2 weeks til i'm a wife.
im very excited. the excitement outweighs the stress.
i decided to write here its been a while.
since i'm always twittering things daily i forget to write now.
www.twitter.com/lindastrawberry
but there are so many things that cross my mind that i want to rant out and after the wedding and lip distortion stuff i'm going to get back to pouring out my mind on a regular basis.
there's so much going on around us. in this age of super communication and all our new devices attentions are even shorter than they were before. i wonder how it will be in the future. will be able to relax and follow a long train of thought at all?
i think back to the time when people would have a long dinner and then sit around a radio together and it seems like such a slow pace i think i would go mad. i'm always multi-tasking. if im watching a show i have to be sewing or painting or doing yoga. if im waiting in the car i have to write a message or read through my schedule. if im on hold i have to go online. etc.
so i've been trying to leave an hour when i wake up and an hour before i go to bed where i don't do anything but stretch or read a book. its been really stress relieving.
i feel like alot of times these days we feel guilty if we ever slow down and relax.
so much to be done - so much to write - so much to create - so much to do - so little time - so many bills - etc.
well, i had an amazingly funny bachelorette party thanks to my wonderful friends. we went to a karaoke bar and i had to wear alot of funny stuff like - veil with penii on it. lol. <--- i love lol now. its been adopted into my thoughts. lollipops. so anyway.. yes bachelorette party was very fun. and because of that yesterday i took the day off. haha. and i just ate all the bad foods i have been avoiding and watched movies. well......
happy late fourth of july - which is also my little sister Liahna's birthday. :)
what did you do? i didn't even see one fireworks this year. oops!
i have a growing list of things to do before the wedding. i was overwhelmed completely a few days ago but since i had a day to just rest i feel alot less stressed.

i just remembered i have a song called bachelorette - doesn't everyone? its such a great word.
some people say she's been annihilated//she laughs it off and draws blood//where's your baby?//she's in the backseat of someone's car//moonlit and gushing//getting her guts ripped out//wolves are feeding//soft hearts are heating up to a crackle//bachelorette//she's the steel tongue//violette that never forgets

my heart is aching for music. so much needs to happen to get music back around here. so much. i feel like its a lost love. i have no piano. i have no music equipment. life has stolen music from my days. or i pawned it. i can't remember. but survival isn't kind or gentle. and im still alright. and im still in creation mode. im still going. im still trying.
still mourning the death of a dream that had to pass to give birth to another.

we are many people. not just one. one vision is not all there is. we are many people. sometimes we have to give one thing up to get to the next thing we need to become. it doesn't mean it won't come back. it just means that its not time. we are not one thing. i feel like that is a trap. some people just can't let go of one thing because they are afraid that is all they are and they won't have an identity. but its not true. we are ever changing. what we are now might not resemble what we will be at the end of our years.
i want to keep pushing as hard no matter what it looks like.

i feel like i'm leaving one phase and passing into another. i know everything is going to change. im excited for it. i need it. i'm leaving magnolia in the past. her dress doesn't fit me anymore. hers is a scene i can't exist in. her drugs, her lust, her showmanship.

i don't know who i'll be next.
well, i have to go sample cupcakes now.
au revoir

LIP DISTORTION!!! YOU BITCH!! PRINT YOURSELF UP PRETTY AND GET HERE ALREADY!!!
haha
and you preorder loves will get stickers. xo

R.I.P. Sky Sunlight Saxon

i don't believe in death. only a passing from one dimension to the next.
i am tired and speechless..

here is the video of the wonderful time we all spent with him. (billy kerry kristin, smashley, justin, djin, sabrina, gary)


to hear the finished song and see a slide show of rare and previously unreleased photos
GO HERE
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1206396999888&oid=96318878434&ref=nf






CHOOSE TO CHOOSE LOVE

thinks never go as planned when you do them independently it seems. or maybe i never allow for enough time in case something goes wrong because i just get too excited... but.. here it is June 15th and no c.d.s have arrived here yet!
they are still available for order on lindastrawberry.com to be shipped right out when they arrive..
and i'm going to take the time to make more stuff for the boxes.. so if you ordered one that will go to you! :)
i'm anxious!
if you ordered a cd or a box expect an email from me tonight or tomorrow!

love!

:)

I thought of a fun idea this morning when I was ordering stars for my dress. The Stars cost 2 dollars for 4 to 6 of them. So I figured its a cheap easy way to celebrate the wedding with us. Ill add the stars to my dress and after the wedding ill send you back one of the stars in the mail with a thankyou card. :)
here's the link
lindastrawberry.com/wedding.html

there's also a link to our registry and honeymoon fund. :) if you get us a gift i will send you a thankyou card with a photo momento.

