These are my trials and tribulations of being a twenty year old working actress. These are the everyday diaries of filming, auditions, rejection, success and everyday obstacles of trying to make a career.
its been a while since i have dug up photos from a movie, "Pretty Dead things", i filmed about a year and a half ago. So, I thought I would share some of my fondest memories:
Ross and Jason on the set of PDT (Pretty Dead Things), it was like my family on that set...
I want to start being a tree hugger. They even have their own website!
Here is some interesting information about COTTON!
Organic cotton is the version of its conventional counterpart grown without pesticides, herbicides, insecticides, chemical fertilizers or any other chemicals, and that makes it hugely different, especially considering that cotton (organic or otherwise) provides about half of all the world's fiber needs. Conventional cotton is one of the most chemically-dependent crops, sucking up 10% of all agricultural chemicals and 25% of insecticides on 3% of our arable land; that's more than any other crop per unit. That adds up to 1/3 of a pound of chemicals to produce enough cotton for a t-shirt, and 3/4 of a pound for a pair of jeans. And that's just not bad for the planet; 20,000 deaths occur each year from pesticide poisoning in developing countries, many of these from cotton farming, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). - Collin Dunn
I have started to go green, my mother currently invested in canvas bags that I use instead of taking plastic bags to the grocery store. I have started to buy H&M's Organic cotton dresses. I don't get the newspaper (the tv is good enough), I reuse paper bags from Whole Foods, I am also buying organic foods (SOY yogurts are the GREATEST!), when I use the dishwasher I use ECOwash and I don't let them heat dry. What I would like to do is buy organic paper towels, buy a hybrid, build my own vegetable garden, create a organic material clothing line, and spread the word to others. I also wish I was a hippy. :)
- Little fact. When I was in Middle school, my school was not going to hold the eight grade anymore (I was in seventh at the time). They were going to spread all the kids out into other schools and build a new one to house others. The one they were going to build, was going to be located on a landfill, that was infact still leaking chemical gases. Obviously after many protested, it was denied.
If you live per curiously through someone with a large salary. We all do it. You can still be financially responsible while being young and still having fun. Some people say nicksa to those wonderful lattes (which are around 4.00 for a Tall at starbucks) due to their broken budget, but you can still have the things you want while sacrificing others. For instance, if you see that awesome tv show you have been watching just came out with its forth season on dvd (for a mere 34.99), you can get that. But realize you need to give something else up, like say some restaurant meals. If you do the math down the road, buying the 34.99 dollar DVD set, instead of the 3 times you ate out, you are actually saving money. Although, deciding what is more worth it in the end can draw some blanks. For me, I would rather buy a starbucks coffee (4.00), a new pair of jeans (28.00), and a top (15.00) - than go to a bar and spend about that on a round of drinks and a ridiculous amount of munchie food when the buzz sets in. Not that I don't like to have a drink now and then, but when I first moved to where I am, I spent all of my money on going out. It gets expensive when I would hit a bar three or four nights a week. So I found other vices, budgeting my money for fashion, which I love the most. (my parents always drill me on clothes, why I keep buying them, I just tell them "Least its not crack"). But I am also saving up some mullah to travel, I am hoping in six months, traveling will become one of my main vices.
Anyways, whats to earning money, if you never get to actually enjoy it?
Its been awhile. My life had kind of done this shining light realization. Which I think is a great thing, seeing I haven't had one of those, since only god knows when. I have been really busy, busy up to my eye balls. thats another great thing. So I have been by myself for a total of 6 days, wondering and working in a town that i barely know anyone, family being 3,000 miles away. I actually started to love it.
Well I have decided I am going to get two tattoos. I have been deciding about this for about 2 years now, its now or never. I will probably get my first one in the next coming weeks and then my second following the first. The first one will be a Leo symbol near the ankle bone on my foot. The other I will have on my neck, below my hair line that says "Quelle Belle Vie". Look it up in a French translation. Its a wonderful saying folks. See, I have been this up tight person for 20 years, its time to live life, rebel a little bit and just love the state your mind is in. I don't regret anything I have done in my life and I will continue to live that motto till the day I die. I have a guilty conscience EVEN though I have done nothing. GET THAT!
