Easter

Rejoicing
Praise
Faith
And a ton of cheese...
Because I gave it up for Lent!
Happy Easter.

It's The Day Before Easter...

And all through the house,

Not a bunny to be found...
Just a bunch of little Raisinets!
Or at least I thought they were chocolate...

A Trip To Ikea...

Always ends with me spending too much money on cheap things!

LONG Day!

Up too early,

Shot all day,

Accident in the car,

And now I'm ready to call it a night!

It was a VERY long day in LA!

I Love Production Day!

Waking up early sucks,

But the adventure that follows is awesome.

Hair and make-up,

Running lines, 

Camera blocking,

ACTION!

And of course my favorite... Craft services!

Don't forget; lighting, sound, cameras, editing, props, etc, etc, etc...

There's a ton of shit to do-

But the end product is always so sweet!

Morning Hike

The birds are chirping,

No traffic yet,

Even with a chill in the air and a layer of morning fog-

LA is magical.

Surrounded by Palm trees, 

Passing nannies and the morning dog walkers,

Millions of ideas, goal and dreams swirling through my mind...

Climbing the steady hill past all of the celebrity homes,

The view is magnificent at the top,

And my mind becomes clear, focused and ready to greet the day!

Healthy Breakfast

Scrambled egg whites,

Spinach,

Olives,

Dry toast and fruit instead of hash browns...

This is what mid-30's looks like!

Oh well, at least I feel mid-20's because of it.

Six Word Essay On Dance

Music ignites the soul of soles!

Note To Self:

While bacon added to every meal may taste delicious, it's not necessarily a healthy choice!
#DietDoesntIncludeSaltyPork!

Scrumptious Scone

Waking up early,
The aroma of freshly brewed coffee is only enhanced by the smell of scrumptious scones baking in the oven!
Firm on the outside,
Moist in the middle-
Farm fresh Strawberry jam!
Today is going to be a great day!

Smile... The Dentist Isn't That Bad!

Growing up I hated the dentist!

Needles, drills and that awful smell...

As an adult, I love the dentist!

Clean white teeth are a huge part of my career,

So I've made friends with the dentist,

Now if I could just make peace with the price tag attached to my bright white smile.

Like my dentist says, "Healthy gums are priceless for a long life!"

Yeah... but he's not the one paying for it.

A Grave Production?!

Up at 7am-
Full day of work.
Then-
Shoot begins at midnight.
Up until 7 am!
Talk about a graveyard shift!

Perspective:

My idea of a budget is only going to Starbucks once a day.
The homeless gentleman's idea of a budget is to use the Starbucks to bathe, brew a Lipton cup-o-soup to eat and refill his environmentally safe mug to drink coffee while he waits for his (non-iPhone) monthly cellular device to charge...
I have a blessed life, and I need to remember that!

RecoNEcT Working! Week 10

This week I'm sending a thank you to a woman who has literally been a Godsend in my life.

My grandma lives 2,000 miles away and suffers from Parkinson's Disease.  Because of the nature of Parkinson's, one minute my grandma shows no signs of being sick, and within seconds she can become completely unable to walk, or function without assistance.

Of course this has been a difficult path for her and our family-

Especially because I live so far away.

I'm only able to help by checking in with her daily via the phone.

Fortunately, my grandma has a group of life long friends that act as her; hands when she can't write, her legs when she can't walk and her company when she gets lonely.

I'm reaching out to one of her oldest friends, who has dedicated her time, energy, love and support to helping my grandma when family is not available.

To put it simply, she is an angel.  We are blessed to have her in our lives.

Wear Green...

I'm not Irish, and I'm not sure I believe in luck...

I'm wearing green to avoid the superstitious people who will try to pinch me!

Waking Up Is Hard To Do!

Worked all day,

Up all night,

Alarm goes off and I want to cry.

Late to bed and early to rise-

Life on the road,

UGH!

I (Positively) Hate Flying!

I thought if I threw the word positive in my title, I wouldn't come across as a negative whining bitch...
But seriously I despise flying.
I'll give you one reason:
The overweight annoyed business man that is stuck in the middle seat and behaves like it's my fault he doesn't have enough room, and therefore refuse to share the armrest.
When I ask him (kindly) to share the armrest, I'm met with resistance.
"You're small you don't need the extra room, I do."
So just to be clear, because you're obese I have to suffer?!
Yep, that sounds like self-entitled fat American traveler I'm all too familiar with!
Airlines charge money for overweight bags... When are they going to start charging for overweight people who take up half of my seat?!
I'm tired of being punished for eating healthy and exercising!

I (Positively) Hate Flying!

