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The Year in Review

Friday, December 25th, 2009

(See also 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, and 2004.)

Take the first line (or so) from the first post of each month of 2009. That’s your Year In Review.

January 2009:
Yowza
Is it possible that it’s January 11th and I’m posting my first blog entry of the year? Truly, Facebook and video blogging and Twitter have collectively taken over my blogging energy.

February 2009:
Then and Now
So, last night was the book party for the 3rd edition of Self-Management for Actors.

March 2009:
Mar09 12 of 12
Oh, my lordy, what a looooooong day. I really need to get to sleep, because tomorrow (er, later today) is an even loooooooonger day and with even more meetings than the three I had today. Ack! And eep! And yay! :)

April 2009:
12 of 12 April 09
Hello the end of April 12th. :) I’m sooo ready to sleep. Today’s 12 of 12 is an all in-house version, but a busy day, nonetheless. Not sure what 12 of 12 might be? Please stop by Chad Darnell‘s site for all the info. He created it and he’s a badass. Please consider joining us next month! It’s ever so much fun to see what’s going on all over the world on a single day. :)

May 2009:
12 of 12 for May 2009
Well all right! This day was CRAZY busy and I’m typing up this blog entry using the ‘puter we call The Chicklet (and she was bought after I got hired on my first casting gig, well over six years ago) b/c Keith decided to work on my ‘puter (called Sid, bought 18 months ago, and apparently in BIG need of a defrag) and the most fun part of all of this is the fact that three keys are missing or misplaced on this ‘puter, and I’m having to *really* watch myself to be sure I’m getting my letters right.

June 2009:
Worst Two Days
Today is one of the worst two days of the year (the other one is a month from now). Today is when it’s been the longest since we’ve had Quinn with us. And a month from now is when it’ll be the longest ’til we see him again.

July 2009:
“Another Harvest Moon” TRAILER
So, I mentioned before that I was thrilled that the trailer for Another Harvest Moon went live on the film’s website.

August 2009:
Awesomeosity in a Bottle
You know that feeling you sometimes have? That feeling of, “I freakin’ ROCK!”

September 2009:
Snow Leopard/MS Entourage/Address Book NIGHTMARE
Bear with me. I’m posting this at my blog, in a note at Facebook, in the tech forum at Apple’s site, and that means it’s going to be a nice, long read to get everyone up to speed in case there’s a kind soul out there who can help with this ridiculousity. Keith is also taking a print-out of this whole thing to the Genius Bar tomorrow. Our last hope.

October 2009:
Suicide
Not sure I’ll ever understand suicide. I mean, of course I understand the emotional heaviness, the absolute despair, the certainty that nothing will ever get better and that there is no hope. I’ve been there. I know.

November 2009:
Eeeeeeee! Australia!
Okay, so in just over a week, I board a big-ass plane for a long-ass time and travel into the future to arrive a day earlier in Sydney Australia.

December 2009:
12 ‘o 12 ‘o the last month ‘o the ’09, y’all!
I know, I know… it’s getting down to the fact that the only blog posts I make are about the 12. Well, thank you, Chadtastic, for that. :) At least there’s somethin’. :) And such.

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I have to say, this has been a pretty ridiculously good year. There were several times during the year when Keith and I talked about how very hard things are for everyone, but still we were able to find so much about which we could be grateful. We’ve got it so good. Sooo good.

Thank you, everyone, for being a part of our awesomeosity. Here’s to a 2010 filled with greenlit projects, green money, green leafy vegetables, and all other good green things! It’s a Kermit, Keriopi, Cricket Feet year!

The Year in Review

Thursday, December 25th, 2008

(See also 2007, 2006, 2005, and 2004.)

Take the first line (or so) from the first post of each month of 2008. That’s your Year In Review.

January 2008:
Help me understand this, please.
Now, I’ve not done much “office time” in my working life. (Some. Enough. Believe me; enough. Rolling around on a plastic pad behind a desk gives me hives.)

February 2008:
Introducing our April 2008 Showcase Director!
I am very excited to announce our new director for the April 2008 Cricket Feet Casting Actors Showcase, Chil Kong! (I mean, c’mon, can you have a more badass name than that?!?)

