Somerset’s Mom

Have you ever had one of those mornings that you expect to dread but end up bouncing out of bed with a renewed energy that surprises and delights you?

That was this morning.  I needed to wake up at 5am to make my flight from Los Angeles to New York.  Sean, Christopher and I went to a Halloween party that didn’t end until 11, so we were home around midnight.  I bounced out of bed at 4:30 and have had a smile on my face since.  It’s now 6 am and I’m comfortably sitting at my gate awaiting my flight.  My shoulders are tingling as the tension dissipates.

That’s right, ladies and gentlemen, I’m leaving Los Angeles for New York!

All my LA friends…I had a terrific time visiting all of you and miss you all terribly.  And believe me, I don’t judge you for living here.  The weather is nice.  But…for me…it is not an option.  Everything about it just rubs me the wrong way and causes my shoulders and back to bind with tension.  I’m such a bitch when I am here!

So, I say goodbye and I’m sorry at the same time!  Next time I’m out, hopefully it won’t be for work so I can be medicated the entire time.

So, I’m in LA…nearly complete with my week of casting.  Work went well, mainly due to my great team…Liz Kimball on book and Adam Slusser on sign in sheet.  Rock on kids!

On Wednesday night, Bernie and I went to the Dan In Real Life movie premiere.  I got to bring a guest, so I brought Christopher Tulysewski…and his boyfriend Sean was invited by his client so it turned out to be nice a quite entourage for myself.  Haha.

But I learned something at this thing.  You see, last Friday, we had the cast and crew screening in New York.  Remember last fall, when I met someone on the set who I thought was super cool but he was unavailable?  Since that’s the story of my life, it may be hard to distinguish from other countless tales, but there was one particular to DIRL.  Anyway, for the first time, I saw this person again….and he didn’t even say hi to me!  Yes, completely ignored.  For some reason this upset me, but I quickly calmed myself with four glasses of champagne.  Usually, I can drink that and head back to the bar for more, but I didn’t eat dinner and had a light lunch so I was pretty much wrecked.

Perfect time to text this person and see if there is some sort of crew afterparty.  Brilliant!  He actually texted back, sort of implying that there was….at which I split from my group….and then…..I woke up the next morning to my alarm going off for me to go to the airport.

So, on the way to the airport, I check my phone and it was like looking at a clown salivating over a dead puppy.  There it was.  The Call Log.  Let’s just say it wasn’t pretty.

So, I texted this person and apologized, letting him know I was deleting his number to protect him from my drunk ass self.  Wow!  I had thought I was beyond this type of behavior.  Later I talked to my brother and he said that I had called him and said that I was going to a party and was having trouble reaching the people there.  God.  God.  God!!!!

So, cut to this Wednesday at the premiere.  I secretly hoped this person was on the east coast working and wouldn’t be there.  Oh, but of course they were.  And of course, in a theater filled with 1000 people, assigned seats put him about three seats over from me in my row!  Needless to say, full-fledged ignorance was being played by both parties.  Christopher began to befriend the member of his party that was bumping up against us (luckily I had christopher as a protective layer) but I gave him a stern look and he froze her out.  Just kidding, that’s just what would happen in the movie version.  He actually had a great time with her, while I pretended that only the people to my right existed and that there was a void of emptiness behind me.

So…Awful.  But there was a silver lining!  And the silver lining almost makes me forget what a loser I am to get drunk and drunk text people!  This person in question shaved his beard….and like Samson….it was the key to his power over me.  I had been thinking for a year that this was the hottest guy I had met for years (for my taste….!) and so depressed because he is in a relationship (and hates me!)

It made me rethink the whole thing.

If this guy didn’t want to invite me to the after party…why text back to say that people were hanging out?  Just ignore the text, or even smarter….write ‘crashing.’  That’s a personal favorite of mine.  I never would have gone overboard trying to find the party if he hadn’t sort of put me on the hook, then ignored me!

If I hadn’t put this guy on a pedestal as being one of the coolest, handsomest people I’d ever met….then I would have texted him, waited for a reply, probably called and when he didn’t answer…been pissed and joined my brother’s group.

So, I guess the moral of this story is…..guys are jerks and underneath their cute beards they are all the same.

Just kidding.  The moral really is that I am terrible in dealing with men, so I’m going to refocus my efforts on organizing my life so I can have a baby next year on my own.  Single mothers, unite!

Hi all,  just dropping a line to let you know that I’ll be on the west coast next week.  I’m flying to the Bay Area on Saturday morning and attending a reception for my cousin.  Sunday night I will be flying to Los Angeles and staying until the following Sunday.

Can’t wait to see some west coast peeps!

We’ve pretty much nailed the two movies we were working on concurrently so I’ve been a little afraid that work was going to take a big downturn. But then we hit October and things are swirling wildly around my head. I am going to LA for a week of dayplayer casting in mid-October (for SATC). The day before yesterday, it looked like I might have to go for almost three weeks because of a new movie…then yesterday it looked like we aren’t going to do that new movie at all…then today we are working on two brand new movies and I might only go to LA for that initial week for sex n the city.

I’m thrilled though and hope that things continue as they seemed to unfold yesterday. More movies, less LA! Rock on!!

That being said- Can’t wait to organize some plans when I’m in LA. I really get there the 21 in the evening and stay until the 28th. Tuesday night I am going to San Diego with Bernie to see “A Catered Affair,” a new show we worked on that is having its out of town try out in SD. Wednesday night is the LA premiere of “Dan In Real Life” the Peter Hedges movie I cast last year. First LA premiere…first big movie premiere I’ve gone to. All the rest have been amazing, but little dinky ones. This one looks like it might be a bigger ‘hollywood’ premiere. We’ll see.

And for all of you who remain fans of my shmacting since my star turn as Emily in Our Town (yes, you are supposed to laugh at that) and are disappointed that my scene was cut from Dan in Real Life….rest assured. This Friday I am taking off work to go to Stamford Connecticut to film a scene in the Jonathan Demme movie we are working on. While I myself am unsure what my role will actually be…it is unlikely to be cut as it is one of the climactic scenes in the movie. But it is very likely that you may only glimpse me. Because, really…who knows.