THE WITCH

2012-01-20T04:01:00.000-08:00

Iss din ka mann nahin karta

Ki woh jage, angdayi le

Ki woh aankhein khole

Aur saapnon se dhoond ko neechode

Ki abhi naiya ne raat ke sagar ko par karna hai

Usmein behti gutthiyon ko suljana hai

In gutthiyon ka jawab bas kuch meel door sagar ki tat par hai

Iss din ka mann nahin karta

Ki woh aankhein khole

Ki gutthiyon ka jawab ab bas mutti bar door hai.

Christmas time! Home Decor

2012-01-03T10:19:00.000-08:00

Really enjoyed doing up home for Christmas again. Its such a must to bring on the seasons flavours. Mom started with cake baking and then we did up the house together. From putting up the Christmas tree to mom's innovative crib making styles, they'll all a part of treasured growing up memories for me.

1. The Christmas Tree

2. The room from behind the veiled curtains

3. The tree to the right corner of the room and the crib to the left

4.The crib

5. The angel over the crib

6. The king who lost his balance :)

7. Red lamps and wine and fairy lights

8. Sequenced velvet red cushions to go with white laced sofa covers

9. Stockings, snowflakes and fog curtains

10. Santa sits alongside the bible on our red Christmas tree skirt

11. Santa sits thinking on the tree. He's joined by one of the camels of the three kings

12. Red christmas ornaments and paper cut flakes swing above the head.

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We are Birds of the Boundless Sky

2011-10-06T08:08:00.000-07:00

This would be one of my favourite poems. Used to recite it pretty innocently while at school. Here's a translation of the same off a website:

We are Birds of the Boundless Sky- ShivMangal Singh Suman

We are birds of the boundless sky

Caged, we cannot sing.

Battered against these golden bars

Break, shall the delicate wing.

We who drink of free flowing waters,

Shall die of hunger and thirst.

Far better is the bitter berry

Than grain in a golden cup.

Within these yellow prison bars

We forget our speed, our flight

And visit only in lucid dreams

Our open swings within trees.

Such were our desires and more to soar

Beyond the boundaries blue

To devour the scarlet rays with beaks

And stars like grains, chew.

To blend with the horizon seamless

These wings shall thrash and throe,

To be one with that same horizon

Or only to be no more.

Pay no heed to the tree-bough

Destroy and wreck my shelter

but if these wings I am to have,

Do not distress these frantic flights.

Qissa Ek Raat Ka

2011-10-06T02:19:00.000-07:00

Raat khamosh kade intzaar kare mera, ki mai kuch kahoon,

Ke wada tha oon se ki aaj guphtagu hogi.

Kuch raaz honge, kuch sikayatein hongi, kuch izhar hoga.

Par na jaane kyun, aaj zubaan khushk si hai.

Din masroof tha.

Uske raftar mein mehfil nahin jami.

Ke woh kabhi sawaloon pe utthe jawab, toh kabhi jawabon pe utthe sawaalon ki pemaish kar sake.

Lehaza, kuch der, kisson ko dibbe mein baand kiya gaya.

Kisse barte gaye, dhakkan kasakta gaya.

Aur phir,

Raat aata hai.

Sabr ka chadar bechata hai, sukoon ka wada karta hai.

Par na jaane kyun, ab zubaan khushk si hai.

The Perfume

2011-10-02T11:37:00.001-07:00

Wisps of winter in the air,

An ever so slight fog hangs here and there.

Orbs of yellow streetlights look so much warmer,

The smell of a burnt off cracker around the corner.

There's the sweet whiff of the Gulachin flowers.

Memories of gift boxes arriving home, shining like stars.

Of holidays when children played around without a care.

Of love that hung gingerly in the seasonal air.

And so like an alluring perfume you could never perfectly define,

Are sweet October memories of mine.

- By the Witch

Ik Baat

2011-10-02T01:06:00.000-07:00

Late night obsessing over Javed Akhtar's poetry as recited by Farhan in 'Zindagi Na milegi Dobara'. An illustration for another one of my favorites from the movie.