LOVE YOU ALL!

www.lindastrawberry.com/wedding.html

Hi everyone! ive been so busy with the wedding planning and getting all the little things done for lip distortion. i'm so excited for this release! i feel so tied to it. these songs mean so much to me. i put up the cover art on lindastrawberry.com
what do yo think?

i'm gonna try and post up a page for the wedding tonight. :)
oh! gotta go. the beautiful kristin burns is shooting us today for the invites.
x

good morning all. i am NOT a morning person. i have to spend an hour meditating and have my tea or coffee while i get myself focused. or i read gossip blogs like bonita cholita micheal k's dlisted.com - without fail makes me laugh ;)
ive got 'the fashion show' in the background - also reruns of absolutely fabulous. i googled news on adam lambert because i'm excited to see how he runs with what he's got. i worry about kris allen because i can't see him dealing with the fame well. its not how people think it is and it isn't fun for his personality type. but adam on the other hand was born for fame. he'll bloom in that bizarre world. i can see it already. and the entertainment industry wierdos see it too, and im glad. already the cover of rollingstone coming out, rumors he might tour with queen and a possible madonna collaboration. i'm excited to attend his shows. he's exciting, fierce and talented. just what the pop world needs. luis at Hairroin Salon does his hair and he did my hair yesterday before i did the stickam show with stevie ryan at the salon. Did you watch? we had about 7,000 people :) which led me to the offer to do my own stickam show so i'm looking into it. i'd love to have a creative outlet to run my mouth. i love to talk! maybe i could do the wacky strawberry world.. sandwich puppets? valley viv? characters? special guests? - live performances?
since i can't tour because of my health - maybe i can do a weekly performance thing. :)
(health is getting better btw) - in a few weeks i want to do new pictures and art because i'm finally looking less like death more like life.
i also ran into the amazing clint catalyst and audrey kitching. i feel really lucky to have all these amazing characters in my orbit. they inspire me. we are all indulgent when it comes to our imaginations and ambitions.
which lead me to stevie ryan. this girl is gorgeous. i did the stickam show with her yesterday. you should check out her many characters on youtube. lil' loca, jamie lyn and now lady caca.. etc. :)
speaking of.. i don't like lady gaga's music but i love her attitude. and i LOVE jonus akerlund's new music video for her song 'paparazzi' its amazing. especially love her dance on crutches in the silver robot outfit.
im eventually going to get to making some videos for 'lip distortion' some  are already half shot.. others have completed concepts only - but my priority is to finish the art prints and get them numbered and ready to mail and figure out a performance to film - then ill get back to the video. i'm enlisting zinastar to help me create some heat for mute. 'get in fast, get off, get out' -
well gotta go now throw myself in the bath - and get dressed to go to the studio and visit billy who is on a crazy creative roll writing some amazingly beautiful stuff.
i can't wait til kristin burns gets back into town. im rambling.
follow my twitter.com/lindastrawberry
its ramble mania.  im feeling so random right now. head needs to get collected. more coffee? hmm. here are some videos.

LADY CACA (stevie ryan)


amy winehouse fights the paparazzi (stevie ryan)


lady gaga - paparazzi - (jonus akerlund)


justin's video for THE HIGHER - epitaph

Hiya, so, if you have been following my on twitter you'll know i was really sick last month. But, I am slowly coming out of it now. :) I am behind on a few things with this release and don't want to cut corners on anything since I am making so many little things for it. So, I am going to move the date back from June 1st to June 15th.
I am also going to add 10 more Strawberry Boxes so get'em now!
lindastrawberry.com/lipdistortion.html

posted this on my twitter.com/lindastrawberry
i did a violet 'wash' on my hair today. :) i am excited i feel well enough to go to gary baseman's amazing art show tonight. click the image.
x

ive been carving out this hole
throwing shit against a wall
pain is terrifyingly blind
mad girls downward spiral
i can see things ive scattered
flocks of suicidal swallows
pecking out lightless eyes
queenie is sharpening her blades
im on a plate like bloody steak
see my vitality down the drain
im in the bathtub scrubbing my knees
cursing wretched dirty mess
chiseling out my ribcage
no one is picking up the phone

LIP DISTORTION PREORDER
+ STRAWBERRY BOX for Lip Distortion
www.lindastrawberry.com/lipdistortion.html
www.lindastrawberry.com/music.html

i am SO excited about this. I have waited a long time to release these songs. So, I decided to make a very special Strawberry Box to go along with it filled with tons of art. I'm going all out on the art front. The CD tracklisting is 1. Magnolia 2. Scarletta 3. Mute  4. Fight  5. Senora (and possibly extras)
In the Strawberry Box I'm going to include a Lip Distortion poster with the main cover full painting. (i'm not going to reveal the painting until the release date) a high quality signed print, stickers and some limited edition art prints that are exclusive to the box that go along with the song characters.
I'm going all out on this so i hope you are as excited as i am. LOVE
LINDA STRAWBERRY

since i update that all the time since its on my phone i'm going to post this up here for people passing through.

i filed away the other blog because it served its purpose.
i discovered that most of the songs i'm dying to release are on my youtube in some form.
youtube.com/lindastrawberry
get out of my heart
saddest song
i'm yours
transdimensional love song
death cut
etc.
i'm glad that even though i haven't had the chance to record for almost 3 years that these things are out there somewhere.

that said, i've been working on images for the future c.l. and here are some great things i found while doing research.

i am distintegration
rocks thrown to death
im barely breathing
watching the angels rise up
we all want to feel loved
(doesn't anybody)
is there ever enough
to heal us
as the shadows in us are killing us
as the shadows in us are killing us
tearing our hearts to blackness
drowning out the light
will i ever find the way out of this
slow lonesome moan
fear thats doomed to die alone
i am destruction
anchored down to a spotted past
im bleeding out
singing for my salvation
we all want to feel love
(doesn't everybody)
is there ever enough
to heal us
as the shadows in us are killing us
as the shadows in us are killing us
dragging our spirits downwards
poisoning our blood
this slow lonesome moan
fear that's doomed to die alone
i'm bleeding it all out
gritting my teeth biting the muzzle
i'm not doomed to this abyss
i sing for my salvation
is there enough love to heal this