June 2009

What happened this weekend?  J and I seemed to fight all weekend, and every time we were supposed to head to the beach, it never happened.  Instead we ran errands for him ALL weekend (which is totally fine because I know he does not have time during the week, I just wish I would have realized that before I got too excited about finally going to the beach).  I happened to be in an amazing mood all weekend as well.  I started it off by going to DH’s show – fantastic.  I then was supposed to pick up J from the train, but it was delayed by two hours… I still was in a great mood.  I went to pick up J from the train station when he was supposed to arrive,

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On Friday morning, Bobby woke us all (me and Yuka) up at 8am, although we did not get to bed till around 3am and I did not fall asleep till around 4:30am (my couch is not as comfortable to sleep on as I thought, so I crashed on the floor, of course while being a good host and letting Bobby and Yuka take my bed).  We all showered and got ready for the day.  I was planning on taking them to the Grove (my favorite place in LA) and if we had time, show them the Hollywood sign, Hollywood and Highland and Melrose.

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I went on my second official audition yesterday since being back in Los Angeles (I had one when I first moved back, the Casting Director called me for it, I then had several others that I could not make because I was in Chicago for a week, and then a few this week).

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Goooooood Morning!   My goal was to wake up at 7am (haha), why do I do that to myself?  It is so crazy, I used to be a morning person in Washington, getting up between 5-6am on a daily basis and go to bed by 10-11pm each night.  Here I get up between 8-10am, but I do not go to bed until around 2am.  I think it is because my bed is super comfy making me not want to say goodbye, but then again, so was my bed back home.  Must be the job!  Back in Seattle I was a nanny and had to be at work by 7:30-8am, here, I make my own hours.

Mmmmmm, coffee.

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Fav placeI love trips to the Grove, my favorite shopping center in Los Angeles.  I went today to specifically go to the Farmer’s Market to pick up fresh fruit (which is actually cheaper buying it there than at the grocery store).  I am so used to living in Hollywood and West Hollywood that when I come from outside the city, I am never sure which is the best exit to take.  Normally I take Cahuenga off of the 101 (which is the Hollywood/Highland exit), but today for some reason I thought it would be faster to take Hollywood off of the 101, WRONG.  I sat in traffic lights and more congestion and I took a longer route than if I would hav

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DanceI woke up this morning, totally exhausted!  My alarm went off at 8am, I am not sure why I set it for that time, except to maybe work a little before my first dance class since AADA.  I hit the snooze button until 9:20, and then woke up in a hurry thinking I had to meet my friend DH to leave for dance, but we were not meeting till 10:30, so I was good.  I got out of bed anyways and started to get dressed and eat some breakfast.  I made a phone call to my dad to wish him a Happy Father’s Day (wish I was going with him to the Mariner’s game today), one to McKinley and then one to my grandpa (although he was out fishing), so I talked to my

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Why is it whenever I go on a run outside, my face gets bright red after 20 minutes of running?  I am breathing, I am hydrated (at least I think I am), I am not over dressed by any means… yes, maybe it is too hot outside, but I would even get red faced in the winter time when it was freezing.  This also only happens running out doors, it hardly ever happens inside, why?  I am sweating like crazy, you can see the glistening all over my face and back, so at least the cars that are passing me by do not think I am a total tard.  Actually, more than half of them even honk – odd.  Maybe it is because they see my back side first?!  <

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We, thanks to the blackout windows at B-Rad’s house, wake up late, 10am. After we shower and drink some much needed coffee and B-Rad’s mom’s yummy chocolate chip cookies, we decide to head to the Casino where B-Rad’s sister works and manages.  She gets us into the buffet for free and everyone treats B-Rad, J and I like we are royalty just because his sister is the manager.

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As we are passing through the rest of Utah, J and I decide we should stop for some coffee and food, J is already hungry (that is what happens when you are a workout machine).  We stop at one of those gas stations that also have fast food attached; I think it was called T&A (which always makes me giggle).  As J went to go grab the “angry whopper” from Burger King, I grabbed some coffee and snacks.  As I went to put my sugar and creamer in my coffee a weird, missing a tooth older man kept checking me out (maybe I should have re-thought my wardrobe of daisy duke workout shorts and tank, but since we were driving all day, I chose to be comfortable).  He asked me if I swim.

