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I'll be in Milan from October 2-4 to compete in this show. Very excited as last year I was the Italia Ms. Bikini. Ready to rock that stage..!
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Saturday, August 8, 2009
Competing in the MuscleMania European Championships 2009
Welcome to Musclemania Europe
I'll be in Milan from October 2-4 to compete in this show. Very excited as last year I was the Italia Ms. Bikini. Ready to rock that stage..!
I'll be in Milan from October 2-4 to compete in this show. Very excited as last year I was the Italia Ms. Bikini. Ready to rock that stage..!
Doubledelish « AwkwardFamilyPhotos.com
This is by far my favorite photo to look at when I need a smile.Doubledelish « AwkwardFamilyPhotos.com
There's so many elements to this that I don't even know where to begin. The Chaps. The sea shell necklace. The hodge podge track suits. The thrill of coming in pairs.
Life is good here!!!
Typical Things that I bring to a Shoot
Baby Oil: gotta have a nice luminosity. Only apply if if the photographer feels it's necessary, ask first.
Lots of accessories: necklaces, bracelets, scarves, hose.
My own Makeup: Even if there is a makeup artist at the shoot, it's handy to have your own colors available because you have what matches your skin. Recommend MAC and lumierecosmetics.com because they have very strong pigments and excellent foundations.
A number of high heels: high heels lengthen the leg and look great in photos.
Hairspray or pomade: Control the flyaways
If there's no stylist:
Flowy dresses or swimsuits: flowy clothing look great on camera and swimsuits because I'm a fitness model.
And always....
A positive attitude: No complaining, be friendly, helpful, and accomodating. Nobody wants to work with a person with a lousy attitude.
Lots of accessories: necklaces, bracelets, scarves, hose.
My own Makeup: Even if there is a makeup artist at the shoot, it's handy to have your own colors available because you have what matches your skin. Recommend MAC and lumierecosmetics.com because they have very strong pigments and excellent foundations.
A number of high heels: high heels lengthen the leg and look great in photos.
Hairspray or pomade: Control the flyaways
If there's no stylist:
Flowy dresses or swimsuits: flowy clothing look great on camera and swimsuits because I'm a fitness model.
And always....
A positive attitude: No complaining, be friendly, helpful, and accomodating. Nobody wants to work with a person with a lousy attitude.
Romantic Life in Europe.... Two Sides to the Story
European Men Are So Much More Romantic Than American Men
By Alyssa Lerner
Junior, Boston University
I just got back from a semester abroad in Europe, and let me tell you, it truly was the most magical, amazing experience of my entire life. The French countryside was like something out of a storybook, the Roman ruins were magnificent, and the men, well, European men are by far the most romantic in the world.
You American men all think you're so suave and sophisticated. Well, think again! European men make you look like the immature, inexperienced little children you are. They really know how to make a woman feel special over there. Unlike the so-called men here in the States, European men know how to treat a woman right.
For one thing, European men aren't afraid to come up and talk to you. And they know how to start slow, with a nice cup of Italian espresso or a long walk on some historic street. They know the places you can't find in any tourist guide. They know the whole history of the cities in which they live—who the fountains are named after, who the statues are.
I remember one unforgettable night in Athens, I sat and listened to a Greek sailor for hours as he told me about the countless men who fought over Helen back in ancient times. Afterward, he told me he loved his homeland even more now that he'd seen it through my eyes. I ask you, would an American man ever say something as deep and beautiful as that?
European men know the most romantic little cafés and bistros and trattorias, candlelit places where you can be alone and drink the most fantastic wine. They tell you what's on the menu and what you should try. (If it wasn't for a certain young man in Milan, I never would have discovered fusilli a spinaci et scampi.) And the whole time, they're looking deep into your eyes, like you're the only woman on the entire planet. What woman could resist a man like that? Then, after a moonlit stroll along the waterfront and a kiss in the doorway of their artist's loft, you find yourself unable to—well, I'll leave the rest to your imagination.
I'll never forget my magical semester abroad. One thing's for sure—I'm ruined for American men forever!
