Can I decide to decide?

I have had a tough couple of weeks, I'm not going to lie.
I actually cried for the first time a couple of days ago which I don't know why it didn't come sooner. Most days I spend alone and make the most of the fun times I have with the people I have met here. It is funny how you forget how to make the most of a friendship when you are back in your own country. It is a very lonely world in a new city.

It took me a while to realise I have done more than what I was capable of doing.
Achievements:

1) Not knowing anyone before I arrived and making many many friends by putting myself out there. Very nerve wrecking but no point in sitting staring at 4 walls. This also led to a lovely person lending me a car.

2) Have met 8 industry Producers. 2 Casting Directors, 2 Talent agencies in 2 months these are from my own arrangements not accidentally.

3) Secretly gained VIP entry to two events ;) yew!

4) Didn't have to buy any towels! Go to a hotel and just ask for them! and get a free breaky while you are at it. You know that free food tastes better.

5) You can also get into Madame Tussauds for free if you know how and get half price tix to Universal Studios. Twist and Turn :)

6) Travelled on my own in some cities in USA

7) Did get a cafe job without a Visa - its doable.

8) Caught the bus everywhere in LA for the first month and a half. Try it. You'll know what I'm talking about!

9) Saw some famous peeps! and some people from Neighbours (australian show) - don't know which thrilled me more haha!

10) Went to the Playboy Mansion. Saw Heff - think he'll need an oxygen machine soon. Men where gross/seedy, food was great!!! stuffed myself silly.

11) Went to a CAA Halloween Party.

12) Became a volunteer for screenings and met some lovely people and watch great movies!

13) Had some free cupcakes from Sprinkles - Follow them on Twitter!!

14) Supported and relied on me, myself and I. Not many people can do that.

I'm sure I have missed out on some other points.

So besides looking like a con artist, which I don't have a problem with you thinking I am (hehe) I really don't think many people would have achieved what I have in 2 months living in a city where you don't know anyone. It wasn't easy but everyday I told myself, "if it isn't easy you have to do it!"

And over these 2 months I have looked at my plane ticket. I hadn't felt right about going home until the last few days. Things have been building up and not having family or close friends supporting you, living in an apartment on your own it f'n hard!! I have decided that I need a break, I need to go home for now. Recharge. Right now I don't have the energy to go out and fight. I sound ridiculous but I have experimented and I am the one that knows and I have been trying 100% everyday. For now I have done what I can. I am going to enjoy xmas, enjoy friends and family, help organise my sisters wedding. be home. That makes me smile. I know I will be back here in LA. There is no way I can't finish what I want to do here.

To everyone who has read my blog - and I am not sure who has. I wish I could have written more truthfully about vip-ing my way into events but the Internet is to accessible! I had a great time! I also wish I could have gone more in depth about my meetings with Producers, the Producers I met where all very supportive so I do not want to jeopardise my career or ruin trust.

Also if you are coming to LA - be nice and be honest. You will meet the right people. You will know who is fake and you wont have to speak or see them ever again so use them right back! Be what you want to be and be who you are. Don't fight time, just relax, Take your time. I never realised I could take my time, I like things done. I speed throughout my lifes learning curves, studies, I learn quickly etc and I think that is why I won awards and as to why I am so aware of different types of people, I know who to trust straight away. You must trust yourself first and you will go anywhere you want.

I am happy that I have come to the decision that I want to go home for now. I was stressing about what people would think of me coming home. Well I have not given up so why should I care. I love the fact I have learned now, I don't care what people think of me. I really don't! It's fabulous and I love it. I used to think about what people thought of me, I wasted a lot of time and opportunities. If I can sit in front of a Multi Million Dollar Producer and talk about my strong points (that may be an inch of their strong points) and not worry what he/she is thinking well that's wonderful! That's what I have learned on this trip. Who really cares? Do what you want! and I am going home happy! Happy with my achievements here and happy to go home and recharge, happy to come back full throttle. Yew!

Thanks for reading everyone, by reading you are supporting and believing me. Even it if it just one person (Thanks Emma! for your support)! I have really enjoyed my time here. It's been hard but no losses.

For now bye bye and I will be Down Under in a few days!! I can smell it :) desert. no i don't live in the desert and I don't have a kangaroo or a Koala in my backyard!!!

xx

LaLaLife is good

So things have changed considerably since my last post. you read that the excitement of my week was watching hocus pocus (seriously - i love that movie!) but when you think about it being in LA and a movie being the highlight of your week?? ok.

