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i know its 1 in the morning. but i don’t have to wake up too early tomorrow. the beauty of my job, i’m my own boss. but i guess i gotta encourage and discipline myself.

so yes it has been slow lately workwise, but i have a feeling things are picking back up. i went to 4 castings this week. one on tuesday, 3 on wednesday. i had an offer for a fashion show tonite, they wanted me to do runway, but it was not paid so i politely declined. and went to a concert with my future husband instead haha. he is awesome.
so yeah, i didnt get the jobs for two of those castings for sure. one i have no idea about. the 4th one i think they really liked me, it was for spike tv. it could be an ongoing gig on the show, so i better kiss ass on that one haha. and last but not least, i’m expecting a phone call from the producers of “the amazing race”. the casting director says adam and me are perfect for the show so i’m thrilled :)

oh yeah and i wish my hair were longer. its slowly getting there. oh and if you want to find out why i was covered in ice cream, read more below….

so as always, lots of ish goin on besides my “job” job (modeling). i got a few more foster kitties and they are precious. one is ready for adoption, and two are ready for pre-adoption. they are amazing!!! healthy and fluffy and i wanna squeeze them 24/7. oh and heres a pic of me caged up at amanda’s haha.

oh guess what!!! i have been RUNNING! yep, u heard that right. its present perfect continuous tense. that means i didn’t just attempt to make it a routine like back in feb when i stopped after a couple of times. now it actually is an ongoing feat! i really have been going like 3-4 times a week, for the last couple of weeks. it’s some kind of miracle. i know i’m not fat, but my ass was really starting to jiggle. and summer is coming. or is it here? prevention is better than treatment i guess. so yeah, 3 mile jog/run/walk, with one of my bfff’s (best f*%#ing friend forever) amanda! out of my completely unpredictable life and unpredictable last minute ever changing schedule, this is the only thing that is stable: yoggin at 6:15 mon-thurs, for 3 miles.

really. i have the oddest job of all. i wake up every day not knowing what will happen (well you know what i mean, when i’m not booked for a gig). but i know what will: clean cat poop, and yoggin. my two only chores. and then hopefully making out later if i see adam. hopefully that will be part of the schedule too when we get married and live together :)

oh yeah, i went bungee jumping not once but TWICE on fathers day, which was my bday too! i love my daddy. i will post some pics and the video on a blog later, but in a few words, it was like commiting suicide (the jump) and then being like “just kidding!” (when the rope pulls you back). so dope. more of that story to come.

i also had a few shoots, but on the latest one i was covered with ice cream, pretty much. you should be very excited right now, cause i took some pictures, one is posted above. maybe i’ll save the rest for another post. but hells yes it was cool cause i’m usually all glammed up and pretty and all for the shoots, but for that one i got to shove ice cream all over my face!!!!!! it was for a food series of amazing photographer Angela Marklew!!! <– check “the F word”

me and andy samberg, from SNL, trying hard to be funny and making a weird face haha. in sta monica at a 4th of july celebrity bbq.

the coolest thing too, 4th of july. the ok part: i went to a celebrity pool party bbq thing at a fancy expensive hotel in sta monica but it was kinda lame cause i honestly hate that “getting drunk by the pool” scene, (i dont drink really, it kills my brain cells, so only twice a year or so). but that funny guy adam samberg from SNL was there so that was cool. some actors from the OC and desperate housewives were there too but i had no idea on their names and honestly never watched those shows (i never watch tv…).
to me, the best part was when i went camping later. you must see the pictures when i blog about it, then you will be all like, “yeah, f#%^ck celebrity parties, camping is the SHIT!”. i had waaaay much more fun. here’s a preview!!!!

i have been so terrible lately for not posting haha. i promise on stalins grave that i will make an attempt to write more often. maybe i can add that to my non-previously-existing-but-now-existing schedule: clean kitty poop, blog, yog. yep that’s what i’ll do!!!

