Fire

I had just fallen asleep last night when I woke up and heard the fire alarm. Usually I sleep through noise but since I was not in a deep sleep, I woke up startled. I got up to evacuate and then I realized that the noise was coming from the building next door.

I looked out the window, but I could not see any smoke.  A few minutes later three fire trucks came and firefighters were in and out of the building. It is hard to tell what happened and if there was a fire or not, but fortunately everyone seems to be okay.  The video below was taken out my window.

Birthday

Last night I went to a cool place in Glendale called Jax Bar and Grill.  My friend LaShelle had her birthday party there so we got a table for 15 and all hung out and had a really  nice dinner.  The place was cool and had a piano bar area with live music.  We all sang to her and got a great group photo, which is posted above.  After dinner we went to our other friends Jess and Courtney's house to play Rockband on Wii.  As much as I miss the friends that I made in Arkansas and I miss waking up and acting everyday, I am glad to be back.  I missed all of my LA friends.

So Busy

So I am ALMOST finished unpacking.  Every night this week after work I have been hanging out with friends who I haven't seen in 3 weeks.  Tonight I have a birthday party to go to and it looks like I'm going to Las Vegas this weekend!  

It is strange waking up every morning and not having to be on set.  I really enjoyed having my make-up and hair done, dressing in what Layla, my character, had to wear and then hanging out with amazing people on set all day in between my scenes.  I miss the cast and crew, but there is going to be a premier in Arkansas in 6 months to a year that I think everyone is going to try to make it back for.  Editing starts officially on July 16th.  

As soon as the movie is out on DVD I will post where to find it.

Back in LA

This is Maurice, aka Marcus and me hanging out in cowboy hats we found in a box after we both got picture wrapped.  
This is Thomas, my fiance in the movie, and me filming our last scene together.
My makeup artist, Cassie and me.
Craig, aka Paul and "yelling" at Ryan and me as we were packing up to leave the theater location.

I can not believe the movie is done shooting!  The three weeks went by so quickly and now I'm back in LA.  The last night I was in Arkansas we had a wrap party at an old courthouse.  There was delicious catered food, karaoke and dancing.  Nothing is better than a bunch of actors doing karaoke.  After the wrap party there was an after party out by the pool at the house I stayed at and we had a pinata and played games all night.  Everyone left around 4:30 AM.  

Yesterday I went to lunch with Ryan, the Assistant Director and Cassie, my makeup artist.  We sat for two hours just talking about the movie and about life.  Then Maurice aka Marcus and I rode to the airport and that was the end!  It was sad to leave everyone but I am glad to be back in LA.  I spoke with my agent this morning and he said he has already started submitting me again.  Hopefully SAG will not go on strike and I will have lots of auditions and bookings in the next few weeks.