L.A. Chic

Palm TreesSo many options… Life in Los Angeles is what you make of it.  It can be an amazing experience, such as when I first came out here in 2003 or it can be stressful and crazy, just depending on what is going on in your life at that moment in time.  For me, this time back out in Los Angeles is not as amazing as it was in 2003 (back then I came out here to go to acting college, I was living my dream of acting, meeting a ton of new people, enjoying life 100%, working hard but loving every minute of my life).  Now life is much easier for me and I am not enjoying it as much.  I have also said though and everyone close to me knows that I am only happy if I am busy and I have not been as busy as I was the first few years I lived here. Read more

2010Happy Twenty-Ten, so far this year has started off with a bang!  For New Years my boyfriend, his sister, her husband and I all went to Catalina Island to celebrate.  We left on Wednesday and rented a hotel with the room twice the size of my apartment, or maybe three times the size – it was huge!  It was more like the size of a huge one bedroom apartment, but mainly open, with a small kitchen and a large bathroom (the bathroom was larger than the kitchen).  Did I mention that the beds were king size?  It was like I woke up in another world.  We are used to my tiny full size bed, so moving up to a king was nice, comfortable, and slightly colder (without my boyfriend’s body heat so close to me, I actually got cold in the middle of the night). Read more

XmasMy boyfriend arrived home just before Christmas with a huge to-do list and a big ball of stress riding on his shoulders.  His main priority was signing another six month contract to stay in the Navy while finishing out Navy Seal training so that once July comes he can sign on for another five years (he’s already been in almost nine).  He was stressing because when he first left for training back in March, they gave him a ninety thousand dollar signing bonus, but now after completing his first six months of Seal training they wanted to (without him knowing) drop it down to around fifty thousand.  When it comes to money, my boyfriend keeps his eyes out and open.  He made sure that his new six month contract included the previous ninety thousand signing bonus, signed the new contract and was relieved by one less stress.  The next major thing he needed to take care of were two differen Read more

I started off my week great; finished my boyfriend’s Christmas decoration, last week before he comes homes (5 very long weeks later), and two auditions that I did not even really ask for.  One was for a Wii Fit commercial, the other was for an ab-infomercial.  I auditioned for the Wii commercial last Friday and had got a callback on Monday as well as the ab-infomercial audition.  Read more

I was just hired on full time as a Studio Manager at a casting studio (perfect timing as I believe my other job may be ending in the near future, not by my choice) and as soon as all of my friends and family found out, they questioned if it would still be possible for me to act while working full time.  I, luckily have a boss who is in the industry and super easy to work with (actually several of my last bosses were like that: Grant, Heather and Bob were all super nice and flexible).  My boss had even mentioned that he wanted to keep my hours flexible just in case I had an audition, etc.  I was thankful he said that, but I haven’t been taking time off for auditions, I’ve been taking time off for family which I have realized to me is more important lately than anything.  Read more

BelieveLife has been looking up the last few weeks and it’s nice.  I believe everything happens for a reason and I also believe that being a hard worker will pay off.  I come from a family of hard workers, both my mom and dad are work-a-holics, my grandpa and my brothers too.  I started out going to a casting director workshop, letting them know I was interested in casting and helping out, they then asked me to be an intern (after reading for them a few times) and that led to being an assistant for Space Station, which now will soon be a full time position with possibly even my own office and flexibility for auditions.  I must say that I have been pretty blessed with work and finding good, yet flexible jobs. Read more

Space StationI just started a new part time job to help bring in some extra income (since my main job limited my pay) as well as meet people within the entertainment industry.  I am now the assistant at Space Station Studios, which is attached to Dream Big Casting (to where I still intern with casting agents Sherrie Henderson and Dan Velez).  I just started on Wednesday, but so far I love it!  My boss is extremely cool (I was even late to work by 20 minutes – which btw NEVER happens, I am ALWAYS early) and he didn’t mind as long as it did not happen when I opened up the office on my own, and it won’t.  Read more

ShanikoI feel very lucky to have such an amazing family, very supportive, great friends and an even more amazing boyfriend.  Lately I’ve been contemplating whether I should leave the acting industry and do something else, such as produce or cast.  I already intern at a casting office and I was just offered a part time job as an assistant at the casting studio which is an amazing opportunity to learn many ins and outs of the industry.  I will also have the opportunity to meet many producers and directors which could help me as a producer or even as an actor (if I choose to stay in that area of the industry).  Read more

BaxterFor my boyfriend’s birthday I asked what he would rather have: a dog, something for his car, or his default gift; REI gift card.  Ever since his sister brought her dogs over to our apartment, he realized how much he really missed having a dog around and decided that he wanted a dog more than anything.  Read more

Crate and BarrelMy mom has officially arrived back into Southern California!  Yay – it makes me a happy girl once again!  My mom and her ex-husband (who have been dating still since the divorce) have decided to buy a house together in San Diego, so my mom just moved her first load of stuff down from Washington.  She stopped by my apartment early Sunday morning around 2 am, we chatted for a bit then passed out.  She had been driving all day (16 hours from Washington), so she was pretty exhausted.  Read more