March 16, 2010

  • FanVixens Party at the Hive

    I had a great time. I partied so hard, I still have no voice! Lol. My sister said it was because I was laughing so much…haha.

    ^First batch of loves; Mika Casimir, Boogs, Jenny
    ^I don’t remember this, but I’m sure he was asking for it.

    ^I changed my outfit at the last minute. I was originally going to wear a Bettie Page dress, but my sister thought it wasn’t sexy enough so I bought this: Dress-LVLX, Boots-Jeffrey Campbell, Belt-Bebe, Gloves- Hot Topic and Ebay (2pairs)

    The beautiful Vima showed up! Things were so hectic, I didn’t even get a pic with her, but I partied with her the following night. Love this girl! Justine worked the door for us at the last minute.

    ^I was so happy! Brenda showed up from Cabo! I had no idea she would’ve been able to show up. Everyone, She-hulk. She was actually still taller than me with my super tall shoes and her chucks. haha.

    ^I’m not sure who was more wasted, me or Boogs. Well, maybe boogs.
    Well, maybe me. haha.
    ^I’m posing like there’s something there. Lol. I have no idea. Ta da!^Pretty Laura also showed up. Her sister is sitting behind me. I was so drunk I forgot to take a pic with her! I forgot to get all the girls together for a group shot! I guess I was more wasted here than I was at my Living Dolls Book signing. Which I thought would’ve been impossible.From the Living Dolls book, Sphinx. She’s so cute, I just want to put her in my purse and take her home with me. =)Bestie from 6th-8th grade made it out. She was actually down to drive with my drunk belligerent ass to Soon Tofu and she sat through out drunken conversations. While being quite sober. Lol. That’s love.With my girl, Nikki! I don’t know why the new canon point n shoot does this weird white balancing when using flash sometimes.She’s going to be  my partner in crime victim of  crime in the FanVixens 2011. You old school movie buffs are going flip!Before closing up, we took some mushroom pics.Guess that’s all. I had a blast. Thanks to everyone who made it out!I have more to post about the party the following night, but I’m tired of uploading pics.

March 9, 2010

  • Friday, March 12th… Come Join Us!

    Come party with me and my girls!I don’t have much time to write a full post, so I’ll just update this later. About to head out to dinner. xoThanks for all the love. I’ve been super busy. I haven’t caught up with all of you yet, but hope you have a great week.

  • The Past Alice Themed Gallery was Awesome

    First, here was my piece displayed in the Ink Pen Mutations room for the Alice in Wonderland themed show at The Hive Gallery in Downtown Los Angeles…
    ^”Liaisons of the Red Queen”
    I had so much fun at the Alice and Wonderland themed show at the hive over the weekend. I got to get decked out in an Alice themed costume, and I chose the mad hatter as a last minute decision because I’d been dieing to rock this wig for ages.

    The house was packed with lots of folks dressed for the theme. I literally felt like I was in some sort of strange alternate universe. Like I had stepped through some looking glass into this…So I check out our gallery space to see the dope as mushroom couch that  Blaine and his friend had been working on. I was totally impressed. I  had no idea how massive it was! To top it off, there was a giant bearded  Alice perched on it, taking photos with folks for a nickle a pop.  Luckily, I had a 25 1/2 cents.

    …Giant Alice in the Wonderland of the Orient
    This Alice is really a giant. I think like 7ft or something crazy!…A contortionist joined in on the fun. I meet contortionists everywhere I go. Lol. You can usually spot them wearing spandex all twisted up in an eye-catching spot.When the gallery ended, we had to shoot photos from the back of the awesome mushroom couch!Lol, give me a lil wine and I become a ham.The card on the hat reads “In This Style 10/6″ I added card to the sweet hat that the super talented Kim Tia made for me last year. =)^Hark! Who goes there? I think it’s safe to assume that I was pretty tipsy here.^A bra we found out in the alley ?Artist turned model. My new muse, Brandon. lol^The dude who runs the show at the Hive GalleryForgot to switch back the settings on the camera. Me and sideshow bob. haha.Yeah we’re jackasses.^an awesome piece I happened upon before we closed up the gallery.Oh yeah, just for good measure here’s the makeup I did for my Liaisons of the Red Queen shoot. The makeup actually didn’t take that long. It just took a while to do the brows because I covered them with brow wax and drew them in higher.  But basically, I just caked on foundation 2 shades lighter than my face then dusted it with a generous amount of Makeup forever hd powder. Lips were painted on with a brush using occ liptar. Bloody mary red shadow and Urban decay shadow in Vapor. Urban decay eyeliner in yayo for lower water line then I drew fake lower lashes with Urban Decay black liquid eyeliner. Blush was Bare Minerals in Velvet. Red lashes from Hollywood Halloween shop.

