The LAST week of our teens..!!!

How crazy!!! Today is the last day of this DECADE of our lives!!!!! We've had a lovely last week and have already kicked off the birthday celebrations!

-- Han --

On Wednesday I had a real acting gig and it felt pretty amazing! I was working on a short film that someone I knew at Chapman was directing and it was a really cool project! We were filming on location at a summer camp waaayy up in the hills in Malibu - the drive was actually slightly terrifying, but the view was fantastic! I was playing the role of camp counsellor to the lead girl, played by Ally, a total sweetheart! We really clicked and hanging out/getting to know each other made the day super fun, the hours flew by!

The film consisted of five scenes, and I was in three - which meant a lovely mix of down time and on screen time. The cameras, audio, and lighting were all really professional - as were the crew - so it really felt like a legitimate job (even though I wasn't getting paid) and I'm hoping the footage is good enough to use for my reel! It was truly a great day; I learned a lot, had fun, and remembered what I'm out here to do and how much I love acting.

Thursday, Friday, and yesterday were all really nice chill days for me. I ran a ton of errands, took myself out for coffees and book-club-of-one, submitted for auditions, hung with Brittany by the pool, planned our birthday extravaganza(s) aaaand I may have watched a couple (okay, several) hours of Sherlock - the new best show EVER! Cumberbatch is sooo dreamy!!

-- Luce --

On Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Monday I was recalled for the same show - 'Transparent' and it was so much fun! Wednesday and Thursday we were filming at Paramount Studios so it was nice and close and the set was indoors in the air conditioning thank goodness! Friday was outside and it was suuuuper hot but it only ended up being a four hour day which was awesome. A great perk to working so many days on the same show was that I also had the chance to chat with a lot of the cast and crew which was so cool! A definite highlight was talking to Melora Hardin who played Jan on The Office!! So freakin amazing! She was really nice and so funny - the scene was her showing me and another guy around her house and she was improvising the most hilarious stuff! Ahhh I loved it. And to make it all even cooler, yesterday when I was on set she remembered me and gave me a huge smile and waved and said hi! How lovely! :) 

Yesterday was my last day on the show and it was a long one! We were filming a funeral scene outside in the sun for 13 hours.. Whatta day! Luckily there was some shade and a slight breeze so it wasn't as bad as the days when we've had to sit in a stadium in the sun for ages! I also had a fun time because I was paired with a fake husband and fake child (who was 9! How old did they think I was?! Haha) so I got to play pretend with them for the day. When we were finally wrapped I was so excited to go home and veg out and do nothing!

-- Han & Luce --

The weekend absolutely sped by and was HEAPS of fun! Saturday was our day of celebrations with mum and Q. They came into LA, picked us up, and took us to a matinee of We Will Rock You - a suuuper fun musical based around Queen songs! It was hilarious and the performances were incredible, such a talented group of actors! We've missed live theatre so much!! 

After the show we wandered around and had drinks while we waited for our dinner reservation.

7:00 finally came around and we went to Patina to have the most AMAZING degustation dinner imaginable! Ahhh it was 6 courses of HEAVEN! SO decadent, finishing with a to-die-for peanut butter tart. Yum!!

After dinner we came back to our place and Mum and Q came up to give us some little goodie bags, (featuring some delicious snacks, baking treats, and portable phone chargers!) amazing!

On Sunday we slept in and then Luce had an audition. Han waited at a coffee shop on the way while Luce headed to the address in LA.... By LA, they apparently actually meant COMPTON!!! Gaahh! (For those who don't know, that's one of the scariest areas in LA - which is saying something..!) 

While Han sipped her cappucino Italiano and read her book in a lovely cafe Downtown, Luce locked the doors, chucked a U-ey, and bailed on the audition - waayy too sketchy to get involved with that project! 

We made a birthday-related reservation on our way home and made ourselves a yummy dinner before heading out again to go to Mosaic for church.

Today we swapped roles from last week's routine so Luce was hanging out at home while Han was on set - it was exactly what we both needed!

