Well I have officially spent four full days as a New Yorker! During this time I have walked A LOT and I mean A LOT(!), been to Times Square twice, gone shopping in Mid-Town, un-packed a fair amount of my stuff, ordered and received groceries from the online grocery store, cooked dinner in our INCREDIBLY small kitchen, figured out which way to exit the subway station without having to look at the signs, killed a cockroach (with spray of course & Mike still had to clean up the body), saw a rat in the subway, AND had my first NYC audition!
Yes, after today I feel like I have officially become a NY actor. I spent all day at a workshop/audition at Actor's Connection for Film & Primetime Agents and Casting Directors. It was a long day and I felt like I learned a lot, especially like what areas I should take some classes in. I'm planning to go over my "game plan" with Jeffrey next week, but I definitely feel I need to take some on-camera classes to help make the transition from musical theatre to screen acting. Two very interesting observations from the day are how subjective CD's/Agent's opinions are (one hated something while someone else would love it) and how blunt they are (had no problem telling people when they hated something about them). Luckily none of the 'hate' remarks were given to me, phew! Overall it was a great way to springboard myself into action!
Zoka is adjusting well I believe, he gets really over-stimulated when he goes out for a walk, but who can blame him?!? He's also figured out that due to the lack of grass dogs just stop to poo and pee on the sidewalk, although I still find it awkward and try to drag him to a tree at least. Yesterday we got up early and walked to Prospect Park (about 7 min away on foot) and went to the off-leash area. It was a dog mecca! I've never seen so many dogs all gathered in one place! Next Saturday morning we are taking him to the park for the monthly "Coffee Bark" which I'm expecting to be like Doggy Disneyland... I'll let you know!
Saturday, September 29, 2007
Thursday, September 27, 2007
My Very First Blog
Ok, here I go with this whole blogging thing...
I'm sitting in my new Park Slope apartment surrounded by all of my furniture, clothes, books, etc. Although Mike has done a good job getting everything set up, there is still lots of work to be done. My two giant suitcases that came with me have become two huge mounds of clothes in the middle of the floor. My plan for today is to get all my clothes put away and begin getting ready to paint.
The trip here felt long and my world as I knew it in Seattle seems far away. Zoka and I had quite the adventure getting through the airport and then sitting on the plane for five hours. He behaved very well considering he had to spend the entire time squished into his carrier and shoved under the seat in front of me. All I can say is Benadryl works wonders!
When Mike got home from class yesterday we took Zoka for a walk down 7th Ave (the main strip of shops and restaurants near us) and then to Prospect Park. The weather here is still very hot and humid so both Zoka and I were sweating and panting while Mike was fine since he has already adjusted to the change in climate. We then walked to Home Depot (1 mile) and bought two gallons of paint and all the necessary supplies and carried them the mile-long walk back. Needless to say we were both hot and tired by then.
For dinner we went to this nice pizza restaurant near our apartment and had what Mike rates as the second best pizza he's had in NY so far. After that we headed into downtown Brooklyn to meet up with some of Mike's law school friends at a bar having a fundraiser for the Law School.
Today I hope to at least get unpacked and then venture into the city this evening to do some shopping ... or at least window shop if I can't afford anything! I'm also browsing craigslist for a job, but so far nothing looks too interesting ... I hate having to find new jobs!
Thanks for reading my blog! I'll try to update every few days as long as there is things to write about that I don't think will be too boring. And now I really should start unpacking . . .
I'm sitting in my new Park Slope apartment surrounded by all of my furniture, clothes, books, etc. Although Mike has done a good job getting everything set up, there is still lots of work to be done. My two giant suitcases that came with me have become two huge mounds of clothes in the middle of the floor. My plan for today is to get all my clothes put away and begin getting ready to paint.
The trip here felt long and my world as I knew it in Seattle seems far away. Zoka and I had quite the adventure getting through the airport and then sitting on the plane for five hours. He behaved very well considering he had to spend the entire time squished into his carrier and shoved under the seat in front of me. All I can say is Benadryl works wonders!
When Mike got home from class yesterday we took Zoka for a walk down 7th Ave (the main strip of shops and restaurants near us) and then to Prospect Park. The weather here is still very hot and humid so both Zoka and I were sweating and panting while Mike was fine since he has already adjusted to the change in climate. We then walked to Home Depot (1 mile) and bought two gallons of paint and all the necessary supplies and carried them the mile-long walk back. Needless to say we were both hot and tired by then.
For dinner we went to this nice pizza restaurant near our apartment and had what Mike rates as the second best pizza he's had in NY so far. After that we headed into downtown Brooklyn to meet up with some of Mike's law school friends at a bar having a fundraiser for the Law School.
Today I hope to at least get unpacked and then venture into the city this evening to do some shopping ... or at least window shop if I can't afford anything! I'm also browsing craigslist for a job, but so far nothing looks too interesting ... I hate having to find new jobs!
Thanks for reading my blog! I'll try to update every few days as long as there is things to write about that I don't think will be too boring. And now I really should start unpacking . . .
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