Anyways, a quick update. I am turning 21 in.........174 days!.... oh shush, dumb birthday being in friggen AUGUST!.
i am going to be walking the runway in a fashion show on Feb 7th, and i will be dressed by aqui. Weird, its random and completely last minute. It cool, I am excited to be walking for Aqui. Don't forget that Feb 1st "The Eye" is coming out in theaters and I am in one of the ending scenes. ALSO ha ha ha next Monday, The pilot for Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles will be shown for a second time. In case you would like to watch it again.
Things are going really good right now. I have had a couple of my jobs appear in Festivals, on TV, and in theaters in the past two months. I do feel that its a bit of a pickup since last year. I have a good job right now while the writers strike is still in effect.
I was devastated by Heath Ledgers News, he was truly a talented and gifted man. I know he will be missed terribly by his family and fans.
I am piling in the work hours right now, really haven't had anytime to really sit down and write. So i might update a little, may leave you not hearing from me until next week, and for that I am sorry.
So since the Terminator TV series aired, it was a little pick up in my life. I was not expecting half of my scene to even make it (for that I wasn't expecting any of it) so it was a nice little sign. Also, Feb1st The Eye hits theaters, hopefully my scene made it. I am a little excited and nervous to watch the movie. I really don't want to feel embarrassed if my scene didn't make it, type of thing.
Also on imdb this week, Remedial Attraction, a film I did in 2007 has been added after its run at the NY Film Festival.
WATCH TERMINATOR: SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES!!! My scene made it into the final cut of the premiere episode! I was not expecting this at all, since I was told that my scene was being cut due to the similarity to the Virgina Tech Shootings. Well, I got a phone call of my screaming parents telling me they saw me and I made it into the episode! ha ha weird how things work when you "least" expect it.
I am hitting that certain part of my life, where all of a sudden, I feel stuck. Maybe I am not stuck and I am making more of it than it really is. I am currently living in a situation where I don't think I feel happy anymore. Yes I just started a new job and that "should" figure some things out. Well so far it hasn't. I do love the job, but I am not in love with the state I am living in anymore. II have done what I can here and I feel I need to move on to something bigger with better opps. Now my problem comes into play. What should I do? should I move? I have every option to do that, where ever I want to go, so why am I making this such a big deal? I feel like I am being so damn stubborn as to where I want to go. LA should be the number one place I
should want to live, but it isn't. I don't know anything about LA, I think that scares me the most, being that small fish in a ocean. do I really want to fight to the gut of the ocean, not really, I want to be happy with everything I can accomplish.. I am sick of fighting with myself to be happy, I just want to move to a place where its filled with oppritunities and do things that I love! I don't want to spend another minute throwing away these precious moments I could be working. Its killing me to figure out where I want to go right now. They always say there is another day to figure it out, just give it time. I don't have all the time in the world, for all I know, it could end tomorrow. I think at this point I want to be happy. I need to stop holding on to something thats no longer there, but I don't want to go back to where I all started from. I don't want to be defeated, and come running back home with my tail between my legs. I am not a person to do that.
Should I round up my life again in a Uhaul and find another place to raise my glass to?
Okay, so I forgot to mention this two posts ago, so I am catching up now!
So I have two films that are debuting at film festivals this weekend and in the coming months One film I did called "Remedial Attraction" is premiering in New York at the G.P.A.M. Film Festival. It has also been added to IMDB this past week from its debut this weekend. Also, "Absent Father" premieres in the South Asian Festival. The film will have its world premiere next month at the Dhaka International Film Festival in Bangladesh, screening in the 'Cinema of the World' category. Bangladesh has, behind Hollywood and India, one of the largest film industries (and audiences) in the world. In the meantime, I also know that the film has been accepted at the Religion Today Film Festival in Tr
I have become one of the worst bloggers. Sorry. I have been working major hours since acting has hit a slow point (thanks to the strike and all), BUT I am still having fun. Anyways, to catch a few up on the where abouts: Not sure I touched on New Years eve or anything, but I stayed pretty low-key, I just went to see a Christmas tree being lit on fire, sipped some champagne and wine. I got a 16 cent pay raise today, yeah pretty cool and pretty lame. (its the companies 2% pay increase after the first of the year). So on my job, to becoming an independent buyer; you have to log in about 36 training hours at the buy counter. Not too bad, kind of feels like a year long drivers ed class. Although so far after about 2 weeks, I have already knocked off 5 hours and 20 minutes. I love the buy counter, since I have been up there; I have snagged some pretty good duds! Ya-yaha! In need to post some new photas up here, its getting pretty lame in the phota department.
