Mimosas, psychics and Venice

I have to tell you about my crazy, lovely day.

I have been wanting a sexy blazer, and I've been searching the web for hours trying to find the perfect one (even when I should be sleeping for work). I was willing to spend about $100 for a good quality one, and I found some at Bloomingdales and Urban. But I decided to check out Crossroads in Santa Monica first. Thank GOD I did.

I got:

1.) An Express blazer like the one Serena is wearing in the picture, but black.

2.) A looks-like-it-was-never-worn sexily professional DOLCE AND GABBANA blazer. I looked up the blazer online, and it's worth about $1300. I am NOT lying. I'm even tempted to re-sell it. But no, I deserve a D&G blazer. =)

3.) A BCBG Maxazria jacket

4.) A nice shirt from The Limited
5.) Another nice shirt from I don't know but it's cute

All for the price of what I would have paid for one blazer. What a deal.

Next...

Me without a nose. Haha- actually, this is my new haircut. Sorry for the excessive photo manipulation, I just learned how to take pictures on my webcam and I kinda went crazy. Hey, models are airbrushed all day! It was fun, but I don't understand why I always keep the pictures without my nose.

Today I got a haircut at Studio DNA in Santa Monica with Rosie. I heard about them from Yelp, and I was like... this is going to be expensive, but worth it! Right when I get in, they offer me a MIMOSA. And they had all kinds of food and candy and cakes and drinks. No kidding. They asked me to change into a robe so I wouldn't damage my clothes. It turns out, Rosie is a hair dresser for editorials in magazines- she does models' hair! No wonder she was expensive. I love what she did with my hair. I left a little tipsy- I have to say, I've never drank and got my hair cut at the same time.

After that amazing hair cut experience of my life, I went down to Venice, home of Venice Beach (about 5 minutes from my house). There's a cool, lively street there that I drove past and wanted to visit- Abbott Kinney Street. It's much less crowded than the 3rd St. Promenade, and it's a very chill scene to hang out in.

If you didn't know, I'm a very spiritual person and I like to read books on the topic. I really do find pushing the sand around with a rake to be really peaceful. Anyway, there was this bookstore on this street that had spiritual books, trinkets, elements, candles and such that I passed by and wanted to visit. They had "spiritual/life coaches" (I had no idea what that was at that point), and I had a very pressing spiritual question, so I decided to go for it. The woman who I met with was a psychic! She was not like HELLO I AM CLEO kinda person, she was very wonderful and down to earth. She said some amazing things to me, and I'm still astounded. I love it!

I ended my trip with a visit to an Indian food truck. On that street, they have gourmet trucks.

Amazing, huh?

to susan

Omg susan. You scared the crap out of me I didn't even see your comments. I swear, I feel like I'm writing to no one all the time!

I'll update later when I have more energy. =)

Twilight premiere: I'm not giving up yet!

If you know me at all, you know I am embarassingly in love with the Twilight series. I will marry Robert Pattison at the drop of a hat. My expectations in men have become completely unrealistic thanks to Edward Cullen. And, if you keep track of pop culture at all, or even watch TV, you should know the movie comes out on November 20th. And, if you happen to have insider information, you'd know that the premiere for New Moon is on November 16th at so and so theater and press gets in at 3, red carpet starts at 5, and the movie starts at 7.

So... my first step was to try to contact Twilight's PR person to get press credentials. She was really nice and apologetic, but she said that it's full and over capacity. Damn! I should have contacted her earlier, I just didn't know her info yet. By then, it was too late. Imagine that. So I e-mailed her and told her to let me know if an opening came up. And she said she definitely would.

Ew. Basically, it was a monumental fail! I am NOT giving up though. I mean, come on, Twilight?! Move out the way people!

My next plan of attack is to go to the premiere, and try to talk to the person letting press in. I'm going to say something along the lines of "Hi, I'm Mona Lisa from LCO, I actually spoke with ______ about doing a review, and she said that she would let me in if any room opened up. It's just me, and I would love to do the review for the company newsletter that reaches many influencers, including 100 Academy Award Winners and 6 U.S. Senators. Would it be possible for me to secure a seat at this point if someone hasn't shown up?" They have to let me in! It's for the good of the people!!

