xmas really sucks this year..

yea but im cranky.. so ill dress up and wish you where there to appreciate it.. but ill be out with bears who think a checked shirt is revolutionary and ill just stir my vodka and look at the empty streets.. and think.. merry christmas

Current Work : BISON.

BISON - the play

me in poster 2009

So this is the show I'm working on at the moment, I'm performing as one of the lead actors.  We have our European Premier in Belfast, for a very short run before our London tour which is around Easter time.

all the details are to be confirmed.. but i just finished finalising the poster today so i wanted to put it up..

that is all.

Attitude trip

LONDON - sept 2009.

vauxhall 

with Dolly and a sausage

Last minute trip to London for a magazine thing, almost managed to fit in seeing nearly every person  I know and love in the city. 

i also managed to follow in Keira Knightly's footsteps and rave with nadia from big brother.. and indeed fall for my ex all over again.

Im sure the feature will be entertaining... for me anyway. 

Soon i shall start whoring my show.

for now i must sleep.

ps. if you wear ed hardy.. you should shoot yourself.

Hilden Mill

Hilden Mill - Lisburn 2009 

When i was a baby i used to visit my grandmothers house and play in the Hilden Mill playground.. in the shadow of this abandoned Mill... ( it was built in 1860 and was the worlds largest linen mill in the early 1900's) It sustained a small town full of workers.. my grandmother included. Today its been empty for over 50 years..

 20 years on from when i used to visit the playground as a child.. i went there and took photographs inside. It is such a magical building.

Announcement

Sunday 13Th September 2009

I am so over these neo-conservative gays who think it's necessary to distance themselves from the more extreme elements of gay culture.

Cancer Connect

Belfast - August 2009 - Cancer Connect Mannequins.

Since moving back to Belfast, I have been spending my time volunteering with 2 organisations.

The First is Cancer connect, a cancer charity that helps other charities too. I work in the shop that my friend Anne runs, she was in London this weekend so I've been keeping the shop going while she has been away. Today i painted and repaired the mannequins.. i think they look fun.

anyway.. I'm also working for Belfast Exposed, invigilating art exhibitions and in return i get to use their dark rooms, chemicals and photographic equipment.. this is amazing..

they have been fun ways to fill my days leading up to the rehearsals for my play BISON.

we start work on that in about 2 weeks..

I am sleepy now so no point in rambling. 

RANKINlive

Me by Rankin. London - Dazed and Confused studios - Old St. London.

Odd.. that i wanted this portrait to mark the era in my life... and it ended up doing it in a more poetic meaningful way that i could have intended. I was in the middle of the most painful relationship, and id just moved to London. bitter sweet, bitter endings.. or something to that effect..

this photograph taken by Rankin.. at about noon.... i had vodka for breakfast with Leila, and 2 Valium and we got a taxi to speed down Old Street in east London to Rankin's Studio, we laughed and felt fun.. we always did when my boyfriend was away. I always wanted those memories of London, and i got them. 

subsequently, after meeting me... i was asked to work with Rankin Directing several behind the scenes short films for him and to intern. Turns out i like getting paid more than doing cool jobs. Anyway... makes a nice story.