FLAVOR of WEEK 23

Again, the only thing interesting about this week is that it was my last week at work on NHK. Hopefully they'll get a pick-up, so you all better go out and buy some Ni Hao merchandise!

Went to lunch with Mary for the last time, and Dan. How convenient our first lunch and last lunch ended up being at Kabuki in Burbank.

Met with Karen Kirkland.

Celebrated our last days at Nick at BJ's Happy Hour.


Hehe... we both love fries!!!



Sunday
- Noah's 2nd bday!

Month 6: Unemployment Party

As most of you have heard, my last day at Nick is tomorrow. It's my first layoff. Instead of feeling upset and bitter and sad about losing my job, I'm looking this as a blessing in disguise, an opportunity for me to spread my wings and do other things. I am a firm believer in things happening for a reason, so I'm actually excited about it. I've had "senioritis" for the past week, and am looking forward to writing in my time off, spending some time on myself, taking care of my body, cooking, etc. It's not unemployment. It's FUNemployment.

So come out for some drinks, some laughs, and some good old-fashioned British bangers and beer!

WHAT: Unemployment Party
WHEN: Friday, June 12th from 6:00pm to whenever
WHERE: Robin Hood British Pub
13640 Burbank Blvd
Sherman Oaks, CA 91401
(818) 994-6045

FLAVOR of WEEK 22

I got nothing super-exciting for you this week. Just the same old thing:

Work on my play, meet up with Oliver to discuss our short film, eat, drink, sleep, poop. And build up a lot of senioritis.


Monday
- Nika came to town. Went to Lucifer's Pizza (Salad and a Pumpkin Pizza) and the Alcove (Pomegranate Chocolate and Tea)

Tuesday
- Baked the friendship bread which was blessed by Padre Pio in the Vatican

Sunday
- "Glengarry Glenross" with Mom (great play!)

FLAVOR of WEEK 21

Monday
- finished painting test

Tuesday
- Playwriting Class - the class critiqued my play-in-progress "Anchors"


Wednesday
- Sushi Gen with Sophia
- Discussed Aniboom submission with my "partner"

Thursday
- Visited Cartoon Network, finally ate at Third and Olive
- "Little Mermaid" 20th Anniversary/Commemoration

Friday
- Intern's last day - Gordon Biersch
- Dinner at Mission






Saturday - SEATTLE!
- Paramount Hotel
- Pike's Place Chowder
- Seattle Central Library
- Lusty Lady (25c peep show), Franz Chocolate Truffles, Tea House, Gelato
- Pike's Marketplace (Original Starbucks)
- Wedding at Stimson-Greene Mansion
- Boca - afterparty






Sunday
- Library Bistro
- Sculpture Park
- Folk Art Festival/View of Space Needle
- Experience Music Project/Science Fiction Museum
- Hike to Kerry Park (nice view of the city)

FLAVOR of WEEK 20

Sunday
- Mother's Day with family

Monday
- NHK Crew Screening

Tuesday
- Lunch with Gordon

Wednesday
- Lunch with Martin/Carl at Disney TV

Thursday
- Lunch with Oliver at WB
- WB Museum

Friday
- State of Play - Paramount

And this weekend I just worked... bleh!

REVIEW on MONTH 5: Wurstkuchen

Didn't make it to the Artwalk, but got to try out Werstkuchen! It is an amazing place! They had all sorts of different sausages. We tried the Rattlesnake Jalapeno and the Filipino Sausage, both with red peppers and grilled onions. We also ordered french fries. Yum! Their fries are up there with Frjtz fries! Gotta try it! And there's also a bar section which is reminiscent of a beer hall. Pretty flippin' sweet! After that we were on a quest to find a parking spot near Yogurtland. My first time at one of these self-servers, and I loved it! So much better than Pinkberry!

Overall fun night despite the face that it didn't include art. (Though we spent a while analyzing Yogurtland's awful logo.)

FLAVOR of WEEK 19

Time to NETWORK!!!!

Monday

Tuesday
- Lunch with Alex, Eun-ji, and Jessica. Gave Alex a supreme tour of Nick. Got some job leads and met some new faces while I was at it.

Wednesday
- Composting Class

Thursday
- Lunch with Susy at Fox Animation Studios. Got a tour and ran into many familiar faces on Cleveland.

Friday
- Lunch with Darrel.
- Woodbury Animation Showcase

Saturday
- Star Trek at Paramount followed by Scoops

Month 5: ArtWalk LA

I've heard some good things about ArtWalk in Downtown LA. So let's view some local art and follow it up with a drink at a nearby bar. Let's meet up at Cole's, and then we'll figure out where we wanna get drinks - the Varnish, perhaps.

WHAT: ArtWalk
WHEN: Thursday, May 14th from 12:00pm to 9:00pm (Let's meet at 7pm! Drinks to follow!)
WHERE: Downtown LA - Let's meet at Cole's and walk over together:
Cole’s French Dip
118 E. 6th
Los Angeles

For more info on the event: http://downtownartwalk.com/

Info from their website:
"The Downtown Art Walk is a self-guided tour that showcases the many art exhibition venues in Downtown Los Angeles — commercial art galleries, museums, and non-profit arts venues."

Hope to see you there. Drinks for struggling artists!!!

FLAVOR of WEEK 18

So this past week we found out that NHK no longer has a 3rd season pickup like they had told us we did 5 months ago. This annoys me on various levels. A major one is that I could have been applying elsewhere, especially since I heard that the Cleveland Show just hired 3 timers 2 months ago. Now I have no idea what I'm going to be doing with myself for the rest of the year. It's pretty nerve-wracking, as I'm sure you can imagine.

But this was my week pre and post the news.

Monday
- I actually found a condo in Hollywood which I really like. Funny thing is it's right across the street from a couple friends of mine. Wierd!
- Milt Kahl Tribute at the Academy (Wanted to try Cowboys and Turbans but it was closed so we ate a more traditional Indian meal across the street)

Tuesday
- Lunch with Mary Harrington - she's awesome! We gotta do it again!

Wednesday
- WriteAct Company Meeting

Thursday
- Lunch with Jan Nagel
- Returned and heard the news upon my pursuit of planning our Australia trip. Ended up at Barney's Beanery with the rest of the NHK crew. We're all lost souls wandering around.
- "Ghosts" at a Noise Within


Friday
- Video game challenge at Nick - Wiis, PS3s, and XBox360s all week long! (I lost first round of the tennis tournament)

Saturday
- Free Pilates Day!
- Volunteered for FOH for M4M - go see it!