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About Me

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TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey
Name: Les
Birthday: August 1
Birthplace: NYC
Current Location: LA
Eye Color: olive green/brown
Hair Color: dark blond with highlights
Height: 5'10"
Right Handed or Left Handed: ambi, but write with left
Your Heritage: related to FDR!!
The Shoes You Wore Today: flip flops
Your Weakness: CAKE!!
Your Fears: CAKE will take over my life!
Your Perfect Pizza: Johns NYC-Pepperoni, CPK--Thai Chicken
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year: get more clients!
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger: ROTFLMAO
Thoughts First Waking Up: where's the coffee and soy milk?
Your Best Physical Feature: face
Your Bedtime: 2 am
Your Most Missed Memory: my mom--she died in 95
Pepsi or Coke: diet pepsi
MacDonalds or Burger King: neither, yuck, In N Out only
Single or Group Dates: group, more choices of boys
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: neither, white tea
Chocolate or Vanilla: depends, a mixture is best ie choc cake with vanilla icing!
Cappuccino or Coffee: cap with soy
Do you Smoke: never
Do you Swear: always
Do you Sing: no, I respect my fellow man
Do you Shower Daily: ummmmmm
Have you Been in Love: yep
Do you want to go to College: been there done that
Do you want to get Married: been there done that, too
Do you belive in yourself: not as much as I should
Do you get Motion Sickness: only in back of car if someone smokes
Do you think you are Attractive: yeah
Are you a Health Freak: no
Do you get along with your Parents: the one left, yes.
Do you like Thunderstorms: YES!!
Do you play an Instrument: no. I suck
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol: no
In the past month have you Smoked: no
In the past month have you gone on a Date: no
In the past month have you gone to a Mall: of course, I live in LA
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos: not since trader Joe's stopped making peanut butter ones
In the past month have you eaten Sushi: ewwwwwwww
In the past month have you been on Stage: no I have terrible stage fright
In the past month have you been Dumped: no
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping: no, but nude sunbathing
In the past month have you Stolen Anything: not intentionally
Ever been Drunk: sure
Ever been called a Tease: always
Ever been Beaten up: no
Ever Shoplifted: yep
How do you want to Die: in my sleep
What do you want to be when you Grow Up: I shan't ever grow up
What country would you most like to Visit: Australia
In a Boy/Girl..
Favourite Eye Color: light eyes
Favourite Hair Color: blond
Short or Long Hair: longish
Height: taller than me
Weight: weigh more than me please!!
Best Clothing Style: grunge/hippie NY model boy wear
Number of Drugs I have taken: a few, but no needles!!
Number of CDs I own: zillions, all converted to mp3
Number of Piercings: ears
Number of Tattoos: none
Number of things in my Past I Regret: maybe 2 or 3
CREATE YOUR OWN! - or - GET PAID TO TAKE SURVEYS!
Your Birthdate: August 1
You are a natural born leader, even if those leadership talents haven't been developed yet.
You have the power and self confidence to succeed in life, and your power grows daily.
Besides power, you also have a great deal of creativity that enables you to innovate instead of fail.
You are a visionary, seeing the big picture instead of all of the trivial little details.
Your strength: Your supreme genius
Your weakness: Your inappropriate sensitivity
Your power color: Gold
Your power symbol: Star
Your power month: January What Does Your Birth Date Mean?
The Movie Of Your Life Is A Black Comedy
In your life, things are so twisted that you just have to laugh.
You may end up insane, but you'll have fun on the way to the asylum.
Your best movie matches: Being John Malkovich, The Royal Tenenbaums, American Psycho If Your Life Was a Movie, What Genre Would It Be?
You Have a Choleric Temperament
You are a person of great enthusiasm - easily excited by many things.
Unsatisfied by the ordinary, you are reaching for an epic, extraordinary life.
You want the best. The best life. The best love. The best reputation.
You posses a sharp and keen intellect. Your mind is your primary weapon.
Strong willed, nothing can keep you down. Your energy can break down any wall.
You're an instantly passionate person - and this passion gives you an intoxicating power over others.
At your worst, you are a narcissist. Full of yourself and even proud of your faults.
Stubborn and opinionated, you know what you think is right. End of discussion.
A bit of a misanthrope, you often see others as weak, ignorant, and inferior. What Temperment Are You?
Your Brain's Pattern
Your mind is a firestorm - full of intensity and drama.
Your thoughts may seem scattered to you most of the time...
But they often seem strong and passionate to those around you.
You are a natural influencer. The thoughts you share are very powerful and persuading. What Pattern Is Your Brain?
You Are 60% Boyish and 40% Girlish
You are pretty evenly split down the middle - a total eunuch.
Okay, kidding about the eunuch part. But you do get along with both sexes.
You reject traditional gender roles. However, you don't actively fight them.
You're just you. You don't try to be what people expect you to be. How Boyish or Girlish Are You?
You Are Internal - Realist - Powerful
You feel your life is controlled internally.
If you want something, you make it happen.
You don't wait around for things to go your way.
You value your independence and don't like others to have control.
You are a realist when it comes to luck.
You don't attribute everything to luck, but you do know some things are random.
You don't beat yourself up when bad things happen to you...
But you do your best to try to make your own luck.
When it comes to who's in charge, it's you.
Life is a kingdom, and you're the grand ruler.
You don't care much about what others think.
But they better care what you think! The Three Dimension Luck and Power Test
You Are a Daisy
You see the world with an artist's eye.
Finding beauty is easy for you - even in the dullest of moments.
You notice all of the colors of the world, from fresh grass to sunsets.
You are a total optimist and hedonist. You love to drink life in. What Flower Are You?and oops, I'm Leo through and through:
Your True Sign Is Leo
Urbane
Dominant
Flamboyant
Drama Queen
100% Original
Attention-Whore
Just A Little Snobby
Optimistic and Enthusiastic
What's Your True Sign?
You are the Moon card. Entering the Moon we enter
the intuitive and psychic realms. This is the
stuff dreams are made on. And like dreams the
imagery we find here may inspire us or torment
us. Understanding the moon requires looking
within. Our own bodily rhythms are echoed in
this luminary that circles the earth every
month and reflects the sun in its progress.
Listening to those rhythms may produce visions
and lead you towards insight. The Moon is a
force that has legends attached to it. It
carries with it both romance and insanity.
Moonlight reveals itself as an illusion and it
is only those willing to work with the force of
dreams that are able to withstand this
reflective light. Image from: Stevee Postman.
http://www.stevee.com/
Which Tarot Card Are You?
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Your Five Factor Personality Profile
Extroversion:
You have high extroversion.
You are outgoing and engaging, with both strangers and friends.
You truly enjoy being with people and bring energy into any situation.
Enthusiastic and fun, you're the first to say "let's go!"
Conscientiousness:
You have medium conscientiousness.
You're generally good at balancing work and play.
When you need to buckle down, you can usually get tasks done.
But you've been known to goof off when you know you can get away with it.
Agreeableness:
You have medium agreeableness.
You're generally a friendly and trusting person.
But you also have a healthy dose of cynicism.
You get along well with others, as long as they play fair.
Neuroticism:
You have low neuroticism.
You are very emotionally stable and mentally together.
Only the greatest setbacks upset you, and you bounce back quickly.
Overall, you are typically calm and relaxed - making others feel secure.
Openness to experience:
Your openness to new experiences is high.
In life, you tend to be an early adopter of all new things and ideas.
You'll try almost anything interesting, and you're constantly pushing your own limits.
A great connoisseir of art and beauty, you can find the positive side of almost anything. The Five Factor Personality Test /div