March 2008:
Keith’s b’day
Tomorrow my Keith turns 50.

April 2008:
I love my showcase cast.
I know I say this every time.

May 2008:
You ride in the Humdrumvee. I’m taking the Funvee.
Just bought tickets to see Iron Man again. Second time in under 48 hours.

June 2008:
Experiment: Day Twenty-Eight
What is there to say?

July 2008:
Cricket Feet Showcase! RSVP Now!!
Cricket Feet Casting ACTORS SHOWCASE July 9th & 10th, 2008 — 8pm — FREE The Colony Theatre, Burbank

August 2008:
All or Nothing
I’m stressed. The task(s) of updating Self-Management for Actors is overwhelming at times. I need to simplify, to break it down into much smaller list items, to ask for help.

September 2008:
Twitter has ruined me for blogging.
That’s really all it comes down to.

October 2008:
The Secret to My Success
I was asked tonight (at my most amazing talk at SAG–seriously, it was one of my best-ever speaking engagements and it just so happens they taped it and will be putting up online. Oh, and I looked seriously cute too) what my secret is.

November 2008:
A Brand New Day
Everybody look around
‘Cause there’s a reason to rejoice you see
Everybody come out
And let’s commence to singing joyfully
Everybody look up
And feel the hope that we’ve been waiting for

December 2008:
Bon on The Answer B!tch at E! Online
Hee hee. I particularly love the Ishtar of it all.

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What a flippin’ badass year! Yay, 2008! I am posting this on December 29, 2008, the TENTH anniversary of my move to Los Angeles after grad school. (Yes, I also lived here from August 13, 1993 to mid-September of 1994, but this time was “for real.”) I am so thrilled with all the life I’ve lived in this decade! Thank you to everyone who has joined me along for any bit of this awesome journey. I am grateful to you all for your support, love, the lessons, friendship, and general rockstarness. :) Here’s to the next TEN!

The Year in Review

Tuesday, December 25th, 2007

(See also 2006, 2005, and 2004.)

Take the first line (or so) from the first post of each month of 2007. That’s your Year In Review.

January 2007:
It’s Quiet… Too Quiet
And I know why. Within a few hours, agents and managers will hit their offices and start in on follow-up calls for the auditions 250 of their clients had with us before this town shut down at close-of-business on the 15th of December.

February 2007:
*glee-filled giggle*
Heeeeeeeee! Welcome to the cast, Mister Keaton.

March 2007:
Uma Benefit Update: LOWER PRICE!!
Hi Guys, This just in! WE’RE LOWERING THE PRICE TO $30 PER TICKET!!!!

April 2007:
“Hey, Bon! Y U No Mo’ Bloggy?”
Because I’m so FREAKIN’ busy, y’all! Seriously! WOW. Producing a showcase is some WORK.

May 2007:
Cricket Feet Casting: Actors Showcase
Hey everyone, I’m really excited! After a great inaugural showcase last month, we are now producing the second version of the Cricket Feet Casting Actors Showcase under the direction of Emmy Award-winning director Anna Christopher!

June 2007:
Casting Is Exhausting!
Let me be more specific. Casting for the showcase is exhausting!

July 2007:
The Actors Voice, 7/2/07
Hi Everyone! Here’s how tomorrow’s The Actors Voice starts out.

August 2007:
Showcase News: Director HIRED, Call for SCENES!
It is with great yippee-filled glee that I announce our November 2007 showcase DIRECTOR, the inimitable rockstar hyphenate: Annie Wood!

September 2007:
The Actors Voice, 9/3/07
Hi Everyone! Here’s how today’s The Actors Voice starts out.

October 2007:
Fixing a Hole
It’s like magic when this happens. (And it doesn’t happen often.)

November 2007:
Call Me a Cockeyed Optimist
I really thought we could make it through. No WGA strike. No work stoppage in Hollywood. I had hope. I had optimism. I had delusions.

December 2007:
Saturday Night Search Party
Holy hell, has it really been a year since my last BonBlogs Search Party? Wow! Yes it has!

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Moral of the story? 2007 was a year of WORK, y’all. I think I’m feelin’ that.