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| Scrambles Eggs & Oatmeal w/Cinnamon, Honey and Granny Smith Apple |
Friday, October 19, 2012
Breakfast
Mmm... I like having time for breakfast in the morning :)
I have a lot of pictures from Venice Beach and Santa Monica, but I also have a lot to do so it may be a while.
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Adventures in the Fabric District
On Monday, Corey, Grant and I went to check out the Fabric/Fashion District in downtown LA. It's literally blocks of fabric sellers! They line both sides of some streets, and they have fabric spilling out onto the sidewalks. I wish I could have gotten a picture or something. If you do a google image search for la fabric district you can kind of get an idea of what it's like. It was so overwhelming at first that I couldn't even remember the things I should have been looking for until we were half way through. There was one store we'd heard about that sells fabric for $2.50 a pound. We found it, and Grant ended up getting all of the fabric he still needed for his Halloween costume. In addition to fabric, there are stores selling buttons, beads, trims, rhinestones, and every thing you could possibly need for sewing, from thread and needles, to rulers and wax markers. I'm pretty sure some of the places we passed fix machines as well. Now I know where to go for all of my sewing needs.
We also walked past a lot of clothing stores. They have really nice suits and fancy dresses with matching hats. I don't know about the dresses, but the suits were insanely reasonably priced for the quality. Grant decided to check out one of the stores for the green bowler derby he needed for his costume. It found one in the right color, but not the right size. So, the guy had him pay for it, then sent us a couple of blocks down the street to the warehouse to get the right size.
This is where all of you concerned about my safety should stop reading. But because I've written that disclaimer, you're probably going to read anyway. Don't worry, we were perfectly safe, it just sounds scarier than it actually was.
So we walk down the street with the address and phone number the guy gave Grant. He told him it's not another store, it's the warehouse, so when we got the the address and there was just a closed gate between two stores I wasn't surprised. Grant asked a guy sitting outside one of the stores about the address. He told him to go around the corner to the back ally. Now, I know what you're thinking, sketchy, dark, back allyway where people get murdered. It was actually very sunny and wide, and people's nice cars were parked back there. It was a little dirty, but I was more afraid we'd get yelled at for messing around back there. We found the address but there was no door, just a freight elevator, so Grant called the number. They said to go up the flight of stairs to the right because they were on the second floor. So now we're going in some crazy back entrance off the back ally. I jokingly asked Corey if they wanted me to wait downstairs so I can call 911 if they try to murder them.
It actually wasn't too bad. It was a room packed FULL of suits, vests, shirts, etc with a few desks and a hallway leading to what I'm assuming is an even bigger back room. There were 2 ladies working at desks, one dealing with people one the phone, one doing something on the computer, and some guys moving around stacks of clothes. The main lady offered us a seat on the couch (which was covered in clothes) and sent a guy down the back hall to find the hat. So Grant is now the owner of a large, forest green, bowler derby.
It was getting late and we were starting to get hungry, so while we were waiting Corey looked up places to eat on his phone. He decided he needed to take us to King Taco. It was only a few blocks away on the map, but it felt like we walked forever. We also started getting away from the really "downtowny" part of downtown. This is where I joked that Corey was now going to get us murdered (again, though, it wasn't actually that bad, I've seen worse parts of Grand Rapids). So we made it to King Taco, and I had a pretty awesome quesadilla for $2.99 :)
On the walk back, I kept seeing these random signs, so I finally took a picture.
Someday I will understand what this means. I think it has something to do with the metro line that runs there.
Tuesday night, Corey was looking up doughnut places near by. He came across reviews for Big Jim's Donuts. They're open 24 hours, and only about a mile and a 1/2 from us. So we went to check it out. Long story short, the donuts are awesome and extremely reasonably priced. I don't have a picture of the cinnamon twist because we ate it in the car on the drive back but here are the rest of them:
We'll have to go back sometime early in the morning when things are fresh backed and they have more.
Lastly, I leave you with Tuesday night's dinner, Barilla Ditalini Soup w/Barley & Potato.
We also walked past a lot of clothing stores. They have really nice suits and fancy dresses with matching hats. I don't know about the dresses, but the suits were insanely reasonably priced for the quality. Grant decided to check out one of the stores for the green bowler derby he needed for his costume. It found one in the right color, but not the right size. So, the guy had him pay for it, then sent us a couple of blocks down the street to the warehouse to get the right size.
This is where all of you concerned about my safety should stop reading. But because I've written that disclaimer, you're probably going to read anyway. Don't worry, we were perfectly safe, it just sounds scarier than it actually was.
