Scott Pilgrim Though!

I love Scott Pilgrim vs the World! Okay, it wasn't a huge box office success, but it's now a cult favorite! Edgar Wright, the same brilliant man who did Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz, made this film based on the graphic novel series by Bryan Lee O'Malley. I saw the film on cable one late night, fell in love, then bought it on Blu Ray. I then got the set of graphic novels. Unbelievably, the film follows the stories quite accurately, even if it spans more than one book.

I think what makes the film so full of win is the music, the adorable actors and the overall style. The friggin' thing looks like a video game and music video at the same time! 

And truthfully, the whole idea of having to fight 7 evil exes is pretty awesome. Scott is just a regular guy, dating a girl who's probably too young for him, and meets the lovely Ramona Flowers. Who wouldn't fall in love with Mary Elizabeth Winstead, especially with her blue, pink or green hair, though I don't condone him breaking poor Knives' heart! But it's okay if you're bad at him for that, because Scott gets his ass kicked...a bunch.

If you haven't seen it, here are reasons to:

Resurrection or The Returned: Which is Better?

There's a new show on ABC or NBC or some other channel that I barely watch that I'm very reluctant to watch. It's called Resurrection and it's very similar to a French show that I just finished watching called The Returned. The premise is the same, basically dead loved ones come back to life and try to resume their lives with their loved ones, who are understandably, freaked out.

Resurrection

I started watching The Returned or Les Revenants a few weeks ago, because of the suggestion of Conan writer Brian Stack on his Facebook page. I figure, if Brian says it's good, it must be good. I was bored, thought I'd give it a try and seeing as how it was on Netflix, I could binge watch it. After the first episode, I was blown away.

The Returned

It begins with a school bus crash off of a cliff. Young Camille has just died along with her high school class. She's 15. Back home, her parents and sister have gone in in their lives, though distraught. 4 years later, somehow, Camille returns, with no memory of the bus going over the cliff or dying. Her mother is shocked, her father is shocked, her sister is shocked.

Now I don't want to give too much away, in case you still plan on watching The Returned. As for Resurrection, the American version of the show, I'm not sure what to think. I read a review before last week's premier that said that if you were into The Returned, then Resurrection will be disappointing. So I decided not to watch it when it first premiered. Now I realize that's just stupid. How many other things that I like that critics panned? Some of my favorite films unperformed at the box office and critics trashed. Empire Records, Scott Pilgrim, Dream for An Insomniac, to name a few. I don't even think Dream for An Insomniac was ever out at the movies. That may have gone straight to DVD.

Either way, they are showing an encore presentation of Resurrection tonight and I'm going to watch it. I'll come back and write about what I thought after watching it. If you've seen either, or both, tell me what you think it the comments below!

New Look! Better Blog!

Hey guys!

So I've updated the look of my blog! What do you think? It looks better, I think. I had the same layout for about 2 years! I'm trying to get more traffic to this blog to showcase my writing and just share some of the crazier things that happens in my life.

Ever since I moved to L.A., things have been way more interesting. Actually, things have been so hectic that I forgot to mark the 2-year anniversary of us moving here! We moved from Chicago on March 7th, 2012 and we were supposed to celebrate! We didn't, and oh well, and yes, that's kind of messed up, but that's okay.

I want to start covering more ground with this blog also. I don't want to just post things about my life and what I'm doing day-to-day. I'd like to add more content, such as favorite videos, lists, funny things, stupid things, etc. I'd like to also possibly do a few interviews here and there.

I got a lot of advice from looking at other blogs and from asking friends. I'd love to do this blog full-time instead of trying to find a job outside of the home so I can be here for my kids! The twins don't start school until the fall, so in the meantime, I would just like to do something here in the comfort of my home, right next to them.

That's it for now and I will be posting on this thing more often! Later guys!

Angie xo

Busy Friggin' Week

Hi all.

I'm having a very busy week. The week started off with my 4 year old, one of the twins, losing her first tooth! She pulled it out herself and hid it! I was talking to her and looked at her and went "Baby, where is your tooth?!" She thought she'd done something wrong! I swear, these kids act like we hit them! (we don't, just for the record). Why in the world did she think she'd get into trouble for her tooth coming out?! The only thing I think is that we get on her for chewing on random things, like her stuffed teddy bear. I wonder if she thought she caused her tooth to come out because she was chewing on her bear? Who knows! Poor thing!

