PICS
Thanks for the birthday wishes and thank you for responding and helping me get the fake FB pages shut down so super fast. Good birthday present.
As thanks, have a sundies pic:
Another good birthday present from Cuddlefish:
I wanted to see the beach at night, so we made it happen:
I wanted to eat good food with the bestest weirdest friends like Arroia and take odd pictures while magically communicating with sea creatures: I entitle this composition Space-Sea Romance:
I extended my birthday through today, and I met a friendly rescued owl. He only has one wing cos he was hit by a taxi. He is well now, but he will never be able to live in the wild. He loves neck scratches. I think I love him.
Exit music and speed blog success.
As thanks, have a sundies pic:
Another good birthday present from Cuddlefish:
I wanted to see the beach at night, so we made it happen:
I wanted to eat good food with the bestest weirdest friends like Arroia and take odd pictures while magically communicating with sea creatures: I entitle this composition Space-Sea Romance:
I extended my birthday through today, and I met a friendly rescued owl. He only has one wing cos he was hit by a taxi. He is well now, but he will never be able to live in the wild. He loves neck scratches. I think I love him.
Exit music and speed blog success.
Someone has made a fake profile as me on on FB.
It has all of my sets on there. Full nudity. Its not fair to my privacy nor to the paying members of SG. If I wanted to put Lumo on FB I would have made a page. I reported this already. Please everyone and everyone report this spammer/scammer.
I am pretty upset. Happy Fucking Birthday too me.
Here are the links
fake page 1
fake page 2
The REAL Lumo
It has all of my sets on there. Full nudity. Its not fair to my privacy nor to the paying members of SG. If I wanted to put Lumo on FB I would have made a page. I reported this already. Please everyone and everyone report this spammer/scammer.
I am pretty upset. Happy Fucking Birthday too me.
Here are the links
fake page 1
fake page 2
The REAL Lumo
I am home from my trip, tanned, relaxed and heavier than when I left.
We went on a cruise for our honeymoon to Madagascar, Portuguese Islands and Mozambique. Sadly I haven't had that much opportunity to travel in the past due to studying, work and generally stupid excuses. So it was about time. Tick new years travel resolution!
Assessment of ships; better then aeroplane!
The merits of ships;
1) None of the smog of emotional turmoil surrounding airports
2) I am a nervous flyer so yay for any other mode of travel
3) There is an inherent level of cheesiness about a cruise ship which appeals to me.
The only possible down side for ships I foresaw was sea sickness. Fortunately sea sickness wasn't really an issue. Fortunately eating seemed to settle my stomach, which was good since there was an over abundance of food on the boat.
We sailed first to Madagascar.
We were deposited by zodiac on the island where we made a wet landing (nautical meaning not bodily functions). We went for a lunch at a...well I am not sure if you would call it a hotel or resort, it was less opulent and more beachy and interesting? Unfortunately we saw no lemurs or chameleons, which I was told were abundant. I did see about ten different kinds of butterflies though without putting in much effort, and I saw interesting birds and unearthly plants. I really would love to spend a more substantial amount of the there.
The next day was a spent at sea lazing on deck drinking the best margarita's ever and reading. Which was pretty much the pattern every sea day followed.
Evenings were spent watching dance, magic and acrobatic performances..and more cocktails. Some of the performers I suspect also perform for madame Zingara'ss and they were superbly talented individuals in some wonderful costumes. Unfortunately I didn't get good pictures as I wasn't actually allowed to take any. I tried anyway but I had to be sneaky. It's hard to be sneaky taking pics with an iPad, also you tend to look like a bit of a douche.
We then arrived in Mozambique, Maputo
This was probably my favourite day because we operated completely independently of any prescribed activity. We got off the ship and got transported by the tour bus to the city centre
That drive was harrowing. Coming from Durban I have seen some scary driving but those people are seriously insane. Lane changes and merging occur via a game of chicken, red lights are a guideline and obviously spacial relations logically dictates a single lane can hold four cars quite comfortably. Most of the cars you see there are scratched unsurprisingly, beautifully clean though, go figure.We got off there, relieved to be out of that scorchingly hot death-trap. We wandered around doing our own thing trying to locate the natural history museum. On route we saw stunning old architecture, mosaic walls, filigree burglar guards and gates juxtaposed by abandoned buildings being repossessed by nature with trees growing over partially crumbles walls.
Eventually we discovered the derelict botanical gardens which was post apocalyptically beautiful, the pictures don't fully show the feel of it.
We tried walking into this building which was really pretty and turned out to be a government building.
We were rapidly asked to leave once we started ascending the stairs to the second floor. In our defence, We were being those annoying tourists and It looked like a museum...which we were looking for.. and exploring is fun. We rapidly made ourselves scarce there and eventually, after a few botched attempts we managed to find someone who could both speak English and knew where the natural history museum was. We also managed to get him to flag down a tuk tuk and explain to the driver where to take us. I was so excited because I had been eye-balling them out the whole day as they passed thinking I really wanted to ride in one. And it was awesome, I was like a giddy kid on that thing! The crazy traffic and driving served to inject the whole experience with some vigour.
