My 2003 Los Angeles diary
Chapter 1
In Minneapolis. Before I leave for Los Angeles. The doubts, the fear, the thrill, the wonder. Various experiences before I take the leap.
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Chapter 1: The Beginning Part 1 – The Dream of Acting
The dream of acting. Fall of 2002. Chanhassen, Minneapolis. (Edit 15th July 2019)The various posts you will see are mostly from right before going to Los Angeles and during the…
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Chapter 1: The Beginning Part 2
Sunday, January 12, 2003. It has been a while since I sent out a message to a group of people I feel connected with in one way or another as…
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Chapter 1: The Beginning Part 3
6 February 2003 The last month has been very intensive as I have been going through much fear and control issues. I try to control the changes but I know…
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Chapter 1: The Beginning Part 4
Journal Update: 3 days until departure 15 February I am three days away from beginning a new chapter in my life. I feel like I am somewhere in between, not really…
Chapter 2
From 19th of February until 31st of March. Experiencing Los Angeles.
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Chapter 2: LA part 2 – Dare Devil
Getting to know Los Angeles. Monday 24th February I drove around much of the day getting to know various areas of western Los Angeles. Culver City south of Hollywood has…
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Chapter 2: LA part 4 – Floating seagulls
I drove around and came across the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and dropped by to ask some questions. It is a 2 year school for people interested in acting…
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Chapter 2: LA part 6 – The Exhibit
The Raven Saturday 1st March 2003 I have been driving around downtown Los Angeles all day. One difference is that I decided to use the map to guide me, but…
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Chapter 2: LA part 10 – The Musical Chicago
Tuesday 4 March 2003 I went to bed last night full of energy, and I had a very peaceful night, so peaceful that I in the morning for a while…
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Chapter 2: LA part 11 – The Book Signing
Wednesday 5 March 2003 My day began pretty relaxed. Getting out the door at 12am, hunting for a place to have my lunch. My brother who is in Oslo called…
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Chapter 2: LA part 16 – The Photo Shoot
Thursday 20th of March Hurray! One month in LA! And it has been quite a month! The Photo shoot War in Iraq sets in for full force. CNN even broadcasted…
Chapter 3
The short chapter. Two weeks. From 31st of March until 15th of April. Feeling resistance. Feeling the playfulness in acting class. Watching movies. Going back to Minneapolis for Easter.
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Chapter 3: LA part 4 – One Week
Tuesday the 8th of April 2003 Acting class What an amazing evening! There were performances of material that we had memorized. Jason and I went last and were Ed and…
Chapter 4
From 15th of April until 11th of May. Signing the contract. Being helpful. 8 minute dating. Working as an extra.
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Chapter 4: LA part 2 – Signing the Contract
Wednesday 23 April 2003 .. continued. Signing the Contract At 11am I had an appointment with Susanna at ISM (modeling agency) and showed up 10 minutes early. I spoke with…
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Chapter 4: LA part 4 – 8 Minute Dating
Sunday the 27th of April 2003 I drove up in the Hollywood Hills to look at rental places. I stopped in a neighboorhood and took a picture of the Hollywood…
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Chapter 4: LA part 6 – Cheaper By the Dozen
Pasadena Rose Bowl Stadium Sunday 4th of May 2003. I am now at Pasadena Inn, a hotel room like any other. It even has the multi striped colored bedspread I…
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Chapter 4: LA part 7 – Busy Busy
Monday the 5th of May 2003 Being an extra on set the day before was a real inspiration booster! I went through LA weekly magazine/newspaper and found a few ads…
Chapter 5
From 11th of May until 16th of June. ISM disappoints. Finding a new home in Santa Monica. Working on various movies, TV and a music video.
