Summer Goals

As many of you know, the reason I headed out to LA early in the summer was to get settled into this new city before auditions for episodics started up again in the fall (late August/September time frame). I am hopeful that the reason auditions seem so slow right now is that pilots wrapped casting in April, and this is just the lag time, when casting people and directors and producers skip off to Hawaii or the Bahamas for a few weeks. In the meantime, my goals for this summer originally included:

*find an agent and a manager (No check on the agent, check on the manager.)

*find a steady job (Check. Starting off as a cashier/server, then moving up to waitress, then bartending once Zeke's installs a bar and some flat screens this fall.)

*find a place to teach yoga (No check, but still working on it. Yoga is very much booming out here, and I am looking into teaching weekly beach classes by donation for $8, which is much better than the average $15-25 classes in the area.)

*get into tip-top shape and dropping a pant size (Semi-check. I have been exercising daily and eating raw for several weeks now. Starting to see results and trying to be patient on the pant size. ;>)

*catch up on major tv shows and films from the last several years (Semi-check. I am wrapping up the last season of 'LOST', and then planning on watching:
(ABC:)
1. "V" (loved the first season and will be watching when it returns this fall)
2. "PRETTY LITTLE LIARS" (starring our very own Ian Harding!)
(AMC:)
3. "BREAKING BAD"
4. "MAD MEN" (made it through most of the first two seasons this spring)
(CBS:)
5. "THE BIG BANG THEORY"
6. "HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER"
(FOX:)
7. "24" (watched the first three episodes and am bored out of my mind.. the plot is not interesting to me, and the acting is bad.. I will try to keep watching?)
8. "ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT" (watched the first episode, thought it was okay, nothing amazing)
(HBO:)
9. "CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM"
10. "TRUE BLOOD" (watched the first three episodes - how can you not like a show set on the bayou?)
11. "THE WIRE"
12. "ENTOURAGE"
(NBC)
13. "30 ROCK"
14. "CHUCK" (I've been told I could play Sarah. Hurray for stunts and acting together!)
15. "COMMUNITY"
16. "FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS" (starring our own Gaius Charles!)
(SHOWTIME:)
17. "DEXTER" (watched the first episode.. bizarre..)
18. "WEEDS" (through season three, LOVE LOVE LOVE this show!)
I need movie suggestions - and have seen hardly any during the last four years at CMU - so suggestions are very much welcomed and appreciated!

*find a modeling agent for print and fit work (Semi-check. Was not an original goal, but modeling out here seems to be paying my bills more than acting gigs at the moment, and hey, I'll take what I can get!)

*become a member of AFTRA and potentially SAG (Semi-check. I have a loan from my very helpful parents to pay the joining fees and annual dues for AFTRA, just waiting for a check to get through to me from a modeling gig so that I have something in the bank!)

*get to know the general LA area (Semi-check. I am getting more familiar with places, including Hollywood, West Hollywood, Santa Monica, Malibu, Venice Beach, Hermosa Beach, Manhattan Beach, Burbank, Studio City, UCLA, USC..? That sounds like a lot. A success!)

So, all in all, I suppose the summer is going alright.

Also, should you find yourself in need of a laugh, visit www.365hangers.com, enter the site, and scroll down to the "medium" section to find a very awkward test shot from a few weeks ago. I'm going in for a second (less rushed, less "maternity/flowing tops", less "gold", and hopefully more flattering?) shoot next week. ;>