White out

Location: Mammoth Lakes, CA, USA

Oh, man. We just got settled into our condo... or should I say... free standing cabin in the woods :) This place is incredible!! The drive up was pretty forgettable. My car ended up just being me and Brian. We met up with Venice and Tim just past the 395/14 junction and had perfect driving conditions until about 20 minutes outside town when we hit a pretty torrential blizzard. Nothing too serious though, the snow hadn't started to stick yet, so it wasn't too bad. Then we roll up to the new pad... Wow. This place has 3 bedrooms, a huge open living room/den/kitchen/loft area, a FULL basement and a huge backyard with a big deck. It's incredible. We've spent the last hour or so "ooo"-ing and "ahh"-ing and flipping switches (we can't quite figure out how to make the fireplace work) and shotgunning beds (of which we each get our own). We're all settled now and as soon as everyone gets unpacked and dressed, we're going to head to Von's to stock up on food/beer and head over to Nick's where amazingness is sure to ensue. Ahhhh... snow :)

XOXO

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The sun will come out....

Location: Santa Monica, CA, USA

Well, so much for that idea. It's Thursday night. I've spent this entire week working... well... a whole lot. So, needless to say... I haven't gotten anything done yet. That is, anything done for the application. I've gotten a whole lot of other crap done, that is for sure.

Anyway, just wanted to update. We leave for Mammoth tomorrow!! WOOOO!!! So far, it's me, Alia, Blake and Brian, Tom and Sean (two CS dudes from Long Beach), Rahul (another CSer from LB) and Venice and Tim (CSers from Rancho Cucamonga). Soooo looks like we'll have a packed house! It's supposed to sleep 8 on beds plus couches, so we're one over, but we'll figure it out I'm sure :)

It's been snowing for days now and the weather is looking sunny for the weekend!! Ahhhhh... so excited!

XOXO

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Flawless, Absolutely Flawless

Location: San Diego, CA, USA

Unfortunately, I did not get any filming done this weekend. The original plan was to drag my sturdy cameraman down to San Diego with me and hit the beach on Saturday. Do some scouting, some flier passing outing. But then I sort of forgot that my company is merging with another... umm... TODAY. And as an IT professional, that requires QUITE a bit of internal support junk. So, I've been a tad more than busy. As a result, my website is still blank (though I did buy the domain redirect and the new e-mail! www.abbeyinoz.com and me@abbeyinoz.com). Fliers and posters are unmade. Outfits are unplanned. It's all just... stalled.

BUT!! I still went to San Diego, duh. So I got off work Friday night SUPER late (actually working in my new office!! Eeks!) ran home as quickly as I could to change and pack and then left for San Diego about 8 PM. Luke's show was at 9, so I knew I was going to miss it, but I promised Lo to call when I was close so she could give me directions to wherever they were. I sped to SD in my purple sequiney dress and called to check in: "We'll be home in like 10 minutes! Call you when we're there to give you directions!" So... naturally... I went to in-n-out to grab a DP and some fries and chill out while I waited.

And waited...

At about 11:30 (yes... approx. 1.5 hours after arriving at in-n-out) I finally get directions and head to the rockin' party. And oh, was it rockin'... I ran into some great old-friendly faces (aka Jeff and Lauren) and drank some amazing home brewed beer named something like "Laurel's B-day beer." There was a disco ball, beer pong, loud music, conversations about curling irons, lots of new friends, tons of sparkle (we gave a new meaning to jewel tones) and naturally, lots of birthday debauchery. At about 5 AM when the partying had absolutely no end in sight, I knew I was in for it. I started sobering up, left SD around 7 (having not slept) and arrived in my bed, nearly fully clothed around 9 AM, only to sleep for the rest of the day and night. Definitely a success in my books :)

So the plan now is to make a plan. Make those undone application necessities not be undone before we leave for Mammoth on Friday so I can do some filming from up there. Yikes... wish me luck!

XOXO

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