So I managed to kick the New Yawk accent for a few hours as I recorded my voice-over demo reel with the genius soundboard master Ben Bledsoe. It was the most challenging thing I have done in a long time. Ya think its easy? It ain’t.
Hopefully this will lead to another form of cash flow in this insane LALA-land of Hollywood. Also, no one can see your wrinkles.
When the MP3 is done I will post for y’all to hear.
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| “The Buzz” on Outside Television |
This past week I traveled up to Bar Harbor, Maine to shoot a series of shows for Outside Television. We shot 7 episodes of a show called “The Buzz”. I hosted 56 segments in and around the Acadia National Park which was quite possibly the prettiest place I have ever been in the good old U.S. of A. Day 1 (pictured above) was shot at Sand Beach. Day 2 was at the summit of Cadillac Mountain- the first place in America that you can see the sunrise. Our last day I balanced on the rocks of Jordan Pond. (which features a pair of mountains that look like breasts, boobies, jugs, tatas.) So naturally I had to dumb down my abundance of cleavage a tad. I will include a shot of that as well. I found it hilarious.
This trip really reminded me that I am in the right place in my life. I love to host. Pursing this dream has been really, really difficult but oh so worth it. When I get the opportunity to travel to interesting new places and do what I truly believe I do best it validates my never-ending battle with the idea of Hollywood.
Plus, I get to mimic the locals and their amazing accents. Bah Habah. HA. so awesome.
The crew was terrific; true professionals every moment. They set up a huge jib camera every morning and took it down every night. And in the most impossible places, outdoors in 35 degree weather!!!!
“The Buzz” starts airing November 1st!!!! As soon as it is up on http://www.outsidetelevision.com/ I will keep y’all updated.
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| See!!! Told you so!!!! |
Just thought I would show y’all a little bit of my work.
As a stylist/host I often get asked to speak on camera about fashion and trends. This time I was in full support of Cynthia Rowley’s briliant new Retail Truck concept.
Cynthia Rowley has a truck that travels around the country popping up at boutiques, charity events, shopping centers, and even in people’s driveways if requested! The entire 2010 Fall line is being sold out of the back of this super chic, sassy store on wheels. It even has a dressing room, great music and even better lighting! (which as we all know if crucial)
I was in LOVE with so many pieces in the collection….from clutch bags to cocktail dresses with cobalt blue feathers lining the hem and obsessed with the colorful fringe mania!!!!
I was invited to an event being held by Cynthia Rowley in conjunction with Project Angel Food; an amazing organization that feeds 10,000 men, women and children stricken with HIV, AIDS, cancer and other life threatening diseases every week. 10,000 meals a week!!!! These selfless volunteers nourish the hearts and souls of people who are in need of a noutritious meal made with love and have been doing so for over 20 years.
I met so many lovely people, noshed on cupcakes and made small talk. ABC News interviewed me as well as E! News. I will let everyone know when the E! piece will air.
I live in a small complex made up of 5 apartments in Los Angeles. Well, the valley. Yes, I am a valley girl and damn proud of it. Young working actors, makeup artists, a filmmaker, a social worker and I have no idea what the nice dude who lives below me does….but he is quiet and that’s all I really care about. He probably would not say the same for me. Take that as you will. Winky emoticon.
At 6 am bright and early tons of little birds come flocking to my window into this tree right by my bedside. So do these very very aggressive and noisy squirrels. Not because I am Snow White….because some mystery bandito keeps FEEDING them.
I swept up the birdseed and peanuts a few times already, we have asked him very politely to stop feeding the animals because rats, raccoons and possums also live back there, along with our vehicles that we have to get into and out of often. The last thing I need is a racoon bite on my leg with no health insurance.
Mr. Mystery Bandito Animal Feeder IGNORED us. Mind you, he lives in the adjacent building and responded a such, “the people in my building didn’t like the birds pooping on their cars so I figured you guys wouldn’t mind if I fed them here.”
That was around the time he was dumping loaves of Italian bread in our yard and on the garage roof.
MISTER…Oldness is not an excuse for being a jerk!!!
So I once again set off to ask him NICELY not to do this. I wrote a sign and put it against the feeding grounds.
Today- there was about 5 lbs of bird seed and enough peanuts to feed a pack of Asian elephants out there. Right under my sign.
THIS IS WAR MR. MYSTERY BANDITO ANIMAL FEEDER.
(He’s not so mysterious by the way…hes about 83 years old, basically bald and kinda frail.)
The noise is one thing…especially so early but the real problemo is that when I moved in there was some large dead animal in my heating duct that was decomposing. The exterminators could not get it out. YEAH- so I had to live with it til it decomposed fully. The smell was delicious, especially when I brought home my date (now my boyfriend) for the first time. Try explaining that and not feeling like a weirdo.