I was planning on heading to Colorado this weekend, but that might get derailed a little bit, so I might head to the hot springs instead. Work gave me the weekend off, I am going to make it a nice relaxing (feet up) days off.
Till then, friends don't let friends drink and drive ;)
First of fall, Happy New year to everyone. Hope everyone’s New Year was positive and fun! In a new sort of way, my life just got busy. From Christmas to the New Year, I have been over my head with things to do. My parents came into town for the holidays, and I basically got a new job for a fashion buy, sell, and trade company called Buffalo Exchange. I am training right now to become a independent buyer for the company, which I can use if everything in my life decides to fall through. Since I started working, I have accumulated a ton of clothing; my closet is fullest to the max now! I have not stopped struggling to be a working actress or anything, I thought I would pick something up in my spare time, since I am addicted to shopping and love fashion I decided to take something up that will keep me occupied and still being in a social atmosphere. I will still leave for anything that my agent calls me for, just earning some extra cash so this year I can travel.
Which brings me to my next topic - My new year’s resolution! This coming year I will be 21, finally 21. SO for my birthday I wanted to go to London, or Spain, or back to France for my second round. So for 2008 (new job and all) I plan on making a huge trip come the end of the year. I have always traveled as a kid and I have now traveled across country and seen Europe. I want to do it all over again. I would like to travel back to Europe and see either London or Italy. I would also like to go somewhere tropical for my birthday. Everyone is saying Mexico, but I am not so sure on that Idea. Not that Mexico is not a place I would want to visit; I just want to stay in safe territory. The places I have been to in my life are:
Canada (Toronto, Quebec, and Montreal), France (Paris), California, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, N. Carolina, W Virginia, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Delaware.
Places I want to see this year: Hawaii (still on my list....), California again, Washington, Tennessee, London - England, British Virgin Islands.
Resolutions I would still like to maintain my upkeep, not just because the change of the new year, I need to work on them;
Maintaining a gym routine, Learn to not be so up tight and have fun ( I tend to over think things and worry a ton when Its really not that needed.), Travel more, Learn to save (this one has been and will always be tough) and most importantly still push acting, its something I have done for 6 years, I am not throwing everything away now.
I swear I will write soon! I have a day off tomorrow, so I am going to catch up on the things I need to do! :)
Today I could not believe it was already the 13th. This month is just flying by, which is great, I can't wait to get to 2008.
I have been busy today doing a bunch of computer work, submitting to notices etc. I work another promotion this weekend, and hopefully its over this weekend. I don't think I can stand another minute working with cosmetics and with cranky cranky people.
I have had so much on my mind latley. Future decisions and such, what I want to do come January, or March. Augh. I need some signs. Some really big big signs to help me figure out what decision to make because I am stuck. Very stuck and I can't make up my mind. I have the ability to move right now to LA by January1st. But do I want to. See the thing that is tearing me apart is:
Here in NM, there is about 25 new films coming. SO, I don't know if I should leave right yet, until the auditioning is done and then leave. Since my agent here has told me to put everything on hold till they come. Decisions Decisions.
Besides the acting stuff, I am finally getting a clothing label made. Its taken a couple trials but I think I have the one I want finally.
Sometimes I try to picture where am I going to be in 10 years. I am 20 right now, and in 10 years I will be 30. Then I think, okay I am 20 I am still a baby, but am I doing all of the things I should be doing? am I accomplishing the things I want to accomplish? There are tons of places I would like to visit before I am 30. I moved out west when I was 18 years old, I am now about 3,000 miles away from anyone I know (family, friends,etc). But should I decide to move somewhere else?
So say in year, If I am not accomplishing anything that I have set out to do so, I will move. I will make the complete trip out west. Its like a made a pit stop along the way. almost a two year pit stop, but a SAG pit stop. Can't complain. Do the whole LA thing, but live in Burbank, drive in. Find a cheap apt that allows cats or maybe even get a roommate. Maybe in a year or so I have completley different aspirations and I want to live in london for six months. Get an intern job at a london magazine (i have connections at Company Mag in London), take luna and willie out with me, store all of my stuff into storgage until I get back, and just get a funrished apt out there. Maybe in a year, I will completly do a one eighty and move back NY to live. Find a nice cozy apt just out of Manhattan, find a job intown. Do the whole acting thing there that I did a year ago. Or maybe, I might even stay statinary if things go well and its really promising here. I mean there is 25 films coming after the first of the year. who knows. I really hate to think about it. I would love to see what my future holds, but then what would the surprise be if you earned everything with out knowing.
