THE KITTENS HAVE ARRIVED! THE KITTENS HAVE ARRIVED!

Today is my 33rd birthday! Yay! Here is what I received from Mom and Dad this morning:

"Attenhut!HAPPY 33rd BIRTHDAY ANGIE!Here's a twenty one gun salute on your birthday:BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, KABOOM!As you were.Love in Dodger blue:Mom and Dad(Go Royals!)"

I was also informed of a very important detail I left out of my Dodgers story from my previous entry. I can't believe I left it out myself! ---

During the game, my phone rings. It's the Padres. No, it wasn't the San Diego Padres it was the Frontenac Padres! You know, my parental units! They were watching the Dodgers game on tv. So I told them where abouts I was sitting (behind the right fielder) so they could look for me. I told them I was the one wearing blue. hehe. This is opening day. The stadium was completely full. I figured there was very little chance they would spot me, but it was still fun.

It was a bright, sunny, hot day and after a couple hours sitting directly in the sun, I decided to use my gigantic blue foam dodgers finger to shade me. (Uhm, yeah, the picture down there isn't mine. My friend has the pictures and hasn't emailed them to me so I'm 'borrowing' pictures from the internets. The picture below wasn't even from the game I was at. hehe)

Moments after raising the foamy finger, my phone rings. It's the Parental units from Kansas again. My Dad said, "You're raising a big blue thing above your head right now."

Aparently, they cutaway to me for several seconds and just zoomed in on me! Mom and Dad were watching at home! Too funny!! I can't believe of all the tens of thousands of people at that game-- I got my close up. We laughed and laughed. :)

One more note: The 'All You Can Eat' seats rock! Not because you can eat infinite hotdogs (I only had one dog and nachos. hehe, I never get my moneys worth on these type of things), but because you can have infinite hotdogs. Whenever somebody walked by in a Giants shirt, they got booed and had all the hotdogs, nachos and popcorn one could have--which was infinite--thrown at them. FOOD FIGHT! It was awesome! Security eventually had to come and babysit us bleacher creatures.

Stuff I've Been Doing Lately, But Haven't Blogged About Because I Was Too Busy Watching American Idol:


Dude!



I can mark another one off the list-- I've been on The Price is Right! Well, okay, not ON it but... behind it anyway. I shot a behind the scenes piece for a station in the midwest. If you are ever in LA, and want to see a show taping--- there is no better time to be had than that of The Price is Right! The energy in that place is crazy!




During the taping, my phone rang. It was the producer I was going to work with the next day:

Producer: Hey Ang, are you busy? Can I give you some info about our shoot tomorrow?

Me: *whispering*Actually I'm right in the middle of the Showcase Showdown, can you email me the info?

Producer: *chuckles* Oh, okay.

The next day the Producer asked me what story I was on when she called. I had to tell her that I actually wasn't kidding! I was totally in the middle of shooting the Showcase Showdown. :)
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I went to the Dodgers season opener the other week! I was a huge Dodgers fan growing up... ok, tiny Angela had a huge crush on their 2nd baseman, Steve Sax, growing up. Nevertheless-- Dodger's fan!
Tiny Angela used to spend hours upon hours playing:


Gotta love the Commodore 64! I used to play game after game as the 1982 Los Angeles Dodgers.


To celebrate the Dodgers 50th anniversary, they had some players from the past take to the field in their old positions. They had the perfect soundtrack playing in the background. Even though the players were from way before my time (had no idea who most of them were. When I say I was a big Dodger fan growing up, I meant Dodgers circa 1982-1988), it was touching. I thought about how awesome it would have been for tiny Angela to see the Dodgers play back in the 80s. 'Heck', I thought 'I wish they were the ones taking the field now rather than the older players I don't know'.

No sooner had the thought entered my mind:

Steve Sax took up 2nd base! Now, I did see Sax once before playing against the Kansas City Royals-- but he was in a Yankee uniform and I was older and it wasn't the same.

A lot of the players from my era took up their positions. Tiny Angela smiled.

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Dave and I went to a live taping of Mtv's 'Rock the Cradle' last night.

Did they rock?

Uhm... Well... I guess that depends on how you define 'rock'.

It was something fun to do on a Thursday night, anyway. :)

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Here's some exciting news: Cydney is going to get a kitten soon!! This is going to be huge!!

In other news, I am in the final hours of my 32 year. Dave says there are plans, but after a weeks worth of prodding, I do not have so much as a hint as to tomorrow's adventure!

