So I finally found a job that doesn't require driving an hour through the forestry's Kern River canyon to get there. Worse yet, I happen to love it. I'm substitute teaching at a lock-down facility for troubled young men. They're extraordinarily polite and, because their length of stay is effected by how cooperative and active they are in class, they're oddly attentive. What more could a girl want than a a captive, responsive audience.
Free time, that's what. Now reading the casting calls stirs a longing in me to flee, to skip school to run to an audition. As I watch the opportunities pass me by, I try to scheme for auditions and shoot dates that won't interfere with work, but just today I received to invites to try out for roles I'd love and I had to turn them down. Moreover, word has spread around our small school staff that I'm an excellent sub so I'm already booking work for March. YAY, Money! Boo, I can't try out for that film shooting in March.
Not all is lost, though. Money will allow me to take more classes. Money will get me closer to an ideal home in LA. Money will also allow me to continue to produce kitschy youtube sketches. Also, past work is finally coming to pay off in reel form and also in my first IMDB credit that I, myself, did not have to pay to list. Neat!
A special thanks to www.itcasting.biz for that!
I hope everyone had a pleasant holiday, whichever one you may have celebrated, and a meaningful New Year's Eve. Have a good laugh and some motivation for your resolutions at http://thisiswhyyourefat.com/ . My HERO this month is Lisa Merkin, who also got her first imbd credit with me and who is kicking butt and not taking names in her very new and increasingly successful journey on the comedy stage at the young and forever age of 49. Whoot Whoot! My frugal tip for those recyclers of you smart enough to NOT be wasteful, dump your small trash in the gas station and say goodbye to your garbage bill. This only works if you don't have sympathy for station attendants and you restrain your American consumer tendencies.
be conscientious,
me