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Does your face turn red? Does your neck get all splotchy with two-tone running down your chest so you look like you’re splattered with embarrassment? Does your voice go up several octaves and do you sound like you’re on speed or swallowed helium?

Anxiety Alert —

It happens to me at the most INCONVENIENT TIMES — like during a CALLBACK for Producers that I’ve coached on and know backwards-and-forwards till I walk into the room and totally BLOW IT!  Or when I hear Dr. Crush’s voice when I’m volunteering in the ER, and in that moment my entire body is taken over by “NERVOSA” and I act like an insecure idiot standing across the middle-school gym trying to not look nerdy while I wait for the cute shy boy to ask me to dance. Read the rest of this entry »

I’ll miss what she’s having

Nora Ephron was and will always be an inspiration to me on so many levels. But reading her “What I Will Miss” and “What I Won’t Miss“  LISTS has me thinking about my own priorities…

What I won’t miss

• auditions
• meetings that feel like auditions
• indifferent casting directors
• rejection
• juice cleanses
• reconciling my bank statement (ha! as if!) Read the rest of this entry »

it's always there

I love when people surprise me…

Last night  I loaded my reel into Dropbox and sent myself a “test” link to see if it would work. But it didn’t. So I emailed Aaron, my super-nice Mac tech. Read the rest of this entry »

missing mine...

Sunday is Mom’s Day, so now’s the time to STOP PROCRASTINATING and PULL IT TOGETHER FOR MOM.

If you’ve got one, love her up.
If you don’t, find one and make her smile.
If you are one, hug your little honeys (big and small)!

You don’t have to do anything huge. THOUGHTFULNESS is what really counts with Moms… oh and of course… Read the rest of this entry »

if you mean it, say it!

Feeling Appreciated —

• motivates us
• moves us
• connects us

When we FEEL APPRECIATED, we want to go the EXTRA STEP; feel that good feeling again. It’s such a HUGE element in just about every relationship and it can make the difference between THINGS WORKING OR NOT.  When we stop feeling appreciated, we feel like giving up—or finding something or someone  else .  Feeling “Taken For Granted” is the BEGINNING OF THE END.

I mean, listen to your friends complaints about almost any relationship… (does this sound familiar?) — Read the rest of this entry »

so many feelings, depending...

ROMANTICALLY-INVOLVED  or NOT — February 14th is almost here. <3-Day = the ultimate “Chick” Holiday… obvi!  We get our hopes up in early January, feel anxious in late January and start to make Plan-B-plans by February 1st (Comedy Club anyone?)  Guys, except the rarest of the rarest, think it’s all “hype” and feel totally PRESSURED — to the point of catatonic-ness!

Making a SONGLIST for someone is a pretty safe bet (as long as you don’t get too mushy in the selection).

Here’s mine for this year (and last year) —

24 Songs — To put you in the mood…

• met before – chairlift
• too much in love – chris willis
• pretty lil’ heart- robin thicke/lil wayne
• one mint julep- sarah vaughan
• i misunderstood- richard thompson
• crew love- drake/ the WeeKnd
• night air (ramadanman remix)- jamie woon
• stay away- charlie xcx
• from now on- the features
• hold on- alabama shakes
• daydream- youth lagoon
• somebody i used to know (tunnel remix)- gotye
• the reflection of you- bear in heaven
• the night- school of seven bells
• no strings- mayor hawthorne
• diego garcia- you were never there
• call me back- the strokes
• lonely teardrops- jackie wilson
• i would do anything for you- foster the people
• ashes & fire- ryan adams
• love in motion (feat. mayor hawthorne)- sebastian
• if i had a boat- james vincent mcmorrow
• home again- michael kiwanuka
• walking in the sand – hollie cook

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHsLWGiIeFkk

if only I could affect the future

Last year I tried out a few New Year’s Superstitions (NOT all 20). If nothing else, I had a good laugh.  I opened all of the windows — let the old year escape, danced around a tree, and let my dirty locks flow through the air (oh yeah, I was a sight to behold!)

The Jury’s Still Out —

I have no idea if they worked or not, but things could be a lot worse! I’ve just researched 20 more and figure they’re worth trying. You never know… Read the rest of this entry »