I was totally stressing about buying a shitty shitty bang bang (car)..
little did I know you had to get the car to have a smog check (for faults..) and if you bought it not knowing you would have to pay more money...then get it registered with proof of smog..then obviously gas...parking money..etc. I have no job. running low on cash...it really wasn't working out without a job (or a working visa - which is making it 10 x harder getting ANY job, so yes, i am not a weird person that can't get a job, i don't have a bloody visa - giving me the shits to be honest - as you can imagine)
last week i had been going to cafes/retail/restaraunts etc asking for a job - 'where are you from?
'australia'
'do you have a visa?'
'i'm on a tourist visa but i have a SS'
'sorry can't hire you but some places will'

After many attempts of trying to get a job, finding a car - i was thoroughly exhausted. i took one day as time out. i thought to myself, i just can't afford to get a car, i can't get a job without a visa. all was failing. i told my family i was coming home november. i had actually given up. i tried everything. i was at my lowest point. couldn't go further.

at that moment of giving up - my friend msg'd me saying i could borrow her car. amazing. i have known her for just over a month. i couldn't believe it & forever thankful. so taking it as a sign. i must stay. I believe it is a sign. I am going to stay. stick it through. make it happen.

Saturday Nights

Firstly, this picture makes me laugh. (from post secret)




I guess my fridge is not as full as I'd like it to be - if you are worrying about me.. donations can be made here

ha.

anyway. so glam lala land. how has my week been? slow. however i have met
2 x Casting Directors
1 x Talent Agent
3 x Producers
Just for meet and greet. I am surprised and happy that are taking the time to meet me. Although there are lack of jobs, they offer great advice. Definitely recommend this when you are looking for a job. Don't just look for a job. Meet with people. It will open more doors.
So. That probably added up to about 5 hrs of my time this week. And the rest? I am researching hours and hours, sending emails, making phone calls to meet with more people. It may seem amazing to you - but I know the time behind this. And it is soooo slow. And gets hard without friends/family to occupy yourself around the clock!

My next dilemma($$$) is getting a car. So i guess there will be less food in the fridge. why am i getting a car? for the people in LA, you know already. For the people else where, well when you come to LA, you will see! i'm not sure which takes longer - walking or catching the bus? probably the bus.

Tonight is Saturday night. and here i am in lala land - west hollywood(!!!). in my apartment. and that is what it seemed like until Hocus Pocus came on! Lame? hey you come to LA and do what I am doing....!

This post probably doesn't make sense - I am so distracted by Hocus Pocus & I have been to Salem :)

That Perth Girl™ ep #5 goes to the Beach

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Venice & Santa Monica beach

attn: Perez Hilton

I would love to be your P.A. or your p.a's p.a...

I think you would love me too.

Hire me!

x

That Perth Girl™ ep #4 goes to Simply Stylist: Fashion Event

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What are fashion events like in LA? it may not be Paris/Milan/NYC but Simply Stylist pulled off this event by introducing free hairstyling, manicures and facials!

time is money, money is time

argh.

today i woke up feeling stressed. i have this months rent covered but going to be just scraping through next month, if i stay.
it seemed like a set back. i think it is because i didn't accept i was really, well, scared. i finally admitted it to myself and now i don't feel scared. i don't know what is with that? it has made me more determined to stay out here as long as i can. if i must work in a cafe/bar etc job then i will. i will stick it through, i will do it because things happen for people who try.
this is by far the hardest thing i have ever done in my life. coming to LA not knowing anyone. still not really knowing anyone. i can't go over to my best friends house and complain/vent/cry about:
there is no real coffee here!
no thats not all ;)
about:
not having a car(!)
mexican men being sleezy - sorry if you are mexican and aren't sleezy but can you tell them to stop staring and saying 'hey baby' *shudder*
the homeless that can be a little daunting at times whilst catching public transport
not having my friends here
not having my family here
going home to an empty apartment
waking up to quite
not knowing what is going to happen each day
listening to my mind go a little insane
listening to my heart telling me to stay. relax.
not being able to call home at certain times (time difference)
not getting the jobs i want
not being able to get a car because i dont have a job
not being able to get certain jobs because i dont have a car!
riding to get groceries and having a heavy backpack on the way back - one trip my backpack strap snapped haha was so bad but funny at the same time.
regretting i ate a jar of nutella. it was over 2 days, ok?

ah. enough. i sound like i only complain. i do enjoy my life in LA, that is why i am staying. unfortunately/fortunately i want to work in film/tv production. i am there, just between me and the job is a fence. although the fence didn't stop steven spielberg .. i'll meet the right person who will believe in me. and that is all. it will happen. it doesn't help being impatient :o)

Dear CBS

I live up the road from you and I think I should work there! Because I...

was Selected by panel to produce The Office of Road Safety commercial which screened on Movies by Burswood and is currently screening on Channel 10.

Produced Doritos Commercial 2009, awarded “People’s Choice Award”

Won the 2008 award for the Television Category for The Office of Road Safety commercial selected by Chanel Ten.

was Selected to produce two short films during my Advanced Diploma. Fellow students produced one short film only.

