Sydders gets a Nose Job part 1!

Heeeeeeyyyy....remember last March when I broke my nose?


Well, yesterday I had surgery to correct it. And it wasn't just to fuel my vanity...I couldn't breathe properly. That first breathe after surgery was the first clear one I had had in MONTHS...years maybe. Either way, it was refreshing.


SO here are some mildly disturbing to extremely nasty photos of my journey through a nose job...thus far....

 I arrived at the hospital yesterday morning bright and early...6:45...fucking YIKES!

But have no fear, because my mother PIA is here!!!

Ooooh look, all nervous and quiet before the surgery.....

 Immediately afterwards. This was before the swelling really got going...looking pretty good I'd say.

 Ya. Here comes the bruising. I am looking pretty tough though. PRREEEETTTTYYY tough indeed.

Apparently, I have tiny childlike hands and veins, and they really had a hard time getting the needle into my hand. They basically destroyed all the veins in my hands before stabbing another needle into my forearm. Hence the bruising.








OK! DAY TWO!

So, as you can see, 30 hours after the surgery and I am looking a little worse for wear. I expect it will only get more disgusting before it gets better, and I promise to update you along the way.


You know, I forgot how fun it can be to have surgery. First, you're nervous and scared and kind of wondering if you will ever wake up...kind of like the 30 minutes after you suspect you may have eaten too many magic mushrooms...and then all of a sudden you ARE awake and you don't remember anything and you're all woozy and drugged up. And then it's like some awesome magical science experiment watching your injuries get worse and then heal over time...hour to hour I look totally different and it's wicked!


Tomorrow, my friend Alix Marie will be coming over to take some photographs of me. Hopefully, other artist friends will drop by over the weeks. Either way, you'll be seeing lots of mangled photos of me on here for a while. Have fun, kids!

Start Spreading the News

I just spent three days in New York City with my wonderful and magical friends Molly, John, Riona and Gary. 

On Wednesday night, Molly and I frequented a bar called the Blind Barber. It just so happens that there was a photo studio set up in the back room...and hijinx ensued.

Watch this video, for reals. And watch it to the end, thats the good part.

www.nickydigital.com

Berlin Ich liebe dich

I just returned from a week in Berlin, and what can I say....the place was amazing, as usual. The only question I have is, when the fuck can I move there?

The week was filled with too many insane, inane and bizarre experiences to name them all, but if I had to pick a highlight, it would perhaps be driving through prenzlauer berg in a Volkswagon convertible with two german air hostesses and their weed dealer at noon on a tuesday after dancing our faces off at a variety of locales. What fun.

Oh ya, and can't forget Bonobo at Maria ost Banhoff. HOLEY MOLEY what an amazing gig.

Special thanks to Benjamin Teicher, aka Aurora Kiss, for being such a lovely friend and telling us about all the super duper cool places to go.

Look, I know it's a cliche to love Berlin this much...but I seriously LOVE Berlin so much. Be back soon, I promise.

Ok, now for some photos I took. That's why I ain't in any of them...

Friendly Fire

My dear friend Romain sent me these photos of the two of us acting free a while back. My sadness over not seeing him for a month (I am going back to Canada in less than a week) has inspired me to post them. Aren't we soooooo fucking cute?????? OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG!!!!!!!!!!

Drunk and Slutty

I modeled for Tonga on Tuesday. She asked me to take on the character or a sexy, slutty party girl in London. It didn't take much acting, to be honest. It was, however, super fun. Tonga has been getting friends to create over the top and dramatized characters that resemble weirdos you might see around London, and then she makes drawings and collages from the resulting photo shoots. Here is what we came up with.

Amsterdam!

 Last weekend, I went to Amsterdam with my friends Molly and Louise. We stayed at Phil's place. We had a great time, but....it was also kind of a massive fail. We kind of did not accomplish ANYTHING we set out to do....Friday we went to Trouw, a warehousey type club thingy. Caribou played a DJ set and we danced our faces off until 6 am. Woke up late saturday, and all we could think about was eating cheeseburgers and dressing up in Phil's massive flannel shirts.

 Look how fucking cute we are!

 Look how fucking nasty we are!

 We went to print our boarding passes on Sunday, which unexpectedly took about 2 hours. Good god.

 Molly had a broken shoe. This was a source of great strife for her and everyone in her immediate vicinity.

 There was a fire across the street from the internet cafe. Some excitement at last!

And finally, A Small World, the cafe where Louise used to work and where we ate our final meal in Amsterdam before rushing off to the airport.

Amsterdam is beautiful, no doubt about it. I DEFINITELY need to go back when it is sunny and for much longer than 36 hours. Good times!