me and my BF hugh at the TV guide party. one i'm talking to him and then the next i'm listening to him play in his band called band from tv which is made up of tv stars, see post a few below...

Frederick Fekkai

OKay so i was just at Frederik Fekkai in Bev hills to get my hair cut. It was like 6 feet long. anyway, I get there and there's a camera crew and lighting, etc. welcome to LA, where you can never just go to get your haircut or go to the gym without a reality show or makeover show filming htere. so they were broadcasting live from there, i believe a channel 5 reporter was getting a hair makeover and she was kinda rude, turns out she came in with a mullet and the stylist said something to the effect of it kinda looks like a mullet, and the newscaster was like "i like my mullet," but the sytlist wasn't being rude, she was just saying what hair people say when they first take a look at your hair when you sit in the chair. anyway, they kept doing these stupid things like putting a big silly wig on the lady and then going back live to the studio "you said you wanted me to go blonde right?" oh it was so lame and painful to listen to. meanwhile, i'm rocking a nice cute do!

hangover day 2

so yesterday was ridiculous the hangover I had. But it was all worth it to meet hugh laurie. anyway, went to see dave matthews last night at the hollywood bowl, the least far venue i've ever travelled to to see him. Oh how i love him. the concert was pretty mellow but the venue amazing, the bowl is a great place to see the show. I'm not sure why they chose to play so so so so many slow songs, maybe because there are loudness regulations due to the neighborhood where the bowl is located. so he didn't play some of my fave songs like grey street. it was a great night, although my friend who i went with got really drunk and mad at me for something and left the concert so i was there alone like an idiot towards the and then i had to walk to hollywood and higland where i parked my car and of course did not remember where so i walked around the ENTIRE freaking place looking for the stupid stupid car, oh that's frustrating. I just had a coffee with 3 shots of espresso, so now i'm finally feeling myself.

where to begin..

i worked the red carpet at the emmy's yesterfday it was so fucking hot, really you have no idea how hot, think surface of the sun hot! i hate the sun so this was a definate problemt for me, but i lathered up the sunblock and was fine. Everyone on the red carpet has to be in formal attire, so i was in a fancy dress my friend lent me. she went to the emmy's last year. the red carpet was whatever, but the big news of the night was MEETING HUGH LAURIE!! We all know i love him, so i'm at the TV guide party and he walks into the outdoor smoking area, i wasn't smoking, but was hanging out there becaseu it was so crowded inside, but it turned out to be THE place. Debra messing and her hubby were out there, as was the ENTIRE cast of grey's anatomy, minus mcdreamy, but justin chambers who plays alex on GA was there and TOTALLY WASTED!! he was dancing around with is tie off and around his neck and his sunglasses on and was a total mess, it was hilarious, him and his wife were at the table next to ours. The cast of house came and kicked us out of our table but then decided to go somewhere else and let us have our table back, hugh wasn't with them, he was with his wife and they were having a smoke and a drinky by the bar. so he walks in, i freak out, my friend suzy is like just go talk to him, i couldn't do that, so she marched right up to him and introduced me and i almost passed out. then his band,i think they're called band from tv or something, played. they're a cover band with greg grunberg, my boy hugh, james denton from des. housewives, and bob guinney who was the bachelor and an all around geek. the guys from the band seem to hero worship hugh, it's pretty funny. I'm not sure if Greg grunberg is in love with him, but he might be.

emmy emmy emmy

so excited!!! the emmy weekend is here, suzy is on her way from NYC right now, this afternoon we're going to a jewelry show/spa thing to preview the jewelry the celebs will be wearing and then getting massages, so excited!! even more exciting is that i lost 1.5 pounds this week!! yeah me! i got real serious about weight watchers again!! so only 8.5 pounds to go!!!

emmyweeeknd

very excited about going to the emmys this weekend. i'm going to be working them with ivillage, and we're going to be on the red carpet and talking to celebs and then heading off to the tv guide party and partying with them. hugh laurie who we know is my future husband is going to be there playing with his band of tv show stars including greg grunberg from alias and the plumber guy from desp. housewives. speaking of hugh laurie, i was jut over on the fox lot having lunch with my friend who writes for a show that's filmed there and i was stopped by a sound stage, trying to read my email on my phone and i look up just in time to see my beloved walking up the stairs of a trailer. his trailer i presume since his motorcycle was parked outside it.

