Damn you, Celtics!

Okay, so this post really doesn't have much to do with the Celtics, I just had to express my frustrations about their loss. Okay.

Yesterday was quite the looong day, but in a good way. Work was nothing spectacular, doing some tedious busywork, although I did get to watch an Akira Kurosawa movie. It was from the Criterion collection (NICOLE THAT WAS FOR YOU). I had a nice lunch though. There was this studio-wide basketball tournament with lunch outside and so I was taken down to that. My lunch was yucky but it was nice to sit in the sun for a while, instead of in the office. I guess they do events like this periodically throughout the year. So i made sure I left work at a reasonable hour (like 5:30) to meet my friends at Cheebo on Sunset for dinner at 6:30. What should have taken me 25 minutes, TOPS 45, took me like over an hour and a half. Granted on the way there I stopped for gas and got into a fight with the gas pump, i still should have been there earlier. I realized later that the CRAZY traffic was all on account of this silly basketball game. Damn Boston teams always do this - they are winning most of the game and let it slip at the end. I mostly just wanted to win so I could rub it in all the Laker's fan's faces.

So after we finished dinner, my friend (who is leaving on Saturday. Boo!) wanted to go to this place called Millions of Milkshakes. This place is so self indulgent and is like the epitome fame whoring. You walk into this small little place and there is a song on (the music was SO LOUD) about this store and was advertising how you can buy it on iTunes. Also there is footage of all the celebrities that have come into the store and made their own milkshakes. The menu is also overtaken with pictures of celebrities and the milkshakes they've created that you can get. Its like so ridiculous. (I mean, just look at the website). And worst of all, its not even astoundingly amazing. I mean it was very very tasty but they basically took Coldstone's idea but instead of mashing things together with ice cream, they just throw it all in a blender. Like a mix between Coldstone and a frappuccino. I mean don't get me wrong, it was tasty and I would go back, it was just so self gratifying, like "Celebrities come here so you should too! And you should get the milkshakes that they make and then you can be just like them! Yay! Everyone wants to be famous."

Aahh L.A.

Ew

I just passed by a guy who had a dreadlock mowhawk. Killing two very ugly birds with one stone.

Flipper! Flipper! Faster than lightning!

So yesterday at Lionsgate was actually great - one of the best days I've had there thus far just because I was constantly busy, which I enjoy. My boss didn't actually show up today... He was at a meeting somewhere and he gets so busy that he forgot to leave me things to do. At first, I thought I would be able to go home, but then the other people in our little section gave me projects. One girl, Sivan, who is 24 and super sweet, had me scan business cards that her boss (who does marketing) has received and send them to her. The card scanner thing I got set up scans the card and then can take most of the info off of it and make it a contact in your mail, except that sometimes its didn't read it correctly. It was sort of tedious work, but it kept be busy, which was FAB. After that, this guy, Bruce, wanted me to watch The Cove, an Oscar winning documentary about the dolphin slaughter in Taiji, Japan. He wanted me to watch it and then pick out 1-5 minutes clips to possibly upload to YouTube. At first we couldn't find where the DVD was, so he had me look through some drawers in the office. The draws looked more like the $5 bin at Walmart, complete with Barney movies, Fraggle Rock DVDs and so-so comedy and horror DVDs. It was very odd. Anyways we found the movie and it is so wonderful, I highly recommend it to ALL of you.

So yeah, that was a great day, just because I was incredibly busy. I actually find it funny that the most work I did at Lionsgate, I did the day my boss wasn't there... Actually, as I was in the elevator leaving Lionsgate, some younger blonde guy turns to me and says "You're Hillary, right? The new intern for the department?" I have never seen this guy before, but I guess everyone in the department knows who I am now. Haha. I guess news travels fast.

Right now, I am at the casting agency and there is not much going on, although more than last time. I got to sort some mail which was kept me busy for all of 30 minutes, if that. Now I want to do more busy work. I hope I hope I hope.

If anything eventful happens, I will write again. Oh and just as a side note - my cousin is graduating from Preschool today. I feel so old.

Boba Boba BOBA!

This weekend was a great one, actually filled with more stuff than the other weekends. First, on Saturday I went to brunch with D and Sarah at this place called the Saddle Ranch. The building was modeled after an old saloon (complete with fake hookers in the fake balconies) with a mechanical bull in the center. The craziest thing about this place is not the atmosphere, but the plates. I ordered a breakfast burrito that came out on a plate that had to be at least a 2 foot long wooden platter. The burrito itself was about the width of my calf. Crazy.

That night I went to a movie with Sarah in this little theatre in Culver city. We decided to see Letters to Juliet since we didn't have a very extensive selection. Needless to say it was bad. Like it could have at least been a cute cheesy movie, but instead it had really awkward diologue (like a touching moment where the grandmother starts brushing Amanda Seyfried's hair and just says something like "one of the greatest pleasures is getting your hair brushed". That's it. No words of wisdom, no touchingly cheesy line, just that. It could have been such a guilty pleasure, but instead I just feel guilty for spending my money.

Sunday I went to the Grove where I got Korean BBQ and a bubble tea. This is a problem. I think I'm becoming addicted to Boba, and it doesn't help that there is a Boba Time 5 minutes from my house. PLUS it is only $2. I want one right now. Oy.

Yeah, I watch movies for a living...

Well it's been a while. I can't believe its been almost a week since I've last posted. Even though I don't know if I have any particularly exciting stories to tell. Hmmm lets see...

