Call me Reality Steve...

So most bloggers know about the fabulous-ness of RealitySteve.com he gives the inside behind the Bachelor and it was great gossip!! I'm not on the level of him yet!! But I do have plenty of "in the know" people on some of the popular Dallas based TV shows that are on now.

The first show I'll dish about is the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team.



I had an insider work on this show and there was some interesting stuff going on. Most if centers around the director Kelli McGonagill Finglass (what a name) she is this chick:


-I mean you can basically gather this from the show but I've been told that she is completely fake and also was really rude to the crew. Apparently when she is on camera she is one way and then they switch off and the bi-a-tch comes out!!

-Almost everything is staged, obviously their routines are not staged, but when they kick them off the squad and the stuff at the salons is pretty staged. You can kind of tell by the fact that sometimes the girls have no reaction when they are let go. I'd be balling!!!! It might be the 2nd or 3rd take.

-The "makeovers" are always really dramatic and sometimes they have kicked girls off because they didn't want their hair changed. There was one woman who was the last to get hers and they had to fill the "girl with straight across bangs" slot and they told her told her she had to get them. The girl was totally against it and they told her about how they had to fill a quota for each new group of cheerleaders. She tried to negotiate with them but that Finglass woman told her to get out. So she left the show. I'm not sure if this aired or not. But it happened. I think they edited around it or made it sound like she left for other reasons.

-Another thing is the part of the contract the girls sign that says they can not fraternize with Cowboys players. They stick to this pretty much. BUTTTTT there is no rule they can not socialize with other Dallas teams that interact. Most of these girls are pretty vocal that they are looking to get together with a professional athlete. So many of the girls are basically groupies at Dallas Maverick and Stars games. (And they are encouraged to be.....)

(At the end of the day, I'd love to be a DCC!!! Wishing I still had that dancing body!)

That's all I've got right now!! It's not much, but a good start to my insight to the Dallas Reality TV scene. Tune in next week....it will be good!!!

Up next....Dallas, Diva's and Daughters....you won't believe the gossip on this show!!!


Also, my one year blogiversary is on Monday the 23rd!!! Be ready for an amazing giveaway around then!!

Great cookies thanks to Kimmie!!

In the past few weeks, I have really been getting the itch to bake!!! So few weeks ago I tried my hand and making some decorated sugar cookies. They. were. a. disaster!!!! So I emailed Kimmie over at Full Circle (she is a baking GODDESS!!) and she sent me links to the most amazing cookie and icing recipe!! The cookies turned out great! And they were yummy!



One of the biggest tips she gave me were these little decorating bottles



They're 2 oz each and you can put any decorating tip on them. It was so easy to just make one batch of icing then add some color, then transfer them to the bottles.

Thanks again Kimmie!!! Can't wait to make some Christmas cookies!

8 1/2 turned to NINE

I was cleaning up around the apartment yesterday and was watching Oprah. She had on her show the cast of the film NINE. Which I have been looking forward to ever since I heard they were making it into a film.

Nine is basically the sequel to Federico Fellini's 8 1/2. (8 1/2 is the story of this director Guido and how he struggles to try and write a follow up hit to his last film. It's based off what Fellini experienced after his mega hit La Dolce Vita. NINE is about what happens when he has to make that movie but with lots of AMAZING musical numbers).



I basically wrote every film paper about Fellini, I wrote my senior thesis about him and spent about three months composing the best piece of literature I've ever wrote. (And as you can tell by horrible spelling and grammar, I am NOT a writer!) My goal was to go be a huge Producer in LA and be able to make moves like Nine. So when I was watching Oprah I at first THRILLED to see more clips from the movie, but got instantly sad.

I don't make movies anymore. And I made that decision.

It's sad, it's like I loved making films and being a part of that process. And I'll be honest, I was amazing at it. It's just a hard and uncertain life. I wasn't willing to give up everything else I wanted to stick it out. (I know this is a sin in LA but I actually want to get married, have kids not in LA and be a stay at home Mom). I always tell people that "I ran out of fight". Because it is a FIGHT. You work for 8 years to possibly get noticed by someone who might think your idea is passable and then you might get the chance to meet someone who (you know where I'm going with this). And that's on the creative side. On the production end (my end) You work 17 hour days, 6 days a week. You gain like 20 pounds per movie, get paid shit, your eyebrows grow together, your around hairy men all day long, you have no social life. Then one day it's gone! Then you struggle to find the next gig and repeat.

Films like NINE made me want to make movies but it's a once in a lifetime opportunity to even have the chance to be PA (lowest position on a film set) on a movie like that.

Just made me a little sad that's all. I went to college and grad school for something that I don't do anymore. I've never really given up or turned my back on much and I did with film.

This movie will be amazing.


NINE: Movie Trailer - The best bloopers are a click away

Such an amazing weekend!!!!

Hello Bloggers!!!

I'm so late posting pictures from my fabulous weekend!!!!

On Friday I attended the Junior League of Dallas Casino Night. It was such an AMAZING event. It was so put together and professional! It got me so excited to apply for my provisional year this Spring. I also met some amazing women who would help me find some sponsors.

