My so called life should be a reality show pilot

Ever since I started high school I have always thought my life should be filmed 24 hours a day 7 days a week (there were times my sister and I thought we were actually being filmed and recorded...but I'll get to that later).Places I have been and things I have experienced were always unbelievable to most people. Before I turned 18 years old I already have been to the Grammy Awards (seated floor level of course), 2 MTV Video Music Award Shows, BET Awards and countless Celebrity parties and private events. No one at school (or our family for that matter) ever believed me so I just stopped talking about it. My friends were my older sister Christy's friends. They were a group of beautiful, confident fearless girls (not to mention they were only a year or two older than me)who have never heard the word "NO". My sister in school was the sweet,soft spoken, quite, all around beautiful athletic type that never interrupted the teacher or disrespected the school staff. But somehow in between Thursday and Saturday she turned into a completely different person. With one five second phone call she would get us VIP into the hottest star studded events and parties that B list celebs only dream about. And this was every weekend for us. Christy just had that believable gift of BS! She never blinked or got choked up. She did though always have an incredible foreign accent(either British Indian (from Dubai) or just British (from London) and an amazing career, like I remember once she said she was a VP exec from Columbia Records. Sounds funny but it always worked! So, the night before the Grammys we found out about a huge record company party at SKY BAR inside Mondrian on Sunset Blvd., this was big because all the stars like Mariah, JLO, Diddy you name it were going to be there so of course Christy does her call and gets us on the list. But we had a big problem, our parents wouldn't let us use their car ( and we had to roll up in a flashy car or we just wouldn't go) and it was way to late of notice to rent a car, so at a last resort we thought hey lets call Harry (our older brother by two years), he worked for Toyota Distribution and could borrow a Lexus Range Rover, plus he never believes us anyway so let's just show him how we do it. To make a long story short my brother went to Hollywood that night(years ago)and never left(seriously)he never had more fun in his entire life. Celebrities were treating him like a celebrity. It was cool for my sister and I because now our family doesn't think we're crazy and we had a great night just the three of us. Tune in for a lot more of my so called life should be a reality show pilot, trust me, I have just begun to get started! If you have any great moments that people just say "Yeah Right" to then please share them on my comments page.

Insane Neighbors

Okay, am I the only person in the world with crazy neighbors? So, my husband and I along with our three year old daughter moved into our dream home last September. We took into account everything we could possibly think of like school district, commute, architecture and structure of the home, feng shui, backyard space......CLOSET SPACE, beautiful roomy kitchen...I mean everything except for our neighbors! When we first moved in it was like Stepford Wives they were unusually nice bringing over home baked pies (that of course we never ate), going out of their way (literally, she almost rammed her car into the light post one morning) just to say hello or wave, inviting us over (by invitation) for events and dance parties and my husband and I would be the only guests. Inviting themselves over uninvited to our dinner parties and birthday parties. Well, I guess those were the good old days. Maybe they're upset that we don't pay that much attention to them or something because over night they have turned into Satan's sister! The turn around slowly started around March or April. They used to hang outside in the front of their house all day(I truly believe they don't have jobs) doing nothing waiting for us to get home so they can start a long conversation....(you guess it) About Nothing! Now, when I pull up to my driveway they run in the house or rush to let the garage door down. (strange). They accused my husband two months ago of calling the city on them because they have their Christmas lights still hanging up. Oh okay. My husband sits in our garage (his man room) every night for at least 4 hours (by himself) playing Playstation and smoking cigarettes. Now does that sound like the type of guy that cares that it's April and you still have your Christmas lights up? I didn't think so. Now they have this huge scary pit bull and they every time they take him on a walk it just so happens that he stops in my yard under my tree to poop. One day I found him in my backyard viciously jumping on my screen door. We have 8 foot high brick walls, how did he get back there? Well, the latest scandal is yesterday was 4Th of July, so we went to visit our family for the day, swimming, barb-e-cuing doing fireworks the whole nine. When we returned home at 11p.m. we pull up only to find our neighbors on their driveway lighting fireworks all around my husbands car that was parked outside! So you tell me "WHY DO PEOPLE DO WHAT THEY DO"? Please get background checks on all your neighbors before you move! Feel free to comment on your insane neighbors. Or check back soon they may light our roof on fire next week.

Children's Talent Agency

Parents Beware!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Does your child have the "IT" factor? Does he/she smile at the drop of a dime? Are strangers, friends and/or family members raving on a daily basis about how beautiful he/she is or that they should model or be in commercials? Is your child photogenic? Do they make friends easily, very active and outgoing? Is your child very polite and talkative around new people? If you answered yes to all of the above questions (just like I did) then maybe...just maybe your child could be the next face of Baby Gap, Gerber, Old Navy, Barbie, Babies R' US etc....



But please whatever you do beware! Just last week I was just like you. After three years of people literally begging me to put my three and a half year old daughter in the entertainment industry, my husband and I finally thought hey what the heck let's go for it. We searched and searched the web for child modeling/talent agencies and management companies. After searching for two days (because alot of companies don't represent kids under five years old) we hit Gold (so we thought).



FABULOUS FLASHCAST Was the name of the "agency"...I mean "casting"...no wait "management company" well, whatever it is they do they were definitely the ones to make my daughter the next big star! ( Oh, so I thought). They will for surely dazzle you with their fun and friendly website and long list of clients and on location photos of current jobs. But don't be fooled! My husband and I uploaded our daughter's photo Thursday night and answered several questions they emailed us regarding "OUR" income, what we do for a living and how much cash flow we "Net" yearly. Sounds kind of strange we thought but maybe they don't want us to live off our child's rising career. So we filled out the info and told them we own and run a couple of family businesses and that we are in the financial industry and how much we make annually. Right after that, not even an hour later our phone rung off the hook, we were so happy that they wanted to meet us in person at their office in Hollywood. They kept going on and on about how our daughter was just the face they've been looking for and that she was guaranteed a Top Agent and could be getting work by this week! We were so excited, they wanted us to meet with them the next day! So immediately I called my mom to tell her the good news and of course she was skeptical. Not because my daughter isn't cut out for the business but because she's heard it all. My mom( who is a self proclaimed amature investigator) wanted to do her research on this so called company., and oh did she! She called me back later that evening with a long list of Danger signs. The owner Carl, was convicted on 16 counts of fraud and false advertisement in 2002, he served 36 months probation and was fined $4,000 ( per the city of Los Angeles County records). Also they received an "F" under the Better Business Bureau and countless complaints and horror stories of those the scammed is available to the public on Rip Off.Com. All of this information literally made me sick to my stomach and disgusted. So to top it all off i called the owner Carl and he (of course) denied any such allegations. I asked if i had to pay him to have my child sourced out to talent agents and he said there was a fee of $1400 non-refundable that we had to give him in order for agents to view her picture. What! I could have sent her pictures directly to an agency(which I thought THEY were) myself for free. So parents please beware, if you are interested in entering your child in the entertainment industry NEVER BY ANY MEANS pay any money out off pocket to get your child work. If a company wants your child then THEY WILL PAY YOU!!!!! An agent will charge around 10-15% once your child books jobs and that's it. We are still searching for an honest, ethical and sincere agency to represent our child and we will definitely update this often with our endeavors in finding the perfect agency. So please be welcome to comment your successes or horror stories that you have experienced. Good Luck!