Headshots

Finally got professional headshots taken!

I decided to go with Robin Emtage. She was super nice and the shoot went really really well. We looked through the proofs and there are TONS of great shots to choose from. Now I am just looking forward to getting the photos back (I'll get them sometime this week) so I can get them retouched and finally start marketing myself (do an agent mailing, put a website together, business cards, post cards, etc). So now that I can do all that I am feeling pretty good, and not like I am stuck (which is what I was feeling before).

No work for Monday, but I've got an audition for a short film so it won't be a completely wasted day.

In other news I have a serious problem. I like to anything I see with a bird on it.

It's bad.

I went to the fairfax flea market today and bought this tile thing cause it had a picture of a macaw on it. I did the exact same thing last weekend as well. I also have a painting over my bed... it's more of a design circle thing, but part of that design had birds (it's subtle though... which is nice). My soap thing has a bird on it, my notebook has a bird on it, I bought this wooden bird thing for our living room, I have a bird candle holder, bird serving platter, bird cup, I have multiple pictures of my birds (framed) in my room, and their feathers in little vases. PLUS I am in the process of making this paper bird art thing for my room.

It's a serious problem.

I need to stop.

... or just give in and buy an actual bird.

Month 2

I am really good at updating!

Not a lot going on since my last update. I've had a few more auditions (mostly for student films) and been doing A LOT more background.

I'm getting very tired of doing extra work. The initial excitement of doing it when I first came out here two summers ago (and even my first few weeks out here) is pretty much gone. It's the same thing every day, a lot of really weird and annoying people, long hours, very low pay (if my parents weren't helping me out, there is no way I would be able to pay rent/ feed myself), and most days you are treated as sub-human.

I could deal with it when I knew I only had a few months of it and would be leaving soon, but the thought of doing this for more than another 2 months (if that) makes me cringe.

I need to find a real job.

I am going to get professional headshots done very soon. I think I found a photographer that seems good and her price isn't that bad. Hopefully once I get those I can start getting a few more legit auditions, and I'll be able to start doing mailings at agencies.

I'm still adjusting to being out here. It's tough when you don't really have any close friends around. I've been getting a bit homesick lately.... but I know that there really isn't anything for me at home (except for my pool. I miss my pool. And my birds). All all my friends back home are gone doing their own thing, so I'd be lonely there too.

Eck. Growing up sucks.

More work

7/13- No work, but met up with a bunch of the people I worked with at VH1 last summer. It was SO nice seeing them again. Might stop by VH1 for lunch soonish.

7/14- I worked on Weeds. It was a pretty fast shoot, a shortish conversation in a nightclub. Only complaint was wearing heels, but even that wasn't all that bad.

7/15- Worked on Greek. Wasn't as great as the last 2 times I worked the show. We we filming post-homecoming football game scenes. The scenes were suppose to take place in the fall and outside, so we were all in sweaters. In actuality it was over 100 degrees outside.

The first scene of the day (we were waiting in line for the bathroom) wasn't bad cause it was early in the day. There were a few annoying people around me (this one 40 something year old was around me and wouldn't stop talking!) but I could deal. Then we did another scene... something about stealing a goat. It was SO hot that video village (the area where the director sits looking at the footage being filmed) kept losing power. We were all in sweaters with little or no shade walking around for around 2ish hours. It was miserable. The shot took a really long time to get cause we had to keep stopping cause the actors were sweaty and make-up had to step in, and because working with a live animal is.... working with a live animal.

Something that made me really angry though was they made sure the goat had shade (someone was following it around with an umbrella... same with the actors) but we didn't get any shade. I mean I am all for the humanitarian thing with animals. But shouldn't someone worry about the humanitarian thing with... humans? Yes we were there by choice and getting paid to be there, but at the same time the conditions were a bit ridiculous. Also I was surrounded by even more annoying people. This one guy would NOT leave me alone. I could tolerate it in holding (where it was cool) but in that kinda heat, I was not in the mood to deal with him.

Although it could have been worse. Some people had to wear marching band uniforms.

The last scene of the day wasn't as bad. Took place inside at Dobblers (the bar on Greek). It just took a while to film.

7/16-

Worked on Cinema Verite (a new HBO show). This was fun. It was still crazy hot out, but we filmed inside and holding was in air conditioned tents.

The show takes place in the 1970's so we all went through hair and make-up and got wardrobe. This was THE BEST part of the day. Love love LOVED all of the outfits everyone was in, and getting all 70s-ed out was SO much fun! Blue eye-shadow? Amazing.

We filmed a scene of a premier of a tv documentary called "An American Family". James Gandolfini was presenting the film, and kept messing up his lines. It was kinda funny cause he played it off or would swear. He was also kinda playing with the audience while the crew was setting up the shot, which was fun. I really hope that I get to work this show again soon. Period pieces are a lot of fun, and the crew seemed pretty chill and on top of things.