-- Han --

Today I was working on a movie that must remain untitled if I want to share the pictures (which I do cuz they're adorable!) and there were only five extras! Nice! We were dressed up in the cutest preppy, private school outfits and felt like a kick butt remix of Breakfast Club asking to happen.

I was also channeling my inner Serena Van Der Woodsen (from Gossip Girl) and Wishing I was Fleur Delacour (Harry Potter) haha so fun!

It was a super easy day and I got along great with the girls - we were wrapped before we knew it! I made it home before 5:00, woo!!

-- Luce --

I must've been pretty exhausted from working so much because today I slept until 12:30!! Crazy! It's been a cruisey day for me - lounging around watching Sherlock till Han got home.. Then on to new adventures..!

-- Han & Luce --

After Han got home today we only had a little while at home before we went out to an Australians in Film event Han heard about from the Aussie Consul-General. It was a screening at Raleigh Studios in Hollywood of 6 short films created by Aussies. A couple of them were really good! It was great to sit in a room full of people who were all laughing at the same, uniquely and undeniably Australian jokes. There was a lovely little mixer afterwards where we met some great people and got invited to another fun event Thursday night! We said our goodbyes and headed back to the gate we came in through aaaaaand.. It was shut! Whaaa?!! Errrmm... Okay.. We had no idea what to do! We went inside to find another exit, knocked on the security office thing, looked around for a button to push - nothing. After about 10 minutes of priiiime goon squad antics, Luce had the killer observation that there was probably an us-sized gap below the gate. True to form, it was Han that tested out the observation and, lucky for her, Luce was right!

Luce shimmied under as well and we were off! HA! Hilarious.. 

Our last night as teenagers, might as well do something slightly absurd! We went out to a cafe nearby for dessert, a sort of last hoorah, and shared an amazing piece of apple pie and a wonderful almond/plum cake! YUM!

Feeling Nocturnal..!

We hardly saw each other Thursday afternoon/evening and Friday because of the way our schedules matched up! We had a lovely weekend though, and we've been back at work the last couple days.

-- Han --
On Thursday afternoon and all day Friday I was working on a new Nickelodeon show called Bella and the Bulldogs. It was a SUPER cute show and, to make the two days even better, all my friends from the Thundermans were there! We spent hours cheering on the fake football teams (Go get em Tigers!), chatting and laughing with each other, and taking some sneaky selfies and pics!

Looking out from the bleachers we had a great view of the LA skyline, palm trees, and the Hollywood sign - pretty cool! The highlights of each day had to be lunch though. Normally sets cater lunch but Nick tends to do "walkaway" lunches which means you fend for yourself - and did we ever! The first day we went to Chipotle for some delicious burrito bowls, and the second day we went to a really cool frozen yogurt place, fun!

It was a good couple days but exhausting! We finished well after midnight both days and on the second day they had us out in the 100+ degree heat for over 5 hours without a break!! AND it was autumn in the show so I was wearing a flannel! Pretty intense. Buuut Chipotle, froyo, and a couple paychecks make everything better. :)

-- Luce --

I had two all-night calls in a row for a movie called "The Midnight Man" on Thursday and Friday! It was actually so much more fun than I was expecting and it paid much better than usual because I was wearing a bikini! Woo! On Thursday I got to set at 7pm, ready to play a "passed out girl on the couch" because the scene was a bunch of girls at a rich sleazy guy's house..! After sitting around for 5 hours without doing much of anything (apart from talking to almost everyone in the cast and crew haha) 4 other girls showed up and they were ready to start shooting all the party scenes! We were about to shoot when two of the girls turned out to be working illegally and had to be sent home! OMG! One was Russian and the other was Brazilian and neither of them had a US passport or work visa.. Crazy. That left me and two other girls to do our best to make it look like there was a raging party going on..! And a couple members of the crew had to step in as well (and replace me as the asleep couch-girl so I could do the more risqué things haha).. We filmed a bunch of shots partying and dancing and hanging out in a hot tub throughout the night and I really felt like I bonded with the other girls! All in all it was a super fun experience and I was excited to go back and do it again the next day!