My Interests

photography! I love lighting.I specialize in shooting plus sized models/clothing clients, which I feel helps defeat the media tyranny that one size fits all ( that size being a 0-2) and if you arent it, you are lacking. Ridiculous!!! Look how beautiful these women are below, and all are above a size 12. 70's movies rocked, especially those set in NY/LA before those cities became homogenized strip malls; 80's movies, 80's music, horror in all media,all books, photography, travel, NYC, Europe, MOWS, models, writers, documentarians, indie films; world peace and nuclear disarmament. Oh yeah, I love food, especially while reading books about eating disorders. Seeing how things have changed, and what's good and bad about that. Directing horror of all kinds:..

I'd like to meet:

funny, smart women; and/or gay men, who like books, movies, all things 80's, cats, travel, cities, horror, and chocolate. Anyone who can give me a kick in the ass to get back into making indie films is highly welcomed, too. Models, actors, musicians, photographers, stylists, mu/hair people, writers, designers, painters. ANY artists or people who think like them;) People who think, period. Physical beauty is great as a business but if you don't have anything else you're gonna be in trouble as time goes by, and it always does. A genuine soul is as cool as it gets. Age doesn't matter in either direction, I have friends who are 16-70. People who are open minded and can go with the flow.... BUT--am not looking for a hookup, already hooked up enough;) Peace and happiness to all....