So we walk down the street with the address and phone number the guy gave Grant. He told him it's not another store, it's the warehouse, so when we got the the address and there was just a closed gate between two stores I wasn't surprised. Grant asked a guy sitting outside one of the stores about the address. He told him to go around the corner to the back ally. Now, I know what you're thinking, sketchy, dark, back allyway where people get murdered. It was actually very sunny and wide, and people's nice cars were parked back there. It was a little dirty, but I was more afraid we'd get yelled at for messing around back there. We found the address but there was no door, just a freight elevator, so Grant called the number. They said to go up the flight of stairs to the right because they were on the second floor. So now we're going in some crazy back entrance off the back ally. I jokingly asked Corey if they wanted me to wait downstairs so I can call 911 if they try to murder them.
It actually wasn't too bad. It was a room packed FULL of suits, vests, shirts, etc with a few desks and a hallway leading to what I'm assuming is an even bigger back room. There were 2 ladies working at desks, one dealing with people one the phone, one doing something on the computer, and some guys moving around stacks of clothes. The main lady offered us a seat on the couch (which was covered in clothes) and sent a guy down the back hall to find the hat. So Grant is now the owner of a large, forest green, bowler derby.
It was getting late and we were starting to get hungry, so while we were waiting Corey looked up places to eat on his phone. He decided he needed to take us to King Taco. It was only a few blocks away on the map, but it felt like we walked forever. We also started getting away from the really "downtowny" part of downtown. This is where I joked that Corey was now going to get us murdered (again, though, it wasn't actually that bad, I've seen worse parts of Grand Rapids). So we made it to King Taco, and I had a pretty awesome quesadilla for $2.99 :)
On the walk back, I kept seeing these random signs, so I finally took a picture.
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| Orange Mushroom? |
Tuesday night, Corey was looking up doughnut places near by. He came across reviews for Big Jim's Donuts. They're open 24 hours, and only about a mile and a 1/2 from us. So we went to check it out. Long story short, the donuts are awesome and extremely reasonably priced. I don't have a picture of the cinnamon twist because we ate it in the car on the drive back but here are the rest of them:
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| Apple AND Cinnamon inside, with a crispy, sugary outside coating. |
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| Custard filled and something Maple |
Lastly, I leave you with Tuesday night's dinner, Barilla Ditalini Soup w/Barley & Potato.
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Cupcake ATMs and Spaceships
So far the most viewed blogs of mine have been pictures of my apartment. I guess I'll have to start taking way more photos wherever I go. This post has quite a few pictures, but you're also going to get a lot of my talking about what I've been up to (which you can skip over if you just want to look at pictures).
Friday afternoon we ended up going to the place Corey had lunch at while doing background acting. It's called Native Foods and it's all vegan. We went because between 3pm-6pm on Fridays, the nachos Corey had are half off. We split those, along with a blackened "chicken" wrap they had on special that day, and because I started a rewards card, I got a free drink! We stuffed ourselves on nachos, fries, and half of the wrap, and took the other half home.
Afterwards, we made our way over to Beverly Hills! That's where sprinkles is. They have a cupcake store, the cupcake ATM I mentioned before, and they recently opened an ice cream store. I got a red velvet cupcake from inside and Corey got a chocolate marshmallow cupcake from the ATM. We took those home and ate malted chocolate ice cream in a red velvet cone from the ice cream store.
I took a video of the cupcake ATM in action that I'll have to see if I can post later. To get home, we decided to go through the hills of Beverly Hills. It was getting dark so we couldn't see a lot, but there were a lot of really nice houses. It was also scary because the roads are super narrow and winding, there are sharp turns and no shoulder. Did I mention it was getting dark? At one point we turned down the wrong road, but we happened to find a scenic overlook. My pictures aren't that great, but you could see city lights for miles and miles. It was awesome!
This weekend, the Space Shuttle Endeavour has been making it's way from LAX to the California Science Center. If you haven't heard about it, google it. It's really cool. There are some awesome pictures here. Plus there are tons of videos on YouTube. They removed trees (they're going to replant more), and took down street lights so it could fit down the streets. Saturday afternoon Corey and I went with our other roommate, Mary, to see the shuttle.
On the way, we drove through Korea Town. Mary used to live in the area. It was such an interesting place. If you didn't know any better, you'd think there was some sort of street fair going on, but I guess it's always like that. There were tons on people out on the side walks, people in the park, people with stuff for sale lying out on the sidewalks, it was a super busy place.
