LIVING DEAD GIRLZ PERFORM TONIGHT!

Hubba Hubba Revue presents The Living Dead Girlz in


ZOMBIE BEACH PARTY!





Friday, June 5th, 9PM

(Living Dead Girlz will be on between 11 & Midnight!

That's early for us!!!)



Nobody crashes a Wild, Wild Surf Party like a pack of brain-eating zombies!



Join The Living Dead Girlz and their kookie cast of beach-bums and beach-bunnies for a summertime send-up of sand and surf guaranteed to put the laughter in "slaughter!"



Haunted Surf Dance Party with DJ Sage!



Undead Beach-Wear Costume Contest (with Fabulous Prizes!)



Zombie Photo Booth by Johnny Electro!



Performing *Undead* on stage:



THE LIVING DEAD GIRLZ!

Sparkly Devil!

Honey Lawless!

Dottie Lux!

Cocoa Noir!

Professor Shimmy!

Lee Presson & Leslie Presley!

Calamity Lulu!

Honeysuckle Moses!

The Cheese-Puffs!



ZOMBIE BEACH PARTY!

Friday, June 5th, 9PM

DNA Lounge, 375 Eleventh Street, SF

$10, 21 & Up w/valid ID

($7 for Zombies and Surfers!)



See more stuff at:



www.hubbahubbarevue.com



HELP US SPREAD THE WORD FASTER THAN THE ZOMBIE VIRUS!



SAVE DNA LOUNGE!

The Genie in Genius

Elizabeth Gilbert's talk on re-thinking the idea of genius.

"Don't be afraid. Don't be daunted. Just do your job. Continue to show up for your piece of it, whatever that might be.

If your job is to dance, do your dance. If the divine, cock-eyed genius assigned to your case decides to let some sort of wonderment be glimpsed for just one moment through your efforts, then Olé. And if not, do your dance anyhow, and.... Olé to you nonetheless, just for having the sheer human love and stubbornness to keep showing up."
- Elizabeth Gilbert



or click here:http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/453

How interesting... in this picture, she's making the sign for "Bliss" that I once saw a yoga guru use. :)

Zulu Update!

Some of you know that Zulu has been super ill again, so here's the scoop:

He got to come home yesterday and is definitely feeling better today, but we have to see whether the "reset" from surgery makes the difference, or if the infection just takes over again. If that happens....

We suspect that he had an external injury (cat bite?) that got infected, and instead of the infection opening outwards as a boil/abscess, it opened inwards.
Surgery on Friday removed almost a liter of puss & puss-globs from his chest cavity, as though an abscess had burst inward. Cell analysis did not find any cells that would normally be present in the gut, so we don't think it was something he swallowed that worked its way out of his stomach into the cavity.
Hopefully now that his abdominal cavity is less of a giant abscess, he'll be able to fight the infection. He's on two broad-spectrum antibiotics.

He had two IV's, so both of his front legs were shaved, and how he's got little fur-boots on.
His surgery wound is HUGE... it goes from the top of his scar from the last gut surgery (4 inches) up to his rib cage, and is probably over 6 inches long. He's eating & digesting properly, drinking lots of water and getting tons of love.

Send kitty magical wishes, please!!

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Amber's Classes on the Peninsula this Summer!

This Summer, I will be teaching at Half Moon Bay through College of San Mateo, and also at Skyline College.

These classes are extremely cheap; only the cost of about two studio classes for the entire semester!
If you're not sure about being able to make it to all of the classes, you can always enroll as "credit/no credit," and then drop-in at your leisure. Also, please note that the MWF classes go until mid-August, but the T/Th classes only go until July 30th.

Monday, Wednesday, Friday -- College of San Mateo's Half Moon Bay Recreation Center

http://collegeofsanmateo.edu/enroll/personal.asp
All of these classes take place in the Half Moon Bay Recreation Center, Room: HMB-C106
June 22nd - August 14th

54258 FITN 334 HAH YOGA MWF 7:00 - 8:05a Units: 0.5

54259 FITN 335 HAH PILATES MWF 8:30 - 9:35a Units: 0.5


Tuesdays & Thursdays -- Skyline College

http://www.skylinecollege.edu/rsc/inc/flipbooksummerschdule09.html
(That's my Pilates Class in the picture on the front cover!)
All of these classes take place in the (very nice) dance studio, Building 3, Room 3201
June 22nd - July 30th

53054 FITN 335 B6 PILATES TTh 12:50 - 2:55p Units: 0.5

52268 FITN 334 K6 YOGA TTh 5:30 - 7:10p Units: 0.5

54113 DANC 350 K6 CARDIO DANCE TTh 7:25 - 9:30p Units: 0.5

I will be teaching this class as a Jazz class with a cardio-based warm-up.
The level is usually Beginning, with a few Intermediate folks. Each class is adapted to challenge the students in attendance!
If you've danced a lot or a little, I will help you work hard, laugh and DANCE.
My class will combine the sexiness, thrill, edge and funky sass of Commercial, Street, Vegas, and Thrash jazz styles. Movement will range from hard, sharp attacks to sultry, sexy glides with a bit of hip-hop thrown in.
The class will begin with a warm-up of isolations, stretching, abdominals to make you proud, across-the-floor movement, and a LOT of time is spent learning the combinations. Each class will finish with a combination focusing on body awareness, line and performance. Class is a great workout, and super-sexy!
Some of my rehearsals and choreography: http://www.youtube.com/user/SteeleDanceCompany

Please do invite your friends, and I hope to see you all this Summer!

