Working Out

Mum has bought me a little present to say well done on job and so we get to spend some time together in between my crazy london life...Oh and when I say little, I mean big - Rihanna Diamonds World Tour tickets!!! Couldn't be happier. Thank-you Mummy!

This girl definitely works out. I adore her figure - so toned yet womanly! Such an inspiration to me right now. When I work out I put Rihanna's album on and imagine looking like her on the beach!! It keeps me motivated!! 

Last night I did a 5k then worked on my triceps, abs and chest. My wrist was playing up a little so didn't do as much weights as I would have wanted to. Don't want a blooming injury just before starting my first job!!

Going to the gym today, I'll do another 5k and then focus on legs, that ass and my abs again! Thinking for the next couple of weeks, I will try and fit in at least 3 5k's in each week. I love doing them, they make me feel really good afterwards. I sometimes feel that when I get to about 2k I want to give up, but I try my hardest to stay focused and then it suddenly kicks in - that easing off feeling and the feeling that you are doing something great. So I keep going! And it's bloody worth it in the end, I promise you!

In the gym I work out at at the moment, it has a juke box and a big cinema screen - you choose the music and the video plays in front of you - A-MAZING. So not only do I hear Rihanna's tunes, I see her - obviously that's a huge inspiration! Nothing like watching people with toned gorgeous bodies in front of you when you work out!!! If that doesn't keep you going, I don't know what would!

Right, off to listen to Rihanna and run! 

Jessica Xx

Hair issues

I have an issue. 

I can not decide whether or not to go back blonde/blonde-ish or stay my red colour.

This is me blonde.

What do we think?

Help.

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Andrew Gallimore explores the bright future of beauty.

My brother once again shocking the whole family with his quirky videos and pictures. Oh the joys of being a model! Scary video but the make-up is absolutely incredible. I want it done for a shoot!

I have recently worked at Nova Festival for an acting job for The Flicker Club which if you ask me was totally creepy as well. We all had to wear rabbit masks promoting Jan Svankmajer's 1988 film version of Alice in Wonderland. It was a strange job and we had to do it in the pouring rain and muddy fields but we had a lot of fun and got some really cool photographs.

Ok, so admittedly my brothers pictures are oh so cool and mine are just strange...but, hey ho!

What do you think?!

Jessica 

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"Untouched Paradise"

Photos from Julys edition of VOGUE of Karlie Kloss taken by Mario Testino. I adore his photography, he always seems to capture things so beautifully. 

quote from vogue.com:

"“Bahia is a little piece of heaven. It’s really an untouched paradise,” says model Karlie Kloss,who stars in the July issue’s “Brazilian Treatment”—the ten-page portfolio shot by Mario Testino for Vogue in celebration of all things sun and spa."

What do you think of these shots? I have fallen in love with the first one as she looks like a mermaid and considering my love for Ariel, I always have had a soft spot for mermaids! (I am one, that's why...) Also, the 'dancer-shot' is gorgeous. 

Which is your favourite, and why?

Jessica

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Most of us ain't Hollywood actors

I think it's time for a change.

Yes, I said it. I believe it. I mean it. I know it. (the list could go on). I haven't brought this decision on completely by myself, in fact I've had many wonderful people around me to help me make this huge decision. Some things have happened in the recent weeks that I wished had not happened but I can not live by regrets, nor can I turn back time so I may as well look to the future, live in the now and forget the bad that has recently been.

I came across this amazing site yesterday, just when I needed it the most. 

Everything happens for a reason

please read it, especially if you're needing a little 'pick-me-up'! 

I am ready to take on a new challenge. Whether this means I stay on the same path as I have been for years or diverting off in a different direction, who knows? This week I am preparing for lots of tears, upsets, arguments until I decide on a path I may be content with. I want to be an actress (and this will always stand) but right now, I need to focus on something a little more direct. I need to feel as though I am achieving something, getting somewhere and not feeling as lost as I've felt recently. Sometimes, when you are doing something so difficult such as trying to achieve a career as an actress, you can feel as though you take one step forward and another ten back. This, for me, right now isn't helping me in a personal way. I need to see some kind of progress, whether that's in a career sense, within a relationship or even just in myself, I just need to see it and feel it. Probably taking a while out of this harsh audition and rejection process I may gain something which I would never have gained if I didn't make this leap. I know, I will always want to do this. I want to be on stage, entertaining, performing, making people smile, laugh, cry...but maybe some time away will make it more possible than holding on in an unhealthy way. Plus, there's more to life. And the more of life I see, the better I will be in the end at this 'acting-thing'! Haha! But it's true, it isn't the end of me trying. It's just the beginning.

Jessica

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Olsen obsessive

As years go by, and no I'm not exaggerating I literally mean years, I constantly believe I will suddenly lose interest in Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. However, it's been near enough 10 years now and I still absolutely adore almost everything about them. So today, I've decided to do an appreciation post of some of my favourite photos of them. Plus I'm going to go all Mary-Kate on you and wear red lipstick, big sunglasses and heals. Well I do this most days but still...

WOW! I seriously don't know where to stop...I have so many incredible photos of the girls and I just could post about them daily. I have a tumblr for pictures of the Olsens if anyone wants to check it out:
My Olsen Twin Tumblr

What's your favourite photo of the Olsen twins?

Jessica
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Fruit & Nut

I disappeared off the blogging radar for a few weeks but I'm back and here to stay. After weeks of preparation for my performance in a play at my final show at Drama school plus tons of work, it is now all over and I need to get stuck into life in London without university so I avoid entering the depressing pit of nothingness. I refuse for this to happen!

I have quite a lot to look forward to plus now I am free of university work I am able to focus on blogging, my health and happiness and possibly even getting real work in the real world. How exciting!

Jessica

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