We parked a couple of blocks away from the Shuttle route and walked to an intersection near the Science Center. It was maybe... 6-6:30? It wasn't supposed to be getting to the Science Center until 8-ish, but there were still a lot of people out. We got a really good spot right in the front of the sidewalk though. And we waited. And waited. Mary kept looking at updates on her phone. It only moves 2mph, so we knew it was going to take a while. Here it was like a fair! There were people selling food from carts. Corey tried his first LA dog. I sadly didn't get a picture. It's a hotdog wrapped in bacon, topped with grilled peppers and onions. Corey thought it was amazing, and he only paid $3 for it. Mary said downtown around the bars she's paid as much as $6. There were also people selling light up toys, space shuttle t-shirts, commemorative posters, etc.
Waiting in front of us was a boy who was roughly 2 with his mom and grandma. At one point I looked down and he was staring up at me. I smiled, waved, and said "Hi!" His mom said something to him in Spanish, then she picked him up and he gave me a kiss on the cheek. Then we motioned over to my roommate, Mary, and the mom walked him over to her and he gave her a kiss on the cheek. It was a little weird, but super cute :)
We'd been there over an hour and the updates kept saying it hadn't left the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza where it was supposed to stop for viewing for 30 minutes. People walking by said they were 5 hours behind and it wasn't going to get to the Center until 1am. A policeman on a bicycle with a bullhorn confirmed that later when he announced exactly that to the crowd waiting. So we decided to drive closer to where it was.
Good thing we did, because we got there around 8, and it still hadn't moved. We pushed through the crowd towards the front and got some awesome pictures. After a while they started something up and we thought it was going to move. Turns out they were just adjusting the wheels from wide to narrow to fit through the streets. We waited, and waited, and waited, hoping to see it move. But finally around 11 or so we decided it was time to head out. Good thing we did because it sounds like it didn't start moving until 1:30am, and it didn't make it to the Center until 10:45am.
And, lastly, I leave you with a picture of a pretty flower in my yard :)
Friday afternoon we ended up going to the place Corey had lunch at while doing background acting. It's called Native Foods and it's all vegan. We went because between 3pm-6pm on Fridays, the nachos Corey had are half off. We split those, along with a blackened "chicken" wrap they had on special that day, and because I started a rewards card, I got a free drink! We stuffed ourselves on nachos, fries, and half of the wrap, and took the other half home.
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| You can't see it, but there are black beans and taco "meat" in there |
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| In addition to blackened, the "chicken" also comes crispy or grilled |
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| An ATM. For cupcakes!!! |
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| Corey with his ice cream and cupcake. |
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| Marshmallow on the left, Red Velvet on the right |
This weekend, the Space Shuttle Endeavour has been making it's way from LAX to the California Science Center. If you haven't heard about it, google it. It's really cool. There are some awesome pictures here. Plus there are tons of videos on YouTube. They removed trees (they're going to replant more), and took down street lights so it could fit down the streets. Saturday afternoon Corey and I went with our other roommate, Mary, to see the shuttle.
On the way, we drove through Korea Town. Mary used to live in the area. It was such an interesting place. If you didn't know any better, you'd think there was some sort of street fair going on, but I guess it's always like that. There were tons on people out on the side walks, people in the park, people with stuff for sale lying out on the sidewalks, it was a super busy place.
We parked a couple of blocks away from the Shuttle route and walked to an intersection near the Science Center. It was maybe... 6-6:30? It wasn't supposed to be getting to the Science Center until 8-ish, but there were still a lot of people out. We got a really good spot right in the front of the sidewalk though. And we waited. And waited. Mary kept looking at updates on her phone. It only moves 2mph, so we knew it was going to take a while. Here it was like a fair! There were people selling food from carts. Corey tried his first LA dog. I sadly didn't get a picture. It's a hotdog wrapped in bacon, topped with grilled peppers and onions. Corey thought it was amazing, and he only paid $3 for it. Mary said downtown around the bars she's paid as much as $6. There were also people selling light up toys, space shuttle t-shirts, commemorative posters, etc.
Waiting in front of us was a boy who was roughly 2 with his mom and grandma. At one point I looked down and he was staring up at me. I smiled, waved, and said "Hi!" His mom said something to him in Spanish, then she picked him up and he gave me a kiss on the cheek. Then we motioned over to my roommate, Mary, and the mom walked him over to her and he gave her a kiss on the cheek. It was a little weird, but super cute :)
We'd been there over an hour and the updates kept saying it hadn't left the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza where it was supposed to stop for viewing for 30 minutes. People walking by said they were 5 hours behind and it wasn't going to get to the Center until 1am. A policeman on a bicycle with a bullhorn confirmed that later when he announced exactly that to the crowd waiting. So we decided to drive closer to where it was.
