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thewildcard

Argh

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So. Out of practicality and not upset:

Here I am in NYC. I have probably been to. . .150 auditions, had a good handful of callbacks, and been cast in. . .NOTHING. Awesome! Eight months here.

Well, I WAS an extra on Law and Order and got offered a lot more extra work but it sucked and didn't pay well and had nothing to do with acting so I decided not to do any more of that.

I'm having a fabulous time. I have a great Manhattan apartment, a waitressing job that I can't really complain about; it's good exercise and I'm fed and it's kinda fun some days. I go on dates, I go out, my childhood best friend and I are close again, I love all this LIFE that NY has to offer.

But I haven't work in eight months. I worked constantly in Minneapolis. Acting is starting to feel like my nasty, abusive boyfriend I should dump. Seriously, like all the songs on the radio sound to me like they're about me and the profession, the art, the whole shebang.

So. . .no updates lately from me because honestly, since I moved from Minneapolis, virtually no progress.

I'm toying with a few different ideas.
1. Grad School for something crazy (aka normal)
2. Move back to MN and act and have a waitressing job forever
3. Start over again in NY when my lease is up and do everything as though I've just arrived, only with the knowledge I have now
4. Move to Australia
5. Just keep plugging along in what is starting to feel like a vast cesspool of dead end where even the tony winning actors can't make their rent.
6. Write my autobiography and move to an island in the Carribbean (LOL)
7. Become a stripper

So, I'm off to my yoga job now (I work four hours a week in exchange for all the free yoga I can stand). It will be relaxing.

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mandyt on

Re: Argh

Australia would be glad to have you ...

I know it can be frustrating ... well, I don't really cos I chose not to go the route of the actor, instead ending up in educational publishing (yeah, don't ask how, I'm still not sure).

At least you have yoga ...

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krzgrl on

Re: Argh

waitressing isnt that bad if youre following your dreams.
krz @ http://usachatnow.com

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gum on

Re: Argh

don't be a fool. stick with it. as a minnapple, you were a big fish in a small, small pond. now you are playing with the big boys and girls and the struggle is hard but the payoff is limitless. if you give up now at this early early stage you will hate yourself and you will be just another one of those people who talk about how hard it was and all the fat moms will nod and say you were smart to leave as their rotten kids cry in the background and their hairy husbands belch in front of a football game. i guarantee you will hate yourself if you give up. stop acting like a country bumpkin, get some backbone and dig in for the long haul. you will be glad you did. if it were easy every idiot would be doing it. don't be the idiot that wakes up 20 years from now and goes 'i wish i hadda'. stop thinking like a goober and start thinking like an artist. live it or leave it. for a beginner i recommend you start checking craigs list every day. http://newyork.craigslist.org/tlg/ get yourself in a short film and start meeting directors. do it now or be a schmuck. you don't wanna be a schmuck, do ya?

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gum on

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by the way i am someone who knows something about these things and i care about you. i want you to succeed. put up a website with your professional information and headshot and maybe a reel and a news area. get a myspace page and interact with other nyc actors. start auditioning for plays all the time, get in the mix.