Finally there at the natural history museum we find the Lumo in its natural habitat gawking at bugs, beasties and all manner of weirdness.
We then walk/jogged back to where we were getting picked up again by the bus to return to the ship and watched the boat pull away from the shore at sunset.
The next day was another lazy ship day sucking back cocktails and sunning myself like a lazy little lizard, A skipper butterfly came to visit.
.
We also went for a massage. A massage so soft it was the equivalent of being breathed on. Very disappointing since my poor overused body needed some maintenance. I had the best of intentioned this day to utilize the gym on board to do some light exercise but then I realized while I brought way too many items of clothing I didn't bring running shoes. The gym staff were adamant that I couldn't be allowed to enter unless my feet were in proper trainers, even if I just wanted to use the mat area..which is all I wanted. For someone who spends most of her life exercising barefoot this is a weird concept. Safety wise I get it but I decided I would sneak in when it was quiet. My initial moment of enthusiasm was replaced by the overwhelming urge to have a cocktail instead. Because I feel mildly guilty now I will say I did stretch on the trip.... Once... At least.
The day after, we disembarked at Portuguese islands. There we went on a beach comber walk accompanied by a marine biologist, which was really interesting.
We saw starfish
pencil urchins:
,
ball urchins:
snails:
and a few different types of crab:
We would have seen even more but we had to rush back to go out on a
boat again to search for dolphins, which we didn't see unfortunately. We rushed again to coral gardens near Inhaca to snorkel, It was my fist time snorkelling. Visibility was again foiling plans somewhat but we saw various corals, small sting-ray, some fish I couldn't identify, more starfish and urchins.
Then we made our way back home to Durban, and while I enjoyed my cruise I am happy to be home.
Just before we left for the cruise for the honeymoon I was given a wedding gift by the powers that be too. I have been waiting for four months for the butterfly farm to call me and let me know when their atlas moths hatch. Finally it happened the week before we left so we went that Saturday. The whole weeks I was worried we would miss them since they only last 4 days or so. We didn't miss them though and they are awesome. I got to see the largest moth in the world! Probably the best wedding present I could ask for.
Now April is going to be awesome too. I got offered a new job yesterday, it is an amazing opportunity. My new boss is paying to further my studies too Which starts on the 11th (further studies, tick off another new years resolution) Also it's my birthday on the 27th and Tarions on the 22nd and we are going to sneak another little trip soon with my ZASG ladies.
Okay, this blog got really long, so I am leaving off here. Next time I promise to be less verbose.
We went on a cruise for our honeymoon to Madagascar, Portuguese Islands and Mozambique. Sadly I haven't had that much opportunity to travel in the past due to studying, work and generally stupid excuses. So it was about time. Tick new years travel resolution!
Assessment of ships; better then aeroplane!
The merits of ships;
1) None of the smog of emotional turmoil surrounding airports
2) I am a nervous flyer so yay for any other mode of travel
3) There is an inherent level of cheesiness about a cruise ship which appeals to me.
The only possible down side for ships I foresaw was sea sickness. Fortunately sea sickness wasn't really an issue. Fortunately eating seemed to settle my stomach, which was good since there was an over abundance of food on the boat.
We sailed first to Madagascar.
We were deposited by zodiac on the island where we made a wet landing (nautical meaning not bodily functions). We went for a lunch at a...well I am not sure if you would call it a hotel or resort, it was less opulent and more beachy and interesting? Unfortunately we saw no lemurs or chameleons, which I was told were abundant. I did see about ten different kinds of butterflies though without putting in much effort, and I saw interesting birds and unearthly plants. I really would love to spend a more substantial amount of the there.
The next day was a spent at sea lazing on deck drinking the best margarita's ever and reading. Which was pretty much the pattern every sea day followed.
Evenings were spent watching dance, magic and acrobatic performances..and more cocktails. Some of the performers I suspect also perform for madame Zingara'ss and they were superbly talented individuals in some wonderful costumes. Unfortunately I didn't get good pictures as I wasn't actually allowed to take any. I tried anyway but I had to be sneaky. It's hard to be sneaky taking pics with an iPad, also you tend to look like a bit of a douche.
We then arrived in Mozambique, Maputo
This was probably my favourite day because we operated completely independently of any prescribed activity. We got off the ship and got transported by the tour bus to the city centre
That drive was harrowing. Coming from Durban I have seen some scary driving but those people are seriously insane. Lane changes and merging occur via a game of chicken, red lights are a guideline and obviously spacial relations logically dictates a single lane can hold four cars quite comfortably. Most of the cars you see there are scratched unsurprisingly, beautifully clean though, go figure.We got off there, relieved to be out of that scorchingly hot death-trap. We wandered around doing our own thing trying to locate the natural history museum. On route we saw stunning old architecture, mosaic walls, filigree burglar guards and gates juxtaposed by abandoned buildings being repossessed by nature with trees growing over partially crumbles walls.
Eventually we discovered the derelict botanical gardens which was post apocalyptically beautiful, the pictures don't fully show the feel of it.
