ABC - HOB - Rainbow flags - Jonas Brother = a heckuva night

Yup - it's the last day of August and I haven't posted since June. Whew! I have stories, travels, concerts, TONS of modeling to blog about but I guess being a wife, homeowner and stepmom really takes my freetime from blogging. :(

I am posting about the concert of one of my top 80s band faves, ABC, that Patrick and I went to The House of Blues on Sunset Strip earlier this summer. I am happy to report that lead singer Martin Fry is still thin, still has his hair, and his high notes. What a great concert - in a small, intimate venue with us standing close-enough to the stage that at one moment, debonair Fry actually locked eyes with me. Now don't think I am crazy because even my husband saw it. HAHAHAHHAH! Now, of COURSE, Martin Fry locked eyes with me - - I am beautiful-enough, tall, big eyes, singing along every word to every song - - oh, and I was also one of the few women there. The HOB on Sunset Strip is right next to West Hollywood - rainbow town, if you know what I mean. The whole crowd was gay and over 40. And if there were any women, they were over 40, faghags having a fun 80s night out with their gay BFFs.

Thus, Martin checked me out which led me to the rest of the night throwing my arms in the air and shout, "Me - - Martin - - Look at mEEEEEE!" I can't believe it, but it's true and P still teases me about it to this day. Well, I tell him that had I not been there with my husband I am quite positive a bouncer would have singled me out post show and taken me backstage like some underage groupie. Uh huh. "Like, Totally."

*Editor's Note - at one point we got even closer to the stage and I realized the youngest Jonah Brother, Nick - was there alone, trying to be inconspicuous at the tender age of 21 going alone to a concert where most were old enough to be his parents. I commented in P's ear who he was and just when that youngun thought he could enjoy his Budlight and watch the band in silence a drunk younger couple in their late 20s recognized him and became IDIOTS, hugging him, taking tons of pics of him, constantly talking to him. P and I honestly wanted to tell them to leave the kid alone. He clearly didn't want to be bothered and was trying to be nice. Finally it got so bad that he had a word with them and they kind of backed off, to which he left my side and sidled up to the stage and speaker to get away from them.
It must stink to be a celeb. Really.
Enjoy my beloved ABC!!!

Lose yourself in "Lost"

Think what you want but people are not talking about the Superbowl this week - - they are talking about the new season of the TV show "Lost" on ABC. (!!!!!!!!!!!!)

Now, I am a stickler for good acting and even better writing - if you have both (especially the latter) you can have a show about any kind of subject or story line and it will go well. But, LOST not only has the above going for it but it has the most insane, mind-boggling, scary, suspenseful, mysterious, inexplicable and exciting storyline all in one! It is simply unbelievable what this show has - - advenutre, romance, sex(iness), humour, tragedy (death - YES - they even KILL off main characters to keep it realistic - how ballsy is that!?). Wait I am not done: it also has an amazing ensemble cast repesenting all minorities - Korean, Mexican, a pregnant lady, a parapalegic, a psycho, murderers, criminals, doctors, an alcoholic, a druggie, an Iraqi torturer from the Rebel army, Causcasian-American, African-American, African, senior citizens, kids, a cute baby, Australian, British, the sexiest southerner you ever did see, a Brazilian, a musician, a priest, a lesbian (Michele Rodriguez - who was killed off probably cus she was not believable playing a straight woman); an Irishman, a cuban-american, a monster to scare you and even a labrador dog for animal lovers..can't think of any more at the moment but you get the gist.

Every episode is like a mini-movie and the cliff-hangers are nail-biting. I still think the best one was end of season 1 with the boy Walt - being kidnapped at sea by some perverse-looking trailer trash old man with a whiskey voice - and screaming for help at his helpless father who they shot and fell overboard (and we all know that african-americans don't, uh, tend to swim well).

Everyone has hopped on the LOST train and I know of several who seem to do it to be cool because their friends watch it, but I am OG - baby - been there since Day 1. Being somewhat still in the Industry, I had heard about it while in pre-production and that it was amazing and different than anything else on TV. Also, I was familiar already with its creator JJ Abrahms (I was already a fan of his "Alias"- which proved to show major promise for such a young, newbie in Hollywood).

I will never forget watching that first episode alone in my room and being absolutely TERRIFIED at the plane crash and drawn immediately to the main characters. GREAT STUFF and if you want to get into it now - I highly suggest watching the 8 minute catchup (fun, creative and funny) video on ABC.com.

Luckily, the show was able to shoot 8 episodes (half a season) before the devastating writer's strike - making it virtually the only new show on TV right now - besides game and reality shows. Thank goodness! I canNOT wait!!