    That’s all.

    I’m excited for my party coming up this Friday  the 12th.It’s going to be more fun than the Alice party. The mushroom chair will still be there. Who wants to join me on it? =)

    Hope everyone has a great week. Thanks for the concern in regards to the last post. I won’t post the comments though because I don’t need to add fuel to the unwanted fire. Smh.

February 8, 2010

  • Party with Me and My FanVixens Friday, March 12th!

    I will be throwing the first FanVixens Calendar party at the Hive Gallery in Downtown Los Angeles. So come and enjoy cool art, sick music, booze, and prizes while you party with me and some of the FanVixens 2010/2011 models!

    -Ms. Rodil

    Photographer, Ms. February 2010, & creator of FanVixens

    Models who’ve confirmed attendance:

    Miss February 2010, Rannie Rodil

    Miss March 2010, Mika Casimir

    Miss May 2010 Boogie

    Miss October 2010, Elyssa Del Sol

    Miss December 2010, Ave Rose

    I will update this later when more models respond. Please let me know if you would like to attend. =)

January 28, 2010

  • Awesome Free Giveaway!

    Yes, the FanVixens.com blog is finally up and running, and to celebrate I’m giving away some free items.

    So do you want free stuff? Check out my other blog at FanVixens.com/blog

    The contest is open to U.S. and Canadian residents only.

    No skills or special powers necessary to enter or win.

January 16, 2010

  • NYE 2010 in Aruba!

    This was the first year that I started out in a different country, and I have to say, it was quite amazing. This had to be the most different New Year’s celebration I ever had.
    What makes NYE in Aruba so crazy? Hands down…FIREWORKS! Holy fuck! So all the crazy fireworks that are totally illegal in Cali, you can buy from one of the many stands scattered throughout the island. Of course all the fireworks are from Chinese vendors, so you know they had to be crazy.

    Most of the locals in Aruba stay home with family where they bbq and do their own fireworks during NYE and head out to the clubs after the countdown. We decided to do a few fireworks at the house then we made reservations for dinner at Senior Frogs for the countdown.


    ^Lol.
    ^The goods… sweet baby Jesus…
    ^Um…me hamming it up on the messy counter. lol.

    Growing up, I’ve always had a bit of a phobia of fireworks, ever since my mom traumatized us with horror stories of her friends losing hands playing with fireworks when she was a child. Eck.
    ^what we had to work with…the clear evening sky.

    Fireworks make me pretty antsy, but they were able to convince me that everything would be safe and that they were just going to shoot everything toward the water….I was able to stay out to watch a few. I had my camera and tripod set up not too far from where they were lighting the first rocket. They light it and I turn around to see everyone running behind me! LOL. My tripod was set low to the ground, but I got up and ran with them. The rocket ended up exploding into the ground shooting lots of debris right at where I was crouching. Then Diego says, “Oh maybe you shot it upside down!” I’m like, “Oh hell, no! Safe my ass!” haha

    Here are some shots we were able to get. Although the covered much more of the sky. The camera was just set up way too close, but this does give one the idea of the danger I experienced. lol.

    ^Lol. in the last shot it looks like my sister was inches away from meeting her demise.

    After letting of 3 huge ones, I’m talking not your bullshit disneyland fireworks and right above my head… I saw shit falling on everyone and I pretty much just boned the fuck out- straight to the house. I actually felt like I was in a war for a minute cuz there were loud blasts and bright lights exploding right behind me. lol. I ran and didn’t look back until I crossed the street. I looked up and I still felt like the fireworks were way to close. haha. Yeah. I’m a big vagina, but at least I had the guts to stick around for a while, even though I already had a pre-existing fear of fucking fireworks. I’m much more content watching them from afar. No, I did not feel safe lighting some crazy chinese fireworks with a bunch of amateurs in a foreign country. Sue me. lol.


    Then we changed and headed to Senior Frogs for dinner and the countdown. I have to say it was cheesy, but nothing a little good ol’ inebriation couldn’t fix.