We tried walking into this building which was really pretty and turned out to be a government building.
We were rapidly asked to leave once we started ascending the stairs to the second floor. In our defence, We were being those annoying tourists and It looked like a museum...which we were looking for.. and exploring is fun. We rapidly made ourselves scarce there and eventually, after a few botched attempts we managed to find someone who could both speak English and knew where the natural history museum was. We also managed to get him to flag down a tuk tuk and explain to the driver where to take us. I was so excited because I had been eye-balling them out the whole day as they passed thinking I really wanted to ride in one. And it was awesome, I was like a giddy kid on that thing! The crazy traffic and driving served to inject the whole experience with some vigour.
Finally there at the natural history museum we find the Lumo in its natural habitat gawking at bugs, beasties and all manner of weirdness.
We then walk/jogged back to where we were getting picked up again by the bus to return to the ship and watched the boat pull away from the shore at sunset.
The next day was another lazy ship day sucking back cocktails and sunning myself like a lazy little lizard, A skipper butterfly came to visit.
. We also went for a massage. A massage so soft it was the equivalent of being breathed on. Very disappointing since my poor overused body needed some maintenance. I had the best of intentioned this day to utilize the gym on board to do some light exercise but then I realized while I brought way too many items of clothing I didn't bring running shoes. The gym staff were adamant that I couldn't be allowed to enter unless my feet were in proper trainers, even if I just wanted to use the mat area..which is all I wanted. For someone who spends most of her life exercising barefoot this is a weird concept. Safety wise I get it but I decided I would sneak in when it was quiet. My initial moment of enthusiasm was replaced by the overwhelming urge to have a cocktail instead. Because I feel mildly guilty now I will say I did stretch on the trip.... Once... At least.
The day after, we disembarked at Portuguese islands. There we went on a beach comber walk accompanied by a marine biologist, which was really interesting.
We saw starfish
pencil urchins:
, ball urchins:
snails:
and a few different types of crab:
We would have seen even more but we had to rush back to go out on a
boat again to search for dolphins, which we didn't see unfortunately. We rushed again to coral gardens near Inhaca to snorkel, It was my fist time snorkelling. Visibility was again foiling plans somewhat but we saw various corals, small sting-ray, some fish I couldn't identify, more starfish and urchins.
Then we made our way back home to Durban, and while I enjoyed my cruise I am happy to be home.
Just before we left for the cruise for the honeymoon I was given a wedding gift by the powers that be too. I have been waiting for four months for the butterfly farm to call me and let me know when their atlas moths hatch. Finally it happened the week before we left so we went that Saturday. The whole weeks I was worried we would miss them since they only last 4 days or so. We didn't miss them though and they are awesome. I got to see the largest moth in the world! Probably the best wedding present I could ask for.
Now April is going to be awesome too. I got offered a new job yesterday, it is an amazing opportunity. My new boss is paying to further my studies too Which starts on the 11th (further studies, tick off another new years resolution) Also it's my birthday on the 27th and Tarions on the 22nd and we are going to sneak another little trip soon with my ZASG ladies.
Okay, this blog got really long, so I am leaving off here. Next time I promise to be less verbose.
It has been a whirlwind of events and emotions the past two weeks.
A quick trip to jhb but I will talk about that more later once I have pics to show you. But here's a hint:
The tissues in the garter counted as something blue and something borrowed, it's also new but once utilized would be something old
The best way for a bridesmaid to wear an infinity dress, ever:
Since no Lumo blog can escape bug love, i give you some kind of hawk moth:
And a cute visitor, the first hedgehog I have seen in real life, unfortunately the little bastard didn't sit still long enough for me to get a picture of his face without a blur.
At the same time as all of the above excitement for Lumo My new set came out in MR. I am always so overwhelmed by the awesome comments people leave, they make me smile and often laugh. Speaking of which; lots of you mentioned the picture of me laughing, I think this is possibly the first time in a set I have a laughing pic. I am a total goof-ball when I laugh, it is usually all mouth and teeth. So it's nice to have an image of me canning myself not looking too comical! Let us find the point somewhere in the above statement: thank you everyone who commented and tagged and loved.
I always enjoy giving a bit of a story behind a set. But Since I already blogged about the Parys shootfest I can't tell you much more about it except that it is always interesting and adds a different dynamic to have voyeurs for a shoot. Pyke, Kohana, Jeckyl, Arroia and Gitane thanks for helping set the tone for everything. I have to also say talamia is some kind of a machine and keeps on levelling up. Talamia; you keep on blowing my mind!
As for the messages I have been sent, I will answer as many as I can in the interim but I am gonna be MIA for a bit.
Hints as to what I will be doing:
A quick trip to jhb but I will talk about that more later once I have pics to show you. But here's a hint:
The tissues in the garter counted as something blue and something borrowed, it's also new but once utilized would be something old
The best way for a bridesmaid to wear an infinity dress, ever:
Since no Lumo blog can escape bug love, i give you some kind of hawk moth:
And a cute visitor, the first hedgehog I have seen in real life, unfortunately the little bastard didn't sit still long enough for me to get a picture of his face without a blur.
