Life is...

...good, but hard!

Ok, we all know that, right? I had a fantastic week last week. Worked every day, Monday thru Friday on various shows. Look for me in a bout a month on Brothers and Sisters, Cougartown and an MTV reality show with pro skateboarder Rob Drydek.

I was also a part of a very top secret project called "Manhattan". I honestly can't tell you what it really was, but I can say that it's the new movie being filmed by Kenneth Branagh with Anthony Hopkins and Renee Russo... I won't tell you to look it up on www.imdb.com ... But, when the movie does come out, I'll see if I can find myself, and I'll post where to find me!

Do look for me on this coming Monday's episode of Greek. I should have some good face time at the Panhellenic meeting with Catherine out in the courtyard.

Had a great Valentine's Day. I've always been opposed to the day because I don't think that the romantic ideals of a relationship can culminate on one single day. It's a day full of pressure and hollow gestures; giving roses, teddy bears and chocolates. Roses die, teddy bears are for children and chocolates make me fat. I would rather have a live plant, a trip to the zoo and sushi.

Two thirds of which, I got. My Vday gift was 7 vegetable and herb seed packets to be planted throughout the year, a new pot, organic potting soil and the obligatory sweetheart candies (no calories!). Tim and I took a nice long walk through our neighborhood and the park, then went to dinner at a sushi restaurant (not too expensive) before coming home and catching up on Glee.

We did look into a trip to the zoo, and found out that if you make a "donation", they have an annual pass, not only for the Los Angeles zoo, but zoos and aquariums all over SoCal. I'm pretty stoked about it, and it's on our list of things to save up for!

Unfortunately, we had Monday off. Apparently, nobody films on President's Day, so we went hiking instead. We drove out to the Santa Monica mountains and hiked in the preserve to a place called the grotto. It was a nice 3 mile hike, and there was enough rock climbing to satiate our need to scale bits of nature like lizards :o)

Came home, exhausted, made pizza from scratch and then went out for a beer with my cousin Krysty and the cousins who live here. Had a great time chatting and catching up with everyone and then it was home and off to bed!

Today I got paid to sit around and play poker for a print ad that will be on fulltilt.com
I don't know if I'll actually be in the picture because they kept moving us in and out of the shot, but look for it in a month or so!

I'll post more when I find out the air dates (or see myself) and other info for the shows I've been working on.

Sometimes

Sometimes
Things don't go your way.
Sometimes
You cover you ass as best you know how, but it still gets bitten.
Sometimes
I just feel like I don't know what I'm doing right or wrong.
Sometimes
I can't win for losing.
Sometimes
I wait too long and chances pass me by and now I have to pay the piper.

*sigh*

Live and learn I guess, but I sure wish I knew without learning....... Sometimes.

Up, Up and Awaaaaaaayyy!

That's what is happening to my career this year! It's only Feb 2nd, and already I had my Golden Birthday (I turned 27 on the 27th! ps, I'm totally ok with belated gifts), I got cast in a movie (more later), I'm booked for the month of March on a project, I got new headshots and I'm waiting to hear back on casting for a major motion picture!

*phew*

So, the movie. In mid-December, I was invited to audition for a short film a friend of a friend is filming. My friend, Maura, told me about her friend, Ronnie who wrote and will be directing a short film for her grad student thesis project. So, I went to the audition, and I was really happy with what I did and how it went, but I would have to wait a month before I heard anything... Over the month, I received a few emails from Maura (the production coordinator, also) checking my availability and letting me know that Ronnie couldn't decide between me and another actress for the lead role... So I waited... and waited...

...and waited...

...Till finally, on my birthday (!) I got a text from Maura telling me that Ronnie decided to cast me as the lead! WOOHOO!!!!! Filming doesn't begin until late March, so I've got time to figure out what the heck I'm supposed to do in front of a camera! It's a short film, only 20 min or so, about a girl who is coming home for the first time in 6 years. Her sister is an alcoholic and she has to figure out if she is able to forgive her sister for something.... *dun dun dunnnnnnnn* (dramatic music). It's called "Places Like These" and I will get a copy, but I have no idea when. Will update when I hear anything!

Now, I'm booked in March to be a part of the Art Department (Co Art Director, thankyouverymuch) on a new film. I know nothing about it, except that it will pay my bills, haha!

I finally got some new headshots. The ones I got over a year ago were good, but I don't have a light brown bob anymore, so I had to have pictures that look like me! A makeup artist friend told me and Tim about friends of hers that do a wicked cheap photo session a few times a year. So, we got dolled up (well, I did) and took our selves and our clothes and went and had a fun photo session with two wonderful professionals. One of them used to be a casting director, so she knows what pictures CD's look for and how to take them. I think I got a couple of good shots in, and it was only $50! I used my birthday money from Grandad and Grandma Barb to pay for mine and Tim's pictures, so I think it went to good use! I'll have a cd of my images sometime next week, and then comes the arduous process of picking the "good" ones.

Now, the major motion picture. I can't really say much because of the non-disclosure agreement I signed, but I can tell you that it is a Marvel comic film... the working title is "Manhattan" and it's going to be freaking awesome! Cross your fingers I get the call for a fitting this week, and I'll tell you more when I'm allowed!! It's not a speaking role; don't get too excited, but it will still be amazing to be a part of!

Dinner time!