Adjustments...

Okay, so I have just started using a chiropractor for the first time in my whole 40-something (ahem) years of living. The reason for this sudden and wild change was a result of a woman's inability to text and drive at the same time... either that or she was off of her meds. Short version, she took a left turn at an intersection with oncoming traffic. Of which, I happened to be a passenger in said oncoming traffic... So after x-rays and strong advice from my attorney, off to the back-o-practor I went.

Let me just say, I was very pleasantly surprised with the staff, the professionalism of the doctor and mostly how much better I felt after my first visit. Wait...
Let me digress for a moment. Some of you may already know this but I have a nursing degree and occasionally (5-10 times per month, depending on how busy my schedule is...) I will work at one of the local LA or Ventura County Emergency Rooms as a registry nurse. A registry is like an employment agency only they are specifically for medical personnel staffing. Okay so as someone with a nursing education, I have developed a... distrust? for chiropractors. Mainly because most MD's will tell you not to see them. Anyway, back to my story...

So I was pleasantly surprised because I had this idea of chiropractors that was based on misinformation. My first adjustment was a little scary I have to admit but afterwards... I could literally feel my face relax. I have this bad habit of squinting. Mostly because I am supposed to be wearing glasses but I have been stubbornly fighting the whole "four eyes" thing since the second grade and I'll be damned if I am going to let go of such a life-long proclivity now even though I know my deeply defined crows feet are a direct result...

Basically I guess I am trying to say that back-crackers are good for wrinkles and MD's cause crows feet... well, sorta...

To Blog or not... To Blah... you know

Yep... That's me, just there to the left.
So this is the first time trying out this blogging thing. I figure I'll just jabber on about different things that happen to me while in hot pursuit of my career goals. Ehhhh... If you like it, great. If not... well this is just as much for me as it is for anyone else who takes the time to read it so...

Anyway, some of you might know a little about me and that's kewl... Hey, how are ya? Thanks for stopping by. For those of you who don't have a flippin' clue, here's a link that should clear everything up for ya :)
This one takes you to my IMDB page where you can see lots of picks, a filmography and a scruffy Bio...

So let's get on with it.
I had an audition today for the lead in an independent feature film. The thing is... The director of the film is one of my best friends, with whom I have been friends for twelve years now... Wait, it gets better... The film I auditioned for is the same film my buddy and I created together about nine or so years ago!
So you would think in a town like L.A. where lots of people like to throw around words like "incestuous" and "nepotism" to explain why they aren't working, that this... myth... might apply in my particular situation. Well I am living proof that even after 20 years of doing what it is that I do. I still have to, as Drama from Entourage so poignantly put, "... sing for my supper." (Thanks Drama) I am not complaining. No, No... far from it. I actually enjoy the auditioning process... really :) I knew what I got myself into when I decided that acting was the career for me and I still love everything about it.

It was a little weird though having a casting director explain to me about a character that I co-created and also that somewhere in the back of my mind I knew that my best bud would be watching tape at some point to decide that I am right for the part, even though I have worked with him on projects before and with whom I am real friends with. I know what you are thinking, it's just business, right? At the end of the day of course, you are right. I understand where he is coming from, he wants to honor the script and I appreciate that because it's a really good one and I'm not just saying that, it really is. It's not like one of those parents of a not-so-cute baby saying, "Isn't she beautiful?"
What's my point? Well, this buddy of mine has been there for me through a very nasty and painful divorce, moved out here to L.A. just a few months before I did, I went through a couple of his breakups too and we even had a fight in Vegas once... That should count for something shouldn't it? Okay maybe not but now I feel all better ;P
But seriously, today was a reminder of what it means to be an actor. No matter what you do in your career or who you are working with there is never a get out of jail free card. I get it and I am not sore at all. I am really just messing with my buddy by blogging about this and I know he will get a good laugh from it  :D

Thanks for reading and Much Success!!!