I thought if I threw the word positive in my title, I wouldn't come across as a negative whining bitch...
But seriously I despise flying.
I'll give you one reason:
The overweight annoyed business man that is stuck in the middle seat and behaves like it's my fault he doesn't have enough room, and therefore refuse to share the armrest.
When I ask him (kindly) to share the armrest, I'm met with resistance.
"You're small you don't need the extra room, I do."
So just to be clear, because you're obese I have to suffer?!
Yep, that sounds like self-entitled fat American traveler I'm all too familiar with!
Airlines charge money for overweight bags... When are they going to start charging for overweight people who take up half of my seat?!
I'm tired of being punished for eating healthy and exercising!

Packing...

I hate to pack.

Primarily because I resent going out of town for work-

But also, I just hate packing.

I wish I was rich like those Beverly Hills housewives,

Then I'd have my maid Thomas pack for me!

See how I did that?

I made my maid a man.

Ugh.

Off to roll my clothes...

I roll when I pack, because it helps prevent wrinkles.

(You can also pack twice as much in one bag!)

A trick I learned from my roommate on tour ten years ago.

She was a bitch, but the bitch knew how to pack!

Random Note:

Eating an entire bar of chocolate at 10 PM is not helping me stay "camera ready!"

NO Time For Stress!

Up at 5 AM for a promo news segment.

Follow up production meeting-

Pre-production for a new TV pilot,

Check-in with manager and agent.

Plan and choreograph for my weekend gig,

Tweet, Facebook, SOCIAL MEDIA!!!

Walk through at a new office space,

Edit and re-write script.

Overwhelmed, but NO time to stress...

All in an LA day!

ReconNEcT Working! Week 9

This week I'm reaching out to a new contact we made in the industry.
He's a talented man, with an arsenal of wisdom and resources!
...and he LOVES what we do at A Group Production.
Hopefully this "old fashioned" note will make a nice follow up impression!

Spring Forward!

This time change always hurts!

I'm grateful for the extra sun,

But the first night is brutal!

I desperately miss the hour of sleep.

Ugh...

[Hits snooze button, again.]

The Talent Continues...

Up at the crack of dawn,

Dancers warming up on stage-

How can anyone dance full out at 8 AM?!

Youth.

Ambition.

Drive.

Youth...

The life of a dancer;

Work hard. Never complain. And dance when you're told to!

Another weekend, another talent competition.

Suck It Up!

There are moments in life when a person that has screwed you over in the past, reaches out for help. 

In those instances we are faced with two options;

Respond in a positive manner. Gracefully decline or accept the invitation to get "played" again.

OR

Give them a piece of your mind and tell them to F_CK OFF!

I'm proud of myself today-

I took the high road.  As much as I don't enjoy collaborating with lunatics, I realize that an enemy is more manageable when kept close.

So I had to suck it up and smile.

Observation...

Coming home to my adorable, cuddly puppies makes a stressful LA day melt away!

Meetings, Production, PR... Oh My!

Up at the crack of dawn,

Ready for a full day.

Morning meetings, 

Creatively peeking the interest of “suits.”

Wrap up meeting with manager,

Followed by pre-production work,

With enough time for a “power PR” lunch meeting.

It’s not even 3 PM and I’m ready to go to sleep!

All in an LA days work…

Social Disease

Blog it,

Tweet it,

Instagram it,

Post it on Facebook,

Pin It,

Upload it on YouTube,

and then start all over again!

The world has developed a social disease-

We don't talk to people, we text them.  We don't have conversations about our families, we share Instagram photos...

I'm guilty of this addiction HARDCORE!

I think I need to take a break from the social media,

Right after I check my Twitter account to see if I have any new followers!

Six Word Essay on Early Mornings

Don't talk until I have coffee!

ReconNEcT Working Week 8

Sometimes you have to reach out to a former mentor and share how grateful you are for their guidance...

Even when that person was a nasty, power hungry, condescending artistic director who loved playing games.

The truth is, this person was extremely talented at their job, despite having any creativity of their own, they really knew how to draw it out of others.

I learned a lot from my time with this person;

I discovered that there is a nice way to get things done, an evil way to say something and how to travel overseas.

So this week, I'm sending an overdue F_ck-off, in the form of a "Thank You!"

See?

Progress.

Long Day

It was a long ass day.
Not even the (2) TWO venti lattes from Starbucks will keep me up tonight!
Probably because the (3) THREE glasses of wine I had at the end of this epic day are making me tired.
Good Night!

Travel Day.

Out the door in time to stop at Starbucks!
Airport is empty-
Speed through TSA,
Get to the gate and run into a friend.
Just enough time for a quick hello!
Time to board...
I appreciate travel days when they're like this!
Hopefully a great sign for a breezy weekend!
Oh, the glamorous life!