Weekend:

This weekend I went to playa del ray beach with some of the HDT people. It was actually hot enough to lay out this time! We stayed until sunset and then (later) went to this mexican place near my apartment for margaritas.

7/19- Worked as an audience member for the game show "Catch 21". We shot 6 episodes, 4 back to back, hour lunch break (walk away lunch... which is so nice to have to buy lunch when you are only making minimum wage), the shot 2 more. I kept being placed in the "hot seats" which are the seats that are seen the clearest on camera, so they try to put the "hot" people there. Normally I would be flattered... but being in those seats meant that I had to keep smiling and clapping and acting really excited... for 8 hours.

Also they were being really annoying about the bathrooms. They didn't want anyone to go use them... so in order to get to use them between filming episodes (which took about an hour) you hda to push and push and get really really nasty. By the time they let you go you could have been there and back 5 times.

The last episode I was a little bit more in the back, but then there were these really REALLY annoying asian guys behind me that were in a big group (I donno if they were tourists or what) but they were constantly scream "MIKKI!!!!!!!" (the name of the "sexy gameshow girl) in a really annoying way and pretty much making comments about her ass and just pretty much acting like children. I hate when extras do that, cause then the rest of us get treated as such (case in point: the bathroom situation)

But we got paid i cash which was nice. (The only perk to audience work).

No work on 7/20. But I bought a bookself! I also pretty much built my roommate's dresser cause he couldn't figure it out or something. I guess I didn't really mind cause I am getting good at building furniture. It's like a big 3D puzzle. But at the same time he owes me. You hear that Alex? No more getting pissy with me when I tell you to clean up after yourself in the kitchen!

7/21- Worked "The Event". Long ass day (over 12.5 hours) but it didn't feel that long for most of it. Played a member of a high school swim team at some high school pool in Long Beach. The guys had to get in the water (which I was told was freezing) but the girls were very lucky and we didn't have to. Although after a while it got kinda cold just walking around in a swim suit (I donno how the guys did it). Also the deck was wet and nasty and we had to walk around barefoot... which was gross. Then (after sitting around for a while... which was nice) we moved to another location and became "dead passengers". Went through make-up (they just put this kinda grey stuff on us so we looked dead. I was hoping for blood and stuff, but oh well) and then had to lay down in a warehouse on this white tarp on concrete for over 4 hours.

The first 2 were fine... around hour 3 I had to pee really bad though. Finally after 3.5 hours a few of the extras (including me) in between shots pretty much demanded a short break (they weren't going to give us one). I hate when sets forget that extras are people... and after a few hours people are probably going to have to pee.

But other than that it was ok. You could tell it was a new show cause people didn't know exactly what they were doing... and the director and the executive producer seemed really pissed and tense about everything. But the PA's and AD's were fine and were more "this is so ridiculous and tense, but I'm gonna laugh it off".

Today: no luck finding a job for tomorrow. But I did finish building my bookcase, and hung a picture, and SUPER cleaned the kitchen and my bathroom. The kitchen was nasty. I took the trash out and found bits of meat behind the trashcan that looked like they had been there for 2 weeks. Also there was all kinds of shit on the stove. So I cleaned everything, and it will stay clean! Well... for at least a week cause the roommate is back in Iowa. I still have some more things to do, like break down some boxes and recycle them... but the apartment looks better so I am happy.

Hopefully I will find something for Monday though. I'm not a big fan of just sitting around the apartment.

Life Part 2

So I moved to LA.

I got here on June 30th. It wasn't exactly the easiest day. I was a mess leaving home. I'd gotten upset the day before with the stress of packing and seeing my room so desolate. Seeing a place that you've lived in your entire life just be emptied out is not easy. It did need to be cleaned out. I had so much shit in my room that had accumulated over the years, so that wasn't so much of the problem (yes I got sentimental about some stuff, but nothing too bad). It was the bareness of the place that got to me. But that wasn't anything compared to the hot mess I was right before leaving for the airport.

The rest of the day was pretty good, despite some minor tears on the plane (but at least they were playing a sappy chick flick so it looked like I was crying over the movie, and not that I was just a crazy person). Got my new car (whose name is The Magical Leopluradon), bought a mattress, and spent the night on my brothers couch.

The next day I got into my apartment and kinda started shopping for things. The next day my roommate got here and we spent the next few days getting stuff for the apartment and building ikea furniture. Screwing things together by hand is not fun, and I found that I have a special talent for stripping screws. It was also really fun when at the last step of building my dresser, I found out that I put the first piece on backwards and had to take everything apart and start over again. Yeah. Super fun.

The 4th was pretty good. Went over to Jeff's place (one of the roommates from last summer) and had a bbq with a bunch of people I didn't know. Then at night we went to this apartment that had a hot tub on the roof, and we watched fireworks from there.