Ik baat honton tak hai jo aayi nahin
Bas ankhon say hai jhaankti
Tumse kabhi, mujhse kabhi
Kuch lafz hain woh maangti
Jinko pehanke honton tak aa jaaye woh
…Aawaaz ki baahon mein baahein daalke ithlaye woh
Lekin jo yeh ik baat hai
Ahsas hi ahsas hai

Khushboo si hai jaise hawa mein tairti
Khushboo jo be-aawaaz hai
Jiska pata tumko bhi hai
Jiski khabar mujhko bhi hai
Duniya se bhi chupta nahin
Yeh jaane kaisa raaz hai

(Transalation)

There is a matter that has almost come to my lips
This is evident in my eyes
Sometimes from you, sometimes from me
They ask for words
To take their shape and come to my lips
And to be embraced by my voice
But this matter
Is a feeling…only a feeling
Floating in air like fragrance
Fragrance becomes its voice
That you know of
That i know of
It’s not hidden from the world
Don’t know what kind of secret is this

- Penned by Javed Akhtar & beautifully recited by Farhan Akhtar

Birthday Wizardry

2011-09-27T10:41:00.000-07:00

Dad's 60th birthday was coming up and I thought it did be fun to dress up the party room like you did do it for kids :D Our living room has huge cream walls and white windows and the chairs we were hiring for the guests had rich red covers.

So I decided that I did have to do something by throwing some more red color around the room and to add a classy contrast ch choose one more color.

Youtube had several DIY paper projects especially origami DIYs. So the first few days I spent trying out different origami animals. It was damn painful especially when you went all wrong and made a monster at the end of it.

The flying crane I discovered to be the easiest of the lot and considering that I needed to mass produce I perfected it.

Next I headed out to the mad mad Sadar bazaar and fetched loads of paper for cheap. I picked up mostly red paper of different varieties and black spotted paper to contrast. I was hoping to find pin striped, checkered black and red paper too but didn't have much time to explore. (By the by Sardar is an amazing place to dig up exquisite gift paper prints! I also picked fairy lights, bulbs, heart prints napkins, zig-zag scissors and other stationary from there. Its all available for a very decent price there )

I loved the week that followed. Began sitting up after office , sometimes all night. Reminded me of college when we used to sit up and do such weird stuff. It had been so long since I had done something like it. And I think using hands to cut and glue and thread and nail gives people strange delight. The heart strings took the longest. I hadn't been able to buy any both sides red paper so I had to do double sticking. I was beginning to think it did never come through, but it actually did :) bit by bit, piece by piece and all along for company on those dark dark nights I had my fairy lights laid out on the floor glowing by my side :D

Shabby Creek Cottage

2011-09-11T03:19:00.001-07:00

Oh what I wouldn't give for little houses like these . For dreams made of spiderwebs, sun drops and strawberry seeds. Haha something like this which appears when you string up these things togetherrr :D

Oh what I did give for a little houses like these . For dreams made of spiderwebs, sun drops and strawberry seeds. Haha something like this which appears when you string up these things togetherrr :D

Imperfect

2011-08-10T06:59:00.000-07:00

2011-07-22T04:12:00.000-07:00

found some old line drawings and went on a color trip with em'. Lent the girl in the pic my clothes and my pink shoes :)

Monday morning hues

2011-05-15T22:42:00.000-07:00

The lass and the heart of gold

2011-01-25T05:09:00.000-08:00

Deep in a forest there lay a heart of gold, magic surrounded it and not every naked eye could see it. Now once upon a time there was a lass who set out into that very forest bent upon finding the heart, for it was said of it to contain many a rare golden secrets....

2011-01-25T01:42:00.000-08:00

Illustration Art for the Coca-Cola youtube channel, India

Mr. Cat takes a walk to Office

2011-01-20T04:09:00.000-08:00

The Party Tonight - II

2011-01-19T23:44:00.000-08:00

2011-01-03T02:14:00.000-08:00

Blue Winter Nights,

Cheesecake Moonlights.

Gowns and Glitter,

Rubies Wine Bitter.

Happy New Year!

Lets Gulp up the Beer!!!

Poster Color Doily

2010-08-18T04:00:00.000-07:00

So I decide that I must really get back and try my poster colors and so I begin by trying out something simple -- a blue bird amongst white and pink flowers :)

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and Women

2010-08-13T02:55:00.000-07:00

Hi :), really enjoyed conjuring these guys up. They are a group of bookmarks actually, which you can use to fan yourself too, if you fancy..and they are of course strange guys ..love strange? :D

Quirk Factory Productions

2010-07-09T03:55:00.000-07:00

The Quirk Factory-1 from annie napolean on Vimeo.