The two short films I produced were nominated in the 2008 Western Australian Screen Awards.

Selected to coordinate and present the Central TAFE Graduation Screening for 40 students and 200 guests.

Nominated for Young Film Maker of The Year 2008 & 2009.

Produced Music Video and this was screened on RAGE and the Western Australia Music Industry (WAMI) DVD 2006.

Academic Achievement Award and Business Information Technology Award for year 12 at High School.

I also have my own company back in Australia!
and I have years of office experience.
I want a job to keep me on my toes. busy!
I have come all the way from Australia...doesn't that say enough for my passion?
I think you should hire me when you see me walking passed next :P

Kind Regards,

J

That Perth Girl Ep#3

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Cupcakes, Cupcakes! Everyone in LA loves Cupcakes! which one is your favourite? Meet the Kardashians - if you haven't already - open a cupcake store!

That Perth Girl ep#3

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Want to know events in Hollywood - The West Hollywood Book Fair!

That Perth Girl

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A Perth Girl, vlogging her journey in LA. tough times. fun times.

Kardashians open Famous Cupcakes

Here is the opening! watch my vlog!
click here :)
sorry was semi awkward opening, right!? should re-do it..

I also was invited to a fantastic fashion event held by 'Simply Stylist' .. will have a vlog there for you soon!

Other than that, I went to the roger room and there where some actors from Home and Away and Neighbours for oz soap fans!Was good to chat to them!

Holy Doritos

My Doritos commercial has been accepted for the crash the super bowl competition! let's hope it wins and gets shown the Hollywood Bowl!

Balibo

I don’t usually write movie reviews. I either love movies or like them or can’t believe I wasted 2 hours of my life on them.

Balibo. An Australian film. A film that has educated me.



Why, they ask are the Australians not helping us?
When the Japanese invaded they did help us?
Why, they ask are the Portuguese not helping us, we’re still a Portuguese colony
Who, they ask will pay for the terrible damage to our homes

My main answer was that Australia would not send forces here…. That’s impossible. However, I said we could ask that Australia raise this fighting at the United Nations – that was possible.

At that, the second in charge rose to his feet, exclaimed, “Camarade Journaliste”, shook my hand, the rest shook my hand and we were applauded because we are Australians.

That’s all they want…… for the United Nations to care about what is happening here. The emotion here last night was so strong that we, all three of us, felt we should be able to reach out into the warm night air and touch it.

Greg Shackleton at an unnamed village that we will remember forever in Portuguese Timor.”




Produced by Arena Films, based on the Indonesians invasion on East Timor and the five Australian TV Reporters who where killed in 1975.

The film interweaves with a veteran journalist, Roger East (Executive Producer Anthony LaPaglia) who starts off brave, unafraid and blunt until he meets Jose Ramos-Horta (Oscar Isaac) the secretary of Foreign Affairs who wants to save East Timor and tries involve East to help him. East refuses until Ramos-Horta leaves him the photographs of the Australian reporters who are missing in the town of Balibo.

The story is told though Roger East and Jose Ramos-Horta, giving the film much more significance. This technique of story telling adds a lot of suspense because both of the men know that there is more at risk than the five TV reporters.

The film rewinds back a month with the use of snapshots showing the Australian TV Reports: Greg Shackleton (Damon Gameau), Gary Cunningham (Gyton Grantley), Malcolm Rennie (Nathan Philips), Brian Peters (Thomas Write) and Tony Stewart (Mark Leonard Winter)saying goodbye and departing there loved ones to leave for East Timor. Bear in mind they are all under the age of 30.

Throughout their journey, they where constantly warned of the danger of filming in Balibo, however, they wanted to film the invasion hoping it would force the world to pay attention to what was happening to the lives in East Timor, unaware of the dangers that lay ahead.

Some scenes, unbearable to watch, Balibo creates an extreme patriotic empathy carrying important messages to the worlds society, the film speaks of great importance in holding those in high power, accountable for what happened in history.

Balibo is a political thriller that tells the true story of crimes that have been covered up for over thirty years.

“Balibo is a story that demands to be told”. - Connolly

"I couldn't concieve why Australia could not help when we where only an hour away" - Anthony LaPaglia as to why he wanted to make this film - AIF, Los Angeles Screening. "We only had one make-up artist, one person in costumes and sometime the actors would hold the boom on their days off. The crew of 18 all helped each other."

Trailer:


Greg Shackleton’s Last Report:

Miley in my head!

I love Miley, however, I don't listen to her music. ever really.
For the last couple of days I have woken up with her song 'Climb' in my head. I have felt like giving up here in LA.

