In the last 4 weeks I went from bitching about how bored I was to finding 2 separate groups of people to hang out with and being stupidly busy. A few months ago I got an iphone and the lowest amount of minutes per month for it is 450 - I have almost 1200 rollover minutes from not using all my minutes.
This month I went over my limit and into my rollover minutes by 200, with 6 days left to go in the cycle. If anyone actually reads this, they may find this silly to care about - but for me - this means I found my place in LA
Saturday, May 1, 2010
Sunday, April 11, 2010
The Most Beautiful Thing I've Ever Heard
I was watching Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day this morning and heard the best line I've ever heard in a film. It's a cute movie about one day for a very poor woman in England just as the war is breaking out. She's had a very bad day - just been kicked out of her apartment with no clothes or effects and has not eating in several days. During an air raid drill a young woman Miss Pettigrew has just met that morning and is trying to help with her seriously bad taste in men is scared and asks her if she's ever been in love. She says
'He died in the mud in France. He was a steady man, a good man - the type you would call boring. But he smiled when he saw me and we could have built a life on that.'
I could type forever about how stupid I think people are when it comes to love - how dumb it is to always be looking for the 'perfect' person or for someone better. But I will try, very hard, to stop typing now, becuase that's perfect as it is.
He smiled when he saw me and we could have built a life on that.
'He died in the mud in France. He was a steady man, a good man - the type you would call boring. But he smiled when he saw me and we could have built a life on that.'
I could type forever about how stupid I think people are when it comes to love - how dumb it is to always be looking for the 'perfect' person or for someone better. But I will try, very hard, to stop typing now, becuase that's perfect as it is.
He smiled when he saw me and we could have built a life on that.
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Odd Twist to My Day
I decided that I needed to work out again. For lent I added a fruit or veggie a day and now that it's over I wanted to find another way to keep up being healthy. If you know me at all, you know that being thin is a genetic dysfunction for me - in any other world mac n cheese for breakfast does not equal 112 pounds. I got lucky and it's time to live up to my jean size.
So I decided to dance again. I loved dancing when I was younger and as it happens there is a dance studio 100 ft from my apartment. I got all dressed and thought I'd just walk over - or I meant to. I got to the door and right next door was CrossFit Hollywood. It's not a gym - no bikes or weight machines - it's a cross training center and it looks like the kind of place giant men will kill small children. But there was a tiny blond girl outside and we started chatting and she turned out to be the trainer and convinced me to work out there instead when the next class started later in the evening.
Everything hurts - even my eyelid muscles hurt. I did 1/3 of what everyone else did and I almost passed out cold a few times. But my God are they supportive and helpful there - I looked like an 80 yr old woman and the girls in there could have crushed me with their thighs - but they all gave me high-fives when I finished. Who knew I could be press-up with a 35lb bar after 45 minutes of push-ups, sit ups, frog jumps, mountian climbers, rockers, handstand dips and squats? I felt like a badass.
When I can move my legs again I am totally going back.
So I decided to dance again. I loved dancing when I was younger and as it happens there is a dance studio 100 ft from my apartment. I got all dressed and thought I'd just walk over - or I meant to. I got to the door and right next door was CrossFit Hollywood. It's not a gym - no bikes or weight machines - it's a cross training center and it looks like the kind of place giant men will kill small children. But there was a tiny blond girl outside and we started chatting and she turned out to be the trainer and convinced me to work out there instead when the next class started later in the evening.
Everything hurts - even my eyelid muscles hurt. I did 1/3 of what everyone else did and I almost passed out cold a few times. But my God are they supportive and helpful there - I looked like an 80 yr old woman and the girls in there could have crushed me with their thighs - but they all gave me high-fives when I finished. Who knew I could be press-up with a 35lb bar after 45 minutes of push-ups, sit ups, frog jumps, mountian climbers, rockers, handstand dips and squats? I felt like a badass.
When I can move my legs again I am totally going back.
A week off
I have a week off! This is my first week off in 2 months - I don't even know what to do with myself. Working at LA Film School was wonderful - you know I love my job when I happily get up at 6am to be at work at 7 Monday thru Friday.
I love working with film students and I finally have a group of people to hang out with that are around my age and think my obsession with movies and TV is perfectly normal.
With Silver Productions we did 3 music videos in 8 days last week. We drove to Laguna and back then 2 days later drove to San Diego and back and shot in LA for a few days. I had actresses and bands and extras emailing and calling me about wardrobe and makeup for 3 seperate shoots all at the same time.
So now I have time off - I went bowling with the LA Film crew, had Easter with my parents in Orange County, saw Ryan Wells at open mic and played a riduculous late-night apples to apples with him, Loren and Brent. Today I am having a girls day with Natalie taking pictures of LA tourist spots for my cousin's 2nd grade geography class. Tomorrow I'm not taking off my PJs.
I still don't understand why people my age don't live in LA. It's so funny to be in ‘the business’ and hang out with actors who are up for Pepto-Bismol commercials and are practicing their voice-over lines for the new Tinkerbell movie. I can IMDb my friends – so interesting.
Last night at open mic a girl in a long orange fiesta skirt played a dulcimer and sang about having a one night stand in the woods with a furry costume…… God I Love LA
I love working with film students and I finally have a group of people to hang out with that are around my age and think my obsession with movies and TV is perfectly normal.
With Silver Productions we did 3 music videos in 8 days last week. We drove to Laguna and back then 2 days later drove to San Diego and back and shot in LA for a few days. I had actresses and bands and extras emailing and calling me about wardrobe and makeup for 3 seperate shoots all at the same time.
So now I have time off - I went bowling with the LA Film crew, had Easter with my parents in Orange County, saw Ryan Wells at open mic and played a riduculous late-night apples to apples with him, Loren and Brent. Today I am having a girls day with Natalie taking pictures of LA tourist spots for my cousin's 2nd grade geography class. Tomorrow I'm not taking off my PJs.
