Me: Psych!

I find myself currently sitting in the back of a giant conference room in San Diego, listening to a therapist talking about the psychology of weight loss. I’m quietly typing away on my laptop, peripherally listening to ideas I’ve mostly heard before. This half-vacation/half-working week has been my opportunity to have “daddy-daughter time”, an annual ritual for the two of us big-footed Wilsons. We spent the first half of the week touring San Diego (Coronado, La Jolla, the Gas Light District, etc), and now he’s lecturing while I do random other work-related things. I’m staying through Sunday, when I will be a guest judge at a San Diego beauty pageant (keep your jokes to yourself...it's too easy).

While it’s nice to have some time away from LA, it’s definitely strange to be the lone “actress” among all the intellectuals. I’m the odd one out – for once! Luckily, some great news came this week, so I have an “impressive” catch phrase to throw out there at the Brief Therapy dance party (Side note: Did you know most therapists really think they can dance but can’t? It’s ridiculously entertaining). Now I get to share that catch phrase with you: The webisode that you’ve heard about, X-Treme Biography: Santa, is going to be shown on ComedyCentral.com and Atom TV this Tuesday! Grandparents beware: this is not your typical Santa – proceed at your own risk! Please watch and tell your friends to watch. If the show gets a lot of views, there’s a chance Comedy Central may pick it up for future episodes!

I also spent a few days on the set of A Single Man, starring Colin Firth and Julianne Moore, and directed by Gucci fashion designer Tom Ford. This film takes place in 1964, so everyone spent 4 hours a day in hair, make-up and wardrobe to look perfect for the designer himself. Mr. Ford, meticulously dressed in a tailored (Gucci) suit, lined us up and singularly approved or disapproved us. Usually every fifth person was sent back to hair, make-up or wardrobe for even more perfection. You gotta love that! It was a fun set, and I think I may be featured a bit, so I’ll keep you all posted.

When I return to LA on Sunday, I’ll get back full-force into the creating of another webseries with Brian and four of our good friends. We’ve had a great initial meeting and plan to shoot our first episode at the end of January. Sorry I can’t divulge more on the content, but our idea hasn’t been patented yet!

I'll leave you with an image that I can't take my eyes off -- we went to a gallery of rock and roll photographs, amazing shots of The Rolling Stones, John Lennon, Bob Dylan, Jeff Buckley and so many more "greats" in their prime. This is one of my musical love, James Taylor, in 1969. Sigh.