one more day...
Mood:  chillin'
Now Playing: Junkies
Topic: Miscellaneous goings-on
I was supposed to have my review today, but Mitch forgot that there was a PM meeting today at noon. I told him he was just delaying it because you're supposed to fire people on fridays. So we're going tomorrow at 1 p.m. instead. I hate to admit it, but I'm a little anxious. I just know that I'm going to be so pissed off if people have complained about me; especially with all the crap I see and put up with. People come and go all the time without signing out, people don't show up to work and don't call in... people sign out to job sites and go jet skiing, tanning, shopping. There are more things, but I'm not supposed to know about them... it just makes me sick with the amount of crap they let people get away with. Maybe that's one of the reasons I haven't felt very well the last two days (I woke up with another headache this morning)... now I have to refill my Imitrex. :-P~ I shouldn't get so stressed out about my review... the last two years have been fine... and last year I was even more worked up over it, and my review was 100% better than what I'd expected. The biggest problems I have with my job are this:
1. People think I'm stupid and I get hardly any respect.
2. Certain employees are getting away with anything they want.
3. I'm bored most of the time, but it's feast or famine. Some days I have absolutely nothing to do, others I have to bust my ass to get everything done. I can do my work with my eyes closed. During slow times, I procrastinate as long as I can, because the typical amount of work I get doesn't take me long at all.

That's about it, I suppose. Everything else is okay.

For the time being, I'm changing the comments to moderated, as I just had a lovely porn spammer type person give me a comment. If moderating ends up being too time-consuming or complex, I'll turn it back off. We'll see. So from now on, I'll have to review the comments before they're posted. Sorry if that's a problem for anyone.

In other news, I have another audition... here is the notice:

CASTING FOR FEATURE HORROR FILM
DESCRIPTION:
From the Filmmakers who brought you the
Artisan Entertainment release GhostWatcher comes...
THE MURDER GAME
Wanna play?
Attention Actors,
On October 1, 2004 our first feature film, "GhostWatcher," will be hitting the DVD shelves all over the country thanks to Artisan Entertainment. Pre-production on our second feature is in full swing and casting preparations have begun. We're looking for nine young, enthusiastic, talented and dedicated actors for our horror feature film production, "The Murder Game." Participation requirements, conditions and character breakdowns are listed below. If for some reason you are unable to comply with any of these criteria, please do not audition. All stipulations are non-negotiable. We're going to search far and wide to find the right nine people. So, please come out and meet with us.

BREAKDOWNS:
Character Breakdown:
Eric
A tall, slender, fit jock-type. Popular, sexy, arrogant, cocky.
Donny
An ordinary, average, every-man. Your typical nice, sweet guy. Not popular, but not unpopular.
Will
One half of the "burn-out" duo. Somewhat wimpy. Relatively unkept and not too concerned with his appearance. Non-confrontational. Very easy-going and fun. Enjoys the "occasional" joint.
Dexter
The other half of the "burn-out" duo. Unkept, unconcerned with his appearance. Definitely the more dominant one of the inseparable duo. Also enjoys the "occasional" joint.
Collin
Small, but tough. A loner, antisocial, quiet. Troublesome, with a troublesome past. Cares about his appearance, but for the purposes of repelling others. He deliberately looks like a gang-type thug. He has many piercings and possibly a few small, insignificant tattoos. Rings, chains and spikes are his most commonly chosen accessories. This dark, gritty exterior keeps people away. But, underneath, he may just be another confused teen seeking his identity. Then again, maybe not.
Sarah
Absolutely gorgeous, and she knows it. Not a completely snobby bitch, but it shines through from time to time. Very concerned with her appearance. Make up, looks, and revealing clothing are her priorities. Not stupid, but not the sharpest of the group.
Lucy
Not necessarily unattractive. But, she's unconcerned with her appearance. She might actually be pretty if she tried. Very tough and tomboy-ish. Doesn't need to be big or muscular, but must appear to be strong. As the only child of her father, The General, she's overbearing, sharp, and somewhat of a control freak.
Carrie
Petite, sweet, cute, but pretty ordinary. Not very tough. Kind of inexperienced in the ways of the world. She's innocent and na?ve. Easily frightened. Often depends on others for support and/or protection because she doesn't have the confidence to take care of herself.
Trish
Pretty, with a "bad girl" quality. Independent and somewhat of a risk taker. She's fun and likes to try new things. Pretty confident and sharp. She's witty and speaks her mind. Strong personality.

