i don't think anybody reads this but still...

I'm blogging for the unknown, the empty, the absentee vote. Last night I attended Portland Fashion Week. See me with the flapper headband?

I've been rehearsing with my Improv Troupe and I have a commercial shoot on Wednesday. I'm painting this quote as soon as the Gesso dries:
"If everyone would stop trying to be happy, they might actually have a pretty good time." - Edith Wharton.

Matthew Lillard is THE MOST annoying person ever...

I just watched "Scream" Why? Why do I waste my time. It's hot, I'm bored and it'a all that's on the tele.
But I just have to vent how absoulutely annoying this guy is. I want to kill him myself.

terribly busy, terribly important...

-I'm styling three shoots with photographer Erik Isakson this week.
-I'm going on a Go-See for a print ad tomorrow
-I have a call back (2nd audition) for Prelude to a Kiss playing Rita, the lead. Meg Ryan played the film version part and I know I'm not very Meg Ryan-ish, but Mary Louise-Parker played the BRoadway version, and I'm a little MLP.
-I have an audition in August for the Salem Repoertory Theatre.

A Day in the Life...

What I did today:
1. Woke up at 9:30ish AM, drank from water bottle by bed
2. Walked up to Starbucks for an iced venti non-fat latte
3. Walked back home
4. Finished movie with Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Jude Law & Jack Black called "The Holiday." It was pretty good. And old lady wrote and directed it and I love how they always put the actresses in a scene where they drink too much then lip-synch and dance around crazy to a pop song.
5. I ate a mini-bagel with low-fat strawberry cream cheese.
6. Then I ate chips and very spicy salsa.
7. The I went to Walgreens to get the following items: cotton rounds, mascara, vitamin water, macadamia nuts, moleskin and false eyelashes.
8. Then I came home and checked my email for the 14th time.
9. I turned on YOuTube (because I'm addicted) to watch my favorite lady, truly my new inspiration and heronine: Leslie Hall.
Check 'er out!

Well, that's it. Riveting, n'est pas?

A pain in the neck...

Did you know you can get whiplash without being in a car crash? I found out it's true because I got it. And it really f'n hurts. I've been icing and ibuprophin-ing 'round the clock and Franken-chic is not pretty.

New Book, New Happy Hour...

So, in prepping for what may be a SERIOUS blog upcoming soon (hopefully things work out), I've decided to begin chronicling what I've already been doing since I first landed in "Keep It Weird" Portland. Taking a new book out on a date to a new Happy Hour. This week I went to Silk (http://www.silkbyphovan.com/) noted for it's yummy Vietnamese snacks and swank bar, all in white. My date was Chelsea Handler's new book, "Are you there, Vodka? It's me, Chelsea." At Silk, I ordered salad rolls and Pho soup, traditionally with the brisket. Someone said this was the best Vietnamese place in town but I have to say I'll be looking for others. I give it a B. The decor was cool and my Ginger Martini ($5) was good, the salad rolls ($4) had shrimp and pork, but I coulda done without the Wilbur. I believe Pho ($5) should be served with the rare brisket on the side, but no one's really down with augmenting what is all ready on the cheap, so it was a wee tough for my tastes. But for a total tab of $19 (OK, I had 2 drinks) I'm not gonna whine like Mrs. Roper wanting more sex from Stanley. I was satiated.
Ms. Handler's fun raunchy romp into a party girl's life at 30, however, was right up my alley. Vodka: her Life Partner, having sex with a red head and her love for midgets are the stand-out topics and I finished the book in a day. Easy read, v. v. funny and makes me feel better about my own wayward days gone by (as of yesterday).
The best line was about Big Red and upon getting ready to get busy, reached down to a massive bush of bright orange pubic hair on this dude that she likened to, "Having Carrot Top in a leg lock."

OK! OK! Here's the update

Jeez, I wish everyone would stop nagging me about what I've been up to these days. Hellooo? I'm busy! I'm watching "Can't Buy Me Love" crica '87 on cable for the 18th time (no joke), making these labor-intensive frozen chocolate chip cookies from TJ's and working on my screenplay. I'm reading 3 books, not including my textbooks, and running a household: my spacious apartment does not clean itself, People! I pay my two bills each month (Comcast & Verizon) and stock my fridge with sundries such as sparkling water, yoghurt and wine (oh, she likes her wine). Friends visit and we have moments like this, "Hey, I wonder what Ruth Buzzi's up to these days?" "Let's Google her." And then we'll watch her on The Muppets for, like, 3 hours.
Riveting facsinating stuff that no one really cares about. And therein lies the beauty of Blogging: reporting on the banal.