Category: Miss Toxic Styles

That one time I was Accidentally Bowie - A mini tribute and a reflection on life & Death (Los Angeles, CA)

1/12/2016

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Sunday night I popped onto instagram one last time as I was about to go to bed. I hadn't planned to post anything but the social media, zombie-like-virus I've cultivated for the past four years wanted to see how many new likes and followers I'd gotten in the last couple of hours, and my thumb was twitching to do some double-tapping before heading to dream land.

The first 12 posts I saw were all tributes to David Bowie, and the news of his death left me completely stalled.

My incredible friend (Nymph) Gwendolyn Jane texted me moments later,

"I has a sad."

She was floored too.

The next day another model friend, the talented and feisty Natalia aka Nova, messaged me to see if I could cover her for a figure modeling gig. She had already been sick, she said, and the news of Bowie's death had her too sad to leave her bed.

I felt the same.

The album art of my next album, "My Next Album is Dropping," dropping Springtime 2093

What's incredible, is that my dear friend Gwen lost her brother the day after Christmas. I had met Bond a number of times and he was a truly unique and bright light in this world, and the hurt my dear friend felt was palpable. I spent three hours holding her for a photo shoot as she let some of the emotions artistically vent through her incredible posing, but I didn't cried at all. Two days later, Arizona Shootout organizer and ornery old bastard/close, fastfriend David Hall died alone in an Arizona hospital. I had helped him run the last two events; I had driven him and fought with him and helped him put away groceries and listened to the stories his non-existent children would never pass on. I found out that he died via facebook, and I had no tears. Yesterday I received an email sent to a collective group of photographers and models in the Seattle area that a model, while working at her bikini barista job, was thrown from her kiosk in a propane explosion and died the next day. She was a mother of two. Still nothing.

There's been a lot of death in quite comfortably close circles to me recently, but not once was I moved to tears.

But the fact that David Bowie, a man who's career I'm honestly only superficially familiar with, died after a year and a half battle with cancer...?

I've cried every day.

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Sunset in Hollywood (NIF Magazine)

2/28/2015

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This bitch is errrywhere! I'm excited to announce that another photo set of mine has been published online...

Click the pic to see the full photo set at NIF Magazine's site!

Coincidentally, it was when sharing this photo set that a thumbnail snafu got me kicked off of FascistBook for a week. That being said, it's a fair assumption that the above link is NSF ( ... I probably should have mentioned that first...)

XoXo
JNT

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Something a little New with Strange Beautiful Art (JNT HQ, Hollywood, CA)

2/2/2015

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For my first #JNT Monthly Photo Shoot of 2015, I wanted to do something a little different....

Perhaps this looks familiar from my accidental thrice posting of it on instagram. If it doesn't, it's because you're not following me on instagram. Click the pic to change that!

Ok, so if you know me at all, that actually wasn't very different from my usual Shoot Shenanigans ("shoonanigans"). I did however have an incredible first photo shoot with photographer Ray Gutierrez of Strange Beautiful Art (check him out) at my new Hollywood HQ.

Click below for more, slightly serious-er, and equally sexy photos..

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Christmas in Malibu with Love Light Magic Photography (Malibu, CA)

1/18/2015

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For those of you that enjoyed my Happy Ho-Ho-Holidays Photo Shoot with Patrick Dinkfeld of Love Light Magic Photography you'll be excited to know... There's more!!

LOTS more! Including this GORGEOUS image that I sent out as my monthly wallpaper for Dec 2014. Didn't get yours? Well then you haven't signed up yet, silly! Just click the pic! <3

In addition to doing Something Fun for my final JNT Monthly Photo Shoot of 2014, I also wanted to take advantage of the awful LA winter weather, and go all out, over the top glamorous at the beach! I'm talking, worthy of an Olivia De Berardinis painting level of glamorous. A quick trip to the LA Shopping District, plus a little unofficial help from Ferrero Rocher and a perfectly pink bottle of Barefoot Bubbly, and I was ready to bring out my inner diva for a truly rhinestone inspired
Christmas In Malibu...

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Halloween in Hollywood; JNT Pulls a Donnie Darko (Mason Photo Studios, Hollywood, CA)

10/26/2014

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Halloween is an interesting time of year for those of us that are 1. Not that into candy and 2. Get paid on the daily to dress up and create costumes all year round. Perhaps that is why I kind of took the easy (and non-skanky! weird!) route on my costume for Brooke Mason's swanky ass Halloween party at her beautiful, four story studio in the heart of Hollywood.

JNT with the beautiful host herself, professional and INCREDIBLE photographer, Brooke Mason. Click the pic to follow her on IG!

""Jin N Tonic." What the hell kind of name is that? It's like some sort of superhero or something." ~ "What makes you think I'm not?" ;)

Plan O.G. 'Come on, Jin! You tooootally have the hips and tits of an 8 year old. You can totes pull this off!'

