More auditions, MORE Murphy's Actor's Law, and a Booking

A few quick May highlights...

Audition/Callback/AVAIL - Arby's @ ASG

Audition/Callback - Fed Ex @ Ross Lacy

Audition - Jury Duty @ Burbank Courthouse (you paying attention?)

Audition - Regions Bank @ POP

We got all the Atlanta stuff squared away in the end, and I got to do an extra JaCKPie show. I had plans to do a workshop too, but that didn't pan out, which ended up working just fine for me with all the other stuff going on.

Ultimately, the news on my Granny was not good. She was given just "weeks", in medical expiration parlance. So, as soon as we returned to LA, we began planning a trip to visit her. We made it a fairly short trip, just two week days and one weekend day (Thursday-Saturday). Naturally, guess what happened. Out of the blue, I got a call the week before our flight from Bob Lambert at All My Children. He liked my reel and wanted me to come in for a role that would be shooting...wait for it...the Friday we would be visiting Granny in Texas. Of course! I was happy to get the call, but bummed to inform him that there would be no way I could change these plans given the circumstances. He was very understanding and asked me to come in and audition anyway. So, Audition: All My Children. I got the sides the night before and enjoyed preparing them. It was a good scene, and I felt like I had a good instinctual reaction to the material and a clear choice for my character.

The audition went well, I think. The beats that I had felt seemed to match up with what he was looking for, and I felt comfortable with the character choices. He was gracious in spite of my unavailability and I hope to get back in there when their needs match up with my product.

The visit in Texas was good. I'm so thankful we got to do that, and I wouldn't trade it for the world. My family got to visit with Granny one last time, which was a real gift. It's difficult in many ways to know in advance that death is coming and to await it. However, it's good that everyone got plenty of notice to visit with her and say their "goodbyes" in their own way. Granny was in great spirits, and my daughter showed her plenty of love too. Granny passed away a few weeks later on June 14, 2010.

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