The sun is setting a few blocks from here (over that big pool called the Pacific Ocean) and there is a lovely pink-orange-yellow hue to the sky right above the water. Above that, the sky…
Networking for Young Actors
Regarding your suggested resolutions, what about child actors? I’ve got all the love and support I need from my parents, but this situation can be overwhelming. I can’t volunteer for casting directors. I can’t go…
Taped Auditions
So, you live out-of-market (somewhere other than where casting is taking place) and you’ve received that glorious call: “We want you to audition for a role. Put yourself on tape and get it to us…
Oh, and… before I start being wrong…
I must praise the team (mine) that beat the other team (Keith’s) in the Outback Bowl. Correct me if I’m wrong (pun intended), but is that Wisconsin player in the background cheering over the Georgia…
The Need to Be Right
I’m really working on this one. It is a personal goal (and a joint goal, since others are helping me achieve it) to let go of the need to be right. In 2004, I watched…
Monitoring the Culture: Eats, Shoots & Leaves
I know everyone read Lynne Truss’ book Eats, Shoots & Leaves in 2004 and I finally finished reading the book that I started in June this past week. I had dusted off Strunk and White’s…
Monitoring the Culture: What? No Wheat?
This is a lighthearted book about Celiac Disease, wheat allergies, and gluten sensitivities of all kind. Having recently begun a gluten-free diet, I am reading quite a few books on the subject. Most of them…
Before Sunrise Musings
Okay, so I was asleep by 11pm. Told Keith to wake me up at Midnight for a kiss, because they say whatever you’re doing at the stroke of Midnight you’ll be doing all year. That…
Somewhere…
…I was talking about my Pretty In Pink-era outfit for Homecoming 1985. Well… here ’tis. Enjoy! Happy New Year, all!