At the same time as all of the above excitement for Lumo My new set came out in MR. I am always so overwhelmed by the awesome comments people leave, they make me smile and often laugh. Speaking of which; lots of you mentioned the picture of me laughing, I think this is possibly the first time in a set I have a laughing pic. I am a total goof-ball when I laugh, it is usually all mouth and teeth. So it's nice to have an image of me canning myself not looking too comical! Let us find the point somewhere in the above statement: thank you everyone who commented and tagged and loved.
I always enjoy giving a bit of a story behind a set. But Since I already blogged about the Parys shootfest I can't tell you much more about it except that it is always interesting and adds a different dynamic to have voyeurs for a shoot. Pyke, Kohana, Jeckyl, Arroia and Gitane thanks for helping set the tone for everything. I have to also say talamia is some kind of a machine and keeps on levelling up. Talamia; you keep on blowing my mind!
As for the messages I have been sent, I will answer as many as I can in the interim but I am gonna be MIA for a bit.
Hints as to what I will be doing:
I am exhausted. From one extreme to the other. No training for almost 2 weeks then a whole weekend of training, followed by training every day subsequently without a break, twice on Monday. Today will also be twice. I am as happy as a pig in poop though.
I went away on a Kung Fu camp this weekend. Physical activity, nature and martial arts together, of course I looked forward to it. For once I did not discover a whole lot of stuff I had forgotten behind. We started off with a swim on the beach and then trained for a bit there too going over applications. We have to love the cheesiness of martial arts training on the beach. It sounds so douchy when you say it but fuck it, it was awesome. Fortunately it was very quiet so we didn't have an audience. Getting from the sand to the water's edge turned from a walk to a jog to a full sprint as the sand almost blistered our feet. For real, while no blisters were apparent we certainly had red welts on the feeties. Sifu laughed and said to consider it part off the training! Needless to say the actual training occurred on the wet part of the sand. For the first time I feel like I actually absorbed Shoa Hong Chuen (Little Red Fist). I also enjoyed the practical defence we learnt for opponents with a knife. It involved a bit of joint locking though which isn't my strong point but still it's useful stuff.
In the evenings I spent my off time wondering around hunting for bush babies. Sadly no bush babies this time but I did see an owl. We also had red duikers watching us whilst we were doing Shoa Hong Chuen too, completely adorable Sifu then made silly jokes about catching said duiker and wearing its skin as a rite of passage.
I promised I would practice Shoa Hong Chuen every day for a month and I stuck to it so far, for a whole 3 days *pats self on back* which I am proud of. I am also making it my mission to get down into splits position, I am just a little off the ground
so close, it's just eluding me.
Off to play with my new toys now, a magic circle and a foam roller. Despite the dodgy names they are not sex toys but Pilates equipment.
Then I believe I have earned my right to turn into a TV zombie for a wee bit, I want to watch something vapid and silly and wonderful like lost girl.
Btw have a look at Arroia's new set <3 <3 <3 I love her!Ravenous
Instagram pic:
Jesus beams:
follow me lumo_suicide
Lumo out!
I went away on a Kung Fu camp this weekend. Physical activity, nature and martial arts together, of course I looked forward to it. For once I did not discover a whole lot of stuff I had forgotten behind. We started off with a swim on the beach and then trained for a bit there too going over applications. We have to love the cheesiness of martial arts training on the beach. It sounds so douchy when you say it but fuck it, it was awesome. Fortunately it was very quiet so we didn't have an audience. Getting from the sand to the water's edge turned from a walk to a jog to a full sprint as the sand almost blistered our feet. For real, while no blisters were apparent we certainly had red welts on the feeties. Sifu laughed and said to consider it part off the training! Needless to say the actual training occurred on the wet part of the sand. For the first time I feel like I actually absorbed Shoa Hong Chuen (Little Red Fist). I also enjoyed the practical defence we learnt for opponents with a knife. It involved a bit of joint locking though which isn't my strong point but still it's useful stuff.
In the evenings I spent my off time wondering around hunting for bush babies. Sadly no bush babies this time but I did see an owl. We also had red duikers watching us whilst we were doing Shoa Hong Chuen too, completely adorable
Sifu then made silly jokes about catching said duiker and wearing its skin as a rite of passage.I promised I would practice Shoa Hong Chuen every day for a month and I stuck to it so far, for a whole 3 days *pats self on back* which I am proud of. I am also making it my mission to get down into splits position, I am just a little off the ground
so close, it's just eluding me.
Off to play with my new toys now, a magic circle and a foam roller. Despite the dodgy names they are not sex toys but Pilates equipment.
Then I believe I have earned my right to turn into a TV zombie for a wee bit, I want to watch something vapid and silly and wonderful like lost girl.
Btw have a look at Arroia's new set <3 <3 <3 I love her!Ravenous
Instagram pic:
Jesus beams:
follow me lumo_suicide
Lumo out!
Let me preface this blog by saying I am grumpy. If the surly seeps through we do apologize most humbly.