--
Amber Steele
Director & Choreographer
Living Dead Girlz
Adunct Faculty - Physical Education & Dance
San Mateo Community Colleges

Bio:

Founder of the nationally acclaimed zombie dance theater troupe,
LIVING DEAD GIRLZ, Amber Steele has been onstage as an actress, singer and dancer since the age of ten. She is currently working on multiple projects merging dance, film and performance art.

Steele graduated from the University of California at Berkeley with a Double Major in Dance and Comparative Literature and completed her Master of Fine Arts in Choreography at Mills College. Her research focuses on technology's impact on bodies and body image in our voyeuristic, commercialized modern culture.

Steele toured Germany and performed at the Cannes Film Festival as the featured dancer in TRIP - Remix Your Experience, a multimedia exhibition of film, live music and art. Steele has also performed as a featured dancer for RJ Reynolds (CAMEL) promotional events and managed the go-go dancers of "Poor Impulse Control," who perform frequently in San Francisco's industrial, alternative, and rock venues.

Steele Dance Company provides live entertainment for festivals, corporate and private events. Steele handles artistic direction, storyline creation, rehearsal facilitation and choreography as well as teaching the company's master classes. Steele has been teaching dance classes and private lessons since 1997.

On Eating...

One of my friends recently asked what folks do to practice counting calories.
I prefer to avoid activities which my obsessive side can breed anxiety out of, but I definitely have been working on a finessed way to eat luxuriously & gently.
Here are some of my favorite rituals around eating with gusto; without overdoing it.

(I once, at age 16, rationalized the Zone diet out of such proportion that I went from 145lbs to 185 in 2.5 months.)
So, for me, I need it to be extremely simple and, as a lover of fine tastes, very enjoyable.
I'm trying to rebuild my sense of serving proportions; here are my favorite tools:
1.) French Women Don't Get Fat Eating in Europe, even when drinking wine daily and having fancy meals and butter and creamy sauces... didn't make me gain weight. The culture of smaller portions and a light walk afterward totally did the trick without thought. I love - and can enjoy - idea of balancing what you eat over a week, rather than fostering a constant attitude of self-deprivation. Self-deprivation is about the most self-destructive, self-sabotaging attitude I can think of. A healthy body is something to be pleasurably tended, not "achieved."




2.) New Bowls
Japanese ceramic rice bowls. They hold about 1cup of liquid when full. Our normal bowls hold about 3 cups of liquid. It is MUCH easier for me to eat one bowl of cereal/dinner (and even allow myself sometimes to go back for another half bowl) than to try to gauge my hunger. I find that the number of servings I eat tends to remain the same, and it's easier & less stressful for me to control the size of the serving with a smaller bowl. I know some folks can fill their bowls half full, but I have trouble not serving too much.

3.) If I get the feeling that I've been overeating for a week, sometimes I try to "leave one bite." Funny how it seems tough, but after 3 days, I realize I'm eating with less compulsion to FINISH, and with more attention to how my feelings of satisfaction are. The entire process of eating becomes much more satisfying.

4.) Put your fork down between bites. It totally helps with being able to enjoy your food, digest better & sense your satisfaction.

5.) If possible, sit up straight while you eat. Making eating an active ritual of enjoyment can help with eating the right amount.

6.) Booze: I love booze, and I often choose it over dessert. I prefer wine or vodka. I stay away from over-sugary drinks. Club Soda has no calories (tonic does, but half of what is in coke), and a butt-ton of squeezed lime juice has ... what... ten? Go crazy with the fresh ingredients!! WHOOOT FLAVOR!

7.) I try to stay away from soda (coke, etc.) On the other hand, I do have a hard time drinking enough water, so I compromise & let myself have diet sprite/cherry soda rather than not drinking water. I try to just keep the water/aspartame in balance. But better aspartame than no water.

8.) I love sugar, but it needs respect & as little processing as possible. I try to stick with raw sugar in my hot drinks, honor & respect my desserts, and to steer clear of high fructose corn syrup at all costs (except for fake blood). That stuff is everywhere... even in freaking salad dressing. It's insane. Stupid government-funded overabundance of corn... we should run cars with it instead!

9.) Salad! Like crazy! Nothing makes my skin as nice as some baby spring greens every day. Seriously; that's my skin secret. No zits when I eat salad.