Good thing we did, because we got there around 8, and it still hadn't moved. We pushed through the crowd towards the front and got some awesome pictures. After a while they started something up and we thought it was going to move. Turns out they were just adjusting the wheels from wide to narrow to fit through the streets. We waited, and waited, and waited, hoping to see it move. But finally around 11 or so we decided it was time to head out. Good thing we did because it sounds like it didn't start moving until 1:30am, and it didn't make it to the Center until 10:45am.
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| Removing a street light? |
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| The Space Shuttle Endeavour from the front |
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| "Hey, look! It's a space ship!" |
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| My other roommate Mary with the shuttle |
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| Street light lying on the sidewalk |
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Job hunting and catching up
It's thunderstorming! My roommate's
poor little doggie is cowering in my closet. Why is this
interesting? Apparently it never rains in Los Angeles. There is a
rainy season sometime around Jan-March, but other than that it rarely
rains. And because of which, I've been told by several people,
everyone freaks out and doesn't drive/drives super slow. Which is
funny to all of us from the mid-west because we're used to driving in
tons of snow. Corey went out to meet with a contact out here, so
he'll have to let me know what the other drivers on the road were
like.
Anyways, it's been a long time since I
last posted, sorry. Lots going on. Let's see if I can remember it
all...
Corey did the background actor thing.
He said they only needed him for a shot or 2 at the end, so he got
paid to sit around playing cards and drinking tea for 8 hours. But if
you watch Cougar Town, you might see him in the background somewhere
in the pub :)
The job search is going slow.
Partially because I have a bit of time before I NEED a job, so I've
been being a little picky since I can. But give me another week and
I may just start applying everywhere that's hiring and walking down
the street handing my resume out to any store that will take them.
It's also partially because I HATE making resumes and I'm never sure
what to put on them. I now have a costume one, and a food service
one, but a couple of jobs I want to apply for don't fit either of
those resumes. One is at JoAnn Fabrics (it's receiving though, so
they might take one look at 5'5" Melinda and not hire me) the other is
a costume shop. That posting says “We are a year round costume
shop that rents costumes for shows and plays to theatres and schools
nationwide,” and “Sewing skills would be helpful.” For both of
these I could use a resume that shows I have costume/sewing
experience but also needs me to list my work experience. I haven't
quite figured out how to merge the 2 yet :(
I mentioned a couple of posts ago that
my roommate's friend from Thailand was here. One night they had some
people over and she cooked a Thai meal for everyone. Almost
everything has some sort of meat in it though, so I could only try a
couple of things. However, I woke up the next morning to this:
She made me my own special little
vegetarian dish :) It was super spicy, but good. My roommate's
boyfriend has a time share in Las Vegas so the 3 of them spent the
weekend there. Corey and I had Grant and his roommate over Friday
night since we could have people over without worrying about keeping
our roommate up.
I met up with my friend Christine last
week! I've know her since First Grade!!! She lives in the LA area.
I don't think I've seen her since high school! It was crazy. We had
dinner at an awesome restaurant with lots of vegan and vegetarian
foods. It's crazy what they have available out here! I had some
delicious vegan carbonara pasta. It was also super awesome seeing
Christine after all these years, and I'm sure we'll hang out a ton
more now that we're in the same area. :)
This week I had dinner with my Uncle
Pete that also lives in the area. I'm used to only seeing him maybe
once a year, but he only lives about a mile and a half away, so I'll
be seeing a lot more of him too. We went to another awesome vegan
restaurant. This one was strictly vegan, and it was really good. It
was weird seeing chicken, shrimp, beef and steak on the menu
and having it all be made of soy or grain. I'm used to tofu being
the only option. They must have been having a really slow night, or
they're just super customer focused, because they filled our water
cups up every couple of sips. Lol.
Other than that, I've mostly been
thrift store hunting with friends and job searching.
