What a way to start out the month of March, with not one, but two flat tires on my car!!
I hope and pray this is not a sign of the month to come....please, please, please let things start picking up and becoming more positive.
I do feel very fortunate however that these flat tires came on the heels of a weekend and not on the 805 to LA while going 70 miles an hour. I know it could have been so much worse.
It's easy to forget how well taken care of we are when faced with daily adversities. So right here and now I thank you God for keeping me and my baby boy safe from the harm that easily could have befallen us.
My gut tells me March is going to be a slammin month for Ben, he's right on the cusp of making his mark on the entertainment world. He's got the best agent and she is fully behind him sending him on audition after audition. I know it is only a matter of time before he books something cool!
He of course still really wants the movie part but i am doing my best to keep him grounded in the reality that not all auditions are going to lead to parts or bookings. He does seem to be understanding this more and more as he goes on audition after audition.
I have to admit the little guy is a trooper, going up to LA two sometimes three times in a week and handling it like a pro.
Which is a little suprising considering we are in the age of mini-meltdowns and the need to express his individual personality.
Speaking of individual personalities though, mine has just been stiffled beyond belief lately. My writing has taken such a back burner to my son's goals.
I miss writing. I miss creating that world of make-believe creations and situations.
I have been sadly disappointing in the area of my fan-fiction in that I've had no new updates in over a month now.
I hope whatever this funk is that I am able to shake it and soon. Wish me well.
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Monday, March 03, 2008
Monday, February 04, 2008
Life In A Nutshell
Alot has gone on since the last time I blogged.
Heath Ledger has left us in a blink of an eye.
Britney Spears is once again hospitialized in a successful intervention by her parents.
Nicole and Christina both had their babies adding to the ever growing roster of celebrity babies.
and in a surprising twist the Giants won the superbowl!
The saddest of these events is of course the passing of Heath Ledger. Heath was a gentle and humble man who successfully lived his life outside the trappings of Hollywood until his recent split with Michelle Williams.
Losing Michelle seemed to open up the can of worms that would lead to the eventual loss of a bright and shining star.
There are many sad elements to this tale of tradgedy but some stick out more than others - top shelf being a beautiful two year old named Matilda Rose who will never get the opportunity to know her father and Michelle Williams who will never get the opportunity to marry the love of her life.
I know that Michelle and Heath had broken up - but many couples do and find their way eventually back to each other given time to work through the issues -they never got that time.
The news reports their break-up as happening last year, which makes it sound so long ago, but the reality is it was only in September, a mere four months prior.
Think back to your last break- up and the four month mark of it and you will probably remember as I do that it was still very fresh and very painful to see that person who was no where near expunged from your heart, never mind your life.
And on top of that they had the common bond of a daughter.
The next level of tradgedy in this would be that a man who loved his family and his daughter with an unbridled passion had to die alone and lonely. It is a sad ending to a very lovely man.
His roster of work is ecletic and brillant and painful to watch right now but given time that and his daughter are where his legacy lie and where the world will truly remember him.
I was touched deeply by his death as were many and I hope he is at peace - I know he is watching over his daughter and family keeping them as close in his heart in death as he did in life.
Britany, gosh what can you say about her that hasn't already been said.
I feel for her and believe she is truly ill and not really in control of her actions.
I don't feel you can be this much of a trainwreck in a calculated move for publicity.
I think it's ashame and to be honest a little weird, the people that she trusts in her inner circle while she systematically shuts out her family.
It's hard to say where things with Britany went so wrong - in a perfect world she would have never cheated on Justin and they would be happily married with babies by now, but alas this is not a perfect world.
She chose the darker path and as a result has paid the consequences in spades.
I don't want to say that Britany is selfish, I think she's really just never been taught not to be.
I think her life of "yes people" was a serious detriment to her and that she's had no grounding in the reality of a world where you can't have everything you want.
Where money doesn't buy happiness.