That Monday I went to the beach, but it was cold and I was just feeling kinda out of it.

Tuesday I discovered that my car battery died. I am 99.9% sure I didn't leave any lights on (when I got into the car my lights were in the "off" position") but then again who knows. So I had to get my car jumped... which was just lovely. But I did find a super nice night stand at goodwill, so the day wasn't too horrible.

Wednesday I went to central casting to update, back to Ikea for a couch (it feels so much more like I live here now that there is a couch) and went to Sande Alessi to update. So it was a pretty good day... until my brand new car got hit in a parking lot. Drivers side mirror knocked off, drivers side door scratched. Awesome. Had a complete emotional breakdown. Also awesome.

The next morning, after being woken up far too early to deal with the insurance company and having (yet another) emotional breakdown about the situation, I took the car (mirror being held on by duct tape) by the Honda body shop so that they could order the parts. I'm taking it in tomorrow so it can be fixed.

Friday I got a job as an extra on Californication. I was booked as a "rocker looking" high school student. Basically the scene we were used for was us chilling outside of Venice Highschool, while David Duchovny hugs his daughter. Took like... 20 min tops for them to film. But we were called in at 1:30, and didn't end up filming until around 6:20. Also it was kinda freezing out. But it wasn't the worst shoot I've been on.

I did kinda decide that I do need to get a legit job though. There is no way I'm going to be able to support myself making $64 a day. Yes, some days pay more... but not always, and you don't know if you are going to be able to work every day. So I have become the ultimate cliche and have started looking on craigslist for waitressing jobs.

Saturday Alex (my roommate) and I stopped by a few thrift stores, but no luck. Then we walked around the grove a bit and cleaned up the apartment a little. I found out I had an audition for this youtube twilight spoof thing (got it through LAcasting, which is an online casting network) so we went to go see Eclipse. We went to The Archlight, which was expensive, and the movie was awful... but that was to be expected. Before the movie we stopped in at Amoeba cause we had time to kill and saw Ryan Gosling.

Today I had the audition for the twilight spoof. Hard to gage how it went, but whatever. After I went to Blicks cause I am tired of the white walls in my apartment. It's really bare and doesn't feel like home. So I am going to make something to put on the walls so that it doesn't feel so cold. I don't like the way the apartment feels right now. It's so empty and just doesn't feel like home, and that's bothering me. It's just not comfortable yet. I also have to get use to living with my roommate. I am a very clean person and really like to have my shared living space (ESPECIALLY the kitchen) clean. He's...... not as clean as me. I don't expect him to be as obsessive about it as I am, and I'm trying to not let a few dishes in the sink or cans all over the place get to me (and I've been pretty good about it), but at the same time I don't want food splatter all over the counters, cause that is just not sanitary. Anyhoo, it's just going to be an adjustment. I guess living with someone new always is (although Meggie and I seemed to pull it off very well).

I wasn't able to get work for tomorrow. So tomorrow (after I take my car in to get fixed and get the rental) I might run over to target to get a few things (bookcase, more hangers, desk chair, etc) and I'll try to get more work, figure out ordering headshots so I can send them out to different agencies, and I want to start working on my art projects. Hopefully it will be a good and busy day.

Things are becoming real

Last night I bought my one-way plane ticket to LA for June 30th.

It's weird that this time I am actually moving out there for good, and not just staying for a few months. Have the plane ticket and having a car waiting out there for me (I'm getting my first car! Red Honda Civic Coupe!) makes this entire moving across the country thing seem more real. But there really isn't much for me in Northbrook. Most of my friends have their own things going on and I just end up spending most of my time watching HGTV (yes, I am THAT bored).

Now I just need to clean out my room at home (which sucks cause I am all kinds of sentimental about stuff), pack, get an apartment, and get a job.

...awesome.

23 days to go.

jobless

I hate being broke.

I need a job.

But no one on campus is hiring that has hours that work with my schedule. 

Also I am TERRIFIED thinking about next year... but really excited to have my own place. And by own place I mean a place that is not a sorority house. 

Also I want a bird. (An African Grey to be specific.)

But they are really expensive and expensive to take care of. 

But I love them. 

Life is hard. 

I donno...

I've been feelings very mixed up lately. There is so much going on that I just don't see any point to, and it's frustrating. I just want to be done with a lot of stuff.

And thinking about how completely and utterly happy I was exactly 1 year ago today makes me feel sick to my stomach. 

I donno where I am going with this...

I'm just kinda depressed and procrastinating.

Always Packing

... packing now and leaving for Iowa City tomorrow morning for my last year of school.

weird.

Another summer gone

Finished my internship at VH1 on Thursday. I was really sad to go. Although most days were slow, I did get to do some cool stuff, made connections, and all that good stuff. So I'd say it was a really positive experience.