After spending all of the daytime on Friday recuperating, I headed out to set again and braced myself for the night ahead! When I got there everyone remembered my name which was lovely and I hung out with my new friend Jenna from the night before as we waited to start filming! 

There were more girls compared to the night before (thank goodness!) because it was the huge climactic moment in the movie and it was so exciting! Jenna and I were chosen to be two of the sleazy guy's main girls so we were really featured and got to spend a lot of time with the lead actors which made the time fly by! Eventually around 3:30am Jenna and I had a break so we curled up in the bed in the mansion we were filming in and had a little nap! Pretty hilarious. After more filming all the way through to sunrise, we were finally wrapped at 6:30 in the morning - 12 hours after we arrived. So. Insane. I was exhausted but happy to have had such a great time on set! I drove home and didn't even have to turn the headlights on in the car because it was daylight (so weird!) and I fell into bed. :)

-- Han & Luce --
We spent the weekend recovering from the last couple days, resetting our sleep cycles, and doing heaps of work on our YouTube channel - we're pretty excited about it! On Saturday we did a test run of the filming/editing, Luce was a natural and Han's becoming an iMovie wiz, then ordered Chinese takeout and had a GG marathon. Perfect Saturday. On Sunday we filmed the main chunk of our first episode! Woo!! We had to go out before filming to run some related errands, so it ended up being an all-day endeavor. It was worth the effort though! We're really pleased with the results and we can't wait to share it with you all! We're still a couple weeks off the big reveal, so stay tuned..! Afterwards, we cooked up a storm for dinner then called it a night.

Yesterday Han was working on CSI and Luce had a chill day at home.

-- Han --
It was a long day but the time flew by! The scene was a really exciting one - involving a screaming man running down a corridor of students - and the background reactions were really important, so it was a fun day! I made some friends, got some screen time, climbed about a thousand stairs, and ate an amazing lunch! Success!

-- Luce --
I had a relatively chill day at home watching movies and went out to run some errands in the afternoon! It was nice to be able to fully recover from my earlier two nights of no sleep and be completely ready to face the work week ahead!

-- Han & Luce --
Han got home around 7:00 and we had time for dinner and a catch-up before the season finale of the Bachelorette! Ahh it was unbelievably satisfying and exactly the romance/drama/love fix we needed. Amazing.

Today Luce is on set for Transparent, the show Han worked a couple weeks ago, and Han's working her way through a veeerry long to-do list. 7) Post the blog: check!

Mo' Money Mo' Problem$

What a hectic/awesome/productive/fun few days!!

Monday was a big day for Han, Tuesday was a big one for Luce, and yesterday and today were big for both of us. We're keeping busy, that's for sure!

-- Han -- 

On Monday I was booked on Ray Donovan and it ended up being one of my favourite days ever on set! We were filming at Pink's, a famous LA hotdog place, and Liev Schreiber (who plays Sabertooth in X-Men and is the lead in Ray Donovan) was in the scene and I walked right past him like 20 times!! The reason it was such a great day, though, was that I'd been paired with two absolutely adorable little boys as their on-screen babysitter. We just had so much fun mucking around, they were such smart, fun little kids and totally reminded me of Eddie and Will - especially the little blond boy, Alex, he was SO cheeky! 

By the end of the scene we were getting along so well that three or four people asked if they were my kids! Alex's response was "Are you crazy?!" Hahah priceless - but really, a 19 year old mother of an 11 and 8 year old?! When the kids were about to get wrapped I met their mothers and the first thing they both said was "Can Hannah be our new babysitter??" So sweet! Buuuut unfortunately they live about an hour away from me, so it was a no go. Anyway, I only had a couple more hours after that and I was wrapped by 1:30! Woo! 

