My Jumbled but Joyous June...

Absence makes the heart grown fonder…. So, didya miss me?

A lot has been goin on, but I guess it’s good that I’ve been livin’ life and havin’ fun, not having an abundance of downtime to sit on my neglected couch with my pearly white macbook and blog everyday. As much as I’d like to do such, that’s just not how I roll most of the time HAHA.

So, I left off talking about my new job at P.C.-Goenner Talent Agency. So far, things have been pretty great. It’s definitely a job that can be pretty chaotic, but it’s great to be doing something I enjoy, but one where I am also learning more everyday. I love the variety of what comes in… of course we get local commercials and such, but things like a global Miracle-Gro commercial, a national Best Buy commercial starring Peyton Manning, and castings for Modern Family have also crossed my screen.

As I entered the new job, I also had the chance to revamp the office. Thanks to Sarah and Paul for the assistance :-)

Here are the in progress shots...

Sarah and I found wine and cheese was a necessity :-)

Here's the lobby with pics of my fabulous talent!

The hallway...

to the bathroom...

ANNND my office room...

Please excuse the broken blind.... i'm TRYING to find one that will fit it!

That’s the job… but let’s see… the end of May and the month of June was pretty exceptional in several other ways as well.

Let’s look at highlights:

Meeting Mark Ballas at the Taste of Cincinnati

But we also had a blast with a magician...

and winning blow-up monkeys that we named Maurice and Moe.

Oh yah… and PUH-LEASE watch this video of this man dancing during one of the concerts BAHAHHAA.

There is SO MUCH WIN in this video. Accolades also awarded to the stylish camo crop top lady for best ill-fitting, drunken dancing.

Then he started a dance lesson... apparently crack is a necessary part of his instruction.

And this is for my friend, Rachel... she can't resist old men or Asian children.

Maurice and Moe had a blast. They sang all the way home... or were throwing up gorilla gang signs... we were unsure.

NEXT- I spent Memorial Day at Cincinnati Zoo with Chelsea and her family...

Sarah and I had a fun night out with some of her old friends...

Sarah and I did an independent film in Cincinnati entitled "Call Me"…

Then Sarah and I, along with her brother and one of my talents, Zach, spent a day Huntington Field in Columbus shooting an independent film, "Gibsonburg," that will be shown at Sundance and potentially on Disney Channel.

Oh yah, and sidenote...in the midst of it all, I did a murder mystery.

Creepy Caper, eh? (P.S. it's me...)

Yea, so I was a little angry... I'm just misunderstood!

All in all, everybody had a good time :-)

June was definitely a month of run-around, but it was full of new beginnings, drama, and new connections.

Overall, aside from the high gas receipts, a pretty stellar 30 days :-)


(Photo credits: Sarah Brown, Cliff Fawcett, and Myself)

A mindless debate or an essential comparion? The Girl Scout Cookie Taste Test

As a former Girl Scout reppin' troup 345 for the better part of the 90's, I know as well as anyone out there the greatness that IS Girl Scout Cookies.

I used to pride myself on the ability to push large amounts of the goods that were comparable to dealers the DEA would be concerned about. I'd sell em by the armful with my eyes on the prize of a new patch to neighbor my beadwork and jazzercize accomplishments.

No longer living in my native Stark County, I've kind of lost connections to the girl scouts I'm aware of and therefore, my annual sugar addiction has not been fulfilled. What's interesting though, a couple months ago I had stopped in Dollar General to grab something and saw some cheesy, generic versions of the GS classics, Thin Mints and Peanut Butter Patties. Well, they were called "Mint Thins" and "Fudge Peanut Butter," but by the DG company keeping the appropriate cookie color codes on the box, there was no doubt. And for only 1.50 a box in comparison to the now inflated 3.50 a box for the original, I was game for a trial.

I had gotten a box of both, and really enjoyed them, but as GS cookie season approached and I was able to get some authentic goods, I knew right away a taste test was in order. I didn't want it to be JUST my opinion, and as difficult as it is for me to share the GS goodness, I recruited a few taste testers.

First, thin mints VS mint thins.


During a weekend home, I grabbed friends, Rachel and Yekat, equipped them with both the GS and DG version and let them have at it.


I asked the girls which cookie they preferred, and also which they believed to be the GS cookie. Rachel chose the GS cookie as her preferred bite, and also identified it as the GS cookie.


Yekat, after testing both options, also correctly identified the GS cookie and noted it as her favored choice as well.

Onto the peanut butter patties (now, tagalongs... bleh) VS. Fudge peanut butter


Unfortunately, Rach isn't the biggest fan of peanut butter, so at this sit down the pressure was all on Yekat.

Yekat moved onto tasting the peanut butter options (that is after finishing both her AND Rachel's thin mints) and was a lil more contemplative.


She talked back and forth about the cookies before putting her chips in the corner of cookie #2. Cookie #2 was what you ask? The girl scout version.

Seems as though test #1 clearly put the girl scout cookies on top.


The next day, I posed the same trial to my mom and sister. During this run, we saw some varied results. My mom who surely knows her girl scout cookies, easily identified the real from the store brand, although she seemed to almost lean to the DG mint thins, but not enough to change her allegiance.

My little sister on the other hand, after trying both cookies actually seemed to better enjoy the DG versions. Good news for her and 2 extra dollars in her pocket a box.

As for myself, I'll never be able to break ties with my love, thin mints. As for the peanut butter biscuits? I actually kind of favor the DG brand. They are a little thicker and have a lil extra PB.

A mindless debate or an essential comparion? You be the judge, just don't make a call til you trial it yourself!