The week I have had has been pretty slow. I have looked at flights to go home because this is the hardest thing I have ever done in my life. I knew, coming to LA, what I was going into and I promised myself I would not give up. I promised myself I would get a job. You don't know how hard it is without your friends and family. Waking up in an apartment by yourself and not knowing what each day will bring, if anything. I have made friends here but not enough to keep my mind of being homesick. I know if I had a job, I would be ok, I would be so occupied knowing I was working towards my career. I would not think of going back to Australia. I wouldn't want to go back home.

It was today, I was thinking, I have been searching for jobs, applying, applying, applying, meeting people...I have nothing. I didn't know what to do. My phone rang that second. It was a possible job! I will know soon... It has given me hope again. It's not for certain but it has definitely made a difference. Keep on moving, Keep climbing. Keep the faith - Miley Cyrus.

West Hollywood Book Fair

Ep#2 is up! That Perth Girl - goes to The Hollywood Book Fair sorry bit squishy..!

Vlog!

Here is my first entry for 'That Perth Girl™' video series! A quick intro. first one - would love suggestions! have some pics/vid of playboy party!
hope you enjoy.........
Episode #1 (link)

What do you do? ok. next.

I went out to a few nice bars the other night, we started off drinking margaritas, which i am now a pro at making :) and drinking!
after feeling a little on the merry side we decided to venture onto the first bar. it was then i realised everyone just asks, 'what do you do?' oh I'm just over from Australia..trying to get a job..I don't say it exactly like that but that's what i feel like the other person is hearing because if you aren't a producer or casting director or director they really don't want to know you! you can't take the conversation any further. the next thing you know they are talking to the guy with the square glasses or the beautiful girls..

we went onto the 2nd bar, i think it was call, 'Roger Bar' or something like that. we had to wait outside for a little bit because they where 'over capacity'. next minute a group of vip members of LA, walk straight in, was funny to see!
so we where waiting at the bar for a drink and someone was knocking into me, it took me a while to register it was Jesse McCartney! i would have liked one of his songs to come on at this time. he is tall! i never knew..
later on Kevin Connolly was holding his blackberry (everyone has one in LA, i left mine in australia - error!) in a way he was taking a picture. i was confused and he must have seen the confusion on my face. He told me he was trying to send a message because there was no coverage where he was sitting.
so my first night out in hollywood was cool bit of celeb sightings and have learnt if people ask what you do straight away just say you are a casting director.

Wow, It has been 1 week!

Sometimes it feels like I have been here:
1 year
1 month
1 week!
1 day
1 minute..
not 1 second, i know i haven't been here for 1 second!

So previous to this post was me getting cold feet about being here. I have learned that you must put yourself out there.

So I met up with a group of British people! Brits in LA who helped me find this apartment before I even arrived.
Eileen, Darren and Craig started this group 2 years ago. They have a breakfast and roast every week. They also do other get togethers which is really cool.
So I decided to go to The Village Idiot to meet them, it was a little scary going on my own but Eileen is a really cool person and makes you feel welcome! I then met Darren who is hilarious and Craig who is going to be on Melrose Place. It was great to talk to these guys and more Brits that came along. It is good to talk to like minded people who know how hard it is to get into this industry from another country. I then went out with them to a Bar that night! was great. Wish i brought my camera!

I also met up with a guy called Aaron Proctor who you can find on twitter, who i found on twitter and I don't remember how..?
he holds meetings every 2 weeks for people in the industry so they can network and help each other out. it was really cool of him to meet up with me and tell me about this industry! defiantly a good person!

I met another British guy from the UK who has been here for 5 years, Daniel Johnstone. He has his own production company. He also knows that it is hard to cut into the industry. Poor guy was sick and still met up with me!

Overall to be in any place you have to put yourself out there to be able to like it. 1 week ago I was thinking of going home, not even giving myself a chance..so to anyone that is new here make sure you try things before you leave!

I have more people to meet and quiet excited!

Job hunt is on. Stressin!

day 3

sigh.

i know it has only been 3 days but it really sucks being on your own doing this.
i have been trying to find a job well worrying about finance side of things. so any job will do! and its really hard to find something..

i dont know..why am i here? by myself. should i go home? study something else?
this goes through my mind about every 10 minutes!
i dont know a sole here..
i am going to turn into a hermet!
ahhh!
how did everyone else make it into the industry.
LA: you are making it very difficutl for me. no friends. expensive rent. you make everyone buy a car. you make really pretty cars drive past me when i am waiting at the bus stop. like laughing in my face, 'ha, they have made it. you can catch the bus then walk 5 miles that way and then give all your pennies to the homeless on the way oh and don't mind the people with Schizophrenia, they will just yell at you or stare at you if you are lucky! go home, we don't want you here"

see, i am going insane!
no one to talk to and nothing to do.
i am trying my darn hardest to get a job and make friends!
it seems all odds are working against me at this time. i will keep trying.

stick it out for 2 months?

hello L.A!

I am here!
crazy stuff.