last night i went to the beerfest premiere afterparty. it was really fun on hollywod Blvd. the theme was beerfest, so it was a giant parking lot with saw dust on the floor and tons of drinking games and beers and women dressed in beer wench outfits and hooters girls (hooters catered). my friend from warner bros invited me and we walked around and it turns out my friend will forte, who's on SNL is in the movie, so he was there as were a bunch of his friends who i know so we all had a great time. in the center they had a boxing ring where they were playing a fierce game of beer pong. another stall had this cup flipping game. also lo and behold i ran into my exboyfriend who i hadn't seen since he dumped me back in january. i first saw his roomate who i adore and was so psyched to see, then he was all "hey did you see will?" andi was all oh cool he's here, i gotta get a diet coke. so my friends and i headed over to the bar and had a pow wow on what i was to do, should i say hi, should i blow it off, should i get rip roaring drunk and make out with someone else these are all things that crossed through my mind. but i decided to be the bigger person and say hi, i hate being the bigger person, i'm always the bigger person and it blows. just once i want to be the smaller person, but i digress. i walked up to him, gave him a big hug, i was nervous but it wasn't awkward, which is always a good thing, and we a pleasant conversation and then my friends and I moved on. thankfully that's over, now if we see each other again it will be like nothing happened.

weekend update

so friday n ight i drove 2.5 hours down to costa mesa to see my cousin maureen and her family. they were in town to drop off their daughter at college down there, it normally should take 1 hour, but alas, friday traffic did a number on me. the only thing that made me happy on the trip down was when i saw a rich girl driving a sweet escalalde that daddy totally bought as she looked 19 years old, and she left the gas pump in as she drove away from the gas station and it ripped out of the gas pump and dragged behind her car, my car was next to hers, so i had a front row view. so i get down there, hang with the cousins, we had a great time, went to BJs pizza place in balboa, ate too much including a pizookie which is a choc. chip cookie in a pizza pan that is fresh out of the oven and topped with vanilla ice cream, it was to die for!!! see picture. then on saturday I worked out for over an hour to try and counterbalance the damage, but only added to it when i went to see "step up"with my friend jackie and we got bulk candy and soda pop, on top of that, we went back to her house where her husband made me a grilled cheese sandwich. thankfully i rocked out with her 3 year old to the wiggles and danced to the henry the octopus song, hopefully that burned off some calories.

am i old

last night i was at a kareoke extravaganza brithday party for the 2 guys who created how i met your mother. it was very crowded, a lot of people were there i hadn't seen in a while including this guy chris who is in the tv comedy writing crowd. anywho, we alwasy run into each other at parties and what not and i think i one point i had a crush on him, this was back when i was a chubby chaser, i'm not anymore not is he chubby, but not into him anymore, anyway, i was struck by how much older he looks. and it made me wonder have i aged as well and just haven't noticed? I mean who am i to assume ihaven't aged and everyone around me has, how arrogant of me to think that. So just as long as i haven't aged as much as he has!!

pretty dresses

Last night i went to my friend's house who's a writer on scrubs and has a great dress from last years emmys. I'm going to this years emmy's working the red carpet with NBC/ivillage.com, interviewing nomineees and what have you, yes, so glamourous, i'll give a full report. anyway, i had to go try on the dress and it fit!! yippee! it's not a dress i would pick off the rack and think, "this is so me," but it looks very emmy-ish and why go spend money on a new dress! then after the red carpter, we're gonna hit the tv guide party, where my beloved hugh laurie will be. Oh, i just got hugh laurie's book! he's an accomplished actor, musician and author! it's called the gun seller, and he's hot!

worms

I told u about my housemate who put his cat's litter boxes in the kitchen, right? well yesterday he discovered that one of them had... please stop eating if you're eating and reading this.... okay, worms coming out if it's ass. pause while i throw up in my mouth a little.. that's all i'm saying... I'M A GERM A PHOBE AND NOW CAT ASS WORMS ARE PROBABLY EVERYWHERE IN MY HOUSE. And i never let those stupid fucking cats in my roomm, but the other day, they got in while I ran downstairs to the bathroom. FUCK, WORMS ARE EVERYWHERE!!

the year of magical thinking

this weekend i read joan didion's book the year of magical thinking. its the only thing i did other than work out and feel sorry for myself, oh yes, the pity party continues. anyway, the book is so well written and really moving, i highly recomend it. I did nothing all weekend, literally nothing, i know some people who always do nothing, but i never do, i didnt' go out either night of the weekend!! this terrifies me as i sink deeper into my isolation chamber. But i have to say,i liked it, it was peaceful!! I had coffee and b'fast with friends. Actually had b'fast with my friend and she went to the cash machine and said it wasn't working and then went to pay for the food and said it wouldn't take her card, so i had to pay for her food as well, which is v. annying seeing as I haven't gotten a paycheck since ummmm FEBRUARY. but what was i supposed to do, sit there and eat while she sulked about her card being rejected and listening to her come up with all the reasons why it might be rejected. this is my same friend who's dad bought her a condo in malibu with a view of the pacific ocean, and i'm buying her b'fast... papa mac hasn't paid for anything since may 1996.

