Making the Most of Hiatus!

The last few days have been veeery cruisey - not entirely on purpose either! Work's been super slow because of the summer hiatus, so we've been trying to do other productive stuff to make up the difference!

-- Luce --

Sunday night was SO exciting for me because I was filming my part in the webseries I was cast in!! Ah! I got to set and everyone was so lovely and friendly! I watched the filming for the scene before mine and it was absolutely hilarious. I'm so excited to see the whole thing when it's all been filmed and edited and everything! My portion went by pretty quickly and it all went down without a hitch - I loved finally getting in front of the camera and having actual lines! So fun! Once I finished my scene the guys thanked me for being so consistent and talented which was really nice to hear and I went home with a huge smile on my face!! Yay!

-- Han & Luce --

Monday was a not-working day, so we took it kinda easy. We did all the audition submissions we could and Han helped out with some location scouting for her webseries! The highlight of the day was easily our excursion in the evening with Brian and Brittany to get pinkberry frozen yogurt and see 22 Jump Street at the movies. It was HILARIOUS! We definitely recommend it - it had to be almost as good as the original!

On Tuesday Luce was booked on a Disney Channel show and Han got all set up on LA Casting and started applying for babysitting jobs too!

-- Luce --

On Tuesday I was working on a kids show, 'Kirby Buckets', and it was so adorable! It was pretty much an average background day of walking back and forth down a school hallway but the best part was that I was getting paid union rates for it! Score!! It was around a 10 hour day and by the last hour I was sooo ready to head home and crash out which is exactly what I did - for a little while, anyway, before Han and Brit got back with cake mix!

-- Han --

I had a super productive morning, doing countless submissions on a different breakdown website and scouring babysitting sites for jobs in the area to pick up a little extra cash! After all that I went down to the pool to swim some laps, fun! Just as I was finishing up, Brittany happened to come down and we hung out by the pool for a couple hours. We got to talking about her newfound obsession with Cake Boss and decided that we absolutely needed to make a cake ourselves! We walked to Ralph's and picked up a carrot cake box mix and cream cheese frosting, amazing!

-- Han & Luce --

When we were both back at the apartment, we all baked up a storm, watched some Gossip Girl, and made plans to go out for Taco Tuesday later on at Cactus! It was a lovely evening and after a Mexican feast, half a cake, and too many episodes of GG, we went to bed.

Yesterday was yet another day that we weren't booked for background, and we've kiiinda started to run out of inspiration of what to do on our off days - that and we were just a bit tired. So it honestly wasn't the most productive day BUT Han tried on her cheerleading uniform for the webseries! Aaaand it was way too big..! Not to worry, though, there should be plenty of time to get the right size before we shoot - kind of excited to be living out the American cheerleader dream! We grabbed some cheap but delicious Chinese food for dinner (Lucy's shout! What a champ!) then headed home to have a pretty quiet night in.

Today is a super special day because...... It's been a whole YEAR since we started the blog!!! 365 days in writing! WOW!! We hope it's been a fun read and we're so, so glad we kept up with it - we've made so many incredible memories and had such fun adventures this last year, we're so lucky! 

It seemed wonderfully fitting that we both got booked for background today on a couple of our favourite sets! 

-- Han --

Luce had a super early call time so I woke up early too and we had brekky and a cuppa together before she headed out. I had a while till I had to leave at 8:15, so I managed to fit in a work out and even took the Sentra in for a car wash! I made it to set right on time - it's so nice to know exactly where I'm going, 4 days on the same set is about as close to routine as it gets! I was working on The Thundermans again with the same awesome crew and heaps of lovely familiar faces on background too! It was a really nice day with yummy food, good company, and a little overtime!

-- Luce --

Today I was working on It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia again and I had an amazing time! It was set in a bar and for one part of the scene they needed two hot girls to enter and then walk past the lead actors and they chose me to be one of them!! Ahh! So cool! So on episode 8 of season 10, expect to see a close up of me on the tv! I also got to meet the director and all of the crew members were giving me and the other girl special treatment - all-in-all I'd say it was a pretty successful day of background! Yay!

-- Han & Luce --
We're both home from work now, eating chia seed pudding, going through the blog from the very start, and compiling an extra special post picking out some of our favourite moments of the year, stay tuned!

That time we met Lena Headey..!

We weren't working today so we cleaned our place and then went out to hike (which ended up taking an absurdly long time) and run some errands. We were at Bed Bath & Beyond picking out a shower mat when, in mid conversation, Luce turned to Han and said in the most forceful-yet-silent whisper imaginable "OHMYGOD THAT'S CERSEI!!" Ahhh!! What?!! Lena Headey just happened to be in the same Bed Bath & Beyond as us!!! Ohmygosh UNREAL!! We took a few seconds to catch our breath before casually following her around the store trying to think of what to say..! She was also on the phone which made it even more of a challenge, so we waited over by the exit, casually browsing through utensils, until she came to check out. We joined the line behind her and LUCKED OUT because there was a bit of a hold up - they didn't have the fan she wanted on the floor of the store, so a guy went to the back to get one for her - aaand while we waited, this magical, legendary, AMAZING conversation happened: 

Lena: Sorry to hold up the line..

