Shida the Cheetah

The Up and Coming

2011-11-16T21:40:00.000-08:00


From my fantastic shoot with Moritz, and the wonderful Ophelia.

Hello dolls!

Just thought I'd greet you with a photo from my incredible experience with Moritz Maibaum, Ophelia Overdose, and Paindancer Productions the other day. : ) Ophelia and Moritz are visiting California, and I got the opportunity to shoot with them. The photo above is just one of the many gorgeous shots taken that night.

In other news, I've run into a few interesting options 'dans vie'. So, I'll be focusing on video content, some design work (and moving to the new place) for the next month or so. : D I'll let you know when the photos from Paindancer arrive.
Keep your eyes peeled. ^_^ Meanwhile, check out Ophelia, Moritz, and Paindancer!
http://ophelia-overdose.blogspot.com/
http://moritzmaibaum.de/blog/blog.php
http://www.paindancer.deviantart.com/

A rather sticky situation...

2011-10-04T20:56:00.000-07:00

Wahoo!

In case you haven’t heard for one reason or another, I went to shoot with Craig Barrington in Oak Ridge, TN to be a part of his new syrup series. I got to play with giant ornaments…

Naked. Haha!

The ribbons kind of restricted my range of posing, and there were a ton of nip-slips, but it was a ton of fun, and colorful to boot! Later, I got covered in syrup and got to put pretty colors in my hair. And you guys know, I’m all about pretty colors.

I snapped a pic in the bathroom before I washed it all off. But it got all in my hair, and stuck to places on my neck and ears. Ugh! All in all it was a fun, productive shoot.

He sent me various renditions of some of the shots.

Well, I’ve got to go play Crash Bandicoot Nitro Cart (oldies! rofl), so I’m outies for today. Catch me later when I update you with:

* John Presley and his paintings!

* Videos!

* My new book!

Until then, you can catch up with me at any of the following links:

My Model Mayhem Profile | My One Model Place Profile | My Miss Online Profile | My Website | My Deviant Art Profile | My Twitter Profile

Or, you can follow me on Photobucket!

http://s761.photobucket.com/albums/xx254/shidathecheetah/Photoshoots/

To follow me on photobucket.com …

“Log into your Photobucket account.
Navigate to the album or group album you want to follow.

Note: All "following" is at the root album level, even when you follow a sub-album.

Click Follow beside the album name.”

- Shida (The Cheetah)

In Michigan with Paul G. and me!

2011-10-04T19:08:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone!

I know I've been away for a while. I have my reasons. ^_^

But none of that is important right now. Whats important, is a very muchly deserved and needed update.

Alrighty, if you don't already know me in MySpace, and if you don't follow me on Twitter, then you probably don't know that I've moved.

I have been doing a TON a traveling lately so I've got a bunch of fun photos to show everyone once I get the final website all pushed out! I'm so excited. ^_^

Oh, I'll be getting a business number you can all reach me at as well. And I'm talking to a few agencies... I don't really know if I'm ready to stop being a total freelance model, just yet... I'm psyched about it anyhow. (lol) *does a dance*

Back a little while ago, I had a photo shoot with Paul Gomez (check out his website). Let me know what you think. :D

Above: In the studio w/ Paul Gomez

Oh! And get to my website (http://shidathecheetah.com), and send me a personal message so I can get you on my mailing list to show you the final launch!

Baisou,

~*Shida the Cheetah*~

HAPPY IMBOLC Day!

2011-02-02T18:12:00.000-08:00

Happy Imbolc

(also Imbolg, or Oimelc, or St. Bridgets day)!

In case you didn’t already know, I love pagan holidays. Sow-un (a.k.a. All Hallows Eve/Halloween Day/The Harvest Festival) being my ultimate favorite. 2 other holidays come in on a close second as far as my favorites go. Both of them being closely related.

Imbolic is a festival celebrating the coming of spring, and your fertility. According to wikipedia, it is most commonly celebrated on the 1st, or 2nd of February – Despite the fact that the Old Calendar says it’s on the 12th. I prefer to celebrate it on the 2nd, because that was the original date I learned to celebrate it on.

The festival commonly consists of dancing, songs, and a feast. I don’t think I’ll prepare a feast, but I do plan on baking a cake! I’ll take pictures of it and show you later.

My other favorite holiday – the one that ties in with this one – is Valentines day. I’ve always believed that whether you’re taken by someone or not, that Valentines day should be heralded as a day to exhibit love to all those you meet. Rule #1 is smile no matter what, and Rule#2 is emit warmth.

