Mrs. Federline!
Originally uploaded by Primadana.

Last night I went to another Halloween party. Of course I had to stick with the Britney Spears theme, but I had no Kevin, as Chris is in Chicago.

The party was a blast, but believe it or not, so many of the guys had absolutely NO idea who Mrs. Federline is.

I mean, don't they read US Weekly?

IMG_0018
Originally uploaded by Primadana.

My first official self portrait taken the day that I bought my new camera.

(Not the best I admit, but still, I was damn excited!)

So Halloween is right around the corner. And for the first time in who-knows-how-long, I couldn't care less. Maybe it's because I already dressed up two weeks ago. Maybe not. Either way, Chris is going to be in Chicago, and I'll be here with the ladies, ready to party it up one way or another.

My boss just called to tell me that she and Nicole Richie were waiting in the same waiting room at the doctor's. And of course she looked absolutely adorable.

Typical.

Nothing other than that... what are your Halloween plans?

Okay, I HAVE to remember to breathe...

Why am I having such difficulty breathing you ask?

Because I just met Brandon Walsh...oh, I mean, Jason Priestley.

I know, I know... he's not THAT amazing... but to me, he symbolizes so much.

I grew up with him. I started watching Beverly Hills, 90210 back when I was ten. You heard me! 10 years old!! I distinctly remember hanging out with my girlfriends on the playground in fifth grade on Friday morings to talk about it. If my memory serves me correctly, 90210 premiered on FOX on Thursday nights.

I watched 90210 through the Brenda and Dylan days (my fave days on 90210, by the way), the horrible college years, the Valerie Malone times, the Peach Pit After Dark days, all through the grand finale where David and Donna got married.

I watched that show every week until it was over when I was a sophomore in college. And I still continued to watch it on FX after that.

See, 90210 to me symbolizes my childhood. It was there when I went to my first school dance, had my first boyfriend, lost my first boyfriend, got pimples, went through an awkward stage, grew out of it, and grew up as a person. In my opinion, it's hard to name something (whether it be a TV show, book, or object) that a person can like continuously through their childhood, without ever getting sick of it. This is true dedication, folks. Back then, there WASN'T.EVEN.TIVO!!!

So, do you have any "90210's" in your life that still make you sentimental?

Well, I spent a good twenty minutes this morning writing a whole long post on my horrible night, and it all went buh-bye.

So, because of my horrible night, I can only give you bulletpoints.

* I am housesitting for my parents house for two nights, starting last night.
* It never rains in LA, yet it did last week for a couple of days and did yesterday all day and night.
* My parents beautiful ten year old house in the Hollywood Hills seems to have a leak in the roof.
* Chris and I discovered this at 11pm last night.
* I take it back. There were about ten separate leaks on the 2nd floor.
* By the time I went to bed, it was well past 2am.
* I kept on waking up frantically thnking the roof was going to fall on my head.
* It didn't.
* My contractor called me at 6:45 am this morning to tell me he was coming at eight. Um, hello?
* He only came at nine.
* But I had been up since 6:45 am.
* I'm tired, frustrated, and worried about my poor house.
* It may rain again tonight.

I hope you understand now why I used bulletpoints.

So I'm sure by now, most of you know about this.

Pretty exciting for this young guy, huh?

Well, in my profession of casting, we tend to have seen most up and coming new stars in auditions before they hit it big. Looking back on various lists for different projects we have done (lists are what we use when first reading a script...essentially it's a list of who we should see and who we have seen), you can find a slew of now famous actors.

Two year ago, we read Adam Brody, Mischa Barton, and Rachel Bilson. Nothing came of it then, but now they are the cast of the OC. We've also read Josh Duhamel, Milo Ventimiglia, Jared Padalecki, and Chad Michael Murray all before their big breaks on "Gilmore Girls" and "One Tree Hill" . There have been countless others too.

Just two months ago, we read Brandon Routh for a pilot that we were doing. We brought him back three times because he was so sweet, but for some reason, just couldn't get a real hold on the character that he was reading for. But what were my bosses notes for him every time?

Clark Kent.

And look where this little unknown is now. I think that's pretty exciting for us too.

This weekend, I did something VERY exciting. I bought a new digital camera!!!

I'm such an impulse buyer... I just went to Best Buy yesterday to get a DVD, and $300 later, I walk out with the coolest, most adorable camera ever...