Han: Oh no that's totally fine! Can we just say we absolutely love you in the show!

Lena: Yes, of course you can!

Luce: We're huge fans of the show and you're absolutely phenomenal

Han: Your acting's amazing

Lena: Thank you.. There's not really anything else to say except thank you!

*we laugh*

Lena: Are you girls Australian?

Han & Luce: Yeah we are!

Lena: I can tell the difference because I'm British but people are always like, 'are you..Australian..?'

Han: Yeah! Over here people always ask if we're British!

Lena: But the accents don't sound at all the same! 

Luce: Yeah!

Han: They're completely different

Lena: So where were you living in Australia?

Han: We lived in Canberra -

Luce: - not very exciting..

Lena: Oh, I've never been there

Han: You can probably give it a miss! 

(we, including Lena, laugh ohmygod!! LENA HEADEY LAUGHED AT OUR JOKE)

 - other register man interjects -

Man: I can ring you up over here

(Us in our minds 'noooo')

- he rung us up as quickly as possible. Luce punched in that pin number like a champ. On the way out -

*Lena smiles at us*

Han & Luce: Lovely talking to you!

Lena: You too, bye!

Han: Best of luck with the rest of the show and everything!

Luce: Bye!

Oh. My. God. She was sooo nice, beautiful, and incredibly humble in real life! She was also tiny!! Super thin and no taller than us, crazy! We didn't think it'd be appropriate to ask for a photo with her, but you can hardly tell this one's not authentic... ;)

Hahaha it was such a classically amazing LA moment, so incredible!! We CANNOT WAIT to see next week's episode now, couldn't be more in love with Game of Thrones after that wonderfully perfect encounter! Wow!!

The Month of Male Attention Continues!!

We've had a great few days!! Earning money, lovely weekend, and a cruisey start to this week! Also, we've had more attention from gorgeous men this month than perhaps the rest of our lives combined and these last few days were no exception!

-- Han --

On Thursday I did background on a new MTV show called Happyland. I wasn't called until 2:00pm BUT I ended up being there until 3:30am!!! Woah! SUCH a long day, especially for my first day back, but it ended up being heaps of fun! I checked in then went to wardrobe where they paired my denim shorts with my denim jacket, eeeek! I tentatively changed into my double-denim ensemble and actually ended up rockin it in true '90s style! I met some lovely ladies that I spent most of my time with, chatted to BOTH of the reeeaally cute male leads on the show, chatted to some of the crew members, played the big sister of a couple cute and incredibly cheeky little kids, and then later became a teen-mum in a scene with everyone running around panicking! 

It was a fun day on set! We broke for "lunch" at 8:30 and had some yummy food - although the catering guys were being total nazis about the background not eating the cast/crew food, which wouldn't have been a problem except that by the time my girlfriends and I got through the line there was no dessert left! Noooo! We'd been hanging out for a pudding and we're pretty devo... So, I slapped on the Aussie accent and as much charm as I could muster, and went over to the other table where there were two pudding cups left and...... Success! With a slight nod from the stern catering man, I snatched up the chocolate pudding and four spoons, and rushed back to my table to cheers from the gals - best pud ever!

Over lunch I also chatted with some funny guys nearby (and threw Bronzed Aussie flyers at them) including one particularly cute guy who leant me his jacket when the temperature became arctic later on! At the end of the night I decided to pull a gutsy move and leave him my number - and it worked! The month of male attention continues!

-- Luce --

I had a leisurely morning and then it was time for work at Bronzed Aussie! My shift was 3-8 so it was my turn to learn how to do the closing shift, and after Han's report on how difficult it was, I was feeling a bit apprehensive! 

I got there just on time (I need to start giving myself more time with the LA traffic!!) and was straight to work making lamingtons! There was an order for 100 the next day, so I was racing the clock to get 'em done! Luckily my hilarious co-worker Michael was there to encourage me, singing "Luuuuucyy the laaamington ladyyyy" all day haha! So much fun. I also had my first bakery-celebrity encounter.. The Aussie guy on New Girl that plays CeCe's love interest came in and got a pie! So cool! I was pretty excited. Once I'd finished making all the lamingtons it was time to do all the cleaning and close the bakery and it was quite a daunting task..! Just when I was getting started, another coworker, Henry, showed up to do all of the manual labor and hard work! Awesome! I really lucked out. So I did an hour of cleaning and packing stuff up and then my shift was over and I went home, expecting Han to already be back when I got there.. Buuuut then she wasn't so I watched some tv, saw myself on episode 4 of Veep (woohoo!!) and then went to bed!

Neither of us was booked for background on Friday - which was lucky for Han after her 3:30am end time! - so we slept in, had a chill morning, and went to our usual spot for an afternoon hike.

Later on we met up with Tosh and Laynie who were visiting from Chapman for sushi!! It was SO lovely to see them again AND Tosh was such a sweetheart and paid for dinner! What a gentleman! We all hung out at our place afterwards, later joined by JT when he got off work, and had a lovely night chatting and laughing.

