I gotta' go on a NO carb diet for the next two weeks so that I can lose aound ten pounds for an audition for a movie roll called "the bikini girl." LOL. Yeah. I'm really excited about it because it will give me a chance to just be goofy. It's a really comedic roll, from what the producer tells me. The only thing is that some guy--whoever gets the roll, has to cup my breast under my bikini. LOL. IT'S JUST A CHARACTER. But it sounds like a lot of fun for me.
I won't get paid because it's really low budget and pretty much just for fun, but I would get movie credits and more experience. It would be a one-day shoot in September.
Anyway so that is that.
On the other hand, I am beginning to think that there will never be a time that I can go to Las Vegas and just relax. I think from here on in it is going to be meeting after meeting after meeting.
I spoke with some people about the planning of the convention and such so that is going to be something that I need to follow up on each time that I am there. I'm going to need to meet with those people to discuss a few things each time that I am there and also make timefor the friends that I am meeting.... have some drinks with some friends on the "...New Day..." team and stuff like that.
This last trip to Las Vegas I met and hung out with (let's count) Brittany R, Brittany J, Meg, Sarah, Nick, Kim, her friend Amber, Beckie, Sunny, Darryl, Vicky, and Kelly. What is that? Like 12 people? Plus I met another guy named Martin. I ran into dancers, and also a bar-tender that Kelly and I met last New Years Eve; had a meeting with two people with Caesars Palace, and ran into René Angélil and spoke with him very briefly about the idea. I only got a half an hour of pool time in the whole time that we were in Las Vegas, which is crazy! But I think that it makes my trips fun and a bit adventurous. I'm not complaining by any means. I love the adrenaline of stuff like meeting new people. I think it's fantastic... and of course any meeting with anyone important with a big corporation, company or anything makes you feel pretty darn important (even if you're really not).
Kelly came out here on July 4th and left on the 15th. It was a ton of fun and was really almost non-stop fun. When we had just a relax-at-my-pool day it felt like we were being lazy to me. Or when I was on the internet doing something for a couple of hours before going to the beach to hunt for shells and then going to Hollywood until late at night, it felt like we should be up and going somewhere else.
The first day that she was here we drove around to a bunch of beaches. We drove past Manhattan Beach then thought of going down to Hermosa Beach but it was insanely busy down there and God only knows if we would have found a parking spot if we'd have looked for another 5 hours. We tried Redondo Beach but their parking structure was full as well and it just isn't exactly the atmosphere that we wanted on the 4th at Redondo. So then we drove past Torrance and we stopped there for a little bit and walked on the beach. Kelly wanted to just sit in teh sand for a little so we did but I was really anxious due to PMS and I dunno' what else. But I was in a hurry. After that we drove to see my mom at an AA Round-Up/Convention. So we introduced my mom and Kelly, left and went to the mall for a tiny bit to look for a dress for me for Las Vegas. Then we went driving up to Palos Verdes to see the sunset and scenery, which was really pretty and stuff like that and Kelly liked it. We went back to my house and I gave Kelly a pedicure and we did little face masks. We watched some fireworks from my bedroom window and then tried to watch the movie "Hook" but Kelly started to fall asleep she ws so exhausted.
The second day we went to Hollywood. But we didn't just do Hollywood. We did Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills, Bel Aire, the Walk of Fame, Manns' Chinese Theater and then took some pictures in front of the Kodak.
We were on our way to Bel Aire when I saw the Rodeo Drive sign so we just went there and parked in a free-parking-for-two-hours spot. We went looking in all the shops like Chanel, Prada, Yves Saint Laurent, Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Dolce & Gabana and all that good stuff. It was neat. We went back to the car and went to drive down to the Walk of Fame, Mann's Chinese Theater, and the Kodak and we got a little lost but eventually found our way to Hollywood and Highland. We took pictures in front of Céline's star and looked for Marilyn Monroe's hand prints at Mann's. We found a whole lot of people that our hands matched in, which was interesting. LOL. Didn't know that Kelly and I had the same sized hands--or just about the same. After that we went to go see if we coudln't' go on one of those Kodak tours but they weren't touring the 5th of July, so we didn't do that. We went for a walk down along the Walk of Fame and Kelly took some pictures of some other people's stars. Then we went back to our car and we headed to Bel Aire.
We'd bought a Star Map so Kelly said that she absolutely had to see the Osbourne's house. So we found their house first and stood outside a while. Kelly thought she could hear him yellin' and so did the other people that were there and after that we just went for a drive and happened to pass a lot of other people's houses. We went past Elvis' house, Julie Andrews, Hugh Hefner, Ronald Reagan, Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston and some other guy that had a funky house with a lot of architecture and sculpture stuff outside of it.... some guy whos name I know but slipped my mind and he drove right past us as we drove past his house. At least we think so.