Music:

808 State,UB40, Flock of Seagulls, ABBA, Aerosmith, Alanis, Alice in Chains,Allman Bros, Annie Lenox, Apotheosis, The Ataris, Atlanta Ryhtm Section, Average White band, B-52's,Bananarama, Basement Jaxx, Bauhaus, Beatles, Bee gees, Belle Stars, Beloved, Ben Vereen, Berlin, Billy Idol, Billy Joel, Bjork, Black Uhuru, Blackalicious, Blind Faith, Blind Melon, Blondie,Bob Dylan, Book of Love, Brian Eno, Bronski Beat, Bryan ferry, Buffalo Tom, Busta Rhymes, Butterfly Boucher, Cabaret Voltaire, Carly Simon, Cars, Charlatans, Chemical Brothers, Cheap trick, Cheryl Crow, Chromeo, Cocteau Twins, Coldplay, Collective Soul, Countiong Crows, Cranberries, Cream, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Crosby Stills and Nash, Cure, David Bowie, Dido, Depeche Mode, DJ Rap, Donovan, Doobie brothers, Doors, Dream Aacademy, Duran Duran, Eagles, Earth, Wind and Fire, Echo and the Bunnymen, ELO, Elvis Costello, Emerson lake and Palmer, Eminem, Enigma, Enya, Erasure, Fall Out Boy, Fatboy Slim, Fleetwood Mac, Foo Fighters, Front 242, Gang of 4, Garbage, Gene Loves Jezebel, General Public, Genesis, George Benson, Good Charlotte, Green Day, Guess Who, Guns and Roses, Gwen Stefani, Happy Mondays, Heart, Heaven 17, Human League, Husky rescue, Ice Cube, Ice T, Iggy Pop, Incubus, Ingrid Chavez, James, Jane's Addiction, Jamiroquai, Jay Farrar, Jefferson Airplane, Jesus Jones, kate Bush, Killing Joke, Kiss, KLF, Kool Keith, Kraftwerk, Led Zepplin, Les Rita Mitsouka, Lightening Seeds, Linkin Park ( my friend's ex's kid is in it!!), Liz Phair, Lords of Acid, Love and Rockets, Love Spit Love, Luscious Jackson, Malcolm Mclaren, Marc Almond, Madonna, Marvin Gaye, Matthew Sweet, Mazzy Star, Meatloaf, Ministry, Moby, Morcheeba,Morrisey, Motels, My Bloody Valentine, Natalie Imbruglia, Neil Young, New order, Nirvana, Nitzer Ebb, No Doubt, NWA, Oasis, Oingo Boingo, OMD, Orbital, Otis Redding, Pat benetar, Paul Oakenfold, Pearl Jam, Pet Shop Boys, Peter gabriel, Peter Murphy, Peter Schilling, PIL, Pink Floyd, PJ Harvey, Portishead, Prodigy, Propellerheads, Psychdelic furs, Public Enemy, Queen, Radiohead, Red Hot Chili Peppers, REM, Revolting Cocks, Robert Palmer, Rod Stewart, Rolling Stones, Roxy, Royksopp, Section 25, Simon and Garfunkle, Simple Minds, Siouxie, Sisters of mercy, Smashing Pumpkins, Smiths, Sneaker Pimps, Steely dan, Steppenwolf, Stereo Mc's, Stevie Wonder, Stone Roses, Stone temple Pilots, Sugarcubes, Sunscreem, Talk Talk, Tears for Fears, The The, Thomas Dolby, Thompson Twins, Three Dog Night, Thrill Kill Kult, Tones on Tail, Tupac, U2, Ultramagnetic MCsUtah saints, Veronicas, Verve, Violent Femmes, Wide Boy Awake, Yaz, Yes, ZZtop

Movies:

everything as long as it doesnt have Paris Hilton in it. but especially docs, ( no, reality TV is NOT the same thing). Love horror, foreign, Bollywood, original Godzillas, 70's TV movies, anything on Lifetime with coked up cheerleaders/anorexics/suicidal babysitters/seductive teachers/ psycho ex's and/ or Tracey Gold... French films ( they make kids seem appealing even to me), 80's teenage films and sex comedies, Class of Nuke'em High ('cause I worked on it), Hitchcock, Bunuel, 6th Sense, A Christmas Story, Sisters, Clueless, What's Up Doc, Three Days of the Condor, Eyes of Laura Mars, The Commitments, Valley Girl--totally awesome;Less Than Zero and Christiane F for just say no to drugs effects! As you can see pretty much any kind of escapism rules.

Television:

I just disconnected Tv because, aside from Larry David, I never watch it. Netflicks is my thing. Reality TV is anything but and gives me a headache watching the dumbing down of America.

