April 2010
3 posts
March 2010
5 posts
February 2010
3 posts
January 2010
2 posts
words to live by in 2010
Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and then go do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.
-Howard Thurman
via @juliaallison
December 2009
2 posts
November 2009
2 posts
October 2009
3 posts
July 2009
1 post
Finally booked my first commercial in LA!
With this guy: http://www.dga.org/multimedia/honors-03/pages/aboutpytka.html
He’s known to be “abusive” to his actors (great!) and also a very busy director.
I’m grateful for this first break and hope others will be soon to follow.
It’s a Hallmark holiday commercial and it shoots sometime next week.
YAY!!!
June 2009
1 post
In three days it will be two months...
Two months seems like enough time to feel settled but it’s not. Or maybe we’ll never feel settled. I went to Las Vegas this weekend with a bunch of super accomplished and wealthy people and couldn’t help but feel like I’ve been moving too slowly for too long. There are things I want to do and I seem to wait on them. I hesitate to even write them down for fear that I...
May 2009
3 posts
Earthquakes aside...
The last few weeks have been a whirlwind. I went to NY, then Boston, then home, then attempted to put my nose to the grindstone. Joined the Y (love it!), started an exercise program (6 days a week!) and committed to running the Lake Tahoe Half Marathon in late September.
Aaron joined the Culver City basketball league. I saw my oldest friend Chelsea (24 years and counting!) and made some...
I felt the earthquake, knew it was an earthquake...
Now, two hours later, I’m still trying to convince Aaron (who was in the Valley and didn’t feel anything) that I’m not making it up.
I did some googling and confirmed that it was, indeed, an earthquake.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/19/us/19quake.html?hp
And just like that, a blog flatlines...
I was doing really well and then…I went to NYC and left the camera at January’s apartment. So, I’d like to be posting photos of my cousin Maura’s wedding but instead I’m just typing.
It’s hot in LA, and very relaxing. Not much doing on the work front, not a single agent-generated audition. I’ve been actively submitting myself for things and having...
April 2009
34 posts
Rinko Kikuchi interview for the NY Times →
I love when she’s describing her experience of Babel and can’t remember anything because the experience was so intense. Her performance in that movie was amazing and I’m not surprised she was almost in a trance shooting it. I can also relate to that wonderful feeling of being so deeply into the transformation that you aren’t even really experiencing the time as your own...
Auditioned for the Groundlings LA professional...
And just found out I GOT IN!
Hooray!!!!
Exploring Stoicism as a way to do more, feel less...
Stoicism 101: A Beginner’s Guide for Entrepreneurs
Author: Ryan Holiday
For those of us who live our lives in the real world, there is one branch of philosophy created just for us: Stoicism.
It doesn’t concern itself with complicated theories about the world, but with helping us overcome destructive emotions and act on what can be acted upon. Just like an entrepreneur, it’s built for action,...
Easter Sunday, Monday and Tuesday
On our first major holiday in LA, we checked out the Hollywood Farmer’s Market (HIPPY!), visited Baby Mairead Ann at the Long Beach Memorial Hospital (SWEETIE!), headed down to Huntington Beach for some pier-walking (WINDY!), headed back up to Venice for an Easter Cantata (JESUS-Y!) and capped it off with a 30-head late night dinner at Denny’s of Culver City (GREASY!). All in all, a very nice...
The McGovern Update
While we were hanging out with Christina, Martin and Molly, their landlady came over to check out some repairs Martin was doing on the place. She asked Christina how she was holding up at nearly 41 weeks and Christina said, “get this baby out of me!”. The landlady said, “Basil. The Italians say basil induces labor.” We were extremely skeptical about the inducement...
Day Three
Spent last night with an awesome friend walking around our new neighborhood while he gave us the lay of the land. We picked the perfect place to live for our first time in LA. We’re within walking distance to almost everything you could possibly need. After unpacking our bags and boxes literally the first thing we both wanted to do was find some artichokes. Artichoke season has begun!!