On Saturday we made the trip out to mum and Q's (with a boba stop on the way) for a lovely evening. We got there, walked the dogs and caught up with Mum, talked Game of Thrones and boys with Q, then went out to the Pechanga Casino for a buffet dinner and the Barenaked Ladies concert!!! We pigged out on dinner (and dessert!) and had a great chat before heading into the theatre.

The show was GREAT! It felt like one part stand up comedy, one part concert - so funny and SUCH a blast from the past!

We still can't stop singing One Week, soo catchy! (also, sorry the video's sideways but you get the idea...)

When we got home we had a soak in the spa then called it a night, thanks Mum and Q for such a great time!!

On Sunday we woke up early (or tried to, aimed for 6:45 but ended up getting out of bed closer to 7:30) because there was an Anzac Day ceremony and reception we wanted to go to in LA. We were sooo close to bailing on it, but Han insisted so Luce dragged herself outta bed, we threw on some clothes and ran out of the house! We made it with time to spare and we were SO glad we went! The ceremony was really powerful and we felt very proud to be Australian. We sang the national anthem and listened to some lovely words from the Turkish consul-general and the New Zealand consul-general. There was definitely a strong sense of community between the Aussies and Kiwis and it was great to be a part of.

Afterwards we went to a reception at the NZ consul-general's residence AND THEY HAD SO MUCH AUSSIE FOOOOOD! Haha we couldn't resist! Sausage rolls, meat pies, Anzac biscuits, aaaand ACTUAL real-deal Aussie sausage sandwiches!! Mmmm SO good! 

There was also an open bar of which we couldn't partake... Womp womp.. But it was also only 11:00am so that didn't put a huge dampener on things haha. It was very cool and strange to suddenly be in a place where the American accent seemed out of place! We met heaps of really lovely Aussies and Kiwis (mostly men, classic) and mingled for a couple hours before heading home, what a successful morning!

Later on Han helped JT do a self tape for an audition and then we went over to Nick/Mike/Eddie's for Game (of Thrones) night! Nick cooked up an amazing dinner of roast chicken and salad and we brought over cookies that Luce made. The episode was a great one, as always, and we hung out for a couple hours afterwards, playing taboo and chatting. We're loving this little tradition we've started up!

Yesterday we'd hoped to be working - as with today, actually - but things have been really slow for background recently and we're waiting to hear back from Samantha on the schedule for the bakery. It ended up being a great day nonetheless! Han went for a hike and lunch with Andrew who she'd met on Happyland on Thursday and had a really lovely time!

When she got home we cleaned the apartment a bit, hung out, had dinner, and watched The Way Way Back for the third time - it was just as good! 

Today we had a productive day planned - running errands, more cleaning, and taking a class at Central Casting for stand-in work - but it didn't work out quiiite as productively as we'd planned... We did get our errands and cleaning done, then we got a text from Q that he was going to be in LA around lunch time!! Yay! We met up at the 101 Coffee Shop for a yummy lunch and had a great chat, what a treat! After that we did our grocery shopping then headed to Central Casting almost an hour early to make sure we made it into the class. It was SO hot outside, and we waited and waited until finally someone came to let everyone in. As she got closer to us, the stack of entrance tickets began to dwindle until --- noooooooo!!! We were the second and third people in line after the cutoff and we were SOO ANNOYED ohmygod. She couldn't have come out an hour ago and counted people off?! Ugh. We ended up making the most of our night though, and we went over to JT's for dinner, watched Zoolander on the outdoor big screen, and listened to music until we had to call it a night - Han's working on a show called Mistresses in the morning! Gotta get that beauty sleep! 

Orange you glad we weren't hit by a palm frond?!

Chambers' bootcamp on Friday was particularly fun! It went by in a snap and we had a great time mucking around, reading plays, and creating scenes. After a finding-a-bathroom fiasco in which Luce visited a Starbucks, Subway, random Japanese restaurant, and finally (accompanied by Han) a Holiday Inn to find a loo, we drove out to Mum and Q's for the weekend! We satisfied a craving for Chipotle burritos for dinner and watched Catching Fire - so good! 

Yesterday we went exploring and found a beautiful - and massive - orange grove! We walked around, dared Q to pick a kumquat and eat it (which he did, despite it being underripe haha Han had better luck, it was actually pretty yummy!). Walking among the palm trees scattered through the orchard, things took a terrifying turn when the wind picked up and huge beanches started dropping all over the place! We snapped a quick pic and got outta there!!

We grabbed some delicious oranges from the fruit stand and some lollies from the gift shop then headed to lunch at a Turkish restaurant we'd seen in a magazine. 

It was INCREDIBLE! Ohmygod YUM! The dips, bread, rice, and beef, lamb, and chicken kabobs were to die for and we ate more than our fill! We slumped home in a satisfying carb-coma and had a very snoozy afternoon reading, sleeping, and doing absolutely nothing free of guilt. We watched the most recent Thor movie in the evening and we're all very impressed with its twists and turns - and with everything about the gorgeous Chris Hemsworth! 

Today we had a super yummy brekkie, did our laundry, and procrastinated leaving Mum and Q's for longer than was plausible haha. We're just arriving home now, actually! We had a long chat with Izzy on the way, we CANNOT WAIT for her and Sarah's visit! We have House of Cards in store tonight and a jam-packed week ahead! WOO!!!

