Life is cyclical. A month ago, I felt completely stagnant. I didn’t feel like I was learning or growing at all, I had no fresh ideas and little motivation. I was bored a lot. In the past month, that’s changed 100%, and it’s a shock to the system. I am learning and growing by leaps and bounds, and my brain is always sore. I’m awake by 9 most days (I still don’t go to bed until very, very late.) I’m so exhausted and busy every moment of every day. It’s wonderful and exhilarating, but I’m not used to it.
In addition to Digri, one thing that’s keeping me busy is Back to Reality, the new show for SuperPass that I’m doing with Chelsia and Laremy. You can catch our uber-cheesy promo below:
Today, Chelsia and I drove down to Portland, where they were holding auditions for the Biggest Loser, to get footage for the show. This is me on the drive down, eating Taco Bell. Classy!
We couldn’t believe how many people were there! The line wound up and down two city blocks. And it was pouring. We showed up around 1pm, but many of the wannabe Losers had been waiting outside in the rain since 7 am! We interviewed two of the casting directors and Ken from season 3, who was there helping to keep the crowds pumped up. We also braved the rain outside to interview some of the people waiting in line. While we were there, an ambulance had to be called because one of the men waiting to audition passed out. He was okay, but Chelsia and I both nearly cried, it was so sad. Obesity makes me angry. I want to fix it. The people we spoke to carried such love and hope and beauty, and many of them teared up when we asked them to talk about why they were here. They feel trapped in their bodies and in this cycle of poor health, and they want so desperately to be shown how to change. I’ve never been overweight, but I know that feeling of hopelessness, of failure that engenders failure, that desperate sense of stuck-ness. I wish they could all be on the show.
I’ll try to put some teaser clips from our footage up on YouTube so you can see parts of it, but the bulk of it will be on SuperPass, RealNetworks’ premium programming site. You have to pay to join, although they do offer a free 30-day trial.
Oh, and you guys? On Thursday I flew on a trapeze at Twestival (an international festival that celebrates social media with all ticket costs going to charity). Here’s me getting ready to go up:
I was not scared at all — until I was about four ladder rungs from the platform up top. Then I was terrified. Chelsia took video of the whole thing, and I can’t wait for her to send it to me, because apparently I looked like I was going to throw up the whole time. (She thought it was hilarious. I did not.) I completely freaked out. COMPLETELY. I wanted to vomit and cry and die on the spot. But once I was actually off the platform and in the air, it was aaaaamazing. I’ll talk more about it once I have the video up.
Couple other things: Have I ever mentioned on here that I now do a weekly radio segment? Because I do. You can listen to me talk about celebs every Monday at 2:40 EST at WCHE 1520. I should promote this more. I don’t know why I don’t. I’m a terrible self-promoter.
Aaaaand, we’re hiring on Evil Beet again. Details here.
