Ready to Go.

Wow. I haven't update in quite a while. I've been super busy.

I went to Los Angeles for the entire first week of February. It was my first time out West, not to mention my first time on a plane.

I was lucky enough to have someone to fly with. I had a window seat. Pretty fantastic.

Now I'm back in Virginia, and all I can think about is California. I enjoy all of the classes I'm in right now, but I'm ready to move. LA was so wonderful. We did workshops everyday from 10am to 10pm - meeting Agents and Casting Directors and Managers. Reading for them. Acting for them. Interviewing with them. Getting advice. Learning. I loved every minute of it. We all got to do exactly what we dream of doing in terms of our career. Everyone I met in California was so freshed faced and nice. The weather was perfect. And the industry is RIGHT THERE. and its all so possible. GAH! I just want to go back right now. Needless to say - this trip gave me the hugest case of senioritis.

So I'm trying to buckle down and focus on what's right in front of me. Okay - project for theatre history. NYC Showcase. Audition Tech. Archetypes file. Chekhov. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf.

I still find myself day dreaming and planning constantly though. I've picked out a theatre and a few Agents/Directors/and Casting Directors to write cover letters to and to send my resume and head shot to. I want to work (possibly volunteer first) at one of the theatres one of the casting directors runs. Of course I would LOVE to act on that stage (not a lot of folks see theatre in LA) but...if I could acquire a second job there of some sort...costume sewer...property master...ticket seller...I would love it. I'm set. And I'M SO HUNGRY FOR IT.

I'm a big believer in how powerful people are. I'm not sure a lot of people realize this...don't realize how much power they have to bring wonderful things into their lives...but they do. Anything you want, I think you can basically have if you think you will have it, if you believe it, and if you work towards it.

I see my future. I see what I want. I see what I am going to do. I see what I am going to get. I see how I am going to make it all happen. I know this. I believe in it fully. I'm weaning myself off of saying "I want" and crossing over to "I will."

Also - last night on my way home from work I jokingly asked The Universe for $200. I was bored in my car and in an odd, wonderfully happy mood. I had just bought a lotto ticket for the fuck of it and thought, "How awesome would it be if I won like...$200?" I was so entertained by the idea (and so restless and bored driving) that I started singing a silly song about it. Then I pretended I was an auctioneer saying Twoooooooooooo Hunnnndred Dollaaaas! All the while laughing at myself. (NOTE: Work possibly makes me delirious).

Anyway - today I got three times that amount in the mail.

SCHWING!