ALSO I got some free swag... which is awesome.

All the interns went out to celebrate Wednesday night. We went to Katsuya in Hollywood (which is a celebrity hot spot or something like that). There were photographers outside of the resturant just in case people came there that night. 

And oh man! Celebrity siting! One of the guys from White Chicks was there! OMFGLOLWTFBBQ!!!!!111111!!!!!! (yeah... it's sarcasm).

Thursday I went to the hideout... it was alright. I donno. I guess I wasn't really feeling it.

Last night we went to this party at some gallery where a band was playing. The lead singer was Kevin from American Pie. SO random. 

I am all packed and heading to the airport for Chicago in about an hour. Then off to Iowa in a week.

... weird to think about.

Another weekend gone

This past week was really tiering for me. Not that there was a lot going on at work... but with someone staying at my place for much longer than I origionally thought I didn't get a lot of rest, or time to just relax by myself (which is something that I need in order to stay sane).

That is all I am going to say on that.

Highlights of this weekend:

I saw a comedy show. It was fun. A bit too long for my taste, but what you gonna do.

Did some shooting for Half Day Today on Sat, and then cleaned my brothers apartment as payment for his old iphone. Fair trade... but damn. His place was GROSS. At one point I was using this oven cleaner... and some of it got on my arm and now I have a fancy chemical burn. Awesome.

That night I saw "The Room", which is this HORRIBLE movie that has become a cult hit and has really fun audience participation. Also the director/main actor was there and did a Q&A about the film. SO funny. I you ever get a chance to see a screenig of this DO IT (and bring loys of plastic spoons).

Sunday I had some MUCH needed chill time. Then went to go see Tim and Eric live. It was a great show. I was happy.

umm that's about it. I'd say it was a fun last weekend.
Now it's my last week at work, hopefully when my boss comes back I will have more to do.

I'm sad to be leaving soon, but also kinda ready. I just want to finish my last year of school, have a great time, and then start the next phase of my life. I know what I need to do, and I want to get started.

... also I miss my birds and I can't wait to see them.

The Ugly Truth, Disneyland, No sleep and more!

This weekend was CRAZY!

Thursday I got tickets to the premiere of The Ugly Truth. So I invited Veronica to go with me. We left work around 4 to get to the premiere at 7:00. We stopped off at her place and mine to get ready... then proceeded to spend the next 2 hours in traffic! The invite said to be there at 7, for a start time of 7:30. But we didn't get to the Archlight until 7:30 becuase of traffic... so we were convinced that we wouldn't get in.

Luckily we did. We were not seated in the main dome where the actors and people who worked on the film were (they had a few over flow seats for fans in the main theater, but we arrived to late to get them). We were seated in the overflow theater, which was still a HUGE screen! Also got free popcorn and drink. I am by no means complaining.

The movie was really really cute. Just like evry other chick flick ever (27 Dresses, How to Loose a Guy in 10 Day, etc). But I still liked it because as hard core as I sometimes try to act (which is really not that hard core at all... but still), I am really a stupid romantic at heart.

After we decided it mgiht be fun to try and see if we could see the actors leaving the premiere. On our way to do so passed Kate Walsh! We didn;t stop her for a picture becuase she looked like she was in a big rush to get out of there.

I managed to squeeze my way to the front of the line at the red carpet. Katherine Heigle came out and was signing a bunch of stuff, but was being hurried off by the time she got to me. But I did tell her that I thougth she did a fantastic job in teh film (I actually do think she did really well). She stopped, turned to me and grabbed my hand and said "Oh! Thank you SO much!".

I was all kinds of star struck and happy! (I don't care if I am a fan girl... don;t judge me!)

Some fo the other actors came out on teh carpet as well. I saw Cheryl Hines, but she only stopped for a few autographs (Eric Winter didn;t stop for a single one!). Yvette Nicole Brown was really REALLY cool though. She signed a TON of stuff and was taking pictures with everyone (I got one). She was really really nice.

Gerard Butler also came out, singed a bunch of stuff and was taking pictures. He signed my ticket (whcih I am getting framed by the way... I don't even care how much of a dork that makes me) AND HE TOOK A PICTURE WITH ME! :)

This MADE my life! He was SOSOSO nice. I told him that I love him... cause I am a dorky fan girl and he turned back to me and said "oh I bet you say that to all the guys". I said "Yeah, you know I do. I love breaking hearts" And he laughed.

Wow. I am a nerd. But I don't care.

ANYHOO after the premiere went back to my apartment, only to find that I had forgotten my keys inside. Fuck.

So I called my brother and spent a sleepless night there.

The next day my friend Kayla came by. We walked along Wilshire and looked at some of the shops. There is this one re-sale designer store we stopped in. TOTAL rip off. Selling used clothes for over $300? yeah. no.

