ex-actress perks

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Ok, so I’m not really an ex-actress, but I’m not really a current-actress either. So I call myself a resting actress…

Since I am a member of SAG (aka:Screen Actor’s Guild), I get to vote for the SAG Awards. Yes, my dear ones, I get to have a say in which celebrities get an award this season. I already voted, actually, but one of the coolest things about continually paying my union dues despite having no screen actor work is that at this time of year I get free stuff.

Last year I thought I did really well when I got invited to free screenings and was thrilled when the movie [URL=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0375679/]Crash[/url] arrived on DVD. This year was even better! I got 3 movies on DVD and free tickets to see current movies at my leisure.

On DVD:
[URL=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0489327/]Venus[/url] [URL=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0449059/]littlemiss[/url] [URL=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0407887/]departed[/url]

And a free ticket to:
[URL=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0443489/]dreamgirls[/url] [URL=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0449467/]babel[/url]

Rad!

*click on the movies for more information

melrose trading post

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Many Sundays I drive up Fairfax Avenue and notice the big flea market right at the corner of Melrose Avenue. Every time I see it I resolve to go the next weekend…and then I forget until I drive by on my way somewhere else.

tradingpostBut today I remembered. I typed it into Google and found out the details. Not only is it considered the best flea market/swap meet in LA, but it was developed for a good cause. Co-created by Fairfax High School and GREENWAY Arts Alliance, The Melrose Trading Post has been benefiting the school’s arts and leisure programs for 8 years! [URL=http://www.greenwayarts.org/tradingpost.htm]Click here for more info…[/url] It only costs $2 to get in ($1 for students) and the big parking lot is filled with goodies. Now I’m definitely going! And you should to…

*(too bad many of you faithful readers don’t live in LA)

you know you’ve been drinking when…

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1) You stand in line for the bathroom for a good 5 minutes before realizing the door is slightly ajar and nobody is inside.

2) You take a picture of your drinks from your camera phone and send it to youself on e-mail ’cause you think it looks “so pretty”.

drinks

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value & perversity

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There are two words of the day…

val·ue noun

1. relative worth, merit, or importance.
2. monetary or material worth, as in commerce or trade.
3. equivalent worth or return in money, material, services, etc.
4. estimated or assigned worth.
5. import or meaning; force; significance.
6. liking or affection; favorable regard.
7. to consider with respect to worth, excellence, usefulness, or importance.
8. to regard or esteem highly.

Today I took a big step forward in valuing myself and my talents.

per·ver·si·ty noun
1. the state or quality of being perverse.
2. an instance of this.

per·verse adjective
1. willfully determined or disposed to go counter to what is expected or desired; contrary.
2. characterized by or proceeding from such a determination or disposition.
3. wayward or cantankerous.
4. persistent or obstinate in what is wrong.
5. turned away from or rejecting what is right, good, or proper; wicked or corrupt.

per·ver·sion noun
1. the act of perverting.
2. the state of being perverted.
3. a perverted form of something.
4. any of various means of obtaining sexual gratification that are generally regarded as being abnormal.

Red, 6″ Platform Heels. A Pink and Black Fishnet Bustier. The Right Music and a Pole. What’s your perversion?

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