Because I think that's all Britany really wants is to be happy again like she was with Justin.
To have a life where the people surrounding her are truly her friends and not "soul suckers" who are out to better their standing in life by sponging off a mentally sick pop star.
Britany has far too many opportunists in her life to ever live a normal one.
Thankfully her parents have finally stepped in and said enough is enough.
In better news Christina Aguilera had her baby boy Max Liron Bratman and Nicole Richie and Joel Madden gave birth to a baby girl Harlow Winter Kate Madden.
Congratulations to them both!
Their seems to be a huge baby wave sweeping the Hollywood nation now as births are happening and pending.
We still have the impending offspring of Jennifer Lopez, Haley Berry and Jessica Alba to await and the more recently announced Gwen Stefani.
Not to mention the rumored speculation of Angelina Jolie being preggers with twins!
If this turns out to be true and not just anothe rumor that would bring the Pitt-Jolie brood up to six, which is a healthy number by any standards, but on top of that it is also rumored that Brad and Angie are planning yet another adoption before the end of the year.
Seven kids....seriously?
Well more power to them because I have only one and it sometimes feels like a very monumental task to keep him happy and thriving.
Okay I am not a big football never have been and probably never will be, but yesterdays Superbowl upset was exciting!
To see the underdog come out victorious is the thing that dreams are made of, but I have to admit is was sad to see Tom Brady so close to a pretty huge accomplishment of winning four superbowls, something that would have rank him among some of the greats, only to lose it so close to the end of the game.
That's the kind of thing that sticks with you in the regrets and disappointment departments.
On the flip side Eli Manning must be walking on cloud nine - maybe even above it!
In all fairness both sides played a great game and deserve that recognition, whoever was going to come out on the losing end of that game had nothing to be ashamed of.
I suspect a great deal of money probably changed hands in betting pools too and that the people who picked the Giants to win and got heckled for it ended up getting the last laugh as well as the huge wad of cash for winning with an underdog team.
This week should be challanging with hubby home. He's starting to drop heavy hints about the job thing now and I'm starting to feel backed into a corner to get a job outside the house.
I just know it's a big mistake though -
I know somehow, somewhere I will be able to make my writing goal work for me if I just had more time.
I am a writer - I love to write.
Heath Ledger has left us in a blink of an eye.
Britney Spears is once again hospitialized in a successful intervention by her parents.
Nicole and Christina both had their babies adding to the ever growing roster of celebrity babies.
and in a surprising twist the Giants won the superbowl!
The saddest of these events is of course the passing of Heath Ledger. Heath was a gentle and humble man who successfully lived his life outside the trappings of Hollywood until his recent split with Michelle Williams.
Losing Michelle seemed to open up the can of worms that would lead to the eventual loss of a bright and shining star.
There are many sad elements to this tale of tradgedy but some stick out more than others - top shelf being a beautiful two year old named Matilda Rose who will never get the opportunity to know her father and Michelle Williams who will never get the opportunity to marry the love of her life.
I know that Michelle and Heath had broken up - but many couples do and find their way eventually back to each other given time to work through the issues -they never got that time.
The news reports their break-up as happening last year, which makes it sound so long ago, but the reality is it was only in September, a mere four months prior.
Think back to your last break- up and the four month mark of it and you will probably remember as I do that it was still very fresh and very painful to see that person who was no where near expunged from your heart, never mind your life.
And on top of that they had the common bond of a daughter.
The next level of tradgedy in this would be that a man who loved his family and his daughter with an unbridled passion had to die alone and lonely. It is a sad ending to a very lovely man.
His roster of work is ecletic and brillant and painful to watch right now but given time that and his daughter are where his legacy lie and where the world will truly remember him.
I was touched deeply by his death as were many and I hope he is at peace - I know he is watching over his daughter and family keeping them as close in his heart in death as he did in life.
Britany, gosh what can you say about her that hasn't already been said.
I feel for her and believe she is truly ill and not really in control of her actions.