We also went to a pet store where I found a baby African Grey Parrot who I fell in love it and it loved me and now I want it. I need to find a way to raise $1300 for the "Sammi needs a bird" fund.

That ngiht I decided to go to this Jewish thing with Kayla and some people she knew. I say "Jewish thing" because I don't even want to ATTEMPT to spell the real name.
In any case I actually had a really good time. Good food, good people, good conversation.

Then went back to my apartment (got a ride back from this really hot, but really obnoxious russian guy Kayla know). Got back way late and had to wake up at 6:00am the next morning (night 2 with very little sleep).

The next day I went to Disneyland with Angela!!!

LOVE Disney! I am 12. Went on all the major rides at Disney and California Adventure. AND took pictures with my 3 favorite princesses and Mickey. SUCH a good day. I can't wait to go back.

I am only half kidding when I say that I want to be a disney princess. I might actually look into doing it for a summer... maybe. Every girl wants to be a disney princess... and I have never given up that dream!

I was SO tired by the end on the day, but for some reason I didn't sleep very well. My feet hurt a lkot and I think that that is what kept me awake (and some random late night phone calls).

(Night 3 with little sleep)

Sunday I did some filming for Half Day Today, which went really well.

The thign I filmed isn't complete yet, but check out the Half Day Today site. There's some really good stuff on there:

http://www.halfdaytoday.com

Kayla spent the night... and our sleeping habits did NOT mesh well.

Night 4 with VERY little sleep.

Other than all that not much is going on. Work has picked up a bit (I actually ahve stuff to do... which I should probably get on instead of writing here). Tom Green was in the office yesterday, I did not get to meet him. sad.

But last night and the giht before I slept! So I am a much happier person.

I can't beleive I only have a week and a half left in LA.
Where did summer go?

Flyer

Here are the flyers I made for the bakery thing. I decided to post them here cause... why not?

By the way the tasting of their stuff yesterday was AMAZING. I was a fat kid and tried everything... and then took seconds on my favorites cause there were left overs and I was put in charge of cleaning it up. NOTE: Do not put me in charge of left over free chocolate. My inner fat kid cannot resist such temptations.

I would strongly recommend them for all your future desert needs. They had a cool Ace of Cakes style MTV cake! SO cool and yummy! I wish I could bake... but if it doesn't come out of a box with step by step directions, I am lost. 

Oh! And the woman who owns the business's name is Pedal. How cute is that?

Also sunburn status: Small areas have turned to tan, but for the most part I am still in an incredible amount of pain. ouch.

Rodeo, Sprinkles and more

This past week at work I did nothing. No. Seriously. I watched the MJ Memoiral. I also designed this flyer for a bakery showcase that is today... which is cool. Putting my graphic arts skills from high school to use.

But other than that didn't do a damn thing. I was BORED OUT OF MY MIND! (and this week doesn't look like it will be busier).

This weekend was fun though. Friday veronica and I went to Rodeo Drive and checked out the stores there. She bought some stuff... but I am broke and couldn't get a damn thing. I did stare into the Chanel store and cry though. Why am I not a spoiled little rich girl that can just throw away daddy's money!?!

One day... one day I WILL own Chanel. And it will be great.

We did stop at Sprinkles Cupcakes... which was AMAZING. Best cupcake EVER. I got a t-shirt from there. Because it's cool. Don't judge me.

We also decided to stalk the playboy mansion, cause we were over by there. We found it... but from the street you can only see the VERY tip of the roof. I was sad. We also drove around the UCLA campus and looked at the sorority houses. Too bad they don;t have an AXD there, cause otherwise we could have seen inside the hosue. Would have been WAY cool.

Sat. was just kinda chill. I saw Bruno... thought it was pretty good. But there was just something off about it. I donno. Not as good as Borat.

Sunday I went to Will Rogers beach. It was SUCH a nice day! There waves were HUGE too. I really love playing in the waves. It's so simple... and so fun. I love it.

But what I don't love is forgetting to re-aply sun screen and coming home to discover that I have turned into lobster woman. So that is where I am right now. All kinds of exhusted from the sun and in pain. Oh... and bright red. It's awesome. Let me tell you.

I need Aloe.
And a nap.

I am currently debating if I can get away with napping in my cubicle.
...I think the answer is yes.

Damn... what a great Thursday!/ I got "discovered"!

I got the day off on Thursday.

During the day I worked out at a gym, it felt AMAZING. I always feel a lot happier after working out... I went back today (Friday) and I think I will get a membership at the gym when my free trail is up.

Then around 4ish went out with Veronica to meet Jill (one of the other interns) at her place in Hollywood for dinner. We got thai. It was good. Then we decided to be tourists and went to Hollywood and Highland, which is where the Kodak theater and the handprints and stuff are. 

