From the Midwest to Hollywood

I give a very HOLLOW laugh at the goodlooking for the midwest part! My experience is that people out here often dress nicely, but HELLO, they are in the entertainment industry! I have seen no evidence that people from the West Coast are better looking than people from anywhere else.

Life is going fine out here. I started substitute teaching last week. I enjoy it, and out here they pay a whopping (no sarcasm here) $170.00 a day. Fortunately, it is quite flexible, as I took a day off one Tuesday for an audition.

For one audition I needed to look and act as much like James Dean as possible. It was really fun, watching and listening to clips on the Internet, pretending to smoke a rolled up piece of paper and making my hair stand up in the front.

When I auditioned for another piece recently, they asked if I had any stage combat experience. When I said no, they asked if I would be comfortable with people throwing things at me on camera, provided that we practiced. I believe I heard the word “brick” at one point.  Actually, I got this project, so I’ll let you know how it goes.