It’s January 13th, the holidays have come and gone, and there are still signs of Autumn here in Los Angeles. I’ve tried telling you before how it lasts forever here. Now do you believe me?
I hit the gym and a nearby restaurant for a quick bite. Right next door was a Goodwill so I just had to stop in and see if there were any cool, unique finds. And I did find something unique for the baby room! I’ll tell you about that later.
There also was this really silly product I’d never seen before, so I decided to take a picture of it. “Tic Tac Toast”. It basically puts lines on your toast so you can play “Tic Tac Toe” with pieces of bacon or other food. Is that absurdly hilarious, or what? Another piece of worthless crap taking up space in the world! Plus by the time you’re done playing “Tic Tac Toe” with your toast, who’s going to eat it? The toast would be all cold and soggy. EWWW!
The best part, is that as soon as I took the photo, an employee rushed over, “No photography of items is allowed here!” I laughed as though he just said THE STUPIDEST THING I’D EVER HEARD and challenged, “Why?“
He didn’t have an answer. What if I want to take a picture of something so I can email it to my husband to get his opinion before I make a purchase? I do that all the time at other stores. What’s the big deal, dude?
So I did what I always do when someone tells me NOT to do something, I turned the item around and took another picture. What was he going to do? Confiscate my camera? Have me arrested?
I should have taken a picture of HIM and everything else in the store. Just to see what he would do. But (sigh) I didn’t. I don’t always like to, but I do know how to act appropriately.
Besides, what are they afraid will happen? That I might put the photos on the internet? And then blog about it?
I got a call to work in a scene with Dustin Hoffman on his new HBO series ‘Luck’. I wanted to just say Yes, and show up with my pregnant belly all over the place and let them shoot around it. But I didn’t. I just didn’t feel right not telling them. I guess that’s part of my downfall. I’m too honest for this town. I said “Yes, I’m available, but I’m pregnant. Does that kill the deal?” And of course he said “Yeah, that kills the deal.”
No, you’re not supposed to descriminate against pregnant women in the work place. But, here in Hollywood, they can descriminate against you for anything. It’s part of the Artistic License. They can decide they don’t like your nappy hair. Your a size 6 and they only have wardrobe for a size 4. You look like their ex-wife. You’re too tall at 5’9″ because Dustin is only 5’5″.
And when have you seen pregnant women in film or television when the story line isn’t specifically about pregnancy? Or the pregnant woman isn’t one in some sort of crazy labor pains for dramatic effect? When do you just see a woman in a scene that happens to be pregnant without it being mentioned? I can’t think of any.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not crying here. There is a long list of types that are not represented in film and television. But… I’m just sayin’.
This is me at 21 weeks, but I’m on week 24 now, so I’ll be posting several of these pics in the coming days to catch us all up in real time. Every time we’d go in for an ultra sound, the feedback was the same. This baby is so active! He’s all over the place! Well, now I can feel those movements and on some days this baby boy really kicks the crap out of my belly! He is getting strong. I told Joe to be ready because “this kid is coming out running!”
See week 20