    They have more photos and videos, I’ll probably never get around to posting. lol. The dinner wasn’t very good, but it was fun. After the countdown right outside of Senior frogs was more amazing fireworks that I enjoyed until someone shot a fire extinguisher right up my dress. WTF? lol. Then we headed to the Paddock to dance more. Then home to dance more.

    It was a really great New Year and I was glad I was able to share it with my favorite person- My sister. =)

January 13, 2010

  • The Pee-Wee Herman Show! Live!

    I know, I haven’t been updating much on here, but I moved my old posts from blogger to keep things up. I still can’t just drop xanga. We’ve had way too much history…

    So last night I went with my sister to see the Pee-Wee Herman Show live at the Nokia theatre in Downtown LA. I fucking loved Pee-Wee when I was a kid. I watched that shit every time it was on TV and I even own the original Pee Wee’s Playhouse series on dvd, so you know I was stoked when my sister told me she copped us tickets. =) (click photos to enlarge)

    ^My sister and I after entering the Nokia theatre. Lol at the dude posing like us in the far background. We tried to dress somewhat Pee-Wee-ish. I was actually planning on wearing the red bow belt that I wore to the last Pink Powwow that I went to, but I couldn’t find it. There were actually plenty of people wearing red bow ties and Pee Wee inspired garb. It was cool.

    ^Before heading to our seats.

    Photos were not allowed in the theatre during the show, but I was able to steal a few shots…
    The stage was set up to look like Pee-Wee’s Playhouse. I so wanted to jump on the stage for a photo op, but there were so many people standing around the stage when the show ended.
    ^I felt like an giddy little school girl when the curtains opened to expose my dream playhouse, complete with Pee-wee, Chairry, Mr.Window, Magic Screen, Conky and the rest of the gang. God I wanted this playhouse so bad when I was a kid. I’m actually seriously thinking of having a Chairry made for my second living room. Oh man, that would be sick.

    ^I had to steal another shot with Pterri in it. Chairry and Pterri were my favorites as a kid. =)

    ^After the show. My face hurt from laughing so much.

    The show was great. It was actually funnier than I thought it would be. It was a bit more grown up without being too raunchy-totally well done. The audience was totally into it, which made it even more fun. AHHHHHHH!!!!! “Fun” was actually the secret word. Lol. The house was packed. Pee-Wee has lots of followers. If you ever grew up watching Pee Wee’s playhouse, I would totally recommend that you watch the show. It was extremely entertaining and totally worth it. The had all of the characters including Cowboy Curtis (played by Phil Lamarr not the original Mr.bigshotmatrixdude lol), the original Miss Yvonne, Jamby, Randy, the King of Cartoons and more! They even showed a quickie of Pee-Wee’s ball of foil. God, it really brought back memories. It was an awesome experience.

    ^They changed downtown LA a lot. I guess they’re trying to make it a bit like NYC. It looks way cooler and there’s so much more to do.

    Guess that’s all.

January 11, 2010

  • Happy New Year, Bitches! Back from Aruba.

    To be honest, Aruba was pretty much more like a combo of work/vacation, so it really wasn’t a completely relaxing retreat, but I’m happy I was able to go. On top of that, I was really stoked that I was able to have my sister and her bf flown out to spend NYE and some leisure time with me in Aruba. Hey, it wouldn’t be an NYE celebration without her. =)

    So I have lots of pictures (like always) and lots to write about, but of course, I lack time. It drives me nuts that I still haven’t really posted about Europe, but I feel like that ship has sailed. I think in my mind, I want to write a full day-to-day log of my trips, but it’s really not easy with my lack of time. I think for this trip I’ll just try to post sporadic accounts of what I did in aruba with some photos included. Nothing in any particular order. (Click Photos to Enlarge)

    It’s shitty because the first half of the trip I had no pocket cam, which is stupid because I just got a new canon point and shoot right before the trip and didn’t bring it. Since there were sporadic showers (which actually felt amazing), I was afraid to bring my SLR around because I really didn’t want it to get damaged. We finally caved and got a Sony Cybershot for the last few days of the trip. So my pictures are all scattered on my iPhone, which I broke during the trip, my Nikon, my sister’s pocket cam, and the Sony. Blah. Okay Why the fuck am I already rambling… moving right along…

    We stayed in a 2 bedroom house in a nice little area called Malmok. It was right across from a nice beach and snorkling area.