I don't feel you can be this much of a trainwreck in a calculated move for publicity.
I think it's ashame and to be honest a little weird, the people that she trusts in her inner circle while she systematically shuts out her family.
It's hard to say where things with Britany went so wrong - in a perfect world she would have never cheated on Justin and they would be happily married with babies by now, but alas this is not a perfect world.
She chose the darker path and as a result has paid the consequences in spades.
I don't want to say that Britany is selfish, I think she's really just never been taught not to be.
I think her life of "yes people" was a serious detriment to her and that she's had no grounding in the reality of a world where you can't have everything you want.
Where money doesn't buy happiness.
Because I think that's all Britany really wants is to be happy again like she was with Justin.
To have a life where the people surrounding her are truly her friends and not "soul suckers" who are out to better their standing in life by sponging off a mentally sick pop star.
Britany has far too many opportunists in her life to ever live a normal one.
Thankfully her parents have finally stepped in and said enough is enough.
In better news Christina Aguilera had her baby boy Max Liron Bratman and Nicole Richie and Joel Madden gave birth to a baby girl Harlow Winter Kate Madden.
Congratulations to them both!
Their seems to be a huge baby wave sweeping the Hollywood nation now as births are happening and pending.
We still have the impending offspring of Jennifer Lopez, Haley Berry and Jessica Alba to await and the more recently announced Gwen Stefani.
Not to mention the rumored speculation of Angelina Jolie being preggers with twins!
If this turns out to be true and not just anothe rumor that would bring the Pitt-Jolie brood up to six, which is a healthy number by any standards, but on top of that it is also rumored that Brad and Angie are planning yet another adoption before the end of the year.
Seven kids....seriously?
Well more power to them because I have only one and it sometimes feels like a very monumental task to keep him happy and thriving.
Okay I am not a big football never have been and probably never will be, but yesterdays Superbowl upset was exciting!
To see the underdog come out victorious is the thing that dreams are made of, but I have to admit is was sad to see Tom Brady so close to a pretty huge accomplishment of winning four superbowls, something that would have rank him among some of the greats, only to lose it so close to the end of the game.
That's the kind of thing that sticks with you in the regrets and disappointment departments.
On the flip side Eli Manning must be walking on cloud nine - maybe even above it!
In all fairness both sides played a great game and deserve that recognition, whoever was going to come out on the losing end of that game had nothing to be ashamed of.
I suspect a great deal of money probably changed hands in betting pools too and that the people who picked the Giants to win and got heckled for it ended up getting the last laugh as well as the huge wad of cash for winning with an underdog team.
This week should be challanging with hubby home. He's starting to drop heavy hints about the job thing now and I'm starting to feel backed into a corner to get a job outside the house.
I just know it's a big mistake though -
I know somehow, somewhere I will be able to make my writing goal work for me if I just had more time.
I am a writer - I love to write.
Saturday, January 12, 2008
Busy...busier...busiest
Well I've come to the quick realization that a daily blog is not always going to be do-able.
Mainly because the days since my last blog have had "whirlwind" written all over them.
So, just a slight amendment to my resolution (not breaking it, just tweaking it), is that I will write as often as I can barring lifes little or big surprises as is the case this time.
Life's most recent surprise was nothing short of great though.
On the last day of my son's 2-week winter break I decided to finally get his headshot and resume out to a few LA agents to see if we could interest someone in representing him in the crazy world of modeling / acting.
I had been formed on many occassions that this was the first and probably the easiest step, the next, the waiting would be the hardest.
Absolutely none of the agencies I submitted to had the time or inclination to send back anything in a SASE, so I really had to reconcile with the fact that after a few weeks or a month of hearing nothing it was probably going to have to be considered a "thanks but no thanks" response, so imagine my surprise when three short days later (Monday) I got a call that an agency wanted him to come in for an on camera audition that Thursday for possible Talent representation.