I was only home for a few minutes before I had to run back out for a costume fitting for my cheerleading outfit! I met Yosh at the tailors and they worked their magic. Hopefully it'll be a good fit for Saturday!

I stopped by Ralph's on the way home to pick up some stuff for the Indian feast that Luce and I cooked up when we got home! Tikka Marsala, banana with coconut, cucumber with yogurt, and garlic naan!

-- Luce --

I had a lovely relaxing day on Monday! After a glorious sleep and getting up to do some odds and ends around the house, I headed over to LACC because I had gotten a letter from them asking me to come to the business office..! I showed up and it turned out that I had a surplus of scholarship money left so they just handed me a big ol' check and said, "There you go, have a nice day!" Wow! It was quite a nice surprise - definitely made my day! The rest of the day was pretty chill, hanging out with Han and eating yummy food!

-- Han --

My Tuesday was chill but productive! I cleaned, filled out a job application for Outback Steakhouse, submitted online for a bunch of auditions, and hung out with Brittany in the afternoon. When Luce got home from set we had an extremely satisfying Bachelorette double feature with Brittany, such a guilty pleasure!

-- Luce --

On Tuesday I was doing background on the show Jennifer Falls and it was  a really fun day! I met some lovely people and I was there as a "debate team student" which was pretty funny..! It ended up being a 10 hour day which was long but it wasn't toooo bad - especially considering minimum wage went up today!! Yayyyy! So I got home tired but happy and excited to chill out and watch The Bachelorette with Brittany and Han.

-- Han --

Yesterday I was back on the Thundermans! Yay!! I love working that show, and it was a long but pretty easy day. I also got a little featured bit! AND I got fitted for a not-so-sexy mermaid costume (keeping it G rated) for next week's Halloween episode, so I'll definitely be working at least two days next week! Woo! I got home around 7:30 and managed to find the will power to work out, which actually felt kinda great, and I've started learning Italian on this language app Luce found which has been super fun, so I did that until Luce got home (reeeeaally late) from Jennifer Falls.

-- Luce --

I was recalled on Jennifer Falls on Wednesday and it was the longest day everrrrrr! I got there at 7:30 and reprised my role as a debate team-er for the morning which was relatively easy and then we broke for lunch around 3 and it was boiling hot! We were filming in Santa Clarita and it was 95 degrees with the sun blazing down on us.. Oh my gosh I was so sweaty! Pretty gross (haha). After lunch we switched over to a Father-Daughter Dance scene so all the girls got dressed up and had to pair off with a middle aged man to be their father for the day! Well.. It turned out that there were 34 girls and only 32 men... And guess who ended up being a fatherless orphan?! You guessed it, me! Ahhh, hilarious. It really worked out for the best because it meant that I got to just chill out in the air conditioned room for a bit longer and I also had time to flirt with the cute PA on set which was a definite plus! Eventually they needed me and the other orphan girl on set so we spent the night fake-dancing and pantomiming with everyone else until finally, at 10:00, we were wrapped for the day! Wowwwww a 14.5 hour day!! Crazy. I was completely and utterly exhausted - I'm surprised I could even drive home but I made it safe and sound and I fell into bed! Big day!!

-- Han & Luce --

Today was HUGE! We packed so much in - and didn't even get to everything!

First off we had a callback for the audition we did on Saturday. We showed up right on time aaaand they'd changed the location! On no! Fortunately there were about 20 other people who'd also gotten the wrong info, so we weren't too stressed about it. We drove to the new place - which was actually the old place because we auditioned there - and waited. Aaaand waited. Lucky for Han she had another audition at 1:00 at the same casting studios, so cool! So she did her thang in that one and it went really well! It was for a music video so she just had to react nonverbally to some different situations and that was that! We were still waiting at 2:00 and finally the casting director came out to talk to all the people with callbacks! He pulled us all over and said "So the only thing we need to know is: are you available July 12th?" We all said "yes" and he said "Okay, you're free to go!" Hahah what?! We waited over two hours to tell you our availability?!?! Completely absurd but ohh well! Pretty hilarious. Anyway, we were on to the next thing! We ran home, had lunch, and Luce got ready for background tonight - all in less than 30 minutes! Then we went over to Outback and dropped off our job apps (fingers crossed!) and only had about five minutes back at home before Luce was off to work! She dropped Brittany and Han at Ralph's to pick up baking supplies, and headed on to the Sunset Gower Studios.

