sigh. is it just me, or is SG just not as fun anymore?
not to be a hater or nothin'

So this is what my new house looks like:

http://www.coachengineering.com/coach%20engineering%20pictures/coach%20engine%20more%20pictures/Crown%20School%20bus%20001%20(1).jpgnull

So far we just have the bed built in, it very cozy to sleep in actually, and we've been staying warm so that's good. we've had to sort of migrate parking spots for a while to avoid being busted by parking patrol. legally we can't stay any one place on a public street for longer than 48hrs, so this requires a fun game of musical park spots. it's sort of like traveling, but i live here....? my favorite spot is under this oak tree, all these acorns fall on the roof when we sleep, and it sounds gorgeous.
turns out that there is a huge heirarchy of snobery in trailer parks, so we pretty much have been laughed out of everywhere for wanting to park a bus there. a good friend of mine that drives an '86 fith wheel had a bitch of a time finding a home too, because her's was older than a '91. we've had more promising leads with rv parks, but even some of them have been ridiculous. but we'll figure out something,
in the middle of moving out of our apartment into this bus, my landlords have been total cuntwads about us parking the bus nearby, which has made moving slightely more challenging. in the midst of this, my love fell ill with an absessed tooth. it was really fucking hardcore, and no joke, the man very well could have died. thank god that we found an amazing dentists, and we have been blessed with amazing support from our friends. i went a week without sleep, nursing him, i've never seen anyone in that kind of pain. so not to sound like somebody's mother, but brush your teeth, y'all.
so needless to say, i've had a challanging time of it, but i'm still in good spirits and feel blessed that he is recovering beautifully and to be surrounded by so much love. i have more faith than ever before that the universe provides.
on a happier note, i'm going to become a certified doula!!!! I've dreamed of doing this for years, and feel so happy to have found a class and program that compliments my schedual. So many new and trippy adventures ahead...

it's my birthday on thursday, you can help me celebrate by showing some love on my SCS set:

http://suicidegirls.com/members/Byrd/albums/site/3256/

All of you who have commented are so awesome, thank you. sorry I haven't returned more messages, as you can see, i've had a lot on my plate.



but, in order to say thank you more properly, i'm posting some nakedness:





i've gotten some really cool modeling jobs lately and should have more photos to post soon.

i have a set up for second chance sunday. i know some of you saw the first half in may, but now i finally have it up full length, with much more nakedness.
so show some love, please. and then feel free to show some more.
http://suicidegirls.com/members/Byrd/albums/site/3256/

big thanks to everybody who has commented so far too, y'all are VERY sweet.

in other news, i'm moving into a school bus. for real. we're converting it into an rv. so far we have a bed built in. we've bought our toilet and a woodburning stove that will both be installed soon. hopefully very soon because we have til the end of the month in our current digs. and it's getting cold...but i'm actually really excited. new adventures await and all that. we've got big plans for this thing, so it will be fun sharing the whole conversion process with all y'all.

well, more to come soon. remember, tomorrow is sunday...
love and kisses,
b.

Dearest folks and friends. Major life changes afoot. Or should I say, I am going through a period of radical simplification. It's been liberating and humorous so far. That's about all that I'm going to say on the matter though, I don't really feel at liberty to say much more yet.
However, I will make it up to y'all with some fun photos taken by a local artist. Neither were a set, just some good portfolio stuff.

enjoy!











have a good week. Show some love, sorry if I don't respond quick, lots of work to be done lately.

B.

i'm back! back to the default world, water pressure in the showers, and shitting in peace. i got back yesterday afternoon and we headed straight to some hotsprings, and it was just what we needed after all that dust.
it was quite a week for me! i took a lot of bellydance and yoga, i also took an amazing meditation class.
my sweetheart and i took a thai massage class that blew my mind. i played piano and sang at center camp for a moment. (not on the stage, in the corner, but it was fun!) what else? i got a lot of good energy work done on me and ate almost completely raw the whole time. (except for the white dragon noodle bar, damn they have insanely good hot sauce!)
speaking of raw food, i started a group about it.
http://suicidegirls.com/groups/Some+like+it+RAW/

so check it out, you don't need to have a raw food lifestyle to join. i'm going to be posting more recipes soon, all of which are original, and i'd love to hear any reviews. also if there's anything you want to see added let me know.

anyway, back to burning man. i was my old lady self and did all sorts of self exploration, healing work, and general wandering and pondering durring the day. i went out at night, but i quit drinking in april, and the night scene is just different for me now. so i missed the man burning the first time. but it's ok.
i didn't take a lot of pictures because i prefer to experience and participate, rather than be a tourist.

here are a few photos i did take:

J, our camp mate in all his night vision glory:



an amazing rainbow after a rainstorm on friday. (there were actually 2, but you can only see one in the photo_




awwwwwww.......................


with my pretty lady.

and of course, the breath taking temple burn:



it was a good experience being out there, but not an easy one. i set the intention to cleanse a lot of emotional baggage, and feel that i was pretty sucessful in my endeavor, but it was like a fuckin excorcism, if ever i've experienced one. not to freak y'all out of course, i'm fine now but it was just burly. but oh so worth it! right i'm rounding out the process by doing a cleansing fast. it's so freakin hard. and i'm so fucking hungry. so forgive any mis-spellings, i'm kinda delirious with hunger.
so yeah, i'm back. feel free to tell me how much you missed me!