I have urged my self plenty of times not to google my name. Althought have found it rather interesting at times. When I was 17, about to turn 18, there was a Playboy site that featured me with a count down to when I was legal. Sad and Pathetic. Well being 17 at the time, my parents went ballistic. My mother took care of it, of course :), having google eliminate the page from existance and the unathorized photo use. Since then, I have googled my name on a monthly basis, just making sure my photos and personal information haven't been used incorrectly. In my findings on google, I have found these hilarious sites, featuring my photos.
I would have to say, that December is one of my favorite months. Not only this month are my parents are visiting me for christmas, but this will be my second christmas out west. yay! I didn't spend Christmas with them last year, so I am very excited for them to come this year. :)
Since its already in december, its time for me to get my butt into gear and finish up my holiday shopping. This year, I have soooo many people to get presents for, which can be straining in more ways than one. (not that its not a badd thing, although I can be "paying" for it for the next months to come).
Yesturday, I worked a Singstar Promotion. Its an interactive P2 game for kids, much like guitar hero, but you sing into a mic. It only lasted 5 hours which was fine with me! After, I met up with Jenn and was out till 2 am, crashed as soon as I got home :)
I need a Chai Latte, or a cup of nice black coffee. and a magazine. oh and add in a frosted cookie. Its getting too cold out, the thing I can't stand it, if its going to drop in the 20s and 30s, please just snow. There is no point in being bone cold raw and there be nothing falling from the sky, just makes my day miserable.
So acting for the next two months with be very slow. Since the holidays are right around the corner. Its nice for the slow period, give you a chance to recoop then gear up for another year of pushing and pulling.
So, I haven't posted in the past day or so. Its been interesting, and rather exhausting. Yesturday I spent my entire day at the Animal hospital with my siamese, after she chewed a damn plastic toy. I love them to death, but no more plastic toys (it cost me tooo much). I still have to watch her and make sure she dosen't die on me, from internal bleeding if the toy cuts her stomach. So far so good, but she is not out of the woods yet. I would hate to poop out a toy... ha ha its actually funny when I think about it.
Anyways, I rented "Waitress" last night. I absolutley loved it! Such a funny and intensly passionate movie. I love Keri Russel, and she was just fantastic in it. The director Adrienne Shelly (who also wrote, directed, and acted in it) died even before the movie was released. You can go to the http://www.adrienneshellyfoundation.org/ - The Adrienne Shelly Foundation supports the artistic achievements of female actors, writers and directors through a series of scholarships and grants. Adrienne was great in the movie, and made such a personal moving film. Go see it, or go rent it!
Thought I would post some better quality screenshots I recieved from "Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles". Don't forget to see it when the show air on FOX!
Okay, so my blog may be under construction until tomorrow. All the posts from my last blog have been transfered here, and most of the blog dates say Nov. 27th, I can't change the date to when I posted them in daniellelozeau.blogspot.com so it will make do. I am still making the layout, adding photos, and information.
Welcome to my New Home folks! I like uber much better, seeing you can play around with the layouts more and make it your own. So far I am loving
the new blog, It personally fits my style, and I am happy for the move. Hope the page is fun to navigate as well!
Keep tight while the page is still being re-modeled!!