    Here I am doing my usual self-shot portraits with the good old remote. I was right outside our house.
    ^You can see the remote strap looking like the outline of a flaccid penis. lol

    ^The comfortable ass hammock I claimed throughout the trip. I slept on this a lot.

    ^The weather in Aruba was perfect for me. About 8o something degrees Fahrenheit all day. Nice humidity. The itching I was suffering from here in LA disappeared immediately. If the weather here in LA permitted, I’d lounge in bikini’s and sun dresses all day. I thrive in tropical weather.

    For the most part, I spent my free time doing one of 3 things. 1)Laid out across the street in the sun. 2)Laid out on my hammock above. 3)Went snorkeling across the street. Our location was perfect. If you want to have a nice chill experience, I totally suggest renting a house in Malmok. It’s the shit! Aruba is a lot less congested than Hawaii. I liked how I felt much more secluded there.

    ^Right outside our property.
    Directly across the street is this…
    ^The snorkeling was amazing. This is an area where boats would dock throughout the day so tourists could jump into the clear, calm water to snorkel and it was right outside our house! I must’ve seen thousands of sea creatures. Different schools of fish floating around, Angel fish, squid…we even saw a huge triggerfish on my last day of snorkeling. It was following us a bit and I sorta freaked out. lol. My friend would bring artificial crab meat and feed the fish. We would be surrounded by so many fish and they would just eat out of his hand. It was such a trip!

    To the right…
    ^We would snorkel up and down that area. Effing amazing! I jumped off that rock into the water during my first swim. It was choppy and it was pretty scary. It took a few minutes for me to get talked into it. lol.

    To the right…
    ^Candid shots of my sister and Blaine. It was so easy to spot them on any beach lol. Just look for the girl with the hot pink rocker swimsuit and the palest guy anywhere on the island. lol. They are totally night people, but I think Blaine loved snorkeling so much, he’s going to make it into some sort of hobby. =)

    I laid out under the little hut to the right. It was nice because the water just reached my toes while I worked a my sudoku puzzles. Super chill. I was so relaxed.

    I guess I’ll write more about Aruba and NYE later.
    Before I go, I wanted to thank my 3rd place contest winner-the lovely Rozylipop for the sweet little thank you gift that was waiting for me when I got back from Aruba. You rock, babe. =)

    She gets the whole recycling deal. Shiet.
    ^Who needs fancy boxes when you’ve got an empty carnation box. Shoot. You know how we do. lol. Awesome.
    ^Eyelashes. How did you know I love falsies! Also sweets= Yum! …and of course a sweet note. Thanks for the love! =)

    That’s all for now. xo

December 29, 2009

  • Mini wishlist and update

    Sorry I haven’t had much time to update, folks. I’ve been really busy. My life has been going through lots of major changes. Bottom line is, I’m ridding myself of A LOT of the negative people in my life so I can start focusing on my happiness…

    I just got back from the middle of butt-fucking AZ to handle some business. Today, I’m gonna finish xmas shopping for my huge fam…

    I sent out the prizes last Thursday. Damn $41 just to send the 2nd place prize to Australia. Lol. Hmm… lots of things I wanna write about, but I’m in between shit right now, so I guess another time…

    Man it’s late, but here are some things I want. It’s not a complete. I really want some lenses…
    http://www.kaboodle.com/supervillain/xmas-09.html

    K. Guess I’ll leave you all with a flashback from Amsterdam since I never really got to write about my trip to Europe.


    xo

December 9, 2009

  • contest winners

    Thanks again to all the awesome ladies who joined my first contest. Your efforts were amazing, and I’m super happy with many aspects of your entries!

    I took a while to get the votes together because all the judges decided to do the voting in there own (ahem) time. Plus, I have been super busy myself.

    The winners are
    3rd place Draco Malfoy !
    2nd place The Mad Hatter!
    and
    1st place The Joker!

    Again, I had 5 different judges score each girl from 1-100 added up the points and this was the outcome.

    Prizes…
    I would like the winners to email me their mailing address to rannie@rodilphotography.com .

    1st place winner gets first choice of the 8 prizes listed.
    2nd place gets second choice of 6 items listed.
    3rd place the 3 items that are left.

    All winners will also receive a FanVixens 2010 calendar. I also still have to pick up that extra prize for the 1st place winner. God I’ve been busy!

    Congratulations, ladies! xoxo