windswept
Steph and me, ready to shred. In the snow. On
snowboards. In the mountains.
Wow, it's been over a
month since I posted onto this. I apologize, this is
just embarrassing, really, especially considering
that I actually think about posting to this all the
time, but it's usually while I am in the car, or
shower, or in bed. Ironically, I am actually on a
conference call about blogging for my company as I
write this.
But, hey, no excuses, I'm a flake. Which is
irritating to admit, since I was trying hard not to
be a flake these days.
No matter.
A few weeks ago, we went snowboarding! I was up in
the Bay Area for a meeting with Apple and then I took
the train back up to San Francisco, which I actually
haven't done since college. It actually worked out
really well--there's a spot where you can transfer to
BART, which made things a lot easier. Though the
drive with Gary and Tom was long, it was a fun 5
hours...the house that the rest of our crew got
(Steph, Kenji, Matt and Jonathan) was massive and it
was a pretty great weekend.
Some shots here and here...may I just make a
comment about how much room for improvement there
is for the iPhone camera? just one comment? there
is. A lot. Of room. But the snowboarding went
GREAT! I actually hadn't snowboarded in a long
time (I would say decade, but that sounds
ridiculous), so I took a class with Tom and Gary
and it went really well. People kept saying I was
going to fall a lot--people kept telling me this,
over and over--and sure, I fell, but so what? I
certainly got right back up and kept trying. I
really enjoyed it and I want to keep going later
this year. I was talking with Steph about how the
sport was kind of perfect for me. I could be
around people, but I wasn't competing against
anyone except myself--if competing is the right
word. It reminded me of yoga, in a way. Yes, you
are enjoying being around a community of people
trying to do the same thing, but in the end, it's
just you and the mat, or the board, in this case.
here I am, looking for whales...
It's been a busy month,
as usual. The pics above are from our whale watching
excursion up in Santa Barbara. Pretty fantastic
weekend--we saw some whales and everything--it was
just nice to get back to normal, to be honest. Whit's
feeling a lot better--her stomach is still a bit
grouchy at times, but she's back at work and already
overwhelmed with social plans, etc. A nice way to
start the spring.
There's a reason why people live in Southern
California. You get some really nice
sunsets. This is up in Malibu.
Aw, such a lovely couple.
Finally:
- work is nuts. Next month is packed with a bachelor
party the first weekend, then busy until mid May with
a conference in Vegas (where I will be performing--I
will get some footage, it's really, really random), a
wedding in Mexico (which I am DJ'ing) then a wedding
the next weekend in Florida. I am looking forward to
the events, but I wish, honestly, this stuff was in
LA..the traveling just takes so much time (I know,
poor me, but I need to be around for auditions,
remember?)...but I am flattered and pleased to be
invited and involved...I just would have loved to
have some space between the events. I literally get
home from Vegas then leave for Mexico the next day,
then 1 day after I return from Mexico, we are off to
Florida!
- acting has been slow. really slow. While I've had
some really solid auditions, I am not booking and I
will admit that I am a tad concerned. It's not even
about booking a job to get money, really--it's about,
well, being worth the time and effort my agents and
manager put into my career. It's so odd, that
feeling. As you progress and you start getting people
on your team, you realize that your success actually
impacts more people than just yourself. I never
really imagined that happening, I always thought,
"well, i will get an agent and they will help me find
work"--I never thought about the actual relationship
that would develop between myself and my agents (of
which I have at least 5, which freaks me out). But
it's slow and everyone in my class has commented on
it, but I gotta say, if you did a search on my posts
for "it's been slow" you would see me complaining
about it a lot. Ah, well. It's a process.
Ok, I am gonna pull a fast one and end this post and
begin another and upload two posts at once...