12 of 12 August 2008

It's 12 of 12! I haven't done this since last November. No excuse, I always forget to bring the camera with me, and then it is 10pm before I remember again.

12 of 12 is the brainchild of Chad Darnell, thank you Chad!

Today is also mine and Will's 6th anniversary. The plan is to drive up to Malibu for a 6 mile hike, run home and get all pretty before we head out for a fancy dinner, maybe Stinking Rose because Will loves the garlic.

9:00 am

When Will got up this morning to brush his teeth, this is what he found in the bathroom...

After a very slow start, a stop at the grocery store for picnic food and a very long drive, we got to the trail head and reviewed what poison oak looks like.

This is what kitties stuck in trees feel like. It was a little difficult getting up the cliff, and then I was stuck.

Closer look at me stuck at the top of the cliff.

A cell phone tower! I cannot even begin to tell you how happy I was. I needed to check and to see if my agent called about the callback I had yesterday, but there was no signal. Then we got to the top of the cliff, and what do you know! Service! Actually the only spot with service on the 4 hour hike.

I graffiti ed a little, it was a special day! I know graffiti is shitty, but it was just a little one...

After we hiked (mostly crawled) up the backside of the hill, we came down and discovered there were stairs to the top.

The "Split Rock" in a shady little oak grove where we stopped for a picnic.

After our picnic, we got momentarily lost (and possibly walked through 3 varieties of poison oak) we stumbled on a lady bug nest(?) Not sure if lady bugs actually nest, but it was a whole bunch of ladybugs in one spot, a pack?

We found the trail again, but somehow managed to take the wrong turn at the end of the hike and ended up hiking up the road back to where we left our car. This is Will's unhappy lost face. I wasn't actually sure that I was leading us the right direction but he didn't need to know that.

Finally home, cleaned up (we were a mess!) I checked the mail and found a bill that arrived today, which is as we know 8/12/08, but the due date on the bill...
Masters of efficiency!

After all of that we discovered we lacked the energy to leave the house again. So we had Indian food delivered. MMMmmmmm curry.

I had to rewrite my actress blog, because being a smart aleck is not cool in a "professional" bio. I was pissy, because I feel like a bio for a creative career should be creative. But apparently the "media doesn't like funny.

I had to add in my own personal "bonus" picture. It is my new screen saver. Will hates it. But I can't help it, I am a Bamber Bunny. Cookie! Yummy!

I feel a little monosyllabic today. Could be loss of IQ from dehydration. That hike was killer.

New Reel!

Twisted

I'm a little disturbed at the popularity of the "antihero" I've been watching Weeds, I love The Riches and tonight I watched Dexter for the first time. I haven't watched Rescue Me, the Sopranos or The Shield, but from what I hear they too glorify the underbelly of humanity.

Don't get me wrong, I love my shows. I have the biggest girl crush on Mary Louise Parker. But I feel like I should feel bad for wanting my favorite characters to get away with it. Plus, what effect will this have on younger generations? Hey, if everyone's favorite characters can do whatever the hell they want without any serious or lasting consequence...

Om another note, I REALLY want a donut right now. Krispy Kreme, powdered sugar, blueberry filled mmmmmm

12 of 12

Happy Birthday to Chad! It is that time again. 12 of 12...I had a really weird day. I kept forgeting to take the camera or when I did remember to grab the camera I left it in the car. So half of my pictures were taken on my cell phone. But those taken on my camera are in focus for the first time ever, thanks to Helen in the UK. Thank you, Helen! And here it is...

10am - contemplating my warm cozy bed and my fat little Heidi cat, trying to decide if I should get back in bed or go to yoga. Also making a mental note that I really need to launder the bedding later.


11:30am - I decided to go to yoga. About halfway through some guy drove by the park and started yelling at us. wanted to know why we didn't go to the gym. I love outside yoga, it is always an adventure.
1:15pm - back at the house, Will was napping on the floor in front of the tv, sadly my knees popped really loudly when I got down in front of him to take the picture and he managed to cover his face before I could get it. Brat!

2:00pm - Laundry! 3 full loads, it has been way too long, but the laundry room is 2 flights down and a pain in the butt. I suppose it could be worse...at least we have a laundry room.