Then a few days later, while Anneka, my oldest, was at school, Laila ended up having a bad nosebleed! And it wouldn't stop! I had to call an ambulance. Usually their nosebleeds last a few minutes, and then she's fine. This was really bad. I'll spare you the gross and disturbing details, but now I'm paranoid about nosebleeds, so there's that.

Yesterday I went to a media luncheon for Equalizer shoes. They're doing a line of shoes designed by HGTV's David Bromstad. I got to meet him and I met a lot of other writers, bloggers and PR people. I also got to meet another HelloGiggles writer. She was really sweet. I actually got to pass out business cards!

Myself and HGTV's David Bromstad.


Today is busy, as it's my daughter's school open house! Wow. I always have a lot of mom things going on, huh?

Also, I'm in this beauty contest through People Magazine. I've done signed up for anything like this before, but it's pretty cool because all you have to do is hit "favorite" next to my picture.

No sign-up or anything. Also, if they pick me (based on my picture and people favoriting the picture), then I can be in an upcoming issue of People! How cool would that be to be in People magazine? Please vote, if you haven't already. And if you have, thanks! Here's the direct link:

http://specials.people.com/realbeauty/?id=42636

Perma releases new video for "Little Light"

Let me start off by saying, the collaborating of Max Bemis of Say Anything and Sherri Dupree of Eisley make magical things happen. Perma is an amazing band. And of course, so is their adorable little daughter Lucy! Unfortunately, Lucy isn't in the video, but if you pay attention, there's a little pink swing in the tree in the background while Sherri and Max are outside of their pink house!

Check out the new video and try not to fall in love with that little candle stick!

HG: I'm Ashamed to Admit I'm Afraid of Driving

I wrote a post for HelloGiggles about my fear of driving. Okay, I drive, but not a bunch, mostly due to fear. I think living in Los Angeles made it worse. I mean, I was afraid in Chicago, but at least I went on the highways there. And pretty often too! That was the only way I could get from the southwest suburbs to Second City on the near-north side!

To read the article in full, head on over to HelloGiggles:

http://hellogiggles.com/im-ashamed-admit-im-afraid-driving

Rainy L.A. Day ramblings

I haven't been keeping up this blog as much as I should because I've been too busy writing for everyone else. That's my problem, though. Lately, I say 'yes' to practically everything, thinking it's a good opportunity or thinking "hey, why not?" and then I over-stress myself and then don't have time for things I actually like to do. Like this blog...something I actually used to update because I liked to.

I use to have a lot of readers of this thing. At one point in time, I was updating once or twice a week. But lately, all of my creative energies have been going elsewhere. And I don't do that much stand-up. I mean, I could be trying harder to book shows, but the truth of the matter is I like doing stand-up, but it's not my favorite thing in the world. These comics I see doing open mics and shows all the time, I commend them. But they also probably enjoy it more than I do. I love being on stage, but I get so nervous beforehand, I nearly puke. It's probably because I haven't been doing it that long. I get that. I also do stand-up when I have time, and as a mom to 3 and I have a husband, I don't have a shitload of time. I don't know. I'm rambling.

I keep saying things will be easier once the twins start school. Then I won't worry so much about being out late because yeah, I'll still have to get up early in the morning to take them to school, but then I can come right back home and sleep! I'd also have time to work more on jokes.

I'm getting over 2 weeks of being sick. First, I pulled something in my back, then I got the worse cold I've had in years! I mean, I'm still blowing my nose and have a slightly sore throat. I'm not 100% yet. It's weird, because usually I feel when I'm getting sick and fight it off with sleep, medicine, juice, etc. This time, it came out of nowhere! I was sidelined, severely. I had to cancel a few shows. It sucked.

Thank God I'm okay now. I just got through watching The Jungle Book with my girls and eating popcorn. We all stayed in because of this severely rainy weather. I swear, I would've scoffed at this weather in Chicago. L.A. is changing me, you guys!

So yeah, I'll update this thingy more often and maybe I'll get some of my readers back! Love you guys!

Time

I found out I didn't win a screenplay writing contest for my short film "Dead Oliver". But it's okay, I'm not totally disappointed. It's a little bothersome. Okay, it sucks. I don't know why I entered it to begin with, because honestly I was thinking of putting it on as a play. It takes place in a hotel room, so it would work for the stage. I still may find a theater to put it on.

