February Sweeps...

VO Audition – CD Rom Project/Crazy Taxi - 2/9/07

My intention was to come by much sooner than now to update you all on what’s been going on since I’ve shed the day job, but it seems that since I’m no longer “forced” to sit behind a keyboard every day, I do it more sparingly.

My days have been consumed with more “Mommy stuff” and less “Excel and PowerPoint stuff” and life is grand. So far. I’m still waiting for reality to kick in, and I’m sure it will once the bank account starts to get a little thirstier than usual. However, if my luck continues to pick up for 2007, that may never happen...:)...let’s just “hope” shall we?

So, let’s get to it.

• The VO Auditions continue to roll in, and I continue to feel like I’m doing a great job, but alas, no bookings. Maybe it’s time to seriously think about taking a VO workshop, since I never have before.
• The night of my last day of work (1/31) I attended an AFTRA sponsored workshop, led by an actor named Michael Kostroff, called Audition Psych. 101. Very intuitive guy. Some of my favorite pearls from the workshop included:
  
  - When auditioning, remind yourself that there are more important things going on in the world, it will help with your nerves.
  - Remember the task of the actor. You’re the expert. Enter with the authority of a professional. (i.e. Would a plumber walk into a clients home and ask THEM how to fix their toilet?)
  - During your mini interview at the start of an audition, give simple answers. (CD’s don’t want to hear about your childhood, or what you had for lunch every day this week.)
  - Don’t be afraid to be brilliant!
  - An audition is the opportunity to have someone watch you act.
  - Getting a callback, is getting the job!
  
  He gave many other great tips, but since he has published a book, I should probably stop here...:)...
  
• Okay, so I met with both the managers, and I have a pretty good lock on one. She is a former model/actor herself, seems really sincere, and only has a hand full of clients. I’m really hoping that she will give me the much needed attention I so desperately need these days. More information about this partnership later.
• FUNNY STORY: On my way home from the meeting with the manager mentioned above, who do I notice in the passenger seat of the car behind me? Chyna Doll, the former Wrestler, turned Reality TV Star. Through some weird cosmic occurrence, we ended up side by side at the light on the corner of Wilshire and La Cienega. The light was red just long enough for me to ask her for her autograph (for my husband, who is a huge wrestling fan), her to oblige, her “driver” to jump out of the car, Chyna to ask me my husbands name, write him what seemed to be a long note (which I joked about possibly being a love letter/she laughed), for her “driver” to jump out of the car again to give the note back to me, me to thank her, and her to thank me, just as the light turned green. I would post it, but I've decided to perserve it's sanctity for my husbands sake...:)...It’s funny, it was an awkward feeling, I NEVER ask for autographs (or photos for that matter). I think the last autograph I asked for was from Spike Lee, waaaayyyy back in the day, when I was just a teen.
• Speaking of Chyna Doll, just got to mention that I'm strangely obsessed with this whole Anna Nicole Smith saga. As a mother, I really feel sorry for her and her children.
• My baby didn’t get a callback, it’s all good though. On to the next one!
• Got some dates for my next trip to New Mexico (2/26 – 3/9). Gotta follow the distribution of my guides with a live appearance. Duh...:)...
• Here is the excerpt about me that was in the paper a couple of weeks back. My momma is so proud...:)...
• One more thing, don't forget to watch me on TV this month!

February 6 - STRONG MEDICINE (on Lifetime) at 1:30am/12:30am C
February 15 - GREY’S ANATOMY (on ABC) at 9pm/8pm C
(More details to follow!)
February 18 - GREY’S ANATOMY (on Lifetime) at 11pm/10pm C
February 21 - BRINGING HOME BABY (on TLC) at 3pm/2pm C

See ya next time...