Sorry to be a downer,


I went to a wonderful wrap party for season 2 of UGLY BETTY tonight. It was a blast, full of cast, crew, producers, writers, etc. I had a lot of fun with America, Michael and a bunch of other nice people. In fact, even after working on the show for so long, I had somehow never gotten pictures of myself with any of the people I've worked with. So, tonight I took a lot of pictures and had a great time.

Then, walking back to my friends' car, about a block away from the party, two men jumped out of their car and held a gun to my face and stole my wallet and my friends' purse/camera/phone. They drove away and I've spent the past 2 hours talking with the police and my credit card companies.

There's a sad part of me that is just happy that I got away alive and that my friend wasn't hurt. There's another sad part of me that is happy they got me and not America Ferrera, Michael Urie, Judith Light or anybody else at the party with WAY more money than myself. There's another sad part of me that is so angry that I just want to see these people put behind bars as soon as possible.  It's sad how quickly your life can be affected... and even more sad how angry a few people's SAD choices can affect people's lives.

It bothers me that this was Hollywood. I've lived in New York, Astoria, Queens, Florida, Kentucky, Virginia, Texas, all over... and this crap happened in the heart of Hollywood near a MAJOR intersection. I'm just glad we were smart enough to hand over our money so quickly. Because I can tell you, even with a gun in my face, my first reaction was to nail this guy in the face with as many punches as I could muster... but instead I looked at my female friend and realized it'd be better to hand over my wallet and call the police.

Be careful kids. And let's hope these guys get caught before they do too much damage. The police told us that this has happened a few times in the past few weeks. And on top of that, as we were in their car, we heard a radio call saying another mugging happened with the same description...about 30 minutes after ours.

_david




***EDIT*** To answer a question, yes. The camera in my friend's purse that was stolen was MINE. My camera with all the pics of myself with America, Michael, Eric, Becki, etc. :(

Thanks so much for listening to me vent. The police were nice enough to give us a ride back home, and my friends had just given us a ride to get our car back when I wrote that. I was just in such awe and so incredibly pissed when I got home that I needed to vent. Regardless, thank you everyone for being curious enough to read this entry [or any for that matter]. And thank you all so much for sending your kind words. I know that this isn't the first time this kind of thing has happened, and I just hope that these guys get caught before they have the chance to get anyone else...or hurt anyone. Please be careful out there. This kind of thing can happen anywhere. From Times Square, to Whytheville, VA to a country road.

But just to clear things up so I don't appear to have spoken out of turn:

The season is not officially over. They just finished the last episode before the end of the strike. So they had a well-deserved get-together before people celebrated the holidays wherever they were doing so. I think everybody wholeheartedly hopes that the strike will end soon and we'll all be back to work by February. Also, as a Recurring, I'm not there everyday, so I especially am not privy to any information like when/if the next episode shoots. Please take my comments with a grain of salt. :)

*** I completely appreciate your concern. And while I also appreciate the offers of support and help, it's absolutely not necessary. Thank you immensely for the thoughts though. :)


_d