Friday Corey and I had planned to spend a day
being touristy. We were going to eat at the vegan place Corey had
lunch at while acting because they have awesome nachos that are
half off on Fridays. Then we were going to go to Venice Beach and the
Santa Monica Pier. I was FINALLY going to see my West coast, over
the ocean, sunset. Plus, since it was kind of on the way, we
were possibly going to stop by the cupcake ATM. Yes. There is an
ATM that dispenses delicious cupcakes. I'd looked into this bakery
before moving out here. They have a couple of locations and recently
opened an ice cream shop. They were hiring! Unfortunately they're all a
bit far away :( I was also going to buy some fun, stereotypical CA
post cards to send people. BUT!!!!!!!! Tomorrow's supposed to be
cold and possibly rainy :( We might still go get half off nachos
because that place is closer by, but the beach may wait until Monday
when it's a bit warmer.
Friday, October 5, 2012
More pics of my place
Just kidding. It's the wig I bought for Halloween. I haven't decided how I'm going to style it yet though.
So far the pictures of my new place is the most "read" posting. So, since you all like to look at pictures instead of reading about what I'm up to, here are a few more. :) Also, I don't really have time to write a whole long post, and posting pictures is easy. No pictures of my room yet because it's a mess and still not quite set up yet.
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| Blurry photo of the kitchen |
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| Living room with couch |
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| Boog likes the new couch |
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| Boog on his perch |
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| Stone stairs |
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| Backyard of the complex, which is technically my front door |
Sunday, September 30, 2012
LA Life
A high school friend of my roommate flew in from Thailand yesterday (Friday), and my roommate's birthday is today, so they invited Corey and I to go out with them and some friends last night. We went to a place called Wurstküche in downtown LA. It was really cool! They serve German sausages and Belgian fries with a variety of homemade dipping sauces. They have not one, but 3 vegetarian sausages there! I tried the Vegetarian Italian, which had fennel, garlic, red peppers & eggplant. You also get to pick out 2 toppings, so I tried it with caramelized onions and sauerkraut. It was really good. Corey and I split some fries and we tried it with Curry Ketchup and Chipotle Aioli. We also tried some of the pesto mayo that someone else ordered. The Curry Ketchup was good, but I wasn't as impressed with it as Corey made it seem like I should be. I really liked the other 2 though. Corey was also super excited that they had a whole collection of mustards on the tables. They also serves a variety of German and Belgian beers.
It's an interesting place. It's not really IN downtown LA, it's a couple of streets over. It's just this little place on a corner that you might miss if you weren't looking for it, with the exception of the line of people going out the door. Once inside there's a little area with a deli case that you can see all of the sausages in, a drink case, the register, and behind it all, you can see them grilling the sausages and frying the fries. Since there was a line they took drink orders while you were waiting, and brought it to you to drink while you waited. After you order, pay, and get your number, you go down a little hallway into the back room. The back room not only has a completely different feel, but it has several different feels. The tables are just long picnic tables put together in rows covered with brown paper. There's another bar in back, and there's a DJ playing music. It's dark, and it almost feels like a night club. Except, people are sitting around eating. It's hard to explain. If anyone comes to visit, we can go there if you want.
It's an interesting place. It's not really IN downtown LA, it's a couple of streets over. It's just this little place on a corner that you might miss if you weren't looking for it, with the exception of the line of people going out the door. Once inside there's a little area with a deli case that you can see all of the sausages in, a drink case, the register, and behind it all, you can see them grilling the sausages and frying the fries. Since there was a line they took drink orders while you were waiting, and brought it to you to drink while you waited. After you order, pay, and get your number, you go down a little hallway into the back room. The back room not only has a completely different feel, but it has several different feels. The tables are just long picnic tables put together in rows covered with brown paper. There's another bar in back, and there's a DJ playing music. It's dark, and it almost feels like a night club. Except, people are sitting around eating. It's hard to explain. If anyone comes to visit, we can go there if you want.
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| Corey looking creepy with our food |
As I said, today was my roommate Mary's birthday. Her and some friends went to a mud run they have here every month. I didn't go, but I saw pictures and it looks like a ton of fun.
A good part of today was spent looking through job postings online. I came across a few places I'm going to stop by on Monday.
I happened to log into my Facebook this afternoon, and in the current newsfeed there was a posting from Central Casting looking for men and women that looked to be in their 20's-40's. I mentioned it to Corey and he called the number. Guess who has a job as a background actor on Monday!!! :oD
And, because I forgot to post it before, my awesome homemade Black Bean Soup!
I happened to log into my Facebook this afternoon, and in the current newsfeed there was a posting from Central Casting looking for men and women that looked to be in their 20's-40's. I mentioned it to Corey and he called the number. Guess who has a job as a background actor on Monday!!! :oD
And, because I forgot to post it before, my awesome homemade Black Bean Soup!