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Chapter 5: LA part 1 – Moving Forward
A very early Mothers Day Sunday 11 May 2003. I find it interesting the experiences life gives me. Moving to Los Angeles to become an actor and model has been…
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Chapter 5: LA part 2 – A New Home
Sunday 11th of May 2003. I have up to this point received two replies from my post on Craigslist, one from a girl moving out of a 3 bedroom, 2…
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Chapter 5: LA part 5 – Photo Session and the Audition
The in between moments Wednesday the 21st of May 2003. Yesterday I began to meditate again. Bascially sitting in a chair with my back straight letting myself think of nothing.…
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Chapter 5: LA part 6 – Santa Monica
My New Home! Monday the 26th of May 2003. This is the day I move into my first apartment! I will be living in Santa Monica in a real nice…
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Chapter 5: LA part 7 – There’s Gotta Be More to Life
Wednesday the 28th of May 2003 The end of something It is the end of May and a feeling of starting over has come over me. There are periods in…
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Chapter 5: LA part 8 – MTV Burnt part 1 Rehearsal
Feeling alive! Plugged in and energized! MTV Reality show Burnt – Part 1 The Rehearsal -. Thursday the 5th of June 2003. I felt so alive this morning as if…
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Chapter 5: LA part 9 – Lost Focus part 1 Bar Scene
Sunday 8th of June 2003. Lost Focus, the name of an Independent movie written, produced and directed by Sanford Fleishman. Has en entry at IMDB (Image Movie Database) where I am also…
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Chapter 5: LA part 10 – MTV Burnt part 2 Live
Monday 9th of June 2003. I drove to LA Center Studios to meet the others from the MTV Reality show “Burnt.” MTV has multiple offices at this location and the…
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Chapter 5: LA part 11 – Lost Focus part 2 Waiter
The evening: Monday 9th of June 2003. Heading for Newport Beach I drove out from LA Center Studios (after a day working on Mtv’s Burnt) heading for Newport Beach. My…
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Chapter 5: LA part 12 – Starsky & Hutch
Wednesday 11 June 2003 For two days I was a part of a bigger Bat Mitzvah scene in the movie Starsky & Hutch. Wardrobe I really messed up figuring out…
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Chapter 5: LA part 13 – Sucker Free City
Sunday the 15th of June 2003. Sucker Free City I came home around 9.30pm and checked the Extras Casting Guild and noticed that Monica Cooper had placed a Rush Call…
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Chapter 5: LA part 14 – American Wedding
Sometime in June of 2003. American Wedding The third movie in the American Pie series by Universal Studios. I was part of the background in a hotel scene where the…
Chapter 6
From 16th of June until 12th of July. The spiritual journey attending multiple Amma conferences. In Los Angeles and in Santa Fee, New Mexico.
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Chapter 6: LA part 2 – Blind Date Show
Thursday the 26th of June 2003. The Blind Date – dating show I had an appointment at 5pm today at 5700 Wilshire in the same building were Variety Fair the…
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Chapter 6: The Spiritual Journey part 2
My spiritual journey As it happened over a few weeks. Part 2 – The Amma Retreat In Santa Fe New Mexico Monday the 30th of June 2003. Mikayla and I…
Chapter 7
From 12th of July until 2nd of October. The blurred figure firing a gun into the camera. Acting class ended. Resting. Feeling depressed. Going to Minneapolis for 2 months.
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Chapter 7: LA part 1 – 21 Grams
Sunday the 12th of July 2003 I drove south to Sand Pedro to attend the Norwegian service at the Sailor church. I had not planned on going there but that…
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Chapter 7: Minneapolis
The long break. Friday 25th of July.Friday morning came and I got up excited to know that I was going home. The trip back to Minneapolis went smooth, and I…
Chapter 8
From 2nd of October until I leave back to Norway 12th of January 2004.
Meeting Tess. The movie Taxi. Perspectives. 21 Grams screening. Going back to Minneapolis and eventually Norway.
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Chapter 8: LA part 2 – The Movie Taxi
Monday 27th of October 2003.I called the Jeff Olan hotline at 5 pm and heard over the hotline that they had work on a movie called Taxi, so I called…
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Chapter 8: LA part 4 – Lemony Snicket
Thursday 6th of November 2003. I went to the fitting for Lemony Snicket a series of unfortunate events a movie with Jim Carrey and Meryl Streep. A Victorian/modern movie not…
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Chapter 8: LA part 5 – The Screening of 21 Grams
Friday 7th of November.I was supposed to have brought Tess with me to the screening for 21 Grams but I know we both need time away from each other so…
Chapter 9
Not written yet.
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