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so this last week was crazy fun and busy. i have been working lots which is good ($!) but also was draining.
i was a model for the “new” project runway show and i cant say much about it (im not allowed!) except it was fun and long. i worked in it two days, sunday and monday. sunday, it was an 8:30am call ugh… then on monday i had no shoot, just did some errands (day off yay!). tuesday call time was 10am, and a 15 hr day!!! we were there til midnight it was sooo draining. its gonna air on october. im in the intro (so you’ll see me in every episode) and in the finale runway show.

last week i had a nail polish party w my gf amanda and we also made muffins. it was so much fun being 14 again. funniest part was i had completely forgotten about them when i went to the shoot sunday morning and then i was like “oh shit i got polka dot glittery nails!”. it was sad when i had to get them repainted to a neutral color :(

overall the days that i wasn’t shooting a full day, looked kinda like yesterday: woke up at 9 to baby kitties on my face, had breakfast, read a book (with kitties on top), got ready, went to casting, came back home, cleaned kitty poop, talked to agent, cleaned more kitty poop, watered plants, played w kitties, adam came over, cooked dinner, played cards.
nothing really too crazy just did a lot of little things.

today its adams bday so i’m actually meeting him for lunch in north hollywood, then going to a casting for bravo’s “shear genious”, for a runway thingy. im NOT getting my hair cut unless its for at least $3,000 haha. im really trying to grow it now!!!! i miss my long hair.

then we’re going to dinner to these guys’ restaurant in west hollywood with a few good friends.
tomorrow we’re going to see adam’s land in big bear (the mountains!) and camping til saturday.

Tags: Blah Blah (ramble), Model schedules, TV Shows by Danella Lucioni
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so yesterday i was having a little bit of a mood swing. effin estrogen. i went out to breakfast in north hollywood with adam, and the day was so great, he was so sweet. but then a few hours later i was just tired, and uneasy, and had so many things in my mind… taxes due soon (i have like twenty 1099’s and ten w4’s), having spent $400 on new tires, the new foster kitty, and random small little things like i wanted to bake cupcakes but i had forgotten my easter sprinkles at home (seriously, i was actually a bit upset that i didn’t have my sprinkles. what a little drama queen haha).

i had an audition but did not feel like going at all, so i didn’t. i kept making excuses to not go. it was for a music video, i was gonna come out on a bikini, and it only paid $500. it wasn’t my type of work anyway, so i was actually not bummed with myself that i did not go because i don’t want to do a job just for the money.
it’s hard sometimes to have to push yourself to do some things. my manager sent me out on a great casting for a hair salon in beverly hills two days ago, and i had so much energy i was like “hell yeah!”. it’s just all so random. like when you have a regular job and some days you enjoy going to work, and others you dread it…. it’s the same with me and my modeling career but in a different environment and schedule.

i was remembering i wanted to quit modeling not long ago. it was actually in mid march, about a month ago. work was not as frequent as i wanted for some time and one day i just felt very unmotivated. i had sprained my ankle the week of LA fashion week auditions early march. i thought maybe my time modeling was over and i should go back into the “business” side of me and put my college degree back to use.
i punched myself in the face, told myself i wasn’t gonna get into a self-pitty cycle. i just held on for a couple of days, pushed myself through, called my agencies and manager and soon enough a few days later i started getting more work. that week alone i had a fitting for a shoot for j. corsentino’s Time of The Faeries on thursday, my agency direct booked me for a shoot for the opening sequence of a new tv show on bravo on friday, i booked and shot a co-lead role in music video for band Go West Young Man and shot it saturday and sunday, and then did an interview for bridal tv show on WE on tuesday.

crazy model life. when it rains, it pours… all when you least expect it.

don’t ever, ever give up. don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t do something. the only person who can tell you you can’t do it is yourself.
always take ur chances. you don’t lose anything by trying.
chances of you being found are low. what r u waiting for? go get whatever it is you have always wanted, NOW. turn criticism into something positive. don’t stop at the no’s – take them as lessons. and keep trying. and always stay positive.

i don’t believe in “things happen for a reason”. to me, they simply happen.
shit happens, period. just make the best of it.

put on your best face during the low times because when you least expect it…. the high tides have come.
now go get on your ass and do whatever it is you have always wanted to do!!!

