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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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hahaha well, that was one of my answers for a “job” interview today, my response to the question, “tell us something about you that we wouldn’t know”. thing is… i have a different job than most people, so i got away with it haha. my girlfriend adi made me realize that today, when i told my friends about it.
it was an audition/on-camera interview for a new tv show through a major, major tv network. i signed a confidentiality agreement, so once again i can’t talk/blog about it til it airs…. bleh!

it was such crazy day. i was spacing out and drove all the way to burbank on the freeway, missed my exit by a few cities haha. i exited and did a special u turn maneuver, then got pulled over by a cop for “not stopping by a pedestrian”… that i didn’t even see!!! i called bullshit on that. so i got a lovely ticket (pictured above…), AND was 1hr late for my interview.

my agent called me and i was gonna be ready to get yelled at by her for being late but she was in a good mood today. until of course the cd (casting director) gave me this 18 page contract for the tv show, and my agent asked me to fax it to her, but the cd said no and then my agent went 20% bananas. i love it that my agent cares for me so much and watches over my ass. she texted me “DO NOT SIGN ANYTHING PERIOD WITHOUT YOUR AGENT REVIEWING IT!” so they worked something out i guess. yay!

tomorrow i have a casting for a hulu commercial, wonder what they’ll make me do.

its crazy how now i’m getting involved with more contract stuff and its kinda scary. for some reason whenever i sign these contracts they say i cannot run for office for at least a year haha, and random stuff like that. i’m always scared i’m gonna get sued for something.

oh well when my shows air then ill be happy to show you all the pictures and give you the skinny on the behind the scenes drama haha.
for now…. we’ll just wait… aargh :)

PS: adopt a kitten!!!!!

Tags: Castings, Model schedules, TV Shows by Danella Lucioni
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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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so today i got a call from my agency. “are you free right now because we need you to go down to santa monica for a photo shoot, for a magazine editorial!” my response: “um…. maybe… how much does it pay?” (but in my mind, “shit!!! why today of all days!!!”)

i came to downtown los angeles today, and decided to carpool. my first time carpooling this year. and last. i swear.i am all about saving gas and the environment, don’t get me wrong, but my modeling career and how last minute it is, really leaves me no choice. i need to be available if i want to book more jobs. i had no time to go home, get my car, and drive down to santa monica; so i told my agent “no…. i can’t do the photo shoot!!!” :(

everything came down on me today. i was going crazy because today i happened to book a lot of stuff, most of which does not have exact dates.
my agent informed me of an audition tomorrow, for a motion picture i can’t disclose apparently (starring bruce willis). [Read more →]

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