This video made me laugh so hard, I had to share it with you. It is so cute how excited these guys got when they heard Miss Philippines made it into the top 15 finalists in the Miss Universe pageant. It made me wonder, what would make me go this crazy? Here’s my answer: If Guns N Roses (from 1987) came and played at my birthday party.

I’m curious, what would make you this excited?

Much love,
xoxoM

I just returned home after an amazing adventure shooting with The Captain! It was one of the most physically challenging jobs but also the most rewarding seeing how incredible everything turned out. I can’t wait for you to see the photos and how I was able to my use sword skills!

Look out for it mid-October. Here’s a little drawing of The Captain and my swords to get your blood flowing…

Much love,
xoxoM

I love learning new things and last week I learned how to sword fight for my upcoming campaign with Captain Morgan- SO excited! We are doing live action along with the print photos so we get to have some fun with swordplay!

I had an awesome teacher, Tim Weske. He is a sword master and has trained many actors for movie roles. It was so much fun but pretty challenging as well. It gets complicated trying to get the moves down with such technical form. It is completely the opposite of my stance when I box so I had to overcome some habits my body naturally does. Sword fighting is a lot more graceful and fluid than I anticipated. And there is a lot on the line when you are fighting with a partner. One misstep and I could potentially stick him! But I guess that’s also the fun part;)

I’m putting my skills to the test this week. I’ll be back to let you know how it goes!

Much love,
xoxoMarisa

P.S. – Thank you so much for all of the sweet birthday messages here and on my Facebook page. Love you guys!

Hope everyone is enjoying the summer! I’ve been traveling quite a bit but I’m looking forward to some lazy beach days soon! The summer is off to a slow start in Northern California. Inland is crazy hot and on the coast has been foggy most of the time. I hope it warms up at the beach soon and we get an extension or something for a cold July.

The rest of the year is looking to be quite busy so I’ll have some good stuff to share soon!