Entries by TATIANA

I spent the whole day in Anchorage yesterday. I got up really early to be able to make it in time for my 9 am facial with Anastassia. I ended up being 20 minutes late, kind of unusual for me because I'm usually on time for my appointments but I discovered that the roads were really slick while driving, I slid out pretty bad and almost had a heart attack. So I had to put the truck in 4 wheel drive and slow down a bit. Better to be a bit late than not get there at all. The facial was really good as always, Anastassia has a great touch. She got certified to do some new peels and I am thinking I might try another peel, something with apple and lotus.
It will make your skin peel off for up to a week after the procedure. I did a green peel a while back and it was nothing special, besides that it hurt and I peeled but this apple and lotus peel is supposedly better. So I might try that. Why not? I like facials and going to the spa.
Later on I met with Kennedy for some QUALITY friend time. Every time I meet up with her I leave feeling better. We always have the best conversations and she is so wise and has the best advice in case I need it. Kennedy is the best! I wish we lived close to each other.
We ate at Bombay Deluxe, we both LOVE Indian food and we both love spicy food. I had the vegetable korma which was delicious, naan of course and a mango lassi. Maybe one day I will go to India to marvel at that country, seems very interesting and amazing and the food is just scrumptious.

Photographer Michael Helms.

After taking an afternoon nap I forced myself out of bed and went to the pool to swim some laps. It's almost always a drag to get out and exercise but I feel great afterwards every time. So I am happy that I went.



Work this weekend was......work. A civilian girl (meaning a non dancer) came in with a large group of guys as part of a bachelor party. The bachelor got his obligatory dance with the obvious choice, MOI - of course. Then the girl developed a small crush on me. So she got her first lap dance and it was her first time ever in a strip club too. She told me that she had been kind of scared to come in because she thought it was going to be grimy and gross with nasty dancers, this is what she had heard, people talk a lot of trash. But she ended up having a great time, thought that most of the girls were really nice and pretty and she left with a big smile on her face. I love it when I can change a persons preconceived opinions about my line of work.
Some other stuff.....The other day I wrote that we all live by our own set of morals. What is totally ok for me might be objectionable for somebody else. It became very evident to me the other day when I heard a discussion on the radio about people that pretend to be disabled or tell their children to act disabled just so they can skip the lines at Disneyland and Disney World. This has become so abused that park officials decided to stop allowing disabled children and adults to skip lines all together at the parks. What kind of a person pretends to be handicapped to skip a line or instructs their child to pretend this? Great parenting btw. Something I would never even dream of doing. And others sneer at for examples dancers. Once in a while angry women come in and glare at me or my co workers, snicker and talk shit. Listen, you don't know me personally but go ahead and talk shit all you want. If you knew me then you would know that I am one of the dancers that doesn't fall into the bad stereotypes in any shape or form. So yeah, just an example of how we all go through life with our own set of morals.
One more thing before I hop in the bath. I have been following an entertaining debate in Swedish blogs about selfies and girls doing the duck face or taking the selfie with the camera angled above them. I personally think that the duck face is rather lame and ridiculous looking but to each their own. But some women in the discussion call the pictures snapped with the camera slightly above the face the "dick sucking look". What, really? I take a lot of pictures of myself or selfies and sometimes I take pics with the camera above my face, not at all trying to look like I am in the mood to give a bj. And absolutely not fishing for any "how fuckable is she" approvals from guys. I couldn't care less and it's not like that is going to happen anyways, you know....me having sex with some random guy. ICH DON'T THINK SO! And it's only a picture. Quite innocent actually. Ooooooh selfies!

It was with a feeling of sadness that I left the Burning Man playa an early Monday morning, my home for the last week. I told myself that I have to come back again next year and here I am writing this over a month later in my kitchen, feeling the same way. Burning Man.....to describe it in a few words is difficult and pretty much impossible, it has to be seen and experienced to be comprehended. A vast area that in the span of one fantastic week is filled with people, music, art, lights - LIFE. It is like stepping inside a giant utopian Salvador Dali painting. I amassed so many memorable experiences during my week there that I will be forever grateful for. How can a week fly by so fast?
I took some time out during my last day to take some pics of myself with the help of the 10 second timer on my camera. I wanted more pics with my favorite statue at Burning Man, Truth Is Beauty.













Until next time!





This was my last entry on Burning Man 2013, the Cargo Cult. For about a month now I have written several blogs trying to describe in words and pictures how it was. Maybe there will be another story about next years event when that time comes. I still have some more pics to show you from my shoot with Michael, those will come up soon.

My Burning Man story is nearing it's end. It's been a over a month now since I left the playa. Did you know that there is an online clock that counts down the months, days, hours, minutes and seconds to the next Burning Man? I check it sometimes......I am counting down the time as well. I have some more random pics to show you.
Some people brought their little ones to Burning Man. I think that is OK, hopefully the kids that do experience the event will get something good out of it. I don't know about bringing babies though. I saw a couple in particular with a one year old on a few occasions.....they were not the best parents I can say from observing them and the baby a few times. If you need to party that bad then leave the baby at home in the care of somebody better suited to watch it than you are.



The Thunderdome. I loved this place. Basically an area where people strapped into bungees could beat each other up with large soft ish bats. It was great. No, I did not participate. I saw some people leaving that place with bloody noses. I am too vain and do not need any reconstructive face surgeries.



My stuff.



The cute baby giraffe stuffed animal in the Osiris dance tent. I love stuff like this. And yes, people danced with it.



Bathroom sign.





Random people.





I have a lot of similar statues. One day when I figure out (if I ever do) where I am settling down, I am going to have the most amazing home full of stuff like this.



Some parting words.

Fall is here.....although I prefer the word autumn....it sounds so pretty. The leaves are falling and the air is getting colder. The snow should be here in a month or so. I will miss the grass and the leaves. Snow is nice but after about six, seven months of it I am so ready for green grass and leaves in the trees. Here are some pics of autumn with Chhaya posing like the super model she is.