Sunday we went to Zuma Beach in Malibu, which I think is the cleanest and prettiest beach I have been to so far. Though it was a little cold for the beach, we had a great time and took some great pictures!
We stopped at this place called Malibu Seafood for dinner where you literally order from a window and take your meal over to these picnic tables to eat at. It was really cute, someplace I would definitely go again if we were in Malibu. The place is also a fish market, and as we were standing in line to order, in walks Patrick Dempsey! I found out later he was on the way home from an event that one of the girls I intern with at Intuition was at, so we both saw him that day. I was really excited because it was my first official celeb sighting out in the wild. He is another one of those guys that looks just as flawless in real life as he does on TV. I don't watch Greys, but I can totally understand why he is Dr. McDreamy! hahaa
Monday at Intuition, Patrick was out sick so it was just me and Roda (the other intern that was at the event I mentioned earlier) there by ourselves almost all day. Keri called and said we could go to Chipotle for lunch on her, so that was exciting because that hadn't happened to me while I was there before. It probably was one of my favorite days of work there ever because we literally just talked about TV shows (mostly Firefly) all day.
That night I watched The King's Speech (Keri gave me a copy of it at work), which means I only have two more Oscar nominated movies to watch until I have seen them all! I struggled a little with different aspects of the movie, but overall I thought it was very well done and that Colin Firth most definitely deserved his Academy Award for his performance as the Duke. I read somewhere that he would literally have headaches all day long because he was forcing himself to stutter so frequently, and I can only imagine the strength it took to successfully play that role as well as he did.
Tuesday was even more interesting because I came in an hour late after taking my car to get fixed in the morning and there was no one at the office when I got there! Little did I know, Patrick was still sick and the other intern Nicole had two job interviews that day and wasn't coming in. Keri called a lot, so it wasn't too stressful, it was just so weird being there by myself all day.
Wednesday we went to DISNEYLAND! The happiest place on earth! We had a great time and got to ride a lot of stuff. However, for a Wednesday it was insanely busy and we didn't get there right when it opened so there were three of the bigger rides that we didn't get to go on. My favorite rides were definitely Space Mountain (which I thought was cooler than the one in Florida) and the California Screamin' rollercoaster. I plan on taking my Mom and my brother there when they visit because one of the girls we went with got Ginny and I free tickets and parking (she used to work at Disney World) so we have two tickets already, we would just need to buy one more. I really enjoyed it there, something about that place is magical, no matter what your age is. There also was this really cool water show that we kind of saw, but we were so far back we missed a lot of it so I can't wait to go back and see it again up close and do everything that we didn't get to!
Friday we had 54 guest on our three shows (as opposed to the usual 25) so it was absolutely crazy. It was also the finale of the weight loss program that has been airing every 17 days, so all the contestants brought their entire family along to watch the show, making our job insanely more difficult than it usually is. I got to work a little bit with the audience, and I discovered that I don't much enjoy it...haha. People are literally asking you questions every 3 seconds, it's a job that requires a lot of patience for sure. But I was glad to have the experience with it, and therefore I was glad when the day was over.
Yesterday, we stayed in most of the day. I watched the movie Serenity, which was made for all the obsessed Firefly fans that needed some closure after the show was cancelled. As with anything else done by Joss Whedon, the ending of it brought every emotion I have ever felt to the surface. That man is a genius.
That night Ginny, Danny, and I went to dinner in downtown Burbank at this place called The Market City Cafe. It was a great little Italian place that we discovered with reasonable prices. We were all really satisfied with our meals (I had Salmon in pesto sauce!) and I would definitely go there again. We also discovered a three story mall downtown, which we missed somehow the other times we have gone there, so we were happy to find the chain stores that we are used to in a mall close by if we need them.
This morning we got up early to go to this event Ginny was assigned to for Angeleno called Milk and Bookies - The Second Annual Story Time Celebration. At the event you could donate books to kids that aren't fortunate enough to have access to them, as well as create books of your own, take pictures with characters like Alice & the Mad Hatter, Waldo, The Man with the Yellow Hat, Pippy Longstocking, and more. There was obviously milk & cookies there, as well as free lunch and a chocolate fondue fountain. Throughout the day, celebs that support the cause have story time with the kids and read one of their favorite books. This place was packed full of children and their families, and it was just a really nice event that seems to have a lot of support. We saw Jason Biggs (American Pie), Jeff Probst (host of Survivor), Nathan Fillion (from Firefly! eek!), Julie Bowen (Modern Family), Maya Rudolph (SNL, Grown Ups, Away We Go), Josh Holloway (Lost), and Jack Black read! We also saw Rainn Wilson (The Office), DJ Lance Rock (Yo Gabba Gabba), and Leslie Grossman (What I Like About You) there supporting the cause. It was really cute to see all the celebs with their kids! We had a great time.
I said something to my aunt on the phone the other day that we decided was worth mentioning on here. She asked me how my experience was compared to what I thought it would be and I told her, "It has been everything I thought it would be, everything I didn't think it would be, and everything I could have never imagined possible." She thought that was really nice and it just reminded me how blessed I am to have a family that supports me and the decisions that I make in my life. :)
Now I really have to do this homework I have been putting off all week. Break is over :(
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