Okay, so I am going to post my morning, since my mother has bugged me to do so. It all started at like 9:40 when I had to take my 6 month old cat to the vets. I use leashes for my cats, since they walk on them, it just makes things easier. Well, I should of crated the kitten, she does not like car rides. Luna on the other hand, lays down in the back seat and takes a load off, or she will lay in my lap (I know not safe). Here is willie, my kitten, hollering up a storm and not sitting still. While I am on the HIGHWAY, when traffic moves at 65-75, she manages to squeeze her head in between my roll bar in my jeep and the window, getting her head stuck! Seriously stuck, like her body would hang if I was to let her but go. So I start freaking out! I find a place to pull over, and I am on the phone with my mom in histarics. I then call animal rescue because there is no way I can get her head out, and I didn't want her to go into shock or hurt her. At this point, I am crying, she has cut my hands soo badly i have blood everywhere and she is panting and getting really worked up. I am standing outside my car, holding my cats but and trying to figure out how in the hell she managed to get there in the first place. I finally see, after 30 minutes, and start pushing her down the roll bar seeing an exit. She is resisting of course, but I just keep pushing and making sure I don't break her neck in the process. Well, finally i get her head to a point where it comes free. she is now a huge ball of fur, and is claws to my cars seat. Poor baby, man I felt so bad for her, and the ironic thing the vets wasn't even a mile away. So I bring her in, they take her to check on her, and one other nurse tends to my bloody cuts. She was so worked up, she was in a corner all fluffy, the vets naturally laughed at her, but got her to calm down. Also, poor thing she also got a shot. HA HA Thankfully, no one was to badly hurt in this fiasco. I am just glad she is fine and there isn't any damage to her neck. I don't think she will do it again, because I have invested in a CRATE the vets gave me. So there won't even be close to a next time. Willie will be crated the NEXT time we go to the vets! ha ha ha!
Why is it that every Thanksgiving I tend to sleep so much during the day. I seriously took 3 naps the day of thanksgiving. I spent Thanksgiving with Ross's family, it was a great dinner, even though i feel deeply into the couch cushions. On Saturday I worked a promotion for Alltel, I was also picked to throw a football at halftime to win 10 grand, and I passed it up... I had a wedding to go to that night. I know, I heard crap for not doing it, I know. (I stink at throwing a ball, the chances I was to get it into a small cardboard cut out was slim to none). That night I did attend a friends wedding that was at a casin o. I stayed the night at the casino in a wonderful suite. It was a nice getaway, even if it was a small one, It was nice to sleep in a place that wasn't my own bed for a night, I fell in love with the bathroom-beautiful..
I went through all of my websites files from like 2003 and I have found a boat load of pictures of when I first started acting/modeling. Here are some photos I thought I would share.
I think its time for some new photos to be taken... yeah that needs to happen.
Catching up on the stuff that goes to be forgotten this week. So I have scored two promotional jobs today! ya! One is for alltel this saturday and then one is next week on saturday for Sing Star gamer. Getting some good paid stuff for the holidays, nice pocket change. Speaking of promotions I thought I would post some of the photos i recieved from Mentos, the promotion I did for a while back in October.
Enjoy. They are quirky, I know. The Manager wanted to spend sometime showing how mentos can affect your everyday life. ha ha ha .... Can you spot me in every picture?
So I just got a little preview of "The Eye" poster. I think it looks cool, not sure if they are keeping it and just going to use it as a test poster, since the poster is really early with a Feb 1st release. Alot of people are disappointed in the poster, most of which are upset with a new remake. I am not complaining, I actually like the whole design of it, I didn't actually realize there was a hand coming out of the eye till I took a closer look. Its creepy none the less.I am so glad to see David and Xavier doing so well with this film. They were such fun directors to work with, and was so glad I actually got to have a full conversation with them once the film had wrapped at the wrap party. I should post a picture of the gift I received from working on The Eye! I am surprised I haven't posted anything about it, once I got it I locked it in a box for safety ha ha ha!
As for other news, I found out this morning that Hayden Panettiere (Hero's) was issued a arrest warrant in Japan after she tried to stop the slaughter of dolphins. I guess she won't be traveling to Japan anytime soon, or she will be sent to Jail in Japan. I would be afraid to be in a jail in a foreign country, not sure how they go about the whole "legal" system out there. Don't think they will be too nice like we are out here. (IE. letting Lindsay Lohan only spend 84 minutes behind bars in her street clothes).
Reminder! I am in this months Fangoria Magazine for "Pretty Dead Things" on stands now! Its my second article in Fangoria this year!