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Counterpoint
American Women Studying In Europe Are Unbelievably Easy
By Giovanni Di Salvi
I'm a 25-year-old carpenter living in Rome, and I don't mind telling you that I get all the action I can handle. I'm not all that handsome or well-dressed, and I'm certainly not rich. In fact, my Italian countrywomen could take me or leave me. But that's just fine, because Rome gets loads of tourist traffic, and American co-eds traveling through Europe are without a doubt the easiest lays in the world.
Being European gives me a hell of an advantage. I'm not sure why, but there's something about the accent that opens a lot of doors. All you have to do is go up to them, act a little shy and say, "Whould hyou like to go with me, Signorina, for a café?" I actually have to thicken up my accent a little, but they never, ever catch on.
After a cheap coffee, which to them always tastes better than anything they've ever had, because they're in Europe, it's time to walk them. Now, all they know about Rome is what they've read in Let's Go, so you can pretty much just make up a whole bunch of shit. It's fun to see how much they'll swallow: As long as I refer to Italy as "my homeland" and other Italians as "my people," they'll believe pretty much anything. I don't know who most of the local statues are, so I tell the muffins they're all great artists and poets and lovers. Once, just for the hell of it, I told a psychology major from the University of Maryland that a public staircase was part of the Spanish Steps, which she'd never even heard of. Another time, I told this blonde from Michigan State that the public library was the Parthenon, and she cooed like I'd just given her a diamond.
For dinner, I usually take them to some cheap little hole in the wall, someplace deserted where not even the cops eat. American girls think candlelight means "romance," not "deteriorating public utilities," so they just poke their nipples through their J. Crew sweaters and never notice that there's no electricity. Just as well, because Roman restaurants aren't exactly the cleanest. After a bunch of fast-talk about the menu, I get them the special, which is usually some anonymous pasta with spinach and day-old shrimp, and whatever cheap, generic, Pope's-blood chianti's at the bottom of the list.
By this time, they're usually standing in a slippery little puddle. Going in for the kill, I walk them past one of Rome's famous 2,000-year-old open cesspools. Then, as we open the door to my shitty efficiency, I kiss them on the eyelids so they don't see the roaches, making sure the first thing they see is the strategically positioned artist's easel I bought at some church sale. That's usually all they need to see and, like clockwork, they fall backwards on my bed with their Birkenstocks in the air.
I mean, they're hardly Italian women, but we have a saying here in Europe: Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free?
Are you a MEATHEAD?
This was posted by Shanna Girod on Myspace, all you physique folks will enjoy a good laugh:
What a meathead is!!! Attention all bodybuilders!
So, according to a close colleague of mine, I have been so graciously dub a "meathead" according to his college football standards (mind you from the early 80s)
As always (since you all know how my crazy mind works from previous blogs) I must inform you that this title has often puzzled but humored me.
So, you say what is a meathead and how do you become one..
Please read and we shall evaluate if you are a TRUE meathead.. male or female:
MEATHEAD:....
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An enormously muscular guy who cannot hold a conversation about anything other than weight-lifting and protein shakes. Gets upset very quickly when he cannot complete his own sentences and thoughts. Can be found at nightclubs wearing shirts that are 10 sizes too small (if at all). They are by far the most closely related human beings to that of apes, chimpanzees, and other primate. They are evolutionary hindered and are less capable of following directions than my dead hampster. ....
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Typically a rather muscular person who walks around with their arms out to their side. Have no fear and love to start fights for no reason. Anthony or "Tony" is a typical meathead name. Shaved head and tattoos are characteristics of a meathead. Also known as a hardass. They carry around gallons of water acting to be some sort of muscle machine. ....
Meathead:"yo john, give me 20 bucks and ill knock this bitch ass out" ....
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One who wears cutoff t-shirts, lift weights, and drinks gallon jugs of water. Usually plays football, wrestles, and is very muscular. They tend to have short hair, and frequently wear sleeveless shirts. Drinking protein shakes and shopping at Hollister are also essential parts of the average meathead's day. Meatheads also tend to abbreviate where they live by putting the first letter of the city, and adding *town after. In addition to lacking high IQs, meatheads tend to stereotype things and people completely wrong. ....
Common meathead responses:
- "Bro let's down this protein shake then go to the gym."
- "Dude that guy has a Fall Out Boy shirt, do you think he's one of those Emos?
