Well, life is going okay. Besides the whole "being broke" thing, stuff's moving along.
Mark and I got our anniversary trip sorted out, planned, and paid for. We're going to Dana Point to relax on the beach and go whale watching, and explore Catalina Island for a long weekend. I'm going to need it.
I started my intensive sitcom acting class this past Wednesday. For three Wednesdays in a row I have a 6 hour class, then every day in between we are required to practice in small groups at least 3 hours a day. Its really hard to find 3 extra hours in my day. I've found myself scheduling stuff back to back for the last 6 days. Literally, from 9am-11pm I'm back to back. No rest in between. I finally had a day off yesterday. I took the whole day off. I didn't go to rehearsal and decided I'd make it up on Wednesday before my marathon class. I slept in, went to brunch, went to the park and took a 2 hour nap on a blanket in the sun, then Gina cooked us dinner and then I went to a UCB show. It was a great day. Now I'm back to the grind for a while I guess.
The class is pretty great and I'm meeting some really sweet people. It gives me confidence that mostly all the people in the class actually work as actors and go on auditions constantly and book jobs.....and they really aren't good. lol. I'm really one of the top 5 in the class. It makes me feel good about myself that I don't have any experience, haven't acted in years, and I'm kicking these peoples' butts. Maybe I'll make it after all. I'm learning so much and I really like being in the swing of things again.
I got to film a project with my Reveille friends this past weekend which was super fun. JD and I vowed a while ago that we were going to make projects together, so this is just the start. It was a great time.
I finally balled up and talked to Howard about helping me find a manager. He's been really great about it considering he's Howard. And probably because I see him at Soho House all the time to bother him about it. :) He is going to make some calls for me, he wants me to gather a list of people that I want him to call that would possibly meet with me and be interested in me. Tonight at work he introduced me to this dude who is involved with Generate Management in LA. They rep a lot of comedians. The dude and I exchanged email addresses and he gave me his direct line. He was very interested and Howard talked me up. I googled the company later and found out I had just met the CEO. Ha. So, I'll shoot him an email tomorrow I guess. Exciting!
Soho is still boring me to death, but at least I get to see and talk to cool people. I met Jennifer Anniston tonight, and while we didn't talk about anything significant, I still got to TALK to her. Pretty cool. And lots of others too. I saw Sting, talked to Bret Easton Ellis for a bit. Sarah Silverman and I joke together all the time, and Mindy Kaling and I had a moment the other day. Pretty amazing. I can't let it become mundane and everyday, ya know? I'm trying to be grateful and remember how much the me now wouldn't have believed me last year. I try to forgot how bored I am, how fat I am compared to all the other girls who walk in here, how much my feet hurt, how much money I don't have...and all these other bad thoughts.
Mark had to pay for the majority of my expensives at the beginning of this month. Kind of embarrassing and I feel bad, but I literally couldn't afford it. Sucks, but I'm so so grateful he's here and willing to help me. Thank GOD.
We started a new bi-weekly Bible study with some people from Florida who live out here. We met them through some kids we worked at camp with for a few years. It's really nice to sit in a room with people who share some common bonds and look around and see all the flip flops and talk about Steak N Shake. :) Mark has more time than me to go to church these days. I'm usually working or doing something else on Sundays, but he manages to go often and is getting involved. He talked to some of the leaders last Sunday about helping out with the high schoolers. He's so good at that.
The gym is going..eh..okay. I've had a trainer for almost 3 months now, and I haven't seen any significant changes. A little tighter, but now all my clothes are tight. I'm not doing it right apparently. I have to be better about doing cardio in between sessions, so I'm going to work on that this month and see what changes. I've been trying to eat less too. I already eat pretty healthy, I just eat A LOT. :) I'm going to work on portion control too.
Gina wrapped this season of Ellen yesterday and left this morning to go home to Chicago to visit for a whole month since she's on hiatus now. Lucky! I'll miss her, but it's kind of fun to have the house to myself. I'm contemplating putting an ad on craigslist to see if anyone needs a place for the next 20 or so days haha. Nah. But its tempting.
