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Hole-y Halloween

Feeling a little HAUNTED by a current lack of SOMETHING?  (Should I blame the lack of attention from a certain doctor on the SHAKING EARTH — my lack of Auditions or FRANKENSTORM?)

“Too Much Time on our Hands” can be SCARY!

If you’re like me and too-in-your-head you might be able to TRICK YOURSELF with these GOOFY PROJECTS.  Oh no! I can see you’re already giving me the “UCH!” face — okay sure, maybe it’s a little lame but it’ll be funnnnn! And you’ll make people SMILE : ) Plus, with everything so expensive Halloween-wise, you’ll be glad to know these ideas are inexpensive (at the most you’ll need to run to CVS) — some are free if you have the stuff.  So get out your drill and glowsticks and give yourself some TREATS. 

go out on a limb

HANDS-DOWN FAVORITE: Fill a latex-free glove with water and freeze before floating it in cranberry juice OR do it in reverse for a bloody hand effect (freeze the cranberry juice and float it in water). Read the rest of this entry »

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 »

How do I connect the dots?

You know how you feel after your best friend loses ten pounds? FAT!

I’m sitting at my computer, waiting for my agent Josh to email me audition details, while writing a “thank you” to this casting director who met with me, and trying to figure out how to be more creative with my depressing career when I get this email alert from Deadline Hollywood:

‘Adulting’ Comedy From J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot Lands At Fox As Put Pilot – Deadline.com

J.J. Abrams has been a hero of mine ever since he wrote FELICITY (when he was Jeffrey Abrams) so I CLICK on the link and read about this Oregon-based journalist Kelly Williams Brown who’s written a book: Adulting: How to Become a Grown-Up in 387 Easy(ish) Steps – based on her blog with the same name—so I think — Ugh— here comes the next Lena Dunham, who –or is it “whom”? — I LOVE btw— I’m just JEALOUS — and I check out Brown’s adulting blog. (WARNING: don’t Google “adulting” – it’ll take you to places you do not want to go, trust me!) Read the rest of this entry »

Nana Jane is a NIGHTMARE!

Notice lately that we’re laughing more at MEAN?  When did TV comedy go from teasing to sarcastic to caustic to down-and-out-demeaning?

Try finding any famous lines from Phoebe, Chandler, Ross or Rachel that are worse than teasing. I couldn’t.

Fraiser and Niles Crane were sarcastic, but had heart. Alan Harper is uncomplimentary — but he’s talking about himself.

Alex and Hayley Dunphy are sibling-and-age-appropriate-mean-girls, but they usually learn some loving lesson by the end the episode.

Hateful Ha-Ha – Is it the Current TV Trend?

Sue Sylvester may have started the trend, but somehow we don’t cringe when she says —

I’m going to ask you to smell your armpits. That’s the smell of failure, and it’s stinking up my office.” Read the rest of this entry »

can’t get enough of ’em

Suddenly apps are popping up to help patients understand medical conditions. Medikidz comics help kids understand illnesses and how to fight them.  JiffPad is a new iPad app that helps patients interpret what they’ve heard (and forgotten) after they’ve left the doctor’s office.

“What if” Apps  — (Taking Apps to a whole new level)

iNeed a “Romantictector” to scientifically interpret a relationship with someone in the Medical Community, like Dr. Crush, for instance! – an iPad app that takes his pulse when he’s talking to me (without him knowing, obvi). And measures his pupils to see if they dilate. And detects how many times he glances at me when I’m not looking.  Or calculates how much closer he stands to me than say — “Resident Evil”, a certain frenemy of mine who works at the hospital and can always be seen carrying a grudge. Read the rest of this entry »

finding the right hook

It’s LABOR DAY – the day to honor workers. But if you’re out of a job, it’s a day to think about getting more creative about opportunities.

For Creatives in a glitch —

Here are three out-of-the-box opportunities (one deadline just passed, but it’ll still get you thinking) that could lead to MONEY or a FUN TRIP (who knows the trip could lead you to opportunities that could lead you to a job…)  Read the rest of this entry »

It’s weird how on some days the world looks SUNNY and on other days it feels very DARK. And it has nothing to do with the weather most of the time.

Am I the only one who believes in me?
Will my hopes actually happen?
Am I idealistic?
Unrealistic?
Delusional?

If you’re an Actor; if you’re self-employed; if you free lance;  if you’re in any creative field whatsoever, you can relate, right?

Highs and Lows —

Some days are filled with REJECTION – other days with HOPE. And when you wake up in the morning, you’re never quite sure which one you’re gonna get. Read the rest of this entry »