While my bone-tastic (what?) costume was actually plan B after my first dress up attempt failed (kid's costume turned slutty pink poodle resulted in uncomfortable, hulk-like Poodle Jin. No bueno), I think it's more than fair to say that I rocked it.

Duh.

Click below for more photos of yours truly with some of my favorite new costumed friends, plus the incredible artwork of Brooke Mason, and, of course, my mandatory drankin-in-the-bathroom selfie sesh.

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Hello JNT! A Post-Travel Update and the Hello Kitty! exhibit Opening (Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles)

10/17/2014

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Hoooollleeeeey fuck, have I been busy! And it's been a total blast! After a few weeks of traveling (and of course shooting), I'm back in my HQ in LA and have been busy doing Awesome every day! It's taken me a week but I finally have a new #JNT video update to share, with lots of sneak peak photos from my travels and a look at my crazy-amazing first week back!

I also have TONS of photos I want to share from my recent Friday night as Jordan Bunniie's 'plus one' to the VIP opening of the Hello Kitty exhibit opening at the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) in the Little Tokyo area of downtown. LA.

Can you say Adorable?? And I, of course, looked appropriately fantastic ;) Click below to see the photos of my fabulousness and to learn more about the art and artists of this amazing HELLO KITTY event!

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The Photo Journals of a
New-Age, Model Nomad!

That one time I was Accidentally Bowie - A mini tribute and a reflection on life & Death (Los Angeles, CA)

Sunset in Hollywood (NIF Magazine)

This bitch is errrywhere! I'm excited to announce that another photo set of mine has been published online...

Coincidentally, it was when sharing this photo set that a thumbnail snafu got me kicked off of FascistBook for a week. That being said, it's a fair assumption that the above link is NSF ( ... I probably should have mentioned that first...)

XoXo
JNT

Something a little New with Strange Beautiful Art (JNT HQ, Hollywood, CA)

For my first #JNT Monthly Photo Shoot of 2015, I wanted to do something a little different....

Christmas in Malibu with Love Light Magic Photography (Malibu, CA)

For those of you that enjoyed my Happy Ho-Ho-Holidays Photo Shoot with Patrick Dinkfeld of Love Light Magic Photography you'll be excited to know... There's more!!

Halloween in Hollywood; JNT Pulls a Donnie Darko (Mason Photo Studios, Hollywood, CA)

While my bone-tastic (what?) costume was actually plan B after my first dress up attempt failed (kid's costume turned slutty pink poodle resulted in uncomfortable, hulk-like Poodle Jin. No bueno), I think it's more than fair to say that I rocked it.

Duh.

Click below for more photos of yours truly with some of my favorite new costumed friends, plus the incredible artwork of Brooke Mason, and, of course, my mandatory drankin-in-the-bathroom selfie sesh.

Hello JNT! A Post-Travel Update and the Hello Kitty! exhibit Opening (Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles)

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The Photo Journals of aNew-Age, Model Nomad!

That one time I was Accidentally Bowie - A mini tribute and a reflection on life & Death (Los Angeles, CA)

Sunset in Hollywood (NIF Magazine)

This bitch is errrywhere! I'm excited to announce that another photo set of mine has been published online...

Coincidentally, it was when sharing this photo set that a thumbnail snafu got me kicked off of FascistBook for a week. That being said, it's a fair assumption that the above link is NSF ( ... I probably should have mentioned that first...)

XoXo JNT

Something a little New with Strange Beautiful Art (JNT HQ, Hollywood, CA)

For my first #JNT Monthly Photo Shoot of 2015, I wanted to do something a little different....

Christmas in Malibu with Love Light Magic Photography (Malibu, CA)

For those of you that enjoyed my Happy Ho-Ho-Holidays Photo Shoot with Patrick Dinkfeld of Love Light Magic Photography you'll be excited to know... There's more!!

Halloween in Hollywood; JNT Pulls a Donnie Darko (Mason Photo Studios, Hollywood, CA)

While my bone-tastic (what?) costume was actually plan B after my first dress up attempt failed (kid's costume turned slutty pink poodle resulted in uncomfortable, hulk-like Poodle Jin. No bueno), I think it's more than fair to say that I rocked it. Duh.

Click below for more photos of yours truly with some of my favorite new costumed friends, plus the incredible artwork of Brooke Mason, and, of course, my mandatory drankin-in-the-bathroom selfie sesh.

Hello JNT! A Post-Travel Update and the Hello Kitty! exhibit Opening (Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles)

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The Photo Journals of a
New-Age, Model Nomad!

XoXo
JNT

While my bone-tastic (what?) costume was actually plan B after my first dress up attempt failed (kid's costume turned slutty pink poodle resulted in uncomfortable, hulk-like Poodle Jin. No bueno), I think it's more than fair to say that I rocked it.

Duh.