hiding

I spent some time at relatives these past weeks. Jasmine came to. Jasmine does this with her paws when you tell her she is "so cute". She puts her paws up to her face if she is laying down, and if she lays on her back she puts her paws up and kneads the air. Security.

Matt McConaughey - J.K.Livin

http://www.matthewmcconaughey.com/

One my favorite people I met last year is Matt McConaughey. He's one of the stars in the upcoming "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past." So PLEASE visit his website above to learn about J.K. Livin. I'll wait. OK, so you see I am wearing this hat in the proper way for a sporty person to wear it. High pony on the top of your head. Also I think you should see "Surfer, Dude."

Back to Matt, one of the coolest Men. He's very down to Earth, approachable, easy to talk to. So are his people. You'd call them his Entourage. After the actors show up for their first days, sometimes there is a kick-off party. I walk into a nightclub in Boston called FELT where everything is purple, including my best purple sweater. Matt's cool so he's sitting at the bar with Camilla who is drinking mineral water. (I have her microwave now, and also when Conner Meade looks through the curtains to see the most beautiful model ever, those curtains are now in my living room.)

So I join my people from accounting that are near the bar but not AT the bar you know... gotta give the actors space, although you have to GO TO the bar to get your drink, so I DO IT. I go and get my first Martini, looking smashing, smile and give a "hey" to Matt. Yes. I said "hey."

So at one point later in the night after I've done my "work the party" thing, I end up back with the accounting department that hasn't moved an inch. "So hey guys, ah, so..." (I still don't know what to talk about with accountants, and I have been in the Department 2wice. Don't hate me guys) They order drinks, and then are like "hey if our drinks come while we're gone..." Yup.

So the drinks come and I'm hanging out alone watching Breckin Meyer be bored, and Lacey Chabert be absolutely adorable... and watching these two drinks and sipping my own. Matt and his posse are about to bounce. They are standing right next to me and Matt says something like

"What's a doll like you standing alone for?"

ME: "Babysitting drinks for my department, they went on a smoke break"

Matt: "Well, walk away."

So I did and met his people and him and then they left. Then Lacey Chabert is sitting alone and since we had been introduced earlier in the night she was like "sit next to me!!" She was waiting for her ride to go home. That's another story... so I'm sure you are dying to hear more about Matt.

He's great! During the screen tests I was passing out the Per Diem at the stage, and someone was like "Yay! Money Lady is here!" Perfect timing Matt walks behind me when I was getting signatures from crew, and says "It does make the Earth turn." He makes ours more interesting. I'm cool in the hat.

C'mon baby finish what you started, it's incomplete!

A simple 4x4 in squares quilt I started in 1996. This picture reflects where I'm at with it in 2009. The squares are pieces of clothes that I wore out throughout important times of my life. Thus I call this piece the "Memory" quilt. I sew on a very vintage machine from the 40's that converts into a table. For years it was a TV stand in every apartment before this one, damn roomates.

Most of the plaid pieces are Flannel shirts I wore in High School. I wasn't a girl, I was a Seattle trend. "Grunge." It was the time when Pearl Jam, Nirvana, and Soundgarden were shaping our experiences. Or at least providing the background music. I never had really been into music until Pearl Jam came along. I was still really into colored jeans too. The clothes follow through to Sr year where in between there is a pair of jeans the Bartlett High School Impressions decorated in the Shepherd Hill Cafeteria during the "Joseph" year. I had everyone sign them. I tried really hard to bring everyone together, team spirit!

Panels of squares later it's college, still drawing on old jeans and a few flannels followed me there. Lot of my HS T-shirts burned out. A T-shirt that was Tye Dyed during Sr week from T.O.W.E.R. makes it's way in. A group called "Teens of Webster Encountering Reality" I was involved in. I designed the T-shirt on my parents computer in the old school PAINT program. There was a time I got involved in groups just to design the T-Shirt... and there are a lot of these making thier way into the quilt.

The quilt has been sewn up to few years ago at the RIIFF when I was really skinny, and had some favorite pieces I would wear during that time. It was a real nice time in my life to be free of the extra weight, and positively a rock star.

So my idea is not to make something that matches the colors of my bedroom, or to anything noble like recycling. It's purely selfish. When I'm lonely, I want to be able to litterally wrap myself in the comfort of memories.

the first is the best

My friends and family agree that I have a good life. I see it as mine everyday and I live it so I have a slightly different view. It's not that off from how they see it. It's just a little different. As most Massachusetts folk, I am unemployed now. I have been freelance for a while, and I hope something comes my way soon, and untill then, until the money comes back to be able to hang out with my still working friends, I figured I would start a blog as to not go completely crazy. Give myself a sense of purpose.

The photo above. I took it. I have a Cannon Power Shot A470 that I cashed in points on my Credit Card last year to get for free. I used a Cannon 5D everyday on the set of UNDERDOG and fell in love with it. This is not even CLOSE to a 5D, though 7.1 MP as a reward for racking up debt... not too shabby. I have no complaints about this camera. I quite love it, and it fits in my pocket so it is very stealth. Takes video too.

I video taped my brother singing Kareoke at a bar out here in Lynn a few months ago before I got very sick and this financial woe came about. Enough about that though. I video taped him singing two different songs. This past month I finally editied them together on my Pinnacle editing system which I run on My Toshiba Laptop. Put a few sweet transitions to it, slapped it on a DVD and sent it to him as a late birthday present. He texted me this:

"Thank You. I didn't realize I was so off key in places! I'll have to practice for next time. Your gift made me get all teary eyed!"

ah. I didn't think it was that big a deal! But it meant more than I could expect to him. So in closing, that's the deal! Positve feedback from just being me and doing what I do has been overwhelming for ME in these past few months. I'd like to share it to the void, to see if it touches others? Overall though, I think it will be fun just to document certain stories that others think are fun and I see as everyday. For instance... hanging out with Movie stars a few times a year. Don't get me wrong. I think it's fun for me, but I am shocked that other people think it's cool. :)

Till the next one.

Jess of all Trades, Monster of Some.