Day 25. Important Calls and Impromptu Shopping

Today we were ticking something off my list. Ok, well it wasn’t officially on THE list more a sub-list. Visiting Hollister! A place of bargains and style. Or if anyone has visited Hollister would know it’s shopping in the dark. They feel the need to turn off all the lights and turn the music up. I think it’s like torture, instead of spilling the beans of your countries closets secrets you instead panic buy any clothes in your vicinity.   

Gym first. (I am annoying myself by writing ‘gym’ so many times). Then my second most done thing this trip-coffee. I managed to bring my laptop along, and although it wasn’t an Apple branded one, I sat with it out, and pretended to tap away. Muttering things like ‘I need this deal in the bag’ and ‘Buy low, sell high’. importance is my middle name. Back at home I started my call backs, I had 18 agents to call back after sending out my Resume and Headshots. The difficulty is, with most of these agents they have an intern working on the front desk. This is surprisingly the hardest part. Charming them is not an option. And responses where in most cases ‘well, if they haven’t got back to you then they’re not interested’ I wanted to hear it from the horse’s mouth. Was I being too arrogant by thinking chances are that wouldn’t be the case? Of course not. With most it was a generic ‘no’, some said they ‘weren’t taken actors on currently’ and some said ‘we’ll get back to you’. Naturally it was difficult, but that is the nature of this business and I am used to rejection (in a non dramatic and depressing way, but a more realistic outlook). Like a surge of femininity came over me, shopping would cure such anxieties. Then we made our way on over to Westfield’s. I didn’t even realise Westfield was a worldly branded shopping centre. We moseyed around the shops but Hollister is where we wanted to be. As ever it was dark, and loud. But no one was working, and I mean no one. It’s like they all went for lunch and left the ‘Back In Five’ in the staff room. After being asked by people ‘can you help me’? ‘While I appreciate your assumption that me and this model body works here, I am also a customer’. Finally I got served and just as I did, another girl walked behind the counter flustered. The original girl had started conversation with me. The classic ‘where you from?’ ‘Oh, London that’s very far away’ and then as the other girl turned up ‘for godsake Claris, you need to call if you’re going to be late! I’ve been working my ass off!’ There was a sudden change in tone. The late girl looked at me. ‘I’ve told you not to talk to me like that in front of customers’! Nodding at me for agreement. I looked at the floor. ‘I am your boss, and if you keep being late I won’t be for much longer’. It was getting awkward, my clothes had been totted up and I wanted out of there. ‘Hopefully not for long!’ the late girl spat. I didn’t know who to agree with, it was fun and yet embarrassing. I bet they do that to everyone though. A planned argument. I was out and had my clothes.

We had another celebrity spot. Jay Leno none the less. 

He is a very big chat show host. Equivalent to Jonathan Ross, just substitute the large hair for a chin and they’re basically the same person. Except I can’t imagine Jay making jokes and Basil from ‘Fawlty Towers’ daughter. Then back home. We watched Warrior which I have already seen but couldn’t describe to Tris how good it was, and he too couldn’t describe it after he saw it. 

Lesson Learnt: Accept feminie attributes, as sometimes they've got it right.