This Summer….

I survived a hurricane.

I went shopping at the Hell’s Kitchen Flea Market and bought some vintage earrings

I saw Midnight in Paris (and now I want to move there)

I saw Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows pt. 2 at midnight, in Imax 3D, with 7 friends, while dressing like a member of Gryffindor

I went to Broadway Bares and saw some very good looking people dance around on stage scantily clad (all for charity of course)

Gay marriage was legalized in NYC and I am so happy for all my friends here who now have equal rights!

I went to some cookouts where Cocoa was very popular

I learned the joys of instagram

I learned how to disable auto-correct on Talulah (my iphone 4) (settings => general => keyboard =>auto-correct=> onoff)

And finally…..drum roll please…..I reached 3 years of living in NYC! Actually, it has been 3 years and 5 days since arriving, 3 years and 4 days since my mom drove back to SC, and 3 years and 3 days since I had my first full day in NYC all by my (grown up?) self.

Some of these events deserve photos. I will try to post a few soon. Many additional lovely events occurred this Summer which deserve longer posts that I will also hopefully write sooner rather than later.

Happy labor day, friends!

Love

I saw this image on another blog I read and I just loved it. Such a wonderful, truthful quote, and I think if people lived by this quote a little more, the world would be an easier place to live in. At least, that’s what I like to think.

Thank you, Mr. Emerson, for the wise words.

Happy Wednesday!

Last week on Tuesday I was on my way to work and my made my usual stop at Starbucks. I picked up my bottled frappucino and went to the register. I was tired and while I like my jobs (yes, I have more than one) I wasn’t especially excited that I was going to work at all at that moment. I mostly wanted to go back to bed. Also, Tuesday is kind of like Monday for me. Monday is my day off so Tuesday means a new work week has approached and so I knew I was settling in for another very busy 6 days.

As I was about to walk away from the register after paying the guy who rang me up said “happy Tuesday!”
I responded “Happy Tuesday” in a “it’s nice you said that and it was unexpected in a fun way but really, it’s Tuesday” kind of tone.
Then he said “Anything can happen.”

As I was walking away I realized how right he was. Anything can happen at anytime. Obviously, I suppose. But I had approached my Tuesday all wrong, with dread of a long week when I was already tired. Then I thought about what he said and it really made my day. I didn’t suddenly expect anything extraordinary to happen and to be honest nothing did, but he gave me exactly what I needed for my Tuesday (something I didn’t know I needed until I had it): Hope.

And, you know what? It turned out to be a pretty good day and a pretty good week.

Cheesy? Yes. True? Yes.

So, to you I say Happy Wednesday! Anything can happen!:)

Sending you all my love.

Audition Advice

Remember, You are terrific. You are fabulous.

The equity monitor at an audition I went to a while back told us all this before we went in for out auditions:)

Advice

Go into auditions like you have already booked the job. That way, it becomes like you are performing/rehearsing for a role you already have as opposed to placing so much pressure on yourself you are free to have fun and give it your all.

Now, to put this into action. I have a feeling it sounds easier than it is but I like it.

This advice was compliments of a girl I talked to at the Hair audition today. She got it from someone who is currently in Hair.

Love

Advice

“There’s no reason to have a plan B, because it distracts from plan A.” ~ Will Smith