One year ago today, my husband and I got in to a helicopter and flew down the Vegas strip. While aloft we made promises to each other, and when we landed we were husband and wife. It was an incredible day. Several months later, in May to be precise, we had an official wedding - with all of our friends and family. The day was incredible, and we were so wonderfully happy. But that helicopter in Vegas, that was the real beginning. That was something special. It was just the two of us, being there for each other. It was really special.
Right now, will is somewhere in the air, on his way back to the UK. He will get back slightly after our anniversary (according to the UK time zone) but if you go by Vegas time, he'll be back well before the end of the day.
It's incredible to think that it has been an entire year. It has certainly been an eventful one. The first few months of our marriage we lived in separate countries. Then once our paperwork was approved and I was allowed to move back to the UK, Will was on a training course and it would have been impractical. So in the past year we've lived apart, Will has trained on a new aircraft, I have moved to the UK and we've started a new life together. We moved in to a new flat, I signed with a new agent, and we've had all sorts of new things thrown our way.
I wouldn't trade it for anything. I love that man. He is amazing. And I love what we are together. We each make each other better, more than we are alone. And it's awesome. I couldn't ask for anyone better.
On a less momentous note - today is the 21st day of both my writing and my self taping. Three weeks of each. They say it takes 21 days to make a habit. So here we are. Let's hope they stick!
Saturday, September 5, 2015
Friday, September 4, 2015
Day 20: Best of Britain
Note to self - 'healthy' versions of tasty baked goods are less than tasty. Chickpeas are not an adequate substitute for butter. Dang! I had high hopes but it confirmed my fears. Not good!!! Bummer. Maybe I'll make some good old fashioned butter-full brownies. It probably isn't helping my cravings that I've discovered the great British bake off. So many tasty looking baked goods.
I spent the rest of the day channeling my British side in other ways. I took an all day workshop focusing on the RP (Received Pronunciation) accent. Posh British basically. There wasn't anything revelatory, but it was good practice. We got to spend the afternoon reading through Private Lives, which I loved. It's such a fun and clever piece of theatre. I'd love to get a chance to work on it in full at some point. But I do think that while I am living in the UK it is highly unlikely that I'll get a chance to play those sorts of roles. But you never know! I am hoping that when we do move back to the states (eventually?) I'll own all the British characters. I'll have the best accent in town.
I'm glad to be home on the couch now. It's been a hectic couple of days, which has been good. And social time tomorrow, which I am very excited about. Theatre tickets and then hopefully sharing a bottle of wine, or three with one of my favorite people. And to top it all off, Will is home tomorrow night. Well, early Sunday morning. He just missed our anniversary by a matter of hours. Hopefully we'll get to celebrate when he is home. Can't wait!
I spent the rest of the day channeling my British side in other ways. I took an all day workshop focusing on the RP (Received Pronunciation) accent. Posh British basically. There wasn't anything revelatory, but it was good practice. We got to spend the afternoon reading through Private Lives, which I loved. It's such a fun and clever piece of theatre. I'd love to get a chance to work on it in full at some point. But I do think that while I am living in the UK it is highly unlikely that I'll get a chance to play those sorts of roles. But you never know! I am hoping that when we do move back to the states (eventually?) I'll own all the British characters. I'll have the best accent in town.
I'm glad to be home on the couch now. It's been a hectic couple of days, which has been good. And social time tomorrow, which I am very excited about. Theatre tickets and then hopefully sharing a bottle of wine, or three with one of my favorite people. And to top it all off, Will is home tomorrow night. Well, early Sunday morning. He just missed our anniversary by a matter of hours. Hopefully we'll get to celebrate when he is home. Can't wait!
Thursday, September 3, 2015
Day 19: I Made It!
Well I got through today! Recall, meeting, long trek, audition, long trek, work. I feel pretty good about how everything went. I should hear pretty soon about the recall as well.
Crossing my fingers! I would really like this job.
Now, bed.
Crossing my fingers! I would really like this job.
Now, bed.
Wednesday, September 2, 2015
Day 18: Feast or Famine
Goodness! Tomorrow is going to be incredibly busy. I'm not sure when I'm going to do all of my self appointed tasks. It's an adventure.
It's amazing how things come in waves. Things have been very quiet for a lot of the summer. Now, when the seasons start turning several exciting opportunities have fallen into my lap. I haven't secured any of them yet so I don't want to jinx it. But it's still exciting, the possibility.