The Quirk Factory-2 from annie napolean on Vimeo.

Koozba is a new jobsite starting up soon in India which is going to allow candidates upload their Video CVs. For it's launch it required a series of web viral videos done. These are two videos in the series that was done for them. The rest were mostly instructional hence not entertaining :D. Was glad to work for a client who was ready to try something different. Loved the sleepless nights and charged up days these videos demanded :D

Script & Direction : Annie Napolean

Camera : Arrugham

Big time Moral Support: Kaustubh Ray, Snehanshu Banerjee, Biplob Sarkar ;D

Art on Self

2010-07-09T03:24:00.000-07:00

When I pick clothes for myself I always love to imagine how it would translate to as patterns on paper. So here I was happily penning out some colors, cuts and patters i picked ( o ye for some reason my pen tweaked my own features into something prettier lol) :D

The episode of the giant woman

2010-07-06T02:44:00.000-07:00

Very sketchish but I so loved penning what was in my mind. It's this little girl who walks into this strange beautiful magic place where lives an enigmatic kind giant lady haha! Click on the pic for a better view :)

Art on Self

2010-06-13T11:37:00.001-07:00

Chilling out with me (photographs that is only haha) I discovered is just soooo much fun and that's exactly what I did this Sunday evening :D,
Total keeda!

IF : Trailing thoughts

2010-06-07T00:23:00.000-07:00

Like the perfume of a crushed flower, tree branches dancing silently in the distance, like the rhythm of a fountain and the ripples and silences around it or the call of a solitary bird one late afternoon, leading the mind onto a trail of thoughts.

Self Love

2010-06-06T08:03:00.000-07:00

Well possibly I love myself lol !

Juice Logos

2010-06-06T06:53:00.002-07:00

Jiffy Juice logos were really fun! These are a chain of New Age Juice Bars up in malls in Delhi. I love the last one splashy and stainy. But there are other things to keep in mind-- like the client wanted solid colors and how things would look in greyscale etc. But what I really need is feedback on what is working visually.
The logos have been put in order of exploration last to first :)

2010-06-06T06:53:00.001-07:00

All in a day's Work

2010-05-16T16:05:00.001-07:00

This is my most recent work. Well it was completed in half a day on Sunday afternoon :P
A Public Service Ad for the organization - WaterAids, an attempt to gather support for those who don't have the basic right to water.
Creatives Copy and Art : Annie Napolean

Grandmother's Tales

2010-04-26T03:15:00.000-07:00

Illustrations from a new book in process. Love love paper cut outs :D

Corporate Documentary

2010-04-15T21:28:00.000-07:00

Finally putting up the Corporate Documentary I did last year for D.light Design :). D.Light is a American Product Design House in India making mostly Solar Lights to be used in Indian Villages.
The video was shot HD on Canon's 5d mark II at 30 fps. My job on the project was to script out the raw footage, edit and deliver the final product.
In India we follow the PAL system which is 25 fps. So initially I was confused as to how I would convert the video and pull it down from 30- 25 fps without quality loss. But thanks to online forums like http://www.cinema5d.com I found the solution and also dug up more on the wonderful 5d mark II !

Calender Art

2010-01-27T00:02:00.000-08:00

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I love Patisserie

2009-12-31T03:05:00.000-08:00

3 layer frozen Pudding Cake

Caramel Pudding
Sharpening my skills at patisserie ^^

2009-12-19T01:02:00.000-08:00

Your feet Just can't stop thinking!

Ad Effect

2009-12-19T00:49:00.000-08:00

'If you want to gain something, you need to loose something too!'
--AXE EFFECT

Old tales

2009-12-17T10:51:00.000-08:00

The best part about a piece of art is that you feel you just can't do it and then you see that you are doing it ! Feels nice to pat oneself on the back once a while lol :D

Poem Illustration

2009-11-05T04:02:00.000-08:00

Today I dug out a few old school books and found my book of rhymes from III - B standard :). It's an Oxford Publication and is called the 'Book of Verse for Children'. The book itself contains very scrawly broken illustrations, however I remember enjoying them immensely so there has to be something magical about that style too.
Well here's my version for the poem :

