After a long day of shooting the fun continued as we sang this great song for the camera.  Fiona Apple's "Criminal" has always been a girl anthem - who hasn't been a bad bad girl?

Funny outtakes and a round of Rock Paper Scissors add some flavah...

This Thursday, July 26 is the first day of the New Year according to the lunar calendar.  This means Wednesday is the "day out of time" giving us a chance to be free and timeless, renewing our intentions for the year to come. 

It is a great time to gather and focus on the peace we want for our world, the health of our planet and the joy we can create at this great time of transformation.  For every one time the earth goes around the sun, the moon goes around the earth 13 times.  This year is the year of the White Lunar Wizard. 

We are currently approaching the culmination of a 26,000 year evolutionary cycle on the winter solstice, December 21, 2012, which marks the beginning of the Age of Aquarius.  (Cue music...).  This 26,000 year period marks our Solar System's completion of one orbital cycle around Alcyone, the Central star. (Stay with me...)

Discussed by many ancient cultures including the Maya, Hopi, Egyptians, Kabbalists, Navajo, Cherokee, Apache, Iroquois, and Aborigines, the completion of this cycle brings regeneration of the Earth, offering an awakening to all open and willing hearts.

The Sun and the Earth are evolving to the next stage of their life-cycles and increasing their energetic and vibratory rates.  We have the chance to do the same and this is our opportunity to choose our own destiny and in turn, affect the evolution of our world.  

I can certainly feel this shift in energy and feel a heightened sense of responsibility to what is ultimately my contribution to the world.  From my perspective, there are more of "us" (those that live their lives with love and hope) than there are of "them" (those that live through hate and fear) and we have the ability to overcome the trials we are facing.  We can't save the whole world as individuals but we can affect the people around us.  A powerful force when we put it all together, we are capable of clearing the way and allowing this revolution to benefit everyone.

Check out more on the lunar calendar at http://www.13moon.com/. 

"Wealth is not measured by dollars and cents but by the love we make, the laughter we enjoy, the meals we share, the dreams we experience and the hopes we create.  Real connections are our most precious treasures, whether they are with those that share our orbit or with our true and humble selves."

~Amy Georgette Hamaoui

~ Marianne Williamson, author on spirituality and activist for peace

(Quoted by Nelson Mandela in his 1994 Inauguration Speech)

let me tell you what i love about my life. i get to be free, do and think as i please, say anything, love a lot of people, be obsessed with music, party my ass off, make money, spend money, live in a beautiful house, eat whatever i want, sleep in on the weekends, be productive and helpful, listen and be listened to, dance for myself, have a future full of possibility, make decisions, see many options in front of me, travel down the street or halfway across the world, be artistic, tap into my intuition, feel connections, and believe in vibration and spirit and energy and buddha and jesus and shiva and Iah and Ra and God and the universe and enlightenment all at once. rockin. yes.

Amy Georgette Hamaoui

Professional Bio

Amy Hamaoui is a Client Service Manager at PainePR and brings a blend of public relations, television and entertainment experience to the firm.  Amy has demonstrated her expertise in management, production and media relations to a diverse range of clients including Sony, Levi's, Dockers, Blockbuster, Pampers, Hoover, myGoodDeed.org, BabyFirstTV, and DIRECTV. 

Amy has worked on numerous award-winning programs, such as Pampers Kandoo^TM product launch and Potty Bowl, the Levi's "Fit Experience" coast-to-coast tour, and the launch of BabyFirstTV, the first subscription-based channel dedicated to infant development.  These awards have included the highest industry recognition for excellence in public relations, including PR Week's "Campaign of the Year" for BabyFirstTV.

Amy led the re-branding effort of myGoodDeed.org (formerly One Day's Pay) in 2006 for the fifth anniversary of 9/11 with CEO and founder, David Paine.  myGoodDeed.org is the campaign to establish Sept. 11 as a National Day of Voluntary Service and is supported by Congress and leading 9/11 family groups.  Amy managed logistics and media relations for three major events including a press conference with Senator Hillary Clinton and also edited the campaign's public service announcements, voiced by supporter and Academy Award nominee Gary Sinise, distributed nationally on ClearChannel and Fox Networks.

Amy also managed the "Levi's Fit Experience," a coast-to-coast tour that tested sophisticated body scanning technology with consumers and media to find perfect-fitting jeans, a common challenge for many women.  The total program garnered more than 69 million impressions, producing $1.6 million in ad value - a 220 percent return on investment.  As a result of the successful tour, Levi's implemented the permanent installation of the scanners in their stores nationwide.  Amy has also produced various sizzle reels highlighting media coverage for Levi's, DIRECTV, Ivory and myGoodDeed.org, and is a member of the Business Intelligence committee for PainePR.

Prior to joining PainePR, Amy developed programming for Fine Living, a start-up network owned by Scripps Networks (HGTV, DIY and Food Network).  Amy was on the original team of ten executives that launched the 24-hour lifestyle network in 2001, which grew to 30 million viewers in her three-year tenure.  Amy managed 50 percent of the networks' programming slate of weekly series and specials, developing strong relationships with producers and talent, including Gordon Elliott, Al Roker, Michael Chiarello, Cynthia Rowley, and master sommelier Andrea Immer.  Amy facilitated the development and production of each episode from pitch to final cut.  She also handled master program scheduling and produced numerous presentation reels and in-flights of Fine Living programming for four major airlines. 

Earlier in her career, Amy worked at DreamWorks SKG in Television Research and Syndication, aiding in major distribution deals for the hit series "Spin City" and cult favorite "Freaks & Geeks."  She assisted the writer/executive producer on the Jerry Bruckheimer film "National Treasure" (2004), and worked as associate field producer on "Invasion Iowa," a Spike TV reality mini-series starring William Shatner.

Amy graduated in 2000 from the University of Southern California, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Annenberg School for Communication (Dean's List) with a minor in Cinema-Television.  She is currently in training to become a certified yoga teacher through YogaWorks Orange County and teaches a weekly yoga class at PainePR.

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