AND $300.00 poorer. I need to spend some time trying to figure out how to upload the pics to my E-Mac at home, but at least we can say that there will be many pics to come!!

Oh, and how could I forget. Saturday night, Chris and I had a repeat visit to The Gaslight, an awesome karaoke bar in Santa Monica, and once again, I felt compelled to sing "I Wanna Dance With Somebody". It could have been the shots of Baileys and Jameson's, but I think that I put Whitney Houston to shame that night!

I spend a lot of my weekends at my boyfriends house, which happens to be across town from mine. Subsequently, I tend to not be on the internet for at least two days.... which means I missed this.

Yes, I know...she's the ridicule of the town....but I still love her.

I uploaded a picture of myself as Britney Spears. You can find it if you check out my profile. It doesn't tell you much, but you'll get the idea.

SO, here I was, in a bad situation with my lovely blog, asking for help. And how sweet it was that DeAnn, Pink Stiletto, Rick and others tried to help me.

In the end, it was Orateknight that did it for me. I tell you, he was a genius!!

So, I am back...

Everyone...Have a WONDERFUL wekend, and...GO RED SOX!

Hi everyone,
Just wanted to ask for your patience in the upcoming days until I figure out my blog. It's funny how such a little thing can ruin your mood! Hopefully some of my bogging friends can help me out with this template drama...

But stay posted...I do have pictures to post eventually!

Haloscan commenting and trackback have been added to this blog.

This Haloscan thing is driving me nuts! It isn't staying on my blog for more than 30 seconds. Someone please help!

So I did it... I have finally started to use Haloscan. While I am excited about it, I am very sad that I have lost all my comments. Please comment to make me feel loved again!

Let's start by asking a question: If you could eat two things and drink one beverage ONLY for the rest of your life, without ever having to worry about gaining weight or getting sick of it...what would they be?

Mine? Cheese, Chocolate, and Red Wine.

Have at it!

Being a woman sucks for about five to seven days a month.

Today is day three.

Help me through my misery!!!

Scooter
Originally uploaded by Primadana.

This is my cuddle buddy Scooter. Chris bought him for me when we were in Big Bear over Valentine's Day.

(I felt the need to test the photo uploading feature with this one)

OH WOW. Did you by any chance see "Lost" tonight? That show is so good, it gets better every wek! You know that a show is good when you go through every possible emotion in one hour: there were tears, I laughed, I freaked out and even covered my eyes for a few moments there. Matthew Fox is UNREAL... hot, a great actor, but he is only one of the hundreds of reasons why that show is oone of the best on TV in a LONG time.

The Baseball Game of the Century: I'll preface this by saying that I'm not the biggest baseball fan that there is during normal season. But when it comes to the playoffs and the world series, I'm all about it. Of course I have to love the Dodgers, b/c I'm born and raised here in LA. But I have grown to love the Cubbies because Chris is from Chicago. Since they are out, this week, it was all about the Red Sox vs. the Yankees. And to be honest, on Sunday niight, I thought it would be over for the poor Red Sox. And you can imagine how excited the Red Sox fans were when they won their first game. But then the second? And the third too?

It couldn't be that the Yankees and the AMAZING Red Sox were tied at 3-3 and in the 7th game. ANd then I heard the cheering come from the office next door when was still at work. There were homeruns, and grand slams, and what??? The Red Sox are going to the World Series!?!?!?!

My hats off to you, Red SOX. They played a totally KICK-ASS game today.

I'm sitting at my desk in my very dim room, listening to the POURING rain outside (yes, even in LA), while Chris is laying in the other room watching this week's episode of "Desperate Housewives" on my TiVo.

We started out our night with yummy comfort food from KooKooRoo, watched the end of the Red Sox game (not that big of a fan, but I DON'T like the Yankees), and then sat around and just chatted and flirted like we just met.

Why oh why can't we just have a full week off work to do this all day and all night?

I'm still trying to figure out the best service to use to link to my pics... I'm not very good with digital cameras and computers, so most of the times, my pics end up exceeding the file size limit anyway. It's frustrating, but I suppose I'll figure it out eventually.

My mom's in China on business right now and going to Thailand tomorrow. I was in Thailand with her and the family in December... have you seen the movie "The Beach" with Leonardo DiCaprio? That was filmed on the island of Phuket in Thailand, exctly where we stayed. I'm very jealous of my mom right about now.

