a Hollywood Bowl

eww, this shit looks brownish green but it sure does wack me... went to the fantabulous Hollywood Bowl this week to see, we thought Christian Mc Bride - a jazz stand-up bassist. Turns out it was Jazz at the Movies and McBride was just playing among a whole heap of musicians. actually pretty cool. The Bowl is awesome for myriad reasons, including the gorgeous location (set into a hill, surrounded by trees or something), the sound is pretty kick ass anywhere you sit, AND you can bring whatever you want inside. well, no guns or such, but if you want a whole bottle of Jack and a small bottle of Coke, go right ahead! If you want to bring a 7 course dinner, bust it out. people picnic and drink and boogie to the tunes...or sit and listen peacefully, as the case may be....just watch out for the PeachFuzz who will insist that you not smoke your cigs or whatnot beneath the non-smoking sign, and instead, go "against the concrete wall down there by the bathrooms"... where does that small child get off telling me such things? ha

so i interviewed for a kick ass job this week, researching for a new/old game show...was offered the job and was so fucking excited, yet nerve-wracked b/c i had a pretty major schedule conflict- going out of town for 12 days to Alaska (to be fair to me !! it was only 7 actual working days) - that i hadn't told them about... so when i mentioned this tiny tidbit - and offered to work nights, weekends, and rent a laptop to work up there - they un-offered me the job... can you BELIEVE that they wouldn't let me take 7 days off from a 7 week gig? how fucking DARE they? seriously joking there...i'm completely crushed about the sitch, as i haven't had a decent job in ages and i certainly am NOT in the position to turn work down, but i was pretty sure they wouldn't go for it, b/c really, why would they? that's asking a LOT, and i know that. they were super nice about it, but i'm concerned that they'll remember that in the future and think negatively about me...and yeah, the other thing? well, i had a recommendation from a very highly placed individual at the Fox Reality network, and i'm freaking out hoping that said person isn't pissed about it, well, this person wouldn't be pissed, per se, but to burn that rope bridge wouldn't be a good thing. so now i'm back to hoping the stupid ass temp agencies would get me work, and doing a few hours at a product placement agency (getting her receipts organized, doing expenses and quickbooks. yiipppeeee)... alaska better be worth it (haha of course it will be, but right now, i'm thinking about that).