REQUIREMENTS:
Requirements/Conditions:
1.) Deferred contracts (no pay up front). Deferred compensation will be pro-rated by character.
2.) Non-SAG actors only.
3.) Must be 18 years of age or older to work on this film.
4.) Meals will be provided on set.
5.) Must have your own transportation.
6.) Lodging will not be provided.
7.) Must be available for night shoots from January 7 - January 15 for principle photography at Fullerton Mini-Storage, located in Whitemarsh, Maryland. All other photography is TBA and will most likely be on a weekend to weekend basis running through the following Spring.
8.) All characters are "teen" ages.
9.) "Sarah" player will require consent for very brief, partial nudity.
10.)"Dexter" player will require consent for a plaster cast of the head.
NOTE: Brief kissing/make-out scenes are required for "Eric & Sarah," as well as "Carrie & Donny" characters.

TIMES:
Saturday, August 7th from 10am till 6pm.

ADDRESS: Towson University, 8000 York Road, Baltimore, Maryland 21252, Media Center Building
MISC INFORMATION: email Robert at robert@murdergamemovie.com with any questions. Please bring or email headshot/resume if available.
STATUS: Volunteer
CONTRACT TYPE: N/A

I'm going to be auditioning for Lucy or Trish, although I'd rather play Lucy. She sounds like more fun. The auditions are on the same day that I'm having lunch with my mom, so that will turn out well. The negative thing about this project is that "night shoots" means they will be shooting from 8 p.m. to 4 a.m. So if I DO get a part, I'm going to have to work out a new work schedule for that week & a half. Fortunately, it's being filmed during the winter break, I won't go back to classes until January 18th... so that should work out great. And if they have reshoots, that will just be weekends. I haven't mentioned it to Kurt yet, but I don't see how he'd have a problem with it. I'm going to have to get another cell phone, I think... especially since I'll be going back to school in the fall. I still have to take my math test... need to go up to the school, or call advising to see if I can get a practice test.

So much to do, so little time. The plus side of me being so busy is that I don't have time to go shopping and spend too much money, haha! I think that my car insurance company might have a discount for students, too, so I'll have to look into that once I'm more official. Ugh. What a pain registration has been! I'm thinking about changing around my classes, there is a health/gym class that satisfies one of my course requirements, and I can get in shape while fulfilling a class requirement... so that sounds particularly good to me. :) So we'll see about that. I'll make up my mind when I take my test... if I do decide to do the gym class, I'll probably take ENG Lit & Comp 2 instead of the psychology... I really have to get used to writing papers again, so I think I should take an English my first semester back.

Well, that's it for now........... time to get back to work!

just wanted to say
Mood:  celebratory
Topic: Miscellaneous goings-on
That I'm feeling much better now........ a couple crackers and some ginger ale have fixed me right up... I also took some 'pain & ache' relief stuff that we have at work, it's like excedrin on steroids... powerful stuff! let's see... each tablet has 110 mg acetaminophen, 162 mg aspirin, 152 salicylamide, and 32.4 mg of caffeine. So basically you're taking one tylenol, 3 aspirin, (?? have no clue about salicylamide) and a bottle of Jolt! cola.

Work is better today, and McAnnoying actually found my typed up comment letter amusing... I started it out like this:


Dear Ms. Sanner:

Please give us our permits! We will do anything! We've made all the revisions with regard to your comments, so pretty please approve this submittal!


I told him he should keep it like that and see what they say. They might do it just because we begged! Who knows how the county works? We sure as hell don't. My review with Mitch is tomorrow. I hope that I get a big, fat raise! Not very likely, though. Maybe one day this place will pay me what I'm worth, haha! If not them, someone will recognize my extreme intelligence and obvious superiority.

