Stumble Upon

Ray introduced me to this web application called stumble upon...you check boxes of things that interest you and then hit a button labeled, "Stumble" and it takes you to a website you might be interested in...I don't know what this says about me, but two of my websites were:

This picture:



and...

http://www.bushflash.com/14.html

I guess this application knew I was counting the days until Bush is out of office...

A little Friday night...well Saturday am (4am to be exact) Survey

Four jobs I have had in my life:
1. Lifeguard at the City of Leslie community pool.
2. Waitress at The Filling Station, Orange CA
3. Head Lab Assistant for the AVID help desk at Chapman University
4. Editor of GMC car commercials for the web

Four movies I would watch over and over (or have watched over and over)
1. Amelie
2. Good Will Hunting
3. 40 Year Old Virgin
4. Casablanca

Four TV shows that I watch:
1. The Office
2. Pushing Daisies
3. 30 Rock
4. America's Next Top Model (A total guilty pleasure that I enjoy watching with Heather)

Places I've been
1. Myrtle Beach, SC
2. Europe (England, France, Spain, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Liechtenstein)
3. Vancouver
4. One crazy night in Amarillo Texas

Four people who email [or call] me regularly:
1. Ray Ray
2. Heather
3. My Dad
4. My Mom

Four of my favorite foods:
1. Anything at Alcove
2. Sweet Potato Fries!
3. Tuna & Veggies
4. Fancy cheeses (Brie, goat cheese...) and fancy meats on fancy crackers

Four places I would like to be right now:
1. At the movies with friends
2. On a road trip with Ray
3. Backpacking in Eastern Europe
4. Hiking in Griffith Park

Four things I am looking forward to this year:
1. Reaching my 100th day of non-union work and getting into the Editing Union (Hello health insurance and overtime pay!)
2. Mamitas the feature
3. Maybe visiting Michigan when the weather isn't miserable
4. Ladies Wine Club tomorrow night. It's South American wine night in honor of Bianca's Brazilian-ness.

Four people who should/will [respond] post FOUR THINGS ABOUT THEM:
1. Matt Damon, because I love him and would love to know what he would have to say for himself.
2. Heather because she is mentioned in my blog...however, she doesn't have a blog of her own nor does she read mine.
3. Laura, because she's the only other person I know who reads this thing, besides maybe Anne, who already did this survey.
4. Napoleon, because he needs something constructive to do besides hunt my feet as I walk around the house.

16 Minute Update

My Final Cut Pro is telling me 16 minutes left until my quicktime is done. So, until that finishes and I start my DVD burning...I might as well update this blog.

Yes, it's almost 5 am here...but see I spent all day in technical editing hell on this silly side-project I got myself into and then had to go to my night job...without getting the silly side-project done...hence why I'm still up.

What's new, you ask? Celebrities? Well, for Ray's birthday we went bowling and a few lanes away was Jerry Cantrell from the band Alice in Chains. He came to our lane to steal a ball, but my friend Heather (note: not knowing who he is) said, no way man (note: come to think of it, even if she would have known him, I bet she would have still said no way jose).
That's about it on the celebrity tip. Oh wait! Or is it...
I work with a celebrity. My fellow assistant editor on the night shift is known on the internet as Hollywood Steve. He said to me one of our first few nights working together, after I saw how many myspace friends requests he had in his email inbox, "I'm kind of famous on the interweb." I soon found out, he is. He was in this internet sensation webisode series called Yacht Rock (YouTube it...it's hilarious) and in a Starburst commercial (YouTube it: Starburst Tashi). I'm a fan. He's also from Michigan and went to MSU. It's a small world out there people.

Moving on-
Things I'm hoping happen in the near future:
1.) Horseback riding in Griffith Park (pretty inexpensive for 2 hours of riding).
2.) A weekend trip to a wine festival with friends.

That's about all the energy I can muster for dreaming about the future. Sad.

Checking back in with the project...Oh good.
Less than a minute to go on the quicktime...go, Final Cut, go! 98%...99%...blue line almost to the end...5 Seconds...COMPLETION!

FIREWORKS explode ***
in my mind-
I need sleep.

Over and out!

Guess Who I Saw?

Ray and I walk into the Borders at a mall in Beverly Hills. I notice someone standing in line is wearing a University of Michigan jersey. I look at the jersey and scoff as I often do when I see U of M paraphernalia. Next I move my glance up to the face. Bwhaa...double take, It's Russell Crow. He's pretty big time. So that was exciting.

Workity Work

I'd tell you more but I signed a confidentiality agreement. I'm having a good time though and it's right in the heart of Hollywood on Sunset...doesn't get any better than that!

A Classic Weekend in LA

My only weekend off for awhile, now that my new job has me working 6 days a week. Good for getting in the Union quicker...bad for hitting up awesome LA hotspots with friends on the weekend. Yesterday we hit up Beverly Hills and Rodeo drive for some wishing and dreaming about a day when we will be billionaires whilst window shopping. I spotted Faith Hill and Tim McGraw at a spotlight in their fancy convertible. I kinda gawked at them as we passed by on the crosswalk. I didn't mean to. It just kind of happened without me realizing. We then headed to Santa Monica and walked on the Pier. The lights from the ferris wheel and the crescent moon lit the haze and waves below. From there we went across town and met some friends for Kareoke at a Burbank bar, a little hole-in-the-wall place tucked away in a small shopping center. You could definitely call it a dive bar. Sunday was a lazy day. A trip to Target and Bed Bath & Beyond, which lead Ray to quote Will Farrell's character from Old School, "I don't know if we'll have time," numerous times. Then we strolled on Sunset and passed by the ArcLight Cinemas...the best place to see a movie in LA. They have assigned seats and attendants who lead you to them. They also stay in the theater to make sure the sound and picture is at 100%. Oh and one person introduces the movie with running time, the stars in it, and most importantly, tells everyone to turn off their cell phones, pagers, etc. People are very serious about movie watching here. We saw Atonement. One of the last Oscar nominees we needed to see before the awards.

It was such a good last weekend of freedom!

Employed in LA!

What a difference a few hours make. So I finally got the call. I got the night assistant editing position I interviewed for last week. Reality TV here I come.

Oh boy.