Well, I’m back! I really don’t have any good excuse for my absence, except to say I’ve been directing my energies elsewhere. I hope you all were able to catch my “Ellen” episode, and also (finally) the episode of “The Price is Right.” I received a huge box from CBS Studios the other day, containing… Continue reading Oh the Places You’ll Go
Most people tend to hate Mondays. They come too soon, they last too long, and they are only the beginning of another full week of work. Then, there are those of us who work in the customer service sector. Since Monday’s tend to be slow for us, I usually get the day off. After working… Continue reading Just Another Manic Monday
I needed a vacation. After working Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years, and even Martin Luther King, Jr. day, it was about time I took a break. But... where to go? Home to Indiana? Nope, just saw my folks for three weeks. Visit friends in Chicago? BRRRRRrrr. Not worth it. Roadtrip up to Santa Cruz? Did that… Continue reading Sun and Snow
I know, I know. I really should have taken him down already. Christmas was what... a month ago now? But there's something so sweet about a little Christmas tree, decorated with simple ball ornaments and tinsel. I purchased him a few weeks before the holidays, due in great part to the large amount of presents… Continue reading (Away from) Home for the Holidays
It has been six months since I set out in my perpetually dusty Ford Escape, traversing the West with Ten, like the first explorers. Six months since I sunk my toes into the warm sand and watched as the Laguna waves crawled over my feet. One hundred and eighty days since I landed in a… Continue reading Six-Month Anniversary
"If youse wants to learn da secret of "Hal" Cappone's whereabouts be in da "Back Room" at S. P. Keasy's Place Twenty-third street and Michigan at 7:00 pm tonight. Refreshments'll be soived. Don't tell nobody! Be dere!" The invitation continued on, containing information about the characters that would be attending the gathering. There was also… Continue reading Birthday Shenanigans
A colorful assortment of work schedules are currently spread across my kitchen table. I had to go back and check that the numbers were right for my payroll accounts (since the "new girl" still doesn't have her clock-in codes to take care of all that). What did I discover? Last week, from Wednesday morning until… Continue reading Where Am I?
I opened my Facebook account to find that I had a new message waiting for me. It was from Anayo, one of the guys I had met working on set a few weeks ago. He had told me about a project that he was going to be directing, so I wasn't entirely surprised when I… Continue reading All in a Day’s Work
Are you an actress? I have been asked this question at least two dozen times since my arrival in Los Angeles. I have answered in a variety of ways, from a flat “No” to hemming and hawing about my experience in theater. But I’ve learned that it is just best to say: “Yes, I am.”… Continue reading Stars and Seagulls
Okay, so this post is just a quick “life update”. I love writing about all my adventures in LA, but I know some of you are concerned with whether I have a roof over my head! Here’s what’s happening: 1) Home: Our big group split into two, in order to make our search for housing… Continue reading Reality? Check.
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