Featured Artist: Gia

BTrilogy is proud to present the newest Featured Artist Gia. She's Coo-Coo for Cocoa Puffs and she'll stomp on your toes with her neon green Doc Martens if you throw out too many igloo/penguin/polar bear jokes since she's from Alaska [Oh, and don't even mention Palin]. She's as awesome as silly string spray, so check out this Fashionista/Aspiring Artist's exclusive Q&A:

When you were young..

a) How did you express yourself? 

I used to eat crayons and prayed that somehow, my body would absorb the colors and I would be the next big rainbow. When that didn't work out and mum took away my crayons for a bit, I cut up her most patterned clothing and Elmer glued them together to create dresses, pants, and socks. When I got in trouble, I quoted Peter Pan in the loudest way possible, "I'll never grow up!"

b) Did you like playing with (colored building) blocks?

No. Absolutely not. I preferred 64 crayons and cardboard.

c) What was your favorite ice cream flavor?

Peppermint, Birthday Cake, Mint Chip, Cotton Candy, Raspberry Sherbet.

Music:

a) Name that one song thats constantly on your mind

"Jumper" by Third Eye Blind

"Lust for Life" by Girls

b) Best singer or band

Death Cab for Cutie

c) A line from a song that seems to apply to your daily life

"Oh I wish I had a boyfriend, I wish I had a dollar and a bottle of wine"

What is/are your favorite...

a) Themes to portray in your art

Social Justice, The Shocking Aspect, the Imagination

b) Fashion Era

I'm an 80's baby, and definitely a Nylon girl. 

c) Color(s)

In art? Any color you can possibly imagine. But my favorite is lilac or emerald. 

*If you didn't live in America, where would you settle?

London, or Fiji.

*If you could do one thing out of the ordinary and not be put into an asylum, what would it be?

Skin Marc Jacobs, and wear him so I can be him for a day.

*Which do you prefer? Being hot when it's cold or cold when it's hot?

Hot when it is cold.

*Favorite movie quote

"And we'll be friends forever won't we?" "Yeah, forever"- Fox and the Hound

*First thought when you wake up

What am I going to wear? Do I really have to shower?

*How do you approach your artwork?

In the most honest way possible. I don't brainstorm, I don't construct on paper, I don't think about the process unless I am entirely sure that this is the direction I would like to move in.

*19th century corsettes, 50s saddle shoes, or Levis (Men or Women)?

Levis and saddle shoes. I can never just choose one. I honestly just don't have the figure or the bosom for a corset.

*Who is the Diva?

I'm a big diva... I'm a I'm a big Diva. Yes, Beyonce. No, Gaga.

*How would you describe art?

Art is the manipulation and interpretation of your mind. It cannot be gifted nor wrapped. Merely perceived. It has but many chairs in the art room.

*What are three things you take most pride in?

1.   My legs. My eye for new beginnings. My [un]artistic abilities. 

2. My ability to make friends from the most awkward situations. 

3. My love for the only people who know me best, my family.

*What piece of art would you want to be part of (past,present, or future)?

Definitely the past, especially as an Andy Warhol or a Anna Mendieta.

*Describe your perfect piece

My perfect piece is non existent. And it is the way I would want it.

What is one thing (or a couple of things) you find Bomb, Beautiful, and Brilliant?

That last breath of air before death. The raindrops during a storm. The Ramones picture on Bleecker Street. Nylon and its essence. My parents and their beauty they see in each other. And Calyx Gaston, for her dedication to this beautiful blog.

Below are various pieces G has worked on--using different media and explosive ideas. You must check out her blog IceFishingRunWay to find some sick fashion, let's indulge:

 

                                  

Make sure to check out IceFishingRunWay*

Not So Much An Age Old Tale

I'm so late. I just saw the Superbowl Dodger Charger commercial. I thought it was hilarious and innovative:



But then I came across this spoof:



Which is doubly-hilarious...because according to my father, I'm the "household Feminist" [of a family of 3 girls]---and on occasion we bump heads when it comes to issues of "boy/girl double standards", sports broadcasting, and household chores.