I started attending a new Kung-fu fit class this sat. A mixture of different exercises from Kung-fu, pilates and cross-fit. I fell and completely messed up my SI joints and my glutes on my right side. Fuck sprints, seriously, fuck em. So I literally crawled out of bed this morning like a geriatric. I shuffled to the nearest wall and wiggled myself into an upright position which really hurt like hell. Teaching in this state today has been interesting. I am more crabby because my Chiropractor told me not to train till next week which upsets me since we just started a new form in Kung fu (the second way of ambush) and I am still wrapping my mind around seven star sabre. This comes after having to miss a session last week due to a tummy bug. Ah well *curls into a petulant little ball*
Take a look at the new SGZA sets Cos these made me feel better.
Lunar City of Gold.
I love it when you can see that from the fist image there is a plan, a logical progression. A set with a narrative. It's also wonderful to see a model reinventing herself and thereby giving you a different facet of personality. Lunar has never shown us sultry as she did in this one. Of course the striking platinum hair, red lips and huge eyes is perfection. I can't tell you how excited it makes me to see a set that is not in a bedroom, moreover such a wonderful showcase of Johannesburg. Note this is not a slight on bedroom sets, merely a personal preference to other locations. It's impossible to be South African and to not smile when you see a the JHB city skyline in the background. The feel of it is sublimated by some the most extraordinary photography talamia has yet done. I already know it's gonna be among my favourite sets of 2013.
PykeBittersweet.
Also another lady that doesn't give us the same thing twice. This is the most natural and feminine set she has done. I want to steal her hair! She has given us clever, unique themed sets before that members loved but somehow slipped through MR cracks. It's not every day you see a set with a telescope or with an architecture theme. It shows us personality and intellect. She has also shown us that without all of that, on a couch in sexy lingerie she can be just as fascinating. It really would make me happy to see her pink, she really earned it.
Kohana Behind Closed Doors
All I can say is. That asss. Omg.omg, that ass. That is all.
I suppose it must get tedious " oh another blog pimping sets" but the fact is my blogs are there to share things that excite me. So fuck it, these sets make me happy and I am gonna tell people about them. There are a butt load of sets out there, therefore people just simply miss good sets, unless someone points them out.
So for those of you who don't have me on instagram:
sundies pilates:
My friend Zed, who has been living in my garden for the past month:
If you want to follow me on instagram: lumo_suicide
I just have to also exclaim at how lovely this item is to me:
lunar moth pendant:
Lumo out.
I started attending a new Kung-fu fit class this sat. A mixture of different exercises from Kung-fu, pilates and cross-fit. I fell and completely messed up my SI joints and my glutes on my right side. Fuck sprints, seriously, fuck em. So I literally crawled out of bed this morning like a geriatric. I shuffled to the nearest wall and wiggled myself into an upright position which really hurt like hell. Teaching in this state today has been interesting. I am more crabby because my Chiropractor told me not to train till next week which upsets me since we just started a new form in Kung fu (the second way of ambush) and I am still wrapping my mind around seven star sabre. This comes after having to miss a session last week due to a tummy bug. Ah well *curls into a petulant little ball*
Take a look at the new SGZA sets Cos these made me feel better.
Lunar City of Gold.
I love it when you can see that from the fist image there is a plan, a logical progression. A set with a narrative. It's also wonderful to see a model reinventing herself and thereby giving you a different facet of personality. Lunar has never shown us sultry as she did in this one. Of course the striking platinum hair, red lips and huge eyes is perfection. I can't tell you how excited it makes me to see a set that is not in a bedroom, moreover such a wonderful showcase of Johannesburg. Note this is not a slight on bedroom sets, merely a personal preference to other locations. It's impossible to be South African and to not smile when you see a the JHB city skyline in the background. The feel of it is sublimated by some the most extraordinary photography talamia has yet done. I already know it's gonna be among my favourite sets of 2013.
PykeBittersweet.
Also another lady that doesn't give us the same thing twice. This is the most natural and feminine set she has done. I want to steal her hair! She has given us clever, unique themed sets before that members loved but somehow slipped through MR cracks. It's not every day you see a set with a telescope or with an architecture theme. It shows us personality and intellect. She has also shown us that without all of that, on a couch in sexy lingerie she can be just as fascinating. It really would make me happy to see her pink, she really earned it.
Kohana Behind Closed Doors
All I can say is. That asss. Omg.omg, that ass. That is all.
I suppose it must get tedious " oh another blog pimping sets" but the fact is my blogs are there to share things that excite me. So fuck it, these sets make me happy and I am gonna tell people about them. There are a butt load of sets out there, therefore people just simply miss good sets, unless someone points them out.
So for those of you who don't have me on instagram:
sundies pilates:
My friend Zed, who has been living in my garden for the past month:
If you want to follow me on instagram: lumo_suicide
I just have to also exclaim at how lovely this item is to me:
lunar moth pendant:
Lumo out.
Let me preface this blog by saying I am grumpy. If the surly seeps through we do apologize most humbly.
