Ladies and gentlemen, the past 24 hours of my life:
Thursday
10:30am - Offered a job to be a writer for Discovery Channel game show "Cash Cab".
10:31-10:59am - Mini panic attack. Had been offered another job as well and weighing the pros and cons of what to take.
11:00am - Return phone call to "Cash Cab" and accept their offer. I am officially a game show writer!!!
11:05am - Turn down other job offer. Hope that I made the right decision and not burning any bridges. Feeling pretty good.
11:05am-6:45pm - "Work"
6:45-7:15pm - Commute to studio for "Grand Slam" tapings
8-10:45pm - Watch tapings. See that I am about two inches taller than Dennis Miller. He is awesome. The shows are real nail-biters. A lot of fun and wish to still be a game show contestant one day.
10:45-10:50pm - In a cab headed towards the PATH station. See more traffic than there should be and opt to get out and walk to Port Authority.
10:45-11:55pm - Wait/Travel home from Port Authority.
11:59pm - Get home and head upstairs. Discover the door to my bedroom locked. Do not usually lock the door and therefore do not have the key to open it on me. Landlord had been there earlier to fix AC and must have locked it on his way out.
Midnight - Overtired and panicing. Consider crying (but don't).
12:01-12:10am - Get a screwdriver and attempt to pry open the lock. This fails. Decide to slumber in the captain's chair in the basement. Roommate Liz is awake and offers me t-shirt and sheets. Write note to Meg, so when she sees my backpack outside my door, she'll know why.
12:15-12:25am - Attempt to sleep in captain's chair. Lower back pain confirms this is not going to work. Debate sleeping outside on the couch.
12:26-12:29am - Take cushion from couch and bring it downstairs. Make a makeshift bed.
12:30-12:45pm - Cannot sleep. Envisioning Meg reading note and laughing, causing me to laugh.
12:46am - Meg comes home.
12:47-12:55am - Meg laughing at me. Gets me an extra blanket. And laughs. And laughs some more.
12:56-2:00am - Cannot sleep. Want to sleep so badly. Think I might not ever sleep again.
2:00-5:00am - Sleep.
5:01am - Wake up.
5:02-7:15am - Kinda doze off and on but never really fall back asleep. Hear roommates beging to stir.
7:16am - Call landlord. Landlord assumed I locked my door. Landlord wrong. Landlord says he will be there in about an hour.
8:30am - Landlord arrives with giant ring of keys.
8:31-8:35am - Landlord tries all keys. None fit my door.
8:36-8:45am - Landlord returns home to get more keys.
8:46-8:50am - Landlord tries second giant ring of keys. None fit my door. Begin to wonder if I will ever see my room again. Landlord asks for my cell and calls his wife. I return to the basement.
9:00am - Hear my cell phone ring. Landlord is not answering it.
9:01am - Run upstairs to answer phone.
9:02am - See bedroom door open. Ask landlord what happened. Landlord took the screen off the bathroom, went on roof, and even though my window has no part of the roof on it, somehow got across and opening my bedroom door from the inside.
9:04am - Thank landlord for coming in and give him key to make a duplicate. Landlord leaves. I forget to ask if my AC is fixed. Too tired to turn on AC to find out.
9:05am - Collapse into bed.
10:30am - Alarm goes off. Get ready to start the day.
Quote of the Day:
"What we anticipate seldom occurs; what we least expected generally happens." -Benjamin Disraeli
Friday, June 08, 2007
Wednesday, June 06, 2007
Random Thoughts and Ramblings
It has been far too long and I apologize. So instead of long, drawn out stories, I give you another edition of Random Thoughts and Rmablings. Enjoy.
* Much congrats and love to my childhood friend Nathalie who is expecting her first child in November. Just when I finally start accepting that my friends are of the age of getting married, Nat has to up the ante and have a kid. This may take some time getting use to.
* Another congrats to my friend Alissa who is abandoning me for another Ellen. She so impressed the producers of "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" that they created a position just for her. She will be an Associate Producer of Human Interest Stories. I wish I could take all the credit of her success through my mentoring and friendship, but cannot. She has incredible ambition and talent and will no doubt be success in L.A. Sadly, she is probably going to win an Emmy Award before me. I best be mentioned in her acceptance speech. She also gets to reprise her role as seat fillers at the Tony Awards coming up this Sunday. She's come quite a ways from Queer Eye intern.
* You know what really, honest and truly frightens me? Those shoes that little kids wear that double as roller skates. They'll be walking and all the sudden start gliding. They totally freaks me out and don't like them one bit!!
* My home is still couch-less. We thought we found one on Craigslist. We paid for it and brought it home. Unfortunately we couldn't get it inside our home. Despite the many, many attempts we failed and is now displayed on our front porch. Worse, the person I gave it to never mailed it to the ex-couch owner. He requested I cancel the check, which I did, and which cost me an additional $30. Grrr.
* It has been a magical couple of months working at "Grand Slam". I have been working with incredible people and feel so grateful to be part of this team. I hope to work with these people again sooner than later. In the past two months I have personally researched over 1000 questions. Watch out trivia contests!! I want my free t-shirts and gift certificates and nothing will stop me. I even researched math! Nothing can stop me.