It is ALSO where Michael Jackson's star happens to be. The crowd around it hasn't so bad (there was still a crowd) we we kinda leaned over and too a quick look. There is a shine around his star. There were also a BUNCH of people trying to sell MJ t-shirts, and some really really bad MJ impersonators around. Tacky Tacky (then again it is Hollywood and Highland... I donno what I expected).

We tried to see the Hollywood sign from Jill's roof... but for some reason it wasn't lit up. 

On our way home Veronica and I decided to stop by MJ's house in Homely Hills (it was RIGHT on our way home). We stopped there and looked at the shrine. A lady gave us both a tea light, so we lit a candle for Michael. 

Yeah. The guy was creepy. I don't know if he ever touch a child or not... but a lot of his other behavior was really really weird. BUT the guy inspired SO much, and I would be lying if I said that I didn't like a lot of his music. I think the guy deserves respect, and it was amazing looking at the shrines around his house (there was one main one, and a few small ones around). There was nothing but love for the guy there. People were telling stores about him too. One woman (the one who gave us the candle) cooked for him once. 

So I'm glad we stopped by to see that and pay our respects (cause there is NO WAY IN HELL I am even going to attempt to go to the Staples Center).

After I got dropped off at home, I headed out to the Hideout (a small karaoke bar off the PCH). I'e gone there a few times before, and it is usually really chill. But last night it was CRAZY because the reality show "Bad Girls Club" was filming there.

UHHGGGGG I HATE HATE HATE that show! SO completely trashy. It's just girls acting like sluts, and that is exactly what they were doing in the bar! Also we had to wait forever to do karaoke cause any time one of the girls wanted to sing (which was a lot) they would get to go right away. One of the girls sounded ok... the others... it just hurt to listen to. Also if a guy they thought was cute was signing, they would jump up and join him and grind on him. SO tacky. 

I was trying to hide, cause I DO NOT want to even appear in the background on that show. THIS is how much I despise it!

Also it was SO obvious these girls were doing their best to act. When the cameras were on them they would do something "bad". As in grab a guy and grind on him/ make out with him. And as soon as the camera was off them, they would act normal. But if the camera was off any of them for too long, they would draw attention to themselves and then start at it again. 

I have no idea WHY they chose to go to the Hideout. It is NOT that kinda bar... but whatever. It'll look that way on TV I guess.

ALSO I got "discovered" last night! lol

I was my turn to do karaoke (the dj actually skipped over a bunch of people to get me up... probably cause I'm a girl). I sang "Come on Eileen", and apparently rocked it out. Some friends I was with jumped up around me and did the dance... and then (of course) the "bad girls" jumped up to and danced... whatever. (They weren't recording at this point, thank God). 

ANYHOO after I was done this guy comes up to me and said he thought I did really great and had a great voice. He THEN said he was from Paradigm Agency and that he knew some people who he thought would love to meet me. 

(I have actually filed some stuff from them at VH1, they are not the biggest agency around, but they are a legit one).

So there you have it. I have been discovered! Apparently all you gotta do is rock out to "Come on Eileen", who knew?

Now it is time to abandon all my friends and buy a giant house and fancy fancy car! Fuck you Honda Civic! I'm getting a Corvette! (I hope anyone that read that can pick up on the sarcasm. If not... you fail).

No really... I did email him today, we'll see if I get a response or if anything happens from it. I am not getting my hopes up or anything. We'll just see. If I get a meeting, awesome. If something comes out of it, even more awesome. If not? Then I just have a fun story to tell (and know that if I ever do karaoke again, "Come on Eileen" is a song that I will not look like an idiot doing).

SO that was my amazing Thursday!

Tonight I am seeing Equus with Jeff (one of my roommates). I haven't seen it before... but I understand there is horse fucking involved. Should be a memorable evening!

Save the Music

So I DID end up going to the Save the Music event on Saturday night.

It was a Matt Nathanson concert at a lounge in Westwood.

I spent a good part of last week getting contact ionformation for a bunch of celebs the people running the event were interested in and sending out invites. There was a BUNCH of people on the list, but not all realistic (they had me send out an invite to Leo Dicaprio). Only about 7 said they would come (all pretty much C and D listers... most famous was Stanford from Sex and the City and Rene from True Blood).

Veronica and I got to the event (we went to the wrong place first... THAT was embaressing). Our job was to check talent in and bring them to the "red carpet" (which was really just a very small carpet with a banner thing in back for photos... the only photogs that were there were the ones hired for the event). Only 1 person frome the list ended up showing up. Katie Chonacas, who had a role in "It's Always Sunny in Phili" and was in the straight to DVD movie "Legacey" with Hillary Duff's sister. This would have been much cooler for me had I actually SEEN Legacey. (Fuck you random ass sorority girls who checked it out from the Iowa City Blockbuster and never returned it! Fuck. You.)