Obviously my feeling better has nothing to do with my desire to leave this evil place.

BTW, I had a wonderfully prepared filet mignon last night as well as some fresh tuna.. Blaine caught it on Saturday off the coast of Ocean City. Tasty!

i feel
Mood:  don't ask
Now Playing: Junkies
Topic: Miscellaneous goings-on
like 10 different kinds of ass......... unfortunately I've run out of leave (more specifically, I'm actually in the negative!), so I came in this morning......... I had the beginnings of a migraine when I woke up, so I took an Imitrex.. couldn't find my Excedrin, though, I would have tried one of those first. I feel really nauseaus, too........ ugh. Right now I'm drinking ginger ale... feeling a little better, but not by much.

last night I got a letter in the mail from the company that I've been trying to cancel my credit card with (First Premier, don't EVER do business with them) and they're trying to royally screw me over... what happened was that they charged me their exorbitant yearly fee which caused me to go over my meager credit limit by a couple bucks, so then they charged me an overlimit fee, too!!! bastards......... on their bill, the small print on the back said that if you wrote customer service and cancelled your card within 30 days that the annual fee would be removed and you could pay off your balance. So I wrote them a nice letter, telling them that they'd gotten all the money out of me that they were going to get and to please cancel my card and remove the $100 in fees that I was charged. So I get the statement last night and surprise, surprise, my bill has nearly DOUBLED?!!? So I called them in my enraged state and the guy was like, "Oh, well your account was closed on July 13th...." So I tell him, "Well, gee, I sent you the letter requesting my account be closed at about this time last month, so are you telling me that it took over 3 weeks for that to be processed?!??!" Argh. Anyway, I was NOT a happy camper. I got him to take everything off, though, so that was good.

ughhhhhhhhhh I want to go home and go to bed!! :(:(

more nigerian scams
Mood:  mischievious
Now Playing: LOTR soundtrack
Topic: Uche, the idiotic scammer
I saw this article on Nigerian email scams today while looking at another Tripod member's blog. The website mentioned in the article, http://www.419eater.com/ I'm going to have to take a look at... this is from their website:

It doesn't matter if you are new to this 'sport' or a hardened veteran; if you're wasting the time of a scammer, or frustrating them in any way, well that's good enough for us!

So what is scambaiting? Well, put simply, you enter into a dialogue with scammers, simply to waste their precious time and resources. Maybe if you are VERY lucky you'll scam them out of some cash! Although this site concentrates mainly on the "419" type scam, we are happy to bait other types of scammers if and when the opportunity arises. Nigerian

Even if you are a 'newbie' much fun can be had. If you are new to this game and need to know what scambaiting is all about, please click on the 419 FAQ link at the top of the page. See also Baiting Tips for information on getting started on this great cyber-sport

We would encourage anyone to contribute to this site and the good cause of anti-scamming by joining in the fun on the FORUM where you can meet new friends and seek expert help, tips and advice.

Please feel free contact me if you have any suggestions for improving this site.

In the meantime, take a look around. I hope you enjoy your visit.


Time to head home... g'night!

P.S. If you are a new reader of my blog, you should check all of my "Uche Files" entries, as they will probably provide hours of mindless entertainment.

songs for AI audition
Mood:  lyrical
Now Playing: possible audition songs
Topic: Artistic endeavors
Songs that I'm thinking of doing for THIS audition, in order of my preference.

1. Sittin' on the dock of the bay
2. I can't make you love me
3. Nobody does it better
4. God bless the child
5. Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald
6. There will come a day
7. Torn
8. Live and let die
9. Every time you go away
10. I'm like a bird
11. I try
12. Into the West
13. May it be

I figure if I can stylize Sittin' on the dock of the bay, that might make someone interested enough in me to put me through to the next round. I need to think of a gimmick, too. If anyone has any ideas, let me know. I was considering a pink mohawk after auditions last year, but I'm thinking that might be a bit drastic... unfortunately with scooter girl, people are probably going to be more gimmicky this year and I'm also betting that there will be even more people at auditions (especially in DC) this year than last. Ahh... if only they would put us up in the club level of Fedex field! haha!