The whirlwind was on...they wanted him to have a monologue memorized, so the first step was finding one, which luckily we did the next day at a Barnes and Noble.
It constantly amazes me to watch me son do what he does when it comes to the acting, he's seven but he picked out by himself and memorized the one he liked doing the best...simply amazing.
By Thursday he had it down to a tee and to top it off he was cool as a cucumber. I don't really remember being seven but I 'm pretty sure I wasn't as "unafraid" of public speaking as he is.
Needless to say Thursday was here before you know it and we got to LA a couple hours before our scheduled time and just chilled as he read the book the "Spiderwick Chronicles" to me.
Having only the experience of his free-lance agency to go off of, I was pleasently surprised by the office of the agency we were at now. It was very professional looking and had a receptionist and everything.
It also appeared to be running smoothly, something I never saw happening at my son's freelance agency.
My son was given a commercial side, which he also memorized on the spot - I do not know how he does that :) and before we knew it he was back with the agent and doing his thing.
When they came out she told me he was "awesome" and that she would be in contact with me on Monday. I can only assume at this point that means she is going to want to rep him.
If that is the case it would mean no more background work, just primary roles. The other good thing is that she might also be interested in repping him for print work, which she hadn't previously mentioned on the phone.
Anyway fingers crossed for Monday.
This writers strike needs to stop now, all my shows are fast coming to their last episodes :(
I feel for the writers, I do and I think their complaints are beyond legitimate. It's just so sad to think no more shows for a while.
The last episode of "Grey's Anatomy was good and heartwrenching like always - poor Bailey, maybe she should just marry the chief at least he understands her life. I love Bailey's husband though he's a good man. Meredith...what can I say she is just never going to figure out Derek and he is never going to figure out her. I feel pretty disappointed about the whole Izzy and George thing - I mean they had such a wonderful relationship and now they have zilch. I don't really care about the whole Dr. Hahn and Dr. McSteamy thing, I guess I'm just not buying it.
Meredith's sister is growing on me - I love that she ate the eggs regardless of her allergy, but I do not want her taking Izzy's place with George. Izzy and George need to figure it out and get that elusive factor and chemistry they had back! And poor Christina with out Dr. Burke she really has no story line to speak of.
My other highly anticipated show return was "One Tree Hill" and it was really very enjoyable.
I feel for Nathan and Haley more than I ever have and the new addition of their son Jaime is a welcome one, he's a cute and very smart kid and I love all his relationships with the various characters.
I can understand Peyton trying to start a label from Tree Hill a little bit, but Brooke running her agency from Tree Hill seems to suspend the realm of belief for me. Successful or not the epi center of Fashion is New York and Los Angeles....big cities, not tiny Tree Hill.
I actually like Luke and Lindsey together and feel sorry for her already because she is obviously just being viewed as a stumbling block in Luke's path back to Peyton ( a relationship I never understood, thought he was perfect for Brooke).
Mouth needs to seriously get some cool back he looks way, way geeky - he was way more cool in high school.
I like Luke and Skillz as coaches taking over Whitey's legacy. Haley as a teacher makes perfect sense. I was glad when she took the power back, the wimpy Haley was in no way reminiscent to me of the strong Haley we left four years back.
I think that "One Tree Hill" writers have done an exceptional job of breathing fresh air into a show that needed it to keep the fans watching.
Monday starts my writing class again...Yes!!!
Now it's time to start my weekend. Hubby is home both days this time so it should be a lot of fun hanging out with him and our dear son.
Later,
Juana
Mainly because the days since my last blog have had "whirlwind" written all over them.
So, just a slight amendment to my resolution (not breaking it, just tweaking it), is that I will write as often as I can barring lifes little or big surprises as is the case this time.
Life's most recent surprise was nothing short of great though.
On the last day of my son's 2-week winter break I decided to finally get his headshot and resume out to a few LA agents to see if we could interest someone in representing him in the crazy world of modeling / acting.