I've been pretty busy with writing for HelloGiggles, doing stand-up and being a mom. I could say it's hard to find a balance, but of course anyone with kids knows that. Anyone without kids assumes it. I really wish I had more time to write, uninterrupted, and possibly do stand-up every night without having to worry about getting up so early the next morning to be with the kids. But I think, at this time, I enjoy doing stand-up every now and then. It would kill me if I didn't get to spend all this time with the twins. During the day, I have them.

In the fall, they'll be starting Kindergarten and as much as I'll like to have uninterrupted writing time, I'll miss the hell outta my twinsies. They'll go to school and make friends and get lives outside of me and that makes me kind of sad. Right now, they don't like me leaving the house without them. I'm sure they'll be fine in school, but they'll only be 4 for a few months more. I'm going to enjoy 4 year old Mia and Laila, before they're all "I wanna go to my friends house" and "Mom, I'm on the phone!" and "Mom, I can't believe you! You're so embarrassing!".

Yeah, even when they're older I'll kiss them in front of their friends. They've been warned.

Things I'm Obsessed With Right Now - Jan. '14

Things I'm Obsessed With Right Now:

January 2014

Okay, I haven't done one of these lists in a while, but here goes:





American Dad

I kinda wrote about how horrible Roger is on HelloGiggles, but seriously, Roger is the reason why this show is so damn funny! I've binge watched it on Netflix recently, catching up on episodes I hadn't seen yet. You should too!

Roger as Ricky Spanish

Leonardo DiCaprio

Okay, I'm always into Leo, let's get that straight right now! He's amazingly awesome and awesomely amazing. He's been my favorite actor since I saw him in Romeo & Juliet and I always thought I'd grow up to marry him. That's not going to happen, seeing as how I'm very married and he only dates skinny supermodels. But whatever, to each his own. I still love that man, though. And God help me if I ever run into him somewhere in LA. because I will proceed to lose my shit. Both figuratively and literally.

Eisley and Eisley-related bands

And by Eisley-related, I mean the other bands Eisley members have been in, and their siblings. There's also Eisley spouses.

Eisley

Sherri Dupree-Bemis

Say Anything, with lead singer Max Bemis, Sherri's husband

Stacy King, of Sucre & Eisley

Merriment, Christie & Collin Dupree, siblings 

Stacy and Darren King, drummer from MuteMath

Sherri & Max Bemis! Awwww!

Me, Sherri and Lucy!!!

Stand-up Comedy Stuffs

I haven't been updating this blog as much as I used to and I'm not sure why. I get writers block from time to time, but I'm never fully blocked. I write jokes a lot, and I still write for HelloGiggles and now I also write for PopWrapped, which gets my name out there even more.

I'm playing a show tomorrow night in North Hollywood at the Haha Cafe Comedy Club at 8:30 (in case you're reading this and you live in L.A.), and then on Feb. 2nd, I'm producing and hosting my own show at Flappers, with headliner Josh Fadem, and featuring Shannon Bobo, Mischa McCortney, Steve Dez, Martin Rizo and Rye Silverman. All awesome comics, all my friends who I've met while doing stand-up in L.A.

He was on 30 Rock, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia and a slew of other things. He's a great friend of mine and probably my comedy hero right now. Don't worry, I'm still obsessed with Chris D'Elia.

The last time I ran into Chris D'Elia, I'd just done a show at the Comedy Store, and he was out front. I walked up to him and he remembered me. I told him I'd just done a set up in the Belly Room and he asked me how'd it gone. I was all "wow, I'm having a real conversation with Chris D'Elia". I was probably totally awkward and weird. Hopefully, he didn't notice. No matter how many times I run into him or talk to him, I'll still be thinking "Oh My God, I'm talking to Chris D'Elia".

And my 4 year old Laila, when she sees him goes "That's Chris D'Laila".

Yep, I'm still obsessed with Chris D'Laila.

And Bastille. Forever. Who are the musical guest on this week's SNL. That makes MY LIFE.

Yeah, so...

Yeah, so...

I've been in a funk in the past week. It could be because we switched rooms with our daughters and now I'm having trouble sleeping in their old little room. My room was quite comfortable. Now it sucks. The end.