I still don't understand why people my age don't live in LA. It's so funny to be in ‘the business’ and hang out with actors who are up for Pepto-Bismol commercials and are practicing their voice-over lines for the new Tinkerbell movie. I can IMDb my friends – so interesting.
Last night at open mic a girl in a long orange fiesta skirt played a dulcimer and sang about having a one night stand in the woods with a furry costume…… God I Love LA
Friday, March 12, 2010
Telephone
The Lady Gaga video is SO ODD - but SO AWESOME.
Yes, the video itself is overdone, overproduced, had NOTHING to do with the song and made almost no sense. However - she showed her vagina and had someone say "see I told you she didn't have a d*ck" - I almost feel over laughing.
Plus she used Diet Coke cans to curl her hair - I reeeeeeeaaaaaaaly want to do that. Who cares that the video is 9 minutes long - this is a girl who played a flaming piano - what did you expect?
I'm sick of perfect, bleach blond, autotuned girls in cookie-cutter clubbing videos with drugs and binge drinking. Go Gaga - be different - do whatever the hell you think is awesome - thank God for people who like themselves and aren't afraid to show everyone else.
Yes, the video itself is overdone, overproduced, had NOTHING to do with the song and made almost no sense. However - she showed her vagina and had someone say "see I told you she didn't have a d*ck" - I almost feel over laughing.
Plus she used Diet Coke cans to curl her hair - I reeeeeeeaaaaaaaly want to do that. Who cares that the video is 9 minutes long - this is a girl who played a flaming piano - what did you expect?
I'm sick of perfect, bleach blond, autotuned girls in cookie-cutter clubbing videos with drugs and binge drinking. Go Gaga - be different - do whatever the hell you think is awesome - thank God for people who like themselves and aren't afraid to show everyone else.
Friday, December 11, 2009
LA Countdown - 17 days
I am moving to Los Angeles in 17 days, well, technically I’m driving away from Chicago in 17 days and will move in on January 2nd. Regardless, in two weeks I need to be packed and ready to head out West. Seriously… I might vomit.
Now, don’t get me wrong – I can’t wait – but I am terrified. What if I have no friends? What if everyone in class thinks I’m a loser? What if all the girls have breast implants and I can’t get a date?
Those are the scary things. The not so scary things are the following.
MY APARTMENT IS COOLER THAN YOUR APARTMENT! No really, mine beats yours and here’s why. It’s in a 60 year old building, so all the places where built in the crazy 40’s so I have mirrored walls and a built in glass and mirrored bar. There is a pool on the roof with a 360 degree view. July 4th you can see the Hollywood, Burbank, Santa Monica Pier and Downtown LA fireworks while swimming. It’s also .8 miles from the largest (and nicest) outdoor malls in LA called The Grove. It’s on La Brea and is less than a mile from the Tar Pits. So I say again, my apartment is cooler that your apartment. I’m 30 minutes from the beach – Venice beach and Santa Monica pier to be exact. I’m a mile from the Kodak Theater (where the Oscars are held) and the whole row of handprints. The school I will be at for 6 weeks is located within Sunset Gower Studios – the place the film Heroes and Dexter. I saw Hayden Panetierre getting coffee on my tour. And last but not least, I already worked on a music video in LA (I costume designed it over the phone from Chicago but it was till exciting for me)
Now I really think I might vomit.
Now, don’t get me wrong – I can’t wait – but I am terrified. What if I have no friends? What if everyone in class thinks I’m a loser? What if all the girls have breast implants and I can’t get a date?
Those are the scary things. The not so scary things are the following.
MY APARTMENT IS COOLER THAN YOUR APARTMENT! No really, mine beats yours and here’s why. It’s in a 60 year old building, so all the places where built in the crazy 40’s so I have mirrored walls and a built in glass and mirrored bar. There is a pool on the roof with a 360 degree view. July 4th you can see the Hollywood, Burbank, Santa Monica Pier and Downtown LA fireworks while swimming. It’s also .8 miles from the largest (and nicest) outdoor malls in LA called The Grove. It’s on La Brea and is less than a mile from the Tar Pits. So I say again, my apartment is cooler that your apartment. I’m 30 minutes from the beach – Venice beach and Santa Monica pier to be exact. I’m a mile from the Kodak Theater (where the Oscars are held) and the whole row of handprints. The school I will be at for 6 weeks is located within Sunset Gower Studios – the place the film Heroes and Dexter. I saw Hayden Panetierre getting coffee on my tour. And last but not least, I already worked on a music video in LA (I costume designed it over the phone from Chicago but it was till exciting for me)
Now I really think I might vomit.
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Godmother!
I am very excited to tell you all ( haha - no one reads this ) that I am going to be a Godmother! I wish I was a fairy, because that would be way more awesome for the baby, but I think I'll be great nonetheless. My sister and I were asked to both be Godmothers – so we can be sure that Sydney will have great stuff – because if Kelsey and I are good at anything, it’s giving gifts. We are awesome gift givers – no gift cards or sweaters here. Sydney is supposed to come in mid December, although Jenny seems to think that she may not hold out that long.
Being Godmother, if you aren’t familiar with the duties, I will need to be at the Christening in February. I’m already working on her gift – I’m such a dork. It’s pretty good timing that they asked me on Thanksgiving since I was baptized on Thanksgiving 23 years ago!
I can't wait to meet Sydney!
Being Godmother, if you aren’t familiar with the duties, I will need to be at the Christening in February. I’m already working on her gift – I’m such a dork. It’s pretty good timing that they asked me on Thanksgiving since I was baptized on Thanksgiving 23 years ago!
I can't wait to meet Sydney!
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