Tomorrow, I not only have a recall for a show I am very excited about (and think I am quite well suited for, if I do say so myself), I have an audition with a touring show and a meeting with a director about stepping in to a show someone has dropped out of suddenly. And to top it off I am working in the evening. What an awful lot of running around I'll be doing.
Having this many opportunities is great. It means that I can spread my energy and focus so I don't get hung up on any one project. The flip side of this is that I have to make sure I don't lose focus all together.
I have a few classes booked to keep me going after my spate of auditions. And a theatre date for the weekend again! I've been making a concerted effort to keep myself busy and working, even if it's just on my own projects. This has been really good for my soul. I am so much happier when I am busy. I'm trying to take all of the positivity from class on Friday to heart. It really does make a difference in every aspect of my life. I do feel like now that I have started being productive for myself that things are starting to come back to me. And even if they don't turn out this time I feel better just in myself!
Early night tonight so I can get up and kick ass tomorrow!!
It's amazing how things come in waves. Things have been very quiet for a lot of the summer. Now, when the seasons start turning several exciting opportunities have fallen into my lap. I haven't secured any of them yet so I don't want to jinx it. But it's still exciting, the possibility.
Tomorrow, I not only have a recall for a show I am very excited about (and think I am quite well suited for, if I do say so myself), I have an audition with a touring show and a meeting with a director about stepping in to a show someone has dropped out of suddenly. And to top it off I am working in the evening. What an awful lot of running around I'll be doing.
Having this many opportunities is great. It means that I can spread my energy and focus so I don't get hung up on any one project. The flip side of this is that I have to make sure I don't lose focus all together.
I have a few classes booked to keep me going after my spate of auditions. And a theatre date for the weekend again! I've been making a concerted effort to keep myself busy and working, even if it's just on my own projects. This has been really good for my soul. I am so much happier when I am busy. I'm trying to take all of the positivity from class on Friday to heart. It really does make a difference in every aspect of my life. I do feel like now that I have started being productive for myself that things are starting to come back to me. And even if they don't turn out this time I feel better just in myself!
Early night tonight so I can get up and kick ass tomorrow!!
Day 17: Late, Late, Late
I am finding the writing so much harder to keep up with than the daily self taping. This seems ironic as the taping is much more labor intensive than the writing. Maybe that is why, I have to make a concerted effort every day to film, whereas I am casual about the writing.
Damn!
Damn!
Monday, August 31, 2015
Day 16: Audition Prep
Today I brought out my inner New Yorker. For my recall on Thursday they've asked us to bring in a New York or New Jersey accent. So I've been doing my research and learning that classic (mostly dying out) New York sound. It's been rather fun.
In the past I haven't taped my audition prep, so today was a first. It was interesting to watch. I think I'll keep doing it, but it wont be the only thing that I rely on. Part of why I taped it was that Will is out of town, and I usually make watch my auditions before I go in. So since he isn't here right now, I sent the audition to him. He wont have a chance to watch it until tomorrow with time differences and terrible internet. So I'll just have to wait to get his feedback.
I am looking forward to this audition. And I am trying not to get too invested. This is always difficult. But I am trying to take the advice from friday's workshop to heart. Confidence is key. I know that I can do this, and I know that I am right for the show. I just need to walk in there and remind them how awesome I am. They've already seen me once. And clearly they liked what they saw, enough to have me come back. So I just need to hold on to that.
Also I am looking forward to rocking the 60's look again! I was definitely encouraged to start doing this more often. Maybe its time for some thrift shopping.
In the past I haven't taped my audition prep, so today was a first. It was interesting to watch. I think I'll keep doing it, but it wont be the only thing that I rely on. Part of why I taped it was that Will is out of town, and I usually make watch my auditions before I go in. So since he isn't here right now, I sent the audition to him. He wont have a chance to watch it until tomorrow with time differences and terrible internet. So I'll just have to wait to get his feedback.
I am looking forward to this audition. And I am trying not to get too invested. This is always difficult. But I am trying to take the advice from friday's workshop to heart. Confidence is key. I know that I can do this, and I know that I am right for the show. I just need to walk in there and remind them how awesome I am. They've already seen me once. And clearly they liked what they saw, enough to have me come back. So I just need to hold on to that.
Also I am looking forward to rocking the 60's look again! I was definitely encouraged to start doing this more often. Maybe its time for some thrift shopping.