- >>Smashes aluminum can on head<< .....
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So, meathead fashion, I must tell you that in order to become a meathead you must first be a juicehead. Now, there are those of us whom just skip ahead of ourselves and go straight to meatheadome..but for those of you who, wonder what a juicehead is:
JUICEHEAD:....
Someone who uses steroids in order to aid in the production of muscle mass ....
Mark McGuire is a juicehead.
I think that says enough right there. So, there are those whom are juiceheads, but never quite graduate postjuice to meathead status, then there are those who start as juicys and gradually go towards meatdom, and then those whom just dive in head first and aim for the meat.......
.. .. So, what are the tail signs that you are a meathead:
1. you can't workout without flexing in the mirror atleast once..
2. you walk by the mirror and slightly raise your shirt to catch a quick shot of that new abdominal line you got..
3. "ssssss" and "uuuuugh" are just two of the heavenly awful grunts you make in the gym.
4. you spend longer than 2 hours at the gym.
5. you have your own locker in the locker room..
6.your picture is posted in the locker rooms autographed from a show you did 5 years ago.
7. you carry competition photos of yourself around in your wallet.
8. you have more than two gym memberships and you only paid for one...
9. you take more showers at the gym than you do at your own house..
10. you get a discount at the supplement store for your buying in bulk.
11. you have a lifetime tanning membership.
12. you have "knots" on your ass cheek from ummm... well... you know...
13. you use a "25 guage.." and THAT is small.... (you know who you are!! wink)
14. you know the best flavors of protein powder.
15. you can't talk about "supplements"on the telephone or in text messaging because you are afraid you will get busted.
16. you still havent admitted to your friends you are a "roidhead."
17. you have both in season and off season wardrobes.....
18. you swallow chunks or run to the locker room after sets and get excited over it..
19. you tan more than three times a week to "dry out."
20. you use the phrase, "in tha zone..." during workouts...
21. you and your buddies cook homemade "test" in your kitchen ......
22. you drink only distilled water...
23. you pose in EVERY photo you take... even with your mother...
24. If you leave work early to catch a workout.....
25. Your wardrobe consists of free shirts from expos and supplement purchases.
26. You use your grandmother's address to mail your "supplements"
27. You live by your watch, cause a meathead eats ATLEAST every 2 1/2 to 3 hours. and don't catch one if he is late on dinner.... shit hits the fan.
28. You know the sales at all the grocery stores on chicken.
28. You don't go to the gym to "workout," you go to "train."
29.You accuse your boyfriend or girlfriend of eating your food that you cooked, when if you took a moment to look you would see that its hidden in the fridge. like ANYONE wants to eat boiled chicken!!
30. If you say you are not a meathead but you hang out with >3 meatheads in your social circle, then you have been dubbed a meathead by association!!!
31. You can't have too much sex because that lowers your testosterone levels and you will go "flat.." ?!!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
32. You think short term memory loss such as where the hell you put your keys or your friends' names is humorous...
33. Rather than a set of nice glasses, you have a mound of mismatched shaker cups.. which you carry with you AT ALL TIMES!
34. you carry around a cooler with your food in it!
oh the list can go on, but I dont feel like adding it, but I am sure that you have! something to share with the rest of the meatheads!
What a meathead is!!! Attention all bodybuilders!
So, according to a close colleague of mine, I have been so graciously dub a "meathead" according to his college football standards (mind you from the early 80s)
As always (since you all know how my crazy mind works from previous blogs) I must inform you that this title has often puzzled but humored me.
So, you say what is a meathead and how do you become one..
Please read and we shall evaluate if you are a TRUE meathead.. male or female:
MEATHEAD:....
.. ..
.. ..
An enormously muscular guy who cannot hold a conversation about anything other than weight-lifting and protein shakes. Gets upset very quickly when he cannot complete his own sentences and thoughts. Can be found at nightclubs wearing shirts that are 10 sizes too small (if at all). They are by far the most closely related human beings to that of apes, chimpanzees, and other primate. They are evolutionary hindered and are less capable of following directions than my dead hampster. ....
.. ..
.. ..