-- Han --

Our baking endeavors were a total success! Except for a small hiccough because we'd forgotten eggs and had to run down to the gas station..! After we'd used every utensil in the apartment and a couple hours had gone by, we'd created three 4th of July masterpieces! 

Red velvet and blueberry cupcakes with chocolate frosting, blue velvet and raspberry cupcakes with chocolate frosting, and a red and blue velvet layer cake with cream cheese frosting and coconut between layers and berries on top! Amazing!! We had the red velvet cupcakes later tonight and they were SO good, totally exceeded our expectations! 

I had one last audition tonight over Skype which was really cool! It was more of an interview than an audition, but they seemed to really like me and want me to come in next week for an in person audition! Exciting! Since then I've been learning some Italian, hanging out with Bri and Brit, and waiting for Luce to get home - which will hopefully be soon! We're looking forward to the 4th of July tomorrow (and the awesome weekend following it!) to hang out, relax, and eat yummy food!

-- Luce --

I worked on The Newsroom today and my call time wasn't till 5 which was great because Han and I had a pretty hectic day..! I made it to set after a big fiasco with the studio's security (it wasn't really a huge fiasco - they just closed one of their gates so I had to drive around to find the other one and then waited for a reeeally long time because the security guard was so slow! Lucky I left myself so much spare time!!) Once I made it to check-in and go through wardrobe I found out that they weren't going to be filming it at the studios, but in Santa Monica which was really far away - so random! So we all got into a bus and drove over to Santa Monica and then filmed the scene. I was worried that we'd go really late into the night but they went quite quickly and had us back to the studios by 11! Amazing! The scene was nice and simple too - all the background had to do was wait in line for a lecture and then walk into the building at the very end of the scene! Also, a funny coincidence was that the cute PA from yesterday was working on this show today! Crazy! So anyway, after being wrapped at 11 I went home and had some amazing pre-4th of July cupcakes that Han and Brit had made! Yum! 

Working hard or hardly working?

Uuhhh, working hard..!

This has been a big work week - with no sign of things slowing down either!

We eased into the week with a cruisey Monday. The most exciting part of the day for Han was the first table reading for the webseries she's going to be in! All the other actors seemed really talented and the writer/director has what sounds like a great plan to make it happen! It felt great to finally start work on a legitimate, complex role - to really be acting again! Ironically enough, it feels like it's been ages!

After the table reading we met up with Q in NoHo and he took us out to dinner at Lala's Argentine Grill! We haven't been that full in a looong time - it was amazing! Great conversation and lots of laughs too, as always, it was so lovely to catch up! 

After dinner we went over to Sully's to watch the Bachelorette (although it actually ended up being a "season recap" of the last four weeks, what? Still enjoyable regardless!)

On Tuesday we had a 10:00 call time for background on Awkward, which was pretty civilized but we had to get up and at 'em at a decent time. On the way to set we thought to check the call time change box and -- moved to 11:00?! We jumped off the freeway and went on yelp to try to find a brekky place nearby. We ended up in a kiiinda sketchy area but at a suuuper cute little diner! Two chocolate chai's and a massive pancake with cream cheese frosting later, we headed to set for real!

(Luce was having a rough morning...)

It was a long day on set but there are heaps of really nice crew members who're starting to recognize us (kinda scary) including the 2nd AD who's a fellow Aussie! He picked us for a featured bit in a really funny scene in which we had to laugh at something that wasn't there! It was a super fun scene and definitely one of those this-is-Hollywood-and-nothing-is-real moments. 

We wrapped at 10:30 and dragged ourselves home in prep for another full day the next day!

