Monica Durazo dot Com

This is my cry for help. HELP!

Monica needs a new job. It’s such a long story (short version includes a mix of the two previous posts. I’m sure you can conclude a pretty awesome story from that). :o)

SOOOOOOOO– thats the past. This is the future, and, the future in OC without a job as a single mom with bills up the *&*## is not bright. AH! What do I do? Where do I go?

Ok, ok. I have fabulous headhunters out here that are doing their best to get me something, but I’m also very picky. Think this is too much to ask?

1. Money. I’m not asking for alot, but I need enough to live. 40k yearly — ‘er or close. Understand that is a paycheck to paycheck lifestyle for me. YES! I hate OC! (not really)

2. Flexibility. HELLO! I’m a single parent with my daughter in soccer, choir, school and afterschool programs. I do all the picking up and dropping off. It’s insane. Beyond that, she just needs me and I need her.

3. Good, no GREAT, working enviornment. No grumps. Easy going. Nice people. I no like mean people!!!

4. A chance to be creative. I need to divulge into the (is it right? no left?…grrr) the creative side of my brain. It’s the only way I grow.

5. I need weekends off. Like I said soccer, swim and the others. Besides, I have no care for her on the weekends. What would I do?

6. OHHHH! A big one. I need HEALTH BENEFITS! I have no coverage.  Makes me sick just thinking about it.

7. Last, but not least, I need to have evenings off. Prefferably out of the office (or whatever I’m doing) round 5ish. I HAVE to have time (at least an hour) to workout. I’ll cry if I can’t.

…………..So there it is. Pass it along. I need a job.

 I’m also accepting donations for all you rich internet marketers out there….just kidding. Not really.

WOW! So the bday celebration was intense. I think there were about 16 of us total, covering every corner of the bar — leaving a trail of mischief and wonder in the eyes of all who witnessed us.

I was in total control, of course, up until the point that I lost all ability to function my own two feet.

“But it was my birthday!!!!”

So I pretty much got away with whatever I wanted. Beyond that, the girls I was with were SMOKING hott. It was unreal. I have forgotten how awesome we are when we pile on the self tanner, squeeze into the tightest, tiniest mini’s and flash our … teeth …. ;o) for recognition.

As for myself, I was in all white. Something I thought for sure would be the ultimate ‘taboo,’ but surprisingly was still white this morning. Go me!

I may have laughed, I may have cried, I may have danced, twirled, jumped. I may have drank, I may have ate. I may have mistook the step I took ….But I did not stain the dress!!!!!

I am a ROCKSTAR! (….not really)

To help with my recovery this morning, a friend of mine picked me up and took me for my very first motorcycle ride down the coast this morning. IT WAS INCREDIBLE!!!!

THE BIRTHDAY PICS ARE STILL BEING PROCESSED….STAY TUNED!!!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME ON FRIDAY!

For the attention starved, (like me), birthdays are THE desired, THE coveted, THE only day reserved for bragging, “fishing” and crying if we want to.

So I’m stoked. Not so much about my age (26) — and there I go “fishing — But rather for the girls night that follows! HELL-UH-OH! gonna be fun. I hope so anyway. It’s been a while and I need it.

HOWEVER, I did go out (randomly) last night and I (without sounding like I’m tooting my own horn) was totally a hot commodity. I love it when the bartenders themselves give you free drinks. Thats when you KNOW the MOJO (or as we were calling it last night, the MO-LO — Monica Love–) is fired up.

Ran into an old friend whose…wife wasn’t very happy to see me. OOPS! Kinda sad that marriage means you loose all your past, friends included. But oh well! That’s their deal. For now, only looking forward to Friday night (and the Saturday morning recovery –owe!). Fill ya in.
Dont worry — FLIP will be in stow. Lets just hope it makes it home (ME TOO!!)

There use to be a time in my life that Saturday nights at home were as frequent as sunlight at midnight. It just never happened.

More and more, I find myself at home — on the web — writing pointless blogs, editing ridiculous videos or twiddling my thumbs hoping that the next text message I get will be THAT one from THE one. It never is.

Beyond not having the money to go out anymore (Cali is THAT expensive), I am truly liking being here. I’m more rested each day which lead to the BEST workouts EVER (even on Sunday morning, which not long ago use to NEVER happen).

Anyway, in order to feel social again — I did something so UNLIKE me!!!

I’m a member on….
I’ve signed up for….
I’m a subscriber to…

Match.com

OMG! yes, yes, I know! I can’t believe it either.
I did that.
I went there.
I PAID for it!!

Oh by God, help me for I am losing my MOJO and have succumb to online dating. HELLO! Shoot me now.
…anyway, I’ll let you know how it goes. IF I decide to EVER meet anyone of these cyber daters, Imma for sure write about ‘em.

If you want, you should sign up and “wink” at me. That I’ve learned, is free. ;o)

YAY! For the 2004 Honda Civic — with new tires and one missing hubcap. Ya. I’m pretty broke.

But anyway, ‘member how I mentioned the “Price is Right” search for a new spokesmodel person thing? Well I went to the audition. It was fun! I’ve been to soooooooooooooooo many auditions and none have ever treated us so nicely. Seriously

These past two auditions I have gone on, have been exceptional. So this one for the P is R was at CBS in Studio City. They totally shuttled us from the parking structure to the stage, then at the stage (keep in mind this is JUST THE AUDITION) had stylists there to DO OUR HAIR!!! (random) and then after the audition sent us home with a parting gift. It was random. I’ve never seen such hospitality during an audition.

The one b4 that one, was for the informercial, right? And that one was a call back. Now, again, usually at auditions and call backs there are NO FRILLS. It’s a rat race. Everyone after the ONE coveted spot, casting directors aren’t exactly eager to extend a hospitable hand. But totally different at this one too! At the call back — they had full makeup there. Random! I bumped into another of the ‘call backs’ and she felt the same way. I overheard her excitedly saying “OH SO I BOOKED THIS?!?” thinking what I thought, WHAT THE HELL IS MAKEUP DOING HERE ON A CALL BACK?!?

So kudos to those two castings. Seriously.

Anyway, heres a vid from my drive from the OC (woop, woop!) to LA for the P is R thing. Sorry didn’t get any actual audition footage. I suck.

You’ve all heard about my “new” job, right? The whole “working-with-a-friend” dilemma I had few posts ago….

HELLO! How freakin’ lucky is he? Seriously….

Alyssa and I went to our first country concert last weekend. So the video isn’t all that exciting, but I’m sucha proud Mama (and Alyssa is so cute in this video) that I have to post it.

I’m so dumb though — the batteries ran out just as the main show (Marting McBride) got started. Story of my life.