IF PIGS COULD FLY
If pigs could fly, I'd fly a pig
To foreign countries small and big--
To Italy and Spain,
To Austria, where cowbells ring,
To Germany, where people sing--
And then come home again.
- James Reeves

2009-10-26T01:40:00.000-07:00

Postcard art, just for kicks, using elements from my mom's dupatta.. :D

Puss In Boots

2009-10-23T00:51:00.000-07:00

'Puss in Boots' a book illustrated by me for Scholastic Worldwide.
The story is of a miller's son who inherits only a cat from his father and is distressed of what fortune he would make of it. But 'Puss' is no ordinary cat and sets out with his master's bag, hat and of course the pair of boots to make him a fortune and much more. Reminds me of T.S.Elliot's mystery cat called 'Macavity'. Cats them all, with panache.

On Conversation

2009-10-15T01:26:00.000-07:00

I talked so much,
All that incessant chatter.
But alas nothing would matter
No image to savour in your memory remain.
So much for speaking without refrain.
For in all that noise,
Was forgotten a reflection of my Soul's voice.

Tee

2009-09-29T07:38:00.000-07:00

The t-shirt was made for a foreign market. Wonder if anybody would wear this in India..

Restaurant menus

2009-09-22T07:07:00.001-07:00

Some initial work i have been up to which is turning out to be fun :)

2009-03-19T01:02:00.000-07:00

Welcome to this Site ! You will find here my work from my Films to my Illustration, Photography, Writings and Multi-Discliplinary Activities.
In case you are new to this site's interface you will find it useful to use the Navigation Tags on the right-hand-side of the page to view the work more easily.
Happy viewing :).

Annie
annie.napolean@gmail.com

Like the Warmth of the Winter Sun-Fiction

2009-03-19T00:40:00.000-07:00

Like the Warmth of the Winter Sun from annie napolean on Vimeo.

Fiction

Duration - 10 min.

Roles played - Concept, Director, Script-Writer, Editor, Producer

On a cold winter morning a young woman sits alone in a park. There's a man secretly spying on her. Suddenly his mobile rings revealing him. But alas the girl is blind as a bat. Unaware she moves on, sometimes lost to her dreams, sometimes awakening to the soft warmth of the sun and all the while with a stranger at her heels. What is he after, what's his plan?

"Like the Warmth of the Winter Sun' is a story about love, it's vivid dimensions an how it can make one feel safe, warm and beautiful- just like the warmth of the sun on a cold winter's day.

Sharekhan TVC

2009-03-19T00:32:00.001-07:00

Sharkhan First Step - TVC
Duration - 45 sec.
Roles played : Concept, Director, Script-Writer, Production & Pre-production Supervisor

A TVC to be broadcasted on Business Channels. The ad was made for Sharekhan with 'Visual Juju' a newly starting out production house . Other than the creative responsibility I had to also organize the entire shoot and crew in mumbai. A hercules task with a lot of learning, this project along with production and co-directing on eight other ads took four months.

Synopsis :

A boring Newsreader on Biz Tv who makes the world of the Stock Market sound ever so complex encounters a vivacious young man from Sharekhan. What happens when they meet?
The ad through its experimental approach tries to capture the viewers attention and encourage them to take up stocks investment with Sharekhan - India’s largest online stock broker.

Humse Poocho Yeh Awaargi Hai Kya- Documentary

2009-03-19T00:31:00.000-07:00

Humse Poocho Yeh Awaargi Hai Kya - Documentary from annie napolean on Vimeo.

Duration - 15 minutes

Roles played : Director, Script-Writer, Editor, Producer

The entire project from research to edit took two months.

Synopsis:
Children- innocent, peppy and quick to imitate from their surroundings are a reflection of the societies we live in. Our film follows the lives and times of one such a group of Muslim
children in Ahmedabad, who sell plate scrubs and much more. As we dwell deeper into their thoughts, hopes and aspirations one can’t help but think that they are heroes in their own right to survive with so much cheer despite their daily hardships. What is to become of them , their still hopeful dreams? It is but a sad and dangerous prospect as they grow up in a their harsh, orthodox, poverty stricken and complacent societies. Who will ever break this vicious cycle?

