LUX DE VILLE REVIEW!!!

LUX DE VILLE REVIEW!!!

The other day, I got a little coin purse that just so happened to be Lux-De-Ville, and I thought I’d do a little review on it! I know that it may seem a bit soon for a review since I’ve only had this product for a day or two, but from knowing how long my mother has kept her (Lux-De-Ville) wallet and how great in condition it is, I know how great their stuff is!

Lux-De-Ville’s purses, wallets and so on are not only great in beauty, but they are high quality and they last for… Forever! I mean you can get your bag run over by a train and it’d still be in perfect shape! I love how they look like cars… And it almost seems like the purses are made out of the same thing as the seats of a vintage car! 

I love their stuff and I hope to someday own something else of theirs someday… They’re amazing…

Manic Panic and Me

The best hair dye I have ever used HAS to be Manic Panic. There was one time, about a year ago, that I tried out a dye that someone said was "better", but it damaged my hair so badly that I'm still recovering from it! MP doesn't do that and that's part of the reason why I'm so loyal to the product. Along with the actual dye, it has conditioner as well so it won't damage your hair as much.

Another reason why I love it is because of the color. Atomic Turquoise is just so unique... When I first dyed my hair blue, we (me and my mom) were trying to find a good shade of blue to put in my hair. Again, the other dyes didn't work out for some reason since the colors merged into others... But when we tried out MP for the first time, it was one nice solid color. Great shade of blue as well as very bright and vivid.

There is one myth out Manic Panic that I don't agree with: "It fades out too quickly". Whenever someone tells me this, I often get confused. The color lasts at least two or three months before I have to dye it over again. (Plus, I wash and hairspray in my hair!)

Ah... That reminds me... I have to dye my hair soon!

Meeting Jeff Ross

I met him, rather randomly, at a festival in Hollywood. To tell the truth, I was a bit scared to ask for a photo since 'roasting' was the majority of his comedy. I didn't want to be roasted, but then I gave in and asked him.



And surprisingly, he was so so nice and down to earth! We told him about Comedy Camp (of course) and he seemed to be very supportive about that. It makes me very happy...

Lacey Lately

I know I haven't been as much as I should and it seems as if I fell off the face of the earth, but ever since graduation, I've been depressed due to "Comedy Camp withdrawals"... You would think that getting up early every Saturday morning would be a pain, but to me, it was totally worth it. I had lots of fun, made some new friends, and most importantly, learned so so much...

Now I just sleep in on my Saturday mornings, hahaha... Like I said in my last post, I am working on some new material to hopefully perform there again someday. With my paycheck so far, I've gotten a sketchbook with some new pencils. When I finish up my drawings I may post them on here!

Comedy Camp: Graduation

I know it's taken me quite a while to catch up on my posts, but I've been having camp withdrawals for the past two weeks. That's right. It's over... I'm sad, but it has been such an amazing experience. Those weeks at the Laugh Factory changed me life so much. I used to be so shy, timid, and afraid to do anything like performing.

So let's talk about the graduation show. When we got there, the kids had to go in separately from the adults. Since the adults were the audience, they had to wait outside all lined up as if it were an actual show!

Two comedians, ugh... I can't remember their names, got us motivated for our upcoming performances by talking to us, making us less nervous. Unfortunately, Dane Cook wasn't able to make it to the party, so I wondered who would be the MC for the night. After that, we were led upstairs into the VIP section. That was like our backstage and it was NIIIICE! Nice furniture, nice lighting... And to top it all off it had a chandelier! We also got drinks and nachos! (Don't worry, we all had water and soda.)

Although the atmosphere was calm, I wasn't. I was still ill at this rate and I was terrified that my voice would sound all hoarse... And to add to that, I was going to have a real audience this time. I know that they mostly consist of friends and family of the other camp kids, but still. I know very few of them and that meant I was performing my material to people I don't know. But then I thought, "Well didn't I have to deal with that problem the FIRST DAY of Comedy Camp?!". I eventually got over it and went to my friend who brung a special gift for Jamie Masada. Since we were presenting it to him, we were trying to to figure out how exactly we would give it to him.

But then fear struck my nerves again when we were split into groups of four. Thank god I wasn't one of the first people to go up... It's not that I didn't remember my routine, it's just too soon for me. For some reason, I need to feel the atmosphere and feel the energy before I get on stage. We were lined up by the stairs on the balcony so that meant that we could watch the other kids perform. That made me feel better. And the audience's response was good too. I started to feel more confidence for this night realizing that this was a brand new audience in a different way. It'd be different than performing in front of the same crowd every week and that was a great thing.