So we did that and then went to the Beverly Hills Hotel and we took some funny pictures. On top of a piano... on a stage, behind some curtains.... Just funny stuff.
The third day we were GOING to go to Disneyland but we didn't. We ended up going to a bunch of the beaches further up North. We went to Venice Beach, where Céline filmed the "Love Can Move Mountains" video, then to Santa Monica where we ate some McDonalds. We went up to Malibu and looked at a neat are where a creek runs into the ocean and we took some pictures there. Then we went back down to Santa Monica and watched the sunset behind a hill and headed back home.
The fourth day we just walked to the beach and on the way there found my dress for Vegas. We lazed on the beach and on the way back up to my house we picked up my dress.
The fifth day we drove to Las Vegas and got there at about 3 PM. We met up with Darryl and Vicky and then had some lunch. We ran into "the chickens," and wished them a good time at their show and took some photos. Then we headed to do some errands with Darryl and stuff like that, met my mom and Jaime at the front of Caesars and stuff like that. At night we waited at the garage.
The sixth day we woke up and met up with Vicky and Darryl again. At 1 PM we had a meeting with some people that work at Caesars and we talked about the convention. After that meeting which lasted about a half an hour to an hour we went to Darryl's hotel room and decided the game plan for the rest of the night which ended up with us leaving and getting ready to go see Zumanity.
Zumanity was fantastic. No words described it. I think it was one of the most beautiful shows I have seen and the theater was very small and intimate which was wonderful for the environment of the show.
We waited at the garage again that night.
The seventh day we went shopping for the shoes and the purse for my dress for the show that night. After that we headed back to the hotel to get our stuff so that we could get ready for the show over at Caesars. We went and picked up Vicky's stuff, too and then headed over to Caesars from the Flamingo. We left our stuff in the hotel room and were dressed in pool attire and Kelly remembered that she had forgotten her TeamCéline print out so we could not get our tickets without it. So we took Darryl's laptop down to the business center and we ran into René down there, talked to him for a little bit, printed the info we needed, headed to get our tickets and then went to the pool for a half an hour before getting ready for the show. We were almost late for the show and just barely made it, but we made it. We had an awesome time in the audience, too. We met up with some of the dancers and with my friend and then it was time to go. I needed sleep. I was not in the best of moods.
The eighth day was time to leave Las Vegas. We stopped at a lake where Jaime's brother and sister and law were at their little cabin and we swam for a bit because our van was not air conditioned and it started in Vegas at 115 degrees as we headed home. We got home late at night and went to sleep as soon as we got home, basically.
The ninth day was spent relaxing and recouperating from the craziness of the day. We spent some time in the pool (or at least I did. Kelly was tanning.) Then we, I think, ended up doing something that night but I can't remember. Maybe we didn't.
The next day was Disneyland. We went and we had a good time. We didn't ever have to wait in a line too terribly long which was great!
Then we relaxed at my house again. Kelly slept on and off and I was on the computer until 3 PM and then we went to the beach and hunted for some shells for Kelly. After that my mom drove us up to Hollywood again. They were actually holding the ESPY awards there that night so it was exciting. We played with some make-up in Sephora, did some souvenir shopping for Kelly's friends and then we headed home. We ate at Carnys where Leno eats sometimes and then got home at about 1 AM. It was crazy!
The next day it was time for Kelly to leave. I cried more than she did which is odd because usually it is the opposite way.
So I've been enjoying my time by myself a little bit... but it's funny. I was supposed to work that Friday but I ended up not having to so I didn't. I had that day all to myself which was wonderful. Saturday my mom and I went to Six Flags Magic Mountain and it was hot as hell! We stayed there 'till practically closing and then we drove home, driving RIGHT PAST the fires which scared the crap out of me. But we survived. I also got a really bad bladder infection.....so I'm suffering from that right now.
Sunday night I went on a "date" with a guy named Adrian. I've liked him for a while and whe we go out it's usually like three hours of conversation. We talked from 11 PM to like almost 3 AM. Then on Monday, because of all the pain I realized I was in on my date, I called in and cancelled and made a doctor's appointment.
Turns out that they're sending my sample out to be analyzed because she wants to make sure that it hasn't spread into my kidneys because of how fast it came on. YICK.
Yesterday I worked which was nice to see the kids again and today I am at work, only right now the mom is on a walk with the 1 year old and her mom's group. Owen is in pre-school so I have about 15 to 20 more minutes all to myself before the baby gets home and about another 2 hours before the 4 year old comes home. After that happens we're going to the pool and I'm home at 4.
Tomorrow I'm taping my Oprah video and I'm scanning all the photos that I need to get printed and stuff like that. Friday I work, again and all that jazz so I'm keepin' busy.
Anyway I'm gonna' go hard boil me some Eggs because I can have as many of those as I want to without breaking my diet. Maybe I'll have some tuna fish on........(sighs) I dunno' what! :-(