Great apartment, close to farmer markets! awesome shopping! if only i had the money to splurge..!

Had a great time in Hawaii! was a great holiday destination! stayed for a week. and said goodbye to the rest of my camp friends. sad face!


I can't believe i discovered Diet DR Pepper! crazy. for all my friends who know I love diet coke aka dc!


oh and just you didn't notice my tan on! yeah real!
before:

after:


goodbye hawaii!!


Back to real life!
I am in a public library at the moment due to internet problems. hopefully it is up and working tomorrow so i can start making plans and meeting producers. i have contacted some people and it seems good at the moment. just got to make sure they like me!
Sometimes I think why am I here? i am making it really difficult for myself. being here alone, not knowing a sole really..
i have my friends and fam at home who i miss.
then i think, this is what i have always wanted, if i had a job that i loved i would love every moment of it. now i just have to make that part come true.
i have a month really as i wont be able to survive longer than that due to money/rent!

wish me luck!

Aloha!

ok!
Yesterday I arrived in Hawaii! and it is awesome!
I got here 2 days before my camp friends arrive, they arrive today.
I have spent a lot of time at the beach so I am bright red! woops. i have a ridiculous flip flop tan!!


i got a shuttle bus to my hotel and the guy that was driving was so into hawaii it was like i was on a tour bus. he was very similar to Forrest Gump, in the way he communicates with you.. so strange. anyway he was really into telling me about everything we passed. sometimes i enjoy silence but i felt bad and engaged in the conversation. there where other passengers in the bus and everytime he spoke to them he would say, "Mr and Mrs Boston?!" and they would reply,"....yes..?" "I absolutley love dropping people off at the Royal Hawaiian, it is a real treat." "Jacqueline, get ready for it, you will see they will put the Lei's and be all over them once we drop them off"



"oh cool, that's really cool".me.
When he was getting the luggage out Mr Boston said "I'm sure you will have many more converstations with him" yep.
It was probably a 5 mintue drive to my hotel. and he kept talking. then he was saying in 1986 he came out here blah blah because he met a native hawaiian that invited him over. He was between here and the mental something (what?!) I was semi worried now. He met a girl that he also picked up from airport, Christine, back in 1994..she called him (why?!) they drove around the island together "it was a beautiful day, we kept into contact by mail for 4 years but we lost touch when she moved to Brisbane" I would like to see who Christine is? Was she like Jenny of Forrest Gump?
"How old are you Jacqueline"
"twenty...three...."
"you where like ...twenty...threee.., I was going to say I would take you out for a coffee"
Me: slight chuckle. get me out.
Anyway we got to my hotel.
"Now Jacqueline I just want you just go straight to the desk once you get out and not worry about your bags, I will be right behind you."
"oh thats so nice"
"This is what I do, It's just for extra cash"
Ive never seen someone get my bags so quickly, lol, he climb through to where I was sitting, opened my door. Then I walked up to the desk and he placed my bags own next to me.
Said goodbye, and hugged me. eeeee....Tipped him. go. now. phewph. gone!
So I am a paranoid person. Sometimes I think he is follwoing me around. ahahah.

The beaches are great here! Just can't wait to get rid of the flip flop tan, as you can imagine!

I am here until the 15th. LA. The final stop. And who knows from there..I have been in touch with a few people in the industry so what to do when I meet them. Uhh..? Hi, please employ me!
Seriously, What to talk about ? I'm starting to freak out. Dreams are right there. Can I get them?

oh and can you believe, I saw that bitch of a chef, I blogged about previously, when I was walking back to my hotel?!!! out of all places?! Hawaii. Haha. I don't even see her in Perth. She didn't see me!!

fast forward!

Sorry!

been a while since my last post.

I procrastinated.

So I worked at a summer camp and it was cool. taught video to awesome kids! and filmed the whole camp for them to take vids home. was a huge task. cramming 7 weeks into one video! i really wanted them to be able to take their memories home.

besides that, huge learning curve, so many different types of people. some immature and some you will never forget, some you don't know how they live with themselves!! shit. i still cringe with embarrassment for them! its quiet funny how you can struggle to be around those types that annoy the hell out of you and now you look back and laugh, shake your head, nod, day dream and forget about them.

now i have travelled from nyc, toronto (so boring!!), chic-a-go to where i am now in SF!
what i saw in nyc:

3 BROADWAY musicals: Chicago,9 to 5 and Wicked.
Best seats. Best Shows!

Soho: Jennifer Anniston (you are lovely!), Kelly Cutrone (sorry i almost bumped into you while you where on your mobile)

West Village: Magnolia Bakery, Carries house(Perry Street). Beautiful apartments everywhere!

did all the usual touristy things:
central park
statue of lib
staten island
parks
shopping
5th ave
macys
bloomingdales
nyu
empire state building
wall street
times square
etc etc

definately recommend for REAL coffee which is rare: Jacks Coffee in Greenwich/West Village = awsome and definately grab two cup cakes from magnolia! oh and tasti-d-lite!

then went to toronto to come back in on a tourist visa.
toronto is so boring! argh. enough said. except stay at the Clarence Castle if you stay at a Hostel.

