Wanted

I lucked out this past week when I got the chance to go to an advance screening of Wanted.  Thanks to Steph, who works at E! Entertainment, she received a free ticket for the screening and after a short series of events, our whole apartment was able to go to a screening in Santa Monica. 
The [...]

Not Your Average Wanted Ad…

As everyone in the business says, connections are everything, and who you know, is how you get in.  I never actually believed this overused saying until I hit the real world last summer.  Having an internship in the Big Apple last summer led me to one in London during the fall, and the one in [...]

Cultural Events? or Events of Culture?

Alright, it’s 7:03 and the clock is tickin’. Let’s get this done.
Los Angeles is a place of culture and also a place of events. Naturally, sometimes these two things coincide into what I like to call ‘cultural events.’ This post is about those.
So far, I’ve seen a lot aspects of what could be consider the [...]

So it is.

So here I am.  My first two weeks out in Los Angeles, and I’ve adjusted surprisingly well.  I mean, I thought that it would take a good while to actually get used to L.A., a place that I had only read about on Wikipedia and assumed was a mess of car crashes, movie stars, and [...]

The 1st Day

It was 2:47 PM on June 4th, 2008 AD. I was outside maniaTV and wondering if I was really where I was supposed to be. The secretary let me in and I asked for Manuel. She sat me down and said, “why are you here?” I responded, “I want a job.” MY first impression of [...]

Runyon Canyon

Ever since arriving in California, I have had the urge to go hiking. The intoxicating combination of the mountainous landscape, sunny weather, and views that lend themselves to pictures that make other people jealous, inherently provokes the explorer inside of me. After some research and recommendations, I chose Runyon Canyon as my first [...]

Across the Country

My trip out to Los Angeles was fantastically uneventful, and I guess when it comes to air travel that’s a great thing. Once I disembarked and found my way outside LAX, I was welcomed by a setting sun and a cool breeze. I hopped in a cab and took off to our new [...]

The New Sadism

I was prepared to be terrified.  Clutching my popcorn bag in a vise-like grip, I stared with wide eyes at the Graumann Chinese Theatre’s 90 ft. wide screen, Bryan Bertino’s The Strangers playing before me.  After repeated warnings of its horrific nature, it had become almost an institution to me, an [...]