I want to cut and paste my last paragraph from the American Idol article I wrote for the Harmonizer... if you haven't read it and are interested in how the audition process goes, I would strongly recommend that you read it. If you're even more interested, you can read my actual written account of auditions as they were happening... that one is much longer and rambling, but it has some irrelevant day to day stuff in it that you might find amusing. Anyway, here is my closing paragraph from my article:

Even though I didn't make callbacks, I would audition again in a heartbeat. It was an incredible experience that not too many people can say that they've had. I knew that my chances were slim, but I took them anyway. Some people may think to sleep on concrete for two days is foolish just to get an audition in front of a non-celebrity judge who probably has secret criteria to select people by. In summary, I think that getting noticed at American Idol auditions are 40% luck, 40% look and 20% talent. Next year I'm getting a Mohawk and dying my hair pink - an instant rocket to fame! If that fails, then I'll have to rely on hard work, patience, and perseverance - but what's the fun in that?

odds
Mood:  quizzical
Now Playing: LOTR soundtrack -- may it be (Enya)
Topic: Weird shit
Found this on a site, thought some of them were interesting. Who knows how many are correct, though... I don't know where they came from, I'm sure over half of them are erroneous.

Odds that an American adult does not want to live to age 120 under any circumstances: 3 to 2

Odds of injury from fireworks: 19,556 to 1

Odds of injury from shaving: 6,585 to 1

Odds of injury from using a chain saw: 4,464 to 1

Odds of injury from mowing the lawn: 3,623 to 1

Odds of fatally slipping in bath or shower: 2,232 to 1

Odds of drowning in a bathtub: 685,000 to 1

Odds of being killed on a 5-mile bus trip: 500,000,000 to 1

Odds of being killed sometime in the next year in any sort of transportation accident: 77 to 1

Odds of being killed in any sort of non-transportation accident: 69 to 1

Odds of being struck by lightning: 576,000 to 1

Odds of being killed by lightning: 2,320,000 to 1

Odds of being murdered: 18,000 to 1

Odds of getting away with murder: 2 to 1

Odds of being the victim of serious crime in your lifetime: 20 to 1

Odds of dating a supermodel: 88,000 to 1

Odds of being considered possessed by Satan: 7,000 to 1

Odds that a first marriage will survive without separation or divorce for 15 years: 1.3 to 1

Odds that a celebrity marriage will last a lifetime: 3 to 1

Odds of getting hemorrhoids: 25 to 1

Odds of being born a twin in North America: 90 to 1

Odds of being on plane with a drunken pilot: 117 to 1

Odds of being audited by the IRS: 175 to 1

Odds of having your identity stolen: 200 to 1

Odds of dating a millionaire: 215 to 1

Odds of dating a supermodel: 88,000 to 1

Odds of writing a New York Times best seller: 220 to 1

Odds of finding out your child is a genius: 250 to 1

Odds of catching a ball at a major league ballgame: 563 to 1

Odds of becoming a pro athlete: 22,000 to 1

Odds of finding a four-leaf clover on first try: 10,000 to 1

Odds of a person in the military winning the Medal of Honor: 11,000 to 1

Odds of winning an Academy Award: 11,500 to 1

Odds of striking it rich on Antiques Roadshow: 60,000 to 1

Odds of getting a royal flush in poker on first five cards dealt: 649,740 to 1

Odds of spotting a UFO today: 3,000,000 to 1

Odds of becoming president: 10,000,000 to 1

Odds of winning the California lottery: 13,000,000 to 1

Odds of becoming a saint: 20,000,000 to 1

Odds of a meteor landing on your house: 182,138,880,000,000 to 1

Chance of dying from any kind of injury during the next year: 1 in 1,820

Chance of dying from intentional self-harm: 1 in 9,380

Chance of dying from an assault: 1 in 16,421

Chance of dying from a car accident: 1 in 18,585

Chance of dying from any kind of fall: 1 in 20,666

Chance of dying from accidental drowning: 1 in 79,065

Chance of dying from exposure to smoke, fire, and flames: 1 in 81,524

Chance of dying in an explosion: 1 in 107,787

Chance that Earth will experience a catastrophic collision with an asteroid in the next 100 years: 1 in 5,000

