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So I went to a hockey game the other night. It was Ducks against Sharks, which of course made me giggle because,  Hello? I am pretty sure sharks can eat ducks for an appetizer anyday of the week. But I was wrong. Ducks totally won. Who knew. The best part of the night was watching my boys down on the ice play a little game against Children’s Hospital of Orange County doctors. And the zamboni riding was just icing on the well……ice I guess. I captured it all on really low quality hand shaking video. Let’s relive the moments shall we?

“JUST CHOKE UP ON IT”

Like I know ANYTHING. Comedy.

We had remarkable seats a few rows off the glass (see how I sound like I know what I am talking about?), thanks to TheHusband’s desire to please me.

(this is a cute little warm up thing where they clean up all their toys pucks on the ice and put them in the toybox goal.)

And before long I was ready to go to blows with the obnoxious Shark fans sitting near us. Yelling  “Sharks Rule!” during the national anthem? Shark people that is just un-American. Please turn in your American membership card and leave the stadium. But other than that it was a wonderful evening….

I learned a lot about Hockey on this night. Like I learned that players get a time-outs when they are not being nice , which I think they call it a penalty box or something, and I learned that Hockey fans love their drinks so much they pee with them. But mostly I learned that that Ducks can totally kick Shark butt.

Oh and we brought home CHOCO Neidermeyer bear too.

And he actually did get in a fight with a Shark fan. It was ugly. The fur went flying.

No worries we stopped by CHOC on the way home and they bandaged him up.

Its all fun and games until come one looses an eye.

And then it’s hockey.

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Today I was thrilled to be invited to come hang out at 20th Century Fox Studios for some press interviews and other bloggy business. And I give them an A+ for the upkeep of the original gold decor on the sound stages.

(Thinking this will be my SkyWatch submission this week….)

  And then I got a little excited when I found this sign (below) on a building…I considered walking in and saying “I am really funny and you should hire me k?”.

But the little voice inside my head told me that might not be the best next step in my career path.

Of course that is the same damn little voice that once encouraged me to have that 10th drink because I was hysterical the drunker I got and assured me I wouldn’t have a hang over the next day too.

That little voice might be a liar, come to think of it.

You know how people who work in glamorous industries love to tell you how ‘it is not glamorous at all’ when you gush ask them about their jobs?

Well, I can clearly imagine a writer from this hugely popular hit TV show standing at a cocktail party telling some young girl “No really my office is not that nice. REALLY.” With the young Hollywood hopeful saying things like “Gosh I bet you are just saying that! I bet your office is amazing!”

After a few more cocktails, he gets fed up…and decides to drive her over the lot, to show her his office….

  The one that is practically IN THE BATHROOM.

And. Scene.

Fade to black.

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Hey look it is me and Betty Thomas.

Does she look familiar? She should. Just check out all she has done. Amazing body of work from Hill Street Blues all the way to directing the latest Chipmunk movie. I sat down with her for a little (and by little I mean 5 minutes) to chat about……..well stuff. I could have talked to her for hours. Funny, energetic and showed up in the EXACT same outfit as me. Very sweet Betty- but stop copying me k? She looked at my business card, and told me it was ‘really cute’ and then asked…”Can you make any money doing what you do?” to which I replied, “Oh I am only doing this until I get my writing gig on a sitcom.” So you know I basically did everything but hand her a script and a reel. But it made her laugh. Which you know for me but not my mortgage, is as good as a million bucks.

Glam: You have a very impressive list of credits to your name, going way back. Can you tell me a little about how you managed to get into directing?

Betty: Well I owe a lot to (Steven) Bochco. And I never forget it. (Marcy inner voice-note to self: get a Bochco) After Hill Street I knew I had about a year and  a half to try and do something I wanted to do, before I had to go back to do something I HAD to do. I had been hanging out on the set of Hooperman and LA Law cuz of Bochco trying to learn as much as possible. And the editors, god bless them, allowed me to come into the booth and see how it all came together. And I would ask things like “what is the footage that makes you hate the director? I mean what can a director do to make good footage to work with?”…and they told me. They told me everything. It was great.

Glam: Very generous of them…but what was your first job? In directing…. How did it happen?

Betty: I was at a social thing, you know a smooze-fest thing, charity I think making small talk with people when (sic) a writer for Variety came up to me and said, SO what are you up to these days? And I blurted out..”I’m directing”. Which I wasn’t. And then he said “Where?” and I panicked and said “Hooperman”.

