Palm trees and black coffee

Good evening folks.

So much is happening and I am getting lucky with my online pirating so I thought I would put another post in today. So what a weirdo day this was. I signed up to temp last night so I stayed home until 10am waiting for the call that never came. While I was waiting I began watching Ugly Betty episodes online and I have to say that I loooove that show. Whichever one of my friends said that I remind them of Ugly Betty...I see where you are coming from except for the outfits - I take offense to that. She is adorable - not ugly at all and has a beautiful spirit, but come on - do you really think I dress like her? Shame on you. OK so I was contemplating doing the stairs up by my house or going for a bike ride when the phone rang and it was my employment agency. WE have an interview for you at xyz company in westwood can you do it? Of course I say. They call me back an hour later and say - we sent them your resume and they want to see you right away - can you be there by 2:30? Well it was almost 1:45 and Westwood in traffic is an hour. I say sure - throw on a suit - no socks! and get in my car which is at the top of my hill so I have to sprint in my suit up the hill and I book as fast as I can through traffic to get to the office. It takes me five minutes just to figure out which floor they are on -it said suite 1000, but there is no first floor - always ask a janitor - turns out they are on teh tenth floor duh! THen I get there and I sit and sit - oh yeah - fill out another application - would I be willing to have a credit check - a drug test - whatever...sign sign sign. Everyone there is dressed like they are going to the grocery store (that's grocery shopping in LA - where you still look fabu - not weggies wear.) I totally stand out in my blue AnnTaylor suit from 12 years ago with the hem held together with safety pins and my no socks....I try not to cross my legs so no one will notice my lack of socks - at least my legs aren't hairy! Finally a woman with short blond hair and braces comes out and says "Na-na?" We go into this mini conference room with views to the ocean and she starts the interview. Do I mind working 20 hours a day? Do I mind driving 30 miles a day to pick up his kids from shcool and drive them to soccer practice? Am I proficient in excell and powerpoint? I would get a sidekick and two weeks paid vacation. Sure sure. The employment agency said "Whatever you do - do not tell them where you live - they want to hire someone that lives on teh west side." So this woman and I are having a great interviw - I am charming the pants off of her and she is LOVING ME and then she asks innocently - where do you live? So I answer automatically - Los Feliz. You can hear the air leave the balloon at that point. "OH" she responds. So I try to recover. You know I love to drive - dont mind it at all - have a friend in redondo - I'll just crash there on those nights - he wont mind ha ha. She asked if I was still interested in meeting "Mr. WOnderful" and I say yes - she told met hat he is a tough interviewer and that I am going to have to really fight for the job - that his desk is very competitive and there are a lot of people who want it. Really. A lot of peole want to work for a guy that makes multi millions and wont spring for a frickin nanny? grrr - well at least they pay for mileage. Anyway on the way out she tells me that she thinks Mr. W and I would make a really good "couple" and that she was going to get in touch with me and I would come back tomorrow or Friday to meet with him. Meanwhile I am still waiting to hear from the uber talent agency about my one degree separation from major movie stars - imagine the blind item stories I could have in this blog if that happens. Anyway I really want the agency job, but this is a great opportunity too because it is more development - even if I am going to be spending a lot of time in the car in traffic in LA. They do close for two full weeks in the winter which means that I could actually get a chance to go home. How great is that???? Whew - so I just sit and wait. The boss lady says for me to be patient and just wait to see which company is smart enough to hire me - isn't she soooo sweet? OK I think I am going to go for a run or something in the dark. I really need to clean the house - where the hell is my maid??? Someday. Tell Neil Young that sometimes a woman needs one too.

Much love to you all.

Na-na