I started attending a new Kung-fu fit class this sat. A mixture of different exercises from Kung-fu, pilates and cross-fit. I fell and completely messed up my SI joints and my glutes on my right side. Fuck sprints, seriously, fuck em. So I literally crawled out of bed this morning like a geriatric. I shuffled to the nearest wall and wiggled myself into an upright position which really hurt like hell. Teaching in this state today has been interesting. I am more crabby because my Chiropractor told me not to train till next week which upsets me since we just started a new form in Kung fu (the second way of ambush) and I am still wrapping my mind around seven star sabre. This comes after having to miss a session last week due to a tummy bug. Ah well *curls into a petulant little ball*
Take a look at the new SGZAa sets Cos these made me feel better.
Lunar City of Gold.
I love it when you can see that from the fist image there is a plan, a logical progression. A set with a narrative. It's also wonderful to see a model reinventing herself and thereby giving you a different facet of personality. Lunar has never shown us sultry as she did in this one. Of course the striking platinum hair, red lips and huge eyes is perfection. I can't tell you how excited it makes me to see a set that is not in a bedroom, moreover such a wonderful showcase of Johannesburg. Note this is not a slight on bedroom sets, merely a personal preference to other locations. It's impossible to be South African and to not smile when you see a the JHB city skyline in the background. The feel of it is sublimated through some the most extraordinary photography talamia has yet done. I already know it's gonna be among my favourite sets of 2013.
PykeBittersweet.
Also another lady that doesn't give us the same thing twice. This is the most natural and feminine set she has done. I want to steal her hair! She has given us clever, unique themed sets before that members loved but somehow slipped through MR cracks. It's not every day you see a set with a telescope or with an architecture theme. It shows us personality and intellect. She has also shown us that without all of that, on a couch in sexy lingerie she can be just as fascinating. It really would make me happy to see her pink, she really earned it.
Kohana [Behind Closed Doors
All I can say is. That asss. Omg, that ass. That is all.
I suppose it must get tedious " oh another blog pimping sets" but the fact is my blogs are there to share things that excite me. So fuck it, these sets make me happy and I am gonna tell people about them. There are a butt load of sets out there, therefore people just simply miss good sets, unless someone points them out.
So for those of you who don't have me on instagram:
sundies pilates:
My friend Zed, who has been living in my garden for the past month:
If you want to follow me on instagram: lumo_suicide
I just have to also exclaim at how lovely this item is to me:
lunar moth wing double sided pendant
Lumo out.
I started attending a new Kung-fu fit class this sat. A mixture of different exercises from Kung-fu, pilates and cross-fit. I fell and completely messed up my SI joints and my glutes on my right side. Fuck sprints, seriously, fuck em. So I literally crawled out of bed this morning like a geriatric. I shuffled to the nearest wall and wiggled myself into an upright position which really hurt like hell. Teaching in this state today has been interesting. I am more crabby because my Chiropractor told me not to train till next week which upsets me since we just started a new form in Kung fu (the second way of ambush) and I am still wrapping my mind around seven star sabre. This comes after having to miss a session last week due to a tummy bug. Ah well *curls into a petulant little ball*
Take a look at the new SGZAa sets Cos these made me feel better.
Lunar City of Gold.
I love it when you can see that from the fist image there is a plan, a logical progression. A set with a narrative. It's also wonderful to see a model reinventing herself and thereby giving you a different facet of personality. Lunar has never shown us sultry as she did in this one. Of course the striking platinum hair, red lips and huge eyes is perfection. I can't tell you how excited it makes me to see a set that is not in a bedroom, moreover such a wonderful showcase of Johannesburg. Note this is not a slight on bedroom sets, merely a personal preference to other locations. It's impossible to be South African and to not smile when you see a the JHB city skyline in the background. The feel of it is sublimated through some the most extraordinary photography talamia has yet done. I already know it's gonna be among my favourite sets of 2013.
PykeBittersweet.
Also another lady that doesn't give us the same thing twice. This is the most natural and feminine set she has done. I want to steal her hair! She has given us clever, unique themed sets before that members loved but somehow slipped through MR cracks. It's not every day you see a set with a telescope or with an architecture theme. It shows us personality and intellect. She has also shown us that without all of that, on a couch in sexy lingerie she can be just as fascinating. It really would make me happy to see her pink, she really earned it.
Kohana [Behind Closed Doors
All I can say is. That asss. Omg, that ass. That is all.
I suppose it must get tedious " oh another blog pimping sets" but the fact is my blogs are there to share things that excite me. So fuck it, these sets make me happy and I am gonna tell people about them. There are a butt load of sets out there, therefore people just simply miss good sets, unless someone points them out.
So for those of you who don't have me on instagram:
sundies pilates:
My friend Zed, who has been living in my garden for the past month:
If you want to follow me on instagram: lumo_suicide
I just have to also exclaim at how lovely this item is to me:
lunar moth wing double sided pendant
Lumo out.
It's not often in my existence that I get a chance to do something worthwhile. It's nice to be surrounded by people who encourage you to do that type of thing.