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ok so periodically, well, every week, i measure and weigh myself. i haven’t gained or lost weight in years – but i don’t control it, i just happen to have a high metabolism and i stay at 120 lbs (give or take) in spite of eating like i eat (a lot).

so, i recently was featured in the homepage of askmen.com with a photo gallery, and collegehumor.com wrote a short article on me about those pictures:

i admit it was flattering and made me blush a little, and it was funny too (the “missing i” part was so cool). i had no idea that the website wrote that, in fact, if it wasn’t for some of my friends telling me they saw me in the collegehumor.com homepage, i wouldn’t have known.
later i was able to read the comments by the users. the comments however, kinda shocked me. i did see some funny ones like “hot damn”, “me likey pie”, etc. but what actually made me feel a little uneasy was this:

“hmmm…maybe a bit too skinny”

“Yeah some (like #2) she looks like a concentration camp survivor. Others (4&5) she looks like a healthy, big-boobed hotty.”

(pics #2, 4, and 5 that the poster commented about)

i am used of casting directors, agents, photographers, managers, bookers, and even clients telling me my “faults”, because it is very eye-opening and i always appreciate constructive criticism. and i take it very well. after all, without realizing your “not perfect” aspects and improving them, no one can get ahead of their career, any career.

but to see what people not in the entertainment industry think of me in an unbiased way is very different than what i’m used to. those guys (or girls?) probably did not think i was going to read their comments, which is cool. i actually appreciate those comments because it makes me realize some things that i did not see – that some people think i am too skinny?

but i really feel otherwise.

i mean, “concentration camp survivor”? wtf i swear. i’m not that skinny. i just ate beans and rice (so good). every day i eat probably about 20% more than the average “healthy” person, and i stay the same. i mean everyone always tells me to not eat that many pastries and ice cream cause i will get sick. and you’re thinking, “well what you eat is not the problem, the problem is that you look too skinny”. but what the fuck do i do? hit the gym and grow some muscles? when i was in the track team in college i run a lot, worked out a lot, 6 days a week, and still, 120 fucking pounds. i was very very toned, and my legs still are very muscular i think from that, but here’s a news-flash: there’s no more room, and unless i eat 5,000 calories a day, which i won’t cause i dont wanna get type 2 diabetes, i will still weigh 120.

screw you, metabolism. actually, never mind… thank you, for not assimilating food as easily. and for those of you who tell me i’m skinny, well i’m sorry but just deal with what i can’t and won’t change about me. trust me, i do eat. i love to eat. but just like there are short and not-short people, there are skinny and not-skinny people. metabolisms. i need sugar to function. it’s genetics, and we gotta deal with it by accepting and embracing who we are instead of thinking of our faults. don’t change the way you look for someone else. don’t try to please everybody or else you’ll go crazy.

if we focus on the positive aspects within ourselves, it’s all that really matters. beauty consists of a small part of what you look like, and a big part of how you feel like. beauty reflects in your personality, through your eyes, and believe it or not, the confidence that seeps through your body language. the happier and more comfortable you become with your body, the better you feel. learn to listen to it. beauty is in the attitude and how YOU want others to see you.

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i don’t feel 24 at all. can’t believe i am only one day away from officially becoming 24, and closer to a quarter of a century.
with age comes wisdom, so with grace i embrace my years…. but i do not feel my age for some reason. i feel both younger and older…. odd, i know.

so, why am i up at 2:30 am, when i have a photo shoot the next day at 8:30am? well i just thought i would write some last words before i engage on the busy weekend.

since this week (and last) had been slow, i was starting to worry. but then, SURPRISE! on wednesday evening, ladies and gentlemen, i booked 3 jobs for the next two days. :)
about time dammit! i hadn’t worked for over a week! – except i was at home doing major cleaning, and doing some graphic and web design.

job #1: on friday june 20, call time 8:30am, a photo shoot which [Read more →]

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so have been shaken up a bit lately, a change in scenery. i have been busier, but somehow this week i got a hold of myself and stopped fucking around.

things are doing very well model wise – though if i could book another national commercial again it would be better hehe. it actually was slow in may, but now it’s starting to pick up (thank the lord). now it’s “fitting” season so i have been doing them a lot, though i need to get in shape for the summer fashion shows. maybe i should start exercising for once. i have a very fast metabolism so i can get away with eating anything my heart desires without gaining a pound, but it’s not healthy to not exercise. i need to get toned. i have cellulite in one leg haha. i hope my leg modeling agent does not read this haha.

it is also pilot season, [Read more →]