Oh, please, please, please let that work. And please, let me have enough courage to SAY THAT and own it. Hi, Wizard of Oz, can I order some courage? If that doesn't work, I better get a peek at the red carpet arrivals. Even if it's just Dakota Fanning. Hey, at least I would have tried! And if I do get in, I might just faint.

Last week, I didn't mention to you guys that I went to my first photo shoot. No, not my photo shoot, I'm not famous (yet)! Haha, but anyway, it was pretty freakin hot and I was holding this umbrella over a camcorder for hella days and I thought I was going to melt in my all black clothes. It was pretty fun seeing everything happen and be a part of it all. It was weird because as the talent was doing the shoot, she was also talking and being interviewed. She'd pause and have this huge smile out of NOWHERE and it looked so incredibly creepy and fake, you don't even know.

I decided that while I'm in LA and in the entertainment business, I might as well take a shot at acting. I'm going to take an acting class with Lauren. Fun! Maybe I can make some side money.

The week is coming to an end.... and my evaluation meeting is coming up. AHHH! Wish me luck!

If I don't get the position, my next goal is to work for the Twilight PR firm. Hell, yes.

Down, but not out

I'm back! Sorry for the temporary hiatus, things got a little crazy... here's an update.

I'm recovering from this cold I got from going to Angel's Camp this weekend. I was supposed to go to Vegas with my family, but Maya ended up getting swine flu and I took my siblings up North to this western town instead and we went gold panning. It was cute... but not exactly Hollywood glam. Let's just say that I was pretty freakin happy to land back at LAX. It was like a breath of fresh air that I didn't even know I missed.

Being back in the bay area this weekend was depressing. I don't know why. It didn't feel comfortable and freeing, it felt claustrophobic. My anxiety came back there. Doubt crept up on me. For now, I'm going to stay away... I think that's the only way I can be my own person and keep my sanity.

This cold has me down, and I was sent home from work today since it wouldn' t help our cause to get the whole office sick. I hope that doesn't affect my final evaluation- this week, I'm going to be told whether or not they can afford to bring me on as a publicist. I'm REALLY scared. I know that they want me there, so it's just a matter of whether or not we have enough clients. I promise to keep you updated either way.

Another reason I haven't been writing is cause work has me a little confused. My supervisor who was so excited to bring me on and bring me to all the meetings, etc. turned a cold shoulder on me OUT OF NOWHERE. Like, he completely started to ignore me. And I was so confused, and questioning whether or not he wanted me there anymore, and ugh. I don't even know what to think! I had a meeting with him the other day, and he says he has been busy and he wants to bring me on.

So basically, what's happening is, I was hit with the reality of the real world as I slowly came back down from this temporary flight of insanity I had when I just took off and left my home and life in the bay area. And I started to question myself and what the fuck am I DOING here? This way of thinking is what made me stop writing.

But I'm done with this questioning and doubting and negativity. Fuck that. Because I did not come out here to doubt myself.

Now, my crazy ass impulsive decision is grounded. Now, I am going to come at this with not only my heart and impulses, but my head and positivity. And THAT is how I am going to become the best damn publicist in Hollywood.

So, here is my game plan:

1.) Adapt to LA: Find a hair salon, nail salon, permanent main grocery store (Hello, Vons, bye-bye Safeway), favorite mall, favorite coffee shop/hang out spot, move theater, start buying furniture and home accents, keep working out (it's good for my sanity), take a dance/kickboxing/yoga class. Goal: Make this place home.

2.) Keep kicking ass at my internship. Take it one day at a time. I'm doing very, very well and should not doubt myself, regardless of my supervisor's actions. Observe, learn, analyze, conquer!


3.) Take some time to relax at least once a week, because I need my immune system to be up.

4.) Keep writing.

That's all for now, I need to sleep and recover. Good night!