Holly Daze

Holy smokes! It's been almost a month since my last post?! Where did the time go? It was an extremely busy time. I spent much of it working and preparing for our trip to Atlanta for the holidays (where I am now).

Ok, to catch up on some of the most recent industry-related stuff - I had to pass on a last minute Kellogg's audition last week. It was the day we were leaving for Atlanta, and there was only a 3-hour window for the audition. And, of course, the 3 hours had to be the only 3 hours I simply could not get there that day. I can only think of 1 or 2 times other than this one when I had to pass on an audition because of scheduling. Just a weird conglomeration of circumstances. I still hated to miss it.

I auditioned for a theatre company and was invited to join. The company members that I met all seemed very cool, but I asked to have time to see some of their productions before making a commitment. I hope it didn't offend them that I was hesitant to just jump in, but it seems like a sensible approach to me.

My class has been going ok. At some point in the last month or two, I've gotten further "into my head" in class. I mentioned this before about seeming not to have as much fun or play with things. I didn't quite bust out of it in recent weeks. I've wondered if some of my listening issues in class scenes have been related to my relative lack of improv performance lately. I may have to rectify that soon. Listening has always been a strong suit of mine, but I think I haven't trusted myself in class as much for whatever reason...perhaps trying to tailor my performances to other people's styles -- a recipe for disaster. My plan at this point is to finish out the upcoming class session where I am, and then take a break from that particular training and branch out to other workshops or some improv work, etc.

The holidays with family and friends have been fun so far. Tomorrow night, JaCKPie returns for a show here in Atlanta at the new space you can read about on our home page. I'm excited about it. We have a lot of people coming, so it should be fun. We've been on the go ever since we got here, which means we're tired most of the time. However, the last day or so has been a little more relaxing. The show tomorrow ought to add a charge, and I'm glad I finally get to meet some of the new people Jim has been working with and to see the space.

We head back to LA Saturday, but probably won't venture to any New Year's Eve parties as we'll have been travelling most of the day. We'll be gearing up for Sugar Bowl watching!