April 13th-April 18th - Living In Hollywood!

On Saturday I headed back to Los Angeles by myself! Since I was nervous to be alone while checking into an apartment I reserved for the first time my friend Erica came with me which was so sweet! We went to a grocery store and then talked a while before she headed home. That night I woke up abruptly from hearing a drunk man being very loud outside! I was so scarred I put my suitcase and a chair in front of the door haha The next morning I told Erica and she said that's Hollywood for you!

She was right Hollywood was very busy and a little crazy but the next day I got to walk around and see how exciting the neighborhood was! I was one street from Magic Castle, the Chinese Theatre and a ton of shops.

At night I watched the MTV Movie Awards and one of my favorite parts was Emma Watson's Generation Award acceptance speech, so cute! 

On Monday I stopped into the agency and they said that just incase my iPad fails I should have my printed book so they gave me the official Ford portfolio that I have dreamed of having! 

When I got back to the apartment I was completely shocked and so saddened hearing news about a bombing in Boston. Immediately I was praying that the least damage possible was done, that they caught the bomber(s) and that my Aunt Susan was ok! My Aunt lives two streets away from the finish line but she was thankfully at work! It is truly devastating what happened but I like to think about the strangers who helped one another and what a great job the Boston Police Department did.

The next day I got to model for Modnique.com again that I love doing! We did clothing lines Nick & Mo and Insight! 

On Wednesday I worked for TiLLY's modeling their clothing for the website! It was in Irvine, California so I had to leave at 5:30am to get there by 7:00am but it was neat seeing the sun rise while I was driving there. I met the e-commerce crew and the hair/makeup artist Andrew who were all nice. We shot all day with a break for lunch and they said we did well on getting as many outfits done as we could!

That night I heard about the terrible explosion of a fertilizer plant in West, Texas. I really wanted to do a fundraiser for the Salvation Army who was providing refreshment, food, blankets, emotional and spiritual care. I tried for weeks setting it up through CrowdRise.com and they did try to help me work it out but unfortunately the Tax ID number that the Texas Salvation Army gave me did not work in the system. Anyway, I am glad that the community helped each other and gave blood to those in need.

It was very nice of Shoebacca.com to donate shoes and clothes!

Thursday I had a casting for REI outdoor clothing that was downtown but went quickly. Then Andrew from the Tilly's shoot told me to stop by his salon to cut the dead ends off of my hair. My friend Erica is an amazing hair stylist at Studio DNA but it was nice of him to offer and I wanted to see his place at Salon Republic. My hair felt much better after, thanks Andrew!

Later I went to the Andaz hotel for a casting for Next shoes and there were bunch of models waiting in the lobby. Some of the girls and I were talking and I realized that my parking meter was about to expire! I had to leave the casting and run almost a half mile down the road and back again, but I made it just in time for my group to go into the go-see! The clients were from Europe and they were very nice!

I left the casting and was driving to my apartment when I noticed a helicopter ahead up in the sky standing completely still. I had a feeling that something was wrong and when I saw two others doing the same thing forming a triangle around Hollywood I decided to drive away. 

Then I heard sirens and saw police driving towards where I was trying to get away from. When I got further away I pulled over and called my parents and my phone died, I was so scared! Luckily I had an emergency charger they gave me so I called a non-emergency police number and after holding for a while I asked if it was safe to go to my apartment and the woman advised me not to as there was a bomb threat one street from my place! 

(LAPD bomb disposal unit at the scene)

Right away I called Erica who lives in Burbank, California and she said I could go to her house until things were safe! I was so thankful and when I got there her and Jason were starting a movie. We had snacks and watched Safety Not Guaranteed which was a cute movie about preparing for time travel.

After I heard the man who made the bomb threat was arrested and everything was settled down and safe I headed back to me apartment and tried to get some sleep!