33... how the heck did that happen? Oh well, I still get asked where I go to school everywhere I go. :)

FUNNIES:

The picture of Hartman really has nothing to do with this post. Due to contractual agreements with Hart, she must get a certain amount of face time per month or I get a few bites mixed in with hisses at 5am. ;)

The following stories all happened this week and all made me laugh. :)

Scenario 1: Microphone-gate

I experienced a new one last week. After so many years, when you witness something original while meeting people it is usually blog worthy! The way you mic somebody up with a lav is to say "I need you to take this mic, run it up underneath your shirt and pull it out the top.". This hides the cable underneath their shirt and looks nicer on tv.

The usual end result of this situation is the following:

1) You look back to see how they are doing and discover they did not run the wire underneath their shirt. They clipped it to their shirt with the cable hanging down the front.

2) The subject is male and jokingly insists he'd rather I run it up his shirt for him.

3) You look back to see how they are doing and discover they did it right.

Last week, we were interviewing a 65 year old woman. I tried to hand her the lav and give her instructions-- As soon as I said 'run it up underneath your shirt--- she lifts her shirt up all the way past her breasts (yes, she had a bra on) and just stood there. I repeated she just needs to run it up underneath her shirt. She just stood there with her boobs hanging out and said "Go ahead! Hahahahahhahaha!". The reporter politely laughed with her. I politely chuckled as I mic'd her. Wierd.

Afterwards, in the truck, I said to the reporter: "Well, that was a new one.". She responded with, "Ha! While you were out grabbing the lights she asked me which outfit she should wear. I told her, then she stripped right then and there and changed.".

Scenario 2: Look at me!

Another typical thing you run into a lot is the 'Look at me!' crowd while driving around in the live truck. If I hear a honk, I will usually look, mostly to make sure a crash is not imminent! Not once have I responded to a honk to find a near accident or a 'hey, your tire needs air'. No, when you turn your head to look it's usually a group of guys shouting one of the following:

1) Ahhhhhhhhhh! Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Loook at me!!!!!!!!!

2) Ahhhhhhhhhhh! Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Put me on tv!!

3) Hey baby!! Ahhhhhhhhhhh! Haaaaaaaaa! Go out with me!!!!!!!!!!!

Now, this is when I hear a honk. If I hear a car next to me full of guys shouting, I ususally ignore it. Trust me, this is the better route to take! (I sure do miss driving unmarked cars!)

While driving on the 101 heading back to the station I heard a car pull up!! Loooook at meeee!!!! Ahhhhhhh! Haaaaaaa!"

I commenced Operation Ignore. However, the reporter I was with, commenced Operation What-Are-They-Shouting-About-I-Think-I'll-Look. She immediately started laughing. So I turned my head and looked. It was a guy hanging out the window with a sign that said "I Heart Dan Rather". We laughed all the way back to the station.

SCENARIO 3: BE-GAAAAUK!

Driving back from a story the other day, there was an old man crossing the street. He was extremely thin and wirey. His socks were pulled up to his knees. His shorts were too short. One of his arms was bent at the elbow,sticking out, with his fist balled up on his hip... kind of like...a wing. And it was flapping. The people who would pass by him had this 'oh my god' look on their faces. The poor old man with white hair down to his waist was talking to himself. Shouting even. We listened in as he passed. We heard:

"Be-Gaaaauk! Bock-bock-bock-bock--Be-Gaaaaauk!"

3 Years ago today! :D

Awwwwwe! So cute! We watched as he and his brothers and sisters were fed 'fish smoothies' the other day at the Marine Mamal Care Center. I still hope to see a baby Harp Seal someday. :)

First, things first--- Happy Birthday to my Uncle John! He's 66 year old today. :)

Last week we went to Yosemite to celebrate (a little early) our 3rd anniversary!

I've always wanted to goto Yosemite. It's just crazy to live out west as long as I have and not make it to the most beautiful park in the world!

Day one we decided to hike from our hotel to Mirror Lake. And we took....the road less traveled.

I could have sworn we were still on the trail!

There was a bit o water rushing through so I was hopping from rock to rock to avoid getting wet. And you all know how graceful I am! In case you don't--- I got wet. :)

We continued onward on this poorly marked trail braving slippery slopes...


Climbing treacherous mountains... ok ok... those two shots were totally posed. And so is:

this one! We are many things. Climbers of mountains...we are not!

After hiking forever to get to Mirror Lake, we are greeted by:

A sign telling us the 'trail' we were on was closed.


We did eventually make it to Mirror Lake by taking the less adventurous paved trail. And now for something completely different:

Uhm....

Anyway... Yosemite was soooo peaceful! We loved it!

Just have to watch out for Yogi!