Ah, those were the days--me doing my make up back in college.

Remember when I was talking about how it would basically be impossible for mass transit to be a fully effective solution for people who need to jet across town at a moment's notice? Well, it's still true, but there's another side of it--everything is just so spread out here in LA. This morning I had an audition at 11:30 in Burbank, which is about 20 minutes with no traffic, and about 45 minutes with traffic. There would just be no way to get there as quickly using public transportation, unless I had several hours to kill. And then I had to go back to my place, change clothes, deal with work issues, then jet over to the office. Impossible without a fully pervasive and reliable public transportation infrastructure. But, oh, if we did--it would be so awesome. Ah well.

Had a solid audition this morning for a new show coming in the Fall. It went well; I mean, this is exactly what I am training for in class, going to theatrical auditions and doing well, but still, whoa, I was nervous! I am getting pretty good about nerves when it comes to commercials, mostly because I've been to a lot of the same casting directors and they all seem to know me and it's all quite comfortable, which it a terrifically big deal, as you might imagine. But when it comes to the TV/Film stuff, I have not gone to nearly as many casting directors and although the setup is basically the same, the stakes are different, primarily because these casting directors are the gatekeepers to the profession that I am working on. So, I get nervy. Everyone does, sure, and the trick is to go beyond the nerves when you are in the room, but that's a trick that you can only figure by actually going on a bunch of the auditions. But it went very well, I was actually quite relaxed and it was probably one of the better TV auditions I have had this year. Now the hard part--not caring, but having to care, whether or not I get called back to do the same thing for the producers, which would make my manager and agent very, very happy, because so far, that simple step up has eluded me (for a variety of reasons, none of which, I have to hope has to do with technical skill or even talent).

Okay, this weekend should be fun. It's Whit's birthday so we have a few things we're doing, which is good. Oh, I gotta say, I am really, really enjoying Weeds season 1, which Netflix has hurled at me. Recommended.

Tags: acting, auditions