Well since its coming close to Christmas, and I was asked the other day if I had a Christmas list. Matter of fact I am going to make one here now. Little somensomen for moi that I have wanted. Nothing too fancy! :) Since my parents coming for Christmas is all I could ever want! :)
Its been a hellish week. Still getting over this cold and not really doing much of anything. It has been a crappy week. I was given notice the other day by my agent that after the first of the year, there is 25 films being pushed over here. Yep... 25 films. Hopefully I can keep busy on a couple, that would be nice. The Holidays are right around the corner, starting with Thanksgiving next week. Then Christmas is not too far behind. I like that it gets slow right about now, the wave of work comes in then simmers right around the holidays which gives some relaxation time with family.
During my "not so interesting week" I begun to watch "The Ghost Whisperer". I love it! It is such a good show, really engaging to watch! I would love to do a show like that, its very character driven for Jennifer's character. Alot evolves around her, and she does have a pretty good character to mold around. Here is a quick synopsis: A newlywed with the ability to communicate with the earthbound spirits of the recently deceased overcomes skepticism and doubt to help send their important messages to the living and allow the dead to pass on to the other side.
eBay, Christmas shopping online, coughing uncontrollably, hopefully rent some movie for tonight - is what I have been doing since 7 am.
THIS COLD stinks, I haven't been this sick before. I am bedridden. Least Ebay has kept me entertained, some people out there are fierce bidders. let me tell you.
I wanted to share what I believed to be one of Sylvia Plath's' last poems done in 1963. She was born in Boston MA, at the age of 30 she was believed to have taken her own life. She has such inspirational poems and stories that some I have read and loved. Here is one:
Edge
The woman is perfected. Her dead Body wears the smile of accomplishment, The illusion of a Greek necessity Flows in the scrolls of her toga, Her bare Feet seem to be saying: We have come so far, it is over. Each dead child coiled, a white serpent, One at each little Pitcher of milk, now empty. She has folded Them back into her body as petals Of a rose close when the garden Stiffens and odors bleed From the sweet, deep throats of the night flower. The moon has nothing to be sad about, Staring from her hood of bone. She is used to this sort of thing. Her blacks crackle and drag.
So, I have been sick as ever for the past three days. Yesterday I went to the emergency fighting to breathe, they put me up to some monitors and gave me a breathing treatment, then gave me some meds. My nose is soo damn raw, I can't stand it. I was asked to take a few days to rest, and I am very very restless. So this week hasn't been to exciting, being sick and everything. So I will blog when my life starts moving again... when I am not rubbing my nose uncontrollably and my sinuses are pounding.
1. Hollywood's film and television writers went on strike early this morning after last-ditch efforts to negotiate a deal with the major studios failed Sunday. 2. Both sides are girding for what many believe will be a long and debilitating strike, potentially more disruptive than the 22-week walkout by writers in 1988, which cost the entertainment industry an estimated $500 million. 3. Even as negotiators were hunkered down behind closed doors, strike captains were sending e-mail notices to guild members and guild directors, informing them where to show up today on the picket lines. 4. Earlier in the day, writers at the guild's West Coast headquarters in the Fairfax district had loaded their picket signs onto trucks. 5. The union had organized a network of 300 strike captains who were ready to stage daily pickets at all the major studios, including Disney and Warner Bros. as well as CBS Television City and NBC headquarters in Burbank. 6. When we asked if they would stop the clock for the purpose of delaying the strike to allow negotiations to continue, they refused," Counter said. 7. Several TV studios have reminded employees that they have the option to resign from the guild and still work. "We're not concerned about our members going fi-core," said Jeff Hermanson, assistant executive director for the Writers Guild of America, West. He added that only a handful of members have financial core status today.
Ugh I feel sick. I think I am coming down with a cold. I absolutely hate getting sick, it is my biggest pet peeve. The sneezing, the nose feeling like its going to fall off, and then the lungs are so congested..... Those are not my legs in that photo, I just thought the photo was pretty. So I was going to go to this audition yesturday called "Not Forgotten" the casting director was the same person who casted me in The Eye. But my agent told me not to go, she is already working on principle casting on it. I really like auditions at times, sometimes I hate them but when I am prepared. I love them. So I went to Lt. of Inishmore barbaque the other night, it was a nice relaxing party. I met some really cool people there, especially this girl who works for "The Company" magazine in London. Since I am going to be going there next year, I thought I would keep in touch so we can scramble around london for a day, and she can take me to that TopShop place she was talking about. Maybe even stroll around Company. I wanted to have a really nice 21st Birthday. Spending my birthday out there and then coming back 21, I am very very excited. I have gone to France, but now I would like to see London, Moscow, Ireland, Rome, Greece, and maybe a little bit of Sydney.