A Magical Couple Days!

We've had the most lovely visit with Ali! Though nothing could top the Harry Styles encounter, the last three days were completely wonderful! 

On Saturday we had a bit of a sleep in (still recovering from the night before) and made smoothies for brekky. It was absolutely pouring with rain all morning but that didn't stop us from going out and having fun! We went out for a walk down Magnolia Blvd in North Hollywood which is one of the cutest streets ever with heaps of boutique stores and cafés. We looked at some thrift/antique stores, an old school makeup place with extremely glamorous merch, an INCREDIBLE candy shop that stocked our Aussie faves, and a beautiful vintage pinup dress store. 

We sheltered from the rain in one of NoHo's yummiest (and busiest!) cafés: Porto's. After sipping cappucinos and devouring a strawberry and cream cheese croissant, we went out to brave the rain for a couple more shops.

One of the last places we went was a true treasure trove of an antique store. Wow! It was a blast from the past in there! We found SO many cute things we liked for our apartment - tablecloths, cookie tins, etc - but ended up settling on a beautiful pair of hand painted wooden candlesticks with candles to match, so pretty! 

We went home after that, though, and curled up on the couch with cups of tea to watch What Maisie Knew. We gushed over Alexander Skarsgard, had a yummy salmon dinner and cupcakes for dessert, then settled in for another flick!

Our last movie was a Marilyn Monroe classic: How to Marry a Millionaire. It was so good! We've watched the most well-rounded and completely satisfying collection of movies with Ali - Argo, Pride and Prejudice, What Maisie Knew, and How to Marry a Millionaire!

Sunday was our long-awaited Disney day!!! YAY! We got up super early, had a HUGE cooked breakfast and packed snacks to take with, then hit the road! We made it to Disney by 8:30 and, probably because there'd been so much rain the last couple days, it was so quiet! But not too quiet, the perfect amount. We went on absolutely EVERYTHING we wanted to; Ali definitely got the whole Disney experience - and in only one day! Crazy! 

(on right: us crammed into what was really meant to be a two-seater hahah)

We felt so honored/lucky to be able to show her around for her very first trip. There were a few definite standout moments, though:

1) Mr. Toad's Wild Ride ended with us getting hit by a train then going to HELL! Umm what?! Absolutely terrifying.

2) Speaking of terrifying, Ali has quite a strong fear of characters dressed up with the full heads on (aka most of the characters in Disney) so when we got front seats for the parade there were some definite mixed emotions..

The genie was particularly terrifying. Also, we got ambushed at one point and Ali instinctively RAN from Mickey, Donald, and the gang hahaha.

3) The Jedi training academy was the cutest thing EVER. One little boy really fought off Darth Vadar like his life depended on it.

4) In the middle of the day it started bucketing down rain!! We all threw Lucy's scarf over our heads and, in tandem, ran for cover! We found refuge in the Tiki Room and the irony of this moment when we were waiting for the show to let in was too much to handle hahaha

5) We met the princesses! We asked them to do silly/ugly faces with us hahaha hysterical! Ali made up this stellar story about how it's a tradition because the first time she met a princess she accidentally made a funny face. Meet our friend Ping!

Ariel went for a cute fishy face:

Aaaand Cinderella flat out refused! But really, who looks like the idiot in this photo now? 

6) The most magical moment was when, after a delish fried chicken dinner, we bumped into a guy we'd seen earlier at the restaurant and he gave us each a beautiful red rose! So sweet!! 

The best part was, though, that after that we each gave our roses away to little girls dressed up as princesses. Each time the dialogue went exactly the same way:

- "Excuse me, are you a princess?"

- "Yeah..!"

- "Would you like a rose?"

*eyes light up, huge smile, huge nod* 

- "Yes please!!!"

So freakin cute!! AND in a true stroke of magic, the mum of little girl Hannah gave her rose to mentioned afterwards that it was her birthday! So, so special.

We ended the night with Indiana Jones and Fantasmic and headed to Mum and Q's to watch the Oscars! We'd avoided all social media all afternoon and, miraculously, hadn't had anything spoiled when we started watching! We sat down with ice cream and got drinks for Ellen's delightfully funny hosting, lovely acceptance speeches, gorgeous gowns, the world's best selfie, and a couple great messages from winners promoting equality. We were getting down to the wire, with only the Best Actor/Actress, Director, and Picture to go when... NOOOO! Damn you Time Warner Cable!!! The recording ended, so sad! Hahaha kinda funny too.. We looked them up online, though, and although Matthew McConaughey gave the least likable speech in the history of the Osacrs aaaand we were really rooting for Leo, we were thrilled for all the winners!

