Los Angeles Trip a.k.a. The Spring Break I Never Had

It's official. I'll be in Los Angeles in less than TWO WEEKS for this year's PRISM Awards, which are scheduled for Tuesday, April 24.

Annualy presented by the Entertainment Industries Council, the PRISM Awards are designed to recognize the accurate depiction of health and social issues in feature film, television, video, comic book, music entertainment and interactive media. These issues include:

• drug, alchohol and tobacco use and addiction
• mental health issues including depression, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia

I bought a nonrefundable plane ticket this past Thursday, so there's really no more of a choice in the matter--which is fine by me :-) I'll be flying into LAX the Saturday before the event, which will give me that afternoon and evening, all day Sunday and some of Monday for free time. The awards will be held that Tuesday, and then I fly back into Dulles on Wednesday evening.

I was told to expect working about an 18-hour work day on the day of the event. Comfortable (but stylish) shoes are, of course, a MUST. Craziness is to be expected, but I cannot wait!