On our way downstairs, I saw one of our guests Maronzio Vance and I was thrilled to see him again. We hugged and he wished me luck, but my heart was still pounding. As each kid got off stage, my nervousness grew, making my coughing worse and anxiety higher. The whole night I kept praying that everything would go alright... This was my last chance at doing this right for camp and I didn't want to screw it up.

We had two MC's. Paul Rodriguez and KEVIN FREAKING NEALON (since I watched a lot of SNL when I was 'growing up' I was so so happy!!!)!! I wanted this performance to roll by smoothly and calmly with all the material remembered. So when Kevin called me onto the stage, I ran up as fast as I could and took the mic off the stand perfectly. Now I'm not trying to be conceited or anything, but I am so happy and pleased with my performance. The people were laughing, I took my time, I remembered everything... It was wonderful. It FELT wonderful...











I did my last joke, which was about WeHo Jesus and my act ended with an Amen. I stepped off stage and Jamie grabbed my hand and smiled at me, looking very proud. A few more performances later, all of us got up on stage and Jamie did a little speech about how proud he was of us and me and my friend finally got to present the gift, which was a plague thanking him for his dedication to helping us young children with such an amazing program and although he seemed to be happy, he couldn't take a compliment. Each week of camp, he flew in from Chicago straight from the LF camp there! He's always helping others. He even feeds the homeless on thanksgiving! He is such a great person, so selfless but he doesn't think he deserves anything for it. I look up to him. That man is a true inspiration.







When my diploma was handed to me, that was truly a moment of glory. I've never won anything like this before and so I treat that framed piece of paper with loads of care and respect as well as my first paycheck. I also got a special Comedy Camp jacket, too! But my happiness didn't revolve around the diploma or even the money. This whole experience of being on stage and being able to perform is a gift that I am so honored to have now.





Camp has given me so much confidence, courage and strength that I never thought I would have and I cannot thank the people who helped us at the Laugh Factory enough... My mom found out about it when she saw an ad for it when she was checking her email one day and when we looked up more information on it, we decided that it would be good for me. But I didn't expect for it to work so well. The first week of camp I remember feeling so scared that I made myself feel sick. Now I feel almost fearless. Now... I am a proud graduate of the Laugh Factory's Comedy Camp.

But the night wasn't over yet.

All of us went back to the VIP area along with the audience. We took tons of photos, I was thanking the staff a million times and some more comedians made it back like Finesse Mitchell, Maronzio Vance (whom I mentioned before) and Alex Scott who gave us signed replicas of the bandana he wore! I got some cake and goodies and even signed my first autograph!







The whole night was absolutely amazing, but it got even better.

My mom and I were talking to Mac Duffy and his wife about camp and I began to get a little sad. Something that was so wonderful for me was coming to end and I was truly going to miss those Saturday mornings there...

I was about to cry, but just as we were about to leave, WEHO JESUS SHOWED UP! We couldn't believe our eyes... This was so ironic! We've met quite a few times before, but I guess he was a bit surprised to see me. I told Jesus all about the camp and he recorded me telling the joke about him. We mingled for a while longer, and then we finally said our goodbyes to everyone.





It was very sad that camp had come to a close, but I am so proud of my accomplishments. I've never really considered doing comedy, but now that I have some experience and a great start, I'm preparing more jokes to hopefully perform at another show there someday.

If I had to describe this whole event in one word, it would be:

Magic.

I would love to give a VERY, VERY SPECIAL THANKS to Jamie Masada, Christina Shams, Mac Duffy, Eman Morgan, Joy Barr, Tiffany Haddish, Maronzio Vance, Chris D'Elia, Alex Scott, Finesse Mitchell, Dane Cook, Kevin Nealon, Paul Rodriguez, Ian Edwards, Joey Medina, Tony Rock, and Jim Tavare for teaching me one of the biggest lessons I could ever learn in life. I will forever treasure it.

A Trip To The ER...

Unfortunately, on that night, I began to feel ill. I thought that my nausea and light-headness was from being stressed out, but the next morning I woke up sobbing, not being able to breathe through my nose. My mother checked my temperature and it turned out that I had a fever. Regardless if I had one or not, I wanted to go to the hospital.