Yesterday we had a very chill morning in Corona until... Gregory called letting us know we had an audition!! Yay! Our first professional audition! Buuut it was in just a couple hours! Gaahh!! We rallied and ended up driving straight to the casting studio in Beverly Hills. The audition went really well!! Yeeee! It was very low key, we didn't have to read sides, just answer some questions about ourselves and tell an embarrassing story. We both felt great about it and, whether we get the roles or not, it was a pretty huge milestone! Once the audition was finished, we went to an amazing and super cheap sushi place for a celebratory dinner with Ali! After cramming in as much tempura shrimp, teriyaki chicken, and California roll as we could handle and a phenomenal dessert of tempura ice cream and ginger creme brûlée, it was time to drop Ali back to her friend Jen's house. It was so sad to say goodbye, but we know we'll pick up right where we left off next time we see each other. These last few days really have shown us that Ali's one of those friends who's really more like family; we love her to pieces and we have SO many wonderful memories of our time together!

Galentine's Day!!

We're a little behind on the blog but we've had an eventful few days!

Thursday was a recovery day from all the excitement of the start of the week. We hiked Runyon Canyon (which was bloody difficult, but hopefully gave us some killer leg/butt muscle) and then spent the rest of the day chilling out, working on our online modeling portfolio things, watching True Blood, and eating yummy food.

On Valentine's - or, more accurately, Galentine's - Day we treated ourselves to a couple fun things! We worked out and had a second meeting with an agency to talk about their contracts, and then came the fun part of the day! We got the yummiest boba ever and picked up ingredients for (relatively) healthy chocolate cupcakes! Luce baked up a storm when we got home and they were absolutely DELICIOUS!! We had one each then went to the Universal City Walk for some rockin sushi and the long-awaited Winter's Tale. 

The sushi was great buuut the movie.. not so much. We certainly wouldn't recommend it, but it was bad to the point of being laughable so it was still quite fun to watch! And Jessica Brown-Findlay (Sibyl on Downton Abbey!!) was actually really lovely. We satisfied our want for a love story when we got home by watching The Bachelor!! Aaand you know a chick flick's bad when The Bachelor has a better love story in it! It was a lovely Valentine's Day though and, barring having an actual Valentine, what more could you hope for than chocolate and chick flicks?

The weekend was great too and went by so quickly! Han was working on a student film at Chapman which, though the role was pretty small, was really fun! The cast and crew were so, so nice and it looks like it's going to end up being a good little film. Here're a couple pics from on set:

Yesterday was a looong day though and it felt great to get home (after midnight, oh my gosh!) and be able to sleep in a bit this morning.

While Han was at Chapman, Luce spent Saturday at Disney with Mum and Q!! They had a great time AND they saw Penny from the Big Bang Theory!!

Yesterday Luce had a very chill day at home, watching movies, working on lines for a couple scripts and eating home-made cookie dough - perfect Sunday!

Today we had one (we think final!) agent meeting! We went to the agency we're pretty sure we're going to sign with, had a chat, and picked up contracts to look over! Hopefully we'll be signed and ready to go by the end of the week!! SO EXCITING!!!

This afternoon we worked on a project with two of our guy friends, they came over and we read through a reeaaally long but very funny script, an afternoon well spent! We had a light dinner (one of our "2" days on the diet, although it's really hard to decide if it's worth it/doing anything haha) and now we're watching No Strings Attached - Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher are so wonderful!! 

Wow, our lives have become such a crazy, wonderful whirlwind and it's kind of unbelievable!

Makin' it Happen!

-- Han and Luce --
Last week wasn't too crazy for either of us! On Monday Luce had her final Animal performance which went really well - best grade yet! Woo! Han also had a great time in her acting classes because the top professor came in to teach Meisner work, so fun and really helpful.
Friday came quickly and we went to Disney - California Adventure - with a couple of Lucy's friends. We did all the wild rides and, for the first time ever, the two of us saw the Aladdin show TWICE in one day! We're still not sure if that was pathetic or an achievement, but it was actually really cool to see two completely different casts,  one after another. We drove back to Lucy's and crashed out because we had to get up pretty early the next day.
On Saturday morning we had consultations with a hairdresser in Beverly Hills! It was pretty much the most extravagant and surreal experience ever - we definitely got a taste of what it would be like to live the dream! Beverly Hills is absolutely beautiful and everyone was so stylish and put together, yea, we could see ourselves living there one day... Anyway, we'd been sent with instructions from Chambers to let the hairdresser do whatever she wanted and she ended up deciding on cuts/colours for both of us that we're really excited about! After the consultation we visited MeMe at Starbucks, had a delicious lunch of spaghetti squash cooked by chef Lucy, and got ready to head back to Chapman to see Spring Awakening. Just as we were about to leave, Han saw on the Chapman facebook page where they post all the film opportunities that there had been an opportunity to get a union voucher that day in LA!! Ahh! We were seeeeriously bumming because we totally could have done it! Han decided to email the guy, just in case they needed people for Sunday, and we headed to Chapman to see the show. They did a GREAT job, and the guy who played Melchior was pretty damn gorgeous, so we got a little eye (and ear, he had an amazing voice) candy thrown in too! After the show we grabbed some food on campus and Han checked her email to find... They did need people the next day on that film for a prom scene!! YAY! We quickly changed our plans around, Han grabbed all the stuff she'd need, we popped in to the after party from the show for half an hour - which was really nice, said hi to all the crazy, wonderful theatre kids - and headed back to LA! Deja vu all over again...