I am being a bit vague so to contextualise: Arroia asked Cuddlefish and I if we would like to volunteer at Crow animal rehabilitation centre. I was keen so we spent a day working our arses right off but I loved it. The work was smelly, gross, and exhausting but one cuddle from a baby dassie makes it all worth it.
I got to see and touch birds I had never seen in real life:
a white eared barbet:
,
tinker barbet:
,
baby burchell's coucals really shy and elusive birds)
Who can say they have scratched a baby warthog behind the ears, been climbed by a mongoose, scratched a starling behind its ears and had a purple crested lourie playing with their shoelaces?
I thinking want to go live at Crow. I will at least be going there once a month to help.
I hate sounding negative but I think sometimes It is nicer to help animals, they appreciate it more than people.
Above I had to image search pics of the birds cos they were in the sickbay and there wasn't enough light to take nice pics of them and I couldn't open the cages to take pics. But I have pictoral evidence of the rest
Letting hadeda's as out of there cage into their enclosure which we toiled over for fucking hours:
Arroia being wooed by a baby dassie:
A purple crested lourie making friends with me:
Wendy The warthog (cos alliteration is fun):
Mr rattles the porcupine:
A duiker which was smaller than a cat...full grown:
In other news: I am now am on instagram, @lumo _suicide follow me if you don't mind the fact I will post more pics of bugs than people... and I did make an amazon wishlist cos people have been bugging me about it
byes
I am being a bit vague so to contextualise: Arroia asked Cuddlefish and I if we would like to volunteer at Crow animal rehabilitation centre. I was keen so we spent a day working our arses right off but I loved it. The work was smelly, gross, and exhausting but one cuddle from a baby dassie makes it all worth it.
I got to see and touch birds I had never seen in real life:
a white eared barbet:
, tinker barbet:
, baby burchell's coucals really shy and elusive birds)
Who can say they have scratched a baby warthog behind the ears, been climbed by a mongoose, scratched a starling behind its ears and had a purple crested lourie playing with their shoelaces?
I thinking want to go live at Crow. I will at least be going there once a month to help.
I hate sounding negative but I think sometimes It is nicer to help animals, they appreciate it more than people.
Above I had to image search pics of the birds cos they were in the sickbay and there wasn't enough light to take nice pics of them and I couldn't open the cages to take pics. But I have pictoral evidence of the rest
Letting hadeda's as out of there cage into their enclosure which we toiled over for fucking hours:
Arroia being wooed by a baby dassie:
A purple crested lourie making friends with me:
Wendy The warthog (cos alliteration is fun):
Mr rattles the porcupine:
A duiker which was smaller than a cat...full grown:
In other news: I am now am on instagram, @lumo _suicide follow me if you don't mind the fact I will post more pics of bugs than people... and I did make an amazon wishlist cos people have been bugging me about it
byes
Christmas and New Years has come and gone. Despite it being commercialized and often surrounded by the tension of expectation and financial strain, I still can get behind any excuse to eat too much good food and spend time with those I love. So I jumped on the bandwagon, putting up my ugly little tree. I didn't want to get rid of my anaemic little tree and get a prettier one because this one has sentimental value. It's the first Christmas tree I have ever owned given to me by Cuddlefish. That tree was the antidote for me to a heavy heart at being away from my family for the first time over Christmas ever and being at a place in my life that I was not happy with. It reminded me my blood relations are not the only family I have.
Since the rest of the blog is long with pics interspersed I decided to spoiler it
(not my photo, but I found a pic to show you what they look like)
2012 has been good to me, I made some resolutions and even stuck to them, made positive changes, generally got more zen. I finished it off feeling pretty proud. I hope 2013 will be as kind. I wish everyone the same.
Shootfest!
This past weekend I went away on a shootfest with Arroia, Pyke, Kohana, Jeckyl and talamia to Parys in the Orange Free State along the Vaal River. It was awesome to spend some time with everyone again <3
The trip started with me waking up at 3:30 am. 3am is an ungodly hour but it was worth it. When we arrived at the place this is what we saw:
The venue is called The Last Tango in Parys which was really cute too.
We were also accompanied by my make-up artist friend who makes me pretty for most of my sets. After trying to convince her for a while to do SG she finally has joined the naked. Take a look at this lady:
keep a look out for her she will be on the site shortly! <3 I have been hoping she would shoot for ages and I was so happy when she decided to give it a go!
Of course nothing ever goes perfectly streamlined and just as we entered Parys the speed limit changed super quickly and a crazy metro cop ran right in front of us in such a way that we almost took her out. There were threats of arrest and general surly lawenforcementness but after a while the cop chilled out but still slapped us with a hectic speeding fine. There always has to be on bit of drama. Fortunately that was it for our trip.
Parys is a tiny one horse town filled with little arty type shops and interesting little eating establishments. A lot of it seems to have remained in a time warp, including some of the residents. We got some incredibly strange looks doing perfectly normal stuff like buying groceries in the most mundane way. It was rather amusing. I picked up this book for next to nothing in one of the shops which of course made me really happy
After wandering through these stores we visited a bit with Visara and Kathearsis, they are awesome for putting up with me being a little bit drunk. I am really glad I got to meet them!