Chic-a-go was my next stop. I bided on Priceline.com for a hotel and ended up staying at Hotel Indigo. It was ok. It hurt my eyes though. Look it up. Was a cute city. Awsome shopping. Awsome sundaes at Ghirardelli Choc.

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and.alot.of.homeless.people.that.are.kind.of.smelly. :(
I rode across the golden gate bridge! so fun! riding through the clouds.
fishersmans warf is cool, so crowded though. expensive. not worth eating there. hire a bike and go for it!
went to the victorian houses which look better in photographs.
tried to look for mrs doubtfires house which we couldnt remember what it looked like so took a pic of the wrong one! we took a pic of the opp house! haha.
saw 'all about steve" funny funny movie!!
met a boy at a friends hostel, he was just 7 and his parents left him at the hostel as they started on herion :( and are homeless as they got kicked out. the poor boy is so cute and so happy. we are lucky what we have.

next stop. HAWAII! on my birthday!
then LA my final desintation!

Goodbye Perth!

So this is my last day and I decided to film a little bit of it.. haha?? cringe worthy factor = 10/10
anyway I will keep posting these throughout my trip of what I am up to. hey it is your choice to watch it..!!

packing!

This is even more cringeful than writing a blog!!!!!!

anyway my first semi vlog-i-sode to make the world cringe :P

Nerves are rattling!!

Ah time has totally escaped me!

I am leaving on Wednesday.

I think i have everything prepared??
need to organise insurance however....!

So I have no idea what to expect when I get to MA. No idea!! either way it is not forever! so can chill :D

I won a handy cam for my Doritos commercial I produce, so will probably film my whole experience from the airport onwards.

I have also found an apartment in LA! from Sept until end of Dec. hrmm I better have a place to sleep on NYE..but in saying that I would like tp spend xmas and NYE in NYC! awsome?!?!

This is the place I will be living in (LA):


so I have a couch/floor for my Oz peeps..


I am also being inundated with people wanting websites made - is this my calling??
www.yvettegray.com.au
www.driscollslandsurveyors.net.au

I have now had a tonne of people asking me to make on. i will probably be making them in between time when i am over in usa. hey why not. $$ to pay the rent and i dont mind making them!

so.. i dont have much else to say but expect vlogs. but not me talking to the cam. eeewkaah i hate that. basically you will just see what i am up to! instead of reading cos do you even read this?? bahaaha..

my saturday morning!

why does it always take so long to get to wednesday

this scene from seinfeld (the pen) always reminds me of trying to count down the days or trying to make days go faster:

[setting: condo's guest room]

(Elaine is lying on the sofa bed. It's too hot. She can't fall asleep)

(knock on door)

ELAINE: Come in.

JERRY: Are you O.K. in here?

ELAINE: Why is it so hot in here? How can they sleep like this?

JERRY: It's only for three days. Today's over and we have tommorow. We leave on Sunday. It's one day, really.

ELAINE: Oh man. What is with this bar? It's right in my back. It's killing me.

JERRY: Oh you wanna switch? I'm sleeping on a love seat. I've got my feet up in the air like I'm in a space capsule.

ELAINE: I am never gonna fall asleep.

JERRY: Oh, don't say that. You'll jinx me.

ELAINE: How can they not put the air conditioning on?

JERRY: They're nuts with temperature.

ELAINE: This bar is right in my back! It's making a dent.

JERRY: How about that guy writing a check for 19.45?

ELAINE: I'm sweating here. I'm in bed, sweating.

JERRY: It's one day. Half a day, really. I mean you substract showers and meals, it's like twenty minutes. It will go by like that. (snapping his fingers)

(scene ends)

and of course this clip never fails to make me laugh:

F.R.I.E.N.D.S

I thought they where supposed to be fun?

Last weekend I went to a friends birthday dinner which included family and friends. I knew a couple of people there so it was ok as it can be. The birthday girl was planning on going out afterwards with all of her friends. Sometimes I feel bad for not wanting to go out clubbing afters, however, I think again and I shouldn't feel bad! I should be able to have a choice of going or not going without any hesitations, right? Well in this case wrong. Some of her friends left and she was ok - happy they came, happy they left - at what ever time. One of my other friends asked if I was going out with them after the dinner party was over. She made a huge deal about me not going out. She kept pestering me and asking why I wasn't, I understand that she may want me to go out with them but stop at a certain point... I felt really embarrassed because of the big deal she made. Why can't I just say what I want to do? It didn't stop there.
She called over the birthday girl and told her I was not coming out. At this stage I didn't have the chance to tell her myself so I felt more guilty about my friend telling the birthday girl. The birthday girl says:
"Oh, are you going to sleep with "(a male friend") instead?" and storms off!