3:00 - Left the dryer duty to Will so that I could finish up my workout, I needed at least 30 minutes more cardio, yoga is good but just doesn't really satisfy the need to sweat. And a fantastic 30 minutes it was, because the guy on the stairmaster behind me had a little gas problem, and when I say little, I mean it was so bad I had to fan my face with my book and almost flee the room . Seriously, if you are going to do something like that in a room full of people breathing deeply, well...just DON'T!

7:00pm - After the gym, it was a quick shower and then we raced down to Huntington Beach for a preview screening of the newest Battlestar Galactica.

Don't get me wrong, I LOVE Battlestar, but I could write a whole seperate blog about what we saw tonight. I could get a foaming at the mouth rant going, but I have an 8:30 am appointment to do the stairs in Santa Monica, so I am going to control myself. (Even if it kills me)

9:15pm - After the show, California Pizza Kitchen, where I proceeded to undo all the good working out I did today, dammit!

10pm - The final nail in my coffin, Key Lime Pie, and also my copy of Bradbury's "The Illustrated Man" which I finished in the theater waiting for Razor to start. I haven't actually read alot of Bradbury, mostly just his short stories, "Martian Chronicles", etc, but he writes some really depressing stories.

10:45pm - Back home, Will felt the need to torment Callie, just because he can.

11:00pm - I am telling myself that by going onto nowcasting for 5 minutes late at night I actually did something for my career today, even if it was a only a little tiny effort. 11:05 - Watching Desperat Housewives, on the internet, wondering if I should not watch Desperate Housewives on the internet anymore, at least until the writers are getting their fair share. Chad?
and of course, I can never sit at the computer without Gus Gus sharing my chair with me. Cute little pain in the fanny that he is.

The kitties would be most grateful if I would get up and feed them now (you can also get a better idea of Gus Gus's idea of sharing a chair, I get the edge, he gets the chair)
Slow day today, but Disneyland tommorow with Mom, 3 of my sisters and all the nephews!

Awwwww....

Look how much he loves me!

12 of 12 October 2007

It is a miracle! I remembered 12 of 12 before 5pm on the 12th!


And just so you know, I am all about the ! and the ... today (just because)

Thanks to Chad Darnell for the monthly picture fun!

Just got home from work, it is 1am and I was catching up on Chad's blog...

2:45 am Oooh! 12 of 12 reminder! And it is the 12th already, and I am up waaaay too late. My to do list for morning, starting with 7am yoga and a trip to the bank. It was a really good night slinging drinks at the bar!
6 am - And only 3 hours later...I am up and on my way to yoga in San Pedro.
And most exciting...it is my very last day to drive 26 miles to workout, because today we take the final after pictures. SO CHEESY!

Run home, change clothes and off to West Hollywood to audition for a game show...don't ask me why, it is horribly embarrasing, they want you to caper about like a dancing monkey, but hey, there might be money involved!

Home again, after a brief mani/pedi stop (you can see my pedi in the corner) and FINALLY a picture that is in focus (stupid camera) And here you can see the view from my fire escape, featured in countless commercials, tv shows and music videos and loved by location scouts everywhere! One word people...BACKLOT

As I ran out of the building this morning at 6am, I was finishing my yogurt and sadly the only thing in the mailbox when I got home was my spoon (didn't want to bring it in the car, because it would stay there for a month)
Apparently this is the face I make while filling out a deposit slip at the bank...

Nap time! joining the girl kitty and the cranky boy (he pulled a graveyard shift last night)
10pm - out of bed and into the shower before work AND it turns out we have no hot water AGAIN! So very fast, very cold shower...(that is my shower curtain, by the way)
and then it was raining...

11:20pm - Getting into work, the bar is still rocking, these people really need to leave so I can start the audit...

11:45 PM - first cup of coffee for the night! Bring on the graveyard shift.

Grrrrrrrr......12 of 12

TRAFFIC

Off to VanNuys

Frustration. Can't seem to figure out what comes next in my story. Someone told me, let the characters lead the way, let them go where they want to go. You created them, now let them run wild...

They just don't seem to want to go anywhere right now.

Funny, this kind of works with my day yesterday

on the way to Redondo Beach

Alcohol and Beverage Commision education (somebody kill me please)

More TRAFFIC

Comfort FoodNO PICTURES PLEASE!!!Oh, look more traffic!

On the right side of the screen Jericho, season one and on the left...my untouched script. I stared at it for a while last night, but sadly, I got nothing.
I will go for a long run later and maybe something will come to me.

Thanks to Chad Darnell for 12 of 12!