Books:

anything and everything. now if only I could write one, without being haunted by fear of failure because I want to write Lolita, my favorite book ever. a few faves: Lolita, Wuthering Heights, Trixie Belden ( girl detective),Narnia books (good despite Christian overtones), Wrinkle in Time( great!!), Amphigory ( hilarious illustrated stories by Edward Gorey), Anne Karenina, Little Women, The Sound and the Fury, Confederacy of Dunces, Interview with a Vampire, Girl with a Pearl Earring, The Virgin Blue, Thumbsucker, me talk Pretty One day, Pomp and Circumstance, My Sister's Bones, The Handmaid's Tale ( scary in this day and age!!), Summer, Bright Lights, Big City, Less than Zero, Story of my Life (indeed), Secret Life of Bees, the Darkest Child, Bastard out of Carolina, Perfidia, Cavedweller, Weaveworld, I am Legend, The Talisman, Hearts of Atlantis, Running with Scissors, Prozac Nation, Wasted( best book on anorexia),the Turn of the Screw, 1984, Catcher in the Rye, Dracula, Frankenstein, the Painted Bird, The Exorcist, Alice in Wonderland, Where the Wild Things Are, Ghost Story, Charlotte's Web, Go Ask Alice, The Shining, Deathbird Stories, Wolfen, The Fury, Fast Food Nation ( will make you Vegan), The Lovely Bones, Rebecca, Watership Down ( best book ever!!), Dorian Gray, Great Gatsby, Perks of Being a Wallflower, Witch of Blackbird Pond ( kids), Nickel and Dimed ( sad state of our economy), Nanny Diaries ( I grew up with these people), the Quincunx( very Dickens), Hunger Point, Huckleberry Finn, Silence of the Lambs, Anatomy of the Spirit, The Body Project, The Intuitive way, Frederick ( kids), the Hobbit, Bridget Jones, all Janet Evanovich and Sue Grafton mysteries, The Holographic Universe, all the Tintins, Dorothy Parker( my fave poem-- if i had a shiny gun, i could have a world of fun, speeding bullets through the brains of the folks who give me pains!!), the Buddha from Brooklyn, Peace is Every Step (keeps me grounded), Little Prince, anything by: Alice Adams, Poe, Jane Austen, Noel Coward, Jung, Nietzche, Anais Nin, and pretty much anything else!!

Heroes:

ANYONE who has mastered being present.

My Blog

are anorexic chicks hot???

so this guy at a party tonight-- the only straight guy in the room, told me he thinks anorexic chicks are hot. He married as Asian ex model and he wants to her be thinner cause its 'so hot.' Heid...
Posted by both sides of the camera on Fri, 31 Aug 2007 02:12:00 PST

summer madness and the 80's

Just watched Valley Girl... anyone grow up in the 80's in LA? What was it like? Coming from NYC private girls school, LA always fascinated me, from Joan Didion to Less  Than Zero--totally alien c...
Posted by both sides of the camera on Fri, 27 Jul 2007 10:38:00 PST

mother's day and death

This isnt a great holiday for me... my mother died in 95 from lung cancer and it was a horrible thing to watch.. Everyone acts like you should just get over it, you know, all our parents die, move on,...
Posted by both sides of the camera on Sun, 13 May 2007 10:46:00 PST

late flu season?

OMG I had a flu shot as I do every year, and when I get them I usually dont get sick, after 2005 where I was laid out for 3 MOS with a really bad flu!!!! i had SHOT early Oct but right now a...
Posted by both sides of the camera on Wed, 21 Mar 2007 07:02:00 PST

How bad do you want to be thin?

In the course of some research, I just read a book titled, "The Secrets of Skinny Chicks", in which a bunch of skinny women tell how they stay skinny. OMG. The sizes range from 0-10, most are size 4 a...
Posted by both sides of the camera on Thu, 08 Mar 2007 11:32:00 PST

I aint no poet, but just scribbled this

Mirrors--@2007  Leslie Delano  If there were no mirrors We would have to rely on The reflections of ourselves In the eyes Of  those who really know us.   If there we no mirrors Wh...
Posted by both sides of the camera on Thu, 01 Mar 2007 01:13:00 PST

Holidays suck

I hate this time of year. Everyone is supposed to have this nice, warm fuzzy storybook holiday season with family-- well, what do you do if you dont have any family? My mother died 10 years ago on thi...
Posted by both sides of the camera on Mon, 18 Dec 2006 12:24:00 PST

strange magic

Im reading "Paint it Black" by Janet Fitch ( White Oleander) and it makes me nostalgic for the 80's, although LA in the 80's was different than NY in the 80s, mainly because you didnt drive and it was...
Posted by both sides of the camera on Mon, 25 Sep 2006 10:32:00 PST

self esteem

I shoot alot of plus size clients and models, and they all seem to have great self esteem. What makes self esteem? your parents? a sense of inner directedness that is able to shut out the constant bar...
Posted by both sides of the camera on Wed, 14 Jun 2006 06:38:00 PST

the crazy month of May

Well, the shooting of Heidi Martinuzzi's well written short film on bulimia, WRETCHED, went very well, considering it was low budget. It will be an interesting crossover combining women's issues ( bul...
Posted by both sides of the camera on Wed, 24 May 2006 01:53:00 PST