(and, yes, this has something to do with my upbringing and personal connection to numerology and astrology):

Personal Year 8: Attainment and capital gains

2006 is a number 8 personal year for you. This is your power year, a period when you can make important strides in you life. Coming after a very slow and introspective period (the personal year 7), you may start feeling some stirrings of ambitions. This is a year of big decisions and major achievements. Activity is your keynote now, and you will find yourself very much involved and occupied. Opportunities for advancement and recognition for past and current work is likely to come about during this year. You have things going for you so long as you take advantage and act. It is easy for you to branch out and expand in a businesslike manner. If you are at all inclined, this is the time to exude self-confidence and authority, because others will tend to be receptive to your leadership and control. Your power and status potential is at a peak of the nine years personal epicycle that concludes at the end of the next year.

So, what’s the funny?

That’d be the idea that 2005 was “slow and introspective” for me. Certainly, I learned a buttload about who I am in 2005 — but really, when do I NOT learn a buttload about who I am? And we’re thinking 2006 will be when I have “advancement and recognition” for my work? Wow. That’s just effin’ rockstar launching upward, IMO.

I was emailing with someone recently and said (re: my value-added service of casting sessions being uploaded to the Cricket Feet server within 12 hours of preread sessions for producers in other cities to evaluate in near-real time), “I went from having cast 12 projects in two years to casting another six in four months, so it’s definitely making me a more efficient casting director.”

But man, it’s a buttload of work. Point is, if we’re launching into my POWER year, per numerology… well… should be interesting.

Okay, and… I’ve been casting my ass off this week. In case you didn’t believe me when I mentioned I’d be scarce… well, I’ve been BUSY! And happily so. I have so many more favorite actors added to my short list.

Finally, I’ve been asked to “leak” the script for the next feature film I’m casting. This is a seriously wonderful script and the budget is over $2M, so I’m feeling pretty dang happy to be onboard. The goal, in the, “Hey, Bon, leak the script,” idea is that folks will begin spreading the word and the pitches will begin before the breakdown goes out. Hey, have you ever doubted that Hollywood is a system? Just wonderin’. Heh heh.

BTW, there’s something really really really rockstar fun about having a regular (regular = on a schedule, set your watch by it) call from the “big” agencies to check status. I swear, I don’t want to be a star-f**ker and act like that stuff matters, but I’ve gotta say that level of interaction makes paying the bills a way innovative and different type of endeavor (puns intended).