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even MORE photos
Here’s my friend Yami and me on July 4.
Here’s Mike and me on July 4.
Here’s Mike pretending to be passed out on the sidewalk while Brian takes a photo of him. (This is an ongoing photo series.)
Here’s Bret playing a rusty trombone. (Get it?)
Here’s me wearing a hat and glasses because when I see hats and glasses I have to put them on.
Here’s me at the beach looking like I totally belong.
Here’s my friend Brian wearing a stylish sweater.
Here’s the Nagel poster that Mike hung on the outside of his recording studio.
And here’s the Nagel when Mike and Brian attempted to set it on fire with firecrackers. I tried to stay inside but they made me come out and take a photo. (This whole adventure is recounted in this episode of The Daily Alison.)
More photos
Here’s a photo I took in New York when I was trying to see if I wanted to buy the above lip gloss.
I want something that makes me look kind of dead but not just any kind of dead, I explained. I’m looking specifically for a death-from-hypothermia effect.
And then I had a couple auditions and then after one of them I visited my friend’s boyfriend’s office at VH1 and took a photo of his awesome and yet scary window view.
Here’s another one.
And another one.
And then I flew to CA and these two fuckers greeted me at the airport.
And then here’s a photo of my older brothers. “Nice photo, is that recent?” I asked my dad. Then I laughed a lot because my brothers are in their 40s. Ha! Get it? It’s pretty hilarious.
And then yesterday I went to CAA where the lobby is big and shiny and for some reason I kept thinking about how much you’d mess yourself up if you went running straight into one of the giant slabs of marble or if you happened to wipe out on the stairs.
Headshots
So I’m super overdue in posting photos which is what always happens when I come to CA. First I get a suntan and then I get plastic surgery and then I forget to put photos into my blog. It’s a problem. Anyway, I’m now going back and catching us all up.
So I needed new headshots. Here’s the image from the shoot that it looks like I might be going with although there are a zillion other images which I enjoy spending my time poring over and also talking to.
Wait, here’s an image (below) which has nothing to do with headshots but I’ll be just damned if I’m going to re-categorize now. Check it out, it’s the dorm I lived in at Pomona College which was recently featured on Top Chef Masters. Fun fact: the other side of that dorm was the exterior of Eastland from Facts of Life!
Ok back to the headshots. They were shot by the super awesome Ben Goldstein. If you need photos I recommend him. 
The above is me just hanging out looking dewy.
Why did I look dewy, you ask? Because my makeup was done by the also super awesome Vincenza Carovillano. I was planning on doing my makeup myself and then about 20 hours before the shoot I freaked out and realized I probably shouldn’t do it myself and Vincenza, who used to do makeup on Weekend Today in New York where I did Best Bets for three years came to my rescue and she was a Godsend. Without her my face would have looked weird and my bra would have been showing and my shirt would have been wrinkly and plus, I wouldn’t have laughed as much. Seriously, I can’t thank her and Ben enough.
This is me with Vincenza.
Here’s Ben and me. At this point I was so tired I was leaning entirely on Ben I think.
And then after I went to a party that Diana Falzone threw. I made sure that we took a photo where we looked kinda drunk and blue-tinted.
The Daily Alison (Where I broadcast from the office of Trevor)
The Daily Alison (Where my friends set fire to a Nagel… also, my dad!)
Hey everyone! I have a longer blog post in me with all sorts of photos and details. I’ve been running around keeping my friends from setting themselves aflame so I haven’t had time to blog. Also, there was the bike ride and, as you’ll see in the above video, the walking. But soon I’ll be back to more regular blogging, I promise!
The Daily Alison (Where I talk to my friends in a car. Plus Tobey and my dad make appearances!)
The Daily Alison (Where I talk to my dad in person about my daredevil athleticism)
Don’t tell my parents but I think I’m a little sunburned!
The Daily Alison (where I interview Tobey in the house I grew up in )
The Daily Alison (Where Rex Sorgatz answers tough questions in person!)
When I told my imaginary camera man that we were going on location to shoot someone he suggested we use some professional equipment and try to get both people in the shot. “Hell no!” I thundered. My viewers have come to expect a certain level of homespun ineptitude and I’ll be damned if I’m going to start changing it up now. Then I insisted he get a tight shot of my hairline and a sliver of one of my eyes.
Today’s guest is Rex Sorgatz whom I didn’t really properly introduce but he’s a writer, media personality and longtime blogger. It turns out he and I both used to write for Minneapolis City Pages and can spout useless-but-interesting critical theory. Plus, we have some mutual friends.
Fun fact: The second or third question in the Alison Rosen Getting To Know You Getting To Know Me Quiz is always “What’s your favorite condiment?” 100 percent of people polled have said mustard. That’s like four or five people!