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billy

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About Me

Created with mySpace Profile Editor I'm strictly vegan. so that means i dont eat meat, dairy, fish...no animal products of anykind. i love to cook, i own a ton of vegan cook books and when i'm bored i just cook and bake. i'm also extremely into my music. i can rarely be found without my ipod. my brother introduced me to the joys of playlists and now i have playlists for everything from "songs to clean to" all the way to "songs to read books to". i'm a gum addict. particularly dentyne fire. without a doubt no matter where i am, i always have at least two packs on me. my mom used to buy them in 12packs for me from costco. scattered throughout my apartment you'll usually find half eaten packs. i've been known to have small freakouts because i don't have dentyne fire gum in my purse. i'm almost always chewing gum. except when i'm sleeping or eating. i shower with gum, i take pills while chewing gum, i drink and chew gum, i smoke and chew gum. i'm a makeup artist. i'm currently attending a makeup school called blanche macdonald to further my knowledge. most of my experience is stage makeup, but i'm getting more into fashion. my dream is to be a special effects makeup artist for horror films. teachers at our school include todd macintosh (key makeup artist for memiors of a giesha), and many other teachers and former students have worked on fashion shows in paris, movies like planet of the apes, and have worked with celebritys like gwyneth paltrow. just a little hype about my school because i adore it so much. i'm a travell-aholic. i've been to montreal, ontario, oregon, boston, new hampshire, new york city, seatle, florida, california, spain: madrid, vejer, cordoba, granada, cadiz, sevilla, france: bayeux, normandy, paris, lille, england: london, australia: tasmania, sydney, melbourne, adelaide, mexico: mexico city, manzinillo. i think thats most of it. i've probably left some out. i live with my cat snickers (female) across the bridge from downtown vancouver. its a small apartment on the 10th floor with a beautiful view of the city. i'm about a ten minute bus ride from robson street and about a 2 minute walk from broadway street. i love my dinky little apartment.

My Interests

obviously music, makeup, veganism, and gum are my top interests. i also am quite prone to travelling to distant countries and falling in love with them. i still maintain that london england was supposed to be my birthplace, not london ontario. i've been all over with a few exceptions. see about me for a full list of places i've travelled too. i have a sick obsession with johnny depp.

I'd like to meet:

kevyn aucoin or janus vinther. kevyn aucoin is my all time favorite fashion makeup artist who sadly passed away a few years ago. he's always been an idle of mine and if it werent for the unfortunate circumstances, i'd love to meet him. janus vinther is an extremely talented special effects makeup artist whos creations would make your stomach turn. he runs a makeup school somewhere over in europe that i want to attend in the next few years.

Music:

all styles. all time favorite artists include beatles, rolling stones (yeah i've seen them live), dixie chicks (ya them too), zero 7, dallas green, mozart, johnny cash, etc..

Movies:

benny and joon, interview with a vampire, pulp fiction, resevior dogs, virgin suicides, edward scissorhands, from hell, don juan, rent, little miss sunshine, the omen, fight club, the pianist, american history x (yes i know im jewish but edward nortan is drool material in this movie), waking life, kill bill movies, saw movies, and of course, lucky number slevin.

Television:

i dont have cable anymore, but i get some channels. my all time favorite is friends, the oc (its going downhill, but i gotta support my fellow christmukkah celebraters) cheers, sienfield, king of queens.

Books:

sophie kinsella, j.k. rowling, dan brown, stephan king

Heroes:

my big bro jake (tobin). he can be an ass. but he pretty much has all other brothers beat when it comes to bein totally rockin.

My Blog

the majesty of airbrushing

So airbrushing came and went like almost as quickly as a house flies life. I've come to realise that my absurdly awesome artistic ability (now THAT is alliteration in all its glory) does not transform...
Posted by billy on Sun, 11 Mar 2007 09:33:00 PST

beauty nights in vancouver

So last night, me and a couple other makeup artists from school when on a little volunteering gig in East Vancouver, on the grundgiest part of the city, you got it, East Hastings. We signed up for it ...
Posted by billy on Wed, 10 Jan 2007 06:33:00 PST

why good food is so good

So I finally got around to cleaning my kitchen. It's not the whole apartment, but it's definately a start. Since my kitchen was clean, I went to Capers to buy some food to eat. I decided I wanted to g...
Posted by billy on Mon, 08 Jan 2007 07:43:00 PST

cleaning in bunny slippers

So here I sit on my couch listening to the soundtrack of Rocky Horror Picture Show, starring at my bunny slippers over the top of my laptop screen. I woke up this morning determined to finally get aro...
Posted by billy on Sun, 07 Jan 2007 02:38:00 PST

a message on body temperature

all my life i've dealt with bizarre body temperature i'm either extremely hot or extremely cold at this moment in time i'm sweltering hot i have both fans going, my window is wide open, and i've stuck...
Posted by billy on Fri, 21 Jul 2006 12:29:00 PST