Glam: That is comedy. Were you freaked out?

Betty: No. He had a glass of wine in his hand. I thought he would forget about it. But sure enough the next morning there was the story in Variety. “Betty Thomas directs John Ritter in Hooper”. I couldn’t believe it. It wasn’t long I got a call from (sic) from Hooper. And he said “Geez Betty. We were gonna let you direct eventually anyway. But we will let you do the Christmas episode. Mainly cuz no one wants to work around the holidays. So you can do it?” I said HELL YES.

Glam: Not the most flattering way to be asked…

Betty: No. But I was thrilled. Especially after opening my big mouth.

Glam: And now, you are doing Chipmunks The Squeakquel. How did that happen?

Betty: My mom was sick, and I wanted a project that was shooting here in LA. And can you believe this was the ONLY thing shooting in LA at the time?

Glam: So it was a convenient accident you took the job?

Betty: NO! The Chipmunks were the first album I ever owned. And I loved them from day one. Still do. So it was convenient to have them shooting in LA, but I never would have done it if I didn’t love the brand.

Glam: So it all worked out.

Betty: Well it was HARD. My dog died during the shoot. My mom died during the shoot. It was a hard time for me. But I am thrilled to be apart of it. I am proud of it.

The Chipmunks the Squeakquel comes out on DVD March 30th.

Just in time to fill your Easter baskets with a little furry goodness.

Hey Betty…

Give me a call next time so we can coordinate outfits or to just to chat about where I can get me my own Bochco.

Sounds like that is all I am missing..

{Seriously. Thanks for the interview.}

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I know this is a gross photo. Normally I would not post a photo of a toilet on The Association. But I have to share…So last night we went to a Ducks Hockey Game (way more on that later) and this is what I found when I walked in to the potty. A DRINK HOLDER. In the POTTY. Um, does this strike anyone else as….well, GROSS? Nothing like a nice cold beer with the spray of urine and germs all over it for some stadium fun right?

Ewww……

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I know you might not think of the The Association as the place to come to get public service announcements, but I kinda felt like this was a good one. By now you probably know about the US Census right? It is where the government makes an attempt to calculate EVERY single human being in the USA. What? That is some crazy stuff huh? And they ask things like nationalities, occupations etc. You know- just basically trying to get a ‘snapshot’ of who makes up this country of ours.

So as my 9 yr old asked ‘what is the point?’…well, it matters. The US Census figures are referenced ALL THE TIME. It helps determine where English learning programs are giving grants (lot’s of families speaking native language only ), or where federal funding for daycare is needed (lots of dual income families).  The coolest thing about the census is it becomes public record. And recently while researching my father’s adoption (still looking for that dang birth family) I was able to view the census records for my great grandfather. It is an amazing thing.

So when the packet shows up in your mail…take the time to be a part of history.

To be counted.

Just think of your great-great-great-grandchildren who are totally gonna crack up when they see ‘Blogger’ as occupation on the official census of 2010. That’s right people- I like to plan my joke with like a 100 year time release. I want to make future generations laugh.

(I gotta say this commercial is not, well…not very clear in their message. I applaud them for trying to be creative and clever. But I feel like I missed the beginning…. or the end. Still. fill out the Census stuff. Besides all the cool kids are doing it.)

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And you guys thought the sign on my door was bad.

Remember it?

CLICK HERE

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About every couple of weeks I get an comment or email from someone who is disappointed to find my site. See, what happens is they search for “The Glamorous Life” looking for sites about Shelia E’s 1984 hit song. Which is  ironic because it is a song I was INSANE about when it came out. Actually I was a big Prince fan, so anyone remotely associated with him was awesome in my pre-teen purple loving haze. So you can imagine these web surfer disappointment when they stumble upon my site instead of a 1980’s-drum-solo-ing-bustier-wearing-sex-ridden-singing video.

(But can I interject here and mention I am kinda stoked that my site comes up only under about 5 Shelia E links. We are practically BFFs. Call me Shelia- we should do lunch.)

The song is about some shallow girl’s quest to live a glamorous life. But ‘without love, it ain’t much’. I remember thinking ‘who needs a man? She wears FURS’ (see lyrics for that reference to make sense)….and then a million years later, long after I had totally forgotten this song…I named my site The Glamorous Life Association. I did it to be IRONIC. SARCASTIC and all the other –IC words I love.

So for the last time, you 80’s loving internet…

My blog has nothing to do with Shelia E.

Sorry to disappoint.

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