Personal - Week 2

Things have picked up some this week. Trying to figure out how to balance work, exercising, socializing, class, and personal work has become an annoyance. Due to anxiety, I like to have everything planned out for my day or week; I really hate unplanned and unorganized events and activities. After getting out of class or coming home from work I always want to work out, but other activities come up that I feel like I cannot turn down since I still do not know everyone in the group.

On Tuesday morning we had class like usual. Afterwards, I tried to organize a group to play volleyball on the sand court. Only four other people showed up so playing with teams of two people against three did not go very well. We looked like clumsy cats with two left feet as we would sink into the sand trying to run towards the ball in attempt to hit it over the net. It was all fun though! Hopefully more people will join next time so the teams are much more even. Since it was so hot, we decided to go to the pool for a little while and hang out with others on our program. Later that evening we went to the Writers Guild of America to sit in on a panel with three writers for Jessica Jones. The panel was very interesting and filled with a ton of information. Before going to the panel, I was able to watch the first four episodes of the show so I would not be totally lost. Jessica Jones is very different from any other Marvel show or movie I have ever seen. It is much grittier with stronger female roles than most.

#ElevateYourSelfie

Wednesday after work, a group of us went to a LA Dodgers game against the Washington Nationals. One of my top bucket list items is to go to every MLB stadium in America so you can imagine how excited I was to go to Dodger Stadium! The stadium was pretty cool to see. Unfortunately, we left the the game right before Puig hit a wild walk-off to beat the Nationals 4-3.

Thursday was super cool getting the opportunity to visit Maker Studios. I had learned about Maker last year while I was working at Disney Broadcast Production when my manager gave me the chance to recommend some of my friends who are cinematographers and directors to Maker. It was just super cool to walk through the production studio and then the separate business office. I met a couple Disney Professional Internship Cast Members, which I was super excited by just because I miss Disney so much and always love to speak to Cast Members when I get the chance.

Saturday morning at The Writers Guild of America was super cool to have the chance to hang out in their script library. Of course I had to read a Star Wars script: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back. I really want to go back during this trip to spend a few hours going through other scripts, more specifically I really want to read Gone With The Wind. Saturday night was a crazy night at Bootie LA. Lets just say that Bootie LA has not seen the last of Grady LA. 

To top of this action packed week, we visited Warner Brothers Studios today for a tour. I cannot say enough about how awesome it was! Visiting the different sets and seeing all the props was mind blowing. I cannot wait until I have the chance to work on a studio lot like Warner Brothers!

Oscars are a lot heavier than they look. It was super cool to
hold a real Academy Award. 

Just enjoying some coffee at Central Perk.