BG5 http://www.thebg5.com BG5 Official Website Thu, 17 Jun 2010 17:43:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 en hourly 1 Bionic http://www.thebg5.com/2010/06/17/bionic/ http://www.thebg5.com/2010/06/17/bionic/#comments Thu, 17 Jun 2010 17:43:43 +0000 Girly Girl http://www.thebg5.com/?p=646 Hey guys!
This past week has been a dream come true for me. We shot a music video for Scratch. Everyone who worked on the project was absolutely amazing. Doug Aarniokoski, our director, was fantastic and was so much fun to work with. Our choreographer, Kevin Maher, was incredible. He gave everything to this video and you can tell… His artistic direction made this video more than we could have imagined. And to top it off, we had HOT dancers! My partner was Jacob Patrick, Doe’s was Cassidy Noblett, Mandy’s was Shannon Holtzapffel, Laura’s was Anthony Burrell, and Nor’s was Brahim Rachiki. (I highly recommend searching youtube for them, they are all sooo talented) It’s pretty hard to come back to reality after such an experience. I’m ready to do another music video next week, please. :)

On another note, as I’m sure all of you know, Christina Aguilera came out with a new album called Bionic. She’s one of my favorite artists so I bought it the day it came out. (What a voice!!!) Her song, You Lost Me, blew me away, so I wanted to do a cover of it. I hope you all enjoy it. Please pass it along to your friends!

xoxo,
Brooke

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]]> http://www.thebg5.com/2010/06/05/stunting/feed/ 1 Into the Wilderness http://www.thebg5.com/2010/06/03/into-the-wilderness/ http://www.thebg5.com/2010/06/03/into-the-wilderness/#comments Thu, 03 Jun 2010 20:43:27 +0000 Free Spirit http://www.thebg5.com/?p=637 This weekend Memorial day weekend, I learned a lot more about America “Land of the free and home of the Brave”. Traveling a long way out of Los Angeles made me feel like i could breathe easier, the air was brisk on the tips of our ears, as we traveled along the 101 coast side with the never ending pacific to our left and the hilly mountains to our right, we had packed the truck and were headed towards the sunset.

I love the outdoors, the land that we live on should be appreciated more..like its our own backyard…
it gives oxygen through the trees, blesses us with glistening night stars and wakes us up in the morning till we chase its rays to dusk, my favourite time of the day.

To continue with my adventures…. I saw little frogs, hiked through mountainous peaks to waterfalls that me and my friends climbed and jumped off 25ft rocks into forest made pools, that we’re like a freezing ice cold bath but we all did it and completly pushed the boundaries of our nerves. The trip in the wilderness made me feel like i was home in Aussie bushland, we sat by bonfires at night, made every meal from absolute scratch (which helped me learn a thing or 2 ;) . I tried real American smores, and was taught by friends
some American history that they quizzed me on the next day… things i had never learnt at school :) .

Staying in the middle of nowhere, digging a hole to go potty, dealing with not showering for 3days, playing movie quiz games to keep us occupied and washing our toes with wet ones, was a royal blast… i loved being able to escape from the big city, and in California its fun there’s many things to explore, right around the corner!

I took many photos but I’m gonna share with you: chasing the sun, trees with personality,
a sweet inspired breakfast for the dudes, the campfire (look into the flames) and of course Smokey “Only YOU can prevent wildfires!” (learned about him on the trip too) and one of my favs our V Tree.
And as Christopher Columbus one said “Following the light of the sun, we left the Old World.” ……..was exactly how we did it.

From Drop Box
From Drop Box
From Drop Box
From Drop Box
From Drop Box

Laura New.

Song of the week: “How you like me now?” – The Heavy

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Do you guys have any song suggestions?? Let me know by commenting below! Thanks for checking this out. :)
xoxo
B

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xo Mandy

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Something you need to know about me is that I absolutely love Fashion and am up almost every night on the internet late, before i got to bed. A lot of the time finding myself on websites that have something to do with Fashion and Lifestyle. I end up on these sites; where i pretend i have a million bucks and put things in the shopping cart….hahaha.. like im going to buy it. I find this super enjoyable because i believe Fashion and style is an extension of your personality and it allows me to DREAM!

Dreaming is always important like the natives of my country, aboriginals “Dreaming” is their BIBLE, its part of a tribe and individuals beliefs and spirituality. Creation came from “The Dreaming”; how the sea became so blue, how the rosella birds got their pretty colors even down to why we as individuals were put on this earth.
Anyway my point is that you always need to dream and whatever you have a passion in like mine=fashion you need to make sure you never lose it and always find a way to have it in your life!

At the moment i’m absolutely loving these looks from Wildfox…Do you agree?





Enjoy ;)
Laura Jayne

p.s one of my favourite Coco Chanel quotes:
“Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening.”

]]> http://www.thebg5.com/2010/04/29/always-dream/feed/ 5 “Warm It Up With Love” http://www.thebg5.com/2010/04/22/warm-it-up-with-love/ http://www.thebg5.com/2010/04/22/warm-it-up-with-love/#comments Fri, 23 Apr 2010 01:02:53 +0000 dominiquedomingo http://www.thebg5.com/?p=605 I genuinely can’t think of anything I want to write about right now so I’m gonna leave you with some inspirational lyrics from a song I love :) Enjoy!