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i am a foster mom for 5 kitties! they have kept me very busy and they are lovely. i am looking for homes for them. full story to come up. i am just glad to save them, they were two hours away from being killed at the shelter.

another story… i went to a wedding this week, of two friends, and so we had many friends from the east coast come over, and we celebrated for 5 days. i am exhausted. the wedding was beautiful and i am so happy for them. but yes, i did enough partying for the rest of ‘08 haha.

i hate tanning, but i went to the beach twice and to the pool last week, and so, i am quite two toned right now (my ass is still white). quite wonderful.

last week i don’t think i worked at all. only went to 2 auditions (mc donald’s, jonas bros. video). i just felt on vacation mode all week. i had like 4 other castings but i said f it! i was too busy with other stuff at Zoe. i also was cast today for a foo fighters video but i did not feel like working on a sunday, so i told them no (it was not a lead role, otherwise I would have done it).

this week, [Read more →]

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wow, march and april were INTENSE!

i have not even had time to write, but it all meant i had some amazing jobs. partly i did not write because my internet at home has been very very unreliable (so slow, i cannot even upload pictures anymore), and the other, main reason, because i was just completely overbooked. which was nice.

some of the work i did in april include:

a lamborghini commercial
a photo shoot with paris hilton
a national commercial for mercedes-benz for italy
a fashion show live on KTLA

and i was a principal in all these things, and i got taft harley’d too :) so now i’m a SAG member woohoo!

xoxoxo

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so today i had 4 castings scheduled. unfortunately, i could only attend 3.
i was very busy in the morning, so i left my house at 1pm, and came back at 6. it is very sad to say that because i live in los angeles, i spent almost 5 of those hours driving. (well, i did stop by the pet store on the way back…)

i went to my first casting, it was for an energy drink advertisement. i don’t remember if i was not allowed to talk about it publicly, so i won’t say the name. anyway. so, when i was being semi-interviewed by the casting director, he asked me if i had had that energy drink. of course, i opted by answering what first came to mind, and instead of being smart and saying, “yes i have! i really like it” i said, “no… i don’t like energy drinks. i am naturally hyper”.
not the best answer but oh well. he handed me one, and i drank it. it was like sprite. actually good, and bubbly.
he took pictures of me with the drink. nice and quick.

on my way back to the car (on hollywood blvd), i slipped and ate shit and a guy right in front of the scientology center or whatever that cult is, who was giving out leaflets, laughed at me. pretty hard. well it was raining A LOT, and i was wearing my cute little boots. i forgive you, bastard, cause i laugh as hard when other people fall.
i did not spill my energy drink cause i had already chugged it in the elevator. ha!

ok second casting. this one was on sunset blvd, [Read more →]

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so i just came back from vegas last night! the show was great! but i was tired every single night, so i went to bed at 9 pm from sunday to wednesday haha. i also finished reading my book (middlesex) while i was there.

so my website’s portfolio sucks, and i’ve been working on it. ugh, flash. the new grey version is up, instead of the red one. check it out!
i need to make an html portfolio as well, for those who just want to look at my pictures quickly without the fancy stuff.

i also uploaded adam’s song “that’s the beat” in my new flash portfolio. by the way, he’s finally going to make a record in a few weeks, so that’s good news! i’m very excited for him. he checked out the studio this week. i will be a contributing musician, playing the triangle as well as clapping haha.

AND… i’m eating peanuts. they are delicious except that my 5th wisdom tooth (yep) is growing so it hurts. ok, now back to messing with the flash template…. still wondering if i should put pictures in the background…. hmmm….

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Today is the birth of my blog! And of course, the rebirth of my career as a model.
I tried to get this blog started back in November of ‘07. But many very interesting life events occurred and well, it was postponed until today.

Let’s recap what happened:

On November 13, I wrote my very first blog entry, and was planning on launching my [Alive] site that week.
On Nov 15, my car was broken into, vandalized, and a lot of my stuff was stolen including my $600 camera, my ipod, phone, wallet (credit cards were used), purse, an apple (the fruit), my flip flops… and worst of all, my ibook (apple laptop), which had years of photos, essays, videos, projects, designs, 35G of music, website templates, as well as expensive editing and designing programs. Computer forever gone, as well as years of memories in binary code…. gone…. my computer was not backed up.

Two weeks later, I quit modeling. [Read more →]

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