..excuse me?
What makes a person say that to someone?
Especially since I have never slept with this friend of mine...And I don't talk about my personal life in detail to her..
I didn't argue with her or confront her because a)it was her night and b) i just let things like this blow over, i don't make things into a big deal - as you can tell.

but why do that? i want to be able to make my own decisions without feeling awkward.

Ja'mie King - I think you are right

the article below made me think of this video. light hearted people!

Mums, daughters accused of stealing designer clothes


(check out the cop laughing)
TWO mums and their daughters have been charged with stealing $120,000 worth of designer clothing, jewellery and make-up from Perth department stores.

The two girls, aged 14 and 16, were allegedly apprehended for stealing from David Jones in Perth on Wednesday.

Police tracked their mothers to a nearby coffee shop and later located a car, where officers allegedly found the back seat and boot of the vehicle laden with expensive garments.

It will be alleged that police discovered about 450 items of clothes, estimated to be worth up to $120,000 and stolen over a two-year period, after raiding two houses in Marangaroo and Clarkson this week.

In what police today described as an ``Aladdin's cave'', officers uncovered designer clothing, including a $1600 dress hanging in one of the women's wardrobes. The clothing was allegedly stolen from city department stores and boutiques.

Police will allege that the girls went into each store with a handbag and stashed the stolen items in the bag's inner lining.

It is understood that electronic security tags attached to some of the garments were cut off using pliers in an effort to avoid detection.

Detectives said they believed the clothing , allegedly stolen from David Jones, Myer and smaller boutiques in Perth, Karrinyup, Mandurah and Clarkson, was being stolen for personal use, but will also investigate if the thefts were part of a wider, organised racket.

Acting Sergeant Ian Lyon said police had not seen anything on this scale before.

``It was like an Aladdin's cave. There was just clothing everywhere and it was all new and it all had damage marks from the security tags where they had been taken off,'' he said.

``Some of the items have been damaged. On Wednesday some of the items were still left in the store. The security ink had gone over the items so they left them in the store.

``It appears quite organised.''

A 41-year-old woman and her 16-year-old daughter, both of Clarkson, will be summonsed to appear in court on stealing and receiving offences.

A 38-year-old Marangaroo woman and her 14 year old daughter will also be summonsed for similar offences.

The two women are sisters.

no need to go to brazil

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I was about to enter all my details! seeing as the email was from my bank! however the web address didnt belong & the toolbar of the webpage was just a graphic.

i hate these people. no need to steal my handbag anymore just rob me over the internet..

give what you want in return

so what happened to that piece of advice?

as you know i work at a restaurant in the evenings after my day job. the restaurant is a little disorganised at times and there is nothing worse when the food comes out at random times on the same table. the chef struggles on her own, it gets done but she struggles. i decided to help her and i don't really cook but i jumped in anyway. i am a fast learner so it was ok. however if i accidentally did a minor thing wrong or couldn't find something, boy would i cop it! how am i to know where all her utensils are kept and where all the ingredients are? i didn't have to help out....she would truly take all her frustrations out on me whilst i was helping her...after the kitchen closed she said she really appreciated the help and said i did an amazing job. so why get angry? what is the point? it made it harder for herself and hard for me. i worked the split shifts over the long weekend with her(daynightdaynighdaynight) so today i am completely drained - not from the hours but from her. i feel so low in energy at the moment. when someone asks me to do something i immediately feel like they are annoyed or angry at me although they aren't, i am just ripped raw. so i am feeling quiet irritated and easily annoyed. it is strange how someone can make you feel like this. i was imagining if i was working with someone cool it would be so much easier and i would not mind working as many hours as required..
anyway i have a break tonight from the restaurant and back to it tomorrow night after work!
so wed to Fri (day and night work) sat and sun (night work).
i wonder if i can hack it with the chef. i don't have to help out

so i don't understand where the quote came from - i gave 15hours of help in the kitchen and get a 30 second thanks.

one.more.month.
i will sleep well on the plane!

$1AU=$0.72

My shifts are as follows

Monday - 8-5:30pm

Tuesday - 8-5:30pm

Wednesday 8-5:30pm

Thursday 8-5pm then 5:30pm - late

Friday 8-5pm then 6pm - late

Saturday 5:30pm to late

Sunday 8am-4pm then 5pm - late

so all good until I times it by the US$ exchange rate :( please go up up up!!

no lohan, i am a workaholic!