Sunday was an 11:00am call time which wasn't too bad, although we had to drive a fair way to get there. When we arrived they told us they'd sent out an email moving the call time back to 12:30! Gaahh! They said they actually needed an extra in the scene they were filming, though, so we asked if there was any chance they could use us both? They said 'yes' so we turned on all the Aussie charm and twin guilt we could muster, and Luce asked if being in that scene meant we could pooossibly get principle Taft Hartley contacts (which means we'd be SAG eligible in one go!) annnnndd...
THEY SAID YES!!! In the scene we were in, the bitchy queen bee and the cute but socially awkward girl find out they've worn the same dress to prom! Oh no!! Han was part of the bitchy posse and Luce was fixing her makeup in the bathroom and then walked out as the cute girl came in. The crew was so nice, and with everyone crammed into this tiny high school bathroom there were heaps of funny little moments.
We also met a couple nice, funny, and very good-looking guys, Nick and Matt, that we spent most of the day with. We had to all dance on the dance floor, but of course there wasn't any music! It was hilarious! The AD kept yelling out if it was a slow, medium, or fast song and we got to be pros at switching in between. Matt was technically meant to be a 'chaperone' so he kept breaking us up and we had to work so hard to keep from laughing! At one point, a definite highlight in Han's career, they pulled her away because they sequins on her dress would help refract light - Han was basically a human lighting device hahaha oh background. So, after a fun day's work reliving prom, we are officially SAG eligible!

We wrapped earlier than expected and decided to go out afterwards to Del Taco. We had great conversation, a lotta laughs, and then called it a night fairly early and said goodbye to the two charmers. We both got home at decent hours for another week of school!

-- Luce --
On Monday I slept in for the first time in a very long time because I had the day off school for Remembrance Day! I spent the rest of the day working on my Celebrity assignment..! For the assignment we have to choose a singer's live performance and mimic their movements exactly and we can either lip-sync or sing along to a backing track while we perform. I chose Katy Perry and had a really fun time memorizing her moves :) On Wednesday I performed and it went pretty well! Not perfect, but I still felt good about it! It was also cool to see all the celebrities that my friends chose! That night Emily, MeMe and I went out and saw the new Thor movie and it was SO GOOD!!! I screamed, I laughed, I cried.. Ah, it was amazing! 
On Thursday I had a pretty relaxed day at school and then later that night I went out on a lovely date with Nick - the nice guy we had met on set - so that was a great end to the week!
Then it was Friday and off to see Han!

-- Han -- 
This week was super busy but really great too! Monday was Remembrance Day which, even though we didn't get the day off school, I still recognized with my Canadian friend Tosh. We went to the rock garden in the Interfaith Center and played the Last Post and had a minute of silence at 11:00. It was really special to still be able to observe that tradition and I felt like a good Aussie, thanking our troops from thousands of miles away. On Monday night Laynie and I worked up the courage to attend the kickboxing class they offer on campus and it was SO FUN!! I absolutely loved it and I definitely want to keep going for the rest of the time they offer it. 
Tuesday's activity was this Shambhala meditation I had heard about and it was actually a pretty awesome experience. It was an hour and a half long but the time flew by. It was great to work on centering myself, especially with some stressful assignments looming!
One such assignment is a 10-15 page research paper on immigration law that I've been working on, waahh! It's really interesting stuff though, so I don't mind too much, I just know the due date is going to sneak up on me... I had a paper for another class due Monday, one due Tuesday, and 4 more on the horizon! I just need to push through though, because Thanksgiving is also on the horizon and I CANNOT WAIT!
On Wednesday I was meant to have the last installment of my RAD Self Defense class where I get to use my skills to get past the 'aggressors' but it got cancelled - so hopefully that'll be a story for the next blog!
I had an audition at Dodge on Thursday which was heaps of fun; it was mostly improv and ad-libbing, so I had free rain and loved it! 
And then it was Friday! Luce came out in the afternoon and we did an audition at Dodge together - which ended up taking AGES, we were there for about 3 hours! We also stopped in at the mall nearby because I found out there was a Cotton On! Then it was back to Lucy's for some much needed sleep to tackle an exciting and busy weekend!

A Crazy Halloweek

We got the photos from our last shoot! Here're our faves:

-- Han --
This week was CRAZY busy in the most fun way possible! On Monday night mum and I went out to shop for a Halloween costume (which we didn't end up getting but we had a giggle anyway) and had Thai for dinner again at our usual spot. Tuesday marked the start of a waaayyyy too rigorous workout plan that personal trainer JT is helping Megan, Laynie, and me with to get fit. We did this crazy leg workout - involving soo manyyy burpeeeees! - and I swear my legs are still sore almost a week later. It felt good though and we're excited to be committing to getting healthy and working off that freshman 15 we've got going. Thursday was Halloween and it was one crazy night at Chaptown! I had some important stuff happening on Friday, though, so I opted for a much more tame approach: trick or treating then a movie night with my girlfriends! We had a great haul of candy and it was just a silly, fun night!

On Friday I had class in the morning then a performance of a scene for the Junior directing class at 12:30! It was really lovely, it was my second one that I've done and it went really well, I was very happy with my performance and proud of my scene partners. From there I went straight to my first ever Chapman film! I was playing the ghost of a woman who had killed her children then herself, pretty morbid stuff, and it's a recurring little series so I'll get to work on it again next semester! It was a super fun cast and crew, they ordered us Chipotle for lunch which was awesome, and I was rockin some seriously freaky makeup!

