Heh. Ok, I found this by accident! So for all you kids gettin your rave on, Leroy explains all about picking mushrooms and playing ping pong in rave dancing!

My footie.

I like this pic ja know ;)

Oh and more....

Okay So this pic of my finger was self-induced. I'd like to say it was a shark bit but it wasn't. :( I had gotten a bouquet of flowers for my birthday and was cutting the stems on my kitchen counter with of course, a huge knife and in once slice, cut right down to the bone - yup, I saw the bone.

So it started gushing blood. Not like you'd expect but like horror movie gushing. It bled for 4 hours through 7 wadded up papertowels. Later my doc confirmed that I needed stitches but by then it was starting to heal.

Everyday I'd pull the skin which was like wet tissue paper to align up so I wouldn't have a huge scar. I'll have to take a pic cos I do have a scar but it looks pretty damn good! Why didn't I go to the ER? Silly me.




I love this pic of me and that guy from The Weathermen. ;) It was rainy and scary and we were driving up this crazy hill and almost felt like we were gonna die but alas, we didn't. ;) The Redwood forest is quite stunning.

Where was I? Someone? Anyone?


Taco stand somewhere not in California me thinks. But it was GOOD!

And more pix !

So I just woke up here far, far away from home and um, looking like I just woke up too. This was a lovely time, fo sho.


Someone sent this to me ages ago. Where was I? I have no clue? I don't even know if I was in this country lol. I suppose I didn't want to be photographed heh. Why? Not a clue.


Again, where I am? If you know, let me know! Oh wait, I remember, San Francisco bay. Heh. I love my bare feet in the sand. Always have.


Ah now this was nice. The debutantes ball and the lavish buffet of food that looked like jewels and other things. It was a glorious time. I need some of this gloriousness again.

Some new and old Pix

Okay, these were the skybucket thingys at Sea World. Scariest. Ride. Ever. I'm serious! If you could see my face I was soooo disgruntled and terrified! So here's the deal, I think the ride ends at the other side of the bay? Nooooo!!! It jams into this hut thing where some teenager guy helps the cart spin around to go back the other way!!!! AGGHH!!!

BTW, I survived it. Barely.


So here I am downtown LA on a weekend looking all crafty or something. I went to the downtown library and enjoyed spending the day there before heading to the Bonaventure hotel and playing in the elevator (not!).

So they have these signs that tell you where to take pictures so um, yea, me and the photo spot! Aren't we a cute couple?

I have my dad's Spanish eyes.

OK, yes I'm on the freeway. Yes, my car is broken down. Yes I have AAA. Yes, we were determined not to look all sad in front of passers by, NO! We would show them how much fun we would have broken down on the freeway and we did! Who says breaking down on the highway can't be fun?

Hey Huzzah, What the Hell?

Okay, so looky here at ChristinaZ.com. It's not all bloggy and stuff. I'm not sure if I'm sticking with this but in the time being, it's a good way to communicate my thoughts, ideas and changes of my professional and personal life here. 3 cheers!

That said, check back soon. I'm happy it's up and running and comb through archives if you like, see how my mind was working a year ago, or two years ago. There's some fun stuff here. More to come, y'all...

Great Stuff #3 - TED Talk - Happiness

I know, I keep writer, vampire hours. This is a lovely TED talk.

Great Stuff #2 - Big Black, Dead Billy

Steve, Santiago, yep. I was just a kid with great taste in music. :)

Great Stuff 1 - Television, Marquee Moon

Are you SERIOUS?

No CZ blog since July 2007. LOL.

My opinion is that if you have a personal non-adsense blog where you're not FORCED into being a slave to the masses for money, most creative people are a bit too busy to ramble on aimlessly or perhaps, even with aim.

That said, Shadow Hunter #2 came out this week. It looks gorgeous.

Pix from San Diego Comicon 2007

Yup, had a GREAT time. I can't stress how great it was! Click each pic to see it in supersize proportions.

Me n Gonk!

Lego Chewbaca, mhm.

Stewie and Z paparazzi


Who can't love yellow puffy things?