It was a great decision, though. It's 3 little girls who are getting bigger, they should have the bigger room. Especially now that they're getting older, they need more room for playing, and their three beds, including a bunk bed. There are no more toddler beds, so it just made sense. When we moved here 2 years ago, we gave them the smaller room because the bigger room has a bathroom in it and I didn't trust the then 2-year-old twins to not put toys in the toilet. Now, both are fully potty trained and love having their own bathroom.

I don't know why I'm having trouble sleeping in that room. It's the same bed, some dresser, etc. I don't know.

Then I got this really hateful e-mail from my brother yesterday that put me even deeper in a funk. I haven't spoken to my brother in almost 2 years, my mother in almost 1. He sends me this message saying "I get mad at mama too, but I've never gone that long without talking to her!" Okay, first of all, she was here with me and my family in Los Angeles for 3 weeks and made my life a living hell. She ruined Christmas for me and yelled at me and called me stupid in front of my children. Then in March of last year, she sends me a text message calling me terrible and telling me to have a nice life. I remember it because I didn't delete the text messages, just in case I decide to forgive her, I can go back and read those so I can stay mad.

He also told me karma was going to get me. Don't get me started on all of the horrible and truly terrible things he's done that he should really worry about if there is a such thing as karma.

And I don't really care if it's "unhealthy" or whatever, to hold on to anger. I believe what's healthy for me is not having people in my life who will call me names and make me feel like less than garbage. Since I've been in L.A., I've surrounded myself with good people. People who don't try to drag you down and make you feel guilty about everything you do. I was made to feel guilty for wanting to move out to Los Angeles for my career, better opportunities and for the sake of my kids and husband. I was told I was selfish and my husband would end up leaving me.

But truthfully, this is a much longer story than I'm willing to provide right now, in this blog. I've probably said too much already, but whatever. I don't want to bite my tongue anymore and writing about it is truly the best therapy.

My current group of friends are supportive, kind and truly beautiful people. And my kids make it impossible to be sad for too long.

Very L.A. things

So I'm so excited my aunt is coming back to visit in November. She's coming for Thanksgiving and staying about 10 days. Not only am I excited because I love my aunt, miss her, blah blah blah...this means FREE BABYSITTER! Don't tell her I said that...

I'm sick of doing stuff by myself. The first time I went to a comedy club was by myself, and I went to see Chris D'elia, and I was so nervous about being in the same room as him. I was fangirling like crazy over some Chris D'elia, you don't even know. He's the reason I finally got off my ass and started doing stand-up! I owe him, for real. So my aunt was in town, Bry and I got to go see Chris together, and then I got up the nerve to actually talk to Chris! I met him, hugged him, took a picture with him! The third time I saw Chris live, Bry and I met him and talked to him for a while on the sidewalk outside of the Laugh Factory. What a great night that was. So I'm looking forward to some nights of doing totally L.A. things with my husband. Fancy dinners, schmoozing, giggling about condoms in a Rite Aid at midnight. Yes, we're that immature.

I'm also going to try to book some more stand-up gigs around that time. Who's coming out to see me??

Later guys.

Too Much for this Time of Night

So I've been fighting myself. I've been trying to make myself be more honest. What's the point in writing anything if it's not your own honest truth?

Yeah, so I'm sick...I have this bad chest cold that's kinda slowing me down. It's probably because I've been doing so much and not sleeping enough. I haven't really been this sick in a while. Well, I have this habit of being hurt by people, then forgiving them when they don't deserve to be forgiven, then I'm back in this cycle of "OMG, I really let you do this to me again". Whether it's my mother, my brother or my ex-best friend, I set myself up for getting hurt. What do they say about people who don't learn from their mistakes?

Then I don't share things, afraid to be labeled as petty or immature. I hold things in. And I didn't used to be like that, it's just I can't allow myself to dwell in things now. I have kids. I have a husband. I have a career. I have to keep my mind away from bullshit.

And I don't want to make this some long, sad, depressing bullshit. I haven't been depressed in a long time, mostly because things are going well. This has been the best year of my life. For those of you who don't know me that well or just started reading my stuff either on here or HelloGiggles, or follow my Tumblr, I used to be very depressed. I spent most of my childhood depressed. I was a little kid and my brother had what they called "an emotional problem". I was a little kid sitting under a table with my doll, sucking my thumb, while my brother yelled at, hit and threw things at my mom. I was left alone in my bedroom to deal with my own emotions.

