My kid went to his dad's this morning. Flew from Seattle to SanFran at the asscrack of dawn 6am. Since this is one of the busiest travel days of the year, we signed him up for the Unaccompanied Minor service on Virgin America. (That's an additional $160, it ain't free.) My whole reasoning is that I wanted them to be accountable for him if anything happened on this busy travel day and when he comes back -- reroutes due to weather, bad plane, whatever. They introduced him to the airline attendant, and even made me set up a password for me, the kid, and the exhusband. And hey! He gets free movies, free tv, free food... cool, right?
THEY LOST HIM.
My ex called me after everything was over, and told me what happened. He had spent over an hour with the Virgin America people trying to find out what the hell happened to him, Aside from the fact that THEY DIDN'T EVEN REALIZE HE WAS LOST - no one knew, no one had an answer, no one even instigated any kind of search until he started yelling (and my ex can YELL) and he just happened to see my kid walk by, looking for him as well. Lots more details to the story than that, but basically you get the gist. Their general take on the incident... they can't do anything, you're just SOL if they lose your kid.
FUCKERS. VIRGIN AMERICAN CAN GO FUCK THEMSELVES.*
*Bad pun strenuously intended.
Where have I been for the past month? Mainly freaking out about school, or what's mentioned in the title of this post.
I'm not going to go into further detail about it (really, I'm not, so don't ask) other than that I was concerned that I had a serious health condition and had symptoms that pointed in that direction. It wasn't necessarily a life-threatening condition, but it was something that would permanently affect my life.
Yesterday, I learned that I didn't have it.
I had something minor (I say "had" because it's already been cured) that was masquerading as something serious.
Wow.
I'm not even sure it's hit me yet, except for that I'm not worrying about it virtually nonstop (I am, however, still worrying about school nonstop) and the knot in my stomach is loosening.
I'm not a religious person per se, but from now on, every night, I will pray for people who have chronic health conditions. I could have easily been one of them, and I understand now how incredibly strong they are to get through each day.
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Alexandra Romanov - The Last Czarina - Part of the Regal Twelve series.
Alexandra Romanov – The last Czarina of Russia (1872-1918)
The last Czarina of Russia, Alexandra Romanov was born in Germany. Converting to Russian Orthodoxy upon her marriage to Nicholas II of Russia, she became a passionate convert. She was unpopular with the Russian people, because of her German birth and her notorious relationship with Rasputin. Russia withdrew from WWI and the accompanying Bolshevik revolution forced the Tsar to abdicate and the family went into house arrest.
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Catherine the Great - The Enlightened Empress - Part of the Regal Twelve series.
The German born princess emerged from obscurity when she was chosen to become the wife of the future Emperor Peter III. Changing her name to Catherine, she read widely and familiarised herself with Russian conditions and values. Her fervent embrace of both the Orthodox faith and Russian culture, won her much love from the Russian people. Her husband Peter, on the otherhand, was said to have the intellect of a child. Once he succeeded to the Throne, a group of conspirators, headed by Catherine’s current lover, proclaimed her autocrat. Shortly afterward Peter was murdered.
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Model: Chadwick Models
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Marie Antoinette - The extravagant Queen (1755-1793) - Part of the Regal Twelve series.
Marie Antoinette was the Queen of France during the French Revolution. Born in Vienna, she was sent to Versailles at the age of fourteen where she was married to the future King of France, Louis XVI. At this time, France was the most powerful nation in Europe, and the royal palace of Versailles, the most opulent. Four years after her arrival she became the Queen of France.
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Elizabeth Báthory – The Countess of Blood (1560-1614) - Part of the Regal Twelve series.
A Countess in Transylvania, Elizabeth Báthory, was known as the "Countess of Blood" and is considered the most famous serial killer in Slovak and Hungarian history. Báthory is also credited along with her relative, Vlad the Impaler, as the two historical figures upon which Bram Stoker’s Count Dracula is based. According to legend, Báthory struck a servant girl and drew blood when her pointed nails raked the girl's cheek. When the blood touched Báthory's skin, she became convinced that it had improved her complexion. The Countess reasoned that if she bathed in the blood of young virgins and drank their blood, she would rejuvenate. The killing spree commenced. She began to roam the countryside by night, hunting for suitable girls. Elizabeth is said to have bathed in their blood in a huge marble bath.
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Cleopatra - The Seductress (69 BC – 30 BC) - Part of the Regal Twelve series.
Born in Alexandria, Egypt, Cleopatra VII was the last Pharaoh of Egypt and the last of the Ptolemaic line. After the resolution of rivalry with her siblings and her alignment with the Romans, seventeen year old Cleopatra became the Queen of Egypt. It was said of Cleopatra that, when Gaius Julius Caesar marched upon Alexandria, Cleopatra, had herself smuggled to Caesar inside an oriental rug. When the rug was unrolled, Cleopatra tumbled out. It is said that Caesar was bewitched by her charm and that a scandalous love affair commenced that very night. After Caesar's assassination Cleopatra realigned herself with the Roman general, Mark Antony.
Photographer: Alexia Sinclair.
MUA/Bodypainting: Leeby Sotherine & Sahra Bull
Lighting: Softbox right (key) softbox left (fill) 1 stop difference between the two.
Model: Melanie P
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Elizabeth I – The Virgin Queen (1533-1603) - Part of the Regal Twelve series.
The daughter of King Henry VIII, Elizabeth was born into royalty at Greenwich Palace near London. Henry, hoping for a male heir, declared Elizabeth illegitimate, accused her mother of adultery and had her beheaded. Succeeding her sister to the throne, Elizabeth ruled with the knowledge that effective rule depended upon popular support. Advisors urged the queen to marry to strengthen ties with allies and to produce heirs to the throne, yet Elizabeth chose instead to marry England. Strategically aligning herself with the catholic figure the Virgin Mary, Elizabeth secured a shift of power through her embodiment of symbolic virginity. Purified, she was transformed from an illegitimate protestant woman to ‘the virgin queen’. Her purification began with a physical transformation by cutting off her hair, whitening her skin and adorning herself in pearls; symbols of purity and wealth.
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Hair: Illustrated
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Lighting: Softbox left (key) softbox right (fill) 1 stop difference between the two.
Model: Louise Van de Vorst, Chadwick Models
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Rings, Orb, Sceptre, Pearls and Crown & Chess set all composites.
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