Just the other night, I was fussing at my dad about taking out the garbage and then he shot back at me, "Why won't you take it out? Women want equality and what not, eh?" Sending me on a tirade, which ended with me saying..."You're such a mysogynist!" To which he later sends me an email:


"It's a Man's World" - James Brown


[Who really wants to argue with the GodFather of Soul?]


But check this Daddi-O... 
"It wouldn't nothin' without a woman or a girl"-James Brown (*JamesBrown voice* HEY!)


Bomb.


-Bootzilla Babay;btrilogy

Black Pearl

In continued commemoration of Black People's Month, I would like to remember Wilma Rudolph. The year was 1960 when she made history becoming the first American (black, white, yellow, polkadot) woman to win 3 Gold Medals in the Olympics:

The first American woman, point blank period. Wilma deserves BIGUPPSSS! Breaking barriers for female atheletes to come. She's so graceful too. Darn her for having it all. 

I hope you all have been enjoying Black History Month. Applying it to your life in various ways. I'm athelete personally, so Wilma speaks to me...find that something that you really dig (i.e. singing, rock climbing, scrapbooking) and do some research. Utilize that Google ya'll [we've grown up in an Age of Instant Information..take advantage of it!]. Research and see what people have influenced history and helped form this present-day.

Bomb.

-Bootzilla Babay; btrilogy

AmericUn

That's what I'm talking about. Finally 'Bama manned up! China really has nerve trying to punk the US of A. It's all about respect at the end of the day, and meeting with the Dali Lama was absolutely crucial. If Obama really wanted to be an O.G. he should have pulled a Bush move and met with the Dalai in public!


But babysteps I suppose.

-Bootzilla Babay; btrilogy

Side Cramp

Need a laugh? Or something to wake you up?... I got you.


XX forward this to me so thank her. Um, if you don't know about Rob Hoffman..utilize that Google/Youtube.



He's also the creator of the 'Yes Dance'. I would call that video 'Classic Youtube' (definition of this phrase under Webster 3000 to your right) seeing how it has over 5 million views, but it's so risque that it might have a demographically younger Youtube following.....but now as I'm typing this....I'm going take that back--because of course it's going to have a viewership that includes the ages of 12 to 30 because who else is on the Internet 24/7??


So allow me to retract my previous statment. 'Yes Dance' is 'Classic Youtube'.


Bomb.


-Bootzilla Babay;btrilogy

B' Lated

Sooo..

Saw Valentine's Day.. on Valentine's Day. Yes, yes I fell captive to the pretentious (admittedly brilliant) marketing strategy. But what is truly irking me is the fact that I paid 15 whole dollars to watch it. I went in knowing that the movie wasn't going to be that great, but I was going to see a stream of A-listers. I really did forget how cute Ashton Kutcher was...


Anyways, I paid 15 dollars..like not okay at all! I mean, it bothers me that I have to pay 12 dollars at my local theatre for any other movie, but you want to know the reason why it was so expensive? I have more than one reason actually--- Reason(s) Going to the Movies Was 15 Whole Dollars:


1) We saw the "Director's Cut"
2) We sat in leather chairs (very plush, but still..)
3) We were supposedly able to order food from our seats
...... the main reason why......
*4) dealing with last minute people, dang shame 


The night was saved only because I was with superfun people (maybe that's what I paid for..good company?)
[There I go again, blatantly lying to myself, ah well--coping mechanism].


But yeah, Valentine's Day was a low-budget version of Love Actually. Wait till it comes out to rent it.


Happy B'Lated Valentines! Hope you spent it with Lovely People* 


Beautiful.

Note: 'Lovely People' are at least worth 15 dollars...


-Bootzilla Babay;btrilogy

Hmm..

Late 2009, we saw Lady Gaga and Beyonce join forces--initially, I was totally against it. I wasn't yet indoctrinated by Miss Lady because at that point I thought she was pretentious and talentless...well I stand corrected (and even if I was correct in thinking less of Lady G, I'd still have "shut up and sit down" because like everyone has come to realize, Gaga owned 2009).