I just watched linsday's clip I love it!! so funny.

this is my last day of freedom!

my schedule for 8 weeks:

Mon - fri = work 8am-5:30pm(office) then 6pm - late(restaraunt)
Sat - sunday = work 6pm to late(restaraunt) - I need morning shifts!

so i should round up lots of AU$$ but when i get to US it will be cut a lot! i will cry! hopefully the dollar will be ok then..

i paid for my j1 visa and tourist visa and us consulate fee MAN i am suprised to see my cash go so fast....then my phone bill came (of course way over cap) , my car rego bill arrived, parking fine, flights, credit card bill, birthday gifts, petrol (i hate you petrol!)

sometimes i wish that mobile phones really never existed! and why can't perth be like nyc...so we dont have to drive.....

why
why
why
do you love me, bills?

*sigh*

do people actually grow up?

it's become apparent to me that maybe the majority of people don't grow up - in a mentally mature aspect..

i have been confronted with some pretty bad behaviour. i never really understood the reason why people get so shitty for no reason. examples:

1. someone yelled, yes yelled, at me for not putting a call through correctly when i was a newy at a job. this same person liked to throw things on my desk (for me to put away) without telling me to actually put them away. she would also be delightfully nice sometimes...? (we called it short women's syndrome)

2. during my cafe days, if we had run out of something (i.e. a muffin) on the odd occasion or if something didn't go as they'd expect - they would get really, really shitty! (you look ridiculous)

3. i was walking through a car park today and someone was reversing, a man was standing, where the car was reversing and the man stomped backwards and shook his head. (hey, there is a footpath....!)

4. this one is funny, a man accidentally walked into a glass window while my friend and i where sitting in gloria jeans cafe, my friend gestured/mimed 'are you ok?' and he stuck up his finger at her! (nope, not ok!)

5. mum told me the bus driver wouldn't stop for about 5 stops because someone accidentally pressed the stop button at the wrong stop.. (yeah, ok, i would be annoyed if i didn't study either!)

etc.

i spoke to one of my friends about these sort of incidences, she believes people don't actually grow up.

what happened?

we all have issues/problems to deal with but really, showing this in public ?? isn't cool.

i don't know. i can only do my part and kill them with my kindness :)

Reply to my Spammers:

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I am so sick of these emails!!

america here i come!

the camp had already decided i was on board as soon as i spoke to the owner, it was already assumed. Yay! i actually will be teaching kids film/TV production. one of my friends that i studied with is also on the same camp teaching the same, will be good to collaborate.

i just spent a couple of hours searching for the best deals for flights. i am so brain dead but i need to be organised! check it out:

see why can't someone just hire me to be a production assistant to a great production house??

he he. watch out, America - here i come!!!

camp america

so one of the camps actually called me and explained what a day is like in the camp. what i will be doing is teaching the kids about filming! which will be great. it goes from june-aug 09. i think it will be fun to be able to teach kids. a little nerve wrecking buuut it's an experience :) i am looking forward to it. one of my friends is going to another camp so will probably meet up with him to hang out in nyc. yay!

new york state of mind

i just got off the phone from a company in nyc. it is a music licensing company and they offered me an internship which is great =) of course i have more interviews to come and take a pick out of them but all seems well at this stage and the guy who interviewed me was from perth! nice to have someone understand how hard it is to start out there.

nyc would be awsome to start out. i have been there previously and it makes me feel like a piece of dust in a giants eye. in a good way of course. so much to see and do. perth in comparison is like a vegemite sandwich and nyc is like 'the lot' pizza. amazing.. i do miss it. so august is looking up. (i still love you perth!)

all last week i have been working 9am-9pm at a restaraunt to save for rent in usa - gotta make it happen! this week i feel like i cant move. however i do love eating on the job =) (last week they where throwing out gelato, i was the trash can for that.. hehe)

things on the casting side have been a little slow however at least things are looking up for my 'journey' to usa.

thou shall not delete

So it has been a day since I have created my little blog and I have made a commandment for myself that I shall not read my own blog so I do not delete it!

Anyway I have completed my first casting project for a 10 minute short film! i am happy with the actors they have chosen and i believe it will be a great film. it is filming this week.

because things are quiet slow at the moment with the economy and businesses, i have decided to take on a new adventure to do a camp in America and teach film making! i am not sure which camp i have been accepted onto yet but have received a few emails from my application! my business will continue here while i am in the USA. from the camp i am going to LA again to embark on my journey! so i can say move over people little Perth girl coming through. eek... of and faith:complete confidence in a person or plan. :o)

take me as i am blogger

hello

i don't really blog although i have tried and cringed and deleted.

i don't like reading my own things, it's almost like finding a hair in your food and throwing it away....hrm..

this was me:
studied film & tv
worked for free in film & tv
got paid in film & tv

this is me:
own my own business casting and location for film/tv
www.jacquelinealliss.com.au
www.captured.vox.com

my dream:
producer