Typically a rather muscular person who walks around with their arms out to their side. Have no fear and love to start fights for no reason. Anthony or "Tony" is a typical meathead name. Shaved head and tattoos are characteristics of a meathead. Also known as a hardass. They carry around gallons of water acting to be some sort of muscle machine. ....
Meathead:"yo john, give me 20 bucks and ill knock this bitch ass out" ....
.. ..
.. ..
One who wears cutoff t-shirts, lift weights, and drinks gallon jugs of water. Usually plays football, wrestles, and is very muscular. They tend to have short hair, and frequently wear sleeveless shirts. Drinking protein shakes and shopping at Hollister are also essential parts of the average meathead's day. Meatheads also tend to abbreviate where they live by putting the first letter of the city, and adding *town after. In addition to lacking high IQs, meatheads tend to stereotype things and people completely wrong. ....
Common meathead responses:
- "Bro let's down this protein shake then go to the gym."
- "Dude that guy has a Fall Out Boy shirt, do you think he's one of those Emos?
- >>Smashes aluminum can on head<< .....
.. ..
.. ..
.. ..
.. ..
So, meathead fashion, I must tell you that in order to become a meathead you must first be a juicehead. Now, there are those of us whom just skip ahead of ourselves and go straight to meatheadome..but for those of you who, wonder what a juicehead is:
JUICEHEAD:....
Someone who uses steroids in order to aid in the production of muscle mass ....
Mark McGuire is a juicehead.
I think that says enough right there. So, there are those whom are juiceheads, but never quite graduate postjuice to meathead status, then there are those who start as juicys and gradually go towards meatdom, and then those whom just dive in head first and aim for the meat.......
.. .. So, what are the tail signs that you are a meathead:
1. you can't workout without flexing in the mirror atleast once..
2. you walk by the mirror and slightly raise your shirt to catch a quick shot of that new abdominal line you got..
3. "ssssss" and "uuuuugh" are just two of the heavenly awful grunts you make in the gym.
4. you spend longer than 2 hours at the gym.
5. you have your own locker in the locker room..
6.your picture is posted in the locker rooms autographed from a show you did 5 years ago.
7. you carry competition photos of yourself around in your wallet.
8. you have more than two gym memberships and you only paid for one...
9. you take more showers at the gym than you do at your own house..
10. you get a discount at the supplement store for your buying in bulk.
11. you have a lifetime tanning membership.
12. you have "knots" on your ass cheek from ummm... well... you know...
13. you use a "25 guage.." and THAT is small.... (you know who you are!! wink)
14. you know the best flavors of protein powder.
15. you can't talk about "supplements"on the telephone or in text messaging because you are afraid you will get busted.
16. you still havent admitted to your friends you are a "roidhead."
17. you have both in season and off season wardrobes.....
18. you swallow chunks or run to the locker room after sets and get excited over it..
19. you tan more than three times a week to "dry out."
20. you use the phrase, "in tha zone..." during workouts...
21. you and your buddies cook homemade "test" in your kitchen ......
22. you drink only distilled water...
23. you pose in EVERY photo you take... even with your mother...
24. If you leave work early to catch a workout.....
25. Your wardrobe consists of free shirts from expos and supplement purchases.
26. You use your grandmother's address to mail your "supplements"
27. You live by your watch, cause a meathead eats ATLEAST every 2 1/2 to 3 hours. and don't catch one if he is late on dinner.... shit hits the fan.
28. You know the sales at all the grocery stores on chicken.
28. You don't go to the gym to "workout," you go to "train."
29.You accuse your boyfriend or girlfriend of eating your food that you cooked, when if you took a moment to look you would see that its hidden in the fridge. like ANYONE wants to eat boiled chicken!!
30. If you say you are not a meathead but you hang out with >3 meatheads in your social circle, then you have been dubbed a meathead by association!!!
31. You can't have too much sex because that lowers your testosterone levels and you will go "flat.." ?!!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
32. You think short term memory loss such as where the hell you put your keys or your friends' names is humorous...
33. Rather than a set of nice glasses, you have a mound of mismatched shaker cups.. which you carry with you AT ALL TIMES!
34. you carry around a cooler with your food in it!
oh the list can go on, but I dont feel like adding it, but I am sure that you have! something to share with the rest of the meatheads!