Saturday, September 29, 2012
GRANT
GRANT and Corey discovered Central Casting has new member registration on Mondays, Wednesday and Fridays. Central Casting is kind of like a database for background actors. Having nothing else to do Monday, I went along with GRANT and Corey to the 2:30 registration time. We printed off all of the paperwork ahead on time, and showed up about 2:30. There was already a line outside. About a dozen people before us, they rant out of room :( So, we took GRANT to Ikea! Thus, the day was spent playing around and being unproductive. After Ikea we had dinner at Fuddruckers, then wandered around the shopping area of downtown Burbank. There was a really cool used book store that I'll have to go back to once I read some of the books I brought with me.
Tuesday we met up with Sophie, who moved out here about a week before Corey and I did. It happened to be the same day as the annual community BBQ for the complex she lives at. So we got free food. Not only did they have veggie burgers, but they cleaned a section of the grill off without me even asking, and the lady in charge asked the guys to keep a section clean just for veggie burgers. I love LA.
Wednesday Corey and I went back to Central Casting. GRANT had to work, so he told us to go without him. We got there about 1:30 this time, and there was already a bit of a line outside. Luckily we got there when we did because the line got really long soon after. It was even longer than it was on Monday by the time 2:30 rolled around. We made it in this time. The first hour or so was spent filling out the paperwork, which we had already filled out. It sucked because we had to sit through it, but was nice because they explained some parts better. Then they went over how to call the line to get jobs, what to do if they accept you, wardrobe, and some other stuff. Then we waited in line for them to check over our paper work and have a head shot taken. So, Corey and I are now in their system and can start getting work as background actors! Grant is hopefully going next week Monday or Wednesday because on Thursday they have a free hour long class you can take. I think it's just going over the basics of being on set and what to do as a background actor, but it goes in your profile and casting directors do look at it.
By the time we got out it was after 5, and we were getting hungry, so we went to check out the malls in Burbank. We ended up eating at this awesome, decently priced, little Mediterranean/Greek place. It looked very family owned and was awesome. I ate too much. Then we walked around the actual shopping areas. Burbank has their own 3 story mall! I noticed it has a TON of shoe stores. Wednesday night we met up with GRANT and his roommate after he got out of work because their local bar has half off Wednesdays. It was fun, met some people, but nothing super interesting there.
Thursday was spent catching up on some things at home. You may or may not have noticed, no where in this blog have I mentioned job hunting... I did a little of this Thursday, but this week was doing more settling in and meeting up with people. But I'm finally feeling caught up and less overwhelmed. :)
Tuesday we met up with Sophie, who moved out here about a week before Corey and I did. It happened to be the same day as the annual community BBQ for the complex she lives at. So we got free food. Not only did they have veggie burgers, but they cleaned a section of the grill off without me even asking, and the lady in charge asked the guys to keep a section clean just for veggie burgers. I love LA.
Wednesday Corey and I went back to Central Casting. GRANT had to work, so he told us to go without him. We got there about 1:30 this time, and there was already a bit of a line outside. Luckily we got there when we did because the line got really long soon after. It was even longer than it was on Monday by the time 2:30 rolled around. We made it in this time. The first hour or so was spent filling out the paperwork, which we had already filled out. It sucked because we had to sit through it, but was nice because they explained some parts better. Then they went over how to call the line to get jobs, what to do if they accept you, wardrobe, and some other stuff. Then we waited in line for them to check over our paper work and have a head shot taken. So, Corey and I are now in their system and can start getting work as background actors! Grant is hopefully going next week Monday or Wednesday because on Thursday they have a free hour long class you can take. I think it's just going over the basics of being on set and what to do as a background actor, but it goes in your profile and casting directors do look at it.
By the time we got out it was after 5, and we were getting hungry, so we went to check out the malls in Burbank. We ended up eating at this awesome, decently priced, little Mediterranean/Greek place. It looked very family owned and was awesome. I ate too much. Then we walked around the actual shopping areas. Burbank has their own 3 story mall! I noticed it has a TON of shoe stores. Wednesday night we met up with GRANT and his roommate after he got out of work because their local bar has half off Wednesdays. It was fun, met some people, but nothing super interesting there.
Thursday was spent catching up on some things at home. You may or may not have noticed, no where in this blog have I mentioned job hunting... I did a little of this Thursday, but this week was doing more settling in and meeting up with people. But I'm finally feeling caught up and less overwhelmed. :)
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