Thursday, November 19, 2009
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Tornado strikes Los Angeles?
Nope.
It's just the set of "The War of the Worlds" at Universal Studios.
Friday, January 30, 2009
25 Random Things About Me
1. My parents tried to escape from Vietnam in 1979 but were captured by communists. My dad was thrown in jail and was released several months later after my mom was able to successfully bribe the guards. In 1980, they successfully escaped (on a small fishing boat) to Malaysia, where I was born.
2. My family was sponsored to come to the United States by a small Mennonite church in Lancaster, Pennsylvania in 1981. No, we did not become Amish. My dad worked in a slaughterhouse, and my mom worked as a seamstress. They learned how to speak English by watching Sesame Street with me.
3. A few years later, my family drove cross-country to Denver, CO. My parents gave all my toys away because they wouldn't fit in our car. To this day, I really miss my stuffed Ernie and Bert dolls.
4. We packed up the car again and moved to Stockton, California when I was in the 2nd grade.
5. My elementary and junior high school put me in ESL, even though English was my first language.
6. To help support the family, I helped my parents sell perfume and hair accessories at a flea market from age 10-13. Every Sunday morning we would wake up at 6 AM, drive to Modesto and set up our stall. We hauled everything around in a $400 green van that had a giant screw painted on the side, along with the word "it."
7. It took my dad two years to finally paint over the "it."
8. I have a brother who is 13 years younger than me. When he was a baby, people used to think he was my child... so I made him wear an "I love my sister" bib every time we were out in public.
9. I typed my dad's handwritten thesis when he was in graduate school because he could only type with two fingers.
10. During my senior year of high school, I had my jaw broken and reset with tiny pins and plates to correct a slightly crooked bite. I had to have my teeth wired shut for 10 days. I was so hungry that one day I cried after watching a commercial for KFC.
11. I used to sing in a cover band.
12. After an amazing 6 year battle with lung cancer, my dad died on January 20, 2007. He's my hero, and I miss him every waking moment of every day.
13. The last words I remember my dad saying are "I hate cats." I blame it on the morphine.
14. Every year I travel to New York City just to eat. There is a Japanese term-- "kuidaore" which means eat until you drop. That's pretty much what happens in New York.
15. I'm positive I've found the person I want to spend the rest of my life with. His name is Eric, but I call him "Pudding."
16. I live in Santa Monica with Eric and our dog Venus in a tiny beach bungalow.
17. "Black Velvet" is my go-to karaoke song.
18. I took a screenwriting class once. It was taught by a creepy, metro version of Joey from "Full House," and I haven't tried screenwriting since.
19. Every morning Eric leaves me a multivitamin, a calcium pill and a glass of water on our nightstand.
20. I love my job. I work with the most creative people in the TV industry, I listen to stories from the nation's leading health experts, and I help educate people millions at a time. It doesn't get any better than that.
21. Eric and I have three jars filled with names of restaurants, divided by price range. We like to draw from it every now and then. And we're convinced Urban Spoon stole our idea.
22. My dream car is a black, convertible Porsche 911 Turbo. I'm hoping that by the time I can afford one, there will be an electric version.
23. You can find me in the background of several TV shows, an ESPN commerical, one feature film, and the 2006 MTV Movie Awards. I've also sang background vocals on one album and modeled for a random designer's jewelry catalogue. And Eric and I were almost cast to be on a reality show.
24. My mom and I are teaching Eric how to speak Vietnamese.
25. I'm thankful for all the people in my life who make these 25 random things about me possible.
2. My family was sponsored to come to the United States by a small Mennonite church in Lancaster, Pennsylvania in 1981. No, we did not become Amish. My dad worked in a slaughterhouse, and my mom worked as a seamstress. They learned how to speak English by watching Sesame Street with me.
3. A few years later, my family drove cross-country to Denver, CO. My parents gave all my toys away because they wouldn't fit in our car. To this day, I really miss my stuffed Ernie and Bert dolls.
4. We packed up the car again and moved to Stockton, California when I was in the 2nd grade.
5. My elementary and junior high school put me in ESL, even though English was my first language.
6. To help support the family, I helped my parents sell perfume and hair accessories at a flea market from age 10-13. Every Sunday morning we would wake up at 6 AM, drive to Modesto and set up our stall. We hauled everything around in a $400 green van that had a giant screw painted on the side, along with the word "it."
7. It took my dad two years to finally paint over the "it."
8. I have a brother who is 13 years younger than me. When he was a baby, people used to think he was my child... so I made him wear an "I love my sister" bib every time we were out in public.
9. I typed my dad's handwritten thesis when he was in graduate school because he could only type with two fingers.
10. During my senior year of high school, I had my jaw broken and reset with tiny pins and plates to correct a slightly crooked bite. I had to have my teeth wired shut for 10 days. I was so hungry that one day I cried after watching a commercial for KFC.
11. I used to sing in a cover band.
12. After an amazing 6 year battle with lung cancer, my dad died on January 20, 2007. He's my hero, and I miss him every waking moment of every day.
13. The last words I remember my dad saying are "I hate cats." I blame it on the morphine.
14. Every year I travel to New York City just to eat. There is a Japanese term-- "kuidaore" which means eat until you drop. That's pretty much what happens in New York.
15. I'm positive I've found the person I want to spend the rest of my life with. His name is Eric, but I call him "Pudding."
16. I live in Santa Monica with Eric and our dog Venus in a tiny beach bungalow.
17. "Black Velvet" is my go-to karaoke song.
18. I took a screenwriting class once. It was taught by a creepy, metro version of Joey from "Full House," and I haven't tried screenwriting since.
19. Every morning Eric leaves me a multivitamin, a calcium pill and a glass of water on our nightstand.
20. I love my job. I work with the most creative people in the TV industry, I listen to stories from the nation's leading health experts, and I help educate people millions at a time. It doesn't get any better than that.
21. Eric and I have three jars filled with names of restaurants, divided by price range. We like to draw from it every now and then. And we're convinced Urban Spoon stole our idea.
22. My dream car is a black, convertible Porsche 911 Turbo. I'm hoping that by the time I can afford one, there will be an electric version.
23. You can find me in the background of several TV shows, an ESPN commerical, one feature film, and the 2006 MTV Movie Awards. I've also sang background vocals on one album and modeled for a random designer's jewelry catalogue. And Eric and I were almost cast to be on a reality show.
24. My mom and I are teaching Eric how to speak Vietnamese.
25. I'm thankful for all the people in my life who make these 25 random things about me possible.
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