Anyway…I will keep y’all posted on my war with the neighbor.
I need a job. Bad.
Giggle. giggle.
IM not on facebook. It frustrates most, if not all of my friends to no end. I am getting peer pressure from everyone to join. Even my Mother and Father have FB accounts!
I’m not even sure why my aversion to it is so strong, I just don’t want to be a memberr. After the disaster my myspace account created I just have no desire. Although aafter a few glasses of wine I have been known to waver and be on the brink of signing up.
There was all sorts of drama with my space but most of all…..Yes, I was lame. I had a bikini picture in one of my albums on myspace. A few years ….YES years later after I totally came to my senses and canceled my account I went on a few dates with a guy who was initially a friend. Well, ‘said guy’ had that very bikini photo SAVED on his desktop and showed it to me. The social networking world (and blogs) can permanently brand anything and everything you decide to be public info into the universe FOREVER.
Am I alone in thinking that this concept is insane?
Hear that next Miss USA? FOREVER!!!!! You think its cute when you are 20 to upload the photo of you doing saki bombs and body shots off of that sweaty dude at Senor Frogs? NOT so cute when a few years later.
Crap- I should probably erase any and all photos I put on this blog before its under my google images.
Like the recent photo of a brunette woman labeled “Karla Cavalli” giving some naked, ripped dude a hummer on her knees. I am sure the possible employers interested in me as the host of their new family show loved that one.
Anyway, Jersey Shore is on tonight. I’m busting at the seams. I bet they have lots of FB friends.
I will intently listen to every one of you say “I told you so” when I decide to admit defeat and join the cult.
photo courtesy of www.marriedtothesea.com
OK- I have discovered I cannot remember how to be a girlfriend anymore.
In fact, I think I am kind of bad at it. Sort of how I was horrendous at calculus.
Two years of being single really messes a gal up.
I used to be a terrific girlfriend. Many bad dates and a plethora of lame pick-up lines and I am jaded and cranky.
3 Months in with a fantastic man- will I mess it all up? Geez, I hope not. Its funny though, the grass is always greener I think.
The entire two years I yearned for a hairy man to cuddle up to and someone to spoon me at night, now I got one and he elbows me in the head every single night while he sleeps. Accidentally of course- or maybe not.
Take the good with the bad?
He is terrific…opens every single door, cooks chicken picatta, compliments me constantly, even washes the dishes….without me asking!
He is my prince charming. Yet- I am a picky brat. DO NOT mess this up lady. You have been waiting for a man like this one forever.
When are women truly happy? I think I may be a bit like a man in this sense. Insatiable sometimes.
Does being single for too long really destroy your ability to be a good partner?
I sit here and write this and feel like I sound like Carrie. God forbid I read it out loud to myself- wearing some overlystyled outfit. Scary.
(Although I am satc fanatic- from day 1 mind you….not some newbie)
Well, I am off on a quest to re-learn to be a good girlfriend again. Any suggestions would be fantastic my friends.
Teach me how not to care if he leaves the bathroom rug in the wrong place, or if he forgets to turn the lights off.
Remind me to be grateful for how handy he is with a hammer and nail; how he fixes every minuscule detail that has been waiting for some testosterone to turn a wrench to it and how he has such an amazing sense of exactly where I need to be touched.
Grateful, grateful, grateful…be grateful because you have been busting as the seams for some holey boxers to fold again.
Went to bed hungry.
Trying to shed the extra 8-12 lbs or so I’ve gained in the last 3 months. Ya
see- I’ve fallen in love which means I’m becoming a fatso. Yeah- no wonder
newlyweds r so happy. They don’t give a rats arse what they’re eating and just
pound food like they’ll never see their spouse ever again if they don’t.
I’ve been totally blind to my nonexcercising- non light beer drinking- bacon
blue cheese and disco fry eating ways for the past 3 months. Geez Karla- get it
together. Even though you have decent metabolism cuz you’ve been an athlete your whole
life you canNOT eat like a 200lb man. You will get a muffin topper.
Anyway- its go time now. Ipod is charged and I’m ready to rumble. Hike, sweat,
and starve myself. All hail Los Angeles.
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| Wheelhouse Creative |
My friends are genius.
I attended the screening of “All I EverWanted- The Airborne Toxic Event Live from Disney Concert Hall..blah blah blah. Long Title” last night.
My great friend DJ-JD Jon Danovic directed it and my wonderful friend, the infamous Brian Girard produced it. They leave for London next week for the European screening. I have always been impressed by their work, always. I am officially floored now. These two gentleman are so dedicated to making beautiful schtuff on screen that of which I have had the pleasure of being a part of many, many times. This time they out-did themselves. I am so proud to know them.
Best of luck my friends. You make beautiful music together. xoxoxoxo