Anyways--Beyonce announced she's taking a break after her...third? World Tour (Get 'em B!) A well deserved break, I might add. The Queen B herself raked in 6 Grammys in one sitting this past month--a record win for a Female Artist. So what I want to talk about is Beyonce's break...anyone who follows her career knows she's constantly on the grind, so when she's "breaking" she's just preparing to attempt to out do her own self (keyword: attempt). Heck, Beyonce had to create Sasha Fierce to help take on the job of outdoing Beyonce!


You may remember I began to talk about the Lady and Beyonce collabo and what it meant. It perplexed me for a moment, but then it made too much sense.... [The following is an AIM conversation, note, some of my opinions have changed since then, but you'll get the gist]:

HOT video.

oh god.

are you not watching this?!

i am right now

gagas nose..

but now i get to see how she actually looks

for once.

i thought this was beyonce.

beyonces song with gaga on the rmx

telephone is gags song feat beyonce.

ew. that outfit.

and beyonces part in that song is hot...but gaga no

she messed it up.

i know..it was fine by itself...im trying to figure out why b chose gaga to colabo with?!

what the hell is beyonce doing.

of all people

what part?

she's getting it..dancing wise.

10:05 PM

i think she likes gagas visual performance..thats the road B's been going down lately

focusing on her videos

since when is she on this weird creative vein.

it started with bday..but really showed with her last tour...remember at her concert?all the videos she had.

gaga is weird looking

i like what she adds

gaga can actually move at the end..her part in the actual song is retarded..her presence in the video isnt as annoying as i thought it would be but still

i guess B was using gaga to make sure people watch her video

i like what she brings in

bc if gagas in it then it's bound to be weird

omg

no she's just an incentive to watch

that orange stripe shirt and the black hat.

bc gagas actually the "normal" one in the video

digging that outfit.

hahah you would

i like it.

with gaga.

i like her multicolored leos

of course.and thats why B did it.

when they're in the white they're kind of moving.

people accept it. so when shes done using gaga and established her "weird creative vein" she'll drop her.

yeah that was a hot part.

i'm kind of ready for beyonce to fade out.

the first part of the video was bomb. her body in that robot suit..sweetgoodness.

so are all her haters.

hahahahahha

she does need to take a break though and reestablish. she's going through a fade right now..it's hard to top oneself.

oh please.

take a step back and listen to yourself.

10:10 PM

brooklynn ive been on Beyonce since DChilds. i've watched almost every performance. shes always trying to outdue herself. thats why shes the Queen and no one is holding a candle to her..

OKAY

NO SPHIEL

I'LL TAKE YOUR WORD FOR IT

dangerously in love..she was raw talent.bday....that's when she established her reign....her latest tour...she was testing her limits.

hahahahhahahhaha

dont get me started

you know i can go.

i won't

So...what I'm getting at is--whatever Beyonce does next....don't be surprised--I'm already trying to mentally prepare myself. Look at it like this...Gaga is already setting Beyonce up beautifully, because Lady has already traumatized the world (in a twisted good way?) with her "performance art", so whatever anyone else comes out with will look like child's play.


For example, Rhi Rhi's latest video:



Personally, I like this. It's funkyfreshhh and I think it's...Bomb.


But, to each his own.


-Bootzilla Babay; btrilogy

Weekend Spark

Gettin' back in the groove ya'll. It's easy to fall off. So much that happens throughout the day and runs through my mind that I just can't get it all down, or all that I'm thinking isn't formulated enough to my liking to share. Basically, I'm making excuses for my week absence...can you forgive me?


My girl, Gringita, put me on blast and told me to update Btrilogy (because I know as you know there is too much going on in the world that is Bomb, Beautiful, and Brilliant for me not to recognize it). So this post is dedicated to Gringita (check out her adventures, talk about Btrilogy status--expect to find out more about her in the future).


On that note--look forward to Btrilogy's next Featured Artist..coming at you February 23rd.


Man, I just have a lot I want to talk about but I'm going to restrain for now. I need some sleep. I'm gettin' old ya'll, I can't hang like I use to, so I'm going to list it and you all can Google it (hahaha...yes yes I know this is somewhat bootlegg--roll with me though, just roll with me):
1. John Mayer's Playboy interview
2. Hugh Jackman giving Barbara Walters a lapdance
3. Billy C. Clinton's heart problmes (and yes I meant to spell it Billy with a 'y'--go Youtube Jamie Foxx if you don't get it)


Last but most definitely not least, I wanna let you all know that Miss Erykah Badu is expected to drop her Part II of New Amerykah--"Return of the Ankh"--March, 3, 2010;
Don't sleep on it! Check out her latest single:



Bomb.


