I would like to start off by offering a piece of advice....if you ever move to LA never, EVER go anywhere when you look like crap and are wearing no make-up. If you do you are just setting yourself up to meet a hot celebrity in the strangest of places, like say the Wal-Mart in Woodland Hills....that is what happened to me and Laura. All week long we've been running back and forth between Target, Wal-Mart and various other places like that getting stuff to furnish our apartment. On Friday afternoon we left the apartment around 4 (dressed in jeans, tees and hoodies with very little make up on) and went to eat an early dinner at Chili's (yes!) and then headed to Wal-Mart to get copies of our apartment keys made and buy an area rug, curtains, etc. etc. When we pulled in the parking lot we noticed that they were or had been filming something, but we could figure out what it was so we just parked and started shopping. After an hour and a half of cleaning out Wal-Mart we were headed out the door with our cart when we stopped for a second so I could fish my keys out of my purse. As we were standing there Laura said "Brandi, there's Chuck!" I froze and what?! (I thought she had said John...as in JKras and almost had a heart attack hahaha)...then Laura said "No! Chuck from the show Chuck! who we saw on Leno last night!" I turned around and there he was sure enough heading inside the store. Naturally we wanted to talked to him and we noticed when he walked inside he went and got immediately in line (to buy cigarettes-boo...don't smoke kids!) so we thought why not wait until he comes out and we can talk to him and that is exactly what we did! And let me just say, Zach Levi (who plays Chuck) is SO nice and completely adorable. I know he isn't a huge star yet (give it time), but it was refreshing to meet such a down to earth actor who actually wanted to interact with us and asked US questions about ourselves. He even made a joke about South Cackalacky (his dad lives in NC)...I loved it. After about 5 minutes of chatting I asked him if he minded taking a picture with us which of course he didn't hahaha. He is super tall so he stood in the middle of Laura and I to take it...it was lovely. Here it is!
Laura, Zach (aka Chuck), and Me outside Wal-mart...if you look you can see he's still in costume-white shirt and tie haha
So, yeah our friday night was complete. We went home utterly and completely happy even though we had spent an ungodly amount of money trying to get our apartment together. We were also overjoyed because that day the guy from the gas company came and turned on our heat, stove and hot water....thank you, God- a HOT shower....I had almost forgot what one was like hahaha.
Saturday was pretty eventful too!! The first part of the day we just lounged around the apartment, went to eat at Subway and made another Target run, but then they delivered our REFRIGERATOR and COUCH.....YES!!!!!! You probably think I'm crazy right now, but you try living without either and we'll see how your mood is hahaha. The fact that we can actually buy groceries now is so great- no more eating out and spending at least $15 a meal...I will save so much money so yay! And since we have a couch now my back won't break in two anymore from sitting on the uber-uncomfortable hardwood floors....things are coming together and it actually looks like we live here now and that makes me really happy because I love structure and routines and the quicker I can get back into one the better!
Speaking of routines, I could get used to running into Zach Levi. For the second time in one weekend I did...did I mention I love LA? So, here is how it happened....Dan invited me and Laura to an indie film premiere for the movie 'Shades of Ray'. Zach happens to be the star of this film.
I must say, I really enjoyed the film. I had no idea what to expect and I was pleasantly surprised. The fact that I just got to go to a private screening of a film in Beverly Hills and just chat with industry folks was good enough for me. I don't know when the film will be released or how wide it will be, but if you get the chance to see it you should! The cast is amazing...check out the imdb page here http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0886531/. Anyway, back to the story....after the movie the writer/director (who is only 27, by the way, and this is his first film...I'm feeling unaccomplished all of a sudden hahaha) invited anyone who wanted to go to a bar with the cast and crew and so we went, of course! Dan had worked with some of the crew on another project so we met up with them at this cute little bar on 3rd Street in Hollywood. We drank great beer (La Fischer Blonde), ate fish and chips, and chatted with some of the crew...good times. We had also seen Zach come in and out a few times (we were sitting at a table outside) and me and Laura agreed that we had to talk to him again. A little while later we got our chance when Dan's friend Mike took Dan over to talk to him. Dan said he would bring Zach over after he met him so me and Laura are just sitting there, drinking beer and soaking in the scenery when all of a sudden we hear "You ARE the girls from Wal-Mart!!!!" hahahaha it was great. Zach starts walking over and was like "I thought that was you guys!!". Once again, he was SO nice and talked to us for a bit....what a small world, seriously!! And, I have to be a nerd and gush for a second to say that he told us that he was so glad that we stopped him the other night and when he went back to set (they were still filming in the parking lot) he told a bunch of people about meeting us and how it made him happy that we're going to start watching the show and stuff...he was just adorable. And, since we were there again and actually dressed cute with our hair and make-up done we got yet ANOTHER picture with him! Oh, what a night....I had an absolute blast...thanks again Dan!!!
Me, Zach & Laura at the bar on 3rd St.
Dan & Zach!
Well, I had planned on writing a lot more of the little details and funny stories of the week, but I am feeling forgetful at the moment. I'm going to do better in the future though....I'll blog every couple of days so I don't forget stuff! Now, I'm off to return some emails and mail out resumes!
I need a job ASAP!! Hope you all have a wonderful Monday and I'll be checking in again soon!
Here are a few random pics from this past week...
Our first night with no beds, hence our tibetan looking bed on floor...I don't recommend it unless you want severe back pain the next morning!
our den after a little bit of decorating
Laura eating chips and drinking a much needed margarita at El Torito!
all of our crap in the den before we cleaned it up and unpacked
Laura writing her first LA blog by touchlight hahaha
Here's to my 2 week anniversary in LA...just the start of an amazing journey...sigh, I can't wait!!!
PS-WATCH CHUCK!!! Me and Laura checked it out last night when they re-aired it and Zach is great- really funny stuff!! It is on tomorrow night on NBC so watch it!!!!! And no it isn't just because he was nice to us and is gorgeous...ok, so maybe that is part of it haha, but seriously the guy has skills so watch CHUCK!
PSS-Check out the song "West Coast" on my profile by Coconut Records (Jason Schwartzman's band)...it is seriously addictive and me and Laura have claimed it as our official LA song :)
2 comments:
Yea!! Your first celebrity! I'm sure it didn't hurt that he's a dead ringer for JKras. I'm so glad your place finally feels like a home. I'm buying stock in Target by the way. :)
is it spring break yet? i wanna come see you and meet famous people too!
:) ashley
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