My mother now no longer speaks to me after staying with me for 3 weeks in December and we got into it big time. I spent most of those 3 weeks not saying anything to her criticisms, her name-calling, her lack of respect for me in front of my husband and children or starting arguments between my husband and I. She left for Chicago without saying good-bye. This is the mother who said that if I get famous and write a book about her, she'd sue me.

I was a crazy teen, so they said. I cut. I attempted suicide. I spent 4 days in a mental hospital. I had a psych evaluation, and the doctor said all of the stuff that has been put on me was the reason for my sadness, and I didn't need to be on medication. And you know what, I was fine.

Living here in Los Angeles, with 3 little girls, every day I feel lucky. I wouldn't give this shit up for the world. This has been the best year of my life, for real. I got to meet some amazing people, some who were genuine and real. I've made some great friends in my improv classes, through other friends and even through Facebook. I met some of my heroes this year. I get to go to Malibu and put my feet in the Pacific Ocean any time I want.

My husband and I had issues. Some of them might have been due to our situation. But I can honestly say I haven't been happier. He's a good man with a great heart and the best father for my kids.

So when I hear that an ex-friend or my brother or my mother have said this or that about me, it really doesn't bother anymore. Earlier this year, I cried any time someone brought up my mother to me. I did that whole "Why doesn't she love me" crap that, I guess, a 32 year old woman shouldn't be crying about.

And this isn't a sad post. I'm not sad, though I'm sick and drinking tea right now while my husband strums the guitar on the couch next to me. After this, I'm going to work on some new jokes for my next stand-up gig. I just felt the need to be honest. To speak. To tell my own truth. And I really don't care if my mom reads this and gets angry at me again. And for those who are all "respect your mother" blah blah blah...I did. I used to. And my children will respect me not only because I'm their mother, but because I deserve respect because I love them unconditionally.

And to the old friend who's dogging me, calling me fat and everything else...it's cool. I'm here, I'm making waves, I'm doing my thing and you can't take that away from me. I'm 32, this isn't high school. Most importantly...I'm here. You're there. This is my everything. And I'm more motivated that ever.

Things I'm Obsessed with Right Now- October 2013

Okay, I did this list before and it got a lot of attention, so since I'm an attention-whore (not really...okay...really), I figured I should do this again. Let's get started...

1. Studio City

Okay, maybe I'm just a little celeb-enthused. I refuse to say "obsessed" because I seriously don't put much effort into meeting celebrities. I really don't. I go fun places with the husband and kids and run into them. I'm not Stalker Sarah, though I know her and like her. I usually run into celebrities at random places, like grocery stores and coffee shops. It's frickin' Hollywood for crap's sake! It's really not that hard! The only difference is, I have the balls to go up to a celebrity and ask them for their picture. No one has ever told me no, and then I usually have a really nice conversation with them. Every time I go to Studio City, usually to take the girls to their favorite bookstore or this kickass Farmer's Market, we run into somebody famous. Not our faults. We've now run into Ariel Winter, you know, Alex Dunphy from the hit tv show Modern Family. She's so nice and cool. I know her older sister now.

My picture, obviously.

And it's not about celebrity, because I couldn't say that I'd ask just anybody for a picture or talk to them just because they're famous. I like meeting incredible people who I admire for some reason or another. I love Modern Family! It's one of my favorite shows, that's why it's so cool to know Ariel and her sister Shanelle. Also, this past weekend, after running into them again and talking with them, my family ended up in some paparazzi pics on Just Jared Jr. and Perez Hilton. I'm not posting them because you can barely see us, standing next to Ariel. You see my back and back while Ariel is talking to me...and Laila's back...and Laila's bangs in one...and my husband's hat in another. Not really worth posting...well, okay...

My back and Trader Joe's bag. Pretty neat, huh? We were talking.

If you look to the right of this pic, you can see Laila's bangs (or Mia's, who knows, they look the same) and the top of Bry's hat! 

And in the bottom right corner, Laila. I think. Or Mia. Laila? Whatever. It's one of my twins!