Sunday, August 30, 2015
Day 15: A Day Out
I had a nice little day out today. I definitely find that things tend to be feast or famine, all or nothing. I can try and get things together with my friends for ages and they'll be busy, or they'll flake. Then all of a sudden everyone suggests doing things at once. So today I had a brunch date with my cousin and sister, followed by a theatre and dinner date with a friend of mine. Both were thoroughly delightful.
We went to see the play that goes wrong at the Duchess theatre this afternoon, and oh my goodness I had a good time. It wasn't a terribly original play, and I bet you can guess the premise. A theatre troupe is trying to put on a play, and absolutely everything goes wrong. But goodness, did the comedy work! And that sort of slapstick comedy is so hard to pull off, especially for that length of time. It was relentless. From the moment the curtain went up, to the moment it went down the show just did not stop. Everything from every type of bad amateur actor to the set falling apart around them. And I was not expecting to like it as much as I did, or find it nearly as funny. You could see most of the jokes being set up ahead of time, but just watching them unfold was brilliantly funny.
And all of this started from before the curtain went up. Two of the actors were playing the tech crew, who were getting things set before the show started. This covered everything from laying down floorboards on the stage, to asking audience members if they had fur coats or pets they could fetch to stand in for the dog in the second act. Then the woman playing the stage manager approached me in the audience and pulled me up on stage. Now normally I hate audience interaction. I always feel like if I am not actually in the show I don't want to be on the stage. But they handled this quite well. I got to be part of the on stage business ahead of time - they had me hold things together, and try to sweep the stage with a broom that then fell apart. At one point I was sent to pick up the tool box which was magnetized to the stage (so I could not), which got a huge laugh both when I attempted to pick it up, and then when the stage manager was able to pick it up without any problem. It was all very slick and lovingly crafted I think. The whole way through I actually felt that way. These were all people who were enjoying what they were doing. And there were some wonderful comedic moments. Really too many to touch on here.
I went in to the show with a lot of skepticism. I can be rather jaded when it comes to this sort of thing, because so often it is done poorly. In then end though I was very pleasantly surprised. It was a lovely way to spend an afternoon.
It was then followed by an equally lovely dinner out with a very good friend, and then a nice long chat with my parents. I even managed to spend some decent time on my self taping. I didn't learn a new piece today. Instead I put one of my audition monologues on camera. I was decently pleased with the results. Tomorrow I dedicate to my audition on thursday - memorizing, breaking things down and making some choices. I can't wait.
We went to see the play that goes wrong at the Duchess theatre this afternoon, and oh my goodness I had a good time. It wasn't a terribly original play, and I bet you can guess the premise. A theatre troupe is trying to put on a play, and absolutely everything goes wrong. But goodness, did the comedy work! And that sort of slapstick comedy is so hard to pull off, especially for that length of time. It was relentless. From the moment the curtain went up, to the moment it went down the show just did not stop. Everything from every type of bad amateur actor to the set falling apart around them. And I was not expecting to like it as much as I did, or find it nearly as funny. You could see most of the jokes being set up ahead of time, but just watching them unfold was brilliantly funny.
And all of this started from before the curtain went up. Two of the actors were playing the tech crew, who were getting things set before the show started. This covered everything from laying down floorboards on the stage, to asking audience members if they had fur coats or pets they could fetch to stand in for the dog in the second act. Then the woman playing the stage manager approached me in the audience and pulled me up on stage. Now normally I hate audience interaction. I always feel like if I am not actually in the show I don't want to be on the stage. But they handled this quite well. I got to be part of the on stage business ahead of time - they had me hold things together, and try to sweep the stage with a broom that then fell apart. At one point I was sent to pick up the tool box which was magnetized to the stage (so I could not), which got a huge laugh both when I attempted to pick it up, and then when the stage manager was able to pick it up without any problem. It was all very slick and lovingly crafted I think. The whole way through I actually felt that way. These were all people who were enjoying what they were doing. And there were some wonderful comedic moments. Really too many to touch on here.
I went in to the show with a lot of skepticism. I can be rather jaded when it comes to this sort of thing, because so often it is done poorly. In then end though I was very pleasantly surprised. It was a lovely way to spend an afternoon.
It was then followed by an equally lovely dinner out with a very good friend, and then a nice long chat with my parents. I even managed to spend some decent time on my self taping. I didn't learn a new piece today. Instead I put one of my audition monologues on camera. I was decently pleased with the results. Tomorrow I dedicate to my audition on thursday - memorizing, breaking things down and making some choices. I can't wait.
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