EarthQuaker!

This morning I was disturbed (minorly) by an earthquake, or more so by my mom calling me at 7:30PCT to make sure I wasn't dead from the earthquake. Obviously, since I am writing this now, I am not dead, but a little cranky from being woken up.

Aside from the lovely rumbles of Mother Nature, there's nothing that crazy and wonderous to report. I'm still working over at Centerstaging, and enjoying my time there. Right now the main focus is on the ShowBiz Expo which will be happening at the end of next month. Today we had a meeting as to how to approach the festivities, and I believe we'll be able to take the bull by the horns on this one and create a successful promotion for CS. Sadly plans to Austin for SXSW did not work out for me. I really wanted to go, not only for the fact of promoting CS and Soundcheck, but also because it is my one and only true escape every year. I am bummed I'm going to miss out on all sorts of new good music, but maybe this is just the year NOT to go?

In other news I am working on booking for Red Wine Rewind and Jim Hanft which is taking up most of my afternoons. Things are going fairly well with that and I'm hoping I'll be able to book a good tour for both these bands since they have quality music which I enjoy listening to. Another thing I'm now involved in is free lancing for Valley Scene Magazine. I'm still unsure if it's just an online publication or something in print. I seem to recall picking up their magazine last year at Dupar's in Studio City, but I could be completely wrong. So far, I've done two reviews for them, one theater, one music, i'm hoping more music reviews will come my way, they did need someone for the Grand Re-Opening of The Key Club, but unfortunately it was a last minute deal and I had to work. LAME.

Also, music writing is going good. I recently came up with a song that has clapping and a toy piano and some simple synth and guitar, now I just have to finish writing the lyrics. Aside from that Barry and I are at a continual need to finish these other three songs. I need to get the break down for two of them and send them to Scotty, I don't think they'll ever be done in the complete fashion I want, and I'd rather him just look it over and play with it for me before the producing offer goes off the table with him.

Hmmm...what else? Well this evening I'm going to the craft store to find a scarf that goes with this new seahorse pin Tamra got me for my Bday. Then I'm going to head over to Birkham Yoga, which is this 108 degree yoga class that Rene got me into. I'm hoping this will be a good kickoff before i detox next week. The plan as of now is hot yoga this week, master cleanse next week, and then raw fruit and veggies the week after. I just want to cleanse my system, it helps so much and I'd like to make it a yearly routine.

Well now i'm going to clean my place for a little bit, maybe squeeze the juice outta these remaining lemons to prep for the cleanse next week. chowza!

Mb

I wish I was asleep...

The PST is 7am, and unlike most of my friends residing on the West Coast, I am awake and sitting at a Keyes Toyota while my car goes under the knife due to a recall.According to sources, it's going to take a least 4 hours for this thing to get repaired..worst. Luckily Keyes is making up the inconvenience by giving me a lift back to my place as soon as the shuttle guy can get himself out of bed and get over here. You think car places would have the whole coordinating of times down properly by now...ie not opening up the mechanic shop at 7am and making everyone wait til 8am to sign up for a lift home, which there in might take another 30mins to an hour to actually receive said ride home. Psh.

In other news of minor importance, I am in the process of getting an interview for a marketing internship at Filter. I would of went in last week to speak with someone there, however their ?email wasn't working? so all interviews were postponed til that's been figured out. I know I'm overly qualified for an internship position, but if there's an opportunity to get a little writing in for a music magazine, then it's something I'd like to try at least while I'm grounded for a bit.

Also my friend Kerri has asked me to step on board for booking with 2 bands. Now that I have my whole morning free, and am out of the radius of a nearby gym, I'll probably start investigating this today. One of the bands is Redwinerewind and I think they're based out of Vegas. I haven't had time to listen to their music just yet, but from the pictures i've seen they look like a good group of boys to work for. The other artists' name escapes me at the moment, but i'm sure they're swell too.

In other news of major importance, I'll be getting my fridge today! (FINALLY!) This means back to eating properly and all intake of nasty cheap food will stop post haste. Then when March rolls around I can once again begin my master cleanse and get out all the nasty toxins that have settled in over this past year. I'm also a little excited just to go out and buy a few magnets for the fridge too. Silly I know, but a little joy in a lady's life none-the-less.

Camila's also going to come over around the same time that the fridge is delivered and then we're going to head on down to the LA Food Festival. http://lastreetfoodfest.com/ I've never been and am hoping it's going to be a good time, but we shall see. One of my main interests at this place is going to be the Buttermilk Truck which apparently serves nice warm biscuits. If they're any good I'll make sure to buy some for my friend, Tamra, for her birthday the following day.

I also might check out some co-workers recording music this weekend, but we'll have to see if I can work that in given an already time consuming schedule.

I suppose with this new abundant amount of time on my hand I can get all the little things done in my house that need tending too, or just fall asleep for a few more hours til the fridge people come...hmmmm.....

Anyways, time to take the shuttle back home.

pip pip!