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post grad life is weird. that's all i have to say.

avocado honey mask for 20 minutes on my face: the best thing i've ever done.

saw UP. as my brother says, "it tugs at the heart."

had another sleepover last night, this time with my dear old friend Sarita. We watched the Sex and the City movie. Don't we all wish we could be like them?!

Ladies Night!

I belong to a group of friends called CCLADY: our initials. Corinne Chloe Lindsey Ashley Dominique Yazmin! we've been close friends for 6 years now. Last night, Yazmin and Lindsey came over for a sleepover. While we waited for the pizza to arrive, Lindsey (our resident bartender and makeup artist) made strawberry lime margaritas.

Pizza came.

Very good.

Then we made cupcakes.

Even better.

We spent the night watching So You Think You Can Dance. Hilarious. One of our favorite things to watch when we're together (along with Coming To America, Chappelle's Show.) It'll be nice when all 6 of us can get together.

Ain't Misbehavin

Saw this show tonight at the Mark Taper Forum. Wonderfully magically. I was transported to Harlem in the 1920's. My dad knew half the cast and musicians, so we went backstage and said hello to everyone. Most of the actors were bicoastal. And all were so gracious. That's what the theatre should be about. Talented, humble individuals!

Shopping: Part Deux

new skirt, sandals, earrings, dress, and 2 shirts. i call it a graduation present to myself.

It's also my mom's last day home. she's touring with aerosmith this summer. It just keeps getting lonelier and lonelier. I find myself longing to connect with old friends here: elementary school friends, high school theatre friends, anyone. Oh, and I found free yoga classes in the valley and $10 bikram classes :) I'm off to do my hair and watch House of Sand and Fog.

Shopping: Part Un

Today I bought running/exercise shoes. I had never heard of the brand: Diadora. They're black and cute. I can't wait to start exercising!

And I purchased this dress. It was love at first sight. I'll wear it on my 22nd birthday, which is less than a month away!

More shopping tomorrow. I realized that I hadn't purchased anything new last semester and I had the sudden urge to spend spend spend!

Sunday Afternoon

Went to church.

Came home to prepare for our guests for dinner (My brother Jay and his girlfriend Tiffani!)

Discovered a mommy bird and a daddy bird who had created a nest in our atrium. They're going to have a baby and they decided to play house, all sweetly and safely perched at our house. It was very sweet.

I made dinner again. Mediterranean stuffed chicken (kalamata olives, feta cheese, sundried tomatoes, asparagus tips), candied walnuts and cranberry acorn squash salad, and roasted honey-balsamic broccoli. For dessert: magic bars! (graham cracker crust with butterscotch and chocolate chips, coconut, with a caramel topping. GTG had a cool idea to replace the coconut with marshmallows. I will def. do that next time.) Oh, and sangria. 2 glasses took me over the top!

1 is the loneliest number. 2 is not!

Seeing one of my best friends Lindsey tonight perked me up so much! We went to Pasadena (one of my favorite places in L.A.) to see a play at the Pasadena Playhouse called "The Little Foxes" by Lillian Hellman. A good family friend named Yvette Cason (she played Beyonce's mom in "Dreamgirls") was in the play. She was the best part of it because the rest of the show was VERY BORING. Not like NY theatre at all. Not even like ETW theatre. I swear I saw better Independent Projects than this.

This is what I realized: theatre in L.A. is for older people. Old white people. That's who's getting cast and that's who goes to see it. I def. didn't leave new york to do theatre in los angeles, so I think i'll stick with what seems to be a younger persons genre: TV. Unless an amazing musical comes to this city, I don't think I'll be cast in very many turn of the century plays where the word "nigger" is thrown around every 3 minutes.

Lastly, Lindsey and I rounded out our night by going to another favorite spot of ours: The Cheesecake Factory! We sat at the bar, where I filled my stomach with spicy chicken taquitos, pomegranite (sp?) margaritas, and hot chocolate. So good.

daydreaming about:

amsterdam
GTG
what everyone in NY is doing
being on a tv show
starting a band
summer dresses and sandals
tomorrows dinner

how i spent my friday night:

I made dinner tonight! Turkey chili and texas cornbread (the kind with corn kernels and cheese and jalapenos!) It was very good, if I may say so myself. We finally went grocery shopping. There's nothing worse than empty pantry cabinets.

Top 5 To Do

Things I'd like to accomplish every day:

1) Brush teeth and wash face before going to bed (I often fall asleep prior to doing this.)

2) 5-8 glasses of water. (So hard to do!)

3) Practice piano.

4) Exercise: dance class, yoga, or tennis (the thing that sucks about being back in California is that I eat and go back to sitting on my butt. I'm literally always full.)

5) Check backstage west everyday! (someone very smart said "if you aren't auditioning, you are aren't doing your job.")

4 years gone by so fast.

I decided to start a blog because I am no longer in New York :( and felt this would be a nice way to feel connected to people/let folks know I'm alive and kicking.