I didn't want to go alone to this event so I asked my friend Patrick to be my "date" and he was such a great "date". Pat is very sociable and helped me loosen up to talk to people!!

(my favorite picture, I love his tie!!!)

(Copy of the professional picture that got taken. Love it, except my stupid hanger strap wiggled out!!! Oh well...Photoshop it...)

I was really looking forward to the silent auction because I was hoping they had some Dallas Cowboy's tickets. I loved going to the Atlanta game. I was VERY impressed with the way the silent auction worked. I was use to the pieces of paper and then you just stand by it and keep bidding. Not in Texas!!! They had these cool PC Tablet things.

This was how you big on everything. And you could check the status of any item from any tablet. They had an AMAZING Cowboys ticket package against the Chargers in mid December. I was in a bidding war with number "*42" and it got down to the wire.....

I WON!!!!!! I got 4 tickets to the Cowboys/Chargers game and they are FOUNDERS SEATS!!! These are rumored to be the best view in the Stadium. Can. Not. Wait.

Then on Saturday everyone got together to watch SMU play UTEP. This was a BIG game because if we won this one then we became bowl eligible and since we usually SUCK, this was huge. WE WON!??!!?

We even stormed the field, which none of us had done before.

So we will see how the next two games go, if we win the next two then we will host the conference USA Championship on New Years Day. Or we could go to the New Orleans Bowl or the Armed Forces Bowl in Fort Worth. We all fear that we might go to the Hawaii Bowl...it's in Hawaii...which sounds fun but it's on CHRISTMAS EVE....I don't think my family would go for that, plus it's SO expensive.

Then Sunday I hosted everyone over to watch football. It was just such a great weekend. My friends and I hadn't really been hanging out because people were working or out of town or just busy. So everyone getting together and celebrating our college team winning meant a lot.

I have about 1200+ blogs in my reader...I have some catching up to do!!

Casino Night tonight!

Hello Bloggers!

I'm happy to report that my back is 100% better. I'm on day two with no pain with normal, everyday activity. I haven't worked out yet but I'm going to wait until Monday.

I'm so happy that I started feeling better because this weekend I have some great plans!! Tonight I am going to the Junior League of Dallas' Rock the Dice Casino Night! I'm not in the JLD yet but I wanted to go and start networking and meet some people. Plus I love casino nights/gambling/anything like that. It should be fun.



The theme is "Rock and Roll Cocktail Attire". Well I had no clue what that meant so I just found this cute little dress to wear:



I've invited my friend Patrick to be my "date", he's being a good sport about the whole thing! So it should be a good time, I'm going to take lots of pictures!

On Saturday SMU is playing another home game. And if we win this one we will be heading to a BOWL GAME!!!!!! Which would be huge since last year we lost every game. This year we've been playing really well! So wish us luck!!

What are ya'll up to this weekend??

Can this chick just go away PART 2

Thanks for all your funny comments about my last post! Glad to know I'm not the only one annoyed! Ya'll will love this then!!!

Just when I thought this chick was nuts...

CHECK HER OUT ON LARRY KING!!!! She is NUTS!!!



Does she think we're stupid???? Her motivations for settling have NOTHING to do with her contract!! If they did, she sure as hell would not be allowed to do a PR tour. MORON!! Again, can we bring back Jon and Kate??? (Still kidding...sorta....)

Can this chick just go away...

I'm sure I'll get some bad comments for this post, but oh well!



Please. Go. Away.

I was on Perez Hilton and caught the video clip of her interview while on The View yesterday and I'm just SO SICK OF HER!!! It's like lady, you're busted! You have a SEX TAPE that you made when you were 17!!! And it's because of that, Oh yeah and those "modeling" pictures where your nipples are hanging out, that you were let go as Miss California. Remember that contract you signed? Yeah, they were serious about it!!

Now let me say, while she did say her opinion when answering that infamous question for the Miss USA crown, I have no problem with her saying her opinion. That is totally her choice. Having a mother that use to do Pageants and almost made me do pageants, there was a way to answer that question while not burying yourself into the ground, while expressing your opinion. And to be honest, if pageants were all about what's going on inside these girls minds, why do we have the swimsuit portion of the competition?? Just saying!

I've been trying to get a video clip going for a while, but I could only find links rather than the actual video interview.

Carrie Prejean (first two minutes from ABC's The View)

http://perezhilton.com/2009-11-10-in-case-you-missed-it-164 (The full 10 minute interview)

My main problem is, she is SOOOOOO DEFENSIVE!!!! It's like YOU'RE BUSTED!! You've been caught, own up to it and quit playing the victim. And the excuse "I never meant for this to get out", is not an excuse! Who actually plans for a sex tape to get leaked!?

She freaking wrote a book and is now on a publicity tour for it, yes, such a victim. Now I don't disregard that people said horrible things about her and even crossed the line in the process. But in my opinion that unfortunately comes hand in hand with being in the public eye.

Ugh...I get so fired up when people are being hypocritical. Can we hear more about Jon and Kate?? (KIDDING!!!!)