On this day, fifteen years ago, I showed up at Rick Case Mazda with $5000 and my fingers crossed. I’d been saving for over a year while bartending and attending my first year of college….
Bye-Bye SixHundy
Bummer. The vibrate/silent ring mode on the SixHundy died last week and, after dealing with some CSRs at Cingular (on the phone and in the store) as well as someone from Palm One in some…
Average Number of Auditions?
If there is such a thing, what exactly is the average number of auditions an agent should be sending talent on per month? You already set me up for the answer you know is coming…
Headshots I Keep
In my year and a half as a casting director, I’ve received tens of thousands of headshots. This doesn’t include the postcards, electronic submissions, and photo business cards I’ve also received. I’m talking tens of…
“Each Box Is a Surprise.”
Ah, the wisdom of the Keith. He mentions how smoothly some of the boxes-into-the-right rooms thing is going as he brings over another load (the final load) of “stuff” we had stored during this move…
Dial-Up Bites
I’m so spoiled. Three years ago, Keith tried to convince me to get DSL. I told him I did NOT need DSL, couldn’t imagine why I would be so greedy as to think I had…
TiVo Makes Me Late
So, I forget I’ve paused live TV and think I’m watching in real time and say to myself, “Oh, I have time. I’ll leave when this show is over, which will be 11am.” And when…
X Aus Ted
I have so much to say… but can’t seem to keep my eyes open long enough to say any of it. I’m sooooooo worn out.
When Is Pilot Season?
While closing one of your previous articles, you mentioned “the onset of hiatus or the start of pilot season.” Could you please spell out what those times are? For example, when do they start shooting…
The Flake Factor
A friend who founded a non-profit organization recently did some research on the average percentage of no-shows for fundraising events. She shared with me, when I was lamenting the fact that many actors no-show their…