Chance of dying in such a collision: 1 in 20,000

Chance of dying from exposure to forces of nature (heat, cold, lightning, earthquake, flood): 1 in 225,107

Chance of dying in an airplane accident: 1 in 354,319

Chance of dying from choking on food: 1 in 370,035

Chance of dying in a terrorist attack while visiting a foreign country: 1 in 650,000

Chance of dying in a fireworks accident: 1 in 1,000,000

Chance of dying from overexertion, travel or privation: 1 in 1,428,377

Chance of dying from food poisoning: 1 in 3,000,000

Chance of dying from legal execution: 1 in 3,441,325

Chance of dying from contact with hot tap water: 1 in 5,005,564

Chance of dying from parts falling off an airplane: 1 in 10,000,000

Chance of dying from ignition or melting of nightwear: 1 in 30,589,556

Chance of dying from being bitten by a dog: 1 in 700,000

Chance of dying from contact with a venomous animal or plant: 1 in 3,441,325

Chance of dying from being bitten or struck by mammals (other than dogs or humans): 1 in 4,235,477

Chance of dying from a mountain lion attack in California: 1 in 32,000,000

Chance of dying from a shark attack: 1 in 300,000,000

Chance of having a stroke: 1 in 6

Chance of dying from heart disease: 1 in 3

Chance of getting arthritis: 1 in 7

Chance of suffering from asthma or allergy diseases: 1 in 6

Chance of getting the flu this year: 1 in 10

Chance of developing schizophrenia: 1 in 100

Chance of contracting the human version of mad cow disease: 1 in 40,000,000

Chance of dying from SARS in the United States: 1 in 100,000,000

Chance of American man developing cancer in his lifetime: 1 in 2

Chance of an American woman developing cancer in her lifetime: 1 in 3

Chance of getting prostate cancer: 1 in 6

Chance of getting breast cancer: 1 in 9

Chance of getting colon / rectal cancer: 1 in 26

Chance of beating pancreatic or liver cancer: 1 in 9

Chance of beating thyroid or testicular cancer: 9 in 10


I'm hoping that those cancer odds aren't right! THat seems awfully high.

party and party movie...
Mood:  celebratory
Topic: Artistic endeavors
Turns out that I had nothing to fear about throwing my party on Friday. I found that no matter what group of people you have together, you just add alcohol and mix thoroughly! lol! There ended up being more people there than I'd anticipated, but all in all, it was good. We even got to drive someone home that night, haha! I do have to say that it wouldn't have been nearly as good without Kurtis taking up the role of bartender... he was excellent! During the party, a case and a half of Corona, a 12 pack of Coors Light, around 6 bottles of Sam Adams, 1/2 a bucket of mixed frozen margaritas, 1 whole bottle of Cabo Wabo (expensive top-shelf tequila), and 1/3 of a bottle of Captain Morgan were consumed. Quite a bit of water was consumed, too, but it didn't really make the list. When all was said and done, we probably had 30 different people in and out of our house by the end of the night. Pretty crazy! The TS consultant got $500 worth of orders and 3 party bookings out of it, too.

Ahh... on to the photos... I haven't looked through all of them yet, but if you click here you can see photos from the filming... I believe there are some pretty bad ones of me in there, too... particularly this one... I think I was blinking or making a stupid face... from left to right is Kate (Ariel), Karen (Jessica), me (Katy), and a really nice girl who was an extra but had a bad habit of letting her jaw hang open... I'm not sure which day this was, but I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that it was late Saturday night, because we look pretty tired. Anyway, check those out, because I'm still looking through them.

That's it for now... Kari and the kids (Jon and Chris) are here, so we've been spending time with them... they'll be here through the end of the month.

welcome, lovely blog readers!
Mood:  amorous
Now Playing: Enya -- may it be
Topic: Friends and Family
I've discovered that more and more people are reading my blog -- can I just say how tickled I am that people are intrigued by my life?