Yesterday we were both booked for background on a pilot about tennis and it was BOILING HOT all day!! We had sweat just running in rivers from any part of our bodies touching anything, pretty gross. We were sitting in the stands with a lot of other people all day, but we both actually managed to get seriously featured in a couple shots! We met some great people, which always makes the day go quicker, but it was another long one, that's for sure!

Highlights:

- the main guy was British and SO cute/funny and had a bit where he smashes the tennis racquet on the ground. Hilarious.

- the main girl COULD NOT PLAY TENNIS. Like we would've done a better job and the regular readers of the blog will remember that we're faaaar from pros! We were sitting with a really funny guy though and we shamelessly (and silently) criticized her abilities. Sorry not sorry. Also, she was beautiful and seemed like a good actress so fair enough that they cast her!

- amazing brownies at lunch. Times 3. And coffee cake.

- the most hippie trippy girl at our table who tried to convince us that the way her necklace swings knows your heart's inner desires.

- seeing a few lovely old friends and making a couple awesome new ones too!

When we got home Luce crashed out, so exhausted, and Han went over to Bri and Brit's for popcorn, drinks, R.I.P.D (the worst movie in the world), and a well-needed catch up! So lovely - having them right down the hall is like being back at college!

Today Han had a day on a medical show as a candy striper and got to play dress up! Fun!! And Luce had a chill day at home doing some audition prep and (look out) cleaning! What a legend!

The rest of the night is looking like a chill night in watching Orange is the New Black, perfect!

Nailed it..

Not too much to report from the last few days: recovering from the amazingness of our Lena Headey encounter, shopping, errands, background work, auditions, and an extremely embarrassing move on set by Han! Eeeek!

The two auditions:

1) Luce: On Tuesday I had an audition for a Samsung commercial and it was really fun!! I got there and found myself surrounded by very tall thin models so that was a bit of a surprise..! But I took it all in stride and I think it went quite well. All I had to do was tell a story that was 30 seconds long to the camera so I told the story of this past New Year's and how adorable Will was when his wish was "to be cool"! Ha, the casting panel seemed to love it and I left with a smile on my face! 

2) Today our photographer friend Yosh held auditions for the pilot episode of his webseries! We both auditioned for the same role and it went really well - we each got a callback on the spot! Woo!! It feels so great to have lines to memorize and a character to explore, even just for an audition, so hopefully one of us gets the role and has a regular little gig going!

The one 'special' moment:

1) Han: I did background work on Wednesday and it was around 10:30 at night and I'd avoided coffee like a champ, so my awareness and ability to deal with unexpected situations were both somewhat compromised. We were outside doing a big 'at the town fair' type scene, and I'd been told to a long cross at the very start of the scene behind all the action. We went through it once, no dramas, then just as I started to go back to my original place they started rolling again!! Ahh! I knew I had to hurry to make it back so I ran in front of EVERYONE to my spot - meanwhile, the director had called ACTION at the start of my little run and I hadn't heard!!! Gahh! Sooo there's a take of me run-shuffling right across camera. Also, I apparently messed up the lead actress because she was laughing at me, so I managed to ruin the take in two ways. And the worst part was, I was totally oblivious! So I couldn't even laugh it off! It's hard to recount the story with a feel for how public it was, but let's just say I was reminded of it constantly for the next 2 hours... Oh. My. God. Such a knob move! Well done me.. Aaaand now it's been immortalized in print hahaha. These were the texts I sent Luce right afterwards pretty much summing up my level of embarrassment...

We're both working tomorrow - Han on something potentially exciting, we'll see! - and then this weekend, who knows? The world (well the city anyway) is our oyster!

And We Danced All Night to the Best Song Ever

Our night call on Wednesday ended up being so much FUN!! We got there at 6:00pm and went to hair and makeup (which is always a bit of a treat!) to get glammed up '80s style!! 

Sneaky selfie in the bathroom, shhhh...