When I went to France, I came back feeling older. Its weird. You go to another country, where there are people who are 15 16 and they can drink. They can have as many rights as an adult. So when I went there, I could walk me and my cousin into a bar and order a cosmo. Maybe its the maturity of the people that are there that reflect on you. Maybe more people from here should go there for a while.....
One day I hope soon, I would like to be taken on a date to a rather nice restaurant (very black tie occasion) taken by the hand and sat down, be offered a nice glass of wine and one of the best meals of my life. This would be my night, all eyes on me, a special occasion for just me and the person who takes me there.
maybe I have too many expectations. Maybe life is not played out like a fairy tale once and for all. I know I am only 20, but you only live once.
Is there a fur coat or other fur garment collecting dust in a closet or attic in your home? Did you know you can donate these items to be used to help comfort orphaned and injured wildlife? The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) sends all furs to wildlife rehabilitators, who use them as bedding and nesting material for the animals in their care. All donations are tax-deductible.
Wildlife rehabilitators cut the fur into an appropriate size for the animal, whether a chipmunk, raccoon, squirrel or opossum, and put it inside the animal's enclosure. The furry blanket becomes a "surrogate mother" to the orphaned or injured animal, reducing stress and giving comfort.
The Humane Society of the United States' Cape Wildlife Center on Cape Cod is one of many wildlife rehab centers that make good use of old furs. "Orphaned baby animals generally do quite well when raised by a licensed wildlife rehabilitator," said Dr. Rachel Blackmer, DVM, director of the Cape Wildlife Center. "At the Center, we often give orphaned baby squirrels and rabbits a small piece of a donated fur coat and they snuggle against it readily. It is very important to minimize human contact with orphaned mammals while still providing comfort and a safe environment," she said.
Donating is easy. Package your fur in a sturdy box or padded envelope for small items and mail it to Fur-Free Century, The HSUS, 2100 L Street, NW, Washington, DC 20037. The HSUS will send a letter thanking you for your donation, which should also be kept for your records.
*Fur coats collect dust in most closets, and are barely worn. Please help this animals have their fur back. Give something that can truly make a difference in their eyes. I can't stress this enough, how much this really helps. We take so much from them, and even a small coat can help so big.*
About the Tax Deduction - If you itemize deductions, you can claim the fair market value of your donation. The fair market value is the amount for which you could sell the fur today—not how much it cost to purchase the fur. This is a judgment call that you will have to make, based on the condition and type of the fur. If you value the fur at $5,000 or more, the Internal Revenue Service will require a "Qualified Appraisal." You must have this appraisal performed before you donate the fur. You may need to include the letter of receipt from The HSUS in your tax returns. If you have any questions, you may want to consult your tax attorney.
So over the years I have accumulated a ton of stuff, most of which is clothes. I am addicted to fashion (thats why I am going to take some Fashion Design courses). yes. and I am not in denial. So I have been the same size since I was in Highschool, its not really that great. So I have had no need to throw anything away since everything fit me, so I just collected new things. (have to say before I moved I sold 600 hundred dollars worth of clothes on ebay in 30 days, talk about fast cash). I am a addicted pack rat. When I moved to my NEW location here, I found this store called Buffalo exchange. Oh i did fail to say that when me and ross moved in, I had about 8 exlarge boxes of shoes and clothes Chuck full. He was like WHAT! ARE YOU KIDDING! I am all like, ya so?
So this store Buffalo is a trade/sell/buy store, they buy vintage desinger (I found a Marc Jacobs sweater for 15 dollars with the tag still on and a Amarni Exchange coat for 20 with tags still on) this store is like Gods heaven! So I took in all the stuff that I wore in highschool traded in for more updated styles or just got the cash. Lets just say within a year, I have completly flipped my closet over. The reason why I am even blogging about this is, I am very proud that I have let go. Seriously its hard. When your like awww I remember when i wore this when, and this for this. BAM I was addicted. Well now I have this improved complete adult wardrobe that I am very devoted to. I probably still have the same amount of clothing, I am a girl I am allowed, but its all NEW!
