Yes.

I actually did it.

Now buy me earrings.

So the trailer is up for one of the movies I shot last year.
http://www.pastperfectmovie.com
I'm not actually in this trailer. I'm only visible in the movie for a total of about 4 minutes. My friend Marycarmen is visible, and maybe Debbie too. It's a cool website and the producers are trying to get the movie into some festivals. I hope it does well. Yay for filming in D.C.!

Always determined to one-up me, Maddy's movie-trailer came out the same week. You can find hers here: http://www.mtv.com/movies/movie/275920/moviemain.jhtml
and she actually is in this trailer. She's the blonde one who looks like she's 14, having the pretend phone conversation and then almost gets drowned in a deluge of candy.

I won't be offended if you say you'd rather see her movie than mine. I agree.
p.s. the Superman trailer is also on MTV.com... not that any of you might be into Superman.

Random thoughts

When I've forbidden myself to blog, of course I think of all kinds of
stuff to write! Here's a small sample of things that have crossed my
mind over the past week:

Can I recycle staples?

If reincarnation exists I'd like to be an asian woman next time, but
without the stereotypical asian parents. Maybe one of those adopted
chinease babies...that way I can have the good looks AND slack off in
school.

You! You could be king! And I! I would be queen! And nothing tear us
apart we could be heroes, just for one day.

Beverly Hills! That's where I wanna be!

In-n-Out Burger ...mmmm.

The only thing worse than religious intolerance, is lactose
intolerance.

If you pay attention to all the words I'm not saying, then I sound
really deep.

I've decided to resign my position as your personal doormat. Its been
fun, but not really.

I forgot to write about getting my ears pierced before christmas! Jeez
I have pics and everything!

Blackhawks DOWN!

Why would anybody wear a Jeagermeister hat?

Why do some people find it necessary to try to talk people out of eating
ramen? Do you think we'd be addicted to it if there were any other ten
cent alternatives? We know about the MSG we know about the sodium, we
know its made of plastic. Unless you want to buy me lunch... SHUT THE
F&@% UP!

I found the perfect place to watch the big game! There's a nail place
on Belmont where the pedicure chairs face a huge flat panel widescreen
HD tv.

"I'm sorry but I'm just thinkin of the right words to say, I know they
don't sound the way I plan them to be, but if you wait around a while
I'll make you fall for me, I promise you, I promise you I will."

I've always been hyper attuned to the sounds of danger. An overactive
fight or flight instinct. Just now the El Train stopped short and I
heard a growing rumbling, so I almost had a heart attack. Turns out we
were just pausing to let the Red line pass on a parallel track...
Completely harmless. But yikes. I gotta lay off the caffine.

I'm an actress. I have control over my body. I can act healthy. Go
on. Be healthy.

Talking about stuff is good.

So why would the worst show I've ever been in in my whole life actually
have the most success? Its not logical, but, what the heck? If it
involves free transportation and lodging in a foreign country, I'll take
it!

WPGC Roll Call!!!

Ok peeps. Now we come to the part of the show where the music stops,
the house lights come up halfway, and we ask for a little audience
participation. I want to know who you are, my beloved stalkers, my
voyeuristic voles.

And I will do my best to hold off on putting up another post for at
least a week to give everyone a chance to play. Go on, tawk amongst
yaselves.

Reason #17 why IT guys kick ass.

I was making coffee in the break room for the first time and IT guy Rob,
one of the heavy users of said coffee walked in. I said, "I hope this
comes out alright, I'm just guessing." To which Rob replied in a matter
of fact way, "You'll do fine, you use The Force."

a list of things that make me happy in Chicago

(Or maybe just amuse/distract me)

In no particular order:
- Staring at the Chicago River as I pass over on the Brown Line every
day.
- Making my comedian classmates laugh (yes it happens on occasion).
- My new scarf with the fuzzy balls on the end
- Linda at Curves singing and dancing as she cleans up at the end of the
night.
- Randomly running into Earl at improv shows all over town.
- getting teased by the girls at work (I think it means I'm accepted
into the pack).
- emails/random encounters with church friends telling me I'm missed.
- chicken noodle soup time with Ann the waitress at the Salt&Pepper
Diner.
- staring at myself in the window of the L at night.
- calls from Virginia
- being independent.
- large expanses of water
- eating spicy food with Mark
- the occaisional scruffy kiss on the cheek from Zach
- ice cream
- blowing bubbles at Lois the dog.
- geeking out about improv.
- seeing people I just hugged last night appear randomly on my TV in
commercials.
- teachers who take time
- discovering random things I have in common with my roomate.
- Bartenders who know my name and don't mind when I sit at the bar and
read instead of buying drinks.
- Boys who make sure I get home alright when they know I've been buying
drinks instead of reading. Thanks, Josh!
- artificial sunlight.
- cheap airline tickets to WARM places where there are warm people
wanting me to visit!
- random text messages about bowel movements from da sybs.