todays number of the day

I first noticed it on the Yahoo home page. every day they have "THE 9." the top NINE things that are making news/headlines/starting trends. THE NINE THINGS!! how wickedly free thinking! get it, nine instead of ten, see ten is what the old people count down from, but we're YAHOO and we're young and hip and breaking the rules our parents set up, so we're counting down from fucking nine! then, today i was on itunes and came across the TOP 27 SONGS from the soundtracks of the blockbuster summer movies. TWENTY FUCKING SEVEN?! what?!@?!?!? not 25 or 20 too mainstream, we're fucking rocking the 27 cause we're hardcore!! WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS WORLD?

celeb. sighting

this week has been crazy with celeb sightings, here's one more a mr. clint eastwood at the warner bros. studios. he is really tall and was dressed like a tourist, khakis and a random t-shirt.

top 5 things people don't know about me

well maybe not the top 5, but 5 things people don't know about me

5. I have 5 shelves of anti-aging, anti-wrinkle, alpha-hydroxy creams, gels, moiturizers, etc. I'm obsessed.
4. I do not floss everyday
3. When i'm told about someone who's died, I laugh
2. i read an article once that said if you eat, write and brush your teeth with your other hand (i.e. if you're a righty, then do that stuff with your left hand) it will make your brain more flexible and have a better memory, etc. I now do these things.
1. I need a new keychain

happy birthday castro

that's right lets take a moment to celebrate castros 80th birthday, what? you didn't know I was a communist?
I made zucchini bread last night, i've never made zucchini bread ever before, it was interesting. I should go pro.

new begginings

the guy who owns the house i live in (and he lives here too) is enganged and his girlfriend just moved in. That's right, it's the happy couple and the depressed girl. anyway, they have 2 cats and the litter box and water and food he always kept in his bathroom, but now that he and the GF share a bathroom, they moved said litter boxes (plural one for each cat) INTO THE KITCHEN!!!! umm.... does anyone else see something wrong with this?!??! litter boxes in the kitchen, where food is prepared and consummed.... THE KITCHEN!

I'm blue

as you all know i've been down recently, what with no job and no love live and nothing of real interest to speak of, and while I probalby won't kill myself today, here's a reason why I might. Let me take you through the story

friday night, out with kristin, when i say
me: how come no one ever sets me up with guys? Like when my friends have a guy to set up, they never think to set up me, but they're always setting up you
Kristin well, you're a really strong flavor.
me: a strong flavor? like curry?
kristin: Not everyone is going to like you. dont' worry I'm a strong flavor to.

CUT TO

Saturday, poolside the avalon hotel, bernadette's bridal shower. Kristin telling story of setting up bernadette and her fiancce kyle. I bring up the "strong flavor" conversation from the night before and how no one ever sets me up with anyone.

Kristin points to the plate of chesee that sits before her.

Kristin: see how there's not a lot of brie on the plate, everyone likes brie. brie goes with everything, bernadette is a brie, see how no one has touched the blue cheese, you're like blue cheese, not many people like blue cheese, but some do.
stacey: you just need to find your cobb salad.
me: I'm going to kill myself.

seth green

went to have a meeeting with my agent this afternoon at the endeavor buidling, you might have seen it on entourage, the building Ari was seen out of last week and ducked behind the car... anyway, i guess seth is repped by the same agency as me and as i was pulling into valet, he was waiting for his car. i love seeing celebs, for the shear fact so many people can't. also seth played patrick dempseys little brother in Can'T buy me Love. he rocked in that, has not aged as well as PD though.... he's not my mcdreamy, but my friend karen is in love with Seth, to each their own...

celeb sighting

you take the good you take the bad you take them both and there you have... THE FACTS OF LIFE!!

anyone seen natalie from the facts of life recently? I have!! saw her yesterday when i was leaving crunch! she was taking the escalator to go to the indi movie theatre at cresent heights and sunset blvd. she has a sally jessy raphael thing going, with short spiky hair that is dyed platinum blonde circa 2000 when all the celebs were going for that look! I can't beieve i even recognized her!!! She doesn't look great, but she doesn't look terrible. she was with some guy which is more than i can say for my current state of love life! anyway, Natalie, i think her name is mindy cohn and I have the same birthday. May 20th. so i always felt a special kinship with her!!