Now, some people are going to think my admiration of these holidays supremely odd. Especially considering the fact that I was raised in Baptist Christian surroundings. *shrugs* I guess whatever happened there, is similar to what happened to me being a black girl that loves punk rock music. Always expect the unexpected. I do have Irish in my history after-all. Ha-ha!

I hope you all have a wonderful, loving, St. Bridget’s day, and an even better Valentines day. Keep that fertile, loving, spring-time glow about you!

Your cheetah,

Shida

I Got to Meet the Zero/Mystery Team (Jan 5th, 2010) !

2010-01-07T21:05:00.000-08:00

Not much to say in this blog, just a tad bit of exciting info that you already heard about if you were following my twitter account or knew me on MySpace.

A whole line of the guys at the signing in Chattanooga, TN. The long-haired one is a friggin’ DOLL! Aww, Tom Asta is a cutie.The Skater of the Year (2005 and 2009) himself. Sean (Popi) and Chris Cole.

Sorry! No pictures of me with the team. Honestly, I was just ready to go back home! I sat in the car with Justin and Sean FOREVER trying to avoid the swirling cold winds outside. When the crowd finally lightened up, we made out way in (despite our ‘relationship’ with the owners of the shop that held the signing, lol). We got about 5 or 6 big posters signed by the entire crew and then we got a board signed by everyone as well. :) I kind of had fun. I mean, where else are you accidentally going to catch a whole line of guys staring at your cleavage? Haha!

In Oak Ridge w/Craig Barrington – Dec. 6th, 2009

2010-01-06T16:32:00.000-08:00

Wahoo!

In case you haven’t heard for one reason or another, I went to shoot with Craig Barrington in Oak Ridge, TN to be a part of his new syrup series. I got to play nude with giant ornaments…

The ribbons kind of restricted my range of posing, and there were a ton of nip-slips, but it was a ton of fun, and colorful to boot! I got covered in syrup and got to put pretty colors in my hair. And you guys know, I’m all about pretty colors.

I snapped a pic in the bathroom before I washed it all off. But it got all in my hair, and stuck to places on my neck and ears. Ugh! All in all it was a fun, productive shoot.

He sent me various renditions of some of the shots (as you can see).

Well, I’ve got to go play Crash Bandicoot Nitro Cart (oldies! rofl), so I’m outies for today. Catch me later this week when I update you with:
* John Presley (My Nov. 29th shoot) and his paintings!
* Videos!
* My new book!
And…
* Meeting the Zero/Mystery Crew!

Until then, you can catch up with me at any of the following links:
My Model Mayhem Profile | My One Model Place Profile | My Miss Online Profile | My MySpace Profile | My Deviant Art Profile

For booking information, follow any of the following links, or email me at jobs.shidathecheetah@yahoo.com !
My Model Mayhem Profile
My One Model Place Profile
My MissOnline Profile
My Twitter Profile

Or, you can follow me on Photobucket!
http://s761.photobucket.com/albums/xx254/shidathecheetah/Photoshoots/
To follow me on photobucket.com …

“Log into your Photobucket account.
Navigate to the album or group album you want to follow.

Note: All "following" is at the root album level, even when you follow a sub-album.

Click Follow beside the album name.”

- Shida (The Cheetah)

Oct. 18th’s Shoot with Nathan Lancaster

2009-11-30T21:37:00.001-08:00

Yay! I finally got more of the photos from the photo shoot I did with my good friend Nathan Lancaster. The image above is an edit of one of his original photos. I did it myself. ;)

Now, here are some more of them! And don’t forget to follow me on twitter.com/shidathecheetah ! You can also follow me on my photo bucket account: http://s761.photobucket.com/albums/xx254/shidathecheetah/Photoshoots/

To follow me on photobucket.com …

“Log into your Photobucket account.
Navigate to the album or group album you want to follow.

Note: All "following" is at the root album level, even when you follow a sub-album.

Click Follow beside the album name.”

For more photos follow any of the following links!

My Model Mayhem Profile | My One Model Place Profile | My Miss Online Profile | My MySpace Profile | My Deviant Art Profile

For booking information, follow any of the following links, or email me at jobs.shidathecheetah@yahoo.com !

My Model Mayhem Profile

My One Model Place Profile

My MissOnline Profile

In ATL with Ben/BRC Photos & Jadaque, Oct. 18th, 2009

2009-10-29T22:41:00.000-07:00

I had a pretty awesome day with a photographer I met via my modeling profile on MM. We shot from about 2pm until about 12am, so it was most definitely an all day shoot.
We shot out in the woods in a huge park 1st.
And then we changed outfits…
And then changed outfits again.
And then we went to this huge 30,000 square foot building, and I got to change again…
And again…
And again.
Oh! And there were baby carrots, and chewy bars, and apples, and bottled water! The snacking was pretty epic. And had I not been so busy, I would have left full of fruits, veggies, and chocolate chip chewy’s.