In the car, I was a mess. My eyes were halfway closed, I was all achy and since my sinuses were all clogged up I had to breathe through my mouth.

I looked very sick in the emergency room, so they took me as soon as they could. After they did a check up on me, they stuck me in a room and basically asked me all sorts of questions about how I was feeling.



Now there was this one nurse that came in who noticed my Wonderland shirt. When she asked about it I explained to her that it was Kat Von D's gallery and she said that she visits all the time. Every time I hear about this woman, she tends to get more and more amazing. You'd think that she'd be busy with all the things she does like her tattooing, her makeup line, and her clothing line, but she also donates her time to these children.

Ugh... She is truly the real life Wonder Woman. When I grow up, I want to be someone like her: amazing, inspiring and beautiful inside as well as the outside.

I was pretty much in the same condition for the rest of the day, but the next day my temperature climbed up to 101.5 degrees... I felt weak, gross and too warm. I had graduation for camp the next day and I didn't think I was gonna make it there... I was terrified, but that mostly turned into depression realizing that there was really nothing I could do about it.



I hoped and I prayed that I would at least be able to go to graduation. I worked so hard and it would be so horrible to have to miss that night...

The Last Week of Comedy Camp

Last Saturday, I got dressed and sadly went to the Laugh Factory for my last day of camp. I had written new material and was a bit scared that I would forget something. I know that a mistake is just a mistake, and you learn from your mistakes, but this was my last chance to perform it on stage before graduation.



When I performed it, my mom said that I did good, I got a good review from Chris D'Elia who was our guest comedian that week, but I didn't feel good energy from the audience which makes me very concerned about performing on Tuesday night...





At the end, Christina Shams (manager of the Laugh Factory) and Tiffany Haddish (comedian and graduate of Comedy Camp) gave me a blue sparkly backpack. It was sooooo adorable! And it was even signed by Tiffany!



After camp, I got to talk to some of the people that work there and they gave me awesome, wonderful advice. I've learned so much, but I hope and pray I do well for graduation night!!

COMEDY CAMP WEEK 8 (WITH DANE COOK!)

Saturday at Comedy Camp, was a very awesome day. I didn't do the GREATEST since I was a tad nervous of the fact that DANE COOK was there. But I learned so much from that day...

I am so so incredibly happy that DC finally made it to the party. He was such a sweet guy, very down to earth and he helped us out A LOT. I'd be less nervous if he wasn't there, BUT... He gave me the most wonderful advice I could ever get.

When I was still on stage, he seemed to have really liked me. He said that I have what it takes to be a comedian, but then he also said I have to BELIEVE in what I'm writing. My nervousness might've screwed my performance up a bit, but I completely appreciated his honesty.

During lunch-time, I spoke to him again. I told him that it was an honor to have one of the very best comedians ever, be there for us. Then he looked me in the eyes and told me that I have a dark side to my sense of humor. There was a word that reminded him of me and I wish I could remember it...

But I'm still so surprised by what he said. He is such an intellectual person. So smart, that he figured out my personality just by hearing my voice and that's truly amazing. Normally, when people talk to me, they're distracted by my clothes, or my hair, but he looked me in the eyes!







My mom took some photos of us on stage and later, after we all ate, we took some all together and had another conversation with him. He sounds just like how he does on stage. Same personality, same person... He's just himself and I admire him for that. He's a great conversationalist, very approachable and so it felt so natural talking to him.



Now, I am re-writing ALL of my jokes so that I don't sound so scripted and my personality will be able to break through. I think that will also give me more confidence when I am performing.

But I'm getting rather nervous for next Tuesday since it's our "Graduation" in which we have to perform for... Dane said it's going to be a full house and since I screwed up a bit this time due to my nervousness, I'm scared it'll happen again. I shouldn't be nervous, but when I go up that night, there will be so many more people watching me. I guess I'll just have to practice my stuff and do my best...

I hope I can do this.

COMEDY CAMP WEEKS 6 & 7

Saturday, August 18th, was my sixth(?) week at Comedy Camp. I didn't post about it last week l, so I will compare then to my most recent performance.

So first, let's talk about last week.

It was okay. I didn't do well due to lack of sleep, but it was okay. I let my exhaustion take over my performance which left me spacing out and almost forgetting what I had written! Also, that was a pretty slow day and so Jamie (Masada) called this a "practice round". There's not too much to say about this one.



