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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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i was doing taxes (i love procrastinating) when i received a call from the shelter in west valley at noon. today there was a crazy amount of kittens that were brought in, a litter of
5, a litter of 3, a calico, and another litter of 3. i was hustling trying to find more foster homes, since my non-profit could not get all 12.

i was on the phone and email all over the place, because the kittens get euthanized at 4pm if they do not find foster homes – they are too young to be at shelters. successfully we found places for them (ani from animal services did most of the magic too!), our little grassroots connections
worked out thank god.
BUT there were three kittens left. these were from downtown los angeles. it was 2:30pm and i did not want to risk it, so i went and got them!

they were dirty but sooo adorable. they were a little scared, they slept on each other. the ride home was very mellow, it was a sunny and warm day. the pictures here are from the ride.
we stopped by the pet store and i got them turquoise collars and a couple new toys. then they got “home”, and i bathed them one by one, and looked for fleas. they only had one or two fleas (miracle!), and NO ear mites (that is the best thing that could ever happen!!!).
then they slept, ate, played, pooped, and slept some more.

it was crazy to think…. while i was bathing them around 4pm, that if i hadn’t been there for them today, they would be dead instead.

if you would like to help, please let me know. april is kitty season and we need foster moms/dads. sometimes you just need to have them for a couple of weeks until they are old enough for adoption. they get euthanized at shelters if they are not old enough :(

these 3 kitties that i’m fostering will be available in late May, so if you know anyone looking for baby kitties, let me know! email me at info@athenakittens.com

please please please spay and neuter your animals. it is very unfair for them to go through this suffering. there are free spaying/neutering clinics in the country, you have no excuse to help stop animal overpopulation.

visit my non-profit, Athena Kittens, to look at some of the kitties we have saved.

end of the story: looks like i did not finish my taxes on time. but i saved 12 lives. death and taxes…. hmm… more like death OR taxes this time around ;)

Tags: Animals! 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!!!

Tags: Blah Blah (ramble), Model schedules, Uncategorized by Danella Lucioni
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ugh i’ve spent a whole week feeling like shit. i have been with the flu for days now and it’s disabling me to function properly. i slept in 4 days in a row, stayed home the whole time, and was so glad i did not have any direct bookings. i don’t like taking medicine at all, so my weapon is sleep! i slept 15 hours last night. sounds cool, but wasn’t cool when i woke up at 2am, was not sleepy anymore and was like wtf what do i do now. so i started thinking of the new design of my webpage, and somehow managed to start working on it then. my publicist said it would be a perfect time to brainstorm for my “branding” since i’m laying in bed for so long. thing is, all i wanna do is curl up and nap!

i’m drinking flaxseed tea that my daddy made me for my cold. how cute is that. he’s so sweet. i never drink enough liquids and so he said “i have this special recipe for tea!”. it’s funny tasting but seems to be making my throat feel better.
my momma left me a glass of orange juice on my desk this morning, [Read more →]

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