a new routine and other random thoughts

well. i have settled back into home, been doing some work on the apt, fixing our LR chandelier, picking out paint colors, unpacking, rounding up all the boxes I sent from Minneapolis so I didn't have to carry them in my luggage...ahh touring. I love it and miss it. I also love being home, and the importance of having a home to come back to. When I went out with Wicked, I saw it as escaping from NY to solve all of my problems. But I was extremely off base. You may leave behind some problems when you bolt like I did, but you also develop new ones. It is how you handle the problems that counts. I know this now. I have learned from the mistakes and problems I have faced in the past. Now what?

I am still in the merch world. I do like it. I think I am good at it. And it provides a paycheck that pays the rent/expenses and health insurance. I am thinking about getting a job as a dog walker. I want to do something that makes me happy. I am never happier than when I see a dog on the street. Or when I get to play with my parents dog when I go home. So why not get paid to play with the pooches? I have the address for a place to apply that has PT/FT weekend etc options starting around $200 a week. I'd rather be out enjoying the city walking dogs than sitting at a desk answering phones for $15/hr.

I am still considering going back to acting/head shots. I'd like to, but I am extremely out of practice. I am working on a few monologues, trying to get some rep to show prospective acting teachers. I feel like the more i figure out about myself, the more i see the mistakes I made in college when it came to performing/auditioning etc. I miss the process.

My comp is still sickly. Don't really have the $ to get it fixed. It generally works to use the Internet and photos. But anything requiring musical sounds doesn't work so well. And it takes FOREVER to boot up and shut down. I am thinking of getting a MacBook. I think its time for the mac switch.

If you are an actor and have cable you check out the show 'Theatre Biz' on Ovation (Ch 83 on Time Warner-NYC). It is about a group of conservatory kids in London's version of ADDA/AMDA, going out after their Showcases to get a job. Lots of audition footage and interviews with people like Judy Dench and Amanda Holden (UK Millie) etc. Really great show.