Pictures like this get me through the day. Holla.

I was in Beverly Hills and stopped my car after seeing this car which was plastered with Post-It notes. I don’t get the point of it, but I needed to take a video of it. RANDOM!

Me and the Boy were in downtown LA visiting Ilya, Tara and Jessie! BTW, Ilya, if you’re reading this, I’m still offended that you never offered me any “juice” when we worked together. So not cool. Tara, so good to see you!

There was this fabulous thing where you can jump around and it lights up everytime you jump on it.

DOORMAN: “You can’t jump on it!”
ME: DUDE…SORRY! I turned 5 years old for a moment.

Actual Barney sighting on Sunset Boulevard. He then vanished into the night.

An Actual Audition Post (No, I wasn’t auditioning for this project…I swear!) How funny is this?

On a recent audition, I had to wait for a bit before I went in for the actual read and thought it would be funny to post an audition survival kit.  If you’re an actor, you can probably relate, as you should always bring things to keep your mind focused before you go into “THE ROOM.“  haha… ominous, right?

You need gum. It keeps your mouth busy esp. if you’re ADD like me.  I’m currently obsessed with this new gum from Orbit.

You need Music. Whenever I audition for a drama versus a comedic project, I ALWAYS need my ipod to listen to various old hip-hop songs or Mozart.  I don’t know what it is about Mozart that just gets to my core.  I love it.  I don’t think I could live without my Ipod shuffle. WORD.

The Script. I always have a script in my car whether its a TV or feature project, and the sides of course. Sides are pages from scripts that are given to you via your agent/manager, and usually just have tidbits on it so you can come up with your own character before you audition. Having scripts around keep you on your toes.

Makeup- For auditions, you usually need to wear makeup which is annoying as I’m not a huge makeup wearer in daily life. I’m too lazy.

I usually bring some sort of snack or something too, but I had inhaled it before posting. Sorry! I’m currently obsessed with Luna Bars, especially the Peanut Butter Cookie flavor. OMG. So good.

I get my share of random and odd e-mails, where people will ask me about how to make a certain recipe or if I can help them find their high school sweetheart. (Uh… random) Or guys will e-mail me inappropriate comments, which are usually gross, but 8 times out of 10, make me laugh.

Usually this is my response:
“Great to hear from you, but I only talk about documents. Anything related to documents.”
This is today’s random e-mail.

When you’re Asian-American, you grow up with two supermarkets. There’s the one where you buy all the cereal, junk food, US Weekly, and various condiments. And there’s the OTHER one, where you go with your parents, filled with various exotic (OMG. I hate this word. Why did I just use it? Anyway) vegetables, live fish, picked vegetables, and other foods that are difficult to describe to your American friends. Here’s a peek into a recent shopping excursion to a Korean Supermarket with my Dad. (Los Angeles’s Koreatown). The manager was really annoyed at me when he saw me with the Flip Mino, and I really thought he was going to throw me out.

Korean Food Shopping with My Dad from girlatastartup on Vimeo.

Hello All. So, I’m just re-posting this interview I did with Ilya, one of our front-end developers. He’s also my Russian Jewish brother from another mother. Word.

This interview took place at our old office where we were cramped in a tiny space, but where this company was actually in it’s infant stages. Too many funny/random stories to tell, but I was sent this Flip Mino, and was obsessed with taking video footage of anything. Probably annoying everyone around.

Ilya loves Diet Mountain Dew, so I decided to interview him about it as I’ve never seen someone drink as much caffeine as him. RESPEK. (Ali G’s pronunciation)
One more thing, I’m laughing a bit too loudly in the video and shaking the camera by accident. Pardon in advance.