Oh, Tuesday. Okay so Tuesday I went to Lionsgate for only the second time, although I'm starting to feel like I've been there longer. I got there at 9:30 like I was told, unfortunately, my boss went into a meeting before then and didn't leave me anything to do, so I got to read Fahrenheit 451 for about an hour and a half. Anyways, after he came back, I was told to watch some webisodes and one movie and then summarize them for him. Since I didn't yet have a computer to watch them on, I was brought to this locked room in the office. So, one might think that this "viewing room" would be all nicely decked out or at least very office like - on the contrary. This little room had a large flatscreen with every sort of device on which to play a movie or video game. It had boxes stacked up in the corners, guitar hero (or rock band, whichever, i don't know video games) and the most interesting piece of furniture - a fuzzy leopard print fouton (or as my boss called it "a casting couch"). It was just odd that in the deep recesses of Lionsgate is room fit for a college dorm.

Not much happened at the Casting Agency on wednesday. I did some random work around the office and got to know some of the girls a little better. They are all very nice, but for some reason it is just taking me longer to get out of my shell.

Thursday was pretty great at Lionsgate, actually. I had a slight repeat of Tuesday (meaning my boss came in like a half hour + after I got there), but once he did arrive, he gave me an awesome task. He wanted me to rent movie on YouTube (you can do that!) and then report on the process and quality (since Lionsgate is one of the first Studios to participate in this rental thing). So basically, I got to watch The September Issue at work, write a summary and leave by 1. It was awesome. OH! Also, I was not only given my own computer/cubicle, but I officially have a Lionsgate email address!! Its so crazy! I feel so official.

Friday I had the day off and I just sort of hung around the house, nothing spectacular. Babysat for my cousins that night. Wow I sure know how to live!

Note

Oh and just as a funny side note: So i went to the casting agency wearing black skinny jeans, a decently nice red top and leopard flats, and when I told the girls at the agency (who dress VERY casual) that I basically dress like that all the time, they were SHOCKED. I thought that was funny. Just wait until I start showing up in my dresses and skirts all summer. HA.

Back to Work!

It is 5:30 on a Monday and I am still at work at the casting agency, but somehow, that doesn't really bother me, although I wish I had a project to work on or something. I am actually pleasantly surprised. Last time I was here, they had nothing for me to do and I stayed for a total or 2 hours. Today, I thought I was going to leave by 2 but here I am, still at work!

Well, before I get into my workday, let me talk about my weekend. Friday, I went with Sarah and D to this thing called "First Fridays" in Venice Beach. It was totally happening. Except I stupidly ate beforehand. Why is this stupid, you ask? Because little did I know there would be tons and tons of street food, including at least 3 Korean BBQ trucks, and we all know I am a sucker for Bul Kogi. Anyways, that was a fun night out, although I so wish not only was I 21 and could go enjoy the bars and whatnot, but also that I didn't have to drive everywhere so I could still enjoy the bars.

Saturday day was pretty uneventful, but Saturday night was fun. I went with Sarah to the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica, which is like Church Street in Burlington VT for those of you who are familiar with that. Mostly its just stores and street performers, which I LOVE even though they make me feel bad because they are such freaks and rely on this odd act that they probably aren't very good at. Although I did see some people with like religious propaganda set up which I did NOT like, obviously.

So back to work. I video taped a casting session today! It was so fun. I was in with Lisa who is very cool and we got to audition a bunch of feisty black women (auditioning as feisty hookers) for the new Katherine Heigl movie. I loved mentally critiquing the actresses, because I always do that, so to be able to do it for a purpose was great. It was also awesome to finally see a real casting session, which was not as intense as I would have thought (although maybe it differs from agency to agency). After that I did some office work and went to lunch. I decided to eat at this coffee shop (since everyone was out of the office) and try and follow the walk of fame as far as I could get, which was hopefully Grauman's Chinese Theatre. Well I started walking and they just stopped. I was confused but later figured out that I was going the wrong way, so on Wednesday at lunch I will walk as far as I can, and hopefully reach the theatre. YAY.

After lunch, I was invited into one of the offices with everyone to have cake for Sara's Birthday (a girl who works in the office whose real name is Saraphina which is just cool). The cake was lime cake with cream cheese frosting. It was soooo good, and apparently healthier, since literally EVERYONE in the office is on a diet. I think they are all doing it together. Oh, LA. Anyways, after that, apart from all of a sudden feeling very sick, I didn't really do much. Ran a few errands which stunk only because I had massive blisters on my feet. Too bad, those shoes are sooooo cute. Also, there is a W hotel right next door to us and I had to go inside it to get to Bliss, which is a store and a spa IN the hotel. They have all of these nice stores and spas and whatevers INSIDE the hotel. Ooh it was sooo swank I wish I could stay there! Ah, dare to dream.

So that was my day. In the celebrity news department (if you can call it that)...

It turns out that my cousin Stacey is friends with Beth from The Real World and all the other shows that came after. And by friends I mean BFFLs. For those of you that don't know who that is, she was the older sort of crazy blonde one. Apparently that is all an act, Stacey says... I don't know cuz I only met her for a second. But even though she is apparently very very nice in real life, it somehow makes COMPLETE sense that she is so close with my cousin. What a match, them two.

Okay that's all. More on my movie watching day at Lionsgate coming tomorrow.