Hello all!
*A quick update on the last post. My friends and family have created an amazing support group for me and have wrapped their literally and hypothetical arms around me and this has comforted my struggle and my sadness. I am happy to say that I am feeling much better as of late. Thank you all for your kind words and to those of you who reached out. You are greatly appreciated.* So, as you all know I am living in NYC and I am living my fullest small town actress' dream. This post is just going to shed a little bit of light on what that's like. I have been on the audition grind for a little over a month now. I hate that I am calling it the "audition grind" but with 4-6 auditions a week and early morning subway rides to get on an unofficial non eq list and trying to hold down a serving job has earned that name. I have got to say that this life is a STRUGGLE; it is nearly impossible to take a breath and have a life. Wes and I have started doing this thing where if it isn't too early in the morning and we are both off work we will go to each others auditions. Roll your eyes all you want but it gives us someone to wait with our stuff while we are in the audition room, someone to smile at us and hug us if the audition goes badly, and takes the pressure off of making friends with people in the holding room. Speaking of people in the holding room...jesus christ. I have encountered some of the WORST kinds of people. People that are clearly trying to put their "best" foot forward in the audition room but when it comes to the way they act around their peers...UGH. Now, don't get me wrong there have been many kind and welcoming souls waiting around to be called in the room, but for every one of those there are three gross attitudes. I actually went to callback for a company a few weeks ago and there were people outside of the audition room vocally warming up (loudly), tap dancing, going up to the door and listening to the people inside and passing really mean judgements on them, laughing and yelling about the vocal choices that were being made...you best believe as soon as these people walked in that audition room their fake smiles turned on and they tried to show the FAKEST version of themselves they could so that they could get hired. Behavior like this baffles me. And upsets me, honestly. These are unkind people that don't understand that half of this job is being a kind person and being cool to work with. I just want these people to get a wake up call and realize that the kind of behavior they are exhibiting isn't doing them any favors. Sorry for this rant but I just needed to get it off my chest. I need everyone to know not to be an asshole. It's not worth it and no one thinks its funny or cute. I like auditioning everyday. I like being able to wake up and do what I love to do...but I also like it when I get to interact with nice people. It isn't hard to be a kind person. Just a little bit of an extra effort goes a long freaking way. Thats all. BTW, I am in final callbacks for something and it would be really cool if I could get all the prayers and positivity you could muster up for me. Thanks, loves.
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Mom
2/7/2017 01:15:00 pm
Auditions possibly start in the waiting rooms. Smart companies will post someone there to watch folks when they think no one is looking. Love you my precious girl.
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