Only bout a day left till the world falls apart
Wishin’ we could press restart, feeling like it’s time for change
Gotta be a reason why we lose our minds,
everyone’s wrong but everyones right.
Tell me why we make it, so complicated, what are we gonna do

Can’t let go when I fall
Can’t hang up, over call, when we feel so alone
Everyone’s watching me
And I pray when you bleed, I love when you love, I cry when you cry

That’s the reason why I’m turning up this song for freedom
Give us somethin’ to believe in, cause the whole world is freezing
Need to warm it up with love
I’ve got so many reasons for the thruth that I’m speaking
And the hope we can see, we need to warm it up with love

Warm it up with love
Said we got to warm it up with love

Running out of time and the game clock’s winding down
Tell me how we turn that ground, searching through the lost and found
looking for hope
What if we wake and the sun don’t shine no more or
Everybody locks that door
Tell me why we make it, so complicated
What are we gonna do

Can’t let go when I fall
Can’t hang up, over call, when we feel so alone
Everyones watching me
I pray when you bleed, I love when you love, I cry when you cry

That’s the reason why I’m turnin’ up this song for freedom
Give us somethin’ to believe in, cause the whole world is freezing
Need to warm it up with love
I’ve got so many reasons for the truth that I’m speaking
And the hope we can see, we need to warm it up with love

Warm it up with love
Said we got to warm it up with love

It’s like the pendant’s broken, class act this place i’m hopin’
We make it out alive, downside its looking better
I need some help, I want it, strong enough to do this for me
There’s nobody here but us

And that’s why i’m turning up this song for freedom
Give us somethin’ to believe in, cause the whole world is freezing
Need to warm it up with love
I’ve got so many reasons for the truth that I’m speaking
And the hope we can see, we need to warm it up with love

Warm it up with love
Said we got to warm this up with love

]]> http://www.thebg5.com/2010/04/22/warm-it-up-with-love/feed/ 3 “Sometimes All You Need is A Friend” http://www.thebg5.com/2010/04/05/sometimes-all-you-need-is-a-friend/ http://www.thebg5.com/2010/04/05/sometimes-all-you-need-is-a-friend/#comments Mon, 05 Apr 2010 16:46:29 +0000 dominiquedomingo http://www.thebg5.com/?p=603 Sooo…I didn’t really have a specific topic in mind to write about so I’m just going to freestyle whatever comes up off the top of my head :)

Some of my closest friends from San Diego came up to LA yesterday to visit me and see my show. I’ve known them since I was 15 years old and we don’t get to see each other that often. We’re all grown up now and in growing up, life tends to take you separate ways. They all have their own lives now. They have jobs, some are married, and some are in school in different cities and they took time out of their lives to drive 3 hours to come and see little old me for a day. They came in the early afternoon before my show. We all got ready together in my room listening to music like we were teenagers agin. Lots of laughing, clothes on the ground, make-up and hair spray haha. Then we headed to the show together. During my show I could see them front and center with their cameras looking so proud. I could completely feel just how much they cared by the expression on their faces and the look in their eyes. They stayed the night at my house after the show and we just all sat in our PJ’s eating freshly baked chococlate chip cookies and talking about life. (Nights like those end up being the best) In that moment it occurred to me just how lucky I am to have genuine people like that in my life. Not just accqaintances or people that are fun to hangout with, but people that truly care about you and who you are inside. People that care to support what you’re doing in your life. People that listen to you to what you’re feeling, the good and the bad and people that you trust. I’ve been finding it hard at this age to create friendships as strong as the friendships I had when I was younger. When you’re younger you’re not as afraid to wear your heart on your sleeve, trust and get hurt by people. Nowadays it feels like no one really trusts anyone anymore. I know I’m guilty of that myself. It’s hard to trust people…especially in LA haha. Anyhow, they went back to San Diego this morning and after they left I just felt really thankful. It completely warmed my heart to know that I have people in my life who live in different places, have their own busy lives but are never too busy to take the time to show they care And after everytime we reconnect…we go our separate ways, but taking a piece of each other with us and that is the best feeling.

Cherish the friends in your life that make you want to be better people.

Music & Love
Dominique

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The turning of Seasons is the turning of time. It’s warmer now in California and I’m absolutely loving it, April is here can you believe it! 2010 is going so fast. Are you working towards your goals?…Have you achieved one of your New Years Resolutions yet?

The best way to stay inspired with yourself is to stay Motivated, keep your goals in sight. A good way that helps me to stay inspired is to write out your goals, short term and long term every single day so that you keep yourself aware of what you are reaching for.
I have many different goals that i wish to achieve and yes it is about conquering them one day at a time, step by step! Firstly you need to ask yourself are you working hard on your own to achieve your goals? It’s easy to make excuses or even blame someone else.

Remember that YOU are the only one that can make YOUR dreams come true. It all comes down to the hard work, perseverance and belief you have in yourself to accomplish anything you set your mind to. Yes you better bloody believe it, it comes down to YOU!

A good Start is on the way you look…because the way you act and feel all comes from your physical body and how comfortable you feel in your own skin. You need to love yourself! This sounds funny but thats what you need to do, you are beautiful and you are fabulous so LOVE YOURSELF.
A tip to this is to be FEARLESS about it. A good way to be fearless it to develop your talents as well as find something new that you have never done, maybe it could be a new hobby!!

I recently took up Spin and Yoga Class which i have never ever done before, i ended up throughly enjoying it, it was challenging because firstly i had only been bike riding on a bike that actually moved and Spinning on a stationary bike is very different (you click your shoes into the pedals and everything) and also Yoga where the teacher had me holding poses for soooo long which was really difficult. it was very very different to all the dance training i have had but it made me step out of what i know and become fearless and a tip that i will leave you with is: “You can’t underestimate the confidence that comes from trying something new”
Because when you try something new and then feel great about it, then it will allow you to see how easy it can be, to then conquer your own goals.
So Go get em……!!!

xoxo Laura

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