Another interesting thing about the place was that we had to drink bottled water. It was really weird for me because in South Africa our tap water is fine to drink in most places. I was also surprised to see how much water six girls could go through in a day.
I really enjoyed watching the sets being shot. I love seeing the creative process and even in some instances being able to lend a hand or give a suggestion. I didn't manage to get a load of pictures, for a few reasons: 1) I was busy doing other stuff 2) the unglamorous truth is when we weren't shooting it was a lot like a pyjama party and we were lounging about cos we were on holiday and I think we earned being pyjama hobos. 3) I don't like posting too many pictures of the upcoming sets so the suspense is heightened and surprise is not ruined.
Having said that:
On our last night once all the sets were shot and we had dined all fancy like with candles and so forth, we went to trespass on someone's field and lit paper lanterns. I was nervous that I was going to set myself or the grass or someone else alight but barring two lanterns that decided to combust rather than float up into the air, I had reasonable success. No flaming friends, fields or foolish Lumo's. Sadly I couldn't take pics but talamia was playing around with her camera so when she does blog you can check it out there.
Here are pictures of my hawk moth friend:
Some pictures of my friend friends:
I began to get a cold though and on the trip back in the plane I thought I would go mad with pain as the pressure in my ears tried to equalise through my poor swollen Eustachian tubes, Eventually Arroia accosted the air hostess to find some gum. It took a little while but it did help. I tolerate pain well but not when it comes to earache, it was really embarrassing but I couldn't help the tears streaming down my face. Arroia said it looked like my head was going to explode. This is not what I was talking about when I refer to developing head explody powers!
So this little lurgilicious one is going to go take a few more hippie meds and try recover a bit before I must away to do the work thing without sneezing on or in fact collapsing on anyone.
Xox L
This past weekend I went away on a shootfest with Arroia, Pyke, Kohana, Jeckyl and talamia to Parys in the Orange Free State along the Vaal River. It was awesome to spend some time with everyone again <3
The trip started with me waking up at 3:30 am. 3am is an ungodly hour but it was worth it. When we arrived at the place this is what we saw:
The venue is called The Last Tango in Parys which was really cute too.
We were also accompanied by my make-up artist friend who makes me pretty for most of my sets. After trying to convince her for a while to do SG she finally has joined the naked. Take a look at this lady:
keep a look out for her she will be on the site shortly! <3 I have been hoping she would shoot for ages and I was so happy when she decided to give it a go!
Of course nothing ever goes perfectly streamlined and just as we entered Parys the speed limit changed super quickly and a crazy metro cop ran right in front of us in such a way that we almost took her out. There were threats of arrest and general surly lawenforcementness but after a while the cop chilled out but still slapped us with a hectic speeding fine. There always has to be on bit of drama. Fortunately that was it for our trip.
Parys is a tiny one horse town filled with little arty type shops and interesting little eating establishments. A lot of it seems to have remained in a time warp, including some of the residents. We got some incredibly strange looks doing perfectly normal stuff like buying groceries in the most mundane way. It was rather amusing. I picked up this book for next to nothing in one of the shops which of course made me really happy
After wandering through these stores we visited a bit with Visara and Kathearsis, they are awesome for putting up with me being a little bit drunk. I am really glad I got to meet them!
Another interesting thing about the place was that we had to drink bottled water. It was really weird for me because in South Africa our tap water is fine to drink in most places. I was also surprised to see how much water six girls could go through in a day.
I really enjoyed watching the sets being shot. I love seeing the creative process and even in some instances being able to lend a hand or give a suggestion. I didn't manage to get a load of pictures, for a few reasons: 1) I was busy doing other stuff 2) the unglamorous truth is when we weren't shooting it was a lot like a pyjama party and we were lounging about cos we were on holiday and I think we earned being pyjama hobos. 3) I don't like posting too many pictures of the upcoming sets so the suspense is heightened and surprise is not ruined.
Having said that:
On our last night once all the sets were shot and we had dined all fancy like with candles and so forth, we went to trespass on someone's field and lit paper lanterns. I was nervous that I was going to set myself or the grass or someone else alight but barring two lanterns that decided to combust rather than float up into the air, I had reasonable success. No flaming friends, fields or foolish Lumo's. Sadly I couldn't take pics but talamia was playing around with her camera so when she does blog you can check it out there.
Here are pictures of my hawk moth friend:
Some pictures of my friend friends:
I began to get a cold though and on the trip back in the plane I thought I would go mad with pain as the pressure in my ears tried to equalise through my poor swollen Eustachian tubes, Eventually Arroia accosted the air hostess to find some gum. It took a little while but it did help. I tolerate pain well but not when it comes to earache, it was really embarrassing but I couldn't help the tears streaming down my face. Arroia said it looked like my head was going to explode. This is not what I was talking about when I refer to developing head explody powers!
So this little lurgilicious one is going to go take a few more hippie meds and try recover a bit before I must away to do the work thing without sneezing on or in fact collapsing on anyone.
Xox L