Ahhhhh....so question of my ticket has been solved. and i didn't have to bite the bullet and pay full price either, so yay! the universe was generous as always. getting really excited to be covered in white dust, and to forget about work, school, and other mundane things for ten days. i've been sewing up a storm, and i'll definitely post fun costume pictures in the near future.
In the meantime, here are some pictures of my belly dance troupe back stage at this DIY festival we performed at:





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my man built this rocket ship for the venue's opening this past march:
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i was thinking it might be kinda fun for a set prop.

otherwise i've been going through this weird uber domestic phase. very unlike me. it's probably just me adjusting to future wife-y-ness, but still...at least the pie i baked last night was 100% organic, wheat and sugar free, vegan, and full of a certain (*hem) leafy green that i'm quite partial to.
i've been slowly eliminating wheat and sugar from my diet. i think i'm allergic to them anyway. it's definitely a challange though. especially when you work in a kitchen and the girl across the table from you is baking vegan snikerdoodles and the like.

i've also been playing with raw food preparation a lot lately, and have really been loving it. i made raw veggie sushi and miso soup last week, and it turned out awesome! lots of sea vegetables, and blue green algae. yum. tonight we're having raw raviolis. the "pasta" is made from thinly sliced turnips, and the filling is pine nuts, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, and parsley. topped with a sun dried tomato marinara. i sound like i'm writting a menu, but i'm really excited to eat them!

i also made this raw soup that i'm jokingly calling RAWsta soup, cause of the colors. you'll see:
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if anyone wants the recipe i'll be happy to post it!
so that's about all really. i'll do my best to give a fare-well pre playa post. until then.
love and kisses,
byrd

Ahhhhh....so question of my ticket has been solved. and i didn't have to bite the bullet and pay full price either, so yay! the universe was generous as always. getting really excited to be covered in white dust, and to forget about work, school, and other mundane things for ten days. i've been sewing up a storm, and i'll definitely post fun costume pictures in the near future.
In the meantime, here are some pictures of my belly dance troupe back stage at this DIY festival we performed at:









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my man built this rocket ship for the venue's opening this past march:
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i was thinking it might be kinda fun for a set prop.

otherwise i've been going through this weird uber domestic phase. very unlike me. it's probably just me adjusting to future wife-y-ness, but still...at least the pie i baked last night was 100% organic, wheat and sugar free, vegan, and full of a certain (*hem) leafy green that i'm quite partial to.
i've been slowly eliminating wheat and sugar from my diet. i think i'm allergic to them anyway. it's definitely a challange though. especially when you work in a kitchen and the girl across the table from you is baking vegan snikerdoodles and the like.

i've also been playing with raw food preparation a lot lately, and have really been loving it. i made raw veggie sushi and miso soup last week, and it turned out awesome! lots of sea vegetables, and blue green algae. yum. tonight we're having raw raviolis. the "pasta" is made from thinly sliced turnips, and the filling is pine nuts, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, and parsley. topped with a sun dried tomato marinara. i sound like i'm writting a menu, but i'm really excited to eat them!

i also made this raw soup that i'm jokingly calling RAWsta soup, cause of the colors. you'll see:
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if anyone wants the recipie i'll be happy to post it!
so that's about all really. i'll do my best to give a fare-well pre playa post. until then.
love and kisses,
byrd

DAMN. How did it get to be August already!? Three weeks til burning man, and i still don't have a ticket. I think i have the means to get one today, but man, it's all gonna be down to the wire. It's funny too, cause i've been sewing costumes, getting the RV ready, alls I need is the ticket. I've always done things kinda backwards. The RV is looking rad by the way. It was a huge mess a few months ago, but now it has clean carpet, a beautifully painted interior and 8 curtains that sewed myself.
It's been a great past month or so. My band was on the radio twice in one week. Once we played live on the air, and once we were on a syndicated show that played in montana and idaho as well. We were also on a local morning news show to promote this bluegrass festival that we played.
All in all the festival was a blast, we met some great folks that were travling through and a lot of people were dancing and raising hell. As it should be. After burning man we're recording our first studio album. SO excitied. I've been writting songs like crazy.
What else? Some of the girls in my bellydance class are ready to perform. We're going to be dancing at this DIY festival this weekend. The girls are a little nervous but they're going to do great. I'm really proud of them for working so hard. It feels like a big accomplishment for me to see these girls performing a routine that i speant countless hours choreographing in my living room.
Otherwise lots of work and school mostly.
work is still good, school is kind of an ordeal right now. i'm not feeling super passionate about it. but what are you gonna do?
In other news, I had another set rejected. For some reason SG has only uploaded the first half to the site and it's out of order. For this reason I've decided not to submit it for second chance sundays. but here's the link if you want to check it out:

http://suicidegirls.com/members/Byrd/albums/site/2505/

I'd like to give it one more go, but i'm waiting on the right photographer. So in the meantime consider me terminally hopeful.

Sorry i've been such a slacker guys. Life outside suicide-landia is pretty demanding right now. Hope you are all well.
BESOS GRANDISIMOS!

lovebyrd