Just Jared Jr.- Ariel Winter

2. This Damn Water Bottle!

I got it from Target for like $22. It keeps your water cold for 24 hours! Seriously! I fill it up at night, and since I have Hypothyroidism, I have to take my Synthroid medicine first thing in the morning, before I eat or anything, so I can just get up, take my pill, and then go back to bed if I want to. It's awesome! I take it almost everywhere with me. I even got hubby one too! I'm aware that I'm a little too excited about a damn water bottle...

You can also buy it at Amazon here.


3. HelloGiggles

Okay, I swear this isn't a plug! Yes, I write for the site, but I honestly love it! I swear, there is an article for almost every aspect of my life. When I'm bored or need inspiration, I go read other people's articles. I just read an article about Lasik surgery, because I'm considering getting it done. Seriously, it kind of eased my mind! Here's a link to that article:

http://hellogiggles.com/5-things-you-should-know-about-lasik

And for the shameless self-promotion. I wrote an article about The Wizard of Oz entitled "5 Reasons The Wizard of Oz is Still Damn Good" and it's now my most read article! It had over 3200 likes on Facebook! Mostly due to the fact that Zooey Deschanel, one of the HelloGiggles founders, shared the link on her official Facebook page. That was exciting! And they just posted my interview with Tia Mowry-Hardrict today, which Tia retweeted on Twitter. I love that site. And I love Molly McAleer for asking me to be a part of it! You can read about that too.

4. Tumblr

No disrespect to Blogger or Wordpress, but Tumblr is just so interesting! Yeah, there's a lot of sick stuff on there, like, seriously sick, but where else can I see gifs of Bastille videos I've already seen? Where else can I see pictures of pink houses and closeups of donuts? Hmmm...I'm not giving very convincing reasons of why Tumblr is so great, am I? It's also great for promotion...and stalking Bastille.

Did I say stalking? I meant admiring...

5. Luis Bunuel

Okay, I promise I'm not pretentious. I'm just an ex-film school geek who writes screenplays that are nothing like the films I love. I really need to re-write some scripts! So, lately, I've fallen in love with Luis Bunuel. I first heard of him because he was portrayed in "Midnight in Paris", one of my favorite films of all time. The film "The Exterminating Angel" was mentioned in it. In the film, a group of rich friends come from a play and go to one of their mansion's to have dinner. After dinner, no one seems to be able to leave the room! They all keep coming up with excuses not to leave. The next morning, they begin to realize that they cannot leave the damn room, let alone the house! They go to the threshold of the room, and turn around! People die. They're starving. They have no water. They stink. They can't leave the room! It's psychological! There's no door or wall holding them in...open space! But they can't leave the room! Look him up! He made other great films too that I'm going to buy and watch this week. I'm obsessed!


Follow me On Twitter you lot!

Yeah, so he knows who I am...mental

I know I don't update my blog as much as I used to. But with Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr and HelloGiggles, I'm writing for so many different things.

Lately I've been Tweeting a lot about this amazing band called Bastille from England. I was lucky AND blessed enough to get to interview the lead singer, Dan Smith, for HelloGiggles. Now my job is to tell everyone I ever come in contact with to listen to them.

Okay, let me tell you how the interview with. First, I got severely nervous and sick the day before. Okay, it's no secret that I have some anxiety issues (some) but I had to do this interview right. I mean, I'm pretty much obsessed with the band (think how Kat vonD is over Him and Ville Vallo). So speaking to Dan, him knowing who I am, blew my mind. On top of that, I had to be professional. I take my writing quite seriously and I didn't want to come across as just a giggly fan. I'm a journalist!

When I was first connected to him through his management, whom I'd been e-mailing back and forth for a few weeks, she said "Dan, you're on with Angie Grace from HelloGiggles" and he said "Hi Angie!" I went "Hi Dan!", and I swear to God, you could literally hear me melting! How do I know this? I had to record the conversation to transcribe it for the site. So everytime I listened to it, all I could think was "I sound like a fool". I remember shaking, also. After I got the first question out of the way, I realized how normal and down-to-Earth he was! I mean, this guy does not take himself seriously at all! I even asked him how did he feel about being considered a sex symbol and he said "awkward". Okay, I love him. The way he speaks, saying "quite" this and "I'm an awkward guy from London", I wanted to say "You know you're a friggin' rock star, right? Like, girls are obsessed with you".

