Acme

One of my roommates works at ACME Literary and Talent Agency in LA and he is currently on a fishing trip in Alaska. A fishing trip just like one out of the TV show, "The Deadliest Catch." Anyway, he is up in Alaska and called us from a pay phone and to make a long story short we (my other roommate and I) were asked to deliver something to ACME to be taken up to Alaska for him.

When we went into the office I was pleasntly surprised. Usually going into an agency is a tense, high pressure situation but the ACME office was SOOO friendly. We met a couple of our roommates co-workers, sat and chatted for awhile, hung out with one of the employee's adorable 2 year old daughter, delivered the stuff and then left. It was a fun little delivery trip and it was cool to put faces with names of the people he works with that he refers to when telling office stories!

SimpleTruths.com

I got this video sent to me in an e-mail and I think everyone needs to watch it. (It takes a minute to load and about two minutes to watch). It is truly inspiring and very touching. It is one of those things that reminds us that a little bit goes a long way and sometimes we get too caught up in our own lives to think of other people.

CLICK HERE TO WATCH IT and then leave me your thoughts!

Have a wonderful day:)

PBS

Yesterday I volunteered to be a phone operator or host during the PBS fundraising drives in Los Angeles. They happen four times a year and I used to help host the PBS drives in Ohio when I lived there. The volunteer coordinator sent me a really nice e-mail and said that they will be having interviews soon to choose who will work at the one in August. I really hope they call me to interview and pick me because working the ones in Ohio was one of my favorite short-term jobs.

So Excited

I can not wait to visit New York City! It looks as though I picked the best week for a vacation. Things have been very slow acting wise because most shows are on hiatus. I have been doing a lot of writing and sending out resumes for the few jobs that there are. Who knows, I may keep up the tradition of not being able to leave LA without booking a job that conflicts with the trip.

There is an impending strike for the writers guild right now that would halt most productions completely in the fall, as without scripts there are no words for actors and without actors there is no need for directors. Hopefully negotiations will go well and things will be busy again after the 4th of July.

Silent Movie

Last night I went to the only remaining Silent Movie Theatre and saw 'Peter Pan' (1924), 'The Inheritance'(1911), and Charlie Chaplin in 'The Adventurer.' It was a really cool experience because it is the only theatre left in the country that plays exclusively silent films. Also, they have a piano and an organ that are played by a gentleman who is 90+ years old and has been playing accompaniment for these films his entire life! He was amazing. He just watched along with the film and changed his piano/organ playing appropriately to what was happening onscreen.

Silent movies are amazing because for being so early, they are extremely well made. The special effects are very advanced and the acting is AMAZING. The actors of that time had to be so precise with their actions, facial expressions and internal life to have the audience understand what was going. It was a very cool experience.