However, this week as so much better... With plenty of rest, my jokes remembered, and some confidence, we headed down to the Laugh Factory. Before anyone went up, Marinzio Vance, the guest comedian from this week and the week before, gave out notebooks he bought to the kids who didn't have one. That was sooo sooo sweet of him to do, since some of the kids in this camp may not be able to get one.

This time, I sat real close to the stage so I wouldn't have any trouble getting up there. When my name was called, I went up, but before I grabbed the mic I took my jacket off and placed it on the bar stool. When he was giving me feedback, Maronzio explained the move as looking like "you were gonna kick someones @$$"! But I have an actual reason for taking it off... The jacket is almost like a security blanket for me. I feel safe in it. So for this performance, I took it off to "challenge" myself a bit. And also, it's very cold in there so THAT woke me up!

I asked him if there was anything I needed to work on or improve on and he seemed to be a bit surprised by that question and even considered me brave for asking it. I don't really think it's really all that brave, though... I just want constructive criticism so that I can learn from the mistakes I may making. He said that I should build on to my jokes more with some more details.

So with THIS performance compared to the LAST one, I have definitely improved. I hope that next week will be good and that Dane Cook comes back! I even have a special joke for him. :)

SSMF 2012!

Saturday was the third and final day of the Sunset Strip Music Festival. Since we went last year, we went again to follow our new tradition.

We got there around 3:40. Welcomed by the hot, burning sun we tried to walk around but we were practically baking in the sun. So we went inside the Roxy to cool down just as Matt Skiba had just finished. A band called Wallpaper went up and their awesome drum beat got the crowd dancing. Well, except for the ones who just came in, panting and fanning themselves off.

We ventured outside again, and we saw someone that seemed rather familiar. My mom knew him from Tommy Hilfiger ads and MTV (as a VJ). We looked him up and he turned out to be Simon Rex also known as "Dirt Nasty". We WERE going to ask for a photo with him, but instead he called us over. (I guess we look interesting...?) We talked with him a bit and took our photo with him.



We turned around and spotted Shifty Shellshock from Crazy Town. (You know... "Come my lady... Come, come my lady... You're my butterfly... Sugar, baby...") We met him before, so it was nice to see him again.

Bad Religion's show was next. Since they're pretty popular around here, I expected them to put on a great performance. But unfortunately, I didn't get to see the whole thing.

And the dudes in The Offspring were pretty fly for white guys, hahaha... They did pretty well. There was a better mood in the atmosphere, although as people were singing along, they were all yawning, exhausted from the heat.

We chilled out in a tattoo shop till we heard eerie, dark music shake the windows. Again, we headed outside REALLY excited for Manson! With my mother close by, I squeezed in to put my foot on a railing. Eventually, the big black curtain dropped to unveil the stage, making people from all over the festival come rushing in.

Right as Manson pulled out a knife, I attempted to stand on the railing to see him, but the girls I was in between kept pushing me away, calling me names and bragging about how long they've been waiting. (I wanted to say, oh yeah? You've waited for five hours?! I waited for SEVEN!) I tried again, and again, and when I could finally see him, their shoulders pinned me. One pushing into my sternum, and the other in my spine. There was no other thought in my mind other than the fact that I was suffocating. It was so scary... My vision blurred, and I couldn't breathe. With all the strength that I had at the moment, I forced myself free and fell into my mom's arms, hyperventilating and gasping for air. She screamed at them saying that I was only a child.

She dragged me back into the tattoo shop and I was a complete mess. Crying, almost falling to the ground... I felt so weak with my legs shaking violently under me. She guided me to the couch and I laid back, drinking water and wiping my tears with the tissue one of the people that worked there gave me. That moment was absolutely terrifying. I'm unsure about how long the scene lasted, but it seemed so long... I felt like I was going to suffocate to death.

Later, my attention gravitated towards the window. Even though I wasn't outside didn't mean I couldn't enjoy the show. So I slowly walked closer to get a better view but instead, saw the depressing darkness of the stage. Just as I thought the show was over, my face perked up as I heard the VERRRRY familiar sound of an organ. Then of a guitar... Soon, the lights shined upon not only Marilyn Manson, but the remaining Doors, Ray Manzarek and Robby Kreiger.