Anyhoo, she seemed pretty nice... kinda acted like she was a bigger deal then she was. Like the entrence to the event was roped off and she didn't want to walk the 5 feet around to get in. Yeah the guard guy at the event should have stepped aside to let her in, but he was kinda clueless and jsut stood there, despite us telling him top let her in. So instead of walking the 5 feet around, she kinda pushed passed him. Whatever. Other than that she seemed nice enough.

Also while taking photos on the red carpet she was REALLY wokring it, which is fine. I get that she wants to get a good picture and blah blah blah. But really? It was a SUPER casula event (Veronica and I were way overdressed as no one bothered to inform us of this), and she was "working it" a BIT much. Veronica and I just kinda stood there laughing quietly to ourselves a bit (we later made fun of her and took some pictures on the red carpet ourselves and tried to "work it). We also talked to the girl she was with. She seemed nice. She was wearing these CRAZY ass high shoes (at the VERY least a 6 inch heal... maybe even 7) and she was tryign to tell us that the shoes were "like slippers". Yeah, sure hun. You were dieing inside DON'T even lie. I don't care if it is the BEST constructed shoe in the world. A 6 inch heel is a 6 inch heel and that is in NO WAY SHAPE OR FORM even CLOSE to a slipper (maybe that is why they didn't want to walk the 5 extra feet? It's all comeing together now...)

So Veronica and I waited for about an hour at the entrance for more of the booked talent to show... but KAtie was the only one. We did however get interviewed by this CRAZY lady for... something. I don't even know. She jsut came up to us with her camera guy and started asking us questions. We were like.... we're interns... but... alright. She had this creepy smile plastered on her face. I'm pretty sure that I will have nightmeres about it for years to come.

ANYHOO after about an hour we were told that we could stop waiting and enjoy the event. Matt Nathanson was fantastic. Like really. I loved him. We got way close to the stage too which was really neat. He was also really funny and would crack a bunch of jokes, he has kidna a Dane Cook humor.

The concert ended and a BUNCH of people left, but Veronica and I decided to stay and chill and whatnot. They had a bunch of art up so we looked around at that. One cool thing is there was this wall that they just put a bunch of blank canvases on and paint near, and anyone could jsut go and paint whatever they wanted.

We talked to a few people, and got hit on by these weird ass guys who insisted on getting us cookies. We tried hiding from them, but they found us. Thankfully they got the hint after a while though.

Then we hung out with some other interns/ staff from the LA film festival (including fucking Kevin who we talked to outside the event- he was checking other people in and took the pictures of us on the red carpet... he couldn't figure out my camer though. It was point and shoot!).

The party kinda got really lame around midnight so we left with the LA film festival people and went to this hooka bar. It was alright... personally I like the one in Iowa City better. This one was really loud and packed, where the red poppy is much more chill enviornment and you kinda get your own personal space. Some of the people ditched out early and didn't pay enough so those of us left got stuck paying a bit more (I threw in only a few extra bucks, I couldn't afford to do more). I really hate when people do that. It is SO crazy rude. That's why I always try to settle the bill before people leave.

But overall thye night was really good. A lot of people came up to me saying that they loved my dress and one girl told me that she liked my make-up. Hurray for ego boosts (to be honest it was nice... I tend to be very self concious so those comments were really nice).

Sunday I went to the beach with Sam. I haven't seen her in FOREVER so that was cool. We got hit on by this drunk guy at dinner. He was at the tabel next to us and would NOT get the hint that we didn't want to talk to him (despite ignoring him, giving him dirty looks, not acting interested in ANY way, refusing drink offers, and even inventing a fake boyfriend to try and get him off our backs). I was SO thankful when the check came and we left.

Being hit on by creepy 30 year olds is seeming to become the story of my life here. At the OLDEST I can pass for 23... why would they think I'd be interested? GROSS.

Note to guys (not that I know of guys that read this... or anyone else for that matter) if a girl is not interested and makes that clear to you (like we did to this guy): LEAVE HER ALONE!!!

Other than that though, it was a pretty good weekend.

In the office now... killing time.
(Ignore spelling errors and typos and this computer is not letting me do spell check).

White Rabbit, Greek, and more!

Busy weekend!

Thursday night:

-There was a band (White Rabbit) that played at MTV Thursday afternoon. I didn't see them, cause I had no idea it was happening, but some of the other interns did and said they were good and were gonna go see them in concert that night (they were playing at the Troubadour in West Hollywood). I wanted to see them too, so we got our names put on the list cause MTV is magic like that (I'm not gonna lie I felt like a BAD ASS walking up to the line and being all "I'm on the list". I am SUCH a tool).

So me and Veronica (she was the only other one that ended up going) went to the concert. It was really good! I loved the band (they are sending over some cds to MTV, so I think I am gonna grab one of those). Also the Troubadour is a really cool place... it's split level and small, but I liked it a lot. I'll probably try to see another show there.

