Highlights of the eventful month that was...

I have been SUPER BUSY and have not had a chance to blog and now I am finally settled in my lounge room at 10pm at night and ready to tell you all about my VERY  EVENTFUL Month.

1. I am currently Nurse Ogawa on Steven Spielberg’s brand new TV Show “Terra Nova”. So I have been doing a bit of work on that here on the Gold Coast and it has been nothing short of Amazing. The sets, the locations, the cast, the directors, the crew – AMAZING! Keep an eye out for it as it will be airing on FOX in the US next week and on Channel 10 here in Australia Soon After J

2. I am also a presenter on Alive Live TV and have been interviewing some very exciting emerging Aussie Talent and Fashion Designers . To see more check out www.alivelive.tv 

3. I have had quite a few auditions as well. I actually love auditioning it brings back the thrill of the chase and gets that adrenaline pumping. Notably was my audition for a coca cola TVC, where I had to do numerous bomb dives into the pool ha-ha it was pretty fun.

4. I have also worked on a Corporate Video Project with Aash Aaron, which was great. Aash is an incredible Acting Coach, Writer, Director and Producer and I love being around him and being able to pick his brains. I had my first film role in his Horror/ Thriller Feature Film I.C.U.

5. Now I also finished filming in the Sunshine Coast a Physcological Thriller– Mind Fire. I am one of the scientists “Clover”. I can’t tell you too much about the film because I am not allowed to just yet but I will keep you posted when I can.

It was an arduous and adventurous full day of filming but it will be all worth it when you see the finished product. We shot right until sunset, where I was being eaten alive by mosquitos, I had mud, blood and guts all over me and my teased up hair and I was freezing cold from being  submerged in the creek. 

Due to filming on location in the bush I had nowhere to shower and I was already running late to get back to Brisbane so I just made a quick dress change.

AND NOW DO I HAVE A STORY TO TELL YOU:

I was rushing to get to the hotel to get a quick shower before I got to the Suncorp Stadium to see the Broncos Smash the Warriors Moihahah.  Now the new extensive roads and bridges in Brisbane caused my GPS to go ballistic, as it wasn’t registering it all. It kept taking me around in circles so as you can imagine I was a little distressed.

Now as I was driving back on the busy highway, my car starts to make rattling noises-and I ‘m thinking hmm that’s a bit weird, I’ll check that out on my next stop as I don’t have time to stop right now. I continue to drive however the rattling progressively gets worse- to the  point  where the whole car starts shaking. So I start to slow down to about 90Km, and I’m in the far right lane with no place to stop on the right side. And before I even had a chance to change lanes and pull over, my back left TIRE COMPLETELY FALLS OFF and rolls in front of me at high speed. So there I am on the road hysterical, swerving to miss other cars sparks flying…Thankfully I did not collide with any cars other and I managed to maneuver the car the left side of the road and no one was hurt!

As I am trying to collect myself and get a grip of what actually happened, a car pulls over about 300m in front of me and a man hops out of the car. I’m thinking yay someone has stopped to help me!  As I get out of my car and walk towards him, I see him pick up my tire,

but instead of giving it to me, he throws my tire into his car and drives off...

YES HE STOLE MY TYRE???!!! WTF!!!  WHY???
 

SO there I am standing on the side of the road in the freezing cold, shaken up and completely bewildered. Thinking did that jus t actually happen? And Yes it did!

In any case my boyfriend who was already at the game, who just sat down to watch it, had to come get me. We had to get the car towed back home to the Gold Coast and Unfortunately we both missed the game but the good thing was that the Broncos Won! 

We then just went back to the hotel in North Quay Brisbane; I had a long hot bath and went straight to bed as I was completely exhausted.

We had to wake up bright and early the next morning to get back to the Sunshine Coast for the last day of filming. So we checked out of the hotel and went outside to where my boyfriend had to park his Ute (he had to park it outside because it was too big to fit in the underground car park), only to find that the whole right side of his car got “keyed”! His brand new Ute that just got his company signage on the car! I KNOW RIGHT! Just our luck! It was so not cool. Who even does that anymore??

So needless to say that was a horrible start to the day.

Luckily the rest of the day ran smoothly on location!

Now that was just the highlights of the month so far and I think that is enough Goss for one session- Ill be back soon I promise :)

Xoxo Carmel