my my my..i've been gone for a while..well February and March have been quite busy. I've been working alot (non actor job) and have started SAVING money! Yes...did you know that is possible to do while living in NYC? well...it is. I am determined to have a healthy amount of savings by the end of the year and for years to come.

I booked a few jobs in March...I'm excited for them to be released. I worked with Collegehumor.com and the sketch we shot is hilarious! I can't wait to see it. I love doing comedy..hope to do more and more of it.

I bought a new monologue book and have found some good material. I am always on the search for a comedic monologue. Often they sound corny to me when I read them in books...I'm much more into seeing a show and hearing the monologue first when it comes to comedy. It helps me explore the many ways to interpret the lines. I'm excited for April and also recognizing that busy season will soon end! eeeek! Summer is always so slow around these parts for me. I am looking forward to Spring and Summer and taking some classes.

Oh and that non actor Rachel I had been searching for and trying to understand better in the beginning of the year...I found her :-)

That's all folks.

February

Happy Sunday everyone! Finally we are in February...I didn't think January was every going to end..it just felt like the longest month ever. January was pretty good to me..booked 2 pilots and shot them which was awesome. I also took a commercial class with Angela Mickey at Liz Lewis Casting which was really cool. Not to mention tons of auditions and visiting my Grandma..I did quite a bit in January. But now moving on to February..tomorrow I will be in the 2nd reading of Arthur French's "Red Train towards a Mexican Sunset" at the Dwyer Center in Harlem. It's a pretty interesting story and I get to play the comic relief! Love it! I love Comedies but rarely ever do them.

Other than that...I am working on a few writing projects (yes writing...The first script I ever wrote was a Clueless parody when I was a teenager with my good friend Amanda)...reading a bunch of books and trying to develop the NON actor Rachel. It's very easy in this biz to be consumed with the business...constantly taking classes, auditions, memorizing, seeing shows, watching movies..all that is to learn and find your process to the work..it's hard to figure out who you are without all that. That's what I'm interested in finding out.

"On a deeper level, learning to separate one's professional life from one's creative life is among the most complex growth experiences that any working artist undergoes."-Tales from the Script

Happy New Year

well..2011 started off on the right foot. I have been auditioning like crazy..It's wonderful to start off a new year with a refreshed sense of self and purpose but even better when my actors access cmail box can reinforce my initiative to do MORE and be BETTER this year. I booked my first gig last week..shot a Promo/Sizzle Reel for a dating show that is being pitched to a few networks. It was a fun easy shoot..the lingering knowledge of having to wear a bikini in front of a green screen was a major help from steering away from the Kraft services table of cookies and bagels that just HAVE to be on every freaking set. Bagels are equivalent to 5 slices of bread..although I love my bagels...not interested in the bloat from the butter/cream cheese that would follow..but I digress. Oooh also went on my first print casting last week...that was interesting. I was taken to a white wall...had some photos taken of me..and that was that. I wished I could have said something funny or done something..then I realized it's not about my personality..it's simply about how I look. SO weird.

This week I have a few auditions lined up but I'm more excited to visit my Grandma in Illinois this weekend. I was unable to spend Thanksgiving with her this year so I planned a surprise visit :-D I love surprising people...One year in College I drove from Syracuse to Michigan to surprise my Dad for his birthday. The look on his face was priceless. I'm hoping my Grandma has a similar look on Friday...

Have a great week everyone.

p.s. this photo is completely unrelated to anything in this post. My aunt's dog taza on Christmas.

sometimes you just have to trust your gut....

slow time is over! Last week I booked and shot a NYU short film which was alot of fun..NYU films are my favorite student films to work on..always a great experience. I also booked a lead role in an Independent (PAYING!!!) feature...this character is smart and will stretch me as an actor...I'm very excited to work on this project. Rehearsals are underway and we shoot in Novemeber. Yay!! The end of the year is looking like the beginning of the year as far as my level of busy-ness. I can dig it! :-) Can y'all dig it?

..::it's getting to the point where I just want to say f*ck it...but my heart won't let me::..

New York Citaaay

So this past week was HBO's New York International Latino Film festival. I attended to support Producer Miles Maker on his film "Spare Change.". It was an amazing event and a great film. There was so much energy in the audience I can only imagine how Miles and the rest of the amazing crew and cast must have felt. Then a few days later I attended the premiere party for Tony Clomax's web series "12 Steps to Recovery". They screened the first episode which was hilarious, features Kaleber Soze, Stephen Hill and Ericka Meyers. I cannot wait to watch the remaining episodes. I feel so blessed to be associated with this community of independent filmmakers. It's inspiring to see the work being done and supported so enthusiastically. I feel honored to feel like I am a part of this community and not feel like an outisder looking in. I attended "12 steps.." solo which seemed to be the first question I was asked. "Who you with?" Never knew that was so important...but never the less I love that I can attend an event by myself and not have any second thoughts about it. I'm on my hustle y'all....can't be waiting around for company anymore.

My commercial class with David Cady is coming to an end. We have 2 classes left...we will have an agent coming in on our last class. I love his class and would recommend it to any actor looking to learn and practice commercial copy. Next up for me are more classes! I plan on taking an improv class at the PIT..and hopefully a scene study class with one of my old professors from Syracuse. Other than that...submitting of course and enjoying the last bit of summer!