Is it just me or am I craving a vacation?

Does anyone out there know how I can upload pics to my blog using a Mac? The "Hello" download isn't supported by my computer...

All I wanna do is show my pics... **sob**

Oh how I love Halloween! I spent all day Saturday going costume and prop shopping for mine and Chris's costumes. My roommate Lydia and I went shopping on Melrose Blvd. (a shopping haven here in LA) and found some fun stuff. Then, Chris and I went to Hollywood Toys & Costumes, the Halloween Superstore located in the heart of Hollywood, to get more props. So this, my friends, was our outfits:

Chris was my Kevin Federline. He wore a HUGE white t-shirt, and HUGE blue jeans that hung so low over his booty I got scared at points. For shoes, he wore his white Adidas and pulled the shoe's tongue over the front of his pants. I bought his oversized red trucker hat, which conveniently said "I love My Penis". But knowing that there would be kids at the party, I also bought a red button that said "Sugarless Daddy" that covered the E. He finished it off with a HUGE gold cross necklace laden with diamonds. He was as tacky as it gets. But NOT as tacky as me.

I, Britney Spears, wore my brown cowboy boots, white fishnet stockings, and my jean cuttoff shorts. However, as short as they were before, they even went shorter for this outfit, short enought that the pockets were hanging out from under... you know, typical Britney style. I then wore a wifebeather tanktop with "Mrs. Federline" written in magic marker across the chest. Oh, and I stuffed my bra so that my chest was at least a D. It was funny. I then wore some clip-on long blond extensions and a wedding veil. I topped off the look with some too-dark eye makeup, really obnoxious hot pink with white polkadot hoops, and an OVERSIZED gold ring with what seemed like a 5 pound diamond. Oh yeah, and I carried around fake money the whole night and kept on giving some to Kevin when he was being good...you know, like his allowance.

Needless to say, I think we had the best costumes there. How was your weekend?

This weekend, Chris and I are invited to a Halloween Party at a mutual friend's house. All we knew is that unlike last year, this year we wanted to dress as a couple. You know, tarzan and jane, sonny and cher, devil and angel. After much deliberation, we have finally decided who we will be this Saturday.

And the answer is... (da da da daaaaa)

Britney Spears-Federline and her oh-so (sarcastically) lovely husband, Kevin Federline.

Yes, Chris and I are going to be the newlyweds of the moment. So, I need your help: What should I wear as Britney?

I've got Kevin pretty much figured out, but do I go for the "baby one more time" look, or the "I'm a Slave" look, or the "Toxic" look, or the current "I'm really gross and I have pimples and I don't know how to dress" look? Seriously, what do you guys think?

(Now, if only I knew how to post pics I promiise you would get one).

Sorry I haven't posted all day. It's probably because today, I haven't felt human. In fact, I only started feeling human this evening as I was watching "Lost". Why you ask?

Well, last night were the Casting Awards here in LA. This is one evening a year where all casting directors, their associates and their assistants get together with all the agents and managers to shmooze, drink wine, put faces to names, drink more wine, watch the awards ceremony, listen to a few actors speak, all the while drinking wine.

You know, I work in a business where I am on the phone ALL day everyday with hundreds of people and I have NO idea how they look. And it's not like I talk to them each once, it's like, the same person up to ten times in a single work day. So, I was looking forward to putting a face to the names. Hahahahaha is all I have to say.

One question can describe my evening meeting these people: why do all the guys with the sexy voices look like hell, and all the guys that you would expect to be 5 foot, bald, and wearing coke-bottle glasses actually look hot??

I kid you not... my advice is, don't EVER let someone's voice deter you from meeting him or her...you just never know what kind of faces these voices come out of (unless they sound like Janice from Friends...I would stay away from that).

So, I drank more wine and champagne than I should have, and in turn, woke up with the headache of the century. It was also an hour and a half earlier than I needed to be up. Why does that always happen? On the mornings that you are given extra time to sleep or can even sleep in, if you go out the night before you're up at 6:30 or 7! For me, that happens like clockwork.

Another thing...on the weekdays, I like to wake up early so that I have at least a half hour in the mornigns to work out before I leave to work. On mornings like today, this just DOESN'T happen - it simply can't. But instead of feeling more rested, I end up feling more tired and shlumpy all day. Oh, and on top of that, I couldn't stop with the carbs. Today it was all about cereal, a bagel, cookies, crackers, chips, and pasta for dessert.

