I can say it was one of the more challenging sets to make and costumes to pick out.  I was not pleased with many of my choices except for the final picks.  I spent a lot of time and money acquiring what I was mostly satisfied with in the end.  

The choreo and chocolate fountain made me the happiest though!

What a delightfully Oooey, Gooey mess!

Love the Anti-Depressant Heels fro Grimm Bros.

One On One

12/1/12

Song by TheBird and the Bee covering Hall and Oates

Cherry needed someone to fill in and I jumped on it with this act that I had in my back pocket.  It is the first act I ever really put together.  I was just learning how to choreograph with my Barre HUD.  

It is also another little dose of the 80's with the intent of having a retro outfit.  The tank top was from the Born This Way Hunt from my first year in SL.

This is the outfit that I accidentally boxed up some of the parts of.  The red bloomers and knee socks were in a freebie outfit that otherwise was not worth the cut.  So when I performed this in my one woman show (for my friends) I was actually nekkid on the bottom half and had to scrounge around for a while to find some knee socks and a decent pair of undies that would work.

My friends got a lot more crack than the GB audience did.  Another level of meaning to "Friends with Benefits"

In the upper center of the pic is my pet hawk "Accipitrix."  She was thrilled to be on stage and to get to stalk the congress of pigeons below. 

Misty Mountain Hop

11/17/12

Song by Zepparella - Cover of Led Zeppelin of course

This act was to be my callback number, but I did not have to do it, my first audition number was enough for them to create a place for me on the troop in addition to the spaces that were filled by two other people.  I was excited to perform it since The Hobbit was going to be released in a few weeks.  It started with the song, and when I did a little research I found out that it was inspired by Lord of the Rings/The Hobbit.  So I drug out my Rosy Cotton avi that I had tucked away and realized that it was not good enough for GB.  So I shrunk my shape, grew my feet and ears and tried real hard to match my head hair and feet hair, but it was a bit of a stretch.  I also had to come up with an underlayer that would be Hobbit-ish and not too revealing, since I do not think a Hobbit would be into performing burlesque.  Some medieval small clothes with a little mod-ding gave just enough of a tease to work.

Important lesson learned:  I knew I was on last and I wanted to hang out in the theater wearing some swanky mesh gown  that I just got on the Runway Perfect Hunt until a few numbers before my act.  I was envious of the OG's who do that all the time.  When it came time to change, I got Ruthed, big time!  I had to relog while on stage, and she played a second intro song and we were going to call it.  Folks said I looked ok, but when I saw the pictures, I really looked like the bastard love child of Bilbo and myself.  I was wearing parts of the dress and the costume, which were totally different.  I was mortified.  I will NEVER come into the theater and expect to change from, or into, mesh with 70 people on the sim. Cherry and the crew were super supportive and understanding, which was helpful.  I had to have that experience, and just get it over with.

I got to do the number without any problems at the "Best Of" Show that we opened with in January, and some kind soul nominated my costume for a Dance Queen Award.  I did not make the final cut, but that made me prep the first picture for a poster and I did my first work in Photoshop.

Storm Coming

11/3/12

The Official Debut!

Song by Gnarls Barkley

It was probably assumed that I would do my audition act, but I was eager to work on something new, so I searched for a song that would be a powerful debut.  "Storm Coming" was perfect and gave me a chance to do a little Gnarls, who I had been listening to all summer.  I was originally thinking of doing Storm from the X-Men, to go with the song, but upon an non-related discussion with Cherry about derivative works, I found being a Weather Mage gave a much better outcome.  I was thankful for being pushed in the end. 

The costume parts/inspiration came from a Twisted Hunt where the color was Bleen.  The Set was a space station/sci-fi club that I took apart and the background electrical was a score from a Steam hunt.  After rehearsal I learned that even though the Tesla box said No Mod, it really would mod and came completely apart after rehearsal.  I had to have parts returned and my workspace on the roof of the studio was littered with dismantled parts all week while I worked on getting it back together for the Friday performance.  I had a lot of issues with the animated charge textures not moving when I put them together.  It was frustrating, but it all came together in the end.

Kiss Me Deadly

Halloween Show

10/31/2012

Song by: LitaFord 

A couple of days before my official start as a part of the Guerilla Burlesque Troop, I inserted myself into the Halloween show.  I had this inspiration for a number that I did not want to sit on for a year.

Grungy, spider infested apartment, 80's chick rock and some outfit pieces from the Black Widow Hunt.  Of course I had to supplement with some new stuff and I cannot remember where I got the murder scene skybox that was the base of the set.  I was nervous as hell!  But it was fun!  Now I have something for next year's extra Halloween shows.