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.
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Thursday, September 24, 2009
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!
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!
Saturday, September 19, 2009
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?
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?
Thursday, September 17, 2009
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!
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!
Thursday, September 10, 2009
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!!
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!!
Sunday, September 6, 2009
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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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!
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.
San Fran:
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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!
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