When they started playing "People Are Strange", the tears returned and my legs began to shake again. This time, I was happy. I've been a Doors fan for a few years and I remember that when I visited LA, they were the soundtrack for that week-and-a-half. I was obsessed with them, visiting the places they went to and walking on the same ground as them. After the visit, I read every book I could find on them, and got all their albums... I've found so much acceptance and freedom here, in LA and The Doors represent my journey here. They mean so much to me... I never in my life would have ever thought that I would get the honor to see them on stage, and there they were.





Manson was amazing. He immediately became possessed with Morrison's spirit. Every lyric, every move... Even the facial expressions! You could just feel his spirit all around... The performance was so powerful... It was almost as if Jim was on stage himself.

They only did two other songs together, "Love Me Two Times" and "Five To One", but the experience was so amazing. At the end, he picked up Robby as he hugged him, and Ray propped his foot up on his organ. They all looked so happy together. Instead of Bono or John Travolta (they actually considered him for Jim's role in the band!), they should have Morrison--AHEM! I mean--Manson play with them more. He's truly amazing...





BUT THE SHOW WAS NOT OVER!

The stage returned to darkness and lit up to a podium. On the podium, there were several microphones which he knocked over to show expression for "Antichrist Superstar", the song he was performing. Then out came a book that he ripped pages from, throwing them and eating them. He then threw it into the mosh-pit making the fans go crazy.



He didn't really announce WHEN he was done, he just kinda... Left. But the show was so moving with the Doors, and amazing and spectacular with Manson. Personally, in my opinion, SSMF last year was so much better. Not just because the weather was nicer, but because the bands, Crüe, Bush and Public Enemy, brought good vibes and energy to their performances. But I enjoyed my time there. The whole thing was hot and tiring until Manson went on, and he just made the whole thing better. However, I wish that he would've done "The End" with Ray and Robby...

Anyway, we had fun, this year was quite an experience, and I hope they get bands in next year of even more diverse genres and performances. Actually, they should let people vote on who they would like to play there...

I can hardly wait for next year to see who plays! And I hope that global warming stops... :(

Comedy Camp

AHH! I THOUGHT I HAD POSTED THIS EARLIER!!

LAAAST SATURDAY....

Was a very good day, except for that awful feeling in my gut. I don't know what's up with me, but I guess I just had that feeling automatically? I'm not sure. I wasn't really nervous. Although, like I said in the other post, I don't feel nervous mentally, anymore. I just feel it physically...

I'll look that up later, how to get rid of bad gut feelings, but let's get back to the story!

Jamie Masada, the owner of the Laugh Factory, walked by and noticed that I had very little food on my plate during lunch and he said that I could get more. But when I get stressed, in any way, I tend to have a hard time eating. I explained that to him and he didn't understand how I could be nervous and I didn't either! :) He said he would try to get me on stage as soon as possible.

When my name was called, I got up there very, very quickly so that I wouldn't have time to think about it. I went through the two jokes I already had memorized and then I began the new one. This is what I was scared about: forgetting what to say. I had written the joke the night before, very last minute (due to a busy week), and I was tired from rehearsing it so late that night.

Well, thank GOD I remembered it. And I did it better than all the times I rehearsed it! I got even better reviews this week... Speaking of, for the fourth week, we had three guest comedians this time: Tony Rock, Moranzio Vanze and Alex Scott from last week!

After the their comments, I thanked Mr. Masada for the program I was participating in. I am truly grateful for being in that camp. So grateful...

Before I joined, I was so scared and had very low self esteem. Back when I was only in elementary school, the "popular" girls would make me sing and dance so they could throw things at me and insult me. My self esteem and confidence got so bad that I couldn't even audition for the school Christmas show without my throat locking up to the point where I couldn't even speak with tears streaming down my cheeks. And that memory of them stuck with me up until my freshman year of high school!

Now, I feel so much better. I can proudly throw away all those bad things that those girls said to me back then. I've learned so much with being on stage only four times and I will forever treasure those lessons because they have changed my life.

When I thanked him, up there, I almost cried. This program means so much to me and I cannot thank him enough.

Wish me luck next week! Or... Tomorrow! I am feeling more excited about this than scared. ^__^

National Chick-Fil-A Day

So today, the first day of August, which supposedly was "Chick-Fil-A Appreciation Day". To "celebrate", my mother and I, amongst a few others joined together to protest in front of the restaurant.