-Bootzilla Babay;btrilogy

My Doppel-ma-ganger-ma-bobb

*Sigh*....Kay, so I fell prey to the Doppelganger Week thing--shoot me! At least I have solace that I didn't change my Facebook profile picture (*nose in the air* some dignity retained, thank you very much!). I know you all are secretly interested, so go on MyHeritage.com to check it out. The site also has other features (that aren't so shallow YET addictive) like a "Look-a-Like Meter" for new parents who want to decide once and for all who the baby looks most a like (....I can see that causing early marital problems). MyHeritage.com includes other helpful genealogical features too. Check it out. So I know you're dying to see what I ended up with, here it goes:

Hahaha! This was the second photo I used because the first one...gave me an interesting result (first result at the bottom). One of my good friends from highschool (Yvonne aka "XX"aka Vonnie aka Cupcake!) is from Hong Kong and is Chinese through and through. And I would often joke around with her and say, "You know I'm Chinese too--1/16th baby!" and depending on her mood or the context I would say this to her--I was either stunned to silence with her cussing me out in Cantonese or her partially agreeing. [Sidenote: We would like to pretend we were Lee and Carter from the Rush Hour movies, gotta love it]. Anyways--the end of Senior year we decided we would start telling people that we were second cousins (something along those lines) and that we shared a Grandmother. If you don't believe we could pull it off, check the photo:

Admit it. We could be related. I bring this up only because I received several Asian women in my "Look-a-Like" results...sooo, I'm just saying. Stuff like this makes we want to jump on Ancestry.com right now and find out my Chinese great-great-great-grandma's name! Gotta know my history. Which ties back into Black History Month (love it! love it! loveee ittttt!). People often forget that "African-Americans" are a hybrid people--that's why I personally shy away from using the P.C.--"politically correct"--term African-American because..uhh...I'm not AFRICAN!! I'm AmeriCUN! Yes, I do have African descent (and "Proud of it Babe"---name that movie reference) but to me, using the term "African-American" just over simplifies Blacks presence in the USA, also it dismisses the fact that there are actual African-Americans, like there are Mexican-Americans, and German-Americans (but you know, once we start dabbling in Europe, everyone just becomes White).

This was suppose to be a quick post, seeing how I have to wake up at 8 tomorrow, but I like to rant and be sarcastic at times, shame on me.

Keep Haiti on your mind (I know, there was no attempt at smooth transition there) seriously though. Keep Haiti on your mind and in your prayers. I shall find this picture of Ghiselene if it's the last thing I do. We just moved and you know how that goes--the things you need most go missing.

Here was my first attempt on MyHeritage.com--comedy:

(Seriously..Jessica Alba? Me no think so. But I have been told on more than one occassion that I look like the girl from the Bernie Mac Show, Camille Winbush. No joke, I was approached at a track meet in San Diego by this little girl who wanted my autograph because she thought I was her).


You know I'm ABSOLUTELY loving the fact that Beyonce is 67%.


Bomb.


-Bootzilla Babay;btrilogy

Black People Month!

[The "clever" title above was borrowed from my friend's Facebook status..classic].


Yes, it is the first day of Black History Month, so let's utilize every single day and celebrate America's black men and women. The 'Great Melting Pot' wouldn't be the same without its brothas and sistas, heck, arguably wouldn't the great nation it is today.

Let's start this off by recognizing the man who inspired Black History Month, which was 'Black History Week' when it was first established. Dr. Carter G. Woodson is the mastermind; he was moved to act because of his belief that "those who have no record of what their forebearers have accomplished lose the inspiration which comes from the teaching of biography and history".


Thank you Dr. Woodson--so let's indulge during the month of February and gain that spectacular "inspiration".


Bomb, Beautiful, & Brilliant. 


-Bootzilla Babay;btrilogyy