It was a big afternoon - including some AMAZING news: Mum and Q successfully bought their dream house!! YAY! We can't wait for them to move out for some much needed fam time and homecooked meals!

On Saturday, mostly recovered from Tuesday and having skipped out on the workout on Halloween, I made it to the gym with the gang. We went to the big gym on campus for the first time and it was intimidating to say the least! Hahaha the three of us girls were a little on the pathetic/embarrassing side but we made it through our back and shoulders workout with only a few extra special moments (one of which involved putting our feet in these ropes so they were a few inches off the floor, then doing push ups... I was actually pretty proud of myself! I managed to do a total of 24!). The rest of the day was restful because I was saving my energy up for an exciting night!

I was ushering for American Celebration, a big fundraising Gala for Chapman scholarships, with my friends and it was the best excuse to get all dressed up!!

It's a huge event with cocktails, a performance by some of the students, and a decadent dinner in a beautiful and extravagant tent. I had a couple friends in the show, so we snuck in to watch after ushering and they did a great job! So proud of them!

After AmCel Luce arrived at Chapman for a night on the town! As always, it was so great to have her here! :)

Skipping ahead to Sunday night, I had my second film!! It was called Ugly Person With a Cause about a woman, Charlotte, who's fighting for ugly people's right to play the villain in films. It was a funny script and I had a small role towards the end as the makeup artist that makes Charlotte look like a hag when she finally gets a role. It was an incredible learning experience and it felt so great to be in front of a camera and have lines! It was an awesome taster of having a role on a real set, so much fun!!

-- Luce --

Wow, what a week!! School has been getting more and more intense and I don't even know how I'm getting everything done! On Monday my voice class started a whole new exercise which was equal parts exciting and terrifying because it was so different to what we'd been doing in the past 10 weeks..! But I am finally starting to get a good grasp on it now thank goodness! In acting class everyone did their Animal projects - an assignment where we all go and observe different animals and then choose one specific one (mine was a Hummingbird) to imitate for the class. We had 3 minutes each and that was divided into some time acting as the animal on stage - noises and all! - and some time delivering a monologue where the character keeps a lot of the animal's characteristics. I had a great time doing it and, somewhat surprisingly, really enjoyed writing my monologue! I was a shallow sorority girl who had really bad party anxiety and it was so much fun! Also, I got very few notes from my teacher which is always a relief!

One thing that made last week a little more challenging than usual was that I had to usher 3 times for my school's production of Death of a Salesman..! It wasn't too bad because we could either watch the show (which was 3 hours long) or sit in a different room and do homework :) But it was still spending 13 hour days at the school which was pretty rough - took me back to the good old days of doing the shows at AB and spending all of my time at school!!

Friday was a great day because I was on the set of the new show "Ground Floor" and it was one of the best background days I've ever had! They were filming one of the last scenes of the last episode and all I'll say is that it was on a really pretty set and I got the cutest outfit ever from wardrobe! There was such amazing energy on set and everyone was smiling and people were showering me with compliments so I loved it haha! Oh, and I also got to see Skylar Astin from Pitch Perfect and he was gorgeous and funny - nothing like some good eye candy to brighten your day!

Saturday was a day of ushering and chores and freaking out about all of the stuff I had to do! Luckily, I was headed to Chapman that night to see Han - a welcome distraction from the overload of work that was on my plate!

-- Han and Luce --

We were SO excited for an opportunity to dress up (because Halloweekend was still in full swing) and we settled on going out as Sandy and Rizzo from Grease!

We went out to a couple parties then couldn't resist a late night run to get boba at a tea bar nearby, it was perfect! We hit the sack already looking forward to a Sunday in Disneyland!

It felt like ages since we went with Q! We mostly did California Adventure this time, went on a couple rides, met Mr. Incredible, and saw THE BEST performance of the Aladdin stage show we'd EVER SEEN! And that's saying something!! The genie made the show, he was INCREDIBLE! Great singer, SO funny. Han was also completely convinced that Aladdin was played by the director of her first directing scene, he looked EXACTLY like him, buuuut in response to a "OH MY GOSH did you play Aladdin in Disneyland today?!" text, Han got a "Nope, I was just sittin on my couch..." hahaha deeerrrp.... It was a compliment though because Aladdin was super cute and the show was just great!

We called it a day pretty early because Luce had heaps to do for her upcoming performances at LACC and Han had to get back to Chapman for her second film of the weekend! It's not getting easier to say goodbye, but we know we're sure to see each other next weekend!