Hallmark E-Cards-Special Effects

2009-03-19T00:30:00.000-07:00

Special Effects
Duration - 1 min.
Roles played : Special Effects Supervisor, Director, Script-Writer,
Editor, Producer
A minute long ride through a Land of Dreams - the world of Hallmark E-Cards.
The making of this Motion Graphic sequence concerned mainly two halves- firstly shooting the little girl against the Blue Screen and secondly Compositing the background with the footage on After Effects. My first video project :)

The Boy with a Halo

2009-03-19T00:24:00.000-07:00

The illustration was done for a script I had written for a children's animation film. The story was inspired by a handicapped child and the film through it's fantasial narrative tried to create on a lighter note an encouraging and entertaining story for the all children.

Commercial Naukri.com

2009-03-19T00:20:00.000-07:00

Naukri.Com - Ad Spot
Duration - 30 sec.
Roles played - Concept, Director, Script-Writer, Producer,Editing, Special Effects

The ad was shot over a day and edited over a week.
An angry young man, a wife at th end of her wits and a twist in the tale. Taking inspiration from Amitabh’s angry young man days the ad aspires to click with its audience on a humorous note.

Sleep Apnea - Public Service Advert I & II

2009-03-19T00:14:00.000-07:00

Sleep Apnea I

Sleep Apnea II

Sleep Apnea 1 & 2 - Public Service Ad
Duration - 45 & 30 sec.
Roles Played - Concept, Director, Script-Writer, Producer, Editing, Special Effects

The ads were shot over a day and edited over another two days.

Sleep Apnea is a sleeping disorder which is largely ignored as it is characterised by snoring which is considered normal. The ads through their simple imagary and sound design try to spread awareness amongst the everyday man of the deadly effects of this common disorder.

2009-03-19T00:13:00.000-07:00

2009-03-19T00:12:00.000-07:00

A Very Old Engagement

2009-03-19T00:06:00.000-07:00

Made this visiting card for a Photo studio that I have beren going to since I was a kid. Great fun :)

Set Design

2009-03-19T00:05:00.001-07:00

KEEP NATURE CLEAN

2009-03-19T00:05:00.000-07:00

Keep Nature Clean from annie napolean on Vimeo.

Duration : 20 Sec.
Roles played : Concept, Direction, Editing, Producer

Music Video 'KABEERA'

2009-03-19T00:04:00.000-07:00

Roles Played - Set Design, Chief Pre-Production Co-ordinator, On Shoot Production

As part of our Production Design project at college we created a Music Video for the band 'Agnee'. It was directed by Rajat Nagpal of Procam Mediatel. During the period I was the incharge to seeing to that everything required for the shoot was in place in time.The process exposed us to the basics of the making of a Music Video.

INTERNSHIP

2009-03-18T23:02:00.000-07:00

Roles Played - Conceptualisation, Casting, Pre-shoot and On-Shoot Production

I interned at Illusion Films Production House, Mumbai with director Anirudhha Sen. During this period I had a thorough training of how the whole process of Ad Film making works.
My work included being part of the complete making of for 4 Television Commercials - 'Vote for Taj' and 'Parle Marie' (3 films)
During this period I also worked on three ad concepts for - Bose(2), and Vishal Corporates and the concept for a Music Video to be made for Sonu Nigam.

Vote For Taj

Parle Marie

DOCU-FICTION

2009-03-18T22:32:00.000-07:00

Leadership - Docu-Fiction
Duration - 25 minutes
Roles played : Concept, Visualiser, Script-Writer, Production

Siddhant is young man disturbed by the deterioration that he sees in the quality of life around him - terrorism, politics, inequality, honesty et all. He feels certain that the world is going to its doom. This is when Siddhant’s grandfather intervenes to tells him that if he wants a change, he must BE THE CHANGE, he must take the first step.
What follows is a heart warming conversation between the grandfather and the grandson as they who while bonding with each other dwell on the great possibility of each one having the capacity to be a leader. The Film was made for the Ahmedabad based NGO 'Mathan'
(the video is currently not available for viewing in the public domain)

Poem Illustration

2009-03-18T00:43:00.000-07:00

An illustration for Ogden Nash's Adventures of Isabel. It's a totally wacko poem on strange kid.

