Saturday, June 5, 2010

Today I Saw...

One of my best, best friends I hadn't seen in a long time, her gorgeous new Mercedes, Bailey happily go on a longer than usual walk, that Women in Film does a really great job with their gift bags (such a score, thank you Erin!!), that all of my pants still fit after my enchilada fiesta today (shocking!), yesterday's  Friday Night Lights, Frances McDormand's first film Blood Simple which exceeded my expectations, some neighbors, an episode of "Dexter" which I'm really getting into (thank you Netflix via the Wii!!), and that filing for unemployment really isn't as frustrating as I make it out to be.  


Not a bad Saturday! Cheers!

Friday, June 4, 2010

Bring On the Clouds!

June Gloom?  How is that possible?  I don't have to be in a classroom again until July 6th!


And truth be told, I'm a huge fan of cloud cover.  We are inundated with sunshine in Los Angeles.  Enough already!  I see this relief as a well-deserved  treat before we get swallowed by the sun and heat of July and August in SoCal.  


Did I mention I don't have air conditioning?  In fact, never have in LA.  Landlords always say, "AC?  Oh, you don't need it by the beach."  Um, FALSE!  I so believe in the healing powers of central air conditioning.  


And this my friends, is why my body rejects the word, "valley."


Have a fantastically cloudy Friday!

Thursday, June 3, 2010

Congrats, Thanks, and Good-bye...

Well, believe it or not I have little to say today as I am feeling... ick!  We'll leave it at that.


However, a huge congrats to Working Bug Productions for being selected as Independent Webisode Finalists by the Producers Guild of America for the Producers Challenge!  Woo-hoo!  Episode One of Road to the Altar, entitled "The Wedding Planner" (guest starring myself!) will screen tonight at Fox Studios alongside other finalists including Horrible People, True Blood, and Heroes.  Yay!  So looking forward to it!


Would also like to send huge congratulations out to my wonderful, talented, very good friend Jen Nikolaisen who is shooting a commercial for Aviva Life Insurance today!  GO JEN!!


And thank you so much to my wonderful students for a great last day of class, not to mention a generous gift!  I will miss you until July 6th!


And I would be remiss not to say good-bye to my second favorite Golden Girl, Rue McClanahan.  You were so lovely and loved and will always be fondly remembered for your fearless talent!  Indeed, thank you for being a friend.

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Real Writing Housewives

It occurred to me today... I HAVE NOTHING TO WATCH!  Everything I love has either had a series or season finale!  


What to do?  OK, fine the Real Housewives are still on, but man, New Jersey is super weak... A pack of uneducated, lame women who sometimes get drunk and violent.  For the most part, much like watching paint dry.


New York, always good, but about to end.  Although, that should be one hell of a season finale.  And speaking of the Real Housewives, while browsing on Amazon.com yesterday, I came across "Body by Bethenny," which just looks like yoga (don't think Bethenny Frankel had much to do with creating yoga), but what I also noticed, was how high the Skinny Girl's books were rated by Amazoners.  I saw at least four books by Bethenny Frankel, all with an average rating of about 4 out of 5 stars.  


Then I noticed that even mildly retarded, table flipping, New Jersey Mafia wife, Theresa Giudice has a cookbook out called, Skinny Italian: Eatit and Enjoy it Live La Bella Vita and Look Great, Too!


Also carries impressive ratings!  And hey!  She can write!  Well, perhaps that's true, but I'm pretty sure the other name on the book, Heather Maclean was responsible for any successful verb-subject agreement that occurs on those pages.  


Then!  New York Housewife Alex McCord's  book she co-wrote with exceedingly metrosexual husband Simon, Little Kids, Big City: Tales from a Real House in New York City.  Um, they live in Brooklyn.  Hope that's part of an explained joke on the inside cover.  Huge ratings!  Five stars out of 5!!!


Wait a minute... are amazon reviewers just really partial to Real Housewives and anything, any of them, might write or sling?   A tad more research gave me the answer, which is a very clear NO.


Yep, two more New York Housewives have books out, which Amazoners... do not like.  First we have the much anticipated and mocked, Class with the Countess, by Countess LuAnn de Lesseps, which recived an average rating of 2 out of 5 stars.  Nah, I wouldn't want to read it either, and she's so damn condescending on the show, I'm sure I'd hate every page of it.


Lastly I glanced at Jill Zarin's ratings for the book she co-wrote with her mother and sister, Secrets of a Jewish Mother: Real Advice, Real Stories, Real Love.  Yep, well not much real love from Amazon reviewers who gave the read a 2 out of 5 star rating.  Most of the reviewers gave it 1 star and were rather scathing, calling the advice "cold" and "calculating."  


There you have it: a show on Bravo does not equal successful book reviews.


However!  That is NO reason to start recording music!  Step away from the microphone LuAnn!!