"No matter how high the stakes, sooner or later you're just gonna have to go with your gut. And maybe, just maybe, that'll take you right where you were supposed to be." Meredith Grey [Grey's Anatomy]

Yesterday was about taking risks.

Well, maybe not risks per say, but about putting yourself out there and not being afraid. This morning we drove out to Santa Monica to meet the makeup kids and join them on their excursions. We ate some DELICIOUS Chinese food and then went to the Makeup Effects Lab (MEL) in...somewhere...California. Hollywood maybe? I don't know. Anyway they do everything! All kinds of makeup stuff for film, tv, commercials, etc. They get hired to do whatever and they do it. We toured their big warehouse and talked to a really cool guy (who's name escapes me) about what he's done over the years. And we talked about how he got started, words of wisdom, and silicon pieces. It was pretty cool. And then I went shopping ;)

One of the coolest things, however, is when we were touring the warehouse and we went into this giant room filled with head/body casts of actors they'd worked on over the years. They keep them on hand just in case they ever need to make something for that actor again. And because they already have the cast it saves them time and money (which makes them more likely to be hired again).

Look! It's me and Val Kilmer's plaster head!!

So, on that note - let's talk about the song for today! I found it fitting, since we were talking about taking risks, that I should choose this song. Because love is about taking risks too! I mean, come on people. It's crazy, love and relationships. Not even necessarily in a romantic way, either. That's make makes our relationships worth something, in the end. It took risk and work to keep them. And that's my two cents. Hopefully it makes sense. It's early.

Also, this song was inspired by the fact that yesterday at MEL they had one of the red suits from the "Freak" video. Yup. Good old George Michael.

#11 Faith

George Michael

Well I guess it would be nice
If I could touch your body
I know not everybody
Has got a body like you

But I've got to think twice
Before I give my heart away
And I know all the games you play
Because I play them too

Oh but I
Need some time off from that emotion
Time to pick my heart up off the floor
And when that love comes down
Without devotion
Well it takes a strong man baby
But I'm showing you the door

'Cause I gotta have faith...

Baby
I know you're asking me to stay
Say please, please, please, don't go away
You say I'm giving you the blues
Maybe
You mean every word you say
Can't help but think of yesterday
And another who tied me down to loverboy rules

Before this river
Becomes an ocean
Before you throw my heart back on the floor
Oh baby I reconsider
My foolish notion
Well I need someone to hold me
But I'll wait for something more

Yes I've gotta have faith...