Time Flies :)

-- Hannah --
The last two weeks have flown by! I started off last week with a super fun Monday night - I sat around with JT, Laynie, and Megan, three of my besties at Chapman, and played guitar and sang (I mostly listened but still.. haha) it was so relaxing and fun, one of those really special ordinary moments. The week continued with the craziness of midterms, papers, a couple auditions at Dodge, and an acting workshop with one of the professors.
Friday night was great! After making it through a busy week, I went to a Greek life fundraiser called Air Bands in which all the sororities and fraternities team up to do dance/lip-syncing numbers. It was hilarious and there were a couple obvious standouts - one group did an exact recreation of the Thriller video clip and one fraternity that's not really a fraternity did this bizarre non-performance to What Does the Fox Say (they pretty much just walked/rolled around on  stage, ate some twizzlers, and played on their phones haha too funny). The frats and sororities get pretty into it, though, so it was fun to watch, and Sierra was in the dance for Gamma Phi Beta so it was nice to watch and support her! After that we went over to Megan and Laynie's room and about seven of us piled onto one bed and we watched Hercules. It was perfect!
On Saturday I caught the train to see Luce! YAY! We spent the rest of the weekend together and it was a really lovely getaway from some stress and drama going on on campus.

-- Lucy --
Ahhh what a busy couple of weeks! Last week was an onslaught of midterms, performances, and papers! Luckily, I did well on all of my tests - thank goodness! And in acting class I had my first run through of my "clone scene" - a two minute scene with no dialogue where everyone is split into pairs. The pairs then make a scene for one person and they split the stage in half so it's an exact replica on both sides, then when acting out the scene, one partner is on each side and they act out the scene simultaneously, making all the same movements - the main complication is that one side has props and the other doesn't! It's hard to explain, but it was really difficult - especially just getting in sync with my partner. Also because we had to be cloned down to the finest details - like how far apart our feet were on the floor and the tiniest of hand movements and stuff like that! Ah, it was crazy but really fun and my partner Marco and I ended up getting great feedback.
After a hectic week at school I did background work on Friday. It was on "The Middle" and I had a wonderful time! I saw some friends from background that I hadn't seen in a while and there was also some amazing food which I looovvveeeddd! :) Oh, and it was filming at Warner Bros. Studios which is always cool. After that I went home and chilled out, very excited to see Han the next day!

-- Han and Luce --
On Saturday we went to the Beverly Center which was the most beautiful shopping mall we'd ever seen! Luce got some glamorous Clinique makeup and a cute dress at Macy's and we both got our free Godiva truffle of the month and wished we could have a dozen more! After that we visited MeMe at The Grove and got a cupcake each from sprinkles to have for dessert later. Luce made THE BEST dinner for us when we got home - couscous, grilled lemon and herb chicken, and roasted sweet potato - and we watched Magic Mike before falling into bed, exhausted after a busy week. On Sunday, Han's friend Laynie caught the train into LA to come to Mosaic with us! We went and had lunch at Pink's before going to the 1:00 service.

 Mosaic was as wonderful and inspiring as ever, and the three of us got free fish tacos afterwards, went to boba, and strolled down Hollywood Blvd - we even ran into Meryl!

Luce drove Laynie and Han back to Chapman and we buckled down for another big week of schoolwork!

-- Han --
This past week was even more academically challenging than the last! I had three midterms and a performance in my acting class. A highlight amidst the craziness was a 1:00am trip out to get boba with JT after making the best studyguide ever for Performing Techniques. I felt great about all my midterms at the end of it all, so now I'll just have to wait and see what the results are! The other exciting news from the week is that I got roles in two different productions at Dodge! YAY!! I'm super excited to be able to get in front of a camera and, even though the roles are pretty small, I'm feeling great that I've finally gotten a couple after plugging away and auditioning for everything I can. I have a callback for another role tonight, so hopefully I can keep the momentum going! They film this coming weekend, so I'll write all about it in the next post! This last weekend was really lovely, too, because Mum and Q were here to house-hunt! Woo!! It was really great to be back together, even if only for a couple days :)

-- Luce --
Luckily in this past week I haven't had too much academic stuff going on - midterms pretty much ended last week! I did have the final performance of my clone scene and it was great! (and don't worry - the blood and black eyes were all part of the scene haha!)

I also had a little midterm conference with my acting teacher and that went really well too - he had nothing but nice things to say! Yay! Other than that, I've just been cooking up a storm making all sorts of yummy things! Spaghetti squash is my latest obsession :) Really, though, this week was all about the lead up to see Mum and Q on the weekend! Woohoo!

-- Han and Luce --
We looked at houses all day Friday and Saturday and ended up finding the most PERFECT home! Yeeee!! Now all we have to do is get it - no small task, but fingers crossed it all goes smoothly! We also revisited the delicious Thai restaurant because we just had to share it with Mum and we went out to Olive Garden on Saturday night. It was a really easy going couple days and it was veeerrryyyy nice to sleep in the lovely hotel beds! On Sunday we had a lazy morning and went to lunch at the House of Blues in Downtown Disney. It was such a tease not to be able to go into the parks all together but we're looking forward to next time when Mum and Q are out for good and the Christmas overlay is up, so magical! We all went back to our separate places and Luce and I had homework - Luce also had a performance to prepare for today! So exciting! Han gets an extra outing with Mum today, so lucky! They're getting sushi and potentially shopping for a Halloween costume, can't wait! It was a great weekend and we know the time's going to fly by up till Thanksgiving then Christmas!! YAY! We're over the halfway point of the semester and looking forward to some wonderful holidays and relaxation in the not-too-distant future!