Small World

A few days ago, I started the new temp job. 

NYC is a small world. 

One of the other temps is also from Brooklyn, and lives in my neighborhood.  Another, is an actress whose friend just happened to be at my wedding...and incidentally, was upset she didn't catch the bouquet.

I haven't talked about the wedding yet because I haven't gone thru all the professional pics.  But soon come, soon come...

A Clean Slate

Day 6 of the Master Cleanse. My fiance doesn't understand my will power, especially since over the past few days I've been looking at different recipe websites and cookbooks. I haven't been doing it to torture myself, but to motivate myself into getting back into healthy eating habits. I've been working out 5-6 days a weeks for the past couple of weeks.  I'm not only determined to lose the holiday weight, but also to look and maintain a positive and healthy physique for work (acting, singing and dancing), and of course the wedding.

The wedding is very nontraditional, eclectic and colorful. I will be wearing a saree, which means my tummy will be showing, so I definitely gotta show off my six-pack, and of course my tattoos ;-). My fiance wants to wear a sherwani, and the groomsmen and bridesmaids will be in chinese attire.

I'm happy cause I already got the ball rolling on all the plans:  our website is almost done, the place is booked, and in a couple of weeks we begin cake tastings.  I know that seems counterproductive coming off a cleanse, but it's a tough job, and I can't wait to do it :-D!  (In a Homer Simpson voice:) Mmmm, caaaakkkeee *droool*

Sometimes things seem slow careerwise, but I know they're not.  There's an MC I've been working with for several months, providing the hooks on a few of his songs;  "The Colored Museum" will be going up again in March at Roy Arias Theater IV;

I begin rehearsals for "Half Past Yesterday" by Ife-Gail Young within a month; and I'll be working with Jazz Ain't Dead, providing spoken word for one of their pieces in their production of "Porgy and Bess". I will fare the weather this week so I can meet with my agent to go over my pics so I can get some repros done.  And I've also decided to fit voice and dance classes back into my schedule and budget.

In 2011, I've gotten my groove back and I feel great. :-)

No Place To Begin But At The Beginning

It's winter in Brooklyn, NY.  In little over 4 months, I will be a married woman.

Since deciding NOT to become a bridezilla, the wedding planning has been a lot simpler.  That's only cause I try not to think about all that goes into it all that much.  When I think about all that's gonna go into that one day, the thought does get overwhelming.  Mainly because of all the people that want to travel here from out of town.  I keep telling folks I want this to be a small affair.  I don't want anyone to get their feelings hurt.
Funny, I've thrown countless parties before, and my worry then was how I was gonna get a lot of people to come.  And now my worry is how NOT to get a cast of thousands to come.  I'm not gonna worry about it.  I'm just happy that a lot of people do want to come.

On the flip side, is balancing what little finances I have between wedding expenses and career expenses i.e. new business cards, getting more headshots reproduced, classes etc.

As I sit here sipping my coffee, listening to the neighbors outside shoveling through the mush, there's only one thought going through my mind:  "callback callback callback".  I had an audition for "American Idiot" on Broadway today. My saving grace was the headshot that I used:

I channeled the teenage suburban angst of my youth, and did my thing. Now I play the waiting game...