Yes, last night was fun, but today, my body was paying for it.

I've always resented my parents for one simple thing.

First off, I will preface that I adore my mom and dad, I love them both very much and appreciate every single thing they have and continue to do for me every day...

But WHY did they have to give me a name that is pronounced different than it sounds!!!???

My name is Dana. No, not Dana, but Dana.

Not quite understanding?

My name is spelled Dana but pronounced D-O-N-N-A.

That's why my blog's name is PrimaDana: because to me, it says PrimaDonna. To all of you, it probably reads Prima - Dana. Well, now you know.

Everyday at work when I pick up the phone, people that I haven't ever talked to before ask to speak to Dana. I always answer, "this is Donna spelled Dana". Or, "this is Dana prounounced Donna". How annoying!

People also have a difficult time remembering how to pronounce my name after first meeting me. This, I believe, is because most people are visual, and the second they think of saying my name, "Dana" pops up in their brains and out comes Dana, instead of Donna. (Yes, my boss, some coworkers and even some new friends have been guilty of it). When I was in college, I met this guy, Marc. We hit it off one night at a friend's house, and before leaving, I gave him my number and wrote my name under it. 2 hours later (I kid you not), he called me and asked my roommate "Is Dana there?" Yes, she had to correct him (On a sidenote, this guy soon became my boyfriend...so, I forgave him).

People also tend to get really embarrassed when they mess up my name. I always feel bad for them, because it's not their faults...it's mine, for being so damn confusing! Hopefully, one day, when I am so famous and EVERYONE knows who I am, people won't ever question the spelling of my name...and if they mess it up, two words: "You're fired!"

So it's the end of yet another weekend. Every Sunday night that roles around, I always think to myself, "is it possible that the week starts again tomorrow ALREADY???" I can never understand why weekends are SO short in comparison to the long week of work and hardly any fun.

My weekend was nice, kind of lazy but I like it that way from time to time. I saw two movies, "A Shark's Tale" and "Friday Night Lights". I wouldn't reccomend "Shark's Tale" to anyone - other than great voices, the story just didn't hold my interest for a second. I liked "Friday Night Lights" though. Could have been better, but the acting performances were real and very believable, which I think is hard to find. And if I walked out of the movie actually liking Billy Bob Thornton, the same man that carried around a vile of his wife's blood, then that's a GOOD movie. Or should I say, he did a fantastic job.

I also stopped by a carnival that was held at my younger sister's school today. In fact, it was also my school from kindergarten to eighth grade, and today was the first time I had walked the halls in ten years. Oh wow, had that school shrunk!?! "No", my 9 year old sister promptly told me, "you just got REALLY big!" Thanks, sweety... just what every woman wants to hear :)

I do have to give some credit to Chris for being a trooper of a boyfriend today. Because in one day, we met up with my dad, ex-stepmom, and two half sisters at the carnival, and then proceeded to have dinner with my mom, stepdad, stepbrother, sister, and sister's boyfriend. And the best part is, he did it ALL with a smile.

Well, I'll be returning the favor in no time when I join him in Chicago for a week while we stay at his parents house for Christmas. Oh, I'm (sarcastically) counting down the days.

Currently, my office is working with these two young producers/writers on this new pilot we're doing. Upon meeting them, my young, single boss and I both agreed that one of them was extremely attractive. Now, I'm taken, but I thought that the two of them would be great together. And everday, she would tell me more stories about how they flirt a ton. So we started to get very excited for her.

And then at lunch last week, a woman who works in our office was mentioning how she knows him because he used to date three girls that she knows (at different times, of course). Then, a couple of days later, he was standing by my desk and I was playing this new song that I really like. He came over and asked me who it was. When I told him, he said, "oh, I used to date her."

Then, the other day they were having a meeting with some studio people and after the meeting he explained to my bosses that the dynamics may have been a little strange because he used to date one of the execs who they met with.

Finally, yesterday he came in with a copy of Elle Magazine. He decided to explain why he was carrying the magazine upon entering. "Oh yeah, my girlfriend is one of the reporters."

Ummm, if there is such a thing as a woman who sleeps their way to the top in this business, then there has to be the same thing for a man.

And that man is our producer.

By the way, check out this site: Votergasm. I heard about it today on the radio, and apparently it's really funny. See, there is more that just ONE benefit to voting!