At first there were only a quiet few, but as time went on, some more people chipped in and chanted with us. We stood tall and proud with our signs and flag as we screamed in joy to the people honking their horns as they passed by. But unfortunately, the reactions we got weren't all positive.

CFA's customers began to yell at us and tease us because of what we were doing. One woman held out her Chick-Fil-A cup to my mother and said, "Hey! You want some water?!", trying to get her to hold the cup. Some kids, younger than me were yelling something like, "Eat more chicken, not rainbows!"

And that's not all! The protest ended with some nasty, dirty, man who was missing teeth trying to start a fight with one of us. His tone was very insulting with his rude homophobic remarks. We tried to get rid of him, but when he spit on my mom, I lost it. I shouted and screamed at him and he spit on me as well.

I started to cry my face off. At that moment I felt so powerless. The people who we were protesting with helped calm me down with hugs and saying nice things. But it's not the fact that I was spit on that makes me upset, it's how much hatred people can carry in their hearts against innocent people.

All we were doing, was fighting for what's right and what is fair. Chick-Fil-A is not about the food anymore. People aren't eating there because of that at all. Now, it's just become some ignorant symbol against the GLBT community. What really sickens me is that their customers KNOW that. They know where their money is going to, and it's just so wrong... Even the cops were "teaming up" with their customers! They threatened to arrest the one protester who was just defending himself verbally against the rude people.

What also bothers me is seeing on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, etc., how many people showed up there only to have pride in "standing up for what's right". So many people... Who knows how much money they made, I'm scared to death on what the results would be.

With what happened tonight I feel pride in my heart. Being part of something like this has made me feel stronger. Not only do I believe with all my heart, mind and soul that their needs to be equality, but I KNOW for a FACT that it needs to happen. It's the right thing.

It sucks how history repeats itself with fighting for what is fair and right, but I hope on Friday, when we'll protest again, that something will happen.

I am so happy to be a part of something so supportive...

Meeting Molly Shannon

After Comedy Camp, we went out to eat and bumped into Molly Shannon!

She was such a sweetheart… I told her about my camp and she was very encouraging about it!

It was so surreal seeing her in person… I ‘grew up’ watching SNL skits from the ‘90’s and it was just an amazing experience to meet her.

Don’t get me started, don’t EVEN get me started!

Comedy Camp: Week/Day 2

Saturday, July 21st was my 2nd week (or day) at Comedy Camp! Even though I did this last week, I was still nervous about going up there... On stage...

Dane Cook couldn't make it due to rehearsals for his play, but since I was a bit more familiar with the people there, I felt better than last time.

Again, when my name was called, I didn't hesitate to get up there. I went up calmly and I noticed that with my performance, I had gained so much confidence, and that was only my second time on stage! The guests from this week were Ian Edwards along with Joey Medina and again I got some pretty good comments, but I think I could have done better.

I mean, I have a bit more confidence, but I think I went too slow or something... I don't know, but I'm definitely improving.

I hope next week, or this week now, turns out well too!!

Wish me luck!

Outfest: Hairspray Sing-A-Long

PHEW! Sorry I haven't posted since last week, but NOW I have things to blog about!

On Thursday, July 19th, my mom and I went to the annual Hairspray Sing Along that Outfest was presenting at the Ford Theater! I was hoping that John Waters would be there since the LGBT Film Festival was honoring him, so I brought my Tracy Turnblad dollie for him to sign!

Unfortunately, he wasn't there, but I had an AMAZING time! The show kicked off with a guy (whom I'm pretty sure worked there) running across the stage wearing a big orange wig, spraying a can of Aqua-Net and singing "Good Morning Baltimore"! He talked a bit about the film and gave me and my mom shout-out for our "costumes"! And what's funny is that people were clapping for us!

When he was finishing up his speech, he said something about how people can relate to the movies they watch and how they can make them feel better about themselves. Then.... The movie started with:

DAH, DAH-DAH... DAH, DAH-DAH...


When Tracy Turnblad belted out "Good Morning Baltimore", I couldn't help but to get goosebumps and tears rolling down my cheeks.

The reason for the tears is because this movie changed my life as well as my hair. Watching the movie had given me so much inspiration... It also got me to dye my hair blue! Before we moved to Los Angeles, I had never really been accepted by anybody. I couldn't even dress the way I wanted to. If I showed any signs of expressing myself, the kids would insult me endlessly and one thing they did in particular is they used to hit the top of my head to make my hair deflate... Now, people appreciate my style and I am so happy and grateful that I have finally found a place where I belong.

