On the set

On the set of Burt Wonderstone

At Frank Sinatra's old house. One of them. 

I heard that Marilyn Monroe had her last photo shoot by this pool.

Also, if you look hard enough you might find a movie star in this picture.

But you have to look really hard.

Bakersfield Californian

“Lost, yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours, each set with sixty diamond minutes. No reward is offered for they are gone forever.”~ Horace Mann

Picnic at Warner Bros

Picnic at Warner Bros Studios in Burbank.

Shooting for the new Wonder Woman.

Sitting in the shade. Unknown tree.

With sunscreen on. SPF 60, always.

Today's funny fact: self-tanning lotion first, sunscreen after.

Warner Bros Roses.

"Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose..." Gertrude Stein

The Tomb of Wrestlers, 1961

Rene Magritte

Zombies in the Valley

Ok, I just escaped this Zombie... I don't seem scared, but I am.

Los Angeles is being under attack, zombies everywhere.

Take care, if they bite you you might turn into a zombie yourself...

And then what?

Old Navy Casting or Run, Baby, Run.

Old Navy Casting.

Wearing Alexander McQueen dress, Alexander McQueen scarf, and Salvadore Ferragamo sandals.

The socks are wool, and optional.

Role Description: Lead female performer 20's--very indie rock with upbeat flair and driving summer beats. We will have a male and female singing a duet; the vibe is light, upbeat and summery. Talent will be lip synching during auditions.

Wardrobe: hip and summer cool. Shorts, rompers, and summer dresses.

It's an amazing day in Hollywood. What else is there to do other than go to this casting? You can always get the big commercial to pay the bills for a year (or forever). For a day of work. Wouldn't that be nice?

Casting Director

Slate you name, height and profile.

Me

Ok. Diana, 5 feet 7 1/2 inches.

CD

You will be paired with a guy and you will be the singing and dancing couple. Think Glee. Think Broadway.

Me ( thinking to myself)

I want to leave. I want to leave now.

CD

This is your partner. Go rehearse outside.

Me ( thinking to myself)

I want to leave. I want to leave. I don't sing and dance. Why I am here? This is Old Navy. I don't even wear Old Navy. Old Navy is so unfashionable; I am wearing Alexander McQueen. Why am I wearing McQueen again? Do I own anything Old Navy? Poor Alexander, he shouldn't have killed himself.

Guy

I am your partner. Let's rehearse.

Me

Ok.

We go outside on Sunset Boulevard. He had the song on his iPhone. He knows the lyrics. This is weird. The song is called "Barbecutie". I wonder how much time the ad agency put into this one. I forgot the lyrics, but it's about rompers and dresses and style and shorts. 

I should leave. No, I will stay and embarrass myself and then blog about it.  How hard can it be? You have to lip synch, right? I can't even tell when people are lip synching. They can say whatever, right?

Now, we're inside the room. The music starts. I lip synch. I don't know the lyrics. It's odd. The chair is spinning. The guy spins my chair. We sit up. We continue the lip synch. I think I lip synch his part too. This is weird. We are happy. It is Glee; it's Broadway. 

And Cut.

The next singing couple is entering.

We leave, oddly dressed, to our cars. 

In rivers, the water that you touch is the last of what has passed and the first of that which comes; so with present time.

I was looking through my old pictures and found this one, signed by Francis Ford Coppola.

It says Multumesc.~Thank you.

It's one of my favorite pictures and I am really happy I found it. It reminds me of a different period in my life... Also, it reminds me how quickly time passes... That's why I posted this title, it's a Leonardo quote... ( Da Vinci, I am not quoting Leonardo Di Caprio on this blog)... Because time is limited, even when we feel we have plenty of it. We don't. 

So, why kill something that we are going to run out of someday, something that money cannot buy?

"You cannot kill time without injuring eternity" Henry David Thoreau

It's funny the thoughts a simple picture brings.