#Adventures in Randomness and Rock & Roll w @leah_cevoli (a place to crash)
<editorsnote> Nerds, meet my buddy Leah. She's pretty rad and has an INCREDIBLY random life. Like, no - for reals ... did you know she has an obsession with vampires, psychics, and tarot card readers ... and she had more sex as a teenager than in her 30s ... anddddd she even had two ex boyfriends die violently - one from a heroin overdose, and the other was murdered. Holy moly roli poli oli - that shit be cray cray. Either way, she's now here to write about her life, love, and all things nerd. I only have one more thing left to say ... HIT IT LEAH!!</editorsnote>
#TalkNerdyToMeLover's @Leah_Cevoli
I'm in the process of moving out of the town house I've lived in for 7 out of my 13 years in LA. That's longer than 1/2 the time here, and double the years spent in college or high school. That's a long time.
All sorts of ups and downs and emotions to experience. 7 days till gypsy mode begins.
And then came a #NostalgiaMoment
My friend Candi Sansone, is an incredible hair and makeup artist for movies and rock music videos based. She's based out of Chicago, we have been dieing to work with each other for at least 5 years if not longer, but alas our projects have yet to be in the same city.
Upon seeing that www.JediCamp.com was hiring for our shoot on May 5th & 6th, Candi offered to fly herself out here for the gig, as long as she could "crash with me".
*Sigh* I had to say no.
And that my friends, is something I have never done. I absolutely adore when friends and family come to "crash" (or visit) me in my little townhouse here on Barham.
For the past 7 years, I have been "the" place to crash.
The summer of 2009 my High School friend Mika stayed here off and on for a few months, while she was exploring a relationship with a guy she met here in LA, before uprooting her, her family, and her career from PA. It was nice to have her occasional visits that summer. She lives in Silver Lake now. They got married.
My friend Trisha stayed here off and on most of 2010. She lived in Phoenix and was flying into LA once a month or so to get her Real Estate Liscense.
I've had at least a 1/2 dozen friends stay here for a few months before transitioning to another place or city...
And yes, I've even had the occasional out of town band staying here. One summer, not too long ago, New Past Life and another band the singer was managing, crashed here. I think there were 7 or 8 ppl on my living room floor.
And when Marilyn stayed with me. Well, that summer, I had a boy in my bed and a boy on my couch.
lol
True Story.
Anyways... it was the way I was brought up. My parents always had an open door policy. From friends to family, if someone needed a place to stay, no matter what the reason, they could stay with us.
I enjoyed being that person for the past 7 years. And I'm so thilled to look back at the many, many, old friends and new friends that have crashed with me over the years.