* Look for "Grand Slam" to start airing on the Game Show Network in August. I'll be sure to give a reminder just in case.
* Top 5 Most Played songs currently on my iTunes:
- Shelter From the Storm by Bob Dylan
- There's Always Someone Cooler Than You by Ben Folds
- The Warrior by Scandal
- U + Ur Hand by Pink
- Sunshine of Your Love by Cream
* Bundle up folks, because on June 23rd, Hell is freezing over. After two and a half years of utter and complete harassing, I worn my Dad down enough to pay New York another visit. Dad thinks New York is Hell, but I ropose that if he can fly halfway around the world to play with baby orangatangs, he can take a three hour train ride to visit his daughter. Only fair, right? (Although I must admit it's a tough call)
* A couple of weeks ago I made a triumphant return to Christie's auction house after a lengthy absence. There was an entertainment memorabilia preview that again lived up to expectations. The big item was a pink and gold dress worn by Audrey Hepburn in "Breakfast at Tiffany's", which sold for over $200,000 a couple of days later. Also featured were many lots from Laurel & Hardy, original Disney animation cells, as well as drawings of Mickey by Walt Disney. A lot of "Star Trek" stuff, including a captain's chair and costumes. Also, what was incredible to see in person was Steve McQueen's car. A hot car for a hot man. Good times.
* However, what I am not appreciative of New York are the onslaught of tourists who do not move or if they are moving, stop suddenly on the sidewalks. I hate these people with all of my heart and soul. Just move. Or if you do decide to stop, simply move to the side. Seriously people. It's not that hard.
* Season 2 of the Muppet Show is coming out in August. Awesome.
Quote of the Day:
"Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself; I am large, I contain multitudes." -Walt Whitman
* Much congrats and love to my childhood friend Nathalie who is expecting her first child in November. Just when I finally start accepting that my friends are of the age of getting married, Nat has to up the ante and have a kid. This may take some time getting use to.
* Another congrats to my friend Alissa who is abandoning me for another Ellen. She so impressed the producers of "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" that they created a position just for her. She will be an Associate Producer of Human Interest Stories. I wish I could take all the credit of her success through my mentoring and friendship, but cannot. She has incredible ambition and talent and will no doubt be success in L.A. Sadly, she is probably going to win an Emmy Award before me. I best be mentioned in her acceptance speech. She also gets to reprise her role as seat fillers at the Tony Awards coming up this Sunday. She's come quite a ways from Queer Eye intern.
* You know what really, honest and truly frightens me? Those shoes that little kids wear that double as roller skates. They'll be walking and all the sudden start gliding. They totally freaks me out and don't like them one bit!!
* My home is still couch-less. We thought we found one on Craigslist. We paid for it and brought it home. Unfortunately we couldn't get it inside our home. Despite the many, many attempts we failed and is now displayed on our front porch. Worse, the person I gave it to never mailed it to the ex-couch owner. He requested I cancel the check, which I did, and which cost me an additional $30. Grrr.
* It has been a magical couple of months working at "Grand Slam". I have been working with incredible people and feel so grateful to be part of this team. I hope to work with these people again sooner than later. In the past two months I have personally researched over 1000 questions. Watch out trivia contests!! I want my free t-shirts and gift certificates and nothing will stop me. I even researched math! Nothing can stop me.
* Look for "Grand Slam" to start airing on the Game Show Network in August. I'll be sure to give a reminder just in case.
* Top 5 Most Played songs currently on my iTunes:
- Shelter From the Storm by Bob Dylan
- There's Always Someone Cooler Than You by Ben Folds
- The Warrior by Scandal
- U + Ur Hand by Pink
- Sunshine of Your Love by Cream
* Bundle up folks, because on June 23rd, Hell is freezing over. After two and a half years of utter and complete harassing, I worn my Dad down enough to pay New York another visit. Dad thinks New York is Hell, but I ropose that if he can fly halfway around the world to play with baby orangatangs, he can take a three hour train ride to visit his daughter. Only fair, right? (Although I must admit it's a tough call)
* A couple of weeks ago I made a triumphant return to Christie's auction house after a lengthy absence. There was an entertainment memorabilia preview that again lived up to expectations. The big item was a pink and gold dress worn by Audrey Hepburn in "Breakfast at Tiffany's", which sold for over $200,000 a couple of days later. Also featured were many lots from Laurel & Hardy, original Disney animation cells, as well as drawings of Mickey by Walt Disney. A lot of "Star Trek" stuff, including a captain's chair and costumes. Also, what was incredible to see in person was Steve McQueen's car. A hot car for a hot man. Good times.
* However, what I am not appreciative of New York are the onslaught of tourists who do not move or if they are moving, stop suddenly on the sidewalks. I hate these people with all of my heart and soul. Just move. Or if you do decide to stop, simply move to the side. Seriously people. It's not that hard.
* Season 2 of the Muppet Show is coming out in August. Awesome.
Quote of the Day:
"Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself; I am large, I contain multitudes." -Walt Whitman
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