Klingon eatin' a burger. How logical!


Me n Opti sportin' someone elses feature crippled moto razor


Oooh another puffy yellow thing - The Hepatitis B!!!!


Ooosh they were So mean!


This guy was even vibrating!!! Who knew they did that!

On set, bossy Assistant Diretor, Me. :)

Working with talent, extras, a crazy director, a great crew, amazing craft services done by the hottest lady in Hollywood cooking up only organic food and snacks.

Where to begin.....?

Ok, realizations -- sets are built...by people, lots of hard work and paint and stuff. These are very talented people. Exotic cars are rented, city insurance is needed, cops and fire personnel are needed, medics sometimes and lots of hard work.

Its amazing how fast things happens when needing to film. People need to be told what to do, directors need to be pestered and pushed, the money people buzz around, malfunctions happen and its TIRING.

On location is harder then on set and it's still tiring. People eat in minutes. I hardly ate. You are given so much responsibility and they trust you...it's crazy.

So many people working together is so dynamic. I'll probably do it again oh and the pay isn't so bad either. ;)

Moooore back, San Diego Escondido Sea World

Wow, I forgot I've done so much recently. :) Stayed with parents in Escondido at their condo, had soo much fun shopping, playing with the dogs, resort styling, golf carts, great food and trips down to san diego for a sea world trip.

For 5 bucks extra you get the entire year free so that's what I did and made sure to have a lovely lunch at the pavilion of clydesdales air conditioned with gourmet turkey sandwhiches and samples of beer.

Sea lions, shamu, the pet show, penguins, totally uncrowded, weekday greatness even on a holiday weekend, I'm going back asap!!!

More back in time - LCD Soundsystem

So I had seen LCD Soundystem in San Francisco - an impromptu trip left on the day of the concert, having purchased tickets from an unknown man off of craigslist and had them fed exd to my hotel. Who knew if theyd be valid who knew if they would arrive in time and they did!!!

The company was lovely and the trip long and tiring - a turnaround of 4pm the following day after an amazing lunch and snack in san luis obispo.

But then they arrived there in LA for a sold out 3 date show at the el rey and I couldn't pass up another impromptu moment. you get the buzz and you gotta go! They, both times, rocked, both times in my high heeled boots and both times jumping, pogoing, lively crazy, sweating, out of my head fun. The el reys kitchen mac n cheese southern style did the job on teh way home too. :)

Going backwards....The Descanso Gardens

There was some AMAZING symphonic delights at the dusk til dark outdoors picnic under the stars with the Pasadena Pops doing a tribut to the moon. Snacks from Trader Joes provided a lovely tone to the taste buds and reserved seating couldn't be better.

The symphony was so rich and had a guest appearance by a luscious r&b seductress in a rhinestone gown paying homage to the moon alongside her accompaniest and a master pianist doing Beethovan's Moonlight Sonata.

Along with graphics of space, moons and beautiful landscapes, the presentation was gorgeous and even a few times I heard a froggy attempt to best the symphony much to my delight! I wanted to go play in the dark woods but alas, I could not. :(

Gift pinic boxes by Patina were upwards to 40 and had we known, it would have been the way to go so a Patina brownie and cookie sufficed. :)

I can't wait to go back!!!

Die Hard 4 Cast Premiere Last Night

So I'm shocked I even remembered a login for this account. So much to write but will later. Tonight (or last night), however was SO much fun as I went to MY :) premiere of Die Hard 4. No one on the crew had seen the full final cut of the film and I'm absolutely stunned how great it is and not because I was so close to it!

The explosions were sooooo GREAT. I love practical SPX but even the digital looked great. The story is really non-stop action and fun and surprisingly, for a pg-13 rating, they took away very little except for extreme gore. It was almost like the A-Team on steriods. :))

I can't wait to see it again and again! I'll have pix later of the cool stuff but due to lame contract constraints, the pics can't be put up until the theatrical release. Boo :(.

Off to bed, sooo tired from all the squirming and squealing.

xoxxoxo

Me.