In other news, Sean took the little piece of wood I’ve been putting in front of my doorway to keep the girls (Molly and Celeste) out. So, now my room is uber cold at night because I keep the door closed all day.
My only refuge? Curling up in my satin bed set, and my big faux-down blanket!
Photo time!!

I’m a Busy Bee! Er… Cheetah.

2009-10-02T18:18:00.001-07:00

Suddenly...
I've got a lot to do!

I’ve begun to schedule photo shoots again, and boy has today (and yesterday) been a busy one! In fact, yesterday might just beat today's activities out. But I’m only saying that because of this random dog that ran out in the middle of rush hour traffic. Sean and I were going to try to stop the dog and put him in the car, but before we got to some other guy tried the same thing and the dog almost ran out into the street again.

In fact he DID run out into the street again, but this time he ran all the way across the road and down the street.

As far as photo shoots go, I’ve planned one photo shoot with an amazing photographer in ATL on the 18th of October, and another photo shoot with a very notable, just as amazing photographer in Nashville this coming week! How exciting! I’ve also got one more shoot in planning that should take place in ATL… I, THINK. It' should be a DVD, and no I won’t be naked. Not in the DVD at least. But before we schedule anything, I have to send some stuff off. Haha! The things you go through to get what you want! *sigh*

Yay! Random picture moment!

That’s actually from like… June.

I’m really hoping this leads to many more exciting, adventures.

Speaking of adventures, I’m deciding whether or not to head to the skate park tomorrow (Saturday) with Sean, so I can get Summer on film again.

Here’s a photo I took of Sean and – his pupil – Summer

at the Chattanooga Skate Park (a.k.a. Chatt-Town Skate Park).

Oh yeah~ I almost forgot! A good friend of mine, and a great photographer whom I’ve shot with a few times has hired me to do a pinup shoot with him. I’ll be sure to let everyone know how all of these photo shoots and what-not play out as things go along.

Until later gators!

- Shida (The Cheetah)

The Popis Skate Shop Ordeal: Progressive Insurance Sucks Dick

2009-06-23T15:45:00.000-07:00

Well, to give you an idea of why I'd say that, let’s start from the beginning.

There was a store on Cloud Springs Road here in Rossville, GA called "Popi's Skate Shop". It was a great skateboard shop with a dedicated owner. He never lied to get sales, and honesty and generosity kept all of the kids (and many adults) coming back for more. Business was thriving. He was an openhearted person when it came to the shop. Always lending boards, buying kids food, and helping everyone when they had no where else to turn to. Popi was happy. Despite the fact that the majority of kids he's helped have yet to have return the favor... But that's another story for another day.

Anyhow, like I said, Popi was happy...

Until some dumbass named Wesley Wilson passed out while driving on Cloud Springs road and crashed in to the shop. Popi was standing right behind the counter that the truck crashed in to. He was thrown to the floor and - of course - injured pretty badly.

To make matters worse, the insurance only offered about $1000 for Popi's personal injuries, and Wesley never apologized for the wreck. Wesley's 'wife' even had the audacity to say, "we just got married" with a smart-ass attitude like the fact that she and Wesley were married was enough to make up for the fact that Popi had just nearly been killed. Had he have been standing in front of the glass display case, he would have been.

No one in Wesley’s family has paid anything, and I believe the only apology came from Wesley’s mother.

Did Popi go to the hospital? No. Of course not. He stayed with his skate shop. Had he of left it, we all know someone (or a group of many someone’s) would have dropped by the shop that day, realized that the shop had a huge gaping hole in the wall and ripped him of everything he owned.

In fact, a group of 'someone’s' did come by after the crash and begin removing his belongings and inventory without his consent. They only released the inventory and other items after Popi realized what was going on and got on to them. We have no way of knowing if they ever gave back everything they took.

This all happened in November of 2008. It is now June 2009. Progressive has yet to hand over a single penny for compensation. Even with the video that proves his eligibility to receive personal injury.