I wish Mr. Waters was there so I could have the honor to shake his hand and thank him for that...

It felt so great. The vibe in the whole place was bright and cheerful as well as a bit tipsy! We were all clapping and singing our hearts out.

I cannot wait for next years Hairspray.

Comedy Camp: Week #1

So yesterday was my first day of camp, and I think I did pretty good compared to how I thought I would do.

I didn't have to audition, but like everyone else, I had to go on stage and tell a joke. Knowing the fact that I wasn't alone, made me feel better but as each name was called, my anxiety got worse and worse. I began to get so stressed out, I couldn't even sweat. My mouth was dry, my hands were shaking, my legs felt weak and my heart was pounding up until I looked behind me.

It was almost as if an angel had landed from the sky. He casually walked on in and sat down. Once one of the kids were done performing, he went up on stage and made two announcements: one being that he couldn't stay for too long cos he had to go somewhere and the other being that next week, he would stay longer, but with a special guest.

He sat back down and moments later...

DUN, DUN, DUNNN...

My name was called.

And surprisingly, I didn't freak out. I took a deep breath and quickly, for the first time in my life, got up there, on stage, and did my thing. I did as best as I could, as calm as I could, and I actually got pretty good reviews from the guest comedians!

All I could see up there, other than the bright stage lights, was my mom taking photos through the lobby window, (reason being, the parents weren't allowed to come inside cos apparently the make the children "nervous") the red light signaling that my time was done, an that "angel's" smile.

And that "angel" was Dane Cook.

I don't think I could have done it without him. Since my mom wasn't allowed in, it was very comforting to see a familiar face in the audience. He is one of my all-time favorite comedians and his jokes/stories have made me laugh so hard, I'd cry.

But it wasn't until later when I realized that...

DUDE! I JUST HAD MY FIRST PERFORMANCE AT THE LAUGH FACTORY WITH DANE-FLIPPING-COOK IN THE AUDIENCE!!!

I couldn't believe what I did, and I STILL can't! I can't believe I had the guts to even go ON STAGE and I can't believe that Dane was actually WATCHING ME! And he SMILED!

Although I was awfully stressed that day, I went through it and had a lot of fun. I'm looking very forward to next Saturday and I'm very proud of myself for doing what I did.

This was one of the best moments of my life and I will treasure it forever...

Lacey Lately

Hello everyone! I'm sorry I haven't posted anything in quite a while, but I thought you guys would like to know how I am doing. :)

It's the middle of my summer vacation and pretty soon I'll be going to quite a few exciting events! (With my mom of course! :D)

This weekend, I'll be starting Comedy camp! The whole purpose of the camp is that it's supposed to build confidence in kids and since I get very shy when it comes to being on stage, I think it'll be very beneficial for me. But what I'm rather nervous about, is I have to audition for it. They said I'll get in regardless of how good or bad my joke is, but just the thought of auditioning for something stresses me...

And also Saturday, is my mothers birthday! I feel a bit bad for the audition being on her special day, but she is very overjoyed and proud that I'll be participating in the program. (You guys will be seeing a post about that later... ;) )

Another big event that I'm THRILLED about is the Sunset Strip Music Festival in August! Last year, I got to meet all sorts of cool-awesome people, and I CAN NOT WAIT to see what happens this year!!!

Well, that's all I got to say for now! Bye!!
Love, Lacey

I'm getting better at my makeup!!!

In early July, I could do eyeliner okay, but now it's pretty much September and I see lots of improvement and I am very proud of myself. (As you can tell, I'm proud enough to share this with you...)

In this photo, my eyeliner looks okay, but  I  don't think I should have put so much on my bottom lid!  (Okay, my makeup  looks bad!)

This one has the best makeup job I've ever done!  I only have the eyeliner on my upper lid and as you can prolly tell, I discovered eye shadow and blush!

     

This is me from today... I don't have on as much makeup as the photo before, but I am very impressed with my progress! 

  

I tweeted a photo of my cat to Jared Leto...

Yes. Exactly. I sent a picture. Of my cat. To... Jared Leto.

And Why?

Because, he looks like him!

SEE?! :

   







And he never replied...



MEOW!!!!!