I don't really have many pictures right now since I have been prepping my machine for Annie and Andrew's wedding, which is happening next weekend--I basically had to move my iPhoto library off my machine to get everything loaded up. Makes sense, given that my iPhoto library is over 17GB. I am constantly running out of drive space (7GB of Entourage email! 3.5GB of personal email!) and cannot wait until Apple releases a new machine so I can convince work to let me upgrade.

No matter. Lots of random stuff happening. I am going to Las Vegas for three days for a work conference. I am actually going to acting in one of the presentations and helping out with others, I think. We'll see how it goes. Then on Friday I head to Mexico for Annie and Andrew's wedding, then next Thursday I am off to Lane and Tajai's wedding. So, I'm basically not in LA for two weeks, which is fine, but as I have said before, I hate it because then it means I can't actually go to any auditions, which are already becoming rare.

I've been overextending myself as usual, blogging and filming videos for work (including a few for the Vegas conference that I actually wrote, which was an experience). It's been okay, though, I am getting a lot of people asking me for help when it comes to creating...what, entertainment? I am pretty pleased, it's nice to be able to contribute and help people out in ways that are closer to what I feel are actually my creative strengths. Speaking of which, my writing class starts next week. I am freaked.

Anyway, this has to be a short one. Paul and friends in Vegas: if I can't out, I will come find you guys!

Tags: travel, weddings, work

Good weekends, all around. From LACMA above, to Pioneertown, below:

One of the cool things about living here, and I this is not all limited to LA, but you can drive 2 hours in almost any direction and be in a completely different kind of place. You go a little over 2 hours from LACMA (where we were the weekend with artist and writer Matt Silady, who I am working with on something that's very cool that I cannot talk about right now) you'll be in Pioneertown, which is in the Yucca Valley, on the way to Joshua Tree.

Matt, Whit and I visited the new collection at BCAM and it was really fun to see the new space. So MASSIVE...really too much art to go into now, but it is a beautiful space and it was fun to explore the new site. It's always nice to actually get and GO to a museum, and it was nice to get Matt's perspective on the work as well. Great way to spend the day.

This past weekend was spent in Pioneertown, as I mentioned, for friend Andrew's bachelor party. As you might expect, it was a fun time, sufficiently random and relaxing at the same time. Much bbq, much music..great group of folks from all over the place hanging out under an amazing night sky. It's always amazing (and depressing, in a way) to get out of the city and realize to see how much you are missing with all the light pollution. Ended up taking a bit of tour with some guys around the various towns; it's amazing how much growth is happening out there, it's pretty obvious that change is happening.

Otherwise, not much to report. I've been doing a lot of writing in preparation for this conference in Vegas, which in turn has been good prep for my writing class that starts at the end of the month. Very much battling against the feeling that I should have some stories all ready to go...I don't, but that's just gonna have to be okay...ugh. It's just such an unknown, this class. Exciting but intimidating at the same time.

all great, all good.