It's All Gravy!

Happy Thanksgiving!!

I know I'm late, but what are you gonna do? How was everyone's holiday?

It's been crazy getting settle into everything, Between soccer class, acting class, the holidays, and getting ready to start my new job, I feel like I haven't had a minute!


So, I started my new job today! I don't think I've mentioned this at all. I am in a new position with the same company I've been working for for the last year and a half. I'm excited, it's gonna be good. I get to train with my current manager. She's teaching me the ropes. We're friends outside of work, so it makes training even better!

My acting class has been going well. My partner and I are doing our last runthrough for our last scene on Thursday, which should be really good. We've worked pretty hard on it. Fingers crossed! Afterward, we're going to the Turtle Races:-)

SP text me last week, because he saw me driving. We chatted for a bit, then I let the conversation go. He replied "yup" to something I said, and I didn't respond. I decided I'm tired of being the one waiting for the guy to say something. I'll keep the ball in my court for a little while thank you. Not that he was trying to talk to me like that again, but I'm always practicing!

My friend Dawn and I watched Gross Pointe Blank tonight, and we were marveling at the awesomness of Minnie Driver's character. She's so amazing. The way she treats John Cusak is classic! She really couldn't care less about hurting his feelings, or what he thinks of her if she does one thing or another. I truly, truly want to be able to be like her. But the key is, you can't just ACT like that, it has to be truly what you feel. I have to stop caring about guys and what they think. I need to be about me (not in the completely conceited sense), I need to be mre concerned about how I feel and how I should and want to be treated rather than about how they feel or what they think. And it's gonna have to be genuine, not just something I'm doing to get a specific result. If I watch Gross Pointe Blank and He's Just Not That Into You at least once a month, I think I'll be okay!

I totally filled my car with radiator fluid and oil, by myself (well, with my dad on the phone, but whatever!). A mechanic tried to swindle me, so I just took matters into my own hands! He said my car just needed "basic maintenance" which would cost $200-$300!!! How in the world is that basic?!? When he went to look under my hood, I got out of my car to watch him, just in case he tried to pull something funny. He didn't do anything that I saw, he said my spark plugs were looking good. Then I talked to my dad after I left and he asked if the guy had taken anything out, I said no, and he said you can't check spark plugs without taking them out!!! WTH?!? That's why mechanics have a bad reputation! I hate being a woman who doesn't know squat about cars....maybe I'll take an auto shop class next semester....

Jeremy is doing much better. He's eating, talking, laughing. But his brain still hasn't recovered fully. He's moody and can get really irritable, so he still needs prayer, if you think about him! Thank you to everyone who has kept him in mind!


I'll be updating more often now that the dust has settled!

Question: What was one thing you were really Thankful for?

Until next time!

I'm Baaaaacckkk!!! (My First Vlog!!)

Hello My Wonderful Blog and All of My Readers (Those who have stuck around!),

Oh how I have missed you! My brother and I FINALLY got internet in the apt, so I'll be blogging regularly again!

It's been crazy getting settled, but I love it! I have my own full bed now, and a REALLY cute theme in my bathroom! I just got the shower curtain today in the mail. It's I may post a pic once I have it all the way I want it!

Here's a Vlog as a celebration of my return!

Untitled from Genellyn Driver on Vimeo.

Jeremy Update! from Genellyn Driver on Vimeo.

Good Things

Hey All!!

Okay, so I finally have my hands on a real computer with real internet! Yay!! I miss blogging something terrible! But it's really hard to write a good post on a phone, let me tell ya!

So, you all know that I have moved out with my brother and we are now getting settled into our place. My room is a mess, but guess what, it's mine!! Lol. I just have a lot of stuff to unpack, but I'm so very excited! I actually have a place to put everything! I've never had my own room before, as you know, and it's really quite fantastic. As far as decorating it's slightly overwhelming though. I have no idea how I want to place things or what I want to put up! Not that I'll have money for any of that right now!

I had my first article post on Every Girl Blog about online dating, and it got a lot of responses! It was fun to write, and I can't wait to do my follow up articles, you should check it out!


If you've been reading, you know about my friend Jeremy and his accident. So many of you have been praying for him and being so supportive and I thank you soo much! Well, he is recovering very well! Yesterday, his dad asked him to hold is baseball for certain pitches and he did it exactly right! So, it's looking good, praise God!! We continue to pray for him and ask for continued healing and complete recovery!!

That's all for now! I have some more juicy news, but I'll save that post for Monday!

On My Own (Sort of :-P)

Hey Blogsters!

It's been a while! Good to see ya, glad you came to say hi!

If you've been following my posts, you know about my friend Jeremy and his accident. Well he is progressing quite well. It started last week, when his nose was twitching, and he scratched it! I've never been so happy to hear about anyone scratching themselves, lol. Now he is watching TV, and he's even speaking through gestures and sign language! And he hasn't even started rehab yet! We're all so excited to see what God is going to do for Jeremy, thanks again to everyone who has been praying and thinking about him and his family! It has all been a blessing!



In other news: I'm. Writing this blog from my phone cuz I don't have internet at home. Why don't I have internet? Cuz my brother and I have our own apartment! That's right it finally happened, we did it! It's really fantastic. We didn't end up with. The other place I showed you, but it's still nice! Hopefully I can post pics soon. It's so late and I'm exhausted, I'll try to blog again soon.


My friend EQ and I are doing CFN questions, and she has posted my answers to her questions on her blog Misguided Me, go check it out!

New Phone & Apartment Hunting

So I finally got a new phone! My BB Pearl had been going crazy on me. I couldn't end calls and it would randomly turn off. After ComiCon I decided I had to get a new phone. I went with the BB Curve 8900 of course, since I had owned it for a couple of days when I lost my Pearl. It's such an awesome phone, I love the Blackberry OS, and the Curve just makes it even better! The screen is a good size, and I can watch videos!!

I've only had for about 4 days and I'm loving it. I'm sure there's still a lot more I can do with the phone, I just have to keep playing with it. I'm also addicted to BBM! It's so much better than texting. I also got a car charger and a case, so I don't have to drag around a charger and hopefully I won't be scratching it by dropping it with the cases I have. I'm hoping to keep this phone in good condition for a while!

Even the apps on the Curve are improved from the Pearl. I'm very impressed, bravo I say to Blackberry!! Here's a pic I took with my Curve:



Very colorful! (That's my Dad's office. He's been collecting toys from BK and McDonald's forever....)



Next order of business: Moving.

It's definitely time for me to move. I live at home with my family and it's starting to drive me crazy. Not necessarily my family themselves are driving me crazy, more of the fact that I don't have my own space. I'm sharing a room with two younger brothers. I'm dying for space! It's also hard to function as an independent adult when you live with your parents. My parents have never been the strict type though, I've never had a curfew or anything, and they're cool for the most part.

The only thing that is keeping me under their roof is the ridiculous cost of living in Los Angeles! IThe only thing keeping me in LA is the fact that I'm working on an acting career. If it weren't for that, I would have moved away from here long a go. But being an actress also means I can't have a career that pays well, which means I can't afford the ridiculous prices to live here! It's all a huge mess and it's stupid.

Unfortunately, at 18 I went credit card crazy, so I also don't know if I have the credit to move out. Blech. I'm tired of looking for a place to lvie and figuring out who to live wiht. My 23 year old brother wants to move out too, so were gonna find a place, but we can't seem to agree on price or location. I'm getting ver antsy and very frustrated. I'm ready to start my own adult life!! But I feel so trapped living here. Grrr. I don't know what to do!!