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It is getting late and we are almost out of Iowa, thankfully – neither J nor myself liked this state very much, nor the people in it.  We cross the border to Nebraska and already I feel better (I think it is because a few years back me and Norway were on Venice beach sunbathing and this sweet girl came up to us, Kelly.  She was beautiful, super sweet, naive and from Nebraska.  We remained friends until we all left LA.  I heard from Kelly once afterwards, she had become a stewardess and was going to marry this 40 year old man in Vegas and wanted me to come to her wedding, but I was back in Washington, so I missed it).  I believe it was Lincoln, NB where we stopped to cras

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I woke up this morning tired, but happy.  J text me, he can’t cross any non-US boarders while in BUD/S… that means no big family Thanksgiving in San Filipe, Mexico – I am super bummed.  Then I start to think about the reality series audition that I possibly did not get a call back on due to this road trip, as well as the two auditions that I am missing while on this Chicago to LA road trip and I start to get really frustrated.  My career is slightly more flexible than J’s and so due to that, I feel like I am always compromising because my career can and his cannot.

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Today was an exciting day!  Not because I got up at 7am this morning to start work, which then did not really start until 8am (due to coffee, breakfast, e-mail, etc).  Nor was it because I ran 2.5 miles down the jogging trail by my apartment, which by the way, I took my mace today - nope nothing exciting happened on my run, except for a few people smiling at me this time, which was nice, but not exciting.  Nor was it too crazy exciting when I came home and did my abs workout, then my arms workout or when my boyfriend called to tell me that he got three tickets from the cop who witnessed his jeep stuck in the river…

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When I first moved to Los Angeles back in 2003 I was very young, trusting and naive.   I would check Craigslist day in and day out for audition notices (this is before I knew about Actors Access, LA Casting, Now Casting, etc) even though my school the American Academy of Dramatic Arts advised against students auditioning while in school. 

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After a full week of hanging with my mom, she has finally left my tiny little NoHo studio. I’m bummed. I do not get much time with my mom these days. I have not lived with her since I was 13 and since then I have spent time with her, but not for super long periods of time, at least not when either of us really had to work.

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When I previously lived in Hollywood from 2003-2006 I had a real life stalker and I wasn’t even as close to being famous as I am now (which is still far, far away). He was the skinniest Samoan you have ever seen (drugs will do that to you). He was about 6’4 and 180 pounds. He had the sexiest hair ever – long black hair, bottom half of his head shaved, top half of his hair pulled back into a pony tail, while two long bangs stuck up in a V in the front of his head (I hope you can tell that I am being sarcastic here).

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My mom and I are driving to San Diego for the day after, of course, waking up late (due to last nights shenanigans) and trying to get some work done. We pack up my car around 2pm with all the random stuff that I no longer want, that my mom is taking to her storage unit (little Ms. Packrat as I like to call her). She has three storage units, plus everything she has packed at my grandparents place in Long Beach and at my brother’s house in Eastern Washington. I love her to death and she’s an amazing woman, but boy does she have stuff (and you can’t call it junk, or she’ll get mad).

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I find my keys exactly where my landlord told me they would be and my mom and I head up to my new apartment to check it out (I’m exhausted, but the excitement is running through me like a child waiting to open presents on Christmas morning). As I open the door and look in, I’m shocked and slightly disappointed. Its much smaller than the pictures made it seem to be (must have been the huge mirrors and angles).

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It’s Saturday, I have a wedding to go to in a few hours, and I have a one o’clock appointment to get my tattoo (my first ever tattoo, and um… I’m afraid of needles, is that a problem?!). I chose to get my tattoo done by Justin, from Ink Bomb Tattoos on Aurora in Seattle. He kindly let the film Action! (which I starred in, check it out at: http://stiff.bside.com/2009/films/filmchallenge_stiff2009) be shot in his studio.

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We wake up at 6am to shower and pack and are out of the hotel by 9am for our flight that leaves at 1pmˡ. I was hoping we could see McKinley one last time, but no. Once we arrive at Little Rock Airport, we return our rental car and find out that yes, we could have put the rental car on hold with my dad’s debit card, versus my brother’s visa card (STUPID lady – we were telling you that all along!).

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