STOP TALKING TO ME

so instead of going to an office since i dont have a job, i go to the writers guild of america where i am a member and i'm allowed access to thier lounge for members only. it has free coffee, tea, hot cocoa, water, printers, faxes, copiers, etc. it has chairs and desks and couches to work, it's like an office. everyday the same people give or take a few, are there working on whatever we writers work on. anyway because i've been coming so often, some people have begun to talk to me, which is annoying, but anyway, one guy sits in the rooom with the printer, etc and he introduced himself to me a few weeks ago and now whenever i go in there he says to me:

guy: I hope you're having a more productive day than I am.
me: proably not.

EVERY DAY WE HAVE THIS CONVERSATION!!

seriously messed up

I was just at the ATM at melrose and fairfax. I went to the drive up ATM machine but it was out of order, so i had to pull a u turn in front of 2 cops, basically going through a red light and go to the walk up. now at this point i was late to where i needed to be, so i see a woman with a walker heading to the ATM machine and i fly into my parking spot and and get out to beat the walker lady because i naturally assume sehs' going to take forever at the ATM and i'm in a rush and so i start into a light jog to beat her to the machine, but didn't want to be too obvious sprinting from across the parking lot, and so she beat me to the the ATM machine. something is seriously wrong with me why do i do these things. who am i?

abducted israeli soldiers

Over the past 23 days, world wide people have been tuned to CNN watching the events of the middle east unfold, I have not been one of them. Sure there have been a lot deaths and a lot infrastructure damage, always interesting to watch, but I tuned in early on in the strife and now haven't been that into. BUT THAT'S ALL CHANGED... I recently stumbled upon the pictures of the 2 abducted israeli soldiers who when kidnapped started this whole disater, have you seen these guys? they're totally hot and they're probaly like 20 years old, HELLO SWEATY HOT MUSCLES!!! I'm watching CNN now to try and find out what's going to happen to my war hotties. is this wrong? am i totally f-ed in the head? don't answer that...

I'm lost

i'm working very hard at remainging upbeat about my current lack of work situation. I think i'm supposed to be coming up with my own show, am i or is a company supposed to pitch one to me and what if i like it and what if i dont? I have no direction and the problem is i have no one to turn to to give me this direction, this direction is supposed to come from within, but since i've never travelled down this road before I'm not sure which exit ramp to take if i'm supposed to take one at all. despite all this, my mood is much better. went out with newman last night, we were supposed to go to an Oakley party for the Xgames, but we drove by and the line was ridiculous and so instead we went to the cat and the fiddle and sat outside, had a drink (i had lemonade) and caught up. very fun night. christie is also in town for the Xgames and i'm spending the night at her hotel... hellooooooo expense account, room service please send up another bottle of red and some tuna tartare!


ps how awesome was the free gas yesterday? seriously, hilarious!

free gas

have you ever heard on the radio that the radio station is giving away free gas and they tell you where and it's like an hour away and you're like "man, why can't they ever do it near me," well today was my lucky day. I was listening to the lame top 40 station and they said theyr'e giving away gas at the station at beverly and fairfax and i'm like, that's where i'm going today!!!! so i head on down, wait in line for like 15 mins creeping along and when i reach the front of the line, the guy says, no more free gas, i'm like WHAT?! i just fucking waited for 15 mins in the heat with my car running!?!?! so i'm on empty anyway and i wait and another guy says they still ahve free gas and I'm going to get some, yippee, so i sit there and wait anotehr 5 mins and then pull in and sure enough, the pump starts hooking my passat up with some free gas!! FORTY BUCKS WORTH BABY!!! I've never done one of those gas things and probably never willl again, but when you ain't go no job and you're on the dole, it's a bright spot in an otherwise bleak existance!

bad date

i had a meeting yesterfday for the possibility of developing/creating my own t.v. show. it was awkward, not sure if that stemmed from me or the person i was meeting with, regardless, i left there feeling like i just had a bad date and was never going to hear from that person again. then i had a meeting today and we totally jelled and i thought he was great and i felt like it was an awesome date and i'm hoping i hear from hiim again. anyway, i worked out yesterday pretty hard, i'm on a hard core turn my body hard core kick AGAIN!! but this time i'm serious!! AGAIN!! watch this space as they say...