Apologies. It’s been a while.
Here’s what I’ve been up to:
New York. I went to New York last month for a few days in October. It was a short but sweet trip. I hadn’t been to New York in nearly ten years, and what a difference a decade makes. When I’d visited New York before, it was all a bit overwhelming. The noise, the people, the traffic, the attractions – it was more than 16-year-old me could handle. But now, after having lived abroad in Granada, Spain, New York is actually exciting to me. And I’ll admit it – though a lot of what I did was touristy, it all felt like typical New York. I made a visit to Ellis Island (where my great-grandparents landed), went shopping on 5th Avenue, got a library card at the NYPL, took a walk through Central Park, had lunch in Little Italy, got a cupcake from the Magnolia Bakery (yes, just like in SATC), went to a sold-out screening of Still Bill and grabbed a drink with the directors, ate a bagel breakfast on the banks of the Hudson River, and went to Times Square and Rockefeller Center (Hello, Liz Lemon!). Wanted to get into a tv show taping, but as the trip was last-minute, that didn’t pan out. All in all, it was a pretty good trip. 
Work. Work has been good. Now that all of our shows are back in production, the lot has been buzzing with activity. Which makes for more exciting tours, in my opinion. Earlier last month I had the opportunity to take my little brother Cameron to a preview screening of Spike Jonez’s Where the Wild Things Are and we loved it. If you’re a fan of the book, you’ll love the movie – it’s practically perfect in every way, and you can read my full review of the movie by clicking here. And to cap off that fun evening, we also got to meet “Chuck” producer and “Star Trek: Voyager” actor Robbie McNeill and then we went to Stage 10 and watched Adam Baldwin, Yvonne Strahovski, Zachary Levi and Brandon Routh film a scene for “Chuck.” Zac even came over to say hi (greeting me with his customary hug) and my brother went home that night a little star struck. Also, I got to go to a taping of one of my favorite comedies “The Big Bang Theory.” Getting tickets to that show is like winning the lottery – you have to get tickets way in advance and hope you get lucky. Luck helps, sure, but it’s even better to know somebody. I literally begged my somebody for tickets to the taping, because Wil Wheaton, he of “Star Trek: TNG” and Stand By Me fame, was guesting on the episode. It was a great night, and I was so excited to be able to take my cousins to that.
Life. I’m sick right now and have been for two weeks, so life feels icky. But really, it’s not. My friend and co-worker Sheryl has been coaching and encouraging me to run, and since February, I’ve run three 5k races (that’s 3.1 miles for you Standard System people) and I’m running my first 10k at Universal Studios in December. I’ve also been spending a lot of time with good friends and family, I have a fun Thanksgiving lined up, and am enjoying my third year as a volunteer youth leader at my church. I can’t believe how time flies and that I’ve been living in Los Angeles for two and a half years now.
You sure have had some fun adventures recently! Yay for you!
Jenna
November 22nd, 2009