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Elsa

When I'm good I'm very good, but when I'm bad I'm better. -Mae West

About Me


Make your own banner at MyBannerMaker.com!I'm ridiculous and see the world through Barbie pink colored glasses. I've been doing burlesque for what seem like forever and I need a twelve step program for it. I sing, I dance, and I love shiny things. I'm the girliest girl on the planet, but I curse like a sailor, and get too loud when I drink too much which is most of the time. I am every bit a blonde and I live in Barbie's dream apartment. Loves: red wine, my girls, dancing, corsets, fuck me pumps, sparkly things, the blues, pink, Wes Anderson flicks, tattoos, the greenbelt, intelligent men, fringe, mexican food etc... Hates: shiney shirts on guys, crazy bitches, rude people, day jobs (I have a doozey of one), driving, uggs. 666photography.comI edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4

My Interests

Burlesque, costume making (out of neccessity) Psychobilly, Rockabilly, 60's garage, sewing, cooking, burlesque, Tattoos, tattoos tattoos, independent film, going to rockabilly/psychobilly weekenders and car shows, Greasy headed boys with tattoos! stripper shoes, Singing, songwriting etc..just anything to do with music in general, dance(go go, burlesque, jitterbug, any ass shaking in general I'm all about it)

I'd like to meet:

Hmmm, well, other badass chicks. I can always use more great gal pals. Patti Smith, Irma Thomas, Tina Turner fo sho. As far as boys go, I dunno, no douche bags, I'm over that. Be funny, be charming, and like good music. Oh and people to bbq, swim with and sit around outside and have good conversation and cocktails with this summer. Girlies who want to go to burlyq school! xoxoxoxo

Music:

The Cramps, Rolling Stones, Cookie, Patsy Cline, Big Six, Zombie Ghost Train, Dusty Springfield, Mad Sin, The Clash, Ramones, X, Johnny Cash, Amazing Crowns, Velvet Underground, Alice Cooper, the Stooges, anything with go-gobility, Etta James, Demented Are Go, The Sonics,Southern Culture on the Skids, The Meteors, Asmodeus, Dinah Washington, Queens of the Stoneage, The Bones, Gorilla, The Paybacks, The Blasters, Von Bondies, The Lunachicks, Peggy Lee, Irma Thomas, Patti Smith, Defectors, Demented Scumcats, The Bones, Ann Margaret, Marvin Gay, Otis Redding, Ray Charles, Gorrilla, Koffin Kats, Andre Williams, Lynard Skynard, I heart Rob Zombie, Wilson Pickett....There's too many to list

Movies:

Boondock Saints, Faster Pussycat Kill kill (anything Russ Meyer), the Loveless, Road Racers, Rushmore(Wes Anderson kicks ass!), Kevin Smith films, Love and a .45, True Romance, Kill Bill series, I love Zoolander (so sue me), Superstarlet AD, House of 1000 Corpses, Resident Evil movies, Marie Antoinette, Fight Club, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, 200 Cigarettes

Television:

Arrested Development, The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, The Gilmore Girls(love them), Family Guy, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, CSI(newly addicted), 30 Rock, Flight of the Conchords, The Office, Dead Like Me

Books:

Kurt Vonegut, The Dirt (motley Crue), Catcher and the Rye, Wicked, Go Now, Please Kill Me, Cash by Johnny Cash(it's beautiful and everyone should be required to read it), Geek Love, Chuck Pahlinuck is pretty groovy, East of Eden about a billion others

Heroes:

The women in my life, my mom, grandma and sisters because they are all extraordinary people and they each have traits I want to posess and have made incredible lives for themselves. And my little bro (not so little at 24) because he's out there really making it as a proffessional musician. He's gifted humble and sweet.

My Blog

An announcement

After the holiday season and subsequent shows Red Light will no longer be operating as a troupe.  There were no tears in this decision.  We all feel that it has run it's course and are ready...
Posted by Elsa on Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:03:00 PST

Seeing things a little differently

As of this morning I'm kind of viewing life a little differently than I was yesterday.  Part of it came from hearing about the death of an old friend (as well as the deaths of a few other great p...
Posted by Elsa on Wed, 01 Oct 2008 07:35:00 PST

An addition

Also, on the note of preventing bad body image, as adults we need to be examples around children and not put ourselves down in front of them because they are little sponges and will parrot everything ...
Posted by Elsa on Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:07:00 PST

On body image

I'm working on the body image portion of the workshop a little more today and everytime I delve into this topic it just rips my heart out.  The statistics are both staggering and disgusting when ...
Posted by Elsa on Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:00:00 PST

Managing stress

Oh, I totally suck at it.  I try to go full out on too many things at once.  The advertising is going to be fine.  The error isn't that huge and anyone that really cares will send an em...
Posted by Elsa on Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:05:00 PST

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck!!!!!

I just realized that on all our advertising it has our myspace addy as www.myspace.com/austinschoolofburlesque.COM.  It's wrong.  I didn't catch it and probably submitted it wrong to the gra...
Posted by Elsa on Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:55:00 PST

Talking shit to the bridal extravaganza people

So I had a thought because of working some cross promotion w/a bridal make up artist, to look into buying a booth at the upcoming bridal extravaganza.  It's great fun for ladies and not too naugh...
Posted by Elsa on Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:19:00 PST

Stuff that’s happening

Soooo, basically I've been working 2-3 jobs, but only 2 simultaneously.  I'm kind of exhausted.  I was all energy and get up and go last week, but I'm feeling slightly run down today.  ...
Posted by Elsa on Tue, 12 Aug 2008 09:12:00 PST

Possibly the tackiest burlyq related thing Ive ever heard

as far as an audition process is concerned.  A friend of mine auditioned for a troup this weekend who insisted on photographing everyones mid section!!!!!  Um, hello?  Are you playboy?&...
Posted by Elsa on Tue, 05 Aug 2008 02:12:00 PST

Another one bites the dust :(

I just found out that yet another of my favorite Austin ladies is hitting the road and moving away!  That's 3 in like 2 weeks.  I know we're grown ups and this sort of thing happens.  W...
Posted by Elsa on Tue, 05 Aug 2008 12:27:00 PST