10.) Don't beat yourself up(see the French book on balance and ease)!! Stress causes your body to release cortisol, which tells your body to buckle down and protect itself from danger (i.e. famine). Permitting yourself to behave in a stressy manner about what you eat will prevent your body from using up your fat stores; in fact, you'll depress your immune system and store more fat.
Just be nice to yourself!!

<3

Favorite Bay Area Small Restaurant with Cool Decor?

What's your favorite small restaurant (maybe serve up to 60/80 folks) in the Bay Area, reasonably priced, but with an awesome decor?

No, I don't strangle men betwixt my thighs.

My mommy gave me a porn star name. My middle name's Nicole, and my xmas stocking from my granny says "Nikki" (apparently she was biased). That's right, AMBER NICOLE STEELE.
So, there have been an Amber Smith, a Nikki Steele...

I found out about the other Amber Steele when wondering what my high school students might find when googling me...

and OH HO HO... there are TWO AMBER STEELE's.
Me, and the body-building porn star who strangles men betwixt her thighs! and then I figured... well, shucks; I guess I look pretty prudish, compared to her.. ...Unfortunately, most of her images appear without heads!!

THIS IS NOT ME!!!

And here's where I need your help:
WE LISTED AS THE SAME ACTRESS on IMDB.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1353085/

The film credits for "Retardead" and "Trip" are mine.

Unfortunately, when you google, you get this:
"Amber Steele
Actress: Totally Sexy Loser. Visit IMDb...."

PLEASE HELP! Separate me from the "Totally Sexy Loser" ?? Maybe with more requests, they will take notice? ACK.

Choice -

A brilliant & funny radio show that discusses the benefits of choosing not to choose in the face of overwhelming variety, in order to not overwhelm the brain....
Which basically can only handle 7 variables at a time.

The best part is the sound effect of an evil voice saying, "CAAAAAAAAAAKE!"
... and the part about the watermelon with an anus.
Radiolab
Choice
By Radiolab
November 18, 2008



Two roads diverged in a yellow wood and… and… how the heck did you decide which one take? This hour, we explore Choice. Why do some people seem better at making decisions than others? Should you listen to your head or your heart? We turn up the volume on the voices in our heads and try to make sense of the babble. Forget free will, some important decisions could come down to a steaming cup of coffee.

World Zombie Day & LDG show in NYC!

Well, everyone; here is the first batch of photos!

NYC was a blast; especially the zombie crawl! I heard that 400 zombies made it to the Beauty Bar for the romp to Union Square (where a Christian rock band was playing; I hope there is a picture of me eating his head somewhere)! Then Shannon and I went on to meet our AWESOME cast of extras (OMG thank you all SO much!!)

World Zombie Day NYC 2008

Group (me with brains face):


long shot


me:


large group (In the front from L-R are me (), Shannon , Autum (a Burning Angel & our co-host), and Doug Sakman of www.backseatconceptions.com, our host.


Zombie Rabbit (came with zombie Alice):


Zombie Nurse (she asked me for a picture for her friend who had dressed up as me for Halloween last year *blush*!!)




KNITTING FACTORY:

Our friend Chris (yay! Chris worked with us and took Shannon and I on our first trip ever to White Castle after the show):


Pizza Man Zombie:


Jack (our driver & played the bunny for us in Philly):


Doug doing a pulling:


HILLBILLY ZOMBIES (I hope there are more pictures of this!! So far this is all I have found... Natalie was great as the hick girl; she argued back and struggled and was scared and proud and awesome!!! Brent played the boyfriend and threatened her with the knife, and Justin was so freaking awesome as the drunk friend; he brought his own mustache, side burns and buck teeth!!! They both spent much of their free time pretending all of the props they could handle were their cock... we were hysterical with laughter!:
beers steers:


kill her:




VALENTANGO:

me crazy giggle:


scaring the goths


Shannon being dipped by me:


grab the dude (Oh, Brent; you were the dirtiest goth dude evah!! We loved you; I wish we had a picture of you LICKING THE ROSE! HA HA HA! And the ladies looked like they were going to pass out with the ecstasy of your flirtation! Natalie & Alicia; you guys were fantastic!):


remove intestines:


convince him it's not so bad without intestines:


me& shannon bone dance:


me smirk chair:


shannon chair:


me chair claw:


Shannon chair:


shannon chair:


me roar:


get on chair:



Shannon hump apple:


all first meal:


all first meal 2:


Alicia as zombie (OMG you were hilarious!! and an awesome zombie!!):


Natalie as zombie (you were so awesome!!):


Shannon eats intestine on back:


Shannon on floor leg kick:


Me close up scream/huh?


STRIP FOR PAIN:
dude gets nuts kicked by midget:


FUN:
shannon and I rarr pose:


shannon me doug & dude (nasau chainsaw?)


And there was so much more! There was a photobooth there; we're awaiting more pictures; and I have yet to upload my pictures... hurrah!!

September Beach Pictures!

Some of my favorites from our weekend in Santa Cruz with Scott and Dena:

We took Manfriend for his very first pedicure:







Scott bonded with the magical accordionist:

Downtown:

CH-URKY!