We can't say too much because the project's apparently pretty top secret, but the scene we were shooting was a concert scene and the song was so catchy!! Which was great because we listened to it about a hundred times... The actors had such amazing energy and we were right in the front of the crowd, so it wasn't hard to stay pepped up! We hit overtime around 3:00am and weren't wrapped until 6:00! Ohmygoshhh SO crazy! We stopped by Maccas for hash browns and coffees, drove home like zombies, fell into bed, and slept until 12:00!

On Thursday afternoon we met up with our friend Mike to hike in Griffith Park. We'd never been up to the observatory before and the view was spectacular!!

We went Yogurtland afterwards which was pretty amazing, it's been so long since we've had fro yo!

It was a lovely afternoon and we had a great time with Mike as always. We were also feeling pretty proud of ourselves for making such an effort after our all nighter! We spent the evening hanging out at home and filling out a survey for our Beauty and the Geek audition hahah we did our best to be truthful whiiiile omitting information here and there that would give away the fact that we're actually pretty smart. We weren't convinced it'd be so easy to seem like airheads for the audition the next day though!

Our audition was at 2:00, so we spent the morning getting all dolled up and headed over to Santa Monica with plenty of time to spare. We inadvertently got into character on the way there as it was a bit of a struggle to fine the studio and we had a couple blonde moments, but we made it! 

We had to fill out another questionnaire, then we went in to meet with the casting director! She was super friendly and all we really had to do was get some pictures taken and have a conversation with her so she could see that we were engaging people - nailed it! Because they really were looking for Americans, we're thinking it'll be a push for us to get chosen. The CD said she'd keep us in mind for other shows she casts though, so who knows!

We had put way too much effort into looking our best to go straight home, so we decided to go to the Grove and have a cupcake and run some errands. It was a stunning LA day, not a cloud in the sky, and we had a lovely time wandering around and window shopping before heading home. We treated ourselves to Chinese delivery (sesame chicken and fried rice) for dinner, SO good! And we watched a wonderful blast from the past chick flick, Just Like Heaven, with Mark Ruffalo and Reese Witherspoon - what a wonderful day!

Yesterday we had the most typically great Saturday ever! We slept in, sat by the pool for a few hours, ate yummy food, and got the most glorious Easter care package EVER from Dad, Claire, Eddie and Will!

Complete with choccies, Tim Tams, Aussie boxing gloves to hang from our rear view mirrors, and the most amazing bottle opener ever created with authentic Australian kangaroo scrotum as the handle. Unreal. Hahaha thanks so much you guys!!! Then at night we had our first clubbing experience in LA!! Our friend Lex who we'd met at Sullivan's place way back when is a promoter for various clubs and invited us out to Sound with him and his friends!

The club was awesome, we made some new friends, and we danced the night away! Woohoo!!

This morning we grabbed Maccas sausage and egg mcmuffins (most amazing thing EVER) and totally rallied! Now we're spending the afternoon/evening in California Adventure for some Disney magic! So fun!!

Stars and Cars

On Tuesday Lucy was finally going to work on her scene at Chambers' that had been canceled 3 times for various reasons. We got up early and left the house in time to battle the rush hour traffic. When we were almost there - on time - Luce got a text canceling AGAIN! Ahh! Soo absurd, this scene is cursed to never be performed! Haha so we had a little more time to ourselves and Luce took us out to chai lattes at a super hip place on Sunset blvd :)

After that we went to pick up Ali from the bus stop! She ended up having a couple extra days without anything on so we got to spend some more time together! We met at Universal Citywalk because the two of us had gotten tickets to see Chelsea Lately with THEO JAMES!! Gahh! He's the star of Divergent which we couldn't wait to see AND he was major heartthrob, Pamuk, on Downton Abbey season 1! We had a yummy Thai lunch - Ali's shout! - and lined up for the show. The three of us had put in some effort to our outfits and we were glad we did because after a couple minutes we got plucked from the middle of the line and put right at the front! So cool! We went into the studios but we weren't allowed to use our phones, so we couldn't take photos :( we did, however, make it onto TV! (Well, the backs of our heads anyway...)