I had been formed on many occassions that this was the first and probably the easiest step, the next, the waiting would be the hardest.
Absolutely none of the agencies I submitted to had the time or inclination to send back anything in a SASE, so I really had to reconcile with the fact that after a few weeks or a month of hearing nothing it was probably going to have to be considered a "thanks but no thanks" response, so imagine my surprise when three short days later (Monday) I got a call that an agency wanted him to come in for an on camera audition that Thursday for possible Talent representation.
The whirlwind was on...they wanted him to have a monologue memorized, so the first step was finding one, which luckily we did the next day at a Barnes and Noble.
It constantly amazes me to watch me son do what he does when it comes to the acting, he's seven but he picked out by himself and memorized the one he liked doing the best...simply amazing.
By Thursday he had it down to a tee and to top it off he was cool as a cucumber. I don't really remember being seven but I 'm pretty sure I wasn't as "unafraid" of public speaking as he is.
Needless to say Thursday was here before you know it and we got to LA a couple hours before our scheduled time and just chilled as he read the book the "Spiderwick Chronicles" to me.
Having only the experience of his free-lance agency to go off of, I was pleasently surprised by the office of the agency we were at now. It was very professional looking and had a receptionist and everything.
It also appeared to be running smoothly, something I never saw happening at my son's freelance agency.
My son was given a commercial side, which he also memorized on the spot - I do not know how he does that :) and before we knew it he was back with the agent and doing his thing.
When they came out she told me he was "awesome" and that she would be in contact with me on Monday. I can only assume at this point that means she is going to want to rep him.
If that is the case it would mean no more background work, just primary roles. The other good thing is that she might also be interested in repping him for print work, which she hadn't previously mentioned on the phone.
Anyway fingers crossed for Monday.
This writers strike needs to stop now, all my shows are fast coming to their last episodes :(
I feel for the writers, I do and I think their complaints are beyond legitimate. It's just so sad to think no more shows for a while.
The last episode of "Grey's Anatomy was good and heartwrenching like always - poor Bailey, maybe she should just marry the chief at least he understands her life. I love Bailey's husband though he's a good man. Meredith...what can I say she is just never going to figure out Derek and he is never going to figure out her. I feel pretty disappointed about the whole Izzy and George thing - I mean they had such a wonderful relationship and now they have zilch. I don't really care about the whole Dr. Hahn and Dr. McSteamy thing, I guess I'm just not buying it.
Meredith's sister is growing on me - I love that she ate the eggs regardless of her allergy, but I do not want her taking Izzy's place with George. Izzy and George need to figure it out and get that elusive factor and chemistry they had back! And poor Christina with out Dr. Burke she really has no story line to speak of.
My other highly anticipated show return was "One Tree Hill" and it was really very enjoyable.
I feel for Nathan and Haley more than I ever have and the new addition of their son Jaime is a welcome one, he's a cute and very smart kid and I love all his relationships with the various characters.
I can understand Peyton trying to start a label from Tree Hill a little bit, but Brooke running her agency from Tree Hill seems to suspend the realm of belief for me. Successful or not the epi center of Fashion is New York and Los Angeles....big cities, not tiny Tree Hill.
I actually like Luke and Lindsey together and feel sorry for her already because she is obviously just being viewed as a stumbling block in Luke's path back to Peyton ( a relationship I never understood, thought he was perfect for Brooke).
Mouth needs to seriously get some cool back he looks way, way geeky - he was way more cool in high school.
I like Luke and Skillz as coaches taking over Whitey's legacy. Haley as a teacher makes perfect sense. I was glad when she took the power back, the wimpy Haley was in no way reminiscent to me of the strong Haley we left four years back.
I think that "One Tree Hill" writers have done an exceptional job of breathing fresh air into a show that needed it to keep the fans watching.
Monday starts my writing class again...Yes!!!
Now it's time to start my weekend. Hubby is home both days this time so it should be a lot of fun hanging out with him and our dear son.
Later,
Juana
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