Friday:

I worked on Greek as an extra again!

I rented a car and headed down to the studio. I was suppose to get there at 2:30ish... but traffic was TERRIBLE. Seriously it look me 2 hours to go 7 miles. It was AWFUL. But I finally got there (half an hour late).

I shot 2 scenes. The first was showing a bunch of girls signing up to do a charity undie run. I was one of the girls in the line signing up. Jake McDorman (Evan) was there... in his undies. Probably one of the greatest moments in my life (no really the guy look SO good without a shirt!).

The other scene took place at night, it was the actual "undie run" event. I didn't ahve to strip down to my undies, but some extras did. I was just in a tank and shorts. In this scene I saw Scott Foster (Cappie) in his boxers (this WAS the greatest moment in my life). I talked to him for like... 2 seconds (while he was only wearing boxers), and Spencer (Cassie). Both were really nice and fun people.

Also the guy who plays Calvin said "hi" to me, and I saw the actresses who play Ashley and Rebecca, so that was neat. 

Also they needed a "kissing couple" for the show for some still photos, so I figured it's an extra pay bump and I've already made out with someone on the show... why not? So I kissed a guy for the cameras, he was cute so it was all good.

Basically I had fun. It was a LATE night though. I got home at 4am. 

I kinda missed extra work... just being on the set and all and getting to talk to a lot of really different people is fun. So I'll look into do a bit more of that (hopefully more on Greek... cause it's Greek).

Saturday:

Chelsea was in town this weekend!!! She stayed at my place. I felt bad cause we were gonna hang out Friday too... but the shoot went SO long. I had no idea it was gonna be a night shoot, but what are you gonna do?

We slept in a bit, returned my rental car, then got pancakes. After that we pretty much just chilled out at the apartment.

Sunday:

Chelsea and I walked down to Santa Monica beach and the shopping area around there. It was good times. Our feet killed on the way back. We also made brownies, which is terrible because now I am eating them. 

Chelsea left Monday while I was at work. I was very sad that she left. :(

Monday:

Yeah... nothing really to speak of happened Monday except that I GOT AN IPHONE! It's my brothers old one... but it is still pretty and I like it.

Tuesday:

Found out today that I MIGHT (nothing for sure) get to go to a "Save the Music" event this weekend, which would be really really really cool. I am super hoping that it ends up working out.

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New stuff going on:

-today worked on a list of "cougars" in hollywood. So THAT was exciting...

-The other day the Tia and Tamera from Sister Sister were in the office for a meeting. I saw them walking out of the elevator.

-Read a pilot at work... I guess VH1 is considering doing some scripted shows which is cool.

-I got a job as an extra on Greek again for Friday, so I am actually really excited for that. I had a really good time on the set last year, so I am hoping this time will be just as good of an experience.

-Chelsea might be coming in to visit me this weekend! I miss her and I am really excited to have her stay here :)

-I am watching an insane amount of Ghost Hunters and want to be a paranormal investigator now. Who else is in? It'll be fuuunnn!!!

More more more

Nothing exciting going on at work.

It seems as though all I do is create lists of different people, and then do research on them (single male celebs in their 30's, socialites, etc.) 

I tired to find some extra work for friday... but there was nothing going on.

Thursday I went to a karaoke bar and thought it would be a really good idea to sing kelly clarkson. it was not a good idea, in fact it was a bad idea. 

Yesterday I walked to 3rd street to look for a yellow dress for recruitment and just kinda shop in general. I also stopped off at a craft store and bought this wood burning thing and some unfinished wooden boxes, so I am gonna be all crafty this weekend.

Last night I went to a bar in Hollywood. It was fun. Drinks were expensive, and it kinda got old after a few hours. But it's all good.

Dear sorority, I have failed you.

I guess Ed Westwick (aka CHUCK BASS) was here yesterday, and I missed him cause I was in my sad little cubical and couldn't see. I have failed. I am sad.

June 9th

Nothing too exciting going on here, but I felt I should probably do an update anyway.

This weekend I went to Venice Beach with Greg. We just kinda walked around and caught up. I got a fun necklace, he bought this really cool little painting thing.

Sunday I went to a shoot for Half Day Today (my brothers sketch comedy/ production group). Filming went well, I think the sketch is gonna turn out all kinds of good.

Other then that nothing too exciting going on. At work I've really just been fileing things and doing talent research.

I did have an epic battle with a copy machine yesterday! (I won).

Also since I am off on Fridays I plan to look for extra work to do. I just don't like sitting around doing nothing for 3 days in a row. I tend to drive myself crazy when I do that. Or I just waste my life playing the sims.

Oh! Speaking of the sims! You can play the sims 3 on the iphone (and in about 2 weeks I am getting my brothers old iphone). This means that no one will ever see me again.

... back to doing research (and by research I am TMZ).