here we are: 1)holland, liz and me--we just happened to be wearing Christmas colors! but it turned out to make the pictures very festive :). 2) me putting curly ringlets of ribbon on the REAL tree!! and 3)lane, holland, and liz doing more decorating! the tree is right in our dining room, we just moved the kitchen table up against the wall, but it's the perfect spot by our big picture window!
other than that, i've been walking a lot of dogs, picking up their poop (it's a very humbling job, seriously). i did get to go on a hike last week, though, with two dogs at the will rogers state park in pacific palisades. the park tours (of will rogers' former house, now a museum) were closed on that day, so i only saw myself and maybe two other people in the park the whole time we were there. we walked on dirt trails through gorgeous terrain; the air was so clean, we were up in the mountains, and i felt like i was in the 1940's, back when will rogers actually lived there. it was a great experience, and reiterated my desire to get out and DO things, instead of just sitting around!
we also had a spontaneous neighborhood get together one night. it was awesome! jim brought out his grill, and then the other two households just pulled out whatever food we had, and we had an extremely delicious makeshift meal at our house. we had white lights on outside, and just had a nice little evening! if you can't tell, i love spontaneity and variety in life!
one of this neighbors, jacquelyn (my fellow actress) and i decided to work together and go out a shoot some footage (she and her boyfriend, a director, have a professional camera) to create our own hosting reels. with the writers strike, and then an impending SAG strike (probably in late spring), work for actors is and will become even more sparse. however, there may be another rise in reality tv, and therefore, hosting gigs. so, having a hosting reel could be a big advantage in the near future. so...she and i took all day on thursday and went around santa monica, filming all types of things. we interviewed people, used eisley as a prop at the dog park, stood inside a recycling bin (yeah, for real), and researched the venice canals. i should be getting some of this footage soon, so i can post some of it. a lot of the footage had bad lighting or sound, but we did get some useable stuff. we'll probably do several days like that to make sure we have enough to compile for about a 3 minutes reel each. she and i just filmed each other--it was such a fun day, i just get so stimulated and feel really fulfilled when i'm doing what i really want to be doing!! one interesting person we met happened to be an up-and-coming actor, who was with his dog in the dog park. his name is jon bernthall (you should imdb him...), and he's big time! he has a couple movies coming out in january, one is called "day zero" and he stars in it with chris kline and elijah wood. jacquelyn and i are excited because if he becomes a huge star, we have footage of us talking to him, lol! what nerds...
but anyway, that's about all i can think of that might be at all interesting. still just working and keepin it real :) a couple of weeks until coming home for the holidays, and to be honest, i don't know how i'm going to feel about the freeeezing and gloomy weather!!!! it would be nice to see some pretty snow though...
I'm sorry I haven't had a chance to call you back yet. I'm sad I missed your call. I've been going pretty crazy the past few weeks. BUT...once life has returned to a semi-normal state I will definitely call you back! I love you! And your life still sounds so much fun!
You've already become so California that you cant take a little midwest weather for a few days? I'm just teasing you!
I love real trees!