A couple of days ago, I got an IM from Chris letting me know about a producer's assistant job opening that he had heard of. It would be to go on location for two or three months in Louisiana to work on a VERY large budget film. Unfortunately, because Chris is "bound" to his current job on a TV show until the season is over in May, he couldn't apply. But his roomate, M, who works as an executive producer's assistant on a television show, did end up applying.

The following morning, M got a call from the producer (who is alrady is Louisiana). They spoke for about five minutes about M's previous employment history and experience. Two hours later, M got another call from producer man and got the job.

So basically, within a matter of twenty four hours, M quit his current job and got another one. One week from that day, he will be on a plane to Louisiana to MEET his new boss. Upon getting off the plane, he will be showed to his new hotel room, his home for the next two-three months, his new car, blackberry, and cell phone. He will also be signing the paperwork for his salary of $1300.00 a week plus free food. Sounds incredible, right?

Well, not if you're M's girlfriend. A couple of weeks back, I posted something about her birthday dinner. I believe I may have called her "devil girl". Ok, Ok, she isn't THAT bad, but let's put it this way, she rarely rubs me the right way. Now, she travels for her job a lot anyway, so they're used to some time apart. Except according to M, this could end up being a lot longer of a trip than first expected. If all goes well between M and his new boss, he will pretty much go straight from Louisiana at the "wrap" of this film, to the Carribean and Hawaii for approx. a YEAR to work on 2 $100 million dollar films (a sequel and a trilogy (?)) to a HUGE movie that came out last year. I won't say the name for whatever reasons, but if you guess right I'll let you know.

So, if you're boyfriend got an INCREDIBLE opportunity doing something he's always wanted to do, but it meant that he was going to be VERY far from you and insanely busy at least 6 days a week for almost as long as you've even been together, could you really, truly be happy for him?

This morning I woke up very abruptly at 6:30am to severe nausea. I basically woke up with my head in the toilet thinking I was about to throw up. I sat there, trying to feel better and when I eventually did, I went back to bed and just laid there, freaking out.

Am I pregnant?
Stomach flu?
Or worse off, is it anxiety about something else?

Well, I can rule the pregnancy thing out for a couple of various reasons. And if it were stomach flu, well then it went away mysteriously.

In other news, Halloween is just around the corner and I am starting to seriously get into the candy mood. I am dreaming of candy corn and mini snickers and small boxes of good'n'plenty's. My office has already started to decorate around the office so everyday as I walk to my desk, I see a dead rat hanging with an ear in it's mouth, skeletons hanging and fake blood on the windows.

Hmmm, I wonder what I should be this year. Any suggestions?

Happy Sunday night (or Monday morning) to you all! Sitting here at 10:45pm on Sunday, I can't believe that the weekend is ALREADY over. I mean, couldn't weekdays be from Monday to Thursday and weekends from Friday to Sunday? At least there could be a compromise?

Anyway, my weekend was fun, and not all that eventful. Friday night I met up with the boyfriend and old work friends at a club in Hollywood where we danced next to Brian Austin Green (David Silver on Beverly Hills, 90210). It's so funny - I see famous people almost everywhere I turn living in LA, however, I still get so starstruck when I see people who were on shows that I grew up with (namely, Saved By the Bell, 90210, Melrose Place, Wonder Years, etc.) I can't help it, I almost feel like I know them or something. Yet, I almost have to stop myself from saying hi to them because in reality, they have NO idea who the hell I am.

Chris got really starstruck tonight when he was at the premiere of "Raise Your Voice", the new Hilary Duff movie (which I coincidentally also worked on). Tom Hanks was there with his wife Rita Wilson, who is in the movie. He called me to let me know and he was practically screaming. The only other time I ever saw him so starstruck was when we were standing next to Clint Eastwood in the Beverly Hills Whole Foods market.

Saturday, I took Chris with me to test drive the Toyota Solara convertible. I really want a convertible for my next car. Have you guys seen it? I love it so much and it's so much fun to drive. Saturday night we babysat and today I spent hanging with the family (which somehow ALWAYS seems to turn stressful).

But tonight's TV was INCREDIBLE. It's all about ABC on Sunday nights, because that's where you can find "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" back to back with the new show "Desperate Housewives". Oh wow, all I can say is that a show like that is the reason that I work in TV. Because sometimes, it's just that damn good.