Being in the business I am in you collect clothing from model sets and film/tv sets. You have specific clothing you use for each project and once your done, they have no need for the clothing so you just get to keep them. Also, I found out two days ago, I have about 25 peices that I have sewn in my closet. I was pretty impressed. Since I made a schedule to sew at least 2 things a week.
MY cats love my closet too. As soon as i open the door, they teareass inside and play around with my shoes and strings hanging from different shirts. I seriously have to get on my hands and knees and drag the little suckers out. Like mother like daughters. :)
Augh It was a drag, Halloween. I did dressed up though, as a bumble bee. I really liked my costume this year, it was a fat bee. ha ha it was made for a child so the stuffing in the bee shirt came around my hips, it was cute. It had a lighting symbol on the front, so I guess I was a lighting bee, a fat lighting bee. :) I was thinking today, Some girls wear these sexy bee outfits and here I am in this fat more life like bee costume. Its like those animated movies where all the higher status cute characters are far ahead of the "Fat" ones, I felt like Gus Gus (the best MOUSE FROM CINDERELLA!). So I went out around 10:30ish and went home at midnight, seeing I had to get up at 7 to go to work. I just went over my friend Tim's house, who was having a small Halloween bash with about 10 people, 5 I did not now. I ate some of Delilah and Scarlett's candy.. he he (Tim and Shannon's little girls that I LOVE!). Stopped at McDonald's (gross I know, I was the "last minute hunger"), then headed home. When I got home, I had people yelling across the street till about 2 o'clock, about someone is sitting in someones car and not getting out. Very strange. I was surprised since that is one of the first occurrences of people being loud on my street, which is why I love where I live. While I ate my mother and I thought of a new PSA Commercial, its actually a really good one. We are so smart! :) The pumpkins I carved, one is rotting on my counter the other two are rotting outside. Poor things. I liked how when I lifted the top to the one on the counter, Ross goes "you might want to leave that on".... it was full of mold (time to throw it away before it takes over my kitchen). Ross baked the pumpkin seeds that was left, he made two batches : one is honey and salt the other is garlic salt and pepper. Yum.
Sad thing, I don't have any plans for this weekend. I am on "call" Saturday for a Costco promotion for make-up. Hopefully they will call me, the money is good, and I can use the money right now. So far I have worked 4 promotions in the past 4 weeks (Kodak was a full week and Mentos was half of a week). Not bad! Its getting the money to roll in just in time before the holidays. Which I am very very excited for. Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years are my favorite holidays.
Right now I am reading this book by Christopher Hitchens "Letters to a young Contrarian". Talks alot about what should inspire generations to think in the ways of radicals, gadflies, mavericks, and rebels. Politics from 1776 to 1914 is one of his main spectrum's. What I like about his writing is that, it is as if he is writing letters to you informing you of different matters of thinking and you are writing back a response. Very debateish, but widely informing. I would recommend it, light reading, its a small book so it reads fast.
yay. I don't think I have ever been a fan of Halloween. Really not sure why, I enjoy Thanksgiving and Christmas the most, then follows New Years, and then ground hog day (ha ha). Halloween is a fun holiday (by the books is Halloween really a "Holiday"?) I do in fact have a costume this year. I am a bumble bee. can't complain it was $5 dollars at the thrift store (children's size, thank god I can fit). Its cute, but I can't wait until Christmas. That's where my mind is at this moment. I have been reading Ghost stories online all day, which was followed by freaky plane rides yesterday. Which some were absolutely hilarious. There is also this cool article online by Sharon Begley about The Ghosts We Think We See. It cracks alot of the "paranormal encounters" some say happen. here is the link: http://www.newsweek.com/id/62337?GT1=10450
I work waaaayyy to much. Seriously. Here are a few photos I received from John, from last nights promo for Guitar Hero III video game and concert. The concert was this screaming rock band, so the excuse for the photos is: I was partically going insane from the music. First picture is my rendition of the rock band. ha ha
I am such a geek. I LOVE guitar Hero. I was awesome at it, never played a guitar before but I rocked at the game. Everyone called me a geek for it. I want to get it....... But buying video games for me is so bad. I was so intranced to Simpsons Road Rage for almost a year, I beat the whole game multiple times. I would come home sit down and play video games in my free time. Go to the mall? who cared when you had SIMPSONS ROAD RAGE! It doesn't play anymore in my P2, I seriously played it too much.