The show went by in a snap! It was hilarious but also incredibly offensive, in true Chelsea Lately style. Theo James was gorgeous! He seemed a little uncomfortable about the whole thing though, we're fairly certain he's not prepared for the insane stardom he's about to be catapulted into! He was really cute and seemed like a genuine guy - we were just so excited to be within a few feet of him! Mission accomplished! Also, Chelsea's little person friend, Chuy, who's on the show threw out stress balls and Han caught one!

The evening was very chill. We watched Roman Holiday, baked muffins, and helped Ali practice for her Skype interview the next day - lovely.

On Wednesday we went to the most BEAUTIFUL beach we've ever been to in the States!!! El Matador State Beach, it was incredible! We've totally found our regular spot!

We went back through Topanga Canyon again to get home and stopped at one of the cute places we'd scoped out last time. 

Luce got the most DELICIOUS ice cream sandwich and everything else in there was so yummy-looking, organic, and expensive. And then we tried to take a selfie with the sun in our eyes and this is what resulted haha!

Ali left that night which was another sad departure, but we all have so much exciting stuff coming up that we knew we'd be distracted in no time!

On Thursday Chambers called us in to help paint the backdrop for his son's play haha. It was a lot of fun and it turned out really well!

Then we went and picked up Tim and Krystle (our cousins visiting from Aus) from their hotel on Hollywood Blvd. We went to Amoeba Music on sunset together then had an AMAZING lunch and even more amazing desserts at Portos! 

We hung out with them at our place for a little while too which was really lovely, then Han went out to Chapman for an audition and a seminar with a panel of casting directors and Luce drove Tim and Krystle to the airport for their flight home.

-- Han --

It was the first time I'd really driven the Sentra and it worked out great! Besides the fact that the traffic was shocking so I ended up being half an hour late. The talk was really interesting though and the audition went really well! I hung out with some friends afterwards and it was great to catch up on everything that's been going on since I left. It was hard to say goodbye, but I headed back feeling very happy with my little trip to Chaptown. The way back in the Sentra was a little more challenging! My phone was almost out of charge so I was nervous about knowing the way home, and I was also kind of driving by Braille because the dash (with the speedometer, temp, and fuel gage) doesn't light up at night! I made it home no worries though, SO excited for Izzy and Sarah to arrive the next night!

-- Luce --

Everything was going smoothly driving Tim and Krystle to LAX after Hannah left for Chapman..! I was driving along in stop-start traffic, and it was finally seeming to thin out so everyone started picking up speed finally.. I sped up a little and then the car in front of me slammed on their brakes and I braked as fast as I could but it wasn't fast enough and I bumped into the car in front of me and rear-ended them! OMG. I was SO shaken and terrified and embarrassed and shocked (not hurt at all because it was really a very little bump - more of a love-tap I'd like to say haha) and I got out of the car to assess the damage. Luckily, the car in front came out of it without a scratch! Amazing! He didn't even ask to exchange insurance info! It was definitely due to the great big tow-bar on the back of his car that managed to mangle the poor Subie :( But with no serious damage to the Subie and no warning lights on the dash, we kept driving and I dropped Tim and Krystle at LAX without any further hitch. They were very sweet when it happened too - I was glad to have them with me even though it was suuuuppperrrr embarrassing haha! Krystle reassured me, saying that she'd been in five car crashes and mine wasn't bad at all! I got home safely and called Mum and Q and told them what happened and they were completely supportive and loving and caring and not at all angry so that was the HUGEST relief. I'm feeling very lucky that I got out of my first ever car accident with so little damage, but I'm also feeling much more aware and I am going to be sure to leave a bigger space between me and the car in front of me next time!! 

So, despite some car trouble across the board, we were both home safe and sound. We went to bed with a long list of to-do's before Izzy and Sarah's arrival at 11:00 on Friday night! SO EXCITED for our week with them!!!