Mr. Frog's Surprise

2009-03-18T00:42:00.001-07:00

2009-03-18T00:41:00.002-07:00

The Last Song of Dusk

2009-03-18T00:35:00.000-07:00

2009-03-18T00:23:00.000-07:00

Indian Mythology

2009-03-17T22:46:00.000-07:00

Another exploration to depict a scene from Nala and Damayanti

Postcard

2009-03-17T22:33:00.000-07:00

Paper Cut Outs

2009-03-17T08:13:00.000-07:00

The Fisherman

2009-03-17T08:10:00.000-07:00

Puppet

2009-03-17T08:08:00.000-07:00

Nala and Damayanti

2009-03-17T08:03:00.000-07:00

Illustrations for a the story of Nala and Damayanti

A Pray to the Stars

2009-03-17T07:52:00.000-07:00

Floating weeds

2009-03-17T07:50:00.000-07:00

Cat in my Head

2009-03-17T05:22:00.001-07:00

Strategy in Small Scale Business

2009-03-17T04:28:00.000-07:00

An assignment done during our course on 'Design Concepts and Concerns, at NID with M.P.Ranjan required us study Small Scale Business' and come up with the working model of one such business'. The business that we guys studied was of the Pav Bhaji ( local Indian dish) vendors on the streets of Ahmedabad - the idea being that all business start small, so if you want to begin one start by studying the strategies small scale business men.

Design School in North India

2009-03-17T04:12:00.000-07:00

During our course of 'Design Concepts and Concerns' at NID taken by M.P.Ranjan one of our first assignments was to come up with a plan and working model of a Design School in North India. We had to take decisions from concerning where the college would come up to what would be the contents of the course and how Design could be taught better.

The First Chart is our final working model and the second was a Chart prepared to help us decide which place would be best suited for the college to come up.

The Upside Down Room

2009-03-17T04:10:00.000-07:00

As part of our Science and Liberal Arts course at college we guys had to come up with something that would exude the Rasa of 'Adbhutam' (Wonder). We guys created a Child's Playroom which was completely upside down. The Mirror in the room intensified the effect as one would see oneself upside down in comparison to the rest of the space .

Stamp/Logo Design

2009-03-17T03:36:00.000-07:00

A logo I made to go on my work.

Packaging Graphics

2009-03-17T03:31:00.001-07:00

Felt like doing some Packaging so I made this hypothetical pack for Gudang Garam Cigerettes

Bramble Baby and Light Olive Green

2009-03-17T03:20:00.000-07:00

Ghar-Ghar

2009-03-17T03:19:00.000-07:00

My Toy Truck and Me

2009-03-17T03:17:00.000-07:00

It's my Photograph

2009-03-17T03:13:00.001-07:00

Waiting

2009-03-17T02:17:00.000-07:00

The Rabbit and the Squirrel

2009-03-17T02:16:00.000-07:00

The Roof

2009-03-17T02:12:00.000-07:00

Mine is the beautiful Sky

2009-03-17T02:09:00.001-07:00

The Well with Blue Jewels - Adalaj

2009-03-17T02:04:00.000-07:00

The Room with Ethereal Lights

2009-03-17T02:00:00.000-07:00

The Man with a Donkey

2009-03-17T01:56:00.000-07:00

My Cartwheel

2009-03-17T01:50:00.000-07:00

Bird on my Shoulder

2009-03-17T01:48:00.000-07:00

The Gathering

2009-03-17T01:46:00.000-07:00

Of Human Nature

2009-03-17T01:43:00.000-07:00

The Cheek of a Flower

2009-03-17T01:40:00.000-07:00

Man on the Mountain

2009-03-17T01:37:00.000-07:00

At the Church

2009-03-17T01:36:00.000-07:00

A River Amongst Pebbles - Beas

2009-03-17T01:27:00.000-07:00

Mountain Mousse

2009-03-17T01:25:00.000-07:00

Vision

2009-03-17T01:16:00.000-07:00

The sun peeped out and blew the cover of zillion smothering dust particles

The Vineyard

2009-03-17T01:13:00.000-07:00

Sailing through roads in darkness.

Curiosity straining for light keeps awake.

Catch glimpses of stories, speculate.

Wells of light shining out on the river,

Each view slithers past like a snake.

Awakening time of unearthly beauties,

This night will intoxicate.

Contact

2008-04-01T03:53:00.000-07:00

annie.napolean@gmail.com

09998728997