The shop has been fixed up, and many upgrades have been made. The once fragile poles holding up the roof in the front of the shop have been changed into gorgeous white pillars. The roof has been redone, I believe the entire place has been repainted, and it's even got a new BIG sign. Whereas, when the shop was still 'Popi's' it had none of this. These 'upgrades' are said by the building’s owners that they were mandatory to bring the building 'up to code. My qualm here, however, is this: If the building needed upgrades to be up to code, why were they willingly renting it out to Popi? Is that not illegal in the city of Ft. Oglethorpe? Either way, these allegedly mandatory upgrades are causing a huge pause on Popi's funds.

Since November, he's had to sell skateboards out of the back of his truck to make due. He's missed multiple payments on his mortgage (recently landing him in hot water with his home and land), and we had to scramble to get the money to pay his car insurance and get tags so he could keep driving legally.

I know the in's and out's of the stores inventory now, because I've been Popi's secretary through the majority of this ordeal. I was there when he went to hire the lawyer, and I've sat up with him for countless hours, many nights in a row as we tried to sort out all of the paperwork.

So far progressive has yet to do jack-squat. As I've said before, Popi hasn't received a a single dime. Even after we hired the lawyer back in March; Progressive has been too busy sucking thier thumbs and putting out lame commercials with that annoying chick in them to think about paying thier customers what they owe them.

Part of them problem, as I've recently mentioned is the upgrades on the building. The idiot who drove through the skateshop only had insurance coverage of up to $50,000. So now, Progressive is pussy-footing trying to see who gets what. Which doesn't make any sense.

We (as in Popi, our lawyer, and I) tried to get them to give up the money for the personal injury claim. They've yet to do anything about it.

We've used and entire cartridge of black ink printing out inventory sheets...
Sending them in to Progressive.
Reprinting them...
Sending them back in.
Over and over again we've had to edit things in some way. And I know they don't really need half of the crap they're always asking for. They're just trying to stall progress.
So much for thier name.
'Progressive' is an oxymoron.

They aren't even a real insurance company. They're basically shitty mediators that obviously can't do thier jobs.

You'd think that after 7 months, they would have long-since given Popi his money, settled his claims, and he'd have a new shop open and he wouldn't be at risk of loosing his home right now. You'd think that after 7 months of sending them hours and hours worth of paperwork, they would have all of the details they need to close the case. But instead, they keep 'needing' things they were already given. They keep telling the lawyer they'll call us and come out to look at the inventory, but never do. And before we even got a lawyer, they wouldn't call for weeks at a time. And when we would call them to figure out what was going on, they totally ignored the situation(s) as if we hadn't called at all.

Have they done anything but cost us more money (and stick thorns in our sides)? No. Of course not.

The day we went to hire the lawyer, even he said he hated Progressive.
How good can a company be if even lawyers hate them?

I'm too young to have had my whole life ripped in to by an insurance company that barely really exists. And I hope I never have to come to that point in my life. But, being here through Popi's situation has opened my eyes to what dicks this insurance company is full of. They are THE slowest and most uncaring business I've ever dealt within my entire life (and that's saying a lot because I've been in foster care before).
On that note, please do Popi a few favors:
1) Message him at http://myspace.com/popisskateshop. Let him know his efforts for that skateboarding community matter. Buy a board or some hardware or something.
2) Find out who owes Popi money, but is too dickless and childish to pay up. I know one asshole just keeps getting tatoos, but refuses to give up the $50 he owes.
And,
3) Call Progressive at 1-800-PROGRESSIVE and tell them how they're fucking peoples lives up. Tell them they need to settle Popi's claim for his skateshop. Go write a blog about it on blogger. Tweet how much they suck on twitter over and over again. Blast them out on your Yahoo. Write a skateboard magazine and let them know how badly thier descriminating against his chosen profession (because I guarantee you they wouldn't have stalled so long were it a bike shop, yoga place, or hair salon). I want you to bug the UPFUCK out of them. Get them to settle this deal ASAP, before Popi loses his home. Cause a magnificent web and phone rebellion. Lets get this shit done and over with.

- Shida (The Cheetah)

Truck crashes in Popi's Skate Shop

The Grandest of my Grand Openings Yet

2009-06-18T22:45:00.001-07:00

I am eating Oreos at this very moment.

And also…

At this very moment. I am waiting for my new website to spawn itself. I already registered the domain name and everything, but it’ll take a while before it all updates all over the world. It’ll take a day or two before my little username pops up as website. Haha!

I am so excited!

My website will feature a plethora of things, including my modeling info and artwork!

So, do me a huge favor and keep an eye on me to tell me what you think. ;) Any donations would be highly appreciated. To donate, or

ask me a question, just contact me via my myspace (http://myspace.com/princess_miko) or leave me a comment here on this site!

New stuff coming soon!

Mwuh,

Shida (The Cheetah)

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