Make Yourself

The past couple weeks have been pretty crazy.
I finished up another short film, "Brothers in Blood," which I only did some FX work on.. blood, bruising, & tattoos.
It was still pretty cool.
I worked on 3 music videos in one week.
two of them were right in a row. so I was on 40hrs of being awake with only 3 hrs of sleep.
it played out something like this: I went to the International Makeup Artist Trade Show the 21st and 22nd.. which was basically like heaven for makeup artists.
tons of famous pros, tons of product lines, and a bunch of cool classes and such being given by pros.
I went to a panel discussion with the FX team from Star Trek (which was a fantastic film by the way, makeup included).. that was probably the coolest part of the whole weekend.. i am such a nerd.
afterwords they were signing autographs.
of course i stood in line.. and was so nervous and just in awe of them that i could hardly say anything but "hi"
I felt so lame.. there were 5 guys total, and they were split between 2 tables.
I finally decided to be brave when i got to the second table and i gathered the courage to ask a couple of the guys if they ever needed interns..
i told them i would work for free, and they talked to me for a few minutes about what i'm interested in doing and such.
then one of the guys told me to give him my number, so i handed my business cards to both of them.
i walked away shaking, heart still racing, smiling like an idiot..
i was so star-struck by two makeup artists whose work i completely admire..
reaaaally hoping they call me.
haha

after spending all of Sunday 10-5 at the trade show, i drove home and got ready for work.
worked on a video for Dr. Acula from 11pm-730am Monday.. got home, slept for 3 hrs. got up at 10:30am, got ready, and drove to Fresno for my next video.
the crew stayed in a hotel that night and we all drank and hung out till i finally decided that i needed to get sleep around 1am..
woke up at 7am and worked on a music video for Destine outside at the water park all day
left Fresno at 10:30pm.. drove home for 4 hrs.
went to meetings and ran errands for the rest of the week
was up running errands all day on the 27th, and then drove to Temecula at 3am for a 4:30am call time for another music video on the 28th for Broadway out at a winery
another day working on no sleep.
it was 100 degrees and we were outside all day, no shade.
it was ridiculous.
and then proceeded to hardly get any sleep for the rest of the days in between that week..
i think it was like a cumulative 8hrs in 4 days or something ridiculous.

I did makeup for my sister's graduation on Wednesday from Vidal Sassoon.. their final projects were doing one last creative cut which they presented at a hair show at their school, so I did makeup for some of the models.
this weekend I'm in OC staying with my parents to celebrate my mom's bday and 4th of July.
I start the feature film on the 6th and am working on that all week.
I was supposed to have the 11-13th off, but I booked a music video for OTEP on the 11th and 12th..
working on my birthday, kinda lame, but whatever.
also missing out on the Vegas trip I was planning with Lindsay and Bekah, but Vegas will always be there.
so for 7 days in a row i will be working what are most likely 12hr days
I'll have one day off and then be working about 4 days a week for the rest of July, until we finish the feature.
in between all of this i have to manage to pack up all my shit and move out of my house and into Caitlin's apartment..
July is going to be CRAZY.
but I am so so so excited about everything that is going on.

a few nights ago i went to a screening of a film called Paranormal Activity..it was probably the scariest movie I've ever seen.
it's a really well made film
i seriously teared up and cried a little at a few parts because i was so fucking terrified.
kinda regret seeing it because i am the biggest scaredy-cat and am SO afraid of the dark it's ridiculous.
but at the same time, i am so impressed by how well it was done that i can't help but talk about it and want to recommend it.
genius film making, seriously.



i turn 22 next Saturday. it's weirding me out. I'm not sure if I'm ready for it yet. oh well though!

:-D
I've been sporting big smiles and a happy heart for 95% of this year.. i plan on keeping it that way