I held it together. After a few questions, it felt as if we were having a normal conversation, with me asking the questions. Then he started asking me questions, like asking me what did I think of the show "Twin Peaks". I then mentioned that I went to buy tickets for their show and found out they were already sold out and then found out the whole U.S. tour was sold out already and not only was he humble by this, he said that I should ask his management about getting on the guest list and then he said "I'd love for you to come". Yes, I've fucking replayed the tape recorder for all who have visited my house, live here, etc.

I haven't heard from his management about that, yet, but I'm sure they're busy with the U.S. release of the album. He then tweeted me a few days ago when I pointed out the album was #4 on the iTunes chart and he tweeted back at me "It was good to speak to you last week". Yes, I died again. Twice dead.

It means so much to me to be able to know people I truly respect and enjoy their art. Knowing Sherri Dupree of Eisley means a lot to me. Knowing Josh Fadem means a lot to me. Meeting Chris D'Elia means a lot me. Now sorta kinda a little bit knowing Dan means a lot to me. And I just got tickets to go see them live at Jimmy Kimmel for Bry's birthday. Did I mention Bry also loves Bastille? We've both said that Dan is not capable of writing a bad song. He's amazing. Also, he uses the word "Mental" a lot. As in "Wow, that's mental!". Love it.

My favorite Bastille performance, thus far:

Bastille, "Bad Blood", Last.fm sessions

"Things We Lost in the Fire"

"Laughter Lines" (my current obsession)

Bastille on Conan performing "Pompeii", the first time I saw them. Which is weird, because I watch every Conan episode but usually skip the musical guest, unless it's somewhere I've heard of. I think this just happened to come on while we were talking and no one cut it off, then they came on and wow.

Things That I'm Obsessed with Right Now

Vine
Still fuckin' love it. Instagram video is weird, y'all. It's like, there's a picture and it starts to move. Like those creepy "living" pictures from Harry Potter, which was the scariest thing about those films.

Fedoras on Kids
I have fedoras that I don't wear anymore. Kind of over them. But my 3 daughters look adorable in them! Keep in mind, they're too big for their heads. I have to buy kids fedoras. I'll buy 3 for each kid.

Esther Povitsky, "Little Esther"

She's this comedian chick who I've never seen live...yet, but we had a bunch of mutual friends on Facebook, so I sent her a friend request and she accepted! But she keeps posting these Vines of her really close-up and you can see how adorable she is, then goes on to say facts about dinosaurs! She's adorbs.

Josh Fadem

Another comedian/actor. Again, we had mutual friends and then became friends when my husband Bry tried to help him recover some lost footage off of a SD card or something. He's this really nice guy who brought over his dog to cheer up my kid when she was recovering from a spider bite. I knew him from "30 Rock" where he played Liz Lemon's agent, but since we became friends, I've watched his many funny videos he's done on YouTube and Funny or Die and just found out he's been in a lot of other stuff I've seen including "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" and the film "Miss March". It's great seeing your friends on TV. You can see me in the background of many "ER" and "Early Edition" episodes! Ha!
Here's one of his Youtube videos. Notice that he thanks me and Bry in the credits!

"Josh Fadem Wants the News"


My Little Pony

Judge all you want, but when you have 3 girls under the age of 7, it's easy to get sucked into their world. They started watching the show on the Hub network and I just got back into it, seeing as how I had a My Little Pony as a kid myself. So recently, I bought myself a 20" Pinkie Pie My Little Pony! Yep! Just for me! They have their OWN!

Zuma Beach/Malibu

I'm starting to get more driven towards my career for one reason and one reason only: MALI-FUCKIN-BU! I just went for the first time recently, after living in Los Angeles for over a year. It's beautiful! I need to make the type of money that affords me the lifestyle to either live in Malibu or at least closer. I love Glendale, it's beautiful, but it's so far from the beautifully opulent Zuma Beach and mama doesn't like to drive. Driving in L.A. is super scary, y'all!

Old Timey Ads
I've been finding these old advertisements on the Huffington Post and Cracked.com that are usually sexist or just flat-out wrong! They make me laugh at what a different time we're living in. They also make me so happy that as a woman today, I can choose what I do, I don't have to stay in a kitchen and my only job is not just "mom" if I don't want it to be. Here's a few of the funniest/wrongest:

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