I LOVE YOU GUYS!!

To Col Mustard & Lilnugget -- I've been checking out your blogs, but I can't seem to post a comment on them... maybe you have it set up so that only friends can post or something?

I just got an email from someone else today who said that she is 'addicted' to my blog. How cool is that? That would be Christina, you can find her blog here. I haven't had much of a chance to look at it, and I actually have to get out of here.

I also got an email today from the people who want me to read for the part of Mercedes...
Thank you for your interest in Snowden Crossing. We would love for you to read for the part of Mercedes Tyler. She is the mother of one of our teen characters.

We have attached the audition script. If you can make it we will send you the address. Our apologies for the short notice but it is Saturday the 17th from 10am until 1pm.

Snowden Crossing

Umm, yeah. Sorry, don't think I'm going to make THAT one. I need a little more notice. :-P~ Especially since I'm going to have a kick-ass party tonight, hehe. Well, speaking of kick-ass parties, I have to go 'get this party started'.

There's a new show on the food network called "Party Starters"... unfortunately, it premieres in 4 days. That's 4 days too late. Hopefully my party won't suck too badly.

I'll check in over the weekend. Hope everyone has a good one! :)

My predictions on celebrity marriages
Mood:  a-ok
Now Playing: Hey ya! Outkast
Topic: Introspection
I'm sure that some of you have read this story..
Simpson, Lachey May Start Family
Jul 15, 6:30 AM EST

The Associated Press

NEW YORK -- Pop star couple Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey want to go from "Newlyweds" to "Parenthood."

The married stars of the MTV reality series "Newlyweds: Nick & Jessica" tell Us Weekly magazine they plan to start a family in the not-too-distant future.

"I don't think it will be in six months or a year, but after that, Nick's getting old," the 24-year-old Simpson told the magazine.

The 30-year-old Lachey told Us at a Big Brothers Big Sisters event in New York City: "We'd love to have our own children, but we have a heart for kids, and we'd love to adopt."

The couple are considering adopting a teenage child from an underdeveloped country.

As a teen, Simpson and her family regularly visited an orphanage in Mexico.

However, cameras likely won't be invited into family life. The couple say this may be the last season for their MTV show.

"Done!" insists Simpson. "We're not newlyweds anymore. We've had our share of the cameras. We're at a point where we'll want everything for ourselves and our family."


My opinion? They're heading for divorce. I think that a lot of couples feel there's something missing after the first year or whatever and automatically think, "Okay, that means it's time for kids!" They think that kids will fix the marriage. *buzzer* Ooh, no, sorry... we were looking for marriage counseling! Either way, kids or not, I predict a divorce in 2 years or less.


As far as Britney Spears goes, I doubt she'll even get down the aisle... that girl definitely has some issues. If she DOES get down the aisle, I give her marriage 1 year or less.

Any takers? I think some bookies actually have odds on this, I'll have to find it this weekend.

so tired.........
Mood:  lazy
Now Playing: Junkies
Topic: Weekend happenings
Last night was pretty busy (Mr. Annoying-thinks-he's-God's-gift-to-women is being obnoxious as usual).... went shopping after work for party stuff... decided that I should probably just go ahead and buy everything that I needed ahead of time so that I didn't have to rush around as much this afternoon.

So I went to Dawson's and bought all the alcohol--there's no way we're running out (knock on wood). I was mortified to find out the total... next time everyone's getting Coors Light! Can't beat $16 for a 30 pack. Then I went to Food Lion and bought the ingredients that I needed to make all the dips and stuff... I used almost an entire jar of mayo making everything. Ugh! Almost makes me not want to eat it... but it tastes SO good, hehe.

Hmm... I just checked my bank account and it appears that my paycheck wasn't deposited?! It went in to one of my accounts, though. I don't get it. I guess I'll have to call my bank to check.

I'm hoping that Tariq (from U films) posts those pictures (from the film) on the net today... I'd really like to see them. Well. back to work.